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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-15
Virginia.

" I Receiver appointed for the Common-
wealth Tobacco Company at Lynchburg
a young real estate broker OF VIM
chester badly, shocked by leaning against
a water spout thattwas In contact with a
live wlre-G Governor Mon ia que speaks TO
m, '@enthusiaSttc3! crowd at TazeWelI and
replies TO AN attack by a local pa per-;
II ne Virginia Club In Nor folk saved from
destruction by prompt work OF Il iremer ~ ---,-i
Separate graves cover the forms OF Bessie
Stone and Robert Gin. the young suicides.
whose last9requcsts were that they be not
separated In death; impressive scenes at
the graves a little ckild sitting on the
der the ponderous engine and escapes
badly Injured but alve----A IN aged lazy
Sacrifices heralife to save her son and ls
run over IT. Franconia by the train and
Killed w Wilbur L. Mporn1an wins the
chess tournament at Lynchburg; officers
elected. III is al 383tSS
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General. Gene.

Desperate struggle south of AIukden con =
tinlles battle has assumed gigantic pro-
portions over 1900 Russians have been
10 retreat and St Petersburg Is PLUNGED
Uncle Sam and the Russian government;
proposed amendment to divorce canon;
matter will probably go over entirely until
ncxt meetins Ellis H. Roberts r, reports ,,,
usual expenditures-r---;, ., Schooner goes down
and twelve perish In the . sea sea------giney
makes great speech before cooper. Union =
Republicans importing negroes into
doubtful States: movement Is viewed with
alarm: general response to eabody'ss sap-$
peal including many con tributions from ta,l q
stump In Indiana and Illinois: Davis scon-
s1inues triurnphalg tour5iof West Virginia
with great success--Cotton States Cons
5mlssioners OF Agriculture elect KoiTer
president and choose Richmond for next
meeting place--Long chase to recover a
stolen acht--Weems Steamboat Com
pany will distribute large sum nmong old
,cmployes--F.xcess fees to Sul'y'sB att
K torneys Lady uncas wins Fordham
q Handicap at Morris Park Oisean& sold O.
James Brady for S25, 600; Lexington meet
Ing closes; favortcs won Yesterday;
Cleveland wins post-scason series from
iPlttsburg foot ball games to-day; other
sport s--.A Actiyity on stock ma rkets ched
boiling point yes terday; weekly view o.
trade condtions--Virginia wood find
ready markets a broad. a5
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North Carolins.

Negroes plead guilty to murder In the
secord degree at Winston Salem for the
death OF the wife OF one OF them--The :,
robbed Harvey Atwell, twenty one.
killed by a fall at Spencer. n. C.-:-J Judge
1>irnell reapppinta referees in bankruptcy
The Agricultural and Mechanicalffo foot
ball team leave for charlottesville. Va. to
\ play the University 9. OF Yirginia--The
arlarkton, murder trial continues at Ellz-
sabcthton without signs OF yiol nee. \ i52
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extremity and right
both soldiers shown
and bravery have before
81 the of ST. there is
should General Kuropakn
position be quite favorable
when tile advance October
japanese powers will
There from Arthur
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There Is No Telling

low much ironey Soti
will save by reading
s II j, d a y,s Wonderful
Tcc.Dee Want Ad pages.
IT costs yoll nothing to
read them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-12
STILL MORE CRIPPLES.
Agricultural College Football Team
Badly Manned and Injured.

This afternoon Washburn and the
Kansas State Agricultural college are
scheduled to play football on wash
burn field at o'clock. The othc1aIs
will be Harry Scandrett, of Topeka,
and Prof. Mileck, of the Agricultural
college.
Manhattan's team arrived in town
early this morning, and have been
spending their time visiting the wash
burn campus and other points of in
terest about the city. Captain Walk
er, of the Agriculturists, said this
morning:
"Our team is certainly a crippled
lot of players, but we are going to
give WaShburn the best we have got.
Perhaps they won't find us as easy as
they expect. Those stories about our
team being heavy are untrue. l sup
pose they think that because we are
farmers we are big. The average
weight of the team is 155, and the
back field averages 152. We have one
200 pound man in today who may
bring up this general average some
what, but he is new to the game, and
is all beef:
Here is our list of crippled play
ers: AL Castle, half back, broke his
leg; Mallon, the other regular half
back, is also injured; Hess, tackle, has
an internal injury; c. Cunningham, the
regular quarter back, and his brother
S. Cunningham, sub quarterback, are
both laid up for repairs. We have
filled up the team with substitutes and
will do the best we can"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-12
SHE REFUSES PARDON
Blanch Boies Wouldn't Take One and
Promise to Quit Smashing.

