The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
April 15, 1909

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EVERYBODY 12 PAGES NEEDS IT. THURSDAY EVENING. LAST EDITION. THURSDAY EVENING. TOPEKA. KANSAS. APRIL 15, 1909. TWO CENTS. I i 1 f I fl ii I 3 t 5 V 1 If "I ft R li 111 it SPEG1ALMESSA6E President Taft Sends a Commu nication to Congress On Tariff Rerision as Related to the Philippines. A SEPARATE 31 E A SURE Is Required to Be Enacted With the Payne Bill He Says, to Meet New Conditions That M ill Arise. Washington, April 15. The president today sent to congress a special mes sage in relation to the Philippine tariff. The message transmits recommenda tions by the secretary of war for a. re vision of the Philippine tariff so aa to permit as much customs revenue as possible for the islands and at the same to extend to the islands the principle of a protective tariff for its industries. The message and accompanying let ters with a copy of the proposed act were submitted to both houses of con gress shortly after they convened. Generally speaking, the bill submit ted makes a slight increase in the rates of duty now provided In the Philippine tariff, but its framers say its tendency is to Insure as far as practicable the benefit of the Philippine market for American manufacturers and products. The bill makes some additions to the free list. There will be an increase in internal revenue duties by which it is hoped to make up the loss which the Philippine islands will sustain by the operations of the free trade provisions in the pending Payne tariff bill. The internal revenue laws for the Philippines are enacted by the Philip pine assembly. "To the Senate and House of Repre sentatives: "I transmit herewith a communica tion from the secretary of war, en closing one from the chief of the bu- I rrau or insular anairs in which in transmitted the proposed tariff re vision law for the Philippine Islands. "This measure revises the present Philippine tariff, simplifies H and makes it conform as nearly as possi ble to the regulations of the customs laws of the United States, especially with respect to packing and packages. The present Philippine regulations have been cumbersome and difficult for American merchants and exporters to comply with. "Its purpose Is to meet the new con ditions that will arise under the sec tion of the pending United States tariff bill, which provides, with certain limitations, for free trade between the Tnited States and the islands. It is drawn with a view to preserving to the islands as much customs revenue as possible and to protect in a reason able measure those industries which now exist in the islands. "The bill now transmitted has been drawn by a board of tariff experts, of which the insular collector of customs, Colonel George R. Colton, was the president. The board had a great many open meetings in Manila and conferred with representatives of all business interests in the island. It is of importance to the islands that the bill should be passed at the same time with the pending Payne bill with spe cial reference to the provisions of which It was prepared. "I respectfully recommend that this bill be enacted at the present session of congress as one incidental to and required by the passage of the Payne bill. (Signed "WILLIAM H. TAFT. "The White House, April 14, 1909." What Dickinson Says. Secretary of War Dickinson in for warding the papers to the president, says: "I have not had time to examine tho bill in detail and have not suf ficient acquaintance with the subject to say whether or not it is what It should be; but General Edwards, who is familiar with the matter, .recom mends it and I have no doubt that your own familiarity with the sub ject will be able to dispose of it." The letter of General Edwards dated April 11. and addressed to Secretary Dickinson, after discussing the measure and its purposes in much the same language as the president's says: "It will be understood that the re sult of the free admission of American goods into the Philippine islands must revolutionize business in the Philip pines and unless the adoption of that policy is accompanied by a revision of the present tariff it will be disastrous to some important industries in the islands and also result in such serious loss to the customs revenue as to em barrass tho Philippine government. "It has publicity in the United States and it is believed that contend ing interests have been reconciled and as far as schedules are concerned It should meet with no opposition. For instance, the schedules relating to the Introduction of tobacco, Sumatra leaf and sugar are made Identical with the pending Payne bill and therefore have removed the appre hension that these goods can be im ported into the Philippine islands at a less tariff rate and thence into the tTnited States free as the growth and production of the Philippine islands. "The proposed revision has the ap proval of the governor general and government he represents in the Philippine islands." Nordica Denies Whole Story. Brantford, Ont.. April 15. Denial Is made by Mme. Lillian Nordica. the singer who arrived here last night on a concert tour that.she is engaged to Geo. "W. Young of New York. She said that there was no truth in the statement that the engagement had been announced at a recent dinner in New York, at which Mr. Young was present. Anti-Saloon Dance Law. Dea Moines, la., April 15. Today Iowa's, anti-saloon dance law went in to effect. The law was signed by the governor and provided a fine and a jail sentence for any one engaging in any "obscene, indecent. Immoral or Impure drama, play, exhibition, show or entertainment." The enforcement of the law is left to the sheriffs and to the police of the state. LONGBOAT IXJIHED. Stone Bruise May End Career of In- dian Runner. Toronto, Ont., April 15. Tom Longboat is Buffering from a stone bruise on his heel which Manager Flanagan says might put him per manently out of the running game. The doctors who have examined it fear the bone is affected. The Indian is unable to walk without pain. In any event Flanagan says the race with St. Yves for $5,000 a side is off. SENATE TAKES A REST. Adjourns Till Monday When Tariff Debate Will Begin. Washington. April 15. Announc ing that he had intended to submit some remarks on the tariff bill today Mr. Aldrich stated that as the house had recalled the measure and as some tables being prepared on the tariff schedules had not been completed he would defer doing so until next Mon day. He moved that when the sen ate adjourned today it be to meet on that day. The motion was agreed to. He also gave notice that he would then immediately after the morning business had been concluded, speak: upon the tariff bill. Replying to a question by Mr. 'Dol liver he said he expected that in ten days the committee on finance would be able to report to the senate amend ments relating to reciprocity and re taliatory measures and also upon drawback features of the bill. On motion of Senator Aldrich the senate agreed to a resolution of the house for a return to the house of the tariff bill in order that the oil sched ule might be amended by adding to it the words "petroleum crude and re fined" on the free list, the words "and the products thereof." Tiere was no debate on Mr. Aid rich's motion to comply with this re quest, M'MONNIES PARTED. Divorce Between American Sculptor and His Wife Is Granted. Paris, April 15. It was learned to day that the French courts in Novem ber of last year granted a divorce be tween Frederick MacMonnies, the American sculptor, and his wife, who was a Miss Mary Fairchild of New Haven. Thev were married in Paris September 20, 1888. It is understood that the divorce was arranged amicably and that it was kept quiet in order to avoid gos sip. Not even the two children of the couple are aware their parents have legally separated. Mrs. MacMonnies was questioned on the matter this afternoon and said: "There was no scandal and there has been no recrimination on either side. Tlr. pa -tn(rehH. simply ctase-d. Under the terms of the decree the children will spend half their time with me and half with their father." Mrs. MacMonnies, who is living with her mother, has taken a studio in Paris and is working in the Louvre making copies of paintings for. the Boston Museum of Arts. Mr. MacMonnies retains his home and his studio at GIverny-Vernon, near pans, where he is engaged on a. monu mental fountain ordered by the city of Denver. His mother is residing with him. TWO KENWOOD HOUSES. Contracts Are Awarded for the Ilrst Residences. Kenwood has suddenly become ser iously active and a rushing sound comes from that quarter of the city. Contracts for two $3,000 houses have just been let and the sewer will be begun in a fortnight. The closing of the sewer contract is held responsible for the new life given the Kenwood project and the beauti ful new addition just east of Potwin bids fair to become quickly popu lated. Beside the two houses men tioned to be erected by Harley Cult, one on Kendall street and one on Broadmoor avenue, a number of houses are being figured upon by con tractors. The Kenwood tract is ideally lo cated as a resident section and should prove a splendid addition to the city. Building restrictions have been con fined to the specification that it must be a good house and set back 25 feet from the street. The sewer for the district which includes Kenwood Is to be made under the cheapest sewer contract ever obtained in Topeka, the contract having been awarded to Stanton Son of Leavenworth at $22,000. m WALSH A FREE AGENT? At Least He Asks Commission to De clare Him Such. Meriden, Conn., April 15. Edward Walsh of this city, a pitcher for the Chicago American league baseball team, today filed an application with the National baseball commission to be declared a free agent, claiming among other things, that owner Comiskey of the Chicago team, did not tender him a contract to sign be fore the required time which expired March 1st. Weather Is Unsettled. An east wind is an abombination, say the historians. Some of them declare that an east wind has an evil influence. There are numerous quota tions about an east w;ind and its evil ways. Talmadge preached a sermon on the subject. A character in "Bleak House" was badly affected by it. But if the east wind which has been blowing over Topeka all day has worked evil, it has not been noticed up this hour. Perhaps it is the ex ception. It is now passing westward at tho rate of 20 miles per hour, with a trace of moisture in its wake. There have been sprinkles of rain this afternoon. The lowest tempera ture in Topeka last night was 35. a safe margin above freezing. Two stations. Baker and Dresden, report freezing weather.. The hourly temperatures todav: 7 o'clock 36 11 o'clock. .42 8 o'clock 36 112 o'clock. .45 9 o'clock 39 1 o'clock... ..48 10 o'clock 40 2 o'clock.. .50 SLUMPINVHEAT Patten Crowd Bought 3,000,000 Bushels on the Decline. New High Records Made Before Bear Smash Came. TIDE WAS STEMMED By the Furious Buying of the Bull Leader. Market Closed With Net Loss of 1 1-8 on May. Chicago, April 15. The purchases of James A. Patten and immediate asso ciates during the final 15 minutes of to day's session of the board of trade are approximately 3,000,000 bushels of May, July and September wheat. The market was nervous all day. Favorable reports from Illinois and Missouri as to the growing crop led to steady selling of September which, was further encouraged by a five cent drop at Winnipeg, where it was reported ex porters were re-selling wheat pur chased for the European market. The northwestern markets were weak all day. Prices here, however, with the excep tion of September held up until near the close. May and July both estab lished new high records, thus main taining their record of having risen consistently to a new high level each trading day for a fortnight. May on a very nervous market rose to $1.294 and July to $1.18T8. Septem ber led the break, for after selling at $1.08T6 the bear forces made a terrific smash at the price and forced it back to $1.0641Q6. May dropped to $1.26 fol.26v-. at one time and July receded to $1.14. Out in the corridor of the Western Union building wherein are situated the offices of James A. Patten, the leading bull trader, the sound of a high pitched voice talking Into a. tele phone could be heard. "Buy a hundred July. Buy '200 May. Take a thousand September." In the vernacular of the trade "hun dreds" means hundreds of thousands. A small crowd, hearing the voice, gathered. "Patten's supporting it. He's try ing to check the slump," ran the com ment. Over in the turbulent, excited pit tho high voice at the telephone was reflected. Prices halted stopped and then rebounded. But the loss was anything but completely recovered de spite the voice crying,. "Buy, buy, buy." May at the close sold at $1.27i if July at $1.15 and Septem ber at $1.064- These prices showed a. net loss from last night of 13 He for May, 24c for July and 24 c for September. Mr. Patten stated that his position as to crop and market conditions had not changed since his interview with the Associated Press yesterday in which he justified his prices by the law of supply and demand. Slump Hi bt New York. New York, April 15. A demoral ized break in the wheat market this afternoon was precipitated by a drop of more than 6 cents a bushel at Win nipeg. May wheat sold off 2 "4 c from the early high point to $1.13 with July breaking 3 cents and sold as low as $1.21 HILL IS TIRED. Wants Tariff Put Out of the Way and a Return to Business. Washington, April 15. James J. Hill, chairman of the board of directors of the Great Northern railroad, talked to several friends at the capitol today re garding tariff legislation. "The people throughout the country feel that something, has been promised to them in the way of tariff revision," said Mr. Hill, "and they want to get it. "I have no special interest in this tar iff bill," he continued, "but I have an interest in the prosperity of the coun try. We are tired of conditions that have existed for the last two years. We want to get the business of the country on a sound basis. To do that we need to get the tariff question out of the way." With Mr. Hill were J. H. Carroll, gen eral counselor for the Burlington, and Howard Elliot, president of the North ern Pacific They are in Washington accompanied by representatives of com mercial organizations of Seattle. Ta coma and Spokane, Wash., and Port land, Ore., to arrange for a tour of the country of 30 Japanese business men. The party expects to talk with President Taft and others in regard to the visit of the foreigners. A Kansas Girl There. New York, April 15. The American missionaries now located at Mersina are Rev. C. A. Dodds and wife; Rev. Rob ert E. Willson and wife of Morning Sun, Iowa; Dr. John Peoples of Phil adelphia, and Miss Elma French of Winchester, Kan. They all reside in the building of the boys and girls' school conducted by the foreign mis sionary board of Reformed Presbyter ian church. Miss French Is one of the teachers. There are many Armenian pupils in the school which has an attendance of about 250 boys and girls. No Hit-No Run Game at Chicago. Chicago, April 15. Orville Page, the Maroon pitcher set an early season record yesterday at Marshall Field by twirling a no-hit no-run game against DePaul university team and incidentally winning the contest 4 to 0. Page struck out eleven men. One Saloon to a Thousand. Des Moines. Ia., April 15. Gover nor B. F. Carroll today signed the Moon liquor bill which limits the number of saloons in any city in the state to one for every thousand in habitants. No Game Today at Boston. Boston. April 15. National Philadelphia-Boston postponed today, wet grounds. "PLATING WITH A SNAKE. Evelyn "Thaw Has Another Pet, Not the Same Old Kind. New York, April li Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw, who has dropped almost com pletely from public view since the con tinued confinement f her husband, Harry K. Thaw at Motteawan, is liv ing quietly at 31 West Thirty-third street. New York. It was there that she was served with papers in a sup plementary proceedings In the suit of a milliner who got. Judgment against her last September- for $233. Soon af ter the judgment was obtained process servers began a search for Mrs. Thaw but it was not until last night that they were successful. The former chorus girl was found in her apartments playing with a snake whioh she calmly caressed as she allow ed it to coil around her arm. She ac cepted the service with the comment that she would be on band for the exami nation which was set for April 19. She declared, however, that she did not owe the money and that the suit was a farce. WHEAT IS ALL SOLD. E. J. Smiley Says Farmers Have None at Present High Prices. E. J. Smiley, secretary of the Kan sas Grain Dealer' association, has Issued his first season report and it contains a number of startling revelations as to the wheat condition. He places the average condition at 83 per cent. The report is based on replies re ceived from 101 of the counties in the state and personal inspections made by the secretary in a majority of them. Secretary Smiley's report shows that but 1.75 per cent of last year's wheat crop is In the hands of the farmers or country elevators on the first day of April. The report also shows that 13.2 per cent of last year's corn crop was held. Last year the same report shows that there was 8 per cent of wheat in first hands and that the average condition was 89.1 per cent against 83.2 per cent this year. Practically all of the counties In the east third of the state show that the growing wheat crop is below the average, not only that hut it Is con siderably below the average and this fact may account for the high prices which prevail in Kansas at the pres ent time. A carload of wheat was purchased at Wichita Tuesday for $1.40 a remarkable price for this state at any season of the year. The south central portion ol the state re ports great damage from the high winds which have prevailed for sev eral days and a considerable part of the wheat in this section as well as in the western sect'on will have to be plowed up according to present in-! dications. The cold and indifferent weather conditions of early spring have done much to keep s the wheat back and several freeses'iKd wind -storms on top of all of thifcave not helped the I crop conditions. On Account of the dry weather last fall much wneat was sowed late-and has made but little growth up to this time. With favorable conditions from this time on there is no doubt 'that there will be great improvements in the present conditions but at that the prospects are not as flattering at this time as they were at the same time a year ago. The soft wheat district In "the southeastern part of the state is badly crippled and in this territory much of the wheat sowed has been nlowed under and the ground planted to other crops. Aiucn or mis ciass ol I wheat has been winter killed and the Dortion which has not suffered from this source has had its troubles since that time. Regardless of the price of corn the supply now in the hands of the far mers will remain there for seeding and feeding purposes and much of the wheat will also remain in tne granaries of the farmers. The supplv of both wheat and corn in the eastern third of the state is practically exhausted. FRUIT IS SAFE. A Good Crop of All Kinds Promised in Missouri. Sedalia, Mo., April 15. The killing frost of Monday night did not destroy the Missouri fruit crop. This positive statement is made by a number of ex perts who have made a thorough in vestigation. Judge David Kindley of Sedalia. recognized as an auinoriiy, said today: "A careful examination of the crop in this part of Missouri convinces me that the outlook is excellent for a bumper crop of peaches. The peach crop in the lowlands has suffered some but there will be no -shortage. Pears, cher ries and plums have not been hurt at all. There will be more than an aver age crop." A. B. Matthews, a large fruit grower of Warrensburg, who has also been en gaged in making an Investigation of the reports that the crop has been injur ed, said: "Contrary to reports the frost did not destroy the peaches in this section. There will be a gooa crop, i never saw brighter prospects ror a bumper crop of apples.'' SHE KNEW LAFAYETTE. Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt Dead at the Age .of 108 "Years. New York, April 15. Mrs. Eliza beth Hunt is dead at her home in Brooklyn at the age of 108 years. She would have been 109 in August. Mrs. Hunt in her girlhood days shook hands with Lafayette when he came to New York. She was born in Lancaster, Pa., in 1800. Antl-Ctgarette BiU. Signed. -St. Paul, April 15. Governor John son today signed the anti-cigarette bill which makes it a misdemeanor to manufacture, sell or give away cigarettes or cigarette papers within the state. The bill excepts jobbers who do an interstate., business. The bill will become effective August 1. Five Arbitration Treaties. Rio Janeiro, April 15. The Brazil ian government has concluded public arbitration treaties during the week with the United States, France, Portu gal, Spain and Mexico. SHOnTjPSIONS Was the Outlook When Congress Met Today. The Uouse Has Nothing of In terest on Hand. SPEECH OF ALDRICH On the Tariff That Was Ex pected Today Probably Will Not Be Delivered Before Monday. Washington, April 15. Both houses of congress are in session -today, but the sessions bid fair to be "brief. The senate has not met since the house asked for a conference oh the census bill and therefore has not appointed its conferees. The only possible busi ness which the house might have for consideration, aside from small routine matters, is the amendment to the oil schedule to make which It requested the return of the Payne tariff bill from the senate. But as the resolution adopted Monday merely require the clerk of the house to add the words '"and its products" to the paragraph In the free list, even this matter does not require any further consideration by the house as a body. It was not expected a quorum will be present today and if any important business is offered for consideration by the house, a point of "no quorum" would have the effect of preventing any action. i It had been expected that Senator Aldrich, chairman of the finance com mittee, would be heard today in ex planation of the senate amendments to the tariff bill, but the present pros pect is for the postponement of the speech until next Monday, in that event today's proceedings in the. sen ate probably will be confined to a desultory discussion of the method of proceeding with the tariff discussion. TAFT'S AUTO BALKED Twice in One Evening He Was Forced to Change Cars. New York, April 15. President Taft, on the way to New Haven to at tend a meeting of the Yale corpora tion, stopped over In New York last night as the guest of his brother, Hen ry W. Taft, and with Mrs. Taft and a number of relatives attended a per formance of If -I Were King by E. H. Sothern at Daly's theater. The president is very fond of the theater and returning -from New Hav en will stop in New York to attend an evening performance before leaving for Washington, where he is due to arrive Friday morning. W hile President Taft was on his way from the Twenty-third street fer ry to the home of his brother, the au tomobile In which he was riding came to a sudden stop. The chauffeur tried all the levers, but the car refused to budge. The. automobile in which the secret service men were riding came up be hind and the officers stepped out, giv ing their places to the Taft party. In this second car a fresh start 'was made and the party succeeded in reaching its destination safely. The detectives followed later. At the theater the Taft party took their seats in a box, almost unobserv ed. The secret service men took their station in the president's box and two were seated under it. When Mr. Sothern responded to a curtain call, after the first act, the lights were turned up and the orchestra burst forth with "The Star Spangled Ban ner." This brought the audience to its feet and it was then that the presi dent was discovered. There was a great craning of necks, with instan taneous applause and cheers. Presi dent Taft finally stood up and bowed three times and then continued to study his program. After the theater while en route to Henry W. Taft's residence, there was another sudden halt nt Broadwav jind Fortv-third i ci.nat riiio tn thA disabling nf the au tomobile, making two similar inci dents of the evening. The president and Mrs. Taft left the machine and in the driving rain climbed into his brother's automobile. Mr. Taft took the delays good natur- edly. TAFT IS TAKEN IN. President Is Made a Member of Kil winning Lodge of Masons. Cincinnati, April 15. President Taft is now a member of Kilwinning lodge of Masons. He was unanimously elected a member at a stated meeting held in the Masonic temple here last night." When President Taft was made a "Mason at sight," February 18, he did not become a member of any lodge and was until last night In the position of a Mason at large. He at that time expressed a desire to affiliate with Kil winning, of which his father, the late Judge Alphonso Taft, was one of the early members and of which his brother, Charles P. Taft,' is a member. The application came up in the regular-order last night., KILLED FOR 18 CENTS. Mexican and Mother Stabbed Because He Would Not Pay Bill. Guanajuato, Mex., April 15. Be cause Francisco Cano would not pay a bill of 18 cents for Ice cream he had procured at a nearby village Felix Sanchez killed him and his mother. "I do not pay bills in Holy week. said Cano when Sanchez asked bid to pay the bill, "Then I. will send you where they don't observe Holy week," retorted Sanchez, and drawing a knife he stabbed Cano through the heart. "The dying man's mother rush ed out of the house and air instant la ter was lying near her son with the knife which killed her son in her own heart. IS MAKING HEADWAY. Dr. Clark Says He Sees Progress In Christianity Wherever He Goes. Chicago, April 15. Dr. Francis E. Clark, founder of the Christian En deavor movement. Is here to attend a meeting of the local union. He will lecture tonight at Evansville, Ind. "It affords me great happiness to say that there seems to be a steady gain for Christianity throughout Europe, says Dr. Clark. "I attended a number of conventions Of this organization both in Great Britain and on the Continent, Everywhere I was struck with the zeal of its members. This is true in Nor way, in Germany, and in Spain, no less than in the British Islands." UNCLE SAM GETS EVEN Will Seize 8,000 Barrels of Whisky BecausvJLaw Is Violated." Washington. April 15. Formal In structions have been issued to Collec tor Goldsborough at Baltimore .di recting him to seize the Carroll Springs Distillery company's plant, one of the largest registered grain dis tilleries In Maryland. The seizure, which will Involve the government's taking possession of nearly eight thousand barrels of whisky, is made under section 44 of the act of July 20, 1868, sections 3450 and 3453 revised statutes and other sections, being based upon a long ex amination which has been under the personal direction of the commission er of internal revenue, who," himself, visited the establishment about three months ago, when the alleged viola tions were first brought to his atten tion, ft In several instances Commissioner Capers has personally looked into these matters wherever they involved the property rights of tax payers, es pecially so large an amount as in this instance. After his investigation Rev enue Agent Perkins was directed to detail special gaugers and inspectors who have been at the distillery and into the large bonded warehouses, to make a careful investigation for an extended period. The Investigation re sulted, it is alleged. In the finding of violations of the law sufficient to cause the forfeiture of the plant, its con tents and the contents of the ware houses. It is understood that the charges involve discoveries of new whisky in old barrels, the substitution of new whisky for older whisky and the re moval of it without the payment of one dollar and ten cents a gallon to the government, the substitution of gin for whisky, and similar evidences of what. It is claimed, worked a di rect fraud upon the United States in that it deprived the government of its revenue. 