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Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-12-30
Colonel Crockett's Cooperative Christ
mas.
By RUPERT HUGHES.
In 1.-THE Saturday Evening Post"
Continued from last week. }

mad organized q pool TO corner me ana
my Christmas, l spent a couple of
days sending rain-making language.
Then I settled down to work like a
bronco does to harness after kicking
off the dashboard and swapping a
couple of traces.
"If I've got to be alone this Christ
mas" / says to myself, "Tll make it
the gol-darnmedest, crowdedest soil
tude ever heard of this side of the
River"
/ looked for the biggest place in
town under one roof. Madison Square
Garden was it. You remember it. We
was there to the horse-show-so-
called. You recollect, reckon, that
the Garden holds right smart lot OF
people. At a political meeting once
they got $4,000 people into 1t, and
there was still room for Grover Cleve-
land to stand and make a speech.
Well, feeling kind o. flush and reck-
less like, l decided to go and see the
manager, or janitor, or whatever he
is. And go l went. l says to him:
could rent your cute little shack for
one evening-Christmas Eve?"
Certainly, sir" he says. There
happens to be nothing doing this
Christmas Eve"
"How much would 1t set me back?'
! says very polite.
"Only one thousand plunks," says
he.
But, my dear Gaston," l says with
a low bow, 81 don't want to buy your
little Noah's Ark for the baby. l only
want to borrow it for one evening""
Zone thou. is our bargain-countef
limit" he says. 81 couldn't make 1t
less for the poor old car of Rooshy.'
kind o. hesitated, remembering the
time when a thousand dollars would
have kept me comfortable for about
three years. It's hard to get over the
habit of counting your change. Then
Mr.. Janitor, seeing me kind o. groggy
says, little less polite:
'If that's more than you care to pay
for a single room you can get a cot
for five cents on the Bowery; for a
quarter you can get whole suite"
That riled me. / flashed a wad OF
bills on him that made his eyes look
like automobile lamps. He could see
1t wasn't Confederate money, either
Then shifted my cigar to detract at
tention while 1 swallowed my Adams
apple, and says:
81 was only hesitating, my boy, be
cause I wondered If your nice young
Garden would be big enough. You
haven't got a couple more to rent al
the same price,"
He wilted and caved in like a Don
of ice cream does just before you gel
home with it. Then he began to bow
lower, and we cut for new deal.
He says what might be wanting tc
use the Garden for?
"Oh, I won't bulge the walls OF
strain the floor" says. 81 only want
it for a Christmas tree. I am goine
to invite my friends to little party,
"Whew but you must be popular!'
he saws. "Who the dickens are YOU
Brother Teddy, or Mother Eddy?"
'Tm Colonel D. Austin Crockett, o.
Waco" | says as meek as l could.
"Pleased to meet you, Colonel" ne
saws. "What you running for?-Dis
trict Attorney? Or are you starting
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-12-30
Best Christmas Story of The month

"But these friends of yours?' he
gasped. us all Waco coming up here
on an excursion?"
"Mr. Prosecutor" l says, "if you'll
stop cross-examining a minute, and let
me tell how it all happened, it will
save right smart of time. / am
stranger here to about four million
people. They are strangers to me.
We ought to know each other. So I'm
going to give a little Madison Square
Garden warming and invite 'em in"
What are you going to sell EN-
prize poultry, or physical cuhure?"
1--WE nothing to sell. I'm just 60
ing to entertain 'em."
"Well, I've heard of Southern hos
pitality," he says, "but this beats me-
How much you going to charge a
head?"
Nothing. Everything is to be free
Admission included"
Not on your dear old Lost Cause!"
he exclaims. "Leastways not in our
little dolls house. Not for ten thou
sand dollars Why, man, do you re-
aliZe that if you offered these New
York, Brooklyn, Bronx, Hackensack
and Hoboken folks free show, more'n
two thousand women would get
trampled to death? Did you ever see
bargain-counter crowd on Twenty
third street? Well, that's only for a
chance to get something they don't
want at a fishbait price. But If you
offered them free, 'take-one' chance
holy geewhiz!- can just see it
now! The Garden amt half big
enough in the first place. There's
enough Take-One'ers in these parts o.
fill the old Coliseum. And they'd
make the wild animals look like a
cage of white rabbits"
Well, the upshot of it was, he per-
suaded me to charge an admission;
so we set it at $1.00 head ION the
hoof." / wrote out a card and sent it
to all the papers to print at advertis-
ing rates. 1t cost right smart, but
looked neat:
To Every Stranger in New York and
His Lady.
If you are not otherwise engaged on
Christmas Eve, the honor of your
lpresence at Madison Square Garden
is requested by
DAVID AUSTIN CROCKETT,
Colonel Fifth Texas Cavalry, c. S. A
Music, Dancing, Refreshments Sou
venirs. For the purpose of keeping
out the undesirable element charge
Of 81. will be made.
| knew that them magic words
Refreshments and Souvenirs" would
hit 'em hard. In order to whet the
public interest, l asked the papers
where / advertised to give the thing
some editorial or other reference. But
they was very cold and said the best
they could do was to send their dra
matte critics to criticize the show af
terward. A lot of good that would dc
me! So / took more space in adver
Using.
In day or two / was visited at the
hotel by one of the most imperdent
young fellows l ever met up with. He
sent up a card, flames ]. James, Pub
licity Expert" l said to show him in
and he sort of oozed through the dool
he was that oily. He looked abou
to see if we was alone, then winket
slow and important and says:
whats your game, Colonel? L
looks pretty slick, but l can't quite
make it out It's a new bunco, al
right, but slick as it looks, it ain
quite so slick as it ought to be-"
Look here, you cub" | roared, u
you imply that l have any evil mo
| Il. -. full n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
CONEYS MOVE ORDER.
Kansas G. a. r. Headquarters at
Hutchinson Aug. IA to 10.

