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The Washington times., 1906-02-18
Medico Legal Society
DR.. ROBERT REYBURN,
President.

horse. etc. and he commenced doing SO
his first day on, by KNOCKING 4 patien;
down and choking him, after which ''hC
had no trouble with that one
MANY other Ike occurrences are re-
ported, but these are more than suffi-
cient. if true. to present a vivid con
trast to the methods OF gentlens IS and
sympathy carried out in other irstitu-
tions
The committee has no thought or idea
that these practices. if they exist, are
known to or permitted by the superiTl-
tendent, but he is a very busy man. and
has to leave all details of care and
treatment to his subordinaJes. He per
sonaily told a member OF the commit
tee that the administrative details Of
/ improvements. expenditure of s. 800 0G
I during past years in new buildings. al
terations OF heating and lighting plant,
landscape gardening. etc, his duties in
connection with other hospital plans.
calls as an expert alienist 10 distant
points; his literary laboTs. financial re-
sponslbihties, etc, kept him working
over hours and left no time for him 10
give personal medical attention to the
patients In the hospital; and in all OF
the court cases in which the superin-
tendent has testified he stated that he
had no personal knowledge of the pa-
tients until brought TO his attention by
the court proceedings.
The superintendent of the Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane. and the
United States Attorney for the District
of Columbia. hold that the officials of the
Soldiers Homes have unlimited military
authority over all who enter said homes
tJlthough these officials are merely civil
ians. and the National Homes an fncor-
porated insutution); that said officials
have delegated TO them the authority of
the rules and articles of war over the
Inmates of said homes and have the,
right and power TO commit them 10 an
insane asylum, at their pleasure. with
out due process Of law. for an indefinite
period Frequently for life). and their
jurisdiction continues without limitation
Of term; that these honorably discharged
soldiers and sailors have no right to an
inquisition into their sanity by due pro-
cess of law, and that the courts have
no Jurisdiction over them because they
arc not civilians.
Law in the Case.
a majority OF the judges of The SUI
premc Court OF the District Of Columbia
have taken a contrary view of the law.
namely, Chief Justice CIabauEh and JUS
ticcs Anderson. Wright. and CculG
Justice Barnard held with them in
the Shaffer case, but recently he re-
VeIscd himself in the case of Jesse
Owslcy. wherein he held the commitment
legal and denied a motion for inquisi-
ton by jury into sanity of the ex-
soldier.
As stated in the report OF Superin-
tendent White, the cases Of Alexander
\. Wills and James L. Shaffer were de-
cided adversely to the Government bv
Justices Wright and Barnard. and thev
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RICHARD P. EVANS,

were -elea sed and discharged. and the
District Attorney took appeals in both
cases 10 the Court of Appeals: the
hearing at the January term. but on the
first day of the term the District At
torney. by order OF the Attorney Gen
eral- dismissed his appeals in both
cases.
THE differences naturally follow that
first day OF the term the District At
torney General as sound; that said cofa-
mitments are unconstitutional; that such
honorably discharged soldiers and
sailors are American citizens and en-
titled 10 due process or law where their
liberty is concerned. and that they are
not subject to unlimited authority and
power OF civilian OFF Gals. acting under
alleged delegated military powers of the
rules and articles Of war, independent of
the constitutional rights Of the citizen
and OF the Judiciary
THE Willis case Is no doubt excep-
tiOnal, this is brief of its history. An
old man. but vigorous OF body and IN
tellecJ prevailed upon TO deed valuable
property to a relative. with usual prom
ises OF support, etc, Drugged in New
York, taken thence. unconscious, loo
miles 70 the Soldiers Hone, Milwaukee
Wis; from there by the Iettre de cachet
route TO St Elizabeth; there regarded as
insane, and his very statement Of the
facts taken as absolute proof of .perse-
cutory mauia:' : punished in the hog
pital for attempt TO secure legal assist
ance for his release: his pension Of 81
per month used by the hospital: his pen
sion OF $50 per month, for life. as an old
efnpioye Of Arnold Constable < 90 enn,-
muted and released by said relative for
cash payment, made TO said relative
Of $50; penniless and friendIess. his
prospect for escape from life imprison-
ment among the insane was exceedingly
small
But warm-hearted. energetic wo-
man believed his story and--enlisted
counsel in his behalf. for months an
investigation carried on and story rro,,-
en- true: habeas corpus proceedings in
sututed and his commitment held IN
constitutional and Illegal by Justice
Wright, who stated on the bench that
one might as well argue that a police
man could be authorized TO arrest a
citizen, charge him with murder. pro-
nounce him guilty, and hang him 10 a
lamp post remanded for six days TO
give opportunity for the superintendent
10 have inquisition by due process OF
law into his sanity, and discharged
from custody and from the hospital be-
cause Of failure of the superintendent
TO institute such proceedings. Willis
was a sane man held for nearly two
years. discharged without one dollar
ing
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MRS. SLAYMAKER BURIED.

