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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-21
Mr.. TREAT TALKS.
He Likes Mr.. Coburn and Other Peo-
pie and Things in Kansas

The feature OF the state bankers'
meeting viii be an address al the audi
forum this evening BY Charles s Treat
treasurer OF the United States. which
VIII be open to the public He viii
speak On "GIIupses Of the United States
Treasury"
Mr. Treat is a kindly faced gentleman
fauItlessIy dressed and seemingly br1Er
full OF the vfgor OF youth
Yes I expect 70 make & little talk
tonight" he said but I have been 50
amazed AT what I have seen since l
have been in the city that have given
little thought to 'GIimpses OF the United
States Treasury and have confined my
glfupses 70 the beauties Of nature with
which 7 have found the bankers and res
tdeuts Of this state surrounded
My trip 20 this city has brought ne
10 a realization OF the greatn OF the
resources OF the state and especially
that Of It's banking institutions. The
statement Of the Bank OF Topeka which
IS contained in 4 pamphlet showing the
resources OF the state Is one OF the most
unique things OF its kind I have ever
sesn and Is certainly a splendid idea
But for that matter I get new ideas
from everything about me and cannot
help bun pause and admire the people OF
the state as they pass me. Physically
perfect and good 10 look upon was
down and visited Secretary COburu this
morning and I wonder II the people Of
the state really appreciate him
Z should like 70 have spent several
hours chatting with him for he Is IN
deed a wonderful man Kansas could
not have Afforded 70 have had him 60
70 the United States senate and the
loss would have been great one i Ike
70 Mr. Coburu and the state He has
made g name for himself and the state
for they are synonymous which wiz
live N history and future generations
viii know and love him
IF he should have accepted the sen
atorship when rendered TO him he
would have been lost TO the state for
ever. Who was your senator 25 years
ago. Proba bly, not one cut OF a dozen
persons asked could answer and IT
would have been the same with Score
rary Coburu- Secretary Columns name
Will be handed down by the historians
CT this time and generations from now
II will be as familiar almost as at the
present time
Z ike Kansas and its people and
marvel at its greatness. and I am glad
70 be here and see for myself the Won
derfuI things have read so much
about What a grand state II must be
IN which q boy may grow TO manhood
without being surrounded by the vices
and temptations so commOn in other
states
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MRS. LANE HARASSED.
She Wants divorce From Husband for
His treatment OF Her.

In petitioHfug for a suit for an abSo-
lutte divorce. the papers N which case
were fled with the clerk Of the district
court today Mrs Carrie NJ f Lane de-
cIares that her husband Joseph Lane,
not only refused to support her but that
he harassed her when she made an ef-
fort TO support herself by working out
as q servant
According to the papers in the case
the Lanes were married on November
q. 1901 Mrs. Lane accuses her husband
Of treat ting her with extreme cruelty and
of failing to provide her with suitable
wearing apparel and the comforts of life
necessary for her proper maintenance
She declares that she has been unable
TO live with her husband because of his
trea tueut of her since December 1, 1905
About that time he was i'll in their
home, which was situated in the Belle
vue addition, and she says that her huS-
band refused to provide her with proper
wearing apparel for a woman in her
S1ckly condition and that he also refused
TO furnish coal needed to heat the house.
She was compelled to go to her mothers
house. When she recovered from her
illness she went home and attempted to
live with her husband but his actions
were such that she could rot do So She
claims that he threatened to kill her
with a knife Not being able to put up
with these conditions any longer she Sc
cured work as a servant She says that
her husband so harassed- her at the
place where she was employed that 1t
was necessary for the family for whom
shes was working to have him arrested
On a charge of disturbing th6 peace. She
also accuses her husband OF stealing $50
which belonged to her and Of which he
returned SO. She not only wants an
absolute divorce but also the right to
resume her maiden name, Carrie
Crockett. Lane is stone mason by
trade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-21
WANT STATE TO HELP.
Governor Hoch Asked to Assist Fight
on Live stock Combine

