The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
December 20, 1910

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"I EVERYBODY EVERYBODY 12 PAGES NEEDS IT. 12 PAGES READS IT. t LAST EDITION. TUESDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, DECEMBER 20, 1910. t TUESDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. SHE VASPLEASED Selina Dalrymple Went Into Ec stacies Over Her Yerdict. Said That It Should Have Been Ten Thousand Dol.ars. GREEN WILL FIGHT. Bitterly Disappointed, He Be fuses to Accept Defeat. Says That Jury Was GoTerned by Sentiment. "Oh. goody, goody, I knew we'd win, I knew we'd win," exclaimed Mlsa Selina Dalrymple In her room at the Throop hotel day afternoon when ehe was told that the Jury had given her a Judgment against William Green, ex-mayor, in the amount of $5,500. The Jury in the J25 000 breach of promise suit had spent a little more than four hours considering the evi dence and agreeing on a Judgment. Miss Dalrymple and her cousin, Mrs. Morse, were in their room reading a magazine when a visitor was an nounced. "What news have you hau from the Jury room?" the plaint'ff in the ac tion was asked as soon es the caller was seated. "Never a word. Juries are horrid things, I think. Here we must return to Chicago in an hour an! that Jury Is most likely sitting up there talking politics instead of bringing in a ver dict. Do you believe it will be a hung Jury? Really, do you believe it? You know I just can't see how they can de cide against me." Then the 94 pounds of femininity from Wisconsin straight ened up in her chair and pouted. At this point the suspense was broken and Miss Dalrymple received her first news of the Judgment. The face that for six days has looked worn and haggard and pinched beamed under the first real smile the little woman had exhibited in Topeka. After exclamations of joy, she volun teered a discussion of the case. "You don't know what all this has meant to me," said Miss Dalrymple. "It meant I sold my little home that father gave me back in Wisconsin to bring this action. Still. I did not have enough money and I borrowed $500 from a Chicago bank. I have spent it all. I don't know what I really would have done if I hadn't won. It's horrible to think about. I put every dollar I had into winning this case. I put my soul, my life into it and for dais and nights I have scarcely slept. Miss Dalrymple said she was satis fied with the judgment, but declared that it really should have been larger. 'Ten thousand was none too much she declared, "for all that I have suf fered. "People in Topeka were mighty good to me," said Miss Dalrymple, "and the newspapers were very kind That Judge was Just simply- lovely You know when I was on the witness stand, sometimes I was so worried and fright ened that I didn't know what to do. Then I would look over at the press table and I thought I could see that somehow everyone of the boys was for me." Mr. Green Disappointed. William Green, the ex-mayor, was not so happy when the news of the Judgment was telephoned to his store. "I don't want to pass comments on the action 'of the court and Jury," said Mr Green, "but I must say that I am sorely disappointed. Of course, I was probably prejudiced, but I really ex pected a verdict in my favor on the fir-t ballot. When the Jury was out so long I was sure there would be no verdict at this term of court. I will never submit to that Judgment." Green declared, "and If I ever pay one dollar on that charge it will be because it Is absolutely the last resort. I feel that it was the prejudices and sentiments of the jury that lost me the case and not the law and evidence." Asked if a motion would be filed for a new trial, the defendant in the suit said he could make no statement of the future of the case until he had con sulted his lawyers. Statements made today by members of the jury show that there was con siderable difficulty In agreeing on a Judgment in the case. AU of the Jur ors, hut one, it is claimed, were rn favor of the plaintiff and on the first ballot seven of them voted to give Miss Dalrvmple $10,000. The five re maining Jurors were cf the opinion that the amount was much too large and for more than four hours the only argument was as to the amount of the Judgment. On every ballot the $10,000 crowd trimmed off a few .hundred dol lars until an aerreement was made to compromise and both side conceded a few points in the final Judgment. MONEY CROSSES THE SEA Postal Orders for $7,025,548 Sent Out Since December 1. New York. Dec. 20. Good times ar In store this Christmas for many per sons living abroad who have relations or friends in this country, judging from the amount of money and ths quantity of other presents that havo been sent across seas. Figures furnished by Postmaster Morgan show that from December 1 to the sailing of the Mauretania Saturday afternoon 437.3S9 international money orders, representing a face value t.f $7,025,548, were issued in New York city and sent to foreign countries. While the grertest number of the or ders were forwarded to Great Britain the largest aggregate amount of mon.iv went to Italy. STRING OF BANKS CLOSED. Slain Concern Wi'h St Branches Sus pends Payment. Toronto, Dec. 20. The Farmers bank, with head office in Toronto, and 31 branches in various towns and vil lages throughout Ontario, nas sus pended payment. The capital stock is $1,000,000. with about $600,000 paid up, the shareholders numbering over 1.000, principally m small amounts. W. R. Travers is the general manager The bank w-as organized about five years ago. The deposits in the various branches are, roughly speaking $1, 400,000. The suspension was brought about by the failure of the bank to meet its liabilities of $20,000 at the clearing house. The bank Instituted proceedings against a former manager and clerks at Lindsay for conspiracy, and the evi dence as to the bank's condition brought out at the trial caused runs on the branches all over the country. SEEKING THE CAUSE. Investigation of Explosion in N. Y. Central Power House In Progress. New York. Dec. 20. Investigation of the causes of the explosion in the New York Central power house yesterday which resulted in ten deaths, the in Jury of more than 100 persons and a money loss estimated, at upwards of $2,000,000 was continued with zeal to day by city and county authorities. Although the exact source of the dis aster has not been determined it may be found that a handful of sand or the different placing of a timber pile would have saved the city from the shock and tremendous damage of the explosion. It is generally conceded that the first cause of the upheaval was a runaway train of electric cars in the Central cut near Fiftieth street and Lexington ave nue that crashed over a bumper against the power house, broke a feed pipe and caused a large quantity of gas to ac cumulate in the power house basement. This was detonated, possibly by an elec tric spark from a short circuit. The motorman of the train, Albert Seagroatt, was unable to stop the cars in time to avoid their disastrous crash into the bumper. The whole trouble may be decided to have been due to slippery rails or to some other apparent ly trivial cause. Investigation by Coroner Holtzsauser and other authorities who are making inquiries is proceeding with a view to developing the circumstances of the first break in the feed pipe, the time which elapsed between this rupture and the explosion, the preventive means em ployed to avoid an explosion and all other details. Meanwhile search of the ruins pro gresses for bodies. John B. Guthier, an electrician, died in a hospital during the night adding one to yesterday's list of nine known dead. ROOSEVELT'S EXPENSES. Resolution Looking to an Investigation Is Introduced. Washington, Dec. 20. A congres sional investigation of Theodore Roose velt's railroad transportation expenses while he was president of the United States was ordered in a resolution in troduced by Representative Rainey (111.), Democrat. It was referred to the committee on rules. It provides that a committee of five members be selected to investigate how much, if any of these expenses, were paid by Mr. Roosevelt or by any one acting for him. WILL FORCE ACTION. Senator Beveridge Is Growing Impa tient Over Dilatory Tactics. Washington, Dec. 20. Senator Bev eridge asked members of the senate finance committee whether they in tended to report the bill designed to prevent tobacco manufacturers from using the premimum coupon system for the purpose of crushing out com petition. He said he intended to compel ac tion on the bill which passed the sen ate as a part of the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill. Mr. Beveridge discussed the use of coupons and asserted that by such means the American Tobacco company had been enabled to crush out compe tition in a manner amounting to a scandal. ALL RAFFLES BARRED. Even Those Conducted bv Churches Must Be Stopped. Kansas City, Dec. 20. Raffles of all kinds will be barred In Kansas City after January 1. The order to this ef fect was made following a conference between Chief of Police W. E, Griffin, Mayor Darius Brown and the counry prosecutor. Even the selling of chances on a piece of embroidery or a box of home made candy at church bazaars Is to be stopped. With reference to church raffles, Mayor Brown said: "They throw a cloak of righteousness around gambling. In themselves they are not so bad but their effect Is demoralizing. They make children be lieve it is right to gamble." SETTLE IP DEVLIN ESTATE. Notice of Final Settlement Brings In quiries to Probate Judge. The notice of final settlement in the personal estate of the late Charles J. Devlin, has brought a number of anx ious creditors to the probate judge's office to ask questions about prospec tive dividends. When the Devlin estate was thrown into bankruptcy, a settlement was ask ed In a personal estate of Mr. Devlin's which consisted of a small amount of ife Insurance and exempt property The time has arrived for final settle vent in the r-nte and when the no ices were published a few days ago. a good many people who hold claims against the bankrupt estate, made anxi ous inquiries at the court house. H. S. Fraternities Abolished. Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 20. The board of education has formally abol ished the five fraternities and five sororities in the high schools on the ground that "they promote exclusive and undemocratic class distinctions, fix premature and artificial social standards, detract seriously from the regular work of the school, stimulate extravagant habits and involve a bur densome expense." Fraternities have existed in the Rochester high schools since 1879. Motormen's Wages Increased. Newark, Dec. 20. The company which controls most of the trolley lines in New Jersey today announced an increase of wages which affects 2,500 motormen and conductors. The increase will amount to $125,000 a year. SHELDON IS HAPPY Topeka Minister Pleased With "In His Steps." Had Initial Presentation as a Drama Last Night. KEEP IT FROM STAGE. Will Not Permit Its Use in the Theater. Is Given Without Scenery or a Change of Costume. The first presentation of Charles M. Sheldon's religious novel "In His Steps," was given at the Central Con gregational church Monday night be fore more than 1,000 persons who were- anxious to get a line on the probable success of the new drama. Sixty peo ple from the two Christian Endeavor societies of the church composed the cast and constituted the large chorus, the mourners and the general supers. No effort was made to dress the play and the modest simplicity of the sur roundings, the settings and the lack of makeup on the part of the players, ap pealed to the large audience and the success of the play was assured as soon as tr3 crowd recovered from its first real shock and recognized situa tions. The play was given from the platform of the church where fourteen years ag'. Dr. Sheldon began the reading of tha story to his congregation. Not an ex tra chair, a curtain or a piece of "prop erty" for the setting of the play was brought from without the church. The reading table used each Sunday by Dr. Sheldon, was the one table tnat an swered the purpose of the crowded desk of Edwin Norman, editor of the Raymond News. In the following scene Alexander Powers, a man of bus iness, the superintendent of a railroad, found on that table ample space for his voluminous correspondence; and the Fame flowers that cheered the editor of the News were in Powers' office when i he made his decision. This was the j situation throughout the play. The author's one idea was being executed simplicity. Henry Maxwell, the pas tor of the church, did not find it neces sary to buy new store clothes for his part, although he preached each Sun day to a congregation from the palatial homes of the busy manufac turing city. Jack Manning, the tramp, who in To peka is Samuel Leger. created the first real sensation with the rather specula tive audience; and when Manning drop ped out of the action of the play. Miss Alice Shaver, as Rachel Winslow, a consecrated singer, held the interest -of the first nighters until Virginia "Page came to share honors with her. Miss Ina Kendall, who carried the part of the heiress slum worker, entered into the play with a spirit that kept her position clearly before the audience. Miss Kendall was not new,-however, as an heiress, as she is the daughter of a wealthy banker at "Valley Falls and in Topeka is one of the earnest workers In Dr. Sheldon's church. Morris San ders, son of President Frank Sanders, of Washburn college, looked a little young fr Rollin Page, the sportive cluh man, who was also an ardent lover and later a leader in the work in the rectangle, but his sincerity put him right with the crowd. The audience spoiled a good many starched handkerchiefs Monday night; and regardless of the fact that the cast was composed of amateurs, there were periods when the women in the house shed real genuine tears and scores of men coughed and sniffed behind thir hands and dried their eyes when the lights were turned out. Maureen Mc Kernan, as Loreen, a child from the slum district, caught the impulsive sentiments of the audience when she reeled onto the stage with a genuine looking jag and declared with proper emphasis that "I am a child of hell and the devil is calling me." The tear tubs were upset again when Loreen was brought home dead after her visit to the slum district. Sheldon Is Pleased. Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon occupied seats near the front of the church while 4he play was in progress. As the produc tion neared a close and it was assured that the drama had scored a hit. Mrs. Sheldon's face brightened with a smile that lingered until after she left the church. The author was modest in dis posing of the shower of congratula tions. "It's the first public trial," he said, "and of course there are improvements to be made, but I am glad it pleased in the manner it was given here tonight. I feel that my boys and girls have done excellent work, although I do not wish to discuss very deeply my own produc tion." "It was immense," exclaimed J. E. Junkin, editor of the Sterling Bulletin, and corresponding secretary of the Kansas Editorial association, who at tended the play, "and I want to make early" arrangements to have the play produced in Sterling during the Chau tauqua next summer." Dr. Sheldon looked pleased as the Sterling editor congratulated him. "Yes, yes," said the author, "it will be grand to have the play on the Chautauqua platform. We expect to put it there, too. The Chautauqua and the Epworth League, I propose, shall be the scenes of 'In His Steps," and even then I will restrict the production to my own plans. I do not want the book put in the hands of professional actors or theatrical agencies." Not on Professional Stage. Dr. Sheldon said he had received sev eral extravagant offers to put "In His Steps" On the professional stage, .but that this would not be done. He said he would favor an improvement of the dressing of the play, more elaborate costuming and stage settings, but that the nlay should teach its lesson and remain within the Jurisdiction of the church. Theatrical agencies have frequently tried to persuade the Topeka minister to permit a dramatization of the play for the professional stage, but without success. It is said that recently one agency sent a representative to Topeka who made a flat cash offer of $25.0OC for the exclusive rights with a royalty after the receipts reached a certain fig ure. The offer .was rejected without discussion. "I hope my little story will do good much good," said Dr. Sheldon, "but I can never permit of its being put in the professional class and the work it does must be accomplished by Just such casts as have offered the production here tonight." A second rendition of the drama will be given at the Central Congregational church tonight. A. L. S. Another View. "The drama is not In the nature of a theatrical entertainment and does not aim to please the critics or give les sons to professional actors," was the statement of Dr. Sheldon. The real purpose of drama 5s to teach the ef fectiveness of true Christianity, 'and to show how far the average man or woman who professes to be a follower of Christ comes to attaining to the ideal. j The difference between the life of comfort and ease enjoyed by the ma jority of socalled Christians is suggest ed, and contrasted vividly with the state of existence which through ad verse circumstances or environment is the lot of masses of city humanity. It is even shown that a minister of the gospel is subject to getting into a rut at times, which throws a veil over his eyes, and makes it impossible for him to see many of the little deeds of kindness he could, perform, were he to stop and ask the question, "What would Christ do?" The participators In the religious drama when the first little flutter of "stage fright" was over entered into the true spirit of the occasion, and the large audience was carried along in a new atmosphere, the imagination pic turing the settings -which would have obtained were the scenes actually hap pening in real life: In fact no stage setting seemed necessary. The shifting of a table or a chair now and then was sufficient. One was able to picture the rest. It is interesting to glance at the list of the young people who participated. Miss Ina Kendall, who took the part of Virginia Page, an heiress, and did it as one who had thoroughly entered into the spirit of one who devotes her life to doing good in the world, is in reality the daughter of a well-to-do banker in Valley Falls Her sister, Llda Kendall, appeared in the drama as Mrs. Maxwell, wife of the pastor. Then there was a professor in the cast Prof. R. F. Clark who, al though he did not have a heavy part, conducted himself in admirable style as Donald Marsh, president of Lincoln college. Morris Sanders, son of "President Frank K. Sanders of Washburn col lege, while rather young for his Dart Rollin Page had the audience right witn him rrom the start. From a fel low with no ambition in life but to fre quent the clubs a slow speaking, droll sort of a chap he was trans formed into a man with an aim. and who showed his earnestness in every action. F. L. S. As Seen by "An Outsider." For a good many years now, Charles M. Sheldon has been pointing the way. Like all successful men, he is a dream er who makes his dreams come true. The dry rot of inaction which has af flicted so many churches does not ob tain at the Central Congregational, be cause it has an every day working pur pose to serve the community m many practical ways. -The book," "In His Steps," was a radical departure in pointing a moral from the pulpit and it instantly obtained world-wide fame for its intimate application of the teach ings of the lowly Nazarene, Its. power and its simple strength reached beyond the orthodox believer and gripped the scoffer until his own narrow vision was enlarged and he was astonished to find implanted the desire though ever so feeble and flickering to help others, i The presentation of the Sheldon story at the church last night with charac ters that walked and talked was an other radical step forward in modern church service. It was truly Shel donesque in its simplicity and its force fullness. However much individuals may differ with "Edward Norman" as to the proper methods of conducting a daily newspaper, his sincerity and earn estness of purpose will be admitted by all fairminded critics. The very credi table reading of Professor Lane's ex cellent adaptation last night disclosed several intense dramatic situations that would carry it far if staged and pre sented by a modern manager on a se cular stage. At the risk of being charg ed with making extravagant compari sons, the writer maintains that the in terruption of Maxwell's sermon by "Jack Manning," the tramp, suggested the same spirit of defiant protest which moved Jean Valjean in the Dumas drama to steal the loaf of bread for his starving children. The consequences were vastly dissimilar, of course, but there was the same fierce elemental combat with fixed social conditions. The death of "Loreen" a proud sacri fice for the friend she loved and who had believed in her had its counter part in the death of "Thais," in the moving tonal drama of that name; and with Mary Garden's splendid delinea tion, with the weird, old world settings and the background of rich orchestral accompaniment, would have been quite as effective. "In His Steps," as a church play, without stage trappings or artificial aids of any sort, is a powerful and in spiring drama, having for its motif the idea of personal service and the desire to help others. JOHN P. FRITTS. SENTENCED FOR THEFT. Man Indicted for Bigamy Pleads Guilty to Larceny. New York, Dec. 20. Harry B. Keel er, the dentist who is under Indict ment for bigamy, was sentenced to four years and 11 months to nine years and ten months imprisonment for the larceny of $11,216 from Mrs. Wilhelmina Lynch, one of his victims. Keeler pleaded guilty to the larceny charge several weeks ago. Wife's Spirit Follows Him. Kansas City, Dec. 20. In a-petition for divorce filed in the circuit court here today Marvin Minnear, a bookkeeper, alleges he has been hounded by his wife's spirit and it is more than he can stand. He Eays the wife, Anna Min near, declares she possesses power to separate her spirit from her body and send it where she likes. Minnear al leges she accused him of infidelity, basing her charges on her power to have her spirit shadow him and make report to her of all his doings. "Old Abe" Commander Dead. Jeanesville, Wis., Dec 20. Colonel W. B. Britton, one of the last com manders of the "Eighth Wisconsin regiment, known as the "Old Abe" regiment in the Civil war, which saw service around Vicksburg and in the march to the sea with Sherman, is dead here. BURNEDJN HOME. Family Slain by Negro and Their House Fired. Man Suspected of the Crime Is Arrested. FOR SAFE KEEPING. Suspect Will Be Taken to the Penitentiary. Gruesome Weapon Used to Com mit Crime Leads to Arrest: Durham, N. C, Dec. 20. Three charred bodies found in the ruins of the burned home of J. L. Sanders, near Hester, 20 miles from here, last night and strands of a girl's hair dis covered in a pool of blood in the yard led to the arrest an hour later of Nathan Montague, a young negro, on charges of criminal assault, murder and arson. The negro was rushed to Durham for safe keeping and will" be trans ferred to the state penitentiary fol lowing an inquest which is to be held later today. The bodies are believed to be those of Mr. Sanders, his daughter Mary and his two-year-old granddaughter. Neighbors discovered the Sanders home on fire about 10 o'clock last night. The house burned in a short time and when the three members of the family were found to be missing a search was made. At a spot in the yard near where the house had Btood there was a large pool of blood in which were found strands of hair. Nearby the searchers found a large pocket knife covered with blood. Soon afterward the bodies were dis covered. One of the neighbors identi fied the knife as belonging to Mon tague. Sheriff Wilson went to Mon tague's home. The negro, trembling with fear, offered resistance, but was subdued and taken into custody. BOGUS PICTURE CASE. Trial of "Count" de Gatigny for Swindling a Rich Duchess. Tours, France, Dec. 20. The trial of the self styled "Count" and "Count ess" De Gatigny who are charged with having swindled the Duchess De Choiseul out of $200,000 in the sale of spurious paintings, opened before Judge Roberts in the correctional court, to day. The complainant was the widow of. cnaries Hamilton Paine of Boston and recently married the Duke De Choiseul whose mother was Mary, daughter of Malcolm Forbes of Boston. In addition to the principal allega tion he is accused of stealing a sum of money from the pocket book of the duchess during her stay in Vienna. The case attracted a large and fashion able crowd as the public is intensely Interested in the fate of the two who lived so luxuriously in the Chauteau de La Tour.- Many American and European Journalists also were pres ent in anticipation of absorbing de velopments in connection with the fantastic- career of the son of an English tailor who posed successfully as Prince Borgeletto, Prince Luzignan and Count D'Aulby de Gatigny and the revelation of further details re garding the alleged blackmailing plot based on letters asserted to have been forged. These letters which the defendant claimed to have received from the complainant involve Alexandro Tschoincdiff who was recently arrest ed in London charged with conspiring to blackmail the duchess. M. Plumon and M. Sturel appeared for the duchess and Frederic Allain and M. Bernard for the accused. The "Countess" was formerly Miss Francesca Monti Lunt of Boston. The two were married at Trinity church in that city In 1894. SALE OF SEALS DOUBLE. Red Cross Will Receive About $500,000 From Christmas Stamps. New York, Dec. 20. Reports re ceived at the New York offices of the Red Cross indicate that more than 35, 000,000 of the Christmas seals have been sold thus far this year, and re ports from agents throughout the country indicate that the total for 1910 will exceed 50,00,000. The cam paign against tuberculosis will there fore realize about $500,000 from the Red Cross seals this year. This is about twice the total of last year and four times the amount realized In 1908. BIG MARY SURRENDERS. Indian Woman Had Shot an Unwel come Visitor. Tulsa, Dec. 20. True to the old In dian custom of surrendering after committing a crime. Big Mary, a Creek Indian woman living near Sand Springs, Okla., gave herself up today to the sheriff after shooting to death John Goodman, who was one of the last full blood Creek Indians. Good man, it is charged, forced an entrance into the woman's house. W. TJ. Gets Another Cable. London, Dec. 20. The agreement for the amalgamation of the Western Union Telegraph company and the Anglo-American Cable company stip ulates that the former will give the cable company an unconditional guar antee of a 3 per cent dividend in perpetuity on the total capital of $35. 000,000. Temple Iron Company Is Enjoined. Philadelphia, Dec. 20. Following Its decision that the Temple Iron com pany controlled by the Reading and other anthracite railroads was an il legal combination in restraint of trade, the United States circuit court here today issued a decree permanently en Joining the corporation from doing business. ELGIN BUTTER BOARD MEETS. Nearly Every Member Present for the flnnnJ Election. Elgin, Dec. 19. Nearly every mem ber of the Elgin butter board was present for the annual election of di rectors which is to determine what section of the country will dominate the butter quotations for the coming year. Representatives of the Chicago com mission men were here to elect two of the five directors if possible, and Wisconsin delegates were equally in sistent that they have two representa tives on the board. Efforts to move the meeting place of the board to Wisconsin were not expected to develop at this meeting. KANSAS TO BE THERE. State Will Be Represented on Rate Question Before Congress. The Interstate conference held In Topeka some two months ago to pro test against the Increase in freight, rates is still bearing fruit. Governor Stubbs, who called the conference, an nounces that Kansas has raised $700 to bear her share of the expense of sending a committee to Washington to appear before the interstate commerce commission and the national congress in behalf of shippers. Nine other states of the central west, acting in concert with Kansas, will raise money and send their big men to the capital to present their cause. A determined ef fort will be made to get congress to enact legislation covering this freight rate controversy. Governor Stubbs Is much pleased over the showing made by Kansas in raising this sum for such a purpose. If all the other states who were rep resented at the Topeka conference will do as well the shippers will be well represented before the commission and before congress this winter and some real good should be accomplished by such a lobby, representing the great majority of the people of the west. GIVEN THE "GLAD" HAND. Legislators Invited to' Commercial Club Rooms. The management of the Commercial club Is inviting' the legislators to make the club rooms their headquarters for social recreation while in Topeka. Let ters are being sent out to the law makers inclosing a card which entitles the bearer all of the privileges of the club while the legislature is In session. The cafe capacity will be enlarged, and a big noonday gathering of busi ness men from all over Kansas is ex pected. There is inspiration where there is a crowd of people, and it is thought that the presence of the vis itors will stimulate activity in the dub by the members. The following Is" the letter which is being sent out to legislators today by the secretary:. "I am- enclosing visitor's card extend ing to you the courtesies of our club which includes parlor, reading, writ ing and committee rooms, cafe, billiards and pool, etc., and would be pleased to have you make our rooms your club home while in Topeka. "Please feel at liberty to bring your gentlemen friends with you." WILLRELEASE ALLEN. Johnson County Authorities Verify Statement of "Man In Corduroy." Kansas City. Dec. 20. Albert Allen, the "man in the corduroy suit" held for in vestigation with the Barnhardt murder case, will be released late this afternoon. Sheriff Stead of Johnson county said to day. "Allen was the mysterious stranger we were looking for," saia the sheriff. "He was in the neighborhood about the time the crime was committed and he admits it. But he told a straightforward story which we have verified in every par ticular and I am convinced he is innocent. We are up in the air about this case as much as ever." Sam Bailey and his wife are still held at the uiatne Jan. BRODERICK IS FREED. Convicted Indianapolis Banker May Eat Christmas Dinner at Home. Leavenworth. Kan., Dec. 20. Justus L. Broderick. formerly a banker of In' dianapolis, can eat his Christmas din ner at home, having been released from the federal prison here today after serv. ing a sentence of ten years for viola' tion of the national banking laws. He has been assistant to the chief clerk of the prison for several years. SHIP SUBSIDY TALK. The Matter Will Be Discussed at a White House Dinner. Washington. Dec. 20. The legislative outlook for ocean mail subsidy will be discussed at a dinner at the White House tonight, when President Taft will entertain Senators Gallinger and Hale and Representatives Humphrey, Dwight and others at dinner. Th! president is very anxious that congress at this session pass a measure to guar antee by mail subsidy or other device the establishment and rapid develop ment of an American merchant marine. The Weather Is Cooler. The weather forecast is for general ly fair and same temperature for to night and Wednesday. The wind is blowing 10 miles an hour from the northwest, but as no bad weather pre vails in that territory, none is expected here. A cold wave is moving east from Duluth, Minn., where the thermometer registered six below this morning. Snow has fallen in eastern Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and eastward. The temperatures today: 7 o'clock 28ill o'clock 30 8 o'clock 28 12 o'clock 32 9 o'clock 29 1 o'clock 32 10 o'clock 301 2 o'clock 34 Contract for the Texas Awarded. Washington, Dec. 20. The contract for building the 27,000 ton battleship Texas was today awarded to the New port News Shipbuilding company, the lowest bidder, at $5,830,000. UP TO GOV. TENER I Case of Mrs. Edwards Has Been Handed Down From One Governor to Another in Pennsylvania. SENTENCED TO HANG For the Murder of Her Hushand 7 Tears Ago. Two Executives Already Have Dodged the Responsibility. Harrisburg, Pa Dec 20. Among the legacies Governor Stuart will leave for John K. Tener, his successor, when he retires next month is the disposal of the case of Mrs. Kate Edwards, who is in the Berks county Jail under sen tence of death for the murder of her husband about nine years ago. Be cause of the public sentiment stirred up at the time of her conviction against hanging a woman, two gov ernors have passed up her case to their successors. Mrs. Edwards and a negro named Gleason were arrested for the murder of the husband. The colored man was a paramour of the woman and the hus band declared he would kill her; so that In fear, if not In a sort of self-" defense, she killed him one night and threw the body into a well. Mrs. Edwards and the negro were tried for murder and Gleason, on a re-. trial was acquitted, though once con-. victed, but the woman was convicted and sentenced to be banged. Governor Pennypacker set a day for the execution, but before the date ar rived an application was made to the board of pardons for the commuta-' tion of the woman s death sentence to imprisonment for life, and on the night' previous to the day of execution Gov ernor Pennypacker reprieved the woman in Ci-der that the board might hear the case. The messenger bear ing the governor's reprieve arrived at the Reading Jail while Mrs. Edwards was with the minister, who was ad ministering the last rites to her. The board of pardons took up the case and then declined to commute the death sentence. This was seven years ago. It then rested with Governor Pen- nypacker to again fix the day for Mrs. Edwards' execution but he never took action. Govern; Stuart likewise has not taken action and now the case do-: scends to Governor Tener. Meantime Mrs. Edwards has occupied a cell in the Berks county jail and is said to be a most exemplary prisoner. LORIMER'S REPORT. Senator Burrows Is Authorized to Pre- pare It. Washington. Dec. 20. Senator Bur rows, chairman of the committee on privileges and elections, was authorized today to prepare a report on the in- vestlgation of charges of bribery which were filed in connection with the eiec-' tion of Senator Lorimer of Illinois. Mr. 1 Burrows announced the report would' be In compliance with the views ex- pressed in the report of the subcom mittee wh!ch exonerated Senator Lorl- m but did not pass on the truth or falsity of evidence involving individ ual members of the Illinois legislature. He added that he did not think there would be a minority report from ths committee but that the report when presented would be accompanied by in dividual statements of some members of the committee. WITHDRAWS HIS BILL. Congressman Kalin Takes Panama Expo. Matter From Committee. Washington, Dec. 20. The race be tween San Francisco and New Orleans' to secure, government recognition as to the place where the Panama canal ex-' position should be held, came briefly into the limelisht in the house of rep- resentatives today. Representative Kahn, of California,' to show, as he declared, that San Fran-r cisco does not ask any appropriation from congress to aid the exposition, asked permission to have the bill which m he introduced in this connection witn- j drawn'from the committee which had it in charge and laid upon the table. This meant a practical killing of the bill. There was objection to Kahn's request but he said he had accomplished his purpose Just the same. SEAMAN LETS HER OUT. Mrs. Christopher Was Serving Sen tence Imposed by Landis. Chicago, Dec 20. Judge W. H. Sea man in the United States circuit court of appeals today, issued a writ of su persedeas liberating Mrs.Aileen Christo pher, the government chief witness In the investigation of the alleged brick trust. Mrs. Christopher was serving a 30-: day sentence for contempt of court, ordered by District Judge Landis when she failed to furnish the federal grand jury with certain papers. To Restore the Canteen. Washington," Dec. 20. In the interest, as he explained it, of "true temper ance in the army," Representative Bartholdt (Mo.) has Introduced a bill providing for the restoration of the army canteen. Wolf Over the Footlights. New York, Dec. 20. In a Brooklyn theater last night a wolf in a wired enclosure on the stage Jumped over the footlights and attacked Mrs. Flor ence Baumgartner and Miss Tessie Vernalter. Both were bitten on the hands. A policeman with blows with, his night stick quelled the animal,- but not before he had received a lacera tion of the hand. Weather Indications. Chicago, Dec. 20. Kansas: Generally fair tonight and Wednesday; not mucii change in temperature.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL -TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1910. mas Candy. Don't buy a penny's worth of candy till you have seen ours. We have candy all prices from 10c per pound up to the finest, in fancy Christmas boxes, The following will be sold at 10 cents per pound: 500 lbs. Sliced Cocoanut; 500 lbs, Cream Cocoanut; 500 lbs. Peanut Candy; 500 lbs. Chocolate Fudge; 500 lbs. Peanut Brittle and 500 lbs. Taffy. PALACE OF SWEETS,. EDDIE TELLS HOW. Collins, the Best of the Tear Discusses Inside Ball. Confines It Almost Entirely to Offensire Play. ALL IN TEAM WORK. Unity of Thought and Action Secret. Manager Mack's Gam e to Out guess Opponent. Boston. Dec. 20. "To get at the bot tom of what Inside baseball really Is, the best angle to study It from Is In the oftenee the team that is at bat," writes Kddie Collins, champion base runner of the American League and second base man of the champion Athletics. Eddie advanced today several new Ideas concerning "inside baseball" and dispelled a few wrong ideas a T "In the recent world's series "there may have been a few instances at what might be called attempts at mental strategy by both Chance and Mack, but for the most part the games didn't per mit of much inside work. "Now, lets get a little deeper into this. The oft-asked question of what inside ball 1b, or team work, is less frequently answered. "I think it may be best described as 'the harmonious working of nine men on a ball field in the pursuit of victory.' Now, what this harmonious working consists of Is another question entirely. On the defensive, with the exception, of the battery, inside baseball does "'not have an opportunity to come mnetl into Xirominence. "Of course, with close association and much practice, an infield will grad ually perfect a rhythmical system of )lay, but more or less methodical, which jiractice will make as near perfect as individual ability will permit. "The team in the field is on the de fensive entirely. It is not, therefore, difficult to see that the team which dis plays the greater versatility in its sys tem of attack will be the most difficult to beat, for the simple reason that the other team will be at a loss as to how to meet the varied attack. It's Just nim,ply a game of outguessing the oppo sition and any time you are successful in doing that the advantage Is in your favor. Best Gnesser Wins. "Outguess the other fellow, keep him crossed and the advantage is yours," is what Manager Mack drilled into us day in and day out, as players. With all this variety of attack, be sure of one thing, that the action is a concerted one. "Upon careful analysis it Is always to be founded upon the principle of unity of thought and action. The secret of success is in being able to outguess the opposition with the method of attack Tised or the employment of such a va riety of advances that in attempting to cope with them all the result is ttisaS' trous for the side in the field. "In the attack, which is the attempt to score runs, the main idea for a bat ter to keep In mind is that he is a me adjunct to the baserunner ana that ev erything he can do for the latter's ad vancement he should unhesitatingly try to accomplish. In so doing the wires sometimes get crossed and the batter is made to look foolish. "These slip-ups are just the result of a loose cog in the baseball machinery." GETS ANOTHER STAR PLATER. Manager Holland Ijnls Columbia Vniversity Inflekler;- St. Joseph, Mo.. Dec. 20. Manager Holland of the St. Joseph club, ob tained the services of Daniel M. Tier ney, a former University of Columbia etar, who is touted as one of the fastest collegians uncovered in the east this Reason. TIerney's home is in New York City. In the recent Western league meet ing in Chicago, President O'Neill gave Holland a tip concerning Tierney and negotiations were begun at once by the local magnate with the result that he will wear a Drummer uniform next season. Memslc Dereats Knight. Oklahoma City, Okla., Dec. 20. Mike Memsic, of Chicago, won from Phil Knight, of "Leavenworth, Kan., On a foul in the seventh round on a sched uled 15 round fight before the Union Athletic club last night. The fight was all Memsic's from the start and Knight had fouled repeatedly. One of Knight's Thsra is Only Oao Ttis&t Is Laizaiito ;Bromp Qzsiizm VSEO THE WORLO OVER TO CUS A COLO III OME DAT. Always remember tha full name. tat tkis signature on every box. Tons of Candy At 10c Per Lb. We will have a candy sale every day this week to accom modate our patrons for Christ eyes was closed, while th other was rapidly being pounded shut. Memsuc was unmarked. STOP A PRIZE FIGHT. Police of Schenectady, N. Y., Arrest All Participants. Schenectady, N. Dec. 20. In an endeavor to stop a 10 round fight be tween Jack (Twin) Sullivan and Porky Flynn. of Boston, here last night be fore the American Athletic club, Sam Langford, Bob Armstrong, Matchmaker Jake Carey and Flynn were arrested be fore the bout. The warrants were sworn out. it is said, by the Rev. George R. Lunn, editor of a socialist newspaper. Sullivan left the city before iie could be arrested. w The four men; arrested were -charged with violation, of a section of the penal code for aid, abetting or encouraging a prize fight or sparring match to which admission is charged directly or indirectly. Membership cards were sold at the door. Carey was subsequently admitted in $500 bail and the three oth ers in $250. It was hoped that the principals for the main event could be ready to go on. but at the end of the third preliminary it was announced that as Sullivan had left the city there could be no fight. There was a large detail of police on hand and when the 1.600 sporting men left the Center Street opera house, many wanted their money back, but the box offlce was closed. BRESXAIIAX AND DIXON DRAW. Kansas City Boxinp Tournament Proves to Be Exciting. Kansas City, Dec. 20. Tommy Bresnahan, of Omaha, and Tommy Dixon, of Memphis, fought a 10 round draw here last night. As a result of Dixon gaining a decision over Bresna han here three weeks ago, the Omaha firghter went in determined to wipe out the defeat and a good battle resulted. For seven rounds Bresnahan had tne better of the battle, his clever In-fighting srivine him the advantage. Dixon came back surprisingly in the Jast- three rounds and by keeping out or clinches completely outboxed his op ponent. John McCarthy, of San Francisco, de feated "Chuck" Larson, of Chicago, in 10 rounds. Larson took a bad beating, but managed to stay the limit. After 10 rounds of much wrestling and a little fighting, Billy Wagner won a decision from Jeff O'Connell. GRIGGS GOES TO CLEVELAND. Topeka Ball Player Is Sold by St. Louis Americans. Chicago, Dec. 20. B. B. Johnson, of the American Baseball league, today announced the purchase of H. Hart by Cleveland from Montgomery; the sign ing of a contract by T. Madden with Boston; the release of J. J. Clarke by Cleveland to St. Louis, and the release of A. Griggs by St. Louis to Cleveland. St. Joe Man Wins Fight. Quincy, 111., Dec. 20. In an athletic entertainment staged by the North Side Boat club last night, a right uppercut to the jaw in the second round com pelled "Kid" Marks, of Chicago, to quit and "Cyclone'' Daniels, of-St. Joseph, was an easy winner. The Missouri man had the advantage throughout and the end was not unexpected. The bout was scheduled for eight rounds. Moran Challenges Wolgast. Boston, Dec. 20. Owen Moran, who recently knocked out "Battling"' Nel son, has issued a challenge to Ad Wol gast for the lightweight championship at any time or .place the latter may name, and offered to place a $5,000 side bet. Moran says he will give up any or all of his engagements to meet Wolgast. "Buck" Theil to Arizona. St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 20. "Buck" Theil, a former player of the Ameri can association and Western league, who has claimed St. Joseph as his home for many years, has departed for Phoenix, Ariz., where he intends to locate. Theil is not in the best of health and his doctors advised him to move to a dry climate. Johnny Conlon Wins a Fight. Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 20. John Coulon, claimant of the bantamweight championship of the world, disposed of Earl Denning, of Chicago, in five rounds last night before the National Athletic club. A right hand punch to the jaw brought Denning to the mat and Coulin was awarded the decision. Will Have to Build Stands. Columbia. Mo., Dec. 20. If the ruling of the Missouri valley conference to the effect that .Missouri and Kansas are to play football in the future only on their home grounds stands it may result in the building of a new stradium on Rol lins field. The present field here will accommodate not mor than 2,500 com- 99 Look 25c. 508 Kansas .Ave. 1H fortably. The grandstands were erect ed free of cost to the university, ex cepting the lumber, three years ago by the students in manual training, and engineering. It is the aim some day, it is said, to replace these with concrete stands and build a field similar to the fields of the big eastern universities. OAKXAND GOSSIP. Henry Ward and Miss Flo Long have returned to their home in Kir win, Kan., after spending several weeks here visiting Dr. and Mrs. En sign of Forest avenue. Miss Neilie Curry has returned from Winchester, Kan., where she lias spent the past three months ..visiting her sisters. Miss Mary Shuler of 306 Chester avenue entertained the sophomore class of Washburn college academy at her home Thursday evening. Miss Longdon and Mr. Brickley chaperoned the party. Mr. and Mrs. Felix Williams of San Antonio, Tex., will come here to spend the winter with friends and relatives. She will also visit friends in Illinois and Iowa before returning home. Little Johnnie McAndrews is suffer ing with a dislocated shoulder, which was injured while playing at school on Thursday. Rev. Koser, pastor of the M. E. church preached in the East Topeka M. E. church Sunday evening. At the Oakland M. E. church a Temperance rally was held under; the auspices of the W. C. T. VS. Mrs. M. B. Peckenpaugh is steadily improving after being sick several days at her home on Forest avenue, with an attack of the grip. Miss Julia Thomas is improving af ter being sick two weeks with an at tack of erysipelas. Walter Miller has returned to his home in Leavenworth after spending several days here on a business trip. Mrs. Florence Snyder of Argentine, Kan., is here spending several days visiting relatives and friends while on her way to Emporia, Kan., where she wili-apeed several veekseXjeiting. el tives and friends. -"-TO"r- r- Miss Helen Lane Is1 fiitppUTMlg after being sick several weeks with an at tack of stomach trouble. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cole returned to their home on Oakland avenue. Saturday after having spent a short time in North Topeka, the guests of Mrs. F. Feebler. Mr. and Mrs. George A. Wyant of Mount Air, la., arrived here Wednes day and delightfully surprised his niece and nephews, Mrs. Jackson Smith, J. E. Shafer and Andrew Sha fer of Oakland. Mr. and Mrs. Wyant are on their way to San Antonio, Tex.. where they will remain for the benefit of her health. Mrs.. Jennie. Redman of Crescent college, Eure.ka Springs, Ark., arrived here unexpectedly to spend a three weeks' vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Shafer and was just in time to spend an hour with her great uncle and aunt. This is the first meeting of the uncle and nephews and niece during the past 30 years. Miss Lillian Jessop of Abilene, Kan., will come here to spend the holidays the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs, J. A. Jessop of Arter avenue. Mrs. J. Pettit has returned to her home in Spencer, after having spent a week here with relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Carle have giv en the name. Bertha Marie, to their Infant daughter. Miss Mary Thomas is spending two weeks in Ellsworth, Kan., the guest of relatives and friends. Miss Naomi Taylor is quite sick at her home on Kellam avenue, with an attack of the grip. Miss Beulah Scott of Eudora. Kan. has returned home after spending sev eral days here, visiting relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Kelsey are the parents of a son, born Saturday morning, December 17. Mr. and Mrs. John Dressier and family will go to West Thalia, Kansas. Saturday i remain a weex me guests or ner par ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Mardick. Mrs. J. C. Lingo and son Willie will go to Kansas City and Cherokee to spend two weeks visiting relatives and friends. Mr. Charles Cole Is unable to be at work on account of sickness. Miss Floy Wellman Is improving after being sick two weeks with an attack of tne grip. Mrs. Fanny Hurd of Oskaloosa, Kansas, is nere spending several days on a Dusl- ness trip. Miss Amelia Thomas is improving after being sick two weeks with an attack of the grip. Mr. Oscar Campbell left yesterday for his home in Ottawa after spending several ua.ys in tawrence in guest or ner cousin, Miss Anna Kelly. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Cole entertained Mr. and Mrs. John Lineo and famllv t din ner, Sunday at their home on Oakland avenue. Mrs. Nina Wells has returned to her nome m Atchison after spending several aays nere me guest oi ner sister, Mrs. Miss Colra Williams of TTnnnihal Mn. will come here to spend the holidays the guesi oi Jvir. ana rars. jnaries Mills. Miss Hannah Klotz has returned to worn aner oemg on several days on ac count of in injured hand. Miss Mayme Scott and Miss Dorothea Hanson of Baldwin, Kansas, will come nere to spena several aays during the va cation week with their friend. Miss Mar garet Finley. Miss Martha Meyers of Ellsworth has returned to her home after spending the past ten days here the guest of her friend, Mrs. Josephi Batz. Miss Meyers is uii n.ct:oiiiiiinea musician, she nas made many friends during her visits in Oakland. Miss Floy Kurke will spend Christmas In St. Louis, Mo., the guest of her iriena, Mrs. Henna Murry. Mr. Fred Jones of La Junta. Colo, "will come here to spend Christmas with his mother, tMrs. Alary Jones of Michigan avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Stone have given the rame Hazel May -to their iofant daughter. M;ss Mabel Cole of Sulphur Springs. Ark., is here spending two weeks the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Thomas. INABlGfiLL SUIT Former LeaYfcmrorth Woman Named as Cause of Contest. Hiss Clara Recttenwald Was Myer's Private Secretary. NOW OCCUPIES HOME. Sis.ter Says She Has No Claim on Dead Millionaire. Other Items of General Interest to Kansas Readers. Leavenworth, Kan.. Deo. 20. Dis patches from Colorado Springs, Colo., give an account of the contest of the will of the late George Myers, a mil lionaire tobacco grower of St. Louis, in which MIbs Clara Recktenwald, for merly a Leavenworth woman, is said to be concerned. The heirs of the mil lionaire, whose estate amounts to about $25,000,000', are reported as mentioning Miss Recktenwald aa a cause for contesting the will. Mrs. Kate Recktenwala ana Miss Llllle Recktenwald. the mother and sister of the private secretary of the late millionaire, live at' 42 2 Shawnee street in this city. Clara Recktenwald lived here until about seven years ago. She went to St. Louis from here, where she became acquainted with Myers, it is said. Assumed Charge of the Home. Miss Recktenwald went to Redlands, Cal., about six years ago with Myers. She assisted him in building a magnifi cent home there and later in furnish ing it and its management. Until the time of his death she was seen with him constantly. .She accompanied the old man in his motor car wherever he went. People of Redlands knew her as his private secretary. When the millionaire died she went into deepest mourning. She wore the conventional widow's voll and dressed in black. She. yet dresses in that color. Miss Recktenwald assumed charge of the home after Myers died. Two women who were thought to be her mother and sister are living with her. The three are seen driving daily over Redlands in an electric car. WU1 Declared Invalid. Says Sister. Bv the terms of Mvers' will his heirs could not touch the principal of the estate, for seventy-five years. The Income alone was to be given tnem. Several bequests which Myers had de clared his intention of making were not mentioned in the will. The home which Miss Recktenwald is occupying is among these. 'I know nothing about any dimcuity between my sister and Mr. Myers heirs," Miss Lillie Recktenwald said here. "They always have been on the best of terms. Clara was Mr. Myers' private secretary for six years, and naturally took charge of the estate when he died.- I know that she was not hla wife. The will was declared invalid, I think. But that does not affect my sister in; any way.- "She has-no claim" on me nonae at Red-lands; She staiBly Is managing the affairs of the estate as she did before Mr. Myers died. My mother and Bister are not with her. My mother is here, and the only oth en sister I have is in St. Louis. I do not know wno could be" with her there." STOCK OF GOODS IS TANGLED. Business Goes First Into State, Then Into Federal court. Wichita. K.n., Dec. 20. A stock of goods in Arkansas City, Kan., valued at $14,000, has caused the parties which claim possession of them to resort to numerous interesting moves tnrougn the state court in that county and through the federal court here. The stock of goods was originally controlled by W. A. Snover, who trad ed under the firm name of the Arkan sas City Mercantile company. Decem ber 5 Mr. Snover is alleged to have sold his stock to Clint R. Strong of Clinton, Ok., but on December 6, before the lat ter could move the goods to Oklahoma. creditors of Mr. Snover attached tne merchandise. The sheriff took charge of them and refused to let Mr. Strong remove them from the state. Then Clint R. Strong filed a replevin suit in the federal court against A. L. Branson, the sheriff of Cowley county. and asked that the goods be turned over to him. C. F. Biddle. deputy United States marshal, served the papers, ano as the' defendants failed to furnish a redelivery bond, Mr. Biddle gave the goods to Clint R Strong. It ia said that the latter moved them Into the state of Oklahoma at once. CHURCH TREASURER IS GUILTY. MtcPherson County Man Throws Him self on Mercy of Court. McPherson. Kan., Dec 20. With trembling voice F. A. Wiegand of In man stood up before judge v.. n. Branine of the district court and plead euiltv to a charge of embezzlement rref erred by tne Doara oi tne unnea Evaneelical church of Inman. The sentence was deferred to an adjourned session of the court which will be some time after the holidays. By the laws of the state, he will be sentenced This case was taken to the district Gladness comes with a better under standing of the transient nature of the" tnany physical ills which vanish be fore proper efforts gentle efforts pleasant efforts rightly directed and assisted by the pleasant laxative xem edy Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact that It is the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness without debilitating the organs on which it acts. To get Its beneficial effects al ways buy the genuine manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. Alloice to the penitentiary from one to five i years, depending on good behavior, court from Judge Pearson's justice I court.. F. A. Wiegand,. while treasurer of the church at Inman. appropriated to his own use over two hundred and seventy dollars of the church's cur- j rency, expecting to pay it back in the future he claims. Wiegand has a wife and three children, who will fall to me support of friends in the term or sentence that Wiegand will serve. WOULD SHUT OFF GAS SUPPLY. Effect That Adverse Decisions Will Give la Injunctions Suits. Atchison. Kan., Dec 20. Lawyers are monkeying with the gas shortage, and already one lawyer, Eugene Mack ey, president of the Kansas Natural Gas company, says there is a possi- j unity oi omanoma cutting off the main supply of natural gas which is furnished by his company to the com panies at Atchison, St. Joseph, To peka, Kansas City, Ottawa and Law rence. Before the public utilities board in Kansas City, Mr. Mackey said: "The possibility that the main supply of nat ural gas may be cut off is involved in the Oklahoma case, which was argued in the United States court of appeals at St. Paul last Wednesday. We want to do everything possible to meet the demand for natural gas. We are eager to make it possible to furnish an ade quate pressure, but in the face of the possibility of an adverse decision the Kansas Natural Gas company hesitates to make large investments." An Injunction suit was filed recently against gas being piped out of the state of Oklahoma, on the ground that the state has a right to conserve- its own resources. Another point in the case is the. contention that the state has- a right to prohibit the crossing of publio highwavs with a pipe line. If that right is upheld the Kansas Natural couldn't operate its pipe lines out of Oklahoma, even If it had a private right of way. PRICE OP OLD PLUGS GOES UP Parker, Carnival King, Baying Feed for His Animals. Leavenworth, Kan., Dec. 20. Old and disabled horses have advanced In price from 200 to 500 ,per cent in the last two weeks in Leavenworth. The horse that Just could not be given away a month ago now has become a thing 'of value. They are worth money. Same way with the old cow or mule. The animals at Parker's Zoo must eat. Their menu calls for fresh meat two times a day and it is necessary that they get it. Does this fresh meat come from the butcher shop? No, far from it. Old disabled horses, cattle and mules make up the menu. It requires one body of the above named animals every day to feed the Parker beasts. The last two weeks have made great inroads into the ranks of the supply of desired menu, conse quently the high prices. "It is a hard job to buy meat for my animals." Parker said, "I find that for once I will have to break. one of my golden rules, that of patronizing nome industries. "Many people think that we feed the animals diseased meat. It is not so. Each animal is examined before it is brought near the zoo and we are care ful to see that they are in no way dis eased." CliEW TO FOWIER'S ASSASSIN. Arrest May Be Made at Hutchinson in a Short Time. t Hutchinson. Kan., Dec 20. That the: mas who murdered Tom Fowler will be in the- custody of the sheriff before) many more days have elapsed is the be- j lief of those who have been working on the case. Important information re- cently has been placed in the hands of the authorities and word of the as-1 sassin's arrest is expected hourly. I At present there is great secrecy as j to the movements of the sheriff and the members of the Anti-Horsethief as- sociation. It is understood that at least two special men have been employed to j track the murderer to his lair but their identity is unknown except at head-' quarters. Although over a week has passed since Fowler was killed the antis have been tireless in their efforts to locate i the murderer. Many belonging to the organization have slept but little since the search began. SAUNA WANTS THE MEETING. Win Come Here and invite Golden Belt Medical Society. Salina, Kan., Dec. 20. The next meet ing of the Golden Belt Medical society, which includes the Salina district, will be held at Topeka January 6. The secretary,- Dr. I. O. Nordstrom of Salina, is making up the program and will have it published within the next day or two. At the Topeka meeting the time and place for the annual meeting of the state organization will be selected, and Salina will sck a strong delegation to Topeka to lnvi the state meeting to Salina next April. Usually about 400 physicians and Bur geons attend the annual state meeting and it is worth trying for by the local members and others. "Salina really is entitled to the next state meeting and we ought to do all we can to land it," said Dr. Nordstrom. Boy in Love Kills HimseU. Concordia, Kan., Dec. 20. Tom Mo Call, 17 years old, member of the Be lolt orchestra which played here Sun day night, shot himself in the fore head with a 22 caliber rifle yesterday at his home in Beloit. Disappointment in love is supposed to be the cause. Savage Wins on a Foul. Utica, N. Y., Dec. 20. Jack Savage, of New York, won from Hank Griffin, of California, on a foul in the fifth round of what was scheduled to be 10 rounds. Griffin had the better of Savage up t the time the bout was called. A SUBSTANTIAL Saving Account IS AN Anchor to Windward The Capitol Building Loan 534 Kansas Avenue The Best Service FOR YOU Either Local of LONG DISTANCE Everybody reads the State Journal. COME TO the d: and save money on every tiling that is good to eat Cut Prices Rogers' Silverware Pure Candy We wish you all a Merry Christmas. We close all day Monday, Dec 26. We TUP TMDDT 17 Premiums Give Japan Art Association 70S Kansas Avenue Auction Sale Now Going On Japanese Art Objects Selling at Almost Nothing. Don't Miss This Chance. Now is the Time to Buy Christ mas Presents. SALES DAILY 2:30 and 7:30 P.M. P. J. A. 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THE TOPEKA. DAILY STATE JOURNAL TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20," 1910. RAILR0AD NEWS. F. M. Thomas, Santa Fe Super visor of Apprentices, Talks. Says the Best Mechanical School Is Shops. "TECHS" NOT EQUAL. Fraternities in High Schools Hamper Boys. Would Rather Get Them at 16 Tears of Age. F. W. Thomas, supervisor of ap prentices for the Santa Fe railway, in a paper read before the Saturday Night club dealt exhaustively with the work of the apprentice schools as re gards the mechanical department. The same efficiency, he said, belongs to all other departments. That the company school's graduate shopmen hold a great advantage over the graduates of theoretical schools was shown by the supervisor. No such school, he declared, can turn out a graduate who can step Into the shops and work alongside the Journey men. That a boy who has gone to school until he is 16 years of -age, has enough general education to begin work in. the company shops and that In most cases he is to be preferred to a high school boy was another state ment. He said that the Santa Fe now has 600 apprentices in its various schools. He said that If a boy went to school until he was 16 years of age he had enough general education to begin his work in the company shops, and as a general rule boys who had not been In high school were preferred. The records shoy, according to Mr. Thomas, that fewer boys from the high school "make good" in the rail road school than those taken from the common school. He also declared that the manual training work in the pub lic schools was not of very great ad vantage because the students have to "unlearn" a good deal. His paper follows: "The awakening of the railroad and manufacturing companies to the im portance of educating and training young mechanics to recruit their de pleting ranks to fill their expanded shops has been until three years ago very slow not until the supply had fallen far behind the demand or until they were sorely pressed for men. There has never been a time when the demand for good, all around, skilled mechanics was greater than it is to day. Railroads have felt the need of such men. Advertising in the daily want columns and searching the em ployment agencies for machinists, boilermakers, blacksmiths and car penters has become fruitless. "Industry was formerly centered In the home, where they used to grow their own food, spin and weave their own cloth, make their own soap, dip candles; the father, if he happened to be a cabinetmaker or' blacksmith, shaped his- wood and -fonsre-a-his- metal near his home, within sight of his chil dren; each child was called upon while still young to share the parent's ac tivity. It gained not only an insight into the industrial processes, but it ac quired habits of work and training for its future occupation. Now. industry has passed forever from the home into the factory system. Science. like physics and chemistry, have become vital factors in the productive pro cesses. Skill and accurate knowledge are needed as never before. The home can no longer give the boy and girl training for their life's work. "The present apprentice system had Its birth when the road was in crying need of skilled mechanics. There was work in abundance, but the laborers were few. Good wages, comfortable surroundings and a most indulgent corporation, could not attract them for the simple 'reason there were none to come. The .management said: 'If we can't hire them, we will make them. "Commonly speaking, there are two divisions or branches in our apprentice schools, the theoretical and the prac tical. I am using the word 'theoreti ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT AVegetablePreparationforAs similating theFood andRegula ling tlie Stomatfes andBowdsof Promotes DigestionjCfeeull ness and Rest.Contains neither Opiuni.Morphine norMiacraLi NOT NARCOTIC. xpr sfOMDcSM.UHHWR Plmptcin Sttd JkcMUSdh jtoatSttd JhfMmmf- BitartotideSiii Sumr natajnmii'lintr. Anerffect Remedy for ConsBpa- Hon Sour Stomaeh.Dtarrtm VVorrasonvnlsionsJ'everisli nsss andLoss of Sleep. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. Exact Copy of Wrapper. .5, Ml THftlJJ I J-(i r- urw r L i r 1.3,." tmu a mr- M VI A-ZTft. EU... V MX f .m cal' simply to distinguish the school work from the actual shop work. School in Every Shop. "In each ehop of this company; all the way from the Greaf Lakes to the Pacific coast, and down to the Gulf of Mexico, a building or room has been set aside, dedicated and known as the apprentice school room, and in these schools the boy Is required to spend two hours a day, two days a week, where he is taught free-hand and me chanical drawing, practical shop arith metic, the simpler elements of mechan ics and certain geography and history relating entirely to the road. "The school rooms are furnished with drawing tables, blackboards, cabinets, models, maps and other pharaphernalia common in an academy or college lec ture room. A technical and practically educated man presides over these school rooms, and is known as the apprentice school instructor. His services, as well as the school room, a set of first-class drawing instruments, a drawing table, stationery, etc., are furnished the ap prentice absolutely free. Furthermore the apprentice is paid his regular rate while attending school. The Instruction given the boys while in the apprentice school room is individual; a boy Just completing his apprenticeship and a youngster Just starting out may be working side by side. There is really no class instruction, and, the boys are not treated as a class, but each boy is instructed individually,- and as an in dividual unit. "There is no bunching of boys to gether, rushing the duller and slow boys over the course, or holding back the quick, energetic boys, but each boy progresses Just as fast, Just as rapidly as his ability or capacity will permit, and each individual must be thoroughly familiar with the work at hand before he is allowed to proceed to some high er branch or more difficult work. No text books are used, but standard les son sheets, written and printed in the office of the supervisor of apprentices, are sent to each of the various schools. These lessons are simple, and to you may appear smilingly simple, but they are prepared with the Idea of teaching and drilling the boy along a certain line, giving him what he actually needs in the trade he is learning, leaving out all foreign subjects, and trimmed of all frills. Each lesson refers to some part of a locomotive, car, shop tool or some feature common to railroad work. "As an illustration, all problems in fractions are of a denomination found on a machinist's scale, that is, 54thi. 32ds, Sths, 4ths, etc. Mechanics in rail road shops have no use for 7ths, 9ths or 13ths of inches. Our drawing les sons, both mechanical .nd-free-hand, like the problem sheets, are taken from some part of an engine or car or shop tool. We simply desire these boys to be taught how to draw these parts, and to readily read and interpret a me chanical drawing or, blue print. We care nothing about his ability to draw a tree, a horse, or a wagon. Everything taught him in school has some direct bearing on the trade he is learning to fix his mind and keep It engaged on the trade he desires to master. Teach ing a boy subjects foreign to his trade, giving him lessons in drawing of objects other than those with which he Is familiar and with which he daily comes in contact, tends to make his mind wander, and oftentimes makes him dis satisfied with his vocation. "Apprentice school instructors are selected with great care. As a rule, young men are preferred to older ones, as there is a greater tendency for younger instructors to 'mix'- with the boys and to become part of them. Join with them in the organizations of their teams of sport, and really become a part of their lives; an apprentice Jjoy feels-much freer i talkins-wiUwoun-er apprentice instructors than he does with older ones. These apprentice school instructors are young men thoroughly educated, in college, university and shop, and are thoroughly familiar with the standard practices and usages of the mechanical department. "The function of the school room and of the apprentice school instructor is to teach the boy to use his brains along with his hands and eyes, to reason out. and to understand the work of the shop as he progresses. The apprentices are required to work in the shop like any Journeyman, but they have the advant age of having a first class, skilled me chanic to instruct and guide them. In the smaller shops there is a man desig nated as shop instructor for each de partment, or one for each twenty-five or thirty boys, whose entire time is devoted to the boys. Any other duties given him to do must be subservient to his duties as shop instructor. He first teaches the boy the various parts of a machine, and the functions of each part; he teaches the boy how to chuck a certain piece of work In the machine, how to set his cutting tools. For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bough! Bears Signat In Use For Over Thirty Years THE CtNTAUR COMPANY. I f youh omr. ore J the speed, etc. He keeps within sight or hailing distance of all the boys un der hia care, and Is ready at all times to render the boys any assistance. "The shop Instructors are recruited from Journeymen who have been in service for some tin men who are familiar with all of the machines in l the shop, and thoroughly familiar with the standards and rules, methods and practices of the company. "He must be a man of patience, a man with a boy-loving heart, one whose personal character is not 'only clean and elevating, but whose actions and conversation are such that the boy will look up to him with pride and honor, and ende$vor to assimilate tha best that is within him. When the boys are in trouble he advises them, when they are sick he visits them in fact, he encourages them, in everything that goes to make them clean, honor able citizens, and above all, to be first class mechanics. The boy entering our shops at the age of 16 is at a critical point in life and is in need at this time, above all others, of some strong but patient, directing hand to guide and di rect him and to shape his plastic young soul. "The apprentice system on the Santa Fe Is not a merciless machine moving in a certain fixed path, but it is flexible and humane from the very beginning. The abuse of any boy, however, ex asperating the case may be, is abso lutely prohibited. Profanity towards a boy by either shop instructor or fore man Is unknown, and although their teachings and instructions may be ma chanical. they are of such a parental nature as to remove them from the mere mechanical. "The requirements of application for apprenticeship on the Santa Fe are not rigid, nor do we inquire particularly into the boy's life or character, neither do we require character letters. If the boy has been through the fifth grade of the public schools and Is strong physically, and apparently bright, we give him a trial and in the first "six months our shop and school instructors are able to determine his fitness for the trade he is indentured to learn. A few boys corns to us who are really deficient in education, boys who have had to leave school in their tender years to assist in supporting a widowed .mother, or younger brothers and sisters, and for these we have a night, school where the young fellows are taught tho branches in which they are deficient, and as soon as they have progressed to a certain point they are released from night school and continue their work in the regular apprentice school. While such boys are often a little more ex pensive, we have really gained some of our best young mechanics from such a source. These night schools are not considered a punishment and do not 3n any measure reflect on the boy's abil ity. It Is a splendid opportunity for him to advance more rapidly, to learn a little more so that he can keep pace with his more fortunate brother. "The instructors exercise a modified military and parental discipline over the boys; the military discipline will insure immediate obedience and sub ordination; the parental discipline will assure the boys the personal interest taken in them, and serve to teach them the importance of living a clean life, and the value and importance of becoming an honest citizen. "At the smaller shops where we have but four to six boys, we have a travel ing instructor who spends his time at two or more places. He Is both shop and school instructor. We turn out from these smaller points some of our best mechanics, especially for round house work. The last year of their time is -served in one of the larger shops where they- may- have the ad vantage of a greater variety of ma chines. "Each and every apprentice is re quired to have a standard set of shop tools, these being furnished and sold to the apprentices at cost price to th3 company. This scheme provides a first, class set of tools at reasonable coat and with easy terms of payment. The company also furnishes each apprentice a tool box free of cost. "The instructor keeps a complete per sonal record of each boy; the progress he makes in shop and school, his shop efficiency, class and quality of work performed, and his personal habits. These records are sent monthly to th? office of ths supervisor of apprentices, and here copied on his personal record. By requiring this, the instructor must keep close tab on all of his boys, and the headquarters can in a moment givs a complete record of each boy on thfs system. "The greatest difficulty we have in inducing the better class of boys to go into our shops as apprentices is the practical social ostracism that they must undergo. As a general rule, men working in railroad shops are known as mechanics, some of whom have lit tle pride as to their personal appear ance, leaving their day's work with hands and face grimy and greasy, and oftentimes wearing on the way home the same-overalls or clothing in which they have worked in the shop, seldom bathing, and changing their clothing less frequently. We have been en deavoring to impress upon our young men the importance of cleaning up before leaving their work at the shop, bathing frequently, and changing their clothes as often as their financial cir cumstances will permit; to cease loaf ing on the street or at disreputable places. If they go to shows or places of amusement, to select the best kind, even if it is necessary to go less f re quenfly; to be polite and courteous to everybody at all times. "The effect of such instruction has been noted at a number of places in fact, the personal appearance and so cial conditions at some of these places have been revolutionized. Such teaching has also made them more or derly in their work, keeping their shop tools, hand tools and Jigs clean and in J sions, or even within the halls of con the right place, no time thereby being gress. We teach them that fully as lost In hunting for calipers, scales, etc. many brains are engaged in mechan The apprentice boys are encouraged in I ical- electrical and mining engineering athletics and here, as well as in the i 85 in the other professions. We teach shop and school room, they are taught our bo's a,lso th,at tjle Ploma we is the value and honor of clean snnrt. se tnem 13 a bread earning parch- While it may take years to accomplish what I might call the social elevating feature of this work, yet at the same time, wherever we have an apprentice school it has even now a decided ele vating moral effect on the shop body. Furthermore, the apprentice schools are now looked upon by the local shop j officials as a necessary adjunct to their shop. The apprentice school is no longer considered an experiment, it is considered a necessity, and each mas ter mechanic has a particular pride in his school, and no visitor to the shop is ever allowed to leave until he has visited the apprentice school room and is made thoroughly acquainted with the method of handling apprentices. Our higher officials, the president, vice president and superintendent of motive power always favor these schools with a visit whenever they are in the vicin- ity. "Considerable objection for a. time was raised to the. establishment of the apprentice schools on account -of the cost. While we know exactly-what it costs us to educate each apprentice, we also know what the apprentice is do- ing, and although the Santa Fe is spending from $35,000 to $40,000 a year training boys for its future needs, Iyet with the help of their school and shop instructor, these boys are ac complishing enough more work to more than pay for the cost of instruct ing them: Our. prirhary- object is make mecnanies for 1 our r shops, we an hire all the mechanical engineers we want, hire alK the draughtsmen we need, employ. all the -college men .we want, but our pressing need, not only ours, but that of the railroads and vd, V U Lliai. Ul I it manufacturing" plants all over the country, is first class skilled mpchan. ics, and the mechanics we graduate are certainly better suited and fitted to our needs than those we an hire, for they know the Santa Fe ways, Santa Fe methods, and Santa. Fe standards. It is a common occurrence in our shops for gang foremen to put in a bid in advance for some apprentice whom they know Will shortly be out or nis time. Under the old system I of indenturing a boy out to learn a I trade, where the master acted to wards the boy as father to son, good. all around mechanics were the result -of such training, but under our mod ern method, there are not enough fatherly employers. The foreman of the shop is too busy to stop to help or to show a boy. The boy is simply turned loose in the shop to rise or fall, and to pass away the four years even tually leaving at the expiration of his apprenticeship, knowing really noth ing of the trade he was apprenticed to learn. Says Unions Limit Output. j "The labor unions of the country have limited the number of apprentices in some shops to such an extent that even if they were properly trained, there is not half enough to meet the i demand. "There is nothing that will ever take the place -of an apprenticeship. There is no trade school or training school in the country that will turn out young men or boys who are capable of j entering a shop and competing with me average mechanic; while they may be taught considerable 'book learning,' their practical instruction must of necessity be limited. There is nothing that will take the place of practical experience. Manual training in our public schools and trade schools may bring out the talent, may display the genius, but the boy, even after completing such a course, has no con ception of time, no idea of the prac tlcul use of Jigs, templets, etc. If the boy's mind is imbued with the idea that as soon as he graduates from a training school he can enter a modern shop and can work alongside regular Journeymen, competing with them, he has been deceived. If a boy desires and intends to follow a trade for a livelihood, he should attend our public schools until he has reached the age of 16, and then should enter a shop as an apprentice. Further schooling, I believe is unnecessary, and in a measure "is time wasted. By starting out upon his apprenticeship at the age of 16 or 17, he will have completed it by the year he has reached his ma jority, and will be fully prepared to enter upon his life's work. -Frats Teach Ease Not Work. "The fraternities and sororities of our high school system have made too many boys, who are natural born me chanics, shun the actual work, and dread the thought of an apprentice ship, it not being in keeping with the social and snobbish ideas sained from the fraternities and sororities while passing through high school. "While the remuneration paid ap prentices learning a trade has increas ed during the past few years, it is still too small. Many boys who would make first class mechanics, accept positions wihch have practically no future to offer, but whose immediate gains are greater, than that of an ap prentice during hi four-year coarse. Apprentices must be paid' living wages,' sufficient for them to have nutritious food and to wear comfortable clothes. You can not expect to develop the best in a boy when his body is lacking nutritious food and is not warmly clothed. Night Schools a Failure. "All of our actual apprentice in struction is during the daylight hours. Any corporation, any manufacturing plant that requires the apprentices to return regularly at night to attend school, is courting failure. The boys we have, the boys we desire, the boys you would like to have, in fact the boys out of whom we can make our best men, have an abundance of red blood coursing in their veins, and must have some hours for recreation and play. After they have worked all day in the shop, they are entitled to some hours for recreation. While we are historically familiar with a num ber of men who during their child hood endured all kinds of privations and hardships to obtain an education, men .who when boys, after a day's work, studied at night by dimly light ed lamps, thirsting for knowledge, thesp are rare exceptions and the his torian deemed it of sufficient impor tance to record the fact. There are thousands of others who have studied at night, and who are still living in the night. The present age oilers as much to detract the boy; there are so many more places of amusement, so many more free entertainments, and the writer believes the boys should be allowed to enjoy themselves all they possibly can while they are in their teens. An apprentice boy who has worked all day Is physically unfit to study in the evening. We have en deavored to make our apprenticeship system as attractive as possible. We want our boys to be happy and con tented in serving their apprenticeship as it is possible for us to make them; we aim to make them so contented and happy while learning their trade, that they will gladly continue in our service after completing their ap prenticeship. Taught to Use Brains. "Another thing, we teach our boys that all the brains In, the country are not in the medical or legal profes- QUALITY It is not the quantity but the inherent quality of SCOTT'S EMULSION that enables it to perform its mission. 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We furthermore tell them that the aver age doctor or lawyer has to rustle pretty hard for a living for the first few years, and that the average doctor and lawyer in the country Is not mak- ing as much money as our boys who have completed their apprenticeship. Although our apprentice schools have been In operation for only three years, i the younger boys now in school, see ing the graduates promoted to posi-1 -tions of responsibility, feel that such positions are also within their grasp, j "Engineering is the profession where a man has to prove everything he does. It is not like a doctor, law yer or minister. A lawyer can go on losing cases and still be in the pro fession and have a chance to lose some more; a doctor will have thous- j ands of patients dying under his treatment; he still continues to be a doctor and gets his pay just the same. A minister will try to reform the hu man race and get paid for it. If, when we die, we go to the bad place, he gets his pay just the same. A me chanic can not continue to do this without getting Into disrepute. Now the law, doctor or minister do not have to analyze any more, or have any more reasoning power In their profes sion than a mechanic In his. In fact a mechanic can not oe such without reasoning power." MACHINISTS STRIKE IS OVER. Missouri Pacific Employees Lose Their Contest With Company. St. Louis, Dec 20. The striking ma chinists, blacksmiths, boilermakers and sheet metal workers of the Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain system will re turn to work Wednesday morning, De cember 21. According to the statement of General Manager A. W. Sullivan to the Associated Press, the settlement is a complete victory for the company. The men go back to work on the terms offered May 1, which they re jected. That proposition includes a 3 cent an hour increase. Under the new agreement the men permanently re linquish control over the shop foreman and acquiesce in- the rules adopted by the Chicago conference of western lins in March last. The work day for re pair shopmen will be. nine hours, and for engine house men 10 hours. The agreement provides that all of the former employees who desire to re tain their seniority must apply for rein statement within SO days. All of the strikers are eligible, but the foremen, numbering nearly 150, win not be taken back. The machinists' strike began May 2 and the other trades went out in sym pathy on October 21. Mr. Sullivan said that the total, loss in wages for the men will be nearly $900,000. Nearly 3,000 employees went out. n.ost of them from the shops at Se dalia. Mo., Argenta, Ark., and Fort Scott, Kan. FELLOW SERVANT RULE FAILS. The Mississippi Abrogation Upheld by Supreme Court. Washington, Dec. 20. On the the-. ory that a section laborer is "within.! the general line of hazard inherent in I the railway business, although not en- gaged in the actual operation of trains," the supreme court of the United States upholds the constitu tionality of the Mississippi law abro gating the fellow servant rule as to "every employee of a railroad corpor ation." The point arose in the case of a section foreman. While at work a train became derailed and one car turned over on him, causing his death. MB 'NEVl Shore Six We Are Expert Packers of Furniture for Shipment or Storage Call either Plone 320 for rates Topeka Transfer and Storage Co. 406 East Sixth Street The Misses Douglas and'Bobbitt Extend a cordial invitation to you to call at our store this week and receive a free lesson on at home treatment that will insure a perfect complexion, remove all blem ishes, and get the same results obtained by a massauer. 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4 By FRANK P. MAO LENNAH. Entered July 1, 1876, a seoond-class shatter at the postoftice at Topeka, Kan., Under the act of congress. TOLUME XXXVII No. JOZ Official State Paper. Official Paper City of Topclta. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally edition, delivered by carrier. 10 stents a week to any part of Topeka, or suburbs, or at the same price in any Kv, as town whore the paper haa a carrier system. By mail, one year 1...............S By mail, three months .80 Saturday edition of daily, one year.... ICO BELL, TELEPHONES. Rualneai Office .197 Reporters' Room STJ INDEPENDENT TKLBPHONEffl. Private branch exchange. Call 107 and aek The State Journal operator tor scr een or department desired. PERMANENT HOME. Topeka State Journal building. 00 and K2 Kansas avenue, corner Elcnth. New York Office: 290 Fifth avenue. Paul Block, manager. Chicago Offiee: Hartford buBCUag, Paul Block, manager. Full LKAsrm wntfc REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. The State Journal Is a member of the Associated Press and receives- the full day telegraph report of that great Jiewe or a-aauzatlon for the exclusive afternoon xmbllcation In Topeka, 'The news is received in The State Jour (tal building over wires (or this sole pur- Joke on folding beds closing tip with their occupants are now out ol order. A Missourian was killed in this fashion the other day. Present indications are that the coming session of the Kansas legisla ture will be a lively and exciting one. This doesn't augur Weil that much work of importance will Be accom plished. If the various Anti-Horse Thief as sociations in Kansas are engaged by the banks to look after the bank rob bers who have been infesting this state of late, the latter gentry will show wis dom in seeking new pastures for their operations. If the kind of .weather which has t prevailed here for the past couple of -weeks continues, Kansas will be get ting a deserved reputation for putting up a brand of winter weather that Will make those held by the far-famed winter resorts look rather sickly. Baroness Hengelmuller, wife of the Austrian ambassador to the United States, has shocked Washington by making public criticism of its "soci ety." Maybe the Baroness ia piqued because some one mispronounced her name. But what could she expect? The interstate commerce commis sion will find a rich field in which- to labor when.it begins its prob of the rates, rules and practices of the ex press companies. But the ":Jbt way to bring these companies to time would be by putting a parcels post law In operation. Probably the first instance on record where a politician has blushed or has been accused of blushing, occurred in the national house of representatives the other day. Representative Macon of Arkansas blushed When one of his colleagues suggested that he had a United States senatorial 1 bee In his bonnet. ,A Red Cross seal on every Christmas gift you make will be evidence that you are disposed to contribute your mite to aid in the great fight which is be ing carried on against tuberculosis, the great white 'plague'. It Is Impossible to contribute to a worthier cause, a cause in which all humanity Is con cerned. Even President Taft is Impatient with the latest "war scare" which pic tures the Pacific coast, to be absolute ly defenseless. The president doesn't think there is the slightest reason for such a sensation. There is one, though. But .it merely concerns the designs of the Interested parties, to wheedle the government 'but' Of tre mendous appropriations- for the pur poses of the army and navy. Kansas to the fore again. Chicago felt pretty chesty because one of its citizens distinguished himself by eat- lag a quail a day for. thirty days. A Kansas man, however, has not only done that much but he has eleven quail yet on hand and is going to make a record of eating a quaJJ sl day for forty days. It is pretty hard to "beat Kansas and Ransans in the making of any kind of a record even foolish ones. In all likelihood there will be few i i vcu.o vi" "uw uisagree wun Dr. UUU&B CUIlieilLlUn tnat ne may naVe been mistaken when he claimed he discovered the North Pole. There is also one regrettable feature about Dr. Cook's renewed activity in these prem ises. It is likely to give new life to the North Pole controversy and It Is safe to say that everybody but the few parties directly Interested and their scientific friends are tired and sick of it- Clerking for the federal government appears to be getting more unattrac tive all the time. President Taft and his cabinet have decided that the gov ernment clerks at Washington must get down to work ln the future at 8:30 o'clock ln the morning Instead of 9. Was such an imposition ever heard of before? The very Idea of asking gen tlemen and ladles, to get to work be fore 9 o'clock In the morning is pre posterous. Or rather, It wiir likely strike most of the clerks affected that way. Japan is only planning to expend 82,000,000 yen, which is equal to about half that many dollars, during the next six years in supplementing and Improving its navy- This is only at the rate of about $7,000,000 a year for new warships. That ought to set at rest the idle rumor that Japan Is pro- posing to build a navy which will soon pects are that this situation will soon b able to sweep the seas of all the b relieved and that the railroads, the warships afloat. The United States .argest buyerB of iron and" steel, will haa been spending twice that sum once more place their orders for con each year far Dreadnought alone and structlon and equipment with custom there seems to be no Inclination on the ary freedom. If much longer delayed nart of the nowers that be to curtail, this rate of turning out these monster engines of war. PENSIONS FOR CLERKS. Senator Curtis haa started the ball a-rolling in the 'direction of providing pensions for superannuated employees in the government's clerical service. He haa introduced a bill which will make possible the retirement of govr eminent clerks when thy reach the age of sixty-five years with a pension of $50 a month eath. It has been figured out that even with :the pay ment of such pensions the government would actually save .money because of the more efficient and larger amount of work it could get out of younger clerks. Such an economy is an Important one and well worth considering. Bitt it "is not fey any' means the sole argument which can be presented in favor of pensioning government clerks. Another important one. .is that "they are entitled, after a life spent In tire service of the government, to be sup ported by it even after they have out lived their usefulness. Not only that, but many government 'officials now in the higher stations, receive 'the equivalent of pensions after they have reached an age when. -the laws retire them from service. This is true of of ficer of the army and navy. It Is also true of the justices of the supreme court And during4 the active service of officers of the army and navy and the Justices of the supreme court they get salaries of size that It would be much more reasonable to expect them to lay up a competence against old age than it would be to expect the same of the ordinary government clerk whose salary never attains large pro portions. All government, service should be treated alike. There should be no line drawn between the highest and the lowest. Even the large corporations are rec ognizing the fact that employees who have been long in their service and who have outlived their usefulness are worthy of consideration, and the number of them that are establishing pension systems is growing almost daily. President Taft haa been an ad vocate of the proposition to pension government clerks ever since he has been in office. His first regular mes sage to congress strongly advocated it. He reiterated his views on this sub ject in his message to congress of the other day. And it is fitting that a sen ator from Kansas, where the struggle is constant to see that all people get a square deal, should introduce in con gress a measure on this Important sub ject. PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED. Conditions la the world of trade and finance are in about the same shape during the closing days of the year 1910 as they have been lor the past few months. Things are a trifle dull, boi there is nothing in the business or financial situation to cause r alarm. Some perplexing economic questions have forged to the front which have got to be solved and settled before there is another great prosperity spurt In this country. That they will be goes with out saying, for the aptness of the peo ple of this nation is .remarkable and when a proposition has been forced on them, they have always shown an abil ity to handle it. Some Of these prob lems are pointed out by Henry Clews, the New York banker and economist. in his current weekly financial review, He writes about them as follows: "The feeling Is still abroad that values generally are upon an Inflated basis. This may be true of com modities, but not of securities, which are now selling considerably below high levels. As to commodities, some reac tion has already set in, particularly in food products; and the recession there must ultimately result in a partially. reduced cost of living. As yet, however, these reductions have not reached the consumer, largely because middlemen are endeavoring to maintain their old scale of profit as long as possible. The most serious problem which producers have to face is the high cost elements. How this is to be reduced, is a prob lem yet to be solved. Some reduction may be had In raw materials, but this will not.be sufficient, and cannot offset the greatly increased cost of wages and the advances in rents, taxes, etc. The best solution would appear to be in securing more efficiency in labor. Wages have risen, hours have been shortened and output restricted :ntll these factors have been a very serious element in the Increased costs. Un- der present conditions It is almost impossible to ask labor to accept low-( er wages. Labor, however, can mater n .ite.,e .ltofSn !t i "-"j ttUam.SC wy ciwvui na a fciuiiiiy UJ. greater efficiency and larger produc tion. Labor is after all the chief con- sumer, and while Insisting upon ad vanced wages, has been unconsciously diminishing the purchasing power of Its wages ancL increasing its own cost "AV-nth. year draw, to a close gen- ral business is quieten nearly all departments. ortunately there are no serious indications of unsound conditions. At the West some financial strain is reported, the lower prices for r; farm products having induced farmers to hold back supplies, but iri this there Is nothing serious. The South contin ues prosperous, owing to the large anything, but a young man of nine profits of cotton growing; and the en l llVL shakln the bo country as a whole shows the activity and energy inevitable with a rapid growing population. The East, is still decidedly pessimistic, while the West maintains its characterietically optimis tic attitude. The true course probably lies between the two extremes. Our iron trade, usually considered, the best barometer, continues unduly depressed and la running only about half its ca- nfinltv. Thfl fitfitA of affairs la diiA f n the inability of the railroads to raise. contemplated issues, and should the interstate commerce commission allow some reasonable advances, the pros- rusn oi oraers must iohow, n omy to fill the vacuum created by postponement." JOURNAL ENTRIES Worrying pays the poorest of divi dends. Nor are the sweetest smiles general ly directed your way.

