The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
March 2, 1911

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EVERYBODY 10 PAGES READS IT. EVERYBODY 10 PAGES NEEDS IT. LAST EDITION THURSDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, MARCH 2, 1911. THURSDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. KICK OVERKETTLE Senate Upsets Houe Education al Institution Budget. Allows the Schools an Aggregate of 2,684,000. GOES TO CONFERENCE. Committee Will Try to Adjust the Difference. Avery State Highway Bill Passes the Senate. When the educational appropria tion bills were considered in the sen ate this morning, that body raised the appropriation allowed by the house. It la now up to a conference-committee to straighten out the breach be tween the allowances of the two branches of the legislature. In edu cational budgets considered this morning the senate allowed the Btate university, agricultural college, exper iment station and state normals an aggregate of more than $2,684,670. In several instances increases were made in the original bill. The appropriations were made a special order for this morning and went through the senate without de bate. Kansas University was allow ed $1,071,370; or $552,420 for 1912 and $518,950 for 1913. The State Agricultural college and Garden City experiment station was granted $895,700 for two years, or $431,500 for 1912 and $464,200 for the en suing year. The Emporia state nor mal, Pittsburg training school and Hayes normal receive an aggregate of $717,500, divided $401,000 for 1912 and $316,500 for 1913. The total ap propriation to the six educational in stitutions aggregates $2,684,570. Senator H W. Avery's state highway bill passed the senate this morning on third reading and is In a fair way to become a real law. In his bill the Clay county senator creates a highways commission composed of the board of regents of 'the state agricultural col lege and establishes a state highway fund. The commission also has tha power to name a state engineer, who shall furnish plans for all bridges and highways in the state. His salary is to fixed by members of the commis sion. It is proposed by the Clay Center man to raise a highways fund of $50, 000 from the licenses from automobile and motor car owners in the state, when the assessment was made in March, 1910, there were 10,000 automo biles In the state. This number would raise a fund under the Avery act of $50,000. Of this amount 75 per cent ta to be used in the individual county for road work. The remaining 25 per cent will go to the state highway fund. It is probable that thereare at the present time some 12,000 automobiles in Kan sas and this would raise the general fund an additional $10,000. i There was no opposition to the Avery measure and but two members Ben der and Fowler voted against the pas sage of the bill. The law, if passed, is to become operative July 1, this year. What looked like real trouble over the workmen's compensation act in the senate, was adjusted this morning when the two factions met and made concessions concerning the final ver biage of the bill. The compromise, though, will make some radical changes in the original form of the measure, but a compromise was effected in pref erence to an open fight on the floor of the upper house. Trouble started "Wednesday after noon when Senator Reed offered a substitute, which, if adopted, would bury the original bill for at least two years. His plan was to name seven commissioners to study the workings of the law in other states and report to the 1913 legislature. Hamilton and Ganse made strenuous objection to the (substitute and its consideration. Reed, however, served notice that he meant business and Brewster pushed through a motion to have the proposed docu ment printed. According to the Reed substitute, two members of the senate, two mem bers of the house, one person repre senting the railways, another the in terests of the employees and the labor commission to act as the seventh mem ber, were to consider the problem. This would disturb matters most seri ously and the friends of the bill de clared war. Under the terms of the agreement, the commission will be appointed to study the workings of the law both in Kansas and other states, but the com pensation act will pass the present ses sion of the legislature. The conferees were composed of Ganse, Hamilton, Brewster and Reed. The compromise will be incorporated in the original bill, but will in no way effect its oper ation, although the report of the com mission might cause wme radical changes in the 1913 session. At a session of the public utilities conference committee today an agree ment was almost reached concerning the provisions of the new public utilities bill In which the two houses refused to concur. The bill has been decided ly improved and it is believed that both houses will accept the conference re port. The committees were so close tog-ether at noon that a report is ex pected at tonight's session. Section 25 of the senate bill, which was a bone of contention, has been ad- Justed to the complete satisfaction of the tactions. This section now provides that upon proper showing the state board shall be compelled to grant an Issuance of stocks and bonds by utili ties and public service corporations. Upon the petition of ten resident tax payers an appeal is permissible to the state board from the city commission. So appeal is granted from the decision of the state board, except mandamus proceedings in case the board refuses to grant the provisions of the act as relating to the protection and rights of .public service corporations. The section relating to qualifications or memDers or tne Doard. caused ennsin erable trouble when the bill was under discussion. i ne conterence commit to. fc-oned out this difficulty. One member oi me Doara is now required to be a practical business man, a second mem ber must be an engineering expert and versed in the affairs of public service corporations and common carriers. The third member shall be selected by the governor and the bill does not define his qualifications. The bill will be re adjusted and may be reported to the two branches of the legislature some time this afternoon. The third point of difference was in regard to control of local utilities. The house stood for home rule. The agree ment said to have been reached is to allow an appeal to the state commis sion when 12 taxpayers petition for it. The senate refused to concur in the house amendments to the senate reso lution relative to a time for final ad journment of the legislature. J. T. Reed, chairman of the committee on conferees, announced the appointment of Senators Brewster and Quincy as senate conferees. FIGHT IN HOUSE. McCormick Assaults Stone on Floor Today. Accused Him of Breaking Faith With Him. Just before the house convened this afternoon A. H. McCormick of Craw ford county and Robert Stone of Shaw nee had a personal encounter on the floor of the house. McCormick was the aggressor. He cursed Stone and at tacked him, striking at him several times with his fists. Mr. Stone kept his temper all through the fracas and made no apparent effort to strike back. Will Montgomery, secretary to the speaker, separated the combatants. The trouble started over the defeat of the Pittsburg normal divorce bill. Only a few members had assembled for the afternoon session when the war broke out. McCormick was sitting at his desk in the front row. Mr. Stone was standing in front of the desk, talking with the Crawford county man. McCormick was bitterly angry over tha defeat of the normal divorce MIL Stone was smiling and good humored. Stone joshed the Crawford county man about the defeat of his bill. Mc Cormick acc sed Stone of breaking faith with him. Stone had taken the floor and made a speech against the bill at the morning session. Stone de nied the, McCormick accusations. Then McCormick called him a liar. Stone still smiled and McCormick called him a liar. Still Stone smiled, and said, "I would not talk that way if I were you." Then McCormick struck the man from Shawnee In the face. Stone back ed away and tried to ward oft the blows. One blow landed above the eye. Then Stone seemed to get angry for the first time and stopped backing away. Will Montgomery stepped be tween the combatants at this Juncture1 and several members seized McCor mick. Stone left the house chamber imme diately after the encounter. McCor mick kept his seat. When the house convened at 2 o'clock McCormick rose in his place and said: "During the noon recess an unfortu nate occurrence took place on the floor of this house in which two members lost their heads. I was one of them, and I wish to say I am sorry that th's affair should have taken place on the floor of this house and I wish to apologize to the house as a whole and the members." No action was taken in regard to the statement of the member from Craw ford. The encounter between Stone and Mc Cormick came as suddenly as lightning from a clear sky. No one was expect ing it and the men were struggling in the aisle in front of the press desk be fore a member could move to stop them. McCormick is an elderly man and not of robust physique, but the fires of his youth seem not to have abated. He had worked all session for the Potts normal divorce bill and took Its de feat this morning very much at heart. He was bitterly angry when Stone talk ed to him about the bill and the smile on the face of the man from Shawnee had much to do with McCormick losing his head. McCormick discribed the fight briefly as follows: "Mr. Stone and 1 had an agreement that if I would support him for speaker he would sup port the normal divorce bill. I de livered the goods and then today Stone spoke on the floor against my bill When I talked to him today he denied this agreement and I called him a liar. He returned the lie to me and I hit him." When Mr. Stone left the hall he went at once to rooms of the confer ence committees on the utilities bill. He is a member of the house commit tee. When he came out he talked readily to the State Journal repre sentative. Mr. Stone denies that there was an agreement between himself and McCormick over the speaker ship question and the normal divorce bill. He said: "As I walked down the aisle past Mr. McCormick's desk, I put my band on his shoulder in friendly fashion and said: 'I thought you had us licked this morning, Mac' He replied with heat: 'We would have whipped you if there had not been so many dirty liars on the floor of this house.' "I denied that there was an agree ment and he again called me a liar. Then he got up and struck me. I made no attempt to strike the old man back, merely tried to keep him away." Mr. Stone was still perfectly cool and calm and talked of the affair without rancour. He had a slight abrasion under his left eye hut bore no other visible marks of the en counter. Most of the many stories of the en counter agree as to the main facts stated above. Senator Porter of Pittsburg, author of the normal divorce bill, his pet measure this session, declared this afternoon he regretted the unfortu nate affair exceedingly and said fur ther that he had urged Mr. McCor mick to apologize to the Shawnee member. The senator said that he understood the bill had been beaten fairly in the house and that it did not become the Crawford delegation to fight over the defeat. They had fought a good fight and done their best. That was all they could do, he said. The normal divorce bill had passed the senate. The vote was very close in the house, 58 to 56 against the bill. Had Stone himself voted for the bill the vote on the measure would have resulted in a tie. CONTEST IN SIGHT Edward F. Dunne Claims He Was Legally Nominated In the Mayoralty Primary at Chicago Tuesday. HAKRISON HAS LEAD Of 1,556 Votes on Face of the Returns. Mistakes Alleged to Have Oc curred in the Connt. Chicago. March 2. Canvass of bal lots cast at Tuesday's primary will be begun today. Unofficial returns gave Carter H. Harrison a lead of 1,556 over Edward F. Dunne for the Democratic nomina tion for mayor, but Dunne's managers claim that mistakes have been discov ered in the police returns end that the official count will show Dunne has a plurality. Asked as to the reports that he would become an independent candidate if the official count of the votes Indicated the nomination of Mr. Harrison, as already shown by the police returns, Mr. Dunne said: "Not a word as to that. That is a bridge which will be crossed when we get to it, if we ever do. I claim that I was nominated at Tuesday's primary and I am confident the canvass of the vote will bear out my claim." The obtaining of the necessary sig natures for an independent candidate (7,700) wil be no small task, for the petition must be filed by Friday, March 10, and every signer must be a man who flid not vote at Tuesday's primary. SENATE NIGHT SESSION. Recess Was Taken at 1:35 O'clock This Slorning. Washington, March 2. Although the bill to create a permanent tariff board was kept before the senate from early last evening until 1:35 o'clock this morning, no vote was had o" it, nor any time fixed for voting. The opposition came entirely from Democratic senators, who protested they were not conducting a filibuster but needed time for a caucus to define their position on the measure. Senator Beveridge, who had charge of the bill, questioned the Democrats closely as to their fntentions and drew from them statement that they -could; .not prom ise but believed there would not be any attempt to obstruct a vote of they were permitted to go to their homes and get a night's rest. After Mr. Beveridge had said he was willing to accept the statements of the Democrats, he moved to adjourn. Mr. LaFollette (Wis.)- demanded a roll call on the motion. Practically all of Senator Bever idge's progressive colleagues voted against adjournment, but he received the support of the Democrats and the motion carried, 26 to 24. PRINTERS' STRIKE ENDS. Employees of the Hearst Papers in Cliicago Return to Work. Chicago, March 2. The Chicago Typographical union has declared off the strike of compositors on the Chi cago Examiner and Evening American. This action was taken by a unanimous vote in response to the order of the executive council of the International Typographical union. As the meeting was held late, some difficulty 'was experienced in getting the composing room force of the Examiner restored and organized in time for ef fective work. All Chicago papers resume normal size today. Lynch 's Statement. Washington. March 2. President Jas. Lynch, of the International Typo graphical union, who is in Washing ton, has given out a statement in which he says the strike of printers against the Hearst newspapers in Chi cago was unwise, illegal, and irrespec tive of the outcome, could not be other wise than disastrous to the cause of union labor. He added that when the newspapers. The International Typo graphical union understood the facts they would be unanimous in condemna tion of the Chicago demonstration against a publisher of eight union newsapers. The International Typo graphical union, he said, would stand for the protection and fulfillment of its contracts and that the members of the Chicago Typographical union would be the first to take this stand when the real conditions were understood by them. TO EMPTY THE JAIL. Freno Authorities Will Release 125 Workers of the World. Fresno, March 2. Legal steps were being taken today for the release of the 125 Industrial Workers of the World now in the county jail as the result of the fight waged by that or ganization for forensic privileges in Fresno's streets. Police Judge Briggs has signed releases for the men await ing trial and the convicted ones will be given their liberty on parole, with the district attorney and sheriff serv ing as a commission in their cases un der a state law. The first batch of pris oners probably will be freed late to day. They Still Go Marching On. Redding, March 2. Industrial Workers of the World, reduced to sev enty in number, left here today on their march toward Fresno. It was declared by several of the men that if peace had been made between the im prisoned workers and the authorities of Fresno the marchers probably would continue on to Los Angeleg and open a free speech propaganda in that city. Weather Indications. -Chicago, March '2. Forecast for Kan sas: Fair tonight and Friday; warmer tonight. OUT IN BAfJE FEET Population of 60 Tenements Bushes to Street When a Bomb 'Explodes in Fire Story House. THIRTY ARE INJURED. Every Window Fane Broken in Radius of 3 Blocks. Armed Man on Watch Failed to See Perpetrators. New Tork, March 2. With a roar which brought the population of 60 tenements to their feet and sent them scurrying in their bare feet to tha streets, a dynamite bomb exploded early today in the heart of the East Side Italian colony, blowing off the greater part of the front of a five story tenement at 307 East Forty-fifth street and breaking every window pane for a radina nf thmn mi,. Thirty persons were injured by falling ucuua or cut Dy broken glass. On the ground floor of the build ing is a groeerv stnre anH a oi.v.Q shop. The grocer and the barber live m me rear and both are accounted well to do by their neighbors. Both have received demands for money signed in the usual manner and ac companied during the past month by threats of death. The letters became so terrifying latelv that tVi piwor Via spent the nights in a chair near the aoorway or his store with a loaded shot gun across his knees. He failed to see his visitors todav, however, when they passed his store in the early morning, and dropped a burlap covered dynamite bomb quiet ly through the grating beneath his store windows., He suspected noth ing until the explosion tore away the front of his store, threw him from his chair into the cellar and wrecked the barber shop adjoining. A policeman who was standing at a corner a block and a half away, was thrown down by the concussion. He quickly regained his feet and sent in a call for the reserves. When they reached the scene, they found frag ments of the burlap wrapping of the bomb and the tin scrap which had held the explosive. There was an explosion In the hall of the same building three months ago. FORCED TO CHOOSE. John Mitchell Retii-es From the Civls Federation. New Tork, March 2. John Mitch ell, formerly head of the United Mine Workers of America, and lately chairman of the trade agreement de partment of the National Civic Feder ation, has made public his resigna tion of his office and membership in the latter. It also was announced that President Seth Low, of the Civic fed eration, had accepted the resignation to take effect at the close of the pres ent month. Mr. Mitchell's severance of relations with the Civic federation follows the stand recently taken by the United Mine Workers of America in declar ing that any member of their organ ization accepting a position with the National Civic federation would there by forfeit membership in the uniou. With this choice placed before Mr. Mitchell, he decided to resign from the Civic federation. His letter of resignation, is dated February 15 and addressed to Mr. Low. It was in part: "At the recent international conven tion of the United Mine workers of America an amendment to the consti tution of that organization was adopt ed providing that any member of the United Mine Workers of America ac cepting a position as representative of the National Civic federation shall for feit his membership in the union. "It is needless to say that I regret the action of the miners' convention, not so much that it requires me to choose between the two organizations, as because of the unjust and gratu itous attack on the National Civic fed eration, which, in addition to its many other useful public activities, has stood consistently as an advocate of righteous industrial peace." Mr. Mitchell then requests his re lease from the contract to serve as chairman of the trade agreement de partment of the National Civic fed eration, and also resigns as a member of the executive council and as a member of the federation itself. HE KILLS A PRINCESS. Italian Officer Strangles and Then Shoots Her. Rome, March 2. Princess Di Tri gona, a young and beautiful lady in waiting to Queen Helena, was mur dered today in a small hotel in this city by Lieutenant Patterno, an officer in the Italian cavalry. The causes of the murder and the details of the story that led up to l are thus far unknown or suppressed. The authorities,, however, state that the lieutenant strangled the princess and then shot her. The ladies in waiting to Queen Hel ena include Countess Giulia Trigona, who unquestionably is the woman murdered. This is the only lady in waiting of the name of Trigona. The gentlemen in waiting to the queen in clude Count Romuldo Trigona dei Princlpi Di Sant'eli. LAKE SHORE CUTS WAGES. Reduces Number of Employees and Shortens the Hours. Toledo, O., March 2. A reduction of 10 per cent in wages and curtail ment of the number of employees and the working hours from ten to eight has been ordered for the locomotive department of the Lake Shore rail road in Toledo. The order which was effective this morning involves a pay roll approximating $19,500 a month. KILLED Jr HOUSE. Normal Divorce Bill Meets Un timely End. Tote on the Measure Is Exceed ingly Close. HAD A LIVELY FIGHT. Members Air Their Views on the Question. Had Received the Official 0. K. of Senate. The senate bill divorcing the Em poria and Pittsburg Normal schools was killed by the house this noon by the close vote of 58 to 56. The fight over the measure was short and sweet. The bill came up at 11 o'clock and died at noon. The rule restrict ing debate to three minutes kept the talkfest down, otherwise two days would have been required to discuss the bill. At least twenty members aired their views for and against the divorce. The friends of the Porter bill di vorcing the schools had most of the house leaders and debaters on their side but the house followed only its own sweet will when it came to vot ing. Davis of Kiowa, Keene of Bourbon, Brown of Kingman and Carney of Cloud all went to the aid of the Pitts burgers, while only Stone of Shawnee and Williams of Logan helped the Lyon county delegation. The bill had passed the senate and only needed the house O. K. to go through. A strange thing, about the debate was the fact that it centered on Patrick mry, the apostle of liberty. No one seemed to be able to explain why, but it was a fact that Pat was quoted from time to time as an oraclo on the management of normals and as an authority on conditions at Pitts burg, Kansas, and Emporia. Brown of Kingman brought Pat into the game and Cassin of Crawford and Meek of Nemaha saw to it that he stayed there. Pat's well known friendship for liberty was used as an argument by the Pitts burgers in their struggle for freedom from the bonds of Bill White's town. It developed in the debate that the Pittsburg argument was based on the fact that President Hill of the two in stitutions lived at Emporia and only came to Pittsburg once or twice a year to look after things. They felt that the school was big enough to be al lowed to take care of itself and was entitled to a president who would be on the ground all the time and in close touch with conditions. The opponents of the divorce arguoo that the Kansas normal system ranked at the head in the list of states of the Union and that it should not be tam pered with by the legislature and Its usefulness impaired. They were op posed to a change of any kind. The Keene bill providing for the consolidation of all the state educa tional institutions under one board was recommended for passage by the hou&e in committee of 'the whole this morn ing. The only important amendment made to the measure was that one in cluding tl.