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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-19
COMPANY MUST PAY.
Interesting Discovery Made in 2e1ard
to Inspection OF Gas Meters.

The inspection Of gas meters in To-
peka can be done at the expense of
the gas company but the charges must
not exceed S100 per month This
provision in the franchise of the Con-
rinental Oil and Gas company under
which the Consumers Gas company
operates has been lost sight OF by the
city officials until rediscovered yester-
day The provision states: The city
Of Topeka may at any time inspect, or
cause TO be inspected. the meters in
use by the said Continental OH and
Gas company, and the expense of such
inspection shall be charged to the
said the Continental OIL and Gas COM
pauy and be paid by them: Provided.
that such charges shall not exceed the
sum of 800 in any one month
There has been no considerable
complaint from users of gas that their
meters were incorrect, but four hav-
ing been inspected by John Sheahan,
plumbing inspector. The inspection
was made under the meter inspection
ordinance which was passed after the
franchise mentioned above This
ordinance provides that the consumer
making complaint must deposit a dol
lar and If the meter registers in ex-
cess of per cent fast the corporation
must fix the meter and put up dol
lar which is forfeited to the city. if il
does not register in excess of per
cent fast the consumer forfeits the
dollar deposit to the city Probably
now since the above provision of the
franchise has been redfscovered there
will be considerable demand for in
SpectfOns
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-19
DEATH FROM T0OTHPlCK.
Peculiar Afliction Resulted Fatally
for NJ. t. Crews.

Manassa T. Crews, the old auction
eer, whose funeral was held this af-
ternoon at his home at Tecumseh
was the oldest auctfoneer in Shawnee
county in years of service. and prob
ably the oldest in the state He was
actively engaged in his business of
crying sales until three weeks prior TO
his death, and he died at the age of
~ years.
Mr.. Crews death was due directly
to swallowing a piece of toothpick
This happened some days ago. and
Mr.. Crews said nothing to his family
about the occurrence. The piece
of wood lodged in one of
the passages of the body. and
Mr.. Crews went to a physician to see
what could be done The physician
to remove the obstruction
without the formaIity of the usual
preparations for a surgical operation
and in removing the piece of wood
tore the flesh to such an extent that
blood poisoning set in, causing the
death
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-19
THIRTEEN Governors.
Executives to Meet President Roose-
welt in keok1uk.

st. Louis. Sept. 19.-The thirteen
governors who will assemble at Keo-
kuk, Iowa. October L to greet Presi-
dent Roosevelt when he embarks upon
his Mississippi river trip, will be pro-
vided with special train from Keo-
kuk to ST. Louis in order that they
may reach this city in time to witness
the Yelled Prophets parade and at
tend the ball. Arrangements for the
train were made by the Business Mems
league, whose guests the Mississippi
valley governors will be during their
stay in St Louis
Out of the twenty-three governors
who will come to st. Louis and go to
the Deep Waterways convention at
Memphis, thirteen have arranged to
meet at Keokuk, where the president
will speak on the morning of October
1. The exercises at Keokuk will last
until about noon, and to get the gov
ernors into ST. Louis in time for the
parade that night requires a special
train. The train will arrive in St
Louis about O'Clock.
The governors who will assemble at
Keokuk are as follows:
Governor Napoleon B. Broward of
Florida, Governor Charles S. DeneeG
of Illinois, Governor Albert B. Cum
minis of Iowa, Governor Edward w.
Hoch of Kansas, Governor Newton c.
Blanchard of Louisiana, Governor
John A Johnson of Minnesota, Cover
nor George L. Sheldon of Nebraska,
kota. Governor Frank FrantZ of Okla
hona, Governor George E Chamber
lain of Oregon, Governor Coe 1. Crayg-
ford of South Dakota, Governor J. o.
Davidson of Wisconsin, Governor
Bryant B. Brooks of Wyoming.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-19
CAUSE BIG DEFICIT.
'.Snitches" About Bankrupt PhfIa-
deIpIlia Rapid Transit

