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Maybe l wrong there-maybe 1 was 1t
was pride II admit but there wasn't lady came
to the stands that looked finer than Fanny Montrose
as | always used to call her got to be something
of figure you know, and the little woman was
always riding back and forth to the games in some
automobile and more often with Paul Barge.
One afternoon Ed Nichols, who was catching
me then, came up with serious face and said:
Where's your lady to-day, Larry-and Paul
Bargee2' And by the way he said it l knew what
he had in mind, and good friend that he was of mine
liked to have throtted him They told me to pitch
the game and did. | won it too. Then ran home
without changing my clothes, the people staring
at me- and ran up the stairs and flung open the door
and stopped and called Fanny Montrosel'
And | called again and | called a third time
and only the child came to answer me- Then /
knew in my heart that Fanny Montrose had left
me and run off with Paul Bargee
L waited all that night without tasting food or
moving, listening for her step the stairs. And
IN the morning the postman came without line
or word for me couldn't understand; for I had
over everything that had happened since we'd
been married, couldn't think of a thing that I'd
done to hurt her-for l wasn't thinking then of
the millions of Paul Barge.
In the afternoon there came dirty little LAWYER
shutting in to see me- with blinking little eyes be-
hind his black-rimmed spectacles-a toad of man.
So Who are your said, and what you doing
here?'
I'm simply an attorney, he said cringing before
my look Solomon Scho, on very disagreeable
duty, he said.
Do you come from herr? said, and | caught
my breath.
" come from Mr.. Paul Bargee,' he said, and I'd
remind you Mr.. Moore, that l come attorney
on a dsagreeable duty
With that l drew back and looked at him in
amazement, and said What has he got to say
to me?'
My client he said turning the words over with
the tip of his tongue regrets exceedingly
Don't waste wordsr / said angri1y. What are
you here for?'
My client he said looking at me sidelong
empowers me to offer you fifteen thousand dollars
if you will promise to make trouble in this matter
" sat down all in heap: for | didn't know the
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'Y You're Larry Moore, who pitched on the Fall
Rivers last season.? she said
am
50 You pitch sonnet she said with a nod
" When | m straight can.
And why don't you go at it like man then?
You could get in the Nationals, she said.
I've never had anyone to work for-before,
1--WE go down here; I'm staying at Keene's
boarding house, she said at that.
Il was afraid I'd been too forward; so kept still
until we to the door. Then l pulled off
my hat and made her bow and said: Will
you let me walk home with you steady, Fanny
Montrose?'
And she stopped on the doorstep and looked
at me without saying word, and asked it again,
putting out my hand, for l wanted to get hold
of hers: But she drew back and reached for the
You needn't be frightened for it's me that
ought to be afraid
And what have you to be afraid of you great
9''T'm afraid Of your Big Black eyes, Fanny Mont
rose, said, and I'm afraid of your slip of body
that | could snap in my hands l said; for I'm
going to fall in love with you, Fanny Montrose'
Which was lie, for already. With that
ran off like fool. ran off, but from that night
walked home with Fanny Montrose.
For month we kept company, and Bill Coogan
and Dan Farrar and the rest of them took nv
notice and kept off The women laughed at me
and sneered at her; but | minded them not, for
knew the ways of the factory, and besides there
wasn't mans voice in the lot-that l heard.
But one night as we were wandering back to
keenes clearinghouse, Fanny Montrose on my
arm, Bill Coogan planted himself before us, and
called her something to her face that there
getting around.
1 took her bit, weeping and shaking and
| said to her. Stand here
And INVENT back, and caught Bill Coogan by the
throat and the belt, and swung him around my
head, and flung him against the lamP-Post. And
the post broke off with crash, and Coogan lay
quiet with nothing more to say.
/ went back to Fanny Montrose, who had
stopped her crying, and said, shaking with anger
at the dirty insult: Fanny Montrose, will you be
my wife? Will you marry me this night
She pushed me away from her. and looked up
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enough yet to marry me I said solemnly:
Fanny Montrose, you need have no fear. If I've
been drunk and riotous, it's because | wanted to
be, and now that I've made up my mind to be
straight there isn't thing living that could turn
me back again. Fanny Montrose, will you say you II
be my wife?'
Then she put out her two hands to me and
tumbed into my arms, all limp"
Larry Moore and walked the length of the
room. When he came back he went to the wall and
took down photograph; but with what emotion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-01

