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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-05
UP TO NEAR so DEGREES.
weather Is An That Could Be Desired
Today.

Fail still continues to Ioll in the lap
of winter and from the temperature to-
day everything indicates that summer
itself is flirting some with the seasons
The minimum temperature for the day
was reached at seven o'clock this morn
ing when the Thermometers chronicled
the fact that thirty was the best that
could be done for low temperature. The
mercury has been steadily rising ever
since until at two o'clock it has reached
As and the indications are that it will
reach a higher point before it begins to
recede for the night temperatures.
There is a sixteen mile an hour wind
blowing from the northwest which IS
tempered with the warmth of spring
The weather man says that fair weather
will prevail for the remainder of the day
and that there viii be a slight fall in
the temperature during the night, with
a nice portion of fair and warmer
weather for Saturday. The hourly tenn
r,a- for 4r,In
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-05
CANT ASSESS LEASES.
Oil and Gas Lands Under Dominion of
Counties.

Oil and gas leases owned by pipe line
companies. and used for the purpose of
furnishing the material to be transport
ed in the pipes, can not be assessed by
the state board of railroad assessors,
but must be handled by the county as
SCISSORS of the various counties, accord
ing to the opinion rendered today by
Attorney General Coleman to State
Auditor Seth Wells.
The opinion was asked for by County
Clerk Samuel MeMurtry of Montgomery
county, who wrote to State Auditor
Wells to the effect that there was
uncertainty in the minds of the county
officials as to the proper method of as
sessing the oil and gas leases. Some
thought that they should be assessed by
the state board Of railroad assessors
which have the task of assessing the
pipe lines owned by the same companies
which own the oil and gas leases
Auditor Wells referred the matter to
the attorney general, and the attorney
general holds that the state board Of
railroad assessors has no authority to
assess oil or gas leases except tsuchI leases
are obtained for the purpose of securing
the right of way for pipe lines.
It is held that the leases on land hav-
ing oil or gas wells that furnish oil or
gas to pipe lines must be assessed by
the local assessors Such leases are
not held to be used in connection with
the operation of the pipe line. Land on
which storage tanks are located shall
be assessed by the state board of rail
road assessors, because it is held that
such lands are used in direct connec-
ton with the operation of pipe lines.
This ruling gives to the county as
SCISSORS in the oil and gas counties the
right to assess nearly all of the gas
and oil property. 1t is not likely to
make any material change in the man
ner in which property was assessed at
the last assessment, for in nearly all
cases, the oil and gas leases were as
sessed by the local assessors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-05
APPEAL TO ROOSEVELT.
To Save Life of New Jersey Woman
Condemned to Death.

Hackensack, N. T.. Jan. 5.-An appeal to
save Mrs. Antoinette TOlla of this city
from being hanged on Jan. Z, is said to
the Susan B. Anthony club of Cincinnati.
In this appeal the following question was
asked:
Can a woman be hanged in New Jersey
for defending her honor in her own
hOme2"
The message is said to have been sign
ed by Mrs. Sarah M Siewers, NJ D., as
president OF the club.
Mrs. Tolla, who is a young woman, shot
an italian who, she said, attempted to at
tack her in her own home. A jury found
her guilty of murder.
Mrs Tolla still entertains hope that the
United States supreme court will inter
vene and grant a stay of execution in her
case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-05
MORALES IMPEACHED
This Is Regarded as Eliminating Him
From Dominican Affairs.

Washington, Jan. 5.-The secretary
of war today received the following
cablegram from Colonel Cotton, the
comptroller and general receiver of
Dominican customs, dated Santo Do
mingO January 2:
Carlos F. Morales legally inpeach-
ed today by congress. Raymond Ca
ceres acting in accordance with the
constitution pending final action pro-
ceeding. supreme court. This elimin-
ates Carlos F. Morales from the situa-
ton and leaves without question the
legality of Raymond Caceres' govern
ment. The government acting in con-
servatism and adhering to the consti-
tuition. Peace conditions as reported
yesterday. Carlos F. Morales not yet
heard from"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-05
PAVING CASE IS APPEALED.
ConeyviIIe Having Trouble About
Street Improvement.

