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gether under the Ryder roof at the
= mo time II was q mart Of Inffersnn,s

gether under the Ryder roof at the
same time. It was part Of Jefferson's
well-prepared plan to expose the ras-
cality of his fathers secretary, and at
the same time rid himself of the en-
barrassing ENHANCEMENT with Kate
Roberts. If the senator were confront
ed publicly with the fact that his
daughter, while keeping up the fiction
of being engaged to Ryder Jr., was
really preparing to run off with the
Hon. Fitzroy Bagley, he would have no
alternative but to retire gracefully I'M
der fire and relinquish all idea of a
marriage alliance with the house Of
Ryder. The critical moment had ar
rived. Tomorrow, Wednesday. was the
day fixed for the elopement. The sec
re:ary's little game had gone far
enough. The time had come for action.
So Jefferson had written to Senator
Roberts, who was in Washington, ask
| ing him if it would be convenient for
him to come at once to New York and
meet his father on matter Of impor-
lance. The senator naturally jumped
to the conclusion that Jefferson and
Ryder had reached an amicable under
standing, and he Immediately hurried
| to New York and with his daughter
came round to Seventy-fourth street.
When Ryder Sr. entered the library,
/ Senator Roberts was striding nervous
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-09
HAS SHORT SESSION.
senate Receives Few New Bills and
Adjourns.


When the senate reconvened at
o'clock this afternoon, routine business
of the usual order was transacted.
This included the introduction of bills
and among the few put in was one by
Senator J. B. Belts of Shawnee, appro-
priating $4,000 tos.the North Topeka
Drainage district fof Shawnee county
for the purpose of paying the states
share of the Improvement to that part
of Soldier creek which runs through
the grounds of the Boys Industrial
school.
making a person guilty of criminal
SANDER who originates, circuiates or
repeats any false. defamatory rumor,
report or statements of any kind, ma
ture or description concerning any bank
or banking institution organized under
the laws of the state or of any national
bank doing business in the state. The
punishment imposed Is from one to nVe
years imprisonment
Senator Huffman introduced a pure
food BILL which seeks to prohibit the
manufacture or sale or transportation
in the state of adulterated or mis-
branded or poisonous or deleterious
foods drugs, medicines and liquors.
A second reading of the bills intro
duced during the morning was order
ed and they were referred to appro-
pirate committees by Lieutenant Gov
ernor Hanna. -f<.e
on motion of Senator Simons, which
prevailed, Roy, Tapley of Lawrence,
was named the clerk of the committee
on engrossed bills.
An adjournment was then taken at
2:3O o'clock until tomorrow morning
at 10 o'clock.
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He STOLE HIS MUSIC.
Soldier on FurlOugh Confesses to
Wholesale TheftS.

William Brown, who claims that he
is a soldier on a furlough. pleaded
guilty this morning to stealing talk
ing machine from C. L. Johnston, and
Judge McCabe of the city court SEN
fenced him to pay a fine of one dollar
and costs and serve thirty days in the
county Jail. AS the story goes, Brown
heard the machine which sings as well
as talks, pouring into the evening air
one of his favorite songs, and could
not resist the temptation to possess it
and in the dead hour of night did at
tach himself to the instrument
He carried the photograph to the
apartments of fair whom he
admired and all was well until not
longer being able to resist the tempta-
ton to hear the refrain so sweet to
awake on his beat thought the hour
was near morning, mistrusted that all
was not right, as no music had ever
before come from that quarter, inves-
tigating found the machine pouring
forth its metallic song of love and
"pinched" it.
and afterwards the story Of the man
Brown who had attached himself to
the instrument and the pile of records
living handi1y by and then the SEN
tence of the stern judge who was I'M
mindful the sentim rental story of the
soldier. Brown is now in the county
jail with thirty days and costs 10
serve while he claims that his regi-
mines and that he will in all probabilf-
ties be listed as "a deserter unless he
can make arrangements for his re-
lease at once.
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ROSS AND THE COATS.
Man Who Robbed Legislators Captur-
ed and Confessed.

