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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07

though he claims he dressed hurried
ly to be on hand with the rest of the
workmen who are dismantling the
building.
Senior J. v. DosaI. consul for Mex
leo at Kansas City. is in Topeka in
vestigating the details of the wreck
last week in which twenty-five natives
unlikely that the consul will bring
proceedings against the Rock Island
road demanding that the road in
demnify the families of the victims
who were killed.
On Tuesday evening, January Is,
Capital council will celebrate the vic
tory of having the largest membership
In the order, having won the national
and state banner. An appropriate pro-
the presentation of banners by the ma
tional president. All the candidates
that have been initiated during the
contest and all members of the coun-
ell are expected to be present.
G. G. Gage Relief corps No. Sc gave
a public ton of officers Satur-
day evening at K. r. hall, Mrs. Bissel.
past department president of Mime
sofa, acting as installing officer. The
newly elected officers for the year are:
PRESIDENT, Miss Kate Mullverhill; senior
vice president, Mrs Dwyre; junior vice
president. Mrs Swaine; secretary, Mrs.
Jenkins; treasurer, Mrs. Dehow; chap
lain. Mrs. Lord; conductors. Mrs. Bow
ers and Mrs Shaffer; guards, Mrs. Mil
ligan and Mrs. Oferman; press CORE
spondent, Mrs. Baird; color bearers.
Hewitt; third. Mrs. Dalstrom; fourth.
Mrs. Yearall; musician, Mrs. Kinney.
Refreshments were served after the in
stallation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07
THEY ARE ANGRY WITH ROOT.
Parkdale People Fear He VIII Cause
Streets to Be Flooded.

East siders are pelting Councilman
Griley, Councilman Holiday and
Mayor w. H. Davis to secure the ar
rest of Hiram D. Root who owns a
piece of property on East Sixth ave-
nue..
Root got busy Saturday and has
been filling W a small ravine which
runs through his property and ad-
jacent land and drains that portion of
Parkdale. If heavy rainfall comes
the water will overflow the surround
ing streets. Root has a lawsuit for
damages, against the city in the dis
trict court, and judge Dana has taken
the case under, AMUSEMENT The suit
is based on a claim that the city filled
up an old ditch which drained Roots
property and which was constructed
bv the citv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07
SAVES MUCH MONEY.
State Printing Plant Proving Paying
Venture for Kansas.

According to the report of State
Printer T. A. McNeal for the quarter
ending December 81, the state print
ing plant. in the past three months,
has saved the state $17,725.11, which
is one of the best showings the plant
has made since it was started. The
following is Mr.. McNeal report:
Total number of acquisitions is
sued and honored during the
quarter Duo
Number of jobs completed dur
ing the quarter .............. AL
Jobs unfinished for which re-
QUESTIONS have been issued -. IS
Amount expended during the quar-
ter is as follows:
For labor SIC, 692.25
For printing and binding
material 6,529.46
For incidental expenses -. $4,000
For state printers salary. $500
Total ... ...$1S.7s6.71
jobs of printing and
binding completed during
the quarter was. SIS, 845.26
Estimated value of said jobs,
according to schedule
prices paid before state
ownership -. $37,57O
Estimated saving to the
state as compared with
cost under private owner
ship 81 &, zo-11
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07

