The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
June 9, 1910

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MARS GETS FALL. His Curtiss Biplane Caught in Wind Gust. Treacherous Current Caused by Passing Train. ATTEMPT TO ALIGHT. Wheels Sank into the Soft Ground. Machine Capsized Pinning Ab ator Under Seat. SOT BADLY INJURED. Is Able to "Walk From Scene of Accident. Flights Will Be Resumed Tomorrow Afternoon. on J. C. Mars, the man who has been doing sensational "stunts" for six teen years of one kind and another, came to grief this morning during his Mr. Mars Making third flight in the "Skylark" on the North side aviation field. His ma chine turned turtle and he was caught beneath it. The last and third flight was made 20 minutes after a trial attempt, and by this time the clouds had begun to break and the wind to rise. For this reason Mars did not try to make a high flight, but decided to hug the ground Tather closely. As the "Sky lark" turned the northeast corner of the big field an air gust had to be taken and the machine swayed from side to side. From the spectators point of view it was a pretty sight. Along the line of onlookers which numbered In the thousands the "Sky lark" sped with such ease and grace that the crowd was entranced, and its enthusiasm had reached a high pitch by the time the aviator started to round the field a second time. Not more than two hundred yards had been covered when a current of air struck the frail looking air craft and caused it to sway again. In turn ing the southeast corner of the avia tion field the operator dropped the machine close to the ground in order to avoid the air gust. At this time a Rock Island train approached at a rapid rate of speed sucking the air from underneath the "Skylark" so that there was no alternative but to alight. Vndcr Machine, It chanced that this portion of the Taylor tract has been newly plowed. The front control hit tne eartn me front wheel of the machine burying itself in the mud. For a moment the frail craft hovered in. this attitude and then turned over. The aviator was pinned down by the seat and un der the engine. The spectators gave one long gasp, and Mrs. Mars, exclaimed "Oh, mercy," and covered her face with her hands. Then the crowd fairly went wild for a moment its first impulse being to break through the side lines and make a mad dash in the direction of the machine which was on its back, several hundred yards away and across a field of mud. Held at Bay. Here the militiamen from Manhat tan and Clay Center- did some effective work and kept the throngs back. How ever, it must be related that some of these military fellows were decidedly "up in the air" themselves, for ex ample, one of them on a large horse rode in the direction of the wrecked machine regardless of his surroundings, and in his wild flight all but trampljd a newspaper man to the ground. Mr. Mars almost immediately extri cated himself from the bottom of "the heap" and then' the excitement sub sided and the crowd gradually wended Its way towards Garfield park. Mr. Mars, aside from being consider ably shaken by the fall, sustained no serious injuries. A bump on his head and a bruised knee being almost the extent of his wounds. A State Journal reporter was -soon on the scene and about the first thing Mars said after the mishap was: "No, I am not hurt. I was under the seat but not hurt. I was flying nicely until I struck a srust of wind and then I had to alight." Were you hurt, honey? Mrs. Mars asked with an anxious expression. isked wi TThat's :'s number one, in Kansas," re- plied her husband, as he entered the big tent which sheltered the "Skylark." To Fly Friday. Later Mars, explained the damage done to the machine is not sufficiently serious that it tannot be repaired in time for a flight tomorrow. "The front control rod was smashed and the left wing was badly damaged," said Mars, "but the engine was not injured and that is the main thing. I had perfect control of the machine but no man could have prevented the capsizing., I would have made a beautiful landing had the ground been solid. "The wheel plowed into the ground In the place of rolling. The trouble was caused by a combination of puffy winds and the suction from a train." Those who were skeptically inclin ed and said, "Oh, they will never fly," had opportunity to change their opin ion, when at 9:67 o'clock this morn ing with a tremendous thug-thug-thug-thug, the daring aviator, J. C. Mars, made a flash of 200 yards In the "Skylark," and then lifting the front control soared gracefully into the air at a height of about 20 feet above the ground, alighting with ease at the far end of he field. This was but a trial flight, and a return io the starting place was made to prepare for a more sensational "fly." This second number on the pro gram consisted of a rapid swing around the field at the rate of from 30 to 40 miles an hour, the maximum height of one hundred feet being at tained. As the great "machine bird" on the home stretch of the round ap proached rapidly, Mars checked his engine and alighted without even a jolt. The crowd cheered as the ma chine flew along the- "side lines." Conditions were by no means as fa vorable for sensational flying as they were last night when the Kansas ;-:iri Jira,J "twn

a Flight in His Aeroplane, Carrying breezes were not blowing so much in puffs as they did this morning. Mrs. Mars, who is a great enthu siast, was one of those who cheered her husband this morning. "I am hoping that I can fly with Mr. Mars before he leaves Topeka," said she. "We tried it in Joplin, but the field was rough and I got only a ride and a bumping. I was disappointed not to fly." The crowd of about 4,000 was slow to reach the aviation field, the ma jority of the people failing to see the trial flight, and a number arriving just in time to witness the accident. At fifteen minutes before 10 an ad vance guard of about a handful had arrived on the scene, but by 10 o'clock they began to come in great numbers. Bridge Carried Away. During the night the bridge across Soldier creek, built especially for the aviation meet, was swept away by the flood waters, in spite of the fact that a strenuous effort was made on the part of the soldiers to prevent such a happening. The people, therefore, showed their tickets at the Garfield park gate, and passing across the Kan sas avenue bridge were again asked to show tickets, at an improvised en trance to the Taylor field. t -There was no attempt to. see the machine fly from a distance without "shelling out" for the purpos eof pro curing an entrance ticket, and more over the grounds were so well policed that there was no effort made to break through the line. Will Fly Tomorrow. According to Aviator Mars the ma chine will be In good condition for flights by tomorrow, so that it will be safe to make the announcement that he will fly at 2:30 In the afternoon. MILLIONS m DIAMONDS. Big Smugglers Do Good Business in This Country. New York, June 9. About ten mil lion dollars' worth of diamonds are smuggled into the United States an nually, according to a statement issued by the Importers' Protective union, which has Just offered to pav rewards of $2,500 and up for information lead ing to the arrest of offenders. "An inspection of the returns of sales made by the large exporters in Paris. Vienna, Berlin and London shows that the amount of smuggling Is enormous," declared the association's statement. "A good many of the precious stones pass the customs lines in the possession of members of steamship crews.' "The amount of smuggling by tour ists is, of course, harder to estimate than even the professional smuggling. But it has been said that more have got through in the past without payins duty than was ever declared. "But the really big smuggling care fully organized and cleverly executed is done bv foreigners. Hollanders from Amsterdam come over here, rent a room or an apartment in the city, and then travel about the country selling the stones to small jewelers. They offfr them at 7 or 8 per cent reduction on the regular price, and no -questions are asked." SADE A FLIGHT. Aviator Mars Flew Twice for Benefit of Few Persons. Wanted to Test Biplane Before Regular Exhibition. WAS A GRAND SIGHT. The "Skylark" Proved to Be Worthy of Its Name. Many Daring Feats, and Last Came Famous "Mars Glide." J. C. Mars, the aviator, made two airship flights last evening. His audience was limited to a half dozen, people and the members of the national guard who are policing the grounds. But Mr. Mars does not re quire an audience. He thinks no more of making an air flight than the ordi nary man does of taking a ride in an automobile. At 6:30 the telephone in the State Journal office rang violently. The of fice boy answered and the excited voice of Frank Tillman, Mr. Mars' secretary, said: "Mr. Mars will make a flight in half an hour." This information was private for it was not the intention to have a public exhibition. A State vm a Passenger. Journal reporter impressed Dr. H. B. Hogeboom and his automobile into ser vice and was on the ground in 15 min utes. There he found Mr. Mars sus piciously testing the soft soil on the aviation field. With him was his pretty wife who appeared Just as much In terested as he. There was also L. F. Edwards, his manager; Mr. Tillman, his secretary; Linn Bauter, chief mech anician; Mrs. Bauter and C. C. Am nions, another mechanic. Captain G. R. Martin, company A, First Kansas infantry, in command of the troops, with Captain George Frank of Man hattan and Lieutenants McCord and Droge, were there also. The bugie sounded assembly and the 75 men were dismissed to provide an audience. Veteran of Philippines in Charge. Captain Martin was especially inter ested in the proceedings and stood near Mr. Mars while the big bird was rolled out of its shelter tent, intently watch ing the preparations. A reporter noticed that Captain Martin had no sleeve on the left side of his blouse and concluded that his arm was under the coat in a sling. "Have you been hurt?" he Inquired. "No, I am all right," responded the captain. "Why is your arm In a sling?" In quired the newspaper man whose busi ness it is to be inquisitive. "It isn't in a sling," he replied. "I left that at Mindndaro in the Philip pines. A Filipino potted me while I was doing guard dut"." Captain Martin was a member of the Fortieth Volunteer infantry, U. S. A., vh-en ha wounded but the fact that ho has but one arm doesn'j: prevent him beir.g a good soldier ana wnen Mr. Mars told him that he would depend upon him to keep people off the field curing the flight he replied, "You may depend upon us, sir, it was evident that the aviators will not be troubles by too enthusiastic spectators. Adjut ant General Martin arrived Just before the flight was started. A State Journal rt-porter was the only newspaper man or. the ground. J. W. Going and his son DaJe and Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Morgan arrived in Mr. Going's automobile and the au oience was complete. The Skylark was in position on the west side, of the starting ground with its nose pointed to the northeast. Mr. Mars -utationed Mr. Tillman and Mr. Amnions at the front and Privates Dun- Ian and Durett were on either side of the tall of tne big bird. They were instructed to hold on and prevent the machine starting before Mr. Mars gave the word. Mr. Bauter then said, "Are you ready, Mr. Mars?' and the aviator replied, "All ngnt, start ner. Trouble With Motor at First. From his position behind the machine Mr. Bauter gave the propeller a' whirl tut t'lw enginq refused to start.' Several times he wnirled the bis propeller blades but still there was no response from the foid cylinder power plant Then there was a deloy of five minutes while some adjustments were made and Mr. Bauter tried again with better results. The propeller started with a whirr not unlike that of a sawmill. The speed is so great that the. blades were only an ir.distinct blur and the little machine tremble! cs if impatient to start or. Its journey. The engine was permit ted to run for five minutes to get warm ed up and was then stopped. Mr. Bau ter looKed it over and announced that everything was in readiness for the Start.. i Continued on Fage EtvhO CENTRAL- BRANCH WRECK. Freight Blocks Track Near Concordia Several Honrs. Concordia. Kan., June 9. The Central Branch was blocked by a freight wreck near Ames, five miles from Concordia. today. Nine car loads of freight, in cluding five cars of hogs, were wrecked. It required the greater part of the day to clear the track. No one wae in jured. MISBRANDED FLOUR. An Ellsworth, Kansas, Miller Throws Light on the Subject. Kansas City, Mo., June 9. -Direct testimony and the cross examining of witnesses still claim entire attention in the bleached flour case being tried in the United States circuit court here. Several revelations regarding the al leged deleterious effects. of flour after its treatment to the bleaching process characterized yesterday's session. Today Archie Comstock of Ells worth, Kan., mill manager for the Ellsworth mills, resumed the stand. He testified yesterday taht every sack of flour that his mill puts out goes into sacks labeled "patent." He had said that straight or clear flours subjected to the bleaching process are not pat ent, but that many of the miller's of Kansas had put them out as such. Mr. Comstock was excused this morn ing after he had answered a few minor questions. Merton F. Dennison of Red Wing, Minn., a miller, testified that dough made from bleached flour was less elastic than that made from un bleached flour. William Graham, a miller of Groton, S. D.. said his experiments had shown that the unbleached product gave a better volume of bread than the bleached and that bread made from the unbleached flour retained the natural flavor of the wheat. He said the bread made from the bleached product was less palatable. He said new wheat was more yellow than old wheat and that bread made from new Wheat was not so good as that made from old wheat. He said flour made from new wheat when bleached was whiter 'than unbleached flour made from -old wheat. IN FUSS WITH THE POPE German Evangelical Church Feels Itself insulted. .OTJIIIU, UJi Vl -w-- mann-Hollwelg. replying to an inter naiiatinn in tv Pru&K-ian diet today. spoke with emphasis regarding the re cently issued papal encycucuj, wiuu v. nnnatrncA am. oond emnalor v of re ligious reformers. The chancellor said: "TV.n nanal onvcl i (R 1 COntahlS ludlS- ments about reformers and the reforma tion and about the princes ana me peoples connected herewith, which must hurt the religious, national and moral feelings. This explains the pro found emotion in wide -circles, the ef fects of which must endanger religious peace. "Immediately after tne Latin iext ui the encyclical had been received I caused representation to be made to the Vatican by the German envoy, who expressed the expectation of Germany that the Jun wouia una a. j remedy the damage caused by the is suance of the encyclical. "The Vatican has not as yet replied and therefore I must refrain from fur ther comment except to say that I re ply to the interpellation at, this stage so as to let the German people know the position of the government, which has taken up the matter, and also ro assure the public that the government is determined to do everything to as sure religious peace in the land that can be done in the national interests. The encyclical issued on the occasion i rnn tpn;irv of the canon- I H lllc I-' i lzation of St. Charles Borromewo ex tolled Borromewo as the champion of Catholicism against the Protestant re ligion and declared that at the timC of the council of Trent me principles ji Catholicism had been undermined by Martin Luther. On Saturday last interpellations were introduced in the diet by the eonserva i natlnnal liberals. The con- LIVCn tin. servatlve interpellation asked what the government proposea 10 uo io mcci "such insults to the Evangelical church?" It also suggested that the Prussian legation at the Vatican be withdrawn. BREAK NEWS TO TAFT. Senate Leaders Tell Him What to Expect on K. II. Bill. Washington, June 9. Senate leaders today told President Taft that there was little or no chance of passing through the senate the provision in the house railroad bill providing for super vision of the Issuance of stocks and bonds by the interstate commerce coin mission. The president expressed the hope yes terday that this provision might be contained in the railroad bill as finally adopted. But in view of the informa tion conveyed to the White House to day there seems little likelihood that the senate conferees will accept the pro vision. ROW IN DENVER TEAM. Gunthrope Discharges Trainer Presi dent McGlII Rebels. Denver, June 9. There is a chance that the Denver baseball team of the Western league will breaK up By noon today In stead of going to Topeka as it is sched uled to do. Because of trouble culminating In the discharge of Trainer Murbarger by J. F. Gunthorpe, part owner. President James C. McGill. according to the News today, notified Gunthorpe last night that the partnership would have to be dissolved by 10 a. m. today and offered to buy Gun thorpe out. Manager Hendricks is quoted as saying that unless the deal went through, he would leave for Chicago and that other players would go with him. McGill rescinded the discharge of Mur barger. Young Kerens Leaves Hospital.' St. Louis, June 9. Richard C. Kerens, jr., son of the United States ambassador to Austria-Hungary, who was taken to the citv hospital last night, unconscious from an overdose of paraldehyde, was sufficiently recov ered thia morning to be removed to his home. THE PLAN-WORKS Many People Appeal' to J. N. Dolley for Advice Regarding: Proposition to Buy Stock From Agents. CASE OF A WIDOW. Who Was Offered Thirty Per Cent on Investment. An Explanation Regarding Bank Commissioner's Department. The plan started- some weeks ago by Bank Commissioner J. N. Dolley to conduct an advisory department en stock investments in connection with his office has proved of great practical benefit.; A- large number of requests for advice on proposed investment schemes diolding forth glittering prom ises of reward have been received at the bank commissioner's office. Also a great many of these companies selling stock in Kansas have proved, or at tempted to prove, to Mr. Dolley that they are legitimate concerns. This new department of the bank commissioner's office is much more im portant than might be considered at first thought. The people of the state generally, and especially the farmers, are prosperous. The field, therefore, is rich for the traveling agent with stocks to sell. Some of these propositions are legitimate, but a majority of them are either doubtful or worthless, accord ing to the bank commissioner. The Widow and the Agent. Some of the cases that have already come under- the bank commissioner's notice have alone more than paid him for the extra trouble and worry of such a department. The other day a widow whose husband had left her three thou sands dollars insurance in a fraternal organization" came to the commissioner and asked his advice on a proposition made to her by an agent who had stock to sell. She was contemplating investing all of her $3,000 in this con cern. Sht said she had been told by ths agent that this stock would pay 30 per cent on the money in vested. On the showing made by the agent alone, Mr. Dolley advised the lady not to invest a cent In the proposition.. The widow was saved the loss of all the money she had in the world, and this single case makes the advisory department well worth while, according to Mr. Dolley. "You can have no idea," said Mr. Dol ley today in" dl&cussing the matter, "how many people are interested in these, stock schemes as outlined -by smooth-talking agents. And they are people, loo. whw-pass for being shrewd tatd long-headed; people who have amassed some property or money. They are caught by the bait of big dividends promised. Now a legitimate company cannot pay big dividends at the start, unless it is a gold mine with a big vein of richly laden ore. When a company premises 80 per cent as that widow was promised, I am suspicious before I hear another word about it. A new stock company, "even if it was honestly pro moted and well managed, has a rough road for the first year. Yet here comes an agent and promises 0 per cent in dividends. It does not sound good. "These fake companies get the smoothest promoters available. To hear the agent talk the stock looks as good as New York Central preferred, when in reality this man's word and a stack of printed stationery and bonds are all there is behind it. And Kansas people are being stung every day by these fellows The Kansas money spent this way is a. dead loss to the state Not a single pound of merchandise is brought into the state with it;, not a single workman is placed on a payroll as a re sult not a single natural resource of any community is developed; not a grain is planted; not a steer is added to the herds It is simply a case of no return for the money. No benefit 'O any fcody within the borders of the state." Get Farmers to Sign Notes. Mr. Dolley then went on to tell about the plans of fakirs to get farmers to sign notes for stock. Every conceivable subterfuge is resorted to, and they s:unl plausible to the victim. Some times a local banker is imposed upon to lend his aid. and occasionally this banker shuts his eye3 to the bad look of the scheme to which ho lends his rame. Mr. Dolley told about an agent who came to him the other dav to explain how strong and reliable company he had behind him. Dolley asked the agent if he could bring to his office five citizens of Topeka who had made money out of an Investment In a stock company. There are hundreds of To peka people who have invested in such companies m the past few years, but the agent would not agree to under take to find a single person who had made money out of his venture. The stock companies referred to were for eign companies. Local companies with local men behind them engaged in lo cal business about which every man has a chance- to know something are a different matter. The Fascination of Uncertainties. There seems to be something fas cinating to the average citizen about a proposition to buy stock In a com pany that Is undertaking to build a railroad, or dig a mine, or plant fields of rice and tobacco; burrless cockle- burrs, or build a steamship, or start a manufacturing plant where none had ever grown before. Mr. Dolley cites the present great and rich Santa Fe rail road as an example of a stock com pany. How many men or tne promo ters and first stockholders of that com pany who entered via the ground floor made money out oi in mot one: any way, not five. The Santa Fe, like most of the other big railroads of the coun try, passed through one or .more re ceiverships before it was finally built big enough and run by big enough men to make it pay. One share of stock in any company under the sun is worth Just its market price, and that is set by the earning value of the com pany's property or plant Again, the man who owns one thousand shares has a much better chance to realize than the little fellow who owns only five or ten or twenty snares. Not Question of Good or Bad. Mr. uolley does not pretend to preach against stock companies in general, but he wants to sound a note of warning that will reach the spot against the promiscuous habits of Kansas people at this time to buy stock- from every agent who comes along without investigating the propo sition. Neither does Mr. Dolley pre tend to be able to tell a purchaser that his investment Is good or bad, or to pass upon the merits or demerits of stock companies, or to advise a pur chaser whether or not to invest in this or that. He only urges the would be purchaser of stock in a company about which he knows nothing to ad vise' the bank commissioner's depart ment, and that department may be able to save him from total loss of money invested by finding oufwhether or not the company In question is le gitimate. It is the rank fakirs with nothing but words and printed pros pectuses behind them that Mr. Dolley hopes to save the people from. So many agents are selling stock in Kan sas for enterprises that exist only in Imagination that the commissioner hopes to check the rage of foolish speculation to some extent. He is in position to make a company make some kind of respectable showing that an effort is being made and money spent in the enterprise before he writes "fake" across the face of the proposition. If he accomplishes this much he has done a great deal. More than people who are not tempted by these schemes may think. When it is remembered that lotter ies had to be abolished by law in this country to prevent people from pour ing millions into their treasuries with out a penny in return It is not sur prising that stock company lotteries can gather millions from a prosper ous state like Kansas. Mr. Dolley is on the right car. It Is to be hoped that he will push the work along and perpetuate this department in the bank commisisoner's office. It can do no harm and should do a world of good. CHEERS FOR TAFT. Greet Every Mention of His Name at Milwaukee. Milwaukee, Wis., June 9. Every mention of the name of William How ard Taft at the Republican state con vention provoked warm cheers. De nunciation of the "insurgents" and commendation of the National admin istration were "keynotes" of the speeches. The leading address of the conven tion was that by Vice President Sher man at a mass meeting last night. when he urged party regularity upon his hearers and rehearsed the history of the party. The matter of naming candidates for a state ticket probably will be de ferred and left for decision at the primary election in September. Judge Levi H. Bancroft of Rich land Center, formerly of -the- La-Fol- lette faction, was chosen -as permanent chairman, bitterly arraigned the in surgent" movement. The Platform. The declaration of principles fol lows: 'We adhere to the principles of the Republican party as. outlined In the rlatform adopted by the Republican rational contention of -190S. .We.'c6m- rK-nd the administration of William H. Taft: we admire his character; .we rec- ogivize "his- marked, .ability as a .states- ven, and we applaud his fidelity to tne pledges contained in the party plat form and to the principles or good jrov- trnment. 'We approve of the present tariff law as a roal progressive measure. We es Icially commend th provisions for naxlmiim and minimum soneauies ana future scientific revisions. 