It's easy enough to remember the things you'd just as soon forget. A real automobile enthusiast 1 one who goes riding for pleasure- during cold weather.

The deeds that seem to count for most these days are those that hold title to valuable property. JA YHA WKER JOTS Rev. Good la the appropriate name of one of the clergymen at Maple Hill. One of the girls in the Alma high school answers to the name of Mary belle. Mr. Ash of Pratt also gets into the short name contest. So does Max Rau of Independence. It occurs to the Pratt Union that the room many folks think the oc cupy would be great enough to divide up into cattle ranches. A live stock and musical note in last week's items from Dewdrop in the Lincoln Sentinel: Iayrell Lyster sold nis pig ana -purchased him a cornet. There was less news in the Kansas weeklies last week than there was dur ing the recent political campaign and around election-time. But it was crowded out by Christmas advertising. The Marysville Advocate-Democrat nas an idea that when women vote the fashions in politics will chanee oftener. lne road to wealth, says the Marvs- ville Advocate-Democrat is too steep to permit or joy riding." A tramp went to sleep in the Santa Fe yards here the other day and missed the Peavine freight, reports the Alma Signal. "Cuss it," he said, "now 1 11 have to walk to Eskridge, and they're not looking for me "til the train gets In." Two young married ladies were down town recently looking in at the shop windows, reports the Pratt Union, when they spied some nice leather collar boxes with the usual draw cords, and they asked a clerk the price of those "new style hand bags." And it may be. "thinks the South Kansas Tribune, that the people re fused to raise the pay of the members or the legislature simp'y to compel some of the reformers to make good their frequent declarations that they only want office in order to serve the people. One of our leading farmers, savs a local paper, found a cigar in his small son's pocket the other day on getting nome after a shopping trip to Cass City. .The farmer confiscated the cigar and whipped the boy jwiththe j:ope 1 useatu tie tne iamky m uikm. Then the farmer lighted The cigar and started to smoke it himself. It was loaded and burned the farmer's lilacs off his physiognomy and set fire to the barn. The problem now puzzling the community is to find the jackass. Allen Enterprise. A city superintendent in Kansas told us this true story the other day, says the Western School Journal: I went into one of the rooms to inspect the work. Mental arithmetic was. the order of the hour. I gave the class this test problem: If one boy gets up at six o'clock in the morning, when will two boys get up? "If," said the boy who was chosen to recite, "one boy gets up at six o'clock, two boys will get up at two times six, which Is twelve o'clock." Which shows, adds the School Journal, that the formula may sometimes swallow several things. GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe. A' good scare is worth more to man than good advice. Country people are mighty smart in making run or town people. When a boy gets mad, he always looks for a rock, but he rarely throws it. A successful man can not realize how hard an unsuccessful man finds life. Did you ever notice the wolfish manner in which a man looks at a pretty girl? When a man diets he eats oat meal in addition to everything else he usu ally eats. Farmers worry only during the growing season, but town people wor ry all the year 'round. If women are so amiable and sweet, why is it that other women do not care for. them as roomers and board ers? A good many of the Atchison hunt ers have resolved to quit buying ducks of the Smith boys at Mud lake; the Smith boys talk too much. The children who attend a certain church in Atchison say that the preacher prays so long that they can I JJre.cner prays i count two street cars go by. A fried egg ages more rapidly In looks than anything else we know-of. An egg fried in the morning looks a thousand years old by night. A few years ago an Atchison wom- an broke her leg, and she was so j lVoT. 0??nTl't ,1 "fr" II jng his Jokes to his wife, and the school lessons to nis children. When a man hears that a boy has been drowned, he fears it may be his th,e am.t h f iata maybe his house when he hears the fire wnjsUe. i when a man is fifty, the raffle is over, and he knows he hasn't drawn I j for his first throw. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. From the New Tork Press. A wife can't give her family; notice the way the cook can. Being good gets you into such fear fully boresome company A man has to be conceited about something if it's only the big shoes he wears. If a man could buy cigars, for his wife. -rs. wouldn't pride in having seen a chorun girl show than ln understanding the constitution of his country. KANSAS COMMENT FOUR TEARS TERMS. The State will come to It. 'I he oeo- life. It should not be confined to the state officers, but its ramifications should run through the whole po litical office holding system of state and county. It would be better for. the people, and much less expensive for them. This idea is not argued by the Tribune in behalf of the office holder or the officeseeker. -Biennial elections are a terrific expense and the taxpayer has it to meet. There was great alarm when the biennial election proposition was under discussion. In some quarters hungry officeseekers felt that it was taking away the rights and suffrages of the citizen. No one today would think of setting up or defend ing annual elections in the matter of county officers. It was a great saving to the people who work and meet pub lic expenses to do' away with an elec tion every fall. Nobody wants to go back to the old order of things. II the coming legislature will come up to the scratch and pass a. law making all state and county officers elective for four years it will be doing a great good. After once adopted and in augurated it will become as popular as the biennial elections. It may ont be accomplished at the next sesison. It will come. Seneca Tribune. A NEEDED LAW. The movement among the merchants of Kansas favoring the passage of what is known: as the bulk, sales law, should receive the encouragement of every honest legislator. Briefly, It Is a law which prohibits a man selling a stock of goods in bulk to another man or firm upon which there is an obligation. That is, a man under this law would have no right to buy a stock of goods on credit, and sell it out In bulk to one man or firm until all the obligations were paid upon the stock. That. is fair and honest. It of course does not pre clude the transfer of property to ad ministrators or referees in bankruptcy nor public officers of any kind. But it does stop the man who goes about the country selling stocks of goods to in nocent purchasers and trying to swin dle wholesalers. It is an honest law. Kansas can well afford to enact this law and advertise that in this progressive state no crook or cheat or swindler need try to do business. Progress means fundamental honesty, and the Kansas laws should make life a burden to the swindler. The Lyon county legislators can well afford-to get behind this law. Emporia Gazette. OKLAHOMA BANK FAILURES. The bank failures in the heavilv boomed section of the panhandle of Ok lahoma is not going to be a great deal of help to that section. Men don't mind undergoing hardships in settling up a new country but they do object to hav ing a bank lose their money for them. The failures of the institutions Is laid at the doors of the poor crops this year but it is to be regretted that the i very men who needed their money on account or tne poor crops have had it snatched away from them by speculators. Ot tawa Herald. FROM 07 HER PENS -HIT-THE- WR66 TARGBTr The raising" of the-rssue of '-AmertBr dollars in the Brittah-,. -electoral cam paign has rapidly proceeded to its in evitable finale of burlesqar. "-Mr. Bal four Introduced the subject, by accusing the' Liberal-Home Rule coalition of try ing to ruin the British government by the use of American dollars, "referring to the. fund raised by Mr. Redmond, to which the prime minister of Canada was a leading contributor. Mr. Lloyd- George made the obvious retort of the fondness of the British nobility for American dollars when made available for the restoration of tottering noble houses. And the Duke of Marlborough has to proclaim that the cap fits him by declaring that the chancellor of the exchequer Is "no gentleman" for "at tacking: the lords through their ladies." Which can hardly fail to more clearly airect punnc attention in England that the body in whose behalf the Conserva tive fight is made regards American dollars in blocks of millions as ex clusively their own peraulsite. Mr. Lloyd-George did not attack the lords through their ladles, but through their devotion to the enterprise of selling tneir utie to tne nighest deluded bidder. Pittsburg Dispatch. ORGANIZING FOR POLITENESS. A woman's club in Berlin has set about organizing a. League of Polite ness modeled, it is said, upon a similar Boclety in Rome. The object of these organizations is the encouragement it better manners among the inhabitants of the two cities. Those of Berlin peo ple are said to be among the' worst in Europe, and English and Americans have often complained of great boor- lsness on tne part or persons there ap parently of.education and position. Allowing- for different standards of con duct in certain matters, this charge Is probably exaggerated. But a society 'ith the improvement of manners as its object deserves encouragement any where. And while we are about it, America offers good ground for such a reform. One does not have to search far in any of ouh large cities to find examples of gro&s discourtesy and rudeness. There is. of course, a large body of persons who never forget the consideration due .7r:.51 I JT, 5 ln tneir ?VH5lZ2. and lack of courtesy show a sad degen J -t: ....I ii.n. ii n.i 1 1 i l.y eration iron tne suave manners of yes terday. Chicago Tribune. QUAKER MEDITATIONS. From the Philadelphia Record. The girl who promises to be a sistar to a fellow doesn't always assist him. It isn't altogether liberality that prompts a man to give his friends away.. "You make me tired," remarked the automobile to the mechanician in the garage. Would you believe that the boy In the bowling alley works only for pin money? Lots of people don't recognize an op portunity unless it is spelled with a capital O. The fellow who screws up his courage with strong drink generally screws it too tight. A man Is always eager to live up to his reputation, a woman up to her photographs. When a fellow is afraid he can't live without a certain girl he ought to marry her and see..,,' Hoax "He must have been a lantern-Jawed old cynic" Joax 'fWho?" Hoax "Diogenes." Sillicuss "A woman never seems able to make up her mind." Cynicus "Why should she?! she would only change it again." IN JUSTICE TO POSTERITY. I. used to think Jim HI brow was a statea- man qualified To serve his generation as a teacher and a guide, For his mind is full of wisdom an' his voice is good to hear An his loving friends are numbered by the thousand far and near. But our confidence was shaken an our feelings were dismayed One day when we were celebratln with a big parade. It took a lot of argument to make him come across, -But we finally convinced him that he ought to ride a hoss. We thought that generation new would one aay pause to mar a -The ease and lofty grandeur of his statue in. the park. We saw him on a prancln steed of metal or of flfona. With arms outstretched so graceful, in a manner all dim own. The most Impressive figure that an artist could invent Was none too good for him such was our honest sentiment. We stood out on the sidewalk all pre pared our hats to toss Into the 'air 'mid cheerln' When we saw htm on a hoss. Our sweetest dream has vanished. We are humbled In our pride, Fur the first time known to hlaf ry, Jim was truly terrified. We reluctantly admitted that la spit of all he knew. As model fur a high class work of art be wouldn't do. We lacked the heart to tell him how it Is. But we have tried To show him that a private life is far more dignified. Of course we feel a heavy sense of in tellectual loss. But our hopes of him are ended. He looks funny on a hoss. Washington star. 7 HE EVENING S70RY Their Bridal Cottage. (By Donald Allen.) Arthur Hop and Prua Glenning were engaged, but the world wa re volving Just the same. Even ln the suburban village of Pelham Manor there 'was no great excitement The onlv two. Dersons seriously affected by ihi nnnnnc.im('nt aside from, the) principals, were Mr. James Hepburn rA i iua TTp.len DlX. Mr. Hepburn had been paying at tention to Miss Glenning and had failed to capture her heart.- Miss Dix had been making herself as attractive to Mr. Hope as possible. DUt nis love had gone elsewhere, nr. xxope uu UTr TTenhnrn were fellow employees in the bank, and Miss Glenning and Miss Dix lived on the same block and were nv.iim Mr. HSnburn congratulates and Miss Dix congratulated, and that seemed to be the end of the affair. The father of tne nappy maao.en was not rich, but he presented her with a very fine building site. The father of the haDoy young man was not rich, but his son was to have a certain sum or money to duuu mo bridal cottage. AH things had gone well up to this point. The only differ ence that had arisen between the lov inr nminla was that Arthur preferred hollyhocks to pinits, ana ri ao uuu .v the contrary. After the engagement has been an nnnnAad th lovers are free to plan the wedding trip, the new house and all that, and t is couple was not long ln getting at it. It was to be woodbine KnttavA. That much was settled in twenty words. It was to have a front porch to it, anJ the happy wife was to nit hnhind the woodbine and dream th happy summer days away. That was settled ia forty words. Then the trouble came. Miss Dix advised call ing in the architect who had planned th tier,l of the Methodist church. Mr, Hepburn bad said his choice was the architect who had planned the railroad depot- It was a good natured argument for a few minutes, and then came a little tinge oi uuiuiijr. "A church steeple is not a cottage, Tvnr flear observed Mr. Hope. "Neither is a railroad depot," was the answer. "But the depot haa th look of ftwina chalet." "And the church spire has sym metry." "But my father gives me the money tn build the cottage." Mr. Hepburn and Miss Dix realized that the architect question would be settled without serious trouble, and they hacUsomethlng at hand when it was. Miss Dix advised a bay window on the front; Mr. Hepburn advised two French windows Instead. "Of course we shall have a front bav window to make our cottage chic, said Prue, when plans were next talked of. "What's the matter with French win dows?" was asked.. "They have style and refinement at the same-time." And thereuoon ensued a. discussion lasting an hour, and it wasn't settled even then. They had agreed to em ploy the architects who had built .an ice house for one of the local million aires and made It look- like a castle, but the- window question had not yet been decided when th bride-to-be In nocently remarked: 'Helen and I were figuring on the parlor today." And so were Hepburn and I," ner fiance replied. Helen and I don't like a square room.. We think. there should be niches in it. In that way you break up what may be called the monotony of it." -'Hepburn has been ln the finest houses in New York, and he says all the rooms are square. Wa want to be tn style, don't we'" "Arthur. I am surprised at your per versity." "And I at yotirs, my dear." "A parlor with two alcoves ln It will look cute. They will surprise as you come upon them." "Make it all alcoves and have more surprises." There was almost a quarrel that evening, with nothing decided. It was to be a woodbine cottage, and the ice house architect was to draw the plans, but there were many other things to be decided. Mr. Hepburn and Miss Dix didn't fail to tender their advice daily. It was three evenings after the "alcove argument" that the matter was renewed.' "Arthur," began Prue, "Helen and I have been figuring on the dining room today. How long do you suppose it must be to seat twenty-four people at table?" "Hadn't you better hire a hall?" Arthur replied, sarcastically. "There must be two feet of room for every person, and two feet of spare room at the ends of the table. That makes fifty-two feet, though we'd bet ter calt it fifty-four. We might have twenty-five to dinner some time, you know." -Why,; there Isn't a house In town over sixty-five feet in depth, and here you want fifty-four feet of our cottage for a dining room alone." "Bat Miss Dix was in several houses in London when she was abroad, and she says" "And Mr. Hepburn was in five to her one. All the dining rooms in Europe are small." "Arthur, I must have this dining room as I want it!" "Then -your father will- have to give you two more lots to build on!" "The decorations of the dining room are to be left solely to me. There will be six stained-glass windows. There will be a parquet floor. There will be Plush seau In all the windows. The border at the ceiling wUl be two feet deep, and represent a procession of peacocks. The fireplace-" "And where is the money to come from?" demanded Mr. Hope. "The money? Arthur, you' can not love me or you would not mention money. You talk as if anv old barn were good enough tor' me to live in. P,h- and I -want a tiled floor In th kitchen, too. Helen, says that all the best houses in Chicago uont you want the cellar, bottom paved with rubies?" f Air. Hone. I .did not exnent ta find such traits of character ia.you. I am disappointed, -sir. -You suggested a woodbine cottage, and r" Ana you nre a palace at me!" Everybody remarked that thav thought it would end that way, and Miss Dix and Mr. Hepburn felt them selves square with the world. And men the Old mule ca.mii In and inok the center of the stage for a few min utes. He had coma from no ona knew where. H was going no one.: knew where. He was: Idling his time away on the streets when Miss Prue Glen ning left home to match some ribbon at one of the village store. She was jaunty. She looked sweet. She car ried a red parasol, and it was lonr be fore th hobble skirt had appeared. She met scores of people, and at last she met the mule. He came gallop ing to meet her; and his brays of wel come were terrific It was the red na.rsjol that brena-htl tne muie. ne-, may nave taken- It for some new breakfast food. Something would have -happened in raomnt more naa .not .Arthur Hope' been at hand to mak a hero of. himself by rescuing a maiden all forlorn, s The mule was kicked and cuffed and cussed and as the half -fainting girl reclined ln tne strong .anna oi her former fiance h thought he heard her murmur: xou can have any arohltact you Wish, Arthur!'. j And you can hav a bar window or a French," he found himself say irig I-I think a snuare parlor is all right." But if you want two three or four alcoves you shall have them!" I said a dining room fifty-four feet long, but I now see I will buy the race track to build on!" "We'll never have twenty-four peo ple to dinner!" "Never! Let them mo to a chop house!" And that tlted kitchen floor, Ar thur I don't want it. They say they draw moths." You shall have a piano ln place of it.- The cottage was built. Oonvrisrhted lsio by Associated Literary press.) Morgan's Antiques Ileld. Miss Anne Morgan, daughter of 3. P. Morgan, returned recently from a trip abroad on the White Star liner Oceanic. She had as a fellow passenger Miss Belle .Green, Mr. Morgan's libra rian. Miss Green has been -visiting England and the continent, and is said to have picked up some $80,000 worth of books and manuscripts for the Morgan collection. Miss Moigan had a few sham words to say to the customs men. She brought back an antique crucifix, not ing it on her customs declaration as duty free, under the -new tariff law, which allows works of art and antiques of an established old age -to come In free. She showed the cross. to.Lninr spectorfwho called into consultation an appraiser. She explained to them. "How do you know it was made ln the. thirteenth century?" asked the customs man. "Well, I wasn't there." Miss Mor gan replied, "but I know it is an an tique." "Do you want to pay duty on it or have it sent to the appraisers' stores for examination?" asked the Inspector. "Do as you please," said the finan cier's daughter. The cross went to the public stores. While Miss Morgan was having this experience with the customs men. Miss Green, at the other end of the pier, was being questioned by inspectors. She had with her an antiaue box and a small Italian painting of Christ, said to have been made ln the sixteenth century, which she valued at $1,200. Inspector Haley, in doubt, appealed to Chief Appraiser Tennant, and the lat ter ordered them sent to the apprais ers' stores. Miss Green protested. She also had a sixteenth century hand-illumined book and a manuscript of the same period containing 860 pages. She valued the manuscript at $10,000. It is said to be the early work of Spanish monks. According to Miss Green, she was fortunate in finding them for sale in London.- The book and manuscript were admitted duty free without ques tion. "They don't belong to Mr. Morgan," Miss Green asserted. "This is a private affair, and concerns no one but my self." While Miss Morgan was waiting for her baggage to be examined she was asked whether there was any truth in the rumor that she was to wed Don Jaime de Bourbon, the Spanish pre tender. J,What nonsense!" exclaimed Miss I Morgan. "It is absolutely hopeless for the newspapers to keep up this sort of thing. I am not engaged and I don't intend to be. That ought to settle it." New York Times. School Pupils Too Brainy. j The time is coming when pupils will not be permitted to enter the public schools until they" have made good on the ball team, at basket ball or in some other department of athletics. In other words, present conditions will be re versed. The foregoing is a part of an ad dress delivered this morning to 600 school teachers of Kansas City at the regular monthly meeting of the teach ers held in the assembly hall at Cen tral High school. Dr. H. E. Pearse of Kansas City, president of the Jack son County Medical association, was the speaker, and his subject was, "What the Public Schools Should Do for the Physical Welfare of Its Pupils." Dr. Pearse said that unless the pub lic schools did pay more attention to the physical needs of the pupil and less attention to the mental side, that eventually the American people would dwindle to a race of dwarfs 95-pound women and 110-pound men. "Unless a child is strong physically," Dr. Pearse said, "there is no use to expect it to be strong mentally, and for that reason I say let us begin to teach the child to stop thinking, as well as to th!rhe hygiene and physiology that are Vioine- taue-ht in the public schools to day. Dr. Pearse believes, are musty with age and should be thrown out. ere thinks that the pupil should be taught how to get well from scarlet fever in a week and the science and hveiene of immunity. The germ of tuberculosis should be studied, he de s de-. t the! rlH clares. In short. His tneory is mat Er-hool nhvsiology of today should more practical. Kansas City Star. TTtm- Enaram' The Greeks before-the gates of Troy. win greedy thoughts of loot un- bounded. i Had "nothing on" the modern boy.- Who,, by locked doors and drawer XaAirruunaeo, t Watts the morn when he ahsll aaa The hidden content on a tree. His most renentlv- nnvrlhted photos indicate that Doe. Cook has aggravated his crime by growing a pacKage or wniskers. It Is on of the Ironies of fate that he who is ln bad cannot refrain from going ln deeper. All women have their troubles, but wa are inclined to reserve sa per cent or our sympathy ror tne Queen. A Queen is not permitted to keep the in teresting event for private distribu tion among the neighbor women. It Is bawled out by the Associate Press. NOTHING DOING IN THH ARCHAIC These rhymes are awful well w ken. But If you kindlv will Term In From knocking till we force "again" To rhyme with "pain" Ir "hurrl- -cane," And otherwise th rhyme endure, This job will be a sinecure. And we would really feel chagrined it in our verses you should find A plac wher ome stray gale of wvna Wa rhymed with "countermined" x at "sie-nad Ergo: They're fierce, but still we draw The line at any such faux pas. The humorists who make a nractica of calling attention to the hat worn by this department, might save time by notifying Dave Hanna, He is out of politics now, but we feel certain he would renew this hat if he realized its condition. The committee finds that lnrlmr would have been elected anyhow. In other words, the committee finds that Lorlmer wasted a lot of perfectly good money, une might be reminded of the highwayman who held up a mes senger boy and robbed him of a pack age, only to discover that the package was addressed to himself. Having in mind his late majesty of Portugal, we ar tempted to put over this one: A cat may look at a King, and not see much,, either. When Time Is lost, it is useless to offer a reward for its return. Rocke feller and Andy couldn't pool holdings for enough to buy five perfectly good minutes. Many a rich man's reputation for Intelligence is removed, to the discard when he loses his wad. The advantage every boy is entitled to, doesn't cost his parents anything. It Is a plain, ordinary name. The boy who is named George has a chance to be known by his right name; the unfortunate kid Who is named "Na poleon, Bonaparte" is always known as "Bony" Or "Nap.' 1 l""'"-n"'f?m "leieyj i 'iimqtt And, upon looking over this collec tion and noting with disfavor that it gets worse as it gets longer, we hav decided to stop while the stopping is good. Besides, we are under contract to do some more C. s. e. -HOP flVMOR OE THE DAY Creditor (to tailor) I'll have ne more of this dunning. If you don't stop It, I'U order another suit. Fllegende Blaetter. "Did you ride in Charley's automobile?" "Yes, it was lovely. The constant oscula tion didn't bother me a bit." Evening Telegram. Hostess Mr. Squibs is going to recite a comic song. Guest I knew something would happepn. I upset the salt at th dinner table. Stray Stories. "What makes you think she's uncul tured?" "She thinks Ibsen's plays ar stupid." "Well, a lot of people think so.'' "Yes, but she says so." Cleveland Leader. Bacon And you say your brother has settled in Canada? Egbert No, I didn't say so. I think he went there to get out of settling. Yonkers Statesman. "Let me give you a pointer," the Inter locutor said to the end man. "Don't gtv me a pointer," replied the end man; "giv, me a-fox terrier." Chicago Tribune. Diggs I see that they're making brandy from sawdust. Wiggs Good gracious, a If the forests were not disappearing fast enough as it is! Cleveland Plain Dealer. "The landlady says that new boarder is a foreign nobleman." "Bogus, I'll bet" "Oh. I don't know. He may be the real thine-. He hasn't paid her a cent as yet. Washington Herald. Uncle Gus So this Is the baby, eh? I used to look just like him at that age. What's he crying about now? Niece Susie Olx Uncle Gus, he heard what you said. Chicago News. "Wilfred, why did you stick so closely to that Wall Street speculator when you went in bathing?" "Because I knaw If trouble happened he could float any thing." Baltimore American. "How is It that the quail- on your bill of fare Is always struck off?" "That's Just a fancy touch," explained the beanery waiter. "We never had a quail in the Joint." Louisville Courier-Journal. "You should endeavor to do something for the comfort of your fellow-men," said the philanthropist, "without thought of reward "I do. I buy umbrellas, instead of borrowing them." Washington Star. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. Nearly every good talker overdoes It, Free lunch is sometimes pretty ex pensive food. Ever notice what poor car other people take of their health? Avoid pushing to the front by going back on your friends. Don't make the mistake of claiming you never make one. When a woman has an eye for tha beautiful she hunts up a mirror. Many a man Is kept busy acquiring the things he doesn't want. People write a lot of things In a let ter they wouldn't say to your face. Nothing amuses the average mart more than to have some woman believe she is bossing him. Life Is full of ups and downs but un fortunately most of us are down more of the time than up. And it sometimes happens that a man likes to have his wife get so mad sth wxifl't speak to him then she will not ask him for money.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1910. Buy Him One of These -"V t,:" -:r- -i NORTH SIDE NEWS II. E Gaines IVill Furnish Cord of Stone. Need 100 More to Protect Dike West of Topeka. MIGHT PRE VENTFL00D Says Gaines, an Old Resident, in Open Letter. Queer Questions and Requests Asked Humane Officers. If it's for Father, he will appreciate it's .worth many times during the coming year. If it's for son or brother, he'll be delighted with one. These tools are not toys! They are made of the best of steel and are as good as any carpenters tools made. Each chest is fitted with lock and key, so the chil dren can't get in and lose any of them and if you have small children you '11 appreciate the advantage in this when you are in a hurry to do repair work at home. We have them from $7.50 up THE W.A. H Phone 54 L Thompson dware Go. 511 Kansas Ave. TO TOILERS $3,000,000. Christmas IHy the largest hi Years at Steel Works. Pittsburg, Dec. 20. Every day this week will be payday for the men in the mills, mines and manufactories in the Pittsburg industrial district and it is estimated that 3. 000, 000 will be distributed to the workers in time for them to do their Christmas shopping. For the first time in several years, the Christmas pay will be much in excess of previous yuletides. App-oximately the amounts distributed in the various crafts will be: Iron and steel industries, $1,250,000; coal and coke industries, $800,000; other industries, $700,000. The iron and steel companies affili ated with the United Ptates Steel cor poration will pav out the largest part C I or: A ilAfl Tho lnrn-PSt R11TTI tn J L l,iUV,uvv. -t..v. o he paid by any individual company is $300,000 which will be the .payroll of one coal company. Amonp the various trades, such as carpenters, structural workers, steam fitters, elactrieal workers and the like, contractors will begin paying off on Friday. A feature in this instance is the paying of a bonus ranging from H. E. Gaines, a tax payer and old resident of the North side, says he will furnish one cord of stone and put it in place himself on the dike about a mile west of town for flood protec tion. He says that at this place unless something is done to hold the brush and poles placed there by the drain age board, it will be of little avail in time of high water. He further states that 100 cord of stone, costing $700, might prevent a flood on the North, side and he would be willing to pay tne price and the cost of installing of He writes as follow to th '-State Journal: Topeka. Kan.. Dec. 20. 1810. To the Editor of the State Journal: 1 see In your oaner -a few Havu aero that the citizens of North Topeka favor planting trees on the dike. That is good, but wouldn't it be better to do something to hold the dike while the" tress are growing? ii tney will give those toor buff a loes a rest and want to do something gooa ior iMortn Topeka, go west one mile and see the condition of the dike where the drainage board has put in Drusn ana poies at an expense of S600 or $700. They will readily see unless there is something done to hold the Drusn ana poles and m-oteet the bank above- the brush and. poles, what is done wm amount to nothing. une nunarea corcl of stone at a cost of Si 00 might prevent a flood in North Topeka. I will furnish one cord of this stone and put it in place myself. inow gooa citizens,-let us fix this and do it at once. H. E. GAINES, A tax payer and resident of North To peka 28 years. All kinds of queer questions and re quests are asked the Kings, the hu mane officers. Rec-ntly. a woma-i asked them to make her landlord put in a new window in the cellar. Others will call up and ask if the Kings keep shoes. Recently Kilmaurs King was called to "Little Russia" to shoot a suffering cat. The animal had lost both front legs by being run over by a train. But the owners of the animal did not want kitty shot. They said that "sha could raise lots of kittens yet," although wnai value tne kittens would have been is doubtful. Not until threatened with arrest, would they allow the cat to be put out of its misery. ij Notes and Personals. A North side-irl today sent away thirteen Christmas presents and each cost thirteen cents. It is hoped that n H iaa i .i .3 l man for efficient work, punctuality n" of the Presents will bring bad and practical suggestions for expedit ing or improving conditions of work.. KEEPS DOLLIVER'S WORD Senator Young Stands by Promise Made by His Predecessor. Washington, Dec. 20. Senator "Lafe" Young is a standpatter and attempts no concealment of the fact, but just the same he left the warmth and comfort of the senate chamber and traveled all the way down to the postoffice depart ment to see Secretary Hitchcock and in dorse an insurgent for postmaster at Fort Dodge, and if that isn't sufficient. Senator Young will make a trip to the w nue tiouse on tne same errand. The reason for the senator's interest goes back to a fishing trip the late Sen- INFLAMMATION IDE HER ALMOST CRAZY With Pain. Itching. Settled from Knee to Toes. Physicians Cost a Fortune. No Relief. Went to Hospital 3 Years. Unable to Help. Finally Used Cuticura and Was Completely Cured. "I beiran to have an itching over my whola body about seven years ago and this settled in ray limb, from the knee to the toes. I went to see a great many physicians, a matter which cost me a fortune, and after I noticed that I did not get any relief that way, 1 went lor three years to the hospital. But they were unable to help roe there. I used all the medicines that I could see but became worse and worse. I had an inflammation which made me almost crazy with pain. When I showed my foot to my friend they would eet really frightened. I did not know what to do I was so sick and had become so nervous that I positively lost all hope. "I had seen the advertisement of the Cuti cura Remedies a great many times but could not make up my mind to buy them, for I had already used so many medicines Finally I did decide to use the Cuticura Remedies end I tell you that I was never so pleased as when I noticed that, after having used two sets of Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Pills, the entire inflammation had tone I was completely cured. 1 should be only too glad if people with aimuar disease would come to me and find out the truth. I would only recommend them to use tutl- cura. Mrs. ttenna cai-ns. New York. N.Y..AUC 20, 1909." "Mrs. Bertha Sachs is my stater-ln-law and I know well how she suffered and was cured hv the Cuticura Remedies after many other trMtmeSts failed Morris Sacra, 32lfe. 88th St? New York. N. Y.. Secretary of Deutsch Ostrowoer Unt.-Vereln. Kempner Hebrew Benevolent Society etc. Ctrticur. Soap 5e, CWtlcara Ointment 0e. nd cmlcura Resolvent 50c.). (or to the form of mooolate Coated Pills 2oc. per vial of 60 larei Uirourtiotit the world. Potter Drug Chem. Corp. oM Props 136 Columbus Ave.. Boston. Mass. WMalled free, 32-page book ou 6a Humors, luck. Considerable complaint is being made because the bridge west of the Reform school is blacked for repairs. This forces traffic on one of the most traveled of the roads entering Topeka, to go out of the way. It is hoped that the authorities may attend to the mat ter at once. The Kansas avenue M. E. church people will celebrate Christmas with a cantata at the church Sunday night. Miss Carcdyne Churchman. Miss Grace Thompson and Miss Olive McNoun will be the principal singers. Altogeth er about thirty voices will take part. The Union Pacific eastbound this af ternoon carried seven extra coaches for the accommodation of St. Marys college students homeward bound for the Christmas holidays. Mark Putman is indisposed. J. F. McAfee, manager of the West ern Moolen Mills is in Chicago on busi ness. Frank P. Rude, living northwest of Topeka, has been called to Montgom ator Dolliver made with Col. Sam Rob ertson, postmaster at Fort Dodge, last I ery, near Cincinnati, O., by the death summer, ine nsning wasn t very good of his motner, Mrs. unnsnana K.uae. and naturally the two talked oolitics. I She was 71 years old and leaves eight They talked about everything except the I children. None except Frank Rude postmastersnip at Fort Dodge, which live near Topeka. Colonel Robertson couldn't very well I mention because his commission was to expire soon and he didn't know how! the senator stood on the question of nis successor. But when all other Ques tions had been settled Senator Dolliver brought it up himself and said sudden ly: 'Sam, if I live I'll get vou reanooint- ea sostmaster. Senator Young heard about the nrom- ise and says if he lives he'll see that it is made good. To give its partons in ceneral bet ter service, the People's Ice Fuel company will on January 1. 1911. dis continue tne sale of cash ice from its wagons. After that date ice can be obtained from wagons only upon pre sentation of a coupon. Coupon books or convenient size have been provided, and the change in size of coupon books has not in any wav affected the cost of ice to the consumer. The change in coupon book has been to make a book for a smaller quantity or ice ana selling at a small sum bmall users of ice can buy strip coupons with a less cash investment even tnan the investment in the small est books. Users of ice in very small quantities or only occasional buyers, win De served from distributing sta tions, after the ice season opens, which stations will be established throughout the city and the location of which will be announced later. The company will continue to sell ice in any quanti ties for cash from its office. First and Open i Tonight Notice to "Women Folks" As a Christmas shopping cenr ter for the selection of gifts for I man, youth or boy, The Palace is in a class by itself. It affords much greater rang' and varieties of holiday goods suitable for the male member of the family than any other house. And to cap the climax, it spreads before you values that are reall- unequalled. Thousands of women have made this their Christmas buying place -for years. Other thousands have not. To the latter class, we urgently and respect fully suggest an early examination of our gratifying array of holiday merchandise the best possible gifts for man arid boy. All goods purchas ed this week will be charged on January bills due February 1. C. O. Chamberlain of 913 North Quincy street, has returned from Kan sas City, where he has been on a short visit. C. W. Lukens of 1009 Central ave nue, left today for Algoa. Tex., where he will look after fruit tree interests. Irl Boyce, 1117 INorth Jackson street, has been called to EI Campo, Tex., by the ill health of his mother, who has been spending the fall there. A North side girl nas a new way or talking to Santa Claus. She makes a telephone by tying a tin can to a door KnOO Wixn a. sums auu imvugu ili "phone" tells Santa what she wants for Christmas. Charles Gerteseln is in Kansas City as a witness in a railroad lawsuit. Mrs. Emma cones Kelchester of siv ver Lake has written an interesting history of Silver Lake which is now off of the press, .it win pe or interest Dotti to the old settlers and the younger Generation of the community. O. f. K.lmDaii, xi. jvi. cragooa ana tJ. j. Price, jr., will publish a new weekly paper, beginning next Tiaay, at 81 North Ilansas avenue. It is to be i orohibition independent sheet. It is tc be delivered free for a month and then to be paid for. Mr. and Mrs. K. S. Asquith have moved from 1207 North Jackson street to a new home on Lane street. Mr and Mrs. E. Shreve have moved from' Junction City to 1426 North Kan sas avenue. Mr. Shreve is employed by the Topeka Packing company. Poinsettias. tne leading tjnnsimaa NECKWEAR at 50c. We aim to show the best line; you can judge how we've succeeded with the big 6-inch end four-in-hand scarfs, rich silks, at 500 HOSIERY; pure thread silks, extra qual ities, light weight, twelve shades, 50c. S HIRTS made of black and white figur ed madras or white pleated coat style, unusual qualities at $1.00. SWEATERS; shaker knit sweater coats, for outdoor men, $5; hand knit English worsteds, $3.45; jersey weight $2.50. HANDKERCHIEFS; pure Irish linen, "y-ineh hems, initialed, half dozen, $1.40. China silk hemstitched handkerchiefs, white and fancy colors, 50c. G LOVES; Cross, Alder's, Perrin's and our make, long or short fingers $1.50. Real Kid, plain or silk lined at $1.00. TANCY VESTS; silk reps in neat figures for full dress $7.50. London flannels $5.00. Sale of $3 to $7 fancy vests,- a secial purchase, all sizes now $1.65. JEWELRY; Men's solid gold cuff links $2.50; s combination stud, link and vest button full -dres3 sets $5. Solid gold mounted scarf pins $1.50; scarf pin with cuff button sets 50c. R.R. Fares Rebated mm CLOTHING CoJr Mail Orders Filled in mim nv SSL It 1 floef-KMi jfFSS j H t i

