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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01
Mr.. c0BURN SPEAKS.
Delivers Address on Letter Writing at
the Y. NJ. C. A.

At the formal opening of the edu-
cational work of the Young Mems
Christian Association for the season
held in Gemmelfs hall last night, the
principal address of the evening was
made by F. D. Ceburn, secretary Of
the state board of agriculture. The
subject of the address, Letter Writ
ing" is one of Secretary Coburn's
hobbies and a subject upon which
there is probably no other man within
the confines of the state more com
petent to talk.
The subject of last nights discourse
is to say the least one of the pet
themes of Mr.. Coburn and one upon
which he loves to talk whether the
audience be one or hundreds 1t is
his contention that from an ordinary
communication the character of the
writer may be accurately judged and
from judgment so formed the future
of the writer often entirely changed.
There are not great many places
where the subject of letter writing is
handled" said Mr.. Coburn, that is
outside of the business colleges of the
country. We have our state schools
and private colleges but the matter
of letter writing is passed over lightly
as a general thing. I am not here to-
night as a professor or an expert on
the subject to be discussed but rather
e
mo more important qualification is
demanded in the battle OF life than
the ability to write good letter. as it
is the stamp of the true character of
the writer. A man may advertise
himself as a sloven or a donkey by a
carelessly written five line letter to
business associate.
There are numerous things to be
considered in letter writing and I am
T ~
place politeness at the head Of the
list. You can not handle your sub
Ject with a pitchfork and you may be
able to accomplish wonders by ap-
pealing to his pride and self esteem.
you should know what you want to
saw. and then say it in the least pos
sible number of words. Be brief but
distinguish between brevity ana
abruptness and do not leave out little
connecting words for the sake of brew
ity. Avoid verbosity, too many and
too big words and above all other
things do not use spread eagle express
sions or words.
DO not address your communica-
lions sir, or dear sir: it is too cold
blooded and I would not think Of adj
dressing a man as sir unless were
challenging him to a duel and expect
ed to kill him. 1t is a good thing to
get in an expression of kindness
during the course of your letter and
when you have finished writing it is
well to close with an expression OF
kindness or we'll wishing.
eff I were writing a letter to the
devil himself I would not sign it re-
specially yours. It's bad taste. Say
either very cordially yours, If you are
on cordial terms with the person to
whom you are writing, or very truly
yours. And don't any of you get the
notion that it is smart to write il
legibily. Sign your letters so that the
signature can be read and don't use
ffourishes. If writing a business letter
be brief and If you are a man try and
write like a. man.
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.HONORS TO ROOT.
American Secretary Of State Is
Welcomed by Thousands
On His Arrival at the Capital
of Mexico.
LODGED IN A CASTLE.
Historic Chapultepce Fortress
Is Turned Over TO Him.
He Is Provided With AutOmO-
bile and Fine Carriages.

Mexico City, Oct. 1--Greeted by sew
eral thousand persons. among whom
were many members of the American
! colony in this city, Secretary of state
Elihu Root arrived in Mexico City on
the special presidential train which
brought him from the border as the
guest of the Mexican government. Ac-
companying him were Mrs. Root and
Miss Edith Root.
AS the train pulled into the National
station the artillery band played an
American patriotic air and the states
| man was given rousing welcome.
Secretary of Foreign Affairs Ignacio
Mariscal, who headed the local recep-
ton committee was one of the first to
greet Mr.. Root on his arrival at the
station. The board of governors of the
city and the aldermen in a body were
on hand to extend official welcome to
the visitors.
Shortly after the arrival at Chapulte-
pee, tea was served. The official of the
city and several government officials
with their families were present. There
We're no other functions on the enter
taillment programme for the day and
MIR. Root and party will be left to re-
cuperate after the long journey from
Washington here.
In accordance with the Mexican Gus
tom Chapultepec castle was formally
tu1 ned over to Mr. Root, who was told
residence during his stay in Mexico.
The apartments that Mr.. Root and
family will occupy, are the most elab-
crate in Mexico. A telegraph room with
two of the most expert operators from
the central station in charge was fitted
up and will be at the disposal of Mr..
Root. An automobile and two carriages
pulled by the finest horses of the gov
eminent stables have been set aside
for the use of the secretary and his
family.
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TODAY's MARKET REPORTS

