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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-14
Decorative Shrubs.

Decorative Shrubs.
In locating shrubs, do not make the
mistake of putting them between the
house and street, unless for the ex-
press purpose of shutting off an I'M
slightly thoroughfare. A small lawn
loses its dignity when broken up by
trees, shrubs or f1ower-beds. Leave it
to itself and it will impart a sense of
breadth. and distance which will make
the yard seem larger than it really is.
Planting things all over it destroys
this effect.
The best location, therefore, for
shrubs on small places is along the
sides of the lot, or at the rear of it,
far enough beyond the dwelling to
serve as a sort of background for it.
Do not set your shrubs out after any
formal fashion-just SO far apart, and
IN straight roWS-aS SO many persons
do. Formally should be avoided
whenever possible. You will find them
most satisfactory when grouped. That
is, several planted so close together
that, when well developed, they form
one mass of branches and foliage. OF
course, they should not be crowded.
Give each one ample space to develop
in, but have them near enough to
each other to touch after little. In
grouping shrubs, where several kinds
are planted together, one must be
sure that he understands the habits
of each, or results will be likely to be
quite unsatisfactory. The larger
growing sorts must be given the GEN.
ter or the rear of the group, with
smaller ones at side or front. The
season of Towering and the peculiar
ity of branch and foliage should also
be given due consideration. There
must be harmony of general effect
Therefore, study. UP on the shrubs you
propose to make use of before you
give them a place in the yard. Also,
take a look ahead. The plant you set
out will be small SO small, indeed, that
if you leave eight or ten feet of space
between it and the next one it will
look so lonesome that it excites you to
pity, and you may be induced to plant
another in the untitled space to keep
it company. But in doing this you
will be making great mistake Three
or four years from now the shrubs will
have run together, and each will have
lost its individuality. There will be
thicket of branches which will con-
stantly interfere with each other and
prevent healthy growth Be content
to let the grounds look rather naked
for time. Three or four years will
remedy that. You can plant herbaceous
perennials between them, temper
arily. if you want the space filed with
green things growing. "-The Home
Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-14
WHICH Z?

The burning question of the hour is
which faction of the Republican par
ty will join the Democrats. It's
"cinch" that the "Regulars' and the
Square Dealers" will never make up,
and the feud will continue till the Re-
publican party is licked.-Holton
Signal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-14
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The legislature has adjourned and
still the wheat Is safe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-14
A Hot Scotch.

To illustrate the vicissitudes of those
a dinner in New York an amusing
Scotch story.
.sCseorge Gordon, a rich old Scot he
said. was taken seriously i'll, and de-
cided that he had better draw up his
will at once. Accordingly the tesla
ment was then and there written out
at his dictadon, read to him, and placed
in his lap for his signature. The old
-oan took the pen, wrote George
T.a,- and then sank back exhaust
I'd, The heir hastily raised him again.
ID. uncle, d. he prompted
Deer growled the old man III dee
Tyrateb LOS Angeles Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-14
THE TEsT OF EFETCIENCy

You ask me If bluff is good
AT any time in mans affairs,
If such incontinent hardihood
Hath not its pitfalls and its snares;
In short is it plan safe enough
To recommend? Why, I'm appalled,
That you should harbor doubt! A "blum
Is always good-until it's called
Roy Farrell Greene in The Bohemian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-14
SPEAKING OuT

D. B. HARRISON, the man who was
elected to represent Lincoln county in
the state senate, has persistently mis-
represented about nine-tenths of our
people-but Lincoln county was not
responsible for Harrison's election
Lincoln Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-14
FRO1N OTHER PENS
TEXAS "FAvoRITE SON."

