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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-06
SIX DAY CYCLE RACE.
Riders Not Making the "KiIling'' Pace
of Former Years.

New York. Dec. 6.-The big six day
bicycle race at Madison Square gar
den today had developed into steady.
ceaseless grind. Worn by the exertion
of many hours none of the riders
seemed anxious to set a killing pace
and every hour placed the riders far
ther behind the record stablished in
previous contests. The exciting sprints
that marked the earlier stages of the
race We're almost entirely lacking dur
ing the night and early hours today.
During the night there was only one
spill and that only affected one rider,
Floyd Krebs, the tire of his wheel
coming off.
Patsy Keegan of the Boston
team was again in the lead during
most of the night. He gave pace al
most all the time he was on the track
and seemed to be indefatigible in spite
of injuries received yesterday morn
ing which put him out of the race for
a time At 8 o'clock this morning the
thirteen leading teams each had 618
miles and laps to their credit. The
four other teams in the race We're
only one lap behind them.
The record made in a previous con-
test at the end of the thirty-second
hour is 659 miles and laps
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-06
SECURED $500.
Robber of Santa Fe Express Car Still
at Large.

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 6.-Not-
withstanding scores of deputy officers
and police officers are patroling the
Santa Fe railroad nearly all the way
from Daggett to Needles, and the
surrounding country is being searched
the bandit who yesterday looted the
Wells Fargo & Co. express car at
Daggett, Cal, after shooting and per-
haps fatally wounding Express Mes
senger Evan Roberts, is believed to
be still at large. Suspects have been
arrested, but it is believed that the
bandit is not among them. Rewards
aggregating $4,000 have been offered
for the capture of the bandit.
Messenger Roberts is still alive, and
the physicians state that he stands
about one chance in hundred of re-
covering.
Assistant Supt. Pridham of the
WeIIs-Fargo company, stated today
that the amount of monev taken from
the way safe is about $500. Several
checks and drafts, including one for
$4,000, were also taken, but payment
on these has been stopped.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-06
WILL MEET TONIGHT.
State Meeting of Association of Chari
ties i'm Topeka.

The fourth annual convention of the
kansas Association of Charities and
Correction. beginning this evening and
closing Wednesday night, will be held
at the First United Presbyterian
church, at Eighth and Topeka ave-
nues.
The aim of the association is the i'm
provement of the penal and charitable
institutions of the state, and, it is stat
ed, will submit several suggestions of
reform before the coming legislature.
A number of prominent officials of
penal and other state institutions will
address the convention. Following is
the program for the convention:
TUESDAY EVENING
8:00-Music; prayer; address of well
come, w. J. Bailey, governor of Kan
SaS.
S:S0-Presidents annual address, w.
A. S. Bird. Topeka, Kansas popular ad-
dress, Prof F. w. Blackmar, State uni
versity, Lawrence, Kansas; appoint
ment of committees.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
9:30-"The Cause and Treatment of
Epilepsy DR.. M. L. Perry, superin-
tendent of the state hospital for epi-
opened by DR.. Reynolds. of Horton,
Kansas, and DR.. T. c. Biddle of state
hospital at Topeka. Music. Select
reading.
1o:so-"The Cause and the Cure of
Crime E. A F'redenhag gen, superin-
tendent of the Society for the Friend
less, Topeka. Discussion, the chaplain
of the reformatory Hutchinson, Kan
sas, and Probate Judge Winfield Free
man, Kansas City, Kansas.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
1:30-Music. associate Charities
its aims and its methods, Dr. c. B. Van
Horn, general secretary, Topeka Provi-
dent association Discussion, Mrs. L.
B. Couch, secretary Wichita associated
charities, and Mrs. George Fleisch
Leavenworth.
2:30-Select reading. Music.
2:50-"Needed legislation Henry J.
Allen. president of the state board of
charities. Discussion, L. H. Perkins,
Lawrence, and J. c. Ruppenthal, Rus
sci.
3:50-"Concerning the Feeeble-mind-
ed DR.. c. S. Newton, superintendent
of the State Institution for the Feeble
minded, Winfield, Kansas. Discussion
Edwin Snyder, Oskaloosa, and Prof. o.
P. M. McClintock Topeka.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
7:30-Music. Select reading. Music.
Report of committees.
S:20-Miss Jane Addams, Hull
House, Chicago.
9:00-Closing business and adjourn
ment.
Everybody invited. Admission free
to all sessions.
The music and select readings of the
program will be furnished by the t'Sig%
ma Delta PSF sorority of Washburn
college.
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HOUSE.
Man in Gallery Gave q Series of
Wh0Ops.
Much COmmOtiOn Created Be-
fore He Was Put Out.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Annual Communication Was
Read i'm Both Houses.
Resolution Offered TO Inquire
Into Panama Railroad.

