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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-05-01

Money to Loan.-Sayings Building and
Loan Association. Apply to T. G. Green,
Secretary and Treasurer
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-05-01

Two good carpenters wanted at once
Work waiting. Apply to Geo, II Hagiey
Charles Town.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-05-01

Bicycle for Sale, Cheap. Apply to
MRS. ". g. DAVENPORT
At Mr. C. Horace Gallaher's
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-05-01
Notice.

MILEY BROTHERS have just
received a consignment of NUT Coal.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-05-01

done In al Its branches, and
10 not done in Q shoddy way, bat done In o
manner
EASTERDsY q CO.
April 10. South Charles st.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-05-01

Wall Paper at Boards.
Paper in Stock
five cents
to
twenty-five cents.
2 600 samples
to select
from books.
at
Boards Variety Store.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-09
S65O,OOO
Russian RevOIutionIsts Hold Up
and Rob Nail Car.
Party Numbered 100 Armed and
Disciplined Men.

Rogow. Russian Poland, Nov. 9.-The
Cossacks have thus far been unsuccessful
in their pursuit of the revolutionists,
train robbers numbering hundred well
armed men, who at 3 o'clock last night
surrounded this station, threw three
bombs at the mail car of train, while
engines were being changed, derailed the
car, robbed it and fled with sum Of
money now said to amount to $650O00-
The station master declares the revolu-
tionists hid in the neighboring forests and
were excellently disciplined, their com
mander giving orders through bugle sig
nails. When the robbery was completed,
the revolutiOnists transported their booty
to two wagons and marched off in mill
tary order, singing sOciaiistic songs
Eye witnesses confirm the statement
that the revOlutionists We're hidden in the
neighbOring woods When the train stop
ped men armed with rifles sprang up on
all sides. Quickly executing the orders
conveyed by tie bugle the gen'd armes
standing in front of the station were shot
and killed and the revOlutiOnists placed
Sentinels at all the approaches and cut
the telegraph wires While some of them
ed the escorts of the mail car. OF the
three bombs thrown two exploded with
terrific force, blowing the cars into
matchWOOd. killing five soldiers and NOR
tionists then ransacked the mail, trans
ferred the bank notes gold and silver tc
their own bags and unfolding the red dae
formed up in military order, marched out
were in waiting in the forest and drove
off.
1t was not until three hours later thai z
detachment of Cossacks hurriedly sent
pursuit of the revolutionists.
RogoW is now occupied by troops
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-09
AVENGED HIS WIFE.
WaterworISs Fireman Shoots an En-
gincer of the Department.

Philadelphia. Nov. 9.-Frederick
Schaffhauser, a civil engineer in the
bureau of water. was shot and prob
ablv fatally wounded today by Fred
erick Hornberger. a fireman at a city
pumping station. Schafhauser. for
he last year has been much in the
public eye. principally as a star wit
ness in the criminal proceedings
against John w Hin, formerly head
of the bureau of filtration
Schaffhauser was called from his Of
nee in the city hall to the corridor of
the seventh floor today on the pre-
tense that a friend wished to see him.
He was met by Hornberger. who
shouted:
you have killed my wife and I am
going to kill YOU
He had not finished the sentence
when he fired five shots a. sehaH-
Hornberger, when arrested, told the
police that schafhauser had been in
innate with his wife and that her rela-
tions with him resulted in her death
recently from disease
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-09
IT'S GROWING FAST.
Plan to Try Government of the City
by Commission

