The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
December 4, 1909

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EVERYBODY 20 PAGES READS IT. EVERYBODY 20 PAGES NEEDS IT. LAST EDITION. SATURDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS. DECEMBER 4, 1909. SATURDAY EVENING. FIVE CENTS. Vi i J COVEROF SLEET. Kansas Tisited by a Winter's Storm Today. Railroads Report That "Whole State Is Affected. SNOW IN THE WEST. Storm Grows More Severe as Day Advances. Decided Drop in Temperature Throughout the State. Sidewalks and buildings are covered today with a coat of sleet which began falling last night and continued all day today. It is declared at the local office of the weather bureau that tonight the sleet will turn to snow and thus the first real snow of the year will be re corded. Sleet is general all over the etate save in the western part where the snow has succeeded it. It is de clared a three inch blanket of snow covers the western part of Kansas. Ac cording to the weather bureau snow fell there all last r.ight and this morn ing, and the snow is headed this way. It is declared the sleet, which is the advance guard of the snow storm, will reach southeastern Kansas some time late today or early tonight. Yesterday snow was falling over part of Nebraska. Idaho. Montana. Color ado, Utah and the northwest. The storm came in a V shape with the point near Wichita. The two Dakotas and Min nesota were also inside the V. The Gleet which fell last night and today is declared to be the advance guard of that storm. Railroad companies report sleet gen erally all over their lines in Kansas and -now in the western part of the etate. The storm is not interfering with the transmission of messages nor the movement of trains. No alarm is felt at the local offices over the storm. With the sleet came a gradual but decided drop in temperature, rrom 39 degrees last night the mercury slid down to 24 degrees at 7 o'clock this morning. At 8 o'clock it cliir-Ded one degree but dropped back to the 24 mark within an hour. It is believed that tills will be about the minimum temperature for the present cold spell unless other circumstances arise to in fluence the situation. It is not believed the temperature will go high enough to permit of a melting of the sleet and the snow which is to follow, and there will be less slush than has been the case for the last few days. The forecast sent out today Is snow tonight and Sunday and colder in the southeast portion of the state tonight. A high barometric pressure in the Northwest which is moving this way and an area of low pressure over the Texas Panhandle and New Mexico is alleged to be responsible for the storm. If the weather man is right in his prediction of snow for tonight and Sun day it will be the first real snow of the season and it is already late for this snow to arrive. Usually in this dis trict snow falls by November 18. This year there has been but one little skift of snow, however, and as there is al ways snow before Christmas in Kan sas it is up to the weather man to get busy and bring on some white moisture. There was a thunderstorm shortly after noon today which is meaningless save that It indicates that the weather Is warmer a mile high than It is in Topeka. The temperature will drop to 20 degrees by tomorrow morning, it is said, but will not go lower. The wind is blowing 15 miles an hour from the northwest. The river here stands at 15 feet, a rise of one and nine-tenths feet since yesterday morn ing. According to the local weather officials it will not go much higher. The precipitation of today and last night will not affect the stream. The water Is still six feet below the foot of the levees. Following are the hourly tempera tures today: 7 o'clock 2 8 o'clock 25 S o'clock 23 11 o'clock 24 12 o'clock 23 1 o'clock 23 2 o'clock 23 10 o'clock 24 The nrecioitation since 2 o'clock yes terday amounts to .44 of an inch. Snow at Garden City. Garden City, Kan.. Dec. 4. Two inch es of snow has fallen here during the past 12 hours and there are no indica tions that the storm is at an end. Stock as a rule is well sheltered and in most Instances provisions have been made for a storm which is expected at this season of the year. The storm will not cause the sugar factory to be shut down as thousands of tons of beets have been siloed and will be delivered directly from the fields to the factory. Sleet in Wichita. Wichita, Kan., Dec. 4. A stinging sleet driven by a. brisk north wind, is falling in southern Kansas today. The temperature is hovering around 20 degrees above zero, it. P. Bridge at Manhattan Totters. Manhattan, Kan., Dec. 4. There l.as been but little change in the con dition of the Blue river at this point during the past twelve hours, although is possible that it is a little lower than when its highest point was reach td Friday. The greater portion of the v.aters of the stream are flowing through the new bed made by the Hood waters east of the city. The temporary bridge which was liuilt across this channel which is now In reality the main stream by the Tnion Pacific railroad is so weakened that it has been condemned as unsafe. T he Union Pacific has been compelled to use the Rock Island tracks east fiom here. A freight train passed over it last evening as a test for the pas fenger which was following closely. After an Inspection by the Union Pa cific officials the bridge was con demned as unsafe and the passenger train was routed over the Rock Island track as have all trains since that lime. COTTON MILLS TO CLOSE. Price of Raw Mnterial Has Become Prohibitive. .Xanita, Dec. 4. Managers of the local cotm tnls announce they will be obliid o suspend operations when their stocks are exhausted because of the high price in New York and Lon don. Five hundred operatives will be rendered idle. ONE MOREMURDER Pittsburg Assasins Add One More Tictim to Their List. Miss Goldielngherg Robbed and Forced to Drink Acid. FOUR SLAIN IIS A WEEK Young Woman Found by Mother on Porch of Home. Officials Unable to Cope With Reign of Crime. Pittsburg, Kan.. Dec. 4. Miss Goldie Ingberg was murdered and robbed at her home here early today. Her assailant forced carbolic acid down her throat, robbed her of her diamond earrings and then dragged her out on the front porch where she was found later by her mother, who was awakened by her daughter's moaning and caning. Rings Torn From Victim's Ears. Miss Ingberg's earrings had been torn from her ears. She lived but a short time after being found by her mother. There is no clew to the identity of the murderer. Today's murder, following closely upon the killing of William Bork, his young wire ana cniid. a week ago, has re newed the excitement in this vicinity. The Ingberg home is located in North Smelter avenue, five blocks from the business section. Miss Ingberg occupied a front bedroom somewhat isolated from the other portion of the house. Mother Witnessed Daughter's Death. Mrs. Ingberg was awakened by her daughter calling "Mother, mother." Mrs. Ingberg hurried to the daughter's bedroom, but found the door from that loom leading onto the porch open. Further search revealed the girl lying pn the porch barely able to say: "They have my diamonds; gave me poison." Miss Ingberg with difficulty told of two men having attacked her while she lay abed. She said the men had poured carbolic acid into her mouth. then while one of the men placed his land over her lips they dragged her onto the porch, and pulled the dia mond earrings from their place. Miss Ingberg soon lost consciousness ofter relating -her story and died be fore daylight. Mrs. Ingberg discredits a story that her daughter committed suicide. The firl was unable to describe her assail ants and the police are without a clue. DOESN'T WANT TO MIND Leavenworth and Topeka Objects to Order of Railroad oBard. Judge Dana is asked to grant the Leavenworth and Topeka railway the right to disobey, an order from .the railroad board to establish city fa cilities at the small town, Jarbalo, in Leavenworth county. The Leavenworth and Topeka Rail way company filad a petition in the district court today asking the court to vacate and annul the order of the State Board of Railway commission ers, composed of Geo. W. Kanavel, C. A. Ryker and Frank J. ,Ryan, in which the L. T. Co. is ordered to locate a freight and passenger agent, and a telephone at Jarbalo, Kan. On October 27, 1909, the railway commissioners met at Jarbalo, he:ird evidence and the argument of counsel relative to the advisability for action and concluded by taking the matter under advisement. On November 4th, the board found that the business at that point was sufficient to warrant it and ordered that the Leavenworth and Topeka establish a station, a freight and pas senger agent and telephone service in the depot at that point, and that the train should leave Topeka at 7 a. m. instead of at 7:30 and returning should leave Leavenworth at 4:15 p. m. instead or at 4. The changes should be made before 30 days. FlGHT 7H FOURTH DISTRICT LION o FIGHT flEOryyTEfe SHORTSfSSION. Congress Is Not Likely to Trans act Any Business Monday. Will Adjourn Out of Respect to Deceased Members. MESSAGE ON TUESDAY. Lawmakers Will Then Get Down to Business at Once. As All Details of Organization Have Been Completed. Washington, Dec. 4. With the opening of the first regular session' of the Sixty-first congress, but two days away, senators and representatives from near and far are arriving in Washington today. Following a time honored custom, both houses will adjourn soon after their convening at noon on Monday out of respect to the memory of those members who have died during the recess of congress. Senator Johnson of North Dakota, died several weeks ago, and his suc cessor already has been chosen and probably will take the oath of of fice on Tuesday. Fountain L. Thomp son, of Cando, N. D.r the new senator, is a Democrat, although his predeces sor was a Republican. Senator Thompson was appointed by North Dakota's new Democratic governor to fill out Johnson's unexpired term which ends January 1, 1911. The deceased representatives are Da vid A. DeArmond of the Sixth Mis souri district, who met death in a fire which destroyed his home at Butler, Mo., only a few days ago, and Fran cis R. Lassiter, of the Fourth Virgin ia district- Successors have not been elected in either district. Tuesday is likely to be devoted in both houses to the reading of Presi dent Taft's message to congress and after that the lawmakers should be able to get down to business imme ments and other details of organiza tion have been completed, mnets and other details of organiza Xlcaragua Trouble W1U Walt. Washington. Dec. 4. There seems to be little doubt that the president will lay before congress at an early date the facts as to the Nicaraguan situa tion with a view to receiving authority for any further steps he may see fit to take in the interest of American resi dents in that country and with a view to putting an end to the interminable strife in Central America. The only communication the state de partment has received from Vice Consul Saldera at Managua came this morning and related to matters of comparatively little importance. As to Indemnity for the -killing of the AmerKn Grc and Cannon, there is reason to believe no demand will be made until the issue between the Zelayan government and the revolutionists has been "settled. It is the view of the United States that there is at present no responsible gov ernment in Nicaragua Campbell to Slart Trouble. Washington, Dec. 4. A complete in vestigation by a joint committee of congress into the customs service of the country in general and particular ly into the alleged frauds perpetrated upon the government by the sugar trust, is contemplated in a concurrent reso lution which will be presented in con gress by Representative Campbell of Kansas, who on Monday morning will talk over the provisions of the act with President Taft, having today made an appointment with the president for that purpose. EDWARD LUKE ARRESTED Pittsburg Man Charged With Knowl edge of Wife's Murder. Pittsburg. Kan., Dec. 4. Ed L.uke, whose wife was found murdered in a clump 'it tushes here last August, was arrested today in connection with the crime. Luke collapsed upon being placed under arrest. AT THE FOURTH DISTRICT COLISEUM. i -'Svmq vAWEAl'ON' ft&SzJg s Making a COftlPLETEJIE-UP. Greatest Railway Strike in Na tion's History Is Threatened. General Walk Out on Every Line in the Country. A UNIFORM DEMAND Of a 10 Per Cent Increase in Wages to Be Made. By Engineers, Firemen, Train men and Switchmen. Chicago, Dec. 4. The Tribune this morning says: "The United States is threatened with the greatest railroad strike in the history of the nation. "Practically every railway line in the country, east and west, 13 in imminent danger of being completely tied up by a walk out on the part of a large number of its operating em ployes this month. "Officers of the organization of en gineers, firemen, trainmen and switch men have agreed upon a uniform de mand of a 10 per cent wage increase, without deviation or compromise. "That the crisis is approsching rapidly is indicated by the announce ment at New York by officers of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen that they would present their de mands on the eleventh of this month, and the wage conferences .will begin on the fifteenth. Although every effort will be made to avert a general strike it is impossible to predict what the outcome of the conferences will be." "Both the railroads and the leaders (f organized labor among the railroad mployes are preparing for the strug ple, which when it once begins will without doubt develop into one of the sreatest industrial battles that has ever reen fought in this or any other land. The attitude of the leaders on both r'des of the dispute which menaces the industrial peace of, the country is at the present time that of iron stub bornness. "While it is known that it Is not the plan of the leaders in the railroad labor organizations to call out all the men at one time, their intention is t aid to be, by those who are acquaint ed with their plans, to call out suffi cient men on each big system to make operation a practical impossibility. "This means that over a million men will engage directly in a battle with the railroads unless some fortunate frenmstance arises to avert the trou Ue,.,More than 150,000 miles of rail road track will cease to bear their burdens of freight and passengers with the consequent paralyzing effects on The commerce of the country, unless a settlement is reached quickly. "So serious has the situation be come, that early this week the railroad presidents quietly notified the largest phippers along their lines that they bad best prepare for an emergency, tnd the shippers so notified, including miners of coal, manufacturers, job l ers, and shippers of grain and other foodstuffs, have been exerting them selves to the utmost to lay in the necesasry stocks and distribute their products into the consuming centers." The Switchmen's Strike. Stl Paul, Dec. 4. With both sides xpressing confidence as to the out ccme, the fourth day of the switch men's strike began with no apparent Irogress made toward a settlement of the controversy. While the switchmen still claim to lave the situation in hand, the rail ways have been making headway by 'heir steady importation of new men to take the places of the strikers and today they promise to handle more freight than at any time since the ilrike began. They claim that as soon as all of the rew men now on their way arrive and become familiar with the yards, nor mal conditions will be established. (Continued on Page Eight.) Roman Holiday. NO WINEF0R HER Madame Sembrich's Husband Disappointed With Topeka. Could Find No Stimulant for the Great Singer. SHE WAS SO COLD. Had Ridden in Frigid Car From Kansas City. Refuses to See Reporters Be causelt Hurts Her Toice. "You cannot give me a bottle of wine for Madame? No? You cannot send out after one? No? Well." this with arms uplifted in holy horror of such a prospect, "it is well we leave tonight."