Auerbachf Guette! i CLOTHING CQ Ho W of Black and Blue Suits &0'coats These are ideal for Christmas wear or for semi-dress social occasions in place of dress suits. The colors are absolutely fast, the tailoring is such that the clothes will hold their origin al shapeliness, the fabrics are pure all wool and guaranteed by Hart Schaff ner Marx and ourselves. We can fit men and young men of any size, slim, stout, tall, short or medium. Materials are high grade kerseys friezes, mel tons, vicunas, worsteds, cheviots, cas simeres, velours and serges. Get one NOW! Tonight or tomorrow. Full Dress and Tuxedo Suits FTJLIi DRESS AND TUXEDO SUITS are being purchased by many ladies as holiday Kifts for their husbands, sons and brothers. We have a splendid assortment at $30, $35, $45 UAVivoisu .-tit I rr..wi Ji.. r tr Coupon books may be ordered from nower. ooc ai xiuuumu a. driver or by phone and strip coupons can be purchased at the office. The company's wagon delivery will in no manner be curtailed, but the service in this respect will be main tained at the highest possible stand ard. The coupons which will be issued for the excluisve delivery of ice from the wagon, will be provided at the fol lowing prices and sizes, an allowance of 5 per cent from these prices being made for cash payment: 200 pound books, 10 pound deliver ies only. $1.50. 700 pound books, 25 pound deliver ies only. S2.S0. 1.000 pound books, 50 and 25 pound deliveries onlv. J4.00. 2,000 pound books, 100 pound de liveries only $7.00. 4,000. 6,000. 10,000, 16,000 pounds, butchers, hotels, etc. THE PEOPLE'S ICE FUEli CO.' A. M. Petro, druggist. One Pill One pill at bedtime. Brings morning relief from the headache, indigestion, nerv ousness, biliousness, due to constipation. If your doctor approves, why not use Ayer's Pills? Ask him. J. C. ArerCo.. Lowell. Mmm. Every" friend you have has the In dependent telephone. Why not jou. The committee interested in me $30,000 addition to the iirsi o. church are hard at work. Dr. Charles M. Sheldon will reaa an original Christmas story cnnsinids morning at tne temrai vuu6i church. Beginning tomorrow nignt xne i. TIT A rill SPfVl Sll 1) Del O IV" .mi.- benefit of the girls who are clerking in the stores. Charles W. Heck of Topeka ana Ma- tl1 T TVTeTTnteo OI JMOUUL Tii V lir-ensed to wed in Kansas City Monday. r rnrop'. niaee OI ousmwa UCU. t. vm arrested tor Beiiius wucic a .nil liquor, is at 100 twauMa not 1005 as stated. The Charles Wolff Packing company has promised the Salvation army much good beet ior uin poor at Christmas time. The regular December business meeting of the Christian Endeavor so ciety of the First Congregational church will be held a week from to morrow. Monday has been declared tne omcm holiday among the business houses, pub lic offices and firms in Topeka. The city hall the state house, postoffice, etc.. will be ciosea. mi. ci r,,eVt nf Christmas shop- X lid 1 1 1 1 i. i v. Dire began last night, when many ot were ooened. The dry goods stores will open tomorrow night to accommodate ueuuw """i--- Santa Claus, who has been wearing his red suit and asking donations be tween Seventh and Eighth streets on Kansas avenue, says no iu shelter behind nis extra w mornine. As soon as snow falls in Oklahoma City, the park superintendent will cor ral his herd OI oeer aim occv. t i-rra Mtk. in return for a con- slgnment of shrubbery from Riniw.h. Robert Tasker has been appointed rhairman of the state X. M. C. A. convention which will be held February. A special car will be run from Topeka to the convention. Cyclamen, Begonia, Azaieas, rom- settias and irerns mane ueusuui" Christmas girts, jyiane your seiecuuuo now. Leave your cards and we will deliver at the proper time. Hubbard s, 520 Kansas avenue. rmmkinnpr R. L. Bone has re- -amrH from Pontiac that the i,(r.iA stockade is ready for comer- icr the a-nimals and work is being pushed to get the pen ready for their reception ai uase lia-a. itr ta nrranzincr to pay the em ployees this week for the first half of December, this being what is called the "Christmas Payday." All of the 250 employees of the city receive a lo day payment at this t'me. The. roneregation of the First Bap tist church will give the Bev. Thomas S Toung, former pastor or mis piace of worship, a cordial welcome the first Sunday in January when he will preach both morning and evening. TTi ft pen Topeka Masons leave in mo tor cars this evening for Auburn where Nothing Like This Ever Offered Before fine this ders, Sam Zimmerman. Frank Stevens, Evan Davis, W. G. Tandy, Matthew Carl, Judge Mason, Roy L,. Bone, Leo Lane, T. C. Kirkpatrick, and T. C. Kirk patrick, Jr. The appointment of Dr. C. M. Hens ley county physician shifts a load from the county, commissioners' minds, as an average of twenty recommenda tions for the dozen candidates poured uiio me oince or to private desks every day. The Salvation army is getting up an entertainment for the poor children of the city to be given New Year's eve. There will be a Christmas tree and each child will be given a present, a number of the merchants having do nated toys. Dr. Vanderpool. city sanitary head, has been appointed by the city commis sioners to take all applications for garbage cans for the. citizens of the city. If anyone wishes a garbage can for his residence he makes his appli cation through Dr. Vanderpool at the city hall. "People are just buying all kinds of too' tnings, said a Topeka merchant today in speaking of the preparation for Christmas. "They are things that will never do themselves or anvone else good, xney are mighty slow riKht now by the way, m paying their debts it's hard to collect.' The city hall and the people of the city who are interested in the park swans are up in arms because M. C. Holman, park commissioner, has sold the swans to J. W. Going. Not that they don't want Mr. Going to have them but they want them to remain In the possession of the city. The new telephone system being in stalled in the general offices of the Santa Fe will require an-increased num ber or central girls and the road has positions for them to be filled. The banta Fe general office telephone ex change is as large as hundreds of those in the smaller towns in Kansas. The annual winter time card meeting of the Santa Fe is being held in the office of C. W. Kouns, general manager of the road in Topeka. Superintend ents from all of the divisions on the eastern lines are here for this meeting. No radical changes are contemplated And the announcements will not be made for a few days. Dr. George Babb, city milk inspec' tor, has arranged for the annual meet ing of the Kansas State Veterinary as sociation to be held in Topeka January 11-2. The meetings of this association will be held in the city commission chamber. Many manufacturing firms will handle exhibits in the lobby of the city hall during the meeting. The furniture men in Topeka are complaining that the Christmas trade is not coming their way, and are al leging that the people are buying things of a less substantial nature. such as candy which will create only a momentary sense of satisfaction. "We have sold but one Morris chair so far this season," remarked one of the dealers. Now for a snow storm! There are scores of sleds hidden in dark corners which parents will give to their chil dren on Christmas day. There are many people wo do not consider Christmas ideal unless there is a coat ing of fresh snow on the ground, and they especially are hoping that the youngsters will have a chance to use their sleds. Harry O. Hill, the representative of the Central Y. M. C. A. in San Paulo, Brazil,, has written as follows of the work of the past year: "I find many things that should encourage us in Boys' elegant new overcoats just received, including the wonderfully popular Duplex Collar effects like cut, beautiful midseason shades of tan and gray, qualities such as were never known to sell for less than $7. Also dapper little Ruimian nvprcnats with smart Auto -collars-and velvet collars; these'' indud the stunning new soft gray and'' tan effects, sizes 2 his to 10, good big values at $7.50. Also a magnificent new selection of Bessemer 2-Pants suits in brown mixtures (totally new), fine serges in rich blues, etc., just add ed to the other immense Bessemer lines. Choice of any suit or overcoat in the entire collection l-r Boys white pleated Blouses, 75c. Bovs' fur back Gauntlet and Rough Rider Gloves, 50c to $2.50. Boys' Sweater Coats, with pockets, $1 Stock ing Caps, 50e. Large Fur Hats, $3.95. Boys' fine Dresa Shirts reduced to 85c. Blue Serge Knickerbockers, $1. Boys' All Silk Ties, with Btick pin to match, in Christmas boxes, 50c. Boys' Christ mas Suspenders, 25c. BUY Him one of those nobby, new imported Austrian velour Hats, in brown or gray; the latest novelty, very fashionable at $5; or buy him a Stetson, soft or stiff. He knows they are the best at $3.50 and $5. Silk Opera Hats from $5 to $10; also a splendid assortment of soft and stiff hats in our Palace Special every hat guaranteed to give absolute satisfaction Caps of every description; fur, seal, cloth, from 50c to. $12. f v I 1 'Vllv' I Subscribe for a. Magazine for Christmas Ind. 11SO F. EL JORDAN 70S Topeka Avenue oasist in the relebration of the fiftieth anniversary or. xne jouge in our wurs' m oah raiuy. village. The following Topeka lodge the Hon: William Jennings Bryan in men wilt attend: C. B. Burge, Fred March won us many new friends. His Knapp. Frank McFarland, George Bad- i only public address was given under the ausoices of the Y. M. C. A. One hundred and nine new members have been received without any special cam paign." Wednesday, tne ssaivauon Army i sending out notices to the people who will be provided with Christmas bask ets. Captain Louis C. Bennett requests that names of needy persons be sent in immediately, so that there will be time to make some investigations. In the baskets which will be given to the worthy poor will be found roast beef, potatoes, canned vegetables, celery and another fresh vegetable, bread and but ter, coffee, candy, fruit, and apples, aside from a copy of The Young Soldier, the Army's young people's periodical. Receiver tor a Railroad. Des Moines. Dec 20. Judge Smith Mc pherson in federal court today named Wm. Bird as temporary receiver for the Albia and Centerville railroad connecting these two towns upon petition of the Iowa Central company. Injunctions were asked to stop two suits on notes totalling over $100,000 by Centerville residents and to pre vent the transfer of the property to the Southern Iowa Traction company. After A Hot Day Revive Your Energies BY BATHING WITH HAND SAPGLIOs It cleanses the yores, removes dead skin, invigorates the entire body and leaves you delightfully cool and refreshed. All Grocers and Druggists Deficiency Bill Amended. Washington, Dec. 20. The house of rep resentatives today agreed to the senata amendments to the urgent deficiency bill. The bill as amended carries an appropria tion of a little more than $1,000,000. 1

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6 rtuurely It9s Mer Go over our list then select that gift. Shop around, get prices and then come in, compare articles and prices and we know you will buy. In Solid Gold Scarf Pins ...$1.50 Cuff Links f. 3.00 Tie Clasps 2.75 Lapel Chains 3.75 Tuxedo Chains. 4.25 Emblems J50-- Signet Rings 5.50 Fancy Rings 9.00 Studs, three 2.25 Watch Fobs. $3.00 to 7.00 In Gold and Silver Chains and Finger Rings $1.25 Coin Holders. 2.00 Vanity Boxes 1.50 Coin Purses.. 1.00 Mesh Bags $3.50 to 10.00 Knives 2.00 Our Leadership in Diamonds is the logical outcome of the great quantities in- which we import and the advantageous -prices which we command as a result. We -urge comparison of quality and prices. Diamonds Rings $9 to $35 Diamond Lavallieres .65 to 130 Diamond Brooches 25 to 300 Diamond Studs 25 to 350 Diamond Links 10 to 250 Diamond Scarf Pins 5 to 30 AM FREIDBERG 507 Kansas Avenue RICH im FOUND. Jacob Rivers, Who Disappeared in Iowa, Seen Here. When Brother Arrives Again Drops Out of Sight. HAD LOST SOME MONEY Believed That This Caused Him to Leave Home. Refused to Talk About Affairs -While in topeka. J BURGLAR ROBS HOUSE. Gets $175 "Worth of Jewelry and Clothing From II. II. Lewis. Nearly J175 worth of jewelry and clothing was stolen early Monday night from the home of H. H. Lewis, at 612 Fillmore street. The los3 consists of two gold watches, a diamond broach, scarf pin and a number of pieces of wearing apparel. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis returned to their home about 9 o'clock after a trip down town. As they entered the front door,, they heard their visitor close the kitch en door as he left the house. The po lice were notified of the theft, but no arrests have been made. "The party was evidently very calm in the pursuit of his work," sa?W. Mr. Lewis, "as he entered the house through a rear window, pulled down the blinds in the bedroom and went to work. I think he had just about completed h:s search of the room ..as we returned home. The lights in the bedroom:. were still burning and we were not long in learning what had happened. I think we know who stole the goods, but have not enough evidence yet to warrant our making an arrest." BUMPER TRADE YEAR. FRUIT MEN COMING. State Horticultural Society Opens In Topeka Tomorrow. Chicago Merchants Are Heaping Golden Harvest. The forty-fourth annua! meeting of the Kansas State Horticultural soci ety will open in Representative hall at the capitol tomorrow morning and continue throughout the three days, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Aside from the sessions, an exhibit of the state's products will be an attrac tion and the public is .urged by the society to attend all of the meetings. Prizes In amount of $100 besides merit awards will be given by the society for best exhibits. The question box, an interesting phase of the meetings, will be continued as heretofore. A program of especial interest to those concerned with horticulture has been arranged. Governor Stubbs will speak at the evening meeting Wednes day. ;c V OFFICIAL PROTEST. Jacob Rivers, a wealthy Iowa far mer, who disappeared from his home near Grinriell three months ago, is be lieved to be in Topeka this afternoon and every policeman on the- beat is keeping a sharp lookout for the man. Rivers' brother, L. F. Rivers, came to Topeka this morning and located his brother at the home of an uncle, but a few minutes after the man arrived on the scene, Jacob again disappeared. The circumstances surrounding Riv ers' disappearance from home Indicate that his mind became unbalanced fol lowing a series of flirtations in high finance. Several years ago Rivers' parents left him a large sum of mon ey. He invested in some western land according to an uncle, J. C. Shockley, of 556 East Fairchild street, and after holding the property a few years sold out at an advance of $40,000. He again speculated in land and the sec ond sale is said to have netted Rivers a profit of nearly $20,000. A year ago the man invested heavily in a western development scheme and when the bottom fell out of the plan, he is said to have been short nearly $15,000 on the transaction. This reverse, relatives believe, caused the man to -lose his mind and he left his home near Grin nell. According to L. F. Rivers, relatives followed the man to St. Joe, then to TCansai Citv and a few davs aso learn ed that he had come to Topeka. While here Rivers stayed with his uncle on Fairchild street, but refused to discuss the reasons for leaving home. The Rivers brothers are all wealthy land owners in the Grinnell country and according to reports received by the police L. F. Rivers controls real estate and business interests conserv atively valued at $200v000. j HIGH SCHOOL WOTES. i Against Permitting the Hornet Leave New Orleans. to Chicago, Dec. 20. Christmas this year is bringing unusual joy to the heart of the State street merchant. A is bidding fair to be a bumper year for a golden harvest of trade. Never be fore in Chicago history was the Christ mas spirit so manifest in the buying of gifts. There is small sale for cheap, shoddygifts. The counters of the more expensive grade of goods are attracting the tide of shoppers in great masses. This was the report from a score of the busiest centers in the retail dis trict. Big department store heads were consulted for a statement of the con ditions in their stores compared with previous years. They all admitted more money was coming over the counter than ever before. Even the street "fakirs" have doubled in num ber over last holiday time. Four hundred and twelve- of: them secured licenses yesterday at the city hall and were soon at work selling their wares. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Word was received in Topeka today or the death of George Goodrich, one of the oldest settlers and most promi nent men of "Valley Falls. Two grand daughters. Lida and Ina Kendall, who are students in Washburn college, had returned to Valley Falls for the holi days. The funeral will ,be held Wed nesday afternoon at. 2 o'clock. Mrs. Mary Cox, formerly of 720 Lane street, died at the home of daughter, Mrs. Edna Nixon in St. Joseph, Mo., Monday. Death wa3 caused by diabetes from which she suffered several months. She is sur vived by her husband, Thomas Cox, Mrs. Nixon, a son. Herbert Sturdevant, and a granddaughter. Juanita Nixon. Funeral will be held W ednesday in St. Joseph. The funeral of Mr. James Ingels, who died in Oklahoma City, Okla,. was held from the home of his daughter, Mrs. Isabell Crouch, at 913 West Fif teenth, at 2 p. m. today. Burial in Foster cemetery.. Washington. Dec. 20. The Honduran minister today protested to the state department against permitting the de parture of the steamer Hornet from New Orleans on the ground that th-s vessel contemplates leading a revolu tionary expedition against President Davila. MADE GIFT THEN DIED. Wicliitan Expired While Daughter Was Applying $500 on Home. Wichita, Kan., Dec. 20. S. S. Hasse- brook, 77 years old, fell dead on the sidewalk' here today just after giving his daughter $500 as a Christmas gift. He expired while she was in a bank applying the gift on a home she was buying. Paralysis was the cause of death. William Hassebrook, a son, is a Shat- tuck. Ok., merchant. RECALL PETITION. 19 Filed Against Mayor Seattle. Gill of Seattle, Dec. 20. The petition for the recall of Mayor Hiram C. Gill, who is charged with permitting gambling and other vice to be conducted by syndi cates which paid for their privileges was filed in the comptrollers office to day. It contains 11,300 names, 631 be ins those of women. The election must be held within 40 dars. St. Louis Sale Will Get O. K. St. Louis, Dec. 20. President B. B. John son of the American league ancf C. A. Comlskey, pwner of the Chicago team, arrived here today to confer with the new owners o the St. Louis club. The con ference was attended by Robert L. Hedges, former chief owner of the local,, team. It Is expected the sale will be ratified. E. M. Hodgman, one of the new purchasers. Bald he did not think a new manager would be named today. Grounded Steamer Ajrain Moats. Vancouver, Dec. 20. Tho steamship Prince Morge was floated today at high tide from Parthia shoal at the entrance to Vancouver harbor, where she went ashore in a fog yesterday. The vessel was apparently not seriously damaged and came into port under her own steam.; Ctu-iblmas Shopping Easy. Give a subscription to a good maga rine, nothing better and nothing easier. I will also notify the recipient with a nice card, the name of the donor there on. F. B. Jordan Publishers' agent. 708 Topeka avenue. Ind. telephone 1150. jMlMili 1 lMic C2ESSEiEEMI LMtl Beginning Wednesday Evening Our Store Will Be Open Nights Till Christmas Christmas Neckwear for men Regular 50c silk four-in-hand Ties, made from high-class silks. Elegant patterns i and colorings. Neckwear made for only very best trade and sold to us at the last min ute at a very -special price on a large quality. Regular 60c ties. While they last OC. each AiJC FOR IADIES f Just received, ladies' Lace and Net Jabots. They come direct to 'us from the maker who is anxious to close up his business for this year. Among them are pretty, dain ty, neckwear that would delight any woman's heart on Christmas morn. Regular 35c, 40c, 50c value on sale far Knit Mufflers 1 -clasp Schmidt knitted mufflers .25c Bradley Mufflers 50c, $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50. Neck Scarfs- made of mercer ized mull, 2 yards long, hemstitch large quantity. Regular 60c ties, for 59c Veilings 36-ineh auto veiling. ;yard .SOc Chiffon Veiling- hemstitched, 36 inches wide, yard $1.50 Lace Collars Let us show you these collars. Can be worn with silk 'waist, or as coat sets. Make -any coat look new, 59c, 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 up to $3.50. Men's Suspenders in Fancy Boxes They are so very pretty that it seems almost a shame not to buy him a pair. They are put up in gift boxes. Some are suspenders alone others are combination sets of suspenders and hose supporters at, per bos 50c, 59c, 75c Handkerchiefs We never Jijad so many nor such good val- ues. i -i- AU-linen, each 5c Colored borders, each 5c Plain white, each .5c Ladies' embroidered, each lOc Ladies' plain, each 10c Men's colored borders, each ...lOo .Ladies' linen, each .10e Ladies swiss, 16c each, 2 for 25c Ladies' all-linen, 15c each, 7 for $1.0O Ladies' initial, 6 fof 90c rv..,,fiV:5ample Hand Bags W hVe 1S received direct Trora the 7 showrooms of a New Tork manufacturer, 200 samples of elegant handbags at prices that will prove a big saying to you. The learners are real seal, goat and grain seal ooiu ma veivet oag. uoiors mostly black and m nearly all of them leather lined: frames oxi- I Sized, gold washed and leather covered; fri I VOW latart cstinnA. 1 A dozen piece fittings, such as bilk book, puree, hand mirror, comb, brush, file, der bottles, toothbrush, etc' Made of first quality materials. Prices are: I ..ecu, yftf i M,.fl -o to a ri4!lijHg,5i liKlltf $5.00. bags $3.50 $6.00 bags r.... .$4.50 $7.00 bags $5.00 i" $8.00 bags $6.00 and so on up to $25.00 bags for.. ..$15.00 Hosiery For Christmas Ladles pure thread Silk Hose, plain, in black, white and colors, priced from $1.0O to $3.00 pair. Ladies' black Silk Hose, hand embroidered in white, pink, blue, lavender, yellow and red, values from $3.75 to $6.50 for, 0 Cn pair 3w Values from $2.50 to $3.50for, pair. Ladies' plain black Silk $2.25 Lisle Hose, medium light weight, put up three pair in a holly box, box; Men's black Silk $1.00 Hose, extra heavy quality, double flj 1 heel,- toe and sole,', pair y.P Men's black and colored pure Silk Hose, lisle sole, full fashioned or seamless, colors, navy, goblin, ca det, tan burgundy, light grey, helio, pWrfv.v .soc Men's black Lisle Hose, em broidered, put up in fancy Christ mas box, 3 pair in a box, gQ "Wunderhose" for men, women and children, 4 pair in a box, guar anteed for four months, QQ Infants' pure Silk Hose in black white, pink, blue, tan and Cft red, pair, .OxC Men's initial, 6 for... ,75c. Men's plain linen, 15c! 7 for,. .$1.00 Ladies' fancy 'lace trimmed .25c Ladies' "Sunspun" embroidered 25c Ladies' fancy lace corner 25c Ladies' lace and insertion. .25c Ladies' French embroidered across corner..: .25c Ladies' linen with eiribd. col ored flowers. ..25c ITiadies.' Alpine embroidery 25c Ladies' 7 linen center. hand hemstitched, real Armenian lace edge 25c Ladies' "Sunspun" embd.1 :25c Ladies' button hole scalloped edges 25c Sealpackerohief-all linen, put up in sealed box,"3 for. .50c Better Handkerchiefs at 25c, 50c,. 75c, $1.00, $1.25 Sues the Rock Island. Two new suits against the Rock Island for alleged violations of the 2 8 hour law were filed in the United States district court today by Harry J. Bone, United States district attor ney. Both of the cases came from Durango. Colo., from which poin 1.148 sheep were shipped November 10 to the Kansas City market. The petitions claim that the shipments were on the road more than 40 hours. A. M. Hubbard and J. J. McCormick, both extensive sheep raisers near Du rango, owned the shipments. Fight Promoters Released. Schenectady, N. T..-' Dec. 0.-Samuel Langford, Bob Armstrong and "Porky" Flynn, were discharged in police court this morning with consent of Dev. Dr. George R. Lunn, reformer, preacher and editor who swore out the warrants resulting in the raid on the American Athletic club last night. Jake Carry, the promoter, was held in $500 bail for trial on December 29. Plans for New York's Future. New York. Dec. 20. It is announced that the New York City board of estimate ami apportionment will on January 1 ap point a suitably equipped commission on city plan, the duties of which will be to lay out a scheme for the entire future de velopment of the city for many years to come, similar to the plan of Hausmann. to whichi all construction in Paris still conforms and that of Major L'Enfant in laying out Jhe city of Washington. A really wonderful machine is the button maker at the. Enterprise. 834 Kansas ave. Covered buttons made to order. Phones 173 Basketball enthusiasm is at -a lofty pitch at the high school in anticipation of the contest which will take place be tween the local five and representa tion from the Westport high school of Kansas City. The work of construct- ng portable bleachers in the Central Y. M. C. A. gymnasium began today. As they will seat 600 enthusiasts of the game, the seating capacity will be ma terially .enhanced. The team which will confront thi We3tport aggregationFriday even ins will-be as follows?- Ferwatsus Rolton and Washburn; center, Anderson: guards, Johnson and Woodford Carl son, substitute. Prior to the game in the interhigh school series, the Tigers of the high school and the Tigers of the Central Y. M. C. A. will clash. The members of regular basketball team of the high school will meet at Snyder's studio to have their picture taken at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The post card pictures of the football team are being sold rapidly and the money turned over to the treasurer of the athletic association. Striking posters advertising the game Friday vening, T. H." S. vs. Westport high, were placed in the store windows this afternoon red type oh 'yellow cards. The next game in the interhigh school league wilt not be played until January 20. The contest will be "pulled off" in St. Joe, Mo. Tomorrow the students of the school will indicate the work they wish to un dertake next term, so that it will be possible for. the officials of the insti tution to prepare the program in the holidays. The business course has proved a great success. On account of its popu larity there has been all the work that one instructor could handle. At pres ent but two years of a four year course is offered. If the board of education decides to add the remaining two year.i to the course next fall, another room for the classes will be necessary.' This means that the problem of accommo dating the various classes would be all the more perplexing. It is a foregone conclusion that within a very short time it will be necessary to put an addition cn the high school building. The instructors of the. high school and grade schools will receive their pay on Friday, the 23rd of month, instead of on the 24th, the regular pay day. The school board agreed- to waive th t usual custom as a matter of ac commodation to the teachers. Miss Hazel Barnwell hag been en gaged to act as coach of the play which the class of June 'il will give in the spring. Several plays have thus far been considered, but no choree has been made. It is rumored that the farces which will be given by the two literary so cieties after Christmas will be un usually clever. Maribou Neck Scarfs White Maribou. $15.00 J White Maribou $12.50 Black Maribouj. a, v,$12.50.j Natural Maribou. $7.00 1 RUFF of pleated chiffon with Persian border, each. $2.75

