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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04

of Mrs. WagonselIer's uncle and aunt.
Dr. and Mrs. H. c. Miner have gone
TO Soldier where they will visit their
cousins, DR.. and Mrs. Northrup.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Pres
byterian church held a bazar yester-
day afternoon in the basement of their
new church building. Dinner was
served at noon and supper in the even
ing. a large crowd was out both
times and a neat sum realized by the
society which viii be used to finish up
these basement rooms.
Matt Gamlowski, the shoemaker, is
now permanently located at 842 North
Kansas avenue. Come and have your
shoes made and repaired as they
should be. He also sells line of
been excelled in quality. The old re-
liable Dittman shoes, always good,
none better, prices lower than ever.
Call at S42 and be convinced. Matt
will meet you the same as usual.
Walter Eastman is again in trouble.
Yesterday he in company with Willie
and Earl Koehler entered the T. NJ.
James house, corner of KiOus street
and Kansas Avenue, and commenced to
ransack the place. They made up a
pile of things which they thought
would be of use in their business and
proceeded to make arrangements to
take them away from the house. While
one of the boys remained upstairs the
! other two went downstairs and re-
ceived the stolen property as fast as
their companion threw it out of the
window to them. While busily en-
gagged in packing the goods in sacks
! preparatory to moving them away they
were discovered by three boys passing
/ by. The boys, Guy Karr, John and
/ Clyde Greening, thought things were
not all right and stopped to investi-
gate. They succeeded in making the
/ boys leave the house without theil
plumber, which consisted of clothing
/ carpenters tools. silverware and the
/ brass tops to lamps. The amateur de-
! tectives even chased the boys as fal
as the elevator where they caught one
but the other two escaped. and com
/ ing back to the James place, carried
off the brass tops to the lamps. Mr.
James entered complaint this morn
ing to Judge Hayden of the juvenile
court against the boys.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04
NORTH TOPEKA.

leave items for this column with KIM
ball Printing Co. si2 n. Kansas avenue.l
Miss Ninnette Loop of Shorey, who
has been quite i'll with erysipelas, is
much improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. G. Lane left
yesterday for Kentucky where they
will spend some time.
Mrs. Thomas Joseph of Shorey left
today for Virginia to make an extend
ed visit to mir mother
The / r. o. NJ. will confer the
chiefs degree on candidates this even
ing at their meeting in their hall.
Clayton Hummer is very i'll with
typhoid fever at his home on the
Granville road near Calhoun bluffs.
The members of the / H. club have
been requested to meet at the home OF
Norman Whitney Friday evening
May 5.
Miss Berta Shields, who has been
teaching in the high school at Mar
quette, Kan, has returned home fol
the summer vacation. AZ
Mrs. o. C. Myers Of 1914 Van Burer
street is entertaining her mother, Mrs
T. F. Lowry, and her grandmother
Mrs. Parkinson, of Meriden.
Mr.. z. L. Ball. who has been II
poor health for some time, is quite il
at the home of his daughter, Mrs
George Hutton. in Maple Grove ad-
dition.
Mrs. Adeu of the Pleasant Hill
neighborhood was stricken with
paralysis and her condition is very
serious. Mrs. Adeu is the mother o.
the late Rev. Mr.. Adell.
Rev. H. H. Fowler has been in thi!
week from Hoyt to visit his daughter
Anna May Fowler, at the home of he
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. n
Henry, 1117 Van Buren, street.
Mr.. and Mrs N F. Conkle, whC
since they broke up housekeeping sew
eraI weeks ago have been visiting theil
| daughter Mrs. C. E. Jordan of H.:
! Jackson street, viii leave Sunday 70
/ California for an extended stay.
Mrs. Allen Wagonseller and httl
daughter Helen of Junction City WIT
were the guests the first of the weel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04
MARSHALL IS SILENT.
Won't Talk About Union Trouble at
Hutchinson RefOrmatory.

