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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11
COURT IS JAMM ED.
Great Crush 1T the Trial of Schmitz
and Reuf

San Francisco. Cal. March 11.-An
immense crowd surrounded the temple
where the Schmitz-Ruef proceedings
are being held. The corridors and
court room are damned with people
and only those armed with authority
are BILE to force a way through the
crowd. Mayor Schmitz was Omitted
through a side entrance when he
reached the temple shortly before 10
o'clock. and Ruef was forced through
in football fashion by the stalwrt form
of Elisor Bigg, in whose custody he re-
mains. Reuf held a brief conference
with Henry Arch, one of his attorneys,
just before entering the court room.
The court room being filled Judge
Dunno ordered the doors locked.
Judge Dunno adjourned court until 0
O'Clock tomorrow pending decisions on
technical points submitted to the fed
eral nd supreme courts. The under
standing is that if decisions adverse to
Reuf are handed dow before that time
his trial will proceed. If not Mayor
Schmitz will be placed on trial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11

One day when the village constable
started to arrest Henry as a desperate
the youth hid himself in a cider mill
and threatened to burn every widow
and orphan in the town at the stake if
he was not let alone. They coaxei,
and they Threatened, but nothing
would move the boy. At last, whom
his mother had become so perturbed
that she could no longer keep up The
monthly payments on her sewing ma
chine and when his father was looking
out for a good place to jump into the
mill pond and drown himself, there
came a fatal day in this bad boys his.
tory. No bad boy ever escapes that
fatal day. 1t is as sure to come
that a city alderman gets rich on hold
ing two terms of office.
a tin peddler drove into the village
to sell his wares, and Henry Harper
determined to add his scalp to his
large and interesting collection. The
peddler objected to being made a bald
headed man. Some folks were inclined
afterward to blame him, saying that
the less hair he had the less money
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11
THE NEW SCHOOL READER.
Some Things to Take Hold of Young
Minds.

! James Schermerhorn at twelve years
! old was a bad boy. He wore his car
on the back of his head. he whistled
Yankee Doodle" on Sundays, he
| dogs, and if his mother sent him to the
| grocery to get a quart of molasses in
! a jug he would swing the jug around
his head until the handle broke off
| Mrs. Scherm erhorn. who was widow,
! talked with James many times about
his wickedness and assured him, with
tears in her eyes. that if he did not
mend his ways he would come to some
sudden and awful. end. He would
promise her to become an angel, but
an hour later he would be found get
ting up a fight between a dog and a
goat and betting two to one on the dog.
No boy can keep on being bad and
making his widowed mother weep
tears Of sorrow without climax COM
ing. About the time he begins to think
he's the worst boy in town and is
proud of the fact a trap is laid for him.
L was so i nthe case of James Scher-
merhorn. One day after he had taken
two steps out of the cellar stairs. so
that his uncle Thomas would have
potatoes down cellar, he ran out into
the street and hitched on to the back
end of the wagon. The driver was
determined man with a wooden leg.
He had fought in the Spanish war ana
was afraid of no boy.
Young man. L allow no hitching
on he said as he turned and saw
the wagon.
Il am the bad boy who choked
bear to death with my naked hands,
replied James as he put on ploody
and sinister look.
Its nothing to me how bad you
are unhitch your hitch and get off
my wagon or you will reap sorrow"
ct don't have to"
Then the man who had fought in
the Spanish war and had killed thou
sands of Spaniards and buried them in
unmarked graves saw that he was de-
fed and that his reputation as a brave
man was at stake. He stopped his
horses and got his wooden leg slowed
around so as to make a jump for
James, and just at that moment the
sawnin took fire, and an alarm was
sent in, and a fire engine came gallop-
ing out The defiant boy saw that he
had gone too far, and all at once he
let go his hitch and dropped into the
street. The Spanish veteran cried out
to him, but he only ran out his tongue
and made up a face in reply. He did
not know that the engine was close
upon him until he was under the
heavy wheels.
James Schermerhorn was carried
home and laid on the bed. Several doc
tors poked away at him and said that
he would never crawl under the can
vas on circus day again. He was un-
conscious for several hours. but just
before he died he opened his eyes.
smiled at his weeping mother and
whispered:
died of the yellow fever instead of
this
It is hard work to be a good boy.
There is no fun in it. You can't rob
orchards or melon patches or break
windows or peg the mayor with snow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11
COOLEY TO ST. JOSEPH.
VIII Confer with o.Nenn About West
ern League.