The funeral Of the late Mrs. Anna l.
Slaymaker took place from her late
home this morning. The Rev. DR..
Brooke. formerly pastor OF the Second
Presbyterian Church here. conducted the
funeral services. The pallbearers were
c. SIaymaker. John LeaGbeater, ". j.
Boothe and Edgar Soeiden. The inter
ment was in the Ivy Hil Cemetery.
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KNIGHTS TEMPLAR VISIT.

Old Dominion Conmandery, No. Il. of
this city, last evening received a fra
tHrn2l visit from Potomac Commandery.
knights Templar. of Georgetown The
order OF the Red Cross was exemplifed.
and after che session, supper was served
al the Hotel RammeI
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ALEXANDRIA NEWS NOTES
WASHINGTON TINES BUREAU.
ALEXANDRIA. VA. FEB. II

There viii be number Of out-of- town
ministers in the pulpits of the Alexan-
dria churches tomorrow. At the Second
Pres SbyteTtan Church, which IS stiii with
out q pastor, the Rev Or. McFadden
OF Richmond, will oficiate.
At st. PauTs Protestant Episcopal
Church the Rev l. L. williams will
conduct services and preach tomorrow
morning.
At the First Baptist Church. Henry
Barney. a converted actor and temper
ance worker. will deliver an address
under the auspices Of the Woman 8
Christian Temperance Union. at 3
O'clock
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SOC Bottle Free.

If you need Liquozoa e. and have
never tried IT, please send us this cou-
pom. We viii then mail you an order
on local druggist for a fuil-size bot
tie. and viii pay the druggist ourselves
Tor 1t. This is our free gift. made to
convince you: to let the product Itself
show you what it can do. In justice to
yourself, please accept it today, for It
places you under no obligations what
ever.
LiqgoEone costs soc and 81.
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The mildness Of Liquozone makes some
OF its results seem almost Incredible
but in that mildness lies the DC yer
that germ diseases need. And diseases
which have resisted medicine for wears
often Weld at once 10 81
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ELKs TO ATTEND FUNERAL.

The funeral of Thomas L. Spiuks will
take place from his lat@ home in Upper
Duke street tomorrow Afternoon. The
funeral will be attended by Alexandra
Lodge OF EIkS Of which deceased was
a member. The fune' - erViCes will
be conducted by the Re D P. Stump.
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MADE DEPUTY GRAED MASTER.

r. w Arnold. of this city. has been
appointed district deputy erand master
Of this district. by Grand MasteS Of Ma
sons of Virginia X. Kemper
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SMALL FIRE IN HOME.

The fire department was ca led out
this afternoon by FIRE at the home of
Thomas Elliott in North Washington
street. The flames ds magcd some fur
niture slightly.
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DR.. CHARLES EMMONS,
Secretary.

his lettTe de cachet TO 81. Eliza beth
there he showed no signs of insanity.
but his requests for discharge were re-
fused and his release by habeas corpus
resisted lie, is now at home n the
Pennsylvania mountains. leading USE
ful life and respected and beloved by his
friends and relatives. He also escaped
what promised To be a life term, as his
case was said TO be fncurabl by the
expert in charge, He was assisted 20
his home by tire Board Of Charities A
$50 bill. sent him b. a nephew 70 aid IN
securing his freedom. in a letter to St.
Elizabeth. never reached him.
These are exceptional cases. Of
course. but there appear to be others
with similar ear marks.
But now about those who remain
sane or insane?
Crowded out Of the better accommo-
dations by the pay PATIENTS and Dis
tTict indlgents' many Of whom appear
to be wives and feeble relatives Of non
taxpaying Government employes-these
old soldiers and sailors. for whom the
lest things Of the hospital were intended
when II was esta blshed, must be con-
tent with inferior quarters ana vastly
IN foCE
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MADE JAIL INSPECTORS.

