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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-16
FOR NEW DIVORCE LAW.
w. b. Ham Proposes One With Much
Stricter Terms.

w. B. Ham of Rocks county intro
duced a new divorce bill in the house
this morning, making radical changes
IN the existing divorce and marriage
laws of the state. Mr.. Ham drew his
bill from the one prepared by the Ma
tt1onaI Divorce congress which was
called by Governor Pennypacker last
year and the bill prepared by Judge
Gates of the Independence division of
the Missouri circuit court and which
mas been introduced into the Missouri
legislature. Mr.. Ham took the two
pills and the Kansas statutes and has
Incorporated into his new bill all the
chlef features of the two proposed
measures and the present laws regard
ing marriage and divorce.
one of the chief features of the bill
Is the section regarding the annulment
or the marriages of children. The bill
provides that when a girl under six
teen years of age is married she may
nave the marriage annulled when she
there are no living children. The
same right is accorded a boy except
that he can not apply for the annul-
ment of his marriage until he is eigh-
teen years Of age, and the same re-
strictions are applied as in the case of
an annulment of the marriage of a
girl This provision is based on the
ract that persons under these ages are
not capable of understanding con-
tract, but If a family has been built up
then the two young people must live
together
The bill also provides that a mar
rage may be annulled whenever 1t
appears that one person is insane but
that the other of the contracting par
ties did not know it at the time of the
marriage. Insane persons are pro-
hibited from marrying.
The bill changes the present Kansas
laws regarding a divorce for abandon
ment. The present law permits d.
yorce after abandonment for one year.
The new bill makes it two years and
the only causes for divorce which will
permit of a decree within two years
after the separation are bigany and
extreme cruelty. The bill also pro-
vides that a decree can not become
effective and absolute until after one
year after the hearing. The law also
permits a judge to dissolve a decree
for cause. At present a decree be-
comes absolute In six months. The
bill prohibits the guilty party in d.
vorce proceeding to remarry within
three years of the granting of the de-
cree under the penalties for bigamy:
The bill also instructs the courts OF
the state to give full faith and credit
to divorce DEGREES granted in other
states where the same causes for legal
separation are permitted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-16
Ever read one of these
genuine letters?
INSO NJ MIA
Leads to Madness, if Not Remedied
i'm Time.

-~~N~---O-'~y
in Time.
Experiments satisfied me, some 8
years ago." writes a Topeka woman
that coffee was the direct cause OF
the insomnia from which L suffered
terribly, as well as the extreme ner-
vousness and acute dyspepsia which
made life a most painful thing for me.
81 had been a coffee drinker since
childhood, and did not like to think
that the beverage was doing me all
this harm. But it was, and the time
came when I had to face the fact. and
protect myself. I therefore gave it UP,
abruptly and absolutely, and adopted
Postum Food Coffee for my hot drink
at meals.
Il began to note improvement in my
condition very soon after I took on
Postum. The change proceeded grad
ually, but surely, and it was a matter
of only few weeks before 1 found
myself entirely relieved-the nervous
ness passed away, my digestive appar-
atus was restored to normal efficiency
and began to sleep. restfuIly and
peacefully.
These happy conditions have con-
tinued during all of the five years, and
I am safe in saying that 1 owe them
entirely to Postum Food Coffee, for
when I began to drink it 1 ceased to
use medicines" Name given by Post
UNI Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
There's a reason Read the little
book, The Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-16
AMERICAN BONDS STOLEN.
Eleven Thousand Dollars Worth Dis
appear Between London and Paris.