Department Commander p H
Coney today issued an order trans
ferrlng his headquarters between Au-
gust IA and August 10 from Topeka
to Hutchinson, on account of the state
reunion to be held at Hutchinson be-
tween those dates.
Department Commander Coney will
take with him to Hutchinson the chief
of staff. assistant adjutant general,
assistant quartermaster general, chief
of aides de camp, all aides de camp,
division and brigade commanders and
committees of the department. All
these are required to report to the de-
partment headquarters, and if they all
obey orders, there will be a good at
tendance at the reunion.
The programme of the state reunion
is announced as follows:
Officer of the day, Col. E. B. Jones.
2 p. m.
Camp fire, 1880 p. M, R. A. Camp
bell, commander.
Tuesday, Aug Is, Potomac Day.
9 a. m. Capt. H. G. Townsend, officer
of the day. Dedicated to w. r. C.
Presentation of flag to the department
Camp fire, 1880 p m, Past Depart
ment Commando I: j. Anderson,
Wednesday, Aug. 16, Grand Army
Day. Department Commander P. H.
Coney, commanding. Capt. A. NJ
Fuller, officer of the day. 9 a. m
II. A.
Presentation of banner. D. M
grand camp fire meeting, Department
Commander Coneys presiding. 1880 D
M, camp fire, Past Department Com
mander Bernard Kelley presiding COM
mander.
Thursday, Aug. II, Army of Cum
berland day. Past Department Com
mander Bernard Kelley. commanding.
Major w. F. Hendry, officer of the day.
a. m. dedicated to the Spanish war
veterans. Major A. M HarVev COM
manding. ? p. m. camp fire meeting,
Colonel Thos. j. Jackson, presiding
commander 1880 p. m, camp fire.
Colonel ]. B. Fishback, presiding COM
mander.
Friday, Aug. Is. Governors day. D.
c. Tillotson, commanding. officer of
the day, Colonel A. w. Sherer, past
commander s. of V. 9 a. m. dedicated
to Sons of Veterans. p. m. grand
camp fire. Presiding commander
A. w. Smith. 1880 p. M, Memorium
Presiding conductor, Department Chap
lain, Rev. VIM. H. Irwin.
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INQUIRY CONCLUDED.
Report on the Bennington Disaster
Will Be Made Next Week

Washington, Aug. 12.-Admiral
Goodrich, commander-in-chief of the
Pacific station, in a dispatch to the
navy department from San Diego,
officially announced that the court of
inquiry on the Bennington disaster was
concluded yesterday, the proceedings
of which will follow Monday. Ad-
niral Goodrich also advised the de-
partment that 25 of the Bennington's s
wounded will leave San Diego Sunday.
arriving at Mare island Monds6 morn
ing Memorial services will be held
/. at San Diego Monday morning and
floral services at the cemetery Mon
day afternoon, when the admiral an
nounces the Chicago and Bennington,
towed probably by the tug Fortune,
will proceed to San Francisco.
The navy department has decided
to place the Concord on the active list,
and this vessel will go into commission
at the Mare island navy yard early in
September. The Concord will take
the place of the Bennington on the
Pacific station.
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GARRON JUMPED.
His Wife Told Him to Drown Himself
and He Tried.

