The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
December 18, 1909

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k EVERYBODY EVERYBODY 20 PAGES NEEDS IT. 20 pages READS IT. LAST EDITION. SATURDAY EVENING! TOPEKA, KANSAS. DECEMBER 18 ,1909. SATURDAY EVENING. FIVE CENTS. 3 POLITICALGOSSIP. 31. F. Amrine Discusses "The Coming Conflict." IVill Be One of Ideas Rather Than Men. A SQUAUE DEAL VIEW. Question Which Men Shall Con trol the Republican Party. Sanies Those Who Are Promi nent in the Opposition. M. F. Amrine. editor of the Council Grove Guard, member of the legisla ture from Morris county and assistant t-xecutive clerk in the governor's of fice, is also a square dealer but he is at the same time a shining light of fairness in partisan politics. He writes political stories every week for his Mor ris county paper that do not contain a speck of hate or an ounce of venom. A machine man reading them might call the writer a heretic but never a bigot. These articles are calculated to boost the square deal, but at the same time they are broad and fair and even generous. Therefore they are apt to do more good for the cause they rep resent than the ablest of sarcasm or the most brilliant spear thrust of word Imagery. The following extracts from an ar ticle in this week's Council Grove Rec ord, headed "The Coming Conflict," will t bear out the above statements: "Next year in Kansas the Republi can party must decide a contest in its own house, more fierce and far reach ing than with avowed enemies outside. "It will be a contest of ideas. Men will figure In it. but they will be sec ondary considerations. Two definite leaderships appear. One must be right, the other wrong. The Republican house can not stand divided against itself in these days any more than it could in the memorable days when Lincoln made this observation a political proverb. This division Is one of principle. There can be no compromise, because there should not be. between right and wrong. "Bristow, Stubbs. Murdock, White, McNeal and other leaders embody cer tain definite principles of party policy which they think progressive and right. Either the Republican party must be directed by ideas controlling these men. or by ideas and men operating in an entirely different field of thought and action. It is for the people to decide. "The Republican party has had many good leaders. It has also too many leaders whose thought and training are inconsistent with the best interests ot Kansas. This is not personal. These latter are amiable and pleasant gentle men whose private life so far as we know is above reproach. But by nature and environment they antagonize the supremacy of the common people. The- believe the first care of govern ment is to promote and protect busi ness rather than manhood. They dis trust and help destroy, the foundations of self government. Net results of their life work will be to strengthen the pow erful against the weak, to help exploit: the many in favor of the few. That they do -lot intend to do so is no apology. Results are facts. "In mentioning the following leaders we hope we cast no reflections person ally. These men have the right to fol low whatever business they like and to pursue it wherever it leads them. Ifi their ideals of life are so constructed i they can give their best thought and energj to protecting and upbuilding, tnese rreat Dustness concerns it is no concern of the public. It becomes pub lic concern only when these men serv ing their employers try also to handle rublic affairs. No man can serve two masters. Kither he will be false to one and serve the other, or serve one and be false to the other. "Dpve Mulvane, national committee man has been a corporation attorney for years. "M. A. Low. whose big brain has made and unmade senators and con gressmen, is head of the legal depart nMit of the Rock Island. "Senator Fitzpatrick, who in 1907 or ganized and voted as one man against sll progressive legislation that invinci ble lodge of twenty-two. is devoting all bis time to legal business for the Stand ard Oil company. "John Simmons, speaker cf the house in 1907, was promoted to be general attorney for western Kansas for the Santa Fe soon after the legislature adjourned. "Charles Gleed, editor of the Kan sas City Journal, which stands for rverything the standpatters and machine wants, is stockholder and director in the Santa Fe Railway company. 'J. W. Gleed. assistant editor of the Kansas City Journal, is attorney for the B'.'ll telephone monopoly, tho Continental creamery trust and several other similar concerns.. "Mort Albaugh who organized thr. machine which made Senator Long, must not be forgotten be cause Senator Lone: went out of his way to endorse a Democrat for fed eral judge. Attorney Cochran of St. Louis, head of the Missouri Pacific legal department. "We do not believe men whose ideals, ambitions and purposes lead them to devote their brains and energy to furthering interests of great corporations, are best fitted to lead a party nor a state. Yet these and others similarly situated have said what should go into Republican state platforms, who should be the candidates and what legislation should be enacted. "Not one of the foregoing is in the least degree an advisor, loafer or hangeron in the office of Governor Stubbs. In this beautifully, blessed year not one of them has called for so much as a friendly visit. I "The Democratic party is no bet ter. Balle Waggener, Missouri Pa cific head attorney for Kansas and Nebraska lines and James Orr, his partner, have run the poor old! J Democratic party for years. Only last year when Botkin beat Ryan did these leaders temporarily lose their grip." Such Is fami Charlie Sessions has represented the Kansas City Journal in Topeka for many years and has ns wide acquaintance and as many friends In Kansas as any man living between Missouri and Colorado, yet he has built his reputation upon a foundation of smoke. The editor of a country ex change intended to pay the following tribute to Mr. Sessions but the printer snatched the hard earned laurels from the rightful blow and gave them to a Mr. Lessions: "We don't know whether the com pany knows it, but about all there is to the Kansas City Journal in Kansas is the stuff written by Charlie Lessions. the Topeka correspondent, and Will Kercher, vho writes that extra good column of 'Kansas Topics.' Lessions' stuff always tastes good to the intel lectual palate aside from its news value. Kercher's -column is the best the Journal over had, at least the best since we began reading it several years ago. These two worthies should get a big divvy on the receipts from Kansas." The Pittsburg (Pa.) Gazette-Times declares that Governor Stubbs will go down in history along with the Good Samaritan and the parent of the prodi gal son. Here is the full text of the Pennsylvania tribute to the square deal governor: "The folks down in Kansas were nev er of that suspicious and skeptical dis position which has made their Missouri neighbors famous. While the people across the state lino cautiously demand to be shown., the trustful Kansans are willing to open their hearts to anyone that comes along; hence the slogan, 'What's the matter with Kansas?' Hu manitarianism is in blossom all the year 'round. Kindliness perfumes the ambient atmosphere. Benevolence beams from every eye. and most of the strang er's time is taken up in shaking hands and answering questions about his family's health. "A beautiful example of this gener ous spirit has just been afforded in Topeka, the state's capital, by no less a personage than Governor Stubbs him self. The blizzard which, is causing the country to shiver did not leave the genial Kansans unscathed. It had the same effect, moreover, as In localities where the Golden Rule Is less honored it brought with it a shortage of nat ural gas. Whereupon Governor sturos threw open his kitchen to his neigh bors, and told them to come in and fry their steaks and chops upon his coal stove. So many took advantage of his kind offer that numbered checks had to be issued to avoid disputes about precedence, and women stood in line waiting for the word 'next' like men in a barber shop. 'The Golden Rule mayors of the Jones and Whitlock type, and the Golden Rule chiefs of police like Kohler, who have brought renown to the Buckeye state, have never- done anything to compare with this. Kansas is truly the native heath of altruism, the home of the beatitudes, the one warm spot in a cold, cold world. Governor Stubbs is a shining example unto all men. His trustfulness may have been abused: someone may have carried off his coal tongs or the nickel-plated alarm clock cn the kitchen mantel; but secure in the consciousness of his own charity and proud of having lived up to the state's best traditions, ne need not regret tnese untoward happenings. He will go down in history along with the Good samari tan and the. model parent of the Prodi gal Son." D. W. Blaine of Pratt and Dave Leahey, private secretary to Governor Stubbs, will attend the interstate meet ing of western shippers at Wichita next week. After a conference with Governor Stubbs the following resolu tion was agreed upon for presentation at the Wichita convention: "Whereas, it has been and Is the practice of all railroads operating- in competition. with water transportation to carry freight and passengers at a much lower carrying charge per mile than is charged elsewhere on the same line where water competition does not exist, and "Whereas this practice (by the rail road) has had the effect of discourag ing and virtually driving all barge and boat lines from the navigable streams in this, the United States, and "Whereas, the patrons of all other statin-" on said lines of railroad are compelled to pay much higher freight and passenger carrying charges in driv ing water competition from the field, and "Whereas, the volume of freight and passenger business has become so heavy that the railroads of this coun try can not move the already large and rapid'- increasing traffic to the satis faction of the patrons of the roads, therefore, in the interest and for the protection of the patrons of the rail roads residing in sections of the coun try remote from navigable waters, and to destroy water competition where' navigable waters do exist, be it I "Resolved, that we demand that the United States coneress. now in session. so amend the laws governing railroads; and other .transportation companies.; corporations or individuals engaged as public carriers, that they may not be permitted to charge a higher rate fori transporting freight or passengers per mile on their, lines (other conditions being equal) than they charge for like service between points where water competition exists." ALL OUT ON BAIL Men Convicted of Sugar Frauds Will Take an Appeal. New York. Dec. 18. Oliver Spitzer, the Williamsburg' dock superinten dent, and the four checkers found guilty, last night of conspiracy to de fraud the government by underweigh ing sugar imported by the American Sugar Refining company were not sentenced today; Instead the criminal branch of the United States circuit court allowed them freedom under bail until January 8, when they will present arguments for a' new trial. Spitzer's bail was raised, from $5, 000 to $10,000; that of the others was continued at $2,500. Henry L. Stim son, special counsel for the govern ment, announced that he would op pose bitterly, any ..attempt to place the convicted men on bail after sentence had been passed. It is believed the federal attorneys welcome the stay in sentence because they hope that some of the indicted men may give them valuable Information on the chance of thus lightening their punishment. Patrick Hennessy. a white haired vet eran of the weighing desks and one of the convicted men. talked earnestly in court today with Henry L. Stimson. special prosecutor for the government and Mr. Stimson was heard to say: "I will be pleased to see you in my office." In granting the stay of sentence Judge Martin intimated that confes sions involving superiors might win the convicted men lighter sentences. "If these men.'' he said, "were led to do wrong through the. influence of stronger minds they are entitled to the full benefits of the mercy of the court. They should not now be shield ing persons who might have controll ed their actions at the risk that the courts may not take into consideration the recommendation to mercy." NOTHINGJN IT. Richards Investigation Will Undoubtedly Be Dropped. No Indication Whatever of Foul Play. CORONER KEITH TALKS People Died From Gas Without a Doubt He Says. Dr. Tan Horn Also Convinced That This Is a Fact. There is little probability that the bodies of the three Richards, or any one of them, will be exhumed for the purpose of an autopsy. "When any one shows me that there is a reason to believe that a crime has been committed, then I am ready to act,' said Coroner H. H. Keith today,1 "but until some one does I stand con vlnced that there is no reason for ex- conquests. At Kntebbe Colonel Roose huming the bodies and decline to make velt and Kermit will be entertained at the home of the governor, proceeding such an order incurring needless ex-, Tuegd by motor car at Kampala, pense to the taxpayers of the county n head of thJ lake where the "wiI1 "I have had many complaints from roIn he otnerf. the rt certain busy people but there has been tn meantime will have arrived at that no satisfactory theory of any possible lac(J b steamer. At Kampala the crime to warrant an autopsy. I was at h wm be organlzed on Decern- the residence within ten minutes after b?r 23 tne invasl that wll, Dri Mrs Thomas Richards found the bodies th j t the prvince of tne Nile wU1 and I stayed there until 10 o'clock and h h..,,. .,-j .1-; !K1 that th. ue ""gun. deaths were caused from the gas fumes. "The family had eaten breakfast about 9 o'clock. The father of the younger Mrs. Richards, Mr. E. H. Hewin, had then come in a buggy to take Thomas Richards and his daugh ter to his home for dinner, but Rich ards had a bad cold and remained at the house. "There is everv reason to believe that all three of the persons in the house 'Berry Raum. former commissioner of went to sleep after the late breakfast pensions, died at his home here to on that cold morning. The elder Rich- day after an illness of several weeks. ards had been reading a paper and laid, his glasses aside. He had fallen to the floor, evidently having been overcome with the rumes while sleeping in his chair. Thomas had evidently been iy-jl829. He was educated in the com- ine- on the couch. It is the theory that'mon school of that town. In 1853 he as me lamer ieu ne cauea me son, wno in trvine to eet to the window was overcome at the base of It. Mrs. John Richards was ill and was lying on the bed in her night dress. She had evi dently not been awakened at all. "If, as some have suggested, the people were given poison, it would necessarily have been at breakfast. There were no indications of poison. Had they been given strychnine then there would hp.ve been evidences of violent pains and cramps in the stom ach; had they been given arsenic there would have been evidences of sputum and emissions from the j siomacn. At is jiot iiKeiy mat iney would have accepted any morphine be cause it is bitter. There is no likeli hood that chloroform or ether could have been given for it would have taken an enormous amount to kill all three and also if the persons had been poisoned by drugs, they would not have produced death within many hours. "Moreover, there is no possible mo tive for poisoning the people. There was no insurance of any kind except a $200 policy which the younger Rich ards had with the Odd Fellows to pro vide funeral expenses." Dr. Van Horn Smelted Gas. Dr. C. B. "Van Horn, the first doctor to