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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-07-10

The cable announces that be-
cause of a rate war the fare from
Hamburg to New York has been
reduced to $3.50. This of course
applies to steerage or emigrant
rates. But though it is stated that
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-07-10
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

General Corbin's talk to West Point
cadets need not discourage them. Were
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-07-10

The Advertiser in the course of
a news article about the sale of the
lease of certain lands to Honokaa
Plantation says:
This is a part OF the present
lands of the plantation, and the new
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-07-10

Fine Job Printing, Star once.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-07-10

The fear is expressed in a great
many quarters, and by experienced
men that the keen contests for
county office are likely to have a
disastrous effect on the quality OF
the personnel of the next legisla-
+rra In +La ardo,vo,- =, eac,,re
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-18
CAUSE OF SHORTAGE.
Commerce Commission Investigating
Lack of Freight Facilities.

st. Louis, Dec 1S.-The interstate
commerce commission convened here
today and began an investigation into
the shortage of freight cars. The hear
ing is expected to conclude tomorrow
when the members of the commission
will go to Kansas City and resume the
investigation.
Commissioner c. A. Prouty presided
and witnesses were examined by P. ].
Farrell attorney for the commission.
Prior to the opening of the session
Commissioner PrOuty said:
The interstate commerce commission
Is here to ascertain, if possible if the
shortage of freight cars is due to a
scarcity of engines. or to improper man
agement on the part of the railroads.
We expect to fix the responsibility and
then try to remedy it"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-18
MUST HAVE COAL.
Appeal From People in Reno County
Received.

Carr Taylor, attorney for the state
board Of railroad commissioners. to-
day appealed to the Rock Island rail-
road to send a train load of coal to
southwestern Kansas points. The eff
forts Of Governor Hoch to force the
Rock Island to supply the towns on
that line with coal have been unavail-
ing.
Carr Taylor this morning received
the following telegram from the
Farmers Elevator company, Langdon.
Reno county:
Town is out of fuel. Please take
steps to have a supply sent here at
once"
The complaint recently received by
Governor Hoch was from the town of
Meade. which is also on this line Of
the Rock Island. The indications are
that the Rock Island has not been
sending coal enough into that section
of the state.
Carr Taylor said this morning: ct
certainly looks as though there must
be some sort of mismanage when
the railroad company fails to get a
coal supply into the towns along that
line. The company has had plenty Of
warning OF the impending and actual
shortage, and it ought to take more
radical steps to meet the demand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-18

and as the picture was handed from
one juror to another Mrs. Caldwell
kept her eyes riveted to the floor Not
once during the entire time in which
the jurors were examining the photo
graphs did she glance IN the direction
of the jury box.
Officers of the court say that Mrs.
Caldwell has never looked at these
pictures. Her attorneys have handled
them and made a rigid examination Of
each photograph as It came from the
jury while Mrs. Caldwell sat by their
side. But the accused woman has not
allowed her eyes to rest upon them.
DR.. Neptune, county coroner, was
placed on the stand. DR.. Neptune de-
scribed the wound which caused the
death Of Caldwell He had, been struck
on the head on the left side just in
front of the left ear extending to the
forehead. The skull was crushed and
broken In many places. He gave it as
his opinion as a surgeon that Caldwell
had not moved in his bed after the
first blow was struck and that as many
as seven blows in all must have been
rained on his head.
Sheriff Meyer was the last witness OF
the QaV,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-18
WARNING TO CUBA.
she Must Not Persist in the Revolution
Habit.

Washington. Dec. 1s--'If the insur-
rectionary habit persists. if again the
Cubans divide into armed forces. the
strong hand of our government will
have to be imposed at whatever cost
to life and property, and permanent
peace should then certainly ensue be
cause it should be of our own keep
ing" This IS the statement of the
Cuban situation in the summing up of
tn e special report OF Secretary Taft and
Mr. Bacon. referred to congress.
I'VE hope, however. that no such
drastic remedy Will be needed" the
report continues, ''and that the lesson
taught in this recent experience of the
evil of unjust methods in elections will
not be without its warning to future
governments in Cuba With the pass
age of the proper laws for municipal
governments. for elections, and for the
independence Of the judiciary, and with
the holding OF a fair election under the
auspices OF the United States for the
vacancies effected in accordance with
the compromise recommended, we are
very hopeful that the Cuban republic
may be restored on even more per
manent basis than that which 1t en-
joyed during four years of prosperity
under President Palma.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-18
VOTING BEGINS.
A Large Amount of Insurance Ballot
ing Done by Proxy.

