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Evening journal., 1907-03-18
News Of the Town

The funeral OF Augustus Wiley. coll
ored, takes place to-moirot morning
Interment viii be made Il summit
Bridge.
Members o. the women's dommittee,
Evening journal., 1907-03-18
Death Of Miss Thorp

Miss Ida Thorp. the daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Isaac Thorp OF near Salem
Churoh. died yesterday morning. Miss
rhorp was II years old and was a
highly popular young woman. beloved
by a large circle Of friends.
Evening journal., 1907-03-18
New castIe Won Game
South Sido Defeated

The pool tournament IN the Armory
saturday evening resulted in the All
stars defeating the South Side by the
score Of so to AZ.
Evening journal., 1907-03-18

THE OBJECT OF THE ABOVE FURNISH THE SPORTING
EDITOR WITH NECESSARY INFORMATION THE sTRENeH
LOCATION OF ALL TEAMS LAST SEASON REQUESTS WERE
MADE TIME AND TIME THE SPORTING EDITOR TO FUR
NlsH ABOVE INFORMATION WHICH NEcEssTATED CON-
SIDERABLE TROUBLE BEFORE SAME COULD BE DOME
BE SURE TO WRITE
ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE SPORTING PAGE
TO HAROLD HARVEY
Evening journal., 1907-03-18

wonld branch ont and thai its influence
would be largely felt ia the city.
Sprained His Ankle
John p. Murphy is suffering from a
badly sprained ankle. On Saturday
afternoon while leaving the Pullman
works. Wilmihgton. he stepped into the
pit and when his foot reached the bot
tom the ankle turned, causing him 10
sprlin the same so tnat ne Is now
undor the care OF Dr. win am Werten-
baker.
New Castle Won Game
The New Castle basketball team de-
feated the Columbia team, Of Whining
ton, iu a fine game at Red Mems Hail,
on saturday evening. by the score Of
30 to 4.
Evening journal., 1907-03-18
NOTICE TO MANAGERS.

MANAGERS OF BASEBALL AND OTHER TEAMS ARE REQUEST
FILL THE FOLLOWING BLANK AND MAIL IT TO THE
SPORTING EDITOR OF THE EVENING JOURNALS
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CLERKS TO RESCUE.
Loan the United States Money for
Topeka Postofice.

Owing to the run which has been
made on the money order department
of the postoffice there is a possibility
that it VIII be necessary to refuse pay
ments on paper issued by the postal
department of the government
We are fighting against a possibility
of this kind said Postmaster Rogers
this morning, and guess that We will
get through all right.
We are outstanding every cent that
comes in for the purpose of paying
money orders and have refused to ac-
cept Oh ecks from publishers for postage
on their publications We have plenty
of money in the banks of the city but
are unable to draw any of it out above
the 5000 a week allowed by the clear
ing house ruling"
1t, IS said that half a dozen postoffice
clerks who had money on deposit in the
banks of the city this morning drew
their checks for 500 each and loaned
the sum realized to the money order
department to tide it over the money
stringency period.
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May Buckmaster Must Answer for
Death OF Mrs. Kyle.

! The coroner's inquest, impaneIed to
investigate the death of Addie Kyle,
found that the deceased came to her
death as the result of a blow from a
| beer glass, thrown by May Buckmas-
ter 1t now remains for the county at
torney to charge Mrs. Buckmaster with
some crime, probably manslaughter,
and hold her for trial
The inquest was held in the court of
Topeka chamber, and consumed about
an hour. The rights of the defendant
were cared for by an attorney. and
County Attorney Schenck conducted
the investigation. The witnesses were
DR.. BandeH and DIR. MCGEE. who con-
steam filter and friend of the dead wo-
man, who was with her at the Buck
master resort at the time of the injury,
and DR.. H H Keith, who. as coroner,
presided at the inquest, but was the
physician called to attend the woman
before her death The result of the in
vestigation seemed to show what has
already been printed on the subject
that May Buckmaster threw beer
glass at her husband, Frank Buckmas-
ter, and with the usual woman's aim
missed him and struck the woman. with
whom she had no quarrel The phy-
sicians testified to the nature of the in
jurieS, as revealed by the autopsy They
found that while blow had been re-
ceived on the right side of the head
the hemorrhage of the biodd vessels
which killed the patient was found on
the other side of the brain, a result of
conclusion, and not of skull fracture
NJ witnesses were put on by the de-
Tense, but it easily developed in the in
vestigation that there was no quarrel
between the Buckmaster woman and
Mrs. Kyle, and that the woman who
struck the blow was penitent and in
tears after she learned that she had in
jured Mrs. Kyle
The county attorney will hold Mrs
Buckmaster for manslaughter but the
degree of manSlaughter will be fixed by
the jury. The evidence simply shows
that Mrs Kyle, divorced woman with
a reasonably good reputation, went in
to a resort of i'll repute with George
Fry, man whom she was practically
engaged to marry, for the purpose of
drinking beer, and while there received
a blow on the head intended for an
other.
Mrs Kyle leaves two small children.
aged 10 and Z. William Kyle her for
mer husband, who works at a Quincy
street stable. was informed of her con-
dition before she died Monday morning
but fntimated that he didn't care any
thing about her or her condition
Frank Buckmaster, who was held
with his wife an accessory, will be
released, as the evidence in no way
connected him with the killing except
that he lodged a blow intended for his
head
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SUES FOR OLD MISSION.
Joseph Mekuda Would Recover 1t
From Joseph Shoner.

