The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
January 21, 1909

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EVERYBODY """"""1 in DAncc J EVERYBODY 10 PAGES READS IT. NEEDS IT. LAST EDITION. IS NEARLY OVER. House Enters Last Stage of Furniture Squabble. Two Reports by Ways and Means Committee. DEMOCRATS OPPOSE. Say That New Carpet and Seats Are Not Needed. "W ill Be Settled in Committee of Whole Friday. The ways and means committee, to which was referred the Crosby Bros.' bill for $6,000 for new house furniture after the account had received the O. K. of the claims committee, this morning reported as follows in the form of a bill: H. B. No. 298. An act making an appropriation to Crosby Bros., for the pavment of the purchase of desks, chairs and carpets furnished the house of representatives, session 1909 and for freight and drayage thereon. Sec. 1. There is hereby appro priated out of any money in the state To3o,fi-v unt ntvirwise armropriated to Crosby Bros., for the purchase of desks, chairs and carpets and for drayage and freight and on same, the following amounts: 63 desks at $32.75 $2,063.25 Freight on same X 140 chairs at $13.95 1,9j;i'ftn Freight on same 87.00 791 yards of carpet 1.182.28 Freight on same 34 .98 Laying carpet 8I'2- Irayage 9.3o Total $5,507.62 Add 10 percent commission... 528. o5 Total $6,036.17 The state auditor is hereby author ized to draw his warrant on the treas ure for payment of the above and acceptance of said warrant shall con stitute1 payment of all articles men tioned above. On motion of the chairman this bill was advanced to second and third reading for debate and final passage under an emergency clause, and 200 copies of the bill printed. Considera tion of this bill will be a special order of the house for consideration as com mittee of the whole at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon. The minority report of the ways and means committee members on this bill for furniture was submitted and read as follows: "We, the minority members of the "ways and means committee cannot agree to the -findings -of the majority in the subject matter in the bill, for the following reasons: "There was no demand made for the new furniture and carpets, for which this appropriation is made by any mem ber of the floor of this body, either by motion or by resolution. All parties on the floor of this house were elected on the platform of economy and reform. The legislative action of this body has been to appropriate ourselves per diem and mileage and $20 in postage stamps, and now we are treated to the luxuries of new seats. "We believe that it would be unfair to the people of Kansas and the taxpay ers to vote ourselves these luxuries, and while it may seem like a small matter, Involving some $6,000, yet it is not in keeping with our pre-election promises and the platforms of our respective par ties. "We are not satisfied with this as a business transaction. The seats came into this hall on Saturday afternoon without any notice whatever to the membership that it was even contem plated, and our first information was from the Sunday papers. We were told that we were under no obligations to purchase these seats, and the matter was voluntary on the part of Crosby Eros, in placing the furniture here and we were under no obligations to pur chase the same unless we thought it was our duty to do so. No one claims ihe responsibility of the act, but we were informed by the secretary of state that there was a requisition on file in Jiis office signed by the speaker of the bouse for said carpet and furniture and were also informed that it carried with It a direct understanding that we could accept or reject. We also find that the purchasing of furniture for this capitol building has not been in keeping with the spirit of fairness and the square deal: that funds were taken which were appropriated for a different purpose, and paid to Crosby Bros, for other fur niture, in strict violation of the law. We also find upon investigation that no other merchant in Topeka or Kansas Jias been even allowed to quote prices on furniture. We further find that we have bids for duplicate furniture given by responsible parties who offered to give bond for its faithful performance and duplicate the present furniture at a saving of several hundred dollars to the people of the state. Believing first, that there was no proper demand for new furniture for this Representative hall, and secondly, that the whole transaction is in no pense a business one, and questionable In its character, we therefore recom mend that house bill No. 298 be not passed. "Respectfully submitted. "W. L. BROWN. "J. M. DAVIS. "F. H. CRONV The anti-lobby bill as agreed upon and amended by special committee ap pointed under house concurrent resolu tion, this morning reported the measure and the house resolved Itself into com mittee of the whole and heard the bill read the third time for final passage. Kyan of Brown then moved that Amendment and debate on this most im portant bill be deferred until the after noon session in order that the members might study the printed copies of the bill that had just been distributed. On this motion the house adjourned to 2 o'clock this afternoon at which time the bill came up for discussion and roll call for final passage. A Brand Xcw Deposit Bill. Mercer of Chase this afternoon in troduced a brand new bank guaran ty bill, something different from the seven other guarantee bills now be fore the house. It provides that all the share holders of bank stock be liable for all deposits in that bank. It has been moved that copies of mil the bank- guarantee bills introduc THURSDAY EVENING. ed be printed and that 1,000 copies of each bill be circulated among the members. Seven bills; seven thousand copies. The motion would probably have carried, but Ashcroft of Graham suggested that this matter be deferred for a few days as other important guarantee deposit measures would soon be introduced and it was only fair that they be given equal notice and publicity. Finally the motion to print these bills was tabled. It is like ly that they will be printed next week, hnn'Aii fnr fll Buck Of LVOll Ob- served, "In my opinion, guarantee of deposits is tne most mipurLaiu ijbuk Vatf tVifu nnuse and the oeoDle of the entire state are deeply interested in the matter. Sie Lehman, of Labette, has an anti- pithy for dogs, especially the sheep- killing Kind, unlike senator vest oi Missouri, the Labette statesman does not believe that "a dog is man's best friend," for he introduced a bill in the house today placing a tax of $1 on evA-y male and $3 on every female dog over three months old, and this tax is due quarterly, not annually, making the cost $4 and $12 per year for keeping a dos. The money raised from this tax shall be kept by the county treasurers in a special fund from which to reimburse farmers whose flocks of sheep have suffered from the ravages of dogs. The bill provides further that the county commissioners may offer a reward of $25 for the killing of any sheep killing dog. Any person can with impunity kill any dog caught killing sheep. Fur ther, that any owner of a sheep-killing dog, shall upon notice of his dog's of fense, kill the dog at once and iallure to do so subjects that owner to the penalty of a fine. Cranston of Labette, author of the initiative and referendum bill, yester day wired the secretary of the state of Oregon, where this law has been in force for several years, inquiring into the cost of the initiative and referen dum at the last election. He received a reply by wire today which stated the 19 questions submitted to the people at the last election, cost $15,500, of which sum the petitioners had to pay $3,150 and the state, $12,363. This would make the cost per question, $650. Xcw House Bills. The following bills were introduced in the house today: H. B. Xo. 291, By Sig Lehman An act to provide for a tax upon dogs, and to create a fund for the payment of certain damages for sheep killed or wounded by them, in certain cases. H. B. No. 292. By Kyle An act making appropriation of $500 to the Bethesda hospital, Goessel, Kansas, for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1910, and June 30, 1911, and providing for its visitation, inspection and super vision. H. B. No. 293. By Kyle An act making appropriation of $500 to the Industrial School and Hygienic Home for Friendless Persons at Hillsboro, Kansas, for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1910, and June 30, 19011. and pro viding for its -visitation, inspection and supervision. H. B. No. 294. By committee of Hygiene and Public Health, Morton, chairman An act to prevent the manufacture, sale or transportation of adulterated or mlsbranded or poison ous or deleterious foods, drugs, medi cines and liquors, and to regulate traf fic therein, and providing for the ap pointment of inspectors for carrying out its provisions, and to provide penalties for violation thereof. H. B. No. 295. By Ashcroft An act amendatory, relating to the general statutes of 1901. H. B. No. 296. By Bonnett An act requiring each school district to fence its grounds and property. TO BRING20,0ulF SUITS Government Will Go After Indian Land Frauds in Oklahoma. Muskogee. Jan. 21. The arrival here of Assistant Attorney General S. R. Rush, personal representative of Presi dent Roosevelt, to take charge next week of the federal grand Jury Investi gation of alleged frauds committed by prominent men to obtain possession of millions of acres of Indian lands dur ing the past few years, is attracting at tention, to the exclusion of all else. The investigation is said to be planned to support the governor in the prosecution of the 20.000 civil suits recently brought to restore the land to the Inidans. OVER THE VETO. Tennessee Legislature Again Passes Prohibition Bill. Nashville. Jan. 21. Over the veto of Governor Patterson, both houses of the legislature passed the senate bill No. 1 which prohibits the sale of intoxicating liquors within four miles of a school house in Tennessee and is in effect a state wide prohibition act. It is ef fective July 1, 1909. In each house the passage was effected through a com bination of Republican and "state wide" Democratic strength. The bill to prohibit the manufacture of intoxicating liquors in Tennessee after January 1, 1910, has passed the senate. WILL BE NO DELAY. Rehearing of Standard Oil Case Set for February 23. Chicago, Jan. 21. The Standard Oil company of Indiana has been or dered by Judge Anderson in the Unit ed States district court to be in read iness for a second trial or rehearing on February 23. declining to grant the attorneys for the oil company a post ponement. Awarded One Cent for LibeL Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 21. The jury in the case of Governor B, B. Comer against the Montgomery Advertiser, in the city court here, awarded damages of one cent for libel. The governor de manded $25,000 damages for an adver tisement printed during 1304 when he was candidate for railroad commission er. Big Earthquake Record. Montelone, Jan. 21. The' ob servatory here since December 28 has registered 227 earthquake shocks of the first degree, 29 of the second de gree. 18 of the third, 19 of the fourth, 4 of the fifth and two of the sixth degree. Weather Indications. Chicago, Jan. 21. Forecast for Kansas: Fnir tonight and Friday and warmer Friday. MAY BEJ5R0PPE0. Wrangle Over Senate Employes Is Becoming Tiresome. After Long Discussion It Is Re ferred to Committee. NO PROGRESS IS MADE And None of Those on the List SHare Been Cut Off. Cooke's Bill for Soldiers' Monu ment Reported Unfavorably. The consideration of Senator My ers resolution that the committee on employes be instructed to "kindly dismiss' 23 senate employes and add 4 more stenographers, came up in the regular order of business. Senator Myers moved the adoption of his res olution, whereupon Senator Stewart, one of the old members of the sen ate made a motion that the resolution be referred back to the committee on employes, with instructions to use a part of the employes designated in Mr. Myers' resolution as Janitors and door keepers for the various committees when in session and the remainder in such other positions as they might be needed; and after such assignments were made if there should be any without employment they be dis charged. In speaking to his motion Senator Stewart declared that all the commit tee rooms thus far have not been pro vided with necessary attendants and the chairmen of committees are them selves obliged to run around and hunt up the members of their committees. Committee rooms, he declared, should be provided with an attendant- tn no tify members of meetings and to keep ("11 T .1 l-l r. 1. viwiia Having no Dusiness in the room. "When the employes are distributed around as they should be I am sure we will find the senate has no more than are needed," declared Senator Stewart. "I appreciate the desire of some members to make a record in the matter of economy, but I think neea an tne employes we have pro vided for. The time to have brought up this matter was in the beginning when the committee on emnlnvcs selected and Instructed on the matter of employes. At that time there were about 40 senators importuning the committee to give one or more constit uents Jobs and I am confident the committee has acted with Judgment and has not allowed for more em ployes man are needed. Senator Potter favored Stewart's motion, but wanted to add that nn man be designated to attend to the ventilation of the senate chamber and Keep it at the proper temperature. The amendment was accepted by Mr. Stewart. "I feel like deferring' to the older senators as to the number of employes needed," said Senator Hamilton. and I believe I had more applicants for Jobs than any other senator hut I used no undue pressure on the com mittee to secure appointments. It should not be embarrassing to the committee to discharge anyone who is not working. We ought to hire and discharge employes Jn the senate nn the same rule that a private employer ouia nire ana discharge servants. Senator Stavely, chairman of the committee on employes, declared that the present senate has not been extra vagant in Its "hired help." He men tioned the senate of 1903, which has been "glorified as a working and ec onomical senate" and which employed 48 more "hired hands" than the pres ent senate. He referred to the house reduction In employes as a "grand stand play." for during the first week of the session a senate employe had to carry the mail for the house. He believed all the employes now on the rolls are employed. "If any senator finds any employe not doing his duty, and he will report the employe to me." said Senator Stavely, "I will call a meeting of the committee and decapi tate th employe forthwith." The most emphatic opposition to Sen ator Stewart's motion, was voiced by Senator Stannard. "It seems to me," he said, "that in doing the work for the senate the same rule applies that would be employed in doing work for the state or for our selves. Would you employ 112 people to serve 40? I don't believe I would. If I had a foreman on my farm who hired men to sit around and do nothing I would not consider him a good fore man. "I have made some investigation in this matter and I don't believe we need 71 employes There are only 66 senate employes," interrupted Senator Stavely. "Very well," replied Stannard. "I don't believe we need over 40 employes outside the committee clerks. Touch ing on the question of 'grandstand plays' and senate employes carrying mail for the house, that incident was- due to the failure of a house employe to report. What previous senates have done should not be considered now. The question is what are we going to do? This is a time of improvement and progress. "And I'll say to the senate, right here that I'll take the contract to do all the work to be done by the senate em ployes, with a force of 30 persons and make a nice profit on the contract." The .matter was decided by a viva voce vote and the Myers resolution was referred to the committee on employes as moved by Senator Stewart. The committee on cities of the sec ond and third class reported favorably on Senator Chapman's bill giving the municipal authorities of second class cities power to condemn and have re moved dangerous buildings. The act was amended to Include third class cities under the act. An unfavorable report was sub mitted on Senator Cooke's bill giving county commissioners and the mayor and city council right to erect soldiers' monuments, costing not more than $2,000, and pay for the same out of funds in the treasury, without submit ting the matter to a vote of the peo ple. An interesting feature of the morn ing session was the consideration by the senate in committee of the whole of Senator Glenn's bill for reappor tionment of the representative dis tricts of the state. This bill occasioned TOPEKA, KANSAS? JANUARY much discussion and Senator Glenn was frequently put to the necessity of defending the various sections of his bill, the senators from districts affect ed making a fight to prevent the re duction of representation in their re spective districts.. Sixty-six sections of the bill were considered and passed upon by the committee of the whole this morning, before adjournment took place promptly at noon. In brief, the senate in committee of the whole de cided to take away one representative each from Jefferson, Brown, Osage. Franklin and Leavenworth counties. Also one representative was taken away from Bourbon- county, which now has two, and added to Allen county. If this action is finally approved Al len county in future will have two representatives and Bourbon only one. The original bill provided for reduc ing Butler county's representation by one, but the senate committee on legislative apportionment recommended that the reduction be made in the case of Leavenworth county, which has three members in- the house, and this recommendation was adopted by the committee of the whole. During the morning session President Fitzgerald announced that Judge G. P. Aikman of the Thirteenth judicial dis trict, had filed a motion with the sec retary of the senate for the dismissal of the contest brought by M. A. Yeag er against Judge Aikman. The motion alleged among other things that Yeager had not served notice of contest upon Judge Aikman as required by law and that the senate should not take official notice of the proceedings. Senator Stannard presented a resolu tion which was adopted to the effect that before proceeding with the Yeag-er-Aikman contest in the senate, the motion of Judge Aikman be referred to the elections committee for considera tion and report as to whether the sen ate should take up the case, and that the chairman of the committee notify the parties interested to appear and testify on the points at issue. The committee on fees and salaries Introduced a bill, which was read a sec ond time providing that any persons de siring a copy of any bill may procure the same from the secretary of the sen ate or chief clerk of the house, by pay ing the sum of ten cents per folio, the minimum fee for a bill being fixed at 25 cents. The fees collected from this source are to be. turned over to the state treasurer. A maximum penalty of $2o0 is prescribed for violation of the act. Senator Hamilton, of Shawnee, pre sided during the consideration of the reapportionment bill in committee of the whole. Senator Glenn spoke in favor of the amendment of thei legislative commit tee, taking away fone representative from Leavenworth; county instead of from Butler countyi He metioned that Butler county with a population of 23,- 100, has but one representative, while Leavenworth county with a population of 40,020, has threeirepresentatives. In proportion to population, he argued Leavenworth should be allowed only two representatives. Senator Myers was opposed to the reapportionment a this time. He be lieved it fair to take away from dis tricts having too many representatives and giving to those -which have not enough. Before the next session of the legislature a new census will be taken and the next legislature, he said, will be better able to make a Just reappor tionment. Senator Glenn stated that -under the constitution a reapportionment should be made every five years, but that in 1906, the regularly appointed year, this was not done. "One would think from the re marks of the senator from Greeley," declared Senator Brady, "that the state has been waiting on tip-toe for the members of this senate to be elected in order to perform this work of reapportionment." He argued fur ther that the reapportionment is not due until three years later and he fa vored postponing any action at this session. The reduction in the representation of Bourbon county and the addition of one representative to Allen county was made on motion of Senator Travis of Allen. Senator Anderson of Bour bon opposed the action, but upon the statement of population of the two counties made by Travis, his motion was adopted. As the committee of the whole con tinued consideration of the various sections, several senators made ob jection to action at this time. Senator' Brewster opposed the bill because it made no provision for re apportionment of senatorial districts. He declared the latter should be in cluded in any reapportionment bill. The subject of partial reapportionment he said has been before the Judiciary committees, of a number of previous legislatures and the committees have always decided against such a propo sition. Senator Ganse also opposed the bill on the ground that this is not the proper time for the reapportionment. It is expected that the bill will be taken up in committee of the whole at the session this afternoon. New Senate Bills. The following bills were introduced in the senate today: S. B. No. 202. By Fagerburg An act providing for land registration. S. B. No. 203. By Hodge An act regulating the manufacture and sale of lead, paints and oils. S. B. No. 204. By Stewart An act to amend general statutes of 1901. S. B. No. 205. By Stewart An act to prohibit sales of merchandise in bulk in fraud of creditors. S. B. No. 206. By Ganse An act re lating to the office of the attorney gen eral and fixing the salaries of the officials of that department. S. B. No. 207. By Cooke An act amending session laws of 1907. S B. No. 208. By Avery An act to improve the natural water courses, rivers and creeks of the state, to pro vide for the removal of timber and other obstruction and reconstruction of dams and bridges in or across the water courses of the state. S. B. No. 209. By Milligan An act to check tuberculosis. S. B. No. 210. By Stannard An act for suppression tuberculosis in cattle. S. B. No. 211. By Stannard An act relating to public health and safety and providing for the regulation and inspection of hotels and public lodging houses. S. B. No. 212. By Porter An act pro viding for a state registration of mort gages of real property. S. B. No. 213. By Porter An act pro. viding for the inspection of plans and specifications and buildings. S. B. No. 214. By Hamilton An act to enable counties, townships and cities to purchase voting machines. S. B. No. 215. By Hamilton An act relating to the code of civil procedure. S. B. No. 216. By Hamilton An act making appropriation for the erection of new buildings and for maintenance 21,1909. SAYS LETHER GO. Speaker Cannon Addresses Na tional Board of Trade On Subject of a Revision of the Tariff. HAS HEARD IT SAID That Tariff Changes Will Drive Party Out of Power. Says That Is Better Than Viola tionof American Principles. Washington, Jan. 21. After a heated discussion, the national board of trade at its concluding session today ap pointed the special committee to urge the secretary of state to Incorporate in a treaty about to be consummated with England some provision for the protec tion of American patent rights. The proposed appropriation of $200,000 for this government's participation in the Belgian exposition this year was en dorsed. At the banquet held last night by the board Vice President Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon both advocated a careful revision of the tariff. "Most of our future progress and prosperity Is involved in a sound, rational solution of this great ques tion," said Mr. Fairbanks. "A tariff which is revised without a thorough consideration of the Industrial inter ests of America is doomed to dis astrous defeat. I believe in America. I have no ungenerous thoughts to wards our commercial competitor be yond the seas. I believe in the good wholesome doctrine that 'charity be gins at home.' Asserting his confidence in the principles of, the Republican party. Speaker Cannon said the party's politics meant a lot to the nation, and declared that "if we can succeed each watching the other, in revising our revenue laws, according to the best principles, we shall succeed in substantially establishing the same policy that has made the Republican party solid." "I am noted as being 'that old stand patter,' continued the speaker amid applause. "This swearing Is in quotation and I hope you will be liberal with the quotation marks. When you revise the revenue laws production halts because consumption halts. Therefore I believe it unwise to tinker with the tariff unless it can not be avoided; but the time has come beginning next March, when I trust we will be able to make a prompt, efficient and honest revision." After urging the business men to as sist rather than hinder the work. Mr. Cannon concluded: "Some people say the party will go out of power as the consequence of this revision. If so, so be it. If you make it in accordance with American policies then we will go out of power, rather than make it con trary to American principles and stay In power. BOSTON TO OMAHA. Long Distance Independent Telephone Line Is Projected. Boston, Jan. 21. Plans for the con struction of an independent long dis tance telephone system from Boston to Omaha and Lincoln, Neb., calling for an expenditure of $5,000,000 will be perfected, it is said, during the con ference of independent telephone com pany officers, which will convene in this city on Saturday next. Financial arrangements have already been made, according to Information at hand, and the details- of construction and opera lion oi)'y remain to be adjusted. The project has been under discus sion since last May and is being en gineered by Max Koehler. one of the most prominent independent telephone men in the country, and by H. C. Stifel of St. Louis. Officers of independent telephone companies generally will be identified with the movement. Within the next five years, it is said, that ap proximately 30 million will be invested in the enterprise. CARLOAD OF BABIES. New York Orphan Asylum Sends 75 to New Orleans. New