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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-09
MAKE A VALUABLE HAUL.
Safe Craftsmen at Lawrence Secure
Money and Jewelry.

Lawrence, Kan, May 9.-Cracksmen
forced an entrance into Abe Wolfson's
second hand store, in the 600 block, on
Massachusetts street. and, screening
themselves behind an oyercoat, hung
between the light and the safe. worked
in perfect security while they drilled q
hole in the safe and after the door was
blown open rified it at their leisure Of
the contents.
AS near as Mr.. Wolfson can estimate
the robbers secured between 81, 500 and
$4,000 in money and valuables. In their
hurry they dropped $270 on the floor and
overlooked a small pasteboard box con-
tanning two diamonds, one valued at
$3.50 and the other at SIS. IN money
and negotiable paper the robbers secur-
ed $170.90. OF this amount, $45 was sill
yer dollars, $92 in currency and the bal
ance in checks. Between 125 and $50
watches were taken, some of solid gold,
others gold plated and still others of
silver Besides this, number of pieces
of jeWelry. some set with diamonds and
other precious stones, and rings and
chains and bracelets were taken. With
the exception of Is or 20 watches, the
goods were all paWned stuff.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-09
INsURANoE RAVES ApvANcE.
Companies Must Reimburse Them
selves for Frisco Losses.
Chicago. May s.-The Tribune today

Chicago. May s.-The Tribune today
sayss
Fire insurance rates in Chicago on
all less desirable risks, win be advanced
25 per cent or more to reimburse COM
paDies that have suffered loss in the
San Francisco fire.
This action principally was decided
yesterday at a meeting of 20 western
managers in rooms Of Western Union,
in the American Trust and Savings
bank building. At the same time there
will be a large reduction in brokers'
commission. The raise in rates will
not be a fiat" advance. 1t will af-
feet what are known as the profit
able hazards and it viii be confined
chiefly to the congested district bound
ed by Harrison street, the river and the
lake.
The stock yards also will be consid-
cred as congested territory in the ad-
vance of rates and likewise certain
manufacturing sections.
Fireproof buildings will be exempt
from the increase.
rates will be made throughout the en-
tire district controlled by the Western
Union, extending from Pennsylvania to
the Rocky Mountains.
An insurance manager, speaking on
rates outside of Chicago, said that there
should be a fiat advance of so per cent
IN Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas. Missouri.
Kentucky and Tennessee. It was noted
tHdl II represents WldI Is known as q
nonunion clip.
Eighty companies in Chicago and the
west belong to the Western Union. Fiji
ty companies are in the Independent
class.
The meeting was called for the pur-
pose of hearing a report from COM
mittee of FIVE insurance managers who
went to New York to attend a general
conference of insurance men.
This committee reported that there
was a general sentiment for advancing
insurance rates on Improbable business
and in congested districts and for cut
ting down the amount OF commissions
paid to brokers.
The meeting was secret, and after it
was over those of the insurance men
who were willing to admit that 1t had
been hsld said that nothing definite had
been done in the matter of advancing
rates although all greed there should be
adrance on improbable risks and that
the congestion hazard" should be rec
ognized in the future
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-09
kansas Club women entertain.

Lawrence, Kas., May 9.-One Of the
principal events during the meeting
of the State Federation of Women's
Clubs was the reception given by the
local federation last evening to meet
was held in Fraternal Aid hall and
presidents of the eleven clubs of the
city federation received the guests. The
clubs and their representative friends
in council: Mrs J. G. Haskell, Tenoa;
Mrs. w A. Guenther. zodia; Mrs. E.
NJ Hopkins, Ventura; Miss Julia Rich
ter. Twentieth Century; Miss Lynn,
Round Table; Mrs r. E. Melvin, IN
gleside; Mrs. T. E Griesa, Review;
Mrs. Charles Hoyt, Quivera; Mrs.
Stone. West Side Study; Mrs. George
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-09