New York, Dec S;-Balloting for new
officers of the New York Life Insurance
company and the Mutual Life Insurance
company began promptly today In the
offices of the New York Life nearly 300
600 ballots were turaed IN before the end
of the first hour. EsrActicahs- AL were cast
by proxies. Representa- tives Of the "ad-
ministration ttckef,S fuade- 8spr of present
officers of the company. turned in 115.O0C
proxies at one time and few moments
later the antf-administration party hand
ed in 10 boxes containing $500 proxies
each. These proxies have not yet been
accepted, however. question as to their
legality having arisen from the fact that
they were handed in by private parties
State Superin tendent OF Insurance kel-
sey was present with several of his dep
uties when the voting began. Superintend-
ent Kelsey has in his possession 100, 900
ballots which he will turn in later in the
day. Those were sent to Mr.. Kelsey di-
rect by policyhOlders.
At the offices of the Mutual Life In
surance company the early voting was
not so heavy. The first ballots deposited
were a lot of about 5000. representing
the foreign proxies held by the present
officials OF the company. A representa-
tive of the company said that a great
many of the foreign proxies came from
Erl-9n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-18

and make dealers sell a pound of any
thing for a pound. That is all very WELL
but 1t will not be great success. We
put our butter UP In sealed packages
which weigh IL ounces. In fact these
packages contain only 1512 ounces or
butter If any whole pound for a
pound law comes in. the Continental
will be the first to conform and get
into the band wagon. At present. the
package, a sanitary measure, must be
paid for You go into a grocery, and
ask for a pound of ordinary butter. The
grocer places on his scales first a piece
OF heavy wrapping paper, next.
wooden dish, and then puts in butter
enough from a tub to barely balance
the sales. AS a matter OF fact, he gives
you less than a pound, because his pa
per and wooden tray are weighed in,
and the tray and paper weigh more
than the half ounce deducted from our
package weight. When the grocer is
forced to give a real pound, then we
viii be glad to come in
AIT- Jensen viii be in Washington all
this week. returning to Topeka next
Sunday or Monday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-18
HALLE RIVES TO WED.
Distinguished Author VIII Marry Post
Wheeler In Toxic.

Chicago, Dec. IA dispatch to the
Record-Herald from Washington, says:
Announcement is made here that Miss
Halle Erminie Rives, the well known
authoress and a cousin Of Amelie Rives.
who is now the Princess Troubetzkoy
of Russia. will be married to Post
Wheeler. a well known magazine and
newspaper writer, at the American en-
bassy at Toxic on Saturday, December
2s.
Mr. Wheeler is now second secretary
of the American embassy to Japan by
recent appointment of President Roose-
welt and was confirmed by the senate
last week The announcement was
made in invitations received from Am
bassador and Mrs. Wright, whose guest
Miss Rives now is at the American en-
bassy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-18
USING FALSE LABELS.
On That Charge Preparer of Meat Ex-
tracts Is Arrested.

New York. Dec. 1s.@John T. Walk
er, a preparer of meat extracts, has
been arrested b. a secret service agent
on the charge of having used counter
felt United States meat inspection
labels on his beef extract. Walker
was arraiened before United States
Commissioner Shields and held in ST.
500 bail for a hearing today
The arrest was the first of the kind
since an act providing that all meat or
meat products must bear a label
showing that they had been inspected
by government inspectors went into
effect on July 1 last.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-18
WILL NOT MAKE UP.
General Booth Denies Reported juno
tion Of Two Armies.

New York, Dec 1S.-General Ballington
Booth. head of the Volunteers of America,
who was reported to be on his way to
England in company with his wife. Maud
Ballington Booth, to visit General Booth 5
father General William Booth, the head
of the Salvation Army. with a view to
reconciliation and the consolidation Of the
two religious bodies, said today that there
was no truth whatever in the story
General Booth said there could be no
possible consolidation of the Volunteers
with the Salvation Army, there being
no common ground on which they could
come together. He added also that there
was no present possibility of reconcilia-
ton between himself and his father.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-18
FREIGHT CARS SMASHED
Wreck in the Rock Island Yards This
Morning.