Orleans, Jan. 21. A carload of 75 babies was distributed in New Or leans today. The precious freight came from the New York Foundling and Orphan asylum. Scores of foster parents were waiting at the station to lay claim to the little ones for whom they had previously applied. More Weather of Same Kind. Topeka has been compelled to strug gle along for more than a week with out sunshine but the weather depart ment ha3 kindly consented to break the rule and a fair day with plenty of sunshine is predicted for tomorrow. The sun and blue sky showed them selves this afternoon. The minimum temperature for the day was reached at 7 o'clock this morning when the mercury stood at 50 and there was not much change in either direction throughont the day. The wind was al most a minus quantity and the last of the snow has disappeared and mud and slush have taken its place. The forecast reads, "Fair tonight and Fri day and warmer Friday." The follow ing were the temperatures since 7 o'clock this morning: 7 o'clock 50jll o'clock 50 8 o'clock 50il2 o'clock 50 9 o'clock 50i 1 o'cloc .....53 10 o'clock .....511 2 o'clock 54 and equipment for the Industrial Edu cational Institute of Topeka. S. B. No. 217. By Hamilton An act for the protection of the public health. S. B. No. 218. By Hamilton An act relating to the code of civil procedure. S. B. No. 219. By Hamilton An act to amend session laws of 1871. S. B. No. 220. By committee'fees. sal aries and mileage An act providing for furnishing copies of bills and resolutions. THURSDAY EVENING. MORGAN IS STRICKEN. Representative From Hodgeman Has Stroke of Paralysis in House. W. A. Morgan of Hodgeman, who came to the capitol as usual this morning to attend the sessions of the house, was stricken with paralysis Representative W. A. Morgan of Hodgeman. Who Suffered a Stroke of Paralysis Today. just before the house was called to order and had to be taken to his quarters in the city. The stroke was confined to Mr. Morgan's left arm and is not regarded as serious. Mr, Morgan was in- his usual health when he entered the hall of repre sentatives this morning and was talk ing with friends when he was taken ill. He is a Democrat and is serving his second term. DR. MURRAY'S TRIAL. dtttrged With Attempting to Kill Bert Graham at Hoyt. Holton, Jan. 21. The trial of Dr. 3. W. Murray for attempting' to kill Bert Graham in progress here for the last eight days, was given to the jury this morning; the arguments having been completed at midnight. The charge was an assault with intent to kill. The particulars of the case will be remembered as the shooting by Dr. Murray at Hoyt of Bert Graham on September 3, 1908; Dr Murray came to the depot at Hoyt and seeing Gra ham drew his revolver, Graham in terposing the body of a bystander, and the doctor refraining from shoot ing until the man got away when he fired two. shots at Graham .while he was upon the ground and Graham, being unarmed, got up and hurriedly left, the doctor following him with two shots and calling him to conTe back. Graham was hit In the arm In the the trial the one defense was brainstorm, emotional insanity, or de mentia Americana, being that pecu liar ailment that has its duration du ring the shooting, brought on by emo tion, and cured without medicine. Dr. Murray placed his wife on the witness stand and. she testified to her relations with Bert Graham, which she denied as being criminal, but showed that he had shown her atten tions to which she had consented. The wife told the doctor and the field was commenced to be plowed to produce a brainstorm. He went wild; he moan ed; he went to the barn and hugged his horse's neck; drank whisky dur ing the night and next morning, then went to his office and a few hours af ter this about 11 o'clock, went to the depot, saw Graham, felt the Irresist ible impulse come on, he became in sane, shot the four shots at Graham and then got well. Dr. H. W. Roby and Dr. Reynolds were experts for the state. NO CHOICE YET. Illinois Legislature Is StlU Deadlocked on United States Senator. Springfield, 111., Jan. 21. The Joint ses sion of the Illinois legislature arose at 1:51 after having taken the twelfth bal lot without electing a senator. In the eleventh ballot one vote was cast for W. J. Calhoun and one for Samuel Alschuyler, of Aurora. The vote for other candidates remained practically unchanged. Senator Hopkins gained two votes in the senate with a total of 33 in the up per house, and one vote in the house, making his combined vote 87 against 84 on the closing ballot yesterday. Sneaker Shurtleff was given one more vote, making his total 13. Foss remain ed stationary with 16, and Lawrence B. Stringer received the normal Democrat ic vote of 7S. On the tenth ballot four Democratic members voted for Lee O'Neil Browne, the Republican vote remaining un changed. The constitutional majority necessary to a choice is 103. On the twelfth ballot the total of the joint session was Hopkins S3; Foss 16; Stringer 66; Shurtleff 14; Mason 4; Mc- Kinley 1; Lowden l; Browne lb; Cal houn 2; Quinn 1. The house and senate concurred in a resolution to adjourn until Tuesday at 10 a. m. UNCOCIL OF FINE ARTS. Has Been Created and Proclaimed by the President. Washington, Jan. 21. President Roosevelt has created a council of fine arts and directed that hereafter the heads of legislative departments, bu reaus and commissions before any plans are formulated for public build ings or grounds, or for the location or erection of any statue must submit the matter to the council,, and follow the advice unless for good and sufficient reasons, the president directs other wise. Grant's Chief Dispatcher Dead. Mattoon. III., Jan. 21. Thomas Dough erty, who was chief dispatcher to Gen. Grant during the civil war, is dead, at his home in Trowbridge, aged 73. TWO CENTS. PRAISEAIIDBLAME Copeland Coroner's Jury Makes Its Findings. Firemen Praised for Their He roic Rescue Work. BLAME FOR SLOWNESS. Prompt Use of Aerial Truck Might Haye Saved Lambert. Absence of Fire Ropes and No tices Commented On. "The said Jurors, upon oath, do say, that the said Isaac E. Lambert of Em poria, came to his death by being burned In the Copeland hotel fire on the morning of January 14, 1909. And we find that the fire had reached such headway that the fire department at the time of Its arrival on the ground was unable to save the building. And we also find that the firemen rendered nerolc and efficient service in saving the lives of the inmates of the buildine and we believe that if the aerial truck could haVe been handled to the best ad vantage, the life of Isaac E. Lambert might have been saved. And we fur ther find that if the rooms of the Cope land hotel had been equipped as pro vided by law he might have escaped with his life. We find from the evi dence that the Copeland hotel was not equipped with ropes, chains, fire ex tinguishers, and notices as to the loca tion of fire escapes as provided by law." This is the verdict which the jury in the coroner's inquest returned at 6:1." last night after having been In th? jury room for two hours and fifteen minutes. The taking of the evidence in the case required the greater part of two days. The verdict Is not as strong a one as those who had heard the evidence had expected it to be. The negligence of both the fire marshal and proprietor of the hotel was shown up strong In the evidence, and also the negligence of the city officials In maintaining an inade quate pressure of water at all times during the fire. Mr. Jewell Testifies. C. E. Jewell, one of the commission ers of the waterworks, was one of the Important witnesses in the closing hours of the inquest. He stated that the Harrison street station could not have been used during the fire, as it was virtually out of commission. The engines at the present pumping sta tion which alternate In service, furnish five million gallons of water a day ac cording to his testimony. He stated that the normal pressure at the water works was 70 or 80 pounds which was entirely sufficient for domestic pur poses. When a fire alarm Is sounded the alarm reaches the water station where the pressure is Increased to 150 pounds In three or four minutes. The pressure sometimes goes slightly over 150 pounds in case of a fire, but it is not desirable that it should as the pipes, especially the domestic pipes are only guaranteed to stand up under a pressure of 180 pounds. On account of the friction In the mains the pressure at the fire station is about forty pounds lower than at the waterworks. He stated that the Har rison street station, if It were fitted up for service would differ in pressure" with the fire station register, only twenty pounds, and that more water could be pumped Into the local mains. He also intimated that the pressure with both plants running together would be more than doubled. Mr. Jewell told of several conversations which he had with Fire Chief Wilmarth relative to the water pressure in times of fire. Both of them realized, he stated, that the pressure would under no circumstances be sufficient to reach over the third floor in any building, and that in such cases steamers would have to be used. The witness testified that the facili ties of the Topeka waterworks would not be sufficient at any time to prevent the burning of an entire business block on Kansas avenue should a fire get such a start In any business building, such as was the case with the Copeland fire. However, he paid the Topeka fire department a compliment when ho said that the local department was as good as any in any city of similar size in tne country, tie miho earn inn iu peka water system was as good as that of anv citv In the United States, taking the population into consideration, pro portionately. At tne time oi me cope land Are he insisted that the water works was furnishing as good a fire protection as could be done with the facilities. According to his evidence four thousand gallons of water was be ing thrown on the Copeland fire every minute. A conv of the pressure register at the water station during the fire was offered in evidence at this point of th Inquest and showed that the pressure was in the neighborhood of the 150 pound mark during the entire fire. Tells or Low Pressure. M. W. Van Valkenberg was one of the regular guests of the hotel, spent some time on the witness stand. He told about the low pressure at the fire. In his estimation the hoses on the north side of the building accomplish ed little towards quenching the flames. According to his statements the streams were not directed on the blaz. but were allowed to strike higher and then drop down on the fire in a sort of spray. Mr. Van "Valkenberg Is a fire insurance agent, and as such had spent some time in investigating the fire fighting facilities of the city. He thinks well of the city's equipment, but docs not think the water pressure is suffi cient. He does not believe that a pres sure of 150 pounds is enough at any time nor under any conditions for fighting a big fire. Slow in Handling Ladder Truck. Frank M. Stahl, former chief of po lice, was one of the witnesses in the inquest. Mr. Stahl said that it seem ed tn him an "eternity" before the aerial truck ladder went up to the room occupied Dy Mr. jjamoeri, ana at tributed the failure to rescue him to the slowness of the department. Mr. Stahl was asleep about a half block north of the hotel when the fire broke out, and cries of help from the guests awakened him. He heard the same voice calling for help whiie he was dressing and afterwards when he saw Mr. Lambert in his window at the Copeland hotel. It was fuily fifteen minutes, so Mr. Stahl stated, from the time he first heard Lambert's voice until he saw the truck ladder go up to (Continued on Page ElgM-J

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THE TOPEKA. DAILY STATE JOTJRHAITHUBSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1909. TAKES UP CUDGEL Speaker Dolley Is an Advocate of Rigid Economy. Opposes House Hiring an Extra Mail Carrier. LONG, HEATED DEBATE Centers Around an Old Soldier Employee. Gets No Farther Than the Talk Stage. They say that Joseph N. Dolley of Wabaunsee, used to bo a sailor be fore ha came to Kansas. He must have served aboard a privateer and ailed the Spanish main from the way In which he stirred up trouble in representative hall Wednesday after noon. It was all over house em ployes, too. And after two hours of discussion the matter was left just where it started.. The committee on employes report ed the addition of another to the post office force, making four persons in that department in all. Dolley appeared on the floor of the house and talked against the adoption of the report, making a strong speech for economy. He thought that two persons were enough to run the postal department Of the house. It developed -in the course of debate that the assistant postmaster is a lady and that she could not be expected to serve as a mail carrier, so the employes com mittee had last week installed an old soldier an mail carrier. The old vet eran waa alleged to be slow in the performance of his duties, hence the move to add a fourth postal employe in the shape of an assistant mail carrier. At this point in the debate there oc curred a tilt between Dolley and Jew ett of Sedgwick, chairman of the em ployes committee in which the latter came out first best. Dolley, in a question put to the man from Wichita, said: "Well, you will have four men in the postoffice, will you not, if this re port is adopted?" "So, sir," replied Jewett, "we will have only three men, the other js a lady, hired by this house, and not by the committee on employes." Dolley Joined in the general laugh that followed. But laughter did not help to clear the situation. One after another of the members expressed themselves on the matter and no two of them held the same views. Dolley's plea for petty economy by shaving down the house employes at the expense of an old soldier of the union did not appeal to all the mem bers but the state chairman, while faying nice things about the old sol diers, stuck to his point not to have any useless or incompetent employes on the house payroll. TCt Members Do Own Sweeping. Then some of the members took a different tack. Amrine suggested that eight or ten more employes could bo shaved off the roll, and Guilbert did not see the need of any janitors as each member could easily sweep up around his own desk and clean his own spittoon. Jewett of Sedgwick declared that as the chairman of the employes commit tee he was proud of the fact that that committee had kept the number of em ployes in the house down to 44 which was about half the number any pre vious house or senate had been able to get along with. He thought this work was entitled to commendation rather than a life sized roast. After eight or ten motions had been put and ruled out of order or rejected by the house, Dolley moved that three sergeants-at-arms, one doorkeeper, one Janitor and one assistant In the cloak room be cut off the pay roll, together with the proposed addition to the postal force making seven in all. and cutting down the total number of house employes to thirty-seven. It looked for ft time as though this motion would prevail, but Cunningham of Cowley arose to a point of order and contend ed that the motion to amend the report f the employes committee was out of order, as the report must either be ac cepted or rejected In its entirety. He was sustained by the chair and finaJly the whole matter was turned back to the employes committee without any thing having been accomplished. The 125 members of the house, work- injr for the state for $3 per day each, had spent a half day wrangling over the addition of a mall carrier to the pay roll. This time cost $200, yet the mall carrier would only have received S160 for the entire term. Still, as Dolley said, there was nothing else to d. i Plea, for Old Soldier. Griffen of Barber county made an earnest appeal to retain the old soldier on the pay roll. The veteran came (rom Barber county. Griffen said: "I challenge any man on the floor of this 1 house to prove to me that this old sol dier Is not doing his duty In an ac ceptable manner. If there is a con plrarcy to do away with this veteran of '61 I want to know it. What you are about to do is not right, or just. r BACKACHE,. J Sideache, Headache, f and a Worn-out Feeling May all come from Constipation. Lane's Family Medicine (called also Lane's Tea) is a herb Tonic-Laxative and will cure constipation and the ills that come from it. It is a great blood medicine and one of the best for all stomach, kidney and bowel complaints. 2 All druggists, 25 and 50 cts. J Important to all Women Readers of this Paper. Thousands upon thousands of women have kidney trouble and never suspect it. Women's complaints often prove to be nothing else but kidney trouble, or the result of kidney, or bladder dis ease. If the kidneys are not in a healthy condition, they will cause tne otner organs to become diseased. You may suffer a gTeat deal with pain in the back, bearing-down feelings, headache and loss of ambition. Poor health makes you nervous, irritable and may be despondent; it makes any one so. But thousands of irritable, nervous, tired and broken-down women have restored their health and strength by the use of Swamp-Root, the great Kidney. Liver and Bladder Remedy. Swamp-Root brings new life and activity to the kidneys, the cause of such troubles. Many send for a sample bottle to see what Swamp-Root, the great KJd ney. Liver and Bladder Remedy will do for them. Every reader of this paper,' who has not already tried It, may address Dr. Kilmer Co., Binghamton, N. Y., and receive sample bottle free by mail. You can purchase tha regular fifty-cent and one-dollar size bottles at all drug stores. or honorable." Matson of Sedgwick also took a strong hand in the debate, when he came to the defense of Jewett, his col league, ana chairman of the employes committee. He said that while Jewett was chairman of that committee not a Sedgwick count'- man had been placed on the pay roll. Dolley also complimented the com mittee on its fine work in the face of a storm of applications from hungry patriots in every section of the state, but wanted the committee to do still better work. As economy seems to be the watch word just now in Kansas politics it Is suggested that this square deal house do away with the employes altogether. Committees could be appointed to per- rorm all duties necessary. The speaker has three employes himself. Let them all go. The members could take turns acting as door keeper and sergeant-at-arms and janitor. Each member could do his own writing and carry his own bills to the speaker's desk. The offices of chief clerk and his army of assistant clerks could be done away with entirely without noticeable effect one of the house members could act as secretary and another take care of the bills. If forty-four employes on the pay roll of the house is a graft or one hundred for that matter, then ten employes is a graft, only not so large, and five employes is just a small graft. Bah! The whole business of yester day afternoon was either a four-flush play or a half-hearted effort to fol low the Cromwell style of purifying politics. It will be remembered that the great Puritan not only cut the gold and lace ruffles out of English court circles. but he purified his parliament by weeding out half of the members as well as the hangers on. The house members in Wednesday afternoon's debate uttered panegyrics enough on the old soldiers to have filled out a dozen Decoration day programmes, but when it came down to brass pan they were nevertheless compelled by stern duty to remove a veteran of '61 from his place of profit. There was plenty of praise but no., solid benefit. The flowers smelled very sweet, but somehow failed to take the place of a sub stantial meal. Speaker Dolley has appointed the fol lowing additional committee: Education Amrine of Morris. Mitchell of Douglas, Shideler of Crawford. Kreh biel of Harvey, Banker of Russell. Wood of Cloud, Lennan of Ness, Darling of Norton, Grabbe of Ellis. Bills in House. H. B. No. 262. By Buckman An act relating to the office of the attor ney general, and fixing the salaries of the officials of the department. H. B. No. 268. By Lander An act to amend the session laws of 1905. re lating to mutual fire insurance com panies. H. B. No. 264. By Lander An act to change the name of Gertrude Ran kin to Mary Gertrude RtcCourt. H. B. No. 265. By Meek An act compelling railroad, companies and lessees of railroad companies engaged in transporting horses, mules, cattle, hogs and sheep to and from the mar ket stock yards of the state of Kan sas, to provide conveniences for the person or persons that are entitled to accompany any of the above said stock to or from said market stock yards. H. B. No. 266. By Morgan An act concerning civil service and to declare that the performance of certain acts and conduct on the part of appointed officers, in the executive department of the state shall constitute cause for removal from office and to provide for such removal. H. H. No. 267. By Westgate An act to amend section 6513 of the gen eral statutes of 1901. granting licenses to ex-union soldiers and sailors to canvass for and sell goods not pro hibited by the law. H. B. No. 268. By J. M. Davis An act amending the statutes of 1901. H. B. No. 269. By Davis of Bour bon An act amending the general statutes of 1901. H. B. No. 270. By Davis of Bour bon An act relating to the levying of a per capita tax and providing for its collection. H. B. No. 271. By Davis of Bour bon An act relating to the contribu tion and solicitation of money, prop erty or anything of value from state banks, private banks, or national banks, or from public service corpor ations, to be used by any state, dis trict, county, city ward, or township committee, or by any club, organiza tion or association designed to pro mote or engaged in promoting the success or defeat of any party or the election or defeat of any candidate for political office and providing penal ties for the violation of this act. H. B. No. 272. By Fisher An act concerning the assessment of proper ty in counties of this state having a population of less than thirty thou sand. H. B. No. 273. By Matson An act relating to cities of the first class. H. B. No. 274. By Matson An act amending the laws of 1903. H. B. No. 275. By Landrey An act authorizing any city of the second class to issue bonds to fund its ex isting floating indebtedness H. B. No. 276. By Landrey An act relative to and providing for the disposition of lands wrongfully re claimed from the channels of navi gable streams. H. B. No. 277. By Howard An act in order to promote the economical ad ministration of the state schools and Institutions and to place such schools under the direct control of the people themselves, who support them, a state board of education la hereby made elec tive in conformity with the constitu tional requirement for a "uniform sys tem" for all public schools. H. B. No. 278. By Pile An act regu lating and fixing charges and compen sation of abstracters of title. H. B. No. 279. By Newlin An act to amend the laws of 1907 relating to pri vate corporations. H. B. No. 280. By Watson An act relating to the management and control of state banks. H. B. No. 281. By Watson An act concerning the management and con trol of state banks. H. B. No. 282. By Guilbert An act for the protection of quail, grouse and prairie chickens in the state of Kansas. H. B. No. 283. By Harmon An act making appropriations for the support of the St. John's hospital, Leavenwortn Kansas, St. "Vincent Orphan asylum Leavenworth. Kansas. O'd Ladies' Rest, Leavenworth, Kansas, Home of the Friendless. Leavenworth. Kansas, the Mitchell hospital. Leavenworth, Kansas, and the Guardian Angel home Leavenworth, Kansas. H. B. No. 284. By Buck An act pro viding for the erection of a memorial building, a building commission, se curing a site ana making an appru priatlon therefor. H. B. No. 285. By Buckman An act relating to the procedure in all courts of record of the state of Kansas except the supreme court. H. B. No. 286. By Brown An act re- latlnar to thn reerents nf the State-uni versity, and to the regents of the State Agricultural, college, placing uuuia upon the action of each board. H. B. No. 287. By Case An act to imDrove the natural water courses. rivers and creeks of the state, to pro vide for the removal of timber and oth er obstructions therefrom and to pro vide for and regulate the construction and re-constructlon of dams and bridges in or across the water courses of the state. H. B. No. 288. By Watson An act providing for the maintenance and reg ulation of high schools. H. B. No. 289. By Veatch An act fixing the salaries of the county clerks nT th various counties of the state of Kansas, and providing for their neces sary clerk hire. H. B. No. 290. By jewett or oeus wick An act to prohibit sales of mer chandise in bulk.in fraud of creditors. A PIONEER DEAD. Mrs. Nancy Leiby Passes Away at the Aee of 70 Tears. Lawrence. Kan., Jan. 21. Mrs. Nancy Leiby, one of the best known women In Kansas and one of the old est settlers in Lawrence, died of paralysis at her home on Vermont street. She was about 70 years of age. and is survived by one daughter, Mrs. E. M. Owen. PRISONERS FROM SING SIN'G. A Number of Convicts to Be Sent From New York to Kansas. Leavenworth. Kan.. Jan. 21. M. W. McClauirhry. special agent for the de partment of justice, says that prisoners will be transferred from the Sing Sing prison in New York to the federal prison here soon. The capacity of the federal prison is 1,200 prisoners. At the present time but 700 are confined here. Many of tne united Estates pris oners have been confined in state prisons and county Jails in other states. This practice will be discontinued now until tne prison nere is nuea to ca pacity. ARE FOUND GCTIIY. Jury Finds Finest Robinson Partici pated in Murder of Geo. Bennett. Wichita, Kan.. Jan. 21. Ernest Robinson, a negro has been found guilty of manslaughter in the first de gree for participating in the murder of George Bennett, a white man, in this city on the night of November 29. His companion, scott jviitcnen, wno is alleged to have struck the blow that killed Bennett, is now on trial charged with murder in the first de gree. The trouble, which resulted in the murder arose over the refusal of Bennett to give the negroes a match. Death of Mrs. Sarah Pitts. Salina, Kan., Jan. Mrs. Sarah Pitts 79 years old, and one of the first women to settle in this city forty years ago, is dead at her home in Salina. For twelve years sne nan been paralyzed and blind. Two sons, one in Wichita, and one in Hutchin son, and a daughter in Wichita survive her. Tillman Denies Taffs Statement. Washington, Jan. 21. Senator Till man denied that he was opposed to the education or negroes as fresi-dent-elect Taft is reported to have said in speech at Augusta, Ga., was the case, tie saia, nowever, ne was an tagonistic to the Republican plan of uplifting the negro which means domi nation by them in the south. The Knock-out Blow. The blow which knocked out Corbet was a revelation to the prize fighters. From the earliest days of the ring the knock-out blow was aimed for the jaw, the temple or the jugular vein. Stomach punches were thrown In to worry and weary the fighter, but if a scientific man had told one of the old fighters that the most vulnerable spot was the region of the stomach, he'd have laughed at him for an ignoramus. Dr. Pierce is bringing home to the public a parallel fact; that thq slomacVfs the most vulnerable organ out ofhe p?He ring as well as in it. 