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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-20

After three years of discussion and
research. tho city Of Des Mones. capi-
tai OF Iowa, has formally decided that
ite name Is NOT OF French extraction,
The discussion was brought TO a crisis
three years ago when on erudite Down
East writer in magazine demanded
that 1.-The early French explorers, such
a. la Sale, Hennepln,. Dubuque and
T9es MOines should be adequately rep
resented at the ST. Louis exposition,
The debate seems 10 have settled that
Dies Moines was not named after any
early French explorer, that there never
was such a proper name. and that
there was no good pathological explana-
ton OF the nnrne.
The name comes from the Indians.
declares a writer In Queries.
1t was originally Moingona. and was
first given to The Des AIoines river by
Scnle OF the French on various French
maps which have been looked UP N was
put down as MotngSna. The character
"s' was used by them at that time to
signify the sound OF 'ou-"
As a result. the early Americans who
followed the Trenchinen into the valley,
not having time TO write and explain
this odd French character, cut the word
to Moin-
Then, when the next stage of devel-
opnent Game, the river. known as THE
Mon,'' was assumed to have been
named by the French, and the DE
WIS substituted for the English article,
Finally, the substitution Of uniforms
~ French spelling made it Des Moines,
without changing the pronunciation
1t was originally pure indian name.
but series Of accidental corruptions
have made II apparently French
word. Its meaning in the Indian tongue
has been utterly lost.
1t was supposed for many years, un-
des the theory that the name was
Fstrch that II meant 'the monks but
in estisation utterly disproved this. The
F'eneh who came after the name was
adapted TO French forms were the most
ny stifled as to its meaning in French
New York Sun
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-20

so forth q free and happy man, and
all this because the barber has a SYM
pathetic heart and cannot bear 10 see
You suffer.
While telling you all this he Is
caressing your neck with his razor. He
does not theraten 70 cut your throat
II you don't accept the district attor-
ney's offer, hut he does insist that you
are severing it for yourself il you re-
fuse
At least YOU listen; you are Obliged
TO, and you never repeat what Is told
you. Every one knows that the COM
munlCatlons OF a barber are privileged
For many years this ideal state OF
a fairs existed. Then there came in
TO the Office OF district attorney IA
blatant circus horse smoking lnnu-
nlerable cigarettes and playing TO the
gallery with might and main. He pro-
fessed TO abhor the political bosses
out OF whose hands he had eaten all
his political life. One boss had given
him his first appointment as deputy
assistant district attorney, Another
boss made him judge, stll another
had fallen into error and made him
fun fedged district attorney You
didn't find the CIRCUS horse howl
against bosses in those days, But
when the bosses" saw the evil they
had doneand said may" To a renomina-
ton, the blatant circus horse disCov-
cred what lost, sinful souls the ''bosses"
were.
Alas for the gentle barber and his
ricus work among US, The blatant
circus horse would have none Of him.
Selling The axe with which he mad. re-
formed the greater part OF the world,
the horse pranced into the Tombs
he Investigated and made the same
discovery that / had made concern
ing Grim and cocoanuts. but he went
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-20
Puzzle for postoflce Clerks.

Cleverness Is one OF the attributes
necessary for every man who is EN-
pIoyed In the nostcfilce sorting mail, for
he meets With all kinds of frea ks
In the shape oil letters peculiarly add
dressed. Some jokers appear 10 think
that all the postal clerk has to do Is to
solve puzzles,
Recently at a Boston office a letter
WAS received addressed wood Mass. I"
with line drawn under the Wood"
and over the Mass" The letter went
out the same day It was received and
reached Mark Underwood, Andover,
Mass, for whom II was intended. and
the postal clerk who had solved the
riddle did not think he had done any
thing brilliant. 1t was all In his days
rk,--Boston journal.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-20
STOMACH AND LIVER TROUBLE
CURED

Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup cures stona.
ach and liver trouble as II aids digestion,
out Irritating these organs like pills and
ordinary catharttcs II cures indigestion
and sick headache and chronic constpa-
tion. orlno Laxative Fruit Syrup does
not nauseate or grippe and Is mild and
pleasant to take Refuse substitutes Sold
by F, J Hill Drug Co.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-20

coanut," The accent Is on the cocoa
nut the connective makes IL more
powerful. and the last word Is the
strongest purt of the sentence,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-20