Philadelphia, Sept 1s.-The an
nuaI meeting of the stockholders of
the Phfla delphfa Rapid Transit com
pany which controls all the street car
lines of this city. was held today. The
annual report submitted by President
Parsons showed a deficit from the
years operations of $564.04S, com
pared with a surnIus of $303 996 in
the preceding twelve months. The
gross earnings exceeded 1S,000,600,
the largest in the company history.
President Parsons, in his report,
stated that in the last twelve months
s1,217,5s6 was paid out on claims an
increase of $236.266 over the previous
year. The percentage of earnings. re-
quired for this purpose has increased
in ten years from , 4 or 3, to about
or equivalent to a dividend of 81
share on stock This increase Presi-
dent Parsons attributes to the activity
of a certain class of lawyers who
aided by physicians work up damage
cases from accidents to passengers on
the company's lines
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-19
Atty. Gen. Jackson Says Drug
Vendors Must Pay Up.
Costs $50 for Each County on
Each Wagon.
NO HALF FARE GOES.
Vendor Must Pay for a Whole
County at Once.
COnstitutiOnaIity of Law May
Be Tested by Drug Makers.

An opinion was delivered today by
Fred S. Jackson, the attorney general.
to the effect that intinerant vendors of
patent medicines and merchandise must
pay tax of fifty dollars yearly to each
county of the state where they propose
to traffic their wares
This opinion is in accordance with the
specific provisions of an act of the last
Legislature which has been in effect for
some time.
The vendors have entered violent pro-
tests against paying this tax but. most
of the officials of the various counties
have been firm in demanding it Seeing
that they have had 70 pay the tax the
vendors have made offers of conpro-
misses in various counties They have
offered TO pay half the tax for the priv
ilege of selling their stun in certain
half of a county, or quarter of the tax
for doing business in only a quarter of
the county Several county officials
have written the attorney general as to
whether or not such scheme would
be practicable under the law.
Mr.. Jackson has decided that no plan
of this sort may be put in force in any
county under the terms of the law The
vendors must pay a $50 yearly tax to
each county where they intend to ped
die their stocks
Possibilities are that suits will Be
brought by some vendors TO test the
constitutionality of the law as we'll as
what they claim to be its unreasona BILE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-19
OLD men TO RETIRE
Standard Oil Affairs to Be Handled by
the Younger Set.

New York. Sept 19--Wau street
generally believes that new era in the
personnel of the Standard Oil company
leaders is beginning. It is thought
that the younger element In the great
corporation is coming to the front and
that the older element is relinQuish-
ing its active hold upon the affairs of
the company and those of the vast in
terests which have been affiliated with
it. John D. Rockefeller. jr. William
G. Rockefeller, Urban H. Broughton,
a son-in-law of H. H. Rogers and H.
H Rogers. jr-, are among the younger
men who are looked upon by the
street as now directing affairs
William Rockefeller is regarded as
likely to take a principal part still in
the company's councils, but most of
the other men who have been called
the makers of the Standard Oil COM
pany, including John D. Rockefeller,
John D. Archbold and H H Rogers
are expected hereafter to leave to their
juniors the handling of the giant busi-
ness which they founded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-19
sTUBBs AT NEosHo FALLS.
Lawrence Statesman Makes an Ad-
dress to Old Settlers.

Neosho Falls, Kan, Sept 19.-The
fourteenth annual meeting of the old
settlers of Allen. Anderson, Cofey and
Woodson counties opened Wednesday
afternoon at Neosho Falls with an ad-
dress by W. R. Stubs of Lawrence.
The Douglas county statesman took
for his theme the Importance of
placing the public business of the
state and nation on a business basis
A big crowd which included many
lola and Allen county people listened
to and appIauded the speech.
Mr.. Stubbs spoke almost entirely on
the purely business interests of the
state and nation He insisted that the
should be conducted under the same
careful management that private
concern would manage its business
In speaking of the beneficial results
which would follow under such a
management, he referred to the act of
the legislature which placed the state
printing on a business basis, saving
from $4,000 to $4,000 a month and
wiping out graft, debauchery and 9TH
er evils attendant upon the manage
ment of public business on a political
basis.
In this connection Mr.. stubbs said
in part:
on the same basis as the business of
our own state was managed three or
five years ago,-on a political basis
One of the most prominent officials of
our government told me that in a de-
partment which he had Just investi-
gated, where the transa ctions involved
several millions a year, the profits of
the purchase price of goods ran all the
wav from a reaSona BILE profit of fifteen
or twenty-five per cent up to three
inI 1S
graft pure and simple on an enormous
scale"
Mr.. Stubbs presented what he believes
to be a solution of the problem of poor
business methods on the part of state
and nation. He said:
THE remedies that are available for
the evils that have grown up in the
management of the public affairs of the
state and nation are Of the simplest
character The application of simple
nauagement of public business of the
state and nation would eliminate the
graft that now prevails and place this
business on the same basis as private
enterprises are now conducted"
Mr.. Stubbs took up the absolute ne
cessfty Of the government getting onto
a basis where every class of people will
receive the same kind of punishment
for criminal violation of the law. That
Is to say a man who defrauds the pub
lie out of thousands or millions Of dol
lars by the violation of the law ought
to be sent to the penitentiary instead
of f1ning the corporation which this
criminal uses to violate the laws and
to take this money that does not be-
long to him. Mr.. Stubbs said he be-
Iieved in giving even handed justice to
rich and poor and great and small
The speaker also talked at length
along the line of the government reg
ulatfng and controlling the issuance of
stocks and bonds by corporations en-
gagged in interstate commerce
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-19
OUANTRELL Is DEAD
Frank James saw Guerrilla Chieftain
Fan NIortally Wounded

