The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
January 25, 1909

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1 I f1s& rf rf r- EVERYBODY 10 PAGES EVERYBODY j 111 UAfi CC J i READS IT. NEEDS IF. u LAST EDITION. SAFEJLPORT. Passengers and Crews of the Republic and Florida. Brought in by the Baltic and the Greshani. SIX LIVES WERE LOST. As the Eesnlt of the Collision Last Saturday. One Vessel Went Down Other Is Disabled. and New York, Jan. 25. The White Star liner Baltic, bearing 1.830 passengers from the steamships Republic and Florida, which were in collision on Sat urday, was anchored off the Ambrose channel lightship at the entrance to New Tork harbor early today, waiting for the fog to lift to make her way Into clothing on. After a little we heard an port With the captain and crew of the answering whistle and the Florida came .i, .inli up looming out of the fog on our star- steamship Republic, w ho remained j quater There wa1 an CQange with, the stricken vessel until she sann Qf questions and answers between the last night, safe on the revenue cutter j two captain and the injury ta the Re Cresham anchored off Vineyard Haven public having been discovered more ser Mass the last chapter of the sea ious than was at first supposed, we were crama or satunay wmcn cusi n u ium Liim id u uoujuciicu i was thus drawing to a close. the Florida. This announcement caused t v. rc Ann fha twjViTr-r.ro terrnr than ha A the ahnr-lr nf The- i ucic o j m.-jb, r t "t ma immeoiare party, including Mrs this morning and all vessels grouped collision, but after a while comparative Taft and Wendell Mi-heW hit aw. their way with caution. For this rea-j cairn was obtained and the trans-ship-1 ant secretary who haabeen with Mr on it seemed probable that the Baltic j ment was begun. The women and chil- Taft since Secretary Caroenter left for would be late in coming to her pier. Idren were first of course. The Florida California to recunerate hi- health and Whether the crew of the Republic would be transferred to the derelict de- than a cable length away. The boats stroyer Seneca or whether they would j would stand out under the searchlight land near Vineyard Haven, was not; and then fade away into the mist. The known although it was thought that Florida's boat had also been put over they would come to New Tork on the the side and it was a sort of contest Seneca. The six dead and two injured between the two crews as to which is apparently the sum total of casual- would take over the greatest number ties, but the" Republic having sunk williof people in the least time, either be a total loss or very heavily j Officers Refused to Leave Ship. damaged. It is doubtful when the Florida in her crippled condition with I her progress impeded by the fog will be able to reach port. Sinking of the Republic. The palatial ocean steamship Repub lic, of the White Star line, which was in collision with the Italian liner Florida. oa.rlv Saturriav mornine off Nantucket, Mass.. went down at half past 8 o'clock last night. No one was lost. Her passengers were taken off many hours before. The Republic was in tow of the rev enue cutter Gresham and the Derelict Seneca, proceeding to New York when she sank. On board her was Captain j Sealby with a volunteer detail of fifty of her erew. She had been towed but short distance when she beean to settle rapidly. Seeing no hope of sav- j ing the ship Captain Sealby gave the order to abandon the ship, and thej rrew was taken off bv the Gresham. i which cast loose from the crippled j liner and stood by until she sank be neath the waves. The Gresham and the Seneca then headed for the Massachusetts coast. The point where the Republic went down i3 described in brief wireless messages received here a3 off No Man's Land, a small island south of Martha's Vineyard island, of the Mas sachusetts coast. The Italian liner Florida, which crashed into the Republic in the dense arlv ?afiir- 1 day morning and gTve" her", death blow, is slowly steaming toward New Tork, convoyed by the American liner New Tork. Her passengers also are on the Baltic, having been transferred I sinn with those of the Ren..hiic The Dri. whivi iio.i h- irt.. I telegraph to the aid of the Republic transferred from the Florida not only that steamer's 900 and more passen gers, but the 442 passengers and part cf the crew of the Republic. Great Is the Wireless. For 36 hours the suspense of the pub lic was unallayed. for almost every hour since the first flash has brought con- flicfinff' renorts from mamr nnint-a sill f rivinz a. riifferent- nhaw fn th. chii. s,vni. and tending tn'pnnfnm tv,o i- I ation. T.hat there was loss of life at tending the collision was not known tintil an early hour Sunday morning. Then the wireless, which has had its first great trial and proved it3 utility, j brought the news that Mrs. Eugene Lynch, of Boston, and W. J. Mooney. At 8:10 the Republic's bow shot up high a banker, of Langdon. N. D.. had been the air and she sank in 38 fathoms killed, and Mrs. M. M. Murphy, wife of, of water In a position 15 miles west the financial agent of the Union Central I southwest of Nantucket south shoals Life Insurance company, of Grand Fork, lightship. and Eugene Lynch, of Boston, injured. A life boat was dropped from the side In addition to these casualties among; the passengers on the Republic, it was reported four members of the Florida's erew had met death. The bodies of the dead and the injured persons were transferred to the Baltic. Where She Sank. Gayhead. Mass., Jan. 25. The revenue cutter Gresham which was assisting in towing the steamer Republic, with the derelict destroyer Seneca, when the White Star liner made her final plunge to the bottom off Nantucket lightship last evening, arrived in Monsha Bight today and anchored. Taking into ac count the probable distance which the Republic was towed and the speed of the Gresham running into Gayhead. it Is. believed here that the Republic sank In about 30 fathoms of water. 10 or 20 miles a little west of the Nantucket lightship and about 40 miles directly south of Nantucket island. Arrives at Quarantine. New York, Jan. 23. The Baltic reached the quarantine station "at 10:29 a. m. The fog having lifted, the Baltic started at 9:40 a. m.. from her anchorage off the Ambrose channel lightship to come up the bay to the quarantine station on t-taten Island. At that hour the steamr Xew Tork, which convoyed the Florida from Nantucket, was outside Sandy Hook bar but the Florida was not then in vie w. The Nbo-k Was Terrific. Pieced out into a continuous storv the account of the collision as related to the reporters by Mr. Hover was as follows: "The shock came when all of the passengers of the Republic and most of her crew were asleep. Mrs. Hover and I like most of the Republic's pas sengers were awakened by being violently thrown out of the side of our bunks. The shock was terrific. Out side, in the passageway I could hear the sound of running feet. From the deck above cams cries and the shout ing of orders. -I turned on the electric light and, ilMtir throwing .an overgarment over MONDAY EVENING. us, Mrs. Hover and I made our way bareheaded and barefooted to the music room on the promenade deck. While the alarm gongs were sounding all over the ship the stewards were going from state room to state room arousing the passengers. By the time we got to the maslc room the place was full of men and women, some with nothing over them but the clothes in which they had been asleep, others wrapped in ship's blankets and steamer rugs, al most frantic with fear and shivering with the cold. Women Huddled Together. "The women huddled together, some weeping, a few hysterical. Most of the men rushed out on deck to ascertain what the trouble was. There they found the crew of the Republic taking the tarpaulins from the life boats and standing by ready to swing out the davits. There was no sign of any other ship anywhere. The fog horn of the Republic was letting out shrill blasts but there was no answering whistle. I don't know how long we were left to wonder what had happened. "Finally the second officer Informed us that there was danger of the vessel going under. The majority became composed at hearing this, but some of the women were still beside themselves and refused to return to their state rooms to dress and their clothes had to be brought t them from their cabins. "In less than half an hour, however. mostly every one had managed to get could scarcely be seen, although less "When it came to the turn of Captain Sealby and the officers and men of the Republic to abandon the ship they re fused. "We stayed aboard the Florida all day Saturday, packed like sardines. At 7 o'ciock word came that the Baltic would take us off. Once more we had to so tnrougn the experience of going from the ship to the life boats. It was the same thing as in the darkness of the early morning except that the sea was running high instead of being quite still. For more than eight hours the little boats hurried from one ship to the other until 1.600 people had been taken over to the Baltic. The crew of the Florida following the example set by the crew of the Republic, remained on board as did one of our passengers. Eugene Lynch, whose wife had been kilied In the crash between the two ships and who himself, was too badly injured to be removed. "We are here now and it is all over, and I intend to sail on another ship next week, but I hope that this is the only experience of the kind I will ever have." STAID ON HIS SHIP. Captain Sealby Iterated to Leave CntU Slie Went Down. Wood's Hole, Mass., Jan. 25. Accord ing to the log of the revenue cutter Gresham. the Republic sank at 8:10 p. maaf' f .Tf ""Tf Nantucket south shoals light, in 38 Iatnoms or water. At th,s prae httIe Process was bJfmff, maJf. an? 'l waa reported from the Republic that she was making water fast, especially by the stern. About dark another government boat arrived on the scene whose identity could not be learned. She proved very useful assistance in turning her search lights on the Republic. At 7 o'clock last night the entire crew of the Republic were ordered by Cap tain Sealby to abandon the ship, and B-ptfinf inti, theii Ufa hnn t- oq qiItt overtook the Gresham. TVn mar. aniA t-Ua-n- T,? nAH,.oa f,rai s,n t.- v,; tw e- .1 v,ti- ,a.!u!ar, declined to affix their signatures. fused to leave the side of his com- i mander At 8 o'clock- last night the bow of the Republic, illuminated by the searchlight., wa seen risir fW Five minutes later two pistol shots

ii. heard and two blue lights were burned. of the Gresham and a crew under thejdyin of tuberculosis. command of Gunner Carl Johnson! started off. The boat returned In three-! quarters of an hour with both the cap- 1 tain and the second officer on board. They had been picked up clinging to some wreckage. Neither had on life preservers. When the Republic began to sink Captain Sealby climbed the foremast and reached the masthead light as his boat went down. The second officer jumped from the rail to the sea and said that he fell some distance and sustained slight bruises in striking the surface of the water. Captain Sealby was unhurt. The Republic was struck on the port side a little more than two-thirds of the way aft. A large hole was torn in her side which was clearly visible, but as sometimes happens in such cases, she had a big list to starboard. Captain Sealby stated that on the deck of the Republic when she went down, rested two caskets containing the bodies of those passengers who had been killed in the collision. SINKING OFTHE REPCBLIC. Captain Sealby Was Plckea Up After She Went Down. Menemsha Bight. Island of MarthaS meyard, Jan. 25. Captain Sealby and fifty members of the crew of the Republic were transferred to the dere lict destroyer Seneca off Vineyard sound lightship at 9 a. m. tnday and an hour later the Seneca started for New York. The captain of the Gres ham states that the Republic sank last night nine miles south by east off Nantucket light hi about forty fathoms of water. None of the officers or crew were injured. The Gresham after transferring the Republic's sur vivors to the Seneca started for Wood's Hoie. The information was gained from the captain of the revenue cutter Mo hawk, which today was found to be the vessel whieh anchored off Gay head last night and was reported to be the Gresham. Captain Landry of the (Con tinned on Pace Eight.) OFF FOR PANAMA. Taf t and Party Sail to Inspect the Canal. Will Beach Sew Orleans on Re turn Feb. 13. TWO BIG WARSHIPS. The North Carolina and the Montana Carry Them. Newspaper Men and Secret Ser vice Agents Go Along. Charleston, S. C. Jan. 25. President elect and Mrs. Taft and party Includ ing a small staff of distinguished civil engineers selected to inspect with the president-elect the isthmian canal, sail ed for Panama, early today. The party will reach New Orleans on the return trip on February 13. The two big warships, the North Car olina and the Montana as they swung out into the harbor and passed out to sea attracted considerable attention. Aboard the big cruiser North Carolina were the president-elect his niAriv cneess attesting the benefit he had gained from the golf link f Augusta- i B JLL UIUU ac AUgUSia, the party of engineers, also was aboard that vessel. On the other cruiser was the party of newspaper correspondents. Aboard each craft was a secret service agent. L- C. Wheeler on the North Carolina, and Richard Jarvta on the Montana. Both men will remain with the party throughout the trip. Mr. Taft's immediate party besides himself and Mrs. Taft. include Wendall Mischler, assistant secretary: L. O. Wheeler, secret service operator, and the following civil engineers: Frederick P. Sterns. Boston; John R. Freeman, Providence, R. L; James Schuyler. Los Angeles; Ischam Randolph. Chicago; Henry R. Allen. Chicago; A. P. Davis, Washington, and Alien Haaen, New Tork. The cruisers sailed at 9 o'clock this morning. BIGGESTGBAFT. Frauds in Territory Town Lots NeTer Before Equaled. Witnesses From a Dozen States Ready to Testify. Muskogee. Ok.. Jan. 25. Government officials now in Muskogee now assert that no fraud in town lots ever investi gated will equal the stupendous propor tions of that now being made in the government case here. Witnesses from a dozen states began to arrive today to testify before the federal grand Jury that meets tomorrow. The government officials say there is nothing in the rec ords to show who these persons are, but it Is announced that a large corps of secret service men have worked for months to locate them. These secret service men have, it is stated, secured from the witnesses affidavits to the ef fect that they were used as "dummies" In scheduling the lots and that they knew nothing of the use of their names until asked within the past three years to sign quit claim deeds to. the lots. About half of this number are reported to have signed the deeds while the other half, suspecting something irreg rne oiscovery ..y ne of th sumond f ?5"e,a" the grand jui ts the son-m-Iaw of one the men accused and brother-in-law V. T-,--- man TWlH rejected 1 1 illiui."1- i as Jurors and other prospective Jurors will be examined especially with a view i of eliminating any relative of the men involved. Today government officials learned that two of the men accused of fraud have died recently and that a third is (iovernor Adjutant General F Canton arrived here today. The governor declines to talk, for publication. SHORT SESSION. Grand Jury Worked Only an Hour on Libel Case. Washington, Jan. 25. When the fed eral grand jury, which is investigating the alleged libel of the New Tork World and Indianapolis News in connec tion with the purchase of the Panama canal adjourned at noon today until to morrow, it had been in session for only one hour. Contrary to expectations no witnesses were heard today, but it is stated that several will be on hand tomorrow to complete certain phases of the investigation. Today's session was occupied with the reading to the Jury of statements which appeared in the New Tork and Indian apolis newspapers upon which the al leged libels are based. The grand jury is not expected to make a return in the cases until early next month. Hilled in a Runaway. Waverly, Kan-, Jan. 25. C. Cox. a farmer of five miles southwest of here, was killed almost instantly in a runaway accident. He was coming to town and was near the city limits, when a buggy wheel came off. frightening his team which ran away. He held pluckily to the lines and was dragged several blocks. Finally he struck a tree stump, which crushed his chest. He lived thirty minutes afterwards. He leaves a widow and five children. They Put Mrs. Nation 0t. London, Jan. 25. Carrie Xation, the American anti liquor advocate, has invaded London and caused a scene at Oxford Music hall She was ejected. TOPEKA, KANSAS, JANUARY WEATHER STILL COMFORTABLE. No Indication That Conditions -Will Chasse- Soon. The sun ha done a good Job of snining toaay tnougn part of the time its efforts have not been felt on ac count of a convention of clouds which, gathered in the southwest about noon and followed the concourse of the sun. The mercury has been that of early spring- or late fall and windows and doors which have been closed and bat tened for a week were thrown open and the- fresh bracing air admitted to the homes. Sunday was such another day though there- was even more sunshine and temperatures slightly higher than those of today. The forecast Indicates a continuation of the- weather con ditions which have prevailed for the past two days with little or no change in. the prevailing temperatures with perhaps freezing weather tonight. The following were the temperatures since 7 o'clock this morning! 7 o'clock 33 111 o'clock. 39 S 9 10 o-clock. .35 13 o'clock J5 I 1 o'clock 37 j 2 o'clock. 41 o'clock 42 o'clock ..4 R00TRESIGNS. Beady to Quit When Successor Has Qualified. Eobert Bacon to Succeed Him in the Cabinet. Washington, Jan. 25. Secretary of State Root has tendered to President Roosevelt his resignation, effective upon qualification of his successor, Robt. Ba con, whose nomination, along: with that of J. C. CTLoughlia to be assistant sec retary of state, in place of Mr. Bacon, went to the senate today. Robert Bacon, the new secretary of state, who will assume the duties of his office at once, is one of the best known financial men in the lTnited States. He was a classmate of President Roosevelt at Harvard., and when he left that in stitution went into, the banking busi ness. He entered the employ of J. Pierpont Morgan A-' Co. and rose rapid ly until ha was admitted to member ship in the firm. During- Mr. Morgan's absence in Europe some year ago he was the senior of the house, and it is alleged that his handling of certain securities not meeting with the approval of the great financier a quarrel resulted and Mr. Bacon retired,. Mr. Bacon is a director in almost a score of large in dustrial and financial institutions. He has been assistant secretary of state for several years. III GRIP OF A STORM. Blizzard Has Prevailed in Colorado Four Days.; Denver. Jan. 25. But meager re ports have been received of a storm which has been raging- in the southern and western part of the state for four days. Telephone and telegraph wires are out of commission and many towns are cat off entirely from' the outside. It will be impossible to determine the number of lives lost for some days. Searching parties will be organized as soon as the -weather will permit but it is feared that the loss of life will be heavy. Traffic at a Standstill. Telluride, Colo., Jan. 25. Yesterday showed the wildest period of the storm which has been raging here for four days. The telephone wires are down aHd the streets are almost impassable. Falling trees and snowsiides endanger the lives of those who are foolhardy enough to venture out. Trains are from 12 hours to three days late and traffjc is at a standstill. The train which left here for Durango on Janu ary 22 is stalled at Ophir and the offi cials of the road are unable to state when It will be able to proceed. It will be three days before rescue par ties can be sent out to search for those lost in the snow. The towns beiow Telluride are com pletely cut off and no estimate of the damage done by the storm can be ob- tained. Mrs. Caleb- Collins, who was caught in the slide at the Mammoth mine which also killed her husband and baby, is not expected to live. THREE MINERS KILLED. Loaded Cars Beeame Uncoupled oat an Incline. Cumberland. Hi, Jan. 25. Three men were killed and ten others injured, three perhaps fatally, in a coal mine accident at Piedmont, W. Va, today. Two cars loaded with miners were ascending the plane at the mine of the Piedmont and George's Creek Coal com pany at that place. Near the top the cars became uncoupled, dashed down the in cline and collided with- other cars at the bottom. James Coudrey. William Hamilton and an Italian were killed outright. Charles Knight and two Italians sustained injuries which may result fatally. JAILED FOR BETTING. Sentence Given Racing Operators at New Orleans. New Orleans. Jan. 25. Placide Fri gerlo and R. M. Sheffield, who were charged with operating a betting book as a result of the testimony made of the socalled "Locke anti-racing law" at the City Park track. New Orleans, several weeks ago. were today sen tenced to serve seven months in the parish prison. Each man was also fined $150. A motion for a new trial was overruled. An appeal will be made to the su preme court. REHEARING DENIED. The Alton Loses Its Appeal to the Supreme Conrt. Washington. Jan. 25. The petition of the Chicago Alton Railroad com pany for a rehearing on the case in which the company and two of its offi cers were subjected to a fine of 160,000 for granting rebates to Kansas City packers was today denied by the su preme court of the United States ;23, 1909. GOING TOO FAR? A Correspondent Reviews the Lobby Bill. Says It Is Drastic to Point Of BECOMING RIDICULOUS -nae .every Aax-rayer, KTery Newspaper, Lobbyist." rw Courts Inrite "Influence," Why Not Legislature. To the Editor of the State Journal; The house bill on the subject of lob bying contains the following pro vision: "That any person who is directly or Indirectly pecuniarily interested in any measure or .measures pending before the legislature of this state, who shall attempt at any time within the state to In any manner influence the act or vote of any member of the state legis lature upon or concerning such meas ures shall be deemed a lobbyist.' Every tax payer has an indirect pecuniary interest in almost every measure which comes before the house. Every newspaper is a tax payer. There fore, every newspaper which attempts to influence legislation is a lobbyist un der this definition. Editor Chase of the Capital, Is trus tee of an estate owning a considerable amount of real estate mortgages. Mr. Chase is active personally and edi torially in securing a change In the law In regard to taxation of mortgages. I am heartily in sympathy with Mr. Chase although I have no other interest in the matter than that which all tax payers have. Mr. Chase Is under this definition a lobbyist. The Judicial department of govern ment up in the state house consists of seven men each of whom has at least twenty-five years' experience in the ad ministration of the law. Tet the judicial department systematically de clines to act until certain men, law yers come before it and with argu ments endeavor to influence its action. Bat the legislative department, made up for the most part of men wholly in experienced in the making of laws, will allow nobody to appear before it un less they first voluntarily enroll them selves under a title which carries with it a stigma and an odium. Lawyers and witnesses attempt to influence courts. No odium is attach ed to such an attempt. But no roan can appear before a committee with evidence or with argument under this law without first writing himself down a lobbyist. Surely if the Judges need the aid of lawyers and wfraesse la- administering-"the law the law-makers have still greater need of the facts and? th ar guments in making the law. Cnder the bill passed by the house nobody has any business with the leg islature or any committee thereof ex cept those who have no business with the legislature or any committee thereof. The law strikes down the right to petition. It is useless to say that a man can appear by registering. That is to say that he can appear by first admitting that he is a knave and a blackguard, because the term lobbyist has come to be almost as odious as any epithet in the English language. J. W. GLEED. Topeka. Kan.. Jan. 25, 1909. IN CONSTANT DANGER. Sixty Men Are Digffing for Bodies of Snowslide Victims. Ouray, CoL. Jan. 23. Working in con stant danger of their lives from snow slides, 60 men are excavating Mount Sneffies canyon where the bodies of three of the victims of the snowslide of Friday are buried. The snow in the canyon is 150 feet deep in places and it may be necessary to remove the larger portion of this before the bodies are found. Those who have studied the slides, especially that known as the Wa ter Hole, predict that another slide will take place within a few hours. The county commissioners of Ouray county met today and determined that the ex pense of recovering the bodies of the slide victims will be born by the coun ty. The road to the Camp Bird mine has been opened sufficiently to enable the body of Peter Synott, who was kill ed in the slide there, brought to Ouray. In the hills the snow is fully ten feet deep. MUST TAKE THE SMOXE. Farmers Lose- Their Case Against the Washoe Smelter. Helena Mont.. Jan. 25. Judge Hunt of the United States district court handed down a decision in the so called smoke case 'today in which he denies the application of farmers for the closing of the Washoe smelter at A.naconda. No damages are awarded to the farmers whose property is alleged to have Deen mjureo. t ne j court will make further investigation as to the aiiegea aa.wmiuauun arsenic and if conditions can be im proved, this will be ordered done by the company. REPORT ON IRRIGATION. Pmf. F. W. Blackmar Has Finished the Manuscript of an Investigation. Lawrence, Kan.. Jan. 25. Prof. F. W. Blackmar, head of the department of sociology and economics in the University of Kansas, has Just finished tHe manuscript of an exhaustive in vestigation on the development of irrigation and the government rec lamation service in the arid west. The report will be published at once by the Carnegie institution of Washington. Prof. Blackmar has spent every sum mer for the last four years investigat ing the principal irrigation plants in the Western states. Weather Indications. Chicago, Jan. 25. Forecast for Kan sas; Tonight fair; Tuesday fair. MONDAY EVENING. NEW ROCK ISLAND OFFICALS. One Class to Have Supervision of Sta tion Asents Another of Sealing. The Rock Island announces two im portant changes in the methods of su pervision of station agents and car sealing which will be effective Feb ruary 1. Division agents will be appointed over the entire system who will have direct charge of all station agent work. One agent will be assigned to each su perintendent's division. It will be his business to instruct station agents in their work. In checking up their ac counts and everything- pertaining to their positions. W. B. Flagler has been appointed to this position on the Kansas division. and he will make his headquarters at Herington. Each superintendent's division will also have a district seal Inspector, whose duties It will be to instruct sta tion agents in the proper eealing of cars and the making of records cover ing. R. H. Brown has been appointed to this position and he will have head quarters in Topeka. ABOUT PAPERS. Do Yon, Gentle Header, Sufo- scribe for a Newspaper To Get s Flatiron a Meat-Chopper or the Sews. The article on the first page of the State Journal on Saturday was not in tended as an attack upon the Capital, but as a defense of the State Journal- Repeated misrepresentations and falsehoods about this paper, with an insanely Jealous view to injure it, have been printed day after day for several weeks. These statements like others that have been published and circulated in Topeka and throughout the east, and intended to deceive the Topeka pub lie and the eastern advertisers, were so palpably untrue that little notice has been paid to them. Lately, however, the falsehoods have been repeated with such energy that the State Journal deemed it worth while to take some notice of them and it did so to a part of these statements on Satur day. This seems to have "stirred" up more malice and Jealousy. The State Journal has no desire to engage in a petty quarrel with competitors, but it said this on Saturday and it repeats it tod ay r It a No hast had In the past, haw now am means to merit for the future the lartrest daily riifnlniimn in fofeOL The above statement is jjst as true today as it mas on Saturday and any denial of this truth is a falsehood, plain and simple, without the necessity of using a shorter and uglier word. The truth is the truth and the State Journal is willing to trust its readers with a decision on the question of veracity, for it has been published In Topeka under one management for twenty-three years. It can not help the cause of any competitor to wager with us $250.00. or any other sum. This paper does not believe in betting and there is a wide spread sentiment over the entire coun try against it. An item appears in today's paper detailing an incident where people were placed in jail for the nefarious practice of betting. Not believing in betting this paper tries to practice what it preaches. When the State Journal devotes 1250.00 to charity, or to any other worthy cause, it does not go into the betting business in or der to help the cause of charity. Had the State Journal seen fit to accept the challenge of the Capital some charit able Institution would hpve been J250 ahead at the Capital's expense. Perhaps the Capital would be willing to spend $250.00 to know how far he hind it really Is in local circulation. There is a field for the morning paper in Topeka, although the field Is naturally not so wide as that of the evening paper. The State Journal congratulates Its contemporary upon its handsome new building, facilities and quarters. Our neighbor has steadily followed in the footsteps of this paper In securing a building of Its own, fast and addi tional presses and linotypes. This Is all commendable, but it is no monop oly. This paper can hardly commend the action of its contemporary In ped dling carpet sweepers and mea chop pers about the town, annoying good people about the sate of merchandise and trades which have no business in the newspaper line, and which are fully covered by merchants who ad vertise in Topeka newspaper columns. The town is this week overrun with alleged newspaper solicitors who are merely peddlers in disguise. It is even doubtful if these peddlers have a li-, cense to sell their wares. The local advertising In the evening paper is of more value than it is in the morning paper to the local mer-' chants, not only because the local circulation is larger, but because one subscriber to the evening paper may be worth to the advertiser, two or three to the morning paper, for the reason that in the even ing. the masses of the people have more time to read the news and the advertising. This is a natural situation and fiat-irons can- not change it. j Those who read the morning paper will note that it says it has a larger circulation on Saturday than it had on Sunday, although it charges Its larg est advertisers 25 cents per inch through the week and 35 cents on Sunday. Per haps the reason for this is that the morning paper has no competition on Sunday. The State Journal eharges its biggest Topeka advertisers forty-two cents per inch and the space is worth every cent of that amount and gives large returns to the advertisers who use its columns. i TWO CENTS. NEARHIOT. ItalianPassengers on the Steam er Florida Made Trouble When Transfer to the Steamer Baltic Began. THEY WERE SCARED. Thought Their Tessel Was About to Sink. Thej Wanted to Ee First in the Life Boats. New Tork, Jan. 23. The dramatic sea story of the wrecking of the Whit Ltr nner Republic by the steamer Florida of the Lioyds Italiana line, in which six lives were lost and four peo ple Injured, came to a close today, when the big steamship Baltic of the White Star line came Into port bearing on board more than 1.S00 passengers of the sunken Republic and the crip pled Florida. Stories told by the Re public's passengers show that th transfer of passengers from the Flor ida to the Baltic in the dark hours nf Sunday night, came perilously near re sulting in a riot of the 500 Italian steerage passengers on the Florida, who believed that their vessel was tn imminent danger of sinking. Only the efforts of the officers aided by several of the Republic's pas-ngers quieted the frightened men who sought to b the first to board the life boats. The officers of the Baltic report th deaths of Mrs. Eugene Lynch of Bos ton and W. J. Mooney of Langdon. N. D-. together with four negro sailors whose names are not known. The bodies of Mrs. Lynch and Mr. Mooney dere placed in hermetically seoi-d caskets, which sank with the steamer Republic off Nantucket. Dr. J J. Marsh, physician on board the Republic, gave the most graphic account of the accident. Dr. Marsh safd: "I was in my cabin and hearing three short whistles, knew that something was wrong and turned ouu i naa namiy got to my feet when the crash came. There was one heavy thud and then the engines strip ped. Half a minute later the electric lights went out and when I opened my stateroom door I found myself in dark ness. "The saloon rapidly filled with wo-.nen and children haif dressed, but every body did as he was told and there was no panic. Let me say now they were thoroughly Anglo-American people fir pluck. I went on deck and saw the lights of the Florida through the fog. Captain Seaiby gave orders to get th lifeboats ready and in the mta.nwh.ie alt'tUa passfti-rs came up on the up per deck. It was then Captain Sealby said to Uiam: 'I do not think the boat will sin. It will go to a certain point and hang there.' "The women and children and men gave three cheers for the captain and then with a few exceptions went to their state rooms to get their clothe. Mr. Lynch is on board the Florida. He is broken hearted over the loss of his wife. His leg is fractured. Mrs. M. J. Murphy of Grand Forks. N. IX. sustained a severe injury to her right limb and there is a steward on board the Florid named Woodward, who sustained a fracture at the base of the skulL Mrs. Griggs who was Injured, had a miraculous escape. She was found under a pile of debris and for a time it was believed she wa lost. "The transfer of passengers from the Republic to the Florida was effected without incident, but when it was found that the Florida had insuffi cient accommodations for the large number on board and that she would make slow time to New Tork. the order to retransfer all passengers to the Baltic which had arrived several hours before, was given. The night was dark and the fog hung thick over the troubled sea Twenty life boats were used to carry the pas sengers from the Florida, which lay at distances varying 200 to 500 yards from the Baltic. The Florida passed in by Sandy Hook about 2:20 p. m. with a tug astern to assist In steering her. The Florida's bow was badly stove in and she was down by the head as though her forward compartment was filled with water. MANY mm FAINTED. Panic in St. Louis CoHsenm Started by Sound of m Gong. St. Louis. Jan. 25. Many women fainted here last night during a panic in the Coliseum which held 14.000 persons listening to Gipsy Smith, an evangelist. The excitement was sub dued by the choir of 1,000 voices sing ing hymns. The panic was started by the ring ing of a gong on the electric com pany's trouble wagon which passed the crowded buildins. BOY HIT BT A ITOMO B I LE. Seven-Tear-Old Isnatz Ran In Front of A. G. Lewis Car. Ignata Amerein. a seven-year-old Russian boy living at 513 North Har rison street, was struck by an automo bile driven by A. G. Lewis, Sunday afternoon and so severely injured that twenty stitches were required to close a wound In his head. Accompanied by his mother he was returning from ser vices at the German Catholic church. As the family were crossing the Melun bridge the boy started to cross to the opposite side and ran directly in front of the automobile. Fortunately the machine was being driven at a low rate of speed but at that it could not be stopped until after the boy had been struck by one of thi lamps and had fallen under the ma chine. He was taken from under the automobile and with his mother wa taken immediately to Keith's hoer-itl where he was made as comfortable m possible. No blame ia attached to Mr. Lewis for the accident and he did ad that he could following it, for the re lief of the boy and has agreed to pay the doctor bill incurred.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1909. RAISE THE -MAINE Got. Magoon Advises Bemoral of the Old Hulk. Says That It Is a Serious Men ace to Navigation. NATIONAL REPROACH. And an International-Scandal, He Declares. People Think Uncle Sara Afraid of Disclosures. Is Washington. Jan. 25. Governor Ma goon, of the provisional, government of Cuba, in his annual report to the sec retary of war, brings to" his-attention the -wreck of the ITnited States battle ship Maine in Havana harbor and rec ommends that the government take immediate steps -to accomplish its re moval without further delay. He says: 'The wreck of the Maine continues to lie in the mud ana waters of Ha vana harbor. The sunken battleship is a serious menace to the shipping of the harbor as it occupies a portion of- the' best anchorage. The--obstruction has increased annually during the ,-n k.- oancin? a shoal. The moderate tides prevailing in the harbor are hardly sufficient to prevent a grad ual fllHnor un and this shoal seriously interferes with the action of the tides and. therefore, the entire harbor is rapidly filling. It win oe necrxirj, in a short time, to begin dredging m order to provide proper anchorage for the large amount of shipping now en tering the harbor unless the wreck is removed. The anchorage is also re stricted by the wreck and the shoal, for ships are obliged to anchor at sut ticlent distance to prevent grounding in ca.e thcv strain on their cables. "Even "more important than this ob struction to navigation is the fact that this wreck, although it contains the bodies of 68 American seamen, or what is left of them, is apparently abandon ed and forgotten by the government nd people of the United States. Thou sands of Americans and thousands of. other nationalities annually nter, the harbor of Havana and probably not one omits to express regret and cen sure for the deplorable spectacle. It has become a national reproach and an international scandal. The neglect to remove the wreck is attributed by manv, esnecially the large Spanish con tingent in Cuba, to the fear that its removal will disclose the fallacy of the popular belief that the Maine was destroyed by a torpedo or mine instead of an interior explosion; so generally does this opinion prevail that I believe the Cuban government was deterred thereby from dealing with the wreck as an obstruction to navigation of its coastal waters and destroying it; how ever, it should be added that the Cu ban authorities were also restrained by a belief that the United States would sometime desire and attempt to remove it and preserve the wreck as a whole lr.stead of breakingv if up and. remove ing it In the more inexpensive many ner.-;': "The correspondence on file in the department of state and the navy de partment at Washington shows that a belief prevails in those departments that it is necessary to secure, by a treaty or otherwise, the consent of the Republic of Cuba to the authorities of the United States entering the harbor of Havana, and proceeding with the work of removal. This permission, if necessary, can be easily secured, and the Cuban government would gladly af ford every assistance in its power to accomplish the desired result, not only because of the injury to the harbor facilities but also because of the prompting of patriotism and sentiment. I earnestly recommend that the United States government take immediate tteps to accomplish the removal with out further delay." Peace and Tranquillity. Governor Magoon states that the provisional government of Cuba has proceeded satisfactorily during the past year. During the two and one half years, of its existence there has neen a condition of peace and tran quillity in the island that is creditable to the highest degree. All of the laws which the peace commission of 1906 deemed Indispensable have been either enacted or are now so far advanced in process of enactment that they will become laws before the termination of the present government. In addi tion, many other law essential to the welfare of Cuba have been enacted. During the past year two important Taste Is Sure Stomach Guide -A Barometer Which Never Fails, TlMugh Seldom Believed. "Taste is the- direct guide to the stomach; and the taste buds are con nected by the nerve with the stom ach itself, so that they, represent its health, or disorder. If the stomach or its Juices are- out of tone, the blood is fermented by a change in the alka line or acid condition, and these reach the mouth both directly and in directly. "The taste buds are in the tongue, and are mounted by hairlike projec tions: called papillae; they :cover the surface of the tongue." "When you taste these buds rise up and absorb the liquid inform the nerves; the nerves tell the stomach, and the food is acceptable or not, just as the stomach feels." -The above remarks on taste comes from an eminent authority and sim ply explains why when one smells cooking or sees food one thinks he can eat, but when he tasfces he learns the stomach is out of business. To the person who cannot taste aright, who relishes no food and sim ply forcea himself to eat, Stuarf s Dys pepsia Tablets hold the. secret of en joyable eating, perfect digestion and renewed general health. .Most men wait until their stomachs are completely sickened before they think seriously of assisting nature. When your taste for food is lost it is a certain sign the stomach needs attention. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets cure such stomachs. They restore sweetness of breath, renew gastric juices, enrich the blood and give the stomach the strength and rest neces sary to general duty. Korty thousand physicians use Stu art's Dyspepsia Tablets and every druggist carries them in stock; price EOc per box. Send us your name and address and we will send you a trial package-free by mail. Address, IT. A. Ftnart v-O., lag Bioan xsiag., martaiu, Mich. elections have taken place; namely, the municipal and nrovinclal election and the national election, both of which were conducted without confu sion or disorder. The national elec tion marks an epoch in the history of Cuba. The registration for both elec tions was secured by a national cen sus. The provisional administration has been able to meet not only the usual and ordinary expenses of the govern ment, but in addition thereto, to dis charge the cost of the insurrection, including the obligations incurred by the government in attempting to pro vide for the national defense, and also the damage inflicted by the insurgent forces. It has also discharged a large amount interior indebtedness of the Cuban government, including the exe cution of the contract for the pur chase of the church property entered into by the military government 1901; it has maintained the rural guard at a force fixed by the Cuban congress at the time of the insurrection of 1906. being an excess of 2,400 over the size of the rural guard prior to August, 1906; it succeeded in extirpating an epidemic of yellow fever prevailing in the island at the time the provisional government was established. Public Improvements. The provisional government has done much for the sanitation of the cities and towns of the island, and in addition entered upon and made sub stantial progress in the execution of a broad plan of public improvements, including road, and bridge building, harbor improvements, waterworks, the erection of court houses, custom houses, school houses, market houses slaughter houses and other municipal works; also the construction, repair and reconstruction of the charitable, penal and reformatory institutions; re built and extended the government tel egraph and telephone systems; in creased the number of postoffices and improved the mail service; accom plished many reforms in the customs house and adopted methods to en courage and promote trade and com merce. Especial attention has been given to expanding and increasing the efficiency of the public schools system of the ifcand, instruction in English being introduced and special attention devoted to instruction in the domestic sciences. While on the establishment of the pro visional government in Cuba there was apparently $10.00u,0i)O in the Cuban treas ury, yet of this amount the Cuban con gress had. by special laws, appropriated approximately $9.0fi0.000 for various public purposes in addition to the regular budget. There were numerous acknowledged and audited debts of the Cuban republic re maining unpaid, and a number of addi tional obligations incurred as a result of the insurrection and the resulting increase of the rural guard. It was also mani fest that it would be necessary to pay large amounts because of damage due to the insurrection. An examination of the treasury within a month of the establish ment of the provisional government show ed an estimated deficiency of $4. 000,000. after meeting existing obligations. In making this appraisement it was necessary to estimate the cost to Cuba of the in surrection of 1906. Results have shown that this estimate was something over $2,000,000 less than what proved to be act ual cost of this brief disturbance. AH Debts raid. As a result of this condition of the Cuban treasury it was necessary tem porarily to suspend a number of the special acts of the Cuban congress ap propriating money, in order to apply those sums to liquidate obligations of the class heretofore indicated. All indebtedness of the provisional gov ernment up to and including November 1. has been aid and discharged in full, and it is believed that the provisional govern ment will close its administration without leaving a floating indebtedness and with a substantial valance in the treaurv. There have, however, been undertaken during tive existence of the provisional government, after the fullest considera tion of the subject by the president, the secretary of state ana. tne secretary of war. two large projects attectlng the sani tation of the island of Cuba, Involving an expenditure of Drobablv S15.000.000. These works are the sewering and paving of tne city or jienruegos. rne original con tracts of these works had been let during our former occupation and administration of President Palma, respectively. To in sure the ability of the Cuban republic to meet these obligations, while at the same time maintaining an efficient government, the provisional srovernment will, nrobablv. by decree, authorize the president of Cuba to issue Donas to tne total of Jo.000,000 for each of the succeeding three years, the money to be devoted to the specific purpose referred to above. LOOTED THE HOUSE. Burglars Got a Roll of Confederate Billa From H. L. Jaenieke. Burglars looted the Jaenieke at 300 Clay street Sunday night and after searching every room in. me nouse, going through dressers, book cases, sideboard and Jerking up rugs, and even ripping un bedding in the hope of finding a great sum of money wmcrt they evidently thought to be somewhere in the nlaco r-amo away with a roll of Confederate money as big as a hat and little tin Ami ui wmte ourions. Thejooters in all probability thought they had secured the wealth they sought for many valuable articles which they had displaced were left in the rooms and a great deal of silver ware was scattered around, but not a niece missing. Th t-i t mi tamed $3o0 of useless currency and the uaun umy aggravates ine JOKe. It is thought the burglars are some persons who know the house and know tne namis or the Jaenieke family. "'tu irtcutiy movea nere irom Hills boro. The family went to church in their automobile about 7:15 o'clock When they returned at 9 thev found their belongings scattered over the floors, on the chairs, and across the beds. But that hidden bank roll had been the onlv wnntpH ninmiA, it. Jaenieke is congratulating 'himself that he had so good a decoy. Mr. Jaenieke telephone the police as soon as he discovered the condition of his house. A load of officers with the chief drove hurriedly to the scene where a thorough investigation was made for clues. None of importance were found though neighbors say there was a man in front of the house dur ing church hours, evidently on watch. City detectives are working on the case in the hope of making an example for the petty thives who have been busy the past fortnight. S. E. Lee Succeeds Preston Coleman. "Stephen E. Lee of Topeka has been appointed chief clerk in the attorney general's office to succeed Preston Coleman February 1. Mr. Coleman will enter the State university to take advanced work in law. Mr. Lee has been assistant secretary of the travel ing libraries commission for the past two years. He has studied law for the past five years and spent two sum mers in the law school at the uni versity. Prohibition That Will Prohibit. Salt Lake City, Jan. 25. Prohibition that shall be state wide and absolute is the intent of a bill introduced in the lower branch of Utah's legislative assembly. The measure is drastic in the extreme. Under its provisions the manufacture, the sale or free dispos ing of intoxicants is prohibited. Sup porters of the prohibition bill assert that two-thirds of the members of the house are pledged in its favor. RAPS VAL CURTIS F. D. Coburn Replies to His Slander of Kansas. Predicted Dire Calamity West of 99th Meridian. ANSWER IN CITIZENS. Hare Comfortable Homes, Car riages and Automobiles. People There Not Anxious to Swap Farms With Easterners. F". D. Coburn, secretary of the Kan sas board, of agriculture, has prepared for the Missouri newspapers the fol lowing defense of Kansas farming lands from the attack some six or eight weeks ago of Wm. E. Curtis, corre spondent for a Chicago newspaper: "As a matter of fact I have been im portuned, by people outside as well as within the state, to make some reply to this Curtis letter, but it had never seemed to me worth the powder. "For the fellow who writes for the press and is paid according to the space he fills and runs out of material, there is no more reliable staple theme to fall back on than a calamity prediction, and especially if they can fasten it on Kansas, or near Kansas. This need not necessarily be based On any fact. Or anything that has really occurred, but a forecast of something terrible that may happen unless something else does happen, which for their purposes is. not likely to happen. Summed up in a sen tence this always means that 'unless there is rain we are sure to have a dry spell.' The Record-Herald correspondent must have been, about December 20, short of something to write, and so filled a good part of his two columns with a tale of woe credited to some anonymous 'ablest agricultural expert,' who thinks he sees wreck and ruin west of the ninety-ninth meridian if there should be three years without rain. The fact that it has rained in the past three years cuts no figure in his nightmare, and the fact that so far as western Kansas and its people are concerned taking the years together, have had a decade and a half of pros perity argues nothing of hopefulness for the years to come, 'Having fertile land, homes with mod ern conveniences, carriages, automo biles, and money in banks at almost every crossroads, affords no joy to this ablest expert." who evidently has in him the elements of a typical, high priced, crop-killer, who, beginning about March 1, should be drawing a big salary from some bunch of grain gam blers. "As to that country life commission. I haven't heard of their being in any nart of Kansas, or near Kansas, or even interrogating anyone who lives in Kansas, although I have no doubt-- and thev are all honorable men- they know and will be able to tell much more about Kansas than is known by the people of the state who have lived here for twenty-five to fifty years and made her the great commonwealth she is., "We-all know" about that horrible ninety-ninth meridian, and- the- staple specter it is to people at a distance who must have a scarecrow at any cost, but the men and women who live in its neighborhood are not wanting to swap farms or meridians with their relatives who live elsewhere. So, let us be cheer ful while we may." That portion of the Curtis letter to which Mr. Coburn refers follows: For example, it Is thought necessary to w:arn land-hungry people who are taking up homesteads and buying small farms in the semi-arid regions of west ern Kansas, eastern Colorado. Wyom ing, Utah and other states that Mry farming" is a very critical proposition. It is also considered important that homeseekers should know that many million acres of our arid land can never be irrigated under any circumstances because of lack of water, and that the prevention of waste to water is one of the most important duties of the Amer ican people. A part of the letter Mr. Curtis quotes from "one of the ablest agricultural ex perts in this country." Exception is also taken to this by Mr. Coburn. 'It normal rainfall should return, a calamity would strike this whole area from the ninety ninth meridian to the one hundred and third meridian, the whole length of the country, that would be greater than the calamity that struck western Kansas and Nebraska in the 80s. In fact, I believe that the whole agricultural population, outside of the irrigation districts, would be driven back 200 miles, bankrupt and hopeless. The mortgages will be foreclosed on these lands, and they will be converted into great ranches and the grasses al lowed to reseed themselves, which they will do in the course of probably 10, 15 or 20 years. "Ijbelleve that dry farming on these soils, other than the adobe and red clay sections, could be made profitable by men of large means and of the highest skill, by deep plowing, so to speak, by putting a cistern under their farms, and by subsolling to put a lid on it, thus by continuous cultivation growing a crop of winter wheat every other year. But to send poor, land hungry people out onto these lands as homesteaders and to sell the adjoin ing railroad lands at prices above men tioned is cruelly heartless. Men who have made it a study for 10 to 20 years know the folly of undertaking to farm where nature never intended anything but the steer or the cow to exist. In their judgment, the. homestead laws should be so amended as to permit the farmers to homestead a section, as in tended in the Kinkaid law. In this way they could dry farm 80 acres or a quarter, leaving the rest in the grass of which it requires from 15 to 30 acres to support a steer, and by doing so they could make a living." A Wound Results Fatally. Atchison, Kan., Jan. 23. Harry Mar shall, a young hardware merchant at Whiting, Kan., is dead from the ef- The only high-class Baking Powder sold at a moderate price. M 'wmn mi-. m mi mi i wi iiii.it fects of a gunshot U'flH rara( va a r. cldentally a. week ago while he was i.uuwijs lauwis. tie is survived by a widow and a child. FUSS OVER A3? OFFICE. Tho Position of Assessor Creates Trouble in Sumner County.. Wellington, Kan., Jan. 25. When two of the board of commissioners of Sumner county finished their term of office January n, a. E. Perry, the assessor, offered his resignation with a year yet to serve, and A. B. MacDon ald of Caldwell, the 'retiring county clerk, was chosen toH his place. The commissioners and MacDonald are Republicans, while the incoming com missioners are Democrats. There was a question as to the legality of the old board's action and Perry was prevailed on to withdraw his resignation after the new board had elected W. M. Collins of Cald well, saying the old board had died when the new board took its oath of office. The question of the old board's action was left to a committee of at torneys and it has decided that the old board had acted illegally in nam ing MacDonald and Collins will be the assessor unless Perry desires to con test. The question of.-whether Perry had a right to withdraw his resigna tion is yet unsettled. ASKS FOR FIRE pTioTKCTIOX. Emporia Normal Wants an Appropria tion of $6,500 for Taylor Hall. Emporia, Kan.. Jan. 25. The State Normal board of rezents with State Architect Stanton, viewed the situa tion of Albert Taylor hail, the main auditorium, in regard, to adequate fire protection, it was decided the present tire escapes and exits are insufficient. The board instructed Mr. Stanton to draw plans for exits and escapes which in his judgment would be ample and had submitted plans for two steel stairways six feet wide, with doors of equal width leading from both the main floor and the gallery. He submitted to the board that with these additions the hall will have escapes as adequate as any public building in the state similarly situated. The board will endorse a bill for an emergency appropriation of $6,500 to cover this expense and for the pur chase of fire extinguishers to supply all the normal schools of the state. A BANK ROBBER CAUGHT. New Albany Burglar Captured With iii is jfossesslon. Neodesha, Kan.. Jan. 25. Police man Newland captured one of the New Albany bank robbers here Saturday evening about 5 o'clock. The man was asleep in an empty box car in the rnsco yaras. wnen searched over JoOO of the stolen money was found. The bank was burglarized Saturday morning about 2 o'clock; the safe blown open and $2,400 taken. It Is known that there were four robbers. Two more suspects were arrested by Newland this morning at 5 o'clock. All of the suspects are hoboes and can not give a satisfactory account of them selves. They showed evidence also of having walked a long way. The two last arrested had money, but no large amounts. It is believed all of the rob bers will yet be captured. the oumvirv .SCOUT CAR. Occupants Complain of the Bad Roads In Kansas. Salina. Kan., Jan. 25. The Glidden scout ear arrived here shortly after noon Saturday on Its way from Kan sas City to Denyer Hurriedly taking airuier, w. Mursaa anu u. a. Phillips, who occupied the car, left a few minutes 'after o'cleck for the west. Both men said uncompli mentary things about the farmers of Kansas for not giving more atten tion to the public roads and said they were in such condition that ten min utes' time in a year would make good roads. They said the only decent stretch of good road they struck was after they clossed the Saline county line, fifteen miles east of Salma. ROB A BANK OF $2,900. Burglars Txxit a New Albany Bank and Escape on Hand Car. Fredonia. Kan., Jan. 25. The State bank at New Albany, seven miles west of here, was robbed of $2,900 Saturday.- While the details are somewhat meager, it appears thai some or tne telephone wires were cut and the cash obtained by the use of explosives. The robbers, to make their escape, then broke into the Frisco tool house and took a hand car, traveling east to within one mile of Fredonia, where they abandoned the car. The bank is capitalized at $10,000 and is owned by Parker brothers, with B. F. Parker as president. FOUND DEADJSf A CAR. An Oinlia Young Alan Discovered Murdered at Hutchinson. Hutchinson, Kan., Jan. 25. The body of a young man of about 18 years was found in a car of implements shipped from Peoria, HI., to this city. From papers found on his body it is supposed to be that of Chris Bean of South Omaha, Neb. There were evi dences of a struggle, and the young man was undoubtedly murdered. Coro ner Spoor says the man had been dead two or three days. The coroner thinks the murder evidently took place when the car was switched from the Burlington to the Missouri Pacific rail road in Kansas City. FROM AN EXTRACTED TOOTH.' Blood Poison Sets in and Kills a Wich ita Man. Wichita. Kan., Jan. 25. George W. Holdredge, a well known horseman in the southwest, died here of blood pois oning, caused from the extraction of a tooth about three weeks ago. Before coming to Wichita Mr. Holdredge for many years had charge of the Stewart farm near New York city. W. J. Bailey's Home Robbed. Atchison, Kan., Jan. 25. A burglar entered the residence of ex-Governor W. J. Bailey and took a gold watch, a jewel case and a pocketbook con taining $4. In the last seven weeks burglaries have been frequent in Atchison and the town is greatly alarmed. The chief of police believes that a gang of professional burglars is working in the city. 'New Bank for St. Paul. St. Poul, Kan., Jan. 25. This city has a new bank. Deputy Bank Com missoner W. P. Hazen on January 23 instituted the Mission State bank with a capital of $15,000. and the following officers: B. B. Fitzsimons, president; P. Diskin, vice president, and J. R. Long, cashier, and eighteen stockhold ers who are wealthy farmers and busi ness men. Fall Broke His Neck. Peabobdy, Kan.vjan. 2 5. Joe Joerg, produce dealer in Peabody for twenty years, fell and broke his neck Saturday evening while getting sup per in the second story of his produce building. He was discovered doubled up at the bottom of the stairs by a I cleric rfiturtiino' tmm n nnpr. I RAILROADNEWS. Rumors of a Santa Fe Extension in Western Kansas. I. E. G. Branch From Belri dere to Dodge City. SHORT CUT TO DENVER An Interesting Battle for Ter ritory by Promoters. Other Items of Interest in Rail way Circles. With the coming of a new season of construction and the prospects with the incoming national administration for an era of restored confidence and unprecedented prosperity, rumors are becoming rife as to new projects which are to be worked out lor the benefit of western Kansas. One of the strongest rumors is that regarding a new Santa Fe branch Into Dodge City. This rumor continues to circulate re- gardls of the fact that the .Santa Fe has denied contemplating anything new for this section of the state. The Dodge City Globe-Republican has visions of greater things in a railroad way for that city during the coming construction season, as the following excerpt will show: "It is reported upon authority which would seem authentic, that the Santa Fe is in readiness to push a new line of railroad into Dodge City, the line reaching from Belvldere. in Kiowa county, direct to this point. With this information comes the. inference that the road will be pushed on from here northwest through Scott Oity. Gar den City will call an election to vote on a bond proposition for a north and south railroad, on February 16. It is stated from a source which claims to be fully informed that as soon as an other step is taken by this crowd the Santa Fe will rush its road through from Belvidere to Dodge. This Belvl dere branch was acquired originally by the Santa Fe to keep other systems out of its territory. Mr. Peckham. the promotor, built this line, the D. E. G. from Guthrie to Belvidere, as the beginning of a short line across the country." At the time of its purchase by the Santa Fe. it was said- by the forces of that road, that some time, the Belvi dere branch would be run through Dodge City Scott City, and direct thence to Denver. There seemed to be an anticipation, even at that time, that the great systems would mix up in a fight for territory. The purchase of the Colorado Southern recently seems to make this fight a certainty, and it is intimated that one of the first moves in short lines through opposing terri tory will be that of the Santa Fe in continuing its short line from Guth rie direct through Dodge City. Such a line would make a great start for Dodge City in railroad facilities, and the line if built would be one of the important lines of the Santa Fe. There is nothing in such a move, or in any of the territory war which is said to be on which would Interfere in any way with a southwest road project from this place. ALBRIGHT PROMOTED. Kansas City Man Becomes General Freight Agent of Rock Island. G. B. Albright has been promoted to general freight agent of the Chicago, Rdck Island Pacific railroad, with headquarters in Kansas City. Last June Mr. Albright went to Kansas City to succeed H. H. Embry as assistant general freight agent.- The increasing business of the Rock Island lines west of the Missouri river and the line be tween Kansas City and St. Louis has warranted placing this part of the sys tem under a general freight agent, hence the increased rank for Mr. Al bright. F. J. Shubert of Chicago will become assistant general freight agent here. Mr. Albright will have jurisdic tion oer the territory in which To peka is located. FILES BIG MORTGAGE. Frisco Will Spend $150,000,000 iu Making Extensive Improvements. Newton, Kan., Jan. 25. There has been filed with the register of deeds of Harvey county about the biggest thing in the way of a morgage that has ever been entered upon the records of that office. It was filed by the St. Louis St San Francsico Railway company and was for $150,000,000 and contained 8 000 words. The document was made in favor of the Bankers' Trust com pany of New York and was given by the Frisco system to secure funds with which to carry out some extensiye im provements. Farmers Oppose Barnes Law. Salina. Kan., Jan. 25 J. W. Arm strong was appointed at a meeting of more than 100 farmers to go to To A LIBERAL OFFER Fred Snow, the Druggist, Guarantees to Cure Dyspepsia. If He Fails The Medicine Costs Nothing. To unquestionably prove to the peo ple of Topeka that indigestion and dyspepsia is curable and that Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets will effect the cure, we will furnish the medicine absolute ly free if it fails to give complete satisfaction to anyone giving it a trial. The remarkable success of Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets is largely due to the new and successful method of manu facture, whereby the well-known properties of Bismuth, Subnitrate and Pepsin have been combined with carminatives and their agents. Bismuth, Subnitrate and Pepsin are recognized by the entire medical profession as specifics for acute in digestion and dyspepsia. The Pepsin used in Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets is manufactured by a new process which develops Its greatest efficiency.. Pepsin supplies to the digestive apparatus one of the most important elements of the digestive fluid, and exerts a tonic influence upon all the glands which supply all the nthpr elements necessary to proper assimilation and digestion. The carminatives aau prupm which promptly relieve the disturb ances and pain caused by undigested food. ingredients make a remedy absolutely incomparable and Invaluable for the complete cure of indigestion and dys pepsia. T am TiAoltivelw furtfl 1 Tl nf this that I sell Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets on my own personal guarantee mat -,ov will eitbei" mire Vrtll or cost you nothing. Three sizes. 25c, 45c, 89c. l"rea A. snow, aruggisi, oss jtui& avenue,' Topeka. s peka and use his influence for the re peal of the Barnes high school law. The farmers have organized and ev ery effort will be used to bring about the desired end. SHRUBB IS FAST. The English Runner Lowers the World's Record. Mentclair, N. J., Jan. 23. Alfred Shrubb, the English middle-distance runner, who is training here under the direction of Frederick W. Dixon, the physical instructor of the Montclalr high school, announced Saturday that he would set a pace in the Marathon race with Tom Longboat in Madison Square Garden Tuesday night that would run the lanky Indian off his feet. As an indication of Just what Longboat may expect when he meets the doughty little Englishman, Shrubb Saturday lowered the world's record for twenty miles by covering the dis tance in 1:56. Shrubb actuaHy made the twenty miles in 1:55, but the timekeepers allowed for possible dis crepancies in the track of the Mont clalr Athletic club, where the Mara than contender Is training, and fixed the time at 1:56. Shrubb was at fit as a fiddle after this performance and he believes now that while the Marathon distance is more than he usually cares to nego tiage in a race, it will offer no serious difficulties for him. Shrubb's perform ances on the track here have been marvelous. He reels off lap after lap and at the close of these trials is fresh and full of vim. He is adhering to a strict training diet and says that when he goes to New York he will he in the best possible condition. TO HAVE A STRONG TEAM. Great Bend Gong Into Baseball in a Businesslike Way. Great Bend, Kan.. Jan. 25. At a meeting of the stockholders of the baseball association in this city it was decided to Increase the capital stock of the company from $2,500 to $5,000 and a charter has been asked for this amount by the Great Bend Amusement company. Nearly every business firm in the town holds stock in the associ ation and it is the intention to make a success of the baseball proposition. The charter was taken out in the above name for the purpose of giving the association a right to embark into other forms of amusement. The town has not had a first-class opera house building and for several years there has been considerable -talk of organiz ing a company to build a new build ing. The sentiment of the amusement association is strongly in favor of the erection of a- modern building of this kind and plans will be formulated during the summer. The directors elected last night were: Ed Chapman, R. H. Meade, D. Himrod. C. V. Brink man, R. C. Russell, F. M. Mclnnes and L. F, Wilson. CORBKTT THE WINNER, Defeats Harry Ferns 'in Eleventh Round at New. Orleans, New Orleans. Jan. 25. Young Cor bett knocked out Harry Ferns in the eleventh round of a match fought Sun day afternoon before the west side A. C. in McDonoughville, across the river from New Orleans. The match was at catch weights. both men weighing in at between 135 and 140 pounds. The bout was sched uled to go 20 rounds. Corbett is from Denver and Fejtas from Newr York t i Corbett showed decided improve ment over the form he displayed in his bout with Philbrock several weeks ago. Ferns was strong in the clinches, and had an even break for the first five rounds. In the sixth, Corbett landed several blows to the mouth and eye drawing first blood. From this time on Corbett had all the best of it, land ing at will. Dave Barry acted as referee. KANSAS CITY BIKE RACE. Eighteen Professional Riders to Start in the Six Day Grind. Kansas City, Jan. 25. Nine teams will start in the six-day bicycle race scheduled for Convention hall the week beginning February 1. Already there is much talk or tne bike races. Last year the "grind" made a big hit with Kansas City s sport loving public. The race this year will be classier than that of a year ago and the interest in the riders and their game probably will be correspondingly greater. Six of the riders who will start are known per sonally to the bike bugs here and others are known by their "rep" made in the recent "grind", in Madison Square garden. New Korit. A Ball Team for Atchison. Atchison, Kan., Jan. 25. "Doc' SMvely, president of the Western Base ball association, and Jack Sweeney met with the Atchison fans. These two men will place Atchison in the new Kansas-Mlssourt league if this city will "come through." To be sure of financial support from the local fan dom they proposed to sell 300 or 400 season tickets in advance at $15 each If Atchison becomes a member of the league 12 players will be hired here, none of them to receive a larger salary than $i,ooo. Nebraska 34, Drake 13. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 25. The Nebraska Cornhuskers won another basketball game from Drake university by the score of 34 to 12. The Iowans fought hard for the victory and the result was the roughest contest ever witnessed at the Nebraska armory. The opening half w-as fairly even, but In the .final session the Cornhuskers ran away from their opponents, although it was far from an easy victory. Missouri 49, RoUa 22. Columbia, Mo., Jan. 25. The Tigers made it one more with the Rolla Miners on the Rothwell basketball court Saturday night. The score was 49 to ,22. -Missouri could have scored 60 points had Lowman not run in his substitutes for practice in the second half. Rolla played the same men throughout the game. The fastest play ing was seen in the beginning of the second half. Wichita Wants Hetling. Wichita, Kan., Jan. 25. Gus Hetling, third baseman for the Wichita team last year, may be with Wichita again this year. Hetling was sold to Kan sas City, but Manager Holland an nounced that Tebeau had never Paid him the purchase price and that he would attempt to hold Hetling here for his Western League team this year. Abilene Wins Its Suit. Abilene, Kan., Jan. 25. The suit against the city for $10,000 brought by Miss Gertrude Gough, who fell from her horse by riding into an unguarded I water main ditch, was decided for the city in district court. It had been on trial three-days. 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 Fb. 1st. -t- i GOES UPin SMOKE Twenty-One Horses Burn in Jt H. Maxwell's Barn., Fire Started at Eleven O'clock Last Night. COULDN'T BE CHECKED Had Progressed Too Far When Alarm Was Given. Insurance $6,500 and the Loss Somewhat More. At 11 o'clock Sunday night fire broke out in the big horse barn belonging to J. H. Maxwell, 819 East Sixth avenue, and before the flames could be con quered 21 horses, one cow and property amounting to over $8,000 had been burn ed. On account of tho distance from a fire plug and the peculiar location of the barn the fire companies could not place water on the fire until it had gained such a headway that everything was doomed. This morning a small por tion of the rear end of th barn Is standing and the mass of charred ruins represents ail that is left of the val uable property. The fire was first discovered by a passenger in a passing street car who stopped the car at- once and running to the home of Mr. Maxwell,, awaken ed him and told him of the flames' that' were issuing from under the cornice of the barn. Mr. Maxwell turned in tha alarm at once and hastiiy dressing he ran into the barn only to find it fi'Icd with smoke. The horses had broken out of their stalls and were in the main corridor of the barn huddled up to one another frightened and nervous. Their cries could be heard and as the fire reached them they gave one long half screech half groan and suffocated. The barn burned so quickly and the intense smoke and flames were spread out in such a manner that it was impossible to save a thing 'from the barn. Besides the 21 horses there were three carriages, three saddles, three tons of hp-- all the seed, all the harness and one cow. This together with the tools and necessary appliances burned into a worthless heai. The cause of the fire is unknown. It is thought by Mr. Maxwell that the man who slept in the barn over night had been smoking and had fallen to sleep leaving his smouldering ashes on the floor. It is not thought that there was any malicious intentions and the report that the barn burned from the work of a "fire fiend" is false. The fire service was pool- very poor. But it could not have been otherwise. The barn was situated in a peculiar place. On the north the viaduct cuts off all approach. On the west the rail road makes it impossible for any fire company to reach with success. And the east and south boundaries of the barn are bound by the Shunganunga which 'winds around the property like a snake. In addition to this difficult situation the nearest fire plug is at Seventh v -and :RaiItoad -street n4b fore the companies could lay line of hose the barn was' lost. Two Rtreariis of water were turned on the fire as a protection to surrounding property. The barn was a frame affair and was used only for the stabling of the work horses belonging to Mr. Maxwell. The fire was a spectacular one and attracted hundreds of people to the spot although it lasted until midnight. It lighted up the entire east portion of the city and as is customary when there is a fire in this district everyone spread the report that the Santa Fe hospital was burning. J. H.. Maxwell, who is a contractor, has been building the sewers and grad ing streets with his teams and he has several contracts for the coming year in the city. When asked this morn ing if this fire would cripple him he said that he did not intend to jump any of his contracts that he would be working as hard as ever in a few days. It will necessitate the purchase of a large number of horses but the con tracts demand them and he will not only procure the horses but he will re build at once. The insurance or. the barn and contents amounts to $6,500, $5,000 on the horses and $1,500 on the barn. This will almost cover the loss, but the real loss to the contractor will be the delay and the trouble in resum ing his work on the southwest sewers. BETTING IN LOUISIANA. The Locke Bill. It Is Thought, Will Permit Race Gambling. New Orleans. Jan. 25. "There Is not the slightest doubt that the Locke I aw,a f m r 9 hatKnar. Dill permits o"i n v There should be enough people In Louisiana to determine what that form is without taking tne cnance or boiiu- ng BOlUO WWW fcv r n;u.M that nninr lt A fttermlnAa we can shape our business to conform to tha as"uch is the opinion of Joseph A. 8iki)1pi1 In launching the suburban race meet, which, how ever, lasted only a iew nays oeior" legal interruption came. A K. 17. Society Elects. T yAn Tfl n 25.- T"hfi Phi t? -i Tonnd rnnnpll rnmnosed of all the members of the society, who are members of tne lacuity. mei ana elected to membership the following eleven members of the graduating r-ia- fSertmda Edith Copley. Mabel Eggleston, Paul Vance Faragher, Oeorge Robinson Mian, ttuoy ironno Unof.iT-H a fr ie ..Turlrfinri. Fnv "Emmett Liven good, Maud A. Maffet, Amy Merntetter Kuarenie Sterling. Willard Austin Wattles. The council of the society will meet next week to make arrangements for the annual banquet and initiation. To Cure a Cold In One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fall to cure. E. w. Qreve s signature Is on each box. 2&a WE SOLICIT Cleaning and Dyeing Of the Most Delicate Fabrics Very Superior Work GUARANTEED topeka Laundry -'co. Phones 153 2d and Quincy

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAIr MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1909. BIGGER! BRIGHTER! BETTER THAN EVER NEXT WEEK! AUDITORIUM BUILDING, TOPEKA JAN. 18-30 MARSHALL'S MILITARY BAND SATURDAY CHILDREN'S DAY PIPE ORGAN CONCERTS THURSDAY WOMEN'S DAY THREE ORCHESTRAS if IK V 1 r if 3 r I 'I 7

