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The Washington times., 1907-07-08
Concrete Mixers Strike.

The concrete mixers employed on the
tuberculosis Hospital. on the Bright
wood road, are out on strike for ad-
vance in wages These men are en-
gagged in laying the foundation Of the
new hospital which is being built by
Pavarini & Wyne. Notice Of the strike
came to the Commissioners this morn
ing. They are advised that the mixers
are drawing SL70 a day and are de-
manding s.
Building Inspector Ashford. who has
official supervision Of the work on that
structure. Gays the strike will have
little or no effect in delaying the work
on the building.
The Washington times., 1907-07-08
Crucial Test Is On.

John T. Brinkmen, former president
OF Central Labor Union. and Sam De
Nedrey, the present secretary. to whom
have been assigned the duty 70 draft
the resolutions. both said this morning
that the crucial test WIS on, and that
the central body must take some we'll
defined position TO fight the open shop.
Taey both agreed that while Central La
t0r Union had no authority 10 eXpel
an affiliating union from the central
BODY for failure 10 strike, IL could in
an extreme case Ike the present labor
conditions, where the very existence OF
organized labor Is at stake, take action
that will force very effiliatcI body 20
stand firm by moral, and financial sup
port If necessary. with the building
trades mechanics against the open
shop
They say that Center Labor Union
cannot demand that a union shall strike
but in extreme cases like the present
one. where the very essence OF unionisrn
is threatened with destruction. that the
central body can withdraw It's support
from the union that refuses 10 Join
hands With organized labor in its fight
ana force that organization TO act
At tonight's meeting of Central Labor
Union, the three organize tons that viii
be hailed 10 the bar OF the organiza-
tion 70 show cause why. VIII be the
bricklayers first. and then the steam
htterS and the carpenters.
The Washington times., 1907-07-08
Chorus Girl Friend.

Efforts on the part OF the police to
get some trace OF the chorus girl with
whom Kemp was infatuated have been
as unwilling as those which have been
employed TO locate the missing clerk
The company. it was learned. has dis
banded for the summer. and no one has
been found who knows anything OF the
whereabouts of the woman known as
"Queenie''
How much Kemp lost through pool
rooms during the last few years Is a
matter Of conjecture. II is said that he
frequently placed bets as high as 500.
and that he seldom won.
The Washington times., 1907-07-08

According TO a statement made by the
receiver for McKim s. Co, bankers and
brokers. OF Baltimore, the assets Of the
firm are sufficient 10 pay dollar for dol
lar to the creditors of the concern, and
balance over.
The Washington times., 1907-07-08
Will Ignore Return Order.

II Is the consensus OF opinion. backed
by the expressed sympathy OF many Of
the rank and file Of the bricklayers'
union that the order TO return to work
viii be ignored az the meeting Of the
local tonight. and that the men will de-
eide 70 remain out on strike and force
any OF their men who may have gone
back 20 work today to quit their Jobs
The regular meeting OF Central Labor
Union tonight Will be a long and hot
ly contested one. Resolutions Will be
brought up under suspension OF the
regular order. making their considera-
ton special that viii seek to whip into
line the bricklayers and all other mem
bers OF the building trades section 10
support with sympathetic strike the
fight Of tho Building Trades Mechanics
council for the closed shop gainst the
lcck out OF the EmDloyers' Association.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-07-27
Her Money Raising Scheme.

Now. dear" said the red-cheeked
man to his wife, Y am going to have
little poker game Wednesday night
My friend and his wife are expert
players. | don't want you to distract
me-"
Il won't said she. "I'll sit by a
little table way of yonder and trim
my hat"
That's what you can do" he assent
ed; "sit way Off yonder and trim
your hat. Don't come and stand back
OF me and say: oh, what lovely
hand you've got! Where did you
get all those aces? Or: My, but
all your cards are red. diamonds, only
that spade!' DoCt do that You hear?
But, above all please. ii should hap
pen to win pile of money. don't
reach out and grab handful and run
off laughing about it, Don't do that,
will you? That isn't funny. 1t isn't
funny at all"
''I'll try not to-" she promised, but
you know, dear, that is the only way
l can get any money out of you. Make
you let me have 1t before company.
And then" after moment of thought,
you borrow 1t back the minute they
leave"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-07-27
NEW SIDE OF LINCOLN.
Hls Constant Interest In the Military
Telegraph System.

