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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-07
ogiee Of Water commisslo3ngers

city of Topeka, Nov. 4 1865.
Sealed proposals for furnishing all the
labor and tools necessary to exeavate and
refill 1900 feet of ditch in accordance with
specifications and profile on file in the
oftice of the city engineer, win be receiV-
ed at the office of the water commission
ers until 2 O'Clock D. m Friday, Noven-
Der 10, 1905.
a certified check for per cent Of the
proposed contract must accompany each
bid payable to the water commissioners
of Topeka, Kansas. which viii be forfeit
ed to said commissioners. if the success
ful bidder fails to enter into a contract
within five days after the award is made
The board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
r NJ NEWLAND,
President Board Water Commissioners.
First published in Topeka State Journal
November 4, 1861
SALE OF UNCLAIMED BAGGAGE
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rURNACR WoRRa

GEO E. sEYBoLD. furnace work. tin
roofing, guttering. spouling. furnaces q
speciality. 81 Kansas ave. Ind phone el&
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cARPENTERs ANp BUELpFRa

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J. c. WILSON, contractor s.ld bmluer-
job work promptly done. 10 e Sth 81.
Ind. tel 1914
RATEN7FS
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J. A ROsEN. Patent Attorney ~ KAN
sas ave Topeka.
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IDA c. sAANEa 4 .

OTice 728 Kansas ave. Eesrzsncs mir
Leenth and Clay. Oniee hours: Q a n. &c
II q "a. and p m to ?. "a. BetA
phOu e 16 residence. and Ind ISIS office
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&C., aNn RnPAlRlNa


u. s. CYCLE CO, us z. sth st Nations
& IveT-Johnzon bicycles Supplies. repairs
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The Helianthus Literary club will
meet with Mrs. NJ. p Miller, 621
Morris avenue, Friday, November 10.
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WANTf1D-IWO STEADY -lndustriOus men
Apply 219 East 4th st
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STAMPS. SEALS AND STENCILS
@~~~~~~~~~@~~-~-~-~~--~~~-
HE ). L. DARLING Co, 53z Kan ave.
Rubber stamps. brass and aIuminum trade
checks. Prices low. Cataiog free Tel "A
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THE COUGHLIN HARDWARE CO.
Hardware, stoves. me tools. 7o6 Kan =
sas ave Tel s06
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RAILROAD TIME TABLES

E TEcTIYE NAY "A lsus. ALI TnAr,,-
DA1LZ.
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COLLECTION AGENCIES.

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AMERICAN COLLECTION AGENCY.
Anthony p. Wilson, attorney, Alb kansas
ave, Topeka Kan. That's my business
law and collections. Both 'Dnones 1894
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WANTED-Dish washer, kitchen girl ano
chambermaid. Topeka hotel, 122 West
6th st.
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FOR RENT-House of Z rooms. Apply
906 Quincy street
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NORTH TOPEKA.

