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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-16
C. ]. DEVLIN'S BONDS.
Santa F'e Involved i'm Court Case in
Kansas City, Kan.

! Kansas City, Dec. 16.-To invali-
date and set aside as worthless $425,-
| 900 of bonds that stand as a first
mortgage against the property in Illi-
nois of the DevIin Coal company, is
the purpose of the trustees of the coal
company under bankruptcy proceed
ings in a bill that was up for hearing
yesterday before Judge John C. Pol
lock in the United States district court
in Kansas City, Kan. The Atchison
Topeka & Santa Fe Railway company
is the holder of $243,OOO of the bonds
and the Corn Belt bank of Chicago
| has 100000.
D. r. Hite, John s. Dean, D. w.
Mulvane and Charles F. Gault of To-
peka are the representatives of the
I bankruptcy trustees and unsecured
creditors of the defunct coal company.
For the AtchiSon, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railway company Gardiner Lathrop,
general solicitor of Chicago. is assist
ed by Robert Dun1ay of Chicago and
William R. Smith of Topeka. Charles
Blood Smith of Topeka appeared for
the Corn Belt bank of Chicago.
The bonds, the validity of which is
being questioned, were issued Janu-
airy 1, 1904, to run twenty-five years
and to bear per cent interest. 1t
is contended by the bankruptcy trus-
tees that the Atchison, Topeka & San
ia Fe Railway company furnished to
the late Charles J. Devlin money for
the purchase of this mining property
in Illinois on which the mortgage was
given to secure the bonds. They claim
the bonds are valueless as a lien
against the property.
The opposing counsel contends that
under the mortgage the bondholders'
rights are superior to those of the I'M
secured creditors
The property of the Devlin Coal
company in Illinois was said to be
worth more than L million dollars,
but the highest offer yet made for it
was about $500, 900. Should the bond
holders be successful in establishing
their right as first creditors the bank
ruptcy trustees expect to have little
left for other creditors. The hearing
will be resumed this morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-16
HORSE STEALING.
Has Become Common Practice
in Shawnee.
Half Dozen Thefts Reported
@ This Winter.
SNYDER FOUND TEAM.
Thieves Evidently Lost Nerve in
This Case.
But He Is the Only Lucky Victim
So Far in the List.

Horse stealing is becoming so pre-
valent in Topeka and vicinity, that it
is but natural, when a man finds his
horse absent from the spot where he
tied it. to make a Decline for the
sherifrs office.
Such was the case last night, when
Jake. Snyder, a farmer living south of
the city, missed his team and hay rack
from the hitch rack where he had left
it. He at once notified the officers, and
then, half an hour later, found his
team and wagon wandering homeward
along the road. He was luckier than
half dozen other horse owners have
been during the past two months.
been going on at a lively clip. On that
date H. S. Benton lost a horse and
buggy, and is still looking for it. A
few days later, valuable horse and
buggy belonging to o. P. Updegraf
was stolen in broad daylight at the
corner of Seventh and Kansas avenue,
Topeka. The rig was left but few
minutes, and hundreds of people were
passing at the time.
On November IL, Rev. P B. Lee, a
local minister, left his horse and buggy
tied to a post near Washburn college,
and it was stolen. Two weeks later his
outfit was recovered at Clay Center
through the efforts of Sheriff Wilker-
over sthe state. The officer at Clay
Center who recognized the horse from
the description, was slow in drawing
his gun, and the thief got into corn
field and escaped.
A week ago, J. McCarter, who lives in
Highland Park went out to feed his
horse in the morning. and found it alb
sent. Also his buggy and a pieced-out
harness which the thief had collected
in the dark. McCarter is a member. of
the Anti-Horse Thief association " of
this county and the association imme-
diately started a search for the missing
horse. Although the A. t. H. A. has
spent much time and money in tele-
grams etc, the horse is still missing.
On Monday night of this week, R. K
Graham left his horse and buggy few
minutes, and when he returned, the
whole outfit, including horse blanket
and lap robe, was gone. The disap-
pearance is as complete as though the
horse and buggy had evaporated
Naturally, the ease and frequence
with which these thefts occur, is caus
ing a nervousness among the horse
owners. President George NJ. Stone and
Secretary Cellar of the A. T. H. A. are
receiving numerous applications for
membership in the order, which has a
large membership at present. and is in
creasing with every meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-16
MADE HER HAIR TURN WHITE.
Awful Wreck Experience of Miss
Campbell on Christmas Isle.