Madam Sembrich, Who Will Sing at the Auditorium Tonight. The above Is the statement made by Stengel Sembrich, husband of Madame Marcella Sembrich who sings In the Auditorium tonight. It was accompanied by "poufs" and the shrugging of the shoulders and all of the other signs that go to show utter disgust with a condition of affairs. It was explained to him that there was no wine in Kansas, that this was a prohibition state. He didn't seem to comprehend the prohibition talk but he knew he could not get tne wine and he w'as not happy. Madame was cold. "Oh so cold" and wine, "Just a little glass of wine would help her, But she didn't get it. At, least she had not up to a late hour this after noon and the management at the Throop hotel stood about in utter helplessness and laughed at the f or lornness of the prima donna party as they smiled in memory or Kansas city and in anticipation of Denver. But there were no smiles for Topeka. It was explained to the reporter who could not help witness tne attempts to find wine and sympathize with the party,, that Madame had rid den in a cold car from Kansas City to Topeka. There was no steam, no heat of any kind, it was declared. And at a late hour there was nothing for Madame to do but grin and bear it, along with a lot of other thirsty people who are and who have hap pened to be in Kansas. And had Madame bought some wine with her it would have been necessary for her to drink it in her room as the hotel management would not have taken chances on serving it in the dining room. Madame did not see reporters. She can sing tonight but her voice will not permit a conversation witn a press rep- (Continued on 'age Eight.) WHITE PAPER SUPPLY. Seriously Impaired by Great Switch men's Railroad Strike. The white paper supply, that is the principal raw material for the news papers, for this territory is seriously Involved in. the freight tie-up in the north. The supply of the State Journal for its daily .editions alone runs from two to three carloads every month. The paper is made to order in Minnesota. There are cars of paper snipped the State Journal continuously every month in the year.. One carload shipped to this paper November 29th is sidetracked at Minneaoolis on account of the strike. Another carload ready for shipment, and loaded at the mill the day follow ing, that is, on November 30, is still on the track at the point of ship ment. s-.. Concerning these two cars, the mill which makes the paper for the State Journal, wires and writes as toiiows: Fear strike may delay shipment of the twenty-ninth at Minnesota trans fer." "On November 8 0th we also loaded for you eighty-one rolls of paper in Great Northern car. No. 31164. on account of the strike however, the agent for the Great Northern road re fused to accept or handle the ship ment, saving that he naa receivea strict orders from his superiors to not accept any shipments." The state journal naa on nana a supply, which, by shifting of sizes, will last a couple or weens. -irwo sizes of paper are used. Of one size there Is a week's supply; of the other a month's supply. Of the latter size, by reducing the speed of the press one-half, the State Journal can keep going for a couple of weeks longer. If the serious condition continues, it may be necessary to print a six page paper In the very busiest season of the whole year, although the State Journal in over five years has never printed an issue of less than ten pages. It Is now more important than ever that advertisers should supply their copy as far in advance as possible. Copy for one day's issue should be furnished the day before, although the paper will do the beet it can whenever the copy comes In, but it may be necessary to leave out certain advertisements that may be late. It is not desired to do this, but with re duction of the speed, which economy of paper supply may require, and a reduction of the size of the paper, which may prove necessary, the ad vertiser will see the importance of supplying his copy as far in advance as practicable. Reduction of speed of the press will require that we go to press earlier each day in order to get out in season for satisfactory delivery. Testerday in order to conserve the supply of paper over a page of matter was omitted in order to crowd the news and advertising into twelve pages instead of fourteen. The suffering of the innocent by stander is well pointed out in the following editorial from the Duluth Herald, under the heading, "Mean while, Business Halts," and indicates that the government may have to take a hand and stop these quarrels between railroads and their employes, which bring suffering, loss and ex pense to the public and every va riety of interest: "The public will trust that the rail roads of the northwest and their strik ing switchmen will not take up too much time- in settling their differences. This isn't a matter that concerns them alone, or even chiefly; though their own interest bulks largely in their own view. The measure of the efficacy of the pending strike is the completeness with which business is paralyzed, in so far as it depends upon transportation. "The public, being disinterested, hopes only that justice will be done, and hopes that it will be done speedily. If the switchmen are asking only what they should have, the public will hope they will get it. quickly. If they are seeking more than they should, com' promise ought not to be difficult or long delayed. Though several thou sands of switchmen are involved, If the tie-up is successful many more thou sands of workers will be rendered Idle; 10,000 at the head of the lakes alone, it is stated. "The railroads are public servants. upon whose continuous service vast business Interests depend. Though it may have sympathies one way or an other, the public is certain to be Irri tated by an unduly prolonged halt In Its business, made necessary by a strike. It looks to both sides to exhibit a spirit of conciliation that will smooth out this difficulty and let business pro ceed." MILK SAVES A TOWN. Backet Brigade Uses Creamery Prod uct to Quench a Fire. Fennimore, Wis., Dec. 4. A plenti ful supply of buttermilk saved the lit tle town of Patch Grove from de struction by fire when the plant of A. F Habberman Creamery company was destroyed. When the BOO people of the town realized that the creamery could not be saved they set all efforts on saving the home of Wesley Garlach adjoining. A bucket brigade was formed and with 600 buckets of buttermilk secured from the creamery the Garlach home was saved. Had the fire communi cated to the Garlach residence, It is probable that the rest of the town would have gone. CAMPBELL LAW UPHELD. "White Slave" Enactment Is Sustained by Colorado Court. Pueblo, Colo., Dec. 4. The legality o? the socalled Campbell "white slave law," passed by the last legislature, was upheld today by Judge C. S. Essex oi the district court who handed down an opinion overruling a demurrer in "hich attorney for Leo Flores, who is the nrst to be tried under the act, at tacked the constitutionality of the law. Judge Essex declared that the law was legally passed and was in the in terest of public morals. Two Valuable Cargoes. Duluth, Minn., Dec. 4.- The most valuable cargoes to go down the lakes this season will leave Duluth and Houghton today. The North Sea of the Mutual line carries $1,020,000 worth of copper for Buffalo on her last trip of the season and the D. G. Kerr or tne frovident company, J&04.00U worth of flax, a capacity cargo of 1 1 mo.OOO bushels. JACKSONTO TRY. Attorney General Has Decided to Run for Congress. Enters Lists in Fourth District Against J. M. Miller. HE HAS HELD BACK. Pushed in by Governor, Bristow, W. A. White and Mr. Dolley. Regarded as Most Important More of Square Dealers. Attorney General Fred S. Jackson hat decided to run for congress in tho Fourth district against J. M. Miller. This statement Is authoritative. For the past three, months there has been a lot of speculation about who would lead the square deal forces against Mr. Miller's intrenchments. Since the de cisive defeat of Senator Tucker last summer it was regarded as no easy task to whip Miller in his own back yard. The counsellors of the inner chamber had considered the matter. Governor -Stubbs, Senator Bristow, William A. White, Joseph N. Dolley and Attorney General Jackson had threshed the mat ter out at many a conference. Jackson, the most popular of the square deal chieftains, was called upon to take Miller's scalp. Gubernatorial timber was to be used for this congressional Job. But Mr. Jackson hesitated. Two or three times they had him going, but he would not commit himself. The arguments of Governor Stubbs and the appeal of Jlr. White moved him, but they could not bring him over the dead line. The Fourth district has occupied the limelight in state politics for many weeks. Columns of newspaper space have been devoted to the subject and Mr. Jackson has been interviewed every day for a month, but up to this time ho had given no sign that would indicate his intentions with any certainty. He would make his announcement Kansas Day, he said. He had been urged to run against Stubbs for a second term. He has been boomed for a third term as attorney general. He has been offered the nomination of lieutenant governor. The machine men took part in the game and tried to make medicine out of Jack son's popularity by pitting him against Stubbs or Dolley. But still Mr. Jack son smiled in enigmatic fashion and talked about the work of the attorney general's office with great frankness. And now. Just when the conclusion had been reached that he was going to try for the governorship, either next summer or three years hence, he casts aside the Implements of state politics with which he has won his reputation and enters the arena of national af fairs. 4 Ieader of Square Dealers. Mr. Jackson's candidacy for congress is the most serious attack yet made In this state against the regulars of the party who voted for the Payne bill. His record in the attorney general's of fice has elevated him to a prominent place in state affairs. He is a member of the great triumvirate of the squaro deal. He ranks in the first flight with the big men of the state, and in enter ing the congressional race it is regard ed that he Is giving up the governor ship for a place in congress. He may sweep the Fourth district and finally wind up as a United States senator or he may lose to Miller and be heard of no more beyond the classic shades of Greenwood county. In Jackson's candidacy Is presented the spectacle of one of the large men in the dominant faction of the Repub lican party of this state entering the struggle against the regular administra tion forces. If he wins there will be another Murdock added to the Insur gent ranks. fotubbs renomlnatlon and probable re- electio.i is down on the slate. The "Dol ley succession" Is a stronger probabil ity now. The machine and the square deal will split on the other state of fices. The real fight In Kansas next summer will take place in the congres sional districts. Scott, Campbell, Calderhead, Reeder, Miller, Anthony. all these have serious opposition. The strongest and most popular men the square dealers are able to get out are pitted against tbem. McNeaL Jackson and Mitchell are men of state wide rep utations and they will make their cam paign on a progressive platform. Judge Roes and Senator Young are probably the best men In their districts to pit against Calderhead and Miller. The square deal in Kansas is likely to stand or fall on the result of the congres sional primaries. All the resources and .strength of the factions will be con centrated in these congressional cam paigns. The Issues will be Taft and party regularity against more tariff revision and "progressive reform." Program Is Complete. Now that Mr. Jackson has finally de cided to take the step there la not much of importance left to speculate over. The congressional plans of the square dealers are complete. There re mains only ex-Governor Stanley or some one else to run against Stubbs for the nomination. The last chance for a spHt In the Insurgent ranks has apparently gone glimmering. The winter and spring will witness the perfection of plans for the big fight next sum mer. There has never before been witness ed in Kansas such a concerted fight on such a big scale against congressmen. Six of the Washington delegation will have to take off their coats in the early spring and fight for their politi cal livesr They will have behind them the influence and support of the na tional administration. But this fact does not appear to dismay the progres sive to, any extent. The state primary gives every prom ise of being a tame affair in compari son with the congressional flght. The square dealers have made no attempt to make a slate for the state ticket. There will be no organized opposition to machine candidates there and it looks now as though there would be at least two and probably three machine men on the next state ticket. But in the congressional districts there is war to the knife. Weather Indications. Chicago, Dec. 4.-4-Forecast for Kan sas: Snow today and Sunday; colder la southeast portion tonight.

