The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
April 27, 1910

Page 1

irf EVERYBODY 12 PAGES READS IT. EVERYBODY 12 PAGES NEEDS IT. LAST EDITION. WEDNESDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, APRIL 27, 1910. WEDNESDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. IE r'tf ISl I H fr? !7 Is J 1 1F1 (M II It ii V i NOYES IMHOSEN. Washington Man President of Associated Press. E. M. Johnston, of Houston, Is First Yice i resident. TOPEKA MAN.110X01t.ED Frank P. MacLennan, of Topeka, Second Vice President. Melville E. Stone Is Elected Sec retary Tiday. New York, April 27. At a meet ing of the board of directors of the Associated Press today the board elected Frank B. Noyes, of the Wash ington, D. C. Evening Star as presi dent; R, M. Johnston of the Hous ton, Tex., Post, as first vice president, and Frank P. MacLennan of the To peka, Kan., State Journal, as second vice president. The board also elect ed Melville E. Stone as secretary; Charles S. Diehl, as assistant secre tary, and J. R. Youatt, as treasurer. Mm i .fer i Frank P. MacLennan of Topeka, Elect- od Second Vice President Associated Press. The board also elected the follow ing members of the board of direc tors as members of the executive committee: Victor F. Lawson of the Chicago Daily News, Frank B. Noyes of the "Washington Evening Star, Charles W. Knapp of the St. Louis Republic, Adolph S. Ochs of the New York Times and General Charles H. Tay lor of the Boston Globe. All the elections were made by unanimous vote. BJORNSON IS DEAD. The Norwegian Poet and Novelist Passes Away In Paris. Paris. April 27. BJornstjerne Bjornson, the Norwegian poet and nov elist, died last night The last serious illness of the nov elist extended over a year. He was brought to Paris for special treatment In the early part of last November, eccompanied by hia wife and daugh ter. During part of the journey he traveled with the kins of Denmark in the king's private car. In Paris, however, he was unable to receive the treatment for arterio scler osis from which he was suffering, but notwithstanding thist he showed marked improvement for a time, due entirely to his wonderful vitality. Again in February his death was ex pected momentarily, but the crisis passed, though leaving him less able to withstand the next attack. During the last week it was apparent he could not hold out much longer. Prior to his death he was unconscious for some hours. Bjorstjerne Bjornson was born at Kvikne, Osterdalen. Norway. Dec. 8, 1S32. His father was a clergyman. He completed his education at the Univer sity of Christiania and Copenhagen and first became known in conse quence of some articles and stories which he contributed to newspapers. In 1S57 he returned from abroad and was first director of the Theater In Eerger and afterwards fo: a short time editor of the Journal Aftenbladet In Christiania. As a Journalist Bjornson expressed strong Republican opinions, which aroused considerable public excite ment. Finally, he was condemned to a year's imprisonment for treason, but escaped to Germany and afterwards to America and did not return to Chris tiania until 1882. Once more he be gan the work of agitation against the government and the union of the two Scandinavian kingdoms. It was Ole Bull who appointed him to the directorship of the Bergen the ater and in 1858 he put on the stage "Hilte Hulda" and "Mellem Slagene." Other notable plays written by him are "Kong Swerre." the trilogy o "Siguard Slaembe" and the tragedy of "Mary Stuart." His comedy, "Hanske." was translated for the Eng lish stage in 1894. Bjornson's first novel. "Sinno Eve Solbakken." appeared In 1857. and on the celebration of its fiftieth anniver sary at Christiana, the novelist re ceived an enormous number of greet ings from all countries. It was fol lowed by "Arne." a sketch of Norwe gian country life; "A Happy Boy" and "The Fisherman." As a lyric poet Bjornson took high rank; he even attempted the composi tion of eic verse. He was a volum inous writer and dramatist and In all his work strove to become a vehicle of national feeling, seeking to give ex- pression to the orwegian spirit He was looked upon as one of the most stimulating- Influences for the revival of Scandinavian literature Mourning Is Universal. Christiania. Norway, April 27. Evidences of mourning for Bjornst jerne Bjornsen, the Norwegian poet and novelist who died in Paris last night, are universal. King Haakon and Queen Maud have telegraphed tneir conaoiencea iu me wiuuw. The Storthing met today and de cided on a state funeral and imme diately adjourned as an evidence of the public grief. All of the theaters were closed. The funeral arrange ments have not been sufficiently ad vanced to show what effect, if any, they will have on the program pre pared for the entertainment of Mr. Roosevelt. Warships to Bear the Body. Copenhagen, April 27. A Norwe gian warship has been ordered in readiness to transport the body of BJornstjerne Bjornson to Christiania. The body will be brought here on Saturday and be borne in a proces sion through the principal streets to the harbor. INCUBATOR BABY CASE. Officers Serving Papers for the Kid naping Trial. Officers are busy today serving papers in the famous incubator baby kidnaping cates which are set for May at Hoi ton. Half a hundred witnesses will likely be examined In the two cases which consist of the case against Mrs. Barclay and Gentry and the case cgainst Tillotson. The case was taken to Jackson coun ty on a change of venue because it was charged that newspaper articles had prejudiced the minds of persons in this c;ty who were likely to be chosen as jurors. The incubator baby was taken from the home of the alleged real mother in this city last August after Clarence Bellknap had been knocked down and a woman badly frightened. The child was taken in s.utos and buggies into Kan sas City where the kidnaping party was captured and later brought to xopeita. Following is the list of persons who will be called as witnesses: A. J. Carruth, O. S. Perkins, S. J. Henrv, E. A. H'allock, Dr. H. H. Keith, Ike Kingman, E. T. Barret, William Barret., Stella Barclay, H. uinotson, D. T. Gregg. Lottie Bleakley, Mrs. Ora Thompson. Clarence Bdllknap, J. D. Norton, Ben Judkins, M. L. Stalker, Mrs. Frank Burghart, F. S. Farney, Oscar Swayze, Joe Ross, William Hut ton, W. W. Wiley. Emil Barber, Rob ert Lowe, W. C. McLean, A. T. Lucas, W. R. Thompson, M. A. Scott. Terry Stafford, John Starns, Mrs. E. A. Hal iock, E. Anderson, W. H. Mackey, C. M. Cloughley, W. C. Bucy, Charles M. Ross, M. S. Atchison. Henry G. Asher, W. E Fitzgerald- Charles Armstrong, John Green, M. A. Scott. F. H. Tillotson and J. M. Gentry. BANK GUARANTY CASE. Will Be Argued in United States Court at St. Panl on May 2. The Kansas bank guaranty case will be heard for the third time at St. Paul, Minn., in the United States court of ap peals May 2. Attorney General Jack son, and legislative champions of the guaranty law, Alex. Mitchell of Law rence and G. H. Buckman of Wlnfield. are appealing from the decision of Judge Pollock handed down December 24 last. This case was brought by the national banks to restrain the bank commissioner, J. N. Dolley, from allow ing the provisions of the law. But previous to the filing of that case, the attorney general had brought a test case before the Kansas supreme court to determine the constitutionality of the law. The supreme court has not reached a decision. The United States court of appeals will, therefore, indi rectly uphold or reverse the state court without that knowledge in its consider ation of the appeal. The brief for the appeal covers 160 pages. PICTURES OF THE COMET A line Series Has Been Made at Low ell Observatory. Flagstaff, Ariz.. April 27. Important observations of Halley's comet have been made recently at the Lowell ob servatory. The finest series of photo graphs were obtained on the morning of April 18, when the tail measured about nine degrees or approximately 22.000.000 miles. The tail has generally divided into two diverging branches and the distance from the nucleus of the point of divergence has varied from day to day. On the larger scale photographs there have been a marked variation in the position and number of the finer streamers leaving the head. MURDOCH HASN'T HEARD No Invitation Yet to Meet Colonel Roosevelt. Washington. April 27. A Washington newspaper printed a statement pur porting to come from Paris to the ef fect that Vic Murdock has been invited by Mr. Roosevelt to attend a confer ence to be held at Roosevelt's home in New York soon after the ex-president's return to the state. Mr. Murdock said last night that ho had received no such invitation. He has friends with the Roosevelt party and it would not be surprising if there was such an invitation on its way, though Murdock denies that he has any intimation that such is the case. It Is Warmer Today. Temperatures safely above freezing in the Topeka district is the. change re ported in the weather today. At 2 o'clock the mercury had climbed to SI degrees, an agreeable change over yes terday and the preceding 10 days. The wind is in the southwest and summer weather once more seems to be the program. Following are the hourly temperatures today: 7 o'clock 50 11 o'clock 76 8 o'clock.. .55 9 o'clock 62 10 o'clock 70 12 o'clock 77 1 o'clock 81 2 o'clock 82 Weather Indications. Chicago, April 27. Forecast for Kan sas: Fair and warmer tonight and Thursday. SEES WAR PLAY. Col. Rooserelt Witnesses Evolu tions of French Army. Is Received With Military Hon ors at the Barracks. AEROPLAXE FLIGHT Is Pulled O.f Especially for His Benefit. The F rst Eyent of the Kind He Ever Saw. Paris, April 27. Col. Roosevelt this morning saw a portion of the garrison of Paris perform war operations on the field of Vincennes, outside the gates of that town. Accompanied by General Dalstein, military governor of Paris; American Ambassador Bacon, M. Jus serand, French ambassador at Wash ington, and Major T. Bentley Mott, military attache at Paris, he drove in an automobile to the famous Chateau of Vincennes which is now used as a barracks. Entering the keep he was received with military honors. Here the party with the exception of Mr. Jusserand mounted horses and escorted by a platoon of lancers, rode out to the maneuvering field, an open space one and one-half miles long, lying oetween the chateau and the forest of Vin cennes, where a series of evolutions were executed rapidly under service conditions in order to give Mr. Roose velt an opportunity to observe the technical methods of the French army. The maneuvers simulated an attack ing army consisting of a regiment of Chasseurs, a regiment of dragoons, two battalions of Infantry and a battery of artillery, in pursuit of a retreating army whose retirement was being pro tected by three field batteries, a bat talion of Zouaves and a battalion of dragoons. The attackers advanced in open for mation under protection of the guns, making frequent rushes, the machine guns attached to each unit firing at the end of every rush. As the rear guard of the retreating army fled before the charge of the dragoons, the spectacle was a thrilling one. Col. Roosevelt warmly congratulated General Dalstein on the dash and go displayed by the troops and the admir able fashion in which the operations were executed. When the maneuvers were concluded the troops defiled before General Dal stein and Colonel Roosevelt while the massed bands played the "Star Spang led Banner." t First View of Aeroplane' Flight. For the first time in his life ex-President Roosevelt yesterday saw an aero plane flight. It was a very short one, end the aeroplaut, Emile Dubonnet, had a narrow escape from injury. Ool. Roosevelt journeyed to Issy-Les-Mouline Aux, as the guesr of the Acade my of Sports. There a larse crowd had gathered including cabinet ministers and noted aviators. Unfortunately a strong wind was blowing bu-t not wish ing to disappoint Col. Roosevelt Du bonnet volunteered to go up in the face of gale. The f x-pre3ident was Interested in every detail of the start and pressed