Dick Cooley. manager of the Topeka
White Sox. leaves for st. Joseph to-
night. He goes in response to a tele-
graph message from President Tip
O'Neill of the Western league who IS
now in st. Joe where he is arraning 70
start the st. Joe team.
O'Neill told Cooley that he had all
the papers and everything which was
necessary to show that Topeka was in
the Western league. He has a copy OF
the contract which bears the sig
natures OF. O'NeiH. Shively and Farrell
which shows conclusively that Topeka
IS in the Western league. Cooley Will
return tomorrow
The schedule meeting of the west
ern league has not as yet been called.
1t was, however, to have met in Lin
coin. An effort is now on foot 10
bring the meeting to either Topeka or
St. Joe by which it in thought that an
increased interest will be aroused
among the fans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11
Fashions That Rarely CHANGE

The brave tailors who met recently
in national convention have underta-
ken a job beside which the triumph of
the prohibition party is a substantial
hope They have decided that the dress
suit must hereafter be either gray or
blue and must be made up in q new
fashion Some years ago they decreed
that men were to wear velvet suits in
the evening with knickerbocker trous-
ers They were shown in many COL
ors and were real works of art, beau
tiful to the eye and graceful to the
form. The only thing the matter with
them was that the men refused to
wear 'em. And so their glory depart
ed Mems fashion are like comic op-
eras If you spring on the public any
thing Of the kind that is too new it
will have none of it.-Ba1timore Sun
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11
THIS IS DIVORCE DAY.
Only Two Out of Is Called Are
Granted

Today was divorce day in the dis
trict court Fifteen cases were set for
trial today. and but two DEGREES were
granted Five cases were dismissed
for want of prosecution. A divorce de-
cree and judgment for SIS alimony was
granted to f. B. Montgomery against
b. B. Mont gomery. Gertrude Harritt
was granted a divorce from Austin NJ.
Harritt and was given the custody of
the children and a judgment for 500
alimony.
The following cases were dismissed:
Mary A. Macdonald VS.. Fenton P.
Macdonald.
Fannie b. Johnson VS., Edwin z.
Johnson.
Lena Coleman vs. William S. Cole
man.
Clara j. Lansdown VS.. William Lans-
down.
Alice b. Ferguson VS.. James L. Ferg
uson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11
ROOSEVELT WIRES.
Tells California That Letter Will Fol-
low on Japanese Question.

Sacramento Cal. March 11-Governor
Gillette sent to the assembly today a
message from President Roosevelt COM
planning that the recent action of the
legislature would have. most unfavor-
able effect upon the presidents effort to
secure exclusion of Japanese laborers by
friendly agreement.
The president asked the governor to Sc
cure suspension of further action until
receipt of a letter from the president. The
governor asked that the assembly give the
matter very careful considerat ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11
LOCAL MENTION.

The city council meets this evening
to consider the recommendation Of the
yyeSys and means committee for the vet-
ing of $40 600 Of bonds for the recon
struction of the city electric light plant.
Births which have been reported to
the board of health are: Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Graham. 995 East Sixth avenue.
boy; Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Dawson. 800
North Monroe street, girl; Mr. and Mrs
E. A. Peters, ZIP Lake street, boy
Fifty-two witnesses have been sum-
moned for the federal grand jury which
will meet in Topeka April s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11
FARMERS HOLD MUCH GRAIN.
Have 2O6.644, 900 Bushels of Wheat
ard Nearly Half Corn Crop.

washington. March 1.-THE crop report
ing board Of the. bureau Of statistics of
day N a bulletin that the amount of
wheat remaining in farmers hands on
cent of last years crop. as compared with
15S. zO3. 900 bushels. or 229 per cent Of the
crop of 1905 on hand March l. 1906
The amount of corn on March l was
29S 600 bushels or 44.3 per cent of last
years crop.
OF oats there were hand 3S4. 465 600
bushels, or 39.S per cent of last years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11

