The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
January 12, 1909

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EVERYBODY 10 PAGES 10 PAGES READS IT. NEEDS IT. TOPEKA, KANSAS, JANUARY 12, 1909. LAST EDITION. TUESDAY EVENING. TUESDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. BEGINS JHE GRIND Kansas Legislature Convenes at oon Today. J. N. Dolley Takes Gavel as Speaker of House. DELIVERS ADDRESS. Conciliatory and Straightfor ward in Tone. Governor's Message Read at the Second Session. The 1909 session of the Kansas legislature was convened at noon to day with the usual ceremonies es tablished at former sessions. It was just 12 o'clock to the min ute when Secretary of State Denton called the house to order and with the statement: "The time having arrived as set by law for the convention of this body." rapped for order. Rev. J. A. Renwick, chaplain of the house pronounced the invocation and then Secretary Denton called the roll of the members- elect by districts. All the available seats on the floor of the house were filled by visitors, J. X. Dolley, Who Was Elected Speaker of the- Kansas House of Representatives. many ladies being among them, while a half hundred people stood up at the rear of the chamber and a number oc cupied seats in the gallery. The members were called forward in blocks of ten and the oath was administered by Chief Justice Burch as follows: "You. and each of you. do sol emnly swear that you will support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of Kan Fas and faithfully discharge your du ties as members of the house of rep resentatives of the state of Kansas, so help you God." After taking the oath the members signed the state constitution on the chief clerk's desk. J. W. Davis of Kiowa was the only absent member. It was reported that Mr. Davis was not in the city. Secretary Denton then called for nominations for temporary speaker Mitchell in nomination for the place. The nomination was made unanimous and Mr. Mitchell was elected by ac clamation. The chair appointed Stone, Westcott and Jewett of Sedgwick as a committee to escort Mr. Mitchell to the chair. This was done and n a Mr '"Titchell assumed his duties Secretary ijwnton retired from the chamber. Hawkins of Johnson and Brighton of Montgomery were elected secretary and assistant respectively. Geo. Allen of Wyandotte, in placing J. N. Dolley in nomination, referred to him as the leader on the firing line of the last campaign and declared that his name was a household word in the state. The people expected his nomina tion to this high place as a matter of course. C. F. Foley. Democrat, of Rice coun ty, was nominated by Feder of Barton. Foley was a member of the last ses eion. declared the last speaker, and worthy and able of the place. At the end of the roll call Mr. Dol ley, who had not answered to his name, etepped forward and cast his vote for Foley. The Democratic nominee, not to be outdone, cast his vote for his op ponent. The final vote stood: Dolley 78. Foley 43. The chairman appointed Foley of Rice, Morgan of Reno and Ryan of Brown as a committee to escort the new speak er to the chair. The appearance of Mr. Dolley was greeted with cheers by the members. Taking his place behind the chief clerk's desk, the new speaker epoke to the house as follows: Speaker DoHey's Address. Gentlemen of the Kansas House of Representatives; "I am profoundly grateful for the great honor you have just bestowed on me,, an honor doubly prized because of the unanimity with which it comes. I hope to discharge the numerous and difficult tasks of this position so that you will have no cause to regret your action. But I cannot do it, no man can, without the cordial co-operation and constant assistance of his fellows. This co-operation and assistance I now In voke in the interest of the state. These interests very large and important are committed to our hands. To promote them by securing united action requires some small sacrifice and yielding of opinion, some sacrifice of ease on the part of the members of this house. By pulling together regular attendance, punctuality, to all the sessions of the committees and of the house, by sink ing personal jealousies, by mutual con sessions, we can accomplish much for the welfare of the state and let it never be forgotten that he serves his party best, who serves his country wen. "I shall confer with you as frequent ly as possible and I invite your sug gestions at all times on the principle that in. multitude of counsel there is wisdom. Each member should make himself thoroughly familiar with the business pertaining to his committee and his duties and should be in the committee room and on the floor of the house to look after it at the proper times. "As your presiding officer I am deeply interested in carrying out your wishes. I am not an extreme radical, neither am I an extreme conservative, j. ue- lieve in being wisely conservative ana wisely radical. My first thought al ways in public life is to do that which I am certain the majority of my con stituents demand, be it in county, state or nation. 'I will not be a factional speaker. I will endeavor at all times to treat every member of this body fairly and square, ly, I care not what faction or party he may be classed with. To the Democrats. "To our Democratic members, the minority, I wish to say that I will ex tend to them all possible privileges and favors consistent with the condi tions. I trust that party political in terests will not be considered seriously but that we will all join together as Kansans and do at all times and un der all circumstances that which is best for Kansas. We have assembled as a body to represent our constituents from the several counties and districts of Kansas and I trust that the ma jority and the minority members of this body will join together and see to transacting all business that is of in- terest and value to the people of our great state and should the majority side of the house introduce a meritori ous measure I trust that the minority members of this body will come to their, assistance and do their part to place the same on the statute books of Kansas, and vice versa, should the mi nority members of this body present a meritorious measure I trust that the Republicans, the majority members, will go to their assistance and help them in like manner. "1 will appreciate at all times that you are the rulers and that I am your servant and I wish to assure you that I am ready to do your bidding. This legislature Is confronted with many important measures in which the peo ple of Kansas are deeply and vitally interested. No legislature in my judgment has assembled in Kansas for many years that has had graver or greater responsibilities than the pres ent one, and I earnestly hope that it may be said when we have finished that we have done our work well and if so we will receive the approbation of our people and that you and I may al ways point to the 1909 session as one of the best and most successful and satisfactory sessions in the history of our state as to doing things, and they of the right kind. "I trust you will bear with me at all times. It is probable that I will make mistakes. We are creatures of mis takes and errors and it is not a ques tion of not making any but a question of how few. I wish to impress upon you, however, that what mistakes I make will be of my Judgment and not of the heart. The Republicans of Kansas and the nation have made solemn pledges to the people of Kan sas during the recent campaign and I am desirous to redeem every one of them an,d thus prove that they were made with the best and most honest intentions and use every honorable means at our command to execute them. I have no sympathy for the man in public life who promises the people anything and everything in the campaign and makes no effort after his election to fulfill his promises. Such a man is in my judgment an enemy to his party and a traitor to his country. I sincerely hope that this will be a ses sion of business. The membership is composed of business men and I be lieve that strict business principles should be applied to this legislature in the same manner that you and I would apply them to our own private business. Get Down to Business. "Let us get to work promptly and remain in session the same number of hours each day that we apply in the pursuit and management of our pri vate business. "On? of my chief thoughts at this time is and always is that in unitv there is strength and I appeal to you that we must all stand together if we succeed in doing our full duty to all of the people of Kansas. "I again thank you for the honor you have conferred upon me at this time, an. honor which I again assure you I most profoundly appreciate." At the conclusion of the speaker's ad dress, which was roundly cheered by the members, the other officers of the nouse as decided upon at the Repub lican caucus yesterday, were elected by roll call vote. tCootlnued on Pace ElsnU) DOLLEYJ HELM Selected as Speaker of House Without Protest. Republican Caucus Develops No 111 Feeling. QUIET IN THE SENATE Senator E. F. Porter Elected President Pro Tem. Contest for Secretary Won by Z. E. Wyant. The first ice of the legislative session was" broken yesterday evening when the Republican members of the house and senate met in caucus to select nominees for presentation at the elec tion of officers at the opening session today. In the house the following of ficers were chosen by the dominant party: Speaker J. N-. TJolley, Wabaunsee. Speaker pro tem R. J. Hopkins, Finney. Chief clerk W. M. Beck, Jackson. Assistant chief clerk Charles Bril hart. Elk. Sergeant-at-arma T. B. Dyer, Smith. Assistant sergeant-at-arms G. G. Hannon, Leavenworth. Doorkeeper W. P. Wilcox, Shaw nee. Postmaster N. A. Trigg, Miami. Chaplain Rev. J. A. Renwick, Shawnee. W. L. Cunningham of Cowley called the caucus to order. W. T. Watson of Allen nominated A. C. Mitchell of Douglas as chairman of the caucus. The nominations were closed and Mitchell was elected by acclamation and Watson and Buckman delegated to escort the new chairman to his place. The selection was a wise one as Mr. Mitchell handled several lively situa tions, noticeably the storm of motions that arose over the election of an as sistant sergeant-at-arms, in veteran 6tyle. Sam B. Haskins was elected secre tary and Harry Brighton of Montgom ery as assistant secretary. The speakership prize went to J. N. Dolley, leader of the stress of battle in the last campaign, without a protest. It was an honor well earned and hon estly won by the sage of Maple Hill. Richard J. Hopkins, the young rep resentative from Garden City, was chosen speaker pro tem without op position. The young man from the sugar beet country gives every promise of making a fine record this session. Beck and Brilhart were also elected by acclamation, but when it came to the selection of a sergeant-at-arms there was a difference of opinion that required three ballots for a choice be tween four candidates: First ballot Dyer, 29; Berry, 15; Hannon, 14; Clevenger, 17. Second ballot Dyer, 36; Berry, 22; Clevenger, 18. Third ballot Dyer, 43; Berry, 32. On motion of a Berry man the elec tion of Dyer was made unanimous. Five men were nominated for assist ant sergeant-at-arms as follows: Frank Mathers, G. G. Hannon, J. E. Huston, Clarence Quinn and Levi Leaf. Han non won with 43 votes out of 75 on the first ballot. For doorkeeper M. L. Richman, W. P. Wilcox and H. M. Lester were can didates, Wilcox receiving 53 votes on iho first ballot. W. A. Trigg for postmaster received 53 votes to 20 votes for Mrs. E. G. Ferguson. For assistant postmaster Delia Layne, Vincent Robb, Amy Brown, Mrs. E. G. Ferguson and Miss Nell Fox were candidates, the first named winning the place on the first ballot with 41 votes. Before the caucus adjourned it was decided on motion by J. N. Dolley that Chairman Mitchell and Secretary Haskins hold over in their respective offices at the opening of the session today. ORGANIZATION OF SENATE. Pres. Pro Tem. Senator E. F. Porter, Pittsburg. Secretary Z. E. Wyant, Waverly. Sergeant-at-Arms Guy I. Swal- low. Valley Falls. Chief Doorkeeper George Mohl- er, Maple Hill. Chaplain Rev. W. H. Underwood, Clay Center. Postmaster H. E. Hanback, Bax- ter Springs. It would be difficult to imagine a more harmonious caucus than that of the Republican senators held in tne senate chamber late Monday after noon, when the organization of that body was .effected. There was not a ripple of unpleasantness or contention to disturb the placid serenity of the occasion and only the good nature of the law makers and the fact that there was more than one candidate for each office to be filled, prevented the proceedings from becoming mono tonous. The positions of president pro tem and chief door Keeper were each settled with one ballot; three votes were necessary to decide upon the chaplain, and the rest of the of ficers were decided on the second at tempt. There were no less than five candidates for the position of guiding the moral and spiritual welfare of the senate, and the same number of can didates were anxious to handle the senators' mail, four of the latter be ing women. There, was an approach to an ar gument during the early part of the caucus when Senator F. H. Quincy of Salina, suggested that the caucus make its selections by roll call, a suggestion which was promptly voted down. Sen ator Quincy, however, indicated that he was "only foolin' when he re marked after his motion had been squelched that he "didn't have any Idea it would be carried." On another occasion, just before the close of the proceedings, there was an indication that something Interesting might be started, when Senator J. H. Stavely of Osage county moved that the presi dent pro tem appoint a committee of eight one from each congressional district to select the minor ap pointees of the senate. Two amend ments to this motion were voted down, however, and the caucus adjourned without a tiff. There were 33 of the 3 Republican senators present. Senator Porter cauea the caucus to former and on motion he was made chair man. Senator H. E. Ganse, of Burling (Continued on Page Kght.) HITS TIIEBOTTOM. Mercury Drops te Ten Degrees Below Zero. Wras Coldest at Six O'clock This Morning. COVERED WITH SNOW. Over Three Inches on Ground in Topeka. Wind Falls During the Night to Three Miles. Topeka is experiencing another touch of real winter weather today. The mini mum temperature for the day which is also the siinimum for the season was reached at 6 o'clock this morning when the mercury dropped to a point 10 de grees below zero and. stayed there for an hour or so. The snow which has fallen during the past 36 hours has amounted to 3.4 inch es and the ground is covered to that depth as the temperatures have been so low that the snow has not melted. The snow is one of the dryest that has ever fallen in this part of the country, the precipitation measured as rain amount ing to but .13 of an Inch. Under ordi nary conditions the amount of snow which has fallen w-ould have produced .34 of an inch of precipitation measured as rain. Just about dark Monday evening the mercury started on its journey toward the bottom of the thermometers and was nearly "all in" the little bulb at the bottom by sunup this morning. While the mercury Is lower by two de grees than it was during the cold spell last week the cold is not nearly as noticeable on account of the almost total absence of wind. Then the at mosphere is dry which detracts from the fierceness of the cold and makes it less noticeable. During the night the wind dropped down until the velocity was less than two miles 'an hour and hardly notice able. At 6 o'clock this morning when the mercury reached the lowest point the wind was blowing from the south at the rate of 3 miles an hour. The mercury is climbing and "above freez ing weather" was predicted for today when the mercury was 10 below zero this morning by Assistant Weather Observer Flora,, though not in an of ficial capacity. When the mercury strated on its downward course about 7 o'clock Mon day evening the show ceased falling and last night's weather conditions came under the head of "still cold." Although the mercery is wellelw. the zero mark theonamon ib not an exceptional one for this part of the world as the records of the weather bureau indicate that colder weather has been experienced in Topeka eleven times during the past 22 years. Last winter was an exceedingly moderate one as was its predecessor, but on the 13th of February, 1905. the mercury registered 22 degrees below zero and on the 25th of January dropped to 13 degrees below. The in dications are that the end of the cold spell is in 6ight and that there will be no more zero weather not even to night. The forecast indicates fair weather for tonight and Wednesday and a rising temperature tonight. 19 Below in Potwin. While the government thermometer on top of the Mulvane building in dicates that the minimum tempera ture of the past 24 hours was 10 de grees below zero, thermometers nearer the ground indicate that the minimum was nearer 20 degrees below. At the residence of Weather Observer T. B. Jennings in Potwin a reliable thermo meter indicated a minimum of 19 de grees below zero at 7:30 o'clock this morning. The difference is explained by Mr. Jennings in this way, "In a night such as last when there is scarcely any wind blowing to keep the air in mo- j Lion ana mixfu iiic uuiucql uuu ui the atmosphere seeks the lowest pos sible level. The temperature on Kan sas avenue under these conditions might be a number of degrees lower than that on top of the Mulvane build ing where the government instru ments are located. "While the mercury was 19 degrees below zero at my home this morning it was undoubtedly several degrees lower at points where the altitude is not as great as it is in Potwin. For instance a thermometer on a sandbar in the river would indicate a much lower tempera ture than one on the bank, or in Pot win. This morning's cold was of the still variety and on account of its den sity the mercury, was lowest near the surface of the earth." Mercury Rises Above Zero. All day long the sun has shone, but at the best work made by the mercury indicates that it failed to reach the above freezing point anticipated early this morning. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the mercury marked 15 degrees above the zero mark and 17 degrees below the freez ing point. The prevailing wind has been from the south and this has assisted ma terially in reducing the temperatures for the wind has been warm, that is, warm when the temperatures are con sidered. Through the morning hours the mercury was low,, in fact at 10 o'clock it had failed to rise above the zero mark and at noon it was only 8 degrees above that point. There has been but little, chance for the snow to melt with such tempera tures and the only melting which has occured has been where the rays of the sun have been direct. The fol lowing are the temperatures since 7 o'clock this morning: 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 o'clock 10 below zero. o'clock o'clock o'clock o'clock o'clock 9 below zero. 6 below zero. zero. above zero. 8 above zero. o'clock 12 above zero. o'clock 15 above zero. Ilarriman at Office. New York, Jan. 12. E. H. Harri man was at his office in the financial district today for the first time since December 23, when he was taken slightly ill. Weather Indications. Chicago. Jan. 12. Forecast for Kansas: Fair tonight and Wednesday. Rising temperature tonight. IT IS ATROCIOUS. Senator Foraker on Use of De tectives at Brownsville. Questions Right to Use the Ap propriation. ARRAIGNS WORKERS. Charges That They Resorted to Misrepresentation. Can Not Use Appropriate Lan guage and Be Respectful. Washington, Jan. 12. Illegal diver-1 sion of public funds by the president and William H. Taft, while secretary of war, to pay for the investigation by private detectives into the Brownsville affair was charged by Senator Joseph B. Foraker of Ohio in the senate to day in a speech In reply to state ments of Herbert J. Browne of this city and William G. Baldwin of Roan oke, Va., who were employed by the secretary of war to secure evidence of the guilt of negro soldiers of the Twenty-fifth' infantry, U. S. A., in shooting up Brownsville on the night of August 13-14, 1906. The govern ment use of the private detectives was characterized by Mr. Foraker as atrocious, shocking and revolting." This charge of illegally diverting $15,000 from the war fund of $3,000, 000 appropriated by the deficiency act of March 3, 1899, was made by Mr. Foraker in concluding his remarks which consisted of a very careful con sideration of certain legal phases of the Brownsville affair and the reading of a number of affidavits by soldiers whose testimony and "confessions" Mr. Browne alleged he had secured to un ravel the mystery of the identity of the men who did the shooting, and these affidavits denied with great particular ity nearly every statement of import ance by the detectives. Speaking of the $3,000,000 war fund of 1909, appropriated as an emergency to meet unforeseen contingencies, con stantly arising to be expended at the discretion of the president, Mr. For aker said: I "It will probably be surprising In formation to the appropriations com mittee, as it will be to most senators, that this appropriation made ten years ago at the close of the Spanish-American war, to enable the president to meet emergency army contingencies, such as were then arising in conr3 tion with our military establishment, should have, been construed to be a permanent appropriation." Mr. Foraker declared that the tstat-utes-dIieeW4hetead of each depart ment to make an annual report to con gress, giving 'a detailed statement of the manner in which the contingent fund of his department has been ex pended. "This appropriation." he said, "being for the war department, the report should have been made by the secre tary of war. But so far as I can ascer tain no detailed or Itemized reports to congress ot expenditures from this fund have been made: but only general re ports." The "contingency" under which this use of the war fund of 1899 yas used, Mr. Foraker declared, was "the remote one that men should be required to prove their innocence of a crime before a judge who had already pronounced them guilty 'under a bill then pending in the senate. Senator Foraker says that waiving all technical or doubtful objections and assuming or the sake of argument, that the constitutional provision quoted does not apply, "the question remains whether such payments now under consideration are legitimate and pro per to be made from it. It would seem that granting all I have indicated, they are yet nevertheless clearly illegal and in flat violation of the following sta tutory provision: That no employe of the Pinkerton detective agency or simi lar agency shall be employed in any government service or by any officer of the District of Columbia." The Use of Detectives. Speaking of the use of private detec tives in investigating the Brownsville affair, Mr. Foraker declared that "it is impossible to find language with which to fittingly characterize such a proce dure as this detective business has been from its lncipiency down to the mon strous stages it has reached. It is atrocious, revolting, shocking to every sense of fairness, justice and even com mon decency." Mr. Foraker reviews the statements made by the president In his messages to congress on the Brownsville affair. "It will be noted," he said, "that the guilt of these soldiers, as charged by the president was, according to the presi dent 'conclusively' established by. the testimony first submitted." The sena tor said, however, that- the president "recognized the necessity for strength ening his case, and thereupon dispatch ed Mrl Purdy and Major Blockson to Brownsville to secure the evidence re ported by them. "When he submitted these affidavits to the senate, he again, as in his for mer message affirmed that it 'con clusively and overwhelmingly estab lished the guilt of the men, as charg ed by him. "In the message he sent to the sen ate after the report of the committee on military affairs, he reiterated that the facts claimed by him had been by that testimony thoroughly estab lished." When the committee reported. Sen ator Foraker said, everybody appar ently supposed the investigation was ended. He continued: "But not so. As though conscious that, notwithstanding all his asser tions and declarations as to the suf ficiency of the testimony It was in fact, unreliable and insufficient to justify his order of discharge, we were favored with the further message of Decemoer 14. 