San Francisco, Dec. 16.-Miss Sara h
Campbell, trained nurse, who was on
board the freight steamer Aeon when
the ship was wrecked on Christmas
island last July, returned to her home
in this city today on the steamer
Alameda. Miss Campbell tells a
graphic story of the wreck and the
stay of the fifty-three survivors on a
barren rock of the South Pacific for
ten weeks. She declared that Captain
Downie of the i'll fatedl ship risked his
life to aid his passengers and crew.
The captain made two attempts before
he reached the cable station on Fam
ming island in an effort to obtain as
siStance for the caStaways.
Miss Campbell's hair, which was
brown without a trace of gray when
she sailed on the Aeon, is now almost
white as a result of the privations and
nerve strain endured on the island.
1t was Miss Campbell who carried
a twenty-four hour old baby through
the surf to the boats that came to the
rescue of the castaways.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-16
WORTHLESS TICKETS SOLD.
Sw1ndlers Reaped Harvest From
Italians Before Marathon Race.

New York, Dec. 16.-In the swirl ~
humanity around Madison Square gar
den last night before the start of the
marathon race. between Dorand0
Hletrl the italian, and Tom Longboat.
t1e canadian Indian, swindlers reap
ed harvest selling countless WORTHLESS
tickets to unsuspecting Italians. Just
now many fake tickets were thus dis
posed of will probably never be known
ling the tumult that arose when the
fake became known. When the gar
den was crowded to capacity and il
was found necessary to turn back
many who had bona f1de tickets. the
holders of the false pasteboards Thought
that their tickets were good and that
admission was refused simply because
or the crowd. Many had not then
read the lettering on their purchases.
and investigation disclosed that even
old skating rink tickets had been
palmed off on eager buyers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-16
IN THAT HASKELL CASE.
Chief Justice Williams Grants Writ of
Error to U. S. Supreme Court

Guthrie, Ok. Dec. 16.-Chief Justice
Williams of the Oklahoma state su-
preme court has granted a writ of error
to United States supreme court in the
case in which Governor Chas. N. Has
kell obtained writ of prohibition from
the state supreme court forbidding
Chas. West, attorney general to pro-
coed with his suit restraining the Prairie
Oil and Gas company from laying it's
pipe lines in public highways.
The issue that will be carried to the
United States supreme court is whether
or not the state attorney general of Ok
lahoma may bring suit in the name
of the state unless directed to do so
by the governor. The state supreme
court held that he could not. West
sued the Prairie Oil and Gas company
without the knowledge of Governor
Haskell, the controversy between the
attorney general and the governor wax
ed warm during the presidential cam
paign and through the letters exchang-
ed between President Roosevelt ard
Governor Haskell on the subject grew
to national interest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-16

cost million is removed from the
little oven and one-roOm, One-man
shack which you used to peer into on
the way home from school.
'In those old days the familiar
round or oblong cracker with its pat
tern of pinholes had few, if any, com
petitors In the open barrel in the
corner grocery it collected dust and
kerosene vapor as it bided the rude
grasp of the fist of the free lunch
habitue on his way to the cheese
Now the cracker-or biscuit, if you
please-is not touched by hands from
start to finish. 1t comes in its sealed
and daintily paper-lined carton,
handled by nobody until your own
fingers-and teeth-close upon it.
That's a rather satisfying reflection,
is it not?
ut also COMES to you in many
forms. From the ancient parent
cracker toothsome tidbits have null
tiplied by the score. You'd be sur
prised to know that the varieties num-
Der over a hundred.
eff you want to view the growth of
angle" said c. E. Gould, secretary of
the company, "just look at this" and
he led the way to the big rooms in
which the flour is stored, barrels on
barrels.
''Of course it means many thou
sands of barrels in a year" said Mr..
Gould, land that brings it into close
touch with the grain growing and
milling industries. When you snap
your next crisp wafer-like biscuit over
snowy napery just reflect on it's far
reaching influence on the grain and
played an important part in raising
the wheat yield of this country from
152,OOO,00O to nearly 500, 100000 BUSH
els in the last forty years"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-16

