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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
MAY WEATHER RECORD.
Mean Normal Temperature for Sixtee1
Years Has Been 642.

The following data. covering period of
Is years. have been compiled from the
weather bureau records at Topeka. They
are issued to show the conditions that
have prevailed during the month of May
for the above period of years, but must
not be construed as forecast of the
weather conditions for the coming month !:
Temperature-Mean or normal 642 de-
grees; the Warmest month was that of
1896. with an average of 69.S degrees; the
coolest month was that of 1892, with an
average of $50 degrees; the highest tenn
perature was "a degrees. on the 9Th. 1895 !;
the lowest temperature was 80 degrees, on
the 18th. 1888.
The earliest date on which killing frost
occurred IN autumn, September 2S 1883;
average date on which killing frost oc-
CURED in autumn, October 70; average
date on which last killing frost occurred in
spring, April s; the latest date on which
last killing frost occurred in spring, May
Precipitation Grain or melted snow
Average for month. SIS inches; average
number of days with Oh of an inch or
more, ID; the greatest monthly precipita-
ton was IA. 10 inches. in 1892 the least
monthly precipitation was 0.54 inches, in
1901; the greatest amount of precipitation
recorded in any "A consecutive hours was
SIS inches, on the 4th and 5th 1892.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28

Latrine closets has been visited several
times within the past month The
closets and urinals have been thorough
ly inspected and examined with ana
without expert assistance. In every
instance the objections enumerated
have been observed. In some they
were more patent, in others less out
never absent In. order to lessen the
unhealthfulness of these schools at
least in a measure, the Janitors have
been requested that the sides or the
troughS be scrubbed with a broom ana
hot water every. other day, that the
troughs be secured with commercial
muriatic acid once a week, that the
pin-hoIe perforations in the lateral
flush pipes be enlarged and kept OPEN
both in THE closets and urinals, that
the flush tanks be set SO as to empty
themselves every five minutes or often
er and that larger quantity Of water be
used.
For the reason above cited would
condemn the system of Latrine closets
now in use in orr public schools. In
our high school building the unsanitary
conditions are inn the superlative de-
gree. In fact I hold it criminal negli-
gence on the part of the persons IN
charge to suffer such a filthy disease
breeding system of closets and urinals
to be and continue in use as is in our
high school building. In the rest Of
orr school buildings supplied with Lat
fine closets the newer and improved
type are installed, but they are all I'M
sanitary I would most earnestly urge
the board of health to use every effort
to rid our public schools of these Lat
rine closets.
Respectfully submitted.
c. F. MENNINGER, M. d.
Topeka, Kan, April rs, 1904
To the Board of Plumbing Examiners
Gentlemen: In pursuance with
your request, have commenced the
inspection of the condition of the
plumbing of the public buildings of
the city and beg leave to report on the
following:
CITY PRISON.
The entire job of plumbing is in a
very unsanitary condition and should
be overhauled at once. The bath tubs
are common cast iron tubs, which at
one time were painted The paint has
worn off in place. the tubs have be-
come rusty, leaving large fouling sur
faces and the traps are a shallow
seal P trap without vent. The closets
on the second floor are the old fash
toned self-acting hopper closets, with
out flushing tank, and are in very bad
condition. being a plain cast iron bowl
rusted with age and thoroughly satu-
rated with urine The closet in cell
room beggars description and should
be replaced at once with a prison
closet of modern design. The condi-
ton in this building needs immediate
attention.
HIGH SCHOOL.
The closets and urinals in the public
toilet room should be condemned and
ordered out at once. They are old
fashioned Smead pattern and in a very
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28

unsanitary condition. The sides of the
troughs under closets are coated with
fecal matter. The traps are full of
night soil, which is not removed by the
flushing device used on these closets.
This corruption lays there day after
day thoroughly permeating the build
ing. The urinals in the boys toilet
room have a. plain cast iron surface
with an attempt made at flushing the
same through perforated pipe. Two
thirds of these perforations are closed
up by sediment in the water and the
cast iron surface of the urinals are
rusty and absorb acids till the stencil
is almost unbearable and should rec
ommend that the sanitary condition OF
this building be thoroughly overhauled
before building is occupied in the fall.
BUTTON HOUSE.
The plumbing and drainage of this
building is in an exceedingly bad con-
dition and I would recommend that
the same be reconstructed throughout
Respectfully submitted,
E A. CLANCY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28

