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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-12
BURTON S BRIEF FILED.
Claims That Conviction Was Under a
Dormant Statute.

Washington, Oct. 1.-THE brief in
the j. r. Burton case was filed yester-
day but the case will probably not be
argued until next Monday. After a
statement of the case the brief con-
tinues:
This is the first time that this i'm
portant statute of the United States,
deeply affecting as it does the official
action and conduct of members of con-
gress. has ever been up for judicial
consideration The gravity of this
and cognate questions arising at the
threshold of this cause in a first pro-
ceeding to enforce statute which mas
lain dormant for forty years, the ex-
istence of which. il is fair to assume,
was largely unknown to legislators or
lawyers, emphasizes the suggestion
that its just and final Interpretation
ought TO rest with the highest court of
the land.
1T is of capital Importance not only
to the defendant, but to all members
of the legislative branches of the fed
eral government, that this question
should be first and fully considered and
finally determined in this court. It's
gravity appears in that it involves not
merely the liberty of the defendant,
not merely the question as to whether
he shall be mulcted by a considerable
fine but because of the enormous con-
judgment and sentence resulting in the
vacation of the high Office of the Sena-
tor and forever d1SQuallfy1ng MIN from
holding any position of honor, trust
or profit under the federal government.
The fact, also, that this statute and
its Interpretation so Importantly in
volve the congress of the United States,
furnishes additional reason, if neces-
sary, that its primary consideration
and determination should be in this
court
In support of the contention that the
charges against Burton should have
been tried in Washington instead of St
Louis, because Ne Rialto company
made its payments to Burton in this
city, the brief says:
If such payments, as we contend
were made and completed as to said
four counts by the receipt of the seE-
eraI checks in the city of Washington,
and the negotiation of the same with
the Riggs National bank, which took
the check and paid for it by inmedi-
ate credit. then the United States court
for the eastern division of the eastern
judicial district of Missouri could not
and did not have jurisdiction to try
any of the matters evolved in these
counts; and the rendition of judgment
thereon, against the protest and objec-
ton and exception of your petitioner
made in a timely fashion at the trial
and Immediately at the conclusion OF
the governments case, was violation
of the rights of the defendant unoel
the Sixth amendment of the constitu-
ton of the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-12
G. e. A1ARrINDALE's BIRTHDAY.
Chief Clerk of Santa Fe Ticket De-
partment in the Service IS Years.

George E. Martindale, chief ticket
clerk in charge of the ticket depart
ment of the general passenger Office of
the Santa railroad company, cele-
brated his fifty-third birthday yester-
day. Mr.. MartindaIe has been in the
employ of the Santa Fe company for
% years.
In his position at the head of the
ticket department, Mr.. Martindale has
brought to his attention many of the
cases of ticket manipulation by ticket
scalpers- To the ordinary person
stories of ticket mauiDulations sound
show the tickets which had undergone
acids, chemicals, erasures, patching
up, plugging up of holes, etc, until you
would believe the railroad companies
would feel like starting men out with
guns to shoot the scalpers.
Many years ago when Mr. Martin
dale first started to work in the Santa
Fe the line was operated from the Mis-
souri, river to Pueblo. AT that time
they had a separate form of ticket to
use over every connection made with
other roads at Kansas City. In addi-
ton to each of the separate forms
a separate ticket was printed for every
station on each of the foreign lines.
The forms ran up into the thousands
Take for instance the trip to San
Francisco from Chicago via the route
through Colorado. The agent at Chi
cago can sell 400 different tickets, that
is, sell tickets over the existing routes
and can make up 400 entirely different
com binationS.
Nowadays with improved coupon
tickets only one form is used to route
a passenger over any one of the four
hundred routes which may be used.
And by punching the ticket differently
each time the same ticket may be
made to apply to each of the remain
ing 399 routes and the various COM
binations. These coupon tickets leave
the space blank for the destination
which may be written in with ink,
doing away with the separate coupon
tickets which were printed, few for
every destination, heretofore
Progress of a marked sort is made
in the matter of handling the railroad
ticket business. Recently the Santa Fe
tadopted a new form of tickets which
did away with several thousand forms
at one time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-12
KILLED BABY SISTER.
Boy Thirty Months Old Urged to MUIR
der Through Jealousy.