Abraham Lincoln has been studied
from almost every point OF view, but
II Is a notable fact that none of his
biographers has ever seriously consid
cred that branch of the service with
which Lincoln was In daily personal
touch for four years-the military fele
graph; for, during the civil war, the
president spent more OF his waking
hours in the war department telegraph
office than In any other place except
the White House, says the Century.
While in the telegraph office he was
comparatively free from official cares
and therefore more incliped to disclose
his natural traits and disposition.
During the last four years of Lin.
coins all too brief public career, even
until the day before his tragic ending,
the writer. was most fortunatesin be
ing able to see him and talk with him
daily, and usually several times &
day; for he visited the war depart
ment telegraph office regularly, morn
ing, afternoon and evening, to receive
the latest news from the front. His
tall, homely form could be seen cross
ing the well-shaded lawn between the
White House and the war department
with UNMARRIED regularity.
In cool weather he Invariably wore
gray plaid shawl thrown over his
shoulders in careless fashion, and.
upon entering the telegraph ONCE, he
would always hang this shawl over the
top OF the high screen door opening
into Secretary Stanton's room, adjoin-
ing This door was nearly .always
open. He seldom failed to come over
tate In the evening before retiring, and
when returning to the White. House
after dark he was frequently accom-
panied by Maj. Eckert. our chief. and
nearly always by small guard Of sol
diers. He sometimes protested against
this latter precaution a. unnecessary.
but, Secretary STATIONS orders to the
guard were imperative.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-07-27
CRITICAL MOMENT.
When John Wanted the Ring u Was
in His Sock.

John Jenkinson would not have ex-
changed situations with the prime min.
lister. the prince of Wales or the drum
major of brass hand.
/, Felicia Wilkinsfha1 answered Yes"
10 voice as soft and gentle as the
sigh of music in a dreamless sleep or
the murmuring wall of a caressing
breeze from iethean waters soothingly
tanning the whiskers Of Father Time.
! "Felicit wilkins he exclaimed rap
turously, as his left hand and arm
disappeared from sight with a rapid
yet ST king motion toward the back
of the ia on which, they sat, and
the fingers Of his right hand appear
Cd to be f. cling for something in his
vest locxet, you have made me the
happiest man in the world
The timid, uptliIned glance OF her
liquid dark eyes, says Tit-Bits, and the
warm blush that overspread the happy
face OF the lovely girl replied more
eloquently than words could have
DONE"
"And you will forgive my presump-
ton, darling" he continued, IF, in an
tacipation OF your answer, have ven.
tmed to provide myself with-with--
a--with a." Ntls
Jenkinson paused In some apparent
excitement, and his finger and thumb
nervously explored his vest pocket
without seeming to nnd anything.
III must have lost IT." he gasped.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-07-27
NEW PERIL FOR MANKIND.
+6ernments Of Femininity the Cause
of Much Trouble.

With smothered ejaculat ton the
man clapped his hand to his eye and
the pretty girl sitting next to him
/. blushed furiously. Then she left the
car two blocks before she had reached
her destination. When she had
alighted the man freed his mind.
That's the second time to-day I've
nearly lost my eyesight by one Of
those internal quilts" he muttered.
And this sort of thing has been go
ing on ever since the spring millinery
came In. I've had my nose .tickled.
my hat knocked OFF and my chin
scraped until I'm sick Of 1t. Every
hat bears one Of these bristling
weapons, and all set at such an angle
that they are bound to make trouble
to some one. They are not sewed
down in a decent manner, but are
thrust in so the feather end sticks
way out one way and the pointed
quill the other. They look as II some
one had thrown them at the hat and
they had stuck there. | imagine the
style was invented to prevent wo-
man from being crowded in the cars,
for they serve to keep every one at
q distance"
Just then the man lodged. but not
quickly enough to prevent a long
scratch across his cheek as the wo-
man the other side of him suddenly
turned to look out of the window
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-07-27
Bernha rdt's Admission.

A newspaper writer was praisfng
Nine. Bernhard.
"She has great deal of tact and
finesse," he said. when, In an inter-
view. you breach subject she dislikes
she doesn't come right out and say so,
but she makes you such puzzling. enig.
matte answers that, perforce. you shift
to another topic.
Il once went to get very intimate
interview with the famous lady. went
to find out what colors she liked best.
what food she ate, what wines she
drank, what hours she slept, and all
that sort of thing.
"She talked freely enough till came
to the food question. That, It was
plain. she regarded as too gross sub
ject for discussion. So. when opened
up with the query, And have you a
good appetite. madam she smiled
strangely and answered.;
az sometimes eat more than do at
other times; but mover less "-Roch-
ester Herald. .
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-07-27
Not . provIdsns millionaire.