DR.. ". r Purvis. E. 3. Taylor. and
e. w Moore have been appointed By
Judge Louis c. Barley. - the cor
poration court, as jail inspectors
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The Alleged Bull Pen.

Most Of them. some 500. are confined
In what they have christeued the Bull
Pen.' officially known as Atkins Hall.
under the care and supervision of a very
young physician. Of about six months
practice previous 10 his connection with
the institution.
The bull pen is q triangular Incio-
sure Of about three acres. OF which
about Unc-half is occupied By buildings
II IS surrounded by brick walls and high
paling fences through which the inmates
can be seen tramping weaTily back and
forth like Gagged animals. or sitting list
lessly awaiting the bell for meals. Some
have been there for a decade or over
No occupation. nothing to divert or
stimulate their minds. subject 10 being
disciplined for infraction of rules WHICH
although held 10 be insanel. they are
required 10 understand. remember, and
obey
Forbidden the right to consult coun-
sci, or TO be examined by outside ply
sicians: ragged, wretcbed. and forlCrn:
with no hope for release prior to the
day when taps" for them shall sound,
and. feet foremost, they may be borne
10 the disSeCung room. for the pathOio-
gist To carve and pickle. and lecture
OVER their still warm though lifeless re-
mains
One old soldier stated that he was
treated as well as any old dog shut I'd
in q back yard. with water TO drink
and a tough chunk TO gnaw on if he
did not attempt 10 dig out, or jump the
fence, or howl at the moon. he was left
alone and kept out OF trouble: that he
never got medicine unless he asked for
Il when constipated.'
The following named have been elect
ed officers of the Medico-Legal Society
10 serve for the ensuing year:
President. Robert Reyburn, 81. D;
vice president. ". d. Hughes, NJ. d. !.
secretary. Charles NJ, Emmons. NJ. D. !;
treasurer, G. b. Robinson. D. V. s:
attorney. Richard 2. Evans; associate
attorney. James Z. Padgett.
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GIVEN SECOND TERM.

ed a member OF the electoral board for
a term OF three years. By Judge Louis
{. Barley
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Judge
The First Bottle Is Free.

cine proves so nearly helpless in
germ disease. Ljquozone is q tonic.
The Washington times., 1906-02-18
The Shafer Case.

In the Si,affer case, it appears he was
too religious to SUIT the taste OF an Of
fcia! in the hospital ward at the Sol
diers Home, who commanded him to
stop praying aith the sick inmates
whom he visited; his refusal 0ccasioned
The Washington times., 1906-02-18
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Note that this offer applies to new users
only.
Any physician or hospital not yet using
Liguozone viii be gladly supplied for test
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Ihefe are different ways of training
horse-but one attendant made The
statement that he was instructed "a
make patients fear him. as he wouJd .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-21
Last Big Land Opening in Oklahoma.
Rich Land for Farmers.

over half million acres Of agricui-
tural lands viii be opened to settle
ment this fall in Southwest Oklahoma
The quarter sections Will be sold to
the highest bidders.
Minimum price, IS per acre. which
is a very low figure considering the
richness of the SOIL in that portion OF
the New State.
Purchasers must be qualified home
steaders and comply with homestead
law as to residence. cultivation and
Improvement.
TERMS ARE REASONAB BILE
Purchaser has the. privilege of paying
for his farm in five equal annual pay
ments-
The land Is mostly rolling prairies
we'll watered by living streams.
Corn, wheat. oats. rye, alfalfa, cot
ton and all kinds of garden products
and fruits Of almost every variety can
be grown in abundance.
This opening will be the best op-
portunity to get good farm at your
own price ever offered the home
seeker
You cannot afford to miss It.
You should lose no time in getting
on the ground either to select a bust
ness location or to familiarize your
self with the lands on which you in
tend 10 bid.
Cheap rates first and third Tuesdays
of each month via Rock Island Frisco
Lines, only direct route to the Big
Land Opening. See Rock Island
Agent. or write for further informa-
ton to JOHN SEBASTIAN
Passenger Traffic Manager. La Sale
Station. Chicago; or Frisco Building,
st. Louis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-21
NATURAL GAS SHORT,
Shut OF From Several AtcI1ison Con-
Germs on Short Notice