Blanche Boise, confined in the county
jail here as punishment for smashing
joints, has refused to accept a pardon
from Governor Bailey which was con-
ditional upon her signing a written
promise to abstain from smashing in
the future.
When the proposition was submitted
to Miss Boise she said: Il would not
make such promise even if 1 was sat
ished in my own mind that I would
never wish to do any more smashing,
not though they could keep me Eere
for five years. When I go out I will
go a free woman and under obligations
to no man.
Miss Boies' thirty-day Jail sentence
has now expired, and she is at present
serving out her 500 fine and the costs
of the case.
The application for a pardon for
Miss Boies came to Governor Bailey
from the Topeka w. c. T. U. 1t was
ready for presentation about October
"a, but Governor Bailey went east, and
the matter was delayedfor various rea-
sons until after the election, when it
was taken up with him, and he made
the proposition that the pardon would
be issued provided Miss Boies would
promise to sin no more by the emula-
ton of Carrie Nation. The women took
this message to Miss Boies and advised
her to accept the conditions and give
the promise, but Miss Boies baked,
and made the statement to them which
is above quoted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-12
HUTCHINSON LIBRARY.
Board Has a List of About $50 Books
to Purchase.

Hutchinson, Kan, Nov 12.-The Ii
brary board is making up a list of new
books to be purchased out of the tax
money accumulated in the library
fund. This will purchase about 15o
volumes.
There are now in the library 1000
volumes. There are $500 people who
have cards out at the library, making
this number of borrowers. Not all of
these have books out at the same time,
or the library shelves would be much
depleted all of the time There are
an average of IS borrowers per day
who take books from the building.
Among the new things being receiv-
ed here is a set of Shakespeare COM
plete.
The amount of money collected for
library purposes is about $1,000 per
year. OF this amount it takes over
81 200 to keep the library running and
all that there is above this is put into
books. 1t can be seen that the fund
is not sufficient to increase the num-
Der of books to keep up with the
needs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-12
WILL LET CONTRACT JANUARY /.
Commissioners Decide ON Time for
Building Sardou Bridge.

Now that the election is over the
board of county commissioners will
carry out the plans made regarding
the rebuilding of the Sardou avenue
bridge.
The board has decided that the river
bridges shall be rebuilt only when
there is sufficient money in the bridge
fund, from the tax levy for the build
ing of bridges, to build them and
that no bonds shall be asked for.
There is sufficient money in the fund
at present for the building of one
bridge and the board has decided that
the first to be rebuilt shall be the Sar-
dou structure.
At one of the meetings next week
or the week after the board will issue
a 80 days call for bids and will let
the contract about the first of Janu-
airy. 1t is probable that work can be
commenced early in February and the
bridge completed before the first of
May, 1905 The new Sardou bridge
will be foot above the highest water
mark made by the flood of 1903. @t
The board has two plans under con-
sideration and will decide on one of
them or call for other plans. and when
the plan is decided upon will issue the
call for bids.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-12
ALL ONE WAY.
The Bridge Propositions Had But
Little Opposition.

