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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-09
VOTING AT
HALLS IS
THE THING
Xmas Purchases Count in
the Contest.
Volume of Votes Growing
Rapidly.
TOTAL NOW IS lO9,534
Contest Is to Close De-
cember 23.
And Voting Will Be Swift
From Now On.
Volume of Votes Growing
Rapidly.
TOTAL NOW IS lO9,534
Contest Is to Close De-
cember AZ,
And Voting Will Be Swift
From Now On.

The fourteen days that remain be-
tween now and Christmas will record
East buying at the Hall Stationery
Co.'S store. All holiday purchases
count in the big stenographers' con-
test through which the successful can
didate will receive the beautiful Globe
Wernickle elastic book case offered as
q gift by the company.
The contest will close December %
and II is likely the voting will be more
rapid until that date. The total num-
Der of votes cast up to the present
IS 10e,534.
Following is the standing of cam
didates up to close of business Friday
evening:
Louie NJ Bagley. Ferry & Doran q. Alb
2-Martha Holyoke, Merchants Ma
s-Nita Futon, o. s. Morrow 1854 SssG
-Katherine McKernan, Whiteker
6Bertha Hempstead. Continental -
anna Warentz Byron wiiicutts.. SIS
minnie Seller, Mail & Breeze. 5. 446
s-Margaret Lodge, c. G. Blakely. =. Ais
S-Miss Bee Burge, Topeka Ry. Co.. S.04C
zO-Ellen Hulse, Merriam Mortgage Co. 1851
11-Lula WaldFen, Chas. 8. Locknane 2,775
12-Vera Bridge. Thompson Hdw. Co. 1.91C
1s-Blanche Jones. Knights & Ladies 80,
7A 81 Sc PuS. Smith Truss Co. /. 81
15-Inez Abbott, Topeka Daily Capital ]. 22S
16-Pansy Truman, Shawnee Fire In
17-I Irin1e COME. e. B. Guild Music -'-'
1s-Js e TN: McMurtrie A 3. whiting. s.
1-Mabel Beeler, Santa Fe Ofices... S1t
H-Grace Rousseau, Beneficial Broth 70.
s sFa99a Mliooiniteiith. Commercial :.
s STlso Allison, santa Fe ofrioes... 81
9HMabei FrantE. A. B. Wniting.-'..' OK
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-09

sort, they tried to blow up one end OF
the fortifications with field goal from
the 35 yard line. General Weede was
given the important task of touching
off the mine. All the plans We're
made, the train of powder was lald,
every man was in his position ready
to run at the signal, and the spectators
held their breath in their hands.
General Weede scratched the match,
shielded it carefully with his hands,
and bent down to fire the powder,
broke in, blew out the match. ana
one Robb, whose name indicates his
disposition stole the ball and without
stopping an instant to reflect on the
consequences of his act, sped down the
field IS yards for another touchdown.
The Old Vets were too much like
the British in South Africa. They
lacked mobility. They let the Wash
burn Beers slap them on the back
scratch. The on-side kick was
mysterious invention of Satan with
which the Old Vets had never been In
troduced; the forward pass was like
the airships that pass in the night. If
the Old Vets had been allowed to play
under the 5-yard rule, and yell
guards back" once in while, they
would have battered the Washburn
team into a shapeless pulp.
work of the victorious Washburn
eleven, further than to say that in the
game Saturday, Williams, White,
Haughey, Boles and Maxwell did not
play-and that Washburn won, never
theless. Further remarks, under the
circumstances, are useless. The play
was mostly in the Old Stars territory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-09
Raskethau in OKLAHOMA.

horna university Ave Saturday night
defeated the Oklahoma Aggies' basket
ball team by the score of 80 to -;
Oklahoma outplayed the AggIes an
the way. The game opened Ine 10
cal basket ball season ana uhe aeeeho-
ance was large.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-09

Liberty, Mo-, Dec. 9.-The basket
ball team of William Jewell college
Saturday night defeated the Ottawa
university five of Ottawa, Kan, by thu
score of 80 to "a The game was fast
and the play snappy, much spectacu-
lar work being done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-09

Nature always warns you II your your DOW Pow
Take HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain lea, II
relieves all congestion and Ies.ore3 hia1
raj digestion. So cents. lea " laotess-
Fred r. Walker.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-09
To Cure a Cold in one Day.

