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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23

unions to which they belong, Nor
should we wonder that avarice is turn
ing its guns upon the friends of Sun
day observance.
NAV with more of the wages that
have been paid the laborer than on
any other three days of the week com
5ined
needs and constitution of man. the
Idea of one day in seven as a day of
rest was not evolved by natural reli-
gion or human philosophy. 1t is a
feature of Christianity, by which is
meant the system of theology taught
by the Old and New Testaments. Its
origin is with the Bible, and not with
Confucfanism, or Brahmanism, or
Buddhism. or the NEUROLOGICAL reli-
gions of Greece or Rome, or of any
other nation
Upon the two doctrines briefly
stated above, namely. that the consti-
tuition of man requires, and the word
OF GOD commands, one day in seven
as day of rest, are grounded tn =
Sunday statutes of the several states
OF the Union. With rarest exceptions
our judicial decisions, whose name is
legion, rest upon precise the same
toundation. Ministers and priests
could not have pronounced the Sab
bath more, sacred than have the
judges. Sunday laws have been de-
clared constitutional by practically
every state in the Union. The supreme
court of the United States Justice
BreWer rendering the opinion has de-
clded that we are a religious people,
ana that Christianity is a part of our
law.
Answering your query as to the
cause of the widespread movement for
sunday closing, it seems to me as the
abuse of the liquor habit is aiding tina
cause of prohibition, so the open and
defiant dissertation of the Sabbath is
opening the eyes of men to the i'm
portance of Sunday observance Then.
too, the truth contained in the state
men of Daniel Webster that the Sab
bath is the bulwark of our liberties.
because it is the bulwark of our
morality, is pressing itself upon the
attention of patriotic Americans and
the Anglo-Saxon everywhere, when his
attention is turned to the subject, is
very quick to appreciate the sublime
truth so APPLY expressed in the declar-
alton of Gladstone that the question
of Sunday observance is for the mass
es OF the people pre-eminently the
greatest of all questions
Answering your inquiry as to the
progress of Sunday closing, I can only
state the fact as to Kansas City. When
the grand jury was convened here in
September last over 500 retail gro
are closed Every barber shop in the
city is closed. Retail merchants have
closed, except a few, who observe
some other day as Sunday permitted
by our statutes. The 1000 places
where cigars and tobacco were for
merly sold are obeying the law, ex-
cepting now and then a clandestine
sale. Only three pool halls and the
theaters defy the law. and two of the
latter have recently closed. The
credit for this result Is due largely to
a grand jury composed of fearless,
magnificent men,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23
.STIRS THINGS up.
Missouri Pacific Officials Confer
In st. Louis Tuesday.
Decide About Re.establishing
Kansas Train Service.
READY TO MAKEFIGHT
Kansas r. r. Commission En-
ploys Additional Lawyers.
Notifies Road to Restore Service
Within 10 Days.

The state board OF railroad commits
sionera following the complaint made
by the attorney of the board has mott
fed General Manager A. w. Sullivan
of the Missouri Pacific that unless the
passenger service recently abandoned
in Kansas Is restored within the next
ten days that a meeting of the board
will be called for the 9Th of January
to consider the matter. There Is little
If any doubt as to what the board viii
do If 1t is ever called on to pass upon
the question as the road has shown
disposition from the first to ignore the
rulings made by 1t.
It may be that action on the part
Of the railroad board will not be neces-
sary as q conference of the officials OF
the road Is called to meet in st. Louis
tomorrow and B. P. Waggener, attor-
ney for the road in Kansas, will be
present to make statement of the
conditions existing in this state. Al
any rate the board expects to be pre-
pared to make a fight for the restora-
ton of the trains in case that the rul-
ing of the board should not meet with
their approval.
1--WE do not wish to antagonize the
people Of Kansas" said B. P. Wag-
gener Of Atchison, attorney for the
lines in Kansas, land tomorrow a de-
cision will be reached whether We will
fight or comply with the order of the
board Of railroad commissioners 1t
has been charged that the trains on the
branch lines have been cut off as a
retaliatory measure for the passage OF
the two cent fare bill but this is not
true.
These trains have been operated at
a loss of hundreds of thousands of dol
lars to the company and for this rea-
son they were discontinued. 1t is just
a plain case Of dollars and cents to the
road and the question will be finally de-
cided tomorrow and If it does not suit
the board we will have fight on our
hands I guess.
Unless the train service is re-estab-
railroad board is liable to take some
drastic measure to enforce it's ruling
and at any rate there will be no dila-
tory work tolerated. The board has
sent out circular letters to merchants
living on the branch lines of the road
on which the passenger service mas
been abandoned for the purpose of as
pertaining the amount of business
transacted by the company. Special
attorneys were also appointed who Will
assist Attorney Grattan in getting the
evidence in shape for an early nearing
of the case.
The following attorneys will look ar
ter the interests of the patrons OF the
various branches where passenger ser
vice has been Abandoned: George L.
Hay of Kingman to act as local at
torney in the hearing Of that part OF
the complaint relating to passenger
service from Conway Springs to
Iarned: W. B. Ham of Stockton, Kan,
for the Downs to Stockton branch; E.
P. Sample of Osborne for the Downs to
Ienora branch and J. G. Johnson of
Garnett for the K. N. & D., running
from Topeka to Fort Scott
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23

