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The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-02-07

A fary in B0dr walter a Rowcifs
court IN independence awarded 20
Mrs Grace Kelthiy Thompson az Alb
er,on. "a Judgment Of u2e5 against he
city of Independence she WAS ~
5nrcd three yean ara by driving into
au excavation. Ia a arst trial she was
awarded NEso The suPrrme court
remsndea ne cau for new trial
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-02-07

g. g. rseuce uf Pheasant Rtl SAYS
Ihst ~ has raised ghesf uhich bore
$50 Eraius 20 thc hrsd u hh lnc7oase
were maintaleet planting q busael
and q pack 90 the acre and every seed
sruauuS tha harvest woal3 Pc 80
bushels ~ wheat o. che acre
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-02-07

Wluiam EgarharL who Hives bear
Cenraia saOt John carey The
trouble started with a wrestling match
in Waica EveghaH was worslea Carey
made a IoEius unark aaOat ne match
aod Eseraau became snsFy Carey
aas tadv wounded
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-02-07

Ma n b Kiagug 81 Monet has
filed suit in the Barry couny court
for s25.0o0 damages against " II
shlpley "a the gr1alnd that ShiPiaJ
has -aiienatetd from her the lose q
her husband. This Is believed % Pc
one % the few cases on record where
"a wife has sued a man for deprivlug
her % her husbands love
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-02-07
served uassr coskceiL

Wilson A. CAMPBELL ~ uoitcu IS
years old. alci az a hospital Ia ouen-
emo kan receuny On ere eva var
he was qaadcrmasieg n C~0ckreils
brigade az the Confederate army win
the ank az mailg part % hs
proNrty VIA SO g. he M@cud YAH
les oollsge az Marshall Mo re has
no children
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-02-07
Msrrlsa 81 ; wamaa

MIS- r. o. Fergea wcman pastor -
the Holiness church. oHiciated az
webb city az ne marrisse az Baa
Bryant ana Miss Matte Bramsn
rafs IS the first wad3ing oeysmonT
ever rrelormed BY a woman o. SOUTH
west MisoarL
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-02-07
ssesiea Foreman KlIlea

BasIi BroWu. a socsion foreman and
one of ne oldest employees on the
Rock Island system vas killed ~ a
suttoh engine IN ghe Yards az rrenton
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-02-07
MODEL or LINCOLN'S ONLY PATENT

one of the most valuable % tho gov
emmonts uniuuc collection oi patent
models the finest ga tho porld is 40
6,fea. uantod May 81 iSts 90 Abra.
ham l.lncoln Cor method ~ lliting 81
sells over shoals Tho device consists
ct the R~ppliosuon 70 = river steamer
oi two og uofe coilapslhle uoals made
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-02-07
As Wallace Sav Lincoln.
Famous Author Wrote Entsrtaininsly
Of First Meeting.

The charm Of Lew Wallace's Auto
biography consists o only in the
fact that the author was a famous
general and famous novelist but that
so many Of his recollections are rem
iniscent of the great
One Of the most fascinating des-
cTiptions is that Of his first sight %
Abraham Lincoln. i was in is50, at
a tavern in Danyille. III
Wallace writes as follows:
There was one Of the contestants
who arrested my attention early. part
BY BY his stories partly by his ap-
pearance- Out Of the mist Of years
ne comes to me now exactly as he ap-
peared then.
Ills hair was thick, coars and de
FAINT: 81 stood out IN every direction
His features were massive, nose long.
eyebrows ~protrusive. mouth large
checks hollow. eyes gray and always
responsive 90 the humor he smiled
an the time. but never unce did he
laugh outright His hands were large
his arms slender and disproportion-
ately long. HISS legs were a wonder.
particularly when he vas in nara.
tlcn; he Kept crossing aud increasing
them. sometimes * actually seemed
he was trying TO sic them into a bow
knot
Altogether. I thought him the
gauntest, quaiutest and most positive
81 ugly man who had ever attracted
me enough to can Tor study. sun.
when he was "a speech. my eyes did
not quit his face. He held me in IN.
consciousness.
About midnight his competitors
were disposed to give Ga. either their
stories were exhausted. or they were
tacitly %concediuE him the crown.
From answering them story for story.
ho gave two or three 10 their one AZ
last he took the foog and held it.
And looking back. / am now con.
WINGED that he frequently invented his
roFiications, which is saying he nos.
sessed a marvellous giu Of impnoyisa.
ton.
such was Abraham lincoln And
20 DC perfectly candid. had u stood
az my elbow that night ln the old
tavern and whispered: Look az HIN
closely he win one day Dc president
and she savior of his country / had
laughcd az ho idea bat q little less
heartily than l. laughed az the man
AiterWard / came 20 know him
better. and then } did not laugh
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-02-07
a PeeUHsr Cas-