h V k i i J .i 1 MOVING PICTURES Douglas Douglas, Comedy Acrobats Tha MnrHns. Rollins' Globe Artists Anita. Whirlwind Gun Spinning pictures The Four Arisotas, Marvelous Acrobats Entire Change of Vaudeville Week of 25th MIBWMTER AUDITORIUM BUILDING, TOPEKA JAN. 18-20 (Q ADMISSION FOR ALL 15c 2 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 Co, Topeka, Kanasas. INVESTIGATE CHI-MMEL The New Paint DEMONSTRATIONS DAILY at our booth at the Mid-Winter. We are also showing many new de signs in imported wall coverings. C M. HILL 1 Decorator 813 Kansas Ave. HiilWI'H I I 1 I I 1 II I 1 i International Gold Mines Has a very bright future be- 1 fore it. They own 2, 400 acres t of land with all the modern f 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 t share. Amount of ore un- covered, $30,000,000 $20 t for every one it cost us. S Only owned it two years. Fifty-ton mill grinding out Z $2,000 every day second X mill nearly completed ten T 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 snare i aim grinding ore. 2. See t M. A. POND i SOON M 1 1 1 I i t 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 1 I t I 1 1 H II H H HI ili,l..i..ni Elegant Art Table Lamp FREEj To persons telling the correct number of parts in the Indian Motorcy- cie uispiayea in cur I booth at the Mid-Winter t I CENTRAL CYCLE I SUPPLY CO. I I I I I I I I I ft' III I 1 1 I-'H 1 1 Read This Letter Chicago, HI., Jan. 21st, 1909. Lucios Diamond Booth, Branch Office Mid-Winter Expo., Topeka, Kan. Dear Sirs: At a special meeting of the Board of Directors of this Company, held yesterday, it was unani mously decided that as it is our desire to place a certain amount of Lucios Diamonds in Topeka and in actual use to demonstrate what they are, we therefore authorize and instruct you to use any means necessary to the end desired. "We place no limit on you either as regards prices or advertising expenditures. What we want you to do is to sell the stock of Lucios Diamonds you have on hand at the Midwinter Exposition. We will advise you later for further instruc tions. Truly, etc., LUCIOS DIAMOND CO. Wm. Bradford, Pres. Take a Trip to DEATH VALLEY AT OUR EXPENSE All the wonders of Death Valley without the discom forts at the Mid-Winter Exposition Don't fail to visit our booth. Instructive demon strations of the 20 Mule Team Borax products FREE Pacific Coast Borax Co. Diamonds At a Great Reduction at the Mid-Winter Exposition If the Lucios Diamonds for the past week have been any sort of an attrac tion at the Mid-Winter Exposition, and they certainly have, that attrac tion will certainly be largely increased today and tomorrow at this special sale.' In a conversation with the local dealers last night, they are authority for the statement that they received instructions at the latest moment to create a local demand for the new stone. When it first came to Topeka at the Mid-Winter Exposition, it was not entirely unheard of from the fact that the advertising pages of the mag azines for the past ten years or more have been used to call attention to the stone, which experts can hardly dis tinguish from the real diamonds, the value of. which may be just what the possessor places on it. But they cost less than one-fortieth of the real stone, in comparison to size. The" method of the people having the domestic control of the stone heretofore has been one price and no change, but for some reason, known best to themselves, it appears that they have determined upon a novel method to create a larg er demand In this city for the Lucios. When they announce that they will hold a special sale today and tomor row, any piece of jewelry set with these beautiful Lucios Diamonds, which formerly sold from $300 to J6.00, your choice for one dollar; this includes every piece in the display in their booth at the Mid-Winter Expo sition. Such values have never been offered before and will never be offer ed again. The Idea being to get the Lucios well distributed among a large number of people and in actual use, to demonstrate what they are. It Is a method as novel as it is new, so come early and get first selection, as these goods won't last long at this price. Sale begins this afternoon at 1:30 at their display booth at the Mid-Winter Exposition. Learn German, French, Spanish By Phonograph Method Of The International Correspondence Schools of Scranton, Pa, The method used by the U. S. Government at West Point and the Naval Acadamv. also Militarv Officers' Train in p School. 1 v z I jIQiPTI TO n FfAA riAiTinfieti9tiAn of nni i-iikJ V- a w m. m, rM VAAIWtlw MblVll C W VSU.L Booth at the Mid-Winter or While at the Mid-Winter do not foreet to investigate the BOVEE FURNACB JONES REGISTER SYSTEM and JAR VIES GAS BURNER Can be removed in one minute's time. LUKENS BROS. 811 Kansas Ave, N. Topeka, Kan. Catalogues and printed matter mailed on request. 1 WMIIIfcllilIILIH Local Office, 107 West 7th St Topeka, Kansas AT THEJIG FAIR. Second Week of the Midwinter Auspicious. Vaudeville Bill Improvement Over Predecessor. The management of the Midwinter is now running' the second week of the 1909 show and considers that it has made a ten strike in securing the act of Lessik and Anita. This is one of the highest salaried acts ever seen in Topeka, and it is also one of the most difficult to perform. Anita is the star of the team. One of her feats consists in spinning a top along the edge of a sword into a clock which then strikes the hour of day, when the top spins out and down a run-way and then drops into a pocket, pulling a pin which instantly transforms the clock into a cage with a banner and other decorations. This act is the most spectacular ever seen at a Mid winter exposition, and will win many rounds of applause for pretty Anita. Lessik the other member of a team is a gun spinner. He is one of the greatest gun Jugglers in the world. He spings a gun horizontally on the top of a sword, balanced on his chin, while he spins guns in opposite direc tions in each hand. Lessik with Anita and her great performance makes a great team. This Is the last performance of this team in America. Next Sunday they will leave for Frisco and make a tour around the world. The team will go to Honolulu first, and will then make for Australia. They will spend some time in the Asiatic nations but will not give performances in all of these countries. Inside of eleven months they expect to reach Constantinople, where they will make a tour of Eu rope, giving exhibitions in all of the principal cities in every country. They will return to America in about three years. Anita's little pet spaniel will be taken along. The total attendance for last week was 23,100. The largest weekly at tendance during the first year, 1902, was 9,340. All of this shows the in creasing popularity of the Midwinter expositions. The attendance the first week was handicapped by the bad weather during the first of the week, and the fact that people were afraid to leave their homes owing to the gas shortage. One of the features of this week's entertainment is the- moving pictures. F. M. Tillish who is in charge of the Pacific Coast Borax company's exhibit has arranged for an interesting film of pictures showing the famous twenty mule team, which formerly hauled the borax in Nevada before the con struction of the Tonopah and Tide water railroad, which is now used. This team was taken to the St. Louis Trans-Mississippi exposition where it made a great hit. Tha .exhibitions which were made by the team at that time will be shown as will also the famous drive of the team down Broadway in New York city during the busy part of the day, when all traffic had to be suspended. Other films will also be presented, one of them a real comedy hit, "'Bridget's BANQUET HAMS The very highest degree of excellence has been attained in the selection and cure of this popular brand of hams. They are just right in taste and quality. Every ham is guaranteed by the U. S. Gov ernment and by Chas. Wolff Packing Go TOPEKA You Arc Invited to Visit Our Booth Efficiency Durability THE SEC0R STANDARD Visible Writing and Billing Machine Most Efficient Because faster, lighter touch, less key dip, uniform work from ribbons, Billing and Card Writing feat ures, Decimal Tabulator, Paragraph Keys. Two color Ribbon Keys, Permanent Alignment. Most Durable Because, self -cleaning bearings on type bars, can't gum. Anchor principle of escapment which is re movable and interchangeable eliminating the greater part of typewriter repairs. The ribbon mechanism, carriage mechanism and escapement are all indepen dent of each other. Most durable writing machine ever built. See it at the Mid-Winter Exposition. Write for catalog. The Hall Lithographing Company, General Agents, Topeka, Kansas. Your Attention Is called to the small slips of pa per we are giving out bearing a large letter in one corner. These slips are worth money to you as we expect to give away at least three $5.00 bills each month during the coming year. Ask About Them. J. C. HARDING CO. 833 Kan. Ave. Both Phones 1485 Slip a Slip From Our Booth Troubles." Many of the booths are attracting a great deal of attention. This is es pecially true of the Pacific Coast Borax company's quarters. This is the first time this company has ever exhibited at the Midwinter, and the displays are elegant. There is not a fancier booth in the Auditorium. If you are Interested In the manu facturing industries of Topeka you should not fail to' visit the large booth at the Midwinter occupied by The Gavitt Chemical company and see the great variety of household articles manufactured by them. Everybody reads the State Journal. i GaviM: i Chemical Co. f X X Is creating quite a sen- X X sation at their large X X booth at the Mid-Win- X ter. They have on dis- X play over 200 house- X X hold articles. X Their New PERFUME Miara? Is proving excep tionally popular. a 1

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1909. TOPEKl STATE JOCaML By FRANK P. MAC LENNAN. (Entered July 1. 1875. as second-class matter at the postoffice at Topeka. Kan.. Under the act of eonicrass. VOLUME XXXVI No. 21 Official 'state Paper. Official Paper City of Topeka. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally edition, delivered by carrier. 10 cent a week to any part oi iope. suburbs, or at the lame price in any Kan sas town whers the paper has a carrier vitnn gy mail, one year 13 15 BT mail thHA mAnl W Saturday edition of dally, one year... 1.00 TELEPHONEA Business Office.... ""I1 1, Reoorters' Room .Jji -X Prank P. MncLenpan tnd 7 PERMANENT HOME. Topeka State Journal bulldln. and 2 Kansas avenue, comer of Elgntn. New Tork Office: Flatlron nulldln. Twentv-thlrd street, corner Fifth avenue and Broadway. Paul Block. mnaper Chicago Office: Hartford building. PUI Block, mnnarer. Fn,I, TFaFD WIRF. ItlTORT OF THE AWOCTVrFT Pfl The State Journal !s mptnfrr f Associated Press and receives tho full dv teleeraph report of that great news or ganization for the excluslva afternoon publication In Topeka. The news Is received In The State Jour nal nulldintr over wires for thin nl ntir. It ia being suggested that when New Mexico is admitted to the union of states It take the name of "Lincoln." This is a good idea and would be a fit ting memorial of one of the greatest men in history. The federal senate has voted to ma terially increase the pay of the circuit and district court judges. Most law yers would be satisfied to earn a yearly stipend that would equal what the pay of these judges has been, $7,000 and $6,000 respectively. It is hard to figure out how Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison, the labor leaders, who have been sen tenced to jail for contempt of court, can gain anything by a continuation of their criticisms of the court which Imposed the sentences on them. Mr. Jeffries, prize fighter, will ap pear to be lacking in reason if he does not accept one of the offers of a purse of $75,000 or $100,000 for a fight be tween him and Johnson, the negro. Many a man would be glad to take a beating to within a half-inch of his life for the loser's end of a purse of that size. So Herman Billik the Chicagoan who was convicted of an atrocious murder, la not to be hanged after ail. The governor of Illinois has commut ed his sentence to that of life im prisonment. It will be in order soon to ask for his absolute pardon. Sure ly Is the path of the murderer of these days one of roses and sunshine. News of the' pleasant sort is found In the fact that the spring primaries to be held for the nomination of can didates for city offices will be quiet because there will not be many con tests. Too much in the way of excit ing politics is a great deal better than not enough, and as a matter of fact it does not take much of this sort of ac tivity to be enough. A New Tork man committed suicide recently for a no better reason than that he believed in the Dr. Osier theory that a man's usefulness is ended when he attains the age of sixty years. Any man who- feels that way Is probably better out of the world than in it. but the Idea is such a fool ish one that It has not even been prac ticed by the famous physician who projected it. Probably the fiscal officials of Texas will not worry much because the Waters-Pierce Oil company proposes to pay its fine of $1,623,000, which has been assessed against it by the Courts of the Lone Star state, in silver dollars. This may be a piece of petty spite on the part of the oil company but the money will look just as good to Texas If it should come along In the shape of one cent pieces. The celebration of the Chinese New Tear was concluded on Saturday after three days of festivities among these celestials wherever any number of them is congregated in any portion of the world. During this period these ,,n n11 V,A; a,ta n ,1 L .1 ..-1 V. n 1 1 BXarL iutj IICW jcat tui a- i.rcau unaii- j clal elate. This is a custom which might well be emulated by other peo ple who are accredited with being more civilized. Rather Incredible does it appear that after all the agitation that has been going on of late years concern ing fraud in the transactions over pub lie lands, the secretary of the in terior has been able to unearth during the last two years frauds in dealings In public lands which are worth $110,000,000. Congress is confronted with the duty of appropriating the money necessary to bring to justice the land thieves. It is a stern public necessity regardless of the expense in volved. The fines of $250 each which were assessed by Mr. Urmy, the police judge, against two negroes who had been found guilty of operating a policy game, are styled as being "big ones." But no fine could be too big or pun ishment too severe to impose on the proprietors of a policy shop. If there Is one form of gambling that Is more despicable and demoralizing than another it Is policy. It is a game that draws the nickels and the dimes from the pockets that can least afford to lose them. Two weeks of the legislative session have gone by so far and the net re sult has been the passage of bills ap propriating money to provide the members and the employes of both houses with pay, an endless amount oi talk on legislation to purge the leg islative halls of lobbyists and an equal ly verbose discussion on the part of the members of the house concerning the purchase of new desks, chairs and furnishings. This reads like the be ginning of every story of a legislature. Lots of valuable time is lost at the start and then when the finish comes measure's are jammed through with out the consideration that is due them. But the prospects are that things will be a little different this year, even though something of a bad start has been made. SAFEGUARDING MIXERS. Measures before the legislature which seek to protect the lives of the miners in Kansas are worthy of the most careful consideration. Legisla tion to this end is undoubtedly needed in view of the alarming frequency with which mine disasters are occurring throughout the country. In fact this Is a subject which should have been attended to before but that makes it all the more pressing now. It is a difficult subject to deal with for the causes of many of the most serious explosions and fires in mines are a good deal of a mystery just as many of them are the result of care lessness on the part of miners and their employers. Investigations have already been undertaken by the fed eral government on an extensive scale to ascertain the causes of a variety of disaster bearing accidents in mines and also for discovering means to make mines as safe as possible. It would be most desirable to have the results of these investigations at hand before legislation is indulged in on the subject. But that is hardly feasible at the present time, as it is problemat ical Just when these investigations will be concluded. When they are, and if they bring forth the fruit that is expected of them, state legislatures can take the matter in a most intel ligent fashion and pass legislation that will be adequate. In the meantime, however, it is probably most desirable for the Kan sas legislature to enact such legisla tion as will better the conditions un der which the miners now have to work. There are many ways in which this can be done and the steps taken in this direction will be in the nature of throwing certain safeguards around the miners in their work. In the bills already presented to the legislature on the subject there is much which is good and a proper consideration of their many features ought to result in the framing of a law that will be as effectual as one could be under the present circumstances. It can be made stronger and better in the future when the government experts have reported on their investigations of mine disas ters and have made their suggestions for the prevention of them. In drafting this legislation, though, care should be taken that it is not made so drastic in certain particulars that it will work hardship on the op erators of mines. Their interests must be looked after, but subordinat ed of course to such legislation as is really needed to benefit the conditions under which the miners are forced to work. RAILROAD RATES. Illuminating, indeed, were the argu ments presented last week to the fed eral court sitting in Missouri in the railroad rate cases pending before it. While these cases are local to that state they are of general importance because the decision in them, particu larly on the question as to the equity of a two cents a mile passenger rate, will establish something of a precedent for the determination of similar propositions in other neighboring states where conditions of practically the same character prevail. Governor Hadley, who was attorney general of Missouri when these cases were instituted, made the chief argu ment for the state and the principal arguments for the railroads were given by Gardiner Lathrop, general solicitor of the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Railway company. Each of their ef forts were brilliant achievements but they hinged more on the theories of the equity of the laws in question than on the facts as to whether or not a two cent fare might bo classed as an unremunerative rate. Mr. Gardiner attacked that feature of the Missouri law which exempts railroad companies having a mileage of less than 45 miles from its provisions on the ground that this was an arbitrary provision which made the statute unconstitutional. He asserted that the evidence which had been previously taken in the case showed that a two cent fare law was confiscatory as to all the roads in the state. He Insisted that "legislative rates chiseled down to the point of confiscation, in the face of higher wages and increased cost of material, and requiring the intervention of the courts to prevent their enforcement, are not in the interest of the shipping and traveling public. What the peo ple want and ought to have is safe and efficient and constantly improving service. Before the railroads can fur nish this, they must be allowed to charge remunerative rates." No honest individual who has the interest and the development of his country at heart and this means prosperous and money making rail roads can well disagree with this argument of the premises on which Mr. Lathrop made them are correct. But are they? Mr. Hadley expressed an opinion and argument to the con trary. "If the railroads would stop issuing passes," said Governor Had ley, "and discriminating against those who are best able to pay as against those who are least able to do so, they could easily comply with the two cent law. If in ten years with an increase o passenger traffic of approximately 100 per cent and an increase in equip ment and mileage of but 22 per cent, the railroads are not abundantly able to comply with these laws, reducing freight and passenger rates, then they have demonstrated that they are not nearly so efficient as operators as they are as witnesses." But these arguments hardly touch the real question at issue as to whether or not a two cent a mile rate is a reasonable one. As Mr. Hadley point ed out this is a question of fact and not of the theory of law. It Is ad mitted that states have the right of regulating railroad rates and the only question is as to whether they go to such a point that the rates they declare tor are confiscatory. This was also pointed out emphatically and clearly by Mr. Hadley. And his reference to the railroad officials as "efficient wit nesses" is a point well taken. The great trouble over the question of the equity of a two cent fare law is the fact that the railroad officials have befuddled the mind of the pub lic, their legislatures and their courts with different arrays of figures on the same subject for different occasions. Attention has been called in these col umns before to the fact that when two cent fare laws were tinder dis cussion before the legislatures In this section of the country within the past two years, the railroads presented one argument that such laws were really unnecessary because as a matter of fact, counting in special and excur sion rates, the actual average passen ger rate was approximately two cents a mile. They presented figures to this effect. And the railroads made no wail at that time that they were losing money on their passenger business at those figures. But now in this specific case before the Missouri courts promi nent railroad officials took the stand and declared that a passenger rate In this section of the country should be 2.99 cents per mile, at least, on local business, if it was to be remunerative. It is this disparity in the testimony of railroad officials when they become witnesses that befogs the' situation. They seem to be ready with figures for every exigency that arises, even if the figures on the same proposition have to be different to suit different occasions. JOURNAL ENTRIES Usually, there la too much talk on both sides of a question. Among the unfortunate folks are those whose laughs have a hollow sound to them. It's the wise doctor who waits until his patient is strong enough to stand a shock before sending in his bill. There's a good deal of talk about marriage being a game of chance but as a matter of fact married life is-just what a couple make it. Some girls are probably quite right in saying they don't use "rats" in their hair. Such a designation of the things they do use would not convey a proper idea of their eize. JAYHAWKER JOTS "Every man," says Governor Stubbs, "ought to read his Bible, his ballot and his newspaper without as sistance." To this sentiment the Jewell City Republican adds: There Is one thing more which every man should read. "The fine print in the agent's contract." A society spree at Emporia: A crowd" of Normal people went to Nor mal field last night and played a moonlight game of fox and geese. The park has been closed and there was not a track in the whole field, so it was in excellent condition. The boys and girls stayed out until their feet and hands were frozen, when they went to the home of one of their num ber and spent the remainder of the evening in eating candy. H. D. Lee, the Sallna merchant and banker, was once in the oil business with John D. Rockefeller, and- says that the head of the Standard Oil is one of the best and fairest men he has ever met. As everyone in Kansas has great admiration for Mr. Lee. this statement may tend to head off any legislation which might be introduced in the Kansas legislature calculated to hurt Mr. Rockefeller's business or his feelings, says the Wichita Eagle. The foolish pilgrim feels despair, and rends his clothes and tears his hair, when earthly things seem on the bum; the wise man sheds no useless tears; It's all the same in fifty years; and so he takes things as they come. The foolish pilgrim meets reverse, and then sits up all night to curse, and make the English language hum; the wise man sees the clouds today, but knows that they will blow away, and so he takes things as they come. The foolish pilgrim seldom sings, but to his home discomfort brings, and sits around morose and glum; the wise man sits beside the hearth and yells as though he owned the earth, and always takes things as they come. Walt Mason in the Emporia Gazette. GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe. The laziest people we ever knew had the most faith and hope. Every man is a sinner in his thoughts when he thinks of love. It is said of every other married wo man that she has "thrown herself way on a man. The "bright men" who imagine they must be always saying something cute, weary us a good deal. You seldom meet a showman who doesn t act as superior as a church member acts when among sinners. The cold stormy nights are here. when young men muat w-ish they were old, and married, and had no girls to go and see. At the sight of a young man of good manners and means, a large and lux uriant crop of hope springs up in ev ery girl's heart. So many people are having opera tions performed that we have an idea one of the questions Saint Peter will ask will be, "Are you all here?" A sensible man thoroughly despises a compliment. It always precedes a request for a favor, and is the old hackneyed way of getting a man in condition to work him. Sunppose a tree is going to fall: Will some of the High foreheads explain why in its falling it always crushes the man with small income and large family, the one most needed among the. number of men at its base? There is a sort of a person who al ways pretends to be more glad to see you than he (usually she) really Is. Such people please your vanity for a moment, until you discover they are not sincere: that they act particularly glad to see every one, as a means of becoming popular, or exerting influ ence. When a man dies, people usually say, "What! Was THAT all the money he had?" A man is never worth as much as people say he is. People like to say a man is rich, and a miser, and that he sneaks into his cellar, digs up his gold, and gloats over it. The people are mighty mean to each other. KANSAS COMMENT HOW TO LIVE LONG. Mark Twain looked at the twon clock the other' day and saw that he was seventy-three years old, and then contemplated with much satisfaction the fact that his health is excellent. Like many other venerable men, he likes to talk of his method for pre serving his youth. His prescription ia not entirely alluring to those who look upon a bill of fare as a master piece of literature. When he feels seedy he immed iately Inaugurates a fast, lasting two or three days; it la a real fast, and all viands are barred, even the stand ard health foods. This invariably restores his health, and he returns to his work a giant refreshed. Chauncey Depew is also well stricken in years, but he refuses to acknowledge that he is old. He con templates living, an indefinite time, and has found out how to make good. He ia a strict vegetraian; he screams when you mention meat, and even an egg causes him the most acute dis tress. It's the succulent cabbage and and blushing beet and the helpful hominy for your Uncle Chauncey. A rich New Yorker, whose name has escaped the Gazette's memory, was recently quoted as being an en thusiastic advocate of the milk cure for ill human ills. A reporter in terviewed him in his luxurious home, and he told how he used to suffer from gout and rheumatism, and poll evil, and foot and mouth disease, and all the other maladies which dis tress millionaires. He spent hundreds of thousands of dollars doctoring and was being railroaded to the tomb, when he was told about the milk cure. He was desperate enough to try anything, so he took it up, and so for a couple of years he has swallow ed nothing but milk; It is his food and drink and medicine; and he is so absurdly and preposterously healthy as to be a menace to the medical profession. There are dozens of other infall ible schemes of which you may read from time to time. Each man swears that his is the only one that cannot fail; but in this, as in other matters,, the free-born American citizen retains his right to pay his money and take his choice. Emporia Gazette. ANOTHER SAFEGUARD NEEDED. Within the past few years congress has passed laws governing the presi dential succession, in case both the in cumbent and the vice president die in office. In such contingency, the execu tive duties would devolve upon the sec retary of state, and so on, through the cabinet. There is now entire safety on this point. But there is still a possible situation that is entirely unprovided for by law. A means of filling the presiden tial chair in the event of the death ofJ a president-elect at any time between the date of his election and the day of the quandrennial inauguration March 4 is therefore provided in a resolution introduced In the house by Representa tives James Francis Burke of Pennsyl vania. As things stand, it is declared a state of chaos would result should a president-elect die before the. 4th of March, as there is no law under which the vacancy could be filled. It Is held by good lawyers that the vice president elect would not be eligible to the presi dency should the president-elect die be fore inauguration. -nr.- The resolution proposes an amend ment to the constitution to devise a means of filling the? presidential office, should the president-elect die before the beginning of his term. Mr. Burke considers this proposition of the high est importance, as "there is no auth ority in the constitution or in the laws, that provides for filling the office of president should the president-elect die before inauguration." Though the act ual condition may never have to be faced, it is well to be prepared for such an emergency. In fact it seems strange that the proper steps were not taken long ago. Leavenworth Times. FROM OTHER PENS UNFAITHFUL R. R. SERVANTS. As bearing on the highly Important question of the safety of railroad pas sengers, the little experiment made last week by the officials of the Cen tral Railroad of New Jersey is fairly surcharged with interest. The com pany has been employing a large num ber of all night track walkers, whose duty it is to patrol the tracks from sunset to sunrise. Evidently the com pany suspected that the work it paid for was being shirked, and that many of the track walkers were having what is sometimes spoken of as a "cinch." To test their own suspicions and to prove the faithfulness of their em ployes, the track officials started from Jersey City one night at midnight on a locomotive that had no headlight to announce its approach. Only four track walkers were found on duty in the whole thirty odd miles. The oth ers were in flag shanties or section toolhouses, comfortably seated by stoves. As a result of the trip some thing like a hundred men have been discharged for neglect of duty. There will be little sympathy with those discharged. Even though they received but small wages, they accept ed their salaries, but failed to render the service they agreed to. They thus not only cheated their employers, but they imperiled every passenger on the road and every train hand as well. The very things they were hired to guard i against might have happened, the ac cidents and fatalities they were paid to avert might have occurred because of their neglest. Newark News. LESS WASTE OR MORE TAXES. People speaking the English tongue will readily admit that the two coun tries of the world which have made the greatest advance in the art of governing themselves are the United States and Great Britain. It is pro foundly significant that in each of these countries at the present time the problem of increasing public revenues, or, to put it better, of bridging the growing gap between income and out lay is pressing. The average Ameri can will admit with a sort of proud pessimism that we have more graft to the square inch than any civilized country in the world. There may be less corruption in administration in England, perhaps, but anv saving here is more than eaten up in the enormous tribute in pensions paid to caste and privilege. Either the English, and the Ameri cans, too. will have to pay heavier taxes than ever, or some cutting down of expenses will have to be accom plished. It is rumored, for example, that our coffee will have to pay duty, while in England, and even in Ger many, other sources of revenue even more burdensome, are being suggest ed. Those woolly-minded folks "who take no interest in politics" can not make sheep of themselves and hope to live in comfort from wolves. It is fight or get eaten alive. Not much of an alternative, but worse things are in store for those who fail to take the best of these quickly. Pittsburg Post. WOOING. When the grasshopper went to the ant He adopted a lachrymose tone. And requested the latter to grant A small loan. And the ant, with a welcoming smile. Said: "Tou haven't been 'round here for ages. I imagined you had quite a pile. Pray, where are your last summer's wages?" Then the grasshopper promised the ant: "I will surely repay you next spring." And the ant sadly murmured: "I can't Do a thing. I am struggling myself; for my coal All the surplus I've hoarded engages. Still, I thought that you'd saved up a roll. Pray, where are your last summer's wages?" Said the grasshopper then to the ant: "Ask the iceman, who called every day. For his chunks, that were awfully scant, I'd to pay." This is not quite the fable. It's true, That we read in the story-book's pages. But it shows what the most of us do With the money that's paid us for wages. Chicago News. One Woman's Way. Signs that a husband's love has grown cold, as observed by Mrs. Em ma Carolyn Weis, of 47 Schenck ave nue, Brooklyn: Cooking "not like mother's." No goodby kiss. No nights at the theater. No more candy and flowers. Always thinking of business. Stayed out late at night. It was because of these indications that Mrs. Weis on Saturday afternoon bound herself to a chair, gave hubby the shock of his life when he came home, had half the Brooklyn police force looking for the burglar she told about, and made a sensation in the neighborhood. Did it work? Well, rather! Mr. Weis thought it was just too cute for any thing. He took his jvife in his arms and gave her kisses enough to have done for the whole two years of their married life. And promises for the future? Yes, indeedy. It's the theater every night in the week after this and twice on Sunday. He didn't waste any time starting in, either. A Sunday concert yesterday, pounds of candy, and when they were not out having a good time hubby couldn't have been dragged away from home for any considera tion. Happy isn't any name tat It! Mrs. Weis is just as enthusiastic as the day she was married, and so Is Mr. Weis Both recommend a spectacular bur glar scare as a sure cure for thought less husbands. New York World. An Innovation in Roads. During the last few years much in terest has been taken in the crusade for good roads, and in many parts of the country model stretches of high way have been constructed by "good roads" commissions to serve aa ex amples to the natives of each locality. Much valuable Instruction has been imparted in this manner, but appar ently no plan discovered for over coming the difficulties of road build ing in a sandy soil. It remained lor a Minnesota man to adopt a new method of construction suitable for such a condition. George W. Cooley, state highway engineer of Minnesota, has designed a road that is serviceable, in spite of a sandy foundation. A section of his new construction is located at Cam bridge, in Isanti county. In this dis trict there is nothing but sand for a top soil, and it is Impossible to pre serve a road without add Jig some oth er material. Mr.- Cooley finally de cided that sawdust was the component necessary, and a four-inch layer of this was raked into a stretch of road which had been carefully graded. Passing teams thoroughly ground together this mixture, whenever ruts were worn into the surface they were filled with fresh sawdust. The fine particles of wood gradually rot, forming a heavy loam with the sand, and the result is a firm roadbed, suitable to all ordinary traf fic. Harper's Weekly. Acetylene Shells for German Navy. Experiments are now being carried out on German warships with acetylene shells which it is believed will take the place of the electric searchlight used hitherto by warships. These sheila contain calcium-carbide, and the water can reach it through a tube. The shells are fired by a gun built especially for the purpose. On being fired the shell goes under water, and then rises to the surface, and the action of the water upon the calcium carbide produces the acetyline light. Each shell is said to have 3.000 can dle power and will burn for three hours. The great drawback of the ordinary searchlight is that, although it affords some protection from the unobserved approach of torpedo boats, it yet makes the warship using It an excellent target. The new acetyline shell referred to will have the great advantage of lighting up a given space, while the vessel that fires it will be left in darkness. Lon don Globe. A Pleasant Prison. The prison at Cettinje, Montenegro, has been described as surely the most extraordinary one in existence. It pre sents little to indicate that it is a place of confinement, there being apparently nothing between the prisoners and ab solute liberty. There are no outer pris on walls, and in the cells the men about eight or ten to each are as con tentedly and comfortably housed as their own personal domestic belongings can make them. Moreover, they are generously fed, and cigarettes without stint, wine occasionally, and no work at all combine to check any desire to escape more effectually than would strong walls, iron bars, and an army of Jailers. But it is said that, while criminals are pampered, political prison ers are treated a la Russe with exces sive severity. London Globe. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. The handsome show girl naturally has the best show. A matchless cigar may be lighted In some other manner. A woman is surprised when the un expected fails to happen. Of course, people wear eyeglasses for the looks of the thing. Most of the things people tell you are of no earthly benefit. If a man doesn't enjoy his work the job won't please the boss. The back yard of many a brown stone front looks like a Junk shop. Even a married man may be happy if he lets his wife have her own way. And some people seem to derive a lot of satisfaction from being misunderstood-It's awfully hard for a woman to manage her house to the satisfaction of the hired girl. A man's wife is never as proud of him as his mother was the day he wore his first short dress. If a good makeup was the only thing necessary to success, nearly every wo man would be a great actress. A masaxine writer says that poverty is a blessing In disguise. Well, the dis guise is so perfect that but few of us are able to see through It. THE EVENING STORY Won Through a. Dream. (By Grace Bowen.) In a lonely shack on a North Da kota quarter section Edith Allen was facing the problem that comes to all of Eve's daughters. A man great in his strength and mightier' in his love-, had asked her surrender had almost demanded It when he passionately tore aside con ventional conversation and bared his heart and his hopes. That she had sent him away with out an answer was not a negative re ply to his wooing. She had begged for time to think, a space in which to analyze the emotions surging In her breast. Moreover, she half thought she loved him, and because she was a product of the city and had dug deep In the printed philosophy of life, she wanted her brain to sit in Judgment on her heart. T know what you would say," im petuously declared Jim, the lover. "I am nearer the animal than you; when fatigue follows a satiated 1ov of work ing my recreation is rest physical comrort ana sleep. I find nothing to grip me in books written by men whose lives have been cramped and narrow, by men with water in their veins instead of strong, red blood." "No, no, Jim; it is not that," inter rupted Edith. "But It Is. It is just that. You k'.w I am a college man. Not from one of your famous eastern institu tions, true, but I fancy our North Da kota brand of education will be found the equal of its older relations of New England. I went to please father. He was a poor man, and felt that he had missed much because his school days had been few. That his son need not suffer this handicap in life, he made many sacrifices. "I am grateful to him for the love that prompted this self denial, and I am glad that I have what learning I brought back with me, but I resign all interest in morbid, fleshly decadence for God's good out of doors." And Stuart looked at the girl before him wonderlngly, with his eyes glow ing with love of her. "Leave me alone, Jim. No, not an other word. I must think; I must think. Good night, Jim." And she watched him go out of the door and across the prairie. Years before a palmist had told the girl that her head would rule her heart. He had called attention to the peculiar formation of the lines of her left hand, and had pointed out the head line that ran straight across the palm, obscuring and dominating the i lesser line that represented the heart. In a measure she believed It; all her life she had been intensely mental. and had plunged far into the writings of men and women whose apostnUc missions are of discontent. When she collapsed physically un der the strain of her labors as teach er in a city school the physician had I imperatively ordered her to get to the i open country if she longed to live. Alone in the world, she could not In dulge in idleness, and being exiled from the schoolroom, she was at a loss which path to take. A friend sug gested that she enter a homestead in the west, and it had appealed to her. Her savings were sufficient to pay for necessary labor in clearing and breaking the land until the crops were ready for harvest, and she had con fident assurance that her work would some day repay her. As an Investment, both financial and physical, it delight ed her. Stuart met her in the office of the locator in the little town which was the railroad station nearest to her destination. One learns to read men and woman at first sight in the big, pulsing west, and no half-trust is giv en. She was In need of guidance, and her new-found acquaintance became her counselor and friend. When she spoke of getting men to help her build the two-room frame house that was to be her home he came himself. When she offered him the current wage he accepted it, because he un derstood how Impossible it was to do otherwise; but afterward he sent oth er men, and contented himself with suggestions that in reality amounted to superintendence. Thus two years had slipped away. Her health had returned, the glow in her cheeks told that, and the life in the open had reinforced her for her old vocation if she cared for it. She believed it was her career, though the glamour of existence close to the heart of nature held a charm she could not deny, and there was conflict In her mind as to the better choice. Then came Stuart's love. She had grown to like him much, but with a reservation that he did riot measure up to the ideal she had cherished. She be lieved she demanded mental sympathy no less than physical caresses. To make a perfect union the man must appreciate with her the books that held her, and they would penetrate together the mysterious paths of learn ing to wisdom. Therein was Stuart lacking. 