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Why the "Golden Medical Discov ery cures catarrhal diseases, as of the stomach, bowels, bladder and other pelvic organs will be plain to you f you will read a booklet of extracts from the writ ings of eminent medical authorities, en dorsing its ingredients and explaining their curative properties. It is mailed free on request. Address Dr. R.V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. This booklet gives all the Ingredients entering Into Dr. Pierce's medicines from which it will be seen that they contain not a drop of alcohol, pure, triple-refined glycerine being used instead. Dr. Pierce's great thousand-page illus trated Common Sense Medical Adviser will be sent free, paper-bound, for 21 one cent stamps, or cloth-bound for 31 stamps. Address Dr. Pierce as abova. POLICEJOTTINGS. Big Stock of Liquor Is Destroy edJToday. An Echo of a Fourth of July Police Bald. HELPED BY TRUSTIES. City Attorney Drenning; Is Gen eral Supervisor. There Is More Left in Chief Eaton's Stronghold. In the cold half lighted cellar of the city prison two trusties sadly poured a $3,500 stock of confiscated liquor Into the sewer wjiue Chief Eaton, City Attor. ney Drenning and Prosecutinar Attor- ney Wilson of the police court exultant ly hurried the executtion of the sentence today. At the dismissal of the appeal for possession-of the liquor after it had been confiscated in the police court. Police Judge Urmy promptly issued ine oraer ror the flushing of the sewer. Attorney Drenninsr uun to assist in the fulfillment of the law and at a auieklv hold mootinc- the tr.nuii.a.111 Mttorney and the chief of po lice were elected Hieh Stonner Extrac tors and the two veteran boozers. Baker and Jackson, trusties in the jail were niaae iowiy Jug Inverters. That was all the preliminarv for a. rmh tn tha cellar where the stock of the Chester field pharmacy captured months ago is slowly being consumed by the sewer. """"B mat tne cnesterneld was making ready for a bie Fourth nf .Tnlv rush. Chief Eaton led his braves on the night of July 3 to the store, surrounded the building, and captured this Invoice of licuors: 19V cases of beer. 47 half gallons jugs whisky. 12 gallon jugs whisky. 2 two gallon jugs whisky. 79 pint bottles whisky. 262 half pint bottles whisky. 4 cases whisky. 56 quart bottles whisky. 2 barrels whisky. 1 barrel gin. 1 gallon sin. 47 half mints gin. 9 quarts wine and brandy. The quality of the stuff runs from the dollar-five variety and the Chester field special blend, labeled a com pound," to the Three Star Hennessey and other brands of cognac. in vain the trusty despoilers tried to leave just a little in some of the jugs for after dinner use -but the eye of the chief is very discerning and a guard was sent to see that not a drop was saved. The bottles and Jugs are all be ing plied up as valuables but the valu able stock of booze is made to run waste from the specially constructed receptlcle in the prison cellar to feed the fish in the Kaw and prompt out of town gossips to remark that they saw more booze in the capital city than any place on earth. .Though the empty ing of jugs, barrels, and bottles began at 10 o'clock it is thought that the flow of the confiscated, liquor will last all day at the rate the' feeding mouth per mits. There will still be many barrels of liquor, taken at other places, left in the cellar for which no orders can be is sued as the cases are still pending from the appeals from decisions In the sum mer term of the police court. In the September term there were a score of liquor and gambling cases ap pealed and already decided without one cent of costs being assessed to the city. which is a remarkable record. A list of liquor cases appealed from the police court and now dismissed from the district court to pay the costs and the sentence of J190 fine and 30 days on one or more counts follow: Peg Leg McClafferty, George Dupree, Ben Jor- den, Fritz Durein, Ed McDonald, John Miller, Dick Johnson, Tom Stump, Lucy Stevenson. The Kate Heitman case wherein Kate was fined $25 and Mary Evans $10 for keeping and being found in a disorderly house, was dis missed from the district court this morning with $10 fines and costs upon their pleas of guilty. Andy Dupree convicted on two counts for keeping a gambling house case was dismissed in the district court with costs which will make his penalty $350. The case of Jim Jorden fined for being found in a disorderly house was also dismissed as were others, w.hlch leaves the police cases for the last term all squared up, much to the satisfaction of the prosecuting attorney, the judge and the chief. LOCAL MENTION. Notice I. Gilberg, the tailor, from the Copeland hotel has moved up over the Aurora theater, 812 Kansas avenue. The Prudential Savings Bank will make your idle money grow twenty-four hours every day. Try it. Do not expose yourself to the danger of burglars or fire without an Inde pendent phone in your home. It may be worth many times the cost, some time. The safe deposit boxes of the Pruden tial Bank cannot be excelled as a secure place for your valuables. If your wife objects to your smok ing at home, just get a box of Eagle's Rose Tint five cent cigars and she'll enjoy your smoking with you. Dr. C. E. Hulett. Osteopath, 813 Kans. ave. Ind. Phone 318. Lady in office. Louis Wisdom was found guilty of assault with intent to kill and given six months in the county jail, this morning in the district court. He tried to- shoot Harvey Enochs, October 24, 1908. Enochs was shot In the head but wasn't badly hurt. Kate Heitman and Mary Evans who had appealed their cases to the dis trict court, both pleaded guilty and were fined ten dollars each. George Hicks pleaded guilty to as sault and was released with the pro vson that he pay the cost aggregat ing $75, sometime in the near future. He had pointed a loaded gun at Offi cer W. P. Jones, November 1. This cleans up the docket of the district for today. Rev. Ralph Ward will give a expo sition of the Sunday school lesson at the teachers' union at the T. W. C. A. Friday afternoon. The cast of The Spy, a high school dramatic club, will give 'a banquet at the Throop tonight. Topeka Post No. 71 and W. R. C No. 94 are makng preparation for the centennial anniversary of the birth of Lincoln which will be observed at To peka Post Hall. 216 West Sixth street, February 12. The celebration is open to the public who are cordially invit ed. In last evening's State Journal the mistake waa made in announcing the celebration to be held In Lincoln Post hall on- the other side of Kansas avenue. The celebration will be held at the Topeka Post halL NEW FIRE ESCAPE LAV. City Officials Will Confer Willi Legla- lators Tonijjht. As a result of the weaknesses shown in both the state law and city ordi nances covering the subject of fire escapes, an effort will be made tonight to patch up the differences and secure a law that will work not only in theory but in "practice as well. The house this morning appointed a committee to confer with the city officials tonight and draw up a bill which will be in troduced at the session tomorrow. The house committee is composed of Rep resentatives Cunningham of Cowley, Lambert of Brown and Morrison of j Neosho. These will meet tonight in j the parlors of the National hotel and confer with County Attorney John J. 1 Schenck, Fire Chief Wilmarth and Councilman H. B. Howard. j Councilman Howard stated this morning that at the next session of the council he would introduce an or dinance which would conform with the state law, and repealing the present conflicting ordiannce. Thus the two laws will be similar and nonconfiicting. Mr. Howard will also, so he intimates, make an attempt to add to the present fire equipment of the city. A net which could be used for the purposes of catching victims who might want to Jump from a hotel fire, a tower on which the firemen could practice scaling high walls, and an increase in the number of firemen, are included in his list of improvements. Mr. Howard was one of the jury which sat in the coroner's inquest which determined the cause of I. B. Lambert's death in the fire. According to Mr. Howard, the jury meant noth ing of censure for Fire Chief Wil marth, although the wording of the verdict is. rather vague. Mr. Howard thinks that Mr. Wilmarth all the way through has acted in good faith as the law waa explained to him by City At torney Drenning. Drenning. Mr. How ard insists, is the legal adviser for the fire chief and that Drenning was at fault. The alderman from the Third ward also thinks that the fire depart ment was not slow In handling the fire, but that it was handicapped by too small a quota of men. He thinks that twelve more men could have been used to advantage in fighting the fire. He- explains that the fire department was not slow in reaching Lambert's window, but that the men were all the while working on other windows rescuing men, and that owing to the small number of firemen, a casualty of some kind was almost Inevitable. Mr. Howard says that when Chief Wilmarth and City Attorney Drenning consulted Governor Hoch regarding the fire escape laws of the state last spring, that Governor Hoch tacitly admitted that the state law was inef fective, because the size of the rope providing for escapes was too small. PLACE FOR HISTORY. Building Planned for State Society and G. A. R. Headquarters. Judge Buck of Lyon county has in troduced a bill in the house calling for an appropriation of $100,000 for the erection of a building in Topeka for the safe and convenient keeping and display of the property of the State Historical society and all the relics and volumes and pictures of Kansas history and the civil and bor der wars. The building is to be erected under the supervision of a commission com posed of the secretary of state, secre tary of the State Historical society, at torney general and a G. A. R. man to be appointed by the governor and is to be built by plans drawn by the state architect. The G. A. R. of Kan sas and its property shall also be given rooms in the new building. Buck's bill is one of the most bene ficial to the state at large that has yet been introduced at this session and it is to be hoped that such a measure will be enacted into a law before the legislature adjourns. In such a build ing could be housed the invaluable, in structive, entertaining and wonderful Goss Bird collection, now not properly cared for or displayed for lack of room. SEASONS OPEN EARLY. American Starts April 12 and National Begins April 14. Cleveland, Jan. 21. According to the plans of the schedule committee of the Tnl 1 lao Cril o CAaaDn nnPTlO A T1T1 1 14 and the American league two days earner, xne aruiuaia o.m.s play at Chicago April 14, Pittsburg at Philadelphia at Boston. Only two games will De piayea in ine Ameiicou league April 12 Boston at Philadelphia and New York at Washington. The western cluos or me amenoui Anri 1i Thlnnen nlavlner siait wui. 1 at Detroit and Cleveland at St. Louis. On April 21 Detroit goes to Chicago, while Cleveland will play host to St. Louis. For return dates in the Na tional league the order of games will be reversed. New York Money Market. t nf atav w V. AX iti pv nn iew iorn. -a. J can easy, nei y-r cent; ruling rate closing bid 1V4; offered at l-v4. per cent. 1 1 1 j i- luaiw, IVt per cent; 90 days, 2; six months, 3 A percent. CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper 34 PsSerling exchange weak with actual busi ness in bankers' bills at .&4.754.84.S5 for 00 dav bills and 4.87.30 for demand; com mercial bills $4.844.84. SILVER Bar silver, 61c; Mexican dol- lars 44c t bonds. srteadv: xvjii-'t7 railroad bonds, irregular. Found Shortage of $13,000. -cr o r; ,7 "VI i Jan. 21. A ahnrt- caiionB j age of $13,000 in the city auditor's office has been disclosed following the instal- .i rt u t f sm nf ftwntintine. lat-iuii "v J Vernon H. Green, the auditor, says the shortage may be due to clerical error, but more probably is the result of sys- ntin .i.aiinff nv clerks, extending through an indefinite period of years. No formal cnarges nave pecn maue. DON'T RELY ON NATURE ALONE to restore your stomach to a normal condition, to keep the bowels free from constipation nd to make your nerves steady- It Is a far better and quicker plan, to add the assistance that can only be obtained by taking a short course of HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS "Something else" won't do in its place and that's why we urge you again to "get Hostetter's. It is for Indigestion, Costiveness, Insomnia, Colds and Grippe. There is Only Ono Thai I useo me worlo over to Always remember the fall name. for this signature on every box. For Health wonderfully cooling in cases of fever. The choicest, ripest and most luscious oranges that reach the market are "Sunkist." Ask Your Dealer for "Sunkist" I The California choicest oranges Mostly Seedless ftaturnlna Tooeka Lt. Kansas 4:30 A.M. 5:00 A.M. 8:00 A.M. 2:10 P.M. 3:25 P.M. 7:25 P.M. 7:55 F.M. 7:65 9 :45 10:40 11:20 :10 10:00 11:15 SANTA FTNOTK Fred Goodman, a machinist of Ar gentine who has been in the local hos pital for some time, has been dis charged and has returned to his home. Simon Bender, a car carpenter in the local shops, has returned from Gutnrle, Okla., where he has been spending a week visiting friends. Engine No. 1386 was taken out on a trial trip Wednesday in charge of Con ductor Bankhead and Engineer George Woods. Bvron Urie of the freight sheds has returned from Kansas City, where he spent Wednesday. Fireman A. A. Smith of Argentine has been transferred to Topeka and as slerned to the local extra board. Henry -Van Osman of the machine shops is laying off for a few days on account of illness. C. T. McLellan, division superintend ent has returned to Emporia after havine- been in Topeka for several davs. Robert Keeler of the Santa Fe at Burlineton is a Topeka visitor. George Davis of Oklahoma City, who was formerly employed in the local ma. chine shops is in Topeka visiting for a few days. The homeseekers were responsible for several extra trains being run through tr 11' J Brakeman Charles Horn and wife who have been visiting in Little Rock, Ark., have returned home. Miss Maud Roudebush, who has been employed in the general freight office for some time, has resigned to enter other work. Robert E. Cunningham, who has been employed as a stenographer in the of fina of General Storekeeper N. M. Rice, has been promoted to the position of chief clerk to F. A. Wilson, stationer of the Santa Fe. J. H. Goff. mechanical superintend ent of the Santa Fe. Is in Newton on a business trip. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Word has been received In Topeka of the death of Mrs. John McManus which occurred Wednesday at El Paso, Tex., where with her family she had gone in auest of health. For a number of years John McManus ana family made their home in Topeka and then the family physician in formed Mrs. McManus that she was Buffering from tuberculosis and must seek another climate if she expected to prolong her life. The family moved first to St, Louis and this climate proving of no benefit to her. Arizona was tried and last the climate of the sunny south. None of the changes brought the desired re lief and Wednesday she died at her adopted home in El Paso, Tex. She is survived by her husband and a large family of small children. The funeral of Beda White, the six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. White, who died Wednesday af ternoon, will be held from the Church of the Assumption Friday morning at 9 o'clock. Elizabeth Cullison died last night -at the home of her son-in-law. J. J. Webb. 135 North Madison street, at the age of 63, of pneumonia. The funeral services will be held at the house at 10 o'clock Friday and the Interment will take place in Rochester cemetery. MYERS NOT INTERESTED Mr. L. E. Myers of the local traction and electric lighting companies de clares that he has not attended the present session of either branch of the state legislature, and that he is not interested in the public utilities bill, because the franchise of his com panies have nearly 25 years yet to run and the company has two dozen years before it need worry over the matter of franchises. Those who be lieved they saw Mr. Myers circulating, among the senators at the capitol the other day evidently saw hla double. 1'fiffci't r 99 cure a colo im cue oat. Look 25o. Oranges for Health Physicians state that an orange eaten before each meal will so regulate the system as to make the call of a doctor a rare occurrence. Oranges promote the action of the gastric juices aid diVcstion act mildlv on the liver and are Fruit Growers' Exchange label the trom tneir groves ounjtist. The delicious flavor of this perfect seedless fruit makes you keen for more of its kind. Ask your dealer for "Sunkist" Brand. Hot lemonade made from laree juicy California lemoni 'sweetened with honey preferred) will break up a cold. Served hot, it opens the pores of the skin. A severe cold may be broken up in one night if given this attention promptly. DOUBLE TRACK NO STOPS FAST TIME Depot First and Kansas Avenue. Phone 384. City A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. US The Florist HIRAM HULSE Grows his own plants in his own greenhouses Elmwood and Greenwood Aves., Potwin Special attention given to floral de signs. PALMS TO RENT Sales and display room3 819 Kansas Avenue Phone 458 Six Hundred Million t of the people's savings are Invest ed in Building and Loan Associa tions. WHY? Because: It Is the safest and most profit able method offered for raving money. Its funds are Invested In such a manner as to bring the largest profits with the greatest degree of security. Start a saving account with the Now Tear. The Capitol Building Loan Ags'n. 534 Kansas Avenue Gas Light Store The best place in Topeka to buy all kinds of Gas Lights and Supplies. Mantles, Globes and Burners. PITTSBURG INVERTED BEST LIGHT MADE H. IM. Cross Cycle Co. 810 Kansas Avenue. J. L. EDDY Contractor and Builder Repairing and Jobbing. Store Fronts, Shelving Counters, Hardwood Kloofs, Plain or Orna mental. Shop 110 E. Ninth St. L M. Penwell Undertaker and Embalmer 511 Qulncy Street Both Pbones 192 President Helps Orphans. Hundreds of nmhftnn hn v tien hlruh4 bv the President ot The Industrial and Orphans' Home at Macon. Ga., who writes: "We have used Electric Bitters In this Institution for nine years. It has proved a most excellent medicine for Stomach. IJver and Kidney troubles. We resard It as one of the bent family medi cines on earth." It inviRoratea the vital oreans. purifies the blood, aids digestion, creates appetite. To BtretiKthen and build up thin, pale, weak children or run-down people it ha no equal. Best for female complaints. Only GOo at Campbell Drug company. 1 J

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL THURSDAY EVENING, JANTJABY 21, 1909. 3 i FLYABOUT The "Light Six THOMAS FLYER and the E. M. F. 30 STUDEBAKER Automo biles have arrived and can be seen at 916 Kansas Ave. N. S. WEAR NO CAUSE FOR ALARM. Committee Reports on President's Order Kegardins the Marines. Washington Jan. 21. As a result of the hearings on the removal 01 Tnai-irmc fmm thp vessels of the navy. held before the subcommittee on naval ncademv and marine corps of the house committee on naval affairs, the committee has found mat "me presi dent's order concerning withdrawal of marines from ships merely specifies additional duties ior mem un nuc and "that the present organic law con cerning their employment is not changed." "Ic is of the utmost importance, says the committee, "that the marine corps remain absolutely under the control of the navy department and -war plans thus far laid down provide for the close co-operation of the ma rine corps with the navy afloat and ashore." "There has been much apprehension as to the president's order." said a member of the committee today. "As a matter of fact the order was pre pared by the commandant of the ma rine corps and at his request signed by the president. It does nothing more than define the scope of the marine corps duties on shore." MALTBIE'S REMEDY. CJovernnient Supervision Instead of Control of Corixrations. Chicago. Jan. 21. "The. officials of large corporations, as well as the pub lic, will be benefited by a proper sys tem of governmental supervision of public service corporations. Strike leg islation, as well as lobbying, will cease." These opinions have been given by MIlo R. Maltbie of the public service commission of New York to the Chicago Association of Commerce. After declaring that the distrust of the great public service corporations Is widespread on account of the enor mous profits brought to light in certain cases recently, Mr. Maltbie offered a remedy in which both the public and corporation officials will he benefited. This remedy is governmental supervis ion, and not government control. DAD WAS BEST MAN. At the Wedding of His Son in Chi cago. Chicago, Jan. 21. A father acting as best man at the wedding of his son was the unusual feature at the marriage of .Miss Kathryn Charlton of Oak Park end Lloyd R. Steers of Chicago. George Is. steers served his son as best man. For years the father and son have wen almost inseparable chums, livin Free $1.00 Package It Removes Dandruff. Stos la Miliar Hair and Itching Scalp. tJrows Xew I Hair and Changes Gray or Faded Hair to Its Natural Color. 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Give full address write plainly! together at the Union League club and being the joint owners of the yacht Vanadis, which, it is said, figured in the romance of the young couple, whose en gagement followed a cruise on Lake Michigan. GREATEST BOOSTER. Term Is Applied to .Roosevelt by Charles II. Treat. New York. Jan. 21. The "greatest in ternatipnal booster." was the term ap plied to President Roosevelt in a speech by Charles H. Treat before the "Boost club at its annual dinner at the Hotel Astor last night. John Temple Graves was among those who made speeches. Concerning the president, Mr. Treat said: "He boosted the American flag into recognition among the nations. He sent 16 ships of war painted in the color of peace, around the globe to show a thousand million people the western civ ilization founded by our fathers." OPEN TO SETTLEMENT. Old Mexican Land Grant or 600,000 Acres. Denver, Jan. 21. The Sangre de Christo land grant, one of the oldest granted by the Mexican government, has been thrown open to settlers after having been in the possession of the Costilla family for more than a cen tury and a half. This grant comprises .600.000 acres and was deeded by the government of Mexico to the head of the Costilla family before the territory was acquired by the United States. The grant lies partly in New Mexico but most mostly in Colorado, being situated in the San Luis valley in the southern part of the state. LINCOLN BOOKS. They Arc in Great Demand Approach ing Centennial. Chicago. Jan. 21. With the ap proach of the Lincoln Centennial Memorial. February 7-14. there is a great demand at the public library for books on Lincoln, and to assist the hundreds of daily callers for informa tion, a special catalogue has been is sued. This furnishes more than 1,000 titles, and for further convenience, classifications have been made such as "Lincoln as a Lawyer," "Lincoln as a Literary Man." "Religion of Lin coln," and "Lincoln and Temperance." DESTROYED 600 HOUSES. Earthquake Reported From Smyrna. Still Continues. Constantinople, Jan. 21. An official dispatch reports that more than 600 houses were destroyed by the earth quake at Phoceca, hear Smyrna. The shocks continue and the people are seeking refuge in the mountains. The minister of the interior has been dis patched to render assistance to the sufferers. A BIG DAM. Structure to He 180 I'eet High and Cost $500,000. Denver, Jan. 21. The Central Colo rado Electric Power company has closed a contract for building the Barker reservoir dam in Boulder coun ty at a cost of $500,000. The new dam will be the largest in Colorado and will impound 500 million cubic feet of water. It will be 180 feet high and 650 feet long on the crest. It is cal culated that 21,000 horse power will be developed. StXKTTISH RITE MASOXS Will Hold Session in Topeka Com mencing Tomorrow. Beginning with tomorrow evening the Scottish Rite bodies of this city commence an evenins class in the lodge of perfection degrees con ferring from the fourth to the eighth inclusive. On the next Monday even ing, the 25th. this will he followed with work from the ninth to the thirteenth degrees and on the follow ing evening. Tuesday, the fourteenth degree will be conferred in full form. A special meeting will be held at 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon to act on belated petitioners. Supper will be served at the temple each evening of this work at 6 o'clock sharp and work will begin promptly at 7 o'clock. If the interest justifies it the even ing class work will be continued through the chapter of the Rose Croix fifteenth to eighteenth degree in February so that the members may be thus far advanced for the spring reunion. The date for the opening spring re union has been determined. viz: Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday of the fourth week in March, the 23rd, 24tlt and 35th. ""Ir f""L if"""' "My voice is still for war." Addison' "Cato." Several years ago, there came from Ewing Herbert's little town in Brown county, a Mr. Ryan. The theory was and is, that he represents his county in the Kansas legislature. Perhaps he does. I must write to Ewing Herbert and find out. When Mr. Ryan first came to the Kansas Mask Ball, he was clev erly disguised as an Ingrowing Grouch. While he maintains the disguise, a few of us have seen through the domino, The natural ferocity of Mr. Ryan has not abated since first he came among us, but of late he has relieved himself of some words of real wisdom. When the fuss over house employes was in progress, Mr. Ryan remarked that the same persons who were roaring about a waste of state money on employes, were thinking seriously of making an appro priation to combat San Jose scale, an insect which annoys a comparatively small per cent of the inhabitants of the state. IJyliil, Who Makes Some Center Shots. 