forward as the machine left the ground. The aeroplane had hardly gone 150 yards when it came down willi a swoop ahrost capsizing as It struck thi ground. One of the wings was broken but Dubonnet was uninjured. Col. Rooeevolt rushed forward and offerel him his congratulations. Prior to his return to Paris M. De Villeneuve, pres ident of the Academy of Sports, present ed to Cel. Roosevelt as honorary presi dtnt the academy "gold medal." Mr. Roosevelt received a deputation from the French parliamentary group for international arbitration, headed by former Premier Leon Bourgeois and Baron D'Estournelle3 De Constant. The latter said he counted upon Mr. Roosevelt's influence for the holding of a third peace conference at The Hague. To this Mr. Roosevelt replied his in fluence could be taken for granted "but," he added, "you remember I am low a privp'e citizen." "I, too, am a private citizen," said M. Bourgeois "I am proud to admit," continued Mr. Roosevelt, "I am the first states man to make an appeal to The Hague court in a Jisoute betwen the United States and Mexico. A former govern ment official should not give the im pression that he believes he Is still a government official, but with this re serve, I am entirely in accord with you upon the necessity of a third Hague conference." After a visit to the Luxembourg gal lery Mr. Roosevelt was conducted to the famous revolutionary prison in the wing of the Palais de Justice, known as the Conciergerie, where he inspect ed the dungeons among others that in which Marie Antoinette was confined prior to her execution. Ambassador and Mrs. Bacon gave a dinner last evening of twenty-eight covers in honor of Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt. The guests included Pre mier Briand, ex-President and Mme. Loubet, Foreign Minister and Mme. Pichon, and many others. KETCHEL AND LANGFORD Great Interest in Their Battle at Phila delphia Tonight. Philadelphia, April 27. One of the largest crowds that ever wedged its way into the National Athletic club in this city is expected tonight to witness the six round fight between Sam Lang ford, the Boston negro and Stanley Ketchel of Grand Rapids, Mich. So great is the interest that only a few of the least desirable seats, the manage ment announces. re available for the late comers. While the Interest in the bout is intense there was practically no bet ting todav on tha outcome. Added interest is lent to the fight be cause it is expected the winner of to night's contest will probably, be look ed upon as the logical man to meet the fighter who will win the world's championship at Emoryville, CaL. on July. 4. Ketchel and Langford are schedul ed to enter tha ring at about 10:15 o'clock. TIE T0J5PEAK UP Senator Rayner in Behalf of the Democrats Demands That Insurgents De clare Their Intentions. ARE THEY FLIRTING? He Asks or Wil They Consent to Political Wedlock. Promises Them Happy Home and Bright Future. Washington, April 27. "Are the in surgents in earnest or have they Just been flirting and coquetting with us?" Senator Rayner of Maryland, In mock seriousness, asked this question and others even more pointed, in a speech delivered in the senate today on the administration railroad bill. He said that the Democrats wanted no more combinations with the insurgents on preliminary skirmishes, but that the recalcitrant Republicans would be wel comed into Democratic ranks if they only would enlist and take their fol lowing with them. Pointing out that in almost all pre liminary moves on various measures before the pr?ient congress, the insur gents and the Democrats have stood together, Mr. Rayner said that "when the final vote is taken upon the bill itself they seem leisurely to stray away from us." "Now," he said, "the question is, what do your friends mean? Are they in earnest or are they simply flirting and coquetting with us? Is it merely a temporary engagement or is It a per manent love feast? "Is the senior senator from Indiana, for instance, embracing us simply for the ecstacy and transport of the mo ment, or is he willing to unite with us in the bonds of holy political wedlock? I would like to know from him what his future intentions are. Whenever we have voted with him I have noticed that he cast a radiant smile that is full of meaning in our direction, but is this merely the symptom of a mo mentary passion or is it the token of permanent affection? "I do not know how the rest of my colleagues eel, but I am becoming weary of being fondled and caressed only to he rejneted and deserted when the supreme moment arrives. "When I listened to the siren voices of the intrepid and dashing insurgents from Iowa, I am thrilled with the re hearsal of tho crimes of the Republi can party. I knew it all along before they told me. but they have recited it with such dramatic fervor and with such harrowing details that the indig nant blood has surged through my veins and they have my profoundest sympathy for belonging to party that is governed by such demoralizing in fluences." Mr. Rayner formally invited the in surgents to rcme Into the Democratic camp. "We offer you a party that is per fectly pure and that has passed beyond the stage of temptation," he said. "We want you and want you badly." Through many sleepless nights, Mr. Rayner said he had thought over his proposition. At first he had been of the opinion that the Democrats might themselves solve the problem by going over to the insurgents, but their ex perience in connection with the rail road rate bill has been such they could not pursue such a .course with assur ance Of safety. "It will be recalled." he said, "that In the railroad rate debate, under the leadership of ex-President Roosevelt we joined hands with the insurgent forces of the Republican party-. The last words the ex-president said to mo, when we were conferring over the crit ical situation were. 'Now, don't give up the ship. But the ship gave me up. The night before the vote was taken the president was out in a lifeboat with the senior senator from Rhode Island and the junior senator from Massachusetts. When the vote was taken we discovered that upon the evening before the president had or dered these two sturdy sailors to man the lifeboat, and before he stepped Into it he had scuttled the ship and made for the shore in the company of these distinguished mariners. "Now, we do not want any more com binations like these. We want the In surgents to come to us, and we will pilot them to a safe deliverance. Let the senior senator from Indiana not stop vith administering a circuitous blow beneath the belt; that Is mere mutiny; that is not rebellion; that Is magnificent, but it is not war." WAS 104 YEARS OLD. Patrick Simpson, Colored, Died Yes terday Near Lawrence. Lawrence, Kan., April 27. It is not often that a man has the distinction of dying the oldest person In a county or state, but that is just what Patrick Simpson had when he passed peace fully away at his farm, eight miles southwest of the city, of advanced old age. He had just passed the 104th round of life's ladder, and when his time came there was no pain. Patrick was born a slave- with a good master in the state of Kentucky. At the age of 58 and towards the closing of the Civil war Patrick moved to Missouri, taking his family. But he only stayed in that state a short wSile and came to Kansas within a few months. He settled in Douglas county southwest of Lawrence. His wife died many years ago. Thirteen children were born to the couple. NEW ORDER ISSUED. Comicts Who Have Been Making Handkerchiefs Will Quarry Rock. Montclair, N. J.. April 27. From the effeminate occupation of making hand kerchiefs to the strenuous work of quar rying stone out of the hillside Is the lat est transition in the workaday life of the prisoners in the state penitentiary at Cald well. N. J.- Under a recent order the contract labor system under which the handkerchiefs were manufactured was abolished and to keep the prisoners busy they have now been set quarrying rock for a nigh wall around the institution. BATTLEORVOMEN Little Room for Men at the Hyde Murder Trial. Spectators Want to See Mrs. Swope and Mrs. Hyde. COURT ROOM CROWDED They Bring Their Lunch and Stay All Day. Defendant's Purchases of Pois ons a Feature Today. Kansas City, Mo., April 27. Mere man stands little show of getting a seat at the Hyde murder trial unless he comes early, very early, and avoids the rush of women. A woman is backing the prosecution end the majority of the witnesses ara v omen which facts probably explain In a measure why so many women attend the trial. The women spectators all want to see Mrs. Swope and Mrs. Hyde. Barring accidents, there are seldom more than a score of men to be found in the spectators' seats. Lawyers are glv:n preference by the marshals in admitting spectators. At the opening of each session the halls are crowded with women. Many women have been present at every session of court since the selec tion of the jury began more than two weeks ago. The majority of them bring their lunches and remain in their seats all day in order to retain their places. One old woman pleaded with tears in her eyes to be admitted. She was re fused. She whii.pered to the marshal that she would send him a nice present if he would only admit her to the court room. He fell. The present came the next day by messenger. It was, a cigar. The story of r. B. Clark Hoyde's al leged purchases of poison, entered ac tively into this trial this morning wfhen ifiss Ada Hoover, a bookkeeper and pharmacist employed by Hugo Breck lein, a druggist, took tho witness stand. She brought with her books in which was Hyde's account. Brecklein's pharmacy was burned last December, but the books were stored in a safe and were not injured. The state said in its opening statement it would show Dr. Hyde purchased cyanide of potassium at the drug store several times last fall. Miss Hoover was questioned only regarding Dr. Hyde's alleged purchases of culture media and Holliden digestive tablets during November, 1909. The books showed that during tlhs month the physician bought 207 culture media. It is in this media that typhoid germs develop Several of Dr. Hyde's accounts were offered in evidence and passed without questioning the witness about them. Oscar Brec7c!ein, another pharmacist, identified the entries made in the books by Miss Hoover. Cyanide of potassium was first men tioned by Prosecutor Conkling when, after Mr. Brecklein had been excused, he read the accounts offered as evi dence. They showed Dr. Hyde wa3 charged with purchasing four five grain capsules of cyanide on September 13, four on December 5, and 12 on Decem ber 9. Fred W. Sulten, a druggist, of St. Louis, testified that Coctina pills were heart stimulants but contained no strychnine. The pills were in use in the Swope house. Sale of Cyanide. Lazier. Williams, a clerk at the Brecklein store, testified to an alleged purchase of six five-grain capsules of cyanide of potassium by Dr. Hyde on December 5. The order, said Williams, was first telephoned to the store, and Mr. Brecklein, suspecting error, or dered the clerk to telephone Dr. Hyde, and see If it was correct. T called Dr. Hyde and asked him if he ordered the cyanide," said Williams. "He answered he had. I inquired what he wanted to do with it. He said he desired to kill dogs." Did you then fill the order V asked Prosecutor Conkling. "I did." Attorneys for Dr. Hyde objected to the testimony, maintaining the events narrated took place two months after the death of Colonel Swope. The court overruled the objection. "Did you ever before sell cyanide of potassium to a physician?" queried Mr. Conkling. "Never," Williams answered. "Did you. ever sell it in capsule form to anybody but Dr. Hyde?" "No, sir." Mr. Williams said the customary method of selling ine puiauu vao ii solution form in which photographers use it. Attorney Walsh asked but one ques tion on cross examination, if the poison was ever sold in lump form. The wit ness said it was not. John Massman, another of Breck lein's clerks, was next called. Mr. Massman merely corroborated