Washington, Dec. 6.-Soon after the
house met today, Mr.. Burton, chair
man of the committee to notify the
president that the house was in ses-
sion and ready for business, reported
that the president had informed them
that he would today submit a mes
sage in writing. Just before Speaker
Cannon raped the house to order an
elderly man occupying a front seat in
the public gallery uttered a series Of
long drawn out whoops. Much COM
motion was caused before he was
elected.
At 1890. Mr.. Barnes, assistant sec
retary to the president. appeared and
announced that he was directed by the
president to submit to the house a
message in writing. The clerk at
once began reading the presidents an
nual message to congress.
Upon the conclusion of the reading
of the message. there was loud ap-
p1ause from the Republican side.
The message, on motion of Mr..
Payne, was referred to the committee
of the whole house on state of the
union and ordered to be printed, after
which the house adjourned.
In the Senate.
Washington, Dec. Immediately
day Senators Allison and CockreII,
constituting the committee to wait
upon the president. reported that the
president had expressed his intention
to Immediately communicate with the
senate through message in writing.
Before the message arrived Mr..
Penrose and Mr.. Lodge presented the
credentials of Messrs. Knox and Crane,
the newly appointed senators from
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, re-
spectively and the oath of office was
administered to them.
The message was delivered to the
senate by Mr.. Barnes, assistant secre-
tary to the president, and its reading
imm ediately began.
At 2:07 the reading of the presi-
dents message was concluded and the
senate went into executive session.
For Panama Inquiry.
Washington, Dec. 6.-Representa-
tive Shack1eford (Dem. MOI, one of
the mem bers of the house committee
on Interstate and foreign commerce
who accompanied the congressional
party on the visit to Panama, today in
troduced a resolution providing for an
inquiry into the affairs of the Pana-
ma Railroad company and a report to
congress.
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PICKING HER JURY.
Nan Patterson Carefully Selects Men
Who Will Judge Her.

New York, Dec. 6.-With only
three jurors chosen as a result of the
first days work, it was evident when
the case of Nan Patterson for the
murder of Caesar Young was resumed
in the supreme court today that more
time would be required for prelimt-
naries than in the first trial. The ex-
animation of candidates for jury duty
is being prosecuted with the greatest
care and particular attention is being
given to the conditions of health of
the talesmen to prevent if possible a
repetition of the occurrence which
brought the previous trial to a sudden
termination. In addition to this pre-
caution, medical experts are kept close
at hand in case it becomes necessary
to make an expert inquiry into the
physical condition of the prospective
juror.
Miss Patterson herself is taking a
keen interest in the selection of the
men who are to decide her fate. AS
one after another of the talesmen
takes his place on the stand to under
go a searching examination by the
attorneys for both the prosecution and
the defense, he is subjected to the
searching scrutiny of the accused wo-
man. His every act is noted by her,
and to her the attorney for the de-
Tense always looks for a nod of ap-
provaI or a head shake indicating her
dissatisfaction before the final word
is given. In the first trial it was said
that Nan Patterson chose her own
jury. When the case came TO a sud
den and unexpected end she expressed
regret.
81 was sure that jury would acquit
me-" she said as she was led away to
her cell in the Tombs. From her at
titude thus far it seems evident that
she will do her best to select twelve
men who will be as acceptable to her
as were the others. This time she
has zoo men from whom she may
make her selections.
Aside from Miss Patterson herself,
the most interesting figure in the case
is her aged gray-haired father, J.
Randolph Patterson, or Washington.
Ever since his daughter was charged
with murder, six months, Mr.. Patter-
son has given his whole time to her
case. In the previous trial he was
always among the first to enter the
court room, and through the long
daily sessions he sat always at his
daughters side. He was the first to
welcome her when she came from her
cell in the morning and the last to
bid her goodnight. In this trial the
now familiar figure is to be seen each
day in it's accustomed place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-06
WARNER SAYS "NO."
Missouri Man Refuses the Pension
CommiSSiOnerShip.