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4 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL- SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1909. SCIIENCKJO SEE County Attorney Begins on the Campbell Case. "Will See About the Road House Saloon. EATON'S EXPLANATION Easy Matter to Conrict Keeper of Place. Duty Performed When Convic tion Is Had in Police Court. Inquisition was held today relative to what was seen at the residence of Rob ert Campbell, colored, one mile east of the Three Bridges, when Police Chief R. W. Eaton, in company with Sergeant Ross, Detective Lawson, and Charles Bradshaw, marshal of the court of To peka, stopped there Wednesday after- noon. The inquisition was held by County Attorney John J. Schenck in hi3 office and the evidence transcribed by a stenographer. "While the statements made by the witnesses and transcribed by the stenographer were secret, they will be filed thi afternoon along with an in-, formation charging Campbell with the sale of liquor. This will be done as soon as the stenographer has copied from her shorthand notes the state ments made by Messrs. Eaton, Rosa, Lawson and Bradshaw, also Wesley Hale, colored, who made a sworn state, ment regarding his conviction in police court on a charge of illicit liquor sales. Chief Eaton's Statement. All these matters are kept secret un til filed this afternoon which will prob ably be late. Chief Eaton today issued a statement to this paper relative to the affair, which statement Is said not to coincide with evidence given by him av the inquisition. The statement follow?: "It is not our intention to enter Into a controversy over this matter of ou' finding a Joint one mile east of the city on the Grantville road. But I would like to make a statement of facts about that and what has been said in con nection therewith. In the first plac?, we went with the deputy marshal of the court of Topeka, he having a war rant for 'Doc' Manson, an alleged hog thief, the offense having been commit ted in the city of Topeka and we hav ing information that he was at Camp bell's place. What we found there wc told the sheriff as scon as we got to a telephone. It ought to be an easy mat ter to convict the keeper of the place and we will gladly testify what we saw. "Regarding the recent convictions In the police court of those charged with violations of the prohibitory law we think when we secure the evidence and the conviction is had in the po lice court our duty is performed. The evidence in these cases was turned over to the county attorney together with a description of the places where nuisances were maintained. The county attorney said he wanted me to verify the information with him. I said after furnishing the evidence and securing a conviction In the police court and swearing to an information In the district court it would look as though I were trying to do it all and I asked him to get the sheriff's office' to verify the complaints with him, ut asid that I will gladly do it if he de sired me to; and he said he did, and I told him when he got the com plaints ready to call me and I would swear to them. He has never called me. I also sent a police officer, John Fowler, to tell him when he got the complaints ready to call me. But he has not called me yet and I am still j waiting. "The parole power of all those who violate the city ordinances, as .every lawyer knows, was vested by a legisla tive enactment of the last legislature In the police judge. I have nothing whatever to do with that matter. The police Judge can in his discretion pa said that I will gladly do it if he de dinances. And I will say in this con nection that I believe he is honest and fair and does as near right as any judge possibly can." In this statement the poiice depart ment head implies that criticism has been given Judge S. S. Urmy relative to his action in the parole of Topeka persons who pleaded guilty of Illicit liquor sales when arraigned in police court. Attorney Reed's Statement. According to the statement of At torney Joseph Reed, pleas of guilty were entered b- John Heitman, Dick Heitman and Wesley Hale, when he as their attorney recommended that leniency be shown them because of their desire to plead guilty. This recommendation, according to Attorney Reed, was made with the consent of the city attorney and the police chief. It Is an understood fact, the attorney said, that when a man pleads guilty under such circum stances, signifies his willingness to quit, and allows himself to be placed practically In slavery because of the penalties for future violation hanging over his head, that the end of a case has been reached unless 'there are found to be further violations. The authoritative statement is made that when Chief Eaton went to County Attorney Schenck. he was asked "to swear to the information which he wanted filed against these men. Eaton refused according to Schenck. In his statement this morn ing relative to this incident, and which incident has not previously been mentioned In this paper, Eaton claims that he did not refuse and fur ther he told Schenck he would "gladly do It if desired to." Eaton's Testimony. In direct contradiction of his signed statement made to this paper this morning when he said: "It ought to be an easy matter to convict the keeper of the place, and we will gladly testify to what we saw," Chief Eaton gave the following evidence at the inquisition:, "Did you see anybody but Bob Camp tell drinking?" Eaton was asked. "That's all I saw." "Did you see anybody selling liquor .here?" "I did not." "Did you see anybody buying liquor there?" "No." "Did you see any violation of the pro hibitory liquor law?" "I don't know as I did." Charles Bradshaw. marshal of the court of Topeka testified: "You went out there for the purpose of getting Will Wheeler and Doc Ma son?" was asked. "I went out there at the instance of the chief. He said to me that Harve Wheeler was just there, and said these mer. were out to Wheeler's place." "You had a warrant for them?" "Yes, I had a warrant." "What did the chief say further about the beer out there." (Previously witness testified that Eaton had invited him into Campbell's house to get a drink of beer.) "All the chief said to me about any beer, the second time, he came out, was: 'You might as well come In and have some; there is plenty in there.' "You know that you have the same right to arrest offenders against the law anywhere in Shawnee county that the sheriff has?" "I do." "With or without warrant?" "Yes." "And yet the chief you say never told you to make any arrest and never told you of any law being violated in there at all?" "He did not." "If he had and there had been any violation of the law you may state whether you would have arrested them and brought them in?" "I would." "I will ask you to state whether you or Tim Donovan, your chief, are concealing any place of persons sell ing intoxicating liquor in violation of the law?" "I do not know of a solitary road house This comes the nearest. This is the only one. That's whar they say." TRAFFIC IS RESUMED. Railroad Managers Say Tfaey Have All the Men They Need. Chicago, Dec. i. C. E. Dickeson of the Chicago, Burlington Quincy rail way, speaking for the general man egers' association, gave out the follow ing statement here today: "We have just obtained the follow ing summary of the strike situation by telephone from St. Paul: General Manager Gruber of the Great Northern states that 60 switch engines worked n the Twin cities yesterday on all l'nes without interruption and 35 ad ditional engines were placed In serv ice this morning. About 115 switch engines is the maximum number em lloyed on all lines in the Twin cities, eo that practically normal conditions prevail. "Information over the wires at noon irom Duluth shows that the yards are working fullhanded and business is resumed on all lines. "Dispatches at hand from terminal points west cf Duluth and the Twin cities, up' to and including the Pacific 'oast, indicate that switch engines are actively employed in every yard. "We have been able to get all the men we need. Some of the mills at Minneapolis and other industries temporarily suspended have resumed vusiness and the mines at Butte are open. "The Burlington, Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Chicago, Milwaukee t St. Paul and other lines have offl c'ally notified all connections" and shippers that all embargo notices are at once withdrawn." o ROW AMONG ARIONS. Henry Wunsch Sues for Reinstatement as Member. JNO. MARSHALL HOLDS HIS OWN. Has Had No More Sinking Spells and Doctors Are Hopeful. The condition of John Marshall, who has been ill at his home for a week, is reported unchanged today. His pulse and temperature are the same and the most encouraging symp tom Is that he has had no more sink ing spells. A number of physicians in consult ation decided that Mr. Marshall's heart was the only weakened organ and that there was no other difficulty tq deal with. Previously it was fear ed a complication of trouble was caus ing weak heart action. THREE PEACE MAKERS. Are Expected to Be In Corinto Harbor by Tomorrow. Washington, Dec. 4. With the ar rival at Corinto, possibly today or to morrow, of the cruiser Albany and the gunboat Yorktown from Magdalena lay, the United States will be in a poistion to take as aggressive steps as tny occasion may demand for the pro ttction of American interests along 'he Pacific coast of Nicaragua. To gether with the assistance of the gun boat Vicksburg, the three warships vill have a quota of fighting men of about 600. It is believed in Washington that the mere presence of three ships in the harbor of Corinto will be enough fo insure the safety of American citi zens and American property on the Pacific slope. Landing of blue jackets or the shelling of seaports is not an ticipated at this time. Judge Dana of the district court has granted a writ of mandamus to Henry Wunsch to compel the Arion Singing society to receive him back into full membership and give him the atten tions due a brother. Wunsch was ousted Tinder this pro vision of the bylaws: "Punishment: "Members who commit any act against ine constitution, Dyiaws, or regulations. "'-'IJ 1 V. tV lll.lll L BIIJ 111.111,1 at :icts may be punished by suspension or expulsion." This is the package he got one day: "Topeka, Kan., Nov, 10, 1909. "Mr. Henry Wunsch. "Dear Sir: I am ordered to inform you that on Monday, the 8th day of the month, in our regular general meeting, you have been expelled from the so city of the Arions. "Please be kind and return the key which belongs to the society and we will return to you fifteen cents in cash. Yours truly, "THE ARION SINGING SOCIETY. "By FRED LENZ, Secretary." Since that time, Wunsch declares the society has rerused to recognize him and refuses to admit him to their club rooms. He claims that he was not legally ousted because no complaint had been made in writing as to his conduct and he had not been at his trial nor had any lawyer from among the members been chosen to defend him, all of which is provided for by the by-laws. He also states that the society owns $5,000 worth of property, the home of the society at 217 Quincy street. This home he alleges was paid for by dues, assess ments and the sale of refreshments, in all of which items he was well represented and contributed regularly and has a val uable property right in said property. At his first appearance, the mandamus orders, he shall be received as a full brother of any member in the club. They have this recourse that they may come to the court house December 11th and show why they do not. ORIGIN OF THE FIRE. Which Canned Loss of Hundreds of Lives at Cherry, 111. Cherry, III., Dec. 4. Testimony intro duced at the coroner's inquest on the Cherry mine horror today tended to show that the fire was started by Mat Fran cisco, an inexperienced boy of 15, who was working in the mine in alleged vio lation of the child labor law. The boy's work was to push the empty cars from the main shaft in the second vein over to the cage, running to the third vain. Francisco testified that he had pushed the loaded car of hay that caught fire over to the elevator shaft leading to the third vain and left it standing close up to the blazing torch which ignited it. The lad said this was the first bale of hay he had ever been required to handle and that his superiors in the mine gave him no Instructions as to -what he should do with it. Representatives of State Factory In spector Davies' office declared that this testimony justified the expressed opinion that the child labor law was freely vio lated In theCherry mineto the great dan ger of the 500 miners employed there. Mine Inspector Thomas Hudson testified that he had not inspected the mine since last July and did not know they were using open torches instead of electric light with which he knew the mine to be equipped. "If I were to kiss you now, would you have me arrested?" "What would be the use? Any jury would acquit you." Megendorfer Blatter. RHEUMATISM FOR 18 YEARS Heart Was Bad and He Became Affected With Dropsy The mass of evidence tending to show that the United Doctors, located at 610 Kansas ave., are curing many bad cases of troubles supposed to be hopeless, continues to grow each day, and the following letter seems remarkable to one unacquainted with the work these specialists are doing. This man says: "Eighteen years ago I had an at tack of rheumatism which settled in my heart and since then I have never been strong. I managed to get along until last summer when I began to be affected with dropsy, which the treatment I had been able to get failed to even benefit. When I learned of a similar case being treated by the United Doctors, with apparent relief, I came to see them- I had not been able to work since the first part of last January, my limbs and abdomen were loaded with water, and I could not stand the least exertion, but after a short course of their treatment I began work again at my trade as a painter, and I am feeling first class, and the dropsy and rheumatism is all gone. My home is at 222 North 12th street, Lincoln, Neb., and if any one will take the trouble to look me up they will find from my friends and neighbors there that my case is Just as I have stated. (Signed.) J. N. Nolan." Can any one doubt after read ing such a statement as the above that the United Doctors treatment is. reallv a scientific treatment. Of course any doc tor is liable to cure a bad case once in awhile, but when It happens day after day, it proves that the United Doctors treatment la an unqualified success for such troubles as they treat. That is why their business continues to grow. If you are afflicted with any chronic or special disease that has baffled the skill of the physicians you have employed, call' and see the United Doctors, you run no risk of failure, as they will tell you after an examination which is free, whether or not ft is a curable case. m F. D. Walsworth Chief Physician. o o I I V Is CO 0 fl ee (ft cd jj u CO CQ I i o o lH

