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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-02-13
YARDS OF GAUZE
IN PLEURAL CAVITY

IRONWOOD, Mich, Feb. 10-Local
physicians treating an Ironwood man
recently operated upon in Chicago
hospital last week grew suspicious Of
his failure to mend, and made an ex-
animation. This developed the surpris-'
pleural cavity. The gauze was remov-
ed, since which the patient has been
rapidly recovering.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-02-13
GETS BIG RAISE
IN HIS PENSION

GLADSTONE, Mich, Feb. 10.-Frank
Manson of Manistique has been. mott
fed from Washington that his pension
has been increased from $50 to $72 per
month. Manson is one of the very few
surviving members of the jeanette ex-
petition to the Arctic regions.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-02-13
LOAD or SILK :.
ARRIVES FROM CHINA

OGDENsBURG, N. Y, Feb. 10.-A
special train of eighteen cars. carrying
1000 tons of China silk, valued at
$4,000, 100000, one of the largest single
shipments on record, has arrived here
York
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-02-13
A BARGAIN

From the Philadelphia Press:
But" protested the broker who had
advertised for confidential clerk.
::'you want too much salary"
.1ye: had a. great deal of experience
"But you ask too much for it''
my dear sir, I assure you I'm offer
ing it to. you for much less than it
cost me-"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-02-13
SOLD TOBACCO TO
A BOY UNDER AGE

Anna Orga, who conducts a fruit and
tobacco store at 800 Garfield avenue,
was arrested yesterday at the instance
Of Humane Officer Withrow on a charge
of selling tobacco to a 16-year-old boy,
Frank Fuller, who is under parole from
the municipal court. Sentence was sus-
pended.
Mrs. Orga pleaded that she did not
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-02-13
SHIP RELEASED

CHICAGO, Feb. 1O.-The Barry line
steamer Empire State, after battling
with the ice since Monday night, re-
leased herself today off Fort Sheridan
and proceeded on her trip to Milwau-
kee. One of the crew, who came ashore
said all were well on board.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-02-13
GENERAL YOUNG SICK

HAVANA, Feb. 10.-Major General
M. Young, U. S. A., retired, is con-
fined at the home of Mayor Runcie
here suffering from liver trouble The
attending physician says his condition
is not serious
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-02-13
NETS CAUGHT IN ICE

ESCANABA, Mich, Feb. 10.-The
Booth Packing company has about ST.
900 worth :5of" nets caught in the ice III
Lake. Michigan. off 1Manistique.s~ 1t Is
believed they Will prove q total loss.
There is little doubt, they will be car
ried out When, the:ice breaks up during
the first heavy blow. IT,. N%,.;:.5z; ~
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-02-13
WILL ACCEPT POST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-Caleb
Forbes called upon Secretary Taft to-
day and while he was not yet formally
accepted the post Of Philippine COM
missioner, he let it be known that he
would do so.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-02-13
GOVERNORS WIFE
SERIOUSLY I'LL

TRENTON, Feb. 10:-Mrs. Franklin
Murphy, wife of Governor Murphy, was
stricken with apoplexy this afternoon.
Mrs. Murphy died at 1850 tonight.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-02-13
D. O'Leary's
Cash Grocery,
Is E. Superior Street.
Telephone 1919.

Al OA\0 w Ac~A ~
$500, $3.50, $500
Oranges, per Dog.
10c, 15c, zoe
Oranges, per case .... $500
Fresh Dairy Butter. per Id. TIC
Creamery Butter, per h.. CSC
Sugar Cured Hams, per lb. 12c
Pure Leaf Lard, per lb. 10c
Whole Cod Fish, per Id .7c
Chioce White Mackeral,
each .... .............10 c
Cheese, per ID: Joe
Honey in the Comb, 2 for. .25c
Mention this ad when ordering.
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AND NA8SAYER
Rang s y Iftg1tsl kvess
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-25
CELL ENDS SHAM LIFE.
Samuel f. Smith Begins Long Term in
Prison.

