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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-18

New York. Sept. 1S.-There seems
to be greater confidence than at any
time since the agitation was begun
that the dividend to be declared on
Atchison common stock next month
will be at the rate of per cent. In
fact, it is understood that one of the
most powerful interests in the Atchi-
son property has absolutely assured
friends that they may expect the rate
to be at the figure above mentioned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-18
Kansas City. Kan. schools open.

Kansas City. Kan, Sept. 18.-The pub
lie schools which opened yesterday
were attended by $500 pupils. Last year
the opening day enrolment was $3.50.
1T was not a good day for the opening
of the schools" said w. E. Pearson
superintendent last night. 7 am satfs-
fed that the excessive heat in the past
few days and the heavy rain early yes
terday morning kept many children out
of school. By the end OF the week We
expect that the enrolment viii have IN
creased to 600
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-18

neys brought habeas corpus proceed
ings before Judge Wilson, of the dis
trict court, who fixed Stevens bond.
This action by the judge is an indica-
ton that evidence is not sufficiently
strong to justify charging Stevens with
murder in the first degree
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-18

ern Pacific has acquired control of
the Virginia & Truckee railway and
will build into Reno. The transfer Of
the property to the Goulds has not, it
is said, been formally made and it will
not be turned over until tie Western
PACIFIC has been COMPLETED.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-18
junction CITY Pioneer Dead.

junction City, Kan, Sept. 18.-Geo-
Blair, one of the oldest residents OF
this city. died here aged SO years. He
came to this county IN 1853 ana was
one. OF its best known citizens.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-18

I'd Eslinger left a sample Of dwarf
milo maze at this office this week that is
interesting The heads are very heavy
and he says will easily make 20 bushels
to tbs acre. He raised what he has from
seed furnished by the government for ex-
perimental gu poses.-J<inslssy Graphic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-18

building could be taken down and re-
erected in this city for 81 900 and he had
this amount practically pledged. The va
cant lot on the corner south of the Con
gregational church has been donated for
q sIte.-kinsley Graphic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-18

smaller than any previous year A
great deal OF threshing has to be done.
and much Of the wheat is damaging in
the stacks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-18
sedalia Shopa Burns.

Sedalia. No. Sept. 1s.-The paint
shop of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railway here burned early today.
Eleven cars and coaches. including the
private car of E. P. Allen. vice presi-
dent and general manager of the com
pany. were also destroyed. The loss is
estimated at 100000. The cause Of
the fire is not known.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-18
To Move an Episcopal Church.

a movement is on foot to bring the
Episcopal church at Lewis to this city
time ago he circulated a subscription pa
per and secured signatures piedgfng# sew
eral hundred dollars to the project
Bishop Griswold Of the diocese Of west
ern Kansas was here the first Of the
week and still further forwarded the
matter He stated that he thought the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-18
Rain Damaping the Wheat.

Wellington, Kan, Sept. 1S.@Con-
tinued heavy rains are greatly delay
ing the work of the farmers in blowing
and seeding. and for this reason the
acreage of wheat sown this fall in this
community is almost certain to be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-18

Eureka. Kan, Sept. 1s.-The state
fish commissioner, L. E. Clogston, is
stocking the streams Of the county with
black bass. Mr.. Clogston turned 1000
Of these fish ranging from ~three to five
inches in length into Fall river last
night and expects to stock Otter creek
with the same kind of fish.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-18

Rock Island Dividends Increase.
1t has been announced that the Chi
cago. Rock Island & Pacific railroa4
company has declared a dividend OF 9
pc. cent on its stock. This compared
with a last previous dividend OF 1 per
cent, paid three months ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-18

Hutchinson and Return s5.15. Santa Fe
state fair. Tickets on sale Sept 18th to
22nd inclusive, limited for return Sept
24th- T. L. King. Agt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-18
Gux admin Prornoted.

