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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-13
LOST THE FIRE.
Chief Wilmarth and Men MisIed by
Telephone Message.

For several minutes this morning the
fire apparatus was scurrying around
town for a supposed fire at the home of
H 3. Kelly, S18 Tyler street.
The alarm was sent in by telephone
and the operator giving the location Of
the fire was not we'll understood at the
different stations. The hose company
from station No. 4 started for 1918 Tyler
street. The hose and chemical com
panies from headquarters and CHIEF
Wilmarth started for 11S Tyler street
The ladder truck from station No. got
the location right as 818 Tyler street and
went there. When tie ladder company
arrived no other fire apparatus was there
and there was no excitement and no
body to tell the firemen where the. fire
was. The companies from the three sta
lions telephoned from the neighbor-
hoods where they were and found out
the true location of the fire and went
to the right place. The members of MI
Kelly's family saw smoke coming from
a register on the second floor and sup
posed there was fire below. The room
was filed with smoke so they COM
menced pouring water down the regis
ter When the fremen arrived the wa
ter was going down the register by the
bucket full. 1t was found that the
smoke came from a board in the hot air
chamber of the furnace which had been
left there by some workmen. 1t began
to smoke when it got hot. There was
no damage except by the water poured
in the register.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-13
ELoPEp MITH Child.
Prof. Harvey Deserts His Wife For
His Sister-in-Law.


Mount Vernon, ILL.,, Nov. ia sensa-
tional double elopement occurred in
Casner township a few days ago, the
particulars of which We're not made pub
lie until the aid of the authorities here
was invoked today in apprehending the
runaWays.
Last Thursday night Prof. Amos Har-
vey, principal of the Belmont schools,
in the western part OF the county, desert
ed his wife and babe. the latter but five
days old, and taking with him his sis
ter-in-law, Sarah c. Gardner. q 12-year-
old girl, fed to Arkansas.
At the same time his relative, Thomas
]. Harvey, a married man, left with
married woman named Hicks, presum-
ably for the same point to which II IS
thought Amos Harvey and the Gardner
girl are bound.
The father of the girl came to town
this morning and procured a warrant
charging Amos Harvey with abduction
Officers are now on his trail
Harvey and his sister-in-laW lived IN
the same school district He taught in
an adjoining district, and the girl at
tended the home school. Their roads to
their respective schools crossed, and the
two of late have managed to meet morn
ingS and evenings at the intersection Of
the roads, where 1t is supposed plans
for the flight were matured. Harvey is
a well educated young man, and is clerk
Of Casner township. Both he and the
girl belong to good families, and the
affair has created a. decided sensation
in the western half Of the county, where
they are we'll known.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-13
CENTER OF POPULATION.
Travelled West Eighteen Miles in 10
Years-Now at Columbus, Ind. a..

Columbus, Ind, Nov. 13.-The census
bureau has announced that the center
Of population of the United States is
Columbus Ind. Ten years ago it was
located at Westport, Is miles east of
here. Citizens of Columbus are pleased
to hear the announcement, as they have
been claiming the centership for sevaral
years.
Columbus, the county seat of Barthol-
omew county, is located on DriftWood
river, 40 miles below Indianapolis. and
20 miles from Louisville, on the lines Of
the Pennsylvania and Big Four rail-
roads. The Bell and Harrison telephone
companies have exchanges here, and
many Of the farmers over the county
partonize the systems. The county was
organized January g. 1921. Columbus
was then Tiptonia. a prosperous hamlet
In 1890 the population was ISL. now it
is $3.50. The present county population
is "a, 594. The city has eleven churches
six graded schools public library, the
Mooney tannery, the largest in the
world, several large furniture and i'm
plenrent factories, and a dozen smaller
factories There are two banks a thea
ter and two hotels. The city owns $780,
600 light and water plants There are
four daily and four weekly newspapers
The county is one of the most prosper
GUS in the state. 1t has always been
Democratic, as well as the city which
now has Democratic mayor and coun-
Gil
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-13
MRS. KlSTLER DIVORCED
Well Known North Topeka
Couple Legally Separated.

