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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-24

II will be six years on Sept. since
President Mckinley was assassinated
at Buffalo by the anarchist Czolgosz.
The event viii be recalled by the dedi-
cation on Sept. ;, in the city where the
tragedy occurred, of a noble monument
to the memory of the third martyr
president
The ceremonies win be the leading
feature of Bunalo's "old home week"
The monument and the grounds sur
rounding represent an expenditure OF
about 5000 900, The monument itself
cost 100000 and was made possible
through the act of the Legislature in
appropriating about that sum for the
purpose the money having been left
over from the amount appropriated by
the state for its representation at the
Pan american exposition. The memn-
rial stands in Niagara square, ia the
central part OF the city. A noble shaft
of Vermont marble rises siNty-nine feet
above base twenty-four feet in height.
At the four corners OF the base are
marble lions, modelled by the famous
animal sculptor A. Phimester Proctor
after study of Sultan, the noted lion
of the Bronx geological park in New
York. Niagara square is entered by
streets from no less than eight diner
ent points and through each most
charming vista is presented.
One OF the most loved of ali the he
roes of the civil war was the gallant
Phil Sheridan. Many years ago John
quincy Adams Ward. dean OF American
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-24
rieKINLEY MONUMENT, BUFFALO

statue of Hamilton by Franklin Sim
mons, an American sculptor residing
In Rome, was unveiled at Paterson, n.
j.. ON Memorial day. In an GRAFTON
upon this occasion President Nicholas
Murray Butler of Columbia university
cassed Hamilton as a nation builder
with Washington, Marshall, Webster
and Lincoln.
Hamilton was a student at Kings
college, which was renamed Columbia
after the Revolution, when the war for
independence broke out and some OF
the most interesting incidents of his
early career are associated with that
institution. He has long been regard
ed as the chief Columbia hero, and one
of the new buildings of the university
has been called Hamilton Hall in his
honor. 1t is in front of this building
that the statue by Mr.. Partridge will
stand. The artist has portrayed Ham
ilton making the famous speech which
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-24

important statue for a city OF the old
world though ii has hitherto been
common for European artists to be en-
ployed in the execution of sculptural
commissions for America. 1t is now
becoming rare for such commissions to
go out of the country, and the rank of
some American sculptors is such that
their work is in demand even in Eu-
rope.
The number OF new memorials is sur
prising when one comes to review the
list of those dedicated in the past few
months and those TO be unveiled in the
immediate future Alexander Hamil
ton figures conspicuously in the group
of heroes and statesmen honored by
such sculptural memorials. A statue
of the great Federalist has just been
completed by William Ordway Par
fridge and will be erected on the cam
pus OF Columbia university in the
course of the coming academic year. A
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-24

HE Americans are a busy peo-
pie, but they are not so busy
as to forget the deeds of the
men VIC have made the ma
ton what ii is The memorials in
bronze and marble which are being
erected in so many places bear witness
to this These works are keeping the
sculptors ana architects of the country
busy The patriotic fervor which is so
noticeable in this direction is great
encouragement to their art. And the
statues and monuments that are arising
on every hand through the magic touch
of the artists will have an influence for
good upon the coming generations
which il is impossible to estimate. His
tories may record the deeds of heroes,
the services of men who devote their
talents and energies to the public well
fare, the achievements of authors. in
ventors. phllanthropists and those who
give their lives to the promotion of sci
ence and art, and great Importance
ought TO be attached TO the instruction
of the public and especially the chill
dren IN the schools on such subjects,
But u sculptural memorial in a public
place, besides being an appropriate
adjournment is a constant challenge to
interest 1t Is seen by thousands who
may know little of American history
from the reading Of books and is a pow
erful inspiration toward patriotic eff
fort and good citizenship
Augustus St Gaudens. who died at
his home in Cornish, n. H., on Aug. 3,
was regarded by many as the foremost
OF American sculptors Though born
In Ireland OF French Irish parentage,
he had been a resident of the United
States since the sixth year of his age,
ana an his artistic triumphs We're won
In this country. Just before his death
Mr. ST Gaudens had completed a statue
of Charles Stewart Parnell for his ma
tive Dublin It is said to be one of the
very few instances OF an American
sculptor being employed TO model an
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-24
ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
NEW YORK