TakeIAXATIVEB ROMO Qu!nine tapIets
nrnegists refund money If IT fails to cure.
E.W' GROVES signature on each box 2Sc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-09

roacb Garfield weede (of the Old
yets1: 1.-THE report that Washourn ran
In some of its second team men on US
Is true. have seen a good deal OF the
Washburn team this year, ana recUS
nized some of the second team men VINO
were played under the disguise OF nrst
+aaro men. our PLAYERS noticed it, too,
and it took the heart out of them. Ihey
did not feel lige exerting themselves
against second team men, sano. we
couldn't get up the ginger that we nave
shown in practice. For my part am
opposed to putting Washburn on our
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-09

washburn's Missouri valley champion
football team beat the team represent
ing the Grand Army of the Republic
on Washburn field Saturday afternoon
by a score of IL to o, in game said
by the Old Vets to be tn FUNNIEST ever
played in the west.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-09

You can do so by the
monthly payment plan. If
you have a little to start
with, The Shawnee Build
ing and Loan Association,
115 West Sixth street, will
help you. Ask the secre-
tary to explain it to you.
Open Saturday evenings,
g to 8 o'cloc K.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-09

Tim Murphy, ever popular and al
wave GOOD. will be at the Grand OF
Saturday in '"Two Men and a Girl"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-09

schedule again. in spite of the big fin
ancial returns of the game. We can
not afford to sacrifice principle to
avarice."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-09

What promises to be one Of the
theatrical treats of the season will be
~ waller whiteside in 1.-THE Claim of
Blood" a new play by Gordon Kean:
This is a Lieber & Co. production and
that is sufficient guarantee OF its
merit in addition to the reputation
MI Whiteside has made as an actor
of distinction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-09

The show booked for the Grand
next Sunday night Is The Reo
Feather"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-09

There will be nothing at the Crane
until wednesday night when
Thoroughbred Tramp" will be the at
traction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-09

Frank H. Tinney. "And He DID.
Tbat is all the programme tells Of one
Of tho acts at the Majestic theater for
this week That certainly does not
tell much. Mr.. Tinney must be seen
in order for one to appreciate JUST
what he does But he does II al
right He puts on a fifteen or twenty
minute turn with the aid of piano.
bagpipe and his face, together WIN
a few words once in while, which Is
far and away the best single act tnat
has been seen in vaudeville IN Iope-
Evening star., 1907-11-17

nAPYRUS paper making is long lost art, and
+ the papyruS plant years ago disappeared
from the banks of the Lower Nile. But in the
upper reaches of the river it still thrives and the
banks of several of the rivers OF Sicily are lined
with its dense but graceful forests" If the ex-
periments which under way by the Department
of Agriculture successful they promise,
this beautiful ornamental plant may soon become
favorite along the banks of warmer rivers,
and may also serve some measure OF usefulness.
The winter traveller in the Southern States may
then glide up meandering semitropical watercourse
in noiseleSs electric launch and allow his magma
ton to drift back thousands of years into
the time when the PharaohS and the Ptolen1es
ruled Egypt in unequaed spendor, and yet
farther away into that dim past when history fades
into mere tradition.
Paper making from papyrus originated in Egypt,
though the idea came from the Orient, through
some Chinese prisoners of who were familiar
with the method of manufacturing crude paper
from bamboo. During the height of Egypts in
tellectual glory the banks of the Nile the
must have been covered with great stretches of this
useful plant. The carvings on some ancient
monuments show the methods of cultivation, and
Alexandria is known to have been the center of its
manufacture. The great library there, which was
burned by the Mohammedans, contained half
million long papyrus rolls. If there is thing
for which the world can scarcely forgive the ruth
less vandals it is their destruction of these VOLT
civilizations.
While papyrus has now entirely disappeared from
the Lower Nile, the few plants to-day growing in the
public garden at Cairo having been imported, it is
said, from Hamburg as late as in the eighteenth
century, travellers in upper Egypt find the peasants
making has long been dead, even among these
descendants of those who knew.
We live to-day in country which is the greatest
paper producer in the world; yet there is probably
Evening star., 1907-11-17
TRYING THE;PAPER PLANT IN AMERICA