HE baseball season had closed
and we were walking down
Fifth-ave., Larry Moore and l.
We were discussing the final
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into my face in a frightened way and said:
Do you mean to be your wife,
do | said, and then because |
was afraid that she didn't trust in me
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could not say, tor his back was
to me. | glanced again at the
odd volatile beauty in the
woman's face and wondered
what was the word Bill Coogan
had said and what was his rea-
son for saying it.
From that day it was all
luck for me-" Larry Moore said,
settling again in the chair,
where his face returned to the
shadow. "She had a head on
her, that little woman. She
pulled me up to where l am.
| pitched that season for the
Bridgeports. You know the
record, Bob, seven games lost
out of forty-three, and not so
much my fault either. When
they were for signing me again,
at big money too, the little
woman said:
Don't you do it, Larry
Moore; they're not your class.
Just hold out a bit
You know, Bob, how l
signed then with the Giants,
and how they boosted my sal
airy at the end of that first year;
but it was Fanny Montrose who
made the contracts every time.
We had the child then, and /
was happy. The money came
quick, and lots of it, and l put
it in her lap and said:
Do what you want with
it; only | want you to enjoy
it like a lady
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
Kisses FOR TILLMAN.
At Mass Meeting Held in Cooper
Union.

New York. Feb. 2.-Hoots and
Kisses greeted the mention of United
States Senator Tillman. Governor
Vardaman of Mississippi. Thomas
Dixon, Jr.. and +. Hopkins Smith, at
the mass meeting held by the consti-
tutional league in Cooper Union last
night called to protest against dis
reimbursement of the negro in the
south. The meeting resolved itself
into a general denunciation of cOndi-
lions south of Mason and DixOns line
At least four-fifths of the crowd of
5000 were negroes.
Now comes Thomas Dixon, Jr.. -
said Prof. Kelly Miller, of Howard
university, Washington, chat frenzied
apostle of an evil propaganda, who
would deprive the negro of his rights
by holding up the grOtesque and re-
pugnant side of his life with hideous
portrayals. This shameless apostle
priest of God, with undisguised daring,
is doing the work of the devil. With
satanic glee he stirs the fire of race
wrath and infiames the evil passions
of men,.
Congressman J. Warren Keifer of
Ohio, declared that the political par
ties had failed to carry out the funda-
mental principle of equality and that
to take away the votes of the negroes
to give power to the few was the first
step to an autocracy.
Other meetings of the league Will be
held in Philadelphia. Baltimore, Wash
intOn and Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
WE'D HER CHAUFFEUR.
Daughter of Wealthy Parents I1lOped
With Auto Driver.

New York. Feb. 2.-Whie Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas r. Ball, members Of the
most exclusive social circles Of this city.
were automobiling in the country ON
New Years day, Grace. the daughter of
the multi-millionaire. penned the iol-
lowing note to her parents:
Dear Papa and Mamma: Mr.. Sehring
and myself were married on Christmas
day We have gone away. We wish
you both a happy New Year Your
daughter. GRACE"
In their absence she packed all of her
personal belongings, not forgetting her
jewels, and left her fathers house to
accept instead of the life of luxury she
had always enjoyed home in two small
rooms i'm West Orange.
Although the marriage was last
Christmas. it was not until today that
the romance was learned. Tortured by
GRIEF and anger over the mesallianCe, as
they regard it, of their daughter Mr..
and Mrs. Ball. who vainly tried to have
her desert her husband and come with
them. are now speeding for southern
California, where they viii spend the
winters
Miss Ball. now Mrs Zehring is tall
and gra ceful. darE-eyed, pretty and %
years old. She speaks four languag es,
woman. MI Ball has fine city resi-
deuce at 4S West Seventy second street.
and al Water Mill. near Southampton
Long Island, is the Ball country 9 eat, a
magri fcent estate of many acres which
Mr. Ball purchased and laid out al a
cost of nearly Z million dollars.
1T was at Water Mill that the court
ship began last season, when Mr.. Ball
purchased a fine motor car a I'D engaged
John Zehring at $50 week as chauffeur
The girl was so delighted with automO-
billing that her father purchased her an
automobile and Zehring began her in
struction in its management. The young
woman was attracted by the tail, 1.-the,
dark-skinned man. whose complexion,
dark as that of any Cuban was in con-
trast with his light-brown hair. Of his
family and antecedents nothing is
known. In July their companionship
became so frequent that Mr.. Ball dis
charged the chauffeur The couple cor
responded, however. Miss Ball receiving
her letters under an assumed name.
Last Christmas the girl went out for d
walk, as she told her parents, and on
that day she met Zehrfng and they were
married at the Little Chruch Around
the Corner, it is said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
TO BUY a WATER PLANT.
Kansas City. Kan. May OTer $780, 600
to Present Owners.

