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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-03
wM. r.. sPILNIAN HERE.
Manhattan Boy Now at Head of Rural
Delivery Bureau.

William r. Spilman, a Kansas boy
who has made good" in the United
States postoffice department and is
now at the head of the rural free de-
livery bureau, was in Topeka yester
day for a short time on his way to
Omaha after a trip of inspection
among the Kansas rural routes to get
first hand the information which he
needs in the management of his de-
partment.
Ten years ago Mr.. Spilman grad
uated from the State Agricultural col
lege took the civil service examina
through ]. L. Bristow to a position in
the postoffice department. Young
Spilman was a son of Judge Robert B.
Spilman of the Twenty-first judicial
district, and lived at Manhattan. He
went to Washington and took up
new work among new environs and
new people, and his promotions to his
present high position have come
through merit. He now has charge of
the entire work of rural free delivery
of mail. and disburses through his
bureau about sac, 100000 annually
81 came out here into the west for
the purpose of looking into this rural
free delivery proposition at close
range. 1 wanted to find out just the
point of view of the rural carriers and
can't get at my-desk in Washing
ton" Mr.. Spilman will deliver an adj
dress at Omaha at a meeting of rural
route men. He is also actively inter-
ested in the promotion of good roads
work throughout the country. In
looks Mr.. Spilman is not unlike At
torney Fred s. Jackson.
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TOPEKA PROOF

Thomas Davis. proprietor or parDer
shop in the Columbian building, ana
residing at 231 Tyler street, Topeka
Kan, says: ct have never lost my
confidence in Doan's Kidney Pills since
1 used them six years ago. 1 gave
statement at that time telling how L
had been troubled with my kidneys Tor
twenty years. There was constant
weakening, tired out feeling in my
back that greatly depressed me, and
at night 1 was so restless I could not
sleep. There was a retention of the
kidney secretions which was always
worse when I caught cold. The vari-
ol1s remedies 1 tried failed to give me
any permanent relief until l procured
Doan's Kidney Pills. After using fve
boxes all the symptoms of kidney dis
order had disappeared. There nave
been occurrences since then Dut never
in one case has Doan's Kidney Pllls
failed to bring relief When backache
comes on from long standing at tne
chair. Saturdays especially take d
few Doan's Kidney Pills and they al
ways afford me prompt and effectlVe
relief
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land in the valleys is liable to be trou-
bled by frost, but in the foothills, there
is never any danger. Our land is ABOUT
60 miles east of Los Angeles.
Mr. Collins was asked concerning the
downfall of the Populist party in Kan
sas He said:
1.-The Populists started in with the
idea that they did not want anybody
in their party who had ever been en-
gagged in politics. The result was that
many incompetent people were elected
to office. You can't run state, or
city, or a county, with a lot of men
who have had absolutely no training in
that sort of thing. 1 know that the
Populists advocated principles which
were largely right, but the personality
of the leaders of the movement was
honest and able men in the Populist
party but the Adventures and irrespon-
sible element proved to be in the ma
jority, and the downfall of the party
was the result The selfish leaders were
more anxious to get the offices than to
bring about the triumph of Populist
principles Then the Populists COM
bined with the Democrats, not because
the Democrats were in sympathy with
the principles of the Populist party, but
simply to get the offices away from the
Republicans, and the movement was
disastrous
1888 nv constituents wanted some rail-
road legisla ton, and 1 helped to pass
the law creating the first state board
of railroad commissioners. Judge James
Humphrey was member of that board,
and 1 believe that the board as whole
was the best the state has had since
that time"
Mr.. Collins was also associated with
Chris Hoffman in the organization OF
the Kansas Cooperative Grain Ship
ners' association, which recently went
to smash because of lack of support
Mr.. Collins said: II did not stay In that
cooperative grain shipping organlza-
ton very long because 1 saw that the
scheme was not going to be success
There were too many people trying to
run it, and too much pulling at cross
purposes"
Mr.. Collins will be in Topeka for
several days He has been back to
New York, where he has thoroughly In
vestigated the orange situation, and has
made arrangements for marketing part
of the crop of the Collins Fruit COM
pany during the coming season, which
will begin about December 1. In the
mast season Mr.. Collins has shipped 10
cars to the H. D. Lee Wholesale COM
pany of Salina, and the Lee company
has asked for larger shipments the
coming season. The total production
of the Collins company last year was
about IA 900 boxes.
California produces about 80 or 50 per
cent of the total orange crop of the
country, the rest coming from Florida.
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SUFFERED AGONY
WITH SALT RHEUM
On Hands, Arms, and Face for Three
Years Spent Hundreds of Dollars
in Seeking a Cure-Hands Be-
came a Solid Sheet of Sores-No
Rest from Awful itching Until
CUTICURA REMEDIES
EFFECTED A CURE

