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

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1 EVERYBODY 12 PAGES READS IT. EVERYBODY 12 PAGES NEEDS IT. LAST EDITION. WEDNESDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS. DECEMBER 15. 1909. WEDNESDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. llf Itlltl. USE THECONVICTS President Jackson's Plan for Good Roads. One Half Those in United States Could Be Utilized. ATTENDANCE IS LARGE One Thousand Delegates at Representative Hall. Sessions Close With the After noon Meeting. It has been estimated that upwards of a thousand delegates have in at tendance at the sessions of the National Oood Roads' convention, although the registration has not reached that mark. A large delegation came up this morn ing from Lawrence and other nearby points for the day. Governor Sanders of Louisiana and Governor SheUenber ger of Nebraska did not arrive this morning as was expected, but the pro gram which was carried out was an ex cellent one. Fosslby the most important question which came up for discussion during the morning was that of employing con victs in connection with road construc tion. "I venture to say that in this country fully one-half of the convicts in the country could be used upon the highways." was the statement of Pres ident Arthur C. Jackson. "Everywhere where convict labor has been intel ligently used, it has been a decided euccess and I hope that our resolu tion committee will see fit to bring this matter before the meeting." Curtis Hill, state highway engineer of Missouri, who gave an address on pood roads and their building, told fcomething of the success of using con vict labor on the roads in Missouri. He was heartily in favor of the plan. Mr. Coolcy's Address. George W. Cooley, Minnesota state highway engineer, gave an address which was appreciated by the road ex perts. "The principal road system now before the people is the stone of macadam," said Mr. Cooley. "This system has been in vogue for centuries. We can't afford now to cover this coun try with the roads we need. "The system of tar or asphalt macadam roads is gaining in popularity. "The two principle in road construc tion are construction and drainage. "If you can't get the water away from the road, get the road away from the water. "We have to depend for 2a to 50 years largely on good earth roads and the question that we have to consider is Vio-w to build them with, the least ex pense. "The secret of the magnificent roads in France and Germany lies not in the construction but in the maintenance. A stitch in time saves nine; and the people in those countries realize it." Prof. W. C. Hoad of the engineering department of the State university spoke in part as follows: "This country is a big country and this movement for good roads is a good movment This movement is diversified. In Massachusetts and Connecticut they have needed and have secured for their country thor oughfares hard rock roads. "The need is just coming to us, and it is one of .he next steps in our prog ress. "In the construction of hard roads It isn't worth our while to do all our experimenting before we learn what are the best methods, as We can profit by the experience of others.- The same carl .be said of oil roads. We can study the ground that has been gone over Jn Callforina.. "Now there are certain general principles m connection with building hard road3, for example a good solid roadbed is a necessity. Another gen eral principle is that we must have some durable material for the road surface. Beyond that there are hard ly any principles that can be generally applied it becomes a local matter. "The requirement for rigidity or solidity necessitates good subdrainage. It is the result we want. Keeping the water out of the road will help pre serve its solidity. "We do not have the material for road building that they have in New Jersey, New York and other states, but we do have good lime stones, and lime stones make good roads. "They cost less to construct but do rot wear quite as long. We have been running a series of road testa in con nection with our laboratory at the State university, and find in many part, of the state are excellent road building materials. It often comes to the point of which of two or three different ma terials shouid be used. "The matter of thickness of the road Is largely a local matter. In the east they have six inch roads. Here eight inches is considered about the proper depth for our lime stone. "The construction of good roads should be along the lines of business. That is, the thoroughfares that are used most are the ones which will Justify an immediate expenditure. "If it can be shown that road con struction will more than pay for its cost through a saving to the user3, then the building of them is justified. "It seems to me that our roads de velopment should be done by local money and service. This is my own opinion about it, although I know that H will not meet the approval of all road enthusiasts. "The hard thing is to make a start in good road building, but when we once start it "i-t not be so difficult." Passenger Man Talks. H. G. Kaill, assistant general freight and passenger agent for the Union Pa cific, was next on the program. "We know that the question of good roads in of interest to almost every one." said Mr. Kaill. "The question of good roads is of course universal. We have found in handling the freight traffic if we can get the produce brought to us through out the year and not have things con Jested it is of considerable benefit to us. "If it were not for our elevator ser vice along our roads I don't know what we would do. We appreciate from the standpoint of the railroad good roads, and if the farmers -would quit talking Politics and would help to get good roads it would be a good thing." The last address on the morning pro gram was by Curtis Hill, state highway engineer of Missouri. He said in part: "The Improvement of wagon roads means the improvement of our own property. "The people of these states have so long been under the impression that road money has been wasted they rath er hesitate about putting more money into roads. The money has been lost on account of a lack of knowledge of ef ficient work. Whenever the general public is willing to submit to scientific and competent supervision and leave politics out of the affair, we will get good roads. "State tax and expert supervision is the prescription of good roads. There are r more than one out of ten of our petty road officials who have a competent knowledge of road making. It is the fault of our venerable system and not 'he officials, as they are gen erally honest. "Like everything else it depends largely upon the individual put hi charge. Our law is In many places poorly applied, but our law is good." Mr. Hill is a strong advocate of put ting convicts on road construction and talked at length on this point. Mr. Gort's Speech. During the afternoon W. R. Gort, president of the Oklahoma Good Roads association, gave an address on "Road Construction and Drain age." It follows: "To undertake to locate, drain and construct a road, without plans would subject one to just criticism. Skilled location of a road accurately deter mines route, drainage and grades. The use of any material for culverts, bridges or surfacing of a road that will not resist the elements is repre hensible indeed; and should not be countenanced, if permanent construc tion is intended or desired. "Where the monies are derived from the voting of bonds posterity has every right to expect that the road will endure until the bonds ma ture. Education is the one great fac tor that makes the engineer a neces sity in road location and "onstruction and his education qualifies him to obtain results, whereas one untrained and uneducated usually leaves us 'In the Mud.' A mixture of soil and wat er produces mud. Remove and pre vent the water from obtaining access to the soils and evaporation will leave only dry soil remainitig. "Drainage is a simple remedy for the treatment of a mudhole which can be applied by any ordinary mor tal. There do be mortals 'who ven ture where engineers fear to tread' who do attempt to run water up hill. an undertaking never accomplished b-.- th ost road overseer who built a mud hole. xji a,i.is,e follows location and should receive careful consideration at the hands of the engineer. The material necessary for construction of embankment should be borrowed in such manner as to leave perfect drainage in both ditches and permit free run-off of the storm water, as perfect drainage and proper diverting of storm waters are the basic prin ciples in the construction and main tenance of roads. "Avoid concentration of storm wat er and do not attempt to carry it in long distances in the upper ditch to save, the cost of an additional culvert. Dispose- of it at the first opportunity and when an embankment across a waterway obstructs the free run-off of the' storm water provide a culvert of adequate size to accommodate the storm water from each drainage area centering at each identical waterway. xvetrp me auu-uuse urameu aiiu j dry ana it win reduce the cost or maintenance to a minimum. The only enemy of good roads that must be continually combated is water. Un molested it will undermine and wash away the most expensive and care fully constructed roadway. Build from the sub-base up. "Storm water conducted long dis tances in a ditch on the upper side of a roadway is constantly augmented by run-off from intersecting water courses which it ultimately concentrates and renders difficult to handle, whereas if disposed of at frequent intervals when the volume is limited by small perma nent culverts constructed of vitrified culvert pipe, where sizes will permit or stone masonry or cement concrete when larger culverts are required, the con centration of the storm water does not result and its disposal is easily and economically accomplished. We refer to vitrified culvert pipe particularly, for the reason, that an established gradient can always be maintained and a fixe-1 velocity secured whereby the capacity can always be accurately determined. Construction of Culverts. "In the construction of culverts vitri fied pipe will prove to be the most con venient, durable and economical when ever it will accommodate the volume of storm water required to be handled. Purged by the fires of the kilns of all that is volatile and fused together by the intense heat until it is a homogene ous mass as dense as glass, it has ail the strength of steel, resisting the ac tion of the elements and enduring for all time. Fall is the factor that de termines the velocity of the water and the carrying capacity of the flow-line. The accelerated velocity on a continu ous gradient being due to gravity. Con serve it and utilize it and you will find it a valuable asset which will decrease the cost of culverts. Increasing the cross section of a culvert may not necessarily increase the capacity of the culvert nrovided less fall obtains. "The capacity of a 24. inch pipe on a fall of one inch to the 100 feet has a carrying capacity of 2,396 gallons per minute. Increase the fall to 36 inches to the 100 feet, and it will have a carry ing capacity of 14,466 gallons per min ute, which is over six times the ca pacity it had on one inch of fall, there fore care should be taken to utilize all the available fall that the velocity may .be secured to assist in handling the run-off.. The area of a 24 inch pipe is 452 square inches, whereas the area of an 18 inch pipe Is 254 square inches and the capacity of the two 18 inch pipes on any stated fall, is approximately the same as the capacity of one 24 Inch pipe on the identical fall. "Remember that Increasing the fall Increases the velocity which increases the capacity and thereby decreases the size of the pipe required to handle the stated quantity of runoff or storm wa ter and is an economic factor in road construction. When any other approv ed material is used in col vert con struction other than vitrified culvert pipe it is still imperative that fall 're ceive due consideration to economically handle the runoff or storm water. Sub stantial abutments of brick or stone masonry or cement concrete should be constructed at each end of the cul vert when completed to protect it from washouts and contact with wheels. Subdrainage should be appealed to w here ft becomes necessary to intercept a seep or drain a subbase by lowering the water level. "Common norous drain tile is used exclusively for this purpose by engi neers, the tile being laid in such man ner as to drain into the lower ditch. IT ISJTIED UP. President of National Leagne May Go Over. Johnson's Attitude Is a Dis turbing Factor. MAY MEAN A WAR. That Is if Ward Is Chosen Over His Protests. New Candidate in Person of Louisville Newspaper Man. New York, Dec. 15. The threat of Ban Johnson, president of the American league, to refuse to sit on the National commission should John M. Ward bo elected president of the National league which would practically mean a base ball war between the two major leagues was again to the fore today when the magnates of the National league gathered to consider the question of the presidency. So tangled has the question become that it was predicted today that a se lection of the league head would not be made before tomorrow or the next day. With Cincinnati, Pittsburg and Bos ton for Heydler, and New York, Chi cago and Brooklyn for Ward, the out come depends on the course of Horace Fogel, the. new president of the Phila delphia club, and Stanley Robison of St. Louis. The former is generally un derstood to favor Ward, while Robison has made no open declaration for either candidate. R. W. Brown, managing editor of a Louisville newspaper, was discussed this morning as a compromise candi date. Garry Herrmann, of the Cincinnati club, is said to think highly of Mr. Brown's qualifications. Mr. Johnson said he thought a three hour session was all that would be re quired to finish everything on the cal endar of the American league. The Pittsburg baseball club will ten der a banquet tonight at the Waldorf Astoria in honor of winning the world's championship. Some minor deals were concluded today when Cincinnati sold Player Do lan to Denver and Pittsburg purchased from the Milwaukee club the release of Player F'ynn. The Boston National league club has released Player Shaw. BILL ISTeINGTRAMED. By Labor Department to Curb the White Slave Traffic. Washington. Dec. IS. Comprehensive legislation designed to eradicate the evils of the "white slave traffic" is con templated in a measure which is being j.repar-d at rho department of com merce and labor. The matter is being gone ovt r very carefully and when com pleted will be submitted to congress together with the annual report of Commissioner Keefe of the immigration bureau. 1 Senator Dillingham, chairman of the United States immigration commission, which in making public the results of its investigation has called attention to the revolting conditions existing from the operations of the traffic in women, has been in conference with the officials of the department and it is expected that the proposed bill will embody very largely the recommendations made by the legislative body to remedy the evil so far as this may be done by congres sional enactment. In his annual report Secretary Nagel recommended that the law prohibiting the briaging of women into the United States for immoral purposes be amended bo as to proliibit interstate traffic of the character and the probability is that the measure to be submitted to congress will incorporate a provision designed to further this object. FEARFUL SLAUGHTER. Roosevelt Expedition Has Killed 6,663 Animals and Birds. Washington. Dec. 13. The Smithson ian African expedition headed by for mer President Roosevelt, had up to De cember 10 taken 6.663 skins of which less than one-half have been received at their institution. The collection consists 'of 2-13 large mammals, 1,500 small mammals, and 1,356 birds. The collection has a series of human skulls picked up along the line of the ancient slave trail. This statement was made by Secretary Walcott at the annual meeting of the, board of regents of the institution. BARS ARE PUT UP. New Board of Aldermen Decline to See Suffragettes. New York. Dec. 15. New York's board of aldermen has put up the bars against the advocates of woman' suf frage. Two militant suffragettes in vaded the city hall and attempted to break into the aldermanic chamber where the board was in session. They got as far as the corridor but there they were headed off by the sergeant -at-arrr.j. They desired, they said, to sell cop ies of their suffragette magazine to each of the aldermen and declared that they would keep on coming until they were successful. The relation of drainage to good road construction is so important that ev ery little detail must be provided for to insure the stability and permanency of the road and the skill of the most expert engineer is often taxed, before success is achieved and the work se cured from damage or injury for want of proper drainage. Therefore the em ployment of the unskilled, uneducated and inexperienced should be discoun tenanced and those placed in charge who are educated for the work. "On the road to the creaking Water Mill, Halting, the mud burdened horses stand still; In torrents and gusts pours the- pitiless rain On the roadway, the builder neglected to drain. "The driver said: If I had a boat, I could cross this flood. I But a wagon won't float.' GOULD IN A WRECK Head of Mo. Pac. and His Son Riding on the Southern When Coaches Went Down 50 Feet Embankment. TEN PERSONS KILLED. Thirty-Five Injured; a Flagman Probably Fatally. The Cars That Left the Track Landed in a Creek. Reedsville, N. C Dec. 16. The four rear cars of train No. 11. of the Southern railway,, were dashed down a 50 foot embankment from the Reedy creek trestle ten miles from here early today and 10 persons were killed and 35 injured. The cars that left the track landed in the small creek. The names of those- reported killed are: The Dead; JOHN A. BROADNAX, Greensboro, N. C. V- E. HALCOMB, lawyer, Mount Ayr, N. C. EDWARD SEXTON. Denton. N. C. FRANK W. KILBY, formerly of Portsmouth, Va. A. P. CONE, superintendent of the Richmond division of the Southern railwav. D. C. LOLLAN, Pullman conductor. C. H. WHITE, traveling auditor for the Southernr railway. A FLAGMAN, name unknown. The names of the other, two re ported killed are unknown. George Gould, the New York mil lionaire, and his son were passengers in one of the sleeping cars bound from Norfolk to Thomasville, N. C. Neither Mr. Gould or his son were injured. The wrecked train was operated locally between Richmond and At lanta, Ga., and carried sleepers from Richmond to Charlotte, and from Norfolk to Charlotte. At the Reedy creek trestle after the engine and mail and three baggage cars had passed over tn safety, the two coaches and two sleepers were de railed. The injured passengers and train men were taken to St. Luke's hos pital, Greensboro, N. C, where they were cared for. Flagman Bagby of Richmond, was probably fatally in jured, while Conductor G. H. Goble, of Richmond, had a. narrow escape from drowning. Goulds Were Hurt. Greensboro, N. C, Dec: 15. A re port from Reidsville this afternoon eaid 16 people had been killed in the wreck on the Southern railway near 1 there. Ten bodies Trtad been removed 1 f rom the wreck.' at noon, but, it-ia said there are other bodies under the f Richmond steeper which is demolish i ed and is under water. George Gould and his son Jay Gould, have reached there on the train bringing the wounded. They were both slightly injured. J. R. Russell of New York, a prominent journalist and companion of Mr, Gould was badly injured in the back and shoulders and is now in the hos pital here. Two train loads of in jured passengers have been brought in and taken to the St. Luke's hos pital. A coroner's jury was impanelled and left at noon for the scene of the wreck. Flagman Charles Bagby of Man chester, Va., died while being removed to the hospital at Grensboro. The Richmond Pullman car was de molished in its plunge down the em bankment and the wreckage lies now in the water ot Reedy creek. Under this wreckage it is said that there are a number jf bodies of passengers who were unable to extricate themselves and were drowned. Practically every passenger in the rear coaches of the train was hurt. Many of the injured, it is believed, will die. Another train carryine in jured passengers to Greensboro has left the scene of the wreck. Official Statement. Washington, Dec. 15. Vice Presi dent and General Manager Ackert of the Southern Railway company, today issued the following statement in re gard to the wreck on the Southern to the hospital at Greensboro. Our passenger train No. 11, was de railed this morning about 11 miles east of Greensboro, N. C. As far as can be ascertained the cause of the accident was a broken rail. Two coaches and two sleepers turned over. The engine, mail and baggage cars did not leave the track. Eight per sons, four of whom were passengers, are reported fatally injured and a number of others are reported hurt but not seriously. KIEFER BANK FAILS. It Had $30,000 In the Farmers' Na tional of Tulsa. Tulsa, Ok.. Dec. 15. As a result of the closing of the Farmers' National bank here, the First State bank of Kiefer. a small town IS miles southwest of liere, has quit business. The Kiefer bank had $30,000 on deposit in the Farmers National b-nk and its deposit" amounted to $80,000. Although groups of people stood about the defunct bank here discussing the case and hoping for a quick payment to depositors, there was no excitement. Bank Commissioner Young said pay ment would be begun today under the depositors' guarantee law. Still Below Freezing. Today has been one of the warm, sunshiny kind, but the wind from the northwest makes it more comfortable with an overcoat. The temperature has risen 13 degrees since 7 o'clock this morning. There was no precipitation last night or yesterday afternoon. Fol lowing are the hourly temperatures to-day: 7 o'clock 17 I 11 o'clock ..23 8 o'clock 17 I 12 o'clock 26 9 o'clock... 20 I 1 o'clock 28 10 o'clock .23 I 2 o'clock. .30 The wind is blowing 12 miles an hour from the northwest. Weatber Indications. Chicago, Dec. 15. Forecast fcr Kan sas: Fair, tonight and Thursday; not much change in temperature. GREEN -BAY MEN. Delegation Takes Look at To peka Today. Make Tour of Inspection of City Railway. VISIT TO THE SHOPS. Inspect Santa Fe Improvements This Afternoon. Also Study Operations of the Commercial Club. L. E. Myers, president of the'To Peka Street Railway company and four other capitalists of Green Bay, Wis., were guests of the Commercial club for luncheon and visited the points of In terest throughout the city today. Ar riving at shortly before 12 o'clock the guests were met by Mayor Green and a number of members of the Commer cial club. Ater a ride in one of the new cars to the end of the Washburn line the party went to the club rooms for luncheon. This afternoon the Santa Fe shops and other points of interest throughout the city were visited. After spending the day in Topeka the mem bers of the party will leave tonight. Following the the names of those making up the party of visitors: Henry F. Hegemeister, president of the Kello? National bank, Green Bay. Winford Abrams. mayor. Green Bay. C. A. Straubel. head of the cold stor age, ice and creamery interests of Green Bay. Elmer S. Hall, county clerk and sec retary of the Business Men's associa tion. Green Bay. John F. Martin, president of the Bus iness Men's association of Green Bay. L. E. Myers, president, of the Topeka Street Railway company. Mr. Myers' object in bringing the visitors to Topeka is two-fold. One is to allow them to look over the Topeka Street Railway company, which he re gards as a model, and the other Is to give them an opportunity to inspect the workings of the local Commercial club. The members of the party are interested in learning how other busi ness men boost their town in order that whatever can be done towards boosting Green Bay shall be done. They hope to pick up new ideas on their trip which will more than pay them for making it. Mr. Myers has interested the visit ors with him in a project which in volves the bringing of water power from a stream 70 miles distant to Green Bay. This company has taken over the street railway, gas and elec tric light business of the town. Mayor" .Winford Abrams who is a member of the party says Green Bay has a -population of 28,000 but that another large town is built up beside the city which is really a residence district only. It is hoped some day soon to consolidate the two towns by taking the other city into Green Bay. He told in an enthusiastic manner of the resources of the district in which Green Bay is located, of the six lines of railroad which make the city a good distributing point and of the Ihke steamship lines which connect the town with other large cities. He inquired closely into local prohibition conditions and wanted to know if Kansas was really dry. Green Bay, he said, was a low license town, but he said the saloon problem was not a problem there, the saloons outside the down town district being more in the nature of clubs and family gath ering places, than places where liquor was sold. The members of the party had a good laugh at the expense of. Frank Kelly of the local street railway com pany just before luncheon. The car set aside for the use of the party was one of the new P. A. Y. E. type and as the men arose to leave it at the Commerce building Mr. Kfclly started toward the rear of the car. Albert Patten, superintendent of the com pany's plant here, caught him and pointed towards the exit at the front of the car. DEFENSE RESTS. Bendernagel in Testimony Blames the Man "Higher Up." New York, Dec. 15. "I had to take the instructions of Superintendent Gebracht and pay out what he in- I structed," was James F. Bendernagel's- reply on the witness stand today to the prosecution's questions regarding the compensation of the checkers at the Williamsburg docks of the American Sugar Refining company. The government has charged that the men now on trial for alleged con spiracy to defraud received larger pay! than other employes performing similar service because of the surreptitious work they stand charged with doing. Bendernagel, cashier of the plant, in dicted with them, defended himself un der cross examination from the intima tion that he was in any way responsible for the fixing of these employes wages and stated that the orders came from "higher up." "The wages of the checkers were definitely fixed in the offices of the company at 117 Wall street," Bender nagel testified. "Do you mean to say that if Mr. Gebracht ordered you to make pay ments that were illegal that you had to do so?" he was asked. "I do not see what else I could do," Bendernagel replied. "I was subject to his instructions, in paying out money and would have to make such payments as he ordered." Oliver Spitzer, the dock superintend ent, corroborated Bendernagel, saying the recommendations for increase in -fay for the men on the docks were submitted by him to Ernest Gebracht, the general superintendent, and that Bendernagel was never consulted about such matters. At the conclusion of Spitzer's testi mony, the defense rested Its case. Special Assistant Attorney General Stimson announced today there had been a shortage of $695,753 In duty pay ments on sugar landed here by the Arbuckle Brothers, sugar refiners. Mr. Stimson stated this sum had been re paid to the United States treasury b7 the Arbuckle Brothers. Mr. Stimson said the investigation i Into the Arbuckle Brothers' Importation was begun last June and that the firm voluntarily turned ever all its books. -The shortage in the payment of duties covered a period between 1898, when the Arbuckle refinery commenced opera tions, and November, 1907. The shortage was reported to the Arbuckle firm, said Mr. Stimson, and as soon as they had verified the govern ment figures, they voluntarily offered to pay the shortage to the government without suit. Mr. Stimson said: "This payment has been accepted by the secretary of the treasury with the concurrence of the attorney general, in full payment of all civil claims against the Arbuckle Brothers. "This settlement in no wise affects the criminal prosecution of any in dividuals who may be shown to have been responsible for the commission of frauds in respect to any of these mat ters and the investigation and prosecu tion of any such persons will be vigor ously pushed." HE SUFFERS A RELAPSE King Leopold's Condition Is Not So Favorable Today. Brussels, Dec. 15. The death of King Leopold appears imminent. He had a distinct relapse this evening and is now being kept alive through artificial means. Tubes have been in serted .in the intestines to fulfill the functions which had been stopped by paralysis; Court circles have prac tically no hope of the patient's sur vival. Brussels,. Dec. 15. The condition of King Leopold who was operated on yesterday for the removal of an ob struction of the intestines, took a turn for the worse this afternoon. The morn ing bulletin was hopeful in tone, de scribing the patient's state was "sta tionary." In the middle of the after noon word came from the sick cham ber that his majesty bad suffered a relajpse. Popular confidence in the ultimate recovery of King Leopold waned to day. In spite of official -reports and the assurance that the royal patient had had a fair night- the general feel ing was pessimistic. Dr. DePage re mained at the bedside throughout the night, while two nurses were at hand prepared to wait upon the king. The latter, however, was obdurate and in sisted that his faithful valet Bajaret alone should attend to his wants. Dr. Goossens. whom Leopold playful ly called "that ferocious Goossens" be cause the physician- forbade him to talk, comes and goes at regular inter vals and sees to it that the king does not waste his strength in interviews and conversations. Countess Lonyay, the king's second oaughter, arrived today, but it was rumored that she would not be permit ted to see her father because of his weakness. This evening there appeared to be no immediate danger of death, but the king has experienced the return of an old Intestinal complaint and it is fear ed this-win-militate against the- stbs cess of his operation. It is reported Leopold declined to see Ms daughter, Stechanie. WATERS IS COMING. President of Agricultural College Will Speak at Corn Contest. Among those who will address the Shawnee County Boys' Corn- contest association, which meets Saturday in Valencia, are Dean Waters of the Kansas State Agricultural college at Manhattan; Thomas Borraan, of the Continental Creamery Co., Topeka; and Professor Roberts, head of the department of botany at the Agricul tural college. Dean Waters will talk on the sub ject: "The Relation of the Bxperiment Station to the Farmer; ""Mr. Borman, on "Farm Management," and Prof. Roberts on "Corn Breeding." F. A. Kiene, jr., secretary and treas urer of the association has asked that those who offer corn in the contest will please deliver it Friday after- i noon. The addresses given before the meeting Saturday will begin at 10 o'clock in the morning -when Dean Webster talks. The others will be during the afternoon. MAE WOOD IN JAIL. Surety Company Declines to Stand Good for Her Any Longer. New York, Dec. 15. Mae C. Wood appeared unexpectedly in the court of general sessions today and announced she was ready to stand trial under the indictment charging her with forgery and perjury in her breach of promise suit against former Senator Thomas C. Piatt. She was placed under ar rest on the motion of the surety com pany, which furnished her $5,000 bond, but which today announced it wanted to surrender her. Although ihe court reduced her bail to $1,000, Miss Wood was unable to secure a new bond, and was sent to the Tombs to await trial. Miss Wood arrived here last night from Julesburg, Colo. Her case has been postponed from time to time on account of the illness of Senator Piatt. CORN IS LIGHT. Average Weight Per Measured Bushel Below Last Year's. Washington Dec. 15. The crop re porting board of the department of agriculture In a bulletin issued today estimates the average weight per meas ured bushel of various crops to be as follows: Spring wheat 57.1 pounds; winter wheat 58.4 pounds; and oats 32.7 pounds against 5i.3. 