E. z. Marshall, superintendent Of
the Hutchinson reformatory, was IN
Topeka Wednesday on his way home
from Usage City. He stopped over to
see Governor HOch.
superintendent Marshall declined to
discuss the recent difficulty at the
Hutchinson reformatory concerning
the employment of convict labor for
the construction of the wall around
the institution. It seems that several
union stonemasons were brought to
Hutchinson to work on the new post
office building, and while there they
organized a union. Then they set
about reforming the reformatory.
They wanted all the inmates taken off
the work of building the wall, and
union Iaborers substituted. This SUI
perintendent Marshall refused to do.
I'VE have a lot of hard cases there
at Hutchinson" said Mr.. Marshall.
Some of our inmates are more reck-
less and desperate than the peniten-
tiary cOnvicts. The new wall around
the institution is necessary to prevent
escapes. We now have about 400 m
mates. Some of them are as much as
80 years old. We have one colOred
man who I believe is 45 years old,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04
DEPOT WRECKED.
Much other Damage Done by Storm
at Spirit Lake.

Spirit Lake. Ia. May "A storm
which struck Spirit Lake injured two
persons. one probably fatally. and dam
aged property to the extent of S25.O0
The Rock Island depot was wrecked
and cars were overturned. An elevator
and -four mill were partially wrecked.
The Bruce Edgerton Lumber yard was
torn to pieces and Smith Brothers lum-
Der yard was badly damaged. Nearly
all barns and outbuildings in the west
ern part of the town were blown down
and cottages on Spirit Lake were badly
damaged. Morris boathouse and the
Twin Cottages were blown from their
foundation. A boy named Emerson sus-
tained broken arm and leg and is
probably fatally injured, and Ed Nc
NIahon, a section foreman for the Rock
Island, is badly bruised.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04
Floods Damage Arizona Citizens
Thousands Of Dollars.
Town of HOlbrOOk Narrowly Es-
capped Being Washed Away.
LOSS IRREPARABLE.
Crops for Coming Season Are
Probably Impossible.
Santa Fe Aids Citizens to Save
the Town.
IRREPARABLE.

Holbrook, Ariz., May 4.-The flood
waters of the Little Colorado river
reached their highest here at 2 a. m.
today and began slowly receding. At
this hour it has fallen four feet and all
danger appears to be past. The damage
10 Holbrook will be slight. but the town
was saved by a very narrow margin.
the river cutting to within ten feet Of
the residences. The waters are stiu
wearing away the banks next % the
town however, and all hands today are
working to stop the cutting. Wool bags
are being filed with sand and dropped
over the bank into the river, forming a
zip rap.
At one o'clock this morning the Little
Colorado river. normally a stream of in
significant proportions. was d raging
torrent four and a half miles wide and
filed to the edges with debris Of all
description from the valley ABOVE. The
damage to the rich valley through
which the food came viii reach into the
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The loss to the St. Johns community,
where the dam gave way, is estimated
at from 100000 to $250,009, including the
loss of the dam which had been con-
atructed at large expense TO the com
munity. The damage at woodruff, be
low St Johns, where the second dam
was carried out, and the country sur
rounding it is estimated at about
100000
Farmers Chief Losers.
The rich valley Of the Little Colorado
has suffered almost irreparably. The
loss win fan chiefly upon the farmers
and ranchers Of the valley and will
total several hundred thousand dollars
It is likely that the country has been
so devastated that crops for the coming
season will be an impossibility.
So far as known there has been no
loss OF life attending the dam breaking
with the exception of one Mexican
drowning al st. John.
turning to their homes today and it is
expected that by noon the town will
have resumed its normal appearance
again.
Household goods are being unloaded
from the box cars where they were has
tiIF piled with the expectation OF haul
ing them out to save them from the
flood Merchants are returning stocks
of merchandise to their stores which
were emptied yesterday in the few
hours intervening between the first
warning and nightfaf.
The precautions taken to save the city
from inundatiOn cost the citizens and
the Santa Fe railway company con-
siderable sum of money but the work
was effective and the waters were sue
cessfully resisted, although by mar
row margin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04
SHOT INTO CHURCH.
Cossacks Fire Into a Crowd Fatally
WOunding Seven.