'To the end that our party may be maintained, high Ideals upheld and parly efficiency secured, frequent and regular party councils should be h!d and the necessary party committees and officers should be appointed, .whose duty it shall be to provide for a reor ganization of the party throughout the state and we favor the enactment of such laws cs may bo necessary to ac complish such ends." KANSAS MAN INSANE. Fred M. Miller Was Once an Attorney in Elk County. Kansas City, Kan., June 9. Fred M. Miller, 39 years old. formerly an attor ney In Kansas, was adjudged insane yesterday afternoon in the Wyandotte county- probate court. Mailer at one time was county attorney of Klk coun ty. Kan. Miller's father, George V.- Miller, a retired farmer of Longton. Kan., told the commission that he and his nieces feared his son would kill them. Miller was at one time a member of the Third Regiment Missouri National Guard. WMle serving he contracted Ktyphoid fever and the father says his son has been of unsound mind since that time. The attorney a few. days ago wrote a letter to Judge Ralph Lat- shaw In which he asKert tne Judge s as- sfistancj in ftr-.dins his wife from whom he has been separated several years. The father has bought property and Is building a home at Milborn, Kan., on the Strang line. SIX STATE MERGER. Takes in All Electric Light and Power Concerns. Denver; June 9. Merger of electric light and power concerns In six states was effected here when the Federal Light and Traction company absorbed all properties of the tjnited States Light and Traction company, valued approximately at 12,500.000. The concerns absomed are located in Colorado, Wyoming, w asnmgton, New Mexico. Arizona and Oklahoma. The United States Light and Traction company was the holding company for the eleven properties consolidated. The Federal Light and Traction company recently was incorporated in New York for JH, COO, 000. Weather Is Warmer. Only a trace of rain today for the Erst time in several days. This came at noon. The wind, which this mora ine reached only eix miles an hour had increased to 16 miles an hour from the northwest. The day is warm and the heavy wraps of the past few days have been shed. Following are the hourly temperatures today: 7 o'clock 61 11 o'clock.... 68 g o'clock .63 6 o'clock ....64 Vi o'clock ...65 12 o'clock... 69 1 o clock... 74 ,2 o'clock... 75 Weather Indications. Chicago, June 9. Forecast for Kan sas: Fair tonight and Friday., rxcept threatening In southeast portion to night: cooler tonight. "IT IS ATERROR." President Ripley Discusses the Pending Railroad Bill. Says It Takes Control Away From the Companies. ONLY RESPONSIBILITY Without Ownership Is Left Them, He Says. Declares the Roads Hare Been Made the "Goat." New York, June 9. Edward Payson Ripley, president of the Atchison, To peka Santa Fe, one of the western railroad executives who was in confer ence with President Taft, has given out the following statement on the results of that conference: "If every Increase thus far filed at Washington were allowed to go intJ effect in full they would not justify tttii railroads in going ahead with the im provements they have planned. Tha Increases enjoinel were only a drop in the bucket. The raises asked for the 24 western roads were almost Imper ceptible. They, must be followed by much larger increases if railroading 1 to be profitable. "The conference with the president has not cleared matters up, although it has furnished a basis on which th railroads can work toward a solution of their difficulties. In these circum stances, the Atchison will cut expenses wherever there is a chance to save a dollar. Most of our improvement work is so far advanced that It would cost more to stop it than to carry it to com pletion, but no new obligations of any kind will be entered into. "The railroad bill as it stands is a terror. It 'akes control of the railroads out of our hands, while leaving us the responsibility. It gives the govern ment practical control, without owner ship. If it is to go into effect, I would rather the interstate commerce com mission were given full power to make all rates. "I do not want to criticise the com-, mission it would not be becoming in me to do so but the fact remains that most of its decisions have been against the railroads. and I cannot sea any justification for the belief expressed in some quarters after last night's confer ence that now it is only a matter of time until the Increases we desire are put into effect. "As usual, the railroad is 'the goat. In the committee that appeared at Washington to petition that western association rates be enjoined there was one lone shipper. The rest of the vis itors were professional leaders who oc cupy, a position in relation" to the; ship per corresponding to the"' relation of the walking delegate to the working man. "The present situation is not one that justifies any investor in buying railroad securities. The Missouri river rate decision, affirmed the other day, has thrown half the rates of the. coun try into chaos." In more than a score of Interviews with eastern railroad men and finan ciers William Rockefeller alone ex pressed himself as not entirely pleased with the outcome of the rate confer ence with President Taft. though St. Paul, in which Rockefeller was sup--posed to be heavfly Interested, was the railroad stock which declined most in the six days preceding the conference. All the other interviews were of as optimistic tenor as the talks of the railroad officers had been pessimistic In the days before the conference. In private conversations the railroad managers expressed the greatest satis faction over the circumstance that for once they had gone to Washington, had been met fairly, and had been able to discuss the points at Issue In an amicable, conciliatory and friendly spirit. THREE MEN KILLED. Train Crashes Into a Building Near St. Louis. St. Louis. June 9. Three men were killed, two perhaps fatally injured and six others seriously hurt, when the St. Louis, Iron Mountain Southern fast mall train for Texas was wrecked near the city limits early today. The train left the tracks and crashed through, the walls of a building of the Miller Manufacturing company. All of the d ad and injured were members of th train crew or worked In the mail cars. No passengers were carried on the train. The Dead. WALTER A. DOUGLAS, engineer. ROBERT D. SHEPHARD, fireman. JASPER L, LASTER, mail clerk. The injured, who are believed to be dying, are Thomas A. Cougan, brake nian, and T. J. Wiggins, postal clerk. The wreck was caused by the engine Jumping the track while going around a eurve. WAS WORTH $500,000. Wealthy Leavenworth Woman Mur dered and Home Set on Fire. Leavenworth. Kan.. June 9. Eliza beth Schultz, a wealthy widow 74 years of age, was found murdered in her home within a block of the police sta- i tion here today. It is believed robbery was the mo tive. The murderer set fire to tha house after killing the woman and ransacking the premises. A policeman passing the house discovered that it was on fire. Knowing that the aged woman lived alone, he broke down the. front door and found a hole had been burned in the floor of the front room. He rushed into the cellar and extin guished the fire and then discovered the body of the woman there. The woman's arms were partly burned -off and the body badly charred. It is said Mrs. Schultz was worth $500,000, and that she kept a large sum in her house. They Fly to Paris. Paris, June 9. Officers Macconit and Fugant of the French army avia tion corps flew today from Chalons-Sur-Marne to the gates of Paris, a dis tance of 105.6 miles, in two hours and 60 minutes, without a stop. v I j i i i t 1

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL-- THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 9, 1910. ONE BADJIIJIHG. But for That Wright Would Hare Beaten Wichita. Harris and Kunkle Both Make Home Runs. GAME WAS A GOOD ONE Sensational Fielding. Made It Thrilling Contest. Last of the Series to Be Played Today. Wichita, Kan., June 9. It's over, and the score read Wichita 4, Topeka 3. But don't you other fellows get sore or jealous about It. Tou are all good boys and we like you, and If you will always play ball like you did yester day we're for you all the while. For if you do that there's not many gangs in this little old Western league that are going to walk off with more than lour straight with any great regularity, and We'll wager a few slmoleons on that. For what with eating up everything in sight, like a bunch of tramps In a bakery, and hitting the ball at about the same clip that father beats the carpet, with the supposition that moth er is looking out of the door, along about the sixth inning. we sure did get back at those Cooleysox, though we didn't have any big lot to spare. For although Jarnagln seemed to have Just as much smoke and control as ever that bunch from the Kansas capital fell on him for eight blows, two of them homers at that, and our only sal vation lay in the fact that they failed to bunch their blows. The visitors got first blood In the bat tle when Harris, first up in the third, fent one over the left field fence. Th other two came in during the seventh act when with two down. Kerns singled to center, and Kunkle fenced another. That left things a tie for the moment, as the Jobbers had collected three in the sixth, and when Kahl got his third straight single it looked rather bad. But Hughes made a pretty play out of Harris' slow bounder and it was over, as the Iowa Kid never let a man see first In the next two rounds. The Jobbers started In very gently in the hitting line, a single by "Westerzil being the only blow collected in the first time through the batting list. Danny Claire poked a double to left In the fourth but Hughes failed to con nect, Isbell got his long liner an inch too close to Boles and Westerzil like wise whiffed. Pettigrew hit to center to open the fifth, but Shaw bunted a popup which caused a double and Jarnagin flew out to Kunkle. Then in the sixth something happen ed. KO-srner led off with a blow to right and Middleton followed with an exact duplicate. Claire laid down a perfect bunt and the bases were fuil 'with none gone. Hughes came through with the needed hit and Koerner and Middleton registered. Izzy moved everybody up a peg by laying down a sacrifice, and before Westerzil had time to strike out and Pettigrew to foul out to Kunkle, Claire and Hughes had worked a double steal which brought the little short gardener across the pan. The last run, which won the game, came in the seventh, the only bobble of the afternoon starting it when Shaw was safe at first on Kahl's poor peg. Koerner followed Jarnagin's sacrifice with a long single to right center which did the business. Middleton flew to left and Koerner made the third out trying to reach third on Claire's single to center. Despite the fact that the Jobbers got to him in plenty in that sixth round, Wright lacked a lot of pitching a bad tame. Both catchers had their whips working well. Kerns getting one and Rhaw two ambitious base runners. Th3 real features, however, were the two catches pulled off by Claire, one to end the sixth when he made a Jumping one handed spear of a liner oft Boles' bat. and another to retire Reilly in the ninth when he took even a harder chance with his bare hand. The amuse ment was furnished by Shoddy" Shaw, who swept off the plate to show Mullen he thought he should have had a strikeout Just before Kunkle connected for his homer in the seventh. Thom ason also got the ha-ha from the fans for trying to work His Umps by hold ing his wrist and limping toward first In the sixth, but when you consider Feet So Sore Couldn't Walk Down Stairs- TIZ Cured Her Quick If you have sore feet, tired feet,; Bweaty feet, lame feet, tender feet,, smelly feet, corns, callouses or bunions,' read what happened to Mrs. Crockett,: cf Jeff ersonvllle, TIZ DID IT. Mr.' Crockett says: "After the second treatment she walked downstair one foot at a time. 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Iost Pet. Sioux City.. 22 1 Wichita 23 19 .MS Denver 24 20 -545 St. Joseph 20 19 .613 Lincoln 20 -22. .4 Omaha 20 2 .45 Des Moines ...no Topeka 18 31 National League. Clubs Won. Lost Pet. Chicago 26 IS .63o New York z J Cincinnati 21 19 .523 Pittsburg -M i St. Louis 21 23 .477 Brooklyn 30 24 .46o Philadelphia 16 23 .410 3031011 AW M .ov American League. Clubs Won. Lost Prt. New York, 27 11 -Til Philadelphia 27' 13 .&!o Detroit 29 16 -645 Boston 23 i .o Cleveland 1 20 .444 Washington if Chicago 14 23 St. Louis as American Association. Clubs Won. Lost Pet. Minneapolis 33 17 .660 St. Paul 23 17 .660 Toledo 30 20 .wu Columbus 22 18 .650 Indianapolis 22 28 .440 Kansas uity i Milwaukee ...20 2S .417 Louisville IS 33 .353 Kansas State League. Clubs Won. Lost. Pet. Hutchinson 20 12 .623 Lyons 16 13 .sJ Newton 15 14 -517 Wellington 15 15 .500 Arkansas City 14 1 -467 McPherson 13 15 .44 Great Bend 14 17 -461 Larned IS 17 .433 Central Kansas Lea sue. Clubs Won. Lost P"t. Salina 11 4 .733 Ellsworth 10 4 .714 Abilene H 6 -64 Clay Center 10 '8 .556 Junction City 8 10 .444 Manhattan 5 11 .313 Beloit 4 9 .307 Concordia 5 12 .284 that Thomason struck out three times and walked once you cannot blame him much. Today's game is the last appearance of the Izzyites on their own grounds until July 7. Aitchson will probably be the choice today, Jimmie Durham being the other man in reserve. Man ager Isbell has been more than pleased at the support the fans have been giv ing the team all along, the crowds probably averaging as well as any city in the league. The score: WICHITA. Players AB. R. H. PO. A. E. Koerner. If 4 1 3 0 0 0 Middleton, rf 4 1 1 0-0 0 Claire, ss 3 1 3 3 3 0 Hughes. 2b 3 0 1 3 4 0 Isbell. lb 3 0 0 12 1 0 Westerzil, 3b 4 0 1 0 2 0 Pettigrew. cf 3 0 1 2 0 0 Shaw, c 2 1 0 7 3 0 Jarnigan. p 2 0 0 0 4 0 Totals 28 4 9 27 17 TOPEKA. Players AB. R. H. PO. A. E. Thomason, If 3 0 0 3 0 0 Boles, cf 4 0 0 3 2 0 Reillv, ss 4 0 11 0 0 Landreth. lb 4 0 1 5 0 0 Kerns, c 4 1 1 b 3 Kunkle. 3b 3 113 10 TCahl 2h 3 0 3 2 1 1 Harris, rf 3 110 0 0 Wrieht. T 3 0 0 1 3 0 Totals 31 3 8 24 9 SCORE BY INNINGS: Topeka ..:..0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 Wichita 0 0 00 0 3 1 0 4 Summarv: Left on bases Topeka 2, Wichita 3. Sacrifice hits Isbell, Jarni gan. Two-base hit Claire. Home runs Kunkle, Harris, stolen Dases iiugnes, Claire. Double plays Shaw to Hughes, Boles to Kerns, wrignt to Lanuretn. Struck out Bv Jarniean 6. Wright 5. Bases on balls Jarnigan 1, Wright 2. Hit by pitcher Shaw. Umpire Mullen. Time l:o. IX THE WESTERN LEAGUE. St. Joe 4, Denver 11. Denver, June 9. Reckless fielding and weakness in the pitching staff lost to St. Joseph another game of the Denver series. Score, 11 to 4. Score: R H E Denver 4 1 2 0 8 0 0 1 11 8 0 St. Joseph ...00000220 0 4 8 4 Batteries Schreiber and Weaver; W auson, .Johnson and Shea. Lincoln 7, Omaha 5, Omaha June 9. In a 14-inning contest Lincoln won from Omaha here today. McGroth went the entire route for the Antelopes. Wiedensaul's hit ting was a fep.ture. He drew two triples, a double and a single in five times up. Score: R H E Omaha 0001040000000 0 5 9 4 Lincoln ....0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 15 2 Batteries McCafferty. Stowers and Gonding; McGrath and Clark. Sioux Clty-DesMolnes game post poned on account of wet grounds. Western Association. Joplin 9, Bartlesville 2. El Reno 15, Guthrie 3. Muscogee 5, Tulsa L Enid 15, Sapulpa 4. Enid 5, Sapulpa 3. Kansas State League. Newton 3, Arkansas City 1. Wellington 3. Hutchinson 0. Great Bend 3. Larned 2. Lyons 6, McPherson 5. State Games. Greensburg 2, Cunningham 1. WITH THE BIG LEAGUES. Tigers Defeat Senators Pirates Drop One to Boston. The Tigers took another from ths Senators, 5 to 1. Groom was hit rather freely and Summers did but little bet ter. McAleen, the Washington man ager, is sporting a black eye, a present rrom uavy Jones, liger left fielder. New York and St. Louis went seven Innings to a tie. Score 4 to 4. The game was called on account of rain. Chicago defeated Boston, 5 to 5. The game went 12 innings and the play was fast. The Napoleons met their Waterloo at the hands of Philadelphia. Score 13 to 1. The Cleveland team used three twlri ers In an effort to win, but without success. Bender allowed the Naps but 5 hits. The Quakers got li bingles. New Tork blanked St. Louis, 7 to 0. Ames was on the line for the Gotham- Itcs. He allowed but 5 scattered hits. Corridon and Backman were hit often. Three twlrlers were batted from the box by the Cincinnati Reds, when they clashed with the Brooklyn Babies. Tucker was forced to retire after 6 in nings and Schneiberg and Dessan were pounded hard. Both had to quit. The Reds got 18 hits. The Babies located Burns 9 times. Score. 13 to 2. Chicago hit Sparks and Maroney hard and "won from Philadelphia, 7 to o. Quaker fielding was poor. Boston shut out the Pirates 4 to 0 In the first of a double header. Curtis held Pittsburg to two hits. The play was fast. The second game went to the Pirates, 3 to 2. Two teams were shut out in the j American association. Louisville wa3 blanked by Kansas City, 8 to 0. Indian apolis drew a goose egg from St. Paul, i 2 to o. Milwaukee and Columbus played a tie. Score 3 to 3. Toledo defeated Minneapolis, to L ATTONAL LEAGUE. AT BOSTON. Score by innings: R.H.K. Pittsburg 0 0000000 00 2 0 Boston 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 5 3 Batteries Pittsburg. Camnitz, Philllppi and Simon; Boston, Curtlss and Graham. Second game R.H.E. Pittsburg 0 091000100 13 7 2 Boston 2 000000000 02 5 4 Batteries Pittsburg, Adams and Gibson; Boston, Mattern and Rorden. AT PHILADELPHIA. Score by innings: R.H.EL Chicago 0 1001300 37 16 S .f miaaeipnia uttuvuauu o Batteries Chicago, Cole and Archer; Philadelphia, Sparks and Dooln. AT BROOKLYN. Score by innings: R.II B. Cincinnati 0 1002170 213 18 2 Brooklyn ..0 0 0 O 0 0 Z 0 0 z a Batteries Cincinnati. Burns and Mc Lean; Brooklyn, Rucker and Erwln. AT NEW YORK. Score by innings: R.H.E. St. Louis....... 000000000 0 5 1 New York 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 7 15 0 Batteries St. Louis, Corridon and Phelps New York, Ames and Meyers. AMERICAN LEAGUE. AT ST. LOUIS. Score hv lnnlnra: R.H.E. New York 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 5 2 St. Louis 0 00 0 30 1 4 3 2 Batteries New York, Warhop and Mitchell; St. Louis, Bailey and Killlfer. AT CLEVELAND. Score by Innings: R.H.B. Philadelphia 3 0200060 213 17 1 Cleveland 000100000-1 5 5 Batteries Philadelphia, Bender and Lapp; Cleveland, Berger and Bemls. AT CHICAGO. Score bv innlners: R.H.E. Boston 0 100200100 04 10 7 Chicago 0 0 2 00101 0016 7 Batteries Boston. Smith and Carrie an; Chicago, J. Smith and fayne. AT DETROIT. Score by Innings: R.H.E. Washineton 0 0100000 01 7 1 Detroit 0 0000221 6 8 0 Batteries Washington. Grove and Street; Detroit, Summers and Street. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. AT LOUISVILLE. Score by Innings: R.H.B. Kansas City 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 2 0-S 12 2 Louisville oouooouo o o i 6 Batteries Kansas City, Brandom and Rltter; Louisville, siagie ana scnrecK. AT TOLEDO. Score by innings: R.H.E. Minneapolis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 01 5 2 Toledo 0 1000320 6 14 0 Batteries Minneapolis, Altrock and Owens; Toledo, Yingling and. Abbott. AT INDIANAPOLIS. Score by innings: R.H.E. St. Paul 0 101000 0 02 6 1 Indianapolis 0 0000000 0M 3 1 Batteries St. -aui, tienring ana spen cer; Indianapolis, Orth and Bowerman. AT COLUMBUS. Score by Innings: R.H.E Milwaukee ....1001100003 6 1 Columbus 0 1000001 02 9 0 Batteries Milwaukee, McGlynn and Ludwig; Columbus, Packard and Carisch. WESTERN LEAGUE GOSSIP. Where They Play Tomorrow. Denver at Topeka. Sioux City at Lincoln. Wichita at St. Joseph. Des Moines at Omaha. 'Cy Young II," holdout pitcher for the Cooleysox, wno is now residing in Oklahoma City, the stronghold of Jay Andrews, will be In Topeka probably by the last of the week. He will Join the pitching squad of the Cooleysox immediately upon his arrival here. He seems, from his letters, anxious to play ball. Thia is the best news that has been received from the ball team since the purchase of Boles was announced. Young will strengthen the pitching staff, which, already strong, Is just now beginning to "go good." taking his regular turn with Kaurman, Jackson, Wright and the rest of the twlrlers. The first intimation that Young was preparing to come in -was received while Cooley was in Denver. A mes sage was received from an Oklahoma City newspaper asking if Young would be allowed, under certain conditions, to play out the season with Oklahoma City. Cooley replied that Young could play ball with no one until he had re, ported to Topeka. Next day came a message from Jay Andrews asking what Cooley would take for the big fellow Cooley re piled $1,500. President Moist of the Oklahoma City club wired that he was hard pressed for cash, but would pay Si, 500 for the big fellow on a ninety- day note. But not for Richardi "I would only sell Young for this money," he wrote Moist, "because I know where I can get another good pitcher with it. I want the pitchers, not the money. Then came Young's letter. The lanky twirler explains his failure to re port to his marriage early in the spring, the opposition of his wife's parents to baseball and the fact that he had a good place In a broker s of fice. In addition to this, he had a team in the city league and pitched for it He finds, he declares, that office work does not suit him and would like to get back into professional ball. The let ter is a nice one and pleases Cooley. As usual, the Topeka Adonis will allow the elongated flinger to come in and behave himself. "This." said Cooley, "will make my pitching staff. The big boys are get ting at it now. Charley Jackson is pitching great ball. So is Kaufman. Wright is slipping them by. Harris looked mighty good in- Denver until Haskell deliberately robbed him of the game. I chased the big stiff and he climbed up that grandstand like a monkey. He's a robber, that's all. "As soon as the outfielders get back Base Ball WESTERN LEAGUE Beginning Friday DENVER TOPEKA June 1Q-1 1-12-13 WICHITA, Jane 14-15-16-17 Weekday Games called at 3:30p.m. Sunday Games, 3:00 p. m. Ladies Free Tuesdays and Fridays League Park into shape. Boles, who Is warming np every day, -will take' his turn at pitch-' ing ir j. need him. I have a bunch or pitchers who ara going to raise some trouble for these fellows. We're doing it now. We have three weeks longer or our nard schedule, but after Julv 1 the home bugs will., see., some of the sweiiest paseball they ever saw. My club looks to me like a big league club. It la the best I ever had." Wichita Beacon: Big Cy Landreth won the game for Topeka in the second. wnen me caused the Bull uuwiam sign to shiver what there is left of rt witfi a drive that. would have splintered a board or two had it gone a few feet to the north and a bit lower. As it was. the pill sailed over the right neld fence and instead of $50, Cyrus picked up five pounds of miakin's and Mr. Kaufman's sincere thanks. Reilly, Kunkle and Kahl vied wtfch each other in pulling off lightning plays in the infield, while Harris, subbing for Peruiell in rafiiht. ran down Isbell'a long foul in' the ninth and picked it out of the ozone Just when Izzy was ex pecting to start a real rally. Harris went after the ball much like Auntie used to shoo the chickens out of her posies, but he got the ball. The fact that he drove in the second run of the day is nough to show that for one day. at least, he didn t weaken the lineup. After Izzy had died. Belden walked er.d Middleton put all of his 52 pounds against one or Kaufman's straignt ones. The thing looked like a sure hit and possibly a. home run, for Thomason was laying in close to third when Middle- ton, swung. How Thomason got back to that fence in time to catoh the ball. but few persona who were in the grand stand know. AH they saw was his arms doing a Dutch windmill etunt as he floated through the air. An a matter of fact Tommy is something of a s!.ud ent of aeronautics, and he found that his imitation biplane movement was 3ust the thtlne yesterday, tie huggea that ball to his breast when he came down and Jimmy Durham, who was running for Belden. had to back to first instead of trekking home as he most certainly would have done had Thonia eon been less ambitious. Wichita Beacon: It is seldom that two teams in any league will play ns pretty a game as that yesterday be tween Wichita and Topeka. The fact Topeka won is a mere incident. The visitors deserved to win. though the Jobbers, too, played great ball and Shaner showed why Manager Isbell has confidence in him. Art Pennell showed up on the coaching lines, but the big fellow hardly will get into tho game during this series. He suffered a broken finger at Denver Sunday that will keep him out for several days to come. Wooley was sick and out of the lineup, too. Danny Claire pull ed off a good one in the third. After Harris had singled and Kaufman had popped out, Thomason got on when Claire and Hughes between them fell down on an attempted double play and everybody was safe. Boles drove a liner at Claire and the shortstopper dropped it. He quickly recovered the ball, threw to third and took Wester zil's return peg for a double play while the Topeka base runners stood speech less. Topeka claimed an infield fly, but Umpire Mullen very rightly couldn't see where a line drive was an infield fly.. It was quick thinking upon the part of Danny, whether he dropped tho ball purposely or not. There were five fast doubles yesterday, one by Westerzil unassisted. Rell ly's fine catch of Pettigrew's liner over short prevented Hughes from scoring in the second. It looked like a sure enough hit. but Reilly did a gutta percha stunt and pulled It in. It's no dis grace to be beaten by tailenders when they play as Topeka played yesterday. Harve Pelton. president of the Western Warehouse company, present ed Manager Isbell with a brand new broom the other day. It was made especially to sweep oft the home plate, and is finished in gold and purple. On the wrapper was printed this inscrip tion: "The flag follows the broom. Here's hoping Wichita wins the 1910 pennant." But that broom won't sweep any dust off the plate. Izzy says it's too nice, and besides the umpires carry their own dusters. Izzy took it home and put it in the front parlor along with "Big Betsy," the war club that got four doubles in a world's series game against the Cubs. LEFT ADMIRER $25,000. To Compensate for Her Refusal to Marry Him. Chicago, June 9. Mrs. Fannie Sur dand Steele, aged -65,of New York, died suddenly- yesterday of apoplexy at a Chicago hotel. Her will,' filed later in the probate court here, dis closed a romance, for by its provisions, a man half her years, whom she re fused to marry because of the dfffer ence of their ages, is to receive $25, 000 of her estate, of $525,000. The man. Attorney Edgar R. Ac cetta of New York, was at Mrs. Steele's bedside when she died. He was the last person she asked to see when the hotel physicians told her that she was dying. Shortly after the death of her hus band, fifteen years ago, Mrs. Steele became engaged to marry Accetta. She then broke the engagement, tell ing Accetta he would ruin his life by marrying a woman of her years. Ac cetta then sued her for breach of promise in the New York courts. The suit was settled out of court on an agreement that Accetta should receive an annual income and $25,000 at Mrs. Steele's death. Wheat Condition toy States. Washington, June 9. The govern ment crop report shows the crop con dition of important winter wheat states as follows: States. June 1. 