Omaha World-Herald: Guy Adams.
superintendent of mails for the Rock
Island railroad. has been appointed
superintendent for the Evansville &
Terre FIaute also, with headquarters
at Chicago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-18

Western Pacific Buys
San Francisco, Cal. Sept. 1S.-The
announcement Is made that the West
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-08-04
Summer Diarrhoa in Children.

During the hot weather of the summer
months the first unnatural looseness of
a child's bowels should have immediate at
%tention, SO as to check the disease before
it becomes serious. All that is necessary is
a few doses of Chambeilain's collie, cholera
and diarrhoea remedy followed by a dose
OF castor oil to cleanse the system. Rev.
NJ. O. Stockland, pastor of the first NJ. <.
church, Little Falls, Mimi, writes; ave
have used Chamberlain's collie, cholera and
diarrhoea remedy for several years and
find it a very valuable remedy, especially
for summer disorders in children" Sold
by Pioneer Drug Store.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-08-04
Notice 10 Socialists.

Notice is hereby given that a
convention of the Socialist party is
called to meet in Tucumcari at the
court house, for the purpose OF
deciding on a day to nominate a
Socialist County Ticket by a pri-
mary vote Of the party, on August
nth, 1906, at 10 a. m.
r.. c. Abicrombia.
Fremont Thompson.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-08-04

r. II. Sanders returned Tuesday
from a visit to home folks in Dali
las, Texas.
n. V. Gallegos reports a i1ne
new baby at his home.
The wool securing plant has
stored already for this seasons
securing over a million pounds OF
wool.
A wreck of II freight cars occur
cd on the Dawson branch last
week. No considerable damage
was done.
Henry Neafus moved into the
w. A. Jackson residence Thurs
dav.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-08-04
TINE TABLE.
E. p. g. S. w.
In Effect Sunday April 8th,.' 1906.

GOING EAST.
No. I24 leaves Rock Island depot Tu-
cumcari 1890 A. NJ.
No. I24 leaves e. p. & S. w. depot Tu-
cumcari 1910 A. M.
Giving passengers chance to procure
tickets and baggage checks at Z. p. IS. w.
depot.
Arrive Dawson ass p. NJ.
FROM THE EAST.
No. 1873 leave Dawson o:45 A. NJ.
Arrive Tucumcari, (R. /. depot $50
i. NJ.
No. I24 carded to make connection with
e"astbound train at French $50 p. NJ. and
with No. I23 westbound train 1o;as A. NJ
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-08-04

Several especially good prop
ositions OF lots and houses for sale
in the Russell Addition. m 26tf
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-08-16
STANDARD OIL INDICTED
FOR ACCEPTING REBATES
Speedy Action by Federal Grand
Jury in Chicago.
LAKE SHORE ROAD INVOLVED
Oil Company If Convicted May Be
Mulcted I'm $SSO,OOO Fines
More Indictments Expected
Evidence Taken i'm Cleveland.