1908, in which we were informed that detectives had been employed by the war department and that they have been at work, for months." Speaking of the reply of the presi dent and of the secretary of war to a senate resolution, calling for infor mation on the detectives investiga tions, Mr. Foraker said: Questionable Methods. "This message of the president with its exhibits and this report of the sec retary of war present a new and most (Continued on Pace Eight) SHORT OF GAS. Pressure in Topeka Was Very Low Last Niffht. The gas supply for Topeka tonight depends on the weather. "Our supply will be low If the weather is cold to night," said Manager L. G. Treleaven of the local gas company this after noon shortly after lunch, "but if the weather stays as it is now or doesn't get away down as it did last night, we will be in pretty fair shape." Last night was the coldest night of the season, and the gas pressure was also near the low mark for the win ter. Right after supper time the pressure was pretty low and in the western part of the city caused a little discomfort. By 8 o'clock it picked up and the homes of Topeka folk were well heated during the remainder of the night. The reserve supply of 250,000 cubic feet in the big tank at First and Mon roe was turned in the mains last night during the period of low pressure. This isn't enough to furnish much heat In case the pressure should fail entirely but in cases such as last night it helps a little. The tank was al lowed to refill during the wee small hours. It will be turned on again to night should circumstances warrant it A new cause for the present trouble has been discovered. The pipe line from which Topeka gets its gas ex tends over all of southeastern Kan sas. The pressure in the pipe line was materially reduced by an ex plosion in the Neodesha pumping sta tion. This probably would have passed unnoticed were it not for the cold wave that came at the same time. It is the general consensus of opinion that the pumping plant at Sciplo from which the gas is directly supplied to Topeka is inadequate. A year ago it was entirely too meager to meet the demands. This year Its capacity has been almost doubled but it will have to be enlarged still more. This station is under the control of the Kansas Natural Gas company, the company from which the local com pany gets its gas. According to the officials of the local company, the Kansas Natural Gas company realizes the conditions and during the summer some new pumps will be installed. The pressure at the city limits where the gas is received into the lo cal mains today noon was normal but during the period of heavy con sumption last night, it went quite low. At noon today It registered 14 pounds. This, in the estimation of the officials of the gas company. Is sufficient for the night, should the weather turn no colder than predicted by the local weather bureau. A TREATY WITH CANADA Settlement of Water Differences Along the Border About Accomplished. Washington, Jan- 12. rAfter a long period of hard, patient work, that ea some features or which ran into years. Secretary Root and Ambassador Bryce of Great Britain have signed a treaty ror the settlement of International differences between the United States and Canada. Dependent upon the final ratification of the treaty by the united States and Great Britain rests the settlement of numerous complex questions connect ed with the water boundaries along the northern border which have been the source of more or less annoyance at different times. The treaty is regarded as important and the hope is expressed that Its ef fective operation will result In per manently putting an end to the dif ferences between the United States and its neighbors on the north. THE FRISCO IS FINED. Carried Live Stock More Than Twenty. Eight Hours Without Unloading. Kansas City, Jan. 12. The St. Louis San Francisco Railway company pleaded guilty this morning in the United States court In Kansas City, Kan., to violations of the federal law that forbids carrying live stock more than 28 hours without unloading for feed, rest and water. Judge Pollock fined the company $100 and costs on each of four counts. Similar suits are pending against the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe, the Missouri, Kansas Texas and the Chi cago, Rock Island Pacific Railway company. SAME OLD STORY. Members of the- Legislature as Usual Gather at the Cremerie. As is customary with the politician, the merchant, the visitor, and the pub lic in general, members of the legis lature, which convened in regular ses sion today, have been gradually "drop ping in" at Clarence Scott's old stand, the Cremerie restaurant, upon their ar rival in Topeka during the past two or three days. By the end of the week bills will be discussed at the Cremerie about as freely as at the state house. Mr. Scott says the people of Topeka and Kansas continue to patronize the Cremerie year in and year out because he gives them the best that money can buy. The service is first-class and there is every convenience for both ladies and gentlemen. Another thing, the Cremerie never "runs out." Enor mous crowds gather in Topeka from time to time, but Clarence Scott seems to keep an inexhaustive supply of things to eat. FAVOR TO RAILROADS. The Interstate Commerce Commission Makes Some Announcements. Washington. Jan. 12. Railroads and other common carriers may vol untarily make rates lower than they may lawfully be required to make and voluntary reduction of a rate does not carry a conclusive presumption that the prior rate was unreasonable. This was among the statements made In a decision today of the interstate com merce commission. The commission further held that a carrier with a long route was not legally obliged to meet the rate of a short line competitor nor to reduce its rate because such com petitor reduces a rate which has been the same by way of both routes. STUBBSMESSAGE New Governor's First Official Word to State. Urges Redemption of All Party Pledges. He Is Conservative in Dealing With Some Questions. THE PRIMARY LAW. Does Not Want It Tampered With. Mentions Tax Law,SchooI Books, Railroads and Good Roads. The house which adjourned at 2:43 this afternoon after organization con vened again at 3:30 o'clock. The senate came together again after the early af ternoon session at 3 o'clock. The mes sage from the governor was read at the second sessions of both house and nu. The new governor, in his first official word to the people of the entire stato. has dealt cautiously and In a broail minded manner with many public questions, while he has gone straight to the heart of others. AH the pledges of the party are touched upon and' urge d for passage into laws. The governor is anxious that extreme caution be taken In tampering with the primary law. He is afraid that some innocent rtdtx may be tacked on In the shape of an amendment that might make the law unconstitutional. The recommendations of tax commission and educational commission are endorsed. Its brevity adds strength to the message, and take it all In all. It 1.4 an able handling of the most import ant Issue in which the stato is In terested. The following is the com plete text of the official recommenda tions to the legislature: To the Legislature: Under the provisions' of our consti tution it becomes the duty of the gov ernor to make recommendations to th legislature and communicate such In formation as he may deem proper with reference to conditions In the state It. therefore gives me very great pleasure to be able to state that Kansas is iimrumng siraigntiorward to her goal The people are progressive, prosperous. WtJLvClptheO.. well fed. contented and happy; bankw, bins and storehouses are full to overflowing and our Jaila and poorhouses in many counties are empty. The products of the basic in dustry of our state, farming and stock raising, together with the live stock on hand, were valued last year at 475 million dollars, which is double the value ten years ago. The character and progress of our public schools will exert a greater in fluence in shaping the destiny of our state than any other one factor. It is, therefore, particularly gratifying to know that the state university agri cultural college and normal schools have made phenomenal progress In practical, useful and scientific work, and have increased the number of students almost 100 per cent within a period of 5 years. The charitable institutions are well established on a humane and business like basis. They are managed more with a view of giving the helpless, sick and Insane Inmates skilful sci entific treatment, proper care and' kind attention than on an economic basin. but in the end I believe these modern methods will prove the most economi cal. The penal institutions have ma I" splendid progress in the direction of fitting men for practical work after they are released from confinement in place of the old methods of punish ment, which appeals to me as more consistent with the principles of a Christian civilization. Some of the best informed men in Kansas, who are close students of political economy, have advised me that Kansas has made more progress m constructive, beneficial legislation' dur ing the past four years than any stata In the Union. The old political meth- ods that have prevailed generally throughout the country for a quarter of a century have practically all been abolished in Kansas, and the publla business of our state has established on a sound, business basis in the interest. of public welfare. It Is mv hone that the present ses sion of the legislature will break all records in the enactment or good una useful laws, as compared with former sessions in Kansas and other states. The personal integrity and reputation of the members are Involved in the obligations entered Into with the citi zens of Kansas, to enact certain meas ures into law. These obligations must be redeemed in good faith and the laws enacted must be sound, useful and just, if the wisdom of your elec tion to the legislature snail re justi fied by your work. Kvery member of this legislature has an opportunity to render a great public service during the ensuing fifty days which will re flect credit upon nimseir ana nis iam ilv. The aDDlication of sound business methods to legislative pay rolls and the general expense of the legislature would be in striking contrast with the ordinary legislative session. The con sideration of measures on their merit regardless of politics would result beneficially to tne state, xc wouia be a novel proceeding to witness' th members of the Kansas legislature set tling down to work six days in th week from the commencement to in- end of the session, rorgetting every nersonal interest and being conscious only of their great public responsibility and tne important woik -wnicn na been entrusted to them by their neigh bors, friends and citizens all of whom will judge you by your works when you return home. t. l. t. XOUrS IS a OL UlgU JIUIH'I, but it is one also of solemn responsi bility. You are dealing with a sacred" subject the wellbeing of a great commonwealth, and your work will affect our stflte and its people Inns' after the authority conferred upon you shall have passed away. Public Utilities. Under the leadership of Governor (Continued on Next Page.)

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THE TOPEKA. DAILY STATE JOUBNAIrTUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1909. A ROU NDMBEL01T- Thousands of Sheep Are Being Fed in Mitchell County. An Industry of the Past That Has Been Revived. A PAYING 'INVESTMENT City Water Plant Being Ex tended and Remodeled. Over 100 Automobiles Owned in Beloit and "Vicinity. Beloit, Jan. 12. There are more sheep feeding this winter in the neighbor hood of Beloit that in the last several years. The principal feeders are: Dodge McDill, 2.000 head; L. I. Pagett. 2.000: Peter Firott. 1.500: Matt Pirott, 1,500; Wm. Douglass, 1,000; Henry Herman, 1,000; O. II. Summers, 1,600; H. Jermark, 1,000; Jake Eresch. 1.000; W. 8. Gable, 1,000; H. L. LaCoe, BOO; and A. Simpson, 500 head. Several thousand head are being fed at Cawker City and Scottvitle. Many years ago Mitchell was rated one of the big sheep counties in north central Kansas. For several years after the feeders prac tically went out of business and in the past few years a few started in again, and made, money, until at this time there are dozens of feeders and in creasing every year. Portions "of Beloit streets are torn up wade bo by the new water plant now being remodeled, rebuilt and extended at a cost of $75,000 additional bonds voted to extend the water mains and consolidating the same with the elec tric light plant which the city of Be loit now owns. Six miles of new mains are being put down, making a total of a dozen miles. It is estimated when rnmniotsH thpse improvements will double the city's earning power. About 315.000 will be expended in new ma- ohinery. In the list of the many substantial Improvements recentlv made there is the remodeling of the well known Avenue hotel. It was built in 1874 and at that time was considered one of the largest and beet hotels in northwest Kansas. Since the popular Freemans took charge of the Avenue they have so completely overhauled the old house that their friends now hardly know it. Steam heat and hot water, together with bath tubs, new beds, tile floors, and a thorough and general overhaul ing of the building from basement to t"he upper story are the improvements, entailing an expenditure of about $20,000. That the people of Beloit and the section of Mitchell county tributary to this citv is populated by a thrifty. progressive people, the ract tnat mere are so many owners of autos ought to be convincing. The owner of one of the large garage barns here, J. L. Burkhart, says that the first automo bile sold In Beloit was in 1907. There are now more than 100 owned by Be loit business men and farmers ad Joining, of which Mr. Burkhart has sold not less than 65 of the total. The Buick and Rambler appear to take the leaa in tms piacc. Aiit;2se mai.iiuva range in price from $950 to $2,500. The new officers -for Mitchell county have been sworn in and business is working smooth as clock work. T. N. Culver, Democrat, succeeded J. W. McGhee, Republican, in the office of register of deeds. H. L. Petterson suc ceeds Frank Soper in the office of county clerk. Both are Republicans. James Daugherty succeeds Dan Gan sel as commissioner. Either one of them is a good Democrat. Forrest R. Gants succeeds J. D. Van Hook in the office of sheriff. The two are Bryan Democrats, an-d voted against Stubbs for governor. Amzie Jordan, Demo crat, will succeed F. J. Knight, Re publican, in the office of county attor ney; II. Van Tilborg, Republican, will be succeeded by Dan Gansel, Demo crat, in the treasurer's office next Oc tober; Mrs. Mary Cooper, Republican, and present incumbent in the office or probate judge succeeds herself with the largest majority given any candidate in the last election. The clerk of court, surveyor and school euperlntendent are Republicans. SODA ASH PLANT. Hutchinson Is to Have an Important Industry. Hutchinson, Kan., Jan. 12. Within a, month this- city la to have the soda ash plant ready for business. It is understood that all of the material to "The Blood is The Life.' Science has never gone beyond thst Above simple statement of scripture. But It baa illuminated that statement and given It a meaning ever broadening with the Increasing breadth of knowledge. When the blood is "bad" or impure it la not alone the body which suffers through disease. The brain Is also clouded, Slje mind and judgement are 'effected, ana"tar)y an evil deed or impure ,tboghtynj9ySitrectly traced to the hapUMCy of the breadY Foul. Impure blood 'run, he made mire bv the a pf pr 'Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. enriches and nnrilies the blood thereby curing, pimples, blotches, eruptions and other cutaneous affections, as eczema, tetter, or salt-rheum, hives and other manifestations of impure blood. 5 s In the cure of scrofulous swellings, en larged glands, open eating ulcers, or old sores, the Golden Medical Discovery "has performed the most marvelous cures. In cases of old sores, or open eating ulcers, it is well to apply to the open sores Dr. Pierce's All-Healing Salve, which pos sesses wonderful healing potency when used as an application to the sores in con junction with the use of "Golden Medical Discovery as a blood cleansing consti tutional treatment. If your druggist don't happen to have the "All-Healing Salve" in stock, you can easily procure it by Inclosing fifty-four cents In postage stamps to Dr. E. V. Pierce, 663 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y., and it will come to you by return post. Most druggists keep it as well as the "Golden Medical Discovery Yon can't afford to accept any medicine of wiknown composition as a substitute for "Golden Medical Discovery," which is a medicine of knows composition, having a complete list of ingredients in plain English on its bottle-wrapper, the same being attested as correct under oath. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and invigorate stomach, liver and bowel. be used in construction i all here excepting one carload. It will likely take several months before the plant could be expected to be run at its full caoacitv cf 120 tons daily of soda ash. The machinery is-J all new and it will require several weeks before everything is going smothly. HAS FIXE SCHOOLS. Cawker City's Educational Facilities Are of a High Order. Cawker City, Kan.,- Jan. 12. From an educational pointCawker City will rank with anv town in the state witn an equal population, barring places where colleges are located. Besides there are no less than twenty-six of her young people away at this time attending the several colleges of learn ing in the state, including Bethany and Washburn in Topeka, the Campbell college in Holton, State Agricultural college at Manhattan and State univer sity. Two of her young men are at tending a dental school, while one of her young ladies is attending a violin school. Strong City Has $10,000 Fire. Strong City, Kan., Jan. 12. Early Monday fire broke out in the rear of James O'Reilly's grocery, .a frame building on Cottonwood avenue be tween Third and Fourth streets in this city. The grocery and four other frame buildings occupied by Chris Zimmer man, pool room: Davidson's grocery. Kabler's barber shop. Brecht's shoe shop and Newman's barber shop were entirely consumed.. Estimated loss is $8,000 to $10,000, mostly covered by in surance. The origin of the fire is un known. Masonic Home Not Exempt. Wichita. Kan.. Jan. 12. According to the decision rendered late Monday by Judge Thomas C. Wilson, in the Sedg wick county district court, the Kansas Masonic home located in this city must pay taxes. He refused to grant a per manent injunction against the county to prevent its officials from spreading the assessment of the home on the tax rolls. A. V. AVebb Is Injured. Wichita. Kan.. Jan. 12. A. W. Webb, division superintendent of the Wichita division of the Missouri Pacific, fell from the steps at his home and suffer ed a broken shoulder bone. He was leaving the house and slipped on the snow that had fallen on the steps. Death of Thomas McGannon. Great Bend. Jan. 12. Thomas Mc Gannon Ullery died late Monday at his home northwest of town from an at tack of pleurisy. Mr. Ullery was one of the pioneer settlers of Barton coun ty, coming here in 1SS0 and locating west of town. Mrs. Myrtle Reed Released. Abilene, Kan., Jan. 12. Mrs. Myrtle Reed of Kansas City, charged with murdering Thomas Glenn at Hering ton. has been freed, the case being dis missed. The county refused o pay for an autopsy to determine the presence of alleged poison. Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days. Pazo Ointment is sruaranteed to cure anv ease of itching, blind, bleeding or protruding Biles in to 1 aays or money reiunaea. sue. SNOW HELPS THE WHEAT Entire State Covered With Three to Five Inches. From Emporia, Kan., Jan. 121. The first real snowstorm of the season fell Monday and Monday night. It will be a great help to winter wheat. At Newton. Snow has been falling over this sec tion and lies about four inches deep on the level. At Galena. Southeastern Kansas was visited by tne most severe blizzard in many years, a blinding snowstorm raged all of Monday. Eight inches of snow fell, shutting off interurban street car service. Hundreds of zinc and lead mines have been shut down because of the cold weather. At Pittsburg. A heavy snowstorm has been raging in this section. A six-inch fall of snow is estimated at this time. At Hutchinson. Three inches of snow has fallen here. The weather is very cold. At Abilene. Four inches of snow covered wheat fields, greatly helping crop prospects. At Wellington. This section is again experiencing zero weather for the second time this winter. The snow has been falling nearly all day, with considerable wind. At Salina. A blanket of snow about five inches deep lies over all the northern part of the wheat belt. The fall was severe in the western part of the state, and all of the trains from the west were delayed from one to three hours. At Canton. There was a big drop in the tem perature in this part of the state and the thermometer went down to zero. Most of the stock is sheltered and very little suffering will result and the snow will be fine on the growing wheat. At Independence. It has been snowing here although the fall has not been heavy. Two inches or thereabouts is the extent. The lowest the thermometer has gone is five degrees above zero. The cold est weather here last year was ten de grees above. At Ashland. 