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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16
in value he owed much of his wealth.
His Public Spirit.


At the close of the Worlds Fair in
1898, Mr. Field endowed with S1,OO0,
GOO the museum now known as the
Field Columbian museum, for which a
home valued at SS,0OO,OOO IS shortly
to be erected in the heart of the city.
He later gave TO the University of Chi
cago land valued at S45O,O00 to be
used for athletic purposes and u pOr-
ton of it is known today as Marshall
Field He was extremely charitable in
other directions, never failing to con-
tribute to a cause which he knew to
be worthy
Personally Mr.. Field was a hand
some man, a trihe above medium
height. slender and well prOpOrtiOned.
He was popular socially, although ne
never mingled in society as the word
is generally understood. In his per
sOnal tastes and habits he was quiet
and modest In politics he never in
terfered, although he was always
ready to aid with time and money any
movement looking toward better ma
tional or municipal government. He
was prominently mentioned as a vice
presidential candidate on the Demo-
cratic ticket in 1904. He was several
times offered the second place on the
ticket but refused to accept it. One
night he was called up at his home in
this city by the Associated Press and
for the second time within a week
asked if he intended to accept the
nomination He declared that he did
not and added
There is no need of the Associated
Press asking me this question again.
1t has my authority to deny the story
as often as it likes, no matter where
it comes from.
Mr Field was twice married, his
first wife having died several years
ago. Mrs. Field left two children,
Ethel. now married and residing at
bennington, England. and Marshall
Field, il, who accidentally shot him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16
SKETCH OF MARSHALL FIELD.
lie Was Head of Greatest Dry Goods
business in the World

DuSlIltS5 III the " OEIQ-
Chicago. Jan. 16.-MarshaH Field
was without question the greatest and
most successful merchant of his gem
Grafton, and he was one of the worlds
richest men, his wealth being esti-
mated at anywhere from 100000. 600
to s2O0,000.000. He was native of
Conway. Mass. where he was born in
1885. His father was a farmer and
Mr.. Field obtained his education in
the public schools of Conway. At the
age Of IL he became d clerk i'm a gem
eral country store i'm PiJtsheld Mass.
where he remained for four years
He came to Chicago i'm 1856. and
began his career in this city as a clerk
in the wholesale dry goods esta blish-
ment OF Cooley Wadsworth & co.
During the four years that he re-
malned with this house he showed
marked commercial ability and i'm
1850 he was given a partnership. The
late Levi u. Letter was also connected
with the firm, and i'm 1855 the two
young men withdrew and i'm cOmDauv
ganized the firm of Field, Palmer &
Letter, which continued until 1867.
when Mr.. Palmer withdrew and the
firm became Field. Letter & Co. This
continued until 1881. when Mr.. Letter
retired and the firm became known as
Marshall Field & Co as il is TODAY
The house forged to the front very
rapidly, and it is now the largest en-
LEENElsG OF us klIlQ I'D the world. 0aN-
ing numerous branches throughout
Europe and Asia. Its remarkable sue
cess is attributed almost entirely to
Mr.. Field and his methods. He made
it rule never to borrow money and
never to issue a note. He paid cash
for everything he bought not only i'm
connection with his dry goods enter
prise but in all his dealings in real
estate and other investments. The
great fire of 1871, was the only re-
verse ever experienced by the house OF
Marshall Field & co. It's losses. Al
that time aggregated over $1,000 600
In 1872 the wholesale department
was separated from the retail store
and the latter now covers one city
square, and is located in buildings IL
stories in height
While building up the dry goods
store which has grown to such mann
moth proportions. Mr.. Field. who
was a firm believer in the future 81
Chicago. invested heavily i'm rea
estate, and to the appreciation of this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16
new COAL RATES
Reductions Announced BIZ the
Santa Fe.
Applies Only to Rates West of
Usage City.
TOWNS ARE HELPED.
Reductions Vary From Five to
% Cents Per Ton.
Great Bend and Vicinity Get the
Largest Cut.