- schools for the deaf and dumb and for the blind with the in stitutions under the control of this new board. As passed the bill provides for the abolishment of the board of regents of the university, agricultural college, state normals and the school for the blind at Kansas City. Kan., and the school for the deaf and dumb at Olathe and places all these Institutions under the new board of control. Speaking for his bill, Mr. Keene said: "This measure provides for one board to control all the educational institu tions just as the charitable institutions are handled by the state board of con trol. All the members know what a fine success has been scored by the board of control. This bill provides for three managers in place of eighteen. It proposes a repetition of the board of control success. It places the educa tional institutions on a business basis. It is a platform promise." The measure passed without any op position at all. It provides for a board that shall have headquarters and of fices at Topeka and branch offices at each of the institutions. Not more than one member shall come from one congressional district nor more than ono shall be an alumnus of any any of the institutions concerned. Not more than two members shall come from one political party. The board shall have authority to elect a secretary, clerks and stenographers. The board's powers over the institutions are absolute. It fixes salaries of instructors, makes rules for students and controls the property. The members of the board must give bond of $25,000 each for faithful performance of their duties. The salary of the members shall be $10 per day for time actually employed on their duties. The secretary's salary is fixed by the board. The bill carries with it an appropriation of $35,000 for the carrying out of the purpose of the act. PILING IT EVIDENCE. Defense Is Introducing Much Testi mony In Moore WiU Case. The defense in the Osenberg case on trial in- the district court occupied an other day today introducing testimony calculated to disprove the alleged ex tent of Mrs. Osenberg's services to Mr. Moore and to raise the valuation on the properties which Mr. Moore deeded his housekeeper. Witnesses from the neighborhood in which Mr. Moore lived testified that thev had often seen the old man walking around, that his properties at 1300 East Sixth street and 510 and 512 Parkdale street, which he deeded Mrs. Osenberg, were worth $2,900. Others testified that the streets and lots in the vicinity were never flooded above shoe sole deep. The claimant's attorneys then produced a photoeranh of water two feet deep in the same locality. J. G. Shore, a farmer who had rented a farm near Meriden from Mr. Moore for two different five year periods, sal a tne oia man used to come out to the place' and walk all over It, declining to have a rig hitch ed up. Mrs. McKlbben, who was head nurse at the Keith hospital when Mr. Moore was there for a period of three months, testified that he had a special training school nurse to care for him, that Mrs. Smith, his sister, sat with him every day and that Mrs. Osenberg seldom visited him. NEW FRENCH CABINET. Two Radical Socialists Have Places in the Ministry. I'aris, March 2. With one or two over night changes the new French cabinet has been completed and was announced today as follows: Premier and minister of the interior Antoine Ernest E. Monis. Minister of foreign affairs Jean Cruppl. Minister of war Henri Maurice Ber teaux. Minister of marine Theophile Delie casse. Minister of finance Joseph Caillaux. Minister of public Instruction Jules Adolphe Theodore Steeg. Minister of public works Charles Dumont. Minister of agriculture Jules Pams. Minister of colonies Adolphe Mes simy. Minister of labor Paul Boncour. Minister of justice Antoine Perrier. Minister of commerce Louis F. A. P. Masse. The under secretaries are: Interior Emil Constant. Justice and worship Louis Malvy. Posts and telegraphs Charles Chau met. Beaux arts Henri Dujargin-Reau-metz. Antoine Perrier is the only member of the new French cabinet whose name has not before appeared as a probable choice. He Is a senator and a radical republican. He was born in 1836. Jules Pams has been substituted sine, yesterday for M. Masse for the post of minister of agriculture. He was born In 1852 and has been in the sen ate in 1890. He is a lawyer and a radical republican. M. Masse, who becomes minister of commerce, is a member of the cham ber of deputies. He is a radical so cialist and is 40 years old. Louis Malvy, who has been named as under secretary of the ministry of justice and worship, is a radical socialist and was one of those who led the attack in the chamber of deputies on Premier Briand which resulted in the retire ment of the Briand ministry. PINCHOT SOUNDS ALARM Sees Impending Destruction of the national j?xresis. wochinotnn Mircti 2. Complete de struction of the national forests ac--.1 ,1 rr rt niffrtrrl Plnohnt. former chief forester and president of the Na tional uonservaiiun anaui.iaLnjii follow the passage of the agricultural appropriation- bill as amended by Sen ator Heyburn of Idaho, yesterday. The tuaa mgHp toriav to th. con vention of the National Wholesale Lumber- Dealers' association. ine am.nmaTit tr i'ViieVi Mr TMnehot ob jected provides that all land on which there is growing less man ,vuu icei m merchantable timber in contiguous lac tVian flprpB fihflll Oll ccia IWk ".uu be excluded from the national forests. Mr. Heyburn had tnis amendment adopted as a compromise after a still r-.i ctrincrpnt nne aimed at the for est service had been rejected. For years the laano senator nas Deeu a.u uuiinw v. i rf fh frret service, which he maintains is extravagent and abus ive with Its power. "This amendment," said Mr. Pinchot, in.fll otliirla frrim the national forests every tract on which trees have been or are being planted, every area wneic the mature timber has been harvested and young growth is coming, every stretch of reproduction, substantially .varv hfiHv nf trees less than 60 years old, (of which there are many millions of acres about to become commercially valuable) every mountain park, every n-otorohoH ghnve timber line, every burned over area coming back into bearing in ract every tract or every kind that is not covered with mature timber and many that are. Mr. Pinchot said he made the state ment with all seriousness and after considering the amendment and its scope. He said Senator Warren of Wy- onH Rpnrefspntative Scott of Kansas, were the principal conferees on the bill, ana urgeu umcsitm w the convention to bring pressure at Wi'it n-n them to have the UUVjC W fcv-. amendment in question eliminated. ELUSIVE LAND GRANT. Deeds Filed for Record on Property Whicn tan Jot lie rouna. El Paso, Tex.. March 2. "The La Prieta land grant, tor wmcn state of ficials searched a year ago, but with out success, has been revived. This time a deed has been rued tor record, an nouncing the sale of a one-fourth in terest in the "grant" to C- T. Gregory of New York, for $460,000. W. H. Yoa kum appears as the former owner of the interest. Similar deeds were filed last year and an exhaustive search was made through xexas ana Mexican rec ords in an effort to locate the supoos ed grant. However, no record could be found apd bulletins of warning were is sued by the Texas-land office. Stationery accompanying the deed Indicates that Gregory was general manager of the Texas Grand Trunk railway with headquarters at Fort Worth, but the transfer gives his place of residence as New York. HO PEACE OVERTURES Emphatic Denial Is Made by the Mexican tiovernment. Washington, March 2. To make offl cial the denials already made that there have been negotiations between the Mexican government and the insurrec- tos looking to the establishment of peace, the Mexican embassy here to day made public a telegram Just re ceived from Enrique Creel, the Mexi can minister for foreign affairs.- The minister makes the most complete and unqualified denial of the report and in dicates that no person authorized by the Mexican government has been in communication with the rebels regard ing peace. ALL DOUBT GONE. There Will Be an Extra Session of Congress. Date Probably Will Be Fixed for March 20. NO '.WAY OUT OF IT. Taft Is Determined to Ila?e Action on Beclprocity. New Body Expected to Make Short Work of It. Washington. March 2. The last ves tige of a doubt that there will be an ex traordinary session of congress called by President Taft to consider the Ca nadian reciprocity agreement- in the now practically certain event of the failure of that measure in the present congress, disappeared today when it be came known that Republican leaders had been called to the White House for a conference. "The die is cast," said one of th Republican senators after returning to the capitol. "Mr. Taft has decided there must be an extra session and that he will call it earlier than April 4." Democratic leaders wanted a month in which to get ready for a special ses- slon and President Taft was inclined to accede to their wishes. It became known today, however, that the Re publicans favored an earlier gathering if there was no way to avoid, coming back- Mr. Taft would be guided, it was said, by the wishes of the Republicans. It was announced a conference would be held on the subject probably Mon day to decide upon a date. March 20 was the date talked about today. There was a feeling of confidence among friends of the Canadian agree ment that the Democrat house would pass the bill within a week after the convening of the special session. It was suggested that Representative McCall's name would not be carried on the bill, but that some Democrat on the new committee on ways and means would claim the right to represent the meas ure and take charge of it on the floor. There was an impression also that the senate would not delay action for more than a month. ARE PLAYING POLITICS. Democrats and Republicans in Senate i Striving for Position. Washington, March 2. While they still deny that there is a filibuster in progress on the permanent tariff board bill, the Democrats in the senate this afternoon made it clear they would continue their fight against the meas ure for an indefinite period. Senators Simmons of North Carolina and Shively of Indiana became en gaged in a colloquy with Senator Smoot of Utah. The Republicans ap parently have determined to let all ap propriation bills wait until action Is had upon the tariff board bill. The Democrats said they wanted to bring that fact conclusively to the front. Mr. Smoot admitted there was an under standing whereby the tariff board bill would not be displaced as the "unfin ished business" before the senate. Senator Smith of South Carolina spoke for more than an hour against the tariff board. Senator Shively fol lowed him and there w?re other Dem ocratic senators apparently ready to take the floor. With evident belief that the propo sition would be rejected some of the Democrat senators in private proposed to the Republicans who were pressing for a vote that the Canadian reciproc ity agreement be accepted as a rider. The minority said that then they would consent to a vote on the measure dur ing the day. As expected tne KepuDiicans wouia not agree to this suggestion. Then the Democrats proposed to enter into a joint agreement for a vote at 2 o'clock on the tariff board bill and a vote at 3 o'clock on Cana dian reciprocity. The Republicans would not consent to this proposal. Partisan feeling was manifested to a more marked degree than at any time in the present session. Everybody ap preciated that the complicated situa tion made certain the calling of an extra session. Privately the Demo crats confessed that they were en gaged In a filibuster -which they plan ned to keep up until the Republicans were forced to lay aside the unfinish ed business or abandon appropriation bills. "We have the Republicans right where we want them," said Senator Overman of North Carolina, who with Senator Stone of Missouri, largely was responsible for precipitating th situation. "They have brought about the tan gle by a motion of their own. It not fair to ask us to get them out of the trouble." The best opinion among Republi cans was that the tariff board measure would be kept, before the senate long enough to demonstrate that the Demo crats would not permit it to come to a vote and that appropriation bills then would be taken up. THE WEATHER IS PLEASANT. Mercury Nearly Touches 50 Mark This t Afternoon. Today has been the warmest day for two weeks and Sunny Flora, the weather man, promises that tomorrow will be Just as warm if not warmer. The temperature has been rising stead ily ever since 7 o'clock this morning and at 2 o'clock this afternoon it was at 49 degrees above zero with promises for more. The wind Is blowing from the south a good sign at the rate of 12 miles an hour. Tonight the thermometer will not go below freezing if all signs work out and tomorrow will be another real spring day. Temperatures lor ins uay; 7 o'clock v 11 o'clock 41 8. o'clock i-ai 9 o'clock 3 10 o'clock...; 39 12 o'clock.... ....43 1 o'clock 45 2 -o'clock.. 49 Colonel J. D. McClnre Dead. Peoria, 111., March 2. Col. John D. McClure. pioneer resident capitalist, died this morning after a long illness.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE TOTTRNAIr THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1911. RAILR0AD HEWS. Rock Island Employees' Maga zine for March a Good One. Editor Reisman Making Success of Publication. IT IS FOR THE GOOD. Railway Magazines Create Loy alty and Enthusiasm. Other Items of General Inter est in Traffic World. The Rock Island Employees' Maga zine for the month of March has just reached Topeka. It is ona of the best numbers in the history of the publica tion and deserves special mention. More photographs, livelier news arti cles, and additional features reflect credit upon the editor of the magazine, Mr. Harley E. Reisman. The Rock Island Employees' Maga zine covers a field that no other pub lication can touch among railroad men. It comes nearer the desk and the hearth than any other railway period ical. An employee will glance through It at the office and then take It home to enjoy in evening hours. Editor Reisman has a series of de partments that are of interest to everyone in the family of a railroad man. The first page is devoted to up lifting quotations from prominent men. Then a full page cut of one of the gen eral officers of the Rock Island. Then a special article. Pictorial record of current events. Current events in the world's progress. Biographical sketcho of employees retired on a pension. Meritorious service record. News of Interest to women. News and personals from each division point. Special arti cles from railroad officials and from prominent men in the country. A railroad employees' magazine is a liberal education to the employees of the road. Oeneral officials use this medium to have "heart-to-heart" talks with the employees and explain to them complications in the depart ments. The news along the lines of the road Is boiled down until the em ployee can get better acquainted with, his road through this Information. Per sonals keep him in touch with old friends and associates. Photographs of current events serve the purpose of a national weekly Current news of gen eral interest give to him In concise form the doings of the day. The best feature of the magazine is the loyalty it creates among its rail road readers. Constantly pushing its road to the front and declaring itself proud of the fact, the employees' mag nzlne gives birth to similar feelings In the minds of Its readers and It nour ishes them. The railroad employees' magazine Is truly an upbuilder of loyalty and en thusiasm and merit among the readers In the office. In the caboose and along the ties. If it wasn't why would such successful and important roads as the Santa Fe. the Pennsylvania, the Illi nois Central and the Rock Island take It up? The question needs no answer. KECOGNTTIOX FOR FRED JONES. Topeka Rock Island Man Written JJp in Employees' Magazine. In a special feature article boxed In on an entire page, the Rock Island Employees' magazine for this month draws a moral among railroad men from a railroad Item taken from the columns of the State Journal some time ago. The feature story points out the new torn theory that railroad employees should be always courteous and polite to patrons of the road. Why a rail road official should be courteous to a patron needs no explanation to the average person who travels. A con ductor who will atop in the aisle, listen to your query and answer it to the best of his ability is one of the big gest assets to a railroad. And a pas senger office employee who Is always willing to offer Information concern ing the arrival and departure of trains, the price of tickets, the Pull man reservation .chances and the stop over privileges means more than a railroad can appreciate. The following is the manner In which the Rock Island Employees' magazine treated the subject: "Railway employees and public opinion. "Station agents and passenger train conductors, more than all other rail way employees, are an Important fac tor in molding public opinion of the railway Industry as a whole, because they come in contact with the patrons of the railways, numbering many mil lions of persons annually, of which number about 20 millions annually are TIZ For Sore Feet tired, A cluing, Swollen, Smelly, Sweaty Feet? Corns, Callouses or Bunions? Vam TTZ. It's Sure, Quick Ana Certain. Urn WIN Enjoy Using TIZ. The Mod Pleasant Row oar "lot sua Meraenr II Works. i At last here is instant relief and a hurt ling permanent remedy for sore feet. No pnore tirod feet. No more aehlng feet.- No. snore swollen, bad smelling, sweaty feet. 3s" o more corns. No more bunions. No) knore callouses, no matter what alls youn (feet Or what under the tun you've: tried without getting relief, JUST USBJ TIZ is totally unlike anything else fori the purpose you over heard of. It's thai only foot remedy ever made which acta en the principal of drawing out all th Cioisonous exudations which cause sorej feet. Powders and other remedies mere-j ly olog up the pore. TIZ cleanses them out and keeps them clean. It worka right oft. Tou will feel better -the very first time Its used. Use it a week and yoo. can forget you ever had aore feet. There Is liothing on earth that can compare with it. TIZ Is for sale at all druggists gents per box or direct If you wish from Tv'alter Luther Podsa it Co. Podza Bid-. Chicago. XU, served by the' Rock Island. "Uniform, courteous treatment of railway patrons should be an em ployee's first aim. "Unfortunately, in. the- past, many railway representatives have not been as amiable in their' dealings with, patrons as is desirable. "Much of the anti-railway agitation would never have been aroused if Items such as the following from a recent Issue of the Topeka State Jour nal, could have been truthfully print ed by the newspapers In every city and town: 'Fred Jones, assistant ticket agent at the Rock Island the only railroad man in Topeka who says 'Thank you' and 'You are welcome' over the tele phone has returned from St. Louis where he went on business.' NEW LINES IN OKLAHOMA. Contract Awarded for Work on Wich ita Gulf Line. Guthrie, Ok., March 2. To build the Midland Valley in Kansas there was recently organized the Wichita, Mc Pherson Gulf railway, and the con tract for grading the roadbed between Arkansas City and Wichita was let during the past week to Mr. Tansey contractor of San Saba. Tex. He agreed to begin work by March 1, the Midland Valley desiring to have trains running into Wichita by July 1. As soon as the roadbed is graded the Mid land Valley will take charge and lay the steel, which will take about fifty days' time. The Midland Valley now runs across Oklahoma from Fort Smith, Ark., to Arkansas City pass ing through Muskogee, Tulsa. Paw- huska and Foraker. From Arkansas City it will be built along the Arkan sas river through Gueda Springs to Slate Creek, thence to Oxford. Into Belle Plaine it will practically par allel the Missouri Pacific, thence di rectly to Wichita. Judge Ralph M. Campbell of the United States district court at Musko gee has appointed appraisers to assess the damages to Indian tribes in the right of way of the proposed Salllsaw, McAlester Southern railroad, which was chartered in September, 1909, with $100,000 capital, to build southwest from Salllsaw, Ok., to McAlester and thence to Honey Grove, Tex. Ada, Antlers and other southern Oklahoma towns are bidding for this road. A committee named by the Paw huska Chamber of Commerce has made necessary arrangements to have a survey made from Wynona to Okesa, both towns in the Osage Indian coun try, by which the Missouri, Kansas Tm rsllwuv would nas's through lexas railway woum pass tnrougn Pawhuska instead of about six miles east of that city. It would necessitate the "Katy" changing about sixteen miles of roadbed at a cost or 1500.-I 000, a great portion of which Paw- following the recent rate decision, has re huska offers to donate. suited in the discharge of 25 per cent of The citizens of Grandfleld, in the 'Big Pasture" country of Comanche county, are seeking an extension of the Rock Island railroad from Lawton to Randlett. a distance of twenty-five miles. Committees have been named to take the matter up with the Chicago I aIRia. ef ..1 r r m tiu nu nonillatt of. fers a $10,000 bonus for such an ex-I tension and Lawton $25,000. The Randlett committee is visiting Lawton, El Reno and Oklahoma City to inter est them in the project. By order of the United States court there was sold at Tahlequah this week all the property in Oklahoma of the St. Louis Southern Railway company, which was chartered to build from Southwest City, Mo., through Tahle quah to Fort Gibson, Ok. A portion of the -road was graded and it is an nounced that work will be resumed in the near future. IOLA TO BE THE TERMINUS. No Northward Extension From This City for Some Time. Iola is to be the terminus for' the Siggins system of Interurban railways, says the Iola Register. There will be no northward extension for some time after the line is completed to this point. D. H. Siggins Is quoted a au thority for this statement. And with his decision to include Iola as the nerthward point vanished the hope of Ottawa to be connected with the line. Ottawa also suffered a double disap pointment concerning the interurban situation. On the same day that Mr. Siggins announced that his plans for the present included a line as far north only as Iola, W, B. Strang wrote the Ottawa Republic and said: "We are not contemplating build ing a line to Ottawa," "These two statements," remarks the Republic, "sum up the trollev situ ation for Ottawa as far as anyone i able to tell now." "Just at present," says the railway builder, "our plans are not completed, but later we may be able to give you more information as to just how much building we will do. We are glad, however, that you are interested in the building of an interurban.." It would seem from this that Ot tawa is unduly discouraged. Mr. Sig gins does not say that he is not going to build to Otawa. He simply states that his plans now do not include such a proposition. It is perfectly clear that the building of the line connect ing Coffeyville with Iola, leaving only the gap between Iola and O'athe to complete a through line to Kansas City would furnish the incentive to some one to build the gap. MORTGAGE OF $125,000,000. Missouri, Kansas Texas May Be Fig uring on Improvements. Fort Scott, Kan., March 2. A mort- gage has been filed here in which the, Missouri, Kansas Texas Railway company Is the party of the first part, and the Central Trust company of New York is the party of the second part. The amount is $125,000,000. The mortgage papers came through the mail with other matter Saturday even ing. It is one of the largest deals filed here for over a year. The Katy, or M-. K. T., is ac credited to be the property of John D. Rockefeller. The significance of the move is not known. The Katy has been making a number of improve ments and it Is said that the money will be thrown into the railroad to more thoroughly develop it. The deal was not consummated here. All counties through which the road runs must have a copy of the mortgage filed and that is why Bour bon county books show the deal. There Is Joy in Wellington. Wellington, Kan., March 2. The Rock Island road is waking up. Hooray! Hooray! To be sung to the tune of "My Wife's Gone to the Coun try.' Everything comes to him who waits. Wellington has had to get along with a Rock Island station that would have caused a riot In many towns half the size. But it s all over now. The station officials are to have room to stretch their legs, and the traveling public will be treated as if the road were really glad to see them and their money. Thirty to forty feet more added to the south end of the building, the of fice enlarged, toilet rooms for both waiting rooms, more room for freight and baggage, larger waiting room on the men's aide, a new coat of paint for the whole proposition, and there you are. Superintendent George Rourke was down from Herlngton the other day and that was the order he gave to his chief of depot construction. ROADS WILL MAKE NO FIGHT. Western Lines Will Not Contest Com merce Commission Decision. Chicago, March 2. Thirty-flve western railroads have decided to make no appeal from the recent de cision of the Interstate Commerce Commission denying the roads the right to increase freight rates. They will accept the decree of the commis sion as final. The decision was reached at a meet ing of representatives of the roads at the Western Trunk Line association headquarters here. The opinion was advanced by many that, the roads; would be unable to make any strong er showing before the new commerce court than they had before the com mission and that once the new court had ruled, its decree would be binding for two years. It also was argued that if the roads comply with the decree without oh jection and withdraw the advanced tariffs before March 10, there will be an opportunity at a later date to sub- mit advances on certain rates, some of -which may meet with favor. Beggar Attacks Railroad Man. Santa Barbara. Cal., March 2. The only exciting incident of Monday's conference between President R. S. Lovett of the Southern Pacific and President E. P. Ripley of the Santa Fe was, when, upon the departure of the Lovett party for San Francisco, J. C. Dodd. superintendent of the San Joaquin division of the Southern Pa cific, was attacked by a beggar. The beggar upon being refused money, attacked Mr. Dodd viciously, striking him over the head with a cane and felling him. The scene oc curred at the depot and both Mr. Lovett and Mr. Ripley rushed to the rescue of Mr. Dodd. The assailant was placed under arrest. Mr. Dodd did not suffer any serious injury. RAILWAY NOTES. The Rock Island has placed orders for 10 000 tons of open-hearth rails with the Illinois Steel company for delivery next summer. lae golden spike, making the comple tion of a link in the Burlington's north and south line, has been driven at From berg. The last link between Tbermopolia and the end of the Nebraska' extension R..Pl,rlton will be built this year. The Burlington win tnen nave a line rrom ureat rails, Mont., to the Gulf of Mexico. The retrenchment order of the Chicago, Milwaukee nt Paul railroad Issued the force on the main line engaged, in construction, car repairs, round house Jf alone It is estimated thYt' TOvVen have been taken from the pay rolls. It was stated at the general offices that there had been no reduction of th Tiirfc Sound extension force. Hnl ho i-a Viu.n lowing T)AA, Island to ballast 50 miles of track west from Liberal, Kan., as soon as possible ior tne worK to oegin. steel dump cars have been ordered from the shops to the southwest. A Joint uptown ticket office for the various railroads in Kansas City will be a reality within a few years, if the plans launched at several conferences in St. Louis last week do not miscarry.' Announcement that over $60,000 will be expended In the enlargement of the Santa Fe shops at Cleburne, Tex., has been made by Mechanical Superintendent P. T. Dunlop. Mr. E. H. Woodman, formerly advertis ing agent of the Rock Island railway, but lately manager of the Chicago office of the H. E. Lesan Advertising agency of New York city, died Thursday, February 9, of pneumonia. Contracts have just been awarded to tne witnerspoon-mngiar company of Chi cago by the Santa Fe for the construo- tion of shops, terminals and other build. ings at Slaton Junction and at Sweet water on the Coleman cutoff. It has been learned in Las "Vegas, N. M., from an authoritative source that the Santa Fe has begun the purchase of right of way for the Dodge Clty-Colmor cutoff. The proposed cutoff will run in almost an air line from Dodge City, Kan., to -Colmor, N. M., and will reduce the distance now traversed by the road's main line between the two points 71 miles, besides avoiding the steep Raton moun tain grade and tunnel. It will open up a new territory for the output of coal mines along the Santa Fe. This eutoff likely will be the first section of the Santa Fe's new road shortening improve ments to be built. The second will be the Sulzbaoher-Vaughn cutoff, a distance of 100 miles, which will form a connecting link In the Santa Fe's Oalveston-to-Den-ver line. Surveys for both cutoffs, were completed last fall. The total mileage of the Belgian gov ernment railways on January 1 1910, was 1,268 miles of double track and 1,410 miles of single track. The Union Paclflo railroad is planning to engage in a far-reaching campaign of publicity In Colorado and Wyoming, with e object of settling up the fertile agri cultural reglns