goods as he agreed to do. There was
no misrepresentation on his part.
But he exerted his power to practi-
cally drive man out of the smelter
who rejected his offer of assistance.
There is one instance Of a young chap
who had outside work, at comparative
ly small pay Fisher sent one of his
gO-betWeens to this man, and told him
that he would give him q good ad-
vance in pay for SO, but that the new
job would be inside or hot work. The
young man declined. He said he couldn't
stand it to work at hot work. Fisher
then said to the gO-between, Wen,
We'll starVe him into it yet From that
time on, the young man commenced to
be shifted about from one job to an
other, and laid off for days at time,
until finally he came to Fisher, paid
over the $40, and got an increase in
pay.
THE queerest part of the whole thing
was that Fisher was so close to the
president Of the concern that we
couldn't make the president believe that
there was anything wrong. We told
Edgar what was going on, and he said
we would have to prove it. So we got
afhdaVits from 1S of the men whom
Fisher had held up for various sums.
That simply overwhelmed Edgar. He
called in Fisher and discharged him.
Fisher denied the charges absolutely,
and claimed that he was being made the
victim of a conspiracy to get him out
of his job because he worked his men
so hard He said that the men did not
like him because he made them work,
and were after his scalp. When Fisher
was first arrested, the company beIieV-
ed this story, and not only went on his
bond. but offered him the services of
the company attorney. They are hold
ing Fisher on some sort of charge
now which will probably be dismissed
later on, provided the company is will
ing to prosecute him for getting money
under false pretenses. There seems to
be flaw in the law which does not
give the men who were held up for pay
for Jobs any redress in such affairs .
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appeal to the same old faith that set
millions free to set free this great ave-
nue. Of human activity and to keep 1t
rree. We appeal to the independent
voter, the temples of whose faith have
been profaned, the voter of every party
to see to it that we are not crushed
beneath the Juggernaut of the railroad
and Standard OIL corporations.
A majority of the members of the
Kansas legislature are yet to be elect
ed. See to it that your representatives
are pledged to the maximum freight
rate law. We are in favor of maxi
mum freight rate law on every article
of commerce in the state, an antidis-
elimination law, an antipass law and a
primary election law.
A RAP AT THE CONVENTION
These laws will restore the power of
government to the people where it be-
longs and their enforcement will mean
an end to such scenes as~were witnessed
at Topeka last week when the hired
men of the railroads herded their people
like sheep and the supposed representa-
ttves of great party voted like auto
nations at the beck Of the finger of the
general attorney of a railroad corpora
ton.
See to 1t that your representatives IN
the legislature vote right FOLLOW up
the fight till they are elected and then
we will go to Topeka and see that they
redeem their pledges. Don't trust in
promises. Organize in your precincts
and in your counties. Keep close watch
all along the line and vote for those
men who stand for the right and that
you know stand for the right Don't
permit a few mountebanks masQuerad-
ing as Republicans to make you think
they are the conscience and the brains
of the party. They are only takers and
they will get their reward in November
The ap0eaI Is signed nv Charles Il
Martin, vice president of the Kansas Oil
Producers association
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lT DOESN'T REACH HIN.
aEan Who Conducted Brokerage in
Jobs Within the Law.

One Of the most peculiar cases with
which Labor Commissioner ". L. A.
johnson has ever had any connection
IS that of William Fisher, the foreman
of the Edgar Smelling company at
Cherryva1e. Fisher conducted an i'm
mensely profitable brokerage business in
Jobs which he had at his disposal, ac-
cording to the evidence presented
against him. and now Labor Commits
sioner Johnson and good many other
people are trying to find out whether
he was guilty Of any statutory crime
So far there seems to be no way of
reaching him by criminal proceedings,
unless the Smelter company takes a
hand in the case which they have not
yet done.
Mr. Johnson has been down atCherry-
vale for some days investigating the
matter, and today told the following in
Geresting story Of the case:
This man Fisher is a moulder and
Enachinist Of unusual ability. His sal
cry was $175 per month, and he enjoy
ed the utmost confidence of his employ
ers- While he was nominally under a
superintendent and general manager,
yet 1t seems that he was closer to the
president than either of them. and they
did not interfere with his part OF the
work, which included the hiring and
discharging of men.
Fisher adopted the system of selling
Jobs. If a man came to him wanting
a job. he. would say, Yes, I can get you
q good job. but it will cost you $40. I'll
make II easy on you, and you can pay
in installments If the man agreed,
Fisher would put him to work and col
lect the money Sometimes he charged
only S. for a lob. His price varied ae-
cording to the victim. and the pay
which the job afforded. Then he would
60 to men already in his employ, and
gay to them, i think can get you a
raise in pay You are getting s1.75 now
can raise you to s2.25. and you pay me
Is cents a day In that way he added
materially to his regular income.
In the course of about a year or
two he had collected $500 that we know
Of by this system When a man paid
the money. Fisher always delivered the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-09
HUGE ICEBERGs SEEN.
Captain Forbes Reports an Ice Forma-
ton 1870 Feet High.

