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The Prescott daily news., 1907-06-05

some Sunday for the first time.
 Quince Bolls was suffering considerably Sunday from a sick headache.
 Joe Bolls says that he has been working in his corn with a long handled shovel. He thinks it is the proper thing to use in wet weather.
 Jim Jordan, formerly of this community, who, early in the year moved from Parker county to Howard county, Texas, i,as re turned to that section on account of dry weather: having had no rain there since March. If friend Jordan will come back to "Old Arkansas" we will gladly divide rain with him.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-06-05

The publishing of section from the
 city's digest yesterday, showing that it was violation of the law to play baseball in Prescott, came as a..surprise to many people. That the law is a radical one is not disputed, and that it ought to be repealed is the opinion of most people who give the subject any serious consideration. In fact gener- al revision of the laws of the town would be proper move. As an illus tration of the necessity for this revis- ion, we might refer to Section 12 of the
The Prescott daily news., 1907-06-05
SCRIPTURE READING FOR TODAY

Psalms 37, 1 & Fret not myself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
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much interested ln a new iao's you have on the shelves as they ~ in any home happening. Your s1o,. '. news and announcements m ,n' columns will reach large circie Y eager buyers. This will enable yos ~ to sell your goods while they .ot s new and fresh and you Will ,a ~, have to sacrifice later at renn'a
 counter prices. Think it over
The Prescott daily news., 1907-06-05

We do not hear anything recently about the library building. What is the committe doing about this import ant matter. We are not ready to quit trying now Delays in matters of this are kind the best things in the world to keep anything from being done.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-06-05

Uncle John Honea of Weaver, passed our burg Saturday en route to RoSstOn.
 Mr. Editor, 1 am afraid you will not get any melons very early this year as the winter has continued too long.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-06-05
If You Want

digest, which provides that barber shops may be kept open until 10:30
 o'clock on the morning of the Sabbath day; and there are numerous other things that need repeating or revising.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-06-05

The grading being done by the town along the newly constructed sidewalks, materially adds to the appearance of our streets. And the council also in- tends to wage war on weeds, which is also move toward beautifying the city.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-06-05

If, as appears from the reports, al- most every act passed by the recent legislature is likely to be declared un- constitutional, there is something the matter with the legislature or the constitution one.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-06-05
"WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5. 1907.

Some people are building sky scra- pers while others are digging storm houses. Both are necessary, however, at times.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-27
FOXY BREWERS SYSTEM.
In Allen County They Pay Taxes on
Property Owned by Individuals

lola, Kan, April 27.-County Attor-
ney Peterson says that locating prop
erty in Allen county that belongs to
breWeries outside of the state is a very
difficult thing for the reason that the
brewerieS have a custom of keeping
their property in the names of indf-
vidualS and in transferring it frequent
". It is said that in many counties
since the decision OF the supreme court
prohibiting breweries from moving
their property out of the state and
thus conf1scating it, breweries are
transferring their property to indt-
yiduaIs-
Mr.. Peterson says that he does not
know of any such procedure in this
county but does know that breweries
have very frequently transferred their
property here to other people
The county treasurer's records show
that breweries frequently pay taxes
on property in Allen county that is in
the nama of individuals or real estate
companies The tax receipts also show
that the property has frequently
changed hands Here is list of
Buildings on which during the past
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-27
HARTMAN HAS ONE FRIEND.
StockhoIder Whitney Would Build G
Monument to Him.