'From springlike weather yesterday this section is in the throes of a hard storm, the wind blowing a 25 mile gale from the north and the thermo meter standing at 5 above. With the exception of two days last week the weather has been favorable for cat tle. At Wellington. This section is again experiencing zero weather for the second time this winter. Snow has been falling with considerable wind. The railroads are suffering severely and the movement of trains is greatly hindered. Murphy and Moran Matched. New York. Jan. 12. Tommy Mur phy, a local lightweight, and Owen Moran, English boxer, have been matched to meet for ten rounds at the next stag of the National A. C. in two weeks. Immediately after Murphy had beaten Frankie Madden, Johnny White, manager of the club, hunted up Johnny Oliver, manager of Murphy, and offered him inducements for the match, which Oliver accepted without delay. Moran has been eager to meet Murphy in a limited round bout. "We find the prisoner not guilty by rea son of insanity." "But the plea was not that of insanity." remarked the Court. "That's lust the point we made," rejoined the foreman. "We decided that any man who didn't have sense enough to know that an insanity plea was the proper caper must be crazy." Philadelphia Ledger. KEEPING IT UP. Manager Cooley Secures Another Addition to His Outfield. Buys Arthur Fenlon From the "Three-Eye" Manager. HE IS A HARD HITTER Was With the Lincoln Western Team for Three Tears. Danny Green, Formerly With White Sox, Also Captured. Arthur Felon, an outfielder well known in Western league circles, is the latest addition to the Topeka out field, a deal having been closed with the Decatur team of the Three Eye, for his purchase. Fenlon played with the Lincoln Western league team for three years, most of the past season being included in that time. Cooley is well pleased with this, his latest addition. Fenlon is recognized as a top notcher. He Is a hard hitter and a good outfielder and a big man physically. He has a throwing arm that is remarkable and runs like a Kansas cyclone when he hits the bases. Fenlon has a string of pretty good looking dope, following his name In the official records. Fenlon's batting record for 1908 consists of the follow ing figures: Seventy-three games, at bat 312 times, 41 runs, 81 hits, 104 bases, 7 sacrifice hits, 19 stolen bases. and an average of .260. In extra base swats, Fenlon secured 9 doubles and 7 triples. The year previous when Fenlon played the season through he had an average of .296 and led the league in three-baggers with a total of 31. He stole 42 bases during the year. Fenlon is a better batter than he is fielder, although he is not a poor outgardener. His throwing arm augurs well for him, as he had 11 as sists last season. 21 a year ago. Fenlon and Guy Green, the man ager of the Lincoln team, last season had a disagreement over the salary Which he was to receive. The falling out continued all the season, and re sulted in Fenlon's being traded to the Decatur team. Cooley has 'been dick ering with him all winter and it was not until this morning that the deal had been completed. I am well pleased with the pur chase of Fenlon," said Mr. Cooley this morning. "I have been after him ever since we were elevated into the Western league. He is a rattling good ball player, hits left handed and has a strong throwing right arm. He is a clean hitter and when he hits the ball you can see the outfielders playing back. He is the kind of a batter that makes people stand up and throw their hats away." In addition to Fenlon, Cooley has secured Danny Green, a former out fielder of the Chicago White Sox Green played with the White Sox when they were In .Topeka In. the spring of 1906. He is a left hand hitter and is noted for getting his bingles at the psychological moment. He played with the Milwaukee team the year after he left the White Sox and was with the Sioux City team last year. Cooley secured him by pur chase from Ducky Holmes. In the outfield Green's forte is looking Old Sol straight in the eye and plucking flies out the intensely illuminated at mosphere. His drawback, and nearly every ball player has one, is a weak throwing arm, and this by the way caused his relegation to the minors. But his hitting and ability on the bases more than counteracts the bad arm and will make him a valuable man. Denver is after Karsten, the college pitcher of the Springfield, Mo., team who looked so good to the local fans last season. He came from the Uni versity of Michigan and has about the hnest private laboratory or curves ana benders, displayed in the old associa- tion brush. He didn't make a great showing last season. No one could with Springfield. But he Is a comer and with a good receiver Denver should be able to work him Into a winner. ADVOCATES A BIG PURSE. Westerner Thinks Golf Men Should Attract Foreign Players. New York, Jan. 12. A suggestion has been made by a western golfer not entirely in accord with the "ail wise" policy of the United States Golf asso ciation to the effect that the parent organization might put its funds to better use than hoard them up year after year. At present the association has about $11,000 in its treasury, and the amount continues to grow. The latest suggestion is that when the national open championship Ques tion is discussed at the annual meeting now in progress in New York a de mand should be made that the United States Golf association spend some of its surplus by offering $1,000 as first prize for the open championship, thus making it sufficiently attractive to bring Braid, Vardon, Massey, Herd and tyTU enua Lleanses the bvst '.SlPm lVTfRPl- uaUy;Dispels Lolas andXlecu A- X aches due To L A x. i. 11 onsupauori; :ts truly as iAcls naturally, ac a .Laxative. IJ r. If 1 r idem juesi forivien.women an ren youn and Old, ene Jicial Effects Always buy me Genuine which hasihe full name of the Com pany CALIFORNIA pio Syrup Co. by whom it is manufactured, pr infect on the front of every package. SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS ne ize ony, regular price 60ip-bottl, DSJ f IPS r?1?, ,hf r fading professionals or shores and France to these WOULD PAY A BOXCS. President Murphy Wants to Distribute 910,000 Among His Players. r.u9 Jan- 12 President Mur fi.. bf Chicago National league club stated that if the national com mission permits he will distribute a bonus of $10,000 among the world's championship team on the da that w o ?ue Pennant is rained at the West Side grounds. The only thing standing in the way of the plan is rule Z the articles governing world's championship games, which prohibits the giving of bonuses either before or after a series, to the players of a team which may participate in such series. stubbsnSessage. (Continued from Preceding Page.) xiugnes in ftew York, and Governor in Wisconsin, public ..uiinca lavs nave been enacted which nave resulted in rrnat nractiral bpne fits to the citizens of the above named states, i most earnestly recommend the enactment i of a publie utilities law in Kansas, using whatever may be uaeu io aavantage of the present rail road law as a basis and adding the uesi leatures or tVttt Wnr Tnrt and Wisconsin public utilities laws, which nave nad a severe nraetical test. This law should pmnnwAr a. com mission to supervise not onlv the rail roads, but all public utilities. includ- ing water, gas, electric light, heat, power, express, car, pipe line, tele graph and telenhonn i-nmnanira and au other public service utilities: also, the junsQiction over the issue of stocks, bonds and securities of rail way ana an other public utilities cor porations; also, the power of deter mining whether rmblic necessity and convenience demand the bulldine of auuuiuniu lines oi railway, or addi uonai water, gas, and electric light plants in communities whern ther is in operation a Dlant of similar char acter, under an Indeterminate fran chise; also, the power to ascertain the ijiiyoicai vaiue or all puDllc utilities property within the borders of the state. It should be chareed with the dntv or prescribing proper and uniform accounting methods and of requiring irom an companies under Its Jurisdic tion reports containing operating and financial and other data. including scneauies or rates charged for the ser vice rendered. It should be charered with the en forcement of the law relating to hours or employment for railway employes; with power over railway terminals; power to require railroads to install telephone lines; to compel railroads to furnish connections with spurs running to industries; power, to deter mine the value of public utilities, in cluding street railways; and in con demnation proceedings by municipal ities under the public utilities law; to enforce statutory regulation of wires and other overhead obstructions cross ing railroad tracks.. It should also have the power to secure all information pertaining to the cost of construction, maintenance. operation and transportation of sup plies or service of any kind that is furnished to the public. All this information is necessary for the purpose of establishing equit able rates and adequate service on all commodities; and any corporation which withholds information from this commission should not be per mitted to use such suppressed infor mation in court. This commission should consist of five members to be appointed by the governor and be subject to removal by him for cause. This law should also provide for the three railroad commissioners to be a part of this commission during the ensuing two years. Good Roads. The agricultural, department at Washington has compiled data from every civilized country showing that the bad condition of our public high ways increases the cost of hauling American products to market more than 237 million dollars each year, as compared with the cost on highways like those maintained In France, Ger many, England and other countries. This means more than 5 million dol lars loss in time and expense every year in Kansas; but, the financial loss sustained because of bad roads is not the most important consideration. Good roads add to the comfort, con venience and pleasure of living, es pecially in the country. The value of land in a community is increased more by permanent improvement of roads than the cost of such roads. They facilitate the consolidation of country schools. Farm products may be hauled to market in good and bad weather. Good roads cost money, so do barns, houses, carriages, farm machinery and everything that goes to make up the comforts of life. It is not so impor tant how much permanent road im provements will cost. If the added value of the improvement Is largely in excess of its cost, then the expendi ture is Justified and desirable. It is really a permanent Investment bring ing in good dividends. We are spending more than a mil lion dollars a year on the public high ways of Kansas without making per manent improvements worthy of men tion. If this amount of money was used in a scientific, business-like way, and the work done regularly and sys tematically by men who are skilled in road building, it would only require a few years to give, Kansas a perfect system of public highways. Kansas cannot construct public highways without an amendment to our constitution. But the state can provide laws authorizing each county to build and maintain permanent roads. A state law should provide: First A state engineer of public highways who must be an experienced road builder and a graduate of some reputable school of enginerlng. Second A supervisor of public I highways in each county to be ap pointed by the county commissioners by and with the advice and consent of the Mate engineer. The county sur veyor in many cases will have suf ficient training and fitness for this place. The superviser shall carry for ward all work in the county under the direction of the state engineer. Third Reliable data, Indicates that SO per cent of the traffic is carried over 10 per cent of the roads. A mandatory provision for drainage and grading of all these main traveled roads with reg ular, systematic work by King drags, or otherwise, to keep the surface smooth and drainage open, should be provided. fourth A majority or the voters in any regularly organized district, as provided for under such a law, should be authorized to vote bonds or taxes for permanent road building under the direction of the state engineer. All work should be let by contract to the lowest bidder bids advertised for and sealed. Fifth All poll taxes should be paid in cash. The price work should be approved by the etate engineer of pub lic highways and the county supervisor. Sixth That 75 per cent of all money collected from each road district snail be used to Improve the roads within the said district. The law relating to road districts, re cently repealed, should be re-enacted. The Tax Law. I urge your careful consideration of the recommendations of the state tax commission, and also recommend the following amendments to the state tax laws That the state tax commission be elected by popular vote. That tho term of office of the etate tax commission be for a period of two years. The county assessor's office should be abolished in counties having less than 30,000 population and the county clerks perform all duties of county as sessors in said counties. The assessors in cities and more popu lous counties should be elected by pop ular vote. The tax levies should be limited by law and decreased to the full extent that the valuation of property has been increased under the new tax law, in county, city, township and school dis tricts. The new tax law provides for the as sessment of all property at its true value and the purpose of this law is to compel all personal and real prop erty to bear its equal burden of the tax. With the state tax commission, county commissioners, and assessors in the cities and counties all directly re sponsible to the voters and tax payers for their nomination and -election, the administration of the tax law should become more and more equitable-and efficient. Banking Laws. The present banking law is one" of the very best state laws in the Union and the state banks of Kansas are worthy of the confidence of the people. Prompted by the suggestions of ex perience, however, and to further strengthen the banking law and the state banking system I recommend the enactment of a savings bank law which shall provide for the creatio.i of banks for savings deposits only, prohibiting the "transaction of com mercial business and limiting the in vestment of its funds to such securi ties as are usually dealt in by saving Danks. I recommend an amendment to the banking law providing that no bink shall receive deposits in excess of ten times the amount of its capital stock and surplus. The law should also pro vide that no bank or trust company vide that no bank or trust company n" report oi tne Kansas eauca- shall make any loans in excess of $500 Itlonal commission. This report covers directly or indirectly to its president, the needed school legislation compre vice president, cashier, assistant cash- I hensively. A similar commission should ier, secretary, treasurer or majority I be authorized by law to revise, rewrite stockholder, or to any corporation, 'and codify the school laws and reports firm or partnership In which these of- thereon to the next session of the legis ficers are financially Interested and lature. But some of the more import prescribe appropriate penalties for its ant needs of the schools cannot wait, violation. These are state aid for weak districts, A director or officer of a bank longer minimum terms, consolidation of should have at least $500 stock, free from pledge or hypothecation, and the sale or incumbrance of such stock should of Itself terminate his official connection with the bank as rullj as 11 nis resignation naa Deen icuaereu and accepted, and any further inter meddling with the bank's affairs as an officer, or director, by him should be a misdemeanor under a severe penalty. Every stockholder should be requir ed to make under oath an annual statement for publication showing whether or not he has sufficient prop- perty free of exemptions and incum brances to make good his double lia bility as a stockholder in case hi! bank should fail. Anv commissioner, assistant -cnm- m'ssioner, or deputy, who shall permit the violation of any of the banking laws of this state for a period of 90 days by any bank doing business un der such laws, shall be guilty of a mis demeanor and be punished by fine and imprisonment. .bank directors should be compelled by law to give personal attention to the duties of their office with proper penalties prescribed for neglect or violation thereof. Corporation Mw. The present corporation law seems to provide that when a corporation abuses its power a receiver shall be appointed for the purpose of winding up its affairs and disposing or tne cor porate property. This is often too drastic. The law should be amended so as to provide for receivers to cor rect corporate abuses and when cor rected to hand back the corporate property, without dissolving the cor poration, into the hands of its owners and managers, subject to the super vision of the court. This amendment should be supplementary to the ores ent law so that either Judgment may be pronounced at the discretion of the court. City Commission Government. The present enabling act authoriz ing cities of the first and second class to adopt the commission rorni or gov ernment Bhould be amended in a few material particulars to make the plan when adopted more efficient jn opera tion. I recommend the following amendments: First That the law provide that women be given the right of suffrage on the question of the adoption of the plan. Second It should also provide, ror the compulsory referendum of fran chise ordinances. Third It should also provide for the Initiative and referendum in the passage of ordinances and the recall of the commissioners oy petition. Fourth It should also provide that after a trial of more han six years a proposition to abolish the commis sion plan could he suDmittea to tne voters by petition. Fifth It should provide for the non-partisan nomination and election of commissioners. Those who have observed the suc cessful operation of the plan believe also the city schools should be brought under the commission. These amendments have already been incorporated in the laws of Iowa and Massachusetts with satisfactory results. Bank Guarantee. Ten years ago Governor Stanley made the following recommendation to the legislature with reference to bank deposits: The bank commissioner recom mends tiie creation of a guarantee fund for the protection of bank de positors. No one thing connected with the business of banking would be more desirable than some provis ion securing the safety of depositors. The plan proposed is new; it may be IF you want a medicine that will keep the digestion per fect, the bowels open, make the blood pure and keep you strong and healUiy, begin your meals wltli doce of OSTETTER'fn CELEBRATED STOMACH n 1 PITTRRV practical. I commend it to your careful consideration. This question has been continuously discussed until during the last campaign both political parties in Kansas pledged themselves to enact such a measure into law, and the members of this legislature are in honor bound to carry out in good faith tneir platform pledges on this subject: Passenger Kates and Free Transpor tation. The present passenger rate law is a numbug. A flat two-cent rate should be substituted therefor. The anti- pass law should be entirely rewritten limiting free transportation to bona nae railroad employes ana their families and excluding all others. Perhaps this Is the only sort 'of anti- pass law which the courts will permit to stand as constitutional. Anti-liobby. It will trreatlv aid vour delibera tions during the present session of the legislature if an anti-lobby law is en acted at once and made effective up on publication in the official state paper. I see no good reason why mis. law should not be operative dur ing the first week of the, present leg islative session, and rid the legislative nans or these officious obstructionists, Liquor legislation. I approve the recommendations of me attorney general that the law authorizing the county attorneys to hold inquisitions pertaining to unlaw ful saies oi intoxicating liquors should be re-enacted. It is also a wise sug gestion that the persistent violator of the prohibitory la.w should be dealt with as a felon. For the first offense the criminal may be dealt with ac cording to the Judgment of the court; for the second, or for violating his parole, he should suffer the maximum penalty under the present law; for a third offense, he should be sent to the penitentiary for the protection of society. The present system of Issuing per mits for the sal of intoxicants should be abolished and the granting of per mits vested in the state board of health. I recommend that whenever it be comes necessary to appoint an assist ant attorney general in any county in mis jsiaxe, me pay or tne county at torney shall cease during such time as it is necessary for the attorney general io act. Scliool Laws. I recommend to your careful atten tion the report of the Kansas educa- schools, a more equitable distribution of railroad taxes and a practical method of saving to the school fund the estates of persons dying without heir or will. The study of the elements of agrl cultural and tiomest domestic science should be stimulated; regulations should be pre scribed for the construction of school houses with particular reference to san itation and flre protection. Fire drills should be compulsory. A system of state inspection should be devised eo that the state superintendent should have closer supervision of county super intendents and rural schools. The coun ty superintendent's office should be non partisan. To effect this, party nomina tions for that office should be abolish ed and each qualified aspirant should run as an independent. Electors residing in cities of the first and second class should not be permit ted to vote for county superintendents of the counties In whieh they are situ ated. A minimum salary should be pre scribed for teachers, and some method of making it an inducement to com petent teachers to remain in the pro fession as their life work should be devised. There is also a demand for liberal support for the bureau of ani mal Industry at the Agricultural col lege. The schools for colored youth at Qulndaro and Topeka are especially worthy of your concern. They are do ing a noble work in practical instruc tion not alone in scholastic training but in the industrial and mechanics arts. They train the colored youth to become efficient wage-workers and thus to be come self-reliant useful citizens of the etate. The great institutions of higher learning will require a continuance of the same liberal treatment which the legislature has accorded them for the past few years. Their especial needs will be submitted to you by the man aging boards or by the executive heads of these institutions at your con venience. Suliool Books. The unsatisfactory condition under which we secure our text books for the public schools has given Just cause for agitation for state publication of these books. There is no doubt whatever that the labor and mechanical work can be done better In Kansas than elsewhere, but the question of securing manuscript of the right quality and character is really the vital issue involved. I recommend the appointment of an honorary commission to serve without pay to make an exhaustive investiga tion of the question of securing manu scripts of the highest quality and character. Until this matter has been determined by competent Judges the enactment of a law providing for state publication of school books appears to me like a leap in the dark, involving the most vital Interests of our state. An appropriation