New York, Oct. 12.-Jealousy on the
part of a boy two and a half years OLD
against his baby sister one month old has
led to the death of the latter at the hands
OF the boy. The tragedy. occurred IN me
family of Nicholas Robinson at Nya1 Sa,,
exhibited many times evidences of jealous
rage He was left alone for few min
1tes in the room where the babe lay
asleep. The boy was playing with small
bronze statue. Suddenly he, cried TO ms
mother: Hurry Look at the baby!
she ran into the room and found the
statue covered with blood The baby 5
skull had been fractured and she was
dead when the doctor arrived
After the inquest the coroner said:
sIt was a remarkable instance or IN
fantile crime The boy evidently thought
he had been supplanted in the affections
of his parents. l rendered the only YER
dict possible-that the baby was kiIled ~
irresponsible for the deed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-12
AUTOMOBILE LINE PROPOSED.
Burlington Planning to Abolish Train
Service at St. Francis, Kansas.

Omaha, Neb., Oct. 12.-Burlington
officials are seriously considering the
advisa bility of introducing and operat-
ing steam motor cars on some OF the
branch lines of the system of Kansas,
Nebraska and other western states,
notably on the Oberlin branch, where a
train was recently blown from the track
by a tornado.
branches, which extend southwark
from Nebraska into Kansas. passenger
trains are run only two or three times
weekly. and this service does not pay
The introduction of steam automoolies
on these and similar branches wouiu,
II is believed by the officials of the
road solve a very perplexing problem
and prove entirely satisfactory, ana
they announce that their Introduction
soon is a probability.
If the automobiles are introduced a.
daily passenger service VIII De eslap-
lished and maintained on the Oberlin,
St. Francis and other branches of the
Burlington system on which passenger
trains are now run only two or three
times a week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-12
FRESH AS A DAISY.
Candidate Davis Winds Up His First
Day of Campaigning.

Cumberland, Md, Oct 12.-Henry
c. Davis, Democratic vice presidential
candidate has made a flying start on
his whirIwind campaign through
Maryland and ". Va Leaving Bal
timore on a special train over the B.
and o., he has made an even dozen
speeches, arranged the details OF eV-
cry meeting, introduced his corps OF
campaigners to the audience in all
the West Virginia towns visited, has
struck out vigorously on state issues,
done the greater part or the taking
and is the freshest from fatigue OF
any member of the party
With Mr.. Davis are Senator Daniel
of Va, David B. Hill of New York and
Ex-Governor Whyte, Maryland, beside
a retinue of local candidates, repre-
sentatives of national and state COM
mittee who join and leave the train
as it moves through their territory.
Rallies We're held in Piedmont and
KeySer, w. Va, each of an hours du-
ration, and several others of half that
time. Many talks were made from the
rear of the private car occupied by
Mr.. Davis and his campaigners.
The itinerary for the day included
Rockville and Brunswick, Maryland. at
which places there was an escort
from the District of Columbia, fur
nished by five Democrat clubs of that
place Harper's Ferry, Shenandoah
Junction. Martinsburg, Cherry Run,
Hancock, Pawpaw, GreenSpring, Cum
berland Keyser and Piedmont were
all points of attack by Democratic or
atory.
Piedmont. w Va, Oct. 12.-Mr.
Davis occupied the evening with the
people OF Piedmont, where he was al
one time agent for the B. and o. To
the gathering which filled the local
opera house he remarked the proudest
moment of his life had been when he
was elected to the state senate and
every vote cast in Piedmont was for
him. with one single exception. Mr
Hill and Whyte made extended speech
es while Senator Daniel and National
Committeeman McGraw addressed a
we'll attended rally at Keyser. a few
miles below Piedmont. The special
train was sidetracked at Piedmont for
the night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-12
Kansas City Manual Training
School Team Here Saturday.
Will Meet the Topeka High
School Eleven.
TOPLAY NEBRASKA.
Washburn Will Send Team to
Meet Lincoln Needles.
Nearly All First Team to Wit
ness Game at Il. L.