Texas is clearly to have, six more
years of Joseph W. Bailey as senator.
That is no surprise since such clev-
er trickster as Bailey could certainly
have found some way to wriggle out
of his promise to resign in case the in
vestigation of his dealings with the
Standard Oil company had resulted in
a vote unfavorable to him. He has
handled his defense during the last
two months in what may we'll be call
ed a mastery manner from the point
of view of those who believe that sue
cess with disgrace is next best to sue
cess without disgrace
A year ago Bailey had as spotless a
reputation as ever paraded the streets
of Washington under fine coat of
whitewash. He could hold hands with
the wicked trusts" in a dark corner
of the corridor and assail them public
ly in the senate chamber, and nobody
winked as he did it. He could even
lecture his betters in a most superior
way. Since then he has been shown
up in his true colors; he has been
caught in falsehoods, he has given all
his energies to blocking investigation
and he has been ''vindicated" jy a
snap judgment of the state senate,
passed before his investigat tors made
their report, and without a chance be-
ing given for free discussion. The
lower house of the legislature is yet
to be heard from, but that makes no
difference, for any kind of a vindica-
ton seems good enough for Bailey,
and half a vindication would certainly
make him feel warranted in holding
on to good job as long possible.
1t is hard on Texas. In the federal
senate Bailey will have less power for
evil than heretofore, because he is
known for what he is. But in Texas
Bailey will be a symbol of what the
state delights in. He will be a living
witness of the hypocrisy of the whole
state; unless. that is, the people decide
to punish the legislature at the next
elections by retiring all the leading
Bailey supporters from further SER
vice. 1t remains for the people of
Texas to vindicate themselves.-Chi-
cago Record-Hera1d.
PARKS.
A growing city that forgets to pro-
experience later on of buying the
property needed at ten times its cost
before built over-St Louis Globe
Dem ocrat.
BOOK MAKES A HIT.
Four Russian general have cha1-
lenged Kuropatkin to as many duels.
This shows him his book hasn't fallen
fiat, and we trust he will follow its
exampIe.-Boston Transcript.
DULL SAW OR SCARCE LABOR?
1t .ooks as if the ice trust would have
to trot out brand new line of ex-9
cuses for raising the price next sum-
mer-Baltimore Sun. .a|
MASTERFUL CHAUFFEURS.
In one insurance company's policies
covering liabilities under the workmen's
compensation act the term Outdoor
servants does not cover chauffeurs.
They are so often masters.-London
News.
A pTTzZT,F
ANYBODY who has a clear and accurate
idea as to what this war between Mic
aragua and Honduras is about is enti-
tied to a prize.-Hartford Times.
ROBBERY.
That kind of subtraction is frowned
upon at the subtreasury.-Ch!cago
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-14
A New Use For Detectives.

"The shadow is one of the most
potent forces in the service of those
who deal in millions" says David Fer
guson, in 1.-The Shadow in High FL
nance" in the March Everybody S.
This shadow is no airy. himsy thing,
but a hard-headed, cold-blooded, pa
tient. persistent silent detective. high
" trained in all the tricks of his craft,
but specially developed along two or
three lines. He is used chiefly to watch
men and get Information. That sounds
simple and commonplace enough, but
it defines an occupation that has caus-
ed numberless heart breaks, has
thwarted vast ambitions, and brought
about financial tragedies; while on the
other hand It has served to multiply
the great boards of the masters OF
high ffnance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-14
SOME EMPLOYES.
HOCH AND THE SENATE.

Governor Hoch's personal appeal to
the legislature to redeem the pledges
made to the people before the election
had just as we'll not have been made,
so far as the state senate is concerned.
The house gave him a cordial recep-
ton, but the senate resented his ap-
pearance and would perhaps have
adopted a resolution expelling him if
he had remained much longer. The
senate appears to have little in COM
mon with the people of Kansas
Miami Republican
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-14
PARKS.

vide parks as it expands will have the
experience later on of buying the
property needed at ten times its cost
before built over.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-14
A PUZZLE.

ANYBODY who has clear and accurate
Idea as to what this war between Mic
aragua and Honduras is about is enti-
tied to a prize.-Hartford Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-14
MAsTERFIJL CHAUFFEURs.

In one insurance companys policies
covering Liabilities under the worknen s
compensation act the term outdoor
servants does not cover chauffeurs.
They are so often masters.-London
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-14
RORRERY.

That kind of subtraction is frowned
upon at the subtreasury.-Ch Chicago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-14
KANSAS CONMEnT
HARD TIMES.


1t costs the country editor cash to
stand up for what he believes to be
right. Any other citizen can stand for
any proposition without loss financial
~ But the editor is fined every
time he takes a stand for measure or
a principle. If the paper stands for
the antiDass law as we did he loses
his own pass and gets no railroad ad-
vert1sing. If ne argues against pat
ronizing the mail order houses he is
Jumped" by the farmer who insists
that he has a perfect right to spend
his own money where it Dleases him
best to spend it. If he accepts for
efgn mail ordering advertising the
home merchant throws him down. II
he turns down the foreign advertising
he turns down just so much cash. He
supports certain men for off1ce. ana
their opponents stop their paper. The
paper which comes square out in the
open and supports or opposes any
measure, treads on toes somewhere
and loses money.-Western Advocate.
SOME EMPLOYEES.
Holy smoked The senate has or did
Think of that and talk about
and reform. One day
not long since eleven chairs sat up
against the north wall and nine of
these chairs were occupied by negro
employees. Fifty white people were
standing. There are eight janitors.
Two keepers of the postoffice- In
short, there are ia employees to wait
on forty men, every one of whom waits
on himself when at home.-Clay Cen
ter Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-14