58.8 and 29.8 pounds respectively last year. The quality of corn is 84.2 per cent against 86.9 last year. BACK III WASHINGTON. The President Returns From His Trip to Xew Haven. Washington, Dec. 15. President Taft, returning from a two days' visit to New York and New Haven, ar rived in Washington today. The president went direct to the White House. NATIONJELLSVIIY Explains Reasons for Turning Sown Ingleside Touchers. Not Entitled to State Money Because of Plans. DAWSON ALSO SUES. Attempts to Force Collection of Stationery Claim. Was for Binding Railroad Maps Not Authorized. For an individual who ii the defend ant In two suits at law. State Auditor J. M. Nation was in a cheerful frame of mind today. He hss just been no tified by attorney for Jonathan Thomas that suit had been filed against him to compel him to O. K. a warrant in fa vor of the. Ingleside Home for Old La dies, located in this city. The other t.uit was filed by John Dawson, attor ney for the railway board, to compel the auditor to pay a claim of a local stantionery house against the state railway board for some $800 for bind ing railroad maps of the state. Mr. Nation has denied state aid to the Ingleside Home for the rr-ason that, according to information he has at hand regarding the conduct of that, institu tion it is not. strictly speaking, a char itable institution. According to its by laws an applicant to enter this home must first put up the sum of $300. She must be at least 65 years of age. She must go on. the waiting list and un less she proves satisfactory to the com mittee on investigation her application is rejected evea though she have the $300 admittance fee. The state auditor does not criticise) the method! of conducting this home. On the contrary, he is convinced that it is an excellent institution, doing a world of good. But he contends that any charitable institution to be en titled to state aid must not have re strictions at all nor an admittance fee. It should e conducted on the plan that whosoever will may enter pro vided that they have not means or ability to care for themselves. All the taxpayers in the state are called upon to contribute for state charities and none should be included in the list that bars the. entrance of any citizen who has been overtaken by misfortune or poverty in his or her old age. As regards the railroad board suit fhich is proposed as a friendly suit in the supreme court to decide a point of law, the auditor does not, regard that as a serious matter and can not see how it can he entered in the rec ords as a friendly suit when he is not in a friendly frame of mnd toward a project which would require the state to pay for binding a lot of maps not authorized by the .state.-' The' company taking' the map contract did' so sub ject to the agreement of the state to pay for them, and if they -want a su preme court decision on the state's liability for these maps before they are bound and delivered why they are wel come. The auditor -will turn down any voucher for these maps on the ground that the state is not liable for a serv ice not performed.' KNOX SAYS WAIT. He Is Siot Yet Ready, to Report on Xicaraguan Situation. Washington, Dec. 15. Secretary Knox today requested the senate committee on foreign relations to postpone the suggest ed investigation of the Nicaraguan situa tion until he is able to give the committee a clear understanding of Central Ameri can affairs. The committee was called together to day by Chairman Cullom with the idea of having Secretary Knox make some state ment, but agreed to the postponement. Because of this request, the resolution Introduced by Senator Rayner in connec tion with the execution by order of Pres ident Zelaya of the two Americans, Can non and Groce, was not taken up. There was Bome discussion of the visit to this country of Mexico's special ambas sador, Senor Enrique C. Creel. Published interviews with Senor Creel have repre sented him as coming with a view to act ing as a sort of mediator in any trouble between the United States and Nicaragua over the execution of the Americans. The opinion was expressed that Senor Creel should be received by this government as the ambassador of President Diaz to pre sent any views Mexico may have in re gard to the future of Nicaragua or other Central American states, but that he could not be received in the capacity of a med iator between Nicaragua and the United States. WOOD TO REACH THE TOP He Win Succeed Bell as Chief of General Staff. Washington, Dec. 15. Major Gen eral Leonard Wood, now in command of the Department of the East, will be the next chief of staff of the army. Secretary Dickinson made this an nouncement today. General Wood will succeed General j. Franklin Bell, whose term at the head of the general staff will expire next spring. "WE KILLED RANKIN." Night Rider Turns State's Evidenot in Murder Case. Union City, Tenn., Dec. 15. "We killed Captain Rankin at Reelfoot lake, despite his pleas for mercy." John Ratlin", a member of the night rider band placed on trial here, charged with murdering Captain Quentin Rankin, turned state's evi dence and gave this testimony. Ratliff's version of the murder was about the same as that given by sev eral witnesses at the former trial. Several were convicted at the previous1 action, but the supreme court set aside the verdicts. The present hear ing is the result. Editor Puckett Is Dead. Roswell, N. M., Dec. 15. George A. Puckett for five years editor of the Roswell Daily Record, is dead from tuberculosis. He was an editorial writer on the Chicago Tribune and Wellington, Kan., papers and owned the first paper in the Cherokee strip at Blackwell, Okla.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL .WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1909. WAR ISDEGLARED Challenge of the Steel Trnst to a Finish Fight Is Accepted by the Leaders ol Organized Labor. TAFT AND CONGRESS. Hare Been Notified Regarding the Cause of Action. General Appeal for Moral and Financial Support. Pittsburg, Dec. 15. War was form ally declared upon the U. S. Steel cor poration by the leaders of organized labor throughout the United States and Canada at the close of a two days' conference. The decision to battle against the steel corporation in Its policy of "open shop" was reached by the labor conferees after two hours ef debate. At the conference Samuel Gompers presided and through him the measure was put upon the record books of the executive council of the federation. The grievances against the steel corporation have been for warded to President Taft and to the senate and house. The governors of states in which the steel corporation i owns plants or has interests will also receive a copy of the resolution. The resolution in part follows: "A crisis in the affairs of labor has arisen. The gigantic trust, the U. S. fciteel corporation, is using its great (wealth and power in an effort to rob the toilers of their right of American manhood and of the opportunity to xesist its further encroachments. Grown rich by the consent of the peo- ?le of our country, this corporation n Its mad greed for still greater riches, sweeps aside, makes and un makes law, its enactors and executors, and is now engaged in an effort to destroy the only factor the organiza tion of its employes standing be tween it and unlimited, unchecked and unbridled industrial, political, eocial and moral carnage. If there exists any virile power to check the absolute, autocratic domination of civic, industrial and political life of our people and our republic, it must be found in the indomitable will and mission of the much misunderstood and misrepresented organization of labor. "The TJ. S. Steel corporation has de clared war on labor. In its secret councils this corporation has decided that the only obstacle to its complete I sway organized labor shall be crushed. The labor organization con sists of its employes, the workers ftheir wives and little ones, human flesh and blood.) It is by their la bor that they live; they have no pur- fiose other than safeguarding their Ives, their character, their future, the safety of the republic and humanity. Started by the Trnst. "On June 1, 1909. the Ui S. Steel cor poration proclaimed its decree of hos tility toward labor. The right of the workers to associate for common pro tection was no longer to be recognized or tolerated. Accompanying that de cree was a notice of a further reduc tion in the already scant wages of the workers. The decree went into effect July 1, 1909. "We, therefore, urge that an earnest effort be made to thoroughly organize all employes In the iron, steel and tin plate industry and subsidiary co-related trades. Owing to immediate press li g necessity caused by the present strike and th9 indefensibly ho&tile atti tude of the U. S. Steel corporation, we earnestly call upon all national and International unions to send at least one organizer to assist in this work. "We recommend the executive council of the American Federation of Labor issue a circular to all unions of Amer ica and appeal for financial contribu tions to aid the striking iron, steel and tin plate workers. "We further recommend the amount of such contributions -should not be less than ten cents per member. "We recommend a committee wait upon the president of the United States, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house and such members of con gress as may be deemed advisable for the purpose of laying before them the grievances from which labor suffers, at the hands of this corporation. "At the instance of the United States Steel corporation officers of local municipal and state governments have unwarrantably tyrannized over citizens, invading the constitutionally guaran teed rights of free assemblage and free speech. We recommend that a com mittee be appointed by this conference to wait upon the governors of states and such other official representatives of counties and municipalities as are in control where the United States Steel corporation has plants located, for the purposes of presenting to these officials the great wrong inflicted on the people of these communities, and that the committees demand an Investigation and where charges made are substan tiated by evidence the officers respon sible therefor be removed, and the wrongs immediately righted. "We appeal to all liberty loving Americans for their moral and financial support (Signed.) "JAMES O'CONNELL, "T. L. LEWIS, "W. D. MAHON, "GEORGE W. PERKINS, "J. W. HAYS, "FRANK M. RYAN, "T. HEALY, "SAMUEL GOMPERS, "P. J. M'ARDLE. "CHARLES E. LAWLOR." WILL HANDLE AUTOS. Ford Automobile Companv Has Es tablished Agency In Topeka, E. G. Kinley has secured the agency for the Ford Motor Car com pany for Topeka and Shawnee county. Kinley has three cars on exhibition in his house and has been educating himself in the merits of his cars. He is enthusiastic over the Ford and is confident he has the best little car in the state. The five passenger Ford twenty horsepower car, it is claimed, will run twenty to twenty five miles on a gallon of gasoline. "The Ford model T," explained Mr. Kinley, "will run more miles, more days, more years than any heavier car manufactured. The repair bills are less, the fuel bill is lighter and the tire cost less. A Ford is cheaper than a horse and buggy." AMUSEMENTS. At the Grand. ""Readers of the dramatic letters in newspapers and magazines are convers ant with the success which attended the production last winter in New York of "The Great John Ganton." This at traction under the management of the Messrs. Shubert was given Its premier at the Lyric theater in that city, where it immediately became one of the sub stantial successes of the year. This play, with Mr. George Faweett, the originator of the title role, and the Lyric theater company, will be seen in Topeka tonight at the Grand for a re turn engagement. "As the Sun Went Down," by Geo. D. Baker, which Arthur C. Aiston is send ing on tour this season, will appear here ai-tne jrana on Saturday nignt, Dec. 18. The High School Dramatic club in Londenderry will be at the Grand Fri day, Dec. 17. HOB8 EffiT TOPEKA NOIESI ROPER COMES HIGH Asks Five Thousand Dollars to Coach Tigers. Missouri Has Decided That Price Is Too Much. WELL PAID LAST YEAK Drew Down Twenty-Five Hun dred for Nine Weeks Work. Another Guide Will Be Chosen for Next Season.' Kansas City. Dec. 15. The glittering glamour of that Missouri football vic tory Thanksgiving Day is beginning to fade, the magic spell that Roper wrought is beginning to lose Its charm and with the passing of the glamour and the breaking of the spell that talk of such an enormous salary for Roper next season Is being toned with a vein or two of reason. Dr. A. Ross Hill, president of the University of Missouri, now says that $5,000 for nine weeks' work is too much and that Roper has not been offered that sum to return to Columbia next fall. And Dr. A. Ross Hill is quite right about the matter. The Princeton man turned out a good eleven at Missouri last fall. He was well paid for his nine weeks' work $2,500. Where else in the Missouri val ley was a football coach so well re munerated? And Roper knew that he was well paid. When the Missouri authorities began to look around for a coach after the Thanksgiving game here in 1908 Roper was one of the men suggested. It chanced that he was the first one con sulted. A Missourian visited Roper in Philadelphia and offered him the job of coaching the Tiger team. "Why," said Roper, "that's out of the question; you couldn't pay the money out there." "Maybe we could," retorted the Mis sourian. "How much will It take to get you out there?" Roper mused and then' as though to settle the question he remarked with an air of finality. "Oh, I'd come for $2,500." "That suits us," the Tiger coach hunter fired back. "When will you sign a contract?" Roper was roped. He came west, toiled nine weeks and beat Kansas. Sure he did some other things, but that drubbing of the Jayhawkers was the crowning feature of Roper's work. After the Thanksgiving day game here Roper was the idol of the hero worship pers. They were in favor of giving the Princeton gent anything he wished for and were quite loud in the belief that the University of Missouri would go to bloomin' pieces if Roper wasn't hastily cinched for 1910. Could he get $5,000 for his nine weeks' work another year? Now the tide has turned. mo im 7 n THOMPSON WILL RETIRE. And Start You Out With a Free Trial Package To Prove My Claims. Send Coupon Below To day. The Trial Pack s age Will Give In stant Beliet Consider my offer. I willingly send you free of charge a trial treatment of the wonderful Gauss Combined Catarrh Cure. You have everything to gain and nothing to lose. It's up to you. If you wish to be cured of that foul spitting and hawking that wretched depressed sensation that then fill out the coupon without fur ther delay. I possess the remedy that will cure you, but as I have not your ad dress you must supply it. That's all I ask. Simply fill out the following coupon and mail it to me today. It will be the means of restoring you to a perfectly nor mal condition, giving you a sweet pure breath. FREE This coupon is good for trial pack age of Gauss' Combined Catarrh Cure, mailed free in plain package. Simply fill in your name and address on dot ted lines below and mail to C. E. GAUSS. 5997 Main St.. Marshall, Mich. Items for the jSaat Topeka comma ran b teiephoowl to Ind. phuua 1761. Mrs. Richard Wilson of .325 Klein street, who has been ill for a number of weeks, is reported to be steadily but slowly improving. Guy Bradford, who has been ill at his home on Woodruff avenue, is steadily improving. Miss Nellie Wilson of Scranton is here spending several days the guest of rela tives and friends. Mr. Hughes, father of Mrs. Grant Gill of East Sixth and Golden avenues, is very sick. He is at the home of his daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Wilson will move Thursday from 1016 Tyler street to -215 Huntoon street. Mrs.S. Wright of Lawrence street,1 who has been ill for a number of weeks, is still unable to be out. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Woods of Kansas City will spend the holidays here the guests of Mrs. Woods' mother, Mrs. Wm. Irish. Mr. Carl Mills of Overbrook spent Tuesday here on a business trip. Mrs. Arthur Anderson, who has been ill for a number of weeks, is reported to be very much improved. The East Side Embroidery club will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs. A. C. Smith at her home, 446 Sumner avenue. There will be no meeting of the Bel view Literary society until the first Wednesday in January. Miss Ethel Zinn of South Topeka was an East side visitor last night. The T. P. A. of the Evangelical church held a meeting Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roller in Highland Park. The members were conveyed to the Roller home in a big bob sled. Those in the party were: Rev. Mr. Sorg, Mrs. Sorg, Leonard Sorg, Deany Pruessner, Ruth Pruess ner, Florence Waidelich, Mrs. G. Dahl mann, Mr. G. Dahlmann, Hattle Dan nenhauer, Alvan Ritchie, Wm. Johns myer. Dean Linge, Carl Linge, Sam Iwig, Mrs. B. Foster and father, Mr. B. Foster, L. A. Waidelich. Maude Peter son and friend. Miss Helen Perrett of Olathe came here yesterday to spend several days the guest of relatives and friends. Mr. Don Carle of Lindsborg has re turned home after spending several days' here the guest of relatives and friends. The regular bimonthly meeting of the Topeka Local union was held last night at the Third Christian church at the corner of Third and Lake streets. Dr. S. S. Estey. pastor of the First Presby terian church, spoke on how to make a success. Following the address the Washburn Ladies' quartet sang several selections. Mr. Nelson conducted a very interesting round table, the sub ject of which was, "What Are the Most Essential Things for a Successful Endeavor Society." During the evening the reports from the different commit tees were received. There were nearly four hundred members present at the meeting. A forward rnovment com mittee was appointed and it will com mence work right away. The next meeting of the society will be held Feb ruary 21 at the First Baptist church. But Not Till He Has Won the Light Weight Championship. -j. Kansas City. Deas J 6--?-T-Ther m a great deal of interest in the Thomp-son-Hyland fight which takes place Here Friday night. Both have light weight championship aspirations. Johnny Thompson will retire from, the fight game forever if he ever wins the title. "I have been after this title for a long time but have had hard luck," he said last night. "I think now that I am on the road to a battle with Nelson and if I ever get it I will expect to be wearing the crown the next day after the bout. These clever men can beat me in ten rounds but that is not a real fight. Twenty-five or forty-five rounds is the distance to go to find out how good a man is. I think I can whip Nelson in a long battle. Nelson never knocked Hyland out, he simply won because Hyland was exhausted trying to knock Nelson out. I will not tire out as quick as Hyland and I will fight Nelson at his own game. If he can beat me in the finish fight I am willing to quit. But he has got that to do. No man ever put me in i dreamland when I was right and I am right all the time now. I do not care anything about the money there is in the fight. I have got a farm and that Is enough. I simply want to be the champion, and when I get them I will retire and be willing to give the. title to a man whom I think can de fend it. I simply want money enough out of the fight game to pay ex penses." Thompson worked out yesterday af ternoon at the K. C. A. C. and ended 0 6 o 4) 13 o CO (3 u U SN 13 o u 0 o CO m o .lis Week Pay $10 Down and we will credit you with $30.00. Pay $10 next week and we will: give. you credit for $30.00 more, then pay $10 the last week in, December and we will credit you with $30.00 more in this way you have saved $6Q on the price of your piano. Or if you pay $50.00 cash we credit you with $125.00 and you save $75. Read the following table, it will save you big money if you buy your piano here this month. Eel! 9 n suras $3.00 for $1.0Q We credit you $3.00 for every $1.00 cash yon pay, up to $25.00, as first payment on a piano On first payment, all you pay over $25 up to $50 we wiU credit you $2.00 for every $1.00 paid during December. You pay $5.00 cash on piano, You pay 10.00 cash on piano, You pay 15.00 cash on piano, You pay 20.00 cash on piano, You pay 25.00 cash on piano, You pay 30.00 cash on piano, You pay 35.00 cash on piano, You pay 40.00 cash on piano, You pay 45.00 cash on piano, You pay 50.00 cash on piano, we credit you $15.00. we credit you 30.00. we credit you 45.00. we credit you 60.00. we credit you 75.00. we credit you 85.00. we credit you 95.00. we credit you 105.00. we credit you 115.00. 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 off er 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 priee. SEE THESE REDUCED PRICES Good Secondhand Upright Schied myer Just the thing for a beginner with small outlay Price $65.00. $5 down and $3 per month, n Another prood Upright secondhand Hinzie Price $50.00. $5 down and $3 per month. Good Square Emerson, medium size, extra good condition price $25. $3 down and $3 per month. Another good second hand square piano, good condition price $20. All these pianos must go, we need the room. One Merriman piano, slightly used, regular price $323. during this sale $240. We will give $100.00 to any, charitable institution in Topeka, if any one will prove we have raised our prices for this sale. TT-.- If y&u 'caririot' calli telephone, telegraph ror write. AH 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 monthly payments will be extended on the balance according to your convenience. 5 Bros. Piano Manufacturers GO o o b o i w 2- C0 O sr SB 3 Cfi 55' 3 o w HL a i i CO Never Before ---$3.00 FOR $1.00 Never Again 3 O O J Free Dyspepsia Sampl e the training with a four-round tilt with Jeff O'Connell, his sparring part ner. He is down to weignt ana is as hard as a brick. He ought to put up a grand battle Friday night. Hyland worked out last night with three of the boys at the Athletic club. He is within a short distance or tne re quired weight and ought to be down to 133 the night ot tne Dame. Holland Will Get It. Pueblo, Dec. 15. Believing that under existing conditions owners of the Pueblo baseball club are asking too large a price for the team, no effort will be made here to' retain the franchise. This means that the team will be .gold Friday morning to Jack Holland of Wichita. Kan., for $5,500. Holland will take the club to St. Joe, Missouri. QMSUfDGQSSf Suffeerers from Indigestion are wak ing up to the fact that peppermint lozenges, charcoal and "dyspepsia cures'- are only makeshifts In the cure of so troublesome a complaint as chronio indigestion. What Is required Is something that will not only relieve but which will tone and train the digestive apparatus to again do its work normally, and this these simple remedies cannot do. There Is something more to the cure of indigestion than sweetening the breath, and yet a remedy that only con tains digestive ingredients will not cure permanently, as the basis of Indigestion is poor bowel circulation, and that re quires a scientific laxative. We know of no remedy that combines these require ments better than Dr. Caldwell's Svrup Pepsin, which has been sold for a quarter of a century. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a laxa tive tonic, a scientific blending of natural ingredients for the cure of constipation, indigestion, liver trouble, sour stomach, sick headache and similar complaints. Its ingredients will so strengthen and tone the stomach and bowel muscles that they will again do their work naturally, and wnen that nas been accomplished .your iruuoie is over. uannie Stuart, Staunton, Va., was a long-time sufferer, as was O. Tuok. Blackburn, Mo., and they both found their cure with this remedy. They became convinced that pills and tablets. salts, "dyspepsia cures," etc., were at best only temporary reliefs. They first accepted Dr. Caldwell's offer of a free sample bottle which he willingly sends to anyone who forwards name and address. Later, having convinced themselves through the free sample, they bought Syrup Pepsin of their druggist at fifty cents and one dollar a bottle. Dr. Caldwell personally will be pleased to give you any medical advice 'you may desire for yourself or family pertaining to the stomach, liver or bowels absolutely free of charge. Explain your case in a letter and he will reply to you in detail. For the free sample simply Send your name aim aaareaa on a. postal cara or mr. iiitrit? nfagiiiifi ui y nthprwisp ITot- efthe. rpnnpat 'b. rtno- 1 snent Tnpsdav hwe nn a business trip. inr'fl nHroRH is TH- t.v vt Psiwoii I .Th w c T tt met yesterday after- R. 506, Caldwell building, Montlcello, 111. I noon with Mrs. G-. H. Ensign at her home litems for the Oakland notes may t ltlt at the Iowa Grocery or telephone to In. phone 17ol.J Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jones of Oswego, Kansas are here spending several days the guest of relatives and friends. Miss Hannah Eckert is improving after several days' illness with an attack of tonsilitis. Miss Pansy Harris left yesterday for points in Missouri where she will remain until alter the holidays. Miss Macy Montgomery left yesterday on a business trip to Lawrence where she will spend several days. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Johnson and son Leonard will leave in the near future for Tucs on Ariz, where they will make their future home. airs. Walter Goodeir Is improving after being ill several weeks with an attack of rheumatism. The Oakland Club of Old Soldiers met last night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.- W. Knapp of 207 Chester avenue and helped Mr. Knapp eelebrate his birthday anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. T. Smelser and Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Shuler and family spent Sunday at the Charles Stover home near the Reform school. Miss Bertha Parker of Salina came here today to spend several days on a busi ness trip. Mrs. M. C. Wilson and son Walter have returned to their home in Auburn after spending several days here the guest of friends. Mr. Charles Heagline of iavenwonn Reliable Dentistry SPECIAL. Till January 1st. 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: 8 to 6. Sunday 9 to 12. Wednes day and Saturday evenings till 8 p.m. New York Dental Co. 618 Kansas Ave. Ind. 1965 YOU CAN GET 3 AT THE STATE SAVINGS BANK Southwest Corner Sixth and Kansas Avenue and get your money on demand in case of need. REAL. ESTATE AND COLLATERAL LOANS A. dl OCA AAA Deposits secured by the bank's" assets and ASSetS ibl.JdU.UUU guaranteed by the Bank Depositors' Gua- Z. ranty Fund dr the State of Kansas. on Forest and Thomas avenues. A very interesting meeting was held and enjoyed by all present. Mrs, Ed Miller of Tecumseh spent the day here yesterday the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Miller on Michigan avenue. Fred Lewis of Lawrence spent Sunday and Monday here the guest of Mr. Forest Wilson. Miss Marie Agee of Lyndon will spend Christmas here the guest of her cousin. Miss Claribel Agee. Mr and Mrs. Frank Caldwell and Mrs. J M. Shaw and son Bernard of Lincoln Center, Kansas, will come here to spend the holidays the guests of Mi. and Mrs. John Dale, at their home east of Oak land. MISTAK.K IN IDENTIFICATION. H. Clair and Not Francis Barnard Vic tim of Pennsylvania Wreck. Brie, Dec. 14. Late last night it was found the man believed to be Francis Barnard of Cedar Point, Kan., is H. Clair, a brother of J. Clair, who was also killed in Monday night's wreck. Clair's identification was made through a letter found in -his coast pocket. Portable gas and electric lamps at the H. B. Howard Supply company are just the thing for a Christmaus present Kinran, the new Jap ware, Spice Mills, 109 Kast Eighth. Topeka DR. GEO. PORT ASHTON DENTIST Sell Phon 1183. Intf. 828. H. W. Cornir Eighth i Ktnstt MORE THAN HALF THE COPPER In 1908 Was Produced in tne United States. Washington. Dec 15. During 1908 the United States contributed more than half of the world's total produc tion of copper, the exports of copper from this country being -618,613,842 pounds, the largest amount recorded. These facts are contained in a report on the ubject by the United States geological survey. The domestic con- Pasteur Institute Treatment for Hyc'raphobia Dr. A.B. Jeffrey, Topeka, Kas. sumption of copper during tne year was 503 million pounds. A notable feature of the industry during the year was an increase In production due to improved methods and increased efll- ciency of labor. Just Before Christmas. Just a few days until Christmas. A subscription to the Ladies' Home Journal or the Saturday Evening Post is a -Christmas present which the whole family will enjoy, the entire year. F. E. Jordan, 708 Topeka ave nue. Ind. 1150. Topeka Laundry Co. CLEANING, DYEING, PRESSING Up-Town Office 116 W. 8th Open from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m. Family Washing 5c per f6"" Phones 153 Main Office and Plant- Second and Quincy Streets