Nox . provoo0y Wituonatro.
~ 4 funeral cortege passed over VIII
liamsburg bridge the other day with
50 open carriages Allied with flowers
preceding the hearse. and rs carriages
with mourners followed after. BY the
time the first carriage reached the
Brooklyn side the last carriage in line
was Just going up the bridge =. ap-
proach from Delaney street, Manhat-
tan, a mile away.
THAT must be millionaire's fu-
neral" remarked q promenader to q
policeman who stood with him look
Ing down on the apparently endless
procession OF carriages.
mot on your life," replied the POI
lieceman. THE dead chap Is an Ital-
ian from the Mulberry Bend section.
and 1t is an even bet that his widow
won't have $500 to her name after she
foots the bill for that parade. But
that does beat the record on flowers
We had q carriage loads over the
bridge once, but never anything like
that."-Brooklyn Eagle.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-07-27

"FeIfcia, It was q ring! Ha! Perhaps
It 10 In some other pocket"
Rising to his feet he thrust q
trembling hand Into his trousers
pocket. 49,, =. Re..ss ~
There was 4 holesin that pocket Z
John" said Felicia. as she noted
With concern his CHASTITY face, on which
the light OF a. desperate resolve was
breaking. don't grieve over 1t. 1T will
turn up. You are excited. Is there any.
thing can do"
YES" exclaimed John. In hollow
voice. "Telicia. Think / know where
that ring is. II you would do me a
favor shall never forget until the
last hour of my life. get me a shoe
horn and leave me to myself for few
moments"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-07-27
Talked Thorn Into Prison.


"About 80 years ago Henry Clay
Dean, the eccentric Missouri lawyer
and orator. was attending term OF
court ht which I was defending
man on pretty serious charge" said
Judge Risdon Of Kirksville the other
day to a Kansas City Star writer.
1.-TWO horse thieves that were In jail
sent for Dean. He took their case.
and after looking at 1t from all sides
concluded the best thing for them to
do was to plead guilty and take two
years each. .
His men baked at the idea Of
pleading guilty. He told them that
the penitentiary wasn't a bad sort of
place; he had been, all through 1t and
knew. The warden-a personal friend
OF mine-is one of the kindest men
that ever lived said Dean; he never
makes you work when you are tired
and when you are sick he always looks
after you like a mother. You get
roast beef and brown bread every day,
when Bill Jenkins-you boys know
Bill-used to run little sawmill over
in the corner of Putnam county, they
sent him up for-er-borrowing corn.
When he went there he didn't weigh
over hundred and thirty pounds. reg
ular skin and bones, and In six months
he weighed 900 pounds avoirdupois,
and was made captain OF the guard
just getting along fine; said he
wouldn't swap his job for any other
In Missouri and wrote his folks to
come down and live with him. The
prison can't hurt anything but your
reputation and what does fellow
who's been stealing care about repu-
tations, anyway"
The two horse thieves by this time
we're dead anxious to plead guilty and
begin life in the pen. More than
that, all the other fellows In the Jail
who had heard Deans talk insisted on
pleading guilty and going along"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-07-27
A Mere Mental Phase.

Bronson What is winter resort?
Woodson-A winter resort? Well,
any place you go where you don't let
yourself think 1t is as cold as it is at
Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-31

who was employed by P. H Coney In
the office of the department headquar-
tiers of the Grand Army Of the Repub-
lie. Mrs. T. ]. Botkin is the wife or
the assistant secretary of state
e Copying the civil war muster rolls
and pay rolls is job of such large dr.
mansions that it will probably take
several years to complete it II Is I'M
portant these old records should be pre-
served in such form that they may pc
readily accessible, as scores or lnqulr-
les are received by the adjutant gen
eral every week concerning the RECORDS
OF veterans of the war. 1t is important
that these records should be available
to the people of the state
Shortly after the close of the clVll
war. the state had all the old muster
rolls copied into large DOCKS.
books have been used so much tnat
thew are in tatters. Not only are the
pages torn out, and the bindings worn
to shreds, but the paper has grown
brittle with age. and mas TORN az aIS-
cracked into small fragments in many
places. The ink has also faded away
and altogether the books are In oe-
plorable condition; ,o.~o
The books now in use are very laiSe
a1d fnconvenient to handle In making
nm the forms for the new books, 40
i1Itant General Hughes has reduced 1ne
size of the page about one-naI- 1ne
best quality of paper anu the 81 nAT -
inperishable ink to be found viii oe
,,sad in making the new records
1t has been decided that the copies Q.
the new records will be made dlrect
from the originals OF the muster M stsa ro oIf
and pay rolls, and as some % ea1 81 the
files are missing from the once OF tII,,
adiutant general. copies will probably
a. secnred from the United States de-
partments at Washington. TINS VIII eat
up quite a portion of the $S.Too, oonv1
II is expected that the work OF copy
;r,g the old records will be done In tne
ing roon7 of the new suite of offices
which the adjutant general is to 9ecu7
by. There is room NJ Tor d nan d u-@D
At present Adjutant General Hlgns s
&c having all the old files ana aoe sI
1T,ents stored in the vault OF MS once
overhauled and CLASSIFIED. II IS IS I q D1s
,,rdaTt aking, for in the course OF years
t,li1 fi1es have become very much dis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-31
MRS. CHAS. CURTIST0 GO
VIII Start for Europe Monday to Re-
main Away g Year.

