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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18
LOCAL MENTION.

Persons intending to attend the
Hoosier picnic at Vinewood park Fri
day evening can get tickets for the
dinner at Halls book store. Snow s
drug store. H. CIarkson's, Office block.
John E. Moons, Office block, E. A
Austin. Stormont building, Peter
Smith, Citizens's State bank, but must
do so before Thursday noon so the
caterer can be informed Of number 20
prepare for.
Spontaneous combustion of coal in a
coal yard at First and Quincy streets
brought out the equipment from No. 2
and No. 3 fire stations last evening at
$40. The loss was small.
No complaints have been filed
against the crematory plant east of the
city since it has come under tie super
vision of the city It is about time fer
one to appear
Harry Hopper, driver for Chief VII
rnarth of the fire department is visit
Ing in Denver and other Colorado
points
Announcement is made by the city
water department that the water will
be shut off on Kansas avenue between
Eighth and Tenth street tomorrow
Thursday and Friday afternoons af-
ter 1 o'clock in order that steamer
plugs can be put in the hydrants at the
corners Of Eighth and Ninth streets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18
PEOPLE NOT INTERESTED.
Politicians Having > Hard Time This
Year.

J. T. White. member of the legis-
lature from Ottawa county, is in To-
peka today on his way home from
Kansas City, where he went with three
loads of fat cattle.
1T is going to be a hard year to get
up any interest in politics. said MI.
White. People up in my county arc
taking no interest in politics whatever.
I don't think we can tell thing about
what the outcome will be until the
votes are counted The stay at home
vote will be large"
What will you do about the Stubs
questions2"
Il have received mum Der of petit
tons concerning those questions said
Mr.. White, but have thus far given
Mr.. Stubs no answers. I expect to
talk It over with some of the county
officers and the chairman of the coun-
ty committee
Have you decided who you will
vote for for United States senator?"
Yes. I've decided" said Mr.. White
But I'm not ready to say just now
who it is. 1 will say this. that it isn't
Curtis. I guess everybody will know
that 1 am not for Curtis. anyway"
Mr.. White said that crops are look
ing well in Ottawa county, but that
there is a serious shortage of rain.
which is cutting down the pasturage.
and which caused him to take his cat
tie to market
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18
GIVES STUBS A BOOST.
Board of Control Report VIII Place
Credit at His Door.

The first annual report of the state
board of control. which is expected to
become public this afternoon n time
for the Thursday morning newspapers,
is said to be a document of consider
able political importance.
1t is said to contain a f1attering
mention of the work of W. r. Stubs,
and the last Republican legislature,
and to be calculated to show up the
work of the old board of charities as
vastly inferior to that of the new board
appointed by Governor Hoch.
The report itself is voluminous, but
the part which is of general interest is
the preliminary remarks, and this is
the part which the board has been
careful not to divulge. Included in the
report is a compendium of all the laws
relating 10 the work of the board #
control or the care Of state patients
ald wards.
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CANNED MEAT OK.
That Sent TO England Is Pronounced
UnobjectionabIe.

London, July 1s.-Since the canned
meat scare a widespread analyzlng of
promiscuous samples of canned. goods
Of every description has been going on
at the request Of the local government
board. With a few exceptions the re-
ports indicate that about the only thing
which can be alleged against the
canned food sent to England is that the
retailers keep them on their shelves too
long.
So far as the examination has gone
apparently nothing has been discover
ed to bear out the recent scare. SO far
as imported goods are concerned For
instance q report on IA samples of
American goods purchased in the poor
est parts Of Wadsworth says:
In every sample the contents of the
can were sound and in no case were
preServatIVes or other coloring matter
detected. Evidence of dirt or other
extraneous matter was carefully look
ed for, but in every instance the sam
pies in this respect were satisfactory.
In the BethnaI Green district six
American and six British colonial sam
pies were analyzed. One of the Amer
lean contained sulphites and one of the
English samples contained boracic
acid. Twenty-nine mixed samples ex-
amined at Beptford showed no signs of
preservatives, though in some cases
the meat did not have an inviting APP
pearance. The investigator. however.
reported that there was nothing to
warrant its condemnation as unfit for
human food.
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NEARING The END.
Cyrus Leland Talks of Devlin
Estate.
-
Says It VIII Be Closed Up by
January /.
DON'T LIKE GARY PLAN
Not Likely That 1t viii Be
Adopted.
Effort to Cut Out Attorneys
Allowances Fails.