Topeka will have a chahce on Satur-
day 10 see a couple of the best hlsh
school teams in this part of the country
play d game on the Washburn athletic
field. The Manual Trainings. High school
of Kansas City Will be here with
what is said to be the heaviest Hlgh
school team ever formed in Kansas
City, and will meet the strong team OF
the Topeka High school.
Last Saturday the Manual Training
High school defeated the Kansas City
Kan, High school by a score of % TO
in two 20 minute halves. The Missouri
aggregation had things all its own way
with the Wyandotte county lads, and
its heavy line and backdeld moved
things down with the greatest ease
The game is said to have been SLOW,
the Manuals failing to show much
speed The heavy work for the Man
uals was done by Porter, right halT,
and Keller, fullback. The team is being
coached by Shaw, a former University
Of Missouri man.
Coach Outland of Washburn has
been giving the Topeka High school a
few pointers recently. Last night ne
had the High school out for scrimmage
work against the Washburn seconu
eleven. The High school carried the
ball most of the time, but the Wash
burn line was too heavy for it TO make
much advance. 1t was good pracI1ce
for the High school in preparation for
the Saturday game, however
The Topeka High school team Is
probably somewhat heavier than last
year. and it is making a good showing
On team work. In the game between
High school and Washburn two weeks
ago. the High school team work was
superior to that of the Washburn sec
pnd team
Nashburn at Lincoln.
Washburn will send a team to Lin
roln Saturday TO play the Lincoln
Medics. The team will be made up OF
second team men. reinforced perhaps by
two or three heavy linemen from the
first team. None of the first team back
6eld will be used in the game, because
of the danger of injury.
Last season Washburn defeated the
Lincoln Medics by a score of % to O.
The MedicS have always claimed that
they should have won the game had
they not been tired out from the trip
to Topeka This year they viii have
a chance to take vengeance on Wash
burn for last years defeat. The team
which will meet them at Lincoln will
be especially weak in team work, though
Captain Billy Rice of the second team
has been doing wonders to get his men
Into shape since the High school game.
1t is likely that the second team will
take along Louthan and Brown. the
first team guards, for the Lincoln
game. The men who are likely TO go
on the trip are as follows:
Center-Platt. Snattinger.
Guards-Louthan and Brown.
TackIes--Amick, Hughes, Sharp, Max
well, Lee
Ends-Tice. Williams, Maxwell
Ouarter-Tice.
Halves-Rice, Griggs, Lee.
F,ull-Johnson, Stahl.
On Monday of next week Paramount
college of Wichita will be here. This
is an extra game on the schedule and
season tickets do not admit to it Wash
burn is not expecting a very hard
game against Paramount, but it will
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-12
CAN DRINK TROUBLE
That's One WAY to Get IL.

Although they won't admit it many
people who suffer from sick headaches
and other ails get them straight from
the coffee they drink and it is easily
proved if they're not afraid to leave it
to test as in the case of a lady in
Connellsville-
II had been a sufferer from sick head
aches for twenty-five years and anyone
who has ever had a bad sick headache
knows what I suffered. Sometimes
three days in the week I would have
to remain in bed at other times I
couldn't lie down the pain would be SO
great. My life was a torture and if l
went away from home for a day I al
ways came back more dead than alive.
lone day / was telling a woman my
troubles and she told me she knew
that il was probably coffee caused it.
She said she had been cured by stop
ping coffee and using Postum Food
Coffee and urged me to try this food
drink
get some Postum and from that time
I've never been without it for it suits
my taste and has entirely cured all of
my old troubles. All I did was to leave
off the coffee and tea and drink well
made Postum in it's place. This change
has done me more good than everything
else put together
Our house was like drug store for
my husband bought everything he
heard of TO help me without doing any
good but when I began on the Postum
my headaches ceased and the other
troubles quickly disappeared. 1 have a
friend who had an experience just like
mine and Postum cured her just as it
did me.
Postum not only cured the head
aches but my general health has been
improved and am much stronger than
before. I now enjoy delicious Postum
more than I ever did coffee" Name
given by Postum Co.. Battle Creek
Mich.
There's a reason" and it's worth find-
ing out.
Get the famous little book, 1.-The
Road to Wellyille.'' in each package.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-12
AN EDITORS
EXPERIENCE
In the Treatment of HumOurS
With More Than Magical
Effect with
CUTICURA REMEDIES.
4 Remarkable Testimonial from
a Most Intelligent and
Trustworthy Lady.