A freight smashup resulted this MORN
ing from a headon collision between
Santa Fe freight train and two empty
stock cars of the Rock Island that were
standing across the Santa Fe tracks at
the Union Pacific-Santa Fe crossing in
North Topeka.
The engineer of the Santa Fe freight
train did not see the Rock Island cars
standing across the railway crossing till
1t was too late to bring the freight to
stop. The engine crashed into the cars
and smashed them up badly. Aside from
the damage to the equipment there
were no other serious consequences. No
one was injured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-18
WARNING.

Topeka subscribers to the State Jour
nal are again being called upon by all
kind Of solicitors and canvassers who
want to hire" item to take some other
newspaper. There must be something
wrong with the paper which is con-
tinually giving" you pictures, maga-
zines dishes, musical instruments, etc,
etc, or selling you some article at
cost" in order to get you to SUBJ
scribe.
The State Journal has never tried to
sell the public pianos, books, maps
dishes, shrubbery. magazines, diction-
aries. and other merchandise. and in
cidentally throw in the paper for six
months or a year. The mercantile busi-
ness belongs to the merchants Don't
be worked. Take your favorite news
paper and buy your merchandise at the
Topeka stores.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-18
AT POINT OF DEATH.
The shah of Persia Can Not Last Much
Longer

ST. Petersburg. Dec. S.-Dispatches
received here from Teheran today say
that the shah is at the point of death.
The accession of Prince Ali Mira is
expected to pass off quietly and with
out opposition. Great Britain and Rus
STA are aiming in concert in this con-
nection
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-18
BOTH CLAIM VICTORY.
Battle for Control of Big Life Com
panfes Nearing the End.

New York, Dec 1S.-EarIy today both
sides in the fight that has been going
on to obtain control of the New York
Life and the Mutual Life insurance
companies and their vast assets claim
ed victory. It has been a hard bat
tie and the end is not yet. No matter
what the result, Samuel Untermyer. of
the interna tional committee, said that a
legislative investigation would be sought
of the campaign methods used by the
company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-18

St Louis. Dec 1S--Suit was filed in
the circuit court by order OF counsel
representing Governor Folk against the
city of st. Louis to enforce the payment
of a balance of his salary as circuit at
tcrney alleged to be long overdue Gov
ernor Folk claims that he is entitled to
81. $50. So back salary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-18
Charged with Disloyalty.

New Orleans, La, Dec. 18.-The Young
Mems gymnastic club, Of which Police
Commissioner Whitaker is a member
has demanded his resignation. because
he caused the arrest of the clubs bar
tender on a charge of violating the Sun
section Of the clubs bylaws referring
to members detrimental 70 the pros
perity and welfare of the club"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-18
ANOTHER MESSAGE.
President Is Expected to Favor Cal
Hnger ship Subsidy Measure.

Washington. Dec. 1s.-President Roose-
velt's message on ship subsidy, which VIII
be presented to congress shortly after the
Christmas holidays, it is believed. viii sup
port the GallinEer subsidy bill as passed
bv the senate but the house committee
on merchant marine and fisheries prob
ably will report the bill 50 amended that
il will merely cover subventlcn e hliAli
steamers sailing between this country ana
South America and Oriental ports.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-18
THAW TRIAL SET.
Date Has Been Fixed at january 21
Before Justice Fitzgerald.

New York, Dec. 1s.-Harry K. Thaw
will be tried on January 21 on the
charge of the murder Of Stanford White.
according to an order signed by Justice
Newburger today.
The trial will be before Justics
Fitzgerald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-18

Chicago. Dec. 1S-Forecast for
Kansas: Fair tonight and Wednesday;
The Washington times., 1906-11-04
Seventeen Nominations
For Directors Places
Of the Board of Trade
Strong Effort to Inject
New Blood Into the
Organization.

