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The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-08
THE FIRST L,ALLOON
RT ult Of the Experiments OK tho
MontEUIncr Brothers.

RT Ult Of the Experiments OK tho
NontEuIner brothers..
Proceeding on the principle that heat
cd air expands nnd SO becomes lighter,
bulk for bulk. than air at the ordinary
temperature, the brothers Stephen and
Joseph MontgOlncr filled paper bag
with heated uir, which rose to the cell
ing OF the room. This preliminary sue
cess was rapidly followed UP, and they
gradually Increased the size Of the bal
looms experimental With until they
were so satisfied with their progress
that IN 1888 they gave a public exhibit
zion, sending up Il linen balloon 1O5 feet
'@ir:uMtrrrncc, Which was inila ted
fire supplied with small buutilcS
ed straw. The balloon succeed
nd tilcir utmost expectation and
sing TO Il height or over G,O0O
seconded ten minutes after I'm
'lc and Il half away. The
"ricd Il car in which
>; and q duck.
S further expert
llatre de RoZicr and
.rlandcs to risk their
lg the first ascent In tho
'nderful machine. Their
.:.h was forty-iive feet in
q scvcnty-iivc feet high ana
cd with hot air, passed over
great aStonishmcnt Of tho !
%ng an altitude OF half
as then for the first !
regulating the as
ne balloon The first |
ii by others, and |
ascend, was also
'~" In this man-
com
noon
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-08

Children like Kennrdy's Laxative Ho:,.
oy md Tar. The ploasantcst and best
cough syrup to take, because it. contains
no opiatcs. Sold by Pickcns Drug Co.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-08

When you want pleasant laxative
TINT ia easy to take and certain to"ct. use
Chamherlain's Stomach and Liver tab
let's. For snle by Hickens Drug Co. md
II. N. Hunter Liberty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28
CARNEGIE GIVES $4,000.
Baker University Subscribcs a Like
Amount for Library Fund.

Baldwin, Kan, Nov. 2s-Eight months
ago Mr.. Carnegie proposed to give $25,-
600 to the library fund of Baker uni
versity when our friends had subscrib-
ed a like amount. This morning at the
chapel exercises President Murlin an
nounced that subscriptions had been
secured aggregating S25954. The build
ing has cost $45, 900 and the new en-
dowment added to the old endowment
makes a total of about 1000 that
Baker has invested in this building and
its endowment.
President MurIin said that the past
year had brought occasion for special
reasons why the friends of Baker uni
versity should give thanks: that while
for several years past there had been
encouraging outlook for equipment and
service, the past year had been by far
the best of all During the past six
years about $4,000 has been added in
the way of endowment. new buildings,
and equipment and the total attendance
has increased from a little over 500 to
more than 1000. 1t is especially crafty
ing that the most of this increase has
been in the college department, the at
tendance here increasing from 12S to
almost 500 this year
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28
ERCROWDING OFCARS
Chicago Begins a Crusade Against
Elevated Railways.

Chicago. Nov. 2S.=A record of 1872
persons killed and 2.271 others injured
on the surface and elevated traction
lines of Chicago since January l last
gives impetus to the crusade against
the overcrowding of cars which was
begun by the officials of the city yes
terday.
The police, afoot and mounted. will
assume measure of control over the
operation of traction lines. Granting
the expected permission" from the
corporation counsel. the force under
Chief Collins will undertake the task
of preventing the overcFowding of all
s.I.'' trains and the blocking of surface
cars within the loop, beginning tonight.
It is planned to place uniformed pO-
licemen on every station of the loop.
Just how many passengers will be per-
nitted on each car has not been de-
cided, but the suggestion was made
that not more than one and one-half
times the seating capacity OF each car
should be acceptable as safe.
That every car leaving the loop
during the rush hours last night had
far overIapped the safe" limit under
this stipulation was plain. The aver
age seating capacity of the cars used
in the elevated trains IS fifty-six. A
count of the passengers on the cars
showed that the average was between
125 and 1875, while some cars. with
their OvercrOWded platforms, carried
as many as $50 and $50.
It Is planned to divide the police
forces for the supervision of surface
and elevated car traffic into two squads
the mounted police to prevent team
sters from blockading surface cars and
patrolmen to prevent the OVercroWdlng
of IL trains.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28
CROWELL STILL ALIVE.
santa Fc Engineer Who Was Shot Is
in Critical Condition.