They have Just sentenced a man for
a peculiar crime dozn In McDDnald
county Last sumner. the recorder
al Plnevlne discovered one morning
that his vault had been entered and
the most valuable real estate records
were gone. After much search and in
vestgation. the records were found
in an old unused vel. much damaged
By water. Suspicion vas directed to
ward the owne Of the oouufy's only
set of abstract books The perma-
nent loss Of the records would have
made these books simply invaluable
The man who entered TIE vault and
stole the books has been sentenced 70
three years IN the p~enitenuary- He
was not the owner OF the abstract
books. The a~bstracter win BE- tried
on the charge q insdsating the
crime.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-02-07
-. - b "a. -

GeorEe Peoplrs aEe8 ~ a tarner
Whoso hosaa uas Urtheast of Looa
ara vas found dead ia BIS barn W
MS family
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-02-07

boat hy unrlFht polps Whea aFeszel
50 equipped strikes shoai water ere.
bellows are Inflated BY pressure ga
me poles which Is supposed h. raise
the boat clear oi the hotlom Whea
The bellows ara 90 be debated q uind
lass Raises ne poles \. MoTiA
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-02-07
unlversItY pearees 80.


The second semester Of the Uni
versity OF Missouri opened with = for
mai c-onvocatlon. DR.. Prank p
Graves. Of the Teacbers's college o.
the university. delivered an address
on the subject, Our Debt 10 Pres
ident Eliot The following degrees
we're conferred. TIE degree Of bach
elor Of arts. II W. Anderson Gracc
Garkeley, l.. l. Bernard. Clark ".
ComstOck. Dimmitt II. Hoffman. r
A Mckay. Charles E Robinson and
W. T. suddath. The degree Of bach
elor OF scierce in education. Jennie
Adeline DuvaH and Eenor Madge
Gordon. bachelor Of science in aEu-
culture Tom Elwyn Woodward mas-
Ter u arts Ia the teachers college
Meta Theresa FIFTEEN ana J. ID Enin;
civil engineer. Frazier Crossweu HI
dor
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-02-07

Tan. svarL uusaiuiy gasnt 90 stoai BE-
fore us
chauca by ue mob for his unsiram-
ness
Now uke a very BOD ho towers DER IA
Beloved FOR hts tsnder kniEhtluts
A aasAiHg staek bis ngura wta We
A shrine Cor an hats best la us since
thor.
ReveltnE e'en ths blessed soI ,aat rrev
nina
model he for an his fellow mon
-Halumore American
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-30
is ROHRBAUGH CRAZY?
Controversy Over Wealthy Ottawa
Man Reaches Supreme Court.