Omaha. April 2T-That the Rock Is
land syndicate was the only loser in
the Alton deal is the declaration of
William Whitney, an Alton stock
holder, who says he declined TO sell his
Alton stock TO Hartman because he did
not want the watere6 stock he offered
Hartman bought the Alton for $40
O06. 900,' says Mr. Whitney, and to
make the improvements he desired he
had 10 rediviie the capitalization, sell
low rate bonds to people who wanted
good security, preferred stock to people
who would take medium security, and
the water or hope of the future for
what anybody would pay for non
dividend common stock in the share
market He sold this stock around $40
per share The Rock Island people
bought il and it is now selling for less
than $40 per share, but that IS the loss
OF the Rock Island people Mr. Har-
riman and his associates made an In
vesrmeut of 60.0oo,0o0 and reaped, per
hans. a 10 per cent profit The Rock
IsIarG people have recouped them
selves personally for their loss by !
stock market raid, which has Melted
them rnany millions personally, and
cost Hartman many millions, ana tne
public hundreds of millions
Mr.. Whitney says that when HarTl-
man started his improvements on tns
Union Pacific he refused TO believe
Harriman's optimistic assurances tndt
the road would pay dividends on the
millions he proposed to spend in i'm
movements and he sold his stock; ne
now would subscribe to build mon
uuent to Hartman bigger and taller
than that which on the summit OF the
Union Pacific honors the name OF
Cakes Anes-
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Ten Persons Injured While
Watching a Lodge Drill.
Some Twenty Spectators Pre-
cipitated to Sidewalk Below.
A CROWD UNDERNEATH
Wellington L. o. o. F. CeIsbra-
tion damned the Streets.
Several Arms Broken and 9th
ers Injured Internally.

WeIIing ton, Kan, April 27--During
the competitive drill by cantons of the
Patriarchs Militant. in connection with
the I. o. O. F. eighty-eighth annfver-
sary here Friday afternoon. an awning
on which some twenty people were
standing collapsed. precipftating them
upon the heads of the crowds below.
Among the more seriously injured
were w NJ. Costigan, Wichita, arm
broken and internally hurt; J. c.
Smith, jr., Wellington. hip dislocated;
Charles F. Martin, Wellington, arm
broken; George Tracey. Argonia, arms
and back bruised. condition serious;
Mrs C. H Barnard. Wellington, hip
crushed and hurt internally: ex-Sena-
tor W. J. LingfeIter. Wellington, in
jured in back and limbs; Mrs. Port
Campbell. Caldwell. seriously bruised
about back and head.
The anniversary was celebrated by
the Wldey association, and large dele
cations from the lodges at wichita,
Winfield. Arkansas City, Anthony,
Caldwell and other places were pres
ent- An exhibition drill was given by
Caldwell canton. No 8, IN the after
noon
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Bohemian Youth Explains How and
Why He Murdered Joseph Varoda

The sixteen year old boy named
Svojgr, who killed Joseph Varoda near
Cuba on Tuesday and who is now in
Jail at BeIlevilIe, has fully confessed
the crime. The boy. who is a late arri-
val from Bohemia and unable to speak
English. has made the following state
ment through an Interpreter:
THE night before 1 killed him
left gate open and some of the horses
got out and got cut in the wire and
Joe gave me a cussing for it, and I
laid awake all night thinking how
would kill him In the morning when
he went out to the barn I waited and
got his double-barreI shot gun and
slipped out to the barn and waited for
him and as he came around the corner
1 let him have both barrels
Faroda's body was found by a
neighbor named Kennedy who went
10 Varoda's after some harness and he
at once notified other neighbors and
the sheriff After the killing. Svojgr
took Varoda's watch and purse. which
contained $4S-56, hooked up a horse
and buggy and decamped, being later
captured near Munden. Svojer has
been living with Varoda since he came
10 this country about a year ago
ConcOrdfa Blade
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= BIG CEMENT PLANT.
Located Near Humboldt and Capital
lied 1T 100000

Humboldt. Kan. April 27.-This city
is to have a cement plant It is TO be
located on the Martin F'eeley farm a
mile and a quarter southeast Of the
city The plant is to be financed by
capitalists in Nebraska, Missouri and
Kansas, together with several of the
prominent men in and about Hum
boIdt
The plant IS to be capitalized at
s., 0O0,O 600, and is to be known as the
Humboldt Portland Cement company
The promoter who has been working
up the Humboldt end of the concern,
came to Humboldt several months ago
and looked the field over for a plant
there. Recently biologists came and
after anaIyzing the soil and shale and
especially that in the vicinity of the
Feeley place, pronounced it good for
cement purposes. As a result the pro-
moter told the Humboldt people that
If they would raise $4,000 the plant
would be built. The citizens got busy
and yesterday noon $4,000 had been
raised.
The Katy road has already promised
to construct a switch from its line
to the site of the plant To do this
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A. t. & S. f. EARNINGS LARGE
Last Months Receipts Show y Mil
lion Increase.