New York, May 9.-Indicating an
early breaking up of the northern ice
fields, huge icebergs were seen by off
GERS of the freight steamship Gowanburn
of the Durn line, Greenock, Scotland,
which locked yesterday. The ship came
from Cardiff, England, over a route
about 40 miles north of the mall boat
track, generally taken at this season.
Captain r. w. Forbes said:
'At noon May 8. saw huge iceberg
about miles off our port side It look
ed to be about 100 feet high and about
$50 yards long. No sooner had we pass
ed the first iceberg than a second,
about five miles west. was seen. We
were at A degrees and As minutes north
latitude and 4S degree and four minutes
west longitude. I have seen hundreds of
icebergs, but never anything like this
big one. It was al least three-ouarters
of a mile long and more than 100 feet
high. It's evidence that there is an early
breaking up in the ice fields"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-09
TERRIBLE LIQUOR CRAVING.
How Orrine Destroys All Desire for
Whisky or Beer-Guaranteed
by Your Druggist.

The terrible craving for liquor is
a symptom of disease, and to over
come 1t the disease itself should be
treated in a scientific way When one
has used whisky. beer or other slim
ulants for a long time, the nerve cells
have become accustomed to the effects
Of the stimulants and demand liquor
81 order to perform their duties. If
the nerve cells are properly treated.
the craving for liquor will be de-
sroyed.
It is in this way that Orrine cures
alcoholism by supplying to the nerve
sells the strength needed, thus de-
stroying the desire for liquor. It
eradicates every particle of the ter
rible liquor craving. imparts new
strength and vigor to the whole sys-
tenn. and restores the general health
Treatise on how to cure drunkenness
free on request. Orrine Co., Wash
ington, D. c.
So successful has Orrine been that
ga every box Is a registered guaran-
tee which entities you to refund of
your money If Orrine fails to effect
q cure. Never before was a treat
ment for the liquor habit sold in this
way A guarantee like this shows
the faith of the discoverer of Orrine
and the agents who handle it. the lead
Ing druggists everywhere.
Crrine is in two forms No. I, which
can De given secretly in food or drink.
no. 2 in pill form. for those who de-
sire to be cured. Either form costs
81 per box. and both are sold under
The strong guarantee of money re-
Eunded II Orrine fails to cure
Orrine is for sale by Geo. W. STAINS
Held. druggist. $50 Kansas avenue,
Topeka.
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BAD FOR MISSOURI.
Runlor That X U. viii Play Thanks
giving Bame With Lincoln.

Lincoln. Neb. May s.-The football
arrangements of the universities OF
Nebraska and Kansas are giving ser1-
Gus consideration to the project OF
scheduling the annual football clash
between the eIevens of the two institu-
tons for Thanksgiving day, with Lin
coin as the scene. The resumption OF
relations by the Cornhuskers and Jay
hawkers resulted several weeks ago N
an agreement to play football November
II on Nebraska field, but the inability
of the Nebraska board to secure =
strong adversary for Thanksgiving day
found the oCrnhuskers in a. decided
acauiescent mood when the Jayhawlxers
suggested that they might be able to
take the turkey day date on their own
account instead of the previously sche-
duled date
The change Of front by the Jayhawk-
ers is inspired by the possibility that
the University OF Missouri, which has
been the Thanksgiving day opponent Of
kansas for long term OF years, may
decide to abandon intercollegiate foot
ball Recent information received by
the Lawrence authorities from Column
bta seem to foreshadow- some such &C
ton at Missouri. Kansas, at any rate.
has notified the Cornhuskers that the
next week or so will likely determine
the course the Tigers viii. pursue, and,
Il it is unfavorable to football. the Jay
hawkers expect to be in position to
negotiate for Thanksgiving day on Ne
braslka field
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Clay Center. Kas.. May 9.-The SUI
preme council of the Triple Tie Ben
eft association is holding its biennial
meeting in Clay Center this week. The
attendance is very large. The first
meeting was held Tuesday. when adj
dresses were made by F. P. Hardness
President Woodford. F. B. Dawes. and
others. Most of the day was taken
up with the appointment of commit
tees and other routine business The
visitors were shown the sights of Clay
Center in the afternoon and in the
evening a band concert, reception and
musicale we're given for them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-09
RARE coIN coLIECnoN.
At the Smith Sale One SIS Gold Piece
Brings So. 165.