1 Slumber would not come at bidding the night Stuart told his love. She tossed fretfully as she tried to evade the problem before her. Like memories of pain, it refused banishment. "Do I love him? Is he necessary to me? He is dear as a friend, I know, but beyond that what?" she said to herself. When sleep came it was troubled; dreams intruded and she thought she saw herself and Stuart galloping side by side over the prairies to the west ward. Behind them was an ocean of fire, the crackling of flames sounded in her ears, she could feel the hot wind, born in the heart of the burning grass, blister her neck. On and on, with the margin of safety growing narrower until within a dozen jumps of the furrow that would balk the fire. Her horse stumbled in a .gopher hole, regained his poise, blun dered again 'and she was thrown to the prairie. "Jim!" she cried. The flames were upon her now. He slid from his horse, gathered her in his arms, holding her face closer to his breast to shield her from suffoca tion, and staggered across the safety line, with the angry flames turning to a sullen, dead red, as if crying out maledictions on her rescuer for de priving them of their prey. "Jim, my God, Jim!" she shrieked in her delirium. "Suppose I had lost you!" There was a tapping at the door. Consciousness slowly returned to her; she shook recollections of the night mare from her. "What's the matter, Edith? Are you hurt?" "No; I'll be out In a minute. Wait," and she hastily dressed. "You're ill." he exclaimed when she appeared. "You are ghostly pale." "Oh, Jim! I've had such a dream!" she said. "Dreams are silly things. Edith. Surely you would not let one frighten you?" he soothingly said. "But this one did. And, Jim. I know now," and her head dropped to hide the flush of her cheeks. "Yes," said Jim, not comprehending. "What you asked me yesterday." "Sweetheart! And your answer?" AMUSEMENTS. At the Grand. Tonight Florence Gear In Marrying Wednesday Night "The Virginian." Thursday Night "The Virginian." Friday Night Adelaide Thurston, At the Novelty. Daily Matinee 2:30 High class vaudeville. Evenings 7:45-9:15 High class vaudeville. At the Majestic Tonight 8:16 The Wolford Stock com pany in "Dora Thorne" and vaudeville. Daily matinee. For particulars, prices and amusement details, see announcements in this paper elsewhere. he eagerly ran to her. "Yes. Jim. I love you," and in the embrace that followed disappeared tha artificialities of troublesome philo sophies In the depth of an emotion primitive and elemental. (Copy righted, 1909, by Associated Literary Press.) HUMOR OF THE DAY We Regret That. Etc. Subeditor What about this poem that came in this morn ing, "Give Me Back My Own?" Editor Oh, do as the author bids. The Simple Life. Passer-by See here. you are the man who struck me for a dime three days ago. Beggar Yes, sir; Dut do me Dest, x can t Keep me expenses any lower than 3 1-3 cents a day. Stranger This village boasts of a choral society, doesn't it? Resident No; we Just endure it with resignation. London Tit Bits. "Did your friend make a hit at the Lit erary Club?" "I guess he did. He pro nounced Les Miserables' in a brand-new way, and then alluded to it as Victor Her bert's masterpiece." Washington Herald. "Sim, the Town Council Is a little wor ried about that Salome act you've booked fer the op'ry house." "Oh, I've cut out the objectionable features." "That's Just it. We wuz afeered you would." Kansas City Journal, Hewitt Did you ever have a woman thank you for giving her a seat in a street car? Jewett I am not sure, but on one occasion I thought I saw the wo- man's lips move. New York Press. Office Boy Say, the boss oughtn't to put a window in there? Carpenter Why not? Office Boy 'Cause, now you can see he's In when he ain't in. Life. The Inquirer But what is it you men have struck for? The Striker Well, I'm blest if I know, guv-ner, but we ain't goin' back till we've got it. The Sketch. Teacher You have named all the do mestic animals save one. It has bristly hair. It is grimy, likes dirt and is fond of mud. Well, Tom? Tom (shamefacedly) That's me. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "At least you have fame to console you In your adversity." "Yes," answered the defeated statesman, as he turned to his magazine article, "sweet are the uses o advertising." Washington Star. "Is the new filing system a success?" "Great." "And how's business" rh we've stopped business to attend to Ilia filing system." Boston Traveler. "You say your patient Is not-going to recover?" "I am afraid not. He says that the: only way he can pay my bill Is to leave me his auto when he dies, and his autp is a beauty." Houston Post. Milly Kitty got the prize for a Christ mas dinner at our cooking class. Tilly How proud she must be. What was it? jmiu; a. must useiui oook jjirst Ala to the Injured." Illustrated Bits. Jess When did you first become ac- nnnintpil with k.iBkaRJ ry mi -a j 1 HU..1UIHI xVTRO A Uf) first time I asked him for money after we Curate (inquiring his way) Can you tell me if this road goes past the "Dun Cow?" Loafer Can't say for certain, guv'ner. It goes to it all right, but (confidentially) I ve never got no further! London Opin ion. Parks I want to eet hold of that nrchl tect of yours. Where can I find him? Lane How do I know? My house isn't finished yet. New York Herald. "Judge, have you ever tried Esperanto?" "Why er yes. That sounds like the name of a chauffeur who was up before me yes terday." Yonkers Statesman. Knlcker Does Jones think himself some pumpkins? Bocker No; by the way he runs in debt he thinks himself a city. New Y'ork Sun. "And you complained of the cost of your wife's new hat?" "Yes." answered the philosophic man; "but that was before I saw how big it was." Washington Star. Victim (disposed to grumble) You've robbed me before I've been in town half an hour. Footpad Yes; this is a pay-as-you-enter town. Chicago Tribune. "Mywl.fe. ,s Judge and Jury up at our f!?.8, ,AnJ what part do you play?" Oh, I m the fellow that's always making a confession." Detroit Free Press QUAKER MEDITATIONS. Fromlhe Philadelphia Record. Money also helps the man who helps himself. Manv a fellow who Is crnnlroA tr his whisky straight. When a man's toes turn in. Is his foot apt to go asleep? Don't waif for opportunity to knock. Have the door open. Would you consider a man polished Just because he casts reflections? A woman with a large foot can al ways wear a small shoe when it come to a pinch. The coal dealer can make things warm for you, especially if you don't pay your bills. A man can read a woman's face and if she is wrinkled he can read between the lines. When a girl thinks she has a swan like neck she is apt to make a goose of herself over it. Blobbs "Blooblood says trade Is vul gar." Slobbs "I suppose that's the reason he never pays his bills." When a fellow and a girl are photo graphed together it is reasonable to suppose that they are quite taken with each other. Mrs. Brown "Does your husband ever use profane language?" Mrs. Black "No, but he's going to buy an automo bile next month." Wigg "Biggins' wife Insists upon buying his cigars for him." Wagg "Horrible!" Wigg "Yes, she buys them to match his stockings and neck ties." REFLECTIONS OF A BACIIKLOR. From the New Work Press. Like money, people borrow courtesy and seldom pay it back. There's nothing makes a man so brave as to be facing a worse coward. The trouble with the money you give people for charity is it brings them right back for more. The thing that makes every woman believe in heredity is all the beauty the children got from her. The man who knows what a hand some beard he could grow Is the on who wears a smooth face.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE J OURNAL MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1909. "Wherein I spoke of moving acci dents. Of hair-breadth "scapes; Mr. Shakespeare's "Othello. When Representative Paul Rich flew out of the doomed Copeland hotel, he had a hair-breadth 'scape. One may see, by close observation of this pic ture, that a hair-breadth 'scape means, in his instance, a close shave. A hair breadth with him does not leave any margin to speak of. But he is back in the house, almost good as new, al though some of his friends claim that one of his arms is shorter than it real ly ought to be, and that he carries one shoulder at an aggressive hunch. Paul Rich, Wlio Escaped From the Oopt'Uiiul lire Dy a liair s ureaatn. A private dispatch from Coolidge is responsible for the statement that his constituents, after due deliberation, are glad he got away, as they might want to send him back to the legisla ture again. They, the constits, will not take offense at this cartoon. They know that his hair was not burned off by the Copeland fire, but by the burn ing thoughts which percolate through his dome. He has suffered sufficient legislative experience to make the heat of the burning Copeland seem a mere incident by comparison, therefore, it is safe to state that his nerves (perhaps the plural is superfluous) have (or has) not been impaired. Paul Rich is one of the live ones of the house, and has many friends both on the inside and outside who are thankful that his injuries were subject to quick repair. While the subject of hair is still fresh, let us pass to Mr. Cunningham of Cowley. It is well to consider both ends of an extreme, therefore, Mr. Cunningham is in order. Several years ago, Mr. Cunningham studied football and other educational branches of minor importance, at Washburn, our own temple of learning. He came from the farm, where bar bers were scarce and the horse-clippers were dull. Hence he arrived at above mentioned educational institu tion with a nice crop of beautiful Cunninglia a of Cowley of the Foot ball Hair. blonde hair. As a result, his populari ty dated from the first, and he was chosen a member of several societies and the Team. With his equipment of hair and adipose tissue, he made an excellent footballist and carried off many honors. Next to a football team, hair is most valuable in the practice of dramatic are or law. There were no good openings in the drama at that time, so Mr. Cunningham decided in favor of law. He is now one of the leading law-sharps of his district, but has saved out some fragments of the lore to spring on the legislature. Two years ago, Cunningham was speaker pro tem of the house. He is still one of the "speakers" of the house, but not on the official staff. Politically, he appears to be a con servative, looking with cold disdain upon freak legislation but voting with the majority on the showdown. His legislative experience, legal knowl edge and the fact that his name begins with a C. place him near the top of We Keep Yonr Cigar, And keep it fresh too. If you are a particular smoker, you're the very one we cater to. Try our cigars. The Red Cross Pharmacy MATT WEIGHTMAX, JR. 835 Kansas Ave. the list, and his hair commands atten tion and respect. When Joe Dolley came to the legis lature, he was noted for his ability to keep quiet. During his first term his golden silence was the envy of the ir repressibles. But after a time, he got up one day, and In the clear, ringing voice which calls the house to order or cusses a negro politician, he said: "I move that the gentleman be fined a barrel of apples." It was a new joke, and the house enjoyed it. Others tried it in fact others worked it to death. The crunch of the certain kind of apple furnished by agreement wth the sergeant-at-arms by a certain member of the leg islature who had apples to sell, could be heard at any hour of any day. and the waste baskets were filled with cores each night. When Dolley went to the senate, he took his joke w-ith him and worked it there, but the houie kept it up and still keeps it up. Joe Dolley has left something to posterity a combination of good na tured joke and pleasant pastime. He will be known to history as the man who invented the custom. ROOT'S LAST ACT. Signs Treaty Submitting Fishery 1is" puto to Arbitration. Washington, Jan. 25. Ah agree ment has been reached between Secre tary Root and the British and Canadian and Newfoundland govern ments through their representatives on the Newfoundland fisheries boundary question to be submitted to The Hague court for arbitration. The agreement was reached early this morning at a conference between Ambassador Brice, representatives of Canada and Newfoundland govern ments and Secretary Root. The result of the negotiations -was Immediately cabled to the home governments with a view to formal approval of the questions to be arbitrated. Mr. Root hopes to go before the senate foreign relations committee tomorrow and explain its provisions. The announcement wTas made at the White House today by Secretary Root as he was about to call on the presi dent. The secretary having been elected United States senator by the New York legislature, will resign his cabinet portfolio as soon as the treaty is signed. Protracted Sunday Conferences. The agreement between the prin cipals was reached at 11:30 a. m., fol lowing protracted conferences Sunday, during the day and evening. The treaty will have to be sent to the United states senate for ratification. The conclusion of the negotiations is viewed with extreme satisfaction by Secretary Root and the British and colonial offices. Like the waterways controversy between Canada and the United States the Newfoundland fisheries dispute has been the subject of diplomatic negotiations and treaties for many years. Questions which The Hague will be asked to interpret arise under the execution of article one of the treaty of October 20, 1818, and in deciding the controversal points the tribunal will have to pass on a very broad and important question as to whether state or Colonial laws or regulations may interfere with the terms of a treaty. The latter question confronted the administration in a most perplexing way in the Japanese school question and threatens to be come an important factor In case the bills pending before the California legislature affecting the Japanese by laws. LINCOLN'S BIRTH. Lincoln Post Takes Steps to Hold Ap propriate Services. The committee appointed by Lincoln Post No. 1, G. A. R., of this city for the purpose of arranging for the appro priate observance of the 100th anniver sary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln on Feb. 12th, 1909, now a legal holiday, formally organized by the election of the following officers: Chairman, P. H. Coney; secretary, J. G. Wood; treas urer, A. M. Fuller. The following were chosen an execu tive committee to consider and advise details: C. H. Titus, H. B. Kelly, A. M. Fuller, J. G. Wood and J. S. Todd, with the chairman. The character and extent of the me morial service was discussed and par tially agreed upon. All patriotic citi zens were invited to participate, as it is intended to make the memorial ser vice as distinctively American, without regard to race, creed or class, as was the ideal subject. The committee ad journed to meet at Lincoln post hall this afternoon at 4 o'clock when a formal programme will be agreed upon. IS GIVITV AX OVATION. Return or "The Right of Way" Kansas City a Triumph. to Kansas City. Mo., Jan. 25. Klaw and Erlanger's original New York com pany in Sir Gilbert Parker's powerful drama "The Right of Way" celebrated its second anniversary here at the Willis Wood theater before a large au dience. Guy Standing and Theodore Roberts received ovations on their entrances and at the end of the third act seven curtain calls were demanded by the audience. Telegrams of congratulations were read from the stage from Sir Gilbert Parker and Messrs. Klaw and Erlanger. The appreciation of the audience started this great play on its third sea son in an auspicious manner. "The Right of Way" is now playing its sec ond week here at the Willis Wood within two months, the first engage ment having been .so successful that a second was demanded. DIDXT FULL WEIGHT FX BOAT. Why Ten Deputy Kansas Grain In spectors Were Discharged. The discharge of ten emdoves from the grain department at Kansas City, Kan., following the conference Satur day between Governor Stubbs and John Kaarord, chief grain inspector, aroused some comment as to the why and wherefore. The reason Is simple and plain. The policy of the new adminis tration is to carry no person on the state pay roll who does not pull his weignt in the boat. Radford had re ported some months ago that he had a dozen men in the grain department who were ornamental rather than use ful. He reported again the other day and the report was accepted and acted upon. There was a deficit of about $25, 000 in the grain department last year. These ten employes were dispensed with for the reason that their services were not necessary for the efficiency of ad ministering of the affairs of the grain department. That was all. AT THECAPITAL Congressman Mnrdock Is Still for "War. Insists on Two Important Changes in the Rules. IS O EXECUTIVE SESSION Would Hare Everything Done "in the Daylight." Plan to Stand With Democrats Against Old Rales. Washington, Jan. 25. Congressman Victor Murdock of Kansas, one of the insurgent leaders In the house, opines that the insurgents have a good chance to force amendment of the rules this session. He Is not only not discour aged, but decidedly cheered, by the de velopments of the fight thus far. Mr. Murdock wants two big changes in tne rules, as well as some minor ones. He would: First, take the ap pointment of committees aWay from the speaker. Second, provide that no committee of either house of congress should be permitted to do any of its business behind closed doors. "No ex ecutive sessions," is his proposal. "Let It all be done in the daylight." This later proposal has been a good deal talked about of late by insurgents In both chambers. Some of the new and high-strung senators want to com pel all committee room doors to be open when committees are in session. They think as the real business of leg islation is carried on In committee, the public ought to know just how it is done there as well as on the floor of the two bodies. Xo Closed Meetings. Latelv there has been more serious consideration of the idea than ever be fore. It has been intimated that Sen ator LaFollette Intended to introduce a bill, so as to make it a law that no closed meetings should be held. Either house could, of course, provide in its rules against executive meetings; but this doesn't go far enough to satisfy the people who want reform that will have staying qualities. Chairman Pete Hepburn, of the house Insurgent body of Republicans, is back from his Panama trip, and there is go ing to be activity without delay. Mr. Hepburn's programme Is simply to take all political power from the speaker. which means to remove from him the control of committees. Concerning the Rules. It would require 28 Republican votes acting with all the Democrats, In the organization of the next house, to pre vent the adoption of the old rules. In the last few days the question with the Democrats has been more seriously agitated. The impression of those who have canvassed the situation is that the vote will be very close. A number of members claim to be thoroughly in sympathy with the revision of the rules but they protest against formally act ing with the. Democrats. However, oth ers are willing to go to that length, and these have been about, conferring with Democratic leaders with the view to learn to what extent they are ready to co-operate with the Republicans. There is a widespread impression tnat even if the Republican irregulars should muster force enough to make, with the Democrats, a majority of the house, they would not be at all certain of hold ing the Democrats up to the mark. May Take Weeks to Start. Congressman Murdock suggests the possibility that when the speciaj ses sion opens It may take weeks to organ ize the house, unless some such agree ment can be made In advance. If enough Republicans should refuse to caucus on speaker, and on rules, to pre vent action, the house might be kept unorganized indefinitely. It would be a cruel performance, for the tariff work has to be initiated by the house; but there are insurgents who think it would be just the programme to force surren der by the house organization. MADE JOCRXEY IX ATJTOS. Dan Dyer Returnts With Ballots Election Contest. in Dan Dyer, sergeant-at-arms, return ed yesterday from his trip to Stevens and Morton counties where he was sent to secure the ballots in the Brail-ler-Stout contest case now before the elections committee. In the course of his journey to Hugoton and Richfield, county seats of these counties, Mr. Dyer had to leave the railroad and make a round trip of some 160 miles overland. In the old days he would have had to have traveled via horseback, buggy or SOCIAL WHIRL" With Coffee-Insomnia and Collapse. It seems difficult for some of us to be good all of the time, but it pays, after all. Evert a model school teacher, on a vacation, may drop Into excesses in the way of overeating, late hours and black coffee to add to the irritation of the nervous system. "I am a teacher in the University' writes a lady in Salt Lake City, "and hold a responsible and trying position. For months before my collapse, I rose completely devitalized, but braced up on a cup of coffee. "The summer vacation I spent In the East where I participated in a whirl of social affairs. There was scarcely an evening when I did not dring strong coffee and afterwards spends hours awake. "Finally the break-down came and 1 have spent hundreds of dollars and al most two years of suffering trying to mend it. "Every doctor I had Insisted on my giving up coffee. I tried Postum, not prepared, at first, as it ought to be, and I did not care for it. Since getting It right I have found it wonderfully beneficial. "The benefits derived from Postum the past year have been gradual but sure. The effect on my stomach was immediate. It was the only thing ex cept the white of egg that did not dis tress me. "There is no doubt that coffee is in jurious to many even in small quanti ties. To one who will make the trial, there is no doubt that Postum is decid edly beneficial and a delicious drink if made according to directions on pack age." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well ville," Jn pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and lull of human Interest. stage coach, hut in these golden days of Kansas prosperity the special mes senger of the legislature left the steam cars and entering an automobile pene trated the sandhills in superb style and at lightning speed. In the wilds of Stevens county he applied at a garage and secured another auto with which to make the trip to Richfield. Like the ride of Mazeppa across the steppes of Russia, this trip of Dan Dyer through the sandhills of western Kansas in two different automobiles serves to "point a moral or adorn a tale" of the prosperity of the entire state. LIBERTY BELL TO STOP. Will Be in Topeka on Its Transcon tinental Trip. It is now practically assured that Topeka will get a peep at the great Liberty Bell-which has attracted so much attention in Philadelphia for the last century and Is attracting more at tention every day as it grows older. R. W. Hoyt, president of the Portland Rose festival has arranged to have the bell make a trip across the continent the first time the bell has been away from its home at Philadelphia for such a length of space and time and the first time that it has had the chance to view the country for which it rang out the Independence and freedom. Mayor William Green and the Com mercial ciub have worked hard to give Topeka a place in the itinerary of the Liberty Bell and a letter from the Portland president today gave them the desired result. Portland has made ar rangements with the Philadelphia pat riots to have the bell make a cross continent trip accompanied by a mili tary escort from the Quaker city and while going through the country it was thought advisable to make stops at as many cities as possible. This city is making elaborate arrange ments for the reception of the belL It is expected that it will be here some time in June or possibly the last of May. The bell will be mounted on a huge car which will be constructed for the purpose It will make It possible for an open air exhibition of the treasure and when on the trip it can be enclosed by a portable portion of the car. A mili tary guard and probably a military band will guard the bell on its trium phant trip over the continent. The letter to Mayor Green from Mr. Hoyt, president of the Portland Rose festival reads as follows: "We are greatly pleased to note that you are interested with us in having the Liberty Bell brought to the Pacific coast during the Portland Rose festi val June 7-12, 1909, later to Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition at Seattle. I believe we will be entirely successful in securing the bell as desired. The mayor and select and common councils of Philadelphia are all favorable to the enterprise and there seems to be but lit tle now to arrange for the consumma tion of our plans. When everything is assured we will look up the matter or routing and hope to be able to include the city of Topeka in the bell's itiner ary. The outlook is very bright for the season of 1909 on this side of the con tinent and should you or any of your people or council be able to visit us, particularly during the rose festival, we will do everything in our power to make your stay here one continuous round of pleasure. We can promise a hundred million roses for our next fes tival and we have a climate that cannot be equaled anywhere else In the world. REFUGES FOR GAME. Fencing of Government Forests Is Xow Being Advocated. Chicago, Jan. 25. William E. Cur tis, in an article under a Washington date in today's Record-Herald, advo cates fencing off certain portions of the national forests outside of Yellowstone park, ag refuges for game. "There is," says he, "a herd of 25,000 elk in the Yellowstone Park and the forest re serve adjoining it In northern Wyo ming. General Young, who has been superintendent of Yellowstone Park for several years, says that hunters have estimated the herd as high as 40,000 head. They spend the summer in "the Yellowstone Park and as winter approaches move southward to a lower altitude to find grazing. They can stand any amount of cold if they can get food. T. S. Palmer, chief of the division of game preservation, says that several thousand of them winter around the town of Gardiner, near the Mammoth Hot springs, and in Hayden valley, in the northeastern portion of the park, where there is an open country and plenty of food, more go down into the Wyoming state game preserve, where a range of more than 600,000 acres was set apart in 1905, and others go down into Jackson's Hole, which is being rapidly filled up with settlers, and where for that reason they are no longer safe. "The problem before the govern ment," says Mr. Palmer, "is to find them a permanent feeding ground on which they will be protected during the winter as they are now protected in the park during the summer season. The government now has two game preserves one on the Wichita river in Oklahoma and the other in the Grand Canyon of Arizona and action should be taken to provide a third for the protection of the Yellow stone herd of elk as soon as possible. The best place for them is on their old winter range In Jackson's Hole, which is a deep gorge shut in by the Teton mountains on the west and the Gros Ventre mountains on the east.' PENNILESS AND HUNGRY. St. Louis Couple Reach Chicago Afoot After Two Days' Fasting. Chicago. Jan. 25. Having walked 47 miles in eight days and ridden the re mainder of the way from St. Louis in freight cars and farmers wagons, Vin cent G. Ushkuris, and his wife Julia, have appealed to the police for food and shelter. They are penniless and had not eaten for two days. The couple said they left St. Louis January 12 with but 20 cents. Half of this they had to pay to cross the bridge leaving the city. MAJOR FULLER IS ILL. Tooth Which Had Grown Lengthwise In His Jaw Is Removed. Major Alvarado M. Fuller is ill at Bethesda hospital after an unusual surgical operation performed this morn ing to remove an eye tooth from his Jaw. The tooth had grown lengthwise in the Jaw and was entirely invisible and although it had been there since he was ten years old and had annoyed him slightly at intervals, no dentist had ever AiBnAiuituI it oTlctncA Tli. t t Vi was of the usual size and length and per-1 fectly normal in every respect except! Its position. 1 Footwear Clean Up! Everything remaining from our recent great clearance of celebrated $3.50, $4, some $5 shoes, combined with 250 pairs of "Brockton make" $3.50 Shoes will be distributed to all comers at the sensa tionally low price of There isn't a single new thing in the way of men's stylish footwear that you wont find in this remark able clean-up and in your exact size. It's an oppor tunity that you'll proba bly never have again. The north wall of the Copeland has been pushed over at last. Dr. C. F. Hulett has returned from Bloomfield, Iowa, where he was called last week to attend the funeral of his mother. A special train will carry the mem bers of Abdallah temple, Leavenworth, to Topeka Wednesday, when a Shrine In itiation will be held. A special meeting of the Builders, Trades Employers' association will be held at the Commercial club rooms this evening at 8 o'clock. The regular monthly meeting of the Red Cross society will be held at the office of Governor Stubbs, Monday evening, February 1st. The Lincoln Post G. A. R. Is making arrangements for a big celebration February 12 in honor of the centennial anniversary of Lincoln's birth. The national tuberculosis exhibit is taking place at 816 Kansas avenue this week. The exhibit is well worth the price of admission It Is free. The trial of the civil Jury cases was commenced this morning in the district court, the first case set for hearing be ing that of Gordon against Zandlton. William F. Rick, who was chief clerk at the Copeland hotel at the time of its burning, has left for his home In Cedar Rapids, la., accompanied by his wife. Press dispatches from London Indi cate that Carrie Nation has scored again inasmuch as she has been eject ed from Oxford Music hall as a dis turber. "Q" Gilfillan who is attached to the water department of the Santa Fe with headquarters at Wichita spent Sunday in the city with his father and thfl boys. By a strange coincidence, Henry Ben. nett, the contractor who built the Cope. land hotel In lS3, has secured the con tract for razing the walls, and clearing away the debris. Tooeka burglars ransacked the resi dence of a Topeka man for two hours Sunday and only secured a roll of Con federate money and a child's bank filled with buttons. The Willard W. C. T. IT. will not hold its regular meeting this week on account of the evangelistic meetings which are being held in the southwest ern portion of the city. The Kansas Editorial association will meet in Topeka next Monday. It is expected that on this occasion there will be the largest attendance of edi tors ever seen in Topeka.. Rev. Frank E. Mallory. one of the oldest and best known ministers In the city, has resigned his pastorate of the Third Christian church ana win taKJ charge of a church in Parsons. C. H. Titus, commissioner of elections, NO. A Coffee of Supreme Excellence Just exactly right In flavor, strength and aroma. Deictoun t ihe ast drop, satisfying and sustaining. Per lb. 35c, 3 lbs. $1.00 CHAS. McCLINTOCK Tea, Coffee, China, 81 S Kins. Ave. gf5? THE 0'6Hdcumysiwt mil J44--l TOMORROW will be a good day if you come here and look at what we are doing for you. Hart Schaff- N ow EXTRA trousers are a feature, too; we give the greatest $5 values ever shown; they're $6, 7, $8 qualities 95 $6 grades at the $3.50 yr DR. COOKIIMHAM'S CURES Are Satisfactory in Every Dismissed Case, Because They Arc Complete, and There Is No Cbanco of the Disease Ever Returning. To cure any disease is to blot out every symptom, restore the patient to good health in every way that the disease has affected, so that not a sign will ever recur during life." There are so many men Buffering from Chronic Pelvic and Private Dineaaes, and the greater number of these victims are still more unfortunate in treating with self-styled specialists and doctors who know only enough to produce tem- ?orary results, or false cure, if they succeed in benefitting the sufferer at all. here is no such thing as a partial cure of disease, and the physician whose method does not remove every vistige cannot rightly claim to do more than re lieve. MY PELVIC METHODS INSURE MEN A LIFELONG CT'RE from EITHER BLOOD POISON, SKIN DISORDERS. SORES, OXERS. VARICOCELE. NERV OUS DECLINE. WEAKNESS. PILES AND DISEASES OF THE KIDNEYS. BLADDER AND PROSTATE. CONSULTATION FREE. CONFIDENTIAL AND INVITED, BOTH AT OF FICE AND BY CORRESPONDENCE. My charges are reasonable, and I make terms that enable my patients to conveniently pay me. Do not treat elsewhere until you have investigated my methods and terms. DR. D. A. COOKINHAM 106 EAST SEVENTH STREET. Office Hours: 9 to 12, 2 to 5, 7 to 8. Sundays: 9:30 to 10:30. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings. has had a number of notices displayed at various points about the Auditorium apprizing Midwinter visitors that they may register at this time If they choose. "Whenever there is one fire there will be two others,' is the saying in i the country towns. In Topeka when there is one big fire there is bound to be two others. It's now time for one more. Mayor Green has received word that Albert James Boyd, a Topeka boy who enlisted in the navy some time ago has left his station without leave and is looked upon by the government as a deserter. George W. Reed left for Ellensbury, Wash., Saturday, where he will become superintendent of the wholesale estab lishment of B. F. Reed Co., one of the largest institutions of Its kind in the Northwest. Col. James Chappelle was in Topeka Sunday and inspected the Copeland ruins. He tried In vain to recover his automatic shotgun and the rest of his arsenal which was in the private office of the hotel during the fire. W. T. Vernon, registar of the United States treasury, will deliver an address at the Lincoln Day celebration to be held in Topeka next month in commem oration of the one hundredth anniver sary of the birth of President Lincoln. The management of the Oakland band complains about the lack of liberality on the part of residents of that section of the city and threatens to go hence and perhaps become allied with an in surance order which offers inducements. The vesper services at Washburn college Sunday afternoon were well attended and the college chapel was crowded. Dean Frank T. Lee of the biblical department of the college was the main speaker at the services Sun day. The Spanish war veterans will give a big supper and a program at their quarters, 119 West Sixth Tuesday' evening. There are a number of vet erans in the senate and the house of representatives and they will be the guests of the local organization. The Topeka bodies of the Scottish Rite will give degrees from the ninth to the thirteenth at the Masonic tem ple this evening, commencing at 7 o'clock. Tomorrow night the four teenth degree will be given completing the special session of the bodies. Governor Walter Roscoe Stuos will travel over the hot sands of the burning deserts and become a Shrin er of the Abdallah Temple Wednes day night, January 27. He will be ac companied by about 60 other novices who will go through the same hard ships. W. R. Stubbs has experienced many griefs since his brief sojourn in Topeka but those In position to know say that those of the past are nothing when com pared with those of Wednesday even ing when he is to become a Shriner under the directions of the nobles of Abdallah temple. A $12,000,000 item was filed with Reg ister of Deeds Hodgins, Saturday, being a mortgage given by Kansas City Kansas Southern Railway company to the Carnegie Trust company. The pro posed railroad is an electric line which will connect the Kaw valley towns as far west as Topeka with Kansas City. The police have received a descrip tion of Governor W. J. Bailey's watch which was stolen from his home In Atchison Friday night and for the re covery of which a reward of $50 Is of fered. The timepiece was given to him by his military staff and is highly prized by the ex-governor for that rea son. Frederick, the S year old son of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. MacKie of 140S Har rison street, was severely injured Sun day while returning from Sunday school. With some playmates he was walking on the retaining waal on Har rison, between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, when he fell cutting a gash ner Marx Overcoats are here; selling at prices that show as much as 40 per cent saving. $20.00, $22.50 Black Overcoats $20.00, $22, $25 Fancy Overcoats $20.00 Protector Collar Overcoats $20, $22, $25 Skirted Overcoats $20.00, $22.50 Suits in all sizes All sizes fitted including stouts and slims. OVERCOATS and Suits ?Of $30. $28. $25 values at P-vF sffooo aamtsvon Stetson Shoe reduced; $5, $S kinds $3.85 WHY DON'T YOU EAT ROYAL BREAD Most All Other Peo ple in Topeka Do. DONT E ODD 500 INVERTED GAS LIGHTS BEST MAKES 65 Cents H. M. CROSS CYCLE CO. 810 KANSAS AVENUE Six Hundred Million t X

i of the people's savings are Invest ed in Building and Loan Associa tions. WHXt Because: It Is the safest and most profit able method offered for saving money. Its funds are Invested in such a manner as to bring the largeat profits with the greatest degree of security. Start a saving account with the New Tear. The Capitol Building Loan Ass'n. 534 Kansas Avenue in his forehead which required six or eight stitches to close. "I notice," said a Topeka man, "that Wichita is planning to erect a drill tower in that city so that the firemen may enjoy the sensation of climbing ladders to the top of high buildings such as that city does not possess. Now as a suggestion: Would It not be a cheaper and at the same time better to send Wichita's firemen to Topeka for short vacations and let them have the advantage of the tall buildings In Topeka and the benefit of the Topeka fire department drills?" Kansas City and Return $1.35. January 22nd to 28th Inclusive. The Union Pacific will sell tickets to Kan sas City and return for $1.35, final limit Feb. 1st. There will be' a special meeting of the Builders Trades Kmployers asso ciation at the Commercial room on Monday evening. Jan. 25, '09 at 9 o'clock. GEO. RIXXER, Pres. FRANK BECK, Sec. For Infanta and Children. Tfca Kind Yea Hava Always Eairght Signataraof t