'You would stop chasing a deer to hunt a rabbit," said Ryan. There was much sense in his remark, but he has been a member of the legislature long enough to know that saving the hide and tallow of a mouse and letting the coyotes have the calf, is a time honored custom with the legislature. A hundred and twenty-five members vote them selves enough postage money to pay eight employes for the entire session. and then retrench by striking out the enacting clause of a few old Job hold ers. Mr. Ryan of Hiawatha (peaceable sounding town, isn t it?) has raised his voice for war. He is not afraid, and he knows it. And when he goes hunt ing, he will chase what he thinks is the important game. Perhaps Mr. Ryan may mistake the size of the game but his intention will lead toward venison. Mr. Jewett of Sedgwick is a jester from Jesterburg. For real humor and proper short-arm delivery of the same, his stunt of yesterday takes the con fection. After allowing Mr. Dolley to waste several minutes in objecting to the number of "men" employed in the house postoffice, he proved that four is not four, but three. Mr. Dolley sat down and remained quiet nearly two minutes. Mr. Jewett gets his rare humor from association. Five years ago he ran a large hotel which was filled to the sky light with humorists. Some of the rare bon mots heard within the walls of his hostelry were almost as bad as that of yesterday. It is rumored that Mr. Jewett would gladly return to the oc cupation which he followed. Perhaps Jewett, the Joker. he is getting in practice, so -that he may hand his boarders each a boiled potato gravely remarking the while: "Please accept this custard pie with my compliments." At present Mr. Jewett has a job which is enough to make him long for the society of his convicts. He is chairman of the employment commit tee. "Satis verborum." as my old col lege friend Nero used to remark, be- Constipation deranges more lives with nervousness than any other abnormal condition. WHEAT FLAKE CELERY 3 10 Is made from the whole grain 01 the wheat, celery infused, mak ing it nature's evacuant. 0)0 pf fl For sale by all Grocers fore the expression had been condensed to -nun saia. xn fact that Mr. jewett is ma cnairman of that par ticular house committee isr sufficient, wnnoui iurmer aetan, -to Insure a warm time for the Gentleman from sedgwiCK. s1. The suggestion made by one repre sentative that all the employes should be fired and the members be compelled to sweep around their own desks and take turns cleaning the cuspidors, is not so bad, either. The gentleman sim ply offered the suggestion, without ex tra charge, after suggestions to "can' had been offered in sufficient number to remove every vassal. He -did not mean to be facetious. He was simply condensing the assorted talk of other members. NEAR HALF MILLION. Sum Found to Be Due Kansas on Old War Claims. Washington, Jan. 20. Kansafs Is in line for receiving a snug sum of money from the federal treasury if congress can be induced to make the necessary appropriation. It has been ascertain ed that Uncle Sam owes the state near ly $500,000 by way of reimbursement for money that was expended by Kan sas in arming and equipping troops to repel invasion and guard against In dian depredations. The claim of the state for these funds has been prosecuted before the auditor of trie war department by At torney Nicholson of Newton. Kansas, agent for the state in the prosecution of its claims, judge .Nicnoison pre sented the claim and arguments were made in support of it by Senators Cur tis and Long and special interest was manifested in the subject also by Rep resentative Madison. The auditor of the treasury for the war department today informed the memhers of the delegation a careful pTamination of the case had demon strated that there is owing to the state of Kansas from tne iederai treasury $425,05.43. The next step to be taken by the delegation will be to obtain a certifica tion from the department upon which to base an appropriation to meet the payment. Tne iunos were expenueu w transas on account of Indian depre dations, the money having been bor rowed by the state to meet that ex penditure. TO GIVE FREE RIDE. Cortelyou Asks $10,000 for Survivors of Gettysburg Battle. Wn.ktnnnn Tom 91 CaprAHnr ef the Treasury Cortelyou has transmit- tnn cT'ooa nn estimate of S1 0.000 as an appropriation to defray the ex penses OL iraiispui Laiiuu ui lii ntuio of the regular army, who were en gaged in the Gettysburg campaign, from their homes to the Gettysburg kniaftoM onrt ft i t- the nnrnnse of assisting in the dedication of monu ments and markers In commemoration of the work of the army in that con nection. It is suggested that not more than one officer and one enlisted man of each troop, company and battery organization engaged in the campaign shall be appointed to attend the exer cises. The number which would thus attend under the terms of the appro priation would be approximately 4 24. Among those giving their approval of the appropriation, are Secretary of War Wright: Chairman Nicholson of the Gettysburg National Park commis sion, and Adna R. Chaffee, chairman ex-officio of the survivors' committee to select a site for the monument on the battlefield. As it is expected, the exercises will be held in the early part of the spring. The urgent need of appropriating the money just as soon as practicable, is suggested. HAD 82 NICKELS. Man and Woman Arrested for Rob bing Telephone Boxes. New York, Jan. 21. With the ar rest of a man and a woman last night, officers of the New Tork Telephone company believe that the robbing of nickel in the slot telephone booths will be checked, temporarily at least. The prisoners, who gave the names of William Edward Barrett, 35 years old, and wife, Tillie, were detained after a clerk in a drug store at Broad way and 70th street had been at tracted by the noise of a secret "buz zer" installed by the telephone com pany to give warning when the lit tle metal box is tampered with. With great presence of mind, the clerk locked the pair in the telephone booth and summoned the police. Barrett was held on a charge of at tempted petty larceny and his wife was detained as a suspicious person. According to the police the man had two worn coin bags in his possession, together with $4.10 in nickels. Two keys, which fitted the lock of the box in the telephone booths, were dis covered in the woman's muff. IN DONNELLY'S FAVOR. investigation Will Result in Sending I'p His Xame Again. Washington, Jan. 21. In an in vestigation of objections filed with the senate against the confirmation of Samuel B. Donnelly, as public printer, the members of the senate committee on printing discovered what appears to be a revival of the old "Wahneta" and "Kickapoo" cliques within the ranks of the labor unions at the great print ing establishment. These forces threatened to take part in the dispute which has been waged between em ployes of the printing office for a num ber" of years to the great annoyance of the public printer. Members of the senate committee have determined not to take cognizance of the operations of these cliques and ignoring their activi ties have decided to again report the Donnelly nomination to the senate with a recommendation that it be con firmed. HANGS ONTO HIS FOOT. Woman Xnrse Prevents Mau From Falling Out. of a. Window. Chicago. Jan. 21. In a delirious frenzy Mike Sannya, a patient at Ham mond, Ind., hospital, tried to leap through an open window on the fourth floor of the building last night. Just as he reached the ledge Sis ter Bernarda, his nurse, caught him by one foot. The man, who weighs 150 pounds, fell outwards, hut the sister braced herself against the wall and successfully withstood the shock. Then, for a full min-ute, the frail nurse clung to the patient's foot until rescuers arrived. Like Old Friends The Longer You Know Them the Beter lou Like Them. Doan's Kidney Puis never fail you Topeka people know this Read this Topeka case. Read how Doan's stood the test. I" or many vears. It's locfll tAt!mAnn a -r r j j iu won- oe in vestigated: N. H. Wolff. 11.1 V. ftiWK rr. peka, Kan., savsr "T hm. 1 of a kidney remedy fr the past ten years. Doan's Kidney Pills cured me of a severe case of backache and kid ney complaint in 1899 and the cure has been permanent. I have publicly en dorsed this remedy on two previous oc casions and am now glad to confirm all I have heretofore said. Doan's Kid ney Pills lived up to the claims made u'' m my case, earning my hearty endorsement." For sale hv all tAaiAV t: rn t-l 1 i live w cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, iew lorn, soie agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and take no other. The friends of Mrs. -Tenni T Hlmu who is seriously ill at her home, 204 Monroe street, are trvinar to tnrto hr son, Roy, who left home two years ago. jonn is. Rastall, formerly a Topeka newspaper man but now in charge of the printing department f n tho Chilrwrn Indian school, is visiting in Topeka. Today has been desi day" by the management of the Mid winter and a record-breaking crowd is expected at the evening session of the exposition. A large box skite which held a place in the clouds over the Second ward for a time Wednesday afternoon gave rise to the report that the Girard airship was passing over the city. L. M. Crawford is in Wichita, which revives the report that he is to be in terested in a $75,000 opera house which is to be built in the Windy city accord ing to Wichita publications. Balie Waggener, of Atchison, a for mer state senator and general counsel for the Missouri Pacific railroad, has been visiting some of his old-time friends in the senate chamber. The time for filing the primary peti tions of candidates for city offices has passed and there Is no possibility of changes in the petitions which have al ready been filed with C. B. Burge, city clerk. The Scottish Rite bodies of Topeka are planning a midwinter evening class in the lodge of perfection degrees and beginning Friday evening the degrees from the fourth to the eighth degrees will be conferred. The Sunday school teachers' union will meet Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the T. W. C. A. rooms. Those desiring to join the normal class in Bible study and teachers' training should enroll at this meeting. One of Governor Stubbs' boys started to the Clay street school Monday and failed to return the next day. com plaining that his seat was too small for him. He is a young boy but his size compares favorably with that of most men. The old Liberty bell which will be on exhibition at tho Rose festival which will be held In Portland, Oregon, in June will spend a day in Topeka, re newing old acquaintances, if the plans of Mayor Green and the Commercial club materialize. The load of straw which was dumped on a piece of new cement pavement a month or such a matter ago to keep it from freezing, is well scattered over the territory between Kansas avenue and the alley to the east and presents any thing but an attractive sight. Dave Tipton, the colored contractor of Emporia who worked to recover the remains of I. E. Lambert from the ruins of the Copeland hotel, is confi dent that the unfortunate man never awakened after retiring the night of the fire and was suffocated while he slept. The attention of those who think that the Democratic members of the house will not be recognized this session of the legislature is called to the fact that a bill introduced by L. M. Penwell one of the Democratic members from Shawnee county, was passed Wednes day. By its provisions the name of Smead is changed to Mead. James Cuthbert. who has been nomi nated as a candidate against Mrs. H. O. 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Weightman, Jr., the reliable Druggist of Ninth and Kansas Ave. is having calls for "HIXDIPO," the new Kidney Cure and Nerve Tonic that he Is selling under a positive guarantee. Its merits are becoming the talk of the town and everybody wants to try it, and why not? It costs nothing if it don't do you good not one cent. He doesn't want your money if it does not benefit you, and will cheer fully refund the money. Try it to day. founded the museum and in his will left a bequest of eight million dol larsp for the housing of the institu tion, was elected in Mr. Higgin botham's place. MAKE JUSTICE A FARCE. Members of Medico-Legal Soc-Jety Attack the Experts. New Tork, Jan. 21. In an address before the Medico-Legal society at its annual dinner, Dr. Algernon T. Bris tow, of Brooklyn, attacked expert medi cal testimony which has become so common at murder trials in this country. He declared that the read iness of many physicians to testify to whatever lawyers desired has "re duced society to a state of anarchy." As a remedy, he suggested that the state appoint a board or commission of alienists who may be picked by judges, when needed at trials, but who shall receive ns? pay from the per sons involved. During his address, in which he was supported by Clark Bell, retiring president of the society., Dr. Bristow said: "No man can be sane, then insane, and then sane again with the rapidity to which these experts testify. It is merely a question of how much money is paid for the testimony. This i3 prac tically worthless, but out of it has come the excuse for an unwritten law. "A brain storm will account for any sort of crime. This was demon strated in the Thaw trials and the Hains trial. We have come to a point where the courts are recognizing a certain sort of crime as legitimate, and it merely means that murder is being legitimatized. That is anarchy. What is true in one case is true in an other, and if there is money enough to secure expert testimony any one can excuse his crime on the plea of a brain storm." Clark Bell said: "Expert medical testimony has fallen so low, and especially so in the Thaw trial, as to put the profession to the blush. Medical testimony has been practically annihilated, a fact which is a reflection upon both the bench and the bar. Justice Emory, of Maine, has proposed a bill to remedy expert testimony and I believe that this society should take an interest in the question in Xew York state." Going to Oklahoma or Kansas City? We load to the above this week, and to Emporia next. Enquire for carload rates owner privileges of Merchants' T. S. Phones 186. Kansas City and lietitrn $1.35. January 22nd to 2Sth inclusive. The Union Pacific will sell tickets to Kansas City and return for $1.35, final limit Feb. 1st. 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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JO'PUffAL THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1009. 1 1 TOPEKi STATE JOURNAL By FRAJfK P. MAC I KXSAV. tEntered July 1. 1875, as second-class ""r t me postonTice at Topena. Ran, under th act of congress. VOLUME XXXVI No. 18 Official State Paper. Official Paper City of Topeka. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally edition, delivered by carrier. 10 eents a week to any part of Topeka, or auburbs. or at the same price tn any Kan sas town where the paper has a carrier system. By mail." one year Is- By mall, three months -j2 atorday edition of daily, one year... 1-M TELEPHONES. Business Office Ind. 1W Reporters" Room BeH 677 geoorters' Room Ind- J j"" P. MacLennan In 700 PERMANENT HOME. Topeka Btate Journal buildmc. and '-J Kansas, avenue, corner of Eitrntn. New Vrn-ir AffUA. "CI nM.rn h,llilfl1rtff. ST Twenty-third street corner Fifth avenue ni uroadwny. Paul Block, manager. Chtcaso Office: Hartford building;. Paul man fTT-iTj LEADED WIRE REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATE! PREW The State Journal is a member of the Associated Press and receives the full day telegraph report of that great news or ganisation for the exclusive afternoon publication In Topeka. The news Is received In- The State Jour nal bulldinsr over wires for this sole pur- POft. Chicago has become offended because the Half Million Club of Jacksonville. Fla., calls that city the New Tork of tha south. The Nebraska State Journal is too In quisitive. It wants to know how it happened that Missouri had a Repub lican governor thirty-eight years ago. The bill prepared by the state board of health regulating; weights and meas ures should receive the careful atten tion of the legislature. Persons are entitled Just as much to honest weight and full measures as they are to pure food. Lieutenant General Nelspn A. Miles doesn't think that President Roosevelt's ride of ninety-eight miles on horseback la seventeen hours amounts to much. General Miles says he has ridden ninety miles In nine hours and can repeat the trick any old time. The gallant old sol dier will be getting into the Ananias club If he doesn't watch out. Some persons may be pardoned for arriving at tha conclusion that Cap tain Richmond Pearson Hobson has editorial connection with the Hochl, one of the leading newspapers of Japan. An article in a recent issue of this paper declared that Japan was be ing repeatedly Insulted by the United States, or its subdivisions and it con cludes: "For the sake of peace in the Pacific don't anger us." Prom the decision of the supreme court of the United States In the Vir ginia passenger rate case and from its more recent one affirming the de cision of the courts of Texas in im posing a fine of (1,400,000 on the Waters-Pierce Oil company, a branch of the Standard octopus and ousting it f from doing business In Texas, it would appear that the sticklers for "state rights" have no reasons for fear. On the evidence adduced at the cor oner's Inquest into the Copeland hotel disaster it would appear' that some one Is guilty of criminal negligence because there were not rope fire escapes In the rooms of the ilk-fated hotel building which were not reached by the outside, metallic fire-escapes. A Kansas law provides that such ropes shall be placed In hotel buildings and it also provides that the fire chief of a city shall see that this and the other provisions of the same law are enforced. Just because Professor Kerrero, Italy's foremost historian, who has ex posed the Tammany Hall of ancient Rome, compared Roosevelt to Caesar and Bryan to Catiline, and has placed upon the revered old Horace the badge of the wine agent, says that there was no 1qv affair at all In the marriage of Anthony and Cleopatra, that certainly does not make it so. There ought to be some International law restraining these would-be destroyers of the de lightful historical tales of the past. James J. Hill says that the attitude of the public towards the railroads must change if there is to be any ma terial benefit in the conditions in the country. It has been the general be lief, with all due respect to the Judg ment and opinions of Mr. Hill, that there has been quite a change in the entiments of the people towards the railroads during the last year or eighteen months. This is best evi denced by the lack of talk in legisla tive centers throughout the country of the necessity for railroad legislation of any sort This change was needed. Something new in the way of canned foods Is floating around. It is nothing less than canned treason. According to the London Chronicle some agitators In Bengal have found a new way of reach lnjr the masses. The criminal invest! gatlon department of the government has Just discovered that talking ma. chines with records of seditious vernac ular songs and utterances are being ex tensively sold by native dealers. The Bengal government has stopped the sale and ordered the seizure of all such records, but It is 'Impossible to say how many are dispersed all over India. If all public officers were as frugal or had the knack of Senator Bailey of Texas there probably would be no necessity for increasing the pay of any of them, even that of the president of the United States, and to which the Texan Is Opposed. During the several years he has been in congress at a salary varying from $5,000 to $7,600 a year, he has been able to save up a iertune estimated to be between $500, 000 and $1,000,000. Of course, It would be a trifle Impertinent to ask fclm how he did it, but the people of rpaxaa bare such a good idea that the chances are great that Bill Bailey is serving the Lone Star state as one of its representatives In congress for the last time. LOBBYING. From a perusal of the bill that haa been drafted by the members of the Joint committee of the house of rep resentatives and the senate whlch seeks to 'regulate the practice of lob bying before the legislature, it would seem that it Is Just about as drastic a measure of this sort as could pos sibly be drawn. It certainly ought to be effective. If any legislative act can be,' in putting a stop to lobbying of the pernicious sort. In all probability there is a gener ally mistaken idea in some corners of the public mind on this subject of lobbying and lobbyists. Some persons seem to have the idea that any and every person who is properly styled as a lobbyist is an undesirable citizen to a greater or less extent. This fs far from being the case. It is quite as legitimate and possible to do honest lobbying as it is to Indulge in any oth er pursuit. There is no good reason why a corporation, a railroad com pany, or one of any other sort, should not take an interest in legislation that is aimed at it or that it desires. There is no good reason why such a corpor ation should not send an agent or agents to legislative centers for the purpose of presenting to the members of the legislature -its side of the case. Nor Is there any reason why Individ uals or sets of them should npt have the same privilege in regard to mat ters of legislation in which they are interested. This is conceded in the bill that has been drawn as it rightly should be, for the wider and fuller dis cussion that is obtained from all quar ters, and especially from those that are most deeply concerned, on legislative topics, the more effectually should the legislature be able to handle them In a manner best suited to all of the in terests involved. It is presumed, also, that no lobbyist of the legiticate sort can have any serious objection to reg istering or complying with such other reasonable rules and regulations con cerning his activities as a legislature may deem to be wise. But it must be kept In mind that any and all legislation that might be passed for the regulation and control of lobbyists will not possibly prohibit corrupt lobbyists, those of the bribe giving sort, from carrying on their trade if they see fit and If the oppor tunity is afforded to them. A man who will bribe a legislator will not stop at committing perjury when it comes to filing an account of his lob bying expenses at the close of a legis lative session. The common laws against bribery and conspiracy have ever been In force against this class of lobbyists, but seldom if ever has an effort been made in these parts to en force them. There is only one thing that will prevent a tainted lobbyist from disseminating his taint and that is, an. honest and unapproachable In tegrity on the part of the Individual members of the legislature. No anti lobby bill can be drawn which will legislate honesty into a corrupter of legislators if he is able to discern any legislator who is susceptible to his ad vances. The regulation of legitimate lobbying la all right but the extinc tion of the corrupt lobbyist rests with the personal and private attitude of the members of the legislature. And Kansans have no reason to fear at this time that any of their representa tives in the present legislature will be found wanting In this regard. SOME ASTONISHING FIGURES. The New Tork state public service commission for the First district, that is, New Tork city, has Just published Its second annual report and an inter esting analysis of 1t is made by the Chi cago Tribune which points out, what will be apparent to everyone, that some of the figures are really most surpris ing. As the Tribune says, they tell their own story. For example, it Is stated that the elevated, surface, and subway lines in New York city "carry annually over 1,300,000,000 passengers, which is over 66 per cent more than the total number of passengers carried on the steam railroads of the entire country. These companies have a capitalization of over $533,000,000 and derive annually from their passengers over $62,000,000." As to sales of gas and electricity. It is shown that the capitalization of gas and electric companies is over $386,000, 000. The amount of gas sold annually is more than $32,000,000,000 cubic feet, which is more than 20 per cent of the entire gas production of me rest of the United States. The annual income from the sale of electricity In the city is over $33,000,000. Some other features of the report have interest. The commission received and investigated 12,000 complaints during the year. Against the car line service there were 3,000 complaints. Against the gas and electric corporations nearly 9,000 complaints were filed, "but in none of these cases did the commission And it necessary to issue an order." The quo tation seems to imply either that carp ing critics were unnecessarily numer ous, or else that the companies show ed a willingness to co-operate In sat isfying patrons. Against the traction receipts of $62,- 000,000 there were some claims, too. The number of accidents reached nearly 50,000 during the year, in 600 Instances persons being killed. The commission is giving much attention to the problem of protecting human life by means of fenders, guards, brakes, and greater caution on the part of employes. "The second largest cause of accidents arises from faults of employes" are signifi cant words. The difficulty of providing adequate service is indicated by the astonishing statement that 66,000,000 more fare pas sengers were carried than In 1907. "As an average, this means than there were 180,000 more passengers each day dur ing the year than on the day before." The problem of the rush hours is treat ed by Itself, but the figures show that there is a greater problem than that of "strap hanging." It is: How are the roads to keep up with the steady in crease of traffic when .their physical possibilities are severely tested now? The figures are for. New Tork. The problems are common to large cities. The records of the metropolis have sug gestions for alL Incidentally, it Is worthy of note that the expenses of the com mission for the year were $1,000,000. JOURNAL ENTRIES Many girls who marry for money make poor matches.

A man whom nobody understands might just as well be dead. Search and ye shall And Is particu larly applicable to trouble.