DULL SAW OR SCARCE LABOR?
It ooks as il the ice trust would have
to trot out a brand new line of ex-
cuses for raising the price next sum-
mer-Baltimore Sun. ia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-14
BOOK MAKES A HIT.

Four Russian general have cha1-
lenged Kuropatkin to as many duels.
This shows him his book hasn't fallen
fiat, and we trust he will follow its
exampIe.-Boston Transcript.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-12
PUZZLE TO THE LITTLE ONES.
Pathetic Scene at the Trial of Harry
j. Coomes Today

Assault and battery was the charge
growing out of a domestic dis urbance
in the family of Harry ]. Coomes. ga 14th
street southwest, last Tuesday. and
Coomes appeared before the bar in the
Police Court this morning as defendant In
the case, with his wife as complaining
witness. An unusually pathetic feature or
the trial was the evident joy with which
two tiny children of the coupe hailed the
prisoner as he was conducted to Il seat be-
fore Judge Kimball. Throughout the trial
the little ones chung to their fathers coat,
and they gaZed with childish wonder as
he passed back to the prisoners pen and
into one of the cells beyond, after a sem
tence of $40 or thirty days had been
imposed by the court.
On the witness stand in his own behalf
Coomes admitted that he had been
drinking" but he denied that he is ad-
dicted to any drug habit, whch the judge
seemed to think was Indicated by his ap-
pearance. Mrs. Jeanette Coomes. wife of
the accused, testified that he had handled
her roughly and had torn her waist to
pieces in AN effort to drag her INTO the
house. Coomes declared he had merely
grasped his wife's dress and tie garment
was torn as she pulled away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-12
Bloomingdale w. G. T. U. Meets.

The Bloomingdale w. c. T. L. met
Thursday at the home Of Mrs. w. FL.
Howard for its annual meeting and cleo
ton of officers. After the devotional
exercises. led by Mrs. Harlan. the fol-
lowing officers and superintendent were
elected for the ensuing year: President,
Mrs. w. III. Howard; first vice president,
Mrs. c. G. Abbott: second vice president.
Mrs. c. II. Mayors; corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs. X. E. Duehay: recording secre-
tary, Mrs. I. J. Wilson; treasurer. Mrs
r. Adams; auditor, Mrs. George Speidel.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Mrs. Bal
lard: flower mission, Mrs. NJ. c. Harlan
health and heredity. DR.. NJ. Louise Stro-
bel; literature. Mrs. A. c. Proctor
mothers meetings, Mrs. E. y. Weeks :;
purity, Mrs. A. L. Pyles; J.. T. L.. Mrs
NJ. Everett; cradle roll, Mrs. w. y. Green;
railroad and firemen. Mrs. A. c. Proctor;
press, Mrs. c. G. Abbott.
The union voted to pay So for the noun
tain l.. I. l.. work.
Mrs. Duehay and Mrs. Fernali were
appointed program committee FOR The en-
suing year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-12
Responses to Appeal.

In response to the appeal OF t. Asso-
ciated Charities for the cunsunptive
young woman it is desired to maintain AT
a sanatorium for several months. many
contributions have been received In ad-
dition to the So a week contribut d by the
Starmont Auxiliary. Gen. Stern3erg has
arranged to draw on another special fund
TO- S42 owed for the girls cara at the
time the APPEAL was published. The
amount collected is sufficient for twenty
six weeks 1t " II probably b. Necessary.
it is said to keep the girl at IN. sana-
torium for tnirty-five or forty weeks
Gen. Stornberg reports that, in spite of
the fact that the girls disease is FAR ad-
vanced, she has already gain ID six pounds
in weight and shows other signs of
progress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-12
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS THE COURT RECORD
District Supreme Court.