arrive upon 'ne scene, describes the positions of the bodies and the condi tions the same as Dr. Keith, who ar rived soon afterward. In addition he says "When I got there the doors had been opened. I went right in and could detect the gas but naturally not so strong as it probably had been. A gas light was lit immediately because then; could be no danger. These fumes given off by a burning gas stove do not explode, they are burned fumes. At first I thought that Mrs. Richards, being farther from the stove was, not yet past recovery and worked on her but without aVail. In order to get air I tried to raise a window but it was stuck so I kicked a rane out. "Chief Eaton has a theory that there was plenty of air in the room because the window was broken and that the house was 'old and lots of air could get in around the windows. As a matter of fact, I kicked that light out and the windows were all found to be all corked up with clothes, so that the rooms were quite tight. "In my mind, there is no doubt that the deaths were caused by gas fumes and I have to be very well convinced to say this. I have had several cases in the last few weeks of entire families becoming nearly asphyxiated. One was a family in Oakland. One of the family had awakened just in the nick of time to save them all. I was called and it was a long time before all could be brought from the influence of the gas. The carbon monoxide given off from the burning stoves is a deadly poison and acts upon the blood im mediately, thereby thwarting any medical eftorts after a very short time. Another case was reported to me by another physician almost similar and very nearly fatal to an entire-family. "The fumes take effect gradually and are not strong enough to im mediately awaken anyone. In fact, to one awake, they would not be very noticeable except for the smarting to the eyes. "I have no doubt that the Richards were sleeping there after a late break fast and were suffocated without awak ening except as the old man fell he called his son who tried to get to a window." Many of the old friends of John P. Richards and also those of E. H. Hew- ins are very much disgusted with the whole affair and are not reticent expressing themselves. In handling the bodies. Undertaker Shellabarger, reports that the gas fumes were expelled from the lungs and nos trils of the bodies in great quantities. Ed O'Neil sneaking concerning the action of the board of commissioners yesterday-declining to stand for the ex pense, said: "We concluded that there was not any evidence presented us by the county attorney to warrant the spending of county money lor so absurd a suspic ion as the one iproposed. There is no evidence of crime in the ease and no good reasons as we could detect for diEinr uo the bodies. Therefore we declined to act. Of course If Schenck can make us pay for it- we will, but that will be the time and not now." The county attorney defends his posi tion saying. "There are so many peo ple asking for examination and explan ation they ought to have it despite the expense." OFF FOR UGANDA. Colonel Roosevelt Begins Second Stage of His Expedition. Nairobi, British East Africa, Dec. 18. Today the American hunting and scientific expedition began what may be termed the second stage of its journey in the interior of Africa. The objective point is Gondokero. Uganda, which, it is expected, will be reached on Feb ruary 17. Colonel Roosevelt and his associates were given a cordial sendoff as they boarded the train at noon for Kisumu. Arriving at that point tomorrow the party will board the steamer Clement Hill and cross Victoria Nyanza to En tebbe. With the passage of the lake, the Amerlcans will nave left behind them British East Africa and entered th' 'Uganda protectorate, the wildest and most beautiful, perhaps the most dan .IT A wer- ln the best of health when thev set forth today in search of new GREEN 6. RAUM DEAD. Former V. S. Pension Commissioner Passes Away in Chicago. 1 Chicago, Dec. 18. General Green He was 80 years or age Green Berry Raum, lawyer, was born in Golconda, ill., December 3 ,r and later to the supreme court of the United States. He was a member of tn Democratic national convention and supported Douglas for president in 1860. After the fall of Fort Sumter he made the first war speech ln Illinois, and at once entered the Union army as major of the Fifty-sixth Illinois volunteers, and was promoted through the successive stages to brigadier gen eral. On October 4, 1862, he won W VII war fame by leading a successfully"11 VE0""1 lQe name or bavonet charge at Corinth. At Mis- L71lcn: Mr- Herrmann arose and Rinre he severeiv wounded but recovered Jn time to hold the Atlanta railway behind Sher man and defeat Wheeler's raid. He was on the "march to the sea" and w-as in continual service until the close of the war. He was congressman from Illinois from 1867 to 1869. and United States commissioner of internal revenue from 1876 to 1883. The war changed his politics, and he was a Republican after the fall of Sumtar. He was author of several books on political subjects and various reports. His last official position was commissioner of pensions from 1889 to 1892. FIVE ARE DEAD. Collision Between Lake Shore Train and a Switch Engine. Cleveland, Dec. 18. Five trainmen were killed and one other was severe ly injured today when a westbound Lake Shore passenger train collided with a freight train in the Lake Shore Michigan Southern railway yards. No, passengers were injured. The Dead. H. L. ADAMS, passenger engineer. JOHN SWALES, freight fireman. JOHN FRANK, switchman. W. J. BURNS, freight engineer. C. BASHER, freight trainman. Jacob Carrier, Buffalo, N. Y.; fire man on the passenger train, was scald ed and is in serious condition. The collisior occurred within sight of the Union station. Snow was falling and it is believed that the red light which railway men were displaying to warn the engineer of the passenger train was obscured. Whilfl crossing from one track to an other the freight train was hit diago nally. The crew of the switch engine was pinned beneath the wreckage. The passenger engine overturned carrying its crew underneath. Several Vassar girls on their way home for the Christmas holidays were among the passengers and they en tered the work of giving temporary aid to the injured. Not one of the girls was hurt. WILL GO BACK TONIGHT. President Taft Is in Watertown, Conn., to Attend a Funeral. Watertown, Conn., Dec 18. Presi dent Taft arrived here this morning from Washington. Members of the family met the president at the sta tion and he went to the home to his brother. s The president will attend the fun eral of his brother's wife in the early afternoon and will leave here at 10 o'clock tonight to return to Washing ton. Among the members of the fam ily who have arrived is Charles P. Taft, another brother of the president. HE'S AX INCORRIGIBLE. Benny Mllefcam. Who Won't Go School, Hurts a Woman. to Benny Mileham, aged 16, who is booked at police headquarters as a school boj', but who the police say has become so incorrigible that he has not been' going to school of late, was ar rested this morning by Officer Perney on a -warrant charging him with as sault. The complaint is sworn to by W. H. Busbv. an Atchison. Toneka Santa Fe switchman, who alleges that Mileham struck his wite, f'annie so.. Busby, and injured her. LYNCH JSCHOSEN. Baseball Deadlock Broken at Last. Old Umpire Will Direct Affairs of National League. BRUSH BLAZED WAY. Suggested Cincinnati Man as a Compromise. John A. Heydler Elected to Old Place as Secretary. New York, Dec 18. Thomas J. Lynch of Cincinnati, former chief of the staff of umpires, -was today elected president of the National league. John A. Heyd ler. former president of the league, was elected secretary and treasurer of the organization. The elections of Mr. Lynch and Mr Heydler were unani mous and the magnates adjourned to meet again in February. John T. Lynch, New President of the National League. The election of Mr. Lynch, who now lives in New Britain, Conn., means there will be no war between the two brought about bv John T Brush owner i1VtUI-JS?Il B5Ul.?WJ?5E major leagues. iis selections was well acquainted with Mr. Lynch when ty, 1.," the latter made his headquarters in Cincinnati. When the magnates gath ered for the day's session, both Mr. Dreyfuss and Mr. Herrmann declared that it was evident there could be no agreement on either Heydler or Ward and that they proposed to leave the city this afternoon. Mr. Brush said it was foolish for the magnates to continue the present dead lock ana that as a solution of the dif- m ?conae1 the nomination and the elec tlon of Mr. Lynch was made unanl mous. Charles H. Ebbetts of Brooklyn, who has bitterly fought the election of Heydler, arose and nominated Mr. Heydler for secretary and treasurer and his nomination and election were a unanimous. The magnates, after I shaking hands all around, adjourned air. i,ynch has been interested in a theatrical enterprise. He has not been active in baseball since 1896. Brush In Dovey's Place. The only change in the board of di rectors elected today is the entrance of John T. Brush of New Tork in place of President Dovey. of the Boston club. Herrmann of Cincinnati, Ebbets of Brooklyn. Murphy of Chicago and Drey fuss of Pittsburg was re-elected. The change, however, alters the com plexion of the board because Mr. Brush is expected to vote with Murphy and Dreyfuss whereas Dovey sided with Herrmann .and Ebbetts. who are now left in the minority. The new triumvirate Brush, Murphy and Dreyfuss bears out in a measure, the talk of three-men control that was prevalent when a deadlock seemed like ly over the election of a president. Although no official announcement was made it was said at headquarters that the National League had directed its schedule committee to prepare a 168 game schedule for 1910. The 1909 schedule was of 154 games and the recent action by the American league indicated that organization in tended to keep to the old limit for next season's play. Lynch in Connecticut League. New Haven, Conn., Dec. IS. Mr. Lynch was part owner of the New Britain team of the Connectiicut League last year and had served at various times as an umpire. Several times he has umpired championshiTJ ball games played by Yale and Harvard and Princeton on Yale field. SHE MAKES A SCENE. Ocey Snead's Mother Ld, Screaming, From the Court Room. New York, Dec. 18 Mrs. Caroline B. Martin, mother of Ocey Snead, created a scene in the "Tombs police court when she was arraigned today on a charge of murder. Denied permis sion to make a statement, Mrs. Martin, who was not i epresented by counsel, declared she meant to have her rights and resisted the court officers' efforts to quiet her. She was led screaming out of, the room Mrs. Martin was recommitted to the Tombs to await a further hearing on Monday. In the course of her effort to free her mind in court, Mrs. Martin managed to declare that at the time of the death ot Mrs. Ocey Snead, Mrs. Mary Snead. Ocey Snead's mother-in-law, and Mrs. Martin's sister were in New York City and knew nothing about the mat'.cr. Prosecutor Mott of New Jersey said he had arranged to have Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Mary Snead held prisoners in New York until he could obtain their indictment and extradition to New Jersey. Mr. Mott said he re garded as significant the discovery that Mrs. Martin had visited Fletcher Snead. the long missing husband of Ocey Snead, during the latter's volun tary exile In St. Cathrines, Ont. Up to the time Snead s whereabouts became known all the members of the family had asserted that, to the best of their belief, ne was dead. Mrs. Martin was brought into court today in company with Mrs. Mary Snead, her sister, also under arrest in connection with the alleged mur- I aer. The court allowed her considerable latitude at first. Mrs. Martin seemed determined that her sister should not De dragged into the case. WThen Magistrate Cornel announced that hd would have to hold both women, trouble began. "I understand." said the court, "that the grand jury will sit next Tuesday and you probably will be indicted." Mrs. Martin began to question the regularity of the proceedings. She wanted to know under what section of the code the hearing was held. She was informed and was led from the bridge. Then she collapsed. She protested that she did not want to go back to the tombs and resisted the officers. Crying out hysterically, sobbing and protesting she was taken out of the room and back to prison. An East Orange newsboy whom detectives had brought here today identified Mrs. Martin as a woman whose hand bag he had carried for her in East Orange, not far from the scene of the tragedy on November 29. last. He is expected to be an im portant witness before the grand jury. DOWN NEAR ZERO.. The Mercury Registered Four Degrees This Morning. Except for a nose-pinching and ear- biting atmosphere today is an ideal winter day. The sun is shining and according to the weather man the sun will continue to shine until tomor row evening at least. Last night was one of the cold nights of the season. The tempera ture had taken a big dive during the day before and last night it -kept on the downward course until 7:30 this morning when it reached four degrees above zero. Then the sun came ud and it has been getting warmer all day long. The snowstorm scheduled for Tone- ka was sidetracked out in western Kansas and switched to the Panhan dle line in Texas and in Oklahoma. It covered the Dodge City territory, eastern Colorado, and in parts of Tex as and Oklahoma. But Topeka sim ply received the crisp air and lots of sunshine. Tonight will be warmer than last night the temperature will probably go to 10 degrees above zero. Then tomorrow will dawn in fine shape and onng gooa warm wintry weather. "In fact,' said the weather man, "tomor row will be the prettiest day and the finest day that we have been able to turn out for some time." The forecast says that there will be rising temperature all over this part of the country. Sunday will be fair and warmer. This afternoon the wind shifted from the northwest, and at 2 o'clock had reached southwest. It will continue to shoft to the south, and tonight will be warmer in consequence. The lowest temperature of the past 24 hours was reached at 7:30 this morning, when for a few minutes, the thermometer regis tered 4 above zero. Tonight and tomor row will average 10 degrees warmer than, today. The hourly temperatures today:- 7 o'clock 6 I 11 o'clock... 12 8 o'clock 6 I 12 o'clock.. 12 9 o'clock 7 I 1 o'clock ..13 10 o'clock .,10 I 2 o'clock 17 FOILED JAIL DELIVERY. Officers Discover Plot to Liberate Wilhoit. Another jail delivery was prevented this morning when Deputy Sheriff Ben nett Judkins, and attaches of the Shaw nee county jail, discovered a prearrang ed plot of Floyd Wilhoit, and Lester Youngdorf. alias Lawrence Young, to saw through the windows of the Jail and allow the former his liberty. Youngdorf was allowed to go this morning when his father who resides at Holton went his bond. Knowing that his father would fur nish bond for him. Youngdorf confided this fact to his companion, and it was arranged that as soon as Youngdorf had secured his liberty he was to se cure possession of saws and acid, which were to be transferred to Wil hoit attached to a cord and broom stick which the latter was to pass through the bars across the corridor, and out the jail window. Once in his possession the matter of sawing through the Iron bars would have been but a question of opportuni ty and nondiscovery. An inmate of the jail tipped ofT the intentions of Wil hoit and Youngdorf to the authorities and before the latter was released this morning he was taken Into the parlor cell and ouestioned. There he partially admitted what was to have been done had not their plans fallen into the hands of the officers. Wilhoit was turned over to the state one day this week following his arrest by the police on a charge of grand larceny, specifically the stealing of a $45 watch from a Rock Island brake man. When taken, he had in his pos session two burglar saws, which are yet in the possession of the police, and a -pocket flashlight. The municipal auth orities say that he is a professional yeggman and Is probably wanted some where for a serious offense. Youngdorf. is the lad who was ar rested several days ago, and who at that time gave the name of Lawrence Young, saying that his parents resided at Lawrence. It now develops that his t.ame is Lester Youngdorf and that his parents are residents of Holton. He was also turned over to the state, by the police, following his arrest. When taken in custody he admitted having forged worthless paper to an aggregate amount of $100. cantIllon not IN IT. Has No Intel est With Holland in Pueblo Ball Franchise. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 18. Joe Cantillon, until recently manager of the Washing ton Americans, is to have no part in the control of the Western league club at St. Joseph, Mo., to which- city the Pueblo team is to be transferred. Contradicting the Cantillon story in recent eastern dispatches John Holland wired today to Lincoln, Neb., the fol lowing: "Joe Cantillon has no inter ests in the purchase of the Pueblo club. The deal was closed yesterday and the club probably will be located in St. Joe. Frank Isbell has purchased my interest in the Wichita club. "JOHN HOLLAND." Weatlier Indications. Chicago, Dec. 18. Forecast for Kansas: Fair tonight and Sunday; rising temperature Sunday and in north portion tonight. BAD; FORM. COOK Preliminary Report on the Ex plorer's North Pole Records Is Submitted to the Consistorj at Copenhagen. IX "A SECRET SESSION. But It Is Known That an Ani mated Debate Followed. It Is Understood the Explorer's Data Are Insufficient. Copenhagen. Dec. 18. The Asso ciated Press is informed by a hleh authority that the committee of the university of Copenhagen in its pre liminary examination of his records. failed to discover proof that Dr. Fred erick A- cook reached the North pole. A preliminary report was mads hv the examining committee at a secret session of the consistory of the uni versity today. The consistory listened to the report which provoked ani mated discussion. It appears that the data so far submitted are not sufficient to establish the explorer's claims. The result of tnHav'a was a request on the part of the con sistory that the committee continue its work. The university body will leave to the investigators proper the matter of making public later the re sults of their inquiries. In the meantime it is announced by an official of the university, the con sistory will not make public any com munication based on information re ceived orally from the committee at today's meeting. Popular opinion ap pears to have undergone a gradual change. From the beginning of the controversy the populace of Copen hagen has been decidedly pro-Cook. Patriotism has strengthened this sen timent. Recent developments how ever, have been disappointing and to day the general impression prevails that Dr. Cook's papers as submitted do not constitute proof that he dis covered the North pole. They Expected It. Washington, Dec. 18. Intense interest was manifested here today by officials of the National Geographic society in the preliminary report of the commit iittt the University of Copenhagen that it had failed to find proof sub stantiating Dr. Cook's claim that he had reached the North Tni a 1908. None, however, would permit himself to be quoted. It is a fact, however, that there has been in the membership of the society a large element that was skeptical of Dr. Cook's claims and for that reason Dr. Cook would not consent to have the society pass on his records. As soon as official announcement is made of the conclusions of the univer sity's committee, the National Geo graphic society will take prompt meas ures to bring to an end the world w ide controversy as to the finding of the North Pole, by demanding from Dr Cook absolute proof of his claim. Fail ing to receive convincing proof, the so ciety will proclaim Commander Peary as the discoverer of the pole. OFFICERS ENJOINED. From Seizing Liquor In Transit in Oklamoha. -Muskogee, Okla., Dec. 18. In the United States circuit court here seven state officiels were temporarily enjoin ed from seizing and confiscating liquor being transported into Oklahoma by the Missouri. Kansas Texas Railway company. The railway company in. petitioning for the order alleged that the federal statutes make it incumbent on them to accept liquor for shipment and that they must give a bill of lading and assume liability for delivery. The company holds that the seizure of In terstate shipments is in violation of the federal constitution. December 22 was set for the hearing of the application for a permanent in junction. COLD IN SOUTHWEST. Temperatures Range From Two Be low to Ten Above. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 18. Tem peratures ranging from two degrees below zero to ten deerreea Ahnv. .tra vailed over the southwest today ac companied Dy a strong north wind. The thermometer at Concordia, Kan., stood at 2 below; Kansas City 4 above, Wichita, 10 above. Dodge City 6 above and Amarillo, Tex., 8 above zero. Coldest Since 1892. Pueblo. Colo., Dec. 18. At 7 nrlor.lr t Vi io m -i in. it .-n t e t,.i. zero, the coldest since 1892, when it was o oeiow zero. The coldest place in the United States was Lander, Wyo., where it was 30 below at 7 o'clock this morn ing. Severe In the Mountains. Denver, Colo., Dec 18. The east slope of the Rocky mountains, from central Wyoming down Into New Mex ico is in the grasp of a cold wave of almost unprecedented bitterness for this time of year. Lander. Wyo., re ports a temperature of 30 below and Cheyenne 10 below. At Corona, near the top of the divide, it was 22 below last night. Pueblo reports 14 below. Leadville 18 below and Durango 4 below. At Denver 13 below was re corded. This morning the tempera ture is gradually rising. Snow In Texas. El Paso, Tex., Dec 18. There has been a general snowfall extending over west Texas, New Mexico and northern Mexico. It is the most ex tensive that has occurred-in years in this region and following a long drouth, is exceedingly beneficial. Tha snow is four inches deep in this sec tion and is still falling. The temper ature here is down to -18 degrees above zero and water pipes have froz en. Five Below in Iowa. Sioux City, la.. Dec. 18. This sec tion is still in the grip of a cold wave this morning, five below zero.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1309. IIYLANDISBEATEN Cyclone Thompson Given the Decision Last Night. Rashes of Illinois Light Weight Too Much for Opponent. NEARLY COUNTED OUT. Twice in Fifth Round Califor nian Went to Mat. Men Went at Each Other Ham mer and Tongs. Kansas City, Dec. 18. Cyclone John ny Thompson of Sycamore, 111., was Jast might awarded the decision over Fight ing Dick Hyland of San Francisco at the end of a fast ten round fight be fore the Empire Athletic club. Thompson deserved the verdict. He rushed the battle from the start and forced Hyland Into clinches In order to save himself. Using his vicious right to the Jaw to good effect the Sycamore farmer tottered the Pacific coast boy repeatedly. Had Hyland been a fighter of less re cuperative power he would have been knocked out in the fifth round. Twice, with hard right swing3 to the Jaw, Thompson sent his man to the canvas. The first time Hyland took the count Of eight and the second knockdown kept him down nine seconds. He came back Btrong, however, and although Thompson tried hard to land a knockout punch, he failed. The gate receipts were estimated at $4,500. Sixty per cent of this went to the boxers who divided it on the 60 and 40 per cent basis. Betting was at oven money. Round 1 Both men bored In with the outset. Hyland landed the first good bio" a right to the body, they clinched and exchanged rights and lefts to tho body, without effect. Round even. Round 2 They rushed to a clinch and in the breakaway Thompson landed a good right to the Jaw. Hyland fought back with vicious bodv blows, Thomp son mlsplng a hard right to the jaw. In a clinch Hyland hammered Thompson's kidneys. Hyland landed a hard right to the body and a left to the Jaw. Thomp son's right to Jaw and Hyland retal iated with a right to the heart as the bell rang. It was Hyland's round. Round 3 Thompson rushed to Hy land's corner and sent right to body. Thomoson landed full swing to body and followed with right to head and they clinched. Thompson sent hard right to Jaw jarring Hyland. Thompson sent succession of right t head. Hy land hammered back at Thompson's kidneys. Thompson's round. Round 4 Thompson was at Hyland as he rose from his chair. Hyland clinched for a moment and then drove a right to the jaw. Thompson sent a right to the body and they clinched again and the men exchanged body blows. In the clinch Thompson pep pered his opponent's Jaw with rights and in the Breakaway Hyland landed two hard rights to the jaw. The round was about even. Round 5 Thompson led with a stiff right to the Jaw. A second blow of the same kind sent Hyland to the floor for the count of eight. A"' third right on Hyland's Jaw sent him- down for nine seconds, but he came up strong and a half dozen more rights delivered by Thompson did not seem to hurt him. Thompson tried hard for a knockout, but did not have the necessary punch. Toward the end of the round Hyland used rights to the stomach and head with good effect. It was Thompsons round. Round ft Again Thompson rushed things and missed a right fof the head. They clinched Hyland sent light rights to jaw and Thompson sent several lefts to body. Thompson drove stiff right to Jaw. They clinched and pulled each other around the ring. Round even. Round 7 Thompson put stiff left to the mouth. Hyland sent left to the jaw. They boxed at long range. Hy land put good left to the jaw. Thomp son drove right to Jaw. Hyland went to a clinch and fought back viciously. Thompson rushed Hyland to the ropes and was planting rights and lefts to the body when the gong rang. Thomp son's round. Round 8 They rushed to a clinch, Thompson forcing the fighting. Thomp son drove a right to the jaw. twisting Hyland's neck. Thomoson landed a etiff right to the neck. Hyland forced a clinch and did some good infighting. Thompson hit a right to the jaw and Hyland hung on They fought hard to the end of the tound. Round -Thompson landed two rights COLONEL JOHN JACOB ASTOR, HIS SOX AND PALATIAL YACHT. -,.-..-.-,v.. v. J -TmaimmMr 1 Weigh White Loaf Flour by the satisfaction it gives and it is worth its weight in gold. Every user of the "White Loaf" flour is its enthusi astic admirer. Or der a sack today and you'll be prais ing "White Loaf flour tomorrow. For it has all the good points of other good flours and many more of its own. to the jaw. Hyland came back with left to the jaw. They clinched and de livered body blows as they wrestled around the ring. Hyland was tired. Hyland put right to body. They clinch ed and referee cautioned Hyland for holding. They were infighting when the round ended. Round even. Round 10 Thompson rushed in and lauded two rights to the jaw. Hyland closed in and Thompson landed several good body blows. Hyland landed a stiff right to the ribs. Thompson chased Hyland around the ring, but failed to land. Hyland drove a right to the Jaw and landed several body blows. Thomp son sent a right to the jaw and Hyland sent a left to the body. Thompson slip ped to the floor and they were In a clinch when the round ended. CAMP'S ALL AMERICAN TEAM. Gives McGovern of Slinnesota Position of Quarterback. New York, Dec. 18. Walter Camp. Tale's athletic adviser and football authority, has picked an all-American football team from among the star play ers of the past season. His team In cludes six Yale men. two Harvard play ers and one each from Brown, Michi gan and Minnesota. The team is as follows: Regnier, Brown, end. Fish, Harvard, tackle. Benbrook, Michigan, guard. Cooney, Yale, center. Andrus, Yale, guard. Hobbs, Yale, tackle. Kilpatrick. Yale. end. McGovern. Minnesota, quarterback. Philbin, Yale, halfback. Mlnot. Harvard, halfback. Coy, Yale, fullback. Of quarterbacks. Mr. Camp says: "McGovern of Minnesota, is the best rran in tho country. Being a westerner, i ,nt aa well known to the east v.... titm nf Vi !k nn n 1 I v mav be gathered from the fact that he handled a machine oi rar sieatcr a.woi.jf plays than any eastern quarter, and i i fr h(nt. tlA While his i II- H 1 c U U li. .v dividual work was equally remarkable. Mr. Camp, summarizing the season says there was only a small advance in open play. The western teams, he says, showed a more varied attack than did the eastern elevens. MAY DROP MINNESOTA. Chicago Would Punisli Westerners for Playing Michigan, t-tiir-mro. Dec. 18. Certain mem bers of the athletic board at the Uni versity of Chicago were reported as heinsr on nosed to scheduling a game with the University of Minnesota for the season of 1910 because or tne ac tion in playing Micnigan wnne tne latter was without the conference pale Minnesota had been regarded as a fixture for next season on the Chicago schedule, although no contract has been signed. Minnesota s two year agreement with Michigan was made while a contract with Chicago was. in existence with still a year to run. Be fore scheduling the Michigan games. however. Minnesota acquainted the conference colleges of the possibility of such action and insisted it was acting for what was thought to be the best interests of the conference. ATTELL ANI WEBSTER DRAW. Go Twenty Rounds for Benefit of Johnny Murphy. San Francisco, Dec. 18. Danny Web ster of Los Angeles and Monte Attell of this city, bantam weight champion of the coast, fought 20 hard, fast rounds to a draw last night in a benefit con test. The decision was received with mingled feelim? by the crowd, many be'ieving Webster had earned a victory. Half of the gate money will go to Johnny Murphy, the former bantam weight, who Is at Honolulu suffering from consumption. famed as the prosperity ship because of bringing in a record number of steerage passengers, arrived heie with decks fairly alive with alien travelers. Altogether the vessels steerage was just one short of 3.000, two. persons having died on the trip across. This was said to be the biggest steerage load ever landed here. MUST HAVE THE SPIKES. Comlskey Says to Abolish Them Would Hurt Baseball. New York, Dec. 18. Charles A. Comiskey. owner of the Chicago American baseball club is against the proposed new rule doing away with the use of spiked shoes. "The moment you slow up the pres ent style of play." he says, "public in terest will decrease. Take away the sensational stealing of bases and baseball would be tiresome. Base runners and fielders cannot get along without spikes. Outfielders Barrett for example, was permanently dis abled because he wore dull spikes on his shoes. No, the use of spikes can not be abolished in my opinion." ONE TEAM AND NO MORE. i Western Association Puts an End to ojuuiutuj i wane Ml 11. Kansas City, Dec. 18. After April 1, 1910, syndicate baseball will -not be al lowed in the Western association, ac cording to an agreement reached at the annua.1 mppHni. u i c v.j. ma league nere. Dwners who have interests in more wjiiji unc ciuo must connne themselves to investments in a single team after that time. A circle composed of N. M. Schattz of Muskogee, J. H. Shaw of Enid and T. C. Hayden of Pittsburg, was formed for the purpose of settling the question of what new towns would be admitted to the league. More than 15 applica tions are now on file for franchises. Object to Forward Pass. Oxford. Miss.. Dec. 18. Delegates to the annual meeting of the Southern Intercoliegiata Athletic association meeting here last night practically agreed that an appeal will be made in the form of resolution asking the rules committee to modify in many forms present conditions governing football. The forward pass is believed to be on the blacklist of the Southerners. Denmrest Is Defeated. New York. Dec. 18. Calvin Demarest, the Chicago billiard expert and holder of the 18.2 balk Una world's champion ship, was defeated in an exhibition game here by Albert G. Cutler of Bos ton. The score was 400 to 2G8. Cutler made high runs of 122. 