The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
July 5, 1909

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1 "irf EVERYBODY 10 PAGES Ax 11 EVERYBODY 1 10 PAGES NEEDS IT. I READS IT. J LAST EDITION. MONDAY EVENING. TOPiKA, KANSAS, JULY 5, 1909. MONDAY EVT.NING. TWO CENTS. if AFTER 300 YEARS Celebration of the Discovery of Lake Champlaiu Is Inaugurated at Historic Old Crown Point, N. Y. TWO STATES UNITE. Termont and New York Join in the Notable Event. Drama of Hiawatha Is Put on by 150 Indians. Port Henry, N. T., July 5. With the crumbling ruins of Forts Amherst and Frederick forming a historic setting, the first of a series of events celebrat ing the three hundredth anniversary of the discovery of Lake Champlain by the famous French explorer, navigator and colonizer, Samuel De Champlain, took him as Alfred Howard, formerly a boarder at the Amberson home. Howard came from Iola, Kansas, where his parents now live, and board ed for a time with the Ambersons. While he lived there he paid marked attention to Clara. The girl grew cool towar t him recent y and He ward left the house. The members of the wounded girl's family believe Howard had been watching Clara and last night lay in wait for her at her home. When he found her accompanied on her return, he evidently concealed himself on the dark porch and slipped into the house when the girls entered. Howard was 26 years old. The following note, written by How ard, was found in the breast pocket of his coat, after the shooting: "Mamie was the cause of all of this. She caused Clara to turn against me. Clara wanted to be dead when I was gone. Bury us side by side. Alfred." Howard's father owns a livery stable in Iola. He came here about three years ago and had been employ ed as a clerk by the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe railway. On tlio Vermont Side. Burlington, Vt., July 5. Bright skies and cool bracing air. favored the tercentenary celebration of the discovery of Lake Champlain here today. Band concerts in city hall park were arranged for morning, af ternoon and evening.- During the forenoon there were two parades, the first being made up of fancifully dec- SAME OLD NOISE. Today's Observanca of "The Glorious" Not Tame. Firecrackers Make the Air Ring and Windows Rattle. CYCLE II ACERS PARADE Band 3Iounted in Automobiles the Feature. A Large Crowd Goes to Vine wood Park. m y 1.1 R i mmmm place today at Crown Point, where Champlain with his Canadian Indian allies of the Huron and Algonquin tribes first met the Iroquois in battle. The celebration was a'rangpil jointly between the states of New York and Vermont and will continue throughout the week, representatives of France, Kngland and Canada and of the Indiana joining with those of the states and of the federal government in the ex ercises commemorative of the history making struggles throughout the Cham plain valley. H. Wallace Ki.app of Moorshead is head of the New York commission which during the week will entertain President Taft, United States Senator Root. Ambassador Bryce of Great Britain and Ambassador Jusserand of France, members of the New York leg islature and other distinguished guests. Thursday and Friday the party will be the guests of the state of Vermont. Governor Hughes of New York, and Governor Prouty of Vermont, with the state commissions and their guests participated in today's exercises. The program included a sham battle be tween companies of the Tenth regiment, which has been in camp for a week at Crown Point, an Indian pageant and literary exercises late in the day. )The speakers were Governor Hughes, ex-Mayor Seth Low of New York and Judge Albert C. Barnes of Chicago. The Indian drama of Hiawatha, which formed a picturesque part of the day's program, was produced by 150 Indians descendants of the Algonquins and Iroquois who participated in Cham plain's battle under the direction of L. O. Armstrong of Montreal, on a float ing island, constructed on barges. The Island, which is several hundred feet In length depicts among other scenic effects, a stockade, the point of attack in the battle by the bands of Indians, who reach the beach in canops. Late in the day there will be a dress parade of the Tenth regiment, follow ing which the gubernatorial party will leave on a steamer for Tieonderoga, which will be the scene of tomorrow's observances. Wednesday at Flattsburg, will be the big day of the celebration. Thursday Burlington, Vt., will be the center of interest and Friday the exercises will be held at Isle La Motte. at the nortl. crn end of the lake. At each of these places Indian pageants will be present ed, the floating island having b?en so constructed that it can be towed Irom place to place on the lake. The celebration of the tercentenary of the discovery of Lake Champlain by Samuel de Champlain is an event of in ternational importance. England, Can ada and France Join with the United States in celebrating this great event. The entertainment of the foreign guests will he borne by the United States, an appropriation of $20,000 hav ing been made for that purpose. Con gress authorized the secretary of state to invite Great Britain and France to send representatives. Job Mtt if I o "0 iX 'Ji ilk A IP I ii mi i wanr Samuel fie Champlain at upper left, Mme. Jusserand. wife of tlie Frencli Ambassador, upper right; Mrs. llryce. wife of tlie liritisli ambassa lor, helow. Judging from the way it started off today, there is no lack of enthusiasm because the Fourth of July came on the Fifth. Conditions generally are peaceable, but notwithstanding po lice restrictions in regard to the size of firecrackers, the ardent small boy slips an occasional real "dinger" across the plate, and then window sashes rattle. Of course, the anti-cannon cracker ordinance is a frost, and will be so long as dealers are permitted to sell the big ones. There is no ordinance agains selling them, and a few policemen are expected to prevent them being fired an impossibility. A goodly sc hedule of Fourth of July entertainment has been prepared, for the day. The principal entertainments will be at Vinewood Park, where a lot of money will go up in smoke and noise tonight, and at the fair, ground-! this afternoon, where nearly a hundred contestants will enter into bicycle and motorcycle races; under the auspices of trie 'lopeka Bicycle Iealers' associa tion. The Vinewood affair will not b'. a tame exhibition of pin-wheels and sizzers, but a blow-out of heavy aerial bombs and other spectacular con trivances. Oscar Swayze, who has been chief engineer of all of the largest fire works displays for the past genera tion, will have charge of the display, which begins at 9 o'clock tonight at the park. The Vinewood management has not been stingy in its selection of the pyrotechnics, and the display will be well worth seeing. The whole day will be made worth while at the park. Old fashioned stunts such as foot races and jumping matches will have a place on the programme, but there will be no long-winded spread-eagle speeches by amateur patriots. The spirit of pa triotism will be taken as a matter of fact without oral testimony. The races at the fair grounds this afternoon is the beginning of a form of amusement which may become more than popular. The parade at 10 o'clock this morning was a free-for-all to any vehicle which could navigate Kansas avenue without the aid of a horse, and was in itself a feature of the day. Bicycles of all ages, colors and condi tions of previous servitude rolled along in company of high-power, smokeless center-fire motorcycles, and even the old "ordinaries" of the vintage of 1876 1 were pulled out of the scrap-heap and added to the procession. At 1:30 o'clock the races started, with vo entries in the 13 events of the meet. Ken competition between the dealers in rival brands of motorcycles adds a tang to tne event. The prizes are large enough to make the contests anything uuc tame. Lunch stands, lemonade stands and other concessions are in full blast on the fair grounds, and firecrackers are not barred. The horseless parade this morning was a novelty. It was the first appear ance on the streets of Topeka of an automobile band. Four autos, running in pairs, and containing the members of the band, headed the procession. It was followed by a squad of motor cycles, the riders rigged up as Indians, and then came a long line of bicycle riders with an occasional freak. In the bunch trundled a diminutive automo bile, made by George Brummit. This machine, scarcely larger than a coffee mill, chugged along among the bicycles, its infantile horn squawking the danger signal at crossings. The parade made the roud trip of the entire avenue, and then headed for the fair grounds. FIRST DAY'S RECORD. Casualties and Fire Loss Due to Amer ican Patriotism. Chicago. July 5. Statistics compiled by the Tribune regarding- Fourth of July casualties throughout the country indicate a much smaller list of ftali- tion and injuries than in any preceding year. The figures procured after the first day of celebration are: leal. y ri re works and resulting fires... By cannon By firearms By gunpowder By toy pistols.. Injured. By fireworks By cannon By firearms By gunpowder By tordepoes By toy pistols....... J!!"!!! By bomb canes By runaways Fire loss $69,200. In Chicago one man was kirlerl mere were scores ot injuries and small fires. TALKS0FGR1ME. Cleason M. Guist Tells Story of His Uncle's Murder. Shot Him to Death After Quarrel About Crops. SOX SOT IMPLICATED. Slaj-er Loaded Body Into Wagon and Hauled It Away. When Confronted WTith Mass of Evidence Guist Confessed. 3 1 3 2 10 166 .1 62 S3 S BS 9 14 and FARMER SHOT A BOY. Claims He Mistook youthful Celcbm tor for Burglar. Emporia, Kan., July 5. Awakened early today by a cannon cracker be ing thrown against his door, J. L. Boggs, a farmer believing burglars were attacking him, shot through his door. Albert Groh, a 9 year old neigh bor hoy, was dangerously wounded. Groh had arranged to awaken Boggs' son for an early cefftbration. Weather Indications. Chicago. Julv 5. Forecast for TCnnjis- Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Newton, Kan.. July 5. The facts con cerning the confession of C. M. Guist for the murder of his uncle. C. B. Guist of Wichita, at the farm of the latter near Burrton, have been given out. Overcome by remorse, and weeping, C. M. Guist, the nephew of the mur dered man confessed to the county at torney of Harvey county and the clerk of the Harvey county district court that he committed the murder. Detailed Story ol the Crime. Cleason B. Guist! about 65 years old, In substance C. M. Guist told the au thorities the following story of his crime: left his home at lllo Lulu avenue in this city Monday at noon to go to his farm five miles southeast of Burrton He took a Frisco train and reached Burrton late in the afternoon. Leaving Burrton the elder Guis walked to his farm, which his nephew C. M. Guist, was farming on the shares He reached the farm after sundown and walked about the yard until C. M Guist and his 10-year-old son came home from a Mr. Hanson's, where they had been helping him with the harvest. Murders Son Was Innocent. The boy went to bed at once and his father worked at the chores a half hour or more. The elder Guist, in the mean time, had visited the wheat field on his farm and found that nothing had been done toward cutting the wheat. He returned to the house and made his presence known about the time his nephew had finished the chores. Tlie two men went into the kitch en and a quarrel followed shortly. The elder Guist cursed his nephew and Hanson, the man the younger Guist and his son had been working for. He was angry because the wheat on his farm had been neglected. The aged man's language became more and more heated and rfis epithets more vile. I-ired Fatal Shot as Old Man Ran. C. M. Guist grabbed his loaded shot gun and the aged man fled from the house. As he ran toward the door after the fleeing man, Guist leveled the gun and fired through the screen door. When he went into the yard he found his uncle dead about fifteen feet from the doorstep. The charge of number one shot had torn off a large section of the skull. The young son of the murderer was not awakened by the shot from the gun. Guist extracted the empty cart- orated automobiles carrying children from orphan asylums and other insti tutions. Later in the forenoon the big military and civic parade, the princi pal feature of the day, was held. During the forenoon special tercen tenary exercises were held in City Hall park. Congressman T. J. Foster, of Burlington, presided and the j speakers included Governor George H. Prouty, Right Rev. A. C. A. Hall, Protestant Episcopal bishop of Ver mont, and Rev. Dr. G. G. Atkins of Detroit. Mich. The program for the afternoon includes a matinee driving meet in Riverside park, a balloon as cension and a Marathon race on Cen tennial field, in which are entered R'ack Hawk, Johnny Hayes, Ted Cook and Pat White. An elaborate display of fireworks on the lake front is planned for this evening. WOOD PULP TRADE. KILLED HIS BEST GIRL An Iola Young Man Then Committed Suicide. Kansas City. July 5. Two shots were fired at midnight Saturday night in the dining room of Mrs. Anna Am berson's home, at 735 Kensington ave nue. One bullet probably fatally wounded Tier 17-year-old daughter, Clara. The other bullet killed Alfred Howard, the man who had fired both shots. The bullet struck him above the right ear. The girl s wound is in the right temple. Clara and her sister, Mrs. Mamie Barringer. had returned home a short time before from one of the parks, ac companied by two young men. They sat talking on the front porch half an hour, when their escorts left and the young women entered the house. There were no lights inside and had been none on the porch. Neither girl knew Howard, maddened by jealousy, had been hiding in a corner listening to the conversation. Mrs. Barringer went into the kitch en, leaving her sister standing in the dark room. A moment later Mrs. Barringer heard a scream and two shots in quick succession. She rushed back into the dining room. She could see nothing in the dark, but a low moan came from the floor. The trem bling girl struck a light and at her feet saw the body of her sister. A few feet away lay the body of a man with a revolver at his side. She recognized A Remarkable Growth in the Industry Is Recorded. Washington, July 5. That the growth of the puiT wood industry in the L'nited States has been remarkable and that the use1 of pulp wood promises to become even larger Is brought out by a review of the pulp wood consumption during 1WS. just issued by the census bureau. While there was n temporary check in the production of pulp wood in the t'nited States during 190S. due to depression in business, there was a greater decrease in tlie t'nited States of imported pulp tnan in the do mestic wood. Sixty-four per cent of all the wood used for puip is spruce, with hemlock, poplar, pine, balsam and Cottonwood making up the balance of the production. With the increased price of spruce, hemlock Is being resorted to largely by the manufac turers as the chief substitute. All pulp wood imported since comes from Can ada duty free. Nearly 61 per cent of the wood pulp imported also comes from Can ada, the balance coming mainly from Ger many. Sweden and Norway. The T'nited States exported in 190S, only 11.923 tons of wood pulp or about one-fifth of the amount imported. WESTON LOSING OUT. He Is Xow Four Days Behind Schedule and Tired. His Reno. Xev.. July 5. Edward Pay son Weston, who spent Sunday at Lovelock, leaving that place at 11:05. is reported to be tiring rapidly and to be showing signs of illness. The aged pedestrian will probably reach Hazen, 413 miles from Pan Francisco some time today. 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'S ridge from the gun in the yard, and put the guu in its accustomed place. He then removed the sideboards trom his wagon, hitched his team to it, took out the rear end gate and loaded the body Into the wagon. He accom plished this by slanting a board from the end of the wagon to the ground and sliding the body up on it. Alone He Loaded Body Into Wagon The corpse was hauled to the cul vert, under which It was found later, and dumped out. When the body was Jammed under the little bridge and into the shallow water the dead man's hat rolled to the side of the road. It was unobserved by the mur derer and it caused the early discov ery of the body. Guist returned to the house and wrote a letter to his uncle to divert suspicion from himself. He mailed the letter early Tuesday morning in a rural free delivery mail box near the house. After writing the letter and exam ining his clothing to see if there were blood stains on them, Guist retired and slept soundly, he said, until morning. Attempted to Remove Blood Stains. The morning after the murder Guist took his hoe and removed the surface from the spot in the yard where the murdered man fell. He carried the dirt, grass and weeds and their stains of blood to the rear of a chicken coop and hid them. The hoe was stained with blood in the operation. Guist washed it and scrubbed it with sand and then hid It under the bed. It was found yesterday and there were stains of blood on it just as Guist had con fessed. T;he handle showed evidence of having been cleaned. After removing the evidence of the crime from the yard and cleaning the hoe. Guist awoke his son. He told the boy to drive to Burrton to look for "old man Guist." It was under stood that the owner of the farm was to arrive there from Wichita Monday night. He had done so and had been killed but the boy did not know it. Murderer's son Iund Body. After going to Burrton and being told that C. B. Guist got there Mon day afternoon and started on foot for the farm the boy started back home. While passing the culvert on the way back he saw a man's hat and discov ered the body. He hastened t tell his father and the authorities were noti fied by the slayer of the aged man. The coroner's Inquest, which was held Wednesday, led to the arrest of C. M. Guist. The evidence was w hol ly circumstantial but it was strong. Guist was taken to Newton, the coun ty seat of Harvey county, where he was induced to confess yesterday afternoon. Guist Will Plead Guilty. The county attorney said today that the confessed slayer will be taken be fore the district judge at Newton July 14 and he will undoubtedly plead guil- tv. He will be permitted to plead guil ty to manslaughter, which is murder in the second degree J'ne minimum oenaltv is ten years in the state pen tentiary ana nie maximum is ait. im prisonment. Guist confessed after being "sweat ed" bv the county attorney and con fronted bv the mass of evidence that had been, collected against him. Yes terdav morning and yesterday after noon he related all the details ot tne killinc Man to be Pitied Says. lilitor Tfarlow. The Burrton Grit, publisnea by La itor B. W. Harlow, near the scene of the murder, says of the confessed murderer: C. M. Guist Is in almost destitute circumstances. His home is a hovel. barren of everything that goes to make a home cheerful or comfortable. uia cnio fnmnanion Is his ten-year-old son, and between these two a bond of affection and understanding exists that is seldom seen between lainer and son. What the man's former life has been and what reduced nim to nis nrpnt tiitiable condition is not known, but the fact remains that he has been considered a good citizen and a hard working man. READY F0R FRAY. Kelchel and Papfce Meet For Middleweight Championship. Odds Are Two to One on the Champion. MUCH IS UP. Great Interest Is Aronsed on the Coast. Bout Is Scheduled to Go Twenty Rounds. L San Francisco, Cal., July 5. Two more confident men never entered a ring than Stanley Ketchel. champion middleweight of the world and Billy Papke. challenger for the title when they stripped for their 20 round bat tle in Coffroth's Mission street arena this afternoon. Although the odds re mained 2 to 1 against him, Papke was supremely confident of his ability to knock out the champion and h would not admit that there was a. chance for him to lose. He only did sufficient work yesterday to justify a rub down, but Ketchel worked as hard if not harder than on any day of his training. The betting continued at 2 to 1, with the champion on the long end and at those odds money to waeer on result was plentiful. The Los Anjreles contingent brought in a flood of Pap ke money and the east also Bent In its quota to be placed on the Kewanee fighter. No flKht since the Burns-Squires battle ami the last two contests be tween Joe Gans and Battling .Nelson has attracted so much attention hero and the arena was filled with a record breaking crowd, a large part of which came from outside points. WATCHING BILL WHITE. European Police Keop an Kjc on the Kounorla Editor. N INDEPENDENCE HALL Tlie 1776 FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY AND FATHER OF THE FOURTH 1909 Japanese AmhasMdor Delivers iurtli of July Oration. Philadelphia. July 5. Baron Y. Taka hira, Japanese ambassador to the Uni ted States, was the orator of the day at the Fourth of July exercises at his toric Independence hall here today. The ambassador reviewed the struggle of the patriots in the war for independ ence and referred to the civil war as the "touchstone to test the qualityof the national character and strength." Speaking of the great powers of the world and their responsibilities, the Japanese ambassador said: "As for Japan, she was not only in troduced into the comity of nations through the agency of American diplo macy, but has been always encouraged by it in various ways as she advanced in her progressive movement as if its intention were to apply the principle of equality the. same to nations as to individuals, even when we were sti'l in a less modest position. The l'nited States recognized Japan's tariff autono my before any other power in 1S78, and was only second to Great Britain, our honored allv, in taking the initiative in lb94. to abolish her ex-territorial juris diction in Japan, which might be called our International emancipation. Thus strongly encouraged by the friendly ac tion and attitude of the united states, Japan has been continually endeavoring to improve herself in politics and so cial conditions so as to make herself worthy of her position aB a member of the community of civilized nations. "We are using every effort in our nower. however limited it may be, to help our neighboring countries to lm- nrove themselves and to enjoy tne Dene fit of modern civilization. We shall therefore be happy to see the United States act toward them as she acted toward us. "Today under the- American flag un furled in the gentle breeze coming from the summit of Fort Fujiyama, all the representative men of the government as well as the people of Tokio throng the American embassy in that city to express their happy sentiments for your national birthday. I am only echoing their sentiment in addressing you thus on this most auspicious occasion." Philadelphia Americans Win. Kew York, July 5. American. First game: Score: R.H.E. Philadelphia 7 7 3 New York 2 7 6 Batteries Plank and Thomas; Lake and Brockett, Sweeney and Blair. Pittsburg Gets One. Pittsburg, July 5. National. Morning: Score: K.H.K. Pittsburg f 2 6 0 Cincinnati 0 2 9 Batteries Maddox and Gibson; Gas par, Rowan and McLean, Koth. I Paris, June 24. After visiting th points of greatest interest in Italy and passing a few days each In Berlin, Dresden and Lucerne. Mr. and Mrs. William Allen White of Emporia. Kan., their two children Bnd Mr. White's mother came on to the French capital and are "doing" Paris. The visit in Berlin was not without its strenuous features. At the hotel Mr. White signed the customary blanks, indicating his occupation, his pedigree, the object of his journey and other points required by the authorities. But the police, apparently were not satis fied with this catalogue, for during hij entire stav the Kansas editor was un der surveillance. Wherever he went, in the shops, in the art galleries, in Unter den Linden, he was shadowed. Mr. White is uncertain whether he was suspected of complicity In a plot to do injury to the kaiser, or was mistaken for a British spy, a Servian revolution ist or a leader of a new Young Turk party in Kansas. Mrs. White was the victim of a painful accident on the third day of their visit in Paris. She was crossing the Place du Madeleine, near the church of that name, when, in running to avoid an approaching automobile, she was struck by a bicyclist and thrown heavily upon tlie pavemeni. One wrist was bruised. She has not r,T-mltteri the injury to interfere wun the sightseeing programme. Mr. White congratulated her on having escaped arrest for obstructing traffic in a ParU street. Mr. White has made rto use or tna letter of introduction to American am bassadors and ministers, which waa given nim by President Taft. By pre senting this he might have disarmed the detectives in Berlin and he could have gained access to the Klysees Palace in Paris. He Is making no calls upon dignitaries, however, and at tho hotels he signs bis name w. a. White," instead of "William Allen." I want to avoid tne necesFiiy oi wearing a head waiter suit," he explained. Mr White reiterated his expressed determination to keep out of the race for the Republican nomination for lieu tenant governor of Kansas next year. T shall never be a candidate ror nor shall I ever accept any elective office," he. said. "I am a regent of the Univer sity of Kansas, under appointment ot the governor, and care for no higher honors in politics." One of the first of the Paris "sights" visited by Mr. and Mrs. White was th catacombs. As they left the hotel thmf were Implored by 7-year-old "Billy, jr.," to bring home a wishbone to add to his anthropological collection. Th youngster expressed keen disappoint ment when they returned empty hand ed. There are said to be 6 million skuil in the catacomb- and -Mr. White wa moved to comment: "St. Peter will have a tough Job ot his hands if any of these fellows art challenged on registration day." There seems to be no probability that the Whites will overlook any of the points of interest in Paris. From her they go to London, expecting to spend several weeks in Kngland. They will sail for New York in August. New York Wins Mornlnjr Game. Philadelphia, July 6. National. Morn ing game: Score: R H E. New York 3 10 Philadelphia 0 3 2 Batteries Wilts and Scblei; Covelski and Looin. Washington Taken One. Boston, July 5. American. Morning game: RH.E Washington 7 9 2 Boston 7 Batteries Hughes. Groom and Street; Cheech, Schlltzer. Wood and Donahue. Rain at St. Louis. St. Louis, July 5. American Te-trolt-St. Louis morning game post poned; rain. lionton Defeats Brooklyn. Brooklyn, July 5. National. Morning: Score: R.H.B Boston 5 7 Brooklyn 1 5 1 Batteries White and Bowermank Hunter and Bergen.