the sale of cyanide to Dr. Hyde on September 13. Hugo Brecklein was the next wit ness. He Cautioned the Doctor. Dr. Hyde, said Mr. Brecklein, called at the store for capsules on De cember 5, and a conversation followed between them "I told him," said Mr. Brecklein, "that he knew the poison ous nature of the drug and it was very dangerous to have around the house. Some one, I told him, might mistake the capsules for some other kind and take them, which would result in death. I told him I would give him the poison only with the understand ing that he handle it himself and de stroy the part of It he did not use. "Dr. Hyde told me he wanted to kill some dogs which had bothered him considerably." "Did he mention that he wanted to kill bugs or -"ockroaches In his office?" asked Mr. Conkling. "He did net," answered the witness. Mr. Brecklein said in 23 years he had been a druggist he never had sold cyanide for medicinal purposes and never before in capsule form.. In. his experience, he testified he never heard of cyanide's being used to kill vermin. Neither did he recall having sold any cyanide in lump form. "Did Dr. Hvde ever ask you if your books were bnrned in your fire?" asked Mr. Conkling. "One of my clerks told me he began Mr. Brecklein, but the remain ler of the answer was lost la tha ob jection of the defendant's counsel. Two capsules, filled by Mr. Breck lein, were exhibited. The druggist said he had taken one three grain capsule and put Into it Ave grains of cyanide and one grain of strychnine. Atten tion was called by the state to the similarity in appearance between di gestive capsules and the cyanide cap sules. "You could compound a thousand capsules that would look almost alike, couldn't you'" asked Mr. Walsh. "I could," replied the witness. That was the extent of the cross examination. MIXED UP AFFAIR. Minnesota Land Tangle Reaches TT. Supreme Court. Washington. April 27. A bitter con troversy over the attitud of the In terior department toward the land grants to the Northern Pacific Rail road company reacnea a enmax Loaay, when the matter was laid before the supreme court of the United States for decision. Individual land claimants In Minne sota contend that the department has shown unjustified favors to the North ern Pacific Railway company as suc cessor to the Northern Pacific Railroad company. Frank B. Kellogg, recently before the public as the leading gov ernmental "trust buster," appeared for Frederick Weyerhaeuser and John A. Humbird in defense of the department. The Northern Pacific Railway com pany claims title to one parcel of land and Frederick Weyerhaeuser and John A. Humbird to two others by reason of the privilege given to the Northern Pacific Railroad company to select land within a 40-mila limit of Its road through Minnesota. In opposition, Fred Wass claims one parcel under the homestead law and H. H. Hoyt and Charles D. Campbell claims the others, under the timber and stone act. The controversy grows out of the question as to whether the railroad terminated at Duluth, Minn., or Ash land, Wis. The railroad had filed on these tracts east of Duluth before the question of terminus came up. When the department ruled that the termi nus was at Duluth. the government cancelled tha selection of the railroad to these parcels. The individual claimants then filed upon them. The Hoyt and Wass applications were accepted but the Camobell ap plication was rejected. Finally, when the supreme court de cided that the terminus was at Ash land, the department approved of the selections of the railroad. Suits were brought in the federal courts by Hoyt and Campbell. A decision was given in favor of Hoyt but against Camp bell. In the state courts a decision was given in favor of Wass on the strength of the Hoyt case.- All these cases have been brought to the su preme court for review. LETTER FROMTWAin. One of the Last He Wrote Has Just Reached Its Destination. New York, April 27. One of the last letters that Mark Twain wrote from his retreat in sunny Bermuda, was ad dressed to a little girl in this city, Sarah Ish-Kishor. The letter, missent and delayed in the mails, has just reached its destination. Sarah, who is a 13-year-old pupil in the Wadleigh high school, read the Prince and the Pauper" a few months ago, and was so much Interested that she wrote a sequel, bringing the story up to date and introducing King Ed ward as a character. She sent a copy of her work to Mark Twain. Here Is his reply: "You write that this little story came to you in a dream. I think it is a re markable dream for a girl of 13 to hava dreamed, because it moved by regular grade and sequence from the begin ning to the end, which is not the habli of dreams. It is a good piece of work. "I think I may say with your sister that I like myself best when I am seri ous. (Signed) ''MARK TWAIN." SANE FOURTH IN N Y. In Place of Noise Will Be a Historical Pageant. New York, April 27. The board of aldermen has endorsed the plans for a sane Fourth of Julv in New York city. In place of the noise of can nonading and flrecrackerc the day is to be celebrated as a civic holiday. According to a resolution passed by the aldermen, the city la to have a historical pageant and patriotic exer cises, together with a parade in which the police and fire departments, the national guard and other military bodies and various patriotic and civic societies will have a part. This, ac cording to the aldermen. Is tho w-ay the day used to be observed years ago. FLYING SEASON TO OPEN New York Aerodome Has Just Been Completed. New York, April 27. If the plans of the Aeronautical society do not mis carry, the aviation season for New York and vicinity will open on Mon day at Mineola, L. I., where the organi zation's new aerodome has Just been completed. Ten members expect to be gin the work of trying out their mechanical birds next week. A woman aviator. Miss E. L. Todd, was the first to r'eserve a stall in the new aero house which is the largest in this country. Her machine will be on hand for the opening day. WOLTER DIES IN JUNE. Boy Murderer Sentenced Judge Foster. Today by New York, April 27. Albert W Wolter convicted of the murder of Ruth Wheeler. 15 years old. was sen tenced today by Judge Foster in gen eral sessions court, to die In the electric chair at Sing Sing prison some time during the week beginning June 6. The condemned man displayed only a languid Interest In the court proceedings. IS NOISO BAD. Condition of Kansas Wheat Is 76 Per Cent. One-Third Was Killed by the Severe Winter. MANY ACRES ARE LEFT. Placed at Four and a Half Mil lions by Mr. Coburn. Bap for the Pessimistic Kansas Crop Killers. The following Is a report Issued to day by the Kansas board of agricul ture, the result of a comprehensive and searching inquiry Into conditions of the state's winter wheat and oats as they were April 20. It la a consensus of opinions of the growers especially, supplemented by those of gralnmen, millers and orhers closely observant at short range and well Informed. In every neighborhood, particular atten tion having been given to those' coun ties sowing the larger areas: Reports of correspondents indicate that the area town to winter wheat In the fall of 1909 approximated 6,478,000 acres, or more by about 93,000 acres than in the fall preceding. Of the total area it appears from the reports that 30 per cent Is such a failure that the ground will be devoted to other crops, quite considerable portion of it being already sown to oats. De ducting tlhs HO per cent leaves 4.632. 000 acres standing, on which the con dition averages, tor the state, 76 per cent, 100 representing a good average stand and satisfactory condition. This failure of nearly a third of the area sown Is ascribed principally to "winter killing," although there is much diversity of opinion as to the specific cause, some saying the wheat was "smothered by the long continued coating of Ice," others that it was the "severe freezing when the ground was oversaturated," and still others ascribe it to the alternate "freezing and thaw ing," upheaving the soil and leaving the plant roots exposed or broken. These, together with wind and dry weather in some portions, constitute some of' the disadvantages the fall sown wheat of ,1909- has contended with. A dozen reporters, all told, state that some damage should be charged to the chinch bug. Killing the wheat crop by gentle men with whom killing is a business, or who -obtain sustenanca. notice or notoriety only through proclaiming the discovery. Invention or presence of some new .destroyer. Is now being In dustriously .carried .-on, by telegraph. -As a season progresses and tha crop killers discover themwelre. lacking other resources they proceed to find some alleged Insect, such as the green bug or malodorous chinch, ready mount upon which to ruthlessly charge across and lair wastet a five or six million acre wheat field. leaving behind (in the newspapers) little but desolation and distress. These gentry have now sounded "boots and saddles" for the chinch bug brigade in Kansas. and what they will Intend as terrifying yells are likely to be heard around -the world. The public will do well to remember that while the yells of these night riders may be disturbing they never affect actual yield. Owing to dry weather In tha fall the sowing of wheat was delayed in many localities, and considerable that will now be given over to other crops was that planted unusually late, and on fields poorly prepared. Of the notably wheat growing coun ties, Marion and McPherson report tha largest percentages abandoned, amount ing in Marion to 95 per cent of the total sown, and in McPherson 90 per cent. Other counties in the so-called "whe.it belt" that show large losses are Dick inson 75 per cent, Harvey 70 per cent. Saline 62 per cent. Rice 58 per cent. Clay 54 per cent, Ellsworth 60 per cent, Sumner 49 per cent, Ottawa 45 per cent and Sedgwick 43 per cent. These are located in or near the central third of the state, a region excellently adaptcl to corn and oats, and these two crops will occupy most of the abandoned wheat ground. Mention of sowing spring wheat where the winter varie ties proved a failure Is made in about a dozen counties, and peculiarly enough 10 of these counties are In the eastern part of the state, where spring wheat is admittedly unsatisfactory and re garded with disfavor. What incentive there could be for sowing spring wheat, with its unreliability and undesirabil lty, rather than planting corn in uch premier corn growing counties as Mar shall, Pottawatomie. Nemaha, Shaw nee, Atchison and Brown, as reports In dicate has been done, in a small way to be sure, is not made apparent. A block of about a dozen counties in the northeastern part of the state, not. however, conspicuous for their aggregates of wheat, experienced very discouraging conditions, resulting in complete failure In manv neighbor hoods, amounting to 96 per cent of the area in Jackson countv. Generally the smaller losses were In the western half and southwestern corner of the state, as are. likewise, the better aver age conditions of the growing wheat, the highest being 95 in Comanche, followed by 94 in Clark and Seward, and 92 in Edwards and Hodgeman. In the main, soil conditions are re ported moderately favorable for spring planting, although reporters in eight or ten counties in tha northeastern quarter of the state, and perhaps half as many more in the western portion, say that the- situation is unfavorable on account of dry weather. While no figures are available at this time on tha area of oats sown, their condition for the state is S3 per cent. The table below shows by counties the probable area of Winter wheat sown In each last fall, the per cent estimated as a failure, and the per cent of present conditions (based on 100) for the remainder: Prob. Fail- Remain Ccunties. acr. ure. der. Allen 10.474 25 64 Anderson 5,619 30 6(1 Atchison 37.456 70 Baiber 46.795 10 7H Barton 261,00? 27 75 Bourbon 3.892 19 75 Brown 38,354 94 65 Butler 4 218 42 75 Chase 3.971 S6 SS Chautauqua 3.265 8 73 (Continued on Page EighC)

