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wears old, and I would like to join the
club / read the children's page every
Sunday. 50 Il will send you n piece chilled e.
my Kitty. think Louise KennedS's
drawing are very good. Please send mo q
I r EsslE tx UlsI CAMPBELL.o
Cary Street Road city, Il. II. ID. NO. q
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Dear Elltor,-1 send you this little story
and hope 10 see 1t In next Sundays paper.
3 lost my badge, and Will you please
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AIEDALISTs FOR THE 1yEEK.

Miss N. FIorenee Leech, 1928 EAST Broad
street, city, for stories and illustrations.
William J. calIan, care Of Landmark o..
flee, Portsmouth, Va, for story entitled
Id nRobert Fcnne'B Adventure"
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Richmond, Va. July %, 1905
Dear l1ditor,--This week send you q
drawing and some puzzles, which hope
you Will accept. Hoping the members
good luck I remain, @
NJ Your little friend,
m 81 I1s.s1Ef TERESA. Dominica. Ia
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IND IDS way's 20 the : waste basket. wish.
Ing thegT. DC. c. much success. 1 am,
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Times Dispatch. childrcn's Column: !, Z
Gentlcn,en.-I am a. member. o6 me !, HI n ~
for 4 long time. 4 hope you will accep.
this long story as 2ot sufii cient length e
make up for my leness an thirteen .a
yenrs old and \ this story.Bis the best y
can do. Hoping IT will be III next Sun.
days children's page, r remain
& Your member, 49,, - !, :, -,
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\ WINNERS FOR THE WEEK.

WINNERS FOR THE WEEK.
Miss MARIAN panhIll, Bassett, Va. for
puzzle called "Places In vlrgnIa.".
Mildred Van n1en Smith, 6os East Clay
Street, city, for drawing, Vacation
T1me'
Edith Baker, Charlottesville, Vao for
~ story "Thc Chief Of His Tribe"
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VII ELIZA l.. CARY,
Gloucester Courthouse, Gloucester coun-
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THESE PRETTY DAYS
IN LOVELY COUNTRY

Dear Children Ut the Club.8
@ The editor heard the kntydlds sins g '1l'
4 ii the tree tops last week for TN ilrss
time this summer. 5i5
The country looss 30 green anu l1EI lresi'
fttat 1t was d great pleasure 70 get o ''t
intoi II and see tho corn tnssclliins ~ NY
fields. tic leaves OF tho tobncco pla 1.t Is
broadening in tho SUNSHINE ana ~ ho
flowers holding their heads TO the 9 soil
Summer breezes. S5i X s.
The visit Is d pleasant memory now, but
1t inspired the wish iii the editors heart heart
tl,nt ali the members OF tho CLUB li might
be ublo during vacation to take peep
at the country OH their own account.
rho editor takes this opportunity to
thnns Muster Thomas Tecfcy most sim
cerely for Il large and beautiful bouquet
gathered by him, from bis sumner
flower garden In the city. No flowers
could be prettier and none more accepts
able rho editor enjoyed them thoroughly.
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~ # ROBERTA WALLER,
S3il Goodloe's, Spotsylvanin county. Va
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PLACES 4 IN VIRGINIA.

Dear aEditor.-I sincerely thank you for
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Dear Edltor,-I am sending you a. picture
entitled Roses" hope you arc going to
like It. am ,,,,>,. -,,o,,,,
povdfonF II w 55slt6H 91Fa5 *
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AARON LONpUN,
2l5 N. Eighteenth Street. City.
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4 Dear sir-I read the, chidren's, page
| would like to contribute to that page.
I am fourteen years old and have never
taken a drawing lesson, but love to draw.
Would you please SEND me q badge ana
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III will try and write often. and will
draw n little MY friend wishes you to
send her a badge In my letter. #3s3}
r,1f.
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LITTLE WHITE LILY.

THOMAS It. TEnTEY.
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Letters From
57he Children.