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8 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1909. McCALL PATTERNS MILLS' STORE NEWS LA V1DA CORSETS Monday, January 25, 1909 The Mills Co. Topeka. ?f January aie MFW C0RSET COVERS of very 1 1 1 1 fine soft nainsook. The best 50c covers we ever saw. Fine embroidery beading in pretty design, run with rib bon, and lace edged, on neck arms edged. Well shaped, full Cfl covers: OUC Muslin Underwear The Last Week Practically a new sale this week fresh gar ments brought out new styles to show that were not here at the sale's beginning all the tables filled with finer, prettier, more valuable garments than we have ever before shown at the prices. We do not ask you to take our unsup ported word or this ask any woman who has been here, and examined these muslins. See for yourself and like the others you'll become an enthusiast on muslin ready-to-wear our kind. Among the less expensive styles are these: NFW C0RSET COVERS of soft H Lt fr muslin, made with full front, two styles of neck trimming scalloped embroidered frill, above ribbon drawn beading, or wide lace beading edged with good lace and drawn or J with ribbon 95c Garments a Special Feature Eight Styles of Gowns Alone DEM' SQUARE NECK cambric gown with out line of wide straight-edged embroidery insertion short, square shaped sleeve in one piece with the gown tucked and embroidery trimmed, 95c. SLIP OVER cambric gown with an edge of dainty embroidery having wide ribbon drawn through the eyelets, 95c. HIGH SQUARE NECK; or low round neck cam bric gown, with wide, open-edged embroidery frills, and outline of insertion, 95c. HIGH NECK GOWN of cambric square yoke of fine tucking and wide embroidery insertion. Pretty embroidery neck and sleeve ruffles, 95c. SLIP-OVER GOWN, long cloth, square neck, wide hemstitched band at neck and on sleeves. Very dainty gown,, 95c. HIGH-NECK GOWN, muslin, -with pretty hem stitched lawn ruffles, and tucked yoke, 95c. EXTRA GOOD GOWN and unusually pretty. High neck, with open V neatly ruffled. Yoke of very fine bias tucks and dainty embroidery insertion, 95c. CAMBRIC DRAWERS Three styles; all made from an unusually fine, soft quality of cambric. One style with ruffle of deeply scalloped surface embroid ery; one with tucks, and heavily dotted firmly scal loped embroidery ruffle; another with tucks and hemstitched embroidery, 95c. CORSET COVERS of long cloth, full front with half-inch embroidery beading ribbon and fine lace edge at neck, or with square yoke of fine embroid ery and bow ribbon, 95c. MUSLIN SKIRT of exceptional quality, 15-inch flounce, three spaced rows of lace Insertion, one row in ruffle, and edged to match, 95c. SHIRT-WAIST SKIRT, full flounce 20 inches deep, three clusters of nine tucks each, ruffle set on ruf fle, 95o. PRETTY SKIRT of muslin with 1 5-inch flounce trimmed with- fine embroidery and wide tucks. 95c. LONGCLOTH SKIRT, plain 10-inch lawn flounce has four wide fine hemstitched tucks, and hemstitch ed hem, 95c. Unusually Fine Garments at 50c CORSET COVERS soft cambric full front wide neck trimming of fine eyelet embroidery inser tion, lace beading and edge 50c. CORSET COVERS Longcloth, full front. Either fine embroidery edge, ribbon drawn; or Torchon lace with ribbon and beading, 50c. MUSLIN DRAWERS with 7-inch muslin flounce having two cluster of 5 hemstitched tucks, each 50c MUSLIN DRAWERS with fine heavy edged em broidery ruffles and fine hemstitched tucks, 50c. MUSLIN GOWNS, square, open neck Gown with rufflea and hemstitched tucks band of embroidery across, 50c. SLIP-OVER GOWNS "of fine soft muslin. Neck laintily ruffled and finished with ribbon drawn beading, 50c. LONG SKIRT, muslin top, 14-inch lawn flounce Two clusters of 9 tucks each, 50c. SHORT SKIRT of muslin. Has an 8-inch flounce with wide embroidery ruffle and tucks, 50c. Luncheon is served in the Tea Room, 3d Floor, from 12 o'clock until 2 p. m. JACKSON BILL PASSES Goes Through House at the Session This Afternoon. At 2:30 this afternoon the house pass ed the Jackson anti-trust bill on roll call vote, only two representatives, IWestcott of Cherokee and Davis of Ki owa, voting against the measure. Attorney General Jackson had pre pared the bill with great care and was deeply interested in its passage, being present in person today on the floor of the house in. conference with the leaders. The bill is calculated to great ly aid the state prosecutor in the col lection of evidence and presentation of came to a court. Some of the members wished to amend the bill, doubting its constitutionality in certain points, but the bill was passed with little change of its original form. The house spent part of three ses sions, that of Saturday afternoon, this morning and this evening, in considera tion of this bill. KTT T F11 HIS TRAIL HOUNDS. For This W. R. Peck Had Frank Reiblen Arrested. Upon the complaint of W. B. Peck, the county attorney has asked the clerk of the court of Topeka to issue a warrant for the arrest of Frank Reiblen. the owner of a farm near "Vinewood, on charges of cruelty to animals and also of killing a domestic animal. Mr. Peck and a companion, to gether with a pack of four hounds, were following a trail of a wolf the other afternoon. The trail of the wolf ran across Reiblen's pasture and the dogs were a considerable distance In advance of Mr. Peck and his com panion. According to Mr. .Peck's stroy, when Reiblen saw the dogs com ing through his pasture he got his shotgun and proceeded to kill three of the dogs outright and badly wounded the fourth animal. The owner of the dogs was very much incensed at the farmer's action and finally decided to file a complaint against him. The application for a warrant was made this morning. NOT SATISFIED WITH AWARDS. Appeals From Apportionment of Dam ages by Appraisers. A number of land owners in Shawnee county along the line of the proposed new road of the Topeka-Southwestern Railway company are not satisfied with the appraisement made by the commis sioners for the land necessary for the railroad's right of way through their property, and have filed bonds in the district court for appeal from tin awards made by the commission Among the property owners who have begun proceedings to contest the award are B. F. Axtell. Harris T. Bassett. James Bassett, George Burghart, J. R. Burrow, H. L. Flikinger. Hannah A. Sims, L. L. and J. M. Vrooman. The awards made by the commission ers for damages to property incident to the construction of a levee in the North Topeka drainage district are not satis factory to a number of property hold ers along the line of construction and H. R. Cutler, Caroline Erhart, the Kaw Package Manufacturing company. J. H. and Lillie Lamberson. Oscar B. Raney and the Topeka Iron Co.. have each filed in the district court a bond for appeal against the award. Trouble for Patterson and Sadler. There is more trouble in store for Porter Patterson and George Sadler, the two colored sports who were arrested the other day for operating a policy game. County Attorney Schenok today filed a complaint against the policy men on behalf of the county and they will be prosecuted by Shawnee county as well as by the city of Topeka. Everybody reads the Etate Journal. vr-vl r&' 1 11m h Hi mm S ii till iV h we call your attention to the super iority of our work on Collars, Cuffs, Shirts, Fancy ests, etc. That our work is SUPERIOR is evi denced by the fact that our customer list is made up from the best dressers In this city! We would be pleased to have you give our work a trial today. The Mutual Topeka's Soft Water fSiT Laundry HE DIED JUST IN TIME. Fell Dead as He Was About to Shoot His Sweetheart. L oLMsenng into the home of the girl he loved, with un .-.v sun, iuuul i snoot ner, juuus niri Herring fell dead at the feet of his former fiancee, Miss Mary Robertson, this morn ing from the effects of a huge dose of poison. Herring and Miss Robertson had been 1 a year, out me matcrt was recently broken on-. Herring was flnnarontltr i 1 i' at me time as ne was desperately in love with the girl. Twice he prevailed upon her to reconsider her de cision, and last week he pointed a gun at her. This morning he went to the girl's house, 2011 Spruce street. It is thought hfe took 1 uircsiium ana im mediately afterwards entered her bedroom. 11 -S i, """irer oul was too weak to pull the trigger and almost immediately fell dead. Herring was a steel worker, about "6 years of age. Miss Robertson is about 20 years old and is a stenographer. LOCAL MENTION. Dr. S. Temple, Osteopath. 735 Kansas ave, Ind. 1642. Res. 5174. Bell 1885. Mrs. A. N. Armstrong of 222 Jack son i3 very sick with grip. Don't be without an Independent phone in your home. The color system makes service perfect, and the cost is very low. Charles Brooks, foreman of the bindery department of the state print ing plant, has been granted a three months' leave of absence and will go to Texas soon for the benefit of his health. Many Topeka smokers, really pre fer Eagle's Rose Tint five cent cigars, to most ten cent stock. It is a larger cigar for the price and Is well made with long Havana filler. A marriage license has been granted to R. Erie Lepper, aged 26, of Floris. Ia., and Julia M. Deskin, aged 26 of Richland, Kan. New York- Money Market. New York, Jan. 25. MONEY Money on call easy. 1W&1 per cent; ruling rate IMj. closing bid lhi, offered at per cent, lime loans, very -weak; 60 days, 24 to 24 per cent, and 90 days, 2 per cent; six months. 3 per cent. CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper 3 1-3 to 4 per cent. Sterling exchange steady with actual business m bankers' bills at 4.84.964.S5.06 for 60 day bills and at $4.87.35 for demand: commercial bills, $4.S44.84. lars aR-Bar silver 52cJ Mexican dol- BONDS Government bonds. steady; railroad bonds, irregular. Judge Hanna of Colorado Springs will give a free lecture on Christian Science next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Grand Opera house. The public is cordially invited- WHEELSARESLpW The Legislative Grist Is Small Today. Provisions of Jackson Trust Regulating Bill Discussed. HASKELL SAYS NO. Doesn't Intend to Release Oklahoma Convicts. the Bill to Establish Model Farm in Every County. A French king who had grown tired of the glory of his reign used to say every evening to certain of his cour tiers, "Come, let us be bored tos ether. If this king had been in Topeka today and attended the sessions of the house he would have been bored enough to have lasted him for some time. After passing the two minor bills threshed out and agreed to Saturday in commit tee of the whole the house spent the rest of the day wrangling over the Fred Jackson bill strengthening, or calculated to strengthen, the state law providing for the collection ana appli cation of evidence against any trusts and monopolies doing business in this state contrary to law. Moore of Harper, during the morn ing session, arose and stated that while he had intended to introduce a resolu tion today -against the proposed plan of Governor Haskell of Oklahoma to have the prisoners of the new state now confined at Lansing turned loose upon the public of this state, that he had learned this morning that Gover nor Haskell had written Governor Stubbs that Oklahoma had no such In tention, and that, therefore, there be-ine- now no danerer of this threatened act, the introduction of such a resolu tion was out of place. Moore of Harner today introduced the following bill providing for the establishment agricultural demonstra tion farms In the different counties of the state, the text of which is of in terest to all farmers and will prove of great benefit if enacted into a law: The board of county commission ers of any county in this state in which an agricultural demonstration farm has been or is hereafter located bv the board of regents of the state agricultural college is hereby author ized to lease or donate to tne saia board of regents any portion of lands owned by said county not exceeding forty acres in extent, suitable for use in demonstrating the value of crops and method of farming. gardening, horticulture and forestry, and to con tract for the carrying of such demon stration work under the plans, direc tion and representatives of the board of regents of said college. "County commissioners shall fur nish sufficient helpa-nd proper teams, tools and materials other than seeds to do the work planned by the repre sentatives of the board and are hereby authorized to levy a tax to pay the cost of such expense and work, the to tal cost not to exceed $1,500 In any year thereafter. -i i "All crops grow upon such dem onstration farm to be the property of the county in which it is located and shall be sold to the citizens thereof when desired for seed or propagation, or used for public institutions; the re ceipts from such sales to be credited to the farm so as to reduce said tax to lowest amount possible. "That it may be known what Is planted.- methods 'used and results, each plot or planting shall be plainly and legibly marked for information of visitors to the farm and all such In formation and results of said work shall be engrafted in a re port and furnished .the county clerk who shall have the same printed, and the treasurer shall furnish a copy of the same to each citizen of the county when the latter pays his taxes, and the same shall be published in the official county paper." Johnson' of Atchison today intro duced a guarantee deposit bill' in the house that contains features not dis cussed this year among legislators or in the papers of this state to any ex tent, but which was before the legis lature two years ago. This bill pro vides for the creation of guarantee de posit insurance companies for the in surance of deposits of trust companies and state, private and national banks of the state from any' loss which may accrue to their depositors from failure in whole or part of such insured banks or trust companies and consequent In ability to pay such depositors in full. Such deposit Insurance company shall have a capital stock of not less than one million dollars and no divi dend in excess of -ten per cent and that no less than fifteen persons, two thirds of whom shall live in the state of Kansas can form such company. Ham of Rooks county introduced a similar bill in the house last session and it was defeated. It passed the senate, however. The bill provides a simpler method of guarantee of de posits if it is not so practical or ef fective as some of the more popular measures for protection along this line. This deposit insurance com pany, rather than a bankers' guaran tee association assumes the burden of responsibility and it is under the ju risdiction of the state charter board instead of the other state officials. Brighton, of Montgomery, introduced a resolution- today which called atten tion to the fact that Brown of King man had just received the glad tidings that he was a grandfather and resolv ed that he be fined a barrel of apples in token thereof. Brown seconded the Essences Restore Stomachs Dyspeptics Everywhere Now Using Them Cut This Out. Are you ever "blue?" If before break fast, dinner and supper you do not feel a hearty-hungry feeling and longing for food of almost any kind, if you feel finicky and want something to eat, but can't say what, then you are most likely bor dering on chronic dyspepsia. If you feel bloated, have heartburn, sour stomach, bad breath, and feel lan guid, dull or nervous and irritable, then you surely have need for the following simple recipe, which it is claimed has cured many famous- people. Prescribed for many years with the utmost success, its power over stomach disorders is now well known and probably lies in the pe culiar blending properties of concentrated essences. Get two, tQunces of syrup of ginger, two ounces of' essence of pepsin and one ounce compound essence eardiol. Mix altogether.- Then take one or two teaspoonfuls after each meal. To excite appetite, take a spoonful before eating. May be taken freely by adults and chil dren with weak stomachs, a it contains no opiat"- motion, .declaring fhat Via wnnlA hapv. fully buy all the apples in cold storage m lujicua, one Darrei at time, to i-ereoraw sucn nappy tidings as the ad vent of the sunshine of baby smiles in ma uuiiie. ins resolution was adopted Speaker Dolley this mominsr estab lished a new precedent in the house when he read; a half dozen telegraph messages addressed to him in his ca pacity as speaker of the house, all of wmcn urged him to support house bill No. 79, by Wilson of Sedgwick, which makes appropriation for fighting the San Jose scale. These messages were from nursery firms at Wichita, Welling ton and Winfleld, and all urged the speaker to "support the bill for the full amount." Speaker Dolley stated his in tention to disregard any such urgent auncB resaraing any Dill. Bills in the House. The following bills were introduced in tne nouse today: H. B. No. 285. By Maskie An act dedicating a public street of the city of Olathe. H. B. No. 386. By Moore An act' to autnonze county agricultural demon' stration farm. H. B. No. 387. By Stout An act to amena statutes of 1901. H. B. No. 388. By Edwards An act concerning county assessors. H. B. No. 389. Bv Stone of Shawnee An act regulating the procedure of state courts. H. B. No. 390. By Stone of Shawnee An act to promote uniformity of legislation in the United States. H. B. No. 391. By Stone of Shawnee An act fixing the salaries and clerk hire of county officers. H. B. No. 392. By Stone of Shawnee An act for the regulation and control of pudiic utilities. H. B. No. 393. By Dolley An act fix ing the salaries of the commissioner of labor and assistants. H. B. No. 394. By Dolley An act re lating to management etate charita ble, reformatory and penal institutions. ii. ts. jno. 3o. By Cunningham An act providing for the use of voting ma chines at any or all elections. H. B. No. 396. By Landrey An act to define by netes and bounds of the city of Argentine, in Wyandotte county. irl. B. No. 397. By Landrey An act providing for the issuance of school district bonds. H. B. 398. By Clay An act authoriz ing the state geologist to make an in vestigation of explosions in coal mines and possible remedies therefor. H. B. No. 399. By Shideier An act authorizing a state school library board. H. B No. 400. By Shideier An act relating to territory attached to cities for school purposes. H. B. No. 401. By Shideier An act providing for reports to state superin tendent. H. B. No. 402. Bv Matson An act in relation to accidents and requiring report to state factory inspector. H. B. No. 403. By Morgan or Keno An act exempting from taxation cer tain property belonging to Union sol diers and sailors. H. R. No. 404. By Kyle An act to authorize school district No. 7, Ma rion county, Kansas, to build school house. H. B. No. 405. By Kyle An act to prevent nuisances. j H. B. 406. By Morris by re-1 quest An act relating to conducting schools and the wearing of emblems. H. B. No. 407. By Griffin An act relating to county bridges. H. B. No. 408. By Jonnson An act authorizing creation of guarantee in surance companies. H. B. No. 409. By Mercer An act relating to banks and banking: pro-. viding for the organization, manage ment, control, regulation and super vision of banks. H. B. No. 410. By Buck An act relating to the liability of railroads for damages by fire. H. B. No. 411. By Edwards An act for regulation and support of com mon schools. H. B. No. 412. By Stone of Shaw nee An act to promote tne saieiy ot the traveling public and protect the lives and limbs of railway employes and to prescribe the minimum number of employes to be used in the operation of freight trains ana yara engines. H. B. No. 413. Bv Stone of Shawnee An act to establish a public service commission. TEARING DOWN WALLS. OFFICIAL REPORT OF The Aetna Braldkg idaii Association OF TOPEKA, KANSAS For Six Months, Ending December 31, 1908 RESOURCES. Real estate loans J2,114,3S3.32 Stock loans 58.470.44 Real estate 79,700.47 Tax and insurance advanced.... 13,8"6.17 Bills receivable 25.926.62 Sundry accts. owing Co 5.628.12 Furniture and fixtures 1,650.76 Cash on hand 21,265.90 J2,320,831.80 LIABILITIES. Installment stock Dividend stock Deposit stock Trustee's acct., old stock Interest to dividend, stock.... Sundry accts. Co. owes Prepaid stock Undivided profits, new ..$l,S70,352.n5 150.841.On 11.110.57 272,321.09 4.23S.0H 1,814.39 600.00 9,554.70 $2,320,831.80 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. DECEMBER 31, 1908. Undivided profits, new, June 30... 8,928.28 Undivided profits transferred back 693.96 Interest 63.400.78 Premium 50.264.12 Fines, new 2.7S8.13 Ten per cent on withdrawals 10,019.47 Part dividend on withdrawals.... 2,214.31 Transfers 26S.O0 Dividends to old stock, Dec. 1908 Dividends to new stock, Dec. 1908 Interest to dividend stock Interest paid on deposit stock. Rent Officers' salary Clerk hire and stenographers.. Sundry expenses Postage Exchange and discounts Agents' commissions...... Examiner's fees Profit and loss acct Court fees Attorney fees New undivided profits 31. 7,165.15 31. 74.414.60 4.23S.00 468.48 360.00 2,500.00 4.S31.S5 2.299.33 634 54 8.036. S7 4,373.4 151.56 18,612.9-1 362.43 5X4.66 9.554.70 S13S.577.05 I RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS FROM JULY 1, 190S, I13S.577.05 TO JANUARY 1, 1909. Cash on hand July 1 30.045.86 Installment stock, old. 5.3S9.00 Installment stock, new 2S4.823.2S Interest 63,782.51 Premium 50.561.96 Fines 2.803.73 Transfer fees 268.00 Deposit stock 9.4S6.47 Dividend stock 51,405.00 Interest, dividend stock 4.238.00 Guarantee stock 10.00 25 npr nent nf om series stock 1.43S.V. Real estate loans 188,043.82 Stock loans 30,844.62 Bills receivable 2.7ni. Rent 2.2SS.25 Real estate 5.410.47 Attorney fees 1.495.00 Examiner's fees 1,405.00 Tax and insurance 3,160.46 Personal account Agents" commissions 5,197.52 Exchange account 8.47 Sundry expenses 20.27 Court fees 711.07 A. B. Quinton, trustee 533,039.70 Profit and loss, old 93.30 Profit and loss acct 2.196.29 10 per cent on withdrawals 10,029.47 Part dividends on withdrawals.. 2.214.31 Accounts receivable 16,024.91 $1,309,135.60 Furniture and fixtures 573.01 Installment stock, old 361.094.37 Installment stock, new 13S.fiGo.7S Interest, returned 381.73 Premium, returned 297.S4 Fines, returned 15.no Interest, deposit stock 4T.S.4 Deposit stock 10.473.46 Dividend stock v 19.125.u0 Int., dividend stock 3.556.M. Guarantee stock, chgd out 92.814.26 25 per cent of old series stock... 1.43S.S3 Real estate loans 206.OS2.47 Stock loans 15.i0.!U Bills receivable s0.on Rent 2.64S.5 Real estate 24.140.89 Attorney fees 2,079.66 Examiner's fees 1.556.56 Tax and Insurance 7,063.43 Personal account Agents' commissions 9.571.00 Exchange account $.044.34 Sundry expenses 2.319.60 Postage 634.54 Court Jees 1,073.50 A. B. Quinton, trustee 2G6.03S.56 Officers' salary 2.500.04 Clerk hire and stenographers... 4.831. M Profit and loss, old 93.30 Guarantee fund, charged out 62.921.64 Profit and loss 24,352.23 10 per cent on withdrawals 10.00 Accounts payable 16.672.36 Cash on hand 21,265.90 $1,309,135.60 OFFICERS: JNO. F. CARTER, Prest. and .Treas. JNO. Q. ROYCE, Secretary. A. B. QUINTON, Vice President and Attorney. W. A. STANFORD, Bookkeeper. JNO. 8. DOWNES, Examiner. DIRECTORS: Jno. F. Carter. A. B. Quinton, Jno. Q. Royce, T. D. Fitzpatrick, Horace" Clark. State of Kansas, County of Shawnee, ss. I, Jno. F. Carter, president, and I. Jno. Q. Royce. secretary of the within named association, do solemnly swear that the within and foregoing is a true and complete statement of the condition of said association; that no item of liability has been omitted therefrom or is Improperly set forth; that the assets and liabili ties, profits and losses, receipts and disbursements, shown therein, represent ac tual and bona fide transactions, and contain no worthless or accommodation pa per; that all loans are properly secured: that I am familiar with the transactions of said association, and that to the best of my knowledge and belief, its businen is. conducted in accordance with law. So- help me God. JNO. Q. ROYCE, JNO. F. CARTER, Secretary. President. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 22nd day of January, 1909. J. G. MITCHELL, Notary Public. My commisssion expires February 2, 1909. The Copeland Ruins Will No Longer Be a Menace. Henry Bennett, who has secured the contract for tearing down the walls of the Copeland hotel, pushed the work during the day. The north walls are down as far as the second story Sketch showing rear Iron fire ladder at Copeland hotel, down which escaped, clad in night Clothes, Major and Mrs. Fuller or Topeka, Representative and Mrs. E. B. Jenett of Wichita. Mr. Sutton of Lawrence and Others. The cross marks Lambert's room. and the east walls will be razed as soon as the work is completed on the north, where the most danger lies at present. The work is being done by means of long poles, derricks and jacks. Long poles were placed against the north walls from the Ninth street side, and pushed against the walls by means of a Jack, causing the walls to fall inward. Mr. Bennett thinks it will take the greater part of the week to get the walis down; after which the work of clearing away the debris will proceed. nil i-m rt-Mi 1 1 in 1 1 ii ii in n i tin ABROAD LEAF Vit&mM THIS IS THE. WAY Burgharrs G. B." New 5c Cigar IS PUT UP IN TIN BOXES-Keeps them fresh, and holds the original flavor of the tobacco. That's why they have been in such -demand by smokers of five-cent cigars. That's why the demand is so great it keeps the factory busy filling orders. TRY ONE. FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS MANUFACTURER 1 1 1 1 t-t- i i ,,,t. F 1 BAKED TO A TURN Listen! Don't this sound good to you? A nice, large, bulging loaf of bread. Brown not too brown; moist, but not soggy- liihl ht not rubbery or too Porous This combined with all other good qual ities, makes the best bread you ever ate, and yet the price is ONLY 5c PER. LOAF Besides the quality being the best, you have the satisfying knowledge of its coming from the cleanest bakery in the city The Pure T Fold Bci k cry. FRENCH 823 Kansas Avenue BAKERY Phone 588

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1909 7 HOW TO GET WELL ON NORTH SIDE. Material for New Santa Fe Bridge Arriyes. National Tuberculosis Exhibit Is in Topeka. Gi res Valuable Information to Will Be Higher and Stronger Than Old One. Sufferers and Others. HOW YOU MAY KXOW. WORK ON THE DIKES. i k ,Om img Mnd Wnimiter Sale i 1'i i j' I n 1. I J4 4, is Kales That Will Enable One to Make Own Diagnosis. Others Which Tell How the Disease May Be Gured. Within Sixty Days They Will Hare Been Finished. Improvements Will Be Made at Garfield Park. The large store room at 816 Kansas avenue is a mass of signs, advertise ments and miniature sanitariums to day which constitutes part of the na tional tuberculosis exhibit which was brought to Topeka through the efforts of the Shawnee County Medical so ciety, the city of Topeka, the Elks, the Scottish Rite Masons and the Knights Ladies of Security. But from a first look at the exhibit it is the opinion of the public that the firms advertising their wares and the doctors of the city should pay for the exhibit. The walls are lined with the photo graphs of mountain resorts and their nrtravprt in several different languages. Then there are arrived this morning and are being fresh air windows and consumption I unloaded today. The work of placing the spans will commence within a week or two and be pushed forward as rapidly as possible. The matter has been talked of for some time by Santa Fe officials. The change has been de manded by the old bridge becoming unsafe for the newer type of heavy engines and trains. There is considerable talk that the A new bridge will be built in the near future in place of the old Santa Fe bridge across the Kansas river. It will be of heavier material than the old structure and will be placed In po sition according to the latest methods of bridge engineering. The new bridge will be safe for thej heaviest type of engines. It will be built one span at a time so that its construction will not interfere with traffic. It will be higher than the old bridge so as to conform with the grade of the flood protection dykes which are under construction. Five cars of material for the bridge tnta n-hioh or recommended to the consumptives, and their makers have their names pasted all over them with everything but the price. This, together with several other kinds or advertising matter, freshened up by a few original instructions to the gen eral public (which refer you to the hxr the wav-1 constitutes the rational tuberculosis exhibit to which Rock isiand trains will use the Santa Topeka has donated so iioerauj. will be here for a week and if the peo ple take kindly toward it it will stay for ten days. But the best part of the exhibit is the evening and afternoon programmes given by the directors and the doctors over the city. They will undoubtedly be of great value to the public as a whole. The first lecture and informa tion will he sriven out this evening. Governor Stubbs and Dr. Crumbine will speak. Thr a lot of information given out on the posters over the walls of the room which read as iohows. How to Avoid Tuberculosis. Spend all the time you can in the fresh open air and sunlight. Don't live or work in rooms where there is no fresh air. Don't sleep in a room where there is no fresh air. Don't stir up dust in sweeping and dusting- Use damp bits of paper in sweeping and damp cloths in dusting. Don't eat until you have washed your hands. Don't put anything into your mouth except food and a tooth brush. Don't allow flies in the house or workshop. They cairy the germs of diseases. Eat simple and nourishing food. Eaf slowly and chew the food thoroughly. Don't eat or drink to ex cess. Don't neglect a cold. If There's Suspicion. Then comes the advice to follow if you have consumption. This is what you are to do in case you suspect the disease: If you have a long, hard cold. If you are losing weight. If you feel feverish toward evening, If you get tired easily. Go to your doctor or to a dispen sary and ask the doctor to examine your chest and give you his frank opinion. Now supposing you have consump tion. Then the following set of rules are given as an advice for recovery. If you are treated in the early stage of the disease. If you don't waste time and money taking useless patent medicines and worthless advertised cures. If you avoid whisky, beer and oth r alcoholic drinks. If you live and sleep out of doors or In pure fresh air. If you eat plenty of plain and nour ishing food. If you take plenty of rest in the open air and sunshine. If you are under the care of a cap able physician and follow his advice strictly. If you go to a tuberculosis sanito rium or Join a tuberculosis class and obey the rules. DO NOT WANT PERMITS. Two Drufrgists Who Change Their 4 Minds and Withdraw Applications. Two local druggists, J. W. Kraemer, 400 East Locust street, and A. H. Herold. 619 North Kansas avenue, evi dently intend not to sell intoxicating liquors in the future. Both druggists had filed application for liquor permits with Probate Judge Schoch. and the hearing on the applications' was set for today. For some reason, which was not stated, the applicants this morning notified Judge Schoch that they desired to withdraw the applications. The hearing on the application of G. P. Pierce, for permit to sell liquor in his drug store at 115 East Sixth avenue has been continued until February 23. Judge Hanna of Colorado Springs will give a free lecture on Christian Science next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Grand Opera house. The public is cordially invited. Fe tracks and go over this road to First street and from thence to their depot after the bridge is replaced. Thus the present method of backing into the depot of that road will be avoided. The North Topeka flood protection dykes will be finished within 60 days, both as to grading and finishing work, if fair weather prevails, according to an announcement made this morning by S. Dolman Son, contractors, who are in charge of the work. "The grading is two-thirds comple ted," said Mr. Dolman. "If good weath er keeps up, we will have the grading done within 30 days and the finishing completed within the next 30 days. "A force of 200 men and 150 teams are at work on the undertaking and are pushing the work as rapidly as possi ble. The piling work along Soldier creek and the riffraff stonework along the bank of the creek is nearly done. "Altogether 265,000 cubic feet of earth will be removed in the completion of the work and 250 cords of stone will be used for riffraffing. "When we are done. North Topeka will be 'water tight.' The top of the dyke at all places will be on a level with the high water mark of the flood of 1203." Many improvements are being made in Garfield park and more features will be added In the future. Among them will be a $500 gate which will be erected at the Evelyn street entrance. It will comprise two concrete cement pillars and arch and heavy double swinging iron gate. This entrance will be for the use of vehicles. Driveways are being cindered throughout the park and the casino is being re-painted. Lola, the five-year-old daughter of M. A. Blanchard of 1313 North Central avenue, president of the Blanchard Construction company, fell out of a buggy at Grant and Central avenues about 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Her collar bone and two of her ribs were fractured. The hind wheel Of the buKgy. passed over her body. Mr. and Mrs. Blanchard were out driving. They were sitting in the front seat. Lola and her sister, Mary, were sitting in the back seat. As the horse was approaching Grant and Central avenues the animal became frightened. lunged, and in some way threw Lola out so that the hind wheel passed over her before the buggy could be stopped. This child was picked up semicon scious, and taken home. A physician was summoned. It is not known yet whether the girl sustained Internal In juries or not. An historial sons: service was given at North Topeka Baptist church Sun day evening by the pastor. Rev. T. S. Peterson and chorus choir of twenty five voices under direction of W. M. Van Ne?s. The program consisted of nine of the old favorite hymns. Rev. C. W. Nau, In charge of the Church of the Good Shepherd, will or ganize a young man's Bible class which will meet every week at the parsonage of the church,- beginning with 8 o'clock Wednesday evening of this week. A series of Biblical subjects and passages will be taken up and studied. Rev. Mr. Nau said this morn ing that his object was to encourage both the young men of his church and also those of other churches and of no church preference to meet at his iujiht lw me t-viiiiiss ir.ennonea ana I discuss the porintiir 1mwih infF- mally. A subject will be assigned to different members of the class. They will lead the discussion and others will state their views. The meetings will continue through the spring, ac cording to present plans. Word has been received here of the death of John Haines, an old settler of Shawnee county, and brother ftf S. -o AaJLUl UilJUl nl'IfallX So FOR BLOOD POISCM S. S. S. i3 the one and only reliable and certain cure for Contagions Blood Poison. This claim is not based on the treatment of a few cases of the disease, here and there, but its success extends over a period of more than forty years, during which time thousands upon thousands have found a cure by the use of this great vegetable remedy. S. S. S. is first of ai, an abso lutely perfect blood purifier, able to go down into the blood and remove every particle of the virus of Contagious Blood Poison. It cleanses and purifies the circulation, and in this way removes the cause of the trouble. Then nature, assisted by a rich, healthy blood supply, quickly renovates and renews the system, while the symptoms of ulcerated mouth and throat, skin eruptions, discolored splotches, falling hair, sores and ulcers, etc., disappear, leaving the body entirely free from the effects of this insidious poison. "When S. S. S. has thoroughly cleansed and purified the circulation there is no danger of any future outbreak the blood is pure and the cause of the disease entirely removed. Home Treatment Book containing many valuable and helpful suggestions for those who are curing themselves with S. S. S-, and any medical advice desired gent free to all who write. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLAUTA, GA. Pianos, Player Pianos, Pianolas Slightly used and rented Pianos at prices and terrhs so favorable that any one can afford to purchase without the slightest inconvenience THIS SALE began this morning;, January 25 and will continue for only one week. We offer twenty-five of the best makes of Pianos, a number of fine Player Pianos, and Pianolas at a tremendous reduction in prices. A very small Payment and the balance in monthly sums to suit the customer will place the piano in your home at once. We pay all the incidental expenses, such as drayage, stool, piano cover and instruction book. This will be a favorable time j or you to buy, as the Prices will Positively be Very Much Higher Later On We can give only a partial list of the Pianos to be disposed of. There are many more equally fine propositions. Two very fine Eastern make (exhibition samples) dealers usually sell Q 4 AC at $200 our price iplJ Three beautiful Cottage Uprights; prieed elsewhere at $250 (N 4 Ti C our price ilf v One slightly used Emery Piano, oak case regular price $300 tff 4 Art our price ipl ull One "Wegman Cabinet Grand, mahogany case; regular price $350 (1 1 Clfl slightly used our price ip X if 17 One Kimball Art Colonial, walnut case; used only 6 months 4! 1 Q R .-.'...ipjivy our price One Strauss Piano, oak case; regular price $32 o almost new our price $200 One TVhitne v Piano, oak case regular price $350 slightly used O Q K our price IpuOO One Capen Piano, mahogany case; regular price $350 case slightly 4 A marred our price lylU One Royal Piano, mahogany case; regular price $350 used only 3 f Q 9 R months our price ipuud One Dunbar Co., oak case; regular price $375 used one year 09 AO our price ljfaU One Kimball Cottage Upright, walnut case; regular price $350 used 6 QORfl months our price tyCl u U One Conway Cabinet Grand; regular price $375 only slightly used Q 9 7 R our price W 1$ A V. Used Parlor Organs Q R I 5 Square Pianos in fine (refinished), $10 to ipOd condition, $25 to One "Wegman Piano, mahogany case; regu lar price $400 case marred a O 9 fl fl little our price lDOUU One Hallet Davis Piano, mahogany case; regular price $425 used OOOR very little our price $uuu One Mehlin Sons Inverted Grand, beauti ful walnut case, slightly used our price. $350 One Fine Player Piano, mahogany case, in cluding 12 rolls and bench reg- l A C A ular price $650 our price Ip 3U Several Fine Pianos with Pianolas, 12 rolls and bench special sale price. $350 A number of almost new Pianolas, with 12 rolls and bench special f 4 C A sale price, $75 to. lull ..$75 Every instrument sold by us during this special sale is absolutely guaranteed by us, and we do not believe a better opportunity will ever present itself to buy a good Piano at a big saving, jrom a reliable house. IRQ iff li re 630 KANSAS AVENUE. MUSIC CO. TOPEKA, KANSAS. I. Haines, ex-county commissioner, which occurred at Long- Beach, Cat, Saturday. January 16.- He was' buried there the following Monday. Typhoid fever was the cause of his death. He was 63 years old. He was well known In North Topeka. having lived on a farm near Menoken for many years. Mr. Haines was born in Dayton. Ohio, September 3, 1848. When 17 years old he moved to Indiana, where he was married. He came to Kansas and set tled on a farm near Menoken in 1877. He engaged in farming until about two years ago when he sold out and moved to North Topeka. About six months afterwards he moved to Long Beach, CaL He lived there until his death. His wife died about zu years ago. nc twA hmttiers besides the ex- county commissioner. S. T. Haines of 911 North Harrison street, J Haines of Crantville. Ora Bias, the 3 -year old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Bias, died of stomach trouble at the home of his parents In Snore), aamruaj -v was held from the home at 2:30 o clock Sunday afternoon. Rev. David Lyons, f tvn. North Tooeka Christian churclu- officiated. The remains were interred in the ttocnesier cemeitrj. A, S. DIftenderfer is confined with rheumatism at his home on North Mon roe street. NEGRO FOOTPADS HELD. Harve Enochs and Steve Prouty Must Answer for Robbing Sirs. JewelL Harve Enochs and Steve Prouty, both colored, were today bound over in bonds of J300 each to the district court for trial on charges of highway rob bery. The preliminary hearing took place oday before Judge E. R. Simon in the ourt of Topeka. The specific charge against Enochs and Prouty was that on the 12th Of January they snatched a pocketbook containing about JS0 from the hands of Mrs. C. E. Jewell, while she was walking east on Sixth avenue between Quincy1 and Monroe street. On the stand Mrs. Jewell testified concerning her identification of Prouty as the "tall man" and Enochs as the "short man" of the pair who had grab bed her purse about 6 o'clock the even ing of the 12th. She was quite certain as to the identity of the prisoners when they were first brought before her, with the exception that she said the tall robber wore a long black overcoat, and the short purse-snatcher wore a light pair of trousers, when the crime was committed. When the two were brought before Mrs. Jewell, Prouty was not wearing an overcoat and Enochs had on a pair of dark trousers Prouty swore on the stand today that he did not wear an overcoat the after noon in question; further than that he testified that he did not and does not even own an overcoat. The two prison ers sought to prove an alibi and several colored persons testinea to seeing me pair at the Bee Adams club on First street about the time the noiaup was committed. The court deemed the testimony pro duced sufficient to warrant his binding over the prisoners and in default of bonds they will repose in jail until their trial comes up in district court. To the Public. The Singer Sewing Machine com pany, 624 Kansas avenue, desires to notify the public that they have no solicitors or representatives making a house to house canvasa or Topeka. The police are trying to locate some men who are pretenamg to represent the Singer Co. CASTOXIXA. Bun tt Km 'mn OASTOB.IA Sam the Kind tog HawAt3TS BaujM Signature of 3an tin Hind Yh Haw Atwarc Baaga DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Tl Kind tna Haw Aiwara Word has been received in Topeka of the death of Mrs. N. Harris at her home in Ellsworth. Mrs. Harris was the mother of Mrs. P. D. Russell of Topeka. The funeral of Mrs. Annie Taylor who died Saturday at the age of 47 was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the North Topeka Central church. Mrs. Anna Brown, 47 years of age. died Sunday of stomach trouble at her home, '235 Chandler street. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon from the First African Baptist church. Miss Orpha Baker, for many years a nurse at the state hospital, died at that institution Sunday following an operation for appendicitis a week ago. The body lay in state at Penwell's undertaking rooms today from 2 until 4 when it was accompanied to Lane, Kansas, where in terment will follow. Her father. V. A Baker, was for many years register of deeds at Ottawa. Mrs. Essie Burkett, 50 years of age, died at Keith's hospital Sunday of paralysis. The funeral was held from her former home, 328 Oakland avenue, this afternoon at 1 o'clock. The funeral of G. H. Vacalda who was killed by a falling tree Saturday afternoon was held at 10 o'clock today from the home of his parents miles southwest of Pauli&e. Mrs. Melinda Riblet died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dr. H. M. Kagaines, Chandler. Okla.. January 23. of apoplexy, and the body was shippea to Topeka for Interment in the Topeka cemetery. Mrs. I Riblet was the widow of R. Riblet who died m Topeka ten years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Riblet moved to Topeka from Cleve land. Ohio. 24 years aro and lived here until Mr. Riblefs death. Mr. Riblet for several years was proprietor of the St. James hotel on West 6th street, now the Stormont building. Mrs. Riblet leaves a brother. H. R- Payne, of New York City, and two daughters, Mrs. May Wilkshire, of Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Dr. H. M. Fagaines of Chandler. Okla. Funeral ser vices were held from the residence of Dr. L. L. Goodwin. 820 Monroe street at three o'clock yesterday afternoon. Slandered Her Husband. Levi D. Tippin has been granted a di vorce by the district court from Lottie Tippin.. The wife was accused of a ban- 25 lbs. Best Granu- nn 25c Value Fancy Table la ted Sugar J1.UU Peaches, per ir (With a 15.00 order) can IOC FRASERBROS. C. 0. D. STORE, 6th Jackson "Sir When Doctors Bathe regularly at the National Hotel Turkish Baths, there is good cause for emulating; their methods. Doctors know those forms of health improvement which are most beneficial to men and women. Expert Massage and Chiropody HENRY 0BERG, Mgr. Graduate Battle Creek Sanitar.nm. OPEN ALL NIGHT Ind. Phone 1864 doning her husband and his application for divorce was not contested by the defendant. Marriage Licenses. Probate Judgre Schoch has Issued marriage licenses to the following: C. L. Callaway, aged 30. St. Joseph. Novelty Theater marl -CLASS VAUDEVILLE Matinee 2:30. Erenlng 7:45. 9:15 FIVE BIG FEATURES Karl Hummel and Via cope Prices Always the Same All Matinees, any seat. 1 Oc Night, Lower Floor 20c Balcony 10c L M. Penwell Undertaker and Embalmer 511 Quincy Street Both Phones 192 1) acres land, Groely county, Kansas, to trade for automobile. What have you to trade. Wilson, 413 Kansas ve. IS) acres Greeley county, Kansas, land at J12.50 per acre, to exchange for North Topeka or Topka property. Must U not later than Friday, January iSta. Wli son. -415 Kansas ave. and Elizabeth Trail, aged 30, Kansas City. Lawrence Schulberg. 29, and Mrs. Katie Gillis, 20, both of Topeka. Joseph Hartman, 24. and Lena Lake man, 18, both of Topeka.