45 and 38. Dem arest's best was 52, 36 and 34. Brought 3,000 Over. New York. Dec. 18. The Hamburg' American liner President Grant, Taken collectively the High School Dramatic club in the Anglo-Irish play of social life Londonderry succeeded last night in holding a house filled to capacity at the Grand, where their work when it is remembered is that of ama teurs, was unusual. True, there were faults, what ama teur has them rvpt, but all in all there was little at which to aim the poisoned shafts of criticism. In the leads the really best, work was brought out. by Earl Bush playing the part of Bryan O'Neill, an Irish cavalier, and Miss Jean Rodgers in the ipart of Kate Fitz row. Others whose parts stood out more prominently than the rest and whose work impressed according to its de gree of talent and situations, were Hor ace Wilkie. Frank Nuttman, Itaca Luke, Roy Davis, Leroy Petro, Wayne Win gert. Clarence Churchman, Herbert Blinn, Myrtle Beeler. and Muriel Bax ter. To Miss Helen Morrow who coached those who appeared in the production must be conceded a deal of talent, else the production of the play could not have gone along so smoothly. csr.lWirsrcSfinna et prompt- i eanses acts eatlyyet promp nnthe bowels, cleans 7 the system ejjectually assists one in overcoming habitual constipation permdnently.'To get its enejieial effects buy the Genuine. Manulactured hy tVie CALIFORNIA flO'SXRUPCo. SOLS ETJXAD1NO DRUCCJSTS-EWBOTIH. Uc.us lor til iMt Tupeka column j leicpuiowi to Ind. vhtiam liiLl Mr. and Mrs. Wade Simpbon of Cherryvale will coma here to spend several days the guests of friends and take Christmas dinner with Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Simpson of Chandler street. Miss Nellie Simpson will leave Monday for points in Indiana and Illinois to spend several weeks the guest of relatives. Mr. Warren Miller is Improving after several days' illness. He has been suffering with an attack of the grip. i Miss Harriett Jackson of Emporia will come, here to spend eeveral days the guest of her aunt,- Mrs. Mary Newell and family. j Miss Bernice Wagoner of Queen City, Mo., returned to her home yes terday after spending two weeks here the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kline on Locust street. Miss Hazel Holtz of Manhattan, Kan., will spend several days here next week on a business trip. Miss Nettla Hagenbuch of Eudora will come to Topeka after the first of the year to make an extended visit with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wells left yesterday on a week's business trip to Salina and Russell. Kan. Miss Louise Morris is improving and will be able to return to work Monday after being off several weeks with an attack of pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Wilson of Lawrence will come here to spend the nonaays witn relatives. Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Hammond of 407 Madison street will entertain at a family dinner Christmas day. Mrs. Willard Bunce of 333 Adams street will spend Christmas with her parents In Baldwin, Kan. Miss Pauline Oppitz left Wednes day for Cloyls, N. M., to make an ex tended visit with relative and friends. Robert Anderson of Ellsworth is here spending several days on a busi ness trip. Eddie Gibbons of St. Benedicts college at Atchison, will come here to spend the Christmas vacation with his parents on Klein street. Mrs. George Brentnall of Colorado Springs came Thursday evening to spend several weeks the guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. Brentnall of 604 Leland street. Ira Miller of Omaha will come here to spend the holidays with his family on Chandler street. Mr. J. Goenour of Ottawa will come, here to spend the holidays with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lewis of Sioux City, la., will be Topeka visitors dur ing the holidays. C. A. Cooper has returned to Sheffield, Mo., after spending several days here the guest of his family on German avenue. Mrs. Walter Mowerer and daughter of 1305 East Sixth avenue, have gone to Marion, Ind., called by the serious illness of Mrs. Mowerer's mother, Mrs. J. Carl. Earl Hardy of Mankota will come here the latter part of the week to spend the remainder of the winter with his aunt. Mrs. John Holmes, of 401 Lafayette street. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Castle will spend the holidays with relatives in Burlmgame. At the Churches. There will be regular services held tomorrow in the Presbyterian church. Rev. J. C. Everett in charge. Sunday school at 9:45, preaching at 11, Junior endeavor at 2:30. Senior en deavor at 6:30 and preaching at 7:30. Regular services at the M. E. church. Rev. J. W. Johnston in charge. The services at the Christian church for Sunday will be as usual. Sunday school at 9:30, George Layne, superin tendent. Communion and preaching at 10:45, Junior endeavor at 3, and practice for the Christmas entertain ment during the, afternoon. Senior and Intermediate endeavor societies at 6:15. and evening worship at 7:80. Rev. W. H. Scrivner, pastor. At the Evangelical association, cor ner East Fourth and Monroe streets. Rev. W. F. Wolthausen. presiding elder from Holton. Kan., will address a great men's meeting at 3:30 p: m., under the auspices of the East Side churches and R. R. Y. M. C. A. All men are cordially invited to attend this meeting. There will be usual services at the Second V. B. church, comer Fifth and 300 Lamps Will Be Sold at 25 JPer Cent Reduction This is the opportunity to secure a lamp for Christmas at a sharp discount. A wonderful as sortment from which to select Shop tonight and get the benefit of our rnmrlt tnek. Dining Room Domes The largest assortment of dining room dome in Topeka, fancy or plain, suitable for any home. Can be used on gas or electric lamps. Our stock contains designs in domes which cannot be found In Kansas City or St. Louis and substitutes are sold at from ten to twenty per cent higher than our domes. Any style and price from $2 to $150 Plain Practical Lamps These have good metal stands sub stantial and are a fine 'ooking assort ment. These lamps with glass shades complete fitted up for gas or electricity have been sold this year for $3 and $4 in this sale. $2.25 I Fine Brushed Brass square and in any colored art glass. Fitted for either gas or electric light. This lamp has been retailed regularly this winter for $11. In this Christmas reduction sale it goes for $7 Pocket Battery Lamps Electric flashes suitable for use about any home, in the basemet and about the furnaces. An electric flash pocket lamp may save you an ac cident and Injury. These, lamps are our regular lights and have given perfect satisfaction, they are the regular $1 patterns, this sale 80c Christmas Tree Sets Electric Sets for illuminating the Christmas tree. There will be no danger from fire or fright if the tree is decorated with an electric set. Special dis plays will be made to order. Reg ular set from $2 to $5 tical purposes. Miscellaneous Assortment Lamps, extra short, extra high, adjustable for piano?, office desks, pulpit or stereopticon, dec orative or plain. Practical lights, in fact every known design of portable lamps for prac- Lamp3 for cottage or ca3tle at cottage or castle prices $1.00 to $50.00. Brass Plate Metal A lamp with good helghth, square and any col ored art glass dome with fringe. Fitted for either gas or electricity. These lamps have been on the mar ket but a few days. They have met with splendid favor. The regular price is $8. From now until Christmas $5 Golden Oak Mission A tall practical reading portable lamp with art glass dome, any colored glass. This Is positively the solid est lamp in the stock. The finish will correspond with any finish or furniture perfectly. It Is a beautiful light. Equip ped in either gas or electric usn or .$4 HOWARD'S vio ATHLETE! TO KEEP IN GOOD TRIM MUST LOOK WELL TO THE CONDITION OF THE SKIN. TO THIS END THE BATH SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH HAND SAPOLIO U CRC fl'D ?BUC-rtIST Leland streets, Sunday. Rev. Lewis in charge. BIG SCHOOL OF FARMING. Columbia University Expects to Spend Two Millions on One. New York, Dec. 18. Columbia university Is planning the establish ment of a $2,000,000 school of farm ing. A committee of professors which has been wrestling with the pre liminary problems presented by the plan announces that the course of study will occupy two years. Class room instruction will be giver only from October 1 to April 1, the re mainder of the year being devoted to work in the field. For the purposes of the school, the committee thinks that it will be necessary to acquire between 1,000 and 2,000 acres of land within a reasonable distance from New York city. To purchase this to erect buildings and to stock and equip the Institution will require about $1,500,000. After the work has been organized and Is in running order, it is believed that the income from the farm will assist largely in meeting the expenses of the work. The committee believes that the financial returns for those properly trained in agricultural work are so large that many persons who now struggle along on small salaries in the city may feel impelled to study practical farming if the opportunity is presented to them. SHOT THROUGH THE HEART. MONEY SAVED by having your teeth attended by us. Alway up-to-date, pa(n Im, reliable and tho largest dental eonoera in Kansas. Popular Prloa. DBS. LYON HEATHERLY Office Established It yeara. tnd. Phone 1118. 611 Kansas Ave.. Ttopeka, Kan. Over W. A. L. Thompson Hdw. Oo. geat set of tth ft m Good Mt of teeth 00 Gold crown, 22K 09 Pocdaln crown 4 00 Bridge work, per tooth i.00 2?ld "i1,1,1?" 41 00 and up Silver fill nn Mq to 11.00 Cement filling SOo Extracting teeth, freeiing gum proeeas SOo Bxtratln tee tli without mediciae.. Sto Victim Has Lived Three Weeks and Is Recovering. St. Joseph, Dec. 8.- Francis Drys dale, shot through the heart while handling his revolver three weeks ago, is able to sit up in bed at St. Joseph's hospital and his complete recovery is expected. He was shot November 24 last, the bullet striking the left ventri cle, plowing a furrow an inch deep and making an opening into the cavity. The pericardium, or rack containing the nea.iL, was imeu win, .A trmmii cnmitpri a let of blood as large as a man's little finger. The wouna was uioseu wii.ii dichuwu gauze. The gaaze ras been removed with no bad effects. The only abnor mal condition now is a high pulse. He is a farmer 21 years of age. In per forming the operation the doctors cut off part of the fifth rib "John," queried her husband's wife, "If some bold, bad man were to kidnap me, would you offer a reward?" "Sure thing, replied the wife's husband. "I always re ward those who do me a favor." Chicago Daily News. Weller'a Clay-wood. Topeka Spice Mills. 109 Bast Eighth street. Car of Superb and Silent Service IT'S TIME AND MONEY WASTED trying to find better renovating ser vice than we render. It can't be found, for our work is perfection. If we cannot plase you, there Is no es tablishment that can. We would like to prove our assertion to you.' A. W. VOGEL Successor to C. F. Roediger A Son. CLEANING WORKS Ind. Phone 67. 820 Kan. Ave. TOPEKA, KAN. .'The- Best service FOR YOU Either Local or LONG DISTANCE Alone in Saw Mill at Midnight A $2,500 QUALITY CAR FOR 1 ,500 THE ercret of the WONDERF1 L VLUK In the OLE 80 is the fact that it is sold oa the principle "OF SMALL PROFITS AND BMi 8ALK8." Doa't bar a car at say price nntil yen bare seea the ipecifieatione of the COLE SO. A ear with the trouble left out. Catalogs end specifications ef this classy, capable and sen ices ble ear. mailed free. A Marreleas Car at a Marrclsasly Lew P'ice. Dealers write as terardins ear lXt tentraet. Immediate deliyery ef 1910 cars. MONARCH MOTOR CAR CO. 20 Monarch Bld- 1625 Grand. KANSAS CITY. M0. Chinese Primroses t At a popular price witji-in the reach of everybody. HUBBARDS 528 Kans. Ave. i 4H"MIH'I 11 I n II H j unmindful of dampness, drafts, Btorms or cold, W. J. Atkins worked as Night Watchman, at Banner Springs, Teniv Such exposure gave him a severe cold 3 hi. l.ma At last ha hari to give up work. He tried many remedies but all failed till he used Dr. King s New Discovery. "After usiing one bottle, he writes. "I went back to work as well as ever Severe colds, stubborn Coughs, in flamed throats and sore lungs, Hfraorr haees Croup and Whooping Cough s"t 1 t .iim frnm MitK QUICK I Cll- L aiiu V glorious medicine. c and $1.00 Trial POlU WW, suaiainwu j "a Pasteur Institute Treatment for Hyt rsphobia Dr.A.B. Jeffrey, Topeka. Ka. C.C.SMITH Merchant Police Ind. Tel. 22G3 Black. 601 Topeka ave.

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r 'i THE TOPEKA, DAILY STATE JOURNAL- SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1909. 