Anna B. Kistler has been granted a
divorce by the district court from
Charles S. Kistler. The divorce was not
contested. Both parties live in North
Topeka, and are we'll known.
The suit was filed by Mrs. Kistler on
November 8, and the divorce was grant
ed on November 9. The petition asking
with being guilty of extreme cruelty
to this plaintiff in that on October II
the defendant used violent and abusive
language to this plaintiff and inflicted
upon her bodily violence by shaking her
and attempting to eject her from the
house, striking her and cursing at her
and swearing at her, and that on many
and sundry occasions both before and
after the said 18th of October the de-
PENDANT was guilty of extreme cruelty
and subjected her to bodily harm"
The defendant filed an answer denying
all charges They were married No
Veuber IL 1890
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BOTH BOUND OVER.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry to Be Tried For
Murder of Their Infant.

The developments in the Henry case
at ALBUQUERQUE have come thick and
fast Both Mr.. and Mrs Henry We're
bound over to the grand jury without
bail at the preliminary trial yesterday.
Mrs. Henry expressed a wish to go to
her husband in jail, and the officers
granted her the privilege, as it served
their purpose They thought that if she
chose to stay with him it would not be
necessary for them to place her under
arrest, but her arrest was to take place
as soon as she attempted to leave.
One of the most competent criminal
lawyers of the southwest, Mr.. T. N. Will
kerson, has been engaged for the defense.
An effort was made to get their release
on bail, but it was unsuccessful
The Daily Citizen says: Word now
comes from the county jail that since his
incarceration he spends the hours. day
and night, in groaning and moaning, as
tatfon over the awful crime which he
and his wife of only three months have
committed.
'.Neighbors or the Henrys now recall
since the arrest and confession of the
murder, that Mrs. Henry, before the
child was born, tried many ways to rid
herself of it and would jump off the
porch, run around the grounds and
commit many other violent acts that
woman in her condition is warned not
to do
The Albuquerque papers have treated
the matter as delicately as possible, but
at the same llfne the aSSefl4OH mas oeSH
made that this was the most inhuman
and revolving crime Albuquerque has
ever known.
The Journal-Democrat says: THE To-
peka papers speak of an accident in
which the young machinist's head was
injured, and hint at responsibility.
Henry, however, gives no evidence of
being insane. He is not bearing UP
we'll, and seems now to realize the enor-
nifty of what he has done, and to fear
the nrOha bile c0nSeCuenCGS.'
Relatives in this city have received
word from Geo. Henry, the father, who
is now in Albuquerque, that all the re-
norris are true
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-13
CRAWFORD CONES BAcK.
Uses His Theater Programmes to Re
ply to the Capital.

L. NJ. Crawford. manager Of the Craw-
ford theater, and the morning paper are
engaged in a war of words
The trouble started over advertising,
tickets, or something of the kind, and
Mr.. Crawford has been the recipient OF
several broadsides.
Last night the people at the theater
were surprised to find the outside cover
of the programme devoted to the morn
ing paper. Mr.. Crawford was having
his say. Here are some of the gems:
When we took our ad. out, our hair 1t
raised.
To put it back we would be praised.
All is included in this summing:
To catch US going. and get US coming"
Millions of passes for defense but
nary a one for tribute
1.-THE Capital hath sorrow an ad-
vertisement cannot heal
The Capital is responsible if this pro-
gramne develops into a newspaper
Our esteemed citizen who tried to re-
form the Capital, failed to effect an en-
tire cure Its repentance is soured and
its contrition is Skippered as bad as
mid summer cheese"
1--WE invite honest criticism, and will,
to the extent of our resources and abil-
ity respect and profit by it; but when it
comes to a, dictatorship in our private
affairs it will not work.
''Imperious and dictatorial demands
have been made on us for large and ex-
pensive advertisements by the Capital,
with which we could not and will not
comply These demands have been fol-
lowed by threats. The worm has turned,
and we are the worm, and we want
everybody to know that it is our turn
'sThe Capital is not hotel, club. or
restaurant-it is g. lunch counter, where
sandwiches composed of a thick layer of
necessary rancOr is mildewed between
an upper and lower 4crust of hackneyed
words misfit grammar, unadjustable
adjectives and strabismused lexicon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-13
BUYS HISTORIC HOME.
Chicago Man Will Raze House in
Which James x. Polk Lived.