not to exceed $2,000 should be made to be used by this commission to employ a stenographer. whose office shall be in the state house and to defray actual expenses, and to advertise in all necessary school Jour nals for manuscripts and enable the commission- to communicate with per sons who are in a position to furnish such manuscripts, and determine the cost and character of manuscripts available for this purpose. This com mission to report to the governor its findings and recommendations from time to time as convenience and ex perience dictate. Iabor Laws. The labor organizations have many good suggestions which they will pre sent to your legislative committees and their wants and ;needs shnnlrl ceive your consideration. I especially recommend an extension of the laws restricting child labor, and the enact ment of an employer's liability law. Such a law should be drawn along the lines of federal legislation on the same subject and I think it would be only just to provide that If injured persons, or their representatives, mis took their remedy on the technical question as to whether the federal or state court should afford them relief, the statute of limitations should not run until that, question was deter mined. Primary Election Law. The operation of the primary elec tion law has developed certain details which may require slight amendments, but great caution should be exercised to see that the real principle of that law Is not affected, and that no uncon stitutional tinkerlrwr with the law is permitted. The primary election law has been the most important triumph for the preservation of popular gov ernment which this generation has witnessed. There is no good measure which can long be denied to the peo ple while this effective law is on the statute books. It brings back to the people absolutley the right to make and unmake their public servants. Pure Food. The proper value of the food and drug law' to the consumers of Kansas cannot be estimated or measured by the half million dollars which has been saved through the enforcement of this act. The improved sanitary conditions and character of food pro ducts are so marxra as to cause most favorable comment throughout tljfjr state. I recommend that the Inspec tor's force of the board of health be increased and their authority extend ed. Tuberculosis. Upwards of one million dollars has been expended in America during the last year in an organized effort to check tho progress and stamp out, .if possible, the great white plague. Statistics furnished by the etate board of health indicate that there are more than 6,000 cases of tuber culosis in Kansas. This disease is in fectious and may be communicated from the sick to the well. The infec tion and spread of tuberculosis ch be prevented by proper hygienic and sanitary measures. I recommend that the state board of health be provided with sufficient means to make a state-wide campaign for the purpose of holding public meet ings in every city, village and hamlet In Kansas to give the people Instruc tion In the best methods of protecting themselves against this dread disease. Forestry. The free distribution of trees at the Ogallah and Dodge City forestry sta tions should be discontinued. Like most gifts at public expense, the-trees given away have been neglected and the for ester reports very few of them are growing. The money spent In raising trees to be given away could be used to good advantage in experimentation and in showing how and what forest trees may be successfully cultivated and grown on our western plains. Tna time has come to take hold of forestry de velopment In Kansas in a practical way. I recommend one state forester who Is a graduate of some reputable agricul tural school and also has taken a special course in forestry and is up-to-date in practical work of tree planting in this part of the country, with a sal- ary or $2,000 per annum, and an assist ant with a salary of $1,200 per annum. The state forester should give lectures at farmers' Institutes and prepare and distribute bulletins pertaining to tree culture; and, in general, his work should be along the lines so successfully follow ed by the experimental departments of the State Agricultural college. Court Delays. The State Bar association has pre pared a new and revised code of civil procedure designed to speed court liti gation. Able lawyers have freely given their time to this work. It merits your careful attention. The one great re form in court procedure is to abolish vexatious and costly delays. Some states withhold the salary of judges who delay decisions beyond a limited time. Kansas can make no mistake by doing likewise. Appeals on technical errors, whicn are not material or pre judicial, should be prohibited by law. and appeals on technicalities which the supreme court decide have no merit should subject the appellant to sub stantial costs. Reapportionment. T recommend a. reapportionment of the legislative districts of Kansas providing that each county entitled to representa tion under the constitution shall be repre sented. Derelict Ofliccrs. Borne state laws provide for the recall of derelict or incompetent officers. The evil aimed at is serious but the remedy seerns cumbersome and expensive. The same result can be much more speedily accomplished bv authorizing the removal of such undesirable public servants by a civil action such as is now the law relat ing to the removal of mayors and other officials for non-enfrocement of the pro hibitory law. ConsDlidatlon of IJoads. The business management of the peni tentiary and Hutchinson reformatory should be vested In the board or control. This is only In line with sound busines methods in voirue in otner progressiv states like our own. State Debt. The state school fund holds the bonds representing the state debt. The Invest ments of the present slnkinir fund should be sold at once and the proceeds applied to the liauidation of the debt, and the whole debt paid within n. reasonable time. Keference Library Bureau. T.re-islatorK freauentlv find it difficult to obtain reliable information relating to laws, statistics and Kovernmental affairs. The drafting of bills is often a serious matter to industrious but mexpenencea lawmakers. A reference library bureau has been established in some states for this purpose and for the dissemination of useful Information to students of political economy both in and out of the legislature. I advise the enactment of such a law. Oil Inspection. I recommend that the offices of the five deputy oil inspectors, who receive salary and expenses amounting to ui per monin, be abolished. I am advised that these officers are not necessary to the proper transaction of the business connected with that office. Campaign Expenses. f I recommend the enactment of la requiring the publication of receipts and expenditures of all moneys used for cam paign purposes, with appropriate penalties for its violation. Omnlbussing.' I need hardly say that the practice of omnlbussing legislative bills 1b absolutely forbidden bv our state constitution, and only the rule of law forbidding the 1m neachment of legislative journals has per mitted such legislation to stand, but the practice has allowed many questionable bills to slip through the legislature without careful scrutiny, and I urice you to abol ish this most vicious practice. Special Legislation. I urjre upon you the utter futility of most of the characteristic special legisla tion which heretofore has occupied so much valuable time in the legislature. I am advised by able lawyers that nearly all of it is unconstitutional since the amendment of 1906 and by the unanimous decisions of the supreme court. The lim ited duration of the session gives no time to waste on enactments which the courts will not and cannot recognize as valid laws. Economy. In time of prosperity the tendency is toward extravagance In publie aa well as private affairs. This tendency should be repressed. Kansas has ample means for every wise and necessary purpose but not one cent to waste or sauander. Yoti'Will be besieged by political hangers-on for petty places around the legislature whero the pay is (rood and the work Is nauyht. The legislature of 1905 took determined ground to rid the pay roll of all useless employes. I doubt not you can do still better, with- out the least impairment of legislative efficiency. The money which you appro priate belongs to the Kansas tax payers and you should watch its expenditure as carefully as prudent men watch their own. expenditures. A majority or your number were eiectea upon specific pledges to enact certain leg islation. Such pledges should be redeemed as faithfully as are oersonal obligations by honorable men In their own private affairs. Most of the proposed measures are bound to appeal to the patriotism and Intelligence of the minority as well. In all that you may plan for the upbuilding; of Kansas, I pledge you my hearty co operation. rtespectruuy submitted, W. R. BTTJBBS, Governor. 1 I

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAIt TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1909. 3 WOMEN Every woman' has so much pain, work and worry in life that any need less daily suffering from backache, headache, dizziness, languor or other kidney ills is unfortunate, indeed. Doan's Kidney Pills have brought new life, health and strength to thou sands of iromen afflicted in this way, by curing the kidneys. If you don't -j v, n just understand your condition, don t jufli unuf riaiiu juui a. y l.llncJ'a v. mrrpr runt tr nuv rt o 1 iim muh j u Y Women easily fall victim to kid- key ill.-. The confining work a woman

111.. J. HQ V. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 doeR, the tight, heavy clothing she wears, the-constant bending, reaciwn, and lifting of housework, the cares of bringing up children, are all trying. Any fever, cold, chill or strain may weaken the kidneys, and set up con gestion, with backache and distur bances of the urine. Too many women have come to think that backache, pain through the hips, headache, "blues," dizzy spells, sick headache, nervousness and swell ing of the ankles, wrists or limbs, are troubles .peculiar to the sex. Don't make that mistake. Suspect your kid neys first. Men have similar aches when the kidneys are sick. BOAN'S KIDNEY Sold by all dealers. rn inn Liji A hopeless minority (from the stand point of the box office), heard the Abramson Italian Grand ODera com- j who stayed away on account of the Inaugural reception, the weather or for other insufficient reasons, missed a superlatively good performance of that popular double bill. Cavalerla Rusti cana and I Pagliacci. There is no ac counting for the moods of the local public regarding music. Last season, the company which played to a hand ful at the Grand last night, was along in II Trovatore and drew a big house although the Savage company was here the same week in Madame Butterfly and boosted the prices to $2.50. This unexplained evidence of a passion for the arts led Mr. Abramson, the man ager of the company, to believe that Topeka was the High Brow of the one night stands, and the oasis of "culchaw" in the artistic desert of the prairies. So he brought his artists, in creased in numbers and improved in quality, back last night and met bit ter disappointment. The Abramson company is first class in every respect. It ran along side the Manhattan and Metropolitan companies in New York for ten weeks earlier in the season and received respectful treatment from the public and the critics. In includes two sets of principals, who, while not wide ly known, are for the most part, sing ers of the first rank, a chorus of thirty and a splendid orchestra of twenty-one men. Madame Duce Merola. the San- tuzza of last night's cast, is a dramatic soprano of uncommon gifts. The music of the Mascagni operetta seemed well suited to the peculiar timbre of her rarely lovely voice. For its pathos she found expression no less eloquent than for its passion and .despair and while one occasionally missed a sense of volume and amplitude in the body of her tone, it made up for this in its carrying quality and its penetrating beauty. .Her phrasing is judicious and expressive and her musical perform ance is backed up by positive his- inumc fsemurt. nci ituitiig Iannis almost carry the role for seldom does one see so strong a dramatic concep tion and rendition as she gave of San tuzza. M. Torre as Turiddu sang ana acted with distinction and the minor roles of Cavaleria were adequately sus tained by Mile. Georgiana Strauss, Mile. M. Bossi and M. Zara. M. Merola was the conductor. M. Bari. the Canio of Pagliacci. shared with Madame Duce Merola the honors of the evening. While not per sonally so magnetic, perhaps, he show ed nevertheless, a fine graps of his role ALCOHOL a Pcu AVgelablcPreparationforAs similatmg theFootfantfRegutar ting the Storaadis andBowelsof Promotes Digpsn'onJCheerM ncss and Rest.Contains neither Opiuni.Morph.ine nor Mineral. KOT .NARCOTIC. MecfrafOldlkSSb'llLfllimt fhmSerd gtrriOtd Staar. Aperfect Remedy forConsfija- iitiii rmiir :Miimarn. inarm a Worms .Convulsions Jeverish- ness andLOSS OF SLEEP. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. jiuuiiUBiiuui'ii u Guaranteed under the Food a 1 ;r the Food ail jjSafiSirtigy Exact Copy of Wrapper. SUFFER NEEDLESS PAIN Many Mysterious Aches May be Cured by Cur ing the Kidneysl Price So cents. Foster-Milburm Co., Buffalo, and equal histrionic powers coupled with musical gifts of more than ordi nary degree. His voice is rich and full and he employs it marvelously. In the Lament, which offers such brilliant opportunities to a dramatic singer. It was a mighty and effective instrument for the expression of tumultuous pas sion and his interpretation of the role left little to be desired, technically or intellectually. M. Pacini as Tonio sang and acted acceptably and his Prologue was en thusiastically received. Miss Julia Allen, a young American girl, in the part of Nedda has a sweet voice, at this stage of her development of only parlor size, and her acting is equally immature but her youth, and beauty in the graceful costume of Columbine make a charming picture and her other shortcomings are readily forgiven, al though in so strong a cast they are particularly noticeable. M. Fornari, who conducted II Trovatore last year, conducted Pagliacci last night, and was the only member of last year's cast to appear although one or two of the prin cipals who sang in Topeka before are still with the company. A. F. J. DEMOCRATS MAKE NOMINATION'S. Select a Full last of Officers for Lower House. A caucus of the Democratic members of the state legislature was held last night at thaThroop hotel, when honors were conferred upon several of the faithful. A Democratic president pro. tern, of the senate was placed in nomination and a full set of officers for-the house was selected.' Senator A. S. Cooke, of Mitchell county, was chosen as the Democrats' choice for president pro. tern, of the senate. The following nominees were made for positions in the house organ ization: Speaker C. F. Foley, of Rice county. Speaker pro tern. W. A. Morgan of Hodgeman county. Chief clerk D. A. Calahan, of King man county. Sergeant-at-arms John Prince of Kansas City. Chaplain J. C. Warren, a Congrega tional minister of Argentine. Henderson Martin, chairman of the Democratic state central committee, was permanent chairman of the joint Democratic caucus. W. P. Feeder, of Great Bend, was secretary. Legislative matters were discussed from the Democratic point of view, but no definite plan of action was agreed upon by the caucus further than the decision to support the measures that appear to be for the best interests of the state, and such measures as might add to the strength of the "great mi nority" in the campaign two years hence. m 3 &4 For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears t Signature In Use For Over Thirty Years THB CCNTAUR OOMMnV, NEW YonK GITY. EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY It is a woman's duty to herself and to her family to detect the first signs of kidney weakness, and to give the kidneys prompt help. A special rem edy for weakened or diseased kidneys, for' backache and urinary disorders, is Doan's Kidney Pills, a composition of vegetable ingredients that may be taken by strong or weak, or young or old, for the action is gentle, and only on the kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills restore normal action of the kidneys, regulate the urine, drive out backache and languor, and cure kidney troubles permanently. TOPEKA PROOF Mrs. C. Neske, 1000 E. Eighth street, Topeka, Kan., says: "I suffer ed from rheumatism and kidney trou ble and I believe my advanced age was the cause. I was seldom free from a dull, bearing down pain across my back and I often became so lame and sore that I could hardly do my housework. I also had frequent head aches and was very nervous. Seeing Doan's Kidney Pills advertised as a cure for such troubles, I procured a box at Rowley's drug store. They gave me immediate relief and I soon felt better than I had in a long time." PILLS N.Y.. Proprietors. WINE WAS POISONED. Yoiuig Mau Drinks It in Church Play and Dies. Marydale. Del., Jan. 12. Charles I Pippin, a young business man,, is dead as a result of drinking poisoned wine, while acting in an amateur play Janu ary 1, and a conspiracy to commit mur der is suspected by the police. A rigid investigation will be made, and it ie believed there will be sensa tional developments. Pippin was a so cial favorite and was engaged to marry Miss Maud Hummer, a teacher in the local school. It is believed the poison was not intended for Pippin, but for one of the other actors. The state's attorney, Elmer Dean, was advised by Coroner W. G. Smith of the death and arranged for an inquest. The poisoning was done at a perform ance for the benefit of the organ fund of the Methodist church. Pippin, in carrying out his character, was obliged to drink a glass of wine. Howard Grif fith, another member of the cast, tasted the wine before Pippin did. and, finding it strong, merely wet his lips with it. Pippin, when his turn came, lifted the glass in the air, gave his toast and swallowed all the liquid at a gulp. The next moment he doubled up. ran off the stage and cried "My God, it's burning me up! Give me water quick!" Dr. H. Evans, who was taking part in the play, hastily gave Pippin tempor ary relief, and, though he still suffered considerably, he went back before the fodtlinghts and played his part through to the end. Soon after he reached home Pippin again was seized with excruciat ing pains in the stomach and sent for a physician, who found him seriously ill. He grew worse from day to day, and at last a specialist was called in. The latter said Pippin had drunk an ex tremely large dose of poison. CALHOUN IS ARRAIGNED. President of United I Sail ways Paces Charge for Bribery. San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 12. Patrick Calhoun of New York, and San Francisco, president of the United Railways and director of sev eral large corporations, appeared in Judge William P. Lawler's department of the superior court today for the opening session of his trial on an in dictment charging him with offering a bribe to Fred Nicholas, a former member of the board of supervisors. The charge is based upon one of 19 indictments returned against the rail road president by two grand juries and was the outcome of the municipal scandal of 1906, when 16 supervisors confessed to wholesale acceptances of bribes for the award of privileges to public service corporations and Mayor Schmitz was removed from office and imprisoned with bonds fixed at over $1,000,000. Calhoun together with three other officials of the United Railways was accused of having authorized and as sisted in the payment of $200,000 to the supervisors who confessed. TO OUST COMMISSIONERS. Taxpayers Leajrue of Leaven worth to Bring Action in the Courts. Leavenworth, Jan. 12. The Tax payers league of Leavenworth county have filed charges against all three members of the Leavenworth county board of commissioners before the state supreme court and asked for an injunction restraining the county board from appointing a successor to Mr. Bleakley if he resigns and re training them from making any ap pointments or letting any contracts. They will also institute ouster pro ceedings against all three menbers of the county board. Just what grounds they take for the ouster proceedings Is not plain but the leaders in the movement seem quite confident of suc cess. The Taxpayers league will request Mr. Bond, the county attorney, to bring the action, which must be brought in the name of the attorney general or of Mr. Bond. If Mr. Bond refuses, the action will be instituted by the attorney general. Cooksey to Be Iiet Off With Scolding. The supreme court has issued an order directing Attorney C. R. Cook sey, of Kansas City, Kan., to appear before the court at 9 o'clock the morning of February 1, when it is presumed Cooksey will be re primanded by the court for violation bf his privileges as a member of the bar. Assistant Attorney General C. W. Trickett recently brought charges against Cooksey alleging that the Kan sas City attorney attempted to prose cute him maliciously. The supreme court ordered the state board of law examiners to investigate the disbar ment proceedings against Cooksey,' hut the order of Monday rescinds the court's former order, it having been decided by the court that the charges were not sufficiently serious to justify disbarment RAILROAD NEWS. There Will Be No Advance Made In Interstate Rates. Prevalent Rumor Denied -by Passenger Officials. ARE NOT PRACTICAL. Tourists Could Reduce Tariffs fry Buying and Rebuying. Other Items of Interest in Rail way Circles. Rumors announcing that the pas senger fares for interstate traffic would be advanced to two and one half cents a mile, for journeys through the states which have a two cent rate, are not credited among the local pas senger officials although they have ac quired a large circulation. The changes that have been rumor ed extend from St. Louis and Chicago to the Pacific coast. According to the plan these rates of two and one-half cents a mile will be charged only for interstate journeys, and that no effort for the time being will be made to raise thewrates for interstate traffic. Authorities of the various passen ger departments in Topeka vigorous ly deny these rumors. Passengers they argue are not like freight, for they have the privilege of buying and re buying. A passenger from Topeka to Oklahoma City over the Santa Fe for instance could evade the two and one-half cent rate by buying a ticket to Arkansas City, then rebuying there to Newkirk, and finally buying at Newkirk for Oklahoma City. Another good reason is evident why the roads would hesitate to take such a step. The Burlington for instance has a direct line from St. Louis to Denver. A passenger could under the proposed arrangement, buy an inter state ticket from St. Louis to Kansas City via this line, And then continue the journey over the Union Pacific or Rock Island, both of. which have a shorter mileage between Kansas City and Benver and thus would have a cheaper fare. Thus it can be seen that the roads stand too much of a chance of losing to other lines, busi ness that would naturally accrue to their own road. The rates to the Pacific coast were not changed by the establishment of the two cent rate and .are lower than they would be if figured as short in terstate journeys are. A recent story' printed in a Kansas City paper says that the roads are now revising their passenger tariffs with a view of raising interstate jour neys to a two and one-half cent basis. This is positively denied by. the local railway officials, many of whom would know should such a change be contemplated. A prominent official of the Santa Ffe stated this morning that no changes were being considered at the present time. For a time there will be no pushing of the suit against the Kansas railroad board regarding the validity of the two cent rate. This rate was put in for interstate traffic at the or der of the board, of railroad com missioners, backed up by Governor Hoch. At that time, which was in October 1907, it was tacitly under stood between the- railroads and the board that the permanence of the rate would depend on. that of a similar rate in Nebraska. The Nebraska case is similar to the two ent contro versy in Missouri and the rates in both these states are up before the courts for final disposition. Should the roads win in Nebraska, tha order of the Kansas commissioners would be re moved and the Kansas roads could revert to the old three cent rate. In the meantime the Kansas roads will abide by the order of the board. ROCK ISLAND AND FRISCO PART. Wichita Offices Segregated According to Official Orders. Wichita. Kan., Jan. 12. An important change in local railroad circles took place this morning by official orders from headquarters. The consolidation of the Rock Island-Frisco system, which has been in effect Just one year, was this morning dissolved so far as Wich ita and Kansas City are concerned. E. E. Carter, formerly traveling freight agent of the Rock Island-Frisco system, has been appointed division freight agent for the irisco road, with headquarters at the local Frisco pas senger station, a,. S. Hooser, division freight agent for the Rock Island-Fris co system, will be in the same official capacity for the Rock Island. It is the Frisco which takes toe ini tial action in this separation for the reason of the growing business in Wich ita. It realizes that the tonnage in and out of this city has reached so great a figure that it is no longer desirable to have the two roads united. E. F. Edgecombe has been appointed general agent of the Frisco at Kansas City. Fred Smith, formerly commer cial agent for the Rock Island-Frisco at Kansas City, continues in the same office for the Rock Island. The local Rock Island headquarters will remain over the depot. COME TO HIM WHO AVATTS. John D. Baldwin Paid for Horse by Uncle Sain After Eight Years. Washington, Jan. 12. After waiting more than eight years John D. Bald win of Junction City, Kan., is in a fair way to receive the sum of $80 from the United States government for a horse killed on the military reserva- The only food in which celery forms an important part is WHEAT FLAKE CELERY It acts admirably upon the ner vous system. Palatable, nutri tious, easy of 'digestion and ready to eat.