A lot of the property owners of Coffey-
vile are making a fight against a paw
ing proposition in that town and today
appealed their case to the supreme court.
In the lower court they claimed that the
contract was not valid and that the brick
and curbing used in the pavement was
not up to the requirements of the speci-
fications. On this ground they hope to
have the entire paving assessment wiped
out.
The lower court decided. however, that
the city has right to collect the assess
ment and denied the restraining order
which was asked for.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-05
EARTH OPENED.
EnguIfed Ten Houses. Bringing Death
to Many.

Rome. Jan Sat Genzano. in
province of Polenza, the earth suddenly
opened. engulfng ten houses and shat
tering many others Many persons were
buried in the ruins. Fourteen dead
bodies have been recovered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-05

From Manhattan a lawsuit over 500
peach trees was this morning appealed
to the Supreme court S B. Moore.
the agent for the Mount Arbor Nursery
company sued H. Strong for $3.50 for
500 peach trees which he claimed TO
have sold Strong. Strong refused to
pay on the ground that the trees We're
not what he ordered The lower court
gave Moore a verdict Tor S16S ard
Stro0g aDpeals the case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-05
LEE JONES. STORE IS SOLD.
C. NJ. KnowItOn Buys the Old Stock
from DR.. NIcClintock.

c. NJ. Knowlton, who for a number
Of years conducted a drug store near
Eighth avenue on Kansas avenue. has
purchased the stock or goods at the
old Lee Jones stand, near the corner
Of Fourth street. of DIT. J. c. Nc
ClintOck
The stock viii be Thoroughly over
hauled and replenished, the store re-
painted, and Mr- Knowlton expects to
conduct an up-to-date drug store at
this location
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-05
PREPARING FOR WAR.
Great Activity Among the United
States Troops at Manila.

Manila, Jan. 5.=Great activity pre-
walls among the troops in the garri-
sons at Manila Three regiments are
under field orders. in view of possible
eventualides in China.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-05
CONFESSES TO MURDER
Placed Victims Body on Railroad
Track to Hide Crime.

Chicago. Jan. 5.-Wiliam J. Moran.
aged 19 years, confessed today to the
killing last night of Robert Collier, agea
n wears. during a quarrel, after which
Moran says he placed Golfers body On
the railroad track with the hope that
passing train would hide the evidence OF
the crime.
The accidental discovery of the body
before a train had passed. disclosed the
fact that Collier had been killed BY
pistol bullet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-05
Temnerafures of 80 CIfies-

Chicago. Jan. 81 a. m tempera-
lures. New York, 38; Boston. 40; Phil
adelphia, 40; washington, 36; Chicago,
Is; Minneapolis, 26; Cincinnati, S2; St.
Louis. a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-05
CURTIS OFFERS BILL.
To Permit Grazing Leases on western
Land.

Washington, Jan. 5.-Representative
Curtis of Kansas introduced a bill to
permit grazing leases on western lands.
1t allows lElses for periods of five years
under rules prescribed by the secretary
of the interior
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-05
.InIlann Hoch Aslzs a Rehearing.

Springfield. H.. Jan. 5.-Attorneys for
Johann Hoch. who is under sentence OF
death in Chicago for wife murder, today
fled in the state supreme court, a mo
ti0n for a rehearinig Of the case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-05
At the Grand Tomorrow.

Charles b. Hanford and his company
viii present '.Ingomar'' at the Grand to-
morrow afternoon and THE Tanning of
the ShreW'' tomorrow night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-05

Did he serve in the army -
ftSerVe2 I understand he did. He was a
waiter in the commanding general mess
tent. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-05
WeatIler IndIcatlons.

Chicago Jan. 5.-Forecast for kan
sas: Fair tonight and Saturday; colder
tonight
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-02-09
Wed i'm White House
Executive Mansion Has Been Scene
Of Many National Social Events
Especial Correspondence.)

