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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-24

Charles Haywood and was occupied by
Armstrong & Bickel horseshoeing shop
until they built their present place
The small place is owned by eastern
parties.
A June wedding that will be of in
terest to North Topeka people is that
of Miss Clara Burger, youngest daugh.
ter of DIR. and Mrs. S. N Burgen OF
Oklahoma City. and Mr.. Rufus Berer
of the same place The wedding VIII
young people will make their home IN
Oklahoma City. The family were for
years residents of North Topeka, Where
DIR. Burger was one of the prominent
physicians.
Funeral services for the late Y. X.
Heinzman were held yesterday after
noon from his home, 1925 kansas
avenue. The services were conducted
by Rev. F. L. Hayes of the First Con-
gregationaI church and Rev. T. ].
church. Music was furnished by the
Y. M. c. A. quartet. A large number
of friends attended to pay their last
respects. The pail bearers were: j. w.
Swartz Thomas wallace, James King,
Harry Bair, Ora Palmer and Aaron
SheetZ. The burial was in the family
| lot in Rochester. Mr.. He1nzman was
born in Rushville, o., August p, 1855.
Methodist Episcopal church, but sew
eral years ago retired from the minis
| try. In 1903. a year after coming to
North Topeka. he Joined the North
side Congregational church, which
pulpit he often filed. He is survived
| by his wife, five daughters and two
sons. Mrs W. w. Wray of Kansas
City, Mrs. F. P. Brockett of Lebo.
Misses Grace, Jennie and Pauline and
Messrs. Harry and Floyd Heinzman-
All We're with him during his illness
and death.
| The carnival bride and groom, Mr..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-24
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NORTH topeka NEWS

A. Bartram was down today from
Elmont. -.-. .
Ambrose p. Howell was in today
from Silver Lake.
Mrs. ]. n. Kelley was in town today
from Silver Lake -...-
Forbes Bros. have corn bran soc
cwt. SPLENDID COW feed.
There will be a meeting of the Civic
club this evening at the fire station.
A. s. Sieg and family have gone to
housekeeping at 513 Fairchild street.
Colonel James Stewart returned
yesterday from business trip to Ross
vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. z. Fluke of Shorey
are the parents of son born yester-
day.
H. L. Smith and family have moved
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-24
Infants Wear
Carpets and Rugs
Our prices will prove that we
can save you money.

Good, heavy, tapestry Brussels
rugs, size S-3x1O-6. will give good
wentworth $11.5o, special. $40
9x12 Brussels Rug, good line of
patterns, most stores get SIS for
this rug, in this sale for. $3.50
Ingram Union Rugs-size 9xl2,
only ....- Sc
9x12 all wool filling Ingram rugs
our price So
Room size granite rug, in good
line of patterns, only. 81. 9S
54-inch Lace Curtains, 3 " yards
long, that sell elsewhere for So
our price ............ ST so
8 yds. ruffle curtain for only 49c
3 yards Swiss ruffle curtain
only -. ............... Csc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-24

Wilbur Palmer and Mrs. Ida Beeler
will start out in life well equipped as
a result of the presents given them by
the merchants of the North side. The
bridal bouquet will be furnished by O.
NJ. Capron, while S. j. Henry, the liv-
eryman, will provide the hack to take
the couple from their home to the
carnival grounds where the ceremony
will be performed and then back to
their home. The ring will be given by
A. NJ. Cross the jeweler, the New Era
Department store furnishes waist and
skirt for the bride, and the Cash Mer-
camille CO., a pair of their best lace
curtains. w. H. Rutter, rocking chair;
Pratt Hardware Co., set of knives and
forks; H. NJ. Cline & Son, granite ket-
tie; A. j. Berry, coffee, $1.00; Petro &
Woodford, perfume: ]. x. Withers,
half dozen canned goods; A. W. Lacey,
mirror; T. D. Joseph. pair of shoes for
the bride; G. urban. wedding cake;
John Knoll barber work, $1.0O; Tope-
ka Packing Co.. one chicken; A.
Sheetz, one half dozen bottles assorted
pickles: c. A. Fernstrom. pair of slip
pers for groom; William Feiger, half
dozen water glasses; Thompson and
10c store, tea kettle; Dibble Grocery
Co., bowl and pitcher; Morns and Ny
ers Grocery Co, $500; ]. M. Petro, q
yards of mating. The present which
will be given by the Civic club has not
yet been selected but 1t is said that it
will cost in the neighborhood of s25.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-24