Chicago, Aug. 12.-Joseph Garron re-
turned home intoxicated and his wife
told him to jump into the lake and
drown himself. "All right" said Garron.
III just do that
He did. and though he was alive when
taken from the water he died in the hos
pital two hours later. In the pocket of
his coat the coroner found this note:
''This is to certify that my wife, Mag
gle Garron, told me to leave the house
and go to the lake and drown myself.
Goodby and God forgive her"
Mrs. Garron became hysterical when
informed of her husbands act and hur-
ried to the hospital, but she arrived a
few minutes after his death.
II was only Joking" she said as she
knelt at the side of the bed where lay
the body of her husband. 'I never
thought he would take my words SER
iOuSly.'
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KNELr AT HUSBANDS COFFIN.
Family Friends Then Robbed the
Widow of $4,000.

Chicago, Aug. 12.--Mrs.- Mary Cen
ders, a widow 21 years old, has lost
$4,000 from her safety deposit box in
the Illinois Trust and Savings bank,
and yesterday she swore to a warrant
charging Charles c. Hammit with the
theft. The money was paid her by a
life insurance company after the death
of her husband. Hammit. who had
been friendly with the Genders, ad-
vised Mrs. Genders to put her money
in the safety deposit vault until a good
opportunity for investment was offered
and told her that he had better keep
one of the keys, as she might lose her
key. When Mrs. Genders went to the
safety deposit valut yesterday her
money was gone.
He is the last man in the world I
would think would do such thing"
she said last night. why he actually
knelt down and prayed at my hus-
bands coffin"
The police have traced Hammit to
Cincinnati.
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be ready for its trial trip before the
spring of 1907 and that it will not be
placed in commission before June of
that year. Although it is about 81 per
cent completed much remains to be
done. All of the machinery must be
installed, decks constructed, and other
work done by the contractors. Then
the navy department must provide
the guns, ammunition and stores for
the trial trip.
The contract date of completion is
December 16 1906, but it is to be ex-
pected that there will be unavoidable
delays which will prevent the depart
ment from putting the ship into service
until before the following summer. The
Kansas will be kept at the home station
for probably the first six months, as
the navy department always assigns a
new ship to duty near the yards in
which she was built for that length of
time so that every part of her ma
chinery and ordnance may be thorough
Iy tested. Later she will be assigned to
duty as the flagship of squadron.
Navy department officials say the gift
of the state of Kansas should be pre-
sented just after the new battleship goes
into commission.
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board. and still the supply is greater
than the demand.
Porter sens to the standard.


1.-The Standard is now buying a good
deal of Kansas OIL but it can get
enough in the Territory fields to keep
it going. Even at present prices, the
oil men can sell oil when they have
wells which produce from so to 100 bar
rels a day And the farmers who own
these wells insist in selling their oil just
as long as they can make anything. I
think the best thing people can do is to
let their oil stay in the ground until
prices go up again. Still, the company
in which I am interested, including a
number of big producers right on the
state line. is selling oil right along to
the Standard. We have one 100 barrel
we'll and a number of smaller ones.
Even at so cents a barrel, this means a
lot of money every day.
"Of course things are rather fiat in
the oil business. There is not much of
any development; about one well being
drilled where there were five year
ago. Down in the Cherokee nation,
where some of the allotted Indians have
leased their allotments, the lessees have
been Obliged to carry on development
work in order to protect their leases,
and consequently there is considerable
work in progress there. The Territory
field is spreading out constantly and
many rich wells are being brought in.
1.-The general conditions down in
southern Kansas are excellent. Crops
are enormous; I never saw corn looking
erable time working on the proposed
railroad from Caney to Perry, Ok,
through Pawhuska. I think that we
have the thing all arranged as far as
Perry, but our surveys extend some dis
tance further"
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Young Pitcher to Go Higher.