J. r. Koontz, general freight agent OF
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and
j. c. Lincoln, general freight agent Of
the Missouri Pacific have prepared the
new tariffs reducing the rate on lump
coal from the fields around Usage City
TO many points in central and western
Kansas. According to the new tariffs
the rates have been reduced from 8 to 10
and 20 cents a ton, the larger proper
lions OF the reductions being 10 cents
When the coal rate case, recently de-
cided by the board of railroad commits
sioners. was first fled the operators in
the Usage fields intervened as a party
to the complaint. They withdrew. how
ever, on the suggestions of the freight
depaf ftments of the Santa Fe and Mis-
souri, Pacific to the effect that the COM
pan1es recognized the merit of the re-
quest for reduction of rates from the
Usage district and that the matter could
be adjusted amicably between the rail-
roads and the operators.
1t seems that from time to time the
railroads have reduced the coal rates
from other fields in Kansas while the
rates from the Usage territory have re-
NAMED stationary. It has been pretty
hard pulling for the Usage operators to
run their mines under these conditions
and IN some instances mines have been
closed.
During the last two weeks Mr.. Koontz
and Mr.. Lincoln have held conferences
with committee of the Usage opera
tors on the reduction of the rates and
as result the new tariffs have been
/ prepared.
A final conference was held this after
noon by Mr.. Koontz and a representa-
! tive Of the Missouri Pacific freight de-
partment, Mr.. Lincoln being unable to
4 be present, and the committee of Usage
( operators, al which the reduction were
/ gone over for the last time. They are
/ generally satisfactory to the operators
and under them it is believed that Z
stimulous will be given to the develop
ment of the Usage coal fields. These
new tariffs will be filed with the board
of railroad commissioners late this af-
ternoOn or tomorrow and viii undoubt-
edly be approved by the board immedi-
ately.
On the lines of the Santa Fe the new
tariff shows that Mr.. sKoontz has reduc-
ed the rates from Usage city to 80
towns. Similar reductions have been
I made by the Missouri Pacific, but not
to quite 50 many places.as the. road does
! not touch that number
Reductions made by the Santa Fe
/ from the Usage City district to the more
important town affected are as follows.
n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16
YANKEE AN M. P.
An American Rides Into Parliament
ON the Popular Wave.

London, Jan. 16.-The Laborites and
Liberals as result of yesterdays cleo
tfOn at NeWcastle-on-Tyne each gained
a seat Both these seats formerly were
held by Unionists with majorities of A.
900 to 5000 and the force Of the anti
Unionists blizzard can be gauged by ths
fact that the result which was announc-
ed this morning gives the successful La
borite and Liberal contestants majori-
ties of 1000.
The hatch Of unopposed returns made
public this morning make the total to
date:
Liberals 1O3; Unionists 80: Irish Ma
tfonaIists 81; I.aborites 108: Socialists ].
Sir Charles Dixie, in the forest OF
Dean division of Cloucestershire and
Colonel Saunderson in North Amargh
were among the members Of parliament
reelected today without opposition. j.
Seaverns the American. formerly
of Boston, Mass, has been successful in
capturing the Brixton division Of LAM
beth, London, for the Liberals.
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HE FURNISHED PROOF.
A Burglar Interrupts Play to Make a
Confession.

Chicago. Jan. ia dispatch to the
Record Herald from New York says:
Moved by a passage in a play where
a burglar, caught in the act, tells a
clergyman that the whole world is
against a criminal who tries to reform.
a young man who gave his name as Al
bert Emerson. arose from an orchestra
seat in the Garden theater last night
and before the audience proclaimed him
self an expert safe breaker and robber
and declared his experience proved the
words Of the stage character. His in
terruption. made in tones loud enough
to be heard throughout the theater,
stopped the action Of the play. He was
arrested, and at the police station his
statement and record were verified. En-
erson has served several terms in prison.
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AND AGAIN TT IS WARM.
Temperature Reaches Almost to Forty
Mark This Afternoon.