- is For sale by all Grocers P1) DO YOU GET WITH A Si! El Save You Rheumatism, Kidney, Liver or Bladder Trouble To Prove what Swamp-Root, the Great Kidney, Liver and Bladder Remedy, will do lor YOU, All Readers May Have a Sample Bottle Sent Free by Mail v Pain or dull ache in the back is evidence of kidney trouble. It is na ture's timely warning to show you that the track of health is not clear. Danger Signals. If these danger signals are unheed ed more serious results follow; Bright's disease, which is the worst form of kidney trouble, may steal upon you. The mild and immediate effect of Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy is soon realized. It stands the highest for Its remark able health restoring properties in the most distressing cases. If you need a medicine, you should have the best. lame Back. Lame back is only one of many symptoms of kidney trouble. Other symptoms showing that you need Swamp-Root are, being obliged to pass-water often during the day and to get up jnany times during the night. Catarrh of the Bladder. Inability to hold urine, smarting in passing, uric acid, headache, dizziness, indigestion, sleeplessness, nervousness, SAM PI,!7; BOTTXiE FREE To prove the wonderful merits of Swamp Root you may have a sample bottle and a book of valuable information, both sent absolutely free by mail. The book contains many of the thou sands of letters received from men and wpmen who found Swamp-Root to be just the remedy they needed. T!3 value and success of Swamp-Root to be just the remedy they needed. The value and success of Swamp-Root is so well known that readers are advised to setld for a sample bottle. .Ad dress Dr. Kilmer Co., Binghamton, N. T., be sure to say you read this generous' offer in the Topeka State Journal. tion at Ft. Riley, Kan., on Decem ber 6, 1900. The animal was struck by a fragment of a shell fired from a gun belonging to siege battery O, Seventh artillery, while at target prac tice. The house committee on claims has' reported favorably on a bill appropriating the money to indemnify Baldwin. The committee also reported favor ably on bills to reimburse Royal L. Sweany, former deputy collector of in ternal revenue at Tacoma, Wash., to the amount of $107 for revenue stamps lost in the mails, and to re lieve Captain J. De L. Lafitte, U. S. A., for the responsibility for the em bezzlement of $2,923. if the secretary of war upon investigation determines that Captain Lafltte exercised due dili gence and care while serving as trans port quartermaster. IT'S A BIG SUCCESS. Ownership of Waterworks by Kansas City Proves Profitable. Kansas City, Jan. 12. The revenues from the waterworks for the flscaj year ending next April are expected to reach $800,000. The cost of operation l&st year was about $400,000. There is no special reason for any material in crease "in operating expenses this year. That would mean 100 per cent profit over the cost of operation. There is a charge against this profit of a small sum for the interest on about 4 million dollars of bonds, a large part of which have "been bought in by the city and placed in the sink ing fund to save the interest. """Since the city has owned the plant about thirteen years the value has in creased from 3 million to 9 million dollars, a reduction of 25 per cent has been made in water rates and the service has been improved 100 per cent. ur Pigs Adopted by Dog. James Dunlop, of this village, has a female shepherd dog that recently lost her litter of four pups. For sev eral days she was distracted over her loss, and her owner was afraid she would die. She refused to eat, and spent most of the time lying in the yard whining pitifully. Now about the same time that the puppies died there was an increase in the family of one of the sows on the Dunlop place. The sow died short ly after her pigs were born, and Mr. Dunlop began to raise the orV phans on a milk bottle. They thrived very well, but seemed to miss their mother as much as the shepherd dog missed her offspring. So Mr. Dunlop tried an experiment. He carried the three little Jersey red pigs out to the dog's house and called to her. She stood back at first sight of the strangers in her bed, but presently she nestled down beside them as' if they were her own. By the next day she had become so attached to them that to make up a full family she journeyed over to a neighbor's house and soon came back with another small pig and adopted it aiso. stewartsviile (Ind.) dispatch to New Torte Times, UP LAME BACK? sometimes the heart acts badly, rheu matism, bloating, lack of ambition, may be loss of flesh, sallow complex ion. Prevalency of Kidney Disease. Most people do not realize the alarming increase and remarkable prevalency of kidney disease. While kidney disorders are the most com mon diseases that prevail, they are al most the last recognized by patient and physicians, who content them selves with doctoring the effects, while the original disease undermines the system. A Trial Will Convince Anyone. In taking Swamp-Root you afford natural help to Nature, for Swamp Root is a gentle healing vegetable compound a specialist's prescription for a specific disease. If you are already convinced that Swamp-Root is what you need, you can purchase the "regular fifty-cent and one-dollar size bottles at all the drug stores. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name. Dr. Kilmer's Swam-Root, and the address, Bing hamton, N. T., which you will find on every bottle. THE GAS SHORTAGE. Kansas City Has Her Heating Trou bles, Too. Kansas City, Jan. 12. "The gas sup ply is short, and doubtless will remain short as long as the cold lasts," said A. B. Macbeth, chief engineer of the gas company. There is little to cheer the shivering gas users. As an actual fact, the ambunt'of natural gas piped to Kansas City Monday was less" than one-half the amount needed to supply the de mand. The proof of this is to be found in the record of the pressures at the two distributing stations of the Kansas City Gas company. At one of these stations the gauge showed a pressure of eieht to five pounds during the morning while at the other the pres sure fell to one pound and stayed thre. To give adequate service a minimum pressure of ten pounds is necessary at these stations. "Has the Kansas Natural Gas com pany given you any explanation of its failure to get gas here?" was an in quiry made of Mr. Macbeth. "Officials of that company say they are doing the best they can," said Mr. Macbeth. "All of the facilities of that company are in the best condition. All of the engines at Scipio are working full capacity." Xu Matter How Bad Your Case Is or How Ix)ng Yon Have Had It, Pyramid Pile Cure Can Cure It. Free Package Sent to Prove It. Half of the suffering and torture of piles has never been told. Whether your particular case of piles Is almost too excruciating for any mortal to bear, or if you are fearfully tantalized by unreachable itching and bleeding or wnetner you have only a moderate case of piles, there is positive relief, and quick, too, in Pyramid Pile Cure. You need not take for granted all we say about our Pile Remedy. We want it to speak for itself. That is why we say to every person suffering from piles or any form of rectal disease, send us your name and address and we will gladly send you a free trial package of the marvelous Pyramid Pile Cure. After using the trial you will hurry to your nearest druggist and get a 60 cent box of Pyramid Pile Cure, now admitted by thousands to be one of the most won derful reliefs and cures for Piles ever known. Instant relief can be gotten by using the marvelous Pyramid Pile Cure. It immediately reduces all congestion and swelling, heals all sores, ulcers and irritated parts. It renders an opera tion absolutelv unnecessary. 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X The Capitol Building; Loan Ass'n. T 534 Kansas Avenue Everybody reads the State Journal.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1909. T0PEK1 STATE JOURML By FRANK P. MAC LENNAN. Entered July 1. 1875. as second-class ""w ai me postonice at lopena. &&a. uer act or congress. J VOLUME XXXVI No. 10 Official State Paper. Official Paper City of Topeka. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. i Dally edition, delivered by carrier. M cents a week to any part of Topeka. .or suburbs, or at the same price in any Kan aaa town where the paper baa a carrier system. By mall, one year By mail, three months Saturday edition of dail-r. one year... 1.00 TELEPHONES. RusItim. npt T-n Iff! Business OfT!ee"""!I""U"II".-Ind. W reporters- Room. ....e" en Renorters' Room Ind. B FraPk P. MacLenran In WO PERMANENT HOME. I'opeka State Journal building. WO aafl 0S Kansas avenue, comer of Eighth. New York Office: Flatiron building, at Twenty-third street, comer Fifth avenue and Broadwny. Paul Block, manager. Chicago Office: Hartford building. Paul Block, msntrer. FTXL T,E4!KT UT1F RFPORT OP THE ARSOmTFT) PRTTW The State Journal Is memlw of th Associated Press and receives tho full dsy teleerraph report of that great news or ganisation for the exclusiva afternoon pohllcatfon In Topeka. The news Is received In The State Jour nal building over wires for this sole nnr- PftM Those who like a "white" winter must be In their element these days but It is reasonable to assume that many likes of this kind are feigned- In reality. V It is the rather pessimistic thought f the Chicago Record-Herald that the labor question will never be solved as long as It Is necessary for anybody to labor. "Good riddance to bad rubbage" is the expressive card that may well be tacked on the special train which takes the Oklahoma convicts from the Kansas penitentiary on January 31. And speaking of legacies the unification of the three large educa tional institutions in the state -which was generously left by former Gover nor Hoch to Governor Stubbs Is one of monumental proportions. Commenting on the fact that an Oklahoma man killed his brother for swearing the Chicago News calls at tention to the fact that that particular offense was overlooked by the Okla homa constitution, so the man felt that he had to attend to it himself. There are a good many Tppekans who will probably be more interested In the fact that Dick Cooley is busy collecting a lot of fine baseball ma terial for next summer than In an other one that a session of the Kansas legislature has Just started on its way. Some of the evidence" adduced at the trial of the famous Hains mur der case must be pretty bad for Mr. Hearst's New York American says that "the real evidence in the case is of such a nature that no decent news paper can afford to touch it with a pair of 'tongs." One reason why the United States ought to be well satisfied with second place In the naval world is because her very best friend England, is inber8 have a wonderrul chance to make the first place. But. the United States. should take steps needed to see to it that she remains in second place, and a good second at that. The postofflce department has called a halt on the abuse of the franking privileges by members of congress. It has decided that the franking of a fifty pound typewriter as first class mail matter is illegal. Now if the same ruling will also be made against the franking of tons of political cam paign material a step in a better direction will be made. Regardless of the merits or de merits of the plan for the state pub lication of text books for the schools, it was most reasonable to suppose that It would be opposed by publishers of this class of books. Under the pres ent method of supplying the school children with books the pickings of the book publishers have been just a trifle more than lucrative. With the members of both branches of congress feeling as they do towards the president and with these feelings being reciprocated by Mr. Roosevelt with even greater Intensity, it might be just as well If congress adjourns speedily. Surely there can be no hope of congress and the president agreeing on any material thing until there is a new chief executive of the nation, and it is pleasant to note that there will be one before a great while. Kansas won't worry much now about the stories afloat that it will be necessary for the United States to abandon the Panama canal or at least to change the plan from that of a lock to a sea level canal. Vic Mur dock, the Kansas representative in congress from the Eighth district, has been to Panama and he announces that the plans for a lock canal are feasible and that the big ditch will be completed in the year 1915. Here's hoping. With all due respect to Miss Kate Barnard, the Oklahoman who brought about the investigation of the state's penitentiary because of her charges that the prisoners were punished in a cruel and inhuman manner, she seems to be a trifle too hysterical, to .form any opinion as to what is or is not a proper punishment for unruly con victs, many of whom are desperate characters to deal with. Her an nounced intention of meeting the commission investigating her charges, at the gates of heaven where she is sure that she and her cause will get a fair trial, proves that this is so. And now the carcass of Benjamin K., Tillman, United States senator from South Carolina, is being hacked at by the Rooseveltlan buzz-saw. As Is usual in such cases the light shed on the practices of old, honest, upright, one-eyed Ben, he who Is affectionate ly called "Pitchfork" Tillman, does not place him in an enviable position. With such idols as Ben Tillman being dashed' to the earth it is evident that Diogenes would have a harder task than ever if he was to visit the earth again and continue his hunt for an honest man, particularly In public life. But then, maybe it isn't quite as bad as that- THE LEGISLATURE OP 1909. A great opportunity presents itself to the members of the senate and house of representatives of the sixteenth bien nial session of the Kansas legislature which was brought intb being today. Questions of great moment, matters of the utmost importance to the welfare of the state and Its people, will eome be fore them for consideration. Their pro per disposition will be the making of good state history and, will reflect great credit and other rewards on the legis lators for the part they play in the mak ing of it. And at this session of the legislature there is nothing to prevent the consid eration of all of these questions, those relating to good roads, the creation of a state fair, forest development and pre servation, revision and perfection of the educational laws, the tax law, the trust law, the prohibition law, the state pub lication of text books and a variety of other topics, on their exact merits. The state-wide primary law dealt a death blow to the rule of "machine" poltl cians which has impeded the affairs of state in this commonwealth for quite a considerable time back. The members of both branches of the present legisla ture are not now beholden to a "ma chine" of any sort for their political preferment. They were nominated by the people aad elected by the people on their own individual merits. They have the privilege, accordingly, of acting on their own initiative and not to accom modate anyeet of designing politicians.of acting in line with the Ideas of their con stituents and with which they should be familiar. This is certainly a new era in the legislative councils of the state. It should be fraught with great good. Attention may also be called to the fact that the time for sensationalism in legislation has passed in Kansas. Nothing much but an unenviable no toriety has ever been gained by efforts of this kind which have developed in the past. Good, sober, hard work on the questions of importance that come to hand will be the proper ordei for the ensuing session, and there is nothing to quires less sense on a girl's part to prevent the beginning of this work right set married than it does to vote, in away. A United States senator is to J asmuch as a girl can marry without be elected on January 26 but this elec tion has already been determined by the primaries and it will not occupy a bit of the time of the legislators as it has in the days gone by when the first two or three weeks of a legislative ses sion was devoted to the milling neces sary to bring a senatorial contest to a bead. This often resulted in the di viding up of the legislators into warring factions whose enmity was continued throughout the session and which was decidedly inimical to the proper dispo sition of purely legislative matters. All trouble of this kind, however, has now been obviated. Under all of these conditions the legis lature of 1909 certainly starts out under most auspices circumstances. Its mem a magnificent record. And there Is no evidence on the surface now to warrant any other belief than that they will take advantage of the many and excellent opportunities before them. RETURNS FROM FORESTS. That the benefits in the way of ma terial returns to settlers and to states which are resulting from the new policy of the federal government in the management of the forests of the na tion are not Inconsiderable Is evidenced by a statement Issued recently by the forest service department of the United States department of agriculture. It shows that during the last fiscal year ending June 30, the forest service is sued to settlers in the neighborhood of national forests in western states over 30,000 "free use" permits, under which the settlers received free about 264,000 cords of firewood, posts, poles and saw logs, worth $169,320, or about 64 cents per cord in the forest a low valuation. Besides this, the different states re ceived for school and road purposes 25 per cent of the Income from the na tional forests amounting last year to $447,064. The direct return to the states in lieu of taxes on the 147 million acres, the estimated area of unpatented land in the national forests, amounted then in the last year to $316,3S4 in cash and "free use" timber. In 1907, the total of "free use" ma terial and money paid over amounted to about $253,400. The increase of the amount given to the states from 10 per cent to 25 per cent of course is largely responsible for the large return in 1908. but even had this percentage not been changed a good Increase would have been shown, despite the demoral ization of the lumber business caused by the financial flurry. In fact, this in crease may be looked for up to many times the present amount as the de mand for timber Increases and the forests are developed more and more. SPOTTERS. A law' exists in Illinois which prohib its the sale of cigarettes to minors. Certain reform agencies are now car rying on a campaign for its rigid en forcement in the city of Chicago. They are using young boys for tools; sending them Into tobacco shops to purchase cigarettes and then having them furnish the evidence for the arrest and convic tion of the dealers. This practice has rightly come in for some pretty severe condemnation from other Chicagoans, who believe in the majesty of the law as well as the reformers in question, but who look upon the use of spotters, of this sort particularly young boys, as a pernicious practice. Prominent among those who are strongly oppos ed to this perversion of the youths of Chicago is Rev. Joseph A. Mllburn, a prominent clergyman of that city, who. in speaking on the subject, recently, said: "I would rather sell cigarettes all day long than tempt young boys to go into places where they are sold and buy them in order to get evidence i against dealers who are violating the city ordinances In this regard. f "There Is no man so low, so disrep- utable, as the man who will tell a lie, who will practice deception.- I do not approve of the practice of obtaining evidence through the assistance of lit tle children. If you go up the street and attempt to get him to buy cigar ettes for you, ydu have corrupted that lad. "I would rather that my boy, if I had one, should smoke cigarettes from morning until night, than that he should become a liar.' A spotter, who will purposely deceive an Individual Into violating a law,, does not possess, as a rule, a character that is considered trustworthy by honest men. JOURNAL ENTRIES Most people have an Idea that they are not properly understood but. they are fooling .themselves. Among the most powerful wills are those which provide an income for bene ficiaries as long as they behave.