New York, Feb. 16.-Redmond &
Co, bankers in Pine street announced
yesterday that fourteen American rail-
way bonds worth about $1,000 were
lost or stolen in transit to Paris. The
bonds were sent by registered mail by
the liner La Savoie on January IT.
They were insured in a marine insur-
ance company for their full value and
they were put up in one bundle. The
correspondents in Paris of Redmond &
Co., notified them that the bonds had
not arrived, upon which the bankers
notified the insurance company which
paid over the money at once. The in
surance money was Immediately in
vested in the same kind of bonds and
they were shipped to Paris by the next
steamer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-16
BET EVEN MONEY ON THAw.
More Than $4,000 fingered in PITTS
burg PoOlrooms.

been much betting here in the last few
days on the Thaw trial in New York.
When the trial opened a Pittsburg
gambler announced that he would take
the Thaw end. betting to that Thaw
would be acquitted and there were
many who rushed to bet against Thaw.
The odds against Thaw heightened to
1 to after the first day of the trial in
which DR.. c. C. Wylie testified. Since
Mrs. Harry K. Thaw was on the stand
there has been shift in sentiment
here and the belief, now among the
gamblers is that Thaw has an even
chance of acquittal and they are bet
ting that way. About $4,000 has
been wagered in the poolrooms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-16
THOSE BROWNSVILLE STORIES.
More Testimony Concerning the cat
tack on the Fort

Washington, Feb 16,-Startling tes-
timony concerning alleged plans TO
massacre colored soldiers at Browns
Vile, Texas, by men from the town
firing over the barracks to stampede
the soldiers and challenges to them to
come out of the barracks, was given by
negro ex-soldiers at the investigation
before the senate committee on mill
tary affairs. VIM. Mapp, member of
company c, was asked If he had ever
heard any discussion of the shooting
which caused him to suspect any per-
sons of completely. He replied that at
breakfast on the morning following
the shooting he had heard Wilbur
Voschelle, the reservation corral boss,
and a white man who had been in
charge of the corral prior to the ar
rival of battalion of the Twenty
fifth infantry discussing the case. Ac-
cording to Mapp's story Voschelle
said:
''WelI. it IS a good thing it happened
as it did. I was out in town last night
and the crowd came in front of me-
The plan was to catch lot of you fell
lows in AlIison's saloon and massacre
ycu.''
Mapp said that on the night of the
shooting he had been awakened by
the firing and had gone to the window
of his quarters and from there he saw
several gun flashes, and the shots
seemed to be directed over the bar
racks. A man with a deep voice, he
said. shouted:
Come out, you black -" using
an opprobrious epithet and making 1t
applicable to the troops. Mapp said
he got his gun from the rack that was
broken open, and was one of the first
to fall in.
Thomas Jefferson, room orderly in
company C barracks, said he saw the
flashes of the guns and thought the
garrison was under attack.
Solomon P. O'Neill, a former mem
Der of company G, testified that the
shooting was from near the wall at
the end of company B quarters and
that the shots were apparently over
the barracks. He said he heard man
shoot and then yell: "Come out, you
black -."
There was great excitement in the
barra cks and when the gun racks were
broken open some of the rifles fell to
the floor. There was no light, and the
men could not get their own rifles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-16
TRAINS PASS CUT BY sHOO-FLY
Less Than Twenty Miles to Be Laid
on BeIen Cutoff.

Albuquerque, Feb. 16.-If the Belen
cutoff is not finished by February 20
1t will be before the end of the month
at the most. Word comes from Will
lard that a week ago there remained
only twenty miles of track to be laid
to close up the gap between Texico
and Sunnyside on the Pecos. the men
have been laying track at the rate OF
a mile a day, and at that rate another
week or two should see a continuous
line of steel from the Rio Grande to
the eastern border of New MeXco-
the completion of one of the greatest
railway betterments ever executed in
the United States.
At cut No. "a, east Encino, the
biggest cut on the line except in Abo
Canyon shoofiy track has been laid
around the cut by which trains VIII
pass until the cut is completed. rms,
it is believed, will take several months
yet. although the work is being
pushed as fast as possible.
The engineers who are locating
bridge site for the Arizona & Cali
fornia and Santa F,e cutoH across the
Colorado river at Parker, have made
a curious discovery. At depth OF
eighty feet the engineers struck what
they believed to be bedrock. After
this rock had been pierced thirty feet
with a diamond drill the engineers
were amazed to break through into a
soft stra tum in which was large flow
of water The situation is complicated
by this strange phenomenon, as it is
necessary to have an absolutely solid
foundation for the piers of the heavy
bridge.
E. L. Knight, of Albuquerque, has
gone to Needles to look after the
building of the six model company cot
tages being built for the Santa Fe by
Contractor E. H. Darrell of Williams.
The growth of Williams has been so
rapid that the company is unable to
find houses for its employees. so it is
solving the problem by building them.
These cottages are to be large and
modern in every detail.
The big foundation pier for the new
Santa Fee station at Needles was tested
this week and found unable to stand
the pressure which will be placed
upon 1t. The workmen are now busily
the foundation and the
building is expected to go up rapidly.
1t will include one of the best Harvey
eating houses on the system.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-16