see in it only something very green and very beauti
full. Transplanted to America the papyrus of
ancient Egypt would add great charm to water
ways and recently there has been suggestion that
it might again into its when wood pulp
becomes scarcer and more expensive. The dense
frnges of its plumes which overhang the Anapo
River Sicily, well at its source deep, clear
spring just outside the ancient city of Syracuse,
viewed annually by thousands of tourists With
graceful, curving stems rising twelve to fifteen feet
at their SUBMITS featherduster tassels of delicate
green flanents, the papyrus is one OF the most
beautiful of water plants.
The oldest book in existence is made of papyrus.
1t antedates the founding of the library of Alex
andria and the establishment of the vast book interest
of that city. This volume was discovered in an
excavation made some four years ago at Abusir,-a
tightly bound roll containing large portion of the
poem of Persa of Tnotheus,-and now reposes in
the Berlin Royal Museum. The inscription is in
Greek and relates the naval victory of the Greeks
over Xerxes King of Persia, in 4So B. c., at Sala-
mis- of the decisive battles in the Greco-Persian
This first book of the world has been translated
and published. 1t is in the form of nome,
ancient song ode in the epic STYLE and describes
the ships as they fitted out for the battle the
array line of battle the closing of the vessels of
the opposing fleets, the hurting of lances and the
whr of rebrands, the setting fire to the ships at
Persian fleet is described in fight, beaten by the
victorious Greeks. One rich follower of XerXes
battled with the waves, calling on the gods to curse
the treacherous sea, and at last sank beneath its
waves. Finally panic seized the royal headquarters,
and the King himself ordered general retreat of the
trophy Zeus and celebrated the victory with song
and dance In his epilogue Timotheus invokes
Apollo give the people peace and blessing resting
on the observation of the law.
Evening star., 1907-11-17

engine After passing Colonel Stone l noticed that
some of men had been drinking, and sent back
were doing their duty Thinking that everything
it should be, Sherman and l separated to
select our quarters for the night
1t was hardly dark, however, before fire broke
out in the vicinity of that main street. Some
people, thinking to conclllate our soldiers, had
were very quickly under the influence OF drink AS
soon as he discovered this, General Woods sent in
a fresh brigade and little later Logan had Hazen
furnish another All of us spent that night IN
making every effort could to save as much OF
Columbia as possible. Fortunately for the town the
wind changed about three o'clock in the morning;
and little more than one-thlrd OF the beautiful
city was thus kept from being consumed.
After leaving Columbia, we spread out as before,
from Slocum S left to my right covering breadth
of thirty and forty miles. l now kept with Logan
as | had with Blair Logan and were habtually
on the best of terms He always did his part with
unabating zeal However, we had one me, little contre-
temps at the first river crossing This river was
overspreading its banks more than halt mile each
way, and the ground became so soft that it would
not hold up the wagons or the artillery carriages.
1t became necessary to make corduroy roads under
water, most difficult thing to do. directed Cen
eral Logan to his pioneers and whatever troops
needed for this work, and sent my engineer
battalion to aid him.
After perhaps couple of hours trial Logan
wrote angry note saying that II did not
take away those troublesome engineers ne would
not make another effort to bridge that river. l
took the paper from the messenger and, folding 1t
in three parts, wrote the back OF it in the
form of an Endorsement these words, The COM
1nanding officer of the Fifteenth Army Corps will
obey every lawful order" l sent the paper back to
Logan. About twenty minutes after this we met
and found everything going on harmonously.
Neither of us ever referred to the affair again.
Every day the number of Negro families that came
with us was on the increase There was a curious
mixture of wagons, mules, and horses, and people
carving bundles of every size and description Arriv
ing at the Neuse River was permitted to dispose of
this strange part of my column: Giving them sutfl-
cient wagons to carry few days supply, sent
away eight thousand five hundred of them with
cavalry escort. They went to the coast and settled
there, according to General Sherman's humane field
order that he issued for their benefit.
After this, General Joe Johnston was again IN
our front He had gathered in the garrisons from
the north and the south, and Hardee was his second
in command. Soon feeling strong enough, he
Evening star., 1907-11-17