EQUITY COURT NO. 1-Chief Justice
Clabaugh.
Davis agt. Davis; re-referred to exam
iner: compliments solicitor. J. a. Maedel
defendants solicitor. J. w. Davidge
downing agt. Downing; auditors report
ratlned: compliments solicitors, Barnard
u Johnson: defendants solicitor Crandal
Mackey.
Hill agt. Gilbert; purchaser directed to
comply with terms of sale
EQUITY COURT NO. 2-Justice Gould.
Fauth agt. Collins; sale decreed, with
j. T. sherier. jr.. trustee; bond $1,000;
compiainant's solicitor. ]. T. Sherier
Harvey agt. Harvey; rule to show cause
discharged and sale set aside: complain
ants solicitor. c. W. Darr; defendants
solicitors, Hayden Johnson and P J..
Ryan.
In re Lola s. Wilhelm: order authoriz-
ing change of name: petitioners solicitor,
Belva A. Lockwood.
CIRCUIT COURT NO. 1-Justice Wright.
Willige, Gibbs & Daniel agt Bowen;
motion for new trial filed: plaintiffs at
torneys. W. c. Balderston and Hayden
Johnson: defendants attorneys, Ralston
& Siddons and w. E. Richardson.
CIRCUIT COURT NO. 2-Justice Ander-
Son.
Glenn, trustee, agt. Wethered. Cosby &
Saviile -four cases.: clerk ordered to pay
TO defendants attorney sum deposited in
registry; attorney. John D. Coughlan.
Wye agt. Nixon: motion to strike out de-
murrer overruied: plaintiffs attorneys,
Hemans & Meyers; defendants attorney,
Joseph II. Stewart.
Beckerle agt. Maurer; motion to dismiss
overruled and leave to plead within ten
days; plaintiffs attorney. w. H. Sholes;
defendants attorney J. ]. Neligan.
Metzger agt. Metzger; ordered placed at
foot of calendar; plaintiffs attorney, II.
b. Moulton: defendants attorney, V. H.
Wallace.
Boyd aet Lewis; demurrer sustained,
with leave to plead within ten days: plain
tif's attorneys. Jesse H. Wilson, jr. and
F. +. Pratt: defendants attorney, w. A.
Johnston.
PROBATE COURT-Justice Gould.
Estate of William Dacy: petition for let
tiers of administration filed; attorney,
William B. Reilly.
Estate of Charles B. Winship; letters of
administration granted to Alice V. Win
ship; bond. $1,000: attorneys, Jesse H.
Wilson and Jesse H. Wilson. jr.
Estate of Henry Dickson: will dated
August 8, 1906 filed; attorney, ]. B. Lar
ner
Estate Of Henry Dickson; assignment
by A. A. Lipscomb of legacy of $4,000
fled; attorney, R. c. Donaldson.
Estate of James Mcbride Stembel: petit
ton to surrender securities filed; attorney,
Benjamin Carter.
CRIMINAL COURT NO. 2-Justice Bar.
nard.
United States aet. Felix keppler; car.
nal knowledge; bench warrant returned
cepi; defendant released on deposit OF
$500 in lieu of bail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-12
WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair and Colder Tonight, With Frost.
Tomorrow Fair.

Forecast till 8 pm. Sunday-For the
District of Columbia and Maryland, fair
and colder tonight with frost. Sunday fair
and continued cold; light to fresh north
westerly winds.
For Virginia, fair and colder tonight,
with heavy frost in interior, and possibly
light frost on the coast. Sunday fair,
colder in southeast portion; light to fresh
nOrtherly winds.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The lake region depression has adj
vanced to Maine, and diminished some
what in energy. 1t Is being followed by
an area of high pressure that covers the
greater part of the country east of the
Rocky mountains. The center of the high
is now in the Dakotas where the tenn
peratures are 10 to IA degrees below the
freezing point.
Killing frosts are reported this morning
from Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri and
light to heavy frost generally In the lake
region, Ohio valley ana the northern por-
ton of the mddlesAtlantic states.
Fair weather is indicated for tonight
and Sunday in this forecast district. 1t
will be colder tonight ana SUNDAY IN At
lantic coast districts.
The winds along middle Atlantic coast
will be fresh westerly; on the south At
lantic coast fresh northerly, and on the
east gulf coast fresh north to northeast.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have light to fresh westerly
winds and fair weather to. the Grand
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide. $50 am. and 5:45
pm; high tide, 11:26 am. and 11:54 pm.
Tomorow-Low tide, 6:45 am. and 6:45
PIN; high tide, 1920 am.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, sos am: sun sets.
5:2S pm. Tomorrow-Sun rises, 600 am.
Moon sets 9:26 pm. today.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset: eX-
tinguishing begun one hour before sun
lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and
eXtinguished forty five minutes before
sunrise.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
am: Great Falls. temperature, 90; con-
dition 80; Dalecarlia reservoir, tempera-
ture 81; condition at north connection,
81: condition at south connection, 50.
Georgetown distributing reservoir, tenn
perature 81; condition at nfluent gate
house 81; condition at effiuent gatchouse
%. Washington city reservoir temEera-
ture g.: condition at infiuent, 30; condi-
| ton at effiuent 80.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star
HARPERS FERRY, W. Va. October
12.-The Shenandoah is clear and the po-
| tomac cloudy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-12