of Colonel Roebling Is by William
Copper of New York. Mr., Copper In
the author also Of the heroic statue OF
John Smith, founder OF Virginia, which
is to be unveiled on Jamestown island
IN September with elaborate ceremonies.
Virginia has been fortunate this year in
the number of sculptural memorials
dedicated within her borders, a statue
Of Jefferson Davis by Edward VAL
entine was dedicated in Richmond IN
June, and on May 30, in the same city,
an equestrian statue of General j. r.
r.. Stuart. the Confederate cavalry Lead
er, was unveiled. In Raleigh, n. c.. a
monument in honor OF Ensign Worth
Bagey, the first naval officer to fall
In the fighting with Spain in the war
over cuba, has been placed, IT is by
+, IL Packer. In Arizona a noru-
ment IN honor Of Captain Buckley
O'NelIl of the rough riders, by Scion
II, Borglum. was recently dedicated.
These two memorials commemorate he
roes of the Spanish war, and the Law
ton monument at Indianapolis. un-
yelled on last Memorial day. with An
address by President Roosevelt, is the
most important monument yet erected
in honor of hero Of the fighting in the
Philippines. General Lawton was a
veteran of two wars besides that In
which he fell He fought in the great
civil struggle of 1876 and IN the
Cuban war and also won renown on the
plains OF the west In fighting Indians.
The bronze statue of the Terry
Ranger" dedicated recently in Texas,
is said to be the first equestrian statue
erected in the Lone Star State. IT is
by r. Coppini Wilmington has recent
~ honored one Of the most distin-
guIshed of Delaware's sons, the late
Thomas r. Bayard, by erecting
statue of him He was the first Amer
lean ambassador to the court of st.
James and secretary of state under
President Cleveland. Ohio has com
memorated the brilliant victory of COM
modore Perry on Lake Erie by beau-
tiful memorial In Victory park, Put-in-
Bay island, which overlooks the scene
OF his triumph. II was dedicated on
Aug. 8, the occasion being honored by
the presence of the governor Of the
state and Vice President Fairbanks
Another Ohio memorial celebration win
be that at Canton when the national
memorial to William Mckinley is dedi-
Gated. The ceremonies win occur in
September and will attract information
al attention.
1t will be seen from this brief review
of the work of the sculptors in honor
of noted Americans that art and patri-
otlsm go hand in hand. 1t has ever
been so from the earliest times. 1t Is
good sign when a country keeps its
artists busy upon memorials to those
who have aided it in becoming great,
EDWARD HALE BRUSH.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-11
SOME FACTS. ABOUT LENT.
Interesting History Concerning Per-
fOd Which Begins Wednesday.

Next Wednesday. February Is will
be Ash Wednesday. the first day OF
Lent. Immediately preceding Ash
Wednesday is Shrove Tuesday. Shrove
is an old Saxon word meaning to con-
fess and this was the day on which, in
former times, all good Christians were
shrived, or absolved from their sins
upon confession to a priest, the better
to prepare themselves by the fast of
Lent for the spiritual joys of Easter.
The precept of Striving having been
fulfilled, the faithful, upon the eve of
entering upon Lent, were INDUCED
with permission to give themselves up
to amusements and festive celebra-
lions, of which counterpart is still
seen in the continental carnival, and
in the Mardi Gras festival in New Or
leans which is observed on Shrove
Tuesday or as the day is Familiarity
called Fat Tuesday" On this day
unique and gorgeous procession is
Carnival" These festivals are follow
ed by the season of Lent which begins
on a Wednesday in order, that omit
ting Sundays. just forty days may be
BILE imitation of the Redeemer's fast
ing in the wilderness.
The ancient ecclesiastical name given
to the first day of Lent is Caput Je-
junif and the popular name of Ash
Wednesday has been acquired by it
made from the Palms distributed on
the Palm Sunday of the preceding year
and signing the cross with them on
the heads of those who knelt before
the officiating minister for the purpose,
while he said Remember, man thai
thou art dust. and unto dust shalt
thou return"
As Easter is a movable feast, COM
ing as it does the first Sunday after
the first full moon after the 21st of
March, there is therefore no stated
time for the Lenten season to begin,
but it is always forty days before Eas-
ter, exclusive of the six Sundays in
Lent, for although these Sundays are
in Lent they are not of Lent. The
earliest date on which Easter Sunday
can fall is March % and this has not
happened since 1873 although Easter
has several times fallen on March %.
The latest date on which Easter can
fall is April "a which it did in 1886 and
which will not occur again until 1913.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-11
CAN'T TRACE THE orig"
Oficers Unable to Follow CentropoIis
Clue-Schneck Grows Moody.