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THE TOPEKA DAlIiY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1909. GET ONEJACH. Foarth of July Honors Are Di vided ia Topeka. Morning Game Won by Lincoln in Ninth and Tenth. THE OTHER WAS EAST. Kerns' Home Ran the Feature of the Game. Nearly Al! the- Cooleysox Fat tened Their Averages. Topeka and Lincoln split even on the two games played yesterday, the Fourth of July. The morning same arew an Attendance of about the same propor tions as the usual weekday, whll in the afternoon the attendance was fully Up to the regular Sunday standard. The morning fracas was snatched Jrom the coals by Lincoln in the ninth Ir.nir.5T after it looked to be all for To peka. The Prohibs took u. fall out of Eolivar Kaufman, laniing on him for four singles in the ninth and then win ning out in the tenth after two men were out on a double, a single, a triple and an error. The afternoon contest ended a great deal more gloriously for the Topeka crowd. The young Mr. Farthing, a Lincoln slant artist just fresh from the J.atla of learning was on the rubber lor the near-Prohibs and was a rath er easy proposition. The yourgster cidn't work like the usual college pitch er. K was steady, showed lots of rorve. good control, and apparently took his def.'.tt without the customary heart failure and stage frignt. Sullivan and Haskell Talking About a Decision on a Ball. It was the heavy hitting of the home talent that won the afternoon game. Seven of the 13 hits went to the distant corners of the lot for extra bases, and two of them went, clear over all the corners of the lot into the adjacent cornfield on the left for home runs, Per. ion and Kerns being the perpetra tors. Lincoln started off well in the after roon. In the first inning Hendrix alked Fox who stole second and reach ed third when Downie monkeyed tot long with Thomas' grounder. Thomas reached the initial cushion and with Fox pulled off a double steal which lanced the lanky manager on the home iplate. After this Mr. Rhody Hendrix, who lias political aspirations was practically invincible and but once again during the entire two hours of struggle did the Prohibs get near the money. In the eighth inning Waldron. a dangerous hitter, walked. Thomas hit safa to left field, advancing Irving Ptazo. the grand old man. Thomas was put out the sunning at second on Monsieur de Gas J ier's fielder's choice which put I. P. iW. on third after which he scored on David Davidson's fielder's choice in Which Gagnier was forced at second. But the Topekans started after the Fame right in the first inning. With RVooley out of the way Geler laced one to deep left for three bases and scored hen Fenlon hit a line drive down into right field with so much velocity that It bounded over the fence in the field cf growing maize. Hendrix started the third with a dou ble to deep center and took third on IWooley's sacrifice, after which Farthing filled the bases with walks to Geier and KunkeL Fenlon's grounder forced Kun kel at second, but Rhody ta'.lied. Another wiggled across in me iourtn which was incubated by Kerns' long two saeker to right field, and hatched en Abbott's and Downie's infield outs. 6till another lone one came In in the rixth, ihis ore too being started by Kerns who tripled just over center field, end scored on Fox's error. Three large juicy ones rambled over the plate in the seventh. Geier hit one "Which, Farthing knocked down into safe territory, Kunkel and Fenlon followed iwith scratch hits which filled the bases, pr.d Thomason lifted a long fly to Dav idson, scoring Geier, Kunkel reached third, but Fenlon stood hitched at first. lAn att-mpted double steal resulted in catching Kunkel at the plate, but Fen Jon tallied when Kerns lifted a high cne over the left field fence. The last run in the eighth came as the result of singles by Wooley.and Geier and a double steal which wus successfully executed. The Morning Game. Until the ninth the morning game was a pretty fair exhibition of the na tional rastime. Kaufman was hit much harder than his opponent Mr. Mickey JlcCaffexty of Dublin, but kept his hits well scattered and suffered not much from tha numetous connections with Ids slantery. McCafferty allowed but three hits during his career of eight Innings but walks and errors commin gled together told and Topeka was to the good. In th first inning W ooley was giver, the embryo of a run on four wide ones. Kunkel singled and Lijah went to third, scoring when Thomason lifted a lofty one to Jude. This lead prevailed until the third hen the visitors forged ahead. Sulli van beat out an infield hit and went to Ptcond on a passed ball, end to third on Butcherino Kerns' peg to left field. McCafferty flew out to Wo)ley and one run came in. Lincoln forged to the front in the next inning. After Fox had been exe cuted Waldron hit to touter. Thomas whiffed but Gaguier eased one to right field which woozled through Thomason riving Gagnier three base 3 and scoring Irving Peazo Waldron. Davidson's sin gle scored Gagnier, making it 3 to 1 for the Cornhuskers. But the Topekans casne right back in their half of the fourth and nosed out load of one run. Kerns was hit in rtoJ5cA You put You I STANDING OP THE TEAMS. Western League. CI libs Won. Lt Pet 37 25 .fOT 35 25 .r.S3 31 27 -5S4 31 2JS .525 .31 30 .5ns si i j. 24 .VX Zi 40 .355 Wichita Sioux City... Denver Topeka Omaha Lincoln Kansas State League. C?nbs Won. !xrt. Per McPherson 36 20 .M3 Hutchinson 36 22 621 Lyons 33 21 .579 Arkansas City 32 'M .552 Great Bend 28 2tt .4ft I Twin Cities 20 27 .426 Newton 23 31 .42i Wellington 23 33 .411 Central Kansas League. '!ulm Won., Lost. Pot Kllsworth 11 6 .647 Minneapolis 10 7 .rss Salina 9 7 .563 Junction City 9 8 .529 Clay Center 9 9 .50:) Beioit 7 8 .47 Abilene 6 11 .375 Manhattan 5 11 .313 National League. Clubs Won. Lost. Pet Pittsburg 45 IS .714 Chicago 4 24 .625 New York 36 23 -10 Cincinnati 35 So .53S St. Ijiuis -X 37 .4H1 Philadelphia 29 33 .4tiS Brooklyn 21 4"( .344 Boston IS 44 .290 American League. Clubs Won. Lost. Pet. Detroit 48 22 .876 Philadelphia 39 25 .W19 Boston 38 29 .5t7 Cleveland 34 31 .523 New York 31 33 .4S4 Chicago 29 3t .44 St. Louis 25 41 .379 Washington 21 4ii .32S American Association. Clulw Wen. Lost. Pet. Milwaukee 42 S3 .M0 Indianapolis 40 35 .ui'fi Minneapolis 4o 3H .52ij Columbus 3S 3S .5Q Louisville 37 3S .493 Kansas Citv 33 37 .471 St. Paul 32 Sr, .471 Toledo 32 41 .4381 the rear and went to third on Abbot t's single, Downie hit to Thomas who threw 1o the plate to head Kerns but the St. Louis boy was safe on a close decision. Kaufman fanned and Wooley walked, but Geier hit one to Monsieur Edouard de Gagnier, which was jug gled by the French and two more runs crossed through the agency of Abbott and DowrSe. Thus the score remained until the ninth when, with one out Jude lines a hot one to Kaufman and was safe on the initial checking station. Sulli van singled to right field, and Mason was sent in to bat for McCaffer'.v. Ma son poked a nice one to right field, scoring the Ahoriginee and tying the score. In the tenth with two out Lincoln fell hard on Kaufman and batted in three runs. Gagnier doubled to left center and scored on Davidson's single. Judge tripled to deep center, scoring David son and him.elf a moment iater when Downie's throw got by Kerns. The best Topeka could do in the iast half was to work one across on Thomason's single and Abbott s triple. The official scores: MORNING GAME. TOPEKA. Players AB. R. H. PO. 1 E. Woolev. cf 2 Geier. 2b Kunkel, 3b Fenlon. If Thomason, rf. Kerns, c Abbott, lb Downie, ss.... Kaufman, p. Totals 4 o 36 5 5 30 11 LINCOLN. AB. R. H. PO. Players Hogriever, 3b... Fox. 2b Waldron, rf Thomas, lb A. 1 1 0 o o 0 0 1 4 1 0 5 0 12 5 0 11 5 12 1 0 0 8 Gagnier, ss 5 5 Davidson, cl Jude. If Sullivan, c McCafferty, p.. Johnson, p Mason 3 o 1 Totals ..42 30 10 Mason batted for McCafferty in ninth. SCORE BY INNINGS: To'.eka 1 00300000 15 Lincoln 0 01200001 37 Summary: Two base hits Gagnier. Three base hits Abbctt. Jude. Stolen bases Thomason 2, Abbott, Fox, Wald ron. Thomas, Davidson, Jude. Bases on balls Off McCafferty 6. off Johnson 1. Struck out By Kaufman 7, by Mc Cafferty 3. Left on bases Topeka 9, Lincoln 7. Douole play Kaufman to Downev to Abbott. Passed ball Kerns 1. Hit by pitched ball Kerns by Mc Cafferty. Time of game 2:15. Attend ance 700. ITmpire Haskell. AFTERNOON GAMfc). TOPEKA. Players AB. H. PO. A. 12 0 0 3 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 7 0 0 0 2 10 0 5.21 2 110 13 27 8 1 H. PO. A. 15. 0 0 0 0 114 1 1 O 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 3 4 0 O2O0 0 0 0 0 3 10 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 24 11 "0 Woolev. cf 4 Geier. 2b 4 Kunkel, 3b 4 Fenlon, rf 4 Thomason, If 3 Kerns, c 4 Abbott, lb 4 Downie. ss 4 Hendrix, p 4 Totals 35 9 LINCOLN. Players A3 R. Hogriever, 3b 4 0 Fox. 2b 4 1 Waldron. rf 4 1. Thomas, lb 4 0 Gagnier, ss 4 O Davidson, cf 3 0 Jude. If 4 0 Sullivan, c 4 0 Farthing, p 3 0 Mason 1 0 Totals 35 2 Mason batted for Farthing in the ninth. SCORE BY INNINGS. Topeka 2 0 110 13 1 9 Lincoln 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 02 Summary: Stolen bases Wooley, Geier. Fenlon. Fox 2. Thomas. Sacri fice hit Wooley. Sacrifice fly Thomas son. Two base hits Henclrix. Kerns, Thomai. Sullivan. Three base hits Geier, Kunkel, Kerns. Home runs Fenlon, Kerns. Left on bases Topeka 7. Lincoln 10. Passed ball Sullivan. Time of game 2:00. Attendance 2,500. Umpire Haskell. Wichita 3. Sionx Vity 2. Wichita. Kan., July 5 By the bat ting of Shaner, the Jobbers were able to defeat Sioux City in the second game of the series by a score of 3 to 2. Shaner was wild and walked five men. Chabek for the visitors had perfect control and allowed eight hits, two for three bases. SIOUX CITY. Players AB. R. H. PO. A. E. Campbell, If 4 0 0 2 0 0 Andreas. 2b 5 0 0 1 3 0 Smith, ss 3 0 0 1 3 0 Edmonson, cf 4 0 2 2 0 0 Welch. 3b 4 112 10 Stovall, rf 3 0 2 1 0 0 Hunter, lb 3 10 9 10 Allen, c 2 0 1 6 2 0 Chabek. p 3 0 0 0 1 0 Holmes 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 2 6 24 11 WICHITA. Players AB R H. PO. A. Cole, rf 3 10 4 3 Green, lb 4 0 1 11 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 10 Totals 31 3 S 27 SCORE BY INNINGS: Sioux City 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 02 Wichita 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 Summary: Stolen iases Cole, Green, Middleton. Three base hits Shaner, Westerzil. Struck out By Shaner, 2; Chabek, 4. Bases on balls Off Shaner, 5; Chabek, 1. Wild pitches Shaner. Hit by pitcher Cole and Pettigrew: by Chabek, Hun ter, Shaner. Time 2 hours. Um pire Mullen. Attendance 2,5 30. At Des Moines Des Moines-Pueblo Sunday game postponed; rain. Denver 7. Omaha, 4. Denver, July 5. Denver opened her final at home series Sunday- with Omaha, the home team winning by a score of 7 to 4. A record breaking crowd was out and they got the worth of their money in being treated to a well played and interesting contest. Adams pitched an excellent game for Denver, allowing but five hits. DENVER. Players AB. R, H. PO. A. E. Cassidy, rf 4 2 2 2 0 0 Jones, cf ,3 2 2 3 1 0 Stinkard. 2b 4' 1 1 0 3 0 Lindsay, lb 3 119 11 Davis. 3b 4 0 10 10 Belden, If 4 0 1 3 0 0 Hartman, ss 3 0 1 1 4 0 Clarine, c 4 0 0 9 0 1 Adams, p 4 12 0 1 0 Totals 33 t 11 21 U OMAHA. Players AB. R."" H. Fisher, If 3 1 1 King. 2b 3 11 Welch, rf 3 0 0 Pendry, 3b 4 1 2 PO. 1

1 1 10 -3 0 3 0 A. 0 2 0 2 1 3 0 4 1 13 Kane, lb 4 Franuk, ss j u u Hollenbeck, cf 3 1 1 Gonding, c 3 0 0 Lower, n. o w v P- Totals ....29 4 5 24 SCORE BY INNINGS: Omaha 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 14 n.n,.r 0 1 o o o a 7 Summary: Stolen bases linasay, Tn haao hits Hollenbeck, Adams Fisher. Three base hits King- sc rifice hits Gonding. Hollenbeck. cr,i, nut Bv Adams. 6; by Lower, 2. Bases on balls Adams, 2; Lower, lavs Pendrv to Kane, Tones to Clarine: Frank to King to t.-o, Hit bv nitched ball By nc O T eft nn bases Jeiivci, u rrrvV a Time 1:55. Attendance 5,500. Umpire (jiarK, SATURDAY W. Xj. GAMES. WAS PITCHER'S BATTLE. Lincoln Won Saturday's Game, Scor ias One Run in tlus Ninth. Wright and Jones tangled up in a pitcher's battle here Saturday aiici r,rn Wrie-ht comine out second best, Lincoln made a ninth inning finish, anrino- the nnjy run or loe Biu' Thomason's muff of Waldron s fly hl .Thomas doubled to right field, but Waldron was caught at the plate, u nomas mums the throw. Gagnier hit through be tween Geier and Abbott, scoring the winning run. The game was a fast one, sharp fielding being a feature all the way through. For Topeka Abbott pulled off a double play unassisted while Geier and Abbott iigurea in double play. ox naa a. uuj second and Jude maae a anuuun in left field robbing Geier oi The score: J.Ui'l-.lS.A. Players Wooley, cf... Geier, 2b Kunkel, Sb... Fenlon. rf Thomason, -If Kerns, c Abbott, lb Downie, ss... Wright, p.... A3. R. H PO. A. 0 4 0 1 o 0 2 3 0 4 0 0 4 4 3 Totals 2" 0 3 27 10 LINCOLN. VInvers AB. It. 11. i"J. A. E. Hogriever, 3b 4 0 0 0 Fox. 2b 0 Waldron. rf 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 o 3 o 0 1 1 13 Thomas, lb 4 1 z lb Gagnier. ss i i Davidson, cf 3 0 1 3 Jude. If 0 J J Sullivan, c J 1 Jones, p 3 0 10 0 Totals 33 1 71 SCORE HI 1 A JN liN uo. TODeka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 Lincoln u u u u u u u i i Summary: Stolen Base Fenlon. Sacrifice Hit Downie. Two Base Hit Thomas. Bases on Balls Off Wright 1; off Jones 1. Struck Out by Wright. Left on Bases Topeka 3; Lincoln 6. Double Plays Abbott unas sisted; Geier to Abbott; Fox to Thomas. Time of game 1:30. At tendance 600. Umpire Haskell. Sioux City 10, Wichita 2. WTichita, July 5. Two home runs' in the second and fifth innings and six hits in the ninth won Saturday's game for Sioux City. Score: R.H.E Sioux City 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 510 13 1 Wichita 0 00000200 2 4 3 Batteries Alderman and Shea; Johns, Hushes, 2b 3 0 1 Pennell. If 4 0 1 Westerzil, 3b 4 12 Middleton. cf 4 0 1 Robert, c 4 0 0 Pettigrew, rf 2 11 Shaner. p 3 0 1 Nyx sv wfflm M call jrP A and Holland. Des Moines 3. Pueblo 1. Des Moines, la., July 5. Miller and Jackson had a pitchers' battle here Saturday. Miller -winning out. Score: R-tl.E. Des Moines .....10000020 3 5 3 Pueblo 00 0 10000 0 1 4 3 Batteries Miller v and Kerner; Jack son and Mitze. Rain at Denver. The Denver-Omaha game at Denver was postponed; rain. NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES. St. Louis 3, Chicago 2 Chicago. July 5. St. Louis won yes terday in the second, two passes, two singles and Konetchy's two bagger scoring three runs. Score: R.H.E. Chicago .1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 02 3 0 St. Louis 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 03 6 1 Batteries Pfeister, Higginbotham, Brown and Moran; Bailee and Bresna- han. Two base hit Gonetchy. Three base hit Schulte. First base on balls it Pfeister 1, Higginbotham 4, Sallee S. Struck out By Higginbotham 4, Brown 1, Sallee 3. Umpires Emslie and O'Day. Cincinnati 4, Pittsburg 2. Cincinnati, July 5. Beginning with Wagner, the first four batsmen up for Pittsburg in the ninth inning made hits. Score: R.H.E. Cincinnati 2 1010000 4 8 0 Pittsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 11 2 Batteries Spade and McLean; Cam. nitze and Gibson. Two base hits Bescher, Miller, Wag ner 2. Struck out By Spade 3, Cam- mtze 6. Bases on balls Off Camnitze i. umpire Johnstone. AMERICAN LEAGUE GAMES. St. Louis 1, Detroit 3. St. Louis, July 5. Detroit defeated St. Louis yesterday by hitting Willitts hard. Coore: R.H.E. St. Louis 0 0000100 01 4 1 Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 03 11 1 Batteries Waddell, Powell and Stephens; Willetts and Stanage. Two base hits Stanage 2, Mclntyre, Cobb. Base on balls Off Waddell 1, off Willetts 1. Struck out By Waddell 5, by Powell 2. by Willetts 2. Umpires Hurst and Connolly. Chicago 0, Cleveland 3. Chicago. July S. Cleveland defeated Chicago in a light hitting game. Score: R.H.E. Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 2 0 Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 6 0 Batteries Fiene. Scott and Sullivan, Owens; Joss and Clark, Easterly. rnree Dase hit ISasterly. Base on balls Off Fiene 1, Scott 1, Joss 1. Struck out By Fiene 2. Joss 2. Umpire Evans. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Milwaukee 4, Kansas City 1. Kansas City, July 5. Kansas City- lost Sunday's game to the leaders by errors. Score: R.H.E Milwaukee 02002000 t 7 2 Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 01 5 3 Batteries Manske and Hostetter; Swann and Bitter.- Louisville 2, Indianapolis O. Louisville, Ky July 5. Louisville's three hits which were bunched in the third inning netted two runs, and a vic- ory from Indianapolis Sunday in the second game of the series. Both Halla and Jones pitched clever ball. Both teams fielded sharply. Score: R.H.E. Louisville 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 Indianapolis 0 0000000 00 3 1 Battel iea Halla and Peitz; Jones, Cheney and Howley. Minneapolis 0, St. Paul 0. Minneapolis, Minn., July 5. Minne apolis slaughtered St. Paul in the third game of tne series, 9 to 0. The game was played on a muddy field. Minne apolis made six straight hits off Geh ring in the sixth before a man was out. coring six times in the inning. Olm- stead pitcted his seventh shutout of the season for Minneapolis. He secured three hits, including a home run in four times up. Score: "R.I" Minneapolis 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 1 9 12 1 St. Paul 0 0000000 00 7 0 Batteries Olmstead and Block; Gen-1 ring and Yeager. Toledo 11, Columbus 6. Toledo, O., July 5. Heavy hitting on both sides was the feature of Sunday's game, but while Wright was able to keep hits scattered, Toledo mixed hits with errors by Columbus and won 11 to 6. Upp was taken out in the sec ond, but Nelson, who was substituted, was able to do little better. Score: R.H.E. Toledo 1 2 2 0 1 5 0 0 'It 14 4 Columbjs 1 00002120 6 12 5 Batteries Wright and Land; Upp, Nelson and James. HIS BUSY DAY. KANSAS STATE LEAGUE. Wellington 2, Newton 2. i Newton, July 5. The Wellington iNewton game was called at 4 o'clock Sunday by previous arrangement so the visitors-could catch a train home. Score: R H E. Wellington ..0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 02 8 o' Newton i v0 0 0 1 0 1 0 02 6 2 Batteries Fisher and PInkerton; Lewis and Maxey. Twin aties 1, Arkansas City T. Arkansas City, Julv 5. The Grays won again from the Twin Cities team by the score of 7 to 1. The feature of the game was e. home run by Howie for the visitors, who put the ball over the .fence. Score: R H E. Arkansas City .0 0000100 0 l' 4" 2 Twin Cities 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 17 11 a Batteries Fallis and Walker; Scarry, Howie and Freeze. Lyons 4, Hutchinson 2, Hutchinson, Kan., July 5. Every run made Sunday resulted from errors, Hutchinson making the most errors and Lyons winning, 4 to 2. Score: t w iiutchinson ..1 0 0 00 0 1 0 02 6 5 Lyns 0 0100020 14 7 mSftter!f'lrSmitn and Mier; Size-! more and Brammell. McPherson 2, Great Bend 0. Srwn-Sfn1' Ian-' July 5.-Clawson fl wL 1 clahed in a pitchers- bat- the Sunday- McPherson winning tne game on Wstc'. j though only two hits ir M!.Ui .delivery. Both teams played t. were at tne mercy of the! McPllPrcnn R.H.E. rvYoV i, 1 0 0 1-2 2 1 Great Bend 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 3 son n t rUlawson and Depew; Wat son and Jokerst. Umpire Spencer. Syracuse 7, Garden City 3 tingrof Chi 3n" J"'y 6 The hard hit tine or Chapman, r'lar.b- bygrscoreeroefS7Utnoda3y feP""6'1 Uy G..-V:"''oooooll andTnT and Davis; Brown Clianute 5, Santa Fe 4 Chanute. Kan ti c SaV?. :taTean,teSudn: ning game, w .....loicu LCI Score: Topeka R.H.E. PeKa 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0-4 6 3 Chan"te; 0 1 1 0 0 0 00 2 i5 t 2 Crory; Elllt. Baiuie and Kluer Mc- Auburn 7, Atchison 5. Atchison. Kan ti.. c tuay bunday. Auburn won by a score of 7 Score: Atchison n n n n n i a ,-lu- A1bn 0 0 0 0 0 I 5 J? S7 11 S Saffordvilie Reds Won. 9 to Saffordvilie, Kan., July 5 The Saf Whltesexnfi tf GU?!stone of 9 to 9 r agame here by the score niteh I" RoJ 'ns for the locals, who pitched a no-hit game last Sundav Prvted to. be very8 effective, allowing but two hits. Tt is uiim..j ri. thousand people saw the contest The inninV "t l"? e.na of.the fifth -Y"""1 ot a roping con test. Batteries Reds, Rollins and t, JtIlc ,ox jirrett and Matti. Norton Boosters Won Close Game. tun, nan., July 5. The M.,.. Boosters shut o..t oLilv. A??0?? in a fast game, Elliot' "three dagger being the feature nagger Score by innings: s ti c Smith rr,t .M.fc, x- o o o o 3 Norton 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 02 4 cu, e"es White and Agnew; a"o. roort. struck out By Shimeall, 5; by White, 6. Time of earn; x is. Pleasant Hill 2, Printers 1. i ne neasant Hill hHsehs.ii o, north of the city, defeated the Topeka Printers Saturday by the score of 2 to x. xne game was played at Pleasant Hill. The hitting of Hammond for rieasant iiiu was tne feature of th game. bcore: R.H.E. f leasant win 3 7 lopeKa .frinters i 4 5 Batteries L. Follom and R. Pollom; fawner ana &nyaer. umpire Evans. Lecompton 8, Third Presbyterians O. Lecompton, Kan., July 5. The Le compton baseball team defeated the Third Presbyterian team of Topeka nere Saturday Dy the score of 8 to 0. The pitching of Milliken for Lecomp ton was the feature of the game. Score: R.E. Lecompton 4 0012000 1 8 Presbyterian 00000000 0 0 Batteries Milliken and Tarr; Jolley ana Alexander. No Church League Games. All the games in the Church League Special Pullman Sleeper to Los Angeles for Elks and Others will leave Topeka at 1:45 P. M., July 7th. Round trip railroad fare $56.50, including side ride to Grand Canyon. The sleeper will go through to Los Angles via Grand Canyon and may be occupied during stay there. If Grand Canyon side ride is not taken the round trip to Los Angeles will cost only $50.00. These rates are for tickets good going and returning, via different routes, if desired. FTTTv See or phone 30 Bcneduled for last Saturday were post ""i raiuraay RESULTS SATURDAY. National League. Boston 6-4, Philadelphia 7-0. New York 5-2, Brooklyn 3-1. Cincinnati 10, St. Louis 2. Chicago 6, Pittsburg 0. American Ieague. St. Louis 4, Chicago 0. Detroit 1, Cleveland 4. Washington 4-1, Boston 6-5. Philadelphia 5-7, New York 2-0. American Association. Kansas City 2, Milwaukee 6. Columbus 12, Toledo 11. Indianapolis 8, Louisville 4. Minneapolis 7, St. Paul 8. Western Association. Bartlesville 5, Springfield 0. Pittsbure 0, Guthrie 1. Muskogee 13, El Reno 0. Enid 2, Webb City 0. Central Kansas League. Clay Center 3-7, Manhattan 0-6. Minneapolis 6-1, Beioit 1-2. Junction City 6-13, Abilene 5-2. Salina 1-6, Ellsworth 0-4. Kansas State League. Newton 8, Wellington 7. Great 7, McPherson 4. Arkansas City 8, Strong City 1. Hutchinson 2, Lyons 1. There will be no games in the West ern League tomorrow as it is an oft day. Wednesday the Topeka club opens a four game series in Omaha. Tom Hughes, a former Topeka pitch er, is making good with the Highland ers. Friday he shut out the Washing ton team by a score of 3 to 0, driving in 2 out of the 3 runs with a single. It took Tom a long time to stick but it looks as though he was sure going to make it this time. Reports from Colorado indicate that old Herman Long, the once great short stop who finished his long career with the Des Moines team. Is dying from consumption in Colorado. Jimmy Austin is certainly increas ing his popularity at New York since he has gone to third base for the High landers. Yeager, who is now catching for St, Paul, was so fat and slow a year ago that he wasn't fast enough for Des Moines. Tommy Messitt, an old Western League back stop, is catching for the Richmond club in the Virginia club. Ed Killingsworth. who is now with Lincoln, was released by Cooley because he didn t nave a thing." Maybe he has acquired something by this time. Lincoln News: Nig Shaner, the olive- skinned Wichita pitcher, appears to be able to hang the defeat sign onto the Greenbackers without regard to ordi nary conditions. Yesterday he held the Green tribe to one hit. a three-bagger by Thomas netting Lincoln's only run of the proceedings. When the Izzies were in Lincoln last month. Nig beat the Greens after passing I men to first. The Izzies had three errors behind him and Lincoln had 12 blows in its hit column. Mr. Shaner is the real Per uvian in the inscrutable mystery line. Pueblo Chieftain: Umpire GlenaHin. during the seven games Just closed in which he has officiated, has made him self extreme'- opular with the base ball lovmg public of Pueblo. After get ting off bad the first day by benching both Curtis and Walters, his wvirk has mproved to such an extent that the majority of the fans are emphatic in declaring him to be one of the best umpires seen here in several seasons. Some of the fans even go so far as to declare him an equal to Haskell and on the whole his work is to be com mended. His czar-like tactics, which were so objectionable at first, have al most entirely disappeared, and now. although he still runs the game as it should be run, there is very little room for criticism. His belligerent attitude has made the players understand that he is not to be abused and although he will permit them to question a de cision, there is very Httle back talk. It is hoped by many that he will return here with the team. Art Griggs is stinging the hide off the ball for the St. Louis Browns. In one game last week he secured two doubles out of three times up and the next day he counted out three singles out of four trips to the plate. The Wichita team is certainly shot to pieces. Pettigrew is sick and An derson is out of the lineup on account of injuries. But the greatest trouble is that Buck Weaver is sick in bed with a bad attack of asthma. Weaver has more baseball brains than most bail players. Uncle John Higgins, of the Des Moines club, rays that he will win the pennant from Ducky Holmes. The Sioux City Tribune says he will have to get some more players to do it. Lincoln News: Lincoln fans can't be blamed for refusing to enthuse over the iow position of the Greenbackers in the race, but there are very few croakers and yellow-backs in the Nebraska capi tal. Most of them recognize the fact Western eaftiel me for space in this special car. Literature of the trip free on application. T. L. KING, City Passenger Agent that it is better to swallow the dose and not kick. We can stand for a tall ender if we have to, meanwhile hoping for better things in another year. Where is the baseball fan possessing an atom of public spirit that would not regret the passing of the sport In the Nebraska capital It requires fine cour age to get behind a consistent loser, but Lincoln has no ambitions to be adver tised as a quitter, such us other cities that might be mentioned but for the fact that charity forbids. Clare Patterson, the outfielder whom Clarke Griffith picked up a few days ago from the Guthrie club of the West ern Association, is a Kansas boy and bis home is near Gueda Springs in Cowley county. The loss of the Joplin team to the Western Association leaves but one of the original cities left In the league when the organization of the old Mis souri Valley was first formed in 1902 Springfield has that distinction. The Lincoln players say that Sulli van has no Idea of going to Denver and that the trade for Zalunky has fall en through because Zalutsky won't re port. It is reported that Catcher McManus has been traded by Cooley to Lincoln for Gagnier, the fast shortstops. Mc Manus is one of the best catchers in the league but is a hard proposition for managers. Lyndon 6-1, Nvranton 0-1. Lyndon, July 5. Lyndon won both ends of a double header here Saturday from Scranton. Scores: First game -n 11 x? Lyndon I Scranton 0 2 Batteries Mcintosh," Guthrie and Morris; Nicolay and McGrath Second game dhc. Lyndon 1 51 Scranton "0 4 1 Batteries Soover and MorrlsV Nico lay and McGrah. Where They Piny Tomorrow. KANSAS STATE LEAGUE McPherson at Hutchinson Strong City at Great Bend. Arkansas City at Wellington. Newton at Lyons. CENTRAL KANSAS LEAGUE. Minneapolis at Salina. Clay Center at Junction City. Ellsworth at Beioit. Manhatttan at Abilene. Bill Horrlll is playing right field for Beloil. Besides his home run proclivi ties Bill manages to play on nearly every team in the league during the same season. Lee Gramley has two new players. Miller, a pitcher, and Davis an out fielder. Both look pretty good to General Manager Lee. Lyons is minus a good pitcher In Harris. Harris lost his last game, a 2 to 1 ten-inning affair at Hutchinson Saturday. Citizen who was released by Wel lington has signed with Great Bend. He is a good ball player. Slapnicka was batted out of the box In the first inning by McPherson a few days ago. Hutchinson Gazette: President Hos tutler enters a denial to the report that the league schedule will be brok en in the middle and another content commenced. Funny Fil says that the league Is going fine and any club In the circuit has an equal show for the flag. Harlow, former manager for the Newton club, was the first to suggest It, but Maxey. the new manager, will not listen to it. He says he is going after the rag. Great Bend Tribune: Green's poor playing at times is excusable In spite of the fact that he Is a heavy hitter and an excellent fielder. The fining system has been intro duced at Junction City. Martlng the third sacker pulled off a bonehead a few days ago and his check will show a five dollar reduction. Cooley wasn't much impressed with anything he saw during his scouting trip in the Central Kansas League. It is reported that Salina will loan some players to one of the Kansas State Leagues. And it Is also reported that Mudville will loan a few men to Detroit and Pittsburg. Thompson and Williams of Ahllcn are said to be two of the best pltchr in the Central Kansas League. Affy Wilson It is said beefed o much in a recent game at Salina that he frightened the umpire. McPherson's second baseman Rynek is laid up with a bad knee but will be back In a few days. Minneapolis Messenger: Lawrence, the Indian backstop with Salina. Is mighty neat Httle catcher. He hit well during the series here, but hi.'? peg ging was hindered because of Fury height, and Fury Just wouldp't trt nut ot his way.