Last Months Receipts Show y Mil
lion Increase.
New York, April 27--The gross
earnings of the Atchisou. Topeka &
Santa Fe railroad in March were
Ss.3Ts, 500, showing an increase OF
S1.44O1OO over the same month of
last year, or 90 per cent The net
earnings for the month were $3,106.-
500. showing an increase Of S5S0,3OO.
or % per cent
From July 1 to March 81 gross
earnings were $6e.003,600 increase
Ss71S,S00. or II per cent The net
earnings for nine months were $25.-
7635OO, an increase Of S2,792,200, or
IL per cent
For the year ending June 80. 1907,
the gross earnings will be almost so
million dollars, and the net earnings
about 80 millions. These figures are
Just about double those Of seven years
ago
If the rate of increase for the past
nine months IS maintained for the
next three months, the Atchison road
will show nearly Is per cent earned
on the common stock for the yeara
remarkable showing for a railroad
the common stock of which had prac-
tfcaIIy no market value ten years ago.
The company will have nearly 10
million dollars in surplus, after pay
ing all interest and dividends
enough to make its officials reason
bly, complacent over the inability to
float new securities on satiSfa Glory
terms. to pay for improvements and
haftaru7 ortz
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Broken Down Health.

Miss Bessie 3. Farrell, 1911 2rd
Ave. Brooklyn, n. Y. President Of
the Young Peoples Christian AS
ISOLATION, writes:
"Paruua is certainly a valuable
nerve and blood remedy, ca1cu-
lated to build up the broken down
health of WORKOUT women have
found by experience that it is
wonderful rcstorer of lost strength,
assisting the stomach in assimilat-
ing and digesting the food and
building up the WORKOUT tissues
I can endorse If as a boon for
those afflicted as I have been"
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AIR AND POWER BRAKES
Most of the Lines Are Now Equipped
With Them

Chicago. April 27.-Owing TO the
public interest which now attaches 70
safety appliances. considerable oIs1P-
Of the American Railway association
over the fact that the committee on
safety appliances had not succeeded IN
holding a meeting The report OF the
committee, however, shows tnaI near-
" All the railroad equipment Is now
fitted with air or with power brakes
The committee stated that II hoped
to take up the work Of completing the
standard code OF air brake and train
air signal rules within six months
There are now some apparent con-
ffcts in the rules
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-27
rELEGRAPHERs MAY STRIKE.
Those in Texas Not Satisfied With
New Conditions

Dispatches from FL Paso state that
the new Texas law which provides
that a railway telegraph operator
shall not be employed more than
eight hours out Of the twenty-four
may, according to the statement Of an
official OF the Order of Railway Teleg-
lrhers there, cause a strike which
may involve every road in the state
and probably will extend 70 the $4,000
members Of the order in the United
States.
The preparation for a strike of the
operators, according to the official in
tervfewed. is predicted because of the
alleged reduction OF the pay Of opera
tors 10 meet the extra pay caused by
the extra employment Of more men
Should one road take this action
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stomach Disorders.

~01-'-HI7-1NNt1f N5tOHAI1-NHH
Miss May V. Adams. Vice President
of Louisiana Literary Union. writes
from 1119 Terpsichore St, New Or
leans, La:
ANY person with sedentary habits
is apt to become habituaIly consti-
pated. The sewerage OF the body he
comes stopped up, and various dis
eases find easy entrance. 1 have
found this 20 be the case by sad ex-
perience. and am thankful to say that
Peruna cIeansed my system. purified
the blood. and drove out stomach dis
orders and all aches of my body
lake a few doses every few weeks and
find that 1t keeps me in perfect health.
I believe IL to be an ideal woman'S
m licina-, .,
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Now rs Well as Ever.