3 NORDICA TO MARRY. Tlie Prima Donna. Will Wed a New fork Millionaire. New York. April 15. Quests at a dinner party by Mme. Lillian Nordica were given a real shock when the opera singer inter rupted the festivities to announce her en gagement and approaching marriage to George W. Young, the multi-milionaire president of the Windsor Trust company. No date for the marriage was given by Mme. Nordica, but she let it be under stood that it would take place in the very near future. Although the guests had no inkling of the fact the dinner was given by Mme. Nordica for the purpose of mak ing the important announcement. The names of Mme. Nordica and Mr. Young have been linked together In gos sip often since Mr, Young's wife secured a divorce from him and about a year ago it was asserted positively that they were to be married at once. When these reports were in circulation both Mme. Nordica and Mr. Young denied them, say ing that they were merely good friends. Mr. Young's first wife secured a final de cree of divorce from him January 6, 190S.- In her bill of complaint she charged that Mr. Younir had lost all interest in her after he had acquired wealth in Wall street. When the divorce case came to trial Mr. Young was not represented. No answer was made to any of the charges and the court could do nothing but grant Mrs. Young a decree. Two children, a girl or 16 ana a noy or J were given to Mrs. Young. Mme. Nordica was married to Zoltan F. Doehm May 26, 1896. The happiness of the pair was short lived, however. Mrs. Doehm charged that her husband had been unfaithful to her, and began ac tion for divorce. An interlocutory decree was granted in January. 1904, which was attacked by Doehm without success and in Mav Mrs. Doehm was given a final de cree and returned to her old name of Mme. Nordica, ALL QUIET AGAIN. The Political Ferment in Constanti nople Has Subsided Once More. Constantinople, April 15. The Turkish capital is again assuming its normal aspect and there is this morn ing little outward evidence of the po litical ferment that has marked the previous two days. The new ministry has promptly removed Yaver Pasha from the commandership of the First army corps and given this post to Nazim Pasha. Nazim Pasha was minister of war for a brief period prior to the fall of the Kaimil cabinet and the malcon tents among the troops have urged his reappointment to this post. He is a popular and able omcer, and the com mand given him today will in all like lihood be a stepping stone to his re turn to the ministry. It is believed his appointment will have a very good effect toward, restoring order and dis cipline in the army. Child Crushed by a Car. Kansas City, April 15. Literally torn from her mother s grasp and crushed to death beneath a street car was the fate of Anne Benjamin, four years old, here. The child, ran into the street and in front of a car. Mrs. Libby Benjamin, seeing her child's danger, ran to its rescue but just as her hands were ready to clasp the 'child the little one was struck by a fender and knocked beneath the car. Bout Had Been Postponed. New York, April 15 The ten round bout between Charlie Griffin, the Aus tralian champion, and Benny Yanger of Chicago, which was to have been fought at the Whirlwind Athletic club tonight, has been postponed for a week to enable the club to remodel the boxing arena. Southern League Opened Today. Nashville, April 15. The Southern league baseball season opened today. TO BE ASAINT, Final Ceremony of the Beatifl cation of Joan d' Are Will Take Place at Saint Peters Next Sunday. PORTRAIT OF 3IAID Will Be Venerated by the Popo In the Basilica. She Will Be Proclaimed Pro tectress of Catholic France. Rome, April 15. The final cere mony of the beatification of Joan of Arc will take place at St. Peter's next Sunday. The mass will be cele brated by the Bishop of Orleans, and) the decree of beatification will be read during the service. Following this announcement the pope will de scend to the Basilica to venerate the portrait of the Maid. After April 18. Joan of Arc may be publicly venerated and altars may be erected to her in churches. The pope shortly will publish a decree proclaiming the Maid protectress of Catholic France. Trains bearing pilgrims to attend the ceremonies are arriving here. No less than 60 French bishops and a to tal of 60,000 pilgrims are expected in Rome by Sunday. WANTS THEM COUNTED. Federation of Labor Favors Enumera tion of the "Unemployed. Washington, April 15. The ques tion of an enumeration of the unem ployed by the census bureau, formed the chief topicat Wednesday's session of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor. It was directed that the legislative committee make every effort to have congress adopt a provision in tha pending census bill providing for this work and that the printing of the offi cial census report be performed in the government printing office. Mr. Gere-au of Los Angeles urged the establishment of a corporation by organized labor to take charge of in surance matters In the interests of the worklngmen. Application for a charter was made by the national federation of state, city and town employes and for char ters for international unions for the rock drillers and tool sharpeners or ganizations and the lithographio press lecuei-s ana, apprentices. WETS MAKE GAINS. Indications That They Are in Majority in Nebraska Cities. Omaha, April 15. Official return from the Nebraska municipal election have been issued by the Merchants' and Manufacturers' association touch ing the- question of licensing the sale of liquor. Returns have been re ceived from one hundred and fifty cities and villages having a total population of 260,230. Of this number eighty-two towns voted to issue licenses. Their total population is 154,900. The remainder, sixty-eight towns. voted against issuing licenses. Their total population is 105,330. Excess of population of wet towns' over that of dry towns is 49.570. The number' of dry towna which changed over to -the wet policy is 25 the total population of which, is 46.150. The number of' wet towns which, changed over to the dry policy is IT the total population of which is 26,250. BODIES LIE UNBURIED. Mexican Troops Are Expecting to Add) to the Number. Torreon, Mex.,' April 15. The bodies of fourteen men, summarily shot to dea Ji by Mexican troops after drumhead court martial, lie uncovered1 in a trench on the outskirts of this city. The troops under command of Colonel Calos Golzeas are in com mand of the city and are guarding a dozen prisoners. The men shot were convicted of participation in the riot of Saturday night when the mayor's house was burned because he stopped a religious procession. They have not been buried because the troops are awaiting orders as to the disposition of the prisoners, they too may be shot to death and placed in one common trench with bodies of the victims still awaiting burial, TO CROSS THE OCEAN. Company Proposes to Make the Trips) With Dirigible Balloons. New York, April 15. Fantastical as the idea may seem steps have never theless been taken to incorporate the Europe-American Navigation society, which proposes to promote the flights of dirigible balloons across the Atlan tic ocean. Supreme Court Justice Hendricks approved the certificate of incorporation and the papers were sent to Albany. Autoist Charged With Homicide. New York.'- April 15. Nathaniel Piatt, president of the Baker Motor Vehicle Co., was arrested Wednesday on a charge of homicide. An auto mobile which he was driving killed John Burns, an orderly in the Metro politan .hospital. The accident oc curred at Broadway and Eighth street. Weather Indications. Chicago. April 15. Forecast for Kansas: Showers tonight" or Friday. Warmer tonight.

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If you have not seen Suchorowsky's masterpiece of art you owe It to yourself to visit 826 Kansas Ave. Without Delay Now on exhibition from 10 a. m till 10 p. m. Admission Ow SMOKERS FIND LEWIS SINGLE BINDER SIC! tar better Quality than most lot Cifeara NANA TURK WAS EASY Frank Gotch Ttirw Mahmout Twice In Eighteen Minutes. Champion Was Not Eyen Com pelled to Use Toe Hold. OVER 8,000 SAW MATCH Defeated rustier Succeeded in Entering: Ring Barefooted. A Number of Preliminary Fights Were Pulied Oi'f. Chicago, April 15. Frank Gotch of Humboldt, Iowa, succeeded in retain ing his title to the world s champion ship last night by defeating Tussiff Mahmout of Bulgaria, in a fast and, furious match. The much-touted Bul garian was as a child in the hands of his opponent. Gotch won both falls with crotch and half-Nelson holds in 8 and 9 minutes, 10 seconds. The victory of the champion is all the more notable inasmuch as he did not use his famous toe hold In bring ing about the downfall of the power ful foreigner. Gotch was able to se cure most any hold he desired, so lim ited was the Turk's knowledge of the game. The match was fast and excit ing from the time the men entered the ring, it was so short that there was not a single Idle moment during the two fall. After a conference lasting the' great er part of the day Gotch and Mah-J mom nnauy settled the trouble which threatened to arise over the fact that the Bulgarian proposed to enter the ring in his bare feet,- It had been Mahmout's custom to wrestle in his bar feet. Gotch felt this would in validate his chances for obtaining the toe hold, his favorite grip, upon his opponent. Accordingly he called the attention to the rules which provided that all wrestlers should wear shoes during the bout. Mahmout and his manager remain ed stubborn and insisted upon the Bul garian's entering the ring in his bare feet. For a time it appeared as though the hitch would result in the calling on or tne championship bout, but fin ally Manmout agreed to forfeit J500 of his end of the purse to Gotch and enter the ring in his bare feet. Rather than call off the match Gotch agreed to Mahmout'a proposition. 8.0(H) Saw the Match. By the time the first preliminary was started, about 8:15 p. m., there were 8,000 persons in the immense amphitheater and several thousand more outside clamoring for admission. Karly in the evening the crowd at the main entrance broke away from "police control and the doors were closed un til further police assistance could be secured. For at least three-quarters of an hour the doors remained closed and the crowd increased every minute. Hundreds of people outside held tick ets, but they were powerless to enter th9 pavilion. Automobiles ran through the dense crowd, but as far as could be ascertained only a few bruises were suffered. It was estimated there w-ere 12,000 persons in the pavilion. Every avail able seat was filled. The aggregate receipts amounted to $35,000. It ex ceeded the attendance at the Gotch Hackenschmidt match last April by several thousand. Eugene Trembley of Canada de feated Ted Tonneman of Chicago in straight falls in the first preliminary match. The second preliminary between Henry Gehrlng of Cleveland and Charles Postle of 'Buffalo was de clared a draw in order to hurry the programme. The semi-final wind-up between Fred Beell of Wisconsin and Henry Ordeman of Minneapolis, fol lowed. After the first fall of the Ordeman Beell bout was declared a draw.'the ring was cleared for the big battle. Gotch entered the ring at 10:35 and was greeted with cheers. Mahmout followed shortly afterward and re ceived a rousing welcome. Many celebrities of the mat were In the ring. Among these were "Farmer" Burns of Iowa, who is Gotch's chief adviser, Joe Rogers and many others. The pugilists were not content to turn over the ring to the wrestlers and "Packey" McFarland, Johnny Coulon, the bantam champion and Battling Nelson. the lightweight champion, were Introduced. The ring was finally cleared and. Referee Ed. W. Smith called the principals to the center and gave them their final in structions. It was 11 o'clock before the big match began.. For the first three minutes the two men bulled it about the ring without either getting a hold. Finally, after three minutes of wrestling Gotch secured a hold on Mahmout's left leg and threw him to the mat. The American champion was nfter the foreigr.ar like a wild cat and the Bulgarian was respond ing with every ounce of strength In his magnificent physique, but could not breek the hold of Gotch. Mah mout bridged and used every artifice in hi repertoire to forestall the In evitable fall that appeared to be ap proaching. But Gotch gradually forced his opponent's shoulders to the mat. Gotch secured a crotch hold and a half Nelson hold and Referee Smith gave him the fall in eight min utes. Mahmout's shoulders were pinned to the mat for the first time since he has been In this country. Tile Second Fall Easy. The sudden ending of the fall came as a complete surprise to the spectators who expected the much-touted foreign er to give the champion a titanic strug gle. Gotch and Mahmout started the second fall at 11:29. After a minute of fiddling in the middle of the ring the men mixed and Mahmout was success ful in getting Gotch down on the mat. After a minute of sharp work Gotch wriggled out of the Turk's hold and assumed the aggressive. Gotch tried repeatedly for the deadly toe-hold, but Mahmont fought harder than before and the American was unable to secure it. Gotch secured a bar lock on Mah mout, but the men wriggled off of the mat. Referee Smith called them to the center of the ring. Mahmout allowed Gotch his old hold. Gotch got a crotch and half Nelson, but Mahmout wriggled out. The struggle was fast and furious, with Mahmout on the defensive all the time. Gotch secured the same hold that won the first fall for Mm a crotch and half Nelson. Mahmout. realizing the danger into which he was being plung ed, fought like a wild cat to break the hold, but it was of no avail. Despite the Turk's great strength and ability he was pinned to the mat for the final fall in nine minutes ten seconds. STANDING OF THE TEAMS. American League. Won. Lost. Pet. Detroit l 0 s" 1.000 Cleveland 1 0 1.000 Washington ..rl 1 .6Wt Boston 1 1 .500 Philadelphia 4. v J,' C; .Sua. IVew York 1 1 600 Chicago:... 0 1 St. Louis 0 1 .00 National lieague. S Won Chicago .-.-1 Lftst. Pet. 1.000 0 0 V 1 1 0 0 Boston l 1.000 1.000 .K i .000 I .000' Pittsburg 1 St. Louis.... Philadelphia Cincinnati New York... Brooklyn 0 0 -O o .000 -.000 American Association. Won. Lost. Pot. Louisville 1 0 1.000 Indianapolis 1 0 1.000 Milwaukee 1 0 1.000 Minneapolis 1 0 1.000 St. Paul 0 1 .000 Toledo ,0 1 .000 Columbus 0 1 .000 Kansas City 0 1 .000 NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES. Boston 9, Philadelphia 5. Boston, April 15. The major league baseball season opened here Wednesday with a 9 to 5 victory for the Boston team over the Philadel phia Nationals-' The visitors, with Covaleski in the box, started out well and scored two runs m the opening Inning. Boston solved the big left hander's delivery In .the fifth Inning, however, scoring eight- runs on eight hits, a base on balls and a wild pitch. Score by innings: R.H.E. Boston 0 0 0 0 8 0 d 1 9 18 3 Philadelphia 2 0 0 0 1 1 10 05 10 0 Batteries -Mattern, Ferguson and Smith; Covaleski, Moren and Dooin. Two-base hits Titus, Magee, Dooin, 2; Ferguson, Dahlen, Bates. Home run Dahlen. Sacrifice hits Doolan, Covaleska, Grant. Bases on balls Off Ferguson, 3; off Moren, 1. Hit by pitcher By Ferguson, Knabe; by Mattern. Dooin. Struck out -By Ferguson, 5: by Covaleski, 1; by Moren, 1. Wild pitches Moren, 2. Balk Mattern. Umpires Rigler and Truby. Pittsburg 3, Cincinnati 0. Cincinnati, O., April 15. The larg est crowd that ever witnessed the In auguration of a baseball season in this city was out to see the Cincinnati and Pittsburg teams play Wednesday af ternoon. The PIttsburgs secured a lead in the first inning and won 3 to 0. Score bv innings: R.H.E. Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 O t) 0-0 6 1 Pittsburg 10010000 13 4 2 Batteries From me and McLean; Camnitz and Gibson. Two-base hits Paskert, Wagner. Three-base hit Miller. Sacrifice hits Fromme, Wag ner. Sacrifice fly Clarke. Stolen bases Mowrey, Camnitz. Bases on halls Off Fromme, 3. Struck out By Fromme, 5; by Camnitz, 4. Um pires O'Dey and Emslie. No Game at New York. New York, April 15. Brooklyn New York game postponed; rain. Chicago 3, St- Louis 1. Chicago, April 15. As usual Over all pitched the opening game Wed nesday and with perfect support Chi cago won, 3 to 1. A wild throw by Byrne, after he had made a great stop, started the locals. Score by innings: R.H.E. Chicago 0 0000201 3 9 0 St. Louis ...00 0 0 0 0 frl 0 1 3 2 Batteries Overall and Mo ran; Lush and Bresnahan- Two-base hits Sheekard, A. Hofman. Three-base hits Zimmerman.- Chance. Sacrifice hits A. Hofman. Stolen base Chance, Byrne. Bases on balls Off Overall, 1; off Lush, 2. Hit by pitcher Byrne. Struck out By Overall, 7; by Lush, 4. Passed ball Moraui. Wild pitch Overall, 2. Umpires Klem and Kane. AMERICAN LEAGUE GAMES. Detroit 2, Chicago 0. Detroit, Mich., April 15. In the opening game here yesterday after noon Chicago was beaten by the American league champions, 2 to 0, in a pitchers' battle. Detroit bunched two hits, a double by Moriarity and a single by Mclntyre, around Parent's error in the fifth, and scored the two runs of the game right there. Cravath was the only man to make first .base for Chicago. He walked In the sec ond and got a single In the eighth. Score by innings: R.H.E. Detroit 0 0003000 2 4 1 Chicago 0 0000000 00 1 2 Batteries Mullin and Schmidt; Smith and Sullivan. Two-base hit Moriarity. Sacrifice hit Schmidt. Stolen bases Cravath. Double plays Mullin, Bush and Rossman. Base on ball Off Mullin, 1. First base on errors Detroit, 2. Struck out By What A2b You? Do you feel weak, tired, despondent, have frequent headaches, coated tongue, bitter or bad taste in morning, "heart burn," belching of gas, acid risings in throat after eating, stomach gnaw or burn, foul breath, dizzy spells, poor or variable appetite, nausea at times and kindred symptoms? 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They may oe used in conjunction witn -oiaea Medicfti Dlscoverr" if bowels are much cott- I tlpated, They're iny and ucar-cot& Mullin, 6; by Smith. 3. Umpires O'Loughlin and Kerin. Cleveland 4, sc. Louis 3. St. Louis, AprflilS. Opening the season here- yesterday after-noon, with Cleveland, before, one of the largest crowds that has ever witnessed a spring game, .the St,-Louis baseball team went down to defeat by a score of 4 to 2. Powell, with the exception of the fourth inning, pitched excellent ball. Both teams played fast ball. Score by innings:. R.H.E St. Louis. 0000101002 8 i Cleveland .0000000(-4 5 1 Batteries Powell and Crlger; Joss and N. Clarke. Two-base hits Jones, Ferris, Hoffman and Lord. Sacrifice hits Turner. Double plays Wallace, Williams, Jones; Wallace. Jones, Tur ner, Lajoie, Stoval, 2. Base on balls Off Joss, 1. Struck out By Powell, 4; by Joss, li, Umpires Sheridan and Perrine. No Game at Washington Rain. Washington, April 15. New York Washington game yesterday postpon ed; rain. Philadelphia Game Off Rain. Philadelphia. Aoril 15. The Phil adelphia-Boston game yesterday was postponed on account of rain. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Minneapolis' 2, Kansas City 0. Kansas City, April" 15. Before a crowd of 5,000 people the. Kansas City team of the American association lost the first game of the -schedule to the Minneapolis club at Association park yesterday afternoon by a Bcore of 2 to 0. The Millers outplayed the home team a little ia the field, for the slab honors were about even. 'The fielding was. In a few Instances, spectacular, and the hitting was weak on both sides. Score by-innings: R.H.E. Kansas City ...0000000000 Z 4 Minneapolis ...000000 2002 4 1 Batteries: Kansas City Swans and Sullivan; Minneapolis Olrnstead and Black. -Si; Milwaukee St. Paul 5. Milwaukee, April 15. The Brewers won the opening game of the Ameri can association from St. Paul yes terday afternoon by a score of 9 to 5. The St. Paul pitchers were hit hard, j Indianapolis 4. 'Toledo 2. Indianapolis, Ind.,- April 15. Before one of the largest crowds which ever assembled in. Washington park, In dianapolis, the- champions of the American association,- defeated To ledo in the opening game here yester day afternoon. Indianapolis secured a comfortable lead 3n the first two in nings and with the splendid pitching of Glaze- the visitors had little show of winning. The big pennant won by the "local team last year was raised before the game started. Score: Indianapolis 1 2 0 0 0 0 10 4 Toledo 1 00000 0 1 K-2 Louisville 6, Columbus 1. Louisville, Ky., April 15. Louisville won the opening game of the season yesterday from Columbus easily by the score of to 1. Halla had the visitors completely at his mercy throughout the game while the locals bunched hits off Taylor in the sixth inning. The weather was bright but chilly, but not withstanding, a large crowd was in attendance. Both sides played errorless ball. Mayor James F. Ginstead of Louisville pitched the first ball across the plate, opening the season.:-1 :s Score: '"v R.H.E. Louisville 11 0 Columbus 1 6 0 Batteries Louisville: Halla and Peitz. Columbus: Taylor and James. JOPLIN OPENS TOMORROW.' Former Western Association Compet itors Play Series of Three Games. The Joplin Miners, the team that formerly opposed Topeka. In the days of the old Western association and Missouri Valley league, will open a series of three games at the local park. This will be the best exhibition attraction left on the local card After Joplin, Lyons is the only team which will play here. The Joplin team is under 'the man agement of Tony Vanderhill, the vet eran catcher, and Tony is doing all the receiving. Four pitchers will ac company the team to Topeka. Doc Pollard is probably tne Dest on tne staff.