1t took the city council about an
hour Friday night to officially decide
that the bond propositions submitted
at the recent election had received the
following vote:
For the MeIan bridge, 5,246.
Against the Melan bridge, 1.17S.
Majority for the bonds, 4,06S.
For the five bridges, 4,164.
Against the five bridges, 1920.
Majority for the bonds, 2,544.
One of the peculiar things about
this election is that the official can
vass of the vote shows that not a sin
gle vote for or against either bond
proposition was cast by a woman
voter. Of course there were really a
large number of women voted on these
propositions, but in not one precinct
of the city did the election judges and
clerks comply with the law and Sepa-
rate on the tally sheets the male votes
from the female votes although they
were deposited in separate ballot
boxes. But this was such a slight
oversight that it was Insignificant
There was hardly precinct in the
city which made it's returns properly.
The sixth precinct OF the Second ward
did not make any retus at ALL There
were probably more unsigned tally
sheets than signed. The principal OBJ
ject of the judges and clerks, as near
ly as could be ascertained, was to
finish up their work in a hurry and
get home.
OW1uS " the Careless "OIk u lue
judges and clerks, the council will
probably reject the recommendation
of the commissioner of elections that
the judges and clerks be paid a fiat
rate of $3.50 apiece. The council will
probably allow each judge and clerk
just half of what he received for
counting the general election ballots in
his precinct. On this basis, the aver
age amount paid would be $1.75. Some
would get only $1.25; others would
get as high as $2.25. But the citv
would save about 500 on the election
by shaving the bills in this way. The
total amount which would be paid on
the $3.50 basis would be $292.50. The
commissioner of election had his pay
roll ready on tn e$2.50 plan, but the
council voted to refer it to the claims
and accounts committee for consider
alton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-12
STREET is COMING.
Will Bring Deed to Waterworks for
Examination.

President Charles F. Street of the To-
peka Water company will be in Topeka
close up the deal with the city for the
transfer of the waterworks plant. A let
ter was received today from President
Street. making this announcement, but
no information concerning his plans was
conveyed.
present to the city legal department the
deed and other documents involved in
the conveyance of the property from the
receiver to him, and the city will make a
careful examination of the title.
The city will also find out whether any
debts, etc, are standing against the plant
Obligations such as taxes, etc, must be
cleared up before the city will take pos
session.
The water company has also been asked
by the council to present to the city a
complete schedule of all its property. 1t
is understood that this schedule is now
being prepared.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-12
J. c. URY Is FINED $40.
His Wife Says That She Is Not
Jealous.

When ]. c. Try. an old soldier, was
fined $40 in police court yesterday Tor
disturbing the peace of his wife, he
said that his wife was Jealous every
time he spoke to woman, because she
was hard of hearing and thought he
was talking secrets. Mrs. Try said that
he was drunk most of the time Ind
abused her and the court thought so
too. Mrs. Try sends the following to
the State Journal:
rect the article in last evenings Jour-
nal-that was Instantly jealous OF my
husband and thought he was making
sweet to every woman he talked to. 1t
is an absolute falsehood. 1 don't OBJ
ject to respectful women but when L
find disreSpectable women in my house
and am sane enough to order them out,
then he calls it jealousy. A person
may be hard of hearing and still not
be blind. MRS. URY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-12
IT DIDN'T PAY.
Secretary Logan Reports on
Topeka Baseball Season.
Fell Behind $500
Says That Official.
RECEIPTS WERE s12, 300
But This Included $500 i'm Sub
scriptiOns.
Largest Expense Was $4,000
for Players Salaries.

In response to the almost general re-
quest of the baseball fans in Topeka for
information relative to the financial
outcome of the past season OF Topeka
in Missouri Valley league baseball,
Secretary w. r. Logan today issued a
statement in the matter.
Counting the $500 which was sub
scribed in small amounts at the begin
ming of the season, as liabilities. Mr..
Logan figures that a net loss of a lit
tie less than $500 shows up for the sea-
son. Leaving this $500 out of consid-
Grafton altogether, a net gain of $212.I .
for the season is apparent. Inasmuch
as the early subscriptions will not be
paid back, the association is something
over 5000 to the good. In Mr.. Logan's
statement is an item which reads,
cash on Hand, $107.75." Another item
is as follows: Advance on 1905 sal
aries, $105.' Those two figures repre-
sent the present assets of the associa-
ton.
The statement follows exactly as
given out by Mr.. Logan:
Statement of receipts and expenses OF
the Topeka Baseball association since
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-12
BOTH CLAIM 1T.
Maryland Still in Doubt and Repub-
hcans Threaten Contest.