We can all orders promptly.
MARTIN COAI. co.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-20

What will your rating bes
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-20

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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-20
CRIME, and C(QOANUT'S|
b. ROLAND BURNt1AN1 N1OLINlEUX,
Author Of The Room with the Little Doc"
The Vice Admiral Of the Bhe"

CC'onyrght. 1901 by the New York Her
uld company, and published stimuli
tAneously IN that paper and IN the
Iesetet News,--Al rights re-
sprvcd-b
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-13
BILL OF COMPLAINT.
Lumbermen Charge Railroads With
Illegal Concert of Action.

Washington, Nov 13-The complaint
prepared by the North Pacific Lumber
associations, charging discrimination
and illegal concert Of action against
practically all the important western
and northwestern railroads was filed
with the interstate commerce commits
sion today. 1t asserts that the Union
Pacific and other western and north
western lines by concert of action alb
solutely fix and maintain freight rates
on all forest products from the Pacific
northwest to eastern destinations. 1t
alleges that the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific dominate and control
the BURLINGTON company, through own
ership of its stock, that the Union Pa
ciflc dominates and controls the oregon
Railway and Navigation company. the
cific by virtue of the ownership of the
majority of their capital stock and by
other devices and arrangements so that
there is no competition between them,
that the Southern Pacific dominates ana
controls the Oregon and California and
the Corvallis and eastern companies
through ownership of the majority OF
their stock or by lease or otherwise.
1t is asserted that the railroads nave
advanced rates to 10 cents per hundred
pounds, effective November /, on all
forest products; that the rates are ex-
cessive, extortionate, prohibitlVe ana
discriminatory, and that II exacteo the
lumber industry of the northwest VIII
be seriously injured if not DESTROYED.
The compliments aver that they have
$50, 000, 000 capital invested In their IN
dustries, and employ 10000 people, tnat
their annual pay roll aggregates $zV,
900 900 and that they pay In freight
s12 600. 600 annually for 10000 car loads
of forest products. They also allese tnat
the railroads Jointly impose excessive
rates on shippers In oruer 70 pay ny "a
sues. The commission is asked TO ao-
lust these rates fairly and equltaply'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-13
LOCAL MENTION.

Mrs. Robinson, who is the wife of s.
NJ. Robinson, a mail carrier of Topeka
for the past thirty years, will entertain
the wives of the Topeka mail carriers
at her home, 915 Quincy street, tomor-
row afternoon.
The Good Government club meet with
Mrs. D. H. Scott. 1887 Clay street, Sat-
urday afternoon, November is.
Eat Allegretti candles and make
Prices drug store your drug store.
Smoke Spetter's J. r. s. &c cigar. It
can't be surpassed.
Burning leaves and burning grass
which had got beyond control furnished
the basis of two different fire alarms
which were turned in this afternoon.
The first alarm came from 1926 West
street where tall grass between two
houses had caught fire and threatened
the dwellings while the second alarm
came in at 1:25 from 1905 Western av-
enue. No damage was done in either In
stance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-13
WILKERSON IS SICK.
Sheriff Confined to Bed With Attack OF
Pneumonia.

John M. Wilkerson, the sheriff. is
seriously i'll with a well developed at
tack of pneumonia and it is likely thai
he will be moved from his home today
to a hospital. DR.. Mitchell, the attend
ing physician, says that the attack Is
not as severe as it might be and hopes
to be able to prevent it getting worse.
Mr.. Wilkerson's illness developed
from a severe cold which he contracteo
about a week ago when he laid around
in the weeds near Seabrook during
several hours of a night In the hopes
of catching a man by the name or
Cook, who is supposed to be a biga-
mist This cold grew worse and worse
until Monday when Mr.. Wilkerson was
forced to call in a physician. DR..
Mitchell, who was called, advised Mr..
Wilkerson to stick to the house and
even his bed as his illness might take
a serious turn. Mr.. Wilkerson needed
this advice for a few hours only. He
went over to his Office in the court
house about IL o'clock on Monday and
busted himself with his work for few
hours. He was forced to quit during
the early afternoon and since that time
has been confined to his bed. His ILL
ness was diagnosed as pneumonia by
his physician last evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-13
READY FOR THE WORK.
VIII Be = Parade of Topeka-So
western Graders Tomorrow.