Washington, Dec. 6.-Major VIM
Warner of Kansas City, Mo, has been
offered the position of commissioner
of pensions by President Roosevelt,
but today declined. He at the same
time announced his candidacy for
senator from Missouri to succeed
Cockrell.
Major Warner, who is United States
district attorney for the western dis
trict of Missouri, was called here by
the president to discuss the tender of
the pension commisSionership. He
was formerly a member of congress, is
an able lawyer, a distinguished mem
ber of the G. A. r. and the president
much desired him as Mr.. Wares sue
cessor. 1t can be stated there is no
probability of r. w. Blues appoint
ment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-06
REGISTRATION LISTS STOLEN.
Frauds in Election Have Penetrated to
the Arctic Circle.

Seattle, Wash, Dec. "a special to
the Post-Intelligencer from Dawson
City, says the greatest excitement pre-
walls over the theft of three registra-
ton lists. Intense interest is being
taken in the election OF a member of
the dominion parliament. Thompson,
Independent, charges that the friends
of Congdon, government candidate, are
responsible for the thefts. The secre-
tary of the registration board has ap-
piled to the police for protection. An
appeal has been made to the cabinet
at Ottawa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-06
ATTACH LAwsoN's HOME.
Levy Is Made in Connection With Suit
for $3.50, 900.

Boston, Dec. 6.-The suit against
Thomas w. Lawson for $35o,o0o brought
by Paul Fuller and F. r. Coudert of
New York, has been entered in the Mas
sachusetts supreme court. The action
is said to have been taken in connec-
tion with stock transactions. Papers
filed in the case indicate that Mr.. Law
sons place at Scituate has been attach
ed for $350,000 In a bill of complaint
the plaintiIs allege that Mr.. Lawson
failed to respond to several calls for
payment on stock for which he had
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-06
DECOY PRESCRIPTIONS.
Get Large Number of Chicago Drug
gists Into Trouble.

Chicago, Dec 6.-Out of 139 decoy
prescriptions sent out by the state
board of pharmacy to Chicago drug
gists to be filled, % contained no trace
of the drug called for. sc were so per
cent impure, 10 were 20 per cent i'm
pure and only 81 were pure. AS a re-
suit the board will prosecute over 100
druggists for selling impure drugs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-06
Drowned While Bathing.

Leavenworth. Kan. Dec. 6.-Private
GAGr9a IL SEzeksk. Twenty-eighth artil-
lery battery, was drowned in the SWIM
ming pool at the Fort Leavenworth
gymnasium. Private Smith entered the
pool Immediately after supper, and it is
said that he got beyond his depth when
he was seized with cramps and went
down
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-06
BECKwITH's STORY.
OberIin Banker Tells of Business Re.
Iations With Mrs. Chadwick.

Cleveland, Dec. 6.-Seated in the of
fee of the United States district attor-
ney in this city, President c. T. Beck
with of the failed Citizens National
bank of Oberlin. made a confession re-
garding the banks transactions with
Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick. Mr.. Beck
with said:
''I am either an awful duDe or a ter
ribIe fool. I guess there is no doubt
about my being a fool I know I have
done wrong, and, although crushed to
the earth myself. do not propose to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-06
REEDER'S BILL.
Kansas Congressman Wants to Retire
Aged Clerks on Half Pay.

