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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-20
DOESN'T LIKE THE METHOD.
City Engineer NcCabe Talks of Paw
ing Petitions.

This system of considering paving
petitions along with the objections at
the same time is wrong" said James
McCabe, city engineer. 1.-THE streets
streets and walks committee and the
city council get a petition and then
they wait for a protest and then con-
slider the two side by side. This is
not the right method. A paving petit
ton should be acted upon separately
After the petition has been passed
upon the protest should be considered.
This would do away with the hddling
and seesawing which characterize the
protests and petitions presented. A
paving petition is presented and then
if a protest is put in and they are
afraid that it won't go through, it is
withdrawn and other names added,
the same occurs with the protest. The
protest is not correct"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-20

1T all came by my running away
from home" said the Great Eldridge"
or 1.-The Sand Man. or to be plain,
Just Robert Eldridge of Franklin,
potatoes in the Cremerie restaurant
today after having made some more
sand pictures for a Topeka audience.
Still. I'm not advising boys to run
away from home" continued he who
paints with sand and uses no brushes.
as he routed red grain of sand from
under the nail of his index finger and
sent it bouncing otter black grain.
Eldridge puts fifty cents worth of
sand on three canvases with frames
around them and makes three pictures
that are so effective their admirers
want to take them home with them.
Then the painter exclaims; Witness
a sand slide" raps the canvas. and off
goes the picture with the rolling sand
observe the motto" says the sand
artist: do not build your picture
with sand for when the jar comes
and makes it tremble it viii fall and
everlasting will be the destruction
thereof"
ITS a simple little story after ALL
said Eldridge While he carved the
steak before him and helped himself.
LAS 1 said, I became a sand painter
by running away. Beating my way
from Franklin, Mass, L visited sew
eral towns and finally landed at New
York A cigar clerk in the Grand
get beef stew discovered 1 was a
fancy penman and started me into
the business of writing cards.
started in the business at Stamford.
Conn. The second night I was there
1 made 50 writing cards for society
people at a ball. A gentleman who
saw me on the street engaged me as a
teacher OF penmanship at SIS week
cone day While roaming the beach
at Lynn, Mass, L saw two young men
moulding figures in damp sand.
tried it and found it was easy. l went
to Atlantic City and went into the
moulding business After making
picture I would pass the hat. one
day d gentleman remarked that the
stuff would look fine in cOlors. Right
there is where 1 got the sand picture
''At the end of the season I went
scheme. He laughed at me. took
picture off the wall, got piece of
cloth at the dry goods store and put
it in the frame. Nobody but myself
could get cOIored sand. It is known
as smaltz. It's the cOlOred sand
painters put on outdoor signs"
The sand used by Robert Eldridge
comes from the beach at the Isle OF
Pines, Charleston, S. c. It is dyed
and baked by the company that owns
the secret process. 1t is in little
grains just like ordinary sand For
the pictures Eldridge is painting in
Topeka this week he uses red, yellow
and white sand and frosting. For the
three pictures he makes at every ex-
hibition he uses two and one-half
pounds of black sand and about that
amount of all the other cOIOrS taken
together. For the black sand he pays
10 cents a pound. Some of the colors
cost as much as 30 cents a pound
For an expenditure of only so cents
Eldridge paints a picture of a battle
] cl4 in IN n N Will Il
the aid of real fire. burns an Iroquois
theater he makes with sand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-20