Kansas City, No. Nov 2S-Milton
Crowell, the Santa Fe engineer who
inrerfered when a hack driver was
beating his team early yesterday
morning. and who was later shot
through the chest by Edward Shaw, a
youth. and a friend of the hack driver
was reported this morning to still be
in a critical condition He is at St
Joseph's hospital. He is in about the
same condition that he was when
brought to the hospital and there is
uncertainty as yet as to whether he
has a chance to recover.
Edward Shaw. who did the shoot
ing, was removed from police head
quarters this morning to the county
jail I shot that man in self defense,
he said last night in talking of the af-
fray. II am not SO sorry for him as I
am for his wife and daughter. / aimed
to shoot high and miss him, but 1 had
been drinking a little too much my
self and the bullet did not go where I
intended that it should"
Later he gave a more detailed ac-
count of his version of the shooting.
I went into the saloon and was
spoke to me in threatening manner.
I thought perhaps he was a hack
driver and I knew that they had 1t in
for us boys. so 1 edged Off Then he
came nearer and put his hand in his
hip pocket. I thought he was going
after his gun, so I pulled mine and
fired. backed out of the saloon and
that mans friends followed me. Even
after the policeman had disarmed me
little fat man came up and started
to draw a gun, but he did not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28
MILLION OR LIFE.
John ID. Rockefeller Threatened
by Crazy Woman.
Demanded Big Sum at Point of
Revolver.
WAS GIVEN A CHECK.
Officers Arrested Mrs. Handf1eld
When She Presented 1t.
Claimed Husband Had Been
Ruined by the Standard.

New York, Nov. 28.-Charged with
threatening to kill John D. Rockefeller
unless he paid her a million dollars,
Mrs. Rose Delina Beauvois Handfeld,
40 years old, was arrested today in front
of the office of the Guardian Trust
company in lower Broadway. The ar
rest was made on a warrant issued by
police magistrate.
At the district attorneys office Mrs
Handfield said that her husband had
been in the oil business, but that he
had been ruined by the Standard Oil
company Mrs. Handfeld is charged
with having forced herself into the
office of Mr.. Rockefeller's secretary
last Friday and declared that she want
ed a million dollars and that if she did
not get it forthwith she would kill
Mr.. Rockefeller and burn down the
building where the coppany's offices
are located. It is charged she displayed
a revolver Some one in the Standard
Offices made out a check for $1.000,000
drawn to Mrs. Handfield's order and
payable at the Guardian Trust compa
ny She accepted it, but was followed
to the offices of the trust company
NJ. Barrett, cashier of the trust COM
pany had been notified not to cash the
check and when Mrs. Handfield pre-
sented it. said the company did not
have the amount of money handy at
that time.
Wednesday,. Mrs. Handheld agreed to
do so and departed. Officials of the
Standard Oil company and the Guard
ian Trust company notified the dis
trict attorneys office and warrant
for the arrest of Mrs. Handfield was
issued by a magistrate. When Mrs.
Handfield appeared today she was
taken to the district attorneys Office
and questioned. The district attorney
afterwards would not permit Mrs.
Handf1eld to talk to anyone.
When arraigned in police court,
Mrs. Handfield said she had gone to
Mr. Rockefeller's Office with the pur-
pose of saving his soul. or if he refused
to have his soul saved. to save it for
him ''by blood atonement." She had
a revolver. She said she was "a saint
of the sun, moon and water" and that
she controlled them all
Herman ETa19dfieid, foreman of a
trunk factory. the woman,s husband,
said that his wife had been acting in
a peculiar manner for some time. He
declared that he had not been ruined
by the Standard Oil company. nor had
he ever mad dealings with that com
-Pany.
Mrs. Handfeld was sent to Belle
view hospital for observation as to her
mental condition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28
IS SLAIN BY HIS WIFE.
Plea Of Self Defense Made by Wife of
H. H. Read Of CoTey County.

