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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
NOT GOOD TASTERS.
Board Of Control Doesn't Like Method
Of Letting State Contracts.


According to T. B. schermerhorn.
chairman of the new state board OF
control, there will be q new deal in the
method of letting the contracts for
supplies for the state charitable insti-
tutions. The letting of contracts. which
was concluded today at the Copeland.
is the last to be held under the direc-
ton of the old state board of charities.
I'VE viii probably adopt the system
in use in the state of Iowa." said Mr..
Schermerhorn. THE board has been to
Iowa and investigated the workings of
the law there, and We believe it is an
improvement on the Kansas system.
We will, under the new law, have our
headquarters at the state house. The
plan is to have ample room for all the
work of the board. We will then have
the bidders bring their samples and
prices and leave them with the board.
None Of the bidders will be present
when the contracts are let. The board
will take its time to inspecting the sam
pies, and there will not be this rush
and haste which is likely to cause con-
siderable confusion
AS Mr.. Schermerhorn spoke, the rep
resentatives OF the various wholesale
groceries were piling up ON the big ia
BILE in front of where he sat a large
collection of all kinds of canned peas,
which Mr.. Schermerhorn and his cola
eide which the state should buy.
If there is anybody but an expert
who can take a taste from a dozen
different cans of cold peas, or stewed
pumpkin, or cold canned corn, and de-
eide with unfailing accuracy at the first
guess which would be most economical
for the state to buy, that man is a
wonder, and should be getting ten times
as much as the state pays its board of
control members. As a matter of fact,
the board Of charities in letting its
contracts has been so rushed for time,
in order to accomplish the big line of
work laid out for them to do, that they
usually see which sample is the cheap
est and then if there is nothing really
Objectionable about the sample, it is
bought.
At the letting of contracts yesterday,
the heads of a good many Of the state
charitable institutions were present to
assist in selecting the supplies for their
departments.
On July /, the new board of control
will take Office, but the members held
a meeting Thursday to talk over the
pie came over to appear before the new
board and make a talk for E. L. Hills,
the superintendent of the Orphans
home at Atchison. The delegation COM
prised DR.. G. w. ALBANIAN, the Demo-
cratic representative in the last house,
Rev. B. F. Boyle, e. L. Hills and sew
eral others. There has been some talk
to the effect that the board OF control
viii put a woman in charge of the Or
phanS' home.
we are very much opposed to any
change said DR.. ALBANIAN. Under the
charge Of Superintendent Hills, the in
stitution has been properly managed,
and the duties Of the position are such
that a woman could not properly at
tend to them
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ney, and this too for no other purpose
or object than the furtherance OF his
own financial and Interior ends. That
the actions and conduct of said c. E.
Elliott in and about the aforesaid mat
ters and things show a loss Of good
moral character and a degree of moral
turpitude upon the part of said Elliott
that no words can denounce or de-
scribe and further show total want
of good moral character such as is
essential for admission to the bar"
The first charge against Elliott IS
that he wrote letter to one Mora
Barnes, a witness in a certain lawsuit,
and tried to induce her to give false
testimony.
The second charge is that Elliott
got possession of a case made in an
action in which he was attorney, and
refused to give it up It is charged
that he said to Burnett. who wanted
to get possession of the case made:
Il have got that case made put away
where you nor the court can't get 1t,
and I'll do what -- please with it.
and - you, 7 would like to see
either one of you get it.
Charge three is that Elliott gave
false testimony in a suit in which ne
was a witness.
Charge four is that Elliott worked
up a divorce suit between Lucy
Smith and J. c. Smith. for the pur=
pose of getting 10 per cent of Mr..
Smiths estate, estimated to be worth
$4,000. It is charged that Mrs
Smith tried to dispense with his sery-
ives as her attorney and that he re-
fused to be fred, but went ahead with
her legal business as though he were
still her representative.
Charge five is that Elliott attempted
to blackmail H. J. Stevens.
Charges six, seven and eight relate
to the different drinks of morphine
and whisky which 1t is alleged Elliott
induced Burnett to drink in order to
unbalance his mind.
Charge nine relates to the alleged
scheme which Elliott put up to have
Ed T. Hackney disbarred by means of
Burnett's false testimony. Charge
ten is. a further elaboration of the at
tenpts which Elliott is alleged to have
made to ruin Hackney and Burnett.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
Building Permits.