If the world owes every man a good living it appears to be mighty slow in paying many of its debts. Even a mule can make an automobile go, when the efforts of the chauffeur fail, if it is securely fastened to the machine. Inasmuch as a minister does not serve without pay it ought to be right to say that three hearts, at least, are made happy at every wedding. J A YHA WKER JOTS An Ellsworth man reports having shipped a carload of straw to Kansas City last week; and after selling the straw and turning the total proceeds over to the railroad, he still owed the company $4 on the freight bill. Attention is called by the Emporia Gazette to the fact that Iola is naturally feeling gay, having com pleted arrangements for a Nordica concert in January. She feels that, tnis win nummate Jr-arsons, wmcn nas nothing better to offer than the Paul Weggen case, as an inducement to set tlers. The Hutchinson Gazette calls at tention to the fact that the lawmakers of the past evidently thought it re- ner pax em s consent wxien sue is eighteen years old but cannot vote un til she is twenty-one. The Jewell County Republican ex plains how a tragedy happened r "An Alton man who testified that he took a little whisky every day on account of his heart, finally got that organ in such good condition that he shot and killed an unarmed citizen over there who also had a habTCof" taking a lit tle something for his stomach's sake." A cat and a dog were needed for the proper presentation of a "home talent" play in Glen Elder last week. The animals were tied together in the dressing room, and while waiting for their "cue" the dog got mad and killed the cat. It is related that pussy was carried on the stage, however, but she acted her part in a "lifeless" manner. Cawker City Ledger. This being the season for oyster suppers in the rural communities, the chance is afforded to the newspapers to revive and revamp the old story about a man finding a pearl in his portion but being more or less dis gusted over his luck because he did not find any oyster. And from a glance over the exchange nob a single paper in any locality where an oyster supper has been held has failed to take advantage of the opportunity to spring this tale. "Well." said Bent Murdock, the other night, as he pinned on a fresh carnation, "I know what Roosevelt is going to take along to Africa with him in the way of killing utensils." "WeH "He Is going to take a mountain howitzer," said Bent, "and a Missouri mule." "Diagram it." "Sure," replied the veteran El Dorado editor. "That which isn't killed by the howitzer will be kicked to death by the mule." Kansas City Journal. GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe. The woman a man would like to have worry about him seldom does it. No woman should blow her nose in the presence of the man who loves her. There is no picture equal to the tin type, if you are satisfied with a like ness. Every public speaker has been called by some one "The prince of orators." You often hear people say, In a piti ful sort of way: "He's getting along in years." A woman nearly always says of an other woman: "She hasn't anything to do." An Atchison man who was told he should not say "widow woman," as it is improper, now says "widow lady." Titles are greatly overworked. An Atchison man is known as "Professor" because he is a professor of religion. Of course, no sensible man is ashamed of his age, but he regards it as he does his bank account; nobody's business but his own. No man ever fell in love with a suf fragist. When you find a suffragist married, her husband fell in love with her before she became a suffragist. You often hear this said of a man: "He's a Dead One." That is, he is slow, and doesn't amount to anything. Look yourself over: are YOU a Dead Qe? Every man who runs for office says: "They are always talking of the im portance of nnminotiner I good men for ce Now the people have a chance; let them vote for me." There is one thing in favor of the silver fruit knives that are passed around on social occasions: they are so dull you have no -fear that they have been used in cutting corns. A crowd of girls and a young man stood on the corner the other evening, and every time the young man said anything, the girls would cream with laughter. "Oh, you are killing us," they roared; "go away; you are too funny He was a honey boy without I a Mamie, and they were making bids. Iried KANSAS COMMENT WHERE KANSAS LACKS. J Is r-eall6r a pleasure to see the good roads virus working so well as it t? ,m H?e, case f Governor-elect Stubbs. It is now believed to be abso IS i Se, n that in his message to the legislature he will include a sec tion strongly urging the enactment of a thorough good roads law. What progressive Kansas needs more than anything else at this time is good roads, and it can readily afford to spend the money needed to obtain them. The finances of the state are in excellent shape, it having been averred that it could balance resources and liabilities without leaving a debt of a dollar. The legislature should make a con siderable Sum of mnnsv nmillaMii fnr good roads this winter, deciding upon a. vimi wuereDy tne respective counties Can Secure a DOrtinn nf thlja funrl tn supplement the expenditures they may make for the building or improving of the highways. It is pretty well un derstood by the property owners in Kansas now that ftver-v rennv Which Is wisely spent In the improvement of the roadways will be just so much added to the selling price of the property. The sentiment for good roads has grown amazingly in all parts of the state during the last year, and any comprehensive good roads bills that may be introduced at the coming ses sion of the legislature are likely to receive strong support. Leavenworth Times. FIGHTING IN THE OPEN. The charge is made that In the last election in Oklahoma, certain candi dates appealed to the farmers for votes with a promise to reduce the price of coal. They agreed that the legislature should confer power upon a commission to fix rates both at the mine and for transportation. Now come the miners with the com plaint that such a course will inevit ably result in reduced wages to the men who dig the coal. Thus In gain ing a farmer's vote by an implied bribe, the legislator will lose the min er's support. Should the candidate go to the mi ner and promise reduced prices on wheat, corn, butter and eggs, the far mer would be the first to complain. He doesn't hesitate to ask for higher prices for his produce, and the miner and railroad employe are merely do ing the same thing. It is a fight in the open for increased, or at least unim paired wages. The farmer can not expect the min er to pay existing high prices for farm produce if he is to buy his coal at re duced rates. Unless the miner earns good wages, he can not consume freely of 30-cent butter and eggs. When legislation starts in to cheap en the product of the miner, it will be only fair to feed him more cheaply. In other words, as the farmer is open ly demanding the beneficial laws for his produce, he can not be surprised i'r ,J,y,.irC :lt their products shall not be cheapened came, intense and as might be sup k wihit, RAonnn. posed, the onlookers numbered thou- FROM OTHER PENS MR. TAFTS-- POSITION. Misconception concerning President elect Taft's views on the question of negro disfranchisement seems to have prevailed with many southerners as the result of a wrong interpretation of remarks made by Jiim at a recent dinner of the North Carolina society in New York city. All such will be disabused of their error by a letter since written by Mr. Taft to William P. Stone, collector of the port of Baltimore, in aswer to an inquiry upon this subject. The Democratic machine in Maryland has a plan out lined to disfranchise negroes and make the state safely Democratic. This plan, It is said, will be submitted to the voters next fall as a proposed constitutional amendment, and some advocates of the scheme had under taken to square it with Mr. Taft's re cent speech. The president-elect quickly points out their mistake. The "Maryland plan is simply a barefaced attempt to shut out the negroes without interfering with the Ignorant whites. As such it clearly violates the principles set forth by Mr. Taft in his address. It imposes strict educational and property qualifica tions on the negroes, but exempts all others from these requirements. It discriminates In respect to the color of the voters, not hy explicit refer ence to negro voters, but in the clear and positive application of Its several provisions. Mr. Taft, therefore, con demns the proposed amendment as a violation of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments. Springfield Union. THE SUN AND ALASKA. The beginning of the sun's march north, which the national government has been thoughtful enough to flash to telegraphic centers in Alaska, is a wel come event in the northern country, for It is the beginning of lengthening days, the beginning of the end of the Arctic night. Speculative astronomers have drawn frightful pictures of a shivering and freezing human race in that remote season wnen tne sun shall be folded up," as Mahomet eloquently described it; but in the meantime the central orb of our planetary system has continued to feed on meteors, stars and comets, and has shown no diminution in the cyclonic furies which give rise to those abysmal spots which still puzzle the wisest of the gazera. It is most natural for the Alaskans to welcome the beginning of the sun's swing toward the north. The sun is a more important factor in the affairs of human kind now than it was in the time of sun worshippers. It is a scientific fact of supreme mo ment, and in the cold, bleak parts of the north. Where the rays finally filter through black vestments to illumine recesses which have passed through a season of blindness, the sun's return will be welcome, indeed. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. From the New York Press. Next to being loved, a girl wants most to be in love. Some men are so unlucky they can even have troubles without being mar ried. Time is money, but it is frequently money lost unless you take advantage of it. The girls who are always picking quarrels find it difficult to pick hus bands. Where a baby has a lot of sense Is not to talk back any of the nonsense wo men talk to it. The man who knows enough to make a fortune hardly ever knows enough to teach his children how to spend it. There is no joy in the world equal to that of the woman who can brag about how young she was when she was mar- WHAT LIVING IS. "Thou hast not lived! No aim of earth Thy body serves nor home nor birth; No children's eyes look up to thee To solace thy mortality. "Thou hast not lived! Forbidden seas Shut thee from Beauty's treasuries; Not for those hungry- eyes of thine Her marbles gleam, her colors shine. "Thou hast not lived! Hast never brought, ao Eiea.uiasi lurcn my Hidden tnougnt; Striving to speak, thou still art mute. And fain to bear, hast yet no fruit." So spake the Tempter, at his plot. But thee, my Soul, he counted not! Who mad'st me stand, serene and free, And give him answer dauntlessly. "Tea. shapes of earth are sweet and near. Ana nome ana enna are very dear; Tet do I live to be denied These things and still be satisfied. "Yea. Beauty's treasures all are barred Bv one dark hand so snare, so hard! Yet do I live who still can-be Their lover, though I may not see. "Yea, it Is true that I have wrought No form divine from secret thought; Yet do I live since fain am I To work that marvel ere I die. And if I fruitless seem to thee. Yet hath my God some fruit of me; Since I can hear thee out and bear A spirit still for dreams and m-aver!" Margaret Steele Anderson in American Magazine. Some Curious Amusements. Notwithstanding their natural charms and attractions, seaside and other holiday resorts would not afford the enjoyment they do if it were not for the extremely interest ing. Ingenious, and popular competi tions which are occasionally arranged, As our readers will remember, this paper has done its share in providing such competitions In the past, and will continue to do so as and -when suitable schemes and opportunities present themselves, But there have been others equally worthy of mention, as witness the novel prawning competition which took place the other day at Blrling Gap, near Beachy Head. It was be lieved to be the first ever arranged and it afforded three and a half hours' enjoyment for the contestants. The first honors went to a team hail ing from Eastbourne, with an average catch per man of nine ounces. The prize for the highest in dividual catch was awarded Mr. J, Bernard, who outdistanced all com petitors with seventeen ounces. The competition was voted a great success, and will doubtless be repeated, Last season at Sydney, New South Wales, an exceedingly popular compe tition was organized by the pro prietors of a "Wonderland City." A gold nugget, valued at 20, was burled in the sand, and at a given signal literally thousands of men, women, and children were admitted to the treasure grounds. They at once started digging fran tically with spades and shovels, with which they had come provided. As they dug and dug the excitement be sands. But, alas! nobody had the good fortune to unearth the nugget. so its value was presented to charities. Last August sack and' other races were held on the sands at Filey, a select Yorkshire watering place. Among the competitors were the sons of some of the ruling chiefs of native states of India. In a sack race for boys under the age of 12 years,, the competitors included the heir .to the sultanate of Johore and Prince Abu Bakir and Prince Ahmed. The latter was successful in carrying off the second prize. London Tit-Bits. The "Touch" In New York. "I have Just come across the very latest form of 'making a touch,' said Sydney Ashbridge, of Washington, D. C, who has been staying at the St. Albans, in East Thirty-first street. "I always come here to learn, but this time I think I am in on the ground floor. "You are walking along a street when a rather well dressed young man approaches, looks you over for a sec ond, and then gives a start that at tracts your attention. 'Pardon me for asking you,' says the plausible one, 'do you mind telling me where you were five years ago?' "Not recognizing this form of ap proach, and remembering the man's start, you reply that five years ago you were in Baltimore, Tampa, or wherever you were at the time. 'I thought so!' exclaims your new found friend. 'I don't believe you re member me but I am Jack Robinson, who lived in Baltimore. I met you there.' "By this time you are rather inter ested in your companion. While you don't remember Jack Robinson by name, you can at least recall some man, name forgotten, who might an swer Robinson's description. He asks if you ever go back to the old town, and your reply leads to a conversation. "You are led subtly up to the touch, there is an inquiry as to how your worldly prospects are, and though you do not remember the man, you have pride enough to admit that you are doing tolerably well. Your questioner has no such pride. He is not doing well, and he confides that fact to you simply as his friend. New York he has found a hard city. Yes, he will soon be fixed, but that will be oh Monday; but today happens to be Saturday. How will the interval be bridged? Then you have reached the end of the devious course, and the touch is artistically made. "The first time it cost me a dollar; but the second time I let it go to the 'changed prospects' part, and then walked on, guessing aloud that both our prospects changed from then on. It is certainly artistic, but I hope it does not spread to Washington." New York Times. Old and New Dardanelles. The Dardanelles, which is so familiar today, meant to our grandfathers not the Hellespont, but merely "two ancient and strong castles of Turkey, one of which is in Roumania and the other in Natolia-" The famous strait was known in early Victorian geography by' the name of uaiupon. jsut tne Drave, dominating castles swept away both Hellespont and Gallipoli, and gave their own name to the two-mile passage, Those venerable castles, built In 1659 to "secure the Turkish fleet from the in sults of the Venetians," were known according to an early geographer, as the Old Dardanelles to distinguish them from two others at the entrance of the strait, one of which "stands in like manner in Asia and the other in Europe," and called the New Darda nelles. In spite of the four castles, however, the passage was forced by a British fleet in 1807. In later years fortifica tions of a formidable nature have been constructed between the two sets of castles, and these are now properly the Dardanelles. The ultimate responsibil ity for naming the famous strait rests with Dardanus, the gentleman who crossed on his inflated skin from Samothrace to Asia and -founded the town which afterward became the city of Troy. London Chronicle. i THE EVENING STORY Getting the Best of It. (By Frederick Shader.) Until the coming of Chiswick tho camp had taken it for granted that some day Letty Chester would marry Henry Bruce. The two had grown up together in the east and Bruce had come west with Letty's father In search of health and fortune. Gordon Chester had found some small wealth, while Bruce had found the health he sought. Then Chester had died, leaving his little fortune In the hands of Bruce as executor The camp looked to see a marriage follow quickly after Letty's" year of mourning, but no such announcement was made. Then the arrival of Chis wick on the scene put a new com plexion on affairs. Down at the Spread Eagle dance hall the women called him "cute." Men aDOlied other and less compli mentary adjectives, but Letty looked on him with favor. He was the sort of man who at tracts impressionable women. Only about five feet six in height, but he was natty and trim of person and carried himself with a little swagger that always Impresses the unthinking. He was neatly groomed and in every way the" antithesis of six foot Henry Bruce, whose clothes flapped about his lank form and who walked with a slight stoop, as most tall men ao. Chiswick had come to camp as the agent for a supply firm. The camp had grown in. the last few years, and though no bonanza strike had adver tised the place to the rest of the world, there was gold in plenty in the mountains, and every prospect that the place would continue to grow. Chiswick had a shack built for his samples, and once the place was open. he left a clerk in charge and devoted himself to Letty. Chiswick had the odd faculty of making others work though he himself lacked habits of industry, and he preferred riding into the hills with Letty to attending to business at the store. For six months the courtship con tinued, then one day Chiswick found Bruce waiting for