Page 2

THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE J OUBNAL WEDNESDAY EVENING, APEIL 27, 1910. HAS A CLOSE CALL Tope t a Nearly Loses a Game Af ter It Was Cinched. Ninth Inning Bally by Moines Was Alarming. Des VISITORS SIX BEHIND Scored Fire of Them Before Rally Was Checked. Good Hitting by Cooleysox in Early Stages of Contest. Where They Play Tomorrow. Des Moines at Topeka. Lincoln at "Wichita. Sioux City at St. Joe. Omaha at Denver. Tou have heard of ninth inning ral lies. Well, Topeka went up against one of them Tuesday and escaped alive, with a. whole skin and not only that but won a game from last year1 champs. All of this is a good omen. It augurs well if you know what that means. Any time a team goes agains' as pronounced a case of hardlosites as the locals did and get away with game it is going some and then some more. Frigate had one to spare in the ninth when two men were down and that one did the business. It stopped the N. It. and it was high time the N. I. R. was stopped. For the Des Moiners chased five runs across the pan during the closing stage of the contest and drove Mr. Jackson to the tall and uncut after he had pitched a splendid game nf the national nastime. After Jack Dalton had popped a foul to Kerns in the ninth something hap pened at Jacksonville. It was aviation day then and there. Cooligan hit. Mat ticks singled, and Curtis walked. The bases were polluted with Higginses and Kerner hit. scoring Cooligan. Niehoit hit. scoring Matticks. Raftis hit, scor ing Curtis. Abbott handled McManus' grounder and Owen walked, forcing Kerner. Dalton walked, forcing Nie hoff and Mr. Jackson was yanked. Furate. inserted in the game after warmine ud a few minutes, struck Mr. Cooligan out. The Des Moiners had scored two in the sixth by a hit from Rraftis and errors by Rellly, Kerns and Abbott. The locals made enough early In the game to cinch it and it iswell that such was the case, wooiey got a pass in the first. Rellly sacrificed him. Thomason was safe when Cooligan errored. Pennell pasted one and Wooiey scored. Kunkel couldn't locate the spheriod but Kerns droned it for a two timer, scoring "Tommy ana Artnur. Abbott got a base on balls but Matticks ran down Kahl's long fly and it was over. In the second Topeka added three more. Wooiey beat out a bunt and Kerner. unassisted, took Rellly's nunv ber away from him. Thomason two sacked and "Lige" crossed the plate. Pennell singled and "Tommy" scored. Kunkel knocked Pennell home and Kerns flew to Niehoff. Burnum then eave wav to Mr. Owens. Again in the fourth "Lige" scored for us, getting a base on balls and scoring on Reiliys two bag drive. But that was all that could be done. The sixth inninsr marked our last scoring. Wooiey walked. Reilly sent him to second on an infield out. Thom ason walked and Pennell flew to deatn. Kunkle took the lid off his second hit and Wooiey reported at the bench. Despite appearances our athletes played a good brand of ball most of the time. Last year's champs are still at it and worth looking at. The score DES MOINES. AB. R. H. r niton, rf 6 0 2 PO. 1 A. 2 2 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 0 Cooligan. 2b 6. 1 8 Matticks, cf 4 11 Curtis, If 4 1 0 Kerner, lb....... 6 1 1 Niehoff. 3b 4 2 1 Raftis, ss 4 12 McManus, o 6 0 0 Burnum, p 0 0 0 Owen, p 2 0 1 Penfeld 1 0 0 2 2 4 9 2 2 2 0 0 0 Totals 89 7 10 24 12 TOPEKA. AB. R. H. PO. 1 2 0 A. 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 Wooiey, cf 2 4 Reilly, as...... 4 0 Thomason, If 4 2 Pennell. rf 4 2 Kunkle, 3b 4 0 Kerns, c. 4 0 Abbott, lb 3 0 Xahl. 2b 4 0 Jackson, p............ 4 0 Fugate, p 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 9 8 6 0 0 Totals 8 10 27 11 SCORE BT INNINGS Des Moines 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 67 Topeka 31010100 8 Summary: Two-base hit Kerns, Thom ason. Reilly, Abbott. Sacrifice hit Rellly. Stolen base Ualton (2), Cooligan, Abbott. Struck out By Jackson 3, by Fugate 1. by Burnum 1, by Owen 2. Rase on balls Oil Jackson 6, oft Burnum 2. oft YOUR hair gathers dirt when your head is constantly ex posed to dust and dirt and soot and smoke. How can you ex pect it to keep in good condi tion without attention This foreign matter will finally unless it has already done so fill your scalp with germs, causing itching, unsightly dan druff and other scalp troubles. All this may be avoided and your hair kept clean and healthy by the use of DR. NOTTS the wonderful discovery that clean ses the scalp, invigorates and re freshes it and kills all disease-breeding germs. It is guaranteed not only to preserve what hair you now have if there is any life at all left in the scalp, it will make new hair grow and grow abundantly. One bottle will convince you. Price $1.00. Dr. Nott's Q-Ban Hair Restorer brines back the colorof youth to gray hair not by dyeine or etainiim, but by simply re-invigorating" the scalp and re storing lost activity to the color elands. Price SO cents. Aak far th goaraalM kM yra say. MARSHALL BROS., Druggists, 133 Kansas Ave. 515 Kansas Ave. STANDING OF TEAMS. Western League... Cities Won. Lost. Pet. Sioux City 4 1 .800 St. Joseph 3 2 .600 Denver t;.. i;... S-- 2 Wichita 3 2 .600 TOPEKA 2 3 .400 Lincoln 2 3 .W0 Omaha 2 3 .400 Des Moines 1 4 .200 National League. Cities Won. Philadelphia 7 Pittsburg 5 New York 6 Chicago 4 Lost. 1 1 3 2 4 -.6 7 7 Pet .875 .833 .667 .667 .4J9 .250 .222 .222 Cincinnati 3 Boston 2 Brooklyn 2 St. Louis 2 American League. Cities Won. Lost. Pet. .625 .625 .600 .571 .500 .444 .400 Detroit 6 3 Philadelphia 5 3 St. Louis S 2 New York 4 3 Boston 4 4 Cleveland 4 6 Washington 4 6 Chicago 2 4 .333 American Association. Cities Won. Lost. Pet. St. Paul 7 3 Minneapolis 6 4 Columbus ...6 4 Toledo 6 4 .700 .600 .600 .600 Indianapolis ..6 Kansas City 4 5 Louisville .4 7 Milwaukee 1 6 .465 .444 .364 .144 Owen 2. Hit by pitcher Matticks. Time or game z nours. Attendance sx. utn pire Spencer. IN THE WESTERN LEAGUE. Lincoln 4; Wicbita 10. Wichita. Kansas., April 27. Murry for Lincoln -walked three men with the bases full, Hughes got a home run, bringing two more in, and one run was earned, giving Wichita 7 runs in the seventh inning and the game, 10 to 4. Score by innings: R.H.E, Lincoln 0 0000300 1 4 S Wichita .00000 370 10 4 Batteries Murry. Knapp and Clark; Hassler and Shaw. .Umpire Clark. Sioux City 9; St. Joe 5. St. Joseph. Mo.. April 27. Hard hitting on tlje part of the visitors in the tenth inning gave Sioux City the first cama of the series witn et, Joseph by the score of 9 to 6. It wai tne anraesi-iousni s"" the local grounds this year. Score hv lnninsrs: R.H.E Ar AinttniniO 49 16 St. Joseph.".'. ........0 0 2 00 1 2 0 00-6 7 6 Batteries Clark.Alderman. Chebek and Miller: Watson. Baker ana Shea. Omaha 1: Denver 4. Denver, April 27. Denver won the first of the series from omana Dy superior batting. Bcnneoer ww much steadier man in un om)int Lincoln. Denver's last run wns due to an error. Otherwise .ran battlna- brouaht the tallies, TCeilv srot a home run in the third. nr Innlnp-s: R.H.E. Omaha 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 01 4 Denver -ptnttoi-iAH Keeley and Gonding, Schrieber and Weaver. umpire Mullen. IN THE BIG LEAGUES.. Rally With toe Willow Gave Quakers Game Rom Boston. A rally In the ninth inning gave Pbiinrielnhla the game over Boston with two men on bases Bates hit out a hot one, driving In two runs, ana car Tvlner nff the came. Score 5 to 4. New XOTK Deal cruoiuyu, bwio a The came was poorly piayea, ootn sides hit almost at will and the fielding wnz bad. Chicago-Pittsburg called, account or rain. Cincinnati-St. Louis, called, coia weather. Woshinirtnn drove two pitchers rrom the field and won from New York, 9 to 7. The Highland batteries were ut terly unable to hold the Senators, who grabbed six runs in the third session. Philadelphia-Boston game posipuiieu, account rain. St. Louis-Detroit, wet grounas. Chicago-Cleveland, rain. AMERICAN LEAGUE. AT WASHINGTON. Score bv Inninsrs: R.H.E. New Vorlc 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 47 9 1 Washington 10620000 12 3 Batteries New York, Manning, Frill, Warhon and Sweeney: Washington. Walker and Street. Umpires Esan and Evans. NATIONAL LEAGUE. AT NEW YORK. Score bv innines: R.H.E. Brooklyn 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 9 8 New York 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 19 14 5 Batteries Brooklyn. BelL Wilhelm. Dessau and Erwin: New York. Crandall, Ames and Myers. Umpires Kane and i.iem. AT BOSTON. Score by innings: R.H.E. Boston.... 3 10 0000004 7 2 Philadelphia 0 0 2 0 0 0 01 26 7 4 Batteries Boston. Curtis. Smith and Graham; Philadelphia, .Ewing and Dooin. Umpires Emslie and Rlgler. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. AT KANSAS CITY. Score bv lnniners: s h e St. Paul 06210040 2 15 17 2 Kansas city o OOloOOOl 7 7 4 Batteries St. Paul, Ryan and Spencer; ansas City. Carter and Hitter: Camn- bell and Sullivan. Umpires Chill and Owens. American Association. St. Paul 15, Kansas City 7. Milwaukee-Minneapolis, rain. Louisville-Toledo, rain. Indianapolis-Columbus, rain. Western Association. Joplin 4, Bartlesvllle 3. -El Reno 7, Sapulpa 6. Tulsa 11, Muskogee 6. Enid 6, Guthrie 3. McPherson 5, Falls Olty 4. McPherson defeated Falls City Tues day. Score 6 to 4. St. Mary's 11, Ottawa 1. St. Marys ran away -with Ottawa uni versity team Tuesday. The Catholics won, 11 to 1. Normal 8, Friends 2. Normal team beat Friends of Wich ita in a featureless game. Score 6 to 2. WESTERN LEAGUE NOTES. The sporting editor of the State Jour nal iha. tt straight from President 'Tip" O'Neil that he gave out no state ment of any kind regaaxling the trans fer of the Dea Moines team to Okla homa, much less a signed statement to that effect. Such a thing was not even talked, according to the Tipperary gent. Mr. O'Neil says he did say that whenever a team in the Western League was not supported he was looking for another town to take its place. Some body has slipped one by on the chief mogul of the league or he is giving the double cross to some writer. Take your choice but this is Tip's own state rient. made ou condition that the writer say nothing about it and let the matter cie out If it would. Otherwise u eu said to m-int It. "What a fool I would be to say such a thing or give out such a statement. said O'Neil to the writer, "when tihere lias not been a game played in Des Moines this year and no one knows how the crowd will turn out. It absurd that I should make such statement at this time. I suppose this statement was made in order to pull more auarters from the Des Moines fans, 'and hone it will succeed, but did not make such a statement." Manager George Davis, of the Des Moines team, does not play the game with his proteges.. Instead he eits upon the bench and. tells them how it should be done and when to do it.- It "would be interesting to know just what he told Coolisan vesterday in the ninitn inning. Davis announced his decision some time ago of managing from the bench un less emergency demanded that he get into the game. Kerner plays first for the last year's chamos and it is ex pected that Dwyer will return to the fold, when he is a Die. and noia cown the first sack. Miller and Williams are to report to the champs in June and they will strengthen tne team. Coolev has secured Boles from Tebeau and whether he will use him as a flinger or utility man has not yet been decided. Boles did come good pitching last year for the local sox and is a heady ball player. The State Jour nal announced some timo ago that Cooley wanted the Texas lawyer hut it is only lately tihat Tebeau made up his mind to part with the youngster. Boles is still in Texas where Mrs. Boles Is quite ill. She has not yet recovered from the illness wthich began in Topeka last year. Boles will report soon. It has been discovered that Phil Kerner, playing first for Des Moines, lives in St. Joseph. There are few new faces in the Des Moines lineup. Curtis, who was with Pueblo last year Is playing left field for the champs. Raftis is a new one and plays at short. He got away with out difficulty yesterday. Jackson weakened badly in the ninth Tuesday. He seemed to lack the steam necessary. Up to that time he had the visitors at his mercy, the entire out field getting only two put outs and one assist during tne entire game. Burnum didn't last 1-ng. The big fellow is having a good deal of trouble to eet into shape this year. McManus who waA with Topeka last season, did the track stopping and tihere was only one stolen base. Spencer called Dalton safe at third yesterday when he looked out. The umps didn't see it and could not give ny other kind or decision. ToneSca fans are the most quiet, or derly crowd ever seen at a ball game. Monday one man jonanea cne wnoie team out of the game and Tuesday at the critical time there was not a word of encouragement from the grandstand. Instead, the cheering was all for Des Moines and it did not all come from the Des Moines newspaper men. Kerns was the busy gent. He caught four pop foul flies during the contest and accepted nine chances with one er ror. Only four two baggers hit yesterday by the locals. Too bad they can't bit. It is a safe bet that if Stem performs as he did here the sport writers around the circuit will agree that he is not as strong as "Pick Hunter, wlio played around the first sack for the Towne boys last jear. The manner in which the Witches fought Kourke's Ornahogs indicates that there is some strength to the Wichita team. It is pretty safe to count on Izzy coming out with a bunclh of good ones and making the fellows who beat mm go some. St. Joseph feels Justly proud of the howing made against last rear's cnamps and fans around the circuit are glad to see the Drummers get away t ell. St. Joseph is a good old town and everyone wants her venture in baseball to succeed. Holland is going to give the Missourtan as good a ball team as he can because it means money for Holland to do so. Here's hoping St Joe keeps coming and that the team is worthy of and gets .Al support. If the attendar.ee figures sent out are no! tadded the crowds should be measur ing up to Holland's expectation. The sporting editor of the State Journal has received a letter from "A Booster" in St. Joseph, in which there is irore or less chiding for statements Free Child's Remedy What mother is not Innlrlnv fr.r omething that will help her children In the little Ills of life. something for the stomach trouble and the bOWel. trouble? Lonsr ae-r she nrnh. ably has become convinced that a hild can not readily swallow a nill or a tablet, and that to "break them in half and crush them" is an annoy ance: that usuallv th cai'y. and are nauseating and too pow erful for the little one's stomach. Anv mother whn will fair. A t,.u. of sending her name and address can ob Ja'n a free sample bottle of a remedy that thousands of other mothers are us ing and now paying for. This remedy is Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, and the of- ter Of a fren trial hnrlA la at. n mnv mother who has not yet used it. Having us t and convinced yourself that It is what you want, you can obtain it in the future of VOur dxilMimt at ftfrv canta find one dollar a bottle, just as so many others are doing, the free sample being imply to convince you of its merits. It urai way to Degin on it. Airs. L.. Davis Of 187 W. Harrison r-o.f nhic.M-o. and Mrs. Mary Belford. 1710 Coke street. Louisville. Ky., both started with a tnm ample and now they write that they tlUVm nevar. been vithMit A hnttl. In tho house since. It is Undoubtedly a mat famlltf r.m. edy. as it Is adabted to all aires, belnr mud and oleasant to tk. nni .at tw. ougly effective, it Is especially the ideal remedy tor children and women and old folks, who need something pure, mild and natural. It hu the advantage of belne thorouah laxative atiA vt nnnt&liui tonic properties. Use it for the most stubborn. Ick headache, sour stomach and such complaints with a guarantee that it will our. Dr. Caldwell personally will be pleased to sive you any medical advloe vou mav desire for yourself or family nertadnine to the stomach, liver or bowels absolutely free of chanre. KXDlaki your case in letter and he will reply to you tn detail. For the free samole simnlv send your name and address on a postal card or otherwise. For either request the doc tor's address is Dr. W. B. Caldwell. R. iu Caldwell building, Monticello, I1L alleged to have been made which re- fleet uoon Holland's Drummers. This paper has never "knocked" the Drum mers. in another nlace in this col umn is a paragraph written before the letter was received from "A Booster." and in which it was the aim of the writer to boost the Jnptowners. Mean while, if the Missouri gent Is sincere in his statement that St. Joe will bet some money that Holland's crew fin isnes ahead of Cooley's he can prob ably set a little bunch of it covered There are a few fans in Topeka who can stack ui a little on the ball team. Frankly, the St. -Toe ball team out side of McChesney. does not look like mucn or a ball team, but it is the hop of every Topeka fan that it makes good from the start. Topeka. thinks great deal more of the Missourians than it did of Pueblo. Here's hoping Holland gives St. Joe a good team, for the town deserves, it. Des Moines newspaper men say the attendance fig urea are straight. The letter from Booster" follows: "Sporting Editor Toneka Journal: "According to some of the baseball editorials published in vour Daper. it seems that Topeka is very prejudiced about St. Joseph being in the Western league, x our paper states that St Joe will have a poor team, and a verv ooor attendance. One of your writers seems to tninic that baseball in St. Joseph is a farce and will eventually have to be abandoned. Some of the Boosters' here would like to remind you mat so far the neonle who wit nessed the first three games hera have outnumbered the Topeka attendance ten to one. I suppose you already know that the Tlnmnnrnm Viavo twio as nign a percentage as the Cooleysox. li anyone in Topeka thinks that tne box will finish ahead of the Drum mers they have a nice onnnrMinitv tn pick uj? some thousands of dollars in at. Joseph and vicinity. "You have the

