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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-27
SIX WEEKS IN PRISON.
Humphrey Calhoun PardOned After a
Short Term

Governor HOc1 this morning issued TO
Humphrey Calhoun. OF Sedgw1ck cour1-
". an unconditional pardon from the
penitentiary- And the Indications are
that Calhoun deserved It. even though
he has been in the prison only SIX
weeks
Calhoun was the proprietor of q store
at the town OF New Murdoch, near
Wichita. and one day. whale in Wichita.
he needed a little more money 10 buv
goods with rhau he had IN his pocket
He went 10 the NaJtoFaI Bank of Com
merce. owned by Charles J0bes- and
asked for the loan OF $50. The bank
asked him for security and he offered
his note The bank demanded some COL
lateral, and Calhoun said he could get
it II happened that three citizens OF
New Murdoch owed Calhoun $50 He
went out of the bank and drew up three
notes for $40 each. and TO each note
signed the name Of one Of the three
debtors These notes ne took to the
bank and the bank loaned him the $50
In due course he came around 10 the
bank and paid back the $50. and the
three notes were returned to him This
happened a couple of years age, and
Calhoun had forgotten about it But
ne became involved in a lawsuit about
a land title with man named Charles
Anderson Anderson in some way found
out about the forged note deal. and he
went TO a man named McAlfster, whose
name was one of those forged and
persuaded him 10 file a complaint
against Calhoun charging him with
forgery Joseph Brubaker was attorney
for Anderson
Calhoun was arrested. and the evil
deuce against him was 50 clear that
there was nothing for the judge and jury
TO do but to send him 70 the penitentiary
for forgery in the fourth degree He WIS
sentenced TO serve from 10 10 years
He appealed TO the supreme court anu
the Judgment was sustained Six
weeks ago he commenced 10 serve his
sentence
1t now develops that County Attorney
Eckstein. Of SedgwiCk county who
started the case against Calhoun, was
willing 10 dismiss The case and had ar
ranged to D. So He did suddenly with
out carry that intention into erect
EcksteinFs successor was Joseph Bru-
baker. formerly attorney for Anderson,
and Mr. Brubaker pushed the case
against Calhoun
There was d big petition of Wichita
people asking for CaIhoun's release It
was signed BY the officers of the bank
which took the forged paper, the jury
men who convicted Calhoun the man
1IcsIIfsrer who swOre to the complaint
and many others Calhoun will be re-
leased from the penitentiary by the end
of this week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-27
IN SECRET SESSION.
state ReformatOry Directory Here TO
See HOch-

J s Simmons. OF Hutchinson Thorn
a. " Morgan. OF Ottawa and Phil
Kelley Of White Cloud the board Of
managers OF the Hutchinson reforma-
tory. are in Topeka today for the pur-
pose OF talking over with Governor Hoch
the results OF the recent investigation
OF the state reformatOry at Hutchinson,
and the charges against Superintendent
Z f Marshall Mr. Marshall is not in
town
The hearing commenced at O'Clock
this Afternoon. and Is secret Il is being
held at the governors office
Governor Hoch said this morning Il
think it is likely that no decision will be
reached az this conference We viii
probably talk over the situation in
general way. and VIII then adjourn the
proceedings TO some future date I do
not look for any definite decision this
afternoon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-27
DEEDS IN EVIDENCE.
Al Were Recorded at the Request OF
senator B0rah-

Boise. Idaho, Sept z7-SeveraI dun
my entrymen who made deeds convey
ing title to their land 10 George s Long
were examined in the Borah trial to-
dav in order 70 get the deeds in ev1-
dence- These deeds all bear endorsement
as having been recorded at the request
of w E Borah- TIE entrymau making
them declared they paid nothing toward
recording the deeds authorized 10 one
TO gay the fee for them. never employed
an agent or attorney and never even
saw the patent issued TO them by the
land Office at Washington The entry
men examined today all declared they
got their money through former State
Senator John Kinkaid- Senator Borah's
counsel continued their policy OF not
putting the alleged dummy under
cross examination.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-27
STOCK EXCHANGE
Rumor That Attorney General Jackson
L in Kansas City