contiguous to Its main lines and branches. The company has expended over $4,600,000 In the construc tion of new lines and extensions In north ern Colorado within the last three years and Is preparing to build two more im portant branches. One of these Is the nronosed short line from TlAnvar Morgan, which will cut 30 miles from the through distance to Chicago, and an other Is iie branch from Dent to Fort Collins. The two combined will cost 14 000,000. Place for a Lame Duck. Washington, March 2. Representa tive Henry S. Boutell (111.) has been nominated by President Taft to be United States minister to Portugal. Mr. Boutell was defeated for renominatlon at the last primary election. Famous "Pint of Cough Syrup" Receipt N'e Better Remedy at Any Price. Folly Guaranteed. Make a plain evtud by mlxiner ona pint of granulated sugar and H pint of warm water and stir for two min utes. Put 2)6 ounces of pure PInex (fifty cents' worth) in a pint bottle, and fill it up with the Sugar Syrup. This gives you a family supply of the best cough syrup at a saving of $2. It never spoils. Take a teaspoonful every one, two or three hours. i The effectiveness of this simple rem edy is surprising. It seems to take hold instantly, and will usually stop the most obstinate cough in 24 hours. It tones up the J-ided appetite and is just laxative cnougn to De neipiui in A cough, and has a pleasing- taste. Also excellent for bronchial trouble, throat tickle, sore lungs and asthma, and an, unequaled remedy for whooping cough. This recipe for making cough rem edy with Pinex and Sugar Syrup (or strained honey) Is a prime favorite in tnousanas oi cornea in tne unitea States and Canada. The plan has been imitated, though never success fully. If you try it, use only genuine Pinex, which is the most valuable concentrated compound of Norway white pine extract, and Is rich in gulaicol and all the natural heallns pine elements. Other preparations will not work In this reclDe. A guaranty of absolute satisfaction, t or money promptly refunded, goes with, r this recipe. Your druggist has Pinex r or will get it for you. If not. Bend to i The Pinex Co. Ft Wayne, Ind. i TWICE IN AN HOUR This Task Russian Has Under taken in Topeka. Undertakes toPinWestergaard'g Shoulders to Mat. OPEN TO LADIES. Wrestling Contest Will Be Un objectionable to 'AIL Expected That Hackenschmidt Will Hare Hands Full. The management of the Grand thea ter which is promoting the Hacken-,j schmidt-Westergaard wrestling match next Tuesday night is anxious lest the impression be gained that such an Hackenschmidt, the Russian Lion, Who Has Undertaken to Throw Wester. gaarrt Twice in an Hour in Topeka. event is no place for a lady. Spencer A. Abbott, who has been cho sen to referee the bout said today that a dozen or more married men had ask ed him if it were a -erfectly decent aliow; They said their wives wanted to ottend but they were not sure whether to go or not. "I told them there was no show bill ed for Topeka this season any more decent or. respectable than this wrest ling match, that it was the best match which could be arranged anywhere in the world without Frank Gotch, and that any evidence of rowdvism in. the Grand theater would land the offender in the city bastile," said Abbott. And there is no wTestler in the world today except Champion Gotch whi has half the fame this Russian Lion, Hackenschmidt, bears. He is tl e most j.owerful of the wrestlers who are win ning the favor of the public today. Gotch, before his retirement, brought him to submission by his terrible toe hold but only after he had withstood the pain for 20 minutes. Jess Westergaard has lately gained recognition in Iowa, his own stae, and in Nebraska meeting local and foreign wrestlers. He has met this Russian JAon twice before and was defeated both times -but only sfter severe bat tles in which the mighty Hack was forced to use every trick he possessed. Because of these former triumphs. Hackenschmidt has accepted terms for this bout which will give Westergaard a very goodchanee of winning. Ho has agreed to throw the Iowa champion twice within an hour or be declared loser. Westergaard has a match with Geo. Turner, champion of South Dakota, to decide tho championship of Iowa .and South Dakota, at Lincoln, Neb., to morrow night. V MAX LOSE FRANCHISE. CoffeyvUle Magnate Thinking of Going to Pittsburg. Coffeyville, Kan.. March 2. Unless tha baseball enthusiasts of this city get a move on them and show the owners of the local franchise a little encour agement Coffeyville may not get to see laamia lioll thfn Reason after all. President Gross of the local club Is somewhat discouraged with tne treat ment he is receiving at the hands of 1 it to nAcaihlA that une ijwuib ncie w-j the Coffeyville franchise will be trans ferred to Pittsburg, xnat cny is more than anxious to buy the local fran chise and it is understood that Presl rnt Grass has been, offered a very in viting price for it. In speaking about the matter toaay mr. uto nm he had received a proposal from Pitts burg, but that no definite action had been determined upon as yet. T ivrnta to transfer the league franchise," said Mr. Gross in a conver sation with Secretary iimioii irwin oi m,gmhM if Commerce, "but the people here don't seem to be taking enough interest i" tne enterprise, a no .i,- rnffowillo In verv luckv to se- cure a place in the league owing to its size. It is tne nrsi iime m jlo ms tory that it has been offered an oppor tunity to see class G professional ball played, out as yet o""""b j little appreciation." DID IT TO PES MOINES. TOO. Starnagle Was once Expected at Hig gins' Camp. Des Moines, March 2. Catcher Star nagle, who remained out oi organized baseball for a year rather than report to the Des Moines team, is using the holdout tactics witn jopena. never been a star' catcher, and must at the present time be getting past hi prime, as It was a decade ago that he and Doran were catching for one of ihe Colorado teams, and he was not a youngster in tht day. He has pegged a month or two in the big 'eaguo siuce then, been a member of the Tri-State League in the outlaw days. He went there rather than re port to Des Moines and has seen ser vice for a year or two in the Eastern League. He is the old head of the To peka management, however, and may be more than useful for Morris and Kerrs, the two other members of the troupe and for the young pitchers. Right on the Job. At the time Dewey captured the islands, there was only one lighthouse in operation in the Philippines waters that on Cape Melville, Balabac island, south of the island of Palawan, and marking the entrance between the China sea and the Sulu sea. As is the custom in time of war, the Spanish au thorities had ordered all lighthouses to have their light extinguished when it was discovered that an attack on Ma nila was threatened by the American navy. It appears that this order was carried out at all other places, except at the lighthouse mentioned above, where the order was never received. The keeper of this light kept his light burning up to June 30, 1899. without as sistance, and was paid for his services from May 1, 1898, tor that date by the Philippine government .Philippines' Monthly. Y.M.CMMSIT Bin Diamonds of Kansas City the Winntrs. Game at Y. M. C. A. Last Night Was Ragged. SCORE WAS 59 TO 43. Goal Shots From Any Fart of Floor Frequent. Second Game Lost by T. M. C. A. in Two Years. In a rough and ragged game devoid of team play, the Blue Diamond bas ketball team of the Kansas City Ath letic club won from the Topeka Y. M. C. A. at the X. M. court last night Score 69 to 43. The absence of any attempt to use team work probably was due to the small size of the floor. The Topeka team has been accustomed to depend ing largely upon team work but at the Jump last night the Blue Dia monds began to throw at the basket whenever and wherever they got hold of the ball. .In a few minutes every player on the floor was shooting at the basket as soon as he got the ball or else kV tempting to pass to somebody at the itn5V ,?wthe cour- This resulted In the ball being thrown out of the bounds every minute and retarding tne game. That the score should have run so high under that style of play is to be Wn(!tr.ed at and ,a the result of only fhthlS?nlthat 13 tha accuracy X Y1Ch,ihe P11- could throw from any old position. nyi.rate th0 method of scoring fTiofT" 6Ven U not muc att raction to the spectators who long to see the ball passed down the floor and landed in a basket. Perhaps that is JXtJ?-CJ A Cstyle for they were adapted to it. They showed a throw ""If "sed by the locals and that is a nigh throw at goal from either hand 8aS putter Puts hia shot. The-game last night made the twenty-second played by the visitors this season and in those games they have lh2iL6e that to the Kansas university bunch at Lawrence. Thev SrSiPt?? the K- U flVe at Kansa f suPrnacy is at a draw. The Topeka team showed less form than at any time this year. They wttif l0St a game n two years wl lhe eJcePn of that to the WShlirn fiV iWeek &eo- "t sea l"'b is ea2l beat the Blue Dia monds McCarroll did the only stay work for the locals while both Gold- ...ox. iiU tennis were the best goal winners for the visitors. Nineteen fouls were called on To- S-1fanf en n,the Blue Diamonds. ?ii 'a1- the visitors, was disqualified for slugging Cowden near tne end of the game. The jlneup and score: ATHLETICS. G. F.T. F. 12 4 4 0 2 ..6 0 0 ..3 0 3 ..4 0 1 ..0 0 0 ..23 12 W M. C. A. G. F.T. F. 1 0 2 1 0 0 ..9 7 1 ..4 0 6 1 0 9 O 0 0 ..0 0 1 -.16 7 19 'Goldman, Cap., f.... Dennis, c Terte, g Mlnton, g Craig, f.... Awarded one point. Ream, f. Kettering, Bishop, g. Awarded four points. Officials: Referee: Harmon, West port high school. Timekeeper: Driver, Washburn. Scorer: Campbell, K. C. In the game which was to have been played tomorrow night by Topeka team and a team from Lincoln, Neb., the K. C. T. M. C. A. team will take tha place of the Lincoln team. Forbes-Dlxon Fight Off. Kansas City, March 2. The ten round fight between Harry Fcrbes of Chicago and Tommy Dixon of Mem phis, set for March 6, has been can celled by the Grand Avenue Athletic club here. and other ilk, due to an inactiva condi tioa of tiie Liver, Stomach sad Bowels, may be obtained moat pleasantly and moat promptly by using Syrup of Fig and EHxir of Senna. It is not a new ft and unb-ied remedy, bat is aed by milEons of weB4nformed fkmilia through out the world to cleanse and sweeten i and strengthen the system whenever laxative remedy is needed. When buying note the full name of the Company California Fig Syrup 3 Cow, printed on every package of the genuine- Regular price SO per bot. one xm oaiy.j For sale by all leading drnggiata. WW IO i HlHiHOMI. 1 1 1 "l1- Mum GRAND g 64 Varieties ai'V 17 Varieties 10 Varieties yours: qm pay V& 4TJV&i23. catalogue. Call at the store or write at once. tins rT3s n AsaM-d pll! j8 Its Name Tells AH About O K Florida for "Florida" means "Land of Flowers" theconntryof bright colors and fragrant aromas, of -wonderful palms and palmettos. Here, too, is tbe flower of culture and fashion Palm Beach the Southern rendezvous of wealth and women. There isn't a balmier spot in Christendom a better tennis court or more delightful bathing. Excursion Fares to Florida Via Frisco Lines These reduced round trip fares are now in effect via Frisco Lines from Kansas City daily, tickets being good to return at any time up to June 1, 1911: Jacksonville. Went Palm Beach Tampa St Aturustlne Palatka Bantow Homeseekers' tickets are also on aale the first and third Tues days of each, month at reduced fares. The Southeastern Limited leaves Kansas City at 6:15 P. M. daily; one day and two nights of rapid travel brings you to Jacksonville the second morn ing. The newest electric lighted steam heated drawing room Pullmans; perfectly equipped observation-library cars. Delicious Fred Harvey meals. Let me send you the beautiful Frisco Lines booklets and tell you about Florida and Cuba. OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 12, 2 to 5, and Friday evenings; Sunday, 9: THREE BIG GAMES. Washbnrn Win Play Kansas, Okla homa and Missouri Next FaU. Kansas. Missouri and Oklahoma uni versities are the three big games land ed b- Director Driver on the Wash burn football schedule for 1911. The Kansas Aggies are a fourth big team which the Blue is slated to go against. The 1911 schedule as a whole looks to be the hardest and altogether the best the local college has had In years. Ot tawa, Haskell, St. Marys, Normal and William Jewell are all worthy rivals and for the past three years very able rivals for the Washburn squad. What sort of a team the eollege will have next season is a matter of con jecture. A coach has not even been elected yet, though indications are stronger than ever for Driver. The board which met last night made no final decision though they adopted the schedule prepared by Driver. The members of last year's team are requested to meet at the T. M. C. A. building Friday night at 8 o'clock to elect a captain to fill the vacancy left by Phillip Whltcomb. The schedule: September 30 William Jewell at To peka. October 7 Ottawa at Topeka. October 14 Missouri at Columbia. October 21 Haskell at Topeka. October 28 Oklahoma at Norman. November 4 Kansas at Topeka. November 11 K. S. U. at Tapeka. November 18 St. Mary's at Topeka. Thanksgiving. 30 Aggies at Topeka. Bin Lang Is Matched Again. Seattle. Wash., March 2. Jack Les ter, the heavyweight pusllist tot Only a Short Time Left In Which To Take Advantage of My OFFER VECETABLE AND FLOWER SEED FREE Radish Onion lOVaurleUc 12 Varieties Lettoee 15 Varieties Flowers a Tomato Without One Cent of CostI The ODDortunitr Is anil open to those whn mil nr write at once, to secure free of any cost, my creat collection of 64 Varieties of Vegetable and Flower Seed. This most unusual offer is made purely to better Introduce to the people of Topeka and the Southwest "Zimmerman's Famous Quality Seeds," and thousands have accepted my offer during the past few weeks. I want every reader of this paper to have a copy or my beautiful 80-page Seed Annual for 1911, and to have the proof of quality in my specially tested seeds. I have made up a complete assortment of 64 varieties of tested vegetable and flower seeds which I will eive to anyone who calls at my store, or will mail them postpaid to any one who writes to me, and will present at the same time a copy of my big bargain catalogue. All I ask of yon as evidence of your good faith is 10 cents to cover postage and packing. 1 will re turn yonr ten eon ta by mailing or handing to yonwith the above offer a credit coupon good for 10 cents on a. future order at any time. Zimmerman Seeds are FIRST QUALITY seeds.true to name and snre to please. I am building up the greatest seed business in tho West and my success is due to the fact that I sell tested seed ONLV. and giveeverycastomerpromptattentloi, courteous treatmentand the MOST POSSIBLE in quality and quantity for every cent they ior my gooas, i want you vo nave mis caoico

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL THXTBSDAY EVENING, MARCH 1911. crprka tate ,5 crura al By FRANK P. MAO LENNAN. Entered July 1, 1875. as second-class rrmiier .t me postomce at lopeKa, wan,, vnaer me act 01 congress. j VALUME XXXVIII .....No. 51 Official State Paper. Official Paper City of Topeka. Dally edition, delivered by carrier. 10 cent a week to any part or Topeka, or suburbs, or at the uim price In any Kan sac town where the paper haa a carrier system. By mall, on year................ -J3.W men, tnree montni w aturday edition of dally, one year.... 1M gBEIX TELEPHONE. uainesa Office Vn eportere' Room 571 INDEPENDENT TELEPHONES. Private branch exchange: Call WJ and ak The Btate Journal operator lor per son or department desired. PERMANENT HO MS. Topeka State Journal building. WO and 102 Kansas avenue, corner Eighth. New Tor Offloe: 250 Filth avenue, Paul Block, manager. Chicago Office: Hartford building, Paul Block, manager. FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. The State Journal Is a member of the Aaaoclated Press and receive the full day telegraph report of that great newe or ganization for the exclusive afternoon publication In Topeka. The news la received In The State Jour nal building over wires for this sole pur pose. German universities appear to be .going the limit In providing for higher education. Eleven of them have de cided to establish courses In aeronaut tics. John Hays Hammond ought to make a most acceptable special ambassador from the United States to the corona tion of King George of England. He has an extensive bank roll. It's a long road without a turn even In the athletic activities of Washburn college. This year's basket ball team at that Institution is of the champion ship variety, and the debating team won its first contest in handsome style. Conditions seem to be improving even in Russia. A prominent army of ficer has just been sent to prison for demanding and receiving bribes from army contractors. This used to be'the accepted order of doings in the land of the Czar. Unfortunately, conditions were such on the first day of March as to open the way foi an argument as to whether the month came in like a lion. Still, this is one of those subjects, the dis cussion of which does no particular harm. Now that the army and navy appro priation bills have been disposed of by congress, the Japanese war scare has been carefully put away in pickle, and it won't be Eerved up again until an other congress Is called on to make appropriations for military purposes. Indications are that Mexico expects little time, or maybe future contingen cies are being provided against. At any rate the government has ordered the construction of 100 steel war cars, or traveling arsenals, for use on the railroads. The Cullen gold medal of the Amer ican Geographical society is to be pre sented to Professor Wagner of the University of Gottingen. Germany, for his achievements In geography. Is It Impertinent to inquire if the savants at the University of Copenhagen have passed on Professot Wagner's qualifi cations? AH the world is waiting with bated breath for the conclusion of the International chess championship matches which are being played at San Sebastian. There ought to be an International law against chess play ers or any other set of men working the people up Into such frenzied ex citement. Plans are being perfected by the big Westinghouse Interests whereby the workmen in its many plants are to have the privilege of becoming stockholders in the concern. This is also another privilege that the work men will have to pay for, although they probably will get better terms than the general investing public. No doubt about it, the United States senate Is strong on precedent. It has Just Indulged in the futile folly of holding an all-night session during which nothing was accomplished. If euch a session as this were not held at least once during each session of con gress the reputation of the senate would be more or less sullied. Speaking of clever press agents, how about Miss Carolina White, who sings the leading role In Puccini's new opera "The Girl of the Golden West?" It has Just opened an engagement in Chicago and Miss White after the opening performance delivered herself of an interview in which she said Chi cago was sure to become the. center about which the world would move. Another woman who claims to.be a daughter of the late Lucky Baldwin has bobbed up with a request that one-third of the jn.OOO.GOO estate left by him be turned over -to her. .This means more work for another .rrmt array of lawyers, and it -is likely-that when all these suits against the Bald win -estate are settled the lawyer will have most of it. That attempt of Australia to bar all trusts from doing business within its confines will probably fail fiat. The great trouble is that it is well nigh impossible to recognize some of the trusts at sight. Indeed, most of them are invisible and rather intangible affairs that are hard to tag No monopoly parades around with a. sign on it I am a trust.-" They live and work in devious ways. PENSIOXS FOB TEACHERS. In view of the fact that the senate has passed the bill which will permit beards of education In the cities of the f rst-class. In thir discretion, ti estab lish a pension system for the teachers, it is to be hoped that the house of rep resentatives will take similar action. Such a law will mark a step of progress in Kansas. These teachers' pension systems have been In operation In sev eral of the large cities of the country for many years, and they have work ed to the advantage of the teachers and the schools. And if they are good things for the larger cities, they are equally as good for smaller ones. Nowadays when the cost of living has reached a high level from which it is not likely to recede In any material fashion. It is no more than just that the school teachers should be provided for in their declining years. Few, if any of them, are overpaid. Indeed, for the equipment and education they are supposed to bring to their work, and which most of them do. the compensa tion that is accorded them is anything but proportionately proper. Because of this fact, it is unreasonable to assume that they can lay aside a sufficient sum to keop them in ease and comfort when their days of teaching are over. As the bill In question has been drawn the pension fund will not Impose much of an additional, burden on the people. Most of it will be raised by assessment on the salaries of the teachers, and such of it as oards of education have to contribute could well be saved by those bodies on other items of school administration. The establishment of this pension system will mean,- much more than merely providing a competence for teachers who have served in the schools a sufficient number of years to entitle them to it. The way will be opened for strengthening the teaching forces. Teachers are just like all' other per sons engaged in other activities of life. Many of them reach the point where the years have begun to tell on them and when they have outlived their usefulness. They hesitate to re tire, even if they recognize their fail ing powers themselves, because they have nothing much to live on. A board of education likewise hesitate to re quest resignations under such circum stances. It would, indeed, be a heart less thtng to turn aged teachers out on the world, after many years of faithful service, for the mere reason, even if it might be a sufficient one. that their work could be carried on In better fashion by younger and more modern teachers. But with a pension system in vogue such superannuated teachers could be relieved of their charges In an honor able fashion, and one that would be acceptable to every one concerned. All of the organizations of teachers In the state are In favor of this bill. It should become a law. The senate has started the ball a-rolllng. The house should push it along. The governor, no doubt, will do his part. Thus will a law be enacted .which will be well worth while. AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION. The constitution must be essentially a stable instrument sufficiently stable that it will not be changed by merely passing ideas, writes Walter K. Tuller in the March number of the North American Review. But since it oper ates not only as a grant, but as a limi tation of the powers of the govern ment. It must not be so rigid that it can not be altered to meet the needs of the times, as new and different con ditions affecting the national life arise." The constitution must be above light and whimsical changes, but it must not be so rigid and unyielding that It can not be moulded to fit the condi tions under which the nation actually exlsts. II it is, it is almost certain to be not a guaranty of liberty and advancement, but a hindrance to progress, and it may eventually be come an instrument of oppression. When a large majority of the people are convinced that the best interests of the nation require a certain change in the, constitution, it should not be within the power of a small minority to block their action. The two re quirements of a constitution just men tioned are of equal importance. The framers of the constitution recognized this fact, and while making ample provision for the stability of that in strument they also provided a direct means by which it could be amended in response to the voice of tho people. At the time of the adoption of the constitution there were but thirteen states. The concurrence of two thirds of them was not a matter of very great difficulty. But in the hun dred and twenty-three years since the constitution was framed the country has grown enormously, probably be yond the fondest dreams of any man then living. Today there are forty six states. To secure the concurrence of two-thirds of the states, which was a matter of comparative simplicity then, has become one of the greatest difficulty. It would seem that it might be well to amend article V of the constitution to provide that when ever one-half of the states concur In applying therefor a constitutional convention shall be called. The stability of the constitution is amply guaranteed. The extreme diffi culty of securing the concurrence of three-fourths of the states on any pro posed, change itself insures that no amendment will be adopted without careful and critical analysis. The danger today, as our social, industrial and governmental activities are be coming more and more Comdex, is that the constitution will become too far removed from the people, and through its unelasticity and the ex treme difficulty of changing it to meet the conditions under which the people actually live will become a hindrance to those advances which are essential to the common good. Smuggling In Italy. In no other country are the laws against smuggling so severe as in Italy. All the customs officials on the Swiss frontier are armed with car bines, and they are authorized to shoot any smuggler who seeks to evade them. Any peasant caught with even one pound of contraband tobacco is sure of two years' imprisonment be sides a ruinous fine. Still, many are found to run the risk, for the profits attached to smuggling are great. A knapsack full of tobacco, cigars, or salt safely landed yields a small for tune to the bearer, so heavy are the Italian taxes upon these. The custom house officers can not guard every point at once, and their movements are closely. watched and reported by the people, who are all In league against them. London Chronicle. JOURNAL ENTRIES If some people did not brag more or less they'd be strangers to com mendation. When business is combined with pleasure the former is apt to get the worst of It. A few men are so confident of their abilities that they frequently attempt the impossible.