Seventeen nominations for ten
directorships on the board of direc-
tors Of the Washington Board of
Trade have been posted on the bull
letion board in the rooms of that
organization. The nominations close
tomorrow night and on November
- ten directors will be elected. Fol
lowing the usual custom, the ten
directors whose terms expire this
year have been renominated. They
are Henry F. Blount, W. V. Cox, r.
y. Harper, John B. Larner. +. L.
Moore, Theodore w Noyes, r. Ross
Perry, J. II. Small. ir., George NJ.
Sternberg, and 3. IL. Warner The
new nominees are f. c. Graham, f.
l.. Siddons, Byron S. Adams, Scott
c. Bone, William T. Galliher. John
J.. Weaver, and Edgar ID. Shaw.
The seven members of the board who
The Washington times., 1906-11-04
BLACK DESPERATE.
EVADING SLEUTHS.
ESCAPES ON TRAIN
Believed to Be Jesse Coe,
Alleged Murderer of In
dianapoIiS Officer.

Jesse Coe, the negro, who on the night
ot September 30 Is said 20 have shot and
killed Policeman Charles Russell. Of In
dianapOns, n cold blood. made a dra-
matte escape BY jumping on a Ralti-
more and Ohio freight train in this city
yesterday, according to detectives OF
the Webster bureau, Of indianapolis.
who last night traced him as far rs Ia
koma Park
That COe vas in the vicinity OF BaIu-
moro was discovered several days ago
by Detective @. J, Roberts. Of the Web
ster agency. The detective ran on TO
the clue accidentally while he was max
ing an arrest ii the Monumental CITY.
His partner. Charles Beaumouth, and
other detectives came to Washington,
and after keeping watch Of all Balu-
more and Ohio freight trains for several
days, were rewarded for their efforts
Yesterday afternoon, Rhen Coe was dis
covered in a box car
He was arrested by one OF the de-
tectiyes. but after q desperate struggle
gained his freedom.
Following the negros escape I'm the
railroad yards, Detective Roberts Jump
ed on a passenger train and went 10
rakoma Park. lie arrived before the
freight train, -but as 1t passed through
Talouma IL was speeding at a rate which
made il impossible for him to board the
car. Roberts is positive that the
negro is Coe.
The detective Immediately communi-
Gated with Police Headquarters in
Washington, and dispatch was sent 10
Bristol, Ma. 10 arrest Coe when the
train arrived. At late hour last night
nothing had been heard from Bristol.
The murder with which COe Is charg-
ed. was a most brutal one. the officer
having been shot down without any
chance of defending himself. The negro
is know in Indianapolis az a des-
perate criminal. and would take any
means 10 gain his liberty. A reward Of
$500 has been offered for his arrest.
The indianapolis detectives also sig
niied their intention of taking I'D the
case of Frank Robinson, the negro, who
on .he night of October 20 shot and
killed Charles Smith. in Alexandria.
Detective Roberts left on the first train
for Bristol this morning.
The Washington times., 1906-11-04
Football Results

Georgetown, 4; North Carolina, o.
George Washington, q; Randolph
Macon, 0.
Gallaudet, 81; Rock HHI. 0.
Tome Institute, "a; Army and Navy
Preps, 0.
Bucknell, 1g; Virginia. 5.
Michigan. 10; VaE1zrt6iiit. l.
Laurel, %; savase, 0.
V. NJ. L., 80; University OF Mary
land. g.
Indians. 8; Syracuse. l.
Pennsylvania State, s; Navy, 0.
Holy Cross, S; Fordham. 5.
Princeton. AZ; Dartmouth. 0.
Yale, 10; West Point. s.
Yale Freshmen, 21; Exeter, 0.
Harvard, 3; Brown. 8.
Cornell, q; Western University OF
Pennsylvania. Q.
Lehigh, o; Dickinson. o.
Central High School OF Philadelphia,
81; Baltimore City College. s.
Pennsylvania Freshmen, i2; Cornell
Freshmen, 0.
swarthmore. Is: Johns Hopkins, o.
Villanova. So; Aggies. s.
Amherst, II; Aggies, 8.
Virginia Polytechnic. IS: Roanoke. 0. |
Wesleyan, 5; Springfield Training, 0. |
Minnesota. l3; Nebraska, 0.
Lafayette, IA; Washington and Jef.
ferson. 6.
The Washington times., 1906-11-04
MRS. COLTON'S WILL
WAS SPIRITED OFF.
DECLARE LAWYERS
Frisco Attorney Charged
With Taking Document
to California.