Washington, Dec. 6.-Representative
Reeder, of Kansas. has introduced q
bill for the retirement of government
clerks incapacitated for duty by age up
on half pay, and the employment Of
substitutes ta GIL the Ea6ancies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-06
WORLDS FAIR TOTAL.
The Attendance at Exposition Reached
18,741,O73.

St Louis Mo-, Dec. 6.-The official fig-
ures for the attendance at the worlds fair
have been made public. The total attend
ance was 1S.741 ,073, and that of the closing
day, December l. 206, ,101.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-06
Temnerature in LARGE Cities.

Chicago, Dec. 6.-Temperatures at TOO a.
m: New York, 30; Boston. 26; PhiIadeI-
r3hia, 80; ashington. 80; Chicago, 20; Nj
neapolis, "A; Cineiazati p; St. Louis. 80.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-06
Weather Indications.

Chicago, Dec. 6-Forecast for Kan
l-sas; Fair tonight and Wednesday;
westerly Winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-06
RECAPITULATON,
1T Is Mariner To-day.

The weather today is somewhat
warmer. The following temperatures
were recorded by tSs government
tn erTn ON eter:
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Mr.. Roosevelt Submits Annua
Communication to Congress.
1t Is Remarkable for Absence OF
Reference to the Tariff.
CAPITAL AND LABOR
Are Dealt With In q Bold and
Fearless Manner.
Urges That Silver Dollars Be
Made RedSemable in Gold.

FEATURES OF THE MESSAGE.
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from Vladivostok says that a steamer
which has just arrived there from
Shanghai reports that the Japanese
armored cruiser Adzuma has been
blown up and sunk by a mine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-06

{ coaA4aued on Sage Nsne.l
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-12-31

He stood erect, took full breath. and
wiped his earth-stained hands nervous.
ly on his blue overalls.
Good morning. Cy,"called Ella.
Good morning, Ella he sam.
mered.
BY this time she was beside hir,
The sun, shining through the new
leaves of the buttonball tree. was dan.
cling on her hair. she held white sun.
bonnet in her hand, ~. came to ask
you about those pansies you were good
enough toto tell me of last night"
"Y-you d.did?"
Yes. DIDN'T stop WORKING Just
want to ask you where's the best place
to put them in. They didn't do well at
all last year around the Bartlett pear
tree"
Perhaps they need mulching a.
round EN-" Cyrus answered. as he
knelt down again, glad to turn his
back. IL he had only dared to look he
would have seen that tears were run.
ming down her cheeks which were still
fair and pretty.
She stood there for as much as three
minutes, a pink picture of misery, and
he kept digging silently among his
flowers
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-12-31