Governor Hoch was interviewed
this morning by a committee consist
ing Of George Plumb of Emporia,
Thomas Potter of Peabody and WEI
J. Fofd~uf Maple HfH.@Fepresene e
the Cooperative Commission COM
pany, a national organization which Is
trying to compete with the live stock
exchanges thrcughozr. the country.
The committee wants 70 secure the
assistance of the state Of Kansas in
fzhtfaga the live stock exchanges.
which it is claimed, are unlawful COM
biuatious, and are trying to ruin the
cooperative concerns.
From Topeka the committee will
visit the governors Of Missouri. IIIi-
nois and Nebraska, and consult with
them about the Institution of anti
trust suits It is thought that the
various states may take up the fight
through their respective legal depart
meuts
The Cooperative Commission com
pany was organized by the National
Live Stock association, and is COM
posed of the cattle shippers them
selves. 1t has offices in Chicago,
Omaha. St Joseph and Kansas City.
The commission men who constitute
the live stock exchanges in these
towns have forced the packing houses
to boycott the cooperative concern at
some points by threa tenfng TO refuse
to sell them any live stock
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HE WAS NOT sUPERsTTTIoUs.

Looking for j man who has not at
least a grain or two of superstition in
his makeup is like looking for a needle
in a haystack, was given as the opiu
ion of a man who declared that this
peculiar element was present in q
more or less degree with every person
in existence. He made this remark in
small company which was enjoying
discussion of uncaIled-for fears, &C.
cult agencies. and all that sort of
thing
He based his assertion upon an Incl
dent that he said. happened only a
week or so ago Il was visiting an old
friend in a nearby city at the time the
occurrence of which I speak came to
my notice" he said My friend Is
very veI-headed sort of an individual
but sometimes rather frascfbIe, and
has in the course Of his career, made
some bitter enemies. HIS chief boast
has always been that there Is nothing
superstftious about him He would
rather walk under ladder on d side
walk than go around it. If he spilled
salt on the table cloth he would laugh
TO scoru any one who would suggest
throwing a pinch Of II over his left
shoulder, and would rather begin q
new enterprise On Friday than on any
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BURNHAM'S NEW HOTEL.
Topeka Man VIII Have One at Spring
field, Mo.

Mr.. J. c. Burn ham, the pruprietor of
the Fhroop hotel. Will open a new hotel
In Springfield. Mo-. about the first of
July The building is nearly completed
and will be one OF the finest hotels in
the west, both in regard TO the Struc-
ture itself and the furnishing The
building is six stories and basement
and IS so constructed that every room
in the building is an outside room
There will be LAT guest rooms, the
beds being all brass and the wooden
furnishings all Of mahogany.
Mr.. Burnham leaves this evening
for Chicago to complete the purchase
Of the Furnishings so that they will be
ready for the building as soon as it IS
completed about June l. Geo. ID. Eyga-
broad. the president OF the First state
bank Of St Paul. is the partner of Mr.
Durham in the enterprise and the
firm viii be known as Durham and
F,vZa broad
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FIGHT HOTEL BOYCOTT.
Jews Are AnGered at Treatment OF
Senator Rayner's Sister.

Washington, May 21s-The Civil
Rights league. A-HehreE organiza don.
OF which Simon Wolf. a lawyer of this
city. IS the head. has taken steps to
prevent discrimination against Jews
by hotels Mr. Wolf was moved to this
action through the experience of Mrs.
Bertha Rayuer-Frank. a sister Of Sen
ator Rayner Of Maryland, at the MARI
borough-BIenheim hotel at Atlantic
City Mrs Frank left the hotel be-
cause of the treatment given members
Of her race.
The attention Of the league has been
called also to advertisements by hotels
that Jewish patronage was not solicit
ed and believes it desirable To bring
these houses to book The league has
members in every city in the country
and TO them Mr.. Wolf has sent a cir
cular letter calling for concerted ac-
ton everywhere against offending
hotels
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BUD HIGGINS AGAIN.
Assaulted Mrs. Walker and Broke
Her A-m