Even some clever people become bores after they have experienced one European trip. Possibly some girls marry Just to get square for the number of wedding pres ents they have given. JAYHAWKER JOTS The hotel at Solomon which burned the other day, is said to have been nearly 50 years old. Sometimes about only way to get rid of 'em in a hotel of that age is to burn It down, says the Salina Journal. A Great Bend man received a check recently for $100,000 in payment for some land he sold and the newspapers In that locality refer to this as "a little land deal." This Is certainly modesty of the first water. An American Eagle was brought to earth not long ago by a Clay Center hunter. This is the second bird of the kind that has been killed in that lo cality in two months. Why this slaugh ter of these majestio birds? In some states there are laws prohibiting the killing of them. 'The Democrats of Kansas," said Barney Sheridan who, was defented for congress last fall, "are the only people that can really sympathize with the Italian earthquake sufferers." "How is that?" asked a friend. "Oh," he re plied, "when I Saw that the tidal waves were 125 feet high. I Just made up my mind that the water went over me in the Second district at about that depth last fall." The late Senator Ingalls. of Kansas, was noted for his ready retorts and epigrams, which were not always de void of the sting and smart to those to whom they were aaaressea. it is related that once, when engaged In a controversy with a senator from Del aware, he evaded the real question by saying: "I thank the senator from that great state which has three coun ties at low tide and two counties at high tide." Youth's Companion. A Copeland hotel story is recalled by the fire. When a certain well known politician was first elected to the leg islature from a western county he had no state acquaintance. He want to develop one right away. He went to Copeland direct. He reached there on Wednesday, He was dusty and dirty and tired from travel. He registered and asked for the best room In tne house. The clerk gave him a parlor "A," with a bath. When shown to his room he spied the bath tub first thing. 'Gosh, that looks tempting,- saia ne. I can hardly wait till Saturday night." Wichita Beacon. m GLOBE. SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe. Love is a earns In which both players always cheat. Man is nlwavs more of a lover of wo men than of woman. An Atchison literary society la known as "The Arctic Circle." Believe that you are good, and that everybody else is bad. That's the mod ern way. Tin. IMK.I.n I.. K,aT it moanM V V J It: 11 ev yuutiv.icM, o wuj v he is talking a good deal, but not very OUU. We all waste too much time in figur ing on how to earn money without working for it. As goon as a man is particularly vnnH at a thinsr tt is said that hun dreds of men are better. A woman Is more disagreeable to the man who has told her he loves her, than to any other man. As a rule, a man can make every thing better than he can make an ex- c mma an tvinlfA t n Li dllU w cuse better than she can make any- tnmg eise. The howling of the New Woman re minds one of the howling of the wolves described In Grant's memoirs; he thought there must be a thousand of them, but, when he reached the hill where the wolves were, he found only two. J. Unlink 1 jm. ..'..u u, this morning, dragging a boy. We didn't hear what the boy was fussing about, but we were able to make a good )iogs fmm a. remark we heard the mother make: "Never mind about skates," the mother saia. "I do not pay much attention to a AA.i,.n.4. 'i o t"ii1a Hut when l l'llllllIlV lll, D Charley Hoke called at the office this morning, after an aDsence or ten yemo, and said I did not look a day older, I admit I was pleased; a man likes to believe he has good stuff in him, and that he wears well. There are few men n.kA lrrk- a Ast-v nMr nftpr the storms of ten years, and I doubted if Mr. Hoke wouia oe auie 10 "iia an other man in town of whom he would be able to say as much. In the afternoon, I saw him on the street. snaking nanas wun ieurge -juiies, ca.uu, as I went by, I heard Mr. Hoke say: "Well, sir, you don't look a day older." I learned later that Mr. Hoke had said the same thing to nearly every man in town, and had been treated particularly well everywhere because of It." Parson Twine. POINTER- PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. J A skeptic is a man .who has lost faith in himself. 0 The chiropodist believes In tight shoe for others. The loafer Is willing to work If he can work a loan. And the man who does the least talking often has the most to say. Unless you have faith in your effort it will be a failure. The brand of popularity that you can buy Isn't worth the price. Dead men tell no tales and even their epitaphs are not always believed. The dreamer would be all right if his appetite didn't get busy and wake him up. Widowers have to shoulder the re sponsibility for a lot of things they formerly blamed on their wives. When a woman has occasion to hit her husband for a little pin money she is apt to 'make a few remarks that are strikiwt- KANSAS COMMENT OBSERVATIONS. Trinity church. New York. Is worth more than 14 million dollars. Labor should have absolute Justice. So should Capital. Neither should have special privileges, but both con tend for special privileges. Under commission form of govern ment public improvements are expe dited; government is closer to people and responsibility can't be evaded. The people are wrong in refusing to vote more pay for members of the legislature. No honest man can live on $3 a day in Topeka and maintain the position of legislator. The World urges the citizens to study the commissioner form of gov ernment for they will have to vote on its adoption or rejection and they should know what they are about. The man most cheered at the in augural of state officers was the At torney General, Mr. Jackson, and he was cheered because he has tried to enforce the laws of his state and has made progress. In any city a man would rot be per mitted to drive or work crippled Horse and humanity urges that he be forbidden from working a horse unfit for work anywhere. The man who forces an animal to work that is un fit should be brought up under the law forbidding cruety to animals. Hiawatha Daily World. A SALT RISING ADMINISTRATION. Political writers have decided that the Stubbs term in the gubernatorial chair shall be called the "Salt Rising Administration." If you have noticed It, the families that have salt rising bread on their tables are those that work for an honest living six days in the week and rest and attend church on Sunday and above all are families that do things. We don't claim that it is any virtue in the "salt rising" that makes this so, but if naming the Stubbs administration "salt rising" will only result in the state officers working six days In the week for the people's good and resting on Sunday so that they will be ready to begin all over again on Monday, we endorse the name heartily, Lawrence World. DALLAS LIKES COMMISSION. The city of Dallas, which has com pleted its first term of commission government and is now ready to re elect, has petitioned for the continua tion of the commission system. The notable success of commission govern ment was so generally admitted that the petition to continue it contained 4.000 names secured without spec ial canvass. The evidence multiplies daily that all the commission government needs Is a trial to make itself a permanent institution- Wichita Beacon. FROM OTHER PENS TILLMAN'S LIMITATIONS. It was the closing act of a tragedy when the crowds in the g-alleries flock ed out silently, and of all the Roose velt hating senators only one Repub lican and half a dozen of his own party walked to Tillman's ,desk to shake his hands. It was not a scene In which any rightmlnded American can take pleasure. It is in ftya-gpirit of sorrow and extenuation, and not that of the overrighteous censor that Ve mark the end of the people's trust in the man who has been honored and admired for his rigid integrity in the face of all his failings. Nor do we think he should be judged harshly merely because he has been so fierce a critic of the shortcom ings of others that Spooner, of Wiscon sin, in former days more than once de manded of Tillman whether he con sidered himself the only honest man in public life. There is more than a little to be said in behalf of this man before he be judged as some others should be. It must be remembered how courageously right ha has been in many a grave national question when men of finer fiber faltered or were urged by strong outside influences to support the wrong.- It must be re membered that it is natural that Till man should have ''the defects of his qualities.'' He fought his way to prom inence by sneering at ana denouncing the classes of people in hlB state who prize the minor but the finer phases of private and public life. With his origin, his environment and his entire career considered, there may be fair excuse for Tillman being incapable of regarding certain things in the light of ethical as contrasted with legal requirements. Philadelphia North American. PRISON FOR KOREAN ASSASSIN. The Korean who assassinated Dur ham White Stevens, confidential ad viser of the Japanese government, in San Francisco some months ago, haa been sentenced to 25 years in the penitentiary. The dispatches bearing the information offer no explanation why the death penalty was not In flicted, as the evidence showed the murder to have been calculated and brutal. Mr. Stevens was attacked as he arrived in the United States on a visit to his native land by a Korean who had witnessed the absorption of his country apross the Pacific by the nation which Mr. Stevens served as councilor and there seems to have been no other motive for the crime. The trial of the case developed the plea of "patriotic dementia" urged in defense of the accused, but it appears to have had no more effect upon the jury than "dementiana Americana" and similar pleas advanced in other murder cases. Perhaps the mitigating circumstances that saved the murder er from the noose was the evidence indioating that he was a party to a political conspiracy against Japan and that further unearthing of the con spiracy might better be served by his incarceration than by his death. Omaha Bee. PROFIT-SHARING. Prot-haring wm recently discussed in a presidential massage to congress. Mr. Roosevelt, however, did not get beyond the abstract view of the ques tion. Edward Morris, head of a big packing house at Kansas City, has an nounced a more practical view; he will give $25,000 as the first Installment toward a fund of $500,000 to put in operation a plan of profit-sharing and old age pensions for the 10,000 em ployes of his company. Sharing profits with those who pro duce profits may still be a trifle Utopian. But in some instances it has worked out well in practice. No man has a better right to share in the profits of the concern than the man who gives his talent and his energy to the business, year In and year out, in order to make it yield profits. The perfect adjustment in such mat ters is perhaps a distant dream. But the trend of economic thought and of practical business opinion is toward a condition of affairs that will give the wage earner a Juster return for the blood and tissue he wastes in efforts to pile up profits for his employers. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. CHEER UP!!! -What If you should break your leg. Cheer up! You can get a wooden peg, Cheer up!! Don't be doleful If you're broke. Treat the matter -as a joke You can put your watch in soak Cheer UP Mi Should you get into a fight. Cheer up! Perhaps the licking served you right. Cheer up!! Use your heart and use your tiead; What's a week or two in bed, When you'd have to work instead Cheer up!!! Should an auto knock you far, Cbeer up! It might have been a subway car. Cheer up!! If a fire destroys your flat. Please consider where you're at. Paying rent is wore than that Cheer u!!! If you're married to a wife. Cheer up! Remember, there's another life Cheer up!! If you find yourself in jail, And the Jude refuses bail; Don't look dismal, don't look pala Cheer up!!! Wei Jones in the New York American. Gulf Waters of Gay Hue. A most remarkable marine phenomenon was observed by the steamship Dover, Capt. Yon A. Carlson, as that vessel steamed to Tampa from Mobile. When at a point 35 miles from Mobile light, at 7 o'clock In the evening of the 24th of December, the ship ran suddenly in a streak of light coming from the water which alternated blue and green, the colors being so brilliant that the ves sel was lighted up as if she was cov ered with arc lights with colored globes. A half-mile streak of dark water, and a blackness that settled like a pall over the ship followed and a sec ond streak of the same brilliant hued waters "was encountered. The second streak was about as wide as the first and, and when the ship ran out of it the same black waters and a night of exceptional blackness Was also en countered. A. D. Montmollian, travel lng freight agent of the line, was on board the vessel, and he and Chief Engineer T. J, Cole, fully sub stantiated Capt. Carlson's statement regarding the phenomena. "I have sailed the high seas for 22 years," declared Capt. Carlson, "and have seen Interesting phenomena, both meteorological and otherwise, in the waters of every known ocean, but I never saw anything that approached this blue and green light from the water phenomena. The night was dark, but clear, and we ran into the streaks without any seeming warning. I was in the pilot house when we struck it, and I ran on deck, thinking that something was on fire." It is thought that perhaps a phos phorescent condition of the waters on the bottom of the seas at that point suddenly mingling may have found a condition which brought about the lights in question. Tampa Times. American Dolls Bald? Is the future American doll to be bald-headed? is being asked all over the country by the little mothers who have families of dolls. It looks now as if the birth rate of dolls in American was to be cut down unless the little mothers of the dolls are willing to accept their children without a lock of "real" hair on their heads. It seems that there Is only one place in the country where dolls are made. Now, these dolls will be evolved without as much bair as the baldest of babies unless the material is Imported, and it looks now as if that could not be done. The reason is that "real" hair in dolls, the kind that can bs combed and brushed and curled and put up in curl papers, is made of wool, the duty on which is prohibitive. The tariff is 110 per cent on the wool alone, and a whole doll or a doll's head with the hair ready grown can be brought into this country for 35 per cent duty less than the plain undyed material from which the hair is made. It is enough to make any respectable doll turn suffragette, the dolls' mammas say, to think that they must go with out hair at all or lose their inalienable right to be born American citizens. The only alternative is to wear foreign heads on American shoulders. The own ers of the only doll birthplace in Amer ica are asking to have the duty taken off or reduced on the raw wool of which doll hair is made, so that the dolls can grow their own hair in their own country. The dolls' mammas say if the men succeed in doing this they will decorate the original birthplace of the American doll with an appropriate tablet when they themselves grow old enough to belong to a patriotic society. New York Times. A Successful Woman Farmer. One of the most successful and ex tensive woman farmers in Aroostook county is Mrs. Cora H. Houghton, of Fort Fairfield, living on R. F. D. route No. 2 from Fort Fairfield. The farm is about 6 miles from the village and contains BOO acres. 876 of which are under a high state of cultivation. From a field of 85 acres of potatoes she harvested 9,000 barrels; naa 40 acres In oats, which yielded a good return; cut 175 tons of the very best quality hay, has eignt work norses and a driver employed in doing the work. She has eows enough for domestic use. Mrs. Houghton has a fine new house of two and one-half stories, built last year at a cost of $7,000 heated by steam, with hot and cold water throughout. On the farm are two potato houses, and three barns, sufficient for the stock, hay and grain. Kennebec Journal. Plumber Reduces His Bill! This is a true story. Georare Scholze. manager for John cr Rvan. a prosperous plumber of Flushing, L. I., was before Surrogate Noble in Jamaica, testifying as to work n had done for Mary MoCar- rtell. administratrix of the estate of Bernard Carraher. of Flushing. "I find a discrepancy in your bill," said the surrogate; "you agreed to put In a bathroom for $210. while In your bill you charge only $198.. How do you exolain it?" "I found that some of the work was not necessary, and so the bill was reduced," replied the plumber. There was a tense stillness In the court room until Surrogate Noble, the first to rally, warmly commended Scholze for his honesty. New York World. Youthful Suicides. There Is a shocking proneness among youthful Bengalis to kilr themselves n the least pretext. It seems to be an exaggerated form of sulkiness, and one would like to have a medical opinion on the matter. A student Is reprimanded by his parent because his studies don't show the advancement expected. The boy swallows some opium and ends his studies. A girl wife in Howrah takes a dislike to the second choice of her hus band. She also secures an exit by the easy means of opium. A Bengali wo man In Howrah wanted to go on a pil grimage to Gays. Her mother said she 1 vint orivanoA tha nttlwAV fflrp and the girl went out to a tree and hanged herself. These are all recent cases. Calcutta Empire. THE EVENING STORY When tha Sun Came Out. (By Elliot Walker.) "It may be cold and cloudy, but the view is a great, soft-toned picture," mused Edwins, gazing from an open spacehalf way up Partridge, mountain. jy mooa la.jusi ngiifc iu apyreciaiv such a wild, gray day. It takes me out of myselfJ' She sighed, shaking her head reso lutely, then braced against a sudden sweep of bitter wind, feeling a tingle of defiance in confronting the howl ing gust. Her laugh, reckless, unmlrtnrui. echoed along Its hoarse trail. "Sun shine!" she cried. "Bah! I like this better. It puts in one's soul a sense of strength, ambition to overcome ob stacles, to rise above foolish grieving. That's what I-want." She clung to a sapling bending with Its sway, closing her eyes, drinking in deep draughts of the invigorating air, whose frosty breath stung her cheeks to a glory of color. "Come!" rang her voice. "Come on. old Boreas! Swing me! Pelt me! Help me!"-. There was a wildness in her suppli cation; a beseeching note. Edwina Surrey, throwing herself to nature's rough embrace, had much to forget." A shout that of a panting man and alarmingly near, caused the girl to turn in sudden dismay. "Coming! Here's help!" Swish! Whirr. Like a swift, envel op-sheet the snow was upon her, blinding her now wide-opened eyes. choking back her startled exclama tion. A dense, thickening, whirling man tle, it swept from the lowering heav ens, searching every leafless brown bush and gray rock-crevice with white, relentless fingers. Edwina could not see. She heard a crashing" through the brush, an Irri tated mutter. "Where in blazes is the creature? Ow! my shin, and then, louder. "Hello! What's the trouble The girl grasped her little tree, tishtenine her lips. "It's Ham." she swallowed. "Oh! he mustn't find me." But Hamilton Knight stumbled Into the open. His eyes were keen. In three seconds he had reached the shrinking figure. "My good woman,'.' he began, "don't be afraid of me. I heard you calling for assistance. He bent nearer, brushing the snow from his eyes, and a prolonged "Whew!" broke from his pursed Hps. Edwina straightened up, facing him defiantly. "You are mistaken. Mr. Knight, in an acid voice, somewhat shaky. 4 am quite capable of caring for my self." "Then why did you call, Edwina?" "I didn't. I was only singing." "Singing! Well I swear!" "Will you please go?" "And leave you here? No, I will not. It's the nastiest first-of-the sea son storm I ever saw. and It has come to stay awhile. What business have you in this lonesome hole anyway?" "None of yours. I guess I can walk where I please. You've no right The man Interrupted her coolly. "Be sensible. Edwina. This Is a bad fix and we must get out of it. All my strength and wits will be needed to find a way down to the road. I see you are warmly clad. That's good. I'm dressed for tramping, so we can push along without picking :a; path. Regard me as you like stranger, St. Bernard dog, pious monk, any old thing but be sensible. That's all." "You may know best," the girl shivered a bit. "Personally, I don't mind a snow flurry." Knight shrugged. His features set anxiously as he peered here and there. "It doesn't let up at all," said he. "Do you know Just how you got to this spot?" "Oh! I merely kept going," care lessly. "Hum! So did I. We'll break our necks attempting to go straight down. There must be paths and woodroads we can strike by keeping along the side. That Is the best. I think. If the sun would only come out and clear up things." "Pshaw! We will have no trouble Go ahead!" She spoke in that tone of polite resignation which hints at hope of early deliverance from forced escort. The man stamped, evidently nettled. "Cold feet?" asked EdwinaMn sim ulated sympathy. "No! Come along!" For a few minutes it was not hard traveling. The girl pushed on behind the tall figure, half smiling to her thought of annoying him, uncon sciously admiring the broad back and strong steps of this lately discarded lover. It had been a bitter quarrel, lasting about four minutes, with a dogged silence worse than words on the part of the recreant Hamilton and an outpouring of recrimination from Edwina, of which she still felt proud. Mr. Knight had kissed Lillian Carey. Miss Carey had returned the salutation with interest. Hattle Benson had seen them and promptly reported. Lillian went to Springfield that evening. Knight refused to explain, assuming an air of injury. He received his dismissal with a sulky snort. The rest of the unhappy matter went as such things go with proud hearts. Lang walks in solitary afflic tion and complete Indifference exter nally. Now. treading in itnignt's nig ioot- steps, the girl's soul rankled at the ne cessity of his help. He should be shown his place m her regard at every opportunity. It angered her to note ner lnamiity to go faster. Surely, he need not take such strides. The going was becoming more fatiguing. Edwin's toes ached, her fingers were numb, she kept slipping, the snow sifted down her neck and blew in her eyes. Her knees commenced to wabble.Knlght plowed ahead, occasionally halting for the lagging feet, then striding on. "Mr. Knight!" Edwina was three yards in the rear and breathing fast. He did not seem to near. "Ham!" The man stopped. She caught up. and smiled dolefully. "Getting tired?" she puffed. "It's a trifle rough, and we are among -some mean rocks. I declare, eawma,- I'm puzzled." "Not not lost?" "Oh, no. I don't know where I am. that's alL It's nothing. We'll land somewhere. Say, your teeth are shat tering. It can't be you mind this little tramp? Brace a bit, and we'll get over that bowWer." "Ham 1 never can ciimD tt. i I've sort of given out. This this horrid snow The words faltered to a shaking whisper and broke in a sob. "Curse my carelessness!" cried the man, seizing her hands. "Why, you are half frozen, child. I'm warm enough. I'll have to set you right, and be quick about it." He dragged off her damp ffloVeS. Edwin was conscious of being rubbed, I kneaded, shaken. jounced, hugged, I slapped and generally stirred In an agl- tating process that presently sent glow of warmth through every vein. She did not protest. In fact her eub-: mission to this treatment was amazing ly tractable. Circulation seemed more important than dignity, ana, alter a". it was only Ham. But when he exclaimed :"There now a that?" and kissed her. she shrank away in indignant remonstrance. "How dare you 7 it was a mean advantage." "I forgot Naturally, when a chap has been engaged to a girl for months he forgets." His reply was not apologetic. Edwina frowned severely. "All that is past," sne saia. "i u thank you to recover your bearings." "Ud we B-o. then, to tne top. or tnia rock, and try for a glimpse over the trees. It's pretty steep; but not bad footing. Give me your little fist." A scramble, a haul, ana mey stooa on a level stone back by a hump of granite. Knight steadied her as the snow eddied about their heads, mock--ing their straining eyes. "No use," observed Hamilton, at tempting a laugh. "The best I can do Is to wrap you up in my coat, leave you in a snug corner and dig dlreotly down to somewhere." He began unbuttoning his heavy reefer, adding, "I'll find a house, get help and be right back. Answer my calls and be a brave girl." Edwina stared at him in silent dis may. "Before I start, dear," he said, huskily, "I'm going to break a solemn promise. Next week," ha hesitated, then went on impulsively i "next Wednesday I could telL Lillian Carey is engaged to my brother Bob and that was why Tve had some tough days, Edwina." The girl's arms reached for him. She cried out wildly. He clasped her close, his face bent to the nestling head, and for a long minute both for got the peril, the estrangement, every thing save the sudden Joy -of under standing. A rift broke in the clouds. The snow ceased. A streak of blue sky widened. Below their perch, only a hundred yards distant, the highway showed clearly in a growing light, with dotting houses lifting shining white roofs. Edwina raised her eyes and blinked in a dazzling shaft of radiance. "Ham!" she cried. Joyously. "Quick! Look, dear. The sun has come out." (Copyrighted, 1909, by