3 RAILR0AD NEWS. Santa Fe Doing Away With All Highly Polished Brass. Bronze Finish Substituted in Passenger Equipment. IN THE TOPEKA SHOPS. Transformation Made With Local Labor Altogether. Other Items of General Interest in Railroad Circles. It is but a Question of time until every piece of passenger equipment on the lines of the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe railway will be brought to the big shops in this city and the highly polished brass work used in side of these cars transformed into a statuary bronze finish. The work of making this mammoth transformation has commenced and In the silver plating department of the shops men are at work with the brass fixtures, sand blasting their bright color and applying the neces sary chemicals to change them into the new modern finish. This is a new move on the part of this progressive railroad system. The gaudy brass work used by practically all of the other railroads in the coun trj and still being used by the Santa Fe, has proved a failure when com pared to the new finish which is be ing applied by the Santa Fe at this time. It has been found after years of use that the brass work used on the hat racks, the lamps, the electric light fix tures and other accessories inside the coaches, becomes tarnished and dirty. Furthermore, it is a most difficult proposition to keep them in good shiny condition and the touch of a hand will ruin a bright polish in no time. When the brass work of the bright variety becomes dirty and rusty looking it is an eye sore in the car and spoils the whole appearance or the woodwork and carved decora tions. It has been found through ex periments that the new statuary bronze finish does away with all of these troubles. It does not have to be shined. It does not tarnish. It does not get the dirty looking ap pearance that soon appears on the bright brass work. It is cleaned by pimply washing or rubbing with a cloth. It is sanitary. Not only Is the new bronze finish easy to keep clean and easy to keep In good condition but it is much better for decorative purposes and gives the inside of the cars a much neater and classier appearance. The dull colored bronze blends finely with the inside wood work of the cars and gives it a darker, cleaner and non gingerbread face. The bronze finish to the passenger car is like the mis sion fixtures and furniture to the modern house. The Santa Fe is equipping their cars with this new style brass for the good of the public as weli as for the betterment of their equipment. The old style bright brass costs much less than the new finish and it would be a saving for the company to allow the old fixtures to remain and allow the employes to continue in the rubbing, polishing and cleaning. It costs thousands of dollars to transform the old fixtures into the new bronze cast. The chair cars, dining cars, buffet cars, sleepers and coaches are all given the same treatment. As fast as the equipment can be spared and rushed into the shops In Topeka the work is being done and the men at the shops are turning out from fifteen to twenty cars every month. It will take some time to complete this work but every car on the system will be given the new finish eventually. SPECIAl CHRISTMAS TRAINS. Railroads Prepare Kxtra Service for Holiday Rush. Chicago, Dec. 18. Few persons in the territory west of Chicago will be disap pointed over not receiving their Christ mas present this year if the managers 01 tne raiiroaas carry out their pres ent intention of running special trains to carry the enormous tonnage of ex press packages which will flood the railroads during the' week before Christmas. The railroads expect to begin run- United States to follow the example of several railroads and large industrial corporations by adopt a pension sys tem is the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company which today announced the adoption of such a system for its vet eran employes. The railroad employs 15,000 men, and a large number are said to be in line for participation in the benefits of the plan. Each employe who has served 35 years will be entitled to receive 50 per cent of his monthly pay when he reaches the age of 70 or is retired through in capacity between the ages of 63 and 69. years. The minimum limit of ser vice to entitle the employe to partici pation is 25 years, the pension being graded down to 30 per cent. Provision is made for employes who are less than 5 years old and have become Incapacitated after serving: 30 or more vtars. THROUGH SERVICE PLANNED. From Chicago to Tacoma Inaugurated Over Oregon line January 1. Chicago, Dec. 18. Official announce ment has been made to the effect that the Oregon and Washington will on January 1 inaugurate a through trans continental train service from Chicago to Seattle and Tacoma by the way of Portland. Tlw nrst rhroush service will be by means of a sleeper attached to the Los Angles limited train at Chicago ana operated over the Northwestern, the Union PaciSc and the Oregon lines of the Harriman system to Portland. That the Harriman lines purpose in vading the Hill territory with vigor is seen by the statement that in addition to this service the Oregon- and Wash ington will operate three trains daily each way between Portland and Ta coma and Seattle. As soon as busi ness warrants a new through train, to run over the same route from Chicago to Seattle, will be put into service. JOKE ON COMMISSIONERS. Missouri Pacific Having Fun With State Railroad Board. Atchison, Kan., Dec. 18. The Mis souri Pacific has a great joke on the state railroad commissioners. Last night B. P. Waggener received a com-' munication from the commissioners to the effect that Dighton, Kan., had had no rreignt ror ten days, and that a trainload of cattle were freezing to death there. The commissioners in formed Mr. Waggener that the Mis souri Pacific must relieve the situation at Dighton immediately. The joke is this: Dighton is on the Scott City Draneh ot the Santa Fe, and is not touched by the Missouri Pacific. There seems to be an effort to blame every thing on the Missouri Pacific and Cen tral Branch. IIP llirilf nn Oflfll! Mr- aad Mrs. Curtis Black. Misses n P II rjP U IIH .III ,oa ana nova, III. II1L. II LMIl UUUI Montrose .Man Was Besident of Alaska When He Met Him. Is Familiar With Attempts to Ascend Mount McKinley. SECOND SUCCESSFUL. Left a Silk Flag at the Summit Within a Tin Tube. Temperature at Top Was Six teen. Degrees Below Zero. Montrose, Kan., Dec. 18. P. H. Ross, The former became the hrlfl of Mr. Clyde E. Nelson of Purcell. Okla,, and Miss Nova to Mr. Djalma Williams of Wichita, Kan.' The ceremony was per formed by Rev. Albert Schwartz in the presence of about forty guests. PROSPERTTi' HURTS BANKERS. There Are Few Notes to Discount in Western Kansas. in the wall of the cell. Dooley had all but two of the bars chopped off when uiscoverea. BOX BUILDING AIRSHIP. Propellers Designed to lift and Loner Perpendicularly.. -Atchison. Kan.. Dec. 18. George W. Calvert, a 17-year-old Missouri boy, living, east of here, is building an air ship which he is confident will be an Oberlin. Kan..-Dec. -18. The bankers rhin W. hfl. fl 1 o navAot with thrt wno nave Deen nanaung sales for a government to protect propellers he is e"uu man- vCo cumpiammg testing, which,, if successful, win rise nv urej uui. bci euuuga ana lower tne nytng macmne perpen notes at the sales. 'Nearly everyone dimiinj-itr who makes a -i purchase at a country 2 He claims for his invention that If sale in western Kansas now pays cash his machine is not a success the charts or gives a check on tne bank. As a that he will patent will have to be ac- resuit tne pront maae oy discounting cepted by other machines, notes at iarrn sales nas iwindled, ana there is practically nothing in it.' 3ankers used to be glad to "clerk" sales for the privilege of discounting the notes taken, but now in- order to even make wages out of it they must make a charge for the service of clerk ing. Scarcely a farmer holds a sale living ten miles north of this place, was t hlm t aj m charge of the United States agricul- An illustration of. the prices paid at tural experiment station at Kenai, sales is shown in the Oscar Ecord sale Alaska, from 1903 to 1907. He met Dr. J here a 'ew days ago. Kaffir corn sold Frederick A. Cook on both his Mt. Mo Pls shock in tne neia; corn KANSAS INTERURBAN PLANNED, Gasoline Motor Line to Connect New ton, Abilene and Salina. Abilene, Kan., .Dec. 18. A meeting of- representatives from Newton, Abi- who rlna nnt Ait that a hr,v n..,.1 ana Sauna witn J. t jsicnqison or on the paper which it is neessary for j N"- irmln- "S. Ji.S Abilene, secretary, held here, started the organization of the Central Kansas Interurban ;Rahway company to build a gasoline -motor, line connecting the three.icities. Committees on charter and constttu I 1 3 tro l-l Kinley expeditions, the first in 1903, the a Dsnei. W and Other roughness ",niwefe ?iJ?:LH-0J v.XUv XrV"r i Directors will bo elected. second in 1906. The first venture was unsuccessful, but in the second Dr. Cook reached the top of the mountain. In speaking of the occurrence Mr. Ross says: "I first met Dr. Cook on his return from his first expedition. I had occasion to take the steamer from Kenai to Seldovia, Alaska, at this time we were both delayed at the latter point for several days. Included in Cook's party were Robert Dunn, the magazine writer, who emphasized the fact that he was roughing it by appearing at all times and places without hat, coat or suspenders, and a student from uoium and stock brought exceptionally high prices. A charter NEW KICKS REGISTERED. Central Branch Has Plenty of Com pany in Despair. Atohison, Kan;, Dec 18. The Cen tral Branch is not the only branch line of railroad, in the state which is not satisfactory. The Polly wog, the prop erty of the Santa Fe,' is so terribly bad that people have quit abusing it.. The Greenieaf Sendnel claims that the Central Branch is no worse than the bia university who had joined the party branch lines of the Santa Fe, Union with the expressed determination of .racinc or junington wnicn tap jen VANDERBILT WILL INVEST. Millionaire Says He Will Investigate Kansas City Terminals. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 18. Cor nelius Vanderbllt of New York in the course of an interview here while passing through the city said: "I am planning to invest in Kansas City terminals." He did not state further Just what was meant by this statement but added that he intended to make a re turn trip to Kansas City next spring. Mr. Vanderbilt and a party of Mis souri Pacific officials were passing tnrougn the city on the way to St. Louis after making a tour of inspec tion in tne west. SNOW IN SOUTHWEST. Oklahoma nnd Texas Train Service Badly Hindered. Oklahoma City, Okla.. Dec. 18. Drifting snow in the Panhandle of Oklahoma and Texas is interfering witn train service to such an extent that trains on the Santa Fe and the Colorado Southern are being de toured over branch lines in order that Amarillo may be reached bv west bound trains from Oklahoma and southbound trains from Texas. The worst snow drifts in years are reported in ueaver, Harper and Texas coun ties, in Oklahoma. A blighting snow storm was in progress throughout the day in northwest Oklahoma. A dis patch from Alva, Woods county, says the storm is the worst in ten years. DISPUTE OVER BLAME. Coroner Can't Decide Who Was Re sponsible for Santa Fe Wreck. Flagstaff, Ariz., Dec. 18. A. coroner's inquest was begun here in an effort to fix responsibility for the collision Thursday between two Santa Fe passenger trains at Winona. The cause of the wreck remains a subject of dispute. Either the engineer of the limited overlooked the flagman or the flagman tailed to go back far enough Vnf the. sneoiai trains lo Protect nis train, according, to the c ua' RtatpmPTlts nf n- tnpfiupe previous to Christmas and continue them as long as necessary. Heretofore the express business has been so heavy during the holiday period that all of the passenger trains carrying express have been delayed by reason of the extra work of loading and unload ing at stations. PENSION SYSTEM EXTENDED. Surface Transit Line Follows Example of Railroads. New York Dec. 18. One of the first of the large surface transit lines in the The crash occurred at a sharp curve. BLOW TO 8-HOUR LAW. Texas Court Decides Telegraphers Law Is Unconstitutional. Galveston. Tex., Dec. 18. The first court of civil appeals of this city has declared as unconstitutional, the eight hour telegraphers law passed by the Texas legislature last year. The court holds that the statute conflicts with the existing federal statutes on the same subject which allows nine hours as a working day. planting his class colors at the top of Mt. McKinley. "On his return from his successful climb Dr. Cook spent several days at Kenai wr.itlng for a steamer. He had returned thus far In his gasoline tral Branch territory. The complaints against the Lincoln and Colby branches of the Union Pacific are about as strong as those against the Central Branch, but they are not given the publicity. The Hill City New Era launch, the Bolshoy, which was used charges that recently an official of an to ascend swift and shallow streams and had been especially built for the purpose. Dr. Cook a Strict Disciplinarian. "Dr. Cook, a very reserved and quiet man, wore a stubble of- beard, and rather long, unkempt hair. His men declared that however pleasant a man he might appear to be when first met, when out exploring he was the strictest disciplinarian. He was ready at all times, however, to briefly and clearly answer all questions relative to his ex plorations. "On one occasslon he gave me a de tailed account of his ascent of Mt. Mc Kinley; described his silk tent through which he could see the stars at night already belated train on the Colby branch held it while he got off to go duck hunting. The L. K. W.. an other Union Pacific property, running from Leavenworth to Miltonvale, is no better than the Central Branch, but you seldom hear its name mentioned in the Kansas City or Topeka papers. FORTUNE FOR WANDERER. Through Death of Brother James F. Corbett Falls Heir to $250,000. Boston. Dec. IS. Attracted by a newspaper clipping which stated that his brother had died in Boston in testate, leaving a fortune of $250,000, will be applied for immediately. CAPTAIN HILLIGOSS DEAD. Kansas Man Was Doorkeeper at Capi tol for Three Years. Washington, Dec. 18. After an Ill ness 'of three days' duration, Captain A.. C. .HilUgoss of Montana, Kan., for three years a doorkeeper of th house of representatives, died at his resi dence in this city. The body will be taken to Kansas where the funeral will be held at Par sons. Captain Hilligoss was an- ap pointee of Representative Campbell, was active In' politics and In G. A. R. cir cles for years. FARMERS SELLING WHEAT. Two Cars Sold at Manhattan for $1.08 Per Bushel. Manhattan, Kan., Dec. 18. For the past several weeks little has been doing in the wheat line here, but the sud den rise in the market within the last few days is bringing the grain, i George T. Fielding Sons bought two cars of wheat of Clyde Williams at $1.08 per bushel artd Tuesday they bought a car of low grade wheat from Joe Harshbarger at 92 cents. Brakemau Loses Both Legs. Garnett, Kan. Dec. 8. A. E. John son, a brakeman on a freight train on the Missouri Pacific, fell under the train nine miles west of here. One leg was cut off and the other mangled until It naa to oe amputated. James F. Corbett, for 30 years a wan the pole. He placed a flag at the sum-1 T'u t'r "i, T J- mit within a tin tube and remained LiamJ- Crte". who dicl on Septem only long enough to take his observa tions. The temperature at the summit OUR NEW have been selected from the maker producingthe most reliable goods, MANNING, BOWMAN CO. reliable because they are the oldest and most progressive manufac turers in that line. The food pan to these dishes is of copper tin lined, or Ivory enameled. The lamp is their Perfection, a powerful heater that can be regulated at will. We also have their "METEOR" Coffee Percolator If you have never used one you have lost the best Cavor from your coffee. Ask us to show it and explain its simple workings. W. A. L. Thompson Hardware Co. 51 1-5 13 Kansas Avenue. xmmmxmmmmmmBmmm was 16 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. He gave the theremometer with which he had made this observation to Peter Via'ri. a" resident of Kenai, who had shown him a courtesy. "He expressed himself as being pretty well satisfied with what exploration work he had done and in deference to his wife's wishes, intended to confine himself thereafter to the practice of medicine in New York city. A little over a year later, however, he started on his search for the pole." FIRE DEPARTMENT QUITS. Garden City lire Fighters and City Council Disagree. Garden City, Kan.. Dec. 18. Garden City has a brand new fire department, 23 In number, with Assistant Street Commissioner John Kell. as temporary chief. This is the outgrowth of the wrangle between the old efficient department and the city council, which resulted in the wholesale resignation of the old department. An election win oe neia Dy tne new company shortly, when a permanent chief will be selected. Chief Sa.m Craig and Assistant Chief L. L. Trekell sent their resignations to the council, .and transmitted a list of 24 resignations from the old depart-1 menu The resignations were accepted, and on moti.n by Mr. Niquette, the council extended a vote of thanks to the retiring firemen "for efficient ser vices in the pas." Of the old department who did not resign and are in the new organization are: R. A. Clark. John Miller, John Calhoun, J. E. Van Scholack, Robert Counsel, Fred Hawk, and, in addition, C. W. Hart. LAND SELLS AT $150 PER ACRE. Wellington Man Sold Eighty Acre Farm at This Figure. Wellington, Kan., Dec. 18. A deal has been closed in which William Fer guson sold eignty acres, located a mile and a half southwest of town and adjoining the right of way of the Rock Island