purchases of these former Topekans
was conducted by Fred Gillett. real
estate agent who until a few years ago
lived in Topeka.
Secretary w. T. Vernon Of the Kan
sas Day club has received a letter
from Ex-Governor Frantz of Okla
homa, accepting the invitation OF the
club to deliver the address before the
club at the January 20 banquet. All
of the Kansas speakers invited to ap-
pear on the programme have accepted
except Arthur Cranston, who Is at
present in Europe.
ooh, consistency, thou art jewel"
sarcasticaIly commented an out of
town man Sunday afternoon as he
passed the Grand opera house while
the matinee audience was entering. II
have been all over this beautiful
(only he did not say beautifully town
trying to get into a drug store to get a
porous plaster and they are all tightly
closed
Druggists and confectionery stores
remained true to their promise that
they wouldn't open on Sunday. Sew
eraI of the druggists unlocked their
doors long enough to compound pre-
scriptions for some of their customers
who could not wait. The cigar deal
ers claim that they sell more cigars
on Saturday than they did on that day
and Sunday combined previously.
Therefore they have no complaint to
make.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23
FOR DEAD UNION VETERANS.
Thirteen Unclaimed Government Head
stones at Topeka Cemetery.

There are thirteen unclaimed head
stones at the Topeka cemetery &C
cording to the statement OF Colonel
W. w Dennison, of the adjutant gen.
erals office which should be erected
over the graves Of deceased soldiers
buried in that cemetery. Among other
things that the government does for
a Union soldier, after he Is dead, is to
provide a headstone for his grave.
The unclaimed stones at the TO-
peka cemetery have accumulated dur
ing a number of years and relatives OF
the deceased have either forgotten to
have them placed in position or do not
know that they are at the cemetery
The stones may be had by relatives by
applying to D. o. Crane, superinten-
dent Of the cemetery. The stones
bear the following inscriptions: James
Boyle, Co. A 9th Kansas cavalry; A.
D. Morrow. Co. II End cavalry; Henry
Kuhn. Co. G sth Kansas infantry; c.
]. Wilson. Co. L 18th Kansas cavalry;
s. B. Ward. Co. e 10th Ohio infantry:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23
MALLORY IS DEAD.
United States Senator From Florida
Passes Away at His Home.

Pensacola, Dec Ex-senator Stephen
r. Mallory died at 12:4S this morning.
Washington, Dec. Ex-senator Stephen
Russell Mallory, Democrat, of Pensa-
cola, Fla, who died in that city last
night, was born November 2, 1s4s, en-
tered the confederate army in Virginia
in the fall of 1864. In the spring of 1866
he was appointed midshipman in the
confederate navy. He was graduated
from Georgetown college, District of
Columbia, in June, 1869. He was ad-
mitted to the supreme court of Louisi-
ana at New Orleans in 1873. He removed
to Pensacola, Fla, in 1874, where he
practiced his profession, was elected to
the lower house of the Florida legis-
lature in 1876. and to the senate of
Florida in $780, and was reelected in
1884. He was elected to the Fffty-second
and Fifty-third congresses from the
First district of Florida and was elect
ed to the United States senate by the
Florida legislature for the term begin
ming March 4, 1897 and was reelected
in 1908. His term of service would have
expired March 3, 1909.
The degree of LII. D. was conferred
upon him by the Georgetown university
in 1904. Senator Mallory was a member
of the senate committee on commerce,
fisheries, naval affairs, Pacific islands
and Porto Rico, patents, public health
and national quarantine and the revis-
ion of the laws of the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23
SHOULD BUY A TICKET
1t Cost a Santa F'e Passenger rs Cents
Excess for Twenty-Five Miles.