There has been slight fall in the
temperature in this section of the state
during the past q hours but hardly
enough to be perceptible At seven
o'clock this morning the mercury regis
tered ?! while a the same hour yester-
day 1t was seven degrees higher. At two
clock Monday the maximum for the
day was reached which was IS and at
the same hour today the mrecury stands
IN the same notch Notwithstanding the
poor showing made during the earlier
hours this morning.
There is hardly a breath of air stirring
today and the sun has been shining
brightly since early morning.
The forecast for tomorrow and the
remainder of the day is Fair tonight
and Wednesday, with a rising tempera-
ture Wednesday in this section of the
state and a warmer wave in the western
portion of the state tonight
The minimum for today was reached
early this morning when the mercury
dropped to %.
The hourly temperatures for today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16
Millionaire Merchant Passe S
Away at Age Of 40.
Breathed His Last Surrounded
by Family and Friends.
VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA
He Built Up Greatest Dry Goods
Business in the:WOrld.
Was Founder of the Columbia
Museum at Chicago.
New York. Jan. 16-Marshal Field
IL = --.-1------- - :. et-.-.. ..o-,

New York. Jan. 16.-Marshal Field
died at A o'clock this afternoon.
just Before the End.
New York. Jan. 16.-At $40 p M. it
wash announced that Marshall Field 5
friends had given up all hope.
At $3.50 Mr. Field was breathing rap
Idly and the end was very near.
At 2:3O August n. Eddy said that
Mr.. Fields condition was then very
much worse but that his condition
was not entirely hopeless All Mr.
Fields friends who have been at the
Holland house during the last few days
remained very close to his bedside to-
day and some of his friends who were
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16
EULER Is OUT OF IT.
Prospective Candidate for Legislature
Decides to Withdraw.

H w Euler. the attorney, who has
been a candidate for representative from
the Thirty y-seventh district to the legis-
Iature. announces his withdrawal today
from the race.
u don't believe that I can afford to
make the race" said Mr.. Euler. MY
private interests would suffer and 1
would in the long run be the loser
The withdrawal leaves NJ. A. Hutche-
son and A E Dickinson in the list Of
aspirants for the office of representa- tive
from the Thirty seventh.
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DEvER & co. CLOSED.
Buffalo Brokers Had so Branch Omces
in the East

Buffalo, n. Y, Jan. 16.-The Offices Of
William F. Dever & Co., stock brokers,
were closed today
Edward Brady, manager and principal
stockholder in the concern, was said to
be in Boston. No statement as to the
cause of the Suspension could be secured.
The firm did not hold membership on
any of the stock exchanges, but handled
a large stock business on margin in so
branch Offices in New York state and
Canada.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16
BLOW TO REVOLT.
Russian Government OmciaIs Capture
the Entire WOrlxmen's Council.

St. Petersburg. Jan. 16.-All the mem
bers of the workmen's counsel number
ing % persons, were arrested during the
night The police seized many revolu-
tionary documents and a mass of cOrre-
spondence.
The government officials consider that
the future action of the revolutionists
will be hampered by the capture of the
members of the council and the reVolu-
tionary documents.
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FINED BY WHOLESALE.
Total of s12. 900 Levied Against Unior
Plumbers in Toronto.

Toronto, Ont, Jan. 16.=The govern
ment's prosecution of Toronto plumb
ers as individuals for combination in
restraint of trade and conspiracy has
resulted in 135 men pleading guilty
Forty were yesterday fined a total of
sIo, 500, the fines of the others being
whole was fined $4,000 several weeks
ago.
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their assessments to the county central
committee and win have their names
entered in the free for all race for the
nominations fer the various offices.
They We're; Frank Foster. county at
torney; William Meade commissioner
first district; J. T. Howard, register Of
deeds; T. NJ. James, commissioner first
district; Robert Stone, representative
thirty-ninth district
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TOWN BURNED OUT
Convoy, o., Has Been Totally
Destroyed by Fire.

Lima, o., Jan. 16.-The town Of CON
voy. 80 miles west Of here. is reported
to have been swept away by fire during
the night. Wires are down and no in
formation is yet obtainable, except from
crews of Pennsylvania railway trains
One fast train was tagged by citizens
OF the town and an appeal was sent to
Van Vert for aid.
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MERIWETHER Is TIRED.
Imprisoned Mfdshipman offers His
Resignation From Academy.

Annapolis Md. Jan. -Midshipman
Minor Meriwether Jr., has handed in his
resignation from the naval academy. tt
is said it is not likely it viii be accept
ed as there are now charges pending
against him and for the further reason
that he is under sentence of confinement
to the academy grounds for one year on
account of his connection with the fight
in which Midshipman James r. Branch
received fatal injuries.
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W. N. CLEVELAND DEAD.
Brother of the Former President Sue
cumbs to Paralysis.