Burlington, Kan, Nov 2S.-Captain
Horatio H. Read was shot and killed
by his wife at his home four miles
southeast of Burlington, Tuesday. After
the shooting Mrs Read and her son
dragged the body to a chicken house
some distance away, where they placed
a pillow under the head and drove to a
neighbor's house. whence they sent
word to the officers.
-TheFe were no witnesses to the shoot
ing Mrs Read says that her husband
had recently purchased a revolver and
that she had hid 1t from him because
she felt that he might az any time kill
himself or her with it. When he came
home Tuesday he demanded the revolv-
er from her, she says, but she refused
to give it to him. Then he walked out
on the back porch after a corn knife
to enforce his demands when she grab
bed the revolver from it's hiding place
and began firing at him.
Four of the shots took effect in the
husbands body. One passed through
The right hand, one entered just above
and one just below the heart and one
in the head.
The inquest is being held today but
UP to the hour of 2 o'clock nothing ma
teriaily new had developed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28
WARE AS POSTMASTER
He VIII Weld the Gavel at Commercial
Club Banquet.

Newspaper men in tfhe counties sur
rounding Shawnee and the secretaries
or .Jres idents of the commercial organi-
cations in these same counties are to
be the guests of the Topeka CONNER
cfal club at its annual banquet to be
held on the evening of Topeka day, De-
cember 5. This was decided upon at
the meeting of the special committee
having charge of the arrangements for
the affair which was held yesterday af-
ternoon About so guests will be invi-
ted and the indications are that the
most successful ones which has been
held by the organization.
All of the members of the committee.
Major Tom Anderson its chairman, J.
w Robinson. Guilford Dudley. Robert
stone and John G. Waters, were pres
the members of the club had subscrib-
ed already for 142 plates. SO of which
the members will use themselves and 49
for outside guests. Mr.. Robinson was
designated as a committee of one to
make arrangement with some hotel in
the city for holding the banquet
It is proposed to have the festivities
begin as early as O'Clock in the ev-
ening and have them concluded by II
o'clock. Eugene F. Ware was decided
on as POSTMASTER for the occasion and
he will be introduced with a brief ad-
dent of the club. The toast list and
those who respond is still In the max
ing. Some of the subjects decided on
are: Topeka" Kansas" "Our Own
Washburn-' to which Prof o. B.
Towne. win be invited to respond. It
Topekan respond to the toast, "Tope-
ka.s and there was talk among the COM
mitteemen today OF inviting some high
school boy to reply to this toast.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

recent benedcent snow and rainfalls
haye not only doubtless materially i'm
proved the situation there but proved
OF lncalculable benefit to the growing
wheat elsewhere. The highest average
condition Is los for Thomas county;
Greeley reports 104s Rocks 103. era
nam and Wallace each 102. and nine
teen others each 100. the general aver
or 1873 points above that reported at
about the same date for the growing
wheat of one year ago, and higher
tnan al any similar time within the
past few years. Reports indicate that
the area sown is considerably increased,
correspondents agreeing quite unani-
mously upon this.
Corn-Corn yielded 18I, ,021, PA bushels.
which is 349s. 1873 bushels less than in
1905. It's value is S65, lis. .203. and it is
the third most valuable crop ever rais-
ed in the state, surpassed only by the
1905 crop. which was worth So, sos, ,381
more. and by the crop of 1902. AL
though this years wheat crop is the
most valuable ever raised in the state
the years yield Of corn outvalues il
by nearly ten million dollars. Thirty
four counties report average yields OF
so or m0re bushels per acre, these larg-
er yields being reported in the eastern
counties and those counties in the south
central portion of the state which are
particularly and justly famed as greaf
wheat producers. Wyandotte leads with
Al bushels, followed by Johnson with 40,
Doniphan with 80, Harvey, Pottawat-
omie and Sumner each with 36. and
Cowfey, Brown, Douglas, Reno and Wa
baunsee each with 30 bushels per acre
Forty-six counties show aggregate
yields. of over two million bushels each;
Marshall, which last year ranked Sec
ond. leading with 6.328, sos bushels, fol-
lowed by Nemaha with 5, 400. $50 bushels
Reno third with 4.777.290 bushels, Jew
ell. which in the three presiding years
ranked first, this year occupying fourth
place with 1895, 500 bushels. and Sedg-
wick ranking fifth with 4.505.424 bush
els. The value of Marshall county's
corn yield this year, $2,278, 1853. 80. IS
greater than the value of the yield of
any county since 1902 This years crop
was harvested from 1854. .5S5 acres
215, ,220 acres or 3.16 per cent less than
the 1905 acreage The average yield per
acre for the entire state was 2S.4 bush
els.
A summary of the yields and values. Of
the years crops, and live stock. is as FOL
lows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28
CARUSO WILL SING.
Believed That His First Appearance
Will Can Forth Demonstration.

