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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-17
IN A DEADLOCK.
Lower House OF Kansas City Council
in Session All Night.

Kansas City, No, April 1.-THE
first session of the lower house of the
new city council under the administra-
ton of Mayor Henry NJ. Beardsley, Re
publican, who was tnaugurated yester-
day, developed a stubborn deadlock
over the election of a speaker. Up to
1870 o'clock this morning after 104
fruitless ballots had been taken, the
tired cOuncilmen, following a siege of
nearly fourteen hours duration. seem
ed no closer a solution than when the
session opened. At that hour a motion
to adjourn was voted down.
The upper house had chosen George
Hoffman, a Republican, president with
but little delay and confirmed twelve
Of the fifteen appointrn ents sent in by
Mayor Beardsley. Three, those of
superintendent of streets. superintend-
ent of buildings and clerk of the police
court, were rejected. For clerk of the
police court the mayor had sent in the
nomination OF a local negro educator
In the lower house three men were
nominated for speaker. There are
fourteen votes in the lower house and
eight are necessary to a choice. Or
the first few ballots the votes were
about equally divided between the
three and during the tedious roll calls
that ensued. the vote varied but little
Coffee and sandwiches were brought
into the chamber at different times fo1
the councilmen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-17
Grand-Japanese Fete.
Novelty-Vaudeville.
CraWford-Stock.
Star-BurlesQue.

The big boxing and athletic contest
"a kes place at Association park tonight
Independence played the last game
Of its series with the White Sox this
afternoon.
the japanese Fete will be given for
the second and last time at the Grand
opera house tonight.
Quiet. peace and harmony reigns
about the federal building once more
The next grand jury in Topeka sits in
September.
White flannel suits are now offered
to you when you go into the clothing
stores This is another sure sign Of
the approach of summer
Mayor Davis spends a good portion
of each Sunday riding around in his
automobile and viewing some OF the
improvements which the city is per-
gonaIly in charge Of
The Ladies' Aid society of the First
Methodist church viii give recep-
ton at the home of the governor on
Wednesday Both Governor Hoch and
Mrs Hoch will be in the receiving line.
The following building permits were
Issued yesterday afternoon: Dwelling.
1875 western avenue, $500. L. D.
Myers. dwelling, lots 1917 North
Chandler street, $1,000, Henry Korp.
All garbage manure boxes must have
tight fitting lids. Is the amendment to
the existing ordinance covering garbage
boxes which w. H Kemper has asked.
The committee referred It to the coun-
ell
A number of the coal dealers loaded
up pretty heavy on coal at about s 4 a
ton cost to themselves and they are
now lamenting because It looks as If
they would be compelled to hold over
most Of It. A little batch was sold last
week during the cold weather.
Because an umbrella caught on fire
In closet an alarm was turned in
to fire department headquarters and
the equipment from stations Nos.
and 3 responded The umbrella was
saved. and not even the handle was
burned The alarm was turned in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-17

about twice as much to build a house
now as it did four years ago
The council committee on sanitation
last evening recommended to the coun-
ell that the city attorney be instructed
to prepare an ordinance providing for
the fumigation of the street cars of the
street railway system as well as all
passenger cars of the railroad COM
panies which remain at-Topeka as
terminal point. City Physician H B.
Hogeboom asked the members of the
committee to grant the board of health
the power to enforce this fumigation
whenever it considered it necessary.
This is In line with the action OF the
board of health taken last month
Two ordinances before the committee
were referred back with the recomnen-
dalton that the board of health embody
the two into one ordinance. The one
ordinance requires that no cattle may
be slaughtered in the city limits or
within a five mile radius of the city
without first securing a permit from
the board of health while the second
requires that the food inspector must
have So hours notice in advance before
any cattle, sheep or hogs may be
slaughtered in order that an inspection
of the live cattle can be made by the
INSPECTOR.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-17
STOLE WHISKY AND MAIL.
Thieves Broke Open the Depot at
RantOuI and Did Business.