The indications are that there will be
a large attendance from out of town
to the Southwestern ground breaking
ceremonies. J. w. Robinson, chairman
entertainment committee, sent out over
one hundred special invitations and en-
closed with each invitation a postal
card requesting that all who could at
tend to advise at once. This morning
the Commercial club received a great
many replies from out Of town people
who say they will be here without fail.
All the members of the Topeka Com
mercial club who can have been re-
QueSted to meet at the club rooms at
o'clock, and especially those who have
wants to furnish conveyance for the
out of town guests to the corner of
Twenty-first street and Bolles avenue,
where the ceremonies will take place.
]. H. Maxwell of Denton & Maxwell,
will report at the front of the Com
mercial club at 2 p. m. with his grading
outfit, and will be led to the location
of the Southwestern by Lincoln Post
Drum Corps; then after the grading
outfit of horses scrapers, plows, etc,
will come the officers and directors of
the railway and the Commercial club,
and the guests Of the club in automo-
biles.
The ceremonies at Twenty-f1rst and
Bolles avenue will consist of an address
by c. K. Holiday, president of the
Commercial club, and Congressman ].
NJ. Miller, from the Fourth district, who
is also a director in the Topeka-Sout
western railway. Immediately after the
speech by Congressman Miller, Presi-
dent Taylor will with his spade, shovel
the first spade of earth on the construc-
ton Of the railway; then the work will
be taken up by Mr.. Maxwell's construc-
ton party.
After the ceremonies the out of town
guests will be given an automobile ride
over the city. In the evening they will
be the guests of the Commercial club,
at Sousa's band concert at the Auditor
i11rn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-13
H. |. M'CALL IS HURT.
Former Topeka Man Fatally Injured
at Palmer Lake.

H. L. Mccall, formerly a resident of
Topeka and an emplye of the Santa Fe
as q brakeman, was probably fatally
hurt in an accident at Palmer Lake.
Colorado, Monday. Mccall was en-
ployed on the Denver & Rio Grande
and was acting as brakeman on a
freight train. He was making a drop
switch when the accident occurred.
the engine catching a portion of his
clothing in passing, dragging Mccall
along the track for a distance of $50
feet. Five ribs were broken, one of
which pierced the left lung; an arm
was broken and his lower limbs were
badly bruised and mashed. Mccall
was taken hurriedly in a special train
to a hospital in Denver and 1t is not
known whether he will recover.
strange run of fatalities seems to
be following the Mccall family. As
the injured man was being conveyed to
the hospital he received telegram an
nouncing the death of his twin brother
by an accident; short time previous
to that his father died in Denver and
prior to that sister was badly injured
in wreck in California.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-13
HUGHES SENDS OUT GALL.
State Meeting of Rihemen Here ON
Dec. 8.

Adjutant General ]. w. F. Hughes is
today sending out a call to all the
civilian rifle associations in the state
to attend state meeting to be held in
Topeka on or about Dec. 8 for the pur-
pose of meeting General James A.
Drain, the president of the National
be here on that date. RI
AT this meeting, a state rifle asso-
citation will be organized, and arrange
ments made for holding rifle competi-
ton between the civilian rifle teams.
tits not known how many civilian rifle
teams there are in. Kansas, but Gen
eral Hughes is trying to obtain a list
of such organizations for the purpose
of getting them to send delegates to
the proposed state convention, 4
General James A. Drain was for a
time adjutant general of the state of
Washington. and was active in the ma
tional. guard organizatfo tons of the
country. He is now editor of a rifle
magazine called :Ainms and the Man"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-13
GAIN OF EIGHT PER CENT
Grange Membership Shows Greatest
Increase in Thirty Years.

Hartford, Conn, Nov. 13.-Members of
the National Grange from all sections
of the country assembled here today
for the forty-first annual gathering OF
the national body. The attendance is
considered larger and includes more
prominent grangers than any previous
annual convention. The cotton grow
ers of the south, the grain growers of
the central west, the cattle raisers of
the grazing states, the dairymen and
truck farmers of the east and the fruit
growers of the Pacific coast will take
active parts.
According to the annual report of
former Governor N. J. Bachelor of
New Hampshire, the master of the Ma
tional Grange, the membership has
made a net gain during the year of
eight per cent, larger gain than Is
recorded in any year for over 80 years.
The 35 million people classed under the
head of agriculture, produced crops to
the value of about seven billion dollars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-13
MRS. BLEAKLEY's MOTHER HERE
Appeal for Police Protection for In
cubator Baby.