company, Will commence about the 10th
of May. This building which will be
81 feet long, 80 feet wide and IS feet
high will be situated Immediately east
Of the elevator Office of elevator a"
It will be of brick and be four and
one-haif stories high. It was at first
decided to run this mill by electricity
but this plan has been given up and
the power will be secured from the en-
CINE room of elevator a" which plant
has been thoroughly overhauled and
new boilers and engines added. This
mill which Will be known as the Union
Mills will have the capacity Of 500 bar
rels daily with facilities for increasing
the output TO $50 barrels daily. The
machinery to be used is all of the lat
est and highest order and the new COM
pany intend TO make a very high grade
of flour. Another feature which viii
receive the particular attention of the
new firm is the manufacture of cereals
and breakfast foods The machinery of
this mill Will all be in the second story
The mill is to be completed by October
6, and Will be one Of the finest equipped
mills in the west, containing as it viii
all of the best and latest improved
machinery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
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(coin or stamps) with names and ad-
dresses of five eastern friends; we will
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for six months. Write today to The
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Everybody reads the state Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
Held for Trial in District Court on
Stabbing Charge.

Henry Gruber was bound over in
the city court this morning on $500
bond to appear before the district
court to be tried on the charge of
stabbing Charles Swearingen.
Swearingen and Gruber are neigh
bors on East Eighth street and have
been having neighborhood troubles
for year. The elimination was
when Gruber stabbed Swearingen.
Gruber practically admitted that he
stabbed Swearingen. but said that
Swearingen thrashed and beat him,
knocked him down twice and kicked
and pounded him, and that he stabbed
him in seIf-defense. Swearingen
admitted that he knocked Gruber
down twice and that he kicked him
and beat him up considerably while
he was down, but said that he did
not knock him down until Gruber
had stabbed him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
CASE OF LUDOLPH.
William Allen Whites Sermon Oh
That Text.


That Text.
William Allen White says in the En-
pOria Gazette:
The sheriff of Shawnee county came
to town and took Al LudolDh to To-
peka today charged with theft. The
case against Ludolph seems to be par
ticularly strong. If he is guilty whisky
did it, and Il whisky did It environ
ments made the whisky. Al Ludolph
has never had a chance in life: he has
grown up sleeping in boxstalls and hay
lofts, and goods boxes, kicking about
from pillar to post a country town rat
with every one putting out poison for
him. He is the natural product of con-
ditions over which he has not had so
much control as One might think.
We who have grown up with pleas
ant OF at least decent surroundings
cannot understand how the devil gets
a grip on a boy or girl in environments
that are nasty and low. And yet the
first twenty years of life are the i'm
portant years. Blood tells but it rare
" comes to the surface after the Irst
twenty years. Ludolph has been a
doomed man for ten years If he ends
in the penitentiary it will be only the
result of perfectly simple causes work
ing in a perfectly simple way.
And yet practically the whole town
has known all his life how this boy
has been going. It has been no ones
official duty to straighten him out. So
to let him go on and support him in
the penitentiary rather than to check
him up and make a man of him. Such
is the way of civilization.
The question naturally arising IS
this: Who is to blame for Ludolph?
The boy himself. or the town he grew up
in, or both? How much of the blame
should each one bear? He seems to
be bearing all the shame of it; yet
should there not be shame on a com
munity that viii see a boy go wrong
and not stop him? If Ludolph were
to commit suicide in plain view of the
officers they would be censured for al
lowing it. Yet he has killed his con-
science, and killed his soul right here
before this town, and no one has rats
ed a hand. It is not against the law
to do such things and though the tax
payers know that in the end they will
have to support such men in jails AMI
poorhouses, no one seems to think it is
a business proposition for the town or
community to stop the progress of
moral and spiritual decay until the soul
IS rotted out. This is a queer world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
METTY ADMITTED 1T.
Now He VIII Have to Pay A. H.
Case.

Since w. H. Hayes, through his at
torneys, established a new manner of
proceeding for the collection of judg-
ments by securing the aid of the pro-
bate court in collecting a judgment
against T. NJ. James, the probate
court bids fair to become a collection
agency.
This morning Judge Hayden heard
the aid of execution case in which A.
H. Case wished assistance in collect
ing judgment for 1926 held against
Solomon and Margaret Metty Mr.
Metty informed the court that he had
the money and that he had it slowed
away where neither Case nor the
court could get it. After making the
statement he consulted a lawyer and
was informed that as he had admitted
Hayden could put him in jail until he
did pay it. Metty will probably paw.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28

The editor of Judge makes this
characteristic comment on the March
issue of The Four-Track News.
CONNIE rcfaI people and romantic
people, matter of-fact people and
lotos-eatfng people. people with a fu-
ture and people with a past, spot-cash
people and installment people, people
that travel and people that stay at
home=in short. the people will all
find something or other in The Four
Track News for March that Will cause
them to look for the April number
and send in their subscriptions for
this magazine beginning with the jan
uary issue. 1t is a gilt-edged sym
phony played on joy-bells and is war
ranted to cause mental rheumatism
and INDIGESTION to crumble and melt
away like a platefui of buckwheat
cakes before the fiery, untamed appe-
tite of an Adirondack hunter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
ROssINGTON TO LECTURE.
VIII Speak Mt knights of Columbus
Entertainment.