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1909. 3 RAILR0AD NEWS. Trains Are Banning Fast Enough, Say Expert. Declare That It Is Improbable a. m i T 4 a s mi HARD ON PASSENGER Starting and Stopping of Trains Jars Traveling Public. Other Items of General Interest in Railroad Circles. Now that there are rumors, and even ssse-tions, that railway trains are to be or soon may be moved at a rate sev eral times faster than any to -which tha latest of recent schedules have accus tomed us, there is interest and perhaps pertinency, says ihe New York Times, In some computations made by the Scientific American with a view to showing that speed increases can not go on Indefinitely. There is a limit, and the limit Is due to two facts one, that every journey must have a beginning and an ending, and that, while human beings could en dure transmission at any speed, they .must be started and stopped with due regard to their power to resist shocks The quickest way to get from one point to another without uncomfortable or disastrous effects on passengers is to travel faster and faster until half the distance is traveled, and then to slow down gradually until the destination is reached. And When the rate of acceleration is just fuch as can be borne with comfort, the limit is attained. The effect on the pas sengers vould be a continuous pressure against the back of the seat, of the sort experienced when a car is started sud denly, for the first half of the journey, and then, in order to prevent them from pitching out of their seats, the chairs would have to be turned in the opposite direction for the rest of the journey, during which the same sensation would be felt. If an attempt were made to make the same time by any other method involving uniform speed throughout the greater part of tha journey, an unpleasant jar or pressure would be experienced in starting and stopping. The highest speed attainable would, therefore, be proportional to the distance traversed. By a mathematical calculation not necessary to repeat here, it Is discov ered that living passengers will never be transported between New York and Philadelphia is less than 6 minutes and 44 seconds, and that Boston will never be reached in a shorter time than 10 minutes and 4 seconds. This is rather disappointing. Still, the gain over the present train schedules will be consid erable quite enough to make frequent travelers wait for its attainment, through the gyroscope or otherwise, with some impatience. OLDEST IN RAILROAD SERVICE. Missouri Pacific Conductor Wears Two fenu Stars and Four Stripes. Atchlsohf Kan., Dec. 15. In ac cordance with the recent regulation relating to uniforms issued by the Missouri Pacific railroad many of the conductors have provided themselves with the new uniforms which show the number of years the wearer has been in the service of the company. Among the local conductors. John Hanson has the record for length of pervice and nis uniform will be decorated with two stars and four stripes, which signifies that he has been with the Missouri Pacific for thirty years. Each five years is shown by a stripe and after twenty years of service a star is worn and and an additional star for five years there after. John May is the next in num ber of years and has one star and four stripes. BIDDLE'S RAILROAD CAREER. Vice President of Frisco Started as a Brakeman on Santa Fe. William Baxter Biddle, who has re signed as third vice president of the Rock Island-Frisco lines to become third vice president of the St. Louis San Francisco, the Chicago East ern Illinois and the Evansville Terre Cause for Alarm Loss of Appetite or Distress After Eating Symptoms that Should Not be Disregarded Appetite is just a natural desire of the system for food necessary to replace natural body waste. Loss of appetite or stomach distress after eating indi cates indigestion or dyspepsia. Over eating is a habit very dangerous to a person's good general health, and in satiable appetite is a common sympton of diabetes. It is not what you eat but what you digest and assisimlate that does you good. Some of the strongest, heaviest nnd healthiest persons are moderate eaters. There is nothing that will create sick ness or cause more trouble than a dis ordered stomach, and many people dally contract serious maladies simply through disregard or abuse of the stom ach. We urge every one suffering from any stomach derangement, indigestion or dyspepsia, whether acute or chronic, to try Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets, with the distinct understanding that we will re fund their money without question for rormanty, it arter reasonable use of this medicine they are not satisfied with the results. We recommend them to our customers every day, and have yet to hear of any one who has not been benefited by them. We honestly believe Rexal Dyspepsia Tablets to be without equal. They are made from the prescription of a physi cian who devoted his time to the study nnd treatment of stomach troubles. They give very prompt relief, stimulat ing the secretion of gastric juices, strengthen the digestive organs, aid to good digestion and assimilation, regu late the bowels, and promote nutrition. We urge you to try a 25-cent box of Rexp" Dyspepsia Tablets, which give 15 days' treatment. At the end of that time your money will be returned to you if you are not satisfied. Of course. In chronic cases length of treatment varies. For such cases we have two larger sizes, which sell for 30 cents and f 1 .00. Remember you can obtain Rexall Remedies in Topeka only at our store, The Rexall Store. The Rosser Drug Co., 123 Kansas avenue. Haute, was born November 12, 1856, at Beloit, Wis. He was educated at Be loit and began railway work in 1878 as freight brakeman on the Atchison, To peka Santa Fe, and was later station agent. In 1882 he was made chief clerk in the general freight office of the At lantic Pacific, now a part of the Santa Fe. coast lines, and four years later he became assistant general freight agent. The next year he was made division freight and passenger agent, and in 1888 he was appointed assistant general freight agent of the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe. From 1890 to 1894 he was assistant freight traffic "manager, and later was made freight traffic manager. He was elect ed third vice president of the Chicago, Rock Island Pacific on March 1, 1905, and In January, 1906. his jurisdiction was extended over the St. Louis San Francisco and the Chicago Eastern Illinois. GAVE WTIOA'G INFORMATION. Missouri Pacific Agent Gave Wrong Time and Travelers Complain. Hoisington. Kan., Dec. 15. D. A. Weltmer, who was in Hoisington the other day, says a number of commer cial travelers have prepared a. bunch of trouble for the agent at that point. As is well known in this county the train between here and Hoisington has been run at irregular times and there has been no telling when it would make the tria. According to the story the traveling men approached the agent and asked when the train would leave for Great Bend and were informed that it would be several hours as some of the cars out on the "Y" had been derailed and they couldn't get clear track for the Bend train. The travelers claim that no cars were derailed and that there is a penalty for giving such informa tion and that they will take the mat ter up with the railroad commission ers. They allege that the Missouri Pacific yards at Hoisington are too small to accommodate the usual traffic and the company is in the habit of using the "Y" and the main track to Great Bend as a sidetrack for the storage of cars and that the train is thereby compell ed to wait until engines can be spared to pull the cars out of the way. ROADS SHOW INCREASE. November Earnings Gain of Ten Per Cent Over Last Year. Chicago, Dec. 15. For November all tha railroads in the United States thus far reporting show total gross earnings of $38,668,812. an increase of 10.5 per cent over November last year. Every big road reports an in crease. Large gains are reported by the Louisville Nashville, Missouri Pacific, Denver Rio Grande and several other smaller roads. Both the Illinois Central and Great North ern are included, and show gains of nearly 7 per cent on the former and 5.5 per cent on the latter. In the following table are given earnings of United States roads re porting for November and practically the same roads for October and September, with the gains over last year: Gross earn- Per ings, 1909. Increase, cent. November $38,668,812 $3.6S7.38 10.5 October 40,323,011 3.450,695 9.1 September 46,996.363 4.024,323 9.4 "Grain is moving freely to Chicago and New Orleans," said an official of the Illinois Central. "There is also an improvement in the coal tonnage as a result of the cold weather. The merchandise business continues good, and there is a shortage of cars of moderate proportions." '51. H." HAIG IS PROMOTED. Young Santa Fe Official Is Made Mechanical Engineer in Topeka. M. H. Haig. who for the past year has been motive power assistant with the Santa Fe in Topeka, has been promoted to the position of mechan ical engineer with headquarters in this city. Mr. Haig came to Topeka from Chi cago about one year ago. He was with the Illinois Central in the Windy City. He is a young man and is one of the most popular officials in the shop offices of the Santa Fe in To peka. He has had considerable ex perience in his line of promotion in the railroad line. Mr. Haig is an example of a type of "new Jblood" that the Santa Fe is forcing through the veins of its entire system. He is a college graduate and a practical official. The appointment of a man to fill the motive power as sistant position has not been made. Silas Wright is unable to be at work on account of illness. .There will be a meeting of the la oies of the Y. M. C. A. association held in the association building Friday af ternoon at 3:15 p. m. for the purpose of laying plans for the New Year's re ception, the annual event of the asso ciation which is attended by thou sands. All ladies interested in the work of the association and who wish to help in this work are invited to be present Friday afternoon. Rev. J. W. Johnston spoke to the men in the coach shop Tuesday noon. J. J. Hassad left yesterday noon for Los Angeles where he will spend sev eral weeks on a business trip. The entertainment at the Y. M. C. A. Friday evening will be given by Dr. Wilson of Kansas City. Rev. Mr. Hill preached to the color ed men of the store house Wednesday noon. Rev. Mr. Scrivner will preach in the machine shop Thursday noon.. Vern E. Stanley, new man in the electrical department, has come to To peka to remain permanently. He is working in the office of F. R. Frost, having been transferred from Kansas City. H. W. Sharp has returned to New ton after spending several days here on a business triii. i C. W. Kouns, general superintendent of the southern lines, has returned to Amarillo after spending several days here on a business trio. Harvey Conway and N. H. Munroe, bollermakers from Philadelphia, have come to Topeka and accepted work in the local boiler shop. They will make their home at the R. R. Y. M. C. A. George Cole, the well known lecturer on the CHIT Dwellers, was a Topeka vis itor yesterday while on his way west. He spent a greater share of the time in Topeka at the Y. M. C. A. building. Mr. Parker has returned to La Junta after spending sevSral days here on a business tria. j The Salvation Army has placed a box in the Y. M. C. A. for all railroad men who feel "so disposed to contribute to their Christinas fun-1. Albert Deger has been transferred to the machine shor at Newton. See J. THOMAS LUMBER CO. for lumber and DEWEY PORTLAND CE MENT. Guara.Xaed the best manu factured. "The Man of Destiny," General Grant in fiction, at Hall's and Zercher's. GRANGEMEETS. Past Master George Black Talks of Organization's Work. Co-Operation Is Only Belief for Agriculturists. IN SESSION AT LYNDON Closing Year Is One of Great est Prosperity. Riches Lead Farmers to Flock to the Cities. Lyndon, Kan., Dec. 15. "Organiza tion and co-operation is the only re lief for agriculture. There is no or ganization -better adapted to co operation than the grange." This was the keynote of the ad dress delivered here today by George Black of Olathe, worthy master of the Kansas State Grange, meeting in its thirty-eighth annual convention. "The metropolitan papers and the magazines of the country," said Mr. Black, "are full of information about the prosperity that is supposed to be crowning the efforts of the American farmers. Even the department of agriculture is out with a report, show ing the year 1909 to be the most prosperous of all years in agriculture; showing not only bumper crops but good prices. The fact exists that the farmers are securing better prices than they received, a number of years ago, but not any more than enough to pay a reasonable profit on their in vestment and labor. "The spectacle of our farmers leav ing their farms and flocking to the cities, is not a good indication that they are making so much money. Why should they do so if they are so prosperous? The fact of the case is, the farmer is not making the huge profits that the consumers provision bills would indicate. The great trouble is the complicated manner of distribution. Is costing too much. "There are too .many middlemen and too great profits between the pro ducer and consumer and the pro ducer and the consumer are the suf ferers. "All the trouble cannot be placed on the railroads and the large trusts, it Is the smaller combinations in our smaller towns, and cities, that has a rake off from both the producer and consumer. "The manufactures are organized; the jobbers nave combinations, and the retailers in the towns have an un derstanding, and in the cities an iron clad combination; and the result is that the farmers are under paid for their produce, and the consumer is over charged, and the only remedy is, to increase your numbers in the grange, and establish co-operative exchanges. "The National Grange has taken this matter in hand and have a committee appointed from Maine, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri. Kansas and California. The committee realizes the difficulties before them, but, it is possi ble to establish produce exchanges, which will grow into a system, that wilr cheapen transportation and elimi nate so many intermediate profit3, and be a benefit to both the producer and consumer." That the year just closing exceeds all previous years in ext-;ni?ion of the Or der of Patrons of Husbandry in renoral, was the statement made by Worthy Making Merry At Mealtime, Means Good Appetite Good Digestion, Good Cheer, Good Heart and Stuart's Dyspesia Tablets. Do You Uio Them? If Not, Why? DYSPEPSIA is the skeleton at the feast: th- death's head at the festive board. It turns cheer into cheerless ness. gaity into gloom and festivity into farce. It is the gho3t in the home, haunting every room and hitting at every fireplace, making otherwise mer ry people shudder and fear. If there Is one disease more than another that should be promptly attacked and worsted, it is DYSPEPSIA. It is the very genius of unhappiness, unrest and ill nature. In time it will turn the best man almost into a demon of tem per and make a good woman something to be dreaded and avoided. It is estimated that half of one3 troubles in this world comes of a stom ach gone wrong of Dyspepsia, in short. Foods taken into the stomach and not properly cared for; converted into substances that the system has no use for and hasn't any notion what to do with. It is irritated and vexed, pained and annoyed, and in a little while this state of things becomes general and directly there is "something bad to pay." The whole system is in a state of rebellion and yearns to do some thing rash and disagreeable and a fine case of Dyspepsia is established and opens up for business. If yon were bitten by a mad dog, you would not lose a day in going to a cure; do you know you should be just as prompt with Dyspepsia? Rab ies in a quick death, dyspepsia is a slow one; this is about all the differ ence. Therj is a cure for rabies and so there is for Dyspepsia and one cure was about as difficult to discover as the other. Pasteur found out one and the F. A. STUART COMPANY the other, and it is no longer a secret, as it is made public in the wonderful Tablet, which so many are using and praising today. One writer says of it: "Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are little storehouses of digestion which mix with the stomach juices, digest food, retingle the mucous memhrane and it nerve centers, give to the blood a great wealth of digestive fluids, promote di gestion and stays by the stomach until all its duties are complete." Some cures are worse than the dis ease; they demand This, That and the Other and the patient despairs at the requirements: tut not so with the Stuart DyipopsH T-b!et- hey are ea?y and pleasant to take and no nausea or ill feeling follows. There is none of this "setting all-over-the-mouth'- like a liquid and making the remedy a dread. Another writer says: "It matters not what the condition of the stomach, Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab lets only improve the juices and bring quiet to the whole digestive canal, of which ihe stomach is the center." Forty thousand physicians use these tablets in their practice and every druggist sells them. Price 50c. Send us your name and address and we will send you a trial package by mail free. Address F. A. Stuart Co., 150 Stuart Bldg.. Marshall. Mich. TRIED REMEDY FOR THE GRIP. Master Black, who predicts Btiii great er growth in the n?d' future. "The condition of the order," said he, "is better than at any time since its establishment. A larger number of per manent Grange nava been organized than in any one year for 35 y-ars and a larger Increase of membership made during the past year than in any year since 1878. "The in'l-.ence of tlie organization in public affairs can only be estima:ed, that it was never greater than it is to day. "Good legislation concerns the farm ers of Kansas as much as any part of our citizenship. "Both the National and State Granges have always endeavored to create a healthy public sentiment in favor of wholesome legislation, and it stands to the credit of the Grange, that its in fluence has always been for the best interests of the people." Am FROZE OX ENGINE. Coolness of Engineer Saved Passenger Train From Wreck. Junction City, Kan., Dec. IS. A disastrous wreck was averted here through the courage and coolness of Harry Erp, an engineer on the first section of passenger 108. In some way the engine of the passenger train be tween Chapman and here got beyond control and when it arrived here the engineer was unable to stop it, and it rushed by ihe depot and through the yards at a high rate of speed. The fireman, lone Gavin, seeing the danger, jumped, off as it passed the yards, but the engineer stuck to his post. A switch engine barely got out of the way in the nick of time, after hearing the signals of the runaway en gine, and but a few seconds intervened between, thus avoiding a collision and wreck that in all probability would have resulted in much injury to the passengers and a possible loss of life. It took all the nerve and fully 20 minutes of time for the engineer to gain control of the engine. He backed up to the depot at Junction City with none of the possengers aware of their narrow escape until the train had been stopped and returned. Mr. Erp was unable to stop his en gine in the usual manner because the air became frozen. FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. Broom Corn Growers and Buyers to Organize Association. Liberal, Kan., Dec. 15. Now that the business incident to marketing the local broom corn crop is about closed it is very important that to avoid the mistakes and unpleasant incidents that have crept into the situation from time to time, some steps should be taken to bring about a better understanding not only between the growers them selves but between the growers and buyers as well. One way out of the- dilemma, as sug gested 'by an interested party, is for the broom corn growers to organize an active association for the purpose of promoting the brush and keeping informed as to the condition of the market. The greatest trouble arose from the fact that the farmer has depended too much on the buyer for his market re port, and it often happens that later developments give rise to dissatisfac tion and an estrangement between them naturally follows. The two are dependent upon each other, and it is necessary tnat their relations are cor dial. NO MATCHES FOR PRISONERS. Oil Lamps Will Be Substituted by Warden McCIaughry. Leavenworth, Kan., Dec 15. Major R. W. McCIaughry, warden of the United States penitentiary, has issued an order prohibiting the issuance of matches to the prisoners for lighting their pipes. Hitherto matches had been issued to the prisoners in their cells where they smoked after dinner during the noon hour and at night after their work was done. Recently two serious fires have been narrowly averted by matches dropped in the buildings by the prisoners. In fact matches have been scattered about the yards and buildings in such proportion as to place the prison in danger from destruction by fire. As substitutes for matches oil lamps have been provided by the warden for lighting the pipes of the prisoners. DECRY CANNED HORSE TRACKS. Turner's Attorneys Expect to Riddle Projecution's Evidence. Lyons, Kan., Dec 15. The defense in the case of Ora Turner, charged with the murder of Roy Snider at Ray mond last June, will attempt to prove that it wouid have been a physical im possibility for Turner to have murder ed Snider and that the famous "can ned horse tracks," on which the prose cution rests a large part of its case, were manufactured and will not hold. When court opened many persons could not get admittance on account of the crowd. Lawyers Banta of Great Bend and j-tahl of Lyons, who have charge of the defense, outlined their case and the trial is now in progress. RURAL MAIL CARRIER MISSING. Parents of Sam Turner Unaware of His Whereabouts. Larned, Kan.. Dec 15. Sam Tur ner, who has been carrier on rural route No. 3 out of here for the past three years, has disappeared. He carried the mail over part of the route Saturday, saying that the roads were too bad to go over the whole route. He has not reported at the postof fice since, and his parents with whom he lived say they do not know his whereabouts! Jail Sentence for St. John Joint 1st. St. John, Kan, Dec. 15 John T. Hagewood of Macksville was convict ed before Justice J. M. D. Martin on PS g COLDi At Fifty We bought the entire surplus stock of Ladies' and Misses' Suits from Crystal Qraef and M. Silverman This is undoubtedly the most remarkable value giving sale ever held in To peka, a chance for everyone to own a new fall suit at a nominal price 150 Suits, materials of 40, former retail prices $16.50 to $22.50, priced now In addition to this our immense suit and dress stock comprising all the new est models and best of fabrics. No. carried over garments are reduced. One-Fifth, One-Fourth, One-Third and OneHaIf Off the Regular Marked Price. 75 Dresses, values up to $16.50, at 25 Dresses, values up to 30 Dresses, values up to FURS AT MONEY-SAVING PRICES Brown Coney Coats, 50 inches long $34.75, Black Russian Pony Coats at $39.75, $49.75 and $59.75, Brook Mink Coats at $50.00; Black Belgian Hare Sets, large shawl collar and rug muff $8.95; Russian Sable Squirrel and Japanese Mink Scarf at $4.95, $8.95, $12.50 up to $24.75 Muffs. Genuine Sitka or Pointed Fox Sets at $44.75. Black raccoon Sets at $16.50, Black and Grey Wolf Set at $24.75. Genuine Mink pieces $11.95 up to $85.00. Taking size, style and quality into consideration we positively guarantee to save you money on furs. Any piece of fur we sell can be returned and money will be refunded, if it can be duplicated elsewhere at the price. Price Sells Quality Tells the charge of unlawfully selling in- J toxicating liquors and was sentenced to serve thirty days in the Reno coun- s ty jail and to pay a fine of $100 and j costs. Sheriff Cline took Hagewood to Hutchinson to begin serving his sentence. BORDER WARS WOMAX DEAD, Was Forced to Load Quantrel's Men Into Ijawrence. Emporia, Kan., Dec. 15. Mrs. Sally McKinney, who tradition says led Quan trill and his band into Lawrence on the memorable occasion of the sacking of that town on August 21, 1863, died here yesterday after a lengthy illness. She had resided in Emporia for 35 years. Her birthplace was Bagenalstown, Ireland. Stories regarding the connection of Mrs. McKinney with the raid of Law rence differ. She would never discuss the case. The version most generally accepted, however, and of which his torians have made the most use ab solves her from all blame. It is said she was riding with a party of friends near Lawrence when Quantrill and his men overtook her. Possibly for the dramatic effect, the guerilla leader chose her tc. direct his band of out laws into the town. She was forced to do his biddin? at the point of a rifle. The attack on Lawrence was one of the bloodiest and most cruel acts of Quantrill's. Attacking a defenseless city, he waged a battle in which one hundred and sixty men were killed. The outlaws pillaged and burned the greater part of Lawrence. Mrs. McKinnev was accused of com plicity in the raid but after an Investi gation the authorities decided there was no evidence upon which she might be- held. XOVEI SUBSTITUTE FOR GAS. Hutchinson Man Solves Problem of Cold Weather Fuel Supply. Hutchinson. Kan., Dec. 15. To keep warm when the gas goes out: Take two balls of asbestos, size about 6 inenes in diameter, and soak them in coal oil; by means of a wire suspend one of them inside the gas heater, apply a match and the thing is done! W. B. McF arland. who runs a gro cery store, .says that the above method of heating his store on cold days came to him during the shortage in the gas supply last week. BORK MURDER IXQUIRY OX. Additional Testimony Has Been Found Since Last Session. Pittsburg, Kan., Dec. 15. The cor oner's jury and Coroner Dudley, with Deputy County Attorney True, held a session in the Commercial rooms Tues day afternoon in the Bork muider case, to inquire into some additional testi- Money Dividends Health Dividends You might have both by correcting your diet. Try Grape-Nuts "There's a Reason' most every description, sizes GREAT DRESS VALUES $24.75, $59.75, KANSAS CITY TOPEKA KANS. MO. MONEY SAVED by having your teeth attended by us. Always up-to-date, pain leas, reliable and the largest dental, eoneern in Kansas. Popular PrkJes. DRS. LYON Office Established II Bll Ave., Topeka, Kan. mony that has been found since the last session. The testimony of William Hobbs, stepfather of Mrs. Bork, who was killed with her husband and child about a month ago, is to be taken. The adopted son in the Hobbs family was alwo sum moned as well as Mrs. Hobbs and a Mr. Munger, who lived in the vicinity where the murder was committed. TO HUNT WOLVES FRIDAY. Six Townships Will Be Covered by Eastern Kansas Hunters. Selden, Kan., Dec. 15. The big wolf hunt advertised to be pulled off Dec. 10 was postponed on account of bad weather to Friday, Dec. 17. Boundaries: South Union Pacific railway; north, Rock Island railway; west, Thomas and Sheridan county line; east, line drawn from Hoxie north to the Rock Island railway. Sant Layman, chairman on arrange ments; John Sogers, chief captain cn the east; J. C. Herron, on the south; A. W. Christian, on the east, and Jim Doming, on the north. This hunt will take in about six townships, and will be one of the big gest coursing events ever held in the state. Sporting men with blooded dogs are expected from Topeka and other eastern Kansas cities. FALL RESTORES GIRL'S MIXD. Remarkable Recovery of Edna Rice, an Ottawa University Student. Ottawa, Kan., Dec. 15. Friends have received word of the remarkable recovery of Miss Edna Rice, a mem ber of the lunior class at Ottawa uni versity, who was taken to her home in Siloam Springs. Ark., recently, suffer ing from mental derangement. At her home Miss Rice tripped and fell. She ac once recovered possession of her mental faculties. It developed that one of the vertbrae at the back of the neck had been dislocated, prob ably through the habit of bending over the books at study. The fall replaced the bone. Shot While Hunting. Norton, Kan., Dec. 15. Upert Pur ely, aged 24, was accidentally shot in the face and hands by -Roy' Bieber, who is about the same age. While Purdy is badly hurt and may lose the sight of his right, his life is not re garded as 'n danger. Canton Wants Light and Water. Canton, Kan., Dec 15. There is a to the Ladies on the Dollar 14 to $9.95 $7.50 $14.75 $24.75 at at Railroad Fare Refunded, AH or Part, to Out-of-Town Customers Beat set of teeth good Mt of teeth Gold orown, 22K Porcelain crow i w ,M grtds work. pr tooth S?ld IE?,1?" Silver ffllinge Cement fulinn Kxtraotin teeth, freeslna; Extreotlnc teeth without .oo 4 00 ioo

,4i.oo ....60O end tip to 11.00 ..BOO HEATHERLY 'earn In 4. Phone Ills. Orer W. A. L. Thompson Rdw. Oo. strong sentiment among the business men of this town for waterworks and electric lights,' and why not have them. Marquette, Moundridge and Halstead have put in .waterworks and electric light plants within the last year or two and. now Inman and Little River are agitating the, question.!, ORIGINAL GOOD ROADS MAN ILL. Mrs. W. A. White Called to Bedside of Brother, John M. Lindsay. Kansas City, Kan., Dec. .15.- John Milton Lindsay, surveyor of, Wyan dotte county, Kansas, and one of the original promoters of rock roads, is critically ill at his homr in this city. His sister, Mrs. William Allen White, of Emporia, was called to his bedside today. WHISKERS SAVED HIS FACE. Atchison Man Lit Match in Sewer and Explosion Followed. Atchison, Kan., Dec. 15. John Mc Carthy, a laborer, owes' much to the whiskers he lost. While he was looking into the manhole of a sewer he struck a match and an explosion of sewer gas resulted. His beard was destroyed but his face was uninjured, the whiskers serving as a protection. Load of Wheat Brought $1.05. Junction City, Kan., Dec 15. L. B. Martin, one of the well known farm ers north of the city, brought in a load of wheat that tested B9 pounds. The grain was bought by the Hogan Mill ing company for $1.05 per bushel. The rest of this week .we will give a nice cup and saucer free with each $2.00 purchase of china or art ware. Topeka Spice Mills, 109 East Eighth. Buy your friend a box of union made c!gars for Christmas. Childron Cry FOR FLETCHER'S C ASTO R I A Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S O AS TO R I A Childron Cry FOR FLETCHER'S O A S T O R I A