LODI, Russian Poland. May 4-Seven
persons were fatally wounded by a
Cossack patrol yesterday which fred
into the midst of q crowd engaged in
singing patriotic songs in front of the
Church of the Cross. A number of bull
lets entered the church door and struck
the altar, causing a panic among the
congregation. After the crowd had
been dispersed workmen captured a po-
heeman and beat him nearly to death
before he was rescued.
Disturbances Continue in Warsaw.
Warsaw, May 4-Disturbances occur
red in several parts of the city this
morning and an extension of troubles
appears imminent. In the VIOLA district
workmen forcibly stopped the street
cars and cabs and Cossacks were sum
moned. A man in the crowd fired a re-
volver and wounded a soldier
The social Democrats appear deter
mined to enforce their manifesto pro-
claiming a general strike and the OBJ
servation of today as a day of mourning
for the victims of the May day disturb
ances.
No newspapers appeared this morning.
All business and street traffic prac-
tically ceased at noon. The offices and
stores are closed and have their shutters
up. Some of the houses are barricaded.
A few merchants who tried to keep open
were visited by picketS of workmen
who ordered them to shut their places
of business Immediately. Nearly all the
street cars have stopped running and
the cab service is entirely suspended.
Many cabs earlier in the day were stop
ped by parties Of youths who compelled
their occupants to alight, in some in
stances forcibly throwing them out Of
the vehicles, and then ordered the driv-
ers to go home.
Immense crowds have gone to the
cemetery where the victims of May
days shooting are buried.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04
BASEBALL AT Low EBB.
Washburn Managers VIII Try Giving
Free Tickets.

The Athletic board at Washburn
college met yesterday to discuss plans
for alIeviating the present financial
stringency of the baseball team
finances. The team has been getting
some very poor support both on the
part of the students and the public in
general On every game that has been
played this season the Washburn man
agement has lost money there have
been three college games played on
the home grounds with out of town
institutions. At Tuesdays game with
Colorado college the management
was out S69, the receipts being Sc,
While the guarantee amounted to SIS.
AS the result of the discussion the
board decided to present each student
of the college with a free season ticket
and furthermore it is expected that
free tickets will be issued to the stu
dents at Bethany college and to the
high school. In return for their gen
crosby the board has figured it out
that some contributions viii probably
be received of a voluntary nature. At
the college a collection will be taken
up at the chapel exercises Friday
morning. With these collections as a
basis and the returns from the sale of
seats in the grand stand at ten cents
apiece the management expects to get
through the season without failing
completely behind. The presence of
good crowds. it is hoped, viii instill
greater enthusiasm from the college
for its team,
The scheme is a unique one and has
never been tried before It is mat
ter of conjecture whether it viii prove
a success. The next game is with
Paramount on Saturday
The college has stiI four games on
the home grounds before the close of
the season in addition to its games
away from home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04
DESTROYS THE TOWN.
Fire at Home City, Marshall County,
Causes 100000 Loss.

MarysvilIe, Kan, May A FIRE which
started in William Cranes livery barn
at Home City. last night about 10
o'clock, destroyed Is business buildings
with a loss of 100000. Only the depot
and two elevators, aside from the
dwellings. escaped destruction Many
families living over the stores lost all
of their possessions.
Home City is a prosperous trading
point of 500 inhabitants on the St. JOS
eph & Grand Island road, six miles east
of this city.
Following are the losses and insur-
ances
N. NJ. Crane. livery. loss $25, COO; insur-
znce $500: Thomas Mohrbacher, saloon,
total loss. no Insurance.; Turner hall.
loss 5000, insurance 81, 600; T. H. Ed
ruundson, hardware and implements,
loss $4,000, insurance $1,000; Josiah
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04
SHELDON SEES HoCH.
Arranges to Have Some Topeka Min
listers Call.

Charles NJ. Sheldon had a talk with
Governor Hoch yesterday, and in
formed him that a delegation of To
peka ministers would probably come
to talk to him about the condition Of
things in the city of Topeka. Governor
HOch stated that he would do all in
his power to see that the law is
obeyed.
Governor Hoch is said to have in
formed a friend recently that he
would not allow the joints to run
openly in Topeka. He is said to have
declared that he would not stand for
the fine system
81 know my duty" the governor is
said to have remarked, f'and am go
ing to perform it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04

though he claims to be only about %.
He tells of things which happened Just
at the close of the war, and tells them
as though he had a personal recoI-
lection of them.
we are now planning some extern
sive improvements. A standpipe will
be built very shortly to provide water
pressure for our buildings, and in addi-
ton to the Wall, we will build a new
cell house. It will be much like the
cell house at the penitentiary, but will
be more sanitary. Toilet and bath
facilities will be provided,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04