Kansas City, Dec. 23.-The train
conductor, carrying his lantern on one
arm, had gone through the car almost
to the last seat. 1t was at night and
on the Santa FEE road not far from
Kansas City. The passengers, resting
quietly, were aroused by the sound of
loud conversation.
twenty-five miles, seventy-five
cents; you heard what I said" the
conductor was saying to a man who
sat in a seat next to the window
us that the law?" the passenger
pleaded.
That's the law, and it's what you'll
pay to ride with me-"
"Give me a receipt for It'll" he ex-
claimed as a parting shot to the con-
ductor. I'll make a test case out of
this! Don't you forget thatt''
The passenger had neglected to buy
a ticket before getting on the train
and the conductor was charging two
cents a mile for the 25-mile ride and
twenty-five cents as the penalty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23
TALKS SUNDAY CLOSING
Judge Wallace Discusses the Crusade
That He Started.

Kansas City. Mo, Dec. 23.-Judge
William H. Wallace of the Jackson
county criminal court, who has been
credited with having started the Sun
day observance movement that now
has become widespread, has issued a
significant statement to the Associated
Press on his Interpretation of the Mis-
souri, law that he is seeking to enforce
He also arraigns those who he says
violate the law for pecuniary gain,
and dwells upon what he says is a
crying need of the day of rest out of
every seven.
As result of Judge Wallace's cam
paign, the county grand jury has,
since September 20, last, returned
1,101 indictments against violators of
the Sunday law: forced hundreds of
shopkeepers to close their places of
business on that day; and within the
past three weeks has placed over half
a thousand Sunday working actors,
actresses. theatrical managers and
their employees and others under bond
of hearing later That jury is still in
session and the judge says he will not
cease until the law is respected to the
fought for law enforcement. He was
appointed to his present position by
Governor Joseph W. Folk.
Judge Wallace in his statement,
says:
''It is a mistake to suppose that the
Sabbath is purely a religious institu-
ton and that its enforced observance
is for the benefit of the church. The
Sabbath was ordained before man had
fallen or there was a church or a need
for a Redeemer. By Divine example,
the Almighty ordained it, by resting
from the work of creation on the sew
enth day, and He impressed forever
upon it its sacred character by hal
lowing it. The Sabbath would be with
us, had sin never entered the world.
Hence, when we think logically
and historically it is easy to perceive
how it is that a desire for day of
rest is a latent institution with a la
boring man.
1.-The tyranny of six thousand years
of human avarice has not eradicated
it. Justice Field. so long a member
of our United States supreme court,
was right when as one of the supreme
judges of California he declared that
Sunday laws are enacted primarily for
the protection Of labor. We can not
wonder, therefore, that men who work
for wages in all the departments of
human industry are sending in the
unanimous endorsement of the labor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23
WILL OPEN APRIL 16.
Big League 1908 Baseball Season Not
to Begin So Early

New York. Dec. 23.-It Is stated that
the National league has decided to re-
spect the wishes of the American league
and the baseball season will open next
spring several days later than it open
ed last season. Last spring the first
eastern schedule game was played on
April IL, but next year, 1t has been an
nounced the New York team will play
Yale on that date and 1t is understood
that the first regular game will be play
ed April 16. The New York team will
train at Marlin Springs, Texas, and will
play exhibition games with the Dallas
and Fort Worth teams.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23
THE ENGINEER WAS KILLED.
Snow on the Rock Island Track Near
Mineola Causes q Wreck.

Pratt, Kan. Dec. 23.-In a wreck on
the Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific
between Mineola and Fowler Sunday
George W. Norris, the engineer, was
killed and the fireman and an assist
ant trainmaster were slightly injured
Snow on the track caused the deraiI-
ment of a freight train. The en-
gineer lived in Pratt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23

Jacob Wagner, Co. G ssth Pennsyl-
vania infantry; T. s. Harris, Co. D
23rd Indiana infantry; E. T. Parr,
Co. D 18th Indiana infantry; G.. n.
Knox, Co. D 9Th U. s. artillery, 8. A.
W.; n. s. Patterson. Co. e 23rd Kan
sas infantry; H. H. Lucas. Co. 66th
u. 8. Colored infantry: Wash Baker,
Co. D 45th U. s. Colored infantry;
JEFF Cornell. Co. K 50th U. 8. Colored
infantry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23

The quarantine placed on the Topeka
Orphans home has been raised. There
never was smallpox In the institution
as has been enormously stated, Just
plain every day chickenpox and Il was
for this disorder that the institution
was placed in quarantine. The state
ment that smallpox had invaded the
home caused much uneasiness to those
who did not know of the true Condition.
The Christmas tree celebration which
has been arranged for will be held
Tuesday evening, the exercises oorn-
mencing at o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23
The Last Train.