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4 TOfERl STATE JOtlllML By FRANK P. MAC LENJTAN. (Entered Jutv I, 1STS, as second-etaae natter at tha pestefflce at Topeka, Kaa.. ander the act of congress VOLUME XXXVI No. 298 Official State Paper. Official Paper City of Topeka. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Datlv edition, delivered by currier. W fits a week to any part of Topeka. or suburbs, or at the same price In any Kan saa town where the paper has a carrier system. By mail, one year....... CJJ By mall, three months Saturday edition of dally, one year LOO BBLL TELEPHONES. RnttfnM rtfffM ....TST Reporter Room 577 INDEPENDENT TELEPHONES. Prlrnte branch exchange Call 10T and ask The State Journal operator tor per- aon or department desired. PFnMl VPVT HOMR. ToTMk State Journal butldlne. n end 0? Kansas avenue, corner of Eighth. New York Officer 290 Fifth avenue. X til nM1p manairM1 Chicago Office: Hartford building. Paul woe, manager FTTL rKAKT wire ?fpokt OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. The State Journal Is a member of the Associated Press and receives the full day telesranh report of that great news or ganization for the exclusive afternoon publication in Topeka. The news la received In The State Jour nal building over wires for th'a sole pu-. poe Prices for corn and wheat on the grain exchanges are mounting to record figures for this season of the year. This means more prosperity for the farmers and already their horns of plenty ar filled to overflowing. Colonel Koosevelfs tramping through the Jungles of Africa has re duced his weight 15 or 20 pounds. In this Js a valuable tip for President Taft as he Is always looking for some means to whittle down his excess bulk. One of Carrie A. Nation's strong points is her frugality. That prob ably explain? why she prefers to go to the work house in Washington, D. C, to work out her fine for smashing ome bottled whisky in a saloon there a few days ago. Mr. Taft need not worry much about his special messages to con gress on the important questions which he omitted from his regular message. Walter Wellman has kindly mapped out a complete congressional program for the president. "Now the coal man laughs in the ice man's face," remarks the Balti more American, all of which may be true of its section of the country. But if such were the case out here the coal man would have to take a peek at a looking glass and then grin. A recent report from Washington intimates that President Taft is in favor of the federal supervision o telegraph, telephone, and wireless lines. The more news that comes from Washington these days the more It is evident that President Taft a approximating the right man in the right place. Frozen water hydrants were re sponsible for a large fire loss at "Racine, W.s., the other day. This ought to be a sufficient warning to the city authorities in every munici pality where cold weather prevails, that one of their chief duties is to keep the fire hydrants thawed out and in working order all the time. King Leopold of Belgium was obsessed with a desire to get rich that was almost a mania. His despoliation f the Congo country with its wreak ing of innumerable atrocities on the natives of that land helped him to achieve his avaricious dreams. But of what does his great wealth profit him iJ-ow? Mlrabile dictu! Gussie Gardner, the Massachusetts representative, who wa a power in the "insurgent" move ment for radical changes In the house rules, announces that he is not going to be a party to any similar movement at the present Session. He believes there should be no further effort in this direction-until the next congress meets, Two of Secretary MacVeagh's ap pointments have been held up by the finance committee of the senate of which Mr. Aldrich is chair man. Possibly that speech of Mr. MacVeagh's in which he stated that the Republican party has chang ed front on the matter of a protective tariff and that all of the revisions of the future by that party will be in a downward direction, did not set well in all quarters. In recommending a raise of salaries for the firemen, the members of the ways and means committee of the city council have done no more than the right thing. If the city is running in debt the probabilities are that re trenchments can be made to better advantage in other lines of municipal activity than by keeping a number of capable, efficient and essentially neces sary employes at starvation wages. Strange, passing strange! Congress man D. R. Anthony has discovered the fact that the war department has been unduly extravagant to the extent that it has paid $150,000 more than was necessary on Us recent contracts for hay for army uses in the Philip pine Islands, and he is taking the necessary steps to prevent a similar waste of money In the future. And Mr. Anthony isn't an "Insurgent, either. For a long time the state board of railroad commissioners and the state board of health were scarcely on speaking terms because Of the action of the latter in placing the ban on public drinking cups In railroad trains. But now it is safe to surmise that the railroad board considers the health, board one of the most magnifi cent and discerning institutions in THE Kansas. Ths health board alleges It ha discovered that one of the biff creamery companies of the state has been giving short weight in Its pack-, ages of butter. CAMPAIGN CONTIUBtTTONS, Not the least Important matter to demand the attention of the present congress Is legislation requiring pub licity of politiea1 contributions made in connection with congressional cam paigns. This is in line with similar movements which havn started in various of the states of the Union. particularly those in the middle west, for the purpose of safeguarding state and local elections, so that "tainted" money will not cut any figure in them. President Taft is favorable to the proposition, having discussed it in his regular message to congress as fol lows: "I urgently recommend to congress that a law ne parsed requiring that con didates for election to the house of representatives and the committees in charge of tneir candidacies and cam paigns file in a proper office of the United States government a statement of contributions received and of the expenditures incurred in the campaign for such elections, and that similar legislation be enacted in respect to all other elections which are constitution ally within the control of congress." This suggestion demands nothing unreasonable from the standpoint of the people, at least. It makes for a purity in connection with elections which is so s&entlal if the real will of the voters is not to be thwarted. A poll of congress on this question was made the other day by representatives of the Chicago Tribune. It de veloped the fact that quite a number of the Republican members of the senate and a proportionate number of the members of the house believe that legislation to 'his end should be en acted. This number is sufficiently lajge to pass such legislation with the aid of the Democrats. They could scarcely turn down the proposition as it has been one of the war cries in their national platform for many years. As a matter of fact, though, a bill carrying out this plan ought to go through congress with little or no op- j position from any source. ,Any mem ber of congress who is afraid or re luctant to -ell his constituents where he gets'-the money to carry on his campaigns, if he needs any help from other sources than his own. can scarce ly be called fit for elevation to con gressional levels UPKEEP OF, RAILROAD TRACK. "Railroad reports frequently give data from which interesting deductions may be drawn as to steel consumption, since there are single systems which em brace a not inconsequential fraction of the total railroad mileage of the coun try," says .the Iron Trade Review. 'Thus the Southern Pacific report just issued covers almost 10,000 miles of railroad, or about 4 per cent of the total steam railroad mileage of the country- In this fiscal year ended June 30, 1909, this road laid, for renewal purposes, 641 miles of steel rails, or 4.14 per cent of Its total trackage. In cluding sidings. The rails laid were chiefly 75 and 90 pound, the propor tion being about three to one In favor of the 75 pound rail, so that between 65,000 and 75,000 tons of rails were used. Comparing the system's mileage of road with the total mileage of the country, the annual consumption of the country, at a similar rate, would be about 1,600,000 tons of rails, for re newal purposes. "These items of upkeep are made necessary by the traffic, and are paid for from the revenue from such traf fic. They do not depend upon finan cial conditions or prospects, but upon the actual business being done. In the period of intense iron and" steel activity from 1905 to 1907 inclusive, a large part of the railroad material ta ken was for the purpose of extensions, and arose from the financial conditions then existing. The present demand for railroad material is in large part of an entirely different character, being the direct outgrowth of the traffic, ana paid for by it. It is a necessity rather than a luxury, with the railroads, and that is the best augury that it will continue, irrespective of clouds mat may from time to time appear on tne financial horizon. Much more than a few years ago, iron and steel is going to the railroads for the ordinary pur poses of conducting their regular busi ness." m- MOKE INJUSTICE. An instance of the manner in which justice is frequently not ad ministered in this country occurred in New York state the other day. The court of last resort there freed from prison and charges Mrs. Ben Teal, wife of a prominent actor and theatri cal director of New York city, who had been convicted and sent to jail on a charge of subornation of perjury in connection with the divorce suit of Mrs. Frank J. Gould. The New York court of appeals, in dismissing the case against Mrs. Teal, declared that she could not possibly have been guilty of the crime charged against her for the very good reason that the? evidence she was alleged to have sought to manufacture was immater ial and was not even admitted at the divorce trial. Mrs. Teal had served ten months of her year's sentence be fore the court of appeals' decision was handed down. This is an excellent example of the wrong that is often done persons, im properly charged with crime, because of the law's delay, and it presents a rather outrageous spectacle of the re sults of over-zealousness. or some thing worse, on the part of prosecut ing attorneys in their endeavors to make records by sending people to jail for imaginary crimes as well as real ones. It is reasonablo to assume that the very public officials who were responsible for Mrs. Teal's conviction would have known, had they proper ly analyzed the situation, that she was not guilty of thai crime they pressed against her. But they did not stop to make such an analysis. Perjury had become a rather common thing In New York divorce suits and it was TOPEKA DAILY STATE i j time some one was made an example of. Why not Mrs. Teal? She was an excellent victim. She and ner hus band were not very well to do and had no. influential friends. The Gould divorce case was a -notorious one. Why not "soak" it onto Mrs- Teal. Sure. A grand Idea. It was put Into execution Immediately, ehd Mrs. Teal was led away to jail. If she had been a Charles W. Morse, bank-wrecker, etc., the court would have admitted her to bail pending the appeal of her I j .nn,.nt niuiM nuu inui v u auj om.vwu. have been provided for her. But, no. She was just plain, ordinary Mrs. Teal -i with no particular claim as to distinc tion not even as a. criminal. So she went to jail and languished there for ten months while her case was getting to the higher courts and a decision being written which declared her to be a woman innocent of any wrong doing. Similar cases to this one, not many which are quite so aggravated to be sure, are happening all the time in every section of the country. People are cast into jail on suspicion of be Sng criminals and held there as vag rants at the pleasure of capricious police official Others, like Mrs. Teal are rushed to jail or prison on clever convictions secured" by prosecuting attorneys on charges that higher courts dissolve soon s they get their hands on them. For this .mis treatment there ought to be proper redress. Civil suits against police oft ficials and prosecuting attorneys and municipalities and states, are possible for false arrest and Imprisonment, but they are expensive undertakings and long drawn out affairs which are scarcely worth the effort Immediate and substantial relief ought to be provided by law as it will be some day and then a certain class of public officials will be a trifle more careful. JOURNAL ENTRIES No man is too good for any girl.

Amoner the rmtannras Via are watches. The nonnUr man with tK, laiu. i generally unpopular with the men. ir some folks that it Is more blessed to give than to receive. I3mu mt.hf 1-.. 14 would not be any more valuable these days than common, ordinary hens. JAYHAWKER JOTS How nice it is to be lulled to sleep at night by a chorus of anonymous dogs. Dick Madison in Labor Chronicle. It has been hard to understand why Concordia does not get to be the largest town In Kansas. Its ther mometer goes higher in summer and lower in winter than any other thermometer in the country. That ought to make it a great place for the oldest inhabitant Lawrence Journal. A newspaper man has more trouble than any other business man. A year ago we were berated for keeping up a newspaper fight In the city. Now that the editors of the city are living peacefully and harmoniously together, it is charged that both dailies are 6wned jointly. Queer world, isn't it? Gomer Davies in the Concordia Kansan. Evidently Florence has a preacher that the town thinks a lot of. savs the Hutchinson Gazette. "Thev held a shower for him the other dav. In stead of giving him gold or precious atones mey presented nim with a dozen hens. Considering the present coBt of eggs is there any more ex pensive testimonial they could have given?" Traveling men are also complain ing about the Union Pacific branch which runs between Leavenworth and Lawrence. A motor car is run on the line A traveler who started to use the car the other aay says the train didn't start on time. He asked the conductor about the matter. "Can't start until we get more Das- sengers," he said. "The men have to get out and help push." He says whenever the car stopped at a sta tion the passengers got out and pushed until it started and then caught it on the run. Hutchinson News. One of the drug inspectors, who stopped in this city on his way back from the western part of the state, told of a colony out there that was making its own beer. The inspector had noticed that an unusual amount of malt was being shipped there, and upon investigation found that the congregation of a Russian church was receiving it. They had erected a email shed back of the church, and were making their own beer. No one else was allowed in the "club," and as everything was conducted ac cording to Hoyle, the inspector could not touch them. Junction City Union. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. And the face of the homely girl is her chamoeron. Jolly an egotist and he will jump any way you want him to. A truly thoughtful friend never ex aggerates any of our faults. All the world's a stage but few of the actors get in the limelight. Young people waste an awful lot of cnthsuiasm at a football game. The rightl kind of a conscience has handicapped many a man in the race tor wealth. Our idea of a foolish woman is one who is afraid of a mouse and isn't afraid of a man. There are some bis surprises ahead of the young man who thinks he un derstands .women. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. From the New York Press. If there's any paying visits in heaven it will take a good deal of the edge off it. An extra clever thing about a widow is she has yet to learn anything about men. A woman can stand having white hair, but she's insulted if you assume that it's from age. There's a certain kind of man who thinks he can get ahead of somebody by cheating himself at solitaire. The way to make a woman inter ested in a letter is to write something and then scratch it out, so it will take her two days to guess what it was. JOURNAL WEDNESDAY I KANSAS COMMENT MRS. BELMONT ALL RIGHT. Newspapers and men who have made mean remarks concerning Mrs. O. H. P. R.(.lm, h.a,,c,A r.t V,;.. she has said regarding suffrage and because- of things she has dene, should take them back and apologize. She now says that when young she was a tomboy. That accounts for her suffrage proclivities and excuses them. The Eagle believes that any woman who played and fought with the boys, who beat them at their own games, should be entitled to vote at cjcuuoo as orten as any man. Mrs. Belmont, according to the re port, demanded equal rights when she wa sflrl and enforced ber demand with her fists and with clods and clubs. She was a good fellow when young and she -must retain some of her youthful inclinations. If she wants to vote aU right, let her put in the clause that only tomboys are to enjoy the right of equal suffrage and every man who had a tomboy for a playmate will be with ber. Wichi ta Eagle, NEEDED, A PHILANTHROPIST. Andrew Carnegie has looked after the literary welfare of the people through the establishment of public libraries; John D. Rockefeller has given millions to the cauee of education, founding col leges and providing for old age pen sions for teachers. Hospitals, charity institution? of all kinds have received liberal donations from the estates of wealthy men. and explorers have been financed that the uttermost .Darts of the earth may be visited and placed upon the map ac curately. But not one of the great benefactors has thought of the most important field of exploration in affairs intellect ual. It is true that there is a Marshall Field ground in Chicago and parks in many cities where university genius may expand, but for the exclusive use of athletes there no stadium worthy of the name. Let some multi-millionaire who has made his money through war contracts provide half a dozen stadiums in the larger cities, divided with a view tc covering north, east, south and west, and he will leave a name which will be honored when Carnegie's books have left their coverings and Standard Oil stock has fallen to zero. Wichita Bea con. FROM OTHER PENS THE FRENCH ELECTIONS In France, as in" England, the first months of 1910 will see a tremr-ndous struggle for the control of the gov ernment. Though there is a vast technical difference between the is sues which tha voters of the two countries have to decide, the main feature is the same. In the onn case, as in the other, the battle is between the old ideas and the new. Th'j As qulth cabinet stands for the finance which lays the chief burden upon the shoulders of tha rich and the well-to-de; the Briana ministry also ilesires to- provide for old-age pension and similar schemes of social reform In this way, while maintaining the high protective tariff which has become an indisputable dogma with the mass of Frenchmen of late years. Franco has a deficit of forty million dollars to meet; England's deficit is fully twice as big. The ton of British politics is bitterer than it has been for de cades; in France, the. class-hatreds are intensified by the separation of church from state, the closure of the religious schools and various other moral problems of this sort. New Orleans Times-Democrat. AN AERIAL TRUST. The commercial opportunity of avia tion has no more immediate and mater ial evidence than in the formation of a million dollar corporation In New York for the manufacture of the Wright brothers' machines. The incorporators include some of the richest men in that city. The installation of a plant for production is already Indicated in Ohio. It is rather early to predict that the possession of the Wright patents cov ers the entire scope of man-flight; but the formal ion of this trust so prompt ly indicates the entrance of aviation into tha field of rivalry in transporta tion which Has heretofore been occu pied by railroad and steamship lines. It is a marvelous development of an art which is yet In its infancy. But it has vast possibilities. We are just beginning to learn that men can fly. What may we not look for in the near future under the guidance of commer cial interest directed by confmercial energy ?Boston Herald. o NEGLIGENCE- IN INSURANCE. Insurance is the most neglected and least thought of item in the affairs of American bus'ness men. The same neglect and apparent carelessness in other departments would soon bank rupt all but the freaks in commercial pursuits. Soverul incidents have oc curred recently to support these state ments, yet the average business man has not been Impressed with them. The daily press is continually record ing instances where fire companies have failed for want of capital or character; foreign Lloyds and indi viduals have declined to pay Ameri can losses; mutuals have gone the way of the wicked, etc., but the aver age business, man is still readv to place his insurance with any concern that comes along with a lithographed policy form, and is willing to write the policy for a little less than is ask ed by the old and substantial concerns. Nashville American. QUAKER MEDITATIONS. From the Philadelphia Record. Don't wait for Fortune to knock; have the door standing open for her. The fat man who eats too rapidly should realize that haste makes waist. A piece of red flannel dangled in front of him makes a frog hopping mad. Half the people who are disappoint ed in love never realize it till they are married., Those who attempt to fight the devil with fire will discover that he has the most ammunition. Blobbs "Yes. he has acquired ease and plenty." Slobbs "But he didn't ac quire them in that order." There seems to be ouite a difference between buying something for a song and giving your note for it. Any struggling artist will tell .you that the best time to work is when you are so rich you don't have to. It isn't the fellow who makes a fool of himself that we object to so tuh as the one who makes a fool of us. The American "I like the French cafes of New York better than those of Paris." The Parisian "Eempossi ble, Monsieur!" The American "That's right: the New York waiters understand my French L-etter-than those of Paris." EVENING, DECEMBER THE SINGER OF BEAUTY. The poets of power and passion Are leaders and lords in the van; They help us to forge and to fashion. They teach US to nlnt aiul in r1nr. Oh. they are the strong ones, the smlters. j i.a seers ana wie propnets oi wrata. Who summon the swords of the fighters To clear for our progress a path. But -what shall be said of the singer Whose song has no purpose or plan? The bard who is only a bringer Of joy to the spirit of man? Shall he be despised and neglected As useless or vicious or vain? Shall he be rebuked and rejected. And silenced with scorn and disdain?. Ah. no, let him sing, let him fling us rxm song witnoui purpose or arc; The lark does not stir us or sting us. And yet he is dear to the heart, All praise to the poets of duty Who rouse us to wrestle with wrong. But here's to the singer of beauty, And here's to the Hit of his sanjrf Dennis A. McCarthy, in the New York oun. A Mood of Copper. Excepting for the owners of mines, there is nothing unwholesome about the unprecedented surplus of unsold copper. The big output resulted dur ing the past week in a reduction in the price of the metal, but even that will cause no loss of sleep on the part of the millions of users of copper. The only trouble with copper is this: The United States can now produce more of this valuable metal than the world is ready to consume. Recent discoveries of vast ore bodies have ao greatly enlarged this country's capacity or production tnat It nas entirely out stripped-the demands of buyers. But it Is surely no sign of distress wnen a land contains so rich a mineral as copper and in such tremendous quantities tnat it can put upon the world's market more than the world wants. That American miners have brought to the surface an average of 500,000 pounds more copper every day tms year tnan could De sola could only result In what has already happened to the price of it, which is to say a reduction. If the owners of iron and coal were to work their mines to the utmost they- would also gorge the markets with their product and depress the price. But they do not follow that policy, and copper owners, If they wish to prevent a further drop in the value of their metal, will have to save their resources and lessen their activity. As for the consumer, he can sit down comfortably in the calm satisfaction that this country is lined with the red metal which will last for ages. Among out national assets copper ranks far to the front, and it is one of the things which helps make this land utterly in vulnerable. Copper cannot be made artificially, nor will that be destroyed which re mains in the ground. In no sense can the cheapening of the price now be re garded as a symptom of a decreased business activity. Philadelphia Press. Panama to Rival Jamaica. To most Americans Panama means only the Canal Zone plus a restricted country of xilderness and swamp, with a republican form of government auto matic to the policy of- the United States by the treaty of 1903. We believe that most Americans would be sur prised to hear that Panama is greater in area than South Carolina and al most as large as Maine. While the canal strip is only about five miles wide, the influence of the United States government will extend to every confine and recess of the republic as long as the American flag flies over the zone. It follows that serious breaches of the neace will not be tol erated -any more than arbitrary inter ference with legitimate investments. If the resources of Panama would re pay an attempt to develop them we may be sure that It will be made. In a recent issue of the Kingston Gleaner we find the expression of a lively fear that Panama may some day profit handsomely at the expense Of Jamaica. "If we lag behind in the matter of Jevelopment," It says, "that country may use our own bone and sinew to grow the products which shall compete with the Jamaica products in the markets of the United States." Jamaica has already lost thousands of her negro laborers to Panama, and if It is made worth while they will re main on the isthmus. Some of them have become peasant proprietors and are prospering. Their example is like ly to be followed by many of the islanders when the Pacific slope of Panama is opened to settlement by railways and cart-roads. The rainfall is not excessive, the climate is salu brious, and the Pacific slope of the re public is attractively suited to agricul ture. NewYork Sun. Easily Managed. The contract for keeping the church and town hall clocks in order was given to a new man. Unfortunately, from the start he experienced a dif ficulty in getting the clocks to strike at the same time. At last the district council requested an interview with the watchmaker. "You are not so successful with the clocks as your predecessor," he was told. "It is very misleading to have one clock striking three or four min utes after the other. Before you to-ik them in hand we could hardly tell the two were striking. Surely, you are as competent?" "Every workman has his own meth ods, gentlemen," replied the watch maker, "and mine ain't the same as H 's were." "I'm decidedly of opinion that It would be for the general good if they were,'! remarked one of the Councilors. "Very well, sir; in future they shall be," came the reply. "I happened to write to him last weak about the trou ble I had ith the clocks, and but, perhaps," he added, as he produced a letter and nanded it to the chairman, "you'd like to see what he said." "Dear Sir:" ran the letter, "About them clocks. When you get to know what a cantankerous lot of busybodies the council consists of you'll do the same as I did for fifteen years forget to wind up the striker of the town hall clock, and the silly owls won't be able to tell that both clocks ain't striking together." Tit-Bits. Radiant lor Everybody. Arrangements will shortly be made by the Austrian government for the public sale of radium for medical and experimental purposes. A considerable quantity of radium in an impure condition was recently received here from Joachimsthal. The process of purification will be com pleted in a fortnight, when at least a gram will be available for public pur chase. It is stated, however, that among the intending purchasers pref erence will be given to Austrian sub jects. According to Sir William Ramsay, at the laying of the cornerstone of a new radium factory at Limehouse, England, a week ago, radium, which not so long ago sold at $2 a milligram Is now worth ISO a milligram, or $J, 500,000 an ounce. The total quantity of radium which has been thus tar recovered for scien tific use throughout the world is esti mated not to exceed a quarter of a pound. Vienna dispatch to the New York Times.- k 1 15, 1909. 1 ItfE EVENING STORY Papa Smith's Waterloo. (By Stacy E. Baker.) stJhvl rtola, yn" wd Pap Smith, his face fairly purple with rage, 'h," 1 5 'an1 for you as a son-in-law Tne phrase may sound lnele ant, but it's exactly what I mean. Autciiy, precisely, and Just what I fVL Ha brought an emphatic and j at fist down on th dmv Papa Smith listed in tha annals of Business as John Anriorutn smith architect was at least a hundred ,-ounas neavier than this youth who quailed beforu the arrows of his wrath. Just now, witu the color in his frown ing face, he summed up suspiciously -ke the last mountain of flesh the de rosed sultan of Turkey sent over to wrestle (comparatively speaking) dust weight Americans. Furthermore, the uespot in the swivel chair stroked a stubby, bristling mustache that the overwrought mind of a seeker of a fair damsel's hand knew to be a col lection of lightning rods worn to pro tect the man from his own pyrotechnic vocabulary, "Wh-wh-why?" gasped the pilgrim at the shrine of paternalism. "Wh-wh-why?" mimicked the fat man, steel-gray eyes flashing angrily. 'Because, you fool, my daughter must marry a man. A man, d'ye hear? One whp does things things with a capital It must not be inferred from this remark that Tommy Briggs, the un comfortable reed swaying before the wrath of the irascible old cyclone, didn't do things. He did. He led co t llions, among other achievements, and, as he had just proved, he could arouse, on occasion, sudden rage In the hearts of fussy, opinionated papas. Mammas, on the other hand those mammas, at least, who are always scouting on the ramparts of society for possible young bachelors of family and fortune would raise their hands In horror at tho idea of refusing Tommy ihe hand of any of their girls. Unfortunately for the slim young man with the molasses-colored hair and the pale blue eyes, the daughter of the house of Smith was motherless, snd Smith was contented to have her remain in the clan of Smith until more lieady material than the Briggs scion materialized. Miss Eva Smith was a girl, peach-pretty, and unspoiled by the very nice society into which she had been thrown. Tall and slim, with a mass of wavy blue-black hair and dusky, dream-lit eyes, the maid was essentially popular with the young men of her set. Best of all, she liked young Tommy; in fact, only the night before she had half-confessed to him her passionate ill-devouring love, and Tommy, backed cy nis million dollars and good pros pects, had trudged manfully to Popper Smith for his blessing before popping the question. The Interview had terminated in a monologue, with Papa Smith doing the shouting. It was all very painful, not enly to Tommy Smith but to the other occupants of offices in the block, who round themselves compelled to sus pend business until the megaphonic voice of the irate architect had calmed down. The meek and lowly suitor assimi lated a great deal of more or less good advice, and carefully noted prognosti cations aB to his probable future. He rever had quite realized, before, his ?rsonal failings. In the beginning, It had been rather of a novelty, this summing up by the old gentleman. Then the lion-voiced one had fright ned the youth. Seeing this, he had 'lightened him still more. Then Briggs r ad waxed angry. ."You. can stop your, silly ranting," Interrupted the suitor, suddenly. "It makes no difference at an. l intend to marry your daughter, and there's an end of It. If you won't give your con- pant I'll marry her, anyway.. Hear me!" Old Smith gasped in surprise. So the worm had turned "Oh. you will, will ycru?" he grunted -ppreciatlvely. "Why, you toad, you won't get a chance to propose to her." "I'll propose to her, all right." prowled Tommy, his eyes blazing. "Don't you imagine that I won't. She'll accept me, too." Papa Smith's fat lips curved to a Disagreeable sneer. "I presume" he spoke slowly and with scathing emphasis "that your idea is to sneak around and whine your tale of an abused love in the girl's ears when I am not at home. That, I im agine, will be your way of doing things. You are not man enough to carry wour battle into the open. any more than you are man enough to get out and f am your bread by the sweat of your trow." Younar Briggs bit his lips. With an effort he kept back the burning words- writhing on the tip or nis tongue. "I promise you," the youth answered t last, "that anything I have to say o Miss Eva will be said in your pres ence. But, I repeat, sir, i snail pro pose marriage to her." John Anderson Smith razed at the outh before him in grudging admira iion. "You must carry heavy accident In surance," he laughed contemptuously. Why. child. I'll make a wreck of you if you do that." He peered critically n Tommy. "I don't believe you have the courage to attempt it," he added, Impulsively. "You don't look as if you nad It in you. If you have" his eyes narrowed "and- can get away with it. 111 reconsider this er proposition You've put to me." Smith, ignoring his visitor, now turned to his desk. The interview was over. It was a thoughtful Tommy who betook himself to the elevator. The little curve of optimism about his mouth was gone. Three new wrinkles marred the placidity of his brow. Young Briggs, for the nonce had something to think about. For the first time in his fluttering career, something, had- been denied him. It needed just this denial to Drtng out the latent points in the youth. His starved brain seized the prob lem eagerly. A week passed. "Eva," growled John Anderson, one evening, his suspicious eyes on the gtrl. "Is that young whippensrapper still hanging around Miss Eva's fair face flusned. "Which one, father?" Her voice was calm enough. "You know, at different times, you have dubbed them all that individually and col lectively." "And I was right."roared the bulky architect, eager for the fray. "Each and every one of them is a brain less whippersnapper without an idea in his useless head. Now in the -old days "If you will discriminate," in terrupted the girl, hastily. "Ill answer your question. Which par ticular whippersnapper' do you mean?" "Young featherbrain Briggs, grumbled Smith. He is not er nanging arvunu, answered the girl, shortly, "and now let's change the subject. Oh papa the girl impulsively tripped over to the old ogre and placed a soft arm about his neck), I received just the dearest, sweetest present by express today. I want you to see it." With out waiting for a reply the gtri ran from the room, returning with a small box-like case. In a second, the cover was re moved and a handsome gold-mounted talking machine was placed on tha center table. "Huh!" ejaculated Smith. "What fiendish taste. The thing has so mueh fold on it that it is. absolutely in decent." The girl laughingly inserted a record. "Listen," she continued, "this is something out of the ordinary." Start- IXlK 4 the ma nVilnA trhJIrseIf, in the la her father. A Whirr irrhuffleuz," began the I -Miss Eva. I, Thomas Briggs, do hereby seize the opportunity in the presence of your father of asking you to become my wife. I a r,oar the Portly one arose, thereby suddenly depositing a fluffy bundle of clinging femininity on the THllx byl tt "nlcK kIc e recorded eloquence of Thomas Briggs was at an end. ftareo at the broken maohlne savagely. From behind him came a teary voice of protest. i i aon-t think that was nice." sobbed the disarranged After after Tv.rr,.. very one. enoueh to liv. ""u. Z man when in reality It wouldn't have made any difference at e.11 Smith glared at the girl. you love Win-?" he asked. Ye ye yes," came the weepful but decided answer. The old man stared long a the broken machine. Gradually an amused smile played about the cor ners of his stern lips. v,'!We,Ltake hlm then." he grum bled. "Anyway, I made him prove that he could think." (Copyright, 1809, by Associated Literary Press.) HVM0R OF THE DAY Partner-Keep a 8h Qn Holdfast. I'm afraid he's robbing the firm. Junior Partner Eh? Is he living extrayaguntly? Senior Partner Well, I passed him in the street yesterday, and he was smoking a cigar that didn't smell at all bad. Tit-Bits. Dubbins Do you know where I can find a lot facing south? Stubblns Why not try around the North Pole? That's a very likely place. Judge. Sunday School Teacher Alfred, do vou know the meaning of faith? Alfred Yes m. It's when a feller puts a picture of the prohibition candidate in his win der with "Our Next Mayor" on it. Puck. Hank Stubbs I fixed one uv them air agent fellers today. Bige Miller How so? Hank Stubbs Waal, he came sneakln' up to my front door an' ast me ef the lady uv the house wuz in, an' I said no, but the gentleman ov the barn an' hoss stables is. Boston Herald, "How iss your boy Fritz getting along In der college?" "Ach! He is half-back In der football team and all der way back In his studies." Boston Globe. "I am always horribly nervous when I buy a suit of clothes from a strange tailor." "Yes, a person you don't know Is hard to stand oft." Houston Post. Mrs. Mallard So poor Mr. Rooster's dead?. Mr. Cochin Yea; he was killed in a broil. Yale Record. "I think I shall marry him to reform him," said the romantic girl. "I have seen that experiment tried," re pried MIbs Cayenne. "Successfully." "Well, I won't say that the men were reformed. But they always seemed mora or less repentant and dissatisfied." Chi cago Record-Herald. v "How can I get the boys-Interested W'' percentage?" Inquired the new teacher. Let 'em figure out the baneball aver ages," advised the wise old pedagogue, Pittsburg Post. The Judge What reason have you to believe, from the evidence, that this man didn't visit his home some time during tie day. Foreman of JuTy Because, your honor, it was disclosed by the evidence that on that day his wife was giving a bridge par ty. Life. She Bell says she can read her husband like a book. He Ah. yes. He Is her third volume, isn't he? Boston Transcript. "What are you going to do with aU that counterfeit money?" asked Sapphira. "My dear," answered Ananias, "I am going to pay my dues in the distinguished club that bears my name." Washington Star. Wife You promised that if I would marry you my every wish would be grat ified. Husband Well, isn't It? Wife No: I wish I hadn't married you. Illustrated Bits. i You can't get something for nothing in this life," said the ready-made phil osopher. "No," answered Mr. Lamklnson. "I can't. But the chaps I have done business with In Wall Street seem to manage it." Washington Star. GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe. A farmer is never satisfied; don't ex pect it. The world is funny enough without the professional humorists.