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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-22
GIVE TO ORPHANS ZONE
Councilman Simms Will Contribute His
Salary.

councilman F. B. Simms authorita-
lively states today that he won't tender
his resignation as councilman from the
First ward. The election of Mr.. Simms
to the position of county commissioner
at the November election caused ru
mors to circulate about to the effect
that Simms would resign his office as
councilman. For a time the matter
was under serious consideration by the
First ward councilman because he felt
that the holding of two positions might
place him in the light of a Pooh Bah
with the people,
You can just tell them that I am
going to stay in said Mr. Simms this
morning to State Journal reporter.
There, is SO much discussion over all
of this. fighting and scra piping to see
who would be next that just decided
that / wouldn't resign. I am going to
stay In now until my Office as council
man expires in April. If the law lets
me III just continue in-and I under
stand that there is nothing against it.
The salary that get as councilman
1 am going to give to the Topeka Or
phanS' home. Just as soon as take
Office as county commissioner. from
that time on until I step out of office as
councilman l will turn every pay check
that | get as councilman to the Or
phans' home. / will sign up for the
voucher and then endorse it over to the
home. That's ALL
Probably if Mr.. Simms had the as
surance that Mayor Davis would ap-
point to the vacant position the man
that Simms would select the resigna>
ton would be forthcoming. But the
North side councilman hasn't this as
surance and rather than resign and
have the mayor appoint some one
whom he wouldn't like to stand for
Simms prefers to hold on. No one has
raised any hue and cry over holding
the two positions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-22
LEGACY A LAWSUIT.
All That the Late John P. Altgeld Left
His Wife.

Chicago, Nov. 22.=The Record
Herald today says:
Possession of one of the principal
skyscraper Office buildings in Chicago;
the interests of Mrs. Emma F. Altgeld,
widow of former Governor John p.
Altgeld, and indirectly the memory Of
the former chief executive of Illinois
are involved in litigat ton now pending
in the circuit court which promises to
become q cause celebre.
Through the pleadings already of
record in the suit runs the story of the
futile attempt of one man who had
won the highest honor in the gift of
his state, to combat the combined in
fuence of powerful interests in his
fight to recoup his vanished fortune;
OF his steadfast- adherence, at the cost
of failure, to regain his financial stand
ing. to the principles which had
brought him absolute bankruptcy. and
of his death at last with his estate
wiped out, his home mortgaged and
his widow dependent on the kindly Of
fees of his friends to put her beyond
absolute perjury.
At the approaching session of the
Illinois legislature appeal will be made
by friends of John p. Altgeld for an
appropriation for a public monument
to his memory. Besides the legacy of
life full of achievement, the only
monument remaining now to the mem
DRY OF the governor IS the long pend
ing suit which represents all that is
left Of the extensive interests he con-
trOlled in his lifetime.
The Unity building, 70 Dearborn
street erected by Ex-Governor Altgeld
in 1892, at cost of about 100000,
now valued at something in excess of
$1,000,O00 and yielding an annual
rental of more than $4,000, is the
property at issue. Into its erection and
maintenance, as a business enterprise,
the former governor put all of his
financial resources, his energy and his
ambition for wealth. Before his death
he saw it slipping from his grasp and,
despite his desperate efforts to retain
control, at his death his only interest,
which passed to his widow and now
lends to the pending suit that which
redeems it from a mere dry proceeding
in foreclosure, was an equity of re-
demption in the stock of the company
which he formed to exploit the ven
ture.
The sole legatee of the former gov
ernor. when he died, March IL, 1902,
in Joliet few hours after he had adj
dressed a monster audience there. was
his widow and her only tangible in
heritance was the equity in the stock
which her husband had hypOthecated
in one last desperate effort to save his
holdings. Ex-Governor Altgeld died,
as far as is known, absolutely without
property, but after his death letters of
administration were taken out by
Quincy f. Browning, who had been
associated with his in business indi-
ractIv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-22
DELAY IN THAW CASE.
Trial May Not Take Place Until Next
Spring.

New York, Nov 22.-Developments in
court yesterday make it almost Ger
tain that Harry K. Thaw will not be
tried for the shooting of Stanford White
-on-Deoemhe- the day recently fixed.
On the motion of District Attorney
Jerome yesterday the case was sent to
the supreme court by Justice Green
baum. who is sitting In the criminal
branch. 1t had been originally planned
to try Thaw before Recorder Golf in
general sessions. The change of pro-
gramme came as the result of opposi-
ton of Clifford w. Hartridge of counsel
for Thaw. to the district attorneys ap-
plication for special panel of $50 tales
men from which to select the jury
When Mr.. Jerome heard of the pro-
ceedings he withdrew his motion for q
special panel and applied for the trans
fer of the case to the supreme court.
1t is thought now that the trial will
not be reached until January or may
be later.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-22
THE WHOLE THING
That's the Way Tennessee Man Look
ed at Coffee.