Washington Grant came to u.s. and soon all went
well and Johnston's army and all others were sur
Of course, | carried out my classmates wish at
Raleigh, doing all | could to protect the family
which had been kind Willie Hardee,
We made rapid march to Richmond Vir
ginia and there | had telegram from Grant to
let my command be marched by my officers to
Alexandria, and to go myself by water to Wash
ington and report to the Secretary Of War did
so, and was made Commissioner of Freedmen
Mr.. Stanton told me to retain the command of
the Army and the Department of the Tennessee.
particularly should need to select officers from
it to aid me in my duties The great review
by the President of the eastern and western armies
planned by the time my own reached the Poto-
mac and encarnped near Arlington Heights. Just
before the review General Sherman and l met in
the office of Adjutant General Townsend.
Howard" said Sherman, Il want you to give
up the command of the Army of the Tennessee
before the great review and let Logan have it
that occasion.
l strongly protested Sherman then said that
Logan had been greatly disappointed that he had
not been allowed to be the successor of Mcherson.
and that he, Sherman, would like to please him n
this thing. l." 1t will be everything to Logan Howard,
you are Christian and will not mind this"
l answered, Very well, General, If you put it
on that ground, submit -
l turned to him as 1 reached the door, doubtless
showing some feeling, and asked permission to ride
with his staff at the review Sherman nurmured
something which l did not distinctly hear
The Great Review
WHEN the day of the review came, took my
'" place on the right of the staff line next to
General Barry Sherman's chief of artillery. We
were near the Capitol just before the march up
Pennsylvania ave began.
General Sherman brilliant in uniform and proud
and happy, looked round and called to him.
You are to ride with to-day" he said.
And did so.
Only few years ago a young brought
me letter written to me by General Sherman
letter which had never seen. The young man
said, my father received this letter from clerk
of General Sherman's, Mr.. Rains" (the son of
Confederate officer, who picked it UP from Sher-
That letter was kind expression of Sherman's
wishes, written before the review, for to ride
he commanded 1t now hangs in the upper hall
of our house in Burlington Vermont beside the
picture of General Grant and his family.
Evening star., 1907-11-17

attacked Socums corps, and the severe battle of
Averysboro resulted. A little later came the last
battle, Bentonville North Carolina. which
severer and lasted for two days, both wings being
engaged. Just one of my divisions Nowersl
had almost enveloped Johnston's left and seized
his communications, Sherman called us off declar-
ing that there had been fighting enough. | think
that his mind was fixed on getting to Goldsboro
speedily. Sherman was victorious; but the victory
might have been more decisive. Hardee permitted
his Willie hardly sixteen years OF age, to go
into this battle with the Confederate cavalry. The
lad was mortally wounded, and carried to Raleigh,
where he died. General Stephen ID. Lee my class
mate sent, in underground way, this letter
across the lines to me:
DEAR HowARD-When you get to Raeigh,-for sup
to the family, because they kind to Willie
Hardee when he mortaly wounded.
On March %, 1868 reached Goldsboro. AS
my command was settled IN proper shape
| ran in as usual to Sherman.
Terry has formed junction with us" he said,
"and Schohed with the Twenty-thlrd Corps has
come around from Nashville; but the work IS not
yet done"
But Sherman was mistaken; the work was more
nearly done than he thought. Not many days later,
at Smthteld, | saw plainly that Southern
talking mysteriously and looking troubled.
At last one of them said to me, General Howard,
we have heard some bad news. We are all at your
mercy. Lee has surrendered to Grant
little later we had the strange and unexpected
-tidings more directly. By April 23 we were en-
eamPed in and around Raleigh; Johnston was at
with bodies of cavalry of both armies watching
between US Peace was in the air. Sherman, when
near Smthfeld, had received a note from Johnston
asking to negotiate for terms; and had agreed to
meet him in three days, that is, April I3, at
near Durham Station.
News of Lincoln's Death
RUT just before Sherman set out to meet John
- ston despatch was placed in his hands which
announced to him the dreadful of the assassna-
ton of Abraham Lincoln. He almost crushed
by this announcement. He me just before his
departure, and l knew that something wrong.
He looked pale, and tightly closed his teeth had
him do in battle but he did not reveal the
as soon as their greetings We're over and told him
that he had not let any of us know because he
so afraid of the anger of his men. Johnston
much affected as Sherman, and denounced the
murder with vehemence.
Sher1nan's terms not being quite acceptable at
The Washington times., 1907-08-31
BRYAN WILL RUN.
FRIENDS DECLARE