- All mean people claim not to know it when they do mean things. A man who owns a sleigh is willing to freeze, in order to show off. There never was a man who was not at some time an easy mark. Some men act important only when they are talking over the telephone. "People think I'm smart because I never. say much," said a man recently. We can't understand why any man should become excited over basket ball. Most people spend all the money they can get, whether it is a dollar a week, or fifty. We often wish we had nothing to do but attend to things we ought to do, but neglect. We have noticed that even when times are hard, capable, industrious people do pretty well. What has become of the old-fashioned man whose whiskers collected Icicles on a cold day?; Any doctrine that contemplates hard working people sending contributions to idle leaders, is wrong. Considering how worthless dogs are. we often wonder why the Lord invented so many different kinds. Men are too willing to go to law. Re member that when a lawyer advises you to go to law, it is not his funeral. Be kind to your kirj who are coal dealers. They will be the ones who will own new automobiles next sum mer. When a woman looks at another wo man's hair, she Involuntarily reaches up her hands, and rearranges her own. The necessities of life are really in expensive: it is love affairs, wine, late suppers, and that sort of, thing, that are expensive. A dozen times during an evening, the suspicion flashes across a woman's mind that her husband- looks a8 if she had Just caught him at something. A woman wouldn't object to blacking her husband's shoes if it could be done without any one knowing it all other women to be given the impression that her husband is a "perfect" slave to her a A

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL WEDNESDAY EVENING DECEMBER 15, 1909 CHRISTMAS SHOES You want some kind of foot wear for Christmas Slippers or Shoes as gifts for friends or footwear for yourself. m We want you to feel that this is your store the place to buy your, shoes. Our stock for the holiday trade is exceptionally strong, with the newest ideas in foot covering direct from the large manufacturing shoe centers. Let us put our time against yours today today to show you how much we can save you on foot wear. Slippers 75c to $2.50 Shoes for grown folks. .$1.75 to $435 Shoes for little folks. 50c to $2.50 106 E. Sixth St LION SANTA IS READY. lie Will Be in Topeka on Time. Unusual Precautions Taken Prevent Accidents. to 0 ASBESTOS COATS. "Will Not Follow Rule of Other Cities. An Abundance of New and Novel Toys. Topeka Santa Clauses are a favored lot. and should feel grateful for the liberties granted him by a kindly dis posed people who have never had a serious Christmas accident. Here Santa Claus does about as he blame pleases In selecting his wearing apparel. But In most cities he must wear the uni form provided by law, just as if he were a policeman or a street car conductor. While the firemen take every precau tion to prevent fires on Christmas eve nnd business men worry because of the riiinppr nf n hlazA for wppka hpfnre the nappy flay, tne greatest tisk to me ana property comes at the very culmination of the season, the time when there should be the least danger. This dan ger results from the Christmas tree. In most Topeka churches thi6 year the regulation 15 foot Christmas tree will be used and will be covered with candles or electric lights, nice presents and sparkling stuff which burns pret tily, and Santa Claus, clad in. most any old thing he wants to wear will be in evidence. It's pretty hard, sometimes to And a suitable Santa Claus and they are allowed, generally, to boss and bluff people because It Is feared If they are not thPw will refuse to play. In the last few years nearly everyone else has been subjected to more or less reform, but Santa Claus has gone on In his own evil way with absolutely no regard for the changing times and con- It isn't th VaSit of a Gift it s its charm that counts its afcjirofcriattntsi, A tfift of Reliance Plate will tit ny purse, yet give complete satisfaction. Come in and see the new, low priced silver plated ware, guaranteed for 10 years. -6 tsasfoons for 90 cents. W. A. L Thompson Hdw. Co. 511-13 Kansas Avenue SNATTINGER'S SHOE STORED s ditions. Prosperity has been plentiful, despite the reform, and prosperity pro duces hordes of Santa Clauses. In other cities there has been less re form along other lines but more atten tion has been given to the Santa Claus question. There are rules and regula tions enough to make the life of an aver age Santa Claus as full of trouble as are those of other mortals. And there are plenty of Santa Clauses at that. In other cities this year Santa Claus must wear an asbestos coat or keep away from the Christmas tree. He can wear a furlined coat provided he keeps it buttoned up and does not expose the fur. And in case he does not wear a coat of asbestos and whiskers of the same material he cannot get near the Christmas tree, but the work of taking the presents from the tree must be done by some of his local assistants. He can muffle his voice and crack a few jokes but that is as far as he can go in dis pensing Christmas cheer unless he com plies with the safety rulings. A Santa Claus properly equipped looks more like the driver of a racing automobile than the pictures In the story books. But such a Santa will not be seen here. There is a reason for this simplified dress for Santa Claus. Hundreds of S-antas have burred to death before hor rified audiences and precaution is con sidered necessary elsewhere. But be cause there has never been a serious Christmas accident in Topeka the risk which is elsewhere considered too great is taken here. All is preparation for Christmas in the churches. Kids are practicing their stunts, choirs are burdening the even ing and afternoon air with iheir carols, and fond mamas are trying to find a biding place for Christmas presents that have alreay found their way into the house. Arrangements -are being ma3s"rbr the setting up of the trees and where" the electric light is used instead of the deadly candle for illumination purposes special wiring is being done Toys Without End. All the toys ever manufactured to amuse and instruct children are on the market this year, and Topeka mer chants believing the municipality to be generally prosperous, have laid in a complete stock anticipating no trouble in disposing of them. The stock is an enormous one, and em braces ideas that are a delight to the child. Everything from polar games which are based on the Cook-Peary con troversy, to dolls and mechanical toys are to be found in the stock. It is con ceded that among the places that have received the best consignment of Kris Kringle's toys are the toy shops of Topeka. Mechanical toys on the market this jear make that department of the etores a wondtr. There are electrical motors for the mechanically inclined boy, steam engines, and winding trains, friction toys, which include airships and other miniature methods of locomotion. For the girl, there are dolls, and dolls, and dolls. The tin baby kind sell for tne cent, and from that figure gradual ly swell in price until they reach as much as $10 or more. The latter are the imported ones, and are magnificent examples of skill in manufacture. What is expected to be one of the best sellers this Christmas is the Brer' Possum, a furry plaything, which has rupplanted the Teddy bear. While the storekeepers say that the latter will always remain staple, ye the former will be the principal seller of the two this season. There are also novel arrangements in building blocks, and picture books, in door games, and what not. All is in readiness for the Christmas shopper. PROF. W. H. CAItlil TH TO WED. Ills Bride Win Be Miss Catherine Morten of Ijawrence. Lawrence, Kan.. Dec. 15. Prof. W. H. Carruth, head of the department of Ger manic languages and literature, and vice chancellor of the ITniversity of Kansas, is to remarry soon. Rumors of the faculty romance have been definitely confirmed by the announcement to intimate friends of Professor Carruth's engagement to Miss Catherine Morten of Lawrence. Miss Morten has been a teacher in the public schools of Iawrence several years. She now is teaching in the Quincy school here. She is an old friend of the family and was a warm personal friend of the late Mrs. Carruth, who died a year ago last August. The date for the wedding has not been definitely fixed, but it will not be until late next summer. In the meantime Miss Morten will finish her term in the Quincy sc-hool. Professor Carruth was first mar ried to Miss Frances Schlegel in 1SS2. two years after his graduation from the university. Miss Schlegel was at the time head of the German department, and she c&ntinued as a member of the faculty un til 18S7. Professor Carruth became head of-the eGrman department in 1882. Verdict of Not Guilty. Sioux Falls, S. D-, Dec. 15. A ver dict of not guilty was returned by a jury this morning in the case of Chas. Radford, a young man from Sterling, III., who was tried on the charge of having murdered George Hurd of Sioux Falls on the night of September 6 last. The killing resulted from a fight caused by- Hurd forcibly object ing to Radford and his brother keep ing his daughter and sister out too tate at night. rhinM "Refuses to Arbitrate. Ttvin ripe is The Chinese govern ment lias refused finally Portugal's pro posals for the arbitration of the Maco boundary dispute concerning which the two governments have been negotiat ing since last March. RAILROAD TO BUY HOMES Kansas City Southern Will Purchase Residences of Employes at Mena. Kansas City, Dec. 15. In order to ac complish a desired change of division points the Kansas City Southern Rail way company, with headquarters in Kansas City, has agreed to buy the homes owned by its employes in the town that is be abandoned, or, if de sired will move the house to the town where the employe is to be transferred This decision was reached yesterday following a ten days' conference be tween representatives of the employes and the management of the railroad company. The Kansas City Southern Railway company decided to move its division point from Mena, Ark., because the fed eral law requires the company to shorten the train runs. To do this it wa proposed to abandon Mena as a division point and make new divisions at De Queen and Heavener. "A mutually satisfactory agreement has been reached," said J. A. Edson, president of the company, last night. "By its terms the company agrees to purchase from each employe desiring to sell, his residence, paying therefor the actual amount expended in the pur chase or acquisition of the property. This arrangement is made for the rea son that when the rearrangement of the divisions takes place the majority of the employes now living at Mena will doubtless desire to remove to the new division points, Heavener, Okla., and DeQueen, Ark. GOV: HASKElTnS 1LL- His Physicians Think an Operation May Become Necessary. Guthrie, Ok., Dec. 15. Governor Charles N. HaskelL who was stricken witSi acute indigestion last night, show ed some improvement early today, but toe still was in a serious, condition. The governor suffered intense pain during the night and it was necessary to ad minister opiates. Physicians today said gall stones are the source of the gov ernor's trouble and that an operation may be necessary. He has been indis posed for several days, a milder attack of indigestion two days ago having caused him some concern, although it was too slight to interfere with his official du ties. TRAIN IS DERAILED. Wreck on the St. Paul Probably Due to Broken Wheel. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 15. The Chi cago, Milwaukee St. Paul passenger train No. 7. westbound, was de railed two miles east of Bayard, la., early this morning, the engine, tender and entire train consisting of bag gage and mail cars, two coaches and two sleepers leaving the track. Sev eral passengers were slightly injured, it was stated at the local office of the company, but none seriously. What caused, tne accident Is not known, but the tender trucks were the first to leave the track and for that- reason it is believed a broken wheel might have been the cause. No. 7 is the Sioux City and Des Moines local out of Chicago and carried pas sengers for those cities. The Injured. Chicago, Dec. 15. A list of in jured in the wreck near Bayard, la., was given out nere today by tne offi cials of th'e Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul Railroad company. The in jured include: B. F. Stover, Ashley, s. D. Ray Lease. Glenham, S. D. Mrs. Ray Lease, Glenham, S. D. Mrs. M. B. West, Vermillion, S. D. O. U. Ahleri, Deset, S. D. Mrs James Roane, Yankton, S. D. Hot Water Bottles Warranted for two years, if you Get It M ffobart's It is worth while to get the good kind and pay what it costs. It pays you back by lasting and not leaking. Red rubber is best. They put the most rubber in it and treat it naturally. Good, white rubber conies next. "Cheap" white rubber is worthless. Prices: 75 cents to $1.75. Both Phones 450. Free Delivery GIVEN A SCARE. Mild Epidemic of Smallpox in Santa Fe Offices. Six Men From One Office in the Pest House. CASES ARE NOT SEVERE Precautions Taken to Prevent Spread of Disease. Big Building Has Been Fumi gated From Top to Bottom. An epidemic of smallpox has spread alarmingly among the clerks and officials at the Santa Fe office building in this city.:-. It is reported that there are at the present time about fifteen clerks from the force of Freight Auditor A. A. Hayes' office down with the disease. The epidemic broke out about a week ago and during all this time it has been kept quiet by those in charge. No public reports of any kind have been made, as it was thought the epidemic could be con quered before it had included so many clerks. There are six young men in the pest house east of the city where they are being cared for by the city. They are all in good condition this after noon and it is not thought that any serious results will follow.: "We are having a great time out here," said one of the young men over the telephone today. "We have all the cigars we want to smoke and everyone is taking it easy waiting for all traces of the disease to dis appear. I don't know how many more fellows are coming -out but, we have a royal welcome for aJl of them. We are not worried over the results of the smallpox and feel that all will be well in a short time.- This busi ness of sitting around with your feet on the fire place is just like the times you read about." The pest house does not resemble a port for the sick anymore. Big strap ping fellows smoking cigars and pipes and singing every song they have ever heard have transferred the house into a modern college "frat" home and it is more of a jest-house than a pest house. The officials at the Santa Fe office building are confident that the disease has been stamped out even though an other case was reported to the city board of health this morning. Every effort possible is being made to check the epidemic and it is thought that there will be little- trouble after this week. Vaccination is the order of the day in the office building forces. There are probably 800 men and. women working in the big six story Santa Fe office building in this city and with all of them exposed to the disease the rail road and city physicians are holding a vaccination "bee." ..'-t- j For the last: four-nights the health officers have been fumigating the whole buiiding from top to Bottom-. FumTga tiori materials" of all IsWids are used and the work of annihilating all traces of the disease has progressed as. far as the human hand can progress.' Every precaution has been taken for the health of the railroad employes and of ficials. The office of A. A.' Hayes, freight auditor, is on the fifth floor of the Santa Fe office building the next floor, to the top. On account of this fact all the employes of the office go througn the building before getting to the street. On the other hand the office is a con siderable distance from a majority of the other offices in the building. The floor above probably contains more workers than any other floor in the building and it is feared that the epi demic will take hold in this mammoth office. If it does it means consterna tion among the clerks in the building. However, it is thought that at the present time the disease is well under hand and will spread nofurther. There is no occasion for qflirantine it is lucky because dt would mean a tempor ary halt in all the immense amount of work that is handled in this big sren- eral office building every day. It would n ean a tieuo of the official work along the Santa Fe lines and would be an endless task of straightening out the tangle when the quarantine was raised. The cases at this time are very ligiht and will not result seriously. Every thing is running along smoothly and outside of a morning, noon and night series of informal group conferences between the clerks, there is little talk of alarm. MANY GAS EXPLOSIONS. Cause Great Loss In Real Estate. More Insurance Needed. The recent accidents caused by .gaa explosions and the attendant loss- in Kansas and the southwest has filled the newspapers for the past two weeks. Death and destruction came fast on the trail of the cold weather. Considerable property, damaged by fire as a result of gas explosions, has been uninsured. The winter has but fairly begun. Accidents are still sure to follow and property owners are taking the precaution to take out in surance on buildings uninsured and larger risks on those already cov ered. During the past ten days the insurance companies have been doing a lively business. The Fox-Cook Agency has written several thousand dollars worth of new business in the past week, as a result of the accidents and fires eminating from gas explo sions. "No insurance company will pay for damage done by gas explosions unless fire ensues," explained O. C. Black, "but seldom does an explosion occur without a fire follows. NO MOKE FOOTBAUD TRIPS. Chicago Board of Education Puts Its Foot Down. Chicago, Dec. 15. High school football trios are things of the past so far as Chicago school are concerned.- President Alfred Urion of the board of education yesterday announced that he would introduce a resolution at the next board meeting which will tend to put a stop to such proceedings for ever. In regard to whether the boys mieht take the trip during vacation time without the use of the school name, the board head stated that any such move comd be properlv con strued to be an act of insubordination and punishable by suspension. Smmairtt Make Ideal Xmas Gifts and Here's an Opportunity to 1 buy the gen- f. FJ Men's Sweater Coats, $1 and $3.50 Mens Sweater Coats at $3.50 Men's all wool heavy knit sweater coats with large pearl buttons and two rt0 fA pockets, in plain oxford gray JhJj J If silver gray, worth $4.50, only t v Heavy Sweater Coats in gray "with pearl buttons in all sizes $1.50 kind. Special Get in early for some of these pure silt knit 4-in-hands that we're selling: at 60c; they are a good dollar's worth anywhere. 'Also the latest in Persian and Paisley pat ternslook and wear like dollar V stuff and in dollar sizes beauti- JlfC ful color effects, and only Open Tonight The 'John D. Knox hill is the favor ite resort for coasters. Topeka show windows were never more elaborately dressed than they now are. The Firtt Presbyterian Brotherhood class will hold a banquet next Mon day evening. The Good Roads' delegates impress one as being in earnest and that means a great deal. The quail laiw expired today and the slaughter is supposed to be at an end for this year. The members of the street, force hurt in thjs fire', cistern-explosion, it is now said will all' recover, r Farmers say that there has never been such an abundance of rabbits. in Kansas as this year. Prof, L- L. Dyche usually gets what he goes after. This should serye as a warning to violators of the game law. The old 'ashloned street cars on the Potwin line appear miserable in -comparison, with the new pay as you enter cars. Ramon Stotts, Bert Evans and Dennis-Doty are the Garden City repre sentatives at the Good Roads con gress. Topeka people are learning the sys tem on the P. A. Y. E. cars and they would, like to see all those in service of the' same kind. Harry Bone,-United States attorney, hasn't returned from Washington and when he does he will have his ap pointment for another four years in his vest pocket. S. H. Knar postmaster at Clyde, is in Topeka today. Mr. Knapp says that the people of his community are about to try raising sugar beets with a view of securing a sugar factory. The first Christmas decoration acci dent happened when a fire occurred at the Rosser druar store this morning. Klectric wiring and flimsy decorations are to be separated as far as possible. The Capital Hardware company has been sold to Harrison Handy by S. H. Johnson. An invoice is being made and the new firm will take charge in a week. The purchasers are from Mis souri. Major A. M.' Harvey has been al lowed $1,000 by the supreme court as special commissioner in the Leaven vsorth county commissioner contest. Major Harvey took about a, ton. of testimony. A fire, at the Rosser drug store, 523 Kansas avenue, this morning which burned about J75 worth of decorations, caused a fearful rumor over the city that another big gas explosion had ta ken place. t The turkey supply for Christmas Is running low and it is thought that very few people in the city will be able to spend their money along this route this year. Turkeys are gradually be coming luxuries. Practlcallv all of the ice in the Kaw river has disappeared. There is still Fat Reducing Ideas Are Proven Nature's Best Fat is food turned Into the wrong kind of material for the body. Instead of the blood taking up the food we eat and giv ing it to the body m the form or good, hard, sound flesh, nerve and bone, fat is thrown into the tissues and is packed around the organs and beneath the skin. This at last tears down all the vital forces of the system and destroys not only man ly health and comeliness, but likewise re sults in death. The sure way and the best way is to take a Marmoia tablet after each meal. You may then eat what you will, and when yon will, and the stomach and digestive organs will turn the meal into the very kind of nourishmemnt you most need. Fat is stopped at .onoe and the fat you have is removed in a way that nature herself suggests, at the rate of from 12 to 15 ounces per day, and there are no flabby rolls of skin and deep wrinkles left to remind you of the days when you were fat. Every druggist sells these tablets, which are made after the famous Marmoia Prescription. They are harmless, but thousands prove that they do reduce fat just as we say they do. If you can't buy them from your druggist or you do prefer send 75 cts., the price of a case, to The Marmoia Company, nnt .Kfi. Detroit. Mich., and they will send san-p you by return mail in a sealed an.yjmarKed oacnage. SIhiirtts nine i.du I n grades for V No finer inducement could be offered to Christmas shoppers than these re markable values featured In our great sale of sample shirts for 95c All of the most desired holiday colors and patterns are represented, In every conceivable style for business and dress wear, and the men who receive them as presents will never dream that you paid less than the regular price of- $1.50. No limit to the num ber rsold to a. customer. Tou can buy one or a half-dozen- for ninety-five cents each. 8 $1 considerable 'pancake ice" floating on the waters but it is not dangerous to the bridges and still is not useful for the small boy and his skates. The main reason for the dangers connected with natural gas is that it can hardly be smelled. For that rea son when it is detected it is important that an investigation be made at once by a competent man -and not a match. One good roads delegate commented on the fact that there was only one fault he found with Topeka and Kan sasthat was the disgraceful condition of the east wing of the-state house. Topeka and Kansas agree with him on this. The good roads enthusiasts all agree that the Topeka streets and parkings are the prettiest in the country. This is not a '.'brag;' but a "reproduction from comments heard every hour at the state house where the meeting is held. If you smell gas in the house don't strike a match or take a lamp with you to find it. Chief Wilmarth of the fire department has made arrangements to receive all such reports at headquar ters and a fireman from the nearest fire station will be sent to investigate the trouble at once. William McManns, a sailor, who has been sailing, across the continent in stead of around it, sailed into the Provident Association headquarters last night, and this morning sailed out again. He has no definite aim, ac cording to the association officials and merely stopped over in Topeka for the niaht. Every letter leaving the office of Governor Stubbs between now and Christmas will bttr a Red Cross stamp. That will" mean a cost of something like $2 a day to Governor Stubbs. The money will go to help in the fight against tuberculosis. Governor Stubbs is president of the Red Cross society in Kansas. The boys' club committee of the Provident Association met last night and planned for the entertainment of approximately 130 boys on Thursday evening, December 23. when a motion picture program which includes stories and music, will be given. Governor W. R. Stubbs and Mayor William Green will be invited to address the lads. A supper will be served. At a meeting of Swedish American National association Monday night the following officers were elected for next year: President. C. E. Maturberg; vice president, E. H. Helm; second vice pres ident, E. G. Ekblad: secretary, Fred Isacson; treasurer, Buet Berg; trustees, C. A. Tulic-n, C. G. Carlson, Oscar Carl son, Jonn Nygren, and John Isacson; c-ergeant-at-arms, A. P. Ahlstrom. The city street force is working with extraordinary vigor in an effort ta clean the streets during the slow thaw. The men are going to show the city that without their foreman and their commissioner they will do the work in a satisfactory manner. "A good report of their work will help their commissioner to recovery quick er than anything else," says Mayor Green and the men are contributing to the cause. TO ENTER SEATTLE. Union PacWc Trains Will Be Banning by January 1. Seattle, Wash., Dec. 16. Officials of the Northern Pacific railway ana tne Oregon Washington railway, the Puget Sound extension of the Harri man lines, held a conference here to draw up schedules for the operation of the .Union Pacific trains into Seattle. The trains will' be run over the-Northern Pacific tracks between Portland, Ore., and Tacoma, Wash., and over the Chicago, Milwaukee Puget Sound tracks between Tacoma and Seattle. Five tentative schedules were considered but a final decision was not made.. It was positively stated, however, that the Union Pa-. cine would be running trains 'Into Seattle by January 1. Investigating a Wreck. Erie, Pa., Dec 15. Deputy coro ners and railway inspectors today in vestigated the New York Central wreck at Northeast, Pa., Monday mid night, when three persons were killed and seven 'everely injured. While it is admitted several trains were stalled In advance of the limited, it is claimed flagmen were at rear protecting their trains and block signals were in good condition. If"! f Young Man here's news! The Palace is giving you special values in Suits and Overcoats from now until Christmas going to sell you fine, nifty, smart "L" System $20, $22. 50 and some $25 swell cut Suits and Overcoats $15 for Each garment hav ing all the kinks or as little of them as you choose. Don't Miss It. 600DCiomrsros TONIGHT 8:15 V0 Return Engagement George Fawcett In THE GREAT JOHN G ANTON Friday," Dec. 1 7: K. S. DRAMATIC CLUB in LONDONDERRY Sat, Dec. 18 $,c to AS THE SUN WENT DOWN With Eetha Williams. Wm. White car and Others. MAJESTIC PRICES 15c-25c NORTH BROS. STOCK CO. THIS WEEK "THE LIEUTENANT AND THE COWBOY" Matinees Wednetday and Saturday. Sale of Seats Six Days in Advance. MmCUV HIGH-CtASS tiUVLLI I VAUDEVILLE S SHOWS 5 ALL 5 DAILY STAB 2:80-7:45-9:15 ACTS PRICES lOc, 20c and 30o "SMALL SAVINGS BRING CONTENT Small savings count up aa faat tilt little xoinfi0si SLnri Am far C more Joyful to contemplate. We have the plan for both the small and large saver. Capitol Building Loan Ass'n Topeka, Kansas M. Pen well Undertaker and Embalcscr SI I Qvlacy StTMt Botfe Pboaes 113 Everybody reads the State Journal.