Mrs. Ora Thompson, mother of Mrs.
Charlotte Bleakley, who in turn is the
mother of the Incubator baby" has
arrived in the city for a visit with her
daughter and to aid her in her fight
to retain possession of the wide famed
baby as against Mrs. Stella Barclay,
who claims it under adoption. A hear
ing will be had before Judge John C.
Pollock in the United States circuit
court next week Monday afternoon at
o'clock, at which time both will en-
deavor to establish their claim to the
four year old baby.
Mrs. Thompson called on Mayor VIM.
Green at the city hall this morning and
asked that police protection might be
extended to them to relieve them from
the mo1estation of certain persons. Mrs.
Bleakley and her mother are living near
Washburn college
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-13
What a Stout Woman
Should Wear

'It is a mistake for a fat woman to
wear long. loose, sweeping lines. She
should wear fitted or senri-fitted clothes.
and choose dark Materials said a prom
inent dressmaker, notable for making
good figures of stout women MY sue
cess in making stout women appear thin,
however, is due. in reality, to the fact
that can make them thinner If they will
take my advice. 1 advise all the stout
ones to go to their druggist, get u or
of Marmola (being careful to get sealed
package), H OF. of Fluid Extract Cascara
Aromatic, and 31z ozs. of Syrup Simplex
These ingredients are mixed together at
home and taken a teaspoonful to a dose
after meals and at bedtime"
''An three are simple, wholesome RENE
dies that can not do harm to anyone
They even help to improve the health
while the way they reduce fat is truly
astonishing. I have known a woman to
lose over 30 pounds between visits to me
It takes the fat off symmetrically too
without causing wrinkles, does not inter-
fere with the diet in any way, and does
not require whole lot of fatiguing exer-
else to show results. wonder more dress
makers do not try this plan of mine, for
the ingredients are cheap, easily secured
and pleasant to take, and, as / said real
" Improve ones health and appearance"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-13
WILL BE ISSUED.
Fifty Thousand Dollars Worth of
Clearing House Certificates.

At a meeting of the clearing house
association held Tuesday afternoon a
decision was reached which means
that, at least $4,000 worth of clearing
house certificates will be issued tomor-
row morning for the purpose of taking
care of the pay checks of the Santa Fe
railroad which will be issued Friday.
The bankers of the city have fought
against this issue from the first and
several of them contend to the last that
the issue will not be necessary.
The Santa Fe will issue checks to
about 1000 employees tomorrow and
they will average $50 at a conservative
estimate which means that the mer-
chants and bankers of the city will be
two and three hundred thousand dol
lars worth of checks issued by this
road alone. Saturday there will be a
big pay roll of checks given by con-
tractors and local merchants which
must be cared for and the bankers feel
that this will be too great a drain on
the currency now held in the vaults in
the city.
It has been hoped from the first that
the Santa Fee would find way to care
for it's employees without the issuance
of checks as has been the custom In
the past, but for some reason the cash
was not forthcoming, though 1t is UNI
derstood that Treasurer Copeland
made a trip to Chicago the first of the
week for the purpose of securing cur
rency for this purpose.
The clearing house certificates which
are to be issued are in denominations
of five and ten dollars and these will
be used in cashing the checks of the
employees of the Santa Fe. In the past
it has been the custom of the banks to
supply the merchants of the city with
funds with which to cash these checks
but tomorrow they will receive clear
ing house certificates in place of cash.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-13
SHE WHIPPED HER SUCCESSOR.
For This Eliza Caldwell Was Fined So
in Police Court.