Associated Literary Press.) HUMOR OF THE DAY Columbus Washington Johnson Smith. Wat's de pries er dem watermelons, Mr. Jackson? Mx. Jackson, (cunningly) Ten cents er piece and I picks 'em; 5W cents er piece an' you picks 'em, Mr. Smlf. Mr. Smith All right, Mr. Jackson, I guesses I'll take 'em all, and you picks 'em, if you please. Puck. "That woman has been standing under the mistletoe bough for twenty minutes. Why don't you go and kiss her?" "Not L She is my wife. Detroit Free Press. Bess Jack says my mouth Is the pret tiest he has ever seen. Frank Indeed? Well, I'll put mine up against it any time. Judge. "No one understands me," he complain ed. "You ought to get a Job in a museum as the human phonograph." Houston "Post. "I've just been reading about the power of the iwill. It's a wonderful thing." "Yes; I know of a will that makes seven chil dren and thirty-two grandchildren be have." Puck. "Whom would you rather entertain." asks the Philosopher of Folly, "a perfectly stupid bore, or a clever fellow who has Just been abroad for the first time?" Cleveland Leader. "I've had to give a great many wedding presents," declared he. "So have I," re sponded she. "Suppose we marry and get square with our friends?" Pittsburg fast. Father (angrily) If my son marries that actress I shall cut him off absolutely, and you can tell him so. Legal Adviser I know a better plan than that tell the girl. Boston Transcript. First Father I never gave my boy money for a reward. I don't believe in paying him for being good. Second Father Oh you expect him to be good for nothing, do you? Well, that's about what he is. Somerville Journal. Little Joe Oh, mamma! Look at the poor little dog without a tail! The people who own him ought to attend to it. Mamma But what could they do? Little joe Why, they could take him to a tailor and have a new tall made. Chicago News. Admiring constituent Senator, your name has been mentioned In connection with a cabinet position, hasn't it? Senator Greatpunn Er yes. I believe it has. A weekly paper in my home county remark ed the other day that any president who could offer me a place in his cabinet would be darned hard up. Chicago Tribune. Could anything succeed the politeness of the Irish cabby? An old lady called, for a cab and said to the driver: "Help me to get in, my good man, for I'm a very old lady, you see." "Begorrah, ma'am, was his reply, "no matter what age ye are, you don't look it." Philadelphia In quirer. QUAKER MEDITATIONS. From the Philadelphia Record. The aeronaut may be a high flyer in more ways than one. It's when a man has too much to drink that he feels he's the real thing. When a fellow says "I pledge you my word" it doesn't go with the pawn broker. The braggart can seldom make good, especially he who brags about his honesty. The fellow who does the most talk ing about his family tree may be a blockhead. After all. It is better to be damned with faint praise than to be damned with none. When It comes to the sticking point, some people have a porous plaster beaten to a frazzle. Perhaps the reason the goddess of Fame is fickle is simply- because she is a goddess, and therefore feminine. A man may be excused for exclaim ing, "Oh, rats!" when a woman asks him how he likes the way her hair is dressed. Blobbs "Is he rich?" Sloblxs "Ha has more money than he knows what to do with." Blobbs "Ah, then, he has po wife. REFLECTIONS OP A BACHELOR. From the New York Press, A man acquires mighty few virtues till his obituary is written. What makes a woman believe she Is sure of a man is to know she isn't. A girl knows she won't lose anything1 by refusing to kiss a man because he'll do It Just the same. The reason a woman wants her hus- band to do most of the things she nags him about Is he doesn't want to. One of the miracles of a college edu cation is how much smarter it makes a eon than his father without his being able to earn a living the way the old man" can. 4 i

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOUBNAL-THXTRSDAY EVENDTG, JANUARY 21, 1909. 5 ON A SIDETRACK. Senator Glenn's Eeapportion ment Bill Delayed in Senate. Members "ot Beady to Accept It Without Question. MEASURE IS LENGTHY. Will Be Carefully Considered Before It Is Passed. May Profit by Carnegie Fund for Teteran Professors. Senator W. M. Glenn's bill. No. 73. providing for the reapportionment of the representative districts of the state, was not "railroaded" through the sen ate late Wednesday. In fact, consider ation of the measure while the senate was in committee of the whole, was brought to a termination with such suddenness that it might have been des ignated as a jerk, several of the young er members of the senate raising em phatic objection to passing upon any measure without due deliberation over its contests. After the senate resolved itself into a committee of the whole to take up bus iness under general orders. Senator Glenn called up his reapportionment bill. It is a rather long measure, covering 19 printed pages. The secretary was Just about ready to get warmed up to the task before him when Senator Glenn rose with a motion that since the bill was so long further reading of it be dispensed with and if the senators de sired any explanatien of any of the sep arate sections this would be given. Senator Hamilton stepped into the breach with alacrity and objected to rushing through a measure of such length and importance and suggested that further action be deferred until the members had opportunity to read the bill from start to finish and examine it with some show of carefulness. To this objection the senator from Greeley retorted that the gentleman from Shawnee was merely endeavoring to delay the passage of the bill, that anything about it could be satisfactor ily explained, and he looked almost wroth. At this Juncture Senator Ganse Joined Senator Hamilton in the breach. He declared that the bill affected the peo ple in his district and that he was al ready aware of some inequalities and he desired further time in which to study the bill and declined to have it "railroaded" through the senate. He declared that he would support the bill if fair in its purposes, even if it did af fect his constituents, but he wanted time to examine it. Senators Brady and Travis also spoke against further action on the bill at that time. Senator Travis remarking that he "objected to the bill being rail roaded through the senate like it was railroaded through the committee." Senator Glenn's only support came from Senator Cooke and when the mat ter was put to a vote the senators de cided to defer action by a vote of 20 to 12. There being no further business before the committee of the whole the commit tee arose. Senator Stewart, who occu pied the chair saying to President Fitz gerald: "The committee on the whole re ports progress, and nothing accomplish ed, and asks leave to sit again at some other time." Senate bill No. 42. which had been considered in committee of the whoie during the morning session, was pass ed by the senate during the afternoon. A resolution of Senator Hodges was adopted setting February 2 as the date for the senate hearing of the Yeager Aikman contest case from the Thir teenth Judicial district. Senator Potter offered a resolution, which was read a second and a third time and passed by the senate, under suspension of the rules, asking that both branches of the state legislature and the governor endorse the action of the agents of the Kansas state uni versity in their application to partici pate In the benefits provided by the Carnegie Foundation for the Promo tion of Higher Education. Andrew Carnegie, it will be remem bered, gave $5, 000. 000 aa a fund to provide pensions for professors in state universities who have served con tinuously for 15 years. One of the re quirements prescribed by Mr. Carne gie is that application of state univer sities to participate in the benefits of thi9 fund, must have the endorsement of the legislature and the governor of the state. A blil authorizing the organization of corporations to carry on abstract business, loan money and deal in real estate was introduced in the senate yesterday afternoon by Senator v Robertson. This bill is designed to protect the public against abstract concerns making abstracts of title -without authority of law. Abstract companies organized in Kansas have sustained no liability to their patrons and it i3 declared that many abstracts have been made without legal author ity every year in all parls of the state. Bills In the Senate. Other bills offered yesterday after noon were the following: S. B. No. 190. By Porter An act relating to banks and trusts compan ies. 8. B. No. 191. By Porter An act authorizing the state geologist to make an investigation of explosions" In coal mines and possible remedies therefor. 3. B. No. 192. By Brady An act 1:: il -m The most highly refined and healthful of baking powders. Its constant use in almost every American household, its sales all over the world, attest its wonderful popularity and usefulness. Representative W Hlrtt or Xew York, the ltepV7r" J ii Ye. Roiv.prp.1 tn cism of a President of "the United States in Recent Years. His Re SuSfrks VreKventuaIly Stopped by a Vote of the House. They Elicited, f S V..-- 75 AX W

William Willett. jr., is 40 years old. He was -eduoted and has since lived in Brooklyn and New York city. After graduating from the Univer sity of the City of New York he engaged in law practice and devoted much of his time to the legal direction of land companies. He is a young Demo crat of much prominence in Queens borough and has won considerable local renown for his passionate utterances in the cause of Democracy. to amend section 31 of chapter 140 of the session laws of 1907 relating to private corporations. 3. B. No. 193. By Travis An act declaring Nannie May Schooley the adopted daughter and heir of D. L. Ivy. 3. B. No. 194. By Cooke rAn act amending section 8 of chapter 37 of the session laws of 1872. said chapter being an act entitled "An Act for the Encouragement of Agriculture," and repealing said section 8. 3. B. No. 196. By Hunter An act for the promotion of agriculture in the state of Kansas: providing for the creation of a state seed wheat com mission, to buy. import, receive, sell and distribute seed wheat within the state. 3. B. No. 197. By Stewart An act relating to cemetery corporations or ganized prior to March, 1901, and owning or controlling cemeteries in or adjacent to cities of the first cla.a j having a population of forty tnousand or more, and providing for the regu lation, maintenance and control there of. S. B. No. 198. By Stlllings An act making appropriations for the sup port of the St. John's hospital, Leav enworth, Kan., Old Ladies' Rest, Leavenworth. Kan., Home of the Friendjess. Leavenworth. Kan.. The Mitchell hospital, Leavenworth, Kan., and the Guardian Angel Home, Leav enworth. Kan. S. B. .No. 199. Bv Potter An act to amend certain sections, and to re peal sections of chapter 408 of the laws of 1907. being "An act to create a tax commission." S. B. No. 200. By Reed An act to prohibit employes of the legislature from lobbying with the members thereof and providing for penalties for violations of this act. S. B. No. 201. By Potter An act to regulate railroads providing for certain conditions in bills of lading and contracts of shipment. LONG EXPLAINS. An Amendment to Census Agreed To. Bill Is Washington. Jan. 21. A partial con ference report on the census bureau has been agreed to by the senate and the bill was again sent to conference for further consideration of items still in disagreement. Senator Long in charge of the measure in reply to questions by Senator Burkett, stated that the senate conferees had agreed to modify the senate amendment for an enumeration of the crippled maimed and deformed children so as to restrict the inquiry to such persons in institutions. This was done, he said, because of the great hos tility shown by people in answering questions relative to such an inquiry. BUMP THE BUMPS PLAN. Adopted by Railway Company Check Automobilists. to New York. January 21. "Bump-the-bumps" is the latest plan of the Long Island Railway company to force auto mobilists to check the speed of their cars at crossings. If the project is a success hummocks will be erected on each side of the grade at all crossings of the road on Long Island. No excep tion is to be made where crossings are already protected by gates or flagmen, as It is said that some of the more reckless drivers even attempt to dash past despite the flagmen's warnings. The bumps will be 54 inches high. r Man Wbft Attaokr-d 'lt Have Been the Most Drastic Criti THEY ADOPT TAFT. Citizens of Augusta Claim Him as One of Themselves. Augusta, Jan. 21. Richard county Ga., has modestly proclaimed W. H. Taft as its own that he was a resident of Augusta when the presidential elec tors in the various states declared him to be the president-elect that as such he was a Georgian by birth and had lived where he was born all of his pres idential life. Thousands of Augustan clinched this claim with a. shout of ap proval as Major J. C. Black said many otner complimentary things about Mr. Taft in presenting him to the great mass meeting which had assembled around the same stand from which President McKinley once sooke. The big street meeting, however, was by no means the extent of the Taft Au gusta day festivities. There was a ban quet at "The Terrace" where were brought together the distinguished men of Georgia and South Carolina. What the president-elect thought of it all is best told in his words to the people whom he addressed as "My fel iow citizens of Augusta."--1 Directing"hls attention 6"thr politi cal phase of hf3 visit south, Mr. Taft was not, he said, excited as some seem ed to be about the effect. "If I can con vince the southern people that this ad ministration Is as much concerned with the welfare of the people of The south," he said, with emphasis, "as it is with the welfare of the people of other sec tions. I have accomplished all that I can hope to. The votes and the politi cal matters can take care of them selves." $75,000 FOR A FIGHT. John L. Sullivan Secures Purse for Bout Between Jeff and Johnson. Washington, Jan. 21. An offer of $75,000 for a match between Jeffries and Johnson has been made by John L. Sullivan according to a statement made by the former heavy-weight champion. He stated that he repre sented a number of men who are will ing to put up the money for a contest between these two men. "In the meantime," said Mr. Sul livan, "I am trying to find a good man to take Jeffries place in the event that he will not re-enter the ring and I will And somebody." He added that the place for the fight had not been decided but that San Francisco is under consideration. TO PAY IN SILVER. Waters-Pierce Company Will Hand Texas Nearly Fifty Tons. El Paso, Tex., Jan. 21. Nearly 50 tons of silver in the form of dollars will be turned over to the state of Texas by the Waters-Pierce Oil company according to a special from Austin. The attor neys of the Waters-Pierce Oil company which has been ousted from the state and fined $1,623,000 for violation of the anti-trust laws, announced at Austin that the big fine, with the attendant costs, will be paid to the state in sil ver dollars. The state will have to em ploy a small army of clerks to count it. WANT MORE MONEY. Returns From National Forests Amount to Nearly a Million. Washington, Jan. 21. Uncle Sam's purse was fattened by nearly a million dollars in revenue last year from tim ber cut off the various national for ests, the timber yield being 102 per cent of an Increase "over the preceding year. Twenty-five per cent of this amount went back into the state treasury in which the forests are lo cated in lieu of taxes in accordance with the law. The amount of timber cut from all the national forests was 392,792,000 against 194,872,000 feet in 1907. MINES TO REOPEN After Having Been Closed for More Than a Tear. Chant. Ok.. Jan. 21. It Is announced that the coal mines and coke ovens in the vicinity of Chant and McCurtain will resume operations immediately, having been closed for more than a year. About 500 men will bo re-employed. PRAISE AND BLAME (Continued from" Page One.) his window. Mr. Lambert, he was cer tain, could have escaped on a rope had he been provided with one. Mr Stahl was a spectator of the fire at all its different stages. He stated that he had never seen tne water reach above the third story. He. was worked up at the time over 'the slowness In handling the aerial ladder and he thought that Mr. Lambert could have been rescued, "if the firemen in charge had made a nttie exertion." W. W. Webb's Story. W. W. Webb, another of the Cope- land's regular roomers who waa on the witness stand, said he was awak ened by the smoke and then helped spread the alarm. He also told of the colored employe or tne notel spread ing the alarm to various parts of the i building. working unaer the orders of Chief Wilmarth, Mr. Webb told of running the spectators out of the lob by of the hotel. Then tie helped run the aerial ladder up to Mr. Lambert's room, which he thought took three or four minutes. Mr. Webb described the water pressure during the fire. For twenty minutes after the steamer had been connected Mr. we do thought the pressure remained fairly strong. But tor quite awnue ionow- insr. there was a very low pressure and the water could scarcely be forced above the second floor. He told of the firemen complaining to him about the low pressure. Mr. Webb declared that In his best judgment the fire could have been controlled and kept from spreading, had the pressure been better. Miss Wells' Experiences. Miss Ruth Wells, a Christian Science practitioner, who roomed at the hotel, retold the story of her oluek displayed at the time of the fire, when she sat in the window and allowed all of the men around her to be rescued first. She said that tne colored porters and Mr. Webb had spread the alarm on her floor which was the second from the top. She knew of the escapes, but was unable to reach any of them. Her room was directly below the one occupied "by Mr. Lambert, but she did not hear hla voice in the window, although she heard men all around her, calling for help. She spent fully five minutes In the window, allowing others to be rescued first, and was only taken down the ladder in time to be saved from her room which was filled with a blazing fire at the time. Upon reaching the 'ground Miss Wells' first thought was of the weakness of the water pressure and the slowness of the firemen who seemed confused, and apparently not knowing what to do. Negro Porter Who Alarmed Guests. A few other witnesses were exam ined. William Jenkins one of the col ored porters told of the fire and of the escaDes of some, of the guests, and also related some of his experiences in spreading tne aiarm. Tell ot Flro Escapes. J. C. Gordon, proprOtor. and Wm. P. Rick, day clerk of the Copeland, testified as to the number of fire es capes compared with the number of guests the hotel couia accoramoaaie, and it was found from their state ments that the fire escapes on the outside were sufficient to comply with the law. However, the attention of the jury was called to the fact- that the Are chief could, if he did not think the fire escapes sufficient, in sist that othera be provided, i County- Attorney-1 John -J. Sehenck has not intimated nat he would take any actions aglnst those who are blamed by the intimations of the jury's verdict, on the charges of crim inal negligence. TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS. Chicago, Jan. 21. WHEAT-Weakness in the Liverpool market, notwithstanding the advance here yesterday, caused mod erate declines during the early trading in the wheat market here today. May local longs were disappointed at the poor show ing of the foreign market and sold lines taken on yesterday while several of the Lading rommliuion houses also sold Quite freely. Prices at the start were a shade to iS-?4c lower. May opening at tl.fi to $1.07. After touching $1.07. May de clined to $1.07. Minneapolis, Duluth and Chicago reported receipts 203 cars against zvi cars last week ana a year ago. The market displayed more strength during the last half of the day owing to attempts or many traaers 10 cover snori sales of May. Thia forced the price of that delivery up to Jl.O&'n. The market react ed later on profit taking ajid closed steady with May H1c lower at $1.07. OOT V Increased recelDrs of corn had a weakening Influence on the market for tnat gram, prices lor au aeuvenes malting moderate declines early in the day. May opened unchanged to shade lower at 614 &61e and sold off to eislc. Buying by shorts and bull leaders caused an advance late in the day. May selling up to 2Hc. The close was firm with May up 8C at 62HC OATS Weakness of wheat and corn In duced scattered selling or oats by local traders, resulting in an easy market. May opened a shade Tower at 513c and sold at BlSftSlic. PROVISION'S A 510c decline In live hogs brought by larger receipts than had been estimated, caused weakness in pro visions. Selling, however, was of a scat tered character. Prices at the opening were to 12Hc lower. RTF Cash: 77c: May. TSc. BARLEY Cash: 6167c. TIMOTHY March. WOO. CLOVER March, J9.40. Chicago Grain Market. fFurnished by J. E. Gall. Commissions, Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth St. Phone 486. Chicago. Jan. 21. Open High Low Close Yes WHEAT- May July Sept. COftN May July Sept. OATS May July Sept. PORK Jan. May July LARD Jan. May July RIBS Jan. May July 107-410S4 107S 107 10734- 9S-97 9 97S- 97?4 9SH-H 94;4 So 94 94 96-tt 61i-T4 62-?4 61H 62H 61T4 62' 62- 62 62H 61 62H &fts 62S 6214 51i 53 5154 52 513i-T4 VPi 44 VH. fPi 44 39 39- 3&H 39- 3& K.36 K.50 17.36 17.50 17.35 17.20-1517.30 17.15 17.30 17.27 17.37 17.37 17.27 17.35 17.37 9.75 9.85-87 9.90 10.00 10.00 9.87 lO.flO 9.92 10.02 9 92 10.05 8.S7 9.07 9.07 &.17 9.85 9.17 9.OT-10 9.05 9.20 9.1T A TRUELY EXHILARATING COFFEE is our No. 3 blend. Full of na tures own peculiar flavors, and an aroma which excites desire to the nostrils. 35c Per Lb. or 3 lbs. for $1.00 is surely -a' reasonable price for such a blend. Try it. CHAS. McCLINTOCK Tea Coffee China 815 KANSAS AVENUE Kansas Ctt-v r:ratn Uu4- IFurnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, XL. ns. Provisions. Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth St. Phone 436.1 Kansas City, Jan. 21. WHEAT-Pea;HlKil LW Clos Te" May ...10H4-JX4-1W4 100 100 CORN-" 91 S1 91"H May 584 S8H 584 &?H-4 July ...0814 S8-T4 6894 6 Kansas City Live Stockl Kansas City,- Mo., Jan. 23. CATTLE Receipts 6,000, including 600 southerns. Marker slnw on1 arAoir I4.6C6.5; southern steers, J4.2Se.0O; south- v. r 'iwnia; native cows ana ?,eiiir''i:55-so: stockers and feeders, f3-! 30: bulls, 3.2tng6.00; calves, $3.75 8.O0; western steers, 4.006.00; western cows. $3.0S5.25. HOGS Receipts 22.000. Market Sc to 10c low"-. Bulk of sales, $5.06. 15; heavy. .10Sf.25; packers and butchers, J5.9CKb6.30; lignt, $5.g.0O; pigs, 4.e5.30. SHEEP Receipts 5,000. Market steady tn Hkr InvAr Unftnna I -7. C CI. f6.00d7.30; range wethers, 4.wfi6.80; fed ewes, J3.0frS5.25. Chicago Live Stock. Chlcajro. Jan, 21 ttti.p T? 1500. Market steady. Beeves, 4.00&.90: Texans, J4.1040; westerners, $3.755.40: f-"';eia ana reeaers, w.wjjo.w; cows ana I HOGS Receiots estimated 4S Vn M"aj-t 5c to 10c lower. Light. JS.50I&6.20; mixed. $5.7&.40; heavy. $5.S0g.45: rough. J5.80 5.96; good to choice heavy, Jo.954t6.4o; pigs. -.v -u-o.Tv, vuik. 01 sates, tfe.uutgfe.du. SHEEP Receipts estimated 10,000. Mar ket steady. Native, $3.26'a5.e0; western, 4.25a6.6; yearlings, I5.75&6.90: lambs, na tive, 6.007.65; western, $5.0037.65. Kansas City Live Stock Sales. The following sales were made today at the stock yards, Kansas City, Mo., and by Clay, Robinson Co., live stock com mission merchants, with offices at all markets. Kansas Citv. Jan. 21 A TTT.T! "Receiots 5,0 head. Market slow and steady. HOGS Reecipts 22.0m) head. Market 10c lower. Bulk of sales. JS.75S6.15: top. J6.20. SHEEP Receipts 5,000 head. Market, best steady; others 10c to 15c lower. HORSES AND MULES. HORSES Extra drafters, S1.85210; medium, tLStmitto; extra chunky. $40rl75; medium. 130al4O: farm mares, 1110&15o; light southerns. 75&100: heavv. I110-&140: drivers, fair to good. $755140; extra. J150 up. AiLUfc 13& to 1H hands, xr&aiao; 14 to 15 hand, 125165; 154 to 164 hands, KILLING STEERS. No. Wt. Price. No. Wt, Price. 6 1258 14.75 COWS AND HEIFERS. 4 1170 10 100 2 1306 1 1140 2 .1000 22 99 5.10 3.75 4.75 3.65 2.75 11. T-27 4.25 3 25 4.00 3.75 2.90 2.. 1.. 2.. 4.. ...1030 ...12SO ...1O70 ...1030 5.00 STOCKERS AND FEEDERS. 5. 195.. 2. 2. 1. 1. 5. 1. 46. 870 S46 4.00 i 68. ...v... 631 4 40 4.50 4.65 I 6 93s 825 .1016 .1640 300 124 130 258 446 4.25 BUI 2.00 I 4.... 4.50 I 1.... CALVES. 4.00 I 3.... 6 00 8.... .1268 .1480 4.10 4.50 17S 153 6.50 6.50 5.40 f HOGS. 6.12l 74 218 6.15 I 96 177 6.05 5.80 Kansas City Produce Market. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 21. WHEAT Close Market unchanged. May, Jl.oo; July, 91c. Cash; No. 2 hard, 1.02gl.06; No. 3, 99cgjl-0ai4; No. 2 red, J1.09; No. 3, JUS'S 1.09. CORN Market unchanged. May; 58c: July, ⪼ September. 580. Cash: No. 2 mixed, oac; iso. s, os-jnoosc; ro. j, wnite, 61c; No. 3, 60ig61c OATS Market unchanged. No. 2 white, 50fi52c; No. 2 mixed, 4950c. RYE 7073c. HAY Market steadv. Choice timothy, J9.75: ditto prairie. JS.509.0Q.. BUTTER Market steady. Creamery, 32c: packing stock, 19c. EGGS Market c lower. Fresh extras, 32c; current Teceipts, 27c. WHEAT Receipts, 69 cars. Chicago Produce Market. Chicago, Jan. 21. CHEESE Market firm. Daisies, 15c; twins, 1414c; young Americas, lac. POULUTRY Alive, steady; turkeys, 16c; chickens. 13c; springs, 14c. POTATOES 65T8c. BUTTER Market steady. Creameries, 29ffi.-c: dairies. 21VS27c. EGGS Market firm. Firsts, 29c Xew York Produce Market. New York. Jan. 2L BUTTER Market barely steady. Creamery specials, 33HC; official price, 33c; extras, S.l'aZAc; third to firsts. 