Chicago@After an investigation
lasting just three hours and a half
the Standard Oil Company was in
dicted by the special Federal Grand
Jury on the charge OF accepting re-
bates from the Lake Shore and Mich
igan Southern Railroad. There are
nineteen counts in the Indictment,
and the penalty, If conviction follows,
may be $4,000 e each count, or a
total of $3SO,O0O in fines. while the
total amount of rebates received is
the comparatively Insignificant sum
of $500.
No individuals were indicted,
neither was the railroad company
that gave the rebates, but the Grand
Jury has not completed its work yet,
and this first indictment is expected
to be followed by a long list of others.
1t is said to be not improbable that
officials of the Lake Shore Railroad
and the Standard Oil Company will
be indicted. There is some question
whether indictments may not be re-
turned against Captain G. j. Gram
mer, Vice-President of the New York
OOASA AAAO0P NAO g AN ~ CoROA
sible for the acts of the freight de-
partment of the Lake Shore road.
The inquiry will turn upon the
question of whether the Standard OIL
Company entered into a conspiracy
with some of the railroads to obtain
secret and discriminating rates in re-
straint of trade and whether the
Standard Oil Company and its SUBJ
sidiary companies do not constitute
a trust.
The reason why the jury was able
to return an Indictment within so
short a time was that all the testi-
mony had previously been taken at
Cleveland, and it was necessary only
to read to the jurors the transcript
of the evidence in the presence of the
witnesses who had given it. 1t was
not even necessary to call all the men
who had been summoned, and in fact
the only witnesses who were called
were j. L.. Clark, General Western
Freight Agent of the Lake Shore; C.
A. Slauson, General Freight Agent at
ClevelandS Henry L. Meyer, clerk in
the Freight Auditors Office, and Geo.
T. Roberts, of the Interstate Com
missioner's Office.
The indictment alleges that by the
system of granting the Standard Oil
Company rebates or concessions, that
corporation benefited to the extent of
$500 between August, 1903, and
February, 1905. Each count sets up
a rebate Of between $500 and $500
a month which the Standard Oil Com
parry received by reason of the fact
that the Lake Shore Railroad Com
pany did not enforce from it the pay
ment of storage charges on it's prod
ucts at the warehouse OF the railroad
at Eighteenth street, Chicago.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-08-16
wHoLEsALE PRICES LOWER.
Crop Conditions Are Prosperous, De
cIares Dun's Index Number.

Crop Conditions Are Prosperous, De-
cIares Dun's Index Number.
New York City.-A drop of over
twenty points in the general level or
wholesale prices inthe month or July
is Indicated by Dun's Index Number
of commodity prices proportioned TO
consumption for the month just
ended. The figure on August / was
S102 .985, which compares with
$105,216 in July and $99,846 a year
ago.
The decline is attributed to the Ia
vorable progress of the crops, which
by the opening of August gave assur-
ance of an enormous production OF
the leading cereals, and these are OF
great weight In determining the In
dex Number, owing to the many
bushels OF wheat, corn and pat con-
sumed per capita. In the eadstuH
section alone there was a decrease OF
almost exactly $3.50 for the montn
whereas the total fall in the Index
Number was $2.2S.
Prices are now at the lowest posi-
ton since last October, and show an
advance of about three per cent,
compared with the level a year ago.
which is largely due to higher prices
for dairy and garden products, CLOTH
ing, metals and miscellaneous.
There is no occasion for uneasiness
in such a decline in commodity prices
as occurred during July, the index
Number says, since it isread1ly traced
to liberal crops rather than any loss
in domestic demand.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-08-16
1O-Year
LYNCHER GETS FIFTEEN YEARS.
First Conviction For OffenSe i'm His
tory of North Carolina.

Salisbury, N. C.-What is said to
be the first conviction for l%ynching in
the history of the State took place
here, when George Hall, awhile ex-
convict of Montgomery County, who
was one of the party which lynched
three negros in Jail here for the mur-
der of the Lyerly family, was found
guilty of conspiracy in connection
with that crime and was sentenced to
fifteen years in the penitentiary.
The jury was out only thirty-fve
minutes. Judge B. F. Long sentenced
Hall to the maximum term provided
for by law. The evidence against
Hall was overwhelming.
The State sprung a surprise in the
trial when the offense against the
prisoner was changed from murder
to conspiracy. David w. Julian, a
deputy sheriff, testified that he saw
Hall leading a mob of about thirty
men, some of whom the witness
knew. The officer had in custody a
man he had arrested at the jail.
Hall, said the witness, carried a ham
mer, and threatened to brain him If
he did not liberate the prisoner.
Other testimony was offered and
the case speedily given to the jury.
Hall had been a cotton mill opera
tive.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-08-16
CHICAGO MAIL ORDER HOUSES
Offer to Pay Six Per Cent. on Deposits
Of From $5 to $4,000.