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8 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1909. ELECT ASENATOR House and Senate Will Go Through Form Tomorrow. J. L. Bristow Will Be the Cho sen One. RATIFY WEDNESDAY. Joint Session of Both Houses to Declare Result. Representatives Work Until Late Saturday Evening. The house and senate -will each bal lot separately tomorrow lor a United States senator to succeed Senator Chester I.- Long; in Washington. The members will express their choice in answer to roll call, and at noon Wed nesday the two branches of the leg-is lature will convene in joint session m representative hall. Lieutenant Gover nor .Fitzgerald presiding, and upon the reading- of the Journal announcing the roll call vote of the day before the presiding officer will announce the election of Joseph L. Bristow to the aenate for a term of six years, begin Xiing March 4, next. ine proceedings will be a mere formality to ratify the choice of the people of the state already expressed at the polls last summer. The Repub licans have a comfortable majority in both branches of the legislature and will vote for their party choice, while the Democrats are pledged to vote for Hugh Farrelly of Chanute, and will doubtless cast a solid vote for that candidate. The primary law has re moved the contest for United States senator from the hall of the legisla ture and scattered it all over the state to be threshed out and decided by the people. There has been some talk, started from the Democratic side .of the house, that there will yet be a contest when the roll is called for a choice for Senator Long's successor. There are forty Democrats and thirty machine Republicans in the house a majority. The hpuse of representatives was In session all day Saturday, not ad journing until 5 o'clock in the evening. The following bills were considered In committee of the whole at the af ternoon, session and recommended for passage in a bunch at roll call vote today: An act making it unlawful for any person to misrepresent the variety of fruit trees sold to any party what ever" and providing a penalty in the shape of a fine of from $50 to five hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail. This, bill was intro duced by Matson of Sedgwick. The bill by the judiciary com mittee prepared under the supervision of the attorney general's office, which Is calculated to strengthen the hand of that official when proceeding against trusts and- corporations for violation of the law. This measure was not amended but will be subject to amendment and debate when it comes up today for final passage. Miller of Pratt had a couple of bills relating to local .annoyances, namely the propensity of certain people to hire livery rigs and leave them any old place after driving them hard all day. Also a bill providing that the fees from licenses from patent medicine peddlers and magic healers shall go Into the county bridge and road fund. Both bills excited con siderable debate betore they were recommended for final passage. The second bill started a regular good roads debate in w"hich Kyle of Marion, Morgan of Reno and Hopkins of Fin ley championed the. measure and pushed it through in its original form. Mitchell of Douglas occupied the speaker's chair at Saturday after noon's session. Mitchell is one of the house leaders and an able debater. Johnson of Atchison has called a meeting of the committee on cities of the first class for this afternoon to consider the bill to amend the law on the commission plan of government for these cities. Mayor Crancer of Leavenworth and a delegation from Kansas City will appear before the committee. The members of the house have in We Are Selling Groceries at the Lowest Possible Price to attract the largest possible volnme of business. "Big Money" nowadays is made ou the Big Business and Small Profit Basis. By trading at the C. O. D. you can save 20 per cent on your table supplies. Weston Bread, large loaf, highest quality 10c Prunes, fancy large size, lb 7 Kfl Canned Apricots, good quality, per can i 12c Canned Peaches, ,25c value.per can 15c Apples, fancy Jonathans, pk 40c Fancy Corn, highest gra.de, 2 cans 25c dos.- I.S5 Standard Corn, 2 cans 13c; per doz 85c Tomatoes, regular size cans 10c; dz 95c Coffee, extra fancy Rio lb 15c Tea, Gunpowder. 40c grade 29c Pickles, large dill or sour, doz ,15c Ginger Snaps, fresh anil good, lb. 5c Kansas Coal Oil, gal lic Best Gasoline, gal 15e Sugar, 20 lb. best granulated. .$1.00 Fancy Tabla Syrup, 10 In. can .;lc Navy Beans, Michigan hand picked. 11 lbs 50c Butterlne Armour's High Grade ."Buttercup Brand," 25c value, two lb. brick, for 3.5a Buterine Swift's "Lincoln Brand," good quality, 2 lb. brick 25c ..Steak From Corn-fed Beef Chuck 10c; Round 15c; oirloin 18c; Por ter House 20c Hams Fowler's Calumet. Ib....l2c Breakfast Bacon, Armour's Banquet, by the side, lb 16c Pork Sausage, (our own make) 2 lb. for 25c Cheese, fancy New York, lb 20c Cheese, fancy brick, lb 20c Cheese, fancy domestic Swiss, lb.. 25c Spare Ribs, extra nice, lb lOc Armour's Simon Pure Leaf Lard No. 10 pail, $1.43; No. 5 pail, 75c; No. 3 pail 50c Best Compound Lard, 3 lbs ,25o Purs Hog Lard In bulk, lb lie Oysters, fancy standard, pint 25c SUPPty-THE BEST rAMOJES IN TOPEKA. Southeast Cor. 6 th and .Jackson Sts. IraserBros troduced each the following number of bills: Allen 8. Amrine II. Ashcroft Baker 1, Beckett 1, Bonnett 2, Boyd 3, Brighton 1. Brown 4. Buck 14 Buc'kman 9, Burke of Salina 5, Case 6, Clark 1, Clav 1, Cline 1, Cranston 12, Crawford i, Cron 1, Crosby 1. Crumley 1, Cunningham 6. Davis of Bourbon 8, Deacon 4, Dolley -4, Eadie 3, Edwards 1, Feder 7, Fisher 1, Flagg 1. Francisco 2. Grabbe 1. Gray 2, Gil bert 5. Hannon 1. Harbaugh 2, Has kins 2, Hopkins of Finney 1, Hopkins of Jackson 9, Howard z, Hutcninson t, Jackson 2. Jewett of Sedgwick 13. Johnson 2,.Kelley 2, Krehbiel 3. Kuoni 1. Kvle 7. Lander 6. Lanarey 11, Lambertson 1. Lehman 4, Lennen 2 Lonfbonrrow 4. Lauderback 2, Mc- Cormick 4, McNalr 1, Malone 2. Mat- son 19, Maxwell 1, Meek 2, Mercer Merrill 11, Miller 4, Mitchell 10, Moore 2. Morgan of Hodgeman 4. Morgan of Reno 6. Morris 1, Morrison 5, Morton of Clay 3. Newlin 3, Parker 3, Penwell 6, Phillips -4, Pyie z. Ravenscraft 1. Rhodes of Anderson 1, Rodgers 1, Ryan 2, Schlichting 1, Shideler 8. Stockton 4. Stone of Shaw nee 12, Stone of Sherman 1, Stout 1, Veatch 1, Watson 7, Westgate 6, White 1 and Wood 1. SAFE IN PORT. (Continued from Page One.) Mohawk stated that after leaving New Bedford westerdav morning, he steam ed direct for Nantucket lightship and was within 15 miles of that vessel last night when he received a wireless dis patch from the derelict destroyer Seneca that the Republic, which the Seneca had been towing, had sunk nine miles south by east of the light ship. The Mohawk was ordered to return to Menemsha Bight and to be in readi ness to assist in taking off the Gres ham a portion of the crew of the Re public in case mere was nor room enough on board the Seneca for their accommodation. During the night Captain Sealby was heard to send a message to the agents or tne line in New York stating that he was not in jured and that he had been picked up from a grating after the Republic sank. The Seneca and Gresham steamed up through comparatively calm water the vicinity or tne vineyara huuiiu lightship, ten miles to the northwest of Gavhead. and there Captain Sealby and his crew of 50 men were trans ferred to the Seneca. The transfer was made about 8 a. m. today, in a thick fog. and an hour later the two putters carted company, tne seneca steaming in the direction of New York while the Gresnam Degan rnreaaing her wav through the fog up Vineyard sound toward Wood's Hole. It is. expected that the Seneca win rrive in New York late tonignt witn Captain Sealby and his men. PASSENGER'S STORY Is Told an A. P. Representative Through a Megaphone. New York, Jan. 25. As the steamer Baltic carrying the passengers from the steamer Republic and Florida anchored three miles east of the Am brose channel earlv today, an Asso elated Press tug ran alongside and succeeded in opening communication with H. J. Hoover, of Spokane, Wash., one of the Republic's passengers. Mr. Hoover and wife planned an extended automobile trip abroad and were out ward bound on the Republic, when she was rammed by the Florida Saturday morning. Through the megaphone Mr. Hoover described the transfer of the passen gers from the Republic and later from he Florida to the Baltic. The trans fer of scantily dressed and frightened men and women from the vessels lasted 12 hours. Work began at 8 o'clock Saturday and ended at 8 o'clock yesterday. During the night the searchlights of the Baltic illuminated the sea making a weird picture as boatload after boatload were safely gotten on board the Bal tic. Two of the Republic's passen gers tumbled into' the sea while being placed in a boat, but were promptly rescued. Where the Injured Were. Mr. Hoover said that the injury to the Republic was abaft midships of the port side just forward of the cen ter hatch. State rooms 34 and 28 were stove by the bow of the Florida which withdrew from the gap almost instantly and vanished in the mist astern, leaving one of her anchors in the wreckage of the demolished state rooms of the Republic. The im pact and withdrawal were so swift that no one aboard the Republic had a chance to identify the steamship. In half an hour, however, summoned by the distress blasts of the Republic, the Florida picked her way through the murk and came alongside. Cap tain Sealby had his own boats lowered and in these and those of the Florida all the passengers of the wounded liner were put aboard the Florida. This operation took two hours in a placid sea. Among the wounded who were put on the Italian liner was Eugene Lynch, whose wife had been killed in their state room on the Re public. Mr. Lynch's leg was broken in three places and he was otherwise injured. As it was considered unsafe to transfer him to the Baltic, he was left in charge of the Florida's sur geon. Mr. Hoover said there was very little panic aboard the Republic although many came on deck in their night clothes, and that the discipline of the crew was perfect. How the Collision Occurred. The collision, he said occurred be tween 3 and 4 o'clock on Saturday morning when every one was in bed. A great many passengers were thrown from their bunks by the crash and many rushed wildly on deck in their bare feet. With the return of the Florida the transfer of passengers began. Carrying out the rigid rule of the sea the women were placed in the boats first and in two hours all were safely on board the Florida. That ship was terribly crowded how ever and at the conference between the captains of the Florida and the Baltic it was decided that another transfer of passengers was necessary. Accordingly this second hazardous un dertaking was begun. While the sea had been smooth during the transfer of passengers from the Republic to the Florida, the waters were now rough and the operation was neces sarily more dangerous and of longer duration. Thinly dressed passengers crowded to the Baltic's rail and watched the work while those who remained on the Florida waiting for the next boat load saw their com panions lifted safely to the new haven. It was during that time the passengers fell overboard but were rescued little the worse for their ex perience. Governor Caleb West Dead. Oakland, Cal., Jan. 25. Caleb Z. West, formerly governor of Utah, died last night at Providence hospital where he had been confined since December 22 with appendicitis. He was governor of Utah during Presi dent Cleveland's first term. j FIRE ESCAPES. Colonel H. C. Whitley, Veteran Hotel Proprietor, Writes of His Experience and Methods. HE USES ROPES. Has a Simple Device He Says Effective. Girls Slide Down Ropes Sen ator Stannard Witness. To the Editor of the State Journal. I read in the Journal of last Saturday evening an article in regard to the use of ropes as fire escapes. As you per sonally know I have had at least 25 years' experience in the hotel business at Emporia. Besides this I have, had considerable experience in traveling about and stopping at hotels. Therefore my opportunity for seeing and conclud ing in regard to fire escapes has been quite extensive. I have long viewed it as a matter of much Importance and given the subject much thought. While it is not my place to comment or cen sure the action of your fire chief in not- enrorcing the law in regard to ropes in hotel rooms, I will say that the argument used in the article above referred to against rope fire es capes is quite misleading. I will not enter into full details in regard to this subject. The fire escape law seems to have been a dead letter, not only in hotels and upstairs assembly rooms among the people generally, but in at least some of the state institutions. The state normal school at Emporia, I believe to be the most ill arranged and dangerous place of assembly for a considerable crowd of people that I know or. Now if the state has utterly failed to give proper protection against fire in its own institutions it would be hardly fair to censure any particular individual who has failed to carry out the law that Is so commonly violated. Regards Rope Method Safe. According tomybest judgmentarope escape (rom each window -properly ar ranged is one of the safest methods for reaching the ground that has ever been devised. A plain rope or a. knotted rope may be better than no rope in- many instances, but a rope with a belt at tachment properly adjusted is in my opinion the simplest, safest, most com plete and practical escape that can be made. When a person awakened from sleep by an alarm of fire so far loses his self control as to be unable to fas ten a belt about his body beneath his arms, raise the window, swing him self out and slip gently to the ground, he is too far gone in the head to find his way through a hall filled with smoke to an outside fire escape. The halls- are the- first place to be filled with smoke. If a man has presence of mind he might be able to crawl along the floor even while the smoke is dense overhead to a place of safety. For a number of years I have kept at my hotel in Emporia ropes with belts- attached that -can in stantly be1 made serviceable '"by any person no matter how ignorant. The belt around his body he can get out of the window and glide to the ground with perfect safety. Does Not Need Grasp Rope. He does not have to grasp the rope with his hands. He simply goes down gently to the ground. He can go slow or fast as he desires. When I first placed these rope escapes in my hotel the dining room girls rooming in the third story in a spirit of fun and without any instructions as to the manipulation of the ropes, took turns in gliding down to the ground from their room windows. One girl slid down five times. I have given re peated exhibitions, one only a few days ago in the presence of Senator Stannard. These escapes have been pronounced simple and safe by many traveling men and others who have seen them in operation. It is indeed the simplest and safest contrivance for reaching the ground from a lofty window that I can conceive of. I have no pecuniary interest in placing these escapes before the public. I simply present facts for investigation of those that wish to become ac quainted with them. The idea that a half inch Manila rope is not sufficiently strong, when it will bear a test of a thousand pounds weight and even more if neces sary. Or that a rope can only be used for an escape by grabbing hold of it and depending upon the grip of the hands to slide down. The fall of a tackel block that will pull up a ton need not necessarily be more than of an inch if it is of first class Manilla. While at sea for a few years I learned the wonderful value of ropes when properly used for landing a man safely from the loft. A person need not be a sailor or have any knowledge of the tactics employed by him to slip safely down a rope with a properly arranged belt attach ment. About Knotted Rope Escapes. I understand that a bill is now be fore the legislature requiring a knotted rope to be attached at each hotel window, but if the gentleman offering the bill will take the trouble to examine any one of a number of the devices now in use for slipping down a rope I am sure he will not specially recommend a knotted rope or an inch rope but 'a half-inch or -inch Manilla rope with a belt at tachment. What the sailors call a snatch or bite could easily be put upon a wire clothes line in such a manner as to make it per fectly safe and easy to descend upon. The only difference would be the wire would be more difficult to coil and handle. Besides window escapes every hotel should be prooerlv eouinned with stairwav exits and last but not least a chemical fire extinguisher on each ftoor always ready Nyt Rostadt 7-9-11 KAFFEE 20c Pundet God styrka och sraak. Telefonera 749 fro mor gonen f er det. Chas. McClintock TE KAFFEE OCH PORSUN 815 Kansas Avenue for use .IgUance should also be one of the main features maintained. Telephone anS.eleitrlc wlres should not be allowed to passage rrom winaowa. -There are so many absurdities in the ar- v. w Laax i win only attempt to answer it in a general way. The idea advanced that a man would be compelled to vai' himself of strength as the only method of a Mjn j t i. 1 1 inconsistent and at variance with com mon sense. Any person -can be furnished with an occular demonstration of the ut ter absurdity of the argument used by your mayor if he will take the trouble to invoetfirfli-a "V. D v-. iuurs respecuuny, H. C. WHITLEY TREE FELL ON HIM George Tascaldy Killed on John Sims Farm. George Vascaldy, who is employed by John Sims on the farm of the latter six miles southwest of Topeka,, was in stantly killed Saturday afternoon by a falling tree. His neck was broken, his right ear torn from his head and his body crushed and bruised. Accom panied by his wife. Vascaldy went to the creek bank to ehoo down a tree which in falling fell against another tree. He was attempting to dislodge it and his wife repeatedly warned him of his danger, but he only laughed at her fear and proceeded with his work. Unable to stand by and see the danger of her husband, Mrs. Vascaldy went to the nome or a neighbor and when she re turned a short time afterwards found the body of her husband pinned to the earth by a limb of the fallen tree. She immediately summoned assist ance,, among the first to arrive upon the scene being John Sims, the owner of the farm, followed closely by a num ber of neigbbors. .The tree was remov ed from the body from which life had been instantly crushed and Coroner Keith was summoned. The indications suggest that falling to dislodge the tree from the one into which it had fallen the unfortunate man decided to cut down the tree which was acting as an obstruction and that while engaged in this work the accident occurred which cost' him his life. Vascaldy was about 35 years of age and had worked on the farm on which he lived for about a year. Prior to that time he had lived with his parents who have resided on a farm near Pauline for a number of years. Coroner Keith decided that an inquest was unnecessary. LET LOOSE $70,000,000. Estimate of Dividends and Interest Disbursements for February. New York, Jan. 25. Dividend and in terest disbursement for February can be estimated at $70,000,000. Up to the present date, the dividends declared payable upon the stock of the New York city banks, the various railroads, industrial and miscellaneous concerns and street railway corporations of the United States will aggregate $27,772, 687. which compares with $25,721,565 in 1908 and $22,919,935 In 1907. The total interest payable upon the bonds of the railroad, industrial, miscellaneous- and electric street railway corporations upon the bonds of th cities, counties and states of the United States, and the government bonds ag gregates in" February, 1909, about $37, 627,388, as compared, with $37,331,330 in 1908 and $32,555,984 j 1907. The disbursement., of interest and dividends in February is the smallest amount paid out during the year, ex cepting August, ,whigh is always a trifle less. MANY CASES OF SMALLPOX. Disease in Light Form Breaks Out on the East Side. Topeka nearly had a smallpox scare Sunday. There were five cases of the dreaded disease in the district just northeast of the Santa Fe shops and one in. North Topeka., This morning there were three more reported in the shop district but they are so light that they approach .the chickenpox stage and are not considered dangerous. Quarantines have been placed upon all of the families in question and every thing is as safe ay possible this after noon. The report started that the State street school was alive with the con tagion and mothers and fathers went wild with fear at their sons and daughters' danger but Sanitary Ser geant J. D. Pattison has quieted all their fears with a thorough fumigation of the school building. It is the pet idea of the sanitary sergeant to have all of the school buildings in the city fumigated twice a month and when the people get educated to the plan and the city can afford it it will un doubtedly be carried out. The families quarantined Sunday by the health de partment are as follows: Hattie Hanna, widow of W. J. Hanna. 1210 North Harrison; four in the family. Emma, small daughter of R. Sheffield, 462 Freeman avenue, four in the family. Charlie, son of W. H. Long, 495 Ohio street; six in the family. Helen, daughter of J. W. Bronsem, 15 East Norris street; four in the family. Allie, daughter of L A. Gilbert, 133 North Locust street; two in the family. Archie, son of F. Sanderson, 315 German avenue; six in the family. The new case reported this morning was of John Mechan, 1437 North Polk. All of these cases of smallpox come from the utter carelessness of the peo ple over the city who have smallpox in the family and not desiring to be quarantined, they hide the disease or else claim that it is chickenpox and al low their children to play with others thus spreading the contagion among the schools and over the city as a whole. The health department will enforce the law closer than ever in the future and quarantines will be "settled" at once. There is one case in North Topeka 'where the whole family is quarantined and the horses in the stable are starving for want of feed. Humane Officer King is in vestigating the case and it is expected that the city will have to provide for the animals. Frank A. Bogue to Leave. Frank A. Bogue. who has for the past three years occupied the position of transportation clerk in the office of the Rock Island general superintend ent in Topeka, will leave for Chicago in a few days to become transporta tion clerk in the 'office of General Manager F. O. Melcher, February 1. He will be succeeded here by H. C. Mulroy, who at the present time is private secretary to General Superin tendent C. W. Jones. No successor to Mr. Mulroy has been appointed yet. Mrs. Tresvan Seeks Divorce. Oda Tresvan has' filed a petition in the district court asking for a divorce from Arthur Tresvan, to whom she was married in Topeka July 20, 1905. Plaintiff alleges that Tresvan has treated her with extreme cruelty and failed to provide the necessaries of life for her and their 2-year-old son. LASHES THE RICH. President Roosevelt Also Pays His Re spects to Demagogues. New York, Jan. 25. President Roosevelt in an article published in the current issue of the Outlook again takes occasion to lash the "predatory rich" and the demagogue. "National Characters and the Characters of Na tional Statesmen," is the title. The article begins: "Among the notable volumes of studies on social subjects which have appeared within the last year or two are Lord Acton's 'History of Freedom and Other Essays' and Frederic Har rison's 'National and Social Prob lems.' After saying that through both vol umes runs a vein of noble purpose, the president continues: "Each of these men speaks with fiery and burning wrath of the success ful criminals of history the men who are worshiped by the admirer of mere success, no matter what brutality, greed and cunning, what oppression of others and disregard of others that success may represent. Raps Unscrupulous Despot. "They feel this healthy indignation alike for the unscrupulous plutocrat, the man of swollen wealth who ex ploits and ruins others to add to his own vast fortune, and for that other man, a no less sinister figure, who panders to the ignorance and envy of poor and unfortunate men, who ex cites class feeling and revels in mob violence, all to achieve his own wicked purpose. "They abhor these men in social life, and they abhor their representa tives in public life. They see clearly that the unscrupulous despot and the unscrupulous mob leader are at heart one in their purposes, In their wicked ness, in the far-reaching evil they bring about, though they must fight under banners nominally antagonistic. "A nation must be judged fn part by the character of its public men, not merely by their ability, but by their ideals and the measure in which they realize these ideals; by their attitude in public life, both as regards their conception of their duties toward their country and their conception of the dutv of that country, embodied in its government, toward its own people and toward roreign nations. "While the private life of a public man is of secondary importance, it is certainly a mistake to assume that it is of no importance. Public Service Real Test. "But, of course, the public services themselves furnish the real test. The first duty of a general is to win cam paigns. The first duty of a statesman is efficiently to work for the better ment .of. his country and for its good relations with the rest of the world. He must have high ideals, and in addi tion he must possess the practical sagacity and force that will enable him measurably to realize them. If he does not possess the high ideals, then the greater his ability the more dan gerous he is and the more essential it is to hunt mm out or public lire. The article closes with a tribute to Washington and Lincoln and what their ideals meant to the nation. W. J. BAILEY ROBBED. Thieves Enter His Atchison Home and Secure Valuables. Atchison, Jan. 1 23. Burglars entered the home of ex-Governor Bailey, "at night, and secured several valuables. The thieves evidently used a skeleton key. Orlin Weed returned home about 12 o'clock. He is sure that he closed the night latch. About 1:30 in the morning Govenor Bailey became rest less, and got up. He switched on the light, and found his gold watch mis sing from the dresser, where he had placed it. The watch was worth sev eral hundred dollars, and was greatly prized, as it was presented to him. A jewel case and a pocketbook belonging to Mrs. Bailey were taken. There was between $3 and $4 in change in the pocketbook. A necklace of solid gold beads on the dresser was untouched. The watch is described as being a solid gold Hamilton, 16-size, with initials 'W. J. B." on back of case. On the in side back cover are the same initials. while inside the second lid is the fol lowing Inscription: "To W. J. Bailey from his military staff." The watch was purchased from J. B. Hayden, lo neka. and bears the number 51,202. Gov ernor JBaney especially values me watch because of the fact that it was a gift from his staff and has offered a reward of fifty dollars ror its recovery. m TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS. rhif-aoro. Tan. 25. WHEAT-An advance of d in the price of wheat at Liverpool was the chief reason for a firm opening in the market here today. At the start nrices were a shade to 59Ac higher, compared with Saturday's final quota tions, but part of the gain was lost early in the day on selling by pit traders. An easier tone was due to some extent to uliirhtlv increased recelDts Jn the norm west. May opened at $1.07(51.07T4 and for a time held within the opening range. Liberal sales by several of the leading commission houses caused a slump late In the day. May declining to $1.07. The market closed weak at the bottom with May off e at $1.07. CORN Talk of an increase in local re ceipts during the next few days had a deDressing effect on the corn market but prices showed little change. The volume or traue was smati. jviay openea un chanewl to (4c higher at 617ic to 62c and sold off to Blc. Local receipts were 330 cars with one of contract grade. A firmer tone was manifested during the last half of the day on covering Dy snorts. The top for May was reached at 62"4c. The close was firm with May up i4c at 62S 62MsC. OATS Pit traders were inclined to sell oats, but the offerings were readily taken by commission houses. This demand held prices steady. May opened c lower at 51c and sold off to 5151?4c. Local re ceipts 350 ears. PROVISIONS Trade in provisions was quiet, but the market was firm owing to the fact that local receipts of live hogs were about 10.000 head less than had been expected. Prices at the opening were 2c to 5c higher. RYE Cash: 764gi7c: May, TPic. BARLEY Cash: 5SWTc. TIMOTHY March, $3.903.974. CLOVER March. $9.40. Cnichgo Grain Market. Furnished by J. E. Gall. Commissions, Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth St. Phone 4S6.J Chicago, Jan. 25. Low .Close Sat Open High WHEAT- May July Sept. CORN May July Sept. OATS May July Sept. PORK Jan. May Juiv LARD Jan. May Julv RIBS Jan. May July" .107-107 107 97- 97 974 94 94- 94H 61-62 62'i 61 62 62 61-4 62 62 62 107 107- 7- 7- 94 94- 2- 61 62- 62 62 62 51- 61 4 4614 3314 39- 17.35 17.30 17.12 17.22 17.20 17.27 9.60 9.65 9.72 9.77 9.82 9.S7 51 51 464 46 39ii- 39i 51 4W4 39V4 17.40 17.40 17.25 17.27 17.27 17.10 .17.30 17.30-3217.13 9. SO 9.90 9. S3 9.92 9.72 9.82 8. SO 8.85 -8.90-92 8.95 9.00 9.05 9.07 9.12 9.00 9.15 9.05 9.17 if" STOCK SHIPPERS To Insure Yourselves Cost Results Consign To Glav. Robinson Go.. Uvb Stock Conmlsslon Msrc&sIs. Stack Yards, Kansas City,' we also nw ou owtiori aTj chicaso. to. t. ioteph, M. OMAHA. OENVtH. 8WMK CT. tt- 81. PAUL. BUFFALO! Kansas City Grain Market. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stock. Office 110 West Sixth St. Phone 46. Kansas City, Jan. 25. Open High Luw Clone Sal 1VHEAT- May ...100 1W4 W July 91-91 91 CORN M:iy 68 58 68 July ...6S 58 58. 99 90 58 58 99 9u-91 5S- 5s- Chicago Live Stock. "Chicago, Jan. 25. CATTLE Receipts estimated 17.OH0. Market 10c to 15c higher. Beeves, t4.Knfc5.no; Texans. $4.2O?i4.90; west erns, $3.85(5.50; stockers and feeders, 3.a 6.10; cows and heifers, l.8u4ta.36; calves, $r.5o7.20. H(XJ8 Receipts estimated 38,000. Market 10c higher. Light. $5.65S6.35; mlx"d. $5.S5'?i .SB: heavv IF. SOtfrfi 60: rniiirh. $5.90&6.10; good to choice heavy, $6.10i6.60; pigs. $4-60 6.6; bulK or sales, 6.itycx.. SHEEP Receipts estimated 14,000. Mar ket 10c to 15c higher. Native, $3.3616.75 western, 13.35(86.85: yearlings, $5.8O&7.00; lambs, native, $5.00tj7.75; western, $5.25 7.80. Kansas City Live Stock. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 25. CATTLE Receipts 11,000, including 600 southerns. Market 10c higher. Native steers, J4.50 cows,- $2.50&4.25; native cows and heifers, $2.26(5:6.00; stockers and feeders, 3.255.50; bulls, 3.;HS4.S0: calves, 3.507.75; western steers. 4.00afi.25: western cows. $3.00S5.00. HOGS Receipts 10,000. Market 10c high er. Bulk of sales, $5.90J6.36; heavy, J6.40 8.45; packers and butchers, lierht Sft.X&.20: nigs. $4.6X85.50. SHEEP Receipts 8.000. Market 10c to loc higher. Muttons, $4.50rS5.75; lambs, 6.50 7.50; range wethers, o.uorg.'i&; tea ewes, $3.006.25. 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 City, Jan. 25 CATTLE Receipts 10,000 head. Market strong to 10c higher. HOGS Receipts 10.000 head. Market 5c to lOcv higher. Bulk of sales, $6.O06-30; top. S6.45. SHEEP Receipts 8,000 head. Market 10c to 25c higher. HORSES AND MULES Receipts largest of the year. 1,000 horses; 400 mules. Good many buyers here. Prices for best steady and others lower. KILLING STEERS. No. Wt. Prlce.lNo. Wt. Price. IS 1236 15.66 321 1137 $5.60 CO W S AND HEli'EHS. 7 1010 16 S35 4.' .1030 3.50 5.00 3.35 3.85 4.86 744 10.. 620 1000 STOCKERS AND FEEDERS. 76 685 4.10 1110 11S3 6.50 10 720 3.85 I 62 830 4.50 CALVES. 1 ISO 7.00 10 210 6.50 BULLS. 1 1260 3.50 I 8... 1230 3.76 1... S30 3.15 I 1 780 3.50 HOGS. 76... 254 6.35 78 198 6.10 72 186 5.95 I 64 236 6.30 Kansas City Produce Market. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 25. WHEAT Close: Market unchanged to c lower. May, 99c; July. 90c. Cash: No. 2 hard, 99c&$1.07; No. 3, 97c&$1.04; No. 2 red, $1.10; No. 3. $1.08. CORN Market f?c lower. May, 56c; July, 58c September. 67c. Cash No. 2 mixed. 66S7c; No. 3, 56'S7c; No. 2 white. 5914c; No. 3, 59. OATS Market lc lower. No. 2 white, 49 50c; mixed. 4S(f?49c. RYE 72&77e. HAY Market unchanged to 50c lower. Choice timothy, $9.75010.00; choice prairie, $8.258.50. BUTTER Market 2c lower. Cream ery extra, 30c; packing stock, 18c. EGGS Market c higher. Fresh extras, 33c: current receipts. 29c. WHEAT Receipts, 213 cars. Chicaso Produce Market. Chicago, Jan. 25. CHEESE Market firm. Daisies, 15c; twins, 14gl4c; young Americas, 15c. POULTRY Alive, steady; turkeys, 15c; chickens, 12c; springs, 13c. POTATOES Market steady. 6590c. BUTTER Market steady. Creamery, 22 27c: dairy, 21(&25c. EGGS Market firm. Firsts, 30c. New York Produce Market. New York. Jan. 25. BUTTER Market unsettled and lower. Creamery specials, 30iS30c. official 30c. extras 2929c; third to first, 24a2sc; held, comomn to special, 23rli9c; process, common to special, 18 24c; western factory firsts, 21S22c; western imitation creamery, firsts, 23l4c. CHEESE Market firm. State full cream specials, 1415c; ditto fany 1414c; ditto good to prime, 14c; winter made, best, 134c: ditto good to prime, 12 13c; ditto common to :'air, 10illi;, skims, full to specials. 2311e. EGGS Market steady. Western firsts to seconds. 23s29c. POULTRY Dressed, weak; western chickens, 14t21c; fowls, 13fil5c; turkeys, 19l23c. Market Gossip. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth St. Phone 4S6.J i.ivamnnl cables: Ooening Wheat d lower, corn d higher. Second caDie: wneai wna nigner, corn d higher. Kansas City car lots today: Wheat 101, corn 58, oats 19. Kansas City estimated car lots tomor row: Wheat 212, corn 161. oats 72. riiiraurn car lots today: Wheat 13. com 330. oats 150. CnlcagO esuntaiea car luia lumyirun. Wheat 8. corn 431, oats 224. Northwest car lots today 395, last year 408. v. 1 1 ---r unchanged to fad lower. New York Stock Market. Wall Kt New York. Jan. 25. STOCKS On slight changes from Saturday's prices resulted from the opening dealings In stivks toHav which were on a small scale. Gains were in the majojrlty but there were enough losses to niaKe ine rone irregular. American UOllon J 1 1 auvanteu i 4 nu United States Rubber ftrst preferred 114. ir-ri. nnH TteadiniT. Brooklyn Transit and General Leather large fractions. Sentiment was confused by the uneven course of sonu- of the prominent railway stocks. Reading met pressure and re acted a point from its opening, while New York Central showed strength. Mean while a few of the specialties were rising vigorously. Towards 11 o'clock the mar ket moved up briskly and there was a considerable increase in the volume of business. New 1 orK jenrrai gaJnea svf,, American Linseed 2. the preferred 3. American Beet Sugar 1. People's Gas 1 and Tennessee Copper 11. The tone became heavy when New York Central reached a point and Erie lost its advance. National Biscuit and American Tobacco preferred fell 1. Prices stiffened again when St. Paul. Southern Pacific preferred and Rock Island preferred ad vanced a point and North American 1. Bonds were irregular. An easier tone pervaded the market in the afternoon, but prices of the active stocks were not changed. Consolidated Gas declined a point. Great Northern Ore certificates gained 1 and Chicago, Indian apolis and St. Louis 1. Range of Prices on Stocks. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth St. Phone 4S6.J New York. Jan. 26. Diodes UD n mgn LjOW ji se &at Sugar 133 133 133 133 133'4 Gas 1'6 105 105 H64 104 Copper 7SV4 79 7s 79 78 B. R. T 71 71 70U 70 7 Am. Car Fndy.. 50 50 49 49 4"V U. S. Steel,' Com... 53 54 53 53 53 U. S. Steel. Pfd....ll4 114 114 114 114, Atchison, Com..-.;. 99 99 99 99 99 Anaconda 47 47 47 47 46 St. Paul ...149 161 149 150 i: 50' Rock Island 24 25 24 'A 24 Great Northern. ...144 144"4 143 143 143 Wabash. Pfd 48 4S -47 4.8 48 Missouri Pacific..-. 70 70 70 74 7o Am. Smelting 86 86 85 86 86' Northern Pacific. .140 140 140 14 140 N. Y. Central 128 130 128 130 12SV Texas Pacific 35. Southern Pacific. 120 121 120 120 120 Reading 13S 138 137 137 137 Krie, Com 30 31 30 31 3o So. Railway 26 26 26 26 25 Union Pacific 179 179 179 179 179 C. 0 61 63 61 63 61 B. 0 112 112 117 112 112 U N 123 Katy 75 75 75 75 Pennsylvania 132 133 132 133 132 Can. Pacific 174 174 173 174 175 National Lead so C F. 1 41 41 41 41 41 Rock Island, Pfd.. 61 62 61 62 61 New York Sugar and Coffee Market. New oYrk, Jan. 25. SUGAR Raw. steady; fair refining, $3.23; centrifugal. 96 test, $3.76; molasses sugar. $2.98; refined, crushed, $5.36; powdered, $4.75; granulated, $4.66. COFFFEE Market steady. No. 7 Rio, 77c; No. 4 Santos, 8c. Cotton Market. New York. Jan. 25. COTTON Spot closed quiet, 10 points lower; middling up- lands. $9.90; middling gulf.- $10.15. Sales, 2,006 bales. Galveston. Tex., Jan. 20. COTTON market steady. 9c. Topeka Market. Furnfshed bv the Chas. Wolff Packing Co.. vards close at noon Saturday. We cannot use pigs, thin sows or hogs weighing less than 170 lbs. Do not mar ket hogs unless same are well finished, as we cannot use half fat stuff. We give below prices effective at once, until fur ther notice.l Topeka, Kan., Jan. 25. HOGS. MIXED AND BUTCHERS $5.50fiS 95 HEAVY 6.0OW6 .50 LIGHT e-SKao.! CATTLE. i Per cwt- Cowa (good) $4.00rq(M.50 Cows (medium) 3.00rj3.75 Heifers (good) 4.605.00 Heifers (medium; 3.504 25 Bulls (good) 8.25(j.3.75 Bulls (medium) 2.5Y3.00 Calves (100 to 200 lbs.) B. 007 00 Calves (over 200 lbs.) 4.01k1j4 75 Furnished by The Continental Creamery Co.. Topeka. Kan. BUTTER AND EGGS. EGGS Chicago, 30c; N. Y., 32e. CREAMERY BUTTER Chicago, 30c: N. Y.. 32c. ELGIN BUTTER 32c. EGGS AND POULTRY. Wholesale prices furnished by Topeka Packing Co.. 114-116 W. Laurent street. POULTRY Hens.' 8c: snrini?. ht-nii-' ers. 12c: old cocks. 3c: stags, 7c. Turkeys. 19.. .1 I O BUTTER Packing stock. 19c EGGS 28c. WHOLESALE FRUIT AND PRODUCE Furnished by 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.. 66c. BULK DATES Per lb., 6c. HONEY Per case. $3.25'S3.35. GRAPES Almlra grapes, per bbl., $fl.0 6.25. APPLES Per box. $1.25-2.00. GRAPE FRUIT Per box, $4.00. -FIGS Per box. 65e. CRANBERRIES Per bbl., $14.00 per lb.. 14c. CALIFORNIA TOMATOES Per 4 bskt. crate. $2.00. CABBAGE Wisconsin Holland, per lb., 3c. RED GLOBE ONIONS Wisconsin, per bu.. $1.00. SPANISH ONIONS Per crate. $2.00. LEMONS California, per box, $3.25'3.50. ORANGES Redlands Golden, per box. $2.75a3.0O. ORANGES Navel, per box. $2.50. BANANAS Per lb., 3c. FANCY. LEAF LETTUCE Per basket, $1.00. TEXAS NEW BEETS Per do bunches. 45c. TEXAS RADISHES Per dox. bunches, 40c. CARROTS Per bu.. 75c. PARSNIPS Per bu.. 75c. TURNIPS Per bushel. 60c. BEETS Per bushel. 75c. CANADA RUTABAGAS Per lb.. lc. COLORADO POTATOES Per bu.. 75c. SWEET POTATOES Per bu., $1.16. CELERY Mammoth, ner bunch, 90c; Jumbo, per bunch. 80c: Blue Ribbon, per Duncn. rac. dkesh uxoicrto i. counts, per RtanHarifs ner nan tc Kullr J V Counts, ppr gal., $2.30: N. Y. Extra Selects, per gal., $2.10; Plain Selects, per gal., $1.85; Ctin.l-i rtl rwr firnl XI AO CHEESE. Wisconsin. Y. A.. 16c: Llmburger, JSc; Daisy. 20-lb. each. 16c; Daisy Twins, 2 to box, 16c; Wisconsin yellow, lc; Wiscon sin white, 16c; Brick, I6c; Block Swiss, domestic style. 16c. Grain Market. Furnished by J. B. Billard, corner Kan sas Ave, and Curtis St. Topeka, Kan., Jan. 2R. WHEAT No. 2, 8S90c; No. 3, 848c: No. 4, 79Rlc. CORN 65c. OATS J648c Topeka Hide Market. Quotations furnished by James C. Smith Co., 10S East Third t-J Topeka, Kan., Jan. 26. HIDES No. 1 G. S. hides. I0c, N j G. B. hides. 9c; aide brands. sc flat: glue hides. 5c Hat; No. 1 G. o. bull hides. 9c: No. 2 G. t. bul hides, 8c; Deacons. 2So to 35c; slunks. lac to 25c; No. 1 hor bides. $2.50: No. 2 horse hides. J1.50; No 1 K H .-k 7 Fit-: drv flint biilrh.r i i4c: dry flint lauen, 13c; dry flint lights. 12c; dry salts, lie; dry culls, loc Tallow No. 6c: No. 2, 4c. FUR PRICE LIST. FURS Mink. No. 1 large.. $3.24; No. 1 medium. $2.26; No. 1 small. $1.60; No. 1 lare. i.ou; iu. uieuium ana small, $100 No. 3. 60c; No. 4, 25c; prime, large anj dark. $4.0S.OO; cotton. 50c. Raccoon. No. 1, large. $1.00; medium, 60c; small. 3oc; No. 2. large. 40c; medium. 25c; No. 3. 15c; No 4. 15c; black and extra dark. $l.&Ofe,3.00. Muskrat. No. 1. -large. 25c; medium. 16c small. 10c; kits. ic. Fox (grey). No. l! large. 75c: medium, 50c; small. 25c; No 2. large. 25c. Fox (red). No. 1 large. $2'50 medium. $1.25: small, 75c; No. 2 large, $100 No. 3. 25c. Otter (according to size and color). $15.00fcl0.00. Wild cat, No. 1 large $1.00; No. 2. large. 60c; No. 8. 25c. House cat. No. 1. large. 15c: No. 2. large, 10c Civlt cat. No. 1. large. -40c: medium. 80c mall. 15c: No. 2. larga. 20c; medium and mall. 10c: No. 3. 6c. Opossum. No. 1 large. 25c: medium, 12c; small, 6c; No medium and small. 2c: trash, no value. Badger, No. 1. large. 85c; medium, 55c Small. 25c: No. 2. large. 10c. Skunk Black prime. 9Oe0fSl.?5: short. 60c to k; narrow. 50c to 70c: broad. 10c to 30c Lynx. owing to size. K.0U to $S.0O. Beaver. owlrTir to size. fur. etc.. $7.00 to $1.00. Bear ftna and ful fur. $4-00 to $8 00. Wolf, timber to $l.oo; prairie. $1.00 to 25c. Quota tions are for Kansas and simUar Xura.