Owing to the large amount of long
distance equipment, the Bell company
was assessed higher than the indie
pendent company on the property in
the city of Topeka. The Bell assess
ment is S2S,S11, and the Independent
S25,40O.
Apparently the Bell company pays
no assessment on the large amount Of
underground conduits which it has
laid in the business part of the city.
The telephone companies made
hard fight against an increase in their
assessed valuation. They thought they
were entitled to a reduction, but the
board could not see it that way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04
NOT AFRAID OF THE TAINT.
Bfr. Roclzefener's Kansas Attorneys
Won't Turn Down His Money.

z. E. Nermillion, of the firm Of Stan
ley Vermillion & Evans. who repre-
sents the Standard Oil company in its
litigation with the state Of Kansas, who
has been in Topeka representing the
Standard OH case in the supreme court,
was asked today whether his firm is
looking after the campaign Of newspa-
per education which the Standard is
making in Kansas
we have nothing to do with it, said
Mr. Vermillion. T have read some of
the articles in the papers: that is all I
know about it,"
What is the object of the Standard
in spending so much money in this
way?''
Il suppose it is to overcome some OF
the popular prejudice in the state due
to the false and misleading statements
which have been made concerning the
oil situation. Some of the most absurd
statements have been circulating as
facts, and many people believe that
they are facts"
Mr.. NermilliOn was asked what he
thought about the scandal concerning
Mr.. RoclSefeller's tainted money. The
Wichita lawyer laughed, and said that
he didn't think the firm of Stanley, Yer
million & Evans would turn down any
of Rockefeller's money because Of its
faint.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04

Thomas, general merchandise, loss 3d.
coo. insurance 5000; George W. Van
Camp, lumber, loss s., 900, insurance 50, =
600: E. H Tangleman, general mer-
chandise, loss $500, insurance $500;
W. B. Patterson, drugs, loss $500. in
surance $500; Nick Theis hotel loss 81
800. insurance $500; Home City State
bank. loss $1,000, insurance $1,000; F..
s. Biberstein, blacksmith, loss $780,
no insurance; R. Downing, hardware
and implements, loss 5000. insurance
81, coo; L. Cassidy, barber, total loss, no
insurance; William Niemann. butcher.
loss 81, 900, insurance 5000; Ed Eckstein,
harness and buggies, loss sS,50e no in
surance; Carl Lemmer, general mer-
chandise, loss $4,000. insurance 5000;
Fred Woellner, barber, loss $3.50, no in
surance-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04

The assessment on the second and
third class telephone companies has
not been materially increased except
in a few instances. Some of the COM
panies were given a reduction.
The total assessment of second class
companies was as follows: 1904,
S184,765; in 1905, $214,039.
Total assessment third class COM
panies: 1904, S48,894; in 1905, $685.
551.
independents Big Increase.
The Independent telephone COM
pany in Topeka certif1es that it has
1924 instruments in use in Topeka,
and the Bell company says it has l.
1872 instruments.
Owing to the large amount of long
distance wire centering in Topeka, the
Bell company makes a big showing for
poles and wires in Topeka. The fol-
lowing are comparative statistics;
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04

reopening of the proposition to sell to
the city by Mrs. Mead.
1--WE will fight this matter to the
supreme court before We give in said
Mr.. Dreaming. I'VE have a good case
and I think we can win
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04
MUST PAY MORE.
State Assessors Raise Rate of
Telephone Assessment.
Instruments Fixed at S. Each
Instead Of 81.

Final figures given out this morning
by the state board of railroad assessors
show that the value of all the tele-
phone and telegraph companies in the
451 in 1904 to s1,7O0,087 in 1905.
The board has raised the valuation
on telephone instruments and wires
materially, on account of an increase
in rates charged to the public. IN
struments which were assessed at 81
last year are assessed at IS this year;
copper wire is raised from Sc to 81 per
mile; the long distance line between
Topeka and Kansas City owned by the
Bell company is raised from $50 to $40
per mile for the first wire and from Sc
to $40 for each additional wire.
The following is the increase on
telegraph companies and on class I
telephone companies, which include
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04
100 LATE TO CLASSIFY.