Joseph Mekuda. of Kansas City. Mo-.
claims that Joseph Shoner of Jefferson
county. Kan. unlawfully holds possess
sion of Y acres in johnson county
Kan, portion of the historical Shaw
s12 900. - = =
Mekuda who says that he is a nephew
of the late DR.. Joseph Perm of kan
sas City. Mo. who was a magnetic
healer. claims that Shoner through the
undue influence that he exercised over
Dr. Peerm secured the possession of
an estate valued at 100000 belonging
to the magnetic healer who died on
October f. 1907
All of these claims are set forth in
a suit filed in the United States cir
cult court this afternoon In which
appear before the court and give a
showing of the Johnson county pro-
perty which it is held he unIawfully
secured from DR.. Perm.
The twenty-five acres which forms
the basis of the suit is highly improved
and includes the old mission church of
the Shawnees.
The transfer of this tract by a war
ranty deed from DR.. Perm to Shoner
is said to have been made in September
1906. The complainant further AYERS
and therefore charges that the said
conveyance was a part of a campaign
of acquisition upon which the said
Shoner had determined upon in order
to divest the said Perm of his fortune
and secure it to himself
The statement is then made that the
entire estate was worth 100000. Ac-
cording to the allegations Shoner was
taken in and made partner OF Perm
by the latter, that Perm was a bach
elor and that Shoner was considerably
his junior. The two lived together and
Peerm is said to have fallen under the
influence of the younger man to such
an extent that Shoner succeeded in
persuading his benefactor to deed over
the entire estate. Mekuda claims that
his mother and Perm were sister and
brother and that he is the rightful heir
to the property left.
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SHE DIDN'T JUMP INTO RIVER
Mrs. Morris Probably Concluded Wa
ter Was Too Cold.

Another suicide story has gone to
the bad Monday. Mrs. Morris. an old
lady who works for a prominent fam
lily on Western avenue called at the
police station and left a note, written
by her daughter in law. a young wo-
man of 19. In this note the younger
Mrs. Morris said that she was tired OF
life because her husband had left her,
and that she would at once jump off
the Kansas avenue bridge and lend
all End all' seems TO be a favorite
expression in such notes, and young
Mrs Morris did not change the pro-
gra rnEnc- Today 4 police officer called
up the residence where the older Mrs
Morris is employed. and asked to
speak to Mrs Morris IN a minute
a voice answered. This is Mrs. Nor
ris-''
Have you heard anything further
about your daughter-in-law?" in
quired the officer
This is the daughter-in-law," re-
Piled the voice.
Then YOU got back all right, and
eidn't jump inSo the river?" persisted
the officer
We'll this is Mrs Francis Morris.
me GanShter-ip-Iaw ot the Mrs. Nor
re who was talking to YOU" replied
the voice. and the receiver was slam
med on the hook
The Morrises came here recently
from Wichita, and the husband of the
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CALL MONEY AT rs.
Two Banks Lend Million Each at
About That Rate.

