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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-06

about St. Patrick, but before l vhas
ready a second man comes IN he
vhas red in der face ind breathes hard
ash he says:
@Cobbler. maybe you vhas an inno-
cent man or 1 knock your head right
off! Don't you know dot my brudder
vhas alderman of his ward
mo, don't know dot
sVhen. he vl1as, und I like you to
know dot he vhas ten times ash big
ash Thanksgiving. Go right at it und
put oop some signs dot says der Alder
man O'Toole rubber heels Will be put
on to order. If you don't do it, look
out for me-"
Ny wife hears him and begins to cry
md say dot some hurricane vhas COM
ing. und I vhas making ready to go by
der plumber when der third man kicks
open der door ind vhallxs in und yells:
"By Shon but how vhas dit Don't
Christopher Columbus come into dis
deal2 Here WAS man who discovers
America ind makes all desc holidays
for US, und yet you throw him down
for Decoration Dayl Cobbler. look me
in der eye Then I say vhas a close
friend of der late Christopher Column
bus und whoever insults him insults
my taxes, und when I come back you
shall have q sign up of Columbus
Boots or I Will make your heart ache.
Do you savey %
Dot settles me. ] vhaS shuSt going
over to tell der plumber dot I don't
have no peesness head on me- ind
don't vhant one, when der fat police
man on der beat comes COP und waves
his club at me und shouts.
so dot vhas your leedle game, Ell
Get back In your shop While I talk to
you. Now, den, explain to me about
some signs. look all over dot window
und I don't see some signs OF Patrol
man F'innigan's Half-Soies. Why don
you put him COP dere p
II don't think of it, says.
Don { lie TO me. cobbIeri You don't
put him oop because you vhas down on
me ind don't ike to see me q ser
/ geant. II you vhas down on me vElas
J down on yous und by golly ! shall
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-06
BowsER MADE OVER.
He Makes the Greatest Flop of His
Career.

Just as Mr.. Bowser reached hts gate
the other evening as he came home to
dinner a telegraph boy came out of his
house, and he entered to find Mrs.
Bowser reading a telegram just deliv-
cred. She gave a start of surprise and
turned red at sight of Mr.. Bowser. but,
being caught in the act, so to say, she
had no other recourse but to hand
him the dispatch
Il shall arrive on the 9 o'clock train.
Mother he read.
For the space Of ten seconds Mrs.
Bowser's heart actually stood still.
Then Mr.. BOwser said.
$50 the mother is coming, is she ?
Wen, I shall be glad to see her. We
viii hurry dinner out of the way, and
III go to the depot to meet her"
t'Y ou=you---' she stammered, as
she stood and looked at him.
II what, dear?'
you cant mean that you'll go and
meet mother ?"
That's just what mean. Certainly
I'll go. I think she's just one Of the
incest old ladies in the world, and I'm
glad she's coming down. I'll get a car
rage and you can 60 to the depot with
me"
Mrs. Bowser was weak IN the knees
as she followed him down to the din
ner table. For the last twenty years
Mr. Bowser had been down on his
mother-fn-Iaw- Time and time again
he had expressed the wish that she was
dead-blOWn up by dynamite or car
ried away in the debris of 4 cyclone.
He had always refused to meet her on
her coming, and generally managed
not to say good-by to her when she
departed. What sort of a change had
/ come about? After puzzling over the
change for a few minutes. Mrs. Bow
ser asked:
Have you had any word from
mother since she was here last?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-06

Get It Early
Published from fourteen cities
simultaneously this morning

except brmul
happenings flashed by from all parts Of the
going press.
big of the week featured national editorials
rbuted by telegraph by fourteen editors throughout the country
midnight Friday shapedp Samuel Hopkins Adams and his
telegraphd back all the branches for
publication this morning.
Ridgway's the newest thing in modern journalism It is pub
Edited by telegraph and in hands few hours after going to
press eptome the vital things that
the nation vith their real signfcanee made clear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-06

The Scrdbners have had to put Mr..
Spearman's new story of the west
Whispering Smith" to press for a sec
Ond large edition in order to meet the
great demand for the book
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-06
DER GERMAN CoBBIER.
He Is Given a Pointer on Enterprise.