Bud Higgins, the negro who is de-
velopfnE a rather notorious character,
IS in the tolls again and this time On
quite serious charge Of assault Hug
gins and a gang OF his friends have
been using a shack IN the southeast
corner of the city for keg parties and
have been generally disturbing the
peace in that vicinity
Bessie SpradIey. a respectable ne
gro, who lives near this shack. had
Higgins arrested yesterday on a
charge on trespasss for tearing down
her fence which interfered with Hug
gins and his pals from easily reaching
the shack where they held their reveIs.
He was let out on bond on this charge
yesterday.
As Mrs. SpradTey and her mother.
Mrs. Walker, were going home yester-
day afternoon. Higgins accosted them
on Fourteenth street. near Chandler
street. and after calling them all sorts
of names he proceeded TO beat them
up. During the fraeas Higgins broke
Mrs. Walker s@arm. The police were
notified and Higgins was arrested
again, that making twice in one day.
He was locked up mail on felonious
assault charge.
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verbal collision as full OF vim and verve
as a game OF football
Before they get close enough to shake
hands the editor begins with. well
doctor how Is your r1eduIla oEIougara
today and the doctor fepIies sound
and good as your eorpdf4 ttlladra ger NJ
How is your tentoriuIn eereheIIf7's and
the editor says. 1T looks about as wen
as your Pons VaroIfk How is your
Foramen Magrum2 % And the doctor re-
plies. 1T is almost as forward as your
Corpus CaIIosum and about as well Ossf-
fed as your AHricuIarts Magnus How is
your Iafundi butum Cerebrf2,s
And at about that stage Of the colo
guy the editor runs out Of anatomical
terms and switches on to rhetoric and
asks: How IS your pentameter2''
Then the doctor says Look here,
John, don't you know that the law lays
a syntax on every sinner Why don't
you stick to your anatomy D.
--Hoot. mon" says the editor I've
been sticking TO it and going around
with it over fifty years I can't get
away from it, And the doctor replies
If you think you are up in orismology,
wen see about it. you anapestic trfne-
ter with a hypercataIectic Termination
How many monometzrs have you made
today2''
And in feigued indigna tion, the editor
retorts You wear a tragopogon, and
then talk to a gentIemaR like that? You
never wrote an epic IN your hfen'
No" says the doctor. T am not an
Ertctet-S or an epicurean, and I don't
fancy your aq1eous humor. 1t is hard
on a fellows caualfeuIis Iachrynalis.''
You must have fractured hurnerus,''
says the editor, and then they borrow
each others books and get ready for the
next encounter.
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LOCAL MENTION.

Pearl Taylor. aged Is. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Taylor. who
live at 1s3 Winfield avenue. Oakland.
died at 6 o'clock this morning. of
peritonitis. She was in the sixth grade
of the Oakland schools
Pictures make nice presents Get
them framed cheaper than ever before
by going to COe Bros Cut Rate Art
store $50 Kansas avenue
state Auditor James Nation is at
Erie on a fishing trip, Attorney General
Jackson has gone home TO Eureka to
attend the district court session. and
State Superintendent Of Educa ton
FairchfId viii leave town this after
noon on business Secretary Of State
Denton is mixed up with the state
bankers. enc Of whom he Is which
The state is being run BY Governor
Hcch and State Treasurer Mark TuI-
ley
Secretary F D. Coburu is packing up
in boxes for shipment to the county
clerks copies of his latest biennial re-
port
John Dawson. assistant attorney gen
eraI. IS in Hill City, his home town, on
business.
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HEAR HUTCHINSON SUIT MAY 81.
Time Is Fixed by Board of Railroad
Commissioners

The state board OF railroad COM
n1issiaHers this morning set for hear
ing On May 81 at 70 a. m at Hutchfn-
SON the suit fled by Hutchinson for
readjustmeut Of iobbfug rates. Hutch
tnson claims that Wichita is getting
the best Of it on rates to pofnrs which
are naturally in Hutchinson territory
This case was set for hearing on
Nay Is, but the Hutchinson fobbers
failed 70 appear It was therefore
supposed that they had abandoned
their complaint 1t seems that the
Hutchinson people do not desire to
drop the suit, and the board has given
them further time for hearing
II was also decided by the board
this morning to hear the Kansas City.
Kan terminal case argued at 10 a.
m May % in Topeka Notice will be
sent TO the various railroads. and it is
expected that some of them may ap-
pear and make ARGUMENTS. There is
no doubt that the board will issue an
order requiring the companies TO put
in tariffs 70 Kansas City. Kan as
terminal point but any definite order
relative TO the kind Of terminal equip
ment may be left till a later date.
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other day Of the week. Just to show
people that he is not superstitio1s.
Early in the morning Of the second
day I was at his house L was awaken
ed by a loud knocking at my door,aHd
when I opened it was surprised to ind
my friend there He was pale and
haggaEd, and locked as If something
terrible had happened. and he gave it
to ne
- 7 have not had wink Of sleep Tor
three hours he said, and all on ac-
count Of two dreams that I had in
succession I dreamed that I had an
alteration with a business rival with
whom I must say am not on good
terms, and that I struck him a blow
which killed him The horror Of the
thing awakened me, and when I drop
ped of to sleep again again had the
same awful dream
In addition, he assured me that ne
did not dare to close his eyes again
for fear Of its repetition third time
and II that happened he knew he would
do something desperate Perhaps. he
said. he might commit murder.
Il tried to laugh al this away and
reminded him that to have an idea of
that sort was the raukesc kind Of su-
perstitiau, something that he had al
ways rfdicuIed. but I couldn't reason
with him. and I kept him company un-
til the breakfast bell rang
It tell Of this fact the gentleman
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-21
MR.. SMITH MAKES ANSWER.