All His Acts Confirmed.
Chairman Hartman reported that he
had contracted for general offices for
several officers of the -four Pacific" in
Chicago. His action was approved.
Mr.. Hartman reported that he had
engaged Mr.. Lovett as general counsel
of the Union Pacific in 1904. His choice
He reported that he approved pro-
gram of advertising in which the Union
Pacific's share was 100000. His action
was ratified.
He reported he had entered into a
certain agreement with the Chicago g
Northwestern on certain matters. His
action was confirmed, but the text OF
the agreement did not appear in the
minutes Counsel for the Union Pa
cific said they would produce the agree
ment.
Mr.. Hartman reported at another
meeting that he had borrowed certain
sums and made certain loans to var
ious railroad companies. His action
was confirmed, although what the
sci promised to furnish the desired in
formation.
Power to Borrow Money.
DO you see a resolution adopted at
a meeting of the executive committee
July 26, 1906, empowering Mr.. Harri-
man to borrow money at his discretion
for the use of the company"
Yes, sir
IT read. in part, as follows: THAT E.
II. Hartman, chairman of the execu-
tive committee, be and is hereby au-
thorizeo to borrow such sums of money
as may be required for the uses OF this
company: to execute in the name and
on behalf of this company note or
notes for the amounts SO borrowed, and
to pledge the securities of this company
as collateral to such notes"
Chairman Knapp-Do we understand
that that gave Mr.. Hartman unlimited
authority to borrow any sum of money
he chose and pledge all of the assets of
the companies as security for the pay
ment?
Severance.
Counsel for the commission then ex-
plained that this resolution was simply
an amendment as to the collateral, of
a resolution passed in 1902, authoriz-
ing Mr.. Hartman to borrow unlimited
sums.
conv of Mr.. Harriman's letter to
George ]. Gould, acknowledging Mr..
Gou1d,s letter in which the latter told
Mr.. Hartman he had determined to
support the construction of the West
err Pacific railway. Mr.. Hartman
told Mr. Gould he would decline to
qualify as a director of the Rio Grande
Western as he did not wish to be In
anv way responsible for the attitude
of that company toward the Western
Pacific.
Regrets Withdrawal of Gould.
"The era of prosperity through
which we are now passing" wrote Mr..
Hartman to Mr.. Gould. has been
marked by less construction of de-
structive, competitive, and nonpro-
ducing lines of transportation than
any former one; but there has been
great expenditure in providing for i'm
provements and additional facilities to
the already existing lines. thereby bet
ter conserving the interests of the
public and the shareholders as well.
For myself, 1 shall regret the loss of
your advice. which 1 have valued in
our affairs. as well as the personal
pleasure of having you included in
Them
Mr.. Gould had resigned from the
Union Pacific.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07
CAN'T ENFORCE INDIAN LIEN.
Decision of Supreme Court Affecting
Property Rights.

Inc supreme court held Saturday in
an opinion by Justice Green that ga
judgment of the district court against
an adult kickapoo Indian is not a lien
upon his inherited lands situated in the
county where such judgment is rem
dered."
Dan kaw-ke-kah was an adult Kick
apoo Indian. T. J. Beal recovered a
judgment against him before a Justice
OF the peace in Brown county had filed
a transcript thereof in the district
court. Pearl Kaw-ke-kah was Dams
mother, and an allottee of lands i,
Brown county. Subsequent to the fiIine
of the judgment against Dan in the
district court his mother died leaving
him as her sole heir and to whom her
allotment descended. Dan Hawke
kah sold his land to E. T Letson with
the approval of the secretary of the in
terror. afterwards Letson sold the
land to Fred E. Graham, who is the
defendant in this case. Beall and his
colleague, 1. N. Smith, sought to enforce
the Judgment against Dan Kaw-ke-ka,,
out Graham secured an injunction pre-
venting the sheriff from executing the
judgment. The injunction was made
perpetual by the district court and the
court affirmed this decision.
Mrs. Laura Buckwalter of Wichita
was dismissed from the\ Jniversalist
church there for conduct unbecomiag
a Christian lady. The board of trus-
tees of the church made an investiga-
ton of the charges against her and
passed a resolution dissolving her mem
bership. The clerk of the board sent
her letter in a sealed envelope inform
ing her that she had been dismissed
from the church.
She brought suit in the district court
against the Rev. G. w. E. Gossov.
pastor of the church and the members
of the board of trustees, to recover
damages for libel. At the trial of the
case the defendant admitted sending
the letter but claimed that this was not
a publication of a libel. The case was
thrown out of the district court on a
demurrer. The supreme court affirm
ed the decision of the lower court The
opinion was written by Justice Smith
The syllabus says: In civil action
for libel an admission of the defendants,
in their answer. that they mailed the
alleged Hbellous matter to the plaintiff,
in sealed envelope addressed to her
does not admit the publication of the
libel"
In such action the burden &c proving
the publication of the alleged libel is
upon the plaintiff and proof that she
received it from her husband without
showing how 1t came into her hand Is
not sufficient
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07

more & Ohio stock. His action was rat
flied and the purchase confirmed.
All His Acts Confirmed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07
A New Professor for X. U.