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THETOPEKA DAILY STATE JC "7AL UOIID T EVENING JULY 5, 1903. 4TII CLAIMS MANY Annual Harrest of Patriotic Ylctims in Progress. Kansas Will Furnish Its Full Quota Killed and Maimed. TOY PISTOL IN LEAD. Accidents of Every Description Hare Been Reported, One Killed and Three More In jured at Neodesha. Neodesha, Kan., July 5. One dead. three badly hurt, and all tne nre works exploded at once by a recalci tmnt T-ru-to- 1r the record of N- odesha's greatest Fourth of July cel ebration, held at 100 In the shade. The chief attraction was the un- i-eilinsr of a monument erected ai me Neodesha cemetery to the memory of i .-Atorana or me CIV 11 v. iuo j t vr w. J. Bailey 01 cmou, .u RlckeU of Topeka, were xne pal speakers. tour acciaeuio mawo of the '.day. ,Ding padlock orders asked for a week's i via. Teturning Borne on an mluioi which had taken the siding at rus switch, four miles west, got on tne excursion train. W hen tne reRuiai eastbound passenger train uicu he lumped in front or it, in an fort to get back on the excursion train He was struck by the pilot and thrown forty feet. Death was instan- Trt,,o Armour's wife and 14-year- j.ktor wprs on the excursion train There was nearly a panic when it -a a a i.nrnpd he had "been killed. Bob Beebe. a carrier ooy uii Iaily Sun had his left hand almost blown off by a firecracker. Two fin gers are gone. It is thought that the thumb and remaining fingers may be saved. Another boy had his face and shoulders so badly burned tnat ms Tom "Walsh, a cement worker from Altoona had a fight with "William Jef ferson, a livery staoie nana. was carried to the doctor's office about mMnltrht. and did not recover con sciousness until 8 o'clock in the morn While the fireworks were being put off on the principal business corner a rocket took a shoot downward anu oiriHriorl on the navement under a canvas and set off all the rest of the fireworks, creating a panic for thirty minutes. Bevond a few minor burns and many damaged dresses and suits no damage was done. Wichita. Kan.. July 5. tne r ounn was observed in a safe and sane man- I ner here by the holding of services in the Philharmony hall by tne it;ngnsn Lutheran church and by services of the same sort In the Crawford opera house in the evening by the Central Christian church. The interior of the buildings were decorated with nation al colors and the music was patriotic as well as religious. Klectric fans kept the place cool and lemonade was served to those who attended. It was the first real sane Fourth ever, cele brated in the city. The city ordinances regarding the firing of torpedo canes and blank cartridge revolvers were enforced and the city was quiet except for the fir ing of an occasional small fire crack er. The Fourth will be observed with noise, although the police will do all I they can to prevent the firing of t pistols, giant fire crackers and torpe do canes. No casualties have been reported here. Salina. July 5. The injured: F. A. Vandyke, chauffeur, both col lar bones broken and head badly cut with flying glass. Benson, collar bone and one arm broken. I Dr. A .W. Williams, suffering from I concussion of the brain, three ribs and I one arm broken and Dadly cut and I bruised: may die. R. O. Brown cut and badly bruised. Four men while returning from a Fourth of July celebration at Salems- burg at midnight were injured when the steering rod of their car broke. The car ran against an embankment and after scraping the dirt for a dis- tance of three telephone poles turned completely over twice. The car was running at a high rate of speed when the accident happened and when men brought the car in this morning it was set at high speed and the brakes were off. The car was badly dam aged. Chanute, July 5. Lee Mitchell, 11 years old. being without firecrackers, tried to celebrate by shooting off a fulminating cap used to explode dy namite. His eye was badlv hurt. The surgeon thinks the sight can be saved. Maple Hill. July 5. While watching his 6-year-old nephew celebrate the Fourth with a revolver and blank car tridges near here W. A. Turnbull was seriously injured by being shot in the temple. The wad In the blank struck him. He is under the care of a phy sician. Kansas City. July 4. The Fourth of July's toll of death in Kansas City be gan when Mrs. Thelma A. Hogan, 26 years old. died of lockjaw, the result of the discharge of a toy pistol. Wil bur, Mrs. Hogan's 6-year-old son. bought the toy which caused his moth er's death. He shot some of his blanks and the pistol became clogged. He took it to his mother and while she -was attempting to clean it the pistol went off, shooting a bit of paper wad ding in her left hand. This brought on the fatal malady. Spent the Fourth in Wheat Fields. Atchison, Kan., July 5. Most of the farmers in this vicinity celebrated In dependence day in the harvest fields. The harvest here is about half finish ed. Some of the farmers believe their wheat will average thirty bushels to the acre. 1 OPPORTUNITY L-' loin the Fnrit-Grower Cotoar ft dc.- tb. choicest fruit mnri frwot. im ia AjqMtjcsfci the wmry bewt of CELEBRATED. FRL IT BELT Join Oar Excimtott Ttwrv n mvTM. U St. Jour. Mo. r jP JAMES PADLOCK ORDER NOT IN EFFECT Prosecution as Well as Defendants I 1DTPA ml llfMnv I Leavenworth. Kan.. Julv 5. On ac- count of the fact that the attorneys for I the defense of the four saloon keepers against whose places the state is ask- urin.y anu tuai. uuniica ouuncia, SiStant attorney general, is to take a vacation of two weeks, the hearing of tne motions for writs of abatement i wjj noj come up in the district court untl jUy 24. Mr. Shukers filed a motion for a i similar write of abatement against Ed LeMay's place on Delaware street. I There are now six padlock orders I pending In the district court "r am going down' home in southern I Kansas for two weeks and for-et that there ever was a Leavenworth," said Mr. Shukers. "I will, however, give them an absent treatment, and trust that they will not forget us." Mr. Shukers asked the court for the issuance of citations against Orsine Giacomini, Tim and Mort Foren and Jack Rvan. On the approach of Mr. Shukers the town became really dry. "I under stand that the citv has a good" lid to day," said Shukers, "but they'll open up again tonight. WANT HARVESTERS IX PAWNEE. Mayor Frirell of Lamed Says 1,000 Men Are deeded. Larned, Kan., July 5. In an ap peal for help in harvesting the wheat crop in Pawnee county Mayor Frlz- zell of Larned says: We are actually in need of one thousand men to help us harvest. We pay $2.50 to $3 a day: $2.50 to drive a barge and pitcn nay ana is tor stackers and header drivers, and $3.50 to $5 a day for engineers and seyaiai-ur ulc. It is true that a number of men came to Larned and expected $3 to $5 a day for doing nothing and we have on the streets a few agitators who are endeavoring to combine on prices and send out false reports that there is no work in Pawnee county. I desire to say that Pawnee county has 210.000 acres of wheat, with only 7 40ft nn-nl which elves lis less than l.OO nhlp "hodier! men. I For the last ten years it has been trA I extra men to help us harvest, at the present time we have received only about half this number. We now want one thousand men, as only about half of our farmers are now harvest ling. MURDERER HTNTON MUST WAIT. Good Time Does Not Apply When Release Date Is Fixed. Leavenworth, Kan.-, Julv 5v Joseph Hinton. at one time a lifetime prison er. has been denied release from the Kansas penitentiary by writ of habeas corpus. Hinton was brought in from PhilUns county in 1901. where he killed his sweetheart, and then shot himself with suicidal intent, xne DUJ let he fired into his body did not prove fatal, and on his recovery from the wound he was sentenced to be hanged, and was brought here. Governor Hoch commuted his sen tence to expire ten years from the date he was brougnt to prison, ana Hinton recently asked to be allowed good time, which would have taken off two years more. The penitentiary noara reiusea to allow him good time, and in the habeas corpus suit Judge Dill held that inasmuch as the governor, in cut ting the life sentence, fixed a certain date for discharge, good time deduc tions did not apply. Attorney General Jackson furnished the prison board with a similar opinion when asked for legal advice. LIGHTNEVG KILLED A FARMER. William Kisler Was Struck hy Two Separate Bolts. Lerado, Kan., July 5. William Kisler, a farmer living three miles east and two mile south of here was struck twice by lightning during a ter rifle electric storm which visited that section. Mr. Kisler was working in the wheat field when ha was forced to take refuge from a driving rain. He hurried to the barnyard where he unhitched his horses and placed them in the barn. He was just starting to the house when a bolt of lightning struck him, knocking him to the ground in an unconscious condition. Kisler's wife and a hired hand, Jacob Klark, saw the accident from the doorway. They rushed to his side and were in the act of picking him up when another bolt of lightning struck in the same spot. The second shock killed Kisler in stantly. Mrs. Kisler and Klark also were injured. The woman is not ex pected to live. IOLA'S NEWSPAPERS MERGED. Register. Record and Index to Be Published by One Company. Iola. Kan., July 5. Announcement has been made by the newspapers of Iola of the consolidation of the three daily newspapers there the Record, the Register and the Index. The pa pers have been purchased by a new company called the Register Publish ing company, with F. W. Brewster as manager. The Record and the Register were afternoon dailies and the Index was a morning paper. Mr. Brewster, the manager of the new company, was formerly one of the owners of the Record and previously to that he had been the manager of, the Register. He is,- therefore, as thoroughly acquainted with the Iola newspaper field as anyone could be. Clay County Official Dead. Clay Center, Kan., July 5. Newton Allen, county surveyor and ex-pro bate Judge of Clay county,, an ex-sol- THE FIRECRACKER ITENB'S FOURTH. Art -i?:' .rcu v;;n ri Vr .Ml r1 pci HL' I diep and one of the oldest residents of the county, died after an Illness of but one day. Mr. Allen was a leader in Odd Fellows work and one of the widely known men of this county. NEW JIEX FOB UNIVERSITY. Chancellor Strong Secures Eastern Educators for K. I'. Lawrence, Kan., July 5. Chancel lor Frank Strong of the University of Kansas, who returned from a trip to the east to engage new members of the university faculty, announces that he had secured men to head the new departments of physics and elec trical engineering which the board of regents recently established. The names of these men will be submitted to the regents for formal election to the faculty at the next meeting of the board. Frederick E. Kester, who has been an associate professor of physics in the University of Ohio since 1906, will head the new department of physics. He was graduated from Ohio univer sity in 1895 with the degree of me chanical engineer in electrical engin eering. In 1899 he received his mas ter's degree from Cornell, and in 1905 the degree of doctor in philosophy. He was a student in Gottingen, Germany, for one year. George C. Schaad, who W"ill head the department of electrical engineer ing, has been an associate professor of electrical engineering in the Mas sachusetts institute of Technology at Boston since 1906. He holds the de gree of bachelor of science and master of arts from 'Pennsylvania State col lege. After his graduation he worked for the General Klectrical Co., at Schenectady, N. for two years and then taught four years at the Uni versity of Wisconsin. Richard R. Price, a graduate of the University of Kansas and a member of the state text-book commission, will be professor of university exten sion, which will be greatly expanded in the next two years. The univer sity will devote special attention to this work, and a number of corres pondence courses will probably be in stituted. The work will be modeled in general after that of the University of Wisconsin. David C. Rogers, an -instructor in social ethics at Harvara since iu&, will OA Sin ft KKl Sltfl n t TlTOfPSSOr Of T f 1 1 will be an assistant professor of phil osophy. Clarence A. Dykstra, now an in structor in American history at the University of Ohio, will be associate professor in American history L. C. Miege of Emporia, Kan., will be assistant instructor in French. DEAN WATERS IS SILENT. Believed, However. That lie Has Ac cepted K. S. A. C Offer. Manhattan. Kan.. July 5. It is generally believed here that Dean Waters has accepted the presidency of the State Agricultural college. Geo. F. Freeman, assistant professor of botany at the college, talked to Dean Waters a few days ago at .nays re garding the offer and Mr. Waters said he thought he should notify the peo ple at Columbia first, which would in dicate that ne mtenaea to maice tne change. Arthur Capper, a member of the board, told Frank Emmons that he felt sure Dean Waters would ac cept the place. Ml LV AM: MILL CHANGES HANDS Traded for a 2,640 Acre Ranch Near Englewood. Mulvane, Kan., July 5. Nessley Rucker have traded the Mulvane Mill Elevator company to E. P. Desmaris of Englewood, Kan., in exchange for 2.640 acres of land adjoining the Colonel Perry ranch, near Englewood. The mill and elevator brought $50, 000 in the deal, which makes the land average about $19 per acre. NEW WHEAT AT HUTCHINSON. John Dealy Realizes $1.02 Per Bushel lor His Crop. Hutchinson, Kan., July 5. The first sale of new wheat was recorded when John Dealy, living east of Hutchin son, sold tne crop irora a 4u-acre BUSY DOCTOR Sometimes Overlooks a Point. The physician is such a busy man that he sometimes overlooks a valu able point to which his attention may be called by an intelligent patient who is a thinker. "About a year ago my attention was called to Grape-Nuts by one of my patients," says a physician of Cincin nati. "At the time my own health was bad and I w-as pretty well run down but I say at once that the theroies be hind Grape-Nuts were sound and that if the food was all that was claimed. it was a perfect food. "So I commenced to use Grape-Nuts with cream twice a day and in a short time I began to improve in every way and I am now much stronger, feel bet ter and weigh more than ever before in my life. "I know that all of this good is due to Grape-Nuts and I am firmly con vinced that the claims made for the food are true. I have recommended, and still rec ommend, Grape-Nuts to a great many of my patients with splendid results, and in some cases the improvement of patients on this fine food has been wonderful. "As a brain and nerve food, in fact. as a general fool, Grape-Nuta stands alone." Look in pkgs for a copy of the fa mous little book, "The Road to Well ville." "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human Interest. tract to the Hutchinson Milling com pany. The wheat averages twenty pusneis to tne acre. Mr. Dealy is one of the earlv set tiers of this section and is recognized as one of the best wheat raisers of this section. He says that the wheat from the 40 acre tract surpasses any otner crop ne has ever raised. The purchase price was $1.02 a bushel. FOURTH DROWNING IN MONTH, Pittsburg Colored Man Seized With Cramps Perished. Pittsburg, Kari., July 5. The fourth drowning within the past four weeKs in Pittsburg and vicinity, oc curred when John Seate, colored, lost nis me while in bathing in a pond, northeast of this city about six miles. Seate was in bathing by himself and had been in the water but Short time when another colored man near the pond heard him cry for heln The colored man ran for a plank put petore he could get to the drown ing man, he had gone under and nev er came to the surface of the water again. It is thought that he was seized with cramps as he could swim and the water at that place was not over six feet in depth. CHILDREN DRANK COAL OIL. One Scammon Child Is Dead and the Other May Recover Scammon, Kan., July 5. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Slack is dead as the result of drinking coal on. The two little boys had been left at home while the mother went to one of the neighbors. During her absence they got the coal oil can and drank from it several times. The last time. the younger boy refused to drink any more or tne on which probably saved his life. Both were ill when the mo ther came home and the elder of the two died. It is not known how much of the oil was consumed by the two lads. TO BEGIN WORK OF SURVEY. Interurban Line Will Connect Wich ita With Newton. Wichita, Kan., July ,5. J. B. Hodgson, constructing engineer, will begin at once the preliminary work of surveying the Arkansas Valley, inter- uroan railway line which is to con nect Wichita with Newton and Hutch inson, as well as Burrton, Valley Cen ter and many other towns which He between the first three towns men tioned. The bonds have been sub scribed and the road will be owned and controlled by Kansans. After the line to the north and west has been completed, it will be extend ed to the south and will reach Win field, Mulvane and other towns in Cowley and Sumner counties. HIGH FLYERS FROM KMPOIII Y. JSine Baskets of Chicago Homing Pigeons Released. Emporia, Kan., July 5. Nine bas lcets of homing pigeons, containing from 100 to 12o birds, were received by W. H. Ray, Wells Fargo Express agent, and were liberated by him. The birds were from Chicago, and were sent out by a number of flying associations tor one or the largest fly ing events of the season. The clubs represented were the Chicago Con course association, the Lake View Fly ing club, the Central Flying club,- Ra venswood, and the Pilsen Flying club. CLOUD COUNTY FARMER KILLED Peter Hanson's Neck Was Broken When His Team Ran Away. Concordia, Kan., July 5. Peter Hanson, a well to do farmer of this county and one of the oldest residents and most widely known settlers of the vicinity, was killed instantly by being thrown from his buggy. Mr. Hanson had been to town pur chasing harvest supplies. On the way home his horse took fright at a passing automobile and ran away. Mr. Hanson was thrown out and his neck broken. IOLA MAN COMMITS SUICIDE. A. W. Speckcotel Ended Life by Shooting in Kansas City. Kansas City, Kan., July 5. Despon dency caused A. W. Speckcotel of Iola, to take his life by shooting in his room at the Orient hotel. Death was probably instantaneous. Mr. Speckcotel registered at the hotel last Tuesday and since has paid his bill each morning for one day in advance. When Deputy Coroner Harry Czar- linsky examined the body after the suicide he found only 5 cents. This circumstance leads the police to be lieve money troubles were the cause. Governor Stubbs at Garden City. Garden City, Kan., July 5. With three railways in construction," one. however, on paper only. Garden city was. naturally selected by Governor Stubbs as the town- most needing his services today. The day is fine, the crowd large, and the governor finds as much pleasure with railway boomers as his predecessor did in Chautauqua assemblies. Syracuse and Lakin also celebrate today Girard Airship to Be Tested July 7. Girard, Kan., July 5. It has been officially announced from airship headquarters that a trial of ship No. 2 will be made July 7 Grading on the large trial field east of Girard is well under way and nothing. but heavy rains can prevent trial. Baseball Phone. The State Journal- has a special baseball telephone. For all baseball information, scores, etc., call In dependent 'phone No.' 818. RAILR0AD NEWS, Interstate Commerce Commis sion to Tour West. Seek Information About Freight Rate Situation. TO HEAR MANY CASES. Hill and Harriman Attorneys XS i!l Follow Board. Other Items of Interest Kailway Circles. in Chicago, 111., July 5. According to advices received here by railroad law yers, the interstate commerce commis sion will begin about Oct. 1 a complete tour of the Pacific coast and the prin cipal commercial centers west of the Rocky mountains to get first hand in formation regarding the transconti nental freight rate situation. The itinerary which has been map ped out in a preliminary way includes Spokane, Portland, Seattle, San Fran cisco. Los Angeles" and Salt Lake City. where the commission will take testi mony on rates from the eastern terri tory to the Pacific coast terminals and intermediate points. Itinerary Not Complete. Specific dates when the commission will reach the points named have not yet been determined, but according to present plans it is expected that the first stop will be made at Spokane on Oct. 4, where further testimony will be taken on the supplementary petition of tne- spoKane chamber of commerce against the transcontinental railroads. This is the fundamental case on which the other cases are largely dependen ana nas been pending for over two years. The reduced class rates ordered bv the commission went into effect yester day rrom cnicago ana the east, but they have been opposed by the entire Pacific coa,st, and the commodity rates are being held in abeyance until fall. At Seattle the commission will take testimony in a similar case brought by the Seattle chamber of commerce, the Seattle transportation bureau and the Tacoma chamber of commerce against tne tireat .Northern and other roads. At Portland there are imnortant cases involving complaints of the Port land chamber of commerce against the Oregon Railroad and Navigation com pany, and the Astoria chamber of com merce against the Great Northern. Will Hear Switching Cases. At San Francisco the commission will hear a number of cases, including the oral arguments in the San Fran cisco and Los Angeles switching rate cases. At Reno there is further testi mony to be taken in the case of the railroad commission of Nevada against the Southern Pacific, and at Salt Lake Cit-- will be opened the case of the Salt Lake City commercial club against fifteen transcontinental roads, in which the commission is asked to establish new and reasonable rates between Salt Lake City, Ogden and Ptovo, and Chi cago. Mississippi river ana Missouri river common points. As the Hill and Harriman lines are involved In practically all these cases, the attorneys of the two systems are planning to follow the commission. The most important of the cases to come before the commission during its trip is that of the Salt Lake City com mercial interests. The cnarges oi un reasonable rates, conspiracy in re straint of trade and division of traffic by agreement among the roads have been set out in the petition of relief sent to president -rait on April i, iuui was signed by over 3,000 citizens of Salt Lake and neighboring cities. The petition is directed against practically every western railroad which passes through or makes direct connections with Salt Lake City. BLAME 2-CENT FARES. Chicago, Peoria St. Louis in Hands of Receivers. Springfield. 111.. July 5. For the third time in its history the Chicago, Peoria St. Louis Railway Company of Illinois, known as the Bluff Line, s in the hands of receivers. John P. Ramsey, president of the company, and Henry Merriam, cashier of the Il linois National of Springfield have been appointed receivers by Judge Humph rey in the United States Circuit court on the application of Trust Company of New York, trustee for the second mortgage bondholders, the company having defaulted on the semiannual. I f .7 I I -5--'-4 In "f h b -i,v r -nX. BXnOEEB. HOME OF PRESIDENT TAFT AT BEVERLY, MASS.; HIS CHAUFFEUR AND MEN WHQ GUARD ESTATE. Several secret service men who are to guard President Taft dnrine his stay at Beverly, Mass- took op their abode in that town a week before Mrs. Taft and other members of the family, who preceded Mr. Taft, went thers for the rammer. Still more govern mAnt detectives will accompany the president when he starts on his vacatioo. The Beverly policeman who appears In the accompanying group will be on guard at the Taft cottage all summer, ns will J. D. George, superintendent of the estate. Mr. George is the middle man la the group, and the man n the left will drive the president's automobile. The secret service men will keep even a closer watch over President Taft than was their custom In guarding Mr. Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. Whenever the president goes fishing, driv ing, riding or to the golf links be will be accompanied by two or more detectives, who will allow no stranger to approach, within, speaking distance of Un "While Eczema, Acne, Tetter, Salt Rheum, etc. are troubles which aff eoS the skin, their source ia far deeper than the outside cuticle. These affections are caused by irritating humors, or lira tic acid in the blood. Such impurities Inflame and irritate the delicate net-work of fibrous tissue which lies just beneath the surface of the outer skin, and the inflammatory- discharge thus prouuiwu is iorcea. out; tnrouga tne pores ana glands, and is continually kept up while the blood remains infected. This exudation causes the form ation of scales and crusts so often seen In Eczema, and when they are scratched oft the flesh is left raw and more susceptible to other infection. It can very readily be seen then that to produce a cure the circulation must be purified and cleansed. This B. S. S. will do. It goes down to the very bottom, removes all humors and imparities, neutralizes the excessive acids of the system and in this way removes the cause of disease. Local applica tions can only soothe the irritation and assist in keeping the skin clean; they never produce a cure because such treatment does not reach the blood. S.S.S. restores to the thin, acrid blood all its lost properties, makes is pure and rich and enables it to nourish the skin and keep it soft, smooth and healthy. Book on. Skin Diseases and any medical advice free to all who write. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLASTA, GA. payment of interest on these bonds, which amount to $2,000,000. The bond was fixed at $50,000 for each receiver, which was given with the American Surety Company of New York as surety, and the receivers en tered upon their duties at once. The railroad company made no fight against the appointment of a receiver, the directors at a meeting held in this city on Wednesday hav ing agreed to a receiver being ap pointed, adopting resolutions giving aa reasons for their financial embarrass ment the reduction of 20 per cent in freight rates made by the State Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commis sioners, which went into effect July 1, 1908. the reduction of the passenger rates of the state from 3 to 2 cents per mile by the state legislature, which went into effect July 1, 1907, and the bad condition of the coal busi ness, which is 40 per cent of the en tire business of the road. The line extends from Peoria via Havana, Petersburg, Springfield. Jer sevville and Alton to East St. Louis, 196 miles, with branches to Grafton and Jacksonville. IHLL TO HAVE-THE GULF LINE. Burlinston Line to Open New Road to the South. Chicago, 111.. Julr 5. A far-reaching plan of the Chicago, Burhngton and Quirrcy railroad to end present system south of the Ohio river was revealed through the an nouncement of the incorporation or the Herrin Southern railroad at Me tropolis. 111. This is said to oe in, first sten toward the construct a new line some 600 miles in length connecting Chicago wnn. mo -Mexico by a direct route. The recent acquisition of the Colo rado and Southern by the James J. Hill interests, which gives ine lington a connection with the gulf from Denver, showed the intention of an invasion of Harriman s f ield in competition with the Southern Pa cific. A direct line rom a i 1 n t pw i rieaiiB. GalvesYon would bring the Burlington into direct competition with another Harriman line, the ininoi yi""-" which would be virtually Paralleled by the Hill lines throughout its entire length from Chicago to uiu" The Colorado and Southern line is principally useful as an ojra i. products or tne ooumwen.. nection will suffice to connect it with the Great Northern ana uinic. cific. AT HIS SUMMER HOME' President Taft Spends His First Night at Beverly. Beverly. Mass.. July 5. President and Mrs. Taft arrived here Sunday. President Taft was welcomed as a full-fledged resident of Beverly. The mayor and postmaster called to pay their respects and to make the greet ing cordial. Business buildings and houses were decorated. Nearly the en tire city had intended meeting the president at the station, but he came earlier than expected. Later the pres ident attended church in Beverly and throughout the service the edifice was surrounded by a throng. The road leading past the secluded park where the president's summer home is lo cated was crowded with slght-seers. Two stalwart policemen and a half dozen secret service men were on guard. President Taft came to Beverly at this time to bring Mrs. Taft to the summer home. Although the trip from Washington was tiring, Mrs. Taft stood the Journey remarkably well and took a short automobile ride with the o ACIIE,TEHEFLET Real Estate Loans Monthly Payments The Capital Bniliin I Lean Association f 634 Kansas Avwma r--"in inlii- Ii It's applied like paint on das Stoves and Pipe. Shines ite!f. Won't wash off. Eats up Rust. Makes olj Screen New. PrnilnrM Ebony Finish on Iron and Wood. If your dealer does not hava it se W. K, Culver, K.llcnell Marburg, c? C ii. Forbes. president. Mr. Taft believes that the invigorating air of the sea will quickly restore Mrs. Taft to complete health. She will endeavor to have as quiet a, summer as possible and the president, too, when he finally takes up hfa abode here, will try to have as com plete a vacation aa work on sever.! plans of governmental reform which he has in mind, will allow. The president leaves today for Bon ton whence he goes to Norwich to par ticipate in the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of th town. He then goes to Lake Cham plain for the tencentenary celebration there and will reach Washington la.f in tho afternoon of July 9 to remain until the end of the congressional sion. The president would not venture a guess as to the date of the adlnnrn. ment, but expressed himself as more than pleased with the progress In the senate during tho last few days. President Taft's summer home In known locally as the "Evans cottage',' and is situated near the end of Wood bury Point, which project far out in to Salem bay and forms the north ern boundary among towering elms, the viaw from its wide verandas com manding a splendid sweep of wood. xne picturesque old bay dotted here and there with ragged, rocky Inlands, offers a marine picture of rare at tractiveness. Hundreds of little sloops and othr yachts spread their sails before tha breeze and went dancing In and out of the harbor. The president's yacht Sylph. which will remain hern throughout the summer, was anohorixl near the point. Far out in Marble head harbor the gray lines of the hat tlehlp Minnesota were distinguished. The church where the president at tended services at 10:30 o'clock is thn oldest in Beverly, tho Flmt Unitarian organized In 1667. The president was accompanied by Mrs. Louts Moore, Mrs. Taft's sister and Captain Archi bald Butt, his military aide. He nut in the fifth pew from the front. Tha minister, the Rev. Benjamin R. Bulke ley made reference to the president's arrival In Beverly and in a special prayer asked that God might continue to give him guidance. Dr. Bulkeley declared that the "OH north shore" had known two prwui- and was now honored in welcoming a third. The president was warmly applaud ed as he left. With Mrs. Moore, Mr. Taft motored over to Beverly farms to visit Miss Mabel Boardman. The president, after congTea d- Journs, expects to remain in FSavwrly until September 19, and, then will start upon his projected trip west. J y y,l