The city government by a commission
ball is growing bigger every minute,
every revolution it takes the larger it
grows
It has now gotten so far that a meet
ing ito talk it over will be held next
week. The attendance will be by spec
ial invitation only for it has not yet
reached the stage where it is ready to
be presented to the public at large. A
mass meeting to cover this viii be held
later following the meeting next week.
Members of the city council, city Of
ficialS and Prominent business and pub
lie men will be extended a personal in
vitatiOn to attend the special meeting.
roots, fire suggestions and questions at
each other as well as answers to the
questions. It is going to be a sort Of
Methodist experience meeting"
Mayor W. H. Davis, who is a boomer
for government by a commission in
stead of a council viii be right there
and probably viii preside Ex-Mayor
Bergundthal is also one those who will
lend hand to shove the ball along.
w. E. Sterne, county commissioner,
who has demonstrated what a commits
sion Of three can do when it comes to
handling a county's affairs in an eco
non1icaI ana busire sslii<e manner is go
ing to tell how Shawnee county runs
with a commission to guide it. The
leaven among the business men is
working. Magazines which describe the
commission government al Galveston
and Houston have been circulated free
" among them within the past ten
days and they are getting acquainted
with the subject. I have talked with
the heavy property owners and bust
ness men in North Topeka about it and
they all think 1t is the thing to do
7 have not found one man who has
opposed it. With the government of
that sort Topeka is going to grow and
nothing can stop her
mt
in the hands of the commission also. We
want to bring them all together
A personal representative from the
city will be sent down to Galveston and
Houston to make Investigations of the
workings of the commission. Consider
able data and the charters of both the
cities secured but the actual WORKING
is to be investigated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-09
BUILDING FALLS.
Huge Hotel in Course of Con-
structiOn at Long Beach
COIlapses, Burying Many Work
men Cnder Debris.
TWELVE TO Is DEAD.
More Than Twenty Injured, a
Number Of Them Seriously.
Disaster Is Attributed to Faults
in Construction.
TWELVE TO Is DEAD.

Long Beach. Cal, Nov. 9.-The huge
structure of the $4,000 Bixby hotel.
under course of construction on the
beach here, collapsed without warning
at 9:45 today, supposedly as the result
Of faulty construction, killing between
twelve and fifteen workmen. and seri-
ously injuring more than a score of
others. The building was of rein
forced concrete and the men were
crushed to death between the tons of
mortar and iron. Only two Of the dead
had been taken out an hour after the
accident Upwards Of twenty injured
had been removed to the Long Beach
hospital which was filled to overflow
ing. II is stated that upwards of flf-
teen workmen are still buried in the
debris.
RICHARD PERKINS. concrete
worker
A HARPLE, Los Angeles. leaves
widow and two children
The Injured.
]. J. Walsh. may die.
l. M. Chillipa, may die.
6. H. Rinlbarger. may die.
George Perker, badly cut, injured
internally.
E. J. Nicholson, may die.
Alexander Bavuix badly crushed.
T. w. Schultz may die.
Z. c. Watson may die.
George Parker.
S. H. Imley, badly hurt.
r. P. Philips.
r. E. Cunningham is the only one Of
the plumbing gang missing. He is be-
lieved to be buried in the ruins.
The Hotel Bixby, which had been
under course of construction for sew
eral months. was to have been one OF
the best appointed hotels on the
southern coast. The total cost of the
building was estimated at $750.000.
The plans called for 276 guest cham
bers and the building covered a
ground space of 175 by AS feet. Four
stories of the structure had reached
completion. It was being built on the
beach facing the ocean and about 200
feet distant from the shore. Austin
b Brown, of Los Angeles was the
architect and r. c. iSDaulding, of Los
Angeles, was contractor.
The hospital was not sufficiently large
to accommodate ali the injured taken
there and a large number were removed
to private dwellings in the vicinity. AT
least 20 or 25 have been taken from the
ruins many of whom will die. 1t is ex-
pected that there are about Is or Il
under the mass of wrecking-
r. A. See, who was taken from the
ruins with his leg smashed and suffer
ing from internal injuries said:
II was at work on the fourth floor OF
the building, mailing down joist.
noticed four or five laborers carrying a
heavy beam from the front toward the
central portion of the building. When
they arrived about the center I saw
them let the beam fall with unusual
violence.
1.-The whole building shook and then
seemed to erumble and fall beneath all
of US. I saw workmeu jump in all di-
rections in an attempt to escape the
Wreckage. [ fell straight back into the
interior of the structure. When 1 struck
the ground below I lost consciousness
and knew nothing more until some men
pulled me out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-09
ALL ALONG THE LINE.
a General Advance in Wages by Rail-
roads and Trusts.