Chicago. = Chicago mail order
houses threaten to cut into the Dusi-
ness of interior banks, and country
bankers r up in arms over the in
cursion planned into their territory
and legitimate occupation. For
weeks the agricultural sections of
Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Nebraska and
Missouri have been flooded with cir
cular letters addressed to farmers,
mechanics and merchants in the
smaller towns and villages, offering
as high as six per cent. for deposits
and the return of certificates payable
on demand.
The mail order houses are adver-
Using, do your banking with u.s.
and offering to accept money in
amounts from SIS to $4,000, send q
certificate for 1t, and pay six per cent.
interest semi-annually. The money
may be had on demand and surrender
of the certificate. It is also pro-
vided that the depositor may buy
goods against such bank account with
the company, and have the amount
deducted from his deposit.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-08-16
HIGH RECORD WHEAT YIELD
Prediction of a Crop of 772,264.-
900 Bushels.
Beats Production of 1901 by $4,000
OO0-The Corn Estimate Exceeds
the Best Previous Year.

Washington, D. G.-The Govern
ment crop report estimates the win
ter wheat crop at 493,434,000 bush
els, as compared with 429,534,O0O
bushels previously estimated. The
indicated spring wheat crop is 27S,-
$4,000 bushels. This compares
with 29S,221.OOO bushels estimated
last month, 285,381,O00 bushels. the
estimated crop on August /, 1908,
and the final 1905 crop of 264,516,-
$50 bushels.
The total indicated wheat crop is
77~2,264,0OO bushels, which is great
er by "a, 1000, 900 bushels than that
of 1901, the greatest on record. Last
months figures e 722,755,OO
bushels; 7O9,6S1,OO bushels were
estimated on August 1, 1905, and b
final total crop of 1905 was 692,979.-
4S9 bushels.
The report shows that the cordi-
ton of spring wheat as OF August l
was $50. This compares with ola
last month, S9.2 on August /, 1906;
87.5 on August 1, 1904, and III on
August 1, 1903.
The condition of oats was S2.8.
This compares with "a last month,
COS on August 1, 1905; S6.6 on Au-
gust 1, 1904, and 1915 on August 1,
1908. The indicated oats crop is
S52,482,O00 bushels. This COM
pares with STA, 625, 900 bushels esti-
mated last month, 933,00O,0 900 bush
'els estimated on August 1, 1905, and
final 1905 crop of 95S,216,197 BUSH
els.
The condition of corn vas ST..
This compares with 87.5 last month,
SO on August /, 1905; S7.3 on Au-
gust 1, 1904, and 1871 on August /,
1903. The indicated corn crop is
2,713,0 900 900 bushels. This COM
pares with 2,703,641,0O0 bushels es-
timated last month, 2,69S,0O0,000
bushels estimated on August 1, 1905,
and the final 1905 crop of 2,707,S93,-
$40 bushels. The indicated crop as
compared with final totals in preced-
ing years is greater by 100000
bushels than that of 1905, which was
the largest on record.
The following table shows for the
five principal spring wheat States the
condition on August 1 in each Of the
last three years, with a ten-year av-
erage:
N voo~
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-08-16
EXPLOSION ON A DESTROYER.
Four Workmen Hurt on the WOrden
Hot Rivet Dropped Into Varnish.

Four WOrkmen Hurt on the WOrden
Hot Rivet Dropped Into Varnish.
Norfolk, Va.-Four men were bad
ly burned and one fatally as the re-
suit of an explosion on the torpedo
boat destroyer Worden at the navy
yard here.
Workmen were replacing rivets
in a paint locker on the destroyer
when a red hot rivet dropped into a
vat of asphaltum varnish, causing
an explosion of terrific force, which
hurled William H. Wilson, q riveter,
and Robert e. White, another work.
man, who were on a temporary stag
ing above the varnish vat, out
through the matches on the Worden
and upon the deck of the vesesl.
Both men were dangerously burned
by the ignited liquid.
Henry Sherman, head of the con-
struction and repair department, was
also badly burned, as was Joseph
Barrow, who was passing the rivets.
Rear Admiral Berry, Commandant
at the navy yard, has ordered an in
vestigation to determine the respons-
Utility for the explosion.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-08-16