The following letter is so interesting
and contains so lauch good hard sense
about the coffee question. we publish
it for our readers:
II laughed at the idea that coffee
injured me, Notwithstanding the tremb-
ling hands, sa1Iow, muddy complexion,
the tired, listless feeling and aversion
to mental or physical effort Also the
terrible moments in the night when my
heart would palpitate so violently that
it seemed each moment it would wear
itself out and become forever still.
when I married, my coffee days
came to an end-nly good wife refused
to serve it to me, placing Postum on
the table instead.
This was done over my protest. I
had had experience with Postum
straw colored liquid with an insipid
taste. But the cup she set before me
was not so bad, and in a way [ even
enjoyed it. But we had not then fully
learned how to make Postum properly
by long boiling.
s"Then the results came. The old
heaviness after meals no longer trou-
bled me, the heart palpitation stopped.
I found more enjoyment in out of
doors exercise. and. best of all, I found
myself at the Office getting through my
work with an ease had never known
before.
MANY persons have spoken to me
e bout Postum in such a way as to leave
no doubt they do not know how to
make it. You might as we'll set meat
or vegetables on the back of the stove
and let them steep, as to prepare Pos
tum that way.
st say to such, boil it'-boiI it till it
has a dark, rich color and then you
will have a beverage that will win and
hold you" Name given by Postum
Co, BattleCreek, Mich Read the ia
nous little book 1.-THE Road to Well
ville.'' in pkgs. There's a reason.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-22
RAILROAD FACTS.
Over Eleven Thousand Miles of Lines
in Kansas.

The nineteenth annual report of the
Kansas state board of railroad COM
rnissioners was received from the state
printer on Wednesday afternoon 1t is
a book of $50 pages. which is about
40 pages larger than any previous
biennial report. The book is divided
into seven sections. as follows:
Sec. Petitions, complaints, and
decisions.
See II-Freight rate examination,
under Stone resolution.
Sec. III-Laws and rules relating to
the stringing of telephone and tele-
graph wires over railroad tracks.
Sec. IV-State railroad laws and
rules of practice.
Sec. V-ReDorts of separate rail-
road companies. giving the following
information about each road: His
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-22
Drevfuss F'avors Long Schedule.

Chicago, Nov. 22.-President Barney
Dreyfuss of the Pittsburg club has
aligned himself with President Charles
w Murphy of the Chicagos and the
other National league magnates who
favor an early opening of the season
and the continuance of the long 154
game schedule. Mr.. Murphy received
a letter from the Pittsburg magnate in
which Mr. Dreyfuss stated that the
National league could continue to run
its affairs without the assistance of the
American league president. B. B. john
son, and that Mr.. johnson has the
same privilege with his own organiza-
ton.
With the Pittsburg letter came one
from William Shettsline, president of
the Philadelphia Nationals. who also
goes on record as favoring the early
opening and long schedule. Six of the
eight National league club executives
have signified their stand on the ques-
ton. NJ. S. Robson of St Louis, Au-
gust Hermann of Cincinnati and
Charles H. Ebbets of Brooklyn COM
pleting the sextette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-22
WHY GAS IS SCARCE.
Atchison's Shortage Due to Pumping
StationeD Getting Out of Order.

Atchison, Kan. Nov. 22.-The pipe
line which supplies Atchison with nat
ural gas has no connection with the
pipe line which supplies Kansas City.
Two lines run side BY side from the
gas fields in southwestern Kansas to
Lawrence, or in that vicinity, and there
they separate; one going to Leaven-
worth Atchison and st. Joe, and the
other to Kansas City. The natural gas
company has several hundred wells
bored which are not being used; these
wells are capped. and will be used as
required Not ore-tenth of the avail
able wells are now being used.
The scarcity in Atchison just now is
due to two pumping stations getting
out of order The scarcity at Kansas
pipe is not large enough to carry the
great amount Of gas required. For this
reason, the big users in Kansas City
will be cut off until spring. or urtil
another supply main from the gas fields
can be gut in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-22
FOR A PUMPING PLANT.
one to Be Erected Near Carlyle and to
Cost About $4,000.

lola, Kan, Nov. 22.-J. w. Landon
if Independence, general field man
ager of the Kansas Natural Gas COM
pany was in the city today and COM
pIeted arrangements to put in the
pumping plant near Carlyle. The
plant will cost in the neighborhood of
$4,000. The plant will be erected one
mile west of Carlyle near the line Of
the Kansas Natural Gas company pipe
lines. The plant is put in to give suf-
ficient pressure to force the gas into
Kansas City, a point at which the
pressure is not what ii should be. The
letting of the contract for the machin-
ery for the plant will occur at once
The estimates are being made now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-22
BOATS ON THE KAW.
S. n. Brewster VIII Decide II River
Is NavigabIe.