Ottawa. Kan. April 1.-THE Herald
says:
The Missouri Pacific station at Ran
tout was entered Saturday night and
four quarts of whisky and the sack full
Of mail, off the evening train were sto-
len.
The sack had been dumped by train
No. 1, the night passenger from Kan
sas City. The thieves pried open the
depot door, and made away with the
mail sack. Nothing has since been dis
covered Of the mail pouch. Sheriff Cody
heard OF the discovery Of a pouch by
the right Of way near Lonax, but It
proved to be an entirely different sort
from the one at Rantog1l
The Missouri Pacific division dstec-
tive from Osawatornie was here today
Investigating the matter. It is presunn-
ed that the postal department win take
the matter M.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-17

Wichita, Kan. April 17-By the ar
rest OF William and May Forester here
the police brought to light well equip
ped opium den, believed to have been
in operation for some time past When
the rooms were searched a lamp, tube
and pipe were found secreted in a
washstand drawer Raw opium was
discovered. and the police claim to have
evidence that the joint has been fre-
quented extensively. Forester and the
woman deny utilizing the lamp except
for relief Of a nasal affection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-17

Passengers east from Chicago to Fort
WAYNE. .Findlay, Fostoria, Cleveland,
Erie, Buffalo, New York city, Boston
interests and find advantage in select
ing the Nickel Plate road east from
Chicago Three through trains are run
daily, with through day coaches to
sleeping cars to destination. Rates al
vvavs the lowest, and no excess fares
are charged on any train, for any part
az the Journey Modern dining car
service with individual club meals.
ranging in price from So cents to one
dollar: also meals a Ia carte. Ask for
tickets via the Nickel Plate road. Chi
cago depot, La Sale and Van Buren,
streets. the only station in Chicago on
the Elevated Loop. Chicago city ticket
office. Ill Adams street. Detailed in
formation may be secured by address,
ing John Y Callahan, general agent,
No. 113 Adams street. room 2sS. Chi
cago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-17
Human Blood Marks.

a tale of horror was told by marks Of
human blood in the home Of J. w VII
liams. well known merchant of Bac.Ky.
He writes. Twenty years ago L had Sc
we're hemorrhages Of the lungs and was
near death when I began taking DR.
Kings New Discovery Tt completely
cured me and I have remained well ever
since It cures hemorrhages. chronic
coughs. settled colds and bronchitis. and
Is the only known cure for weak lungs.
Every bottle guaranteed by the Arnold
Drug Co. S21 N. Kansas ave. SOC and 81
Trial bottle free
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-17
THE EASY OIL.

SCOTS Emulsion is
" the easy oil easy to
take, easy in action. It's
use insures deliverance
from the gripping and nau-
seating sensation peculiar
to the raw oil. Nobody
who has any regard for
the stomach thinks of
taking cod liver oil in the
old way when SCOTS
Emulsion is to be had.
It IS equally certain that
no one whose health IS
properly regarded will
accept a cheap emulsion
or alcoholic substitute
for SCOTS Emulsion. It
fulflls every mission of
cod liver oil and more.
SCOTT & BOVINE 40s PearI street. New york
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-17

in return for it. That is the extent Of
my services as a railroad attorney.
@, yes, | know they have been
striking at me over Stubs shoulder
But I want to say right now that no.
man and no body of men has any
strings on me in regard to this sena-
torfal fight I don't know even wheth-
er Stubs will be candidate
haven't talked with him more than
three minutes since became a candf-
date for lieutenant governor, and that
subject was not mentioned then.
have always been a Curtis man and /
like Joe BristOW. If I were asked to
make a choice right now of a man for
the senate, I don't know who it would
be- If 1 become lieutenant governor
it will be without any senatorial
strings attached. I have absolutely no
choice in the matter
Democratic conventions in various
parts of the state are not acting in
harmony about the prohibitory law.
Some of them demand the resubmis-
sion of the law: others are giving 1t a
sort of tacit endorsement and some
are advocating its strict enforcement
The Crawford county convention,
held last Saturday, met the dilemma by
demanding resubmission, and also de-
claring in favor OF the enforcement of
all laws without fear or favor. The
resubmission plank was as follows:
We consider that the prohibitory
law of the state, as being responsible
for more corruption by public officials
than any other law on the statute
books 1t has resulted in wide open
saloons all over the state, caused per
jury on every hand and corruption In
the Offices in the county, state and
cities, and we demand its resubmission
to the voters of the state
The following delegates were elect
ed to the state convention:
First commissioner district. K
Darlington; H. w Tucker of Walnut;
W. H. Sprecher,. of Arcadia.
Second commissioner district
Frank O'Reilley. Of Grant townships
E. LOOMS, of Girard; Chas. Perry, of
Mulberry.
Third district-Wm. Mold. of Pitts
burg; Frank Cumiskey. OF Pitrsburg
6. w. H. Lucas. of Cherokee: H. c..
Lemon, of Pittsburg. and G. W. Stin-
son. of Pittsburg.
At large@B. S. Gaitskill of Glrard
The delegates to the congressional
convention were elected as follows:
First district-E. L. Thompson, of
Hepler; J. D. Sheffield, of Arcadia !:
JOS Marsh. of Walnut, and Fred Geib,
of Brazilton.
Second dtstrict-W. H Miller of
Mulberry; E. J. Brazil, of Grant town
Frank Cornelius, of Crawford town
ship.
Third district-Abe Harris, of Pitts
burg; A. E. Graham, of Pittsburg: NJ.
NJ. Hartzell. of Pittsburg, and J. NJ.
Mahr, of McCune
At large-Geo. w. Brown. of Chero-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-17