Columbus. O., Jan. 16.-Rev. W. n.
Cleveland. brother of former President
Grover Cleveland. died last evening
from the effects of paralysis. aged 73
years. Rev. Mr.. Cleveland was a re-
tired Presbyterian minister. Former
President Cleveland has been notified
of the death and the funeral arrange
ments await word from him. Burial
probably will be in this city.
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%, 1905, and died five days later.
September ), 1905. Mr.. Field was
married in London England, to Mrs.
Cation, the widow of Arthur Cation, of
this city.
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which tended to undermine the very life
of the nation"
The Depew resolution was defeated
by a vote of "a TO 1. The Democrats
did not vote.
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Chicago. Jan. 16.=Forecast for Kan
sas Fair tonight and Wednesday;
rising temperature Wednesday and IN
west portion tonight.
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Reductions in the rates to points inter-
mediate to the places named are proDor-
tfonately the same as those given.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-02-15

the $1-a-week board, had taken him
IN and made him one of themselves.
Lincoln, or Abe, as we one and all
soon came to call him was a member
Of the family as long as he stayed
with us" Mrs. Lyster says. "To him
my mother was Aunt Polly, fact
borne out by historians.
Lincoln says Mrs. Lyster. recall
ling those rare days, was a remark
able young man for FRANKS. He had
q nickname for each one Of us girls,
but can only remember few. one
of his tricks was to pluck his friends
by their oars-he was always doing
hat I have heard my father speak
Of seeing Abe standing al a corner.
or In the road, telling one Of his droll
stories or engaged In earnest discus.
sion, aud, at a climax IN the tale or
conversation, stretching ont one of his
long arms aud gently pulling thn IFS.
toner's ear. instead Of p'ucllns tho
lapel of his coat From moro than
ono Of us Cameron girls Abc' caught
70 acuIdlng for not leaving our ears
ulono."
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-02-15

Every housekeeper should know that
II they will buy Defiance Cold Water
Starch for laundry use they will save
not only time, because it never sticks
to the iron, but because each package
contains 16 Ozone full pound-while
all other Cold Water Starches are put
up in %-pound packages, and the price
IS the same, 10 cents. Then again
because Defiance Starch is free from
all injurious chemicals. If your grocer
tries to sell you a 1907. package it
is because he has a stock on hand
which he wishes to dispose of before
he puts in Defiance. He knows that
Defiance Starch has printed on every
package in large letters and figures
"16 ozs." Demand Defiance and save
much time and money and the annoy
ance Of the iron sticking. Defiance
never sticks.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-02-15
KNEW LINCOLN IN YOUTH
Aged Lady Now Living in California Recalls
Times of Long Ago


came to us, and my mother charged
him about 81 week for his bed and
board"
The Gus girls" referred to by Mrs.
Lyster were eleven in number (rein-
forced by one brother) and a right
merry crowd for a log cabin home, it
may be guessed. In the order of their
ages they were Betsy Cameron,
nicl,named isabelle by Lincoln;
Vienna, whom the future President
preferred to address as "Quinine,"
perhaps because at II she could find
sharp thrust to answer his teasing
with; Thomas lone brother in a Wild
erness Of girls, called Tam O'Shan-
ter by Lincoln, and Nancy, Jane, Mar
tina, Sarah, Salina and Serena (the
twins), Eliza, Caroline and Margaret,
What clerk to-day would walk five
miles daily between his store and his
boarding house? Lincoln did 1t for
months, striding from "Parson" Cam.
eron's log cabin in the early mornings
to Denton Quits general store, and
back again at dusk.
lie IONeu exercise III the open, ne
was proud-may be at time a trihe
boastful-of his physical strength and
great powers of endurance, but aside
from that, one cannot help wondering
if John Cameron's merry houseful of
buXom daughters may not have been
a keener inspiration for those daily
trudges than love of Nature and OF
Natures moods.
Mrs. Iyster remembers ABE" strid-
ing steadily, but unhurriedly home"
gaunt shoulders dropped, shaggy
head bent and eyes glued to the pages
of a grammar that he held well up as
he walked.
end were the friends who. in accepting
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-02-15
boom" towns of what was then the