Lawrence, Kan, Jan. THE board of
regents has elected Prof. Raymond A
Schwegler of Ottawa university asso
ciate professor of education in the Uni
versity of Kansas. Prof. Schwegler has
been connected with Ottawa university
several years and upon the resignation
of President Riggs was made acting
president of that institution. which of
flee he held until the election of Presi-
dent Price. Prof. Schwegler is widely
known in Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07

The city council meets this evening
in its regular monthly session.
Marshall's band will play at the
rink tonight. Ladies admitted free.
Crosby Bros. ad will be found in the
upper right hand corner of the last
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07

Mrs. Lerrigo will be unable to meet
her Bible class at the Y. M. c. A. this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07
A Schreck-Hart Bout.

Kalamazoo. Mich, Jan. Ar
engagements were made today by
Matchmaker Picke1 of the Kalamazoo
Athletic club for a ten round boxing
contest to be pulled off between Mar
vim Hart of Louisville and Mike
the definite date to be arranged soon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07
s.. OOO. 600 Eric at BangkoIx.

$ Bangkok, Siam, Jan THE Chi
nese trading quarter of Bangkok has
been devastated by fire. 1t is esti-
mated that the loss will amount to
about $3.000.000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-07

Doctor James Albert Berry
Specialty-Diseases of the nose throat
stomach and fntestines. 725 Kansas ave.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-03
SNITCHNEN GET i CENT RAISE
Cotton Belt and Iron Mountain Elm ploycs Happy Today-Disputc
 as to HonorS for Increase.

Switchmen employed on the Cot ton Belt and Iron Mountain rall- roads in this city are happy today. Announcement was made this morn ing that their request for 1 cent per hour raise in salaries had been granted them The raise went into effect December l and back pay un- der the new ruling will be given them
 The increase was secured by the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, which includes 25,0OO switchmen in it's membership. The wage increase effects more than S5.00' *vltchmen throughout the United ,>t9tos.
 The Switchmen's Union o2iginal1y accepted a raise of 3 cents an hour
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-03

in CAicaGa,- i k claimed. bat sWi.eh- men neu.5e.ss Q. tAe Etatherh9gI .ot Batt"a1 T.4E,laaHE womb n5- s.gn f.e aZeeenaa9ss ae'.l.s=- aaas .ea a ee&s .Hegaas. #2 ea,..- au ayHe Tlse .astee a.as=-a.s s5s.. tt aHfeaa@. and H4a-t1-- sD&0Hu,4's CHiou claims the oadlf s3~ ,egarlu- tut Increase. fh Brotherhood e@ Railway Tr@t:meu have 3s1art =efr- eutar d40euHeiA@ the.a#e4aia1= #aaz deela4e .2a. tac >iulile q au agreenent s.@a#a Isz.a= committee of railroad officers and the repre,enta- tives of tie Switehmen.s Gnieu is in their possession to suh9t3nfjate the success of their efforts fhet assert that the increase of cents results in aH increase of 2 cents per hour ill some Of the railroad yards over the country. The members of the SWitchmen's Union. placed at more 5000. are said 10 be former members Of the Brotherhood of Railway Traiumen.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-03
BISHOP BROWN CONI Nt,
Will Pas His Annual Nieii To Trim itN sunday. January f;-fon
 firnlation Glass.

Bishop William N. Ifa3a will 1isi1 THinitl. .t,piscopal. cAtGefl Sun dax. January F This Will be Bish= ep Browns annual visita. ian, as he will a0t come again this year.
 Rev. w D BueIner is nreparing q class for confirmation, and will be glad to confer with any one up- on the subject. He can be found at the FeetorH No S02 West Second ayenur Old phone 67>, new phone 2n7.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-03
PINE HLtFFIANS As WITNESSES

Otto Roedel clerek at the Hotel Jefferson. and !. F. Shoupe. optic ian at Stearns' .jewelry store, left last night for TeXarkana. where they case pending there against a man named Tabor. charged with assault ing and robbing an express messen- ger. Tabor. it is alleged, stopped at the Hotel Jefferson under an as-> sumed came, and also purchased pair of glasses from Shoupe. Tho Pine Bluff witnesses will be asked to identify him.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-03
NUMBER 72 2
RtiN> { RIPPLE ROADS.
Iron Mountain and tottoa He. I-s,55 Delayed Because -nI
 Na>hout>.