Attorney General Jackson is out Of
town today. and IL is said that he has
gone 10 Kansas City Kan. 20 file in
The WEandorte county district court
legal proceedings 10 bust the Kan
sas City stock exchange. q concern
through which most Of the cattle sold
or The Kansas City market are handled
The employees in the attorney gen
erals Office refuse 10 state where Mr.
Jackson has gene Yesterday. however.
NJ jackson was in conference with J
X TCnliusou Of Denver. secretary Of
the COOPERATIVE Live Stock assOcia-
ton aud c z Small attorney for the
association. and M TCmlinSo1 stated
that the suits would be fled today
The action VIII Dc brought under the
antitrust laws Of the state OF Kansas
The independent cattle men claim that
the live stock exchange at Kansas City
IS in a conspiracy with other similar
organizations 70 freeze out the cattle
dealers Who do not handle cattle
through the exchange IN recent lit
erzrure sent cut from T0rrlir=on'S bu-
reau- IL was charged that ne live stock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-27
BRYANr-s CASE Is CONTINUED
Application for Liquor Permit in
Richland Goes Over

2 R Rryant's application for a drug
gist's permit TO sell liquor within the
terms OF the prOhibitOry law al the
drug store which ne has opened re-
Gently in RIChland. was set for hearing
today before R F Hayden, the probate
Judge J. K Codding- an attorney for
the state Temperance union and 4
number of citizens from RichIand.
were on hand TO oppose the granting
OF the permit In behalf OF the opuo-
sitiou Mr. COdding asked that the hear
ing be continued for such a time that
would enable those opposed TO the
granting CT the permit 10 secure letters
from citizens OF Frankfort. Marshall
county. TO the effect that while Mr.
Bryant was in the drug business in
that city he was violator Of the pro-
hfbitOr- law
On this request Judge Hayden con-
tinued the hearing until October Is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-27

$1,000 with requisite interest, from
Nicholas Amos the proprietor OF the
Elite theater at No. as Kansas avenue
where moving picture shows are run
In the petition in the suit which was
filed with the clerk Of the district court
Thursday the plaintiffs aIIege that
Amos agreed to sell the Elite theater to
them on August IS of this year This
price fixed was $1,000 and the plain
rfffs assert that they paid 20 Amos the
sum of 500 10 bind the bargain They
state that Amos refused 10 fulfill the
contract for the sale of the theater to
them although they were at all times
ready and willing TO pay the additionsf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-27
NEWTERRITORY ANNEXED
Recently Acquired Additions Appor-
toned for Voting Purposes

The board Of supervisors Of elections
met this afternoon and attached the
territory recently annexed to the city
10 the various wards and voting pre-
cfucts The territory annexed consists
Of four tracts of land Garfield park
the fair grounds and a tract adjacent
TO Little Russia in North Topeka and
a small tract near Washburn college
The value of the additions 70 the
city for taxation purposes VIII De sna4I
as ~ far the largest proportion is not
taxa Ie. as it belongs either TO the city
or county The population of the city
viii not be increased over 100 votes and
fully half Of these will be in the hrSC
precinct of the First ward
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-27
THE LUCK OF A CONVICT
John Brown at Lansing Informed
That He Is Heir 10 $4,000

LeaVenworth. Kan, Sept z7-Re-
Gently there came to the Lansing
prison man who said he was looking
Tor a bOyhOOd friend and that he had
9Aen Up the search after others had
almost abandoned IL
After some questioning he admired
Inar ne wasn't sure he would know
me man. but would like TO see the
John Brown in question just TO be sure
mar the last clue had been exhausted.
men Brown was brought in the two
1rlendS reco gniZed each other at once
though they had been separated for
years and the friend who had found
MIN AT last told Brown that his father
was dead and OF the search that had
been made for him 50 that the estate
could be settled
He went 10 Oklahoma when it was
trouble
When asked what brought him TO
ne prison he said; Wei: I guess
whisky had more TO do with it than
anything else" Then his face red
dened and he added You know I
have been here three times"
Three times in prison a member OF
a good family and heir 70 a fortune
left him by a father who had probably
grieved years for his missing son
Sometimes It's hard 70 tell Just why
msE do things
The way they happened TO find me
was through my writing 20 an old
chUm not long ago back in Eastou
Pa where my people all live some
way I never could get up ny courage
70 write and tell them where was.
The friend who found me the
other day lives in Topeka and went
back 10 our old home on visit While
there he met the fellow I wrote TO and
he asked him 70 look me up Since he
talked TO me the other dav L have
written home and I tell you its
great relief 10 let them know where
1 am
Brown was sent up from Okla
homa 70 serve seven years on Two
counts % burglary The estate which
awaits him back in Pennsylvania IS
valued at about $4,000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-27
PETTIB0NE IN COURT.
Order l. Made Fixing His Trial for
Oct Is.