The Argonauts will hold their annual
picnic Saturday at Garfield park Din
ner will be served at noon and a short
programme will be given in the after
noon This will also be a farewell re-
union as the club will hold no more
meetings until fall and even then some
of the members will be absent. Mrs.
Charles Curtis who has always been
active since the organization of the
Argonauts will leave Monday for New
York and will sail June with a party
of Washburn teachers for Europe where
she will spend the summer. She will be
away from Topeka for a year as upon
her return in the fall she will join Sen
ator Curtis and family in Washington
where they will be for the winter. The
ATgonaut dinner tomorrow will include
various good things to eat As usual
at these annual outings ham and eggs
will be cooked on the grounds. This
part of the feast will be in charge of
c. c. Nicholson, president OF the Argo-
nauts, and E. F. Stanley, principal of
Quincy school There will be variety
in this lunch as there are nineteen diff
ferent ways of cooking eggs and these
up-to-date cooks intend to serve the
eggs in all of the various ways.
Everybody read= The State Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-31
QUARREL OVER CHILDREN.
The Reddenbaughs Appeal to Judge
Hayden to Settle Their Troubles.

\ squabbIe over the possession of
their two young children brought Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Reddenbaugh to the
probate court this morning. The cou-
pie separated three months ago and as
neither one of them has secured a d.
vorce or a legal separation they have
been quarrelling over the custody OF the
children ever since.
Both the Reddenbaughs were in court
this morning and told of their marital
troubles at great length to Judge Hay
den After they had exhausted them
selves Judge Hayden said that it was
custody of the children TO either of
them. He could take them away from
both of them and he did SO. He told
the Reddenbaughs that the children
would be kept at the orphan asylum
for one month, during which time they
would have to get together in some
way and provide a proper place for
the care of the youngsters OF get the
custody of them determined by the dis
trict court. If they found it impossible
to five together and make a home for
themselves and children
1t is likely that one or the other of
the Reddenbaughs will bring suit for
divorce within the next few days. Red
denbaugh is employed on one of the
bus lines in the city and when he
and his wife were living together their
home was over in Parkdale. Redeem
baugh declared that he could not live
with his wife because of the manner in
which she neglected their children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-31
GASHED HIS THROAT.
NJ Chase of Wichita Tries in Vain
to Die

7 NJ. Chase, of Wichita, is at Keith s
bosnital as the result of an attempt to
. cCrnrnit suicide His throat is gaShed
severely in several places, but although
Mr. Chase is "A years OF age. some
hopes for his recovery are entertained
Mr. Chase whose home is in Wichita,
came TO Topeka to decorate the grave
IF his wife. who was buried in Topeka
Cemetery about three years ago He
was visiting with his granddaughter,
Miss Georgia Chase, of 136 Buchanan
street. and after breakfast Thursday
morning retired to an out building and
tried to cut his throat with a dull
nocketknife He was found later by
Miss Chase, and sent at once to the
hospital
MI. Chase formerly lived in Topeka.
hut after the death of his wife. went
to live with a daughter in Wichita.
Every Decoration Day he returns to
topeka to place flowers on the grave
of his wife. His present visit was for
that purpose, and he brought along
large box Of floral decorations
Since Mrs. Chase died Mr.. Chase has
failed rapidly, brooding continually
over the loss of his wife. Recently the
farniIy has considered 1t necessary to
watch him on account of his sorrow,
which had seriously affected his mind
The relatives in Wichita objected to
his trip this year, but he insisted. and
the granddaughter in Topeka was no
titled TO take care OF him while here
At breakfast Thursday morning he
seemed in a better frame of mind than
usual, and his intention to take his life
was not suspected. When he left the
house Miss Chase began to look for
him, fearing that he had been taken
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-31
HUGHES NAMES HELPERS.
They VIII Copy the Kansas Civil War
Muster Rolls.