Is the kaW rlVer naV1gabIeZ
s y. Brewster, special master, will
endeavor to answer that question in a
report which ne will submit to Judge
J. Z. Pollock of the United States dis
trict court at the session of the court
next Monday.
Mr.. Brewster was appointed by
Judge Pollock to take testimony to de-
termine whether the river was navi-
gable in connection with suits brought
by the United States to compel rail-
roads to raise their bridges across the
Kansas river at Kansas City The hear
ing has been on practically all sum
mer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-22
GUARDS FOR TILLMAN.
South Carolina Senator VIII Lecture
on Cuba in Chicago.

Chicago, Nov. Ex-senator Benjamin
r. Tillman, who is to lecture in Orches-
ira hall next Tuesday evening for the
benefit of the Chicago Union hospital,
will be asked to eschew all mention Of
the race problem and the lynching
question. This action was decided upon
Yesterday in accordance with the wish
es of Mayor Dunno and prominent col
ored people of Chicago.
Mr.. Tillmans subject will be. Shall
the United States Annex Cuba?" It
ject should be, The Race Problem"
Senator Tillman will be guarded by po-
lice while here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-22
AtcIlison On Reflnerr Rnsr-

Atchison. Kan, Nov. 22-Two cars of
refined oil, from the Uncle Sam Oil
company's Atchison refinery, were bill
ed out today, one to Mankato, Kan.
and the other to Kansas City, Kan.
More will be shipped as fast as cars
can be secured. A new tank car is be-
ing received. by the Uncle Sam com
pany at Atchison every two weeks.
The company now owns Is cars for the
transportation Of refined oil
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-22
WORKED TO THE LIMIT
A Great Calamity Is Expected on the
Brooklyn Bridge.

New York, Nov. 22.=Recommenda
lions made by the state railroad com
the Brooklyn bridge crush, found a
startling echo when Vice President
Calderwood of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit company declared that the
bridge was being worked to it's limit
and that his company lived in expec-
tation of great calamity there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-22

Punxsutawney. Pa, Nov. Because
his teacher refused to grant him per-
mission to go hunting, James Dougher-
ty. Jr.. 10 year of age. shot and seri-
ously wounded Professor J. f. Kohler,
principal, and Meade Snyder. his assist
ant Snyder's condition is critical
IlollsEe r.tN vas arrested
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-22
A Phone Exchange for *. g.

Lawrence. kan. Nov. 2Z-The Bell
Telephone company has closed a con-
tract with the university by which an
exchanged will be installed on the hill.
About rs phones will be put in the
various offices and departments at once
The branch operator will he located in
the university business Office
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-22
RIg Medicine Nan Dead

Bloomington, ILL., Nov. Oscar
Wakefield, president of O. Wakefield &
Co. medicine manufacturers, died to-
day aged so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-22

New York, Nov. 22.-Jennie Yeamans,
the actress. daughter of Annie Yea
mans. the veteran player, is lying at
the Hotel Gerard critically Ill.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-17

nently satisfactory A wheat crop of over 722,000,000 bushels, as indi- cated by the last government report, is nearly 1O,000,000 bushels greater than the prospects of year ago. A corn crop of 2,700,000.000 is the present promise, which is almost a record crop and 50,0O0,000 bushels above last years indications. A good cotton crop is also promised, the av- craze estimate being 11,000,00O bales. Should we have large wheat crop, that means much prosperity for the farmer, inasmuch as it is large money producer. A big corn crop means much not only for the farmer and the railroads, but also for the many directions into which it enters for consumption, such as pork, beef, whiskey, starch, glucose, etc. A large cotton crop will be beneficial, inas- much as the larger portion of it goes for export, and at present good prices will yield a large amount of sterling exchange with which to settle our foreign indebtedness. G
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-17

Representative Charles A. Towne of New York says the democrats will contend for a revision of the tariff during the congressional campaign now on. Mir Towne has had varied career in politics. Born in Michigan in 1859, he graduated from the Uni versity of Michigan and was admit ted to the bar in 1885. He took up his residence in Duluth, Minn. in 1890 and four years later was sent to congress by the republicans, whom he deserted in 1896 on the silver question. At the next two congress sional elections in 1896 and 1898 he was a candidate for congress on the democratic ticket. but was defeated. He was chairman of the silver na- tional committee in 1ss7-ls0G and declined the vice-presidential nomi- nation at the hands of the populist and silver republican parties in 1900. When Senator Cushman K. Davis. the Paris peace commissioner. died in the winter of 1900. the governor ap- pointed Mir Towne as his successor. Mir Towne served in the senate from December 5. 1890. to January 2s. 1901, his successor being the present senator from Minnesota. Mir Clapp. Mir Towne then moved 10 New York and joined the Tammany democrats who sent him to congress at the be- ginning of the present congress. Mir Tovne is a silver-tongued orator and has graced many political platforms and tuned his audiences to high pitches of enthusiasm
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-17
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
PAVING.