SATIN smooth skin secured using Satin
skin cream and Satin skin powder. zoc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04

= It is better to smoke here than here
after. If you are wilfully neglecting the
future of your loved ones that may be
the reason why your cigars don't taste
good. Your smoke IS being reserved for
the future. The luxury of a good cigar
is enjoyed more if the smoker is happy.
The happiest smoker is the we'll insured.
National Life Insurance Co. of Yer
mont mutual organized 1850; fifty
sixth year. doing business in 40 states.
VIM B. Henderson, general manager,
suite 459 Kemper building, Kansas
City, Mo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-04

Neglected colds make fat graveyards So
11f. WOODS Norway Pine Syrup helps men
and women to happy. vigorous old age.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
URGES PRIZES, NOT
TAX, FOR ALIENS
Carnegie Would Give a Bounty to
... = =. .Immli grants Of Right >"'.
Kind. -.

Journal Special Service. --. .
New York, Dec. Sat the conference
of the Civic Federation on Immigra-
ton at the Madison Square concert hall
yesterday, Andrew Carnegie said that
sober, frugal Immigrants were what
the United States he would give all such
premium to come here. Mr.. Carne-
gle said: ~
without immigration And who is
there here who is not either an immi-
grant or has Immigrant blood in his
veins9 1t is not a problem for us.
It is the problem Of the poor, unfortu-
nate countries from which we are drain
declared that America was drain
ing the most valuable blood of Germany
and he would pass laws preventing the
Germans from leaving their country to
swell the growth and prosperity and
happiness of the American republic, and
he was a wise man. : e. a. -.
."Consider what you are getting.
Thousands Of these immigrants have to
for them to do that. ~ -:
CHOW I hold the prime test and the
only test we should exact is this: Has
man the ambition to enjoy the rights
| Of an American citizen? Has he the hab-
| it's of sobriety and frugality to save the
sum necessary for him to reach that
porta And is he skillful enough to
testimony. If T owned America ana
was running it as business I would
not only look for that man, but T would
! give every man Of that kind premium
to come here and consider it the best
bargain [ had ever made in my life -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
AND WIVES WHO ARE FORSAKEN
Chicago Has $4,000 Whose Husbands
Have Quit Them.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
Chicago. Dec. 8.-There are $4,000 de-
serted wives in Chicago and the Ameri-
can husband is the chief deserter, de-
of compulsory education. He says his
figures are not exaggerated, but can be
substantiated in every detail.
"Wife desertion exists not only in
Chicago, but in other cities,' said he,
~ believe the estimate Of $4,000 de-
serted women in Chicago is conserva
tive. It is based on opinions Of per-
sons in sociological fields, such as tru-
ant officers, probation officers and char
ity workers.. I have been partic ularly
impressed with the fact in the investi-
cation Of children's non-attendance at
school. :. 49,. =, -
Superintend Bodine declared he in
tended to prosecute every wife deserter
whose children are not attending school.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
.WOMEN'S CLUBS As |
RACE SUICIDE AIDS
Club Women in Chicago Have Not
Yet Reached the Des
Moines Stage.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
Chicago, Dec. s.Chieago women
want TO know whether club life is tend
ing to reduce. the number of children
born in the families Of the women
members. Presidents and secretaries
of the twenty-eight Chicago organiza-
tions affiliated with the general Fed
Grafton Of Women Clubs today plunged
actively into the work of getting sta
tistics to determine how the club wo-
man stands as to maternity, in com
organizations.
It is strongly denied that any ut
terance of Grover Cleveland or the full
limitations in a recently-issued book by
Olga Louise Cadijah brought about
the investigation. The club officials in
sist they are working merely to sat
isfy the curiosity Of the world, in gen
eral and the managers Of the Fedora
ton IS information bureau in particular.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-08
BETTER BABES AND FEWER
Woman's Club of Des Moines Adopt!
New Motto.
Snenial To The Inurnal

Special to The Journal a=.s j. 4
Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. s.-The wo-
men members Of the Chauncey Depew
club of this city believe in race sui
eide and are willing that mankind
should know it: After an animated
session it was unanimously agreed that
the sentiment of the club should be
henceforth expressed in the motto:
EQUALITY rather than quantity; few
er but better babies.'
Mrs. George w. Olgivie, the chair
woman, likened children to blooded
stock and declared that if people were
as careful in the rearing and develop
ment Of their progeny as some Of the
stock-raisers were of their prize ami
mails, there would be speedy uplifting
Of the human race.