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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25
MARRYING HIS TRADE.
More Facts Coming to Light Regard
ing Chicago's Blue Beard.

Chicago, Jan. Pa furniture dealer
IN Milwaukee avenue informed the po-
lice hat he had furnished five different
flats for Hoch, each time under a diff
ferent name and that he had a new
wife for every fiat. The first fiat fur
nished was in May. 1892. under the mama
G.. A. Meyer; the second in June, 1892,
under the name of H. Trick; the third
in 1894; the dealer does not recall the
name used but it was different from
that used on the other dates. Fourth
in 1894 under the name of Jacob Hoch.
The wife this time was Mrs. Mary
Steinbecher. The fifth fiat was furnish
ed in 1898 unde the name of Adolph
Hoch. This time Hoeh gave a mort
gage on the goods and then sold them.
Fol this he was sentenced to a term
in the county jail. The dealer told the
police he knew that the women who
were installed in the first three fats
died in a short time after marriage. He
asked Hoch why he changed his name
every time he married, and Hoch re-
piled that he did not believe he could
get married under the same name every
time as many women would object to
marrying a man who had been so many
times a WidOWer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25

The employees of the Western Wooden
Mill surprised their former manager,
Mr.. John F. McAfee and presented him
with an elaborate Knights Templar
charm set with diamonds. Mr.. Holman
was asked to make the presentation
and referred briefly to Mr.. McAfee's
services as their superintendent and
conveyed to him good will and best
wishes for his success. In responding
Mr.. McAfee spoke Of his long associa-
ton with some of those present. dat
ing back as far as 20 to rs years and
complimented them on their loyalty and
devotion to him during this long period
as we'll as during the past three years
the organization of this mill. He
commended them all to the care of the
new management and asked them to
support them in their ~endeavors
to make the Western Wooden Mill a
success in the future as in the past.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25


William Allen White endorses the
Pringle bill to prohibit the granting
of passes to of h leg1sla-
ture, and to decrease railroad rates to
2 cents a mile. The Emporia Gazette
s'The bill introduced by Representa-
tive Pringle in the house of represen-
tatives at Topeka providing that it
shall be illegal for railroads to issue
passes to members of the legislature
and to public officers, and to delegates
to political conventions, has more
good sense in it than the average bill.
1t is not in advance of the times.
Other states have similar laws and
they are obeyed. There is just one
way to solve the railroad problem and
that is to solve it honestly. and if the
men who have to pass the railroad
laws and administer the railroad laws
are under obligations to the railroads,
they are not going to feel the obDga-
ton to the people so strongly as they
otherwise would. The value of the
average pass given to the average
public officer is about 5000 a year 1t
represents a bribery of just that
and though the officer who
takes this bribe contends that he is
not bound by the gift, still he is I'M
grateful if he is not, and he knows it.
THE practice OF sending delegations
to state conventions on railroad passes
gives the railroad lawyers domina-
ton over the men who are controlling
49, ~ NA-C
nominee of the convention. The men
nominated by both parties are liable
to be under the control of railroad
legislation Sensible railroad men
only want the fair thing. They are
not asking the earth. But the railroads
are held up SO by their political law
yers, and by deadhead politicians that
they have to AXE the pay out of the
public for the free rides of the politi-
cal fxers. The whole system is wrong,
and the Pringle bill is the most sensi-
BILE railroad bill that has been pre-
sented in the present legislature. Any
honest railroad man viii admit it. The
pass habit is a nuisance to railroad
men. Politicians do not give value re-
ceived. They hold up the roads,, and
railroad men who are out after honest
honest business stopped. But the
brigands of politics-in office and out
make it hard to be decent and run
a railroad.
The Pringle bill will help the rail-
roads as well as the people,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25
MURDER ON A TRAIN.
A Passenger Shoots the Alleged De-
stroyer of His Home.