road,' for $150 per acre. The ostensible purchaser is a Wisconsin ballast burning company, which is sup posed to want the land on account of Its gumbo deposits. It has not developed why the com pany wants so large a tract for this sole purpose and it is believed that the railroad company has some other use for it, at least a portion of it. The company is believed to be contemplat ing some change in the terminals of its division from Herington south and the acquirement or this land is thought to be a preliminary step In that direction. ber 23. Rival claimants, eager for the first sight of an "own" brother, lawyers and newspaper men sought out Corbett on his arrival at the South station last night and eventually the police had to take a hand to insure the man escort to a place of retreat. Corbett learned of the fortune await ing a claimant while he was in Wind sor Locks. Conn., yesterday, and went to Springfield, where the police assisted him to come to Boston MORE BANKERS VISIT KANSAS. Two Ohio Financiers Will Spend Sev eral Years at Leavenworth. Cincinnati, Dec. 18. Deputy United States Marshal McGulre has left for Columbus to take four federal prison ers to Fort Leavenworth, Kan. His prisoners are out of the ordinary, two of them being the recently, sentenced bankers, Grayson H. Osborne and Donald C. Abbot, who were given six and one-half and six years respectively. The other two prisoners are Frank Hudson and John Harvey, postoffice robbers, who were sentenced to five years each. BARS WITHSTOOD ATTACK. Beloit Prisoner Made Desperate At tempt to Escape. Beloit, Kan.. Dec. 18. Paul Dooley. who is in the county jail awaiting trial for burglary at Asherville, made a desperate effort to gain his freedom. In some unknown manner he got an ax into his cell, and when both the sheriff and his deputy were gone, he attempted to chop the iron bars from the win dow. Had it not been for Sheriff Gants' wife, the prisoner might have succeed ed. Hearing the racket she compelled him to cease operations, in the mean time phoning for the sheriff. It was some time before Sheriff Gants could find the ax which Dooley had hidden GIVES AWAY S2.5Q To the Sick. The Widely Known Nerve Specialist, FRANKLIN MILES, M. D., LL. B., Gives His Book and $2.50 Worth of Neuropathic Treatment Free. NEGRESS CHEWED BOY'S EAR. Injuries Inflicted by Young Wench Require Physician's Care. Ottawa, Kan., Dec. 18. Robert Haggart, the 9-year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. A. Haggart, was severely bit ten by Dora McConnell, a colored girl, as he was returning home from school. Young Haggart went across the street to help another lad who had been knocked down by the girl, and when he appeared on the scene, he was knocked down and set upon by her. His injuries were so serious that he required medical attention. He was bitten on the arm, cheok, forehead, and had his ear chewed up. EX-KANSAS EDITOR DEAD. George A. Puckett, Formerly a Writer on W ellington Mail. Roswell, N. M., Dec. 18. G. A. Puckett, for five years editor of the Roswell Daily Record, died here from tuberculosis. He was born in Ezel, Morgan county, Kentucky, in 1868. He was an editorial writer on the Chi cago Tribune and Wellington Mail, and owned the first paper in the Cherokee strip at Blackwell, Okla. Kansan Claims Illinois Bride. Clinton, 111,, Dec. 18. At the home of the bri-les parents here was cele brated the marriage. .of the daughters Sick people whose nerves are weak or deranged, who have a weak heart, liver, stomach or kidneys; blues, head ache, dizziness, drowsiness or dull ness; nervous dyspepsia, irritability, cold hands and feet, backache or rheu matism; shortness of breath, palpita tion, irregular heart beat or dropsy, nervousness or sleeplessness, trem bling or hysteria, would do well to ac cept Dr. Miles' liberal offer. You may never have another such opportunity. His Neuropathic Treatment for this class of diseases are the result of 25 years' study and immense experi ence and are thoroughly scientific and remarkably successful. They are so suc cessful that we do not hesitate to offer a trial free to any sick one. Every treatment is specially prepared for each patient and consists of a cura tive elixir, tonic tablets, eliminating pills, and a plaster. Years of trial have dem onstrated that his treatment is three times as successful as that usually prescribed by physicians. Mr. U. McLean, Neola, Iowa, cured after having heart trouble 13 years. Mrs. Jeanette Ady, Sandusky, O., cured of nervous and heart troubles after others failed. Mr. L. M. Simmons, Lamb, Ills., cured of kidney trouble after several physicians failed. Mrs. Joseph Wisler, Peru, Ind., "Owe my life to your treat ment." Many cures from your state sent upon request. Write the Doctor at once. Describe your disease, stating age, weight, how long sick, etc. He will send you FREE, a $2.50 Neuropathic Treatment prepared especial ly for you, valuable advice and his new book on "Neuropathy" "Curing through the nerves." Address, Dr. Franklin Miles, Dept. N., 6X8 to 528 .Main St., Elkhart. Ind. I Sumner County Coroner Dies. Wellington, Kan., Dec. 18. Oscar C. Knowles, a prominent business man of this city and coroner of Sumner coun ty died at his home here of Bright's disease, aged 39 years. He was a lieu tenant in the K. N. G. signal crops, a thirty-second degree Mason, and prom inent in other secret and fraternal orders. Mr. Knowles leaves a wife and four children. CHRISTMAS BOOKS. A Varied Assortment of Kansas Au thors' Works Shown by Crane's. i -I Waltham Watches About Buying a Watch Don't buy a watch from a cat alogue of a mail order house you will be disappointed if you do. 60 to a jeweler; for his own reputation, if nothing else, he will see that the watch you buy has been put in thorough order, properly oiled, regulated, and is running right.- Everyone knows that Waltham Watches are as accurate timekeepers as it is possible to make, and yet there are a hundred accidents that may happen to a perfect watch after it leaves our factory. A good watchmaker knows how to remedy such things, and you may be sure he will do it before he takes your money. Waltham Watch Company Waltham, Mass. N. B. When buying a watch' always ask your jeweler for a Waltham cA justed to temperature and position. hh i a...ii..iMH''i"H-i"H...n-t'H"H''H'H nmiinnn. t One of the easiest tasks for the Christmas shopper is performed by the person who will give books for Christ mas presents. The book stores are crowded with the best of fiction, descriptive, his torical, religious and sentimental works of the best of American writers. Crane Companv are offering the works of Kansas authors, renresenting elehty-one d'ffeient publications. One among the latest is "The Charles M. Sheldon Year Rook." Dr. Sheldon i. author of "In His Steps" and other! extremelv popular books. Mr. Charles D. Crane of Rhofl Tslsnd has selected the most forcefu' statements, the strongest appeals anr the savintrs of intense human interest made by the author into a book which mav be read throughout the entire year and remembered a lifetime. It is a beautiful piece of work and retails for one dollar. Mrs. Por.i Josephine Albright's little book. "With the Children." a book o rhymes, illustrated to' fit the poems, if a slmnle word picture of the common nlaoe incidents of child life that is thp flplieht of everv child, and an enter tainment for the ernwn un folks. This boolr retail;' for fiftv cents. "Blue Waters and Green." the de. serintlve storv of the Orient and its relations with our own country, writ ten by F. Dumont Smith, is one of the soundest, ablest efforts of Kansas authors. His work is interesting, sin cere and instructive. This publication is receiving a wonderful natronae-e. It retails for one dollar and fifty cents. Some other books which are vitally interesting to Kansas people and which are always accentable as presents may be obtained at the Crane retail depart ment on Eighth street. 1PH 3 IE ESC API FOR Schools, Hotels, Mills, Etc. Guaranteed to Pass Inspection. Capital Iron Works PHONES: Ind. 227 Bell 67 WWHHUtttlHMIHHIHItmOlfMMttMtm Seventh and X Holliday Streets X SHE IS AWARDED $2,000 Young Woman Is Given a Verdict Against Zelaya's Relative. New York. Dec. 18. Fortune gave the Zelaya family another prod when a Jury awarded Miss Juliette Hero $2,000 damages against Dr. Anibal Ze laya for breach of promise. "It might as well have been 150,000," said the young relative of the Nica raguan dictator when he heard the verdict; "I have no money and can't pay." Under the law, unless Zelaya settles, he can be committed to jail for an indefinite period. Miss Hero sued for $100,000 dam ages, alleging that Zelaya, while a medical student, promised to marry her. WANDERER GOES TO WORK. Electric Block Signal Dustless, Perfect Track on the line of the Union Pacific Lewis Ermine Has Seen Enough of the World to Satisfy Him. After several months attempt to see the inland territory, Lewis Ermine, -aged 19, a sailor, who last night applied to the Provident asso ciation, has found work, and signified his intention of keeping his near New Year's resolution to see no more of the world. Ermine started from Dos Angeles, and after traveling about a bit, ar rived here yesterday. He is above the average intelligence, and says that his folks are-dead, although h.e. claims "The Safe Road to Travel" New steel passenger equipment the finest that money can buy dining car meals and service "Best in the World." For literature, information, rates, etc., call on or address F. A. LEWIS, C T. A., Topeka, Kans., and H. G. KAILL, A. G. F. P. A. Union Pa cific R R Co., 901 Walnut St, Kan sa& Gty, Mo fuof Los Angeles as his home. "Following his arrival here. Ermine was detained at police, headquarters over night where he was held for in vestigation. It was suspected that he was a deserter, but this was found to be groundless. Jap hairpins, fans, dolls, etc. Topeka Spice. Mills, ,109 East Eighth. V Dr. Anton Rupin Cntr;aHv Catarrh of the Nose, Opeciaiiy Throat, Stomach, In, te tines and Rectum. Office 819 Kansas Ave., Topeka, Kan. lixLT.1. 1108 Office. Ind. Tel. 2002 Bed Resklenea

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNALSATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1909. NORTH SIDE NEWS Need of New Santa Fe Junction Depot. Cold Weather Calls Much At tention to Fact. KNOWN AS "THE ARK." Waiting Room Can Not Be Heat ed Properly. No Wash Rooms or Other Mod ern Conveniences. The present cold weather calls at tention to the crying, yea, even screaming need for a new depot in place of the old Santa Fe Junction de pot, commonly known as "The Arlc: The tiny waiting room is be heated by a small stove, but it is either too hot or too cold, ivven ino most expert fireman can not regulate the temperature of the place. This may be because the wind howls through the' cracks in the warped walls and through the room lets carry ing with it the musty smell of the ancient structure. Naturally this odor is very gratify ing in waiting riassensrers. Another iQL. f attraction of the place is the lack of wasn rooms t.r umei ,..v... iences. One of the most interesting sights on the North side may bo found there between trains when wo men transients take down their back hair in the waiting room and with their rosy lips full of hair pins, pro ceed to do up the same in public view. There is no other place and when a woman finds her hair becoming loose, it is no pu-of matter. Seriously, the depot is deemed a disgrace to an enterprising railroad system like the Santa Fe. It was built in the early 70-s when the road first reached to Topeka, and is becoming more dilapidated every year. It is hoped that within the next year that a decent structure will be built In its place. W. M. Forbes will go to Menoken tomorrow to organize a Sunday school there in the afternoon. Arrangements will be made to hold in the Menoken schoolhouse every Sunday afternoon, with preaching services every two weeks. No church services have been held at the town for some time. Community Comment, A Topeka man describes his first ex perience in wearing glasses as follows: The specs were of the 'pinch your nose type. iney were attacnea Dy a slender spiritual chain to a hollow overgrown button which contained a pulley. When properly coaxed, the chain would wind up automatically on the pulley like a- fish line on a reel. Vv hen I first procured the and tried them on. they persisted in Jumping off to the bounds of the chain, j-riB uynuau iuiu me i musi jjiaunun OiHnct itjc i 1 1 artirloa hftfnro a mirrnr adjusting the articles before a mirror After following the kind suggestion I finally persuaded the glasses to remain on my nasal organ. jBaird; chairman of the devotional "Then I ventured out on the street, committee, Jeannette Emmerf chair The sensation was peculiar. I imagined man of the membership committee, that I was going to run into a plate Paul Van Ness; chairman of the mis- wiimuH me units, iiisniiu- tively I would put out my hands to wara ore tne imaginary catastropne. H,ven strangers seemed to know 1 1 was wearing the glasses for the first Mrs. C. T. Peterson of Gordon and Mon time. 'Look at four-eyes.' 'Ain't he a roe streets, is confined to his home with guy?' observed a small boy. I felt my illness. He was seized with severe pains face getting red, but at the same time in the lower part of his left side about I felt kind of unconcerned Just as if 1 midnight last night and continued to was watching the world from a knot grow worse. Doctors were called and n.!e" T with him for some time. He was rest- In fact I flattered myself that I ing easier at noon today looked intellectual with my new pos- This is the season when the pumps sessions by the time I reached my and pipes are continually freezing Ad-boardin-r place, but when I sat down to ams Nickels. Dlumbers and numn The North Topeka Journal Man Butts In Where "Angels Fear to Tread" "Did you write this truck reporter. asked the "For 10 cent eyes," was the senten- j tlous answer, "For 10 cent eyes!" exclaimed the re porter. "For 10 cent eyes,' North Topeka optician repeated the and then see- inr the perplexed look on the reporter's face he explained. "If a man has the stomach ache he'll rush a mile for a doctor. If he has a cold he'll buy all sorts of cough dope, or let it wear itself out; but if his eyes fail him you'll find him a patron of the ten cent counter or some Jewelry store.' "Jewelry store well why not the Jew eler.'" saia tne reporter. "Does h want his eves snlrlerorl f nr a lewel put in?" retorted the ootirian. "The poem should enlighten you. Do you want it?" i "At so much per line yes," said the reDOrter with a lerrln. To which thn poet finally agreed. The poem: The Opti-Man. I'm an opt! watch fix julry man; My plav to catch em as catch-can It's qwick to hedge when you work my plan. "Come In," I sezs, "it's a mighty nice aay An it pays to bow when you makes pour play And to note their eyes as they looks around. "Ye- am," sez I as I her goal "Just fix your eye to this blowpipe hole,! An look out tother end of the hole I sure keep specks, and I fit um right Hold fast to the pipe til I get your sight. Hold fast," I sez, 'n look thro the holler An' I'll fit your specks fur half a dol lar." "Yes, sir," sez I, when a man comes In, "I'll fix your watch with a safety pin, Or sell you specks," I sez, with a grin; For you will get mixed if you don't watch out And catch their points as they look about, 'U you've got to switch while the Go goos fly. Or they'll catch you up. an that's no lie. The poet's signature, meaning 816 North Kansas avenue. Christmas Trees All Sizes All Price Cbr'tma candies wh'ch will suit yon BERRY RETTER 90S North Kaaa Avenue. Wp 3 idut! 1 W Ik met twi maw tAi itjr. the table a chorus of'O you grand-1 In fact I was so mortified that my glasses fell off and narrowly escaped a soupy grave. When I retired, very tired like 'Buster Brown,' I 'resolved' thusly: That, for glasses to be both ornamental and useful they must be worn gracefully." Where is the old fashioned "bootjack" which used to be cast at annoying cats in the nighttime. The five emoloyes of the American sugar trust who were found guilty of defrauding the government will doubt less have a "sweet-time." (Any old Joke on the trusts is good). Today the mention of aquatic sports arouses little enthusiasm. At the Churches. Pastor W. J. Cole will fill his pulpit as usual Sunday at the North side Baptist church. His sermon subjects are, 11 a. m.: "What Is a Revival of Religion?" and 7:30 p. m.: "Isaac's Wooing, or How He Got His Wife, With Its Lessons." The Sunday school with C. C. Nicholson as superintendent wilf meet at 9:30 a. m. and the B. Y. P. U. services will be held at 6:30 p. m. You are cordially invited, to attend. The evening serviqe will be In the interest of the young people,