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6 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1909. GOOD ROADS RESOLUTION Favor Use of Convict Labor and Sys tem ut National Highways. W. J. CALHOUN, CHICAGO LAWYER. NEW UNITED STATES ENVOY TO CHINA Following are the resolutions adopted this afternoon by the Good Roads con gress: i A majority of the National Good Roads association, at TopeKa, Dec. 14 15. believing that among all the appro priations made for various purposes and believing in the organic and under lying principle of the greatest amount of good to the greatest number of peo ple and that no appropriation made by our national government could benefit more people than one for the aid of building public highways in the differ ent states and that the time has come when such aid should be given. Be it resolved, therefore that we de mand a system or fixed policy by our national government and our annual appropriation in the states for the ex press purpose of erecting and con structing permanent public highways, and Be It further resolved, that we call upon congress and the United States senators to enact and place upon our statute books a law looking to that end. "Whereas. A letter from Congress man Anthony was read before the Good Roads convention held in Topeka De cember 14 and 15. "Whereas. He advocates the con duction of a military road between Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley, by appropriation and convict labor. There fore, be it "Resolved. That this convention here by heartily endorses the idfa set forth in his letter and the effort put forth to bring about the completion of this plan. Be it further "Resolved. That we ask the dele gates here- present to urge the'.r con gressman and senator to assist in this movement. Be it further "Resolved, That a' copy of these res olutions be sent to Congressman Anth ony." As in many of. our states laws exist whereby, the poll and road tax may be either paid in, in cash or worked out in person. Be it resolved, that we demand of our state senators and representa tives, that they use their influence to wards the passage of a bill whereby these taxes must be paid in cash; that better results may be obtained from this money on our public highways. Be it resolved, that we demand of our state senators and representatives that they work for the passage of a bill whereby all the money paid !nto the several states through the state licensing of electric, ga.soline and steam driven pleasure and commer cial vehicles, shall be set aside for the exclusive use of the improving of our state highways. We urge the construction of the national government of a system of I permanent highways connecting Washington, r. C, with the capital of every stat and territory and the en listed men comprising our standing army be utilized to construct these highways. TRIPLE FUNERAL HELD. r V i' yyy, Vs l Richards Family Asphyxiated by Gas Buried Today. A triple funeral was held from the First Baptist church at 10 o'clock this morning when services .were held over the remains of Mr. and Mrs. John Bich arrts and Thomas P. Richards, victims of asphyxiation last Sunday. The audi torium of the church was Ailed by the friends of the deceased. The Odd Fel lows attended the funeral in a body. Three hearses conveyed the remains to the Topeka ceemtery where they were laid to rest in three graves made side by side. Rev. Thomas S. Young, pastor of the First Baptist church, preached the funeral sermon and held a short service over the remains of Mr. and Mrs. Richards at the grave. The Odd Fellows held their burial service at the grave of the younger Richards. To you want employment?" asked the sympathetic woman. "I dunno wot dat is, ma'am," replied the husky hobo, -"but ef it's ennythinK tew eat, youse may gim me a few." Chicago Daily News William J. Calhoun, who was Induced after much persuasion on the part of President Taft to accept the post of minister to China, is one of the most prominent lawyers in the middle west. He lived for many years in Danville. 111., the beme of Speaker Cannon, but his home Is now in Chicago. When Mr. Calhoun announced that he would accept the mission that Charles R. Crane was so unsuccessful with the president asked him to start for the orient at once. Mr. Calhoun has on two occasions performed excellent diplomatic service for the government. He was a schoolmate of William McKinley. and when the latter wanted a reliable man to Investigate the Ruiz affair Just before the Spanish war he placed the task in Calhoun's hands. Later Mr. Roosevelt sent him to Venezuela to settle the asphalt controversy. In each instance he acquitted himself with credit. The accompanying photograph was taken since bis appointment FIGHTING IN MANAGUA. Twenty Rioters Are Arrested by the Police. Corinto,. Nicaragua, Dec. 15. There -ere scenes of wild disorder in Man agua aagln last night. During a meeting of the aldermen one of them made a speech, denouncing Madriz and favoring the revolution. A free fight among the government and the anti government elements followed. Twen ty people were arrested. SHE STIRS 'EM UP. Airs. Nation Creates Excitement at Nation's Capital. Christmas DENVER MAN TO HELP. James C. Magill May Save Pueblo Ball Team. Pueblo. Colo., Dec. 15. Word was received here today from Denver that James C. Magill, owner of the Denver Baseball club, would arrive here late in the afternoon and' meet business men In an effort to save the local Western league franchise from going to St. Joseuh. It is supposed that he will subscribe $2,500 of the $5,500 wanted by the local directors and offered to them by St. Joseph through John Holland of the Wichita club. RED CROSS STAMPS ON LICENSES Probate Jndgc Schoch Adopts New Plan to Stimulate Marriages. Washington, Dec. 15. Mrs. Carrie Nation knocked a cigarette out of a house messenger's mouth today, and admonished the doorkeeper of the gallery that he "really ought not to moke." The Kansas saloon smasher and hatcher wielder finally was escorted i from the capitol building by the po- j lice, but not until she had made a 1 general round of the buildlne. i In the supreme court she passed a quiet quarter of an hour listening to legal arguments. In the house office building she talked to a member or two and upon the gallery floor of the house she had business with the Interstate commerce committee under the wrong impres sion that the committee was consid ering an anti-gambling bill. Chairman Mann of the committee, who did not knuw Mrs. Nation. dtrnitri her to the senate Judiciary committee, where the bearing on Senator Burk- ett's anti-race track betting bill wast held yesterday. Arriving too late ahe started in search of Senator Clark of i Arkansas, who. she said, would father her prohibition bill because she had become a citizen of his state. In the senate office building Carrie started to harangue the crowd from interior steps and hen the capitol police de cided her visit nad lasted long enough. SOLDIER iiOlc" LEAVES SUDDENLY Slippers They are gifts that finds an ever appreciative welcome. All leathers, all styles, for men, women and children. Felt Slippers with fur tops. Bath and Boudoir Slippers, all colors. Leather and Caval- liers for the men. Prices from $1 to $3.50 Choose wi'h ease from the city's bast stock. "Every marriage license issued from now until Christmas will bear the Red Cross Christmas stamp," said Probate Judge Schoch this morning. The judge had just issued a license and married Richard Bibbs of Glasgow, Mo., and Cardllla Dennis of Springfield. Mo., a colored couple, aged 38 and 39 respectively, and they got the first license bearing one of the stamps. The Red Cross stamps of neat design and in the red and green Christmas I colors are a pretty decoration for the licenses wnicn are also decorated with red and the stamp really seems a court embellishment from the early French, TRY COUNTRY NEXT. County Attorney Schenck Investigates Law Violations at Elmont. FOOT CAUGHT IN FROG. Glenn Maze Lost a Leg and Wants $15,000 From Union Pacific. Glenn G. Maze, a minor of ten years of age, who was run over by a Union Pacific switch engine December 16. 1907. has filed a suit for $15,000 damages through his father, Jacob E. Maze The boy had caught his right foot in a switch at the alley between Topeka av enue and Harrison street and was un able to extricate it as the ergine back ed a car down upon him. The right le: had to be amputated above the knee as a result of the accident. It is claimed in the petition that the railroad had always given permission to persons crossing at that point and that numbers of school children and others passed continually, but that the switches were left in a dangerous con dition, unguarded, open and unlocked so that children might easily become caught in them. No lookout was kept at the crossing and there was no lookout from the ad vancing end of the switching train, the petition alleges. Waters Waters and John J. Schenck brought the suit. LOCAL MENTION. Special Thursday, large globe and 3 gold fish 70c. Pine Chr'fcftmas present 409 Kansas. Three gold fish and globe for 20c, nice 5c size. 409 Kansas. Prof. Carl C. Torrey of Yale uni versity, will lecture tonight at Car negie library on Old Semitic portraits and pictures of men at 7:30 o'clock. Lawrence Young, the youthful forg er from Lawrence, waived his hearing in the cty court this morning and was bound over to the district court. Robert Lawson, charged with bor rowing $2 upon false representations, pleaded guilty In the city court to day and was fined $5 and costs and sentenced to four months in the county jail. The series of inquisitions held by County Attorney Schenck with consid erable information resulting Is begin ning to spread to outlying districts and the country hamlets. One will be held this evening probing conditions in the vicinity and the town of Elmont, soma ten miles north. "Reports have come to me from up there which would indicate that an in quisition might reveal facts for investi gation," said the county attorney, and five men have been subpoenaed for this evening. The county attorney said that so far as he had been informed or discovered other small towns were not offenders of the prohibitory law but that a close watch was kept over conditions and other inquisitions would likely follow. DEATHS AjD FUNERALS. Lillian Burgess, the Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas- A. Burgess, died this morning at the home of her parents, at 312 German avenue, v Pneumonia was the cause of death. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning from the residence at 10 o'clock and Interment will be in tne Topeka cemetery. Now York Money Market. New York, Dec. K. MONET Money on call, firm, 46 per cent; ruling rate per cent, closing bid 4 per cent, offered at 4 per cent Time loans easy: 60 da vs. 4 per cent; 90 days, 4V4 per cent; six months, fi&m per cent. CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper S to 5 per cent. Sterling exchange firm with actual busi ness in bankers' bills at $4.84.20r4.84.80 for 60 day bills and at 14.8 lor demand; com mercial bills J4.83AB4.84. SILVER Bar silver, 68c; Mexican dol BfVNDS Government bonds steady, rail road bonds steady.- At the Same Time Some of Employer's Money Disappears. William Mitchell, member of the K. N. G., and a driver for the J. Hart man feed store of 112 North Kansas avenue, left his Job and the city sud denly Moi day at midnight carrying with him J37.40 belonging to hts em ployer and an army overcoat belonging to his chum. He had collected the money during the day for the store and failed to turn It In. so it is charg ed. The sheriff was notified last night of the disappearance and has begun a search. When last seen Mitchell was boarding a Rock Island train saying he was going to Newton. His people live at Wichita and It Is hoped to catch him there. T9HK ilAUTY KAN. AVK. SANTA FE MEN THE OLD QtESllOX. The Dark, Dusty Lady, or the Doubtful, Hungry Tiger? Radium to Treat Cancer. Arrangements are being perfected in New York for the incorporation -of the American Radium Institute, to be de voted to the treatment of cancer and similar diseases. Those who are inter ested In the enterprise are eminent sur geons, chemists, physicists a nd other professional men, and it is intended to minister to deserving patients free of charge. A meeting for organization will take place next week at a promin ent club, and until then the sponsers desire to withhold their names from publication. The institute will be conducted much on the same 'plan as similar ones in Paris and London. The work will be divided into various sections, such as chemical, physical, medical and botan ical, with an expert In charge, and it is believed that for experiments the lab- oratories of the Rockefeller Institute will be available. Supplies of pitchblende for manu facture are to be drawn from Colo rado and other Western localities, where the initial processes of extract ing the radium will be conducted. It Is planned to have a factory in New York for the preparation of the radium and also a hospital.and it is announced that the institute is not in any sense commercial, and that several of the scientists who are interested in it are not only giving their services free, but are contributing from their own means to the fund which will be required to establish the plant. The coopera tion of several wealthy men has been assured. The supply of radium is extremely limited, but it is hoped through the activity of the institute to increase it and to widen the application of this j powerful remedial agent. The market prfce is ii, 000 tor ten milligrams. In order to make the substance do is duty to the utmo.t milligram it is also used in the form of ooatlngs, which are placed on pencils of celluloid. One of these pencils may De placed m a ma lignant growth and thus used in treat ment, ortsn- tne agent may oe ad ministered by means of a gelatine com pound. New York Herald. Open Until lO P. M. Tonight A nice SUIT OR OVERCOAT would make a present that any one would APPRECIATE. We make to your order Suit or Overcoat SILK. SEWED NO MORE 15 NO LESS HAND MADE The very same as you pay $25.00 to $30.00 for in hand-me-downs. Step in tonight and we will finish your order for Christmas 532 Kansas Ave. Harry Mi Ier Manager 532 Kansas Ave. Harry Mi Ier Manager "Open Door" a Fsrco. Foreign consuls at Mukden have re cently brought to the attention of their respective governments the existence of conditions which, in the opinion of the Chinese authorities, at whose instance the representations are made, indicate that a iarge percentage of the goods imported through the Japanese port of Dairen (Dalny) reaches the other markets of Manchuria without the payment of Import dues, thus not only depriving China of a large amount of rightful revenue, but giving to the Imports escaping these customs dues an advantage ever other foreign im ports that serves to make a farce of the "open ioor." According to statistics taken from Japanese sources, it Is estimated that Japanese imports enjoyed this advan tage In 1908 to the amount of $4,000, 000 gold. This would represent a loss to the Chinese government of at least 1200,000 of tariff dues in that year, and would seem to furnish a very clear Indication of the reason other foreign importers were not able to meet the prices of the Japanese In many of the markets of those three Eastern provinces of the Chinese em pire which are grouped under the general name Manchuria. It will he oi interest to American manufacturers and exporters to know that the principal items entering into thl favored import are cotton piece goods, sugar, flour, cigarettes, and beer. "Wholesale smuggling. Is the term the Chinese use In describing what has occurred and is constantly occurring in hla terr'torv. Thev lay the respon sibility for this condition at the door of the Japan-owned South Manchurlan Railway, upon wnose cioseiy guaraea railway zones there is no possibility of inspection of shipments by the cus toms officials of China. Peking dis patch to tha New York tieraio. Beethoven's Last Days. Tteethoven had troubles besides the scourge of deafness. Through his life the conduct or nis Droiners irseo and grieved him, and when, on the death of one of them, he adopted his ornhaned son. that nephew's outrag eous conduct broke his heart. Then he felt the sting of poverty. Jjying, ne would have lacked the very necessaries of a waning life had it not been for the Philharmonic Socieyt of England. The society has never boasted of. the fact. but a fact it is tnai a aouceur or zuu nnunda sent bv them to Beethoven, at his last gasp, made death less a martyrdom to tne ramouj musician. London Graphic "Tonr remarks don't read as well as those of your political rival." "No." an swered senator sargnum, ne nas mon luck than I have in getting smart fellows to Interview him." Washington Star. Jpants to Order $4.SO a Pair Lj 1 .1.. i r: V I A OV- 'Axx I'll P'AsjT' rt-' I A If" V V;, 'f- h V U h X PROFESSOR." EVEET0N, HYPNOTIST, AND SUBJECT WHO JDZSO UNDER HIS SPELL. Scientists and others everywhere who are familiar with hypnotism or hava Men hypnotic performances oa the stage are Interested In the case of "Pro feasor' Arthur Everton. who is In jail charged with having caused the death of a subject named Robert Simpson do ring a stage performance at Somet ville. N. J. Everton had been, performing with Simpson as his subject for Several weeks, putting the man under hypnotic control and then reviving him in the presence of his audiences. A part of the act consisted In making a bridge of Simpson's rigid body, bet ween two chairs. th hypnotist standing on the subject's chest as shown In this picture. At the gomervllle perform- ance Everton was unable to bring Simpson out of the trance, and when physi cians were called they declared the man was dead Another hypnotist was sent for and worked over tbf body for hours before surgeons were allowed to perform an autopsy. The postmortem revealed a ruptured artery near tha heart. .HP- OpmTonight Stop in and see our immense dis plays of all things that are useful and practical for men. Vi 629-631 Kansas Avtitte

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOTTRNAIr -WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1909. MUCH WANTED IVdl Postofllce Inspector After Thomason and Durken Waives Claim. john vandtke: Sensational developments relative to Olin T. Thomason and Georse G. Durken, arrested here several days ago for forgery, were brought out to day when It became known definitely the charges on which the men are wanted at Monroe, Ga., Libert. Mo., and other places. A telegram received here today "by Governor W. R. Stubbs was to have the police hold the men by all means j and that an officer would com ner after them. This was signed by the governor of Oeoreia. Only shortly after Its receipt Post-1 office Inspector Cochrare of St Louis i arrived in Topeka to arrest the men on a federal charge of misuse of the mails. Ascertaining that the Georgia charges against the men were or sucn nature as to be far more important than the federal charges, he waived claim on the men and will allow the Georgia authorities to take them. Besides being implicated as the principal in the killing of George Bowen, captain of the baseball team at Monroe, Ga., on July 4th, Thomason is wanted for perjury. In formation relative to the charges against Durken there are more vague, but it. is certain that they are terious ones. Inspector Cochrane of St. Louis ex plains that at Liberty, Mo. and other places the men have been using the mails with intent to defraud. They operate by means of getting Brad streeta ratings and indicate that they Intend opening a business in the town or city where thev are located. Then they order a consignment of goods which is sold, the money pocketed, and leave. It is said that they are also wanted in Oklahoma City on a similar charge. Both the men were arrested by Detective William Hutton. after they had attempted to pass a forged check on the Topeka branch of the Under- wnnil TrnAwritpr rn After thpv had' been taken in custody one of the men admitted that they were wanted else where and that a large reward had been offered for their apprehension. Investigation proves this to be true. Thomason has been traveling un der two aliases, T F. Flanagan and Robert Robinson, while Durken has fassed under alias, Harry Owsley Mil er. Police Chief R. W Katon also re ceived a telegram today saying that the men are badly wanted and in structing him to hold them by all means, for .the Georgia authorities. HIS WIFE LOVES ANOTHER. So William M. Deines, a Cigarniaker, Wants a Divorce. William Al. Deines, a cigarmaker at the Eagle laetory, who lives at 316 Van Buren street, is seeking divorce from his wife, Gertrude, whom he married in January, 1898, alleging that1 her conduct for the last three years has ben an -injury to his health. Mrs. Deines, it is alleged, began to grow Indifferent toward her husband three years ago and to4d him she had lost all regard for him but loved an other, that all affection for him was gone and she coulrl give him no con sideration. Meetings with this "other man" in parks and at his home, when ie was eonj. are aiiesen and in nil. if they are true, the allegations form a very sufficient reason for separation. The husband asks In a liberal way that he be allowed half in the division of the home property. (By M. Quad.) John Vandyke had reached the age J" 67 years without having had a ro mance in his life. From boyhood up re had been a hard worker.. For the I rst 30 years of his life he had been compelled to practice economy, and when bachelorhood came he had seen Mtle of society and found himself a sort of machine. His days were spent in his warehouse and his nights in his den. His office was a dreary old land mark. He arrived at such an hour and departed at such an hour. Old Roberts, his assistant, did the same. His half dozen workmen did the same. Time may go on and on, but some ay the routine of things takes a change. It Is so even with the mead ows and the mountains. The change ramp to John Vandyke. He entered I it office one morning to find old Roberts ad on the floor. It was a case of heart disease. For three or icur days Vandyke was bewildered. Then a business friend of long stand ng dared to talk with him as he had r ever been talked to before. "Get a young man for your book keeper, and get a young woman for itenography and typewriting," was the Advice of' the friend. The words fairly frightened the old man at first". What an innovation! He had always written his own letters. He had not spoken to a female for years. A young man In the office "would whistle and talk and move around. He m'ght be late mornings; be might want half days off; he might ialk about baseball to callers. Some vnseen force, however, impelled John Vandyke to make the change, and af ter three or four days he almost con gratulated himself. The young man bookkeeper was not so very noisy, and the presence of the young- woman did not frighten him after the flrsj day. One day, when a month had passed away, the master sat at his desk and fell into a serious train of thought He was not given to reviewing his life, tot on this day he saw more plainly than ever before that he had' missed Pbout all the things that make the ordinary man's life worth living. No wife no home no children no amusement rno sentiment. He cculdn't remember when he had laughed; he couldn't remember when y e had shed a tear. He had simply lived in a shell. He had let the world lone and the world had no interest in rim- Was this to continue? No. He had paved the way for more changes. 1 hey frightened him, but yet he was determined. That very evening he at tended a theater for the first time in his life. The next evening he dined oi a restaurant and missed for the ;irst time in twenty years a meal at his boarding house. In the next two weeks there were such changes in his habits and daily attire that the busi ress friend responsible for the first change dropped in to congratulate him und to say: "Fine, fine. Now, if you'll only get married and set Up a home you'll be l.ke other men Don't waste the rest uf your life." Married! He get married? To whom? He was 67 years old. Women would sneer and laugh at him. He had come part way out of the shell, and he was glad he"had, but marriage! No, no. He dismissed the subject from rls mind, but it returned. It annoyed him: it provoked him; it would not down. Well, why not, he asked him self after a week.' He was 67, but every day he read in the papers of older men than that entering into the bonds of matrimony But where was he woman? He thought over that for a day. and then the answer came his stenographer. She was a young woman of about 23; she was of a re spectable family; her demeanor was luiet. He could give her a good home and leave her money, and his money fiould lift her family up. He "had got over ,1118 fear of her, and he -thought she rather liked him as anemployer. He had always spoken gently to her, and her pay had been good and her work not too hard. Yes, he would ask ner to be his wife, ind he would seek for happiness and comfort the rest of his days. A week went by before John Van dyke had settled in his mind Just how he ought to approach the young lady. He had not studied tht convenienees. hould he enter her room, as if on rusiness, and ask her for her hand? Should he make a call at her home ti an evening? Should- he buy her books and flowers as a preliminary? Must he, at his age, spend months In courtship? These queries make you smile, but they bothered the old man. He finally came to the decision that the business way the only way he was used to was the best. The book keeper was to have a day off, and he vould call Miss Wheeler in and say he wished her to become his wife. I-Yes, that wa sthe best way, and he ieii reuevea wntn ne nrnus uo- j cision, but it was not to be. On the forenoon of the day his fate was to be decided John Vandyke step ped out on .in errand. He returned in his noiseless way and found the stenographer and the bookkeeper talk- mer together with their backs to him. "Queer old chap, isn't he," queried the young man. "Yes, very," was the answer. "Been sprucing up lately." "And how silly of him!" "Oh, I don't know. Maybe he's thinking of getting married." "What, he! Why, he's over 70!" "Hardly as old as that, and he's got the money, you know. If he is after a wife, I bet he gets a young one." "The girl who would link herself to Kim ought to be sent to prison!" "He may ask you ha! ha! ha!" "Let him try it!" John Vandyke softly retreated and walked the streets for half an hour. Then he returned with noisy steps and sat down at his desk and leaned his head on his hand. By and by the Stenographer came out for some in structions and found him softly weep ing. "You you are ill?" she said. "No, Miss Wheeler." "But you- y"" "Oh, it's nothing serious. Perh I walked too rrnaps the sun was too hot. Perhaps I've lived too long and grown too old." "Shall I call a doctor? Will you go home? Can I do anything?" "Thanks, but I'll be- better soon, you may tell them that the warehous ing will be 25 cents a barrel in small lets." Two weeks later when the old man lay on his bed in the place he had call c his home for so many years lay here looking pinched and drawn, and his lamp of life flickering low the doctor looked at him a Ions time, and then said: "You have not lived as the world ives." "No, I have simply existed." "And romance has played no part?" "She she said I was too old!" whis pered the old man, as he turned his face to the wall. (Copyrighted 1909 by Associated Literary Press.) Dr. Steincr Tonjght. Dr. E. A. Steiner, who opens the lec ture course at the high school tonight, is a most entertaining and inspiring speaker. It will be worth while to make the effort to hear his remarkable potrayal of Tolstoi, of whom Dr. Steiner is a personal friend. Chicago Connoisseur You'll guarantee It to be a genuine carrot? Dealer (mildly correcttngl Corot; yes. sir. Chicago Con noisseur If those trees cotrhJ be touched up a little, I think I'd take It. Feminine Adviser That won't make any difference, papa. Cousin Belle can fix it after we get it home. (Conclusively. You know she's been taking lessons. Puck. PRESIDENT LOUIS W. HILL. BRIDGE CONNECTING TWIN CITIES AND THE SEATTLE WATER FRONT. a 3s. 1Fr wr MM,. WATER. FfZOtfT fiT SEATTLE .WASH 1$ :-.