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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-19
KILLED BY x-RAY.
Roentgen Beams Instantly Fatal to
Pennsylvania Financier.

Philadelphia, Sept. 19.=While un-
dergoing X-ray examination Martin F.
Murphy, flnancier, one Of the wealth
lest men IN this state, was killed in
stantly today. Mr.. Murphy had just
been examined and his heart pro-
nounced perfect
The Roentgen rays are used daily in
Philadelphia hospitals, and never be-
fore have any serious results followed.
Surgeons at the Polyclinic hospitals,
where Mr.. Murphy died. are Of the
opinion that some unknown deadly
element must have entered the ray An
examination of the apparatus is, now
being made.
Mr.. Murphy had developed what was
thought to be cancer of the throat and
was sent to the Polytechnic hospital for
trea tment-
He had been examined thoroughly
before the rays were turned on him.
No organic weakness of any kind was
found.
Then his body was barred to the waist
and the rays were turned obliqueIy on
the throat on the left side two inches
below the ear. pointing downward to-
ward point below the eighth rib on
the right side.
At the moment the rays were turned
on Murphy stiffened and rolled from
his chair. Death had come with the
fash of the beams.
Investigation showed that the course
of the ray led directly through Muir
QDy S l6dTC- A post nOTl6In Will De
held tomorrow
There had been some preliminary ex-
aminations by the X-rays before today.
After the last of these Murphy COM
planned of tightness in the chest that
lasted for nearly an hour. He described
his sensations as so peculiar that a
friend told the doctors in charge of the
case when Murphy went today for eX-
animation. This led the physicians to
make a rigid examination Of the heart
and other vital organs before the pa
tient was placed under the rays. The
heart responded to every test. Appar-
emily nothing was wrong in any portion
of the body.
Then Murphy took his seat and the
apparatus was adjusted.
The directing surgeon placed a disk of
lead IN which a small hole had been
bored over Murphy's throat. The op-
orator adjusted the machine until the
ray could be directed downward and
threw on the current. The violet beams
were concentrated and held over the
hole in the disk against Murphy's throat.
AS though a terrific bolt of electricity
had passed through his body, Murphy S
muscles tightened. His eyes closed for
an instant, then opened with dead
look
I can give no explanation of the phe-
nomenon, said one of the surgeons.
Never have known of such a case.
There may have been foreign element
in the ray that killed. 1t may be that
some unknown condition existed-tha
the vacuum in which the ray was Great
ed was not complete and that in some
way this caused its deadly quality"
Murphy was a banker. 5S years old.
He was director of the Edison Heat and
Light company, of the First National
bank of Remove, owner of the Ridgeway
Sandstone company, and one OF the
founders of Remove.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-19
MURPHY HAS WON
He Can Vote Solid Delegation
for W. r. Hearst.
JerOme's Chances for a Nominal
tiOn Are Gone.

New York, Sept. 1s.-Accord-
ing to the returns and the re-
ported afliation of the leaders
elected at the Democratic primaries.
Charles F. Murphy will be in control
of "a votes in the executive commit
tee of Tammany Hall, representing 30
districts and viii control so of the los
delegates to the Democratic state con-
vention.
These so votes will enable the Tam
many leader, If he so desires. to apply
the unit rule and cast the vote of Tam
many Hall solidly for the candidate
determined upon by a majority of the
delegates. Up to the present time Mr..
Murphy has made no statement as to
his intentions in this respect, but dur
ing the primary campaign it was gen
orally understood that Mr. Murphy
was friendly to Hearst.
Murphy's Victiry however Is believed
TO preclude the possibility of District At
torney Jerome securing the New York
county delegation to the state conven-
ton. In Brooklyn State Senator Patrick
McCarren remains in control of the
county Democratic committee and will
control 63 of the So delegates to the state
convention.
In the Republican party Herbert E.
Parsons, president of the county Repub-
lican committee, defeated the forces
headed by former Governor OSell AMI
Lemuel E. Quigg. Parsons carried p of
the 35 districts The defeat of Odell in
New York county may take from him
the control of the state committee OF
which he is chairman.
There was no opposition to William r.
Hearst in the Democratic primaries in
Erie county yesterday and the full coun-
ty delegation, including Buffalo, will be
Instructed fol. him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-19
RATE TARIFF RULES.
Interstate Commerce Commission
Promulgates an Order.