! @a,aog oa t..e Ir7. Noaa=..u between tA.s. .e.-T aa3 I...'a Hoe.. Azs aa1,s c.tpQ1aItalf'lc#p #pa sbas ua r.a aaasains train from 1.:...a ft7e.s 8-5 sen U P.ae H'ul u4-. ..a E,z.se Bel, yta Ea-.aHa a83 .A..asa4aa. t-{ arrived sevea.t. a5e:s .tsa= Taa=,.a nan from Alexandria laa 5a:< afea=- noon. is also reported ,ate. owing. vt I @asaoa ueaF Nob:s Laisa =05asc tyonlie5 ale can29ze rom Hataez 5asl Noreh and south oa the Ge.soa Eel foad. As }f3t S9f5uez Eesteedas cla biggest food oi ran III tbe history 95G thac ei5y fei, aEen5sa5 5yaa9a Va sea Of wate5, says l aispa.o5 aas,5=- ments of maHH= stores Iloalad aaf manF negro shaat.es WeHa s3sHet away on the ou. ktrts
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-03
THIRD ANNUAL CONVENTION
Of the southern Cotton Association Will Be Held at Birmingham.
 Ala. Jan. 1o to 10. Inclusive

Special to the Graphic.
 Birmingham. Ala. Ian. 3.-That birmingham will provide for the en- tertainment of the 5.000 to 1000 visitors who will come to the third annual convention Of the Southern Cotton association which meets from the 10th to 18th Of January in- elusive. is f0regone conclusion. People nnacquainted with the town and it's spirit of enterprise may won der how such an undertaking can be accomplished. But the answer is very simple In the first place Birmingham has more restaurants, cafes and lunch rooms and greater hotel aud boarding capacity and hence k better prepared to take care of large conventions, than any other town in the South Not onIx this but Birmingham is in the con vtntiou habit She has handled with in the past few months delegations of all descriptions from Methodist conferences to college fraternties. and she has many more ton the st9jne for the nea1= future. Bat in making the coming cotton eehven- tion q success she has even more at stake than merely to sustain hea reputation aS=a hostess First of all. feelin2 that she iS just new com ins into her ewn 50 to speak ill be- fns recognized foa what sha really is, the actual seagranhieal and Rre- ductiye center of the cotton belt. Birmingham intends to become the permanent home of the Cotton as- soeiatien.
 And then. again, the business men of Birmingham are not Hnmindtal of their own opportunities in this regard They also know that to have the goods is not all of busi- ness transaction They know thar Birmingham must be pleasing to the strangers in her personality as well as in her physical aspects and that by impressing the visitors with a glad hand welcome is to SOW the seed of the most enduring form of mutual benefit
 The coming convention of the Cotton association will be the big eest thing of the kind ever held in the South. There is every reason why it should be an unqualified sue cess.
 The railroads have made round trip rate fare. plus D cents for the occasion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-03
MAYOR II. KING WHITE.
Invites Judge W. l.. Toney to Meet Him in Joint Debate at the Court
 House Saturday Night.

General H kins White candidate for reelection to the office of mayor, announced today that he would ad- dress the voters ol the city .at the Court House Saturday night at 1:ao o'clock, and he invites his opponent, Judge W L. Toney. to discuss the po- ltical issues with him Other candi- dates are invited to take par in the program at the mass meeting.
 General Whi5e. in diseusSin5 ees- tain rumors that he Sass has been circulated about his health said T have fully recovered rom my recent illness and would have been at my Of fee today had it=ne. beea for the inelement weather l has been sajd that l am T dead one. will shN my friends Saturday ai4h'= =Jha, am tIe !Nest dead man fheE evea saW.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-03

The features of last nights en- tertainment at the Bluff City rink con- sisted, first of mile race between Horace White and Raymond Thomp- son, for the rink medal. The race was an exciting one. The medal was awarded to Horace White.
 The Pie Eaters race was the most amusing contest ever witnessed upon a rink floor. To see the boys try to swallow whole pie in order to get ahead of his opponent. was side splitting.
 Tonight at 9:3o tie fun-loving crowd will witness .he greatest game eyer played upon skates.
 Polo. fast and furious. This game alone is worth the price of admission, and if you fail to see it. you will miss d treat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-03
SERIES OF ctMES ARRANGED,