him at the store. His lean length was sprawled over Chiswick's own chair at the rear of the shack, and Chiswick eyed his caller angrily as the latter slowly rose. "It was a long wait, and that was the only comfortable chair," explained Bruce, guessing the cause of the other's anger. "It must be important since you wait in spite of discomforts," retorted Chis wick. "I left word that I would be back at five. "I had the time," said Bruce, "and I wanted to see you about Miss Ches ter." "That was to be expected," sneered Chiswick. "I've been expecting it for some time. Because you haven't the nerve to win her for yourself. I suppose that you want to use your club as guardian and tell me that I am to keep off your preserves. Rather handy, isn't it. Hank?' x"It would be if I wanted to do such a thing," was the quiet retort; "but what I came tossee you about was to ask if you are going to propose, "You ve made a lot of talk 'In the camp, but you have sid nothing definite to Lettie, or at least she has told me nothing about it if you have. and I think I have a right to know.' You are a man of the .world or you were before you buried yourself In this place. You must know that just be cause a man is nice to a pretty girl it does not argue that he wants to marry her. "We look at things differently here in the mountains," jetorted Bruce. "You know very well that the entire camp expects you to marry Letty, and they are wondering wny you don't say some thing about It. As her guardian I have come to ask you to come out in the open. That's our way." There was a glitter in Bruee's eyes that warned Chiswick to be careful, and the snarl faded from his face, and his oily voice returned as he sought to argue that his income was too small and too uncertain to permit him to marry. Bruce listened patiently until the end. then he looked up slowly, "Then it's only because you can't afford to marry tnat you aon't ask Lefty?" demanded Bruce. Chiswick nodded. It seemed the one insurmountable objection that he could advance. He had no intention of marrying Letty She was a pretty child, and she nad helped to pass the time, but also there was always tne nope tnat nis work in this wilderness would result in a call to the city, and there Letty would be a sad hindrance. You needn't worry about that," cried Bruce. "You look here! I sup pose you know the branch they call Cat creek Chiswick nodded, and Bruce con tinued: "There is a gulch leading off of that creek with a tall pine at the mouth. At the top of the gulch is a spruce. Walk along a line with those- two trees until you come to a place where there is a cleft in the rocks underfoot. You stake that claim, and I guess that you can afford to be mar ried." Chiswick thanked him profusely, and by the next night the camp knew that Chiswick had fallen upon a bonanza. "The darned little fool wasn't even looking for it," explained one of the miners. ."He just naturally fell up against It, but unless I'm mistaken, It's going to be the making of this camp. It's a pity that a man didn't locate It." The sentiment was generally echoed, but there is no questioning the favors of fate. In six weeks development work had shown clearly that the mine was a winner, and on tne neeis or tne assurance came the announcement that Chiswick had sold a third interest for $800,000. Then the town looked for the an nouncement of his engagement to Let tv. but the announcement was not forthcoming. Not until Bruce re minded him of their understanding and threatened to publish him as a liar did Chiswick speak. It was a grudging, ungracious pro posal that he made, but Letty was too happy to question the degree' of his enthusiasm. Yet before she uttered a trembling "Yes," she hesitated: "I wonder what my guardian will say?" she said with a little shiver. "He doesn't like you. Jack. Perhaps we can't get married until after I come of age." "Bruce?" asked Chiswick with a laugh. "Why, he put me wise to this mine, because I explained that I did not have enough money to marry on. I don't suppose that he knew how good it was, but he knew it was something good, and that shows that he is not only willing-but anxious." "He gave you the mine? To marry me?" she gasped. "Sure," assented Chiswick. "Don't you worry about Bruce." "I am not worrying about Mr. Bruce," said Letty, with a sudden re vulsion of feeling "I don't care whether "he is willing or not. I shall I not marry you." With a woman's in- I tuition she read the trutn. But I say- began i Chiswick. I Letty --lted his speech. "I thought you wanted to marry me," she said. "1 did not know that dear old Harry had to bribe you to propose. Please go away." And Chiswick went, only too glad to escape the scene his blunder promised to cause. Bruce coming in that evening to make certain that all was right found the girl he cloved still sobbing on the couch. -"And you were so anxious to get rid of me that you bribed Jack Chiswick with a mine," she cried when the cause of her 'tears had been explained. "I thought you loved him," explained Bruce, simply, "and without money you could not have been happy with him. "I can be happy without money with you," she reminded, and Bruce took -.4 her in his arms well content to lose thfc mine and find a heart of gold. (Copy righted, 1909, by Associated Literary Press.) HUMOR OP THE DAY "Man will eventually go by rail from the Atlantic to the Pacific in two days." "I once did It in five hours and then kicked about the slow time." "Where, Pray, did this happen?" "In Panama." LoulsVille Courier-Journal. As a pleasant-faced woman passed the corner" Harris touched his hat te her and remarked to his companion: "Ah. my boy, I owe a great deal to that woman." "Your mother?" was the auery. "No; my land lady." Chicago Journal. Woman with the -Sun Bonnet If any bodvs asks me what I know about you I shall tell 'em the exact truth. Woman With the Gingham Apron If you do, Mas:. Parkins, as sure as I'm standin' here I'll sue you for slander I Chicago Tribune. Tommy Ma. I met the minister on my way to Sunday school, and he asked me if I ever went fishing on Sunday. Mater And what did you say. darling? Tommy I said. "Get thee behind me. Satan." and ran right away from him. Judge. "You see." said the professor, "the sci ence of chemistry depends oh the discov ery of certain affinities" "Farden me," interrupted Miss Prym. "I trust the con versation can proceed without drifting In to scandal." Washington Star. Mulligan The byes say ye licked pooj Casey. Shure, he niver hurt Iny man s feelln's. Harrlgan He's a shnake in the grass. The blackguard referred to me as his contimperary, and I'll be the contim porary to no man llvin'. Sporting Times. "I shall tell the unvarnished truth in this investigation!" "Well," answered Senator Sorghum. "I don't know as var nish is important. But hew about whitewash?" Washington Star. The drowning man yelled to the amateur photographer on the bank: "Help, help!" The photographer aimed his camera. "In just a minute." he said. "Hold that, please." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "A man recently round nine pearls In an oyster stew, but the hot milk had ruined their value." "These get-rich-quick schemes never pan out. Now if he had found nine oysters, he would have had something." Louisville Courier-Journal. "What started the riot at the perform ance of 'Hamlet' last n!ght7" "Why, Hamlet held the skull and said: 'Alas, poor Yorlck! You are not the only dead head in the house.' "Tit-Bits. Brown (expatiating on the merits of his latest bargain in motors) I don't say she's much to look at. but you should see the wav she takes a hill! Friend (callously) Up or down? Punch. Sunday School Teacher Now, Johnny, what was the miracle of the loaves and fishes? Johnny The fish became as bi as the men who caught them said they were. New York Sun. "Did vou offer Tommr Clay a piece of your cake. Jimmy?" "Yes'm. He didn t care for It. Uidn t care tor it r ":o m. I gave him a bite an' told him I d lick the stuffens out of him if he swallowed it. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Dusty Rhoades Gee. Weary, you look all spruced up. Whim's the matter? Weary Walker I ought'er. hadn't I? I slept in a lumber yard last night. Cornell Widow. "That lawyer Is very tricky." said Mr. Cumrox. "I wouldn't think of meeting him socially. "Neither would I, an swered Mr. Dustln Stax. "but you might give me his office address." Washington Star. "I have had a good meal for a nickel." declared the poet. "So have I," respond ed the promoter, "but I've had a better one for $8." Washington Herald. "Hubbv. I want $5." "Won't two do?" "No. sir: I want five." "All right. Money seems to be flying in a V shape. I guess winter has set m. Washington tieraia. General What Is the meaning of this disu graceful retreat? You are not fit to com mand a body of men, sir. Fat Captain (gasping) Oh. but 1 am. I qualified by walkiner flftv miles In two days in the n- fantry endurance test. Puck. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. Even a crook may take his liquor straight. The age of a 'colored woman may be dark secret. Actions speak louder than words when deaf mutes talk. No. Alonzo, a sample room isn't the place to get free samples. A man seldom appreciates his wife's care until he gets sick. A locomotive engineer dreads a mis placed switch; a naughty boy doesn't. When a man does try to be good but few people will believe It. Acquire the gambling habit if you would learn the art of not saving money. Too much time is wasted in trying to reform things that are not worth re form. It takes a man with an exceptionally good command of language to contro a talkative woman. This is the season when a man who wants to remember the poor can sit down and fix his mind on himself. There are some foolish, trusting men wh can read over the recipe for mince pie and then imagine they know what it is made of. QUAKER MEDITATIONS. From the Philadelphia Record. The truth often gives a Jolt to pride. A tax on bachelors would tickle the average married man to death. Treading on other people's toes won't get you very far up -in the world. Some men consider that they are in luck when they owe more than they can pay. Always be prepared for an emergen cy and you will generally find that it doesn't turn up. Blobbs "A trust is a soulless corpor ation." Slobbs "You could scarcely re fer to the trust as sole-less." "Here's where I take a stitch in time." remarked the industrious girl as she started to mend the clock In her stock ing. Silence is golden." quoted the Wise Guy. "Yes. especially when it is pur chased' with hush money." added the simple Mug. No. Maude, dear: we have never I heard that -the was apt to fall fr after the close oi the berry season. J

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TliU TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL TUESDAY. EVJCNUiG, JAITXTAHY 12, 1909. SPECIAL SALE FOR WEDNESDAY Fresh Pork Shoulders per lb 7Jc Van Camp's Kidney Beans. .2 cans for 15c Standard Tomatoes. .2 cans for 15c Maryland Chief Tomatoes. .3 cans for 25c Premium Soda Crackers .per pound 7c In Tin Cans Weighing About 6 lbs. .bach. Topeka Club Coffee ....per pound 25c Equal to any coffee sold in the city at 30c, 35c or 40c per lb. Wm. Green "A plague o' both your houses." Shakespeare. It will be customary, during the Jong tedious days to come, to open "Seen From the Gallery," not with prayer, hit with mintatlon from the classics !whieh ma.v or may not have a direct riffrenc to the subiect. This reserva tion Is made, because some of the quotations might, perchance, apply too closely to the subject under discussion and it is alwavs safer to leave a get- avrav. Todav. the writer desired to use, as an opener, a remark accredited to the late Mr. Milton, somewhere in "Paradise Lost." The Boss with the Blue Pencil warned the Gallery Spec tator against any such. Hence the mild reference, swiped from Bill Shake, epeare, which may have some bearing on the subject of Legislative Employes. When the 40 senators and 125 repre sentatives appeared upon the field of battle, each was attended by at least one friend who wished to serve the state in some humble capacity. There fore, an appointment on the committee on employes is equivalent to hari-kari. Some one is sure to be mortally offend ed because his pet applicant ""as not given a job. The only way out, is to add an annex on the job list. Seven as sistant house sergeants might be In stalled .with the duty f shoveling .snow off the flag-pole, and a number of oth ers hired to organize a Joint commit tee for the prevention of the theft of the brass rail in the. rotunda. Sixteen able-bodied patriots could easily sharp en the pencils and fill the Ink-wells for members. Should this proposition be followed to the letter, much hard feel ing might be avoided. Five preachers signified a willingness to look after the spiritual wellfare of the senate, which proves that the Church does not consider that body of law-makers a Lost Band. It Is quite evident that Dr. Mulligan, of Garnett, will be the Jokesmith of the senate. This genial gentleman even ventured (and escaped with) a rare ''Josh' In the sacred- caucus, which is Dr. .Mulligan, the Senate Humorist. the most serious part of a sitting of legislature. While the effort was being made to pick a Divine from an assort ment of five select ones, the doctor, on the third ballot, handed in his vote like this: "Wood J. W." "Some senator votes for 'Wood," and there is no such candidate," remarked the Teller. "3 W, under Wood," murmured Sen ator Mulligan, and the vote was duly added to the collection held by Rev. J. W. Underwood. Those who believe that the Senate Lodge is -an institution which did not depart with the late senator from Se dan, are eagerly watching for the per sonnel of the alleged Lodge of 1909. Some of the watchers thought they had .neumatism Luxnbaeo USE meeaPil Omega Oil contains methyl talicylate, which ia one of the begt known remedies for Rheumatism and Lumbago. Kub the Oil into the place that hurts, and the pain will stop. There is no case so bad that Omega Oil won't at least (rive relief. Trial bottle 10c Laree sues. 25c and 50c Son Grocery Co. discovered it yesterday in caucus, when a vote of 18 was cast twice in succes sion. To others, there was no sig nificance attached to this vote, and no symptoms of lodge work. The fact that a majority of the Republican senators chose Senator Porter as president pro tern, in preference to the senator from Wicked Wichita, does not look like a deep, dark plot to the casual ob server. Senator L. S. Cambern comes from Erie, and his future is assured. Some of our leading newspaper men came from Erie, some time Grigsby Station. and the little town has delivered to the public some shining lights- On account of the complexion of this senator's hair, the subject of "shining lights" will be dropped at once and forgotten. The senator from Erie has succteded Senator Porter of Montgomery, a lead ing member of the last senate. In the Senator Cambern of Erie. position of tallest man. Although he is new in the senate, he is perfectly at ease, and has the appearance of one who will handle his own vote and back his own measures. He is a man of importance in his own county, and Is liable to be such In Copeland County. A distribution of patronage is the in tent of a suggestion which carried easily in the senate caucus. By nam ing a committee of eight to distribute the pie to the lesser employes, much ill feeling may be avoided. The mem bers of the committee can deal -gently with a few applicants from their cor ner of the state. Those who lose will be let down easy, and cannot charge their defeat to any one locality. litems for the Ea3t Topeka column may The young DeODle's circle of the Third Christian church will meet this evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wilson, 325 Kline street. All young people are invited to attend. Mrs. A. Verlin went to Kansas Citv today to spend several days visiting inenaa. Miss Margaret Op burn of Tonga noxie, came here Monday to nrvenri several days visiting Miss Ethel Clark of Lime street. Miss Dot Robinson of Scranton, Kan., is here spending a week the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Helman of Jefferson street. Mrs. Wm. Clark will entertain the Wednesday afternoon embroidery club at her home tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Newell left to day for their home in Russell, Kan., after a two weeks viait with relatives and friends here. Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Johnson and daughter Winnie of Overbrook, Kan., came here today to spend a few days with his brother, Mr. A. A. Johnson and family of Monroe street Miss Dora McNeil of Emporia will return nome tomorrow after spend ing a few days here the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. Ellis. Miss Myrtle Jackson of Hugo, Col., arrived here yesterday to spend sev eral weeks visiitng her sister, Mrs. Grace Putman. Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Smith of East Hill received word today of the death of his father. Mr. W. C. Smith of Ok lahoma City, which occurred Mon day evening at 8:30 o'clock of heart failure. Mr. and Mrs. Smith left immediately for Oklahoma City. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Third Christian church will meet Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. e. B. Jolley. 