New York, May e.--A special to the
Herald from Philadelphia says:
Numismatists from ali parts OF the
United States gathered here yesterday
at the first session of four days auc-
ton sale OF the collection of rare coins
collected BY the late Harland P. Smith
of New York. The finest collection OF
American gold coins ever sold was
knocked down to the highest bidders
and many record prices were reached.
w +. Durham, former president Of
the Chicago Nurnismatie society, paid
81, 1eh= for United States So gold piece
dated 1922. Mr.. Durham went to New
Y ork two years ago and bought the
famous 1904 silver dollar IN the Brown
sale for $1,100. j. NJ. Clapp OF Wash
ington. D. c., paid $1.o55 Tor a United
States IS gold piece bearing date Of
1915
In Colonial coins a willow Tree
shilling. 1862, brought sac; Lord .BaIti-
more sixpence $34; Carolina elephant
penny of 1894. SIS; Rose American
twopence $28; New York state cent
1915. bust Of washington. $40: 1857,
with Indian standing with tofnahavvk
and arms of New York. $780, 1857.
Excelsior cent $50: George Washing
ton half dollar in copper S22
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AN APPEAL TO VOTERS.
OIL Producers Association Want Rail-
road Nominees Beaten.

Chanute. Kan, May 9.-The Kansas
Oil Producers association issued an
appeal here last evening to the voters
Of the state to defeat at the polls the
railway nominees for state officers.
The appeal follows:
If the railroads control the next
legislature, the maximum freight rate
law and the nti-discrimination law,
which have resulted in the investment
of more than 2 million dollars in Kan
doomed to repeal. If these laws are
repealed all the money spent in trying
to build uD an Independent interest in
Kansas and all the time spent in the
same pursuit have been wasted. The
attitude of the railroads and the Stand
ard OIL company admits of no miscon-
structiOn. They would have set these
laws at naught months ago If they had
dared, but now that they are in the
saddle they think they are omnipotent.
The people Of Kansas must rebuke this
assumption of omniscience. The
smallest man in Kansas. is greater
than a railroad corporation.
Want Square Deal
The state is greater than the rail-
roads and a man is greater than a pair
of driving wheels on locomotive. The
maximum freight rate law and the
antidiscriminatiOn law have not only
curbed the power of the railroads. but
they have destroyed the power of the
JAdL0dIQ I'll Il ISL 10 NuL TIC lllIOdlS
Of small Independent plants in the
state. These laws are necessary to the
life of the industry. which, from hum
BILE beginnings, has grown to the sec
ond in importance in the state The
enforcement of these laws and their
benefcent effect have challenged the
attention and the admiration of the en-
tire country. The federal government,
in both of its great departments Of
commerce and labor and of the inter
state iSGinT in
dorsed the principle set forth in the
antidiscrimination law and the discov-
cry by both Of these departments of
rebates and rate favors makes the
maximum freight rate law a double
necessity.
We appeal to the spirit Of a square
deal to see that these laws are not dis
turbed. We appeal to every free Kan
sas voter to see that the railroads are
not permitted to put the Moose around
the neck Of a great industry and stran-
gle it as the railroad influence has
strangled so many other industries. We
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-09