V o o CO Never Bfefore $3.00 FOR $1.00 Never Again PiaiMD Sale elFs Glurisftmas $3.00 for I.OO We credit you $3.00 for every $1.00 cash you pay, up to $25i00, as first payment on a piano. On first payment, all you pay over $25 up to $50 we will credit you $2.00 for every $1.00 paid. You you $5.00 cash on piano, we credit you $15.00. You pay-10.00 cash on piano, we credit you 30.00. You pay 15.00 cash on piano, we credit you 45.00. You pay 20.00 cash on piano, we credit you 60.00. You pay 25.00 cash on piano, we credit you 75.00. You pay 30.00 cash on piano, we credit you 85.00. You pay 35.00 cash on piano, we credit you 95.00. You pay 40.00 cash on piano, we credit you 105.00. You pay 45.00 cash on piano, we credit you 115.00. You pay 50.00 cash on piano, we credit you 125.00. On any piano in this sale, prices vary from $175, $200, $225, $250, $265, $275, $290, $300, $325, $350, $375, $400, $435, $450, $500, $550, $600, $650 THE BELL BROTHERS PIANO COMPANY inaugurates this great $3.00 for $1.00 CHRISTMAS SALE as the most liberal offer ever made in the history of the piano trade. In vestigate this at once and take advantage of this chance to get a piano at HALF price. SEE THESE REDUCED PRICES $750 Chickering Grand Would be fine for concert or studio, reduced to $325.00 In our $3.00 for $1.00 Sale. $325.00 Gaylord A new sample piano, large size, mahogany, reduced to $260.00 In our $3.00 for $1.00 Sale. $325.00 Merriam Used, in beautiful quartered oak, reduced to $240.00 In our $3.00 for $1.00 Sale. A few specimen reductions on used pianos, most of them like new. All in our $3 for $1 Sale. $225 Columbus- cut to .$173 $275 Leavenworth cut to...- $213 $300 Leavenworth cut to $245 $325 Gaylord cut to $260 $250 Hinzie cut to .$140 $300 German cut to $125 $325 Merriman cut to $240 $375 Bell Bros., cut to .$325 We will give $100.00 to any charitable institution in Topeka, if any one will prove we have raised our prices for this sale. If you cannot call, telephone, telegraph or write. All mail orders will receive our careful attention. You can feel safe in leaving the selection of your piano with us. NOTICE This sale is run for an advertising purpose, and we positively will not sell a piano on the above proposition to a piano dealer. This is for the consumer only. In case all the amount is not paid down the usual terms of small montMypayments will be extended on the balance according to your convenience. 1," S. Bell Bros. Piano Manufacturers 8 1 4- Kansas Avenue 8 14 Never Before $3.00 FOR $1.00 Never Again CO o o 3" 1-1 o o I CO (ft o n- 3 (I) S3 3 o SL h CO o o -8 o o DIKE SUIT IS FILED. Injunction Against Construction of South Side Project ASKea The Injunction proceedings against the construction of the $127,000 South Side dike by the Shawnee county board of commissioners were begun in the district court today when a petition was filed asking both a tem porary and a permanent injunction. R. L. Cofran Is leading the insurrec tion of property owners and gives bond for the cost of the case. The petition is brought however, as The State of Kansas on the relation of John J. Schenck, county attorney of Shawnee county; versus The Board of County Commissioners of Shawnee County. The delav In bringing the action has been due entirely to an indecision on the part of the dissenters' attorneys, Chas. F. Spencer and Hazen Gaw, as to the naming of the plaintiff. The attorneys asked to bring it in the name of the state and the county at torney. County Attorney Schenck is attorney for the commissioners also, and was in a quandary. The com missioners have been anxious to see the case tried out and talked the mat ter over at their last meeting. Ed O'Neil for the board conferred with Mr. Schenck this morning after which Schenck informed Mr. Spencer to use the state's name and gave his de cision to the reporter. He said: "I see no reason why the suit should be brought in half a dozen cases, but I did not care to be con nected with it in a dual capacity, as prosecutor and attorney for the board at the same time. Spencer and Hazen can bring the case in my name and the name of the state, but I will have no part in it except where the indiv idual commissioners are concerned. "The matter is between Cofran and some 50 others who do not want the dike and Chas. Wolff and some 40 or 50 others who do want it. Let the suit be brought in the name of the people or the state to determine whether the law Is good and the com missioners have a right to build levees under its provisions. The commis sioners are not called upon to de fend the law. "To bring the suit in the name of the state enables the attorneys, no matter how it is decided in the district court, to get it before the supreme court before spring. when work could only begin. The matter should be fought out now. It. would be fool ish to begin work now and spend $15,000 or $20,000 and then be stop ped, or to bring the. suit in the name of one or a few individuals, for the injunction might be granted, so far as they are concerned, but allow the rest of the dike to be built" Commissioner O'Neill said: "Shaw nee county Is not concerned except for a small part of the construction and there Is no reason why the whole county should pay taxes to defend an action of the board. Let those in terested fight it out and see if the law is valid. If It is we will ge ahead as it provides." PLANS BIG BANQUET. Most of Orators for Kansas Day Club Are Chosen. President Geo. Allen and Secretary Wm. Montgomery of the Kansas Day club and the vice presidents of the or ganization from the various congres sional districts met in the supreme court room today and discussed plans and arrangements for the Kansas Day banquet Jan. 29. As a result of their deliberations the following speakers were decided upon: George Allen of Wyandotte, presi dent's address; F. L. Piatt of Kerwln; Robert Loufbourrow of Neodesha; Will Rupe of Brown county; a Kansas Uni versity student. There will be ad dresses by two other Kansans and also an address by some speaker of national reputation. Three governors and a United States senator are being consid ered. The banquet will be held In the Ma sonic hall or the rotunda of the state house, probably in the former place. The officers of the club were careful to day in the arrangement of the program to avoid entirely the square deal and machine factions of the party. They stated that their desire was not to cater to either faction. They expect over one thousand guests at their ban quet. This coming feast marks the real opening of the Kansas campaign for 1910. The following are the vice presidents of the club: W. P. Lambertson, Fair view, First district; John R. TKomas, Olathe, Second district; Robert L. Louf bourrow,' Neodesha, Third district; A. R. Kinkle, Council Grove, Fourth dis trict: E. C Sweet, Minneapolis, Fifth district; John Gray, Kerwln, Sixth dis trict: Will Vernon, Lamed, Seventh district: Harold Herrick, Wellington. Eighth district. Memorial building as soon as it Is completed and the members are anxious to secure commodious quar ters in the new structure. On the first night of the meeting Prof. Frank E. Jones of the State university willgive an Illustrated lec ture on the Philippines. On Wednes day night the members will sit down together to a 6 o'clock dinner. CITY CASE DELAYED. OPEN Tonight Until 10 Jurors Could Not Get Hero Because of High Water. o'CIock r i sr 1 in the district court were held up for a period of two hours this morning by! the high water at Manhattan. Jurorjr T. J. Myers and F. P. McCullough of Rossville and Isaac Mitchell of Silver Lake were unable to reach the city un til nearly 11 o'clocck, the Union Pacific trains being delayed. Soft tracks east of Manhattan is given as the cause of the trouble. The trainmen were afraid to run across the stretch of soft road bed. Attorney. Drenning, formerly city at torney. Is still occupying the time of ths court and jury with a thorough expla nation of the Fifth ward sewer graft. The charts made after the Investiga tion have been placed before the jury and the makers of them from Kansas City have been on the stand verifying the portrayal thereon. R. E. Koon, draftsman for the Burns McDonald Co., who did the investigat ing of the actual constructions and drew the charts, has finished his test!-1 mony. C. a. Burns will probably testifv in full today. The testimony so far has merely gone to show the old time scan dal in the sewer construction. ACADEMY OF SCIENCE MEETING Be Held at Ottawa December 28 to 30 -Banquet for Delegates. The forty-second annual meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science will be held at Ottawa, December 28, 29 and 30. Among other matters to be considered at this meeting will be the disposition of the property of which the academy is the trustee for the state. These valuable relics and books will be removed to the new FIVE PACKERS ARRESTED Leavenworth, Kan., Dec. 4. Com plaints charging the local agents of five packing companies with trans porting meat through the streets in uncovered wagons were filed by John Kleinhans, state food inspector, in the city court. The complaints are against I. N. Stout of the Hammond Packing Co., of St. Joseph, F. King of the Nelson Morris Packing Co., of St. Joseph, J. F. Casey of the Swift Packing Co., of Kansas City, Clarence Higgs of the Cudahy Packing Co., of Omaha, and E. W. Jennings of the Armour Packing Co., of Kansas City. The agents receive consignments of meat from the various companies they represent by the car load and contract with local transfer com panies to deliver it to meet markets. In the complaints Kleinhans says that the wagons in which the meat was hauled were dirty and that the meat was not protected from the dust of the streets and flies in delivery to the butcher shops. Special Today -j MANTLES AT COST We are handling the best man tles in the city, and we want ev erybody to try them. Tou can save money on mantles at our store ev ery day. Fine Jumbo Celery 6c Small baskets Catawba Grapes nice and fresh i4g Small Cranberries, a quart.., ,5c Large 85c Naval Oranges, a da 25c Lowest Average Prices IN TOWN 19 pounds fine Granulated Sugar toT $100 Best bulk Starch, pound. .4. 10c pkg. California Figs .ic Lard Compound, pound Uc Peck Basket Jonathan Apples without basket 25c Best grade 20c Butterine in the city, pound jgc B6marketf Brade Bu"erine In the This butter'ine'ta'just l'ike'cVeam lm mwo"1 wiU cut your but"' High grade Smokless Shells. J box High grade loaded Shells." 3 dr dr., box 5c box Matches for 22 25c can Baking Powder"for!i9o Special Monday on Chocolate nd Cocoa. Tou never bought t any hieh OwlGrocers 3 Big Busy Stores! 11232; IS05W. 10th.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1909. UNDERJORDERS. Parr Testifies That His Investi gation of Sugar Frauds Was Pursued by the Direction of President Roosevelt. THE WIRE IN COURT And a Working Model of the Trick Scales. Investigation by Congress Is Likely to Follow. New York, Dec. 4. The storm center of the sugar trial today focused upon Richard Parr, the special agent of the treasury department who was foremost In discovering and exposing short weight frauds on the Williamsburg docks of the American Sugar Refining The Men on Trial In Connec Left to Right James R. Coyle, Oliver Spetzer, Patrick Hennessey, James F. Bendernagel. company. Parr rehearsed once more his story of how he caught Kohoe, a tally clerk, manipulating the crooked scales; how Oliver Spitzer,' one of the six company employes now charged with conspiracy, offered to let him name his own prica for hushing the thing up; and how Brozinskl, Spitzer's partner, hooked him by the elbow and asked anxiously: "Dick, this fellow says you're all right. Does that go?" "Nothing goes with me," Parr testified he said. Told with heat and great circum stance, the narrative made a visible ef fect and counsel for-the defense was quick to retort with an- attack on Parr's credibility. "You started to Investigate without orders from any superior officer?" he was asked. "If you call President Roosevelt and his secretary (now Collector Loeb) su perior officers, I was working under or ders," replied Parr. "But if you mean the secretary of the treasury then I was working without orders." Further inquiry along this line, was dropped. Questions designed to show that. Parr had once written sheets for pool an.l policy room keepers were barred by the court, but Parr insisted on an angry denial. The wire, with which it was shown at a former trial, the scales were manipulated was produced In court again and identified. A working model of the scales was exhibited for the benefit of the Jury. Parr told how he first came up on Kehoe crouching be hind the scales. Adjournment was taken until Mon day. Review of the Case. Gigantic robberies estimated In the millions, extending through a period of 15 years are laid at the door of the sugar trust in the preliminary trial of subordinates in the employ of the company which is now being heard. The first of a series of suits threatens to expose a network of double dealing robbery and grafting, involving the officials of the trust as well as the government agents in the customs service. The men on trial are James F. Ben dernagel, cashier of the trust's Wil liamsburg plant; Oliver Spitzer, dock superintendent; and Thomas A. Doyle, all checkers and weighers in the trust employ. The five checkers with Spit zer were known aa the "Big Six" and they are accused of defrauding the government by entering false weights. The frauds were made possible by the use of "fixed scales" discovered by Special Treasury Agent Richard Parr. The government is looking to Ben dernagel to turn state's witness and expose the whole fabric of fraud. One of the possible outgrowths of these preliminary cases is that Pres ident Taft will call the alleged rob beries to the attention of congress in his message or in a special message and insist that the lawmakers co operate with the government In push ing the cases against the trust. Unit ed States Senator Borah of Idaho has been preparing a resolution calling for an investigation. He is said to have the hearty co-operation of the upper house. Recently a prominent business man of New York told the senator that more than $30,000,000 had been stol en during the past IB years. This man says he has been close to the sugar trust for the past-15 years and is willing to appear as a witness. The communication received by Senator Borah declares that every cent stol en was "with the sanction and appro val of the heads of the trust. It is pointed out that the trust was not only' guilty of fraud and theft but also for a violation of the Sherman anti trust laws. r WRECK ON CKNTRAIi BRANCH. Train Was Making Five Miles an Hour When Accident Occurred. Atchison, Kan., Dec. 4.- At Cawker Citv a westbound Central Branch pas sen'ger train struck a broken rail. The rear passenger coach left the track and fell to its side. None of the passengers or trainmen was injured. The train was running nbout five miles an hour. favors Intermediate Industrial Schools uiinaniaa wiii rpf 4. At the final sessions of the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Edu cation today Charles Allen, director f.f the New Bedford Industrial school, paid in an address: "In the light of my experience I have come more and more to believe that the problem of ;he intermediate industrial school is fundamentally an educational prob-iem." INSURANCE MAD. Many Polices on the life of Mrs. Oeey W. I. Snead. New York, Pec. 4.--Officials inves tigating the death of Mrs. Ocey "W. M. Snead, victim of the East .Orange bath tub tragedy, found themselves wandering today in a labyrinth of in surance finance. "Insurance mad," Is an expression which has been used In characteriz ing the Wardlaws, the family into which Mrs. Snead married, in view of the facts so far brought to light re garding the group of elderly women who were custodians of the bath tub victim for months preceding her death. Papers found reveal countless memoranda in the handwriting of Miss Virginia Wardlaw, aunt of the victim, now under arrest and charged with her murder, nearly all having tlon With the Sugar frauds. to do with the subject of life insur ance. Policies aggregating $24,900 on the life of Mrs. Snead are known to bo in existence and other policies running into the thousands are said to be written for her. As to actual responsibility for the death of Mrs. Snead, however, little has been brought to light, but sev eral clews upon which the authorities are working, it is hoped, will bring out the real motive of the crime and fix the responsibility for it. Two points especially were In the minds of the investigators as they took up their task today. It Is de sired to learn the whereabouts of Mrs. Caroline B. Martin, the dead wo man's mother, who has not been seen since the tragedy. Definite informa tion as to Fletcher Snead, the miss ing husband whose life was also heav ily insured, is also wanted. ITALIANS CAN SHOOT. jackies From the Land of the Caesars Give Yankee Sailors a Surprise. Washington. Dec. 4. Three Jackies from the Italian cruiser Etruria took a cruise up Pennsylvania avenue last night and dropped anchor abaft a pub lic shooting gallery. Ju3t then three Jolly cra't flying the stars and stripes hove in view and bore down from the nor'east to seek the Italian squadron. "Ahoy messmates," spoke the Yankee flagship. ,:Blast my turrets if we don't challenge you to a round or two at target practice. Swing Into the road stead and clear for action." The Italian skipper signalled full rpeed ahead and the two fleets steamed Into the shooting gallery. "The loser settles the salvage bill." conditioned the Yankee lands and the Italians accepted. 