Washington. Sept. 1s.-The interstate
commerce commission today promulga-
ted an important order made Septem-
ber H. providing for a hearing here be-
ginning October s, to construct rules for
the simplification of rate tariff and IN
connection Herewith have issued a cir
cular embracing certain requirements
which it is proposed to insist upon
They include the filing of joint tariffs
by the initial line: the printing Of the
schedules of each initial line as an in
dependent document, the fling with the
commission by participating lines Of
general authority to the initial line in
their behalf of all tariffs or all joint
tariffs Of a special kind; the separation
Of class and commodity rates: the f1l-
ing of a detailed index showing all COM
modify rates in effect so that each com
modify can be easily located limiting
any tariff to five supplements and any
classification to ten supplements, the
entire classification or tariff to be re-
printed where there is any excess: the
observance of a uniform order in the
compilation Of tariffs: the proper speci-
fication IN the tariff of the initial line
of all terminal charges; the absorption
of switching or terminal charges where
it affects the total cost to the shipper
shall be stated upon the tariff.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-19
CHURCHILL LOSES.
The Candidate of the Railroads Also
Beaten i'll New Hampshire.

Concord, N. H. Sept 19.-Charles
M. Floyd of Manchester was nomi-
mated for governor last night at the
close of the hardest contest ever waged
in a Republican convention in New
Hampshire. Nine ballots were neces-
sarv before the choice was made and
three of these ballots were made void
by more votes being cast than there
were delegates entitled to seats. Win
ston Churchill of Cornish, the novelist,
and leader of the recently organized
Lincoln Republican club of New
Hampshire was Floyd's closest COM
petitor in the final vote. The result
of the ninth ballot was;
Charles NJ Floyd of Manchester.
40S Winston Churchill, 335; Charles
H. Greenleaf of Franconia, 30; Stephen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-19
LOUIE I" LORD DEAD.
She Was Well Known to Topeka
Theatergoers IS Years Ago.

Chicago. Sept. 19.-Mrs. Louise simms
Lord, who five years ago was divorced
from Lincoln J. Carter, is dead at her
home in Ellis avenue. leaving an estate
valued at $780, 900.
Twenty years ago Mrs. Lord was well
known on the western stage as Louise
Lord. She was under the management
Of her husband, Louis Lord. For sew
eral years after Mr. Lord died in New
Mexico Mrs. LORD was in retirement
Lincoln J. Carter then married her, but
after ten years he was divorced from
her.
Louie" Lord, as she was called play
ed weeks engagement with her hus-
band and his company in Luken's opera
house during the state fair in the fall
of 1881, appearing as Hazel Kirke one
night and Topsy the next. She was a
favorite all over Kansas and visitors to
the fair packed the house every night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-19

washington, Sept. 19.-The post
Office department today opened bids for
carrying the mails by means Of pneu-
matte tubes or similar devices. The
act Of congress making appropriations
for this service provided that for a
period Of ten years the postmaster
general shall not enter into contracts
exceeding $3.50, 900 per year. The
bids opened today call for new service
in Pittsburg, Baltimore, Cincinnati
Kansas City and San Francisco, a re-
newal of the present contract at Boston
and a renewal Of contract and exten-
sion Of service at St. Louis, Brooklyn,
New York city, Philadelphia and Chi
caEo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-19
The Coner Countr Fair.

Burlington, Kan, Sept. 19.-The
twenty-fifth annual Corey county fair
win be held here this week and prom
ises to be the most successful in the
history of the association, as people in
all parts of the county are showing
deep interest in the attractions and to
the exhibits There promises to be some
good races and with balloon ascensions,
baseball, leaping the gap on a bicycle
aerial performances and many other at
fractions daily. In addition to the ex-
h1bits OF all kinds there VIII be plenty
Of amusement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-19
CHANGE IS ACCEPTABLE.
No One Has Kick on the Cool
weather OF Today.