Kansas City. May 9.-There have been
r11rnors lately to the effect that the
Kansas football team would desert Mis-
souri, and play either Nebraska or Iowa
THANKSGIVING day, but the authorities
at Lawrence and Columbia have always
SCORED at the idea The annual turkey
day. contest between the Tigers and the
Javhawkers has come to be farce on
account of the overwhelming superiority
Of the Kansas teams. There has been
talk at Columbia of giving up football
at the University of Missouri, but the
athletic directors cannot see their way
clear to giving up the sport that sup
ports other athletics. The Thanksgiving
game nets each school about. three
thousand dollars.
To play the Kansas-Ne Nebraska game
at Lincoln Thanksgiving day would be
a great mistake for the athletic boards
at Lincoln and Lawrence to make The
turkey day contest is money-naak1ng
scheme pure and simple If the schools
were playing the game just to see which
side would win, they would schedule
fhe contest for the Saturday after
THANKSGIVING, and let the college men
eat turkey in peace. The game, if play
ed in Kansas City, would draw twice as
large a crowd as It would in Lincoln
The number of students in attendance
would be about the same, but they sell
dom make UP half the crowd at the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-09

Leavenworth, Kan. May 9.-The board
of directors of the Kansas penitentfary
met here and instructed the warden to
proceed at once to burn brick and to
purchase cement to pave the driveway
between the Leavenworth city limits
and the prison grounds. Work has
started on the city portion Of the paw
ing and it is to be completed within two
months All the brick will be manufac-
tured at the prison and the labor of
prisoners will be used to make q paved
roadway 80 feet wide between the city
and Lansing
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Wellington Has Gas Oner.

Wellington. Kas., May 9.-W. P.
Hackney. Of Winfield, appeared before
the council here and submitted the
draft of an ordinance granting a fran
chise to the Kansas Natural Gas COM
pany, which proposes to pipe gas to
this city as well as to Hutchinson.
Winfield and Wichita, from the Caney-
gas field. The rate to consumers is to
be 80. cents per 1000 feet. The propo-
sition is favorably considered, though
the council has refused to take action
on it at present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-09

Tiger-Ja ylla wker- contest here.
II the game were to be played here,
the struggle would attract the largest
crowd that. ever saw game in this part
of the country. In Lincoln the gate re
ceipts would be about half what they
would be here. It Is the large gate re
ceipts, not the winning team, that
causes the smile on the athletic man
ayers face and makes the athletic
board tell of a successful season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-09
IN A BEER HALL.
Sarah Bernhardt Plays to 1900 People
in Seattle

Seattle. May Sarah Bernhard
played to fifteen hundred people in the
Leschi pavilion, a beer and concert
dance hall in Leschi park. located three
miles out Of the city. She will give
two more performances in Seattle. The
first ten rows of seats were chairs and
the remainder canvas camp stools.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-09

Chicago, May edwin Burritt
Smith. one of the best known lawyers
in Chicago. died early today at his resi-
dence, following an illness extending
over a year
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London; May 9.-In the court tennis
championship round today Jay Gould
of Lakewood, n. J., won the first set
against Eustace H. Mills, holder OF the
championship.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-09

Grand Excursion to st. Joserh sun
day May 1Sth-R0und Trip $3.50.
Train leaves Topeka $3.50 a. m. over
the Santa Re. Tickets on sale santa
Fe depot.
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SWANTON.

Tho arrangements for the CongTega-
tioral Church for tho next week are as
follows: This week, Thursday evening,
preparatory lecture. Next Sunday the
pastor will give an IS years review as that
is the anniversary of his SECOND coming
to this church in 1855. This will he follow
ed by the sacrament. Thursday. January
II will be the annual meeting Of tho
church and Il social gathering of the
parish. Absent members are requested to
send a word of greeting 1t is expected
that persons representing different de-
partments of church work will speak at
this time. Refreshments will be served
and it is hoped that this will be the lar
gest gathering in the history OF the
church
Work has commenced on the founda tons
for the four houses which l.. II. FELTON, of
Iighgate Springs is to build on Depot
street
Mrs. ID. u. Wead, who has been quite
ill., is improved in health.
The Rev. Edward Stone is stll confined
to the house.
The fish hatchery building is enclosed
ana the plumbers are putting in the heat
ing system