- Doc tried out here last spring and pitched the opening game of the season, afterwards going to Joplin on the trade for Sylvester Olson, ecken baugh, a southpaw, was with Joplin last season. Mershon is another try out who was with Topeka last spring during the training season, but who was quite a bit shy of class. Stewart, the other pitcher is a new one. Landes, who debuted as a catcher about the time Cy Landreth first drifted in. is playing first and acting as extra catcher. Misse, with Wichita awhile last spring, holds the keystone bag. Ludes, a product pf the Central Kan sas league, is shortstop, while a youngster, Cochran, plays third. Mc- Kee. Levine and Barnes are m the outfield. Texas Farrell, who was traded in the Olson deal, promised to report this spring, but it is said that the outlaws looked better. BartleSTille 9, Normal 0. Emporia, 'Kan.. April 15. The Bar tlesville team of the Western asso ciation shut out the Normals here yes terday afternoon by the score of 9 to 0. The Normals pulled off more hits than the visitors, but their hits were scattered, and no one got around. The locals aided the visitors by making er rors and wild throws at critical times. With the exception of the sixth inn ing, when Bartlesville got five men around on one hit, the game was well played. In the fifth the Normals pull ed off a triple play with the bases full. Score by innings: R.H.E. Bartlesville 1 2 0 0 16 0 0 09 4 2 Normals ....0000000000 5 4 Batteries Bartlesville: Daniels, Thomas and Holt; Normals; Gard and Field. LTmpire Moser. Atten dance 800. Denver Beat McPherson. McPherson, Kan., April 15. The McPherson baseball club played the Denver Grizzlies of the Western league here yesterday, the Grizzlies winning by a score of 9 to 3. The game was well played by both teams, the outfielding being especially good. Score by innings: R.H.E Denver 1 0011400 S-8 14 1 McPherson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 6 4 Batteries Denver, Zalusky,- Kar sten, Jackson, Hallman. Adams, Zin ran and Zalusky; McPherson, Koons, Harmon and Castle. Time of game 1:50. Umpire Corbett. Nebraska, 4; Haskell, 1. Lawrence, Kan., April 15. Ne braska carried off a quartette of tal lies while the Redskins had to be sat isfied with a lone run. Means pitched a superb game, holding the Corn huskers to one hit, but errors lost the game in the first inning, a wild throw to second scoring two runs for Ne braska and in the eighth Inning Balrd. tho third sacker for Haskell, erred, i donating two more runs to the Corn- j huskers. The. features of the game j were the hitting of the Indians and the excellent fielding of Nebraska. Law- J rence. for Haskell, drove a two-base hit over center. Batteries Nebraska,' Prouty end Carroll Haskell, Means and Lawrence. Nebraska played .St. Marys this morning,, Manhattan in the afternoon and Friday and Saturday it returns to Lawrence for two games with Kansas university. NEBRASKA ASP K. V. MEET. College Baseball Season to Open on McCook Field Friday. Lawrence, 'Kan., April 15. Two of the season's most important baseball games will take place here Friday and Saturday when Nebraska and K. U. will meet on McCook field. These games promise some mighty good sport and the chances at pres ent all seem to be in favor of Kan sas. The games will be the best ones to be played in Lawrence for the pres ent season. JOPLIN GETS NEW FLAYER. Len Try. Former O. K. League Man ager, to Report at Once. Muskogee, Ok., April 16. Len TJry, former first baseman for the Dallas, Texas, Giants and later manager of the Muskogee team in the O. K. league, has been sold by Springfield to Joplin, in the Western association. He will leave at once to report for duty. Rothschild Horse "Won. -Maosin Lafitte. April 15. W. K. Vanderbllt had four horses, San Petri, Susquehanna, Seasick and Northeast in the running here yesterday, but none ot them got a place. A $10,000 purse was won by Baron Rothschild's Okhuysen. Lang ford and Barry Draw. Albany, April 15. Sam Langford of Boston and Jim Barry of Chicago fought ten fast rounds last night with honors about even. They fought at catch weights. BASEBALL GOSSIP. The Tannigans and the Regulars met again Wednesday afternoon and battled for seven innings in an exciting contest. The Regulars came out ahead with a run or two to the good. The Tanni gans had a great lineup something like this: McManus. catcher; Hendrix, pitcher; Burnum, first base; Green, sec ond base; Sweeney, third, base; Slap nicka, shortstop; Thomason, left field; Kllllngsworth, center field, and Scott, right field. The umpiring at the game was rotten. Another young third baseman, Swee ney, by name is working out with the locals although he hasn t been signed. He comes from Kalamazoo. Landreth got two hits at Louisville Wednesday, one a double. He also had five putouts. Olson got one hit and accepted three fielding chances. Pueblo Chieftain: Following the an nouncement that Pitcher Martin Walsh has been purchased from the Chicago White Sox, it will be good news to the fans to know that the directors have at last got a "rise" out of "Jesse James, the Indian's leading pitcher last season. and the indications are wow that the erratic one will report soon. A ticket was sent to James at Dwight, 111., where he is taking the rest cure, and James Informed the agent at that place that he was waiting for a telegram from Pueblo after which he had ils collars and cuffs packed ready to make the Journey. Secretary Carlile decided that if a telegram was all that the "Rube" wanted, he would furnish the same forthwith, and several hundred fans also volunteered to send a message If they could help in this way. Anyhow, it is now confidently hoped by every one that James has opened his eyes and will use good Judgment by report ing. With Swift. Martin, Walsh, Gal gano, James, and one or two others from the bunch now here, and a good team to back them up, it sure seems like a shame to go up and pick the bunting. Never since Pueblo has had a baseball club has so much classy ma terial been gotten together. Whether James reports or not. local fans can count on one thing right now. And that is that the Indians are going to be in the running from the drop of the hat, and are going to stay in the run ning throughout the season. It re mains to be seen now whether or not the fans will support such an aggrega tion. The addition of big Martin Walsh, brother of the Chicago American league twirler, will undoubtedly make a big difference in the Indians' chances for the rag. Some of the recent additions picked up by Pueblo, have made -some other magnates grow red with envy. 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Take it according to direc tions, and if it does not benefit he will return your money. Fop the Summer's Cooking No kitchen appliance gives such actual satisfaction and real home comfort as the new Perfection Wick Blue Flame Oil Cook Stove. Kitchen work, this coming summer, will be better and quick er done, with greater personal comfort for the worker, if, instead of the stifling heat of a coal fire, you cook by the tncntrattd Wick Blue Flame Oil Cooli-Stove Deliver heat where yon want It never where you don't want It' thus it does not overheat the kitchen. Note the CABINET TOP, with shelf for warming plates and keeping food hot after cooked, also convenient drop shelves that can be folded back when not in use, and two nickeled bats for holding towels, j Three sixes. With or without Cabinet Top. At your dealer's, or write our nearest agency. CABAUST liB'A Full brother to Early Reaper 2:09, Hive 2:11, and Gentle Lady 2:16X The Best Bred and Best Individual Trotting Stallion in Kansas. Sired by Highwood, 2:21. by Nutwood, 2:18, by Belmont 64. First dame Atalanta (great brood mare), by Alcantara, 2:23; second dam Star ling (great brood mare), by George Wilkes, 2:22; third dam Jessie Pepper (great brood mare), by Mambrino Chief II. Terms, $25 to insure. Will be found at the Topeka Fair Grounds dur ing the season of 1909. Write for full breeding or phone Independent 1613. R. H. BCRR. 213 East Sixth St- Topeka. Knn. Kansas State league. KilMlay will go to Springfield in the Western Associa tion, and Drummond Brown, catcher, the other of the trio, 1 a free agent. The McPherson games which were to have been played next week have been called off. The McPherson management didn't want to pay ail the expenses. It is beginning to look as though Waltcs- Boles would stick with the Kan sas City team. Walter got a chance at pretty nearly every position on the team before the season -.opened and his ability I as a utility player, is accordingly well Known toJfljessrSv ,tJtOssanq ueDeau. The St. Louis Americans have asked for waivers on Wilbur Smith, a catcher last season with the Pueblo team. Mc Aleer thinks well enough of Smith but with Criger and Stephens he has no need of the youngster. It is likely he will remain In the majors as several clubs wanted him last fall. George Graham of the Omaha team is ready to play. Graham was out of the game a good portion of last season with an injured knee. This informa tion is received with great Joy in the Nebraska metropolis. The exact line up which will start the season outside of the pitchers is now determined. Gonding will catch. The rest of the lineup follows: LeBrand, first; Greham, second; Pendry, third; Franck, captain and shortstop; Belden, left field; King, center field; and Welch, right field; Fisher, extra outfielder. Pitcher James, whom Pueblo hopes to have report in a few days, plays under a nom de plume. His real name is C. B. Cruise, and he is engaged in busi ness during the off season. The Sioux City team commences its southern exhibition trip next Sunday with a game at St. Joseph. From there the team will play at different Kansas towns until the opening of the season at Wichita. Pitcher From will report at Sioux City April 21, and will leave from there to join the team. rTom was witn Wlcn ita in 1906. He has not reported previously owing to the death of his father. The following concerning Ollie Pick ering is from the Sioux City Journal. Pickering was here with the Washing ton teams and playea the tour games. The Journal says: Ollie Pickering, the veteran outfielder of the Minneapolis club, who is back in the minors after holding his own for fifteen years in fast company, is the in ventor of a sliding pad. The device, which is a clever one and doubtless in a few years will be in general use, has been patented, and the old timer prob ably will reap a rich harvest as the re sult of his ingenuity. The pad is made of cotton and felt,, and is so worn that it affords excellent protection to the hips and thighs of the base runner in sliding. The contrivance is held in place by rubber bands. Pick ering worked on the invention during the winter months ana has completed arrangements with a Minneapolis con cern to manufacture the pads for him. At baseball headquarters yesterday Pickering said that Johnny McGraw, of the New Tork Giants, had ordered eighteen pairs for the members of his team, and "Pa" Bourke 6f Omaha, "Dick" Cooley of Topeka, and other club managers in the eouth will use them. Back in 1896 Manager Holmes and Pickering played together on the old Louisville club and he presented the Packer boss' with a pair of the pads before his departure. Galgano, Nichols and Chadwlck, of the PueDlo team, an live in uenver. Cooley has six candidates for short and third. Since "Doc" Andrews has third base padlocked there are five can didates for Short. Members of the Minneapolis team" do not believe that Des Moines is in the same class with other Western league clubs they have met and predict that unless the Boosters' lineup is strength ened they will finish far down in the pennant race. Sioux City ana Lincoln are picked by the Millers as the fastest aggregations they have encountered. The Lincoln infield,, with Jack Thomas on first, BUI Fox at second and Gagnier vii 1 Na Vl I derful light giver. Solidly made, beautifully nickeled. Your living-room will be pleasantes with a Riyo Lamp. If not with your dealer, write our nearest agency. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (Incorporated) MAKES NEW SCREENS OF THE OLD L. M. Pen well Undertaker and Ertibalrrier 4 511 Quincy Street Both Pbeaes 192 at short, is especially touted as a won der. Omaha is said to be much weaker than a year ago. The Wichita Beacon,' in speaking of the veteran Anson, unloads the follow ing splurge of sarcasm on the local team. Comine as It- ri of the same writer who says HaDnv MM-wii wni mtt.iMs me oesi pucner in the Western league (1. e., the same Happy Westcott who had a hard time hanging on with the Salina team last season) it is so harmless and ludicrous that we reprint it. Here it is: This (Anson'a rtlnvfnff- 1 1. n 58) leads to the suggestion that Dick Cooley might sign Anson for his "Sol diers' Home" team. Dick has corralled about all th other nnrionta i, actually expects to pull off something in the Western league with them. Grand ball players that some of them have been. King Richard forgets that muscles grow stiff and that bones be come urmie even in gooa athletes. It nevei has failed to throw a scare into other camps to get together a combina tion of veterans, but the scare usually lasts only until some of the young bushers have an opportunity to plav the veterans off their foot t-k. vets usually call the youngsters "fresh guys" and "bushers," but somehow the youngsters win more games by playing bangup ball than the old men do by trotting around on their past reputa- uuM. ijuD juu uuii i Deneve that Topeka has a gri riled, war-scarred hi i rich There'fl TCfno- T J l ..v v. i r-t 1 1 1 1 1 1 n c-1 l He confesses to 36 full, ripe years, and grams me puo:ic run permission to enesfl the rest At that aa hA j carded by the majors as too old to hold the pace in fast company, at the ten der, unsophisticated age of 28, while he began to drift backward at 80. Then thpiA AfA Phil rSotAT TlAnnv f v Andrws and that grand old oetogen- unan, uiiu noacn, wno surely must be entitled to the honors of a "grand- Hrl" hv this tlm T.w Tv.t1i i i 1 1 1 m wanted, but he declared that, otd as ne is, nc wuuiu xeei lonesome with so little company near his own age and declined tn renort. An th tAa stands. Doc AndTews, who began play ing ua.il in 1551, is xne youngest boy of thA hilnfih with fha vnntu. i i ,-vivj(i i r i n V T- vester Olson and Rhody Hendrix, Who are treated as infants. It isn't a bit nara 10 aamn mat tjooieys team looks strong on paper, but the good Lord helri thnHA old t i mcra fn a wr oyi IUK llKo; this when "rheumatiz" and cold, north .uaimis vjrt me countrv to- B"'1 wuiuiUKUOn oi Don 1 IV Ills ajid too mnrh V nrinrli. the game should be played, bodes 1U. may mean, ana generally does In ternal strife and untold agony for the umnirft. Tf THolr nniir v-. Horton and Frank Genins this lineup VWUA IO DUVI U A Tonic or a Stimulant? Ay ers Sareaparilla is a tonic It does not stimulate. It does not make you feel better one day, then as bad as ever the next. There is not a drop of alcohol in it You have the steady, even gain that comes from a strong

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOUBNAL THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1909. RA1LR0AD NEWS. Missouri Pacific to Improve Eastern Kansas Branches. These Are Included In New Pro gram of Repairs. ALL CONTRACTS LET. Is Part of Big Gould Transcon tinental Project. Other Items of Interest in Railway Circles. Kansas City, April 15. Contracts are being let for the improvements contem plated by the Gould interests on" the Missouri Pacific and the Kio Grandt lines. It was announced several weeks ago that thirty-three million dollars is to be expended in rebuilding the Gould lines between Kansas City and Salt Lake. The work, it was said, was to be completed coincident with the fin ishing of the Western Facinc, the last link to the west of the transcontinent al system the Goulds are building from the Atlantic coast to San Francisco. The first announcement was followed by a second, that three and one-half million dollars had been appropnaiea to rebuild the Missouri Pacific line be tween Kansas City and Pueblo. M L. Byers, chief engineer of main tenance of way for the Missouri Pacific, has awarded a contract to the L. J. Smith Construction company of Kan sas City, for the ballasting of the lines between Kansas City and Pueblo. The contract Includes also the ballasting of a number of short lines in eastern Kansas and western Missouri and the main line tracks between Coffeyville. Kan., and Little Rock, Ark., and be tween Little Rock and Leeper, Ark. This work is to be started at once. Three gravel pits will furnish the ballast, one from Fowler. Colo., one at Fort Gibson, Okla., and another at Webb City, Mo. From the last named point 125 cars of ballast a day will be furnished until the work is finished. It will require 750 miles of ballast to complete the main line between Kan sas City and Pueblo and the branch lines in Kansas. Besides ballasting the tracks of the main lino between Kansas City and Pueblo, the right of way will be tiled and drained and the track grades widened. The bridges have been re built within the last few years. About seventy miles of light rails will be re placed with eighty-pound steel, making the entire mileage of eighty pound rails. The Gould plans contemplate a com plete revision of the Rio Grande lines, the connecting link between Pueblo and Salt Lake. The grades are to be improved, new rails laid, and wherever necessary, new ballast will be put in. If Gould succeeds In his purpose he .will have the only actual transconti nental railroad under one management In the United States. It will include the Wabash and allied lines from the Atlantic coast to Kansas City, the Mis souri ,Patic' from Kansas City to Pueblo, tlie Rio Grande lines from Pueblo to Salt Lake, the nearly com pleted Western Pacific from Salt Lake to San Francisco. Some idea of the magnitude of the contract awarded to the Smith com pany Is realized when it is stated that It will require thirty 85 to 110-ton loco motives to do the work. This same company has the contract for ballast ing the Memphis division of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain Southern be tween Memphis and Knocbel, Ark., and between Wynne and McGhee In Ar kansas, together with the bridge work between the same points. GOES TO THE SCRAP PILE. Santa Fe Engine No. 081 in Fse for Forty Years. Ottawa. Kan., April 15. Engine 081. after many years of faithful ser vice for the Lawrence branch, where she had pulled the passenger train. Is disqualified and has been sent to the "scrap heap" at Topeka. The engine Is one of a number that have done nearly forty years of service on the tracks now known as the Southern Kansas. With other engines of her class she was put on the rails here under the regime of the Fort Scott Gulf. But few of these engines are now in service. WORK TO START SOOX. AH Material Ordered for Completion of Orient Texas Line. President A. E. Stilwell of the- Kan sas City. Mexico Orient road Is sending notices to all of the stock holders telling of the progress of the construction of the system. "All of the material." says Mr. Stilwell, "for the completing of our road to San Angelo, Texas, has been ordered and work will start in a few days. The road will be pushed to completion as soon as possible." McNamara Threw Up Sponge. Chattanooga, Tenn., April 15. Kid Murphy of St. Louis was given the decision over Tommy McNamara of lavenport. Iowa, in the fifth round of a scheduled eight round bout. In the fifth round the second of McNamara. threw up the sponge. Headache, Backache, Sideache, A Worn-out Feeling. These are esDeciallv women's afflic tions. They are caused by irregular work ing of some of the functions of the body. It ia of the utmost importance to every woman to know that there is no medicine so valuable for her, so helpful, so strengthening, as Lane's Family Medicine (called also Lane's Tea) This tonic-laxative is a great blood medicine and is the favorite regulat ing medicine of old and young. All druggists sell it in 60c. and 25c. packages. NEW MADE GRAVE Urban a Has a Genuine Mystery Which Baffles Solution. Young Han Disappears Fresh Mound in Lonely Spot. NO COKPSE IS FOUND. Investigators Dig and Find Bed of Charcoal. No Good Explanation Has Been Offered Up to Date. TTi-hana. Kan.. ADrll 15. Urban a resi dents have been undergoing the unique experience of a real live sensation. Nothing much ever happens at Urbana and when Otis Haverly. a farmer liv- ling east of town, drove up to the cor- n nr ciwprv and announced that he had Hisr-nvered a mysterious grave in a se cluded spot on an abandoned farm, ex citement became Intense. The suppos- .1 rrvi .m wfi a lf 1 1 lminH 11 II well ("11 i' covered over with sod. and an effort had apparently Deen maae 10 conceal mnnnfl tiH t i Iptivps until th. freshlv excavated soil could have had time to settle. ur xr TJnMwin W. "P. Fnlkerson and R. A. Burkett went to the place to see just what the recent discovery might disclose. They began work with a post t.nu icrtrtT aiinl-mgrinc that t hPV COuld go down and discover the secret with out moving ail tne earin, ouc mey wcig unable to go deep enough, in this way, 1 hcinff iptprmi ri r1 to investicrate the mystery to the end and. if pos sible, maKe me grave revcu uic dclici which it appeared to be concealing, they procured a shovel and soon dug it out v. rm p tVip hnle In the bottom of which they found a considerable amount of charcoal in rainer ia.rSe r.iwa raneing in size up to as large as a man's hand or larger. The whole thing is still a mystery and no one seems to be able to account for the sigular circumstance. The hole i tha eivn u n H in PVprv Wav w&us auuui resembled a grave and had been care fully finished up. a young man 01 uii vicinity having been missing for several days added interest to the case and many suspicions were aroused, suppos ing that the missing young man might have met with foul play and the as fA the deed in this tttnimih v .-w. way. No one is able to offer an ex planation at tnis nme. NORTON COUNTY WANTS MEN. Improvements In Western Kansas Call lor Many umorera. Van A nril 15. Anvbodv that knows how to use a shovel and a spade and wants to get down and dig r-n srnt a 1ob in Norton for the next three months. The digging contracts are now Deing let and there seems to be more con- i ..a m n t r fill them. The city engineer Is looking for big strong men wno want, juuo fuu m wages are very reasonable, ...i ..-u.