New York, Nov. 2S-=Unless some
thing unforeseen turns up, Enrico Ca
ruso the Metropolitan opera house
tenor. who was found guilty of annoy
ing women. will appear in his opening
engagement as Rodolfo in La Bo-
heme" tonight Caruso attended a
rehearsal at the opera house yesterday
and later Herr Conried announced that
the tenor's voice was entirely well
again and that he would sing tonight.
No precautions will be taken by the
management Of the opera house to
prevent any unfavorable demonstra-
ton Herr Conried, it was said. pre-
ferred to leave that TO the good sense of
the America people
Among Caruso's friends il is the be-
lief that his first appearance far from
resulting in a hostile demonstration,
will call forth a great ovation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

covered. They were unable to get out
as the door was apparently locked.
Their cries attracted the attention of
policemen and the basement door was
broken in. The men poured out Of the
basement like rats from the trap.
The firemen called to those in the
windows not to jump until the nets
could be stretched. but all to little
avail, for as fast as the flames roared
nearer to the windows men Jumped
and were picked up crushed and un-
conscious below. The fire swept
through the second and third floors
and damaged the structure to the esti-
mated extent Of $500. 1t was an old
building. The cause of the fire has
not yet been ascertained.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28
A TOWN DESTROYED.
Tutupec, in Province of Tehauntepec,
Inundated by the River.

San Francisco, Nov. 28.-James
Donnell. a coffee planter who arrived
here yesterday on the steamer San
Juan from Guatemala. tells Of the de-
struction of the little town of Tutupec
during a hurricane which recently
ravag ged The neighboring coast Tutu-
pee lies in an out of the way part OF
Tehuantepec, and its population
amounts to about 5000.
When the hurricane was at its
height the town was inundated by a
rise In the river on which it is sit
uated and all of the buildings were
washed away. The inhabitants sought
refuge in trees. but many OF them
were washed away during the night.
The news so far received from the
scene of the disaster is not very
definite in its character as regards
loss of life but It is known that fully
fifty people were drowned. Nearly all
of the buildings in the town were
swept away by the food
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28
RAD FOR THANKSGIVING.
The Weather Bureau Holds Out No
Encouraging Reports.

According to the latest forecast of
which has been visiting Topeka and
vicinity all week will end just a day
too soon for Thanksgiving. The local
forecast is for showers tonight and
tomorrow. The extent of the rain is
not known at this time but it will
probably not be a very heavy rain.
The weather today in Topeka has
been very pleasant. However, it has
been quite cloudy most of the time
and the approaching rain is apparent
from the looks of the clouds. But lit
tie wind is blowing today, a slight
trace, however. being found coming
from the east at the rate of three miles
an hour The following are the tenn
peratures which have been recorded
for Topeka by the local weather sta
fiOn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28
AMMON IS FREED.
Get Rich Quick Lawyer Is Released
From New York Penitentiary.

New York. Nov. 2S-Lawyer Rob-
ert 4. Ammon. who was convicted in
June, 1903, of receiving $50, 500 of the
three-fourths of a million dollars stol-
en- from the victims of the Franklin
syndicate by William F. Miller has
been released from Sing Sing prison.
AmmOn was sentenced to imprison-
ment for not less than four years nor
more than four years and six months.
Ammon declared that he was an in
nocent man and he was going to work
to prove it. if it took 20 years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28
At the Crcmerie Tomorrow.