Chicago, Jan. 25.-Passengers on an
~eastbound elevated train were thrown
into a panic when George H. Gould,
cashier Of an insurance company, shot
and fatally wounded A r. Hammond.
a guard employed by the Dad
Hammond was off duty and was re-
turning home. Gould boarded the
train and entered the car where the
guard was sitting. Witnesses to the
shooting say he at once accused Ham
mond of alternating the affections of
his wife. who, Gould said left home,
deserving her husband and three little
children a week ago. Words followed
and Gould drew a revolver and fired.
Gould surrendered.
Among the persons at the next t
lion was Mrs. Gould. who said she was
waiting for a friend whose name she
refused to divulge. When she saw
Hammond being carried out of the
car she started forward with a cry.
Both she and her husband were lock-
ed up. Hammond was taken to a hos
pital where it was said that he could
not recover.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25
FAIR BILL KILLED.
House Ways and Means Commit
tee Stiles 1t.

The state fair bill has been killed
by the ways and means committee of
the house. The bin was adversely re-
ported by the committee this morning,
and it is not likely to be resurrected.
There was a meeting of the ways
and means committee this morning.
at which this action was taken. The
committee was practically unanimous
in its action. Some of the members
said that they would be willing to
vote for an appropriation to some
association to aid it in holding a state
fair, but the plan of putting the fair
under the direct charge of the state
through the board of agriculture did
meet with approval
The woman's suffrage bill, which
was introduced at Tuesdays session,
was referred to the committee on po-
litical rights of M This commit
tee will give the bill a favorable re-
port. The bill gives women the right
to vote 1t presidential elections.
MORE employees.
The committee on rules this morn
ing recommended the employment of
one additional copyist- The recon-
mendation was adopted. The request
for an additional telephone girl was
turned down, because it was supposed
to be favored by Cyrus Leland. The
sergeant-at-arms proposition means
that the pressure is getting too strong,
and that a few more patriots must be
given jobs.
followed up the rules with the an
nouncement of the appointment of
Jos. S~partman. janitor; b. Laubach
and Geo. Stonebeck, assistant sergeant
at-arms; Viola Bishop, copyist; W.
Hatcher, messenger.
GAS BILL INTRODUCED.
G.. i. Banks, of Montgomery county,
this morning introduced in the house
the municipal oil and gas bill which
has been approved by the senate gas
and oil committee. The bill ows
any city to issue bonds to the extent
of 25 per cent of its assessed valua
ton, exclusive of all other bond is
sues, for the purpose of prospecting
for oil and gas. 1t also gives the right
of eminent domain to condemn and
appropriate c gas and oil land as
it needs. This bill is similar to the bill
introduced in the senate by Senator
Porter, but it also embodies all the
changes and amendments made in
that bill by the senate committee on
oil and gas
held a meeting Tuesday evening and
decided to take no action on gas and
oil matters until it visits the gas field
and looks w the needs OF the situa-
ton.
AL. Haii-Graded schools at Rus
sell.
44S. Crocker-To create board of
veterinary examination.
449. Plumb-Concerning railroads.
$50 Misunderstanding to liens.
451. Adams amending school
laws in Wichita
452. Cones=Grain inspection.
453. Lander-Change name
asa. Cowen-Loeal tax levy.
ass. Notwithstanding joint
school district.
ass. Brown. of Sherman-Regu-
lating local chool laws
457. Ways and raeans-Appropria-
ton for agriculture.
ass. Creech-Iss1ing elevator GER
tiicates.
459. PringIe-School lands.
400 CHARACTERIZATION fences.
461. Banks-Authorizing bond is
sue to prospect for gas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25

Abilene. Kan, Jan. 25.-The trial of
Henry Hirt, q Morris county farmer.
aged about %, for the murder of Her
man DuvaI. q Rock Island brakeman,
in Harrington, is on trial. Hirt's defense
is that he thought Duva Intended to
kill him. They met on a dark night
and collided. Duval kicked Hirt and
the latter shot Duval through the
breast, killing him almost instantly. G..
w. Hurd and NJ B. Nicholson are
Hirt's attorneys; County Attorney
Toyvner and S. S. Smith for the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25

New York, Jan. 25.=The twenty
fifth anniversary of the publication of
Henry Georges Progress and Pow
erty' was cOmme1norated last night
at a dinner at the Hotel Aston. Speak
ers reviewed the influence of the book
and considered the probable future
trend of public thought and action on
subjects. Hamlin Garland
presided, and the other speakers on
h subject of labor and poverty were
VIM j. Bryan. Louis f. Post. VIM.
Lloyd Garrison, and Henry George, Jr.
1t was announced a telegram had been
received from Mayor johnson of
Cleveland saying that he was i'll and
could not be present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25
A CLARI6's HIT.
Says Government Pays Policemen
More Than School Teachers.