'That s easy," spoke out ont of the Yankee fleet. "These Italians can't shoot." International courtesy gave the chal lenged the first round. When the first Italian gun captain stopped firing he had knocked down all the little tin birds, cracked 12 glass balls, rung the bells until even the bell was hoarse and had the boss of the shooting gallery worried about his ammunition hoists. 'Scuttled and foundered, shiver my timbers," roared the Yankee comman der, "give me my range on thdt swob who said these Italians couldn't shoot." Honor being satisfied, the two squad rons dressed ship and laid a course straight away f or the first port of call. MAYOR RESIGNS. And Slarshal's Salary Drops Owing to Lack of Business. Lake Arthur, La., Dec. 4. Civic righteousness has made a new record and municipal, civil and criminal busi ness is dull in this city with the re sult that the mayor has resigned and the town marshals salary will be re duced to $1 a month. The mayor ten- v ered his resignation to the council recause he said there was nothing e do." f -SAGE CITY LUMBERMAN DEAD. Death Occurred in Kansas City Hos pital Following Operation. Kansas City, Dec 4. George C. May, a prominent lumberman of Osage City, Kan., died here at Mary's hospital. Mr. May was one of the early Kansas set tlers. He was ill at his home in Osage City for several weeks and was brought to this city for an operation. Red Cross Stamps Barred. Washington, Dec. 4. In an effort to get Great Britain to rescind its order forbidding the entry of mail .'earing Red Cross stamps, the state department has cabled to Am bassador Reid at London asking him to use his offices in the matter. The message stated that as many letters end packages bearing the stamps al ready have been sent, it would cause onsiderable inconvenience if they were not delivered COMPLETE TIE-UP. (Continued from 'Page One.) Reports from Duluth state that the arike at the head of the lakes is prac tically broken, but in the Twin cities the railroads so far have not been able to handle any .volume, of business. Discussion among various business rganieations of the Twin cities is ex pected to result in some definite move-ii-ent to bring the railways and switch men together for a conference today. The railway officials say, however, that hey will make no concessions and if he-switchmen return to work it will have to be under the' same conditions it.at prevailed before the strike. Nothing to Da With Present Strike. Peoria, 111.. Dec. 4. W. S. Carter, grandmaster of the Locomotive Fire men and Enginemen. does not antici pate any interference on the part of the locomotive firemen and enginemen in connection with the strike now exist ing in the Northwest. On the contrary he takes an optimistic view of the sit uation and believes a settlement will be soon reached; The switchmen, he says, would be willing to arbitrate and that the raiiroads would accede. The demand for an increase of 10 per i. v.,. iv.. Rwtiprhnoii of Railway Trainmen, if such demand has been made, has no bearing on me pre""' strike, so far as Mr. Carter knows. Ab v, fv! i viaa ,'nTTi tn the atten- tion of Mr. Carter in connection with the switchmen's striKe ana ne x-cu v the newspaper reports. They Must Vote First. .-.i. t,. nm A "President W. G. Lee of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, who is here today conduct ing negotiations witn unicago ranwu-j -?:41, anllnail tn HiRCllSS in detail unit: laio utvuuvv. the published reports that the roads of the country are on the verge of a great labor war.- "It is misleading to say that the trainmen's organization have made demands tor increasea wob the roads," he said today. "The pro position for an increase in wages on v. Qaot rf fi i r-n trr has been re ferred by the officers of the organiza tions to the men themselves. There are at least 75,000 men Interested and each man must consider me proposi tion of the demand for more wages and vote on it before any such de mand can be made. "It will take sometime for the de cision of the men to be registered and until then the situation can not be regarded as acute." Gradually Resuming Traffic. Spokane, Wash., Dec. 4. Operat ing officials of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads say they are gradually resuming freight traf fic The former railroad expects to send out ten freight trains today. Three switch engines- are working here. The Great Northern made up five freight trains for the east yester day and expects to send out the same number today. Four engines are working in the Great Northern yards. All told, ten strike breakers are as sisting the other railroads here. The L- "i. t-l Taametara lininn hflS decided against a sympathetic strike. Freight traffic is reported at a standstill at Missoula, Mont., but three freight trains left Helena this morning for the west. Two volunteer freight crews v, -t -n Parailisfl to start time freight south of that terminal. Repetition or 1902. Cleveland. O.. Dec. 4. A general l.nAnc.a in wao-ac nnrl ft hpttf.rmpnt of general working conditions will be asked or every ranroaa in me umucu States if the present attitude of the great brotherhoods of railway- em ployes is carried out. That the re quest will be made there now is con sidered no doubt. Whether this will lead to a general strike is problemati cal. This situation is not precipitated by the strike of the switchmen on tne northwestern roads, but is a move ment that has- been growing for twp years. Warren S. Stone, head of tne Brotherhood ot locomotive .en gineers said today: ""H V, i-i le, a Q ri T-i t ft f nnrPflf O TTJ O Tl JT the railway employes throughout the unitea states. ns nine i xijg mi another movement similar to that of 1902. -A general strike is not im probable." A ROW IX CAMP. Quarrel Between Heads of Two Rail way Men's Unions. St. Paul, Dec. 4. A quarrel between Vice President Whitney of the Broth erhood of Railway Trainmen, and President Hawley of the Switchmen's union, is the latest element injected Into the strike. Whitney, who hurried to Duluth from Buffalo, in response to a demand from the switchmen who are mem bers of the brotherhood, declares the switchmen were not given an oppor tunity to vote on the strike in connec tion with Section 312 of their consti tution. Hawley retorted that the men were given the opportunity and the vote was taken. Whitney also says 75 per cent of the switchmen at the head of the lakes are members of the brotherhood and will not abide by the strike order and to this Hawley replies that only three of the brotherhood men have return ed to work. Whitney says the Switchmen's un ion of North America in calling the strike, were "unfair with the broth erhood, unfair with their own mem bers and unfair with the railways." To this last statement President Hawley retorted today: "Whitney's statement is a lame and contemptible excuse for the men that he wants to go back as scabs." FOR NAVAL MILITIA. National Association to Meet in Wash ington Next Week. Washington, Dec. 4. Final touches upon a bill to be presented before congress at an early date, which, in short is a provision to make the na val militia of the various states come under the same benefits and training as the Dick bill made possible for the national guard of the country, is the principal business to be taken lip by the delegates to the national naval militia association at a meeting here December 9. Commissioned officers from "all state naval militias are expected to be present and besides the 19 states which already have a naval militia. Wisconsin and Indiana possibly will j have a tentative representation. The new naval militia Dili to De put in final shape has received the careful work of the naval militia general board, and has been revised by the general board of fthe United States navy with Admiral Dewey at its head. No federal naval reserve nor naval subsidy nor allied feature is contem plated. An opening address at the associa tion's meeting will be made by the secretary of the navy and the assis tant secretary will speak on the field and scope of the naval militia. An official visit will be made to President Taft Thursday afternoon. Friday will be spent at the United States naval academy and a banquet will be given Friday evening In Wash ington, FOR WINE FOR HER. (Continued from Page One.) resentative. She always coughs after such conversations. So she did not "cough up" a great deal to the report ers. It was explained that in Kansas City yesterday she had two concerts and that she would nave another one here tonight, that at Kansas City she received no one and that she would not receive anyone here. And even when a reporter gets by the singer's husbani and her manager there is madame's maid who is well schooled in obedience and who forms the third and last wall between the would be Interviewer an-i the song bird. It was announced in i decisive manner that there would bo no interviews given out in Topeka and after trying for half an hour to get a wora witn tne singer the reporter took the announcement as true and walked out lntp the storm. Next Stop at Denver. After her concert here tonight Madame Sembrich leaves for Denver. From there she goes to Los Angeles, where she will rest for a few days Later .she makes another trip back across the continent, singing in New York on March 2. In April she will sail for her home near Lake Geneva. Th3 name of this home was spelled out but you can make as good a guess at it without the diagram as you could with one so It is not given. There are So concerts after tonight before she sails. Madame has a set of training rules during her concert tour to which she adheres steadily, according to her hus band and her manager. One of these rules is to lunch at 2 o'clock and then take nothing more to eat until after the concert. Another is not to talk to re porters on the day she sings. Some times when she does not have a concert ror a day or two she converses with them. But not on the same dav she sings. Sten -el Sembrich. husband of the prima donna. Joined her in Kansas City. Traveling In the west, it was explain ed, is distasteful to him. But with only two more stops between Kansas City and the coast he Joined the party. He is madame's first piano teacher, and her first and only husband. She is re markable, according to her manager, in that she declares she is well satis fied with her husband and does not want newsipaper stories bad enough to take another. "I took him for my husband and I will keep him," she declares when friends remark upon this peculiarity. Audience Will Be Large. Tickets for the Sembrich concert to night are going rapidly today and in dications are that a large crowd will greet the singer when comes time for the first number on the program. It is rot believed the weather will affect the attendance. Madame's manager announced today that there would be no changes in the program as announced, declaring it Is the same program she has given in ev ery concert since her present tour be gan. This Is Sembrich's first concert tour and according to her husband she does not like it as well as grand opera. "But Madame thought she wouid make a grand trip In concert." said he, and his little eyes sparkled, "and It will be a grand trip." FRUIT MEN TO MEET. Well Known Speakers on Program for State Horticultural Society. The forty-third annual meeting of the State Horticultural society will be held December 28, 29, 30 in the su preme court room of the capitol build ir.g. A feature of the sessions will be the discussion of some means by which fruit can be saved from destruction by lite spring frosts. T. V. Munson of Denison, Texas, one of the best informed men in the coun try on grape culture, will address the meeting on the second day. Mrs. J. C. McCllntock of Topeka will have an address on "Flowers of the Home Garden." Among the other speakers of note will be Governor Stubbs, George A. Blair of Mulvane, J. J. Alexander of Norton, C. A. Blackmore of Medicine Lodge, F. W. Dixon of Holton, George C. Richardson of Tonganoxle, Prof. Albert Dickens of the State Agricul ttral college, B. F. Smith of Lawrence. New trustees for the First, Third, Fifth and Seventh congressional dis tricts will be elected on the second day of the meeting. ANSON IN THE RACE. Veteran Ball Player After National League Presidency. Philadelphia, Dec. 4. For the first time since he became chief executive of the Philadelphia, Horace Fogel was besought for his vote by a candidate for the presidency of the National league. When Fogel .went to his desk yesterday he found a letter there from "Cap" Anson of Chicago. In the letter Anson congratulated Fogel on his success In gaining control of the club and asked for his support in his campaign for the National league presidency. "I am an active candidate," wrote Anson, "don't mistake that. I will poll a vote that will be surprising, and am confident that I will be elected." President Fogel was pleased witn the letter from Anson, but declared that it would not change his attitude In regard to the election. "I have not made up my mind whom I will support, and won t know until I attend the meeting," tie de clared. COLORADO LEADS. Income From Sugar Beets Amounts to $7,500,000 in a Year. Denver, Dec. 4. An estimate com- lotprl tndav makes the income to Colorado farmers from sugar beets this year $7,500,000. an increase of a r illion dollars over the product- of iast year. This, it is claimed, makes fclorado the leading state In the Union in the production of beet sugar. ered in the vicinity of the mountain two weeks ago and Governor fersh- ng anticipated disorder. Constabu lary reinforcements have been sent to the scene of the fight but no further rouble is expected, as the tribesmen are reported to be returning to their homes. Below Zero In Wyoming. Laramie. Wyo.. Dec. 4. The govern ir.ent thermometer registered 11 degrees below zero last night. At Green river, the temperature fell to IS below. UPHOLDS SIMPSON. Secretary of Treasury Writes Governor About Protection of Bootleggers. President Taft has transmitted to Governor Stubbs the reply of the sec retary of the treasury to a complaint filed by the governor that the method Li running the federal internal office made it difficult for the state author!- ties to enforce the prohibition law. Ihe governor's complaint, specifically,! was that the government was not re- I quiring bootleggers to post their gov ernment stamp tax in a conspicuous prace; also that when bootleggers without a federal tax stamp are ar rested by the state the revenue officers come along and make them pay a tax cvering the period for which they had been selling liquor in the past. Secretary McVeagh in his letter to the president, which was transmitted to the governor, says: "While It Is manifestly the purpose of the law to require the stamp to be posted at the place for which special tax is paid and business being carried on, it seems equally clear that it is not necessary to keep the stamp posted alter me Dusmess has been discon--Jnued. If the conditions prevailing in Kansas are approximately the same as those in Oklahoma, there appears to nave oeen no laxity on the part of Collector Simpson in enforcing the law. "It should be borne in mind that the special tax stamp is not a license, but t-erely a receipt for the tax. It may nlso be stated that while subsequent I'ayment or tne tax and 50 per cent penalty is no bar to prosecution for having engaged in the business with out first having paid the tax. experi ence indicates that courts and Juries tre somewhat loath to convict for this .-ffense when the tax and the penalties nave been subsequently paid. The facts In such cases, are, however, always :eported to the United States attorney lor such attention as seems to be re quired. "Collector Simpson will, however, be i ailed on to report as to conditions in that portion of his district within the state of Kansas, and whether the re quirements of the law are being strict ly enforced and complied with." STILLlN the mud. The Work of Lightering' the Prairie Is Progressing. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 4. The transport Prairie carrying 700 ma rines and a cargo of equipment to be used in a possible campaign in Nica ragua, is still stuck in the mud at Pea Patch island, 35 miles from this city, where she grounded early Thurs day night. No attempt was made to pull the big ship out of the mud on the flood- tide at 5 a. m. today, but an effort will be made at 5 o'clock this after noon. The lightering of the vessel's coal and stores continues without In terruption. The ammunition is also being unloaded. The marines have not yet been tak en off, but they probably will have to be sent ashore. The Prairie is almost a quarter of a mue out or ner course, river men declare, and It is said she will have to be brought back to the navy yard here for survey. So far as can be learned, however, no damage has been found. The transport Dixie now at the navy yard, which may be called upon to take the place of the Prairie, is far from prepared for a sea voyage. FORCED A FIGHT. Mindanao Tribesmen Worsted in En counter With Constabulary. Manila, Dec. 4. Fanatical Moros and Sananos forced a fight on a detach irent of constabulary under Lieutenant Elarts near Mount Mailindang, Min danao Island, last Sunday. Six mem bers of the constabulary, four Dorters tnd one policeman were killed and one of the constabulary was wounded. The aggressors le-t twenty of their num ler dead when they finally scattered. some lour thousand fanatics gath ANOTHER BIG GAS WELL. One Flowing 26 Million Feet in Kansas Natural Gas Fields. Sealy L. Brown, gas Inspector of Montgomery county, writes a Topeka friend that one of the big gas wells of the west was drilled in this week in hi county. It is a monster, having a rock pressure of 155 pounds and a volume per day of 26 million cubic feet. Last week a fifteen million foot well was drilled in on this same farm. The big well will be connected with the Topeka and Kansas City pipe line at once. And yet they still circulate reports In Kansas City that the Kansas gas sup ply is giving out. In all the history of tne .Kansas gas fields there have been only three wells drilled in that were bigger than this 26 million foot well. Weekly Bank Statement. New York, Dec. 4. The statement of clearing house banks for the week shows that the banks hold $7,714,650 more than the requirements of the 25 per ce.it reserve rule. This is a de crease of $1,599,225 in the proportionate cash reserve as compared with last week. The statement follows: Dec. Loans $1,192,793,100 $3,374,000 Deposits 1,168,629,800 6,592,300 75,500 1.084,900 4,422,200 3,337,300 1.73S.075 1,599,225 1,595-800 Circulation Legal tenders 62.889,500 69,203,700 230.668,400 299,872,100 292,157,450 7.714.650 7,138,100 Specie Reserve Reserve required Surplus Ex-U. S. deposits.. Increase. The percentage of actual reserve of the clearing house banks today was 25.87. The statement of banks and trust companiei of Greater New York, not reporting to the clearing house, shows that 'those Institutions have aggregate deposits of $1,226,227,400; total cash on hand $140,127,000 and loans amounting to $1,188,441,300. TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS Chicago, Dec. 4. WHEAT Reports of a possible general strike on all railroads of the country based on the situation in the northwest seemd to have little effect on the wheat market here today. Trading early in the day was quiet and sentiment In tne pit was oearisn. mces ai me open ing were ic hierher to Hffc lower with May at $1.06 to $1.05L0S. During the early part of tne aay tne price neia wun in that ran Ere. The market became weaker in the final half of the session owing to reports of an improvement in conditions In the northwest. May sold off to L05 The close was weak with May off c at $1.05 mi) V Onenlns: corn Quotations were 8 shade higtier to c lower. May being at 61j!&61 to 61(g61c. Later the price eased of? to 61ViC XAAMtvna weakness develooed as trad inir nrrwrfsiiKi. May declininjT to 60c. The close was weak with May down sTocir SHiPPEns To Insure Yourselves Best Results Consign To Clay, Robinson Co., Uv8 Stock Commission Merchants Stock Yards, Kansas Citj, WE ALSO HAVE OUR 0W" OFFICII T CHICAGO, go. ST. IOSEPH, BO. tUM, UtllEll. iwu c at 6061c. OATS Owrti RtMjlv mi rpnpwwl buyinar of thp nemnhpr motion bv cash interests. May opened a shade higher at 42c and later sold at 4242c. muvisiOKS Provisions were wean on scattered realizing sales which met with light demand. Prices at the opening were a shade to 7c lower. kkiu cash: 7475c. BARLEY Cash: 62g75c TIMOTHY March. $3.90. CLOVER March, 14.90. Chicago Grain Market .'Furnished by J. K. Gall. Commissions. Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth St. FhOM 486.J Chicago. Dec. 4. OPen High Low Clote Yes 1 ncAl Dec. ...10fiJil06 105 May ..105-106-1061O5 July 974-4 97 97- 106 106 1064 106 97 CORN Dec. 58-57 58 67 61Y- 61- 0 60- 60 60 57 5S 60-61 61 60- 60 40 40 42 42- 40- 40- May Julv Oat? Dec. May Julv 40 43 40 40 42 40 40 404 40 21.05 20.40 PORK Jan. May LA RD .21.32 21.32 .20.42-5 20.47 21.10 20.45 21.37 20.62 Jan. ...12.40-3612.40 12.32 12.32 11.46 12.42 11.52 May ..11.46 11.45-7 11.43 RIBS Jan. May ..11.22 ..10.65 11.22 10.65 11.15 11.15 11.22-5 10.62-5 10.62-5 10.72 Kansas City Grain Market. (Furnished by J. E. Gall. Commissions. Grains, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks Office 110 West Sixth St. Phone 486. Kansas City. Dec. 4. Open High Low Close Yes WHEAT Dec. ...100-100 100 100 100 May ..102-102 101 101-1021O2- July 93 CORN Dec. 67 53 57- 57- 58 May ...60 60- 60 60 60 July 60- Market Gossip. (Furnishftl by J. E. Gall, Commissions, Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth St- Phon 4S6.J Liverpool cables: Wheat d lower; corn id hie'her. Chicago car lots today: Wheat 53, corn 345, oats 85. New York Stork Market. Wall St., New York, Dec. 4. STOCKS Only a few exceptions to the advancing tendency of prices were shown in the opening dealings of stocks today. United States Rubber and Interborough Metro politan preferred rose 1, and the common. Rock Island preferred and St. Louis Southwestern preferred large fractions. Minneapolis and St. Louis declined 'traders were mystified for a time by the conflicting movement of prices. Union Pacific, Southern Pacific and St. Paul showed weakness, while Northern Pacific Great Northern preferred and Rock Island were rising vigorously. Eventually the weaK stocKs rose to yesterday's closine level or above, Reading making up more man a poinx. kock island preterred ad vanced 2, Great Northern preferred 2. United States Rubber second preferred 1, nonnern i-acinc J, 1st. louis soutn western prefererd and Delaware and Hud son 1, Louisville and Nashville, Norfolk and Western, American Hide and Leather preterred and Pacific. Mail 1. Lake Erie and Western preferred sagged Pacific Telephone 1 and Utah Copper 1. The market closed generally buoyant. The demand for stocks took on areat ani mation and breadth later in the morning. Knormoua diocks or united states steel were absorbed to about 90. Gains of a point or more became almost universal. Northwestern rose 2, the preferred 4, Rock Island preferred 2; Great Northern Ore certificates 2 and the list generally 1 to 2 points. There was some recession on realizing at the last Rnnze of Prices on Stocks. Furnished by J. E. Gall. Commissions, Grains, Provisions, cotton and stocks. Office 110 West Sixth St. Phone 46. New York, Dec. 4. Stocks On'n Hisrh I jiw Cl's Tel Sugar 119 1203i 119 120M. 119 Gas 113 Copper 86 88 86 87 87 tS. R. X S0 81 80 80 W'b Am. Car Pndy.. 72 73 72 73 72 U. S Steel, Com... 89 90 89 90 89 U. S. Steel. Pfd....l24 124 12434 124 124 Atchison, Com 119 120 119 120 119 K. C. Southern 43 Anaconda 48 49 48 49 4S St. Paul 155 155 154 155 156 Rock Island 40 40 40 40 39 Great Northern. .141 143 141 143 141 Wabash, Pfd 67 57 66 67 67 Missouri Pacific... 71 71 70 70 71 Am. Smelting 98 98 98 98 98 Northern Pacific. 142 144 142 144 142 N. Y. Central 127 127 127 127 127 Texas Pacific 35 35 35 85 35 Southern Pacific. 129 129 128 129 129 Reading 170 171 169 170 170 Erie. Com 32 33 32 33 32 So. Railway 31 31 30 31 31 Union Pacific 199 201 199 201 199 C. 0 86 86 86 86 S5 B. 0 115 116 115 116 115 L. N 163 153 153 163 151 Katy 47 48 47 48 47 Pennsylvania 129 131 129 131 129 Can. Pacific 179 ISO 179 ISO 179 National Lead 88 SS 88 8S 8S14 C. F. 1 50. 61. 50 51 BO Rock Iland. pra.. Stii a!4 tt New York Money Market. New York, Dec. 4. MONEY Money on call nominal. Time loans dull and steady; 60 days, 4T5 per cent; 90 days, 4S4 per cent and six months, 4 per cent. CLOSE: lrtme mercantile paper o'&on per cent. Sterling exenange iirm witn actual bus iness in bankers' bills at $4.84.10f4.84.15 for 60 day bills and at $4.87.704.87.75 for de mand; commercial Dills t.ssrM.J'i. SILVER Bar silver, 61c; Mexican dol lars, 43c. BONDS Government bonds steady; railroad bonds firm. New York Sugar and Coffee Market. New York, Dec. 4. SUGAR Raw, steady; fair refining, $3.83; centrifugal, 96 teat, $4.33; molasses sugar, $3.58. Refined, quiet; crushed, $5.95; powdered, $5.35; gran ulated, $5.25. COFFEE Market steady. No. 7 Rio, 8(&8c; No. 4 Santos, 8c Cotton Market. New York, Dec. 4. COTTON Spot closed quiet, 10 points higher; middling uplands, $14.86; middling gulf, $15.10. No an loo Galveston. Tex.. Dec. 4. COTTON Market higher, yc. Kansas City Produce Market. Kansas Citv. Mo.. Dec 4. WHEAT Cash: Market unchanged. No. 2 hard, $1.0331.09; No. 3, 99eft?l.OT; NO. z rec L23: No. 3, $1,164(1.18. CORN Market unchanged to c higher. No. 2 mixed, 58'559c; No. 2 white, oc; No. 3, 5Sc; No. 3 mixed, oSc. OATS Market unchanged to c higher. No. 2 white, 4143cr No. 2 mixed, 40 41c. RYE 70c i HAY Market unchanged. BUTTER Creamery extras, 32c; firsts, 30c; seconds, 2Sc; packing stock, 22c. EGGS Extras, 29c; firsts, 27c; seconds and dirties. 16c: current receipts. 26c; southerns, loss off, 14c. WHEAT Receipts. 35 cars. CLOSE: WHEAT December, $1.00 bid; May, $1.011.02 bid; July. 93c bid. CORN December, 67&58c; May, 0c; July. 59i&59e. w. ai. rl, C BUFFALO. Chicago Produce Market. -L--- DU11JMV-" J.l fit ILH steady. Creameries, 2632c; dairies, 24 2Sc JiWiS Market steady. Recelnts S.394 cases at mark, cases included, 2025c; Ilrsts. 28c; prime firsts, 30c CHEESE Market firm. Daisies, 16 -3 16c: Twins. 16(ffil6J4c: Younir Americas. 16&16c; Long Horns, 16c POTATOES Market steady. Choice to fancy, 4346c; fair to good, S540c. POULTRY Market steadv. Turkeys. 14c; chickens, llc: springs. llc VEAL Market steady. 50 to 60 lb. wts.. 76c; 60 to 86 lb. wts., 8g9c; 85 to 110 lb. wts., 9 11c. Kansas City Ltve Stock Market. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 4. CATTLE Re ceipts 1,000, Including 100 southerns. Mar ket steady. Native steerB, t4.75S.50; southern steers, t3.605.75; southern cows, $2.604.15; antive -cows and heifers, $2.50(9 6.60; stockers and feeders, $3.105.25; bulls, $2.904.10; calves, $3.507.75; western steers, J3.80g6.60: western cows, $2.754.60. HOGS Receipts 3,000. Market steady. Bulk of sales, $7.90(g!8.20; heavy, $8.158.26; packers and butchers, $3.008.20; light, $7.60S.10; pigs, 6.607.25. NO SHEEP. Chicago Live Stock Market. Chicago, Dec 4. CATTLE Receipts es timated at 400. Maxket steady. Beeves, $3.S69.25; Texas steers, $3.704.75; western steers, $4.00g-7.40: stockers and feeders. $3.106.15; cows and heifers, $2.106.66; calves, $6.25(88.50. HOGS Receipts estimated at 11,000. Market steady. Light. $7.708.30; mixed, $7.808.36; heavy, $7.908.4O; rough, $7.90(3 8.10; good to choice heavy. $S.108.40; pigs, $6.657.70; bulk of sales, $8.05(g.3O. SHEEP Receipts estimated at 1.500. Market steady. Native, $2.756.10; west ern, $3.005.10; yearlings, $5.5O6.80; lambs. native, $o.'fg7i.lo; western, 5&.arf.iD. DAI Li x MOVEMENT Of hKOUUUE. WHEAT Receipts, 7,8600 bushels; ship ments, 32.300 bushels. CORN Receipts. 638,700 bushels; ship ments, 514,000 bushels. Car lot receipts: Wheat S3 cars, with 23 of contract grade; corn 345 cars, with 10 of contract grade; oats 84 cars. Total receipts or wneat at Chicago. Min neapolis and Duluth today were 124 cars, compared with 976 cars last week and 391 cars the corresponding day a year ago. Topeka Market. Furnished by the Ctaas. Wolff Packing Co., yards close at noon Saturday. Wa cannot use pigs, thin sows or hogs weighing less than 1.0 lbs. Do not mar ket hogs unless same are well finished, as we cannot use half fat stuff. We giv below prices effective at once, until fur ther notice. Topeka, Kan., Dec 4. HOGS. MIXED AND BUTCHERS $7.657 90 HEAVY 7.857.93 LIGHT v---v 7.607.73 Can't use thin nogs or those under 171 pounds. CATTLE. Per cut. Grass cows (good) ...$3.00i3.5 Grass cows (medium) 2.504C3 00 Grass heifers (good) 3.504.00 Calves (100 to 200 lbs.) 4.00(2)5.08 Calves (over 200 lbs.)... 3.6y40 Cattle must be good. Cannot use thin stuff. Market price paid for dry lot cattle. BUTTER AND EGGS. Furnished by The Continental Creamery Co., Topeka. Kaa.J N. Y. EGGS Fresh country, d'oi 30s. CREAMERY BUTTER Chicago, 3c N. Y.. 23c. -7.. ELGIN BUTTER 32c. Wholesale prices furnished by Cods A Co.. 134 Kansas Ave. V EGGS Fresh country, candled, 28c POULTRY Hens, live weight, 10c: spring broilers, 1 to 2 lbs., 13c; 2 and heavier, lie. TURKEYS Hens and Young Toms. 15c Old Toms, 16c. BUTTER-Packing stock, per lb.. 21c WHOLESALE FRUIT AND PRODUCE. Furnished by Sam 1 E. Lux. Wholesale Fruit and Produce. BARRELED APPLES-Jonathan. Der bbl.. $5.00; Gano. per bbl.. $4.00; Ben Davis, per bbl., $3.75. BOXED APPLES R. I. Greening, r box, $1.85; N. W. Greening, per box, $1 85 Soloam, per box, $2.00; Roman Beauty, per box, $2.00; York Imperials, per box, $20o Ben Davis, per box, $2.00; Lawyers, per box. $2.25; York Pippins, per box, $2 25 Jonathans, per box. $2.50; Winesaps. ner box, $2.50. BANANAS Medium sized bunches. $2 0 (S2.50; arge bunches, $2.753.00. Per lb., WISCONSIN CRANBERRIES Per bbl. $7.00. NAVEL ORANGES $2.753.2S. CATAWBA GRAPES Per basket 15c ALMERIA GRAPES Per bbl., $5.506 25. BLACK WALNUTS Per bushel. $1 15. CALIFORNIA PEARS Per box. $2 50 CABBAGE Per lb., lc. FLORIDA GRAPE FRUIT Per box. $4.50. PINEAPPLES Per crate, $4.254 50 COCOANUTS Per sack, $5.00; per dozen, PARSNIPS Per bu.. 75c CARROTS Per bu.. 75c SPANISH ONIONS Per crate, $1.36. WIS. RED GLOBE ONIONS Per bu $1.00. TURNIPS Per bu., COc BEETS Per bu., 60c. NEW HONEY Per crate. $3.C0. NEW FIGS Per box, 7Sc. HALLOWI DATES Per lb., 6c. LEMONS California, per box, $4.50. KAW VALLEY POTATOES Per bu. SOc NORTHERN POTATOES MInnesott Rural, per bu.. 70c; Minnesota Burbanks. 70c. SWEET POTATOES Per bu., 75c OYSTERS" New York Counts, per can 50c; New York Extra Selects, per can. 45c New York Plain, per can. 40c; Chesapeaka Dianuurun, per i;uu. owj. CELERY Mammoth, per bunch, 90c Jumbo. per bunch, 75c; Blue Ribbon ner BULK OYSTERS Standards, $1.50 Plans Selects, $1.80; Extra Selects, $2 00: Nea York Counts. $2.20. wew Jumbo, per bunch, 75c; Blue Ribbon B5e CHFFSF-Wls. Y. A. Cheese. p"f lb 18c: Limberger. per lb.. 18c: Wis. Yellow per lb.. 18c; Wis. White, per lb MV4c New Wis. Brick, per lb., 18c; Yellow Daisy, per lb.. (20 lbs.), 18c; Domestio Style Swiss. (25 to 80 lbs per lb.. 19Vic, Topeka Hide Market. Quotations furnished by James C. Smith Hide Co.. 108 East Third St Topeka, Kan., Dee 4 HIDESNo. 1 G. S. hides, 12c- No 1 G. S. hides. llc; sid brands, 10c flit glue hids, 6c flat: No. 1 G. 8. bull hides' llc; No. 2 G. S. bull hides. 10cTDeacon9' 25c to .fioc; slunks. 16c to 25c; No 1 horsi hidest $2.50 to $3.25; No. 2 horse hides iLIS to $2.50; No. S horse hides. 75c; dry flint dy flint Tights. 17l8c:'dry itT: SK dry salts, 14c; dry culls, lie. FURS Raccoon, larsre nrimo i nni m. raccoon, medium S5c$1.00; raccoon, smali $1.75(32.50: skunk, short. $L25L75- A,,nk' I narrow stripe, 85c$1.25; skunk, hrnart 1 25n0c; mink, large, dark. No. 1, $4.50fi5.00: I minx, meaium. no. i, i.oo3.50: mink small and No. 2. $1.752.25; oppossum' large cased No. 1, 35&o0c; oppossum, med- lum. 3wc t oppossum, small, 1015c- musftrat, fall, 256.'30c; civit. 2545e- hbusi cats. 510e; fox. gray. 60c(S$1.00; fox. red prime. $3.504.50; wolf, prime mountain $3.003.50; wolf, prairie. $L002.O0; wild cat. 2575c- Grain Market. Furnished by J. B. Billard. corner Kan. sas ave. and Curtis DI.J Topeka, Kan.. Dee 4. WHEAT No. 2. 95c OLD CORN 65c. NFW CORN 65e. OATS 3S40c