Chicago. Oct 1-WHEAT-The wheat
market opened easy today because OF
lower prices at Liverpool, but qulcKIy
rallied on reports of wet weather IN the
northwest December wheat opened un,
changed to 1sc higher, at 9S1s@9SAc, SOLO
off to 917sc, and rallied to CSC. Mlnneapo-
lis Duluth and Chicago reported receipts
of 1,010 cars.
The market continued strong all day,
higher prices in all the northwestern mar
kets being the chief source of strength.
For December the highest point or the
day was reached at $3.50. The market
closed strong, with December up 4Sd1sc'
at $685. assoc.
CORN-The corn market was easy at
the opening because of lower cables ano
then became firm on reports OF wet
weather throughout the corn belt; Decem-
Der corn opened shade to A@asc lower
at 57sl a5Sc, and sold at 5S3sc.
The firmnesS was well maintained
throughout December sold up to 5s4s@
591hc The close was firm with December
showing a net gain of 1s@Ac, at 5s14c.
OATS-The oats market was extremely
dull. but prices held steady, December
at 517sd52c. Loocal receipts We're 80 cars
PROVISIONS-The provisions market
was steady January pork opened un.
changed, at $15.25 Lard was 21sc Lower at
IS. 80. Ribs were 21ac lower, at $1.9215
WHEAT-Dec., 98ss@98azc; May. NO4A:
Cash: No red, 967sQ9SAc; No: red, 90
assoc; No. hard, 961sc@$1 90; No, hard
s5@esc; No. ] northern, s1'oS@l-lo; NO. .
fCORENwDec.. 5sNc; May, 59Ac. Cash:
No. ?. 6266214c; No. g. 61AGS2c.
OATS-Dec 577ac; May, 531zc.
RYE-Cash: S7GSSc.
BARLEY-Cash: 90c@$1.03.
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POKER FOR SEAT IN CONGRESS.
Bill Hackney Tells Story About Gene
Ware and Others.

The following is from Kansas
City paper:
$50 Gene Ware is coming to Kan
sas City to live said w. P. Hackney,
of Winfield Kan, at the Midland no
tell Yesterday II tried living away
from Kansas once, but 1 went back.
Ware however. has made a name and
a fame that will carry him anywhere
II remember way back in the SOS,
when w. J. Buchan, Harrison Kelley,
E. H. Funston, E. F. Ware. myself
and one or two others in Kansas
wanted to go to congress. We were
all state senators and members of a
committee appointed to frame a bill
redistricting the state into congress
sfonal districts. Each of us wanted
the districts arranged to suit his in
diyidual interests. 1t was near the
end of the session and we had TO do
something. Finally it was suggested
that We play a game of freezeout
poker, the winner to report a bill to
suit himself. One by one we were
frozen out until Ware and Buchan
were the only ones left in the game.
Their interests were Identical and
the next morning Ware reported his
bill Funston baked and 1 was asked
to explain the transaction. L told the
members of the senate that the bill
was according to agreement; that we
had agreed to play a game Of poker
for it and that Ware had won. The
bill passed.
.'Then Dudley c. Haskell. congress-
man from the Second district. died and
there was an election to fill the
cancy. Funston was a candidate. One
Of the papers in his home town
printed the story of the poker game.
Funston came to me and told me that
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without any treaty at all. To be sure
this exclusion arrangement depended
on the mikado's refusal of passports di-
rect to the United States to his coolie
subjects by providing that without such
passports coolies could not come in.
Aolxi Out Generated.
But the nlikado, after representing
that we wanted his coolies to stay at
home, could not suddenly alter his
custom and issue them United States
mainland passports without seeming
to be picking trouble. For all -Ambas-
sador Aokis buster and swagger in
the state department he had been out
generated. So Japan dropped the treaty
negotiations and the talk from Toxic
was all about the ease with which
case 1t wanted them. 1t was then that
President Roosevelt reached for his
big stick" At the announcement that
the battle ships would be shifted to the
Pacific, the sputter of japanese threats
was shut off so abruptly that the sud-
den silence was painful.
Then came the Vancouver riots,
which swept the ground from under
Japan's strongest position on the
treatment of japanese in the United
States. There have been recent indi-
cations that the mikado'S government
was eager to descend from the high
horse, and Secretary Taft accordingly
held a conference with President
Roosevelt and Secretary Root at Oys-
ter Bay before starting for the east.
On the ocean trip the secretary went
carefully over all the papers and
documents in the case. If the Jap
anese mentioned the word treaty to
him he was ready for them. If they
said nothing he would assure them of
his distinguished consideration and
let it go at that. Thus the admins
tration provided an opportunity for
the Oriental to save his face" The
Japanese did not want to ask at
Washington for the reopening of ne
gotiations they themselves had
broken off. They did not even care
to request a reopening through their
ministry of foreign affairs and the
American ambassador in Toxic. But
recognizing the etiquette that would
require Secretary Taft to call first in
Toxic on the Japanese minister OF
war. viscount Terauchi, they made a
as President Roosevelt had made an
envoy extraordinary of Taft.
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g. S. ~ 81 e ST.: l lss g: &c
Kansas City Produce Market.