mis aiune in your paper or not, but please be a little less sarcastic when KnocKing on St. Joseph. "A BOOSTER." WAS AID TO CUSTER. James H. Simpson Is Dead at Home in Dover, N. J. His iover. i. j April 27. James TT. faimpson, who served as an aid to Gen eral Custer, Is dead at his home here. tie was 77 years old. Colonel Simpson was the first president of the Peonln'a oanK or uover and was director and stockholder in several mining, railroad luu us inai corporations. TWAIN DIDN'T WRITE IT. Epitaph on Tomb of Daughter Written by Richardson. Mistaken reference t n ik, moio wnat is termed the "epitaph writ ten by Mark Twain for his wifo," that it is worth while -n sat tin J. ne epitann referred in wan nnt l-iacea upon the tombstone of Mr, Siemens wire, but upon that of his daughter Susie.. It was not original with Mark Twain, but was taken by him from a little ioem written 15 years ago by an Australian noet ed in a book of noems bv Pichrcnn Jhich was published In Edinburgh, in i?"' unaer tne title of "Willow and wattles. v The verse used-as tb mifatiii 1, luuu was a Warm summer snn Shine kindly here. Warm southern wind, Blow softly here. Green sod above, Lie light, lde light. Good night, dear heart. Good night, good niirh. The verse has so often been roferrerl to as being Mark Twain's own comno- itlon that he has recently had th name of the actual author of It carved upon tne stone.-ues Moines Register and Leader. EASTTQIrXAflflf mm w m huh. mm 9 m w mw litems for the East Topvfca column may be telephoned to lnu. vucne 1751.J Wanted Sewing at 234 Chandler strset. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Williams of Tates Center, Kansas,, came here Monday to spend several days visit ing relatives and friends. ReV- w- H- Scrivner has returned from White City, Kansas, where he spent several weeks on a business trip He was holding an evangelistic meeting, which he reports was a suc cess. Mrs. Wm. B. Smith left yesterday for her home in Wellington, Kansas, ,.lr sPending several days here with friends. Miss Bertha Stewart Is improving a:Jep, belnS "I several days with an attack of neuralgia. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wallace have returned to their home in Westmore land after spending several days here visiting relatives and friends. Mr. ward Lintell of Silver Tj spent Monday and Tuesday here on a uusixiess trip. Mrs. Charles Laird anil i.ncriit.. Helen are spending a week visiting Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Bover nf Ar gentine, Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Jessie West and son of Soldier, Kansas, are here visiting tr oxir. ana Mrs. Unas. Botham of 612 Lake street for an extended time. Mr. Ira Treadwell baa n,i..A from Kansas City where he made a short visit over Sunday. Mrs. Jerry Cann entrtatnof a f. friends at luncheon today at her home oi. uranner street, m honor of Mrs. C. W. Sherdlan. Of Kmnorin Vanana Mr. Carl Alexander naa flrnna to A 1- buquerque, N. M. to spend two weeks on a business triij. Mrs. M. Carle has returned from Wichita where she made a short visit with relatives and friends. Mr. L. Nathonson has returned tn St. Louis after spending several days with relatives here. Miss Harriet Hatfield of Kansas City spent Sunday here visiting friends. J Mr. Geo. Taylor is able to be at work again after 'being off two weeks on account of illness. The Junior Society of the Christian Church will give an entertainment at the church Friday evening. which will be a "Tom Thumb Wedding" forty five little folks under nine years of age will take part. Mrs. Hearley Harper is quite sick at her home on Reno and Pennsyl vania -Avenues. Miss Josie Reed spent Sunday with relatives in Wichita. Rev. and Mrs. Cleaveland of Joplin, Mo., are here spending several days visiting friends. Rev. Cleaveland is a former pastor of the Third Presby tetrjan .church. ls...-...!..-.. RAILR0AD NEWS. Rock Island Substitutes Yellow Signals for the White. They Are Considered More Prac tical and Much Safer. YEJL.L0 W GREEK RED These Are the New Trio for Rock Island Signal Uses. Other Items of General Interest in Railroad World. At an expenditure of thousands of dollars, the Rock Island system has done away with all of the white fixed signals on its entire system from Chi cago to the Pacific- coast and to the Gulf. The yellow flag, the yellow light and all have been substituted for white. The officials of this great system have decided that the white signal is getting to be ancient railroading' and that in th. yellow, they have a color that cannot be mistaken in anyway for a clear track and a clear signal when a signal of this kind is not shown. The Rock Island is the first road in the western country and one of the first roads in the United States to adopt this yellow vs. white color signal idea. It is an addition to the signal work in modern railroading and an ad dition that carries with it all of the safety and logic of up-to-date railroad ing. In the Topeka yards the switch sig nals have all been changed. Where they were once green and white they are now yellow and green and one of the brightest of all bright yellows. The semaphores are all changed and the lamps on top of the switch stands in the block signal systems have been given a yellow face in accordance with the new book of rules. Many railroads have had disastrous wrecks and accidents because of the white signals now in almost general use with the exception of the Rock Island and a few other lines. In times severe storms, mischievious boys, vandal-, etc., the glass over the inside light, which gave a clear board to en gineers, has been broken. This did not endanger the trains, the crews and pas sengers but for every white light broken there are .as many and per haps more red lights. To break a red light means that the danger signal to oncoming trains is useless. When the red glass is broken out of a signal lamp, the light shows white and an engmee.- will run his train into an open switch, or a wash out. Or head-on into an approaching train. With the new yellow light sys tem adopted by the Rock Island, there is positively no chance of an accident of this kind. When an engineer sees a white light on the Rock Island it means almost the same to him as a red light. A white light means that a lantern is broken and that there is liable to be danger ahead.- No englnemen are allowed to go past a white fixed signal without investigation. In the plains of the far west it is not unusual for a lonely hunter or stroller to try out his gun on a red light that can be seen far down the track. This is considered e-reat sport. If a man does this on the Rock Island he is not placing the passengers into danger the white light will show and the book Of rules explains the rest. Of course, this new rule applies only to all fixed signals. Fixed signals are switch lights, semaphore lights, block signal lights, interlocking lights, and all such contrivances which make up the daily life of a railroader. Accord ing to the book of rules a fixed signal is "a signal of fixed location Indicating a condition affecting the movement of a train" but who cares about the book of rules? To fall back on the book of rules again a railroad man loves to quote the book of rules because he is sup posed to know it when he talks and forget it when he works there are White proceed (now yellow); red- stop green proceed with caution. The lanterns carried Dy trainmen are still equipped with the plain white globes they will not be changed. A lantern, a tail light, etc., are not supposed to be fixed" except when .the Drakeman is asleep. It is also claimed by railroad of ficials that the yellow lights can be seen much further than the white. The yellow day signals will not get dirty and black as soon as the white. All of these things combined witn th6 general advantage of the yellow over the white, makes a railroad a better and safer road to travel. ALMOST NAMED "ROCK ISLAND' Horton, Kan., Had a Close Escape at One Time. Horton. Kan., April 27. But few people in Horton know that it was the original intention or tne tocn isiana Railway company to name this place Rock Island instead of Horton. The comoany had fully decided on this name for the big headquarters of their western lines and the name woum have been verv aonroDrlate. But when a crowd of politicians and lawyers of Topeka got control of the C. K. N. Town company, they thought It best to name it after one of tnelr numoer. Judge Horton. Another reason forthe change was that the road west of the Missouri river was originally canea me Chicago, Kansas Nebraska, in order to have the different town snips vote subsidy and issue C. K. N. stock for same, and afterwards gobbled up the CONCORD EVANSTON wttfc Aim-Botab with Batttmbol THE NEW Arrow COLLARS FOR SUMMER. High enough fo look low enough for comfort and plenty of room for the tie to slide in. lie. OKk, t tor mc. Ctaett, Pwbody A Co. Arrow Cnffa, Ss. WM TTTTT75 iiil I didn't find out I had contracted Contagious Blood Poison ontil it had made considerable headway. I had heard a great deal of the value of S. S. S. as a blood medicine, in fact had a friend who had cured himself of the same disease through its use, so as soon as I discovered the nature of my trouble I began taking it. I got along splendidly from the very first and my recovery was steady. When I first began the use of S. S. S. my face was so full of sores and eruptions that I could not shave. Other parts of my body were similarly affected, but there is now not a blotch, pimple or any other sign of the disease. I was cured, by S. S. S. and I know I am cured to stay cured as this was several years ago. There is nothing that equals S. S. S. for Contagious Blood Poison and I always recommend it In such cases. WALTER WEBER. No. 430 Fourth St., Evansville, Ind. The acknowiidged virtue of S. S. S. as a blood remedy induced Mr.. Weber to commence its use when he found he had contracted Contagious Blood Poison. The good results he obtained is just another demonstration of its value n a cure for this disease. Contagious Blood Poison is the most powerful and destructive of all blood disorders. Its virus permeates the entire circulation and this explains why any one afflicted with this malady usually finds its symp toms manifested in every portion of the body. From head to foot the insidious poison breaks forth. The hair and eyebrows come out, the mouth and throat ulcerate, skin eruptions and sores and ulcers break out on the body, the bones ache, glands in the groin swell, and frequently the nails on hands and feet are affected. The only possible way to cure Contagious Blood Poison is to remove the cause by purifying the blood. This is just what S. S. S. does; and it is the only medicine that absolutely and thoroughly cleanses the circulation of every particle of the germs and virus of the disease. Mercury, Potash, etc., are often used by despairing sufferers in the hope that such strong treatment will kill the poison. But this cannot be done; the disease may be checked temporarily and the symptoms improved, but the old poison is slumbering in the blood, and when the treatment is left off the disease always returns. The ability of S. S. S. to cure Contagious Blood Poison comes from its blood purifying properties. It goes into the circulation and removes every trace of the poison, makes the blood pure and healthy, and leaves no dregs of the virus to break out later on. S. S. S. is made entirely of roots, herbs and barks, each of which has a direct and Fv I N I 0 O w PURELY L J VEGETABLE when S. S. S. has rid the circulation of- the Contagious Blood Poison the entire system Is left in fine physical condition. We want to help every Contagious Blood Poison sufferer to get well, and for this purpose we have prepared a special book for Home Treatment. We will mail this book with any special medical advice free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA. GA. Trains to KANSAS CITY tMtt Topeka 12:40 AJU. 4:S0 A.M. 7:85 A.M. 1:45 P.M. 8:25 P. M S:50 P.M. f:0OPJtf. T:65 P.M. Returning L. Kansas City T:5& A.M. 9:45 A.M. 10:40 A3I. 11:20 A.M. 2:25 P.M. 10 P.M. 10:00 P.M. 10:10 PJM. stock on the foreclosure of Island mortgage. Rock NEW LINES IN OKLAHOMA. Final Survey for Mountain, Valley Plains Railroad. Guthrie, Ok., April 27. General Manager Wanamaker of the Moun tain, Valley Plains railroad, now in course of construction between Guthrie and Cimmaron, N. M-, has notified the Guthrie Chamber of Commerce that the two corps of engineers making the final survey of this road will meet in Western Dewey county some time this week. Contracts are already let for much of the grading. The first ties for the Red River Val ley Texas railway have been un loaded during the week at Mercer, the new town on the Frisco near Fred erick. This new line is to be extended from Ardmore west to Childress. Tex., a distance or 120 miles. Contracts for ten miles of grading from Loveland west in Carter and Stephens counties have been let. President Frank Mer cer and Vice President Joseph De Baum are making a tour of inspection over the line. Work on the Wichita Falls and Northwestern railway is practically completed into Elk City. The ties and rails are now laid within five miles of that town. It is contemplated to build the road on north through Butler, Ta- loga and SeUIng to woodward. It is now in operation from Wichita Falls, Tex., to Altus, a distance of nearly 100 miles. W. S. Whittinghill, president, and M. T. McMahon, vice president and general manager of the Enid Cen tral Oklahoma Traction company, have arrived in London, England, where they are Interesting English financiers in the interurban project. The company is chartered to build an Interurban from Enia soutn to wau komis. Kingfisher and El Reno, con necting the towns along the Rock Is land railroad In this state. Construction contracts have been let to Smith Bros, of Memphis, Tenn., for construction of the Joplin, Oklahoma Western railroad, and active work is to be commenced immediately on that part of -this line between Joplin, Mo., and Bartlesvllle, ok. it is expect ed to be in operation and fully equipped before the end of the year. GREAT NORTHERN TELEPHONES Tick to Be Substituted by Talk on 2.J00 Miles of Lines. St. Paul. Minn., April 27. The Great Northern railway has Just or dered telephone dispatching apparatus to be installed on six more divisions of its road. This road is already using telephones for this purpose on approx imately 2,100 miles or lines and tne new extension, which includes Fergus Falls. Breckinridge, Northern Dakota, St. Cloud divisions, reaches out in the rains II specihe errect in purirying the blood. S. S. S. does not contain a particle of mineral in any form to upset the stomach, affect the bowels, or inflame any of the delicate membranes of the body. It is Nature's blood purifier, potent and healthful, and so valuable are its tonic effects that V o TAC4 MOT Use the Roclt Island Nt Time Never Too Busy to Answer Question Phone 384 H. H. HUNT City Pass Aft. 3 neighborhood of 1,900 miles. When the proposed equipment has been in stalled the telephone dispatching sys tem of the Great Northern railway will extend over the entire main line, from Minneapolis and Superior to Seattle and Vancouver. SPECIAL RATES IN DANGER. Fares Lowered for Conventions May Be Ruled Out by Commission. Chicago, 111.. April 27. All re duced rates for conventions and fur special gatherings will have to be abol ished by the railroads, it is claimed, should the interstata commerce com mission make a ruling which that body is contemplating. This fact became apparent when the commission began at Chicago an in vestigation into the granting of re duced rates upon the certificate plan, which is employed to balk the scalp ers. It is understood that some of the members of the commission believe that the present method o-. granting reduced rates and confining them to members of certain organizations is a violation of the la?v In that it works a discrimination upon the public gen erally. Should this be the ruling of the commission, the railroads would be compelled to make all reduced rates good to any one vho wished to use them. To do this would be to en croach so much upon the regular busi ness of the railroads that It could not. It is claimed, be done. In asking the State Journal for base ball scores please call Independent 818. vs. Topeka Tomorrow April 28 to 29 Omaha, April 30th to May 3d All Games Called at S p. m. Ladles free at gmte Tuesdays and Fridays LEAGUE PARK Base Ball Des Moines