During the week just past twenty
overcoats have disappeared from
their pegs at the hotels or from the
chairs over which they have been
hung by the careless, legislators and
others who had other matters on their
minds rather than that of the care of
his wearing apparel. On the blotter
charge OF drunk appears the name of
H. N. Ross, who claims that he is a
distant relative of Detective Joe Ross,
as does every one using that name,
when arrested.
Ross may or may not have been
drunk when he was picked up by the
officers for that is not the charge
which will be presented when he is
tried. 1t was suspected at the time
that he was arrested that he knew
something of the disappearance of
some of the outer coats which have
been stolen of late and all doubt about
the matter was settled this morning
when he admitted when sweated that
he was guilty of attaching himself to
at least a portion of them.
At every session of the legislature
overcoat stealing becomes an cpl
demic whether it is because the air
is tainted with graft or because the
mercury usually takes a drop about
this season of the year is hard to tell.
Chief of Police Donovan said this
morning: 1--WE have been having
for the past week about the mysteri-
Gus disappearance of overcoats and we
have recovered a number of them in
the pawn shops about the city.
have detained men on the cases, for
this is one thing that we have to con-
tend with every time that the legisla-
ture meets, and told them to get the
thief. This morning they brought him
in and he has confessed to number
of crimes among them the stealing of
the overcoats-
His plan was to pick up coat in
one of the crowded hotel Hobbies and
saunter out with it and If he should
be stopped he could easily beg the
pardon of the owner for his mistake
and get off without further trouble.
once outside Of the building he head
ed straight for a downtown restaurant
where he was slightly known and
walking in hung the coat on hook
and after leaving it for few minutes
returned and taking it to a pawn shop
he secured a few dollars on his ven
ture and was satisfied
eve learned of this and an officer
was stationed to watch the place and
Ross was captured and while the
overcoats so far. recovered have been
returned to their owners. it is more
than likely that by morning We will
know the location of several others.
He claims that he was drinking some
when he took the coats. which he ad-
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BEESON IS CHAIRMAN.
Dodge City Representative at Head of
First House Committee.

Speaker Simmons this afternoon an
nounced his first committee. 1t is the
house committee on employees, which
has for its duty the selection of the
many minor employees of the house.
The names Of the committee follow:
G. M. Beeson of Dodge City, chair
mani VIM Kiff of Atchison; Parks
Helmick of Neosho; E. F. Dawson of
Marion; c.. W. Schmidt of Geary; S.
r. Boggs-of Smith.
c. NJ. Beeson is one of the third
term members of the house, and is one.
of the most valued members. He was
mentioned for speaker of the house,
and refused the honor. Beeson has
lived at Dodge City for many years
and has known Kansas at close range
since the days of its infancy.
Immediately after the house convened
at 2 o'clock, the house on motion of
Mr.. Stone resolved itself into the COM.
mittee of7the whole for the purpose Of
considering the bill increasing the pay.
of justices of the supreme court to S.
0oG.
After the bill had been read, w. B.
Ham Of ROCKS, moved that the pay be-
made $4,000 for the chief justice and 81
600 for the associate Justices.
Robert Stone opposed this on the
bility on the chief justice than on the
other justices; that the people do not
elect chief justices; that the election is
that of Justice.
Robert S. Hendricks of Rawlins coun-
ty, a Democrat, made a speech in favor
of the original bill.
BY vote of "A to %, the house
committee of the whole decided 70
with the salary fixed at $4,000 instead
of $4,000 per year.
An attempt was made to put
rider on the bill raising the pay Of
district court judges, but several
amendments of this kind were voted
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In the Senate.
What Was the Matter With Him?

A Richmond man has in his employ
a colored man of advanced age who
by reason of his thrifty habits, had ac-
cumulated enough money to defray
the cost of his sons tuition a a negro
college in Alabama.
When the darky's boy returned to
Richmond after the completion of his
course, he proceeded, much to his
parents disgust, to air his opinions orr
various subjects in a more or less diff
fuse and forid style of speech.
One day the old man took him aside
and addressed him rs follows:
Richard Thompson Jenkins, Ise
been listenin' to yo' TO seberal days,
an it's my opinyun dat yo' talk an
talk an talk. Yo' doan' reach into de
stummick of yo' subjeck; but yo' jes
arguify an argufy. Yo' doan locate,
Richard Thompson Jenkins, yo' doan'
te!'=Harper'S Weekly.
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WONT PAY OUT.
First National Bank DepOsitOrs
Will Lose.
Five Per Cent Short of the Re-
quired Amount.
WORD FROM BRADLEY.
Admits Today That This Is a
Fact.
Depends Cpon the Amount Re-
ceived for Paper.