New. York, Oct. 29-Cau money was
quoted at rs per cent on the stock ex-
change at I o'clock Clark Williams.
state superintendent of banks, when
asked concerning the situation today,
said:
Il have nothing to report, except
that conditions are constantly improv-
ing
At o'clock this afternoon when the
money stringency on the exchange was
severe, the First National bank sent
100000 to the floor of the exchange
which was loaned at rs per cent
The Chase National bank and the
Hanover National bank each lent ST.
100000 on the stock exchange shortly
after O'Clock at rates between so and
IS per cent.
Business became qufeter at the
stock exchange when the market grew
unsteady There was no general ef-
Union Pacific, Pennsylvania and
Brooklyn Rapid Transit ruled about a
point above their lowest. Reading
first preferred rose 31S, Western
Union declined 4 and Southern Pacific
preferred, United States Rubber first
preferred and American Telephone
and Telegraph 8. Another drop in
New York Central to below 95 kept up
the depression, but the active stocks
were not affected much Kansas City.
Fort Scott & Memphis preferred
broke Is, Louisville & Nashville and
Tennessee Copper 4, ST. Paul pre-
ferred, General Electric 3, New York.
Chicago & st. Louis z. CRANKY Min
ing gained 8 4.
The directors of the United States
Steel corporation today declared the
regular quarterly dividends of q per
cent on the preferred stock and Y OF
one Der cent on the common.
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LOCAL MENTION.

Mr.. and Mrs John Rogers of Las
Vegas. New Mexico. are visiting Mr..
and Mrs NJ. F .Hankla at AL West
Third street
The Parker-Washington PAWN g
company have reported to the city
clerk that they will send a representa-
tive of the company to Topeka to in
spect the asphalt paving on Kansas
avenue and make the necessary re-
pairs which the city engineer report
ed to the council
As the result of trip made by
Mayor Green and other city officials
the CITY detention hospital south of
the city will be improved by some
needed repairs and a coat of paint in
side and out
H Anderson domestic in the en-
pIcy of G. 3. Merriam 1925 Fillmore
street. was Guaranteed today for
di1htheria-
The annual tea Of the Ladies Mission
ary society of the Westminster Presby-
terrain church to have been held tonight
at the home of W. A Neiswanger, Sew
enteenth street and College avenue, has
been postponed till tomorrow evening
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KEPT IN JAIL FOR NOTHING.
Delusion of Another Responsible for
His Incarceration.

Jack Grail, a young man who has
been in the county Jail for several weeks
awaiting trial for larceny, was dis
charged by Judge Simon of the city
court today. The evidence against
Grail was slim as telegraph wire. and
about as long.
A. better known as Little Lon
Townsend, had Grail arrested for steal
ing his watch. Little Lon" was so
journfng at the St. Charles hotel, and
one morning his watch was not in its
accustomed place So he had Gran,
another guest pinched for the crime. In
the meantime the watch was found in
Townsend's room. Nothing in the testi-
mony connected Grail with the watch
in the remotast way. Grail is now Won
dering why he was kept in jail for a
long time for nothing at all
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THE SEATS GO FAST.
Quite Scramble for Places at WASH
burn-k. L. Game.

When the ticket chart of the seats at
the Washburn-kansas university foot
ball game was opened this morning at
Fullerton's Sporting Goods store there
was large crowd in the waiting line
outside the store. 1t took all morning
to satisfy the waiting crowds and this
afternoon there was large rush. The
indications are for the largest crowd in
the history of the annual contests be-
tween the two schools
The entire west grandStand has been
sold Washburn students were at the
sale this morning in large numbers and
secured seats early. In the east grand
stand the space is about half gone al
ready. Part of this space has been
reserved for the K u students and the
seats are on sale at Lawrence Outside
of this reservation for the visiting stu
dents there has been a large number
of seats sold. In the north grandstand,
which does not offer as good an OPP
portunity to see the game, there has
been but a light sale of seats. About
four hundred seats are left in this Sec
ton
The sale of carriage space was quite
lively this morning and nearly half of
this space was sold out
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DON'T LIKE SEWER PLANS.
Fourth Ware People Would Wait a
While.

Residents of the Fourth ward who
petitioned the council to prepare plans
and specifications for the construction
of an addition to the Fourth ward
sewer from Fillmore to Clay street and
north of Third street are not satisfied
with the proposed plans and will op-
pose them
The addition was to connect with the
present Fourth ward sewer but this
would provide for a fall of but four
feet in eleven hundred feet from the
highest point to the bottom of the
sewer The residents of the new sewer
district are not satisfied with this and
claim that the sewer would not prove
ADEQUATE They wish to wait until a
new sewer is constructed in Kenwood
addition and make connection to that
sewer which would give them a good
fall Levels over the proposed new
sewer have been completed and the city
engineer will commence to- prepare the
plans and specifications unless the OBJ
iecting citizens have the council recon-
slider its former action declaring for
the sewer
Levels were also run today over the
new sewer proposed in Quinton Heights
which viii serve a large part of th-,
CITY south of Eighteenth street and west
of the fair grounds
Levels were also completed for a
sewer extension west of College ave
nue. and south of Huntoon street
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wILLFTTs RESORT IS RAIDED.
Where Beer That Led to killing of
Mrs. Kyle Was Secured.