-i.''Su5S.-5 VT f- I M. BETWEEN ST. PA tL AUD f i. 1 lis--A TtK-kTThrArK'A arr r s 11fc fn G&EaTNQ!lTHfUf -tT 7 1 M P'X.::.7r ,'s?;t:ii!'. s :3 4 J No strike durinr the last twenty-flt years In the great northwest has resulted in such a complete paralysis of busluess as that now being carried on by the switchmen of the thirteen rnllroivds i-onnei-ting St. I'aul with the Pa cific coast. Every line of Industry depeudent on the movement of supplies Is seriously affected, and the territory between the Twin Cities and the Seattle water front Is suffering from business stagnation. Added to the difficulty of obtaining necessary supplies is the prospect of a coal fniulne. Mills and factories are closing, and there are al ready more than 12.000 men Idle. Although Lou's W. Hill, president of the Great Nortbpru. admits that a gen eral strike would be a national disaster, he declares that It Is Impossible for the railroad Interests to bring about a peaceful solution of the problem. Store Open Evening for Crista hopp -g R. R. Fare R fun 'ed. in Prt -r Who, Accordn fc PurcWc .aogftinnia: AT THE PAXTQN STORE IG variety, of useful Dresents and beautiful irifts. Dolls nf nil IHnHc Iron Toys of everv descriotion. Automobiles. Wao-onR Fqtiw China, Silverware all at PAXT0N?S SAVING PRICES. 1S Coats 9-815 Women's and Misses' Winter Coats lined and partly lined fitted and semi fitted black or colors splendid $15.00 values $4.00 SILK PETTICOAT $2.95 Assorted colors and a few blacks. Made with wide shirred flounce and dust ruffle some stores ask $5.00 for no better fill) AC here tomorrow ff UmUO $1.50 Comfort $1.25, Nine yards of silkoiine at 10c per yard equals 90c 5 lbs. of cotton at 12ic per lb. equals 63c, and you haven't any thing to tie your comfort with nor is it made we offer you this $1.50 com fort at. $2 Blankets $1.69 Weigh 3 pounds to the pair, and are the best imitation of all wool blankets we ever saw large enough for any bed light gray a bargain when you need it Q 1 A ll per pair. .K9 1 w U VV C JJiCJ- $1.25 35c Towels 25c Knotted fringe or plain hemstitched ends fancy damask pattern or plain huck weaves; spec ially good at 35c; a rare bar gain at, ORfl each flUlr $1.50 Chiffon Veils 98c Made of best quality chiffon over two yards long 45 inches wide double hem stitched all around black, white, brown and blue, champagne and pink very special tomorrow, QQa choice. uOv Post Card Album We have them, paper bound, cloth bound and leather bound, holding from 50 to 500 cards we guarantee our prices less than others, ranging from ifl $1.25 down to. ,lUv $1.25 Leather Bag 98c Made on extra large frame that is leather covered, have soft leather handles securely fastened on side large in side pocket; coin purse; worth $1.50 at "charge it" stores here Q&ft tomorrow 500 Gloves for Women and Children $1.25 Kid Gloves $1.00 We absolutely guarantee .these ladies' gloves in every re spect the finish is the very best, the trim ming is neat, the wrists are extra long and have two-clasps fitted at the counter as good as an $1.25 glove in To- J f Afj peka here. 1 UU 756 Gauntlet Gloves 59c Some are for women, others for boys and girls all are made of good quality of leather and have long leather gauntlets worth up to $1 R 0 A in other stores choice here V M J sizes 25c 35c Fabric Gloves 25c Women's black or colors lined worth 35c per pair y 50c Golf Gloves 25c Women's misses' and boys' yarn gloves that have the thumb knit in worsted and mercerized your choice of a table full Oh A per pair u v 50c Gauntlet Gloves 39c Plush backs with leather palms and full leather hands with imitation gauntlets splendid QQ 50c values choice here OuU mm Children's Books Large assortment in linen and paper some of them are highly illustrated. Prices 5c, Ct 10c, 15c to oJC The Ives Miniature Railway System The best nd most entertaining amusement for children; copy of the descriptive railway book goes with each train; price tO QQ $1.00 to if..&0 111 11 Climbing Automobiles Easy and simple to optrate, noth ing to get out of order d1 QQ prices from $1.00 to PfO Magic Lanterns Made of black sheet tin. powerful lens, fitted with assorted slides tfjl Cf" 98c to, pl.OU Toy Pianos Exact models of large pianos, mahogany finish, im itation Ivory keys, fljl ff prices up to .pi.UU Christmas Cards and Ship pin? Tags The largest assortment In the; city and they are, 1 'each Also Holly iaoxes that others ask Be for you get here, two C for China and Silverware for Gifts A large table of nicely decorated salad bowls, sauce dishes, plates, etc., worth 15c to 25c 1 rt choice of the lot IKjC Elegant fine hand decorated china from' C C O 15c to ;...Vp.OU Rogers 'Bros. 1847 Knives and Forks usually sold for 0 7C $4.60 here for pO. O Roger Bros. 1847 Tea Spoons, others sell for $1.50, our ff price, per set pi.JU Orange Spoons, Oyster Forks, Sugar Shells, rlckle Forks, Berry Spoons, all at the Paxton low prices Fur Specials $2.00 PUW Muff $1.50 Made of a silk brown fur large' size and heavily padded. $1.7 Scarf $1.25 Will match the above muff ex tra length ring and chain fasten er 6 long tails. $1.53 Infant's 5et $1.25 A dainty little muff with silk cord and a neck piece that imi tates those of grown up folks. if DOLLS Dolls that are nicely dressed, 1 fn with curly hair, for. 1 IIC Dolls of all kinds, at all prices, eyes of blue, brown or black hair that curls dolls with life-like beauty dolls that attract even the elder people dolls priced on tne close margin plan from 10c, 25c, 50c, 75c to 15-inch Dressed Doll 75c Moving eyes, long curly hair, nicely dressed with hat and slippers, for 7 5 G UW13 $2 Notions 35c Brooches and Collar Pins 15c An assortment of shapes and there are many staple patterns in the lot such as the sunburst, fleur de lis and lovers' knot your choice of 35c values U. .tiC tomorrow 25c Handkerchiefs 19c Import ed Swiss handkerchiefs for ladles the prettiest needle work you ever saw at the price If you buy three of them tomorrow we will give you a pretty box 25c ones, If, each M- Women's Belts 39e Silk elastic, leather or tinsel plain or mounted buckles not one in the lot worth less than 60c and many of them are worth more OQ your choice 0JC 75c Back Combs and Bandnes 48c The comb Is of the spread eagle pattern the bandoe comes in shell or amber effects both are set with brilliant rhinestones worth 75c each for 48c; $1.25 back combs will also sell tomorrow at.... 15c Lacquered Pin Tray 10c Extra large highly finished and nana painted, pretty floral patterns 98c 10c FMCTON PAXTOM Sixth and Quincy Streets "Jersey Devil" Bead. If anybody ever doubted that a "Jersey devil" left its strange and puz zling hoof-prints in the snow of this and adjoining states last winter, proof was produced here today that the scare was never iue to highballs. There is on exhibit n this city the carcass of the queerest animal ever seen 'about here, a beast not on the schedule of any natural history ever read by any one of this section. The animal's body, still in good con dition, as though it had been dead only a short while, was found by Morris Cabinsky, of this city, and Charles Malsbury, of Kinkora, in the woods near Kinkora Tuesday, and was brought to this city, where hundreds have seen and marveled. Photographs have been made of the beast, and Prof. Henry Morse, curator of the State Museum, will be asked to give the ani mal a name, and place It where It be longs if he is able to do so. The boys thought at first they had come upon the carcass of a Big wild cat, but it looked so queer to them that they decided to carry it into town. The body of the animal is about 20 inches long, and thin. The spinal col umn extends 6 inches behind the Junc tion with the hind legs, like the tail of a kangaroo, but this again is tipped with 9 inches of tail like a squirrel's, but of reddish-brown fur. The strang est feature of all and that which would seem o convict it of last winter's famous hoofprlnts Is found in the fore legs and feet. The legs are 16 inches long, consisting of four joints, and socketed to these are the feet,' which take the form of a broad, flat bone j with a distinct heel. The foot bones are 2Vi Inches long, and over an inch broad in a solid piece. If the animal traveled by leapSj bending the two forefeet down together he would land after each long spring with the feet forming the puzzling ef fect of hoofprints as seen in the snow last winter. The rear feet would ex plain the finding of "cat" prints near the hoof marks. What looks like the framework of a pair of short wings rises from the, animal's back. Just above its short hind legs. The big mouth is set" with sharp teeth three-quarters of an inch long, while the head "is adorned with long. lance-like ears and whiskers, 4 inches long. Burlington (N. J.) dispatch to New York World. It Was tho Only Way. "Look here," said the head of the firm; "I want to give you a pointer. "Yes, sir," the office boy respect fully replied. "If I hear you humming any more popular sonrs around here, I'll dis charge you." "All right. I won't do It no more. I wouldn't of done it this time only me Hps is sore and I can't whistle." Chicago Record-Herald. When we think of Ireland'n- woes eta. hearts go pity Pat! Upplncott'c

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8 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNALWEDNESDAY EVENING. DECEMBEE 15, 1909. MUST WAIfC IIP" iiiuui iiniit ui I Delegates Emphas'izeNecessity for Good Roads. J; Farmers Depended Upon to Lead the Movement. WATERS' GOOD ADVICE Boys Must Be Kept Contented in Country. V State Engineers Meet and Form an Organization. The tenth annual convention of the National Good Roads' association is proving a success. There have been" a thousand badges distributed, although the registration has not reached that figure. A great many of the delegates have gone direct to the state house without stopping at the headquarters to register. The program has been ex cellent, and everything has transpired in a manner which will undoubtedly give the delegates a good impression of the capital city and the ability of its people to entertain. l,ast night the Modocs gave the visi tors a most pleasing entertainment in Rf preventative hall. One of the interesting addresses of the day was .one by R. J. Ciansey, tax commissioner of the Union Pacific rail road, in connection with which he showed the importance of good road buildins from a financial standpoint. He stated that the trouble in the past has been that there has been no well U r P .naj TIT i U t 1 i t WHS UC1UICU fliliJ u a his ojrinion that the whole system of ioad making should be under the su pervision of th state and national gov ernments. Dr. Strong's Address. Dr. Frank Strong of the state uni versity had the following to say: "We haven't learned yet to make pood roads, and we will never have rood roads in Kansas until the farm ers wake up and believe that they have to make them. When a farmer makes up his mir;d to do a thing it is sure to be accomplished. (Applause.) "In our theory of government the community is after all the place where our soveneignty is found. It is the lo cal community that has the power. Sou can't do anything until the community wants good roads. "The university which I represent de fires to aid in the work o promoting good roads. It used to be an idea that the influence of the university did not extend beyond its walls. Your univer sity is trying to exert a wide felt in fluence. It wants to aid in solving scientific problems in connection with building good roads. I am very glad to be able as a representative of the uni versity of the state to tll you so. (Cheers). President Waters' Address. President Waters of K. S. A. C, whose name had not been placed upon the printed program as it was not known whether or not he would be able to attend the convention, was asked to feel the deepest interest," said Presi dent Waters. "One of, the greatest wastes in this country is in connection with transportation over country roads, and the question of transportation is one of the most ;rrious that confronts the nation. "But most important is the sociologi cal effect of good roads. Tou lower the standard of living of those who live in the open country, and you are striking at the very vital spot of our nation, for the city is not selfsustaining. "If you encourage an exodus from the country of the best boys and girls you are lowering the standard of the country life. "The only way you can keep them contented is to keep them from being isola"d three months in the year. Thres great factors in ideal country life are the church, the school and .good coun try roads. The children of the country should have the same- educational ad vantages that the boys and girls of the city enjoy. "During the past 25 years the pro ducts of the country have been ma terially increased, but only on account of an increase in acreage, and not in increase per acre. To increase the yield per acre there must be greater intelli gence exercised on the part of the larmers. "Denmark, an old country, has 60 per cent of her people on the farm. We started with 95 per cent on our farms but it has dwindled down to less than 40 per cent. The improvement in ma chinery in the next 25 years will be in significant as compared with that of the past 25 years. We must educate our boys and girls to farm scientifically Congressman Anthony's Letter. Representative Dan R. Anthony of the Firs'. Kansas congressional district is a thorough believer in the use of fed eral prisoners for road building, as is shown by the following letter which was read: "There is no public matter in which I take more interest than the movement to secure good roads in this country. I am firmly convinced that there is no economic problem in which the Ameri can farmer should be more vitallv in terested than in the improvement of the public highway. The enormous cost the farmer of the west in ths moving of his crops from the farm to the rallwa-"' station over the bad road3 which prevails in the middle west for at least six months of the year runs into many millions of dollars, and could be saved by the improvement of these Highways. Ever since I have been in congress it has been mv ambition to have the government use the labor of tne xeaerai convicts at fort Leaven worth to build a military highway to connect Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley. "So far I have been unable to secure the passage of legislation to this end because of the fact that the labor of the prisoners is now used, and will be used for several years yet to come, in the construot.on of the buildings for the two new government penitentiaries being erected at Fort Leavenworth, but I have secured-the approval of the plan by President Taft. General Bell and other high officials or the war de partment, ind in my opinion it is ab solutely certain that the labor of the convicts at Fort Leavenworth will be put upon the construction of this road Just as soon as their labor is no longer aemanaeo. n government construction at Fort Leavenworth, and it will be used for the construction of this fine highway before any of this labor is put to work manufacturing articles which will come in competition with Tree labor." Mrs. Spencer Speaks for Federation Mrs. Charles F. Spencer, who repre sented the Federation of Women's clubs of the state, said that the women are strong advocates of good roads. "The Federation of Women's clubs has always shown its willingness to Jieln la every cause that has for its object the betterment of humanity and it stands not only for higher culture but for every practical, improvement that makes life more useful and more enjoyable for this generation and for those who are to come after, us, and while the women may not go out and personally vork on the" roads they will be a power in creating public senti ment in regard to the need of better highways," was the assertion of Mrs. Spencer. Practical Talk on Road Making. State Engineer W. S. Gearheart gave a practical talk on road making. In coming in contact, with the farmers of the state he finds that they are not so indifferent in regard to better roads as has been' generally supposed. s;"The trouble is, "however," said Engineer Gearheart, -"the farm ers have.; no organized way-of. doing road work. Our present road system does not encourage men to fit them selves for intelligent road work. Nowadays when men do their road work they go out with the intention of having a good time and I know of cases 'where the men have played craps while supposed to, be working out their poll .'tax. i "There should be a rigid system of overseeing the road work. This should be the duty of the county en gineer and to assist him he ought to have two or three aides. A county engineer who would take up this work could earn his yearly salary in three months by conserving the money spent on the roads and seeing that it really goes into the roads. Taxpayers do not get $1 worth of work for $1 in money. Sometimes less than 40 per cent gets into the road and this con di!on ought to be changed so that the taxpayer gets -his $1 worth for $1 spent. To do thfs a business basis should be adopted by which the re sponsibility is narrowed down to one man." W. .R. Goit who gave an interesting address on road drainage was asked to speak again today. Good Roads in Oklahoma. John Galoine of Guthrie, Okla., sent a paper on "Road Building Materials in Oklahoma. In summing things up he says: 'All things taken into consideration. the generalized statement can be made that Oklahoma contains a larger per cent of road building ma terial more widely distributed and available for use than any other state in the middle west. There are about 150 known exposures of asphalt in the state which- contain only from hve to. fifteen feet of bitumen.- 'Trap rock is found in the Wichita and Arbuckle mountain regions. Flint is round In many parts of the state, chiefly in the northern and eastern counties. Granite occurrs in three regions in Oklahoma. Limestone is perhaps the most common road build ing material, and gravel is found in many portions of the state." Llewellyn Jones of Independence, Mo., gave some interesting facts in connection with road making in his town and county, claiming that with the exception of St. Louis county, Mo., Jackson county is doing possibly more work in good road building than any county in the United States. Engineers Hold Session. Last evening while the majority of the delegates were being entertained by the Modoc club in royal fashion, the engineers of the state were hold ing a session in another portion of the state house. There were nearly a hundred engineers present at the meeting in the supreme court rooms. A constitution and by-laws were adopted which provided that architects, engineers and surveyors were eligible to membership provid ing that they have had fine years of practical experience tn their par ticular line ol woik. It also provided that an associate membership will be granted to those who have had three years of practical experience. The annual meeting will be held in Topeka. providing it is not considered advisable at any time to hold the meeting at some other place. The engineers present hailed from all portions of the state. Liked Modoc Contort. There were several hundred persons present to enjoy the entertainment given by the Modoc club and they did enjoy it too! Encores were given repeatedly. Between the songs short speeches were made. The following were the selections rendered by the Modocs: "Greeting Song," "America Forever," "When the Wind's O'er the Sea," "Hail Us Ye Free," "Kentucky Babe," "Soldier's Farewell," "We Are a Band of Modocs, Carve. Dat Possum." Ex-Judge S. H. Allen of Topeka gave a .short talk on good roads. Dur ing the course of his remarks he ad vocated the abolishment of the navy. He said: "The cost of one battleship of modern type would build a rock road from New York to San Fran cisco. Just think of the immense sums we are squandering on our army and navy." A. H. Nottingham, an aged gentle man of Lawrence, a little later arose and said: "The discussion has all been one sided. You can't get up an argument without contention. The battleships that have been built are a benefit to the country. It is their nresence that nrevents and makes us prosperous." This he said with vehemence stamping his feet on the floor. This called forth great ap plause on the part of the advocates of a great navy. WOMAN SUES TOP. $10,000. Was Injured in Misouri Pacific Yards at Concordia. Concordia, Kan., Dec. 15. Mrs. Leila Stewart of Courtland has filed suit fori $10,000 against the Missouri Pacific Co., for injuries sustained in the yards here I in Concordia. While Mrs. Stewart was 1 crossing the Missouri Pacific tracks she was struck by a moving car which was being switched. Since the accident, Mrs. Stewart has been confined to her bed and Dr. Ridenbaugh of Belleville states that she cannot recover. The railroad claim agent has made an effort to see Mrs. Stewart and set tle with her but she and her husband have both refused to see him. C. M. Kackley of Belleville is attorney for Mrs. Stewart. Oiled Roads Break Hounds' Scent. The futility of hunting fugitives with bloodhounds when the trails of those sought leal across the modern oiled thoroughfares was demonstrated re cently in Oak Park, a suburb of Chi cago. Many robberies resulted in an addition to the police force of two Diooanounas. rests were made or tne uugo auiiii) lu luiauw u alia, ana ail proved successful until the person making the trail took to an oiled street. The scent was immediately lost, according to the police, and the dogs were unable to pick it up again. Popular Mechanics. The Prairie Will Try Again. Philadelphia. Dec. 15. Laden with rapid firing field pieces, 500,000 rounds of amr.iunition and clothing and pro visions enough to last men two months, the auxiliary cruiser Prairie today is pitpared to make a second attempt to convey two battalions of marines to Colon, Panama. The vessel is expect t& to weigh anchor about 3:30 this after noon. HER ORDEAL ENDS Mrs. Brokaw Excused From Stand After Fire Days, Her Husband Will Be Heard in His Own Defense. HE WAS PARTICULAR. Objected to Her Association With Mrs. Frank Gould. Plaintiff Is Flustered by Ques tions Regarding Bunnie Wells. New York. Dec. 15. Although Mi. Blair Brokaw's .ordeal on "the witness stand ended when court adjourned yes tsrday there was little diminution Of interest in today's session Of the trial of her suit for a separation from her husband. W. Gould Brokaw, with $2, E00 a month alimony. Principals and attorneys were on hand early in the Mlneola court room and there were protracted consultations as to the day's course of procedure. It was said, however. that much of the day would be taken up by the tes timony of other witnesses for Mrs. Brokaw in corroboration of her asser tion that fhe was subjected to unjust espionage by servants, had her liberty restricted, and. was. otherwise made mis erable by her husband's jealousy and fits of temper. It was indicated that the testimony of servants on the Brokaw estate at Great Neck night play a considerable part in the development" of the case tor, the plaintiff. Possibility that presentation of evi dence for Mrs.. Brokaw might be com pleted and Mr. Brokaw take the stand in his own defense stimulated inter est. Love messages by telegraph instead of by telephone came prominently into play near the close of -her testimony, when Mrs. Brokaw was at Great Neck and her husband was in the south. In these messages Mrs. Brokaw said she v as "keeping her promises" and was "very good" and not infrequently the telegrams concluded with "love" or "much love." House Partj at Great Neck. Mrs. Brokaw was int -rrogated about a house party at Great Neck at which Mrs. Frank Gould was a guest. She said her husband ordered her not to associate with Mrs. Gould. The witness v. as agitated when questioned about "Bunnie" Wells, who attended the house party. She said she did not know Mr. Wells very well. In the further ventilation of the dif ficulties of Mr. and Mrs. Brokaw it was testified that it was Mr. Brokaw who first threatened to sue. A telegram from him to Mrs. Blair, his mother-in-law, was the medium of this informa tion, and it also contained his version of the incident that assumed the great est importance. The telegram ran as follows "I have closed my house and am sorry to say I must sue Mary for a separation. Her act culminating in a house party last Sunday night forced me to this step. She; entertained three ladies and rhree men that day. Two of the ladies I do not approve of and the third I don't know at all. I do not know the men. She allowed one man to occupy my bedroom over night after putting my nurse and one lady in bachelor's quarters. She refused to give me the names of the men in spite of my request." J. F. Mclntyre, Mr. Brokaw's law yer, began drilling into all the attend ant circumstances of this "culmination house party" with great circumstan tiality. Mrj. Brokaw parried his ques tions as skilfully as ever, but showed some agitation over the insistance laid on the personality of "Bunnie" Wells, one of the guests. t Had Known Him Five Years. Mrs. Brokaw testified she had first WHY PAY MORE? Santa Fe Pay Day Specials FRESH RABBITS Extra choice game, just killed, they're fine now thor- Off oughly dressed 2 for QC "Our Patent" Flour excellent high quality from Kansas hard fcl wheat. yi,i Oysters large ones, di rect from Baltimore ex tra fine, qt 50c Christmas Candies All varieties, 3 tons of it all grades, headquarters for churches, schools, etc., special prices in quantities Cigars Order his Christmas cigars here get them for- less and charge it to him on the regular grocery bill. Court Royal, regular Be straight. 