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4 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1903. 1CPER STATE JOURNAL By rRANK P. MAO len?tan. f Entered July I 1S7S, second-class matter at tha poitoftlce at Topeka. Ku, tinner the act or congreaa.J VOLUME XXXVI No. 158 Official State Paper. -Official Paper City of Topeka. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally edition, delivered by carrier. M cents a week to any part of Topeka. or suburbs, ar at the ium price in any Kan- aa town wnere ui paper naa a carrier system. By mail, one year ...J3W By mall, three months watorday edition of dally, one year... Ij TELEPHONES. Julnesa Office ...Tien Business Office. ....Itid. IT PetxH-tera Room.... Bell STt Heportera' Room Ind. W Frnnk p. MaoLennan Ir.fl. 709 PRBMANRNT HflMB. Topeka State Journal building. "09 and vn Kansas avenue, corner of Eighth. New Tork Office j 290 Fifth avenue. Paul Block, mnriflw Chicago Office: Hartford building. Paul manneer. FLXL tEASED WIRE REPORT OP THE ASSOCIATED PRES9 The State Journal Is a member of the Associated Press and receives the full day telegraph, report of that reat news or ganization for the exclusive afternoon publication In Topeka. The news Is received In The State Jour- pal building over wires for this sole pur- HOME NEWS WHILE A WAT. Subscribers of the Stitte Jonrnal away d urine the FUnimer may have the paper mailed regularly each day to any address at the rate of ten cents a week or thirty cents a month (by mail only.) Address chanced as often as desired. While out of town the State Journal will be to yon like a dally letter from home. Advance payment is requested on these short time subscriptions, to save bookkeeping expenses. Some Chicago girls recently dug themselves out of asnowdrlftlnthe Alps. Presumably they used their feet to Good advantage. Topeka would have been Just as well pleased If a girl who recently married a Denver Chinaman had not made It known that she formerly lived here. Dan Cupid was pretty busy in Chi cago during June. No. less than 3,306 couples were married there In that period. There would have been more reason for extending hearty con gratulations if the divorce courts had not been quite so active. Sugar is sweet but its rather out rageous manipulation by certain of ficials of the sugar trust Is apt to prove very bitter if the criminal suits which have been launched against them by the federal government are pressed to a successful conclusion. Tt Vins been figured out that the laws f passed by the recent Illinois legisla ture cost the state aDout x4,ouu eacn. The chances are great that many of the mare not worth trie paper they bth written on. Leeislatures are cer- l '.talnly expensive necessities in more J ways than one, 1 Harvard won all three of the big rowing races with her old rival Tale I the other day. And in the minds of the Harvard undergraduates these vic I tories probably more than offset any j glory that the Tale men may feel be I cause one of their brethren is president of the United States. This is good news for the poor man Some experts of the University of Illi nois advise people not to bother here after in paying out extra money for. sirloin, porterhouse steaks and all other expensive tid-blts of the butch er shops. There is just as much nutri tion in the cheaper cuts of meat. Mr. Bryan makes the announcement j that he "wants no more newspaper j notoriety." Probably the newspapers generally would be delighted to meet his demands In this particular, hut then he has such a habit of getting in the limelight that he is asking almost the Impossible unless he changes his ways. Here's a little problem propounded by the Chicago Record-Herald: "If a duck eats nothing but potato bugs and can earn a dollar a day doing that, how much would the 'canard be i worth at the grill room prices of a trans-Atlantic liner?" Possibly the answer is: "Tou can't keep a work i ingman down." The federal government has started j off on a new fiscal year with things j looking bright and rosy throughout the entire country. There is every promise j for a long continuance of prosperity. This should help in a way to assuage i the grief of the consumers because congress has not seen fit to come up i to expectations and revise the tariff downward. I Joshua Zeltleln. of Brooklyn, is 105 1 years old, and for more years than the average life runs he has drank a half-pint of whisky andsix glasses lof beer each day, and has also smoked tobacco whenever ha felt like it. All of which does not prove that whisky and beer are good things for every parson as a regular or even an irregu lar diet. Rather-does it show that there ;s no such thing as a certain recipe for longevity. j President Taft evidently has no trou- -Aa in seeing the handwriting on the vail. He remarked to his brethren of rale the other night that if the party vfcich placed him. in. pov-er and so long ?d controlled the government failed to lve up to its promises and the expec- itlons oi the people it would be rele i -at ad to the position of a minority op position. It's too bad for the peo- la and it s too bad for the G. O. P. tat Mr. Aldrich and a few other Re publican leaders In congress have not he came powers of discernment as has Sir. Taft. Cuba's in the same old rut. The Cu j i.vn senate failed to pass the annual I udget. so President Gomes has is sued a decree making effective the old iaudget "which prevailed during the oc- cupation of the island by the forces of the United States. A similar action on the part of former President Pal ma precipitated the more recent revo lution in the little republic- which de manded intervention again by this country. History certainly repeats it self in Cuba with unusual rapidity. It is to be hoped that this government will not have to go to Cuba to pre serve peace there again. But if it does it, will be for the last time and Cuban independence will be a thing of the past. LXDEPEXDESCE DAY. Wherever the stars and stripes of the United States are flung to the breeze today, and the sun never sets on them now, there is being held a fitting celebration of some sort In honor of the greatest date in American history. Independence day. It was on the Fourth of July, not longer than one hundred and thirty-three years ago that that body of patriots who repre sented the thirteen English colonies in America in their congress, took the great step towards throwing off the yoke of England, by penning and issuing to the world the famous De claration of Independence, which concluded with these stirring words: "We therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in general congress assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the World for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of rieht ought to be. free and indepen dent states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connec tion between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, to tally dissolved; and that, as free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish com merce, and to do all other acts and things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Provi dence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." These were brave words to fling in the teeth of such a mighty sov ereign as England but they were backed by braver hearts as the glor ious results of the War of the Rebel lion so eloquently testified. And the nation that this Declaration of Inde pendence started in the making is a wonderful one. The tomes of history can be searched without finding its equal. The accomplishments in this land, its growth and development dur ing the past century and a quarter, have been simply marvellous. A story of them reads like the fascinating tales of fairies. But the best of it is that the future of the United States promises greater and better things than have been brought about in its past. There are undoubtedly many causes for complaint these days on the part of various classes of people at the way certain thing are taking In tho land. There Is optimism enough, how ever, in the mind of everyone, to be lieve that all of the complex tangles of society, in business, in politics and n every activity of life, will work themselves out to just and satisfactory conclusions in time, and at no very dis tant period, either. But even with such vexatious things as exist 'today, the United States is the best country and nation- on the face of the earth. The opportunities it affords its people are without limit. That they will take bet ter advantage of them is almost a fore gore conclusion. Today's national greatness will be o'ershadowed only by the greater greatness of tomorrow. And it is well that on the Fourth of July each year there is universal com memoration among Americans of the act of the men who, on July 4, 1776, signed their names to the famous pro nunciamento which was responsible for starting the United States on Its way to the magnificent position It now oc cupies. A VOICE FROM THE OUTSIDE. The rather unfortunate situation which has developed in Kansas bank ing circles because of the prospective operation of the state deposit guaran ty law and the system for Insuring deposits which national banks have decided upon, and by which the latter can pay greater interest on deposits than can the state banks. Is attracting considerable attention outside the state. The Chicago Tribune discussed the matter recently in a leading edi torial under the heading, "A Kansas Bank War." as follows: "Kansas, following the lead of Ok lahoma, took up the guarantee depos it idea. It went at the matter more cautiously, however. It provided for a voluntary instead of a compulsory system, and In order to check wild competition for business by the state institutions limited to 3 per cent the interest payable on deposits. "A number of small Oklahoma na tional banks have surrendered their charters. Their stockholders feared the competition of the banks with de posits guaranteed would be too much for them. The Kansas bankers have no intention of giving up the ship. The National Bankers' Insurance com pany has been organized. It will in sure the deposits of any bank for a moderate premium. Furthermore, some of the national banks, taking advantage of the restriction on Inter est rates of the state banks, are offer ing 4 per cent. A few are giving no tice that they will pay 5 per cent on time deposits. This is bait which many depositors are likely to snap at. "The governor of Kansas is of that opinion. He sees In It a declaration of war against the guarantee system. He gave notice that a kind of compe tition which he considered unfair must cease. Thereupon he was in formed, on behalf of the national banks, that they intend to run their business in their own way and will not be dictated to by the state as to interest rates. "The governor's last word is that he will call a special session of the legis lature to give state banks all the legis lation they may need to enable them to meet the interest rates fixed by the national banks. If he were to carry out his threat a bidding for deposits might follow whicit would be harmful to banks and depositors. Competition between the guarantee system and the insurance system is legitimate and can harm nobody. National banks which have Insured their deposits need not fear a loss of business. Their deposit ors will understand that their funds are as well protected as if they were in a bank working under the guaran tee deposit law. Competition for bus! ness through high interest rates on deposits would be bad banking. The Kansas national banks which have raised their rates may have made serious mistake." JOURNAL ENTRIES Love letters are only interesting to those who get them. A good deal of the happiness in life is purely imaginary. Reason and instinct generally work In opposite directions. It's easy enough to break any kind or a record belonging to a grapho- phone. W V Many opinions are valued altogether too highly by the people who hold them. JAYHAWKER JOTS Mack Cretcher thinks the average town needs a slogan about as bad as a toad needs a side pocket. It is explained by the Ottawa Her ald that the Sequoyah club is not a weapon of a hostile tribe of Indians, but the name of a dancing club at Garden City. The Emporia Gazette notes that the records show that there were more girl babies born "in Salina during the year 1908 than there were boy babies, and it says: They were the ding-dongdest girls in the world. Most of them are already teaching school or writing books. An old German Is quoted by an Ellis county paper as explaining how to run a motor car as follows: "Grab der veel vich is in front of you firmly mit both hands and put one foot on her accelerator. Now put de udder on tie reastat und let der elbow chently touch der deoderizer. Keep der blow pipe connecting mit der automatic vog vissle closely between der teeth and let the right elbow be In touch mid der quadruplex while der apex of der left knee vas pressing against der spark coil. Keep both eyes on the road in front of de vagon. Start der driving veels, repeat slowly the name of your ravorite coroner ana leave der rsc to fate." "After the laughter had subsided," says the Hutchinson Gazette, in con cluding a Silly Season symposium, "the man who worked in a bank sprung this one: 'If a fried chicken is worth two in a bush, why does a sick man bet on the races?' 'Because yesterday afternoon came in the morning,' sug gested the clerk. 'Nix,' said the bank er. 'Because a ham and egg sand wich costs too much,' offered the man who sat at the end. 'You're getting warm.' The exertion of thinking was telling upon the other boarders so they all gave it up. 'Why, Mr. Bones,' said the star boarder 'does a sick man bet on the races if a fried chicken is worth two in a bush?" Verv simrjle. said the man who worked in a bank. as ne neipea himself to potato salad. Decause a wooaen legged cab horse can fish for dried prunes, but all sta tistics go to prove that a trlggerless revolver never has typhoid fever.' And the boarders solemnly agreed that it sounded very reasonable." Many years ago, tells the Holton Signal, a lawyer from western Kansas went to Atchison atid told B. P. Wa- gener a client of his wanted to kill a certain man. "If I can advise my client holy to kill his enemy without too much risk," he said, "and then acquit mm, j. can get a section of valuable land." The western lawyer wanted the Atchison lawyer's advice as to the best manner in which to proceed. Waggener refused to have anything to do with the scheme, and advised the western lawyer to give It up. .tsui six montns later, the client of the western lawyer killed the man he hated and being defended bv the western lawyer, was acquitted. Wheth er the section of land was the fee, no one knows. The man who did the killing an he lawyer who defended him died many years ago. GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe. It is said that the best husband in town is treated like a dog. When a man engages in a quarrel, he begins tc- think up lies to tell on hl3 side. So many men go through -life look ing as though their wives had caught them at it. It is too hot to worry. In fact. It is always too hot, or too cold for such Indulgence. One of the most pitiful sights in the world is to see an old woman wearing worn-out finery. When men are not regretting that life is so :-viort. they are doing some thing to kM time. An old woman's idea of a proper young man is one who finds his great est enjoyment in work. The man who is a great help about the house, is usually regarded as hen pecked, and laughed at. One of the most disgusting things about human nature is the ease with hich friends become enemies. A town boy says he never steals peaches except when they hang out side of a man's fence. But he lies. If you want to do something for science, perfect the typewriter before you start in on wireless and airships. Remark that a man is getting a big salary, and some one present will add: "His wife doesn't look as if she were getting her share of it." The conceit of people Is the big gest thing about them. Look your self over: have you so much conceit that it does you actual harm? REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. I From the New Tork Press. It will be really, truly heaven if there are no relatives there. Half the time when a girl thinks she's in love she's only jealous. A woman doesn't really begin to have faith in a man until other people lose it. A woman wants to cheat the cus tom house because it may get a head start at !t and cheat her. The reason a girl can have such a good time at a baseball game is a home run sounds so sentimental. KANSAS COMMENT BOYS AND GIRLS. Boys and girls are so different. Yes terday evening there was a party in North Atchison. Not long before the party was scheduled to begin the girls, who had been invited, came quietly along the streets hoMine- h;r hendi Just So for fear they might disturb a hair or a bow, and, carrying their hands in one position for fear of knock ing a ruffle or plait (pronounced "pleet,") out of place, walked to the house, were received by the hostess, a la-year-oid, went into the parlor, sat down and never lost their dignity and self-possession. But it was different with the boys. Soon after dinner they began to get ready by brushing their ciotnes, a job usually left to their motners, polished their shoes, a Job they fight against on any other occa sion, combed and brushed and combed their hair to make it be good and stay in place for once, were uneasy for fear o upper wouia De late, kicked the dog, pulled the cat's tail or threw a stone at something just because they had to do something. An hour before the party was Que you could see them ap pearing at a distance of one or two DiocKs. if they owned bicycles they rode past the house at full speed and took a swift look to see whether it was time for them to light or not. As time wore along, they rode by the house more slowly each time. Then you would notice a few of them con gregating on a corner. Boys, who had not been Invited, and those who were too big to be invited, were among them, and guying them because of their clothes. Flnallv the Invited Ones work ed their way to the house and took their position on the porch. When they did talk it was to take a shot at one of their number. Once in a while one of them would say something and then they would all laugh loudly, but not very heartily. One of the girls Inside played the piano and, when she stop ped, the boys applauded. After several unsuccessful attempts, the hostess fin ally got the boys in the house and the agony was even more painful for a time. But finally the boys began feel ing at home, "warmed up" and the party was In full progress and every body was having a good time. But men, who are only boy3 grown up, have the same experiences almost. They fuss around when they must attend a party and it takes them about as long to get "warmed up" as it does the bovs. Girls and women naturally take to par- uM. Aic.iisun wioDe. WELL TO BEPREPARED. Mrs. Gould used to buv J500 worth of stockings at one time, according to her testimony in the divorce suit. This reminds one of the story of the old woman and the peddler. The ped dler came along with tin dippers to sell. The old woman had nothing in the house but a $10 bill. The peddler was unable to change the bill, but he persuaded the old woman to buv ten dollars worth of tin dippers. When the old woman's husband rebuked her for buying such a tremendous stock of dippers she said, "Well, John, you know dippers will be dippers next year." Salina Journal. FROM OTHER PENS TITLES ARE FEMININE. Edgar Saltus advocates in a whimsical essay written for the current Smart Set the leaving of. the. titles to the women, Not long ago, he, j-gues, men of positon wore laces ana jewels. These embel llshments they have now abandoned to feminine use. To foretell that it will soon be the same with titles requires ro large prophetic gift. Indeed. Mr. Saltus reads the very signs in our own democratic times. He would be, per haps more consistent in his convictions than was Disraeli, who, having once ac cepted a title for his wife and declin ed one for himself, consented later to be Lord Beaconsfield. It is the Saltus view that women should be permitted to purchase titles outright on their own account. This puts the trade in coronets and signets on an exact level with that in diamonds and pearls. There need be no husbands to offset the decorations. It is in some respects a happy idea. In the first pjace, it may s,ave a few American girls from a frequent form of sacrifice. Again, it may serve to prolong the ex istence of the titles themselves, which, since the bauble honors seem to delight he mind of beauty, all gallant men will esteem a consideration easily worth while. New Tork World. SMUGGLING. What a shameful thing it is to be caught smuggling? We have no fair word for the iniquities and inequalities of the tariff, but smuggling is a form of law-breaking as contemptible and reprehensible as any other, and de serves all the punishment it receives. The worst of the punishment, in the case of private smuggling by wealthy persons, is the indignity of being de tained, searched and published to the world as a cheat and lawbreaker. It urely is not worth while to incur humiliation and disgrace for the sake of bringing through, without duty, a few personal adornments. let other wise decent people are frequently caught smuggling. Not nearly all the cases of trouble with the custom house are actually smuggling cases. Few persons, except the law offices and those actually con- erned in the importing trade, ever thoroughly master the intricacies of the riff. Manv mistakes are made daily through ignorance. Public sympathy is generally with people who are caught n the toils or the customs tnrougn Ignorance or misinterpretation of the law. But the wealthy smuggler is a pretty sorry specimen of humanity who gets very little sympathy. New York Times. THE LAND OF THE MINOTAUR. "Turkey wants Crete. Greece wants Crete and so does Crete." thus briefly the Boston Transcript summarizes con ditions that come to a head July 1 next. On that days ceases by limitation the tiusteeship of the four powers Great Britain, Russia, France and Italy in force since the close of the last war between Turkey and Greece. No one expects the withdrawal of their protection on that day: Austria's seizure of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Bulgaria's declaration of independence render it practically certain that Crete will not be left where Greece can grab it. Tet, must something be done soon er or later. The island, which ac knoweldges the suzerainty of the sul tan, could not sustain itself as an in dependent government, and if Greece intends to fight as she did in 1898, the end cannot well be less disastrous than it was then. If the matter were left to the four trustees they would probably extend their voting trust indefinitely: but no one can tell what Austria-Hungary, refreshed with new laurels and support ed by Germany, may choose to do. "The silent man." Von Aehrenthal, is more tc be feared than the Cretans, who have been given to sacrifice since the days of the Minotaur. Louisville Courier Journal. I THE WAGE EARNER. Here is a song to the salaried man. Who hustles each day of the year. His family lives on a most modest plan, They're nothing expensive or dear. No Wall Street affairs does he worry about, He hasn't a million to stake. And he doesn't have to wonder how much he's out, 1 Or gloat over what he may make. The market on copper may rise or fall, He's not Interested a bit; Conditions of cotton don't fret him at all. Nor a drop in wheat give him a fit. Each Saturday night he is given his pay, Enough and a little to save; -And he isn't alarmed lest a stock slump some day Send him down to a suicide's grave. He lives for his wife and his little ones dear. He seeks not for honors nor fame; In comfort they happily live through the year. And nobody questions their name. The millionaire broker is worried with care. He frets through life's little span; But peace is the portion that falls to the share Of the satisfied salaried man. E. A. Binninstool, in Los Angeles Ex press. Dense Populations. That the population of Berlin de clined 4,419 in 1908 is not a surpris ing result of financial depression. Although the German Empire has 64,000,000 people in an area much smaller than Texas, no part of it is very densely peopled. The new "Great er Berlin," which is planned on an area more than twice New York's wiii not contain so many people. The cen ter of densest population in Germany is not Berlin but Crefeld, but the industrial region of Rhenish Prussia and Westphalia does not contain more than 6,000,000 people. Belgium, with more than 7,000,000 people in an area less than Maryland's, Is considered an example of extreme density. She feeds 625 DeoDle to the square mile by the aid of vast manu- lacturmg industries. Java, with 29, 000,000 people in a space less than Iowa, supports 574 to the square mile by agriculture alone. The inhabited portion of Egypt supports by agrlcul turenearly 1,000 to the square mile. The Chinese Province of Kansrsu is supposed to support 35,000,000 people in tne area or Illinois, but there is no exact census. Still, the portion of the province running from Shanghai to Nanking along the railroad, the Grand Canal and the Tangtsekiang river, an area like New jersey s. is one of the three great hives of humanity known to tne woria. The other two are English and American. A strip of 220 miles by 40 connecting London and the coast north of Liverpool contains in less than New Hampshire's area more than 16,000,000 people, nearly as many as Brazil or Spain. In the United States a strip of 450 miles by 40 whose central line connects Boston and Washington con tains nearly 15,000,000 people in a space rather more than a third that of New Tork state. This little strip of American soil in cludes Providence and the Rhode Is land valley towns, Hartford, New Haven and the Connecticut manufac turing centers. New Tork, Newark. Jersey City, Trenton, Philadelphia and .Baltimore, it has many ports and is growing faster than any of the world toward undoubted primacy. New York World. Curing Smyrna Figs. The process of fig curing as prac ticed in Asia Minor Is simplicity it self. The fruit dries naturally on the trees and drops when perfectly cured. It is then collected and spread out on serghis, or smooth, hard-beaten pieces of prepared ground, measuring usually 10 yards by Z and sloping slightly, so that any rain falling may run off Im mediately, where they remain four to eight days, according to the weather conditions, to dry thoroughly. They are then tightly packed in Jute or wool en bags and shipped to the markets. The largest and finest figs are picked out for table purposes and shipped chiefly to England without any fur ther preparation. The figs to be packed in boxes are simply sorted into various sizes, rolled roughly into shape, and then pressed Into the boxes by the workers, whose hands are kept moist with sea water. or, in places where that is not' to be had, with a brine of water and com mon salt. The thickness of the skins Is not affected by the curing Or the packing, but depends entirely upon the water supply; the less water the thicker the skin. About 80 per cent of the fig trees are entirely dependent upon the rainfall for water supply, the last rains being generally early in May. In those districts where there is an abundant water supply the trees are irrigated once In the month of June and once in July, and these plantations, with out exception, produce the thin-skinned and juicy figs, which are the best quality. The trees that have not been regularly irrigated from the time of their planting are seriously damaged if irrigated upon reaching maturity. Consular Reports. Prices of Brooms Roar. Brooms, apparently the last thing in the domestic line that could be affected by the high price In wheat, have jump ed 40 per cent In price. The house wife no longer can shake a broom at Patten and the wheat manipulators without really paying tribute to them. "Farmers announce they can make more money raising wheat and maize than by raising broom corn with the present prices," declared H. F. Bookhop, a broom manufacturer, of 115 Warren street, yesterday. "They are cutting broom corn from their crop list. "The rise in the price of brooms has caused the United States to lose much its broom trade with Europe. Exports to England and Scotland, particularly, have fallen tremendously. We are even importing Hungarian broom straw." "In four months the price of broom straw has risen more than 100 per cent," said H. A. Groff, proprietor of the Diamond Broom Company, 114 Warren street. "Straw we formerly bought for 4 cents a pound now costs us 8 and 9 cents." W. H. Addoms, of 87 Warren street, broker for a number of broom man ufacturers, said: "The rise in broom straw has knocked out the quarter broom. Broome that formerly sold for 25 cents now sell for 35 and 40 cents." New York American. Pigeon Adopts Chickens. Two fledgling chickens, hatched only a few days, were found by James J. Nedley, of Byram Shore, under a mothering pigeon today, when he drove her off the nest. The mother still takes care of her foster children as to giv ing them warmth, but has not acquir ed a hen's knack of feeding them. Mr. Nedley is a pigeon and chicken fancier. Both kinds of fowl are kept in tr e same house, the pigeon's nest being in the top. One of his hens has strong flying proclivities, and re cently its wings were clipped. It is be lieved that this hen flew to the nest higher up and laid its eggs. A brood ing dove seldom selects anything but its own eggs to sit upon, but this pa tient dove accepted the task and stuck to it until two chickens appeared. Mr. Nedley said he had hard work to drive off the bird when the chicks were al ready several days old. Greenwich (Conn.) Dispatch to New York World. THE EVENING STORY Reconciled by Accident. (By Clara Louise Otis.) "Six o'clock and all's well. Wind's in the east and blowing like everything," caroled a masculine voice. The woman in the kitchen smiled In spite of herself. '""The dear child." she murmured, happily. "So much like his father." Then, to the "child," a tall young man of twenty-four, just entering the kitchen: "You're early tonight, dear. Supper won't be ready for ten minutes." "Oh, that's all right." John Wil liams gave his mother a vigorous hug. "How Is mother?" "Well. And John?" "Fine. Say, mother!" "Yes, dear?" "How would you like a daughter-in-law?" M.