The best way to celebrate Thanks
giving is to take your family to the
you can have much or not so much as
dictated by your purse. and appetite
The menu Will be elaborate and com
plete suitfng the most widely varied
to 1880 O'Clock. Concert by mandoIin
orchestra.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28
I7or M-hoIesnIe Murder.

Philadelphia. Pa. Nov. 2S.-Bridget
Carey, aged 30 years. was arrested last
night by detectives and coroner's Of
hcials charged with killing by poison
five persons in order to secure the i'm
surance on their lives Htr husband
and two children are among the sl-
legged VictinnA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28
SHE GETS A DUKE.
Engagement of Daughter of Canal
Chairman Announced.

New York. Nov. 2s.-A dispatch to
the Times from Paris reports the en-
gagement of the Due De Chaulens Et
De Picquigny and Miss TheodOria
Shonts. the younger daughter of Theo-
dore Shonts. the chairman of the Pan
a man canal commission. The duke
was born in Paris in 1878. He has
chateau in the Department of the
Sarthen. He comes of an old and dis
tinguished family.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28
Brought $50, 600 to His Backers.

New Orleans, Nov 28--Dry Dollar
al 20 to l took the first race at the fair
grounds. bringing in about $4,000 to
the fortunate ones who backed him.
The riding of Jockey Nicol. with
winner, three seconds and a third in
the first five races was one of the fea-
lures Weather clear; track fast.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28
FRENCHSHlPSRECALLED
Squadron Did Not Go to Tangier
After All.

Toulon. Nov. 2S.-It became known
this morning that the squadron of
Saint Louis and Carlemagne accom-
panied by the transport Lanive. which
left Toulon early this morning for
Tangier, was recalled by search light
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28
RUMSEY GETS NO REST.
Chicago & Alton Detectives Try to
saddle Him Wit, More Crimes.

Marshall. Mo-. Nov. 2s.-The pre-
lirninary hearing Of Jesse Clyde Rum
sev of Chicago. the confessed train
robber. set for this morning, was post
poned until tomorrow morning.
The Chicago & Alton detectives
who secured Rumsey's confession yes
terday continued today to question the
prisoner regarding other crimes.
which they profess to believe he has
committed.
1t IS said that the detectives believe
Rumsey IS also guilty. with others, of
and that they expect to
involve several men in the latter
crime, before he is placed on trial
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YVrafIler Trdicaflons.

Chicago. Nov. 2s.-Forecast for kan
sas: Rain tonight and Thursday;
warmer tonight.
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NUMBERS AND VALUES OF LIVE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-28

*Product of 1905.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-12
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING.

Cleveland defeated New York at American
League grounds yesterday by a score Of o to 3
in an interesting game. The Westerners brought
fine assortment of bats with, them and used
them hard on ChesbrO and Newton But for
two unexcusabIe errors by Elberfeld the score
would have been much closer and the High
landers might even have pulled out a victory
Hess, who was in the box for Cleveland. had
fine CONTROL with the exception of the ninth
inning when he was touched UP for three
doubles and single. The HighlanGers made a
bold effort to pull the game out Of the hre IN
this inning, but their rally came too late.
One Of the finest catches seen on the grounds
was made by Delehanty in the third inning.
Clarke hit line drive far over into ConrOy's
territory. Delehanty was off with the ball. and
making a hard sprint soOoped up the ball with
one hand on a dead run few feet from the
ground Lajoie also distinguished himself in the
field He caught a line drive with one hand
frore La Porte's bat after jumping several feet
in the air.
Cleveland scored twice In the third inning on
singles by Hess and Bay a base on balls by
Flick and Laioies double. New York made
one run In the third inning, when KletnaTd,
two more in the sixth inning after two men
were out Elberfeld fumbled Laioies easy tap
and the runner safe on first ROSSman
walked CongaltonS single scored Lajole. and
Rossman crossed the plate when Turner hit for
two bases. The WesternerS added two more tai
lies in the eighth inning by consecutive hitting.
Delehanty, Conroy and Kleinard doubled and
Floerfeld singled for New York in the last Inn
ing two runs coming in before Cleveland tight
ened up and ended the game. The score follows: