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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-04
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-04
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sUEs RAILROAD.

Charging that on. August -, 1907
a field Of wheat owned BY him had
been destroyed through a fire orig
mating from flying sparks from a
Northern Pacific engine. v g. Nc
Crosby. who owns d farm near Gar
field Va Whitman county, today In.
stituted suit asking 1886 damages
from the railroad corporation.
LONDON. Dec a. Mrs Edith
K. McCreery. daughter Of the late
Col Lawrence Kip. and former wife
of Richard McCreery. Of San Fran.
cisco. WINS married IN s. James
church Piccadilly. yesterday. 70 the
Hon Henry Coventry. son Of the
Earl Of Coventry The bride was
given away By Ambassador Reid
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-13
NOTHING IN THE HOODOO
Y. NJ. C. A. WhirIwind Campaign To-
day VIII Be Successful.

The opening of the campaign for
500 new members and renewals of
membership to the Y. M. c. A opened
at 1880 this morning when 80 mem
bers met at the association building
for their breakfast and to complete
plans for the campaign which is to
close late this evening Ten addition
al workers came in before the ac-
tive work of soliciting commenced and
they were added to the force which
had arrived half an hour earlier.
At o'clock the committee left
headquarters on their whirlwind cam
patgn of one days duration and re-
ports received indicate that the object
OF the committee will be accom-
plished. At the gathering at the Y M.
c. A building at noon for lunch re-
ports which were made indicated that
us new members and renewals had
been pledged during the morning.
There Is nothing to this double
Eoodoo. Friday the 18th" said George
1errigo, secretary of the association
and we are going to break all previous
records for quick work Topeka has
responded nobly to our appeal and 1
have no doubt that the result of the
canvass will show this evening that
we have the coveted number of re-
newals and new members. We have
5ust got to have them and that is all
there is to it and with just little help
from those who are intending to re-
new or join at some time in the near
future we will succeed. But we must
have their renewals or applications
before the contest closes tonight"
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LOCAL MENTION.

Protect your health. Chest protectors
of all kinds at Prices.
w. s. Comstock, son of S. Comstock,
residing at 1909 Clay street was this
morning reported a victim of scarlet
fever The board of health quar-
antined the house.
Mrs. I. z. Locke was this morning
given a permit to erect two-story
frame dwelling at sos Jefferson street.
The estimated cost of the building is
$500.
One of the most attractive holiday
windows of the season is the north
window of the Ellet Bros, Shoe COM
pany at SIS Kansas avenue. The
window is decorated in green and red,
and displays an elegant assortment
of mems shoes and high top boots.
Ruy your Christmas pictures at Coe
Bros Cut Rate Art Store. 832 Kansas
ave. Let us do your framing.
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mime OWNERS WEAKEN.
Miners Can Return to Work and Stay
In the Union.

Goldfield New. Dec. 13.-After making
an attempt to resume work at the Mo-
hawk Combination mine this morning
the management decided that not
enough men had appeared for work and
gave up the attempt. This leaves the
Consolidated the only mine working in
the camp and most of the men are
above ground. Not nearly enough are
working under ground to keep the mills
going with ore and as consequence
more men will have to be brought in
from outside or the mill will be closed
before the end of the week. About the
same number appeared this morning as
yesterday.
1t is announced today as a conces-
sion to the union miners by the owners
association the card system is to be
abandoned and the old men permitted
to go back to work, whether they re-
nounce the Western Federation or not.
General Funston is at work today
upon a second report to Washington
and has consulted with several of the
men on both sides.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-13
BISHOP WEEKLY COMING.
He Will Spend Sunday at q. b. Church
in Topeka.