S24.25 to Atlantic City and Return
from st. Louis, s21. so from Chicago via
Pennsylvania Short Lines May 80 to
June 8, account American Medical As
ISOLATION meeting. Reduced rates open
to all. Tickets sold via Washington;
with stopovers going and returning at
National Capital, Baltimore and Phila-
delphia; also over direct line with stop
over at Philadelphia. For particulars
write D. B. Steeg. T. p. Agt., e.
18th St., Kansas City, Mo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-24

Light weight pressed tumblers-
good Csc value for only, per set
of 6 Loo
Apiece table set, regular 45c val
ne. imitation cut pattern, only soc
Berry Bowl. S-fnch fancy shape,
regular 15c value for. 1Oc
S-inch vegetable dish in plain
white porcelain, we'll worth 25c.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-02-15
The PEOPLE and
The RAILROADS
ANOTHER INTERESTING ARTICLE
BY PRESIDENT ELLIOTT.
The Financial Burden of These Years
of Growth-Earninss Have Been Put
Into improvements and Equip
nnent.

Minneapolis Tribune: A strange idea
prevails in some quarters that rail-
road possesses as a part of it's outfit
q lamp Of Aladdin, which 1t has only
to rub in order to have wealth un-
counted placed at its disposal This
is due, doubtless, to the large figures
in which the business necessarily is ex-
pressed. But the time is still fresh in
memory when one-fourth of the entire
railroad properties of the United
Stdtes had passed into the hands of
receivers. That time may come again.
or it may not One thing is sure
that when this thing happened the
people of the country were not as
prosperous and contented as they have
been since railroad companies began
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-02-15
PICTURESQUE
PAST OF MOTHER
EVELYN THAW's MOTHER ONE or
PlTTsBuRo's BEAUTIES.
Mrs. Holman Created Sensation at
the Death of Her Husband by Re-
ceiving Callers at the House Of
Mourning in Evening Toilet.

Pittsburg, Feb. l5-There Is a good
deal Of interest here In the attitude
of Mrs. Evelyn Holman. mother OF Mrs.
Harry X. Thaw. In connection with the
trial now on In New York Friends or
the Thaw family say she dare not APP
pear on the witness stand.
Mrs. Nesbit, now Mrs Holman, was
considered one of the most beautiful
widows in Pittsburg. She was rather
well-known even before her daughter
gained notoriety with Thaw abroad.
Nesbit was a lawyer. He loved to
gamble, but was poor loser. When
Evelyn was perhaps 10 years old Nes-
bit lost his money one day In gamb-
ling room conducted by NJ j. Connolly
and John Staley. Mrs. Nesbit threat
.ened to prosecute them for running a
gambling house. and they employed a
lawyer who advised them to settle"
So Connolly and Staley went to Tar
entum, few miles above Plttsburg.
one evening TO call on Mrs. Nesblt ana
see what could be done.
Through the window they saw Mrs.
Nesbit with Evelyn at the piano. When
the door was opened the beautiful face
of the child Evelyn appeared.
My mamma Is very ill and can see
no one. She is in bed" said the child
without a stammer.
The Two mel brushed their way into
the parlor
After long wait Mrs. Nesbit came
slowly down the stairs. She explained
her seeming feebleness by saying she
had been Iii for weeks.
Letting 1t go AT that they etoid her
VINO they were and said they had come
to settle with her Mrs Nesbit prompts
iy went into Mysteries and they left the
house without go much as making an
offer of money.
few days later suit was begun
against Connolly and Staiey by Mrs.
Nesbit. who charged them with con-
Quoting a gambling house. 1t was not
long before word came In a round
about way TO the defendants thar ii
might be fixed" and on advice OF
their attorney, Connolly and Stacy in
dicated that they could be seen. With
in few hours Scott Neshlt and
constable were in custody on a charge
of conspiring to extort money.
Then the Nesbit family began Ia
cry for quarter and in the end both
cases were withdrawn.
Ncsbit was an enthusiastic bicycle
rider He raced from Wheeling To
Pittsburg one afternoon and died as a
result couple of days later The Nes-
bits then lived in Allegheny, and Mrs.
Nesbit created somewhat Of a sensa-
tion by receiving callers at the house
of mourning in evening toilet When
the body of her husband lay above
stairs she met visitors at the foot of
the stairs dressed in a gown, which
showed off her beauty to best advan-
tage.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-02-15