10-yr. av. Kansa 67 78 Indiana 76 76 Illinois 71 81 Nebraska ...t. 66 87 Ohio 81 77 Missouri 72 S4 Pennsylvania 90 97 Oklahoma 85 81 Texas 90 71 More Land for Settlement. Washington, June 9. Sixty million feet of merchantable timber have been added to the national forest in New Mexico and nearly a hundred thousand acres of land will be thrown open to settlement by a proclamation which President Taft has signed. It adds more than 183,000 acres of wooded lands to the national forest domain. The mining camp of Fluerine, in the forest. Is now classified in the home stead lands. All the lands restored will be thrown open to settlement by act of the secretary of interior later. Dies on Mount Vesuvius. Naples, June 9. An American, who has been identified as J. A. Silon of San Francisco, has met sudden death on Mount Vesuvius. He had climbed up the mount, which since the earth quake has shown signs of greater ac tivity, and approached too near a fissure which was 'emitting sulphuric gas. He was overcome by the fumes and died. RAILROAD NEWS. Railways Help to Build Up New Empires. Carried 50,000 to Homes in Pacific Northwest, GAIN OVER LAST YEAK Records Show Unusually Heayy Colonist Movement. Other Items of General Interest in Railroad World. That th railroads stand out as the greatest upbullders of the country is shown clearly by the figures just issued by the passenger department of the western railroads, covering the work of these roads during the 1910 colonist season; which closed two months ago. During the brief period between March 1 and April 15, between 10,000 and 60,000 colonists, according to the statistics of the railroads, found new homes In the Pacific Northwest, in California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Colorado and Wyoming. Iu Record Movement. The spring movement of colonists is regarded as having broken the record made the previous spring by from 15 to 20 per cent. With the exceptions of figures prepared by th Harrlman lines, however, those of the other roads are the estimates of their own offi cials, which probably are not far. from being correct. The statistics prepared by the Har riman lines may be regarded as con servative and very close to the actual movement. These show that during the six weeks of the spring colonist movement a total of 16,542 people found homes Jn the various states tra versed by these lines. During the same period of 1909 only 13,947 colonists moved through the va rious gateways fed by the Harrlman roads. This is an Increase of 2,595 for the six weeks during which the colonists obtained special low fares, or approximately 16 per cent. Thin com parison, however, does not tell the whole story, as the movement during 1909 continued fourteen days longer than during the present year. Season Was Shorter. Last vear reduced rates were in ef fect from March 1 to April 30. For some reason the railroads this year de cided to reduce the colonists' period from two months to six weeks. Ac cordingly comparisons can be made only between the entire period this season and the corresponding eight weeks of 1909. The increase in the total movement for the entire period this year was not sufficient however, to make the move ment greater than that of a year ago. Between March 1 and April 30, 1909, a total of 19,935 colonists moved their homes into the territory indicated above over the Harrlman lines, as against 16,542 for the entire period this year, which was shorter by two weeks. Had the colonist season this year extended to April 30, and had the aver age of the entire period been main tained, a total of 23,000 colonists would have gone into the various northwest states. They w-ould have represented a full 20 per cent Increase over last year. Estimates regarding the movement to the southwest are not attainable as yet. SHIPPING IX THE MEXICANS. Santa Fe Bringing Carloads of Them to Kansas. Emporia, Kan., June 9. About three hundred Mexican employes of the Santa Fe were paid off In the freight office here the other day. It is estimated that probably two hun dred more of these laborers are yet to be paid. One hundred and eighty Mexicans came to this city on passen ger train 116 Wednesday noon. Two cars on one of last night's trains were Jammed so full of Mexicans that they had to stick their heads out of the windows to make room for all that wanted to ride. The people who came through this city on Santa Fe passenger trains the last week, are probably inclined to think they are in Mexico, instead of Kansas, when they stop at the depot. LIBERAL HAVING HOPES. Places Faith In Kansas, Oklahoma Panama Project. Liberal, Kan., June 9. Prospects are favorable for railroad connections to the southeast at an early date. A communication from one of the offi cials of the Kansas. Oklahoma Pan ama railroad conveys the information that arrangements have been com pleted to begin actual work of con struction and that, after completing the stretch between Sayre and Sen tinel, on the Orient, in Oklahoma, the work of connecting Sayre with Lib eral will begin. This road was char tered May 17 at Guthrie, Okla., at one million dollars, and the purpose is to One Mai; Overcome constipation permanently by proper personal co-operation with the bene ficial effects of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, when required. The forming of regular4 habits is most Im portant and while endeavoring to form them the assistance of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is most val uable, as it is the only laxative which acts without disturbing; the natural functions and without debilitating and it is the one laxative which leaves the internal organs in a naturally healthy condition, thereby really aiding one in that way. To get its beneficial effects, buy the genuine manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale by all leading druggists.. Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is never classed by the well-informed with medicines which make extravagant and unfounded claims to cure habitual constipation -without personal co-operation. s NOT IN THE CIRCTTS TRUST

America's Oldest, Richest Stupendous Realization of All That is ureai in Tented Exhibitions JOHN mm 10 BIG Topeka, Monday, 4-Ring Circus 3 Menageries uombmea in une ure 1,000 Men and Women 300 Horses 500 Rare Animal Exhibits! 15 Male Riders! 50 Clowns! 50 Gymnasts! 10 Menage Acts! 50 Aerial Artists! 15 Female Riders! 15 Great Feature Acts! 20 Great Ground Acts! 6 GREAT AERIAL THRILLERS 2 Herds of Performing Elephants! Rhinoceros! Hippopotamus! Complete Wild West! 50 Cow Boys! 30 Cow Girls! 50 Real Blanket Indians! Mexican Horsemen South American Vaquer os Russian Cossacks and Japanese Scouts! Company of U. S. Cavary in all Kinds of Fancy Drills! Lowanda Troupe of Brazilian Riders, the World's Great est Horsemen! Warren Travis, Strongest Man Living! Dare Devil Dart Tribe of Singalese Dancers and Magicians! $300,000 FREE STREET PARADE Two Performances Daily. Doors Open 1 and 8 P. E HAND S A POLIO It especially valuable "during tha mtmr n:nn. when outdoor occu- pations and sports are most in ordef OKASS STAINS. MUD STAINS AND CALLOUS SPOTS yield to it. and it is particularly agreeable when used ia ths bath, iter violent exercise. Ul GROCERS AND DRUGGISTS The Best Service FOR YOU Either Local or LONG DISTANCE A Dreadful Wound from a knife, irun. tin can. rusty nail. fireworks, or of any other nature, de mands prompt treatment with Bucklen's Arnica Salve to prevent blood poison or gangreene. It s me quicicesi. surest neai er for all such wounds as also for Burns, Bolls. Sores, Skin Eruptions, Eczema. Chapped Hands, Corns or Piles. 2oo at all druggists. run southeast from Liberal through Oklahoma to the Gulf. R. W. Ruffln of Hamilton, Ohio, is the principal promoter. He has associated with him John W. Lytle and W. F. Crawford of Indianapolis, Ind., two other promi nent railroad men and several Okla homa capitalists. It is stated that Mr. Ruffln has been working on the propo sition three years, and that the plans for financing are already provided. TEXAS LEADS THEM ALL. Railroad Building Greater Than in Any Other State. Railroad building in "Texas in- prog-1 ress is greater than in any other state in the Union. The Atchison contem plates building in the next two years almost 600 miles of line, supplement ing its present mileage. The Coleman Texlco cutoff, 280 miles long, Is now building. This will connect the Gulf, Colorado Santa Fe with what is known as the Belen cutoff and will,; when completed, establish a new gulf-to-coast line. In addition there are in course of construction or contemplated twenty-five new lines or extensions of existing lines which when completed will open up territory heretofore lack ing railroad facilities. Especially Is this true west of Fort Worth- In 1891 there were 8,654 miles of railroad in the state. In 190 there were 13,110, with gross earnings of $90,913,000, against $35,666,000 In 1891. In 1891 net Income aggregated only 6,000,000. In 1909 it aggregated 22.384,000. The first railroad constructed in the state was the Buffalo, Bayo-i, Brazos Colorado, in 1853, a distance of twenty miles from Harrlsburg to Staf ford. In 1861 there were 300 miles of railroad. By 1863 this had been in creased to 335 miles, to 583 in 1869, and to 711 in 1870. In the next ten years construction progressed with re markable rapidity so that In 1880 there were 3,293 miles of line within stata limits. Circus I A Modernizea, NSON'S SHOWS and Great Wild West all atest snow on iuari.u 42 YEARS SUCCESSFUL BANKING CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $500,000 THE BANK OF TOPEKA Your Account Solicited Turkish Baths AND MASSAGE Produce a healthy action of an the organs of the body, re move the impurities from tho blood, ton the nerves and pro mou sleep. Are the best treatment for Rheumatism. Colds. Lagrippo. Kidney and Chronlo Diseases. NATIONAL HOTEL Turkish Baths NEW AND LUXURIOU3 Open Day and Night in vsnnecBMI U5KX OBEKO. L: M. Pcnwell Undertaker and Emba!racr 511 Qulncy St. Both Phones 192 JUNE o I

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOUHNAIi THURSDAY EVENING.' JUNE 9, 1910 THE 4BTH YEAR. State Normal School Commence ment at Emporia. Impressive Extrclses Are Held for the Graduating Class. KEGENTS TAKE PART. Also the Faculty and Graduates March Around Campus. Henry Suzzallo, of Columbia University, Delivers Address. Emporia, Kan., June 9. The forty sixth com-mencemenit of tine State Nor mal school was held yesterday. The tchool has closed the most successfui year in its history and tihe commence ment was fitting with tho dignity of its exercises. The faculty, the regents, tlie induates, all in academic costume, fol lowed by the classes of the school, form ed a line at the new physical training building, and marched around the cam pus. It was a most imposing sight ar.d the long procession made a marked lm rrejesion on the townspeople who gath ered in front of the main building, vaitirag for the opening of Albert Tay lor hall. The Normal band took sta tion near the east entrance and played a march as the long file went up the fcteps to take its place in the auditor ium. The address, delivered by Henry Suz zallo, of the teachers' collesre. Colum bia university, was one of the best of Its kind ever heard in Emporia From long experience, Mr. Sazzal'.o is an ex rert teacher and his message was one of deep import to those who are about to go out in the profession of teaching. The speaker laid emphasis upon the n-oral phase of teaching, bringing out the Idea of service to man as being the highest ideal that could be held. In Mr. Suzzallo'S language there are two ways of leading men, by coercion and by education. Civilization for ages pact Tas been nurturing the coercion method by war and tyranny, and it is the func tion of this age to do what can be done by education: accomplish much, but from inside conviction and not by outside pressure. The entire talk was freighted with dynamic thought and Mr. Suzzallo had a way of presenting his views in a clear concise manner. It was truly an appropriate talk to teachers, and one that cannot help but leave its impress on thJ minds of those who go out in the work of education. Miss Florence Cross gave one of her excellent piano solos and Sheffield In stalls, for the board of regents, received the graduating class. The presentation of diplomas and conferring of degrees was followed Dy a number by the Capel la chorus. In the classes receiving recognition at this time are 16 who take their A. B. decree: 105 who leceive life certificates; 14 graduating from the kindergarten course and seven from the music de partment. Thirty more will have com pleted graduation work by August and will receive their honors tfhen. Nine of these' will receive degrees and 20, life certificates. KANSAS "TITLE MEN" MEET. They Hold Fourth Annual Convention at Kansas City, Kan. Kansas City, Kan., June 9. The men who make titles clear to lands In Kansas are In session here, their fourth annual convention at the Mer cantile club in Kansas City, Kan. The convention is to continue three days. Its purpose is to promote the general welfare and acquaintance of the ab stracters of Kansas. The officers are W. G. Fink of Fredonia, president; F. P. Allen of Eldorado, vice president; J. E. Shinn of Ottawa, treasurer; J. N. Atkinson of Kansas City, Kan., secre tary. CIjADIS first ripe tomato. Kansas City, Kan., Man Says He Pick ed One From Garden. Kansas City, Kan., June 9. Toma toes are here. Home grown, too, ac cording to E. M. Wiggins of 2060 North Valley street, Kansas City, Kan., who says that he found the first ripe Kansas tomato in his garden Tueeday. OATiTOX VOTES $30,000 BONDS. Town Will Construct Waterworks and Electric Light Plants. Canton, Kan., June 9. By a five to one majority Canton yesterday voted 30,000 in bonds for the construction of a waterworks and electric light system. For the proposition 127 votes were cast against twenty-six against. SIXTH DISTRICT NOTES. H. O. Caster, Candidate for Congress, a Kansas Product. H. O. Caster of Decatur county. Democratic candidate for congress in the Sixth district, is getting well over his district, and feels encouraged. He is, essentially a Kansas product, hav ing lived in the district since his boyhood days. He is a young man 38 years of age, 'strong, independent self-reliant and fights fearlebsly and for what he thinks is right. He work ed his way through high school and college, being graduated from Ottawa university in 1898. He filled the of fice of county superintendent of schools of Decatur county for two terms, and was elected county attor ney leading his ticket with a major ity of 610. Lou Banker, present member of the legislature from Russell county, has declined a second term nomination. His business in Russell needs his at tention. His friends regret that he is compelled to decline a second term. The Republicans have found another good man to fill the office in H. M. Liaing, who is now an active candi date for the primary nomination. Bertie P. Hopkins, candidate for register of deeds, and Emma C. Stites, candidate for school superintendent, have announced their wishes to fill these offices in Gove county. They are Republican and that county is us ually in that column politically. P. C. Wagner of Logan, has an nounced his candidacy for the legis lature from Phillips county, subject to the will of the Democratic primary election. Mr. Wagner was an active member of the legislature from his county In the days of Populism. FARMERS ARE INTERESTED. Directors of Thomas County Fair As sociation Have Raised $3,500. Colby. Kan., June 9. Thomas coun- famArB a ra larvaiv Interested in the new county fair organization. The dates of the raw are not oennueij settled. The directors of the asso ciation will purchase a site near the town, erect suitable buildings and build a good race track. The business waII am talHn? bold of the project with a determination to make it a success, aoout s,ouu worm jl stock has already been, sold in Colby o., r. V fannffrs in Thomas county. and no doubt the amount will be dou bled before the first meeting oi tne association. The officers are: Presi t xr ythu-' B.rrfttATv. N. A. Tur ner.; speed secretary. Arch L. Taylor; treasurer, H. F. Davis. Every town ship in the county has a vice presi dent. Besides there Is a large board of directors. Colby's superior rau- -i t nuir. tt;u niH in ri m win r a J I. t.a aorvlfllltl.ral 71 rt 11 VP crvwu fcv ..-c stock association fair in Thomas county. TO HAVE MODERN FEATURES. New Bethany Hospital Will Have Sun Baths for Patients. Vana. CHV TQ Tl -Til Tl P 9. A TOOf garden with a sun bath for patients is one of the features of the new Beth any hospital building, to be erected In Kansas City, Kan. The plans for the building have been finished by W. W. Rose and D. B. Peterson, architects. The building Will cost $160,000. It Is n .v.. in a flve-acre park "at Twelfth street and Reynolds avenue. The hospital win nave no ruumn In a building of brick, five stories high, which will stand on one of the high est points in Kansas City, Kan. NEW STREET NAMING DEVICE. Wichita May Use Plan of Raised Let ters on Sidewalks. Wichita, Kan., June 9. W. R. Morrison, superintendent of the Wich ita Railroad and Light company, of fers a plan to place letters of tiling In the sidewalks to designate the names of the streets and avenues of this city. Letters of tiling are used in many eastern cities and present a pleasing and beautiful effect. STUBBS TO LEAVENWORTH. He Will Speak There Friday and In spect State Prison. Leavenworth, Kan., June 9. Gov., W. R. Stubbs will be in Leavenworth Friday morning and will make an In spection of the state prison. Governor Stubbs is making a tour of this portion of the state. He will be the guest at dinner of Warden and Mrs. Codding. RESEMBLED A CLOUDBURST. Three Inches of Rain Falls in Vicinity of Hanover. Hanover, Kan., June 9. Three inches of rain resembling a cloud- Cures the DRINK HABIT Absolutely Perfectly ASK FOR PROOFS Address NEAL INSTITUTE OF KANSAS DR. H. H. KEITH, Medical Director 1300 West Tenth Street, Topeka Bank Contract Given No Hypodermics -Word of mouth from man to man is building 'Neal Cure" Institutes from Ocean to Ocean. Today it is your privilege to place in the hands of some dear, unfortunate friend, clearly and in a forceful way, the benefits awaiting him. It's Up to You. We'll Do Our Part. Give Us the Address NEAL INSTITUTE, TOPEKA burst fell over a large area yester day. The bottom lands along the river are submerged and crops, are suffering badly. The rain seems to have been general and railway road beds are. soft, necessitating slow and late trains. The Little Blue river is rising rapidly and the crest of the flood probably won't reach here until some time tomorrow. Telegraph ser vice to the east was out of commis sion from just before dinner until nearly night. PRESENTS FROM JAPAN. She Will Give American Museum Six Whale Skeletons. New York. June 9. Japan will make the American Museum of Natural History a present of six whale skeletons. Four of them are now bound for this port by way of the Suez canal, and will be received next month. Two more will be dispatch ed just as soon as the whales are caught. The first consignment consists of skele tons of a "sulphur bottomed" whale. 78 feet in length, another variety 46 feet long, and a pair of small "killer" whales from 25 to 27 feet in length. The museum expects to obtain aso a sperm whale and a nuncnoacK" or WHICH varieties It at pres ent nas no specimens. GETS BACK HER PROPERTY. Alice Thaw Recovers Marriage Dower From Former Husband. Pittsburg, Pa., June 9. A deed of conveyance has been recorded here which practically returns to Alice Thaw, sister of Harry K. Thaw, and formerly the Countess of Yarmouth, the marriage dower that was executed at the time of the wedding of Miss Thaw to the Earl of. Yarmouth in this city in 1903. The indenture of marriage settle ment was one-fifth interest in valuable pieces of Pittsburg realty, and after the divorce, Alice Thaw brought legal proceedings for the recovery of the property embraced In the settlement. The conveyance filed was in accord ance with a court order after the an nulment of the marriagel The proper ties involved produce an income of half a million dollars a year. DYING FROM BROKEN" HEAD. Received While He Was Trjlng to Stop a Runaway. New York, June 9. Mounted Pa trolman Gustave Boettger Is dying in a Brooklyn hospital from a fracture of the skull received last evening when he was thrown from his horse and fell under an automobile while trying to stop a runaway. He was taken from beneath the machine by two passersby. Though his head was cut and his skull fractured, the plucky policeman mounted his horse again and gave chase for Ave blocks more. only to fall from the saddle uncon scious as another mounted patrolman rode up and stopped the runaway. ANDREW CARNEGIE IN CO CRT. But Not the Real One to Prosecute a Bicycle Thief. Pittsburg Pa.. June 9. "Andrew Carnegie," cried the clerk in criminal court, and immediately there was a buzz-of conversation arid a straighten ing of backs. They saw a school boy respond to the same name as that of the philanthropic Pittsburger. Andrew was the prosecutor In the case of two young men charged with stealing his bicycle. Andrew Carnegie appeared In court with a school book under his arm. OAKUflDCgSSiP Misses Fern, Virginia and Florence Blscoe left yesterday for Kansas City, and amden Point, Mo., to make an extended visit with relatives and friends. Miss Elizabeth Thompson of Osage City is here visiting her sister. Miss Janet Thompson of 400 Reno avenue. Mrs. Frank Fisher, who has been sick at her home on Michigan avenue, remains about the same. Miss Ruth Luddington has gone- to Eureka, where she will spend the summer visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. Ellias Brown of North Topeka spent Wednesday, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brown on Rene avenue. W. M. Rhodes is improving after being sick several days with an attack of the rheumatism. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Alexander left Saturday for an extended business trip through southern Kansas and Okla homa. Miss Marie Hile of Atchison return ed home yesterday after spending a week here the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hile. Albert Matthews of Burlingame spent Sunday and Monday here the guest of his sister, Mrs. Jno. Schwartz. Miss Callie Miller has returned to work after being off a week on account of illness. Miss Mae Starr of Lyndon, Kansas, is here visiting Mrs. C. E. Goodrich of 237 Forest avenue. Miss Anna Isaacson has returned from Kansas City, where she spent several days visiting friends. The pie social which was to have been given last evening In Hardtens hall, by the ladies of the Forestry club, has been postponed for an indefinite time. Miss Jessie Hart has returned to her home in Hannibal, Mo., after spending a month's vacation here vis iting relatives and rrlenas. Miss Agnes Montgomery left yes terday for Belen, N. M., where she will visit for a month with her broth er, Fred Montgomery, who is an em ployee of the Santa Fe at that place. Miss Bertha Snook of Liberty, Mo., is expected to arrive here this even ing to spend an extended time with friends and relatives. The Missionary society of the Oak land Christian church will meet in a union meeting of all the missionary societies of the Christian churches of the city. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Martin of Law rence is here spending two weeks vis iting Mr. and Mrs. Al Martin on East Seward avenue. Miss Jessie Knight of Belvue came here yesterday to spend a week with relatives and friends. Frank Jones has returned from Lawrence, where he spent several days on a business trip. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Jackson of Independence. Kan., arrived here this morning to spend a week, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Jackson. See J. THOMAS LUMBER CO. for lumber and DEWEY PORTLAND CE MENT. Guaranteed the best manu factured. litems for the East Topeka column may be telephoned to Ind. vhene 1751.1 Mr. and Mrs. Rofoo Andrews and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lotz of Johnson coun ty, are here spending two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Gus Andrews on Chand ler street. Mr. August Bjorklund, of S23 Branner street, is iH in the Santa. Fe hospital viith an atiack of rheumatism. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Scott, of Wich ita, are here spending two weeks with relatives and friends., Mr. Frank Rhode?', of Sulpher Springs, came Wednesday to spend a week on a business trip.- Next Sunday, memortai dav, will be observed by the Brotherhood" of Loco motive Engineers and: their auxiliary, the G. I. A., in the K: and L. of S. hall a program has been prepared and the families of the engineers are invited. Mr. Ralph Leasure has returned to his home in Marysville after spending a few days here the guest of relatives and friends. Mrs. L. G. Hammond and Mrs. Al McMurtrie spent Monday the guests of Mrs. P. Bruner at her home, 1117 Madd on street. Miss Winnie Warren" of San Antonio, Texas, came yesterday to spend a few days the guest of Mrs, William A. Read of 229 Chandler street. Mr. and Mrs. EJwdng Greggs of Terre Haute, Ind., are here visiting relatives and friends for several days. Mrs. Mattie CaldrweM is improving af ter being sick several days with an attack of the measles. Miss Nettie Hagenbuch returned to her home in Eudora today after spend ing a week here visiting relatives and friends. Miss Margartet Thomas of Lincoln. Kan., is here spending a week with friends while on her way to Missouri. Mr. Albert Campbell will leave in a few days for Kansas City where he will visit relatives for two weeks. Mr. Sam Feldrer, of Highland Park, has gone to Kansas City to visit his daughter, Mrs. John Cook and Mrs. Harry Cook. Miss Zella Widner, of Smith Center, Is here visiting for a few days with Mdts Henrietta. Lungstrom, of 804 East Tenth street. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Knight has re turned to their home in Smith county after a short visit here with relatives and friends. Mrs. Amos Beeler, of 823 Madison street, is expected home vhe latter part of the week from' an extended visit through the east and south. Floyd, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Clark, is ill with an attack of the measles. Mrs. S. Isaacson of SedaMa, Mo., is here spending several days visiting her parents. Miss Ethel Boyd son, of Meriden, is here spending several days the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Boydson on Han cock street. Mrs. Grover Stitt, f Monroe street, is spending several days with relatives and friends in Fskndge. Mr. Harry Kel ley has returned to Ms home in Loveland, Cpl.; after spending several days with relatives here. There will be a union meeting of the Mlssomary societies Of the Cnristian churches of the city ."'held, in the Third Christian church Friday afternoon. Mr. John Powell, o Berryton, has returned home after spending several days here visiting relatives and frierds. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Henlde, of Em poria, are here spending several days visiting her mother. Mrs. Rebefcah Newell. Miss Rachel Goodwin has returned to work after being off several days on account of illness: Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hile, of Welling ton, spent Wednesday here- visiting friends whilo on their way to Wyan dotte county where they will remain permanently. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Henry, of Parsons, have returned from Arkansas City where they went to visit their daugh ter, Mrs. Laura Hill. They will extend their visit here before returning home. In asking the State Journal for base ball scores please call Independent 818. the Babies. !NFANT MORTALITY js something MghtfoL We can hardly realize that of all the children horn in civilized countries, twentytwo per cent, or nearly; one-quarter, die before they reach one year; thirtyseven per cent., or mora than one-third, "before they are five, and one-half before they are fifteen I We do not hesitate to say that a timely use of Oastoria would save a man jority of these precious lives. Neither do we hesitate to say that many of these' infantile deaths are occasioned by the use of narcotic preparations. Drops, tinctures and soothing syrups sold for children's complaints contain more or less opium, or morphine. They are, in considerable quantities, deadly poisons. In any quantity they stupefy, retard circulation and lead to congestions, sickness, death. Castoria operates exactly the reverse, but you must see that it bears the signature of Chas, H. Fletcher. Castoria causes, the blood. to circulate properly, opens the yores of the skin and allays fever. Letters from Prominent Physicians addressed to Chas. H. Fletcher Dr. 'A. F. Peeler, of St. Louis. Mo., says: "I have prescribed your Castoria In many cases and have always found It an efficient and speedy remedy." Dr. Frederick D. Rogers, of Chicago, 111., says: I have found Fletcher's Castoria very useful in the cure of complaints of children. Dr. William C Bloomer, of Cleveland, Ohio, says: In my practice I am glad to recommend your Castoria, knowing it is perfectly harmless and always satisfactory. Dr. E. Down, of Philadelphia, Pa, Bays: "I have prescribed your Cas toria In my practice for many; years with, great satisfaction to myself and benefit to my patients." Dr. Edward Parrish, of Brooklyn, N. Y, says: "I have used your Cas toria In my own household with good results, and have advised several patients to use It for Its mild laxative effect and freedom from harm." Dr. J. B. Elliott, of New York City, says: "Having during the past sir years prescribed your Castoria for Infantile stomach disorders, I most heartily commend Its use. The formula contains nothing deleterious to the most delicate of children." Dr. C. G. Sprague, of Omaha, Neh., saysr "Your Castor Is Is an Ideal medicine for children, and I frequently prescribe it. While I do not advo cate the indiscriminate use of proprietary medicines, yet Castoria Is aa exception for conditions which arise In the care of children."" Dr. J. Parker, of Kansas City, Mo, says: "Your Castoria holds tha esteem of the medical profession In a manner held by no other propria tary preparation. It Is a sure and reliable medicine for infants and chll flren. In fact, it Is the universal household remedy for infantile aliments." Dr. H. F. Merrill, of Augusta, Me, says: "Castoria is one of the very finest and most remarkable remedies for infants and children. In my. opinion your Castoria has saved thousands from an early grave. I can furnish hundreds of testimonials from this locality aa ta Its efficiency and merits." GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Sears the Signature of iliii i i-u n i -r i ALCOHOL 3 PER r.VKw ASetableftieDarsfinnrnrii. sunilatiiigitiERjotfandEeeifla- tinguiesiomaaisandBowclsgf I i k t 1 W W7 M J J'' ii iiiii in i ii j Promotes DigestlonflieeiM- ness and Kest.Contaliu rsitter Opium.Marph.infi rtorMacralJ NOT NARCOTIC. xMUHtt- icnltettA AnerfecfRemedv farConsffen Hon Sour StomacItDlarrtmi Worms jumvuteHmsjevmsbr ness andLoss of Sleep. TacSiraik Signatnreaf NEW YORK. 7 Exact Copy of Wrapped The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Year3. the ettimua company, tt murnat mm, new York mf. Compound Interest Is a Surer Friend Than Speculation We have the plan to earn it. The Capitol Building Loan Association 534 Kansas Avenue Paint Your Home with Pleasing Colors With our experience, we can be of service to you in suggest ing tasteful color schemes and combinations that will make your home appear to best ad vantage in its surroundings. ACME QUALITY HOUSE PAINT gives the greatest durability and beauty, and best resists rain and shine. Come in and ask us to show you harmonizing color suggestions; we consider that part of our business, hether you buy or not. The A. B. Whiting Paint Glass Co. 'Phones 447 628 Kansas. Ave A Summer in Petoskey i will realize your Ideal of a pleasurabla vacation. The Little Traverse Bay has been compared to the Bay of Naples, and certain ly the climate is superior to that of the famous Italian resort. PETOSKEY IS THE CENTER of the most beautiful summer country in Michigan. The town Itself is a delightful place of summer residence, and with its large hotels and numerous boarding houses is able to care Cor all who come. The leading hotels are The Cushman, rates $2.50 per day and up. The Arlington, rates $2.50 per day and up. The Petoskey and Emmet Co. Improvement association Issues 4 handsomely illustrated booklet telling In detail the attractions of Petoskey. Mailed free on request to the secretary. W. W. BURN HAM, Petoskey, Mich. Through Sleeping Car Service to Petoskey VIA THE ONLY WAY Chicago Alton Pere Marquette Full information of train service, tourist fares and reservation of nurlor and eleeplng car space at City Ticket Office, Ninth and Del aware Sts., Kansas City, or on request to C. R. Murray, A. G. P. A., C. A. Ry., Carleton mag., louis, m.o. THE- Central National Bank OF TOPEKA offers unsurpassed facilities to its customers, -and extends every accommodation consistent with good business. "We are now in our fine new home T00-V02 Kansas Avenue Trains to KANSAS CITY DOUBLE TRACK FAST TIME NO STOPS lH Topeka 5:00 A.M. 4:30 A.M. 6:35 A.M. 1:45 S:25 P. M 8:50 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 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4 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOUEHAIi THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 9, 1910. By FRANK P. MAO LENNAN. rEntered July 1. 18T5. as second-class matter at the postofflce at Topeka. VLa.iL, tinder the act of congress.) VOLUME XXXVII No. 136 Official State Paper. Official Paper City of Topeka. TERMS OB1 SUBSCRIPTION. Pally edition, delivered by carrier. M rents a weeK to any pan oi iiipwn. r suburb, or at the same price In any Kan as town where the paper has a carrier ystem. By mall, one year i............."-1'?; By mall, three months --J Saturday edition of da'ly. one year. t-M BELL TELEPHON E3. Business Office JJ Reporters Room INDEPENDENT TELEPHONES. Prlvato branch exchange. Call vn and ask The State Journal operator for per on or department desired. PERMANENT HOME. Topeka Btate Journal building. S and 0? Kansas avenue, corner Eighth. New York Office: 290 Fifth avenue, Paul Block, manager. Chicago Office: Hartford building. Paul Block, manager. FTTLL LEASED WIRE REPORT OF THE ASSOCTATET PRESS. The Stats Journal la a member of ths Associated Press and receives the full day telesTsph report of that trreat newa or ranlzatlon for the exclusive afternoon publication In Topeka. The news is received In The State Jour nal building over wires fo- this aole pitr- HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY. Subscribers of the State Journal away during the summer may have the paper mailed regularly each day to any address at the rate of ten cents a week or thirty cents a month (by mail only.) Address changed as often as desired. While out of town the State Journal will be to you like a daily letter from home. Advance payment is requested on these short time subscriptions, to save bookkeeping expenses. Doath-deallng earthquakes and vol cano eruptions are becoming quite as frequent in Italy as are mine disasters in this country. Mr. Roosevelt explained to the lit erati of London all about the "big stick." This was much better than giving them a whack with it. Assuredly the regents of the Uni versity of Michigan are not obsessed with modesty. They would like Colonel Roosevelt to take the presidency of that institution. Predictions of scualls were made for yesterday by the weather man. If those things which visited hereabouts were squalls Topekans will be just as much pleased if no more of them ever come this way. Competing newspapers in almost every city in the country appear to carry their rivalry to the extent of seldom if ever agreeing in their per centages showing the daily standing of the ball teams in the various leagues. A Chicago man is reported to have lost $50,000 while traveling on a train to New York. Inasmuch as he Intend ed to spend the money on a European trip some people will be inclined to look on his misfortune as a case of retributive justice. There must be some mistake. One or more of the city commissioners are accused of playing politics. The com mission form of government has ever been heralded as the one thing that eliminates politics from the adminis tration of a city's affairs. The concessions secured by Presi dent Taft from the railroads in the settlement of the differences between them and the government over the proposed increase in rates is about the biggest victory that has yet been won in the matter of railroad regulation. If a second is made the motion will fee put to fine the Kansas City Star a slab of bacon on account of this effort which appeared in its editorial columns recently: Among the other bets that suffered when Zbyscko was defeated in Chicago last week was the alphabet. That dispute now being argued be fore the Hague tribunal is character ized as being international. In view of the fact that it grew out of the Newfoundland fisheries' treaties of 1818 it would be more to the point to refer to it as being of the inter minable sort. Next to owning a mammoth oil gusher, or a rich gold mine, about the most profitable and easiest job extant appears to be the management of a prize-fighter. It appears that Mr. Johnson's old manager, George Little had a contract with him which called for 25 per cent of all the profits that might accrue from the pugilist's activ ities in the ring. The way the merchants from over Kansas have flocked to Topeka in the face of most unfavorable weather con ditions is all the testimony that is needed of the great popularity of the annual Merchants' week in this city. All possible effort will be made to sub sidize the weather man to do a little better in his line when the time for this event rolls around next year. Reformers in China are demanding the immediate establishment of a parliament. And it appears to be a Chinese custom for such reformers to commit suicide by way of protest if their demands for any change in governmental affairs are not acceded to by the throne. It is likely that many a callous heart in other lands than China would welcome the estab lishment of such a custom in their midst. A tablet commemorating the birth place of the Republican party was un veiled the other day near Jackson, Mich., with appropriate ceremonies which were participated in by Presi dent Taft and other notables of tha I party. And if the Democrats and-a few of their insurgent friends have their way the grave of the G. O. P. will be dug, filled and made ready before long for the holding of final obsequies, RECKLESS AUTOMOBILING. "I came within an ace of being run down by an automobile this noon. If I'd had a gun in my pocket I would have been tempted to shoot the fellow." This was the remark a Topekan was heard' to make yesterday. He followed it with an explanation. It appears that he was crossing Kansas avenue just south of Eighth avenue. His attention was attracted by something which caused him to look to the left for an instant. Fortunately he turned his head In the other direction and found that a fast traveling 'automobile was upon him. The driver of it had made no effort with a tooting horn or any thing else to make known his approach. In fact his attention seemed to be di rected towards the crowd or some one in it in front of the transfer station. The only thing that saved the pedes trian from being run down was a quick jump backwards and this Jump brought him within a few Inches of a street car that had just pulled up to the corner. It is just such reckless automobiling as this in the crowded city streets on the part of many motorists which bring them Into such great disfavor with the multitudes, and which make many of th3 latter, like "the gentleman quoted above, wish for guns and other things with which to make reprisals. It is such recklessness on the part of a few utterly irresponsible motorists which makes necessary, eventually, the adop tion by a community of rules and reg ulations for the operation of motor cars that are unnecessarily severe and more or less of a hardship on the great ma jority of automobilists who run their cars with care and judgment. One would be inclined to think that no automobilist would be so insensible to his duties to the walking public, who have at least a few rights to the streets, as to bowl across the more prominent of the street crossings at a high rate of speed and without making a signal of his approach of any sort. One would think that the utmost care with the slowest of driving would be used by automobilists when they ap proach such crossings as those at Eighth and Kansas avenue which are used by hundreds of pedestrians every hour of the day. But automobilists who take such precautions actually seem to be the exception rather than the rule. Many persons, doubtless, have had just as close calls to being run down and injured as the man whose experi ence is related above. Any one who has the opportunity of watching the automobilists rush by the crowded cor ners near the transfer station knows that many of them show not tho slightest regard for the safety of the people crossing the streets or making their way to the street cars. It is only the alertness of the pedestrians, and not the care of the automobilists, which prevent many serious accidents at this point and at other street crossings in the city. As a matter of fact, the re verse should be the case. THE WOMAN WHO WORRIES. .How generally brooding eats into the life's usefulness of American wo men, making impossible clear thought and practical action when the need comes, is little realized, says Anne Shannon Monroe, in the Delineator for June. Each woman who broods so centers her mind on her own real or fancied wrongs that she becomes incapable of diagnosing her own case and thus fails to see that she is mere ly afflicted by a disease common to women, and one that unfortunately, she alone can cure. An outsider can do nothing for the woman who broods but awaken her to the terrible habit in the thrall of which she is allowing herself to go to mental ruin as surely as though she were addicted to mor phine or opium. And to break this terrible habit requires as much will power and self-discipline -as to rid oneself of the other evil. Here is a psychological fact: Every normal woman has, deep buried in her nature, a native current that can and should control her life. She has a tendency in some one direction, which can be made to lead h.er out of what ever bog in which she may be mired. The first thing, then, is to put your finger on the natural bent of your na tui. What do you love best? "Where are you happiest? What work is not toil, but pleasure? Ah, how the tired eyes brighten! I wish to put down right here an other psychological truth, as a sure plahk on which you must cross from skepticism to beHef The first step to ward doing, be it so insignificant as to seem to you hardly a step at all, changes the whole condition of things about you; a thousand forces begin to work with you, where before they were against you. You have gotten with the current where before you were against it; and though on the surface failure may appear to follow your efforts, you have in reality start ed things going your way. Nothing but your own self can now stop you. MILLIONS WERE INSTRUCTED. Over 4,000,000 churchgoers, nearly 40. 000 sermons and preachers, and more than 1,250,000 pieces of literature, are some of the totals given in a prelimin ary report just issued by the National Association for the Study and Preven tion of Tuberculosis, of the results of the- first national tuberculosis Sunday ever held, on April 24. The report states that fully one-eighth of the 33,000.000 listed communicants of the churches of the United States heard the gospel of health on tuberculosis Sunday, and that the number of people who were reached by notices and ser mons printed in the newspapers will aggregate 25,000,000. Hardly a paper in the country failed to announce the occasion. From clipping returns receiv ed at the national association's head quarters, it is estimated that fully 20. 000 newspapers, magazines, religious and teohincal journals gave publicity to the national event. Although the movement for tubercu losis Sunday was handicapped by a lack of time and funds, the national asso ciation feels that the campaign has been worth while. Many foreign coun tries observed the day also. Plans are now under way for a wider observance of the day in 1911. The active co-operation of every religious denomination, besides that o? the governors, mayors and public officials, as well as that of other agencies wtH be sought. The promoters of this movement an nounce that they do not wish to in terfere with the church calendar of any denomination. It is not planned to have a special tuberculosis Sunday as a reg ular church day. The plan is to have Che subject of health, and particularly tuberculosis, brought up In the churches for any service or part of a service and as nearly simultaneously in all parts of the country as possible. JOURNAL ENTRIES It's pretty difficult to present a con vincing argument to those who are not willing to be convinced. Maybe there wouldn't be so much kicking about the weather if it did not invariably go to extremes. w Fat people, as a general thing, are only sensitive about their size in the imagination of other folk. Persons probably seldom practice what they preach because they know the advice they are so free to give to others is not worth much. Anyhow this continued raining is a great boon to the hubby who promised wifey to wate- the flowers while she was away. Or rather. It's a great boon to the flowers. JAYHAWKER JOTS The older a man grows the more he becomes a creature of habit and hates to be Jolted out of the rut, says Mack Cretcher. A man may retain his good name If he can keep out of politics,-thinks Edi tor Brady of the Lawrence Journal, and he ought to know. The mammoth steel roller mill that was to employ a million or more or less men, which Coffey ville papers Uuilt a few months ago, has gone off chasing with ilalley's comet, because of the high price of gas at least that is the reason given. Chinute Tribune. An effort is being made to get school children to sign a new pledge, entitled "Kiss Not." and the obligation is to "discourage the custom of kissing on the lips whenever it is in my power." Now there is a pledge that a lot of us coold sign ii nd actually keep-Iola Reg ister. A flat dweller complains that her neighbor's piano drives her crazy and asks us what the remedy It, says the Hutchinson Gazette, and the Gazette, which evidently hates peace suggests: "The only remedy we know of is to buy a phonograph and include in the case of records 'The Old. Gray Bon net' and 'Marching Through Georgia.' "My v.ife my children I don't know what to do," were the opening words of the confession of R. S. Crohn, ex public administrator 'at Kansas City, who stoie $50,900 from an estate atid shot himself yesterday. Wife and children are a man's first consideration when he's' in trouble, but the la?t when he's making that trouble. Fort Scott Tri bune. At every revival we hsve in our church some deadfoeat is converted, says Deacon Walker In his Osborne Farmer. They always make beautiful subjects and the way they can give in testimony does bsat the band. But we old dea cons can always tell when they ar.i sticking. If they don't- go around to the stores and ask for credit, but pay citsh instead and occasionally knock a little off an old account, we know that they are still in the straight and narrow path. We always figure that if we per manently reform one de id l eat out cf every !)S that strays into the fold, we have d.ne a wonderful work for the world at large. A real old-fashioned woman, one of the kind whose dominating instinct is hospitality, decided recently, says the Atchison Globe, that she would take a table boarder: The $?.b a .mon'.h he pays for his meals," she said, "will in one month buy a complete set of table v&re: In two months it will put new curtaius ail over the house, in three months it will paptr the entire house, and in four months wi'l buy an crien tal rug." She took the boarder, and as soon as he sat down to his first meal her dominent trait of hospitality rose to the top. She began to "pass things," and be'ore he had almost eaten himself to death she had done so much pass ing that her arms were useless with overwork. She found during this first meal that her boarder liked spring chicken, be was fond of almondd. blanched and cooked in every s'yle, he never turned down rich fruit cake, and he could eat four kinds of meat at a meal, and it wouldn't hurt him. With her dominating trait on top she began to buy whrit her boarder liked, and be fore the first month was up, the fam ily figured that the extra uxpensc tnat n:(vnth would put the family back three months, the second month's would ne cessitate parting with their Dear Old Home, and the third month would see them all in the poor farm. And, in sd di'lon, ihe arms of ever.