The Dress Trimming Department Offers Very Special Prices on Fine All-Overs $5.75 Cream embroidered all over, for yard $3.00 Gold Metal cloth, yard. $2.60 Cream colored embrold ered, yard.'; 1 $7.00 Cream with colored braiding, yard .$3.98 $6.00 Bronze '.and metal all over, for yard. .$3.08 $6.00 Cream embroidered all" over, for yard $3.98 $3.75 $1.08 .$1.50 Reduced Prices on These Bathrobe Blankets Here are a limited number of German Robe Blankets we want to close out before Xmas. Come early for best selection. $1.75 German Bathrobe Blankets, each. .$1.59 1.98 German Bathrobe Blankets, each 1.75 2. 25 German Bathrobe Blankets, each 1 .98 3.25 German Bathrobe Blankets, each. 2.85 3.50 German Bathrobe Blankets, each 3.00 Wool Bed Blankets Make Practical Gifts Take advantage of these special prices: $5.00 Wool Blankets, in gray and fancy plaids special, i pfiir b v v $398 5.50 Plaid Wool Blankets, assorted colors special, pair. 4.95 7.50 Gray Wool Blankets special, a pair 6.25 8.25 Tan Wool Blankets special, a pair. 7.00 Smali Blankets for Baby at 50c, 75c, $1.00 They come in blue and pink, and are fast in the wash. A great variety of designs, such as Chicken, Rabbit, Teddy Bear, Santa Claus, Daisy, etc, at each. .50c, 75c, $1.00 Ja$t V&IaS. NEV YORK IN DANGER. Insurance Expert Declares Disaster Is Threatening Probability. "How is it that the quail on your bill of fare is always struck oft?" t 'That's just a fancy touch," ex plained the beanery waiter. "We never had a auail in the joint." PLOW SHARE TO ARENA Ad Wolgast Now in Pink of Condition for Ring. Cadillac, Mich., Dec. 20. Like Cin cinnatus of old, ?Ad Wolgast is to turn from the plowshare to the spot lieht. The inevitable battle between the title holder and the plucky British fighter who conquered the Dane can not long be postponed. Wolgast states he is willing to meet Moran any-time a suitable purse is hung up.. In the meantime he is getting into, shape for the greatest battle of his life. His training takes on the nature of stren uous work on his farm; where -he is to be seen plowing and doing ftther farm farm labor. ,P, 1 Wolgast is in thpihk of condition, never felt better and confidently ex pects to land the -Britisher when the fight Is pulled off. New York, Dec. 20. That New Tork City is in danger of a fire disas ter greater than that which destroyed San Francisco following tho earth quake is the assertion of M. S. Tan- nenbaum, one of the insurance experts called on for testimony before the state legislative committee, which is investigating' fire" insurance rates and conditions here. "The danger of disaster to New York is not only a possibility, hut a threat ening probability," Mr. Tannenbaum told the committee. "The extent of the San Francisco disaster was due to the breaking of the water mains and that is the danger we face. Right now we are digging tunnels through the heart of the city, using large quan tities of dynamite. "Any day a terrific explosion, as sud den and unexpected as the disaster in the New York Central's terminal yards, might break two or three of our principal water mains. If this should happen and then two fires should break out at the same time, where would New York be "New York's water pressure is also too low. It would be absolutely in sufficient to control a Are with good headway in certain districts of the city. If two or three fires should break out on the night "of a big wind, like, for instance, the blizzard of 1888, nothlne could save" the eitvvr Mr.. Tannenbaum brought 'up these points in connection with an argument in favor of the passing of a law to restrict the amount of insurance which any one fire insurance company should write in a Bingledistrict. I "The state- should limit the amount of insurance that can be written in a congested district," said he. "There is too much gambling in the fire insur ance business. A company capitalized at $500,000 vrill write $5,000,000 worth of insurance in a congested district and gamble that there won't be a fire there. If the company wins, it col lects the1 premium on the $5,000,000. A Suggestion If you want to give a friend or rela tive a Christmas present which will be useful every dav, order The TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL for 1911. Delivered each evening for 10 cents per week, or sent away by mail for $3.60 per year; $1.80 for six months. The legislature meets next month and the State Journal is the official paper of the State of Kansas, and of the City of Topeka; also gives all other news. But being a reader, you know about its merits. a f. 1 -i C s Woleast on tlto fSrm in Northern jMUcbigan Getting Into shape for the Inevitable Battle Willi Moran. Ia Pauel, Owen Sloran. Grimes Golden, 1.40; York Imp.. Jonathan Belleflower, $1.25; Ben Davis. J1.10 per box delivered. Bell 870, Grant ville, W. K. Stock. Ind phone 2495 WWhite. If it loses, the receiver pays 10 per cent, if there is anything at all left after paying the counsel fees." New :?ork Stock IJst. Last Sale. New York. Dec. 30. Amalgamated Copper 644 American Beet Sugar 4Ui American Car and Foundry 61 American Cotton Oil 59 American Locomotive 36 American Smelting and Refining.... 74 Amer. Smelting and Refining pd IO3V2B American. Sugar Refining..., .114B Anaconda Mining Co SViB Atchison .101 Atlantic Coast Line... 116 Baltimore and Ohio.. 106Vi Brooklyn Rapid Transit 76 Canadian Pacific. 194U Chesapeake and Ohio. 81lA Chicago and Northwestern 142 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul. ...123 Colorado Fuel and Iron 3174 Colorado and Southern 58ai Delaware and Hudson 164H Denver and Rio Grande 2S Denver and Rio Grande pfd 70J Erie S Great Northern pfd 123 Great Northern Ore Ctfs 68 Illinois Central.. 130B Interborough-Met. pfd W Interborough-Met. pfd 554 Louisville and Nashville ..144' Missouri Pacific 47 Missouri, Kansas and Texas 32 National Biscuit li7 National Lead 6SJ1 New York Central ll-'ti Norfolk and Western .1) Northern pacific, 116 Pacific Mail Pennsylvania lil4 People's Gas 15 Pullman Palace Car 168 Reading Rock Island Co...... Rock Island Co. pfd Southern Pacific Southern Railway.... Jy Cnion Pacific I'l I'nited States Steel..... United States Steel pfd IK7 Wabash v J Wabash pfd J Western Union i. Standard OU sllis A BARGAIN Good cottage on Kansas ave., 40 foot front, city water, gas, on car line, paved street. Only tl.850. 100 cash. Lasy monthly pay ments. Phones 505. 534 Kansas Ave. WHY SHOULDN'T the Boy get a tag and have it punched. It saves his money, and makes it easy for him to get the wheel he wants. J. Brummet Co. 206-208 W. 6th St. Phone 539 A POSSIBILITY That Became a Fact and Pleases Man People. A. R. Lewis, M. T., In a lengthy arti cle in the columns of American Jour nal of Health, says concerning hair "It's deterioration is a constant source of worriment to humanity, conse quently bald people are readily de ceived by 'fake" hair restoratives. The wish' that a hair preparation will "an the bill' is father to the fancy that it Is likely to do so. A rare case in point is that of Newbro's HernioM" which actually does -fill the bill ft destroys the parasite that attacks th hair root, and prevents dandruff fan ing hair and baldness." Sold by'lpt Mich """uuo -o JJetroit. 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7 STILL MORE GRIEF "Help Someone Along the Road to Welldom Vending -Machine Company .Attached by a Bank. THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL -TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER. 20, 1910. Place Reel C ON ALL esms Y lit Chr mm as P ackages A PENNlfr APIECE Gummed And Ready To Attach Every Penny goes directly to help your Local Tuberculosis Camp BALANCE Your Moral Account Purchase a stamp to offset each thought less or unkind act of the year.. This space given free to remind YOU of your chance to help a splendid in cause. Red Cross Seals will not carry any kind of mail, but any kind of mail will carry Red Cross Seals. On Sale Where You Do Your Christmas Shopping Buy them today, and place as many as you can afford on all your packages DAWSON IS READY. Will Bring Suit for "Wholesale lieduc tion of Freight Kates. The Kansas state railroad board will soon file a complaint before the interstate commerce commission ask ing for a wholesale reduction in freight rates on all classes of goods between St. Louis and points in Kan sas. The complaint alleges that dis crimination is practiced In the present rates to Kansas points in favor of Kan.-as City that is out of all propor tion to the difference in distance be tween the points mentioned. The tol lowing statement given out by the board sets forth the claims of the state In this case: "Rates between St. Louis and Kan sas City are much lower relatively than from St. Louis to interior Kan sas centers. The bringing of this suit was ordered by the railroad commis sion some time ago. 'One of the cardinal principles of ratemaking is that the longer the haul the lower the rate per ton, per mile Fhould be. It is Mr. Dawson's conten tion that Kansas is greatly discrimin ated against. The rates jump up very materiallv after the Missouri river is crossed. In some instances the rates from St. Louis to Kansas stations are from 100 per cent to 200 per cent higher per ton-mile, for a haul of oOO miles than the railroads charge on the same commodity moving from St. Louis to Kansas City, a distance of only 2 o miles. "At the present time the first class Tate from St. Louis to Kansas City is 60 cents, which means about 45 miles per ton mile, while the first class rate from St. Louis to Hutchinson and Wichita is 11.19 H. or about 48 mills per ton mile, notwithstanding the fact that Hutchinson and Wichita are lo cated nearlv 500 miles from St. Louis and Kansas'City Is but 275 miles away. "Mr. Dawson prays for a readjust ment of the ten class rates and also a number of commodity rates such as agricultural Implements, bags and bagging, cartridge shells, cereal food products, cotton piece goods, harness and saddlery, iron and steel articles, linoleum, meats, paint, paper, starch, vinegar, canned goods, coffee, beans and svrup. He asks that the first class rate to Hutchinson and Wichita be reduced from $1.19 to $1.07 and the other classes in proportion. The rate on fresh meats he wishes reduced from 64 cents to 26 Va cents, canned goods beans and coffee from 44 cents to 39 'i cents and syrup from 38 cents to 33 cents. "He asks that the first class rates to Topeka be reduced from 89 cents to 74 cents, fifth class from 32 cents to "7 cents, iron and steel pipe from 23 cents to 16 cents, fresh meats from 37 cents to 18 cents, and canned coods from 32 cents to 27 cents. He asks that the first class rate to Salina be reduced from $1.16 to $1.04! the first class rate to Goodland from 72 cents to 56V- cents: the first class rate to Dodge City from $1.47 to $1.38. and the other classes in proportion. These towns are given as typical cen ters. "The interstate commerce commis sion has said repeatedly that these rates as a whole are too high, ana has ordered a reduction of 15 per cent on all traffic moving- from the Atlantic Eeaboard to the Missouri river." Reunions During the Fair. The fair association has issued a suggestion to the G. A. R. camps of Shawnee county urging: them to -hold their annual reunion in Topeka the week the state fair is held; This, it is claimed,.. will not only benefit the fair association, but will bring more people to the reunion. Arrangements have been made to bring President Taft to Topeka for one day of the 1911 reunion. A meeting will be held this week by representatives from the various posts in charge of the reunion and they will determine on the sug gestion from the fair association. CENSUS RETURNS. Population of Small Towns in Missouri and Texas. Washington. Dec. 20. Population of the thirteenth census issued bv the census office today includes the following places: MISSOURI. At 1910 1900. Carthage 9,4(8 9,416 Columbia 9,662 5,661 Hannibal 18.341 12,780 Independence 9359 6,974 Jefferson City 11,850 9,664 Moberly 10,923 8.012 St. Charles 9,437 7,982 Sedala ...17,822 15.231 Webb City 11,817 9,201 TEXAS. Corsicana 9.749 9,213 Texarkana 9.790 6,266 The combined population of Texarkana, Ark., and Texarkana, Texas, is 15,445, com pared with 10,170 in 1900. HARAHAN TO RESIGN. He Will Be Seventy Years Old on January 17. New York," Dec. 20. It is reported that the resignation of James T. Hara han from the presidency of the Illinois Central railroad probably will be given to the directors at their meeting here tomorrow. The resignation, it is said, will take effect-on. January 17 when Mr. Harahan will have reached the age of 70 years. It is understood Mr. Harahan's suc cessor will be T. B. Markham, a form er official of the Southern Pacific com pany and now engaged in the oil busi ness in Pittsburg. RETURNS ALL IN. Election for Kins George's First Par liament Is Completed. London. Dec. 20. The returns from the -three constituencies, the polling of which yesterday brought to a close the general elections for the first parlia ment of King George,-were announced today and showed no change, the gov ernment party coalition majority is i-o, which is too more man the com bined advantage over the Unionists In the preceding parliament. The state of the parties is as fol lows: Unionists. 272: Liberals. 271: Irish Nationalists, 73; Independent .nationalists, 11; uioor members, 43, To Electrify Road In Chicaao. Chicago, Dec. 20. The city council tlast night unanimously voted to join hands with the Chicago Association of Com merce and work for the electrification of steam railroads within the city limits. Mayor Busse appointed a committee of four men to take up the work with the Association or commerce. Cart o Thanks. Wo desire to thank the friends and neighbors for their kindness during the illness and death of our beloved mother. Mr. and Mrs. A. P.- Ahlstrom and famii-"- "LUCKY" BALDWIN CASE Former Secretary of the Navy Offers Some Evidence, Log Angeles, Dec. 20. In the trial of the "Lucky" Baldwin will case to day a telegram was read from former Secretary of the Navy John D. Long, stating that he had received a letter from Mrs. Lillian Ashley Turnbull many years ago giving the details of a contract marriage between her and Baldwin, but that the letter had been destroyed. Mr. Long stated in his tele gram, however, that he remembered the contents of the letter very well. Mrs. Turnbull came into court with her brother, Everett P. Ashley, a hotel keeper of Woodstock, Conn. Miss Turn bull, the pretty 17-year-old plaintiff, was not present. When Mrs. Turnbull took the stand. Attorney Gavin McNab, the cross ex aminer, at once began the attack. reading to the jury one of a series of letters written, it is claimed, by Mrs. Turnbull in 1889, which related to cor respondence with Baldwin. It was addressed to "Lewis Leach," and was as follows: "I was born and raised in Vermont, love horses almost to distraction; am 20 years old, alone in the world. my own mistress ana have to earn my own living. Saw your name in the Horse man in connection with the Great In ternational Running race. As I want to have a horse-loving friend in Cali fornia to secure me a nice position, also further my interest in various ways, so that I can go there in the near future, I have written you. My eastern prince is Wesley P. Balch, but as I am going to California to live for a while shall need a. 'count' on the Pacific coast. Now if you are a wholesouled youth with the 'ducats,' good figure and fair looking face, write me and enclose pho tograph and on receipt of same, will tell you more about yours truly, "MISS L. A. ASHLEY, "Or 'The Blonde.' Lewis Leach was president of the Farmers' bank of Fresno, Cal. The letter was introduced in evidence over continued objections. McNab pur sued the examination of Mrs. Turnbull In reference to her connection with J. R. Wood, a Boston detective, who is said to have assisted in the prosecution of Mrs. Turnbull's case. "Whom did Wood represent?" was asked. "William Redding." "Whom did Redding represent?" "Colonel Albert Pope.'-' "What was the conversation when Wood came to you?" "He said he thought I was a good girl but that he had been employed to look up my record. Mr. Redding was there and he said he thought that per haps Colonel Pope had -wronged me. He said he thought Colonel Pope would buy me a home In Pasade.ua if I w-ould go and live there." Manila Railroad Bonds Good. Washington, Dec. 20. Secretary if the Treasury MacVeagh has decided to accept bonds of the Manila Railroad company at 90 per cent of their market value but not exceeding 90 per cent of par as security for government de posits in national banks. No additional public deposits are in contemplation at this time and the bonds of the Manila Railroad company merely have been added to the list of securities which ar. acceptable. A new 'velvet collar improve an' old overcoat wonderfully. The Enterprise, 834 Kansas ave., does this class of work very neatlv. The Vending Machine and Manufac turing company came to more grief to day when an attachment was issued by the Bank of Topeka against the com pany in the amount of about $1,000. The plant is now closed pending the final settlement of litigation started a few weeks ago when B. J. Haskins, general manager of the concern, commenced action to protect his patents under the terms of a five years' contract as man ager of the comjiany. When the Vending Machine and Man ufacturing company was organized and incorporated a year ago with a capital stock of $20,000, the future looked bright for the company, as Haskins, the gen eral manager, owned a patent automa tic peanut vending device that gave promise of putting the stockholders on easy street. There was little difficul ty in selling the stock. The device looked ever so promising. The evasive public could not possibly do without the new machine. There was certainly a neat profit in the retail price of the machines. In fact the vending device apparently had the automobile hog tied in the gross earning department without any possibility of competition or in fringements. But the public did not buy. This was the basis of trouble that originated among the stockholders, ac cording to Mr. Haskins, who laments the untimely trouble. "About $8,000 had already been paid into the company," said Haskins, "and the sale of 15 machines at $200 each ad ded money to the working capital and our future looked prosperous. We im mediately made about: 30 machines. When half of them remained unsold, some of the stockholders assumed a verytad grouch. My contract with the company for five years' service as gen eral manager was unceremoniously cancelled and I began suit to protect my patent rights, which under the terms of the contract -were to have gone to the company had the five year clause been fulfilled. It looks now as though the liabilities of the company are about equal to its visible assets, provided we can collect on the unpaid Haskins says about $10,000 is now act ually invested in the plant and he be lieves it will pay dividends if properly managed. The peanut vending device is a neat appearing patent. It auto matically sells five cents worth of pea nuts, sacks, them, wraps the package and delivers it to the customer in ex change for the nickel in the slot. The officers of the company are: J. F. Carter, president: A. L. Ritchie, vice president; and B. J. Haskins, general manager. The plant, which is located in the basement of the Crawford build ing at Fifth and Jackson streets, is closed pending the final settlement of difficulties MUST HAVE MORE MONEY If Battleship New York Is to Be Built at a Navy 'yard. Washington, Dec: 20 It appears that the navy department will refer without comment to congress the proposition of the Newport News company to build the battleship New York, sister ship of the Texas, at the same figure, $5,830,000. The department has" been gathering some data from the'' Various bureaus regarding the pcbaJe, post of constructing- this shin lnhe New' YorR navy"ya'raacc6tigirig To-the tefBi3"ifthq Cbihrrittfee' 'Report' May last appropriation act and it appears thi3 cannot be done wrtnm the cost. Latest figures' show that to build the New York would involve an ex penditure -for labor of $3,200,000. -The direct charge for material would be $3,100.00, and what are known as in direct or "overhead charges, meaning cost of superintendence, etc.,. $1,000,000. The authorized cost of the ship is $6, 000,000 so that It will be necessary to have that limit increased by $1,300,000 if congress adheres to its original de- cision that-the ship shall be construct ed in a navy yard. As no bid in regular form was re ceived for the construction of two col liers authorized by the last appropria tion act withm the limit of cost fixed, namely, $1,000,000, it will be necessary for congress to Increase that limit also if these adjuncts to the fleet are to be built. r HUBBY GETS $6,000. For Serving as Receiver of the Estate of Copt. Oberlin M. Carter. New York, Dec. 20. Judge Ward of the United States circuit court today gave his approval to- an agreement of counsel awarding $6,000 to Frank W. Hubby, Jr., for his services as a re ceiver in the litigation instituted by the United States against former Cap tain Oberlin M. Carter of the engineer corps of the army. After Captain Carter's conviction of complicity with Contractors Green and Gaynor in Savannah river and- harbor frauds which tan into the millions the government took possession of his es tate which was assembled through the Hubby receivership. Carter on his conviction was sen tenced to prison at Fort Leavenworth and Contractors Green and Gaynor are now serving sentence in the fed eral prison at Atlanta, Ga. CAUGHT IN RAT TRAP. Thief Was Feeling for Diamond Ring He Had Dropped. Trenton. Dec! 20. Jason Meany, who comes irom tjmcago, says ne is tne ong inal hard-luck thief. He faced today c nrison sentence because he nut his hand in a,rat trap. While looting: the home of Mts. Julian Voorhets, Meany dropped a diamond ring which rolled under a stove. While groping In the dark he put his hand into a rat trap. There was a sudden snap. Three of his fingers were broken and he made no attempt to escape. Her Second Trial for Murder. Irvine, Ky., Dec. 20 For the second time Mrs Amelia Belle Allen of Breathitt county was placed on trial on a charge of murder here today. She is alleged to have entered the home of Mrs. Amelia Tutt a year ago and to have shot the latter to death as she knelt at a baby's cradje. On the first trial Mrs. Allen was convicted and sentenced to life imprison ment.' Taft's Appointees Reported Favorably. Washington, Dec. 20. The senate com mittee on interstate commerce today de cided to report favorably to the senate the names of C. C. MeChord of Kentucky and B. H. Meyer of Wisconsin to be mem bers of the interstate-commerce commis sion. It is expected the senate will act on the recommendation tomorrow. Lightweights Battle at St. Joe. St. Joe, "Dec 20. Tommy McParland of San Francisco and Jake Barada -of South St. Joe, lightweights, will fight fifteen rounds here tonight before the Robideaux Athletic club. 1 Inexpensive, but Attractive and of Excellent Quality A gift of good furs need not be expensive. Those who come here to select will find a variety of stylish sets at very low prices. All of our furs are chosen with the most critical care ,so that purchasers of inexpensive furs have the same assurance of best quality at the price as buyers of the most expensive grades. j Notable Examples of the Good Values AT LOW PRICES: 9i Russian Bear long, heavy gray fur large cape collar with long ends finished with tails, and $15.00 well lined with satin. Huge pillow muff. Set Belgian Lynx a handsome black fur, soft and glossy. Sets with broad cape -collar and large barrel muff, lined with satin, are priced an:...:;........A$13.50 Children's Sets Imitation Chinchilla pretty collar and muff... Set $2.50. Gray Lamb combined with Angora stylish collar and muff set $3.95.4, White Thibet Set round collar and muff. Set $3.50. White Angora combined with lamb- set for $2.50. Misses' Sets Siberian Squirrel, cape collar trim med with tails. Flat muff. Set $8.75. White Belgian Lynx Cape collar, large pillow muff with shirred ends. Set Imitation Ermine Tab collar and flat muff with head. Set $12.50. White Fox Beautiful long, silky fur. Large pelerine, and pillow muff. Set $20.00. I Of White Angora combined with lamb 1Oggie IVlUrrS This muff has a dog's head that.. dr Cft ..tA-.ovr really barks. The Mills Dry Goods Company FUSS OVER LORIMER. Xot- Have Smooth Sailing In Senate. Washington, Dec. 20. What may prove formidable opposition to the adoption of any report to the senate for the exoneration of Senator Lorimer. as the result of the investigation of charges of bribery in connection with hia election bv the Illinois legislature to succeed Senator Hopkins is said to have developed on the senate floor to day. Several senators are declared to have agreed that they would compel a post ponement, of the whole subject until after the holiday recess in order that all members might have an oppor tunity to digest the testimony as well as the report of the committee on privileges and elections. According to authoritative informa tion the subcommittee was a unit in declaring that there had been no evi dence that Senator Lorimer had been involved in any manner in purchasing votes of individual members of the leg islature but that there is some differ ences of opinion as to what would have been the result if all of the votes against which there was taint had been eliminated. It developed today also that some members of the full committee believed the subcommittee should have report ed merely whether bribery had been re sorted to In the election in which Mr. Lorimer was successful as the in struction given by the senate In the resolution authorizing the investigation had not called for a report of exonera tion for Mr. Lorimer. Chairman Burrows is expected to sub mit the report of the committee tomor row. He has on file a statement sub mitted by Senators Heyburn and Fra zier and these will be made public with the report of the committee. ASK TAFT FOR MORE. LOCAL MEATUS. Employees on Canal Send Representa tive to Washington. Washington, Dec. 20. H. L. Mayhew, representing the hourly employees on the Panama canal, was at the White House today and asked President Taft to grant still further concessions to the boilermakers and other mechanics on the isthmus. Following his recent visit to the tone the president denied a re quest for-a general increase in pay but extended from two weeks to four the amount of leave with pay granted the hourly employees. It is doubtful if the president will make any further concessions. NEWMAN IS NAMED. Topeka Expert Will Examine Building and Loan Companies. Wm. T. Newmanf. was today ap pointed deputy bank examiner by J. N. Dolley. state. bank commissioner. He is named as-a-special assistant for the purpose of examining building and loan companies-. Mr. Newman has been engaged in the Devlin receivership in Topeka for sev eral years as an expert accountant and is known to be a competent man. New Jersey Central CnU Melon. Kew 'York. Deo. 0. Directors- of the Central Railway of New Jersey have de clared an extra dividend of 2 per cent in addition to the regular dividend of 2 per cent; The extra is" payable out of the earnings of the Lehigh Valley and Wilkes barre Coal company. Amanda McDowell, who was to nave left Monday afternoon for the Indus trial school -atTjSslQit, has decided, to go to school .in: Topeka and Judge Schoch of the juvenile court, has granted her another chance to be a good girl and stay at home. When Amanda refused to go to school and wanted to spend her evenings on the street, her father turned the case over to the juvenile officers wjho, with Mrs. Thorpe, police matron, decided if would be wise to send the child to the Industrial school for a term. "I don't want to go there," Amanda told Mrs. Thorpe, "and if you will let me stay here, I will be a good little girl and go to school every day; honest I will." Then Mrs. Thorpe took the case up with Judge Schoch, who issued the child 'a parole: Charles Curtis, United States sena tor, returned to Topeka Monday night from Washington, D. C, and will re main here until after the holidays. W. W. Wiley of Pittsburg, is in To peka this week visiting friends. Mr. Wiley was formerly a resident of To peka and moved to Pittsburg about a year ago. i Mr. A. W. Bronson has been called to Mowhawk, N. T., by the death of hia mother. Mrs. G. C. Allen and her daughter Mary, from Seranton, la., will spend the holidays with iier brother, C. C. Booher at 7J..3 Van Buren street. She has not seen him for 25 years. The Kemper Grain company, a Mis souri corporation, this afternoon filed suit against the A. Steckel Grain Co., of Preston, Kan., to receive $485.26, alleged to be due on an overdraft of the defendant who consigned the plaintiff two cars of wheat to be sold In July, 1909. The Kemper people claim that there were 2,507 bushels in the shipment which netted $2,558.41 on the open market, from which there was to be deducted the commission, freight, demurrage and other charges. After the shipment, it is said, the Steckel company drew on the plaintiff for $2,620, making an overdraft ot $485.26, which remains unpaid. John E. Nuttel, an employee of the bookbinding department of the Law rence Journal came to Topeka this morning in company with his sweet heart. Miss Julia Moleton. While in town, they concluded to surprise their friends by getting married. The cere mony was performed by Probate Judge Schoch. "We will certainly surprise the folks in Lawrence when we return- tonight," said Nuttel, as the bride smil ed back her approval of the declara tion. Ella Reynolds, i a negro, who lives at Nineteenth and Redden streets, was arrested Monday night on a charge of shoplifting and was fined $10 when she pleaded guilty to the charge. The Reynolds woman said she did not in tend to steal, but just couldn't miss the opportunity of helping herself to the abundance of presents in one of the ten cent stores. When arrested the woman was 'carrying a large bag filled with toys, :which it is claimed she had stolen from the store. Robert D. Garver was today ap pointed judge pro tern of the court of Topeka and will conduct court un til Judge E. R- Simon recovers from his attack of tonsilitis I the court this morning a continuance was granted in the following cases: State vs. E. B.' Scott, to January 4; State vs. O. Hardin, to January 4; State vs. S. .Pickens, to December 27; DeCamp Fuel Co., vs. F. D. Luther, to Decem ber 21.' In the case of E. Lyman vs. R. Smith, a judgment was granted the plaintiff in the sum of $100.55. The case of E. L. O'Neil against O. Overr was certified to the district court. -mil J 'Mf 'S'M? 'Kbey has announced that his daughter, Vera, who has spent nearly all her life in Topeka, was mar ried June 25, 1909, to Mr. Cornelius J. Bardsley of Canton, 111. Mrs Bards ley has returned to Topeka. ,iMsStfck,e, Parted china sale! 114 W. 8th. Plates, $1.00. oF'Vi llne kdaks at Rosser Bros.. 803 Kansas avenue. Holiday goods at Rosser Bros. Kansas avenue. SOS Goldfish, all kinds. 803. Kansas avenue. Rosser Bros.. Winter blooming plants, the grand est exhibition of home grown flowers ever shown in the west, for sale at Hubbard's. 520 Kansas avenue. CLAIMS BILL PASSES. Bristow's Opposition Was Able Rally But 11 Votes. to Washington, Dec. 20. The omnibus claims bill was passed by the senate today, carrying more than two mil lions.. In spite of the fight made on the measure by Senator Bristow it was put through by a vote of 45 to 11. Mr. Bristow devoted one week to at tacking the provisions of the bill, mak ing a bitter onslaught on the appropri ations to meet the French spoliation claims. Roads Charged With Discrimination. Oklahoma City, Dec. 20. Officials of the National Stock Yards association and of the packing companies of this city are today collecting data prepara tory to making a complaint against the railroads entering Oklahoma City. They will charge discrimination in favor of Fort Worth. Wichita siui lTunu. c The corporation commission promises to give the matter a hearing within ten. days. BTay Get a ChecS. Griggs So Owens has taken up banking, eh! What bank is he in? Briggs Oh. no bank; -he's just banking on marrying the rich Miss Hoggsmheimer. It Depends. "Do you think a man should tuke his wife into his confidence regarding- his business affairs?" asked the man who had just been married. "If he isn't making any money, yes," replied the experienced one. cautiously. Philadelphia Record. "Your husband seems less careworn than formerly." "Yes; now that the base ball season is over he hasn't anything but hia business to worry him." Pittsburg Port. v

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8 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1910. i The Ladies Favorite Men's Store 1001 Gifts for Extra! Combination We're selling hundreds of these beautiful sets their elegance and quality appeal to evex-yone. Any man would appreciate this inexpensive gift. Each set is composed o a beautiful Bengaline silk tie and a pair of pure silk hose in rich, soft, ooze leather case to match In color. See this great specin! for tonight. $2 Sets Tonight $1.40 Regular $2 sets extra quality of silk in both hose and tie; exceptionally fine leather case; beautiful shades in all colors $1.40 629-31 Kansas Ave. 4 Mi 'r u o A Five Pound Box of (Trademark The Cattdy of quality insures you of a present which will make the recipient happy. The original can be secured only at the Christmas Gandy Shop BATMAN CO. 82 1 Kansas Ave. WILL CASE RESUMED. Mrs. Turnbull Resumes Testimony In Suit for Baldwin's Millions. Los Angeles, Dec. 2L After" 'tour days of rest, Mrs. Lillian Ashley Turn bull of Boston resumed today her role of star witness in the contest of her daughter, Beatrice Anita Turnbull, to obtain a $2,500,000 share of the late Elias J. Baldwin's $11,000,000 estate. The court room was again packed with women eager to hear the details of this most dramatic of all of the famous old turfman's adventures. The letters alleged to have been written by Mrs. Turnbull which were presented at the trial of her $7 5,000 se duction suit against Baldwin fourteen years ago and introduced last Thurs day on behalf of the estate, will be the center of interest-.- The appearance of the first of these on Thursday was such a surprise to everybody, including the attorneys for the plair.tiff, that it gave rise to rumors that the suit might be voluntarily withdrawn. It had been supposed that the letters were de stroyed with other court archives in the San Francisco fire of 1906. Mrs. Turnbull, when confronted with the first letter pronounced it a forgery. Attorney McNab asserts he has sev enteen more letters, all written prior to the seduction suit and all presented In that case, and the interest of the throng centered in the question wheth er the witness would declare these also to be forgeries. Contempt Proceed inns Dismissed. New Orleans, Dec. 20. Judge Foster, In the United States circuit court, to day dismissed the contempt proceedings against Francis W. Bird of New York special assistant United States attor ney and Frank L. Gargarino, special agent of the department of justice, who were charged with administering the "third degree" to a witness summoned before the special grand jury which is investigating frauds in sugar importa tions. Mrs. Tipton Sues the City. Minnie Tipton has filed suit in the district court against the- city of To peka for $2,175, alleged to be due her for injuries sustained when she fell on a "walk on Euclid street between Quin-cy and Monroe streets and broke her left arm. The plaintiff claims that the walk was in a bad condition and that as a result of her fall she suffered a broken arm, badly wrench -ocseaacs S Just Received 3 1 car choice Alfalfa Meal S 1 car Blatchford Calf Meal J 1 car fine Oil Meal S 3 Call and see us or call us up 3 1 D. O. COE 3 119 East Sixth Sl 8 Silk Ties Hose in beautiful Soft eather Cases $1.50 Sets Tonight $1.15 A great value even at SI. 50; tics and hose of pure Bengaline silk, rich ooze leather case a fine gift for any man all colors $1.15 629-31 Kansas Ave. I Cleveland's Choice Registered) ed muscles in her breast, shoulder and arm and that for her pain, suffering, doctor's bill and loss of time she is entitled to a judgment of $2,175. Mrs. Tipton further claims that she was an expert guitar player and that the re sult of her injuries has rendered the following of her accomplishment en tirely out of the question. WEST APPOINTS HIS SOX. Will Act as law Clerk to Father In Supreme Court. J. S. West, assistant United States district attorney, who January 9, be comes a member of the supreme court, today announced the appointment of his son, Archie West, as his stenog rapher and law clerk. The young man is a graduate of the Topeka high school and for more than a year has been a stenographer in the storekeeper's of fice in the Santa Fe building. He will resign his position with the Santa Fe January 1, and will enter on the duties of his new position immediately follow ing his" father's inauguration to a place on the supreme bench. New Charters Granted. Charters' have been issued this week by the state charter board as follows: Christ Hospital Training school, no capital stock. The object of this new cornoration is to organize the nurses at the hospital into an alumnae asso- ciation for mutual benefit, also to pro mote the interests of the active nurses and to provide a fund for their care in case of sickness or disability. Bishop F. R. Millspaugh. Dr. J. C. McClintock, J. P. de Bevers Kaye. Miss Ora D. Grisso. Miss Anna E. Kidd. Miss Edith N. Wheeler compose the board of di rectors. McPherson Mercantile company, Mc Pherson, capital stock $25,000. Seward County Publishing company LiDerai, capital stock S4.000, Farmers' Elevator company, Waverly, capital stock $3,000. Mary Flowers .chapel of United Brethren church, Portis, Osborne coun ty, capital stock $2,000. Evangelical Lutheran church, Manka to, no capital stock. Pittsburg and Arkansas Zinc com pany, Pittsburg, capital $10,000. Home Investment company. Atchison capital stock $100,000. Kansas Improvement and Investment company, Wichita, capital stock $10, 000. Knapp Is Confirmed. Washington, Dec. 20. Martin A. Knapp was confirmed by the senate to day as an additional circuit judge of the second judicial circuit and he wi!l take his place on the bench of the new court of commerce as soon as that tribunal is organized. Mr. Knapp was chairman of the interstate commerce commission.. Government Has 126 Majority. London, Dec 20. The government party will have a coalition majority of 126 in the new parliament as a result of the election which closed yesterday, Here's a tip if your furs are a bit worn and dirty: send them to the En terprise, S34 Kansas ave. They'll come Men That Men Like Tonight! Sets DYCHE ON FISH. State Game Warden Issues His First Bulletin. Prof. L. L. Dyche, state fish and game warden, haa issued his first bul letin on "Ponds, Pond Fish and Pond Fish Culture." It should be a valuable booklet for any farmer who has a pond on his place or desires to build one or who has made a failure of the attempt. The professor goes deeply into the matter of Kansas fishes and the best way to build a pond that will hold water and also the best way to make fish do well in the pond after it is built. On the flyleaf of the bulletin the professor has written the follow ing: This bulletin is dedicated to the peo ple of the state of Kansas who are. in terested in and who love fish and fish ing. Tou are urgently requested to join in the organized efforts that are being made by the state warden and his deputies "to promote the cause of fish culture: to gather'and diffusa in formation bearing upon its practical success, and upon all matters relating to the fisheries: the uniting and en couraging of all interests of fish cut ture and the fisheries, and the treat ment of all questions regarding fish, of a scientific and economic nature," and to enforce the- state fish and game laws in every part of Kansas. Regarding native Kansas fishes, Prof. Dyche has the -allowing to say not omitting favorable mention of his old friend, the German carp: Native Kansas Fishes. "To the majority of people fresh fish is not only a very acceptable article of food" 'but a Teal, Uycury. As a rule fresh fish does not-- keep well except in cold weather, and must be packed in ice when shipped for any consider able -'distance. Even then most va rities of fresh fish lose more or less of their flavor when kept any length of time, and when prepared for the table are a disappointment, having a flat and insipid taste. If the people of Kansas want good fresh fish, they must secure them from the streams and ponds of our state. Our native fishes tne DiacK basses. the crappies, the sunfishes and the catfishes are among the best game and food fishes in the world; and when they have a shadow of a chance they do well in Kansas waters. Most or them thrive and do well in ponds that have been properly constructed and cared for. We hope in this bulletin to give instructions along lines that will make it possible to buna ponas suitable for fish-culture purposes, such as are required for rearing fish on farms, and to give information that will enable a person of ordinary intel ligence to manage such ponds for both pleasure and profit. The German carp is also consider ed a very good fish in many places in the world, and it is undoubtedly the best pond fish in the country when considered from the standpoint of the number of pounds that can be pro duced in an acre of water. The ftfer man carp feeds almost exclusively up on vegetable matter and converts a vast amount of worthless vegetable growths found in streams and ponds into fish flesh; and in all fairness T the carp, I want to say, strange as it may seem to some people, that this fish, when taken from good waters, is not only valuable in the markets of the world, but when properly handled and cooked is a good and nutritious food for human beings. A special bulletin on the German carp will be issued in the near future. "It is a well-known fact to many fish culturists and anglers that the young of the German carp serve very exten- POLITE y YtffV ID l, Nrth ALL GRAINS UP. Big Decrease in Tisible Stmnlv of Wheat. Unfavorable Crop Conditions in France and England. OFFERINGS ARE LIGHT Not Much Corn la Being Sold by the; Country. Scarcity Causes an Advance in Provision Market. Chicaaro. Deo n wue-itropoikip nf a decrease of 2,8S0,w0 bushels in the Euro pean visible supply wheat today took an upwa.ra slant. unfavorable crop condi tions in France anH tlrfat Rritain wpn also factors in favor of higher prices. Dry "Oilier in tne American southwest kept the bears from being demonstrative. It was nuucea mat quite a lot ot easn busi ness was beine- rlnnn hprff rihrf alnne On the other hand Argentine and Australia offers were said to he meetiner with a noor inquiry mougn quotations had been low ered. Furthermore the piling up of stocks at primary points in this country contin ued with little if any abatement. Opening prices nere were uncnangea to rgc up. May started at 3oc to 9oc. tne same as last night, to a gain of c and rose to 96c Shorts covered rather freely and there was some good buying on the dry weather talk, which was increasingly serious. The ciose was nrm with Jviay at shiswc, a net gain of g"gc. CORN Countryoffer ings of corn were light and a little demand from shorts firmed up price. May opened a shade higher to a shade lower at 47c to 47c and advanced to 4747c. purchases by a leading elevator concern caused additional strength. The clase was steady: May, 4747c. a net gain of c. OATS The oats market responded in a moderate way to corn strength. May opened unchanged to 33?ic and went to 34c. PROISIONS Scarcity of offerings made provisions strong. First sales were the sively as a food for game fishes. The carp is very prolific; the mature fe males are said to produce trom &uu, 000 to 3.000,000 eggs each during the spawning season.'