F. H. Smith, county treasurer Of De-
carur county. has fled in the supreme
court his answer 70 the latest crop a
raandamus suits started against him to
compel him TO accept money for the re-
demption OF school land certificates
This particular suit was started by
Fred Schmidt who claims title under
the original certificates to 2 section OF
land now occupied by innocent purchaS-
ers who supposed the old certificates 70
have been forfeited.
The answer is fled by Frank Doster
Of Topeka. and Langmade & Caster Of
OberIfn- The defense depends for a JUS
tifieatiou Of its action in refusing 70
obey the writ Of quo WarrantO upon the
fact that the county records all bear
the endorsement OF the title to the land
under the original certificates was for
fefted on August 2. 1907, and that the
land has since been sold
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SPIRITUALISTS.
Seventh Annual Convention to Be Held
In Topeka in June

The seventh annual convention OF
the state Spiritual association will be
heId IN Topeka June Z. s and g. The
sessions Of the convention viii al be
held in Security hall
A Scott BIadsoe OF Topeka is
president Of the convention. and VIII
preside at all the sessions. Several in
teresrfng addresses along spirftuaIfstfc
lines have been provided for the con-
vent1on- Dr. Jose Montoyo OF Wich-
ita, who IS one Of the foremost spirit
ualiSIS in the country. viii be pres
ent and Will make an address be-
sides having charge Of several psychic
readings.
Others who will have a part in tas
programme are Mrs J. A. Bruer
Sterling; Mrs. z. E Mccarthy, Kansas
City, Mo-; Mrs Bessie BeIImau, Win
field; W. c. FairchiId. Topeka, and
Mrs. Eta Bledsoe. ToCeka
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MEN, SIGHTED. OUTLAW CARDS.
Neglected by Wives for Bridge, Pass
Ordinance to Stop Games

MeIIette. s. D.. May 21.-The hUs-
bands and fathers Of MeIIette have
arisen in revolt against the game OF
bridge whist and have passed an or
diuauce making it a misdemeanor for
any woman to play the game. and i'm
posing a punishment Of $25 to 800
fine and several days in jail
The men declare their women folk
were so infatuated by bridge that they
were uegIecting their household duties.
Mothers even sighted their babies to
play bridge and husbands were given
no attention at an by their wives.
The women are angry over the pas
sage of the ordinance. They say they
have as much right TO pass the time
playing bridge whist as the men have
TO play poker.
The town marshal 50 feared the
wrath of the women that he resigned
The town council appointed another
man in his place who promises to ar
rest any woman he finds playing
bridge.
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TO FIGHT UNIONS.
Manufacturers Association Asks Mem
bers for s1.5OO.O 900.

New York May "A fund Of 81
SOC. 0Q0 20 be expended in fighting in
Gustrial oppression in the next three
years was called for by President Van
Cleave Of the National Association of
Manufacturers at its annual conven-
tier today President Van CIeave p
pointed comm rteR Of IS TO find q
way 70 raise the money. Mr. Van
Cleave announced his plan at the con-
clusIOu Ct his annual address IN the
course OF which he declared the prfr-
ciples OF the association are to main
tain the open shop. to oppose boycott
Limitation Of apprentices and Iimfta-
rton OF output and TO oppose dictation
by labor unions lie also declared that
the manufacturers must comb the
newer issues caused by the determiz-
alton OF labor union leaders to terror
ize the president congress. judges aud
furfe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-21
TWO OLD CRoNIEs N TOPEKA
How They Exchange Greetings When
They Meet.

