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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-31
YEAR TO OPEN CLEAR.
That Is What the Weather
Bureau Says.

The government forecast intimates
that the year viii close generally fair.
and the new year .ooep5 under the same
favorable circumstances. with a mod
crate temDera ture. Not long ago Cider
Smith predicted that the year would go
out with cloudy, threatening weather
Unless something, drops before long
cider" Smith loses. But after all
Cider" was guessing about two weeks
over due, and is perfectly justifiable in
making q slight mistake like that.
The temperature has been rising rap
idly today, and Il. the sky is painfully
clear The lowest temperature reached
last night was 24.S, and it is 20 degrees
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-31
W. 0. JONES NAMED.
Former Topeka Man Cashier of
Park National Bank.

New York. Dec. 3L-W. o. Jones, for
merly of Topeka, has. been appointed
first assistant cashier of the National
Park bank.
Mr. Jones is a brother-in-law of T. 4.
Pounds. When he lived in Topeka he
was stenograoher for the real estate
firm of Stricken. Daniels & Pounds.
When he left Topeka and went to New
York he became stenOgrapher to the
president of the Chase National bank.
He was promoted several times until
he was made assistant cashier 1t Is
presumed that the new position is q
better one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-31
State University Banquet.

One of the pleasant side features of
the state teachers meetings is the re-
unions which It affords the alumni and
ex-students of the state educational in
stitutions. One of these at this associa-
ton was a dinner attended by the State
university people from to o'clock last
evening at the rooms of the Young WO-
mems Christian association. About 20
university people sat down to the din
ner. Chancellor Strong among them.
Prof Blackmar acted as POSTMASTER.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-31
GO TO REFORM SCHOOL.
Teachers Were Not Sent, However
But Go on Their Own Accord.

A big crowd of teachers went out to
the industrial school for boys this after
noon. to see that institution. Consider
able interest in it was awakened yester-
day when a chorus of about forty of the
boys, ranging from s to fourteen years
in age, appeared and sang before the
association.
Today Superintendent Charles of thS
industrial school made arrangements
with the Rock Island Railroad company
to take the teachers out to the school
and special train left the Rock Island
depot at 2 o'clock, to return at 4 O'Clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-31
Kahn Will Contest.

San Francisco. Cal. Dec. 31.-Congress-
man Julius Kahn, defeated for reelection
in the Fourth California congressional dis
trict by E. J. Livernash, has served notice
of contest. The official count gave I-iv-
ernash a majority of al, but a decision by
Superior Judge Hubbard in the contest for
superintendent of schools throws out so
many votes affecting Livernash' 5 majority
that a partial recount gives Kann plural
itX of 124
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-31
HOMER Low COMING.
Appointed to q Position in Rock
Island Law Office.

Homer B. Low, nephew of NJ A. Low,
has been given a position in the Rock Is
land law offices here at Topeka, and the
appointment is made effective at once.
Mr. Low has been serving claim agent
of the Chicago Rock Island and Texas.
Mr.. Low is succeeded by William P.
Chicago, Rock Island and Texas. Mr..
Williams will also have under mis- jurisd;c-
ton the Chicago. Rock Island and Gulf.
now in process of construction. He has
been assistant since 1901. and his headquar-
ters will in the future be in Fort Worth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-31
DAYHOFF NOT HERE.
Incoming State Superintendent De-
tanned by His Wife's Illness.

l. L. Dayhoff state superintendent.
elect has not been present at the asSo-
citation at all, owing to the serious ILL
ness of his wife at Hutchinson. There
is always considerable interest among
the teachers in meeting the incoming
state superintendent and it was re-
GREETED that Mr.. Dayhoff could not be
here. He telegraphed yesterday that
he would come today if possible, but he
did not arri-e for the morning session,
at which he was scheduled for an ad-
dress. Eu
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-31
THEIR PURPOSE ROBBERY
Fatal Shooting of a Market Keeper in
Kansas City, Kansas.