w l. Taylor has returned from trip
to Scranton.
Harry Rigby has returned to Topeka
for a visit of a week or two.
r. H Hayden, probate judge OF ShaM
nee county, was in Kansas CITY fri-
day.
A memorial service will be held In
Gemmelll hall at the Y. M: 9; A.
building Sunday afternoon at 1881 IN
memory of Warren NJ. Crosby.
A man can smoke ]. r. s. with his
head in the air, he can give one TO
friend or sell one to a customer ana
not lose either of them
The street commissioner force exer-
oised one of the city's street sweepers
for a while yesterday on several OF the
resident streets of the city
A. M. Baird, father-in-law of Sena-
tor Charles Curtis, is ill at his home
e12 North Kansas avenue from sud
den attack of stomach trouble.
If YOU are a smoker of ten cent Gig
ars. try one of Burghart's Amoras. This
cigar is absolutely guaranteed to give
to smoker absolute satisfaction.
The automobile licenses of the city
have not as yet reached the hundred
mark, though the 95th one was issued
yesterday to c. c. Funnel of Potwin.
Test it yourself. then be fair. Try
any ten cent cigar and then smoke one
of Burghart's FavOrite straight 1--WE
cent cigars, and you will decide on the
Favorite.
Commencing next week the rink will
be open every morning and afternoon
and only on Monday, Thursday and
Saturday nights Other nights reserved
for private parties.
why do the Topeka street cars re-
semble a bunch of bananas?" asked
the funny man at the Novelty theater.
That's easy" replies his companion,
because they are yellow and all come
in a bunch
]. E. Hurley, general manager of the
Santa Fe, is in Chicago where with the
ways, they are holding a conference
with the railway trainmen regarding
wage increases.
Emma Eaton, the 2-year-old daughter
of Juvenile Officer Eaton, is seriously
i'll dt the home of her parents, 500 Law
bitten on one of her fingers by play
mate while at play.
Clerks in the Rock Island railway
offices who are receiving salaries up to
S1e0 per month are to be allowed a 5
per cent increase soon, and it is said
ter with an additional raise of per
cent more.
Acting under Instructions from the
chiefefs police, Officers Hull and Sum
ulers raided joint at COG North kan
sas avenue last night and captured two
kegs Of beer and a small stock Of
whisky and gin. Frank Thomas, a
young negro, is booked as proprietor
of the place.
ct don't want to appear too inquisi-
tive" said a voice over the telephone,
this morning. "but I want to know if
you can tell me what became of the
committee which was appointed to in
quire into the report that a reporter in
the employ of T. T. Kelly drew about
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-16
NINE STILL UNIDENTIFIED.
Unknown Victims of Larchnont Dis
aster to Be Buried ut Public Expense

Providence. R. L, Feb. 16.-Only
nine bodies of the seventy-five recov-
cred from the steamer Larchmont,
sunk in Block Island sound last Mon
day night, after collision with the
schooner Harry Knowleton, remained
to be identified when the morgue
opened today. Should any remain un-
identified after today the city authori-
ties will bury them at municipal ex-
pense.
United States steamboat inspectors
from New London will take the state
ments of Captain McVey Of the Larch-
mont and the few surviving members
of his crew and then an investigation
will probably be made into the charges
of cowardice brought against the cap
tain and some of his men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-16
PAID HIM $4,000.
New York Central Pays Heavily for
Gripping a Passenger.