DPuF- AIIult0r,--lF WNH auGIIBUlpu 70 StH
that / was the gold lnadaist For tho
month or JUNE. My boauliful medii
san,c q fey, days ago, ana All who have
ss 1 lnnk i, bfey IA and nn
yoli 80 rnltf for sending II 10 me- i am
very sorry not to have q picture OF ny-
sell. MS ] mn very anxious to haya my
picture rs II prize winner on the chill
urcn's plgc.
Thanks again for the beautiful medal
With love TO the editor and the II. d.
your little It'll u {rIG i SIMS u
Mnxwccton, va. AZ. '.5
and d story which / hope to see III T. u.
G. G. sent q drawing once before and
tlige. Nov, with best wishes for the
\. D. G. c., remain.
Yours fk}nHsYfTEfhly' pANN1n1.
Bassett, Va. n.
~ pear Ea',oryel .s i da MT s ssn%
1 think tie cl,iidrc1's page is progress
Ing nicely, und wantgto help 1t all 1 can.
1our T iIfisiis pANN1LL.
Dear Gdltor-Encioscd you will IGnd
nzzle h;y the o see "a be v15.
send her q badge. She has had q pic.
t Wises sr fd i've ali ths 0qn M rea Rss'
! 0ut Af .aftI.Ii pl1NN1LL.
Richmond Va. July %. 1905.
Dear 11ditor,--This week | send you q
drawing and some puzzles, which hope
you will accept. Hoping the members
good luck, I remain. a
" 81l t3 ~ TERESA Dominica.
Dear Sir, Of the T.. p. G, CT will send
IL my story and hope o i VII mot no, GO 70
Ing anything for a long time. ! hope that
I may send something every Sunday that
I can.
F7$ Sincerely yours. 5E
m HENRY FULLER,
Ills Il. Marshall Street, Richmond. Va.
4 Dear Edltor,-1 send you this little story
lost my badge, and Will you please
send me another.
draw n little. nv friend wishes you to
send her a badge In my letter. 3S5
Your true friend.
ELIZA L. CARY,
Gloucester Courthouse, Gloucester coun-
~, Va. .
Dear Editor En- closed you will find n
story of Lazy Jack. II hope 10 see It in
print. Wishing the T. ?. g. C.@'nuch
success.
Your friend.
ROY c. ALEXANDER,
lis Il. Leigh Street. City.
h Dear Edftor.--I have wanted to send
In some contributions TO your paper for
some time. but 1t looked like could
never get u chan ce to do any writing. L
think our club Is getting on very nicely.
7 enjoy reading the stories and letters SO
much. 4.
.& I enclose an enigma !; hope 1t Will not
find It's way 10 the waste basket. Wish
Ing the r. DC. G. much success. L am,
Il + Your member.
ROBERTA WALLER,
Goodloe's, spotsylvania county. Va.
Dear Mr.. Edftor.-I was,pleascd to read
about General MariOn.5ti he SHa mn FOx. -
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a puzzle by the name OF Places In vir-i
ginh,"5 which hope to see In the r. d..
G. G. NV sister Kate wishes you to
send her a badge She has had q pic
turc or two in your paper. With best
wishes for all the members. remain,
5 Your member, aE5&
a NfARI1tH PlANN1LJ.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-21
WANTS TO STAY.
Standard Oil Denies Intention
of Abandoning Kansas Field.
VIII Cost Kansas 90 Millions
to Go Into Business.

New York, March 21.-OficiaIs Of
the Standard Oil company say there Is
no truth IN the reports from the west
that they are about to abandon the
Kansas oil field. They believe the an
Sagonism in Kansas will soon die out
and that the people will allow them
TO go ahead with their development
work It is true, they say, that a GER
tain western county has refused to al
low the Standard to continue its pipe
line to Chicago, but opposition of this
sort is quite common and has in all
previous cases been overcome.
A Standard Oil director said today:
In Indian territory district the oil
producers are giving US considera BILE
encouragement They seem to want
she Standard Oil company to carry on
its development work. The oil in the
indian territory district is superior to
that of Kansas At present we would
like to get go cents a barrel for Kan
sas oil which was purchased by us at
prices around 81 barrel The Stand
ard OIL company has found that there
IS certain percentage of the Kansas
oil that is not worth refining
There is talk that an effort is be-
ing made 70 secure sufficient funds to
build an Independent line to the gulf
I estimate that the cost of such a line
would run close to 100000. This is
only the first expense, as vessels will
have to be constructed to transport
the oil to the markets. Kansas will
have to expeud at least $40. zoe. 900 to
go into the oil business right"
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TOPEKA PREACHERS.
Something About Those Appointed at
Methodist Conference.