he stood. but Ella, quickly recovering
herself. said quickly: "Oh, yes, re.
member; | have 1t all planned; just
talk IL over"
Good night, Cyl" she said half shyly
at the gate Good night, Cyl" called
Sarah loudly.
All through his after life when
spring came and lilacs and syringas
gave their sweetness to the soft air.
Cy Warnings soul was filled with a
sudden faint sickness, as IL his heart
had fallen out suddenly, and without
warning. The memory of that June
night rose before him when he walked
up and down the long walks of his gar
den until the pink bleam OF dawn
made the east rosy; when he faced the
swfulness Of giving Ella up-Ella,
whom he had thought his own for so
long. lie had always promised that
some day he would marry her, when
he could get TO II to ask her. and now
..oh now-and he groaned dsmally.
Why had she told him about Deacon
Snow? Did she care for the deacon?
She had looked sad, but then she pro.
badly was sorry to leave home any.
way; II must have been pity for the
motherless children which brought
those tears to her eyes.
lie had been worse than a fool to
think she ever could care for such as
he. Sometimes he cried out in the
bitterness Of his anguish Again and
again he tramped blindly on his pan.
sizes and sweet alyssum and pinks, just
beginning to bloom. But always eX-
uuisitely sensitive. and loving, as II
they had sent up a cry to him from the
ground. he stopped the next moment
and raised their bruised heads tend
orly.
He recalled all the pictures Of her
with which HE mind was crowded, liv.
ed over again all the little scenes
which had been so much to him. The
time he broke his leg and she came to
see him three times. The time his
red bull chased her and he snatched
her out of the brute's path just in
time She had chung to him for a
moment. her face all white with terror,
he remembered the very touch of her
hands. He remembered..he remember.
ed-and around all, above all, he felt
a sickening despair Weighing him
down.
At last when the pale dawn came,
he had made a resolve. He went into
his house for fear his help would see
him, changed his clothes. and went
out with his men TO milk the cows.
All through the day he went about
his usual tasks, but in the evening he
put on his best clothes. II was not a
meeting night, but there was n resol.
ute light in his eyes. His housekeeper
Jane Cummings, watched him start
out with wonder.
Air you goin' to be gone long,
Cy?' she asked. "Oh, no, not long"
he replied absent mindedly.
Not once did he stop until he had
knocked at Ella Wilson's side door,
and then he wished to goodness he
had. He thought wildly of running,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-12-31
WARNINGS LOVE STORY X =.
~ ~

Cy Warning was seeing Ella Wilson
home from prayer meeting II was
warm evening of early June and the
air was full of the heavy sweetness of
Vlcs aud syringas. Overhead the sky
C. as studded with stars which gave a
white clearness 10 the night. Not once
bad he missed this walk from evening
meeting since that first night, 10 years
ago. Oh! but her checks were pink.
and. her eyes were brown and laughing
and it was early June then. as now.
The fact was, although Cyrus War.
ring was at much In love with Ella
Wilson as man could well be, he had
not. the courage to tell her so.
"Cy Warning" said blunt old John
Gray, us the bashfulest man | ever
gee. He's mighty good farmer,
though, an right up in Natur So be
! show my friendship for Cy by not
speakin' to him too student"
ICY Warring!" laughed Sarah John,
son. who everybody knew could size
up" the most complex person in two
sentences at the outside. why, Cy
Warning would blush at a rye straw II
Il wore petticoats-how he ever took
TO seeing Ella Wilson home beats
me"
Cy Warning, with his mild blue eyes
and bashtul stammer, was not quite
clear on the subject himself Some
way IL had come natural" She had
always lived next door to him and
he had known her ever since he was a
bit Of a white headed boy. and she a
little chubby girl, who had smiled and
made love to him openly. Ever since
ne, with his face crimson with embar.
rassment, bad carried the largest. red.
dest-,Eggktd apUios.tO school and had
Slipped them, nignly polished and still
warm from the friendly shelter Of his
pockets rIwlv into her desk.
She had Kept mp the friendship pref.
lilly. Blushiug and IL she had asked
him uinu, Zee, flowers md had lurnd
him into nur yard to tell her what
kind OF care they needed. lie was
noted for his luck with flowers. Then
she used to go to see his mother and
TO admire his gay garden. She had a
comfortable way Of not looking at him.
of talking along and commenting on
things herself. with soft little runs OF
laughter. This gave him time to see
how pink ana white she was and just
how the lids of her eyes quivered, and
the suns rays caught here and there
in her hair. After a while, when she
was about %, and when she and his
mother had become great friends, She
she used to walk home from evening
meetings with his mother and him
1t got to be an established custom
and in that terrible chaos and blank
ness after his mother went away from
him forever, II stood sure, this quiet
walk, and drew him back to the good
paths of every day again.
He had never known more than
these two women In his life, his moth
err and Ella. and he had been bashfuI
even with his mother.
Sometimes, on a moonlight night as
he stood looking up at his big lonely
house, after seeing Ella home, a great