-' member of the family would be paralyzed, the re sult of parsing things, and they would be maniacs, forever shouting, "Do have tome more!" This explains why :ha family of the old-fashioned woman whese dominating trait is hospitality, took her boarder away from her. QUAKER MEDITATIONS. From the Philadelphia Record. An I for an I is the natural result of a meeting between two egotists. It sometimes happens that we can help others by keeping out of their way.' Marriage is a partnership in which the husband is very often the silent partner. A man never knows what a sublime idiot he can make of himself till he falls in love. A thing may be said to work like a charm, but the trouble is that charms don't work nowadays. When a man named John Smith is ar rested and gives his right name the police never believe him. It's one thing to get credit for our good intentions and quite another thing to con vert them into cash. It's a wonder that some of those pas sionate poems couched in words that burn don t set fire to the waste basket. Wigg "Young Saphedde talks like a parrot." Wagg "I suppose he does. He never got any farther than the pre-parrot-ory school." Blobbs "Young Bjones is thoroughly convinced that acting is his walk in life." Slobbs "Well, he'll probably get all of it he wants." "So you are really a cowboy from Ari zona," exclaimed the romantic young wo man. "Why. you are not a bit pic turesque." "I am sorry," replied the cow boy, "but you see I have had very little time to study up the fiction in the magazines." KANSAS COMMENT A SHAMEFUL ATTACK. So far the Sun has failed to see a single defender of the president .with the hardihood to defend his position from an ethical standpoint." Lecomp ton Sun. s The foregoing from the Lecompton bun is another of the many evidences lately brought to light that the "insur gent fight is really a fight on Presi dent Taft. What more bitter attack could there be upon the president of the Lnited States than to declare that r.la position cannot- be defended from an ethical standpoint? .That is to charge ham with deliberate and intentional wrong doing, a charge Which this pa per does not believe could ever justly be brought against any man. Demo crat or Republican, who has occupied that high office. Even if it is -conceivable that a bad man should he elected president, the uplifting and ennobling influence which the exalted position could not fail to exert upon the man who occupied it. and the tremendous sense of responsi i.ni... uuuer wmcn no must continually i rest, would make It simply out of the 1 muotuiuii uir any ordinary numan Deing to deliberately do a wrong act In his public capacity. Any president may make mistakes some times, but it is one of the giories of our country that no deliberate and intentional crime against the people has ever been com mitted by any one of them. The Le compton Sun. is so bitter against Re publicans in congress who have stood by the president that, in order to make capital against them. It is willing to descend to the meanness of making an accusation against Mr. Taft which ev ery patriotic American of whatever party ought to resent. I awrence World. OVER THE SANTA FE TRAJL. Curtiss flies from Albany to New York city. An English aviator dupli cates the feats of his French competi tors and makes tine third, successful flight across tho English channel. A flight from New York to Chicago is iproposed; then from New York to St. Louis; Ihen from St .Louis to Kansas City; Denver makes an offer for an air trip from Kansas City to the Colorado capital. The airships will soon by fly lr.g over the new Santa Fe trail. In this wonderful ago of invention, the impossible of yesterday is the common place of today. Doubtless the men who planned the new Santa Fe trail as a magnificent highway for teams and automobiles never dreamed that the ae roplane would soon be following its route to the Rocky Mountains. The camper on the old Santa Fe trail would hardly have beh'eved that in ji mnlf century the trip of weeks would be made in 24 hours with ease, as com-' pared to his tortuous progress. The men who have, laid out this highway fori rr.otor cars to run upon, may, have been laying out the thin black line that will i gui.ae tne aviator driving his biplane on its regular trips between Kansas City and Denver, over the route on Tvhich Hutchinson will be only a gaso line station. Hutchinson Gazette. AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION. Why should not the department stores furnish bridesmaids? It is a ter rible exper.se parents are put to when ever their daughters have to act- as -bridesmaids. No girl ever refuses but it always means "'that father must dig up for something, he cares nothing about and must, pay for what he has no interest in. Professional bridesmaid's might also be followed by professional mourners. Lawrence Journal. Land for the landless! While Canada Is flooding the agricul tural countries of the world with ad vertisements describing the vast areas of .free land which sh tn mi grants, our government is doing little or nothing to call attention to the fact that there are millions of acres quits as fertile and equally free to settlers in the United1 States. Certain writers nave mournruuy declared that there are no longer any unoccupied wheat lands In this country, and -as these state ments pass uncontradicted here at home it is entirely likely that they find acceptance abroad. As against these misleading stories please consider the plain facts. There are millions upon millions of acres cf splendid wheat lands still open to homeseekers "In several of our richest agricultural states. In tho'pgniioHio of Texas alone there art more than 7,- uvu.uuu acres. .Nebraska, the Dakotas and Washington all contain extensive areas of fertile land nwnitinc sMtiuro and other states have vast tracts now usea tor grazing which can easily be transformed Into grain fields. It Is al most a sin that at a time like this, when there Is need of increase in our agricultural output, no effort is made tn divert Enrnnoon imm! crfn rfn waiting lands. New York Mail. RAILWAY LOANS IN FRANCE. The growing favor of American rail way securities among French investors is one of the most-Interesting of recent financial developments. This country has drawn comparatively little upon the enormous thrift of the French. The foreign capital that has gone into our railway development has in a very large proportion come from London. Though some of the great railways, like the Pennsylvania, have heretofore negotiated loans In Paris, American se curities generally have had scanty of ficial recognition on the bourse. The recent movement In this direction comes from the French bankers them selves, to whom the value of our lead ing railway bonds has increasingly ap preciated. The various large loans recently negotiated in Paris indicate an impor tant widening of the sources of supply for the new capital which the growth of transportation requirements in this country urgently 5 demands. All the great railway systems, after a. period of imposed economy, are facing the necessity of immediate extensions and improvements. The necessity is so ob vious and so substantially based that wherever capital is available it is read ily at the service of the railways. Philadelphia' Ledger. rOIXTEl) I'AKAUIUCHS. From the Chicago News.l What we know about ourselves is most ly off color. No man has ever tailed In business from lack of advice. Those on the inside of a deal can see only the bright side. And the -way of the transgressor is sometimes hard to beat. Lots' of people expect applause every time they do their duty. Isn't it about time to work up a little indignation against the ice trust? Near-actors are all right in their way, but give us the old-fashioned country hams. You may as well do a little worrying on your own account as to let your neigh bors worry you. Every man and woman on earth has some good quality, if you'll only take the trouble to look for it. It takes the conceit out of a man when a pretty woman derides his strenuous ef forts to da something that will please her. FROM OTHER PENS I HIS BEST. H5rdJ,d whis bst w"h all his might, H9 labored on year after year, And yet his world was seldom bright, ne sky he viewed waa seldom clear; He gave the best he had to give, Ana merely won the right to live. He clung to hope; with purpose grim tie strove to win the world's applause: But few men ever noticed him. .Or cared how dutiful he was; with all the courage of the brave. The best he had to give he gave. One day he learned to cease to care for rich rewards or for applause; HtoIle1, for love and then and there lne world found out how great he was; For. love of what he did he strove, 2d straightway all his ventures throve. "?fE',Ki8er tho Chicago Record-Herald. THE EVENING STORY Bj I'orco of Cheek. (By Lawrence Alfred Clay.) Col. Alexander Bluffington. of the suburban village of Grantville, was a terror. He had been retired on half pay, and he blamed the United States for not retaining him ten years long er. As the postmaster was the only representative of the United States at hand, the colonel made it a practice to go to the office once a day and tell him what he thought of his old government- The colonel was a terror to such of his neighbors as kept a dog or chick ens. He was a terror to the mayor and aldermen of the village. He would stand at his gate and shake his fist at speeding autoists; he would thun der at a tramp in a way to make the poor fellow wish he had perished in the California earthquake; he would insist on telling war stories to callers, and if they did not shiver he had no further use for them. People used to whisper that they felt pity for the colonel's wife, and more than pity for his daughter, Miss Mamie, and yet, queerly enough, those were the only two people for miles around who were not afraid of him. He blustered around home, and al most daily threatened to discharge the cook, and to lead' a riot against the United States and many other things, but neither wife nor daughter called on the neighbors to protect them. The daughter simply said nothing, while the wife stood it as long as ppssible and then mildly observed: "Alexander, if you keep on storm ing around and talking so loud you will end by driving the cat from the house, and she is one of the best mousers we ever had." Therefore, the only fault to be found with the colonel and his bluff was the fact that he made young men afraid of him, and in so doing he kept them away from the house. There were half a dozen who would have liked to call on Miss Mamie. Indeed, there were half a dozen who did call, but only once. When the colonel got through with them they Were glad to find themselves out doors and still living. Many and many a time the daughter -wondered to her self if there was not a young man somewhere in this world who had the nerve to stand up to her father, but the months passed away, and he came not- The aforesaid young man was on tne trail, however. His name was Ken neth Aldrloh. He was a medical grad uate. He opened an office in Grant ville. He did it without consulting the colonel. He did It without caring two cents w'hether the colonel was-at the battle of Hull Run or Waterloo. One day, at the postofflce, a mutual acquaintance Introduced Miss Mamie iviuffmglon and Dr. Kenneth Aldnch. When they separated he said to him self that there was the girl he was going to make his wife, and she won dered if he were the one to quiet her father's roars. It was less than a month after the introduction, and the doctor had had opportunities to lift his hat and bow to the young lady several times, when Colonel Alexander Bluffington went down to the postofflce one day to tell the postmaster that this republic could not possibly endure for another five years. The postmaster said he didn't care whether it could or couldn't, and the colonel said he would have him re moved for a tory, and then started for home. On the way he encountered an automobiae. He had never turned out for anything smaller than a house, and he held the road this time. The result was that he was knocked down and rolled about in the most undignified way. Dr. Aldrich was at hand to pick the colonel up and have him carried home. His leg and back and wrist were hurt. Even while the doctor was applying the bandages, the mighty man of war rais ed his wrathful voice and ordered him out. He wanted old Dr. Corwin; he didn't propose to be practiced on ty a young student! It was a case of cheek on the part of the young student to interfere. Dr. Aldrich finished his work end then said: "Stop that roaring! Dr. Corwin -won t come here. It's my case, and no" other medical man will interfere. You are not badly hurt, but if you go on roaring you will bring on fever. You ought to be arrested for not getting out of the way. There, there no use to explode. I shall call again this evening." "And you'll find the door locked against you!" exclaimed the purple faced patient. "Then I'll have you arrsteAfor will ful neglect of your injuries. There's a state law to cover your case." Mother and daughter were not in the room, but were within hearing dis tance. When the doctor had departed the mother said: "Wonderful young doctor, isn't he? "Yes, really -wonderful." "He seems to understand the case." "Oh, yes, he seems to understand." That evening, when the doctor called again, Col. Bluffington was ready for him. He had brought up reinforce ments and meant fight. The door had not been locked, but the colonel was ready to say: "Sir, I forbid you to touch me! If you do it will be assault and battery and you shall suffer!" The doctor continued to remove the bandages. "I will prosecute you to the dead line!" The doctor gently massaged the bruises and applied arnica. "I have witnesses that I ordered you out of the house. You are assaulting a helpless man. sir!" The bandages were deftly replaced, and the doctor said he was now quite sure that no bones had been broken. "And the United States government shall be informed, sir the United States government! If necessary, troops will be sent here!" "This powder." said the doctor, as he called in the ladies, "should be given every three hours. It is to guard against fever. I hope you will not have to sit uo with him more than this one night "Wife daughter, my army revol ver!" demanded the colonel. "His mind is wandering a little, "but the powders will have a good effect. I will look in In the morning." The colonel swore he wouldn't take the powders, but he did. He swore that he would be prepared to shoot next morning, but dropped to sleep like, a lamb. Ha was looking puzzled and doubtful next morning when the doctor called, but he felt it his duty to his record to bristle up and say: "As soon as I get out of this you will get Into jail!" The doctor felt his pulse, made him run out his tongue, renewed the ban dages and whistled softly to himself. Then he said: "See here, colonel, I want to talk t you." "I'll have a Judge talking to you in a week onio!" "All bluff! Drop it! I'm a young doctor, but I mean to be an old one some day. I'm not a beggar. I've got the money to see me through. I've met your daughter and am interested. I shall call here medically about three times more, and then I shall call so cially. If it's case of love, and I be lieve It will be, I shall become your son-in-law. Oh, you needn't get ready to roar. You can't beat destiny, and this is destiny. You've got to have a medical man in the familly to guard you against apoplexy, and I want a father-in-law who can tell me war stories. That's all. Keep quiet today and no one need sit up with you to night. Morning, colonel." Three days later the colonel sat up 'n bed and told the doctor a war story. At the end of the week he told him two. At the end of three months, when Miss Mamie sought her mother one day and blushingly whispered a secret in her ear, the mother held up her hands and exclaimed: "Didn't I tell you he was a wonderful doctor the very first day he came!" "And and father?" asked the girl. "Oh, he won't roar. He's got all over that. It'll be so nice to have you live right along here with us!" (Copyright ed, 1910, by Associated Literary Press.) A Little Bit of Lons Ago. They come together like the teeth of a dog, do the frontiers of France and Spain, and between the teeth is a bone such a very small bone that one wonders why It was not swallowed up long ago and the name of the bone is Andorra. The whole area of this lone ly little nation is something: less than half that of Greater New York; its en tire population does not equal that of one of our great office buildings. For want of a better name the geog raphers have called it a republic, but the Andorrans part their allegiance carefully in he middle, as they do their hair, dividing it (the allegiance, not the hair) between the pope and the French president. If Tolstoi him self had framed its government he could not have built anything more af ter his own heart. The heads of fam illes the patriarchs of scripture, you know elect representatives, who sev eral times each year saddle their mules and go riding down to the 400 vear old parliament house, where it nestles closely in the mountain valley of An dorra la Vieja, to make such few and simple laws as the well being of their pastoral constituents requires. So slight are the expenses of eovernment in Andorra; for all told there are but four salaried officials (no place this. for grafters), that a small poll tax on goats ana sneep amply meets them all There is no army, even of the smallest for who Is there to flsrht? There are no police, for the. peasants do their own poncing. When I was in Andorra. the prison there is but one was used as a poultry house. There is no fire department, for the houses are all' of stone, There is no coinage, for the people pay in kind. No postal system is there, either, for when an Andorran writes a letter, which rarely hannena. he intrusts it to some accommodating person who is going over the border into Franca or Spain. Metropolitan A Quaker Weeding. "Before God, and in the presence of these friends, I, John Smith, take thee. Jane Doe, to be my wife, and I promise to be unto thee a loving and faithful husband." That is what the bridegroom says at a Quaker wedding, as nearly at the writer who attended one last week, can remember It. Then the bride says the same thing, inter changing names and substituting "wife" for "husband." After that they kiss and sign their names to a doc ument, which is read before the meet ing, and which all those present may sign afterward. That's all, and it's enough. The young people marry themselves, taking the covenant with out a clergyman's Intervention, with out even a presiding officer to say, "We have with us today," etc. It is a mighty valid marriage ceremony to those who witness it, and there is a sweet simplicity about it that gives it a charm and dignity no less than priestly robes, stained glass, and organ music could impart. New York .Mail. GLOBE SIGHTS. CFTom the Atchison Globe.) It Is a funny sight to see an old man try to run. Don't let any one tell you a secret: A secret takes up room and time. Here of late ladies are so improved upon that they wake up laughing. Every man thinks he has more than his share of work, whereas what he wants is less. We are willing the preacher should read his sermon, if that process will make it any shorter. Nine hours out of every ten a man is as unsatisfactory to his wife as the weather is on a picnic day. If a woman is a school teacher, she can create greater surprise by getting mar ried than any one on earth. It is every wife's opinion that her hus ban doesn't pay proper attention to the children and the screen doors. If any woman says she lives a Bo hemian life, set it right down that she Is a mighty sloppy housekeeper. There are all kinds of people in the world including the man who prefers baker s bread to the home made variety. Here is a postscript for your prayers: Ask that when death comes to you It finds you in neither a hospital nor the poor farm. Every woman is enough of a Jeremiah at heart to want a hot water bottle and a medicine chest, "in case anything should happen." In their fight for the people, Circula tion and Advertising, the magazines are succeeding: they are much more powerful now than ever before. Country children are taught to twice refuse a nickel before finally taking it, and saying "thank you," but town chil dren don't hold off that long. It Is getting so here of late' that it Is more fashionable to worry over what one will give after leaving this world, than what one will get in the next. REFLECTIOSrS OF A BACHELOR. From the New York Press.) Money can always renew its leases on friendship. Slow walks with girls make quick en gagements. Blood isn't so often thicker than water when there's money in question. Sermons don't seem so bad when only the rest of the family have to go to hear them. If a man puts a flower in a letter he writes his wife she can believe he kissed it when she knows he didn't. i NCTryy. i -3 If Little wanted Jack Johnson s mother to do the cooking, the rumor that Little is paying the freight is probably correct. The Illinois Central claims that it was robbed of $2,000,000 by some of its officers. The reduction of freight rates and the 2-cent fare law has made it possible for a railroad company to notice the absence of even a mere bagatelle like 2, 000,000. Prior to government intervention, the stealing may have been Just as large, but in visible to the stockholders. In the dispatch about the bloody up rising of Mexican insurgents, it was noted that the gunboat Zaragoza was lying in the harbor. Judging by for mer Mexican revolution scares, the correspondents were not lying in the harbor, but in nearly everything else. It is the opinion of this department that the poets made some mighty good starts, and then broke an aerolon before turning the first stake. Work ing on this theory, we have endeavored to improve upon some of the classics, taking the first lines, as written by the poets, and drawing therefrom a few sweetly solemn thoughts which said poets overlooked. Owing to the re strictions of the pure food and eight hour laws, these effusions will be given the reader in homeopathic doses, 24 hours apart. Having passed these good resolutions, we open the disturb ance with the lead line of a passage from the late Mr. Moore's "Light of the Harem," to-wlt: "Fly to the desert, fly with me, Climb on the rumble seat," said she; But he failed to flit with the maiden bold: His heart was warm, but his feet were cold. Instead of taking the choice of two evils, some people take both. Honesty may be the best policy, but it's the slowest way of getting rich. Judge Kickham Scanlon is the rath er suggestive name of the party before whom the Lorimer bribery case is be ing aired. Senator Ike Stephenson of Wiscon sin has presented President Taft with, a wellbred milk cow. A bread-nd-milk :cow should .be ..a boon to any family which evades the Sunday 'night supper question.. A man may call a spade a spade and get by with it. But it is best to call a "rake" something else and avoid libel suits. Might as wit set an alarm clock to make bread rise as to try to pull off any open air stunt in Topeka, where it rains on all such occasions. Pater Can you give my daughter the Comforts to which she has been accus tomed? Suitor Yes, sir. I've breakfasted at your house, and I'm certain that I can complain about the coffee, read the pa per, demand the discharge of the cook and announce that I'll dine at the club. Toledo Blade. The cook met at the polls her mistress. "Here, at all events, you've got nothing on me!" exclaimed the former slanglly, but with dignity. "Except a hat, a wrap, a silk petticoat and the Lord only knows what else," retorted the latter somewhat tartly. For there are conditions which no mere political revolution can ever alter. Puck. The Worker No, lady, I ain't out o' work I'm a-convalesein'. The Visitor Convalescing? But from what? The Worker From ten pint o' beer and a red 'eaded plumber. Sketch. "Aw will you give this note to Miss May de Sylphington, the aw pretty little blonde creature with the violet eyes, don't you know, who dances In the ballet?" "That'll be all right, guv'nor. I ought to know her; I'm her son." The Tatler. "Pa what's an optimist?" "A fellow who believes that story the papers print ed the other day about a reduction in food prices." Toledo Blade. "Mr. Bjones has no social accomplish ments, has he?" "The best variety. He can refuse to sing and stick to It." Cleveland Leader. "Why does she think he has such at splendid figure?" "Because she has prom ised to marry him, I guess." Houston PoPst. di yuu xmriK a cnange oi scene would Improve your husband's disposition'" "V nlioA notion,. we will locate elsewhere." "Have vou ArZ "jr nui yei. uut tha dear man's getting so irritable that we've CJ-1 f n r anmo,nl..- T D.mwiiitg. x in rcaaing tne sport page to see if we can't find some town where the home team always wln -Washington Star. r Ina- "Bobby," said his mother, "sit ,m straight and don't tuck your napkin under your chin. I've told you hundreds of times" "There!" exploded Tommy "you've made me lose the count' I nn'f know now whether its 256 or 358 times I' chewed this clam!" Chicago in tX Ocean. 'T .Of ..A, wob,o I v. 1. 1 time, yelled th temperance lecturer. "T!t us riot wast 2 our tlmo In dull.. ..uv 1 waste friends." "All rfght. boss." ZZZlVl- m? old soaker from a back seat, "I'ma you." Tit-Bits. me with Gentleman (who has Just picked i, sovereign, to tramp who lays claim to R But how can you prove that it binm,L 'r VOU? Tramnlwk; belongs to for yerseuVlve got I 'ole in M. A. P. ""-"i "Whsl a hMiti. Is It?" An ourang-outang ,Cro 6at matra." "Oh! the dlllciotsUn, Re place as those delightful rubber ?'.hma come from-the one! vou kn,!? hr month!" Punch. ---a .uo last "dfvlnir trt taVo a.. year?" "Yep." answered p,Ze "this vuu ivts, iu nave n int r "w around to share the mosquito blt..f0'k lower the average.-'-Washinon JiVMOR OF THE DAY I (i

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 9, 1910. 5 Established 40 Mrs. Maris Price Wear will enter tain Informally at bridge Friday after noon at her home on Tbpeka avenue, complimentary to Miss Bess Thomp son of Kalamazoo, Mich., who Is the guest of Mrs. Marco Morrow. The marriage of Miss Belle Stagg and Mr. Charles Ise, of Coffeyville, Kan., was solemnized today at 2 o'clock at the home of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Stagg, 801 Tbpeka avenue. Rev. Francis L. Hayes read the service. The wedding was a quiet one, attended only by members of the family. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Ise left for Coffeyville, where they will make their home. Mrs. Henry Ise of Lawrence, the mother of the bridegroom, was here for the wedding. For some years Miss Stagg has been a teacher in the publia schools. She taught in the grade schools after her graduation from the Normal school at Emporia, and for the past few years she has taught wood carving and clay modeling in the high school. Mr. Ise is a graduate of the State university and is now practicing law in Coffey ville. Bethany college commencement closed this week with the graduating exercises in the college chapel, includ ing the essays of the valedictorian. Miss Helen Lang, on "The Authorship of Shakespearean Plays," and the sal utatory address by Miss Ida Busser on "Superstition." The program in cluded morning prayer service and an address by Bishop N. S. Thomas of Wyoming, a trio "Lift Thine Eyes.", from Elijah, and a solo "Oh, for a Burst of Song," by Miss Abbott. Prizes, certificates and diplomas were presented. The Bishop Vail Medal was won by Miss Ida Busser, of the graduating class. The Bishop Vail Medal is one of the highest honors the school can bestow, and it rewards the highest average standing in schol arship and conduct for the year. It was first offered by Bishop Vail, who provided funds sufficient to make the gold medal an annual prize. Miss Busser also received the Latin prize. Miss Lois Cook and Miss Bynum re ceived the sunshine prize which is giv en by vote of students and teachers to the pupils who have maintained through the year the most cheerful and pleasant temper. Certificates and diplomas were given to pupils in the departments of music, art, expression, and in the academic and collegiate courses. About 200 guests attended the wed ding of Miss Edna Mae Roberts and Mr. John William Snyder Wednesday night at the First Christian church. The service was read by Rev. C. A. Finch. The bride was attended by a maid of honor. Miss Louie Bagley, and four bridesmaids, Miss Mary Robert son, Miss Alba "Van Vechten, Miss Lu clle Decker and Miss Blanche Dodge. Mr. Paul Priddy of Elmont, was Mr. Snyder's best man, and the ushers were Mr. David Owen, Mr. Floyd Evns, Mr. Homer Haines and Mr. Harry Thomas. Little Drew Schroed er carried the ring. The bride's dress was whtie crepe de chine over white taffeta. The bodice was made surplice with yoke and sleeves of hand run net, finished with pearl trimming. The skirt was made with a short train and draped overskirt. She wore a long veil fastened In the hair with sweet peas, and carried, a bouquet of bride's roses. The maid of honor wore white, KNOWLEDGE OF FOOD Proper Selection of Great Importance in Summer. The feeding of Infants is a very seri ous proposition, as all mothers know. Food must be used that will easily digest, or the undigested parts .will be thrown into the intestines and causo It is important to know that a food can be obtained that is always safe; that is Grape-Nuts. A Texas mother writes: "My baby took the first premium at a baby show and Is in every way a prize baby. I have fed him on Grape-Nuts since he was Ave months old. I also use your Postum for myself." Grape-Nuts food is not made solely for a baby food by any means, but is manufactured for all human beings. One special point of value is that thrt food is partially predigested in the pro cess of manufacture, not by any drugs or chemicals whatsoever, but simply by the action of heat, moisture, and time, which permits the diastase to grow, and change the starch 'into dextrfn, i portion of which is further changed to dextrose or grape-sugar. This presents food to the system ready for immediate assimilation. Its especial value as a food, beyond the fact that it is easily digested, is that it supplies the needed elements to quickly rebuild he cells in the brain and nerve centres throughout the body. Read the little book. "The Road to Wellvtllo." in pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter? A new ne appears from time to time. They re genuine.