Kansas City, Mo-. Dec. 31-In Kansas
City, Kan. today one of two men shot
and fatally wounded Jesse B. Dulin, aged
3d. keeper of stall at the city market on
the Missouri side. firing from behind. Du-
lin who was driving wagon, arose in
the seat after being shot and fired at the
two men, wounding one, but both esca ped.
leaving no clew. Their purpose evidently
was robbery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-31
FORM A COMBINE.
Presidents of Denominationa1 Col
leges Get Together.

The presidents of the denominational
schools in the state have taken steps to
form trust. Fourteen of them, led by
DR.. c. A. Swensson, of Bethany college
at Lindshorg, got together and adopted
measures looking to the benefit of all
UNCONVENTIONAL schools. One of these
things is the adjustment of free schol-
arShiOS. Another is to make the school
years more nearly uniform if it shall
seem beneficial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-31
Chancellor strone's Address.

One of the best addresses at the gen
eral session of the association today was
that made by Chancellor Strong of the
state university along the line of the re-
sponsibilities and opportunities of the
teacher. He pointed out especially the
advantages of the middle west in edu-
cational lines and the fact that the peo-
pie of the middle west may become the
leaders of the nation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-31

Peoria, Ill. Dec. 31-Bank robbers,
presumably the same gang which has
been operating extensively throughout
central Illinois, made an effort last
night to rob the Auten bank at Prince
VILE but it is pronounced they were
frightened away. They entered the bank
through a window, but did not mar the
safe. They were probably frightened
away, as their tools were found this
morning. There is no clew.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-31
Carruth Elected.


Baltimore. Dec. 31.-The modern lang
uage association of American closed its
annual convention today. Prof. George
Hempt, of the University of Michigan
was elected president. Prof. w. H Car
ruth of the University of Kansas and
Raymond Weeks of the University of
Missouri, were elected members of the
executive committee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-31

An eastern bridegroom has sued for
divorce on the ground that he was
hypnotized by the bride and couldn't
refrain from marrying her. If the ex-
perts can succeed in convincing the
court that the allegations of the plain
tiff are true. it will not be so hard to
explain a great many other marriages
that hitherto have not been under
nfoo1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-31
Tobacco Trust Increases Stock

Trenton. Nj, Dec 31.-The Consolidated
Tobacco company today presented at the
secretary of states office COR fling GER
t1fcate increasing its capital stock from
$50 100000 to S4O0e0.000. The document was
rejected because of some technical impe--
ed later.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-31
Hol;dav Rates via eanta Re.

Tickets on sale to points within 200
miles of Topeka. one fare for the round
trip, December "a. 25 81 and January /,
return limit January 2. Rates east Of
Missouri river one and one-third fare.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-31
Christmas and New Years Holiday
Rates

The Missouri Pacific will sell tickets
on December "a, %, and 81 and January
1 between points within two hundred
miles distance at rate of one fare for
the round trip with minimum rate of
so cents. All tickets limited to con-
tinuous passage in each direction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-31
She Shot Chicken Thief.

Kansas City, Kan, Dec. 51.--At an
early hour today Mrs. Grace Weinberg
shot a man who was attempting to rob
her hen house. He escaped leaving a
trail of blood.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-31
Edward Weatherby Dead.

London, Dec. 31.-Edward Weatherby,
former secretary of the Jockey club and
publisher of the Racing Calendar. the Of
fetal organ of the club is dead.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-31
Holidav Rates via Santa Fe.

Tickets on sale to points within 200
miles of Topeka, one fare for the round
trip, December "A, 25, 81 and January ],
return limit January 2. Rates east of
Missouri river one and one-third fare.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-31

Chicago university has sustained
hard blow The Standard Oil company
has decided to retire its employees on
pension amounting to one-fourth or
their salary at the retirement age, IS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-31

II Castro should decide to fight it out,
probably he would not find himself
wholly without friends. He is SO stu
ated that. with peace at home, he could
make it mighty interesting for the
ollfac
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-31
rhe Golden State Limited

Leaves Topeka every evening at 500,
arriving Chicago 1920 a. m, New York
1:3O second afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-31