Ottawa, Feb. 11.-Efforts to trace
the mysterious rig seen driving this
way from Centropolis on Sunday
night have not succeeded. That q rig
passed the Howell farm, on the Gem
tropolis road, and was headed toward
Ottawa, was confirmed by Under
Sheriff I-atiner in his investigation of
the rumors to that effect Mr. Howell
was disturbed by the barking of his
dog, not long after midnight, and went
out on the back porch. He saw a rig
drive swiftly past. Further trace of
1t has not been obtainable by the Of
ficers.
Frank Schneck is still in JAIL and
under the influence of solitary con-
hnement is growing moody. There
have been no new developments in the
case.
Farmers who were in from Cen
tropolis neigh borhood reflected the
sentiment of that community in their
demand for the apprehension of the
murderer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-11
OLD, OLD STORY.
Fortune Teller Secures 5000 From One
lola Man, $455 From Another.

Iola Kan, Feb. 11.-An old man in
East lola is out $500 as the result OF
faith in the forecast of fortune teller.
The fortune teller has gone and ms
Whereabouts are unknown. With him
went the $500 which the old man hao
in an envelope to prevent its loss by
the failing of a bank which the fortune
teller told him was imminent.
The old man went to the fortune
teller to have his fortune told. The
fortune teller told him he had money
in the bank which was in danger for
the bank was about to fall The OLD
man didn't wait a minute but hurried
to the bank and drew out his money
glad to get it out before the bankers
went to the wall. He took it over to
the fortune teller's rooms and informed
him that his representation had saved
him $500 in cash. The fortune telleI
offered him a small iron sate as sooo
place in which to keep it. He told the
old man he had better leave 1t with
him for a while. He was too foxy for
But he afterward returned with the
money and asked the fortune teller 10
open the safe. He opened 1t ana IN
doing so switched the envelopes, sub
stituting one that contained papers Tor
the one which contained the 5000.
The safe was taken home and when
he wanted the money he tried to open
the safe but was unable to DO SO. ne
got Chief Roger and they broke It
open with a Ratchet. The robbery was
then discovered. -~.
The two hurried to the rooms OF the
fortune teller, but found that he was
gone and had been for two days
Another lola man dropped $455 to
Patton. the fortune teller, in the same
manner This was given up to the
swindler Friday morning and the man
who lost the money was told to return
that afternoon. Just before time Tor
this engagement the man excused him
self from the home where he had Sc
cured rooms and boarded a car for La
Harpe, saying that he was going 10
that CITY to meet his wife who he
claimed was coming in from Joplin.
Patton, OF whatever his name was,
never left the house in the daytime,
and only those whom he adefrauded ever
saw him He is described as a small
man with large scar on his left cheek.
The man who did his outside work was
a heavy set fellow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-11
COMMERCIAL CLUB WORKERS
List of the Now Committee Assign
ments by President Holiday.

Secretary T. J. Henderson of the
Commercial club has announced the
following committees for 1907:
Transportation, w L. Taylor. chair
man; Geo. w. Brooks, vice chairman
Manufacturers, G. W. Horn, chairman;
V. Kaczynski, vice chairman. Trade
extension, E. H. Crosby, chairman; H
A. Auerbach, vice chairman. Mem
bershfp, H. B. Howard, chairman: s
NJ. Freshman, vice chairman. Arbitra-
ton, H. o. Garvey, chairman: DIR. w
S. Lindsay, vice chairman. State and
national legislation, c. E. Foote. chair
man; John F. Switzer, vice chairman.
Municipal legislation, B. F. Pankey.
chairman; A. F. Williams, vice chair
man. Immigration Geo M. Noble.
chairman; Oscar Bischoff, vice chair
man. Agriculture, Geo. w. StansfieId.
chairman; Theo. Saxon, vice chair
man Auditing, L. G. Beal. chairman:
Cephus B. Wfngett, vice chairman.
entertainment. E. B. H RemIey.
chairman; A. M Mills. vice chairman.
Advertising, J. w. Robinson, chair
man; f. P. MacLennan, vice chair
man: House, L. M. Wood, chairman:
F. M Spencer. vice chairman. Roads
ana bridges, F. B. Simms, chairman:
W. E. Sterne, vice chairman Parks
e H. Roof, chairman; o. Purdy, vice
CHAIRMAN. Natural gas and oil, A. G.
hnngaman, chairman; H. K Good.
rich. vice chairman. Promotion. Chas
II: Trapp, chairman; P. c. Chamber.
lain, wife chairman. Civic improve.
ment, Jas. P. de Bevers Kaye. chair.
man; Joseph Bromieh, vice chairman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-11

