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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-12
wedding of a La Harpe Woman.

Kansas City, July 12.-Duren Run
yon, cashier of the First National
bank of La Harpe, Kan, and Miss
Hattie j. Hagar, of Buffalo, N. Y,
were married at $3.50 o'clock last night
at the Hotel Baltimore. Rev. DR..
Stephen A. Northrop, pastor of the
First Baptist church, performed the
ceremony. Mr.. and Mrs. Runyon be-
came acquainted on the occasion of a
visit of the latter to Kansas a few
years ago. Recently she was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. M. J. Connors,
of 1899 East Thirteenth street. Mr..
Runyon found it difficult to leave bust
ness long enough to go to her home in
Buffalo for the wedding, so it was ar
ranged to take place here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-12

schools, which position he holds at
present. He has paid special attention
to music, having studied it at Hills
dale college. Further he has directed
quartettes and operas for three years
and his work along this line has al
ways been successful. While at Hills
dale he had under his direction the
athletics of the college and he coached
in all lines of team and track work.
Mr.. Wolf is a minister and having
had considerable experience in per-
sonaI and evangelistic work will be
fully able to meet that feature of his
work in the association.
Secretary T. A. Prout, who is en-
thusiastic over the selection of the
new director of education. said today:
Mr.. Wolf is a fine man for the place
and we look forward to one of the
most prosperous years in the history
of the association
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-12
RoCKEFELLER SELLS LAND.
Kansas Capitalists Purchase His
Ranch for Farms.

RanCh lOT
Abilene. Kan. July 12.-Ten thous-
and acres of land in RaWlins county,
Kan, has been sold by Frank Rookie
Teller to a company composed OF j.. d.
Case, Abilene; A. Roberts, Abilene
son-in-law of Mr.. Case; l. i. purcell
WaKeeney, Kan, and w. e. Saum,
Kansas City. The deal was MADE
through Evans & Finley of this city,
representatives of Mr.. Rockefeller me
price paid is not known.
The land is all raw prairie, cattle still
grazing over it, but within rev
months it is the plan of the present
owners to cut it up into small tractS
for settlers who may go in there ana
build homes. The aim will be to col
onize at least a part of it. The land
lies as level as floor. and there is not
a tree on it. 1t was said yesterday
that a pillow could start around the
outside of the tract and continue to
the place of beginning without taking
it out of the ground.
This is regarded as the entering
wedge for the throwing open of all or
that great domain in northwestern
Kansas to settlement. Heretofore the
land has been in charge of ranchmen.
Indeed, this land which yesterday was
sold was the scene of many of the
feuds which have brought that section
into prominence within the last two
years. But this feature of life there
is said to be rapidly fading away.
Mr.. Rockefeller secured the ranch
as a part of the previous holdings of
the Siegel- Sanders Live Stock Commits
sion company of this city. His cattle
still are on the grass there. He has a
larger ranch in southwestern Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-12
DIR. Snow Finds 10. OOO Bues.

Snow of the University of Kansas has
returned from a four weeks trip to
Brownsville, Texas, where he headed
an chronological collecting expedition.
DR.. Snow brought back with him
10000 specimens of bugs collected in
the neighborhood of Brownsville, 300
or 400 of which are entirely new
species, and 500 of which are species
never found in that locality. The bugs
are all cleaned and labeled and will
make a valuable addition to the mu-
scum at the university, and for ex-
change purposes with othsr museums.
DR.. Snow will go to Arizona on a fur
Their collecting trip after two weeks
STAY at home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-12
Winfield Oficials Have a Tip.

Winfield, Kan, July 12.-There is
yet no positive clue to the identity of
the man who held up six travelling
men in the Brettun hotel here, but the
police have a thresher named Mattox,
who has given them some information
upon which they are working, with the
hope of catching the robbers. Mattox
tried to get a worthless check cashed
Sunday night in several places, and
was later found in a South Main street
rooming house. He denied having the
check, but it was found on him, as we'll
as bottle of whisky and a revolver.
He said today that he stood outside the
hotel while the robbery was commit
ted, but did not see the robbers after
ward. He claims to have been a SOL
der, and to have lived in Cherryvale.
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Strong Gas Strike at Eudora.

struck Tuesday afternoon at Eudora
by the Lawrence Gas and Oil COM
pany, R. M. Ridgeway, of this city,
president, which is drilling there. This
is the second successful well this COM
pany has brought in, the first being
completed to a depth of about 500
feet a few miles south of Eudora, three
or four weeks ago, and the machinery
was then moved inside the Eudora
town limits. The present strike was
made at a depth of 400 feet, which is
the depth at which the first signs were
shown in the first well. The indica-
tons in the present well point to as
strong a flow as that in the first pros
pect hole,
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RED AND BLACK
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Carpenter and Builder.
Job Work Done Quickly and Neatly.
Shop, 124 West Eighth Street.
Ind. Phone 1904.