-.ry Williams set down the frying pan and faced her son with a dazed expression. "A daughter-in-law?" she repeated, blankly. A blinding rush of tears came to her eyes and the little room seemed to be whirling around. "Oh, John!" was all she said, but the bitter disappointment of those two words was not lost on the young man. "I'm sorry," he said briefly, and left the room. Memories one after the other crowd ed fast before her. Her husband had died when John was three and they had been so happy! And since John had grown to manhood, how happy he had made her. Yet yet he was go ing to bring another woman there another woman! The odor of scorch ing meat made her start. "Come supper's ready," she called In what was intended to be her natur al voice. "Tell me about it," faltered Mary, after they had sat in silence for some minutes. "Not if you don't want to hear, mother." The hurt, proud tones brought con trition to her heart. "I do want to hear." The words were true in more ways than one. "Her name is Kitty Kitty Marvin." "And "Oh, mother, mother, I've wanted to tell you so! Are you sure you want to hear?" "Yes, yes!" she flashed out the words lest John should divine her sinking heart. She smiled, too. Seeing only his mother's smile, John launched into the dear topic. "She hasn't lived here long only since May. I didn't tell you because well, to tell the truth, I was afraid you'd be all cut up about it. Besides, it wasn t set tied until last night. Why, mother, you re crying! Are you sorry?" "No, no I'm glad! Go on." "I met her last year out at the lake, Do you remember my speaking of those girls out there? I knew then she was the only one In the world ror me, John spoke very softly. So he had cherished this girl in his heart a wnoie year ana sne naa thought herself to be his all in all! "Wasn't it strange, mother," went on the young man in a subdued voice. as If his happiness was still a won derful thing, to be reverenced and held in awe, "wasn't it strange that she should move here, not knowing it was my home? "Yes. Tell me everything, dear." "All risrht. She is little and. slim and has gray eyes." Mary Williams was built on generous, capable lines, and her eyes were brown. "Her hair is like yours brown and heavy. She gives music lessons. Mary had no accomplishments except housekeeping. "She sings, too oh, mother, you ought to hear her sing. And she is as quick as a bird and the prettiest dancer. "Can she cook?" "Well. I don't know, but she can do everything else. You see, there are so many in her lamny mat it s nara to tell Just who does do the work. I know she can sew, for she showed me a dress last night that she had made." After the supper work was done and John had gone orr wnistnng, Mary sat -down by the fire. "Oh, God, give me strengtn to Dear ui" sne pray ed fierceley, holding tight to the arms of the chair, then relaxing in a sua den burst of resentful tears. "How can he how can he bring that girl here that Kitty?" ran her rebellious thoughts, and she forgot about her prayer. "Why, her very name sounds eood-for-nothing! If l was an oiq wo man it would be different, but I'm only fortv-seven and as strong as ever. This is my house my own house, and I keep it my own way. Yet a girl is going to come in ana snove me oacK me, who loves John more than she ever could! Don't I always come home early from sewing society so as to have John s supper on timer uon t i make his shirts, when almost .every man buys them ready made? Wouldn't I do his washing if he would let me? Oh, she can't love him as I do! Prob ably she won't even let him smoke in peace. Oh, she can't come she just can't!" For an hour she poured out the re bellion In her soul to the leaping, sym pathetic fire, then sank back exhaust ed. "How selfish I am!" she cried aloud. "I'll have to bear it. John's a man now." As she grew more calm she looked with disgust at her out burst. "I act like a baby! I guess I'm made of better stuff than that, and this is the last foolishness you'll hear from me. If my son's going to be married, why. he's going to be mar ried -that's alL" But she forgot to be on her guard the next morning when John enthu siastically remarked that she should have heard Kitty sing "Dearie" the night before. "Dearie" what a fool ish name for a song! And with that one contemptuous thought all the bit terness of the thing came back to her. "Do you always have to talk about her even at the breakfast table?" John's lips came together in a straight line. "I thought he began, then stopped abruptly. Ten minutes later he left the house in silence. Mary would have given all she pos sessed to recall those words. A sort of hopelessness came over her. If she could control herself no better than that now what would she do later t If she only could be sure that the girl would be sensible! From John's description it didn't seem as if she could possibly be. "He has lost his head over some little flirt." she told herself, "and I can't stop him. I won der if he will forgive me. I I'm afraid not." At supper table that night her doubts were confirmed. John talked steadily about the weather, the shop, the garden everything but Kitty. She longed to break in herself with the subje.l- Two days passed. Then she could stand it no longer. "John, I'm sorry He motioned her to silence. "You have let me know very plainly that you don't want roe to talk about her, and I won't." Nor did he. A week passed by, then two distressing weeks for them both. "You came near losing your supper tonight," announced Mary one even ing. "Why, how is that?" "I was downtown waiting to take the 4:30 car when, all at once, I drop ped one of my parcels and everything In It rolled into the street. The car was in sight, and you know there lsn'1 another until 6:30. I knew I couldn't get all the thread and buttons picked up in time, and I was thinking, 'Oh, dear, John won't have any supper un til 7 o'clock.' when, all of a sudden, some one said, 'Let me help you.' It was some young girl, and, I declare, 1 never saw any one pick up things so fast in my life! I knew just enough to open my bag while she shoved them in! Then the car stopped and she helped me on not as she would some old lady, but Just as if I was one of her girl friends. I never ex pect to see any one so handy and sweet as that again. I didn't notice what she looked like I was that flur ried but I did see that she had on an odd. foreign-looking ring." "What sort "of a ring?" "Silver. It had two bands Joined together by little cross pieces, and there was a big. green stone. Wasn't it funny that I should notice all those little things, and my, what's the mat ter?" "Nothing, mother, only that was Kitty!" (Copyright, 1909. by .Amer ican Literary Press.) HUMOR OF THE DAY "I have here an opera," announced tha robust composer, "which will be the great est production of the century. It ia called 'Paradise.' "Paradise!" roared tha im presario: "man. do you realize what It would coat for aeenery?" "Yea," answered the composer calmlmy, "but do you realize what would be saved In costumes?" Town Topics. "It's the old story." "What's thatr "The owner sneaked the auto, thinking tha chauffeur would never find It out. Of course there was a smash-up, and the ma chine was wrecked." Washington Herald. Nelle Is that fellow of yours ever going to get up the courage to propose? Belle I guess not he's like an hour-gas. Nell An hour-glass? Belle Yea the mora time he gets, the less sand he has. Cleve land Leader. Up in the Air. Herdit Short has an aw ful grouch. He's jut finished paying for two new wings on his bungalow. Sedlt Well? Herdit And then his wife struck him for the price of a few more wings on her new hat. Richmond Times-Dispatch. Guzzle (after he had succeeded In waklnq his wife) Open the dorsh! Mra. fruzzle (head out of the second "tory window! Are you sober? Guzzle Yeah. Mrs. Guz zle Then say "reciprocity." Pick-Me-Up. "So your daughter has gone to Europe, after all?" "Ya-.is." drawled Farmer Hay seed; "she's been daffy t' go ever aince she left skule. These here female girl col leges dew put Ideas lntew women's heads. Her maw an' me never could calc'late whir she was so set t' go t' Yurrup. She don't know a soul thar." June Llpplncott'a. Gunner Old Bonds advertised for a "swift typist." A pretty blonde applied. Gunner And was she swift? Gunner Tmi bet! She eloped with Bond's son In two weeks. Chicago News. "I don't know what to do with this poem." said the discouraged wooer of th muse. "Even the magazine editori pro nounce it slush." "Old man, you're In luck." replied the horse reporter. "Have It set to music and start It down the pike as a popular song." Chicago News. Knlcker We have achieved tha conquest o' the air. Borker Except the hot variety. New York Sun. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. A man's good opinion of himself is th real thing. The open season for swapping kisses Is never closed. There's enough happiness wasted to supply the entire universe. No sane architect would build a luna tic asylum on a foolish plan. People who respect oid age should never laugh at the almanac Jokes. Men and women have their trouble" and the trouble of one Is the other. It's better to be disappointed In love than it is to be disappointed in ali mony. Nothing plcar,es some women mors than an opportunity to feel sorry for others. A man never knows what he can do until he tries, then he Is often sorry he tried. Lots of men who talk knowingly of labor and capita', never did the one nor had the other. When a man has had occasion to em ploy a first-class lawyer you can't con vince him that talk is cheap. No. Alonzo. the money used to main tain the naval submarine service isn't taken from the sinking fund. If a girl can pass her 30th birthday without detection she begins to think the dates in the family record may have been slightly mixed. QUAKER MEDITATTOXS. From the Philade'phia Record. High living doesn't fit one for th high life. Few of us are so fortunate as to be taken at our own valuation. Some people are inclined to mince matters 83 much as a pie baker. In spite of the tariff, the thing that is mast talked over is the telephone. The only thing necessary to keep your frien&s is not to give them away. You can't always tell from his shoes whether a man Is well-heeled or not. A man is as old as he feels, but woman Is merely as old as sh feels sh fet Is. Patience is a virtue that the fellow who owes us money seem to think h should cultivate abnormally. Hoax "An actor always has two sal aries." Joax "How do you rtgure that out?" Hoax "The one he talks about atd tho one he gets." Blobbs "You are well posted in all the popular superstitions. When a fel low steals your umbrella what is It a. sign of?" Slobbs "That's a sure sign of rain." Measuring the Parson's Footprint The curate had lust arrived. He M young, handsome, and single, and con sequently very popular with the ladies of tne parish, whose appreciation tooic the usual form of worked slippers. Re cently th following episode occurred: Fair Caller You see, I wanted to make Mr. Chasable a pair of slippers. and I thought you might lend me on of his old shoes to get the size. Curate Landlady Law miss, tne shoes is all a-given out four days ago! And it was only yesterday morning a lady as had heard his shoes was all bespoke came here a-lmplorlng of me to Jet her measure the wet footmarks In the reverend gentleman's bathroom immediately after he had gone out. Tid-Bits. Bobby's Translation. The teacher was telling the class In the fourth grade geography about the great seals of the different states, uuing the pictures in tha dictionary as tha basis of the lesson. Pointing to tha seal of Virginia, she asked: "Now, who can tell me. from this picture, what should be the meaning of these Latin words, 'Sic semper ty rannis?" Bobby's hand went up. "All right, Bobby; you may tell us." "Take your foot off my neck." waa Bobby's reply. Judge's Library. 4 4

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1909. ARTHUR LANGHAM DEAD. for M Money-Making W ays of Using Want- Ack To Buy or Sell a House Hunting for a House Bargain? Want to Sell your House quick? You can satisfy either wish simply by inserting a little Want Ad on our Classified page under the headings, "Real Estate Wanted," or "Real Estate For Sale." This is such an eco nomical way to Buy or Sell a house. And it's always sure to bring results. No worry, no tramp ing, no' big commission to anybody. The cost is but a few cents. You get what you are looking for. Many times you can get what you want by merely looking over the ads already inserted under the above headings. Just turn to the bargains offered today. People make money in Real Estate simply by reading day by day our Classified columns. Note examples. EXAMPLES y' FOR SALE OWNER MlT SACRIFICE MOD rn 8-room house at once. Colonial dsisn. beautifully anil conveniently arTarippd. Fine Jo cation, convenient. Coat J8.0OO. Sell for F4.S0O. Good terms. Address H G 5S, this office. WANTED TO BUY MODKRN 6 TO 8-ROOlI house In good part of city. Will pay- up to $7,000. but must be bargain for prire and bo in eooci neighborhood, near car facilities. In answering go into detail and name lowest price, ad'iress D S 86. this office. Six lines 30c per day, $1.41 per week. Six lines 30c per day, $1.44 per week. The real BARGAIN centre for the people of this city is reached simply by RBADING the Classified columns of this paper in your own home, or office. A few moments each day spent in this way will put you next to dozens of "Money-Making Ways" and in the course of a year may amount to hundreds of DOLLARS saved. Remember to read our Want Ad page each day. (Oopyrtsht 1908, by George Matthew Adams) KILLED THE HORSE. Prank of Boys Itcsults Seriously for Thomas llorslield. Frightened by the terrific explosion of a box of fireworks, at 8 o'clock this morning, the delivery team of Thomas Horsfleld, grocer at 209 Kansas ave nue, ran away and crashed blindly into an iron railway pole in the cen ter of the avenue. One horse had a leg- broken and was so badly injured that it had to be killed. The explosion was caused by a lighted match thrown into the box by a crowd of boys gathered around the place, but which one threw it or whether It was done accidentally is not Known. Mr. Horsfield says the boys had stood about shooting crackers and firing blank cartridges in revolvers for nearly an hour. Several times, he says, he went out and asked them to stop th?ir awful racket. Finally he heard the loud and continued explo sion of the fireworks and running out saw his team dash away. Then it crashed into the pole and the police were called to investigate the explosion and shoot the horse. The; fre department was also called fearing danger of the building catching fire and made, the rund though it took but a minute to extinguish the small tlaze. STOXED THE TRAIN" CHEW. Two Negroes rtim to Eartli by Sheriff Erickson. Sheriff Erickson of Wabaunsee county, coming down to Topeka last evening on the Rock Island, heard of a great row be tween the rnw of a freight train and a squad of colored hobos either at Maple Hill or McFarland, the negroes stoning the train crew with decisive results. The sheriff knew Rock Island Agent Martiny had chased the bums into the woods at AleFarland. When the train he was on reached Viileneia. he saw two men put (iff the cow catcher. Just for luck he nabbed one and found that he held one of the stoning party, he and his pal having walked from AleFarland to Maple Hill where they took the lieiic: end. Krickson took his guest back to ride on the cushions and upon reaching To peka gave him a bed at the Katon hostelry. The guest is William Fields, but to whom he belongs as rightful host, Shaw nee or Wabaunsee county, is a matter which at last reports could not be deter mined as the Rock Island special agents had not yet gotten the dope on the fight. Eire in a Grot-cry. Fire from an unknown cause broke out in the basement of the Dreisbach Brothers grocery and meat store at 312 West .Second street at 8:30 o'clock this morning. The alarm was turned in and the blaze was put out by the fire company before the fire reached the floor. The only damage was caused from the building being filled with smoke. Mr. Dreisbach said that the blaze started in some gunny sacks which were in the cellar, but he has no ;dea what caused it. JURORS THREATENED. Judge Pollock AVill Investigate Stories of Intimidation. Fort Scott, Kan.. July 5. Judge Pol lock, in the federal court, has ordered United States District Attorney. I3onc to institute an invest! -ation at once re garding the matter of certain jurors in the trial of Fred Warren, having re ceived threatening letters as a result of their voting to convict Warren. Since the trial of Warren and his conviction in federal court of mailing defamatory inflammable and scurrilous matter through the mail, several of the jurors have received letters threatening them for their action. The names and addresses of a num ber of those sending the cards were se cured and it is understood that arrests will be made at once and they will be prosecuted. "Information" Will Not Give Score. The Independent Telephone company requests its subscribers not to oak "In formation" for the baseball score. The score will be given over the State Jour nal's special baseball phone, Ind. 818. t& .u mj -1 fr M m 4 kM Death Caused by Explosion of a Giant rirecraeker. Louisville. Ky July 5. Arthur Granville Langham, uncle of the Baroness Speck von Sternberg, died early today as the re sult of injuries received In the explosion of a giant firecracker late last night. Mr. Langham. -who was until recently neaa ot tne rovment Life Assurance so ciety of New York, died at the home of his brother-in-law. John J. Peter, of Sey mour, Indiana, where he was spending the week-end with a party of Louisville socie ty people. About 9 o'clock last mgnt on the lawn Mr. Peters' house party was celebrating the Fourth. A giant cracker. liKhted and thrown on to the grass showed dilatory signs and Mr. Langham picked it up and applied a match to the fuse. The cracker exploded before he couia tnrow it away, mangling his right hand. Each finger was torn from its socket. A physician was summoned at once and an operation performed, after which Mr. Langham seemed to rally. Later he was noticed to be sinking, however, and he died at 12:20 o'clock today. One hour after his death. Dr. E. L. rearce, motoring madly from Louisville to Seymour with a nurse, arrived at Mr. Peters' home. Mr. Langham was 55 years old and a native of Birmingham, England. For 36 years he had been associated with the Louisville insurance firm of "Barbee Castleman, in which he was a partner at the time of his death. MANY HORSES BURNED. San I-Yancisco lire Destroyed 150 Animals Valued at $175,000. San Francisco, July 5. At an early hour today the stables of the Warren Improvement company of this city were destroyed by fire and 150 horses were burned to death. These stables were not of great value but the horses were valued at J150 each and the total loss was estimated at $175,000. Charles Howard, who spent much time about the stables is missing and it is feared that he perished in the blaze. PLEADED FOR HER BOY Was Given Away While Mother Was Temporarily Deranged. New York, July 5 Mrs. Matilda Wool sey came east from Denver a few days ago to claim the little 4-year-old son given away by her husband while she was in the Middletown asylum tempor arily deranged when the baby was born. She had been told by Supreme Court Justice -Morschauser that the claim of the foster parents was now greater than hers her own flesh and blood not hers, but another woman's. Mrs. Woolsey, who is a pretty, flaxen haired woman of 30. went down on her knees before Justice Morschauser and pleaded with him to give her back her boy. While the bereaved woman pleaded tears filled the judge's eyes and it was with difficulty that he could control his voice to render the decision that blast ed her hopes. With little Clinton were his foster parents who at the first attempt to take him from them fought for the child as though he were their own. On the witness stand Mrs. Woolsey said that when she was released as cured from the asylum she was told that her little boy had died. TO DIE IN HOLY LAND. Wealthy Hebrew Will End His Days in Jerusalem. New York. July 5. Unwilling to die in the land of his adoption. Jacob Ber man, 80 years old, will depart for the Holy Land on Thursday to spend his last days. He tried to get his wife, 46 years old, to accompany him to Jerusa lem, but she refused to go, it is said. whereupon he divided the property they had accumulated. Berman has lived in the United States more than 20 years, but always main tained he would die in his native land. The plea of his wife that he was not old and had plenty to live for in Amer ica, did not appeal to him. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Dr. J. M. Burkett, 65 years of age, died Saturday at his home, 500 Clay street, after a long illness. Heart trouble was the cause of death. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon, under the auspices of the G. A. R. of which Dr. Burkett was a member. The funeral of Polly Josey, who died of old age at her home, 1813 West Sixth avenue Saturday evening, was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence. KANSAS FAIRS IN 10. 4 I.' v i .v I 9- I k V i i J s if I t :1 CONGRESSMEN, SENATORS AND WASHINGTON SOCIETY PEOPLE VIEW TESTS OF WRIGHT AEROPLANE. Wilbur and Orvllle Wright met with many dimculties In the government test of their aeroplane at Fort Myer, the fatal spot where Inst year Lieutenant Selfridge was killed and Orville Wright Injured. The aviators constructed a new machine for the recent trials, and they had considerable trouble in making it fly. Large crowds of people from Washington, including ninny senators and representatives, went out to Fort Myer on the first day the trials were scheduled and were disappointed when the machine did not soar. They were rewarded on the second day, however, when they saw Orville Wright sail around the parade ground In the aeroplane. These pictures show the crowds around the balloon shed, Orvllle Wright in the machine and several distinguished men watching the trials. The men In the group from left to right are Speaker Cannon. Representatives OlrnruJ of pamuriranla. Lowden Jf Minds, Tawney of Minnesota and General Allen of the army. The following is tha list of the forty-seven county fairs to be held in Kansas in 1909, their dates, locations and secretaries, as reported to the state board of agriculture and com piled by Secretary F. D. Coburn: Allen County Agricultural society: Frank K. Smith, secretary, Iola; Au gust 24-27. Allen county Moran Agricultural Fair association: E. N. McCormack, secretary, Moran; September 8-10. Barton County Fair association: W. P. Feder, secretary. Great Bend. Brown county The Hiawatha Fair association: C. A. Monney, secretary, Hiawatha; September 7-10. Butler County Fair association: W. F. Benson, secretary, El Dorado; Au gust 24-27. Butler county Douglass Agricul tural society: J. A. Clay, secretary, Douglass: September 28-October 2. Clay County Fair association: Wal ter Puckey. secretary. Clay Center; September 7-10. Clay county Wakefield Agricultur al society: Eugene Elkins, secretary, Wakefield: October 27 and 28. Cloud County Fair association: L. E. Abbott, secretary, Concordia; Sep tember 21-24. Coffey County Agricultural Fair association: Henry Jackson, secre tary, Burlington: September 14-17. Cowley County Agricultural and Live Stock association: F. W. Sidle, secretary, WInfield; Aug. 31-Septem-ber 4. Cowley county Eastern Cowley Fair association: W. A. Bowden. sec retary. Burden; September 8-10. Cowley county Udall Agricultural society: F. H. Chenoweth, secretary, Udall; September 16-18. Dickinson County Fair association: W. C. Curphey, secretary. Abilene; September 28-October 1. Douglas County Fair and Agricul tural society: Elmer E. Brown, secre tary. Lawrence; September 21-25. Elk County Agricultural Fair asso ciation: J. J. Marshall, secretary, Grenola; September 22-24. Finney County Agricultural society: A. H. Warner, secretary. Garden City. Franklin County Agricultural so ciety: J. E. Shinn, secretary, Ottawa; August 31-September 3. There are no quiet places on the Glorious Fourth if there are any boys. Dr. F. N. Lynch gave a highly enthusiastic patriotic sermon yester day at the First Methodist church. The improvement in long distance connections is due to the new copper toll lines being installed by the "In dependent." There is no use for councils to leg islate for a sane "Fourth." Young America won't stand for any such cur tailment of its rights. G. H. Fenstermacher and J. L. Mont gomery left for;Maple Hill this morn ing to put things in readiness for the boys' camp of the Y. M. C. A. The first contingent of 20 Y. M. C. A. boys will leave on foot for their encampment at Maple Hill at four o'clock tomorrow morning. Carl Forbes of Topeka has been ap pointed to a professorship in the Mis souri School of Mines at Rolla. He will have charge of the experimental work. He is a son of W. M. Forbes. Straw rides were popular today. Young people will ride 20 miles in a lumber wagon to eat a picnic dinner and call it fun to whbm washing the dishes or mowing the yard is not to be thought of. Until 5 o'clock this afternoon bids will be received by the city clerk for the new bridge which is to be placed across Ward's creek to connect Pot win and Auburndale via Grove avenue. The bridge is to be of re-inforced concrete. At 7 p. m. Sunday the entire fire department was put on duty and will remain on duty all day today and un til 7 a. m. tomorrow. This arrange ment is made to insure the city ample fire protection in case fires are caused from carelessness with Fourth of July fireworks. The city clerk will also receive bids until 5 p. m. for the new pumping station which is to be erected at tne east end of Fairchild street on the North Side. The pumps will have a capacity of 3.500 gallons a minute and are to take care of the sewerage in time of high water. The attractions for the show to be given Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock on the lawn of tne manse of thfc First Presbyterian church sound interest of least Tt will be given by the Christian Endeavors and will consist of Frizell's famous infant eiepnanis, musical clown troupe; Polly the cir cus girl, mimieograph, etc. COMGTS FOUGHT FIRF. names in Prison Officer's Home Out side the Walls. Leavenworth, Kan.. July 5. A fire start r.A ti th b(ima of .T. L. C'line. suDerintend ent of the Kansas penitentiary twine plant, shortly before chapel time Sunday morning and the convict firemen were taken outside the walls and put it out. The firemen, under the direction of J. K. Cod ding, the new warden, and W n.. Mulianey, a director, rigged up a hose connection and handled the fire in an admirable man ner. The hnnsfi is owned bv the state and the work of the prisoners saved a whole row of houses from burning. The damage was about $500. Mr. Codding was highly pleased with the work of the prison fire men and the discipline shown. There were about forty prisoners taken outside the walls ana not one mannesLea n uispusiuuu to break. CRUSADE EFFECTIVE. Chicago Is Blessed With a Fourth of July. 'Sane' Chicago, July 5. Unprecedented quiet reigned over the city today and the crusade for a "sane" celebration seemed almost effective as the after noon approached. Instead of the continuous roar of exploding gun powder and the blare of horns and noise producing instruments, the si lence of the down town district was punctured only by an occasional Are cracker. The small boy was banished to vacant lots, where his fireworks could do little damage. NOTES lTtOM THE POLICE. Frank Bennett, a 14 year old boy was arrested last night about 9 o'clock by Patrolman Gilbert, for shooting fire crackers some three hours previous to proclamation date and pleading guilty this morning wa3 fined $3. Ei. Hock, a clerk at the W. F. Lake drug store, was taken to the station Sunday afternoon by Patrolmen Mead. Fribance and McGuire for sell ing fireworks along with soda jw ater and cigars. He will be tried this evening. Aurelio Ramico, a Mexican lad of 15 years, fell to celebrating the in dependence of his adopted country and was evidently sincere in the de monstration of his joy on the Glorious Fourth, but someone had failed to inform him that the date had been. slipped along one notch and he was arrested for shooting tne -'limit. i ne boy was secured by Alba, the chili man, to appear this evening and hear his fate. David Russell and Clarence Silves ter, near men of 19 and 20 years re spectively, could not refrain from a little preliminary for the "Fifth" and they too were hooked by Patrolman Mead who seems to have been detailed with the grappling irons for the pre vious enthusiasts. Both men furnish ed $5 bonds. v 1, r,firAT Hid not beat Geo. Bradshaw without due provocation was- the opinion of tne juage wnen ne nau v. tMtimnnv In the case charg ing Bradshaw with disorderly conduct. The negro "was Deaien up preny uauij ty Officer Bryant Sunday night when Q...:tdri and alleged to have threaten ed the lives of Bryant and his father. He pleaded guilty to tne cnarge or dis orderly conduct and was fined ?20. After contracting to sell Gresser and Caton. at 423 Kansas avenue, a driv ing bridle with reins Saturday even ing Harold Carr. a colored boy IS years old, and a parole from the reform school, hurried to the Darn ot j. w. Bainter at 815 Topeka avenue, took down the bridle and delivered the goods for 60 cents. Detective Lawson learned of the transaction, found the boy and locked him up. Bainter did not know of the missing harness until notified this morning. The parole of ficer of the reform school is expected to send the boy back to the institution. See J. THOMAS LUMBER CO. for lumber and DEWEY PORTLAND CE MENT. Warranted none better. 1 prz-v&d 1-" n hi m r i k f f vM vri -rill- Summer Coat and Pair of Trousers for Total Price of only $8.50 We offer 1.000 new summer coats to select from at $5; and over 1,000 pairs of summer trousers at $3.50. This gives you a high class two-piece suit for a total of $8.50 You may either have the coat and trousers match in color, or you can have a dark coat with light trousers, as your taste dictates. The trousers alone are regular $3.00 qualities, made by Hart, SchafT ner Marx from mill ends of cloth. Thi3 explains, the absurdly low price. The coats are fashionable mod els, strictly fresh and new, beautifully made and "light as air." Any coat in the lot would easily cost from two to three dollars more at any other store. If you like the combination idea, tell the salesman about it. THC feOOOCLOTHtsrSTWt icuerrei Topeka business men advertise In The State Journal because It is the paper the people of Topeka read, 0 a a a The One Best Smoke-Always the Same F. R. RICE MERCANTILE CIGAR CO.. Manufacturers. ST. IOCI8. EOS To Insure Yourselves Cest Results Consign To Clay, Robinson Co., Live Stock Commission Merchants Stock Yards, Kansas City, WE LS0 HAVE OUR OWN OFFICES T CHICAGO. 80. 3T. JOSEPH. 80. OMAHA. DENVER. SIOUX CITY. SO. ST. PAUL, E. BUFFALO. MONEY' TO LOAN (MONTHLY, QUARTERLY OR SEMI-ANNUAL PAYMENTS) For the Purchase or Building of a. Home or Paying Off tbe Mortgage. The Shawnee Building and Loan Association ASK SECRETARY to SEND YOU faoOKLEI 116 WEST SIXTH STREET EMBLEMS OF NATIONAL IN DEPENDENCE WHICH C'AL'SE PRIDE IN THE HEARTS OF LOYAL AMERICANS. Reduced copy of the last linos of the Declaration of Independence in Jef ferson's handwriting. Liberty bell and the writer of the Declaration of Inde pendence, Thomas Jefferson. Weather Still Hot. Reeardless of the cloudy conditions the temperature began to climb to ward Fourth of July weather at noon today. Xo rain is prophesied for this evening. Scattering rains over the state, with some hard ones in the southeast portion, were reported last night. This -afternoon a 15-mile-an-hour breeze is blowing from the west, which hel.s some. The hourly tem peratures up to noon today were: 7 o'clock 75,10 o'clock 82 g o'clock 79 IT o'clock S4 9 o'clock 81'12 o'clock 90 C-