Kansas City. Mo, Sept 1s;-F'rank
James. the former bandit, VIII depart
soon for Oklahoma, TO live the remain
der of his life upon territory farm
He came TO kansas City last evening
from Karney. Mo, where the old farm
of the James family is situated he
spent several hours with his nephew.
Jesse James, jr-, an attorney, ana laIA-
ed Of his plans
For several months. Frank James.
now GA years old. has lived on the OLD
homestead. N Clay county, thirty miles
from Kansas City. He hunted IN the
winter and in the summer months was
a starter at race tracks
Recently he purchased a farm Of 160
acres in Oklahoma, and will go there
October /. TO live
Frank is well preserved for his age,
but looks rather pale and the penalties
of declining years appear not far dis
tant-
.-Of course, Quantren is dead" the
brother and adviser of Jesse James and
the Youngers during their years Of bor-
der ravages, exclaimed when the re-
Gently published runor that the former
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-19
NAME MRS. A. |. GREENE.
Widow of Late Justice to Be Secretary
Of Travelling Libraries.

1t is generally understood around
the state house that Mrs A. L. Greene.
widow of the late Justice Greene will
be elected librarian of the state travel
ing libraries at the meeting OF the
library commission tomorrow to sue
ceed Miss Nellie Armentrout who has
resigned and will be married shortly
Another vacancy in a library posi-
ton to be filed this week is that of
assistant in the state library a posi-
ton now held by Miss Helen Dodge.
Miss Dodge has resigned and will be
married soon to William Kretsinger.
local politician at Emporia- There are
a number of applicants for her place.
which will be filed by vote OF the
justices OF the supreme court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-19
Mr.. STONE ENDORSED.
Associated Press Approves His Course
Regarding the Strike.

New York. Sept 19-The annual
meeting of the members of the Asso-
ctated Press was held at the Waldorf
Astoria hotel yesterday. Those in at
tendance numbered about $50 while
probably 400 others were represented
by proxy The business transacted
was OF a purely routine nature except
a change in the date of the annual
meeting from the third Wednesday in
september TO the third Tuesday in
April A resolution approving the
course. of the officers of the associa-
ton in dea ling with the strike of
telegraphers was unanimously adopt
ed The following directors. whose
terms expired, were reelected:
Albert J. Barr. Pittsburg Post:
Charles w Knapp. St Louis Republic;
Frank B. Noyes. Chicago Record
Herald; Clark Howell, Atlanta Constf-
tuition and NJ H De Young. San
Francisco Chronicle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-19

Guerrilla chieftain is alive was men
toned There is no question of his
death Why, was at his side when he
fell, in pitched battle between the
Quantrell command and federal soldiers
in Kentucky in the spring of 1853 His
command was hard pressed, but rallied
around their leader. The boys wanted
to take up Quantrell and make dash
for the hills, where they told him il
escape were possible they could nurse
him back to health.
No. said Quantrell- L am as good as
dead Leave me and run to the hills
yourselves If am dead, the next thing
TO do is to save the living ones
The last 1 saw of QuantreH he was
paralyzed from the waist down and i'm
ploring his men to leave him alone He
died three hours later. where he had
fallen, and was left on the battlefield
The statement that he is still living is
nonsense
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-19
LAST DAY FOR KOREA.
Annexation to Japan Appears to Be
Inevitable.