The First National bank will not pay
out in full.
The First National bank, bankrupt,
will return So per cent to the depositors
and creditors of the bank on their
claims.
The expectation that the bank will
pay out dollar for dollar is shattered to-
day by James T. Bradley. receiver,
who stated that it would be unable to
pay out in full the claims against the
defunct banking institution and that
95 per cent would represent the final
settlement.
This will cause some disappointment
to some of the creditors said Mr..
Bradley, who expected that the bank
would pay out in full But it is a
great deal better than any of them ex-
pected at the time the bank failed. 1
don't believe any one looked to get that
much out of the bank Immediately fol-
lowing the failure.
Il had expected that we would be
able to pay out in full but Mrs. Dew
inns coming in and filing suits against
the bank and the shrinkage in the val
ue of certain properties will reduce the
assets of the bank and make it impos-
Sible to pay dollar for dollar. 1 think
we will be able to pay about 50 cents
on the dollar provided that we get a
fair value for our Pevlin coal company
paper and that there is no manipula-
ton of the affairs of that company, of
which none exists / believe.
THE active receivership will come to
an end shortly and will depend only
upon the length of time it will take to
dispose of the properties held by the
bank. There are a number of small
affairs which will take some time TO
close up and settle but the active re-
ownership will not last very much
longer"
The bank has paid thus far a total
of 20 per cent in dividends. The first
dividend was declared Christmas day
of 1906 following the July of that year
on which the bank failed This divi-
dend amounted to 81, 069, 381. "a. A second
this summer amounting to $26S, $50. Sc.
The total amount of money returned
to the creditors of the bank amounts
to 1888, O67.8O.
The total claims which were filed
and proved up is represented by ST.
$50, 559.91.
The assets of the bank now are rep
resented principally by the farm prop
critics held in Illinois, certain real
estate held here in Topeka amounting
largely in the Devlin residence, the
paper of the Deviin coal company and
2O3 shares of the Central National
bank.
Several deals have been on for the
disposal of the bank stock but none of
them have gone through thus far.
This is one of the most valuable assets
of the bank. 1t is stated that the stock
is offered for sale at par and that it
would be able to realize more than the
par value if the receiver could hold on
to the stock in anticipation of the ex-
pected raise. 1t is, however, impossi-
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FOR AN EARLY CAUCUS.
Likely That Those in Favor Will
Win.

The Joint committee of the house and
senate caucus met at 3 o'clock this after
noon for the purpose of selecting the time
for the first senatorial caucus. ;,
Indications are that the early caucus
advocates are in the majority on the com
pointed this morning Archer Elstun and
Schmidt are in favor of an early caucus
and Kirkland and Leland are opposed.
The senate conferees9 are favorable to set
Ting the fight as quickly as possible.
The chances are, therefore, that the hrst
caucus on senator will be called for
Thursday night or Friday night.
The anti-Curtis people. however, are not
in a. mood to concede much ground, and
If the early caucus scheme is pressed too
hard, it is quite possil . that the Curtis
crowd will hold it's caucus alone the anti
Curtis people refusing to participate. The
effect of this would be to throw the sena-
torial fight onto the floor of the house
and senate, when the time for balloting
comes on January %. Curtis friends are
afraid such a. thing might happen, ano
they are playing careful game.
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For the Ooen Championshin.

An amusing story of amateur sport
comes from Rockville, Maryland,
where each year there is held a series
of races for all corners"
The sun was blazing down on a field
of hot. excited horses and men, all
waiting for a tall raw bon ed beast TO
yield to the opportunities of the start
err and get into line.
The patience of the starter was
nearly exhausted. Bring up that
horsei' he shouted. Bring him up
You'll get into trouble pretty soon if
you DON'T"
The rider of the refractory beast, a
youthful Irishman, yelled back: 81
can't help it. This here's been a cab
horse, and he won't start till the door
shuts. an 1 amt cot no door!''-Har-
per's Weekly.
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Mosquitoes Indeed