Adjutant General J. W. F. Hughes
has appointed as clerks to copy the
civil war muster rolls and pay rolls,
under the 5000 appropriation allowed
by the last session of the legislature,
the following:
Mrs Mary NJ. Longenbaugh, J. NJ
Montgomery and Mrs T ]. Botkin.
These clerks will commence work on the
copying about July l. 1t is possible
that other clerks will be added in case
they can be used to advantage.
Mrs. Longenbaugh will be in general
charge of the work. She has for a
number of years been employed in the
pension department at Washington,
and in the pension agency at Topeka.
She is highly recommended by General
Wilder 6. Metcalf, General Charles
Drew, and others.
Mr.. Montgomery is an old soldier,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-31
Oakland GOSSIP |
! f1
KNIT ! i551T7T55TIII1fE--SllEanIaAl

Mrs. j. W. Tillman is quite sick.
Everybody you meet had prophesied
the rain
The street crossings are appreciated
in Oakland today.
Mrs. Parker is very sick at her resi-
dence on Oakland avenue.
The rain does not seem to help our
peaches and cherries much.
Mrs ]. G.. Babcock of Denver takes
tea with Mrs T. B. Potter.
Henry Neiswinter has gone to Colo
RADIO Springs on business trip
Mary Brit is again able to be about
after a severe illness with tonsilitis.
L. F. Broley and wife have returned
from a visit with friends in CORTLAND,
Kansas.
Charles Reaugh is making extensive
additions and improvements 10 his
residence on Winfield avenue.
Rev. Homer F'oltz's brother-in-law,
Mr.. Jamison. will move into the Pot
ter property at 17s Winfield avenue
today.
Mr.. FIovd Myers. Gilbert Myers and
wife. Mr.. Nichols and Miss Dunn went
to -Makarusa to fish "Wednesday night.
They returned yesterday afternoon
with a sack full
Mr. and Mrs. James Thayer of Abb
Iene are visiting the Jessup families
this week; also Mrs. Hooper and
daughter Blanche Of Abilene are visit
ing at Hayslips.
A large number of Oakland people
went to Lawrence today to attend the
dedication of the Bible chalr mouse
at the State university, established py
the Christian church
terrain church Wednesday evening was
not very we'll attended. partly because
of the weather and because it was not
widely enough advertised
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-31
EAST NPEkANOIE|
~
100 eVEA
s 591nak a. G6& -

Miss Eva Boatright spent yesterday
with her sister, Mrs. J. 5. Davis, 229
Chandler street.
Mrs. Mumrey spent the day yester-
day with her daughter, Mrs William
Hays of PIP Chandler street.
Mr.. and Mrs A A Hevlfn left this
morning for Sedalia, No, where they
viii make their future home.
Mrs. A. Kelley entertained for Mr..
and Mrs. James B. Mulfin at her home,
231 Chandler street, yesterday
Mrs. Mona McGuigan of Newton
Kansas, is the guest of her mother,
Mrs Butler of 61S Jefferson street.
Mrs. Brant Bay of ZIG Chandler street,
will leave within a few days for Los
Vegas, n. NJ, on an extended visit
Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Rake, of 403 Lib
erty street. entertained friends and
relatives from Big Springs this week
Mrs. Nina Dawdy and Mrs R. w.
Stockweu attended the dedication of
the Bible chair hall at Lawrence to-
day.
Grandma Par, of East Seward ave-
nue.. spent last week in Granville, the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. ]. c. Stock
we'll
Mr.. Gus Anderson. of 222 Monroe
street, left yesterday for his old home
in Smoland, Sweden, on an extended
visit.
Mr.. and Mrs John Collins and broth
eT, Harry, are -lue &uSStS VI MIS- W
Inns mother, Mrs. n. c. Montgomery,
of 500 Brsnner street
Mrs L. T. Cooper of Standberry, Mo-,
will return home Sunday after a week s
visit with daughter. Mrs J. r.
Mr.. j. c. Stockwen. of Granville,
Kan, was in town today visiting his
father, Mr.. George StockweH and
brother, Mr.. r. W. Stockwen of 305
Lake street