issued yesterday from the office OF Fire
Marshal Wilmarth:
Mrs. Fink, dwelling. s1.10o. 1918 Mon
roe street.
Katherine Jones. dwelling. $500, 1917
jackson street.
]. S. Decke. addition to dwelling. $500.
SGT Fillmore street.
John H. NTcspedden, addition to
dwelling, $500, 1927 West Fifteenth street.
Building permits must be secured,
says Chief Wilmarth, before the founda-
tons of new structures are built. This
is in accordance with a city ordinance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
HUNTERS MAY WAIT.
Their License Law Doesn't Go Into
Effect TIL July 4.

Contrary to the general impression, it
now appears that the new law proVid-
ing licenses for hunters, and new game
regulations all along the line will not go
into effect until July l. instead of on
June 8, on its publication In the statute
book.
Section % Of the game law says:
This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after July l. 1905, and
after being published in the statute
book"
Hill P. Wilson, assistant secretary of
state says: with such a. provision, it
was evidently the intention of the legis-
lature that to make the law effective it
should be published in the statute
books before going into effect, but that
in no case should It go into effect be-
fore July 1. Since the law has now
been published in the statute book, the
only thing to wait for is July l. On
that date, is my opinion, the new law
will go into effect"
officially referred to the attorney gem
erals Office for an opinion, one of the
states lawyers yesterday concurred
emphatically in the opinion expressed
by Mr.. Wilson.
On the other hand, several people who
are familiar with such cases expressed
it as their opinion that the July 1 pro-
vision is simply to shut off the posi-
bility of a long delay in the effective
ness of the act through its publication.
and is put there merely as a precau-
ton, the intention being that the pub
hcation in the session laws should
make the law affective in case that
publication took place before July 1.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
WAS ELKS NIGHT.
Big Time at the Great Gaskill
Shows.
AntIered Herd March to Grounds
in a Body.
PLACE WAS PACKED.
Nearly 1000 People Inside the
Enclosure.
How Visitors Helped to EnIiven
the Performances.

The antlered herd ran the Gaskin Car
nivaI Show on Thursday night. By a
special dispensation it was agreed to
honor the Elks. by naming it after them.
The result was that the biggest attend
ance of the week so far went through
the gates, $3.50. Headed by a band they
marched to the encIosure-a half dozen
riding the elephant.
The EspIanade was packed from can
vas to canvas. It was much, like get
ting into department store on bargain
day. Every body was out for a good
time, however, and they had it. Con-
fetti throwers were in the seventh
heaven Of delight. The little colored
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09

disks of paper filtered around through
the ozone as thick as the two base hits
fell off the bats of the newspapermen
when they played the State House gang
last summer. The only fellow who was
a real nuisance, and who should have
been summarily abated, was the idiot,
with his hands full of excelsior shaw
ings, who persisted in rubbing it into
other peoples faces. The ground police
ought to dispensewith these kind OF fools.
There was a good deal of complaint
concerning them last night.
But the Elks had nothing to do with
the excelsior shavings. They helped to
nav the confetti mans next meal ticket
however in great shape. But their chief
delight was to completely Togo the ele-
plant and camel. pile on six deep. and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
PAVING TO BE DONE.
Engineer McCabe Says City WIN Do
More Than Ever Next Year.