The easiest way to get in good with a woman is to insist she is attractive despite her protests that she's not. Many women don't thoroughly enjoy a theatrical performance unless It works them up to tho crying pitch JAYHAWKER JOTS We -would willingly let every dog nave nis day, says the Marysville Advocate-Democrat, if they would allow us- to have our nights in peace. As the Gove County Republican says: "A newspaper may say a thou sand nice things about a man and his- business, how he Is decorating his win dows, getting In new goods, expanding his business, etc., and the editor will never hear a word of thanks. But let the paper speak, even unintentionally, in a manner not complimentary, and the paper catches what Sherman said war was. Such is life." Something pretty classy In the way of a birth notice in the Lyndon Peo ple's Herald: The legendary stork, whose benefactions are gracious, sweet and precious, left on Saturday, Febru ary 18, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rockey, as welcome a bundle of innocent, confiding femininity as ever adorned a home or filled the expecta tions of curiosity. A certain young man in Kureka tells a pretty one on himself, relates the Herald of that town. He has a horse which he prizes very highly. He recently had a photograph taken of his horse, his dog and himself. The dog was in the foreground and he stood just behind the dog holding the horse. He took the picture home and showed it to his wife, asking her if she did not think it was a pretty good likeness of him. "yes." she replied, "it's a perfect picture of you; but who is the fellow holding tho horse?" The town prevaricator worked this one off, according to the LeRoy Re porter: "When I was back in Indiana I knew a fellow by the name of Jim Sanders. One night when I was stay ing with Jim we got to talking about echoes. Jim asked me what was the longest echo I ever heard. I told him I guessed I had never heard one that took longer than a minute to get back. 'Shucks,' said Jim, 'that aint nothing.' Then he pulled -out his watch and showed me it was just 8 o'clock. Then we went out doors and hollered as loud as he could, 'Jim Sanders, 7 o'clock, time to get up.' And would you be lieve it, at exactly 7 o'clock the next morning the echo came back and woke us up." GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe.l No man was ever so busy he forgot when payday came. Many people seem to think that the simple life is a good thing for the other fellow. You can't prove that you are a friend of a man simply by being too familiar with him. "Inflammation of the digestion," Is the way Count McGowan describes hia wife's recent Illness. Another thing we have never been able to understand is why more jur ors don't get sick on the job. A woman likes to say of her hus band that she doesn't believe he ever would get up If she didn't call him. It is difficult to convince a lawyer that there are a number of things that can't be stopped with an injunc tion. Why is it when yon are lying awake listening for the clock to Inform you of the time it always strikes the half hour? .'i Very few men have an ambition to make garden that grows as rapidly as the weeds do when warm weather comes. While it is all right for a woman to visit her kin, we contend that she shouldn't insist on her husband going with her. The most foolish man that ever lived in Atchison was- a fellow who oiled the grate of his stove to keep It from squeaking. What has become of the old-fashioned man who fastened his watch chain to the little tab -stitched to the bosom of his shirt,, "I want a pair of ground grippers," said Count McGowan the other morn ing when he went Into a shoe store. He was after overshoes. An Atchison woman whose "par ents were poor, but who hated to work, has managed to pick up -'a liv ing by marrying three times. Just about the time the sauer kraut on the; kitchen stove begins to satur ate the entire' house with Its frag rance, the pastor calls. While it isn't necessary to catch cold in order to get free advice, you probably can secure more of it in that way than by any other known method. QUAKER MEDITATIONS. From the Philadelphia Record.' The tenor, as well as the pirate, can commit murder on the high C. Many a man carries a dollar watch who doesn't complain of bad times. It's all right to be up and .doing, but don't try to do the wrong fellow. About the hardest thing In the world to climb is the stool of re pentance. You have to keep your cellar coaled if you expect to keep your house people feel they owe so much to themselves that they never pay any body else. Mr. Gnaggs "I can never- find any thing about the house when I. want it." Mrs. Gnasgs "You seem to forget that you can always find fault." Starboarder "Slimpurse is actually praising the landlady's coffee." Hall room "Yes, Slimpurse always does that when he's behind a week with his board." 1 KANSAS COMMENT AS TO SNOBS. That town was never so small that it did not have its quota of snobs. The pest is universal and is as destructive to good society, as It is unproductive of any good. It lays down social rule, de fining who is eligible to be recognized and associated with and woe betide the man or woman who attempts to "butt In" in opposition ta the decrees of the snobs. Refinement and education are Scarcely ever considered requisites to admission, to the favored of the snobs, but personal wealth or the wealth of a father will cover a multitude of short comings. The young girl of refine ment, education and high ideals finds herself barred, while the brainless flirt who gads about the streets all day 'n the hope that the boys will take notice of her is considered highly eligible. The snob is rank poison to good society and when anyoae begins to set up lines to keep out young men and women be cause of poverty., or because they do honest work to provide for themselves or aid their parents they should be sat upon hard. The young people who refuse to become drones are entitled to the greatest respect and encourage ment and the question of eligibility into society should be solely a personal one based on character. Money is an accident; good breeding and character are acquisitions which are within the reach of every Individual and by en couraging their development we do much toward the improvement of so ciety. If we get to be broad enough to Judge each young man and woman on individuality and ignore the nonessen-. tials of environment or worldly wealth the snob will be pushed Into the back ground and that is a consummation most earnestly to be desired. Marys ville Advocate-Democrat. BRIBED BY HIS POCKETBOOK. Bribery of public officers is highly condemned by all honest men. The man who. holding public office, accepts bribe which influences his official con duct is properly denounced, as one con temporary puts it as a traitor to his trust. There is another bribery however, more dangerous because more subtle, for which the law provides no punish ment and for which only the whip of public scorn can afford penalty. This bribery is by one's own pocketbook. Some men who would scorn the bribe offered by another will accept without apparent misgiving bribery from them selves. "It will hurt my business?" This is the plea made by persons who are asKea to take a stand for righteous ness. It Is a selfish plea, but It is more; it is a criminal plea. It Is on the same low plane of bribery that public opinion condemns and the crimi nal law punishes. The reformer meets the evidences of this subtle form of bribery when he seeks the support of those who place self above principle. "Don't quote me It would hurt my business," is the re ply to the newspaper reporter when some question of vital public concern is under discussion. Conservatism is often another name for cowardice. Silence is golden some times but gold is the most cowardly of things. There is no bribery more poisonous than the bribery of one's own pocketbook. Such bribery cor rupts the very fountains of public and private morality. It is desirable to make a living, but it is necessary to make a life. Selden Independent. FROM 01SER PENS THE AILING SENATE. Does election to the United States senate put a premium on personal per versity upon crass, egotistic wrong headedness? One would say that It did, when a man like Joseph W. Bailey, of Texas, goes many n.iles out of his political way to sound the praise of a discredited Republican p-litician like William Lor jmer, cf Illinois. Or when an impassioned tariff reform er, like Albert B. Cummins, of Iowa, makes himself the leader of the oppo sition to the most effective act of tariff reform that has been brought forward for 50 years. Or when the well-reasoned counsel of New York and Massa chusetts on great measures is daily lost in the megaphonic din raised by the sagebrush statesmen of Idaho on this, that and the other political quib ble of debate. If there is a surprising degree of sup port for the plan for the popular elec tion of senators it may be becauv- the people think that the present system of election is responsible for the Bail eys, Heyburns, Tillmans and Jeff Dav ises of the senate, and that it may be time for the people, to take the selec tion of senators as near as may be into their own hands. We are near the sen atorial low water mark. Perhaps from sheer physical necessity the tide will begin to rise, without any change in the manner of electing senators. New York Mail. THE MAN WHO KNOWS IT ALL. "The man who knows it all" is found in every condition of life. In social in tercourse he flourishes in whatever soil he may chance to be planted, and once he makes any headway the comfort of many rational beings is seriously dis turbed, until he can be taken up by the roots and flung aside. His is an ex asperating nature to deal with, and tiie seriousness with which he insists upon being heard and the absolute certainty of his demeanor would be ridiculous but for the annoyance he causes to those forced to subnflt to his outpourings. In the business world he Is eVSn more inexcusable, and rarely achieves the success which one would infer from his boastful words is his. The trouble is that it is impossible to teach him anything; he "knows it all" anyway, he asserts, so why waste time npon him when so many of r.is asso ciates need tuition badly? He takes out in Imagination what many persons struggle all their lives to acquire, and the consequence is he soor. becomes "jack of all trades and master of none." He believes in '.ilmself though, or at least he professes to believe in himself, and there is no profession, no trade, no business enterprise of whatever mag nitude that he would hesitate to un dertake if the chance were offered him. Charleston News and Courier. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. From the New York Press.! Where a girl takes her mother's ad vice it's a sign she pretends to. Talking about the weather could make Shakespeare look like a bore. Maybe the reason nearly all women are so good Is they don't really like to be. You can tell how much one woman hates another by how nice she can be to her. To have it reproach you. when It de served it, the best place for your con science to be would be in your liver. DAPHNE. How strange that Eros should have done this thing! Chill with) a leaden Arrow Daphne's heart And fire Apollo's breast with golden dart. Both sped unerring from the same tens string. What agonies of grief and suffering Followed the little tyrant's rankling smart! Fear, hate and horror were the maiden's part The god's, the zeal a mighty wish will bring. So runs the myth;" yet through all after time The busy boy with clever cunning senda The winged magic from his fatal bow. Ah! happy he who at love's perfect prime Over no cheerless laurel weeps and bends, But wears the crown love's living joys bestow. Alan son Tucker Schumann, in the Bos ton Transcript. The Unbidden Guest. Before he can get in the mood for morning calls John McCarthy, of beautiful Bayonne, must meet a friend, and the friend must buy. and there must rush in a second friend, who buys also, and while the three are standing there, Io, in strolls still another friend, and from then on and on and on. Consider, then, that friendship has been extolled until nothing remains to be said; that the "Old Oaken Bucket" has been sung for times; that the in dividual match and cork repertoire of every man present has been exhausted, and the policy ot Washington Bhaped as it ought to be. Then, suddenly, a lull. No one else buys. Seized with that mania for making morning calls which invariably afflicts him in such crises, McCarthy alleges a most im portant business engagement and points his nose for the door. Perceive McCarthy now as he alights from a train at Bloomfleld. He pauses a moment, wondering why he has chosen Bloomfleld and then smiles as he descries a tiny suburban domi cile with pale smoke issuing from its kitchen chimney. The family of Dr. Frederick G. Shaul of Bloomfleld wonders when McCarthy strolls In, all amiability and, with a courtly bow, takes his place at the luncheon table. Spearing French chops from wher one sits, inserting one's thumb in one's coffee cup and eating muffins whole are practices not encouraged In the best Bloomfleld cir cles, but McCarthy has a soul above conventionalities. While he eats he talks entertainingly of many themes, and then weeps as in its order he comes to the subject of friendship. Imperturbability still is the most salient quality about McCarthy as he stands at attention before Recorder Cadmus In Bloomfleld court. Dr. Shaul, his involuntary host, has re fused to prefer a complaint, but Re corder Cadmus is adjusting his specta cles preparatory to giving McCarthy a "good talking to. A messenger an nounces that a friend wishes to spe'ak to the recorder at the telephone whereupon the magisterial intent changes to the direct route. "I will give you just five minutes to remove yourself from Bloomfleld." "Your honor is generous," cries Mc Carthy, with animation. "Two is more than ample. Observe me." And before the court clerk can ad monish those present that there must be order in court, McCarthy flees through the doorway and has vanish ed like a mist. New York Herald. Terrorized by Wildcats. Two wildcats that made their den In the ruins of the old farm house il which Jake Moore and his aged house keeper were found murdered more than ten years ago were killed by Fred Steiger and Wash Trenchard, local hunters. Together the cats weighed 55 pounds. For weeks the animals had terrorized th" Inhabitants of South Bushville with hideous cries at night, which at times could not be distinguished from those of a child. Women were afraid to venture out after dark, and the male population remained at home rather than take a chance at putting an end to the disturbance. When the news reached Steiger and Trenchard that big game positively ex isted in the swamp near Bushville they were not slow in getting together the best pack of hounds la town for an at tack. Well armed, the men drove to the Moore property, and there let the dogs loose. It became apparent that in order to rout the game, which evident ly was concealed under the debris partly filling the excavation, it was necessary for one of them to go down into the pit while the other remained on guard at the top. This Steiger con cluded to do, and unstrapping ,his cartridge belt he made one end fast to a floor timber and with the other eni. lowered himself to the bottom. One after another the dogs plunged head long into the cellar after their mas ter. Removing a pile of boards, Steiger saw a pair of green eyes starr ing at him not more than 3 feet away, ne reached for his gun and fired one barrel. As he did so out jumped two full-grown wildcats, spitting and snarl ing with rage. The next instant saw Steiger in a hand-to-hand conflict with them, supplemented by half a dozen dogs, while Trenchard looked on pow erless to assist his companion. By good luck Steiger succeeded in killing one of the cats as it was attempting to get away through the cellar drain, and the other was shot by Trenchard after it had fought off the dogs and was try ing to escape across the fields. Mon ticello, N. Y., dispatch to New York World. Guiteau's Head Preserved. "I was told today that the head of Guiteau, the assassin of Garfield, is preserved in a private museum near Muncie, Ind.," said R. A. Goshorn, a visitor from Cincinnati, at the New Willard last night. "It seems that a distinguished sa vant out Muncie way has a remark able collection of curiosities from all corners of the earth and some things in his collection are rather grewsome. He had a fad once for the collection of clothes, buttons, neckties, and such, of great men and also for odd things with a history like pieces of ropes with which murderers had been hung. "In some way he secured the head of Guiteau long after his execution here in the Washington Jail yard. I have never met any one here in Wash ington who could tell me what was done with Guiteau's body, but my recollection is that it was given to his sister or other relatives, who looked upon him as a demented person, rath er than a criminal. The body of the assassin of President McKinley was buried in quicklime, so no one could ret his head or do anything with his body, but Guiteau lived some time after Garfield's death and went through a long trial, so there was a slight decrease in the bitterness against him, when he went to the gal lows." Washington Post. Solving the Food Problem. A hen belonging to Mrs. Susan Smith of Bellmore, Long Island, lays such big eggs that one of them has been placed on exhibition in the window of a Bellmore -drug stored The hen is a Brahma 9 months old. The egg weighs 3 ounces. It Is 2 inches long. 1 inches thick, 7 inches in circumfer ence the long way. and 6 inches the short way. New York World. J THE EVENING STORY Dignffiea Sirs. Slade. (By Effle Stevens.) "It's father," Clara Horton an nounced in consternation, as the crunch, crunch of approaching foot steps on the gravel walk below was distinctly heard. "Then It's up to me to do the van ishing stunt," Warren Clagett de clared. "He simply must not find me here after having forbidden me the premises." Like many another poor young man. Warren Clagett had made bold to love his employer's daughter, with the usual result he had brought down the employer's wrath upon his erring head. Ha knew that discovery at the present moment would be as much as his Job was worth, and he could not afford to lose that while he was negotiating for, and had almost secured, a higher salaried position with the rival firm of Smith ft-Tullar. for these gentlemen would certainly have nothing more to say to a young man who had been fired. And his marriage with Clara depended upon his becoming independent of her father. He was too honorable to ask the girl to cast In her lot with his, trust ing to the slight prospect of her father forgiving them. But it Is one thing to ray one must get out of the way and another thing to do it. The young couple was having a stolen Interview In the upper story or a little building in the grounds of Mr, Horton's suburban home-, .the lower story of which was nothing more or les9 than an open summer house. The upper room, which Clara, who dab bled a trfle In literature, used for a warm weather, study, was reached only by a flight of stairs leading up through a trapdoor In the floor. It was useless for Warren to at temtt an exit by way of the stairs un less he wished- to run into the arms of his employer, so he turned his atten tion to the windows. The building was low, and he thought he should be able to scramble from some window to the ground. Alas! One glance re vealed -the fact .that the room con tained no windows which would not be in full view of the approaching Mr. Horton. Seeing that escape was Impossible, the young man, looked about him wildly in search of a spot, however small, in which he could hide until Mr. Horton had taken his departure, But in this direction, too, his hopeE seemed futile. The whole place did not contain so much as a cupboard. And In the wav of furnishings Clara had affected an almost masculine simplicity. Across the blank rear wall of the room were rough shelves loaded with hooks and papers, but the curtains, behind which as slender a person as Warren might have flat tened himself, had been omitted. The only article of furniture large enough to have concealed any one was the roll-top desk, but unfortu nately this occupied the middle of the room, and offered no secure protec tion. Warren gave Clara a look of comi cal despair. "Guess I've got to face the music, all right," he grinned. But Clara's wits had been working. She knew how much depended upon Warren's not being discovered there by her father. With a finger on her lips for Mr.! Horton could be heard ascending the steps of the summer house she tip toed to the opposite side ol tne room and took down some garments of her own which were hanging upon a con venient nail. Warren did not refuse to allow himself to be helped Into the long, loose motoring coat and close, gay little bonnet. Goggles and a thick veil wrapped about the lower part of his lean, smooth shaven face, com pleted the disguise. Fortunately Warren was a elender youth while Clara was decidedly tall for a girl, and the srarments were a fair fit. The task was completed not a mo ment too soon. The conspirators had barely seated themselves when Mr, Horton stepped into the room. "Why, father, aren't you home early?" Clara asked wirn wen simu lated unconcern. "Oh, I had to return after some naners I'd forgotten, Mr. Horton explained briskly. "I'm going right back. Thought I'd run in for a mo ment's chat." Then catching sight of the stran ger he added, "Excuse me. I didn't vou had company." Warren trembled lest his employer recoenize his daughter's apparel when he felt that gentleman's keen eyes fixed upon him; bur Mr. Horton proved himself as indifferent to the details of feminine attire as the aver- acre man. "My friend, Mrs. Milton Slade," Clara murmured, realizing wnai po liteness required of her. Warren could have groaned in despair. Why couldn't Clara have given him some fictitious name in Rtead of that of a real, though new, acquaintance? Of course he saw the point; the real Mrs. siaae was mi nified, and he er well, he was stiff. There the resemblance ended. What if Mr. Horton had seen the lady, even though he had not met her it was not at all likely. But once more Warren's fears nroverf srroundless. "Pleased to meet you, I'm sure," Mr. Horton declared heartily, start ing as if to shake hands, but Warren onlv half rose, inclining his head slightly. He had no desire to shake hands. Mr. Horton was not one, however, to be easily daunted. "Fine day for motoring," he con tinued volubly. "I suppose you mo tored out, though I didn't see any car outside. The too dignified Mrs. Milton Slade murmured an Inaudible reply. "Eh, whats that? queried Mr. Horton. "Mrs. Slade says that sne sent her machine back," explained Clara men daciously, suddenly realizing poor Warren's plight he possessed a deep bsLss voIcc "She has a' terrible cold and it's Impossible for her to talk much. She intends to return to the Albion House, where she is living, you know, by the next trolley car." Warren drew a long weain oi thankfulness, for he had been won dering what he should do should Mr. Horton persist in conversing. "I shall be very pieasea to nave you return in my car." Mr. Horton in sisted, graciously. "It will be pleas anter and quicker." The two guilty ones gazed at eacn other In dismay, but there seemed no way out of the predicament. If Warren refused to accompany Mr. Horton, that astute gentleman would surely suspect something. Warren slowly preceded Mr. Horton down the stairs, in an agony of dread lest his shoes be noticed. He walked. in auaking silence, beside Mr. Horton through the yard and let that gentle man assist him Into the waiting run about. The old gentleman sprang into the chauffeur's seat beside film, and they were soon whizzing away in the direction of town. Warren was "lost in gloom wonder- s Ing as to what he should do after Mr. Horton let him down at the Albion house. How was he to get out of his present rig without attracting unde- -slrable attention? He could not shed It on the street, and he certainly could not appear at hia boarding house or at the office In It. He was suddenly aroused by a little gasp from Mr Horton. t He turned about Just In time to see that gentle man's hands fall limply rom the driv ing wheel. Warren sprang forward and grasped the wobbling wheel Just in the nick of time to-prevent the car's colliding with another rapidly approaching ma chine. 'As soon as he could, he brought the ear to a halt and turned his atten tion to his companion. He knew that Mr. Horton had had several slight heart attacks, which he had kept from the knowledge of his family, and he feared the worst. To his great relief. Warren found that his employer had not even lost consciousness. "My tablets in my Inner pocket," he gasped, faintly. As soon as he had swallowed two of the tablets Mr. Horton began to feel "How can I ever thank you, mad am," he began. "Your presence of mind undoubtedly saved our lives. But for you this car would have col lided with the other." Then he broke off abruptly and stared hard at War ren. In the stress of the past few min utes Warren had forgotten all about his disguise. He had pulled off his goggles and the muffling veil, and the wide bonnet strings were untied and dangling about a decidedly mas culine face. "Clagett!" gasped Mr Horton and Warren's face assumed a horrified expression as he realized what recog nition meant. "You young scamp Mr. Horton chuckled weakly. "I thought those shoulders looked somewhat familiar. Well, well, since you were on hand when needed I won't he too hard on you. If you'd really been the dignified Mrs. Slade vou nrnhqhlv wnnMn't have known enough to so stop the car. my tne way, i near you've Deen trying for a berth with Smith Tullar. You'd better not eo anv further in th matter. I've always meant to take my son-in-law into, partnership with me." T-snY,.tcl,A.4 1 a t 1 V... A I t i. Clary JTlGSS. HUMOR Of TNE DAY oii "iien iimae dv tne large eaters of old. that made to Charles Gus- i.ua vi ownjcii wnen ne was oesieging Prague is worthy of recall. A peasant offered for the king's amusement to de vour a large hog then and there. General Koenigsmark, so runs the tale, suggested that one with such an appetite ought to be burned as a sorcerer, on which the peasant said to the king: "Sir, if your majesty will make that old gentleman tfilrA rft hia snua T i I Aa. 1. 1 i. i a win ca. null UL 1U1 tr l begin the pig." Argonuat. A lttflA l T ,1 BAAn 1 1 I n 1 near "the bearded lady," at one of the side Rhnwa at a m.n... f.l. 'i-1. v.n.i being evidently on good terms with the barker, indicated to the onlooker that it was probably related to the bewhlskered fpmnli An sh. a 1 ,1 .v. v, j t bearded lady your mother?" "No," an swered the erhUri "Sh i mtr fatl... Argonaut. A man left hia limhrplltt In tho RtanH in a hotel recently with a card bearing the following Inscription attached to it: "This umbrella belongs to a man who can deal a blow of 260 pounds'- weight. I shall be back In ten minutes." On returning j Been nis property ne round in its place a card thus inscribed. "This card was left here by a man who can run twelve miles an hour. I shall not be back!" Le Petite Rire, "How do you distinguish the waiters from the guests in this cafe? Both wear full dress." "Yes, but the waiters keep sober!" Cleveland Leader. One of the negroes on John Sharp Wil liam' place did him quite a valuable ser vice once, and he wished to show his ap preciation. After paying hum, Mr. Wil liams asked: "Now. uncle, which shall I give you, a ton of coal or a big bottle of whisky?" "Massa John," he replied, "yo' shorely knows Ah on'y burns wood." Argonaut. This was heard in an overcrowded ele vated train: "Say, Dick," said the young man whose football tactics had won him a strap in the rush. "Say, Dick, I've been riding on the L' every morning ex cept Sunday and holidays for two years, and I've never given up a seat to a lady yet." "You're a polite one," sneered Dick. "Nothing of the kind," retorted the younff man. "I've never had a seat to give up." Argonaut. Once upon a time a book agent got the Hon. Champ Clark, of Missouri, Into a corner, and, though his victim was help less, the agent was not cruel. "I beg your pardon," he said solicitously. "I have a volume here which I don't want to trou ble you with, but I hope you will permit me to show "Don't apologize, don't apologize!" Mr. Clark broke in impulsive ly. "I know you've got to do it. I'm from Missouri!" Judge. David Bispham was undergoing the min istration of the sr-ap's barber. "I 'opes." said the barber, "that we. shall 'ave the pleasure of 'earln' you at the concert to night." "No." explained the famous sing er, "I've had a long and exhausting sea son in America and within a few days I am to open in London. I have decided not to do anything on this voyage." "It's the same way with) me," said the barber, understanding. "When I'm hashore I never looks at a razor." Success Maga zine. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. Even the freckle faced girl has her good spots. When a man' ceases to doubt he be gins to do things. Every man is said to have his price, but he rarely gets it. And it's what a man has been that makes him .what he is. It's funny how sympathetic some people are when it is useless. Probably there is nothing more in dustrious than an idle rumor. Holding his nose to the grindstone will not sharpen a man's wits. Love at first sight may look like blind love to disinterested psrsons. Many a man acts like a genius when all that ails him is indigestion. Some men go about seeking tempta tion in order to test their will power. A man is never too old to learn that he knows a lot of things he should forget. It isn't difficult for a man to get a woman to agree with him if she isn't his wife. Occasionally a man makes his mark In the world because his wife makes him toe it. When you hear a man say that he feels better when he works, it's your cue to make a getaway. An epithet is applied to a man dur ing life, while an epitaph doesn't show up until after his demise. After a widow has made up her mind to marry another man she be gins to wear colors to match his com. plexion.