William Jennings Bryan was talking
at Terre Haute about his recent world
tour.
"a winter in Egypt" he said. .is a
superb thing. all but the flies. The
files in Egypt are as bad as the Cen
trail American mosquitoes" Mr.. Brayn
smiled You know" he said, eth ere
was a missionary from Central Amer
ica touring the country on behalf of
mission. He interspersed his appeals
for funds with descriptive talk about
Central America, and whenever an
audience seemed apathetic or droysv
by shouting out emphatically some
very startling fact.
THUS. one night in Lincoln he
reused a sluggish audience by thun-
dering: And the mosquitoes The
Central American mosquitoes! All
Gear friends, you have no idea of the
Offerings caused in that country by
Mese brutes. Many of them would
weigh a pound, and they will stand on
the logs and bark as the missionaries
are passing.
This statement brought the audi
ence back from dreamland with a
Jerk. The missionary did not amplify
the subject Diminishing the mos
quitoes, he passed on to the topic of
Bible study
1.-The next day a man Indignantly
asked him to account for his mosquito
assertions.
what did you mean by saying
those mosquitoes weighed a pound?'
he demanded.
planned, that one mosquito would
weigh pound. said many of them
would. suppose about a million
would 40 so.'
But you said they bark at the
"'Oh. dear, no. I said they got on
the logs and on the bark as the mis-
xAonaries passed Exchange.
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ON POINT OF ORDER.
Effort to Abolish Lieutenant Generals
Office Fails.

Washington, Jan. 9.-The house today
went into conference for consideration of
the army appropriation bill. When the
paragraph abolishing the grade of lieu
tenant general of the army on the active
list upon its becoming vacant was reach
ed, Mr.. Cooper of Wisconsin made a point
of order against it which was sustained
by the chair This leaves the grade of
lieutenant general as it now is.
In the Senate.
Washington, Jan 9.-When the Browns
vile resolutions were laid before the
senate today the discussion was post
poned until tomorrow for the statement
of Mr.. Foraker. Mr.. Tillman was still
indispOsed aand unable to speak.
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HITS OUR ARMY POSTS.
Bill in Congress Aimed at Fort Riley
and Fort LeaVenworth.

: Washington Jan. 9.-Senator Long
and the very few Kansas representatives
now in Washington are earnestly en-
deavoring to save to the state tne IN
portance of Leavenworth and Riley a.
army posts. These are very much III
danger. Captain Hull of Iowa, cnalr-
man of the house committee on nllIlta[s
affairs has provision IN army app,
prfation bill introduced yesterday whlcn
is prejudicial to any future improvement
at Kansas posts, the purpose belng &c
deprive them of Importance as prlgalc
headquarters. This provision reaus'
s.Proyided that hereafter no part or the
appropriation for barracks and quarters
shall be expended at brigade pests uh7
less under the authority OF congress, any ~
no part of this apprC pr1at1on shail DC
expended at posts proposed 10 De ADAM
doned-" ,.
This is not a very dangerous looking
proposition, but it absolutely Volt ~
clude it's enactment into law with tne
army appropriation bill, the great I'M :
provements proposed by the war ue-
partment at Forts Riley ana LedNeH-
worth, arrangements for which nave
already been initiated by the depart
ment itself and concerning which sec
rotary Taft only a few months ago WIS.,
tied both posts
Senator Long discovered the pro-
vision and it's danger to the kansas
posts. This morning he called us at
tention to Representatives Miller
Scott and Reeder and urged their Ell
fort in the house from now on curing
consideration of army approprla-
lions bill first to strike obnoxious pro-
visions on point of order if possible
and failing in that to line up deIega-
lions from states having brigade posts
like Kansas and vote the provision
down. The army and the war depart
ment are strongly opposed to the pro-
vision of course, they have been great
" interested in Forts Riley and Leav-
enworth, as well as other brigade
posts and have@eontemplated great inn
provements there. r.
Chairman Huh of the house committee
is chagrined because his home town OF
Des Moines, already immeasurab bly, "a
vored in army matters and aCoropria-
TONS has not secured more than 1t mas
and proposes to get revenge on other
posts and on the war department II KEEP
resentatives Curtis and Calderhead, who
represent the districts in which the Kan
sas posts affected are situated, together
with Representatives Campbell and Muir
dock. can spare. a little time from their their
senatorial pursuit at Topeka to get busy
with he telegraph and line up their
friends here in the house the provision
may be beaten, with the work Senators
Long and Scott and Miller and Reeder
are doing and the future of the great
Kansas military posts may be secured.
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BILE to hold awaiting for such a mar
ket as 1t is the endeavor. to sell all of
the assets of the defunct bank as
rapidly as possible in order to close up
its affairs without further delay.
Walter Reeves, of Illinois, and rep
resentative of the interests of the
Devlin estate in Illinois as one of the
trustees. is in the city and will leave
this evening for his home. Mr.. Reeves
has been looking after the affairs To-
cally of the trustees for the past three
days and his visit here is of no par
ticular Significance
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mits that he stole, and he will prob
ably tell where more of them are be-
fore we are through with him. I think
that this arrest will probably do away
with this class of work for q while at
least, though the careless way in
which coats are left lying about tempts
this class of thieves and they can not
help lifting them, though they have
no other use for them than to pawn
them and realize but a paltry sum for
their trouble"
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Death OF f. II. aaSfcDonald.