Challenges have been received .roU TeXarkana. Stamps I.tttIe R8ch as,J Jonesbofo foI. games of basket batl with the Pine Bluff ! Nz (. \. basket ball team. Physical Director Charles Ayeritt is busy afransins a=sehedaie of games among local teams and } series of games will be played prepag- atory to the coming ous-ot-5oWl games The gymnasium committee Heels that the onl1 fair way is to at- low the winning team to play Jhe o..i- CT games \ new team has been or ganized to De known as the Cotton Buyers. They were organized at the Cotton Buyers headquarters OH West Bagraque street. with Harold RlutIlen- thai as captain. The other members ot the=team are Guy Tagzarf. Walter Cook. Harold Roth and Arthur Young. These young men. after a few practice games. will meet all corners
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-03
PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS THURSDAY JANUARY 8 1907

shortly afterward appointed to the lnited States circuit court at Little Rock S AI Taylor formed part nership with Mr Austin under the firm name of Austin and Tay Ter and this firm was afterwards succeeded by Austin and Danaher.
 Thus it is seen that this railroad attorneyship has been held by one firm all those years. giving the rail- road company in that time the ser vices of some of the most brilliant legal talent in the state
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-03
FIRST LECTURE ot \ >iRli.~
1t Frmplc to Be "The infoI,,ins : ot Religious :-entli,a n Nlan From Primitive Fiut,, to
 the Pres nj.

At the regular services at tfe Temple Friday night, RaA3i t,phraim Frisch Will take for te@ subject of his discourse "TAe rn- folding et ReliSious Sentiu,eAt in Man From Primitive TNsoa to= =tl=e Present" this tein4 the fir 5f ! ..e- lies of thirteen addresses cl. the general theme ol the ~Es seAc ot Modern Judaism. The public k especially invited to attend all or part of the series.
 The musical program will he as follows Organ prelude, by Batiste. Mrs F. F. Renfrow: service by Schlesinger. book H. quartet before sermon. 70 Come Let Is Worship.' by Sudds; soprano solo after ser mon, "I Will Extol Thee" by Cos ia. Miss Victoria Harrell: closing quartet selected.
 Services commence at 14o.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-03
M. 4. AUSTIN
 HAS RESIGNED AS Assistant Counsel for the St. Louis, Iron Noun tain & Southern Railway in This Territory.
COMPENSATION CAUSE
'~We>ented Railroad Company Here N
 for More Than Twenty Years Some Interesting Facts of How It Was Done-No Acceptance.

NJ. \. Austin. assistant counsel for the St Louis. Iron Mountain and Southern Railway company here for more than twenty years. recently sent his resignation to the company to take effect immediately and in any event not later than February 1. AS vet his resignation has no been accepted.
 While Mr. Austin would not dis cuss the matter this morniug. though admitting that his resigna- tion had been forwarded, it is gen erally understood that the bushes. of the company and the responsihil- ities following same have increased to such magnitude d. 10 command so much of his time that he cannot in justice to his large clientase. continue the responsible duties for c1he conpensation now in effect
 MT. Austin has proven valuable legal adviser fo2the Iron Mountain company in this territory. [; is a vel known factthat his record as 9eounseI fer this company is aaeX- celleI He is a learned IavH5l= sad close student, foreible and con- vineins speaker aggressive and la and to these qualities is largely zi0Hted his remarkable success in this capacity. As enc lawyer said of him today: In the many legal battles he has fought for his coun- tHmen, he was always fair to his ad- versary and notwithstanding the se- verity of his usual tactics he was never known to send sting 10 his opposing counsel.
 MT. Austin became assistant counsel of the St. Louis. Iron Noun tain and Southern Railway compa- ny in 1SSe, at which time he was associated with the legal firm of Judge W. F. Hemingway, late of the Arkansas supreme court. The firm later became Hemingway, Austin and Clayton. the latter member be- ing Colonel John M Clayton, who was assassinated at Plummeryille while cOntestins the election of lion. c. R. Breckinridge. Congress- man-elect from this district. At the death of Colonel Clayton and the election of Judge Hemingway to the supreme bench. the firm was dis solved. Judge John A. Williams, then circuit judge, resigned and took partnership with Mr. Austin under the firm name of Williams and Austin, Judge Williams was