| leave items for this column with KIM
ball Printing Co, 912 n. Kansas avenueI
Star lodge No. 331 A. o. u. W., will
give a dance in Barrett's hall This ev-
ening.
Miss Lottie Scott is quite i'll at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hanlon,
1903 Quincy street.
Mrs. J. F. Lowry of Aderiden. is the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. 0. c. Myers
of 1914 Van Buren, street.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Reynolds of 1903
Harrison street. are the parents of a
son born Monday night.
A party Of girls from the Western
over the city last evening.
The 2-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Beckes of 1909 Harrison street, died
this morning of pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Kiss of lis West
Gordon street, are the parents of
daughter, born Sunday morning.
Mrs G. Kessler and daughter, Dora,
of Eillsboro, Kan, are the guests OF
Mrs. James c. Stevick of Monroe street.
Misses Bertha Woodhead and Ethel
Taylor of Hoyt, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. W. F. Fleischer of 1923 Quincy
street
The Merry Maids will meet at the
home of Miss Iona Buchanan Tuesday
evening and every member is requested
to pc present.
The Epworth League of the Kansas
M. E. church will hold their regular
monthly business meeting this evening
at the church
Harry Barnes of Alta Vista, Kan,
has been the guest of a few days of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Barnes of 147
Holman street.
There was no school this morning at
4 the Quincy school as the janitor e. W.
/ Brown. was quite i'll at his home. S35
/ Kansas avenue, and unable to attend to
/ the furnace.
Mrs. I. E. McGrew and Miss Ermine
( McGrew, who went to Maple Hill last
Josephine McGrew, are detained there
by the illness of Miss McGrew.
Mrs. W. W. Hall came up from Hor-
! ton Saturday and is the guest of her
/ parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. Swensen of
80 Paramore street. Mr.. c. H. Sven
to his parents.
Misses Edna and Harriet Staples
entertained very delightfully."- last even
ing at their home, 10l5 Central avenue
at a Spinster's IT" Misses Ruth Wool
ford and Anna Myers assisted in serv-
ing the guests who were: Miss Myrtle
McGreW, Miss Mary Stevens, Miss
Eleanor Lukens, Miss Mabel Brooke,
Miss EsteIie Brooke, Miss Ella Allan.
Miss Pearl Nash, Miss GOldie Lutes and
Miss Bertha Kistler.
L. B. Merriam, who has charge Of
| construction of the new railroad to be
built from Menolxen to Onaga and
western, has opened up an office on the
North side. Mr.. Merriam has rented
the rooms in the w illiam Green build
ing at 900 Kansas avenue and has al
quarters. Mr.. and Mrs. Morns, who
have been occupying these rooms Will
board until their new home, the Me-
Afee residence, is vacated.
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OFF TO PRISON.
POStOffiee GrafterS to Begin
Serving Sentence Today.

Washington, Feb. August W.
Machen. former general superintend-
ent of the free delivery postal service,
and Diler S. Croft of this city, both
under On sentence of two years inn
prisonment and $4,000 fine for pos
tai conspiracy, today surrendered
themselves to the United States mar
shall and were placed in the cell room
OF the city hall. Samuel A Croft,
whose counsel sought to have his re-
mOval to the penitentiary deferred
because of illness. was ordered
brought into court and later was
placed in the cell room with the
others.
The case came I'D today in the
criminal court on receipt of a man
date handed down by the court of
appeals directing the immediate exc
cution of the sentence of Machen,
DR.. Lorenz and the Groffs Attorney
Maddox, for Samuel A. Croft. pro-
duced a certificate of two physicians
saying that he was in no condition to
costing that if the district attorney
wanted to imDeriI his clients life as
we'll as his liberty he had better take
a gun and go to the house.
District Attorney Beach replied
that Samuel Croft, his surety and his
attorney had been advised of the
possibility of this mandate for some
time, that Samuel Croft had visited
the district attorney last Thursday
and that Groff's son yesterday COM
municated with the district attor-
ney's Office to know what clothing
his father might take with him to
the penitentiary today. Under these
circumstances the district attorney
suggested it was rather a sudden
stroke of Illness. Mr.. Beach insisted
upon the immediate appearance Of
the prisoner and he was sent for.
Nothing has been heard today of DR..
Lorenz, who is reported i'll at his
home in Toledo, o. Machen and the
Groffs will be taken to the Mounds
vile, w. Va, penitentiary this after
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STERNE CAME CLOSE.
Didn't Miss 1t Far in Guess on Joint
Cases.