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12 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER A There are plenty of dollars In sight for the many who looks for them in the right place. We will be able to cave you many dollars if you take advantage of our expert cleaning and pressing service. Send your well worn suit to us and after it has gone through our process you will think you have a new suit. Prices moder ate. A. W. VOGEL Successor to C. I-'. Roediger Son. CLEANING WORKS Ind. Phone 57. 820 Kan. Axe. TOPEKA, KAN. f Clean Carpets g Prevent Possible Disease The fibres of wool In carpets and rugs, catch thousands of germs, which are apt to ba disease breeders. Safe guard yourself from anything of this kind by having your rugs and carpets thoroughly renovated before Win ter comes. We Make Them Clean and Sanitary aid return them to you with a different odor la smell that's sweet jand fresh. Dirt Removed Away From Your Home Saving you the d's agreeagle part of home cleanings. O McCormick" O. C. 1622 Van Buren Phones. 421 HURRY JUST IN TIME to get BICYCLE LAMPS and BELLS. New Stock. We Sell Gas Lights and Mantles H. M. frn Cve1 Co. 810 Kmim Atu Reliable Dentistry Special for 10 Days Gold Crowns, 22 karat $4.00 Best Set of Teeth $7.00 Silver Filling. 50c Teeth Extracted, painless, 25c All Work Guaranteed Twenty Years. HOURS: t to Sunday 9 to 12. Wednes day and Saturday evenings till 8 p.m. New York Dental Co. 618 Kanas Ave. Ind. 196S This Is the Best All Metal Weather Strip on the Market for Old or New Windows and Doors. Keeps out dust and cold winds and saves fuer. Don't cost much For information call Ind. 2723 white. Write Box 97-Topeka, Kansas. 821 West Tenth St. OFFICIAL Watch Inspector OF THE Santa Fe Railroad The moat skillful Watch Adjusting Service in the city. A full and complete line of High Crade Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry. Repairing a Specialty. R. H. MOREHOUSE 10 E. Fourth St, Topeka, Kan. THIS IS f S in".: I i Mil 't Kffi An Old Grace a New Hobby. The International Sunday-school les .pon for December 5 is "Paul on the Grace of Giving." II. Cor. 8: 1-15. BY WILLIAM T. KLLIS. The revival of old fashions in women's clothes is not half so signifi cant us the revival, under another nam nf nnn ne.f ioned Christian grace of giving. Nowadays this is the .fad of the prosperous. It has become "good form" for millionaires to make great donations of a public char acter. A man feels himself under a i moral obligation to give back to the neor.le in some euise the wealth, which he has got from them. Thus, when a cevtain railroad magnate died recently w'.thout making a single public or charitable bequest, the outspoken sentiments of the people condemned him. Ho had failed to some up to the reasonable expectation of the world. On the other hand, when another New Tors millionaire died shortly afterward, end left something like thirty million dollars to religious and benevolent purposes, all carefully dis tributed and without conditions, it was generally said that he had done a rich man's duty by his money and by so ciety; and that he has set a fashion in giving which other men of wealth will follow. He gave himself plus his money. A Preacher's Irony. The matter of giving, from the Christian standpoint, was pointedly put once bv a Philadelphia pastor, Rev. Dr. Thomas Brainerd, who had appealed In vain to lhe prosperous members of his congregation in behalf of some good cause: "Brethren, the Lord has denied you the privilege of exercising many of the most precious graces of the Christian character, which, in his infinite mercy, he has vouchsafed to the rest cf us. You never knew what it was to repose absolute, unassisted faith in God for the things in this world. You never had to go to sleep at night without knowing where your break fast was to come from. You -never had a sick child wasting away for the want of costly luxuries. You never had to deny yourself the gratification of the Impulses of pity, when a suf ferer came to your door. You never had to endure the humiliation of be ing dunned for an honest debt, with out knowing whether you could ever pay it. All these urspeakable advan tages in developing Christian char acter an Inscrutable Providence has taken from you, and bestowed upon us poor men. The one solitary grace of the Christian life which has been denied to us and given to you is the grace of liberality, and if you don't exercise that, the Lord have mercy on your souls!" The Complementary Grace. Paul's thought was not greatly dif ferent from this. He pointed out to the affluent Christians at Corinth that the poor Macedonians had exceeded them in coming to the help of the needy disciples at Jerusalem. These Corinthians abounded in other graces especially In the grace of "utter ance" but they needed the grace of giving if their religion was not to go limping. Liberality is hands and feet, jes and mouth, also, for all the other virtues. It in itself is not enough to constitute a Christian character, but it is complementary to the' other rmpps A mean Christian is not much of a Christian. The stingy saint has scriptural warrant tor aouuimts whether he Is a saint at all. Three profound considerations were suggested by the apostle as incentives to generosity. One was that the Mace donians first gave themselves and then their gift. That is the first prin ciple of successful beneficence The hand is needed more than what it holds. "The gift without the giver is bare." God asks for gifts because he wants the givers; and the gift is but a token of the giver's allegiance. The cheapest thing in the world to impart to our fellow men is money. The second principle of philan thropy pointed out by the apostle is that the Macedonians gave out of their deep poverty. They shared their little, which is far better than to dis pense from an unmissed surplus. De spite the modern fad of big gifts, the great works of religion and charity are to be done by the small offerings of the many. In the third place, Paul set forth a great motive, by appealing to the ex ample of the Lord Jesus "that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor," The gift that Is hal lowed by self-denial partakes of the very flavor of Christliness. t 1 H'n The most remarkable story known to me of extended influence through the use of money is that which I have told at length in my booX "Men .-ana Missions." Dr. John F. Goucher, of Baltimore, is known -in educational circles as the founder, president, and now president emeritus of the Wom an's College, Baltimore. He is' one of the real leaders of the Methodist Episcopal denomination, a really great man, with a dozen claims to distinc tion. But of all the expressions of his life that appeal to the Imagination, his work in India is the most remark able. Nearly a generation ago Dr. Goucher undertook to do a special survive for each of the great non- Christian lands. Into the problem of India he put deep thought and thor ough investigation. ThJ result was that he personally piannea ana sup ported a chain of village schools in the Northwest Provinces although he himself was at work In America au the while. These he carried on to a high school, with provisions for the marriage of Christian students. The wonderful details of the experiment cannot be told here; but today the Northwest Provinces are full of "Goucher boys"; and there are more than fifty thousand Christians in India who, in all human probability, would have been heathen still had it not been for Dr. Goucher's investment of his powers and money. That won ."rous achievement, which is still multiplying, in geometrical ratio, has been wrought at a cost of only one hundred thousand dollars, which is less than many a mar pays for a private yacht. All this came to pass because of (1) a great impulse, (2) an investment of personality, and (3) the dedication of the wealth of which God had made one man the steward. The Giving Habit. One of the surprises of a visit to heathen temples is the prevalence of the contribution box. The first act of worship is to toss a few coins into the temple chest. Everywhere it is "Give, five, give!" The pilgrims and other worshippers .quite like many west erners have reduced the science of giving to a fine art. They use the smallest coins: commonly one-twentieth of a cent in American money. Indeed, there is some currency so small that il is never used except for the purposes of worship, and is called ''temple money"! At oresent the churches of North America are being stimulated to better ways of giving. The Layman's Mis sionary Movement is sweeping over the land, Inspiring resolutions to give more largely, to give more systematic ally, and to give more sacredly. Money represents life. Most persons must, like William Carey, "cobble shoes to pay expenses," even though their busi ness is "serving the Lord." The wider reach of our influence our touch upon the big world overseas, and our share in all national activities must come through the consecration of our money. NEWS AND NOTES. The Russian Jew is often mentioned in print, but he forms only 8.55 per cent of the population of Russia, while Mohammedans form 9.47 per cent. Both" the Methodist and Presbyter ian denominations in Canada maintain bureaus of moral and social reform. Included in the comprehensive activi ties of these agencies, both of which keep secretaries in the field, is a fight against the race-track gambling all over Canada. A remarkable record of one man's work is that made by Rev. G. Camp bell Morgan, of Westminster Chapel, London, who is well known on this side of the water for his addresses at Northfield and elsewhere. He has been five years at Westminster Chapel, which had 213 members when he took Charge. It now has 912, of whom 550 have been received upon confession of faith. The church has sent six missionaries to the foreign field. One of its unique features is a roil of associate members, consisting of those who wish to commune and co-operate at Westminster without re moving their names from the roll of their old "home" church. Dr. Morgan gives his morning sermons to Bible ex position and the evenings to evangel istic addresses. Missionaries in Syria report that there is a likelihood of a repetition of the Armenian massacres of last spring. The Brotherhood of the Congrega tional Churches will henceforth, for all practical purposes, be the Lay men's Missionary Movement of that denomination. An American evangelist, says "The Christian World," of London, was en gaged by a church for a week's special mission. On his arrival he went at once to see the minister. "What sort of a church have you got here?" he inquired. "Well," replied the pastor, "I am afraid I must say that things are pretty bad. The people are worldly and careless, the congregations are small, there is no interest in missions, no one comes to a prayer-meeting, dances and card parties go on all through the week, but the ceonle are entirely different to the claims of religion." "Well," sneered the evan gelist, "if I had a church with mem bers like that I'd go out and hire a yeiiow aog to bite 'em." "Yes," said the minister, "that's what we've done." The Methodist Episcopal Board of .missions nas cut aown Its appropria tion for next year three per cent or J25.668, owing to a deficit. A Friend and His Wisdom. Terse Comments for December 5. "Life Lessons for Me from First John." I John 4: 7-21. BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS. It is the one closest to a man's heart who best understands his mind. "It is the heart and not the brain. That to the highest doth attain That is why loving disciples of Christ comprehend him better than many learned scholars. Not the critical faculty, but the capacity for affection, measures one's ability- to know God. The two clearest exponents of the character and Gospel of Jesus were his two best friends, Paul and John. Paul conceived an overmastering passion for his Lord. John was. the best earthly friend of Jesus, leaning on his breast at supper. So it has come to pass that Christians love best the lineaments of the Master as John the Beloved h rirnwn thom anA v Fourth Gospel is the most 'thumbed .Tnh n n-n s m a a Yxr V i t -v, UJt UIO LI ICUUbUip. ine same transformation is being wiuugm every uay oerore our eyes; TTI PT7 Pinrl WnmoTl YernmA j i tcuumo iui u.eu oy a great love. There is no education tmiol a V. J I 1 m. diut:u in me scnool or the heart. What v, ouajica uo. IT, as did the apostle, we love the Su preme Life, then our lives likewise In lOVfi'fi Rrhnn1 Tnhn 1AO......J i to write five of the greatest books of iKvr lesiaraem; ana they are all redolent of the love of God. Desnite the nM nrnt.i. i.. 1 i la nut, blind. It sees farthest and most clear ly. in Kiiowieage wnich our friends have of us is truer than that of our enemies. John was qualified to be the biographer of the inner nature of Jesus because he loved him. Anvhmiv Uhrt cta an r as did John the Beloved finds that his oiner name is iove. Two lovers at their trystin time were wont to read over the portion of jumi a ursi letter wnicn the Christian Endeavorers are studying this week. It seemed to them as if none of the other great passages in literature upon love were sufficient to exDress and explain their own- passion for each other. Throughout their courtship, and far into their married life, they were accustomed to read together, "Be loved, let us love one another; for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God." Often lower passions and impulses are mistaken (or love; a certain test is this great letter of John's. Love that Is love, pure, divine, and eternal, will square with these standards. The proof that a man is walking in the light is the love he bears his brother. No creed subscription can take the place of this: the real ortho doxy is just walking in the light and love of God. An interesting book could be written upon the vital relation that subsists between religion and education, In un folding John's proposition that "God I is light." Wherever men come to know God, there they straigntway set out in quest of all lesser knowledge. There are two principal planks in John's platform of religion: "God is light" and "God is love." Any other conception of the divine character is inadequate. Because God is light, he cannot tolerate: the darkness of sin; and no one can walk in sin and keep company ."with' Gbdr The very nature 01 the .rather tn Heaven requires holi ness on the part of his friends That is a very- shallow notion of light and jove wnich would make the divine Being a characterless, colorless Im manence, heedless of moral conduct. Essayists, editors, preachers, teach ers, sociologists, and plain, everyday iolk are discussing the question, "What is the matter wiui the life of today?" John gave the answer nine teen centuries ago, when he admon ished his friends to "Love not the world." That Is what ails men and women today; we love the world over much: its pomp and pride and parade and possessions. We have gone mad after things. Most of us are trying to "go the pace," and so we have los.t our peace and our Joy and our power. And with it all we are blind to the obvious fact that among the unhappi est persons on earth are those who have' obtained most of this world's gifts. The love of the present world is the- blight of our times; let us go to school to saintly old John Jo learn a better way. SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS. Doubt is often faith in the making. W. J. Dawson; 4 4 Man's work is to labor and leaven As best he may earth here with heaven. Browning. There is no place where earth's sorrows Are more felt than up in heaven: There is no place where earth's failings Have such kindly judgment given; For the love God is broader Than the measures of man'3 mind, And the Heart of the Eternal Is most wonderfully kind. Faber. No man that imparteth his joys to his friend but he joyeth the more; and no man that imparteth his griefs i to his friend but he grleveth the less. Bacon. Look round- the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue. Dryden. Every upward aspiration is God's angel undefiled; And in every "O my Father," slum bers deep a "Here, my child." Anon.