The weather today is much more
cheerful than that of yesterday or for
several preceding days It was rather
cloudy early this morning but with the
outcoming of the sun about 10 o'clock
the clouds began to fade away and it
Is now very clear.
There will be no more cloudy weather
for some time The forecast for to-
morrow says that the weather will be
very fair and perhaps viii be a little
warmer.
rate of ten miles an hour from the
northwest. The thermometer for today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-19
SHOT DEAD IN STREET.
General NicoIaein Assassinated by
Revolutionists.

warsaw, Sept. 1s-General 1gicolaeiff
OF the artillery has been assassinated
here He was enormously thought to
be a member of the field court martial.
General Nicolaein was walking on
Wielka street this morning when he was
surrounded by five 7rexolutionists and
shot dead. The murderers escaped.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-19

Washington. Sept. 19.-The director
of the mint today purchased 200. 600
ounces OF fine silver. one-half for Den
yer and one-half for the New Orleans
nints at 6S.35 cents per ounce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-19
TooK CARBoLIo ACID.
j. P. Farley of Leavenworth, Commits
Suicide at Excelsior Springs.

Excelsior Springs. Mo. Sept. Ia
J. P. Farley of Lsavenworth. visitor
here for his health. took carbolic acid
today with fatal results. dying almost
Immediately.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-19
PALMA WILL RESIGN.
II New Elections Shall BE Compelled
in Cuba.

Havana. Sept. 1s.-President Palma
told Secretary Taft today that If new
elections were compelled in Cuba he
would resign the presidency
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-19

New York, Sept. 1s.-The Commercial
Cable company received notice today
that the land lines to Canton and Swato.
China. are interrupted. It is supposed
these lines were damaged by the
fvuhooD
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-19
Damage to French Boats.

Paris, Sept. ia cablegram from
the French admiral at Hong Kong con-
Arms the news OF serious damage TO
the French torpedo boats Froude and
Francisque during the typhoon. Five
members of the crews of the torpedo
boats were drowned and several in
1ured.
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Continued on Page 50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-19

MIS- RObInson, OF END, OK. one q
the seriously injured. can not recover.
H TdttlefleId the circus advance
agent, who was killed, is from Pitts
burg. Pa
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-06-21
Friend Was EaIthIess.

Mexico City.-Nicaragua society is
excited over the case of Dr. Julian
lrias, who killed DR. Alta-Mirano, a
politician and cabinet minister Irias
had occasion to visit Costa Rice and
left his wife in care of Alta-Mirano,
who was his intimate friend During
ilrias' absence Alta-Mirano is alleged
to have grossly insulted Sonora Irias.
and when lrias returned he demanded
an explanation. when Alta-Mirano
stabbed Irias in the arm. Finally
Irias killed Alta-Mirano with a pistol
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-06-21
MODERN TRANSPORTATION.
Problem That Has Taxed the Inven-
tiveness of the Smartest
Men OF the Age.

Kipling has drawn picture vibrat.
ing with movement and color fairly
pulsating with the essence of human
life. when he describes In Kim" the
great trunk road of India. Thousands
OF bare or sandaled feet polished the
stones Of the footways that converged
at city gates; the endless grinding OF
the roughshod wheels wore deep and
everlasting ruts In the stone pave.
ments. Yet not so many people. in
month of 30 days, entered or lett
any OF the old walled capitals OF
Greece. or Rome, or India THAT, like
our modern populous centers, depend
ed for their very life on the outside
country as now. between sunrise
and sunset, hurl themselves back and
forth, in and out Of New York alone.
says the Metropolitan Magazine.
Transportation is the problem; the
ways along which people can move
and the means to move them are the
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-06-21
SLAUGHTER OF JEWS
IN RUSSIA CONTINUES
Thirty Dead and Many injured 40 Re.
suit Of Religious Outbreak In
6ialystok.

ST. Petersburg. Disorder appear
again to have broken out at Blalystok
on Friday EsIsSeven greater fury than
characterized Thursdays riots.
No dispatches have been received
direct from Bialystok. where the tele-
graph Offices is closed, but semi-offi-
cial messages from Grodno and
Minsk report that the excuses were
started again by the throwing of sew
eral bombs. Thirty people are known
TO have been killed. while many we're
injured. The crowds, according to
these dispatches. then opened fire on
the police station TO which the troops
replied and there was constant in!
terchange of shots between Jews
in their houses and soldiers in the
streets. A mob OF peasants armed
with clubs, scythes, etc, who had
found their way into the city Thurs
day, was participating in the rioting.
A dispatch from Minsk states that
the authorities had been fully for.
warned of the possibility OF trouble
Thursday and had recalled battalion
OF infantry and several squadrons Of
cavalry from their summer camp TO
strengthen the garrison, but without
overawing the originators of the
fighting.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-06-21
Are pIunderlna and KILLING.