Kansas City, Kan, Feb. 2.-Mayor
w. w. Rose says that city will make a
proposition to the Metropolitan Water
company to purchase the company's
plant and system of mains for q mill
lion dollars. Mayor Rose says this is
a fair valuation for the property of
the Metropolitan Water company
The waterworks engineers and ex-
perts on valuations of that kind of
property say the property of the Met
rOpOlitan Water company is worth
only about $500, 600. The representa-
tives of the water company assert the
property is worth more than one mil
lion dollars.
Joseph Hoffman, tax clerk of Wyan-
dotte county, who. with Waterworks
engineers and representatives of the
Kansas City, Mo, water company have
examined into the actual cost of build
ing such a waterworks system as that
of the Metropolitan Water company,
say that 100000 is a fair valuation
for the property of the water COM
pany.
1.-THE company has fifty-flve miles of
mains in the city and, including the
fire plugs and valves, cost 100000 to
install this system" said Mr.. Hoffman
this morning. The power plant, fit
ers, land and flow line to the city linn
its, located in Quindaro township. cost
the company 100000. I never knew
of a city having such a splendid OPP
portunity to own its own waterworks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02

Every day from Feb. 18th to April 9TH.
1eOs. inclusive the Union Pacific Will sell
one-Way tickets as follows:
$1,000 to ogden and Salt Lake City.
$50 az TO Helena and Butte, Montana.
S22.5 to Spokane and Wenatchee,
Washington.
81. so to Huntington and Nampa,
Idaho.
go 90 TO Vancouver and Victoria.
$500 to Ashland and Astoria, Oregon,
via Portland
$500 to san Francisco, Los Angeles
and san Diego.
Correspondingly low rates to many
other California. Oregon, Washington,
Montana. Utah and Idaho points
Through tourist cars run every day on
Union Pacific between Missouri river
and Pacific coast; double berth S5.95.
For full information call on or address
F. A. Lewis. city ticket agent, or J. Z.
Fulton. depot agent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
MAY REDUCE THE LISTS.
western Roads Not to Give Rates to
So Many Summer Resorts.


Western roads are considering seri-
ously q radical reduction in the num-
Der of points to which summer tour
fst rates viii apply. Experience has
shown them that many of the points
70 which reduced rates are made dur
ing the summer months are ignored
wholly by summer tourists. If tick
cts are sold to them at all. it is simply
from nearby points, and the resort
feature has no influence whatever on
the business. The evil results of ap-
pfving summer tourist rates to them is
tWofold It lumbers up the rate sheets
needlessly with a lot of names OF places
which are in no sense summer resorts,
and it cuts down revenues by reducing
local rates to these points during the
summer months. It has, therefore, been
suggested to the roads that they have
a wedding out process, and that all
points that are not actually summer
resorts should be eliminated from the
summer tourist rate sheets.
The chairman of the Western Pas
senger association has called for a re-
port from each of the members show
ing all the points now on the rate
sheets to which five tickets or less
we're sold last year at summer tour
list rates. It tR proposed that all such
places shall be omitted from the lists
of summer resorts to which tourist
rates apply during the summer. That
will be made a beginning for the re-
form suggested. and if the plan sue
ceeds, as is expected it will, the reduc-
ton may be carried still farther next
year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
NlExICAN rs TRADE HERE.
Railroads Giving Better Inducements
Than Steamship Companies.