st. Louis, Aug. 12.--Joe Jokerst. the
Collinsville, ILL.,, lad who scored his
Inird shutout in as many games Sun
day. may receive a chance with one of
the local clubs in the near future.
Jokerst has allowed his opponents
three hits in three games.
His friends have asked the local
managers to give the lad a chance, and
Vice President Robson of the Car
dinals has offered to the youngster an
opportunity with the Cardinals.
Not one of the boys adversaries
reached third base in the three con-
tests.
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to the conclusion that the best thing
he could do would be to ask the mercy
of the court and promise to do better
in the future. Manson was charged
with assisting a number of cans of
lard to alight from a freight car, and
then as he did not wish to leave them
alone SO he assisted them in getting
into the jungles of North Topeka.
Judge McCabe. in view of the fact
that Doc seemed so penitent, decided
that four months in jail would be
about the right thing for him. For
this reason Mr. Manson will be a guest
of Jailer Larson until some time about
the holidays.
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WHY KANsAs Is LAVE.
She Wanted Battleship or None for
Her Namesake.

Washington, Aug. 12.-The new bat
tie ship was named Kansas under the
provisions of a general act of congress.
AS far back as 1919, the naming of war
ships was made the subject of legislative
enactment, as congress March 8, of that
year, passed a bill providing that the
vessels of the navy should be named by
the secretary of the navy under the di-
rection of the president according to
these regulations: Sailing vessels of
the first class shall be named after the
states of the Union; those of the second
class after the rivers; those of the third
class after the principal cities and towns
and those of the fourth class at the
president may direct
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
1T is COOLER TO-DAY.
But Still the People Think 1t Pretty
Hot.

The weather today has not been
such as to justify a cold wave bulletin,
yet it has been a little more nearly
bearable than it was yesterday, though
the humidity makes excessive locomo-
ton very wearisome to the human
family. A ten mile an hour wind has
been blowing from the south and that
helps some. Just trace of rain fell
about the noon hour but there was not
enough to clear the atmosphere nor
reduce the temperature. 1t is raining
at Mcpherson and Wichita and is
cloudy over the western portion OF the
state, with the prediction that the east
end of the state will receive a cooler
wave and a rain before morning.
The maximum and minimum tenn
peratures for the "a hours ending at
Z o'clock this morning as recorded at
the various stations over the state
were: Baker, 94-64; Concordia, go
20; Dodge City, 9066; Fort Scott, "a
66; Macksvil1e, $3.50; Mcpherson, a.
66; Manhattan, S4-6S; Usage City, ga
&C.; Russell, 92-66i Sedan, 96-68; To-
peka, 92-70; Toronto, 96-62; Wichita,
1910.
The maximum temperature for yes
terday was 90. while the minimum for
today was UP. The hourly tempera-
4 %-.ZT
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STRUCK ON PIXIES PEAK.
Three Tourists FeIIed by Lightning
While Making the Climb.

Colorado Springs, Colo, Aug. Ia
Mrs. l.. NJ. Caldwell and two sons Roy
and Ray, aged Is and 10 years, of
Des Moines, Iowa, went through the
thrilling experience of being struck by
lightning on the side of Pixies Peak,
and lived to comp1ete@elae trip to the
summit and back. -
They started to walk to the sum-
nit and at Windy Point were over
taken by an electrical storm, when a
sudden fash of lightning sent them
to the ground unconscious. They
were found by a man walking down
the cog road and taken to a nearby
house, where they remained for the
night.
The woman was burned about the
lower limbs but was aple TO complete
the walk to the summit this morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12

the ship. Along with the governor was
christening party of 80 Kansans.
An unusual feature of the launching
was the fact that the vessel was chris
tened with spring water procured from
a Camden county, N J.. spring instead
of the customary bottle of champagne.
This was the first time that water in
stead of wine has been used in launch
ing q. vessel in this vicinity. Governor
Hoch made the suggestion and he made
the announcement after the launching
that the christening bottle contained
only water.
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FOR A $4,000 STAKE.
sysonby and oisean to Contest Today
at Saratoga.

Saratoga, N. Y, Aug 12.-In the sec
ond and probably last running of the
great republic $4,000 stakes this after
noon, the long-looked for race between
the great three-year-oId colts Sysonby
and Oiseau is expected to take place.
However, if the track is at all muddy.
Sysonby may be scratched and James
r. Keene will depend on Wild Mint in
the struggle for the rich prize. Captain
Browns Broomstick is only shadow
of his former self and with 126 pounds
on his back, is not expected to cut much
figure.
In the overnight betting Sysonby was
favorite at to 2 with to laid against
Oiseau Liberal odds prevailed against
the others for they were considered as
far outclassed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
SPRING WATER.
Bottle Broken Over the Prov
of the Kansas
Is Declared to Have Contained
Only Pure Water.
BATTLESHIP FLOATS.
The Launching Took Place at
I2:47 P. NJ.
Witnessed by Governor HOch
and Party of 80 Kansans.
BATTLESHIP FLOATS