- true, and full of human Merest. OOCIETY Something Would Please the Folks At Home Some inexpensive little gift of silver, cut glass, art brass, china, or Jewelry would bring a world of pleasure to the folks at home; especially If the box bears the magic words: "From Haydens." It costs not one penny more to buy at this great store. The prices are not affected by the fine reputation and great prestige which has been won bv more than 40 years of honest merchandising of GOOD Jewelry-" And best of all you get the greater selection offered only by a metropolitan etore. Below are a few suggestions with prices. They are, however, only rep resentative of the endless choice we place at your disposal. You'll take pleasure in looking even If you do not care to buy and you're equally wel come In either case. Cut Glass Berry Bowls $3.00 to $30.00. Cut Glass Nappies 1.00 to $5.00. Cut Glass Water Sets $7.50 to $20.00. Set Silver Knives and Forks $4.00 to $25.00. Odd Single Pieces Silver 75c to $10.00. Set Spoons $1.50 to $9.00. Individual Spoons 7oc to $2.00. Souvenier Spoons 75c to $3.00. Hammered Brass Candlesticks 25c to $5.00 each. Fancy Umbrellas $3.00 to $10.00. Jas. B. years THE TIFFANY'S OF KANSAS 727 Kansas Avenue carried a bouquet of sweet peas and a wreath of white carnations in her hair. The bridesmaids were all In white, carried bouquets of daisies and wore white honeysuckle in the hair. Mrs. Roscoe Alexander played the Lo hengrin wedding march, and Miss Ma bel Ridenour sang before the cere mony, "Beloved It Is Morn." After the wedding relatives and the bridal party attended a reception at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Berton P. Roberts. The out-of-town guests were: Mr. Sherman Han son of Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. L. K. Vaw ter of Hoyt, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Snyder of EJmont, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Retter of Silver Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder have gone to Colorado for their wedding trip, and on their return will be at home at 235 Tyler street The Ladies' Music club gave their annual picnic Tuesday at the country home of Mrs. Ralph Skinner. The members of the club went out in car riages in the morning, and had a pic nic dinner at 2:30 in the afternoon. Later a musical program was given as follows: Asa's Death, Anitra's Dance, The Hall of the Mountain King, (Grieg, Miss Myrtle Radcliffe. Lover's Moods, (Midgey), Mrs, Ralph Skinner. Minuet, (Beethoven), Mazurka, (Nlynarski), Miss Rachel Hotchkiss. Etude Op. 25, (Chopin), Teresita, (Careno) Mist? Ethelyn Harrison. My Heart Sings, (Chaminade), She Stoops to Conquer, (Roeckel), Miss Irene Horner. Paper, Musical America, Miss Ellen Parkhurst. T Mrs. J. J. Corkhill gave a luncheon Rt her home. 526 Topeka avenue, Wednes day for Mr. and Mrs. A Emmenschuh of Hutchinson and Mr. L. H. Henderson and Miss Ada Henderson of Concordia. In the evening Mr. and Mrs. Emmen schuh entertained at 7 o'clock dinner at the Throop hotel. Covers were laid for Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Corkhill, Miss Ada Henderson, Mr. L. H. Henderson, Mr. C. H. Goble of Wichita, Mr. Butler of Lenora, and Mr. and Mrs. Emmen schuh. The newest style of dressing the hair ts patterned after the Greek fashion of the most ancient model. It is more Greecle than the Greeks themselves. For some time women have been copy ing the hair dress of those much mis understood models of beauty and have worn the Psyche knot and the basket of dead Chinaman's wool streaming out at the back of the head, but those styles were only guide posts on the road to the perfected ultra-Grecian method now pictured at all the hair goods counters. The front hair is softly waved and drawn back to the crown of the head, where a bunch of the hair is twisted into an outstanding knob and hanging from the outermost tip of it 's a cluster of curls bobbing about to the will of the winds. This is strictly Grecian, we are told, but apparently the pure beauty of the original has been slightly corrupted by the chan ticleer influence: for one can't look at the pictures without in fancy hearing the sunrise crowing of the barnyard fowl. Miss Nettle Mabbitt and Mr. Robert Walter Barker were married Wednes day evening by the Rev. Thomas )ounr at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Barker. 125 West Twenty-second streets. Mrs. J. B. Keys, the bride groom's sister was matron of honor, and Mr. J. B. Keys was best man. The bride wore a pale blue princess and carried a bouquet of white carna tions. The house was decorated in ferns .and roses. The following -people witnessed the ceremony: Mr. and Mrs. A. Earker, Mr. and Mrs. Flyd Down er, Mr. F. L. Mcbbitt, Mr. and Mrs. James Keys, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Emery, Mrs. Lily MeChan, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Weatherly, Mrs. J. W. Emery, Mr. and Mrs. William Jacobs, and Miss Otis. Mr. and Mrs. Barker will be at home after June 22 at 125 West Twenty-second street. Notes -and Personal Mention. Miss Mabel Muxen of Redfield, S. D., who has been visiting hi. tousin, Miss Hazel Grimes, for the past month, will leave the first of next week for Omaha. Neb., and will visit friends at various points in Iowa and Nebraska, before her return home. Miss Katherine Dolman of Lawrence arrived today to spend a few days visit ing friends here. Miss Alice Willard left Wednesday for Chicago to be gone a week. Miss Clyde Bonebrake and Miss Mar jorie Whitney will go to Manhattan Sunday to spend four or five days at tending commencement at the Statd Agricultural college. Mrs. John Wood of Great Bend, who came to attend Washburn commence ment, left today for Kansas City, ac companied by her daughter. Miss Elsie Wood. They will remain in Kansas City the rest of this week and will go to their home Sunday. Miss Helen Wood went directly home today. Mrs. R. A. Boyd, who has been visit ing her sister. Mrs. W. Small., left to day for her home in Stafford, Kan., ac companied by her two sons, Mr. Arthur Boyd and Mr. Ernest Boyd. Mr. Leo Mooney and Mr. Edward Mooney have gone to San Fransco to visit their father, Mr. E. L. Mooney. Mrs. J. S. Morse, who has been visit ing in Colorado Springs, will return home Saturday. Her cousin, itiss Caro from Hayden's Individual Pieces, hand decorated China $1.00 to $4.00. Scarf Pins, 1,000 patterns, 60c to $50.00. Brooches, 3,000 patterns. 25c to $300.00. Belt Pins, 500 patterns, $1.00 to $8.00. Hat Pins. 500 patterns, 75c to $9.00. Lockets, 800 patterns. 75c to $50.00. Watch Fobs, 800 styles, $1.50 to $30.00. Diamonds, largest and gest stock in the west, $1.50 to $500.00. Watches $1.00 to $500.00. Endless variety. Hayden line Morse, will accompany her for a short visit before going to her home in Emporia. Miss Nelle Varner, who is a student at the fine arts school of the Kansas uriversity, is here to spend her sum mer vacation. Mrs. F. A. Robinson, of New York tity, has arrived to visit her parents. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Roser. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Klein, who came for the Washburn graduating exercises, returned today to their home in Iola, with their daughters, Miss Cora Klein snd Miss Edna Klein, who are students at Washburn and who have been living at the Beta house. Miss Laura Armstrong will leave this evening for her home in Clyde. Mrs. Elmer Price, of Burlingame, is the guest of relatives for a few days. Mrs. Bbholyn Lewis, of Osage City, is visiting at the home of her uncle, Mr. A. O. Rosser. Mrs. J. Asher and her daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Mings, of Burlingame, are guests of friends in Topeka. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Neiswender are moving to their new home at J.110 Tay lor stive t. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Cockrell left to day for California to spend a month. Miss Ella Lyle. of Washburn college, has gone to her home at Glen Elder. Rev. and Mrs. J. B. S-ilcox, of Kansas City, who have been visiting Dr. and Mrs. F. K. Sanders,, have returned to their home. Miss Margaret Care has gone to spend the summer at Northville, South Da kota. Miiss Maade Stornehill. of the Beta house at Washburn, left today for Waverty to spend the summer at her home. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Hall will leave for their home in PJainvllle today, af ter attending the graduating exercises of Washburn college. Miss Edna Hall and Miss Maita Hall will remain at the Beta house until Sa.tu.rday and will then go to their home in Plalnville. Mr. Robert Air has returned from a business trip to western Kansas. Mr. E. T. EJpoHn of Sedalia, Mo., will arrive next week to visit his parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Espelin. He will be married June 15 and will bring Ms bride to Topeka with him. Miss Anna Isaacson has returned from a visit to friends in Kansas City. Mr. Art'aur Pratt, of Burlingame, spent Wednesday in Topeka. Mrs. J. W. Wilcox, of Emporia, is the 'guest of her mother, Mrs. Z. K. Hiednz n.an. Mr. H. L. Lescher of Great Falls, Montana, is the guest of his sister, Mrs. L. S. Ferry. Miss Eva Hartwell returned to her home In Jamestown today, accom panied by her brother -Mr. George Hartwell, who came up for Washburn commencement. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Armold and Miss Hazel Armold and Mr. E. Armold left Wednesday evening for their home in Chapman. Miss Hazel Armold is a Washburn student who has been living this winter at the Beta house. Miss Aline Thildrn has gone to Kan sas City to study voice with Mrs. Abbott. Miss Carrie Hughes of Washburn college has returned to her home in Jewell City. The women of Lincoln post and Grand Army will have a basket picnic the afternoon of June 14 at Garfield park in celebration of the 134th anni versary day of the American flag. Mr. Clay Hamilton left today for Holton to attend the wedding of Miss Bernice May Tabor and Mr. John N. Van der Vries, which will take place tonight at 7 o'clock. Mr. Hamilton is to be one of the ushers. Dr. L. H. Munn is attending the medical convention in St. Louis. Mrs. Munn accompanied him. Miss Myra Tompkins of Oklahoma City is the guest of Miss Ann Trout man. Mr. Will Warriner, who spent last winter in Portland, Ore., studying piano with Mr. Alf Klingenberg, will spend the summer in Topeka with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Warriner, and in the autumn will gro to Europe to study. Miss Ethel-Stone of Emporia is vis iting her aunt, Mrs. Rose Hibbard. Mr. and Mrs. Gil Updegraff left to day to make their home in Kansas City. Mr. Ralph Guy of Davenport, la., is the guest of his aunt, Mrs. George Cronk. Miss Ethel McCoy cf Fairbury, Neb., is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. George McCoy. Miss Hulda Chapln of Washburn college left Wednesday for her home in Watunga. Okla. Mr. Wallace Thompson of the City of Mexico is expected the first of next month to remain permanently. Miss Lou Nash, one of the teachers of the high school, will go to Chicago to attend summer school at the uni versity. Mr. Bayard Taylor Whitney of Kan sas City, who formerly lived in To peka, will be married tonight to a Kansas City girl. Miss Frances Aber nathy. They will be at home after July 1 at 15 West 38th street, Kan sas City, Mo. Mrs. S. E. Knight of Shawnee, Okla., and Miss Mary McGill of San An tonio, Tex., are staying for an indefin ite time at the home of Mrs. G. D. Walp, 1608 College avenue. Mr. H. A. Pearson and his daughter. Mrs. J. J. Fritz, spent Wednesday in Kansas City. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Baker of Lathrop, Mo., are with their mother. Mrs. F. r. Baker, at the some oi Mr. Floyd A. Baker, 1221 Polk street Mrs. F. P. Baker has been ill for some time and is now extremely weak. Her daughter, Mrs. H. W. Sharp, of Newton has been with her several weeks. EVENING CHAT BT RUTH CAMERON. When you pick up a magazine what do you turn to first? If you are one of a sadly large class of magazine readers I can answer my own question. Tou turn directly to the most inter esting looking short story the story that has the most alluring title, the most attractive pictures and the "best selling" name attached to it. And when you have gobbled that story up, you read the next best, and so on down the line' to the rather un interesting story with a lot of solid print and only one or two illustrations. Maybe you also glance at a poem or two, if they are short enough, and perhaps read the dramatic criticism. But how often do you read any. of the nonaction articles the true stor ies of what men and women are doing be better men and women, the descrip tions of little known lands, the investi gation and discussion of unsatisfactory conditions of government and industry, the opinions of great men on the big economic and civic questions of the flay, the stories of "important inven tions and discoveries, the memoirs of famous men? Now I know that of course that there are a great many people who do read these things, or. else. they would not be bought and printed."' but I also think there is an abominably large class of magazine buyers who .seldom look at these nonfiction articles. Tax anyone of these fiction-only read ers with the habit and he will in all probability retort: "But I work hard all day, and when I get home and get hold of a magazine I'm too tired to try to educate myself. I want to be amused." Listen, my friend. Will it really tire you so very much more to be intelligent ly interested occasionally than to be perpetually amused? Some of these serious articles deal In technical terms and demand great concentration, but these are decidedly in the minority, and the majority do not demand any more mental effort than is necessary to follow the antics of the characters in the customary love story and I think they will interest you full as keenly once you get accustomed to reading them. That's the crux of the whole matter the gatting used to it. For a person who habitually reads enly fiction, to pick up a magazine and turn past the story with the alluring sketch picture of the lady with the big hat and big eyes and fuzzy hair poring tea for the man with the Greek god figure, and read Instead how a certain judge has succeeded in alchemizing bad boys into good citizens, or who gets the extra five cents a pound he pays for his Sunday beef and what methods might be taken to persuade the culprit to give some of that five back, may demand self denial at first, but I don't believe you will require much after you have done it several times. If you don't possess it, why don't you start acquiring the nonfiction article reading habit today? Begin by promising yourself that in all the magazines you take up for the next month you will read at least one or two of these articles and by the end of the month I'm ready to wager you'll have the habit.- Now, don't think I'm decrying maga zine fiction. I'm not. I think it would be sad indeed if one could not some times spend delightful hours forget ting one s sen ana one s cares in a clever magazine story. I'm simply suggesting that it won't hurt you if you wean yourself from an unmixed diet of mental eclairs and cream cakes and similar pastry delici ous though tney may be and add a lew literary beefsteaks and mutton broths to your magazine menu. HOT POINT DAY. Saturday Evening Post Designates To morrow the Time; Howard'b the Place. This week's Saturday Evening Post says H. B. Howard will demonstrate the utility and convenience of the "Hot Point," the famous electric iron; the day set aside for display of the iron and the demonstration is tomorrow. Every home equipped with electric light can use the Hot Poiiit. It is eco nomical, cheaper than to heat irons with sras or coal. There is no danger of getting the iron too hot. the auto matic plug switching the current oft when the temperature of the iron reaches a certain degree. Anyone can handle the iron and is the very thing for hot summer months. King and Queen Return to Rome. Rome, June 9. King Victor Em manuel and Queen Helena returned today from the province of Avellino, where they visited the scene of the recent earthquake. Before leaving Calltri the king issued instructions that everything possible be done for the relief of the sufferers there. FULTON HITS BACK City Engineer Returns Fire of Contractor John Ritchie. Brings Up Suspicions Fast His tory on City Work. SOT SATISFACTORY. Fulton Says Ritchie Has Al ways Been Poor Worker. Blames Contractor for the Con dition of Topeka Streets. Claiming that his work as a paving and sewer contractor In the city was most unsatisfactory, that he had been mixed up in a number of questionable lawsuits in connection with the city contracts, and that he had made a number of untrue statements In regard to his ideas on the characters of the city officials. City Engineer Fulton gave out an interview to the State Journal today that peppered unmerci fully the general character and work of John Ritchie, paving and sewer con tractor. In the State Journal last evening, Mr. Ritchie gave out an interview stating that City Engineer Fulton was "no good" that "he would lose the city thousands of dollars eventually" and that "he was not fitted for the posi tion." Today Mr. Fulton came back at the paving contractor with all guns at once and he assailed from every posi tion the connections between Mr. Ritchie and the city. "After m'y appointment to the office of city engineer in December, 1909, I made a check on estimates allowed John Ritchie for work done on paving previous to the time I was appointed, said Mr. Fulton. "I found that Ritchie had been overpaid to the sum of $3, 523.50 on final estimates issued to him November, J909, for paving Kansas ave nue between Seventeenth and Twen tieth streets. I tried to get Mr. Ritchie to return this money to the city but he would not do so and I held up his esti mates after I came into the office un til February to get back this $3,523.50 which belonged to the city. "On February 7 I notified the mayor and council that he was holding this money and would not return it. They instructed the city clerk to take it out of the money appropriated to pay Mr. Ritchie for work done in December and January. This was done and since that time Ritchie has not had the best feel ings for me. "I certainly appreciate the fact and consider it an endorsement of my work j as city engineer when a contractor like John Ritchie roasts me. You have f proDaDiy noticed tnat wnen you iorce certain contractors to do the right thing and make them live up to their contracts they will holler and try to blame it on to the other fellow. "It would seem (from what he says) that Ritchie is very much interested in the taxpayers and worried for fear they may lose some money on my account. To people who know him best think this is. a Joke. To hear him talk as a rule he is the one that is always los ing and retting the worst of it. There itn't a contractor doing work in To peka today who flshts to keep from doing his work according to the con tract as hard as Ritchie does. "In some places he has been forced to go over his work three times to get it in decent shape and I am now hold ing back 10 per cent of his eontract on this piece of work until it is comple ted and up to specifications. "If John Ritchie is so worried about the city losing .money why doesn't he be fair and come to trial in the suit the city has against him to recover some $10,000 to $15,000 for work it is claimed he never did on a certain sewer he had a contract to build in -the west part of the city and on which it has been said he was willing to compro mise for $5,000 or $6,000 but the city would rot agree to said compromise but would rather go before a Jury with the merits of the case. "In regard to this department not in specting his work I would take it from his standpoint or view the way jie s-queals when he is called to time that w'hat he really wants is loss inspection. He cries around that I am holding him back on his work. The truth of the matter is that it has been a continual fight to get him to rush the "work. He now has some five blocks closed up to travel. "Kansas avenue from the bridge over the Shunganunga creek to Twenty-third street has been torn up for over six months and the people living on that street can hardly get In and out of their homes. The curbing is in place but no paving has been done. "Boswell avenue between Sixteenth to Seventeenth streets today is all torn up and almost impassable. He has been on this street grading for over two months. He has finally got to work paving two blocks on Woodlawn ave nue after the street had been torn up tince winter. "He has plenty of work ahead of him on these unfinished streets and my ad vice to him is that he get busy. Of last year's contracts he has about six blocks that have not been touched. It is time to get busy." HE QUALIFIED STATEMENT. Gllluly Explains Part of Washburn Banquet Address. The editor of the State Journal has received the following: "Some of my friends who heard my speech delivered at the Washburn law school banquet at Topeka, on the evening of May 24, 1909, have sug gested that the State Journal inadver tently placed me in rather a wrong light as to what I said regarding a lawyer getting the money and upon reflection I think, perhaps, the point is well taken. I said all the Journal quoted and in addition there was a qualification. It would be gathered from what was quoted that I advo cate the policy of a lawyer "getting the money" at all hazards and at all events legitimately or illegitimately. That is not my view nor is it my prac tice. My position as outlined was and is that a lawyer to be successful should look well to three things, viz: "First, and above all endeavor to render first class service. "Second, when such service is rendered, charge a good fee for it. "Third, be a good collector and see that you are well compensated for your labor and time expended. "I most assuredly do not advocate anything beyond this in the way of 'getting the money' and would ap predate it If the Journal will kindly I set me right on this proposition I "ROSS B. GILLULY.' Bargains rriaay $4.50 Boys' Suits with Friday 32.SO Boys' Knickerbocker Suits with extra pants, made of staunch wearing gray and brown mixed cassimeres and navy bine cheviots, ages 7 to 16 years only, made and tailored in the beet possible manner, coats are cut double breasted in plain, derby back or Norfolk style. Our price for qn C( complete outfit FRIDAY. $60J $5, $6, $7.50 Boys' Suits on Sale at $3.50 This remarkable offer gives you choice of broken lots of $5, $6 and $7.50 lines left from this season's heavy selling. The most famous makes are in this line, including Sam Peck. Some of the suits have two pairs of pants they are strictly all-wool cassi meres, cheviots and blue serges. Every pair of pants cut wide and large; suits tailored .in the finest pos sible manner. There are 145 suits in this lot; ages 6 to 17, so you had better hurry If you want to take advantage of this offer; choice or. lot, while they last 75c Wash Suits Friday 45c Children's Madras Wash Suits, blouse or Russian style, made with sailor collars, trimmed with braid. Every suit fast color. Sizes 3 to 8 years. ;e Friday for boys' knlckerbocker DOC pants, sizes 3 to 17 years. Odds and ends of our $1.00 quality in all wool cassimere and cheviots, light gray and fancy colors. e Friday for Children's White Duck i3C Knickerbocker Pants, 3 to 12 years. 50c quality. 1 q Friday for Boys Underwear, short XJC or long sleeves, knee or ankle length drawers. All sizes. 25c quality. things in any way you suggest. All these suits are guaranteed with money, and worth $20.00 of any man's money price Friday. a Few good TYPEWRITERS For Rent at $2.00, $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 per month. WILSON 110 West Sixth Avenue. WEWQOD Topeka's Finest Amusement Park. Some thing doing every minute. Merchants and visitors take the cars every ten minutes at Eighth and Kansas Avenue. NO MORE FAKIRS. No More Quacks to Fit and Sell Eye Glasses in Kansas. Surely it is a consolation to the peo ple who suffer w ith their eyes to know that opticians, the younger set, are men who have completed a thorough course in a reputable optical college and then are required to pass the state ex amination before the optical board, ac cording to a recent law, enacted and effective since 1909. One optometrirt in Topeka. went through the tedious tests and submitted to the severest crankiest questioning and came out with high grades and the heartiest recommenda tion from the college and state. He is Dr. D. R. Paine of the Santa Fe Watch company. IS PAID FIVE CENTS A WEEK. New York's Youngest City Employe Is Four Years Old. New York. June 9. New York's youngest city employe has been re vealed at the Kings county hospital, in Brooklyn. He is Frank Downing, four years old, who reported this week to the paymaster there and received five cents as his compensation for "labor done about the grounds." The laudable ambition to buy a dress for his mother inspired the boy to embark in a business career. He lives near the hospital and has been a APe CLOTHING COL Extra Pants $3.50 Friday tot Children' Knee Rompers. Navy blue Madras. Sizes 1 to years. OQ- Friday for boys DrsM Shirts, neckband style, cuffs attached. light and dark colors. 60c quality, 13 to 14 heck. 39c FHday for Children's Muslin Night Robes and sleepers, 1 to 10 year, 1 60a kind. Qc Friday for Boys Lisle Web Suspenders, 15o quality. IP Wt F'V Vi Great selling of $15 Suits for men and young men will be a feature tomorrow. At this price we offer every new thing in grays, blues, tans and mix tures; exclusive fabric of foreign and domestic weaves; better qualities In every respect (even to the linings, tailoring, etc.) than you have ever had from a custom tailor at 100 per cent more. If the fit is not absolutely perfect, hurry the suit back to us. We'll refund your money or 'square" $15 Office Supply CO Fresh Fish Black Bass 20c per pound about 1 pound each. Channel Cat 15c per pound. Sliced Halibut 13c per lb. Wm. Green Son Grocery Co. 813 Kansas Ave. Kept the King at Home "For the past year we have kept the King of all laxatives Dr. King's New Life Pills in our home and they have proved a blessing to all our family," writes Paul Mathulka, of Buffalo, N. T. Easy, but sure remedy for all Stomach. Liver and Kidney troubles. Only 25c at all druggists. frequent visitor at the institution. Several days ago he went to the office of the superintendent and said he wanted to do something useful, sug gesting that a position in the hospital would be desirable. The boy was assigned to keep the lawn clear of paper and rubbish. He did his work well and at the end of a week's labor received a note directed to the paymaster, calling for wages of five cents. He took his five pennies with a glad smile. "That'sva good starter," he, said. "When I get a little more, I am going; to buy a new dress for my mother."