Page 3

THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOUBNAIr WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1910. 3 CATARRH OF KIDNEYS SCOURGE OF CIVILIZATION. 'j jBaa'ch'e jjjjj 1 first Jl.g F CATARRH OF KIDNEYS 3ts AD BLADDER CURED BY PE-RU-1MA. Mr. George King, Deputy Sheriff of Rensselaer Co.. N. Y.. for years was a well-known merchant of Troy. In a letter from No. 45 King St., Troy. 2s. Y., he writes: "Peruna cured me from what the dof-tors were afraid would turn into Brigrht's disease, after I had suf fered with catarrh or the Diaauer and kidney trouble. "Peruna is a blessing to a sick man. Eight bottles made me a well man and were worth more than a thousand dollars to me. "I can not seak too highly of it. It is now four years since I was troubled, and I have enjoyed per fect health since."' Address Medical Department, The Peruna Co.. Columbus, O. Catarrh of the kidneys that is what makes people have weak backs. It is catarrh of the kidneys. The kidney is being gradually de stroyed by this derangement. The mucous membrane lining ot the kidney is inflamed ulcerated. The catarrhal products are irrita tive, and are sapping away the vitality of the kidney, which makes the back weak. This causes people to become old before their time holding on to their backs unable to stoop over without pain and having sudden cramps In the muscles of the back. Catarrh of the kidneys that is what is ailing them. A course of Peruna Is what they need before the kidneys have become permanently destroyed. DRINK HABIT Cured in Three Days Without Hypodermic Injections A guaranteed hnnd and contract is given each patient agreeing that the modern, improved, Neal treatment will effect a ITfer-t cure, in the home in three days, or refund the money. Write today for free hook. NEAL INSTITUTE COMPANY C R. Williamson, Mgr. Topeka, Kansas P. O. Box 265, or National Hotel. Reliable Dentistry Our success Is due to high-grade workmanship and best materials at reasonable prices. Bst S-t of Teeth $7 Gold Crowns. S'i-r r 'V-KTv V trTlsi without 7 Silver Filling 50o Painless Extraction 35o Teeth Cleaned 75o Gold Filling 50c to $2 All Work Guaranteed 20 Years. LADY ATTENDANT. New York Dental Co. 638 KANSAS iVKXUE. Independent Telephone 1965. 45 4 mil s r i Everybody reads the State Journal. THE ESPEROVTO CONTENTION. New World Language Meeting Will Be Held In Wichita June 10-11. Wichita. Kan., April 27. The Esperanto convention held in the Southwest will meet In this city June 10 and 11. Esperanto is the new world-lan-pruaga to which many educators have been giving study lately. It is a combination of several languages for the purpose of forming a language that can be spoken by all nations and all races of people. The convention in Wichita will be made up of delegates and visitors from, the Southwest Esperanto dis trict, comprising Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas, Lately Esner antistrr" societies have been formed in these states and especially in Kansas. Dr. Elmer E. Haynes, of Lewis, Kan., is counciler for the southwest dis trict. The June meeting in this city -will be the first of the kind the South western Esperantists have attempted and a great deal of interest is be ing taken in it. D. T. Armstrong of this city is sec retary to the committee which will have the meeting in charge. Among the educators who will take part on the program will be: Prof. Chal A. Lovell, Guymon, Okla., Prof. Harry H. Lane, of the Oklahoma State un iversity, Norman, Okla., Rev. John H. Fazell. Topeka, Kan., and E. W. Elbert. Pittsburg, Kan., The pro gram will be in Esperanto largely and consist of music, reading, speeches, declamations and discussions. Weston Neara Troy. Schnectady, X. Y., April 27. Edward Payson Weston passed through here at 6.40 this morning and went to Troy. In asking the State Journal for base ball scores please call Independent 81S. Only Gloved Hands Pick c i We use great care in picking the famous "SUNKIST" ORANGES. Each "SUNKIST" ORANGE is oicke J from the tree and packed in the hox by a cloved hand. No orange that falls to the crouna ig sacked under the "SUNKIST" label. MCnnlrlet"Naval Oon,t, A B 31 We grow 60 ot all the California oranges. Three- fourths ot all the lemons. Most of them are sold in bulk, but the choicest selections of this great quantity are wrapped in the "SUNKIST" label, so that if you would be sure that you get the choicest pick, insist upon the "SUNKIST." Beautiful Orange Spoon FREE Some dealers may claim the oranges they sell are the famous "SUNKIST." but that they have removed the wrap per. Insist on your dealer giving you oranges and lemons in the "SUNKIST" wrapper. If you do this we will give you a beautiful orange spoon one of Rogers' best standard A A I. T l 1 lint Tk trinn,.. quality, oust sna us twelve oUiNlSJi 1 orange or lemon wrappers, witn six 2c stamps to pay postage, packing, etc., and receive one ot these beautiful spoons by return mail. The choicest quality of lemons also go under the oUlMrubl label. You can easily se- mflWlr cure a whole dozen of these beautiful orange spoons. Viet a dozen bUlN- flOTll I I ivitj i oranges or lemons toaay. "uafcay fc aend to .aiitornia Fruit Growers Exchange (s) 0 Liark street, Uucago, 111. MEET ATAB1LENE. Stale Federation Women's CInbs in Annual Session. State President Delivers Address to Delegates This Afternoon. TELLS OF CLUB WORK Fightinsr Against Tuberculosis and White Slave Traffic. XV m. McKeever Delivers Inter esting and Scholarly Address. THE STONE PRODUCE CO. Are the exclusive agtn s for Sunkist Oranges and Lemons in Topeka. We buy in carloads and sell only to grocers and jobbers. Abilene. Kan.. April 27. Definite strides looking to the effacement of tuberculosis and the "white slave traf fic" In Kansas have been made by the State Federation of Women's clubs. which met here yesterday in the fif teenth annual meeting. Mrs. Clara C. Goddard of Leaven worth, state president, in her annual address delivered to the delegates this aiternoon told of the ciub's work. "When the glad tidings of hope were sounaed to thoie afflicted with the Great White Plague, In regard to the new doctrine for the treatment of that dreaded disease," said Mrs. Goddard, "our ciub women enlisted In the cam paign of civic service, joining hands wdth the state board of health In the fignt against tuberculosis. The past year we have waged war against the unhealthy and unsanitary conditions or our state, until, as a commonwealth we feel, in a. measure, that we are as healthy a lot of people as can be found iuiywrw-.re. "Through the official organs of the newspapers which wo have located In the different districts, as well as main taining a state official organ, we have titen enabled to keep alive the club in terests and activities; also to create a sentiment among the people In favor of the work being done. "On March 10 we held a. big civic rally in Kansas City, Kan. This meet ing was well attended, and resulted in much good In our surrounding country, intensifying the enthusiasm, and also creating a great interest in the sup pression of the whit-3 slave traffic,' which we will take up In addition to our ether civic work. "We have also been working towards the establishment of a scholarship fund, and aro glad to report at this biennial the sum of $1,000, wdth two young la dies in the state university, also the payment of $1S0 to the English scholar ship fund, and the raising of $1,100 for the assistance of our State Tubercu losis association." William A. McKeever's "Address. "As compared with the systematic study of child psychology I should rank the study of Shakespeare at the little end of the ratio 16 to 1." said William A. McKeever, professor of philosophy. Kansas State Agricultural college, in an address nere loaay at the fifteenth annual meeting of the Kansas State Federation of Women's clubs. "Ther is more of a vitalizing and in spiring' nature to be derives from ob serving scientifically the conduct of a group of little children making mud fries or romping on a green sward than there is to be gained from the reading of any ordinary novel. "It is true tnat Browning ana kuskiii and the others of their rank will lead von ln.o the flowery beauties of the in tellectual life, but they do not bring you close onouglh to the fresh fountains of inspiration that spring out of the hearts ot tne uixie cnumcu among us. "Mo finer flower ever bloomed in tne o-arvlf n of the eods than is to be found already germinating In the Ives of the boys and girls or itansas. cue inese embryonic specimens mnst be cultiva ted by the hand of a well-trained, af fectionate, attendant before their high est possibilities can be realized. "The greatest problem that confronts our present age." continued Professor McKeever, "and the one that is farth est from solution is the problem of the home life, underlying an hum. io end great in our civilization is tne l appy. harmonious family. .And yet, there are to be seen today a number of fearful enemies assailing it on every 1-and. The divorce evil, the social un rest the craze tor exciremem, anu u like are all symptoms of an unstable family and home life. But this entire tangle of social affairs can, in my judg ment, be straightened out by means, of bringing up one or two generations of children through a course of scientific training. "We have made an extensive study of everything except human character "building in the home. It is now possi ble to obtain ar authentic disserta tion concerning the care and manage ment of the orphan mule or the wean ling calf, and the country Is flooded with good literature on the helpful hen. But tii child about the house is still a mystery to us all because we have not been willing to expend our money in a scientific study of his care and de velopment. "We men believe that woman is at her best only when her course of life is marked by altruism. She is distinct ively a creature of service and sacrifice, and she is best and happiest only when she is serving others. I warn you, therefore, against any kind of club Hfe that aims at culture for its own sake or that has not some form 'of altruism as its predominating interest. In pro portion as you organize into special club groups for the purpose of met"? entertainment, or of securing some cul ture for its own eake. and for the mere sake of display. I say that you are starvint- out by neglect the sweetest ami best that there is in your natures. A I TO BROKE HIS liEG. Melvin CWlders Has Brought Suit for $10,000 Damages. Chapman, Kan., April 27. Melvin Childers, by his father, Frank Child ers, has begun suit in the district court of this countv against William Bow man in the sum of $10,000 for the in juries he sustained when Bowman ran over him on the streets here with his automobile and broke his leg. The father has also brought suit in the sum of $500 for exnenses, care and doctors' bills while the little fellow was con fined to his bed. STRUCK PLENTY OF WATER. Scott City Man Completes Test Hole for Irrigation. Scott City. Kan., April 27. J. W. Lough has just completed another test hole for an irrigation well which dis counts anything eve- struck in this section of the country. Mr. Lough se lected a higher point in Valley town ship than any heretofore picked on. This was dont? in-order to show what could be done where it was deeper to water. At this last point they struck water at sixty-three feet and they went through one continuous stratum of water bearing sand for 65 feet. which Mr. Lough says Is the best water gravel he ever saw in his life. It as sures the operation of a pump that will throw any quantity desired and a body of water 65 feet through to draw from. TRACK AXD FIELD MEET. High Schools of Southeast Kansas Will Be at Pittsburg Next Saturday. Pittsburg, Kan., April 27. The high schools of southeast Kansas will not be without their big interscholastic track and field meet. The championship meet of the eason will be held on Saturday, April 30; at the Manual Training Normal grounds here. This will be a big event at the Normal when three hundred out of town boys. from most of the high schools of southeastern Kansas, including all the counties m Southeast Teachers asso ciation, meet for annual contest. The Normal has recently enlarged and laid out its athletic field at a cost of two thousand dollars. The track is a fifth of a mile long with a hundred and twenty yard straight of way for the short races. All the equipment, com prising hurdles,- -jump, stands, and vaulting apparatus was the work of students. Prizes furnished by the Normal school are made and designed by the students in the art and manual de partments. A big brass shield will be the team trophy with smaller shields as individual prizes. 