Corn Improvement by Seed Selection
(lllustrated) -...-......-C. P. Hartley,
United States Department of Agricul-
ture. Washington. D. c.
Listing Corn; it's Methods and Ma
chinery Andrew Shearer, Frankfort
THURSDAY, JANUARY II.
Morning Session-9:3O o'clock.
Climate as a Factor in Farming.
Observation-Disclosures. DR.. John r. Sage,
In charge of Iowa section United States
climate and crop service, Des Moines.
Shall we Use or Abuse our Soils?....
...........H. A. Huston, st. Louis, Mo.
Afternoon Session-1:30 o'clock.
Some New Phases in Pork Production
Observation-Disclosures. ...--.-. Vim. Dietrich
Instructor and investigator in swine
husbandry, Illinois College Of Agricul-
ture, Urbana.
The Most Profitable Type OF Bacon
Hog, IN. H. Gentry, Sedalia, Mo.
Evening SessiOn-7:30 o'clock.
The Bread we Eat. Prof. Harry Snyder,
Minnesota College of Agriculture, st.
Anthony Park.
The Farmer: Past Present and Flu
ture ........ Mrs. Otis /. Benton, Oberlin
FRIDAY, JANUARY u.
Morning Session-9:3O o'clock
Breeding an American Carriage Horse
.....................G Geo. NJ. ROmmel,
Animal husbandman. United States de-
partment of agriculture, Washington
Baby Beef, Mutton and Pork. .--------
DOS. E. Wing, fredericksburg, o.
Afternoon Session-1;30 o'clock
Election of Officer and Members.
Value of Inherent Quality in Live
Stock. A P. Grout, Winchester, III
Query Box.
Evening Session-7:3O o'clock.
Glimpses of German Agriculture as
Seen by a Native Kansas. ..-..-..-.
..........-......P Prof. T. J. Willard
Director Kansas Experiment Station,
Manhattan.
The Victory of the Country ..-....--.
...... MRS. w. D. Atkinson, Parsons
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-20
TWO FIRES AT ONCE.
Make it Lively for the Department at
Washington, D. C.

washington. Dec. Washington
early this morning was visited by two
fires, entafling an aggregate loss of $780,,
600. At one of them four women were
rescued, being carried down ladders by
Lieutenant Sullivan, of a truck COM
pany. and Policeman Samson. When
found the women were nearly overcome
by smoke.
The first fire was discovered in the
building of the H. H. Juelg Piano COM
pany. 1906 G street northwest. 1t was
from this building that the women were
rescued The flames were soon under
control in that building, but later they
extended to the basement, second and
third floors of Muddiman & Co gas fix
lures and lamp store adjoining, damag-
ing the building and stock considerably.
The fremen were still working on the
fire when another alarm was sounded
which brought the remaining companies
and some of the others already out to
the vicinity of Ninth street and LOuisi-
ana. avenue, the heart of the commission
house section. The fire there burned
fiercely but by O'Clock was under con-
troll The Majestic theater, adjoining
one. of the buildings destroyed, was
saved only through heroic work of the
firemen-
The latter fire started in the agricul-
tllral implement. establishment of P NJ
HeiskeH, n. & Co. two doors from the
Majestic theater on c street and soon
extended to feed stores on either side and
burned through to Louisiana avenue,
rtaISine in the commission house Of Isaac
yVallerstein. Joseph Ferraro and Ellis &
Co, all of which were destroyed. The
commission houses of Joseph DiGiOrgio
& Co and n. J. Ward & Co., were par
TALLY burned.
The losses were partially covered by
insurance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-20

Of Honest john he is ruined. It is
ground for suspicion.
There is also a story in Shakespeare
about a guilty old queen who went
about telling how nice and innocent
she was, and somebody made the ap-
proprtate remark that the lady doth
protest too much, methinks."
Perhaps everybody is willing to adj
NIT that Sullivan has always been on
the level, and even If they don't it is not
going to be profitable to start in adj
vertising the fact at this late day. No
body has ever accused Sullivan OF any
thing specially hein0us, and he is pre-
sumed to be innocent until proven
this Honest John business without
hurting the show. There is too much
talking, anyway. Manager Hail is not
supposed to be on the programme, but
he comes out for monoiogue about
every ten minutes This may be Tor
the purpose of exhibiting the diamond
as big as a plum he wears in his shirt
front
But then, allowances must be made
for Sullivan. He is starring now on a
very limited capital of accomplish
ments. If people go to hear Sulllvan's
monOlOgue or see Sullivan spar, they
will pc moved to tears of disappoint-
menE If they go simply to see old
John L., the old time champion bare
knuck1e fighter of the world, they will
see him, and that's all there is to it.
Even without Sullivan. the show is
worth quarter of anybody's money. It
is the best vaudeville bill which has
been seen in Topeka this year 1t has
wide edge over the Elks' benefit as a
general entertainment. The various
turns are all of high grade. and Miller,
the handcun king, is a top liner of the
highest character.
Last night the moving pictures of
the COrbett- Mccoy fight worked first
rate They are about the best fight pic
lures ever seen in Topeka, and give a
very good idea of the way heavy
weights slash it into each other. The
fight pictures alone are worth the
price of admission.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-20
PRIEST INDICTED.
On Charge Of FrauduIently Securing
a Bequest of Property.