Sealed Proposals for paving por- tions of Abbott avenue. Cherry street, West Main street and South Main street with vitrified brick. asphalt and bitulithic pavement will be re- ceived by the board of public works. City hall annex. until ?. m, July IF, 1906, at which hour the bids will be publicly opened and read.
 Each proposal shall be signed by the bidder or bidders and accompan- fed by a certified check of nine hum dred dollars fss00D as a guarantee that the bidder will execute the con- tract within the time specified In his proposal. in case his bid be accepted.
 The right to decline any or all the proposals Is reserved if deemed in the interests of the city.
 The engineers approximate esti- mate of quantities is as follows:
 Abbott avenue. s50 square yards.
 Cherry street, 1850 square yards.
 West Main street. 2.570 square yards.
 South Main street. 1000 square yards.
 The proposals must be made upon blanks furnished by the board and all proposals will De considered as in- formal which are not in all respects in conformity with this notice
 RIA. CAIRNS. City Engineer.
 July !. 1906. 7-s-1e-17
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-17
Judge Humphrey, the federal judge

Judge Humphrey, the federal judge who discharged the packers on the ground that they were immune from prosecution notwithstanding their confession of conspiracy to rob the American people, is finding himself in a rather humiliating plight by the fight that is now being made upon him by James Hamilton Lewis, cor poration counsel of Chicago. whom Humphrey some time ago ordered to jail for contempt because Lewis brought a suit for his clients, the bondholders of the Boston Water and Light company, in the state court of Illinois, to collect their claims amounting to s225,000. Judge Hum- phrey had previously in the federal decision given the property to the Farmers Loan & Trust company, of New York, without any notice to the clients of Colonel Lewis. Lewis fought the contempt to the supreme court of the United States, which has lately held that they will take juris- diction of the matter after the cir cult court of appeals has passed upon tue question.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-17

-ihis hand to his heart and fell ;uncop- scious. His wife, attempted to help him up, and his arms lay limp and helpless at his side. It was then that the woman knew she faced the prob lem of her life, and she arose to the occasion and began the fight, praying to see sign of returning life.
 ]. The body was cared for at the Ex- .celsior, and it was later taken to St. Paul, where Davis had lived SO long. The widow is overcome both by ex- ,haustlon and grief.
 Uncle Davis," as the old colored man was familiarly called at the cap itol, was one of the most esteemed of the janitor force. Before the civil war he was slave in the south. At vicks- burg he escaped and joined the union army, serving with honor throughout the rest of the war. He was one of the laborers employed in building the present capitol. On its completion he was appointed janitor and has held his position ever since. He was as- signed to the new capitol as janitor of the state treasury office on request of State Treasurer J. H. Block. Davis was 72 years of age.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-17
"P0WHATAN GUARDS"
Will Be Organized to Serve at James,
 town Exuosition.

Captain Henry w. Carpenter of the United States marine corps, now sta- tioned at Norfolk. Va. is organizing the "Powhatan Guard" who will serve as a police force at the James town exposition next year. The term of service will extend from early spring to December or later.
 While it is probable that a large part of the force will be recruited at Norfolk and in that vicinity, it is ex- pected that appointments will be made from the states generally. and Connecticut will doubtless get its share of the appointments if appli- cations are made by men having the required qualifications. Applicants must be between the ages of 2i and 40, of not less than five feet eight inches in height. and must pass phys ical examination. It is also required that they shall have served in the United States regular army. navy or marine corps. the United States or volunteer forces or the national guard or have been students in some military college Mounted privates will be paid s30 a month and un- mounted s25 a month. Each man, will be entitled to free quarters. subsis- tenoe. medical attendance. uniforms and equipments. Non-commissioned officers will receive somewhat higher pay than the privates- The principal duty of the guard will be to protect the grounds and buildings. and. in a general way. to act as a military force Over 500 letters have been re- eeived by Captain Carpenter request ing copies Of blank applications.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-17

In 1884 small band of northern farmers emigrated to the Louisiana gulf coast prairie and began the cul- tivation of rice, devising machinery for that purpose. The result of their labors is shown in the fact that Lou isiana and Texas, to which their work also extended, now produce three-fourths of the rice crop of the United States. Before the civil war South Carolina produced about three fourths and North Carolina and Georgia most of the rest. One of the greatest results has been the use, for the first time in history, of labor saving method of rice production, which promises to give the 'Ameri- can rice producers an advantage over any other country, unless such coun- try adopts American methods.