Bishop VIM. Weekly of Kansas City,
Mo-, who was the leading spirit in a
great mems convention which closed
yesterday at. Holton will spend Sun
day at the First United Brethren
church in Topeka The bishop Is push
ing the mems movement of that
church. This convention was the first
of the kind for the United Brethren
in the middle west. 1t was a decided
success and steps were taken to make
it permanent organization. Bishop
Weekly was elected president, Rev.
Thos. E. Perks of Wichita, secretary
and Prof. L. G. Atherton of York
Neb., treasurer. 1t was decided to
hold the next convention one year
hence at Lincoln, Neb.
More than 200 men from different
parts of Kansas were present. The
organization was named, 1.-THE United
Brotherhood" and includes all Bible
classes, mems leagues and brother
hoods of the church. Mr.. o. P. Beck
ley of Harrisburg, Pa, who teaches
class of $50 men, again and again
thrilled the convention with accounts
of the work of his class The interest
become dramatic when he told of a
contest between his class and the
brewers association in a newspaper
contest for a $3.50 piano. The class
won. DR.. J. G. Huber of Dayton, O.,
who teaches a class of $50 men, made
the closing remarks which carried the
convention. to a high. pitch of enthu-
siasrn.
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extended over a period of about six

extended over a period of about six
months.
She stated that Jerry Barnes had
first proposed that she work with the
lions. That he gave her a number OF
Instructions and that all went well I'M
til June !. 1906.
She stated that small stool had
been placed on a box in order that she
night enter the cage. II told them that
I would never go in that cage again I'M
less the mode Of egress and ingress was
remedied for was afraid might break
a limb" she stated.
Jerry Barnes grasped my arm and
he said he would show me how to get
in and out all right. Then my husband
said, Little girl, you will please me IT
you never go in there again He pro-
tested and I told him to shut up, that
was working under the directions of
my employer. I didn't like the way
the lions acted. They tried to contin-
ually get between me and the door.
They would get behind i, and, circle
around me. asked to be, let out but
Jerry Barnes told me to stamp my foot
and subdue them. I asked twice. Then
the large lion struck me. He struck me
on the limb and knocked me down."
Did the small lion jump too?"
NO sir, he was back of the big lion."
What did you do?"
ct threw my right arm to protect my
eyes, He growled constantly"
How long was it until Jerry Barnes
rescued your"
ut seemed ages to me but it must
have been only a few minutes"
Were you at any time unconscious!
mot at any time"
what effect did these wounds have
upon your rest and sleep at night?"
1T is hard for me to sleep"
what effect did the wounds on the
head have?''
ct have terrible headaches three or
four times a month
On the whole Mrs. James was very
good witness and on the cross exam
fnation could not be shaken to any ap-
probable extent from the assertions 10
which she chung.
The case will probably go to the jury
this evening.
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JARB0E A FREE MAN.
Telegraph Operator Who Forged a
Message Pardoned.

James G. Jarboe. a 23ayear-old tele-
graph operator who got into trouble
in Dresden, Decatur county, and was
sent to the penitentiary last March, was
granted full pardon today by Cover
nor Hoch, and will at once go to West
Virginia to join his wife and little
child.
Jarboe's story is a peculiar one, and
it is rather significant fact that
Sheriff J. w. Railsback of Decatur
county, who arrested the boy, came to
Topeka today to ask that he be par
doned, and he brought with him thu
written endorsement of the district
Judge, county attorney ard all the Off
GERS of the court. as ....,
Jarboe's offense consisted in forging
a telegram, on which he attempted to
ride Rock Island train from Dresden
to Colorado Springs, and most people
will consider that his forgery was JUS
titled. He lived at Pueblo, and had
served as a telegraph operator in the
United States army signal corps in the
Philippines. The RScl< Island offered
him a job as operator at dresden, Kan,
sas, and sent him there to take the $50.
When he arrived, he found the job al
ready taken, and nothing open for him
except that of night Waterman to re-
ceive the mail at the depot. He declin-
ed 20 take that, and asked the company
to give him transportation back to Col
orado. This the company agreed to do.
JdTDOe Wdll0u dTOuIl0 OTeSQ0n lOT IHTce
or four days, but no transportation
came. So he proceeded to fix up a fake
telegram, authorizing the conductor to
carry him to Colorado Springs, and
signed the name of Abbott, division
superintendent, to the telegram. He
took the train and rode as far as Good
land, when the operator at Dresden,
who was mad because Jarboe had gone
and left him with the night work to
do, intercepted him with telegram,
and caused his arrest.
The lawyers told Jarboe to plead not
guilty. and assured him that he could
not be convicted of forgery. Jarboe,
however, said that he had forged the
telegram all right, and was willing to
accept the penalty. So he told the
court he was guilty, and took the min
imum sentence, one to seven years.
Counting the time that Jarboe was In
the county Jail before his trial, he has
been in prison nearly year.
1t looks as though about the first
duty Jarboe' owes to himself is to hunt
up the operator who tagged" him for
spite, and settle the account with him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-13
CUMMlNS IN THE RACE.
Governor Will Try to Get the DeIeea-
ton From Iowa.