The city will probably do mora paw
ing the coming year than for some time
in its history said City Engineer Nc
Cabe this morning. Because of the fight
which exists among the two brick COM
panies the price OF pavinz will probably
never get SO low. 1t is predicted that
paving will be done close to s1.04 and
that such figures will be made POSSIBLE
by the brick companies cutting on their
price for brick. 1t is probable that the
city council will order in by resolution
the paving Of a number Of blocks which
exist now between paved sections. Ac-
cording to the advice of the city engi-
neer these short sections Of unp2Ved
streets which exist between portions
which are paved should receive atten-
ton before the outlying districts. It is
probable from the attitude taken by the
mayor and others of the council that
this advice will be followed.
Two paving petitions are being cir
culated at this time. One is to pave
West Tenth avenue from the end OF the
present pavement on Lincoln street to
the city limits and the other to pave
Western avenue, from Tenth avenue to
Huntoon street. These petitions represent
about eight blocks OF paving. The con-
tracts will not be let until this fall or
early next spring. Brick is specified in
both instances.
Fred Webster who is local agent for
the bitulithic company called on Mayor
Davis Thursday afternoon and present
ed the merits of his pavement and asked
for a consideration of the same by the
council when the matter of the Kansas
avenue pavement should come up. The
mayor assured him thai attention would
be given to the matter.
City Engineer McCabe thinks that it
is possible that nothing but asphalt and
bitulithfc can be considered since the
resolution passed by the council in
structing him to prepare estimates TO
repave Kansas avenue does not provide
for the changing of the grade at the
street car tracks or the cutters. This
will have to be done If brick is used
Brick when laid viii represent inches
and a cushion OF sand represents from
one half inch to one inch while the
pavement under the present grade Of
cutters and center of street only per-
naits a resurfacing OF two and one-haf
inches
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
MAKE 1T LOOK BLACK.
Cleo Burnett Disbarment Scandal Is
Again in the Supreme Court.

Sensational disbarment proceedings
were commenced Thursday in the SUI
creme court by Cleo D. Burnett of
Wellington, Kan, against c. r. Elliott,
his former law partner. Some time
$50 in the lower court Burnett was
disbarred from practice for unprofes-
siona1 conduct. The attorney for Bur
nett is W P. Hackney of Winfield,
whose nephew, Ed T.. Hackney, has
also been mixed up in the fight with
EIlIott
Zen different charges are made
against Elliott by Burnett, and almost
eVery crime OF any consequence except
murder is included in the list.
The supreme court will take up the
ease in about thirty days and give Ell
aiott a chance to defend himself.
1--WE want to get these people to
kelling the truth about each other If
we can" is the way w. 7. Hackney
out it in speaking Of the proceedings
which he had commenced. Mr.. Bur
nett, the petitioner in the case, was
Also in Topeka.
The charges made against Burnett
were that he was addicted to the use
Of whisky and morphine. In his COM
plant against Elliott, Burnett says
that Elliott had been giving him the
whisky and morphine for a long time
80 as to render him mentally ire
uponsible, and with the object Of get
ting him to sign false statement
making charges against Ed ~ RACK
mey. According to Burnett Elliott
was a very creditable modern Iago for
perfdy. Hackney was the one Elliott
[7as after, it appears from the state
ment. and he simply used Burnett as
ais catspaw to go after the man he
wanted to make suffer. The COM
plant says:
s'This affiant further charges and al
lezes the facts to be that it was the
intent and purpose of said C. z. Eli
lott in giving said connection to this
af1ant, without disclosing the true ma
ture of its contents. and causing him
to drink thereof to injure and destroy
this afiant in mind and body so that
he (Elhott) could induce and easily
influence this affiant to assist said Ell
lott in perpetrating and carrying out
his prearranged plans and schemes to
wrong and inture and ruin both this
affant and the aforesaid Ed T. Hack
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
~AlIt5 Cora G0Ode
Miss Eooda il

benefited as she was. Miss Goode is
president of the Bryn Mawr Lawn
Tennis Club Of Chicago. She writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkhan-
II tried many different remedies to try to
build up my system, which had become run
down from loss of proper rest and unreason-
able hours, but nothing seemed to help me.
Mother is a great advocate Of Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound for female trou-
bles, having used it herself some years ago
with great success. So began to take Il,
and in less than a month was able to be out
Of bed and out of doors, and IN three months
I was entirely well Really have never felt
80 strong and well as ! have since"
No other medicine has such a record
of cures of female troubles as has Lydia
3. Pinkhan's Vegetable Compound.
Women who are troubled with pain
4ul or irregular menstruation, back
ache, bloating Tor fatulence), leucor-
rhosa, falling, Inflammation or ulcera-
Gion of the uterus, ovarian troubles
faintness indigestion, nervous prostra-
ton or the blues, should take imme-
date action to ward of the serious con-
sequences. and be restored to perfect
health and strength by taking Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Mrs. Pinkhan invites all sick women
to write her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health. Her experience
is very great. and she gives the benefit
Of it to all who stand IN need Of wise
counsel. Address, Lynn. Mass.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09