OMAHA. Aug. 31.--Mr. Bryan's closest
personal and political friends in Lincoln
and Omaha brand as utterly false the
story in Philadelphia paper TO the eff
feet that Bryan has irrevocably decided
not to be a candidate for the Democratic
nomination because the leaders of his
party do not want him TO be nominated.
Bryan is somewhere in Iowa. and can
not be reached. James Q Dahlman,
mayor Of Omaha. and member of the
National Democratic Committee. said:
Mr. Bryan viii be the next candidate.
I don't know, Of course. what he may
have decided to do or not TO do within
the last few days, but I know that the
Democrats Of the country want him and
will nominate him.
Another close friend said: You may
say that Mr.. Bryan's friends in Ne
braska know that the Philadelphia story
is absurd Maybe the leaders of the
Democratic party don't want Mr. Bryan,
but It IS openly evident the rank and
file do want him. and they will decide
whether he shall be nominal ed"
The Washington times., 1907-08-31
FLAWS IN DIVORCES
FOUND BY BRITON

PORTLAND. Maine, Aug. a.-In
paper on international Recognition OF
American Divorces" read before the
international law conference, J. Arthur
Rarrett. OF London and New York.
said:
american migratory divorces are a
continuing source OF trouble IN England
as well as In this country Some or the
most lamentable cases have recently
come under my notice in actual p-acuce-
zone OF them was an especially pain
full one. where twenty-five years ago a
decree was procured which was IN
doubtedly void one OF the parties mar
ried again and had children. who. &C
cordlng to English law, viii most GER
taInly be deemed iIlegitimate.
Il cannot too strongly emphasize the
fact that while the English courts will.
Of course, recognize American divorces
If duly procured and without fraud, they
will decline to hold valid such divorces
where there LAS been no bona fide domi-
Gle of the plaintiff in the State where
the action vas brought. and he or she
simply resided in such State for the Pc
Rod required by its laws and very soon
after returned TO the former dOuiicile.
There should be a central registry,
say. in Washington. supported at the eX-
pense OF all the States, where divorce
DEGREES rendered throughout the United
States should be recorded, and each
State should enact law providing that
its decrees shall not become final and
imperative until so recorded.
The Washington times., 1907-08-31
DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS
ORDER PUBLIC OPERATIONS

The following orders were issued by
the District Commissioners today;
That the surface Of Eastern avenue
and adjacent roads In BuTrvIile be regu-
lated with the road machine, at an esti-
mated cost OF 800.
That James Lanigan be appointed
foreman on the temporary roll. in the
sewer division, at a per diem pay. said
appointment to take effect when he re-
ports for duty.
That the following water mains De
laid and service sewers built:
Three hundred and eighty feet OF four
inch main in alley Of square Boss bryant
and College streets, east OF rourtA
street nOrhweSD-
one hundred and fifty feet in College
street. east of Fourth street northwest.
Sewer in Forty-eighth street north
west. between Murdcck Hiu road and
B-andywine street and along The sourh
side of Brandywine street northwest
between Forty-sixth and Forty-eighth
streets.
The Washington times., 1907-08-31
MAN SELLS COAL YARD.
DETECTIVES ARREST HIN

Detectives Baur and Cornwall arrested
James J. Fletcher this morning on a
warrant requested by Arthur R Lips
comb. who charges the former with OBJ
tanning $3.50 from him on false pre-
lenses
II IS alleged that Fletcher sold Lips
comb wood and coal and feed yard al
10 Tennessee avenue northeast, and that
he secured the sum mentioned only
under the condition. so Llpscomb al
Ieges, that the business was unincum-
bered. Lipscomb claims that the prop
erty did not belong 10 Fletcher. and on
learning this Immediately swore out q
warrant for F1etchers arrest. Fletcher
furnished bond IN the sum OF $500 {
appear in court on Monday.
Fletcher denied the charge against
him this morning. saying that it was al
nonsense. Further than admitting that
he was one OF the principals IN dea
with Lipscomb. he refused 10 talk about
the affair.
The Washington times., 1907-08-31
ILLNESS IN FAMILY
CHANGES BARRETT'S PLANS

John Barrett, director Of the Pan
American Bureau, who left the city on
Wednesday TO participate in the recep-
lions that are being planned for Sec
rotary of war Taft on the Pacific Coast
next week. will be unable to continue
the Journey west of Chicago because
OF serious illness IN his family. which
resides at Freeport. III. A telegram re-
ceived this morning by A. E. Alexander,
private secretary to the director, stateo
that upon arriving in Chicago Mr.. Bar
rett was apprised of the Illness at Free
port. which would necessitate his pres
ence there for several days. Accord
ingiy. when he can leave there, he will
return to Washington.