Warsaw.-A band OF terrorists held
up mail wagon between Kroiniewice
and Klodawa- The terrorists killed
the driver and his horses and two
soldiers who were escorting the man,
and plundered the mails and de,
camped. Five terrorists shot and
killed police officer and his wife
while they were walking the street
The assassins escaped. The Jews of
Warsaw were uneasy. but at present
there is no intention of anti-Jewish
outbreak
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-06-21
TEDDY READS RIOT ACT.
Says Congress Would Minimize
Chance of Roofing Out Evils In
Packing Industry.

Washington.-Cha Wadsworth
of the fouse committee on agriculture
has made public the correspondence
between President Roosevelt and him
self regarding the meat inspection bill
prepared by the committee.
The president In his letter says
that almost every change in the house
amendment was for the worse and in
his judgment so framed as to mini
mize the chance of roofing out the
evils in the packing business" In his
reply Mr.. Wadsworth declares the
president is very. very wrong" in his
estimate of the committees bill, calls
attention to provisions In the bill and
concludes with an expression OF re-
greet that the president should feel
justified in impugning the competency
of committee of the house of repre-
sentatives.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-06-21
SQUAW BEATS
BABE TO DEATH
Horrible Crime of an Indian
Woman Who Was Bent
Upon Revenge.
The Mother Escapes From Infatuated
Savage, But 17-Months-old Child
is Beaten to Death and left
by the Roadside.

Yreka, Cal.--While riding In bug
BY with her two small children, in
Willow Creek valley, Mrs. William
Beal, the wife of ranchman, was
stopped in the road by Dora Chip, an
Indian woman, who pulled the bride
from the horse and fiercely attacked
Mrs. Beal when the latter got out of
the buggy. Mrs. Beal fed to house,
pursued by the Infatuated Indian wo-
man. who fired Ave shots into the
house after Mrs, Beal had locked her
self in. One bullet grazed Mrs. Beal's
chin.
A little later Amos Richardson, a
neighbor, found the youngest child, II
months of age, dead in the road by the
side of the buggy, its head terribly
crushed and beaten The other child
escaped.
People are searching the country
for the Indian woman, whose motive
Is said to have been some fancied
grudge.
The sheriff has left for the scene,
which is sixty miles east OF here.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-06-21
NEW YORK CITY OF ISLANDS
Some Of Them Mere Dots, Others as
Large as Some Separate
Cities.

No large city of the world has sc
many islands within its municipal
boundaries as New York Some OF
these islands are mere dots. Others
are large enough to have almost the
dimensions OF cities.
Governors Island. with an area OF
20 acres. is the property of the federal
government and is assessed at $780,.
GOO by the city, which is $4,000 an
acre. and as land values go within
New York that figure is low
Blackwell's Island, which covers 124
acres, is valued at s12,0O0000, which
is at the rate of nearly $4,000 an acre
Wards island is valued at 100000
and Randalls at s5,000,000. North
Brother island is valued at s220,O00
Rikers island at s587,OOO and Harris
island at $350,000
The most important of the islands
included within the boundaries OF
the Greater New York is, of course,
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-06-21
VIII Show Big Deficiency.

London.-The correspondent at To
kio of the Daily Telegraph says that
the deficit in the next budget is ex.
pected to reach s40,O00,00o, The cor,
respondent says that the majority of
the foreigners resident at Nagasaki
refuse to pay the income tax and that
the German consul is supporting them,
The dispatch adds that an army re-
form commission has been appointed,
consisting of the ministers OF war, in
struction and state, to remedy defects
in the army disclosed by the war with
Russia.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-06-21
BRITISH TALK ABOUT MEAT.
Packing House Exposures Being Dis
cussed in ENGLAND.

