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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-08-23

DID you ever hear one word from
President Roosevelt against the
money power aud yet the money
power controls tho trusts aud the
railroads and is the power behind the
throne ~ an the monopollsis7 The
secretaries ~ the treasury appointed
BY Mr. Roosevelt have all given the
Wall street fnanciers everything they
have demanded and this action has
been endorsed By him Secretary
shaw fell an over himself 10 do the
bidding % the Wall street bankers
and Secretary Cortiiyou. who found
means 10 Try the FAT out of the
frenzled nnanclora In the last cam.
paign. IL following ga shawa foot.
steps.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-08-23
DC, FIrenIes - Lamn.

Riverside. n. caleb Hatch was
out late the other night with his blcy-
Gle with no lamp. and not caring 20
risk riding through the town without
a light on his wheel he picked up a
half pint whisky Task by the wayslde
and put a dozen firefiies IN a. This
he fung on the front OF his machine
and the flashing lightning bugs"
saved him from arrest as the local
policemen were satisfied when Hatch
rode BY VIII bis wheel "all lIt up"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-08-23

The wiaest politicians there are say
there win be no tarln revision until
after the next election. Tho Rcpub
lican party Is IN danger OF playing
tnqt card 'pnCg too often. ana A ebsn !
"a MI F..itilhl' fg9Guaipg N hlipa.
il9f ta0 sits "a hhn gnagie.t0 nSg,epl
'arernissei ooPpxse glass ga nSo,6lll
stNrev6oldltsy tahmcii<ss fhe RepuJ
leans do. and win on that plstform.-l
A'Iihsl CooTiafrs vShAkL the news
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-08-23

4 ten you what said ..e =,
Ing man. FITS pretty ia.t '.' -
with a large family 10 i'e 90
income" -,
Yes" eagerly agreed '.' ,-h,
'but its great deal l..l.I 7. lee
family N be dies on one. N.-' - -
II Insurance: Def me lt.'',''
En- What's your hurE
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-08-23

TIE yacht was h.l'.. ..-.
There were but Ten bottles s. -, -,
payne In the locker Ih..f .''. ~, =,
OF distress had been a0li lI e-
bringlnE any rcsponfr
-Gsntlcmen." caca.u1t 'ae
dore. IN a quavcrIue ''..'. -
longer conceal the h.i.'' Wv 80
you. sobrlety staros us BOZ h. ~.
II was a wildly yar.0H. -,
enrued. Some b'aaTt'u.l Ia
prayed. some. IN an ao''.' Of -,
wantonness. SANG for. ID,
sat siolcaliy by. awaiting -
with al least an outward ''.-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-08-23
HoussK1epERs FORM UNION.
viii Resist EEorbitant Demands q
Servant Girls and FiS Wage Scale.

ENfMaNA ANNNa aNNA Y - NNaHN aaNNNH
New York.-To resist What they re-
gard as the exorbitant demands Of
house servants. the women Of Norris.
town. y. j.. are planning 20 organize
a Housekeepcrs' Protective union. and
a meeting foT organization will shortly
be held II r. proposed that the women
shall each promise not 10 pay more
than a certain price Tor certain classes
Of servants. In this way Il IL hoped
either to drive out the high.priccd
servants or 10 make them agree 10 a
hcw scale Of wages.
The servant question" one woman
deeply interested said. rs now one
that brings no good % any one ox.
ccpt the intelligence Office and tho
undertaken. 10 is emptylng cur
pockets. breaking up our homes and
making cur lives such a burden that
Il O. breaking down strong women.
The servant problem must either
be solved 90 that people In ordinary
circumstance can employ them or
else we will become n people abs0.
iutely without home life"
The women say that In 1901 walt
resses received fi2 a month. while
the same class now demand $50 20
US. In 1891 Il was said a cook who
would do the laundry work received
fif and now the cheapest wage a
cook will work for Is f25 and she will
not do laundry work
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-08-23


All tho talk that the tarin win be-
revised by its friends" o. supcrnu.
Gus. for % is evident that the stand
pat element II arm enough In the
saddle 20 prevent a. This victory OF
the monopolisis postpones tariff revi.
sion az least until after the next ma.
uonal election. and until 1910 and
probably longer unless the Democrats
are successful. when a special ses.
sion Of congress would be- called s,on
tier March Z. 1903. Those who feel
inc pressure Of the trust high prices
and feel that the cost Of living n un.
duly burdensomc. should reflect on
how they are IN The hands of the mo.
nopoly and stand pat Republican con.
ErCss.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-08-23
Jew EMPEROR or KOREA
Sen 81 oepossd Ruler who Succeeds
10 the Throne.