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6 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 9, 1910. W. E. KIPPETOE LUMBER CO. 518 to 521 Jackson St. Dealers in all kinds of building material quality and service guaranteed. Let us figure on your bill, and show you what we can do. ANTHONY FILES PAPERS Has 2,500 Names Over 1,700 Are of Farmers. The nomination petitions for D. R. Anthony, jr., as a candidate for con gress in the First district were filed with the secretary of state today. The petitions contain the names of 2,675 Republicans and were from 155 voting precincts. Nearly all the Republicans who signed the nomination papers for Mr. Anthony live outside his home county. Shawnee county, the home of Mr. Mc Neal, his opponent, leads with 585 signers. These were secured in thirty three Shawnee county voting pre cincts, eighteen In the city of Topeka and fifteen In the country. A number of Shawnee county farmers signed An thony's nomination papers. Atchison county came next with 469 signers from twenty-eight precincts. There are 320 from nineteen precincts In Brown county; 292 from seventeen precincts In Jackson; 255 from fifteen precincts In Jefferson; 284 from twenty-two precincts in Nemaha, and 270 from sixteen precincts in Doniphan. Anthony's nomination petitions were not circulated in any of the wards of Leavenworth and only In five township precincts and the smallest number, 100 names, are presented from Leaven worth county. Anthony's friends de cided on a policy of getting the num ber of signers allowed within the law from the other counties of the district Instead of his home county. Of the 2,57 5 signers to Anthony's nomination petitions, over 1,700 are farmers. The petitions were brought over by W. I. Biddle. chairman of the First district Republican committee, who is confident that Anthony will win by a big majority. "I have to be careful about making predictions for fear of wounding Mr. McNeal's sensitive feel ings," said Biddle todav. "The condi tions are fine and Anthony is gaining right along, but not as fast as when McNeal was roaming around making speeches. Tom has Quit the forum, finding Republicans will not stand for his free trade Democratic oration. They heard the same speech delivered by the late lamented Col. Thomas Moonlight in a more eloquent -manner manv vears ago. "Mr. McNeal favored Leavenworth county with a three davs' visit last week and we all enjoyed his company. He spent considerable time at the Sol diers' home and is stronger among the veterans than was thought for. 17 out of the 2.800 pledged themselves to vote for him." "The Socialists are going to get out a candidate for congress in this dis trict, one Charles Wellman of Leaven worth, a contractor and a good talker. The Socialists polled about 650 votes In the district two years ago when John F. Wlllets was their candidate." The candidates are coming into the secretary of state's office today in droves. The following filed their nomi nation papers this morning: Will E. Davis, for auditor; Charles Sessions, for secretary ot state; Thos. McNeal and Dan Anthony, Jr., for congress in the First district; E. T. Falrchild. for superintendent of public instruction; Ed Madison, for congress in the Sev enth district. As yet no Democratic candidate for state office has filed his papers. IT WAS ALL A JOKE. Coaching Party Robbed of $7,500 by Friends in Disguise. Seattle. Wash., June 9. A stage coach holdup, planned as an added amusement for the guests In Harry Whitney Treat's new English four-in-hand, was carried out late with such perfection that $7,500 worth of valu tables were "lifted" from the passen gers, and the police force of this city was thrown into a frenzy of bandit chasing. Treat's coach, a recent importation from England ana equipped with liv eried postillions, post horn and the like, set out today with a load of so ciety people Including Mrs. George H. Snowden, a niece of President Taft, Mrs. J. H. Ballinger, a niece of Secre tary Ballinger, and Mrs. J. D. Farrell, wife of the head of the Harriman lines Jn the northwest. As the coach neared the Country club, four masked men leaped from the brush beside the road. Under the threat of their weapons. Treat reined In and the passengers were "held up." Then Treat was ordered to drive on. The property all was returned before the police, hastily summoned, reached the club house. The "bandits" turned out to be sev eral millionaires. LAYS DOWN ARMS. Epress Companies Accept Mandate of Railroad Board. John S. Dawson, attorney for the state railroad board, has won a great victory In his fight for a reduction of express rates. It will be remembered that the railroad board a few days ago granted Dawson's petition by making an order reducing the rates very materially. Daw son hurried into the supreme court by ruing an application tor a writ or man damus to compel the comDanies to obey the order of the board. The attorneys for the express companies had until tomor row to answer. Today W. R. Smith, at torney for the five express comDanies. filed the following paper in the supreme court: "And now comes the above named re spondent. Wells, Fargo Company Ex tiress. and states to the court that it in tends to put into effect the reduced rates ordered bv the board of railroad eommis- clin.ra nn the 24th day of Mav. 1910. in accordance with the order of said board mmt forth In the annilfation snd petition for a writ of mandamus herein, and fur ther states to the court that it 'has filed with the board of railroad commissioners a written statement to the effect that it will abide by and perform the order of the board of railroad commissioners en tered on the 24th day of May, and make effective the rates on interstate shipments as provided for in said order. "Wherefore, the respondent- asks that the application and petition for a writ of mandamus herein be dismissed." It will be seen from the above that the express companies have given up the fight against a reduction in the rates. In Texas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma the com panies resisted the reduction to the utter most in the courts, and in some of the cases gained partial victories. The re duction secured in Kansas rates averages from twenty to twenty-five per cent, cov ering in its range no reduction at all on some article to an eighty per cent reduc tion in one or two cases. WANT HIM IN OHIO. G. W. Kennedy, Alleged Dynamiter, "Jfeeded" at Fredricksburg. Sheriff J. T. Norton has received a letter from Fredricksburg, O., that G. W. Kennedy, the man who so molested Rossvllle that Deputy Sheriff Ben Jud kins was sent up to prosecute him for drinking on the street, is wanted at that place. Judkins, acting as city at torney of Rossville, convicted Kennedy, while Justice Hopkins fined him Jo. He was thrown in jail to serve time but broke out. That feature of the man's departure from Rossville is akin to the charge in Fredricksburg where he broke into jail with 100 pounds of dyna mite, which he had stolen from a store, and attempted to blow it up. A grand jury found a true bill against him but his mother bailed him out and he then went 'to Akron, committed an assault and was placed in the workhouse, where he broke out to come to Kansas. The letter says the fellow is dangerous. To Snap Big Game. El Paso, Tex., June 9. Equipped with cinemetograph machines and accom panied by a retinue of servants, Fer dinand Due De Montpensier, uncle of the king of Portugal, and a grandson of Louis Philippe, is in Mexico City, on his way to Chihuahua, where as the guest of Governor Jose Maria Sanchez, he will photograph wild game in. the Sierra M;dre mountains, south or El Paso. Stabs His Divorced Wife. Kansas City, Mo., June 9. Jealous because his divorced' wife was to marry another man next Saturday, Paul Meuhl went to her home in this city today and stabbed her several times. He then slashed himself. Both were taken to a hospital where physicians said Muehl might live, tout the woman would pro bably die. C. S. Rolls, Who Flew From England to France And Back Again, Coming to America. a' 111'h.iiii miiiit ii iii mnwiniij MiiiwitiLwwiiiliMpHiipaai! v K &l ttr.&g i-.& r rCj4 1. ,.v i t :r .if- .-Sr'r iJy? by Amnr4n Vtiom AwocUUoa GUILTY SAYS PURVIS. Watchman Fined $25 for Flour From Mill. Stealing David Purvis, the watchman of the Topeka Milling company's plant, who was charged with stealing flour from the buildings, entered a plea of guilty In the court of Topeka this morning and was fined $25, half the costs, and sentenced to 90 days in the county jail by Judge E. R. Simon. Purvis said he had taken 12 sacks of flour within a fortnight of his ar rest and explained that he had done it while under the influence of liquor. The case against John Thomas, a ne gro, charged with aiding Purvis in the theft was continued. The case against John Neidens for buying the stolen flour was also continued while that against William Finney for buy ing, was dismissed, the defendant to pay $7.90 costs. BOUND TO PUT UP RATES Railroads Decide on August 1 as the Date. Washington, June 9. Representatives of the railways east of Chicago, and north of the Ohio river, at a confer ence here today, decided that the ad vanced freight rates should be filed as effective August 1, pending the enact ment of the railroad bill now in con ference? If the bill should not .become a law by August 1, a. 'further postpone ment will be granted, j,.,. ...v Strike Nearly Half Won. ;a. Seattle, June 9. William Hannon, vice president of the International Ma chinists union, who is directing the machinists' strike in the northwest, has issued a statement in which he says that 19 shops, employing 75 men, have granted the strikers' demands, and are paying $3.60 a day for eight hours work. Twenty shops and 175 men are still affected by the strike. Mr. Hannon says the machinists are not demanding a closed shop, but are merely asking for jtn-aight hour. day. No Trains Into Jefferson City. Jefferson City, Mo., June 9. No trains have arrived- in the capital of Missouri since 6 o'clock last night and it may be two days before the service is resumed. The Missouri Pacific and Missouri, Kansas Texas roadbeds were washed out by the heavy rains last night. Governor Hadley, who is billed to speak at Columbia, started to drive overland 40 niiLes to f keep his appointment today. e- fto MYSTESY IN DEATH. Coroner to Probe Passing of Wealthy Chicago' Woman. Chicago, June 9. While the death of Mrs. Frannie Surdam Stelle here Mon day will .be officially investigated, Oor cner Hoffman and detective connected with the case, today expressed the be lief that the wealthy woman died of natural causes. "No complete explanation of the sit uation is at hand," said Detective-John Costello last night, "but we aire of the opinion that a ttrange combination of circumstances has produced a string of occurrences that arc not linked togeth er. We have .thoroughly investigated everything surrounding the case and are convinced that the death of Mrs. Stelle was from natural uauses. This opinion is concurred in by physicians." Edgar R. Accetta. the young singer and lawyer of New York, who at one time was engaged to marry Mrs. Stelle and who is a .beneficiary to the extent of $25,000 under the terms of the wom an's will, said: "Mrs. Stelle was my best friend. I met Iter eight years ago. She educa ted me in the' law, paying all of my expenses. I brought suit against her for $50,000, for breach of promise, but that was settled out of court. I will not contest the will, however. "Mrs. Stelle was in the habit of car iying money sewed in her clothing. Her father lost thousands of dollars worth of property in the Chicago fire and she considered that it was best to keep her cash where she could take it with Iter in case of fire. She possessed E.bout $90,000 wcrth of diamonds and ci'her jewelry. That was one of her hobbies." Physicians and house detectives at tending Mrs. Stelle found $25,000 in cur rency sewed between the linings of the clothing she had on and $50,000 worth of diamonds secreted in the same man ner. GREAT TIME ENDS. Merchants' Week Comes to Today. Close Merchants' week is now a thing of the past and the goods sellers of the state are leaving the city by every outgoing train. Regardless of the ex cessive precipitation which made it impossible to carry out the arrange ments exactly as scheduled the big event was considered the most suc cessful of the three annual affairs of the kind.1 Thursday, although they were hav ing a good time there was disappoint ment expressed on the faces of the guests on account of the fact that the prospects for seeing a flying machine soar over Kansas soil seemed slim, indeed. f- Today, those who remained and they were the bigger part of the 1650 persons-who took advantage of the hospitality of the local business organ ization saw the flights of the "Sky lark" and they were satisfied. Loud was their, praise of the ability of the members of the1 Jobbers' and Manu facturers' -association to entertain. As to handling.: the visitors every thing went off like clockwork. The afternoon program at the auditorium Wednesday was gotten up on the spur of the moment "When it was found that there could' be no flights made bn the aviation" field.-.--. Miss Ona May MilleP and the other young ladies of. the Washburn quartet made a decided "hit" and the concert by Marshall's military band was well appreciated. i Thirteen hundred was the actual registration, two hundred more than a year ago, and that notwithstanding the unfavorable weather conditions, but the guests of the association ag gregated 1,650. Those to. whom special credit is due r- d in making the Merchants' week a suc cess are President Geo. P. McEntire, Robert Pierce, chairman of the ban quet committee, Leonard R. Manley, chairman of the reception committee, Charles P. Adams, who had charge of the advertising, Ralph Baer, chair man of the decoration committee and J. K. Baer In charge of the registration. DAWSON AT QUINDARO. Delivers Address at the Commence ment Today. T is Commencement week at the Quindaro institute, the well known negro scnool of Kansas, of which W. T. Vernon s1.,pesident- At the exercises today, which were well attended. John S. Daw son delivered an address to the graduates. Mr. Dawson said in part: Tou are graduates of this industrial college. Whatever other scholastic ad vantages you may have acquired or may hereafter attain, you are to be congrat ulated on this. Collegiate training for business and commercial pursuits is dis tinctively an American idea. It is the outgrowth of a protest against the insuffi ciency of the old system to qualify young people for practical life. Far be it from me to deprecate the desirability of scien tific and classical education, but I know to my own humiliation that one may have learned the subdivisions of ancient Gaul and the romance of Eneas and Dido, may have computed the procession of the equinoxes and waded through all the weary length of Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason," and yet make an inglorious fail ure when called upon to take off a trial balance for a village grocery man or make out a bil lot sale to oblige a hack driver. "Many a bright young man have I seen come out of college with dearly cherished notions of how this great big world ought to be run, and fully bent on waging relentless war against the existing order of society; when, in fact, with all his high and imposing notions of what ought to be. he did not have the least conception of how things really are. What particular phase his folly would assume it matters not. But the day of his salvation was near at hand. The world just tripped him up and rolled its big round self over him and bumped and bruised and buffeted him, and if, happily it mashed the nonsense entirely out of him. he was saved! Then and not till then he would learn that he had begun his philosophy at the wrong end. Had he been more wise he would have devoted himself to learn how things are ere he set himself the task of elab orating: a theory how they ought to ,be. This is intensely a practical world, and happy indeed is the young man who saves himself the rebuffs it usually costs to find this out." TO SAVE $55,000. Casualty Company Contests Claim of C. C. Dickinson. New York, June 9. Charles Coulter Dickinson, former president of the Car negie Trust company, who died after a trip to a chemical laboratory at Scranton, Pa,, last month, did not come to his end by accident, according to a statement issued today by E. W. De Leon, president of the Casualty com pany of America, This company held $55,000 of accident insurance on the banker's life. Stanley C. Dickinson, a brother, said at the time of death, May 24, that Mr. DQc-kinson accidentally inhaled a pois orous gas while watching a laboratory experiment. The doctors gave pneu monia and heart disease as the cause of death. ON HUNT FOR JEWS Russian Secret Police Make House to House Search. St. Petersburg, June 9. Further advices were received here today tell ing of the continuance of the organ ized search made for Jews illegally residing in the province of Smolensk. The secret police' made a house to hous search in the village of Stado litsch and its environs and seized eight Hebrews. Others of the race had received a timely warning and hastily fled by train, abandoning their effects. CARROLL IS SAFE. With But Five Counties Missing He Has a Lead of 706. Des Moines, la,, June 9. With only five counties missing. Governor Carroll, Republican, is renominated by a ma jority of 706 votes. The missing coun ties are known as Carroll strongholds and probably will bring his total up to 1,500 or 2,000. Brewern Willing to Help Government, Washington, June 9. Endorsing a proposal that the organized brewing in dustry offer active assistance to gov ernment authorities in devising meas ures for the regulation of the retail liquor traffic and approving a plan to promote the adoption of a national la bor agreement and a national arbitra tion agreement, the fiftieth annual con vention of the United States Brewers' association adjourned here today. The convention elected Lewis Hemrich of Seattle trustee. Congress Asked to Act. Washington, June 9. Congress was asked today by members of the house and by prominent representatives of Jewish organizations to pass the reso lution proposed by Representative Harrison, Democrat, New York, con demning the persecution of Jews in Russia and requesting the president to use his friendly offices with the Russian government to obtain action to prevent a recurrence of the recent massacres. In Prison Two Years on Suspicion. El Paso, Tex., June 9. After hav ing been prisoners in the Juarez jail since September, 1908, four Mexicans, thought to have been connected with the revolutionary effort of two years ago, were released from custody to day by order of the federal court. The men are German Varges, Porfirio Uranga, Jesus Martinez and Andrez C. Telles. Conference on Railroad Bill. 'Washington, June 9. The first formal conference on the railroad bil! was be gun today. It was attended by Sena tors Aldrich and Elkins and Repre sentative Mann of Illinois. It is under stood that the Democratic members will not be called in until the Repub licans tentatively have reached an agreement. The "discussion was con fined to the commerce court features. Prominent Mason Indicted. New' Orleans. La.. June 9. Frank Davis, until recently secretary and treasurer of the rand consistory Scottish Rite Masons of Louisiana, was today indicted on the charge of em bezzling $15,900 of' the funds of the consistorj. He is head of the Frank Davis Machinery' company and is prominent in business circles. In asking the State Journal for base ball scores please call Independent 814. BIG SUM FOR PRINCETON The University Is In the Way of Ac quiring $1,150,000. Princeton, N. J.. June 9. As a re sult of a special meeting cf the board of trustees of Princeton university to day the institution will acquire about $1,150,000 in gifts. The bulk of this comes as a renewal of the offer made by William Cooper Proctor of Cincin nati and brings to an end the contro versy over the site of the graduate college. Mr. Proctor in May, 1909, offered the university $500,000 on condition that the alumni raise an equal amount, all to go to the graduate college. Dur ing the controversy over the site, Mr. Proctor's gift was withdrawn. With the renewal of the gift the half million to be given by the alumni is said to be assured in pledges from prominent alumni. Mrs. Russell Sage, it wa' announced, has given $150,000 to add to the dor mitories already donated ty her and to build a great memorial tower 160 feet high in the northwest part of the campus. The renewal of the offer by Mr. Proctor was made on terms satisfac tory not only to President Woodrow Wilson, but also the members of the board of trustees. The bequest by the late Isaac C. Wyman of Salem, Mass., variously estimated at from $2,000,000 to $4,000,000, it is said, was the direct cause of the closing of the breach oyer the graduate college site, which was a chief condition of the original Proctor offer. It is understood the $500,000 to be raised by the alumni is now to go to the preceptorial system instead of to the graduate school as designated in Mr. Proctor's original offer. Dr. John M. T. Finney of Baltimore was elected a life trustee. Mrs. Sage was in town today and passed the campus as the senior class was being photographed. She was recognized and given a cheer. LOCAL MEJSTIO. The Modern Woodmen of America's band, which was to have played at the aviation field this afternoon, gave a parade instead on Kansas avenue. It made numerous stops, including one in front of the State Journal, and its playing was enjoyed by the many peo ple on the streets. The membership of this band is made up for the most part of young men living in Oakland, and it was originally organized as the Oakland band. Passion Play, illustrated lecture, to night by Prof Lee at Washburn col lege. 1 The Y. W. C A. board of directors held a meeting this afternoon to com plete plans for the summer camp at Wakarusa. The 5eneva club will give an auto mobile ride Fridy evening,- unless it rains. They will meet at the Y. W. C. A. rooms. The first party will leave at 7:30 and the second at 8:30. Dancing tonight at Vinewood park. "Hall" and "Steinberg" will play. Steamship tickets, lowest rates, be3t lines. For full information, see T. L. King, agent. Santa Fe depot. Tel. 682. DEATHS. AN1 TtJSEKAI&. The funeral of Mrs. Lottie R. Crouch, who died Wednesday will be held Satur day from the First Baptist church at 2:30 o'clock. Interment will be in the Mount riope cemetery. George R. Sheldon, aged 72 years, died weanesaay at nis home. 7 miles south east of Topeka. The funeral will be held at the home Friday at 2 o'clock. Inter ment will be in the Linn Creek cemetery. Santa Fe Train Service. The Santa Fe report on train service in Kansas for May shows that out of 2,451 trains run, 584 were late, or 24 per cent. There were 20 wrecks during the month that were responsible for some of these delayed trains, and thres storms. The trains averaged from three minutes late to 12 minutes. Vote on Postal Banks Today. Washington, June 9. The indications are that the house will vote on the postal savings bank bill at about 6 p. m. today. There appears to be no doubt that the Democratic substitute will be rejected and the Republican measure as agreed on at the caucus of Republican members, will be adopted. Engine Hits a Funeral Coach. Havers traw, N. Y., June 9. Four people were killed and one seriously Injured here today when 'a locomotive struck a coach returning from a funeral. Senate Adopts Conference Report. Washington, June 9. The conference report on the river and harbor bill was adopted in the senate by a vote of 45 to 12. "The complaining witness says you jumped on him with great ferocity and loosened four of his teeth." "Yes, your honor. It was immediately after the first game and he had just prophesied who would win the pennant." "Discharged." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cooking School Friday Ladles who wish to secure the val uable Janet McKenzie Hill Cook's Book should present their certificate at the Free Baking School in the Y. W. C. A. rooms not later than Saturday. The books are going out very fast and the school is drawing to a close. At Friday's class Mrs. Briggs will please you with orange cake, strawber ry short cake, and Baking Fowdor light bread. Ladies out of the city can secure the Cook's Bock by mailing the certificate to Mrs. Briggs, care Y. W. C. A. MRS. MARY GREGOVICH Of Philipsburg, Montana, Tells How She Was Cured of Dandruff. Mrs. Mary Gregovicn, of Phillipsburg, Montana, under date of Nov. 26, 1899, writes: "I had typhoid fever this sum mer, consequently waa losing my hair terribly, and my head in places was perfectly bald. Newbro's Herpicide had just come into use in Phillipsburg, and the doctor strongly recommended it to me. After 3 or 4 applications my hair stopped falling out, and1 is coming in again quite thick. I used to be troubled greatly with dandruff, of which I am row quite cured." Kill the "dandruff germ with Herpicide. Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c in stamps for sam ple to The Herpicide Co., Detroit, Mich. Ona dollar bottles guaranteed. A sis ugu: BARGAIN BULLETIN for FRIDAY (Tomorrow) Men's Fine Shoes Worth $3.50 and $4.00 special for J?1 AO Friday if) 1 .iJO $1.00 Shirts Special for Friday only 50c Men's $20 SUITS for $8.88 Men's HOSE 4 pairs 25c Odds and ends 60c SHIRTS 25c President 50c Sus penders 25c Men's 50c Silk Hose Very big value spe cial for Fri- r. day t 25c Men's Porous Knit Union Suits $1.00 value Special for Friday 50c Woolen Mills Pants $2.00 values Special Friday BLUE SERGE Suits Fine Worst ed Suits, the same Suit -S7!d in To peka for $18. 60- Bar gain Friday $8.88 Ladies' Matting Suit Case FREE Brine the men tolks to this sale tomorrow nothing like our values ever before in Topeka. 622 KANSAS AX 8.88