The recent statement of County
Commissioner W. e. Sterne that the
costs of the joint cases which Chief
Stahl tried before Justice of the Peace
Williams in Oakland three weeks ago
will in the last analysis amount to
$1,000, will apparently be solid fact
before long.
fled today with County Auditor Cav,
sum a total of $247.S5. All of the
cases have been appealed to the dis
trict court. The costs before Judge
Dana will be more in every instance
than before Justice Williams, and pos
sibly double in some of the cases.
1t is the same old story over again
of several years ago, that the county
must pay an expensive bill, half OF
which could have been saved had the
cases been sent to the city court or
directly into the district court.
The reason for the increased cost
in the district court when the appealed
cases are tried, is due to the fact that
/ d jury must try them, which is not
true of a justice court. Additional ex-
penses are incurred in a number of
/, s. Curtis, clerk Of the Shawnee
county district court simply gave the
cost of the cases from his Office up to
date. He says that they will be
| doubled and trebled before finally dis
| posed of in one way or the other be-
fore Judge Dana.
of Mr.. Sterne's argument that the
county is paying out useless lot OF
money. Justice Williams cost alone
| in the six cases amounted to $3.50.
Now had they been brought before the
city court this cost would have been
eliminated. for Judge McCabe is on a
regular salary
A good deal of mileage would also
have been averted. In taking wit
lnesses and constabIes out of the city
eight miles the fees in this direction
were of course enlarged in every in
stance; in fact, there would have been
no mileage for Topeka witnesses and
constabIes had the cases been tried
here in the city as they should have
| been.
An iternized account of the cost of the
six cases up to date follows;
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EVENTS and MEN
Hr. Stubbs' Train of Trouble APP
pears to Be Coming.
Nay Lose His Grip as Ruler OF
Statesmen.
HOW OTHERS FELL.
Mr.. Pringle and Mr.. Leland Were
Once There.
Present Gar Hasn't PrOfted by
Example.
HOW OTHERS FELL.

The time is coming at keen lope
when Mr.. Stubs will get his That
Is a certainty. and all that remains to
be seen is what his may consist of.
The chances are about to 1 that he
will be loaded bodily onto the hog
arain and started south If the fourth
chance comes his way he will have
established himself as a ruler of men,
Then he can get a job as section boss
anywhere
The supreme test will come when
that refinery bill comes up for passage
The gang will line up, and begin pass
ing it along. Stubs will execute a
pigeon wing, a pair of Highland filings
and q hOotcheeca-t oochee, and scream:
sCut itl'' Here comes the test At
mis- thrilling words the gang will either
drop fiat and spill the kerosene, or
they will blandly pass the document
down the line. In either case Mr.
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TREASURE HUNTER RETURNS
Capt. Morrison Has Little to Say About
F1tzwiIIiam Expedition.

New York, Feb. Captain E. w
Morrison, commander of the treasure
hunting expedition. fitted out by Earl
Fitzwilliam of England, to search for
treasure said to have been buried on
Cocos island, near Costa Rica, was one
of the passengers who arrived here to-
day on board the steamer City of
Washington from Colon, Panama. He
was accompanied by DR.. w. H. Anger,
surgeon of the Fitzwilliam expedition.
Captain Morrison was reticent about
the result of the expedition. He said
1.-The whole thing is now over, our
ship is laid over at Panama and the
expedition is abandoned. Several
were hurt in an explosion in the blow
ing UP of a cliff, but / knew little
about it," DIR. Ernest H. Wheeler.
chief of staff of the Ancon hospital in
the canal zone, was also a passenger
on the City of Washington
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AUTHORS CLUB BANQUET.
Governor Hoch VIII Be the Guest of
Honor.

On Wednesday evening at O'Clock
the Authors club will give a compli-
mentary dinner to Governor E. w.
Hoch at the Y. W. c. A. dining rooms.
It is not a full dress affair, and will
have considerable of an informal
tinge. The programme follows:
Literature and the Press" Gov
ernor E. w. Hoch.
Literature and Learning Prof. F.
Literature and the Law" E. F.
Literature and the Pulpit" S. S.
Interlude. Poem. 1.-THE Kings of
Poesy," H. w. Roby.
Literature and Medicine DR..
James F. Morrison.
Literature and the Poets" Capt. ].
Literature and Woman Mrs. Lee
Arbiter elegantarium, Thomas Nc
Neal.
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bers. unsuspecting members. chance to
come together. The doors are hastily
barred and the speaker joyfully de-
clares the house in session. 1t IS an
exciting and highly interesting game.
and is generally known as Quorum,
quorum, who's got the quorum.
This kerosene disturbance is proving
a great boon to those who have other
irons on the fire. While members are
screaming and gesticulating and the air
is permeated with the fumes of petrol
cum, the missionaries from the corpora
tion headquarters pass softly among
them, dropping kind words and little
streaks of sunshine.
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HE PLEADED GUILTY.
BigIer johnson Murdered His Wife
and Her Niece.