Des Moines, Dec. 13.-An effort will
be made to get the delegation from
Iowa for Cummins for president and
this will not necessitate the governors
withdrawal from the race for United
States senator. This was learned to-
day from close friends of Governor
Cummins. They assert that there is
no doubt but that the Iowa delegation
viii try to hold the delegation in limo
for Cummins If there is any oppor-
tunity of his securing the nomination,
or TO throw II to some other progress
sive man In case he can not win. In
any event they propose to keep II
away from any reactfonists.
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FAINTS ON THE STAND.
Witness Delays a Trial by Court
Martial.

Des Moines, Ia, Dec 13.-Captain
Kulp. Company B, Fifty-fourth regi-
ment, Iowa National Guards, on trial
before military court martial charged
with disobeying the orders of Adjutant
General Thrift relative to a prize tight
at Davenport on the night of November
p, today on the witness stand declared
that he did not disobey the orders of
his superior officer.
Il was ordered to stop a prize fight"
declared the witness.
II did as was ordered to. / did not
stop a boxing exhibition and was not
ordered to do so. merely did what ]
thought 1t was my duty to do.''
Lieutenant James G. Mason, of Com
pany B, Kulp's company, tainted on
the witness stand today and 1t became
necessary to continue the hearing until
a later hour.
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TO FIGHT THE OIL TRUST.

Kansas City, Kan, Dec. 13.-The
Zine a new monthly periodiceI nrinf-
ed in the interest of the Uncle Sam
and other antitrust oil companies, is
to be issued here today The maya
zine is owned by H. H. Tucker, jr.
former secretary and treasurer of the
Uncle Sam company William b.
Plumb, formerly in the oil business In
Pennsylvania, and a cousin of the late
Senator p. B. Plumb of Kansas, is the
editor.
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FALL OFF ONE THIRD.
Bank Clearings Show Heavy Decline
From n Year Ago.

New York. Dec. 13.-Dun's Review
tomorrow will say: Bank exchanges
this week at all leading cities in the
United States are 9,209,293, de-
crease of 334 per cent compared with
the corresponding week of last year.
The loss is still heavy at nearly every
city but is especially large at New
York, Boston, Philadelphia, New Or
leans Louisville and San Francisco.
In the west there is some little
relaxation from previously existing
conditions and losses are smaller at
some points.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-13
New York Money Market.

New York. Dec. 18.-MONEY-Money on
call firm. 6QD10 per cent: ruling rate 10 and
offered at per cent. Time loans nominal
so days, 12Q15 per cent; 80 days, 1O912 per
cent: 6 months, per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper 7dS per
cent; sterling exchange steady. with ac-
tual business in bankers' bills at ASSOC
ASH for demand and at "a. 791kGl4 1855 for 90
day bills; commercial bills, A.79A.
lars. 431Ac.
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at his load. Both Mr.. Eberhart ana
the seat were thrown to the ground.
Mr.. Eberhart was badly injured on
the head and back, and DR.. Keith,
his auto, says that the injury to his
back is serious.
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COULD NOT SAVE HIM.
Insanity Plea Is Denied in the Case Of
Harrison Clark.

Lincoln, Neb.. Dec. 13.-Harrfson
Clark, colored. died on the scanold at
the state penitentiary this afternoon at
2:40 o'clock. Desperate efforts were
made to delay the execution by filing
a petition alleging insanity. Judge
Cornish this afternoon overruled the
Applicant ton and Warden Beemer car
ried out the sentence.
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PETER EBERHART IS HURT.
Thrown From His Wagon and Prob
ably Seriously Injured.

Peter Eberhart,, a prominent farm
er living east of the city, who is also a
candidate for county commissioner.
was seriously injured today by being
thrown from high wagon. Mr..
Eberhart was driving to town with a
load Of hogs, and two miles east OF
town a front wheel dropped into a
deep rut while he was looking around
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Chaplain Cole Is Acquitted.