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL-THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 9,1910. 7 Cut Price Stores TEA Lipton's No. 1 quality, often sold at 75c pound. Friday special I1 "y 1-lb. can 5UC Anti-Trust Prices SUGAR Finest standard granulated, 100 pound sacks, only $S.60 FLOUR-Pride of 48-pound sacks only Topeka brand special, $1.45 Uneeda Biscuit, 3 5c pkgs. tot. Graham 2-10c pkgs.' iot 10c Crackers, ..15c Nabisco, 2-10c C pkgs. for 1 OC Tomatoes, Standard quality, large op cans, 3 for. UC Raisins, unbleached Sultanas, Seed- or less, 4 lbs. for...-53C Tobacco, Yankee Girl a 35 or 4 0c lb. plug for. 30c In the Premium Depts. 25c Fairy Soap 7-5c bars.... Sweet Gem Peas Carmen brand, high grade, tiny. tender peas regularly sold at 15c can, special i g per can 1UC Corn Starch Pure Food brand a 10c package for 5c Peanut Butter, Royal brand, 15c jars 1 o for IOC Rice, good quality, -five or .pounds S.J. Rice Broken, O C special, 7 lba Washing Powders, Rub No More, eight 5c Foa,cka.ge.9:. 25c Tooth "Picks, fine hardwood ones two 5 cent packages t5 for JC Kraut, good quality. No. 2 size cans, C each only "OC APPLES large No. 10 tins, commonly called gallons, jnarm brand. New York Ex tras, per can, only i 25c Queen Olives in large Mason jars," per jar only 25 cents Salad Dressing Salad Dressing Pure Food brand, the best, 15c bottles for 10c; O'ig extra large 25c bottles for GOC "TPt? UTr? irv We Undersell ElLMlt OlOOljIli We Give Premium Stamps The Largest Grocery Business in Kansas You cannot get a better servant than en Independent phone. The Shawnee county commissioners are working on the 1910 tax assessments. Saturday evening a banquet will be given for the gymnasium classes of the Central Y. M. C. A.. A. Huddleston, a. janitor in the Veale block, has reported to the police the loss of a coat and $30. The case is be ing investigated. Fred G. Hood, of Silver Lake, and Nellie B. Sheneman of Agricola, Kan., secured .a. license to wed In Kansas City, Mo., Wednesday. Pop stand season is about to break out among the youngsters, judging from the fact there is an occasional boy in the business already. The firemen at the headquarters en gine house are hatching over 10,000 small gold fish in their new concrete pond just east of the station. "Puddln' Head Wilson," as present ed by the North Brothers' Stock com pany at the Grand, was greatly en joyed by the visiting merchants. A number of the merchants of the state took advantage of the offer of the Central Y. M. C. A. and plunged Into the swimming pool. Robt. Tasker, candidate for the nom ination for register of deeds, who was operated upon for appendicitis, has been removed to his home from Christ's hos pital. Lodges Nos. 44 and 9 of tha Triple Tie Benefit association, will be ad dressed by Suprwae President C. P Griffith. June 10. Meeting will be held in Lincoln Post haU. It is understood that the Topeka paving and sidewalk contractors whose monthly payments were held up by the city commissioners have hired at torneys to fight their case. One of the features of entertainment for the merchants yesterday was a visit to the Wolff packing plant. The big automobile truck of the company was kept busy carrying passengers back and forth. The temporary bridge over Soldier creek for the accommodation of the aviator guests was washed out at 6 o'clock this morning. This necessi tates the crowds going around by the way of. the Kansas avenue bridge. The city cbmmissioners went to the aviation meet at the North .Topeka fields this morning. City Commission er Holman has been on the ground in North Topeka at all times watching the parks and the North side enter tainment. "I am going to fly," J. C. Mars as sured the visiting merchants.- "And those who stay long enough will see the flights. We will have three days of flights if it takes all summer. I have worked before the public for 16 years and have never as yet broken my faith with the people." The Herington Commercial club, fifty strong, left with their private Pullman cars over the Rock Island last night. They have made a thor ough campaign of the city but return ed home on account of the bad weath er. The club passed resolutions thank ing the people of Topeka for their entertainment. Col. Roosevelt After Receiving LL. D. Degree at Cambridge, England. Thirty Days and $100. J. R Carswell, bootlegger, was ar retted Wednesday afternoon and fined J100 and sentenced to SO days in jail by Police Judge Urmy. Carswell was seen to receive money, had two bottles of brandy in his grip and was armed with a collapsible cup when arrested. W. A. Courtney and Dan Atkinson were arrested on like charges but will not be tried until this afternoon. Pytlilaii Home Dedicated. Decatur. 111.. June 9 In the presence of 20,000 Knights of Pythias of Illinois, the Aged Pythlans' and Orphans' home was dedicated here this afternoon by Orand Chancellor Albert Watson oi Mount Vernon. The home cost $200,000 and will accommodate 150 persons. 1 i r I fclfllllfl f 1 V I V 1 V ft 'w 1 nr 7, m.Mi, .".int.' Li lJ --J Photo by American Press Association. "WOMAN IN BROWN." Stranger Believed to Be Arrested. Crazy Is Oakland's mysterious "woman in brown" is now in the county jail and Oaklanders may walk their streets without fear. Her name is Nettie Krai, she says, although she said she was afraid to tell who she was be cause of the trouble she had exper ienced in othor towns. She is appar ently crr-Ei' and will be deported. The woman was arrested this morn ing by the Oakland marshal and brought to the jail. She was found wandering about the streets. She de clared she was hunting for a place where she had agreed to work, but that the woman who engaged her had not yet been located. For the past two weeks a mysterious woman in brown ha.s practically haunted Oakland. She appeared at BS You Men Who ciate Gentility in Dress Appe Should get real well ac quainted with "The Clothes of Felix." Our showing in greys and blues is magnifi eient. They're built of pure wool fabrics and fit with gen tlemanly grace. We're es- fecially strong at $20 and 25, others $15 to $40, 629-631 Kansat Avemue all hours of the day and night and caused not a few frisrhts. She made no replies to questions asked her; in fact, she did not even seem to see the people who talked to her. The thing got on the nerves of the Oaklanders. Anywhere, everywhere, she was likely to appear at any time. Always she wore the black straw h?t bare of any trimming whatever, and passed with downcast or averted eyes. At last conditions grew unbearable, and the county officers were notified. The citv authorities of Oakland were also asked to, watch for the woman. This mornine was the first chance the marshal had and he brought the wom an to the county jail. Asked where she would like to go. the woman says she does not want to leave Topeka. Her parents live at Perry, Okla., she says, and she has a brother living near Mountain View, in the same state. But she does not Tvant to go to either place. "I am not a child," she said, "and I would rather work out. I don't get along at home." The woman denied that her parents were unKina to ner. but said she did not want to go home. Neither did she want to go anywhere else. She also objected to being locked up. The woman says she formerly lived at Hoyt and would rather go there than anywhere in case she has to leave the city. But the authorities will not send her to Hoyt for the simple reason that she cov.Id walk back, and they want to De ria or her. She says she was "shipped" out of Leavenworth and St. JoseDh and hints at trouble which has in It a tinge of "white slavery" during her stay in Leaven worth. "It was an awful place," she said, "and soldiers were there all the time. They were so rough. A woman took me there from Kansas City." Further than that she will not dis cuss the Leavenworth trouble. She makes her answers in a low, whining tone, speaks only when spoken to and will sit for hours gazing at nothing but the bare wall. She claims she has been rooming on East First street since she arrived in Topeka, but is unable or will not tell the officers where. An effort will be made to locate her relatives and have them care for her. We are sales aeents for Ruberoid Roofing. Chicago Lumber Co., 3rd and Jackson streets: FIND HIMJUILTY. G. T. Stanley Is Convicted of Arson in District Court. Sentence Is Fixed at From One to Seven Years. HIS DEFEASE FAILS. Liveryman Unable to Break Down State's Evidence. Same of Dead Woman Figured at Trial Before Dana. G. V. Stamey, well known liveryman and alleged firebug, was found guilty of arson in the third degree by a jury in the district court at 11:25 o'clock to day. His penalty will be a term of from five to seven years in the state peni tentiary at Lansing. The jury was out one hour. It is peculiar that though the Jury accepted the theory that Stamey had burned both his livery stables for in surance his conviction was for burning the house of Walter Bates at 1S29 Laurel street on which he could collect nothing. Neither could he have been prosecuted for burning the furniture on which it was claimed it had been his purpose to collect insurance for the of ficers found every article of furniture insured had been hauled away tins evening before the fire and old worth less goods substituted. Some notes on Stamey's career as a firebug as gathered by. the prosecutor and used in his closing argument to the jury include fhe facts that Stamey in all of his experience never insured anything in his life but what it was lost, that he never held a policy longer than 90 days before the' property was burned; that he never lost anything by fire but what was insured; that he al ways happened to have uninsured articles out of the way before a fire and that the amount of policies taken oui were always for 13.000. When Stamey's big barn at 519 West Tenth avenue burned he showed how it had caught fire from a small building across the alley. Insurance of $3,000 was collected. When his barn and five horses were burned at Ninth and Tyler streets, Stamey was in Norton visiting but his $1,500 horse on which-there was no insurance had been taken after f,9 days in the barn, down to the fair grounds, while every horse on which hs held insurance happened to be in the stable. Insurance of $3,000 was again collected. Find Furniture. Then the fire which burned the Bates house and was expected to ruin the eld furniture therein, so that it could be passed for that he had removed oc curred. An attempt was made to col lect $3,000 Insurance on Che furniture but officers found It all in storage and the prosecution used this fact against Stfcimey. But here the unfortunate Mts. D. E. Evans becomes involved in the case. She had'paid the rent of the house and l ad insured the; furniture. Stamey on the witness stand without, however, a syllable of corroboraUveseviden.ee said he had given tier the furniture to pre vent her from bringing breach of promise suit against him. That was his defense that he knew nothing of the insurance and had no interest in the property. -Mrs. Evans Asks Money. The county, attorney showed that Mrs. Evans before coming to Stamey. had written him for money, from Logan, West Virginia. Hence, he argued, Sttmey must have paid her rent but had her do it trying to keep himself as far as iposoible from detection, in the .plot. Then in answering Stamey's defens-3, he asked him how it happened that he had removed all the valuable furniture the very evening before the fire. Stamey answered he did it be cause the stores, where the furniture was bouglit, wfre calling for install ments, and said Mrs. Evans was not paying them. Schenck showed then that there were no installments due by exhibiting certd-ficateB from the stores. The county attorney hit the defense a blow by introducing letters from the former liveryman, who had claimed he and Mrs. bvans had quarrelled wltii him. The woman was addressed as "Sweetheart." and many other endear ing terms. The letters were written after the fire. Further, he argued that the evidei.ee proved that everywnero Mrs. Evans went to collect that insur ance, Stamey was alvvays on the out side, waiting to find out how things were progressing. The chain of cir cumstantial evidence was welded to gether by the fact that Stamey. who had gone to Kansas City to escape connec tion with the fire, immediately upon his return to Topeka in the morning, tele phoned to the house of a Mrs. Brunner where Mrs. Evans had gone instead of calling up 1829 Laurel street: where he had left her the previous night. Mrs. Evans Again. Evidence in the case further showed that the insurapee agents would never have insured anything for Stamey and that for that reason Mrs. Evans got it. Closing Mr. Schenck again spoke of Mrs. Evans, the ignorant, guUlb'.e and hysterical lover of Stamey. He said:- "If this man had married Mrs. Evans when he had paid her railroad fare here from West Virginia, there would have b-jen no insurance, for agents would have known Stamey's connec tion with it, consequently there would have been no fire." STILL IN DOUBT. May Require Official Count to Deter mine Result in South Dakota. Sioux Falls, S. D., June 9. The re sult of Tuesday's primary, stiil is in doubt, the returns now in not chang ing materially the situation as seen last night. George W. Egan, indepen dent Republican still claims he has won by not less than 3,000. R. O. Richards, manager of the progressive campaign in a statement issued today, claims the renomination of Governor Vessey. He declares-his returns show Vessey carried the state by about 1.600 votes. The t official count may be necessary to settle the dispute.- It is generally believed that the stalwarts have renominated Con gressmen Burke and Martin. Lake Steamers, in Collision. v Toledo, O., June 9.--Steamers' A." L. Hopkins and Syracuse collided early t'.iis mornir.g near Soutileast Shoal light en p. The Syracuse which was not dam aged, took the Hopkins in tow to the mouth of the Detroit, where she was met by the tus Akirich. Excellent Tailor Made Suits Any woman who wants a terial, and attractive style now at a great saving for of these suits stands out so who have already bought an "extra to pass by. or suit of thoroughly good ma f or general wear can buy it $7.75. In fact the real worth plainly that many women suits, select one of these for lust because thev are too cood at' the urice There is an excellent assortment of desirable cloths, diagonals, wide $7.75 waieiwius,pauamas,iseigra iuia warp smpes m good snades ox green, grey, blue, rose, tan, nd wisteria. All the coats are well lined with good qualitv satin, stylishly cut ,and well tailored. Skirts are smartly fashioned, and suitable to wear as shirt-waist or suit skirts. Hair Pins Small bat important items It is just as important for you to know where to find the best assortments of the best hair pins as if they were larger art icles and cost more. If you come here for them you will get smooth, flexible pins that keep their shape, do not split easily and are shaped to stay in the hair better than many other kinds. We especially recom mend "Mills' Own" hair pins in amber, shell or gray, 6 and 12 in a package according to size, at 25c package. Gem hair pins 6 smooth, crimped pins in a package, for 10c Large Shell Pins 4 inches long, crimped, each 5c FlVJ all coronet braid CLiUJ pins, fancy pins pricedregularly from 25c to $3, plain, regularly priced from 10c to 25c all at Half-price. Good Wire Pins We are very careful to buy the best wire pins that we can get, just because so many wire hair pins of inferior quality are sold for what good ones ought to cost you. You will find these to be good as well as inex pensive: Invisible Pins in bronze, gilt, black or silver,-from the smallest size up. 2 packages for 5c to 10c package. Regular style pins different sizes, all alike in a package, from 1 to 5c pkg. Cabinets containing assorted sizes 5c and 10c. Thomsons Glove Fitting Corsets ffew -Models at $1.00 These excellent new models are so well suited to most fig ures that you are nearly sure of being well fitted in one or the other. Both are exceptionally well made corsets for the price and the material, a fine white batiste, is of good wearing quality. No. 148 is one of the very long, new models long all around, filled with strong and flexible boning; lace trim ming and four hose supporters, $1.00. No. 145 is not so extreme in length but is an entirely new, very desirable gored model of good length and med ium high bust; four hose supporters, $1.00. New 50c Brassieres Very good fitting brassieres, carefully made from fine, light weight muslin. Neck and arms edged with Valen ciennes lace. Sizes 34 to 42, Special value at 50c. Long Kimonos Comfortable summer ki monos in good variety of colors and styles. Light colored lawn from $1.25 to $7.50. Challie Kimonos, $1.50. Flowered or Oriental Silk from $3.98 to $15.00. SHORT KIMONOS and dressing sacques of lawn and batiste, from 10c to $2.50. Utility Aprons --pretty, serviceable, inexpensive They are also as well made as if you had spent time needed for other things in making them. Materials are just as good, too. Some of the quarter ones are of Amos keag gingham. Good size, Amoskeag blue checked band aprons, 40 in. long, with long ties. The next lot of these that we buy will cost us more and we will have to price them higher. What we have now are 25c Shaped and flounced band aprons gored, fitted, and finished with a deep full circular flounce. Two large pockets, made from blue checked gingham, very neat and pretty, 25c Long: Sleeved Percale aprons, dark blue with little white figures. Large, practical aprons that cover the dress completely. One pocket, 75c. Princess Aprons of light percale. One of the pretty styles we mentioned. There's a trim fitted bib, with bre telles.cut in one piece with the apron all edged around with a row of rickrack braid A neat pocket, too, 65c Extra Good $1 Umbrellas for Men and Women "A dollar is enough to pay for an umbrella you expect to lose" You have heard people,say, but these are good enough to buy if you expect to keep and use them a long time. Unusual values for the price. Coverings are of rain-proof union taffeta, on paragon frames. The Women's 2G-inoh I'm- i The!' Men's 28-inch TTmbrel brellas have the new, long Mis- I las hare natural wood handles sion handles, $1.00. 1 $1.00. Clearing the Remnants of Wash Goods Plentiful bargains in percale, ginghams, madrds, crepe and wash suiting remnants good variety of colors and patterns, all sorts of lengths. All shown on a large table downstairs at greatly reduced prices for quick clearance. Tea Room 2 hit d Floor The Mills Dry Goods Co. McCall's Pattern Captain Joseph G. Waters and the Flying Machine Which He Hopes to Ilav e Perfected and Completed in Time to Participate in the Jtlrst Transatlantic Race. Here is a picture of a new form of flying machine suggested by Captain Joseph O. Waters.- He recently unfolded to some of his f rends the plans for a new kind of air ship, with which he has serious thoughts of entering the much talked of Transatlantic race. "My ship," said Captain"-Waters, "will be neither a- dirigible balloon norr strictly apeaktng, an aeroplane. Though, it "will partake of the proper ties of the latter and will be heavier than air. v "The gliding device instead of being in the form of one or'more planes, will consist of a bundle .of paper tubes. These are to he two or three inches in diameter and about twenty feet long. And the bndle will be so fastened to gether so that it will be amply rigid and stable to properly support the propel ling and steering machinery suspend- t-e opreator, passengers, supplies, etc. "You see, the insides of the tubes will give the necessary surface to sup port the machine, without the hugs unwieldy spread of the planes now in use. The device will be much less lia ble to capsize in a side win, and offer less resistance to a head wind, than anything used at present.

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