required in the first grading of the
same track
And so in Montana, Washington and
every state traversed by these sys-
TENS work is under way all the time
which is unnoted, but indispensable 70
the transaction of business, and often
means the expenditure of more money
than the construction of the line in the
first place. The important work now
under way on the Northern Pacific, To
be finished in the next few years, win
cost more than S62,00OOO The Great
Northern will spend at least as much
in new construction.
These are some of the financial bur-
dens that the railroads have to bear,
some of the less generally heralded
benefits which they confer upon the
community And the need Of such
constructive work increases throughout
the entire northwest. AS rapidly as
men and material can be obtained
and the shortage Of labor is one Of the
most serious difficulties that railroad
managements have to contend with
work is being pushed everywhere
throughout the northwest. Grades
come down. second track is added
where traffic gathers, new lines must
be built to aid traffic that has no con-
venient outlet or that crowds upon the
old routes everywhere it is contest
of energy and capital merely to supply
the wants of growing country, an
increasing people, more abundantly
yielding soil. Not including the new
railroad to be built from Portland to
Spokane, the Northern Pacific will
spend in 1907-190S in the country west
of the Rocky mountains between
$7,000,000 and $S,000,00O and
as much more east of them. The
Great Northern will spend in planned
improvements s5,0OO,O0O In the teri!-
tory west of Spokane and $600OOOO
east of that point
These are big figures, the measure
and expression OF big achievements
Yet they are still below the needs of
the time. What more must be done
to solve fully the problem that has
been stated and how alone it can be
done Will be stated in the next and
concluding letter
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-02-15
CLEVER SCHEME.
Valley City Man to Run Electric Plant
With Artesian Water Power.

Valley City, n. d., Feb. 14.-Dr. Pray
seems to have solved the problem OF
securing electric lights at small ex-
pense for his residence, and now has
his own lighting plant The artesian
well which he and w. j. Westergaard
put down during the summer furnishes
the power. The water comes from the
we'll with a pressure of about ninety
pounds. which gives ample power for d
three horse power water motor. This
In turn Is connected with small dy-
namo which supplies the electricity
for fifteen sixteen-candIe power lights.
This Is an ample number Of lights for
the doctors residence The motor was
installed and the connections made this
week which are very satisfactory.
There Is no expense connected with
the plant from now on except to keep
| the machinery fabricated and there viii
probably be some small repairs from
time to time. Besides his light the
doctor expects TO install number OF
labor saving devices for which the
electric motor will furnish the power.
He can charge the batteries for his au-
tomobile and have electric curry combs
and clipping machines for his horses.
| In the house electric fans In the sum-
mer time, electric sad irons In the
laundry and a sewing machine oper-
ated by electricity are among the pos
\ sibnities. The doctor has demonstrate
led the value Of artesian water power
and there will probably be Others who
| Will emulate his example the coming
summer.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-02-15
PHlLANTHRoPlsT's WILL.
children's Bureaus Opened in the Soy
bert institution.

Philadelphia. Feb. 15.--Tn connection
with the seybert Institution for Poor
Children a children's bureau was
opened here today. In accordance with
the will of the late Mr.. Seybert, no
child in want must go without aid.
and at least 1000 must be looked after
annually. For this purpose Mr.. Scy-
bert bequeathed sum of $1,O00,O0O.
It Is the intention of the trustees to
create a model village on 800 acre
farm at Meadowbank, with cottages
for the children and school facilities,
and at the same time set up train
ing school for child savers. Promi-
nent citizens are identified with the
work and II Is sure to be success.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-02-15

to pay dividends. They were, ON the
contrary in even worse condition than
the railroads themselves
An examination Of railroad reports
win show two things: First, that the
increase in earnings has been recent.
sudden and may not be permanent;
second. that the increase in expendi-
ture. for the betterment of properties
and the Improvement of service, has
followed instantly with the railroad
systems of the northwest upon a se-
cured financial showing Of net earn
ings. The amount expended by these
roads, the amounts which they are
preparing to spend for the accommo-
dation of traffic. the safety of the pub
lie and the meeting Of those demands
that the future is sure TO make upon
them have not been brought to the
knowledge of the general public. Again
the official figures will speak for them
selves
1t was not until less than three years
ago that the balance sheets Of these
roads gave any warrant for a liberal
outlay. The lean years Of the past had
taught caution. The net earnings OF
the Great Northern were less in 1904
than in 1908; those of the Northern
Pacific but trifIe more. It is only
since 1904 that revenue statements
would warrant generous expenditure.
But, in spite of this. the outlay that
has been made for track. for improve
ments. for equipment, for terminals,
has been immense. Take first a nine
year period with the expenditures for
equipment alone. The figures follow.
They cover the amount invested in
equipment and its increase:
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-02-15
LIQUOR MAKES
ROSTRUMS REPEAT
NORTH DAKOTA LAW FAVORED
BY MASSACHUSETTS SPEAKER.
Or. Cabot Tells How Drugs and Whis-
key Are Used in Patent Medicines
and Urges That Massachusetts Get
in Line With This State.