Nashville, Tenn, Nov 1s.-The land
on which stands the old home of James
K Polk, and in which he died, has been
sold to ]. w. Gates of Chicago and J.
Craig McLanahan Of this city for $780,
600. The old house is being torn down
and its place will be taken by an apart
ment house costing 800, 000 to be named
in honor of the former president.
When Polk died he left a will desig-
mating the state of Tennessee trustee
for his estate. The Tennessee legislature,
according to the provisions of the win,
was to decide which member of the FAM
lily by the name of Polk was entitled to
the property. The will was hotly con-
tested by the Polk heirs and was finally
broken, resulting in a sale of the prop
erty for partition. The supreme court
in the case held that the will created a
nobility which is in violation of the
state constitution.
The Legislature has from time to time
considered a proposition to purchase
the mansion as a gubernatorial home,
but whenever the matter was taken up
in the general assembly the measure
was defeated. The Daughters of the
Revolution and members of other patri-
otto societies tried to raise funds with
which to purchase the place and pre-
serve it, but in each effort they We're not
supported, and the sale to the present
owners followed
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sHOT BIZ DEPUTY sHERIFF.
Wild Man of Northeastern Arizona
MortalIy Wounded at Phoenix.

Phoenix. Ariz., Nov. 1S.-Robert Nc
Causland, the wild man of northeast
ern Arizona" was MORALLY wounded
early this morning by Deputy Sherim
Joseph Bargman, Of Navajo county
Bargn1an had brought McCausland to
Phoenix for commitment to the terrific
rial insane asylum McCausland slipped
rom his bonds (straps) and started on
Bargman thought to check his flight by
means of a pistol shot and SO aimed as to
hit the ground, but the bullet rebounded
and passed through the body Of the
fugitive. McCausland had been playing
wild man. for six weeks in the vicinity
Of Holbrook, along the line of the Santa
Fe Pacific railway
He was rarely seen in the daytime,
sleeping in the brush along the channel
of the Little Colorado river. After night
fall he roamed around making night
hideous with bowling, and gaining his
sustenance from garbage barrels When
overtaken by Sheriff Watron and posse
he made a desperate fight and had to
be lassoed by cowboys McCausland
tells that his father was till lately post
master at Belfast, ireland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-13
porNrEn pARAGRAPHs.

IF'rom the chicago NeWs-I
The traveller in a desert Is a we'll
wisher.
The midnight ghost is probably the
dead Of the night.
There is no better mirror than tried
and true friend.
To believe that task is impossible is
to make it so.
A man gains strength every time he
admits his own weakness,
OF all the practices OF love, praise Is
the most treacherous-
Every man you meet is willing to ad-
nit that he was once a fool.
A public speaker isn't necessarily a
thief because he takes the floor.
An old bachelor says that weeds are
not weeds when they become widows.
Some people are like clocks; they are
going all the time, but never get any
where.
occasionally, even if he doesn't recog-
nize it.
Don't think because a man is short of
stature that he was brought up on con-
densed milk.
Pharaoh's daughter wasn't broker,
but she got a little prophet from the
rushes on the bank
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The street force is grading the park
ing on Tyler street south of Sixth street
The paving isiheing laid on Lane street
between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets.
President Murlin, of Baker university,
will preach Sunday night at the Park
dale Methodist church.
The eastern bankers seem to be anx-
ious to get the $40 900 waterworls
bonds which were voted Denison.
Prior & Co. and W. J. Hayes & Sons.
banking firms Of Cleveland, o., have
written to the city clerk stating that
they want a chance to bid on the bonds.
Mayor Drew this morning received an
invitation to the American Municipal
league which meets in Charleston, s. C..
December 1915. Neither the mayor nor
any Of the city officers will attend The
Kansas Municipal league will meet in
this city the first week in Deem Der.
Chief Engineer J. z. Dauchy, OF the
Rock Island, passed through Topeka this
afternoon going south. Engineer Day
and General Roadmaster Irvine Joined
the chief engineer here. They are going
down into the territories to look over
the Oklahoma, Anadarko and Fort Sill
lines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-13
SANTA FE STRIKE.

Stockton, Cal. Nov 80. H. Lehmer.
local superintendent of the valley di
vision of the Santa Fe states that all the
operators at intermediate points along
the line struck at noon today, though
the operators at main stations were still
working. Shortly after noon, so Mr.
Lehmer stated, a telegram had been re-
ceived to the effect that the matter
should be adjusted and that the OPP
orators were waiting for orders to re-
turn to work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-13
INDIANA MINERS IDLE,
Owing to a Failure to Agree Upon a
Wage Scale.