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING. JULY. 5, 1909. r er 'Merck Railroad Fare Refunded See Overflow on Page 7 Here is a great gathering of broken lines left from the busiest Spring season this store has known. Busiest, not only because the city's increasing population gives "wider 'scope 'for 'selling than formerly, but because the best assortments of high class merchandise are found here at unexpectedly low prices. It is one of this store 's peculiarities to keep a few paces ahead in the matter of values to see that qualities are always a little better at the prices, and varieties the best that foreign and domestic markets afford. This season we have made the store more interesting and helpful than ever before. Naturally, more people came here and are coming every day. Naturally, four months of such selling left much broken stock in all departments despite our efforts to keep the lines cleared by periodical special sales. Now Inventory is upon us, and all remainders of summer merchandise must be disposed of at once, regardless of values No use in spreading the clearance out over weeks when good sharp price-cutting, right at the start will do the work at once. So we gave the stocks a vigorous going-over, with the results published here in abridged form. We take only a page and a half for the tellling so there are in addition quantities of unmentioied bargains to be discov ered in all departments values as good or better than those in the advertised lots., v One Lot of $3.00 to $8.00 Summer Hats, variety of the season's favorite shapes, $1.00 6 Clearing Sole ofSumm $1 Important Sale of Corsets SECOND FLOOR New Thomson Model All sizes from 18 to 24 inches, a new, long Thomson Glove Fitting Corset, made to sell HC at $1.00. Price in this sale i DC $1.50 Nadia Corsets The Nadia is a daintv batiste corset. iiroKen sizes irom 23 up, in a good long model with supporters, will be closed out at Royal Worcester Corsets in odd lots of $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 qualities, de sirable models, will be closed out at HALF PRICE. Special New Model A line of $1.00 corsets, of late design, made from white batiste. Only sizes from 19 to 23 on remain so we will clear the lot at OuC 50c Hose Supporters' to be attached to the corset satin pad, wide, heavy q elastic. Colors only 1C Children's 50c Waists of muslin with taped buttons. Lace trimmed. All sizes from 2 to 12 years Boys Ferris Waists of light weight white drilling, with taped buttons. Q Sizes 5 to 10 years 25c waists. 1 JC Boys' 50c Waists of fine coutil. Taped buttons and attached hose sup- or porters. All sizes from 4 years up JC T ii. Several styles large carved JjarrcIIcS j,arrettes of the regular C 25c kind at XC n Our regular line of 50c elastic belts lJC"" in colors only various styles of buckles at Tailored and Novelty Styles in Wash Suits at 25 Per Cent Reduction The finest wash suits we have are in this sale. That means suits in many charmingly distinctive styles, of which we describe but a f ew Suits that seem to be designed and made for their wearers. Expen sive cloth garments are no better tailored. Women of taste have been selecting their summer suits from these assortments until only a few, often but one, of a style remain. If you've waited for some thing unusually good in the way of a summer suit sale this is the sale. Come. 25c 33c Piiffc -&nSer Puffs sets of Ildll 1 111 Id three. Dark colors only. Kegularly $1.50 a set. Q" OQ Special $l.C.V (For two days only) J Rorre Seal or walrus grain leather flalia Ddgb oagSf leather lined and fit- Tailored Suits $5.00 Suit of white, blue or pink lin- $3.75 coat smartly fashioned, seam-strapped. trimmed on collar and cuffs with contrasting colors, or white Off ESf C.-Jf. Pretty as a linen suit and PVJ.JvF hJUll unusually smart in effect. "Coat has many narrow stitched folds, and large pearl buttons. Loose edge folds on skirt. White and several colors. "PO.OU iJUll pretty touch of blue In the collar and cuff facings, loops on the pock ets, and piping on the skirt tolds. For $8 $4.88 Cf Q..?f- in white linenette, with a t.&KJ kJUll nrettv touch of blue In the IA lilt? iWIV" $4.88 C C.-Jf. of Rep In navy, tan, blue, ,j)J OUU Dink or white. Very stylish. severely tailored suit with strap and button finishing $6.38 $17.50 Suit 3-piece Rep suit. The 2-piece tailored dress broadly scalloped down the front with out lining of narrow Cluny Insertion and pip ing in contrasting color. Long strap and button trimmed coat. Tan, reseda, or white $13.13 Novelty Styles dQ 71J C,,I.of plain linen-finished suit VO.O OU1L intr tne fancy shaped coat very lacey In effect with wide Cluny in sertion. Trimmed with largo C7 buttons of the cloth pOl5 1 "I (f C,.;- in an attractive fashion, J X VJmVJyJ -3UIL having long, fancy coat set with bands of Irish lace. Cf Pink, green, blue, or tan in J this style H $12.50 3-piece Suited per elaborately trimmed with wide heavy lae insertion. White, ecru, CO 3iO blue, pink or lavender. iOJl5 QIC HO Qii?f- with fitted coat. Waist nplJ.JJ iJUll line defined by a band of self colored lace Insertion like that which is set in, full length of back tf -j -g and front. Lavender, light I I j blue, pink, linen color H tfJOEl f( Qiiif- of French Linen in me fJ.JJ iJUll dium blue, beautifully coat, and flare skirt. The embroidery in embroidered in an elaborate design on long self color. Three extremely tf o "7 large and very handsome Tfc I f J jet buttons on coat ted. only. 10-inch frame. Brown or tan d! A( S2.00 bags for lt Shirt waist shields guaranteed odorless and washable 14c pair. Guaranteed machine cotton thread, white or black, at 3c spool. 75c to $1.25 Wool Suitings 50c Light ,fine suitings, in light and medium colors, plain, or in stylish stripes and small plaids. Make pret ty skirts and suits that can be worn in the fall as well as now yd. 50c. Fine Lingerie Waists with Three-quarter Sleeves Reduced to Half Price Beautiful waists, of the finest materials more than a dozen styles made up with daintiest laces and embroideries some are even hand-embroidered. Five dozen of them lingered too long; in stock and must now be closed out at Half Price. Read this list of the savings: $1.00 Waists for 50c $1.50 Waists for 75c $2.25 Waists for $1.13 $2.50 Waists for $1.25 $3.00 Waists for $1.50 $3.50 Waists for $1.75 $3.75 Waists for $1.87 $3.95 Waists for $1.97 $5.00 Waists for $2.50 $6.50 Waists for $3.25 $7.50 Waists for $3.75 $8.50 Waists for $4.25 $10.00 Waists for $5.00 $1.50 Percale Petticoats $1.00 Black-and-white even striped per cale deep flounce trimmed with narrow black folds $1.00. Also Gingham Petticoats in plain grey, light or medium blue, with pret tily embroidered flounce. Special $1. Special Sale of Wash Goods MAIN FLOOR Lot No. TAc Batistes 50 r pieces larger assortment of prettier T P patterns than usual at the price. Lot No. 2 Fauna, Danube, fl fk Carnation and Lily Batiste very llfC fine quality, many dainty patterns Lot No. 3 Queen BatUte the best quality. Great variety of O floral and conventional pat- I MAyO terns Lot No. 4 Plain Colored Batistes 40 inches wide, in 15 new 111 shades, for lining or dresses, I P 15c kind Lot No. 5 25c Organdies Barred grounds with floral patterns, or p stripes in colors. Sheer and I j beautiful Lot No. 6 25c Voiles Yarn dyed, crisp as wool voile. Stylish black and white checks and I jtf stripes... Lot No. 7 25c Egyptian Tis- fk sues, mercerized dimities and I Mf silk ginghams reduced to Lot No. 8 65c and 50c Batistes,' Organdies, Voiles and Tissues imported from France reduced jjQ Lot No. 9 Japonika Silks 25 shades in plain colors at 30c yard. rt p Foulard pattern and self colored S rf dots at.. MV 12-button Gloves grey, navy, black or brown. Good OP shaped, fine of texture Bargains at Crr Prtllowc Sof' low collar sailor VUU1 VUIlcU a fashion with ties attached white, linen color, pink, heliotrope. Also embroidered Dutch Q OC collars o tor Zbc Hnnrlkprrrnpf: SIteer and SftS3ith nanUHei CIllClb colored embroidered or barred designs. Remain' O fny der of a 25c line to clear at w -C Wnict Pattern of India linon stamped ffalSL r dlieillb pretty designs for embroidery. 75c regular price. To OQ close out at OVC np 1 1Q CnTTarc Stamped and tinted art 1 aDlc VOVCIS covers, 27 and 36-inch size. Also pillow tops with back. 1 C .Values up to 50c IOC Knit Underwear and Hosiery Sale Men's 25c BalhriKgan shirts and drawers of light summer weight. One lot of all sizes to be closed out at 19c a gar ment. Men's 50c Hose fine silk plated half hose soft and cool for summer. Colors only. 3 prs. for $1.00 35c pair. Women's Summer Hose fine and light 25c quality in black, white, pink. blue, laven der and green, ance lot at 19c. Children's black or white, sizes in 50 and pai. General clear- Lace Hose in One lot of all 35c Hose at 25c Odd Lot Sale of Underwear up to 50c All the odds and ends of sizes and qualities up to this clearance table. The result is a collection with something desirable in it for almost everyone, these lisle thread, and cotton garments: Union suits, low neck, sleeveless tight knee pants, vests in extra sizes, low neck short sleeves. 1 1. 5 G You Need One of these Half Price Wool Suits buy It Tomorrow You have one? No matter a second suit gives you a change of costume that you'll find very useful. Then think of the good you will have of the extra skirt. At half price, you know, the cost of another suit is insignificant. Easy to select it there's a very good assortment of colors and styles in the following: Three $40.00 Suits now $20.00 One $42.50 suit now $21.25 Two $45.00 suits now $22.50 One $50.00 suit now $25.00 One $75.00 suit now $37.50 Ten $25.00 suits now...... $12.50 Six $27.50 suits now $13.75 Three $32.50 suits now $16.25 Seven $35.00 suits now... $17.50 One $38.50 suit now $19.25 Special Purchase of Muslin Underwear We've been nearly out of some lines of inexpensive muslin garments for a week. Those offered here are nearly all new specially purchased at liberal reductions and priced correspondingly low. NEW CORSET COVERS Good fitting covers, from good materials, prettily made. Lace or embroid- y C ery edge, with ribbon drawn beading uJv to 50c garments have gravitated of women's summer garments The greater part made up of ankle or knee length ecru $3 Linen Mesh Garments $1.50 Dr. Deimel's well known and highly approved make of underwear. Nothing cool er or more healthful than these of soft, porous-meshed linen. There are so many broken lots in our lines of women's separate garments that we offer them at Half Price for quick selling. Vests high neck, long sleeved, or low neck, sleeveless or short sleeved. Pants in knee or ankle length $1.50 a garment. Laces and Embroideries Embroidery IVaistings 50c Cambric Flovncings 17c Both fiouncings and corset cover edges in this lot 17 and 18 inches wide. 26o quality in a line of well worked patterns that are better than any we've sold for so little this season. See Window Display. All over embroidered swiss waistings that sell regularly for $1.00 8 beauti ful patterns at 50c yd. Another lot of $1.25 to $2.00 waistlnjc a dozen elaborate patterns to close out at 98c yd. All These for Half Price Embroidery bands, edges, insertions, motifs, and allovers odds and culled from inexpensive lines to those of finer qualities. Half Price. Venise insertions, edges, medallions, and motifs short lengths for Half Price. Lace edges and insertions in Valenciennes, Cluny, and Torchon. Broken sets in all widths and quajties some even less than Half Price. ends Clearing the Silk Stocks Regardless of Values We gave the cost of these silks very little consideration when we came to mark them down for final clearance; so you will find here some of the most attractive silks shown this season, marked less than manufacturers' prices. Our $1.00 Foulards 69c 69c, 85c, 75c Foulards 49c Here you will find Cheney's "Showerproof," "Shedwater," Drap Louise and Satin Liberty printed Foulards, also a line of Printed Crystals. All are 24 inches wide. Good assortment of colorings. $1.00 Silk Suitings 69c About 25 part pieces of 19-in. fancy silks in colors and patterns that make them very desirable for fall costumes. Buying now saves you thirty-one cents a yard. 69c $1.00 Rough Pongee for Celebrated "Shedwater" fabrics, 24 in. wide, in 4 of the best shades Ber gundy, navy, Wisteria, mahogany. 62xAc Rough Pon gee Silks 39c Very desirable fabric for inexpensive but dressy inches wide navy, pink, blue, nile, lavender, black. 39c 59c Fancy Chiffon Taffeta 18 inches wide a light weight, fine finished fabric in a good line of de sirable colorings. summer suits; 24 Gowns, Skirt-Drawers) C and Corset Covers GOWXS of fine light-weight muslin high neck 'with V opening ruffled. Yoke of wide embroidery insertion and tucks. SKIKT-DRAWKILS Three styles, am ply cut, and neatly made. Fine Cambric, with ruffle of heavily edged eyelet embroidery. Longcloth with fine-thread Torchon lace edge and insertion on the ruffle. Skirt-drawers of long cloth with lawn ruffle having three hemstitched tucks and hemstitched hem. CORSET COVERS made with round neck, very full daintily finished with two rows of Valenciennes Insertion and one Of edge, with beading and ribbon. Three Styles of New jr f fk fk Gowns in this lot. vU line Cambric square, high neck gown outlined with fine embroidery In sertion and edged with eyelet embroid ery. Good full gowns. Low Xeck long cloth gown, with round pattern yoke of eyelet embroidery having scalloped buttonhole edge and eyelets run with wide ribbon. High Neck long cloth gown with yoke of fine tucks, and plain ruffles neck and sleeves. Very weU made, fuU-cut gown. Cambric Drawer excellent quality trimmed with wide ruffle of cambric embroidery with large design In surface work. INFANTS DRESSES and Skirts that have been somewhat mussed and soiled from showing HALF PRICE. STRAW BONNETS for in fants and children will be closed out at HALF PRICE. THE MILLS COMPANY Combination Suits That T f fkfk Were $1.25 to $1.75, How WU Shapely suits of nainsook corset cover and skirt, or corset cover and drawers combined. Neck and arms lace or embroidery trimmed, skirts and drawers finished writh hemstitched lawn ruffles. Mussed and Soiled Undermuslins Large assortment of many qualities though you will find more of the finer garments here than other kinds. Long or short skirts, gowns, corset covers and drawers all at sharply reduced prices.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1909 OVERFLOW FROM OUR AT ON PAGE 6 u earance, jaie o T MUSS If you intend to move or refurnish in the fall you 11 find it very profitable to buy your carpets and curtains now w hile there's a chance to save money. With a little early planning you can arrange suitable color schemes for most of the rooms, and buy accordingly. Then the airy draperies you need for present use are priced so low that you can make your rooms beautiful and inviting at very little expense.. Room Sije Rugs 4 $12.50 Brussels Rugs- size 9x11 feet at 1 $25.00 Brussels Rugs- size 11-ft. 3-inxl2-ft. for 5 $22.50 Velvet Rugs size 9x12 feet at 7 $25 Axminster Rugs size 9x12 feet at 5$30 Body Brussels Rugs, size 9x12 feet at 3 $40 Wilton Velvet Rugs, size 9x12 feet at 2 $45 Waton Velvet Rugs- size 9-feet 9-inxl2-ft. at 1 -$87.50 Wilton Velvet Rug size 10-ft. 6-inxl3-ft. 6-in ..$9.50 $17.50 $16.50 .$20.00 $21.75 $31.75 $27.50 $42.50 Carpets With Borders to Match $1.15 Velvet Carpet $1.65 Wilton Velvet $1.50 Body Brussels duced to $1.15 yd. -3 patterns, reduced to 85o yd. patterns reduced to $1.25 yd. best quality 4 patterns re- Oriental Hall Runners 2 $8.50 3x3 feet runners at $5.00 3 12.00 3x10 feet runners at 7.50 4 13.50 3x12 feet runners at 9.00 2 8.00 4x6 feet runners at 5.00 5 16.50 4x10 feet runners at 10.00 220.00 4x12 feet runners at 13.50 Linoleum Remnants All remnants of printed and inlaid linole ums up to 10-yard lengths, reduced to HALF PRICE. Sale Small Smyrna Rugs 40 $3.00 Rugs size 30x60 Inches at $1.95 12 J4.00 Rugs size 30x60 inches at $2.75 11 $1.50 Rugs size 36x72 inches at :.$3.75 8 $6.00 Rugs size 36x72 inches at $4.50 15 Axminster Rugs size 27x60 inches. Reduced from $2.50 to $1.65. Clearance Sale of Summer Curtains Nottingham Curtains At savings of twenty-five cents to two dollars on a pair. 26 pairs, white or ecru $1.00 curtains at 75c 20 pairs, white or ecru $1.35 curtains at 5c 18 pairs, white or ecru $1.50 curtains at $1.15 9 pairs, white or ivory $2.00 curtains $1.35 15 pairs, white or ivory $2.25 curtains at $1.50 25 pairs, white or ivory $2.50 curtains at $1.65 20 pairs two-toned $2.75 curtains at $2.15 19 pairs Ivory or white $3.00 curtains at $2.25 11 pairs Ivory or two-toned $4.50 curtains. .$3.25 10 pairs Ivory or white $6.50 curtains at $4.50 Nets and Madras 4 patterns in 75c ecru net. Yd. 55c. 6 patterns in 50c white or ecru net, yd. 35c. 3 patterns in 40c Ivory net yd. 30e. 8 pieces 35c Cream or white 36-inch madras yd. 25c. 6 pieces 45c cream or white 4 5-in madras yd. 32;c. 3 pieces 60c cream or white 4 5-inch madras yd. 40c. 11 pieces 50c colored 36-inch madras yd. 35c. 2 pieces 25c colored 3S-inch madras yd. 18c. Figured Florentine Silks FOR OVERDRAPERIES All are 31 inches wide. 6 5c silks reduced to SOc yd. 75c silks reduced to 57 c yd. S5c silks reduced to 65c yd. Novelty Net and Other Lace Curtains Savings of $2.00 to $3.00 on a pair. 7 pairs white novelty net $9.00 curtains at.... $6.00 5 pairs ecru novelty net $5.00 curtains at $3.00 6 pairs ecru Battenburg $6.00 curtains at $4.00 2 pairs Ivory Point Venise $9.00 curtains at. .$7.00 2-PAIK LOTS UCE CURTAINS Irish Point and Brussels. Cable Net and Xottinghams. Regu larly priced at $2.00. to $15 On-tliirrl Off pair to clear quickly at VIICUUIU JIL All One and One-and-a-Half Pair Lots of Lace Curtains at Half Price. Light Draperies 4 patterns 25c figured grenadine for curtains, 36 in. wide. Td. 18c. 2 patterns 20c Tamboured Swlsa 26 inches wide. Td. 15c. 5 patterns 30c Tamboured Swiss at 22 Vc jd. 3 pat terns 35c kind 25c yd. 20c Cross striped Scrim, 40 inches wide. Red, blue or green. Yd. 15c. 15 patterns 33-inch Cretonnes, light or dark color ings. Special. Yd. 15c. 15c Casement Cloths and India madras in good col orings, for curtains or over draperies. 36 inches wide. Yd. 10c. Japanese Drapery Crepe 28 inches wide, in five artistic patterns, for overhangings and light curtains. Reduced from 35 cents to 25 cents a yard. Clearance Sale of Linens and Wash Goods Two "Flaxon 9 9 Specials Plain Sheer Lawns 15c quality 30 Inches wide 74e. 18c quality 32 Inches wide 10c 25c quality 32 inches wide 15c 39c quality 32 inches wide 25c. 45c quality 48 inches wide 35c. 50c quality 50 Inches wide S9c. Medium Weight Lawns These lawns launder well and retain their finish. Excellent for dresses. 10c quality 28-inch lawns 7'ic 15c quality 30-inch lawns 10c 20o quality 30-lnch lawns 15c 15c quality 40-lncli lawns 10c 25c quality 40-Inch lawns 15c 15c quality 38-inch Blarney Linon 12Mc. COOLi WHITE BATI STI5 a special lot or ex tra quality checks, plaids and stripes, for waists and dresses. Unusually low priced 10c Table Damask All linen, bleached 60c 63 Inch Damask 45c. 90c 70 Inch Damask 60c 21 inch napkins to match doz. S1.T5. $1.00 70-inch Damask 724c 21 inch napkins to match doa $2.10. That fine, very sheer fabric with the soft, lustrous finish that remains after laundering. Plain or check ed Flaxon at these prices: 35c quality 25c yd. 25c quality 20c yd. Sheer Linen Lawns 25o 34 Inch White I -awns. 15c 40c 36 inch White Lawns, 25c. 5rtc 36 inch White Lawns. 3V2c. 39c 28 inch Colored Lawns, 25c. Brown Dress Linens 40c auality 36 inches wide 35c 35c quality 36 inches wide 30c 30c quality 36 inches wide 20c. 35c quality 36 inches wide 25c. 29c Linen Crash 28 inches wide 20c REMNANTS WHITE LINEN SUITING In lengths for waists, skirts and suits. 45 and 54 inch suitings At Very Low Clearing Prices. Napkin Sale 50c hemmed cotton napkins, doz. 39c. $1.25 hemmed all linen doz. 98c. Table of Bargains Odd lots of napkins In $3.00 to $5.00 qualities to close out at $1.00 to $1.25 less on the price of a dozen. T inn JlPPtintS? You very seldom have an opportunity to buy linen sheetings llllCll tJUGGllllgJ for ie3S than regular. Seize this chance: $1.25 Quality, 90-Inch Sheeting 75c a Yard $1.00 Quality, 90-Inch Sheeting 65c a Yard $1.00 Quality, 72-Inch Sheeting 75c a Yard Kansas Mall Order Service TEE MILLS C0y Raiircad Fare Refunded DOLLEY TO THE INSANE DeliTers. Fourth or JuIy Address at Topeka State Hospital. State Bank Commissioner J. X. Dolley had several invitations to de liver the Fourth of July oration, but he turned them all down and went out to spend the day Saturday with his friend. Dr. Biddle, head of the Tope ka hospital for the insane. In the afternoon Mr. Dolley delivered the Fourth of July address in the grove back of the asylum before an audience of over one thousand persons, com posed mostly of the inmates of the hospital and the employes. Mr. Dolley declares that he receiv ed better attention during his ad dress than is usual on Fourth of July picnics. There was no merry-go-round nor cannon firecrackers to con tend with, anyway. His audience gave him close attention and applaud ed at proper intervals. The speaker was disconcerted a bit by one lady who insisted on saying "amen" at the end of every few sen tences. The bank commissioner got pointers for his talk from Dr. Biddle and pre faced his address by tellins: the Da- tients that they had the best wishes of the state and the hopes that they would be cured and be able to re turn to their homes. This made a hit for the one desire of most of these af flicted persons is to be able to return to their homes. After the speech they talked among themselves about how Senator Dolley had declared that they would soon be able to return home. That Dolley is a versatile spell binder no one will deny. In the past few weeks he has addressed a Swed ish picnic, taken part in the exercises of the dedication of a negro church addressed the state bankers, talked at the teachers institute and now he has made a speech before an audience of lunatics. And the best part of it all is that he got the best attention on the occasion of his last address. Mr. Dolley spent the entire day at tne asylum and was impressed with the administration of affairs out there. He declared that it is the cleanest, best managed state hospital he had ever seen. The inmates ap pear to be well treated and while the discipline must necessarily be strict. yet there was no indication that there was any more severity practiced than was absolutely necessary. The more rational patients had the run of the grounds during the day and their ap pearance and manners suggested that they were as comfortable as they could be in their unfortunate state. This being the orator of the day on an occasion of this kind was a unique experience for the bank com missioner and he believed that his audience was more at ease than he during the progress of the speech. SHOT BY AN ASSASSIN. Heart of Joseph Pagano Was Pierced by a Rifle Ball. New York. July 5. What was at first thought to have been a Fourth of July casualty the police now believe was a successful plot to murder. Joseph Pagano, a cigar manufacturer, was shot through the heart by a rifle ball as he was about to climb into his bed in a. rear -room?' on -the third floor of his home at 22S Christie street, early today. His wife did not hear the report of a shot and it was not until his clothing was removed that the bullet wound was discovered. The first police on the scene attributed the death to a bullet fired by persons celebrating the holi day as there was much shooting imme diately after midnight. Later, how ever, Mrs. Pagano declared that the life of her husband had been threaten ed because of troubles among certain Italian secret societies. Then the police investigated further and found that Pagano had been shot by a rifle and not by a pistol. A num ber of detectives were placed on the case and before daylight four men were found on the roof of a building across the street. They were hiding behind a light shaft and were arrested. In a room occupied by two of the men on the fourth floor of the building was found a rifle which had been dis charged recently. The location of the wound on Pa gano's body and the course of the ballet indicated that the shot had been fired from this building across the areaway. At the police station the four prison ers refused to make any statement. Accepting the theory that Pagano was murdered, the police believe now that his assassins planned to kill on the Fourth of July so that their shot would have been drowned in the noise of the general celebration. RUNAWAY FIRE. Burning Automobile Starts Off While Firemen Are Playins on It. New York. July 5. While firemen were shooting a stream of water into a burnins automobile on a street in Montclair, N. J., the machine sudden ly started off and the firemen pur sued it. The blazing car ran a cuarter of a mile down the road, the firemen following at full tilt with a chemical engine from which they played, during the chase, a stream on the fleeing car until at a turn the automobile ran into a ditch. A large crowd followed the runaway fire until it was captured and extinguished. Bullet Hit Him Fire Miles Away. St. Louis. Mo.. July 5. A spent bullet from an improved Springfield army rifie, fired by militiamen encamped in Forest Park yesterday struck Warren P. Hauck. a peddler, at Sth and Market streets, five miles away. The steel slug came straight down, tore through the man's clothes from nerk to waist, glancing off a r'b and slightly injuring him. His life w. saved bv the fact that tie was looking upward with his head held back. Caused Loss of 119 Lives. Victoria, B. C. July 5. When the Jap anese steamer Nihoukaimaru was burned to the water's ede six miles off Aomori. on the Chinese coast on June 14, 14 lives, including those of the entire crew of six teen, were lost, according to advices re ceived here. He Must Tell Why. New York. July 5. Isadore Salow. 1 years old. has been sentenced to Jail until he can write an essay on why the Fourth of July is celebrated. He was arrested for discharging a pistol but could not tell the magistrate why he celebrated. He said Pittsburg was the capital of the ITnited States. Cuslurum Is Very Low. New York. July 5. Representative Fran cis Cushroan of Taeoma. Wash., who is ill with pneumonia in Roosevelt hospital, was said today to be very low and his death miht occur any timsv 2? You'll never have a dollar as long as you live unless you be-

s:m saving- now. btart a bank account and watch grow. We will assist you every way possible. We Pay You to Save it in Ind. Phone 210 Bell Phone 1160 sfif fmau irmf iranSrareBanh u n COMES TO AH END. The Chautauqua Closes With Patriotic Exercises. The Chautauqua at Garfield park is an event of the past. The patriotic exercises yesterday afterenoon con cluded the sessions of the third and most successful Chautauqua under the aupices of the Topeka Chautauqua as sociation. The program yesterday consisted of patriotic hymns sung by the North Side chorus, prayer by Dr. F. X. Lynch, an address. "The Editor in His Pa triotic Relation to the People"; Dr. S. G. Stewart on "The Doctor"; Dr. E. C. Wilm, on "The Teacher." and Dr. Charles M. Sheldon. "The Westville Experiment." Dr. Sheldon in the course of his story made a plea for a more sane Fourth of July. In connection with a discussion between two of the char acters of his tale the speaker brought out some facts in regard to the terrific ravages of the creat "white plague" in this country. He stated that during the five years of the Civil war there were 550.000 deaths in battle. The five years Just jast show the horrible rec ord of 750,000 deaths from consump tion, these deaths being for the most part among the young and more use ful portion of our population. The ravages of this dread disease, asserted Dr. Sheldon, could be checked if ev eryone would use sanitary precautions. The other addresses were of a pa triotic nature and were well received by those present. On Saturday evening a meeting of the Chautauqua association was held and a board of directors chosen for the ensuing year, which remains with one or two additions the same as dur ing the past year. The following are the board members: W. W. Mills. W. McAfee, Mayor Green, Miss Viola Troutman, P. M. Forbes, Dr. T. W. Peers, Dr. R. F. Magee, Rev. C. E. Holcombe. Mrs. C. J. Evans, C. S. El liott, Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter, and Dr. Frank K- panders. The newlv chosen board of directors decided to hold the next Chautauqua at Garfield park, and to hold a meet ing sometime during the present week in order to elect officers for the com ing year. This Chautauqua has been a success in every respect and next year the board intends to work for still great er things. Great credit is due Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter, who. in ca pacity of secretary of the organization managed affairs most successfully. Goodland to Vote Itailroad Bonds. nri Tulv- 5. The board of county commissioners of this county has called an election for August 3 to vote on the proposition of Issuing bonds in the sum ot iv.uuu to am me nif nr,A 'nrthixptiirn railroad. The petitions requesting the election call ed bore the names of almost one-half the qualified voters of the county. Ac- i v.o ,i m a nf t Vi rontrart Cdl Ullt V i r v i n, with the railroad the company is to have a line in operation irom uuuu land to the north line of Sherman countv on or before December 1. 1911. Colulo Pa 1 doH n x wmmm w" k IL n g In sight of the Rockies for 120 miles Santa Fe trains to Denver pass through Pueblo and Colorado Springs, close to Pike's Peak. Only one night out on the Colorado Flyer. m Fred Harvey meal service, block safeguards and dustless Low excursion fares Ask for copy of illustrated booklet, "A Colorado Summer, bpecial chapters about hihing camping out and big game hunting. T. L. KING City Passenger Agent sio-nal y track. v s 11 summer. Slf M sum Trains to Lsava lopeka 4:30 A.M. 6:00 A.M. 7:33 A.M. 2:03 P.M. 8:23 P.M. 7:2 P.M. 7:30 P.M. 7:53 P.M. KANSAS CITY Fast Time. No Stop. Double Track. Returning L;.rrr use ou ti 1 next i45X.M. THE iVUWii. ISldllU 10:40 A.M. TIME 11:20 A.M. :10 P.M. 10:00 P.M. 11:00 P.M. 11:30 P.M. Never Too Busy to Answer Questions. Phone 384 H. H. HUNT City Pas. Agent w MADE ELL AND STRONG By Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Bardstown, Kt. "I suffered from ulceration and otherf emale troubles for a long tune. Doc tors had failed to help me, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound was recommended, and I decided to try it. It cured my trouble and made me well and strong, so that I can do- all my own work." Mrs. Jos eph Hall, Bards town. Kt. Another Woman Cured. Christiana, Tenn. I suffered from the worst form -of female trouble so that at times I thought I could not live, and my nerves were in a dreadful condition. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound cured me, and made me feel like a different woman. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Is worth its weight in gold to suffering women." Mrs. Mary Wood.R.F.D.8. If you belong to that countless army of women who suffer from some form of female ills, don't hesitate to try Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound," made from roots and herbs. For thirty years this famous remedy has been the standard for all forms of female ills, and has cured thousands of women who have been troubled with such ailments as displacements, fibroid tumors, ulceration, inflammation, ir regularities, backache, and nervous prostration. If you want special advice writ foritto3Irs.Iinkham,L,ynnIass. It is free and always helpful. f i J. f J r. TAFT IS THERE. President Attends Celebration of Set tlement of Norwich. Xorwirh. Conn.. July 5. With th olangr ing ot bells and booming of guns the cele bration of the S)th anniversary of the set tlement of the town was ushered in today. The program of the day opened early with a flight of the airship "The California ArrOw." by Captain Thomas S. Baldwin from the Country club grounds. At 1) o'eloek President Taft and his par tv. including Captain Butt, his military aide and Assistant Secretary Misrheler, arrived on a special train from Boston, as the guests of the committee of amuse ments. Spue hod been roped off at the statinn and the president was greeted by Mayor Costello L.ippitt. Winslow T. Williams, president of the celebration committees, two members of the aldermanie boards, the select men and Mr. Tracey. of the ex ecutive committee. As the president ap peared a battery on (jeer's hill fired the salute of guns. BABY WAS STRANGLED. Body of Newly Born Infant Found by Roadside. This morning as Edward and George Smelser of Tecumseh -were driving along the river road in close proximity to the Santa Fe shops on their way to Topeka, they discovered the dead body of a newly born boy baby by the roadside wrapped in a copy of a newspaper. The body was brought to town and it was Dr. H. H. Keith's opinion that the infant was born last night and fro mall appear ances had been strangled before it was cast by the side of the road. Trie body of the infant was turned over to the'Conwell undertaking estab lishment. The curious part of this affair is that three years ago a child's body was found in almost identically the same place. JOHN MacDOXALD IS THERE. Topeka Man Prominent figure at Na tional Educational Association. Denver. July 5. The general ses sions of the National Educational asso ciation will open tonight in the Den ver auditorium and it is expected that r.o less than 10,000 of the 20.000 per sons here to attend the meetings inci dent to the convention will be present. This mornin? the last day's work of the national council of education was taken up with a discussion on rural school supervision led by Nathan C. Schaefer, state superintendent of pub lic instruction of Pennsylvania. Robert J. Aley of Indianapolis. John MacDon old of Toneka, Kan., and Charles Mc Kinney of Milwaukee took part. ThiH afternoon the council closes its ses sions with a discussion of the admin istration of public educational systems. The departments of relisious educa tion and the education of he Indian also began their sessions today. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia university. New York, was the principal speaker before the Indian department Goodman and Thompson to KI;ht. Chicago. July 5. Danny Goodman and Cyclone Johnny Thompson are matched to box ten rounds today at Hammond. Ind. The men have agreed to make the lightweight limit, and Packie McFarland will meet the winner. L M. Penwell Undertaker and Embalmer 611 Quincy SlrseC Bath Phanes 192 TO EAT MOSQUITOES. I'ish Are Hoi met Sent t tits Panama Canal Zone. Washington, July 5 The T"nite States is iinpnrtin fish into the Pana ma canal rone now to eat up mosqui toes. These fish belong to the group broad ly known as top minnows. so-called from always feeding at or near the sur face of the water, for which the struc ture of their mouth and habit of swim ming, with a large p"'tion of th jr back out of water, adapts thern. This hab:t. in connection with their small size, rt of especial value, as it erables them t secure their food by pursuing It hito-i plants and masses of algae over which there is only a thin film of water. They swim in great schools, are very smr, never over one and one-half Iwhc long, and are found In .stagnant. .uz gish and running water, cither fresh or brackish. The absence of malaria in rtarbad"' has been attributed to the presence of these fish by their des'ruction of the larvae of the malaria carrying mosquitoes. HERE'S A HEW ONE. Plan to Enter Ex-Governor Stanley In Itace Against Stubbs. There Is at this time a w',l defined plar on foot to run ex-overnor Stanley 1 Wichita against Stubbs for ti e Republics r nomination next summer. It Is believe, that Stanley will make srr"n(tr ci:ti date than Bailey and me efforts of r i antl-administratlon f rces will be d.r" t- from now on. according to reports frc.u the wise or.es, towards getting Stanley Int. the race. Kx-Uornor Stanley served two term as governor and left the state bouse wift a good record. H supported Stubbs In th last primary und I a cross between square dealer and a machine man. Th species, is now regarded as big medicine this state. Governor Stanley, it wi:l b remembered, was a candidate fr Cj. in states senator when Iong was r" -trover Curtis. Stanley was sore at s the machine leaders for a good while af that memorable fight but he Is not wn ho placable man and it may b assumed tn-i the wounds of that campaign have i-nl" long ago. Anyway, at this time the signs pc:-. toward Stanley, who is now practi.-in; law in Wichita, ss the man to cori' the second nomination of Governor S:ubb Chlldren Cry FOR FLETCHER'S C'A'STO R I A Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S O A S T o R I J Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S O A S T O R I A