Kansas City, No, Feb. George H.
Hubbard, genelaI passenger agent OF
the National Lines of Mexico is in Kan
sas City making arrangements with the
southwestern roads for passenger traffic
from Mexican lines into Kansas City.
While here Mr.. Hubbard announced q
merchapts' rate which is to go into
effect this month for the benefit of the
merchants of Mexico, who may want to
patronize Kansas City wholesale houses.
The rate for this class of passengers
will be One-fifth of the regular fare
Lines running from Kansas City to the
border of Mexico will make the same
rate These rates will be in effect Feb
ruary $40, February 17-24, March $40,
March 1924.
This is the first time such concession
was ever secured by Mexican merchants
on the Mexican railroads.
This rate viii mean much to the
wholesale trade Of Kansas City said
MI. Hibbard yesterday. 1T will bring
most of the merchants along the Ma
tional Lines of Mexico to Kansas City
to lay in their supply of goods. For
merly they have been going to Europe
because the steamer lines offered rate
which made the fare cheaper TO Europe
than it was to the United States. The
merchants have been asking for this
rate for a long time, but the roads
would not grant it, The. roads in the
United States have been willing to make
the rate This rate will bring merchants
from as far south as Vera Cruz and the
CITY of Mexico and from throughout all
of the interior. The rate will bring hum
dreds of merchants from Mexico into the
United States. The greater number OF
them will come to Kansas City because
this city is the best shipping point IN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
LAUGHS AT THREATS.
Banker AIendeIssohn Does Not Fear
Russian RevoIutionists.

Berlin. Feb. 2.=Replying to an in
quiry today regarding the report that
he had been condemned to death by
the Russian revolutionists for furnish
ing financial assistance to the govern
ment of Russia, Herr Mendelssohn,
head of the banking house of Men
deissohn & Co, said:
I have received many threatening
lists since the revolutionary movement
began. The latest was a sentence of
death with a coffin and a skull and
cross bones pictured on the communi-
cation. This was six weeks ago. But
I have not been molested, though Ber-
lin is full of Russians. I do not at
tqch any Importance to the threa is.
They only amuse me-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
HAD a JAG AND DYNAMITE.
A Kansas City, Kan, ouarryman
Stirred Up the City Clerk.

Kansas City. Kan. Feb. 1--we
got all kinds of dynamite here and I
want SNYDER. Where the deuce is
Snyder2"
About 4:80 yesterday afternoon a
man staggered into the Office of George
Foerschler, city clerk, and delivered
the foregoing in loud. but unsteady
voice. Mr.. Foerschler looked askance
at a package the man carried under
one arm. Then the city clerk saw B.
D. Neale, a policeman, standing near
the sergeant's desk in police headquar-
ters across the hall.
There's Snyder" Foerschler told
his visitor, pointing to Neale. GO in
and see him.
The man followed out the sugges-
ton. The police quickly pulled the
package from under his arm. 1t con
tanned six pounds of stick dynamite
100 caps and fifty feet of fuse. While
the man was being booked" he kept
repeating:
where's Snyder? I'm looking for
Snyder"
The man later was able to talk more
cOherently. He said he was a quarry
workman and lived seven miles west
of here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
OVER SEA HABIT.
Dinerence on This Side the water

Difference on This Side the Water.
The persistent effect upon the heart of
caffeine in coffee cannot but result IN
the gravest conditions, in time.
Each attack of the drug Cand that
means each cup of conee) weakens the
organ a little more. and the end is al
most a matter of mathematical demon
stration. A lady writes from western
state;
Il am of German descent and it was
natural that 1 should --7I at a very
early age to drink coffee. Until [ was
q years old 1 drank scarcely anything
else at my meals.
"A few years ago began to be affect
ed by steadily increasing nervousness
which eventually developed into dis
tressing heart trouble that made me
very weak and miserable. Then. some
three years ago, was added asthma III
its worst form. Ny sufferings from
these things can be better imagined than
described.
During all this time my husband
realized more fully than I did that cof-
fee was injurious to me, and made ev-
cry effort to make me stop
FINALLY it was decided few months
ago. to quit the use of coffee absolutely,
and to adopt Postum Food Coffee as our
hot table drink. I had but little idea
that it would help me, but consented to
try it to please my husband. I prepared
it very carefully, exactly according to
directions. and was delighted with its de-
licious flavor and refreshing qualities.
Just as soon as the poison from the
coffee had time to get out of my sys-
TEN the nutritive properties of the Pos
tum began to build me up, and I am
now fully recovered from all my nerV-
business. heart trouble and asthma. ]
gladly acknowledge that now, for the
first time in years, I enjoy perfect
health. and that I owe it all to Postum. "
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
THE Road to WelIville' in pkgs.
Postum Food Coffee contains no drugs
oe any description whatsoever.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
MUCH PAPER MONEY.
Over Half Billion in National Bank
Notes in Circulation.