dog banquet.
A gang OF them got inside of the
Hindoo Mystery Show. A girl by the
name name OF Peggy does the fire-dance
Hello, Peg began to yell these EIlSs
when the girl went on the platform
any relation Of the Peggy from Paris -
Good girl, Peg" and similar express
slons sailed up over the lime light to
Then when the big fat fellow. who
says he is a Hindoo, plainly betrays in
his talk that he comes from Sauerkraut
Province, WienerWurstburg, Germany,
the crowd, jollied him, too. They began
to yell 'sVaterland,' and "Anheuser-
Busch but he enjoyed 1t and had as
much fun as they.
The Ells are d good-natured lot, and
they don't make enemies Of the people
they joke with. That was amply demon
strated last night The antIered contin-
gent broke the ice everywhere and ev-
erybody felt pleasant about it, show
people and other spectators alike. That
part of the gate receipts contributed by
the Elks themselves last night would
be no mean sum.
The entire attendance more than
pleased the Gaskill management and
also the entertainment committee of the
Commercial club which is cooperating
Just 1900 people can be nicely handled
within the Esplanade, and it was taxed
close to its capacity last night. If the
good weather continues tonight and
Saturday, the venture will be an entire
success.
Eddie Brehany is not a part of the
Gaskill shows but he is the son of his
father, ]. A. Brehany, and if you
know the head of the family you will
at once conclude that Brehany junior
is a pretty bright sort of a boy. He
is with the show just for an outing
and while he is not familiar with the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
Charged with Having Two wives.

Chicago, June 9.-John Wolfe. 20
years old, a nonunion teamster. en-
ployed by the Employers Teaming
company, has been arrested charged
with having two wives. He is wanted
in Kansas City. Kan, for bigany.
Wolfe. the police say, married Mrs.
Mary Baker at St Paul several years
ago. After he had taken 81, 600 from
her he disappeared. More than a year
ago she learned that he had eloped
from Bradley, s. D. with Laura. stew
art, Is years old. They went to kan
sas City and we're married,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
INDIAN AND COWBOY
CELEBRATION.
1o1 Ranch, Bliss, Oklahoma, Sunday
June nth.

The National Editorial association
which meets at Guthrie during the
week win be guests of the 101 ranch
on the occasion and it will be one of
the greatest affairs Of the kind ever
Five thousand Indians of various
tribes will be there and participate in
fhe buffalo chase, 80 buffalos having
been imported for the occasion. Cow
how sports and steer roping- contests in
addition to a grand parade or 5000
Ample provision is being made TO
entertain $4,000 people on the day and
the Santa F'e has made the extremely
low rate of $3.50 from Missouri river
stations including Topeka, Ottawa.
r .avTrence and intermediates.
Tickets on sale for night trains Of
T,4Te 10: final return limit June II.
Four full information. address
T. L. KING. C p. & 7. A.. Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
Franco WIN Furnish a Boat.

Paris, June 9.-The French govern
ment has indicated its willingness to
assign q torpedo boat to carry the
body of Paul Jones down the river
Seine from Paris to Havre where a
French squadron will deliver the body
to the American squadron. This will
necessitate a change in the rendezvous
of the American squadron from Cher
bourg to Havre which is now under
consideration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09

and the city's officials have to see that
it is enforced. The first arrest for some
time was made Wednesday on account
OF violation of this ordinance. A num-
Der OF buildings go up before permits
are secured and the owners are there
fore placing themselves under liability
of arrest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09

counsel that he had lent the money to
MRS. James Brown Potter. took place
today. Mrs. Potter testified that Eos
sick as her lawyer undertook to raise
from his clients a $65.000 mortgage on
her property at Maidenhead. The
money was required to conduct the
Savoy theater. Mrs. Potter never knew
that Fossick personally was advancing
the funds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
BUILT UP HER HEALTH
SPEEDY CURE OF MISS Go0DE
she Ts Made Wen by I.ydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and
Writes Gratefully to Mrs. Pinkham.