24S31c: held, common to special. 23S0c; process, common to special. 183 2Bc; western factory firsts, 2122c; west ern imitation creamery firsts, 2324c 1 CHEESE Market steady. State full cream specials, 1415ic; ditto fan-;y. 1414c; ditto gooa to prime, itc; winter made, best, 13Hc; ditto good to prime. 123 13c; ditto common to fair. 1(11 skims, full to specials. 2&11C EGGS Market steadier. State, Pennsyl vania and nearby brown and mixed fancy. 31(032c; fair to choice, 2930c; western firsts, ISKn-Tc seconds. aBigec. POfTLTRT Alive, dull: western chick ens, 14c; fowls. 15c; turkeys, 12-trl8c; dress ed, easy; western chickens, 1421c; fowls, 1415c; turkeys, ijrgiac. Market Gossip. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth St. Phone 4t& t ivmwviI H1e Onentntf Wheat 3'33td higher, corn unchanged. fiecona c&oie; v uckl 7sa iukui viu tbu hlWaiaK Citv car lots today: Wheat 43, corn 14. oats 12. Kansas City estimated car lots tomor row: Wheat 69, corn 17. oats 6. New York Stock Market. Wall St., New York, Jan. 21. STOCKS Prices of stocks moved upwards and downwards in the opening dealings but the changes were insignificant and dealings on a very small scale. A rise of In Erie was the greatest change shown. In the early trading none of the leading stocks moved far from their opening prices the buying running mostly to the minor stocks. Afterwards Norfolk and Western and Wisconsin Central declined a point. American Hide and Leather pre ferred and Distillers' securities were mark ed up l"i and Louisville and Nashville, To ledo, St. Louis and Western stocks, American Car preferred and Westinghouse Electric 1 to 1V- United States Express broke 5 points. Demand for the Rock Island stocks be came quite active, the preferred rising 2 points. The general list was sluggish and indifferent. Reading second preferred sold at an advance of 2. Toledo. Railroads 24 St. Louis and San Francisco second preferred and General Electric l Sloss Steel 1. North American 1 and Chicago, Union Traction preferred certificates and Westinghouse Electric 1. Mineapolls. St. PaPul and Sault Ste. Marie declined 1 and General Chemical Bonds were firm. Range of Prices on Stocks. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, Grains, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth St. Phone 4s6. New York, Jan. Oo'n Hit a Low Cl'se ..12 129 129 129 J02H 1024 VlTZ 102H 78 78 77" 78 21. Yes. Stocks- Sugar Gas Copper B. R. T Am Car Sc Fndy 129 1T2 78 70 71 70 TO 70 4 52 U. S. Steel. Com... 526 54 52H 54 U. S. Steel, Pfd 113 1144 113 1144 113 99 Atchison. Com.. Anaconda 8t. Paul Rock Island fiwat Northern. 99 891 99 4H 47 44 471 .149 149H 149 149 2H 25 24 25 45 14 24 143 144 144 143 144 Wabash, Pta 4 4 4 Missouri Pacific... 7U4 71Ts 71 4S 71 71 85 Am Smelting v S7 Jw Northern Pacific.. l 14n4 1 140 N y. Central, ...;..130 13W 130 130 Texas Pacific S 35 35 36 Southern Pacific. .130 121 120 120 Reading 137 13S 139 139 Brie, Com..,., 30 33 30 31 So. Railway 26 26 25 26 Union Pacifio.....U79 ISOVs 179 1S0 140 130 35 120 137 30 36 17S T3 l i rut Men's Reliable Clothing at Half Price $8 .50 and $10 all worsted Suits, blue serge Suits and fancy cheviot Suits; sizes So to 44. Friday only. 50c Friday for men's all-wool odd vests, broken from flS and fO suits, neat stripes and checks, also plain blacks and blues, small sizes only $1.50 Friday for men's trousers, worsteds, all-wool tweeds, plain black cheviots and never-rip corduroys, broken from $2 and $2.50 lines. $7 r en Friday for $12, (15. J18, you ever have seen. Youths', Boys' and Children's Clothes Sacrificed FtcT.d 39c Friday for choice of boys' odd knee trousers. S to 16 years, of cheviots and cassimeres. medium and dark effects, taped seams, well tailored, sold at Sue and Toe 1 Crt Friday for boys' knickerbocker suits. 8 to 16 years, plain and fancy cheviots and cassimeres, sold formerly for $4 and $4:50. $2.00 Friday for little fellows' Russian overcoats, 3 to 15 years. In button to the neck style, sold formerly up to $4; also Reefers. a OC Friday for boys' reefers and overcoats. 8 to IS years, of good, dura-PJ-7 J ble gray cheviots and friezes, sold formerly at $6 and t.60. ir cf Friday for youths' suits, 15 to models, of serviceable cheviots also SO blue serges Included, sold regularly for $7.30 and $3.50. $4.95 Friday for youths' overcoats. 18 to 20 years, long box styles, broken lines that sold regularly for $7.50 and Youths' and Boys Furnishings and Headwear 3 Friday for boys' long black cotton ribbed hose, sixes 5 to fast C color, regular 15c values (four pairs to a customer). AO -Friday for children's all-wool OtBweaters. sizes 2 to 6 years, high neck or button on shouder style, 9Sc values. Off-Friday for choice of 6 dozen 7 JC boys' all worsted high neck sweaters and white sweater coats, some soiled, values up to $2.50. Haberdashery at genuine Clearance Prices 79 Friday for men's winter underwear, Ccotton. was formerly $1, $1.25, $1.50. or. Friday for broken lines of pa- "jainas, or outing iianneis ma- aras and percales, regular $1.25 and $1.50 values. Cf. Friday for a splendid lot of Negligee shirts, 75c values. Hats Caps Leather Goods Underpriced t f ACZ Friday for choice of men's derby and soft hats, new winter styles, P.x9 au colors, worth $20. ffft-Friday for choice of 60 dozen men's winter caps, all styles and shapes, broken lots, worth up to $1. f TcFriday for choice of men's PJ nearseal fur caps. Detroit and driving shapes, formerly $2.00. Friday Bargains in the Shoe Departments Off Friday for men's and women's $3.60 and $4.00 Washburn Shoes, In 4,OJ all leathers, in all this season's awellest -fashions. t OQ Friday for boys' shoes of c and boa calf 9"J7 veiour. wax leathers, lace and blucher styles. light, heavy and extra tap soles, worth regularly$2 (second floor.) STOCK To Insurs Yourselves Oest Results Consign To Clay, Robinson Co., Lira Stock ConnsUxion Utrc&xts, Stock Yarti, Kansas Citj. i ms aaOT Alia rtMTM MtliW At fUUa 4. OMAHA. OEKVfft. 9Wit C. O 26 62 61 62 61 ..111 111 111 111 111 .123 123 123 23 75 75 75 75 75 B. O L N Katy TnnavtLHnia ,133 133 133 133 Can. Pacific 17(5 175 ITS Yin National ueaa vr1 n 77 7S 77 r- TT1 Jb. T A1V. 44H 42 42 Rock Island, Pfd.. 594 614 ofe 613 60 New York Sugar and Coffee Market. New York. Jan. 21. SUGAR Raw. quiet; fair refining, $3.17: centrifugal, 96 test, $3.67; molasses sugar, $2.92; refined, steady; crushed. $5.35; powdered, $4.75; granulated, $4.65. COFFEE Market steady. No. 7 Rio, 7c; No. 4 Santos. SQSc. Cotton Market. New York. Jan. 21. COTTON Spot closed 15 points higher; middling uplands. $10.00; middling gulf. $10.25. Sales, 1.005 bales. Galveston, Tex.. Jan; 21. COTTON Market higher. 9c. Topeka Market. fFurnished bv the Chas. Wolff Packing cannot use pigs, thin sows or hogs weighing less than 170 lbs. Do not mar ket hoT3 unless same are well finished, as we cannot use half fat stuff. W give below prices effective at once, until fur ther notice. 1 Topeka, Kan., Jan. 21. HOGS. MIXED AND BUTCHERS HEAVY ..$S.3fyff6.70 6.7S'ftS.S6 5.1646.64 Per cwt. ..$4.00&4.50 3.0S('3.73 4.5'g5.-i0 3.5V&4.25 3.253.75 2.60a3.00 5.0017.00 LIGHT v.-" Cows (good) Cows (medium) Heifers (good) Heifers (medium) Bulls (good) Bulls (medium) Calves (100 to 200 lbs.) Oatvei (over 200 lbs.) 4.00&4.75 Furnished by The continental creamery Co.. Topeka. Kan. BUTTER AND EGGS. EGGS Chicago, 30c; N. Y., 32c. CREAMERY BUTTER Chicago. 30c; N. Y.. 32c. EIXJIN BUTTER 32c. EGGS AND POULTRY. rWholesale prices furnished by Topeka Packing Co.. 114-116 W. Laurent street-1 POULTRY Hens. 8c: springs, 8c; broil ers. 12c: old cocks. Sc: stags, 7c. Turkeys, 13o: ducks. 8c: geese. 6c. BUTTER Packing stock. 19c jrQQg 28C WHOLESALE FRUIT AND PRODUCE. Furnished bv Sam'l E. Lux. Wholesale Fruit and Produce. FLORIDA PINEAPPLES Per crate, $3 25. CAULIFLOWER Per crate. $3.25. COCOANUTS Per sack, original. $5; per doz. 65c. BULK DATES Per lb., c. HONEY Per case. $3.2563.35. GRAPES Aimira grapes, per bbl., $6.00 66.25. APPLES Per box. $1.2532.00. GRAPE FRUIT Per box, $4.00. FIGS Per box. 65c. CRANBERRIES Per bbl., $14.00 per lb.. 14c. CALIFORNIA TOMATOES Per 4 bskt. crate. $2.00. CABBAGE Wisconsin Holland, per lb.. 3c RED GLOBS ONIONS Wisconsin, per bu, (LOO. aTuaocumtasioa oavinc Per Cent Friday for Men's. Overcoats of black and blue kerseys; velvet collar; splendidly lined and tail ored; cut 46 inches Ion?; worth regularly 910 and 112.50. Also choice from a fine lot of 12.50 small men's suits, sizes 3 to 36. Finest 20 years, single and double breasted and cassimeres. in neat dark effects. tQ-Friday for boys' fleece back xfc underwear, all slses. heavy black kersey fur-band '''Friday for youths and boys caps, S0o value. OQ-Friday for boys' Union Sutt. 'fleeced, ages 1 to 7 years, 60o kind. all wool, part wool, heavy Or Friday for men's heavy winter 7 'weight sox, plain black and some light cokirs, formerly 20c aad 15o. ff-Friday for 50c President suspen. "ders. also broken lines of reg ular 50o patterns. $5 Friday for choice of 60 cow hide leather suit cases. 24 and 26 Inch sizes, worth $7.50. $1 Q Friday for ladles' shoes of patent colt, gunmetal, tan and viol kid with patent tips, lace blucher and button styles, worth regularly $2.50 and $3 (second floor.) SHIPPERS frit, 99. ST. FAULTS. BUFFALO! SPANISH ONIONS Per crate $2 00. LEMONS California, per box, $3.2523.30. ORANGES Redlanda Golden. rr hr.w $2. 7MI3.0O. okanoes-Navel, per box. $2.60. BANANAS Per lb., 3c. FANCY LEAF LETTUCE Per t.lrt $1.00. TEXAS NEW BEETS Per dox bunches. 45c. TEXAS RADISHES Per dox. bunches. 40c CARROTS Per bu.. TSc. PARSNIPS Per bu.. 75c. TURNIPS Per bushel. 60c BEETS Per bushel. 75c. CANADA RUTABAGAS Per lb.. lc COLORADO POTATOES Per bu., 7lc. SWEET POTATOES Per bu., $1.16. CELERY Mammoth, ner o-jneh. 60c? Jumbo, per bunch. 80c: Blue Ribbon, per UUIIL'Il. FRESH OYSTERS N. Y. Counts, per can, Eoc: N. Y. Extra Selects, jper can, 4jc; Standards, per can 30c. Bulk N. Y. Counts, per gal.. $2 30: N. Y. Extra Select. per gai.. ti.i'i. nam eeiecu, per fi.ta; Standards. Per gal.. $1 60. CHEESE. Wisconsin. Y. A.. 16cf Llmburgr, 1?; Daisy, 20-ib. each, 16c; Daisy Twins, 2 to box, 16c; Wisconsin yellow, 16c; Wiscon sin white, 16c; Brick, 16c; Block 6vr.es. domestic style. 16c. Grain Market. Furnished by J. B. Billard. corner Kan sas Ave. and Curtis StJ Topeka. Kan., Jan. 21. WHEAT No. 2, $&o; Mo. 3, S4'uSc No. 4. 79-3-Slc CORN 65c. OATS 46&48C Topeka Tilde Market, lauotatlons furnished by James C Smitk it Co.. lua iast Third t.J Topeka. Kan., Jan. 21. G S hides. 9c: side brands. a flat; Klua bides. 5c flat: iN'o. 1 M. S. buU hiue. So- No 2 G. B. bul bides. Sc: Deacons. i lirt x: i hides $2.50: No. 2 horse hides. $L50; No. J hum hids. tc: dry flint butcher, heavies, 14c- dry flint fallen, lie: dry flint 1j1jl. Uc: dry salts. He; dry CUks. loc Iduu No. 1. 5c; ajfofcRKM LIST. FURS Mink, No. 1 large, $3.28; Ne. t medium. $2.26: No. 1 small. $LiCtf; No. 3 Eirite $1 5; No. 2 medium and smell. Ji.f.0: ttr i fa)c: No. 4. 25c: prime, large and i "rk $4.MjS 00: cotton. 50c. Raccuvo, No i Lree $l.o0; medium, oc; small. $uc; No. lrie 4-Jc; medium. 25c: No. 3. 15c: No. 4. fee- black and extra dark. $l.fcfc3.oa. vfliakrat. No. 1. large, 25c; medium, lie; larire' 75c; medium. 50c; small. 2c: No. 2. lSrlte 25c Fox (red). No. 1 large, $.'.5-; medium. $1.25: small. 75c: No. 2 large. $l.u: No 3. 6c. Otter (according to sis and color). $16.00&10.00. Wild caC No. 1 large. 11.00- No. 2. large. 60c; No. 25c Houat cat 'No. L large. 16c: No. 2, large, lixir Clvit cat. No. 1. large. 40c; medium. 9x;: mall. 15c: No. 2. large. 20c; medium and mall. 10c; No. 3. 6c. Opossum. No. L large 25c: medium, 12c; small, Sc: No. 1 medium and small. 2c: trash, no value. Badeer No. 1. large. 85c: medium. &Ac; mali 25c: No. 2. larue, 10c. Bkurk Black prime. c$1.26: short. hj to e; narrow. 50c to 70c: bro:d. 10c to 30c. Lynx, owina to Klxe. $3.00 to $8.00. Beaver. ow!n to ise fur. etc.. $7.00 to $1.00. Bear, ftna and ful fur. $4.00 to 00. Wolf, timber. $?00 to 31.00: prairie. $1.00 to 25c Quota tions ax for Kansas and similar far. 1

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1909. MOCIETY Much- Interest in official circles centers In the reception to be given by the Governor and Mrs. Stubbs at the Governor's House this evening for the justices of the supreme court, the state officers and the members of the legislature and their wives. This will be the first social event of the new administration. The Chief Justice and Mrs. Johnson, the Lieutenant Gover nor and Mrs. Fitzgerald, the Speaker and Mrs. Dolley will receive with the Governor and Mrs. Stubbs and those asked to assist are the Attorney Gen eral and Mrs. Fred S. Jackson, the As sistant Attorney General and Mrs. John S. Dawson, Hepresentattve and Mrs. Robert Stone, Representative A. C. Mitchell of Lawrence and Mrs. Mitchell, and Mrs.- C. Si Huffman of Columbus, Miss Lenora Stubbs. Miss Vera Brady of Lawrence, Miss Joseph ine Fish of Kansas City and Miss Mary MacLennan. It looks as though the new gover nor's family were going to do things right, socially. They maintain a brougham and pair, and are the first Kansas governor's family to ride in the state their official position de mands. And the fact that they came through promptly with invitations for a formal official function shows that they realize what the Governor's House Is for. and what is expected,, socially, of the erovernor'e family. Under the new governor's regime, it really looks as if our very formless, unorganized, undefined and hitherto unconsidered official set were to assume some of the Importance It should in the social life of the state capital. The marriage of Miss Ethel Tavis and Mr. Ilif W. Felix celebrated Wednesday evening at the home of the former's Barents. Mr. and Mrs. Byron H. Davis, was simple, informal and delightful, as a house wedding should be, and devoid the stiffness, conventionality, and op pressive solemnity of the elaborate church ceremony. At that, it was a re markably pretty wedding. The Davis house, at 935 Fillmore street, is one of the best looking In town and the rooms were particularly attractive for this oc casion with Quantities of Alabama sml lax and many ferns, supplemented, in the dining room, by brides roses ar ranged in the form of an immense wreath in the middle of the taDie. There was a procession but the young women who participated in It had not been warned until the afternoon of the wedding, and so It missed the formali ty and the stage fright with which weeks of premeditation spoil the aver age bridal party picture. Before the ceremony Mr. Darwin Bradley, whose beautiful baritone voice, is a compara tively recent discovery in local musi cal circles and who is the most popu lar amateur singer in town this season, sang a love ballad. There Let Me Rest, by Greene, Miss Allabelle Troutman at the piano, and as he finished Ray Hall's orchestra began the Lohengrin wedding march. The ceremony took place in the drawing room In front of the fireplace which was filled with palms and ferns. The Very Rev. James Philip de Bevers Kaye,.dean of Grace cathedral, read the service, and "the bridal party Included Miss Ella Davis, maid of honor, Mr. Welf Felix of Kansas City, groomsman, Mrs. Harley Relsman of Chicago, Miss Fay Quinton, Miss Bess Donahue of El Paso, Texas, and Miss Ruby Chisham of Atchison, bridesmaids. It was a partic ularly alluring group of girls, frocks and frills. The bride has been regard ed as one of the beauties of her set since her school days and her wedding robe of white satin, .an Empire model with panels of Irish lace, her long tulle veil, and an arm bouquet of white roses all gave emphasis to her grace and charm. Her sister. Miss Ella Davis, was equally pretty in a directoire gown of lavender satin, decollete and en train, with a bolero of filet lace of the same shade and touches of gold at the girdle, and carrying a big bunch of purple vio lets and maiden hair fern. Mrs. Reis jnan wore an Empire gown of pale blue messaline with gold lace and fringe finishing the decolletage and gold tas sels endging the bolero, and a blue eigrette in her hair. Miss Quinton's gown was pale yellow with front and back panels embroidered in a chrysan themum pattern. Miss Donahue and Miss Chisham, two attractive visiting girls, of exactly contrasting types, the former tall, slender, willowy and blonde and the latter roguish, dimpled and brunette with dancing brown eyes and curling brown hair, completed the bridal party. Miss Donahue wore a draped princess gown of white silk and Miss Chisham was in blue satin, self -trimmed In a corded design, and with some heavy white lace on the corsage. The brides maids preceded the rest of the bridal party and carried ropes of smilax with which they formed an aisle for the oth ers. Mr. Byron Davis gave his daughter in marriage and Mrs. Davis with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Felix. Mr. Dana Davis Great Sale of Remnants Friday Morning we place on sale all our Linen and Cotton Remnants at much-reduced prices. Four long tables in our north aisle (Main Floor) will be given over to the display. A large assortment awaits you." Better come as early as you can in order to get the first and best pick of the different lots. Table Linen Remnants lengths li to 3 yards m bleach ed, unbleached and colored a nice saving; on each length. Crash Remnants in bleached and unbleached lengths from 2 to 6 yards. Napkins odd half dozens bleached, half bleached and unbleached now very cheap. Sheeting Remnants all kinds in various lengths. It will pay you to investigate. Drapery Remnants including Swisses, Madras Draper ies, Scrims, Silkolines, Cretonnes, etc., at about half the former prices. Gingham and 32-inch Madras Remnants lengths 1J to 10 yards many excellent bargains. Flannelettes including remnants suitable for kimonas, dressing sacques and wrappers sharp reductions in prices. Remnants of Calicoes, Percales. Outing Flannels, Canton Flannels, Cotton Challies and Crepes at very interesting prices. Attend Our Embroidery A SECRET FOR WOMEN J Tells How t'Kly. Deformed Z Women Become Superb J of Figure. The treatment consists of ap plying a powerful, harmless nervine-stimulant direct to the cells of the skin, to be absorbed and utilized to create nourish ment of flesh and tissue growth. The most beautiful changes are wrought; ugly, deformed wom en with scrawny neck, arms and limbs, with no bust development at all visible, are quickly trans formed into charming person 'ages with well-rounded arms and neck. full, normal bust of exquisite curve and proportion, and shapely figure so much-admired in our great actresses and society leaders, and so attractive to the other sex always-. Obtain the ingredients separate ly at any good drug store, and mix carefully at home. Get two ounces of glycerine, three ounces of rose water, one ounce tincture cado mene compound (not cardamon) and five cents' worth of borax. Mix the glycerine with tincture cadomene and let stand two hours; then add rosewater and a tea spoonful of borax. Apply morn-' ing and night, rubbing it in thor oughly. Then wash with hot wa ter and soap, and dry. It is re lated that one woman developed a figure that won for her a very, very wealthy husband. and Mr. Hugo Felix of Parsons re ceived the guests. The assisting friends were Mr. J. P. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scott Davis, Mrs. A. L. Davis of Kansas City Mrs. Thomas Bancroft Frost of the City of Mexico Mrs. Glen dora "Watrous, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Quinton, Miss Reita Updegraff, Miss Mary B. Moore, Miss Berenice John son of Atchison, and Miss Genevieve Herrick of Kansas City. Mr. and Mrs. Felix left last night for Chicago to spend a fortnight and will be at home at the Lenox. Miss Ruby Chisham, in town for the Davis-Felix wedding, returned to Atch ison today and Miss Bess Donahue of El Paso, another of the bridesmaids, will leave tonight after the Helianthus dance. Miss Chisham was importuned to stay over for the dance but she re fused all entreaties and hurried back today and you know what That means! A Man at Home. Mrs. Lon Davis of Kansas City will be in town until Sun day with Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Davis. Miss Genevieve Herrick of Kansas City returned today. The January Helianthus dance will take place tonight at Steinberg's. Miss Ethel Estberg, Miss Edna Herbst Miss Nellie Millspaugh, Mr. Charles Guibor, Mr. Walter Delfs and Mr. Russell Frost composed a line party at the Novelty Tuesday night. Mrs. Silas R. Porter has asked a few guests very informally for bridge Sat urday In compliment to Mrs. Mclntyre of Wichita, who is visiting her sister, Mrs. William Redwood Smith. Mrs. Smith's invitations for after noon cards for Mrs. Mclntyre are for tomorrow afternoon instead of Satur day as incorrectly announced yester day. The Delta Phis of Washburn college will give a mlnstrel show at their chap ter house followed by "eats" and danc ing. Mr. Wistar Williams will be the interlocutor of the minstrel company and the end men will include Mr. Roy George, Mr. Hal Hotchkiss. Mr. Ray TTfford. Mr. Leo Mooney, Mr. Wallace Pettyjohn, and Mr. Edward Mooney. In the chorus will be Mr. Joe C. Denny, Mr. Ralph Rohrer, Mr. Freeman Mar tin, Mr. Clifford Knight, Mr. Cyrus Monroe, Mr. Lee Johnson, Mr. Will Evans, and Mr. Harold Tice. The D. A. R.'s will give a dinner for the Sons of the American Revolution to celebrate Washington's birthday. An informal luncheon waa given by Mrs. John Thomas Price of 216 East Eighth avenue, assisted by Mrs. I. O. Middaugh, at the Bungalow, the coun try place of the former, near Wash burn college, In compliment to Miss Vera Brady, daughter of Senator J. L. Brady of Lawrence. The other guests were: Miss Lenore Stubbs, Miss Ada Gilmore of Lawrence, Miss Grace Brewer, Miss Blanche Taylor, Miss Anna Foster, Miss Florence Middaugh, Miss Kathleen Middaugh, Miss Marie Sims and Miss Irene Weishaus. The guests were taken to the bungalow in j carnages provided by tne hostess and upon their arrival an atractive lunch eon was served. This was followed by a delightful Informal afternoon spent Sale Now Going On QUICE( IFMOEDAYI S 6. 5 O buys any winter Suit of Clothes in Our House. The first 50 Suit Custom ers get a very fine SUIT CASE-FREE Sale Begins 7:30 Rain or Shine L, fJj J I We Put Your Scc X. hf J y Suit in a Suit XX Ij Our t Nr -3 Case FREE Win- NjvfJ Starts Nv A omm X JJf fri- N WWUU y day N 4 KB 2ZE3 around the big fireplace in true school girl fashion. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Quinton will entertain the Professionals Friday evening. Mrs. Hester C Stevens will give a very informal reception at her home, 601 Morris avenue, tomorrow after noon from 2:30 to 6 o'clock, in honor of her sister, Mrs. Bessie Lacey, who returns the first of the week to her home in Denver. No invitations have been issued, but all friends of Mrs. Lacey are invited to call. There seem to be some sensible girls in Topeka. A Topeka girl who was married today refused to have any parties given in her honor. She didn't want to enter on her honeymoon with a stomach upset by ice cream and salad. Atchison Globe. The Golden Rule club will meet with Mrs. Ed Gordon, 1601 West Sixth avenue, tomorrow afternoon. The Fillmore street Whist club met this afternoon with Mrs. John E. Lord. Notes and Personal Mention. Mr. Galen Nichols will leave Mon day or Tuesday of next week for Muskogee, Okla.. to remain per manently. Mr. an Mrs. WVJlis J. Bailey of Atchison are in town to stay until Saturdav. Mrs. George W. Parkhurst will sing thf snnrnno solo narts in tne pre' sentation of the Mendelssohn's Elijah bv a Salina chorus February 19. Bishop Millspaugh will be in New ton next Sunday to noia services ai ol. Matthews church. Mr.' Thomas B. Frost of the City of Mexico is expected soon, to Join Mrs. Frost, who has been here since before Christmas, on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Davis, and his par ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Frost. Mrs. L. D. Jacobs of Emporia is the guest "of her niece. Miss Anna Speck at the Manspeaker. Miss Florence Lewis is visiting with Mrs. George Port Ashton for a few days. Mr. Russell Frost will not return to the University of Wisconsin this term but will spend the winter in Topeka. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rosen of High land Park are the parents of a daugh ter, born yesterday. Mrs. John Chambers and her son, Roland, left yesterday afternoon for Red Lodge, Mont., where they will join Mr. Chambers and will remain permanently. Mrs. J. P. Root of Kansas City ar rived yesterday for a visit to Mrs. C. B. Reed. Her son, Mr. Paul Root, of Emporia, spent Wednesday with her in Topeka. Mrs. N. F. Ockerblad of Lawrence and her sister, Miss Virginia McComb, were guests yesterday of Mrs. Stubbs. Miss McComb is head of the German department at Wilson college, Cham bersburg. Pa. Mr. Tim Murphy, who was at the Grand last night, was the guest while in the city of Mr. and Mrs. Marco Morrow, 1028 Western avenue. Dr. and Mrs. Frank E. Sheldon and their son, Frank Copeland, arrived Tuesday from Kansas City for a visit to their parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Sheldon. Miss Gertrude McClintock, who is a student at Smith is spending this week in New Tork city. Mr. arid Mrs. Ed Bodelle of Con cordia are in Topeka to remain per manently and have taken apartments at 1028 Harrison street. Mr. John Harrison is spending a few days in Kansas City. Mrs. J. L. Shellabarger, who was the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Wil liam Macferran, has gone to New York from where she sails for Paris to visit her son, Mr. Frank Shella barger. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Crawford enter tained Wednesday evening in honor of Miss Dolly Martin and Judge Ryan of Iola. HIGGINS HAS OPPOSITION His Confirmation as Postmaster Op posed on Old Age Theory. Washington, Jan. 21. J. F. Johnstone of Bartlesville, Okla., representing the opposition to the confirmation of form er Secretary of State Higgins of Kan sas, to be postmaster of that city, was heard before the committee on postof fices of the senate in opposition to the confirmation of the appointment. No decision has been reached by the com mittee, but It is understood that the essence of the charges against Mr. Higgins was his advanced age and al leged feebleness and Incapacity to dis charge the duties of the office. Kansas' City and Return $1.35. January 22nd to 28th inclusive. The Union Pacific will sell tickets to Kansas City and return for $1.35. final limit Feb. 1st. f WILL BEJUIET. Few Contests in Coining City Primary. Mayor Wm. Green Has No Tisible Opposition. HAVE CLEAR FIELDS. In But One Ward Is Contest for Councilman. Will Be Shortage in Commit teemen at Primary. Topeka is likely to witness a very quiet city election this spring and there" are very few contests that will attract enough interest for the trou ble concerned. ..The fight for city treasurer and ciity attorney supple mented by the eoiirt of Topeka con test Is all that wilf cause sparks to fly. The men working' for these positions have been working for them for a month or more and they will continue to work right up until the last minute before election. There were no sur prises sprung in the nomination pa pers that were filed last evening and when the primary petitions were opened the candidates applying for positions composed, the same men who have been discussed through the newspaper columns during- the last few months. Those- who are not go. ing to- be re-electeS are those who are not going to run iand those who are going to be re-elected are those who are not having any opposition what ever. As a Matter of Form. The Democrats have a ticket in the field. A number jof the petitions do not have enough signatures to make the candidates eligible for the prim ary and they will be thrown out. Some parts of the ticket- J. J: Lannan for alderman, in the Second ward for in stance are especially strong and other parts are woefully weak. It is the opinion of those who know, that the Democrats are not desirious of electing a city ticket they know it is useless in Topeka but they are anxious to keep their party in the limelight and they do not want to be without a representation. Mayor Green will be re-elected of course. It would be impossible to stir up any effective opposition to such a strong man and popular mayor and Topeka has enjoyed too much pros perity under Mayor Green, .and the present energetic and efficient body of councilmen to encoruage any change. The complete list of candidates on the Republican and Democratic tickets is as follows: Republicans. Mayor William Green; City Clerk C. B. Burge: City Attorney W. C. Ralston, Hugh McFarland; City Treas urer J. D. Pattisdn, Fred S. Brown, C. H. Kutz; Judge Court of Topeka E. R. Simon; Police Judge S. S. Urmy; Clerk Court of Topeka N. B. Thompson, R. M. Lee; Marshal Court of Topeka G. W. Dusenberry, Capt. J. T. Wintrode, W. T. Wiley, Harry T. Darr, J. E. Pennick. Councilmen: First Ward Wm. M. VanNess; Sec ond Ward George Adamson; Third Ward H. B. Howard; Fourth Ward The mere fact that Scott's Emulsion is universally recom mended for Consumption is proof positive that it is the most energizing and strengthening preparation in the world.:" It warms and nourishes, it enriches the blood, stops loss of flesh and builds up. Get "Scoff's. Send this advertisement, together with name of paper in which it appears, your address and four cents to cover postage, and we will sem vou a "Complete Handy Atlas of the World." s SCOTT BOWNE. 409 Pearl Street. New York dmnmm did) Chas. J. Drew, Charles Lercher, Jno. A. Lundgren; Fifth Ward H. W. Roby, J. W. Griggs, Bruce D. Simp son; Sixth Ward E. F. Stanley. School Board:- First Ward S. R, Kut-; Second Ward George Smith; Third Ward Mrs. C. J. Evans; Fourth Ward Mrs. H. O. Garvey, James Cuthbert; Fifth Ward Josiah Jor dan; Sixth Ward S. A. Swensdon. Democratic Mayor W. F. Logan; City Clerk M. O. Pennekamp; City Attorney Geo. A. Atchison; City Treasurer C. M. Brown; Judge Court of Topeka No candidate; Police Judge H. Chute; Clerk Court of Topeka- George A. Fechter; Marshal court of Topeka Tim Donovan. Councilmen: First Ward D. B. Fink; Second Ward J. J. Lannan; Third Ward N. R. Fos ter; Fourth Ward H. Hederman; Fifth Ward George A. Frederick; Sixth Ward No nomination. School Board: First Ward W. K. Gardner; Second Ward Dr. Eva Harding. Committeemen Are Shy. The nominations for precinct com mitteemen are as slow as the city of fice nominations. The Democrats only sent in five petitions and one of them will be thrown out on account of lack of signatures. The Republicans have sent in 18 petitions for these commit teemen but one of them lacks the proper per cent of signatures and there are seven., positions of this kind to be filled. The Republican petitions pro vide for the following: Eugene Goff, J nrst oi tne second; o. K. sawyze, sec ond of the Fifth; R.J. Jones, fourth of the Second; George Hardy, third of the Fifth? C. E. Dandridge, third of the Fifth; S. Hall, fourth of the Third; Dan Say lor, sixth of the Second: O. R. Wilson, second of the Second; Dr. F. J. Ernest, first of the Third (thrown out on account of lack of signatures) William Peterson, fifth of the Second; H. G. Larimer, second of the Third; A. W. Greenwood, third of the Third; M. W. Overton, second of the First; H. H. Hall, first of the First; W. L. Stark, first of the Fourth; C. E. Heart burg, first of the Sixth; Charles Suit, fourth of the First; W. T.-Calvin, third of the Fourth. The Democrat peti tions include the following -men who wish to be precinct committeemen: F. M. Greer, second of the Fourth; W. H. Dutton, third of the Fifth; George Young, fourth of the First; J. B. Bil lard, third of the Fifth (thrown out not enough signatures); George P. Etzel, first of. the First. The above petitions will not fill the offices, there being seven precincts that are without petitions for commit teemen. The committee will have to make these appointments as there is no provision in the law for such a vacancy. In the Fourth ward the sec ond and fourth precincts are not filled. In the Second ward the third precinct is vacant. In the First ward the third precinct is vacant. In the Third ward the first precinct, in the Fifth ward the first precinct and in the Sixth ward the second. There was one peculiar nomination for councilman and the ward was not stated. It was for a man named A. Frederick but there were not enough signatures. A councilman must have 5 per cent of at least one-half of the j rwemimto (n Vi I c n-at anil on.. -r rr r r J'l ..111V-.L.J 111.' L ll 11 L. 1 y U 1 l gate not less than 5 per cent or more than 10 per cent of the whole ward. A committeeman must have at least 10 per cent of his precinct. Two Democratic candidates for posi tions on the school board will be drop ped from the fight they are Dr. Harding and W. K. Gardner. The people who circulated their petitions overlooked the fact that the papers should have 5 per cent of the vote of the whole city instead of 5 per cent of the voters in their ward. This will be a sad disappointment to the Democrats as they laid great stress on Mr. Gard ner and Dr. Harding. AMUSEMENTS. At the Grand. At the Grand tonight and tomorrow Wagenhals and Kemper will present Eugene Walter's great play of Ameri can life entitled "Paid in Full" which has a record run of five months at the Grand opera house, Chicago, The New York and Chicago press stamped "Paid in Full" as the greatest play since the days of "Jim the Penman." Few plays of recent years have been as successful as "Under Southern Skies," which will be seen in Topeka at the Grand Saturday matinee and night. Florence Gear in Marrying Mary will be at the Grand Monday. This is said to be a deligtful opera, full of fascinat ing music. The Virginian will be here two days instead of one on account of the de struction of the theater at Leaven worth by fire. Their appearance here will be Ti-ext Wednesday and Thursday. Disease in Swimming Pools. Chicago, Jan. 21. That infectious skin diseases may be transmitted through the use of swimming pools in colleges and athletic clubs by persons Sale Begins Tomorrow Friday Come Sure Friday Rain or Shine v line Dollar and Kansas City and Return Via the Rock Island Ry. On Sale January 22 to January 28 Inclusive. Return February 1st. Double Tracks. No Stops. Fast Time. Phone 384 Pleasure to answer your questions. PHENOMENAL! couraged sufferers who have been treated without receiving a cure to call on me. It will cost you nothing to consult me and have an exam ination of your case made, and I shall be glad to tell you frankly what is your condition. To the sick and afflicted i. hold out no false, promises. If your case Is curable I vill gladly tell you so; if not, 1 will not accept the case lor treatment, as I do not accept incurable cases for treat ment under any circumstances. If .you cannot "call, write. -All correspondence strictly confidential. DR. D. A. COOKINHAM 10& East Seventh Street Topeka, Kansas. Hours 9 to 12, 2 to 5, 7 to 8. Mon., Tues., Thur. and Friday Evenings. Sundays 9:30 to 10:30. I And Return Accepted on all trains except No. 3 and 4. All The Way This Season's Hats at 29c and 39c Several dozen, neat shaped, new French felt hata (untrim med) will be placed on sale to morrow, at the above absurdly low prices. First choice means much. Come early Come upstairs. Miss M.E. Brooks 733 Kansas Ave. Upstairs Don't Get a Divorce A western Judge granted a divorce on account of lll-temoer and bad breath. Dr. King's New Life Pills would have prevented it. They cure Constipation, causing bad breath and Liver Trouble the Ill-temper, dispel colds, banish headaches, conouer chills. 25c at Campbell Drusr Co. suffering from such diseases has been brought to the attention of the Chi cago Woman's club. A committee will Investigate the pools. Looking for Glidden Toure Koule. Guy Morgan and L. A. Phillips two Kansas City automobile enthusiasts, in a mud bespattered touring car spent the night in Topeka on their way to Denver, Colorado. It is their purpose to demonstrate the fact that Kansas offers one of the best automobile she looks forward to the hour with apprehension. Mother's Friend, by its penetrating and soothing properties, allays nausea, nervousness, unpleasant feelings, and so prepares the system for the ordeal that with but little suffering, as I CyY fv numbers have testified and TiVivW N JfV said, "it is worth its weio-ht in IX. J o-nld il-OOper bottle of druggisti. tulu- Book containing valuable in formation mailed free. THE BRAD FIELD REGULATOR CO. Atlanta. Ga. SHHF Men's Elk Skin 11UL Shoes, Men's Buf- Snecial falo Calf Skin .3UCV,iui shoes Mena pearl Elk Skin $3.50 ShoeSrPl QQ Bargain Friday... -.JlvO Black Sateen Shirts OCf for CJ Men's 15c Black Hose "7 -Hose for fw Men's White Unlaun- t Cr dered Shirts iJt .Men's $1.50 Blue Flan- HC i nel Shirts iJU Men's $1,50 Red Flan- CP nel Underwear JJl Men's $1.50 Corduroy CC Shirts DD C Men's $1.50 Union "7C Suits 4DC Men's 75c Pure Silk Qa Hose........ IVC Men's $3.00 Fine Wash A Q Dress Vests vC Very Fine Umbrellas, QC worth $3. 00 ODk 75c Pajamas 25c U 622 KANSAS AYS, lhirtv-rive tents ar Kansas City $1.35 Daily Jan. 22 to 28. Limit, Feb. 1. Six Trains There SevenTrains Home HEN you buy. a H O.WARD watch you J gersome- thing.' You get the finest practical watch in the world standing the heat, cold, vibration, change of, position, of daily use. 'f -ft," Yon get the wttch thst has been the cesa panion of more prominent Americans than any other. Yon get the only American witch certifies' by the International Observatory at Geneva. Yon get the only watch thst is mrwtr cut im price printed price ticket attached at the fas- i tory from S35.00 to $150.00. We are distributors for this diitincthra watch. The Addis Jewelry Store Eight Seventeen Kansas, Avenue courses to the westward in this part of the country for the next Glidden tour. to love children, and no home can be happy without them, yet the ordeal through which the expectant mother must pass usually is so full of suffering and dread that t 1 w 1FTMM 'Mm O

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it THE TOPEKA. DAILY STATE JOURNALTHURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21,1909. i r i Ite i Stasis ffiorffliiita3 Eiipsitoi sj Npw C 18 tc& 30 siLgs&r j I nip WiUliPfll 1 Illdf PfliWf -':'fl'ETCP'WnnW' :flMB CWEMIM'fi i I i it h i tt I; Ifl C u L L l is ft luJ ill c V c n u H F G m i y U i tt i u c l c i il tiy y iH M B IS H" T mamm w w v M w sir M U at M h smSs M l-a M M MM M i J r J; 1 i i i r s 7 yciisiissiori ISc There's Something Doing All the Time At These Booths. DON'T MISS VISITING THEM PRIMROSE BUTTER The purest, sweetest, finest butter made. Protected by odor-proof, air-tight carton. Every grocer keeps it. Every ounce is made from pasteurized cream. No tuberculosis in Primrose. Continental Creamery Go Topeka, Kanasas. c INVESTIGATE HI-NAME The New Paint DEMONSTRATIONS DAILY at our booth at the Mid-Winter. We are also showing many new de signs in imported wall coverings. G. M H The Interior Hi j" 4 Decorator 813 Kansas Ave. TTTtTtTtTTTt International f Gold Mines Has a very bright future be fore it. They own 2,400 acres of land with all the modern improvements upon it, cost ing $1,500, 000, 15 cents per share. We have been of fered $7,000,000 for the whole thing 70 cents per share. Amount of ore un covered, $30,000,000 $20 for every one it cost us. Only owned it two years. Fifty-ton mill grinding out .$2,000 every day; second -mill nearly completed ten more to follow. We own a good mountain full of gold ore, no end to it. Don't owe a dollar stock non-assessable every share shares alike. Who will match this investment at 15 cents per share Mill grinding ore. See M. A. POND SOON THE PARKHURST-DAVIS MERC. CO. INVITES YOU TO SAMPLE Victorex PRODUCTS at their booth and use them every day in the year. Diamonds Galore New Fad Adopted in To peka Everybody Is Wearing Diamonds More people are wearing .dia monds in Topeka just now than ever. People who never were able before' to own a diamond, the introduction of the new stone, the Luclos diamond, has created a fad in the city which is1 having quite a run. The at tractive display booth of these sparkling gems at the Mid-Winter Exposition is very beautiful. Its a fad, but a fad that has tak en among all classes. During the past week a number of party favors have been supplied from this display of Lucios, and the hit among the social set has been a decided one. A Lucios Diamond has not been secured, according to the best obtainable information, but it has given surprising satisfaction. An incident during the first business week of the introduc tion of the Lucios Scientific Gems at the Mid-Winter Ex position at their: booth was a challenge passed between two popular young men of the city late this afternoon when one of the two offered th other a scarf pin from the selection If he could distinguish between the true stone and the Lucioa. To prove the challenge the challen ger took a genuine diamond pin from his scarf in the absence of his companion, put It in a tray with several similar Lucios pins and then the Companion was asked to select the real diamond on the propositfrow that if he did so he could 'keep the pin. The companion is wearing a Lu cios now and the real stone is in the scarf of its original pos sessor. This display spoken of is to be seen at the Mid-Winter Exposition every afternoon and evening, where these gems can be obtained at about one-fiftieth of the original price of a gen uine diamond. BILL FREE Call at our Booth at the Mid-Winter or at the store and find out about it. J. C. HARDING CO. Sewing Machines, Bicycles and Phonographs. Both Phones 1485. 833 Kansas Avenue. Table Lamp free! To persons telling the correct number of parts in the Indian Motorcy cle displayed in our booth at the Mid-Winter CENTRAL CYCLE SUPPLY CO. YOU SHOULD SEE THE DPf t S t at our Booth, AUDITORIUM that wil be Given Away X by us Jan. 30, 1909. G AVITT CO. I Mii Pi les made from Kaw Val ley Mince Meat make the most delicious Mince Pies. Guaranteed a b s o -lutely pure under the Pure Food Law. Get some from your dealer Made in Topeka by the Chas. Wolff Packing Co. The T! Adding Machke Not more costly than the best you have ever used, but more efficient. With only Ten Keys, will Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide, Figure Interest and do all any adding machine has ever done, and much that others can not do. It Prints in Plain View, and prints Totals and Sub-Totals in Red. It eliminates Column errors. It is the Fastest, Simplest and Most Ver satile adding machine in the world. SEE IT AT THE MID-WINTER EXPOSITION. Ask for demonstration and trial. The Hall Lithographing Company, Sales Agent for Kansas.. Topeka, Kansas. HAD A JOLLY TIME. State Bottlers' Association Elects Offi cers and Holds a Smoker. At a great 'feast of Bacchusoda, the trod of soda water, in the Dutch room of the Throop hotel, several score of good fellow Bottlers met in a delightful "get in unison" celebration from 9:30 o'clock last night. The famous cuisine of that popular hotel is now enhanced with a record spread table feast and Manager Cargill was given an ovation. At the end of the large room sat a table long and wide loaded to creaking with everything the palate could desire centered around the roast pig, meats, fruits, olives, celery, salads, and cakes piled in the green leaf a memory to the eye. And among the Bottlers, pass ed carriers of the great soda, and lastly, cigars and smoke filled the room for it really was a smoker. The ordinary was decorated for the occasion and carnations were the flower, everybody present being favored with one. Music" for the evening was furnished by the Topeka Mandolin club, which made a great hit with the Bottlers, while everybody with a song, story, or recitation was made to deliver the goods. L. Lenhoff, the calendar man from St. Louis was awarded the prize in the declamation contest, winning by his length with "Hello" and "Some body's Mother." an old favorite of Frits Emmett, whoever he was. A stranded vocal artist was discover ed among the negro waiters, Johnnie Jozies by name, a tenor soloist from Pittsburg, Pa., who sprang at the chance to demonstrate, antJ thereby brought much good will and cash to himself. He attacked and conquered the high "Cs" with great precision so he must be good. There are organizations and organi sations but the Bottlers are the best when they et together in a social way with a purpose to become intimately fccaualnted with one another and taboo some of the summer sweat among them: for bottling is a great business and when the boys in the grandstands are shouting "Pop" somebody is quar reling with somebody as to who gets that business, and the purpose is to make competition friendly and to the good of the association. They all join ed in a good time, doing dances, and singing to the trumming of the strings. Among the party were senators, rep resentatives, factory owners, salesmen, but the man with the "inspiration" was H. F. Ahlers, of Chanute, who never saw an idle moment. This annual smoker is the pride of the Bottlers and its excellence well mer its the consideration. The Xew Officers. At the election of officers held Wed nesday afternoon O. P. Greenfield, of Hutchinson, was re-elected president; Fritz Hekelnkamper of Atchison, vice president: William Hazelton, Wichita, was elected secretary and treasurer; H. F. Ahlers. Chanute. and J. L. Lutz, Mankato, were elected trustees, who with the three officers, constitute the board of trustees. The retiring secretary who begged to be released at the end of this, his third term, J. A. Worley of the Topeka Bot tling works, was given a great hurrah and a handsome "automobile" go-cart in honor of his three weeks' old baby. But that was not all. the association also presented him with a beautiful wicker rocker in honor of the mother who might have to sit there awaiting a tardy husband or where he himself might stop for a cessation in his nightly strolls among the tacks. Tet quiet moments were likewise provided in the way of an old mission etyle gas library table lamp. It was decided that the meeting next year should be at Hutchinson in the big Bisonte hotel of the Harvey system. For three years the Bottlers have met in Topeka. now it is planned to give the west a chance and make it nearer for the western men who have had to do ail the traveling. The Prudential Savings Bank extends the same courtesy to the small aa to the large depositor. All are invited to start an account today. AT THE MIDWINTER. Indies' Day Proves u Popular Feature at Big Show. Today is ladies' day, not ladles' free day, at the Midwinter exposition, and it is thought that this fact will serve to bring out a record breaking crowd. The weather conditions have not been just exactly what General Manager Bainter ordered for the exposition dates, but the' conditions have im proved somewhat over those of the flr?t part of the week. Fifteen children from the Provident association were entertained by the management of the Midwinter exposi tion Wednesday and a similar number were cared for today, the occasion be ing a most enjoyable one to the chil dren and management alike. A large box kite from which was suspended a French Felt Hats 29c-39c We. find upon invoicing sever al dozen of this seasons, new, bright, high grade French felt hats (untrimmed) which we do not care to carry over till next season. Any lady with a little good taste and some simple trimming can make for herself, a dressy new hat at a total cost of, not to exceed 50c. Come early as the supply la limited, and the ones who get first choice receive some ex ceptional values. -MISS M. E. BROOKS- 733 Kansas Avenue, Upstairs sign advertising the Midwinter was sent up Wednesday afternoon from the roof of the Auditorium and an ascen- Douglass Douglass. Comedy Artists, Who Will Appear at the Midwinter Kxpoij-tion. sion was made from the Mulvane building today. A new bill is promised for next week which will at least equal the one on the programme for the opening: week- IEAST TOFOCANOTES .a Items for the East Topeka column may be telephoned to Ind. phone 2381 black. Mr. W. M. Copeland will return to his home in Quenemo, Kansas, Friday after spending several days here the guest or Mr. and Mrs. M. Carle of 1013 Locust street. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Williams left today for their home in Russell, Kansas, after an extended visit here with relatives and friends. Miss Grace Sanderson left today for Houston, Texas, where she will visit her father who is employed there. Mr. and Mrs. James Larkins will leave Sunday for an extended visit with friends and relatives in Oklahoma, Miss Emma Smith and Miss Cora Mullin of Chan-ute. Kansas, came here today to be the guests of Miss Hazel Watson for two weeks. Mrs." Bertha Frederickson of East To peka is spending a few days with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller of Ban croft, Kansas. Miss Jetta Williams of 718 Madison street who has been very sick at Bethesda hos pital, is very much improved and was able to be taken to her home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harmon left today for a three weeks' visit with relatives and friends in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Dr. Murphey of Atchison, Kansas, spent Monday here visiting friends. The Westminster Guild of the Presby terian church will meet Friday afternoon with Mrs. Jennie Fisher at her home on East Seward avenue. The G. I. A. will hold their regular meeting Friday afternoon at the K. and L. of S. hall. Mr. and Mrs. James McDonald of Kan sas City spent Wednesday here on a short business trip. Mr. Harry Mason of Newton, Kansas, is here spending a few days on a business trip. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Tewell of 530 Jeffer son street entertained last night at their home in honor of Mr. H. L. Studevant, in celebration of his birthday anniversary. The following guests were present: Mr. and Mrs. Milton J. Heberer, Mrs. Lavenia Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Layne. Miss Rhea Layne, Miss Rutn ijayne, Mr. Roy While at the Mid-Winter do not forjret to investigate the BOVEE FURNACE JONES REGISTER SYSTEM and JAR VIES GAS BURNER Can be removed in cne minute's time. LUKENS BROS. 811 Kansas Ave-, N. Topeka. Kan. Catalogues and printed matter mailed on request. Tewell and Mr. Raymond Layne. Mrs. Yewell was assisted by Mrs. Heberer. Mr. 6imon Bender has returned from Guthrie. Okla., where he has been since before the holidays the guest of his fam ily. Mr. Jack McLean left today for a month's visit In California. Mr. Byron TJrie is spending a few days in Kansas City. Dr. F. O. Koester, the sleight of hand performer, will give the entertainment at the R. R. Y. M. C. A. AUTOS GO OUT. Item Eliminated From the Deficiency Bill. Washington, Jan. 21. The urgent de ficiency appropriation bill was reported to the senate today. It carries (1,151. 602, an Increase of only $25,000 over the amount as passed by the house. The committee struck out the house pro vision for an appropriation of $12,000 for the purchase of automobiles for the use of the president, which was included upon the express wish of President elect Taft, who prefers the automobile to the horse. Xewman Erb Made President. New York. Jan. 21. Newman Erb was today elected president of the Wiscon sin Central railway at a meeting of the At the Mid Winter, visit E. P. Jordan's BOOTH just inside the main entrance ii metrical EFFECTS of every description directors of the road held here follow ing yesterday's transfer of the road's control to interests said to be affiliated with the Minneapolis. St. Paul Sault Ste. Marie railway. Mr. Erb also was chosen chairman of the Wisconsin Cen tral board of directors. t

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