Leaving Topeka for Kansas City in the
morning Is the Unon Pacific No. 1o6 at
S:15 q. m. arriving in Kansas City at
10:16 a. m. The afternoon train return
ing is the earliest train into Topeka at
6:15 y. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23
Catbedral Dedicated at seattle.

Seattle Wash. Dec. 4-with the most
impressive services, the splendid cathedral
of the newly constituted Catholic diocese
Of Seattle, was YESTERDAY formally dedi-
erected at a cost Of $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23

Rogers Bros 1847 spoons and forks
at cost at Chas. Benefits, 730 Kan. ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23

Pensacola, Dec. Ex-senator Stephen
r. Mallory died at 12:4S this morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23
Writing Desks
Leather Couches and Turkish Rockers


thai
by handT rtmenti most mpe
Turkish Coucbes from$2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23
Music Cabinets

The home with piano is incomplete W it'll.
out Music Cabinet. The range of styles
32-and prices-S6 to S28. 5O-make it very
easy matter to suit all tastes and purses. For
instance, at Sc we are showing one in imitation
mahogany, with five large compartments
for music. The one at $3.50 is beautiful
Vernis Martin cabinet, with six drawers for
music. Others in oak and mahogany
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-23
Shaving Cabinets

What more useful present could be selected
for the getleman who shaves himself? Our
line of Shaving Cabinets is very complete
The prices range from SO to $3.50. For in
stance, at SO we have very neat, golden oak
stand, with cabinet for mug, razors, etc.
beveled plate mirror, adjustable to any po-
sition. We are showing ten other styles in
golden and weathered oak. Almost any man
would be pleased with one of them.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-26
New Florence.

Kize Wilson spent Sunday in
Fulton.
Miss Mabel Wilson returned
home Monday from ST. Louis,
where she had been visiting rela-
tives.
Mrs. Julia Palmer and daugh-
ter, Katharyn, came up from st.
Louis Monday to visit friends
here.
Mesdames Fannie DEFAULT and
Dora Mcdaniel spent Tuesday in
Montgomery.
Mrs. White, of Montgomery, is
visiting her son Will, at this
place.
John LETTERS was a visitor in
Montgomery Monday.
Misses Mabel Lahue and Zelma
Wilborn attended the ball in
Montgomery Friday night.
Sheriff Earnest spent between
trains here Saturday.
S. D. Greenwell was t~ransacting
business in Montgomery Monday
Willie Schroeder, of Warrenton,
visited relatives and friends here
Sunday.
Mrs. John Carter and children
returned to their home in st. Louis
Sunday, after a pleasant visit with
parents.
Armine Kallmeyer, who is at
tending college in Warrenton
spent Sunday with relatives and
friends.
Mrs. E. A. Wilson is spending
the week with her parents in Full.
ton. WILD ROSE.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-26

planted a little corn, but the past
week has been too cool for IL to
grow.
The severe cold has not hurt the
oots to any great extent, at least,
what were not up are coming well
and the rest are growing q little.
Rev. Miller announced Sunday
morning at his regular %appoint-
ment at Two Mile Branch that
Rev. Gopher would fll the pulpit
at that place the third Sunday In
May.
Charley Peyton, of Wellsville,
was visiting in Hopewell vicinity
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Faulhaber,
Of Hazel Dell visited John Kraft's
family Sunday.
Your scribe has been blowing in
a stump patch, for the first time in
his life, and he did not swear
either.
School closed at Buell. Friday
with a large crowd in attendance
and a good program.
F. +. Kraft and sister Gertrude,
visited at Mr.. Winters Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Uptegrove
were trading in Wellsville Friday
ALL RIGHT.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-26
The Rock.

Miss Maud Lynch visited Miss
Dollie Hays Monday.
Louis Tate and daughters, of
the city visited Mart See Sunday.
Miss Eddie Parson is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Ely Brown this
week.
Miss Martha Graham went to st.
Louis last week to have her eyes
treated.
We were sorry to haar of the
death of Mrs. Yates, of Williams
burg, who died Friday.
R. w. Hunley is moving back to
his farm this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Covington
were shopping in Mineola Mon
day.
Quite q few are preparing to
plant corn this week, but hope no
one will call for the MONKEY.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-26
Shamrock.