VIII Speak ut Knights OF Columbus
Entertainments.
Col. ". H. Rossington will deliver
a lecture at the entertainment to be
given by the Knights of Columbus at
the hall, 122 East Sixth avenue. The
programme is as follows:
Piano solo Selected
Miss Annie Purcell.
Vocal solo ... Destination
Mr.. Fred Davis.
Mrs. 7. M. Delahoyde, accompanist-
Piano solo " Selected
Prof. Harvey Worran.
Vocal solo (tenor) Selected
Mr. James Lacey
Piano solo. .-...-.-.-- Rag Time
Mr. Harry COhn.
Vocal solo. Selected
Mrs. John Griley-
Lecture, Col. w. H. Rossington.
Vocal solo, 1.-THE Friars of Orders Grey
Burg Zeis, baritone.
Miss Tracy, accompanist.
Club swinging. Prof. Jos. Whitmer.
BARITONE. SOLO
Mr. O. A Morse
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
THEN THEY BALKED.
Jacobs and Meyers Wouldn't Come
Without RenuisitiOn.

Wednesday to get Harry Meyers and
H. NJ. Jacobs, wanted in Topeka to
answer the charge of picking the
pockets of Alexander Munroe
The two men had promised to come
to Topeka without reouisition papers
When Lucas got there they changed
their minds, so Lucas came back to
Topeka, got the necessary papers and
will go back for them today and
bring them whether they want to
come or not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
THEY TRADE BACK.

e. f. HoenscheI Again Owns the Elite
Alleys.
The suit of Dwight Harris against
E. r. Hoenschel has been settled out
of court and dismissed.
Harris brought suit in the district
court to stop payment on notes he
had given Hoenschel. Harris bought
the Elite bowling alleys, claimed he
paid $500 cash and gave notes for
$27OO making the price to be paid
HoenscheI $500. After making some
payments Harris decided that he had
agreed to pay a good deal more than
the alleys were worth, and brought
the suit HOenscheI has taken back
the alleys.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28

It costs no more to sell
800 worth of drugs in a
day than SO; and I'd rather
have the fun of the hundred
any day. That's why.
FRANK HOBART,
500 West Tenth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
Nothing Equal TO ChamberIain's CoIic.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
for Bowel Complaints I'm
Children.

Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in n,sr
family for years" says Mrs. j. ID Cooke
OF Netherlands, Texas. we have v5--ar, Il
to all Of our children. We have used az -,s-
medicines for the same purpose but nss-
er found anything to equal Chamber
lain's. II you will use il as directed il
will always cure" For sale by an drug
gists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28

Suppose you fell over
board and someone let
down a rope just an inch
short. What would you
give for that extra inch2
FORCE" goes a little
farther than any other
food. 1t just does what
others almost do.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-12-24
Barge Cut Throughf By Ice

The barge ramlico. Captain Col~ton,
i'll tow of the tug Albert ii. Ellis, ar
rived at Baltimore from Chesapeake
City on "Wednesday in Il lcaIing condi-
tion. With the hargcs Magnolia and
Now Then. bound to Norfolk, the Pam
lico came through the ice from ChCvla-
pcHkc City and was the only one in
jurcd by contact with ice, that was four
inchrS thick The Pamlico was immc-
diatcly dockcd at SINNERS shipyard for
repairs.
The tow of 10 barges left Baltimore
on Monday intow of the tugs Frank X.
EShcrck and Albert II. Ellis reached
Chesapeake City. but two Of them met
with disaster. The Chesapeake had a
hole punched in her by the ice and
carccned over losing one side of her deck
load Of poplar wood, which saved her
filling and sinking. The barge W. A.
SmoNt is full of water from having her
seams searched by the ice, causing them
to open.
The steam barge Alice Wakely. with
large J. \. Black. which left Baltimore
last Friday for the Delaware, is froztn
in ut Il wharf on the Elk river. below
Chesapeake City.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-12-24
TO BE TRIED
BY THE COURT
Hops And Holland Trust Their
Fafes To The Bench