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i i THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JQTJBNAIEIOND AY EyENiNq, JANITARY-25, 1909: 9 J I, I i. T $5.00 Values Now ft or Can You Afford to Miss the Sav ings We Offer You? Buy Standard Makes at Big Reductions You Can't Lose DrccIiscJSIioeCo. 0 BOWLED OVER. Hammersteln in Fight With Reporters Is Knoeked Down. New York, Jan. 25. Physical en counters between two newspaper re porters and Oscar Hammerstein began In the lobby of the Knickerbocker hotel were continued on the pavement hi front of the Jefferson market po lice court and in the court room Itself whither the two reporters had been summoned for a hearing on Mr. Ham merstein'a complaint. The hearing was postponed for a week and the representatives of both factions were arraigned for the fighting in and about the court room. All were discharged on this complaint as the magistrate paid .no damage had been done. Events subsequent to Mr. Ham merstein's sharp reference to report ers in a letter to the manager of the paper following criticism of the Mary Garden episode attracted a consider able crowd to the arraignment of Frederick W. Hill and James J. Doyle, the reporters charged with assault. Following spirited remarks back and forth general hand to hand encounters ensued. Policemen interfered and the party adjourned to the court room. There an even more strenuous scuffle took phce and Hammerstein was bowled over the back of a bench which broke under his weight. His eons picked him up apparently unin jured. STILL HOPE TO GET HADLEY. Governor of Missouri May Yet Speak at Kansas Day Club Banquet. "Will "Vernon of learned, secretary of the Kansas Day club, arrived in the city today to complete arrangements for the big spread next Friday night. The banquet will be held in the rooms of the Masonic temple on Jackson street and will begin at 6 o'clock sharp. Tickets are on sale at the office of Del Valentine in the supreme court rooms and in the lobbies of the National and Throop hotels and by Mr. Vernon. The eighteenth annual banquet of the club promises to eclipse nil pre vious affairs at which the Republicans of the state assemble in their annual love feast. It is still hoped that Gov ernor Hadley of Missouri will be se cured as one of the speakers next Fri day night. Final word is expected from the governor this evening. The tickets are sold at $2 each. It Is expected that the capacity of the Masonic temple will prove adequate to accommodate the large crowd in at tendance. Two glee clubs will furnish music one from Baker and one from Washburn college. Kansas City and Return $1.35. January 22nd to 28th inclusive, The TTnion Pacific will sell tickets to Kansas City and return for $1.35, final limit Feb. 1st. Hear Judge Hanna at the Grand Opera house next Sunday afternoon at S o'clock. Amission free. The Burroughs: Adding Machine Everything that an adding J machine should be. Not an ex- 4 periment. Every one of the ten banks in Topeka are X BURROUGHS users, from one T to four machines. Call on us for trial or demonstration. The L C Smith Typewriter A real successful visible type writer. Built for service and built right too. The real pioneer of all visibles. The new model just out with some new features. Over one hundred Ii. C. SMITH'S sold In Topeka last year. i t The Wilson Office I Supply Co. A8ent I 107 W. 6th St. Both Phones ISIS OP' J POLICEJOJTINGS. Kaid on East Fourth Street Re sort Made by Officers. Fire Men Are Arrested and Escorted to Station. FOR SELLING MILK. Dr, Campbell Found Washani Product Not Up to Standard. Restaurateur Blames Dairyman for Selling Watered Product. Seven knights of the stronghold of Chief Eaton by the light of the new moon rode in force into the shady regions last night and wjth dexterity captured a threatening cloud which hovered at 304 East Fourth street. The attacking party led by Sergeant Ross battered down the gates, seized the occupants and "jugged" the con- fje'o. Turner is charged .with keep ing a questionable resort while Silas Turner, Grant Lewis, Wesley Dotson and Robert Bradshaw were found in the dive. It was expected there would be women and wine in connection with the find but the officers were unable to locate any, though the atmosphere was permeated with the perfume of liquor. The officers had arrived in time to prevent a, breaking and decent upon the -population so no dam age was done other than that of noisy conduct in the building. Bradshaw has furnished a $10 bond and the others are hoping for such, though the trial is set to be called in the evening session today. That remarkable genius, Roland H. Waldor, who wishes to be consulted by anyone feeling downcast, forsaken, or perplexed on any subject has himself been perplexed by being arrested for not having a license to practice his art. Waldor has not been long at 110 Kansas avenue, and had just gotten out his circulars and cards when he was disturbed by the blue-coated laity. He has not decided yet whether he wants a license or not, though he will have to pay for not. Another Sunday has qualified a new squad for the already swollen ranks of the White Horse Gang, besides the old heads who are always in the lot where White Horse is loosened. Those old and new who were in the back lot yesterday were: Press John son. Chas. Boyer, Will Kennedy, Joe Smith, J. D. Hamilton, Anton Kohs, W. B. Clark, Chas. Ennis, Pete Bagan, John Riley, Dan O'Neal. All enjoyed an extravagant. Jolly time and con tributed collectively $65 to the city arid about half that much to the drug stores. A large loss was reported yesterday but the owner could not remember where he lost it. It was a wagon, team and calf. The team was a red mule and a white horse and the calf had been left in charge of the team and became frightened at -itself and disappared. The police have not dis covered the missing property. After the restaurant men had thought all their trials over, in which series only one was convicted, now comes the arrest of R. W. Washam, the complaint against whom had been delayed. In nearly all of the cases milk had been bought of the Pure Milk company and found good when whole but often unintentionally skimmed by pouring off the top of the bottles first as must be natural, but Washam buys milk from a dairyman and is not so certain of its quality even before it reaches him and denies that he adds water or skims. Trial in the police court is set for January 26. There has been no doubt that any of the milk tested for evidence by Dr. Campbell against these restaurant men being reduced milk but in practically every case it has been adjudged to the fact that the top of the milk must come off first and leave the bottom technically skimmed milk. A faucet in the bottom would serve merely to draw the bottom oft first and hence would not help. The fact is that the butter fat holds aloof from the poorer element and is hard to be caught in the same glass. ROBY IS BACK. Topeka Boy Now in U. S. Hospital Corps Visits Old Home. Albert Roby, a former Topeka boy, who is now in the hospital corps of the United States army, located at San Francisco, is in Topeka visiting old friends and relatives for a few days. He is a son of Dr. H. W. Roby. Mr. Roby is on his way back to San Francisco from Washington, where he had taken eleven insane soldiers from the Philippines to the national asy lum. Insanity among the soldiers is quite prevalent in the Philippines ac cording to Mr. Roby, who has twice been in these island possessions. The greater portion of insane cases are due to the American soldiers imbibing too freely of the Philippine intoxi cating beverages. There ia one drink, known as "bino" that brings grief to many of the soldiers. This is made from the oil of coeoanut palm tree. the milk of the eocoanut, and from"! paim oils. It is a drink which Mr. Roby describes as very sweet and re freshing. It contains from thirty to fifty per cent alcohol, but this part of the drink ia disguised by the sweei ness. It does not affect a soldier like the common whisky which causes drunkenness, but it ia much worse causing the victim to grow tempora rily insane. The insanity at first lasts no longer than the ordinary case of drunkenness, but it sooner or later gets the victim in a state of perman ent insanity. Insanity from this cause, according to Mr. Roby, has grown to large pro portions since the abolition of the American army canteen. Before that was abolished the soldiers who drank could get American beer for five cents a glass, the same as it is retailed in this country. Now it costs fifty centa for a pint bottle, which makes it al most prohibitive. Whisky and other American beverages costs much more. Bino costs only ten cents a gallon. The tropical sun causes a good deal of insanity, as does the "querida" habit, which is the term used in con nection with the unmarried soldiers who associate with the Philippine women, and contract native diseases aa a result. The sanitary conditions in the is lands Mr, Roby describes as Improv ing under American control. The mos quito bar has effectually stamped out the malaria fever. The bubonic plague is the worst disease at pres ent although at times cholera gets a good start. Mr. Roby was connected with the State Journal until he left Topeka thirteen years ago. He entered the army then and has since been station ed at army posts all over America and In Cuba and the Philippines. He has twice been to the Philippines, return ing the last time last July. Since then he has been stationed with the hospital corps in San Francisco. Dur ing the war he was in Cuba and was in many of the important engage ments ojt the American army. cJOCIETY Miss Permelia Curtis has asked a few guests for dinner Thursday. Mrs. H. S. Fowler, of Wichita, who Is visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Knox, at Belvoir, entertained a dozen girls informally this afternoon for Miss Alice Gregory, whose marriage to Mr. Walter Whitson will take place Wednesday evening at the home of her father, Mr. W. M. Gregory, 917 Tyler street. The Western Soroeis club will have an evening meeting Saturday at the home of Mr, and Mrs, John Q. Royce. to which the husbands of the members have been asked. Mrs. M. F. Rigby will entertain the Mysotis club and some additional guests at cards tomorrow afternoon. Clear and away the best thing Tope ka people will get to hear this year is the reading of Edmund Vance Cooke on February 9, at the high school audi torium. Who Is he? A poet "of 1900 and now," who has caught the spirit of to day and embodied it in artistic ver-e. Paul M, Pearson says of him; "People stopped their mad rush to read this poetry, to read it to their friends and to commit it to memory. Cooke has made men read poetry," But when Cooke reads his own poems he becomes the accomplished actor and puts into them more delightful humor in one evening than a year's reading can give. Since Whitcomb Riley's day of platform glory no one has measured up to him as an entertainer until Ed Edmund Vance Cooke began to read his own stuff, that put him easily neck and neck with Riley and to most who have heard him, Cooke outranks the Hoosier bard. Who is he? He was born in Canada but has lived most of his life in Cleve land, O, Before he finished the gram mar grades his father died and he had to leave school and go to work. He did not quit study, hlowever. He studied shnrthanii and Tjitin at home and French and German in the Cleveland Y. M. C. A. Right school. And ail tne while be was writing rhymes for the newspapers. Then his stuff began to bring him checks. Also, he became an entertainer at little social gatherings. So bigger checks from more literary publications grew to his credit, and widening circles, like waves on the lake began to delight in hearing him. To day he has national fame as a reader and all around the world his poems are read. His impersonations are as unique as they are varied. He can be humorist or tragedian, aristocrat or democrat, a little lisping child or a hale old man. His poem, "How Did You Die?" en grossed, hangs In the library of Cor nell university, with the inscription, "For all who Strive for the C It ought to hang on the library wall of every university in the land, a cheery wholesome message from the poet to the people. Cooke is a lover of children, and de clares that his own little ones are his inspiration. Nobody has outdone "The Moo-Cqw Moo" and "The Shave Store," not even Riley ond Eugene Field, those two men of happy verse making. Cooke has never visited Topeka, and his evening here promises from the advance sales to be the event of the winter. After some conflict in- dates was ironed out Tuesday, February 9, was settled upon, and everybody who is anybody will be present and enjoy an evening of humor unadulterated with coarseness or flatness. Cooke's best friends are these who have once heard him. Pro. H. L. Mil ler, principal of the high school; Dr. F. M. Lynch, Mrs. Noble Prentis and Mrs. Charles Curtis are among the Topeka people who are enthusiastic over Mr. Cooke's entertaining quali ties. A number of out of town visitors are planning to come to the Cooke lecture and have already purchased their tickets. The teachers of the city schools and of Shawnee county are among those who will swell the Cooke audience on February 9. Miss Lena Tallman entertained in formally at BOO Wednesday evening for Mrs. Ray Williams of Denver, Colo. Mrs. Stubbs was the guest of honor at the meeting of the Alta Vista cluo with Mrs. Frank P. MacLennan this afternoon. Miss Mary B. Moore will entertain her bridge club' and a corresponding number of men tomorrow evening. The Duplicate Whist club will meet tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. Carroll B. Merrlam. Notes and Personal Mention. Miss Lenore Stubbs, Paul and Ros coe Stubbs spent the week-end at their home In Lawrence. Miss Louise Kellam went to Kinsley today to visit Miss Marian Edwards and will afterwards go to Kansas City to visit Mrs. Walter W. Coipitts. Mr. and Mrs. Coipitts, who have been in Chihauhau, Mexico, will return to Kan sas City this month, Mrs. W. H. EHet of ElDorado is ex pected tomorrow to visit Mrs. S. F. Davislon, 826 Topeka avenue. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Whiting, their daughter. Miss Anna F. Whiting, and Mrs. Homer Bowman have rented the Pelican cottage at La Jolla, California, and plan to stay there several weeks. Mrs. J. A. Campbell has gone to Leavenworth to spend a fortnight with her daughter, Mrs. Edwin Davis. Mrs. Harry Nichols is very ill at the Blower Annex where she has an apart ment. Mr. J. Karl Henderson of Kansas City spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. M. I. Henderson, and his sister, Miss Louise Henderson, who have re cently returned from an extended southern trip. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Leavitt of 818 Jackson street are spending two weeks in Wichita. Mr. Chappelle Foote has been ill with the grip and out of school for a few days at the home of his parents. Judge and Mrs. Foote. Mrs. Lawson Gilbert of Chicago is spending a few days with her mother, Mrs. Noble Prentis, at the National hotel. Mrs. Scott Hopkins, Mrs. Frank C. Thomson, Mrs. Harrison Morgan, Mrs. Frank; Cargill, Mrs. William Macferran Miss Anna Harrison and Miss Mary WA TS AND MISCELLANEOUS ADS. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS A candidate Jtor the nomination as clerk of the City Court subject to the Repub lican Primaries, March 2. 1309. R. M. LEE. NATE B. THOMPSON announces himself as a candidate for the nomination of elerk of the court of Topeka. subject to the Republican city primaries, March 2. 1909. W. C. RALSTON is a candidate for the Republican nomination for the office of city attorney, subject tothe city primary election on Mareh 2. 1909. O. W. DUSENBERRY anonunces hlmsflf as a candidate for the office of marshal of the court of Topeka, subject to the Re publican primaries March 2, 1909. nLTATEJTRANFER& J. A. butcher and wife to G. F. ReesT lots 466-8 and 70 Wayne ve., Wash burn Place add $1,375 H. N. Guyman and wife to J. W. Fisher, lots 433-5 and 7 Wayne ave., Washburn Place add 1 3. Holmes to M. A. Holmes, lots 170 2 and 4 Oakland ave., Brigham Rice's add 100 C. G. Barnes and wife to I. W. Bur dick, s. w. 4 s. w. Vt 16-12-16 4,300 J. F. Drennan to F. E. Boyles, w. 16-10-14 13.000 W. M. Mitchner and wife to Z. A Enos and wife. n. hi s. e. 14 12-U-13.. 7.200 S. B. Westertield and wife to J. Sim, pt. s. w. 26-13-16 6,300 W. H. Hunter and wife to C. A. Frejd and wife, lots 267-69-7 and 3 Orleans St., Knowles' sub.... 1,250 WANTED By a young man, a place to work mornings and evenings, for board. Address J. W., care of Journal. WANTED Position by experienced, relia ble bookkeeper and general office man. Address M. B., care State Journal. t.vtet M-rr nni,i. WANTED Expert life Insurance closer; excellent position to right man; refer ences required. S. E. Barber, manager Aetna Life Insurance Co., 700 Kansas ave. WANTED M6n to .learn barber trade, few weeks required, best paying work within the reach of poor man; ean have shop with small caDital; wages from $12 to $20 weekly; wonderful demand for barbers. Catalogue mailed free. Moler Barber Col lege. Kansas City, Mo.. WANTED -Man to care for horses, auto and do work about house Feb. 1st. Must be well recommended. Dr. Keith, 724 Kan. ave. WANTED Capable young man for order and bill clerk. Must be rapid, acucrate and able to handle some correspondence. Answer in own handwriting. Local refer ences preferred. State salary wanted. Ad dress Capable, care State Journal. WANTED Energetic young man who is neat and accurate at clerical work and a serviceable stenographer. Reply in own hand writing. Local references preferred. State salary wanted. Address Energetic, care State Journal. WANTEDExperlence black dress goods salesman. A. B. C, care Journal. Barkley will go to Ljwrenee Wednes day to attend the Founder's Day din ner of the Kappa phpter of Kappa Alpha Theta.- K. IT. live 4 6, Washburn 17. Lawrence, -Kan., Jan. -25. The Washburn college basketball quintette waa defeated here -Saturday night at Robinson gymnasium by the score of 4 6 to 17. The game was the roughest that has been played on the home court this season. The score at the end of the first half was 18 to 7 In favor of Kansas. EAST TOFEKA f IQTES litems for the East Topeka column may be telephoned to Ind. phone 2681 black. W. S. Hunter, physician and surgeon, office and res. 1119 East 6th. Ind. 1868. Mr. and Mrs. Harry- Smith returned to their home in Kansas City today after spending Sunday here the guests of relatives and friends. Mrs. P. L. White left today for her home in Emporia after spending several weeks here the guest of her parents and other relatives. Miss Helen Stanley, -of North Tope ka, spent Sunday the guest of Miss Thelma Stanley of East Hill. Mr. Harry Davidson, of 1121 Madison street, is unable to be at school on ac count of illness. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wilson, of Law rence, spent Sunday here with their parents. Mr. Carl Williams, Mr. Fred Oberer, Mr. Henry Kettler spent Sunday the guests of Mr. Frank Hagenbuch, at his home in Eudora Mr. I. H. Ellenberger, of 300 Lake street, is suffering with an attack of blood poison in his lelt hand. He in jured his hand several days ago while at work in the shops. Mrs. Fred Steele, of Wa-Keeney, Is here spending a few days visiting rela tives while on her way east where she will spend an extended length of time on a business trip. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Mallory and Miss Jessie Watson will leave in a few days for Parsons, where they will make their future home. Mr. Ralph Miller, of Shorey, spent Sunday the guest- of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wells. Miss Clara Smith visited relatives on the east side Sunday, r The Junior Baraca class of the Bap tist church will hold their meeting at the home of Percy Sawers, Tuesday night, 1 Mr. Devendorf of Tacoma, Wash., spent Sunday the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Wells of East Hill, while on his way to Milwaukee. Mr. and Mrs. Ornsby have taken pos session of the Mays property on East HilL Mrs. Gallety will return to her home in Emporia Tuesday after a few days visit here the guest of Mrs. Mary Nor wood, of 308 Branner street. Mr. Frank Boles of Madison, Ind., Is here visiting his aunt, Mrs. Martha Newbold. He will probably remain per manently. Mr. and Mrs. R. Srhith. of Kilmer, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. St.arlman of 312 Branner street. The quarantine for smallpox was raised from tne nome oi mr. ana mrs. George Woods, of 324 Branner street, tnriair Thelma. their little daughter, who has had the attack, is very much improved. The Ladles' Aid society of the Third Christian church. will hold an all-day meeting at the churcn weanesaay. Tj,. TtiAoo Wanna, at the Grand Opera house next Sunday afternoon t 3 o'clock. Amission iree. WA VIS IW -fESf A f.K TfFX. WANTED-Cotnpetent white giri for gen eral housework, 2 in family,"no washing or ironing, good wages. Mrs. J. C. Har mon. 91o Buchanan. J'T121' for general house work. Inquire Ills Madison. WANTED. ht experienced chambermaids at Throop WANTED Bridge carpenters, farmhands, car repairers, hotel help, house girls, waitresses, $20 month; hotel maids, wo- V u RM AN 811- Kansas ave. Phones 662. ANTfeoman coolt Holliday hoteL 4th and Holliday stB. WANTED. .Table waitress Fifth Ave hotel. W THE HIGHEST PRICE for ,?f5-.d.hanA c'othea. shoes, hats and ?f Is- Proo a card or call Ind. phone 1638. Abe Jacobaon. 600 Kansas avenue. HRSES TO WINTER. M. O'Keefe. Ind. phone 8198. lj.J7EIW5fo,inS men for modern room, Z? av?' ind. phone .2359 Red. WANTED I have a customer who wants to buy a pool and billiard hall in To peka. E. J. Olander, 530 Kan. ave. WANTED To buy S or 7 room house, ThK ln' near'y new, of owner, in WANTED A good cheap baby cart. A First gteater (OT sa,e' Qoal or Sas- 516 West WANTED Buyer for fine truck farm. VA miles of city. For information call Ind. phone 23oi R. l. M. Austin. WANTED To borrow $300 for one year. 8 per cent interest; good security. Ad dress Loan, care Journal. W'ANTKEVeal calves and fat cows. H. M. Bush. Ind. phone 24733. 1010 E. 8th at WANTED Horses and cowa to winter. good feed, water, shelter. H. Chalmers. Ind. J809 2. or 2601 Black. FOR RENT ROOMS. FOR RENT Twolarge unfurnished rooms in a modern house. 1222 Quincy at. FOR RENT 2 unfurnished rooms for housekeeping.. 307 W. 7th. FOR RENT Modern furnished room hot waCer heat, electric light and bath. 710 West 8th st. FOR RENT To legislators, warm, pleas ant rooms and good board, private fam ily, 4 blocks from State house, 312 E. 10th. FOR RENT 2 furnished housekeeping rooms, 73$ Garfield, $3 week, include gas. FOR RENT Strictly modern furnished rooms. 614 West 6th st. FOR RENT Modern furnished room, with or without board. 1126 N. Kansas ave. Ind. 2079 White. FOR RENT 2 furnished or unfurnished housekeeping rooms. 1st floor. 209 E. 8th FOR HENT-i newly furnished rooms. SOf Kanaa ave. Gentlemen only. FOTT RFNT HOrcM FOR RENT After February 1st, 1263 Polk St., 6 rooms, $12.60. Phones 689. FOR RENT 624 Buchanan street, 6 room cottage, bath, electric lights, gas heat. Call 1421 West 6th ave. FOR RENT 5 room cottage, gas, plaster ed basement. Ind. phone 2464 R. 2. FOR RENT 10 room residence, close In. Call 2243 White. FOR RENT Entirely modern 8 room cot tage, grate in parlor, $18. Inquire 1214 West Bth st. FOR RENT 615 Quincy, store room 16x40, opposite feed yard; first class condition. Phones 1S6. Clarence Skinner. FOR RENT 8 room house, reasonable, located ln Auburndale. 324 Kansas ave. FOR RENT Good 5 room house and barn, water, cistern, gas. sink in kitchen, block car line. 123 Holman st. Rent $8.00. N. J. Holum, Menoken. FOR EENM room house, 109 Exeter St., Auburndale. Gas for heat and light. City and cistern water. Barn. Betzer Realty A Loan Co., Room 2, Columbian Building. FOR RENT 8 room modern house, fur nished. L. Hawkins, at 1401 Fillmore st. Ind. phone 2S06 White. FOR RENT Strlcy modern room hmw 9nn CMflv "RrtrH Tibnn SIT. TOT VP FYICVTV LOST 3 $20 bills. Liberal reward offered. nciui ii iu m vv uumuii ttv. LOST Child's white fur near 12th and Western ave. Telephone Ind. 2862 White. LOST Black ribbon watch fob. Initials d. E. J. Bell phone 1697. Reward. FrTt J y 'yTT.LANKOfTa. FOR SALE 560 business cards for $1.25; BOO envelopes. $1.25; 600 letter heada. $1.50. See them: first class printing at propor tionate rates. Trapp. 714 Kansas ave. I HAVE FOR SALE one Topeka South western railroad bond, $500 denomination, which I will sell for- $350. J. E. Gall. 110 West 6th. FOR SALE Buggy in good shape; studio outfit fited with lense 8x10. Inquire at 112 E. 6th st., 3rd floor, FOR SALE 10 head of good farm mares. 315 Leland st. FOR SALE Two good young teams, wt. 2,700 to 3,000; also stylish young driving horse. 128 Topeka ave. FOR SALE Cheap, Kimball piano. 309 W. 10th st. FOR SALE Small mare, perfectly gentle for a woman to drive; work any place. 1433 Lane. FOR SALE Canaries, cheap; also fine B. Rock and Brown Leghorn hens. 1828 Clay st. I Phpne 2183 Blue. FOR SALE Good milk oow, $26. 136 Arter ave.. Oakland. FOR SALE Garland heater, Umphrev bone cutter. Hereford cow, chickens. A. P. Wolverton, Ind. .1933 7. FOR SALE Mare, 1.650; Spits pups and parikeats.- Ind. 19333, after 7. FOR SALE One horse wagon; tongue and shafts. 1307 Jackson st. FOR SALE White Silk Poodle pupple3. 911'Nortlr Qniney at. FOR SALE Prairie, hay by ths ton or bailed by load or car load. II. W. Mc Afee. W. 6th. Beil ohone S. FOR SALE Prairie hay and bound cane. In phone 2S58 Ring i. J- N. Edgar. FOR SALECord wood, oak, elm and hickory. Bell 2541. Ind. 1757. 26 PIANO BOXES. 2.00 to $3.00 each. W v HOFHR MT'STC jCO.. 630 Kan. ave. M. C PLANK, gen. contractoi, has an office at 621 Kan. ave. Estimates cheer fully given.- In a", phone IB'!. Bell 1S20. rronfcrs. FRESH cut flowers for all occasions to Be found at ttayes -www iwt 8th. Ind. phone $77. FOR SALE REAL ESTATE. SEE US QUICK About free homesteads in the famous Irri gated San Louis Valley. No charge for locating. GRAHAM URAT. 106 W. 7th. Ind. 1297. FOR SALE Six dwellings, two six room. two five room, two four room dwelling on monthly payment plan. Payments about like rent. TOPEKA INVESTMENT LOAN CO. Phone 1307. 113 East 6tb St. BUY No. 700 Lane from owner: strictly modern, large grounds., Ind. 2919 Black. For Sale, three and one-half across, half mile south of Country club, four room house, barn, other improvements. For Sale, cheap, a new five room houne, new barn, eighteen lots, five blocks east Of Santa Fe shops. See G. H. ELLIOTT,, 204 East 4th St.. FOR SALE Improved 640 acres in Texas, Including Implements, household goods, stock, feed and growing wheat, or ex change for improved M0 acres. F. A Fulker. Oketo, Kan. THE URXE- fl EPWORTH LAND CO KANSAS. TEXAS MEXICO LANDS. TOPEKA. KANSAS. Ind. Phone 367. Bell Phone 264. FOR SALE House and 4 lota, with large barn. 108 Winter St., Auburndale. I. Thomas Lumber Co. FOR RENT. 716 Chandler st., comfortable 4 room house, gas for heat and light, also 4 room house, near 2nd and Davies, close to new Santa Fe choDS. 4 lots, stable and etc., good home for shopman; steady tenants preierred. R. D. BLAINE. 625 Kansas Ave. Ind. 1418. FOR SALE OR TRADE. West 6th St.. 1 lots. 6 room house, cellar, gas and water, sewer connection and barn. Will trade for good rental property on East side. Phone 2049 Blue, owner. FOR SALE IN HIGHLAND PARK. Two blocks car line. 163 lots, 6 room house, good barn for dairy purposes, well, cistern, $5,200. Also 9 lots, 4 room house, good water, outbuildings, shade and fruit trees, $1,000. Ind. 23601. FOR SALE OR RENT Nearly new two story house, cement stone, five rooms, gaa, east front, on Brooks ave., Lowman Hill near car line. Good barn, two lots. For price and terms ask Merrlam Mort gage Co., Columbian Bldg. FOR SALE 6 room house, furnace, gas, well, cistern, large barn, 1 east front lota. Lincoln near 13th,. at a bargain; cash or terms. C. F. Adams, 935 N. Kansas ave. First published In The Topeka State Journal January 22, 1909. Stata of Kansas. Executive Department. PROCLAMATION OF REWARD. I, W. R. Stubbs, governor of the state of Kansas, do hereby renew the offer of reward of TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS for the arrest, within ninety days from this date and final conviction thereafter, of one Thomas Mooney. whb on the first day of August, 1908, in the city of Horton, Brown county, Kansas, killed one, E. Grewell. Said reward to be paid upon such final conviction. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto subscribed my name and caused to be affixed the Seal.J Great Seal of the state of Kan sas. Done at Topeka, Kansas, this 20th day of January, 1909 W. R. STUBBS, Governor. By the Governor. C. E. DENTON. Secretary of State. By J. T. BOTKIN, Assistant Secretary of State First published in The Topeka State Journal January 22, 19UW.J State of Kansas. Executive Department. PROCLAMATION OF REWARD. I, W. R. Stubbs, governor of the state of Kansas, do hereby offer a reward of TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS for the arrest, within ninety days from this date and the final conviction there after, of one, Dave Woods, who on De cember 4th, 190$. killed Dennis Casey, in Brown county, Kansas. Said reward to be paid upon such final conviction. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto subscribed my name and caused to be affixed the Seal. Great Seal of the state of Kan sas. Done at Topeka, Kansas, this 20th day of January, 1909. W. R. STUBBS, Governor. By the Governor. C. E. DENTON. Secretary of State. By J. T. BOTKIN. Assistant Secretary of State First published ln The Topeka State Journal January 22, 1909. At a meeting of the city council held January 18, 1909,the following resolution was presented and adopted Resolved, That the mayor and council of the city of Topeka deem it necessary for the best interests of said city to con struct a drain in the district or territory described as follows, to-wit: Begininng at the intersection of the cen ter line of Fourth street with the center line of the alley running north and south between Locust street and Lafayette street; thence south along the center line of said alley to the center line of Eighth avenue; thence easterly along the center line of Eighth avenue to the center line of Division street; thence north along the center line of Division street to the cen ter line of Third street; thence west along the center line of Third street to the cen ter line of Shunganunga creek; thence southwesterly along the center line of Shunganunga creek to the west line ex tended of Lafayette street, thence south along the west line of Lafayette street to the center line of Fourth street; thence westerly along the center line of Fourth street to the place of beginning; all in the city Of Topeka, Shawnee county, Kansas. C. G. BLAKELY. I, C. B. Burge, cRy clerk of the city of Topeka, Kansas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original resolution now on file in my office. Seal. C. B. BURGE, City Clerk. First published in The Topeka State Journal January 25, 1909. NOTICE TO BIDDERS. Sealed proposals wilt be received by the state board of control at their office in the city of Topeka until two p. m. Mon day, February 15, 1909, for the furnishing of all labor and material and installing complete a fan system of heating and ventilating, together with sectional boilers and thermostatic control, for the two in stitutional cottages at the Topeka state hospital. Topeka, Kansas. All of the foregoing to be executed In strict accord with the plana, details and specifications prepared for the same by jonn t otanion, iai arciuiecu Copies of the plans and specifications can be seen on file at the office of the board of control, Topeka, Kan., at the office of the superintendent of the In stitution, or at the office of the state architect, ln the capltol. All bids or proposals shall be made to the board of control, and shall be accom panied by a certified check on some re sponsible bank, for five per cent of the amount bid, payable to the board of con trol, and the same shall be forfeited to the state in case the successful bidder falls for ten days to enter into a contract and furnish the required bonds, as pre scribed by law. after the awarding of the contract. All bids or proposals shall be sealed, and directed to the secretary of the board of control, Topeka, Kan., and indorsed "Proposals for heating system." All contracts shall be awarded by' the board of control to the lowest responsible- bidder, but the board reserves the right to reject any and all bids, or to re ject parts of bids and accept parts, if deemed for the best interests of the state. Attention of bidders Is called to the "eight-hour law" with which they must eByPlorder of the board of control ot LEGAL. E. B. SCHERMERHOBN, Chairman. F. W. KNAPP, Secretary. January 2, 1909. NOTICE. First published in The Topeka Bute Journal January 5. 1&US.1 NOTICE. hiriil,erey.lven that tn atoek- nolaers of The Aetna Building and Loan thCaon ,ot wka. Kanaas. will hold annual. meeting ln the office of the 10 ovUnS.0'3"0'1' ln y?e elty ot Topeka, at 10 O clock a. m. on Tuesday, the 2tth day fJanKary1909- for tne Purpose of el.ct verai,?r.d .f directors for the ensuing thafmr,1,0 trans:t any other buainesa tnat may rtfoperly come bffore aaid meei ,n: JNO. Q. ROYCE. Secretary. TO WHOM IT MAT CONCERN: -u .lake notice that my petition r,aPerTlt, to 8el1 intoxicating liquors 1 Holl.fi laW' at my dru 8tore nr h- d,ay B.tTS,eU ln tne Second ward of the city of Topeka. Shawnee county. hi fow on in he office o the probate Juage of aaid county, and that thJfot 8ai,d co"nty at his offici in the court house in the city of Topeka on X1!3' ,tbl 24th ot EebATary" 1909, at 10 o clock a. in. II. C. MARTIN, Applicant. TO WHOM IT VI A V vv,.nu. v v i. r .1 Wl11 ?ake notice that my petition tnn -trl, V, "'T orjj store at No. fh- S?r?mavev ln t"8 Second ward of. luuua. onawnee county, Kan ?,'J ",ow f ,le in tne of ric of the pro-" rtiHm,dle.i,0iBiVd cunty- and that laid petition will be heard before the probate in?,?? a,l county at his ortice In the 1a hoHle tn clty of Topeka on Tuesday the 9th day of Februiry, 190 at 9 o clock a. m. O. A. NOEL. Applicant. T?WHOM IT MAYCONCERn! YOU will take notice that my petition aoa.Per'nU. to Bel1 intoxicating liquors, according to law. at my drug store at No. Sih1 Kfnsa ave.. in the Fourth ward of tne city of Topeka. Shavnee county, Kan sas, is now on file in the office of the pro 5ntfnludKe.i eald county, and that aaid petition will be heard before the probate i"..?? ,f 8ald county at his office in the. hoV rt hoU8 In the city of Topeka on baturday, January 30. 1909. at 10 o'clock a. ro. A. H. MARSHAL! Applicant. NOTICE. if you wish a dr-ed or mortgage written and acknowledged, or any notarial work, or stenographic work, you can be accom modated at my office. R. D. Blaine, 625 MISCELLANEOUS. CASH PAID for s-nnrt mlnln. Cn.l. cobalts, coppers, goldfields, preferred! R. 6, State Journal. GOING, GOING, not quite gone! Poultrv- v-vw h""-,v iur ifca copy or LOtl key'g Poultry Book at G. H. Harries'. IF YOU are not getting sathsfnotlon try the Arcade cafe; meals Jo 42S Kansas ave. Ira F. Edwards, proprietor. MERCHANTS TRANSFER STOKAUK wv. ti,uv mu stores nousenoia goods. Tel.. 146. Clarence Skinner, til Quincy at. MOXKT. MONEY TO LOAN, direct to the appli cant, on iarais or inside city property, by the Knights and Ladies of Security.' For particulars inauire of W. B. Klrk patrick, national president, 701 Kansas ave. MONEY to loan on live stock, ptanoa, per sonal aecurity, household gooda. typewrit- era. W. E. Segulne. 413 K. A. Both phonee. BETZER REALTY AND LOAN CO. Make- farm and citv loans ln any amount from $500 up. at lowest ratea and on the most favorable terms. Office, Room Columbian Bldg. MONET to loan on personal property, payment $1.26 week will pay off loan $2 In 25 weeka. O. H. Fllntham. notary pub 11c. 906 E. 4th at. Either phone 977. MONEY to loan on live stock, planoa, or gans, typewriters, household gooda and personal weetirlty. T. B1coe. S?3 Kan. ava. phvstctans Avn srRr.rhjw. DR. E. L. CARHART. M. D., phyalolaa and surgeon; diseasea of women and children. Office, room 7, over Snow's drug store. IDA C. BARNES. M. D. Office 7? Kansas ave. Residence Thlr. teentji and Clay. Office hours: a. m. to 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. to 6 p. m. Both ph9nea16 residence and Ind. 1316 office. DR. H. H. KETTH. surgeon and diseasea of women, with private bospltaL Office TTnA v MACTTTVE STfOPS. FOR up-to-date gunsmiths and electricians TT Tl TI J I n T r -r. I w iww,u. iiu nan. mvc. ici BUJ. JEWELERS. JAMES B. HAYDEN, Jeweler and Optl., clan. Complete stock of watchea. dlaa monds. silverware, eto. Eyes examined end spectacle r-ronerly fitted. L. M. PEN WELL, funeral director and etnblmer. First elaas service, reason able prices. 511 Quincy St. Both phones 191 J. A. ROSEN, patent attorney, an ave., Topeka. Kan. 2 Kaa- CLAIRVOYANT. THE BLIND wonder clairvoyant, mind' reader and peacemaker, has brought many together that have been separated. Professor Henry M. Love, 1013 Kan. ave. JCABJORDERS FOR CAB ORDERS call Staaey. Ind. zshj. dz weat uin. r)5TFOn a. TTf el. Dr. Nellie Sawyer. Ind. phone 1280. 13 K A.. Crawfcrd Bids Elevator aervlca QUINCY STREET FREK DISPENSARY. $21 Quincy st. Conducted by regular firactlcing phyaiclana and surgeons. Med ea I service free. Medicine free ln soma cases. Office hours 2 to 5 p. m. Calls answered nlsrM or day. Ind phone 137 PICTURE FRAMING. FRAMING, regildlng, matmaklng. mount ing done by J. D. Sullivan. 112 W. KigiJt street. Packing, shipping, eta. CAPITAL C1TX VITtUKlfcD BK1CK 4k PAVING CO.. 214 E. th at. Mfga. et bulldlna. paving and sidewalk brick. SAFES. SAFES exohansred. bought. Bold or re paired." 611 Quincy st. The Merchants' Safe -Exchange Co. Phone 2567 Blue. 18 Ions distance 1 farmer aafe. $16; a Jewel er's safe. SS5. TO AND FROM all parts of the World; lowest rates; best lines. Full Informa tion. T. L. King, AgrU Santa Fe. Topeka. i i