About the last of the many negro
dives in the Bottoms" district was
raided by the police last evening
when they captured Cy Willis at his
resort. 124 North Monroe street. Just
across from the gas reservoir. Cy had
choice collection of bad liquor on
hand, but only two real bottles of
beer. Bertha Woodall, his hired girl
was also arrested as a keeper of the
nuisance
The arrest of Willitts was due to a
peculiar circumstances. Earlier in the
day the police were sweating the wit
nesses in the manslaughter case. in
which Mrs Addie Kyle was killed by
May Buckmaster. They worked out
on Buckmaster in particular, and
when he said he went oct to get some
beer the inquisition branched sudden
Iy rom murder to booze.
Where did you get your beer?"
asked an officer, and the main issue
was forgotten. From Cy Willis
answered Buckmaster. The officers
hastily made 4 note thereof. and Will
Its was arrested just as the sun
went down.
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LOST HER RUDDER.
Kaiser Wilhelm Der Crosse Made Voy-
age Without Steering Apparatus.

Plymouth, England, Oct 29.-The
North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm Der Crosse, from New York.
October %. for Bremen by way of Ply
mouth and Cherbours, arrived here to-
day and reported the loss of her rudder
when she was two and a half days out
from New York, while a fierce storm
was raging. She steamed the rest of
the distance to Plymouth, 1850 miles,
Steered by her propellers alone
Her commander. Captain Polack re-
manned necessarily on the bridge and
did not have any sleep until the steam
er reached the English channel
Beyond delay of 80 hours in reach
ing this port the passengers of the
Kaiser Wilhelm Der Crosse were in no
way disconnected and she left Ply
mouth for Cherbourg this afternoon
without any assistance.
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GOOD FOR THE GROWERS
Express Companies Defense in Suit
of Fruit JobberS.

Omaa, Neb.. Oct. 29.-The inter-
state commerce commission. investi-
eating the buying and selling of pro-
duce and fruit by the express com
panies. resumed its hearing this morn
ing with H. NJ. Jones of Sioux Falls,
S. D.. president of the Western Fruit
Jobbers' association. on the stand
Jones told of the bad effect the hand
ling of the fruit by the express COM
panies had on the fruit wing in
dustry-
Superintendent Patterson of the Pa
cific Express company ct Kansas CITY,
Superirtendents Adams of the AmerI-
can Express and Butler of the Adams
Express. Omaha. were on the stand
showing the benefits of the express
companies acting as distributing
agents for the growers and consum-
or
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STOPPED BUSINESS.
Effect of the Holiday Proclamation in
Oklahoma.

Oklahoma City. Ok, Oct. 29.-CIosing
the banks has practically stopped bust
ness in this city, the cotton dealers are
buying no cotton and but little other
business has been done.
The bankers of this city met at
o'clock this afternoon to devise means
whereby enough money may be released
to care for perishable freight and meet
the payrolIs at the close of the week
The people view the situation calm
ly believing the whole week will not
be required to bring about stable con-
ditionS again.
Two Stock Exchanges Suspend.
New Orleans, La, Oct 29.-The
Louisiana stock exchange and the
New Orleans stock exchange and the
suspended business and all actual
trading in these two institutions Will
cease until Monday, November 4.
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provide that four OF the trimmers
shall have their wages increased from
SIS. One fireman who received $50
per month was discharged. The city
electric light plant has no further
need of fremen because natural gas
has supplanted coal for fuel with
the increa ses made the city is still
saving $40 by the discharge of the
fireman remaining.
The committee refused to increase
the salary of the superintendent of
the plant.
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JOHN ROBINSON SUES CITY.
Claims Topeka Had No Right to Tax
His Circus.