''I had salt rheum for three years on
my hands, arms, and face and thought
it would get all over me. tried four
or five doctors but they failed and my
husband has spent hundreds of dollars
in trying everything we could hear OF.
But grew worse and worse, my hands
itched awfully and l could get no rest
at all. 1 was just in agony all the time
because when they did not itch they
were so dry and cracl1ly that was mis-
cradle and when they cracked, they bled.
The nails of my finger and thumb began
to come off, and my hands were a solid
sheet of sores. Several OF my friends
told me to try the Cuticura Remedies
SO l got cake of Cuticura Soap and a
box of Cuticura Ointment and from the
first my hands began to improve and
now they are we'll, and 1 think that the
Cuticura Remedies are worth their
weight in gold, and I advise every one
that has skin trouble to use them. Mrs.
Onie Parkerson, 1889 1 th Ave-, Nash
vile. Tenn, Jan. %, Feb. IL, and Mar.
81, 1907"
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riding or walking through twelve miles
of mud to get to Junction City they De
cided to take the train the rest OF the
way.
Owing to the fact that yesterday was
Labor day and the probate JUDGES OK
flee closed, the druggists of the city
filed their reports today, though II Is
the third instead of the first OF the
month as the law specifies.
81 wish that you would announce
that 1 have returned the diamond
ring" said one of the prettiest as Well
as most popular west side girls. Il
could not stand the handicap with the
winter season approaching
There will be no more Western asso-
citation games in Topeka until a week
from today when the Wichita team will
play here Tuesday Wednesday and
Thursday The games will be called in
the morning on account of the races at
the Fair grounds in the afternoon.
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JUBILEE AT LOGAN.
People of the Surrounding Territory
Enjoy a Four Days Outing.

Logan Sent. Slot and dry
weather didn't keep the people away
from the four days annual outing ana
Jubilee here in Logan. There are
nan attractions here to draw a
crowd: it is the home of Congressman
Reeder; the town was named IN honor
oe Cen. John A. Logan, this name be
ing suggested by D. G.. Hoover, an ola
civil war veteran, VINO now HNes -.
Oklahoma: it has more than elgnI
miles of cement sidewalks and 80 OF
more business buildings and resi-
dences already constructed OF cement
and more going to be built; II mas
three large general stores whose own
ers have taken in their sons as part
owners as follows: Without q SON.
Dougherty & Son, and Hansen q SON.
il is a town close to the l,OOO populd-
ton mark and growing rapidly; II mas
as pretty lawns as any town heeos, d
commodious school house greets the
ayes of everybody who visits Logan,
and a system of as good WaterWorke
as anv town in this section OF the
state boasts of. Nor IS this all: Logan
was among the first towns In the west
half of northwest kansas TO pullo
modern opera house
The annual outing and jubilee was
attended by great throngS or people,
who came to forget the cares OF nome
for a few days and have good time:
There was horse racing, baseball and
shows galore. Few people rode to the
grove in autos and hundreds came IN
Tubber-tired vehicles. Merchants
closed their doors daily for half holi-
DAYS: nor would the people converse
with their neighbors about the short
age of crops Every one seemed
happv and their dress indicated hap
piness and contentment. And behind
this good feeling there are good-sized
bank accounts. The two banks show
this.
senator Long was a visitor, and he
made a happy talk to a large audi
ence. Ed Mullaney and w. H. Hill
of Hill City came across the coun-
try to see a good town and have a
nice time There was large crowds
from Phillipsburg. Kirwin and other
towns Fred Week, one OF the stall
wart German farmers and ex-member
of the Phillips county board of COM
missioners, quit the cares of the farm
and attended the jubilee. And, best
Of all. Congressman Reeder had his
coat off. sha king hands and speakfn g
pleasant words to all. He was an I'M
firing worker for the success of the
Jubilee as was Elmer Dye, the presi-
dent of the association.
one of the best business towns in
northwest Kansas is Logan. The
buildings are mostly built of brick and
stone and are alike creditable to more
populous towns. And the stores are
eoi1al in stocks to older trade cen
TORS. Her banks, hardware and i'm
elements drugs. furniture, general
stores. lumber yards, harness and the
new Becker hotel are hard to dupli-
cate in this section.
Old pioneers claim Logan has been
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BY MUTUAL CONSENT.
Mrs. Earle Will Be Divorced to Allow
Her Husband TO Marry Another.