The properties of the Devlin estate
will be closed out completely by the
first of next year is the announcement
which Cyrus Leland, one of the trustees
of the estate made today. This will
take with it the discharge of the trus-
teeship Of the estate.
In less than two years the entire estate
of over So, 600 900 will have been closed
out to the satisfaction of the numerous
creditors. The contest between the trus-
tees aided by the secured creditors of
the Devlin estate against the unsecured
creditors was won. decisively by the
former this afternoon when the reor-
ganization scheme was finally and for
all time shelved.
The reorganization scheme was started
by a number of creditors, some OF them
partially secured but most of them unse-
cured who saw in the plan a way by
which they could more surely secure a
satisfaction of their unsecured claims.
Ihe trustees scented Interior motives
in the plan and the secured creditors
feared that they would lose the advan-
tage which they possessed. Elijah Rob
inson read the report OF the executive
committee of the creditors, detailing
that the reorganization plan had not
sufficient support. The report was re-
ceived by the creditors assembled this
afternoon and placed on file
The highly tentative plan made by
". L. Gary, of New York, for akin g
over the Devlin coal properties and
merging them with coal properties
held by another firm, bonds to be is
sued against the merger to the secured
creditors and preferred stock to the
unsecured, will be presented later in
the day. The committee appointed to
make u report on the plan has not yet
fled its report. though it will do so
late this afternoon. It Will not re-
ceive a favorable reception.
The sum total result of the cred
itors' meeting this afternoon will be
that the arrangement which has OBJ
tanned in the management of the
Devlin estate will continue as hitherto
A partial report of the Devlin APP
praisers was filed. The report merely
covers the lands and properties in
Illinois.
An amendatory supplemental
claim of E. o. Faulkner amounting to
S3,2S5 was filed with Referee n. H.
LOOMS. The claim of Mrs. S. A.
Kelly. who was to receive SIS month
~ from the DeVlin estate will receive
a special hearing before the referee
The trustees objected to allowing the
claim and her attorney has asked for
special hearing
An attempt was made by Eugene
Ware to strike out the report of the
creditors executive committee relat-
ing to the hire of attorneys, Elijah
Robinson and Clifford Histed, but his
motion failed OF support.
The meeting this afternoon was not
largely attended.
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COMPANY IS NOT LIABLE.
Express Company Employe Has Right
to Relieve Railroad.

Can an express company employe by
contract, relieve a railway from all la
bility to the employees widow, in case
of the employees death in railway acct
dent?
This is the question which is at issue
In the supreme court in case filed to-
day by Emma N. Sewell against the
Santa Fe railway Judge Holt, in the
Wyandotte county court. decided that
an employe can make such a contract,
and that the widow can not recover
damages IN case of his death.
Mrs. Sewells husband. Jefferson D.
Sewell, worked for the Wells Fargo com
pany. On July %, 1904, between the
towns of Kinsley and Overly in Ed
wards county, the Santa Fe train haul
Ing the car in which SeweIl was at work
was wrecked by spreading rails. and Sc
we'll was killed. Mrs. SeweH sued for
$4,000 damages. The case was submit
ted on an agreed statement Of facts. and
the railroad company's defense was
simply that Sewen had entered into n
written contract exempting the express
company and any railway COMPANY
over whose lines he might be called
upon to travel from any liability for
any injury occurring to him. In decid-
ing the case Judge Holt said:
Jefferson D Sewell had a right to
make contract exempting the express
company and the railway company from
liability in case he would be Injured
and he not being a passenger. such a
contract was not against public policv
and therefore is binding upon him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18
MANY FAIRS IN KANSAS.