White Plains. N. Y. Dec. z0-Rev.
Bernard A. Brady, pastor of ST. Joseph s
Roman Catholic church at Yonkers. was
indicted for grand larceny by the grand
jury Tuesday. tits charged that he fraud
ulently secured a bequest of property
worth $40. 600 for the use of his church at
Yonkers. Mrs Margaret Brady died re
Gently. leaving a $4,000 estate and a will
was offered for probate giving this en-
tire property to St. JOseph's church.
Miss Viola Hess of San Francisco. who
is said to be Mrs. Brady's only surviv-
ing relative, contested the validity Of
this viii and brought the case before
the grand jury.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-20
HoCH GOES TO ST. LOUIS.
He VIII Deliver an Address at BAN
quet of New England Society.

Governor Hoch has accepted an in
vitation to go to St. Louis THURSDAY
and make a speech at a banquet al ff1a
Southern hotel given by the New
England society. Governor Hoch il
not a New Englander, but the New
EIngland society invites anybody to do
the talking for it who has a repI1ta-
ton for oratorical ability Governor
Hoch will leave for ST. Louis Wednes-
day.
It has also been decided bv Gov
ernor Hoch that he will accept an in
vitation to speak at the Mercsntiis
club Of Kansas city on January 5 f5e
occasion being the banquet to ceia-
brate the 200th anniversary of the
birth of Benjamin Franklin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-20
APOLOGY AND EXPLANATION.
offered to Brazil by Germany in
Itajahy Incident.

Berlin. Dec. 2O.-The German gov
eminent has directed its minister at
Petropolis to express to the Brazilian
government its regret that the officers
and men Of the cruiser Panther sent
ashore at Itajahy to obtain unobtru-
sively facts concerning a supposed de
serter from the Panther, Overstepped
the proper forms. Germany also af-
firms that Steinhof, the man who is
said to have been maltreated by Ger
man sailors during the search for the
supposed deserter, was not taken on
board the Panther nor had he been
near the vessel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-20
BURGLARS Kin a Crinnle

Beaver FANS. Pa, Dec. 2O.-FIIIel,
Mccoy, a cripple ID years old. was s5nt
and instantly killed by two thieves
window of his home at farm, - -
miles from Darlington, near here
Robert Mccoy, a brother, witnessed ~
murder and after a desperate baftie
with the burglars escaped and spread
the alarm During his absence tIse
burglars looted the house ana securaG
5000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-20

Warsaw, Russian Poland. Dec. 20
The Polish nationalists have come to
the decision that the Jews in Poland
must be transformed into Poles and
fne nationalist have therefore issued
a proclamation calling on all Israelites
to discontinue speaking Yiddish and to
learn the Polish language. Cossacks
surrounded the office of the social po-
litical organ Harper Cozlenn at mid
night. arrested the editorial staff and
sealed I'D the office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-20

Toxic, Dec. 20.-The combined feet
of Japan has been dissolved and Ad-
miral Togo has been appointed presi-
dent Of the naval command.
The Manchurian headquarters has
also been dissolved, and Field Marshal
Oyama viii resume his former position
as president Of the general stair once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-20

New York, Dec. 20--Louise Mar
garet snow. daughter of Mrs. Thomas
G. Plat. and stepdaughter of United
states Senator Plat, was married to
Francis J. Carmody of Minneapolis and
washington, d. c., at Grace church IN
this city. The bride has been closely
Identified with this church and has
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-20

been a subdeaconess in the parish.
Senator PIatt's gifts to the bride were
numerous, among them being $1,000 in
gold coin. Mrs. Platt's gift was
house in this city, fully furnished.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-20
Thirty Years on the stage.

Wexford. Mass, Dec. 2O.-AIiss Hat
tie Moore. a singer and actress, is dead
here of cancer of the stomach. She
was born in Medford about so years
ago She followed the theatrical pro-
fession for UPWARDS OF 80 years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-20
RECORDS ARE GONE.
Books Missing From Safe of the
Mutual Life.