1 K. C WESTMINSTER HALL. Building When Completed Will Repre sent an Investment of $65,000. Lawrence, Kan., April 27. The sec ond Bible chair offering work to the students of the University of Kansas assumed definite form with the cere monies incident to laying the corner stone of Westminster hall last Sunday, April 24. Dr. F. A. Wilber. tho student pastor, who with- the assistance of his wife, has carried forward the work of reli gious instruction for five years under the Presbyterian synod of Kansas, will make his rasidence in Westminster hall and he expects to make it bring a measure of home lite to many students. It will be equipped with modern con veniences and specially adapted for purposes of religious instruction. The new Westminster hall is to be finished by August IF. The building and the endowment fund, when com plete, will represent an investment of $65,000. Of this sum $20,000 of en dowment has been secured by the synod of Kansas outside of Lawrence. BREAK 60,000 CLAY PIGEONS. State Shoot Will Be Held Next Week at Hutchinson. Hutchinson, Kan., April 27. The last practice shoot .before the state shoot, May 3, 4 and 5. by the local gun club was held yesterday at Riverside park. All the arrangements for the big shoot have been -made and the lo cal club now is waiting for the crowd of shooters who will be here for the shoot. Besides a hundred amateur gun men who will take part In the contest, there will be a large number of pro fessionals present. Among these will be Mr. and Mrs. A. D1 Topperwien of San Antonio, Texas, who will give ex hibitions of fancy shooting next Mon day. Sixty thousand clay birds will be broken by the shooters at this meet. That many at least have been ordered. It will make pbout twenty thousand to be spoiled each' da? theun artists are on the field. Three traps have been set to throw the birds and these are of a new model which are guaranteed to throw a bird every second. SAYS 75,000,000 BUSHELS. Rollin Smith Makes an Estimate on Kansas Wheat Crop. Salina. Kan.. April 27. Rollin E. Smith, editor of the Commercial West, of Minneapolis, Minn., was in Salina. Mr. Smith has been making a tour of Kansas, sizing up the prospects for a wheat crop. He estimates that Kansas will produce 75,000,000 bushels of wheat this season. Thi is only 10,000, 000 bushels less than last year's pro duction. George F. Warren of the Lee-Warren Milling company, says he believes that Mr. Smith put his estimation too high and that he will miss his guess a few million bushels. According to several farmers, who were In Salina, 90 out of every 100 acres of wheat in Saline county is dead. They are figuring on planting hundreds of :icres of corn. AT LAWRENCE THIS WEEK. Ambassador Bryce Will Make Two Days' Stay at University Town. Lawrence, Kan., April 27. The present week marks the visit to Law rence of the most important man who has ever been the guest of Kansas uni versity, when James Bryce, ambassa dor to the United States from Eng land, will arrive in Lawrence to stay two days. Not only is Mr. Bryce a man who ranks high among the na tions of the world, but he is a great student, a mr.n whose name stands for the foremost intellectuality in the world today. Mr. Bryce. accompanied by Profes sor Jesse Maoev of Grinnell, Iowa, will arrive in Lawrence Thursday. FORD COUNTY'S GOOD SHOWING. Looks Like It Would Be In Front Row on Wheat. Bucklln, Kan., April 27. It is esti mated by returns made by assessors that the total wheat acreage of Ford county is 164,000 acres,, or a gain of 10 per cent over last year, and reports from all parts of the county indicate a 90 per cent condition. It looks like Ford county will sit up in the front row of wheat counties this year. ed as soon as the charter is received. They will can sweet potatoes first and later equip to can any kind of vege tables. CANNING FACTORY FOR ABILENE Company Has Applied for a $10,000 Charter. Abilene, Kan., April 27. A canning factory company has been organized with a capital stock of $10,000. The directors of the company elected at a meeting of the stockholders are: R. V. Dyer, L. H. Kump, J. A. Flack, J. S. Engle. J. L. Kruger, E. H. Forney and J. I. Foltz. The company has applied for a charter and officers will be elect- IT'S FUN to be well! Quit Coffee Use POSTUM Done! "There's a Reason" ODD FELLOWS AT GLASCO. Special Trains Brine in Crowds From Nearby Towns. Glasco, Kan., April 27. The Odd Fellows of the Minneapolis district as sociation celebrated the ninety-first anniversary i.f Odd Fellowship here. Several hundred were present and every town was represented. The dis trict comprises Beloit, Asherville, Glasco, Delphos, Minneapolis, Ben nington, Niles. Ada and Barnard. Spe cial trains were run on the Union I-j.-cifie from Beloit and Niles, which ar rived on time loaded with Odd Fellows. The membership in the district num bers about 1,600. The business houses of Glasco decorated their windows, and in every wav made it pleasant for the visiting Odd Fellows and their auxiliary Rebekahs, who also came in large numbers. Several banners were stretched across the main business street telling the visitors that they were "Welcome to Glasco, which is situated in the heart of the Solomon valley where it is widest, richest and best." To the clmmittee on arrangements, on- the part of the Odd Fellows. Elmer Tilton, James Cleaver and S. T. Par son, and for the Rebekahs, Mrs. Flora Soule, Miss Mary L. Nowel and Mrs. Etta Dopp, the magnificent success of this anniversary is due In a large de gree. They -vere on duty from early morn till th last Odd Fellow was served at tho banquet. The commit tees on reception, on the part of the I. O. O. F., Anton Olson. Arthur Ott and Henry Knight, and the Rebekahs, Mrs. Addle Neal, Miss Nellie Wood ward and Mrs. Kitty Shull, are en titled to favorable mention. They met each train, and cared for their visitors in a manner which made them glad that they came to Glasco to help cele brate this -ninety-first anniversary of Odd Fellowship. The Glasco band enlivened the day with their splendid music, and were enthusiastically cheered by the visitors. The following program was render ed: Address of welcome by Rev. F. R. Harding of Glasco, and the response by Harry McMillan of Minneapolis; welcome address for the Rebekahs by Allie L. Woodward of Glasco, and re sponded to by A. G. Mead of Beloit; the main address was made by Rev. W. H. Neal of Osborne. Music was furnished by Capes' orchestra of Con cordia and the two quartet clubs of Glasco. The mammoth auditorium was a scene of great enjoyment. The ban quet was served by the ladles of the Methodist church in this building, and more than 500 sat at the banquet tables. HE WAS A RAGGED STRANGER. Wild Man Frightens School Children Near Greystone Heights. .Kansas City, Kan., April 27. The police would De glad to learn the ad dress of a certain (presumably) "wild man," who appeared in Greystone Heights, on the bluff south of the Kaw river, a little after noon vesterdav. The strange visitor appeared to have lost an his friends among the barbers, his clothing was torn and he wore only one shoe a "raggedy man" -who danced and waved his hands and ad dressed the general atmosphere loudly and with feeling. Children were at play in the yard of tne tireystone school when he came down the road. There was a stampede for the school house' and' the teachers notified the police. Before they ar- nvea a man living near the school at tempted to capture the "wild man," but he disappeared among the rocks and caves of the hillside. NOKDMARK WANTS BAIL. Reported That Officers Have Refused to Grant His Release. Scandia, Kan., April 27. An effort has been made within the last few days to secure the release from the county .jail of Chas. Nordmark, charged with the murder of the Lin dall family, consisting of the father and two children on March 26, while the latter were motor boating on the Republican river a short dis tance of this city. His brother, an attorney from Kan sas City, is here for the purpose of securing his release on bond, and de fending him in the May term of the district court, which begins next week, but it is understood that the of ficers have refused to grant this on account of 'the short time that will elapse before the opening of the court next Monday. THE CLEMENTS FIRE. Sixteen Business and Residence Places Were Totally Destroyed by Fire. Clements. Kan.. April 27. The fir here Saturday evening was far more destructive than first reports. Only three business houses remain, two restaurants an da bank. The latter, a brick buildinnr, was Injured. A total of sixteen business and resi dences places were totally destroyed. The contents of several residences, furniture, clothing, etc., were carried to the river and laid under the steep river bank, but sparks set fire to and destroyed them. The Santa Fe is neia responsible ior the fire and very heavy loss. Five carloads of prepared cement building blocks have been ordered. TO RAISE THE MAINE WRECK. Reported That Third Battalion at Fort Leavenworth Will Do the Work. Leavenworth. Kan.. April 27. It Is reported the Third battalion of en gineers stationed at Fort Leavenworth will raise the wreck or tne maine rrora Havana harbor. There is no official confirmation of this rumor, but an or der to transfer twenty men from the Thirteenth infantry to the engineer battalion to bring it up to its full strength connected with the fact that the Third battalion is entitled to he next change of station, gives rise to the report. WATERWORKS FOR REPUBLIC. Little Town at Mouth White Rock Will Vote Bonds. Burr Oak, Kan., April 27. The lit tle town of Republic at the mouth of the White Rock is preparing to vote $15,000 waterworks bonds. Water works and electric lights are two things necessary for any town that aims to keep up with the procession and any towr that allows itself to fall behind will toon find itself a back number. SEEDS FOR 700 PEOPLE. Second Consignment at Kansas City, Kan., Disappeared Fast. Kansas City. Kan., April 27. Seven hundred men, women and children called for free garden seeds yesterday at the office of W. R. Childs, postmas ter in Kansas City, Kan. Most of the seeds were obtained by residents of the city, who wiii use -them for "vacant lot gardens." The remainder of this, the second allotment of seeds, probably wlU be given away today. If you are a woman and you have this symptom get Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound without delay. Backache seems an invention of the evil one to try woman's souls. Only those who suffer this way can under stand the wearing, ceaseless misery. We ask all such women to read the two following letters for proof that Mrs. Pinkham's medicine cures backache caused by female diseases. Miltvarikee,"Vn s. t,ydla E. Pinkham's vegw table Compound bas made me a well woman, and I would like to tell the whole world about it. "I suffered from female troubles and fear ful pains in my back. I bad the best doctors and they all advised an operation. Iydia JC Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made me a well woman and I have no more backache. I am ready to tell every one what this medicine bas done for me." Mrs. Emma Imse, 833 First St., Milwaukee, "Wis. Pittsburg; Pa. "I had backache for four nothing helped me until I tooK lsyaia i,. A'lnKnam s vegetaoie Compound. After the first bottle I felt a change. I took five in all and I am cured. I have not had any backache since. 1 think the Compound is wonderful for women." Mrs. G. Leiser, 5219 Jiinkaid St, E. E, Pittsburg, Pa. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has made thousands of cures of such cases. You notice we say has cured thousands of cases. That means that we are telling you what it has done, not what we think it will do. We are stating facts, not guesses. We challenge the world to name another remedy for fe male ills which has been so successful or received so many testimonials as has Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. For SO years tydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound bas been the standard remedy for female ills. No sick woman does justice to herself who will not try this famous medicine. Made exclusively from roots and herbs, and has thousands of cores to its credit. Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women Lrw to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health free of charge. Address Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. Economical Summer Excursions to California and the North Pacific Coast Gratify your desire for travel. '."V Visit the Petrified Forest. Grand Canyon, Los Angeles. San Francisco, Tosemite Valley, Portland, Seattle., and other points. Do it while the fare Is low. Diverse route tickets on sale May 28 to June 3, July 2 to 16 and 25 to 28. August 30 to September 7 and 24 to 30. Liberal stopover privileges. Tickets limited to three months, but not later than October 31. 1910. The Santa Fe's service to California is unequalled. Fast trains, block signals, rock-ballasted track, reinforced concrete culverts and bridges, and Harvey meals every day. Kvery practical device or appliance designed to promote safety or comfort has been adopted by the Santa Fe. Holders of these low rate excursion tickets may ride on the luxurious California Limited, or on any of our other fast trains, each of the latter carrying chair cars and tourist sleepers as well as palace sleepers. If you could be interested In a trip west this summer I'd ap preciate the chance to tell you In detail about the attractions via the Santa Fe. T. L. King C. P. A. 3j2 Phones 682 Money Saved By Having Your Teeth Attended By Us Always up to -data, painless, reliable and the largest dental concern in Kan- Popular Prices Beat set of teeth SS.00 Good set of teeth S.00 Gold crown. 22K 6.00 Porcelain crowns 4.00 Bridge work, per tooth. i.00 Gold fillings fl.00 and up Silver fillings COe to $1.00 Cement fillings BOo Extracting teeth, freezing gum process BOo Extracting teeth without medicine 25o DBS. LYON HEATHERLY Office Established over IB years. Ini. Phone 1115. Topeka Kan. Over A. lj. Thompson Hdw, rx Bll Kansaa Ave., Four Trains Daily Both Ways Between Topeka and Kansas City Via Union Pacific "The Safe Road to Travel New Steel Passenger Equipment Dining Car Meals and 'Service Best in the World For Further Information GUY GARDNER, Pansenger Agent. r. A. I.KW1S. IJ. T. A., 6i K. J. C. FULTON. Agent, Depot. rv;i n ajj,... A. i.kwis. tj. i a., 6i nansas An,

Page 4

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 5

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 6

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 7

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 8

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 9

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 10

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 11

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 12

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.