"A tumor came on my neck and IN q
day or two it was as large as half an
orange. was very much alarmed for
fear it was malignant. My friends
tried to persuade me to consult my
physician; but dreading that he would
insist on using the knife, 1 would not
consent to go. Instead, got Cuticura
Resolvent and Cuticura Ointment. ]
took the former according to direc.
tions, and spread a thick layer of the
Ointment on the swelling. On renew
ing it l would battle my neck in very
warm water and Cuticura Soap. In a
few days the Cuticura Ointment had
drawn the swelling to 8 head, when il
broke. Every morning it was opened
with a large Sterifzed needle, squeezed
and bathed, and fresh Ointment put
on Pus and blood, and s yellow,
cheesy. humorous matter came out. In
about three or four weeks time this
Treatment completely eliminated the
tumOr. The soreness that had ex-
tended down into my chest was all
gone, and my neck now seems to be
perfectly well.
About i've or six years ago my sis.
ter had 3 similar experience, used the
Cuticura Remedies with magical effect.
] am willing you should use my testi-
monial, with the further privilege OF
revealing my name and address to such
persons as may wish to substantiate
the above statements by personal letter
C." Chicago, Nov. Il, 1902.
sold throughout the world. CzticurA Rasolvent so
Gin form Chocolate C0afed Pills 5b per Of s0l
GautwenA Soap &c Dgpoaa leucon. ~ Chmrhnr
h@as< SGT Parts. Rue De IA fAiH B9saen III Celum.
MMR AVE- Pwesr Drug Chem Carp Sale Propr4saarw
/ mws~md Conn slew % Care EVERY Hnmown"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-12
Counterfeiters' Den Raided.

Seattle, Wash, Oct 12-Accom-
panied by three detectives Secret Serv-
ice Agent Bell has raided a cabin
located N a dense swamp eight miles
west of Tacoma and captured H N.
Stone in the act of making counterfeit
half dollars, quarters and dimes The
OUTFIT was one of the most elaborate
ever seized in the northwest. Stone
claimed he was experimenting and had
not put any of the counterfeit money
in circulation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-12
STORM A SALOON.
Mob Smashes Place Where Poisoned
Whisky Was Sold.

New York, Oct 12.-When Herman
Sachs died in Roosevelt hospital twen-
ty minutes after he had been admit
ted as a patient another death was
added to the long list of those which
Coroner SchoIer believes were caused
by the use of wood alcohol in the
whisky sold in the saloon of Rudolph
Fritche's. There are now sixteen
deaths on this list.
Sachs was seized with violent abb
dominal pains. Coroner Scholer was
notified and a hurried investigation
showed that the stricken man had
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-12
R0BBlNG THE DEAD.
Charge on Which Missouri Pacific
Brakemen Are Arrested.

Jefferson City, Oct. 12.-E. Zeigler
and L. A. Haynes, brakeman on the
freight train which crashed into
Missouri Pacific Worlds fair train
near Warrensburg, Mo-, killing % per-
sons, have been arrested here on war
rants charging them with stealing $37
from the body of a fellow brakeman
named Zidel, who was killed. A
blood-stained ticket issued to James
England of Dexter, Kansas, was found
in the pocket of one of the men under
arrest. Ziegler and Haynes are among
those accused by the coroner's jury
as responsible for the wreck
Warrensburg, Mo-. Oct. 1.-THE
crew of the extra freight train which
collided with the Missouri Pacific
Worlds fair train resulting in the
death of % persons, is held RESPONSE
bic fer the disaster by the eoroner's
jury which has returned a verdict.
The verdict charges the crew with
disobeyfng orders and with being
asleep at their post of duty. No rec
ommendation was made as to the pros
ecution of the train crew.
County Prosecuting Attorney Morrow
said after the inquest that he would
begin the prosecution of the persons
charged with the responsibility of the
wreck by the coroners jury.
At the hearing Engineer Horton of
the extra freight acknowledged that he
had mistaken train No. so for the sec
ond section of No. 80. He was positive
that four trains. eastbound, had passed
and If he was asleep at any time while
the train was on the siding he did not
know it. Il was drowsy," he said, but
don't think L was asleep. If was
asleep was sitting straight up in the
cab of my engine
| Following is a list of the members of
| the freight crew:
John D. Horton, Sedalia, engineer; ].
W. Preston, Jefferson City, conductor;
r. G. Dawson SedaIia fireTnan- T. 4
Haynes, E. Ziegler, Jefferson City
brakeman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-12
Sared His Life.