Sensational proceedings will be COM
mencedNin the supreme court today by
Wilbur S. jerks of Ottawa for the
purpose, of protecting the $4,000 es-
tate of Samuel B. Rohrbaugh of OF
tawa. owner of the Rohrbaugh opera
house and a large amount of other
property on the ground that Mr..
Rohrbaugh is insane. and is in danger
his relatives.
Mr.. jerks called upon Attorney
General Jackson today, and secured
permission to use the name of the
state in a suit to be brought against
James L. Turner. county clerk of OF
tawa county, to compel Mr.. Turner to
draw from the jury box the names Of
a special jury to try Mr.. Rohrbaugh
made that the sheriff of the county
has been Influenced by Rohrbaugh's
relatives to summon jurors to try
Rohrbaugh for his sanity who were
friends Of the family, and who would
not return verdict of insanity. Rohr-
baugh has been tried once for his
sanity, and the jury could not agree
upon a verdict. An effort was made
to have the clerk draw a special jury
and he refused to do so.
1t is claimed that for many years
Mr.. Rohrbaugh has lived with his
sister-in-law, Mrs. Ida Hubbard. Some
years ago, Judge c. A. Smart drew up
a will for Rohrbaugh in which he
pital in Kansas City, and made large
requests of real estate and other prop
erty to Mrs. Hubbard and to Mrs.
HsFbbardss two children. =. The $4,000
Rohrbaugh opera. house was given to
Sam Hubbard and Nell Hubbard, the
children. Not long ago, Mr.. Rohr-
baugh came to Judge Smart and want
ed to change his will. and Judge Smart
refused to permit this on the ground
that Mr. Rohrbaugh is incapable Of
managing his affairs. Since then it is
claimed that efforts have been made to
dispose of some of Mr.. Rohrbaugh's
holdings of bank stock and other
property, and that the result will be
that Mr.. Rohrbaugh will lose control
of all his property unless a guardian
is appointed.
Some of the. citizens of Ottawa have
interested themselves IN Mr.. Rohr-
baugh's behalf, and the suit to compel
the county clerk to draw an impartial
jury to try Mr.. Rohrbaugh is backed by
w. S. jerks and John w. Deford.
Mr. Rohrbaugh made his fortune in
the lumber business, in which he has
been engaged for the past 80 years.
He is one of the oldest and most re-
spected citizens of Ottawa, and it is
said that his mind has been perfect
until within the past year. He Is now
said to be in a very enfeebled cond1-
ton and entirely within the control of
his relatives with whom he resides. He
is said to have no conception of the
a 100000 mansion, and has in
formed some of his friends that 1t cost
him only Sc 000 Most of his business
has been managed by his sister-in-
laws son, Sam Hubbard, and by some
of his former business associates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-30
SUIT OVER BAND FUND.
City Attorney Dreaming Will Enjoin
Payment of Money.

Suit will be filed in the state SUI
preme court Monday by F. G. Dren-
ming. city attorney. enjoining the
mayor and the city council of Topeka
from paying $500 out of the city treas
ury to the management of Marshalls
band. The suit will be brought in the
name of the state, the necessary con-
sent having been secured today from
Attorney General Jackson.
The suit is fled under the act passed
by the legislature two years ago since
amended by the last session which
made it possible to appropriate $25
per annum for each thousand inhab-
itants in cities of the first class having
a population between So, 600 and &c.
900, for the use and benefit of band
organizations that would furnish free
music in the parks or public halls of
the city. Under the amendment passed
by the legislature the scope of the act
is widened and provides that the band
or any other musical organization for
which money is appropriated shall en-
ter into a written contract with the
city for furnishing a stated number of
in return. The council under
considerable pressure was induced late
last summer to provide for the pay
ment of 500 a month from the first
day of July 1906, to the first of jan
uary 1907, $500 in all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-30
OFFICIAL SH0vsLS COAL
Members of Busch Family Don Over
ais and Go to Work.

st. Louis, Mo-. March 30.-The
strike of the United Brewery Workers
here and in East ST. Louis. ILL., has al
ready had the effect of curtailing the
output of beer. The breweries will
continue to supply their city trade but,
1t is announced out of town trade has
been abandoned for the time being.
The firemen walked out last night, but
the boilers in all the breweries were
kept hot today by volunteers, mostly
from the office staffs. George K.
Busch, cousin of August Busch, and
nephew of Adolphus Busch, appeared
morning faultlessly attired and ready
to continue his regular work as 'en-
tertainer."
''I'll introduce you to a shovel and
coal pile this morning" said August
Busch. 1--WE have got to keep those
boilers hot" and George K. Busch
imme diately fell to work with the
shovel. August Busch, who is vice
president Of the concern, stated he
will act as a maltster. He donned over
ais and went to work.
About 800 oilers walked out from
the different breweries this morning
and 1t is stated HOO bottlers will go
on strike during the day.
This afternoon /, 100 union bottlers en-
ployed in the different breweries quit
work. The total number of men out
now is 2700.
The strikers are in continuous session
at Concordia hall and the employers
are closeted at the headquarters of the
st. Louis Brewing association.
The brewery drivers local, it is said,
are not in sympathy with the strike
and will not go out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-30
LIKE FISHWIvES.
Chicago Campaign Marked By
Extreme Bitterness.
Adherents of Candidates Call
Each Other Names.
INEHnM TO I'M n0TrRn
RESULT is in DOUBT.
Desertions From Both Aspirants
Makes Guessing Uncertain.
Mayor Dunno Says lie will
Win by 10000.