Washington. Feb. 2.-The monthly circu-
la1ion statement issued by the comptrol-
Ter of the currency shows that at the
close of business January 81. 1906, the
total circulation of national bank notes
was S543, go $50. which is an increase for
the year of 1851. 237 and an increase
for the month of s2.3l5.733 The total cir
culatiOn based on United States bonds
was $506.365749, an increase for the year
of $I055I.S4S, and an increase for the
month eff S1.523.4S6. The amount of circu-
latiou seeIred by lawful money was S36-
164.3 an increase for the year of So
e49379 and an increase for the month
of $7922o7. The amount of bonds on de-
post Nrecure circulating notes was 500, -
e0Lel0 and to secure public deposits S64.-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CHANGES.
H. A. Jones Promoted and Passenger
Department Reorganized.

Houston. Texas, Feb. Announce
ment is made of the appointment of
H. a. Jones as passenger traffic man
ager of the Atlantic system of the
Southern Pacific, retaining his former
duties as freight traffic manager. T..
J. Anderson, heretofore general pas
senger agent, is made general pas
senger agent OF the Galveston, Harris
burg & San Antonio. and Joseph Hell
len is made general passenger agent
of the Texas & New Orleans. These
changes are preliminary to a general
reorganization of the Southern Pacific
passenger department, details of which
We're decided at d conference EteId at
Chicago last week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
Defcit Is Disnppearing.

ment of the government receipts and ex-
penditures shows condition of the treas
ury which is eminently. satisfactory to the
officials. One year ago today there was
a deficit of over SIS, 100000, which has now
been reduced to less than So 900, with
the prospect that this amount will be en-
tirely wiped out within the next thirty
days This improved condition is due al
most entirely to large increases in Gus
toms and internal revenue receipts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
YoAKUOI TO 9rExICo CITY.
Wants to Build Gulf Line Down Coast
to Vera Cruz.

Mexico City. Feb. at is reported
here that B. F. Yoakum. chairman OF
the Rock Island and Frisco executive
committees Will arrive here in a rev
SloIIs for The purpose Of making formal
aDplicatiou to the federal government
for a concession to 2uiid Il railroad
from Matamoras. near the south of the
Rio Grande, down the gulf coast to
Vera Cruz and thence y Mexico ely
r,be nronosed road will connect with
the St. Louis, Brownsville Mexico
at Matamoras. Mr.. Yoakum is largely
Interested in the Brownsville line
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02

Washington. Feb. More than 500
members of the military order Of the
Loyal Legion of the United States par
ticipated in their annual banquet here
last night Lieut.. Gen. Adna r. Chaffee
acted as POSTMASTER, and after the COM
mandery had given silent tOasts to THE
Absent Companions" the vice president
responded to the toast, Our Country s
Future
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02

Engine Takes One Track; Rest of
Train Another.

Just as a Raymond & Whitcomb
excursion train, westbound, was ap-
preaching Neva on the Santa Fe line
yesterday morning gang of men who
were working around an interloeking
switch at that point where a branch
line switches off for Strong City. could
not get the switch set properly. The
result was that the engine and bag
gage car started over the branch line
Just then the switch went into place
and the rest of the train started on
the main line The engine and bag
gage car were pulled sidewise off the
track by the other portion of the train
and the engine toppled over. Neither
the engineer nor the fireman were in
jured. None of the passenger cars
left the track and not one of the pas
sengers was injured in any way.
Traffic was delayed by the wreck for
six hours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
EAGLE NEARLY HATS TRAM.
Flies Into Cab and Knocks Engineer
SenseIesS.

I.imon, Col. Feb "A monster
eagle flew into the cab of the Rock
Island railroads Rocky Mountain linn
ited the other day while the train was
going full speed and attacked and
knocked the engineer senseless and
went after the fireman.
The bird fastened its talons in the
firemans arm, but was beaten down
with a shovel and captured. 1t over
took the train and evidently becoming
bewildered by the smoke and noise
flew into the cab, striking the engineer
on the head with its beak.
The engineer fell to the floor OF the
cab. unconscious. The bird measured
feet II inches The fireman was
forced to slacken speed to attend to
his captive