It yhas dot plumber from around
der corner who comes into my shop
one day and says:
Hans, if you vhas a man NIT PEGS
ness head on you, work would pie in
on you Till you don't have time to eat
your dinner
How .vhas dot2' I says
Don't you know dot Dago cobbler
down by State street? Vheu. he have
some heads on his shoulders One
week before Thanksgiving he put oop
sign reading. thanksgiving Half
Soles in Here und more ASH fifteen
peoples go by him for repairs. Don't
you see der trick %
But Thanksgiving vhas gone AWAY
from last year, und she Wasn't here
yet for dis year.
DO makes no difference. 1t vhas
der enterprise we look at You Will
see a merchant selling Woollen blan-
kets in August to keep you warm in
January Shall some Dago have more
enterprise ash you Everybody laughs
about Thanksgiving half-soles, but
everybody also says behold What enter
prise! Hans, You vhas a good Teller
und / give you some pointers If YOU
vhas in der plumbing peesh ess you
starve to death, but as a cobbler
help you along. You shall nut Don
signs in your window. ind if YOU don't
make some big hit I vhas a goat. You
shall cop der market ind make dot
Dago climb some trees.
Il don't know about it, ind nv wife
don't know about it. but dot plumber
he make some signs und put EN- oop
In der window. Mebbe she vhas all
right, und maybe I go by der poor
| house in one week. BY golly but I
vhas pleased when I read her. She
reads:
New Years Cement Patches
''Washington's Birthday Shoe
strings
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-06

The publication of Marion Harlands
new novel THE Distractions of Mar
tina last week added a pleasant fea-
ture to the celebration of the authors
golden wedding which was fttingly
celebrated at her home in Pompton,
n. J.. on September Sth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-06

lier family who is compelled by the
perilous circumstances of those times
to masquerade as q boy and take part
in battles and other exciting adventures
before she finally finds safety. The
book is illustrated by Frank E. Merrill.
A second large edition OF The
Throwback," by Alfred Henry Lewis,
has just been sold in England. the pub
fishers, The outing Publishing Com
pany, report, and this book IS still sell
ing well in this country.
The Macmillan company announces
for early publication a volume of
poems by a hitherto unknown author,
whom American readers will be predis-
posed to Extraordinarily William
Dawson, son Of that genial critic and
man of letters. the Rev. W. J. Daw-
son. Mr.. Dawson is a young oxford
nan-most of the younger English
men who are writing poetry seem to
be Oxford men-and has recently come
with his father to live in this country.
His volume of poems will be called
'sThe Worker and Other Poems" The
piece from which the volume takes its
name is said to be a bold and original
treatment Of a novel theme.
A second large edition of ''The Bal
ance of Power" Arthur Goodrich s
new American novel, was made neces-
sary less than a fortnight after the
books publication
\
In a recent interview. Miss Wells
whose new "Whimsey Anthology" has
just been published by the Scribners
said: How do [ work? How, this
way and she dropped back among
the pillows. Always at an angle of
ninety-five degrees, usually on this
very couch. with a box of chocolates
beside me and a red rose in my hand.
The rose is not for sentiment but
/ ~-1-r
BILE with something while I am think
ing. The chocolates are for inspiration
if there's anything in such a theory
I eat pounds and pounds Of them every
week"
THE Happy Family" by George
Hodges. is a recent production of the
t. Y Crowell company The intensely
practical nature of this book is seen
BY glance at the sub-titles: 'sThe
Business of Being a Wife, - THE Bust
ness Of Being a Mother" and THE
Business of Being a Father The au-
/ thor's object is to discover the secrets
of a happy home life and to set them
forth plainly so that he who runs may
read He begins by quoting from the
earliest extant code of law. that of
Hammurabi 2250 B. c. she is care
full mistress, says the old law-giver
'whO does not CAD about. nor neglect
her house, nor belittle her husband. =
Failing these humble qualities, Ham
murabi advises that she be thrown into
the river.
The Scribners have had to put Mr.
Spearman's new story of the west
Whispering Smith" to press for a sec
Ond large edition in order to meet the
great demand for the book.
y
The publication of Marion Harland's
new novel 1.-THE Distractions of Mar
tina" last week added a pleasant fea-
ture to the celebration of the authors
golden wedding which was f1ttingly
celebrated at her home in Pompton.
7 on CanfarT1bar 9Th
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-06

six miles above Quebec. near the
point where the St Lawrence at low
water is somewhat less than 2, 600 feet
wide, q cantiiever bridge is being built
It is Of the American pattern and steel
As Brooklyn bridge had to Yield the
palm to the Forth bridge in 1880. so
now the Forth must yield it to the ST.
Lawrence. The central span Of the
Canadian bridge Is $500 feet long,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-06

stretching almost from bank to bank.
The central suspended g1rder is SIS
feet long and $50 feet deep at the CEN
ter The width OF the anchor spans IS
500 feet; Of the approach spans, ZIG
feet. Two tracks viii carry the rail-
road traffic There viii be roadwaya
for road and street-car trafElc So our
Canadian cousins are to have "the
longest bridge span IN the worid. -
EVerybody's Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-06