Delhi. India, Dec SIN commemor-
alton of the coronation durbar, orders
have been issued to release certain
classes of military offenders and 1913
prisoners who are in civil jails
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-14
R

warmed up. and my cold was yield
ing to treatment. Mrs. Cadogan en-
tered and informed me that Mr.. Flur-
ry'' was in the yard, and would be
thankful if I'd go out to him, for he
couldn't come in. 1 huddled on a
macintosh and went out into the yard.
My landlord was there on horseback,
and with him there was q man stand
ing at the head of a stout gray animal.
recognized with despair that 1 was
about 20 be compelled to buy Il horse.
Good afternoon, Major" said Mr.
Knox in his slow, sing-song brogue:
ITS rather soon to be paying you a
hurry 70 see the horse 1 was telling
you off,
! thanked him and suggested that il
was rather wet for horse dealing.
"Oh, it's nothing when you're used
to it, replied Mr.. Knox. His gloveless
hands We're red and wet, the rain ran
down his nose, and his covert coat was
soaked to a sodden brown. l thought
that I did not want to become used to
it. My relations with horses have been
of a purely military character. 1 have
endured the Sandhurst riding school, 1
have galloped for an impetuous gen
eTal, l have been steward at regimental
races, but none of these feats has al
tered my opinion that the horse, as a
Nevertheless. the man who accepts a
resident magistracy in the southwest
of Ireland voluntarily retires into the
prehistoric age: to institute a stable
became inevitable.
You ought to throw a leg over him, -
said Mr.. Knox, "and you're welcome to
take him over fence or two if you
like. He's a nice, fiippant jumper"
Even to my unexacting eye the gray
horse did not seem to promise flip
pancy | explained that I wanted
something to drive and not TO ride
We'll. that's fine raking horse in
harness" said Mr.. Knox. looking at
me with his serious gray eyes. Bring
him up here. Michael
Michael abandoned his efforts to kick
the gray horses forelegs into a becOm-
ing position and led him up to me.
/ regarded him from under my UNI
brella with a quite unreasonable dis
favor. He had the dreadful beauty of
a horse in toy shop. as chubby. as
wooden and as conscientiously dap
pied, but it was unreasonable to urge
this as an objection. Yielding to cir
cumstances, 1 threw my leg over the
brute, and after pacing gravely round
the quadrangle that formed the yard
! decided. that as he had neither fallen
down nor kicked me off 1T was worth
paying e25 for him, if only to get in
out OF the rain.
Mr.. Knox accompanied me into the
/ house and had a drink. He was a fair
/ spare young man, who looked like q
! stable boy among gentlemen and q
/ gentleman among stable boys. He be-
! longed to a clan that cropped up in
! every grade of society in the county
/ from Sir Valentine Knox to Castle
! Knox down to the auctiOneer Knox
/ who bore the attractive title of Larry
the Liar. So far as 1 could judge, Flor
ence Mccarthy of that ilk occupied z
/ shifting position about midway in the
/ tribe. 1 had met him at a dinner al
| Sir Valentines, had heard of him al
an illicit auction, held by Larry the
/ Liar, of brandy stolen from a wreck
/ They were BLACK ProteStants' all Of
them, in virtue of their descent from
] a cody soldier of Cromwell, and al
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-14
By E. O'C. SomerviIle