Kansas City. Oct 1.-Close-wHEAT-
receipts II cars. Market unchanged to nc
higher Dec. 93c; May. 9sssc Cash: No.
Te har Sla ssa sS1se; No. hard soas5c; NO.
CoRN~EsSIiihc s1 6iSh RED g H w.,
59Ae Cash: No. 2 mixed. SIC; No. 8, 5655
ge6s4c; No. white, 5Sc; No s white, 57iz
OATS,mounchanged to &c higher No. 2
white. 4Slsq49c; No. mixed, 4S1k947c.
RYE-No. ., 72G15c.
HAY-F'irm. Choice timothy. s13.Ooa1a 20.
prairie. s11OO. $500 = -
BUTTER-Creamery higher, sc; pack
EGGs-1c higher. Extras. &c; firsts, 2ic.
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STUBS TO SPEAK AT HOME.
Will Address the G.. A. r. Reunion at
Lawrence Thursday.

Lawrence, Oct. 1.-The G.. A r.
and women's auxiliary of that order in
Lawrence are going to have a big
time here Thursday. when the reunion
in South park will be held.
Invitations have been sent out to
old soldiers and their families around
Lawrence for a radius of fifteen or
twenty miles. and a big outdoor picnic
will be held in South park, If the
weather permits. If the weather is
bad the picnic and speaking will be
held in the court house. The Haskell
band will furnish music, and W. R.
Stubs will speak.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01
Kansas City Live Stock.

. Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 1.-CATTLE-
Receipts today 1900 head. including 1000
head of southers Market strong to 1oc
higher Native steers, $4-75@7-oo; southern m
steers Sc. 2564 Is; southern cows, 81 25Q3. 10;
native cows and heifers. $210g416; stock
ers and feeders, So. O0Q5.20 bulls. g. a0g3. % ;
calves, SO O0GD6. so; western steers, $4WQo.zo;
western cows, s25O@4.00.
HOGS-Receipts today 10000 head. Mar.
ket steady to &c lower. Bulk CT sales, 20 w ~
@6.4O; heavy, Sc. 15G6.3 80; packers, S6.2ogc.4o;
pigs and lights, S. 2596.50
SHEEP-Receipts today, 5000 head
Market steady Muttons. $500@5- 80; lambs,
s.. O0GG Is; range wethers. $5.Sa5.S0; fed
ewes 81 5Od6.50.
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chicago Live Stock Market.

ChicagO Oct 1-CATTLE-Receipt TO-
day were about 10000 head. Market was
steady. Beeves, s4.10a7.25; cows, 1:25q
10: Texans, So 100. so; calves, $6.00dS 90;
westerns, s4O066. %; stockers and feeders,
s.. 6O05. 90.
: HOGS-Receipts today were about 1900
head Market 10c lower. Light. So. 25M
6.s71l; mixed. IS 9Od6. STU; heavy, IS: S0g6 rs:
rough, Sc. s0g6.05; pigs. $5.10q6.4O; bulk of
SHEEPWReceipts were about 10000 head
today. Market weak. Native, $3.00Qo 50
western So. Oo@5. 40; yearlings, s. .350S %;
lambs, 81 6567 10; western, 81. 750I7. 30.
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STOLEN AUTO STILL LOST.
lola Officers Have Little to Guide
Them in Search.

lola. Kan, Oct. 1.-Dr. P. s. Mitchell
has returned home after having beer
in Kansas City and Hartford. Kansas,
on a fruitless search for his automobile
and the thief who made way with 1t.
He discovered practically nothing tnat
will lead to the recovery of the machine
or the capture of the thief He did get
information, however. that strengthens
the belief that Ed Fuller, formerly or
Piuua and Yates Center. took the car.
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the poker story was making it pretty
hot for him and wanted me to help
him out. L wrote letter to the editor
asking him why he was making
campaign story out of a senate pleas
antry. The editor retracted and Fun
ston went to congress, where ne
stayed ten years.
mo, nobody else that was in the
game ever went to congress-
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Chicago Produce Married.

Chicago, Ill, Oct. L-CHEESE-Market
steady. Daisies, 13%@14c; Twins. 12iz al
l23sc; Young Americas, 140l144c
POULTRY-Alive poultry steady. Tur-
keys. l3c; chickens and springs ioc
BUTTER-Market strong Creamery. "a
d291zc; dairy. 221k@27c
EGGS-Market steady. At mark cases
include. 141R@I7%c.
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New York Produce Market. ,

New York, Oct. 1.-BUTTER-Market
strong. Western factory, common to
firsts, 20Q231hc.
CHEESE-Market strong Full state cream
small. colored and white, fine 1fkc: same
good to prime, 13asQ137sc; same, common
TO fa1r; l1ql3c; same to- prime, 11G13ssc.
,EESs5atiS-Market Irregular. Western firsts,
POULTRY-Alive poultry firm. Western
spring chickens, 12@1Sc; turkeys, 1OfI16c;
fowls, 12G14c.
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New York Stock NIarl,,,,

Wall St, New York, Oct. STOCKS
Prlces OF stocks advanced with the OPEN
ing OF business on the stock exchange
Inc exceptions were Canadian Pacific
which reacted AZ points from the jump
Forced yesterday by the covering OF
shorts U: s. Steel. Amalgamated Copper
ano American Smelling, the last declining
"a points, u. p, B. and o. and AlIis-
Chalmers preferred l point and Northern
Pacific and st. Paul large fractions
There was good demand for the stand
ard railroad stocks which soon Impaired
strength to the industrials Pacific CoasS
advanced 2a points, st. Paul and UnioE
Paciffc 1as points and Northern Pacific
Toledo, st. Louis and Western, Colorado
Fuel and Tennessee Copper / point. A re-
newed break of points in Canadian Pa
cific after its opening loss had been re-
stored started selling on other quarters
and the advances were largely reduced
The market fell into semi-stagnation at
the reaction.
A hardening of prices resulted in gains
OF point for Pennsylvania, st. Louis and
san Francisco second preferred and
American Smelling. Selling of United
states Steel stocks then carried them q
point under last night and prices else
where dropped to the low point of the
morning in sympathy. Reading lost IL
points and st. Paul and American l point
Both United States Steel and Canadian
Pacific sold lower at 2611 and 1914 respec-
lively. Other stocks held up well mean
while until renewed weakness in ST Paul
began and the entire list eased off St
Paul dropped to 11411. loss of ia points
and Amalgamated Copper also gave way /
point and Reading Is point.
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*Ex-div. IL per cent.
New YorI. Money Market.

rL New \ orK. OCT; l.-Slose-MONEI
ling exchange strong, with actual business
in bankers bills at AS5%@4 $3.50 for de-
mand and at 81. S2A 6l4.S230 for 10 day bills;
commercial bills, A.S1%.
SILVER-Bar silver, 67bc; Mexican dol.
lars, SIC.
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Government bonds steady.
Cotton Market.

Galveston, Tex, Oct. 1.-COTTON-Mar-
ket steady. 1890.
New York. Oct. 1.-COTTON-Sales to-
day, q, 200 bales. Spot closed quiet Mid
ding uplands, $11s0; middling gulf, t12O6.
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Liverpool opening cables: Wheat I'D
lower; corn 1z93sd lower
Second Liverpool cables: Wheat 1h6ssd
over; corn 3s@15d lower
Car lots at X: c. today: Wheat, 81;
corn. 30: oats "a
Estimated car lots at X c. tomorrow:
Wheat. 121; corn II; oats, 49,
Car lots at Chicago today: Wheat, 121;
corn. 599; oats, $50
N. w. car lots of wheat TODAY were 500
Liverpool closing cables: Wheat Ik01Ld
lower; corn 1zG1sd lower
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New York Sugar and Gomez.

| New York, Oct. l-SUGAR-Raw sugar
steady. Fair refining. So. 45; centrifugal. 80
] test. .95: molasses sugar. $40 Refined
sugar steady. Crushed. $50; powdered.
| IS. 10; graduated. 500.
| COFFEE-Quiet. No. Rio. 611c; No.
Santos. &c.
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EGGS AND POULTRY.
FURNISHED by the Topeka Packing Co..
l14-116 West Laurent street,
POULTRY-Springs. 11z92h pounds, lie:
over az pounds, &c; hens, S1zc; old roost-
eres, 4c; ducks. 10c; geese, &c.
EGGS-Fresh country, 1Sc.
BUTTER-Fresh country, 16422c.
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: Kansas City, OCT. I
CATTLE-Receipts today 5000 head
HoGsSReceipts today 900 head. Mar
ket steady to loo lower. Bulk of sales
Sc 5000; top, $3.50 -.
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Kansas City Live Stock Sales Today.
TThe following sales were made today at
the stock yards. Kansas City. Mo. and
telephoned to The Topeka State Journal
by Clay, Robinson & Co., live stock com.
mission merchants, with offices at all
markets.
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Market GOssIn-

FURNISHED by ]. E. Gall, Commissions.
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks
Onice Ito West Sixth street. Phone 1856 j
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OHICdBO, w.
open High Low Close We
Kansas CItv Grain Market.

Kansas City Grain Market.
FURNISHED by ]. E. Call Commissions,
GRAINS, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks:
office no West Sixth street Phone 49,
Kansas City, Oct. l.
OMAN HIGH Low Close Yes
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Topeka, Oct. 1.

FURNISHED by Charles Violin Packing Co
Yards close at noon Saturday. .t
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Chicago Market.

FURNISHED by J. E. Gall, Commissions.
Grains Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
office Ito West Sixth street. Phone 4s6.l
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BANQUET TO TAFT.

CONTINUED from Page one.)
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Range of Price on stoc,.s

ItuHLfsC Oh ITICt OH STOCKS.
FURNISHED by ]. E. Gall, Commissions.
Grains. Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Office ITO West Sixth street Phone IsG
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-29

The holiday season will soon be on
and the merchant who uses a liberal
amount of printers ink will be the one
to secure the greater portion of the
trade. The Press will be in a position
to care for any amount of advel tising
that the merchants of Athena desire to
do. Already the merchants of the
other towns of the county have started
an advertising campaign through the
newspapers and are going out after
trade in every direction.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-29

The following from the Chicago
Grocer is suggestive and worthy of
careful reading: 'The day of safely
marketing rotten eggs and aeggs about
ready to haGoh is over and both farm
ers and merchants have an ample rea-
son for being exceedingly careful of
the hen fruit they dispose Of, as other
wise the consequences may be exceed
ingly unpleasant. A government in
spector recently hung around store
in an Iowa town, and when farmer
brought in some eggs he said he want
ed some fresh eggs and took the lot.
Several of them proved to be rotten
and the farmer was assessed $120 by
Uncle Sam under the new pure food
law. If the merchant had taken the
eggs and disposed of them to his Gus
toners he would have been liable to
the same fine."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-11-29

Steel has made of his disposition of
state funds, was accomplished by
Steel and those interested in securing
deposits of state monies. by thrusting
substitute bill before senate aud
house while the Umatilla representa-
tive lay i'll at his hotel and incapaci-
tated to offer defense for his bill on
the floor of the house. The principal
feature of the Barrett bill was that it
provided for the deposit of all state
funds with the different banks of the
state; made the state board responsible
for the safe-keeping and security of
the funds; provided that no bank could
hold on deposit an amount of state
funds equal to more than rs per cent
of the capital stock and no more than
80 per cent of the value of the securi-
ties offered.
On the pretext that it ''took away all
the authority of the State treasurer"
Steel offered every opposition possible
to the bill, and now after exercising
his authority, be is up against the real
thing good and plenty. And SO is the
state