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Copyright, 1909, by American Press Association. Ff7 m. m HAZY veil blurrwi tile perspective of the almost deserted j.venue, Ht whose distant eastern end the rising sun, red and portly, was rapidly burning away the lingering mist. end the pungent fumes of powder, mingled with the acrid odor of smoldering punk, catne to the nostrils with every wreath j of light blue smoke rising to float away on the morning breeze. At short internals the sweet silence that should have dwelt with dawn was rudely broken by the crashing report of a pistol, the crack of torpedoes or the mucous note of a tin horn, for the day 1 waa the Fourth of July in a great American city, j On the Fourth of July, at the corner of the arid, sordid tnoronghfare and a quiet side street, Sam Lee sat behind the j high counter in bis little laundry, smoking and thinking. His j eyes roved from nearly empty pigeonholes to an utterly empty I till and then across the street to the windows of his nearest rival and namesake. He could see beyond the blue blouse and brown. I scrawny arms of the Chinaman pushing the flatiron the squat figure of "Wing Lee, the proprietor, placidly smoking and fingering i the beads on his swanpan figuring np profits, doubtless for was j not Wing Lee daily growing richer, while Sam Lee grew poorer j and poorer week by week? Tighter he clutched the pipe in his teeth and sent up a cloud of smoke in which his thoughts seemed to float. Had he failed 4. after all his faith and toil? Must he go back empty handed to the green hills and the little village where rested the bones of many I generations of ancestors and abide the wagging of tongues and the pointing of fingers? As he smoked and thought, his idle eyes watching the pros perous Wing Lee, the bell above the door of his own shop clanged, and the door was opened by an invisible agency. After a moment a small newspaper covered parcel was pushed up on to the counter, and Sam Lee, rising, saw a very small, very black boy going away. He called to the diminutive darky, but his voice was drowned in the roar of a revolver from the sidewalk and the rattling bark of a whole boxful of China crackers discharged simultaneously in the street in front of the laundry opposite. Sam Lee grunted as he thought of the trouble which the urchin's i carelessness would no doubt cause the owner of the shirt which I the parcel contained and then, throwing it upon a heap of un j washed clothinir under the counter, sought the interior of his establishment and his breakfast, dismissing the matter from his mind. i! But Sam Lee's most -ivid imagination could not have con- ceived the momentous consequences of the little episode. At that very moment, not two blocks away, in a hall bedroom of a board I ing house on the quiet, respectable side street sat another young 1 man, smoking and thinking of home. Like Sam, he also was a Lee. and he sat and smoked, clad only in pantaloons and a gauze shirt. Of course there was no Impropriety in such attire in the i privacy of a gentleman's bedroom on a hot July morning, but S Custis" Lee of Culpeper county, Va., did not wear this simple I costume from choice, but through necessity, having ten minutes previously intrusted to the child of the cook, whom he had I waylaid in the hall, his only shirt. It Is not exact to say his only j pne since he had some dozens of the finest in his wardrobe but they were, like all his other wordly possessions except a dress j suit, a spring overcoat and a high hat in Culpeper and therefore as unavailable as an illiterate author's manuscript. Custis Lee had never in the course of his brief existence found himself in such a predicament. To be a prisoner on Inde pendence day in a stuffy, however respectable, lodging house, with a dime anl a nickel as his sole cash assets, waiting for a laundryman to "do up" his solitary shirt, was by far the least of his troubles, for Custis was an optimist. The real woe was the 1 lingering doubt, the fear that after all he might fail to find Lettice that evening at the Selden Van Ardens' lawn party. Financially he felt independent The dime was reserved to pay the laundryman;. the nickel retained from prudential motives was the promised -fee of his murky Mercury, carefully in j utrueted to bring the indispensable garment back at 2 o'clock j sharp. Between 2 o'clock and 5 the earliest hour at which he could with propriety present himself at the Van Ardens' he felt 1 that he could, being young and strong, dispense with a con- veyance and walk the requisite distance into the suburbs without I perspiring enough in a Fourth of July sun to wilt his newly starched apparel. As for the future, that could, as the past had done, take care of itself. His board was paid for nearly a week In advance, and the money he had telegraphed for would come 1 some time, though he could hardly hope for it on a holiday. But Lettice! Would she surely be at the swell function he was planning to attend? He knew that she had been invited; that was his sole reason for securing for himself a card. Would she listen to him with obstinate coolness or dismiss him with playful mockery, as she had done the last time the regrettable time when he had made that unlucky, stupid speech? Or would she I baffle him once more-delude him again as she had done that grievous June night, but five days or was it five weeks since, when, empty handed and dressed in evening clothes, he had Jumped aboard the midnight train to follow her to the inhos i pltable north? Thank fate, that very evening would settle itl Cnstis Lee was one of those rare optimists who recognize facts. If he could not make Lettice his own before midnight she would sail at high water in the morning for Europe, an artistic "career" and independence. The long, hot, weary forenoon crawled along as Custis Lee revolved these' thought. Noon brought a redoubled uproar of pistols, firecrackers and fish horns, to which was added a brief bruit of bells and artillery. Then, after an hour or so, the heat steadily augmenting and the small boy having gone indoors for nHment and ammunition there succeeded ft period of almost Sabbatical calm. Two o'clock struck. Thank heaven, the shirt 1 was duel Then r hasty toilet and the long walk to Lettice, and--; what" P.ut the quarter hoar passed, and then the half, and still no j si-ial! black urchin appeared. Custis Lee paced his strait I qiinitern an a captive creature treads its cage. Hark! A foot j step in the !xa!L He opened his door and looked out, having first hastily buttoned his topcoat to the chin. Wlao precaution: I The footstep was accompanied by the rustle of skirts, and Instead of a phot blsck boy Custis gazed into the face of a tall white girl. "I beg your pardon," he said, involuntarily drawing back at j the thought of his unconventional attlra. "I expected the cook's 11'tk- boy "Why,"' asswred Maggie Lane, the maid of at! work, "he'3 gone !ong ago with his. mother to see the Fourth. I'm going ont myself aov?-Mrs. Morton has let us all off for the afternoon." Briefly Custis Lee outlined the situation, tendering his dime rjd begging ttxe ma!d to bring his laundry. Certalnly: sir." said the good DPturod girl. "It won't take in a minute. Where's the check?' The boy said two was given!" "Oh!" exclaimed Maggie. "He must have left it at Sam Lee's. He dor.t give checks." Tr. vs minutes she returned with a flat parcel In thin brown 3p?r. Of course it was out of the question to offer such a finely J iresaed person a nickel, and Custis compromised with his pride irk hiB conscience uy hinting at a quarter next week. Mufrgie laagbmeiy protested against the idea of recompense isd Tu hastily away, leaving a happy, excited man to hurry a .uople toilet. Nervously he tore tpeu the flimsy paper and efceM. Ineaa of a fine drea shirt, with a snowy, glossy spaase of bosom, a coarse gar-new: of blue flannel! What was to be done? A few moments' thought gave the ray possible answer. With topcoat again tightly buttoned to he chin, notwithstanding the blazing heat of a July afternoon Lod a blue ishirt protruding from a limp, torn package, Custis J .ee stole cuutiously out of the almost deserted house and sought i laundry. v Hr naw it from a distance, straight -before him, and he cjoloed at the h!; rVl and gold "sign, "Wing Lee, Laundry." "he ioorbi: clacged at he entered, and the solitary occupant, a J- ps Mill 1 r-r A FIOUS the life stream of the Sam Lees. With mortgage canceled and a fresh and vigorous start made with money insistently forced upon them by the Virginian, they have beeu enabled to return independently well off to the old farm in the Green mountains. The Fourth of July that had dawned so inauspiciously upon the fortunes of the Lees culminated in a blaze of pyrotechnic glory commensurate with the greatness of their country, where future biographers of some particularly independent Mr. Lee may have trouble in determining whether he has descended from a. Lee of Cork, a Lee ffom Canton, a Loe from Culpeper or a Lee from Chittenden. Vt OLD LIBERTY" SOIIC Custis Repeated His Threadbare Tale of a Shirt. first Published In the Boston 29, 1763. Chronicle of Aug. lean, brown little Chinaman, left his flatiron and came forward. Custis Lee put the blue shirt on the counter and explained. The lean Chinaman shook his head, poked the bundle with a long linger tipped with a sharp, curved claw and squeaked out "Where tickee?" Custis explained further. The man listened stolidly, again shook his head, gave his ultimatum, "No tickee, no shirtee," and returned to his ironing. A fervid appeal ex torted from the unwilling Asiatic a final sententious "Go Sam Lee. closs load." "Sam Lee!" The words recalled those of the maidservant. Custis instantly saw his blunder. With a light heart he took the despised shirt, its wrapper still more dilapidated by the Chinaman's sharp claw, and crossed the street. Yes; there it was, in smaller, more modest letters, "Sam Lee, Laundry." -Again, amid the clanging of a bell, he entered to behold with astonishment a young and very good looking white woman behind the tiny counter. He almost paused on the threshold, arrested by his ingrained repugnance to the idea of miscegena tion. Good heaven the thought of this fair girl marrying a Chinaman! He had beard of such things, but could scarcely credit them. However, he wouldn't have to listen to the Iallation of pigeon English. He explained volubly. The girl listened, meanwhile examining the shirt critically. "Well," sn" said, "this i3 our wrapping paper, and this is Mr. Lee's shirt." And she pointed out what Custis had not observed a mark in clear tlrough verv irregular characters, "P. Lee." "But I'm not P. Lee' I'm 'C. Lee! I'm a white man, and my shirt is a white shirt and is marked with my Initials in red." The woman patiently searched the pigeonholes, untying bundles and convincing Custis that his shirt was not there. "I am eorry my husband is out but I'm sure if he got your shirt and promised It at 2 o'clock it would be here. This blue shirt belongs to Patrick Lee. I remember him now. You had better go back to Wing Lee's and make them hunt for yours." Custis departed in shirtless silence, forgetting even to demand his dime. While considering how to recommence the attack on the obdurate washerwoman he was somewhat relieved to find in place of the saffron skeleton he had left a round and unctuous Chinaman of elderly appearance, whom he surmised to be Wing Lee himself. "Oh, yes; me Wing Lee. Lee mcanee allee eamee Plum. In China country me name Lee Wing. This side, Melican mens putee cart before horsee callee me Mtsf Wing.- Me no ilkee me Mist' Lee, so have sign made Wing Lee, allee samee Plum. Me ind'pendent Sabe?" Custis said he understood and asked for his shirt "No tickee?" exclaimed his namesake suspiciously. "What kind shirtee you want catchee?" Custis repeated his threadbare tale of a shirt and received in return a succinct statement of systematic business methods which; Wing Lee assured him, precluded the possibility of such a transaction as the colored boy had reported. "Little black rascal allee mixee up. You go back Sam Lee, findee shirtee allee light." was his parting injunction. His heart beating with despair, Custis Lee once more crossed the dusty street in the blazing midafternoon sun, with closely buttoned topcoat and negligee hat crying out lustily in their incongruity. Again there had been a quick change of characters on the stage of his trngi-comedy. Instead of the comely white woman he saw a wiry white man one obviously Anglo-Saxon in every fiber. It was with incredulity that Custis addressed him interrogatively as Sam Lee. "Jess so. I'm Sam Lee. What kin I do for yer, mister?" For the fifth time the young Virginian rehearsed the narrative of the black boy and the white shirt, and this time to an auditor who began to show signs of comprehension. "By the great horn spoon, I see!" he finally exclaimed, and diving under the counter he procured from a pile of soiled gar ments the shirt of Custis Lee, with its crimson initials on the tab. "I'll put it In the wash at once, and you shall have it tomor row morning." "Tomorrow morning!" Custis Lee called tip with kinctoscopic speed a series of mental snapshots illustrating the events of tomorrow morning, prominent among which was a picture of the trim figure of Lettice Lee standing at the rail of an outgoing steamer waving a handkerchief bnt not to him! Custis Lee was an independent young man one who had ever kept his own counsel and in whom the spirit of racial and personal pride burned as fiercely as it possibly could iu any human being. But he knew an inevitable crisis when he met one, and he thereupon both figuratively and literally bared his bosom. A glance at the gauze underwear convinced even skeptical Sam Lee that the story was not equally diaphanous. He was a man of fertile resource, one who could also meet an emergency if necessary. "I like your looks, young feller," he said, "and, of course, 1 like your name. My dad fit against Bob Lee down in your own county of Culpeper, and I was with Fitz Lee down In Cuby. I reckon the Lees are all right Including Pat Lee from Cork, at the car barn, who. Is too independent to give his washing to the Chinks. Let some other tribe pay tribute."- He searched the pigeonholes. "Here's a Smith about your size. I guess; 153 yes, I thought so. Now. you go right into my bunk room and put on these duds, and If you don't make things O. K. with that cousin of yours this evening, why, she ain't worthy of her name." But Lettice proved herself entirely worthy in the eyes of Cousin Custis. The high tide that carried her ship away to Europe without her brought the bark of Custis Lee's hopes safely into harbor and' floated an unexpected wave of prosperity into COME, join hand in hand, brave Americans all, And rouse your bold hearts at fair liberty's call. No tyrannous acts shall suppress your just claim Or stain with dishonor America's name. CHORUS. In freedom we're born, and in freedom we'll live. Our purses are ready. Steady, friends, steady! Not as slaves, but as freemen, our money we'll give. Our worthy forefathers let's give them a cheer To climates unknown did courageously steer. Through oceans to deserts for freedom they came And, dying, bequeathed us their freedom and fame. Their generous bosoms all dangers despised, So highly, so wisely, their birthrights they prized. We'll keep what they gave, we will piously keep, Nor frustrate their toils on. the land and the deep. The tree their own hands had to Liberty reared They lived to behold growing strong and revered. With transport they cried, "Now our wishes we gain, For our children shall gather the fruits of our pain Swarms of placemen and pensioners soon will appear, Like locusts deforming the charms of the year. Suns vainly will rise, showers vainly descend, If we are to drudge for what others shall spend. Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all. By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall. In so righteous a cause let us hope to succeed, For heaven approves of each generous deed. All ages shall speak with amaze and applause Of the courage we'll show in support of our laws. To die we can bear, but to serve we disdain, For shame is to freedom more dreadful than pain. This bumper I crown for our sovereign's health, And this for Britannia's glory and wealth That wealth and that glory immortal may be If she is but just and if we are but free.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATS JOURNAL UONDAY- EVENING, JULY 5, 1909. 1 t WITHIN JS GRASP Capt. E. C. Nichols Dies on Threshold of Success. Worked Lifeifme and Spent Fortune on Invention. HAD BEl-ff PEHFECTED Just Ready to Place It on the Market. His Plan For Sterilization of Air on Large Scale. Captain Edwin Crane Nichols died t his home Just west of the city Sun day evening, July 4, after an illness of over a month from hemorrhage or tne brain. He leaves a wife and two grown dauehters. Captain Nichols was a member of Lincoln Post G. A. R. and of lodge 17 of the Masons. He had for many years been a citizen of Kansas, although his business com pelled him to make his temporary home at times in other places. He served through the war with distin guished honor and was very severely wounded at Gettysburg, making him a sufferer to the end of his nays, in that great battle he was in its hottest and fiercest. His profession had been and was an architect and constructing engineer-, and while engaged in it many large and costly buildings in the west have been built under his super intendence. For the last twenty-five years of his life he has been engaged in experi menting with air, originally for the purpose of ascertaining some means of ventilation, but as he pursued his experiments he discovered it was a larger subtect, which led him further into the uses of air. He became one of the world's greatest experts on the subject of air and its utilities. 'fter repeated experiments, running through a quarter of a century, he de veloped and constructed a complete system of machinery, within the pow er of any skilled mechanic to operate, hv which a pure, dry sterilized air can be furnished at any degree of heat or cold for the ventilation of a building or a city, at any temperature, within the extremes of heat or cold, and by which hospitals, schools, mines, ships, subways and the like can be kept sterilized and furnished with pure dry aid with any degree of heat or cold or humidity required. He discovered a power from the application of the air manipulated by his system of machin ery, vastly more powerful than steam and at a largely reduced cost over any other power. This he had already demonstrated by the practical use of his complete machinery. The furnish ing of pure air to hospitals was be lieved by him to be the source of both cure and health, and in schools, im munity of the pupils from every sort of danger or disease. He had failed time and again to ac complish the results he anticipated but with unabated zeal and courage he continued his efforts, he put into them once a hundred thousand dollars; he made it the absorbing object of his life and finally ho succeeded in everything he had attempted and had proved the same by actual demonstration and use of the system of machinery he had planned and built. A corporation had been formed In this city to utilize his discoveries, and he was near the goal of his ambition. By those who know what they are, and are practically capable of doing, they helieve that in the case of ill people, in furnishing heat and cold, and in cheap power, it is the world's largest, greatest and most far reaching discov ery, and that he will be entitled to toe considered one of the world's great tst benefactors. There s-e but few men who have given more to mankind and none that deserve higher honors. J. G. WATERS. PREACHED THIRTY-FIVE YEARS Rev. Hillnian Will Spend Declining Years in Ministers Home. Lincoln, July 5. The Rev. J. J. Hillman who lived in this county and vicinity for many years, has gone to j Castile, N. Y., where he will become j! an inmate of the aged ministers' y -vs home. Mr. Hillman was a minister Ay of the Christian church and served $vith several of the churches in cen- 3 tral Kansas in the last 35 years. He is 85 years old and for the last I year has been in charge of the Chris- I tian ch urch of Lincoln. AVhile he is quite feeble from age he is in good health. WHEAT IS IX THE SHOCK. Threshing Will Commence in South mi Kansas Tills Week. Pittsburg, Kan., July 5. With the exceptions of a few scattering pieces of late wheat, the crop is now in the shock, say local millers and grain buy ers If the weather coftinues dry and warm threshing will be in full blast this week. The tendency of late years among the farmers has been to thresh from the shock, say threshing men. Most of the threshing crews in the county are out and work is already being booked all over the county. RADFORD GAVE $1,000 BOND. Ex-Grain Official's Preliminary Will Be 'Held July 10. Kansas City. Mo., July 5. John W. Radford, ex-chief of the Kansas grain inspection department, who was ar rested for the third time on the charge of misconduct in office, was ar raigned before A. M Smith, a Justice of the peace in Kdwgrdsville Kan. He was released on a bond of $1 -000. Radford's preliminary hearing was set for July 10. Whole Town Barns. Reno, Nev July 5. The little town of Prattsvllle, Plumas county, Cal., has been entirely destroyed by fire! that broke out in a store in the busi ness section. One man is supposed to have met death in the conflagration. The loss is estimated at $100,000. Tor Infants and Children. Tta Kind You Have Always Bcugfr Bears the S2&atore of S7 lllfe IS 'L fete y If IHjS HEAD HUNTERS REFORM Haven't Taken a Head .For Months Says Dean C. Worcester. Manila, July 6. Insular Secretary of the Interior Dean C. Worcester, re turned today from his annual visit and tour of inspection among the wild tribes of northern Luzon. He reports that excellent results have thus far attended the efforts of the Philippine commission to stop head hunting among the mountaineers and bring to an end the inter-tribal wars which have kept the interior in a constant state of ferment and unrest. The Ifugaos. the wildest and most turbulent of the mountain tribes, who number 100,000 have not taken a head in the last 21 months, according to the secretary's report although they were among the frequent offenders before the present campaign was un dertaken. Secretary Worcester discovered that the mountain men were exceedingly fond of athletic competition among themselves. In the furtherance of his desire to bring the tribes into more friendly relations with each other he held a series of fiestas and field meets encouraging the natives to enter the contests. His plan was well received and members of tribes that have been at war with each other for centuries engaged in races and strength con. tests on friendly terms. The tribes now are engaged in con structing mountain trails between 111 T I I 1

i I 1 .-.'et$ J i J; i GEORGE M. SHIPPY, CHICAGO POLICE CHIEF, WHOSE RESIG NATION IS EXPECTED SHORTLY. George M. Snippy, chief of the Chicago police department. Is In falling health, and his resignation Is expected at any time. He recently returned to Chleaffo from West Baden, Ind., where he went for treatment, and Is now at Mount Clemens. Mich. The gambling scandals and the numerous bomb explosions that have occurred in Chicago recently have caused much criticism of the police, and there is talk of appointing a civilian as head of the depart ment. Major R. W. McCloughrey and John P. Badenoch both were busi ness men when placed In command of the police, and both mnde excellent rec ords. Chief Shlppy has not been In good health since he was stabbed by an anarchist whom ha killed more than a year agr A SPARK FROM THE PAST. their settlements, the larger towns planning to build hish roads for this purpose. The mountain men are en gaging more generally in farming and weaving and pther peaceful pursuits of the country and the whole section is more orderly and less turbulent than it has been known to be befoj-e- Bl'RRTOX NEWSPAPER IS SOLD. H. Q. Harris of Wichita Is One of the New Owners. Burrton, Kan.. July 5. J. W. Shive of Burrton and H. Q. Harris of Wich ita have purchased the- Burrton Grit printing plant from B. W. Harlow. The change in ownership will not af fact the working force of the paper and Mr. Harlow Is retained as editor and manager. Mr. Harris is secretary and assistant manager of the Western Co-Operative Real Estate Dealers' exchange of Wichita. France Takes Frisco Bonds. New York, July .5 Speyer Co. ?.iin"unce that they vave ar-anged for the sale of a $10,000,000 issue of St. Louis San Francisco Railway'com pany 15 to 20 year 5 per cent gold bonds to a syndicate of French banks. The Bank Francais whose pres ident, M. Rouvier, was formerly min ister of finance in France, is promi nently interested in the transaction. Preliminary steps have been taken to have the bonds listed on the Paris bourse. MOST PERFECT GIRL Gold Medal Awarded to Miss Edwards of California. New York, July 5.- After a contest which embraced all the principal cities of the world, the gold medal- of the Physical Culture society of New York has been awarded to Miss Margaret Claire Edwards of Napa, Cal., for the most perfect physical development of a girl under 17 years of age. The win ner is 11 years and 9 months old, 5 feet 1 inches tall, and weighs 106 pounds. Miss Edwards' home is at Napa. Cal. When an infant she was so small that many said she would not live. Her mother, Mrs. Edith L. Edwards, a teacher in the public school of Napa, not long after the girl's birth began training Margaret to the end that she might become a stalwart and hand some woman. GREAT FLAG UNFURLED. Emblem of Freedom Is 180 Feet Lous by 90 Feet W ide. Pittsburg, July 5. By far the larg est flag in the world was hoisted to the breeze yesterday between the Al legheny county court house steeple and the Krick building. It is 180 feet long, 90 feet wide, and is suspended from a two inch steel cable, one end of which is fastened-around the court house steeple and the- other passing through the massive jfnck Duiiaing. When unfurled the flag reaches within two stories of the ground and it is estimated that a wind or twelve miles an hour will put a pressure of sixty tons on the steel cable which holds it. Instead of but one flag being un furled there were really 50,001 of them, as at the top of the great flag there were 50,000 smaller ones ar ranged so that, with the dropping of the great nag, tney too unruriea. BRUISE CAUSED DEATH. Charles Shackelford, Author and Law yer, Dead in Chicago. Chicago. July 6. Charles Shakleford. a retired lawyer and magazine writer, died last night from gangrene, which developed following a toe bruise. He was a brother of Judge ShaKlefora oi urana junction, Colorado. TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS Kansas City Live Stock Market. Kansas City. Mo., July 5. CATTLE Re ceipts S.000, including 500 southerns. Mar ket stead v. Native steeers. $4.75'&7.35; southern steers, $4.00(?f5.85; ;southern cows, $2.75S4.50; native cows and heifers, $2.25(3 7.00: stockers and feeders. $3.60g5.5O; bulls, $3.00(55.00; calves, $3.757.00; western steers, $4.7567.00; .western cows, $3.00(54.50. HOGS Receipts 3.000. Market 5c to 10c higher. Bulk of sales, $7.60(58.00; heavy, $s.00a-8.10: packers and butchers, $7.8OS.05; light. $7.50g7.95; pigs, $fi.257.50. SHEEP Receipts 7,000. Market steady. Muttons, $4.O0S5.O0; lambs, $6.008.25; range wethers, $4.00!g5.25; range ewes, $3.25 64.50. Chicasro Live Stock Market. Chicasro. July 5. CATTLE Receipts estimated at 15,000. Market steady to 10c lower. Beeves. $5.Wa7.30: Texas steers. $4.75(36.30: western steers. $4.S0gi.25; stock crs and feeders. $3.0O5.25: cows and heif ers. $2.5"XS6.40: calves, $5.0la7.60. HOGS Rceints estimated at is.ooo. Mar ket 10c higher. Light. $7.35(&8.05; mixed. $7.55fiR.25: heavy. $7.0Q8.25; rough. $7.60 7 .0: trood to choice heavy. $7 8078.25: Dies. $6.3517.25; bulk of sales, $7.88S.05. SHEEr receipts esumatea at 12.UUO. Market weak to 10c lower. Native. $3.25? 5.50; western, $3.25J?6.70; yearlings. $4.75'S 6 60: lambs, native, SS.OO'gS.; western, $5.25 JiS.00. Topeka Market. Furnished by the Chas. Wolff Packing vo., yttri l oaiui nay. vv 9 cannot use pigs, thin sows or hog weighing less than 170 lbs. Do not mar ket hogs unless same are wel finished, as we cannot use half fat stuff. We giva below prices effective at once, until fur ther notice.l Topeka, Kan.. July 5 MIXED AND BUTCHERS $7 ?SfiT s HEAV 7.55S7.65 LIGHT VV",'V 7.10Q7.52 hobs muot ......,,.u. cannot use light, thin hogB. Per cwt. ..$3.0053 M 2 50-&3.0) 3.50S4.00 2.7523.50 3.00-53.25 2.5lg-S.O) 4.50'g5.5'1 3.5VS4.50 Grass cows (good) Grass cows (medium) Grass heifers (good) Grass heifers (medium) Grass bulls (good) Grass bulls (medium) Calves (100 to 200 lbs.) 1 (,n-pr 1 hR n V .jiv'.jn Cattle must be good, cannot use thin stuff. Market prices paia mr ary lot cattla. BUTTER AND EGr.s (Furnished by The Continental Cr-amrr CHICAGO EGGS 19c. N Y. EGGS Fresh country, doa.. 2CUe CREAMERY BUTTER-ChJeaitTao. N. Y. 2asc T-T.ntx BUTTER 25c. tWholesale prices furnlsned by Cod t EGGS Fresh country. 17c. POT'LTRY Hens. live weie-ht qijl. spring broilers, 1H to 2 lbs., ific; course young ruQsicis, c r WANTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ADS. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. G. P. Stitt and wife to M. M. Max well, lots 294 and 96 Lane at.. West- lawn add $5,800 j unuot) and wife to M. L. Robey, lots xji and 22 Illinois ave.. Sunny- side add 80 A. M. Vv arner and wife to J. W. Wise man and wife, lots 4o4 and 66 West ern ave.. Middaue-h's 2nd sub 600 r. AY. Griggs and wife to I. N. Traver, lot isfm ana tt. ss Wisconsin ave.. Kevstonn add... 1 12.IS J. VV. Bell, to C. L. Bemer. lots 6S3 and 5 Kansas ave.. Walnut Grove add 45 B. B. Giles and others to W. J. Rick- enbacker. pt. n. e. 7-12-16 2.400 w ATni crn'iTror WANTED Position by expert stenogra- pner. Adaress R. fc., care state Journa WANTED MALK TTET P. WANTED-3)0 harvest hands. 50 farm hands, car carnentera for Okla. and other places; iuu laDorers, men cooks, nreman, dining room girls, $20 mo.; women cooks, house .girls, housekeepers, kitchen help, pantry girls. 2nd cooks, dairy hands. t-apitai jimpioyment Agency, ail. Kan. ave, WANTED Experienced arm waiters at Cremerie restaurant. WANTED Barber. Conrad Mayer, 106 West 10th. WANTEDr-Teams to haul brick. Steady worlc; good wages. Brick Co., 214 E. 6th. WANTED Experienced soda fountain Doy x to a yrs. criesterneia r narmacy. WANTED Young man to manage large sKating rime, out ol town. Ada. J. a. w Journal. WANTED 600 laborers to ship Thursday morning. Railroad work. A. L. Furman, SU Kansas ave. Phone 662. WANTED 500 white, Greek or colored laborers to ship out Thursday. R. R, Work; free transportation. Topeka Em ployment office, bsi Kansas ave. It. Kearney, proprietor. WANTED Rxnerieneed bookkeerier: must give references. Address C. T., care of Journal. WANTED Railway mail clerks, postoftlca cierKs, carriers, custom nouse clerics, in. ternal revenue clerks, stenographers, type writers, salary to x,&oo. uie posi tions. Examination soon. Write Immed lately. Free information. Government Positions Bureau. Rochester. N. Y. WANTED Competent white girl for gen eral house work. Mrs.A.Marburg,414W.10th WANTED A woman to wash and iron. M. Reinbach, 1406 W. 6th. 2243 Blue. WANTED Dishwasher at Holliday hotel, 4th and Holliday sts. WANTED White girl; no washing: have man for heavy worK. 1016 Harrison st, WANTED Dining room girls. Fifth Ave, hotel. WANTED MISCFT.LAJffEOTTS. WANTED To buy old carpet. O. McCor- mick, o22 Van Buren. WANTED Veal calves and fat cows. H. M. Bush, Ind. phone 24733. 1010 E. 8th St. WANTED Light delivery horse. Horsfield, 209 Kansas ave. Thos WANTED A furnished flat by young married couple, close in. Address No. 32, care journal. WANTED TO RENT 10 to 20 acres lm proved farm. 2 to 5 years, close to town prefer county seat; give the amount of rent or price for one year, and location in nrsi letter. Adcireiss lirani Hivernart, Rossville, Kansas. WANTED A furnished flat or small cat- tage by young married couple, close in. Address rio. 32, care Journal. THE Hasty Messenger and Express Com pany will deliver your packages, mes sages, baggage, etc.. at a low price, and we win nurry up. tiotn phones 1082. WE BUY CHERRIES. For well filled. wen lacea ooxes we pay $i.7a per case. The A. A. Co., 208 Kansas ave. WE PAY THE HIGHEST PRICE for secondhand clothes, shoes. hats and overcoats. Drop a card or call Ind. phone roa. Aoe jaconpon. .Kansas avenue. FOR SALE The best dressmakinsr busi ness on the Avenue. The best room, well lighted. I have over three hundred cus tomers. Will sell all or part very reason able. Poor health reason for selling. Call and see me. Mrs. C. Stewart, 614 Kansas ave. BUTTER Fresh country roll, is to 20c nanVtncr KtOCk. DT lb.. 16C. Wholesale FRUIT AND PRonrrrrw fFurnished by Sam'l E. Lux. Wholes Fruit and Proauc. BANANAS Medium sized bunches, $2 00 (S2.25; large sized bunches, $2.75(53.00. Per lb., 4c. CHERRIES Per crate. $2.50. RASPBERRIES Per crate, $3.50. BLACKBERRIES-Per crate. I? so CALIFORNIA FRUITS-Flumbs, $1.50:3 FIXjkilia r i liiu- rui,s fr era, CBBAGE Per lb., lHc CRYSTAL WAX ONIONS Per crate. $1 26 T.KMONS California, per box. $7Ko LATE VALENCIA ORANGES Per "HOME GROWN ilADISHES Per doa. bunches. 174c and 20c NEW BEETS Per bu., 75c. NEW TURNIPS Per bu.. 75c. LFTTUCE Per basket. 40c. SPINACH Home grown, per bu.. 60c. NEW POTATOES-Per bu.. 75c. TEXAS CUCUMBERS Per 1-J bu. box Sc TEXAS WAX BEANS 1-3 bu.. bo- 60c TEXAS GREEN BEANS 1-3 bu. nox. 85c TEXAS TOMATOES Per 4 bskt, crate. S5e!fr$1.00 PEAS Per bu.. $1.00. ASPARAGUS Per dos. bunches, 60c RHUBARB Per lb., 3c. CANTALOUPES Per standard crate $4.00. CHEEST5: Wis. Y. A. Cheese, per lb.. 16c; Limberger. per lb.. 16Vic: Wis. Yel low, per lb.. 16M:c: Block Swiss, domestto style, lb., 16Hc; Fish Bait, average. 20 lbs 6ic; New Wis. Brick. 16Hc Topeka Hide Market. Quotations furnished by James C. Smith Co.. 108 East Third St. Topeka. Kan., July S. HIDES No. 1 G. S. hides. llc; No. 1 O. S. hides. lOVic; side brands. 814c flat; ?lue hides, 5c flat; No. 1 G. 8. bull hides, c; No. 2 G. S. bull hides, 8c: Deacons, 26a to 35c; slunks. 