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G THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNALTHURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1911. The HANAN SHOES who want custom The name Hanan has been the Best Let us Hanan NORTH SIDE NEWS. 'TFlll Complete SI elan Bridge Ex tension Work May 15. Workmen 33 Per Cent Ahead of Schedule Says Foreman. SINKING COFFER DAM. Place Concrete Structure iu Po sition Without Break. laymen and Engineers Were Skeptical of Success. The extension of the Melan bridge .will be completed and ready for traf fic by the middle of May, several days ahead of the contract time for the finishing of the job. This is the estimate of Foreman Hamilton, who Is in charge of the work for the Car michael people. The contract call for the extension work to be in by May 1. However, at present Mr. Ham ilton estimates that the work is 33 per cent ahead of the schedule. The 135 piles for the south abut ment have been sunk. The timbers are enclosed in a concrete coffer, dam, perhaps the only one of its-kind in Kansas. It is 30x4 0 feet and 13 feet high at its highest point. Its weight ,1s 178,000 pounds. The huge structure is being sunk Feven feet into the ground by an un dermining process. It has been sunk three feet already without a crack. This is contrary to expectations as many laymen and engineers expressed doubts that it could be done without some breaks. It was made to keep water from entering the south abut ment pier pit and thus avoid the dif ficulty encountered in digging the foundation for the north arch. This place proved one of the rtumbllng blocks of the Johnson Co. who took the contract a year ago this month. From that time until Sep tember the company struggled along nnd then abandoned the undertaking In September. Following O'Connor Son, of Kansas City, took the job, but on account of a legal flaw his contract was thrown out. After that the contract was again relet to the C'armicael people in November. Their fcid was J2S.860. His force of men have been rush ing the work even' working day al though hindered by bad weather. At present the structural iron work Is being placed on the north arch nd will be in position by tomorrow night. A Httle later the concrete will be poured in the mould. Xotes and Personals. The annual meeting of the Prairie Home Cemetery association will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the usual place. Plans will be dis cussed for the maintaining of the cemetery. V. R. Parkhurst, county engineer, is making a report today before the Kaw drainage board regarding the drainage of the farms in the vicinity of Silver I-ake. Recently he made an inspec tion trip in that neighborhood to see what was best to be done in this line. Mrs. A. L. Paxton has returned Trom Burlingame where she went to attend the wedding of a relative. Miss Mary Chattle of 705 North Monroe street is recovering from an attack of grip. Two North side men were discuss ing their wedding ceremony this morning. "Just before my wife prom ised to love and obey me, some one tipped over a chair, and as the noise drowned her remarks. I don't really know whether or not she promised to or not." said one. "Well. I heard my wife say those words," said the other, 'but she has denied it ever since." The one-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. TafEner is seriously 111 H A YD EN'S Umbrella Sale Regular prices from SLdO up to $15.00. You can now choose from the entire stock of these fine Umbr ellas at 25 per cent to 30 per cent off. Sale lasts one week only. Jas. B. Hayden Jewelers 727 Kana. Ave. Opticion I Spring Styles of HANAN SHOES 99 Are Here Now! either Shoes or Oxfords in all the varied shapes and leathers

to are made for particular men men finish, custom fit and genteel styles. means the Best in footwear and for 55 years. show YOU what means to your foot at her home, 1024 North Jackson street. Miss Pearl Timby of 543 Park street Is ill with pneumonia. Mrs. Louis Allen is moving from 907 North Harrison street to 1000 North Harrison street. Word has been received here that Rev. Frank Hosier, formerly pastor of the North side Baptist church, has been appointed pastor of the Trinity church of Cleveland. Ohio- About 70 people attended the social at the North Side Baptist church last nigrht. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Cunningham have left for a visit with relatives In Wa bash, Ind. Miss Zola Mendenhall entertained a number of friends at her home Tues day night. Those ipresent were: Miss Bessie Rucker. Miss Hattie Benson, Miss Ada Kutz, Miss Ester Rockwell, Miss Nina Brown, Mr. Charles Hobart, Mr. Sherwood Kline. Mr. James Barnes, Mr. Mark Maxwell, and Mr. Hugh Clark. The Ladies' Foreign Missionary soci ety of the Kansas Avenue M. E. church will meet tomorrow afternoon at the home of Miss Holman, 1016 North Kan sas avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Esterly. of 716 North Topeka avenue, who have been in Chicago to attend the funeral of a relative, are expected home in a day or two. A. M. Petro. druggist REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. J. L. Marken and wife to J. Ewings, e. n. e. Vi 19-10-15 4.S0O C. F. Andrews to E. J. Andrews, int. in lots 347-49 and 51 Arter ave.. J. W. Morris add SCO R. E. Brockett to M. J. Sanders, lots 30 to 218 inc., Byron ave., Oakley's sub. 750 W. A. Johnson and wife to Wm. Mc Caslin, lot 206 and pt. 208 8th ave. west, Home's add.; 1,500 M. A. Tickey to B. Fry and others, 6 lots on Carnahan St., Irving Place add 1,050 P. B. Lee and wife to W. L. Fllck inger and wife, lots 18 to 26 inc.. Mission ave., Seabrook add 100 C. F. Miller and wife to J. Engelke, s. w. ii 5-12-17 8,000 R. E. L. Webb to J. Holliday. pt. lot 118 Jackson st.. King. Haywood McFarland add 1,000 C. E. Brost and wife to O. Swanson, lot 29 and pt. 27 Horns St., Brig ham add 3,000 W. Kirn and wife to H. T. Neiswen der, s. s. e. 25-10-12 12,000 A. McCord to E. M. Cockrell. lots 43-4-5-6-7 and 8 Olive St., Knox 1st sub. 200 E. R. Osborn and wife to J. T. Por- ter, lots 446-48-50-52 and 472 and 74 Western ave., Middaugh's 2nd sub. 2,000 C. B. Higdon to E. Argo, lots 251-3 and 5 Liberty St., Knowles' 2nd sub. 1,000 L W. Wilson and wife to I. Linden, lots 175-77 and n. 173 Cqllege ave.. Add B to College Hill 1,000 W. F. McLaughlin and wife to same, lot 459 and n. 457 Clay St., King's add 3,200 D. E. Esterly and wife to W. F. Bowen, n. w. lot 103 West Sth ave 375 C. Bessant to 3. Robert, pt. n. w. 31-12-17 14.475 E. H. Johnson and wife to A. Brand ly. n. n. e. 'A and s. n. e. V. 20-12-16 9,900 M. J. Ixcke and wife to A. W. Mc- Vey and others, lots 6-7-13-15 and 16, blk. 12. Auburndale add 3,3)0 F. Graham to E. H. Anderson, lots S and 6 of n. e. 4 34 and s. w. Vt. 34-11-15 27,500 A. C. James and wife to H. Mark ham, pt. s. w. 6-11-1S 105 F. H. Rippetoe and wife to S. W. Markley and wife, lot 135 and pt. 33 Lane St., Home's add 3,500 C. B. Mitchell and others to R. H. Bumes, lots 9 and 10 16th St., Ridge way sub 3,500 Tax deeds to E. H. Alexander, lot 58 11th st.. Beane's add H. J. Lane and wife to C. W. Trapp, pt. lots 218-20-22 and 4 St., Home's add 700 D. Rowley to L. C. Christman, w. s. w. K 16-11-14 4,500 OAKLAND GOSSIP. Items for the Oakland column may b telephoned to Ind. phone 175L Scott Kelsey, jr., is unable to be in school on account of illness. He is suf fering with an attack of the mumps. Herbert Newland has returned to his home in Effingham, after spending two weeks here with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Marshall of Oberlin, Kan., will come here the last of the week to make an extended visit with relatives and probably remain permanently. Mr. Harry Porter is spending two weeks in Kansas City on a business trip. Miss Henrietta Mills of Balina is ex pected here the first of the week to make an extended visit with relatives and friends. Mr. Clark Thomas is improving, after being sick two weeks with an at tack of the grip. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Kelsey of Silver Lake were guests at dinner Wednes day of Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Kelsey. Mr. and Mrs. Pleasant Smelser of 347 Winfleld avenue will entertain Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Smelser and daughter and son, Dollie and Llewellyn, and Mrs. Henry Shuler and daughter, Mary and Dorothy, at dinner this evening. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Coe spent Wednesday evening visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Dunn. Mrs. Rafferty of Oakland avenue is unable to be out on account of illness. Mrs. Frank Fluke, who was severely burned about the face several days ago. Is improving and is able to be out and around. She took a chill during the night and went to the rtove. when she became sick and, fainting, reeled against the stove, sntining severe burns on the face and neck. $y.oo Mrs. Charles Curtis ind her tiaugh ters, Miss Permelia Curtis and Miss Leona Curtis, will leave in two weeks for their trin abroad. If a special session of congress is called, they will change their plans somewhat and will spend some time in Washington be fore going to New Tork. Miss Perme lia Curtis will entertain her club at luncheon Saturday. The club does not play during Lent, but the girls will meet with Miss Curtis this week on account of her early departure for Europe. Mr. E. L. Coulton, chairman of the national foreign work committee of the Y. M. C. A., and Mr. B. B. Lock- wood of China will be in Topeka Tues day, March 14, and Mrs. W. R. Stubbs will give an informal reception for them Tuesday evening at the Gover nor's house. The Alumni Owls will have a spread tonight at the home of Miss Marjorie Thompson in Fotwin. The Portia club were entertained at luncheon today at the home of Mrs C. H. Searle, 1429 Topeka avenue. They held their annual all-day meet ing and election of officers. Mrs. J. K. Codding of Leavenworth, one of the out or town members of the club, was present, and read a paper on cities of Canada.

The El well Bridge" club will meet next Monday with Mrs. vv. P. Hemp hill, 817 Lincoln street. The meeting this week was held with Mrs. H. E. Lyman, at her home on Polk street. The members of the Story Tellers' club gave a dinner Wednesday night at the Mission Tea room for Mr. Richard Thomas Wyche of New Tork, president of the National Story Tell ers' club, who lectured at the high school last night. Covers were laid for Mr. Wyche, Superintendent and Mrs. E. E. Fairchild, Professor and Mrs. David Starr, Professor and Mrs. L. D. Whittemore, Miss Loretta Strickler, Miss Gillis, Miss Mattie Westenhaver, Miss Dolly Martin, Miss Blanche Stewart, Mrs. Katheryn Crawford, Miss Caroline Medlicott, Miss Llnna Bresette, Miss Mabel Smith, and Miss Lulu McKee. The tables were attractively decorated, and the place cards done in silhouettes il lustrating the stories told by Mr. Wyche. The unusual closing used in the coat of the suit shown is attractive, as Is the broad-shoulder effect of the revers and collar; which make a be coming model for slender figures. This collar is made of silk, and on it, mark ing the line of each shoulder, is a band of silk embroidery, a band of the same finishing the bottom of the coat and trimming the sleeves. There is a vest effect of black velvet, the same ap pearing as cuffs, and the narrow bands on the skirt. The latter is plain save for this band and a broader one, of the embroidery. The Kansas State Agricultural col lege alumni association will have their annual banquet Saturday night, March 4, at the Commercial club rooms. Professor E. H. Webster of Manhat tan will be the principal speaker of tne evening, and a Quartet from the Agricultural college will furnish mu sic. About a hundred people will at tend the dinner.

The board of directors of the T. W. C. A. will give a dinner tonight for Miss Mary Prentiss, of Buffalo, N. Y., who is spending a few days in Topeka. Miss Prentiss is secretary of the Buf falo Y. W. C. A. The policy of leaving the ice cream on the back porch while the dinner is being served proved inexpedient at a private dinner party Monday night. The table was cleared for the last course, and the guests waited for what seemed an unnecessarily long time. wondering what it could be that re quired such elaborate preparation. Finally from the rear of the house came the echoes of a violent commo tion, and presently the maid appeared tearing her hands and wringing her hair, to announce that no trace of the freezer could be found. The host, who has since become Lord Chief Grand Ruler (or something like .that) with all the authority the office conveys, was then only a civilian without the extra ordinary powers now in his possession, and could neither apprehend nor hang the thief, but the following day he found the freezer in the alley back of his house and will hand it over as evi dence to any sleuth who can locate the criminal who so basely deprived his LIQUID CURES ECZEMA WHERE SALVES FAIL In regard to skin diseases, medical authorities are now agreed on this: Don't imprison the disease germs in your skin by the use of greasy salves, and thus encourage them to multiply. A true cure of all eczematoua dis eases can be brought about only by using the healing agents in the form of a liquid. WASH THE GERMS OUT. A simple wash: A compound of Oil of Wintergreen, Thymol, and other in gredients as combined in the D. D. D. Prescription. This penetrates to the disease germs and destroys .them, then soothes and heals the skin as nothing else has ever done. A 25 cent trial bottle will start the cure, and give you instant relief. Geo. W. Stansneld. Druggist, 32 Kansas Ave. starving guests of their last morsel of nouishment.

The following -is au-account from a Lawrence paper of a party attended by a number of Topeka people, including Mr. and Mrs. B-- F. Akers, and Dr. and Mrs. D. E. Esterly: Last evening about two hundred an 3 fifty guests were entertained by Dr. and Mrs. George Esterly, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Means and Mr. and Mrs. Luther N. Lewis wltha-neeeptlon-dance. The hall looked very pretty. The stage was banked with ferns and-palms, while at intervals amid the-green were bowls of white daisies. Behind this bank of green "Shanty"; Newhouse's orchestra was stationed.. The musical program was especially good last evening and during the reception -which was from 7 until 9 the orchestra played. After 9 the guests, enjoyed dancing. During the Intermission supper was served in the dining room, at quartette tables. Here the- decorations were in red. The tables were centered with candles under, red. 'shades, while south ern smilax hung in festoons about the chandeliers and every available place. Assisting the- hosts and hostesses were Mr. and. Mrs. Charles Elwell, Mrs. Charles Esterly, Mrs.. Frank Benedict, Mr. and Mrs. George Shaw, Mr. and Mrs. George Barker, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Sinclair, and Mrs. Spangler. 46 46 The Helianthus Literary club will meet Friday. March 10, with Mrs. C. W. Horn, 428 Topeka avenue.

The marriage of Miss -Nettie Irene Amos and Mr. Harold Robb Lauder milk was solemnfzed Wednesday even ing at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William F. Amos, 1425 College avenue, by the Rev. J. A. Mad ison. A large number of friends wit nessed the ceremony, and the guests from out of town were: Mr. and Mrs. Harold Williams of Kansas City, Mrs. Hamilton of Chicago, Mr. Kenneth Simmons of Lawrence, and Mr. Ben nett of Chicago. The bride was gowned in a white embroidered net gown over white silk. She wore a long tulle veil and carried a shower bouquet of white flowers. Her bridesmaid. Miss Anna Robinson, was dressed in pink and car ried pink roses. Mr. Kenneth Simmons was Mr. Laudermllk's best man. Mrs. H. L. Strohm played the Lohengrin wedding march, and Miss Marie Van derpool sang "Heart's Desire" and "The Life Road." After the ceremony Mr." and Mrs. Laudermilk went to Kan sas City, where they will be at home to their friends at 2614 Prospect avenue.

Miss Ethel Barnes, who will be mar ried this soring to Mr. Ralph Wilson of El Paso, Texas, was given an apron shower Wednesday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Barnes, 1314 Kansas avenue. The company includ ed: Miss Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Padgett. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Don Payne, Mr. and Mrs. C. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. D. Clark, Mrs. E. J. Leah. Miss Letta Sherwood, Miss Lola Sinclair, Miss Lucy Evans, Miss Lucy Wilkerson, Miss Ruth Boyer, Miss Muriel Packard, Miss May McKown, Miss Olive McNown. Miss Ona May Mil ler, Miss Ada Glidden, Miss Brunette Walter, Miss Harriet McCaslin, Miss Ida Barnes.

Notes and Personal Mention. Miss Elizabeth Holliday, who spent the winter in Boston with Mrs. T. J. Kellam and Miss Katherine Kellam. will return home Friday. Mrs. J. P. Rowley and her daughter. Miss Floyd Robenson, will no to Kan sas City Saturday in company with their guest, Mrs. Adelaide Smith, who will return on that day to her home in St. Louis. Mrs. W. C. McDonough underwent an operation today for appendicitis at St. Francis hospital. Mrs. Victor Johnson, of Randolph, is here to spend a few days with Repre sentative Johnson; Miss Katherine McCarter, who is a student at Baker university, will arrive Saturday to spend Sunday with her parents. Dr. and Mrs. W. A. McCar ter. Mr. Luther Brltt, of the Kansas uni versity, will spend 6aturday and Sun day witli friends in Topeka. Miss Helen Morrow is expected to spend Sunday with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. O. S. Morrow. Mr. J. D. M. Hamilton will return from a trip to Texas this week. Miss Louise Wood, who spent the past two months in Chicago and In dianapolis, will return home this week. Miss Ella Lyle, of Lyons, will come soon for a visit to the girls of the Sigma Delt House. Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Cartlidge and Mr. and Mrs. Archie Mulholland left Wednesday for Chicago to spend a week. Miss May Kelly, who was the guest of Miss Mildred Morton, has returned to her home in Kansas City. Miss Laura Morgan has returned from Los Angeles, Cal., where she spent the past three months. Dr. and Mrs. C. R. Young announce the engagement of their daughter, Bessie Elizabeth, to Mr. I. S. Galitzky. The wedding will take place the latter part of this month. Mrs. W. A. McCarter left today for Norton, Kan., to give a lecture Friday night before a meeting of the North western Teachers' association. Mr. John R. Mulvane has gone to San Antonio, Tex., to spend a week with Mrs. Mulvane, who has been in the south the past month. Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Southwick and Miss Laura Southwick spent Wednes day in Kansas City. Mrs. Eustace Brown of Olathe was the guest of Mrs. W. A. Johnston Wednesday. Those who attended the cooking class are Invited to become members of the Century Health club and learn the relative value of foods for health and strength. Mrs. Todd addressed the club at their meeting March 1. The Ladies' Aid society of the First United Brethren church will meet Fri day afternoon with Mrs. A. L. Hoatson, 423 Greenwood avenue. EVENING CHAT BT RUTH CAMERON. Don't you think it's about time for another "unusual occupations for women" talk? I do. And I have one that particu larly interests me to tell you about today. "Particularly interest me," I say, not because it is such an interest ing or extraordinary occupation, but because it is a little niche in the work of the world so cleverly and so suc cessfully filled. It is the story of how a clever bus iness woman makes cracked cups and saucers and broken plates yield her a big enough income to make it pos sible for her to indulge in some of the luxuries of life. j This woman lives in another city, so if you should care to try to emulate her you might find a petfectly open field here. Mrs. C calls her business "restoring and mending." That means that she mends or when the-pieces are lacking restores by moulding, riveting and EVERY Mm CAS HAVE A FME-PHK COMPLEXION fflTHOLT POWDER OR ROUGE If the Skin Is Oily or Sallow and Life less This Will Make it dear and Satiny. OUiness or that sallow, lifeless con dition of the skin can easily be cor rected if the face, neck and arms are massaged nightly with a cerol cream. It is surprising what a delightful massage cream cerol makes, and as it costs but a trifle and is easily prepared every woman should keep It handy. To make, get 2- ounces of cerol at the drug store and dissolve in a scant pint of boiling water, stirring until smooth. Massaged In the skin, it corrects all faulty conditions and gives the com plexion a healthy pink and white glow. tinting broken. china or bric-a-brac of any sort. Mrs. C. started simply, as a mender. She had an excellent cement and went all Over the country demonstrating this cement and mending china. Finally she grew tired of traveling and made up her mind to settle down in Boston and build up a stationary business. She applied at several of the Jewelry and china tores for some of their repair; work and also got from them the names of some of their best customers and sent cards to them. Every successful piece of work brought her more work until now some of the best jewelry and china stores, not only in her own city but from other cities, send her their most deli cate work. She does not only ordinary mending of china but almost anything in the line of restoring that you can think of. Fans, dolls, cut glass, dishes and opera glasses are scattered about among the cups and saucers and plates and vases, awaiting the restorative touch of her skillful hands. Many beautiful and precious pieces of china are brought to her and com fortable sums are paid her to restore some of these particularly treasured bits of bric-a-brac. As so very many china hunters visit her shop to get their household goods restored from the ravages of the care less housemaid or the vandal baby she has an excellent opportunity to make money by selling rare china and pot tery and always has a cabinet full of It to catch the china fiend's eye. Any woman with some business abil ity, deft fingers and enough artistic sense to mould correctly and mix col ors well. Mrs. C. thinks could follow in her footsteps and that there is a great field for this sort of work in other cities Mrs. C. is convinced by the orders that come to her from a distance. Her advice to a woman who wants to start such a business Is to apply for work as an apprentice in the re pair shop of some big jewelry estab lishment, and If possible to take a course in modeling and color mixing under some artist. (Item for the East Topeka column may b telephoned to Ind. phone 1751. Mrs. Eessie Carrouthers is improv ing, after being quite sick for the past three weeks with an attack of pneu monia. Miss Eura Enochs returned today to her home in Grantville, after spending several days here visiting Miss Eva Stitt of 232 Chandler street. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rogers of Kanka kee, III., arrived here yesterday to make their future home. They will go to Big Springs to visit his parents for a few days, returning to Topeka to be at home with his brother. Mr. Elmer Rogers, until they find a location. Mrs. J. J. Huyett of Richland is here spending a few days visiting her daughter, Mrs. O. C. Goenour, of East Fourth street. Mrs. J. R. Stitt is suffering with an attack of rheumatism. Floyd, little son of Mr. and Mrs. John Oliver, is quite sick with an at tack of the grip. Miss Eva Stltt's Sunday school class of the Third Christian church will meet this evening at the home of Miss Jennie Peterson to hold their regular meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Cookinham of Logan. Kan., are here visiting her aunt, Mrs. Rose Coe, of East Fourth street. Mr. Cookinham Is a brother of Dr. Cookinham and is in the city for treatment. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Miller have re turned to their home in Atchison, after spending several days here visiting rel atives and friends. Miss Louise Johnson has returned to work, after being off several days on account of Illness. Mr. Robert Stockwell of Denver, Colo., arrived yesterday to attend the funeral of his sister, Mrs. Martha Stockwell Binns. He i the guest of his brother, Rollo W. Stockwell of East Hill. Miss Henrietta Warren left yester day for her home in western Kansas, after spending two weeks here visit ing relatives and friends. Mr3. E. C. Allen is improving, arter being quite sick for two weeks with an attack of the grip. Miss Helen Anderson left yesterday for her home In Bates county, Mis souri, after spending two weeks here visiting relatives and irienas. Mrs. Ed Mattlngiy enteriainea xne 1 Belview Literary society at her home, on Republican avenue this afternoon, j Miss Wilms Stockwell of Kansas City spent Wednesday here, called by the death of her aunt. I Miss Ella Bartell entertained the Westminster guild of the Presbyterian church at her home this afternoon. Miss Martha Holt is improving, alter being ouite sick for two weeks with an attack of pneumonia. Miss Clara Coyner is spending sev- 0000000000 o o Rheumatism Relief Found Many in this vicinity have not only found relief but a cure in the following prescription, which was printed last year in the newspapers. Any one having a friend Buffering with rheumatism -ould do well to clip and present it. Undoubt edly the ingredients are ordinary In char acter but the peculiar combinations or compounding seems to effect results little less than marvelous. Have a druggist mix it who will use the true and pure in gredients only, and results are assured: Iodide of Potassium 2 drams Sodium Salicylate 4 drams Wine of Colchicum Vz oz Comp. Ess. Cardiol 1 Oz Comp. Fid. Balmwort........l oz Comp. Syrup Sarsaparlila. .5 ozs Mix and take a teaspoonftil after each meal and one at bedtime. After the first week gradually increase the dose to two teaspoon f ul. Be, persistent and regular in its use if you expect a cure. lip" Wi il l I f No uncertainty about perfect fit. Every gar ment is absolutely guaranteed without the extra charge.' LENOUCIfc 733 PHONE 1818-WILSON- When you want a pen or pencil, box of clips or an adding machine. No matter what your office need may be large or small we'll deliver it to you double quick without extra charge. Get the Wilson habit it's easy to remember "Double Eighteen." WILSON OFFICE SUPPLY CO. 110 West Sixth Ave. Jos. C Wilson, Mgr. Lawn Grass Seed We have a splendid mixture good for new or old lawns; try it. Good time now to sow it D. O. COE 119 East Sixth Street CPublished in The Topeka State Journal March 2, 1911. J OFFICIAL. CITY COMMISSION PRO CEEDINGS. Commission Chamber, Topeka, Kansas. February 2S, 1911. The city commission met in regular adjourned session at 2:30 o'clock p. m., with the following commis sioners present: Commissioners Bone, Holman, Miller and Tandy 4. Mayor Billard in the chair. Petition for a new cement sidewalk, five feet wide, from Willow Avenue to Chero kee Street on the east side of Shawnee Avenue, signed by W. T. Hewttt and a number of others, was presented, read and referred to Commissioner of Streets and Public Improvements. An ordinance granting permission and authority to the Standard Oil Company to construct and maintain tanks and build ings and to store therein the products of petroleum,1 in the City of Topeka. pre sented to commission on February 1!7, was taken up for second reading. Section 1 was read, and Commissioner Holman moved its adoption. Commissioner Tandy moved as a substitute, tnat action De de ferred until the commission had reason to pass the ordinance, which motion pre vailed. Rii for furnishine to the City of To peka twelve dump wagons, opened on February 27 and final action deferred un til February 38, were reported back and, on motion of Commissioner Tandy, the bid of the Austin-Western Co., on twelve Municinal Dump wagons, 01 Lnicago, Ills., was accepted. Commissioner Tandy moved that the ritv ttoniev draw ud a contract with the Austin-Western Co., of Chicago, Ills., for twelve dump wagons ana int tne avor be authorized to sign me same, which motion prevailed. Commissioner Miller moved that the checks of the unsuccessful bidders be re turned to the respective parties, which motion prevailed. Km fiirthor husiness aDoearinsr. on mo tion of Commissioner Tandy, commission adjourned until 2:30 o'clock p. m., Thurs day. March 2nd. 1911. I Seal -B. BlJtHrt., II City Clerk. i n x-a i-isritine'- her srrandmother. Mrs. Rose Coe of 1201 East Fifth street. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Miller and Mr. oni Tufra Rnv Stewart of Osaere City are here spending a few days on -a business trip. Mr onH Mrs Fred Reed have eiven the name, Ernestine May, to their in fant daughter. Mrs. Louis F. Luthey entertained the Daisy Embroidery club at her home, 223 Chandler street, Wednesday afternoon. Those present were Mrs. Alfred Sanderfer, Mrs. waiter serv ura irr-ori nnrhin. Mrs. Frank Tja,i Wrs. Clvde Tresner. Mrs. Dan Lane' and Mrs. James Kimes. Police Made a Quick Record. rm .ntiim (if -Trthn WilliaTTlB. i Llt3 I I. V.. 1, I. alias H. Davis, employed by the Price a 1 mercantile company, aim inwn 1 nf Vi t nulrlcpst in th laiistsuy v, wro vm. --1 records of the police. A telegram from Cedar Rapids, la., was received here one day noon saying that a man by the names mentioned and working for tha company was wonted. By 3 o'clock the man was caugnt uy ut"vr Voiles and Goff, He had been rooming at the Keith building and had been working" in To- Improvements And More Room After only three seasons we have found our present quarters, absolutely to small to accomodate the immense spring stocks that are arriving daily and to pro perly serve our patrons.. We are now re modeling our basement for an up-to-date work room. When a concern is forced to enlarge, there is usually some good rea son. We feel gratified that within our short business career in Topeka we are already forced to enlarge by the increas ing volume of business. .We extend a invitation to you to come and view the beautiful garments for spring, now on display. The prices are unequalled any where. Remarkable Spring Special $f0.5O In White French Serge Suit Beautifully silk lined; long rolling collar and revers which extend almost to the waist line. In smartness and price these garments cannot be duplicated; the greatest value ever offered so early in the season. This is a broad assertion but it's true just the same. Come and examine the garments yourself. wM3MESSO(nBiJJmilSt KAKSASAVL.lbKlU.KAli FRIDAY! Tooth Picks Fancy hard picks, regular 5c packages, 2 packages Potatoes Northern Rurals, the best we have had this season. Original 2J bu. sacks, per sack 1.75 Peach es "Yuba Dam" brand in 2J 1b. cans a good table fruit (peeled) in halves, per can lOc MORNS MYERS GROCERY CO. TWO STORES 900 North Kansas Avenue 501 West Street Aurora Cafe 8 1 0 Kansas Ave. Short Orders Lunch and Best Chile Regular Meals 20 cts Give Us a Trial HIXON CATREN Proprietors peka for several months. The police knew where lie was located, for. in his case as ia the 'case of other strangers coming here, they had looked him up, unknown to hini. He has been taktit to Cedar Rapids for trial.