Pittsburg. kan. jan 9.z-pr. r. II. Nc
Donald, one of the best known physl-
clans IN sthe city, died at the family resi-
dence in this city at O'Clock of stomach
trouble after an illness of six weeks. The
body VIII be sent to his former home in
Missouri for buriaiG He was born in
HaTsville, Mo, and was graduated from
the Marion Sims Medical college in st.
Louis at the age of 20. He then went to
the Barnes University of Medicine in st.
Louis. He was married nine years ago
TO Miss Elizabeth Hullen of Hallsville,
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DOWN TO EIGHTEEN.
Topeka Gets . Dash of Cold At
mosphcre.

Just for a little change Topeka was
given a little bunch of cold weather
this morning. The minimum was six
teen degrees and occurred at g O'clock
Since that time 1t has gradually
warmed up and this afternoon the
thermometer stands at twenty-four
degrees. This afternoon there is a
slight trace of snow.
Tomorrow it is expected to warm up
and it will also be quite fair. Today
will probably be the last of the cold
snap.
The wind today is blowing at the
rate of four miles an hour from the
northeast. The following temporal
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Christmas Griefs.

Senator Platt discussing a blackmailing
scheme that had failed. said:
1.-THE blackmailers' grief reminded me
If that of the Owego boy last, Christmas.
"A gentleman found this boy crying
Why, son, what's the matter he
oh, wept the boy. I've gone and
turns out that they're both goin' to have
their Christmas, treats on the same
night 49,
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Gladys Heck, the 4-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and 51frsTJ9 o. Heck. died at the
residence at 9:15 last night of heart
failure. The funeral will be held from.
the house at o'clock Thursday. In
terment will take place in Topeka GEM
etery.
Mrs. Laura S. McDougall of Arlington.
Iowa, died at the home of her son. 1855
Clay street, Tuesday. Mrs. Dougall was
IS years of age and at the time of her
death was on a visit in Topeka. DEATH
was caused by pneumonia. The funeral
will be held Friday at o'clock from
the residence and the fnterment will
follow in Topeka cemetery.
State JournaE slOc q Week.
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WHO ARE INVESTIGATING
STEAMSHIP INTERESTS.

% dnase 4" kH
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-28

Christian Science Service.
 1OS Pine Street.. Sunday ii a. m. Subject, "Love.' Reading room same address Visitors welcome.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-28
PAVING DISTRICT
 IS EXTENDED
Another Block Added to Martin Ave- nue-Grading Finished Tester. day-Ready for Concrete
 Sidewalks.

The private paving district, form ed recently to pave Martin avenue, was extended block Saturday, and now the avenue will be paved from Olive to State streets, while former ly the district extended but to Main street. The commissioners met and upon request ot the property owners extended the district. It has not yet been decided whether the street will be paved with brick or macadam but bids have been called for and the contract will probably be let for this work next week. It will be pushed to completion. The work of grading this street was finished Saturday afternoon, and work will be started on the grading of Olive in few days, preparatory to lay ing sidewalks on that street.