New York, Feb. 16.-One of the larg-
est settlements ever made by a railroad
company in a suit for personal injuries
was closed yesterday when the action OF
Edward Kleist of New Rochelle, for
$500, 600 damages against the New York
Central Railroad company was settled
for $50. 900.
Mr.. Kleist. who was so years old. was
riding in a New Haven car on Decem-
Der 49, 1906 when a Harlem car crush
ed into it Mr.. Kleist suffered a bro
ken hip, became paralyzed and lost the
D0xVer of SDeech.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-16
santa Fe Builds Cottages.

Needles, Cal. Feb. 16.-Contractor
E. H. Harrell of Williams arrived in
this city this week and will commence
the construction at once on the six
new cottages which the Santa Fe are
to build on the property in the east
part of town. These cottages will be
large and modern and are erected for
the use of employees of the company,
there being such a demand for houses
that the railroad company has found
it necessary to provide for their en-
ployes in this manner as there is a
great scarcity of houses in the town
for rent. ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-16

use that excess vigor to i'm
prove business, or whatever
pursuit they may be engaged
in, but they seem to prefer
to nullify it with drugs.
However, each one must
make choice and pay the bill.
The one who can let out cof-
fee when it is known to be
slowly setting up disease of
some of the organs is worthy
of praise.
The change from coffee
and it's aches and ais to we'll
made Postum with it's COM
fort and health, is really
quite easy, for the deep seal
brown of Postum changes to
the rich golden brown when
cream is added and the flavor
(when made according to di-
rections) is very like the
mild high grades of Java cof-
fee. But the change drives
out the coffee troubles and
the old condition of comfort
able health returns.
"There's a Reason" for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-16
Meeting of Society of the Friendless.

The Kansas Society for the Friend
less will hold its sixth annual meeting
in the parlors of the First Baptist
church Monday afternoon, beginning
at 2 O'Clock The superintendent of
the society will tell the story of the
work and show how the cause has
prospered during the past year. In
addition Warden w. H. Haskell will
deliver an address by special invita-
ton All who are interested in prison
reform, or in any part of the work OF
the society, are cordially invited.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-16
Pratt Institute Gets a Boost.

New York, Feb. 16.-By the will of
Mrs. Harry Pratt. widow of Charles
Pratt, who was a prominent official in
the standard Oil company. filed yes
terday in the surrogates office, the
greater portion of the estate is be-
Queathedr to Pratt Institute, which
was founded by-Charles Pratt. There
are also a nunberssof other charitable
requests While the amount of the
estate is not given, it is said that the
old Pratt estate amounted to several
millions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-16
Is Frisco Interested in Panama /?

Denison, Tex. Feb. &c. r. Gray,
second vice president of the Frisco
lines, has just returned from Panama
and Freight Manager j. A. Middleton
has just left for Panama. 1t is posi-
BILE that B. F. Yoakum of the Frisco
may have an eye on that country in a
transportation wayst as his gulf coast
line, the st. Louis. brownsville & Mex
leo, being built asftt is along the gulf
coast, may effect the Panama railway
situation. Mr.. Yoakum made mention
at Austin of the possibilities of the
South American prospects,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-16
FOUND A REAL "srRAD."
Priceless Violin Uneartlled Among
Plumber by Police.

New York, Feb. IA violin. which
the police said had a label marked
E"Antonius Stradivarius, Cremonensis,
Faciebat Ammo 1885, was unearthed
yesterday in a quantity of supposed
stolen goods.
The violin and goods were found at
the home of Ernest Erinkert, who is
under arrest.
An expert will be asked to examine
the violin to ascertain If it is gen
ufne Cremona.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-16
JAPAN DOESN'T LIKE TT.
Objects to Proposed Amendment in
Immigration Law.