Tukio.-The crown prince % Korea.
who succeeds TO the throne because
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-08-23
oeraniums Are soeiabls.

Il don't see how your genera.
NUNS bloom 20 well when the box
Is 20 crowded with them" said her
visitor. They are beautiful"
That's the secret Of makinr rora.
NUNS bloom" she explained. They
are soclable flowers The more OF
them you put together the better they
bloom. learned that IN England. /
wish you could see the flowers in
The window boxes IN the houseboah,
there on the Thames. You cant soc
d orumb OF earth they are go crowded
and they nearly bloom their heads
or" aching.
Advantages ia-Music and II
Korea RAaS a. khadingf, tss,isnno,
Il Is oPoF cStaibeu y afidf6fibId
m tf'e eaouTsSf1ee EaaRsSssB5NgoxSi. t
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-08-23

risen only a few miles away. During
the summer the cave has been Wis.
tied by tens Of thousands % sight.
accrB.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-14
GOES TO ST. JOE FIRM.
Contract for Sugar for State Institu-
r tions Awarded.

The Letts-Spencer wholesale gro
Gerry company of St. Joseph, Mo-, has
been awarded the sugar contract for
the state institutions for the coming
six months. The company will furnish
about 10000 pounds of graduated
sugar, and will receive for it about
$5,500.- The company bid a different
price for each institution, depending
on the length of haul from St. Joseph.
The price per 100 for each institution
was as follows:
Topeka hospital, $4.S6; Osawatomie
hospital, $4.S6; Parsons hospital.
$5.04; Winfield school, $5.26; Olathe
school, $500; Kansas City school for
blind, $4.S5; Atchison orphans home,
$4-79; boys reform. school, Topeka,
Sass; girls school. -Beloit, $5.13.
The Letts-Spencer grocery COM
pany secured the sugar contract six
months ago, at prices not materially
different from the present figures.
The contract was also let for the
states supply of chewing tobacco.
During the next six months, the wards
of the state, will chew 1900 pounds of
Horseshoe ~. t. or "Star," and
this will cost the neat sum of $500,
or at the rate of "a y cents a pound
The tobacco contract was let to Theo.
Poehler of Lawrence. The following
institutions call for tobacco: Topeka
asylum, 1880 pounds; Osawatomie
asylum, $500 pounds; Parsons
asylum, $50 pounds; school for feeble
minded youth, Winfield, 60 pounds.
The board of control has been
working all this morning on the
grocery contracts. and this afternoon
will finish up the job. 1t is not likely
that The work of letting the stationery,
queensware, hardware, flour ard meat
contracts can all be completed today.
The board will probably work all day
Friday.
The grocery contracts have been
practically completed with the excep-
ton of the flour. coffee and tea con-
tracts.
No Topeka grocers are bidding at
the present competition for contracts.
Usally Weber & Co., have been in
the competition.
The following are some of the i'm
portant grocery items let today:
To symns Grocery company Al
cases I've; 40 dozen mops; 70 boxes
macaroni; 81 gross matches; 60 bar
rels oatmeal; $50 dozen canned
peaches; 1875 dozen canned plums; So
dozen green gage plums; 81 barrels
sweet pickles; 1900 dozen canned to-
matoes.
Letts-Spencer, 1900 pounds dried
pounds raisins; 10000 pounds sugar.
Dolan, 230 dozen canned pears; 49,
900 pounds Carolina rice.
H. D. Lee, $50 barrels oatmeal, steel
cut; 135 dozen canned raspberries;
$40 dozen cans salmon; IS boxes
securing soap; IS pounds Williams
shaving. soap; 24O boxes brown soap.
Peet Bros, 1900 pounds soap
chips.
Poehler, chewing tobacco, $500
pounds; 46 barrels hominy.
Kaw Valley Canning company, o.
600 dozen canned peas.
Kuehne, "a barrels pickles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-14
LEGAL