For u part, we do not join yerv
enthusiastically in any cry against the
extravaganza of the Congress which
has j1st adjourned, remarks the Rich.
mond News Leader. The a~ppropria-
tons provided foot up an enormous
total, but we notice that the state of
Virginia, for instance, did all she
could to make them even larger. As
to US, We got a pretty fair share
a million and a quarter for the James
town Exposition and 100000 for the
Richmond post Office included. It
looks a little ungracious for us to be
passing up our plate for slices of
the pie and then complaining because
sc much pie has been given.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-08-16
THE LID down IN SARATOGA
Stops and Thick Gloom
Spreads Over Resort
Done by Governors Orders-Not .
!. Wheel Turns Nor a Chip Falls in
Canfield's or Ullman's.

Saratoga, N. Y.-The gamble; by
fighting among themselves have
killed the goose that laid the golden
egg. Saratoga is a closed town. Not
a card is turned. nor a wheel is spun.
The gambling house proprietors and
their dealers stand gloomily in the
hotels and on the street corners dis
consolately decrying the hard luck,
as they call it, which has befallen
them.
The lid" of New York metaphor,
is on and battened down. so far as
gambling at cards and as to gambling
clubs are concerned. Following the
raid on Ullman's Bridge Whist Club
an Official order was issued to the
proprieters of all the gambling
houses, directing them to close, as
gambling in future would not be per-
mitted in Saratoga.
The order was in terms that con-
vinced the owners of gambling clubs,
and forthwith there was a general
closing early in the day, the morning
sessions at faro and roulette being
cut on so promptly that in some cases
the players were turned out of the
gambling houses at once. The races
broke the m~onotony of the afternoon,
but when night came, and rain with
it. the visitors at Saratoga had the
chance to realize what it meant to
have the lid on"
The sudden action by the author
tiles in stopping gambling was a di-
rect result of a visit to the summer
resort by Frank Perley, secretary of
NAxya~nA. TT;~-S--Z TT. 1T
the Sheriff, the Chief Of Police and
the village officials, and the order to
close the gambling houses was the
result.
The closing was none the less
absolute and complete, for even Rich
ard Canf1eld's Saratoga Club, where
ways were found to accommodate
patrons by roundabout methods. was
closed tight, so far IS gambling is
concerned.
The smaller gambling clubs were
in darkness, the proprietors in some
cases going SO a as to remove their
gambling furniture.
Joe" Ullman, in spite Of his boast,
did not move new gambling nipple
and resume business. Ullman's place
Wo0 0A0N 90 S46AN as ~ NAO sum
bling houses.
Among the gamblers, Ulfman was
blamed for having precipitated their
trouble, but the general view was
that Garfield was the real cause of
the sudden move. 1t was said that
Garfield had instigated the movement
against Ullman, whose clubrooms had
attracted patrons from Canfeld's
Saratoga Club. Governor Higgins
message ended the affair, for the be-
lief among the gamblers is that all
or none shall be permitted to conduct
business.
The presence of Secretary Perley
at the race track caused some excite
ment, as it was said that he went
there to witness the method of race
track betting with a view to reporting
to Governor Higgins. The word was
passed around that bets must be made
with as little display of money as
possible. The alarm had its influence
only on the first race, however, as
money transactions were absolutely
necessary in the volume of business
that went on.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-08-16
KILL FIVE.
Lieutenant Gnyder and Collector
Williams Slain.

Manila, P. First Lieutenant
John F. James and two privates of
the Eighth Infantry, with surgeon
Calvin Snyder and Internal Revenue
Collector Williams, of Illinois, were
killed in a h~and-to-hand fight with
a force of Pulajanes at Julita, Island
OF Eeyte.
The detachment, which consisted
OF ten men, were greatly outnum-
bered, but made a gallant fight. The
P~ulajanes captured three pistols,
four Krag-Jorgensep rifles and three
hundred rounds of ammunition.