Boise Icaho. Sept z7-George \.
PettibOue, one Of the men charged
with tn murder Of former Governor
Steunen berg. has 50 far recovered
from his recent Illness that he was
abe 10 appear IN court today and
listen 10 an order fixing his trial for
October Is.
Both prosecution and defense an
uOunced that they would be ready al
thar time PetsibOne plainly showed
the emac1ating effect Of his recent in
disposition Arguments on an in
junction sued out by a Boise resident
TO prevent the state paving the July
bill Of the PinkertOu National Datec-
tive Agency for services rendered in
the Haywood case were heard today
by Judge Wood and decision reserved
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-27
Trained Nurses Strongly Recommend
Gauss Catarrh Cure 10 All Sufferers

The trained nurse Is ready for any
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the task Of curing you forever from
cararrh.
Catarrh l. not only dangerous but il
causes bad breath. liberation death
and decay OF bones. loss Of thinking
an5 reasoning power. kills ambition
Snd energy often causes loss OF Ape
rfrs. Indigestion Dyspepsia. raw throat
and consumption II needs attention
q Crce- Cure il with Gauss Cararrn
Cure Il = a quick radical permanent
cure because II rids the system OF the
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IN order 10 prove 20 all who are SUI
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some disease that Gauss Catarrh Cure
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-27
LIKE FATHER LIKE SON
Lou Day Arrested for Theft OF Car
penter Tools

Lou Day. a son OF Robert Day. one
Of the leaders Of the white horse
brigade and who is now serving 4
term in the penitentfary for larceny,
wss arrested yesterday afternoon on
warrant charging him with larceny and
which was issued by Judge Simon. of
the city court
The charge against the boy is that he
broke into George NJ WfIdfuts car
-enrar sfou in the rear OF No rs East
Tarrb avenue on September Is and
stole a lot OF carpenter tools Of the ag-
gregate value OF $143Q-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-27
REPORTERS BARRED.
Railroad Officials Refused to Let Them
Ride on Rescue Train

Harrisburg. Sept Flight passeu-
gers We're injured in 4 wreck on the
Pennsylvania railroad at Jeaneftta
bridge at DuncannOn today The
Altoona accommodation leaving Har
riSburz at 1910 q H. ran into a
freight train The telegraph and teIe-
phone wires were all torn down at
the scene of the collision so that no
particulars can be learned here at this
time although railroad officials say that
nobody was killed A relief train hav-
ing aboard four physicians was routed
through from Harrisburg Railroad
officials refused to allow newspaper
men 10 go 70 the wreck on this train
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-27
SEaLE LANDS BIG CONTRACT.
VIII Paint $4,000 Worth of Tobacco
signs Between h c. and Denver.

!. W NeaIe this morning closed a
contract with the National Tobacco
company for number Of large signs
which are TO be placed along the rail-
roads between this city and Denver
The signs are TO be ten by thirty feet
in size and the contract is worth be-
tween fifteen hundred and two thou
sand dollars work on the delivery
of the signs viii commence at an early
date and Will give employment to 8
number of sign writers during the dull
months Of the winter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-27
Ciaina,s Head Surgeon Here