10th, 1907 for the construction and com
pletion of all sidewalks condemned. Also
those that have been ordered by petition,
ssA * tneTefrom sucn Walks Tx liz, as m "
erty, or as shall be exempt by a resolution
of the city council.
formity with Ordinance No. 2625, approved
July 9th, 1905, and the city engineer
specifications adopted by the mayor and
council June 10th, 1907, and now on file in
this office.
Proposals to be made for walks with
sand foundation and constructed with
vitrified paving brick.
The brick used must be of a quality
equal to the samples that the bidders Will
deposit with the city engineer.
Bidders must state in their proposals the
price, per square foot for walks six feet
wide and over, also for walks less than
six feet in width, all the material used in
the construction of all the walks shall be
subject to the inspection and acceptance
of the city engineer or such other person
as may be designated by him, and all OF
the work to be done under his general
spection and acceptance by the mayor and
council.
Ali proposals for walks to be made on
the basis of payments in sidewalk scrip of
the city of Topeka, and the payment to
be made as follows:
One-half on January /, 1908.
One-fourth July 1, 1908.
One-fourth on October Is, 1908.
certified check for $3.50, payable to the
city of Topeka, as a guarantee that the
party to whom the work shall be awarded,
will enter into a written contract within
five days after such award to perform the
work within such time as the mayor and
council may designate at the time of
awarding the contract and the successful
bidder shall give a guarantee bond in ac-
eordance with the laws of the state of
Kansas, to be approved by the mayor and
council for the faithful performance of
his contract.
The mayor and council reserve the right
to reject any or all bids.
ISeal1 c. B. BURGE,
City Clerk.
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leges, liberties, franchises, powers, func-
be assumed by the state Of Kansas under
the direction of the court; that a receiver
be appointed for the purpose of taking
possession of all of the said privileges,
franchises and property, both real and
personal owned or held by the defer dant.
or in which it has or claims any interest
and that such property be held by the re-
ceiver. subject to the order OF the court,
and that upon the final determination OF
this case, such disposition of said privi-
leges, franchises and such real and per-
sonal property be made as shall be Just
and proper to secure and save the rights
of said plaintiff and the interest of all
creditors and third persons gulltless Of
in alleges against the defendant: and that
all costs, charges and damages against
the defendant be satisfied out of the said
property.
You are further notified that on the
filing of said petition, an order was Issued
by the court restraining you, the said de-
PENDANT, from removing any of the prop
erty belonging to said defendant from the
state OF Kansas. or from using the same
in violation of the criminal laws of the
state, and you are further notified that
5. H Allen. were appointed receivers, to
take charge of all the property within the
state Of said company, and directed to
hold the same to await the further order
[seall THE STATE OF KANSAS.
Attest: By F. $. JACKSON, Atty. Gen.
d. A. VALENTINE,
Clerk OF the Supreme Court.
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First published in the Topeka State
Journal, June 13, 1907.

At a meeting of the city council held
June 10th, 1907, the following resolution
was presented and adopted:
Resolved, That the mayor and council
of the city of Topeka, Kansas, deem it
necessary for the health, welfare and best
interests of said city, that sewer be con-
structed in the district or territory describ-
ed as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the
intersection of the center line of Fillmore
street with the center line of First ave
nue.; thence westerly along the center line
of First avenue to the center line of Clay
street; thence southerly along the center
line of Clay street to the center line of
Third street; thence easterly along the
center line of Third street to the center
line of Fillmore street; thence northerly
along the center line of Fillmore street to
the place of beginning; in the city of To-
peka, Shawnee county, Kansas.
e. MONTGOMERY.
I, c. B. Burge, city clerk of the city of
Topeka, hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is a true and correct copy of the
original resolution now on file in my office.
GSeaL1 C. B. BURGE,
CITY Clerk.
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kansas Postofice Matters.

Washington, June 14.-Wilbur F.
Gerall has been appointed regular and
John A. Campbell substitute rural free
delivery carriers for route 2, Hum
boldt, Kan. These rural free delivery
routes have been ordered established
Cassidy, route 1, population 400, fami
lies 75; Latham, route 8, population
40 families, 20; whitewater, route 8,
population 40. families 90.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-14
NIarriage Licenses issued.

Marriage licenses have been issued in
the office of the probate court as fol-
lows:
Floyd Jackson, % years old and Nor
ma Bass, 20 years old, both of To-
peka.
w. H McKirahan, q years old. of
Amarillo, Texas, and Margaret NJ. Will
son. Is years old, of Topeka.
David K. Sharp, 81 years Old and
Jennie Henderson, IS years old, of To-
peka.
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Excursions
NOTICE.
Santa Fe Change Time.