Henry Harper was another sad case
of how a boy can go wrong. Up to the
age of eight he was praised on all
sides for his goodness. Then a boy
called Terrible Tom lent him an In
dian story written by Blunt Nedline It
told how lad nine years old ran away
from home and went west to fight In
dians. He killed over 200 and burned
their villages and obliged their squaws
TO weave red blankets for him, and
then he came home to be a bad boy
If his mother wept over his refusal to
go to the grocery for a can of kero-
sene. he drew his scalping knife and
threatened to take her scalp. If his
father took him by the collar to lead
him out into the wood shed, he drew
MS tomahawk and uttered a war
whoop aud was let alone
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11
CUT BOYS LEG OFF.
William Deagan. Aged 10, Tried to
Climb on Santa Ee Train.

William Deagan. a 10-year-old boy
living at 500 East Gordon street, a son
of John Deagan, had his leg cut off
this afternoon while trying to climb on
the Atchison Santa Fe passenger train
near the junction.
The child crawled to a house near
by where he was found some time af-
terward on the porch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11
cnt mis- Nfoncr ard Ieft.

Chicago, March 11-Mrs. Sophie VAN.
baugh, formerly Miss Sophie Finlen OF
Friday after she had been arraigned on
the charge of obtaining, 5000 from her
disappeared today after obtaining more
than So 900 from her husband
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11
TIE UP IS COMPLETE.
to Operate Street Cars i'm
Louisville Abandoned.

Louisville, KY, March flowing
to the increasing disorder and violence
all attempts at operating street cars
on any lines were abandoned this af-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11

balls, but you will live on and be re-
spected, and some day your fellow
men, tired of seeing you around so
much, will elect you to the legislature
and make your family proud of you.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

The funeral of J. w. Blossom, who
committed suicide at his home in North
Topeka this morning. will be held from
the residence tomorrow afternoon at
&:20. The remains will be buried in
Topeka cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11

As baby Hiram Winters was loved
by all. He would just lie around on
the floor or under the bed or in any
other old place and COO and smile and
laugh and try to tickle his own fat feet
He was never known to keep his par
ents awake o. nights, and IL his mother
gave him the butcher knife or a box of
matches to play with while she went
visiting he never attempted to cut his
young throat or set the house on FIRE.
Thousands OF people said that he would
live to be president of the United States
and an honor to his parents, and 1t did
look that way for a time; but, alas, he
had hardly learned the alphabet when
he got hold of an Old Sleuth book aue
started on his downward career He de-
termined to be great detective and a
desperate man, and his young and brief
career was full of adventure and excite
ment. He was only seven years old
when he arrested his mother for an
assassin. Then he collared his father
on suspicion of being a highway robber.
For two years he was on the trail of
everybody, He > was talked to and
argued with and licked in vain. They
put him fn jail, and he dug out. other
sleuths hunted him, and he escaped. He
called himself the Midnight Shadow OF
Shadowville, and he boosted that no
criminal could escape him.
Hiram had rendered himself terror
when fate determined to bring him low
can one night to visit the grocery, and
Hiram took his trail. He had suspic-
ion that his parent was going to rob a T.
bank, and he wanted to catch him in
the act. He was skulking along the
street with a dark lantern in one hand
and a revolver in the other, while he
had a pair of handouts in his hind
pocket, when a wire fence man came
driving into the town on a gallop and
ran the boy down. He wasn't killed on
right but fingered along for two weeks.
During this time he sent for other boys
and talked to them. with tears In his
eyes He told them that goodness was
a good thing to live by, and that they
couldn't make, cent out of badness,
and that If he had his life to live over
again ne would go to Africa and make
the heather stand on their heads with
goodness or know the reason why. Then
he died. and they planted catnip and
hollyhocks on his grave but to this day
they speak of him as that bad boy
and they point to his case to
warn other boys against following in
his footsteps.-(C 1907. by NJ.
NJ Cunningham.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

After washing, anoint wet skin with Sat
IN skin cream. Skin absorbs nourishment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11
bulgarian Premier Assassinated.