-;t(iiT aMA .nrlnnji to rmrn X ill. O.LlLll'. IV.. .j u.. w the digging along so that the streets of the town will not De torn up any great length of time. The festive hobo had better get clear of this city during the summer as the police Judge I.V I. has Deen iinea uy, uu o,i.v Itles and those who have not money nnnih to nav their fines will be given employment. xnere is aiso a veiy p. v. for more men on the farms in the nvimtrir "o a rlv pvprv farmer of any consequence wants from one to three men to get Dusy in me neiu aim wages are very good. POLICE MAKE A BIG HAUL. Hutchinson Officers Confiscate a Car and One-Half of "Liquor. Hutchinson. Kan.. April 15. The police department has confiscated one car and a half of beer, whisky, wine and other liquors, said to belong to two lodges in Hutchinson. Almost one carload or tne Deer was taken at the Rock Island railroad tracks in the local yards. A half car load of beer, whisky and wine was found at the storage rooms of the City Transfer company on West First ave nue. Part of it has been In storage for several weeks. Some of this liquor belonged to Kansas City men. Word of the shipment first was brought to the attention of the officers Tuesday night. Chief Hern was notified of the fact that the transfer company was unloading beer at the storage rooms on First avenue. He and his men got busy and traced the night workers to where they were un loading beer at the Rock Island tracks. The transfer men had unloaded two wagon loads and were starting off with the third load when Mr. Hern notified them to stop. BANQUET FOR MAJOR BISHOP, Topeka Men Will Pay Honor to Retir ing Army Officer. Salina. Kan.. April 15. The mem bers of the Salina Bar association are preparing to give a big banquet at the National hotel tonight. The banquet will be given in compliment to Major W. H. Bishop, who was one of the first lawyers In Salina, and who is at present visiting In Salina. The banquet Is to be more than a local affair, and old time friends and members of the Kansas bar have been Invited to attend. Among them are T. F. G-arver of Topeka, Captain Clad Hamilton of Topeka, Judge- R. A. Burch of Topeka. Colonel Wilder S. Metcalf and J. W. Going of Topeka. Judge Burch, who Is an old law part near of Major Bishop, has been asked to deliver the address of the evening. Other lawers who have been Invited are John L. King and Judge R. R. Rees of Minneapolis. Other than the members of the Sa lina bar, the Salina men who were in Major Bishop's command during the late war with Spain, have been Invited, also a few close personal friends will be present. CHANCE FOR AN OUTSIDER. ExMayor Charges Paving Contractors With Pooling Their Interests. Leavenworth, Kan., April 15. Why is Third street not paved yet? The necessary ordinance has been passed and .bids were asked for last year, yet not a day's work has been done on the street. Ex-Mayor Cnancer- ex plains the delay by the startling state ment that the paving contractors of Leavenworth will not bid on the work. "They offered bids at first," said he, "but they were exorbitant and we had to refuse all of them. I have been In favor of the city doing its own con tracting on this street; we have plenty of crushed rock and need only hire some labor. It is my opinion that the paving contractors are banded to- gether to hold 'up prices. I have never hesitated to tell them so and they fought me bitterly at the election. I do not see why Leavenworth should be robbed in the future on paving as It has often been in the past.". RIVER DAM CAUSES TROUBLE. Smoky Hill Farmers Claim Obstruc tion WUl Cause an Overflow. Junction City, Kan.. April 15. Papers have been filed with the clerk of the court In this county by an attorney acting for 22 of the farmers who own farm lands along the Smoky Hill river suing the Hogan Milling company of this city and asking that a temporary injunction be at once granted by the court compelling the Hogan Milling company to at once take down a por tion of the Hogan dam that has lately been constructed. The petition is a lengthy one and states that the farmers as plaintiffs are property owners whose land has been overflowed in past years and a great deal of damage done. They state in their petition that not long ago the owners of the mill and themselves as a body employed the services of one H. S. Bedell, a competent engineer, and a survey of the river was made and an understanding reached as to the height of the dam, which was agreed upon to be not over 11 feet. It Is claimed that of late a number of improvements have been made at the dam, and a "flash board" constructed on top of the dam, raising it 15 inches higher. It Is claimed that the present height of the dam will cause the water to overflow on the low lands of the plaintiffs, and they ask the court to grant their petition and put the height of the dam back to 11 feet. PREPARE FOR FALL SHOOTING. Stafford Gun Club Will Drain the Rattlesnake River. Stafford, Kan., April 15. Owing to the lack of precipitation the Stafford Gun club's marsh, northeast of town, has gotten very low in water. In years past this has been a repeated condition and it has long been a study whereby it might be eliminated. A few weeks ago C. F. Bucher run the levels in that vicinity to ascertain if water might be taken from the Rat tlesnake creek, to replenish it. By cutting a ditch and laying a pipe line from the creek on Caper Clothier's farm, he found it could be done, and immediately the club tok action, and the ditch is now being dug. It will only be at stated periods of the year that they need to take water from the creek and maters will be so arranged that the supply can be cut off at any time and thus not injure the creek, yet at the same time it will raise the water in the marsh when it Is most needed and keep it in good condition at shooting season. TROUBLE AT ABILENE. Fair Association and Management Fighting Over Grounds. Abilene, Kan., April 15. The con flict between the fair association and the ball association promises to end in the games being played on grounds apart from the fair grounds. There is a big grandstand in an accessible field at the latter, but the fair association refuses to allow the diamond to be placed near the stand and wants $250 for the season. The ball association is not able to pay this and will make a compromise proposition. Abilene has signed five of its players and has the rest in view. It expects to put up the finest team in the league and will go after the pennant. This town has not gone in for real ball for ten years, but Is now stirred up and means business. DEEP STRATA OF ROCK SALT. The Quality Is Fine and a Demand Has Already Been Created. Little River, Kan., April 15. The Standard Salt company of Little River has just struck what is believed to be the deepest strata of rock salt' in this field. It is exceptionally pure arid the company which Is under the man agement of Captain John B. Brisben and his superintendents, C. M. Greene, George H. Mervery, expect to commence shipping by the first of August. The company has already contracted for from ten to fifteen car loads a day as soon as they are able to commence shipment. Little River is steadily Improving and there Is not a vacant house in the town. Several new business buildings are planned, among the largest of which is the Hodgson garage arid im plement house which will occupy half a city block. FARM HAND SUES FOR WAGES. Laborer Claims That Reno County Farmer Owes Htm $1,062. Hutchinson, Kan., April 15. F. C. Huey has filed suit in the district court against W. M. Woods. Huey claims that he was employed by Woods on his farm February 26, 1906, and worked until March 8, 1909. He says that Woods agreed to pay him at the rate of $1 per day. In adition to his board and washing. Huey claims that $1,062.87 is due him. THE TABLES ARE TURNED. Western Kansas Boasts of Plenty of Rain and Fine Prospects. Norton, Kan.. April 15. Eastern Kansas Is getting the benefit of the heavy winds this year, the west ern part of the state is calm and pleas ant. In the amount of rainfall the eastern part of the state hos been dry while the western part of the state was muddy. Now the eastern papers ad mit a poor crop prospect for Kansas this year but the west will fool 'em end fool 'em bad. too, in that respect. GREAT BEND MAN DRINKS ACID. Grief Over Death of Wife Leads to Drink and Then Death. Great Bend, Kari., April 15. Nick Dick committed suicide Tuesday at his home in the east part of town by. tak ing carbolic acid. No cause Is given WHEAT FLAKE CELERY By recent scientific experi ments, Dr. Price, the famous food expert, has recently pro duced a Wheat Flake Celery Food, which is highly nutritious, easy of digestion, and a most delicious every day .food for- all classes. For sale by aH Grocers mm I Want to Prove to You Before Your Own Eyes and At My Expense That I Can Reduce You to Normal Weight Safely, Without Starvation Diet or Tiresome Exercises. 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Anyone that wants to hear what I have to say in regard to such a great blessing will please write me and 1 will answer all letters." w for the deed except that he had brood ed about the death of his wife for some time and of late had declared his in tention of doing something of the kind. But little attention had been paid to his statements as he was a heavy drinker and while under the influence of liquor was in the habit of making many statements but rarely fulfilled them. He settled in Barton county on a farm in 1878 and was well to do at the time of his death. Since the death of his wife two years ago he has drank hard. s PLENTY OF PLACES FOR MONEY. Clay Connty Has a Banking Institntioii for Every 89 1 Persons. Clay Center, Kan.,-April 15. In pro portion to their population Clay Center and Clay county probably have more banks and larger bank deposits than any other county or town In Kansas. There are seventeen banks in Clay county and the population Is only 15,146, according to the latest census. These seventeen banks have a total of $2, 294,255.80 deposits. This gives Clay county a bank for every 891 persons in the county and $151.47 on deposit for every man, woman and child within the borders of the county. Clay Center makes even a better showing along this line than the coun ty as a whole. In Clay Center there are six banks. As Clay Center, according to the latest census, has 3.325 popula tion, the town has a bank for every 554 inhabitants. These six banks have a total of Jl,374,685.32 on deposit, which means that for every man, woman and child in Clay Center $413,44 is on deposit in the town's banks. In the last year three new banks have been started in the county. JUDGE SEN ISVOMAN TO JAIL. Wichita Jury Finds Anna Flsbback Sold Intoxicating Liquor. "Wichita, Kan., April 15. 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A lady's waist shpuld be two-fifths of her height. "Ohio's Fat Boy" in 70 Days Loses 180 Pounds. Prof. F. J. Kellogg. My Dear Sir: Tour Safe Fat Reducer is all and more.than you ever claimed for it. My weight today, ater ten weeks' treatment, is 285 pounds, a loss of. 189 pounds, as I weighed 474 pounds when I began with the Safe Fat Reducer. I never felt so well before, not even in 1S96, when I was in hard training as a professional bicyclist and riding partner of Baby Bliss. The reduction has been natural and gradual, and has at no time interefered with my regular daily and was sentenced by Judge Wilson to serve thirty days In jail and pay a fine of J100. She is the first woman to serve a term in the county jail for such an offense. HO ABE THE DRUNKARDS? They Are to Be Left Off of Wichita Fas-roll in Future. Wichita, Kan., April 15. The board of commissioners had its first tilt over the (question of the exclusion of habitual drunkards from city service. Commissioner Stewart, who introduced a resolution to make the exclusion ironclad, won the day. The final adoption of the rules for the civil ser vice commission settled what was a lively argument while it lasted. The rules provide that the civil ser vice board of examiners will have its first meeting next Monday, April 19. Names of at least two successful ap plicants shall be certified to the board 8EdL Catarrh meiail Pour a teaspoonful of Omega Oil In a cup of boiling water, hold the mouth and nose close to the cup, and inhale the arising steam. The steam carries the healing properties of the Oil into the throat and lungs, giving quick relief. Also rub the nose and foreheadwiththeOU. 10a.25c.B0c. My IRemceir Frag Sit ftlff duties or caused me the slightest incon venience In any way. The action of my heart is strong and regular, and I bave got rid of that "smothered up' feeling which bothers all excessively fat peo ple. My breathing is easy and I feel strong and active, and lighter on my feet than I have been for years. "Please send me another supply of your Safe Fat Reducer, as I am about out. "Very truly yours, J. H. Bechle, Jr., 607 Cedar Street, Canton, Ohio." 101 Pounds Gone! The remarkable case of Miss Artie Ad ams of Shelby, Ohio, Is nustrated In her own words: "When I look back to the time before I took your wonderful obesity cure I do not see how I stood it. My weight is now 163 pounds, and I have lost just 101 pounds, and I can hardly believe that there has been such a difference in my feelings and appearance. But, oh, how thankful I am that I found a cure for my awful burden of fat. In Kellogg's Safe Fat Reducer. I can hardly realize that I weigh now only 163 pounds. Tou can use my letter as a testimonial If you wish." Free $1.00 Package Coupon. This coupon is good for a $1.00 package of Kellogg's Safe. Fat Reducer,, if sent with ten cents in silver or stamps to help cover postage and pack- ing, and a3 evidence of good faith and if you can honestly say that you have never used this treatment before. Only one package will be sent, by mail in plain wrapper, to each person. Also testimonials will be sent from hundreds who have been greatly reduced. Fill in your name and address on dotted lines below and mail to F. J. KELLOGG, 2361 Kellogg Bldg., Battle Creek, Mich. Name. Street. City...... of commissioners by the .civil service examiners. When the rules governing the examinations were presented Mr. Stewart offered the following resolu tion: "No person who is a habitual user of intoxicating liquor to excess, or who has the reputation of being frequently intoxicated shall be recommended to this commission for any appointment by the board of civil service ex aminers." WILL HOLD A SHOOT SUNDAY. Annual Event of Atchison Gun Club Promises to Attract Many Shots. Atchison, Kan., April 15. The annual spring shoot of the Atchison Gun club will be held here next Sunday. Sixty five out of town marksmen will take part. Among them will be George Maxwell, the one-armed champion; Fred Gilbert of Spirit Lake, and. Billy Neer, who has made a phenomenal rec ord during the past year. BROWN" MURDER DEVELOPMENT Wichita Woman Thought to Know Something of Mysterious Crime. Wichita, Kan.. April 15. Mrs. Alice Fisher was arrested here and taken back to Hutchinson by Sheriff Duck worth of Reno county in connection with the murder of John D. Brown at Hutchinson Sunday night. She claims to be a nurse and admits that she was in Hutchinson Sunday, but denies all knowledge of the crime. CANNING FACTORY FOR ABILENE Omaha Firm Proposes to Locate an Institution In That City. Abilene, Kan.. April 15. Over $5,000 has been raised, toward a 125,000 can ning factory which it IS, proposed to establish here by an Omaha firm. The company proposes to can small bruits, watermelons and sweet potatoes, arid it is believed that a profitable business can be secured by the proper effort. i VSV- V Cures Prominent Nurse of Terrible Fat. Clara Elizabeth Doolittle, nurse for ovei fifteen years In America's best hospitals, including New Tork City, and homeo pathic hospitals of New Tork. praises the Kellogg Safe Fat Reducer: "When I commenced treatment with. Safe Fat Reducer I weighed 200 pounds, my chest measure was 42 inches, waist measure S2 inches and hips 48 inches. "'For four months I have been losing in weight constantly and naturally and with no ill effects, and am fueling much better. "Today I weight 148 pounds. My chest measure is 37 Inches, waist measure 27 inches and hips 40 Inches. "I cannot speak too highly of Mr. Kel logg and the great work he is doing for fat-burdened humanity." Clara Elizabeth Doolittle, Box 64, Tekonsha, Mich. Leaves No Wrinkles. Tou should have no "fear, after being reduced-by-Kellogg's Safe-Fat Reducer, that your loss' In .weight, will result In wrinkles, as is usually the cane with so many treatments used for flesh reduc tion. CHILDREN Watch for the Black Oat on the last page to-morrow HAND SAPO LI O FOR TOILET AND BATH Flngtrs roughened by uttdltwork catch every stain snd look hopelessly dirty. Hand Snpoiio removes not only the dirt, bat also ttte loosened, uw Jured cuticle, snd resfores lie fingers to ffter natural bttutj. ALL GROCERS AND DRUGGISTS Why suffer the incon venience of poor tele phone service when you can have a ."Bell" in stalled on short notice. The farmers of the sand hi 1? country, west of town where much small fruit la raised, are pushing it. f

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL THURSDAY. EVENING-, APRIL 15, 1909. 1CPERV STATE JOURNAL By FRANK P. MAC LENNAN. Entered July 1. 1S76, as- second-class matter at the postoffice at Topeka, Kan., under the act of congress. VOLUME XXXVI .No. 90 Ofltclal State Paper. Official Paper City of Toprka. TERM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily edition, delivered by carrier. tt cents a week to any part of Topeka, or suburbs, or at the same price In any Kan Baa town where the paper has a carrier system. By mall, one year '....tZM By mail, three months M Saturday edition of dally, one year... 1.00 TELEPHONES. Business Office Bell VTl Business Office Ind. Vtl Reporters' Room Bell OTT Reporters' Room Ind. SB Frank P. MacLennan Ind. 70s PERMANENT HOME. Topeka State Journal building. 800 and 0? Kansas avenue, corner of Eighth. -New York Office: 290 Fifth avenue. Paul Block, manager. Chicago Office: Hartford building. Paul Block, manager. FULL leased wire report OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The State Journal Is a member of the Associated Press and receives the full day telegraph report of that irreat news or ganisation for the exclusive afternoon publication in Topeka. The news la received In The State Jour nal building- over wires for this sole purpose. What' happened to the spring poets? They do not appear to be singing their roundelays with their accustomed vigor. Beverly", Mass., will be accorded a more prominent place on the map. It is to be the unrmer home of President Taft, SVtrmer la the wheat belts are nn iBoubtedly hoping thai the bull leaders In the wheat marts of the land are rue prophets. They are predicting that there trill he no more cheap (wheat for years. That yoanjr woman near Waterbury, Conn., who wears overalls Is probably contemplating matrimony and Indulg ing In a little practice so that she will fee able to "wear the trousers" without any undue effort. Heavy frosts are reported to have Id lied the strawberry crop In Virginia. That ought to be an excellent excuse. If such a thing is needed, for fancy prices In these parts for home-grown strawberries when they arrive. Roy See, a prominent lawyer and poli tician of Elkins, W. Va., Is a gentle man of keen discernment as his name would 4ndlcate. He says that of all the cities he passed through from the Atlantic ooast the best looking one was Topeka. Spain has decided to construct a new navy of considerable size and force. What's the use? She appears to have been getting along Just fine, better than ever before in her history, since her navy of a dozen years ago was wiped from the seas by the ships of Uncle Sam. The trip which Samuel Oompers pro poses to take abroad to study the labor question in other parts of the world trill likely be Illuminating to him. He'll And that the conditions generally sur rounding the American laborer are Ideal as compared with those environ Ing his brother in foreign climes. Now maybe If Mr. Roosevelt -was In France and not a couple of thousand srflles away on his route to Africa, the reporter who claims to have Interview ed him at Naples for the Paris Le Journal would not be so Insistent that Xloosevelt and not he is entitled to membership in the Ananias club. The Nashville American will not be attrjnrlsed to hear soon that the devil K a Christian In view of the announce ment of Henry Watterson that a man cannot be a Democrat and a prohibi tionist and also the statement of Mr. Hobson that he is a Democrat from sur face to the core and at the same time (J a "protectionist." Married men may well bo pardoned tar believing that they are not always Ibsld at their true worth. A San Fran cisco woman has been awarded S25.000 damages by a Jury for the loss of her husband who was killed by an automo Iblle. But perhaps the argument will fc presented that a dead husband is worth more than a Hve one. Some wonder Is being expressed over the settlement of the estate of the late James Oliver, the Irtdianlan who amass ed a fortune of $60,000,000 in the manu facture of plows. Not a single claim was filed against it. As a matter of (act a person with that sum of money ought to be able to meet all financial claims against him quite handily as they became due. United States Senator Elkins of West (Virginia Is entitled to some especial homage. It now appears that ha vetoed the wedding of his daughter to the rHke f Abruszi because- she could never have been more than the mor ganatic wife of the young man with such a distinguished titles It's too bad that many other American girls were not blessed with fathers of such sturdy Americanism as that of Mr. Elkins. Mayor Green's appointments to the Important places at his disposal in the city's official family will-do jiaiied witn general satisfaction. He-has. retained in office all of the men who played such a great part In making the first Green administration the success that it has been. They, one and all, have the con fidence of the people of the city and even better work may be expected of them in the future. The experience they have gained will make this possible. That process of benevolent assimila tlon which has prevailed to a consider able extent of late in the railroad world Is not lagging behind any. The control of the Wisconsin Central rail way has just been formally transferred ts the Soo line and Is thus made a part of the Canadian Pacific system. Soon there will only be a half dozen or so railroad systems in the United States and If Mr.Harriman lives to have his way there will be "wily one. This will be real handy In" the eventuality of the arrival of government ownership of railroads. The government would only have to deal with one party to take over every mile of railroad In the na tion. FED ERA Ii FINANCES. Some grounds for encouragement are to be found In the announcement of the federal treasury officials that the dally governmental deficit Is steadily decreasing,, but it will not be great In view of the companion statement that the expenses of the nation reach the rather staggering total of approximate ly $2,300,000 a day. This Is approach-; lng a billion dollars a year, a monumen tal sum, the size of which It Is almost impossible to grasp, but the raising of which Is an enormous burden upon the people of the nation. Most of it Is se cured through Indirect taxation, which is nothing more than a clever scheme of taxing people in many ways which they do not ordinarily realize or stop to think of. It assuredly will suggest the thought to everyone that the administrators of the government have a stern duty confronting them. Of course, it is nec essary for them to provide revenue in some way to meet the governmental expenses. But it is equally Incumbent upon them to take the needed steps to curtail the expenditures. It Is a good deal easier to talk about a thing of this kind than to bring about its aceom- pllshedment but something has got to be done in the premises. Reports from Washington from time to time have Indicated that President Taft and the members of his cabinet are alive to this crying necessity. They are going to cut down expenses wher ever they can. But they are laboring under terriflo disadvantages. The trou ble that confronts them is that there does not appear to be any possible way of cutting down the great bulk of the expenditures for the time being. They are necessary to meet the governmental obligations whiejkjiave been incurred. In tact, so many ana so tnagnituamai were the plans for increased govern mental activities during the recent ad ministration, many of whloh have been undertaken and which cannot now be stopped, that there will be no appre ciable let up in the governmental ex pense for a few years to come, at any rate. Such plans as Mr. Taft and his co-workers devise for bringing the ex penses of the government to reason able figures must be made for the fu ture. But they will be needed then quite as much as they are how. This rather disastrous condition of affairs in governmental finances seems to have been brought about by a de- Sire to do things in a few years which ought to be the work of a generation. That's an American failing. Everyone In the land wants to see the United States grow and develop in all possible Ways but the fabric of its growth should be woven slowly and with exceeding care if It is to endure. A marvelous mechanism of a most up- to-date and progressive government will not be much of a priceless heritage for the people of today to leave to the succeeding generations, If it is going to bankrupt them to keep Its machinery In operation. JCST A WORD, PLEASE. Quite a controversy is going on at this time among several noted news paper writers of this state over the merits of the two books, "The White Company," by A. Conan Doyle, and Ivanhoe," by Sir Walter Scott. Walt Mason of the Emporia Gazette, may his tribe increase, declares that the "White Company" is the one best bet In the literary world of historical novels, while "Billy" Morgan of the Hutchinson News takes issue with the Emporia poet, holding that "Ivanhoe" is the greater of the two. books. Then comes Bert Walker of the Osborne Parmer who butts Into the argument with the rather blatant declaration that Morgan is right. Walker gives no reason for his opinion, appearing to believe that the fact that he has handed it down is enough, and he throws In a slur at Topeka's new slo gan for good measure, though why the motto of this city should have any bearing on the question at issue is not apparent. With the preponderance of opinion already two to one against the Hon Mason, now comes "Bill" Kercher of Topeka, editor of the "Kansas Topics" In the Kansas City Journal, and joins the rabble that chatter at the foot of the pedestal upon which sits the Em poria critic lofty and serene In his superior judgment and better knowl edge of history and literature. The State Journal man does not now pretend to come to the aid of the bard of Lyon county there is no need but rather would join that Daniel in his wise judgment on a great book. Everybody has read Scott's great story of Richard of the lion heart and Robin Hood and bowed down