Hubbard, Ia, Dec. ia committee
of the Northwestern Iowa Methodist
conference which has been holding a
church trial here considering charges
of immortality preferred against Chap
lain Jesse Cole Of the Iowa soldiers
home, returned a unanimous verdict OF
acquittal today
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

After a serious illness lasting for
nearly week, Joseph T. McLaughlin
died at midnight last night at his home,
634 Van Buren, street, of heart trouble
at the age of 10 years. Mr.. McLaugh-
lin came to Topeka in 1856 from Lo-
gansport, Ind. and for the past 15 years
has been actively engaged in the real
estate business in North Topeka He
Is survived by widow, three sons and
three daughters.
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b. #. Sim Sells Store.

B. F. Sim proprietor of the drug
store at 1872 Kansas avenue, today
druggist from Kansas City. Mr.. Sim
is negotiating for a drug store at
Colorado Springs, and If he makes the
deal, will move there.
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Would Not Tell to Save His Life.

Bristol, Va, Dec. 13.-Refusing to the
last to divulge a secret which he said
If he had revealed at the trial would
have set him free, Noah Fulton, 81
years old, paid the death penalty at
Abingdon today for the murder Of his
companion, John Johnson, near Gren-
dale last February.
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Madison, Wis, Dec 13.-The state SUI
preme court today declared the Wis
eonsin sleeping car law unconstitution-
al. The decision holds that the law is
not valid exercise of the police powers
of the state, that 1t leaves to the occu-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-13
Cotton Market

day $50 bales Spot cotton closed steady
and 10 points lower. Middling uplands,
$1210; niddling gulf, $1235.
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pant of the lower berth to decide
whether the upper shall be closed or
open instead of absolutely requiring an
unoccupied berth to be closed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-09-19
SPORTING SNAP SHOTS

A football game is scheduled for
Nov. between Spokane and Port
land amateur athletic associations
The game will be played in Spo-
kane, probably at the Recreation
park baseball grounds. On Christ.
mas the return game will be play
ed In Portland. Arrangements have
already been made with the Seat
tie club for game there on New
Years.
Bill Hurley has signed a new
pitcher named Terry, who halls
from the Central league. 1t is prob.
able, however, that he will not re-
port until next year. Hurley says
he is not worrying about the man.
agement of the Vancouver team for
next year.
Ike Butler, who has pitched win
ming ball for Tacoma this year, has
signed with San Diego, Cal, in the
winter league of Southern Califor-
mia. His pitching partner will be
Dummy" Taylor, of the New York
Nationals.
Ruby H, a fast pacing mare, died
at Salem, Ore, a few days ago.
Ruby H Is well known In Spokane,
having paced on Spokane tracks
for years. She was owned by r.
M. Mears and G. d. Jeffries.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-09-19
ALTMAN WINS
SEATTLE GAME

AT Seattle yesterday Spokane de-
feated the Siwashes to / in a
spirited pitchers battle between
Harry Rush, the Spokane amateur
who has proven such a good young
ster since joining Seattle, and Bill
Clifin, the white-haired young man
who officiated for Spokane. Rush
allowed five hits, struck out eight
and walked one; Clafiin gave SIX
hits, struck out nine, walked one.
Myers, Of Seattle, and Altman,
for Spokane. hit for two.baggers
Altman's stick work and fielding
won the game. Coy, Seattle's right
fielder, secured home run.
At Vancouver yesterday Butte
won 4 to 2.
At Tacoma Aberdeen was unable
to score against "Slim" Nelson
whom vancouver traded to Tacoma
for tommy Downie, second base.
man, and Clynes, right fielder. The
score was Tacoma /. Aberdeen 0.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-09-19
NEW CHIEF WILL
FIX FRISCO

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 19.-1f
VIM. ]. Buggy. just appointed chief
of police, gets after civic corruption
in half as dashing style as he did
seven years ago, there will be some
''hot times in the old town" ere
long.
Buggy was appointed acting chief
early in 1900 and got after the gam
blers, tenderloin saloons and other
violators Of the law so strenuously
that he was soon displaced by the
graft regime, then in power.
Lately Buggy has again been
prominent as the elisor who guard
ed Abe Ruef, San Francisco's fallen
boss, as private prisoner of
state. Now that Buggy will have to
be at the central station so much
he announces that Ruef will have
to exchange his handsomely fur
nished, sunny front bedroom in the
residence district for less preten-
tiOus quarters in the city prison.
Buggy says he will put on the
lid" and keep it down. This time
he has no fear of losing his job
by treading on the corns Of 1.-The
push" and San Francisco looks for
better police protection than she
has received in many years.
A complete reorganization of the
police department is among Biggy's
plans. In this he will be aided by
Detective Burns of the graft prose-
cution, who says he has evidence
that many high officials are corrupt.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-09-19