New York, Nov. 9.=The Herald says
that practically all the great railroad
and Industrial corporations of the coun-
try. the affairs of which are directed
from this city, have decided to increase
the prevailing rate of wages to the en-
ployes. Besides the Pennsylvania
Railroad company, which already has
announced an increase, the Standard
Oil company the Amalgamated Copper
company, and the United States Steel
corporation are mentioned as having
subject under consideration The New
York Central, the Laeka wanna and
other eastern railroads, the Herald
says, have either been requested to
advance the wages of employees or have
taken some steps to do So
The Herald says the increased cost
of living and the prevailing prosperity
are the reasons for the step and that
the managements Of the corporation
desire to have their workmen partici-
pate in the prosperity.A
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-09
BORDER FIGHT.
Detachment Of Texas Rangers
En- Route to Rio Grande.
Is Ambushed by a Body of
Armed Mexicans.
A BATTLE FOLLOWS.
Four of Attacking Party Killed
and Many Wounded.
The Rangers Came Out Without
Loss of a Man.

Brownsville, Tex, Nov. "A de-
tachment OF Texas rangers en- route
to Rio Grande City to investigate the
assassination of Judge Welch, which
occurred Monday night were attacked
by a body of armed Mexicans and a
bloody fight resulted. Four Mexicans
were killed and many wounded.
Governor Lanahan is rushing troops
to the scene and the situation is re-
garded as critical.
More fighting is predicted before the
troops arrive.
The Mexicans are said to be aroused
over the opposition to their voting in
the recent election.
Houston, Tex, Nov. "a dispatch
from Laredo, Tex, says:
Texas rangers were ambuscaded
last night by armed Mexicans between
Fordyce and Rio Grande city. Four
Mexicans were killed in the fight that
followed; one was wounded and two
captured. The rangers suffered no
casualties. A special train is taking
troops tc the scene.
Dallas, Tex, Nov "a special to
the TimeS-H Herald from Brownsville,
Texas, says
Texas rangers under command of
Captain Mcdonald were attacked last
night near Rio Grande City by an
armed body of men with the result
that four of the attacking party were
killed. one seriously wounded and two
We're captured and lodged in Jail. II
is believed here that the attacking par
ty belongs to the same element who
assaulted Judge Standley Welch or
election night.
WEIGH was shot Tuesday night while
in bed and the assassination created
much excitement in Brownsville. A
dispatch has been sent to Governor
Lanaham, asking that a troop of state
cavalry be sent to Rio Grande City and
it is understood that these troops viii
reach there early tomorrow morning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-09
CRIMINAL ACTION.
Viii Be Prosecuted Against OIL Com
bine in St Louis.

St. Louis. Mo. Nov. 9.-The federal
grand jury which meets next Wednes-
day win investigate the st. Louis end
of the ALLEGED oil combine with a view
to the institution of criminal proceed
ings against persons involved. Infor-
nation was given out that members
of the interstate commerce commits
sion and representatives of the office
Of Commissioner of Corporations Gar
field have been served with sub
poenas duees teccum from the dis
trict court officials in St. Louis, COM
pelling their presence when the grand
jury convenes.
The grand jury will proceed under
that statute which sets forth that per
sons who accept and those who grant
a special railway rate not granted
equally to all shippers are criminally
guilty and subject tc fine and i'm
prisonment.
The subpoenas duces teccum is
sued conreI the production before
the grand jury of the transcript of
the voluminous evidence secured by
Louis and Kansas City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-09

New Haven, Nov. 9.=Another short
session of practice for the Yale foot
ball team was held All of the regu-
lars were out for the work except Tad
Jones and Roome. Dimes holding down
the quarter back position. The
Varsity had things pretty much its
own way. and scored once on the
scrub. without being scored on in re-
turn. The forward pass plays received
quite a bit Of attention, and the kick
ing squad also came in for plenty Of
drill. Forbes pulled off the lone score
of the day. Gordon Brown and Har-
mon Graves assisted the other coaches
at the field. Hinkey watched the end
men, Hoy the backheld and Rockwell
and others cared for the general team
Dlay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-09
1T CAME TOO LATE.
n. L. Mutual Life Secures Injunction
After Charter Is Revoked.

Frankfort. Ky, Nov. e.=Attorneys
representing the Mutual Life Insurance
company of New York and President
Charles A. Peabody of that company
today secured from the Franklin coun-
ty circuit court an injunction directed
against State Insurance Commissioner
Prewitt, restraining him from revoking
the eompany's license to do business in
the Kentucky field.
The notice of injunction was served
on the commissioner today. Commis-
sioner Prewitt. however. stated that the
license was revoked last night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-09
JEROME GETS BUSY.
VIII Place Alleged Life Insurance
Grefters on Trial.