New York, Dec. 2O.-Discovery was
made yesterday, according to the Her
aid, that books of record which should
show in detail the transactions of the
Mutual Life Insurance cOmpany's sup
ply department while it was under the
management of Andrew c. Fields. have
been destroyed oR7stolen from the safe
in which the department records are
kept.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-20

New York, Dec. 20.-The directors
of the Peoples Gas, Light and Coke
company met here and approved the
80 cent rate for gas for the city Of
Chicago and also reduced the dividend
rate from 6 per cent to 5 per cent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-20

Denver, Dec. 2O.-Leonard T1,t-z..
and James A. Hill, bankers vere 80 $.
guilty OF conspiring to wreck the T9eas
yer Savings bank
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-20
TIoIidar Rafes ia roo Island.

one and one-third fare for the round
trip. Tickets on sale Dec. p to %, 3o-31
and Jan / limited for return Jan. T.
1906 See Rock Island agents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-20

Mrs. Lord has all the Christmas
greens and wreathfng at her flower
room. 112 West Eighth street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-20

Gold FIgfn Watches at Cost.
Chas. Bennett. jeweler and optieian,
730 Kansas avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-12
LIKE THE CIRCUS.
Indians Are Steady in Their Allegiance
to Ring Shows

Talk about city circusgoers." said the
circus agent last night; they are not one
to six with the Indian. He will travel
farther endure more hardships and skimp
himself harder to get the price of admis-
sion than any other human being in the
world. / really believe he enjoys the cir
Gus more than the negro. though he doesn't
make SO much fuss over 1t. The negro will
sell the family cook stove to get enough
to see the elephant, but the Indian will
barter off his papoose. his squaw or even
his most cherished possession. his horse,
to get ticket. After the negro comes the
Chinaman The Mexicans. too. are not slow
in responding to the toot of the caliope.
The LATEST creature on the Texas border,
who never paid debt in his life. will bob
up circus day with so cents, and nobody
knows where he got it,
In the west Ringing Brothers circus Is
known among the Indians as The Heap
Big Brothers Show. They come from the
forest 200 miles on horseback. and even on
foot, starting on their Long journey days
before the circus date and arriving prompt
ly on the morning of the day of exhibition
On circus day 1t is the case of every man
for himself with the Indian. The lord of
the tepee brings enough trinkets in the
shape of moccasins and bows and arrows
to peddie around town. and in this way gets
enough money to buy his own admission
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-12
try entirely for the benefit of the working
class"
Schoolboy Strike Leader Arrested.

Harry Hanson. fifteen years old. the 81
legged leader of the strike at the Harrison
School. was arrested. charged with disor-
derby conduct. Principal w. c. Payne de-
clared that about 1o0o of the loo pupils
were out. He said he had advised many
of the parents to take their children from
the school until peaceful conditions w-re
restored.
The funeral of George Pierce a member
OF the department store drivers union.
who was shot by George T. Waldron. a spe-
cial deputy sheriff. took place today.
A parade of labor organizations accom-
panied the corpse. members of the De-
partment Store Drivers Union wearing a
button having this inscription inside a
deep black border: We mourn the loss
Of murdered brother"
The reconvening of the federal in1unc-
ton hearing before Master in Chancery
f. B. Sherman today resulted in continual
tits between counsel for the prosecution
and counsel for the defense.
The Federal Hearing.
The prosecution is endeavoring to show
by testimony drawn from members of the
unions that certain of the strike leaders
could give immunity to any one by
merely issuing an order protecting the
bearer from attacks in the street. and
that in this a criminal conspiracy Is
shown. TIE opposing counsel are as in
testimony becoming matter Of record
and the master is continually cal1e1 upon
to decide whether witnesses should an
swer questions.
The most important witness was Leonard
Mulligan president of the Express Com
pany Conductors and Drivers Union. Null
ligan refused to answer almost every ques-
ton propounded by the attorney for the
prosecution with the result that the
lawyers frequently became involved in
argument. Mulligan awaited himself of the
privilege of refusing to answer. questions
which might tend to incrminate him. When
Mulligan was asked, Did you write the
order which allowed drivers of the money
wagon to go unmoested through the
streets?" he fatty refused to answer.
Negroes Vaccinated.
All of the negroes and men imported by
the Employers Association to take the
places of strikers are being vaccinated by
the city health department. Twenty in
spectors are working among the strike
breakers subjecting them to vaccination.
There are at present 100 smallpox patients
in the isolation hospital. filling every cot
in the institution and taxing the attentions
of the nurses and the physicians. While
Health Commissioner Reynolds does not
lay the outbreak of the disease to the inn
ortation of the strike breakers. it has
been decided to vaccinate them rapidly
as they are brought to Chicago and mini
mize the danger of contagion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-12

ticket. His squaw brings little baskets
and has to hustle for her own ticket.
They generally come In couples astride
of pony. and If the market is over
crowded with Indian relics they will sell
the nag. After the show Is over the chiefs
proceed to fill their skins with the white
mans firewater. and the squaws with the
papooses wait on the sand heaps and fum-
Der piles till the gray streaks begin to
sprout over the hills. when the unsteady
train winds out of town over the trail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-12
FATAL OIL EXPLOSION
ABOUT 20 INJURED, 5 FATALLY,
AT PHILADELPHIA.