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1909 ON BURNING SAND Sixty Candidates Will Make the Trip This Week. Include Governor Stubfos and Other Rotables. BEGINS WEDNESDAY. Will Be Followed by a Big Ban quet. Shriner Club Will Be Organized in Topeka. A special ceremonial session of the Abdallah Temple Ancient Arabic Order, nobles of the Mystic Shrine w ill be held In Topeka by the Topeka members of Abdallah Temple on Wednesday evening, January 27, 1909 at 7:30 o'clock. Masonic Temple, There are at the present time over 60 petitions in for the sandy trip and before the time for the bugle call there will be over one hundred. After the perilous trip has been made there will be a big spread in the shade of a palm on one of the oases which is called the banquet room of the Scot tish Rite by name. This banquet-rest-spread-feed will be held if there are no fatalities resulting from the course of the, caravan and still the mysterious Shrines do not pay much attention to this on account of the abundance of medical and undertaking material in the secrets. The Xobles of the Abdallah temple have excellent ac commodations for the disposal of dead Indians and there will be no trouble on this account. If the St-ipio Pumps Kailed. If the famous pumps at Scipio blew up into a thousand pieces, if all the coal miners in the world went on a ptrike, if the thermometer fell until it hurst from the friction of the pass ing air, if snow, cold, hardship, dark ness, and dreariness came over the country it would still be impossible to cool the sands of the desert of To peka the desert which is situated in the dry and arid regions bounded by Jackson, Seventh, Van Buren and Sixth streets and in the territory called the Masonic Temple. The sparkling sands are always hot and burning in this place and the oases are few and far between. Rain never comes to quench the thirst of the parched travelers and the camels are slow and rough. But regardless of the many dangers, regardless of the threatening heated pebbles,, and the threats of those who have, traveled be fore over 100 novices will mount their steeds and with the glowing, blazing sands beneath their feet and the hot sun of the Topeka members of the Abdallah temple above them they will travel over that representation of hades to endure the many hardships ana perils only to make their exit into the Ancient Arabic Order of the Cobles of the Mystic Shrine. Headquarters of Tormentors. The headquarters for the tormen tors and the den of the pirates and highway robbers of the Topeka dis trict in at Leavenworth. These offi cers will attend th torture of the in significant novices and they will bring with them all of the tools and brand ing Irons of the Leavenworth Desert. Nothing in the way of kindness will be tolerated and there will be no ex tinguishing, stifling, cooling, waning, subsiding,' glimmering, lowering or paling of the burning, glowing, con suming, cauterizing, raging, smoulder ing, blazing, flashing, cremating and incinerating sands of the Topeka des- cured when we are through with you your money will be given back. Come prepared for the worst, and Abdallah workers from Leavenworth will do their best to please you. Any old clothes will do, and don't be afraid to tell your folks where you are going as we have plenty of doctors and un dertakers among our nobles. "It is our ambition to make this the largest class in the history of Ab dallah, and it is of especial interest, financially and socially, to the Topeka bodies to secure for this ceremonial every eligible candidate within our ju risdiction. The whole matter of this session is under full control of the To peka nobles. "Trusting you can be with us at what we think will be one of the most enjoyable sessions of Abdallah. Drag along as many of your friends as possible." Governor to Ride the Goat. And then when it is all over there will be nothing but peace, tranquillity. rest, quiet and repose. All of this is true and all that can be said is true because the Shriners say that vou should believe all you can possiblv hear about the Shrine some of it may be true. The novices who include (Governor w. a. tubbs to be initiated have been warned not to complain of the elab orate misuses of their initiation as it will all be charged uo to them and the temple is not responsible for anything cney no. However, 5 0 per cent of the receipts irom the travelers will eo toward the formation of a Shriner ciuo in this city. LIFE JSAVERS. How Wireless Telegraphy and Water Tight Bulkheads Preserved the Lives of the Re public's Passengers. foreign affairs, respecting the United btaes. His utterances were frank, clear ami cordial. Komura said Japan's aspirations were for peace and that, so tar as the United States was concerned. Ills f v- i i .3 a F .win jj t 1UU9L ileal iuji ursiicu i J preserve, unimpaired and unbroken, the Historic friendship between Japan and the United States. "The Japanese government has declared uuncy in tne matter ot directing, so tar as it is possible, the movements of its emigrating labor class. It wants time to work the principle out and expects that a reasonable degree of patience will be ""n oy tne people ot tne united Diaxes. SHE WAS KEPT AFLOAT Hours After a Collision Which Would Have Sunk A Vessel Built on the Plans 30 Years Ago. of THEY DON'T LIKE IT. But Legislators Are Afraid to Defeat Anti-Lobby Bill. ert. The committee in charge has issued the following decree: "We now have about 60 petitions signed up for this session all good Indians and expect to make this the banner session for 'Old Abdallah.' It is expected that we will have at least one hundred novices, or more. "Wo want you to be with us, and inclose some blank petitions for your self and any of your friends that are eligible to receive the work. "You will be given the best Topeka affords and if your Rheumatism is not MORE PINKHAJH CURES Added to the Long List due to This Famous Remedy. Camden. N.J. "Itiswithpleasn.ro that I add my testimonial to your already long list hoping that it may Induce others, to avail themselves of this valuable medi cine, LydiaE. Pink ham's vegetable Compound. I suf fered from terrible headaches, pain in my back and right side, was tired and nervous, and so weak I could hardly stand. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vesreta- ble Compound re-H stored me to health and made me teel like a new person, and it shall always have my praise." Mrs. W. P. Valentike, 902 Lincoln Avenue, Camden, J J. Gardiner, Me. "I was a great suf ferer from a female disease. The doc tor said I would have to go to the hospital for an operation, but Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound com pletely cured me in three months." Mrs. S. A. Williams, R. P. D. No. 14, Box 39, Gardiner Me. Because your case is a difficult one, doctors having done you no good, do not continue to suffer without giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial. It surely has cured many cases of female ills, such as in flammation, ulceration, displacements, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bearing-down feeling, indigestion, dizziness, and ner vous prostration. It costs but a trifle to try it, and the result is worth mil. lions to many suffering women. r X It's silver dollars to tin nickels that the proposed anti-lobby bill would not stand any more show than a stein at a church bazaar, if some of the repre sentatives of the "peepul" in the pres ent legislature could have their way. There are some, it is believed, who would secretly take a fiendish delight in taking out that little old lobbv bill, tearing it into slender shreds and umping onto the remains with both feet if they dared: "but thev das- sen't." A politician may freauentlv get des perate, but he seldom becomes so des perate as to wittingly commit political uiciae. Ana that is Just about the an wer if any member of the nresent leer- slature were to hop out into th onen and fiercely take up the cudgels in op position to the anti-lobby legislation, in the face of such a general demand. in view or sucn a state of affairs it is lardly probable that anv member of either house now in session will care to extinguisn" himself by a vigorous. open fight on the measure, even if its provisions and purposes should be ob noxious to him. It is not charged aeainst ztnv mmhAr that ia is fnm. of pernicious lobbying, or of permitting I sorely crippled, tne win of tne people or their rights to aL";llu De iruscratea or trampled upon by the use of corrupt methods in influencing legislation. But there are some who seem to hold to the opinion that people cannot be made good by legislation and who fear that in seeking to prevent evils of lobbying, the radicals will in sist on going a few steps too far and bar constituents from a proper inter est and participation in their law-making. That the anti-lobby bills now before the legislature are- a bit drastic in their prohibitions and requirements many are willing to admit, but it may be that the matter at issue requires drastic treatment. On this point dif ference of opinion, no doubt, will be al lowed without the calling of names or odious insinuations on either side. While no member of either house has displayed any unseeming haste in get ting into the spot-light as the opponent of the anti-lobby measure, yet it has developed from the nature of certain f the amendments offered to the bill dur ing its consideration that some of the legislators are willing to trust them selves to cautiously play the role of sly Reynard, the fox, in putting a crimp here and there wherever they can in the measure. In fact, it has been in timated in debate on the floor that members have endeavored to insert amendments so drastic as to bring the bill into disfavor with legislators and with the people. There has also been considerable fortissimo used in playing up the rights of "the folks back home" to have their say concerning legislation that may be proposed in the future. Of course, these various things may have some effect, but at this stage in the game the open friends of the anti lobby bill appear to hold practically all of the good cards in the deck and the cautious opponents have to be con tented with what they can pick out of the discard. The latter, however, are sitting in with real "poker faces" and need not be expected to risk many chips in impulsive bluffing. And while all this talk is going on up at the capitol concerning lobbyists, the question naturally intrudes: "Where are all these pernicious lobbyists, at this critical time when their interests are at stake and when they should be on the Job trying to defeat the bill?" They may argue to themselves that this is the open season for lobbyists in the state house preserves and they are discreetly remaining away for fear some eager hunter may take a shot at them at short range. Be that as it may. the usual host of brilliant, suave, genial "legislative agents" of former years are missed at this session thus far. How badly missed or how agreeably missed it is not necessary to say. But many of the old-timers can't help wondering as to the whereabouts of that former gen eralissimo of the corporation agentw Dave Mulvane, and Col. Joe Richards of the Missouri Pacific and Col. N. H. Loomis of the U. P. and Colonel O. J. Wood and Howel Jones of the Santa Fe (all the lobbyists are colonels ex officio). and Col. B. F. Fankey of the telephone companies, and D. O. Mc Cray of the American Book company, Billy Buchan. who was charged with keeping intact the sacred legislative rights of the packing houses; and J. K. Cubbison, who saw to it that the stock yards were not torn down by any legislative enactment. Col. Earl Evans, who looked after the Standard Oil in terests, was in the city at the Cope land at the time of the fire. His ex perience there evidently convinced him that it was too hot in the old town for an oil man, and he went back to wick ed Wichita and didn't even pay his re spects to the halls of legislation. But wherever they are. no doubt they are happy, and are keeping one eye on the doings at the Kansas state capitol. After the smoke of battle should there be any has cleared away they may all come back and register and be regular, "honest injun" lobbyists. St. Marys Pltolier to Marquette. Milwaukee, Wis.. Jan. 25. Mar quette university has secured a star baseball man from St. Marys college, Kansas, as a pitcher" on the team the coming year to aid Lee Foley, the great halfback and southpaw. The Kansas man is Kern, who has figured in past years on the southwestern diamond. New York, Jan. 25. Wireless tele graphy, only a few years ago looked upon with skepticism so far as prac tical results were concerned, and classed by the laymen as a weird some thing whose benefits to humanity were vague and erratic, has shown by the important part it played in the drama of the Atlantic ocean on Saturday that no great vessel should leave port un eouinned with anDaratus such as ren dered invaluable service to the White Star liner Renublic. With the 1,650 passengers taken safe ly from the Republic and the Lloyd Italian liner Florida, which rammed her, due in this port today, and the captain and crew of the Republic suc cessfully taken from the vessel jusi before she sank last night, those who have followed the details of the wreck pause to think what might have been had not the flashes from the stricken liner's instruments summoned other vessels to her aid. Never before in the history of mari time disaster has the wireless tele graph been used to better effect and it is predicted that steamship companies will not be slow to take advantage of the'obiect lesson with the installation of instruments on all snips not nere tofore provided. Some seamen there are who even go so far as to say that had the Florida been provided with wireless tnat tne collision would never have happened, for that despite the fog, the vessels would have been able to locate eacn other. This is. however, a matter or conjecture which will be thrashed out when an ofttciai investigation "i wreck is made. Watertight Bulkheads. Men interested in ships and disasters which befall them are discussing the water-tight bulkhead, brought out par ticularly prominent by the length of time which the Republic remained afloat notwithstanding that she was Edward A. Stevens, an naval architecture, on which subject he lectures before the Stevens institute at Hoboken.N.J., said: "A comparatively few years ago a ship of the class in her day corresponding to the Republic would not have floated five minutes, and if 50 of her company had been saved the crew would have done well. The Ville de Paris, about 35 years ago, was hit by a sailing ves sel under much the same conditions, in a cairn sea at night and probably a much lighter blow than the Republic received. On the Ville de Paris there was frightful loss of life on the Re public next to none. "Until more detailed reports are at hand as to the extent of the injury to the Republic it is of course impossible to pass on a question of whether the loss of the ship would be due to any inade quacy in the design of her water-tight subdivisions or any defect in their con struction or in the operation of the water-tight doors. The latter seemed to have been promptly closed and to have made it possible to keep the ship afloat long enough to save all hands. Previous Collisions. "Any serious collisions, 25 or SO years ago, meant the immediate foundering of a vessel. I can recall the cases of the WestDhalia and the Elbe, both of which went down within a few minutes after being hit. "Even if the advance in the design and construction of this portion of a vessel had only resulted in keeping a ship afloat a few hours after a collis ion it has accomplished a great result. especially when the ability to summon help by wireless has been added to the other safeguards of life afloat. That this efficiency in the internal sub division of a ship really exists can best be shown by the results of the torpedo attacks in the late Russian-Japanese war. The injury or a torpeao is or tne same nature as from a collision. But still the Russians were able to keep their vessels afloat after having been torpedoed and to repair them sufll ciently to get them again in line of battle." CONVICTS STILL THERE. Oklahoma Has Taken No Steps to Re move Leavenworth Convicts. "MIND OVER BODY." Chicago Pastor Advocates Mental Healing Should Be Taught. Chicago, Jan. 25. "The gospel of the body should be taught in the church as wen as the gospel of the soul." Firm in this belief the outcome of numerous alleged successful cases of mental healing Dr. Sheldon Leavitt today took charge as teacher of "The League of Right Laving" organized by Rev. Johnston Myers. "The power of the mind over ills of the body is a thing already deter mined," Dr. Leavitt declared. "By con fidence, by the sheer force of our wills we can overcome many afflictions and the culture of this strength is a fit sub ject to be included in the duties of the church. "And I am positive that, as more and more we prove the supremacy of a pre pared mind, the church universal will assume the work. "What is commonly called "mental suggestion' also necessarily will be taken up by the physician. The old school doctor who came in with a solemn face, glanced over his patient with sorrowful eyes and in a teartui voice announced that he feared the worst, is raDidlv disappearing. In his place will come the new doctor, full of a psychic force that will inspire conn- dence in the patient." THE LUST OF MONEY. Deadened Church Members' Conscience Says Chicago Pastor. Chicago. Jan. 25. The old time cus torn of a Presbyterian visitation, with a modernized touch of "circuit riding," was revived yesterday in the ninety- eight Presbyterian churches or jnicago. In every Presbyterian pulpit the morn ing sermon was delivered by the pastor of another church. "The strong drift away from personal communion with God and irom positive religious convictions which is found in tne wonu nas aiso eiKtrtu mc said a message from the central au thority, "and has chilled the activities, relaxed' the vows, and deaded the con sciences of many church members. The lust of money, the passion for pleasures, the craving for worldly dis tinction have laid hold of us wnose citizenship is in heaven. The con is that interest in the de votional life has slackened, attendance at stated services has fallen off, and the ordinary tasks of Christian service have become irksome. The church is not dead or dying, but is in need of awakening." As an effect of tne oraer pastors ui wealthy churches founa themselves sent to congregations in poor or out lying districts, awhile young pastors were found in aristocratic pulpits. USE STRONG LANGUAGE. Chicago Ministers Denounce Child Labor From Pulpits. JAPAN WANTS PEACE. Her Prime Minister Hopes United States Will Be Patient. Washington. Jan. 25. Marauis Katzura. prime minister of Japan, and Count Ko mura, minister of foreign affairs, recently explained at 1 o-kio to Krancls 13. Loomis, commissioner goneral to Japan, in a series of interviews of uncommon interest and of political importance, the attitude and position of the Japanese government in respect to the main question at issue be tween the Japanese and the United States government. "I was deeply and agreeably impressed.' said Mr. Loomis, "with the direct, ex plicit and what seemed to me satisfactory statements of Count Komura, minister of DAY CURED IN ONE Mnnyon's Cold Remedy Relieves the head, throat and :ungs almost Immediate ly. Checks Fevers, stops Discharges of the nose, takes away all aches and pains caused by colds. It cures Grip and ob stinate Coughs aod prevents Pneumonia. Price 25c Have you stiff or swollen joints, no mat ter how chronic? Ask your druggist for Mnnyon's Rheumatism Remedy and see how quickly you will be cured. If you have any kidney or bladder trou ble get Munyon's Kidney Remedy. Mnnyon's Vltallzer makes weak men Strong and restores lost powers. Chicago, Jan. 25. Child labor was the theme of sermon in several Chicago pulpits yesterday. In every instance it was denounced as inhuman and crimi nal, r 'The whole trend of child labor is in the direction ot tne lowest moral standards," said the Very Rev. Dean Walter T. Sumner (Episcopal). "Some day society must pay the bitter price for the wrongs that it is inflicting upon the helpless child. "If we realize our responsibility there will be no employment of children un der 16 years of age. Our country does not need child labor to bring it pros perity." The Rev. M. P. Boynton (Baptist) said: "To put labor on the children is a high crime against God and man. He who stands for the employment of chil dren is a criminal, inhuman monster." The Rev. Henry Forsythe (Congrega tionalist) said: "Physical incapacity, mental blight, moral ruin endaneer millions of our children. The sentimental shudder will not solve the problem. An intelligent scrutiny of the causes will help reveal the economic, civic ana inaustriai in sanity of this modern slaughter of in nocents." LONG VOYAGE ENDS. Leavenworth, Kan., Jan. 25. Okla- "a omciais have done nothing to wards removing their convicts from me Kansas pemtentiarv since the de parture of the investigating commit tees two weeks ago and the time limit is only seven days away. The contract with Kansas to keep Oklahoma con victs expires January 31, and if they are not taken away individual convicts will demand their release and habeas corpus suits may follow. The Kansas penitentiary board of directors notified the Oklahoma prison board two weeks ago that the contract would not be renewed and the convicts must be taken away. No Oklahoma convicts have been taken away since and instead a few more have been brought here. The Kansas prison officials Will do everything possible to prevent the Oklahoma convicts from being turned loose here. They would flock to Kan sas City, Leavenworth, Lawrence and Topeka arid many of them would soon be in trouble again. A MEXICAN KILLING. Unsuccessful Wichita Suitor Shoots Rival and Escapes. Wichita. Tfan.. .Tan. 25. Determined that his successful rival to the hand of Dolora Alamora should not marry her, John "Vanchez last night shot and almost Instantly killed Frank Pierree. Vanchez, after watching the crowd collect, coolly walked away irom tne scene, and has not yet been found. Vanchez is foreman ot tuaany s packing plant here, and Pierree was an employe. Jess Vanchez, a brother of the man who did the shooting, it is charged, threw bricks, knocking Pier ree down. Then it w-as that he was shot, one of the bullets passing through the abdomen. The trouble started a ween ago. when Vanchez and another Mexican, named Joe Mantez, quarreled over the hand of the girl. Last Friday, it is cnargea, vancnez went to the girl, commanding her to marry him, and she refused. He sev ered a large mass or nair irom ner head. Last night the men renewed the argument. The killing was done on uremont street, now chiefly inhabited by Mexi cans and negroes. FIGHT OVER TIPS. Barbers Up in Arms Against Abolition of the System. Chicago, Jan. 25. Barbers are up in arms. The tipping system is tnreaten- ed. It has been discovered that it low- j ers the self respect of a barber to ac- cept a tip. Some of the union officers f want to abolish the practice on that account. The rank and file, however, would rather take chances on its self-respect than have its income lowered. P. A. Holzer. international organizer of the union, favors the abolition of the tip. It adds greatly, he says, to the number of self-shavers. He does not believe in home industry in that direc- ion. The agitation is to be kept up he declares, until barbers are given wages sufficient to support themselves without having to accept charity. WAS AN EASY VICTIM. Colorado Man Loans Confidence Sharpers $25 to Bury a Friend. Chicago. Jan. 25. "The lights in the La Salle street passenger station were so bright that I did not think there was any danger or losing my money there said A. V. Harris of Colorado Springs, Col., in reporting that he had been swindled out of $25 by two con fidence men. .The swindlers had repre sented that the money was to be used to "bury a friend." Harris was wait ing for a train when the strangers en gaged him in conversation. One told him he was expecting the body of a relative who had been killed in a train wreck. After arousing his sympathies they borrowed the money to defray ex penses, then disappeared. DOESN'T LIKE IT. Lightship Flotilla Completes Trip of 14,000 Miles. San Francisco, Jan. 25. Weather beaten and stained by the storms of many seas, the lightship flotilla sailed into port 125 days out from New York. The little fleet, consisting of three lightships and three light house ten ders made its voyage of more than 14,000 miles without mishap and Cap tain Albert Mertz who is in command, is highly pleased with the perfor mance of his staunch little craft. Out of Callao the lightships were taken in tow by the tenders to save coal and 1 5 miles were covered in this way. The lightship Columbia River No. 88 will go north to guard the entrance of the stream after which she is nam ed. The Swiftsure No. 93, and the tender Manzanita go to the straits of Fuca, entrance to the Puget sound. The Relief and tender Sequaia will re main here and the tender Kukui goes to Honolulu. TORE UP HIS MONEY. Left Overcoat and Telegram on Bank of Chicago River. Chicago, Jan. 25. The finding of an overcoat, currency and silver. a tele egram and a Sunday school leaflet on the bank of the Chicago river has fur nished the police of the Chicago ave nue station a tragic mystery to solve. The money was torn into small bits and scattered about. It is thought it will to tal tlO. The telegram read as follows: "Leave today, for Prescott. Under stand everything. Wonderful revelation." The police theory is that the articles were the propertv of some insane per son who committed suicide by jumping into the river. Civil Service Reform Assocation jects to Crumpacker Bill. Ob- Chicasro. Jan. 25. Noncompetitive ex animations as the basis for the selection of census employes, as provided In the Crumpacker census bill, are denounced bv the Civil Service Ketorm association of Chicago in a letter sent to President Roosevelt. The letter declares that tne bill in its present form "is likely to prove a concession to the desire of political spoilsmen to provide patronage for Dolitical purposes." it asKs tnat the president send the bill back to con gress for further consideration. Death of Mrs. C B. Crusan. Leavenworth, Kan., Jan. 2 5. A telegram was received Sunday after noon announcing tne deatn. or Mrs. Adella Crusan. the wife of First Lieu tenant C. B. Crusan of the Fourth infantry, which occurred in a hospital in Wichita, Mrs. Crusan was ill only ten days. Mr. and Mrs. Crusan were married last June. Mrs. Crusan is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Bartlett of this city. Galena Boy a Suicide. Galena, Kan., Jan. 25. Frederick Cavener, 19 years old, who recently came here from Clever, Mo., where his parents reside, committed suicide Sun day by shooting. Cavener left a note in which he said "he had gone in bad and hoped his parents would forgive him for his action." 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KantaaCity 7:55 A.M. 9:45 A.M. 10:40 A.M. 11:20 A.M. 6:10 P.M. 10:00 P.M. 11:15 P.M. City Real Estate Loans At much less than any monthly payment rates. Made in quartily or semi-annual pay ments, if desired. State Savings Bank S. W. Cor. 6th and Kansas Ave. NO COM MISSIONS 7TH ALL THE WAY $1.35 Kansas City and Return Daily Jan. 22 to 28 inclusive. Limit Feb. I. Tickets accepted on all trains except Nos. 3 and 4 AMUSEMENTS. At the Grand. Florence Gear, a well known favor ite with Topeka theatrical audiences will appear at the Grand tonight in "Marrying: Mary," one of the season's big successes. This Is a strong com edy and Miss Gear in the title role has abundant opportunities for showing her talents that have won her reputa tion, and increased her following in Topeka. The sweet and now famous storv of the love of a very superior cowboy for a pretty Vermont school teacher will again be seer in this city Wednes- day and Thursday -when "The Virgin ian will be offered at the firanri Opera house. W. S. Hart, an actor of rare ability, will again be seen in the pan or tne Virginian. Frank Cam- peau will again appear as the it-arioi- of the cattle thieves. Adelaide Thurston will be at fh Grand Friday evening in her new play, "The Woman's Hour" which was especially written for her by Frede rics rauiamg. Mr. Paulding accom panies Miss Thurston on her oresRnt tour in the capacity of stage director and leading man. At the Majestic. The combination of melodrama ani vaudeville that proved so Donular Dt the Majestic last week, will be contin ued through this week. The Walford Stock company will present "Dora Thome" until Thursday when the bill will change to "The Little Minister Special vaudeville acts will be staged between the acts. At the Novelty. Five big Orpheum attractions k-.t Hummel and the viascope. comnrlu the bill for this week at the Novelty beginning today's matinee. On the bill are Potts Brothers and company. In uouoie j roume: .viagnanl Musical Barbers, Mabel Meeker, Herr Saona Tonight Prices 25c to $1.50 FLORENCE GEAR In the Smart Musical Play Marrying Mary TWO DAYS Starting Wedneeday, January 27 The Kirk La Sheile Co presents the Wonderful Drama of the Range The Virginian W.S.Hart as "THE VIRGINIAN" Frank Campeau as "TRAMP PAS" Price 25c to $1.50-Seata Monday Friday Prices 25c to $1.50 Adelaide Thurston In an American Comedy of Modern Life "The Woman's Hour" MAJESTIC Today 2:30. Tonight 8:15 10-25-SSc Mat. 800 seats 10c WOLFOKD STOCK CO., In DORA THORNE Little Minister Thurs, FrL and Sa. Kint ?HdJ1l- RosR- Mr' HummH will K,?B..lhe apanees'a principal aong hit "Games of Our Childhood Days" assisted by the Novelty theater maie with colored slides.