President and Mrs. Roosevelt in
announcing the engagement of their
Nicholas Longworth, the brilliant
young congressman from Ohio, add
another chapter to the romances Of
the historic white house.
Weddings at the white house are
Of such rare occurrence that they are
recorded as great national social
events.
The coming marriage Of President
Roosevelt's daughter naturally recalls
former weddings at the white house
during the last fifty years, notably
the international marriage Of Nellie
Grant and Algernon Sartoris while
Gen. Grant was president Happily,
the circumstances surrounding Nellie
Grants wedding are not applicable to
the courtshlp and the approaching
nuptials of Miss Alice Roosevelt. The
marriage OF Miss Roosevelt to Mr.
Longworth Is not only heartily sane.
toned by her devoted father, but II
meets with the cordial approval Of
the whole nation. Such was not the
case on Nellie Grants wedding day
1t is understood that Miss Roosevelt
Is to be married in the east room
and that the ceremony will surpass
any event Of similar nature in the
annals Of the white house, so far as
social festivities are concerned.
There have been many alterations
In the white house building since
Gen. Grant was president, but the
beautiful home life OF the Grants Is
daily recalled by the natural Ameri.
can home atmosphere which Presi.
dent Roosevelt and his happy family
create. The home life Of Gen. Grant
was somewhat similar to that Of
President Roosevelt. Gen. Grant
was devoted to his family and the
happiest moments of his life were
passed in the sweet companlonshp Of
his children. The pride of Gen
Grants heart was his only daughter,
Nellie, and the outside world prob.
ably never knew, nor could 1t real
ize, how hard 1t was for him to give
her in marriage to the dashing young
Englshman, Sartoris. who subse.
quently proved himself unworthy Of
the love Of the daughter Of the pres.
dent.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-02-09
Biggest of Kites.

After experimenting for number
OF years at his laboratory AT Bicnn
Breagh, Braddock, with flying kites Of
the tetrahedral form OF construction,
Prof. Alexander Graham Bell an.
nounced recently that he had sue.
ceeded in having his latest designed
kite rise in the air and carry weight
of 221 pounds, this including a man
weighing lG5 pounds and ropes and
lines weighing siXty-two pounds. The
kite itself weighs siNy-one pounds.
making a total weight of 2SS pounds.
The kite roso to a height OF thirty feet
and remained there steadily until pho.
tographs were taken Of It,.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-02-09
A New Beino.

Shepard, ILL.,, Jan. Sth (SpeclaD-
Mrs Sarah L. Rowe. who is residing
here says she feels like "A New BE.
ing" although she Is In her ffty.sev.
enth year. Why? because she has
taken Dodd's Kidney Pills, that we'll
known medicine that has put new life
into old bodies, and has come as a
God.send into homes Of sorrow and
suffering She says
mo one knows what awful torture
suffered with Rheumatism and Kid
ney Trouble, until got cured by
Dodd's Kidney Pills, This grand rem
edy drove the Rheumatism out Of my
body, nothing else ever did me any
good Dodd's Kidney Pills are worth
one hundred times their price, for they
have made me. though | am fifty.
seven years old. new being. | am
in better shape now than | have been
for many years and | owe It all to
Dodd's Kidney Pills
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-02-09
INcIPlENT CONSUMPTION.
How Food Headed OF the Insldlous
Disease.

The happy wife Of a good old fash.
Toned Michigan farmer says:
In the spring OF 1902 was taken
siGk-a general breaking down. as IL
were. was excessively nervous,
could not sleep well at night my food
seemed to do me no good, and / was
so weak | could scarcely walk across
the room.
THE doctor said my condition was
due to overwork and close confne.
ment and that he very much feared
that consumption would set in. For
several months took one kind OF
medicine after another, but with no
good effect-in fact, seemed to grow
worse
Then determined to quit all medl.
cines. give up coffee and see what
Grape-Nuts food would do for me. I
began to eat Grape.Nuts with sugar
and cream and bread and butter three
times day.
The effect was surprlslng be.
gan to gain flesh and strength forth.
WITH my nerves quleted down and
grew normally steady and sound.
sweet sleep came back to me. In six
weeks time | discharged the hired
girl and commenced to do my own
housework for a family of six. This
was two years ago, and am doing II
still and enjoy IT," Name given BY
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason. Read the little
book, The Road to WelvIlle," IN
pkgs.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-02-09

The Brooklyn Eagle says that
enough tea has been grown in the
South TO show that the plant will
thrive under the right conditions. and
with the wonderful range OF soils, eli.
mates and temperatures which this
country possesses II would seem rs II
we might domesticate any form OF
vegetable life that the world affords;
yet little seems to have come of the
southern tea industry. because, ap.
parently, the plant has not been gath.
cred and treated as It is in Asia. There
is hope for the new enterprise in
Texas, which is to be conducted by a
new colony OF Japanese-a people for
whom we profess admiration, yet
whom we try to bar from our shores
as we pretend to bar lepers and Grim.
inals. These busy and intelligent
little men have secured large tract
In the San Antoine" country and will
raise mulberry trees, silk worms and
tea.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-02-09
Harriet Lane.