magazine good stories
articles plenty humor of the that fingers
the memory.
big pages printed
super paper depicting the important Business Poll
tics Finance, Sports, Society the Drama.
Gilmore Beymer contributes brilliant story 'sThe Left
Handed House, splendidly Illustrated
District Attorney, writes
absorbing question the Political Boss Doomed9
Joseph begins great story Agent
story will interest fascinate
Egan conducts the Washington Bureau with staff of II
editors contributing the capitol Every
the service under bright writers
pages national topics Of the week. of nation
pages of local happenings your district is pages
illustrating pages from the Washington Bureau
pages with additional Of general articles
sketches making GA pages in ALL
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go &C e. &C ToaEaal.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-22
.SWIMS NILE; SAVES BROTHER
Steamship Officer Braves Death to
Rescue Man Overheard.
Captain of the Allegheny Guides
ship to Break Fury of Waves, and
Enable the Thrilling Rescue.

Newport News. Va. Nov. 1.-THE Brit
ish steamship Allegheny. Of the Furness-
Witty Line, just in from Liverpool,
brought news Of probably the most dar-
ing rescue Of life that has ever been
made in midocean by an individual.
Chief officer Syndenham, OF the ship.
Ieaped into the ocean. five days out from
Newport News. to rescue his brother. who
had been washed overheard, and swan
a mile before he succeeded in reaching
the helpless man.
The sea was raging at the time, and the
cry Of Man overheard" brought the
ashen hue 10 every cheek, for il was re-
garded as n hopeless task to attempt 10
save a man IN weather Of such fury as
prevailed. A lfe-boat was thrown over,
but Syndenham could not reach it. Grasp
ing Hfe-belt. the chief officer jumped
overheard and struck out in the direction
of his brother. Capt Harndern skllfully
placed his ship between the fury Of the
storm and the brothers. oil was poured
on the waters, and after considerable
difficulty "A boat was launched with a
crew, with Second Officer Taylor in
charge.
The brothers finally were taken aboard
and the return 70 the ship was accom-
plished with risk and danger. The res
cued men were hauled aboard the ship
only after the hfe-boat had barely es-
capped being swamped.
The manner in which the master Of the
ship handled his vessel was highly prais-
ed by every man aboard, and but for his
success In breaking the force Of tho
storm waves, the brave rescue might have
had a different sequel in the part played
by the boat crew that put out to pick VI
thc imperiled brothers.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-22
ICE TRUST MEN GUILTY.
Philadelphia Dealers Get on with
Light Punishment.

Philadelphia. Nov. 21.-With a sudden
ness that was sensational in the face of
their recently defiant attitude, the four
teen ice dealers accused Of conspiracy es-
capped trial to-day. Five Of them changed
their plea from that of not guilty to a
non-vult contendTe, which means they ad-
init guilt but were ignorant of wrongdO-
ing at the time or innocent Of intent;
seven VIII secure an action Of nolle prose
Qui. which lets them 60 free and the re-
naming Two viii have their trials con-
t!nUed-pvobabiy Indefinitely.
Judge Wilson agreed 20 this disposition
Of the case, but in addition fined the first
I'VE Inen ,.- each.
Those who pleaded partial guilt and
were fined are: Samuel Freer member of
the price committee Of the Philadelphia
Ice Exchange and agent for the Mountain
Ice Company; J. E. Bircher, member Of
the price committee and the jefferson Ice
Manufacturing Company; Joseph ".
Richardson, member Of the price COM
mittee, secretary-ueasurer Of the John
Hancock Ice Company and purchasing
agent Of the American Ice Company; John
Moore, Of the Consolidated Ice Manu-
featuring Company; John 5. Gustine, OF
the Standard Ice Manufacturing Com
pauy.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-22
DEEPEN RIVERS, THE CRY.
RansdeII Wants More
Freight Carried on Boats.