Rocks County Fair Association-E. S. VIII
Iams, secretary, Stockton.
Saline County Agricultural Horticultural
and Mechanical Association-H. B. Wal
lace, secretary, Salina. September 1921
Kansas State Exposition Company SHAW
nee county)-C- H. Samson, secretary.
Topeka. September u-16.
Smith County Fair Association-Milo d.
mond, secretary. Smith Center. August
22-25
STAFFORD County Fair Associatfon-Geore
E. Moore, secretary, st. John; August
1926.
Fredonia Agricultural Association Cvilson
county)-J. T. Cooper, secretary. Fredo-
mia. August 22-25.
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LIST OF KANSAS FAIRS.

Following is a list of fairs to be held in
Kansas in 1905. their dates. locations and
secretaries, as reported to the state board
of agriculture and compiled by Secretary
F. D. Coburn:
Treadway, secretary, lola September
12-15.
Barton County Fair Association-W. P.
90 to September l.
The Hiawatha Fair Associations Br2wn
watha- September SIS.
Butler County Fair Associa tion-H. M.
Balch. secretary. FL Dorado. October
Hewins Park and Fair Association tChau-
tauqua countyl-W. M Jones. secretary,
Clay County Fair Association-Walte
Puckey, secretary. Clay Center. Octo-
Cloud County Fair Association-W. G.
Reid, secretary, Concordia. October 3-6
Corey County. Agricultural Fair Associa-
ton. September 1922.
Eastern Cowley County Fair Association
f 9et6W,eyB SGIaays epteber @
Cowley County Agricultural and Live
Stock AssociationaW: J: Wilson. secre-
ciation--Frank Mckay. secretary, Pitts
burg. September 1923.
Elk County Agricultural Fair Association
e. B. Place, secretary, Grenola. Sep
tember 1921
Warner, secretary, Garden City.
Ford County Agricultural Society-Nic
Mayrath, secretary, Dodge City. Second
Franklin County Agricultural Society,"
Carey M. Porter. secretary, Ottawa.
Greenwood County Fair Association-C.
H. WeiseT. secretary, Eureka. August
Anthony Fair Association (Iarper county,
w. W. Bird. secretary, Anthony. Au-
Haryey County Agricultural Society,". It.
AxteIl. secretary, Newton. September &C.
Jefferson County Agricultural and Me-
chanicaI iation-George A. Patter-
son, secretary, Oskaloosa. September
Jewell County Agricultural Fair Associa-
tion-Henry R. Honey, secretary, Man
| kato. September 5-S.
Linn County Fair Association-O. E. Ha-
lev, secretary, Mound City. September
Marshall iisii County Fair Association-E. L.
M Nil Elk secretary MarysViiie- septem-
M oT, County Agricultural Fair AS
| sociation-H. A. Rowland, secretary, Nc
| Pherson. September ell.
cal Fair Association-W- H. Bradbury.
secretary, Paola. September 1928.
Mitchell County Agricultural Association
P. G. Chubbic. secretary, Beloit.
Coffeyville Fair and Park Association
| secretary, Coffeyville,
| Morris County exposition Company-M
/ AmTlHS, 5SOACNo1 COullCll 1EONG.
Nemaha County Fair Association-w. H.
Fitzwater. secretary, Seneca. August &c
Neosho County Fair Association-H
| Lodge, secretary, Erie. September 1913
ton CNeosho county)-A. E. Timpane
| secretary, Chanute. August % to Sep.
| Ness County Agricultural Association-J
S. Wagner, secretary. Ness City. Sep.
| TENDER 6-S.
| Clarity, secretary. Norton. August % tt
| September l.
| Price, secretary, Burlingame. Septem
| Der So.
Central Kansas Fair Association Creme
Hutchinson. September 1923
Rice County Agricultural Fair and Live
| stock Association-E. E. Porter, secre
/ tary. Sterling. September 49,
Riley County Agricultural Society-Johr
W. Cone, secretary, Riley. August s-11
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Patents Tor Kansans.