There are two old cronies in Topeka
who have known each other so long that
neither OF them can tell when they be-
came acquainted But they have been
close friends from that time TO this One
is an editor and the other a doctor. Both
Of them are great lovers Of literature.
One delights in peda gogics and phi
IoIogy and the other in poetry and anat-
ouy. Both Of them dote on the lingo
of science and technology. And when
ever they meet, no matter If it is hot
or cold. wet or dry, there is bound to be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-21
Ms. Beck Gets a Divorce

In the district court this afternoon
Mrs Mol1ie Beck was granted a d.
vorce b. Judge Dana from her hus-
band Joseph J Beck The couple
was married November % 1902 Mrs
Beck sued her husband on the grounds
OF extreme cruelty and she alleged that
on several occasions Beck actually
struck her, rendering physical in
Jur1es- Beck did not contest the d.
vorce- IN addition TO her divorce Mrs
Beck was given the custody OF her
twO-year-OId daughter. Mary Kath-
erine-
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That CaIlfronia min.

Now Is the time to make your Cali
fornia trfp-S50 there and back One
way through Portland $3.50 extra
Tickets on sale every day from June 8
to Is. and June y to July s. Tickets
good. in either Pullman Palace or Tourist
Sleeping Cars. BY taking a tourist
sleeper, passengers can materially re-
ef11ce the cost Of California tour with
out sacrificing the slightest degree Of
comfort Tourist Sleeping Cars run
daily to California via Union Pacific
Fer reservations and all Information
inquire OF T. A. Lewis. City Ticket AGr--
SIS Kansas avenue, or J. C Fulton, -
Pot Agent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-21
WESTERN UNION FACES STRIKE.
Photographers Say Promise to Advance
Salaries Has Been Ignored

New York May 1.-THE Western
Union telegraphers threaten to strike
They allege many grievances. the
principal of which is that the Western
Union has not kept its promise made
voluntarily to the public in a state
ment issued February I3 that IL had
decided to increase salaries OF opera
tors 10 per cent on March L Only a
few hundred Of the 1000 employed in
this city received the increase
s. J. Small, president of the CONNER
ciaI Telegraptsrs' Union Of America
came from Chicago and has been try
ing to strafghten out the situation Mr..
Small. il is said. found all his efforts
blocked by the company.
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Nc Rest Friend.

Alexander Benton. who lives On R1rr:7f
Route l. Fort Edward. N. Y says: DIR
kings New Discovery is my best earthly
friend. It cured ne OF asthma six years
ago 1t has also performed a wonderful
cure of fnefpieut consumption for my son ;
wife The first bottle ended the terribl..
symptoms left one by one. until she was
perfectly well. DR. Kings New Discovery
bower over coughs and colds is simply
marvellous" No other remedy has ever
eouaIed IT, Fully guaranteed by the Arm
old DRUG Co. 81 North Kansas avenue
soc and S10a- Trial bottle tree
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Tfen Tsen, May 21.-Eight thousand
rifles. 800, 900 rounds Of ammunition
and 5000 bayouets intended for revo-
Iutionary purposes have been seized
here by the imperial customs authori-
ties The shipment was imported by q
European firm in conjunction with
Chinese merchants The greatest SEN
sation has been caused in the native
portion Of the city by the seizure
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EreIrn White Fined 81.

Evelyn White. a young negro, plead
ed guilty to q charge Of larceny in the
city court today and was fined SIS and
costs by Judge Simon. Her mother
maid the fine and Evelyn went on her
way rejoicing. She was accused by
Mrs Corfue Mcdowell of No. 1852
West street with stealing wearing ap-
pSareI TO the value OF 81 from the Me
powell home on April so.
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BACKED INTO CABOOSE.
Work Train Wrecks p Freight on the
Pan Handle

Pittsburg. Pa, May 21-One man
was killed. seven fatally injured and
10 others received minor hurts today
in wreck on the Pan Handle rail-
road at Holidays Cove. w V A
freight train had stopped on a curve
and a work train. backing. ran into
the rear OF it, crushing the caboose
and cars in which the Iaborers were
gathered
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MUST PAY MORE.
state Board of Railway Assessors
Raise Shawnee Assessment

The state board of railroad assessors
made an Increase OF s2n5 9se in the assess
ed valuation OF property in Shawnee
county. This includes the increases at
tached 10 railroads. telegraph and tele-
phone companies
In 1908 the total assessed valuation was
81. 566S73. This year it is 81 I'll, A.
The following List shows the increases
made on each company in Shawnee 'coun-