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I t THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL THURSDAY EVENING,- MARCH 2, 1911. 1 BEN HUR IS HERE. YOUNG FORGER CAUGHT. V 1 i rt 1 Special Train of Fifteen Cars Brings Production Horn Wichita. p-iffing and snorting under an enor mous weight, aggregating close to t on 000 pounds, one of the hne new engines on the Kock Island system IJl a satisfied grunt at 10:30 this morning, and came to a full stop It had successfully drawn the bis Ben Hur company, with its eight carloads of stage equipment, five sleepers and two day coaches, from Wichita. Kan. A record run had been made and e-erybody was in good humor, until gome joker tipped off the company that the legislature was in session and that hotel accommodations would be at a premium. The manner in which the members sprinted for the various Topeka hostelries would made the Marathon look tame to an expert. Itov Crawford was personally on the srere with sixteen big scene trucks to Superintend the transfer of the equip ment from the baggage cars to the Grand opera house. It was marvel on? the way the transfer was handled. Precision equalling the ticking of a clock marked every move. Tons of Fccnery were piled mountain high on pome of the wagons. The long scene drops some measuring sixty feet in Icnsth were adjusted to the forty foot wagons with trailers, while prop erty boxes, wardrobe trunks and the electrical paraphernalia were crowd ed on the flat wagons and rushed to iho theater. The eight cars made lifty-one loads all told. At the theater, the wonderful man agement that marks the handling of the stupendous Ben-Hur was visible from every viewpoint. Mr. C. F. Towle, the ac tive head of the organization, seat ed himself in the auditorium and di rected the arrangement of the staging. His first lieutenant. Mr. William Ayres, t'ip master carpenter, superintended from the stage the working of the large force of stage mechanics wno were, busy receiving the equipment as the transfer company deposited it at the stage door. Scene drops -were hung with lightning like rapidity; the big gallery cene; the chariots; the boat of Iris and the Mount of Olive scene, with its huge platforms were all put together without a single second of friction. It really was a great show in itself to watch the work of putting the stupend ous spectacle together. There is no organization' in America that excels in training the working of the Ben-Hur stage staff in the rapid handling of scenery. Kvery department has a head. Mr. Ayres is the master i carpenter. Mr. Thomas Gossraan is property master. Mr. B. W. Dunn, mas- ter electrician, and Mrs. Brady ward-j robe mistress. The head of each depart ment is supreme in charge and person oily superintends the workings of same. No one is allowed to interfere and all are answerable to Mr. C. F. Towle. Uen-Hur has been in existence for 12 years, and in all that time not a sin gle change has been made in the stage staff. It has really developed into an I institution, and each respective head is I proud of his or her department. The time required to adjust the scenic equipments of Ben Hur to the stage has been greatly reduced since it was first sent on the road as a touring attraction. Everything now i.T worked on a. system and it is safe to say that by 6 o'clock this evening the gigantic production will be prop erly hung and ready for the command of the stage manager. Mr. J. K. Adams. The Ben Hur company car ries its own orchestra which is under the direction of Mr. Gumtiief" Kiesfee-f wetter. This does away with a lot of extra work, for if local musicians were employed, a great amount o time would be consumed in rehearsal?. The engagement of Ben Hur at the We Will Offer At Our Market Cannot Deliver at These Prices 1 ear Colo. Potatoes, per bushel 1 car Wis. Potatoes, per bushel 1 car Michigan Pota toes, per bu 70c 65c 80c 1 car fancy It. It. t? 1 1 E? Ohio pl.lO 1 car choice It. It OC Chios OOC 1 car Onion sets, per f ff bushel, yellow ipl.UU lied Seta $1.25; white $1.50 car Salt, car salt, -t -i per bbl J 1 1 U 1 car Sugar, cwt $5.00 1 car Soap, 25 cents, per box lcs;i that wholesale grocer llsl!. 1 car "Acme Hour." liinh Pat ent, positive guarantee of sat isfaction. (In ten sack lots 98 pounds at- SiuRle !)fi lbs. sack at Sinsle 48 lb. sack $2.05 $2.20 $1.10 The above prices are for large buyers who will do their own delivering. Our business has grown to snch proportions wo can not deliver the goods as promptly as Ave would like, or as some patrons expect. A nom inal charge will be made, for city delivery, and three cents per cwt. d ravage charged on shipping orders, with a mini mum charge of ten cents. Local Orders Mackerel, fat, each Mackerel, pails, 20 fish 5c $1.10 25c Pancake Flour, four pkgs. Sorghum, fid! gallon, 50c 5 gal. cans 52; qt. cans. IOC Eng. Walnuts, Mielled. lb Fug. Walnuts S. S. new Xo. l's, 3-lbs. Creamery Butter, lb 50c 50c 25c 5c Cocoa nuts, each Cope's 1 City Market House I jSeconi FRIDAY 11 i Grand opera house Includes per formances tomorrow and Saturday night and Saturday matinee, in ad dition to tonight. LEGAL SCARECROW. Is What Miss Turnbull's lawyer Calls Baldwin Will. Los Angles, March 2. That the will of the late "Lucky" Baldwin was bungled and was a "lesal scarecrow" which could not cut off any one with a legitimate claim was asserted today by Attorney A. W. Hutton in his argu ment opposing the motion for a di rected verdict against Miss Beatrice Anita Turnbull's contest for a share of the millionaire turfman's estate. Hutton was referring to the two clauses of Baldwin's will the twelfth and fourteenth by which the turf man sought to restrict inheritances to his three daughters. Mrs. Clara Stock er. Mrs. Anita McClaughrey and Eo sella Selby. In the first 'of these clauses the testator declared that he had but three children and named them, while in the next he bequeathed $10 to. any persons who might subsequently be recognized as heirs at law. Attorney W. B. Grant followed Hut ton in the argument against the mo tion for a directed verdict favorable to the estate. He bitterly -attacked James It. Wood, the Boston detective, who was the principal witness against Mrs. Lillian Ashley Turnbull, mother of the plaintiff, on Whose testimony of her, relations with, Baldwin, the.. girl's case depends. LEFT THEM FIGHTING. An American Returns to From the Front. El Paso El Paso, March 2. Oscar G. Creig ston of New York, who has been in command of a party of insurrectos en gaged in destroying the railroad track between Chihuahua and Juarez, reached El Paso today and said that when he left Madero's command last Friday, Orozco and Blanco were fight ing federal troops near the Santa Maria river north of Casas Grandes and that many federals had been killed. This is considered probable here, as it is known that five hundred federals left Casas Grandes previous to that time. SLUMP IN STOCKS. Market Is Affected by Fear or Tariff Legislation. New Tork, March 2. Fears of tar iff revision by the contemplated extra session of congress caused a heavy selling movement in the stock ex change late this afternoon which car ried prices down any where from one to 2 V. points. With exception of Reading the low levels made on the day following the interstate commerce commission freight rate decision were broken through. Steel was off two points and Union Pacific sold down to 171 Va, a decline of 2 points. HUGHES MEETING HELD. X umber of Ladies Attend the Rally Today. An enthusiastic meeting was held this afternoon in the Lincoln Post hall in the interests of Col. J. W. F. Hughes for mayor with an attendance of 80. The meeting was presided over by Jerry Johnstone, formerly a Washburn college football player. Among the supporters of Mr. Hughes were a number of ladies. The absence of representatives of the colored ele ment of the city was noticeable. Fnough Troops on the Border. Washington, March 2. As a result of a conference at the White House today in which Secretaries Knox, Dickinson and Ballinger and Major General Wood, chief of staff of the army, took part, it was de cided that the situation on the Mexican border did not require the presence of any more American troops than are al ready there. Thirty-Eighth Ballot Albany, March 2. The 38th ballot for I'nited States senator today gave Sheehan 66 and Littleton IS votes; 78 were neces sary to choice. Death or Henry M. Phillips. Springfield, Mass.. March 2. Henry M Phillips for several years vice president of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insur ance company died here today, axed 7C years. Attention, I. O. O. F. Xo. 40. All members and visiting brothers are requested to meet at I. O. O. F. hall, 117 West Sixth street, 1 p. m. Friday to attend the funeral of Brother John A. Sellman, which will take place at 1:30 p. m. from his late residence, 701 Adams street. RICHARD WUNSCH. Noble Grand. AVILLIAM J. RUSSELL, Gr. Sec. r i f v CHIHUAHUA ISOLATED. The City Is Surrounded by Rebels and Attack Is Feared. El Paso, March 2. Telegrams from Chihuahua say that, owins to the rail roads being cut north and south, pro visions are taking skyward jumps and foreigners and natives nlike are suf fering owing to stagnation of business. The troops dare not go outside of town for fear of being trapped by insur rectos, one band being as close as. four miles. The town is alarmed that the cityVs surrender has been demanded. One estimate places the number of in surrectos west of the city at fifteen hundred, with Madero and hia force advancing from the north. A com mand of cavalry was sent to the sta tion last night to entrain, but taken off the cars and sent back to the bar racks. This save rise to the rumor that officials had information that the town would be attacked soon. "United States Consul C. G. Carothers of Torreon has received official notice of the capture of the towns of Canales and Sianori. in the district of Tamal zula and that Topia, Durango, is sur rounded by rebels. A member of the rich Parras fam ily of Durango is held for ransom, the consul is notified. TRACK AND FIELD. The Program Tor the Fifth Olympiad Is Out. v Chicago. March 2. The program for the fifth Olympiad, to be held at Stockholm, Sweden, next year, was made public today. Many events' un familiar to American athletes are on the card. New conditions, for instance, govern the javelin throw and the shot put. In addition to the free throw, there will be throws by the left and right hands alternately. The Swedes and Germans are said to be adept at this style, but it is sure to be a handi cap to most of the Americans. Com petition will start on June 30 writh lawn tennis and target shooting. On July 7, the real athletic competitions will begin with the 100 meter race. Wrestling occupies a prominent place on the program and water events vie with those of track and field. The big event of the meeting the Marathon race will be run July 15. The distance has been, made 24.85 miles instead of the regulation 26 miles 385 yards. SUIT IN EQUITY. Lien Is Filed on Valuable Coal Land for Alimony. Uniontown, Pa., March 2. The equity suit in behalf of Mrs. Lida Purcell Fitzgerald against her former husband, General Purcell Fitzgerald of Ireland to obtain a lien on valuable coal properties' in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in order that she may force the payment of $15,000 alimony annually was called for trial before Judge R. E. Umbell today. Mrs. Fitzgerald is a niece of J. V. Thompson, the millionaire banker and coal man of Uniontown, and Fitzger ald was a general officer in the Brit ish army during the Boer war. The courtship involves scenes and incidents covering two continents. In her bill of complaint, Mrs. Fitz gerald alleges the defendant has vio lated his obligation and a receiver is asked. General Fitzgerald, who arrived here today for the trial, claims he is no longer liable for alimony, since he has remarried. WAKE CP SAYS McKEEVER. Kansas Professor Gives Michigan Pointers on Home Influences. Lansing, Mich., March 2. Millions of public money is being spent an nually in support of scientific soil culture and animal culture, while the home training of children ia intrusted to debating societies and purely spec ulative methods., This was the state ment made last night before the Michigan Agricultural college by Professor William A. McKeever of the Kansas State Agricultural college in a plea for the better home training of children. Professor McKeever declared that the public schools, no matter how well conducted, cannot reach or con trol the character forming influences that originate in the home. "What a splendid service there could be rendered to the many an xious and earnest parents, who for lack of instruction and intelligent guidance are blundering so fearfully in child rearing, if a committee of trained experts would simply gather the facts regarding the methods of a thousand so called successful par ents and an equal number of unsuc cessful ones and then summarize and interpret these results so that all ln- terested persona might have access to them," said Professor McKeever. "Such ia the method- whereby we have increased the yield of wheat, and is the method whereby we may increase the quality of children." POWER OF COURTS. To Examine Books or Corporations Argued at Washington. i Washington, March 2. The extent of trie power of the courts to examine the books of corporations was the question raised in a series of cases be fore the supreme court of the United States today for argument. William Dreier, secretary .of the Lichtenstein Millinery company of New York and Christopher C. Wilson, president of the United Wireless Tele graph company, a Maine corporation, have both been declared in contempt of court in New Tork because they prevented the grand jury from ex amining books of their respective cor porations. In the former case' the grand jury was investigating certain alleged violations of. the custom laws. j In the latter, the grand jury was in quiring into auegea violations or tne postal laws. LONG DEBATE AHEAD. Reciprocity Encounters Opposition in Canadian Parliament. Ottawa, March 2. Further liberal denunciation of the? pending reciproci ty agreement with the United States characterized today's program in par- i liament. It was announced that Mr. Gorman of Welland. who represents a I fruit district of Niagara peninsula i would criticise reciprocity from the j standpoint of his electors. He was to be followed by Mr. Schell of Osford. a I liberal in support of the agreement. In dications continue to point to a pro tracted debate and long session. The members of the opposition have been canvassing their constituents by cor respondence for their views. Members from the west who have been espec ially energetic in this work say that the replies received warrant their vot ing against the agreement, As viewed today the coronation is the only thing that will prevent parlia ment from sitting all summer and it is predicted that even that event will not bring the end of -the. reciprocity de bate. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Pauline Sweargen, aged 1 year, died rt the home, 1419 North Monroe street, last night. The funeral wil be held from the home tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial in the Rochester cem etery. Walter Holstom, aged 11 years, died last evening at his home, four miles south of the city. Cause, abcess of the lung., The body will be shipped to Trenton, Neb., for burial. Louisa Hartman, aged 5S years, died last night at her home, 201 Adams street. The funeral will be held from the home at 2 o'clock tomorrow after noon. Burial in the Topeka cemetery. John A. Sellman, a prominent Odd Fellow, and veteran of the civil war, died this morning at the home of his niece, Mrs. Alexander Elliott, 701 Ad ams street. Mr. Sellman received a paralytic stroke last Sunday from the effects of which he never ralliied. He enlisted iu an Illinois regimen,t, and served throughout the war. Soon after the close of the war he came to Topeka and settled on a farm which he bought, just south of the Country club house. He engaged in carpentering and con tracting. He has been an Odd Fellow 40 years or mora. Two brothers, Meier, and David Sellman of Abilene, Kan., survive him and were with him when he died. Funeral announcement will be made later, but the burial will prob ably be made in the Foster cemetery, tomorrow afternoon.. Charles Hatten Bickley was born in Bickley Mills, Russell county Va., Oc tober 1, 1866. Died at Topeka, Han., February 26, 1911. He moved with his parents to Illinois in 1873 and from there to Osage county, Kan., in 1878. He was married to Miss Belle Burdette at Carbondale, Kan., in 1894. To their union was born one child, Charles M., who with his mother are left to mourn his loss. Funeral was held at the resi dence, 41S Madison street, February 28. Those attending from a distance were his brothers, M. L. Bickley of Emporia, John Bickley of Gardner, Kan., Henry Bickley of Calusa, 111., and Robert Bickley and wife of Overbrook, Kan., E. A. Rush, brother-in-law, of Carbon dale, W. H. Burdette, brother of Mrs. Bickley, of Wichita, Kan., her sister, Mrs. D. L. Lyner, husband 'and daugh ter of Overbrook, Kan. t "With the first warm days of spring, there will be a rush of light weight clothes to the cleaners. Better get yours out now and '-send them to the Enterprise 834 Kansas ave. Phones 173. Made Wholesale Business of Cashing Bad Checks. James F. Bell, a well dressed young man, who lives with his grandfather, James F. Crozier at 116 Buchanan street, charged with forging and pass ing over J100 worth of small checks, was stalked at the home of a young widow sweetheart, and arrested by a pair of police detectives at 11 o'clock last night. Taken to the police station and searched he admitted forging a large number of checks, so many he said that he did not remember on whom they were drawn or passed. In the search of his pockets, cam paign letters for Tom McNeal for mayor were found. These bore the McNeal letter head and were signed by Bell himself as manager of the McNeal campaign and giving tele phone numbers and office address. He had called on McNeal and vol unteered to circulate petitions. Mc Neal did not know him. He had a circular letter in his pocket. In his pocket was a letter addressed to H. M. Bell, his sister, at his own residence. In this letter he urges that the campaign needed church help and asked her to do all in her power to further the good cause. This was signed by himself aa the campaign manager. Mr. McNeal when asked about this manager said: "The fellow came to me and asked to circulate my petitions on the West side. He appeared to be an honest young man and aa I had never seen him before and knew nothing of him, I judged him by hia appearance. The only arrangement I had with him was to the effect that he would circulate petitions." The checks forged by Bell are of divera kinds and on different banks and individuals for the most part fic titious. s One check for $8 was drawn on the Merchants bank in favor of H. Brat ton and signed H. P. Hanson. Another was on the Prudential bank in favor of Chas. Moon and signed Geo. Keller. This was for $15. Another was on the Bank of To peka in favor of Frank Carlson and signed H. M. Clark. This was for J15. The Dibble Grocery report that some one cashed a worthless check for $14 on them yesterday. The Union Pacific Tea company re ports paying a worthless check for $10. G. W. Carrier, grocer, reports cash ing one. F. J. Lannan reports having cashed one. Paxton Paxton report another. Gillette Nicholson, coal dealers, re port cashing a check for a colored man who could hardly write. The check was written in a good hand. It proved worthless. Asked if this colored man was work iri(T with h!m. "RfMl renlied: "I don't know anything about the business of j that man. I had nothing to do with j him." The police have not apprehended th'j colored man. The losing merchants and banks describe Bell as the man who gave them the checks, and Bell admits that he did. The police say James Crozier, grand father of the forger, has spent some thing like $1,000 In keeping the boy out of the penitentiary and is ready to quit. Detective Lon Sauls, who with Wil! Hutton, arrested him last night, says that he arrested "Bell" last July for passing a $3 check at the Campbell drug store. Bell was arrested about six weeks ago for embezzling $100 from the Wlss Grocery company at 134 Quincy street. He was collecting for the store and neglected to turn in the money. His uncle paid the money back. Bell said at' tne 'time' he wanted the money to go to the navy. Today again he told Chief of Police Jenkins that he wanted to straighten up and if released would go at once and join the navy. The police detectives are investigat ing in regard to any possible connec tion Bell's sweetheart might have had with the forgeries. They are withhold ing her name but say her residence Is at the northwest corner of First street and Topeka a"enue. WANTED: A COURT ROOM Topeka City Court Will Be Left Out in. Cold. Where will the court of Topeka go? That proposition has Judge Robert Garver. his clerk and deputies running all over the court house trying to find a comfortable nook. Their present quarters are very sat isfactory and could not have been de signed better. But they were designed for another purpose and that, is why the city court must get out. The legislature has decided that the Shawnee district court shall be split in two and Judge A. W. Dana relieved of half his work. The court room and offices on the north side of the build ing are a counterpart for the south side or present district court room and will be occupied by the second division probably beginning with the April term. It is no easy matter to find a new room for the city court. It is likely County Superintendent John F. Eby will be ousted from his school room and offices on the third floor and he in turn be sent hunting quarters. Some de cision is expected soon. WOULD KEEP LOVELAND. Official Board of First M E. Church Appeals to Bishop Moore. A large meeting of leading mem nf jvia irirst AT. "P. church, held this noon at the Commercial club, en dorsed the work ot ur. p. iu. j-ioveianu, pastor of the church, and passed reso- InHnno rP annrM1fliinn RSkitl? BlshOD Moore of the Kansas conference to re tain Dr. Loveiand in xnis city. Since Dr. Loveland came to Topeka i w.r,TitVia strn t h Thirst AT oti n- dist church has taken on a general air ot-activity in an lis oraiH-ueo. near ly thirty thousand dollars has been raised to put up an addition to the Sunday school department, and the at tendances at the church services have been on the continual increase. Bomb Fails to Explode. Calcutta, March 2. A bomb evi dently intended to end the activity of Supt. Denham of the criminal in vestigation department of the local police was thrown at his motor car in the center of the city today. It failed to explode and the thrower, a native youth, was arrested. Denham was not in the car which was occu pied by a public works official. Marriage License. William H.' Brown. 24, Kansas City, Hazel Gregory, 20, Kansas City. Angusfe Day E argainj.rnqay Every Friday our store is crowded with people who have learned from experience what our Bar gain Friday means to them. Come in TOMOREO W and see for yourself what the name "Bargain" im plies at August's. Boys' 75c Knickerbocker Pants .39c Boys' $2.00 Solid Leather School Shoes .95c Men's $3.00 Work Shoes, Friday 1 .$1.50 Ladies' $3.50 brown and black velvet Shoes $1.50 Children's $1.50 small size, turn sole Shoes. ,50c Men's $1.00 and 75c Negligee Shirts ;39e Men's $1.00 and 75c Spring Caps !39c Men's $1.50 and $1.25 "Excello" Shirts 85c Men's 50c a garment Balbriggan Underwear, ,25c Men's 75c and 50c Blue Chambray Shirts 39c Men's $1.00 Silk Hose .,v, .50c Men's B. V. D. $1.00 Underwear. .50c Men's "Web Seam" Drawers 39c Men's $1.00 Porous Knit Union Suits .39c For the Small Men who come Friday, we have a prize for them in a $15.00 Suit for. Men's Cassimere Hose, worth 35c Friday 18c Old Ladies' $2.00 Comfort Shoes J. 85c Men's "Slip On" Rubber Coats, Friday. .$3.95 Men's Presto" Collar $10 Cravenette Coats $3.98 Boys'. $2.50 Knicker Suits .$1.00 Men's 75c Muslin Night Gowns 39c Men's $1.50 Mercerized Night Robes. 69c Men's $2.00 and $1.50 White Vests, fancy.. 98c Men's $1.00 Fancy White Vests 50c Men's $1.50 Kid Gloves 75c Ladies' 15c Hose 6c Men's $2.50 blue, black, gray and brown Hats $1.00 BARGAIN FRIDAY SPECIAL Men's $20 H Suits for ip jj, LOCAL MEJSTI(L. Wanted Experienced and success ful wrapping paper salesman for Kan sas and adjacent territory. Good sal ary for a winner. Address "Wrapping Paper," car. State Journal. There will be a meeting of the Welsh people at the I. O. O. F. hall on West Sixth street Saturday evening. March 4. 