New York. Sept. "a remarkable
story of a change in the marital rela-
lions of Ferdinand P. Earle, an artist
and son of the late Gen. Ferdinand p.
Earle. the hotel man is published to-
day apparently on the authority or MI
Earle himself. The arrangement Whlch
Mr.. Earle says has been decided upon
included the return to France or his
wife where it is planned she IS to Sc
cure a divorce, and this accomplished
the wedding. is to take place Oh MI
Earle and young woman, whose maine
is withheld but who already is living
with her brother in Mr.. Earle's coun-
try home near Monroe, Orange county,
N Y A young son is to accompany
the wife who is to be sent away -
france The arrangement, strange to
saw is apparently acquiesced IN Dy All
the persons involved. A part OF the ar
rangement will be carried out To-Day
when the wife and child are to poard
their steamer Ryndam which Will san
tomorrow for Europe. Earle ana the
woman he is to marry will accompany
the wife to the steamer to see her on
Earle in a lengthy published inter-
view saws that he is acting on his con-
victions and maintains that his scheme
of life is one designed to secure happl-
ness He also says that ne is d soclaI-
iSt hut that determination TO part WIN
his wife and wed another woman t ui I'ies
conditions of mutual agreement was
not evolved from the teachings or so
io1isro h,It from his own conception of
mans duty to himself He is not a
believer in free love, but in the free
doro of love when its dictates run coun-
ter to the formal precepts laid down py
society. Earle admits that his wife,
a French woman whom he married ten
Years ago was very dear to him, Dut
that eventually something began 10
rise hteWeen them which he cannot
exDlain. This state of affairs grew con-
tinuously. =;
A few months ago, while travelling III
F,uroDe he met the young woman whom
he nlans to make his wife. Like MINI
self she says she was a soclahst anu
held the same views he did as TO the
hanpiness of welded life. They became
attached and realized that their mar
riage had been forordained before their
hirihs When this knowledge came 10
him he saws he went to his wire >
father in France, told him the SITUATION
and the father seeing the point OF view,
a LAWYER was called in and divorce
arranged Then he came home, tolu
his wife and persuaded her tnat II MaS
for the best Then the woman VINO
was his real affinity, he says. came 10
his home and met his wife. her nlotn-
er came with her and later her protn-
or and all have since lived in harmony
under the same roof according 10 the
artists story. to-
earle Insisted on calling his wife,
dainty little woman slim and pale, VIM
confirmed his story. Because OF ms
peculiarly outstanding shocK OF i fir
which he never covers with hat, hls
heavy matted beard and his haolt OF
wearing sandals occasionally IN the VII
1aoe MI Earle is thought to be eccen-
tTfc in Monroe. Mr.. Earle says he is
friend and admirer of Upton Sinclair
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I7SNAP SH0TS<I
II! E;jllaI|,kI|6lI!jsId5Ha