James Crouch sold Ed Arnold 5
stock hogs at $3.50 per hundred.
R.. w. Palmer sold N. Wilkerson
eleven stock hogs for S68.
Boss Kidwell, of Auxvasse, was
in this vicinity last week buying
lambs.
F. E. billiard bought a fine jack
from w. E. Parsons, of Olney, at
$500.
Ote Underwood has bought sew.
eral punches of lambs in this vi
cinity recently.
John Armstrong sold his saddle
mare to Mr.. Riley of Auxvasse
at $165.
Walter Harrison sold John Arm
strong a pair of Ponies last week.
Mrs. Ann Lavender has gone to
Mexico to visit her daughter, Mrs.
McIntire.
Misses Martha and Zella Paden
have returned home from Wells.
vile where they have been attend.
ing school.
Misses Francis Lail and Nora
Hultz, of Fulton visited home folk
last week.
Miss Birdie Hultz has been en-
ployed to teach the Shamrocl
school the coming winter.
John Hill, of Wellsville, wa
buried at Liberty Sunday. Th'
bereaved nave the sympathy o
this community.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. l.. McCubbin
of Auxvasse, + visiting rela
tives here.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-26
Pin Oak.

R. E. Davis and family visited
near New Florence Sunday.
w. w. Hancock went to st.
Louis Friday and returned Sun
day.
P. S. Beck one of our hustling
farmers is through planting corn.
There was a social at Mrs. j.
Watkins Thursday. Several at
attended and a nice time reported.
Miss Ida Jackson celebrated her
sixteenth birthday by giving a
play party Monday night but was
not we'll attended on account OF
the rain.
Everybody is blowing. Plenty
of work for everybody, even to
THE DONKEY.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-26
ALL OVER THE COUNTY
Interesting Facts Gathered by
Correspondents During
the Week.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY DoINos
Sorghum Hill.

Well, yes, we are having March
weather as yet, however, we are
getting more sunshine now than
the past week, but the ground IL
yet too cold for corn planting.
Farmers have taken advantage
of the cold weather the past two
weeks, a great many having COM
pleted their spring blowing for
corn, and are now waiting for the
weather to warm up before plant
ing.
Wheat, oats and grass are look
ing quite brown since the hard
freezes of the past 10 days.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. West visited
Sunday at G. E. Fitzgeralds near
Lincoln
John Kinks and son, Henry, and
Louis Conlon of White Oak vici-
nifty, spent Sunday with Mrs. M.
Y. Kinks.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Keithley, of
Cream Ridge, visited at Will
Jones' Sunday.
Mrs. Dan May and daughter,
Miss Leota, spent Sunday at w.
w. Mays.
F. M. Bourne and family and
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Bethel and
Miss Grace Bethel visited at Hen
~ Nagel's Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Davidson
spent Sunday at Al Nease's.
VIM. Smith and Miss Mamie
Surls were the guests of Joe Smith
and sister Lizzie, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Hodson, OF
Mexico, Mo-, came down Friday
and will spend a few days with the
l~atter's mother, Mrs. M. Y. Kinks
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Anderson
visited at H. w. Bethel's Sunday
Miss Hattie Collins, who has
been visiting relatives in and neal
GAINESVILLE, Mo-, the past severa
weeks returned to her home here
last Friday.
Buell. Air Line Telephone Com.
I, pany met Saturday evening a
J Thomas school house and took OF
two more members. They nov
J have 10 stockholders. A. A. May
and Edgar Anderson were the new
additions.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Jones, o
Middletown, we're the guests OF j
T. Keithley and family Sunday.
Mrs. T. M. Merritt has been quit
!. sick the past week, but is bette
) at this writing.
! Mrs. F. Sabourin and littl
: daughter Jewel, came down fron
; Montgomery Sunday to be at tn
2 bedside of Grandma Merritt. Lit
) tie Jewell was taken with a vic
: lent chill and at this writing i
; very low with double pneumonia
2 DR.. G. III. Rigg, the attending ply
; stefan is making two calls daily
9 We hope soon to note her recovery
: We had a good rain Monda
. night, roads quite muddy, so loo
9 out to use some SLIvERS.