. It is safe to say that owing to the' fact that the carp lives on vegetable 'matter, which is usually abundant in streams and ponds, it is possible to produce in an acre of water from five to ten pounds of carp to one pound of native fish." WANTS TO SEE BOOKS. Governor Stubbs Will Avail Himself of Ripley Invitation. Governor Stubbs has accepted the in vitation extended by President Ripley of the Santa Fe to examine the com pany's books in order to prove the truth of the president's statements. To day the governor gave a letter of in troduction, to W.' H. Koons, an expert accountant, to give to C. W. Kouns of the Santa Fe as (follows: December 20, 1910. Mr. C W. KouasC General Manager A. T. S. F" Tooeka, Kansas. Dear Sir: Durinfri my correspondence with "President JSOfflty he has: on differ ent occasions suggested that I examine the books of the fnta-F,e to prove the truth of his statements,' N This letter will frtroduce'tto you Mr. W. H- Koons, who"wiIl represent me in this matter. I trust you will give him free' access to alV books and records belonging to the Santa Fe. Please ad vise if this will be- done. Yours very respectfully, W. R. STUBBS, Governor. Mr. Koons. the accountant, made his appearance at the Santa Fe offices this morning and was received by Mr. Kouns. the general manager of the road, and accorded every courtesy promised in Mr. Ripley's letter to Gov ernor Stubbs. .California Would See Our Iw. Bank Commissioner J. N. Dolley to day received a letter from the sta'.e bank commissioner of California in which the latter asked for a copy of the Kansas guaranty law in order that it might be used as a basis for the drafting of such a law for the Pacific coast state. Mr. Dolley sent a copy of the law, and commenting to the news paper man the California request, pointed with pride to the Kansas law, drawn up by farmers and still sound and practical and in operation after a stormy passage through the federal courts. The law is- now before the su preme court of the United States. Ball Found for Dietz. LaCrosse, Dec. 20. As the result of a personal solicitation of Miss Myra Dietz, daughter of John F. Dietz, the "Outlaw of Cameron Dam," business men of Bangor, Wis., here pledged themselves in .writing to furnish $22, ooo hail for her father, enough to gain his freedom on the three remaining counts against him. It is not necessary to buy a new hat to keep in style nowadays. The Enter prise cleans and blocks them in th-- newest shapes. Phones 173. VAUDEVILLE IN WASHINGTON. same as last night to 5c higher with May options at $18.15 to $18.20 for pork; $10.10 to $10.12 for lard and $9.65 for ribs. A fur ther rise all round ensued. RYE Cash: 81c. BARLEY Cash: 60S6c. TIMOTHY Cash: $8.009.75; March, $10.3. CLOVER Cash: J10.0014.25; March, $15.00. Chicago Grain Market. Chicago, Dec. 20. WHEAT- Pen H'Btt "W Cl" Dec. 91 91 91 91i' May ..95- 96 95-H 96- July 93-93 93 93 93 CORA Dec. 45- 45 45 45 47- 474 47 47- July 48 48 4S 4S- U.Vi'S Dec 31 31 31 31 May 337,4 3414 33 34 July 33- 34-34 33i- 3354-34 Sept 32 32-34 32 32- PiKK Jan 19.50 19.77 19.50 19.62 May 18.15 18.47 18.15 18.37 LAKD Jan 10.42 10.65 10.42 10.57 May 10.10 10.22 10.10 10.17 KIBti Jan ..10.27 10.62 10.27 10.47 May 9.65 9.77 9.65 9.70 Kansas City Produce Market. Kansas City, Dec. 20. WHEAT Cash: Market unchanged to c higher. No. 2 hard, 911; 93c; No. 3, 846,93c; No. 2 red, 96c; No. 3. 95c. CORN Market unchanged to c higher. No. 2 mixed. 43c; No. 3, 42c; No. 2 white, 43c; No. 3, 42c. OATS Market unchanged. No. 2 white, 32c; No. 2 mixed, 3232c. RYE No. 2, 7376c. HAY Market unchanged. Choice tim othy, $14,006,14.50; choice prairie. $12.00. BUTTER Creamery, 28c; firsts, 25c; secunos, zjc; pacKing stock, 19c. lOKiS-Extras, 30c; firsts, 28o; sec onds, 19c. WHEAT Receipts, 64 cars. CLOSE: WHEAT December. 90 wyt3 Did; May, 94'94c bid; July, 90c U1U.. CORN December. 43c sellers: Mav 45&45c sellers; July, 4646c sellers. Chlcneo Produce Market. Chicago. Dec. 20. BUTTER Market steady. Creameries, 2329c; dairies, 2 Ac, EGGS Market steady. Receipts, 3,161 cases; ar maris, cases included, I9a c; firsts. 29c; prime firsts. 31c. CHEESE Market steady." Daisies, 14 ifviao; xwins, iv&uvic; ioung Americas, 1415c; Long Horns, 1415c. POTATOES Market steady. Choice to fancy, 43645c; fair to good, 3S42c. POULTRY Market steady. Turkeys, live, 17c; dressed,- 21c; chickens, live, ic; aressea, 11c; springs, live, luc. VEAL Market steady. 50 to 60 lb. wts. 9l0c; 60 to. 85 lb. wts., Ullc; 85 to 110 ID. WIS.. JZC New York Produce Market. New Y'ork, Dec. 20. BUTTER Market firm. Creamery specials, 31c; extras, 29 ouc; iniras to iirsts, zs'ansac; neia cream ery, second to special. 24Vs30c: urocess. second to special, 2225c; factory, June maKe, zjc. CHEESE Market steady. State whole milk, September quality, special, 15 ii'.sc; auto iancy eoiorea or white, 15c; ditto choice, 14164c ditto October qual ity, line, airanc: auto current make, common to fair, 1213c; skims, 212c. EGGS Market barely steady. State, Pennsylvania and nearby hennery white, fancy. 50c; ditto gathered white, 4048c. POULTRY Alive, easy; western chick ens, ni2c; to wis, I3a;l4c; turkeys, 20c. j-rressea. easy; western cnicKens, lpioc fowls, 1315c; turkeys, 1823c. New York Stock Market. Wall St.. New York, Dec. 20. STOCKS Irregularity of prices was the feature of tne opening or tne stock market today. Brooklyn Transit and National Tarl std. vanced a point and there were numerous fractional gains. Declines of a poipnt in uuueu Diuies oieei ana soutnern nan way and of in Union Pacific and Canart. ian Pacific were the most severe losses. iraainK was in moderate volume. The deoression which fololwejl thn first dealings were arrested before it had made much headway generally, though It force Union Pacific and Lehigh Valley a point Deiow ineir lirst prices berore it was checked. Supporting orders and the eatr- erness of the shorts to cover started prices up irriaKiy again ana mere was a jump in union racuic placing it nait aDove yes terday's close. Southern Pacific, was con sistently strong and sold 1 above where it left oft yesterday. Iehigh Valley met siock at an rallies and wnen it broKe to 17(8)17 the general market began to waver but did not recede much. Prices gave way sharply, the weakness of Lehigh Valley exerting an unsettling influence on the stocks and the market in general. The decline of more than 2 points in Lehigh Valley was ascribed to rumors that the directors had decided not to in crease the dividend at their meeting to morrow to above s per cent, if that. Ln faovrable factor was the decline of $686,000 in the November net earmners of the B. and O active selling forced most of the representative stock under yesterday final prices. Reading broke from 151 to 150 and Delaware and Hudson also scored a loss of 1. Toward noon the market stiffened a trifle and became semi-stagnant. Bonds were steady. Trading was nominal but prices harden ed slowly until the list averaged pretty well up to yesterday's closing. Lehigh Valley made up half its loss. Some wide changes occurred in some of the less ac tive stocks. St. Joseph and Grand Island West preferred improved 6 points and De troit, United Railway 1. Long Island sag ged 2. National Biscuit and Pullman 2, Rock Island preferred 1 and Southern Railway preferred 1. New York Money Market. New York, Dec. 20. MONEY Money on call steady. 3H3 per cent, ruling rate 3 per cent, closing bid 3 per cent; of fered at 3 per cent. Time loans dull; 60 days and 90 days 334 per cent; six months 34 per cent. CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper 5 to 5 per cent. Sterling, exchange steady with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.82.504.82.60 for 60 day bills and at $4.85.55 for demand. Commercial bills $4.S1(34.S2. SILVER Bar silver, 54c; Mexican dol lars 45c. BONDS Government bonds steady, rail road bonds firm. New York Sugar and Coffee Market. New York, Dec. 20. SUGAR Raw, Gifts For Men SUIT CASES OPERA HATS MUFFLERS HOUSE COATS BATH ROBES SILK HOSE COLLAR BAGS UNDERWEAR SWEATER COATS GLOVES CUFF BUTTONS SILK SUSPENDERS LAUNDRY BAGS HANDKERCHIEFS SCARF PINS The Handsome Holiday Box, free with your purchase, makes the present more attractive. Open Evenings All This Week STOCK SHIPPERS To Insure Yourselves Best Results Consign to CLAY, ROBINSON 5 CO. Ltvc Stock Commission Merchants, Stock Yards, Kan. City We Also Have Oar Own Offices at Ctolcmgo, So. St, Joseph, So. Oma ha, Denver, Sioux City. So. St. PauL, E. Buffalo, E. St. Louis and irt Worth. steady; Muscovado, 89 test, $3.48; centri fugal. 96 test.-$3.98; molasses sugar, 89 test. $3.23; refined sugar, steady. COFFEE Spot, quiet. Cotton Market. Galveston, Tex., Dec. 20. COTTON 15c. Kansas City lilve Stock Market. Kansas City, Dec. 20. CATTLE Re ceipts 8.000, including 100 southerns. Mar ket strong to 10c higher. Native steers, $4.756.75; southern steers, $4.256.00; southern cows, $3.004.5O; native cows and heifers, $2.75(6.00; stockers and feeders, $3.75&5.30; bulls. $3.50i:4.75; calves, $4.00 8.25; western cows, $2.754.75. HOGS Receipts 12,000. Market steady. packers' and. butchers. $7.55&.7.65; light $7.S0ff7.0. T r SHEBP Receipts 4.000. JviarKet steaay. Muttons, $3.25&4.i&; lambs, $5.5O6.30; fed wethers and yearlings, $3.50Q5.50; fed western ewes, $3.003.75. Chicago Live Stock Market. Chicago. Dec. 20. CATTLE Receipts estimate at 5.000. Market strong. Beeves, 4.55fa7.25; Texas steers, $4.2065.30; west ern steers, $4.1066.90; stockers and feeders, $3.40&5.0: cows and heifers. $2.406.15; calves, $7.25Si9.25. HOGS Receipts estimated at 23.O0O. Market slow. Light. $7.357.70; mixed. $7.4&?.7o; heavy, $7.35P7.75; rough. $7.353 7.45; good to choice heavy, $7.457.95; pin. $6.90&7.75; bulk of sales. $7.55Si7.70. SHEEP Receipts estimated 20,000. Mar ket strong. Native, $2.60ft'4.30; western, $2.654.30; yearlings. $4.40W5.75: lambs,, na tive, $4.25(56.50; western, $4.756.50. DAILY MOVEMKNT Of HKODUCE. WHEAT Receipts. 5S.S00 bushels; ship ments. 53,000 bushels. CORN Receipts, 836,709 bushels; ship ments, 585,709 bushels. Car lot receipts: Wheat 51 cars, with 11 of contract grade: corn 893 cars, with 9 of contract grade;, oats 352 cars. Total receipts of wheat at Chicago, Min neapolis and Dtiluth today were-456 cars, compared with 413 cars last week and 3G6 cars the corresponding day a year ago.

ir-nsas City Live Stock Sales. The following sales were made this morning at the Stock Yaids, Kansas City, and reported over long distanca telephone direct to the State Journal by Clay, Robinson Co.. live stock commis sion merchants, with offices at all mar kets. Kansas City, Dec. 20. CATTLE Re ceipts 8,000 head. Market strong to 10c higher. HOGS Receipts 12.000 head. Market steady. Bulk of sales, $7.S5&7.62; top, $7.65. SHEEP Receipts 4,000 head. Market steady. Lambs. 10c to loc higher. 14j.LLiJt sriiiitta. No. Wt Price. I No. Wt. Prlci $5.55 5.60 6.25 4.15 3.50 4.00 4.00 4.20 4.00 53 1284 $5.85 5.65 5.40 A 1112 ..1240 ?1 1231 20 1095 HSIFEKS. 16.... 1.... 1.... 1.... 3 1.... 13.... 1.... .1061 COWS ..1090 ..1070 960 ..1)0 760 661 AND 3.' 4.00 3.25 4.00 125 4.35 1... 1... 1... 9... 1... 1070 1290 118i) 1163 1240 500 3.50 4S.. 1075 4.15 STOCKERS AND FEEDERS. 5. 82. 12. 496 838 4.00 5.25 5.25 1... 710 3.50 3.40 3... 560 719 135 166 420 .1660 .1230 231 1S9 212 77. 210 CALVES. 2.. 3.. 7.13 7.50 3.65 207 220 7.75 6.00 1... BULLS. 4.35 I 1. 4.25 8. 860 .1130 3-So 4.00 7.60 HOGS. 26 42 7.6") 7.60 29 57 14 ..259 260 200 7.62 7.57! 7. o 7.65 5.50 13.... 74.... 7.35 87 209 7.57 1 440 Tnneka Markets. rFurnlshed by the Chas Wolff Packing Co yards close at noon Saturday. W ran'not use pigs, thin sows or hogs weighing less than 170 lbs. Do not mar wnira unloss same are well finished. fas we cannot use half fat stuff. We glva below prices euwui. ther notice. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 20. MIXED AND BUTCHERS HEAVY LIGHT V.'V" tCan t use thin bog r tho pounds.; CATTLE. ..$7.15-87.25 7.15a'7.25 7.107.20 uude.- 175 Cows, good to choice.. a 50-31.23 .033.S Cows, meaium w Heifers, good to choice.. iogt .d0 Melters. nieuiuni w z r-TKk Bulls, good to choice.. I SSSlSS Bulls, medium to good Z.iialSD Veal extra to good, light S-0O5.59 Veal' good to choice, heavy 4.00&5 00 SatUe must be good. Cannot na tain StMarket price paid for dry Tot cattle BUTTER AND EGGS. fFurnished by The Continental Creamery 1 Co.. Topeka, Kao-J CHICAGO EGGS Sic N. Y. EGaS-3S3Jc Gifts For Boys OVERCOATS SUSPENDERS FUR GLOVES NECKTIES -MUFFLERS v SWEATERS DRESS SHIRT COLLARS COLLAR BAGS SUIT CASES FANCY HOSE SWEATER COATS CAPS RAIN COATS UNDERWEAR CREAMERY BUTTER Chicago 28c N. Y.. 29c; Elgin. 30c. Wholesale prices furnished by Codb's City Market House.l EGGS Fresh country, candled 26c. POULTRY Hens, heavy. c; light. Te broilers, 1 and 2 lbs., 12c; 2 and 3 lbs 10c; course young roosters, Sc; old roosters 6c Turkeys, 7 lbs. and over, ISc- Old Toms, 17c. Ducks F. F. F., lie; Geese F F. F., Sc. Pigeons, per doz., 60c; old pigeons In E doz. lots, 75c per doz. NO. 1 RABBITS-Per doz., 75c; dressed rabbits, per doz., $1.00. GUINEAS Per doz., $2.50. BUTTER Packing stock per lb lsc Dairy butter in jars and pound Drlnu.' 20Q22C WHOLESALE FRUIT AND PRODUCE Furnished by Sam 1 E. Lux. Wholesale Fruit and Produce.1 BANANAS Medium sized bunches. ter bunch, fi.oomjS -largw 'wchea. Sei'! bunch, $2.5M-a2.2o; per lb., 3c. v CATAWBA GRAPES Per basket "0c ALMERIA GRAPES Per bbl.. '$6 0W 6.50. BOX APPLES Fancy York Imperial per box, $1.50; Fancy Ben Davis, per box $1.50; Fancy Roman Beauties, per box $1.50: Fancy Kings, per box, $1.75; Fancy Ganos. per box, $1.75; Fancy Winesaps per box, $1.75; Fancy Arkansas Rlucks per box, $2.00; fcancy Missouri Pippins, per box. $1.75. JONATHAN APPLES Per box. $2.00 CALIFORNIA LEMONS Per box, $3 75 es.oo. NAVEL ORANGES Per box, $2.35&3 50 FLORIDA GRAPE FRUIT Per box $4.2564.50. CRANBERRIES Fancy Arbutus, per oui., j.-"v.j i.. .iiaim, per DDI.. $10.50. T HUA-tu uriADrjnfvjr.o rer Dox, $310 per box in 3 box lots, $3.00; Fancy Jerseys' per box, $3.00. CALIFORNIA QUINCES Per box $1 73. PACKAGE FIGS Per rax. 12 cartoni PACKAGE DATES Per box, $2.75. HALLOWI DATES Per lb., 7c. T-IOXKV Per 24-rack case. 3.7f.. COCANUTS Per sack, original, $6.50- per doz., OYSTERS Standards, per can. S5e New York Plain Selects, per can. 4v' New York Extra Selects,- per can, 45c" New York Counts, per can. 50c; Stand ards, per gallon. $1.50; ffew York Plain Selects, per gal., $1.80; New York Extra Selects, per gal., $2.20; New York Counts per gal., $2.20; Quart Eads. Extra Selects, gal., $1.65; Baltimore Standards, gal., $1 45 CELERY Mammoth, per bunch, sbc- Jumbo, per bunch, 75c. XMAS DECORATIONS Trees each 25a to $5.00; trees per doz., $2.00 to $15.00. 1 DELAWARE HOLLY Per crate. $4 50: per lb.. 20c. i MISTLETOE Per lb., 20c. HOLLAND CABBAGE Per cwt... crated, $1.50. SWEET POTATOES Per bu., $1.00. i TABLE POTATOES Per bu., 80c. SPANISH ONIONS Per crate, $1.60. FANCY INDIANA RED GLOBB ONIONS Per bu.. $1.25. WHITH ONIONS Per bu., $1.26. CALIFORNIA CAULIFLOWER Pe:" crate. $2.75. ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips, per bu 50c; beets, per bu., 75c; parsnips, per bu 85c; carrots, per bu., S5c; Rutabagas, per-' lb., lc; Hubbard squash, per lb., Utc 5 CHEESK-U H. cheese, per lb., "i8c Limburger, per lb.. 17c: Wis. yellow 3Q lbs., per lb.. 17c: Wis. white. 30 lbs., per lb., 17c; New Wisconsin Brick, per lb 17c; Block Swiss, 25 to 30 lbs. each per lb., Ic7. Topeka Bide Market. fOuotatlons furnished by James C. Smirk Hide Co.. 108 East Third 8t.J anula Topeka, Kan.. Dee 31 HIDE QUOTATIONS Green Cure; Hides Natives, short haired. No. 1 9u,i- -No. 2, 8'Ac; side brands, over 40 flat. No 1 8c; side brands, under 40 flat. No'5 Jc; bulls and stags, No L 7o; No- 2! 6c; bulls side branded flat, No. 1, 6&c green salt cured glue, flat. No. 1 rSc-v green salt cured deacons,, each. EOSalc' thinks, each, Zfilj? Green uncured hides c less than s&ma Grade cured. lireen frozen hides are No. 2. Green half cured. 5ic less than cure Horse hides, green No. $2.7&3.25. i horse hides No. 2, $l.&2.23; green pons hides, 75&&H.50; sheep pelts, green. 35c-i $1.00; dry, according to wool, per lb.TsJ lTALLOW No. 1. 6c: No. 2. Be BEESWAX 15-32W5. DRY HIDES Dry flint. butchrV heavy. 18c: dry flint culls, 10c; dry swt heavy, (18 lbs. and up), 14c; dry salt liehf WOOI-Heavy fine. 10 12c; Colorado New Mexico. Utah and Texas: Lirhf medium, 14U6c: light fine, 1314c; heavv fine. 1(kS12c; Missouri. Iowa and similar'" Choice medium combing. 18(S20c; medium clothing, 1618c; low and braid, 14!ZT. light fine and fine medium. 143lGc; heavi fine. 1012c: Kansas, Nebraska and Okla homa: Bright medium, 14616c; dark mA. lum. 1214c: light fine. 12(214c e Topeka Grain Market. Furnished by J. B. Blllard, corner Kmi sas ave. and Curtis st-J Topeka, Kan., Dec 21 WHEAT No. 2. 80S5c. NEW CORN SSc OATS-30C back clean and fluffy.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1910. Let This Distinctive Jewelry Storey Solve Your Gift Problems If you are in a quandry over what would be nice for Dad or Mother, Sister or Brother, Him or Her, Baby or Grandma, or your whole circle of Christmas giving, you can find an easy and pleasant way out by coming to this distinctive gift store. You can find something out of the ordinary for everyone to whom you are making gifts, at just about I the price you've planned to spend. We take pride in helping our patrons with suggestions which may aid you in selecting just the right thing for each. For tomorrow we quote prices on the gifts which have been most popular this year: Oiurnsionni&s litoeteirs gifts for gentlemen Shaving Sets.. $3.50 to $10.00 Howard Watches $35.00 Match Safe $1.00 to $6.00 Military Brushes $2.50 to $15.00 Smoking Sets $1.00 to $10.00 Brass Correspondence Sets $5 to $35 Cnff rinks. 50c to $25.00 Signet Rings $1.00 to $20.00 Scarf Pins. 50c to $25.00 Silver Backed Hat Brushes-. $1 to $5 Silver Backed Clothes Brushes. .$2.00 to $10.00 Fobs. i tlSc to $18.00 Chains. $2.00 to $15.00 Emblem Buttons and Pins. .50c to $25 Tobacco Jars. .$2.00 to $8.00 Fountain Pens $1.00 to $10.00 gifts for ladies Toilet Sets. $5.00 to $25.00 Manicure Sets. 81.00 to $20.00 Painted China Dresser Sets. $8 to $25 Brass Candlesticks. .$1.00 to $20.00 Cut Glass Pieces $1.00 to $25.00 Back Combs $1.00 to $6.00 Hat Pins.... Souvenir Spoons. Opera Glasses. Necklaces. lockets and Chains. Brooches. i". Watches. Bracelets. Jewel Boxes 50c to $5.00 .Sl.OO to $2.50 ...$5.00 to $15.00 ,..$3.00 to $25.00 ..$2.00 to $30.00 50c to $50.00 $1.00 to $50.00 ...$1.00 to $15.00 50c to $10.00 All Kinds of Engraving ADDIS JEWELRY STORE 817 Kansas Avenue Christmas Suggestions -For- Gentlemen Safety Razor Pocket Book Smoking Set" Military Brushes Fountain Pen Box Cigars Card Case -For- Ladies Perfume Hand Bag Toilet Set Manicure Set Box Candy Scissors Set Hand Mirror Campbell Drug Co. North Topeka f W. AMLdLLi. Skcteet Get ths Original and Genuine HORLICK'8 HALTED Ml LEI Ths Food-drink for All Ages. For Infants, Invalids, and Growing children. Pure Nutrition, up building the whole body. Invigorates the nursing mother and the aged. Rich milk, malted grain, in powder form. A quick loads prepared in a minute. Take no substitute. Ask for HO RUCK'S. In No Comblno or Trust SAVED FROM AWFUL DEATH. How an appalling' calamity to his family was prevented Is tola Dy a. u. kouoihiu, of Fayetteville, N. C. R. F, D. No 8. "My sister had consumption," he writes, "she was very thin and pale, had no appe tite and seemed to grow weaker every day, as all remedies failed, till Dr. King's New Discovery waa tried, and so com pletely cured her, that she has not been troubled with a cougbj since. Its the best medicine I ever saw or beard of. For coughs, colds, lagrippe, asthma, croup, hemorrhage, all bronchial troubles, it has ni equal, 50c, Sl.OO. Trial bottle free. Guar anteed by all druggists. Everybody reads the State Journal Items for the East Topeka column may be telephoned to Ind. phone 1751. Elmer Dolstrom returned to work today, after being oil several days on account of illness. Rev. A. M. Lewis did not accept the archdsaconery of Kansas, but will re main In West Virginia. Mr. Herbert Chapman, who Is a stud ent of K. U., is spending the holiday vacation in Topeka the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. N. Chapman, Of 525 Leland street. The regular meeting of the East Side Choral union will "be held Wednesday evening in the East Side M. E. church, instead of in the R. R. T. M. C. A., the regular meeting place of the union. Mr. and Mrs. John Wagner of La fayette street will go to Davenport, la., to spend three weeks the guests of rela tives and friends. Mrs. Frank Powell of Wakarusa spent the day here Monday the guest of her daughter, Mrs; J. Oliver, of 312 Klein street. Elsie, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Blair of 301 Chandler street, is improving after being sick several weeks with an attack of pneumonia. Mrs. J. E. Kirker of B12 Inland street is unable tp be up and around on account of an injured knee, which was caused from a severe fall. Mrs. Eliza Oliver of Carbondale will come here to spend Christmas the guest of her. son, A. Luthey, and fam ily of East Fourth street. The regular meeting of the Ladies' Aid society of the Christian church will be held In the church Wednesday after noon. Helen, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Everett of 1416 East Sixth avenue, is improving after being sick several days with a severe cold. Mrs. Netta Kelley of Lake, street, who has been quite sick for several weeks, continues to improve. Mr. and Mrs. Riley Reser and chil dren of 324 Branner street will go to Rossville to spend several days the guests of relatives and friends. On Christmas day they will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Reser at dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stout left today for Chicago, after spending several days here the guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R B. Cathers, of 1121 East Fifth street. From Chicago they will go to New York city, where they will spend the holidays the guests of Mr. Stout's folks. Mrs. Clara Barry has returned from Leavenworth, where she was called several days ago by the serious Illness of her mother, Mrs. Islip, who Is suffer ing with an attack of pneumonia. Mrs. Islip is much improved. Earl, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Stockwell of California avenue. Is lm proving after being ill several days. Mrs. J. D. Wilson of 414 Lake street spent Monday the guest of Mrs. Ed Redbarger on Stevens street. The box of clothing, which the Dorcas society of the Christian church has been filling for the past several weeks, was shipped yesterday to the Children s home in St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. H. Q. Wilson or Law rence will come here to spend Christ mas the guests of their oarents. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mullin of 407 Ger man avenue will entertain at a family dinner at their home on Christmas day. Covers will be laid for fourteen. Mrs. S. A. Bedwell entertained Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stout, Mr. and Mrs, Vern Beyers and daughter Ona, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Cathers and Mr. Mont Beyers and daughter Helen at dinner Monday evening. The quarantine for scarlet fever has been raised from the Mowerer home at 1307 East Sixth avenue. Mr. Fred Dawdy of Tulsa, Okla., will come here to spend the holidays with relatives and friends. The Christmas entertainment of the Belview school will be held Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Stockwell enter tained Mr. and Mrs. George Layne and family at dinner Saturday evening at their home on California avenue. L. O. T. M., was held last Thursday afternoon at the regular meeting. The following officers for the year were elected: Mrs. Mary Slpes, past com mander; Mrs. Alice Grice, commander Mrs. Ida Kinsey, lieutenant comman der: Mrs. Mary Stokes, chaplain; Mrs, Fanny Eusby. lady-at-arms; Mrs. Erickson, sentinel; Mrs. Eply Pickett, Mrs. Little Fuller, official prompter, Mrs. Smith, pianist; Mrs. Amos Beeler, record keeper; Mrs. Mary Deisher, finance auditor; and Mrs. Emily Mc Clure, installing officer. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Hawkins of 234 Chandler street were guests -of Mr. and Mrs. George Condon of East Third street Sunday. Miss Cecil Pinney haa returned from Kansas City, where she spent a short time visiting her father. Mrs. Fred Reyner of Wakarusa spent Monday in Topeka the guest of Mrs. John Pettit of 632 Lime street. The annual election of Hive No. 14, On Wednesday evening, December 21, Topeka camp No. 148, Royal Neighbors of America, will give a public enter tainment at Lincoln post hall. Admis sion free. Everybody welcome. A musical and literary program will be given. Also the "Peak Sisters." an old maid eomedy, will be put orr fcyten old maiastYj. CAST Keziah... '-Mrs. Amos Beelar Mariah Mrs. Edna Graham Bethia Mrs. Herbert L. Grice Sophia Mrs. H. E. Eversolo Dorotha ..Mrs. Rosa Geiger Amanaa Mrs. Lois Havens Hannah Mrs. John H. Worstelt Betsey Mrs. Flora Carpenter Samantha Mrs. J. L. Gilbert Sophronia...-.,.. Mrs. W. M. Houser a number or members of Topeka camp No. 148, Royal Neighbors of America, and their families gave a sur prise party on Mrs. H. E. EversolA at her home, 620 Jefferson street' Friday evening, December 16. These parties have become quite popular among the members of this live camp, being given about once a month at soitia neignbors house. Refreshments of aougnnuts and coffee were Eervoil games and music were played by both oia ana young ana a pleasant time was enjoyed by all. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Grice, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Worstell, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hauser. Mr. and Mrs wm c PJummer, Dr. and Mrs. F. R. Souders', u jxirs. n.. ci. iversoie, Mrs. E. C. Neeley. Mrs. Laura Brown. Mrs tt W. Mull, Mrs. Lois Havens, Mrs, Rosa Geiger, Mrs. L. M. Houser, Mrs. Anna wens, mrs. xsxma. uranam, Mrs. G. H. turner. Mrs. t. o. Jones. Mrs. W. A woiverton, Mrs. Mae Meade Miss Goldie Worstell. Miss Ruth Hungate, Miss Lena Graham, Miss Helen Gra- nam, miss Mildred Grice, Misses Ge neva and Goldie Houser, Mr. M. W, Saxon, Mr. Ray Grice. Mr. W. R Hawk, Mr. Myron Grice, John F. Haw kins, Masters Clement Graham, Clyde iseeiey, iaroia unce and Louis Ever sole. Miss Elsie Miller left yesterday for he rhome in Atchison, after spending several days here the guest of friends and relatives. Mr. Oscar Watson Is improving and win soon De aoie to return to work, after being off several weeks) with an attack- of the grip. Mrs. Dan Layne returner! yesterday from Kansas City, where she made a short visit with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Read and daugh ter, Lillian, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vetter and son, McKlm. will go to Neosho Rapids, Kan., the latter part of the week to spend Christmas the guests of relatives and friends. Mr. Paul Johnson has returned to his home in Miami county, after hav ing spent two weeks here on a busi ness trip. Miss Frances Soetebler will go 'to Lebo. Kan., the latter, part of the week -to spend the holidays the guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Soetebier. Mr. Lu Jier Britt of K. U. visited friends in Topel-a Friday while on his way to his home in Kandlett, Ok where he w' spen dthe holiday vaca tion the guest of his folks.- Mr. and Mrs. C D. Shepperd of 722 MILLIONS OF are on the way. They always come Xmas for the big- and little. Get ready for them, mother. The whole household will have to be helped. CASCARETS will do it easily and naturally one at bed time to each member and keep the whole family well. 8 Buy a 10a box CASCARETS wvek's treatment and have it bandy to use vary night. Xmas week. No. 11 Rocker $8.75 Early English Flnsh,- Upholstered in Span ish Leather. No. 219 Rocker $7.85 Fumed Oak Finish, Spanish i Match. Leather .to

No. 245 Rocker $11.75 Early English Finish, Loose Cushion and' Back Upholstered with Spanish Leather. No. 857 Rocker $8.25 Fumed Oak Finish, Seat Upholstered With Spanish Leather Dependable? MissionFurniture for Christmas Giving Our new Library Furniture Department ia now open and you are invited toThave a look' into our new annex, where we have brought together a very attractive line of comfdrtable Library Rockers, Sleepy Hollow and Morris Chairs, Library Tables, Desks and Stools You will be surprised to find how far your Christmas money will go in this, new de-. partment. Christmas selections will be put aside now and marked for later delivery; 623 Kan. Ave. No. 2 Rocker $10.25 Early English Finish, Back and Seat Upholstered With Spanish Leather. No. 88 Rocker $8.75 Early English or Fumed Finish, Back and Seat Upholstered With Spanish Leather. No. 207 Rocker $19.50 Sleeply Hollow Rocker, Heavily Upaolstered in Spanish Leather. No. 262 Rocker $4.75 Early English and Weathered Finish, Slip Seat, Back and Seat imitation Leather. IT Madison street are the parents of a son, born Wednesday, December 14. Miss Jessie Williams has returned to her home in Manhattan, after spending two weeks here the guest of Mr. and Mrs. O. Williams. Mrs. Willis Webber is improving. after being sick several weeks with- an attack of rheumatism. Miss Beulah Thomas, who teaches school at Pittsburg, Kan., will come here to spend the holiday vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Thomas of 128 North Lake street. Mrs. Jno. Stamm ha? gone to Kan sas City, where she will join Mr. Stamm, who is now employed there, in a permanent home. The regular meeting of the Ladies' Aid society of the Christian church will be held in the church Wednesday afternoon. Miss Roxie Shafer of Temple. Tex.. will come here to make an extended visit with relatives. She will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Shafer on Christmas day. LAYMEN GETTING IN. BRISTOW WON ONE ITEM Kansan's Amendment to Strike Out Claim Adopted in Senate. They Now Have a Majority on the Yale Board. New Haven. rec. 20. The election of Clarence H. Kelsey- of New York city to the Yale corporation attracts atten tion in Yale circles here as a new step in the laicizing of the governing body of the university. The corporation now consists of three ex-officio mem bers. President Hadley and the gov ernor and the lieutenant governor of Connecticut, six members elected each for six years by the alumni and ten members as successors of the original ten trustees who elect their own mem bers for life. Up to a few years ago the ten were all clergymen but since that time. by tha voluntary action of the clergymen three laymen have been elected in suc cession, Payson Merrill of New York, Charles -Hopkins Clark of Hartford and now Mr. Kelsey. As a result of these changes the old clerical majority of one in the corporation of nineteen members is changed., to a laical ma jority, of five and if two more laymen are" elected a3 successors of the original trustees the clerical dominance in that body will pass also. The six members or thn corporation elected by the votes of the alumni under an amendment of the university charter succeeded in 1872 the six senior -members of the Connecticut senate "Who had, previously been members of the-body. Dr. C. E. Barber is now located In the New Englad building, rooms Z15 218. Residence phone Ind. 2S48 White. Office, both phones 3133. Washington, Dec 20. Senator Bris tow trained his broadside on the good ship Jane and sank it. By a vote of 24 to 23 the senate adopted the sena tor's amendment to strike from the omnibus claims bill the claim growing out of the capture of this vessel by the French at the time of the little tiff be-, tween the United States and France in 1798. As it happened Senator Brlstow was indebted to Senator Lodge for un expected aid in getting his amendment through. Not that the Massachusetts senator intended it that way; on the contrary, he has been the chief lieutenant of Sen ator Burnham, chairman of the claims committee, in his efforts to steer the bill through the choppy seas' stirred up by the senator from Kansas, but for once his piloting was faulty and as a result the Jane went on the rocks. Senator Bristow had demanded roll calls on a number of amendments to strike out several claims, and had lost all 'of them by close votes. When the roll call on the amendment to strike out the claim relating to the Jane began there were few senators in the cham ber. The bells were set Jangling and a sufficient number came in to make the vote stand 24 for the amendment and 21 against. That was not a quorum of the senate and If Senator Lodge had left well enough alone the vote would not have counted. Instead came Senator Carter and Senator Bailey, who voted against the Bristow motion. They were not enough to beat it, but were enough to. make a quorum, and tne jane wt doomed. Senator Lodge should have brought three votes or none. Senator Bristow probably will not of fer any further opposition to the bill. In a fight lasting a week he has ex posed the character of the French spoliation claims and forced the sen ate to throw one of them out of the bill. .The house, which always has been more unfriendly to these claims than the senate, will have the benefit of Senator Bristow's ammunition when the bill comes up there after the holi days, and the chances are. will defeat it. Christmas Shopping Easy. Give; a subscription to a good maga zine, nothing better and nothing easier. I will also notify the recipient with a nice card, the name of the donor there on. J. E. Jordan Publishers' agent, 708 Topeka avenue. Ind. telephone 1150. Xmas Slippers Special $1.25 Nothing; will make a more sensible gift than a pair of these slippers. They are especially priced for late buyers. Other styles rang ing from 65c to $3.00. Matthews Shoe Store 606 Kansas Avenue DESK CALENDARS Calendar Pads and Stamps for 1911 We have a full .line of these goods at prices 10 cents up to 75 cents.. Daily, Per- see them. WILSON, Office Supplies HO West 6th. Both Phones ISIS Bead the State Journal.