Toxic. Sept 1e-The possibility
that the japanese may have to annex
Korea seems again to have arisen
Marquis Ito is quoted as having said
that It may be necessary to alter
Japans policy owing to the present
situation; that II the Korean people
persisted In their attitude of unfrieud-
liness it Will be the last day for
them
Toxic papers are receiving reports
that insurgents including one band Of
500 are gathering around Seoul to at
tack 1t Rowing parties of Koreans
under the leadership of ex-soIdiers are
killing japanese and civilians and
Koreans suspected of being pro-
mountains upon the approach of Jap
anese troops but not before suffering
heavily.
New Official Organization.
Toxic. Sept ia new official or
ganiza ton of stan OF the resident gen
eraI Tor Korea was submitted to the
pr1vy council today and passed 1t is be-
deved 1t Will be promulgated Saturday.
according TO the organization the office
OF deputy resident general has been
eSta blfshed and IL is understood that
Baron Scne, the late minister of finance
In the katsura cabinet will be appointed
20 the post Another feature of the or
ganiZatiou is the permission granted the
japanese vice minister Of the Korea
government and others serving as
Korean officials to regain their official
standing in the japanese government
Marquis Ito. the resident general Of
Korea, will leave for Soul September 3
and 1t is expected that upon his arrival
be vigorously pushed especially in the
matter of Judiciary
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-19

responsible for the $2s,24O.ooo fine.
ms immediate "a 1s cause of the disturb
"Of one thing We NAV h- s,,1e 80,
tnat Is that President Roosevelt will
always stand firm in his policy of en-
FORCING the law against wrong-doing
oy corporations But the penalties
vidual officers responsible for viola
tons OF law, and these, TO be effect
ual. should involve Imprisonment NOT
fines against them or the CORPORATIONS.
Ihat remedy Is the only certain cure
for the disease. If it again appears,,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-19
Robbers Got so. 900.

Spokaue Sept 19.-FOrty thousand
dollars. mainly in large bills. is now
declared 10 have been secured by the
robbers who held up the Great North
ern train near Rexford, Mont, Septem-
her r. This money is reported to have
been shipped by the Commercial Ma
tionaI bank of Chicago to the old Ma
tionaI bank of Spokane. It is stated
that the banks were insured so that
neither bank will lose anything No
trace of the robbers has been reported
since that morning though a vigorous
search has been in progress A re-
ward of 5000 for each of the two rob-
bers IL offered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-19
Druggists to Warn doctors.

Chicago, Sept 19.-By unanimous
vote the National Association of Re-
tail Druggists decided to warn all
physicians against prescribing patent
cures of whose ingredients they are
ignorant A campaign of education
is to be inaugurated for the purpose
of showing doctors that they endan-
ger their professional reputation as
well as the health of the public when
they recommend preparations of
which the benefit is only hearsay- The
standing telephone committee advo-
Gated that every druggist of the or
ganization do away with the fiat rate
telephone at once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-19
He Buys Mansfield PLAYS

New YORK, sept. Iy--George C
HazeIton. lawyer and playwright has
purchased the Shakespearean produc-
lions OF Richard Mansfield. Including
THE Merchant of Venice and
Richard III" Besides the entire oro-
ductfon of these two plays Mr.. Hazel
ton has acquired from the MansffeId
estate many of the effects from other
Mansfield productions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-19
SHE WAS AN OLD TIMER.
'-Aunty'' Williams of Lawrence. to
Quit Keeping a joint.

Lawrence. Kan Sept 19.-"Aunt
Jane" Williams. who has been violat-
ing the prohibitory law in Lawrence
most Of the time fer the last twenty
years and has openly ignored a court
injunction. has quit the fight, paid her
fine and agreed to leave the city for
ever If Mayor Barker would consent
to her avoiding a jail sentence Aunt
Jane" has made a speciality Of selling
liquor to students.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-19
JOHN D. JR. RESIGNS.
VIII No Longer Conduct the Young
Mems Bible Class

New York. Sept 1s.-John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., will cease TO be the
leader of the young mems Bible class
of the Fifth avenue Baptist church on
October l. He has resigned and his
resignation has been accepted In
creasfnz demands of business and fear
of a recurrence of i'll health are the
reasons given by him in lengthy let
ter RI the class.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-19
The Pigeon Came Back.