Atchison. Kan. Nov. 21.-On an
hours notice natural gas was shut OH
from the Atchison mills at noon Tues
day It's use also had to be discon-
tinued at the street railway power
house. The reason is said. to be. trou-
BILE on the line between here and the
gas field. Whatever this trouble is, II
has diminished the pressure, and the
power plants were cut off to protect
the domestic consumer. With the mills
and power house off, it is figured that
there will be enough gas to keep houses
warm and ranges going until the 1ul
pressure is restored.
It is going to be hard on the mills
w A Blair says: I'VE will be fncon-
yenienced. and unless gas is turned on
again in "a hours in sufficient quantity
we are going back to coal We can
switch to coal in less time than it will
take to get the coal here. 1t looks as
if the turning of gas into Kansas City,
Mo is the cause of the reduced pres
sure here, although this is denied as
being in any way responsible
Douglas Cain not only uses gas to
run the Cain mill, but heats the Atchl-
son National bank building. Donald
Bros, Turner hall and the Elks build
ing from his boiler room. I have one
boiler that I can burn coal under, but
1 haven't any coal. 1 have been prom
ised enough gas to keep the bulldlngs
I heat warm" said Mr.. Cain.
Superintendent Hackstaff, of the
Atchison, Railway, Light & Power Co
said to a reporter: Nobody can pos
siblv regret the order to shut off gas at
the mills more than we do ourselves.
An order was received frC m the Kan
sas Natural Gas company to cut off
all large power plants until the trouble
can be overcome, for the protection OF
domestic consumers. There is some
gas coming. and with what, there is
in the mains, there will be sufficient to
take care of the small users, with the
mills and power house cut off. We are
confidently expecting that the troubIe
will be overcome in "a hours
The Lukens mill has ben intending 70
go back to coal, and Ed Lukens asked
the Citizens Coal Co. for price on
slack a few days ago This mill has
one boiler not equipped with gas burn
Superintendent Hackstaff is certain
the turning of gas into Kansas CITY,
Mo hasn't anything to do with the
present trouble. Kansas City is on an
INDEPENDENT line from the town of Pc
troleurn. where the big pumping station
of the Kansas Natural Gas company is
located There is d report that the
trouble is in the pumping station,
where z. new engine is being installed
AS soon as word was received from
the Kansas Natural Gas company this
morning the Atchison Railway, LlShI
G Power company purchased several
cars of slack from the coal mine Il
took all the slack and nut coal on hand
and is burning coal The change was
made in a few hours.
Atchison mills ard the power mousse
have been using a million feet OF gas
every "a hours Domestic consumers
use between 900, 900 and 100000 feet
daily. @n
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py . feet in size. to the present build
lng occupied by the Provident assocfa-
.toH' Wnlcn was provided originate
through Mr. Cages munihcence,
1opeka seems to be a dangerous BIT
o. sea Tor bands, as no less than three
wen known aggregations have disband-
ed after their performances in The liz,
curing the past six months. Prvor's he
culties. ie1i Ul1ll-
The mercury did not drop low
enough last night to omen the bar,-os+
season for the plumbers OF the it,
Inousn there were a few water meters
frozen and some unprotected vater
pipes reported as unfit for use this
It takes eleven editors. inc1uding
VII edltor and Language editor
lhree artists; sixteen reporters five Hi
rectors and two business managers IL
get out The High School World p
thereby explained.
am sore said a young woman this
morning I think 1 might have been
made a member of the board of Iadv
managers of the dog show. I have the
best dog in Kansas. 1 think I will hrinp
my dog down and take all the prizes
away from these lady managers
One of the minor railroad officials
located in this city made no effort to
correct the mistake, at the Hartman
reception last night, when he was in
troduced to some of the visiting rail-
road men. as being in one Of the most
important positions in the service of
his company
The annual meeting of the board Of
directors of the Prcvident association
was held yesterday, at which the
board organized for the ensuing year
by electing the following officers: T.
r. Carver, president; Rev. F. E NAL
lory, vice president; Arthur Capper,
secretary; and Warren NJ. Crosby
treasurer.
The Inconvenience of the new sys-
tenn of transferring which has been
recently inaugurated by the street car
company, is becoming very apparent
this cold weather. This morning a
party of a dozen or more who had
come in on a West Twelfth street car
and had North Topeka for their desti-
nation were compelled to wait on the
corner of Tenth and Kansas avenue
for twenty-five minutes while a North
Topeka car was several minutes late
The transfer station. which was but
two block away and which was we'll
heated was rot allowed to be used by
people transferring to North Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-21