/ has long been identified with the in
vestigation of spiritualistic phenom-
ena along scientific lines, and his
reputation as an authority on psy-
chology is wide. He is a leader OF
the Society of Psychlcal Research.
Prof. Hyslop was asked what in
fluence the disclosures in the Pep
per-Vanderbilt trial would have to-
ward solving the mystery of spiritu.
alistic phenomena.
None at ALL" was his answer ut
Is good lesson to the Spirituaists.
1t shows the kind of thing they run
after, and makes it always difficult
to get scientific people to listen to
facts that have respectable basis.
81 do not care to express any
apology for any of it. The more OF
that sort Of exposure the better.
1.-The trial has simply exposed
one more fraud. 1t does not affect
phenomena produced in straight
forward way. When results are OBJ
tanned in private cases where per-
sons not only do not seek notoriety
but insist that their names be with
held, it is altogether different phe-
nomena, and Is not affected by this
trial"
do you believe that spirits can
be materialized?" was asked. {
Physical phenomena, so far as
my experience goes, is all fraud
and delusion.
81 think communication with the
dead has been established through
q number of reSnect able cases"
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BY JACOB WALDECk

SN~~S N@S >O'~
NEW YORK, Sept. 19.--On the
surface and to the uninitiated it
would appear that the sensational
disclosures in the Vanderbilt
Pepper Spiritualism case would put
damper on that strange cult for
some time to come, at least until
the public has forgotten.
With Mrs. May Papper-Vander.
bilt on the witness stand in defense
of her aged husband, whose sanity
was questioned by his daughter, it
came out that, when the famous
medium most needed the aid of the
spirits they refused to act.
The presiding Judge declared that
If Mrs. Pepper-Vanderbilt would
read sealed letter in court, a
spook feat that she has performed
for years in her Brooklyn church,
he would award the case to the de.
Tense.
Bright Eyes, the little spook
that the medium claims conveys
messages for her between this
world and the spirit land, refused
to do business.
1t was a heavy blow to Spiritual.
ism, seemingly, for Mrs. Pepper.
Vanderbilt is probably the most fla.
nous medium of the day in Amer
lea. She has passed the examina.
tions and investigations of many
famous investigators.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-09-19
7he0ters
SPOKANE

n, William Faversham is particular
~ at home in his role in 1.-The
iSquaw Man." which opens a two
nights engagement tomorrow eve
ming with Saturday matinee. He
has the part of a well bred young
Englishman under unjust accuse
ton, who comes out to Wyoming
and, desperate under the hard lot
that has fallen to him, marries a
squaw in the expectation of spend
ing his life there. The play works
out on his exoneration and restora
ton to the woman for whom he suf
fered and for whom he discards the
hapless squaw.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-09-19
A ONE-LEGGED CHAMP

Instead of being discouraged, Sa-
fera practiced athletics.
Tennis appealed and he became
so nimble with leg and crutch that
he began to beat the local cham
pions of many countries and, after
victories in Hongkong, Shanghai,
Bordeaux, Liverpool and ST. Peters
burg, came to this country, where
he joined a troupe of acrobats.
In February, 1905, Safera climb
ed rs feet up rope in six seconds.
lowering the worlds record. He
also holds records for muscle ex-
pansion and is willing to meet any
wrestler of lis POUNDS, no matter
how many legs he possesses.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-09-19
WHOLE FLOckS OF ELOPERS

PTTTSBURG, Pa, Sept. 49,
Have wedding supper prepared for
SIX" was telegram received in
this city and the first intimation
of triple elopement, IN which the
brides were two sisters and a
cousin.
The party left Pittsburg for Steu-
benville, o., where the ceremonies
were performed. A hundred friends
met them at the station and escort
ed them to the home of a relative,
where a big celebration was held.