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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