The fairs announced for this year are
as follows:
Alien County Agricultural society
Frank E. Smith. secretary. lola; Sep
TENDER 1928.
P. FEEDER, secretary, Great Bend; Aug
uI Brown own county-rhe Hiawatha Fair
association; Elliott Irwin. secretary, Hi
Z Tslti County Fair association-w.
F. Benson. secretary. ElDorado; Octo-
Der 1-6.
Chautauqua county-Hewins Park
and Fair association; W. NJ. Jones. sec
rotary, Cedar Vale; September lib.
clay County Fair associatfon-Wa alter
Puckey, secretary, Clay Center. Sep
CLAY Cav county-Wakeheld Agricultural
society; Eugene Elxins. secretary.
Wakefield; first week in October.
cloud County Fair association-F. W.
Daugherty. secretary. Concordia; Sep
coffey County Agricultural Fair as
sociation-s- D: Weayer; secretary.
CowIey county = Eastern CowIey
countv fair; J. NJ. Henderson, secre-
tary. Burden; September 1928.
Cowley County Agricultural ana Live
stock association-W- J. Wilson. secre-
f 1sT- Winfield: october s-12
Elk County Agricultural Fair assocI-
ation-E. B. Place. secretary. Grenolas
September 1921.
Ffnney County Agricultural society
H. Warner. secretary. Garden CT.
FRANKLIN County Agricultural society
Carey NJ Porter. secretary, Ottawa;
september
Greenwood County Fair association
c. H Weiser. secretary. Eureka; Al
Harper County Anthony Fair assocIa-
toni. G. Jennings. secretary. An
fhony: August 7-10.
Harvey County Agricultural society,"
J. T. Axtell, secretary. Newton sep
TENDER 25-29.
Jeferson County Fair association e
A. Patterson. secretary, Oskaloosa;
Jeweil County Agricultural Fair as
sociation-Henry r. Honey secretary
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IT CAN ALL BE FIXED.
j. w. Fisher Thinks Negro Republicans
Will Get Into Line.

]. ". Fisher. the we'll known Republi-
can negro orator, who did a lot Of work
for the Republican party in the last
campaign, has just returned from ali
extensive trip throughout the state, in
which he has been rounding up the
colored voters. and trying to paeify any
opposition which may exist to the Re-
publican ticket. He said today;
While I found that there is good
deal of OPPOSITE N among some of the
colored people to the Republican party
on account of the passage by the last
legislature of the separate high school
law for Kansas City, I believe that we
can pacify most of that opposition. We
simply tell the colV-ed people that we
want them to compare the records Of
the Republican and Democratic parties.
and judge fer themselves which party
has been friendly to the negro race. If
the negro believes that Democracy
should prevail and that he should vote
for Democratic nominees, why don't he
go to Arkansas or Texas, where the
Democratic party is supreme, and where
he can say to the Democratic leaders.
We offer you our votes and now we will
expect you to vote for colored men when
we offer q candidate for office They
would see what sort Of appreciation the
Democratic party has. 1t is In Demo-
cratic states that the negro is disfran-
chised and disbarred from participation
in politics.
when Foraker introduced an amend
ment to the railroad bill that would
have done away with the ubiquitous
jim-crow law, it was Tillman Of South
Carolina, the Democratic leader tina t
beat the amendment. I do not believe it
possible that negroes can decide to align
themselves with Democracy in Kansas,
for a victory for the Kansas Democrats
serves to strengthen the Democratic
party in the nation"
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He WANTS NO HELP.
County Attorney Kramer If Cowley
Objects to Assistant.

". D. Kramer. the county attorney
OF Cowley county, was IN conference
with Attorney General Coleman ana
Governor E. W Hoch this morning
pleading with them not to appoint an
assistant attorney general to displace
him in his county.
AS a result of his representations, II
is likely that no assistant attorney gen
eral viii be appointed in CoWley county
for the present
Il feel satisfied" said Mr. Kramer,
after the conference. Il do not believe
that the attorney general viii take
this action, since I have explained the
situation to him The governor and the
attorney general did not tell me what
they would do about the matter. but
they seemed disposed to look at the
matter fairly, and that is all I want. :
It is said that Mr.. Kramer has agreed
to renew his efforts to enforce the pro-
hibitOry law. and that the governor and
the attorney general have decided to
give him another chance.
Things are closed up tight in the
city of Winfield" said Mr.. Kramer to-
day. In Arkansas City I have to fight
the thing out single handed. and the
law is not so we'll observed If we have
an assistant attorney general appoint
ed down there. it will cause a split in
the Republican party. and may bring
about our defeat in the fall election.
We have a hard fight in Cowley county
to hold our own. The man who started
this agitation for an assistant has been
a hard drinker all his life, and only
quit six weeks ago when he started this
agita ton. He has mixed up some of
the Civic league people with him, and
they are the ones who are making the
trouble"
1t is understood that the people who
are clamoring for the appointment of
an assistant for Cowley are favorable
TO r. S. Hines for that Office. Kramer
during his conversation with State
Journal reporter, abused Hines, and
said he was not a fit man for the
place.
Several Of the leading politicians Of
Cowley county have visited Topeka for
the purpose of making their protests
against the appointment of an assistant
attorney general in that county at this
time. They say it would tear things up
badly from a political standpoint.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18
FLYNN IS A SUICIDE.
Former santa Fe Contractor Is Dead at
Des Afoines.