Kansas City. No. Nov. 2l--"Make the
Mississippi sixteen feet deep from the
Lakes TO the Gulf Make the Missouri
eight feet deep from Omaha to ST. Louis,
and five feet deep from Omaha to Fort
Benton. Save in freight rates and find an
outlet for your congested freight"
This was the text Of the speech Of Con
gresham RansdeH on the Improvement
Of Navigable Waterways" before the
trans Mississippi congress to-day Mr..
Ransden's s speech was the feature Of the
day.
Following MIR RansdeI. w. Vandiver,
State superintendent Of insurance for Mis-
souri, spoke on the Business Of insurance
from a Western standpoint" 1t was Mr..
Vandiver who set the example later fol-
lowed by several States. at the beginning
OF the insurance investigation by notify
ing some Of the New York companies that
unless they changed their mode Of doing
business and explained satisfactorily what
use was being made Of their reserve fund,
that they would not be permitted 10 do
business in the State.
". s Woods. president Of the National
Bank Of Commerce. outlined plan Tor
an elastic currency"
The Washington herald., 1906-11-22
LAWYER PATRICK FINDS HOPE
Drops Appeal to Supreme Court, and
Turns to Higgins.
Fifth PostpOnement for the Alleged
slayer of William Marsh Rice
Followed by New Move.

New York. Nov. 2I-It was stated to-
day on what was considered excellent au-
thority that counsel for Albert T. Patrick.
who has been fighting for years his con-
viction for the murder of William Marsh
Rice, had decided to withdraw his appeal
10 the United States Supreme Court for
reversal of the judgment on constitutional
grounds.
In June last United States Supreme
Court Justice William H. Day granted, on
the application of ex-senator William
Lindsay. of Kentucky. and A. g Shen-
stone, of this city. counsel for Patrick.
writ Of error and stay of execution. That
gave to Patrick the right 10 carry his case
to the United States Supreme Court. That
was the fifth postponement Of his sentence
10 death obtained by Patrick, who is in
the death house at Sing Sing.
None OF the lawyers who have acted
for Patrick in the various proceedings
which he has taken to keep from going to
the electric chair would say anything
about the new move to-day. Mr. KaIish
Of Lindsay. Kalish & Palmer, who have
been preparing Patricks appeal. said:
fFt Ac NC ttNtl RANRllliiS ltt fHptdi
right along. and have been in conference
with the district attorneys office daily
That is all 1 care 10 say about it
1t was said that Patrick and his friends
feel that he has a good chance Of getting
a communication Of sentence from Gov.
/ Higgins. Only recently a petition signed
! by 2.200 doctors was sent 10 Gov. Hig-
/ gins asking him TO appoint commission
to determine whether chloroform could
have caused the death Of Rice II it was
administered in the manner described in
the evidence at Patrick's trial. So far
/ Gov Higgins has taken no action on the
petition. but Patrick's friends seem to
think that the governor Is inclined toward
! leniency.
! In order to make application for a COM
mutation Of sentence in proper form, il
was decided that il would be polite TO
/ have all court proceedings quashed. so
! that the governor would have a free hand
/ 10 act, should he care to. There is only "a
little over month before Gov Higgins
retires. and that is said 10 have been the
/ reason for Patrick's decision not to ap-
peal to the United States Supreme Court.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-22
DROPPED DEAD INA CAB.
Wealthy Man, Dying, Refused Ad-
mission to His Hotel.

New York, Nov. 2.-Refused admission
to the Hotel Endicott, where he had lived
four years, Samuel Thomas, a carpet
manufacturer Of Bristol, Pa, died in a
cab last night, after being driven about
the streets unconscious for an hour
Thomas and another man got in the cab
of Patrick Dunn at the Hotel Belmont.
Forty-second street and Fourth avenue,
and directed him to drive to the Endi-
colt At Sixth avenue and Forty-second
street Thomas companion got out and
told Dunn to continue on to the Endicott
on arriving there Dunn found that
Thomas was semf-conscious, and sent in
word that a patron of the hotel was i'll.
A bellboy appeared and said that Thomas
did not belong at the hotel Dunn says
he then went in and explained 70 the
clerk, but to no avail. Dunn then drove
back TO the Belmont, where DR.. Peter j
Gibbons examined the man and declared
he should be taken at once to a hospital.
Dunn then started for Bellevue, but his
passenger was dead on arrival. The hos
pitaI surgeons said Thomas died Of in
ternal hemorrhages. He had been a suf-
ferer from heart disease
The Washington herald., 1906-11-22
SHANGHAI LAW STOPS WORK.
Men Desert Oyster Boats and Norfolk
DredEes Are Idle.

Norfolk Va, Nov 21.-According 10
United States Deputy Marshal Miller,
who has just returned from the TangieT
Island section Of Chesapeake Bay, where
he summoned witnesses in a shanghaiing
case, oyster dredging has been practi-
cally abandoned.
This has been caused by the Federal
prosecutions under the new shanghaiing
laws. Many Of the men have deserted
and out Of fifty dredge boats in the lower
Chesapeake. only eight are now at work.
All the others are tied up for lack of
men 20 operate them.
Mr Miller summoned witnesses in the
case of Capt Andrew A. Crockett. who
viii be tried here tomorrow in the United
States court
The Washington herald., 1906-11-22
HEARST SPENT MOST MONEY
Campaign Bill Larger Than That of
Democratic Party.
The Defeated Candidates. Race Cos,
S25G,OOO, of which He Gave the
state Committee $4,000.