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10 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOUENAL TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1910. telephone numbers are 3138 Bell, 3138 white, lad. and ALWAYS 04 x 7 2s Bi 73 H RELIABLE The most of our goods are stamped -with a trade mark from the best manufacturers, as suring you of the qual ity of the goods. We have bandied this line exclusively for 30 years. TOPEKA Geo. V. qJociety Miss Meliora Hambleton, principal of Bethany college, entertained the board ing pupils and teachers of the school Monday night at the annual holiday party, the Christmas cotillion. The music for the evening was furnished by Hall's orchestra, and the grand march, and the direct and indirect fig ures of the cotillion were Included in the dance. The gymnasium, where the party was given, was decorated in Christmas green, bells, and holly, and holiday favors were distributed to each of the students. Miss Hambleton will entertain the girls at dinner tonight at the college. The Minerva club held a meeting Wednesday afternoon at the First Baptist church.' The. club is studying the different periods of English litera ture and contemporaneous music. The program yesterday took up the reign of Classicism in English poetry, and the sacred music of the nation. It was decided to have the meeting in the church as the rendering of religious music is best with pipe organ. About 25 guests were asked. Mrs. F. S. Jack son read a paper on the work of Dry den and Pope, and Mrs. Charles Cur tis gave an address on Addison and Steel. English Church Music was dis cussed by Mrs. Robert Stone, and fol lowing a musical program was given, consisting of the Te Deum Laudimus. by a chorus, an organ solo by Miss Jennie Blinn, a vocal number, "When Night is Come," by Mrs. H. W. Putnam, a vocal solo by Miss Lircile McAfee, a violin soio, "The Benedictus," by Miss Jessie Waller, a solo. "I Will Extol Thee." by Miss Brunette Walter, and a piano duet, with organ accompani ment, Mendelssohn's Overture to Spring, by Mrs. Morton Albaugh, Miss Brunette Walter, and Miss Jennie Blinn. In addition to the regular pro gram, Mrs. Fred Slater of Sarnia, Can., who was the guest of Mrs. Robert Stone, gave a reading from the scene In which Mary Stuart pleads for her freedom to her cousin. Queen Eliza beth. The booth at the postofflce for the sale of Red Cross seals will be kept open in the evenings the rest of the week. Mrs. Ralph Brigham will attend the booth tonight; Mrs. Frank Mer riam will be in charge Wednesday night, and Mrs. W. B. Swan and Mrs. Charles Thomas. Thursday and Friday evenings. Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Quinton will en tertain the members of their Bridge club Wednesday night at dinner. Twenty guests will attend a family Sinner party which Mr. and Mrs. W. THE FAIR IS THE TOY STORE OF TOPEKA aHOP MORNINGS The rush is so great we re spectf ully request you to come mornings. Where Variety Reign Supreme 618 Kansas Ave. hf VOL Gifts Sm Don't make this your last shopping place, BUT MAKE IT YOUR FIRST. That you may be able to see for yourself, the great saving you can make in buying HERE. Don't let other stores mislead you, in claiming that you cannot buy the medium priced goods ,we carry goods, ranging in price from 25 cents to the highest you may want to buy, and you will find our prices always the lowest considering quality. There Are Wonderfully Rich Possibilities in Leather For the gift chooser. Gifts which are useful are the most appreciated. You will show good taste and judgment in selecting from our big stock. We have the largest leather goods store in the west. Being manufacturers of many articles in our mammoth stock of high grade goods, we are able to sell at lower prices than other stores. Our expert knowledge and 31 years experience enables us to judge cor rectly and buy right, and this insures you when buying here the only choicest goods made. Our personal guarantee backs every article sold in our store. In Our Immense Showing for Your Se lection We Have Imported Goods and Novelties From All Over the World TRUNK Horsfeld, Prop. B. Kirkpatrick will give at their home on West Sixth avenue Christmas day. Good taste to wear the large single rose as corsage bouquet. Pickens. Misa Miriam Foster entertained a dozen of her girl friends at bridge this afternoon at her home on Topeka ave nue. The A. B. C. 500 club will meet Wed nesday afternoon with Mrs. J. L. Mc Neil at her home, 2015 Clay street. Mrs. Chauncey Dewey, who is here from Chicago for the holidays, is wear ing a handsome tailored suit of wine colored cloth, with the severe short jacket and plain, narrow skirt. The blouse is a draped waist with a founda tion of light colored silk, and over the shoulders, reaching the belt in front and back Is a- wide band of wine col ored satin, and the whole draped in wine colored marquisette. The hat which completes the costume, is a large dark beaver, and -extending over -the crown and reaching below the brim In the back. Is a rich willow plume, shad ing from a pale red at the stem to a deep wine shade at the ends. Mr. Ralph Rohrer, Mr. Clifford Knight and Mr. Lyman Stewart will be initiated Wednesday night Into th? Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Nice gifts are the large single roses to be worn as corsage bouquets. Pick ens. Mrs. A. J. Moser gave an Informal musicale for a few guests Monday night at her home on Polk street. The following program was given: Piano solo Moonlight on tne .Hud son. Miss Ldllian Moser. Christmas Readings, Miss Ttieima Huston. Piano solo Silver Stars, Miss Ida Drue Barnes. Christmas songs Shine on O Stars, This Birthday, of a King, Miss Eva Corning. Violin and piano, compliment Waltzes, Over the Waves, Mr. Jr. Marsh and Miss Barnes. Reading, Mrs. A. J. Moser. Vocal Absence, Sing mir dein Lied (with violin). Miss Eva Corning. Reading, Miss Lillian Moser. Notes and Personal Mention. Mr. and Mrs. John Fritts will go to Bonner Springs Saturday to spend Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Wood. Miss Martha Hawley of Herington arrived today to spend a week with her sister, Mrs. A. J. Carruth, and Mr. Carruth. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Barber will go to Manhattan the last of the week to be guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Brock. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kemper left to day for a two months' trip through Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida. On their- return they will spend two weeks In Washington, D. C. They may continue their trip to Cuba and the Isle of Pines. Miss Helen Fair, who is teaching Latin in the Smith Center high school, will arrive Saturday to spend Christ mas week with, her parents, Mr, and Mrs. G. H. Fair. Miss Julia Ames, who is attending Smith college, Northampton, Mass., will arrive Wednesday to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Ames. Mrs. Willis Norton returned today from a trip to California. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Koontz are spending a few dai-s In St. Louis. Mrs. Cecil Forter has returned from Lawrence, where she spent the past few days. Miss Norma Wheeler and Mies Jessie Aide of Kansas City will spend next week with Dr. and Mrs. George Port Ashton. Mr. Allen George of Lenox, Iowa, will be a guest at the Phi Delta Theta house Christmas. Mr. Marshall Hite will arrive Wednesday from Culver Ind., to spend the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Hite. Miss May Capper will go to Chicago to spend Christmas. The Philathea class of the First M. E. church entertained the Baraca class at a Christmas party at the home of Miss Edith Atwood, 9?1 Clay street. Mr. and Mrs. William Burke of An- keny, Iowa, are here to spend Christ mas with Mr. Burke's pister, Mrs. F. H. Cunningham. Miss Winifred Hartley is home from St. Mary's academy to spend the Christmas holidays. Miss Ida DeBacker is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Meehan of Denison Tex. She will spend the winter with them and before she returns to To The Topeka Trunk Manufac tory Suggests Thousands of Useful and Impressive MANUFACTORY SIO Kansas peka she will visit San Antonio and Galveston. Mr. S. H. Abbott and his daughter, Miss Hazel Abbott, of Cary Station, 111., are guests of Mr. Abbott's son, Mr. S. A. Abbott, and his family, 1006 Monroe street. They will ba here dur ing the holidays. Mrs. Fred Slater returned today-to her home in Canada,- after a visit to relatives in Topeka. Mr. and Mrs. A. J." Carruth, jr., re turned today from Herington, where Mr. Carruth- was called by the death of his mother. He, with his father and brother, accompanied the body to Utica, N. Y., where the funeral was held. Mr. W. G. Frazeur left today for Miami, Fla., on a three weeks' busi ness trip. Mr. S. H. Brunt of Lincoln, Kan., and Mr. J. M. Brunt of Manhattan are spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Brunt, jr. Miss Ella Davis has returned from Atchison, where she was the guest of Miss Bernice Johnson Mr. Edson Tice of Barstow, Cal., who expected to spend the holidays with his .sister, Mrs. J. D. Gossett, is unable to come to Topeka on account of an Injury received' in an accident which occurred the latter part of No vember. He is now in a hospital in Los Angeles and will not be about again until after the first of the year. A window showing the newest thing In corsage roses. At Pickens. Mr. William Reid of Manhattan will be a guest of the Thomas' Page family Christmas. Mrs. George Neiswender of San Fran. Cisco will arrive Wednesday to spend the holidays with Mrs. A. H. Shafer. Mrs. Sue Brewer of Lyndon, Kan.. Is the guest of Mrs. W. W. Walton. Gifts artistic. Mrs. Marie Price Wear's studio, 1009 Topeka ave. Mrs. Clara H. Hazelrigg has returned from Clayton and Clayton Center, la. jars. JKverett Dallas of Texas will spend Christmas with her mother, Mrs. Anna Wilson. Mrs. Fred Morgan went to St. Joseph today to attend the funeral of Mrs. Mazy Cox, which will be held Wednes day at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edna Nixon. The regular meeting of the Frances Willard W. C. T. U. has been post poned and will meet the second Tues day in January with Mrs. C. G. Reinl ger, 1725 Lane street. Gloria Begonia, Azaleas, Poinsettias and other flowers that make your eyes sparkle. Spend a few minutes and feast your eyes at Hubbard's, 520 Kan sas ave. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Miller of Kansas City will spend Christmas with Mrs. Miller's mother, Mrs. C. L. Vanderpool. Mr. and Mr3. Ernest Tucker will spend Christmas in Morrill, Kan., with Mr. Tucker's parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Tucker. Miss Blanche Wharton has returned from McMinville, Tenn., where she has attended a school of photography for six months. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis E. Smith of Bos ton are guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Blazo. The Richardson Embroidery club will meet Wednesday afternoon with Miss Grace Shimer, 1812 Van Buren street. Miss Agnes Thompson of Lawrence Z33 KANSA3AyE.l0PSKA.KAN, A Good Xmas 'jwsk Gift V Guaranteed j Taffeta J ftll Petticoats J 3 4$g $2.98 Avenue spent Monday with Miss Winifred Everingham. Plumes given at Christmas worn all the year. Pickens. Miss Ruth Dinsmore and her mother. Mrs. R. W. Dinsmore, have taken apartments at 714 Tyler street. Their Ideal Ideas on Eatables I A Semi-Weekly Suggestions to Published Every Tuesday and Friday in The State Journal From The Ideal Bakery, 121 West Sixth Street, Topeka, Kan. Vol. 1. December 20. CHOICE CHRISTMAS CANDIES FRESH FROM OUR CANDY MAKER'S PANS We employ an expert candy mak er who is constantly at work mak ing up the choicest, freshest, most delicious, candies you ever tasted. These candies are. made from the very best materials and are guaran teed pure and wholesome and It is a big advantage to get them FRESH. We now have, for your Christ mas needs, many choice varieties. Strawberry-nut Nougat is a deli cious confection, made from pure sugar, flavored with strawberry with nuts mixed in and nut halves on top. It sells for 30c a pound. Cocoanut squares are delicious squares of rich, creamy, sugar can dy, with a liberal amount of shred ded cocoanut mixed in. Each square ie a delicious mouthful. They sell at 25c a pound. Peanut bars and almond bars are made from a rich syrup candy but are mostly nuts. The peanut bars are 20c a pound; the almond 30c. Peanut brittle and cocoanut brit tle are the familiar nut brittle can dies, but ours are exceptionally fresh, crisp and rich with nuts. Either of them sell at 20c a pound. Besides these we have several of the very BEST grades of fine choc olates. They include Douglass, Schraffts and Damsen-Plum. In bulk we sell them as low as 40c a pound; some of the better grades in beautiful Christmas boxes up to 50c and 60c a pound. You'll find, in buying your Christ mas candies here, that you'll get a more satisfactory, quality and a full pound for pound net weight. No raffles or candy games here full value for your money every time. WE'LL HAVE ROAST TURKEY FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS DINNER We are now taking orders for Christmas turkeys. If yours is re ceived early this week, you will be assured of having it superbly roast ed and on time for your Christmas dinner. We have secured a number of these fine young turkeys the choicest of the flock. They will be thoroughly cleaned, stuffed with de licious oyster dressing and roasted as we only have, the facilities to do. It's really an economical way to prepare for the Christmas dinner and is unquestionably satisfactory. The price will be 40c per lb. KISSES, A Ll'ClOUS DAINTY Have you ever eaten any of our egg kisses? They are the daintiest morsel you can imagine. They are made of rich sugar syrup and the whites of eggs beaten to a foam. We have them in a variety of flav ors and odd designs. There is strawberry, chocolate, lemon, plain and nut tops. If you want some thing exceptionally fine, just try some of these kisses. They sell for 60c a pound, but a pound means a great many of them as they are so very, very light. We are planning several new im provements in fixtures and the ar rangement of our store. Chief Wil marth of the Fire Department has cautioned us to be very careful in LOSSES ARE HEAVY. Two Days Fight Between General Navarro and the Rebels. Chihuahua, Dec. 19, via El Paso, Tex., Dec. 20. It was learned today that General Navarro failed to capture 1 Mai Pazo, despite previous reports from Mexico City to that effect Losses on both sides during the two days' fighting are reported to have been heavy. The troop train which left here Sat urday morning with soldiers is said to have failed to form the proposed junction with Navarro. The train Is said to have been fired upon and many government troops killed and wound ed. It was reported that sixty wound ed would be brought to this city. The train was fired on near San Andreas and returned to Bustillos, where the engine Is reported to have run out or water with none near to replenish the supply. The troop train which was to have been taken out of here today by Adjutant Smith, an American, did not start. The passenger train which was held up near La Junta last Thursday has not been heard from. General Navar ro encountered the insurrectos at Pedernales and Mai Pazo last Thurs day and by nightfall seemed to have the fight won. He has since reported that the Insurgents brought In rein forcements in swarms and estimated them to number as high as 2,000 on Friday, the next day. Navarro seems to have been unable to hold his ad vantage of the day before. It is con sidered significant that he has not claimed a victory since his official dis patch made public on the 17th. DINES WITH THE BOYS. Colonel Roosevelt and Outlook Staff Enjoy a Jollification. New York, Dec. 20. Colonel Roose velt, editor, had a "bully time" last night when he beamed In the bosom of the happy family of the Outlook at the annual jollification of the staff. All of them nearly one hundred were on hand at the National Arts club, Gramercy Park, to hear the colonel tell them how good they were and how nice it was to be an editor with such a corking staff. They were en tertained with moving pictures of the "Colonel's African Campaign." Doctor Abbott also spoke and a luncheon fol lowed. The Point of View. "Honesty Is the best policy." "Not on your life," blurted out the Insurance agent. Princeton Tiger. Publication op. the Housewife No. 78. this matter, that the new arrange ment may not endanger the public In a posibility of fire. We take this as a compliment and appreciate the wisdom of the suggestion, for, as he says, the crowds during the rush hours of our business, make such precaution necessary. Have you ever noticed the (stream of people coming and going from this busy shop? If you have, you will see the need of being careful In this respect. If you stop to think, you will also realize why such crowds come here. Must be on ac count of the quality of the goods, don't you think? COOKED MEAT AND DELICA TESSEN DEPT. BRIMMING WITH GOOD THINGS This helpful department holds dozens of choice, ready cooked eatables for you. They are all fresh all wholesome and all su perbly cooked. Among the meats Is roast beef, roast pork, cold tongue, baked heart, veal croquettes, meat pie, meat loaf, 'scalloped oysters, baked chicken with dressing, fried chick en, etc The vegetable and dairy dishes include rice and tapioca pudding, spaggettl, potato salad, cottage cheese, bread pudding, macaroni and cheese, Saratoga chips and Swiss and cream cheese. SPECIAL PREPARATIONS FOR CHRISTMAS GOODIES We are planning dozens of de licious cookies, cakes and pastry dainties of every nature for the Christmas trade. There will be ev ery sort of roll, every variety of coffee cake, all kinds of buns, doz ens of different cookies, and a big assortment of rich, delicious, fancy cakes. You will, no doubt, be busy and rushed with Christmas shopping from now until Christmas; too busy, in fact to do much cooking. But don't worry, let us take care of that. You will find us amply pre pared with hundreds of choice eat ables that you can buy reasonably. Let us relieve you of the work of preparing the Christmas dinner. HUNDREDS OF WESTON BREAD WRAPPERS ARE BEING EX CHANGED FOR PREMIUMS Scores of Topeka women are bringing In their savings of Weston Bread wrappers and Ideal cash register checks, to exchange for our beautiful premiums of Haviland China, Cut Glass and Community Silverware. There is not an article in this department which would not make an acceptable gift and they cost nothing but the checks and wrappers. Some of the very best people in town are taking advan tage of this opportunity. They know that the premiums are really elegant and that the bread and other eatables are better than the money will buy elsewhere. So why not? IDEAL BAKERY The Place That's Different". Both Phones 190. 121 W. Sixth St. if j i i $L i J A j Jj Velvet or Suede Shoes Truly a most elegant gift in the richness of its beauty lies the luxury of the gift a gift within the means of any parent and a gift that cannot fail to bring response of gratitude from wife or daughter. You choose the style we'll fit the foot Or exchange, re-fit with the same skill and courtesy characteristic of this big shoe store. Velvet Shoes In White, Brown Black Suede A variety of shapes. Then, you know, there are pers, and practical gifts sane, sensible gifts, the only kind a thoughtful parent should give. Open Tonight Till 9:3 O Christmas Flowers 112 Christmas Plants Leave Your Orders Today Our Factory Force have been working day and s,ooo boxes of the most delicious candies ever made. Also a car load of V Fresh Nuts Fruits from every climate Come in and see our big display. 609 Kansas Avenue Kodak Finishing Are you getting results from your photo graphic efforts? If not, let us get results for you. John F. Strickrott 515 Kansas Avenue Topeka SMELLS an rood in our store that people remark about it and why? BecSSe they smell our FRESH ROASTED COFFEE and PEA NUTS.; Get busy and give us your next order for coif ee you'll see the difference. 20 per cent discount on all fancy china the rest of this week. We have some bargains left. Y TOPEKA SPICE MILLS 109 E. Eighth St. Phone. 7 1 ESOO or Black, ljD $4, $450, $5 hundreds of other Shoes. SHd- west Eighth ve night, and we have ready over 111

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL TITE SPAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1910. 11 AMUSEMENTS. At the Novelty. -In the efforts of the National Associ ation for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis to promote the sale of the Red Cross Christmas seals, a 1.000 foot film telling a dramatic story of settle ment work has been placed .before the American public and just now is serv ing to dignify the field of moving pic tures. Manager S. R. Wells, of the Novelty theater, is featuring this film In connection with his Vaudeville offer ing this week. It is significant that moving pictures have been so far dignified by one- of the greatest charitable organizations In the world -as to be chosen as one of the means to a glprious end. The fact that "The Red Cross seal" is expected to accomplish wonders in the further ance of charity now provides food for .thought for the manufacturers -and purveyors of moving pictures who may have never thought of the powerful In- i fluence for good or evil which they have in their control. It also is food for thought on the part of those who rap Idly talk of the abolition of the present day picture show. Dick Crolius Company in "Shorty.'' a sketch in the vandeville offering, had the best reception at the opening pre sentation of the bill for the week. Un like other sketches of the season it was of unusual merit, having not only a proper presentation by capable people but it was staged thoroughly in every particular. Ben F. Cox in songs and stories, Lyn dell and Butterworth, "the little brown girl and the funny dancer," and Miller and Tempest in their "unique sur prise," labeled "Kix and Trix," all proved capable and entertaining. Carl Fletcher sings the illustrated songs wilh his customary good reception. At trie Grand. Martin's Uncle Tom's Cabin is the attraction to be given at the Grand to night. Following its dramatization years ago it has been acted in early every theater in the world, still prov ing a popular subject. In a sermon on "The Fortune Hunter," in its run in Chicago, the Rev. Percival H. Barker of Maywood Congregational church said: "This clever comedy is a moral tonic for the youth, as it tells the story of a dejected, hopeless young man who has wasted his treasures in care less and riotous living a slave to cocktails and cigarettes ut trans formed into a manly personality. It is a strong, religious sermon, portray ing the regenerative power of a pure, intense love. "In this age when wedlock is fre quently contracted in the spirit of commerce, it is gratifying to see a play where the hero places loyalty above royalty, marries for character, purity of thought, kindliness of spirit, holiness of aspiration, love." Everybody seems to be anxious to see "The Golden Girl," which comes to the Grand on Christmas, with Leona Watson supported by a splendid cast. Features of the offering are the golden shower, where a shower of gold descends on a golden costumed bal let, dazzling the eye, so it is said, with its kaleidoscopic effects and the "In dian Love Song," illustrated hir elabor ately costumed chorus figures and novel stage settings. At the Majestic. "Ilunael." the dramatization of Mrs. K D E N. Southworth's novel by Grace Hayward is the offering of, the North Brothers' Stock company at the Majestic theater this week. Though the play does not follow closely the book it shows a pretty stage storv that gives a satisfac tion Members of the cast are in more than ordinarily congenial roles and a fin ished presentation is given. Miss Genevieve Russell, the leading wo man as Claudia Merlin, has an opportunity of doing some of the work which comes under the classification of that which is finer and requires a better technique. Orval Spurrier as Ishmael Worth also proves his capability. Robert Blaylock as Herman Brudenell, Roy E. Hilliard as Randolph Mermlin and Ira Herring as Viscount Vincent, are to good advantage. Harry, North as Cuthbert, Albert Fergu son as Frisbie, Edward Ferguson as Pro fessor Morris and James W. Dennis as Jene. ail are good. Doubling first as Nora Worth, mother of Ishmael, and second as Bee Middleton. who eventually becomes the wife of Ishmael. Miss Ruth Robinson, probably is the better in the latter part. Miss Clara Le Mar doubles as Countess Hurst monceaux and as Faustina Dugald. She proves best in the role of the Countess. As Katie, a colored servant. Miss Gene Fulmer is especially good. More Cotton Ginned Than in 1909. Washington, Dec. 20. The census bu reau's report on cotton ginning issued this morning shows 10,698,482 bales counting round as half bales, were Binned from the growth of 1910 to De cember 13. compared with 9.358,085 for 1908; 11,904?269 for 1908, and 9,284,070 for 1907. Proprietors of the Enterprise Clean ing Co.. S34 Kansas ave.. claim to have a fountain of youth for soiled clothes of all kinds. Phones 173. IT IS A FACT THAT C. NATTSEN 219 Kansas Ave. Is selling out his Women's First Class Custom Made Shoes and Slippers below actual cost and cutting on his men's shoes. See Him Now before all are sold Money Talks 219 Kansas Ave. EVENING CHAT BY RUTH CAMERON. I read a little news Item the other day tucked away on a back page with only a six point headline that I'd like to have seen displayed double column on the first page and with a 40 point headline. This was the substance of it. Mrs. O. H. Howard Of SC Louis wife of the president of the Commonwealth Steel company, gave the use of her mansion and personally acted as general direc tor at the wedding of her maid Martha Snitzmeir and her gardener Daniel Fisart. Please notice the last part of that paragraph. Mrs. Howard didn't just give her house and betake herself in dignified and touch-me-not fashion to some other place until the affair was over. She gave herself as well as the home. Nor did she think that just to have her wedding in such a place must be bufflciently dazzling to a girl who other wise would be married from some hum ble apartment. She carried through the whole wedding in the styie in wmcn she would have, had the girl been her cousin or personal friend. The cere mony took place, the item informs us, "amid a profusion of yellow chrysanthe mums in the magnificently appointed drawing room," and again "to the strains of Mendelssoan's wedding march played- by an ingeniously concealed me chanism on a huge grandfather's clock in the reception hall, the wedding party descended from the second floor by the grand staircase." I wish I might thank Mrs. Howard personally for that wedding. I think she deserves as great praise as If she had written a wise and wonderful book on how to solve the servant problem. As a matter of fact that is what she has done, only, instead of writing her book, she has lived it. In the course of an investigation of the maid's side of the servant problem I asked a great many girls to tell me their opinion aa to the reason why it's harder to keep good help than it used to be. And one of the most common answers was "The women are different than they used to be. Most of them seem to be trying all the time to show us how superior they are and that we aren't anything but the dirt under their feet." One of the women at the head of a big intelligence office put it this way, "If the mistresses were more human and treated their girls like human be ings instead of as machines to get the most possible work out of, there wouldn't be any servant problem at all." "Mary was really very disagreeable about changing her day this week," I heard a young matron say recently, "she said she had an engagement. The idea! Suppose she did! Couldn't she put it off?" Now Mary is a housemaid but at the same time she is a normal young gir! and very much in love with a nice young man. This particular Thursday he was going to take ner to Tne inea ter. Naturally she resented having her day oft changed. The young matron is at bottom a very kind hearted person and I'm sure that if she had stopped to think of Mary as a young girl in love she would not have asked her to make this sacrifice. But she didn't. She just thought of her as an automatic machine guaranteed to deliver just so much service, and she didn't see why it should matter that she received that service one day in stead of another. Perhaps it's queer but whenever I see 'a clash like that I always think of Shylock's speech in the Merchant or Venice. You remember "Hath not a Jew eyes, hath not a Jew hands, organs dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with the same foods, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same dis eases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same sum mer and winter as the Christian is?" Substitute "maid" and "mistress" for "Jew" and "Christian," and ashamed as I am to say it I think you have a reminder that very modern mistresses need. A jaunty suit for knock-about wear in modified sailor style is given here as a timely suggestion. This style of suit requires, of course, a youthful face and figure, and should never be at tempted by a woman inclined toward embonpoint. Navy blue serge is the most appropriate material for a gown of this fashion. The blouse and sleeves should be of tne serge, and black taffeta would be a pretty material for collar and cuffs. The shield and collar may be made either of taffeta or some thin ner material, such as net or lawn. The blouse and cuffs should be laced with black. The narrow skirt has a pretty irregular closing, decorated with taffeta covered buttons. Still, in Doubt. "You say he is a man of high aspirations?" "Yes, but he is undecided as yet whether to become a flagpole painter ran aviator." AIT AKD MSCE3LJLANE00S ADS 8. Fernald to W. Holmgren, pt. lot 65-7-9 ad 71 Taylor St., Watson's add..? 125 V. R. Crouch and husband to J. T. Butler, lot 406 and 408 Morris ave., Stilson Bartholomew's add 3,000 The Prudential Trust Co. to H. A. Claussen, lots 428 and 30 Mulvane St., Elmhurst 900 L. S. Ferry and wife to M. K. Bean, pt. lots 138-40-42 and 4 16th St.. Ott Tewksbury's add 3,000 F. E. Gulbor to F. R. Kodgers, lot 383 and pt. 81 Tyler st 3,500 The Prudential Trust Co. to I. E. White, lots 192 and 4 Plass ave., Col lege Place add 310 C. V. Boyles and wife to E. Beckwith, lots 2 to 46 inc., 14th at., also lots 1 to 23 inc., Doane ave., Newman Park sub 1 The American Missionary association to W. Quarrels, pt. lots 9 and 11 Railroad St., Curtis add..! SO J. K. Groves and wife to W. M. Groves, lot 269 Monroe st 2,500 G. W. Hackney and wife to S. C. Lashbrook, lots 362 and 54 Fillmore St., Young's add 3,100 Tax deeds to C. Boyles, lots in New man Park sub... R. Clark to J. a Clark, pt. Iota 99- 101-3-6 and 7 Quincy st ,1 J. M. Clark to same, same 1 F. I Lawrence to P. Lawrence, lots 1-2 an 3, blk. 17, and lots 1 and 4, blk. 20, North Park add 200 W. P. Brockett and wife to P. C. Pumyea. lots 625 and 7. blk. L. M. D. sub 100 W. N. Hamilton to E. G. and W. H, Sander, lot 402 and 4 Van Buren St., Curtis add. 1,750 LOST AND FOUND. LOST Kt. diamond ring. Reward. Return to Joslin pharmacy, 12th and Taylor. LOST Black Martin neck scarf. 17th and College ave. Return to 1635 College. A LOST About town leather coin purse con taining bills. 628 Hancock St. Reward. WANTED SITUATIONS. COMPETENT nurse, $7 per week and up. according to cases. Call Ind. 2322 Blue or 9 North Topeka ave. WANTED MALE HELP. too MEN, 20 to 40 years old. wanted at once for electric railway motormen and conductors. $60 to $100 nonth; no ex perience iiessary; fine opportunity; no strike; write immediately cor application blank, enclosing stamp. Address "Troi ley." care of State Journal. MEN WANTED to learn barber trade; few weeks completes a student; best and latest methods used; positions secure!; commissions paid while learning: tools given absolutely free with the lowest tui tion ever offered. Call or write at once. Topeka Barber College. 332 Kansas ave cue. Topeka, Kansas. YOU are wanted for government position. $SO.O0 month. Write for list of positions open. Franklin Institute, Dep't 119 B., Rochester, N. Y. GOOD DRESSERS to have their clothes pressed at the Enterprise Cleaning Co.. 834 Kansas ave. Phones 173. WANTED Man to help in bake shop; one preferred who has had some experience at wants to learn trade. Whittlesey Merc. Co.. 2nd and Madison. WANTED 500 men and boys daily to get free shaves and hair cuts at Schwarze Barber College, 111 East 6th. In the snop. snave be. nair cut ioc. WANTED Delivery boy. Dibble Grocery uo., rsiorwi siae store. WANTED FEMALE HELP. WANTED Experienced house girls, wo men cooks, dining room girls, house keeper, hotel help, kitchen help, maids. Capital Employment Agency. 811 Kan, ave WANTED Girl for general house work. No washing. 721 Fillmore St. WANTED Cash girls over 16 years of age. The Warren M. Crosby Co. WANTED Chambermaid, Fifth Avenue notei. WANTED AGENTS. WANTED. Agents in Oklahoma and Kansas to sell well located Florida lands. Prices and terms are right. Liberal commissions. THE FOX-COOK AGENCY. 104 West 8th St.. Topeka. Kansas. WANTED MISCELLANEOUS. WANTED Second-hand clothing. L. Lev enson, 123 Kansas ave. Ind. 2364 White. WANTED Horses to winter, oest feed, box stalls. Updegraff Farm. Ind. 28S9 white. WE PAY the highest casa price for cast off doming, snoes, nats ana overcoats. Drop us a card or call Gordon Bros." loan office, 405 Kansas ave. Ind. 1079. WANTED TO BUT second hand household goods and stoves of all kinds, top casn price. ECONOMY FURNITURE CO. Ind. Phone 1257. M0 Kansas Ave. WANTED Horses to winter, close in also alfalfa for sale, Ind. 2501 Black. SEWING promptly done at reasonable prices; satisfaction guaranteed. 315 E. 11th WE PAY THE HIGHEST PRICE for second-hand clothes, shoes, hats and overcoats. Drop a card or call Ind. phone 153S. Abe Jacobson. 500 Kansas ave. WANTED To buy old carpets. Mc- Cormick-Osborn, rug factory, 522 V.Buren. WANTED Veal calves, fat cattle, poul try. H. M. Bush. Ind. 1365. Bell 43S. FOjRRENT KOjOMS MODERN furnished housekeeping, first floor, private as cottage. Bell 1438. 1606Polk FURNISHED rooms for light housekeep lng. 217 E. 6th. Ckll after 6:30 p. m. FOR RENT Furnished housekeeping rooms, modern. 313 Quincy St. FOR RENT 2 furnished housekeeping rooms, $9: gas range. 3U5 Adams st. FOR RENT 3 complete modern unfur nished rooms for light housekeeping. 715 Western ave. Ind. phone 1648 White. TWO east front rooms, partly furnished for light housekeeping. West side. Ind. 2741 Rod. FOR RENT 1 furnished housekeeping room. $6 per mo. 700 E. 7th st. Thoroughly modern front room, alcove, 606 Harris on St., 2 blocks from State Capitol BLOWER house annex, modern, furnished rooms. S10 Quincy. Inn. 1362. FURNISHED room with alcove. Ind. 22S1 Blue. 1111 Harrison. Strictly modern furnished bedrooms, for gentlemen. 112 East 4th st. FOR RENT 5 unfurnished rooms on first floor, suitable for light housekeep ing Ind. nhnne Haft w .FOR SALE REAL ESTATE. THE -STEMJSS REAL ESTATE A0EMCY HAVE MOVED TO no .4-2 west, era st CALL AND SEE US FOR GOOD BARGAINS IN FARMS AND CITY PROP- ERTT. m. el iunsa mm. IND. A dMBSSMAB FW JUST TWO BLOCKS FROM THE TRANSFER STATION. S ROOM STRICTLY MODERN" HOUSE, IN FIRST CLASS SHAPE, OLD SHADES, LARGE BARN. PRICK $4,000. $500 WILL HANDLE THIS PLACE. ASK QUESTIONS. BARNES MEAL ESTATE CO. BOTH PHONES 262. 611 KANSAS AVE. FOR SALE OR TRADE for western land, store building and hall-. 3 lots, at Waka rusa. Kan. Neil and Robinson. FOR SALE Quick, 6 room house, bath room, sleeping porch, cellar, cistern and city water in house, gas. barn, 1223 Tyler St.. bv N. E. Keller. 6 EOOMS $LS 3 east front lots, 6 room house, gas, wa ter near car. West side, $400 below value, $G00 down. Garlinghouse Realty Co., 608 Kansas avenue. MOBIEM DWELLING TO MOVE OFF. GROUND 5 ROOMS FIRST FLOOR, 3 BED ROOM AND 3 PIECE PORCELAIN BATH 2ND FLOOR, FURNACE, WIRED FOR ELECTRIC LIGHTS AND PIPED FOR GAS. SEE HOUSE AT 1121 TYLER ST. KODGERS. PAVES CO. 110 WEST.tTH- Modern office rooms, Including stenog rapher service, heat and light, $25 mo. Ind. 403. Bell 1620. 623 Kan. Ave. Home on monthly payments, nearly new house, near college, Lincoln St., 6 rooms, $2,100. Only $600 cash, or trade part, $15 month and 6 per cent interest. SMIJH AGENCY, 623 Kan. Ave., Topeka. BUSINESS CHANCES. FOR SALE Restaurant, doing good busi ness and making money; good reason for selling. Address J. B. J., care Journal. MOVEN P3KOTHEE SHOW For trade, $1,300. What have you; to trade? see W. M. FORBES CO., 107 W. 7th. CLEAN MARDWAIIE STOCK for West side home or land: stock is clean, doing a nice cash business and nicely located, cheap rent. Price $5,000, including nxtures. KANSAS-MEXICO LAND INVESTMENT CO. 419 Kansas Ave. Phone Bell 1217. FOR SALE OR TRADE Restaurant and building. Write Box 53. Denison, Kan. FOR RENT HOUSES. 