This is souvenir night at the rink
for ladies.
Some more snow to clean off the side
walks today.
The Washburn football team has
not Dracticed any this week on 40
count of the snow.
Everything that has the slightest
semblance to a sleigh is doing duty
these days from early morning until
late at night
IN recent basketball game be
tween the subsoohs and freshmen
high school girls, the former won by
score of 35 to 1.
The jailer's Office at the police sta
ton is being reftted with hnoleum,
something that it has been needed for
number of years.
The Woodmen of the World have put
up a gold watch as an inducement to
members to get out and bring in new
members to the order.
BY the constant use of their two
new snow sweeDers the street railway
company was able to keep good SER
vice on their lines all day.
Twenty eight rabbit hunters, most Of
them black, returned on the west
bound plug last night, and the party
was we'll laden with rabbits.
The football teams CT Lawrence and
Topeka high schools will play on
Washburn field next Saturday after
noon This will be the only game next
Saturday.
The sun came cut bright and warm
this morning and before the snow had
fairly quit falling the sidewalks were
well cleared of the fall of the night and
morning
Those weather prophets, who were
predicting yesterday that the storm
had been broken. had a good chance
to change their minds when they got
UP this morning.
The twenty fourth fire for this monta
was registered last evening when ths
department was called to 1920 QuincJ
street to put out a little fire originating
from a defective flue-
The small boy is wishing for it to
balls would be ripe and he could have
all kinds Of fun in making life miser-
able for other people.
The shutting off of some of the big
users of natural gas by the gas COM
pany yesterday has caused the house
holder to worry over a probable giving
out Of the natural gas supply.
The indications this morning are
that there will be but little snow left by
night time, and that the country roads
and city streets Will be sloppy and mud
dy for the remainder of the week.
Numerous bobsled parties take up
the earlier hours of the evenings, and
there is no use to retire early to court
the muse of Morpheus. with the air
filled with the jingle Of hundreds of
bells.
But few of the street cars were on
time during the early morning hours
as the snow which had fallen during
kind which goes under the wheels and
delayes their progress.
Norris l.. Gage has announced his
intention of building an addition, ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-21
mrs. CrcfHeId Died From Poison

Seattle, Nov. 21.-Coroner Carroll
signed a certificate stating that Mrs
Crefheld, who died suddenly in the
county Jail last Friday night, came to
her death by suicide from strychnine
poisoning Chemists who analyzed
the contents of the stomach found the
presence of more than enough strych-
nine to cause death. Mrs Crefield
who was the widow of the so-calIed
prophet OF the Holy Rollers, was
awaiting trial for completely with
Esther Mitchell in the murder of
Esther's brother. George Mitchell. the
slayer Of Franz Crefield.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-21
WATCH MAKERS
Require Steady Nerves for Fine Work


Sitting at a watch makers bench
day in and day out is tedious work.
and if the workman suffers from
headache, nervousness and indiges-
ton. as he is liable to do from his
sedentary occupation, he requires spe-
cial food to put him right A Seattle
man writes:
Il am a Matchmaker and have sat
pretty constantly at my bench for Is
years. and have suffered badly from
Indigestion and its many evil effects,
such as headache. dizziness. nervous
ness, etc. 1 always had a weak stom-
ach until 1 began to use Grape-Nuts.
Il didn't seem able to find anything
that would digest properly with me for
breakfast ar supper, and my four chill
dren inherited the weakness from me.
Nov I place teaspoonfuls of
oven. When good and hot I eat it
with cream. This with some other
food gives me nice hot breakfast.
For the children we give each one
teaspoonfuls with warm milk, which
softens it and they like it better
I'VE have practically the same for
supper and are not troubled in sleep
with an overloaded stomach. With
condition and our continual good
health and fat rosy boys prove that we
are on the right track.
Il have gained in weight and have
found a food in Grape-Nuts that has
saved me lots of doctors bills for the
children, and has given me a clear
head. steady hand and good digestion
for the past two years.
lone must have a steady nerve and
feel we'll TO work on fine watch work.
and the use of GraDe-Nuts twice day
has kept me right UP to the mark
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Read the book, "The
Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's.
q r-ea son :,
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zach 1Tulllau Gains Rebeartng

St. Louis. Nov. 21.-Zach Mulhal.
well known as southwestern cattle
man and wild west Snowman, who was
sentenced to serve two years in the
penitentiarv for shooting a bystander
in q shooting affair on the Pike during
the Worlds Fair. has been granted a
rehearing in the criminal court of ST.
Louis. by the supreme court.