p. Jackson is visiting his sister,
Mrs Allen Allenbrant. at Forest Park
Atchison.
June Chapman is acting as police mat
ron during the absence or Mrs. Ihorpe
on her vacation.
Bids are to be called for at once for
supplying the city institutions with
coal for the winter.
The state house lawn and the orna-
mental flower beds never appeared
finer than at this time
Vinewood park drew large crowds
yesterday on account of the Labor day
celebration at that place
w w. Stahl, manager of athletics at
washburn. arrived in Topeka today to
get ready for the coming season.
There we're millions of green bugs
abroad last night besides more than
plenty of numerous other species.
The bunch of sheep which has been
kent at VineWood park for number
of years has been sold to H. Nann Of
Overlook.
Arthur Capper was yesterday elect
ed president of the American Motor
league at the state meeting which was
held at Lawrence.
Vinewood park was packed and
damned all day yesterday, the dancing
pavilion being crowded until well to-
wards the midnight hour.
Strange as it may seem crate fires
were INDUCED in. this morning in n
number of homes about the city owing
to the drop in the mercury.
The Kansas Medical college, the
medical department of Washburn col
leRe opens today. The enrolment this
year promises to be much larger than
usual
A man whose profession is writing
with fancyscript on cards is attracting
q great deal of attention on Kansas
avenue between Sixth and Seventh
streets.
The Topeka Midgets leave this after
noon for Frankfort where they will
play two games Spec Hurlburt has
been engaged to captain the Frank
fort team.
This was the first day of the Septem-
Der term of the district court and the
greater portion of the morning was de-
voted to calling and rearranging the
trial and motion docket
The construction of the new manse
of the Westminster Pres byterian
church is being rushed and it is ex-
pected will be ready for occupancy the
latter part of the week.
Last night was the most enjoyable
which has visited Topeka in several
months. Those who expended too much
energy in celebrating Labor Day found
the cool night very conducive t. sleep.
o. E. Walker who has been spending
the summer at Deposit, N. Y, is send
ing his friends photographs of himself
holding a string of bass that would
make Isaac Walton himself green with
envy.
L. T. Cage. who has made run
ming count of the school children
within the limits of the city of Topeka.
states that there are HAT boys and
girls between the ages of five and
twenty-one years.
When there is nothing else to do the
police take a chance on finding some-
thing in the liquor line and raid Dick
Johnson's chop house This was what
happened yesterday and several bottles
of beer were found.
Homer Louland and Roscoe Butcher.
of Wichita. who are now visiting with
Mrs Efhnger. rode from Wichita as
far as Junction City on bicycles. After
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on the face of the country since 1872.
Others say that a man named Beav-
ers succeeded by promises and sub
stantial financial assistance in getting
it changed to Beaverville. However,
the name didn't quite suit the old pio-
neers like Gill Hoover, Pete Hansen
and others, and in 1874 the name of
Logan was again substituted, and from
that day to the present the town has
grown to a busy, thriving trade CEN
ter of nearly 1000 inhabitants. One
point the Loganites brag of is the fact
that her business men paid the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad for freight
hauled in 1906 more than any other
town on both the North and South
Solomon branches, west of Downs.
And Logan is a good town to tie to.
so say the travelling men. The bust
ness men give them good orders,
and the pleasant Becker hotel gives
them the worth of their money
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Upton in AST0RM.
He Had Not Sailed for the Uniteu
States After All.

London, Sept. 3.-Sir Thomas Upton
and party of guests have arrlve9 AZ
Southampton on the steam yacnt Erin.
Upton left Belfast last Thursoay Iol
n,1blin and his nonarrival at the latter
port had given rise to runors that ne
had steamed for the United states:
Sir Thomas and his guests nad
lively experience off South Sea 1ney
had boarded the schooner yacht Ceylon
and were at luncheon when storm
arose and caused the boat to heel dan
gerously. .,,.,,
about and Smashed. The party return
ed to the Erin as soon as the squau
abated.
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A Humane Appeal.

A humane citizen of Richmond. Ind,
Mr.. u. d. Williams. 107 West Main street.
says: Il appeal to all persons with weak
lungs to take DIR. Kings New Discovery.
the only remedy that has helped me and
fully comes up to the proprietor's recon-
mendation-' 1t saves more lives than all
other throat and lung remedies put to-
gether. Used as cough and cold cure
the world over. Cures asthma, bronchitis.
Group. whooping cough. duinsy, hoarse-
ness and phthisic, stopshemorrhages of the
lungs and builds them up. Guaranteed at
all drug stores. SOC and 800 Trial bot
ties free.
Dr. Roby has moved his office to 7oS
Kansas avenue.
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A BABY AT THE DOOR
Saline County Farmer Found a Prize
Package by HIS House

Salina, kan, Sept 3.-Sunday night
a baby a few hours old was left on the
doorstep of the house of Walter Reed,
a farmer living five miles south Of TINS
city. Mr. Reed heard some one drive
to the house in a wagon. A few min
utes later he went to the door ana
found a package containing the child.
The man in the wagon drove away
rapidly. The police are invesugatihg
the case. but there is no clew for them
To follow
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Mother end Seven Drown.

Albuquerque. n. NJ. Sept. 3.-News
has lust reached here that Mrs. Louisa
Hill Cara ba jail. wife of a farmer, and
seven children were drowned in a flood.
resulting from heavy rains. in Alamo
creek. Sierra county. last Friday night.
The flood caused damage estimated at
$50 900
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Woman Aeronaut Alights in Tree.

Mi5dletown. n. Y. Sept. 3.-Mrs.
MYRTLE Rysdike. a seventeen-year-o
aeronaut. narrowly escaped death in
..9a11fno balloon ascension at Midway
mark here. When 800 feet in the air
he balloon caught fire and the hot air
escaping. it fell rapidly toward the
earth. Several thousand persons in the
park expected to see the young WOMAN an
Sart-ad 10 death. but she luckily fell
into the thick foliage of tree. She
escaped with a few scratches
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The Prince Leaves New York.

New York Sept. 3.-Prince Will
helm of Sweden babe GOOD bye TO New
Vork last NIGHT If he has missed
ANYTHING of interest during his week $
visit New Workers do not know what
it is He has beaten all previous
sightseeing records of visiting foreign
ers and has had a strenuous and inter-
esting time that he will long remem-
Der.
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A New Bank for Canton.

Canton, Kan. Sept. 3.-Deputy Bank
Examiner Harry Hagerman was her
Monday and authorized the Farmers
State bank to open for business. The
new bank has a capital stock of 49,
mo M T. Fletcher is president and
w A Johnson vice president, and W
"A. Williamson cashier of the new
hank. This makes the second bank for
Canton. The old bank has over $11O,-
600 on deposit.
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NEW STRENGTH FOR OLD BACKS

Doan's Kidney Pills is the best medi-
cine to use. 1t has cured thousands
and will cure you.
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MOTHERS
or Skin Tortured, Disfigured
Babies Should Know

1IlO111JlllSo WIZ
cura, the great Skin
Cure, afford instant
relief, permit rest and
sleep, and point to a
speedy cure of tortur-
ing, disfguring ecze-
mas, rashes, itchings,
irritations, and chat
ings of infants and
children when all else
fails. Guaranteed
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aosoiutely pure under the United States
Fooo ana Drugs Act. and may be used
from the hour Of birth.
compete External and Internal Treatment Tor
Every Hnnor OF Infants Children. and Adults con-
ol O1tlcura Soap f25cD to Cleanse the SKIN;
Snticura Ointment (5Oc) TO Heal the skin. and
vent t50e IN the form OF
~; LUIS 25c Der vial of GOD to Purity the 6.ooo
Sol1 lnSSongnout the world Potter Drug q Chem-
SoIR. Sote frops, Boston. Mass. 60
nSAailed Free Cuticlra Book on Skin Diseases
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bout children ; il
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and want them
as much so IS
it is to love the
beautiful and