Davenport Iowa Oct 25.-Samuel
Francis Smith, former mayor of this
city and one of the best known men in
the state of Iowa, has Just begun serv-
ing a sentence of eleven years in. the
Anamosa penitentiary.
This change from one of the most re-
spected positions in the community, a
magnificent home. with servants, car
riages and all the comforts accompany
ing large wealth, to convict stripes and
q cell was wrought so suddenly that
many of the people who knew Smith
best are still wondering whether the
thing is a reality or not
The life of this man for the last twen-
ty years has been a remarka BILE one,
and though during nearly all of that
time he was guilty of populations right
and left from private estates and public
trusts, none carried his head any higher
or apparently gave more evidence that
he was a man of the strictest moral
character.
Even now, with the knowledge of his
crimes fresh upon them, there are very
few people in Davenport who do not
realize that Smith has never at heart
been guilty of deliberate crininality,
and that his downfall was wrought by a
mad effort to retain his position as
wealthy mana position first reached,
unfortunately for him, not by hard
work, but by a stroke of pure luck.
His antecedents and bringing up and
his own earlier career all pointed
strongly to a fine. cultivated mind-an
idea that his continuous charities and
public-spirited acts helped to strength
en-. His father, Rev. Samuel Francis
Smith, who died few weeks ago, was
the author of America" He was a fire.
quent visitor at his sons home, and his
death, universally mourned at the time,
is now looked on as having been
happy release. for it kept him in ignor-
ance of his sons disgrace.
10
Massachusetts home of his parents in
the early sos. He secured a position as
clerk in a furniture store in a small
town in this state, and then came to
Davenport. where he entered the law
Office of Judge Grant, one of the lead
ing attorneys of Iowa, and advanced
rapidly in his chosen profession. He
was admitted to a partnership and set
out with the intention of winning for
tune and position by many years OF
hard, conscientious work.
A few weeks after the partnership
was effected, however, he and his part
ner became men of Independent wealth
in a day. Judge Grant believed that
a tier of counties in Iowa to help the
building of the Rock Island system
across the state were valid and worth
their face value Most of the counties
had repudiated these bonds, and they
were generally regarded as SO much
waste paper. Grant and Smith bought
all they could get of them-nearly the
whole number-and then went to the
supreme court of Iowa and got a decis-
ion declaring them valid and collect
able with interest.
Smith took a trip to Europe, return
/ ed to Davenport and built himself a
magnificent home in the center of large
grounds and flower gardens. A man OF
known wealth, an excellent lawyer and
public spirited in every direction, hon
ors were heaped upon him from al
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-25
A BIG TAXPAYERS VIEW.
One Who Is Emphatic for Waterworks
Purchase.

1 was. surprised to learn by read
ing this mornings issue of the Capital
the intuitive knowledge of the reporter
of last evenings Commercial club
ng-unfortunately there are peo-
pie that cannot conceive how others
can sacrifice themselves in any way
for their neighbors, it not being their
nature. So I am a stakeholder in
to-be new insurance company! L
didn't know it and if my friends have
so contributed they have failed to in
form me. How much? What to-be
company is it? I'm anxious to know.
Yes am selfish in this waterWOrkS
solution. There are several splendid
stores in our city; several manufactur-
ing plants; several school buildings,
not emitting Bethany and Washburn
colleges; several hospitals, as a rule
filled with the sick and feeble; sew
eral expensive public buildings and
churches and then the Santa Fe Office
building filled with its many heads
of departments and clerks forming a
large and excellent class of our COM
munity-an dependent for fire protec-
ton on our feeble waterworkS system.
say we cannot afford to sacrifice any
of such institutions in our midst, be-
cause of a hatred of the present own
ership Of the water plant or because we
might pay, in paying 100000 for it,
even more than its worth: to buy the
plant if the price is excessive none
1 do not believe the price excessive,
basing my opinion on the statements
of the several engineer experts and not
the laymen.
The quickest way to protect our city
materially and humanely, humanely by
having pure water to drink and pre-
venting epidemics, is what should ami
mate US. The water company will not,
or will not be permitted to put the
plant in proper serviceable condition.
The city is able to do it and the income
from the plant will insure all expenses
and interest on the bonds paid.
Why delay in following the instruc-
tons of tie people who voted for that
purpose? I am heartily in favor of con-
summating the purchase; to that end
with others I circulated petition
among the business men of North To-
peka last Saturday to get their wishes
presented to the councilmen of the
First ward.
There was no "bulldozing'' methods
adopted, no undue advantages taken
a plain statement heading the petition
expressing their wishes and ours; we
did not have time to take with us the
opposition" to argue with zach signeI
before signing (were not asked to as
stated by Councilman Kutz) but We
asked the signers as a rule if they had
4 been interviewed by their councilmer
! before their vote as to their views on
| the question and only five persons said
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sides and large trust funds were placed