Mrs. E T. Gaddis. Marion, n. c..
writes:
Before 1 commenced to take Pc
runa 1 could not do any hard work
without suffering great pain I took
Pe-uua and ManaIin, and can say
with pleasure that it has done more
for me than any other medicine I
have ever taken Now I am as well
as ever I do all my own work and it
never hurts me at all Peruna is a
great medicine for womankind."
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Mrs Frances E. Sammis, 21O
Charles Block, Denver, Col,
writes:
'-Peruna restored me to health
and strength three different times
when I was near nervous proStra-
ton and suffered from general ca
CarrhaI conditions.
When decided to try it 1 wrote
directly to DR.. Hartman and took
it according to his directions I
consider it a fine remedy and have
recommended It to others. who
have been greatly benefited"
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Pe-ru-na a Spring Tonic.

Miss Lucy Ingram. 521 Ellis ST..
Augusta, Ga. writes:
= have used your Peruna as a
tonic and found il counteracted
the facilitating effects Of warm
weather.
II cheerfully recommend those
who have that languid feeling
which is customary to most of US
in spring to try Peruna- It will
prove an invigOratOr. II is also
good to break uD colds and the
CRIME"
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All Run Down.

Miss Marie Calvin. s27 Main St,
Cincinnati. Ohio. writes:
After my pleasant experience
with Peruna 1 do not wonder that
IL is 50 popular among the young
people mere in CincirnatL L caught
a severe cold coming home from an
evening party. and as I did not pay
particular attention to it. 1 quick
" became worse and found myself
in a serious condition L felt lame
ana sore. and the entire mucous
membrane Ncs infiaJned-
L took Perura and it brought
me- immediate relief. Within a
week I WAS cured and now when
ever I feel at all badly or run
down a few doses OF Peruna VIII
set things right"
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Her Third Case of Measles.

Gas City. Kan. April 27.-It is not
an unusual case for a person to have
the measles twice but 10 have them
the third time is altogether unnatural.
Miss Psyche Phillips, the 13-year-oId
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Phillips
of this city is now suffering from a
third attack of the disease. She is very
i'll
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-27
HARTMAN A COMPETITOR
Is After Some of the Yellowstone
Park Business

Chicago, April 27.-Keen competi-
ton for Yellowstone park summer
tourist travel is likely TO be offered
the Northern Pacific road this year.
Heretofore it has had a practical
monopoly OF the business. E H. Har-
riman has come in and has built a
branch from the Oregon Short Line to
Idaho Falls. which has now reached
to within sixteen miles OF the entrance
to the park, and is expected to be in
full operation to the park before the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-27
Incuhators Good Work.

Mrs Coe, living south of the hide
pendence rubber plant, whose husband
is a driIIer, working most of the time
in the Territory, finding time hanging
heavily on her hands, has taken up
chicken culture, and is making a great
success of it. She uses natural gas in
her incubators and her last Matching
brought 153 chicks out of a setting of
200 neutrality-suspicious. Star.
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NEW YARDS AT HUTCHINSON.
Santa Fe to Double Its Facilities
There.

Hutchinson, Kan. April Z7.-Wher
the new yards are built for the santa
Fe RAILROAD in Hutchinson it is esti-
mated that there will be capacity
enough to house half as many cars
again as are taken care of now The
Hutchinson yards accommodate nearly
IL net qI.ire Il thousand cars at this
time The new additions in the east
end will likely add 600 cars &c This ca
pacity This Will be worth money 10
the company, for it needs the room II
will be good for the city tor it will do
away with much of tile switching at
Main ana the other downtown streets
Hutchinson is TO have some street
lights at the Santa F. crossings, pCs-
sibly some time this year. This nat
ter is decided upon, practically, by
the company. 1t Will be good for the
town. for IT wi1 light up the dark
places and make the crossings safer
at zsSnt-
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NEW REBATE CHARGES.
Arizona Cement Company Accuses the
Santa Fe.