2 5. in tin1 ff box i.vrvr Flora Fina Clear Ha vana, box of 1 75 Campbell's Soups, con densed bouillon of beef, tomato, mock' turtle, chicken, ox tail, consonv? etc., extra nice cold weather dishes, 1 f can lut Diamond C. Soap, Stan- -dard brand laundry OCJ. sosin 8 bars 8 bars. New Apple Butter made from -guaranteed. pure apple cider, 2 lbs. ..25c AVoU's Mince Meat pure and sweet, made from fresh fruits and choice meats, OC 2 lbs GROG 112 East Sixth! St. Phones 425 sn met .Mr. Wells la Baltimore, five years before, his visit to her husband's house in companjf with Miss Nan Dcn nison of Syracuse, N. Y. Mrs. Frank Gould and another man, who Mrs. Brokaw only remembered as "a Mr. Thompson. Mr. Mclntyre was desirous to know how the upstairs rooms of the house were arranged ond what rooms she occupied on the night of the party. "Wasn't Mr. Brokaw's room con nected with yours?" he asked. "No, the door from Mr. Brokaw's room opened on the hall." "And did it i;Ot open so near the door of your room that from your room you eould have shaken hands with -a person "standing in the other?" "I never tried, Mr. Mclntyre." "Well, uow, where did you assign Miss Dennison to sleep?" "In Mr. Brokaw's room."- "Wasn't there same change? Wasn't Mr. Wells finally given that room?" "Yes." "Did Mr. Wells1 come prepared to stay-all night?'' I think lie did." Mrs. Brokaw was excused from the stand after Ave days of testifying. Her counsel intimated that he would soon produce nurses, maids and other wit nesses to corroborate Mrs. Brokaw's stories of broken doors and uproar ious nights. FOUND "EASY MONEY." Robbers Line Up Saloon Patrons and Get Christmas Cash. Chicago, Dec 15. "We're looking for a little easy money for Christmas, boys, and nave two blue steel barkers that never 'all to bring results. Put up your hands, now, while my pal does his turn. He's an artist In his line." With this remark a robber opened the side door of a West Side saloon last night and stood ix. front of the bar wnne a masked companion waited un til a second revolver was leveled at the proprietor and four inmates, two of them the saloonkeeper's sons. No sooner was the first robber ready for any emergency with two weapons held in front of him than his companion ordered the patrons of the place to "stand up against the wall." Two watches and about $30 were secured by 4 he robbers. WITH 30,000 MEMBERS. Order of Railway Iinployes Organize on Pacific Coast. San Francisco, Dec. 15. The Order of Railway Employes, with a member ship of over 30,000 on the Pacific coast, has been reorganized and here after will be in charge of railroad men in actual service. At a meeting yesterday the resigna tion of F. W. Voogt as supreme super intendent was accepted and new su preme officers were chosen. Louis H. Ledger of the Santa Fe system was made supreme conductor; Samuel P. Veach of the Southern Pacific, su preme treasurer, and A. Lindsey of San Francisco, supreme secretary. The reorganization was effected as a preliminary step to a campaign by which, it is planned to bring practically every railroad man In the western states into membership. FEDERAL AUTO LAW. Is Recommended bj .Former President of America it dub. New York, Dec. 15. The regulation of automobiles by means of a federal law is urged by Colgate Hoyt, former presi dent of the Automobile Club of Amer ica. In a statement to that organiza tion he says: I believe a federal automobile law is possible and practicable under the in terstate commerce law. It would be as great a protection to the community at large as to the owners and drivers of motor vehicles. The government should require a rigid examination before licensing a chauffeur and every chauf feur should be required to carry a license card bearing his photograph and signature." DESERT FROM SHTJBERT RANKS. Not Only Crawford's. But Others Go Back to K. E. Syndicate. Following only shortly after it be came known that the Crawford's had deserted the ranks of the Shuberts and gone back to the Klaw Erlanger syndicate ror tneir bookings, it develops that several of the Shu- bert attractions which have been play ing in the middle west have dis banded, and the players are haunt ing the booking houses looking for work. "The Ringmaster" closed in Des Moines, la., and "The Wishing Ring" with Miss Marguerite, Clark as the star, is out of commission, the play ers seeking other employment. Miss Clark, it is said, will return to musical comedy after her short trip into tne legitimate. In' Winnipeif.. Canada, after unsuc cessful efforts of the Shuberts to furnish a line of plays, the manage ment has placed a stock company at the house. Among other shows which have closed. is "Mile. Mischief with Corinne as the star, which recently played in Topeka. They played to a noor business while on tne circuit. "The Road to Yesterday," which has also been attempting to fill in open door" time, has quit. Where Snakes Abound. A snecial iteent of the Department of Commerce and Labor is authority for the statement that Oregon is a favorite resort for snakes. "I never saw so many snakes in my life as at a noint near Klamath Falls last year," he said. "I could stand in one place and count- twenty in plain sight. I killed 60 within a radius or 300 reex. They are a non venomous variety, and tvin. neonle do not seem to care any thing about them. But to a tenderfoot the first view of so many reptiles is anything but reassuring. None of the natives or seasoned settlers kill these snakes, as a rule. Most of them carry canes or sticks, but the custom is to merelv Dusn the snakes aside to avoid stepping upon them, which is anything but Dleasant." wasninsion corres pondence St.. Louis Star. Knid's First Charter Election. i,l nvi-i riw lf. C. F. "Run dolph, Democrat, has been elected mayor by a small plurality over vv. ri Ctn.t tanilhllfan T VT Rh ft W W D. Hitchcock and W. B. Overton have been elected commissioners, inis was Kulr?'.! first plpctinn under the charter 1 form of government. A Descendant of Roger Williams. Kansas City, Mo..' Dec. 15. Emmett Delton Williams, a !dfirect descendant of- Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, died at his hone here early today, aged -54 years. Mr. Will iams was president-Of a paint com pany here. BANKERS ARE READY. "Will Make Insurance Deposit at Once to Begin Business. i President ,E. E. Ames of the Bank ers Deposit. Guaranty and Surety company, announced today that he would deposit $100,000 with the su perintendent of insurance Thursday and that the company formed, last summer would then be ready for busi- ness. Since the decision of the su-' preme court last week Mr. Ames has been busy, preparing blanks and get ting his force of examiners together preparatory to beginning ousiness. A meeting of the executive committee of the company was held Tuesday at the Central National bank and all is in readiness to begin- business as soon as the deposit is made.-: Those present at the meeting of the executive committee former Gover nor W. J. Bailey of Atchison, C. Q. Chandler of Wichita, W. H. Burks of Wellington, C. M. Sawyer of Norton, W.; F. -Marsh of Laurence, F. S. Lar rabee of Stafford and Mr. Ames. ."We have fought our battle through or at least I hope it is through," said Mr. Ames, "and we will begin busi ness as soon as I make the deposit with the superintendent of insurance, I will do this either late today or to morrow. Then we will begin writing policies as soon as our examiners go through the books of the banks to be insured. Blanks are being printed and we will be ready for business by the last of the week." SHOOT MAN AND WOMAN Jealous Lover I.ing in Walt Fires on Pair as They Pass. New York, Dec. 15. Jealousy of a man to whom his former fiancee had transferred her affections is believed to have- led Herman Klatzke, a res taurant proprietor, to a murderous at tack on the man and the girl early today. Darting from a hallway on Forsythe street, Klatzke opened fire with a re volver on Max Goldberg, a theatrical man, and Lizzie Shapiro, a vaudeville actress. Four shots took effect and Goldberg with three outlets in his body is be lieved to be dying in a hospital, while the young woman, shot in the back, is in a fiprlniis ffvwiii,-,i wi.u.wuii n-. tuc aiiic in stitute. Klatzke was arrested after a "uia luemmea Dy tne Injured pair as the man who had fired the shots. He is being held to await the result of their injuries. How It Started. Now, when Jacob had given the "savory kid soup" to Isaac, and the latter, pleased with the gift, had given 10 nis son tne mucn-sought-after pa ternal blessing, lo. Esau stueic his bead through the tent flap and did pour molten words upon the trick which had scabbed him of his birthright. And after some hours, when his anger was weu-nign spent, ne snot the topic sen tence straight: "Why did you do it?" Then did Isaac call him near and look into his face. Also did Isaac smack his tips and point to the re mains of the repast and say: "i love my iDsau, Dut oh, you kid!" Whereupon Noah, who haDDened to be strolling by, carefully tucked the Jest into oiled paper and did jut it mio rne atr, wnence, with much odor and more odium, it was brought forth by humorists some 4,000 years later. St. Louis Republic. A Canny Scot. At a highland gathering one Don ald McLean had entered for a num ber ot events. The first of these was the quarter mile. Donald certainly didn't distinguish himself in the quarter-mile. Of eight runners he was the last. "Donald, Donald," cried a partisan. "why did ye no run faster?" Donald sneered. "Run faster he said, contempt uously, 'And me reservin' myself for tne bag-pipe competition Roches ter Evening Times. TODAY'S MABKET REPORTS Chicago. Dec. 15. WHEAT The weak ness of wlieat yesterday was displaced by decided strength today and opening quo tations were unchanged to c higher, the change was due chiefly to an advance of to 1 pence in the price of wheat at Liverpool. Commission houses in gen eral were active bidders and although offerings were liberal on the bulge, prices were well maintained. Decmbr opend at $1.13 to 1.13 and May at $1.10 to $1.1U4. During early trading December held with in tne opening range, but May sold off to n.ioi.ioH. The market became quite weak follow ing the publication of the government crop report which was generally consider ed of a bearlsrh character. December sold off to $1.12; May to $1.09. The close was weak with December c lower aV $1.1214. May was down Hic at $1.101.104 CORN Liquidation caused a further decline- in corn -prices early in the session. rnces at tne opening were a snaae to c lower with Mav at 65c to 66c. May fail ed to get outside the opening range dur ing the first hour. Prices broke Sharply after the official statistics were given out, May declining from .66c to 6&3J654c. -The close was weak with May off (c at 6565c. OATS Longs and cash interests were liberal sellers of oats, which caused con siderable weakness early. May opened c to ytc higher at 44c to c and sold off to 44c. PROVISION'S Provisions broke severe ly owing to heavy selling, based on enor mous receipts of live hogs here. Opening prices were 10c to 32c lower. RYE; Cash: 77c; December, 76c; May, 78SOe. BARLEY Casn: TIMOTHY March. $3.95. CLOVER March. $15.25. jCliicazo Grain MarUet. ,'Furmshcd by J. JS. Gall. Commissions, Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stock Office 110 West Sixth St. Phone 4S6. v Chicago, Dec.-15. Open High Low Close Set v. HKAT Dec. ;..H3- 113 "May 110T6-HW1114 July ..lflWs-VUOOVi r 112 112 113 109 110-110 99 99 99-100 61 61'" 62- 66- 65- 66- 65- 65 66- UAJ- Dec. 61- 62 65 -66 66 May July li- Dec. May July PORK- 654-5s 6 ..C 43 43 44- 45 43- 42 42 44 42 21.65 21.30 43 43 44- 44 42- 42 21.90 21.95 21.67 21.67 Jan. ...21.70 21.90 May 21 .40-4521 .67 LARD Jan. ...12.80 12.82 May ...11.80 11.92 RIBS Jan. .,.11.75 11.92-5 May ...11.26 11.35 12.72 12.82 11.77 11.92 12.92 11.96 11.75 11.92 11.85 11.20 11.35 11.36 Kansas City Graiu Market. IFarnlshed by J. E. GalL Commission i Grains. Provisions. Cottor. nd Stocks Office 110 West Sixth St. Phope 4&6.1 Kansas City, Dec. 15. Open Hign ii Ciosc Yn IV HEAT Dec. 106 107 May ...105-105 104 -105 106 'July ...94 .34 94 94 94 CORN Dec. ...62 62 r 62 62 62 iMay ...64 64 64 64 64 July uu tiuu &ni 6444 STOClt SHIPPERS To Insure Yourselves Best Results Consign To Clay, Robinson Coi Um Stock Commission Merchants, Stock Yards. Kansas Clti. WE SLSa USVB (HIS OWS OFFICES IT CHMjnn 7 SO. OMAHA. DENVER. SIOUX Kansas City Produce Market. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 15. WHEAT Cash: Market unchanged to lc lower. No. 2 hard. $1.07(81.12; No. 3, $1.061.11; No. 2 red, $1.21gl.2S; No. 3, $L171.22. CORN Market unchanged. No. 2 mixed, 65c; No. 3, 61c; No. 2 white, 65c; No. 3, 64c. uats Market unchanged. No. 2 white, 4446c; No. 2 mixed, 43g44c. HAY Market nnl-i nnp-ivl tn Srtc. lower. Choice timmofhy, $l5013.00; choice prairie, $11.50; choice alfalfa, $16.5017.00. BUTTER Creamery extras, 33c; firsts, 32c; seconds, 30c; packing stock, 22c. imas-luxtras, 31c nrsts, ate seconds and dirties, 18c; current receipts, 28c. WHEAT Receipts, 24 cars. CLOSE: WHEAT December, $1.06 sellers; May, $1.05; July, 94c. CORN December, 62c; May, 6464c; July, 64c Chicago Produce Market. 'Chicago, Dec. 15. BUTTER Market strong. Creameries, 27S4c; dairies, 26 30c EGGS Market firm. Receipts, 1,887 cases at mark, cases included, 2025c; firsts, 29c; prime firsts, 30c. CHEKSB Market firm. Daisies, 16 16c; Twins, 16ig'16c; Young Americas, 16c: Lone Horns. 16Ae. POTATOES Market firm. Choice to fancy, 4243c: fair to good, 350c. POULTRY Market steady. Turkeys, 17c; chickens, 12c; springs, 12c. VEAL Market steady. 50 to 0 lb. wts., 89c; 60 to 85 lb. wts., 910c; 85 to 110 lb. wts., 10llc. New Tork Produce Market. New York, Dec. 16. BUTTER Market firm. Western factory, 2325c; western imitation creamerv. 26(S)28c. CHEESE Market firm. September fancy, 17c; ditto, October best, 16c; skims, full to snecials. 5(814c. EGGS Market firm. Refrigerators, 20 24c. POTTTjTRY Alive, firm: western chick ens, lfie: fowls. 16c: turkeys. 1520c. Dressed, firm; western chickens, 18'23ci lewis, 13ST7lfec; xurKeys, isy-a-ZDC. Market Gossip. (Furnlshe-l by J. E. Gall. Commissions. Grains. Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth St. Phone 4S6. Liverpool cables: Opening Wheat d lower: corn unchanged. Second cable: Wheat ld higher; corn unchanged. Chicago car lots today: Wheat 17, corn 393, oats 120. Kansas City car lots today: Wheat 24, corn 31. oats 16. Northwest car lots today 394, last year Closing cables: Wheat d higher; corn unchanged. New 'Tork Stork Market. Wall St., New York, Dec. 15. STOCKS Prices of stocks moved narorwly and with hesitation in the opening dealings today. Sales of 5,000 shares of United States Steel, prompted by the declared labor war on the corporation broke the price a point. Utah Copper declined 1, and Union Pacific preferred advanced The changes as a rule were mixed and were all quite trivial. There was a perceptible yield to prices following the decline in United States Steel but when that stock rallied a frac tion the whole market hardened. T The market became heavy again later on in creased business. Reading reacted from 169 to 168 and the rest of the import ant stocks all sold slightly below yester day's closing. Before noon Reading had risen again to 169 and this had a hardening effect else where. The movement was sluggish and the trading dull. Atlantic Coast Line and Rock Island preferred declined 1. Bonds were steady. Reading was forced back again to last night's level without disturbing the gen eral market which ruled quite steady. Near 2 o'clock Reading was pushed up to 170 and there were also signs of strength in the southern stocks, Louisville and Nashville rising 1 above yesterday's clos ing and Atlantic Coast line 1. Distillers' Securities was bid, up 1 on active deal ings. Ranjre of Prices on Stocks. (Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions. Grains, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth St. Phone 4S6.J New York, DecT 15. Stocks Op'n Hisrh Low Cl's Yes. Sugar 12 123 123 123 123 Gas 114 114 114 114 114 Copper 87 88 87 88 87 B. R. T. 79 80 79 80 79 Am. Car Fndy.. 72 72 71 72 72 U. S. Steel, Com... 90 91 90 91 91 U. S. Steel, Pfd....l25 125 12474 126 125 Atchison, Com 121 122 121 122 121 K. C. Southern.... 44 44 43 43 43 Anaconda 49 50 4 49 49 St. Paul 156 157 156 157 157 Rock Island 43 44 43 43 44 Great Northern. ...144 144 143 144 144 Wabash, Pfd 57 58 57 58 57 Missouri Pacific... 72 TJ 71 72 71 Am. Smelting 100 101 100 101 100 Northern paciric..i- i-4 14 l in N. Y. Central 123 124 123 123 123 Texas Pacific 35 35 35 35 36 Southern Pacific. 132 133 131 133 132 Reading 169 171 16S 170 169 Erie, Com 34 34 33 34 34 So. Railway 32 32 32 32 32 Union Pacific 202 203 202 202 202 C. O 87 S7 87 S7 87 B. O.. 117 117 117 117 117 L. N 163 154 153 154 153 Katy 49 50 49 50 49 Pennsylvania 134 136 134 134 134 Can. Pacific... .....178 179 178 179 179 National Lead 87 88 87 87 87 C P. &I 52 52 61. 51 62 Rock Island, prd.. at ui4 91 i New York Sugar and Coffee Market. New York. Dec. 15. SUGAR Raw, steady; Muscavado. 89 test, $3.67; centri fugal. 96 test. S4.17: molasses sugar. 89 test, $3.42. Refined, steady; crushed, $5.85; granuiateo, sd.io; powaerea, ta.za. COFFEE Spot, quiet; No. 7 Rio, 8c nominal; No. 4 Santoe, 8c Cotton Market. New York. Dec. 15. COTTON SDOt closed quiet, 6 points higher; middling up lands, $16.15; middling gulf, $15.40. Sales, 200 bales. Galveston, Tex., Dec. 35. COTTON Market steady. 15c Clii-Hc Live Stock Market. Chicago, Dec. 15. CATTLE Receipts estimated at 25,000. Market weak to 10c lower. Beeves. $3.908.26; Texas steers, $3.80(54.65; western steers, $4.0O.3O; stock ers and feeders, $3.006.10; cows and heif ers, $2.005.40; calves, $7.25gfl.75. HOGS Receipts estimated at 45.000. Market 10c lower. Light, $7.908.40; mix ed. $S.10S-8.50; heavy. $S.1S8.55; rough, $8.15 S.30; good to choice heavy, $8.308.56; pigs. $6.907.86; bulk of sales. $8.30feS.45. SHEEP Receipts estimated at 20.000. Market weak. Native, $3.5Cg5.50; western, $3.75fi5.40: yearlings. $6.25g7.30: lambs, na tive, $5.50ffl8.25; western, $5.76fiS.25. DAILY MOVEMENT OF PRODUCE. WHEAT Receipts, 19,200 bushels; ship ments. UK. 200 bushels. CORN Receipts. 498,500 bushels; ship ments, 144,400 bushels. Car lot receipts: Wheat 17 cars, with 6 of contract grade; corn 393 cars, with 4 of contract grade; oats 120 cars. Total receipts of wheat at Chicago, Minr neapolis and Duluth today were 411 ears, compared with 213 cars last week and 369 ears the corresponding day a- year ago. Knni. Clfy I.tve StorR Market. Kansas City, Mo., Dec 15. CATTLE Receipts 9,000, including 409 southerns. Market steady to 10c lower. Native steers. CITY. M. 81. PAWL V auc.7S !lfI-J2' southeni steers, $3.606.f: sou there cows, $2.7S4-00; native cows and tlt2-fM-'ken and feeders. $3.2&5.2S; bulls, 3.254.65; calves. $4.00 triSJ-i i3 3.iois.uu; western cows, $2.70Q4.75. HOGS Receipts 6,000. Market' 510c i??TiL?SlSer8,and butchers, $8.158-40; SHEEP Receipts 6,000. Market steady. --i. wvtiu. ui jainos, w.wgi !5u tea western wethers and yearlings,- .606.76: fed western ewes, $4.255.15. Kansas City I,ivc stock Sales. (The following sales were made- thll morning at the Stock Yards, Kansas City, ana reported over long distance telephone direct to the State Journal by Clay Robinson Co.. live stock commis sion merchants, with offices at all mar kets. J Kansas City, Dec. 15.--CATTLE Re "tP?.'000, head- Market slow and lower. HOGS Receipts 16,000 head. Market lOo 1 15."iJoweiF- Bulk of sales. $8.008.30; top, $8.35. SHEEP Receipts 6,000 head. Market steady. KILLING STE7SR8. No. Wt Prlce.lNo. Wl. Price. 1260 $6.80 1 44 1136 $5.50 OOWS A.M1 HEIFERS. J 764 3.S5 13 980 4.10 22- 84 4.35 18 1137 5.16 STOCKERS AMi FEEDERS. 2........ 735 3.86 36.... 1020 4.80, CALVES. Ho 8.25 I 9 326 '4.75 2 80 6.00 I 2........ 150 7.00 BULLS. 1 740 3.00 1 2 1.1X0 3.50 -2.. i..... 1136 3.85 HOGS. 72.... 230 8.30 I 68 196 8.15 10.V. 290 8.30 I 6 2S8 8.30 16........ 238 8.30 1 25. Ill 7.40 Topeka Market. (Furnished by the Chas. Wolff Packing Co., yards close at noon Saturday. We cannot use pigs, thin sows or hogs weighing less than 170 lbs. Do not mar ket hogs unless same are well finished, as we cannot use half fat stuff. We give below prices effective at once, until fur ther notice. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 15. HOGS. MIXED AND BUTCHERS $7.75(9-3.05 HEAVY 8.008.05 LIGHT 7.70&7.95 Can't use thin hogs or those under 171 pounds. CATTLE. Per cwt. Grass cows tgoou)....... $3.003.58 Grass cows (medium)..,. 2.533 00 Grass heifers (good) 3.50u4 00 Calves (100 to 200 lbs.)...'.: 4.0O5.04 Calves (over 200 lbs.)...... S.5O&408 Cattle must be good. Cannot use thin stuff. Market price paid for dry lot cattle. BUTTER AND EGGS. Furnished by The Continental Creamer Co., Topeka. Kan.J CHICAGO EGGS 29c N. Y. EGGS Fresh country, doz., 31S8"c CREAMERY BUTTER Chicago, 33c; N. Y., 34c. ELGIN BUTTER 32c. (Wholesale prices furnished by Cone A Co.. 134 Kansas Ave. EGGS Fresh country, candled, 81c. POULTRY Hens. live weight, lie; orouers, i to a ids., iac and 3 lbs phvihf lie miirKC vnnv vwrAva u Tl'RKEVa T-Tn and Vminr Trtmo '"XV. Old Toms, 17c. GEESE Full feathered. Sc. DUCKS Full feathered, 9c. .---i; (Dressed poultry must be done to com ply with the state laws.) Prospects are that turkeys will be ex tremely scarce and very high for Christ mas trade. All shipments must arrive not later than Tuesday, December 21st. BUTTER Packing stock, per lb., 21c WHOLESALE FRUIT AND PRODUCE. Furnished by Sam'l E. Lux, Wholesale Fruit and Produce. BARRELED APPLES Jonathan; per bb., $5.25; Gano, per bbl., $4.25; Ben Davis, per bbl., $4.00. BOXED APPLES R. 1. Greening, per box, $1.85; N. W. Greening, per box, $1.85; Soloam, per box, $1.85; Roman Beauty, per box, $2.00; York Imperials, per box, $2.00; Ben Davis, per box, $2.00; Lawyers, per box, $2.25; York Pippins, per box, $2.25; Jonathans, per box, $2.50; Winesaps, per box, $2.50. BANANAS Med. size bunches, per bunch, $2.00I2.50; Jumbo bunches, per bunch, $2.75Ca3.00; per lb.. 4c. NAVEL ORANGES Per box. $2.603.00. CATA.WBA GRAPES Per basket, 15c ALMERIA GRAPES Per bbl., $5.25(9 6.00. FLORIDA GRAPE FRUIT Per box, $4.25. WISCONSIN CRANBERRIES Per bbl., $6.25. CALIFORNIA LEMONS Per box. $450. PEARS Per box, $2.00. HALLOWI DATES Per lb., 6c. NEW FIGS Per box. 76c. NEW HONEY Per crate, $3.75. PINEAPPLES Per crate, $4.254.50. COCOANUTS Per sack, original, $5.00; per dozen. 76c. J-UUM.ux ruio rer Dusnei, $2.20. HOLLAND CABBAGE Per lb., crated. lc CAULIFLOWER Per crate, $3.00. HOT HOUSE LETTUCE Per dos. bunches. 46e; per lb., 20c. RUTABAGAS Per lb., lc CAL. TOMATOES Per 4 basket crates. $2.00. TURNIPS Per bushel, 60c. BEETS Per bushel, 60c PARSNIPS Per bushel, 75c. CARROTS Per bushel. 75c. SPANISH ONIONS Per crate.- $1.36. RED GLOBE ONIONS Per lb.. 2c. SWEET POTATOES Per bushel. 80c. TABLE POTATOES Minnesota Rurals. per bushel,. 70c; Minnesota Burbanks, per bushel, 70c; Kaw Valley E. O. potatoes, per bushel, 60c. CELERY Mammoth, per bunch, 90c; Jumbo, per bunch, 75c; Blue Ribbon, pet bunch, 55c OYSTERS New York Counts, per can. 50e; New York Extra Selects, per Can. 46c; New York Plain, per can, 40c; Ches apeake Standards, per can, 36c J-' BULK OYSTERS-Standards. $1.50;PIain Selects. $1.80: Extra Selects. $2.00; New York Counts, $2.20. CHEESE Y. A. cheese, per lb., J9c; Lim burger, per lb., 19c; Wis. Yellow, per lb.. 19c; Wis. White, per lb.. 19c; New Wis. Brick, per lb., 19c: Yellow Daisy, per lb. (20 lbs.),'18c; White Daisy (20 lbs.), per lb., 19c; Domestic Style Swiss (25 to 30 lbs.), per lb.. 20c. Topeka fllde Market, TQuotatlons furnished by James C. Smith 1 Hide Co, 108 East Third 8t.J Topeka, Kan., Dec. 15" HIDES o. 1 G. S. hides, 12c; No. 3 G. S. hides, 11c: side brands, 10o fat: glue hides. 6c; flat; No. 1 G. S. bull hides 11c; No. 2 G. 8. bull hides, 10c; Deacons. 25e to 35c; slunks, 16c to 26c; .No. 1 horse hides, $2.50 to $3 25: No. 2 horse hides, $1.6 to $2.50; No. J horse hides, 75c; dry flint butcher, heavies, 17c: dry flint fallen, 16c: dry flint lishts. 1718c; dry salts, 14c; dry culls, tie. FURS Raccoon, large prime, $1.001.30' rac-joon, medium, S5c(??$1.00; raccoon, small and No. 2, ?075c; skunk, black prime $1.752.50; skunk, short, $1.25(81.75; skunk! narrow stripe. 85c&$1.25; skunk, broad! 25fi50c; mink, large, dark. No. 1, $4.506 00 mink, medium. No. 1, $3.00S.50; mink" small and 1 No. 2, $1.752.25; oppossum! large cased No. 1, 35&50c; oppossum, med ium. 25S40C; oppossum, small. HxaiSc muskrat. fall. 2530c; civit. 2545c; house cats. 510c; fox, gray. 60ciS$l.oo; f0, Yed! prime, $3.504.50; wolf, prime mountain $3.004i3.50: wolf, prairie. $1.002.00- wild cat, 2575c, wlla Grain Market. 1 Furnished by J. B. Billard. corner Eu. sas ave. and Curtis StJ WHEAT No. i.ea. ;v i CORN-68C OATS 3SS 40c.

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