Boston, Feb. 15.-What is a ere
peater' in the kingdom Of patent
medicine?
It is fluid so doctored that you're
sure to want more Of it-a decoction
SO spiced with whiskey, morphine or
cocaine that you will gradually ac-
quire an appetite for the article, and
finally habit OF indulging in it.
This is the explanation of the mixing
Of poisons with patent medicines which
was given yesterday afternoon by DR..
Richard G. Cabot in a talk on A Pat
ent Medicine Bill at a joint conference
in the Womens Educational and IN
dustrial Union, 264 Boylston street.
The speaker discussed the drug
clause of the pure food law just passed
by congress, saying that to be effective
in the states, outside of merely inter-
state commerce, it had to be adopted
by the states.
House bill 1862, presented this year
in our legislature" he said, "is an imi-
tative of the pure food clause Ii
provides that the poisonous ingredients
of a patent medicine shall be shown
on the label. There is no opposition
to this bill except on the part of the
patent medicine sellers and that oppo-
sition we can safely disregard.
"The bill simply brings Massa
chusetts where it viii be tardily in line
with the state Of North Dakota.
Qaughter)
Taxing of BiIIbcards.
TvdVpa ri Hartman ean,.ot.,w., >e ~. :.
Massachusetts Civic league, also de-
scribed the taxing of billboards. pro-
posing tax of 35 cents per square foot
on all billboards, saying that any tax
ought to be laid upon the billposter
instead of upon the land owner.
talk ON the bill regulating housing
conditions was given by Joseph Lee.
THE commission now reports" said
he, that there shall not be any tene-
ment house law, but that building
commissioner shall make the law as he
goes along. That means that there
shall be no law on the subject except
the mayors Will
That would not be good law. /
prefer, and we ought TO substitute for
it, the recommendations made by the
commission appointed by Mayor Col
Inns"
The speaker added some comments
on the movement to have the city
Fairgrounds supervised through the
school department with the aid of
teachers and their assistants.
Smaller Boys Driven Off.
At present these grounds are mo-
nopolized by big boys and men, who
drive away the smaller boys. Mr..
Lee also mentioned the chief features
of the bill for wage earners' life in
surance.Y
Robert Treat Paine, jr., spoke on The
Public opinion Bill, which provides
that given number of voters, equal to
the number required for making a
nomination, can provide for the placing
of important questions on the ballot.
Public sentiment has now," said the
speaker, almost no chance of ex-
pressing itself except in an emergen-
cy."
Richard G. Cabot made an appeal for
the bill for teachers annuities, and
Miss Mabel Parton discussed the pro-
posal to place factory inspection in
, care of an industrial hygiene depart
ment of the state board of health.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-02-15
CARPENTERS MASS MEETING.
Members of Brotherhood Union Meet
in Boston.

Boston, Feb. ia mass meeting OF
the members Of the thirty-four affill-
ated brotherhood unions and amalga-
mated branches of the trades societies
will be held in the Paine Memorial
hall tonight for the purpose Of receiv-
ing the report of the committee ap-
pointed to confer with the master
carpenters association regarding the
demands of the carpenters for as cents
an hour and the Saturday half holi-
day all the year round. II IS stated
that the employers have suggested a
compromise. but this will not be made
known until after the meeting. tonight.
The general impression prevails that
there will be 4 great strike Ii the de-
mands Of the men are not acceded 10,
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-02-15
WOLF DRIVE.
Northern Montana Stock Growers Are
Organizing.