New York Nov s--Frederick A
F3llrnham president Of the Mutual Re
serve Life Insurance company, and
George Burnham and George D. Ed
ridge. vice presidents of the same com
pany will be put on trial in the su-
prerne court next Monday on charge
Of forgery and grand larceny. The day
was fixed today by Justice Greenbaum
on application of District Attorney
Jerome. The motion was not opposed
by the defendants counsel The indict-
uent of the defendants followed diselos-
ures at the recent insurance investiga-
ton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-09
WEATHER IS STILL FAIR
just Enough chin in the Air to Be
Pleasant

Today has been another day Of the
fair and warm weather which has
characterized Topeka all week. The
day is pleasant for this time Of year.
but is a little too warm for football.
There are but few clouds dotting the
sky today and the wind is nearly at a
standstill. Early this morning the air
was just about chilly enough to be in
viscrating but this afternoon 1t had
warmed up enough to bring out the
perspiration.
It will be fair and warmer tomor-
row. 1t will be pretty warm but in all
other respects it will an ideal day for
football weather.
The wind today is from the north
and blows with a velocity Of three
miles an hour The following tempera-
fllres for T0neka rrevai3ed TODAY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-09
IIelp Kansas AIethodisl ehureIes.

Kansas conference board Of church
extension of the NJ. E church met this
morning in the parlors Of the First NJ
E. church The most important
recommendation agreed upon were;
A loan of $1,000 to the Manhattan
church to help toward a $4,000 addi-
ton; a donation of $3.50 to the Prairie
Home church in Douglas county con-
ditional upon making a change IN th7
deed; donation of $500 to the B lvsr
Creek church in Washington county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-09
O.Connor to Manage Louisville.

st Louis. Mo. Nov. 9.=Catcher
Jack .O'Connor has announced that he
WIFI accept the management Of the
Louisville club If Owner Tebeau
makes q better offer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-09

New York Nov. 9.-Belcast, played
down from 5 to / to IS to 5. captured
the Belle Rose selling stakes. six fur
longs, at Aquedact. Two favorites won.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-09

Chicago. Nov. Forecast for Kan
sas. Fair tonight and Saturday.
warmer Saturday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-09

sore IT. Dat and Cold in Chest relieved
over nieht BY OMEGA oil Trial bottle lac
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-09

ChFysantheTnun show, Saturday, al
Mrs. Hollcraft's. s07 Kansas avenue.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-08-01
A Bridge of CrocodtIes.

A traveller writes Of a port in north
western India: The great sight Of
Karachi Is the sacred crocodile pre-
serve at Magyar Pr, some seven miles
off. There are hot springs here which
feed shallow tank containing nearly
a hundred crocodiles.. The story, usu-
ally thought to be fictitious, Of the Eng
lishman who for bet crossed the tank
by jumping successfully from the
backs Of these crocodiles is based on
fact. The hero Of this foolherdy feat
was a certain Lieutenant Beresford, a
friend Of Sir T.. T. Burton. When Bur-
ton and his companion We're visiting
the crocodiles' tank they noticed that
these reptiles and certain is!ets Of reeds
happened to make an almost coutlnu-
GUS bridge across the tank. This
prompted the daring subaltern to haz-
ard the feat Of crossing by hopping
from one crocodile to another. To the
amazement of the spectators he sue
ceeded in this apparently mad attempt.
Sir Richard Burton had already sue
cessfully performed an equally daring
feat. He managed to muzzle a croco-
die by means Of 1asso and then
jumped on the reptiles back and en-.
joyed a somewhat zigzag ride"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-08-01
Tact Lacked.

Miss Clara Clemens, Mark
Twain's brilliant daughter, was
talking at Atlantic City about
entertaining.
s:Tact," she said, is essential
to good entertaining. With the
most hospitable spirit in the
world, one may, without tact,
only render ones guests uncom-
Portable. Tact averts iblunders.
II once dined at a house where
the hostess has no tact. Oppo,
site me sat a modest, quiet gen
tleman. This gentleman sudden
ly turned as red as a lobster,
and fell into a horrible fit of con-
fusion on hearing his hostess
say to herEE husband:
Glow inattentive you are, Joe.
You must look after Mr.. Blank
better. He's helping himself to
everything.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-08-01
The Lodge.