before the brilliant descriptions and literary workmanship in the construction of this popular classic. But the charac ter of Ivanhoe himself is preposterous, and his lady love and companions are as dead and colorless as chessmen moved about a board. Doyle's book deals with English knights and long bowmen about three generations after the date of Ivanhoe's chief exploits. The White Company go to France to play a part In the Hundred Tears' war. Doyle studied four hundred volumes in order to familiarize himself with the times and people of which he wrote.. His char acters are not puppets,, but real peo ple whom the reader loves. His liter ary craft may not be so brilliant as that of Scott, but he wrote a more natural and gripping tale. His story throbs with life and love and color. There la humor and tragedy and sport all the passions painted on its pages and given life by the men and women of the book. Doyle makes the French knights as brave as his Englishmen and DuGuesc lin is the best lance in the stery, but he gives the credit for the English successes throughout the Hundred Tears' war to the English yeomen and bowmen where it properly belongs. Scott's knights were irresistible and the reader never saw them except in armor, .while Doyle's warriors walked and moved and had their being like other people, did not sleep in their armor and got beaten occasionally. It may be presumption to advance these arguments to the notice of the distinguished literary lights of Kansas newspaperdom who are quarreling over these two books, but an argu ment is likely to be more weighty than an opinion, and the State Jour nal's Conan Doyle champion just simply could not keep quiet while his favorite was being assailed by these corn fed Kansas editors. Let them knock on Shakespeare, and Dickens and Thackeray and Homer J and old Omar Khayyam, but s'death, let the Three Musketeers and the White Company alone, or their families and friends will soon hear the tolling of a bell' Walt Mason and not William Allen White should be elected lieuten ant governor of this state In recogni tion of his defense of Sambkln Ayle ward and Hordle John of The White Company against all the Ivanhoes and Billy Morgans that ever broke a pen In a literary Joust. yj. a. Sarcasm causes many a wound as painful as it is unnecessary. WWW Touthful prodigies don't usually at tract much attention in their alter lives. www tt .xtiAn mnnt for anything women hold card parties to Indulge In general gabf ests. Www it i ,n -rnr the rieanondent to re member that even the sorely crippled think life is worth living. ,W w w tt a rtora-in based his conclusions on a certain class of human beings he probably would have decided that the race evoluted from mules, not monkeys. Th'ii h no holding Hntchinson now. Plans are being developed theire for the establishment oi a rem Vuu Uc Zoo. Marquette la getting there: Rumor h, tt ttmt another garage and an other laundry are to be started there this spring. Emporia is prouaiy ou""6 -best mayor" who retired from office this year. Why didn't wimanr aiku White see to it that he. remained in office? A.nnrrHnr to the Ottawa Herald Mr. Dicklnsheets of Burlington who was with the Atlantic fleet in its trip around the world, came home last week with none of the wind in them. Something in the way of a raw is to be held at McPherson this 'fall. It Is proposed to put up $8,000 in pre miums aside from the purses and stakes for horse races. anoiiinsr bees are becoming popular again In Kansas and the Hutchinson News tninks tnat mere m hj- o i. data hut would orefer to give space to an account of a spelling bee than to an oratorical contest. nno -tnsHcA of the peace issued a warrant for the arrest of another Jus tice out at Lakln last week. The lat ter wearer of the ermine had been ac cused of maiming a neighbor's cow which had trespassed on iu iJry"ij. ov,-; niinnnck was called up to assist a Belleville woman in getting rid of her hose. Papers were sent him for service in the suit brought by Jennie Hose for divorce from Harvey M Hose, now a resident of Concordia. Concordia Blade. The Garden City xeiegiara ijuii that the big buffalo bull belonging to C. J. Jones has been dehorned as the keeper feared him. 'His horns are to be polished and mounted and it may De said that buffalo horns today are about as scarce as hens' teeth. a ..nt hii of the South Kansas Tribune shows photographs of a large number of prominent citizens who have taken the Tribune and grown whiskers for the past thirty-five years. The Tribune should be generous to provide them witn tne ueuai shop chargeB. The business men ui are setting a woruiy it.jrl ers in the state. They are backing a movement to employ parties to drag the main roads leading to the town to a point intersecting with the roads dragged by the farmers under town .hin. arrfl.narements. 1 i. The fire at iron Leavennunu other day is recalling to old timers in Kansas other bad fires at the fort. In hts hrnk nut one night in the cav alry barns and. before the flames were satisfied, twelve new barns were burn ed to the ground, ay a single horse was lost. In 1878 100 fine lost in a stable fire. In iw Mrruks building, where the "o 1 i Aa -l i nno 1 now lUUHLCU, vtaa stfoyed in 1883 another big stable fire stroyea. ii fl an 0id Gman sergeant, who did not know of the fire, was told that the barn was WnlJE "But it can't burn," gasped the astonished sergeant. It can t Durn, because I have the Keys. POINTED PARAGRAPHS, rrrnm the Chicago News. a sauare meal is some people's Idea of a square deal. Tt doesn't take a man or norse sense fn run an automobile. Tt sometimes happens that a son man la hard to get rid of. Many a widow's heart has been warmed over oy an oia mi. No man's steady character will en able him to keep cool In warm weath er x-n m.it.r how srreat the frontage of a house, the background is only a yard wide When- a man sneers at a woman s .iir.iiMi9 hn makes a noise like sour grapes. V a haohelor savs the new Easter bon ..i. mnlc like Inverted hens; nests with nothing in them. A woman dislikes a neighborhood either because there is too much gos sip or because there Isn t enough. We are admonished to let our light shine before all men, but not to make a Fourth of July fireworks display of it. Occasionally an astute person will make no attempt to see himself others see him, because he prefers to let well enougn alone. JOVRNAL ENTRIES JAYHAWKER JOTS KANSAS COMMENT CUBAN SUGAR. There is always a local Interest in the Cuban sugar situation. A recent consular report contains some inter esting facts. It shows that the three main refineries turned out last year 24,876,000 pounds of crude sugar, the average price paid for the crude sugar being a little more than cents per pound. No figures ro -obtainable as to the selling price, but it is reasonable to suppose that it t was little less than American or European refined, plus freight, Insurance, duty and other charges. The probability is that the average price obtained was about 4 cents per pound. It is broadly stated that under the present Cuban tariff these refineries are making a satis factory profit. There are many parts in Cuba where a rough refining of sugar for purely local and restricted consump tion is effected. These so-called "turbinas," however, do not enter much into the modern refining ques tion, and their aggregate output, so far as can be ascertained, is entirely unknown. Consul General Rodgers further re ports that Cuban statistics of the ex portation and stock of sugar In the producing season of 1909, up to March 1, shows a total of 693,848 tons, as compared with a production of 417, 006 tons during a similar period of the year preceding. Other details fol low: The sugar output of the 1909 grind ing season is, therefore, only 64,908 tons below the .'production "of the same period of the great crop year of 1907. Furthermore, the output to March 1, is 42 per cent greater than that of the similar period of 1908, and this, if continued, would indicate a crop slightly in excess of 1.400,000 tons. As usual, however, this state ment is subject to the absolute quali fication arising through weather con ditions. All that. can be said with certainty up to the present Is that the early expectations as to a large crop have been sustained. Garden City Telegram.. LOVES THE SPOT LIGHT. Some weeks ago Margaret Illington Frohman caused a lot of talk by leav ing her husband: She said she wanted to leave him and the stage, in order that she might marry a man she loved, and have a home, a market basket and a lot of kiddies. The public was willing, and promptly forgot Margaret which was Just what she oldn t want. In a column interview in Chicago yesterday, she told again that as soon as she was free, she Intended to marry man who is domestic. This Is the recital of her greatest longing, as told to a reporter: "What I want Is babies, my own little babies to nestle at my heart and call me mother. I want eleven of them every 12 months," she said, with a pathetic little laugh. 'I have been cheated out of my home and babies for so long that I want all of them I can have. I am hungry for them, she said, and her voice shook with emotion that char acterized her success on the stage." Eleven of them every 13 months! The fact that Margaret is stopping at every flag station to tell newspaoer men that she abhors public Hfe.- and wants a home and husband and lots of babies, doesn't look as If she were sincere. We have-noticed that nrae-women who have the babies, as near- the, rate of "eleven a year" as the law. allows, never say anything about it to reportersAtchi- 11 FROM OTHER PENS OWNER RESPONSIBLE. It was not without reason that Judge Swann. In charging the April grand juries, added to his denunciation of reckless chauffeurs a clear formulation of the moral and legal responsibilities which rest upon the owners of auto mobiles who knowingly employ men either Inadequately equipped for such work or with a record of inconsidera- tion for the rights and safety of other users of the public highways. A man, said the Judge, is presum ed to intend the ordinary and usual re suits of his own acts, and the owner who cuts a reckless chauffeur in an automobile and eends him through the streets could probably be found by you to be equally guilty with the chauffeur of the crime, whatever it may be, that may reasonably be expected to be com mitted by that chauffeur." So, Judge Swann suggested to the jurymen the possibility of indicting tne Owner of an automobile as well as the chauffeur. even though the former might not have been in the machine at the time when It caused injury to life or limb. New Tork Times. THE POWER OF RIDICULE. Reformed spelling so-called Is hav ing difficulty gaining headway pnn cipally because it is not taken serious ly. Telepathy, mesmerism, geometry and Richard Strauss are some or tne most serious thinga in the world, but reformed spelling, somehow, cannot get Into their class, no matter now nara its rhamDlons argue, adhere and fulmi nate. Mr. Roosevelt's little order, by which ha sought through the medium of a more or less imperial edict to make reformed spelling the national language or reformed language the na tional spelling whichever was his aim was not greeted with a formal, earn est and dignified discussion or opposi tion. It was greeted.. Instead, by peals of laughter. No edict or otner product of a presidential or other kind of pen can long survive ridicule. Mr. Roose velt himself soon reached that point of view from which he didn't care wheth er anybody reformed the nation's spell ing or not. Louisville Courier-Journal. AS TO TRIAL JURIES. The extreme and unlimited power placed in the hands of Juries extending to the lives and liberty of the persons brought before the twelve men who compose each tribunal is not always realised and appreciated by such bodies. Their duties are so serious in canltsJ eases, their power is so great, that every man composing such a trial lurv should be fully Impressed with the awful responsibility resting upon him. He is placed In a position where the protection of society and the main tenance of p-jblic order Is intrusted to him, and at the same time he has to decide questions which involve the life and liberty of his fellows. It should be remembered that if a Jury convicts an accused person who is brought before it. there Is very lit tle possibility that if improperly con victed he will ever suffer punishment. But, on the other side, the Jury, with its unlimited power, can set free the moet atrocious criminal in face of the most convincing proof of his guilt, and there Is no power in tne state to undo the act. Thus it is in Ihe power of trial Juries to fill the community with criminals who are brought to under stand that they can not -be punished but may carry ont their war upon so ciety with a free hand. New Orleans Picayune. THE HOUSE OF MEMORIES. There's a little house In a little street, A little way from the Ba, And, oh, when I'm weary of all the world. It'a there that I fain would .be! I For the world Is full of sorrow and care 1 And the darkness lies before: And the little house is full of the dreams That were ours, but are ours no more. In the little street. In the long ago -In the little house by the sea. We dreamed of the days that have had no dawn, Of the years that shall never be. But you were young and I was young, j And we dreamed and had no care. And dearer and better than life has been were me areams mat came to us there. And so when I'm-weary of all the world ui 'is soroia nopes ana its pal a, think of the little house that was ours And sigh to be there Sgain. Twere heaven enough if we found our ureams And dreamed them mln. mavlw. In the little house, in the little street, j. nine way irom me sea. Pall Mall Magazine. Passing of the Shakers. That those cm let and Industrious folk known to the world as Shakers, dui more properly "the United Society of True Believers in Christ's Second Appearance," are passing is again em- piiasizea Dy tne sale of property be longing to the communities. The Shaker property in Shirely and Lan caster, in Massachusetts, amounting to nearly 685 acres, is to be sold to the Commonwealth. The land is re quired by the state as a site for an in dustrial school, as recently provided for by the, state legislature. The courts have made it possible for Elder Joseph. Holden to give a clear title to tne property, and $43,000 is to be paid for it, according to the Plttsfield Jour nal. Albany" knows chleflv of the Niska- yuna and the Lebanon Shakers, their peaceiui communal life, their indus try and neatness. These are two of the fifteen societies of the Shakers in the United States which have a com bined membershlD at present of not more than 1,000. These communities are Confined to New York. Massachu setts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, onio and Kentucky, and at the height of Shaker prosperity they num. Derea Dut 4,6. uradually, through the tendencies of the times, the en croachment of other interests in the rural sections, the dwindling of the memDersnip, tne aging of the mem bers, and the lack of new recruits to take up "the heat and burden of the day," tne Shakers are dying out. They represent tne oldest communistic en tabllshment in America. Many others have sprung Into existence, have run tneir course, have proved the Imprac ticability of the dream of their found ers, and have ceased to be. The Shak ers have had a long life, as a com munal society, and they have stood for many things of good report and won the respect of all citizens who nave come in contact with them. Al bany Argus. A City of Foreigners. Figures compiled by the Men's Hi eh School Teachers' association show that m tnis city ll.l per cent of the chil dren of school age are foreiirn-born. and that 70.9 per cent are of foreign parentage. It is asserted that those ngures substantially confirm th ran tention of the school teachers in this cny tnat tne state has a special In terest in the thorough education and meniai ana moral assimilation of im migrant children. The fieurp show that only 18 per cent of children of scnooi-golng age In this city are native oorn ano or native parents. ur an tne cities in this state Buffa lo aione approaches New Tork eltv In these conditions, and that is particu larly true or tne percentage of non English speaking parents. Recent large immigration from Russia. Hun gary, -oiano, ana tne lands bordering upon ine eastern Mediterranean will increase tne percentage of the non- jsnglish speaking element, it is be lieved. ine men teachers assert that th ngures sumce to establish their con tention that the state at lara-a la In timately interested in the schools of mis city, me city schools contain one-half the pupils in the the schools are expected to make good American citizens "out of raw ma terial of diverse racial heredity and aiien development. jew Tork Press. Romance of History. A peasant girl called haif.witrpd did promise to defeat the victors of Agincourt, and did it. It ought to be a fact. A noet and a. nnt fall in love and eloped secretly to a sunny enme. it is ODviously a three volume novel: but it hantjeneri. N!. son did die In the act of winning the one battle that could change the world. It is a grossly imxtrnhnhle coincidence, but it is too late to alter it now. Napoleon did win the battle of Austerlitz. It is unnatural, but It Is not my fault. When the general who had surrendered a republican town returned, saying, easily, "I have done everything," RobeBpierrs did ask, with an air of Inquiry, "Are you dead When Robespierre coughed, in nis coia narangue, uarnler did say, "The blood of Dan ton chokes von Strafford did say of his own desertion or parliament, "if I do It. may my life and death be set on a hill for all men to wonder at." Disraeli did say, "The time will come when you shall hear me." The heroic Is a fact, even when it is a fact or coincidence or of miracle and a fact is .a thing which can be admitted witnout being explained.- K. Chesterton in London News. Spanish Railroad Trains.' The Spanish train averages sosalblv 20 miles an hour to allow one "to make time exposures of the scenery, perhaps. It makes frequent and long waits. At every station the guards run up and cown, snouting tne name or the town and the number of minutes for each stop. -At every station also the two military guards, who accompany each train, descend and walk around the cars, looking to see that no- robbers are concealed. As there is at least-one stop an hour these guards get some exercise before the day is over. They say this custom was adopted to drive away any brigands who might be con cealed In or under the train, and that it has been successful. These military guards are very fine looking men, and wear an impressive uniform. We saw more than one black-eyed senorlta look approvingly after them as they passed by. outing magazine. Extracting Wood OiL Chinese wood oil is obtained from the nut of the wood oil tree by pressing or extracting. The color of the oil var ies with the method of extraction. In China it is usually heated strongly, and is consequently very thick and black. Wood oil forms a very durable lacquer ror wood, iar surpassing Doued unseed oil in hardness and permanence. The oil possesses- the peculiarity of drying more quickly in damp than in dry weather. The residue of the nnts left after the removal of the oil is a crood fertilizer which possesses the valuable property of destroying Insects 'which feed on the roots-of plants. Scientific American, THE EVENING STORY What She Saw. (By Adella Duran.). WmAti. An, th. WlnnOW St the crystal avenue and watched the April dusk descend. The streets began to fill with the usual Saturday night traffic and the whiz and clatter ot flying car riages and motor cars mingled with the strident ringing of car bells ana me shouts of importune cabmen. Abruptly a big, black automobile, like a giant tarantula, slid up to the curbing in front of the hotel opposite and stopped. A man jumped out and extended his hand to the young woman who bad risen to follow. There was something instant ly familiar about the straight, square shoulders under the cape of the long black coat and the way. his gray alpine was drawn down over ins eyes. Winona caueht her breath, and involun tarily stood un. Vest It was Richard Grayson and he had not even glanced in her direction! The lights of the street were bright enough for her to see that his companion was a. wonrirrmslv nrpttv womnn:- that they were laughing and talking merrily. apparently, oouvious to surroundings, ana nat she took nis arm with a plainly ai- fectionate gesture as they went into the hotel together. or some minutes afterward Winona stood motionless, a pain at her heart which she dared not define even to her self. There was the brilliant flash of lights in the apartment directly opposite. With a little gasp ot astonishment she saw young Grayson stoop laughingly and kiss the girl. An older man was stand ing at a utile distance and she recog nized him instantly as Dick's father. He, too, laughed and came up, saluting the girl fondly on either cheek. it was tne orwe. she Knew. lor tnat was the bridal suite. Sne had been there herself once, to call upon a girl friend who had married and was in Washing ton on her wedding journey. witn ner race on tire Winona turned away and went to her desk in a corner of the room. She took up two letters. The first read: Dear Nona: Mav I come tomorrow evening for a few moments? I have something important that I want to tell you. Bay yes, will you not? Sincerely, "Dick." This. then, was what he had mount-to tell her of his marriage! Her brief dream of happiness collapsed like a house of cards. Hoe cnoited back a. sudden rise ot inward bitterness and unfolded the other letter, it ran: Dearest Winnie: Tin run down to Palm Beach and stay with us In our dear iittie oungaiow: jack has invited a mend, someDOdv rrom somewhere, and 1 am depending upon you, dear girl, to help me out. ljet me Know by return mail. ceseecmngiy, uiaudia. witnout hesitation Winona sat down and took up her pen, jabbing it viciously into tne mK. "My Dear Richard: Sorry, but it will not be possible for me to receive vou to morrow evening, as I am leaving town tor some time, xours in naste, "Winona Paulding. She sealed and directed this and rang for her maid. Then she dashed a hasty acceptance of Claudia Spence's invita tion and sat staring through the window at tne black vacuum or night. When the maid came in she thrust the two letters into her and and ordered her to take them directly to the postorrice. She crossed the room to a cheval glass. The face that looked back at her was youthful and delicately lovely. ane was Dionae and patrician, witn just enough pink in her cheeks to redeem her face from pallor. Her hair was pale gold, but shining. That other girl was pretty, too, dui in a ricn, nara iasnion that belonged to the south. Dick s mother was from Dixie and sne recalled with a pang that he was a wor- smper or southern women, a iittie sod shook her. She turned away, covering her face with her hands. Hot tears sprung through her quivering lashes, but she dashed them away in self-contempt and went Into the next room to pack her trunk. She reached Palm Beach eighteen hours later. Her courage had rallied amazing ly under the stimulating change oi scene, and she felt almost happy again as they drove home through borders of .sunkissed palm and palmetto.: An hour afterward Winona emerged on the funny, squat little piazza of the bun galow, radiant in a gauzy gown of pink ibertv chiffon. Mrs. spence caugnt ner bv the hand and drew her up--to the email coterie already assembled and wait ing for her. Mr. urayson. miss .rauiaing, sne she said conventionally. Winona started. flusned. Daien ano poised herself admirably. She held out her hand. Dick had risen and was press ing- her fineers with elaborate cordiality, but his own were cold with excitement and he subdued his voice to hide its un steadiness. The croun fell into conversation. Then two by two, they drifted away, leaving them together, alone. The moon had come up. flooding everything with its magic white light till it was as clear as day-' Tonne Grayson looked at w inona ana she met .his glance with an indignant riash or ner eyes. 