not what I expected. All, without so
much as a conventional regret, de-
clined my invitation: Mr.. Knox added
that he hoped the bag of cock would
be 10 my liking, and that need not be
afraid that the hounds would trouble
my coverts any more Here was war.
/ gazed in stupefaetion at the crooked
scrawi in which my landlord had de-
clared il. It was wholly and entirely
inexplicabIe. and instead of going to
sleep comfortably over the fire and my
newspaper, as a gentleman should, L
spent the evening in irritated ponder
ings over this bewildering and exas-
perating change OF front on the part
Of my friendly squireens.
NV shoot the next day was scarcely
a success. I shot the woods in COM
pany with my gamekeeper, Tim Con-
nor. a gentleman whose duties mainly
/ consisted in limiting the pOaching priv
leges to his personal friends, and what
ever my Offense might have been, Mr..
Knox could have wished me no bitterer
punishment than hearing the unavail-
ing shouts of Mark cOcki" and see
ing my birds winging their way from
the cOverts far out. of shot Tim Con-
nor and I got ten couple between US;
it might have been thirty If my neigh
bors had not boycoCted me for what
1 could only suppose was the slackness
of their hounds
] L
/ slept the deep, Unsuitable sleep that 1
had earned 1t was somewhere about
3 a. m. that I was gradually awakened
l by a continuous knocking, interpreted
with muffIed calls. Great Uncle Nc
Carthy had never before given tongue,
and 1 freed one ear from blankets to
/ listen. Then I remembered Peter had
4 told me the sweep had promised to ar
rive that morning. and to arrive early.
/ Blind with sleep and fury I went to
l the passage window, and thence de-
/ sired the sweep to go 10 the devil. 1t
awaited me little. For the remainder
+ of the night 1 could hear him pacing
round the house trying the windows,
/ banging at the doors and calling upon
/ fallen into troubled doze. when Mrs
/ Cadogan knocked at my door and i'm
parted the information that the sweep
had arrived
Wei, for heavens sake. let him get
at the chimneys and let me go to
/ ton, and you may tell him from me
! that if 1 hear his voice again III shoot
him!"
Subsequent events may be briefly
summarized. At 7:30 I was awakened
anew by a thunderous sound in the
! chimney, and a brick crashed into the
fireplace, followed at a short interval
/ bN LNO 0cd4 JdChueaNS anu NAASAA AS9No-
4 At l was informed by Peter that
there was no hot water, and that he
| wished the devil would roast the same
| sweep. At $3.50, when came down to
| breakfast, there was no fire anywhere,
and my coffee, made in the coach house,
tasted of SCOT. 1 put on an overcOat
! and opened my letters. About fourth
or fifth in the undressing heap came
one in tn egregiously disguised hand.
| Sir" it began, this in to inform you
| your unsportsmanlike conduct has been
| discovered. You have been suspected
this good while of shooting the Shree-
lane foxes; it is known now you do
| worse. Parties have seen your game
keeper going regular to meet the Sat
urday early train at Salters Till sta
ton, with your gray horse under a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-14

in the dumb and barren country. Some
thing Whirled out of the darkness above
me, and fell with flop on the ground,
Just at my feet. l jumped backward. in
point of fact I made for the kitchen
door. and. with my hand on the latch,
stood still and waited Nothing fur
Their happened; the thing that lay there
did not stir. I struck s match. The
moment of tension turned to pathos as
the light fickered on nothing more
fateful than dead crow.
Dead it certainly was. could have
told that without looking at it; but
why should IL, at some considerable
period after its death. fall from the
clouds at my feet? But did it fall from
the cIouds2 I struck another match
and stared up at the impenetrable face
Of the house. There was no hint Of
solution in the dark windows. but I
determined TO go up and search the
rooms that gave upon the yard.
How cold il wasi I can feel now the
frozen, musty air of those attics. with
their rat-eaten floors and wall papers
furred with damp. l went softly from
one to another. feeling like burglar
in my own house, and found nothing
in elucidation of the mystery. The
windows were Theoretically shut and
sealed with cobwebs. There was no
furniture except in the end room.
where a wardrobe without doors stood
/ in d corner. empty save for the solemn
presence of a monstrous tall hat
went back TO bed. cursing those powers
I of darkness that had got me out OF it.
I My landlord had not failed of his
promise to visit my covertS with his
hounds. 1 met them all one red frosty
evening. -FIErry at their head, in his
! shabby pink coat and dingy breeches.
the hounds trailing dejectedly behind
/ him and his half dozen companions.
I 4 F1er
rein as I met them
/ None" said Mr. FURRY briefly He
| did not stop, neither did he remove his
/ pipe from his mouth; his eye at me
was cold and sour. The other members
of the hunt passed me with equal
| hauteur; 1 thought they took their i'll
| luck very badly.
On foot, among the last of the stray
/ Cling hounds. cracking a carman's whip
and swearing comprehensively at them
| ALL slouched my friend Slipper. Our
| friendship had begun in court, the
| relative positions of the dock and the
Judgment seat forming no obstacle TO
is progress. He was, as usual, lit
tie drunk, and he hailed me as though
4 I were a ship.
"Ahoy, Major Yeates." he shouted
| bringing himself up with lurch
against my cart; its hunting you
/ should be, in place of sending poor
devils to jail
But where are all the foxes?" said I
| "Begor, I don't know no more than
| your honor. And Shreelane-that there
used to be as many foxes in it as there
| crosses in a yord of check! Well, III
say nothin' for it, only that it's
! squarei''
That frosty evening was followed by
three others like unto it, and a flight
! of woodcock came in 1 dispatched in
! vitations to shoot and dine on the fol-
lowing day to four of the local sports
men, among whom was, of course, my
landlord. I remember that in my let
! ter to the latter I expressed a face
tious hope that my bag of cock would
be more successful than his Of foxes
| had been.
The answers to my invitations were
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-14