form on which the bridal party was TO
stand SKI the window shades were
closely drawn so as TO render more ef
fectiye the hundreds of lights which
gllstened from the beautiful crystal
chandeliers which formerly illuminat
ed the state apartment.
Several hundred guests, including
members Of the cabinet, the corps dip.
lomatique, officers of the army and
navy In full uniform. members of con
gress, the judiciary and outof.town
guests, were present. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. o. II. Tiff
fanny, pastor Of the Metropolitan Meth.
odist Episcopal church. where the
president and his family worshiped.
Col. Frederick Dent Grant, brother Of
the bride, was best man, and the bride
was attended by eight bridesmaids, in.
Guiding Miss Anna Barnes, daughter Of
Surgeon.General Barnes; Miss Carpen.
ter daughter Of Senator Mat Carpen.
ter both Of whom were like sisters to
the bride, and Miss Lena Porter, a
daughter Of Admiral Porter of the
United States navy.
There were present also at this i'm.
posing and exclusive ceremony about
ten unbidden guests. These lntruders
were the members Of a boys baseball
club, of which Jesse Grant was the
leading spirit The club was known
as the Junior Unions Its playground
was in the white house hot, immediate.
ly south of the white house, and the
clubhouse was one Of the basement
rooms in the executive mansion. A
game had been arranged to take place
on the day OF the wedding and was in
progress by 1880 o'clock.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-02-09
UNLIMITED Guests.

While Jesse Grant was not able to
play that day, his interest In the team
induced him after dressing for the
wedding, to slip down TO the ball
ground and suggest that a substitute
for himself be pressed into service
After Jesse had returned home one of
his eliminates proposed that the game
be suspended and that the members Of
the team go to the wedding in body.
Al that moment the marine band al
the white house struck up the wedding
march, so of dashed the boys for the
scene of action. carrying with them
their soiled hands and faces, bats and
ball.
Upon reaching the main entrance, to
their surprise and delight, they found
tho door unguarded The officers and
ushers usually on duty, had Joined the
crowd in the east room to witness the
ceremony, So intense was the interest
in the proceedings that the guards
failed to observe the precoclous small
boys crowdlng their way into the bril-.
llantly lighted apartment where the
presidents daughter was being r,lar.
ried. Some Of the boys, in their en-.
deavor to obtain closer view of the
uniformed officials, got tangled up with
the side arms and other military ac.
coutrements and received in return in.
dignant pushes and kicks. but all was
forgiven after the ceremony.
When the dispositions of the juven.
lie members Of. the Roosevelt family
are considered, It would not be surpris,
ing II some Of the younger sons of the
president perpetrated some such trick
at the coming white house ruptials.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-02-09

Every housekeeper should know that
II they will buy Defiance Cold Water
Starch for laundry use they will save
not only time, because It never sticks
to the iron, but because each package
contains Is Ozone full pound-whie
all other Cold Water Starches are put
up In &.pound packages, and the price
Is the same. 10 cents. Then again
because Defiance Starch is free from
all injurious chemicals II your grocer
tries to sell you q 1907 package II
IS because he has a stock on hand
which he wishes to dispose OF before
he puts in Defiance He knows that
Defiance Starch has printed on every
package in large letters and figures
&c ozs." Demand Defiance and save
much time and money and the annoy.
ance OF the iron sticking. Defiance
never sticks.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-02-09
SUNDAY CLOSING Law
HOW GOV. FOLK ENFORCED IT
Saloon Keepers Of ST. Louis, Kansas
City and St. Joseph Who Resisted
the Law Lost Their Licenses.