Towanda, Pa, Feb. Tn court to-
day Bigler Johnson pleaded guilty to
the charges that he murdered his wife,
Maggie B. Johnson, and her niece.
Annie Benjamin. 10 years old, in Sep
TENDER last, and afterward burned the
bodies. The prisoner made his plea
of guilty and signed the indictment
without the faihtest indication of
nervousness. He is 26 years old and
his wife was 40. At the Decem Der
term his older brother, Charles john
son, was convicted of first degree
murder as an accessory. His mother,
Mrs Sophia Merritt, and his sister and
brother, Nancy and Adam Johnson,
were put on the stand for the same
crime today. The five members of
the family. it is charged, went to
Maggie Johnson's house in the night
and killed her and the little girl with
an ak, sprinkled the premises with
kerosene. and set the house on fire.
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HOWARD FOR COUNCILMAN.
Another Entry Appears in the Third
Ward Race.

H. B. Howard. who has come out
as a candidate for councilman for the
Third ward on the representations
and ncouragement of his friends, is
an energetic young business man of
this city. He owns property in the
Third ward and is proprietor of the
Golden Rule machine works and the
Howard sporting goods store at 5O5-
sos Kansas avenue.
Mr.. Howard is an active member
Of the Commercial club, the Y M.
A.. and vice president of the state
christian Endeavor union. He will
make an energetic councilman if
elected.
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CAN'T FURNISH THE GOODS.
NIidvaIe Company's Armor Plate Bid
Recommended for Rejection.

Washington. Feb. THE board of
officers appointed by Secretary Nor
ton to investigate the capacity of the
several armor plate companies has
recommended that the bid for 5000
tons Of armor for the battleship New
Hampshire and the armored cruisers
North Carolina and Montana of the
Midvale Steel company be rejected.
1t is probable that two-thirds of the
contract will be awarded to the
Bethlehem company and the remain
ing one-third to the Carnegie COM
DanV.
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Memphis. Tenn, Feb. Wire com
munication is slowly being restored
by the telegraph and telephone com
panies through the efforts of linemen.
The temperature in Memphis was Is.
a fall of seven in two hours. The
situation in north Texas is reported to
be the worst in years. A blizzard has
been raging over the cattle ranges in
the western part of the state and
live stock has suffered severely.
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Socialists in MINORITY.

Bloomington. Feb. THE Jour.
neymen Tailors of America today
voted down the proposition submitted
by the Socialists in the form of a pre-
amble to the constitution which was
an endorsement of the National So
cialist party, the vote being 102
to %.
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Cold Prevents Hot Springs Racing.

Hot Springs, Ark, Feb. On ac-
count of the weather the races at
Essex park were declared off today.
It is raining and sleeting and the track
could not be put in proper condition
for the days races.
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1.rare Trouble Foreseen.

It needs but little foresight to tell that
when your stomach and liver are badly
affected grave trouble is ahead unless you
take the proper medicine for your your disease
aid She saws: Il had neuralgia of the
liver and stomach, my heart was weaken
ed. and 1 could not eat I was very bad
for long time, but in Electric Bitters l
found lust what I needed, for they quick
" relieved and cured me. Best medicine
for weak women Sold under guarantee
nv Arnold Drug Co, 81 North Kansas
ave- at SOC d bottle
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Washington. Feb. THE presi-
dent today sent to the senate the fol-
lowing nominations: Consul general,
David F. WILDER, New 1ork, al
Singapore. Straits Settlement: mar
shall, George G. Perry, Alaska, Tor
division No. 3, district of Alaska
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The entire stock of shoes, slippers,
rubbers. overshoes, etc. belonging to
the FitWen Shoe company will be
placed on sale commencing Thursday
morning, February 8, at 4Oc, soc
soc on the dollar
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LOCKHART MANSION. PTTT5BURG
THE QUARREL OVER THE LoCKHART MILLIONS.