A RESIDENT magistracy in Ireland
~ is not an easy thing to come by
nowadays; neither is it very at
tractive job; yet on the evening when I
first propounded the idea to the young
lady who had recently consented to be
come Mrs. Sinclair Yeates. ii seemed
gllttering with possibilities.
I was then climbing the steep ascent
of the captains toward my majority. 1
had attained to the dignity of mud ma
jOr and had spent a good. deal on post
age stamps and on railway fares to in
terVieW people of influence before I
opening long envelopes addressed to
Major Yeates, r. NJ"
Ny most immediate concern was to
leave il at the earliest opportunity, but
in those nine weeks ! had learned,
among other painful things, little, a
very little, of the methods of the par
ttsan in the west of Ireland. Finding
a house had been easy enough. 1 had
had my choice of several, each with
some hundreds of acres of shooting,
thoroughly poached, and considerable
portion of the roof intact. 1 had Sc
lected one; the one that had the larg-
est extent OF roof in proportion to the
shooting, and had been assured by my
landlord that in a fortnight or so it
would be mt for occupation.
There's few little odd things to be
DONE" he said easily; "a lick of paint
here and there and slap of plaster"
am shortsighted; am also of Irish
extraction; both facts that make for
toleratiOn-but even / thought he was
undertaking the case. So did the con-
tractor.
These and kindred difficulties ex-
tended in an unbrOken chain through
the summer months. until a certain wet
and windy day in October. when, with
my baggage, / drove over to establish
myself at Shreelane. 1t was a tall. ugly
house of three stories high. its walls
faced with weather. beaten Stats. its
windows staring, narrow and vacant.
! stood on the steps, waiting for the
door to be opened. while the rain
sluiced upon me from broken cave
shoot that had. among many other
things, escaped the notice Of my land
lord.
The door opened and revealed the
hall. 1t struck me that I had, perhaps,
overestimated its possibilities. Among
them 1 had certainly not included a
tagged floor, sweating with damp. and
n reek of cabbage from the adjacent
kitchen stairs. A large. elderly wo-
man, with a red face and q cap worn
helmet-wise on her forehead, swept me
a magnificent courtesy as 1 crossed
the threshold.
Your honor's welcome" she began
and then every door in the house
slammed in obedience TO the gust that
drove through it. With something that
sounded like Mend We for a back
door" Mrs. Cadogan abandoned heI
opening speech and made for the
kitchen stairs.
I am a martyr to colds in the head
and I felt one coming on. L made a
lager in front of the dining room fire
with a tattered leather screen and the
dinner table, and gradually. with cigar
cites and strong tea, baff1ed the smell
of must and cats and fervently trusted
that the rain might avert a threatened
visit from my landlord, l was then but
superhciaiiy acquainted with Mr.. Flor
ence Mccarthy Knox and his habits.
At about 4:30, when the room had