Chicago. March 30.-The fish wife
methods which have become predomin-
ant in the local municipal campaign
seem to increase every day. The real
issue at stake which involves the meth
cd of improving the local transporta-
ton system has been almost lost in the
flood of invective vituperation and libel
suits threatened and actually begun.
Threats of criminal prosecution are be-
ing hurled back and forth between in
dividual politicians and between the
newspapers supporting the rival candi-
dates. Such choice epithets as liar,
''perjurer,'' thief" CRATER and
human polecat," are of every day oc-
currence.
There has not been the slightest
change in the attitude of the opposing
parties on the actual issues of the
campaign and they have during the
less, while the Republicans and Demo-
crat speakers have devoted their time
to proclaiming their party leaders to
be innocent of any wrong doing or evil
party of being all brands of political
bandits headed by arch pirates of the
deepest shade of black.
Meetings are held IN the interest of both
noon and midnight. The greater part of
and all of them are largely attended by
enthusiastic partisans.
Actual figures on the possible result
are exceedingly difficult to obtain. Chi
cago is normally Democratic in NUM-
cipal campaign, but this year there are
strong delegations which have gone from
the Republican ranks to Mayor Dunno
because of their disinclination to vote for
Busse.e On the other hand there is
large element in the Democrat ranks
which does not approve much of that
Mayor Dunno has accomplished or failed
to accomplish and these will also bolt the
party ticket. The actual amount of these
assertions it is impossible to estimate.
The party managers as usual claim with
much emphasis the coming election of
their candidates. Mayor Dunno asserts
that he will be returned to office by a
plurality of not less than $4,000. The Re
publieans claim an equal excess in votes
for BuSSe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-30
CURRY ESTATE FIGHT.
Question of Whether Husband or Wife
Died First.

Suit was begun in district court late
Friday afternoon to determine the set
Element of the estate valued at approx
imately $4,000 left by Jerome Curry
after his suicide at Excelsior Springs,
Mo-, last September.
The question hinges upon which of
the persons in the dual tragedy wherein
Mr.. and Mrs. Curry lost their lives,
died first. Jerome Curry, in a quarrel
with his wife shot her and while she
lay on the ground where she fell after
the shot, turned the revolver upon him
self, and he died within few min
utes-
The suit filed in district court was
brought by Frank Lewis, administra-
tor for the estate of Mary Louise
Curry, against J. G. Slonecker, admin
istrator of the estate of Jerome Curry.
The suit is for the settlement of the
ownership of funds collected on life
insurance, but the result of this case
will determine also the division of the
remainder of the money and property
of the Curry estate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-30
GAGE IS TAKEN UP.
Brother of Secretary of War Taft Ac-
cepts Foraker Challenge.

Cincinnati March 30.-In reply TO
the statement made public by Senator
J. 3. Foraker, a few days ago. Charles
P. Taft. proprietor and editor of the
Cincinnati Times-Star, gave out the
following today in behalf of his
brother, Secretary of War Taft:
Senator Foraker's statement indi-
Gates that he is running for the presi-
dency and for the senatorship. The
friends of Secretary Taft are urging
him for the presidency. AS the sena-
tor has included the two offices in this
primary contest. Secretary Taft's
friends accept the proposition and will
make it a distinct contest; Taft for the
presidency or senatorship, OF. Foraker
for the presidency or senatorship.
eff the Republicans of Ohio, by their
votes at the primaries, indicate that
they prefer Foraker for the presidency
or senatorship, Secretary Taft is
eliminated from. the situation.
eff the people of Ohio indicate Sec
rotary Taft for the presidency or SEN
atorship, Senator Foraker is elimin-
ated from the political situation in
Ohio.
This is a direct contest between the
friends of the administration of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and his opponents.
We are willing to submit it to the Re-
publican voters of Ohio and the sooner
the better.-Charles P. Taft
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-30
ABANDON THE SEARCH.
Southern Pacific Company Will Look
for No More Bodies at Cotton.