The pastors for the Methodist
churches in Topeka during the COM
ing year will be as follows:
First church, W. c. Evans.
Euclid Avenue, w. e. smith.
Kansas Avenue, J. w. Reed.
LOwman. c. w. HOlcombe.
Oakland, A. H. Boyd.
Parkdale, J. T. Sawyer.
Walnut Grove, d. A Shut
w. p. Smith, the new pastor of the
Euclid Avenue church, comes to To-
peka from Columbus, Ohio. He is a
aduate of Boston university.
J. T. Sawyer has been at ParkdaIe
church for year, and will remain
another year.
c. E. HoIcombe, the pastor of the
Lowman Hill church, comes to To-
peka from Frankfort. He is an old
Topeka boy, and was formerly en-
ployed in the Santa F'e Offices here.
He left the service of the Santa Fe
about twelve years ago to take up
ministerial work
A. II. Boyd. who comes to the Oak
land church from Gardner, Kas., is
considered one of the ablest ministers
in the Methodist conference.
D. A. Shut, who comes to the
Walnut Grove church, is also a To-
peka boy. He formerly lived in this
city and left Topeka about fifteen
years ago.
]. w. Reed. who will have the Kan
sas Avenue church, was formerly
pastor at the Oakland church.
J. A. stavely. who was formerly
church, has been transferred to juno
ton City, the seat of the conference
this year. This is one of the most
important posts in the state.
Before the adjournment of the NJ.
E. conference at Junction City last
night it was decided to esta blish in
Topeka a home for superannuated
ministers. For this purpose 'tBelvoir.' -
the John d. Knox property, in the
northwestern part of the city, will be
PURCHASED.
The Methodist church organized an
association last summer and secured
a charter for the purpose of estab-
fishing this home This association
has taken an option on the property
and S. E. Belts. of Council Grove. has
been selected as superintendent. and
he has been given authority to secure
donations from members of the
erty.
Mr.. Belts was formerly superin-
tendent of the Bethany hospital at
Kansas City, and has lately been pas
tor of the Council Grove church.
During the coming year he will
visit the various Methodist churches
and will secure donations from both
individuals and from the churches to
be applied to the fund for the pur-
chase of the Knox property. The as
ISOLATION hopes to be able to open the
home within year.
The following board of directors
for the home for superannuated min
listers has been selected: Joab Null
vane, T B. Sweet, S. S. OFT. H Clark
son. G. M. Hammel. W. D. Ripley. the
Rev. E Locke, and the Rev. c. S.
Nusbaum.
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Markets TODAY.
Firm Tone in Wheat Pit at the
Close.
Easier Cables Have Depressing
Effect ON Corn.

Chicago, March 21-WHEAT-Light re-
cetpts in the northwest and unexpected
strength at Liverpool, impaired firm
tone to wheat today A leading bull oper-
delivery May opened unchanged TO &c
higher, at $1.143z al 1875. July was up 40
Ac to &c at $3.50 to 925sd92#c. May, af-
ter advancing to $115z, reacted to $1.1S1s-
July sold up to 93c and then declined to
925zc- Minneapolis, Duluth and Chicago
reported receipts Of z16 cars, against S26
The market closed with May up &c, at
'Sll51z. July closed at 927sQ92azc, net
.cORN-Easier cables had depressing
erect on corn, prices being trifie lower
May opened unchanged to shade low
e e at 1850 to 4s3sQ49l4c, and sold off to
The market closed at about the lowest
point OF the day, May being off A@3sc, at
OATS May oats opened &c lower. at
Sl5sc- After touching 31szc the price react
ed to 3l1k0315sc-
PROVISIONS-Ma pork was a shade
to 2ls45c lower, at S1295Q12.971z. Lard was
a shade lower to a shade higher, at s7.15@
higher, at S6-95G7e0.
WHEAT-Cash: No. 2 red, 81. 151zd1 161s;
No. red, I.07d11515; No. 2 hard, 81. 1870
1.151s; No. hard, sl05Q1. II; No. 1 north
ern, $1-15q1.171s No. 2 northern, S1.10G1 Is;
No. spring, Sl.o5d1.13
CORNING. 2, 4Sc; No. 8, 471k64Sc
OATS-No. 2, 3l1zc; No. 8, 31Hc.
KY E-March, 7S1ac; May, 7S1zc; Sept,
FLAX Cash: NV. Ms8; s.-W., H.2s;
TIMoTHY-March, $780, April. $3.50:
CLoVER-March, s1s.s5.
BARLEY-Cash: 40q49c
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OPEN DOOR TO FRAUD.
Commissioner OF Elections Denounces
New Registration Law.