John Robinson, proprietor OF the
Robinson circus, which showed here
July l. has filed suit in district court
to recover 5000 paid the city of Tope-
ka as license. The petition, which
was fled by Ed MeKeever. as attor-
ney for Robinson. cites that the pa
rade was held up and his servants
and employees threatened with arrest
unless they paid 5000 which they paid
under protest. The petition cites
Chap. IS. Art of DassIer's complies
statutes of 1901 to show that the city
has no right to impose license on
circus paradeS.
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TAFT VISITS MINES.
The Secretary Will Return to Manila
Nexs Thursday.

Baguio, P. l.. Oct. 29.-Secretary
Taft rode to the American mines east
of Bagufo today over precipitous
mountain trail which drops over 1000
feet within a distance of four miles
Re inspected the Clarke mine and mill
and the LaffIin mill. Addressing the
American miners he said he hoped to
secure needful reforms in the mining
laws
The secretary will return to Manila
on Thursday.
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younger woman deserted her. The
older Mrs Morris stuck to the girl and
tried to take care of her When she
found the note. probably result or
the respondent mood of her daughter
in-Iaw, she came to the police with
her troubles.
1t may be possible that owing to the
dry condition, Mrs. Morris Junior
could not find sufficient water in the
Kansas river. Meanwhile, the water,
what of it there is, is rather wet for
this weather
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Odds of Two to One on Former Finds
Few Takers

Los Angeles. Oct 2e-Abe Atten.
champion featherweight and Freddie
Weeks of Cripple Creek. COL will
fight twenty rounds before the Pacific
Athletic club tonight for the cham
pionship and sixty and forty per cent
of the gate receipts. Betting so far
has been light. money in large
amounts being offered on AttelI at
10 l. with few takers. The men will
weigh iii stripped at 122 pounds
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President Receives Veterans.

Washington, Oct. Cavalier Scote
Hale. national commander-in-chief OF
the Spanish war veterans, with his STAFF
were received by President Roosevelt
tOda..
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Word has been received in this city
of the death of Spencer McCay. who
died at Hudson. Mich. October %. at
the age of = years. He leaves two
daughters who live in this city. Mrs
James NJ. Richardson and Miss Elmora
McCay. Interment in the Topeka Gem
etery.
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FIGHT STOPS CARS.

Chicago. Oct Z9.-One man was snot
nd fataIJv wounded, several others
were cut and battered and II men were
arrested during a riot today at Hal
stead and Taylor streets, is which 500
italians took part
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Out of Sight.

.'Out Of sight. out Of mind is an cid
saying which applies with special force 70
a sore. bu5 or wound that's been treated
with Bucklen's Arnica SaIve It's OUT ~
sight, out OF mind and cut OF existence
Piles too, and chiIblains disappear under
It's healing influence Guaranteed by All
druggists &c
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THOUSANDS LET OUT.
Union Pacific Stops All Construction
Work on System.

Omaha. Oct. 2S.-The Union Pacific
railway today discharged between four
and eight thousand workmen from the
construction department and every
piece of construction work OF the en-
tire system is abandoned
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GET RAISE IN SALARIES.
City Electric Light Plant Drops q
Fireman But Helps Others.

The wages of the employees of the
city electric light department were
increased bv the council committee of
WAYS and means who in a recommen-
dalton returned to the council today
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-04-27

WESTERN MARYLAND WON.
st. Johns College Represented In Battle Of
EIoquence at Westminster.

Mr.. Alton S. Arnold, of st. Johns
College, represented the local college
last night in the battle of eloquence in
Westminster, whore the ninth annual
contest of the Oratorical Association
of Maryland Colleges was held in
Alumni Hall of Western Maryland
College.
The judges were Mr.. James ii. Van
Sickel, superintendent of the public
schools of Baltimore Mr.. A. $. Cook,
superintendent OF the public schools of
Baltimore county, and Mr.. Albert S.
J. Owens, States Attorney of Balti-
more city. They awarded the first
prize, gold medal, to Mr.. John Hunt
Hendrickson, of Western Maryland
College, and the second prize, also a
gold medal, TO Mr.. levin Wethered
BarIoll, of Washington College. The
other two speakers were Mr.. III. w.
Lippincott, of Agricultural College
and Mr.. Alton 5. Arnold, of st. Johns S
College.
These contests were inaugurated az
Western Maryland College in 1899 and
this occasion had the special interest
of beginning the circuit of the mem
bership for the third time. OF the
eight previous contests, Western
Maryland College has won first place
six times, Washington College once
and st. Johns College once.