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The great sale of the Fitwen Shoe
company's entire stock of good shoes.
slippers, rubbers. Oversh oes for men,
women and children at 4Oc, soc and
soc on the dollars. commencing
Thursday morning, February 8, sos
Kansas avenue.
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Wild Attempt to Secure a Quorum

ing under desk just to plague teacher
or is out in a committee room telling a
stenograpder the story of his life one
who desires to work-somebody, goes
out to seek for the quorum and while
he is gone the missing member comes
In Then searcher number one is the
quorum, and number two goes out to
look for him. And so on until two mem
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The entire stock of shoes, slippers,
rubbers. overshoes etc, belonging to
the Fitweu Shoe company viii be
placed on sale commencing Thursday
morning, February 9, at ACC, 5Oc
soc on the dollar,
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Old santa Fe Engineer killed.

Chanute, Kan, Feb John
Blake, an old Santa Fe engineer. was
killed today by the side rod OF the
engine breaking.
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Smoke. water and fire sale at the
FitweH Shoe company. SOC Kansas
evenue, commencing Thursday, Feb
ruary 9.
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One of the essentials of a. legislat 1lre
is quorum One might presume that
2 quorum was something good to eat
but IL is not It is the Man who is Not
There 1t takes a lot of men and 9th
ers to make a legislature. but on some
occasions, one man makes a quorum
It is nice and pleasant to sit in the
hall of Bills and Expenses and see the
busy chairman trying to raise the
quorum Perhaps the quorum is hid
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-07

Fire smoke and water sale at the
Fitwen Shoe company, commencing
Thursday morning, February g.
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Stubs Will have company If he loses
he can go in the back room and permit
the octopus to fall on his neck and
weep If he wins, it will be up to the
octopus to do something for him, be-
cause the state of Kansas will not.
There Is nothing so disastrous as get
ting down on the wrong side of the
fence. once upon time Mr.. Pringie,
of Usage, feeling the same firm con-
viction that he was getting down into
green pastures, found himself in a
hog chute, with a car backed up to
it. Likewise Mr.. Leland of Doniphan.
who climbed down and was immedi-
ately harpooned by savages.
There are times when a. king would
fain swap jobs with his office boy.
He gets bunions on his brow where
the crown rubs, and the royal ermfne
robe chafes his third vertebra. Some
one builds smudge under the throne
and he discovers that the cushion is
composed of sheet-iron instead of as
bestos. 1t is then that he longs to
rise UP with a whoop. adjourn and
do a ten fat for the Old Swimming
Hole, where he may hide from his sub
Jects- He sympathizes with King Pete
and envies King Leopold. OF such is
the Kingdom of the Kansas Legis-
lature.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-10-20

no matter how resonant. may not be
heard above the rattle and roar of a
train under full speed, and especially
by the passengers.
Smithers does not mean that he
shall have the Opportunity to try.
There are other times and places more
propitious for testing the resoundinR
qualities of a mans lung capacity. and
since 1t concerns their fortunes acute
~. the deteetive is bound to throw his
inhuence against II.
Thus he begins to make his way in
the direction Of the guards door.
Gnithers has already discovered one
thing of interest There IL Q light in
the end section Of the carriage where
all was dark at the last station.
Possibly the fellow has lighted .
lamp in order to read, or 1t may be to
better accomplish his regular duties.
IL . guard on train out OF Havana
may be supposed to have any such
At any rate, this fact SUITS Smith
ers to = DOT. as he may now discover
what course to take. and can in his
own way intimidate the railway man.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-10-20
Skinned Out.

When it became known that the
best shot in the regiment was going
into the jungle to compass the death
of terrible tiger, the surgeon-major
of the regiment. an enthusiastic curo
collector, at once buttonholed him.
Remember. Atkins" said he, II be-
speak the skin at your own price"
"All right, SIR" said Atkins.
The surgeon-major was netting but
terfiies on the outskirts of the jungle.
that evening. when he saw Atkins
running toward him.
Shot him?" shouted the surgeon
major.
Yes, sir!" breathlessly replied the
flying Nimrod.
How much for the skim
Five dollars, sir!"
The doctor gave Atkins the money.
Where's the skim" he cried.
Behind you, sir!" came the reced-
ing answer
The doctor looked, and saw the
skin, with the tiger in it, coming open
mouthed and bleeding from a scratch
where Atkins had "shot" 1t. The doc.
tor didn't get the tigers skin, but the
tiger nearly got the doctors.