his health but would have been in the
junior class in high school had he
been able to continue his studies He
was member of the Delta Omicron
Omicron fraternity and occupied a
prominent position in high school cir
Giles. The Kibbee family came to To-
peka from Hutchinson six or seven
years ago and have lived at the Blower
House ever SINCE Mr.. Kibbee is in
the loan and mortgage business and
owns considerable property. Clinton
kfbbee also had money in his own
right, having inherited, through the
death of relative, some fifty thou
sand dollars few years ago. There
are no other children in the family
Mr and Mrs Kibbee having lost their
only daughter in Hutchinson a few
years before they came to Topeka
The funeral services will be held to-
morrow at nine o clock at Grace Ca
thedral. Bishop .NfiAspaugf1 and Dean
Kaye, will read the 1oshrvices and the
body will be taken ito Hutchinson for
lnterment on Santa Fe train number
three tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-11
NOW THE U1nRA-NncRosooPE.
New World of Tiny Organisms Re-
veaIed by New System of Lighting.

The ultra-microscope is a recent de-
vice of science. BY its aid it Is ex-
pected that many micro-organisms
which have hitherto def1ed observation
will be detected. AS the classification
of microbes has progressed biologists
have been arriving at the conclusion
that many must still remain unknown,
too small to be perceived with any In
strument hitherto in use.
The new apparatus is the invention
of two Frenchmen, Messrs Cotton and
monitor It involves no change in the
existing arrangement of lenses. 1t is
the system of lighting that is revolu-
tionized. The ray is used at right an
giles to the axis of the instrument. in
stead of coinciding with it. Thus the
light sweeps across the objective par
aIlel with it's plane.
BY this means it is said many par
ticles SO small that they have defied
detection under the most powerful
glasses become visible as brilliant
points. It is a new world. enthusiastic
microscopists say. that is opened to
scientific study.-New York SUM-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-11
THEY MAY GIVE UP.
Railroads Likely to Pay Fines for
Violating Coupler Law.


Railroads against which suits have
been filed by the United States district
attorney for alleged violations of the
interstate commerce law regarding pat
ent couplings are preparing to plead
guilty and pay the fines which are
cnargeable in the counts. A number of
the suits were filed lately in the Uni
ted States district court here and at
Fort Scott, Kan.
Overtures have been made to Judge
West, assistant United States district
attorney, on the part of several of the
the payment of the fines.
The usual fine on each count is s1OO
The Rock Island railroad is charged
with 10 counts violation of the in
terstate commerce act, the majority of
which relate to defective coupling de-
vices while the Chicago and Great
western is charged on three separate
counts. The Missouri Pacific is also
credited with number of counts in
suits filed at Fort Scott.
The suits were all brought at the in
stance or the attorney general from in
formation furnished him. The attorney
general then directed the district at
toIney here to file the suits
another suit which bears a charge of
a dlnerent nature is brought under the
same method against the Rock Island
for not feeding and watering stock in
transit within the % hours specified in
the interstate commerce law It is
CANNED that a shipment of cattle orig
lnatlhg IN the Indian Territory and ship
ped TO Kansas City was on the road III
hours and 30 minutes without the proper
care being given. This is stated to have
occurred on the 23d of December. 1906.
All OF these suits indicate that special
agents or the department of commerce
ana lapor are actively at work within
the state investigating Violations of the
interstate commerce law
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-11
HENRY CLINTON k1BBEE DEAD.
Promising Young Man Victim Oh
Tuberculosis.