There is no use in arguing with the inevitable; the only argument with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. Charles Wagner. RELIGIOUS THOUGHT. Gems Gleaned From the Teachings of All Denominations. Liberty, that dear possession of our land and race, is lightly treated by some, but its cost was struggle and tears and blood. Rev. Joseph L. Wal ker, Methodist, Aurora. 111. RELIGION LIKE WATER. Religion is as free today as it was at the time our Lord was in person on earth: but. like water, it costs something for its conveniences. Rev. L. M. Zimmerman, Lutheran, Balti more. THE SIN AND THE CURE. There is but one prime cause for all social disorder. That Is sin against God and humanity. There is one and only one cure. That is the applied gospel of Christ.. Rev. Frark W. Luce, Methodist-Episcopal, Cleveland. WORK AS DID THE MASTER. Let us work with all our might, as the Master worked as God works, and 6uccess will surely come. OnW we must be sure the work is what God wishes us to do. and we must look to him for strength and a blessing. Rev. Floyd W. Tomklns, Presbyterian, Philadelphia. PROGRESS IS SLOW. Human minds pass over- the same intellectual paths made by their fore fathers long ago, and when any new idea comes to uproot the dead one it will first have to break through the crust of human indifference. Rev. Herbert S. Bigelow, People's Church, Cincinnati. CHRIST IN A MAN'S LIFE. If the Christ stands in a man's life for anything, it is that he is able to make men here and now more buoy ant and cheerful, radiant and hopeful, amiable and sweet, joyous and san guine, than they could otherwise pos sibly hope to be Rev. Arthur J. Francis, Congregationaiist, Chicago. CHURCH UNITY. We have made mistakes in the past, but we need not repeat or perpetuate them.- A comic paper offered advice which the church might well follow, "Competitors for goodness who at each other thrust should imitate the plutocrats and organize a trust." Rev. A. H. Thompson, Methodist Epis copal, Washington. AN ENCOURAGING SIGN. Old lines of cleavage and separation between men are gradually being battered down. Many of the leaders in the different religious faiths have been led to comprehend that there is a connecting link between all man kind; that there is unity; that we all have one thing in common the brotherhood of man. This sign is en couraging, and it indicates a better condition for mankind in the future than in the past. Rabbi David Phil lipson, Jewish, Cincinnati. THE KINGDOM OF GOD. The surest thing in the world is the kingdom of God. Nature, customs, civilizations, institutions and creeds, which were supposed to be permanent, have hardly left their dust on the paths that the feet of the servants of Christ have made down the slopes of the centuries. To have one's life work permanent it must be a part of this kingdom of God. The kettle of the selfish life sings as it boils, but at last becomes empty and melts in the fire. Rev. Charles L. White, Baptist, Waterville, Me. ORTHODOXY NOT AN ISSUE. The great principles of religion which Unitarianism represents are nominir to their own in all churches. And that is well for religion and for the church. Orthodoxies are out of date, as well in religion as elsewhere. Religion must show a capacity to progress. New times require new in terpretations of religion. The vital issues today are the materialism of much of modern thought and life and the social application of religion and the social efficiency of the church. Let people stop criticising each other's definitions of Christianity and meet the great issues of today with the great principles of Christian life. Rev. Minot Simmons, Unitarian, Cleveland, O. HEROISM OF DANIEL. Daniel stands prominent among the heroes of Bible history. The charm ine story of his life has been an in spiration and help to many a man in the crisis of his life. In him was that heroic element much needed today. He was at a crisis.- As a prisoner tn a faraway land two courses las before him. One promised to make him lead a captive's life, while the other, on the condition that he smother his con science and "go with th3 crowd of fered Aim freedom and the splendors of the king's court. The glamour of I "Tiiii 1 ,1 THE MIJTUAL loviMER Third and Quincy this prospedt must have thoroughly tested him, tjut the heroic element as serted Itself, and he met the test with the decision to-remain true to himself, to God and N his high ideal. Rev. Edgar T. Van Horn, Seventh Day Baptist, New York. LOVE IS INDESTRUCTIBLE. We are bej ond the region of mere conjecture or 1 blind belief. We are living in a period of knowledge based upon the highest faith and the deepest personal' experience. I have n.. fear of what, I have called death. I know that there is no death.' for he who. was dead and is alive again forever more has abolished death and brought life and immortality clearly to light through the good news, the gospel he has given to men. I know I am en circled about with a great assem blage of witnesses, men and women of saintly and heroic lives, who have fought the good fight of faith. I know they are cheering me on in the race of life. I know that when the goal is reached I, shall be greeted and glad dened by those I have loved who have gone before me, for I know that I shall know them and te known by them, for the heart lives and knows forever, and love is indestructible. Fishop Samuel Fallows, Reformed Episcopal, Chicago. Bible Study X. Text: Exodus 25-40, the Tabernacle. Memory verse 25:8. This week, instead of questions. I will make statements concerning the iabernacle and its furniture, which will perhaps be the most useful. The Tabernacle. The dwelling place of God. The palace of the King. The first religious structure for Jehovah divine grace cet up in the wilderness God always vith us. God's presence makes men holy a shadow of heavenly things. It was erected on the first day of the first "month of the second year after leaving Egypt. It was completed in nine months. Its cost is estimated :rom quarter of a million to one mil lion dollars. It was 45 feet long, 15 ieet wide and 15 feet high. It was divided into two parts. There were 4 8 boards of shittim wood, covered -vith gold, for three sides.' They were set in sockets of silver. They were held together by bars. There was no floor. There was an open side, fur nished with a curtain. The materials were various, suitable, very costly, leautiful, durable and mostly from Egypt. It taught the holiness of God, t.nd the divine plan for bringing God and man together. The Import of the materials foreshadowed Christ. Gold Son of God. Silver ransom for sin ners. Brass Christ on the cross, blue love. Purple flesh. Scarlet dignity. Linen truth, etc. The Ark of the Covenant. The first and most important of the eix pieces of furniture. It stood for God's presence." It was made .of ccacia wood covered with gold -27 inches high, 27 inches wide and 45 long. A crown of gold was at the top; the lid was solid gold, and called ;he mercy seat. At either end were cherubim 'size unknown. It was ear ned by staves passed through rings on either side. The Shikinah light was between the cherubim. The mercy teat was sprinkled with blood on the Day of Atonement. It was the only thing in the Holy of Holies. Later it contained the law, Aaron's rod and a pot of manna. Table of .Shewbread. To the right as you entered the Holy palace was the Table of Shew nread to teach the lesrfon of com munion with God. It had a crown of gold at the top. On it were twelve cakes of bread, renewed every Sab 1 ath. It was eaten by the priests In the Holy place and no where else. On 1 the table were two dishes for the bread, two for frankincense and two for wine. The Candlestick. To the left was the candlestick -of -ure gold. No dimensions. The snuf fers ajd snuff dishes were pure gold. It was always burning. The ornaments were almondc, knops and flowers. It was the only light of the sanctuary. TL had seven branches. The oil was renewed daily. The Incense Altar. This was 18 inches by 18 inches and three feet high. It stood just in front of the vail dividing the Tabernacle, it had a crown of gold at the top and a horn at each corner. On it the priest burned the incense (prayer) be fcre the ark. The Brazan Altar. The largest piece of the Tabernacle furniture. It stood in the outer court rear the entrance. There were horns on the corners. It was weod covered with brass. There was a grate but no bottom. It did for Israel what the cross did for us. Our substitute for the Brazen altar is the Bible. Horns eiood for protection. The fire never went out. Concluded next week. MRS. C. F. MENNINGER. CHURCH NOTICES. Kansas Avenue Methodist Episco pal church, John W. Waldron, pastor. Preaching at 11 o'clock. Subject, "The Glory of the Cross." Sermon at 8 p .m. Subject: "The Angel-Thronged Ladder." First United Presbyterian church. Rev. 3. A. Renwick pastor. Preach ing 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. by the pastor. Second Church of Chrict, Scientist, corner Sixth and Harrison. Services Sunday 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Subject, "God the Only Cause and Creator." Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Testi monial meeting Wednesday 8 p. m. First Lutheran church. W. W. Horn, pastor. Morning worship at 11 a. m. subject "What a Good Man Is, and How He Becomes So." The W. Whyv .Tolerate This Eternal Wash-Day "Row?" It's unpleasant, foolish and costly. Puts you in a bad humor and causes everything to go wrong. Careless help i3 as common as poor laundries; dispense with both. Bundle up the whole bunch and call for a Mutual wagon, f Our very methods guarantee abso- -lute satisfaction. You. as a hoisewife, know what an advantage soft water is. You know that if properly wash with pure soap and soft water, that garments will not fade or shrink.. And you can surely realize that with the 101, other advantages of our carefully systemitized laundry that we offer you a service unequalled. Try the Mutual way you'll like it. Phone S 1 9 It's time Five Wagons "SO Employees A Well Lighted Store Is the Guide-Post for the Buying Public The buyers naturally drift to the lightest and brightest shops its only human. Plenty of the right kind of light is a good impression creator inspires confidence and helps sell goods. Gas Arcs make the correct kind of light for your store. It is the nearest equal to sunlight possible. The whole inter ior of your store can be made as light as day at an ex tremely low cost. You need Gas Arcs. Let our representative call. Consumers L. H. P. Co. Office 824- Kansas Ave. H. and F. M. society will hold their "Thank offering" meeting at 7:30 p. m First United Brethren church, the Evangelistic meetings will continue another week. O. T. Deever, the pas ter will preach at 11 a. m. on the sub ject: "Travailing for Souls." The sub ject for 7:30 p. m. Is: "The Gospel's Love Story." Lowman chapel. C. E. Holcombe, pastor. Preaching by the pastor at 11 a. m. Subject: "The Name." At 7:30 p. m. the Rev. W. W. Horn of the First Lutheran church will preach. East side M. E. church, J. Wesley Johnston, pastor. Sermon at 11 a. m., subject, "The Christian's Glorious Callings." Revival service at 7:80,sub ject, "The Dumb Spirit Cast Out." Central Park Christian church, Albert T. Fittzs, pastor. Preaching at 11. At 7:30 p. m. the ladies of the Christian Woman's Board of Missions will have charge of the service. First Congregational, Francis L. Hayes. D. D., pastor. Morning, "Effec tive Christianty." The subject is sug gested by a passage in Wm. Allen White's "A Certain Rich Man." Even ing, "The American Family." The Westminster Presbyterian church, Rev. Ralph Ward, pastor. At 7:30 to morrow evening the Woman's Mission ary society will hold its annua) praise service. The address will be made by Mrs. William Blair, of Korea. The pastor will preach at the morning ser vice. German M. E. church, John Kaehler, pastor. Morning service at 10:45. even ing service at 7:30 p. m. Church of St. Sdmon. the Cyrenian, (Episcopal) the Rev. H: B. Brown, priest. 7:30 a. m.. celebration of the Holy Eucharist: 11 a, m.. choral cele bration with sermon, subject. "Church Loyalty;" 4:30 p. m., choral evensong with sermon by the Rev. Warren R. -Yeakel of Hiawatha. First Presbyterian church. Rev. Stephen S. Estey. Ph. D D. D pastor. Services at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Ser mons by the pastor. Quinton Heights chapel, Arthur B. Whelps, minister. Preaching at 11 and 7-30. Morning subject, "The Crowning Grace." Evening service in the in terest of men. Subject of sermon, "A Man's Job." Wesleyan Methodist church. Rev. T. J. Pomeroy, pastor. Services at 11 n. m. and 7:30 p. m. Morning theme, "Christmas Giving." Evening subject, Entire Sanctification and Regenera tion Compared." First Church of Christ, Scientist. Services at 11 a. m. Subject, "God the '"nly Cause and Creator." Sunday evening service at 8 o'clock. First Baptist church, Tnomas S. Young, pastor. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Subject of morning ermon, "God Seeking Men." Anthem ry the choir. The evening service will be in charge of the Brotherhood of the church. Sermon by the pastor. Subject, "The Man In the Dark." There will be special music led by orchestra 8nd male chorus. First Methodist Episcopal church, Hev. Frank U- Lynch, D. D., pastor. Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. District Superintendent T. J. Ream, assisted by ihe pastor, will conduct the quarterly communion service. At 7:30 p. m. the nastor will preach the third sermon in the series "The Master and other Mas ters." Subject, "The Modern Reli gion."' Special music at both services. Walnut Grove Methodist, C. B. 1 Zook, pastor. Morning service will LAUNDRY onsist of worship, presentation ot children, baptism of adults. Evening rervices 7:30. Sermon theme, "The Damaged Soul." DIFFERENT IN KANSAS Here Green Christmas Doesn't Make a r$ Graveyard. The theory that a green Christmas means a fat graveyard does not hold good in Kansas. There Is no place where the people are stronger or healthier than in the Sunflower state and yet, out of the past 22 times of which the weather bureau has a record, there have been but five occasions on which the ground was white on Christmas day. The green Christmas has prevailed until it may almost be regarded as a Kansas in- -stitution and yet, there are many places where the white Christmas prevails that have more densely popu lated cemeteries than are to be found here. Not for 14 years has Topeka ex perienced a white Christmas The last ono on record was in 1895 when three inches of snow was on the ground. At the closing of the old century snow fell on Christmas day but had disappeared by night. Since Christmas, 1899, there has been no snow on Christmas. The first Christmas of which the local weather bureau has a record is the Christmas of 1887. It was a white Christmas, snow having fallen on December 20 and the low temperature which followed prevented its dis appearing, Then came two years with a green Christmas each to their credit. In 1890 the Christmas was white, according to the records, there being 5 inches of snow on the ground. The next year a white I Christmas is also recorded although tne wnite Dianket mat uay amounted to .2 Inches or less than a quarter of an inch. Christmas, 1892 was a white Christmas but it was the last one until 1895. In that year there were three inches of snow on the ground on Christmas day. But there has not been a Christmas since that time that Santa Claus did not have rough sledding as he skidded along over the frozen ground. In 1899 the snow which fell did not come until Christmas day. too late to do any good, and it dis appeared before night. It is up to you to draw your own color lln- and decide whether this was a white or green Christmas. Beginning with 1900 there has not been a break In the monotony of the green Christ mases that have been the order It Is remarkable t" ,t there has never been a Chrirtmas, since local weather records were begun, that was not pre ceded by snow. Snow always falls in Kansas before the holidays arrive.. Most of the snow comes after Christmas but that holiday never gets In without a snow having previously fallen. The average time of year for snow Ini Kansas is November 18. This year the snow is late in arriving but It will come before Christmas or break a record, so you had better hunt up last year's over shoes and get the snow shovel out of the basement or you'll have all this trouble after the ground Is white. The earliest that snow has fallen, ac cording to records for the last 22 years is September 19, 1901. when there was a heavy falL The latest in the year that the first snow is registered Is for De- cember 24, 1890. But it came before Christmas. The weather man will not riir I Kuess on whether or not the coming Christmas is to be a white one. But there Is one due soon because there has not been a white Chriirtmas for elsht years. Also it Is fairly safe to expect snow between now and that day be- XvLtT. geis one before: Christmas and has it still to come this year.

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