Church of the Good Shepherd, cor ner of East Laurent and Quincy streets,- services for Sunday, (4th Sunday in Advent) will be as follows Morning prayer, litany and sermon at 11 a. m.; evening prayer and sermon at 7:20 p. m.; Sunday school at 10 a. m. Kansas Avenue -aieiiiuuisi. church John W- Waldron Kansas Avenue Methodist Episcopal pastor, Sunday school, 9:30 a. m. Sermon by the pastor at 11 a. m. Epworth leagues at 6:15 p. m. Song service at 7:30 a. m. Sermon at 8 p. m. by the Rev. Calvin Holman, subject: "The Great Lake Geneva Conference." Christian church. 11 a. .m subject, "The Greatest Christmas Gift." At 7:30 an addres will be delivered by A. B. Pomeroy of the State Temperance union. Notes and Personals. The Intermediate B. Y. P. U. of tho North Side Baptist church will hold a watch service at the church New Year's eve. The young ladies of the "Social Union" of the North side Baptist church will hold a holiday social at the church Wednesday evening, De cember 29th. Mrs. Short is visiting her son Harry in Atchison. Mrs. H. E. Ballou of Kansas City is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Asquith of 1209 Jackson street. Mrs. Fred Beuchner has returned to her home in Kansas City after a visit with Mrs. Will Beuchner. This afternoon the thirty-second an nual meeting of Soldier township Sunday school association is holding its first session at the Pleasant Hill Methodist church. The second and last session will begin at 11 a. m. to morrow and extend through the day. The following officers of the inter mediate department of the North side BaDtist church were flontr fnr- h. ensuing year at the business meeting of the society at the parsonage Thurs- aay evening: President, Ben Parmer: ,-i i vice presiaent, jeanette Emmert; sec retary, Marjorie Cole; assistant secre- tarv: Hazel Parmer: treasure tu a sionary committi chairman of the sionary committee, Ruth McKinley: social committee, May Rodgers. Alvln Peterson the ftnrt ff T? at, pairers, will fix them. A great many North side people re port very low gas last night. Miss Genevie Holman and Miss Eve lyn Holman have returned from a visit with relatives in Newton. Alfred Hodge is in Kansas City on business today. C. W. Berry, manager of the tie treat ing piant, nas returned from a two weens stay in Laramie, Wyo., wher he has been attending to the plant there. D. K. Orner of Twin Lakes Coin la visiting at the home of J. H. Foucht. This Is his first visit here for 30 vears. w m. s.egier of Kossviile is visting in Toneka. Mrs. L. B. Willits of Volland, who nas been visiting her sister, Mrs. G. A. Frizbee, of Grantville, returned home tn-a morning. Miss Heloise Green, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Gren of 921 Har rison street, who is engaged in the millinery business at Mayflejd, Ky., is expected to arrive home next week i.t spena tne nonaays. 50 beautiful post card views of Topeka cent eacn at uairs Wallpaper and store. Robert Anderson of St. Louis is r-x Pected home next week for a visit with nis parents, Mr. ana Mrs. James Ander son of 1101 Madison street. A chorus to sing at the Christmas ex ercises of the North Side Baptist church will be organized at the church at 2 p. m. tomorrow under the direction of Paul Van Ness, son of W. M. Van Ntoao I choir leader. All who are interested In the matter are requested to meet at the church at the time mentioned. Mr. d Mrs. E. G. Greer of 1133 Jack son street have bought the residence at 1022 South Clay street now occupied by Dr. Hammond. The Greers say that the property was purchased as an investment and that they do not intend to leave the North side. WANTS $20,000 DAMAGES. Concordia Woman Was Struck Anto Driven by Peter Benson. by Concordia, Kan., Dec. 18. Mrs. Margaret Williams, wife of Baker Williams, has filed suit in the district court against Peter Benson for $20, 000 damages. The petition of Mrs. Williams states that she is 63 years of age and that she was run over while crossing the street to her home, by a car driven by Mr. Benson. That she was severely wounded and bruised, the ex tent of her injuries being: left arm broken in two places, between elbow and shoulder, left elbow crushed, two ribs on left side torn from spine, left leg broken Just above the ankle and left knee crushed. The petition fur ther says, that she will be lamed and cripple for the remainder of her natural life. Arizona Orange The only sweet and Juicy ones. Be sure to order Arizona Navels for your Christmas use and Insist upon getting what you order. HE LEFT $3,000,000. Leopold Willed His Entire Estate to His Children. Brussels, Dec." 18. King Leopold In his will declared that he possessed but $3,000,000 which he left to his children. His majesty expressed the desire that ho autopsy be performed and said that "apart from my nephew. Prince Albert and the members of the household, I forbid anyone to attend my funeral. My papers shall be destroyed or hand ed to Prince Albert." Baron Gofflnet. who was private sec retary to King Leopold, has been ap pointed executor of the will of the late kins. Albert, the new king, will take the name of Albert I. Last Marriage Not Legal. Paris, Dec. 18. A special dispatch to the Figaro, from Brussels says that Baron Gofnnet. private secretary to the late king of Belgium, denied the repor that a civil marriage was performed at the deathbed of Leopold, but he ad mitted that a secret religious marriage probably occurred recently, although the king never specifically Informed his intimate friends of such a marriage. Should this be the case, however, it would have no legal standing in Bel glum and no complications are feared Baron Gofflnet said further that Baroness Vaughan would bring her children to Ballincourt today, but would return Immediately to Brussels, where she would be allowed to remain unless her presence provoked a scandal. THE NEW QCEEN. She Is In Favor of Reform in the Congo Administration. Brussels, Dec. 18. Princess Al bert of Belgium, by the death of King Leopold, will become q.ueen of Belgium. She is an enthusiastic little reformer and has been the means of inducing her husband. Prince Albert, the hair to the throne, to make an open declaration favoring a complete In the Center Princess Albert. Wife of At Left Prince Leopold, revolution in the management of the affairs in Congo. The story of rob bery and oppression on the part of King Leopold is the one great blot on the escutcheon of the dead mon arch. MISS ASQUITH'S GRIEF. Ill and Heart Broken Over the Death of Young Gordon. London, Dec. 18. In one of the greatest crises Great Britain has seen in years. Premier Asquith has prac tically abandoned the campaign and the liberal party to be at the bedside of his daughter, Violet, who is heart broken and prostrated by the death of her fiance, the Hon. Archibald Gor don, third son of the Earl of Aber deen. f Miss Asquith is at -Winchester, where Mr. Gordon died, and so ser ious is her condition that the premier gave up a very important cabinet meeting in Downing street to be with her. Mr. Gordon was injured In a motor car. accident on November 28 and was taken to the Royal Hampshire County house at Win chester. There Miss Asquith hurried as soon as she heard the .news and there she remained until his death. A few minutes before he died Mr. Gordon held her hands clasped in his, whispering his farewell and his vows of eternal love. When final farewells were said she became violently hys terical and the utmost efforts of her father and mother to quiet her were unavailing. Physicians and nurses were summoned, but her condition was so distressing that the premier refused to return to London, although he was due at a cabinet meeting to discuss a question of grave importance relating to the general elections. The episode has aroused deep pity for her in London and many denunciations are heard of William Watson who., in his poem, "The Woman With the Serpent's Tongue," denounced as -Calloused the woman who is capable of such poignant grief. It has been learned that tne en gagement of Gordon and Miss As quith was to have been made on the very day that he was Injured. Gor don was only 25 years old, very hand some and popular. New Charters Granted. A charter has been issued to Henry J. Allen of Wichita for his new twelve story skyscraper at Wichita. It is to be built by the Beacon Publishing company and will cost $350,000. The Incorporators ire: Henry J. Allen, Arthur S. Parks, L. W. Clapp, D. E. Breese and Charles W. Southard, all of Wichita. All of the stock has been subscribed by Mr. Allen and his friends over the state. Most of the stock, however. Is held in Wichita. Mr Allen will use two or three floors of the building for his newspaper plant. The other floors will be devoted to-rental offices. It will be the first twelve story building ever built in Kansas. Other charters issued were as fol lows: Emporia Journal Company of Em poria, capital $20,000; object, to run a daily paper; Ed Martindale, editor. Moundridge Auditorium association, capital $2,500. Kilchner Hotel company, Kansas City, capital $1,000 The K. B. R. Milling company, Mar quette; capital $50,000. Gilmore Automobile company, St. John; capital $10,000 The Essex Oil company, Independ ence; capital $12,000. The Caney Pipe Line company, Caney; eapital $50,000. The Abilene Manufacturing com pany, Abilene; capital $25,000. Wanted in Many Cities. New Orleans, La., Dec. 18. John I Collins has been arrested here after attempting to cash a check at a local bank. He Is charged with swindling banks in Salt Lake city, Denver, Port land, Ore., San Francisco, Kansas City and Reno, Nev. The amounts are small. DROVE FATHER TO DEATH Misdeeds of Son Caused Frederick Sonner to Take His Life. Leavenworth, Kan., Dec. 18. Over come with grief because of the mis deeds of his son who is now serving a term in the federal penitentiary here, Frederick Sonner, the aged father of the convict, Emil Sonner, committed suicide by inhaling- gas at hia home in New York. This story was told in 'a letter that came to the military authorities at Fort Leavenworth from police head quarters in New York city. The letter In effect was a request that the son be allowed to attend the funeral of his father. Emil Sonner, whose crimes drove his father to death, comes from a good family. His father was wealthy and held a high position in the busi ness world. Lately he had retired from business being more than 70 years of age and was living alcne In his mansion in the more exclusive part of the city. The lonely old man brooded much over the escapades of his only son. He had often oleaded with him to return to his home. The son's disregard of his father's en treaties was the one great sorrow of his life and finally caused him In a moment of utter dejection Monday morning to put an end to his suffer ings. Emil Sonner is said to have oper ated with a gang of swindlers among the foreigners of New York. He served a term of three months in the work house In New York snortly before his arrest and sentence to the penitentiary for engineering a swindling scheme. Sonner was convicted on April 4, 1909, for impersonating an officer of the United States and sentenced to. four the Heir to the Throne of Belgium. at Risht Prince Charles. years in the penitentiary. He was first taken to Sing Sing. A few days later in company with twenty-four other government prison ers, he was transferred to the United States penitentiary at Leavenworth. Sonner's number in the prison Is 6470 and it was through this number written on a letter found in the old man's house after his death that the whereabouts of his son was discov ered by the police in New York. The number and the "United States Mili tary Prison, Fort Leavenworth, Kan sas," was inscribed on the letter. CAUSED BY BROKEN RAIL Burlington's Oriental Limited Is Wrecked Near Chicago. Chicago, Dec. 18. Train No. 52 on railway, the Oriental limited was wrecked early this morning at West ern Springs, 111., near Chicago, three sleeping cars rolling down an em bankment. No person was killed, but many were injured. Few of the in jured, however, are seriously hurt. Two women passengers were the worst injured. One of them suffered a broken leg and the other a broken arm. Other passengers who were hurt received cuts from broken glass and were bruised and shaken up. The train which came from the Pa cific coast by way of St Paul, Minn., was running rapidly, being seven or eight hours late. It was due in Chi cago at 9 o'clock last night. At 4:30 o'clock this morning when near West ern Springs, 111., a broken rail sent the three sleeping cars rolling (down an embankment 10 or 15 feet, pitching the cars on their sides in the ditch. The fact that no person on board the train was killed seems remarkable to all who were in the accident. Although the weather was nearly zero, the pasengers suffered little from the cold, as relief was promptly at hand, and they were able to dress before leaving the cars, notwithstand ing that the coaches were in the ditch. The Injured. Among the injured are: Mrs. O. A. Lovell, wife of O. A. Lovell, a mining engineer of Wilmar, B. C, severely injured. Mrs. Bernard Eschlebacher, Port land, Ore., knee injured. T. A. Ball and wife, Findlay, N. D.; bruised and cut by glass. K. L. Lane, Seattle, Wash., body bruised and cut Mrs. S. R. Stein, Spokane, Wash., head and face cut. F. W. Clisby, Spokane, Wash., collar bone broken. W. C. Reck, Red Lodge, Mont., body bruised and wrist sprained. Frank Bishop, Portland. Ore.; side injured, head and body bruised. They Searched the Sewers. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 18. After 24 hours spent by scores of employes of the sewer department in exhaustive search of every underground avenue, vault and catch basin within ten blocks of the home of Alma Kellner who disappeared December 7, the po lice and the relatives of the missing child have almost despaired. Six Below at Lincoln. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 18. The tem perature dropped to 6 below zero at 8 o'clock this morning, according to local weather bureau observations. The rest of this week we will give a rice cup and saucer free with each $2 purchase of china or art ware. Topeka Spice Mills. 