Down in Bourbon county the conven-
ton OF Democracy organized by elect
ing w r billiard as chairman. 1t then
proceeded to walk all over its chair
man. It endorsed a plank favoring the
enforcement of the prohibitory law,
ana plank declaring that criminal
intimacy exists between the courts and
the corporations. Judge billiard fought
both of these planks, the last one with
especial violence.
The following delegates were select
ed for the state and congressional con-
ventions:
State Delegates. Cunningham. w.
P. billiard, Joe Gallaher, Martin Miller,
George Marble, J. NJ. Davis, John
Fleming, Pat German. John Sparks.
j. B. Connolly, J. L. Kent and Hubert
Lardner.
Congressional delegates IS. sto-
ner, Fred Afford. o. P. Cochran. r. M.
Wallace, A. S. Shaffer. W. E. Brooks,
Ed March, j. T. Lardner. George Witt.
William Steele, J. A. Moulton, J. c.
Commons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-17
ve,v Low rates to CaIiforoj,

on account of the convention at Los
Angeles, Cal, May 7-10. 1906. of the
Imperial Council Ancient Arabic Or
der Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine the
Union Pacific has authorized a round
trip rate to San Francisco and Los An
geles. of $50. Tickets on sale from
April Is to May 5. 1906
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-17

roads. have sent SO 600 to Leavenworth
county to be used IN the interests Of
Cory. The Leavenworth politicians
seem to think that Ryan has the best
show to win
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-17

J. N. Wilkinson. who yesterday an
nounced his candidacy for state super
intendent Of public instruction, Will
have a hard fight on his hands to beat
E. T. FairchiId of Ellsworth county, who
was almost certain to land prior to
Wilkinson's announcement.
Mr.. Wilkinson said yesterday: Il
will not try to travel about the state
much prior to the convention I will
send letter to each delegate and in
form him that am a candidate"
Mr.. Wilkinson's letter is as follows:
Dear Sir: I hereby ask you to sup
port me as far as you consistently can,
for nomination for the Office Of state
superintendent Of public instruction On
the 18th Of last month resigned the
presidency OF the State Normal school
with the intention OF announcing myself
for the state superintendency as soon
as my resignation could be accepted.
The board of regents at their meeting
Of last week accepted my resignation
to take effect July /.
IT desire the superintendency because
believe could IN that office. do good
service for the cause Of education.
s'AE one who has never voted any
other than the epublican ticket / feel
warranted IN coming before the Repub-
Iican state convention Very respect
fully. J. N. WILKINSON.
Mr. Wilkinson has been In education
al work all his life. He started IN as a
primary teacher back in Illinois He
was tf5sn district school teacher. town
principal superintendent Of schools,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-17

principal of a ward school in Peoria,
principal Of the high school in Decatur,
from which position he came to the
Kansas State Normal % years ago as
head of the training department He
held the position of head of the training
department until wears ago, when he
was elected president. He is at present
the treasurer of the National Educa-
tional association.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-17

This is the day when the Ryan-Cory
fight in Leavenworth county is to be
settled. The primary election system
Will be used. II Cory has the ma
so-ity. he will name the Leavenworth
delegation to the state convention,
and use It IN his interests as a eandi-
date for railroad commissioner. II
Ryan wins. he will pick the men who
will support him for secretary of state.
The Atchison Globe says that the rail-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-17

There is a shortage of about $500
in the funds of the Second district con-
gressfonal committee, on account of the
expense Of the recent primary election,
and the question is who will foot the
bill.
When the primary was called, the
committee had Scott and Allen each
put up $500. However, the commit
tees share of the expense turned out to
be about $1,000 and the deficit is left
as a legacy for the new congressional
committee.
Some think that Scott and Allen
ought to divide the shortage between
them equally, but Mr.. Allen gives such
a suggestion little consideration At
the same time it would not be much to
SCOTS taste to pay over about third
of his salary for an Office which he
already holds.
Henry ALLEN was in Topeka Monday.
and said: 81 didn't know that there is
shortage in the Second district con
gressional funds. That is one bright
spot in the cloudy sky, isn't it? I al
ways knew that there would be some
thing encouraging happen if I held on
long enough. Me pay part of the
shortage? Oh. I guess motive re-
tired from politics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-17