Election Commissioner T. S Williams
says that the registration law passed by
the last legislature, which became a law
on publication today in the official state
paper, is a. very weak proposition; that
it affords unlimited opportunities for
fraud and corruption and that II should
be repealed at the next session. q
I believe" said Mr. Williams, that
there was some motive behind the pas
sage of this law which does not appear
on the surface
Nevertheless. the city of Topeka, in
common with other cities of the state
is up against the law for the next two
years, and that will give an opportunity
to see how bad it really is.
The new law which today went into ef-
feet is very short, and the vital part is
contained in the following proviso, which
follows the general provision in regard
to registration:
such registration. when made as in
this act provided, shall entit1e such
voters to vote in their respective wards
if otherwise legally qualified, as long as
such voter shall continue. to reside at
the same street and house number and
shall vote at each succeeding election
he or she shall not be required to re-
register; but If any voter so registered
fails to vote at any succeeding election
his OF her name shall be dropped from
the list of registered voters; or upon
the removal of any voter from the
house or street number from which he
shall personally appear before the city
clerk or election commissioner as afore-
said, and be registered. If such voters
are otherwise legally qualified and they
have caused themselves to be registered
as required by this act such registration
shall be prima facie evidence of the
right of such voters to vote at any cleo
tion held in such city subsequent to
such registration"
DO you see the place where fraud
will creep in to the operation of this
law?" said Mr.. Williams this morning
Il have studied the matter over pretty
carefully. and I can't see anya way to
stop fraud if there is any disposition to
attempt it.
AT every registration we have about
1000 transients on our books. BY
transients, I mean people who are here
in town for short time. enga ged upon
some job of work, or employed by the
railroad, or for some reason or other
making this his or her temporary home.
These people are nearly all registered,
as it is their right to be. Suppose one
of these transients registers now for the
spring election. Probably before the
next election, the man has left town.
All the political fixer has to do is to
find out when these transient voters
leave town. Then he will have some of
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Wall St, New York. March 21.-STOCKS
in spite of the strength of the London
market this morning a pcr1ber of the in
ternational stocks sank a fraction, but in
Atlantic Coast Line rose 1ss points Min
neapolis, st. Paul and Sault Ste Marie
preferred point and Toledo, St Louis
and Western. Locomotive and Republic
Steel preferred large fractions. The mar
ket was active and broad
Not much progress was made in either
direction as a result of the first hours
business. Moderate selling was arrested
by the rise in AtchisOn to 81. Pressure
began in other quarters, Canadian Pacific
Railway Equipment stocks were decided
ly firm. Sales of Sugar down to 1411z con-
tributed q more uniformly heavy tone at
II o'clock Chicago and Alton, Toledo. st.
Louis and Western, Minneapolis, St. Paul
and SauIt Ste Marie. Peoria and Eastern,
gained 1 to IL points and E1nickerbocker
Ice points. Chicago Union Traction fell
point.
The decline halted when Ontario and
Western had lost point and recovery en-
sued Atchison rose TO 9l5z, the prefer
Chicago and st. Louis about point and
Cleveland C. c. and st. Louis. Among
the industrials and specialties Consolidat-
ed Gas was lifted "a points, Pressed Steel
Car preferred IA points and the common,
Tennessee Coal Car preferred, Republic
Steel preferred, United States Rubber pre-
ferred Distillers' Securities and United
Railway Investment a point or more In
the general list prices were restored to
about last nights level when trading be-
and Iowa Central preferred and Allis-
Chalmers preferred point.
Ponds were steady at noon.
Only a 1anguid interest was taken IN the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-21
BASEBALL ON FRIDAY.
St. Louis Cardinals VIII Try to Beat
Themselves.

Topeka will have baseball on Fri
day, March "a. at the park of the To-
cal team of the Western association.
On that date the st. Louis Cardinals
will be here twenty-seven strong, to
play against themselves.
Two teams will be picked out of
that number. 1t will be contest of
the regulars against the mavericks =
The term ."mavericks. for the un-
initiated, is used to designate the men
who are being tried out at the begin
ming of the season. In order to get at
their real value, the managers put
them against the old regulars in the
preliminary season games
1t is such a contest that Topeka Will
witness here on Friday. c. A. Nichols
is managing the Cardinals again this
wear. and has gathered together very
strong aggregation. His men have
been playing through the southwest at
the big towns for the past month ana
have been drawing good crowds
everywhere.
Mr. Nichols has not yet informed
the local management as to the price
of admission to be charged. This morn
ing Secretary Logan of the topeka
teams received a<telegEaFps asking that
odatiOns for twenty-seven men
be arranged for at-the. ThrooP hotel.
The team will arrive here on Friday
morning from. Wichita. at which place
an exhibition game will be given py
them on. Thursday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-21
DowIE WARSf-zIoN sHIvERs-
First Apostle Sends Word of Camping
Out in Sunny Mexico.