Washington. July 1.-THE follow
ing patents to Kansans were issued to-
day:
John ]. Crist, store service appar-
atus; Henry w. Daily, Leavenworth,
ammunition box; Thomas Dugan,
Larned. steam engine valve; Bernard
S. Martin, Mcpherson screen door;
James H. Morris. Kansas City, auto
matte gate for elevators; Ernest J.
Nothing, North Topeka, hedge trim
mer; David c. Ruth, Halsted, separa-
tor; Hannibal Scovel, H. B. Scovell,
Leslie E. and Whsle Scovell, Galena,
ore concentrator; Stephen Stout, H. K.
Harness and J. L. Ador, Axtell, water
screen and filter.
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C. F. WOLF COMES TO TOPEKA
Chosen as Educational Director of the
Railroad Y NJ. c. A.

railroad 4. NJ. y. n.
At a meeting of the committee of
mana cement of the Santa Fe Railroad
Y M. C. A. Charles F. Wolf was elect
ed educational director of the associa-
ton, to have full charge of all edu-
cational work. Heretofore Thomas A.
Prout has directed and managed the
work done by the different classes but
with his other duties Mr.. Prout found
the work too much for him and the
committee has given the work to a
special man who will be known as the
educational director.
Mr.. Wolf will have charge of all
lectures practical talks, debates and
class work. He will be assisted by
some eight or ten hired teachers, to be
selected from the best talent in the
city.
It is the intention of the committee
of managers that, to have the best re-
suits from the educational work, they
should employ some one to devote his
entire time to the direction and over
sight of the regular teachers. Mr..
VOLTS appointment has not been Of
ficially made but Secretary Prout was
in receipt of a letter yesterday in
which Mr.. Wolf accepts the proffered
position.
Mr.. Wolf comes from Cambria,
Mich, where he is the principal of
the public schools, and from the de-
scription he seems to be an all around
good man. He is 26 years of age and
is five feet and seven inches tall In
1897 he graduated from the Pioneer
high school and since then has spent
two years in the Michigan State Nor
NAL and one and one-half years in
Hillsdale college, Michigan. After
leaving college he taught four years
in the high school of Cambria, then
being elected as principal of the public
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-12
Your Life
Current.

The power that gives you
life and motion is the nerve
force, or nerve fluid, located in
the nerve cells of the brain,
and sent out through the
nerves to the various organs.
If you are tired, nervous.
irritable, cannot sleep; have
headache, feel stufy, dull and
melancholy, or have neuralgia,
rheumatism, backache, peri
odica1 pains, indigestion, dys-
pepsia, stomach trouble, or the
kidneys and liver are inactive,
your life-current is weak.
Power-producing fuel is need
ed something to increase nerve
energy-strengthen the nerves.
DR.. Miles Restorative Ner-
vine is the fuel you need. 1t
feeds the nerves, produces nerve
force, and restores vitality.
Rs wheH s Sz0t taking ans P anti Mss
Pills 1 was confined to my bed. I
had severe nervous spells, the result
of two. years illness with malaria.
unable TadbIIai to Sit up. The Spells would
commence with cold chills. and
would become weak and almost help
less. My circulation was poor.
had doctored right along but grew
weaker and weaker. The Nervine
seemed to strengthen me right away
and my circulation was better. have
taken in all seven bottles of the
NerVine, and an entirely well.
ROSA E. WEAVER, Stuarts, Ia.
Or. Miles, Nervine Is sold by your
firsf bottle VIII benefit. If it falls, he
will refund your money.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart. Ind
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-12
FEWER RECEIvERsH1Ps.
Railway Age Reports a Prosperous
Period for Railroad Industry.

This weeks issue of the Railroad
News says: Thus far in the prosperous
year of 1906 only five small railway
companies. aggregating go miles of
lines, have beer placed in the hands of
receivers, and none of them can attrib-
ute their insolvency to the existing BUSH
ness conditions.
This is a showing even better than
that for the corresponding six months
of 1904, when six roads, with 302 miles of
lines and $40, 514, 900 of bonds and stock.
went into receivers hands, compared
with five roads. 270 miles and $3.50, 900
of capital this year. The first half of
the years 1903, 1902 and 1901 were still
more notable for the small number of
railroad insolvenciess and. in fact, the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-12
increase in ON Runs.