'What made you run away rrom me, Vnnn h naked, eraveiv. You! Why, I was not even dreaming or vou. sne retorted, witn pniK cneeas Uividentiy. lnai is wny a aattea you the question." You have rorreited ail right to as me mirations of anv sort." she flung back. unguardedly, and Pit ner lips wnen it was too late. "Winona! What do you mean by that?" His eyes held hers domlnantly, and she round ner nps iranung me woras aespiie herself: That other woman that that your wire!" She blurted it out in sneer des peration at last. "Ah!" And considering the gravity of the situation, her companion did a most remarkable thing he laughed uproarious ly. When his mirth had somewhat sub sided he bent over and caught her little hands in his big ones and held them. His words fell rapidly. "The dear old governor took It into his head to marry a second time when down in Richmond last month. An urgent tele gram called him back to Washington on business and he was forced to leave her behind. As luck would have It, the very day he was scheduled to arrive he was taken with the grip. I had to go to the train to meet the lady, while he remain ed in the apartment to receive her." He paused a moment ror Dreatn. Then he went on: "I found your note in my box about 10 o'clock. It hurt me, and it made me angry, too. I put down everything and took the first train south In response to a pressing invitation rrom Jack." A swift little sob of relief escaned Wi nona's lips. She looked up with luminous eyes. The color surged into her face. out out we were never more tnan friends. There was nothing I you there never was anything between us." She finished with a flash ot the old co quetry. Her lips still parted scarlet, hu mid tremulous. Tonne Orsvson marl a nn effort to resist temptation. But there was going to be thera and there always will be." A step sound ed on the gravel walk. "Answer me quick!" There was. (Copyrighted 1909, by Asso ciated Literary Press. QUAKER MEDITATIONS. From the Philadelphia Record. Treats all hands the manicure. The cyclonic orator Isn't necessarily long-winded. It doesn't pay to be too generous. For instance, don't give your friends away. Blobbs "Bjones takes everything for granted." Slobbs "Tes; every thing except a hint," Many an aspiring playwright has discovered that his first comedy is no laughing matter. Tommy "My father has clothes to burn." Bobby "Huh I guess my pop has a amoklng-jacket, too!' It may take nine tailors to make a man, but on shipboard it doesn't take four quartermasters to make a master. Sillicus "DO you think it is pbsslble for one woman to make another wo man perfectly happy?" Cynious "Oh! yes; simply by envying her." AMUSEMENTS. At the Grand. Saturday matinee and night "The Lio and the Mouse." Monday night-'The Thier." s, At tfm Novelty. Tonight ferth Bros. Stock -company in 'The Parish Priest." Matinees Wednesdays and Saturdays. At the Majestic Dally matinee 2:30 High class vaudeville. Evenings 7:45-9:15 High class vaudeville. vn nainin.. rrirs and amusement details, sea announcements in this paper elsewhere. 'All the world's a stage." "Yes: and"" mv cook seems to think I keep her mere ly as my understudy." Louisville Courier Journal. Mrs. Youngwife What is the first ques tion you ask of a maid whom you think of employing? Mrs. Old one I always say- rirst, "wave you ever liven witn me oe f ore?" Life. How did you cure your daughter of be ing left-handed?" "I bought her a beau tiful diamond ring and made her wear It on her right hand. So she got in the habit of doing everything with that hand." Cleveland Leader "She's a verv natural srirl." "So?" "Tes.l whenever she's invited out to dine she, never thinks of taking the smallest piece of meat in sight, but helps herself to as much as she would eat if she were at home." Detroit Free Post. "The tariff Is a wonderful institution." said the earnest citizen. "Yep," answered Farmer Corntossei. "It's more than won derful. It's an unprecedented marvel. It's the only thing I ever heard of that our Congressman was afraid to talk about." Washington star. Police Justice The man you ran down swears positively you were grinning like a fiend before the car hit him. Trolley Mo torman I was. Your Honor. But you will understand when I tell you that I was a chaffeur for three years before I got my present Job, and from force of habit I thought I could steer the car to avoid him." Puck. Ted How did Tom break himself of the habit of eating his luncheon in a hurry? Ned He fell in love with the waitress. Judge. "Why should I be married in a dress suit?" "For two reasons. It's fashionable and then you'll have a dress suit." Pitts burg Post. "I hate Brown. He was my rival and almost won the woman who is my wife." "Well, what of it! He didn't succeed?" "No; that is why I hate him." Boston Transcript. "His wife used to be strongly opposed to his playing poker and now she likes to have him play." "Yes, he plays better than he used to." Houston Post. Uncle Hiram So you play baseball, do you, Dickie? Has your ball club got a name? Five-year-old Has it got a name! Gee! You've heard of the Rag Alley Yannlgans, haven't you, uncle? Well, I'm meir regular snortstop. We're going to whale the everlastin' stuffin out o' the Bumtown Billygoats next Saturday! Chi cago Tribune. "I am afraid Crimson Gulch is a iawless community," said the visitor. "No." an swered Bronco Bob, "but we ain't so crazy for more law that we drag in the unwritten kind." Washington Star. Queen Gertrude Isn't It tprrihiof nhoiin' raving out here and Hamlet soliloquizing all over the place, what a trial! King Claudius Yes. but thank hearsns! there won i db any expert testimony in it. or any unwritten law. Puck. Waiter (holding out collection plate) Pardon, mister for ze band. Bill Snookes (scooping up the coins) Thanks, the musio was prety rotten! London Opinion. "She is wearing her hair In some entire lynew style. I can't make it out." 'That's the aeroplane tousle." Kansas City Journal. "I have come, sir, to ask you for vour daughter's hand." "I am sorry, young man, but my daughter will have to live In my house for a while yet." "That's fine! I was afraid we'd have to rent one." Cleveland Leader. GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe. Every one is skeptical about ghosts in the daytime. If you are bound to put off something until tomorrow, put off being foolish. An automobile owner said the other day: "I could give my machine away, and make money." Some good people keep the memory of a man's wrong doing fresh by re minding people ever so often that he should be forgiven. About ten times while dressing, and on his way to a party, the husband plaintively asks his wife: "How soon can we get away?" nr .3 j l vo un-nu me ouy man with a scheme. We know Just what he will say, and, having heard the same talk a thousand times, do not care to listen to it. There is always something in vnrrv about: How are the women in inwn their crowns on straight in heaven, with no hat pins or false hair to hold mem.' We heard a farmer sav recently? "There is never enough rain to make wheat where there ain't .anv." And that's a wise remark. Nothing Is com ing to you- that you do not start, and look after. Speaking of the influence of mind over matter: When a man sits down to read after supper. It Is with the hope that the doorbell won't ring, and his wife takes her rocker with the hope LUUl It Will. At the next meeting of the Lancaster Literary society, this subject will be discussed: "Resolved. That a banker who goes to work at 9 a, m. and quits at 4 p. m., is not warranted In taking' an hour and a half off for dinner." Plans and specifications for the Ideal Husband change: The Ideal Husband at this season sneaks the hair comb ings out of his wife's top bureau draw er, and has them made into nineteen puffs, three switches and four rolls for her hair, as a surprise. We know a certain man who Is al ways being treated unjustly. And It is never his fault He is fair with every body, he says, but every .day almost every hour, in fact some one plays him a mean trick. But it is NEVER his fault. All of you know men of that sort. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. From the New Tork Press. A woman could love her mortal enemy tor asking her to go shopping with her. Nobody ever gets called a good citizen Just for paying his bills like an honest man y A girl would almost rather have her legs cut off than her nose peeled from sunburn. Even a man who Is sensible enough to like baseball can be fool enough to think he likes grand opera. The thing that makes a girl sure she would like to marrv a man i HUMOR OF THE DAY I ly the reason the oughtn't to. 1 I

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNALTHURSDAY EVENING. APRIL 15, 1909. 5 Two Pair of Pants with this Suit' $3.00 BARGAIN FRIDAY! ThQnly$ BOY'S SUIT Offer OF ITS KIND nn n n n fo); MlUlLlLUlnr L lyJ M Li) Lai lit W 7 213 EAST SIXTH STREET Our good grades, good prices and gpod treatment will make you our customer always. Give us a trial. 1 PUT ENDTO IT. Business Men Organize Against Fake Advertising. Effort Will Be Made to Increase Membership. COST IS NOT GREAT. Thousands of Dollars Saved to the Merchants. Sunday School Convention Will Be Given Assistance. In order to put an end to the fake advertising- proposition, and in order to handle public advertising and sub scription matters in a businesslike manner, a meeting of the prominent business men of the city was held in the rooms of the Topeka Commercial club last night. The advertising and entertainment committee of the Commercial club for several years has had this matter in charge.' An association of business men has been formed and all those who are members contribute some amount every year to this association, which .has now been organized for foar or five years. Any worthy ad vertising or subscription matter is helped by this committee out of the funds which are provided. The busi ness man is able through this method to save both time and money, by sim ply referring the solicitor to the com mittee. A number of Topeka business men, who are interested in the plan, attended the meeting last night and expressed opinions of the plan and told of the benefits which had been derived. Among these were J. W. Kobinson, K. H. Crosby, H. A. Heath, A. M. Patten, Clyde Lawrence and S. E. Lux. As one example in which the committee could have saved a lot of money from the business men was cited in the last inauguration. The cost to the club was in the neighbor hood of J600, which would have been reduced three-fourths had it been turned over to the committee, instead of being run in a high handed man ner by the then secretary of the club. The club at the present time has a membership of sixty-five business men. All of them make their annual con tributions. Some donate $5 and some J100. This covers the entire year, and any time these men are solicited for subscriptions or advertising, all that is needed is to have a. certain amount contributed by this committee. In this way business men are saved an unusual amount of expenditures as well as annoyance. At the meeting last night it was de cided to try to increase the member ship by the addition of new members. No one will be solicited to Join as the committee hasn't time, but J. W. Robinson, chairman of the committee! will appoint a committee to go over a list of the names of business men, who might become interested and name a reasonable assessment to entitle him to a membership. One-fourth of the assessment is all that is necessary to pay -down. No f utther amounts will be collected until this amount has been used up. Some times an assessment for one year will last a great deal longer than twelve months. Another affair to which the attention of the Commercial club has been called, is a cash grain concern in Topeka which is made up of a number of To peka business men. This company is compelled to send the vouchers through the Kansas City clearing house, and the amounts are added to the clearings of Kansas City when the business should be handled in Topeka. The additional delay of going through the Kansas City clearing house means a loss of several days oftentimes, and the consequent payment of daily de murrage charges on cars. The local banks are blamed for this, through their not having as correspondents the smaller banks of the state. The new cafe at the Comemrcial club will be started next Monday, and a lunch will be served at noon from twelve to two o'clock. R. L. Bone, the secretary who is in charge or this par ticular part of the Commercial club work, has a force of carpenters at work fixing up vats, cupboards and other necessities. The cafe will be un der the direction of A. F. Colson, steward of the Elks. Arrangements were made by the Commercial club directors this morn ing to lend assistance to the local Sun day school workers who are in charge of the arrangements for the state Sun day school convention which 'will be held here May 5, 6 and 7. Entertain ment will be provided for upwards of two thousand people. Thi3 is expected to be one of the biggest conventions ever held in Topeka. "COFFEE DOESNT HURT ME" Tales That Are Told. "I was one of the kind who wouldn't believe that coffee was hurting me says a IV. 1. woman. "You Just couldn't convince me us use was connected with the heart and stomach trouble I suffer ed from most or the time. "My trouble finally got so bad I had to live on milk and toast almost en tirely for three or four vears. Still t loved the coffee and wouldn't believe it could ao such damage. "What I needed was to quit coffee and take nourishment In such form as my stomach could digest. "I had read much about Postum. but never thought it would fit my case un til one day I decided to quit coffee and give it a trial ana make sure about it So I got a package and carefully fol lowed the directions. "Soon I began to get better and was able to eat carefully selected foods without the aid of pepsin or other dl- gestants and it was not long before I was really a new woman physically. "Now I am healthy and sound, can eat anything and everything that comes along and I know this wonderful change is all due to my having auit coffee and got the nourishment I need ed through this delicious Postum. "My wonder is why everyone don't give up the old coffee and troubles that go with it and build themselves up as I have done, witn postum." Easy to prove by 10 days' trial of Postum in place or corree. The re ward is big. "There's a Reason." Kver read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They tire genuine, true,, and full of human interest. jam M wjinjiwjiyn f--'.y?3?!r Mrs. George 1 Hughes will go to Olathe, Kan., tomorrow to spend a week visiting relatives and friends. Miss Margaret Mullln is spending a few days in Salina, Kan., the guest of Miss Gladys Reynolds. Mrs. j. t. Curtis of St. George, Kan., is here spending several days the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Huey, of Chester avenue. Mr. Guy Reynolds of Chicago stop ped here today and visited relatives while on his way to Oaliforina. -where he will spend a month's vacation. Mr. John Hollenberg of Thompson ville is here spending several days on a business trip and is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Melton. Mr. Harry Robinson is spending" two weeks in King City, Mo., the guest of his cousin, Mr. Don Holden. Mr. Holden will return to Oakland with Mr. Robinson and secure work and remain. Mr. Frank Blair of St. Louis -will arrive here Sunday to make an ex tended visit with his mother, Mrs. Nancy Williamson. The missionary society of the Pres byterian church will give a public meeting Sunday evening at 8 o'clock in the church. Speakers from out of town will be present. Everybody In vited. The ladies' aid of the Presbyterian church met this afternoon with Mrs. A. Allison on Winfield avenue. Rev. Mr. Lucas returned home last night from Gardner. Kansas, after spending several days there attentat presbytery. Mr. J. E. Fleishmann of Kansas City came here today to spend several days with his mother-in-law, Mrs. Paynter. Mrs. Fleishmann has been here for several days. Mrs. Edward Dalton of St. George, Kan., came today to make a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Huey, on Chester avenue. Miss Blanche Montgomery of Leav enworth, Kan., will com tomorrow to spend the week-end with relatives. Mr. Henry West was called to Man hattan yesterday on account of the serious illness of his mother. Misses Dorrls and Margaret Wilson will entertain a few friends at their home this evening in honor of their guests. Misses Helen. Hazel and Har riet Mitchell, of Kansas City. Mr. William Johnson of Arter ave nue, who has been confined to his bed for the past week is reported today in a serious condition. Mrs. Cahrles Lingo of East Topeka spent the day yesterday the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Tay lor. Mrs. William Jessop entertained the ladies of the Christian church at her home today. Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Putnam enter tained at dinner last night in honor of Mrs. Putnam's brother, Mr. James A. Ward, and his daughter. Miss Helen, of Chicago. Others present were Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Ward. Mr. and Mrs. James Snyder, Howard Snyder, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Lodge and Howard Ward. Many of the business houses on Kan sas avenue will be open tonight on ac count of Santa Fe pay day. The unclaimed freight sale of the Santa Fe will start next Monday and continue until all the unclaimed freight has been sold. The new cafe at the Commercial club will be opened next Monday and lunch es will be served from 12 to 2 every day in tne ween ior cents. The Joplin team will play here to morrow, Saturday and Sunday. This is about the best series of exhibition games left on the local calendar. Even though some days are not so dark and dreary, baseball must not he played in the streets. The young men were fined $1 each for thi offense in police court this morning. It is to be observed in the course of a day that the hoarded supply of cig arette papers is holding out exception ally well, no stringency appearing' in the ready distribution among friends. It has been estimated that Topeka has fifty miles of paving and in the course of two years this will be raised to sixty. For every mile of paving To peka receives a new automobile agency. The directors of the state fair and the committee of the Commercial club will hold a Joint session in the Commercial club rooms tomorrow night, for the purpose of discussing the state fair proposition. Unknown Washburn students pasted posters all over the campus and placed a cigar store Indian in the belfry of the new gymnasium in an attempt to clear the men who nave been fired from the baseball team by the faculty. The saddest man in Topeka today is the baseball expert who failed to pick a single winner out of the National and American league games of Wednesday afternoon. This morning he said, "Even the St. Louis Browns lost." The new gymnasium tower at Wash burn has already become the scene of college pranks, having been found this morning to house on high somebody's cigar Indian with the inscription, "Chief Woodenhead, who scalped athletics." George M. Noble says that there Is no .truth to the statement made declar ing that the property facing the state house grounds had Increased in value by Jumps since the state otncials had attempted to find a location for the new Memorial building. If the city council is not able to set aside the ban on automobiles and bicycles on the state house grounds they will reduce the-' fines to such a low figure that it will be a farce to ar rest a man for this offense. Then prob ably the council will remit the fines.' In the last few -weeks Topeka has been able to witness and dodge an tin usual number of new automobiles. Big red ones with yellow 36 inch wheels. classy roadsters with shooting guards, long touring cars humming under the purr of six cylinders all the new ma chines are of the better types. Topeka is a good theatrical town as before suspected even though the at tractions do not come in logical order. The Mimic World mimiced a number of things not yet seen here, but the mimicry served a good heraldry for Lord Dundreary and now "The Thief" sketch will be appreciated by the com ing of the real thing of which the bur lesque was very acceptable. Mr. Matt. Weightman, Jr., went to Kansas City this morning to attend the annual banquet" of the University of Michigan, Kansas City club. The ban quet will be attended by former Michi gan students from Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. President James B. Angell wll be .the principal speaker and guest of honor. Dr. Angell has re cently resigned as president of the uni versity to take effect at the close, of the present college year. Mr. Welgh man graduated from the University of Michigan with the class of 1889. TALK BEGINS MONDAY. Debate on Tariff Bill in Senate to Commence Next Week. Conference on Census Bill. Washington, April 15. The senate today agreed to a request of the house for a conference on the census bill and the vice president announced the appointment of Senators LaFol lette. Hale and Bailey as senate conferees. EveryboJy reads the Stats Journal. SAVED FROM AN OPERATION ByLydiaE. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Louisrille, Ky. "Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound has cer tainly aone me a world of good and I cannot d raise it enough. I suffered fromirregularities, dizziness, nervous ness, and a severe female trouble. LydiaE.Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound has restored me to berfect health and kept me from the operating table. I will never be without this medicine in the house." Mrs. Sam'l Lie, 8523 Fourth St., Louisville, Ky. Another Operation Avoided. Adrian, Ga. "1 suffered untold misery from female troubles, and my doctor said an operation was my only chance, and I dreaded it almost as much as death. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound completely cured Henry, R. F. D. 3. Thirty years of unparalleled suc cess confirms the power of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to cure female diseases. The great vol. ume of unsolicited testimony constant ly pouring in proves conclusively that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound is a remarkable remedy for those distressing feminine ills from which so many women suffer. -V. $4$&x rWufy Washington;' April 15. The com mittee on finance" today agreed that the opening discussion on the tariff bill should go'-over-' until Monday. The committee was called together by Chairman Aldrieh for 'the purpose of arriving at some understanding with the minority-members as to the mas ner of taking up the bill. Senators Daniel and Bailey were not present, but Senator Money spoke 'for- the Democrats and asserted that the minority was not disposed to delay the passage of the bill by general de bate. Mr. Money asked if the committee would consider amendments offered by the Democrats. The Republicans declined to make any agreements to open the bill for amendment general ly, but said that amendments admit ted to be of an important character would be considered. WOODWORTH SEEKS WARRANT. Ho Charges Topeka Lawyer With .Criminal Libel. O. L. Woodworth," the California man who was the principal actor in the story of the old lady, the securities and the Topeka lawyer, appeared be fore County Attorney Schenck this morning and demanded a warrant for Judge Ferry on a criminal libel charge. Yesterday he was at the county attorney's office demanding a warrant for John Pettijohn. Olathe banker, and Ferry's accomplice, on the charge of robbing Mrs. Kautz. This time he charged Ferry with libel on account of the publication of the story, but when pinned down by the county attorney, admitted that the story was true except in minor de tails. He objected to the word "skip" which was used in reference to his rapid movements from place to place. He admitted that he tried to sell prop erty belonging to Mrs. Kautz in Kan sas City without power of attorney to act in the- matter. But he insisted that he had been libelled because his intentions were good. and he was trying to protect Mrs. Kautz. whom he stated was incapable of attending to her own affairs. Ho had little to say of his past history except that he had known Mrs. Kautz for the past six months and on those grounds ob jected to the published statement that he was a recent acquaintance. Pettyjohn, who is a prominent banker of Olathe, he charged with defraud ing the old lady. After two hours of this conversation, Schenck brought the interview to a close by observing that as Mr. Woodworth had admitted every material feature of- the pub lished story to be true, he had no case against Judge Ferry or anyone else. The story published of the oc currence did not charge Woodworth with an attempt to rob Mrs. Kautz. Mr. Woodworth has papers which in dicate that he was acting in good faith for what he believed were the best in terests of Mrs. Kautz. r. Thirteenth Juror Passed. San Francisco, Cat:, April 15. Michael Murphy, a veteran sergeant of the police department, was passed today as the thirteenth Juror in the case of Patrick Calhoun, president of the united railroads. Murphy, who was retired on a pension, ex pressed a slight leaning toward the prosecution, but had no disqualifying opinions. Robbers Blow. P. O. Safe.. WellsvUle. Mo.: April 15. Pour masked robbers blew -open the safe of the postoffice here early today and es caped with a small'i quantity, of stamps and one registered letter. The explosion aroused the town, but citi zens were held backat the points of revolvers, while the bandits climbed into a buggy and drove away.