Des Moines, Ia. July 1e.-Martin
Flynn, president of the Peoples Saw
ings bank of this city, shot himself in
the head at a downtown drug store
early today, dying almost instantly
Ill health Is the supposed cause. Mr..
Flynn was prominent throughout the
west as a breeder of ShOrthorn cattle.
He also gained prominence as a civil
engineer for the Santa-Fe in building
tunnel which begins in New Mexico and
ends in Colorado. He was 60 years of
age.
Henry H. Hedderman. the contrac-
tor who is building the addition to the
local general Office building of the
Santa Fe, was acquainted with Mr..
Flynn. Mr.. Hedderman was carrying
out some Santa Fe contracts in the
west at the same time that Mr.. Flynn
was working on the Ration tunnel
That was % years ago. ]. M. Meade
and VIM. G. Smyser Of the engineering
Mr.. Flynn.
Martin Flynn, Sons & Company was
the style of the name under which the
Flynns did business in Des MONIES,
Their bank building occupies practlcaI-
" a quarter of a block of ground ana
is three stories high. Work is under
way on the project to add four stories
to the building, making it seven. story
Office block.
The Ration Pass is all in the state
of New Mexico, the north end of the
tunnel being but 10 feet away from the
Colorado state line.
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Mankato: September 1921.
Linn County Fair association-O. z.
Haley. secretary, Mound City; Septem-
Mcpherson County Agricultural Fair
association-E. S. Guymon, secretary,
Mcpherson; September 40.
Marshall County Fair assooation-H.
". Hemphill. secretary, Marysvilie;
September lila.
Mitchell County Agricultural assccia-
tom. e Tice, secretary, Beloit; last
week in September.
Montgomery county. Coffeyville Fair
& Park association-R. Y. Kennedy,
secretary, Coffeyville: August 40.
Nemaha County Fair association
R. n. Emery, jr., secretary, Seneca;
August 29-31.
provement association=A. E. Timpane,
secretary, Chanute; August 1881.
Ness County Agricultural associa-
tom D. Mckinley, secretary. Ness
city: September 81.
Ness county, Utica Fair & Agricui-
tural association-R. c. Webster, jr.
secretary. Utica; August so. Septem-
ber1.
Miami County Agricultural and Ne
chanscaI Fair association-W. H Brad
bury, secretary. Paola: August 1881.
Norton County Agricultural associa-
tfon=M. F. Clarity, secretary Norton;
August 1881.
Usage County Fair associatIon-M.
Carnaveaux. secretary, Burlingames
September 1921.
Reno county. Central Kanssa Fair
association-A. L Sponsler. secretary
hutchinson September 17-23.
Republic County Agricultural asso-
cfation-W. r. Wells. secretary, Belle
vile; September 11-14.
Rice County Agricultural and Live
stock association. L. Goodson, Sec
rotary, Sterling; August Ia.
Riley County Agricultural society
w. B. Craig, secretary. Riley; August
1881.
Rocks County Fair association-E-
l. williams secretary, Stockton; Sep
TENDER 1921.
Shawnee county, Kansas Exposition
mpany=R. T. kreipe. secretary To-
peka; September 1918.
Smith County Fair assoclation-M.
A. Dimond, secretary, Smith Center;
August 21-24.
Stafford County Fair association
P. o. Gray, secretary. st. John; Aug
ust 1921.
Sumner county. Mulvane Agricui-
tura1 association-Robt. P. Seyfers
secretary, Mulvane.
Wilson county, Fredonia Agricul-
tural association=V. l. Poison, secre-
tary, Fredonia: August 21-24.
st. Marys Race Meet Association
September 26th and 9th. Frank A.
Moss, secretary
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10000 NILES IN AZ AUTO.
George NJ. Huston and His Wife Have
Covered Half the Distance.