Virginia City Mont. Feb. 15.-The
stock growers in northern Montana
have organized an association to pro-
tect the state against the ravages of
wolves, and today 1t was announced
that $40 head would be given for
the sealps Of female wolves and SO
la head for males. The established
state bounty will add to the RECON-
pense of the hunter $40 a head for
both male and female and S3 a head
for pups. In sheer self defense the
farmers are organizing great wolf
drive which will be the largest OF it's
kind on record. Hunters from the
Dakotas and Wyoming will take part.
The wolf bounty commissioners re-
port that hunters in the Havre dis
trict have made individuality more
than $4,000 in season from the re-
wards.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-02-15
GILLETTRS MOTHER ABANDONS SON TO HIS. Fate

Utica Feb
Ing death in the electric the
abandoned
enver
Friday called
prosecuted her SON and asked him ponak he sincere his belief
that Chester killed Grace The judge said he With
e res he excla
In all
for him.
@ Ge @ who has been ecturing n order to raise funds for
The slain s M Ward told her to leave Grace Brown of
light
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-02-15

The cost of work all the time under
way in reducing grades, lessening
curves, relaying tracks, is immense.
Because this is merely a betterment it
is overlooked whereas it would at
tract public attention if it were original
construction. In many cases it is more
important and actually more expen-
sive. In the Improvement Of it's road,
which the Northern Pacific is now
making between Staples and Moor
head, Mimi, only, more earth will be
moved than in the original grading Of
the line of the whole distance from
Carlton to Moorhead.
The Great Northern, which recently
reduced the grade Of it's line to BreclS-
enridge, Mimi, to a per cent, moved in
that work double the amount Of earth
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-02-15

Here is a total of over 100000, 900
paid out in the last four years for adj
ditipns and improvements in the
northwest In six months only, be-
tween the first of last July and the
first of January, 1907. the Great North
ern expended for equipment alone
| $4,4s9.176.13. The total value Of it's
equipment up to June 30, 1906, was
S35. .856.73S. ] Within six months just
closed. therefore it had added to it's
equipment plant more than II per
Icent; just one-e eighth as much had
been accumulated in all the years Of
! hea0y growth and expansion This
is keeping up with the times.
| In 1896 the Northern Pacific was
/ just out of the hands of a receiver. For
time its expenses must be cautiously
managed, and the property placed up
on a stable financial basis. Yet in all
that relates to equipment to the pro-
vision of rolling stock to handle its
traffic, the foregoing figures are proof
! that a liberal policy has been pursued.
! The additions to equipment ordered
during the year 1906 footed up in value
the handsome total of $S,69S,025.
Expenditure for the future will be on
still larger scale. The immense
orders placed by the Northern Pacific
for equipment have been mentioned.
! The cost of the locomotives and cars
that it has already contracted for for
1907 delivery amounts to $10,2S4003.
These OUTLAWS show at least de-
/, termined purpose TO use resources free
/ ly in order to extend facilities. They
/ are proportional both to revenue and
/ to the extraordinary demands made by
the times. If the builders of cars and
/ locomotives could fill orders without
/ delay, there would be no lack of equip
ment today anywhere in the north
west.
/ In. addition to these colossal expendi-
lures, the ordinary financial exigencies
! creep up apace. To mention one item,
| that which is most intimately con-
nected with the well-being of several
million people and the communities
where they live, the following figures
show the steady increase in the wages
of labor by large and rapid advance
| in the total Pay rolls
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-02-15
EDITORS MEET.
Minnesota Editorial Association In
Session.


st. Paul. Feb 15.--At the forty-first
annual meeting Of the Minnesota Edi-
torial association today there were
some Important discussions, among
them being the attitude of the post
office department towards newspapers,
the assistant postmaster general hav-
ing made proposals for raising second
class postage rates with restrictive
qualifications. The question of "Sec-
|ond Glass Postage" was fully dis
|cussed by III. S. Saylor, Buffalo Jour
nal; B. r.. Herbert National Journal
list. and p. ". Collins. Northwestern
Agriculturist, J. J., Green OF The New
Ulm News delivered a very interesting
and instructive address. his subject
being "Reminiscences Fifty Years d
Minnesota Editor Last night the
members attended in q body a per-
formance at the new Orpheum theatre.
where special seats were reserved for
them.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-02-15

The railroad arrangements deter
mined to prepare for future growth
even before the magnitude Of their ex-
penditures seemed to be justified 1t
requires the fullest comprehension and
the* firmest faith among those who
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-02-15

issue orders from the general offices
to authorize such a scale of outlay
while the future is still in doubt The
following are the actual expenditures
for the purposes named during the last
four years, covering the period be-
tween June 80, 1902. and June 30. 1906:
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-02-15
Major Murphy Is Sentenced to
Eighteen Months in Penitentiary
Judge Pollock Passes Sentence the Convicted Ward County Politician
and Grants Stay Of Execution of Sentence

In Addressing the Court Major Murphy Said He
Was Innocent of the Crime for Which He Was
Convicted and Great Wrong Has Been Done
to Him in the Prosecution Of the Charges Made
Against Him.