Indianapolis, Nov. 19-In a conference
yesterday afternoon the Indiana coal
scale because of the increase in wages,
but offered to continue the present scale
until the convention of United Mine
Workers at Indianapolis meets in Janu-
airy, at which time the question of pay
ing the Illinois scale to Indiana miners
would be considered
AS a result of the failure of this con-
ference, and the instructions issued by
Chief Taylor, Of the engineers broth
erhood. the mining industry in Indiana
is idle today except in a few places
where the hoisting engineers refused to
obey the order of their labor organiza-
tiOn
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WILLARD RETURNS.
Elk Topeka Banker viii Testify
in Grimes Case.

Frank G. Willard has returned from
New York and will be summoned soon
by Ferry and Doran to testify in the
case against Frank Grimes, state treas
urer
One days notice of intention to re-
new the taking Of dispositions must be
given before the summons can be issued.
so Mr.. Willard will probably not be
served before Thursday.
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HE is FOR BURTON.
W. s. Fitzpatrick. New Sedan State
Senator, Tells Where BE Stands.

w S. Fitzpatrick of Sedan is among
the political visitors who have been
around the state house and Copeland
county for two days Mr.. Fitzpatrick is
the newly elected Republican senator
for the district composed of Elk and
Chautauqua counties.
Fitzpatrick is one of the candidates
who kept out of the contest over the
election of a United States senator dur
ing the campaign. The district which
he will represent in the senate is for
Burton and Mr.. Fitzpatrick has an
nounced his intention to vote for the
Abilene man.
Uncle" Jase Helmick. Popultst, was
defeated by Fitzpatrick after exercising
for four years q sort of fatherly care
over the unruly senate. Mr.. Helmick is
probably 60 years old but he is said to
have never been good and mad during
his lifetime.
Fitzpatrick physically will be among
the smallest men in the legislature but
ne is a good-natured, brainy young law
yer, and is popular.
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LlNCOLN'S ASSASSINATION.
Details Are Given in Newspaper Pre-
sented to Historical Society.

Geo. r. Waters, notary public who
lives at Ala East Fifth street, has been
in possession OF a copy of the New York
Herald of Saturday, April IS. 1865. which
contained the announcement of the as
sassination of President Lincoln. Mr..
Waters today gave the paper to the
State Historical society.
The picture OF Lincoln appears at the
top in the center of the first page.
The column rules were printed wrong
side up and the head lines were in black
type.
The paper is worn with age and has
been pasted together in places so as to
keep it intact.
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Mr.. Frost Appoints Committee.

John f. Frost late this afternoon ap-
pointed Samuel Kimble, chairman of the
legislative committee of the Kansas
Semi Centennial exposition. The other
members Of the committee are G. D.
Walker Of Atchison John w. BREEDER
thai Of Topeka, J. J. Dalton Of Mankato.
and It. V. HeaIy of Wichita Mr.. Frost
made the Introductory talk in opening
the meeting, which was followed with
short talks by Edward Wilder, F. D. Co
burn, Major T. J. Anderson and others
The time this afternoon IS being occu-
pied in a discussion of methods to be
adopted by the legislative committee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-13
CHASE CLAIMS BANNER.
Thinks They Can Show Largest Re
publican Increase.

Chase county Republicans hope to
capture the banner offered to the county
showing the largest increase in the vote
for the Republican ticket this year,
compared with four years ago.
Dr. j. M. Eamme, chairman of the
county committee and John McCollun,
both of Cottonwood Falls, were in the
city today and they will at the proper
time establish their claims for first hon
orS. Up to date the county seems to be
entitled to the flag, showing an increase
Of SO 1-S per cent in the vote on presi-
dent.
In 1896 Bryan received in Chase coun-
ty 1877 votes; Mckinley S12. This year
Mckinley received the large number, L.
0S3; BRYAN receiving 962.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-13
FOND OF HIS KITTEN.
Jersey City Lad Rushes Into Burning
Building to Rescue Pet.