For the wonderful help that she has
found Miss Cora Goode, 1855 E. Chicago
Avenue, Chicago, Ill, believes it her
duty to write the following letter for
publication, in order that other women
afflicted in the same way may be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
MIS-. Potter Testifes.

London, June 9.-The further hearing
of the charge against Alfred Fossick, a
lawyer of Maidenhead, Berkshire,
charged with nisappropriating $50, 1000
and who, according to a statement
made in court by counsel for the plain
tiff in the case. informed plaintiffs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09

Commencing Monday. May ID, a new 10
cal passenger train will be put In service
between Junction City and Ellis Kan. to
run daily except Sunday, leaving Junction
City about a. m, and leaving Ellis about
B. m, arriving at Junction City about
1880 D. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
NOW Is the TInno

arrange for summer vacations.
Very low rates viii be in effect to thai
East June 29-30-July IL via the
Pennsylvania Lines. For rates and
further information address Thos. H.
Thorp, 7. ?. A.. Omaha Neb.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09
Grape=Nuts

There Phosphate of Potash ana Abumen, from
which the life forces make the centers
and brain brain disappear for the
O Grape-Nuts.
Then starhy part of the Wheat and
Barley has been changed cooking the factory
that starhy food bread
cake oatmeal after the first act of natural
digestion has taken Grape-Nus has passed
through this process outside the properly
termed pre-dgesed tremendous who are bit
digestive power. and 50 comes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09

Excursion 10 St. Joe via Rock Island.
Sunday, June II. Round trip $3.50
Train leaves at $3.50 a. m. returning
10 p. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09

one of the features OF the show is
the elephant and camel ride; Last
night both these patient animals were
kept busy. This is one of the attrac-
tons from which no revenue is re-
ceiwed by the Commercial club
Neither does the management Of the
show get any profit, except indlrecIly;
camel are turned over to Mrs. w. G.
Gaskin, wife of the general manager.
for pin money. one of the employees
remarked last night as he watched
the crowds surging onto the elephant
stand, MRS. Gaskill will get a new
dress out of this business tonight, all
right"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09

rrawrant noraI blooms. plant milk. veg
etable essences compose Satin skin cream
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-09

A Food Expert,

understanding the what kind of
elements knowledge in
sknlful to produce perfect and called it
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details now he may know as much
about the business as his father some
day. This is a story of how the
youngster had his eye teeth cut during
the Topeka engagement and if the boy
hears the last of it he will have to
live until he is pretty old.
The younger Brehany had been
he is wide awake he learned a lot of
things. He may have thought that he
had learned more than he really had.
He became interested in the confetti
throwing contest the other night just
like the uninitiated and concluded that
he wanted to take a hand in the game.
Accordingly he approached his father
and asked for five cents to buy a pack
age of confetti of the dispenser who
is a part of the show.
ct haven't a nickel. Here's q quar-
ter and bring me the change, said his
father.
The boy was gone a few minutes
and returned with perplexed express
sion on his face. He opened his hand
and there reposed one dime and a
ssThis is all I have" said the future
press agent. 1.-THE man gave me a
dime and penny and said, Yes,
here's your change, 20 cents, that's
right 1 didn't say anything but saw
he hadn't given me enough money
Won't you go over and tell him
e'Not on your life said Brehany
senior "If a son of mine will let a
CRATER short change him, I'm not go
ing to interfere. He will have to take
his medicine, that is all, and the boy
has been taking it ever since from
every one connected with the snow
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benefited as she was. Miss Goode is
president of the Bryn Mawr Lawn
Tennis Club Of Chicago. She writes:
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-09
The Cotton Market.

There was little doing in cot
ton yesterday. and Messrs. Hay
ward Harris & Goldstein report
ed the market exceedingly dull.
There was no market in New
Orleans on account of the Mardi
Gras festivities. At the close of
business Monday afternoon New
Orleans spots were quoted at
7:25 and July futures in the
same city were chalked up at
7:30. In New York spots closed
yesterday at z. 85 and July
futures at Al. In the local mar
ket good middling was selling
for =.