The tr'nl of Hops and Holland, who
plead mot guilt" when nrlNign"d in
Court on Monday for the murder of the
lHte Albert Constable on Red IIill on
August IS hast. wHl fixed for january
>. They elected to he tried by the Court
aud the full bench will sit. Whether
they will b" tried separately on jointly
his ut yet been determined If arpa-
l"tely. one might he used 3ls a witness
NJ inst the ether. They may or may
not testify in their own behalf. The
evidence for the prosecution iN mostly
il rnt cntirr.y rircum~tnntial with a
wi'c scope fer Inference drawn from the
ccnGuct of the accused. especially Ilol-
1"i. Little. if my. ~ " evidence. 50 far
rs can be lurIuud. hos ly"n secured since
TIE detectives abandoned the invr>tiga-
tinn of the crime The prosecution hts
acquired Il better grasp upon the case 10y
..Win% rr v,i-air: the circumstances
which it lrc',Nt:. but whether they will
establish tho -uiIt of the accused to the
complete s&ti,:trC!rn of the Cont re-
n.'i'. to be seen. $tHtv'S Attorney J.
Wilson Suuiar and HI r!pdpccA>oID,,
Mcs>lS. y. l.. Cl"tL,,:> aHd W. s. Evans.
will coniurt the lNosccuti,,N. and Mr>>IS.
Henry VI. NcCulIou-h and H. NJ. IlAinc&
the defense.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-12-24
BREACH OF
CONTRACT
Havre de Grace Tax-Exemption Suit
Tried At Bel Air

The injunction laid in April last upon
City Treasurer Joseph Good. of Havre
de Grace, by the Real Estate and Power
Company 10 restrain the collection of
city taxes on the j. Faust X Sons shoe
factory, nnw owned by the petitioners,
WIS brought up in the Hartford Court
last week. City Counsellor j. w. Cham
bCrlain and w. III. Harlan argued against
aud +. G.. Darlington for the petition
The former contcmlcd that Faust X SunS
made Il breach Of the contract by not
keeping the factory runIiug ut full ta-
larity for ten years, the term prescribed
to secure forty years exemption from
city taxes. us the plMt VS. purchased
hy Individuals four yr"1'> before the ten
years expired. Furthermore. the CITY
Council WIS not given power to ratify
contract until after the agreement WE.
made failed to 10 50. thus voiling it. if
it existed. The Court in advance Of It's
written opinion ton.h the view of counsel
for the city.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-12-24
COMBATING
CONSUMPTION
Plan OF Procedure OutIired-Hos-
pifal For Patients Opened

DIR. Charles NJ. Ellis attended meet
ing of the Council Of the Maryland As
,rriItion for the Prevention and Relief
of Tuberculosis in Mccoy Hall, Johns
Hopkins University. Baltimore. oil We'd
ntS'Ily. and. ut his suggestion. the Exc
cutivc Committee WIS instructed to out
line plan for reaching the aims of
the arraoriatiOn on lines proposed by it's
president, DR.. Henry Barton Jacobs.
l)r. jacobs proposed the appointment of
cummittcr~ To furnish information ilS to
the prevalence of consumption Within
the State, to cducHtr the public upon it's
,rIusc> and prevention anI t. formulate
measures for its rchirf \ letter signed
by Mrs. John X. Bond. Mrs. Water
Flint Mi>"' l.. T.. White. Miss \. VI.
Smart AMI Miss Lillian Wilson, of the
lIythrlHm Cub. of Port Deposit, express
SiHg its desire to cooperate with the as
Sncia1on wo> read by ljr. Jacobs. The
first public hospital for treatment of cpn-
%'lmnti~' = ln"Ht"l Mra" BH.' N:"w ASy-
hum. Baltimore, was opened ia>it week.
1t is Of brick. three stories li-h. and win
accommodate 100 patients.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-12-24
STABBED I'M
HIS STOMACH
Fatal Result OF Quarrel Between
Brofhers-in-LaW Near Aiken