Chanute, Kan. July ia great in
crease in runs of Kansas territory oil
is shown in the bulletin issued here of
runs for the first week of July. 1t was
the first announcement made since the
order was made to take all oil. The
increase for the entire field of daily
runs is over 5000 barrels. The deliv-
cries to ref1neries remain the same as
before, showing that nearly all of the
increased oil runs was put in tankage.
One hundred and eighty-four thousand
barrels were put in storage tanks for
the seven days The greatest increase
in runs was in the Chanute-Humboldt
district
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-12
Great Bend After a Road.

mass meeting of citizens held at the
Commercial club rooms it was de-
cided to petition the mayor to call a
special election for the voting of
$4,000 bonds for the building of the
Great Bend Gulf railway. The petit
ton as presented requires that the
bonds are not to be issued until rs
miles of the road have been built.
Petitions have been circulated about
town and are being signed by the
heavy taxpayers of the town.
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THINK PIE POISONED THEM.
Two Santa Fe Employees Sent to To-
peka Hospital Are o. X.

Emporia, Kan, July 12.-Neils Jorgen-
son, Santa Fe engineer, and his fireman,
W. D. johnson, were taken to the Santa
F'e hospital at Topeka in critical con-
dition.
They were poisoned, as they think from
eating cocoanut pie at a, lunch room early
this morning. The men were on their run
when taken sick and had to stop the train
near Saffordville The head brakeman
found the two men lying in their cab.
DR.. Freeman stated this morning that
both men were up and around with their
clothes on and were going home today.
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ROCK ISLAND TO EXTEND.
Over a Million Acres of Coal Field:
Purchased.

Las Vegas, N. NJ, July 12-Positive
announcement is made here today that
the real purchaser of the Ration coal
fields is the Rock Island road, the ST.
Louis, Rocky Mountain and Pacific be-
The fields were bought from the Max
well Land Grant company, of Amster-
dam, Holland which owns LOO, 600 acres
ir northern New Mexico The timber
rights of the grant are retained by the
Maxwell company. The big deal was
negotiated by Attorney Frank Springer,
OF this city, president of the company,
and ]. Van Houton, vice-president and
each of these gentlemen made trips to
Holland to place the matter before the
owners. It is also gwen out that the
Rock Island company will push the rail-
road through Cimarron canon on to the
Pacific coast
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MIR. ETTER A MILLIONAIRE.
At Least He Is Cheered as Such at
the Santa Fe Depot.

AT Least He Is Cheered as Such at
the Santa Fe Depot.
Perhaps the next best thing to be-
ing a millionaire is to be mistaken
and cheered as one, which was the
experience of w. K. Etter, train
master of the eastern division of the
Santa Fe. He was accompanying
Walter Scott on the Death Valley spe-
ciaI from Emporia to Argentine, and
as the train tore through Topeka on
it's swift flight, the form of man
standing on the rear platform showed
up in the darkness.
There was crowd of loafers and
trainmen at the depot to see the spe-
cial go through, who when they
caught sight of the man cheered and
yelled, "Hurrah for Scotty! That's
Scotty!' The man who bowed and
acknowledged the ovation was not
Walter Scott with his millions bulg-
ing out of his pockets, but was the
recently appointed trainmaster. w. K.
Etter.
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Accused of Robbery.

Wichita, Kan, July Especial
Officer Grant Hule, of the Santa Fe,
arrested a negress here who is &C
cused of robbing d westbound Santa
Fe passenger of 800 between Newton
and Hutchinson on Sunday night. The
woman and her accomplices did the
work while the man was sleeping in
the smoking compartment of the day
coach. They left the train at Hutchin-
son and came here. The woman re-
fused to give her name, but gave the
names of her accomplices and their
location
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Talk of Lynching at E,rnporia.

Emporia, Kan. July 12.-Bruce
Wood, the negro charged with an at
tack on Mrs. John Lusk, a white wo-
man, was arraigned before Justice
Dryer Thursday afternoon. His bond
to appear at preliminary trial July Is
was placed at $500. which he cannot
furnish. Ever since the attack there
has been talk of lynching among Mrs
Lusk's neighbors. and when Wood was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-12
BASEBALL TOURNAMENT.
To Be Held at Downs July 25-27-
Three Other Teams Participate.