Los Angeles. April 27-The Atch-
iSon, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
company must stand trial on the
charge OF giving rebates to the Grand
Canon Lime and Cement company of
Nelson, Ariz- Likewise the latter
C 7mpany must defend itself against
the charge of accepting the rebates
There are seventy-six counts against
the railroad company and thfrty-eight
against the cement company.
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wear breweries have paid taxes Two
buildings at Gas City, Helm com
Danv: one in BaSsetI. Kansas City
Brewing company; one in LaHarpe.
Kreuger-KIump people: one in lola on
the north side of the square, the
Kreuger-Klump people; one west OF
the santa Fe depot, Kreuger-klump-
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Marion County wheat injured

Peabody. Kan. April z7.-The weath-
er continues cool and dry. Farmers
report wheat damaged fully 50 per cent
Some fields are yellow. others are turn
ing fast With the dry weather con-
tinuing short time. wheat will be in
a very serious condition. No sign Of
rain at this time
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runa has been most gratifying. Last
winter 1 contracted a severe cold, and
for several days I coughed until my
voice failed me When other rene
dies did me no good, decided to try
Peruna. and within four days the cold
was broken up, and the cough abated-
within another week an increase
in my usual strength and vitality
that il promised. and more. I also
consider it very superior for tired,
workout mothers, and have advised
several to try it. and have seen most
gratifying results from its use
Il give it highest praise"
Bowel Trouble.
Mrs. Maggie Durbin, 1892 North
St. Little Rock. Ark, writes:
at was troubled for five years with
q chronic disease tried everything
I heard OF, but nothing did me any
good Soma doctors said my trouble
WAS catarrh of the bowels, and some
said cOnsuH. ptIon of the bowels
lone doctor said he could cure me
I took his medicine two months But
it did ne no good
"A friend of mine advised me to try
Perura and did so. After 1 had
taken two bottles I found it was help
ing me. so I continued its use, and it
has cured me sound and we'll
II can recommend Peruna to any
one and If any one wants to know
what Peruna did for me if they will
write to me I viii answer prom pity"
Peruna is a household remedy of
great merit and is useful in a great
many climatic ailments, such as
coughs, colds. sore throat, bronchitis
and catarrhal diseases generally.
Thousands of families have learned
the use of Peruna and its value in the
treatment OF these ailments They
have learned to trust and believe in
DR.. Hartmsn's judgment, and to rely
on his remedy, Peruua-
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Caney Jointists Arrested.

independence, Kan. April 27.-Sherin
Paxson and Deputy Ed Love went TO
Caney and took into custody J. B. Law
son, an alleged jointist, and his alleged
partner, Dan Huffman With them
they secured three kegs of beer. some
bottled goods and the usual fixtures
Both men were released under eight
hundred dollars bond fo- appearance at
the next term Of district court
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Leavenworth Convict Escaped.

Fort Leavenworth, kan. April az
Walter E Barrows. a convict at the
military prison. escaped while work
ing at the rife range. He slipped
through the guard line while part of
the guards were eating Barrows was
under a 2-year sentence for desertion
and had thirteen months more to
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This Ubeat Needs Rain.

Manhattan, Kan, April N.-Wheat In
this locality is in a critical condition IN
account CT the dry weather and the re-
peated freezingS- No moisture of con-
sequence has fallen since early n
March The green bug is appearing.
but has probably as yet done little
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SMALLPOX AT ELMDALE-
Closes the City Schools and Prevents
Church Service.

EImdaIe, Kan. April Flowing to
case Of smallpox the city schools
were closed Indefinitely yesterday, and
all church services for tomorrow are
annuIled- The case is not serious
Fishing is excellent here this spring.
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Commissioned of Patents Resiens.

Washington. April 27.-The resig-
nation of Commissioner of Patents
Frederick 1. Allen has been rendered
TO President Roosevelt, effective June
=
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Digestion Poor, skin saIIow.
PE=RU-NA IS A HOUSEHOLD NECESSIT

every member of the order in Texas
viii strike, says the official. and have
the support of the $4,000 members of
the order throughout the country, to
the extent. if necessary, of q general
strike.
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summer has fairly begun. This line
is expected to divert large stream of
travel from the northern route.
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damage \ change of weather condi-
tons must occur at once if any great
portion of the crop is to be saved
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SITY IN OVER ONE MILLION HOMES
BOY CONFEssEs TO THE CRIME

a bridge will have to be built across the
Neosho river.