- We have yet to hear of a single instance where the same qualities and designs of suits as we offer Fri day in our "Defi" Suits have been sold at anything like our low price of $3. The only reason we can sell them at such a figure is that we bought over 3,000 of the suits, for all our stores, thus securing; an extra ordinary price concession from the maker. The styles are the very smartest Norfolk effects, made of rich quality heavy weight cassimeres in handsome browns, grays and blues, plain or mixed, in every size for boys aged to 16. The tailoring throughout is superb. Each suit is provided with two pairs of pants, both Knickerbocker. Choice of 30 ditterent styles, colors, patterns at.. am or mixed, ring with p Jr Young Men's Suits 14 to 20 years, made in blue serge and fancy worsteds and cheviots; the coats are single or double breasted with Peg top trousers, and cuffs. JT fiA Every suit worth $10 special' P Ow Boys' Muslin Klght Robes, with out collar style. 50c quality, O Q Friday JiJS Boys 50o Goll Caps Blue serge and fancy. All QC sizes'. Boys' Fine Blouse Waists Ool ars attached. 75c quality CQ. 'ivS. .made of fine madras. Friday. Boys' Fast Black Hose Double knee. All sizes. If Frirtav Youth's Odd Lorgr Tr onsen in cassimere and fancy wcrtt eds, $2.00 quality 1 Cfm Friday V Boys' New Summer TTntom Stilts All sizes C. Friday. Children's Rompers Blow style, knee length, with OQ. belt, 1 to 6 years Boys' and Girts 'White Hem. stitched Handkerchiefs O Friday OUR BUSINESS is to furnish you with Lumber of the best quality at the lowest prices. If you are thinking of building a new house or repairing your old one You Can Do Better here than elsewhere, as many of our pleased customers will testify. We are as anxious that you-should get good stock as you are to buy it, for we want our reputation-and your house to wear equally welV x Shawnee Lumber Co. F. A. Stickel, Jr, Mgr, 1033 Kansas Ave. Phones 87 Peonea Boots In eight of the choic est named varieties. HUBBARD'S SEED HOUSE 520 Kansas Ave. FRESH FISH We have this week Cat Fish, Salmon, Halibut, Trout, Pickerel, Pike, Red Snapper, Smelts and Oysters. 1 Special attention to country orders. TOPEKA FISH MARKET 23 Kansas Ave. Phones 1889 Swept Over Nlagra. This terrible calamity often happens be cause a careless boatman ignores the river's warnings growing ripples and faster current Nature's warnings ar kind. That dull pain or ache in the back warns you the Kidneys need attention it you would escape fatal maladies Dropsy. Diabetes or Bright's disease. Take Elec tric Bitters at once and see Backache fly and all your best feelings return. "After long suffering from weak kidneys and lame back, one JLOO bottle wholly cured me," writes J. R. Blankenshlp, of Belk. Tenn. Only 60c at Campbell Drug Co. ..ICS .TO-NIGHT ua' ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THE Lowest Grocery Prices These are the prices you secure In this store during the next three days. Aren't tliey worth coming here for or phoning an order to as?. Read them carefully. Orangesi those fine sweet juicy ones per peck.. Coffee the broken kind extra special, per lb Sour Pickles large size special, dozen............ 40c 10c 10c Silk Soap a big reduc- OtZg tion 9 bars Diamond C. Soap,, big OC. value, 9 bars. White Rose Soap, try it, OC. 10 bars for Monday Morning Soap, still better, 13 bars.. 25c Ivory Soap the 10c cakes, on. 3 for for 'Sugar best granulated .19 lbs. for. Sugar best granulated 1 on $5 orders, 24 lbs. ..P Ginger Snaps fresh, and Ee good per lb Frosted Cookies the chil dren like them dozen Animal Cakes Just open edper lb Fancy Red Salmon the .15 c cans, 2 for Coal Oil we sell it at, gallon... Gasoline the best kind gallon, Prunes sweet and fresh 3 lbs Kvaporated Peaches good ones 3 lbs Cider Vinegar the 40c quality gallon Ham hickory smoked f O IX the whole ham, IDmm. .$1 5c 15c 25c 10c 15c 25c 25c 20c Soda Crackers fresh- by tha box, lb.. -per lb. 7c 6c 18c 35c Bacon hickory smoked by the strip, lb. Butterine buttercup brand 2-lb. brick........ Lard pure hog lard lOI special, lb 1 fc3C Wafer Sliced Dried Beef in glass Jars per Jar Breakfast Bacon wafer sliced glass jars. Poterhousfl Steak r-the very best lb. Round Steak from corn fed beef per lb.. Catsup Hein and Llbby per bottle................. Canned Corn cream corn 2 cans..................... Canned Peas good ones 2 cans................... Cream Cheese) New per lb Tea Gunpowder th a grade, lb..... Coffee Fraser Bros. Special Blend, per lb..,. 15c 20c 15c l.12&c 25c 15c 15c T 20c 600 39c 25c Both Phones 660. Sixth and Jackson 1raso33rq 5UPPUr"THEBE5TIAMIUBSINTOPBKa. r Health Week ALL NEXT WEEK SUNKIST Oranges for Health It I M 'J 9 h t f -V. rfc 1 ,H litiTB 'il1!'... Hopkins Still Leads. Springfield, 111., April 15. On' the 71st Joint ballot -for United States senator today, Senator Hopkins led with 74 votes, but there was no elec-tion.-

Deaf Partially Deaf People are requested to call at our store and make a free trial of the Staltz Electro phone. Geo. W. Stansfield, AGENT 632 Kansas Avenue Everybody reads the State Journal. -HI CHILDREN Watch for the Black Cat on the last page to-morrow "I'd Rather Die, Doctor, than have my feet cut off," said M. L. Bingham, of Princeville. 111., "but you'll die from gangrene (which had eaten away eight toes) If you don't," said all doctors. Instead he used Bucklen's Arnica Salve till wholly cured. Its cures of Eczema, Fever Sores. Boils, Burns and Piles astound the world. 2be at Campbell

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6 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOtTRNAL -THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1909. CITY HALL NEWS. Plan to Construct New Mel an Bridge Span of Steel lleceiTes Severe Knock Out Blow From Engineer. A MALICIOUS FIRE. Oily Substance Believed to Hare Been Used. Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Barely Es cape From House. A prominent taxpayer of this city has written to Mayor William Green objecting to the Intentions of the city In constructing an extra span on the south side of the Melan bridge and making this span in accordance with the rest of the bridge. This taxpayer 1b under the Impression that a- steel tructure would serve the purpose for three distinct reasons. First He says that the expense of constructing a concrete span would be much ar eater than that of steel. Second He thinks that it will take an Indefinitely long time to make the concrete bridge. Third He doubts the efficiency of the new span, saying that it will not allow a waterway as great as tnai ac commodated bv a steel bridge. The- engineering department of the city have torn this argument present d bv the taxpayer into a million pieces. They admit that the concrete span will cost more than the steel. But as to the length of time and the waterway they differ radically. The city engineer says that at the present time teel bridge works all over the country are worked to the limit with orders for structures. This new bridge would have to be made to order and no one knows Just how long it would take for the arrival of the girders, etc. It is 'true that the bridge could be con structed much quicker with the ma terlal on hand but It is not known when ttie material can De on nana. The waterway problem is easily solv. ed, accoivling to the explanation of the engineers. In the first place the' old abutments would have to be, used to support tho steel construction. The grade cannot be changed on the south bank whether for a steel or concrete expansion. 'The level makes it neces sary for a large number of steel sup porters to falV below the grade to hold nr. the steel snan. Compare this space taken with the arch like effect of the old bridge and you have- a difference to the advantage or tne concrete. These .are the facts of the case. As to the architectural beauty of the bridge a steel Span on the south end would spoil the famous structure un less a similar span was constructed on the north side. This -will never be done on account of the dikes. Taken all In all a steel expansion would spoil the symmetrical proportions of the Melan brides and the city will hardly stand -for this when the only difference is a email cost. In Justice to the taxpayer and his In tcrest Mayor Green has given the mat ter careful consideration and has taken it up with the engineering department who have figured on it carefully ana made their, report. Mayor Green aald tms afternoon that the idea was- gooa but it had not received the finishing touches of an engineer's hand who is the only technical human being after all. v .The patent medicine ordinance per resolution by Councilman Howard has been" drawn up by the city attorney and is now In the hands of the city clerk for presentation to the council at their next meeting. This ordinance makes it unlawful for any person, nrm or corporation -to distribute samples of any drugs, or medicine and leave them in the streets, alleys, avenues or on the public grounds or front porches and premises of any residence in this city. Not long ago a little child in this city was almost killed by eating some of the pills distributed by patent medi cine firms. This new ordinance will relieve the bothersome peddlers of this truck and also make it possible for the tired housewife to retain her afternoon beauty sleep without a ring of the door bell and a sample of quinine pills. The ordinance is created primarily for the protection ol human lives but in doing this it is going to save many a man s temper and keep the city in better condition, morally, mentally and .physi- calii'. A fire of purely incendiary origin resulting in a loss of $500 and al most two human lives burned the roof from a story and a half frame dwell. lng at 1109 Pine street shortly after l o clock this morning. The house was owned by William Hennessey and occupied by A. Garrett. The fire was first discovered by Mr. and Mrs. Garrett who are an aged couple sleeping In the garret of the house Just under the rear peak of the roof. They were awakened by the roar of the flames and they barely es caped from the room before the burn ing embers and smoke swept through and ruined their bed and furniture.- Companies from No, 4, No. 6 and the truck from No. 3 responded and succeeded after plucky work In get ting the fire under control thus sav. ing the house, furniture and every thing but the rear of the roof. The fire was clearly a case of malicious incendiary. Mr. Garrett stated to a State Journal reporter that he knew of no enemies, but a few nights before the house was broken into and money and Jewelry were taken from him. The fire could not have started in any way except through malice. There was no fire in the house and no railroad or neigh boring house was nearby to throw sparks. The manner in which the fire burned a hole through the roof caused Chief WUmarth to decide quickly that an oily substance of some kind had been thrown to tne room. In a scorching letter to the State Journal concerning city affairs an un known writer says that this city is a mass of politics and everything is rotten. The letter sounds like the last wail of a disappointed office seeker. In touching up the police department the irate writer says: "The officers don't arrest joint keepers in this town because of politics among the city officials; the churches don't preach against them because some of them belong to the church; the newspapers don't say anything about it because they are subscribers. In concluding the writer names the following places as being regular saloons in all but name. He says that the city officials know of them but they' don't dare put their hands upon tne vioiaters for fear of politics, liere are the alleged saloons: Forty odd drug stores, lu8 -East-"Sixth street, Turners, Swede club, 'foot of Jackson street. Flambeau club, Arion society, 223 Qulncy and the Eagles. The statements are broad and each place ia explained fully even to the number of people served, at these places every night. An ordinance, ia being drawn up by Councilman H. B. Howard for the purpose of combining the gas and water plumbing over the city and giving the two Jobs to one official the city plumbing inspector. This matter was brought to light as a needed addition when the salary ques tion came .up before the council last Friday night but it did not affect the proposed raise in the least. Mayor Green has not appointed a plumbing inspector and John Sheahan, the pres- ent incumbent, still clings to the place. There is considerable talk at the city hall concerning the appli cants and no one is able to guess the outcome. The city park commissioners have approved the reference or tne city council concerning the proposed Rick enbacher park Just west of French creek and south of Twenty-first street and it is now no to the council for final action, Mr. Rickenbacher offered about fifteen acres of park land to the city for park purposes if the city would in turn plat out a number of town lots for him near the site. The city re ferred the matter to the park commis sioners for final passage before at tempting to make an agreement and now the park commissioners have laid forth their good word and seal the new city park will be a thing of the future. This will be tne only parte in this part of the city and on account of its many natural advantages it will be one of the best parks maintained oy Topeka.' Ample room for playgrounds, athletic fields, swimming, boating and benching can be found at this proposed site. Most of the city officials were very favorably impressed with the idea at first draft but it was thought better to refer to the board under whose con trol these parks are conducted. In maintaining the park the city will have to spend as much as is being spent on other parks and before ten years have elapsed the park must be completed and in perfect condition for all modern uses. This is a part of the proposition submitted by Mr. Rickenbacher. The Topeka street railway has promised to run a connecting link between High land Park and South Topeka in case the park proves popular with the peo ple. When the city council passes on the matter work will commence at once and the usual cleaning out of the shrubbery opening of the thorough fares and grading of the athletic fields will be carried out. It is hoped by the end of this summer to have the park site in very good natural condition without the customary park fixtures. The trimming of the trees is another important preliminary leature. Several of the city eouncilmen and officials have been talking meaningly about the new proposed ordinance glv- insr Fire Marshal Wilmarth more pow er to act in the case of prevention of fires. Chief Wilmarth is a true believ er in the fact that an ounce of pre ventlon is worth a pound of cure. But in his effort to prevent fires in this city by inflicting certain rules upon prop. erty owners he has been confronted with one great problem that of no law. If he is able to carry out the bluff and make the property owner be more ElEnh lirSt Jopeka's Owning!: Residence raraaise ElmMrst 11 Blocks West of State House. 7 Minute Car Service on Two Lines. Cement Walks. $$'$0 Thriving Shade Trees. "Gas. Electricity. "Sewers. Sodded Parkings. "Wise Building Restrictions. Desirable Neighbors. Red Boulder Ornamental Entrances. "Everything to makt Elmhurst a live one. Good desirable sites for Homes, $200 up. This is cheaper than less desirable lots on other surrounding streets. You can own a home in Elmhurst. You can sell your lot for more than double in less than five years. Will you do it Ask Any Reliable Real Estate Dealer What He Thinks of Write for information or call on N. B. BURGE W. C. GLENN Down Town Office 701 Jackson St. Bell 740. Ind. 1609. On the Ground 12 th and Mulvane. Ind. Phone No. 583. careful in his-Storage of waste matter and the like he has done a good work but there are times when the property! owners rise in, rebellion and ask that an ordinance requiring such action be cited. As a result the fire marshal is only able to appeal from a good Judg ment standpoint and fall back without an ordinance. It is more apparent every day that the chief needs a law to quote in his requisitions and the eoun cilmen are planning to back him up with such laws as soon as possible. It is now apparent that Topeka needs new laws as well as increased fire equip ment. Sidewalk petitions are still coming to the city clerk and it is expected that the city will lay more sidewalks this year than ever before in its history. Elmhurst, the new addition to the city, is busily engaged in signing up for the foot pavement and they will receive a big share of it this coming paving sea son. Chairman Tandy of the streets and Nwalks committee said this after noon that his committee would do their best to rush these petitions through and accommodate the citizens in their effort to beautify the city and make it more walkable. The newly elected city treasurer, John D. Pattison, has taken up his duties in the treasurer's office across the hall from his old sanitary sergeant desk and "Uncle Dick" is gradually collecting the ropes together and learn ing their manipulation. He has been very fortunate in securing the assist ance of Miss Hale, the daughter of the former city treasurer, who will be with him in the office until he has made himself acquainted with the affairs as watchdog of the treasury. The quarantine on the Orphans' home has been raised and the children are free once more. One of the little girls in the home was taken down with diphtheria not long ago and .the card has Deen Hanging on the home ever since. The case was a very mild one and no alarm was felt. The quaran tine on the home was the only bother some feature of the sickness. Mayor Green is well pleased with the manner in which the people of Topeka have taken advantage of the chance to subscribe for the $200,000 issue of city bonds. The Prudential company was given the authority to accept subscrip tions for the bonds and they have been busy ever since answering inquiries and taking: down the sums wished. The bonds will be issued about the first of June. The second issue about the first of August. The. subscriptions will be taken in order and given as quickly as the bonds are issued. Many out or town people have written to the mayor concerning the bonds and it is possible to sell them outside of the city if the local citizens do not want them. These city bonds are a much better invest ment than government bonds paying twice the per cent. An ordinance making it unlawful for any person to shoot, kill, maim or in jure any song bird or disturb the nests of the same within the city limits of Topena win pass the city council, at their next meeting.. A resolution to this effect was sent, through the coun cil not long ago and the ordinance has been drawn up by the city attorney and filed with the city clerk for proper presentation. The fine for a violation of this ordinance wlU. Joe not less than $3 and not mare thin ?25. Many com plaints have "been coining to the city officials concernlngth. killing of song birds and squirrels by small boys and they have been roused to action. At a council meeting not long ago many pitiful tales were told of the killing of robins, and the like." There is a squir rel ordinance so it was not necessary to insert this clause. City License Collector Ward" Page has sent his annual report to the city In the last year he has collected $8,- 348.61. He has collected in the past 12 months $879.45 more than collected dur ing the fiscal year 1805-6. In the last year he has collected $2,448.20 more than the same time in 1906-7. Mark Mason and R. F. Clough were collectors at these times. The big month' was in January when Mr. Page collected $1,-107.25. Three new automobiles in the city the past twenty-four hours. The Independ ent Telephone company has purchased a new Buick No. 241. R. T. Billard and I P. Billard each purchased Overland cars with Nos. 240 and 239 respectively. C. B. Hamilton, inspector of weights and measures, has sent in his report for the first 15 days of April which will end up the fincal year. He has col lected ?36 during this time. A building permit has been taken out with' the fire marshal by the Mclntyre Mattress factory asking for permission to use the streets in construction of a two story, 60x38 feet, concrete block ad dition to their factory near the foot of Jackson street The permit was given but as the firemen pass by this record they scratch their heads ana figure on a new obstacle in their path. It will be remembered that this mat tress factory has been between fire" and water any number of times in the last year and it is always the -toughest pro position in tne city to ngnt. But tne factory is growing and this ia good for the city's commercial interests. At one minute of twelve last night a telephone fire, alarm came from 1155 Clay street where the roof on the home owned and occupied by Mrs. M. Mat ley was on fire. The house is a large two story frame affair and the fire caught from falling soot and sparks. The companies extinguished it in short order with a loss of probably $5. Fire Marshal George O. "Wilmarth is busily writing circular letters to the building owners of the city informing them of the law against the keeping of a building without proper fire escapes. This letter is simply a postscript to a larjter and more complete letter' sent out the first of January. Several of the property owners In the city have re fused to comply with the laws and the fire marshal is anxious to remind them again. Dr. D. M. Campbell, city milk in spector, says concerning buttermilk: An important byproduct resulting from the manufacture of butter. Is prized by many as a beverage; it con tains more nutriment than coffee, tea. cpcoecola, beer or most other bever ages. Buttermilk is about equal to skim milk in nutritive value. It is a much relished and very wholesome food. Kasy of digestioa itself, its acidity is thought by some to prevent that condi tions in the intestinal canal, which is such an important factor in the causa tion of premature old age. According to the great Metchnikoff, if one is to re tain his youth till well along in years copious draughts pf buttermilk must be a. part of the daily dietary." Remember entries for the May Day Horse Sale cjose April 15. If you have any horses to sell, get your en tries in at once so they may be proper ty catalogued. C. H. Samson, Topeka, Kansas. Solid Gold Eyeglasses $3- Charles Bennett, optician, 730 Kansas avenue. l9bjbuuros iiowuu SoSttl-dm HUtfl Attractive Sale of Suits Friday and Saturday After Easter Values Extraordinary 112 Suits at Every suit a new spring1 model." Every gar ment carries' the stamp of rvalue on it. Fine satin finish, all-wool worsteds, French serges, shadow stripe panama, etc in all the latest colorings and all sizes from 16 to 44 an opportunity that you cannot well afford to miss. Garments that are usually sold fFom $17.50 to $25.00 22 Suits at $12.95 Odds and ends from our immense stock left from our Pre Easter Sale, worth up to $19.95. We StflTsiave several suits to show from our $25.00 Suit Sale that were priced from $29.75 to $39.75, selling now at 825.00 Several new models of Silk and Lace Coats, just received, priced from $8.95 to $37.50. Messaline and Lingerie Dresses of surpassing beauty and style new ones just received priced $7.95 to. $45.00. Correct Dress for Women r KANSAS CITY AND TOPEKA 1 l A Quality Tells i "Price Sells i M"i"U m 1 1 1 1 1 i T I am still doing business a i the old stand. Watch for my ad every Thursday. SPECIALS For Friday and Saturday 8 bars Lenox Soap 25 3 packages Atlas Oats 25a 1 lb. package Soda -.So doz. Pickled Pig Feet....lO 1 lb. Kaw Valley Mince Meat 10a 3 large cans Hominy 25e '3 large cans Sour Kraut.... 