PHILADELPHIA, May 12.-By the ex-
plosion of an oil tank this morning at the
Point Breeze Oil works. about twenty en-
pioyes were injured. five fatally. Ambu-
lances from the Methodist and ST. Agnes
hospitals were summoned In the mean
time wagon belonging to the gas works
was pressed into service and the following
injured men were rushed to the st. Agnes
Hospital:
William Crumell, 210S s. Carlisle street:
George Mclean. zoos 8. 18th street; George
Clinbert. 2441 S. Carlisle street; William
Pierce, rs Mountain street, and Harry
Kronde, 1914 Durfor street These five were
all frightfuly burned about the body and
limbs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-12

Max Pembcrton contributes another of the
stories which he has been writing for The Stars
Sunday Magazine under the general title, A
Daughter OF the Reds Like its predecessors,
The Last Sorte and Afterward is thrilling
story of incidents occurring during the siege of
Paris, those days when the valiant Gen. Ducrot
swore repeatedly to leave his dead body on the
battlefield and each time returned to Paris, as
wag said with excellent appetite and whole
wagon load of excuses The last sortle OF Busen-
val relates one of those futile attacks that the
French made to break the surrounding wall of
German soldery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-12
Smallpox Develops.

The smallpox hospital has another pa
tient. Miss Pearl Wilkinson. eleven years
old. living at 1874 18th street southeast.
having been carried there last evening.
Pearl had been playing with the children
of the Hardin family before they were re-
moved to the smallpox hospital. and 1t Is
presumed by the authorities that she con-
tracted the disease in this manner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-12
VICTIMS OF ANT1-sEM1T1c RIOTS.
Number of Jews Killed Placed at
FortV

ST. PETERSBURG, May 12.-Some pri-
Nate reports from Zhitomr place the num-
Der of persons killed as high as forty
The governor of Volhynia has caused the
streets of Zhitomir to be placarded with
notices to the effect that the troops have
received instructions to fire upon any per-
sons interfering with Jews.
The Official Messengers account of the
Zhitomir outbreak attributes it to the prov
ocative attitude of the Jews, who. it adds.
used a portrait of the emperor as a target
In shooting practice and committed many
assaults on Christians in the streets
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-12

By Melville E. Stone, general manager OF the
Associated Press, who has but recently returned
from the second trip he has made to Russia since
the war began. MIR. Stone points out why he
believes that the recent disturbances in the land
of the car are not likely to result i'll any great up
heaval How" he asks, is revolution TO occur
among people nine-tenths OF whom are plunged
in ignorance?" and the conclusion reached is that
The only force which can maintain Russia OF to-
dav as Russia of tomorrow is the hand OF att
tocrat"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-12
To Erect Wireless Signal Plants.

VALLEJO. CAL. May 1.-THE naval
transport Solace. which leaves the Mare
Island navy yard today en- route to Manila,
carries outfits for wireless telegraph sta
tions at Honolulu and Guam Of the most
improved pattern Lieut.. George c.. Sweet
tions will sail on the Solace to erect the
plants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-12
- THE
SUNDAY STAR
Some of the Features of
Next Sundays Magazine

The Sunday Magazine, which constitutes part
three of the Sunday STAR will be brirnfu of en-
tertaning reading matter profusely illustrated.
The following are some of its attractive features:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-12
1.-THE
Misogynist''

By Lieut. Barneva. 1t purports to be the
actual facts to funny little incident that oc-
Cured not long ago, presumably at TT. Riley.
Lieut.. Brown and his wife were indeed happy
couple until Mary" crossed their path. Mar"
meant no harm, but she could not make her pen
run straight, and it came to pass that her let
tiers fell into the hands of Lieut.. Brown instead
OF into those OF the for whom they were in
tended-Lieut. Binne