6 ROOM house, 420 Lane. 2597 White, Ind. FOR RENT 7 room house, modern, close In, good condition. N. B. Campbell, 605 Kansas ave. IBIOUSE FOR RENT One of the best modern brick dwellings in town, West side, close in, reasonable rent. IND. 976. FOR RENT 1128 Polk, 1 room house, gas, bath, barn. Phones 16. FOR RENT Furnished seven room modern house except furnace, near Tyler on Tenth -st. Ind. 2768 White. FOR RENT 6 room house and 4 room flat. 827 Topeka ave., 2526 Black. FOR RENT Thee room cottage. Inquire 111 Jefferson st. 1314 Kansas ave., 5 rooms, bath, nearly new. Inquire on premises; vacant Jan. 1 FOR RENT 8 room modern house. Call Ind. 2ti04 Black. FOR RENT 1324 College ave., 11 rooms, modern, furnace. Ind. 1470. FOR RENT House wi'-h stable at 619 West street at tne entrance or fotwln. Nine rooms in the house, bath. gas. Apply J. Thomas Lumber company. 213 West 6th et. FOR RENT New 5 room modern house. Inquire 1035 Clay. Ind. 1470. FOR RENT New 8 room strictly modern house on Mulvane street. Shawnee Agency. Phones 505. NEW 6 room cottage. 10th and Lafayette, gas. $8.50. Call Ind. 2733 Ring J. FOR RENT MISCELLANEOUS. FOR RENT A nice modern basement, cor. 4th and Kansas ave. Inquire 400 Kansas ave. -3 FURRIER. JOHN PETRZILEK. the only prac trical furrier in Kansas. 127 W. 7th, Topeka FOR SALE REAL ESTATE. 8016. INVESTIGATE THUS. FOR SALE 6 room house, barn and chlckpn hniinf. cnn with 1s $2,000. Ind. 23501. FOR SALE At a bargain. 6 room house, IL.1LI iCllUO, Wilt U1ILC small house in North Topeka as part pay. 1 1 i.-mui Get ready for spring now; money in chicken raising. Only $450 for this tract. On excellent terms if desired. In alfalfa, best of soil, near car, near city. SHAWNEE ACTCY Phones 505. 534 Kansas Ave. Have you money to Invest? If so we have 2 rental propositions paying 10 per cent net. Address M'NAMEE ESEAL ESTATE INVESTMENT CO. 225 NEW ENGLAND BLDG. SoO per acre, 118 acre farm, 17 miles of Topeka, 3 miles to R. R. station, 7 room house, 60 acres cultivated, balance mow and pasture. $1,500 down, balance easy terms. LEMPER E ATOM Bell 1620. Ind. 403. 623 Kansas Ave. FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS- PRINTING-SOO letter heads $1.50. 500 en velopes $1.26: 500 statements $1 25 600 cards ti.25. briefs 60c a page. The Queen Printing Co., 113 E. 8th, Topeka, Kan FOR SALE One small family driving mare. 813 Monroe st. Ind. 2603 Blue. Beautiful white Spitz puppies, six weeks' old. $4, $8 and $10 a pan-. Mrs. A. P 2)2-RlSgnxKOUte2" Topeka" Kan- Pane FIVE young horses, 1100 to 1400 lbs.: young uiac. ia .lopeKa ave. FOR SALE Good young sound farm ww, at once. A. M. Cook, box 127, 330 Poplar street, Oakland, FOR SALE Express wagon, cheap. In- quire 125 Van Buren. ONE very brilliant white, absolutely per- v w nu tor quick sale. Inquire 610 Kansas ave, 2nd floor. Holsteins and Jerseys, Registered and High Grades. Burton Burton. Topeka. FOR SALE Fifteen young Jersey cows, fresh and springing. 307 Polk St. FOR CHEAP SPRING WAGONS see uravea, jacason. FOR SALE OR TRADE for North Topeka nrniuplv 9 vmmrr V. V gies, carts and harness, one or all. 1014 FOR SALE OR TRADED Team of yeung driving ponies for 1 horse. Davis Far ris, 1012 West 13th. 649 Ind. 115 Bell. FOR SALE Dirt at 7th and Quincy. MISCELLANEOUS. COLLECTION A SPECIALTY F. 32 KANSAS AVE. ALSO NOTARY PUBLIC. FOR EXCHANGE.' WILL EXCHANGE Good improved farm, 640 acres, Gove Co., and good store building Morris Co., for $15,000 grocery or gent's furnishings. SMITH AGENCY, 523 Kan. Ave., Topeka TO E2OTANGE Nice general $3,800 stock and $1,000 store bunding in. town ot 600 m Marshall Co., doing a fine business. Want clear east ern or central jvangas land. 22 .HEW-ENGLAND BLTO. 225 NEW ENGLAND BLDG. foe EiaerjyKSE 40 acre farm,' $3,200, mortgage $1,600. Want merchandise! or city property. 43 acre farm, $4,500, mortgage $1,300. Want city property or western, land. Ind. 1711 blue. WESTERN LAND -for Topeka property. Ind. 1616. LIXjAL Published in The Topeka State Journal v December 20, 1910. RESOLVED. That the Mayor-and Board ef Commissioners of the city et Topeka, Kansas, deem it necessary for the best interests of said city that Huntoon street, from the west side of College avenue to .the east side of Wash burn avenue, be graded and curbed with combined curb and gutter, street to be thirty (30) feet wide. W. G. TANDY, Commissioner. I, C. B. Burge, city clerk of the City of Topeka, Kansas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original resolution now on file in my office. Seal. C. B. BURGE, City Clerk. RESOLVED, That the Mayor and Board of Commissioners of the city of Topeaa, Kansas, deem it necessary for the best interests of said city that Fourteenth street, from the west line of Harrison street to the east line of Topeka avenue, be graded, curbed with combined curb and gutter and uavyd tweuty-six (26) feet wide with vitrified brick with asphalt fillei on concrete foundation, said curbing to be nine (9) inches high. W. Q. TANDY. Commissioner. L C. B. Burge, city clerk ef the city of Topeka, Kansas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original resolutiou now on file in my ffice. Seal. C. B. BURGE, City Clerk. RESOLVED, That the Mayor and Board of Commissioners of the city of Topeka, Kansas, deem it necessary for the best interests of said city that ail the alleys from Huntoon street to Thirteenth street and between Topeaa avenue and Tyler street, be graded and paved twenty (2u) feet wide with brick. W. G. TANDY, Commissioner, I, C. B. Burge, city clem of cue oily of Topeka. Kauas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original reso.uci-iu now on file in my office. Seal. C. B. BURGE, City Clerk. RESOLVED, That the Mayor and Board o Commissioners of the city of Xopeaa, Kansas, aeera it necessary for the best interests of said city that Tiurteeiith. street, from tne west line of Mulvane street to tne east line of College avenue, by graded, curbed with combin ed euro and gutter and paved twwuy six (Zt) feet wide with aspnaiuc concrete on concrete foundation. W. G. -XAjsi&X, Commissioner, I, C. B. Burge, city cleric of the city of Topeka, Kansas, do hereby certify mat the above and foregoing is a true at-d correct copy ot tne original roj',.1 j;iou now on tne in my .office. ISeal. C. B. BURGE, City Clerk. RESOLVED, That the Mayor and Board of Commissioners of the city of Topeaa Kansas, litem it necessary for tne best interests ef said city that Mulvane street, from tne south line of Huutoon street to the north Une of Mun son avenue, begraded, curbed with com. Dmeo euro and gutter ana pavea tnirty feet wide with asphaltia concrete on concrete base. W. G. TANDY, Commissioner, I, C. B. Burge, city clerk of the City of Topeka, Kansas, 'do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy t the original resolution now on file in my office. Seal. C. B. BURGE, City Clerk. RESOLVED, That the Mayor and Board ot commissioners oi tne city ot Xoueaa Kansas, deem it necessary for the best interests of said city that Poik street, from the north line ot Fourth street to the north line of Second street. be graded, curbed with combined curb and gutter and paved thirty (3o) feet wide witn vitruiea orick. W. G. TANDY;. Commissioner. I, C B. Burge, city clerk of the City of Topeka, Kansas, .do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original rot .-tioi now. on Ilia in my oinae. LSeal. iC. B. BURGE, City Clerk. RESOLVED, That the Mayor and Board of Commissioners of the city of .Topeka, Kansas, deem it necessary for the best interests of said city that Twelfth street, from the west line of Harrison street to the east line of Topeka avenue, be graded, curbed witn combined curb and gutter and paved thirty-five (35) feet wide with vitrified brick blocks with asphalt tiller. W. G. Tandy, Commissioner. 1. C. B. Burge. city clerk of the City of Topeka, Kansas, do hereby certify that tne aoove ana toregoing is a. true ana correct copy of the original resolution now on tne in my oince. ISeal.J C. B. BURGE, City Clerk. RESOLVED, That the Mayor and Board of Commissioners of the city of Toueka. Kansas, deem It necessary for the best interests of said city that Polk street, from the south side of nagnth avenue to tne norm side oi Tenta avenue, be graded, curbed with combined curb and gutter ana paved tnirty (30) leet wide with aspnaiuc concrete on con crete base. W. O. TANDY. Commissioner. I, C. B. Burge, city clerk of the City of Topeka, Kansas, do hereby certify that tne above and toregoing is a true ana correct copy of the original resolution now on Hie in my ounce. Seal. C. B. BURGE, City Clerk. RESOLVED. That the Mayor and Board of Commissioners of the city of Toneka. Kansas,, deem it necessary for the best interests of said city that Huntoon street, from the west line of College avenue to tne east une of Mul vane street, be graded, curbed with com bined curb and gutter and naved thirty (30) feet wide with asphaltic concrete on concrete Dase. W. G. TANDY. Commissioner. I. C. B. Burge, city clerk of the City of iopeKa, nansas, ao nereoy certiry tnat the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original resolution now on me in my oince. tSeal. C. B. BURGE, City Clerk. RESOLVED, That the Mayor and Board of Commissioners of the city of Topeka, iansas, aeem it necessary tor tne best interests of said city that Mulvane street, from the south line of Fifteenth street to the north line of Sev enteenth street, be graded, curbed with combined curb and gutter and paved thir ty (30) feet wide with asphaltic concrete on concrete base. W. G. TANDY. Commissioner. I. C. B. Burge. city clerk of the Citv of Topeka, Kansas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original resolution now on me in my ornce. Seal. C. B. BURGE, City Clerk. RESOLVED, That the Mayor and Board ot commissioners oi tne city oi Topeka, Kansas, deem it necessary for the beet interests of said- city that Chandler street, from the south line of bixlu avenue to tne norm une or Kign.ti avenue, do graded, cumed witn combin ed curb and gutter and paved twenty- six (26) feet wide with vitrified brie on a concrete tounaation. W. G. TANDY.t Commissioner. I, C. B. Burge, city clerk of the City of Topeka, Kansas, do hereby certi'y that the above and foregoina is a true and correct copy of the original resolution now on iue in my oiiice. Seal. C. B. BURGE, City Clerk. RESOLVED. That the Mayor and Board of Commissioners ot the city of Topeka. Kansas, deem it necessary for the best interests of said city that img street, irom tne west side or till more street to the east side of Clav street. be graded, curbed with combined curb and gutter and paved thirty (30) feet wide with two inch asphaltic concrete on a four inch stone, sand and cement concrete base with asphaltic cement in the two inch wearing surface. W. G. TANDY, Commissioner, I, C. B. Burge, city clerk of the City of Topeka, Kansas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct cop- cf the original resiiutij now on file in my office. Seal. C. B. BURGE, City Clerk. XEGAL First published in The Topeka Stat Journal December 14. 1910. RESOLVED, That the Mayor and Board of Commissioners of the city of Topeka, Kansas, deem It necessary for the best interests of said citv, that West" Fifth street, from the west- side of Topeka avenue to the east side of Clay street, be graded, curbed with combined curb and gutter and paved thirty (30 feet wide with vitrified brick on concrete foundation with asphalt filler. W. G. TANDY, Commissioner. I, C. B. Burge. city clerk of the city of Topeka, Kansas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original resolution now on file In my office. (Seal. C. B. BURGE, City Clerk. RESOLVED, That the Mayor and Board of Commissioners of the city of Topeka, Kansas, deem it necessary' for the best interests of said city, that College avenue, from the south side of Huntoon street to the south side of Mun son avenue, be graded, curbed with com bined curb and gutter ana paved thirty (30) feet wide, with- -large brick with asphalt filler and concrete base. W. G. TANDY. Commissioner. I. C. B. Buree. citv clerk, of th itw of Topeka, Kansas, do hereby certify that tne aoove ana loregoing is -a true ana correct copy of the original resolution now on file in my office. iseai. C. B. BURGE. City Clerk. RESOLVED. That the Mavor and Rnard of Commissioners of the city of Topeka, xvttiiaas, ucreiu ih uvuessaz-y ror .tne best interests of said city, that Seventh street, from the west line of Western avenue to the east line of Fill more street, be graded, curbed with com bined curb and gutter and paved thirty (30) feet wide with vitrified brick with asphalt filler on sand foundation. w. U. TANDY, "Commissioner. I. C. R. Burtre. citv clerk of thn Mty nf Topeka, Kansas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original resolution now on file in my office. LCteai.j C. B. BURGE, City Clerk. First published in The Topeka State journal uecemDer a, lyiu.j SCHOOL BUILDING. Silver Lake, Kansas. Sealed proposals will be received at the office of J. S. Kelley, Clerk of the Board oi lvaucanon or silver Lake, Kansas, until 1 p. m. on the 1st day of February. 19U, and then opened for the construction of a school building. Proposals must be maoe in accordance witn tne plans ana specifications, copies of which may be had at the office of the Clerk of the Board or at the office of Frank C. Sauires. Architect, 628 Kansas ave., Topeka, Kan- is. All proposals must be accompanied by a certified check for $200.00, made papy able to Treasurer, as a guarantee that should the bidder be awarded the contract he will execute the contract and give satisfactory Surety Bond as provided for in the specifications, or in case of failure to do so said check to be forfeited and. retained by the Board as liquidated dam ages. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all proposals. PHOTOGRAPHERS. HAVE WEHK make your Christmas photos. Special prices. 707 Kansas ave. JDLAmVOTANTS MADAME CLAUDE can tell you what you want to know. See her at onca. 430 van Buren St. Ind. phone 2000 Black. FLORISTS. HAYES' GROWS THEIR OWN f lower. Funeral designs a specialty. 107 W. 8th. PATENTS. J. A. -ROSEN, pa tent-attorney, 418-Kan sas ave.,- 'lopeKa. Kan. JTOUSEHOLDGOODS Rugs made from old caroets; beautiful effects. Prices $1.00 and up. Carpets cleaned, sewed, laid. McCormick-Osborn Rug Factory. 522 Van Buren. DRESSMAKING. ALL WORK brought before Xmas will be done at reduced prices; satisfaction guaranteed. Topeka Garment Co., 909 Kansas ave. DRESSMAKING at 925 Monroe street. North Topeka.' 2344 Blue Ind. Mrs. Tom Brainard. IDA C. BARNES, M. D. Office 726 Kansas ave. Residenca Thir teenth and Clay. Office hours 9 a. m. to 11 a. in. and 3 p. m. to i p. m. Both phones 16, residence and Ind.. 1316 office. DR. LIDIA MUMA, 1105 E. 6th. Chronlo IJlseases a specialty. Ind. 1752. MACHINE SHOPS. GUNS cleaned and repaired by experts. x ne n. ts. tiowara supply uo. ni) K. A. PI CTUR E MIXG. FRAMING, regildlng, mat making, mount ing done by J. D. Sullivan, 122 W. Eighth street. Packing, shipping, etc. JjOCKSMTrjEL WE FIT KEYS and repair guns, at By cycle shop, 810 Kansas ave. "Have your keys made and lock repaired by F. A. Bauman. 215 Kan. ave. Bell Z 92. POOL AND BILLIARD TABLES. FOR SALE New and second-hand bil liard and pool tables and bowling alleys. We lead the world in cheap bar fix tures; easy payments. Send for catalogue. Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co.. 1329-31 Main street. Kansas City. Mo. PAYTNO. CAPITAL CITY VITRIFIED BRICK A raiinu v,u., 214 in. eta st. Migs. or building, paving and sidewalk brick. THAN SEER AND STORAGE. STORAGE and transfer, Merchants' Transfer Co., Skinner Gayhart. Phone us about storage- packing or freight. 18. L. M. PENWELL, funeral director and embalmer. First class service, reason able prices. 611 Quincy st. Both phones 192. Both Phones 287. Day and Night. HAWLEY STEELE, Funeral directors and embalmers, 118 East 8th ave. Mrs. Robt. Steele, assistant. 1 MONET. BETZER REALTY AND LOAN CO. make loans on real estate In any amount from $500 to $50,000, at lowest rate. Ground floor. New England Bldg. MONEY to loan on live stock, pianos, or gans, typewriters, household goods and personal security. L. Biscoe. 523 Kan, ava. MONET TO LOAN on personal property and collateral security, on easy tarma, G. H. Fllntham. 90b E 4th St. PROMPT Realty Loans. Ella N. Peacock. Central Nat'l Bk Bldz. Ind. 556 and 1931. jJCIDER. WANTED yovi to order your cider from Washburn's. Ind. 23i5 Black.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY SVATE JOUENAL TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1910. POLITICAL GOSSIP. ooKs BeJ nninf Wednesday Beginning Wednesday the store will be Open Nights Till Chr .s ma the store will be Open Nights Till Christmas Mr. Davis of Kiowa, One of the House Leaders, Is Here. fr 7 1 B That Will Make Books a'wavs p'ease and you mav be sure that, when you present them at Christmastime, whether the recipient ce young or old, they will receive the maximum of genuine appreciation. Come and select now from the large and sp endid stock. The Balance of Power, Arthur Goodrich. Uncle William, Jeanette Lee. Her Prairie Knight, B, M. Bower. Virginia of the Air Lane, Herbert Quick. Step by Step, Mrs. Geo. Sheldon. The Heart Line, Gellett Burgess. Riverman, Stewart Edward White. R&mance Island, Zona Gale. The Square Man, Royle. Formerly $1. 18 Now Sky Pilot, by Ralph Connor. Leaven of Love, by Clara Louise Burnham. Goose Girl, by Harold MacGrath. The Outlaw, by Emerson Hough. Open Shutters, Clara Louise Burn- h-LTTl. Holy Orders, by Marie Corelll. The Fighter, Albert Payson Ter- hune. 1 The Right Princess, Clara Louise Burnham. The Famous Rover Boys Scries For Boys There is hardly a boy but what has heard about the Rover Boys se ries: these stories bring ae liEht to every boy; price. 50c By Arthur M. Winfleld. Rover Boys at College. Rover Rover Rover Rover Rover Rover Rover Rover Rover Rover Rover Rover Boys on Treasure Isle. Boys on the Farm. Boys in Southern Waters. Boys on the Plains. Boys on the River. Boys in Camp. Boys on Land and Sea. Boys in the Mountains. Boys on the Great Lakes. Boys Out West. Boys in the Jungle. Boys on the Ocean. Boys at School. Rover (Walnut Street Floor.) AN AMUSEMENT PARK. Garfield May Be Made Into ITp-to-Date One."- That Garfield park will be made an amusement park equipped with figure eight, merry-go-round ana nae para phernalia was the indication of a dis cussion in the session of the city com missioners today. Bids on concessions vided the commissioners and mayor vided the commisisoners and mayor agree upon a contract form to be sub mitted Wednesday in adjourned meet ing. M. C. Holman, commissioner of parks, introduced the subject when he asked the body for an opinion on signing a five-year contract with the Coca-Cola people who now operate the boating and refreshment conces sions. The company, said Mr. Holman, had asked him for a five-year contract In order to protect themselves in put ting in permanent improvements and amusements, such as a figure eight and merry-go-round. He had no defin ite agreement, however, that these should be installed. Commissioner P. Miliar protested against awarding a contract of that nature without giving other concession hunters a chance to get in on the deal. He said that several parties had asked him to let them know when any prop osition of the sort came up. Others also had been asked to do the same. Consequently, a conclusion was reached when the mayor advised that bids should be advertised for giving everyone a chance to offer amuse ments. Considerable discussion arose as to provisions governing Chautauqua meetings and other similar attractions seeking quietude. Mr. Miller argued that inasmuch as the rark was a public one. it should not be turned over exclusively to any organization which charged admission at the gate or required that amusements be cpoop-i i was thorght likely, how ever, that any "noise" concessionaire When You Think Of the pain which many women experience with every month it makes the gentleness and kindness always associ ated with womanhood seem to be almost a miracle. While in general no woman rebels against what she re gards as a natural necessity there is no woman who would sot gladly be free from this recurring period of pain. Dr. Pierce' m Favorite Prescription makes weak women strong and sick women well, and gives them freedom from pain. It establishes regularity, subdues inflam mation, heals mlceratioa and cures fe male weakness. Sick women are invited to consult us by letter, free. All oorresDondence strictly private and sacredly con fidential. Write without fear and without fee to World's Dispensary Med loal Association, R. V. Pierce, M. D. President, Buffalo, N. Y. If you want book that tells all about woman's diseases, and how to cure them at home, send 31 one-cent stamps to pay cost of wrapping and mailing only, and we will send you a free copy of Dr. Pierce's great thousand pago illustrated Common Sense Medical Adviser revised, up-to-date edition, in handsome French cloth binding. Ueiit feiits Man From Brodney, McCutcheon. Geo. Barr Garrison's Finish, W, B. M. Fer guson. The Four Million, O'Henry. Katrine, Roy Ralph Gilson. Lavender and Old Lace, Myrtle Reed. Together, Robert Herrick. Fair Morn of Bath. Elizabeth Ellis. Firing Line. Robert Chambers. (Walnut Street Floor.) Tona Bungay, H. G. Wells. Old Chester Tales, Margaret De- land. The Guest of Quesnay, Booth Tark ington. The Climber, E. F. Burson. The Wayfarers, Mary Stewart Cut ting. Kilo, Ellis Parker Butler. The Bronze Bell, Joseph Louis Vance. Jewell, Clara Louise Burnham. Jewell's Story Book, Clara Louise Burnham. Scarlet Pimpernell, Maroness Orczy Making of Bobby Burnit, George Randolph Cheste. Others Especially Good Further Adventures of Quincy Ad ams Sawyer, Charles Felton Pi gin. Elusive Isabel, Jacques Futrell. Princess Maritza, Percy Brebner. Idols, William J. Locke. Mr. and Mrs. Villiers, Herbert Wates. Priponers of Chance, Randall Par rish. Memoirs of a Baby, Josephine Des- tam. Loaded Dice, Ellery H. Clark. Kansas City, Mo. would be willing to stop his machin ery for a period in order to catch the crowd at the conclusion. In discussing the religious meetings, Chautauquas and the sort, the prac tice of renting the park was criticised. The custom of charging admission at the gate of the public park in the case of foreign band concerts or Chau tauqua meetings came in for greater condemnation. It is likely as a result, that in the future only the casino will come within the admission zone. Contracts acceptable to the city In the amusement business will leave the park at the entire direction of the city, enabling them to regulate the noise and quiet at the North side park to suit the occasion. The meager concessions at the park last season, reported Commissioner Holman. netted the city park fund, on a ten per cent basis, J450. No check ing system has been in force and the amount is the evidence of honesty on the part of the Coco-Cola management in Topeka. INDIAN BILL IS IN. Measure Reported to the Senate Car ries $,215,340. Washington, Dec. 20. The Indian appropriation bill carrying items ag gregating $9,215,340, has been reported to the senate. The total represents a net increase of $987,995 over the amount of the bill as it was passed by the house. Of this increase $600,000 j is to carry out the awards to the loyal ment made with that tribe in 1901. Tawney Asks for Estimates. Washington, Dec. 20. To hasten the completion of postoflices and other bu .dines authorized bv the nublic building act, passed in congress last June. Chairman Tawney of the house i appropriation committee has offered a resolution asking the secretary of the treasury to submit estimates" of the amounts that can be expended upon all buildings up to June 30, 1912. lit Just Received A very choice list of books, at tractively bound and each book In a neat box; special price, 59c. Sowing Seeds' in Danny, Nellie L. McClung. Cupid's Understudy, Edward Salis bury Field. The Social Secretary, David Gra ham Phillips. The Courting Diana, Henry C. Rowland, v The Right Man, Byron Hooker. His Own People, Booth Tarkington. The Georgeous Isle, Gertrude Ath erton. The Spanish Jade, Maurice Hewlett. In the Closed Room, Frances Hodg son Burnett. Back to Arcady, Frank Waller Al len. The Mascot of Sweet Briar Gulch, Henry Wallace Phillips. Katherine's Sheaves," Mrs. Geo. Sheldon. Purple Parasol, Geo. Burr Mc Catcheon. A NEW GIFT BOOK An attractive and delightful new gift Book by a Kansas Citian. just off the press entitled "Snapshots from Holland to Sicily and the Pas sion Play," by Frank M. Lowe, Jr. With art covers 75c; leather, $1.25. (Walnut Street Floor.) DIVIDED BY TWENTY. Bnlst Estate Estimated at $10,000,000 Dwindles to $500,000. Philadelphia, Dec. 20. By the term of the will of the late Robert Buist, the seedman of this city, Ro berta B. De Janon, his grandchild, who disappeard from this city with a hotel waiter a year ago and was found in Chicago, is given in trust the bulk of his estate, which is valued at $500, 000. rip Speculation is busy here over two phases of the death of Buist, who died in the Bellevue-Stratford. Pneumonia has been set down as the cause of death, but there are many who say that Mr. Buist never recovered from the worry and nervous shock which were brought about by his grand daughter's llight. It is hardly a year since Roberta De Janon became a national figure in the news columns. She had fled from the fine apartments which she occupied with her grandfather on the seventh floor of the Bellevue-Stratford. There was some mystery connected with the order of her going, but it was known and there was no attempt made to hide the fact that she had run away with a waiter named Frederick Cohn, whose principal duty, It appears, was to serve the girl and her grandfather in the private dining room of the hotel. liliiiiliiiillllllll J V Takes a Middle Ground on Leg islative Questions. NEW CANDIDATE OUT. L. H. Westerman May Be in Kac for Speaker. Ellsworth Man Gives Out His Platform. J. W. Davis of Kiowa, who was re elected to the' legislature this year without opposition, was in Topeka to day to secure quarters during the com ing session. Mr. Davis was a leader In the last session, winning the place by his brains and aggressive personality. He should be a prominent figure in the next house from the start. He belongs to the regular, branch of the Repuo lican party, nd will likely be the choice of that wing for speaker, al though while in Topeka he declined to say that he was a candidate. Mr. Davis does not believe In members-elect announcing their position on legislation beforehand except In re gard to local matters. "My position on state issues and platform pledges will be governed in a measure by the text of the bills after they are presented to the house," he raid. "For Instance. I opposed the utilities bfll last session, but I may favor it this year If it is presented In what I deem practical form. It Is so with other measures regarded as important. If the bills are j nrarted m a spirit or compromise be tween the radical and conservative they ought to receive the support of everv representative who has the good of his stat? and party at heart. I can not tell at this time what my position will be. I am tied to no faction or po litical leader. I have no particular choice at this time for speaker and coul only guess on the winner. A new candidate for speaker of the next house looms up in the person of L. H. Wtsterman of Ellsworth county. Mr. Westerman was elected without opposition in a county that gave the Democratic nominee for governor a majority of three hundred. He is re garded as a strong and popular man In his section of the state if election re turns count for anything. Mr. Wester man has a platform that covers every phase of the present political situation as follows: 1. I believe that the criminal insane should be kept in custody. I favor the New York law as to the insane. 2. Corporations should not be favor ed in the matter of taxation. The power in the matter of taxation should be invested in a public utilities com mission. The regulation of corpora tions is much more the duty of state than of the general government. 3. The playing of politics should be deprecated. Measures having for their object tle betterment of conditions should be ponsidered In the largest spirit, and urged by leaders who are j statesmen and- njat, demagogues. 4. I am in favor, of raising the tax limit for building bridges, and for road .purposes. Favor-, the use of the King drag, which, when properly used, will make good roads in Kansas. I 5. I favor such amendment of the Inheritance law as will exempt from taxation the direct helra of property coming to them by lawful inheritance. 6. I am in favor of all state officers being elected for a term of four years. 7. I am in favor of the proposed public utilities commission law. I 8. I am in favor of a heavy Jail or penitentiary sentence in addition to a cash fine for violations of our present weights and measures law. We know there have been cases in our state whereby some firms have cheated the people of Kansas out of $10,000 in one year on short weights, and were only j fined $."00 with ho Jail sentence. Don't j you think this was a good business proposition for the short weight swind lers? 9. I favor further limitations on bonded indebtedness and public ex penditures so as to reduce taxation. 10. I am in favor of uniform laws, municipal, state and national, as far as practicable. 11. I am in favor of direct legislation, the so-called initiative and referendum, available at our general elections, and the recall for all public officers. 12. I favor the continuation of our good roads policy, and its extension eventually to all parts of the state. 13. I am in favor of the restriction of the present course of study in our schools within more practical bounds, but, at the same time, affording proper state-wide facilities Tor that higher ed ucation necessary in the professions. 14. A friendly understanding and businesslike co-operation should exist between the people and the public ser vice corporations, especially the rail roads, for mutual advantages. 15. I favor the physical valuation of the property of all public service cor porations as a basis for taxation and for the making of reasonable rates of charges. 16. I favor publicity of campaign ex penses, and a reduction of the number This recipe makes a pint of better iough syrup than you could buy ready made for $2.50. A few doses usually conquer the most obstinate cough stops even whooping- cough quickly. Simple as it is, no better remedy can be had at any price. Mix one pint of granulated sugar with pint of warm water, and stir for 2 minutes. Put 2M ounces of Pinex (fifty cents worth) in a pint bottle; then add the Sugar Syrup. It has a pleasant taste and lasts a family a long time. Take a teaspoonful every one. two or three hours. You can feel this take hold of a cough in a way that means business. Has a erood tonic effect, Draces up the appe tite and is slightly laxative, too. which is helpful. A handy remedy for hoarse ness bronchitis, asthma and all throat and lung troubles. The effect of pine on the membranes is well known. Pinex Is the most val uable concentrated compound of Nor wegian white pine extract, and is rich In guiaicol and all the natural healing pine elements. Other preparations will not work in this formula. This Pinex and Sugar Syrup recipe has attained great popularity through out the United States and Canada. It has often been imitated, though never successfully. X A guaranty of absolute satisfaction, or money promptly refunded, goes with this recipe. Your druggist has Pinex or will get It for you. If not," aend to The Pinex Co..Ft. Wayne, Ind. This Will Stop Your Cough in a Hurry Save $2 by BfsJOos This Conch E Syrup sit Home. Beautiful fi???7?3?rs;s5 If you wish to make your present one that will be appreciated for years tf come decide on an Oriental Rug. Domestic Rugs At Special Holiday Prices Here are prices on small domestic made rugs that are worth your careful perusal and consideration, whether viewed in the light of a gift or for your own personal use. 2 26x54 Smyrnas, were $2.25, special $1.65 4- 26x54 Smyrnas, were $3.00, special 2.28 4-36x36 Smyrnas, were $3.25, special 2.39 2 36x72 Smyrnas, were $4.50, special 3.19 4-36x72 Smyrnas, were $6.00, special 4.48 3 4x7 ft Smyrnas, were $7. 00, special 4.9 7 25 Discount On All Room Sizes Carpet Made Rugs We have in stock a number of large rugs, made from good grades of stock carpets; in most cases with borders these we offer choice of at 25 off the regular marked price. Pleasing Presents m Reliable JTurniture Every man and every woman will appreciate such a handsome and useful gift as a piece of good reliably made furniture. Our big spacious furniture floors are covered with thousands of useful, lasting articles to choose from the largest and the best assortment in Topeka. All classi fied and marked in plain figures for quick, easy, comfortable comparison and se lection. We have a full line of Davenports, Rockers, Desks, Library Tables, Morris Chairs, Smoking Stands, Cellarettes, Sevdng Tables, Telephone Sets, Book Racks, Foot Stools, in fact everything in the furniture line at a full range of prices to suit all tastes. You are invited to come and look without the least thought of being impor tuned to buy. Midwinter Exposition At AUDITORIUM Jan. 16-28, 1911 VAUDEVILLE of names necessary on nomination pa pers, so that offices, and more par ticularly state offices, shall no longer be restricted exclusively to men of means, but may be within the reach of any person of ability aspiring there to. 17. Nationally I favor the election of United States senators by the direct vote, the- president by majority vote, the creation of a tariff commission, a tparcels post, and the removal of the postal service from politics. CRTTMBINE TO TAKE IT. Will Direct Administration of K. V. Medical Branch. Lawrence. Kan., Dec. 20. Dr. S. J. Crumbine, secretary of the state board of health, will become the administra tive head of the University of Kansas medical school. The announcement was made following a joint session of the university regents and the state board of health which lasted all day Mon day. The location of the university hospital was not decided upon as two of the regents were absent. The si'e will be selected as soon as a full meet ing of regents can be called. The members of the board of health unanimously approved the action of the regents in asking Dr. Crumbine to head the school. Their sanction was neces sary before he could accept the regents' offer. Dr. Crumbine will continue to direct the work of the state board of health while acting as head of the med ical school. That means a closer af filiation of the work of the two institu tions with a probable resultant financial saving to the state. A science dean will direei the technical medical instruction while Dr. Crumbine will have charge of matters of general policy and will use the medical school to further the work of the board of health. Red Cross Seals Carry Christmas Spirit Too often charity is regarded as a luxury to be indulged In only by the rich, but no contribution is too small to count in this great movement which is sweeping the country to wipe out Oriental Gift Rugs The unusual gift of an Oriental Rug shows thought in selection. It bespeaks search for something out of the ordinary with which to please a genuine desire to give happiness. The best point about giving an Oriental rug for a Christmas gift is in knowing that you have given something that will improve with age Wear only serves to make handsomer their color harmonies. Our stock of Orientals never contained more handsome pieces than those we are now showing. Especially is this true of the smaller sizes, such as a majority would want to select as a Christ mas gift. Oriental Rug prices never have been prohib itive with us, but right now thev are within th onlmf.ll -f. 1 4x7 ft. Smyrna, was $9.00, special 6.93 3 5x8 ft Smyrnas, were 15. 00, special 1 0.00 4 27x54 Velvets, were $2.50, special 1.89 1636x72 Velvets, were $3.75, special 2.88 7- 27x54 Wiltons, were $5.00, special 3.89 736x70 Axminsters, were $450, special Thirty Day Charge Accounts Opened Vith Responsible Persons JION. DEC. 26, MAT. AJTD NIGHT CHRISTMAS ATTRACTION MORT. H. SINGER PRESENTS The Golden Girl WITH IEONA WATSON SEATS FRI. NO FREE LdST MAJESTIC NORTH BROS. STOCK CO Any Seat 25c PRESENTS ISHMAEL Dramatized by GRACE HAYWARD MATINEES WED. AND SAT. NOVELTY 10-20 30c INTERNATIONAL Vaudeville 3 SHOWS RATTV 3 2:30 7:45 9:15 the white plague. Topeka's tangible evidence of enlistment in the fight is the fresh air camp in North Topeka. The camp is a very rainbow of prom ise to those already stricken, who are able to avail themselves of Its privi leges, and that the benefits of the oamp may be extended to a larger number is the hope of the earnest men anrt women who are responsible for its being. No happier way of arousing j the public interest can be conceived than the sale of the cheery little Red Cross seals. They carry with them the spirit of Christmas, and so small is the 1 t i 7 3bxb3 Wiltons, were 8.00, special 6.25 $3.48 GRAND Today, 4 P. M. Tonight 8:15 AU W. MARTIN'S BIG $30,000 PRODUCTION Uncle Tom's Cabin Mat. 10-25c; Night, 10c to 50c SEATS SELLING Cohan and Harris Present WTNGHEMi SMITH'S COMEDY TRIUMPH Fortune unter With FRED NIBL0 and the original company. TwC years in New York, one year in Chicago. PRICES First 10 rows $2; or chestra circle $1.50; balcony $1.00 and 75c THURSDAY NIGHT, DEC. 22. price that nobody la too poor to be denied the chance of helping along this most worthy of charities. Three Rioting Miners Shot. West Newton, Pa., Dec. 20. Three miners were shot in a riot at Osborn mine near here early today. There was a strike on at the mine and deputy sheriffs were guarding the property. None of the miners was killed.