On Sunday. June 10Th, few changes
on the Santa Fe effecting Topeka VIII
No. 4. the California Limited. east
bound, will leave Topeka at $3.50 D. m.
and arrive Chicago 1859 a. m.
No. IL. the Texas & Oklahoma ex-
press, will leave Topeka at 1850 ID.
m in place of 1850 a. m.
No. 113, the Texas Express local, will
leave Topeka at Hoo a. m. in place of
No. 3. The California Limited, will
leave at 1850 a. m. in place of 1925
a. m.
No. los. the morning train for Atchi-
son and st. Joseph will leave at 7:I5
a. m, in place of 7:SO.
No. lis. the Fast mail will run over
the Emporia cutoff and won't come via
No. 9. the Colorado Flyer, will leave
at 1850 p. m in place of 1875 p. M
No. 10 will leave Topeka 500 a. M,
and arrive Kansas City 7:10 a, m.
Jamestown Exposition. Tickets to
Norfolk and return $51.05 via direct
routes; via New York in one direction
Sse.25. On sale daily. Final limit
via direct routes; via New York in one
direction $46.90. On sale daily. Ten
days stopover at New York on season
and sixty day tickets. Purchasers of
either of these tickets may make por-
ton OF journey by steamer. 'siA Fo
OameStOWn EXpOSlIlOn. Tickets TO
Norfolk. and return $4,000 via direct
routes. On sale daily. Limit fifteen
days.
HomeseeI1ers' Excursion Tickets on
sale first and third Tuesdays of each
month. Rate in many instances less
than one fare and limit twenty-one
and thirty days, according to desttna-
ton.
Chicago and return $4,000. st. Louis
and return. $12.70 on sale daily June
1st to Sept 30th. Final limit Oct 31st
Denver. Colorado Springs and
Pueblo and return $3.50, on sale daily
June l to September 80, final return
limit October 81.
Salt Lake City $3O.5o, on sale daily
June to September 80.
Mexico City and return $3.50, on
sale daily June L to September To-
limit October 81.
Canadian and Northern New York
Resorts Montreal and many
other points on sale daily, June 1 to
september 80, at rate of one fare plus
81, limited 80 days from date of sale.
New England Reconsideration, Bar
Harbor. Bellows Falls. Vermont; Bur-
mont; Old Orchard, Maine, Portland,
Maine. and many other points too nu-
merous to mention. On sale July 9,
13, %, %. August 6, 10, 20, "a and
September 10. IA. "a and % at rate
of one fare plus $500. tickets limited
80 days from date of sale. Liberal
stopover privileges allowed, slight ad-
ditional cost for tickets routed via the
St. Lawrence river route.
Los Angeles and San Francisco, $50
for round trip. Tickets on sale June s
to Is Limit August 81. Liberal stop
overs
Portland, Seattle Tacoma Spokane, |
ETC., $50 for round trip. Tickets on |
sale June 20 to July II. Limit Sep
TENDER Is. Liberal stoDovers.
Kansas City return $3.50. On sale
June Ii to g inclusive. Final return |
limit June %. account Christian En- |
deavor convention.
Steamship Tickets to and from all |
parts of the world; lowest rates and /
best lines represented.
For further particulars address
T. L. KING, c. P. & T. Agt.,
Topeka. Kan.
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AUCTION.
BIG AUCTION SALE

Ii, p
ROCKERS CHAIRS, sILvERwARE.
FURNITURE ALL DESCRIPTIONS. BEDDING
GASOLINE STOVES
c. u CREWS SALESMAN
PHONES
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First published in The Topeka Stat
Journal June IA, 1901
-NOTICE no CoNTRACToRs-

Sealed bids will be received for the con-
struction of the gymnasium practice
rooms OF the proposed gymnasium at Ba-
ker university, Baldwin, Kansas. on We'd
nesday June 26th, at IL a m. Plans and
specifications may be seen at the presi-
dents office. The committee reserves the
right to reject any all bids and in case
of contractor not being known to the
sented
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-14

one as heretofore owing to the in
crease in business at that place. Mr..
Boyd will inspect the axle lighting
equipments of the trains during the
daytime, while HerscheI Matthews will
work nights.
Louie Hill, telegraph operator in the
local office, will commence a twenty
days vacation tomorrow. He will be
off for a few days having his eyes
treated. after which time he will visit
relatives in Eskridge, Wichita, Chi
cago and Columbus, Ohio. Ray An
drews, who has been working for sew
eral days as relief operator at Argen-
tine, will work in his place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-14
First published in the Topeka State
Journal, June 13, 1907.