Junction City. Sept &c. O. VIII
nams, Of Junction City, took a homing
pigeon to Manhattan about ten days
ago and left it there He returned to
his home at Junction City and watch
ed for the pigeon He had about
given it UP as lost when it returned
Tuesday evening.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-05-22
Proclamation of the nayOr ant
Board of Aldermen.

Village of CarencrO, La, April Is,
lgO7.-At the special election held
Tuesday, April D, 1907, relative to
the proposed system of waterworks
fOrty-three votes were cast as follows:
For the contract for the erection of
a waterwOrks system between the Viii
lage of CarencrO and Philip Il.
POrter-Yes: Forty.
For the contract for the erection OF
a w~aterworks system between the Viii
lage of CarencrO and Philip H.
POrter-No: Three.
Said contract is hereby proclaimed
carried according to the above re-
turns duly made by the following COM
missioners and clerk: H. E. Toll,
Odon Guidry and Ernest Crouchet;
clerk, A. c. Guilbeau.
G. J. MELCHIOR,
Mayor:
w. w. LESLEY,
j. C.. MARTIN,
f. j. BREAUX,
S. j. BREAUX,
G.. j. RICHARD,
Members of Board of Aldermen.
Attest.
c. F. LATIOLAIS, Clerk.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-05-22
ChamberIain's Collie, Cholera and
DiarrhOea Remedy.

There is probably no medicine tina
is relied upon with more implicit con-
fidence than Chamberlain's Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
During the third of "a century in which
it has been in use. people have learned
that it is the one remedy that never
fails. When reduced with water and
sweetened it is pleasant to take. For
sale by all druggists.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-05-22
SHERIFF'S SALE.
First National Bank of Lafa-
yette. La, VS.. L.. H. Robert
son-City Court of Lake
Charles La. No.'587.

BY virtue of a writ of fieri facias
directed to me, sheriff of Lafayette
parish, La, by the Honorable City
Court of Lake Charles, La, l, the
undersigned sheriff of Lafayette par
ish, will sell at public auction to the
last and highest bidder, for cash, in
satisfaction on the judgment and costs
in the above entitled and numbered
cause, at the front door of the court
house in Lafayette, La, between legal
sale hours, on
SATURDAY, JUNE l. 1907,
the following described property, to-
wit:
Two certain lots of ground situated
in the McComb addition in the town
of Lafayette, La, being lots 10 and
Is of square IA and having q uniform
width of 3 feet BY. a depth of LIS feet,
with all imp9Ove1nents thereon and
thereunto bsone bounded north
by Second s by lot Il, south
By N alley lot II of said
square Il. 4s LACosTE.
SheriH03 Lafayette Parish.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-07-05
Bids to Construct Street.

Sealed bids will be received by
Mayor OF town OF Tazewell, until the
10Th day of July, 1907, for the rebuild
ng Of Macadam street, from end OF
Church street where it intersects with
Main street in Town OF Tazewell, to
Station ut NorthTazewell, approximate-
ly one and one-fourth q u miles, which
IS to be built according TO plans and
specifications in hands Of f. V. Spots
Mayor, Tazewell, Virginia
BY order of council.
f. V. SPOTTS, Mayor.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-07-05
TIP Top ITEMS
Tip Top, Va.

Tip Top, Va, July Z.
III. Z. Pauley, a popular travelling
salesman for the Globe Association,
Chicago, was in town last week.
He will make Pocahontas his head.
quartres.
The new store in Tip Top is doing
a pretty good business since getting
their goods in.
Karl Tarter of Witten Mills,
spentSaturday night with his friend,
J. III. Gillespie, at this place.
Misses Eta and Ethel Hartman,
of this town, started for Big Stone
Gap Sunday to attend the State Nor.
NAL.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-07-05
BIG FIRE AT
HIGHLANDS

The plant of Richlands Brick Co.
at Richlands was burned Wednesday
night entailing loss of $25, 600, with
"a, coo insurance. The fire origi-
mated in the engine room, and thir-
~ minutes after il was discovered the
entire building was in flames.
Several men will be thrown out
of employment by the fire.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-07-05
LOST GRIP AND WATCH

y small hand bag was lost last
Saturday night by Mr.. and Mrs.
Conrad Tynes somewhere on the road
between Tazewell and Dry Fork. The
bag contained, besides a little cloth
ing, n gold watch with Mrs. Conrad
Tynes' name engraved on the case,
gift from his father and mother.
The finder will be paid SO for return
of same to this office or To Capt. Al.
Tynes, TaZewell, Va.