Toxic, Feb. 16.-Afterno on-The
projected amendments in the Ameri-
can immigration law involving a re-
striction upon Japanese labor immi-
grafton to the United States from the
Hawaiian islands, are naturally re-
ceived here with great displeasure, but
the we'll informed fail. under existing
circumstances, to find grounds for
complaint at this action of the Amer
lean government.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-16
Y.M. c. A. Man Arrested for Larceny

v. NJ. c. A. Man Arrested for Larceny.
New York. Feb. 16.-Philip Kleet,
% years of age, a bookkeeper and
stenographe was arrested in Brook
lyn last night on a charge of grand
larceny. Kleet is said by the police to
be also wanted in San Francisco. Kleet
is a member of the Brooklyn Young
Mems Christian association, with
which association the police say he
has been connected in other cities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-16
What's the Use
To break down your vigor
With Coffee ?

Most people need all the vitality they secure.
Some have excess and proceed to destroy with
of the sedative drugs-Tobacco Coffee Whisky or
Morphine All belong to the same family They could
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-26
TIDES. SUN AND MOON.

Full moon April 27th at 1884 D. m.
The tides at KahuIui and Hilo occur
about one hour earlier than at Homo
lulu.
Hawaiian standard time is 10 hours
30 minutes slower than Greenwich
time, being that of the meridian of 157
degrees thirty minutes The time vhis-
tie blows at 1:30 p, M, which il the
same as Greenwich, o hours o minutes.
Sun and moon are for local time for
the whole group.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-26
POLICE

For originality of expression there i:
a warrant fled at the police station
that would give points to the average
sailor and a deep-Water man at that
Madame Jose Rodridues Indignantly
complains of David Kakalia, declaring
that the force of his criticism of her
was only exceeded by the unique devil
try of his epithets.
The police have not yet recovered
from the shock given their sense of
propriety upon perusing the document.
The lady also accuses the daughter of
David with experimenting his Ian
guage with some of her own not ordi-
narily used in the drawing room. The
court has deferred hearing of the case
until Monday, allowing time to look
up the language alleged.
The case of Charles Donahue, the
cabby accused of relieving Mrs. Mary
Rogers of $3.50 and who was brought
back from Lahaina by Detective Leal,
has one over until tomorrow.
Four Palama junction gamblers yes
terday pleaded guilty in police court
and were fined S. and costs each. Lea1
raided a bunch on the top door of the
three-story palatial edifice over. the
junction saloon.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-26
DEATH LAUGHS
AT LOCKSMITHS

A graveyard mystery has been solv-
ed. On three plots neal the new Gre
matory where waterpipes run for the
convenience of the owners, there have
of late been unwelcome visitors who
turned on the faucets and soaked the
plots.
When this first was done boxes were
built over the faucets and padlocked
Time after time the padlocks were
found with the tongues pulled out,
though they did not appear to have
been broken, and each time new locks
were placed.
1t develops that acid was applied to
the locks, poured in, and they were
thus easily made to open. The police
are on the trail of the lock-breakers,
if they're not ghosts.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-26

Per str. Mikahala, for Kauai. April
25-E. II. Weed, Mrs. Hans Isenberg.
Mrs. W. H. Rice, Jr., K. Maxine and
wife, Miss Annie Kauoho, E. L. Had
ley. T. G. Smith,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-26
MONUMENT To
WILLIAM C.. WILDER

A handsome monument was recently
erected to the memory of the late Will
liam c. Wilder, in the family lot in
Oahu cemetery. It is a heavy block
of fine Scotch granite, highly polished,
surmounted by a simple cap. It stands
in the center Of the family lot. In ac-
cordance with the simple taste of the
man to whom it is a fitting memorial,
and whose good deeds are still remem-
bered, the stone bears no eulogy, and
no inscription, but the name and the
date of the birth and death.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-26

Per str. Mauna Loa, for Hawaii and