Albany, \. Y, Nov. 21-AlthOugh Will
lam Randolph Hearst's expense account
showed he spent over S256,O00 in his recent
campaign for governor. the schedule Of
the expense to the Democratic party's
State organization. fled with the secre-
tary Of state. shows the party spent but
SO 997, and Of this amount Mr.. Hearst
contributed $4,000. The State committees
treasurer reports a balance Of s772.
Ii is estimated that the various political
committees and candidates spent in the
neighborhood of $4,000 This was the
last day for the filing with the secretary
of state OF certificates Of expenses, and
there are various local candidates who
do not file with the State official. 1t is
admitted in the certificates filed that
nearly two million dollars was spent by
political committees and candidates.
The sixty-one Republican county or
ganizations in the State spent about
$4,000. Of which S145.000 was contributed
by the Republican State committee. The
Democratic county organizations spent
about $4,000. The Republican State COM
mittee spent $32,Ol1, the Independence
League State committee spent $234.222 the
Democratic State committe $685., and
the Albany Democratic (Osborn) confer
ence S19.314
The judiciary nominators for New York
County. in their efforts TO get a pure
judiciary. spent S107. .sS7. Among the con
tributors 10 the Republican State com
mittee were: J. Pierpont Morgan and
Levi P. Morton & Co. $4,000 each; An
drew Carnegie and T. L. Woodruff, $4,000,
and John D. Rockefeller, jr., 5000
Harvey. Fisk & Sons, G. NJ. Depew,
John w. Gates, William z. Clyde, II. 5.
Black, Frank W Higgins, J. II. ". Selig-
man & Co, James B. Ford, Kuhn, Loeb
& Co, and ". I. Thomas gave $2,5O0
each
Ell Fallows. ". E. Corey. William ].
Moore. Frank A. Munsey. Charles n.
Schwab. Jacob H. Schiff. and c. II. Mac
kay. contributed s., 600 each.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-22
PARSONS BOOK HIS EXCUSE.
Actor Refuses to Accept Young Girl
as His Bride.

Evansville, Ind, Nov 2L-WIHam A.
Young. a hero in melodrama, was ar
raigned here to-day ON the charge of en-
ticing from her home Anna Kerns, Of
OwensborO. Ky, fifteen years old.
Judge WinfTey asked if he would marry
the girl and thus gain his freedom.
Young replied that he had not lived with
her long enough to know whether it would
be a suitable match. He said ne believed
in the theories advanced By Mrs. Elsie
Clews Parsons. in her new book dealing
with the advantages of trial marriages.
and could not accept Miss Kerns as his
wife yet
Judge Winfrey denounced him from the
bench, saying: Miserable and impracti-
cable as the book is, its scheme Of marital
laxity does not cover criminal OF your
stripe There is no book that has ever
been written that excuses a man from
running the life Of young girl I hold
you under $1,000 bond to the grand jury"
Young went to Jail in default Of bail
The Washington herald., 1906-11-22
FEAR LOSS OF SMITH FUNDS.
Washington WOman's Estate Is In
vOIyed In New York Courts.

A-Iuola. Long Island, Nov. "a warrant
Of attachment on the person CT Newbur D.
Lawt0n. OF 463 West Thirty-frst strset
Manhattan. one Of The most prominent
New York yachtsmen, society man. and
officer Of several financial institutions.
WAS applied for by Mary L. and Fannie
y. Ccnklin and Albert Dawson, OF Brook
Iyn, legatees Of the estate Of Susan Jane
Woclley. who died at Great Neck, on No
vember i. 1904. leaving an estate OF about
Sl5aG1. of which LawtOn Is executor and
trustee. and residuary legatee under the
will The Conklin sisters share Of the
estate Is placed ut s23 000
In connection with allega tions concern
ing the mingling of the WooIley securi-
ties with those Of other estates, Counselor
Albert ". Seaman, attorney for Mary D.
smith who died in Washington March 3,
,gl5. applied 20 Surrogate jackson for an
order fer Lawton to show cause why he
should not pay over securities. which, it
is alleged, he was intrUsted with as ex-
eCtt0r Of the estate. amounting 10 $50 01o.
which, IL Is asserted, he was 20 hold as
trustee for the benefit Of Edward Smith.