Philadelphia. Aug. 12.-The battleship
Kansas, the largest warship ever built
in the east. was launched at 12:47 p m,
today at the yard of the New York
Shipbuilding company in Camden, N. ].
The launching was witnessed by Cover
nor Hoch of Kansas, whose daughter,
Miss Anna Hoch. acted as sponsor for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
Iookine for Camp Sites.
For selling Iiquor without License

rested by the federal authorities in Cha
mute for selling liquor without license.
His preliminary hearing was given him
before the United States commissioner
at Fort Scott today.
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WAS INSTANTLY KILLED.
Wichita Man Came in Contact With
Electric Switch Board.

Wichita, Kan, Aug. 12.-Harry
Stewart, aged 20 years, son of State
Senator J. M. Stewart, was instantly
killed today at the power house of the
street railway company, where he was
employed. by coming in contact with
a switch board.
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During the Spanish war congress
amended this act as follows: THAT
hereafter all first class battleshfps and
monitors owned by the United States
shall not be named for any city, place
or person until the names of the states
shall have been exhausted"
Every state that has not been so
honored wants a warship to bear its
name. Some of the states have been
content with the naming of smaller
vessels in their honor. The New York.
California, Maryland, Montana North
Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Dakota.
Tennessee, Washington and West Vir-
ginia are armOred cruisers The Ar
kansas, Florida, Nevada and Wyoming
are single turret harbor defense mon
itors The only battleship that does
not bear the name of a state is the
kearsarge. which was named bv a
special act OF congress in honor of the
famous Kearsarge. The Kansas mem
bers of congress have been unwilling
that one of the smaller ships should
be given the name of their state: thew
p preferred to wait until a battleshiD
could be so named That homo. came
to the state in 1902. when at the direc-
tion of the secretary of the navy one of
the three battleships whose construc-
tion congress authorized that year was
given the name Kansas
To Be Completed in 1907.
The presentation of the silver serv-
ice for which the Kansas legislature
has made an appropriation will not
take place until the new battleship has
been placed in commission. Officials
at the navy department say it will not
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MURDER AT PAoLA.
w. III. Howard Shot and Killed Broth
er-in~Law in a Quarrel.

Paola, Kan, Aug. 12.-W. H. How
ard. a jeweler, shot and killed his
brother-in-law, George Hudson, after
a quarrel in the store at LaCygne. It
is said that Hudson had threatened
Howard. Howard, who is agent for
telephone company at LaCygne, says
he shot in self-defense.
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Temperatures in Large cities.

Chicago, Aug 12-Temperatures a.
m: New York, &c; Boston, 80; Phila-
delphia, T6; Washington, 76; Chicago. 76;
Minneapolis, IS; Cincinnati, rs; st.
Louis, rs.
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TRIAL DAY SET.
The Beef Packers VIII Be Arraigned
October 2.

Chicago, Aug. 12.-October was
today announced as the trial day for
twenty-four packers and lawyers and
five corporations indicted on charges
of combining in restraint of commerce,
accepting rebates and interfering with
government witnesses.
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MOSQUITOES ON RUN
Yellow Fever Situation Takes on a
More Hopeful Outlook.
Noon yellow fever report.
NTo1.- 10 cac r,iroc G n m va

Noon yellow fever report.
New cases since 6 p. m. yesterday, 16;
total cases, 824.
Deaths today, 5; total deaths, 13s.
New Orleans, Aug. 12.-In spite of the
large number of fever cases reporting
during the last few days, hope continues
to run high here. 1t is due to the fact
that there are practical evidences that
the crusade against the mosquito is tell
ing More than two weeks have now
elapsed since the death or ctning OF
cases at a number of points above Canal
street and there has been no reappear-
ance of the fever where those cases ex-
listed, nor in the immediate neighbor-
hood.
Looking for Camp Sites.
Asheville N. c., Aug. 12.-Ten official
representatives of the municipality of
New Orleans are in western North Car
o1ina for the purpose of locating camp
sites for yellow fever refugees.
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Chicago. Aug 12-Forecast for Kan
sas: Local rains tonight and Sunday;
cooler in east portion; variable winds.