25c racks Comb Honey 25o 1 do, large Sour Pickles. .10a 3 cans Karly June Peas. 25o l-20c pk Shredded Cocoanut 15o 1 gal. Kerosene Oil 10 We make deliveries. -Order by phone. E. HOUSER GROCER 103S CLAY STREET 1035 f Ind. Phone 1470 Bell 1599 Main i i ihw ii i i 1 1 1 1 1 DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Mrs. Nellie Tweedale Reichenbach. wifa of W. C. F. Reichenbach. assistant paymaster of the Santa Ke, died at 8 o'clock this morning at the Santa Fe hospital, following an operation. Mrs. Reichenbach was the daughter of the late CoU "William Tweedale. one of the earliest settlers of Topeka, and had a large number of friends in the city. She was married to Mr. Reichenbach 15 years ago. Both before and since her marriage, she was an assistant in tne treasurer's office of the Santa Fe. and her loss Is felt keenly in that depart ment. The funeral will fee held Sat urday afternoon at z:au ociock irom the residence, 133 Western avenue. Mrs. Sarah A. Fox. wife of John J. Fox. a well known railroad contractor, died at her residence, 1014 Van Buren street, Wednesaay evening, xne re mains Will be taken to Ottumwa, Iowa, for Interment. Mrs. Kleanor Garrett, aged 78 years. and a former resident of Topeka, died at her home in Omaha. Neb., Wednes day. The remains will be' brought-to Grantville for Interment. Mrs. Garrett came to Kansas witn ner nusDana in 1859 and settled on a farm in Jeffer son county. Mp. Garrett died in 1879, and in 1881 the family moved to To peka. where Mrs. Garrett lived until 1895. DR. M1XAKY HOME SOLD. Dr. L. Anton Smith Pays 7,500 for the Property. Dr. J. E. Minney has sold his home stead at 309 Western avenue to Dr. L,. Anton Smith for a consideration of 17,500 cash. Dr. Smith -will take possession of his new homo about June J. It Includes four lots and a modern ten room house. Say Yoraag Mae! You're Wanted at the Y. M. C. A. There are 500 of you fellows who are missing a lot of good times stunts you'll enjoy and stunts that' will do you good, now and forever, by keeping out of .the Y.M.C.A. Jes, sir. If you're a wide awake, normal man you would get an immense amount of fun and genuine good out of an As sociation membership. The sports, the games, the en tertainments, the classes yes, and the spiritual helps are such as would appeal to you, if you only knew about them. Come around to the Association building and let us show you. You 11 never regret it. Are you game enough to look in to it! SPECIAL The last special rates for member ship for 1909 Thursday and Friday of this wmIc Get ia NOW. 4t Swimmin' Time's Coming Fellows Y. M. C. A. Swim-; min Hole 's Fine? SMITH AUTO OFFICERS. Dr. I. Anton Smith Re-elected Presi dent of Company. At the .meeting; of the. stockholders f the Smith Automobile Co, held this week in 'Kansas City, Dr. lu Anton Smith was re-elected president -and general manager of the company; Clay Alexander, vice president and secretary; W. 3. V. Deacon, treasurer, and Geo. W. Hackney, assistant secre tary and .auditor. t :iv The following were elected to" the board of directors for the vno.,!. year: Dr. L. Anton Smith W J V Deacon, E. B. Kellam and George- W Hackney of Topeka, and. Clar Alexander, Jame. Chappe'e an(f If F. Rounds of Kansas City Ord of Tlianks. 7 .We wish to express our thanV t, th many friends who were near u. 1", our ad bereavement of our baby Elmer Kenneth, and for the mMvT beautiful floral offerings y JR- AND MRS. L. h' WTTETrr vn Everybody reads the State Journal.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOUBHAL THURSDAY EVENItfO, APRIL 15,1909. Hi Odd lots of Corsets Half Price Friday When we straightened up the corset stock yester day we sorted out the broken lots in some good $1.50 and $2.00 corsets. The result is one of those mixed assortments that cannot be reduced to order because the size lines are so badly broken. Good as the cor sets are, we would rather see them go in a hurry at Half Price than have them take up the space needed for complete lines. So tomorrow $1.50 Corsets will be 75c $220 Corsets will be $1.00 Medium and long corsets made from fine batiste and strong coutil, well boned, two sets of hose supporters, good lace trimming. 50c and $1.00 Ferris Waists 25c Odd Lots some a trifle soiled a few of a size, and not all sizes. Ferris Waists for women and misses. Some women wear Ferris' Waists altogether they should buy a good supply at this price, if correct sizes are here. Better come down as soon as possible in the morn ing. m THE MILLS CO. Our April Suit Sale It is not surprising that so many are buying suits here, when those that sold earlier in the season for $15.00 are priced at $10.00; many that were $20.00 at $13.75; $25.00 suits at $17.50 $30.00 suits at $22.50, and $35.00 suits at $24.50. These are the actual differences that are being made in our April suit sale. j THE MILLS CO. USE HOME MADE BOOKS Chicago School Board Will Go Into the Publishing Business. Chicago, April 15. "Homemade" text books written by Chicago teach ers and printed by the school board. This is the policy which is likely to bo adopted as the result ot the report made to the board of education show ing discrimination against Chicago school children. While the district superintendents are busying them selves with the report checking up the prices for books in various parts of th country the special committee on tejtt books la turning its attention to the "homemade" book proposition. Members point out that the board already has demonstrated Its ability tocompete successfully with the pub lishers In printing books for use in the schools. For soma time past the school trustees have been experiment ing along these lines and the result of their test is said to be favorable to the Idea. Sebree Succeeds Swinburne. Washington, April 15. Rear Ad miral Sebree was appointed today to succeed Rear Admiral Swinburne as commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet while Rear Admiral Barry will succeed Admiral Sebree as comman der of the second division of the first squadron of the fleet, has been supervisor iaries at New York. Admiral Barry of naval auxll- WHITE IN RACE. Del Valentine Says Emporia Editor Is Candidate for Lieutenant Governor. In view of the statements that have been made that William Allen White would not be likely to make the race for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor next summer, the following editorial In Del Valentine's Clay Center Times today Is of In terest: "William Allen White is a sure enough candidate for lieutenant gov ernor of Kansas according to Mr. Dolley and the state can accept It witnout reservation, qualification or discount whatsoever. The call was loud, he heard and obeved. "When in Washington two weeks ago. tie said to Chairman Dolley of the Republican state central committee: "This matter was sprung without my knowledge or consent, and has now gotten entirely away from me, so I will be a candidate for lieutenant governor. You can say so when you go DacK nome.' "Chairman Dolley does say so and it means that Mr. White will be the next presiding officer of the Kansas state senate." Sis to love children, and no home can be happy without them, yet the ordeal throuch klj nyf!? the expectant mother 1 j PtffCf mus Pass usually is so full she looks Forward to the hour with apprehension. Mother's Friend, by its penetrating and soothing properties, allays nausea, nervousness, unpleasant feelings, and so prepares the system for the ordeal that sne passes uiruugn inc event, with but little suffering, as numbers have testified and formation mailed free. THE BRADFIELD RREGULATOK CO. Atlanta. Ga. III 5 ill FOR AH INCOME TAX. Senator Bailey Offers an Amendment to the Tariff BUI. Washington, April 15. In the senate today Senator Bailey Introduced an in come tax amendment to the tariff bill. It provides for a straight tax of three per cent on all incomes above $5,000 a year. It exempts' all incomes from federal, state, county and municipal se curities, salaries of all state officers and income of corporations below (5,000. The former law on this subject provid ed for a tax of 2 per cent on incomes of $4,000 and upwards. Mr. Bailey does not attempt to avoid the constitutional .questions and in ef fect challenges them. He estimftes that if his amendment becomes a law it will raise about $100,000,000 annually. Mr. Bailey said be had introduced the amendment so far in advance of its consideration because he wished every senator to have full opportunity to con sider it and to suggest any additional amendment deemed proper.- He added that the tariff bill reported to the sen ate was in th,e main the same as that of 1894. His income tax amendment, he said, was the same as the law which had formerly been enacted with minor exceptions. He had in this amendment raised the exemption from incomes of $4,000 to incomes of $5,000 and had raised the rate of tax from 2 to 3 per cent, which he said would result in greater revenue than would the 2 per cent tax on $4,000 Incomes. Responds to Supreme Court. "I have also,", said Mr. Bailey, "re sponded to the unanimous decision of the supreme court of the United States that congress has no power to levy an income tax on state, county and municipal securities, and I have specifically exempted incomes derived from that source." In other respects, he said, his amend ment still challenged that decision of the supreme court. He was satisfied his amendment was not in contraven tion of the constitution. He believed a majority of the court erred in that de cision. Mr. Bailey said he did not Introduce his amendment, because he desired to tax prosperity, because he preferred to "tax the incomes of prosperous people rather than to place it upon the back and upon the appetites of people who at best are doing none too well." "Can the senator advise the senate what amount his income tax amend ment would raise?" asked Mr. Aldrich. "No more," replied Mr. Bailey, "than the senator can tell the amount bis tariff bill will raise." Mr. Aldrich replied that he would do that later. Mr. Bailey added that his amendment would raise from $60,000,000 to $80,000,000 revenue annually and he hoped there would be a provision In the bill to re duce the customs revenues an equal amount. CROWD WAS HELD UP. Cntll the Taft Party Had .Emerged From tha Theater. New York, April 15. The unpleasant crowding to which President Taft was subjected a few weeks ago on the occas ion of his visit to a local theater, occas ioned the adoption last night- f a. special maneuver by the police detailed to Daly's theater, where the president and Mrs. Taft attended a performance of "If I Were King," by E. H. Sothern. As soon as tbe curtain had gone down on the last act uniformed policemen took up their stations at the end of each aisle and barred further exit. The president and Mrs. Taft with Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Taft and Captain Archibald Butt were hurried up a side aisle and not un til the presidential party had entered their automobiles were the rest of the occu pants of the theater permitted to proceed beyond the cordon of blue coats. The tactics employed will In all probabil ity be adopted for all similar occasions In future. TAFT'S SUMMER HOME. It Has Ivonjr Been One of the New England Show Places. Waverly, Mass., April IS. The cottage which President Taft and his family will occupy as a summer residence here has long been one of the show places of this section of New England. The house, which is two stories and half, occupies a commanding position on the shore front and is surrounded by spacious lawns and luxuriant greenery. Access to the grounds is from Overstreet, where a wide entrance, flanked by two great stone posts mark the beginning of a winding avenue leading to the cottage itself. There is a covered norte cochere over a private driveway leading to the house. A wide veranda cir cles tne etiuice on xnree siaes. A splendid view of the water is obtain-: ed from a tower reaching to the height of a third story and generously provided with windows on all sides. Another veranda fronts the ocean side on the second floor. Most of the furnishings are of tbe colonial period. A stable with accommodations for a half dozen horses and one or two automobiles forms part of the estate. SCORES POISONED. By Eating Strawberries Produced by Japanese Gardeners. Los Angeles. Cal.. April 15 Scores of people in this city have been pois oned during the past few days by strawberries shipped from Japanese gardens in the vicinity of Gardena and from several other districts. None of the cases has been very serious. Com plaints were so numerous today that Chief of Police Disham sent a letter to the horticultural commission asking its members to put a stop to the use of poison to kill insects on strawberry plants. The Japanese practically are the only offenders, according to the re ports. Early in the season worms made their appearance In great num bers and as a last resort the garden ers use some powerful solution to de stroy them. The fruit was sold to lo cal dealers and the many cases of poisoning resulted. THIRTY MEN KILLED. Shock of Nitroglycerine Explosion Felt 35. Miles Away. Sullivan, Ind., April 15. The nitro glycerine factory at Gordon, HI., across the Wabash river from this place, was destroyed by an explosion this after noon and It is reported 30 men were killed. Details are lacking. The explosion occurred at 1 o'clock and the shock could be felt for 85 miles. There is no telephone or telegraph connection with Gordon, 111. All -wires were juKfrovd hy toe explosion. ANOTHER MABATHONER. "Indian" Simpson of Canada Will J Challenge sC Yves. New York, April 15. Another run ner looking for Marathon honors with the hope of a contest with St. Tves, Dorando or Longboat has arrived in New York.- He is "Indian" Simpson who has been winning laurels in Can ada. This is Simpson's first appear ance here since he ran a five mile re lay race with Alfred Shrubb in Madi son Square Garden. Next Sunday he will go over the marathon course at Celtic Park with Svanborg, the Swed ish runner. Simpson is credited with beating P. Appleby, an Englishman who is said to be faster than Shrubb at 15 or 20 miles. Judging from the talk, another marathon derby will be held here in May, open to all profes sionals. BOTTLE TELLS A STORY. Contained a Strange Message From Rosaline Rockayn, a Denver Girl. Oakland, CaL, April 15. After drift ing for weeks In the Paciflo ocean, a message purporting to tell of the plight of Rosaline Rockayn, a Denver girl. who came to this city last month, and who was drugged and carried out to sea by a man who had offered her his services as guide to a boarding house was washed up on the water front. The paper was contained in a bottle which the girl threw from the cabin porthole of her prlsonshlp, trusting that her appeal would reach some one who would inform her relatives and bring about her release. The message is headed: Pacific Ocean, March 13, 1909." It begins: "I cast this bottle over board with .the hope that it will be found. I arrived from the east and being a stranger to San Francisco did not Tcnow where to find the main part of the city. A gentleman, as 1 suppos ed at the time met me on the water front and asked me If I was looking for some one." Continuing the message tells ot kind offer of this man to see the girl safely housed, of his success in persuading her to come aboard a ship to wait un til he should be at liberty to go with her, of drugged wine and of a deep sleep from wjiich she awoke to find herself a prisoner aboard the vessel far out at sea. The. last paragraph reads: "If you can read this please notify my brother and tell him that Rosaline wants him to try to find her. I don't know the name of the ship. He is com ing back. I wish. I could jump over board and it would all be over. Please write to Ned Rockayn, Denver, Col This ship is rolling and I am sick. (Signed) "ROSALINE ROCKAYN." The writing of the message is that of a woman and it was evidently written by a person laboring under great ex citement. There is no mark on the bot tle or paper that would serve to iden tify the ship but every effort to deter mine the name of the vessel Is being made as the police- are convinced that the pathetic cry from the sea is not a hoax. An enort to locate tne tamiiy in Denver Is being made through the police of that city. WEDDED STEPMOTHER Manufacturer's Sale of Lace Curtains. Rope Portieres. Bordered Tapestry Curtains, Couch Covers Drapery-Yard Materials Beginning Friday 16th, and continuing for 10 days with values that are without precedent in the history of this store. This sale affords you an oppor tunity to select your draperies at a saving of from 15 to 30 Not odd pairs and discontinued numbers, but all lines are new and come to us direct from the manufacturers, enabling us to pass them on to you at very low prices. We advise an early visit to this new department while the assortments are un broken. Sale Opens Friday Morning at 8 o'clock in our Annex Balcony where there is plenty of room and light for display and selection See Window Showing. Lace Curtains Be first for first choice. The values are unusual. Not tingham Lace, Cable Net, Brussels Net and Novelty 'Cur tains. New designs direct from the ma kers 2J, 3 and 3h yards long, in white, beige and Arabian colors. 65c Lace Curtains, sale price, pr. 45c $1.00 Lace Curtains, sa,s pnee, pr. ivc $1.25 Lace Curtains, sale price, pair 98c Swiss Curtains Excellent values. Come early for these: 25c White Swiss Curtains 2i yards long, finished with ruffle special, a pair.... 29c 75c White Swiss Curtains' finished with two rows tucks and with raffla 2J- yards long special, a pair 50c $2 Green Fishnet Curtains $1.49 Pair 3 yards long, 45 inches wide nice for door drapes as well as for windows. The design is in the cut-out leather effect worth $2 Sale price,, a pair ......$1.49 tlarry Beckwith 'Courted and Married His Father's Wllo. Chicago, April IS. Harry G. Beck with of Chicago, son of the late Dr. George Beckwith- has wedded his step-mother. v This interesting event took place when the young man, who Is 26 years old, was married to Mrs. Elinor- T. Beckwith, formerly Miss Elinor Torguson ot Albert Lea, Minn., after a courtshiD which interrupted his col lege- course In Cornell university A isews or me romance ana mn un usual matrimonial venture has Just become known. The groom is 26 years old, the bride 30. The Introduction to the romance is almost as interesting as the final chapter: As a young girl Mrs. Beck with met Dr. George Beckwith. They were married and moved to Ithaca, N. Y. At the time Harry was 13 years old. After his father" death he cor responded with his step-mother and was deeply attached to her. Mrs. Beckwith became steno grapher to Prof. Harry Powell In the bureau of foreign travel of Cornell university and lived abroad for sev eral years. Returning to America she moved to Chicago. Young Beckwith followed her when he had completed his preparatory course In the Ithaca high school. He went to Cornell university to study architecture, was graduated In Febru: ary and returned to this city. A sister of Beckwith married James Lynch, a captain of Cornell football team of 1804, and at one time all Southern quarterback. His older sis ter married R. A. Rapp, a prominent graduate of Sibley college of mechan ical engineering at Cornell. The Beckwith family Is well known In Ithaca and the bride and bridegroom have a host of friends In Chicago. HALL OF MAGIC. Is Planned by the American Society ot Magicians. New York, April 15. The society of American Magicians will combine their efforts tonight In a monster en tertainment of magic at the Berkley theater, the receipts of which will be used 4o start a fund for the erection here of a special play house uniquely devoted to the giving of demonstra tions of the black art. The associated magicians feel that there Is a field in New York for a theater such as Egyptian hall In Lon don for entertainments exclusively by magicians. According to Oscar S. Teale, presi7 dent of the society the tests for sleight of hand illusions and stage present i,,in(. o tfnrtt nf mvfitrv In pn- mcuta .ia.i.an in...D o ntrlsil throughout th Unit ed States and the time Is ripe for the establishment or a noma ui musiu such as the society plans. GREETED TAFT. The President Cheered on Arrival at New Haven. New Haven, Conn., April 15. Presi dent Taft on his arrival here was met by Anson Phelps Stokes, secretary of the university, and taken In an auto mobile to Woodbridge hall. The gath ering at the station was quite large, but aside from a single cheer there was no demonstration. After the corporation meeting Presi dent Taft went to luncheon at Presi dent Ii"'" H-" $1.75 Lace Curtains, sale price, pair... $1.25 2.00 Lace Curtains, sale price, pair... 1.49 2.50 Lace Curtains, sale price, pair...' 1.85 3.00 Lace Curtains, sale price, pair. 2.39 3.50 Lace Curtains, sale price, pair. 2.75 3.98 Lace Curtains, sale price, pair... 3.19 450 Lace Curtains, sale price, pair. 3.39 4.75 Lace Curtains, sale price, pair... 3.75 5.50 Lace Curtains, sale price, pair. 4.50 6.50 Lace Curtains, sale price, pair. 4.95 7.75 Lace Curtains, sale price, pair. 6.00 8.75 Lace Curtains, sale price, pair. 6.89 Bordered Tapestry Curtains Mercerized tapestries 50 in. wide, 102 in. long.finished with Persian Tapestry borders are among the latest drapes for double doors. New designs in plain green, red and brown. $425 Bordered Curtains, special, pr. ...$3.25 ..450 Bordered Curtains,, special, pr..... 3.50 5.00 Bordered Curtains, special, pr. 3.75" t Tapestry Couch Covers In Belgian Hungarian,- Arabian, Navajo, Bagdad and Oriental designs. A wide range in all thQ newest color combinations. $1.00 Couch Covers, sale price, each.... 79c 1.25 Couch Covers, sale price, each.... 98c 2.50 Couch Covers, sale price, each... $2.00 3.25 Couch Covers, sale price, each... 2.89 425 Couch Covers, sale price, each. 3.75 5.00 Couch Covers, sale price, each. 3.98 Tapestry Table Covers All are finished with fringe, and come in a variety of colors 39c Table Covers, 4-4 size each 25c 75c Table Covers, 6-4 size each 65c $1.50 Table Covers, 6-4 size each $1.00 2.98 Table Covers, 8-4 size each 2.45 Tapestry Pillow Covers 19c One gross in Roman stripe designs complete with tassels bright colors ideal for porch pillows always sold at 25c. Sale price each 19c Curtain Rods 19c White Cottage Rods Finished with white corrugated ends and brackets Sale price, each 10c Foster Curtain Rods The kind that pro tect your curtains from the dust come in brass, oxidized copper and gun metal finish 45c Rods, 54 inches wide, each ..29c 59c Rods, 72 inches wide, each ..45c 59c 85c i- i Attention. Men: Halt! $40 Swiss Army Repeating 0A CA Rifle for I $4,511 No. 41 shoots 13 times. Made by Swiss government and cost $40.00 to manufacture but owing to said government making a change from a lead to a steel ball, a great sacri fice was made. Again we were chosen as distributing agents for Topeka and vicinity. Come early Friday morning, as quantity is limited. 60 U. S. Army Rifles with bayonets they cosjt the' government $1&00 each. tf i gr Our sale price each XS0 An interesting collection of United States Army goods on sale this week at very low prices, viz Cartridge Belts, Canteens, Calvary Officers' Sabres, Bridle Bits, Folding Meat Cans, Leather Gun Slings, Sword Bayonets, etc.- For Stencil Work Special 25c Linen Scrims 40 inches wide in Ara bian, beige and white used for' curtains, pillow covers, dresser scarfs, etc Sale price, yard, 20c" 40-inch White Curtain Swisses, in stripe designs special sale price, a yard, 7'Ac 18c Plain Burlap 36 in. wide, green, red and brown sale price, yard 15c 1500 yards of White Curtain Swisses 36 inches wide in checks, stripes, figures, and polka dots, worth 12ic sale price, yard. 10c 15c Printed Swisses for bed and window drapes, new designs in all colors yard 12J4c Rope Draperies We secured some wonderful bargains in rope portieres which we place on sale at very low prices. They are suitable for single as well as double doors, and come in red, green, and brown $1.00 Rope Portieres sale price, each.. $0.69 1.25 .85 1.75 1.25 1.98 1,39 2.50 1.75 3.00 2.19 3.98 mm 289 Printed Etamine Draperies In a large as sortment of new designs and colors 40 inches,'wide 25c qualities sale price, a yard 20c Fancy Cur tain Nets Special A nice assort ment of designs 'the prices are interesting. 25c Arabian Net, sale price, yard, 19c. 30c White Net, sale price, yard, 25c 35c Arabian Net, sale price, yard, 28c 39c Arabian Net, sale price, yard, 35c 50c White Net, sale price, yard, 45c 75c Arabian Net, sale price, yard 98c White Net, sale price, yard. LOCAX, MENTION. Chas. Bennett, registered, optician. 730 Kansas avenue. The West Sid W. C. T. TJ. will hold a meeting rnaay arte moon with Mrs. Alic Wright. 209 The Drive. A cellar full of tires at Padgett's Tire House. 118 E.-7th, Topeka. Kan, The men who want to be well dress ed go to John Baumgartner, the tailor, for their spring suits. 80S Kansas avenue. Suit for divorce was filed In district court this afternoon by Cora Kellam who desires legal separation from Hor atio Kellam. Aypardiog to U Uyon they. were married In 1895 at Oskaloosa, and have four children. Defendant failed to provide, and abandoned plain- nu. in vtv, wnereiore. etc. When you limit your telephone ser vice you limit your business. Plenty of "Independent" service will assist you to expand. Probably tlw most popular lOo cigar sold In- Topeka is Eagle's Silver 8tatue. The Club sise sells at 2 for 25c while the long ones r demand 10c straight, and are worth more. Dr. C. E. Hulett. Osteopath, til Kan. ave. Ind. Phone 318. i dy In omoe. Charlie Sessions, Topeka representa tive of the Kansas City Journal, has been lnyit1 to tdraa th c1m 1 Journalism at' the Kansas university tomorrow afternoon. Charlie has ac cepted the honor and is busy today, preparing his manuscript. Mr. Sessions is tne dean of the Topeka state house reporters- since the retirement of Fred Vandergrlft and Is splendidly qualified to speak at old K. V. from the subject ot how to make a successful newspaper man. Gotch and McLeod Matched. Waterloo, la., April IB. Frank Gotch and Dan McLeod have been matched to wrestle here next Tuesday night. 'Everybody reads, the State Journal.

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