Sofia. Bulgaria. March 11.-M
Petkoff the premier and minister of
the interior. was ASA ssinated here to-
day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11

he would have to pay out for hair dye.
but in defending his scalp he pushed
Henry down an old well, and the boy
was drowned before they could lower
a rope to him. 1t is hoped that he re-
pented of his badness before he died.
but you never can tell. 1t was an
awful fate to overtake. a young boy,
but what can you expect? A boy can
Kill off about so many Indians and ter
rorize about so many white folk. and
then an old well or something else
comes along, and he is a goner. This
does not apply to red headed boys in
particular, but to all sorts of boys.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11

Ora Lee Bradshaw. aged p died at
the family residence. 713 North Har-
rison street Sunday, of pneumonia. The
funeral was held at o'clock this after
noon and tie remains buried in Topeka
cemetery
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11

The funeral Of w. H. Wunderlich was
held this afternoon a the residence of
his daughter in the Veale block at 80,
and the remains were buried in Topeka
cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11

The body of w NJ Benedict. who
died of stomach trouble at his home
Friday, vas sent TO Burlingame yester-
day where the funeral and burial will
take place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11

The body of E. W. Cole, who died
Saturday of dysentery at the age of 81
years. was sent to Logan. Kan. this
morning for burial
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-11

State Journal. 1Oc a Week.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-25
TIME TO FIGHT THE DEVIL WITH FIRE

Samuel Untermyer the New York lawyer recently gave
out remarkable interview.
Untermyer is of the leading corporation lawyers Of
the country. Sometimes he gets the right side of
the insurance Investigations and when he put
guncotton under the shpbuding trust"
''Just now he says 81 am trying to destroy the the
atrca trust which butchers art sranges playwIng and
brutally commentaries of our best Institutions. For ty
ranny it is the worst in the word.''
But here is the remarkable declaration:
''Acts being done with impunity in high finance,
which would the open door of pentenary in any
other country of the world We beat the universe in max
ing easy for dishonest to stay out of prison Not
long ago Bourke Cochran said the government WASH
strong enough to send worth $10O0OOOO to Jail,
and am afraid he is right. Larceny is well defined
among the poor, but not among the rich.''
Every sentence in that paragraph lands like trip
hammer.
Some of the newspapers have been making these dec
laraton but they with peculiar force from who
has been closest contact with those whom he calls he
crminally rich"
In the prosecution of the predatory rich there has
been great cry and mighty little wool.
The face of criminal behind the bars would
be real object lesson in law enforcement.
And that is what Mr.. Untermyer is getting at.
In proposing remedies he puts first of all ''sensibe
1egislaon as follows: The licensing Of corporations by
the nation, full publicity criminal penalties for law viola
tion, the abolition Of excessive tariffs.
The lawyer touches the spot Corporation ban
t do not care for fines Fines do deter them from
their robbery.
Make the penalty fit the crime
'Larceny is we'll defined among the poor" With them
it Tleft-arrest- Jail. With the criminal rich
it means: -fne-immunty.
1t is high time beginning to fight the devil
with fire.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-25
MOST ANyTHlMG
A9EEzD 49, So s@IT ~

a fruit punch?
Your friend Crank's auto gives
him lot of trouble. | see him I'M
der it almost constantly
yes, and when he's not under it
he's under the weather."
Now that he has lost bis meal
ticket, Boni will become more so
than ever.
Oddly enough the craze for jump
er dresses started in spring, and is
increasing by leaps and bounds.
They are even worn at hops.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-25
The Daily Short Story