Washington, Jan. 25.-The District
of Columbia appropriation bill discus
sion in the house was enlivened by
vigorous remarks in defense of a
proposition to increase materially the
salary of Washington school teachers
who had many supporters on h floor.
Mr. Clark (Mo.) in a characteristic
speech said that more money was be-
ing paid Washington policemen to
crack the skulls of the people than
was paid to school teachers to i'm
prove what was in the skulls.
Debate was precipitated by an
amendment by Mr.. Cochran On. W
to increase the salaries of all school
officials I'M teachers. The amend
ment was ruled out of order, but later
the chair ruled it to be in order on an
amendment by Mr.. Foster (Vt.) APP
prOpriating a lump sum to be allotted
for salaries of teacher in the discre-
members compared the salaries paid
eachers in their sections with those
paid the eachers in Washington and
some openly charged that such a plan
as proposed by Mr.. Foster would de-
velop favoritism.
This led Mr.. Clark (Mo.) to assert
that the debate had demonstrated that
the house was not fit to sit as a school
board. He paid a glowing tribute to
Genera BoyntOn, president of the
Washington school board, and said
General BoyntOn was a man of such
standing he would not show favorit-
ism or permit it to be shown. Mr..
Clark commended that there were no
supernumeraries in the Washington
school service and provoked much
merriment by declaring there were
twice as many messengers and pages
capitol police A have any business
around here"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25
INJUSTICE TO CHILDREN.
Discussed by Woman's Society for
Political Study.

New York, Jan. 25.-The Woman's
Society for Political Study has dis
cussed the injustice done to children
in large families, where the parents
are unable to support them properly
and after due consideration those
present came out strongly in support
of race suicide"
1--WE are wasting sympathy de-
clared one peake con people who
surround themselves with large num-
bers of little ones when they can not
possibly feed them. Let the parents
starve if they bring paupers into the
world"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25

San Francisco. Jan. 25.-The We
suits of the government against Cash
Ter w. x. cole of the United States
mint in this city for sums aggregating
$4,000 have been dismissed in the
United States circuit court on motion
of the district attorney. The one
which represents a portion of the sum
stolen by former Chief Clerk Dim
mick. has been paid by superintendent
Frank Leach and it was under in
structions from the solicitor of the
treasury tina the motion for dismissal
was made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25
Stood on Police an Night.

Cleveland, O., Jan. 25.-After de-
flying the police throughout the night
from behind barbados, George
Wagar, who late last night killed his
brother John and later shot Policeman
Klaamyer through the abdomen,
finally surrendered today after more
than 20 shots had been fired into the
Wagar residence where the tragedy
was enacted. When the officers en-
tered the house they found the body
of John Wagar lying in ar upstairs
room with five bullet wounds in the
head
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25
NTcE HAIR ZOE AL.
Once Destroy the Dandruf Germ, and
Hair Grows L9I~xuriantly-

Any one can have nice hair if he or she
has not dandrun, which causes brittle,
dry hair. falling hair and badness To
cure dandruff it IS necessary to kill the
germ that causes it, and that is Just what
Newbro's Herpicide does. Cornelius Grew,
Colfax, Wash. says:
''One bottle of NeWbrO's Herpicide COM
pletely cured me Of dandi>r. which was
very thick: and it has stopped my hair
from falling OUT It makes hair soft and
glossy as silk; delightful odor. and re-
freshing hair dressing. It permits the hair
to grow abundantiy, and kills the dam
drum germ. Sold by leading druggists.
Send 10c in stamps for sample to The
Herpicide Co, Detroit Mich. Rowley &
Snow, special agents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25

New York, Jan. 25.-Indications point
to heavy exports of gold to Paris
Thursday. In addition to the gold en-
gagement of Lazard Freres, amount
to perhaps S 10000 o two or three
shipments of gold coin, aggregating
about 81, 900, 900 are likely to be an
nounced. The strength Of foreign ex-
change in this market today gave
strong evidence of urgent demand for
gold abroad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25
Judge swayne Accepts Summons.