Downs, Kan. July ia baseball
tournament will be held in this city
July %, &c and 81, and prize money ag-
gregating $275 will be given winners.
The teams having entered the tourna-
ment are Smith Center, Burr Oak,
Scottsville and Downs. The last day of
the tournament comes on the Goth an
niversary celebration day, at which time
81, 500 will be spent on free amusements.
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saIina for Good Govern1nent.

1d ne +e b;rd v1ard bage tn aect
councilman resulted in the election of
Henry Northrop, the candidate of the
Good Government league. The lines were
drawn taut, Northrop's majority being 1T.
The league carried the ward in April by a
majority of 379 votes. Northrop owes his
election to the women of the ward.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-12
KANsAN DEAD IN MANIToU.
William Ray of Wichita Passes Away
While on a Visit.

Colorado Springs, Col, July "a
Manitou of diabetes, aged So years.
He was the guest of his brother, John
Ray. proprietor of the Iron Springs
hotel, where he had been staying with
his wife and two sons, Edward and
Arthur Ray of Denver. Frank Ray,
another son, resides in California An
other is w. H. Ray of Topeka. Three
daughters also survive him. The body
was taken to Kansas by the members
of the family.
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Kansas Rural Carriers.

Washington, July 1.-THE follow
ing western rural carriers have been
appointed:
Transatlantic, route 2, Amos Will
son, carrier; Victor Bassett, substitute;
Yates Center, route 8. VIM. J. O'Don-
nell, carrier, Patrick O'DonneIl, substi-
tute.
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Fell Beneath the Cars.

Wichita, Kan. July 20. H.
Church, brakeman on the Kansas,
Mexico & Orient railroad, formerly of
Coffeyville, Kan, fell beneath freight
cars at Harper Tuesday afternoon.
His right leg was badly crushed and
mangled. He was brought here on a
special train and taken to ST. Francis
hospital, where amputation was per-
formed. His condition is serious.
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Six Winfield Joints Raided.

Winfield, Kan, July 12.-The sher-
if raided the six ''joints'' here on
search and seizure warrants from the
county attorney. A very little hop
ale and "Ino" was found and con-
fiscated. The fixtures, consisting of
pine boards and stools and boxes, were
not taken, and as soon as the Joint
keepers could give bail for appearance
Monday they resumed selling.
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DON'T WANT A PARK.
Cottonwood Falls Citizens Vote Down
a Bond Proposition.

Cottonwood Falls, Kan, July ~
The vote on the proposition to pur-
chase the vacant ground west of the
court house for $4,000 for a city park,
was against it. The vote was the
largest ever polled in the city. Old
men and women who never took part
in elections before were out with car
riages and working like professionals.
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Was Given small Damages.

Erie, Kan, July IA judgment of
StilIwe1 in the district court in the
suit brought by J. H. Rogers against
the Western Torpedo company for over
$4,000 damages alleged for destroying
a wen by carelessly placed shot"
and for alleged annulment of negotia-
tons for the sale of a bunch of leases
by reason of the ruined well. The case
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Child Falls in scaIding Fruit.

Great Bend, Kan, July 12.-Carlos,
the 14-months-old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Asher, living south of town,
received probably mortal injuries.
Mrs. Asher had been putting up
piums and set a hot pan on the floor.
The little fellow fell into the pan and
his arms are badly burned up to the
shoulder
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sedewicL Cycle Riders i'm court.

Wichita, Kan, July 12.-In an effort
to enforce an ordinance against riding
bicycles on sidewalks, special police
men captured 35 offenders Tuesday,
mostly boys. Wheels were left as Sc
curity for the appearance of the pris-
oners for trial in police court.
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A Salina Wedding.

SaIina, Kan, July 12.-Prof. L. c.
Webb, principal of the city schools.
and Miss Kate Rising were married
last evening in the Presbyterian
church. Both are well known mu-
sicians.
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taken to the court room three officers
heavily armed, escorted him. Wood
weeps frequently when questioned by
officers and has an aversion to leaving
his cell, apparently afraid of mob vio-
lence.
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Kansas, being the first of number OF
like cases to be decided.
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