Did or did not Walter J. Bartnett.
a San Francisco attorney. by fraud
ulent means spin away from the
jurisdiction of the Washington
courts the will of the late Mrs. e.
len NJ. Cotton, widow of Gen. David
d. Cotton, former Partner of Coils
J.. Huntington, George Crocker, and
a coterie of California miIlionaires
in the building of the Southern Pa
cific railroad, the contest over
whose S1,O0O,OOO estate has already
created widespread interest and
promises to develop one of the most
sensational and bitterly fought
legal battles ever brought before a
Washington tribunal?
Child Crosses Ocean.
This charge. and others of coercion.
undue influence and fraud in procuring
the will, form the basis of a petition
which Attorneys r Golden Donaldson
and r. ". Parker have filed with Judge
Ashley NJ. Gould. of the District Probate
Court on behalf OF the little six-year-
old contestant. Helen Beatrice Sacher.
the late Mrs Colton's eat-grandchild.
who has journeyed from her dead
mothers home in Paris, France. to fight
for what she regards as her birthright
The petition is supplementary 10 the one
filed with the courts on October 13,
which contained the original sensational
charges that the aged Mrs. Cotton. bed
ridden. racked with pain. of unsound
mind. and suffering from a fatal disease,
was wrongfully eoereed by Walter j.
Bartuett. John B. Dahlgren, and Mrs
Caroline Martin Dahlgren. the surviving
daughter of Mrs Cotton. into signing
4 will not her own. and not in any way
her declared intention or pro-
viding amply for the child OF her fav-
Jrite grandchild
Photographic Copy of Will.
Attached to the second petition is the
most remarkable exhibit vet presented
in evidence. it is a Photographic COPY
Of win Purporting to BE a rue copy
Continued on Eighth Page)
The Washington times., 1906-11-04

In view of the fact that Mrs.
Columbus Alexander has been
prevailed upon by Mrs. c. F.
Russell and the members of Mrs.
Russelps family who came to
town for this special object, to
exonerate from suspicion Mrs.
Russell, who, together with
members of my family, make
up the entire DumbartOn house
hold. it does seem to me no
more than right that the police
should be allowed a full investi-
CATION of the theft of $1,000
from Mrs. Columbus Alexander.
james E. Alexander, grand
son of Mrs. Columbus Alexan-
der.
The Washington times., 1906-11-04
New York Candidates Almost Exhausted;
Money Floods State For Last DAYS Work
through Horoscope of
Hearst S Forces.

The entire Democratic ticket
will be elected next Tuesday,
and the city of New York will
be in its own place at the head
of the Democratic column
Charles F. Murphy.
Mr.. Hughes will come down
to the Bronx with a majority of
10000. Mr.. Hearst will carry
Greater I.ew York by 100000.
| base my estimate along the
lines of a careful canvass and a
complete knowledge of the sit
uation. The election next Tues
day will be a Hearst tidal wave.
Chairman ConnorS.
The Washington times., 1906-11-04
Ne1V Nominees.
E. G. Graham
F. L. SiddOnS
Byron S. Adams
Scott &. Bone
William T. Galliher
John /. Weaver
Edgar NJ. Shaw

have been newly placed in nomination
Tor directors represent the telling Of a
large number OF the membership that
it would be To the best interest Of the
organization 20 inject some new blood
into the board OF directors, and put some
men on the board who are in full SYM
pathy with the spirit OF the Greater
Washington movement. The nomina-
tions have been made. not IN the spirit
OF any personal antagonisms nor per-
sonal feeling. but because mf ny Of the
members have considered it advisable
to step aside from the path or custom
-re-electing all the old directors-and
push forward with the new movement
Continued on Tenth Page.)
The Washington times., 1906-11-04
POLICE TO DRILL
FOR FLAG TROPHY

Inspectors Cross and Gessford. of the
Police Department, aud Col. Burton r.
Ross, constituting the board OF inspec-
ton which annually awards the Tag
trophy to the most efficient command
under Major Sylvester. viii begin vis-
iting the various precincts on Tuesday.
November 20. Drills. alignments, dis
tances. steadiness, salute. general de
meanor, and appearance of the stations
and men are what the bOar1 will base
IFS decision upon.
Major Sylvester yesterday issued the
order for the inspection, which will con-
tinuC fOI three days The flag will be
presented to the winning command BY
Commissioner MaOfarland Immediately
after decision is reached.