From the president Of the nation
down to the humblest citizen the fas-
cination Of grip and password en-
thralls. It is not that the lodge Is Sc
cret organization, though that IS
part. It is not that its membership is
chosen with caution, though such ex-
clusiveness undoubtedly makes 1t more
eagerly sought. It is not that it gives
direct benefits or that it offers protec-
ton to the family when the bread
Garner has departed. Not these things
alone make the lodge popular. Greater
than these IS the desire for social COM
partnership, the love Of fellowship, the
power Of community Of interest. Not
a substitute for club or church, yet I'LL
ing a place in mems lives that neither
occupies, the lodge has developed the
old time guild idea and fitted it to mod
ern conditions and IS an institution
that exerts q tremendous power In
business, in politics and in society. So
rapidly does it increase in popularity
that it shows little indication of ever
welding less power over mems desti-
MES than it does today.-C. NJ. Harger
in Atlantic
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-08-01
A Ginger PiIIory.

The finger pillory is still preserved
carefully in the parish church Of st.
Helen Ashoy-de-ia-Zouch and is thus
described: "An ancient and rather SIN
gular curiosity is a finger pillory. This
instrument seems to have been. used
for the punishment Of disorderly per-
sons during divine service. 1t consists
Of two upright posts about three feet
high, which support beam of nearly
the same length, In which are bored
holes Of various dimensions, cut first
horizontally, then perpendicularly, in
order that the first Joint Of the finger
may be inserted and the finger retained
in an angular form. The ,culprit IS then
secured by bringing down over the
holes another beam which is attached
by hinge at the end to one Of the
posts and fastened at the other by a
lock."-London Academy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-08-01
John Moseley Gaines New Poem.

Mr.. Gaines of Tennessec-Mr.
Speaker, I know that what ]
shall read the Republicans will
enjoy, because it is entitled.
"When Democracy Will Die.
An Old Hickory Democrat has
put into verse the following con-
ditions under which and the time
Democracy will die:
"When the lion cats grass like
an OK,
And the fish worm swallows
the whale;
When the terrapin knits woolen
socks,
And the hare is outrun by the
snail:
When serpents walk upright like
men:
And doodle bugs travel like
frogs;
When the grasshoppcr feeds on
the hen.
And feathers are found on
hogs;
When Thomas cats swim in the
air,
And elephants roost upon
trees:
When insects in summer. are
rare,
And snuff never makes people
sneeZe::
When the fish creep over dry
land,
A mules on velocipedes ride;
When foxes lay eggs in the sand,
And women in dress take no
pride;
When Dutchman no longer drink
beer,
And girls get to preaching on
time;
When the billy goat butts from
the rear,
And treason no longer is crime;
When the humming bird brays
like on ass,
And limburger smells like col
ogne;
When ploughshares are made
out of glass,
And hearts Of Tennesseans are
stone;
When sense grows in Republl-
can heads,
And wool on the hydraulic
ram,
Then the Democratic party will
be dead,
And this country not worth a
damn"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-08-01
Holding the Breath.

It is a physical impossibility for q
man to kill himself by holding his
breath. Individuals differ greatly In
the length Of time they can hold their
breath, and what practice and deter
mined effort combined with natural
great lung capacity, can do in this d.
rection Is shown by the long periods
for which champion divers can remain
under water. If a man succeeded in
continuing to hold his breath in spite
Of the physical discomfort in which he
had placed himself the result would
simply be to induce state OF coma.
When this state was reached nature
would reassert herself, and the breath
Ing functions would again resume full
activity, preventing a fatal issue II
spite Of their owners desire.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-08-01
Truly Rural.

The seventeen year-old daugh-
ter of a certain Wall street man
recently visited for the first time
the fine farm in Duchess county
for the past year owned by her
father. The little girl immedi-
ately became greatly interested
in the prize cattle that are the
special pride of her parent, and
asked many questions relative to
their breeding, etc.
One evening just at dusk as
the girl was standing on the We
randa of the farmhouse talking
to the manager. there came the
low, ,mournful note Of a COW.
'Just listen to that poor COW,
said the little girl to the mana.
ger, "mewing for her colt. .
Harper's Weekly.