Eliza Caldwell, colored, was fined IS
in police court last evening for assault
ing Jennie Link, her successor.
The alleged assault occurred Sunday
evening at the negro Baptist church,
Third and Quincy streets. when Eliza
came out and swatted Jennie, remark
ing the while that Jennie was BLACK
trash,'s etc.
1t appears from the links in the chain
of evidence. that one Link was for
merly the mate of Eliza Caldwell, but
finding his affinity, discarded his better
half by the divorce route, and annexed
the affinity, one Jennie Bass. The dis
carded one then retired in wrath with
her maiden name. Sunday Link brought
his second venture to church, which
enraged the former Mrs. Link a men,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-13
PITTS SUES FOR DIVORCE
Charges His Wife With Having Adam
doned Him.

Blanchard E. Pitts has begun an ac-
ton for an absolute divorce from Mrs.
M. E. Pitts, to whom he has been mar
ried for a number of years. His petit
ton in the suit for the severance of
their marital ties was filed with the
clerk of the district court yesterday
afternoon. Immediately upon it's being
filed and docketed it was taken posses
sion of by the attorneys in the case so
its contents could not be seen.
It was learned, however, that Mr..
Pitts asks for the divorce on the ground
of abandonment on the part of his wife.
They have not been living together
since they were parties to a fracas
which occurred In Denver a consider
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-13
PRINCE GETS CONTRACT.
Parsons Man Will Erect New Asylum
1ER ey Building.

]. W. Prince. of Parsons, yesterday
secured the contract for building the
new administration building al the Par
sons hospital for epileptics, his bid be-
ing 5000, which was about 5000 low
er than the Urban Construction COM
pany of Kansas City, which was next
higher. The appropriation for the build
ing was $4,000, but this must cover in
cidentals and furnishing. The contract
was let by the state board of control at
its office at the state house.
The other bidders were G. W. Good
lander. Kansas City, and the Blanchard
Construction company, o. Swanson, j.
B. Belts and Henry Bennett of Topeka.
The highest bid was about SIS, 900 higher
than the bid made by Mr.. Prince. ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-13
HOUNDS ON THEIR TRAIL.
Robbers Secure $500 Worth of Goods
From a Moran Store

Moran, Kan, Nov. 13.-Blood-
hounds were brought here from Cha
mute and placed on the trail of rob-
bers who broke into the store of
Adams Bros. and made way with
goods valued at $500. There were no
tracks of wagons or vehicles of any
kind near the store. The roads are so
dry and hard, however. that a wagon
would leave but little If any trace of
wheels. Entrance to the store was eff
fected through rear window by
breaking out a pane of glass. A re-
ward of $3.50 has been offered for the
robbers capture.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-13
GULF STREAM TOOK TT.
Bottle Dropped in Mexican Gulf Found
Near Isle of Wight.

Chicago, Nov. 13.-Gustave A. Muel-
Ter, cigar importer of Chicago, drop
ped a bottle containing his card and
that of his friend. j. c. Paul. in the
ocean midway between Key West and
Havana on February 8, 1906. Mr..
Mueller wrote on the back of his card:
1.-The finder of this card will receive
one box of Havana cigars, provided he
or she returns same to me-"
Yesterday Mr.. Mueller received a
letter from r. Frampton, Gordon
Road High Cliffe, Hantshire, England,
saying he had found the bottle on the
beach midway between the Isle Of
Wight and Hengestbury Head on Octo>
Der %.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-13
When Coal and Gold Give Ont.

Joplin, Mo-, Nov. 13.-The American
mining congress devoted a short morn
ing session to the technical papers Ed
ward w. Parker of Washington. dis
cussed the subject of how long our coal
supply will meet the increased demand
of our commerce. DR.. Waldeman Lind
grem, also of Washington, d. c., read
paper entitled, How long will our
gold supply last" There was much dis
cussion among the delegates after the
reading Of the papers, both members
foreseefng in the future a time when
commerce would overtake the supply OF
both.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-13
TWO TRAINS CUT OFF.
santa Fe Cites Cent Fare Law as the
Reason.

ST. Joseph, Mo-, Nov. 13.-The Re-
tail Merchants association has wired
a vigorous protest to the officials of
the Santa Fe railway at Chicago
against annulling the early morning
passenger and express train service out
of this city eastward on the Lexington
branch. The reply was prompt and
the reason terse-the 2-cent fare in
Missouri doees not justify the railroad
in running four passenger trains a
day, and two have been taken Off.
The charter of the road is to be at
tackled in the courts.