A State Journal correspondent at
Hays City sends in the following in
teresting senatorial gossip:
Parties here on business from Hill
City tell of new deal on the Z. s.
senate checkerboard, should the su-
preme com throw Burton out state
Chairman Stubs has not declared him
self as a candidate. He will not. for
he prefers another term IN the legle-
lature and the glory of defeating his
Douglas county enemies and keeping
the boss busters in power
Should the court throw Burton out.
1t is understood that Mr.. Stubs viii
at once come out with an address de-
claring that Governor Hoch IS the Iogi-
cal man for the senate. With an IN
Outstanding between St<bbs and Lieu
ter Rut Governor Hanna, Hoch will re-
sigi.. Hanna Will become governor, and
he viii at once name Hoch as United
States senator"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-17

Every campaign has to have its
"roorback'' The first roorback broke
away from captivity yesterday. It is
letter (anonymous) apparently
mailed at Topeka, to the delegates to
the state convention warning the del
egates to beware Of w J. Fitzgerald.
candidate for lieutenant governor. and
intimating that he was guilty of hood
ling in the Kansas legislature. OF
course it is claimed that the letter
was not sent by any of Clark's friends.
It is such a coarse piece of political
work that it is not likely to have any
effect.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-17

Emporia, April IA call has been
issued by Earle r. Delay. chairman
of the Prohibition state central COM
mfttee for a Prohibition state cen
vention at Sterling, May 16. All
members of the party are urgently re-
quested to attend the convention,
which is promised to be the best in
the history of the party. Several
national workers of reputation and
ability will be present. besides all the
state workers of prominence. A full
state and congressional ticket will be
placed in the field.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-17

The big boxing and athletic contest
takes place at Association park tonight
Independence played the last game
of its series with the White Sox this
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-06-01
CASE OF
SHYLOCK
AN ON AHA WOM AN
SWALLOWS $500
DIAMOND
STONE IN HER APPENDIX
Court Makes a Ruling Simi'
lar to That of POrtia.

Omaha, Neb, June Like Shylock
and his pound Of flesh, Tinley L.
Coombes has been placed by the courts
in the dilemma OF not being able to
claim his property awarded by the
Judge except at the risk of killing a
woman. In this instance the pound Of
flesh is $500 diamond in the appen-
dix of a self-confessed shoplifter Mae
Thomas swallowed the diamond Sat
urday in the retail store of T. L.
Coombes & Co. jewellers From tray
of diamonds on the counter the wo-
man removed the handsomest stone
and concealed 1t in her mouth. To
avoid being found with the diamond on
her person when searched she swal-
lowed it. Fearing appendicitis the
Thomas woman confessed this to the
police who confirmed the story by TAX
ing an X-ray photograph
The diamond is yours" said the
police judge to the jeweler, take it,
but If you resort to surgical opera
tion against the prisoners will and
she dies you can be held for murder" !"
The surgeons say the diamond can
not be recovered without an operation
as the x-ray showed 1t to be lodged in
the intestine.
About the only chance Coombes has
Of recovering his $500 diamond is that
the Thomas woman will develop an at
tack Of appendicitis symptoms al
ready have been noted.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-06-01
TRAVELLING MEN MEET.
fBy Associated Press)


Aberdeen s d. June IT, Aberdeen
is hlled with visitors for the second
annual Jubilee meeting" OF the South
Dakota Trateling Mems association.
The arriving delegates this morning
found the business streets gayly dec
grated with fass and bunting in their
honor Delegations, many OF them ac.
companied by bands, are on hand from
Mitchell. Watgtown. Huron. Sioux
Fails. Yankton, Madison and other
cities throughout the state. The travel
ing men viii be in session two days
and in addition 10 electiug officers and
transacting other business relating 10
their association will discuss numer-
Gus matters that afrect their interests.
The restriction OF the mail order bust
ness better hotel service and more
reasonable mileage and baggage con
cessions from the railroads are among
the matters slated for discussion,
Between sessions the visitors will en-
JOY a programme Of elaborate enter
tainment provided for them.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-06-01
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