At a meeting Of The city council held
June 10th, 1907 the following resolution
was presented and adopted:
Resolved, That the mayor and council of
the city of Topeka deem it necessary for
the best interests of said city to recurb
where necessary North Kansas avenue
from the north end of the Melan arch
bridge to the north line of Gordon street,
excepting therefrom said North Kansas
avenue from the north line of Railroad
street to the north line of Norris street
c. E. JORDAN.
I, c. B. Burge, city clerk of the city of
Topeka, hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is true and correct copy of the
original resolution now on file in my office
TSeaI.1 c. B. BURGE,
City Clerk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-14

June 18th, 1907.
| Sealed proposals will be received at this
office until O'Clock p m. Thursday, June
paving North Kansas avenue from Cor
don st. to Garfield ST., Central ave. from
Gordon st. to Soldier Greek bridge, Jeffer-
son St from Third St to Fourth St.;
Madison st. from Tenth ave. to Eleventh
VEST ST. from SIKH ave to to Tenth
ave; Seventh st. from Topeka ave. to
ro Fifth Fir th St. a tie wh AVE. az fhe aey
west of Topeka ave. from Eighth ave. to
Ninth st; Topeka ave. from Huntington
Jackson st. from Third ST to Fourth st.
The paving to be of vitrified brick, and
or cement: artificial stone or cement curb
anu IsSsT1RUcTIoNs TO BIDDERS.
Proposals under different names will not
be received from one firm or association.
reserve the right to reject any or all bids
or parts of bids which may not be adj
vantageous to the, city: ,,.
with the city clerk, to the credit of the
city of Topeka, a certifieated check of
eeptract and IN ei no ee case to be less than
fifty 600 dollars, as a guarantee that he
to him, according to the terms of his bid,
within five days after the certification of
In all bids made by firm the individ-
ual names of the members must be writ
the christian names, but the signers may
if they choose describe themselves in adj
dition as doing business under a given
name and style as firm.
The place of residence of every bidder
with county and state must be given af-
ter his signature which must be written
Proposals should be addressed to the
proposals for grading, curbing and paw
ing in the city of Topeka
with the city engineers plans and speci-
fications on file in the city engineers of
under the directions of the city engineer.
[seall c. B. BURGE. City Clerk.
First published. in The Topeka State
Journal June 4. 1901
The State of Kansas. Shawnee County.
PUBLICATION NOTICE.
In the Supreme Court of the State of
Kansas.
The state of Kansas, on the relation of
F. S. jackson, Attorney General Plain
RE sags, a corporation Defendant-N0
To the Defendant. The Helm Real Estate
Company:
been sued in the Supreme Court of the
state of Kansas. and that the petition
filed therein against you charges that you
franchises and privileges of corporation
within the. state of Kansas without au-
thority of law, and that you have miss
used the same and violated the criminal
laws of the state, and asks that you be
exercising said franchises and privileges
and for the appointment of receivers to
take charge and possession OF all proper
ty situa ted in said state.
Now, Therefore, Unless you make an
sWer to said petition filed against you on
or before the 18th day OF July, 1907, judg-
ment will be rendered against you, hold
ing said petition to be true and decreeing
that you the said defendant, be ousted,
prohibited and restrained from the exer-
and franchises and of all corporate pow
ers and functions in the state of Kansas
and that its officers, agents and EN- ployes
be ousted prohibited and restrained from
engaging in or transacting any business
in behalf of said defendant within the
state Of Kansas, and that the said privi-
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Important Patron latter describing the
great advantages now enjoyed by chill
dren)-1 wish We're you children at
school pause. then Observation-Disclosures
do wish this? Boy-Please, Sir, COS
you've forgot all YOU ever knowed;-A
Punch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-14

EASY HOME-CETTING
Pay little on the debt each month,
at the end OF the period, IT is paid off.
The only sure way for most people.
We can assist you.
Capitol Building and Loan Assn
534 KANSAS AVE.
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First published in The Topeka State
So Journal June 13, 1917
PROPOSALS,

Office of the City Clerk, Topeka, Kan,
June 18th, 1907.