7:30 p. m. All the Welsh people are cordially invited. Mr. W. W. Whitney and his daugh ter, Marjorie, will leave within a few days fon New York and the Bermuda islands. The trip will cover about 30 days. A marriage license was granted in Kansas City Wednesday to Ernest A. Bullencamp of Topeka and Anna Frances Thompson of London, England.' A barn filled with baled hay at 406 East Eighth avenue was practically destroyed by fire at 3 o'clock this af ternoon. The marriage license record in Kan sas City shows that John F. Snyder of Topeka and Alice Ropp of this city were given a license there Wednesday. WHAT COOPER IS WORTH. Wife Says That His Property Is Val ued at $45,00C. Affidavits filed by Mrs. Cora Cooper in her case against Col. J. G. Cooper for alimony of 1 2 5,000 go to establish his worth at J45.000. This is divided as follows: Three city houses, $25,000 with $1. 300 incumbrance. Shawnee farm, $5,000, with $1,400 incumbrance. Osage farm, $9,000. Texas property, $6,000. Equity at Polk and Twelfth, $500. Personal property, $1,500. Money in bank, $700. Divided on Reciprocity. Augusta, Me., March 2. Two re ports on a resolution favoring reci procity with Canada were made in the house of representatives today by the committee on federal relations, which divided six to three against Jhe pro posed agreement. The minority re port, favored the passage of the re solve in a new draft which does not differ materially from the original. Population Figrures. Washington. March 2. Population sta tics of the thirteenth census announced today included; Place 1910 1300 Dallas, S. D. 1.277 Gregory, S. D 1.216 Pawnee, Ok 2,161 (a)l,943 (a) Special census 1907. to August's' $2.50 UOL.VXTOUR COMIXG HOME. Mexican Minister of Finance Sails on Kron Prina Wilbelin. Cherbourg, France, March 2. Jose Ives Limantour, Mexican minister of finance is a passenger on the North German Lloyd steamer Kron Prinz Wilhelm, which sailed last night for New Tork. Senor Limantour ia accompanied by Senora Limantour, the improvement in whose health made it possible for them to begin their homeward jour-, ney. The Kron Prinz Wilhelm should reach New York, March 7. In speaking of his expected return to Mexico recently the minister said he planned to proceed from New York bv water to Yucatan fn a nrlira t .1 visifthere. He did not indicate when he would be likely to continue to the capital. The minister has been in Paris since last August.- Much Gold Comes In ,fSdon Marc" 2. Bullion amounting to" 11,000 pounds was taken into the Bank, of England on balance today. New York Stock List. Last Sale. New York, March 2. Amalgamated Copper 6114 American Beet Sugar 451 American Car and Foundry 5-u Ami.ri.an -ill ..T. American Locomotive.!..!!!!!!""" 3e4 American Smelting and Refining!!!. 73U, Amer. Smelting and Refining pfd....M5B American Sugar Refining 11Sk Anaconda Mining Co. lix Atlantic Coast Line!!!!!!!!!"I"!!!!!'.ii Baltimore and Ohio HPi Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific 212 Chesapeake and Ohio 81 Chicago and Northwestern.. ..145B Chicago. Milwaukee and Rt Paul ita-A, Colorado Fuel and Iron 3li Colorado and Southern 1... 56 Delaware and Hudson .l6'A Denver and Rio Grande Uenver and Rio Grande pfd.i 71 Krie- 2S Great Northern pfd 124 lireat Northern Ore Ctfs 59 Interborough-Met. pfd f2! Illinois Central ijik Louisville and Nashiville....: 143 Missouri Pacific 55 Missouri, Kansas ,and Texas.... 32 National Biscuit 122 National Lead.. 53Vs New York Central lOfi-i Northern Pacific 121 Pacific Mail 2 Pennsylvania 125Vi Pullman Palace Car 154 Reading 15374 Rock Island Co 28 Rock Island Co. pfd 59 Southern Pacific ."..114 Southern Railway 26 Union Pacific 171 I'nited States Steel. 75'i, United States Steel. pfd livt Wabash 17 s Wabash pfd 37'4 Western I'nion 73B MTAnnnwi T Ml 2 --.-v... t'n Lehigh Valley 17254

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL THURSDAY EVENING; MARCH 2, 1911:; 9 ANT w LOST-Brown neck fu .1 S Coy theater i'itv 11 nrH.iv n;. j, Gibson store, 535 Topeka ave. wm i elve rewaru t crPir ladtes' dark kid gloves "??.M,,m. Call ind. 1932-Rlng 8. in WANTED SITUATIONS. os -tnnlrkR-ner: fix iencedT ferenWeST Address B. K. care Journal. WANTED MALE HELP. WANTED Good organisers to promote Jiauired. Men that do things and get iWults can make gooa money &u "u Int work, organizing for the Loyal Order i Ko ilnafl thino-a anil does them right,-and which is matins rauid progress itcruus c showing its adaptability to- the ever in creasing ueramiua ui "v v "IT" utr week in sickness or accident, free n..An,lnn momHorA Mill! ZflJTUlV. HiCJJ- 'i-1 L'.iinr'ii at death, and social feature unex- t .1.,, infnrmatlnn write ceiieu. ru luimw 7,1 Supreme Organizer James J. Davis, u BaUwell Bldg.. Pittsburg, Pa., or H. Curtis, National Organizer. 32 Kansas Avnue, Topeka. nanaaa. MEN WANTED to learn oanwr few weeks completes a student; best and latest met.KJds usea; positions commissions paid while learning: tools given aDSOiuieiy tree wua i"e im" Hon ever offered. Call or write at ouca Topeka Barber College, 332 Kansas avfc- iiu. Topeka. Kansas. WANTED Man to rnllk morning and evening. Call Ind. 23C3 K. a. LAKE WOOD PARK HAS A BRIGHT FU TURE. HOMES ON EASY PAYMENTS. 6f GOVERNMENT POSITIONS OPEN. Write for list. Franklin Institute, Dept. I). Rochester. N. Y. MEN WANTED Age 18-35. for firemen WOO monthly, and brakemen $80, on near by railroads. Experience unnecessary; no strike. Positions guaranteed competent men. Promotion. Railroad employing lit-adquarters. Over 400 men sent to posi tions moniniy. Biaw o,....... Railway Association, care State Journal. WANTED The Chama Valley Land and Irrigation company wants a few good men to sell 10 acres irrigation uatu. Moore Bros., 701 jacKson. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WANTED Send postal for Topeka examination schedule. iranKUn institute, uepu jioj-, Kochester. N. Y. WANTED Boy with wheel, 18 years, at Vogel s. 8130 Kansas ave. WANTED 500 men and boys dally to get free shaves and hair cuts at Schwarze Barber College, 111 East 6th. In the shop, shave 5c. hair cut 10c. GOOD DRESSERS to nave their clothes pressed at the Enterprise Cleaning Co., f34 Kansas ave. Phones Y7X WANTED Young lady stenographer and cashier. Address In own hand writing with references "Wales," State Journal! WANTED An office girl at Holllday hotel. WANTED Neck band setter. Mutual Laundry Co. WANTED A good collar and cuff staroh er. The Mutual Laundry Co., 3rd and Qulncy. WANTED Dining room girl. Fifth Ave nue hotel. WANTED MISCELLANEOUS. WANTED To buy bicycle with coaster brake; also lamp: must be in good con dition and cheap for cash. Address Bi cycle, care State Journal. WANTED Sewing by the day. 217 East 8th st. SEWING of any kind called for and de livered, guaranteed to fit, reasonable price. Mrs. Mauch, 710 Chestnut.Ind.l239Blk WE PAY the highest casn price for cast off clothing, shoes, hats and overcoats. Drop us a card or call Gordon Bros.' loan office. 400 Kansas ave. Ind. 1079. WANTED To buy old carpets. Me. Corrnick-Oabom, rug factory, 522 V.buren. WANTED Veal calves, fat cattle, pouV. try. H. M. Bush. Ind. 1S6S. Bel' 43S. WE PAY THE HIGHEST PRICE for second-hand clothes, shoes, hats and overcoats. Drop a card or call Ind. phone 1533. Abe Jacobson. 500 Kansas ave. WANTED One car of unmixed yellow corn at 44c per bushel.AddressCornJoumal WANTED TO BUY second band household gooda and stove of all kinds. Top cash price. ECONOMY FURNITURE CO. Ind. Phone 1267. 330 Kansas Ave. FOR RENT ROUSES. FOE RENT 7 room house and 6 lots, right on car line, 21st st. near Highland Park. Just the place to raise chickens and garden Call 1S3 Ind. 718 Kansas ave. FOR RENT 3 room house, good barn, 464 Forest ave., $10 per month. Inquire of MoNamee Realty Co., 226 New England Buldg. LAKEWOOD PARK HAS A BRIGHT FU TURE. HOMES ON EASY PA.YMRNT3 NICE modern 6 room cottage, good loca tion, rent $25. J. F. Griffin, 701 Jackson. FOR RENT House with extra lots, 1S00 Central ave., N. T. phone 2279 Ring one. FOR RENT 6 room house, gas. $12 50 month. 1633 Buchanan. InqulreInd.2094Red FOR RENT 917 Clay St., 6 rooms, all modern, $26 per monthi. Inquire H. Mac ferran. Phones 626. FOR RENT Eight room house, gas city water, cistern, on car line. Ind. phone 2292 Black. LAKEWOOD PARK HAS A BRIGHT FIT. TURK. HOMES ON EASY PAYMENTS. FOR RENT 6 room house at 612 Jackson st. for $18 month. The W. M. Crosby Co. FOURENT- FOK RENT 4 furnished rooms and bath. uHiumna, oucnaoan St. CHOICE BOARD in private family, with or without rooms. Inquire 607 West 10th ave. Bell boo, Ind. 2768 Blue. FOB RE NT-Modern furnished room to gentlemen. 214 Tyler St. FOR RENT Modern furnished room. 1330 Kansas ave. FOR RENT One large up-to-date fur- nlFhed room. 625 Harrison st. FOR RENT 2 modern rooms furnished or unfurnished. 1323 Qulncy. FOR RENT 2 furnished housekeeping rooms, downstairs, $8. too e. 7th. FOR RENT 2 rooms, furnished or unfur nished. 1011 W. 6th. ur FOR RENT Modern furnisht- rooms for xentleman. 823 Madison. Ind. S56 Ring a. FOR SALE REAL ESTATE. 76 FEET. EAST FRONT ON TOPE KA AVENUE, STRICTLY MODERN 8 RESIDENCE, WOODWORK ALL NATURTL WOOD COLORS. SPLENDID BARN, FINE OLD SHADE; JUST IN LI NE FOR UTURH BUSINESS PROPER TY. GREAT BIG SNAP, NEAR lOTHi SEE US. ROBGEESS, 110 WEST 3-S ACME T1RACTS ADJOINING CITY, Improved and unlm payments. OLHNGER Ind. 403; Bell 162a hnr, crnnA 7 room house. 3 east front lots. well, gas heat and Ugh, near car, cement walk In front Only $1,300. Easy monthly payments. PHONES 605. 634 KAN. AVE. "MEIE ET US" 2,600 acre sheep or cattle ranch In the "Pecos River Valley." New Mexico ever lasting water, aDunaanco oi gooa grass, 15 miles from "Roswell," miles from R. R and shipping station, all bottom land, ft tr water, a fruit farm and alfalfa: proposition. Price $5.00 per acre. Soma time on part. T. H. EVANS. 600 Kan. Ave.. Topeka, Kan "1 ACRES" For sale, VA miles northwest of reform school, all 'branch bottom," good gar den land, 4 room cottage, horse stable, cow stable, hen house, good well, fenced. Price $1,400. Terms $150 cash down, bal ance In monthly payments. T H. EVANS, 600 Kan. Ave.. Topeka, Kan Ind. Phone 1390. nmnr Dollars cash down and easy monthly pay ments buys good 6 room house, with 14 lots, well, gaa heat and light. Only $1,300. PHONES 505. 534 KAN. AVE. BUY from owner entirely modern cottage. furnace and an conveniences. 7zz norne. CHOICE 60 acres, Wi miles north city, central graveled road. Sell in 20 acre tracts if wanted. A bargain. No trade. Ind. 2180 ring L. NEW modern house, block of Gover nors square, cut rrom 4,uuu to ?3,vw for quick sale. 4 room cottaee. 2 lots, on Polk street. pavement. Cut to $1,800. W. Al. irOttHE OS 1Q7 VY. 1U FOR SALE OR RENT S7 acre farm near Topeka, Price $4,5u0, rent $200 cash with crops and Implements on It; must be sold at once. 212 East 5th St., Topeka. H. B. Hallowell. FOR SALE For few days only, a desir able Doultrv outfit, nicely located and doing business, easy reach of street cars, $3,100. bmuh AtitiiNix, 63s nansas Ave. GOING SOUTH? Investigate our lands In Southern Louis- ana. Crop failures unknown; raise any thing. Two or three crops a year. Ideal climate. Price for short time $30 per acre. R D. SHELDON. Topeka, Kan. Ind. 1616. FOR SALE Quick, room bouse, bath room, sleeping porch, cellar, cistern and cltv water in house, eas. barn. 1223 Tvlev st., by N. E. Keller. JPORRENT FLATS FOR RENT A Kemper flat, about March e. ind. 2461 Black. FOR RENT 45 room modern flat, corner. vn. 2 liuntoon. Dr. Harding, 710 Kan sas ave. JPOJRSALEMtSSETJiANEOUi FOR SALE Household furniture, 6 gas Btoves, carpets, 3 fernjs. 915 W. 12th. FOR SALE Fresh Jersey cow, calf by FOR SALE One runabout, single har- ouu inuy s uiuaa satiate. vv. a. O'Brien. 1104 Kansas ave. FOR SALS S vmin f nnnn farm hm.... also stylish driving horse. 128 Topeka avel FOR SALE Moon Bros.' pheaton, fine shape; 1 good set of harness. Rehkops, West 6th. LAKEWOOD PARK HAS A BRIGHT FU TURE. HOMES ON EASY PAYMENTS. PRINTING 600 letter heads flM, 500 en velopes $1.25 500 statement tl ss u cards $1.25, briefs 60c a page. The Quesn Printing Co.. 113 E. 8th. Topeka. Kan. FOR SALE AT A DISCOHMT Do you want to study a course with the International Correspondence School? I have a credit which entitles me to any talned in exchange for advertising. I cuiaauy Lull X tLIIl Biuaymg myself and therefore can recommend the I. C. S. Binoerely for I have been greatly Journal. FOR SALE Furniture of 4 room cottage, complete; must be sold at once. Inquire on -Tjiniiore. FOR SALE Cheap, new visible type writer. Writes ten different styles type and any color ink. Ten typewriters in one. 400 East Locust at. FOR SALE Chicken brooder, new, $4. lono Kansas ave. FOR SALE Good heavy work horse at Christ hospital. 1215 CLAY, all kinds of household goods, cheap: gas stoves, etc. SPECIAL PRICES ON BABY CHICKS, delivered. Ind. 17594. FOR SALE OR TRADE A small grocery and confectionary store for vacant lots in city. Address T. and F., care Journal. FOR SALE Alfalfa hay, extra nice. Riverside Stock Farm or Ind. 2889 White. FOR RENT Small store building, corner FOR RENT Alfalfa farm near town; team and tools for sale. Ind. 2601 Black. FOR RENT Good farm. Albert Tomson, 1258 Lane st Phone 2607 Red. FOR RENT One office room, first floor. Smith Building. 835 Kansas ave. FOR WEMT 40 aero farm 8 miles west, E. W. Hodges Co.. 600 Kansas ave. Ind. 1390. FOR RENT 60 acres of land with two sets of improvements, 2 miles east of Topeka. P. C. Croco, Bell 39C2, party 1. FOR RENT Nice modern store room; good location. 402 Kansas ave. Inquire Gordon Brothers. FOR SALE REAL ESTATE. DAVES CO. 6TH. proved; 10 per cent cash, balance easy S EATON 623 Kansas Avenue, FOE New 7 room house hall, bath, cellar, gas for light and heat, stacked for furnace, on a corner 50x90 feet of ground, paving, good location. Owner leaving. Price $3,100. LUCAS LAGEESTEOM Crawford Bldg., 503 Jackson St. Ind. Phone 1490. CTTAE $100 cash and easy monthly payments, 4 room vestibule, pantry, 2 lots, on car line. Only $1,250. SIAWMEE AEI! PHONES 505. 534 KAN. AVE. FOR SALE Lots 360-362-364 and 366 on Long street, Norris sub. of Lee's sub. $20 each. Terms. Lots 34-36-3S-40-42 and 44 in block 3, on Indiana ave., Hughs' Park sub-division A (Highland Park), $33 each. Terms, or wouki exenange ror equity in small prop erly, snup aisxrict. R. D. BLAINE. 625 Kansas Ave. 6 room cottage, electric light, gas, 3 lots, barn, fruit, well, cellar, $2,400. $400 cash. $25 per month. East side. 5 room new cottage, gas, well. m lots, si, iou. Terms. 6 rooms modern, XVa lots, $2,600. $300 cash. $20 per month. BAILEY BROS. CO. Phones 990. Res. 293. LAKEWOOD PARK HAS A BRIGHT FU TURE. HOMES ON EASY PAYMENTS. DESIRABLE BUILDING SITE. 1 lots, Huntoon and Lane sts., fine Diuegrass, high ground, splendid shade, high class resident district. $85Q cash.. R. D. BLAINE. 525 Kansas Ave. FOR SALE 6 room house, gas for heat and light, good well and outbuildings: small payment down, balance terms. In- quire c M. waiter. 2iz w. 7th st. FOR SALE OR TRADE Will exchange a small tract near a good town, good house, good schools, telephone, F. D. mail, for residence property or some vacant lots and cash. A fine chance for the right man. Address 600. care State Journal PHOTOGRAPHERS. WEHE'S pictures please. You get your "wicy a wuri.ii. men some. try mm. LOCKSMITH. Have your keys made and lock repaired by F. A. Bauman. 215 Kan. ave. Bell SIM. PICTURE FRAMING. FRAMING, regilding, mat making, mount ing done by J. D. Sullivan. 122 W. Eights street. Packing;, shipping, etc. FLORISTS. HATPJfl' rawowa Tupm r, Funeral designs a specialty. 107 W. 8th. -J .11.1, unii uuwtn MACHINE SHOPS. GUNS cleaned and repaired by experts. tim n. r. nowaro guppiy y;o. 710 K. A. MONEY MONEY to loan on live stock, pianos, or gans, typewriters, household soods and personal security. L. Blscoe. 623 Kan, ava. $500,000 TO LOAN on real estate. Betzer neaity ana iwoan uo rear Merchants' National Bank. New England building. MONEY TO LOAN on personal property wimier ui Bcounty, on easy lervna O. H. Fllntham, DOS E. 4th t. PROMPT Realty Loans. Ella N. Peacock, Central Nat'l Bk. Rldg. Ind 606 and 1931. UNJFJOTAKEfO L. M. PENWELL. funeral director and embalmer. First class service, reason able prices. 511 Qulncy st. Both phones 193. Both Phones 287. Day and Night. HAWLEY A STEELE. Funeral directors and embalmers. 111 East 8th ave. Mrs. Robt. Steele, assistant FOR SALE White Orpington eggs. Ind. m nmg l,. jjui jteoaenv FOR SALE S. C. WTiite Leghorn pullets, and thoroughbred Collie pups. Bell phone 37213. Pure bred Black Langshang eggs for 75c per setting. Call Bell 3009. FOR SALE New and second-hand bil liard and pool tables and bowling alley a We lead the world in cheap bar fix tures; easy payments. Send for catalogue. Brunswlck-Balke-Collender Co.. 1324-31 Main street. Kansas City, Mo. JRK?SjfKrVC KOON'S drafting, designing, cutting, sew ing and dressmaking school, 909 Kan sas ave. TRANSFER ANT STORAGE. STORAGE and transfer. Merchants Transfer Co., Skinner Gay hart. Phone as about Btorage- packing or freight. 1M 1 IM 1 BUSINESS CHANCES. FOR SALE General store doing good business, located near Topeka, In one of the best farming districts in Kansas. Stock will invoice about $4,500. Poor health only reason for selling. Address "Store," care State Journal. FOR SALE A nice clean stock of general merchandise, $8,500, doing $3,600 a month. Might take small amount trade. Address Box 116, Caney, Kansas. OWN a business.' Be INDEPENDENT. Earn $25 to $100 a week. No CAPITL required; only our system. Write today for SUCCESS booklet. Victor Collection Institute. Columbus. Ohio. PATVG. CAPITAL CITY VITRIFIED BRICK s PAVING CO.. 4 E. tt st. Mfga al building, saving and sidewalk brick. Published in The Topeka Stats Journal March 2, 1911. HOUSE BILL No. 672. AN ACT prescribing a minimum term for district schools and for schools In cities of the first and second class, and pro viding for state and county aid for dis tricts which cannot support such term, and regulating the formation of new districts, and repealing chapter 431 of the Session Laws of 1M3. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: Section 1. That all school districts In which provision is not made for. the free tuition and comfortable transportation jot all pupils to a public school in some other school district or districts for not less than seven months each school year, shall maintain a public school for a period of not less than seven months be tween the first day of September, and the first day of the following June. Cities of the first and second class shall maintain not less than eight months of school each school year. Sec 2. That for the purpose of pro viding at least seven months ef school each year for all the youth of this state, whose parents or guardians live in publio school districts, the funds of which are not sufficient to maintain school for seven months, there shall be paid to each such district by the state as hereinafter provlued, three-fpurths of the difference between the amount necessary to main tain seven months school and the an nual Income of the district from all sources, and the remaining deficiency to the amount of one-fourth shall be a proper charge upon the county and paid as other county expenditures; provided, that no aid shall be given any public school district unless said district shall have voted an amount of money repre senting not less than four and one-half mills of the assessed valuation of such district; and provided, further, that all districts receiving aid 1 under the pro visions of this act shall follow the course of study as prescribed by the state board of education and shall employ a qualified teacher recommended by the county super intendent. Sec. 3. That It shall be the duty of the superintendent of each county within the state on or before August first of each year, under oath, to certify to the county clerk an oestimated amount that will be due the several school districts under the provisions of this act from the county, (and it shall then be the dutv of th commissioners to provide a levy sufficient to raise the amount required for the cur rent school year;) provided, that such esdmate shall Include a statement as to each district concerned as to valuation, area, school census and proposed total expenditures for teacher and incidental expenses. Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty of the superintendent of each county within tha state on or before the second Monday in January of each year, under oath, to cer tify to the county treasurer, the total amount due each district from the state and from the county, and also to certify to the state superintendent of public in struction the number of each school dis trict In his county entitled to state and county aid under the provisions of this act, the tax levy for each, the ex penditures of each, the amount due each from the state, the area, the school cen sus, and such other items as the state superintendent may require. It shall be the duty of the state superintendent on or before the last Monday in March of each year, to certify the amount of stato aid due the several districts under the provisions of this act, to the several county treasurers and the amount due each county to the state auditor and the state auditor shall draw warrants on the state treasurer in favor of the various counties for the sums as specified by the state superintendent. The state treasurer .shall remit said amount to the county treasurers of the several counties entitled to the same, who shall place the amounts to the credit of the proper districts of their respective counties In accordance; with the instruc tion of the state superintendent and as certified by the county superintendent; provided, that at -the 'samt time the sev eral amounts dua from the county to said districts shall be placed to the -credit of such districts. Sec. 5. That to determine the amount to be apportioned to each district the county superintendents shall find the estimated expenditures of the district tor the current year and subtract therefrom the estimated Income' of that district from all sources for the em-rent year. The estimated income for the current year shall be the sum of all moneys be longing to the district on hand In the district and county treasuries, plus the amount which a levy of four and one-half mills tax upon the assessed value of the district will raise, plus the estimated ap portionment of state and county funds, as now provided by law. The estimated expenditures- for the current year shall be the amount necessary to provide for a teacher, fuel and incidentals, and to maintain school for seven months; and shall not exceed the sum of four hundred and fifty ($450) dollars for any one year to schools receiving such state and county aid. Sec. 6. That upon- the failure of anr school district to carry out the provisions of section 1 of this act. the county super intendent shall make the required tax levy and certify the same to the county clerk and proceed to carry out said pro visions: and after September first, the school district neglecting to act, he shall employ a teacher and make all necessary provisions for a seven months' term of school, and the district treasurer shall pay such itemised expenses as are certi fied to by the county superintendent. The county superintendent hall be liable under section 739a of the General Statutes 6t 1909 for neglect or refusal to perform his duties as provided In this act. Sec. 7. That new districts shall not be formed with an assessed valuation of less tnan one hundred thousand ($100,000) dol lars and territory shall not be detached from any school district the assessed val uation of property of which Is less than oim hundred thousand ($100,000) dollars, or the valuation of property of which would thereby be reduced below one hundred thousand ($100,000) dollars. Sec. 8. That for the purpose of carry ing out the provisions of this act, there is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the state treasury, not otherwise ap propriated, the sum of seventy-five thou sand ($75,000) dollars, for the fiscal year beginning July 1st, 1911. and seventy-five thousand ($75,000) dollars for the fiscal year beginning July 1st, 1912, or as much thereof as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act; provided, that if the amount appropriated above is not sufficient to pay the full sum to which each district is entitled under the pro visions of this act, it shall be divided pro rata among the several districts In pro portion to the amount asked for by the county superintendent; -provided, further that the one-fourth to be paid by tha county shall If Insufficient be pro rated among the districts entitled to such aid. Sec. 9. That the provisions of this act shall not apply to districts having an enumeration of less than fifteen (15) chil dren of school age; unless said districts embraoe an area of twelve (12) square