New York, Nov. 13.-Fire Of an IN
known origin this morning destroyed the
four story brick tenement at 146 and 143
Morris street, Jersey City. and fifteen
families were rendered homeless. While
the fire was at it's height a boy named
James Curtis cried out in great distress
that a kitten he had left in a shop on
the ground floor would be burned to
death Despite the warnings of the fire
men, he plunged into the building, which
then was filed with smoke, though not
burning Five minutes later he reap
pared with the kitten in his arms The
crowd cheered him heartily as he ran
home with his kitten, careless as to
whether the building burned or not.
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NEELY'S BROTHER DEAD.
Relative of Ex-Cuban Postal Official
Expires While Insane.

Muncie. Ind, Nov. 13.-Cyrus G. Nicely.
unexpectedly in the eastern Indiana hos
pItal for insane at Richmond this MORN
ing.
F. w. Nicely, who is charged with COM
plicity in the Cuban postal frauds, now in
jail in New York, and for thirty years
has been a. postal clerk on railroads in
this vicinity, twenty or more years being
on the Lake Erie and Western between
Muncie and PEORIA III. A year ago the
mans mind became slightly affected, the
trouble attributed to his long service in a
j ling railroad car, and after his broth
er's arrest his condition became worse.
Hear Mabelle Crawford at the Audi
torium Thursday night.
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Idleness in Sight.

Niles, O.. Nov. J3.-Five hundred men
will be thrown out OF work next Tues
day by closing of the forge and plate
mills department of the American Sheet
Steel companys mills here This action
is said to be due TO iniunctions threat
ened by the National Tube company and
the Republic Iron Steel a. Iron company.
When the Republic company sold its
sheet mills, It was with the agreement.
IL is said that the American company
would manufacture only sheet steel
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X. u. WANTS TWO.
viii Ask the Legislature For New
Buildings.

The Kansas university will ask the
forthcoming legislature to make appro-
priations for two new buildings.
For new museum building $1O0 600;
to complete the chemistry building, $26.-
600 and a general maintenance fund of
800 900.
Republicans are in sole control of the
legislature, hope to obtain appropria-
lions which have recently failed in the
legislature because of the political COM
plexion of that body
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FUNERAL OF CHAs. ENGLER
He Came to Topeka in 1857 and
Lived Here Till His Death.

The funeral Of Charles Engler. one Of
Topeka's Oldest settlers, was held Monday
afternoon at his home six miles south Of
the city on the Rurlingame road The
services were conducted by DR.. A S. En-
bree, and many of the old settlers at
tended.
Mr.. Engler was born in Germany No
vernber "a 1882. He located in Topeka in
1857 and lived for a number of years at
Fifth and Fillmore. after which he moved
to his old home place six miles south Of
the city.
Mr.. Engler leaves seven children, five
boys and two girls
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NO STORMS IN SIGHT.
Weather Bureau Promises Kansas
Fair Weather

The prospects are for continuance OF
fair weather. There are a few highs
and lows but they do not threaten any
immediate storms.
The forecast sent out today is fair to-
night and Wednesday," The maximum
temperature for today occurred at mid
night when the thermometer stood at 40.
The temperature fell from that time un-
til 10 o'clock this morning when the
mercury registered 40 The wind has
been north blowing IA miles an hour.
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CHAROWHAS IN COURT.
Jury Disagrees in His Case For As
sauIting Brother Greek.

The case of the Louis Charowhas for
assaulting George Al1endorf, whose
name is not Allendorf. was heard in the
district court yesterday and the jury
disagreed.
Charowhas was arrested by the police
for assaulting Allendorf. He was tried
IN the police court and convicted. He
appealed the case to the district court.
There is another case against CharoW-
has TO be heard in the district court The
second case is for fighting. So far Char
owhas has won all his cases, which
amount to about a half a dozen.
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GOES INTO INSURANCE.
Chief Clerk of Santa Fe Car Service
Department Resigns

James W. Dugan, chief clerk to c. W.
Kouns, superintendent of car service, Of
the Santa F'e, has resigned to take a POSI-
ton in Detroit. Mich. with the Maesachu-
sets Mutual Life Insurance company
MIR Dugan has been in the employ of the
Santa Fe for sixteen years. For the in
surance company he will be an office
manager with Jurisdiction over Michigan,
Wisconsin and northern Ohio
Mr.. Dugans family leaves tomorrow for
Detroit, to be followed by himself upon
the installation of his successor in Mr..
Kouns office.