109 East Eighth. ORDER ARIZONA NAVEL ORANGES and insist upon getting this sweet luscious fruit. No oranges can compare with Arizona. CHRISTMAS SERVICES. win Be Held at Two of Hie Large Churches Snnd&jr. Christmas services will be held to morrow at the First Christian church, special music having been arranged for both the morning and evening services. The chorus for the occasion is a large one and has been training for some time. During the morning the program Includes a baritone solo, "The Holy Child," by Dale Going with violin ob ligato by Anna Whiting; a solo, "The Christ Child," by Mrs. N. G. Atkinson, and chorus, "Hallelujah chorus" from the Messiah. A Christmas sermon will be preached by Professor Gilchrist. The program service which will be in the nature of a song service, will be conducted by the choir assisted by Mrs. J. W. Going. It will be as follows: Cantanta, "The Everlasting Light" Ira Bishop Wilson. Introduction for piano. "Break Forth Into Joy" Bass solo and chorus. "He Shall Feed His Flock" Quar tette. "The People That Walked In Dark iiess" Soprano solo and chorus for wo men's voices. "They Light. Is Come" Chorus. "Bethlehem" Soprano eolo with choir accompaniment. "And There Were Shepherds" Sopra no solo. "Hail to the Lord's Anointed" Chorus. "The Virgin's Lullaby" Contralto solo with choir accompaniment. "Room in My Heart for Thee" Con tralto and tenor duet. "Alleluia" Final chorus. Benediction. At the First Baptist church to morrow appropriate Christmas ser vices will be held. In the morning the sermon will be especially for the boys and girls, and the music will be as follows: Prelude Orchestra Angels Ser- nade Braga Anthem And There Were Shep herds Shelley Solo parts by Miss Currie. Miss Whiteker and Mr. Shaver. Anthem Sanchis Gounod Solo Miss Comstock. Offertory Trio Serenade Wldor Miss Emery. Mr. Dawson, Mr. Brownell. Postlude Selection Abt The subject for" the evening service, which commences at 7:30. will be "Christ in Art and Song," and will be illustrated by stereopticon views. The program includes special music as given below: Prelude Orchestra Intermezzo ..Mascagni Processional Ring Out Ye Bells Schnecker Quartet and Chorus Hark, the Christmas Bells Miss Comstock, Miss Lovitt. Miss R. Lovitt, Miss Wright. Solo and Chorus Watching in the Meadows Mr. Roy Firkin and Choir. Solo The Christmas Star Mrs. Kimbrough. Carol We Three Kings of Orient Are Mr. Lovitt, Mr. CampbeH, Mr. Eld ridge and Choir. Carol Glory to God Allitsen Miss Currie. Luther's Cradle Hymn Miss Norma Petro. Carol Holy Night Solo The Anthem Celestial. .Adams Mrs. E. G. Hughes. Solo O Night of Nights Van de Water Mr. Shaver. Duet Love Divine Stainer Miss Dora Lovitt, Mr. William Lovitt. Trombone Solo Holy City .Adams Harold Temple and orchestra. Anthem Lift Up Your Heads Marston Offertory Solo for violin. Mr. Roscoe Dawson. McBREEX IS HAPPY MAN. No Wonder for Boston Man Has Had Salary Raised to 94,200. Nrw York. Dec. 18. Hugh Mc- Breen, business manager of the Boston Americans, went home today in a hap py frame of mind. During the ban quet, given by the Pittsburgs in con nection with the league meeting here j this week, the President ol r th club informed McBrcen that he intended to .raise his salary to $4,000 a year. The next day McBreen met his employer in the lobby and said: 'Were you Joking last night when you raised my salary?" "I meant every word of it," replied the magnate, "and just to show you that I still mean it, I'll make it $4,200." Mills Close for a Week. Lowell, Mass., Dec. 18. In accord ance with the curtailment policy adopted by the cotton mills of New England, the Tremont and Suffolk mills of this city closed today. They will reopen on December 27. The shutdown throws 300 operatives out of employment for the week. Sixteen Below at Norfolk. Norfolk. Neb.. Dec. 18. The cold wave still hovers over north Nebraska ana soumern ouuni. ernment thermometer in Norfolk reg istering 16 below zero this morning. There was practically no wind. Weekly Bank Statement. New York, Dec. 18. The statement of clearing house banks for the week shows that the banks hold $10,433,700 more than the requirements of the 25 per cent reserve rule. This is an in crease of $481,500 in the proportionate cash reserve as compared with last WThe statement follows: Inc. 9,046.800 13,063.200 132.300 1,732,400 2,149,900 3,882,300 3,400,800 481,500 493,350 Loans $1,191,041,000 Deposits Circulation Legal tenders Specie Reserve Reserve required. Surplus Ex-U. S. deposits 1,172,713,200 62,755,500 70,630,500 232,991,500 303,622,000 293,178,300 10,443,700 10,875,150 0 )CQL94, The percentage of actual reserve of the clearing house banks today was 26.62. M The statement of banks and trust companies of Greater New York, not reporting to the clearing house, shows that those institutions have aggregate deposits of $1,226,227,400; total cash on hand $140,127,000, and loans amounting to $1,188,441,300. TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS Chicago, Dec. 18. WHEAT For the third consecutive day wheat for Decem ber delivery established a new high mark for the crop when it sold here today at $1.17 per -bushel. Other deliveries, how ever, failed to show the strength of the current month and during early trading ranged considerably below the final fig ures of the previous session. Light re ceipts in the northwest were chiefly re sponsible for the firmness of the Decem ber option. The market opened barely steady despite a sensational advance of llc to llc at Buenos Ayres, initial quotations being a shade higher to o lower with De cember at $1.16 and May at $1.12 to IL13, Geo. S. Beck, Chief of the Foreign Department 2 thu United. States Express Company, in New York City, began with that company as a stenographer, for which he had been trained in Dougherty's Business College. It was because he could write Shorthand that he secured a place close to the President of the Company, and was promoted later to the position of Cashier, and finally to the place he holds nWVTasi?eof the heads of one of the largest corporations in the United States. His case is not an exception it is one among thousands. Stenography is the university of business. a ffw montha you can fit yourself, with our help, for a gooa position one with immense possibilities in It. Why not do success are best?" TUr W&y t0 where the opportunities for life Dougherty's Business College 1 118 W. EIGHTH AVE. ZIMERMAN IRRIGATED LANDS "The Cream of the Pecos Valley" On January 1, 1910, the price of these lands advance to $60 per' acre, including perpetual water rights. You can secure an application now for 20, 40 or more acres at 75 cents per acre per month without taxes dr interest on all payments made before 1913. Price $50 per acre. We feel confident thithes! SSS'-IS1 b6 b.UEh,t ina year from now for Ies than ,100 plr acre, and at that price should pay 75 per cent to 100 per cent, annually, when properly farmed for alfalfa and fruits. y' Call now and make the best land investment of the year THE HEATH COMPANY, 109 West Seventh St., Topeka! Kan. After selling off to L14, the price of the December delivery was quickly bid up to $1.17 by shorts. May, however, sold off to $1.12. Extreme bullishness marked trading auring the final half of the day. the bulge at Buenos Ayres being the chief inspira tion. Late in the session December ad vanced to $1.19 and May to $L1"4- The market closed excited and strong with prices almost at the top, December being up 2Vc at $1.19 and May up lg'lc at $1.14. CORN Continued cold weather in the corn belt caused renewed liquidation in the corn pit which resulted in further de clines. Support was extremely eager. Prices at the start were unchanged to c lower with May at 65c to 65c. Later the May option sold oft! to 654c. The advance in wheat caused' a little firmer feeling during the final half of the day but all of the early loss was not re gained. The close was steady with May Hyc lower at 666c. OATS Oats were dull and weak. The heaviness of corn was a leading factor. The May delivery opened He to Vc lower at 44c to 4c and sold off to 4444V- PROVISIONS Provisions were weak early in the day owing to liberal sales by commission houses and packers. Prices at the opening were 2c to 15c lower. RYE Cash 77Vc; December, 76c: May, 79080c. BARLEY Cash: 5370c. TIMOTHY March, $3 95 to $4.05. CLOVER March, $15.25. Olilcneo Grain Market. .'Furnished by J. 2. Oall. Commissions. Orains, Pi-ovlsions, Cotton .-d 3tock Office 110 West Sixth St Phor.e 488.) Chicago, Dec.. 18. Open High L-o.v cwp Vc "'TH R.T Dec. ...116 119 116 119 11 May .113-112U4'4 112 114 112-113 July ...102 104 101 104 102- CORN Dec. May July 61 616 65- 65 66- 66 60 6514 61 61 66- 66 64-65 65 65- Dec. 43 4314 May 44 44 Julv 42- 42 PORK Jan. ...22.05 22.07 May ...22.10 22.10 L RT)- 43 43 43- 44 42- 22.20 22.15-17 12.95 11.15 12.10 11.60 44- 44 42 42 21.80 21.82 21.97 22.05 12.90 12.05 Jan. ...12.90-9512.95 12.77 12.00 May. :t3 Jan. May .12.12 12.12 ..12.02 ..11.52 12.02 11.52 11.82 11.90 11.42-5 11.47 Kansas City Grain Market. I furnished by J. E. Gall. Commissions Grains, Provisions. Cottor. und Stock Office 110 .West Sixth St. Phor.e 486. Kansas City, Dec. 18. Open Hiri" o CMote Y WHEAT Dec. ...108 109 108 109 10S May ...106-10S 106 108 107 July 95 97 o lf. :i'rx- Dec. 61 61 61 61 May 64--64 63 64 July 64 64 63 64 96 61 64- 64- Kntih fily Produce Mnrkri. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 18. WHEAT Cash: Market lc to 2c higher. No. 2 hard, $1.091.16; No. 3, $1.071.13; No. 2 red, $1.25(31.28; No. 3, $1.30g'1.25. CORN Market unchangedd to c lower. No. 2 mixed, 62c; No. 3, 6162c; No. 2 and No. 3 white, 6262c. OATS Market unchanged. No. 2 white, 4446c; No. 2 mixed, 4344c RYB-iiK. HAY Choice timothy unchanged, $12.50 13.00; choice prairie, 75c$1.00 lower, $10.50 10.75. BUTTER Creamery extras, 33c; firsts, 32c; seconds, 30c; -packing stock, 22c. EGGS Extras, 32c; firsts, 30c; seconds and dirties, 18c; current receipts, 29c. WHEAT Receipts, 31 cars. CLOSE: WHEAT December, $1.09; May, $1.08 1.08: July. 97c. CORN December, 61c; May, 64c; July. 6464c. Chicago Prorttiif Mnrker. Chicago, Dec. 18. BUTTER Market steady. Creameries, 2734c; dairies, 25 30c EGGS Market strong. Receipts 2,825 cases at mark, cases included, 2oS30c; firsts, 35c; prime firsts. 36c. CHEESE Market firm. Daisies, 16 16c; Twins. 1616c; Young Americas, 164c; Long Horns, 16c. POTATOES Market steady. Choice to i il 1 1 V -1 1 1 lau vv POULTRY Market steady. Turkeys, 17c; chickens. llc; springs. llc. VEAL Market steady. 50 to 60 lb. wts.. 89c; 60 to 85 lb. wts., 910c; S5 to 110 lb. wts., 10Sllc. Ken York Produce Market. New York, Dec. 18. BUTTER Market strong. Creamery specials. 36c; ex tras. 35c: third to firsts, 28g34c. CHEEPE Market firm. September fancy. 17c; ditto, October best. 16c; skims, full to specials. 5(314t EGGS Market Irregular. Western ex tra f irsts 34aS6c; firsts, 3133c. Market. Gossrp. IFurnlshe.1 tu J. E. Gail, Commission. Grains. Provisions, Cotton and Stock. Office 110 West Sixth St. Phone 4SS. Liverpool cables: Wheat d lower; corn unchanged to d lower. Kansas City car lots today: Wheat 81. corn 48, oats Northwest car lots today 384, last year 642. New Tork Stor k Mrket -Wall St.. New York, Dec. IS. STOCKS The opening dealings In stocks today showed Atlantic Coast line and Louisville and Nashville still In active demand. The former rose 1 and the latter 1 over last night s closing. Missouri Pacific and rv?i viVan. JJ,1 urande advanced and Consolidated Gas l. The gains otherwise were restricted to small fractions. yMim.f inn. it..,.. v tr wl inn; uuiisrauence in the ordinarily active stocks, the largest onu uupuriuni cnanges occurring in stocks which are usually not factors Nashville was the most conspicuous with .1. X' tias rose z't. Atlantic Coast line 1 and Denver and Rio Grande and American Smelting 1. There was considerable buying of United States Steel up to 93. after which it became, quiet. .American Woolen sagged 1.tani American Can preferred 1. The market closed slig-ntly Irregular. A break of 3 in American Sugar had little effect on the- general list. Realizing in Utah Copper carried it off 1. Rock Island broke briskly 1 and the prefer red 1. There was large blocks of United States Steel and Pennsylvania passed at rising quotations, the latter advancing 1. Havana Electric sold at an advance of 4, Consolidated Gas 3, Minneapolis and St. Louis 1 and New York Central and Cleveland C. C. and St. Louis 1 There was some realizing In the final dealings. Ranse of Prices on Stocks. Furnished by J. E. Oail, Commission. Grams, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth Si Phone. New York, Dec. isl B'ocks Op'n Hiirh t.ow n Yes. Sugar 123 123 121 122 123 Gas 115 115 115 115 115 PPer 88 88 87 88 87T Ry,T":-4il-l 80 79 80 79? Am. Car A Fndy.. 72 72 72 72 7"' U. S. Steel. Com... 92 92 92 92 92 U. S. Steel, Pfd....l25 125 126 125 125 Atchison, Com 122 122 122 122 122 K. C. Southern 44 44 44 44 44 Anaconda 50 50 49 49 49?4 St. Paul..... 158 159 169 15Sf& Rock Island 43 44 43 44 4Shk Great Northern.. ..143 143. 143 143 143 Wabash, Pfd 58 58 58 58 57 Missouri Pacific... 72 72 71 72 711? Am. Smelting 102 102 101 102 101 Northern Pacific.. 146 146 146 145 N. Y. Central 124 124 124 124 123 Texas Pacific 35 35 35 35 35 Southern Pacific. 135 135 135 135 136 Reading 170 170 169 170 170 Erie, Com 34 34 34 34 84 So. Railway 32 32 32 32 32 Union Pacific 204 204 203 204 204 C 0 87 87 87 87 87 B. 0 118 118 118 118 118 L. N 16714 159 157 158 166 Katy 49 49 49 49 49A Pennsylvania 136 136 136 136 135 Can. Pacific 180 180 180 180 180 National Lead 88 8S 87 87 C. F. 1 51 51 61 61 61 Rock Island, Pfd.. 89 90 89 90 89 Now York Money Market New York, Dec. 18. MONEY Money onfl call nominal. Time loans quiet ntiW steady; 60 days. 4 per cent and 90 days 4 per cent: six months 4ffl4 per cent. CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper 5 to S per cent. Sterling exchange easier with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.84.464 84 60 for 60 day bills and at $4.88 for demand' commercial bills $4.83(S4 84. SILVER Bar silver, 52c; Mexican dol lars, 44c. BONDS Government bonds, firm; rail road bonds, irregular. Nw York Sugar and CofTee Market. New York, Dec. 18. SUGAR Market steady. Muscavado, 89 test, $3.67; centri fugal. 96 test. $4.17; molasses sugar, 89 test, $3.42. Refined, steady; crushed. $5.85: granulated, $5.15; powdered, $5.25. COFFEE Spot, steady; No. 7 Rio, 8o nominal; No. 4 Santos, 8c. Cotton Market. New York, Dec. 18. COTTON Spot closed quiet; middling uplands, $15.10: mid dling gulf. $15.35. Sales, 160 bales. Galveston, Tex., Dec. 18. COTTON Market steady. 15c Chfrago Live Stock Market. Chicago, Dec. 18. CATTLE Receipts estimated at 1,500. Market steady. Beeves. $3.80&S.3O; Texas steers, $3.SO4.10; western steers, $4.006.30; stockers and feeders $3.10i5.10; cows and heifers, $2.00.40: HOGS Receipts estimated at 17 000 Market steady. Light, $S.06.50; mixed! $S.25'r8.62: heavy, $8.30ig8.70: rough. $8.25 8.45; good to choice heavy, $8.458.70: Dias $7.O08.0O; bulk of sales. $8.358;e0. SHEEP Receipts estimated at 3 000 Market steady. Native, $3.5O5.60; western ?.756.5: yearlings, $6.367 60; lambs, na--ive. $5.'i68.60: western, $5.758.60. DAILY MOVEMENT OF PRODUCT. WHEAT Receipts, 21,600 bushels; shlD ments, 45,500 bushels. CORN Receipts. 412,100 bushels: shm ments, 109.200 bushels. Car lot receipts: Wheat 13 cars, with 2 of contract grade; corn 246 cars, with 2 of contract grade; oats 110 cars. Total receipts of wheat at Chicago, Min neapolis and Duluth today were 303 cars compared with 154 cars last week and 429 cars the corresponding day a year ago Knna City f re Stork Market. nansas jity, mo., uec. 18. CATTI.r Receipts 2,000, including 500 southerns Market steady. Native steers, $4.757 26: southern steers, $3.405.50; soutehrn cows' $2,764(4.15; native cows and heifers, $2.76fc .50; stockers and feeders, $3.256 10: bulla $3.264.76; calves. $3.508.25 esteri steer $3.76fi6.75; western cows, $2.78(34.75 HOGS Receipts 5,000. Market steadv to strong. Bulk of sales, $8.2008.50; heavv $S.45fj8.50; packers and butchers $8 25? 8.50; light, $S.005,8.35; pigs, $6.75S7 50 S SHEEP Receipts 500. Market steadv Muttons, $4.25i5.75; lambs, $6.50S8 25- western wethers and vearlings, $4.'75a7 fed western ewes. $4.2&&6.2o. 8

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