Cotton, Cal. March 3O.-The list of
those who met death in the wreck of
the Sunset express, which was wreck
ed Thursday afternoon in the South
ern Pacific yards, was completed last
night and the search for additional
bodies supposed to be buried under the
debris of the demolish ed cars was
abandoned as useless. The corrected
list of dead, including two men who
have died since last night is twenty
two. Eighteen of these were Italians,
nearly all of whom were immigrants
on their way to San Francisco. The
others were:
ALBERT w. SHE, mail clerk. Los
Angeles.
GEORGE L. SHARPE, Muncie,
Indiana.
H l. ALTERS. Sacramento, Cal.
PATRICK EGAN. Southern Pacific
section foreman, residence believed to
be Cotton.
EEan. who died last evening, is not
believed to have been aboard the
wrecked overland. He was found I'M
conscious near the scene of the dis
aster and taken to Los Angeles. His
death is believed to be due to an
epileptic fit, induced by witnessing the
accident.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-30
DEMOCRATS NOT IN 1T.
VIII Allow ID. r. Anthony to Go to
Congress UnoppoSed.

A meeting of the Democratic con-
gressional committee for the First dis
trict was held at the Hotel Throop this
afternoon and decided by an -unani-
nous vote not to place a candidate in
the field to run against Dan Anthony,
Of Leavenworth, the Republican nomi-
nee to represent the Kansas First con-
Eressional district as the successor to
Senator Charles Curtis.
William E Whittekind. of this city,
is chairman of the Democratic con-
gressional committee, and he and five
other member of the committee were
present. The only absentee was the
committeeman from Jefferson county.
The meeting lasted but ten minutes
and a motion that no candidate be
placed in the field against Mr.. Anthony
was carried without discussion by an
unanimous vote.
This action was taken for the rea-
son that no man had announced his
desire or willingness to make a fight
against the Republican nominee and
that the Democrats in the district
generally were opposed to putting
man in the race, the result of which is
a foregone conclusion, because of the
expense involved.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-30
INCREASE GRAIN RATE.
Western Trunk Lines File Their Tariffs
Today.

Washington, March 30.-In accord
ance with their intention expressed
sometime ago the railways constitut-
ing the western trunk lines, the CEN
trail traffic association and the eastern
trunk lines filed with the Interstate
Commerce commission tariffs increas-
ing their rates on eastbound grain and
grain products, to become effective
about April l. This action was taken,
It is understood. because of the enact
ment by legislatures of some of the
western states of laws regarded as in
imical to their. interests.
The particular law to which the rail-
ways took exception was the 2-cent
fare act of the legislature of Nebraska.
Soon after the passage of that act Off
Gals of the railways interested held a
meeting in Chicago at (which it was
decided not only that they should test
the constitutionality of the measure
but that it would be necessary for
them to increase their freight rates on
eastbound grain.
When the new tariffs were fled with
the commission it appeared that the
conditions waEarnted that body in MAX
Ing a suggestion to the carriers that the
time of the increased rates becoming
effective should be postponed temporar-
lily.
To this suggestion the carriers cheer
fully acquiesed. In accordance with the
agreement reached, the commission has
issued an order granting the carriers
permission to at once post and file,
postponfng the date of the taking effect
effective April l. 1907, amendments
Of the proposed advances in rates on
grain and grain pdoducts to May 1.
leaving the present rates in effect until
that date and on that date cancelling
the present rates and making the adj
vanced rates effective. -
In making this order the commission
does not bear any complaints that may
be made to it of the advanced rates by
shippers. Indeed, it is expected that
complaints will be received and if they
should be the commission will consider
them on their merits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-30

which the Home Telephone company
obtained from the board of supervis-
ors franchise to compete in this city
with the Pacific States Telephone COM
pany, after, as the prosecution alleges,
the latter corporation had paid the
supervisors and other officials hand
somely to vote against the home COM
pany'S bid.
Special Agent Burns expected two
important arrivals from Los Angeles
today-Edwin T. Earle. nultimilIion-
aire, owner of the Evening Express
and DR.. John r. Haynes, a practicing
physician and civic reformer. Each
is slated by the bribery prosecution to
nave knowledge of intimate Home TEL
ephone affairs.
The inquisitorial body hoped to get
through with the telephone in
Vestfgation this afternoon, so as to
clear the decks for united railroad
franchise investigation Monday. This
afternoon it was expected that officials
OF the Western National and the
United States national banks would
be called to give testimony respecting
large deposits alleged to have been
made by Ruef and Mayor Schmitz
simultaneously with the alleged CIV
ing of franchise brides by public SER
vice corporations. If the present pro-
gram is adhered to, the trial of Ruef
on the French restaurant extortion
cases will proceed next Tuesday.
Whether the grand jury at that time
Will take a recess, on account of the
required presence in court of Prosecu-
tor Heney is not determined