New York. July 1s-A special to the
Herald from Philadelphia says:
With $1,000 mile automobile tour of
the country, more than. half completed,
George NJ Huston of Chicago, accom-
panied by his wife and son, arrived at
the Believes tratford during the height
of the rain storm. over a year ago MT
Huston and his family left Chicago and
they have been Keeling off century az
ter century ever since.
After a short stop in this city and
at the seashore, Mr.. Huston win turn
his car westward. never stopping until
the city of the Golden Gate and the
Pacific ocean are reached. Then The
trip back again will be begun through
Arizona New Mexico and Texas. He
expects to finish the $4,000 miles by next
New Years eve at Chicago, the original
starting point
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18
LOOKS LIKE A GO.
New York Capitalists Accept Council
Grove Line Proposition.

W L. Taylor received word today
from the financial interests in the east
who are back of the new company that
is being formed to build the Topeka,
Eskridge & Council Grove railroad
line, that they had accepted the. prop
osition relative to the taking over of
the assets of the company originally
organized to construct this road and
that a written acceptance of the propo-
sition had been mailed from New York
today.
When this acceptance is received
steps to file the charter organizing the
new. company with d capital stock OF
S1,500. 600 which has been drafted, ac-
cepted by the financial interests back
of the road and in his possession.
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HAS NOT YET BEEN ACCEPTED.
Franchise of New Electrical Company
Is Still Pending.

Though no meeting Of the board of
directors of the Topeka Electrical
company has been held to formally
accept the franchise granted them by
the council. David Oyermyer. attorney
for the company, announces that
there is no question but what the
franchise will be accepted by his
clients.
c. r. Maunsell, the active head Of
the new company. is out of the city,
and also other mem ers of the board of
directors, and for this reason no meet
ing has been called. Mr.. Overmyer
states that a meeting will be held in
all proba bility next week.
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pIGNoN sERvEs LIS TINIE.
Chase County Man Who Failed to Get
Liquor License Released.

]. A. Dignon of Chase county who
has been serving a sentence of nine
months for selling liquor without a
license from the government was re-
leased this morning from the Shawnee
county jail after the completion of his
sentence. Dignon who has been a per-
sistent violator of the prohibitory law
endeavored to save the price of procur-
ing a license from the internal revenue
collector but was apprehended at Mat
field Green, a small town Il. Chase
county.
Judge Pollock of the United States
district court gave the man a sentence
of nine months and a fine of 81, 000 Dig
non made poverty affidavit which re-
leased him from paying the fine but
which in lieu of that made him serve
30 additional days of confinement.
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Cincinnati, July 18.-President Her
mann says Manager McCloskey of the
Cardinals is after Jack Barry, but can't
have him. He said: The St Louis
MANAGEMENT has been after US for some
days, trying to get US to place a price
on Barry's release. but we have no de-
sire to let him go. There is no doubt
that the st. Louis club is making siren
uous efforts to strengthen its team. and
Barry surely would make a good man
for them. But we are not in the phil
anthropic business. Neither would we
think of making the trade that was
suggested by Manager McCloskey to
Manager Hanlon Of Barry for Homer
Smoot'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-18
THAW WOMEN MEET.
At Prisoners Request Meeting Is
Arranged at His Cell.

New York, July 1S.-While Mrs Will
lam Thaw was in conference with her
son, Harry, today the latter asked the
warden to summon his wife to the pris-
on. saying he wanted her to come to
his cell alone and meet his mother in his
presence. The younger Mrs. Thaw
went to the Tombs, accompanied by
Clifford w. Hartrid9e. her husband
lawyer. but went to the cell alone while
Mrs. William ThaW was still there.
They soon summoned Mr.. Hartridge.
After a brief conference the mother and
Mrs. Harry K. Thaw left the prison in
comnanX for the first time
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cotton. cloth, etc, into his sink. that
the plumbing became stopped up,
causing the water to overflow and run
down through the floor of Bogle's
Office into the dry goods store below
The dry goods people claimed that
$149 worth of goods had been ruined,
and the justice court gave them judg-
ment for the full amount. Boyle ap-
pealed to the district court, which re-
versed the judgment. Now Horwitz
& Co. have come up to the supreme
court asking for another reversal.
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GOLF TOURNEY OPENS.
Four Days Playing at the Glen View
Club, Chicago.

Chicago. July 1S.-The annual four
day tournament of the Glen View Golf
club opened today with a list of en-
tries numbering 100 and equalling in
quality the contest at any western
championship. Fully a score of prom
inent clubs were represented and
the players were nearly all the
strong players OF Chicago and vicinity
The card today was thirty-six hole
qualifying round. the 16 lowest scores
to qualify for the Glen View cup, the
next 16 for the directors trophy, and
the third s Tor the I.aar- Gun