\ quarrel. which arose on Saturday,
hctwecn James Watson and his brother
n-law, Walter l.. Alexander, near Al
ken. led to the fatal stabbing of the
latt'r by the former, the victim dying in
the Maryland General Hospital on Tues
day night Alexander and his brother
were ut Wat>on'S house when the dis
putr arose. Watson claims that Alex
anGrr attacked him and that he drew his
knit" in s"lf-dcfcn>c. Alexander recriv-
ed two stab wounds. one in the left
shoulder and the other in the left side
of the stomach. DR.. l.. q. Taylor. who
was called, had Alexander removed to
the hospital in Baltimore on Saturday
evening PrritnWtls developed later,
and death resulted ON Tursday might.
WatSon had been given II hearing and
released under 81 .OOO bail
Watson came tn Elktrn on the SIS
train ON "Wednesday cvruing und sun
rendered to Sheriff Bidrllr. According
II his >tuly of the trouble the two Alex
an,lcIS. Walter and rusry. had been Mt
his house in the morning and latter went
t. IIHvrr de Grace returning with some
liquor. As they were about leaving a
dispute arose over some talk between
Watson AMI his wife, Walter begun
abusing Watson who ordered him to
lrHye the house. he refused ami struck
Watson unl',r the left eye. The two
brothers, WHt1un saws. then attacked
him and he drew his purktt kmifc Con
stable Hoffman arrested Watson on Mon
day and Justice Ward released hlm on
81 900 lail with Henry Watson. his
brother. and Elmer Campbell ns sure
tics. Watson is about 80 yralS of age.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-12-24
UNION HOSPITAL
Two Ladies Auxiliary Committees
For The Sixth District

The Ladies' Auxiliary Committee Of
the Sixth district. who will cooperate
with the mrln gers of the proposed Union
Hospital. has been divided, 0rp section
representing Rising Sun aui the ether
West Nottingham. The latter organized
on Friday, the 10th inst. and the former
will meet on january I. after the De-
tcctivc Associations dinner The COM
mittrrS. which will work in conjunctior,
are composed Us follows:
Rising Sun-AIrS. VIM. NJ. Poguc. Mrs.
Edwin IlaimcS, Mrs. \. l.. Duycliinck,
Mrs. Albert l.. Butlington Mrs. Wayne
Reynolds. Mrs. Fl. j. Etiing, Mrs. VIM.
Clifford Mrs. II. l.. Wo1hington. Mrs.
c. S. Pyle, AI1S. Nellie Wagner. Miss
Grace \. Wilson. Miss Mary Brumfeld.
West Nottingham-AIrS. Fannie Cro-
thcrS. Mrs. w. II. Cameron, Mrs. r.
X. Rawlings. Mrs. Ernest Rowland. Mrs
c. W. Reynolds. Mrs. Samuel ID. Fryer,
Mrs Wesley W. Nickle. Mrs. Robert II.
Cameron. Mrs. Robert Aiken. Mrs. Ell
len Tosh Miss Rosa CALDWELL Miss
l.ruclla Maxwell, Miss Rchecca Giles
pie.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-12-24
CLUB SHOOT
Coming Contest Between Eikion And
Rising Sun. Oiher Events
AYr5rned

The team of the Elkton Gun Club will
visit Rising Sun on Tuesday. January
,. and contest with the club of that town
which event is looked forward to with
much interest. The Rising Sun boys are
making every arrangement for the pleas
urc and entertainment of the visitors as
the following letter will show
Editor Cecil Whig:
On Tuesday. January 9. the Elkton
Gun Club will send n team to Rising
Sun to shoot thnt club the second race
of the series which has been arranged by
the two clubs We are making great
preparations for the entertainment of the
Elkton boys. \ complete and commodi-
Gus club house has just been completed
on our grounds and cold wcather need
have 10 terror for anyone who wishes to
be there on that day. In addition to the
club race the Rising Sun boys will have
their monthly events for the club medal
and the gold piece. and sweepstakes to
suit everybody will be contested. The
;lktOn boys are. we understand. loading
up for us in great shape and will un-
Goubtelly give us the race of our lives.
We waEt to say that the best shots on
that day will win the race 7lS our meth
oils Of running Il shoot preclude amy
work which will Er unsatisfactory to
lIynnr w" appreciate the way we were
trr't,l when we shot the Ellton boys
on THANKSGIVING day and will welcome
them here rH January 3. y big crowd
will hr here to s2r thr sport and every
thing will be done to further the pleas
urr ana accommodation f tn" shooters
ltGrrr ,hmrGt. wiz. he served on the
grounds and while tn" club races will
met commence until afternoon. there will
hr SWEEPSTAKES and practice >h"ntng in
tln lsrinug. I.oaI,cd shell, will he for
>Ilv ~ the grounds.
Yours truly.
RISING SIN SHODTl Nti ASSN.
Drr u. 1904. Per TEc President.