rum" And thus the word is pass
ed from one department to another.
The mailing room has also been
notified and all are in readiness for
the final rush. All this has taken
but a moment, and in the mean.
time the foreman turns to the edi-
tor and says:
where is the story?"
"On the machines, being set up"
How much will it make, with
out the head?"
"A quarter of a colmn.'
What kind of a head have you
written?"
Double column scare"
at won't do. Cut it to single
column"
But"
"Cut it, I tell you. We're going
to make it on the run"
In an incredibly short time the
heading is in type and being placed
in the hole the makeup has made
for it on the first page. Come on
with that story" yells the latter.
Here it is" responds the galley
boy. "but the proof hasn't been
read"
"Who set it?" demands the fore
man.
Slug 7, slug 21 and slug f."
Then railroad it," is the terse
order, and the type is forthwith
| dumped into the form, unread and
uncorrected, the form is frightened
and rushed to the stereotypers.
The roar of the presses can DE
heard rapidly printing the edition
which the editor is so anxious to
intercept and replace with the new
one. He has now OWNED what
they are attempting. Can they dc
it? This edition is the cause OF
more anxiety than all others, foI
| it is essential that the train leav
ing the station at $3.50 carry the
edition to be distributed to thou
sands of subscribers along the
route. Equally essential is it that
such a startling bit of news as the
cars death by violence shall moi
be left out. Nervously he looks al
his watch. 1t is now 2:35. Only
Is minutes, and SO much to BIZ
done.
But the work goes swiftly on. II
the mailing room the regular edi
ton is being wrapped and placed
in sacks. The mailers are appar
emily oblivious of the fact tina
this edition is not destined
for the 2:50 train. There is n,
change in their routine, excep
that each sack bears a large re'
tag. Three of 4 men are busily re
loading mailing machines with du
plicate lists.
The wagon driver is admon
ished: Keep your eye on thos
red tags, Jimmy" lashes his hors
and is gone. No sooner Is he on
OF sight than the Extra" begins t
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-25
MANITo MOVING PICTURES

Free moving pictures every even
ing at cool Mantle park. Take the
whole family for a picnic and en-
joy the lawns, flowers, zoo and pic
ture show. -27
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-25
ON THE RUN


"Stop the press!" excitedly calls
the young editor temporarily left
in charge, as he bursts breathlessly
into the composing room. The car
has been assassinated. Stop the
press" And he stamps indignant
~ about the room.
Composing room employees, in
dulging in a breathing spell after
the last mail edition, apparently
pay no heed to the editors de-
mands, and the makeups calmly
proceed to clear away the debris
left during the rush.
But it is a big story, and the edi-
tor is insistent He spies the fore
man glancing over the sheet fresh
from the press, and rushing up to
him, again demands that the press
be stopped.
Not much!' gruffly responds
the foreman. eve don't stop the
press on this paper"
But, my God, man, we must
stop it. This is the biggest story
ever. The car has been killed
and ST. Petersburg is in turmoil"
The foreman, without deigning
to reply, turns and shouts to one
of the makeups: "On the run,
Charlie!"
The man thus addressed runs
hastily to the door of the stereo-
type room and bawls: "Hey, Mick
cyl On the rum"
Mickey no sooner hears the cry
than he rushes to the speaking
tube, and, after whistling frantical
ly to the pressroom, yells ION the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-25
A LIGHTHOUSE HEROINE
Fifty Years in Lonely Place and
Rescued Many

NEWPORT, r. l., July 25.-Miss
Ida l.. Lewis has lived for so years
at the Lime Rock lighthouse, and
for % years she has been in charge
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-25

arrive and the work must all be
done again, with scarcely a pause.
Interested in this method, new
to him, the editor makes his way
to the mailing room. 1t is now
2:40--only 10 minutes in which to
reach the train with the substitute
edition. But now the little 2-wheel-
ed wagons used for the city circula-
ton are pressed into service, and
as fast as a couple of sacks are
filled the horses start on the run.
The last wagon arrives just as the
train is pulling out, with barely
time for it's contents to be thrown
into the car.
Jimmy, inside the car, is ''look-
ing out for those red tags" He
had not dared throw any of them
off until certain that all the sub
stitute sacks were aboard. But
now as the train speeds along he
begins ruthlessly to throw out the
red-tagged sacks, trusting to his
comrades to follow and gather
them up. He cannot get Off until
the first stop is made, but he has
made it on the run" and is salts
fed.
Not so fortunate as Jimmy, how
ever, is Bill Dugan, the driver for
the Screamer, the rival sheet, as
his horse comes racing down the
street, only to find he has missed
the mail"
whats the hurry, Bill?" calls
someone.
Bill pulls in and curses roundly.
"They stopped the press for that
id car business" he growls.
"Mebbe they'll learn some day."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-25

the farmers talk of pooling and pur-
chasing stock and feeding the crops
to them. Header box men are ask
ing SO day.