miles or more provided, that whenever the number of children of school age in any school district, having an area of less than twelve (12) square miles, shall be found to be less than fifteen (15) by the annual school census, no school shall be maintained In such school district during- the following year (unless such a district by reason of Its valuation is able to main tain a seven months' school without state or county aid,) and the district board of such district shall make provision, for sending for a period of not less than seven months, the pupils or such school district, to such school or schools in an adjacent district, or districts, as said dis trict board may determine; provided, that there is a school in an adjacent district to which said district may send the pupils. As full compensation for the tuition of said pupils, the treasurer of the district from which said pupils are sent, shall pay. in the manner prescribed by law to the treasurer of the district in to the board of education of the school to which said pupils are sent, an amount, not to exceed the average cost per pupil per week for maintaining the school ex clusive of school buildings, school site, and permanent improvements; provided, further, that the district board of the dis trict in which school Is discontinued shall provide for the transportalon of the pupils of said district, living two miles or more from the school to which said pupils are sent, to such school or schools LEGAL. In a safe and comfortable and enclosed conveyance or conveyances, properly heated, and the expense of such trans portation shall be paid by said school district in which school has been dis continued; provided, further, that when any school district within the provisions of this act, having voted an amount of money representing not less than four and one half mills of the assessed valu ation of such district, finds its funds in sufficient to pay the tuition and cost of transportation as herein provided the state shall pay to said district schools three-fourths of the difference between the amount raised hv said district from all sources for school purposes, and the cost of tuition and transportation of pupns tnerem, and the county snail pay from the general fund one-fourth of said difference; provided, that not more than seventy-five ($75.00) dollars shall be given to any district whose school has been discontinued according to the provisions of this act; and provided further, that pupns attending school in anotner scnooi district under the provisions of this act, shall have the same leital rights includ ing the right of admission, and be under tne same jurisdiction as the pupils re siding In the school district in which the school is conducted; provided, that such admission shall not Involve the addition of a school building, or school buildings, or the employment of an additional teach er, provided, that any district having an area of less than twelve square miles and a school population of less than fif teen, may maintain its school for not less than seven months each year ana such district shall not receive state and county aid In excess of fifty dollars. Sec. 10. That chapter 431 of the session laws of 1903, and all other acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Sec. 11. This act shall take effect and be In force from and after its publication In the official Btate paper. I hereby certify that the above bill orig inated in the House, and passed that body February 14, 1911. G. H. BUCKMAN. Speaker of the House. EARL AKERS. Chief Clerk of the Housit Passed the Senate February 24, 1911. RICHARD J. HOPKINS, President of the Senate. WALTER A. JOHNSON, Secretary of the Senate. Approved Feburary 28, 1911. W. R. STUBBS Governor. State of Kansas. Office of the Secretary of State.. I, Chas. H. Sessions, Secretary of State of the State of Kansas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my nam Seal. and affixed my official seal. this 28th day of February, 1911. CHAS. H. SESSIONS. Secretary of State. Published In The Topeka State Journal March 2, 1911. SENATE BILL NO. 50. AN ACT relating to cities of the second and third class, providing a separate road district, and amending section 1 of chapter 295 of the Session Laws of 1907, being section 7289 of the General Statutes of 1909, and repealing said original sec tion. Be It enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 295 of the Session Laws of 1907, being section 7289, General Statutes, 1909, is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 7289. Each incorporated city of the second and third class shall constitute a separate road district, and the corporate authori ties of suchi corporation shall have the power to appoint a road overseer for such corporation, fix his term of office and compensation, and remove him from office for any misconduct, and shall require him to give bond with good security to the proper corporation for the faithful dis charge of his duties and for the safe keeping of all property and proper use of any money that may come into his hands, and to disburse the same in thie manner directed by the corporation: and such overseer s shall do and perform all the duties in the same manner and under the same instructions and limitations as are provided for the government of over seers in this act, except as herein other wise provided; and the said corporate au thorities of. any such city are authorized and empowered to use the two days' work provided for by this act, or the money paid by persons in the discharge of the same. In paving, macadamizing or grading the streets and alleys in such city in any manner provided by ordinance or resolu tion of any such corporation; provided, such work or money shall be applied first to the most publkj streets not ma cadamized or graded; and any such city shall have the power to pass any by-law or ordinance necessary to carry out fully the provisions of this act. Sec. 2. That' original section 7289 of the General Statutes of 1909 Is hereby re pealed. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publica tion In the official state paper. I hereby certify that the above bill orig inated In the Senate, and passed that body January 26. 1911. House amendment concurred In 2-24-1911. RICHARD J. HOPKINS President of the Senate. WALTER A. JOHNSON Secretary of the Senate. Passed the House February 24. 1911. G. H. BUCKMAN Speaker of the House. EARL AKERS Chief Clerk of the House. Approved February 28-. 1911. W. R. STUBBS Governor. State of Kansas Office of the Secretary of State.' I, Chas. H. Sessions. Secretary of State of the State Of Kansas, do hereby certify that the .-above and foregoing1 is a correct copy of. the original enrolled bill now on file in my office. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name Seal. and affixed my official seal, this 2Sth day of February, 191L CHAS. H. SESSIONS." Secretary of stats. Published in The Topeka 1 State Journal HOUSE BILL No." 507. AN ACT to amend section 1 and section 2 of chapter 341 of the Session Laws of 19U7, and section 5 and section 6 of chap ter 424 of the Session Laws of 1903. Be It enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: Section 1. That section 1 and section 2 of chapter 341 of the Session Laws of 1907. and section 5 and section 6 of chapter 424 of the Session Laws of 1903 be and are hereby amended so as to read as follows: Certificates issued by county boards of examiners shall be of three grades, name ly,, third grade, second grade and first grade, and shall continue in force in the order named for the respective periods of one year, two years and three years. Sec. 2. Certificates of the third grade may be Issued to persons of not less than eighiteen years of age on passing a satis factory examination; provided, that not more than two third grade certificates may be Issued to the same Individual If the applicant has taugbit three months; provided further, that each ap plicant for a third 'grade certificate shall give satisfactory evidence of good moral character, and shall by a written examination secure an average grade of 75 per cent with no grade below 60 per cent In the following branches: orthog raphy reading, writing, english grammar and composition, geography, arithmetic. United States history. Including Kansas history, civil government, physiology and hygiene, elements of agriculture, the prin ciples and methods of teaching, and such other branches as the State Board of Ed ucation may prescribe. Certificates of the second grade may be Issued to persons of not less than eighteen years of age who have taught success fully not less than three school months and who shall give satisfactory evidence of good moral character, and who shall by a written examination secure an aver age grade of SO per cent with no grade below 60 per cent in all the branches re quired for a third grade certificate, and in such other branches as the State Board of Education may prescribe. Certif icates of the first grade may be issued to persons of not less than twenty years of age, who shall have taught success fully for not less than, twelve, school months, who shall give satisfactory evi dence of good moral character, and who shall fully satisfy the board of examiners of their ability to teach air the branches required for a second grade certificate, and such other branches as the State Board of Education may prescribe; pro vided, that by a written examination ap- LEGAL. pllcants shall secure an average grade of 90 per oent with no grade below 5 per cent in any one branch; provided further, that any person holding a second grade certificate may retain for two years any grade of 90 per cent or more, secured at not to exceed four regular county teach ers' examinations, and such) grade shall be applied toward meeting the require ments for a first grade certificate, but no grade received prior to the issuance of Buob. second grade certificate shall be so applied; and provided further, that a first grade certificate may be renewed at its expiration upon the payment of a fee of one dollar if It Is shown that the holder has attended at least 90 per cent 01 the time of at least one normal in stitute, or has had six weeks' profes sional training In some approved school, during the period for which the certificate has been issued; and provided further: that the applicant shall have performed such professional work as the State Board of Education or county superintendent shall direct, and shall not have remained out of school work longer than two con secutive years. Sec. 3. Ail professional -certificates In force at the time of the passage of this act shall at their expiration be renewed by the issuance of first grade certificates, and no professional certificates shall be issuea arter me passage 01 uu provided, that after May 1, 1913, no per son shall be granted a certificate who has not completed at least one year of school work in an accredited high school or its equivalent, and after May 1. 1915, no per son shall be granted a certificate who has not completed at least two years of nigra school work, or its equivalent, and after May 1, 1917, no person shall be granted a certificate who has not completed four years of high school or Its equiva lent; provided further, that this requirement shall not apply to any one who has taught at least six school months before May 1, 1912; and provided further, that the State Board of Education may make such temporary modifications of the requirements of this section as may be necessary to supply the schools with teachers. Sec. 4. That section 1 and section 2 of chapter 841 of the Session Laws of 1907, and section 6 and section 6 of ohapter 424 of the Session Laws of 1903 be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and be In force from and after its publication in the official state paper. I hereby certify that the above bill orig inated In the House, and passed that body February 16, 1911. ;q. H BUCKMAN a Speaker of the House. EARL AKERS Chief Clerk of the House. Passed the Senate February 23, 1911. RICHARD J. HOPKINS President of the Senate. WALTER A. JOHNSON Secretary of the Senate. Approved February 28, 1911. W. R. STUBBS Governor. State of Kansas. Office of the Secretary of State. L Chas. H. Sessions, Secretary of State of the State of Kansas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Is a correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I nave hereunto subscribed my name Seal. and affixed my official seal, this 28 day of February 1911 CHAS. H. SESSIONS, Secretary of State. Published in The Topeka State Journal March 2. 1911. OFFICIAL CITY COMMISSION PRO CEEDINGS. Commission Chamber, Topeka, Kansas, February 27, 1911. The city commission met lh regular session at 2:30 o'clock p. m.,-- with the following commission ers present: Commissioners Bone, Hol mart. Miller and Tandy 4. Mayor Billard In the chair. Protest against the Importing and em ploying of foreign laborers by Jones Brothers In constructing the south side dike In this city, from the tax-payers of the City of Topeka. Shawnee County, Kansas, signed by Thos, Horsfield and a number of others was presented, read and, on motion of Commissioner Bone, the city clerk'was Instructed to file said protest with the county commissioners with the recommendation of the city commission, that all foreign labor be dis pensed with, if possible, and home la borers employed exclusively in the per formance of the Jones Brothers' con tract: Petition to construot a new -cement sidewalk, four feet wide from Pennsyl vania Avenue to Sardou Avenue on the west side of Ohio Street, excepting abut ting on lots 401, 403. 405, 417, 419, 42L. 423, 425 and north half of 427. the same being already laid, signed by Peter Hagen and a number of others, was presented, read and referred to commissioner of Streets and Publio Improvements. Petition to construct a new cement sidewalk, four feet wide, from Pennsyl vania Avenue to Sardou Avenue, on botb sides of Green Street, exoeptlng from lot Nos. 421 to 437. inclusive, the same being already laid, signed by C. F. Bar ber and a number of others, was pre sented, read and referred to commis sioner of Streets and Publio Improve ments. Petition to construot a new cement sidewalk, four feet wide, from Freeman Avenue to Green Street on both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue, signed by S. C. Thompson and a number of others, was presented, read and referred to commis sioner of Streets and Public Improve ments, Petition to -construct a new cement sidewalk, four feet wide, from Pennsyl vania Avenue to Sardou Avenue, on west side of Sumner Street, excepting lot Nos. 437 to 447. inclusive, which is al ready laid, signed by S. C. Thompson and a number of others, waa presented, read and referred to commissioner or Streets and Publio Improvements. Petition to construct a new cement sidewalk, four feet wide, from Pennsyl vania Avenue to Sardou Avenue on the east side of Poplar Street signed by S. C. Thompson and a number of others, was presented, read and referred to com missioner of Streets and Public Improve ments. Petition to construct a new cement sidewalk, four feet wide, on the east side of Ohio Street, from Pennsylvania Avenue to Sardou Avenue, signed by S. C. Thompson and a number of others, was presented, read and referred to com missioner of Streets and Public Improve ments. Claim of the City of Topeka against the Topeka Railway Company In the sum of $573.77, for damage and expense to the City of Topeka caused by a car of the Topeka Railway Company, striking Hook and Ladder Truck No. 1 at Twelfth and Fillmore Streets November 24, 1910, badly wrecking the truok and Injuring three firemen, was presented, read and, on motion of Commissioner Tandy, re ferred to the Mayor and commissioner of Finance and Revenue. An ordinance appropriating money from certain funds to pay interest cou pons due March L 191L- was presented by Commissioner Bone. An emergency being declared In writing by the Mayor, the ordinance was taken up for final passage. Each section was read and, on separate motion, adopted. On roll call, the ordinance was passed by the follow ing vote: Ayes, Commissioners Bone, Holman, Miller and Tandy and Mayor Billard 5. .The title was read and ap proved. An ordinance granting permission and authority to the Standard Oil Company to construct and maintain tanks and buildings and to store therein the pro ducts of petroleum. In the City of To- feka, was presented and read; first read ng of the ordinance. Contract and bond for the -extension of water main along Euclid Avenue from Monroe Street to Jefferson Street, and south on Madison Street to Seventeenth Street, thence east on Seventeenth Street to Adams Street, was presented and read. On motion of Commissioner Miller, the mayor was authorized to sign the con tract and the bond was approved by the following vote: Ayes, Commissioners Bone, Holman, aimer ana xanay anu Vavnf mllard 5 Plumber's Bond of W. F. Sheahan in the sum of Two Thousand Dollars, given by the Maryland Casualty Company, was presented, read and approved by the fol lowing vote: Ayes, Commissioners Bone, Holman, Miller and, Tandy and Mayor Billard-. Contract for concessions lrt Garfield Park In the City of Topeka, Kansas, for a period of three years, presented to commission February 16, 1911, and re ferred to the mayor and commissioner of Parka and Public Buildmgs, was reported back and, on motion of Commissioner LEGAL. Holman, the mayor was authorised to sign said contract. Bids for furnishing to the city of To peka, twelve, two-yard bed. steel axle. and lour-lneh' tire, dump wagons, were "oelved from the following parties: Tiffin Wagon Co., Tiffin, Ohio: $126.00 each, net. MaoKinnon Manufacturing Co., Grand Sff"'DW 5conln; $130 each, f. o. b.. Grand Rapids. The Road Supply and Metal Co.. To peka, Kansas, $123.20- each. The John Deer Plow Co., Kansas City, Mo $120 each, f. o. b.. Topeka. htrmo? Waon Co., Newark. N. -1T5e'UBt,nw',t,- Chicago. Ills.; $1500 delivered. The Good Roads Machinery Co., Fort Wayne, Ind.; $143.50 each, f. o. b.. To peka, The Eagle Wagon Co., Auburn. N. Y. $116, f. o. b., their factory, less cash dis count of 6 30 days, or 60 days net On motion of Commissioner Miller, ac tion on the bids was deferred until 2:30 o clook p. m., Tuesday, February 28, 1911. The motion of Commissioner Bone, on which action was deferred by motion of Commissioner Miller from February 23 to February 27, that the name of C. G. Carl son be inserted in the Civil Service Com mission Ordinance, was In order before iae commission, on roll call, the motion was lost by the following vote: .Ayes. Commissioners Bone and Tandy I; Noes, Commissioners Holman, Miller and Mayor Billard -3. Commissioner Miller moved that the name of J. J. Lannan be insert ed in the Civil Service Commission Ordi nance, which motion prevailed by the fol lowing vote: Ayes, Commissioners Bone, Holman, Miller and Tandy and Mayor Billard 6. An ordinance appointing a civil service commissioner In and for the City of To peka to serve the unexpired term of G. E. Barnaby, deceased, presented to com missioners on February 6. 19U, was taken up for final passage. Each section was read and. on separate motion, adopted. On roll call, the ordinanoe was passed by the following vote: Aves. Commis sioners Bone, Holman, Miller and Tandy ana mayor .hsuiara The title was read and approved. No further businesa appearing, on mo tion of Commissioner Millar, commission adjourned until 2:30 o'clock p. m., Tues- uay, j? ecn-uary -is, lflA. Seal. C. B. BURGB, City Clerk. Published In The Topeka State Journal March 3, 191L HOUSE BILL. No, 449. AN ACT entitled an act to amend seotion 7614 of the General Statutes of 1900 and repealing said original section. Be It enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: Section 1. That section 7614 General Statutes of Kansas 1909 be and the sama is hereby amended to read aa follows: Sec. 7614. That whenever it shall become necessary for the board of education of any city of the second class to provide funds for the purchase of a school site or sites, or to erect a suitable building or buildings thereon, or to fund any bond ed indebtedness, or any floating indebted ness which may at present exist in the publio schools of said cities of the second class, It shall be lawful for the board of education of such city of the second olasa to borrow money for such purposes: And for such purpose or purposes the said board of education is hereby authorised and empowered to issue bonds bearing a rate of Interest not exceeding five per oent per annum, payable annually or semiannually at such, time and plaoe as may be mentioned on the face of the bonds, which shall be payable in not more than twenty years from their date, and the board of education is hereby author ized and empowered to sell such bonds at not less than their par value: Provided that no such bonds ex cept refunding bonds, shall be Is sued until the question of Issuing the same snail do submitted to a vote Of the people, and a majority of the qualified electors, male and female, who shall vote on the question of any election called for the purpose shall have declared by their votes in favor of issuing such bonds: Pro vided further, that the total Indebtedness of the said board of education shall not thereby be increased to an amount ex ceeding two per oent of the authorized valuation of the territory within the juris diction of said board of education: pro vided runner, that we board or educa tion of cities of the second class may is sue bonds at any time without suoh elec tion to pay outstanding warrants or float ing indebtedness which may exist at the passage of this act; and such board of education may issue at any time a bond for a sum not greater than ten hundred dollars to raise money to pay for needful repairs on school buildings or heating plants for the public-schools buildings, if the state school superintendent shall ap prove In writing such Issue of bonds for -floating Indebtedness, and for the pur pose in the above proviso; provided, it shall not at any time exceed an aggre- -gate amount of the sum of five thousand dollars: provided further, that the right granted herein to boards of education to issue bonds without such election shall not be construed to authorize ana issue bonds, which with those of the same kind already outstanding shall exceed two per cent or the assessment or taxation as shown by the last findings and determina tion of the proper board of equalization. Sec 2. That section 7614 of the Gen eral Statutes of 190 and all aots or parts of acts in conflict herewith be repealed. Sec, a This aot shall take effect ana be In force from and after its publication In the official state paper. I hereby cerucy mat tne a. Dove 0111 orig inated in the House, and passed that body Feb. 1S-1S11 rl. HUUK IV1AIN. Speaker of the House. EARL AKERS. Chief Clerk of the House, Passed the Senate March L 1911. E. F. PORTER, President pro tem of the Senate. WALTER A. JOHNSON Secretary of the Senate. Approved March 2-1911. W. R. STUBBS, Governor. State of Kansas. Office of the Secretary of State. I, Chas. H, Sessions, Secretary of State of the State of Kansas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Is a correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name fSeaL and affixed my official seal, this 2 day of March 1911 CHAS. H. SESSIONS Secretary of State. First published In The Topeka State Journal Thursday, March 2, 191L State of Kansas, Shawnee County, es. In the Matter of the Estate of William Riley Demaree, late of Shawnee County, !KLaxisa3 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. Notice is hereby given that on the 27tH day of February, A. D. 1911, the under signed was. by the Probate Court of Shaw nee County, Kansas, duly appointed Ad ministrator of the estate of William Riley Demaree, late of Shawnee County, de ceased. All parties interested In said estate will take notice and govern them selves accordingly. JAMES L. Demarre, Administrator. ATTENTION! To Whom It May Concern: This is to notify you that an election will be held the first Tuesday of Marcht 1911, the same being the seventh day of March, 1911, at the residence of Eri Hans ford, In the Kaw River Drainage District in. Shawnee County, Kansas, for the pur pose of choosing a board of directors for such drainage district. ERI HANSFORD. President of Board of Directors of the Kaw River Drainage District. OUSJEHOLTJGOOrSL Rugs made from old carpets; beautiful effect. Prices $1.00 and up. Carpeta cleaned, sewed, lafi McCormick-Osbora Rug Factory. 622 Van Buren. JPATENTS J. A. ROSEN, patent attorney. 41$ Kaa sas ave.. Top6ka. Kan. IDA C. BARNES.M. T. Office 726 Kansas ave. Residence Thir teenth and Clay. Office hours 9 a. m. ta U a. m. and 1 p. m. to I p. m. Both phones XC residence and Ind 1316 e Micas

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