Chicago, March Z1.-With the wind
whistling outside, the rain falling on the
roof and ice-coated wires rafting in the
cold. the following telegram was read
to the small congregation in Zion tab
ernacle yesterday by Overseer Speicher:
'Tampieo. Mexico, March 19.-Three
weeks ago we landed at Vera Cruz we
are now resting in our private car be-
side the sea. Thus far God has led US.
He has given us clear guidance and
success. We leave Monday for Victoria,
the capital of the state of Tamaulipas,
where business win detain us for few
days. Then the whole party will go by
pack and burros into the land which we
wish to see in person. We Will camp
time we proba bly, will select a site for
lions plantation city and port. Pray
for US. FIRST APOSTLE
Imagine the first apostle camping
out" said Speicher after reading the
message. The wind and cold gave his
remark the necessary point and the
congregation laughed The faithful
seemed to see nothing homogeneous IN
the fact that their leader was living In
warmth and out of doors, while they
were shivering and their city practical
~ was cut off from communication with
the rest of the world on account of tele-
graph and telephone wires being down.
They saw only the humor of the fact
that it was warm in the south and that
it was storning in Zion.
Speicher cautioned the people not to
walk under the telegraph and telephone
wires. They are heavily weighted with
ice,'' he said, land are apt to fall on
your heads with disastrous results"
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BRIEF BITS OF CITY NEWS.
A Collection of Important Para
graphs for Your Consideration.

General Manager H. U. Nudge of
the Santa Fe is in Kansas City today
w. ]. Black, general passenger
agent of the Santa Fe. went to St
Louis today.
Dr.. Berry, specialist in catarrh OF
the head, throat, lungs, stomach. and
intestines. 725 Kansas avenue
Washburn's second baseball team is
equipping at Towards and expects to
"cut ice in a few days. Big stock on
hand at sos Kansas avenue
A goose don't know much A man
who postpones insurance because he is
in good health is a goose. National
Life Insurance company of Vermont
acknowledgements 1850. Fifty-sixth
year doing business in AZ states VIM
B. Henderson, general manager, suite
459 Kemper building, Kansas City, Mo-
Both phones 459 Main
Carl H. Ponsonby, chief clerk to G.
w. Jones, division superintendent OF
the Kansas division of the Rock ISL
and went to Minneapolis and St. Paul
today to visit his home and family
Excelsior lodge No. K. of P. and
the ladies' department c. of G. will
go to Lawrence Sunday, March Is, to
attend annual sermon.
A meeting of the City Sunday School
association will be held this evening
a the First Methodist church J. H.
Engle of Abilene, state secretary OF
the Kansas association. VIII address
the meeting, as will also Rev. ]. A
Stavely of the Kansas Avenue Metho-
dist church. Mr.. Engle, who has trav-
eled extensively-in the Holy Land, will
give some interesting "reminiscences.
A building permit has been issued
to D. r. Moore for the erection of a
residence costing $1,O15 at 612-614
Van Buren, street.
A case of scarlet fever exists in the
family of Andrew sGetz at 612 Taylor
street. Another case is also reported
from It's Jefferson street.
The street commissioner depart
ment is engaged in repairing num-
Der of the brick sidewalks about town
which have fallen in disrepair through
the weathering action of the past
winter.
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movement of the railroad list and the
sudden rise in Chesapeake and Ohio to
co.'s failed to rouse the usual leaders.
Meanwhile the specialties were attracting
the attention Of the traders. this class OF
stocks showing a wide and varied display
of speculative interest. In a general way
the Railway Equipment and many of the
stocks having to do with the iron and
steel trade were the strongest features.
Sloss-Sheffield Steel followed the midday
result in the southern group and soon adj
cialties and few of the low priced rail-
road stocks improved between ! and 2
points. North American yielded 15A points
and Chicago Traction preferred 5 points.
The purchasing movement ceased almost
as abruptly as it had begun and before
O'Clock practically all of its rise was
cancelled.
Prominent metal stocks made further
Roadway, despite the dropping tendency
of the list. Amalgamated Copper and Col
orado Fuel were quite active and a point
better. Sloss-Sheffield Steel moved up to
81. Tennessee Coal in the meanwhile lost
its rise. The Chicago Terminal stocks
hardened l point.
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lutely false 1 never bribed or tried to
bride anybody in my life, either in Kansas
or elsewhere. In my conversation which
had with Mr.. Crawford 1 neither directly
nor by implication gave him any reason to
think that I desired to influence his con
duct in any way whatever.
Assistant General Manager 'Brien,
Superintendent Gates and Attorney Cum
mings of the Prairie each stated tonight
there was no truth in the report that the
Prairie had refused to run oil under the
common carrier law.
I'VE have not been asked to run any
oil under the new law, and therefore have
had no opportunity to refuse said Mr..
You may say, however we are con-
Quoting our business absolutely free of
vindictiveness. We running oil as
usual from Kansas"