London.-A fresh lot OF questions
relating to the Chicago meat packing
disclosures are being prepared for
presentation in the house of commons.
Michael Hicks-Beach, son OF the for.
mer chancellor of the exchequer. will
ask War Secretary Haldane to inform
the house OF the quantity of Chicago
canned meat supplied to the troops
In South Africa during the late war
and what proportion oil enteric
deaths ought more probably to have
been described as due to "ptomaine
poisoning"
Another question is based on the
discovery in the dining room of the
house of commons of box marked
"Armour's, est. Louis, Chicago and
Kansas City)--chickens."
Frederick e. Smith, untonist will
inquire what portion of the food sup
piled to the members of the house
comes from Chicago.
There was an incidental mention of
canned meats in the course OF Fri
days inquiry into the South African
stores scandals. Evidence was given
to the effect that army officers sold
10000 cases of canned meats, includ.
Ing the Armour brand, Helmet brand
and Mitchell's brand to contractor
for two cents pound. The con-
tractor complained that the meats
were bad and returned the cases. The
officers who sold the canned meats
testified that he subsequently ordered
the filth to be dumped into the sea"
and much of II afterwards floated
ashore and was picked up by Kaffirs.
who ate 1t, with the result that q
number of ptomaine poisoning.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-06-21
great questions of the hour, and all

great questions of the hour, and all
roads lead to town.
We have tunneled beneath the
ground and the river; we have thrown
great flying arches over our inter
vening waterways; we have net
worked the surrounding country with
lines of humming trolleys, and the
ferry boats swing with the regularity
OF pendulums from pier to pier. In
coming or outgoing armies of men
spend large fractions of their lives
upon the road. They have travelled
many times the distance to the moon
and back. The faithful servants, cleo
tricity and steam, fetch them in and
out. The same unvarying number of
footsteps have brought them to their
homes and offices. The same unvary-
Ing revolutions of whirling wheels
have carried them from the journeys
beginning to its end. Far above the
level of the roofs of the dwelling
houses we have built great cities. peo-
pied by transients. The metropolis is
like the feeding ground of great
migratory flocks who come in the
morning to pick up their living, to fill
their mouths and fill their pouches,
and retire at night to their home
nests and roosting places.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-06-21
Redbreasts of Old England.

AS familiar doorstep bird one
would expect the redbreast to utter
some homely little lay, resembling, for
example, that of our chipping spar
row. But, on the contrary, its shrill,
winding pipe and detached fragments
of song seemed to me indicative of the
wildness and restlessness which char.
acterizes some of the notes of the pur.
pie finch The redbreast sings
throughout the greater part of the
year, and it is evident that one should
hear its song during the comparative.
ly silent winter season If one would
understand the place it holds in Eng.
fish literature and in the hearts of
English people.-Scribner
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-06-21

Louisville, Ky.-Friday was Daniel
Boone day Of the Home Coming
jubilee. The floral parade took place
early in the day. The glorification OF
Daniel Boone came later in Cherokee
park. About a dozen lineal descend
ents OF the great pioneer were pres
ent. The statue of Boone, modelled
by Miss Enad Yandell of Louisville
and presented to the city of Louis
vile by c. c. Bicknell was unveiled.
breckenridge Casueman of Louisville
made the presentation address of Mr..
Bicknell and the acceptance for the
board of PARK commissions was made
by Col. Durrett.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-06-21
prouth Broken BY Storm.

Topeka, Kan,-After the hottest
day of the year. north and central
Kansas was on Sunday night visited
by terrific rain and thunder storms.
breaking the extended drouth which
had already irreparably damaged the
wheat crop and threatened the corn
crop. Reports received here are mea-
ger, but It is known that the storm is
general in the northern section OF the
state. In Marshall county the storm
is so terrific that all wires are down
and food damage is threatened.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-06-21
Sea Level PrOposltIon killed.

Washington.-The house on Friday.
by vote OF 10 TO SO, voted in favor
of lock canal across the Isthmus Of
Panama. The introduction by Rep.
resentatiye Littauer Friday OF the
amendment to the item IN the 81 ndry
civil bill appropria' wen five
million dollars 10 cyuiuue the co..
struction Of the Panama canal, pro-
" hat No part OF that sum shall
l cd in the construction of sea
il rli was done WITH the ap.
y. wal oil ne president.