San Francisco Sept z7-Ifetrreuart
General Syho Shen Zen Of the u1edi-
cal department OF the Imperial Chinese
army has arrived here on his vav 70
attend the International Medical con-
Veution at jamestown He viii visit
the military hospitals in the east and
before returning home viii make a tour
or Europe He is So years oT4 and a
graduate of the TfenTsfn military col
IeEe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-27

san Francisco. Sept 27.-AbIe Sea
men O. c Brayer and Thomas Gil
martin irsvali6ed home from the CRUZ
81 MARYLAND arrived here as first
~Tass cabin Passengers or the liner ST.
IBERIA They declined to be Quartered
among Asfatfcs in the Storage and
were provided with cabin tickets by
rha surgeon in charge of the naval hos
riraI al Yokohama =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-27
SUIT OVER A THEATER.
Syndicate Wants sale of the Elite
Enforced

suit has been brought in the district
court by Frank kIingaman. c. H
Tramp. W H Batmau and William
Asher. styling themselves as the Novel
" Amusement company. TO recover
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-27
Guilford Dudley sells Bank stock.

GuiIford Dudley. who has been con-
nected with the Capital National bank
since its organization has disposed Of
his holdings and after the first Of Oc-
tober VIII engage in other business
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-27

$500 which was stipulated in the con-
tract
They make the statement in the Pc
titiCu that the property was reaS0 nsDlS y
worth $4,000 at the time that they
negotiated TO buy IL for $1,000 and thar
nv reason Of breach Of contract on thu
part. Of Amos they are entitled 10 az
least $1,000 damages This is the
amount for which they sue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-27
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

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A complexion satin smooth and far
given BY satin SKIN powder 4 tiHts.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-09
MONDAY UNIVERSAL WASH DAY.
Recognized as Such Over Almost All
the World.

Why Goes nearly all the civilized
world wash clothes on Monday? What
has Monday to do with washing? 1t
was originally the moons day and
was sacred to the queen of night.
l read in a s~choolboy's history that
the Pilgrims landed on Monday and
the good women Immediately set
about washing the clothes that had
been soiled on the trip over. We.
might judge from that alleged fact
that no washing was done aboard
ship; yet the finest place for such
necessary work of sanitation and
~blessedness is out at sea where there
Is plenty of water and nearly al
ways a drying wind.
The voyage of the little Mayfower
lasted 63 days, / believe, and as near
ly as we can now reckon the landing
was made at Plymouth Rock on a
Monday, though some historians in.
sist on Friday. 1t must have been a
vile and filthy vessel on arrival, with
1O2 passengers and crew going over
two months without washing their
linen. Linen? What did they wear
in 1920? Can you realize how big
was the Mayflower? A miserable lit
tie bark of 100 tons (Capt. John
SMITH or $50 tons according to
Bradford).
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-09
DISAPPEAR
MAN CHARGES BROTHER WITH
{. THEFT OF ANTIQUE JEWELRY.
OLDEST FAMILY OF sIcIlIANs
Were to Be Sold to Save italian
Homestead for Two Sisters at
Home and Brothers.

Philadelphia, Fh.-Nuncio Ser
gius was arrested here by Central
station detectives on a warrant issued
at the instance of his brother Emilio
Sergius of No. ga Thompson street,
New York, charging him with the
theft of. antique jewelry valued at
$780, 900.
According to the story of Emilio
Sergius, his family is one of the Oldest
of Sicilians. The family homestead is
in Sortino, where his father died sew
eral months ago. The family had been
wealthy, but at his death little vas left
but a collection of antique jewelry,
which 1t was decided should be sold
to saw the homestead in Italy for the
benefit Of two daughters at home and
the sons here. The jewels were sent
to Emilio in New York and he says
that no less authority than Sir Casper
Purdon Clarke, of the Metropolitan
museum, declared they were worth
100000. On June 20 the collection
disappeared from a strong box in
Emilio's rooms in Thompson street,
New York. simultaneously Nuncio
disappeared from New York. A war
ram was secured by Emilio for his
brothers arrest. A few days ago
Emilio received a letter from Nuncio
which was mailed in this city. He
says Nuncio explained in the letter
that he had carried the jewelry away
but that after he came to this city he
was held up lear Amber, a suburb.
and robbed of everything by three
Italians. Emilio came here and with
a detective went through the Italian
settlement where they came upon the
missing brother. He was locked ur
and will be taken back to New York
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-09
MAN AWAKE rs
Spends His Nights in Chair With HE
Eyes Wide Open.