Wilmington. Del. Jan. 25.-Sergeant-
alarms Ransdell Of the United States
senate has arrived here and served
the of the senate upon u. S.
Judge Charles Swayne of the northern
district OF Florida to appear before the
senate Friday next to make answer to
the impeachment charges. Judge
Swayne accepted the summons. He. is
visiting his son, who is a lawyer, of
this city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25
Imnerfect Digestion.

Means less nutrition and in consequence
less vitality. When the liver fails to Sc
crete bile the blood becomes loaded with
bilious properties, the digestion becomes
impaired and the bowels constlpated. Her
stomach, liver and kidneys, strengthens
the appetite, clears and improves the
complexion, infuses new life and vigor to
the Who'll system. so cents a bottle. Sold
by Rowley & Snow ana W S. Miller.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25
QUEEN IS HURT.
Mother of Alfonso Falls Out of an
Automobile.

Madrid, Jan. 25.-Queen Christina
while riding with her son, King AL
fonso. in an automobile on the Pradee.
has met with an accident. She fell
to the ground receiving slight injuries.
King Alfonso was uninjured. others
with the party fell out and returned
to the palace covered with mud.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25
CzAREWTCH IS ILL.
The Heir to the Russian Throne Has
Pneumonia.

New York. Jan. 25.-The infant
c~zarevitch is seriously i'll of pneu-
monia at Ts-arskoe-Selo, according to
American dispatch from st. Peters
burg.
The heir to the Russian throne is
said to nave been taken i'll at the win
ter palace last week and removal to
Isarskoe-Selo caused complications.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25
Rer. Carlisle p. B. Martin. LID

OF Waverly. Tex. writes: "Of a morning
when first rising 1 often find a troubie2
some collection of phlegm, which pro-
duces a cough and is very hard to dis
lodge; but a small quantity of Billiards.
Horehound Syrup will at once dislodge it
and the trouble is over I know of no
medicine that is equal to it, and it is so
pleasant to take ! can most cordially
recommend it to all persons needing a
medicine for throat and lung rouble." 25c.
SOC and 500. Sold by Rowley & Snow
and W 8 Miller.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25
RIanton Snsnended.

Washington, Jan. 25.-Charles T..
Blanton, in charge of the mail and
supplies room of the office of super
vising architect. has been suspended
bv the secretary of the treasury
Blanton is under Indictment in Mis-
souri, in connection with the frauds
involved in the selection of sites for
p~ostoffces in various cities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25
Walter L. Campbell Dead.

Youngstown. o., Jar. 25.-Walter
L. Campbell, the bind ex-mayor of
this city, died today of apoplexy, aged
81 years. He was a musician and
author of ote.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25
Croker's Body Reaches New York.

New York, Jan. 25.-The body of
Frank Croker. son of Richard Croker,
who died as a result of an automobile
accident on the Ormonde Beach, Fla,
course last Saturday, reached this city
today. On the train accompanying
the body was the dead mans mother
and other members of his family. A
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25
Baltic FIeet Heard From.

Seychelles Islands, indian Ocean,
Jan. 25.@The Frenc gunboat Capri
corn reports that the Russian second
Pacific squadron was at PaSsandva
bay, northwest coast of Madagascar,
January 20. 1t was thought the
squadron intended to go to the east
coast of Madagascar. owing to the
hurricane season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25
4. H. Blair Register at CoIhr.

Washington. Jan. 25.-The president
has sent to the senate the nomination
of Albert H. Blair to be register of the
land office at Colby, Kas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25
Colnradn and Return. s2r.5n-

Colorado and return every day to
April 80, 1905, inclusive, with final re-
turn limit June l, 1905, / Union Pa
your ticket reads over the Union Pa
cinc. Inquire of J. c. Fulton, Depot
Agent; E. A Lewis. City Agent. 525
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25

DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup is a fam
lily remedy. For Group, whooping-
cough, measles, coughs, colds, bron-
chitis. asthma and all throat and
lung troubles, it is not equaled by
any other remedy. It heals the
throat and lungs makes them per-
fectly healthy and leaves no bad at
ono SbouId have a. bottle of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25

cratic club met the body and escorted
it to the family residence in East
SeVenty-fourth street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25

Take HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea.
See it exterminate the poison, feel it revt-
talize the blood and bring back that happy
Joyous feeling of bygone days. IS cents
Tea or Tablets. Gatlin Drug Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25
YEARS FIRE RECORD.
Loss Nominal Except for the Two
Serious Losses.