Henry Clinton Kibbee II, son of Mr..
and Mrs. H. c. Kibbee, a well known
and popular student at the Topeka
high school, died at three o'clock this
morning at the Blower House where
he resided with his parents. He had
been i'll for eight or nine months with
tuberculosis of the lungs following
severe successive attacks of typhoid
and catarrhal fevers. He spent part
of the summer on ranch in western
Kansas in the hope that the outdoor
life would benefit has health and was
in FL Paso this winter on the same
mission, but returned from there
few weeks ago in such a weakened
condition that his family and friends
had since been able to hold no hope
of his recovery. During the last week
he failed rapidly and his physicians
had expected his death at almost any
time. It occurred quietly and peace
fully this morning and he had been
unconscious for a number of hours
before he died
Clinton Kibbee was seventeen years
old and the only son of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. G. Kibbee. He was obliged to
leave school last year on account of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-11

county commissioners to sanction the
return of the rock pile which was for
years a fixture at the county prison.
Sixteen hundred rural letter carriers
were paid from the local postoff1ce dur
ing January, $95. 74O. Every letter car
rier on the rural free delivery service
in the state receives his pay from the
local office. The past month was the
biggest in the point of wages paid of
any month.
DR.. d. NJ. Fisk will deliver a lecture
tomorrow night at Washburn college
on the subject, 1.-The Florence of Art
and the Florence of Savanarola." The
lecture will be illustrated by a number
of stereopticon views and promises to
be very interesting lecture as DR..
Fisk's ability in this line is well
known.
A small West Tenth street boy
creates considerable amusement daily
for his mother and. the neighbors.
Sunday the, family cat on the back
porch was arched into the resem-
blance of a camel by the appearance
of a strange dog. "Oh, Mama! See
Flick. he's all pumped up" Again the
grocery clerks managed to understand
that he wanted pulverized sugar and
not the "pumperized" article.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-11
WANTS FEWER OFFICIALS.
Mayor of Argentine Would Cut Down
the Expenses.

Argentine, Kan. Feb. 11.-Mayor
Hadley Rossette of Argentine has a
nlan for reducing the running ex-
penses of the city $3.50 a month, which
he will submit to the city council here
next Tuesday night. The city has been
running behind about $500 a month.
The mayor will suggest. that the
number of city officials be reduced and
the work of the departments com
bined The chief of the fire depart
ment, he thinks. could perform the
duties of city clerk and save an ex-
pense of S75 month. He would have
the street commissioner act as chief
of police and let the two constables do
the work of policemen; this would
save $135 month. The $50 a month
paid to the city attorney is a needless
expense the mayor believes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-11

A ]. R. S. cigar will satisfy every
smoker.
Ladies will be admitted free at the
rink tonight.
the big masquerade at the rink next
Thursday night.
Democrats in the First ward are cir
culating petitions asking Fred Buech-
ner to make the race as councilman
from that ward.
brand of cigars you are smoking try
Burghart's Favorite the next time.
You will certainly be pleased.
The colored people of Topeka will
hold a meeting in representative hall
tomorrow night in celebrating the an
niversary of Lincoln's birthday.
Attend to your dressmaking early
and avoid disappointments. We are
now equipped for business. E. A.
O'Brien. with Crosby Bros. Phone
1431.
The Crescent Bowling team of To-
peka will go to Kansas City the latter
part of the month to participate in the
Missouri Bowling tournament at that
place.
Two United States land patents
bearing the date of 1856 and the sig
nature of President Buchanan were
filed in the office of the register of
deeds Saturday.
The summer home of Judge ]. c.
Pollock on an island in Lake Huron on
the Canadian side, was burned to the
ground last week by an incendiary. The
man was caught later and punished.
A local firm which deals extensively
in leather postal cards has in their
window a large display of postals in
which the fair sex figures prominently
and a large placard which says that
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw posed for the pic
lures.
The following cases of contagious dis
eases were placed under quarantine
Saturday afternoon and Sunday: Diph-
iberia, Thomas Horsfield rs Van
Buren,; chickenpox, ]. A Barnes, 2o29
Lake street; measles, John Oslund, 419
Fillmore.
A gymnastic tournament will take
place at the Auditorium .zle last of the
week between the Kansas City high
school and Topeka high school students.
A basketball game will be pulled off
and the girls will give an exhibition of
their skill in gymnasium work
A Topeka colored man who claims
to be a prophet has said that the end
of the world would occur at midnight
tomorrow night. However, County
Attorney Schenck and Sheriff Wilker-
son are believed to be the only ones
who are preparing for this event.
Sheriff John Wilkerson has arrived
at the conclusion that the prisoners
confined in the county Jail do not get
enough exercise and has asked the