15c to 25c: No. 1 horse hides. $2.50; No. 2 horse hides, $1.B0; No. 3 horse hides. 75c: dry flint butcher, heavies. 17c; dry flint fallen. 16c; dry flint light 1718c; dry salts. 14c: dry culls, llo. WOOL Kansas clear medium combine and clothing (acordtng to brightness), 17 e23c; light fine. 1417c; heavy fine. 113 14c. Defective woois. ic to c per in. Grain Market. Furnished by J. B. Bilmrd. corner Kaa as Av. and Curtis St. Topeka, Kan., July 5. WHEAT No. 2, $1.30. CORN 67a. FOR H1T-BOOMl FOR RENT Second floor of 70s West 6th st.. 5 unfureished rooms. Inquire iia west btn st. FOR RENT t modern furnished light nouseaeeping rooms, ai jenerson st. FOR RENT Large furnished rooms. $1.60 to $2.50 per week; gentlemen only. 309 Kansas ave. FOR RENT A suite of two nicely fur- nisnea rooms. 3fls west vth street. FOR RENT Modern housekeeping rooms. mil jacsson st. FOR RENT Furnished front room In modern house. 2 blocks from state house, 1265 Van Buren st. Ind. 1974. 2 unfurnished rooms, close tn, $12; light and airy. Call 269S Blue. FOR RENT Nicely furnished modern front room. 904 Jefferson. FOR HFTNT nnrsEs FOR RENT 5 room house, new, strictly modern. Call 1409 Kansas ave. FOR JtENT New- modern brick, 1020 Gar field ave., $20. See Helen L Francis, 617 Kansas ave. Ind. 1003. FOR RENT New five room modern cot- taare. 321 East Twelfth. Mrs. W. k. Atchison, 38 Col. Bldg. Ind. S75 or 2872Blue FOR RENT 6 room modern house, quire 404 Clay at. FOR RENT 10 and 6 room houses 2 blocks ave. can rent rooms. Inq. 306 E. 10th. FOR RENT Modern 5 room house, $22 per mo. inquire 834 Jefferson. Ind. 2542 White. FOR RENT Strictly modern 9 room nouse, aw Clay st. Both phones 617. FOR RENT 4 room cottage and barn. zsra ana Aaams st., one at 2064 Santa Fe St., 6 rooms, barn; one at 1518 Polk st., t room' cottage. Segulne, 413 Kansas ave. FOR RENT 6 room house, 1253 Polk. Pratt Bros. Tel. 589. FOR RENT room house, gaa for light una neat, on pavement. S room house, sras for llcht and heat, on pavement. Betzer Realty Loan Co Columbian Bldg. x FOR REXT MISCELLANEOUS. FOR RENT 1 store room, 25x75. 01 To peka ave. Far particulars call G. O. Smith, 503 Topeka ave. FOR RENT Office room and desk, $10 per uiu. iuiim commerce mag. FOR ST,E MISm.IjAXFOrs FOR SALE 1st class milk cow. Bell 3761 4 rings, p. c. w iiKerson. FOR SALE Gaited saddle horse. Call Dr. J. c. McClintock, at home or office. FOR SALE One elegant muslo box. good repair, numerous popular pieces Included: one fine solid oak library table, letter press wun tapie, uook case ana doors, s: r llimore St. FOR SALE Second-hand windows, doors, frames, screens, soft filter brick. Call Ind. phone 1591. FOR SALE $100 Tufft's soda fountain. Have bouKht larsrer one. E. B. Walker Son, 433 Kansas ave. FOR SALE Sound 1,100 lb. work horse, light spring wagon, new harness, make good delivery outfit. No. 1312 W. loth et. FOR SALE 30 pr. choice Homer pigeons, cneap. ztui oiue. luzo-vuincy. FOR SALE Furniture of First Ave. ho tel. 17 rooms. Price $300. Good shop trade. 605 E. 1st ave. FOR SALE Good cheap team of horses and harness and good moving wagon; 1 good driving horse. Will sell separate. Farmers' Feed Barn, east of Dibble's store. North Topeka, Ind. 2785 Black. FOR SALE Vt mile west of city on 12th St., 1 second hand light 2 horse spring riff, covered and fixed for travpllnnr nr huckstering: one phaeton, good. P. Chilson, corner Wayne and Munson aves. FOR SALE OR TRADE 2 horses at" vv. tn or 413 Kansas ave. FOR SALE 600 business cards for $1.25; 600 envelopes. $1.25: 600 letter heads, n U) See them: first class printing at propor tionate rates. Trapp, 714 Kansas ave. FOR SALE Thoroughbred Shetland ponies at 1100 E. 6th st. FOR SALE Good rubber tire cutunder surrey, cheap. 408 Lincoln. FOR SALE A wide tire 3V4 Inch wagon. UlljUlIO Elk OLL nui 111 A.iLllSa ttVS. FOR SALE. New Royal Standard typewriter, $65. 104 WEST EIGHTH. FOR SALE Swill for hog feed at vinegar FOR SALE A quantity of buttermilk for hog feed. Topeka Pure Milk Co., 4th and Jackson sts. Phone 397. FOR SALE One horse wagon, $S; saddle and nnnie. w: gooa condition, vn. 911 2. FOR SALF: REAfj ESTATE. FOR SALE At a bargain, uuburban home of 2V4 acres, nicelv located nn Shorey macadam road; high ground. 4 room house, cemented cellar, fine water, splendid shade, good barn, one block to city limits. Price $2,350, part cash. In- uire for ueo. Hem. one block north of Shorey postoffice. BUY TOMORROW. Our office will be open tomorrow and let us talk real estate and close uo that deal that Is under way. W. M. FORBES CO., 107 W. 7th St. IF YOU want to sell or rent your prop erty, list It with us. We have parties that are waiting to buy and rent. w. W. Manspeaker, 819 Kan. ave.. Topeka, Kan FOR SALE One of the finest new homes in Westlawn. $4.SO0. Nason Sheldon. 1214 High St. Bell phone 2375. Ind. 2736 Red LIST your farms with us 1! you want t sell, we have several parties wanting to buy farms in the eastern and south. eastern part of the state. W. W. Man speaker. 819 Kansas avenue. FOR SALE 1306 North Taylor street, 3 lots. 4 room house, eoofl rnndltlon ft shade. Rents $8. Price $500. I. J. Ketchum Co.. Ind. 403. MACHXXE SHOPS. LAWN mowers sharpened, repaired. The H. B. Howard Supply Co., 710 K. A. Tel. tot FLORISTS. FRESH cut flowers for all occasions to oe found at Hayes riower store, 107 'W. 8th. Ind. phone 377. LOST AND FOUND. LOST By State Journal carrier No. 3. Saturday, between 5 and 7. on Fillmore. $5 bill. Finder please leave word at State Journal office. Reward. LOST Pocketbook Sunday on asylum car. containing newara. lei. jna. 1425. LOST One 34x4 inner tube, auto tire. Finder please leave with L. M. Penwell nd receive reward. STRAYED OR STOLEN'. STRAYED OR- STOLEN Bull dog pup, white and brown spotted. Reward for return to 1j9 West 10th. CXD EKTAKING. M. PEN WELL, funeral director and embalmer. First class service, reason- I iluic pities. l uiiii.j' bu uv. v vi (luuuca LEGAL. First published In Tne Topeka Btat Journal Jun 14. 19u.J THIRTY DAY NOTICE OF APPLICA TION OF BUSINESS COLLEGES FO v A PERMIT TO CANVASS IX TUB STATE. OF KANSAS. Topska, Kan., Mar 1- Notice Is barcby given that the follow ing business colleges (or commercial de partments of otber schools) have mad application to me for a permit to cuvui S11 of Kansas for the purpose or selling tuition in advance and contract ing or securing notes for tuition from stu dents before their registration at the bus JJ?'9? col'eges (for commercial depart ments) herein named: v-Vi1AV-.CoT'.mercl'J Business Colleg. Kansas City, Kansas. Nebraska" Busm,Mi Collega. Hastings. S"rL"? c,,tv Business College and Garden Kansas3 of Telegraphy. Garden City. sas.OPek Bu",n College. Topeka. Kan- Moartha Business College, Carthage, ;?Vs"ct1ory PHf Is furnished that "y?,tli8 above named colleges or com m. J departments are incompetent to ,uc,n course of instruction as lr? Jv?Ct,s? or .tnat the-moral aurround li th" intution are not rood, or ioi.v ho Premises are kept In an un- ialH if.C?r1't'on- or that the gnt of ??I?J "ft'tutions use misrepresentations or fraudulent methods In securing contracts. ir csh from prospective students. In such case a permit will not be granted departments "CS3 collees or conune'clal a,., c E. T. FAIRCHILD. Btate Superintendent of Public Instruction IFirst publUhed in The Topeka Stata Journal July 2, NOTICE OF PROPOSALS FOR HAY WANTED. n5fi pror,'sa.1" wl" o recelvsd by the Board Of Control at their office in Topeka. A tl?ZU2rhe 'u"'hlng of iso tons of Ahf ALFA nnv an A ink n until 2 o clock p. m. Tuday, July 19" tv.J?.. b"? d'llv"e1. barn of th Ciifj i ri. ""P""1- i ne nay of both kinds must be sufficiently well cured to b.t gut in mow and must grade as No. ONE tnBid,h.I,I1 e dressed to the Secre tary of the RnflH i Kansas, and marked on the outside of thi envelope. "Proposals for hay." rr1Ji'LJbi1. tlloul'1 o "ccompanied bv a for $50 check on 8me responsible bank hJL1 .fJl'? ofw7h ,uc-Bful bidder will .r et"r"ed to him as soon as contract Is 7,?2 lnXa. an? -bon1 for th fulfillment r-i,.it c?ntct ls given and approved. Cheeks of unsuccessful bidders will be re- lra?t1st?wardnedPr0mptly 8n tt8 c0n By order of the Board of Control of State Charitable Institutions. "lro1 or FWB-Chairman. July 1, 1909. NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS Notice is hereby given that there will bs a special meeting of the stockholders of the Vermont Savlmrn Tn..i,.., d: 1,7.' f-' "nice or tne company, er 5l .i?'1"18" Avenue (uruttairs). In t 121 ?i Tfpeka. Shawnee County, Kan at No. he Cltv Vi. u "C,-T'n oay or July. 1, between the hours of eight and nine o'clock a. m. fSaLd day' ,tne Purpose of authoris ing the president and secretary to slzn acknowledge deliver to and file with the S Pt.?f.y state,.of the State of Kan. a certificate of the desire and Intention rW, J. at? Vermont Savings Investment Company to extend the time of Its exlst hfei?r J?, peL'od of, t'"ty years from li4,tK 7." "P'ratlon of the period prescribed in Its chHrter now on file with the Secretary of State of the State of IV n tt6 8. A- J- SIBLET. tary of the Vermont Savings Invest- t Company. Secretary men MONET. MONEY to loan on live stork, pianos, per-. ers. W. L. Seguine, 413 K. A. Both phones. MONEY TO LOAN on v-alusbles. Jewelry Co., 733 Kansas ave. Capital BETZER RE ALT AND LOAN CO. Make farm and city loana In anv amount from $5u0 up at lowest rates and on the most favorable terms. Offlca Room I Columbian Bldg. MONEY to loan on personal property. payment $1.25 week will pay off loan $3 in iS weeks. G. H. Flintham, notary pub Uc. 906 E. 4th st. Either phone 977. MONEY to loan on live stock, pianos, or gans, typewriters, household goods and peraonal security. L. BIhcow. 623 Kan. ave 3 II S CELLA N E O US. tINSIIHI.il f100 1 TEAR Insures your goods against fire in Mil waukee Mech., Glens Falls and others Maxwell Co.. 627 Kan. ava. Phones aii. TULLOCH-T YLER CO. (Successors to O. G. Coftman COAL AND FEED. 413 East 4th St. Ind. Phone 392. WALL PAPER End of season sale. We have a very large assortment to pick from and are selllne' at rri-miv yA.A prices. G. E. Lawson. 208 W. 7th st. CONCRETE CISTERNS, walks, 10c, an garbage burners, cellar, floors, 7a. CaJ 1629-lting 3. J. M Brain. PATEXTS. J. A. ROSEN, patent attorney, 629 Kin- saw ave., Topeks. Kan. PICTURE FTt AMINO. FAiilNTregHdlngT m ing done by J. D. Sullivan, 122 W. Eighth street. Packing, shipping, etc. gPATHS. DR. MARY E. ALSPACH. r. 410 Com merce Bldg. Elevator service. DR. C. C. COCKREM Osteopath. Rooms 415-418 Commerce Bldg. Ind. phone 117. TRANSFERS AVD 8TORAGB. MKRC?LNTlr"TRA?s1r Co. packs, ships and stores household goods. Tel. 1S6. Clarence Skinner, 611 Qulncy St. PAVTfG CAPITAL CITY VITRIFIED BRICK PAVING CO.. 214 E. 6th st. Mfgs. of building, paving and sidewalk brink. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. Office 726 Kansas 8 vs. Residence Thir teenth and Clay. Office hours I t. tn. M 11 a. m. and S p. m. to 5 p. m. Both phones 16 residence and Ind. 1316 office. J. H. RINEHART. M. D. Consultant. 83; North Kansas ave. both phones 1346. DR. H. H. KEITH, surgeon and diei of women, with private hospital. Offic 724 Kansas ave. free dispensary. quincytreetreJispensTrV 521 Qulncy st. Conducted by regoiai practicing physicians and surgeons. Med. leal servir free. Medicine free ini comi cases. Office hours 1 to 6 p. m. Ca'it answered night and day. Ind. phone 17'I7. JEWELERS. JAMES B. HAYDEN. Jeweler and Opti cian. Complete stock of watches, dia monds, silverware, etc. Eyes examined and spectacles properly fitted. STR AYED OR STOf PX. STRAY h.U OR STOLEN Light bar mare. small liar .n rlirht klr.A karh u..m' xa nanas nign. irora ura ana Aouni at.. oeu IB 11 Ti nafl.

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10 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOUBITAL MONDAY EVENING. JULY 5, 1909. NORTH SIDE NEWS First Jimr Wheat of Season Re ceived Here. One Word to the Sufferers of Disease Debilitated Men and Women, Do You Want to Get Cured? Dr. Cookinham can and does guarantee to cure 90 per cent Rheumatic cases. Chronic diseases are hisv specialty. 40 years' experience. Authorized by State to treat all Chronic, Nervous and Private Diseases Rheumatism Successfully Treated You can be treated by mail. All correspondence strictly confidential. HOURS 9 to 12, 2 to 5, 7 to 8. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday Bvenings. Sundays, 9:30 to 10:30. DR. D. A. COOKINHAM 106 East Seventh Street, Topeka, Kansas. Came From Enid, Okla. Turkey Bed Tariety. CELEBRATION AT IS OF GOOD GRADE Monday July 5th Monday July 5th Say the Millers Received by Mid-Continental Mills. Other Mills Expect Wheat Con signments Soon. u M Y v.- 0CIETY Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kent of Oma ha announce the engagement of their daughter. Marguerite Inez, to Stuart Cornelius Wigg. also of Omaha. The wedding will take place immediately after Miss Kent's graduation from the Omaha high school next June. The date of the marriage of Miss Helen Cartlidge and Mr. Archie R. Mulholland has been set for Tuesday evening, August 3 and will take place at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Cartlidge, 3 406 Topeka avenue. Miss Daisy Vance of Oklahoma City and Mr. Will Cartlidge will be the attendants Mr. and Mrs. Cartlidge will soon Issue Invitations for the wedding, which will be limited to relatives ami inti mate friends. Miss Cartlidge left for Oklahoma City today to spend a week with the Misses Vance who will ac company her home and stay until af ter her wedding. The Sons of the American Revolu tion gave their annual Fourth of July picnic at the home of Mr. and Mrs. .1. M. Meade today. The D. A. R. were guests and the junior D A. R. gave a playlet on the afternoon program of patriotic speeches, and music. Mr. Meade, Captain Waters and Judge Eldridge were the speakers. The usual Fourth of July celebra tion for members and their families will he held at the Country club to night with fireworks and dancing. No event of the Country club season calls out so large an attendance as the Fourth of July party.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Becker of Meriden are giving a Fourth of July house party for the following young people from Topeka who went to Meriden yesterday and will return tomorrow: Misses Mae Pryor, Irene Fryor, Anna Butterly. Viva Brown, Aurelia Ruthven, Bertha Becker, Edith Becker, Carrie Paul. Messrs. Louis Prvor, Charles Cushing, Ed Garvev, Patrick O Connor, Roy Phe 1ms, Roy Shreve, Charles Ost, Lullie Martin. Mrs. M. P. Hillyer gave a children's party Saturday afternoon to celebrate her daughter Marys fifth birthday. The guests were: Caroline Jolley, Jo sephine Albright, Margaret Dickey, Maude Albright, Catherine Cushing, Marion Burrow, Frances Eeterly, Ju lie Criswell, Aurelia Ruthven, John Jollev, Guy Porter, Kenneth McFar ren Warren Crosby, Thomas Crosby, James Hanna and Thomas Cushing. Topeka people who met Mrs. Anna Wooley Parsons of Allentown, New Jersey on the occasion of her visit to Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Righter a year ago,. will be Interested, to learn of her marriage which took place June 30 to Mr. Robert Powers Daniels of Mc Grlffin, Pa. A camping party which left for Maple Hill Sunday Included: Mr. and Mrs. Albrecht Marburg, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Weisklrch, Mrs. A. B. Jetmore, Mrs. Margaret WIggin, Miss Margaret Jet more, Miss Wllhelmina Marburg, Mr. lAJbert Lederman and Mr. C. Percina. The members of Mrs. T. S. Young's Sunday school class, and their friends, enjoyed a picnic supper on the lawn at her home Saturday evening, July 3. The members of the class are Misses Eva Johnson, Carrie Pierce, Kittie Tandy, Grace Kingsland, Sylvia Hughey, Eunice Dunlap, AUie Weekly, Edna Osborne, Mamie Clinkenbeard. Blanch McDowell, Blanch Stewart, Helen Bradford, Lyda Curry. Vashti MerriU. Mabel Booher, Pearl and T'M You Can Always Save Money at the V J Vug n'OWL Tomorrow it's on Flour The well known H. H. brand of flour will be sold at, per large sack $1.55 This is an especially high patent and at this price is from 30c to 45c lower than other brands of equal quality. The Owl's every day prices are always the lowest possible down close to the lowest wholesale market prices. Owl Grocers TWO STORES 206 E. Fourth 1123 Kansas Ave. Edna Gunsally. Maude and Jennie Banta, Pearl Shaul, Olive Day, Luciie Holcomb. Grace Harris, Pearl Price, Fay Parrish, Ioanna Wagonrod, Nellie Elliott and Adelaide Young. Notes and Personal Mention. Mr. Thomas Wood of Hartford, Con necticut, is thtS guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Wood. Dr. and Mrs. L. C. Wasson. who have been visiting their daughter, Mrs. E. B. Bloom, in Hutchinson, since they came north from Corpus Christi where they spent tne winter, are guesis or air. ana Mrs. C. S. Bowman for the rest of the summer. Mrs. James L. Troutman and Miss Ariel Nichols left today for Ludington, Michigan, to spend the rest of the summer. Mrs. B. F. Criswell is visiting in Kansas City. Mrs. Frank Sparks of Philadelphia will be the guest ef Dr. Righter and family for a few weeks, arriving Wednesday. Mrs. Sparks is Dr. Righter's sister. Mr. G. E. Woolverton has gone to Chicago to spend the Fourth with his son, Ray, who is attending the Uni versity of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. .J. C. Taupert went to Excelsior Springs today to spend a few days. Mrs. F. C. Lewis has returned to Sioux Falls, S. D., after a visit of a few weeks in Topeka. Mrs. John Putnam left Sunday for a three months' trip to Cheyenne, Los Angeles and San Diego. Mr. Nelson Meade of Marceilne, Mo., is here to spend the Fourth with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Meade. Mr. Louis Hall, who has been attend ing Andover academy at Andover, Mass., returned today to spend the summer with his father, Mr. Horace Hall. Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Kaster went to Davenport, la., Friday night, called by the death of Mrs. Raster's brother Mr. E. E. Miller. Mrs. S. S. Beggs, Mr. Percy Beggs and Miss Sterrie Beggs will leave this week to spend the summer In north ern Minnesota. Mrs. O. J. Wood. Miss Louise Wood and Miss Ruth Wood will leave tomor row to spend the summer at Ludington, Mich. Mrs. George Mitchell will ac company them for two weeks. Miss Lillian Barber of Meridian, Miss., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Barber. Miss Alice Noble of Atchison is ex pected this week to visit Miss Bertha Hull. Mr. O. P. TJpdegrafT has gone to North Dakota on a business trip. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Fulton and son of St. Louis are the guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Minney. Miss Mary Quigley of Colorado Springs is the guest of Mrs. D. H. Forbes and Mrs. Harry Forbes at Cedar Heights for the summer. Mrs. Earl Stiles of Omaha, who has been visiting Mrs. George Stiles and Miss Venice Whitne- has returned home. Mr. Walter I. Wellman of Las Ani mas, Colo., guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Irving Wellman, will return home tonight. Mrs. C. O. Bartlett and Mrs. Frank Bartlett of Los Angeles arrived today to visit. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Goodrich. Miss Hilda m Bedford of Scaborough. Enerland, who is spending the summer with Mrs. Todd in Maple Hill, has been visiting a few days with Mrs. J. A. Campbell. Miss Anita Weiskirch will return to morrow from St. Louis, where she has been visiting for several weeks with her aunt, Mrs. F. P. Russell. Mrs. Russell wilj return with her and visit for several weeks. Lieutenant Norman F. Ramsey of Sandy Hook proving ground has been detailed with the coast artillery at Watertown, Mass., and is the guest of his father, Mr. J. A. Ramsey, for three or four weeks. Miss Ruth Whitney, who has been the guest of her aunt. Miss Marie Wit wer, and Miss Dorothv Scott returned to Kansas City Saturday. Miss Whit ney will go to Eureka next week to visit. Miss Ruth Hoppins of Ashland, Wis., who has been spending a few days with Mrs. H. S. Reed and Miss Gertrude Reed, has gone to California. Miss Dalla Marie Scott of Chicago came Thursday to spend the summer with her grandmother, Mrs. Tallman Bailey, 626 Tyler street. Mrs. A. Radcliffe is very HI at her home, 1301 Mulvane street. CHICAGO JUDGE SEVERE Would Sentence Drunken Speed Ma niacs to Life Imprisonment. Heme for the East Topeka column ma be telephoned to Ind. phone 1751. Mr. Arthur Hobson of Salina, Kan., is spending a few days here the guest of Mr. George Layrif and family of 408 Leland street. He will remain until after Tuesday to be present at the grand lodge of the K. P. A. of which he is a director. The ice cream social given Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kerns on East Hill was a success, socially and financially. A large crowd was present and every one enjoyed a fine time. Mrs. Frank Powell and son William of Berryton spent Friday visiting rela tives in Topeka. The Mistletoe club will give a picnic at Vinewood park Thursday, July 8. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hastings of 301 Lake street are spending a few days visiting relatives in Grantville. Mrs. W. Garr of Kansas City visit ed friends on the East side last week. Miss G. Bramhill has returned to her home in Fort Scott, Kan., after a short visit here with her sister, Mrs. Clyde Shaffer. Mrs. Shaffer accom panied her home to spend several days. Mr. George Layne will go to Wich ita, Kan., tomorrow to spend a week on a business trip. Mr. and Mrs. A. Luthey and sons are spending several days in Carbon dale the guests of relatives. Henry, tne little son or Mr. ana Mrs. George Bradfield of East Hill is quite sick with an attack of stomach trouble. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson and daughter Louise left Saturday for a week's visit in Colorado. Miss Ella Hewitt, who has been here visiting Miss Laura Barrett of Lafayette street has returned to her home in Kansas City. Miss Josephine Dyer and Miss Elizabeth Dyer left today for Cha- nute and Edgerton, Kan., where they will spend a two weeks' vacation. The following young people are en joying a picnic at Wakarusa today: Miss. Georgia Lambert, Miss Lillian Ward. Miss Louie Patterson. Miss Jes sie Van Flett, Miss Nancy Mar pie, Miss Hazel Jolley, Miss Josephine Jolley, Miss Minnie Miller. Miss Katie Olsdorf, Miss Elsie Recob, Mr. Henry Kettler, Mr. William Vardy. Mr. Frank Hazenbusch, Mr. Carl Alexander, Mr. Wayne Lambert, Mr. George Dice, Mr. Fred Oberer, Mr. Carl Williams, Mr. James Wilson. Mr. John Alexander, Mr. Fred Cramer. Mr. Archie Alex ander and Mr. John Alexander. W. S. Hunter, physician and sur geon, office and residence. 1119 East 6th. Ind Phone 1868. FOUND COAL OIL Deposit Vneovercd in Excavation For Thompson Building. When the workmen bejan digging holes in the basement of the new W. A .L. Thompson block, at 501 Kansas avenue, they were hunting for rock bottom on which to start the piers. They were not hunting mineral, oil or gas deposits, but last evening, while digging in the east hole of the middle row, they struck something. The work men noticed a smell of coal oil, but did not take it seriously. This morning that particular hole contained a little water, covered by a lot of petroleum. Whether the de posit is a natural one. or whether, in times past, a barrel of oil sprung a leak in the cellar of the old building which stood on the spot and percola ted down to the pocket where it was found, no one knows at present, as Mr. Thompson has not called in ex perts to examine the find. Although the oil is real enough, and the lo cation handy, Mr. Thompson will not head a stock company and float de velopment bonds until further notice. Died From Burns. St. Louis. Mo., July 5. While lighting fireworks today Nellie Sullivan, H years old. set fire to her dress and later she died from the effects of the burns she suffered. No Game at Des Moines. Des Moines, la., July 5. Des Moines Pueblo morning game postponed; wet grounds. Chicago, July 5. Life imprison ment is the penalty that Justice Boy- er of Evanston would inflict upon reckless and drunken chauffeurs. j The Evanston justice makes the recommendation that such drastic i punishment be prescribed by law for speed maniacs, in a letter written to the Chicago Automobile club yester day. "The only effectual remedy for drunken chauffeurs who think so lit tle of life that they are willing to place it in jeopardy to gratify the speed mania is life imprisonment," says Justice Boyer In the letter. "In the exercise of my judicial duties as police magistrate I have had a great opportunity to learn some thing of interest to both the automo bile owners and the traveling public, having tried more cases than any oth er justice in the state, and possibly than any in any other state. I have come to the conclusion that a life imprisonment would be the only cure for the show-off, drunken speed maniacs." ri lf I-PSi---r? I Tents for the G. A. It. Washington, July 5. The secretary of war is authorized by a house resolution, passed by the senate today, to loan cots and tent's for use in the 43rd national encampment of the Grand Armv of the Republic, to be held at Salt Lake City. TO CARRY LUMBER that will please all customers and meet the demands and requirements of the most exacting builders is no small undertaking. You cannot find a Lumber yard stocked with BETTER LUMBER and Building material, that will come nearer to meeting all demands than our yard. Do not make a purchase without first obtaining our estimates. It will be money in your pocket. Shawnee Lumber Co. F. A. STICKJeL, Jr, Mgr. 1033 Kansas Ave. Phones 81 The first consignment of new wheat for this season was received by the Mid-Continental mills Saturday from the neighborhood of Enid, Ok.. It is of the Turkey red variety and Is said to be of the best that has ever been sent in to this city. The mill management report that 5,- 000 bushels of this wheat is on .e way to Topeka and that they expect to receive the rest of the consignment within a few days. The other mills of the North side are also expecting to receive wheat in a few days. Notes and Personals. For the Fourth: Buy bread at Model bakery. Rob Anderson of St. Louis is spend ing the Fourth at the home of his mother, Mrs. James AnUerson, at 1101 Madison street. Harvey Hauldren has returned to Louisville after a short visit with North side friends. J. S. Howard has moved from 1123 Central avenue to 811 Quincy street. J. O. Wolfe has returned from a visit in Mansfield. Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ketter are visit ing relatives in Wakefield. Mr. and Mrs. William Beuchner of Kansas City are visiting at the home of Fred Beuchner north of the city. Mrs. W. S. Kinzer of Onaga is the guest of Mrs. O. M. Brill. Mrs. w. H. Rutter left yesterday f.ir an extended trip through the west. She will visit them in California, Utah and Washington. Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Leighton of 830 Kansas avenue, are visiting relatives in Council Grove. Mrs. Rose Charles and daughter. Helen, and son, Percival. of Los An geles, Cal., are visiting at the home of C. C. Nicholson. They are on their way for a trip through Europe. Contributed: Have you ever stopped to recall, While joys were at the highest. Why you and I have .so much And others none at all? Have you ever when in sorrow, Or in pain untold. Sought for help and comfort And nave been thrust out in the cold? Have you ever had a sweetheart Loving, true and all believing. Find out when too late That you had been deceiving? Did it ever happen that your mother. Whose life seemed wrapt in you, Turn away and side against you Just because of'- another. When all the world seemed blue? Think this over, and remember There was One whose life was such That no mortal man or woman Could with crime or evil touch. And so through all the trials of life, No matter what you are doing Or how hard the strife Shoulder all the burdens that you can. So at last when God asks: "Are you ready? You cfen answer: "Lord I am." P. B. W. OAKLMD GOSSIP! AFTERNOON PROGRAM GRAND AERIAL DISPLAY OF SOMETHING NEW DAYLIGHT FIREWORKS MARSHALL'S BAND EVENING PROGRAM REWORKS DISPLAY Of Aerial Specialties and Illumination of Lagoon MARSHALL'S BAND Special Moving Pictures Patriotic Subjects FI COME EARLY AND ENJOY THE WHOLE DAY SHOT HER LEG OFF, The Police Found It Stir-kins in the Plaster of the Wall. Xew York, July 5. Mrs. Mary De Marco, 80 years old. is In. the Jersey City jail charged with shooting- the left leg of her stepraughter, Mrs. Margaret Carlo, off with a shotgun. The two women had quarrelled about the division of certain property and Mrs. Carlo, who is 2 4 years old. de clared her aged stepmother had wait ed behind the door until she passed and then fired an old-fashioned single barrelled shotgun at her, carrying her leg off at the knee. Mrs. De Marco, who declares it was an accident, had been arrested before on one occasion for bitins a police man's hands. When the police ar rived at Mrs. Carlo's home they found her dismembered leg sficking in the plaster of the wall where it had been T lodged by the force of the explosion. Baseball Phone. The State Journal has a special baseball telephone. r all baseball Information. fores, etc., call In dependent 'phone No. 81S. GET THE HABIT El in nnnup I I -TONIGHT- IL Morey Stock Co. 1000 Seats 10 Cents Diamond Ring Given Away Saturday. Items tor the Oakland notes may be lef: at the Iowa Grocery or telephone to Ind. phone 1751. Miss Fanny Ray of Kansas City, Kan., spent the Fourth here the. guest of her cousin, Mrs. J. C. Lingo of Oakland avenue. Miss Bessie Gardner is spending several days in Osage City the guest of relatives and friends. Mr. W. F. Pate of Crawford coun ty is here making a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Cole and Mr. and Mrs. John Lingo of Oakland avenue. Mr. C. M. Ward of Kansas City came to Oakland to spend the Fourth with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Ward. Mrs. C. B. Ward and daughters. Bonnie and Fay of Newton, Kan., are here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Ward during the Fourth vacation Miss Katie Neiswinter is seriously ill at her home on Winfield avenue. Miss Lillian Jessop and Miss Edna Watts are spending the Fourth in Randolph, Kan., the guests of Miss Eula Spaulding. Mr. Wm. Benton of Safford, Fla.. spent Thursday of last week visiting old friends and neighbors in Oakland. Miss Edith Jessop is spending the Fourth with friends in Silver Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Webb and family of Sumner avenue will leave in a few days for a two weeks' visit with rela tives and friends in Douglas. Ariz. Mrs. C. R. Buck and children of Mercedes, N. M-, have come to To peka to make an extended visit with her father. Mr. Scott Kelsey. Mrs. Wilbur Potter and son, Phillip, are under quarantine at the Potter home on Oakland avenue with an attack of smallpox. Mrs. Howard Smith returned home today from Osage City where she spent several weeks visiting her par ents. Mr. Chas. Lingo, who is suffering with poison from the poison Ivy vine, still remains in about the same condition. OrvlUe Wright at Work. Dayton, O., July 5. Orville Wright is at work in the shop today making a new cloth cover for the lower plane of the machine that was injured by collision with a tree in the last flight at Ft. Myer. He expressed himself as greatly pleased with the conduct of the machine In gliding safely to the ground after the motor stopped. He does not expect to resume nights un til next week. Hotel and Sanitarium Burn. Fox Lake. Wis.. July 5. The Peer less hotel and sanitarium was de stroyed by fire today. Loss $75,000. bkml Why Shouldn't It? 1 III 8 III! 'S' ill iP iilOFICf! No better place on earth in which to rear and educate a family. T0PEKR MRS Twenty-seven public schools. Two hundred and seventeen teachers. Six thousand six hundred sixty-four pupils. One million five hundred thirty thousand dollars invested in educational property. Seventy-one churches of twenty different denominations. Fifty-three miles of paved streets. Eighty-seven and one-half miles of sewer. Fifty-eight miles of water mains. One hundred and three smiles of natural gas maina. Eleven hundred gas arc lights in use. Twenty-eight hotels. More than one hundred boarding and rooming houses. Six hospitals. State Capitol building: cost three million dollars. State hospital for the insane: cost one million dollars. State printing and heating plant: cost one hundred six thousand dollars. State Reform school for boys. Memorial building (now building) cost two hundred thousand dollars. General offices of the Santa Fe Railroad employing over seven hundred peo ple. General shops of the entire Santa Fe system employing between two and three thousand people. ommeroiel Club of 800 Members Assessed valuation of property 1908, $44,000,000.00. Who will question the future of Topeka, the capital of Kansas, which last year produced four hundred forty-five million dollars in farm products alone! TOPEKA KAN, TOPEKA IVILL BE GREATER We want you with us. Join Commercial Gftib and boost Topeka. Address, Secretary Commercial Club, Topeka, Kansas. Live C