235 Chandler street Mrs. Charles Barry and Mrs. Amos Beeler will entertain the engineer's wives at tne home of Mrs. Beeler, 8 23 Madison street. Friday afternoon. A wedding of much interest to their friends is that of Miss Enola Heastnn and Mr. Harry Thomas, which was celebrated Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock "at the home of the bride'a parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Heas ton. on Forest avenue. The ceremony was performed bv the Rev. F. A. Whittlesay of the Methodist church. The bride was gowned just in a trown suit and brown filk waist to match and wore one white bride rose. They did not take a trip, and will live for a short time with her people. The guests who attended the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Heason, Rev. and Mrs. F. A. Whittlesay, Mrs. Thomai and son. Mr. Frank Thomas, Miss Ma bel Oremer and Mr. Garey Robinson. EASTTDFEKAIlglB LIKE RATSJN TRAP Miners Again Caught in Lick Branch Mine. Estimated That Between 50 and 100 Are Killed. WAS JUST REOPENED. Had Been Closed Following Ex plosion in December. Most of the Miner Tictims W ere Americans. Bluefleld, W. Va., Jan. 12. As a re suit of another explosion at the Lick Branch mine at Switchback, about 20 miles from here, between 60 and 100 miners were killed at 8:30 o'clock this morning. The number may be largely increased, as from 280 to 300 miners were already at work at the time and it had not been ascertained how many had survived. On December 28 last an explosion oc curred In this mine, which up to that time had been regarded as a model mine. On that occasion the cause was not ascertained and the death list reached 60. The last body in connec tion with that explosion was brought to the surface only last Friday, after which the state mine Inspector declared that the mine was again safe and tnai work could be resumed. The majority of the miners who were engaged to re sume work at the mine were Americans with a few foreigners and some color ed workers as laborers. It was stated that the mine was examined early to day, before the ne.w shift went to work and that it was reported to De peneci ly safe. In spite of this, however, soon after work was begun, the explosion occurred, with a death list that will probably far exceed that of the Decem ber explosion. The mine is the proper ty of the Pocahontas Consolidated Col lieries company and is situated In the Tug river district, a territory that un til the December explosion, had been unusually free from gas. KANSAS COURT UPHELD. United States Supreme Tribunal Af firms Larabee Mill Case. Washington, Jan. 12. Justice Brewer of the supreme court of the United States announced the opinion of that court in the case of the Missouri Pa cific company against the Larabee flour mills at Stafford, Kan., in which the owners of the mills sought to compel the railroad company, as a common carrier, to perform switching services on a spur track built to the mill by the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe company. The decision was favorable to the mills. The resistance of the railroad was based on the absence of a. specific con tract. The Kansas supreme court af firmed a verdict granting the prayer of the former mandamus and directing the railroad company to supply the requis ite facilities and that, deeislon was- af firmed by the court's action. Capt. J. G. Waters, of Topeka, was the leading attorney in this case. The Larabee company had a switch to its mills at Stafford, Kan., and the company removed it. The company filed suit for a peremptory writ requir ing the company to restore the siding. The Kansas supreme court granted the writ, Justice Buroh writing the decis ion. The railroad company appealed to the supreme court of the United States and that court has Just sustained the Kansas court upon every point. 'The case is an important victory. said Captain Waters. "The decision is of sweeping importance on account of interstate commerce questions which the railroad company raised. I feel very much elated over the outcome of the case. I reel mat n is me greatest, legat victory of my life.'" Captain Waters says that the su preme court of the United States paid a particularly high compliment to Jus tice Burch, since it sustained in every particular the decision which he wrote. With Captain waters ror tne mining company were associated John F. Swit- ser ana unanes iswou oim-in. xa.ne Waggener of Atchison, general attor ney for the Missouri Pacific, represent ed the road. DEFENSE OF MAINS. Attorney Mclntyre Charges Conspir acy to ConvicHim. Flushing. N. Y.. Jan.. 12. John F. Mclntyre summed up the case for the UCiciisa w uii j ton Jenkins HaJns, accused with his brother. Captain Peter C. Hams, jr., Of the murder of William E. Annis at the Bayside Yacht club, on August 15. The prosecution will sum up to morrow and on Thursday the case will be given to the jury. Mr. Mclntyre charged that there was a conspiracy of Bayside Yacht club members to convict the defen dant. The killing of Annis, declared Mclntyre was done by a mad man whose mind was dismantled and de throned by the conduct of a. liber tine. He denied that it was prompted by the defendant. Throughout their evidence, counsel said, Andrews, Birchfield, Storms and other witnesses for the prosecution were Influenced by motives of re venge. "The prosecution will say,"' contin ued Mr. Mclntyre, "that Thornton Hains approved the killing of Annis. His approval has no basis. Assum ing or the purpose of this case that he merely mentally acquiesced in the killing of Annis for that he is not guilty, even though he simply approv ed of the killing of Annis. He is not guilty even though Thornton Hains Brain and Nerve Cells require right food to replace natural waste Grape -Nuts "There's a Reason' believed in the law which regulated duty and calls the invasion of the pri vacy of the home a sin." Mr. Mclntyre; reviewed the points of evidence careTdlry and embellish ed the recital of hia address with rhetorical skill. Thornton Hains made frequent notes upon a tablet and scrutinised the jury. General Hains sat with his head bowed and not in frequently tears coursed down his cheeks. Mr. Mclntyre was stating that even if Thornton Hains believed that "An nis got all that was coming to him," that would not make him guilty of crime whereupon Justice Crane inter rupted him saying: "If you are giving the law please give all of it and state that he had a right to such a belief if accompanied by no overt act." Speaking of the introduction of the testimony of Martin Skura, the cab man, Mr. Mclntyre declared that it was brought into the case with a dia bolical and fiendish purpose of sup plying a missing link. SNOW AND COLD. West Mid SoutU Suffers From Extreme Temperature. St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 12. Twenty de grees below zero was the official tem perature for St. Paul today. The tem perature at Winnipeg has risen 32 de grees today and was 10 below zero. At Havre, Mont., it was 18 below and at Helena 16. First Cold in South. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 12. The central and southwestern states today experi enced the first genuine cold weather of the winter. Sleet and snow has fallen generally. The temperature is at the freezing point as far south as Galves ton and ranges from 8 to" 14 above in northern Texas and Arkansas. In Lou isville street car traffic is crippled. River Blocked at St. Louis. St. Louis. Jan. 12. The heaviest snow fall in three years fell here today and yesterday. Traffic was impeded and the river ferry service was blocked en tirely. Temperature 5 degrees above zero. Snow in Illinois. Cairo, 111., Jan. 12. Three inches of snow fell in this section last night, seriously impeding lines of communi cation. The temperature fell to 8 de grees above zero. At Abilene 18 Below. Abilene, Kan., Jan. 12. A tempera ture of 18 degrees below zero was re corded here this morning. Clay Center i reported 15 below. Oolil -in Texas. Waco. Tex., Jan. 12. The thermome ter here today registered 12 degrees above zero, the coldest in many years. Fears are felt for the fruit and truck region of south Texas. Far Below Zero la Nebraska. Omaha, Neb., Jan. 12. Sixteen de grees below zero Is reported today from Norfolk, Neb. DAYHOFF APPEALS. Takes His Burtorf Libel Suit to Su preme Court. Editor I. L. Dayhoff, of the Kansas Educator, has appealed to the state su preme court asking for a new trial in the libel case brought against him by Mrs; Ella S.' BurtM,--and which was de cided in Mrs. Burton's favor by a jury in Judge Dana's court last February. In January, 1907, Mrs. Burton began an action in the district court asking $12,000 damages from Editor Dayhoff, because of an alleged libelous editorial which appeared in the Kansas Educa tor In October, 1906. The editorial com plained of contained a severe criticism of Mrs. Burton in connection with Its comment on her attitude toward a school book concern. The Jury in the district court returned a verdict for Mrs. Burton, assessing damages against Dayhoff In the sum of $3,000 and costs. In his petition filed in the supreme court, Editor Dayhoff, through his at torneys, Hungate Magaw, alleges that the lower court erred in denying him a new trial, in rejecting certain evidence offered by Dayhoff, in admitting certain evidence on Mrs. Burton's side of the case and in Judge Dana's refusing to instruct the Jury as requested. Plaintiff asks that the decision and judgment of the district court be set aside ana tnai a new tnai or tne cause be ordered. SHOT BY HUSBAND. Mrs. Millie DonneUy Murdered at Oxford, Ohio. Oxford, O, Jan. 12. Mrs. Millie DonneUy was murdered In her home here last night, having been shot through the head. The body was found by her son, Paul Brandenburg. On a table in the same room was found a note signed by Frank Donnelly, the woman's husband, in which he wished all goodbye and asked that his body be sent to his sister at Shelbyville, Ind. Hamilton, O., Jan. 12.Frank Don nelly walked into the office of J. D. Marshall early today with his throat slashed and his wrists bleeding and with three pistol wounds in his head. The man could scarcely whisper his name and it said that he can not live. He Is 56 years old. TO ITALIAN SUFFERERS. California Red Cross Sends $100,000 to Stricken District. San Francisco, Jan. 12. With the forwarding today of $12,000 by the California branch of the National Red Cross society to the national head quarters at Washington, the state has sent $100,000 to the relief of the Ital ian earthquake sufferers, that sum be ing exclusive of the $50,000 subscribed to the same cause from the surplus of the San Francisco relief fund. Over $4,000 still remains in the hands of the state treasurer and it is estimated from unofficial figures sup plied that before the taking of the subscriptions comes to an end Cali fornia will have sent a quarter of a million dbllars to Italy. IN RANGE OF BULLETS. Government to Purchase 320 Acres Adjoining Ft. Leavenworth Range. Washington, Jan. 12. Claiming that the protection of human life re quires the purchase by the govern ment of 320 acres of land adjoining the target range at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., which land is in the "danger zone," Secretary Wrtght has submit ted an additional estimate to congress in connection wl the army appro priation bill asking for $44,616. Er5 the Areoaecufmersniit, Sale of DUCK COATS 20PerCentOff The mild winter left too many on hand and we sell only the very best Duck Coats. So be on hand. $7.60 Leather and Cor duroy Reversible Coats.. U $5 Heavy Corduroy Coats blanket lined $4 $4 Reversible Duck ff9 yt and Corduroy Coats pOXf $3 good heavy Duck t I. f Coats, slicker lined U $2.50 Heavy Duck Coats f.$2 slicker inter-hned. Heavy black and brown p& Duck Coats Q All Sizes ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WELL? Bright'a Disease, Diabetes, Rheu matism, Gout, Gravel, Dropsy, In flammation of the Bladder. Bad Blood and Nervous Troubles caused by Sick Kidneys. M. Welghtman, Jr., the well known druggist of Topeka, known by experi ence that HINDIPO will cure all forms of Kidney and Nervous Trou bles, and will guarantee it in all cases. Can't you afford to try it at their risk? It costs you nothing if it don't do the work. Sent by mail to any address, pre paid, on receipt of 50 cents. Six boxes, $2.50, under a positive guaran tee. Don't Get a Divorce. A western ludee eranted a. divorce on account of ill-temner and bad breath. Dr. ivirwr s ew Life Fills would have prevented it. They cure Constipation, causing-bad breath and Liver Trouble the ill. temper, dispel colds, banish headaches, conquer chills. 25c at Campbell Drug Co. MOTH G. W. "Yocura, yard master of the Santa Fe at Albuquerque, is in Topeka having come here for a surgical opera tion In the local hospital. Mrs. Yocum Is with him. The couple will leave for New York. Philadelphia and other eastern points before returning to Al buquerque. A. Retter, who has been spending several days in Carbondale visiting his parents has returned to Topeka. W. J. Curtis, traveling passenger agent of the Santa Fe, was in Topeka Monday. Conductor James O'Byrne is back on runsNos. 119 and 120 after a layoff of a few days. Louis Benzlno, of the machine shops, has returned to work after having been off last week. Rev. J. W. Johnston addressed the gospej meeting in the coach shops at noon today. Conductor Bankhead and Engineer George Woods took engine No. 756 out on a trial trip Monday. S. W. Everett of the electrical depart ment left Monday for Chicago, where he will remain on business for several days. Engineer Ed Ash Is running tempor arily on runs Nos. 105 and 106 between Topeka and St. Joseph. i John McDade, who has been laying off for several days, has returned to work in the local yards as switchman. W. F. Buck, superintendent of motive power, left for his headquarters in Chicago-last night after having been in Topeka for several days. Howard Johnston of the machine shops, who has been laying off with a sprained back, has returned to work. Engineer A. M. Lozier of Argentine has been transferred to Topeka and will be assigned to extra freight ser vice. Fireman Arthur Hermark, who re turned Saturday from Raton, N. M., will resume his old runs, Nos. 106 and 106. between Topeka and St. Joseph. Frank Cramer of the machine shops is taking a few days' layoff on account of illness. J. W. McJones of the storehouse is taking a short layoff on account of John H. McBride, supervisor of man ual training in the Topeka schools, will speak at the Social club of the Rail road Y. M. C. A. tonight at eight o'clock. AUDITORS ARE IX SESSION. Santa Fe Officials Meet in Topeka Today. The annual meeting of the auditing department of the Santa Fe is being held at the National hotel today. All the auditing department of the system is represented, and the different aud itors are accompanied by their chief clerks. Matters of importance regard ing new methods of accounting and adjusting claims are being considered. Among those who are present are: W. E. Bailey, general auditor, Chi cago: J. E. Baxter, assistant general auditor, Chicago; W. J. Healy, auditor of coast lines, Los Angeles; D. E. Shuckhart. G. C. S. F., Galveston; A. E. Meyer, Eastern Railway of New Mexico, Amarillo, Texas; G. C. West, Santa Fe, Prescott Phoenix. Pres cott, Ariz.; A. A. Hayes, freight aud itor, Topeka. ---Hotel at Solomon Burns. Solomon, Kan., Jan. 12. The George Cryderman hotel at Solomon was completely destroyed early Mon day by fire. It was a two-story build ing of twenty-five rooms and was one of the first hotel buildings in this part of the state. The total loss Is esti mated at $4,500 to $5,000. The total insurance was about .$2,300. Watch This Sale! $20 Suits $18 Suits $15 Suits $12 Suits $7.50 NOW This is the big yearly event for young chaps and small men wearing sizes 30 to 36 the event that draws the particular dressers from all parts of the city and surrounding districts. And here's why: We have taken broken lots of our fancy and black suits (High School and College Styles) that sold at $12 and $15 and several small lots of our fine $18 and $20 suits, assembled them all in one massive collection, and now offer unrestricted selection of this lot for exactly $7.50, no more, no less. Sizes range from 30 to 36 and if you come within that range you've got the greatest bargain oppor tunity of your career right here at The Palace. Be quick that's all. (Second Floor.) Some Overcoats same sizes were $10 to $15 at $7.50 me yfcoooctaniasmn for sails: New and Secondhand Furniture of All Kinds EXCHANGES A SPECIALTY WE HAVE 2 Motorcycles, 3 Shotguns, Phonographs, Bicycles, Counters, Shelving, Show Cases Also 4 Calcium Gas Tanks GRESSER S CATON Independent 958- lAJ Leava Tooeka Returning L. Kama City 7:55 A.M. 9:45 A.M. 10:40 A.M. 11:20 A.M. 6:10 P.M. 10:00 P.M. 11:15 P.M. 4:80 A.M. 5:00 A.M. 8:00 A.M. 2:10 P.M. 3:25 P.M. 7:25 P.M. 7:55 P.M. POSITIVELY Anything purchased in this bakery Is beyond the slightest doubt In the world, as pure and wholesome as the word perfect can possibly imply. Our methods are such that not the slightest poslbie particle of unclean matter can in any way enter into the composition of any of our foods. So pure, wholesome and edible are the pies, cakes, bread, buna, rolls, cookies, doughnuts and dozens of other tempting delicacies, made here, that this has been termed "The Pure Food Bakery" THE FRENCH BAKERY .S'fcte IKOHffl TOPEKA KEW5 Items for the North Topeka column may be left at A. M. Petro's drug store. S89 North Kansas avenue, or call the North Side reporter at her home. Ind. phonr 261 black. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Patterson left today for their home in Los Angeles, Cal., after spending three weeks here visiting their parents and other rela tives. Miss Nora Atchison of Wamego, Kan., came here today to remain un til Friday the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Palmer. Miss Nellie Wilson is able to be out and around again after several days illness with an attack of tonsilitia. Miss Martha Reid went to Menoken today to spend several days visiting relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Clarke and little daughter, Helen, returned to their home in Kansas City today after a two weeks visit here with relatives and friends. Wallace Gage of Denver, Col., will arrive here the latter part of the week to spend a month on a business trip and to make a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Gage, who live north of town. t Mr. and Mrs. B. Roberts left today for Parsons, Kan., called by the se rious illness of his mother, Mrs. N. B. Roberts. Frank Montgomery and sister, Miss Delia Montgomery of Hot Springs, ar rived here today to spend several weeks visiting Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Small. Mrs. Roscoe White is able to be out and around again after several weeks serious illness. Ven Cromwell and Marshall Martin enroute to Albuquerque, N. M., from 6t. Joseph, Mo, stopped oft to wpenrd Pi -423 Kansas Ave. DOUBLE TRACK NO STOPS j FAST iiMG -Depot First and Kansas Aranu. Phone 3S4. SHffiffiS? PURE Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Ororo- well of 1430 N. Kansas avenue. Mrs. H. A. Hebard and children of Hastings, Neb., are visiting her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Cromwell of 1430 N. Kansas avenue. Harry Smith, Jr.. left today for a week's visit with friends In Clay coun ty, Missouri.. Representative Clark of Jefferson county visited with friends In North Topeka today. C. A. Robinson of Arrington, Kan., is here visiting relatives and friends for a few days. J. S. Jackson was in town from El mont today. John Nystrom, who has been quite sick for several weeks, is steadily. Im proving and will soon be able to be out. Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Gabriel will go to Emporia, Kan.. Wednesday, called by the death of Mr. Gabriel's father, Mr. Dave Gabriel, whose death ooour red Sunday evening. "I think I'll go out for a drink after the second act." '"Hubbv. you know you swore off for a year." "But two yeari elanse between Acts I and II." P,ttsburjf Post. 7-9-11 Coffee 20c ib. Best For The Price CHAS. McCLINTOGI Tea Coffee China 815 KANSAS AVENUE n c II:

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