boom" towns of what was then the
Far Western State of Illinois.
The ensuing five years, 1881 to 1886,
cover one of the most interesting peri
DDS of Lincoln's early life, when he
learned the lessons of love and death
and to rise above the bitterness of de-
spair. 1t was during this period that
Mrs. Lyster (then Vienna Cameron)
knew him, received at his hands the
odd nickname of "Quinine," and be-
came a quiet observer of his court
ship of her beautiful cousin, Ann Rut-
ledge.
One Of the foremost men Of the
New Salem nolghborhool was the Rev.
John Cameron, Mrs. Lloyds father.
lie preached I'm the Presbyterian
church on Sundays, and, after the
custom of those sturdy times, turned
a shrowd eye TO business during the
week. He II was indeed who, with
his wlfes brother the James Rutlcdgo
mentioned by historians lu connection
with the lustrum Of llncoln's llfo, laid
out tho town site Of New salem
At the time Of LlnColn's advent IN
New Salem "Parson" Cameron with
his wife and famlly--olovcn daughters
and one sou-had hts home iu tho
proyorhIal log house OF the ucrlod.
fow miles from town ON tho banks
Of the Sauramon stream, close to tho
Rutledro a Cameron mill, This lar
ter combined tho business ~ auv.ur
timber and grinding rrlst Tho mul
on dam that iuttcd out a frw hun
drod tort into tho river, was ono of
the last landmarks NJ mo locality to
crumb'o away Lincoln for short
time was iu charge OF a.
Mira lystor does not recall fho day
that Lincoln FIRST ,amr io her fathers
homo io board huf reference tD what
moarcr data lH o,tBul indicates that
10 was ln tho winter COT Hprlur of 1888.
Lincoln WIS "a great hlr, hu'tlrr fel
low them" Saws Sire. tNHDr "mN 200
tho chin with fun and always rlhyIuF
droll rranka on noe Girls To was a
clerk IA Denton onurs store Nhcr he
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-02-15

Though .o fond of hls books 10 must
NOT bo supposed that be- cared only
FOR work aud serious study llo was
70 Hoclul, sunny tempered lHd, na fond
ui Jokes and Fun ua ho wHe Kindly aud
industrious. llIa HIuuWOthUr enid 81
him. - can FnE what scarcely ono
mother IN a thousand can Say. Abo
never gave mo crosse word or look,
and mover refused tD ip anything (
asked hm must .Hr that Ahp WAS
t1o best hoy over SOW or expect 90
anu From ll''ru NIrol1,H "Tho
UoFH ll'n uf Abraham Lincoln" In
E' Nicholas
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-02-15

twenty miles out from Los An
geles, Cal, on the seashore road, in
humble, four-roomed house, is an
old woman who Abraham Lincoln was
very fond of and who he teasingly
named "Quinine" 20 years ago, when,
store clerk in New Salem, he board
ed for 81 a week under her fathers
roof.
Mrs. Vienna Lyster has jrst cele-
brated her seth birthday. A stately
old woman, she is still free of step
and straight of vision, though her
memory has begun to falter, recollec-
ton to waver and down the long vista
of years and day-marks of her girl
hood are blurred.
This long-ago friend of Lincoln sits
in her sons home at Burnett and tells
many stories of the Great Commoner
With quaint tenderness comes the
thought that this is the cousin, the
girlhood friend, of fair Ann Rutledge
the dead love of Iincoln's youth.
For twenty years, "alike to fortune
and to fame unknown" the recipient
of Lincoln's whimsical nickname has
made her home in the whitewashed
cottage in the little town of Burnett
Seventy-five years ago, in the sum.
mer of 1880, Lincoln released himself
from parental care and started out to
make his own wav This was soon
after his people has removed to Him
OILS, and the future President was then
gaunt, tall lad of little more than
81. The following year, Just after his
famous flatboat trip to New Orleans,
he made his second and permanent"
appearance in New Salem, on the
banks of the Sangamon river. It's
population at that time probably did
not exceed seventy-five men, women
and children. 1t was one of the many