Baltimore. Nd. Nov. 12.-Though the
counting of ballots in Baltimore has
been completed the board of election
supervisors is still engaged in tabulat-
Ing the vote and will not finish their
work until late today or perhaps Mon
day. The count in the twenty-three
counties, has been completed except in
two but it is expected that these will
be sent in today. In one of thesei there
is charge of fraud in one precinct
and difference of opinion as to
whether the ballots in that county
should be counted is the cause of delay.
The indications still point with SEEM
ing certainty to the election of seven
Democratic and one Republican cleo
tors, but even these results will not
probably be confirmed until the state
canVasserS meet and examine the work
OF the county boards. Both sides still
claim the state and Republican State
Chairman Hanna and Collector Stone,
Republican leader, have announced
that If the electoral vote of Maryland
is not declared for Roosevelt they will
contest the result in the courts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-12
CHAIRS OR NO CHAIRS.
This Weighty Question Occupies At
tention of the Council.

| With only $1,000 in the city treasury
| to pay bills for the next two months
which will aggregate over 100000, the
| city council last night felt so hush
that it was almost persuaded to vote
out another lump of money with
| which to buy an entirely new set OF
| twelve chairs. one for each MEMBER
of the council, with which TO replace
the chairs now in use in the council
chamber.
Two sample chairs were on exhibit
| ton before the councilmen, one
chaiH similar to those now in use IN
the council chamber, which the build
ings committee reported could be OBJ
tanned for $50 a dozen: another,
very handsome golden oak leather up
holstered chair, which would cost the
council 5000 a dozen
81 believe we ought to buy dozen
of Them" said Councilman Ryder
are not good enough for the council
chamber. Besides, two of them are
broken and out of service. The 9TH
ers are breaking to pieces, and they
are dangerous to sit on"
ST agree with DIR. Ryder" said Mr..
Holiday. I'VE come up here night
after night, attending to the city's
business, at the munificent pay of
to have comfortable chairs to sit in.
We can get those handsome chairs
for $16.66 apiece. We ought TO nave
them. This chair that am sitting in
music box"
Councilman Green thought the coun-
ell could get along without new
chairs, and said so in vigorous Ian
guage.
"I don't think we have any right to
spend the citys money FOR chairs when
we haven't enough on hand to pay
our bills without borrowing from the
banks. This chair which I occupy is
comfortable; it is plenty good enough.
If any of the chairs are broken they
should be repaired. Let us buy new
ones to replace the broken ones, as
near like the present set of chairs as
we can. If Mr.. Holidays chair
squeaks. I am willing to trade with
him. I move that the building COM
mittee be instructed to repair the
broken chairs, if they can be be re-
paired; if not, that they buy new
chairs to replace the broken ones, and
that Mr.. Holiday be given one of the
new chairs, and have his name on it,
'sThat's satisfactory to me-" said
Mr.. Holiday. What I want is a new
chair and I don't want any of you
counciImen coming around here swip-
ing it from me, either"
Councilman Swendson made
speech indorsing what Councilman
Green had said:
When the vote was taken, only two
or three of the members raised their
voices in support of the proposition to
buy a new set of chairs. The others
favored Mr.. Green's motion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-12
FUNNY MAN TO COME,
Ralph ParIette Will be in Topeka No
vember %.

The entertainment committee of the
Topeka Commercial club through the
Interstate Lecture Bureau of Cincin-
matt, have secured Ralph Parlette, the
humorist, to deliver a lecture at the
Auditorium, Tuesday eve, Nov. 22.Thjs
lecture is given under the auspices of
the Commercial club for the purpose
of creating a fund with which to re-
imburse the subscribers to the guaran-
tee fund, which was made up to liqui-
date the expenses incurred in the
Semi-Centennial celebration here in
June. The canVaSsing committee
promised, when the subscriptions were
taken up, to return at least a part of
the money. The admission is 25
cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-12
A Neat Turn.

eff there is any shrewder diplomat
in this country than our secretary of
war, Governor Taft, 1 should like to
look at him." said Mr.. p. NJ. McCurdy,
of Columbus, o., at the Riggs house.
"a few days ago I was present at a
Republican gathering out in our state
which was addressed by Governor
Taft. At the conclusion of his speech
a big crowd came up to shake hands
and offer congratulations. Among
them was a great, husky fellow. who
greeted the orator most effusively. 4
want to tell you,' he remarked in a
loud voice evidently intended for
everybody to hear, that you are the
man the people are looking to for the
presidency in 1908. We are going to
make you the nominee next time, and
elect you to succeed Roosevelt
There was a merry twinkle in the
secretary's eye, and looking closely at
the unknown eulogizer of himself, he
remarked: How much do you weigh,
my friend? What only 240 pounds?
why. you are a lightweight; I go over
300.' There was a general laugh, but
what this had to do with Governor
Taft's presidential possibilities
wasn't able to discern. Washing
Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-12
VIN-SENG TONIC WILL
STRAlGHIEN OUT

Any case of Stomach trouble medi-
cine can get at. 1t will cure two
thirds of the people who are doctoring
for heart disease. 1t will build I'D any
system that is run down by Nervous
Debility, and it will relieve and cure
most cases of Catarrh and Female
Trouble. Vin-Seng Tonic works on the
stomach and bowels. 1t creates an
appetite, makes pure, fresh blood and
builds up the system. 1t contains no
opiates nor narcotics of any kind to
affect the heart and deaden the organs
of assimilation and circulation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-12
Revision of Philippines Tariff.

Washington, Nov. 12.-President
Roosevelt will recommend to congress
that authority be given the Philippine
commission to revise the tariff now in
force in those islands. This decision
was the principal and about the only
accomplishment of the cabinet session.
The matter was brought up by Secre-
tary Taft and his recommendation in
the matter WAS aDprOVed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-12
AN INCREASED MAJORITY.
County Commissioner Frank Harrison
REELECTED With Margin of 1887.

The vote on county commissioner in
the Third commissioner district as
canvassed today is as follows: Frank
w. Harrison, 2,547; William Quail,
1910. Harirson's plurality, 1,237.
Mr.. Harrison carried every precinct
in his district although his opponent
made a vigorous canvass assisted by
Scott Kelsey and Frank NJ. Stahl. Har-
rison increased his majority of three
years ago by five hundred.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-12
LOCAL MENTION.

The Auburndale football team this
morning played the undefeated Low
man Hill team. The score was 10 to
10.
The twenty-eighth annual banquet
of the Modocs will take place on next
Monday evening at the National hotel
An elaborate menu is being arranged.
A musical symposium of rare order is
being planned to conclude the festivi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-12
VIN-SENG TONIC
HAS NEVER FAILED

When we first put Vin-Seng Tonic
on the market two years ago we
placed behind every bottle a distinct
guarantee that if the medicine did no
good we would cheerfully refund the
purchase money. That guarantee
holds good today, but we have never
been asked to refund a single dollar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-12
Another Globe Trotter.

Peter Christensen, another of the
wandering tribe of globe trotters out
on a walking wager, stopped at the
county clerks office this morning to
have his ''pass book dated SO he
could prove when he gets back to
Norway that he was in Topeka, U. S.
A. Christiansen's story is like all the
rest; a wager of $4,000, walk around
the world and all that, but the pecu-
liar feature is that he claims to get
only $4,000 when he accompanies the
constitutional
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-12
Jennie May Eckworth Still In.

Jennie May Eckworth, charged with
securing Mrs. Otis $500 seal skin coat
by false pretences, will waive her pre-
liminary hearing in the city court and
will be bound over to stand trial in
the district court. She agreed to waive
the preliminary and the formality will
be gone through with next Thursday.
She is trying to secure bond for her
release. Her bond was placed at $500.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-12
1t was Close at Auburn.

In Auburn quite fight was made
at the election of Frank Harrison,
commissioner, and Harrison and his
friends retaliated by fighting Frank
Stahl, nephew of the Topeka chief of
police who wanted to be township
clerk Harrison carried Auburn by
the narrow margin of three votes and
Stahl lost by 35 votes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-12
Neil Nav FIGHT Repan Again

Los Angeles, Cal. Nov. 12.-Frankie
NeiPs next fight will probably be be-
fore the Century club of this city ear
ly in January, with either Johnny Re
gan or Hughey McGovern as his OPP
ponent. and the former champion is
inclined to accept. Neil refused three
offers to fight in Philadelphia before
going to San Francisco. He has not
replied yet to the offer of the Century
club, but it is believed that he will
take on McGovern.