NSS" NNSpN'e W Shs GVulsf NaUoao
City and St. Joseph Who Resisted
the Law Lost Their Licenses.
Governor Folk set about to enforce
the Sunday-closIng law, which has
been on the Missouri statutes forty
years unamended He has control OF
the police boards In three flrst.class
cities In observation-disclosures City, st. Jo-
Heph and ST. Louisiana also the con.
troll Of the excise commissioners there
who have absolute power to revoke a
saloon mans license at will. The SUI
preme Court has decided that the Sun.
day-closlng law Ia imperative against
every business except the saloon, and
the saloon men could not compel other
stores and shops to close because the
saloons were shut up. That weapon
was denied them. And when the order
came to close at midnight Saturday.
they closed.
The first Sunday throng of drunken
men and women crowded the st. Louis
bridge coming and going to Illinois,
where liquor could be bought. The Sec
ond Sunday the saloons closed. Then,
after the custom In such cases, a few
OF them opened their back doors. Their
licenses were promptly revoked by the
excise commissioner. The throng on
the st. Louis bridge was not so large
that Sunday. The third Sunday
which Is the Sunday when Sunday.clos.
ing spasms generally cease, few
more back doors opened, and Monday
morning the keepers of those places
lost their licenses. There were o few
convictions also in court for violation
OF the law. The crowd on the bridge
was gone. The people were getting
used 10 the law And from that time
on st. Louis, Kansas City and st. 10.
seph saloons have been closed on Sun.
day and the excise law has been OBJ.
served as well as the law against lar
ceny or against murder And the Ger
man.American population of st. Louis
which is supposed to be particularly
obstinate In its demand for beer, law
or no law. is larger in st. Louis than
In any American city Of its size. The
German.Americans are there obeying
and upholding the law. The story that
they are law.breakers Is saloon.
keepers scarecrow to Brighten weak.
kneed politicians, Outside of st. Louis.
in st. Louis county, where the amuse.
ment parks are located, the governors
display Of policemen at the Delmar
race'track put the fear Of the law into
the saloon-keepers and restaurant men
so completely that the law is observed
there strictly. The hotel bars and all
drinking places are closed on Sunday
in the first.clasS cities OF Missouri for
the first time in the history Of the
state. And to-day Missouri is probably
the only state in the Union without a
dead'letter law on its statute books
William Allen White, In McClure's
Magazine.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-02-09
NEGRO BUSINESS MAN.
Raised seVenty.two Thousand BushsIc
Of Potatoes Last Year.

Booker T. Washington has an arti-
Gle In the American illustrated Maya.
zine for January. entitled "The Negro
In Business He tells OF the really
remarkable success of a particular
negro, Groves by name, and then
tells what Groves says about Il. Mr..
Washington says:
But why is Mr.. Groves called THE
Negro Potato King?" Let me
answer. Last year he produced upon
his farm 72.l50 bushels OF white po-
tatoes, averaging PAS bushels to the
acre. So far as reports show, this
was 1880 bushels more than any
other Individual grower In the world
produced. And besides the potatoes
raised on his own farm, Mr. Groves
buys and ships potatoes on large
scale. Last year he bought from
white growers In the Kaw Valley, and
shipped away twenty-five cars OF
white potatoes He also bought
fourteen cars OF fancy seed potatoes
In North and South Dakota, which he
sold to growers in the Kaw Valley,
and in Oklahoma and the Indian Ter.
aahNA9s hAs pApNNo oas y NlldA Alf nlllHn
potatoes and other farm products to
nearly every portion of the United
States and TO Mexico and Canada.
At the recent meeting of the Ma.
tional Negro Business League in New
York, Mr. Groves was asked how he
was able TO conduct so varied and
large business enterprises, when he
had had no education as a business
man.
You have children, haven't you?"
Mr.. Groves replied.
Yes" said the other. Some of
them are grown up now,
How do you manage your grown.
up chlldren?"
"Oh, get along with them" replied
his friend laughing You see have
known them long time"
That's just the way with my bust.
ness" said Mr.. Groves. IL started in
with It when II was a baby, and I've
had chance to get thoroughly ac'
quainted with It as It grew up"
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-02-09
AWFUL ITCHING ON SCALP.
Hair Finally Had to Be Cut TO Save
Any-sealp Now in Good Condition
cured by cuticura.

''o'' EHallJ TAU W DC NuI 10 gave
Any-sealp Now in Good Condition
cured by cutcura.
Il used the Cuticura Soap and Olnt.
ment for diseased scalp, daudrufl,
and constantly falling of hair. Fin.
ally had to cut my hair to save any
at all, Just at that time read about
the Cuticura Remedies. Once every
week | shampooed my hair with the
Cuticura Soap, and | used the Oint.
ment twice week. In two months
time my hair was long enough to do
up in French twist. That is now FIVE
years ago, and have n lovely head Of
hair. The length is six inches below
my waist line, my seal? is in very
good condition, and no more dandruff
or itching OF the scalp | used other
remedies that were recommended to
me as good, but with no results Mrs.
w. + Griess, Clay Center Neb., oct,
%, 1906"