\. W. Davenport, Wingo, KY, writes,
June 4. 1902; II want TO- TO tell you | be
life 7 was under the treatment of two
doctors, and they told me one of my lungs
was entirely gone, and the other badly
a ffected also had lump in my side.
I don't think that could have lived over
two months longer. 1 was induced by a
frisod to try Billiards. Snow Liniment.
The first appIicat ton gave me great relief
two soc bottles cured me sound and well.
II is a wonderful medicine and recon-
mend it to suffering humanity" 25c, SOC,
500 Sold by Rowley & Snow and W. S
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-12
Iapan pleased Mith Rooserelt-

Victoria, 3. c.. Oct 12-The steam
er Empress of Japan brings word from
Toxic that much interest is being
manifested in the statement that
President Roosevelt proposes to bring
the question of the war before The
Hague tribunal. It is thought that
America is the one nation strong
enough to insist upon this solution of
the controversy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-12

been drinking whisky bought at
Fritche's saloon just before the police
took possession of the place.
Fritche's saloon on Tenth avenue
which had been guarded by a police
man since 1t was closed was attacked
last night by a mob of a hundred and
fifty residents of the neighborhood-
They hurled bricks and stones at it,
smashing in the doors and windows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-12
COLD STORAGE.

Our facilities for apple cold storage
are unsurpassed. Even temperatures
are maintained; rates reasonable, and
satisfaction guaranteed. See US before
contracting your space Chas- Wolff
Packing Co, Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-12
Union Pacific.

One way coIonist rates $1,000 to Ogden.
Salt Lake, Butte and Helena $3.50 to
Spokane. $500 to Portland, Tacoma
and Seattle. $500 to San Francisco
and Los Angeles. On sale Sept. Is to
Oct. Is Cheap rates to all points in
California, Nevada, Idaho, Oregon,
Washington and Montana Call and
see about it. ]. c. Fulton. depot agent;
F. A. Lewis, city agent. SIS Kansas ava.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-12

Everybody's liable to itching piles. Rich
and poor, old and young-terrible the tor
sure they suffer. Only one sure cure
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-12

Sold througheut the world, CEticarA Rasolvent, so
On 9orn OF Cnoeon1s SoaiFe Elis - per VA q 20
hnuse So; Pnras Rue De Ia Pain; Boston. Ceium
kMR AVE- Pwasr Drug Chem Carp Sale ProprasAarw
/ ~SmA aw ~ESw 10 0ur@ EVERY Hnmowr@
Williams news., 1904-06-04
Uncle Sam's Land Deals.

When the Danish Islands in the West Indies are ultimat ately trans ferred to our flag the record of Uncle Sam's purchases of land and the sums he has paid for the same from the foundation of the government to the present time will stand as follows:
 Louisiana purchase (1SO3), $15,- 100000.
 Florida (1s1e), $6,4s9,76S
 Mexican cession (1S4S), $1S,- 25O,OOO. Purchase from Texas (1S5O), $1O,OOO,OOO.
 Gadsden purchase (1S53), $1O,- 100000.
 Alaska (1S6O, $7,2OO,OOO.
 Philippine Islands (1S99), $2O,- 100000.
 Additional Philippine (19OD, $1 100000.
 Danish West Indies (19O2), $5.- 100000.
 Total, $92,O39,7Os.
 To this must be added Texas, ac- quired in 1S45; Oregon territory, in 1S46; the Hawaiian Island, in 1897; Porto Rico and Guam, an- nexed in 1898, and one of the Sa- moan Islands, in 1S99-for none of which did we pay a direct money consideration.
 The aggregate area of territory added to the United States by pur- chase, cession or conquest or by a mixture of conquest and purchase as in the case of the Mexican ces- sion and our recently gained insu- lar possessions-from 1900 to 1902, inclusive, is 2971 ,376 square miles.
 The territory now covered by the American flag, including both hem ispheres, exceeds the area of all Europe by just about 235, ,OOO square miles-or say by an area one-ffth larger than than of either France or Germany.
Williams news., 1904-06-04
1t Is Up to the Doctor.

A lady wrote us from Winches- ter, Va, that she had been under a doctors care for four years for dvs- pepsia; pain appeared to center un- der left shoulder blade; was so se- were at times that she could neither sleep nor eat. She had lost faith in her home doctor, and asked us to send her sample of Dr. Gunn's Improved Liver Pills, which had been recommended to her. We sent her two pills; in a few days she sent for box Now she writes that the pain under her shoulder has left her entirely. she enjoys her meals and never sleeps less than eight hours every night, and this has all come about in two weeks, and cost her soc for two boxes of pills. Says the doctor charged her $50, and that she told him he had better take the $50 and invest it all in Dr. Gunn's Improved Liver Pills and build up his practice. Sold by druggists for 25c per box. Anyone having dyspepsia, bilious spells or sick headache can get speedy cure by the use of these pills. For sale at the c. A. Cover drug store.