sides and large trust funds were placed
in his care.
Year after year added to the amount
of these funds and time went on his
reputation grew throughout the whole
state, and continued to grow up to the
date when the crash came.
When he was brought to the sudden
realization of the fact that no more
ready money was available, and that
he had run through his large fortune,
he went into bankruptcy, turning over
his $4,000 home and stables to some
friends, as trustees for his creditors,
and admitting a possible shortage OF
$50, 600. Lawyers, gathering in haste
from all parts of the state to investi-
gate the true condition, found in "a
hours that Smith, instead of being an
unfortunate bankrupt, had carried on
system of thieving for 20 years, robbing
widows and orphans and spending eV-
the Davenport Cemetery association
and all other moneys that had been
placed in his care.
Seeking for securities valued at from
$4,000 to $4,000 the Investigators
found empty boxes, with the exception
of a few cheap bonds that had been
made to do duty in satisfying heirs to a
dozen different estates.
The estate of his venerable father
also was discovered to be badly in
volved, nearly every cent of available
money having been Squandered on
Smiths personal pleasure.
Soon after the expert examination
was concluded Smith was arrested, and
admitted to $4,000 bail. Securing
money from some unkonwn source, he
went east with his family to spend the
summer at Boston. Before his return
the September grand jury indicted him
on eleven counts, seven for larceny by
embezzlement and four for perjury.
At the trial the prisoner pleaded guilty
to three of the larceny indictments.
Notwithstanding the eloquent APP
peals from leading lawyers, all of
whom had been warm friends of
Smiths, the court promptly sentenced
him to eleven years in the penitentiary
"a sentence that in this case (Smith
is nearly 70 years old) means in all
probability life Imprisonment.
Every dollar of the many thousands
that this man has given to charity in
his career has been distracted from
trust funds and his whole life, during
the last quarter of century, has been
nothing but a sham. The large for
tune, secured through the decision of
the supreme court in the Rock Island
bond case, was actually dissipated dur
ing the first FIVE years of it's possession,
and since that time Smith has been
living on the principal of funds con-
ided to his care.
Among the estates dissipated by him
are those of the Sheaff family, $40,-
600; the Parker family, s2S,00O; the
Bersie family, $4,000; the Kaeiser es-
tate, $4,000, and the Oakdale ceme-
terry fund, $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-25
DR.. QUAYLE'S LECTURE.
His Word Picture of Sidney Carton a
Splendid Effort.

William A. Quayle, Shawnee county far
mer boy. preacher. president of Baker
university, preacher gain and lecturer all
the time. gave a lecture last night at the
First Methodist church.
DIR. Quayles subject has very little to
do with the attention of an audience 1t
is the lecturer and not the lecture. He
could lecture about the propa cation of
the peanut plant in the Philippines and
hold a crowded house TO the last word.
His ability to interest and entertain is
truly wonderful.
The subject of last nights lecture was
Sydney Carton Dickens hero in "A
jority of the audience had read the
classic novel, hut that minority VIII ED
it again and the rest of the audience will
read il twice. DR.. Quayle could have
made his fortune behind the footlights
He has the wonderful trick of bringing
his audience back from the verge of tears
into an avalanche of laughter
In opening his lecture DR. Ouavle stated
that he had read the Tale of Two Cities
several times, but the first and best re-
membered time was in his youth on a
Shawnee county farm. when he had come
into possession of a paper bound copy Of
the story.
He analysed the characters of the story
from the prim little bachelor, Mr.. Lau-
RE, to the hero of the tragedy, Sydney
carton, the man who redeemed himself
after wasted life and died a hero of the
highest type According to his regular
custom. Dr. Quayle held his audience all
xhe way through and closed without a
break, abruptly and at the right place
seating capacity of the church was not
overtaxed. but little seat room went to
waste The speaker was introduced bv
MRS. Margaret HIN McCarter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-25
A HELPING HAND.
Is Gladly Extended by Topeka
Citizen.

There are many enthusiastic citizens
in Topeka prepared to tell their expert
ence for the public good. Testimony
from such a source is the best of evil
dence, and will prove "helping hand"
to scores of readers. Read the fol-
lowing statement:
Mrs. j. s. Newberry of 1115 Kansas
avenue, says: II was afflicted with
kidney complaint for three years or
more, and though I tried remedies of
various kinds I never found anything
to do me much good until 1 procured
Doans Kidney Pills at Rowley &
Shows drug store and took a course
of the treatment. The beneficial re-
suits obtained from the use of three
boxes gave me high opinion of the
merits of this remedy. My backache
was relieved and my kidneys straight
ened so that / could rest we'll nights.
My husband also used Doan's Kidney
Pills with equally good results
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.
z, sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-an
take no other.
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navy by William Cramp & Sons of Phil
adelphia today in her official trial COW
cred IS nautical miles in three hours,
81 minutes and I seconds, maintaining
an hourly average speed of 22.26 knots
throughout the run, exceeding the speed
of % knots called for in the builders
contract by more than a quarter of a
knot. 1t is thought that tide conditions
may increase it slightly. The highest
speed developed was 1888 knots, and
this was maintained for six and six
tenths miles during the homeward rum
The performance rates the Colorado as
the fastest vessel in the arrnored cruiser
class and one of the fastest in the navy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-25

Mrs. WOLF of Topeka Meets With a
Street Car Accident.

Mrs. 7. S. Wolf of 217 Madison street.
has just returned from the Worlds far
where on Tuesday of last week she mar
rowly escaped being killed. She at
tempted to cross the tracks on the
Vendeventer avenue street car line just
after a car had passed, but the fender
on another car coming from the oppo-
sit direction caught her, dragging her
a considerable distance before the car
could be stopped. The back of her head
was injured, the scalp being badly
torn, and she was otherwise painfully
bruised. She was Immediately taken
to an emergency hospital where an OPP
GRAFTON was performed on her head and
she recovered sufficiently to be brought
to her home in Topeka on Sunday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-25
CAN SELL YOUR BUSINESS

they had been so interviewed.
The councilmen said they voted as
they did because of the opposition of
their business men constituents. Our
petition contains the Eemes of "a men,
not heads of business, and only five
parties approached refused to sign the
petition and yet the First ward coun-'
cilmen say their business men constit-
uents are opposed to the purchase OF
the waterworks by the city.
JONATHAN THOGAS. f.
Topeka, Kan, October Is, 1904.
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Spokane, Wash, Oct. 25.-T. H. Tib-
bles of Lincoln, Populist candidate for
vice president. speaking here to a small
audience, predicted mighty financial
crash within two years and said the
Populist party had the only principles
which would then relieve the situation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-25
Larashe Besieged.

New York, Oct. 25.-Larashe, forth
fed seaport town of 1000 inha bitants.
is now besieged by the rebeliops Sahel
kabyles, says a Herald dispatch from
Tangier- The European residents fear
ing an assault have appealed to the for
eign legations for auxiliary forces.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-25
BREAK IN INDIANA.
Bryan Starts on Another Tour of the
Hoosier State.

Fort Wayne, Ind, Oct. 25.-William
]. Bryan arrived from Hamilton, o.,
today and for the second time started
to tour the state, having left Indiana
last week to make a number of adj
dresses elsewhere. 1t was arranged
to have him speak today in eight towns
as follows:- Kendallvil1e, Goshen, War
saw, North Manchester. Bolivar, Ro-
oh ester, Plymouth and South Bend.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-25
Miss roosevelt Returns Home.

washington, Oct. 25.-Miss Alice
Roosevelt, who has been away from
washington since early in the summer
has returned home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-25

s. NJ. Whiteside, Aforementioned many
years with indigestion, constipation and
stomach trouble HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea cured me completely. 50 cents,
Tea or tablets. Gatlin Drug Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-25
s OZODON 7
TOOTH POWDER

polishes the delicate enamel but does not
scratch. thus it prevents the accumulation
of tartar, without injuring the enamel,
property found only in SOZoDoNT.
STORMS: LIQUID. POWDER. PASTE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-25
At the Whist Club.
NORTH AND SOIrTH

The following scores were made at
the Topeka Whist club rooms last
night:
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ar .E-
TEACH THE CHILDREN

A delicious dentifrice makes the tooth
brush lesson easy. SOZODONT is a fra
grant liquid cleanser, penetrating the little
crevices of the teeth it purifies them.
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The Colorado Stands the Test.
Boston, Oct. 25.-The armored cruiser
colorado built for the United States
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Nemaha, Hon. Richard F. Hayden. He
held every member of the audience
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@r;t ee -
sar III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-13
GERRYMANDER Is
KILLED BY COURT
Indiana Supreme Tribunal Sits Down
on Senatorial ReappOr-
tionment.

indianapolis, May 13.-The supreme
court affirmed one of the three ''ap-
pOrtionment cases." by which the act
of 1903, apportioning the state into
districts for the election of state SEN
atOrs and representatives was held
unconstitutional. The Ripley county
case is the one decided, and i'll it there
was Il petition for Il writ of mandate
to compel the election of members
of the general assembly to be held
under the apportionment of 1897.
BY affirming the decision of the low
or court in this case. the supreme
court directs that the election of men,
berS of the general assembly next fall
be made under the act of 1897, and
this removes the danger of having no
constitutional act under which to con-
duct the election. No question was
raised as to the constitutiOnality of
the act of 1897. however, and its vali-
dity was merely assumed without be-
ing expressly passed on.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-13
FARM HAND ACCUSED OF
INCENDIARIsM FOR SPITE

Mount Clemens. Mich. May 13. -
Charles Wiucburgcr. Il German farm
hand. has been brought to the county
jail here hy Deputy Sheriff Beatty.
from near Utica. He is charged with
scttin" fire to the barn Of the Ex-
change hotel in Utica, which caused
Sundays disastrous fire.
1t is believed he did it out of spir.
it of revenge for being doused with
cold water by hotel employe to
awaken him. He had attended sa-
loon opening in Utica, and slept off his
jag iii the barn. He was arrested on
the farm where he has been working.
He denies the charge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-13
JAPANESE LOSE FIRST
WARSHIP DURING WAR
Is STILL KEEPING
THE POSSE AT BAY
DietZ, the Wisconsin Logger, Con-
tinues TO Make Things
Interesting.

Chippewa Falls, Wis. May ia
report has reached here that Valentine
WeiSenbach who is aiding John +.
Dietz in keeping the officers posse
at bay IL Sawyer county. has been
captured. The report says that the
two men were smoked out of n shack
which they had been holding. and that
while they were making their way
back TO DietZ's home WeiSenbach was
wounded. WeiSenbach is said to have
told the officers that DietZ has plenty
of ammunition in his house, and aided
by his wife and children, who are eX-
pert shots. will hold the officers off
for some time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-13
SUN WORsHIPER BECOMES
CRAZY FROM FASTING

Chicago, May 13.-Crying incOher-
and she was in the Cathedral of st.
Paul, Miss Emma Reusse, Il member
of the sO-callcd ''sun-worship" cult
Where, was declared insane. The young
woman will he taken to the state hos
ptial at Elgin.
Mrs. John Tradup, of st. Paul. Il half
sister of the young woman, was the
principal witness ut the hearing. In
her testimony Mrs. Tradup declared
that the condition of her half sister
was caused by weeks of excessive
fasting. The witness said Miss Reusse
had been in Chicago three years and
during that time had been a follower
of a ''Sun-woFShip" leader.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-05-13
A Large Cottonwood.

One of the largest cottonwood trees
ever in Missouri grew on the farm of
Arson Merrifeld. near Hardin, Ray
county. 1t was felled last fall and has
been sawed into more than 5000 feet
of lumber The first knot on the tree
was sixty-five feet from the ground,
and three logs more than twenty inch
es in diameter were sawed from rs
limbs. Mr. Merriield sold his lumber
for S1.75 a hundred feet and got an
average Of S75 each for thirteen cot
tonwood trees. all Of which stood on
forty acres--Kansas City Journal.