Erie, ~Pa.-Joseph Root. . her.
NIT resident of Pressure Isle PENN.
sula, says he has not slept in rs
years, and those who have become in
terested in the cage believe the story.
A number Of well known physicians
examined him. They say he is in a
healthy condition and he was awake
all the time they observed him. His
close friends also youch for his story.
He says that about twenty-five years
ago two dear relatives were killed in
a railroad accident. He suffered SO
much from the shock that he gave up
the idea of sleep and now remains in
a chair all night, with his eyes wide
open. After his rest in the chair he
feels as much refreshed in the morn
ing as If he had enjoyed a good
nights Sleep
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-09
COMBINE
FRANCE AND SPAIN ACT ToGETH.
Err IN MOROCCO.
SEND MEN-OF-WAR TO CAsABLANCA
French Transports Ready to Land
Troops II Spanish Government
Agrees to Do So.

Paris, France.-The French and
Spanish governments are acting in
concert and with great %promptness to
meet the situation that has arisen in
Morocco. A warship Of each of these
powers Is now in the harbor of Casa
blanca, and three French and one
Spanish men-of-war are on the way to
Morocco.
France has proposed to Spain the
immediate landing of French and
Spanish troops at Casablanca, and in
anticipation of q favorable reply has
prepared three transports at Toulon
to convey $500 men and 800 horses to
Morocco. What further steps, if any,
have been contemplated have not
been made public. A slight delay and
embarrassment in meeting the situa-
ton is caused by the absence of Pre-
mier Clemenceau, who is at Karlsbad
taking the cure.
An official communication says that
the action of the powers in Morocco
is limited to that granted them under
the Algeciras convention.
Up to midnight no telegram had
been received from Tangier reporting
the arrival there of fresh news from
Casablanca.
A dispatch received from Oran, Al
geria, reports that the state bank at
Tangier has been pillaged and that a
British consular employe has been
captured between Tangier and Elk
sare. There is no confirmation of this
news from Tangier.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-09
The Advantage of Reading.

BEG pardon, sir" said the weary
hobo as he stood at the farmhouse
door, "but might 1 sleep in your barn
tonight? l haven't had a roof over
my head for ten days"
Il congratulate you," said the kind
ly farmer. That is a splendid thing.
I have just read in n of my ten-cent
magazines that it is not too much to
say that to the delicate, highly-strung,
easily-knocked-up individual the ad.
vantages of sleeping in the open air
are enormous. Pallid cheeks take on
a ruddy hue, colds are unknown,
nerves are forgotten, and irritability
becomes a phase of the past. A
small plot and a little perseverance
are the only necessaries and the re-
suit is assured. You are very well
come to the use of my potato patch,
and my sky is at your disposal
Judge.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-09
Economy, Publicity and the Paramount
Interest of Policyholders.

President Kingsley, OF the New
York Life Insurance Company, says,
in an address to the policyholders,
that his plan of administration in
wolves these points:
First: Strict economy; second,
the widest, fairest and fullest public
ity; third, the continuance of the New
York Life as a worldwide institution;
fourth, such an amount of new bust
while practicing intelligent economy,
and enforcing the idea that the inter-
est of the policy-holder is paramount"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-09
The Tell Tale Voice.

eff you want to tell whether or not
the man you are talking to is telling
the truth don't look him in the eyes,"
said a Denver bank teller to some
friends. 1T is the voice, when you
don't look at the eyes, that tells you
whether the other fellow is lying. We
use the system frequently in the bank.
A man will come in to tell us some
business tale. We look at his feet or
his hands Or his knees, but never in
his eyes. If he's telling the truth his
voice will be firm and straightforward,
and the absence of your gaze in his
eyes will not affect it. But if he's
lying he'll be confused by your &C
ton, and his voice will tremble; he'll
hem and haw, and clear his throat.
You may rest assured then that he's
stringing you"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-09

Just as The Hague conference as
sembled 1t was announced that France
and Great Britain had entered into
agreement with Spain to maintain the
status quo in the Mediterranean. This
means that France shall be unmolest-
ed in Algfers, that England shall have
its way in Egypt and that the situa-
ton in Morocco shall remain un-
changed. The arrangement. saws
Youths Companion, is a practical
proof of the peaceful disposition of
h powers concerned, and an express
sion in deed of the spirit behind the
peace conference.