justice by vote of IS to 3, and q reso-
luton for 1t to go into effect as soon as
the judges are selected. Secretary Taft
was warmly welcomed at Shanghai by
Chinese, American and foreign mer-
chants. and at a dinner made a speech
on Americas policy toward China and
this country's hearty desire for the en-
pife's welfare. The Japanese govern
ment opened a million acres of Korean
land to settlement. and has placed re-
striction on emigration companies. A
great Ia bor demonstration in favor OF
universal suffrage was made in Buda-
pest Hungary, and petition was pre-
scented to the president of the lower
house Rodclphe L.m'euz was appointed
Canada's envoy to japan to take up the
immigration problem with the Japanese
officials. The Cuban labor organizations
adopted resolution to order general
strike If the railways employed stilke-
breakers: a dispatch from Samuel Com
pers Offered the aid of American labor
bodies.
In the District.
The International Association of Fire
Engineers thok posse ssion of the city for
its thirty-fifth annual convention. The
public school pay rolls went to the DIS
trlct auditor yesterday afternoon, and the
employees of the board Of education VIII re
paid as soon as matters are satisfactorily
settled at the District building and at the
Treasury A sensation Of the schooi ad-
mjnistration was sprung when +. I. COL
Inns admitted to Supt. Chancellor that 10Y
over year he had been paying sio
month to hold his position in the schoois.
Teachers of the puolit schools and EN-
Moves Of the board Of ,ducatlon, from the
superintendent down, are prohlplteo ei'i'ei
collecttyeIv or individual ly from attehlpt-
inc IN influence school legislation pS 'ie
,,a, r,,,rs Of the board Of education. Silo"
dom Ashford, inso ,Cto" OF pul-ulhse ~
the District, who has the ehloiceihe1t "
the new fire escape law, hanueo the I'm
nissinrers a list of persons owning apart
- ho,ses and other buildings upon
whom, preliminary notices have peen
served informing them that they ihuet
take immediate steps 10 comply Win Inc
law The milk dealers OF Washington de-
cided to advance the price of milk from .
cents to 9 cents a quart, and cream from
10 TO IL cents per plat. Inc following
conventions were held: The Federalon OF
Trade Press ~of the tinted States' tiic
National Association Of Railway Commits
s;oners and the thirty-third annual con-
vention of the Woman'S Christian rem
nerance Union OF the District of Column
iia The Washington Chamber or COM
mercc held it's first regular meeting or the
fa2I season. Arguments in opposition to
tha petition Of the Georgetown Gaslight
COMPANY for authority 10 Increase It's
canital stock were made by Corporation
Counsel Thomas. for me Distr.ct OF 20.
lumbia. Martin \. Huston. fourteen years
old fell from ladder at GonZaga Col
lego and died at Sibley Hospital. Joseph
r Potter committed suicide by taking an
overdose of strychnine. Among those who
dicd was William F. Hc!tzman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-12

Just fifty-four years ago today Landon
Cabell Williamson joined the ranks OF the
audible and active. Since then he has
Joined most everything else. Mr.. William
son was born in Chariot esville, Va. but
that city in particular and the Old Do:nin-
ion in general being shy on societies. as
sociations, organizations, bodics. orders
and groups, he removed to Washington at
the ripe age of fourteen, in order to give
wider scope to his efforts, and now has
the National capital faded to finish
Mr. Williamson Is a 33d degree Mason,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-12

past master of Washington Centennial,
founder of Osiris, past high priest Of his
chapter, Knight Templar. a member of
the Eastern Star, past president of the
Masonic Mutual Relief Association and
seventeen other different things that he
remembers when he looks in his note
book. When not otherwise occupied he is
lawyer. Mr.. Williamson's friends are
too numerous to count, and his good right
hand will have shakers cramp this even
ing, sure.