Chief Wilmarth of the fire depart
ment has prepared an annual report
on the number of fire losses sustained
and property involved during the past
year. The report is sen in each year
on request of the national board of
underwriters. The data covered fol-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-25
Lawrence and Return s1.05,
via Santa Fe

Annual art exhibit University OF
Kansas. Tickets on sale January %
to %. inclusive.
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Lawrence and Return sos.
via Santa Fe.

Annual art exhibit University of
Kansas. Tickets on sale January %
to IS. inclusive.
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VI IH1S kEallQ TOTAL the IudJOL pOI-
ton must be credited to the Park
hurst-Davis fire in which the direct
loss was $244, 500 and the exposure
loss $~91,342.23, a total loss in one fire
of $S35.642,23- On the same. insur-
ance was held to the amount of $327,-
500, and of this sum $235,767.23 was
an insurance loss.
If the loss sustained in the Park
hurst-Davis fire be deducted from the
grand total the loss for the year 1904
loss of $~44,229.64.
Aside from the Parkhurst-Davis
and the GreenwaId fire the loss for
the year has been nominal and with
out these two fires the loss would have
been approximately close to the fig
ures of last year when the loss was
maintained within the unusually small
sum of $4,000. Previous to that the
losses for the years 1902 and 1901
have been respectively $4,000 and
$4,000.
Said Chief Wilmarth in speaking of
the report: THE past e. has been
an exceptionally bad year for fires all
over the United States. Why it has
been 1 can't explain. We only know
that it has been. h total losses by
fire over the United States and Canada
the $3.50, 600, 600 loss of the year pre-
vious. We have been remarkably for
tunate in Topeka with regard to our
fires. With the exception of two large
IreS the losses nave Deen COMPARE
lively small. At the Greenwald fire
there was an excessive fire loss
through smoke while the Parkhurst-
Davis fire represented the main loss
for the entire year. We had over 200
fires in 1904, while in 1908 there were
but 1853"
The chief, however, was too modest
to state that if the water pressure had
been adequate to the needs of a fire
fighting force that the loss could
doubtless have been cut three-ffths
in the bad fires of 1900 With the
inadequate fire pressure from the
water mains the fire department has
been working against heavy odds, odds
that have been disheartening in the
nxTrPna-
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one Of the pleasing Incidents connect
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-20
Patrol Wagon Arrives.

The new patrol wagon which
was recently purchased by the
city for the use of the police de-
partment arrived last Wednes-
day, and has been installed at fire
headquarters, where it will. be
kept except when in use. The
wagon, which was made to order
by FL. Abel, of Birmingham, is a
neat and pretty vehicle and will
be of very great use to the de-
partment, as calls for officers
which come in from the suburbs
can be promptly answered and
disturbances quelled.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-20
Petition.
STATE OF MISSIS SIPPI. :
LOWNDES COUNTY.
April sth. 1905. 4w.

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
LOWNDES COUNTY.
To His Excellency, Governor James
K. Vardaman, of Mississippi
We, the undersigned, citizens Of
Lowndes County and aforesaid State.
respectfully petition your EXcellency
to commute the death penalty on Wash
Hughes, convicted on the charge of
the murder of Rich Jones, a negro. 40
the November term 1904 of the Circuit
Court ia said County, and affirmed
recently by the Supreme Court of the
State, to life Imprisonment in the State
Penitentiary, as the facts and circum-
stances connected with the homicide,
in our opinion, do not warrant the
extreme penalty of the law.
Geo. t. Mitchell, District Attorney,
L. A. EgglestOn. Sheriff,
Thos. j. O'Neill, Attorney.
Jno. s. Robertson. Merchant,
l.. w. Crigler, Md.
Jno. A. Stinson, President United
Charities.
J. II. Stevens, Merchant.
NJ. A. Franklin, State Senator.
J. 1. Sturdivant, Member of House
w. ID. HUMPHREYS. Planter,
Wal te Weaver, Pres. Light CO..
p. w Maer, Publisher, and several
hudred others.
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