Few people realize the size to
which the cracker industry has
grown said F. B. Houston. of Kan
sas City. He was measuring with his
eye the progress on steel structure
which when completed will be one of
the largest additions to a factory,
built in Kansas City in recent years.
The addition will cost 100000.
Mr.. Houston is manager of the
Ioose-Wiles Cracker & Candy Co,
and the new building is to increase
the manufacturing and shipping
facilities of that company. This plant
contains the famous white-tiled bak-
cry on the top floor, which is pointed
out to travellers as the finest bakery
of the west. The addition will about
double the plants capacity.
This firm is one of the State Jour-
nails big advertisers and turns out
products in crackers, candies and
confections which are of recognized
purity and high quality.
The business of the firm is so large
in Topeka that a special distributing
station is maintained here at 800 Kan
sas avenue in charge of Howard
Pierce and three assistants. Ship
ments are received from Kansas City
every other day in order to keep fresh
articles in daily readiness for the
trade.
General confidence and prosperity
are in part responsible for this big
addition" said Mr.. Houston, land we
are glad to list it as evidence of bust
ness revival. But our line has grown,
and is still growing, so rapidly that
we should need the room, no matter
who had been elected president.
The modern cracker-or biscuit,
as we now more frequently say-busi-
ness is as far removed from that Of
our boyhood days as that big white
glistening bakery at the top, which
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-16
IN HONOR OF ST. GAUDENs.
President Roosevelt Pays Respects to
the Great Sculptor.

Washington Dec-s1 15,--P ortraying
Augustus Saint Gaudens as a great
sculptor whose works will stand in the
very fore front among the master
pieces of the greatest periods and the
greatest people, President Roosevelt
last night at an exhibition of Saint
Gaudens works at the Corcoran gal
lery of art paid eulogium to that
artists mastery of his craft. The
British, French and Brazilian
am bassadors and others made
speeches. The president flecked the
original features of the sculptor's
imaginative genius and fayed the
critics who found fault with the crea-
lions of his art. Describing the gold
coins whose. recent issuance by the
government awakened a clamor of
criticism, the president declared Saint
Gaudens ''gave us for the first time a
beautiful coinage, not yet properly
appreciated but up to which both the
official and the popular mind will in
the end grow
The president contended that the
first few thousand of these coins are
more beautiful than any coins since
the days of the Greeks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-16
minor Washington Items.

Washington, Dec. 16.-James P.
Dorman has been appointed regular
and Eliza beth Dorman substitute rural
carrier, Route 8, at Centralia, Kan.
These postmasters have been ap-
pointed: Kansa-Belvue, Pottawato-
mic county, Della G. Ross, vice d. G.
Craig, married.
The following postoffices will be adj
vanced to the presidential class Janu-
ary 1. with salaries as given: Kansas
-Altamont, Argonia, Attica, Cla1in,
Little River Lucas, Marrill, Sylvan
Grove, sylvia. $1.1O0 each: Colony,
McCracken Miltonvale, Moran, Sol
der, $1,000 each; Spearville $1,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-16
IN EIGHTY-FoUR YEARS
Entire Supply of Pennsylvania Coal
Fields Will Be Exhausted

coal supply of the Pennsylvania coal
fields will be exhausted in "a years was
the alarming prediction made today by
Prof William Griffith, mining expert
and geologist of Scranton, Pa, at the
hearing of the government suit against
the anthracite coal carrying railroads
for Illegal combination in restraint of
trade under the provisions of the Sher-
man antitrust law. Prof. Griffith esti-
mated the total available supply of an
thracite coal for shipment in 1905, at
1929, POI, $50 tons and said at the pres
ent rate of consumption the supply
would be used up in 1892.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-16
NURsERYMEN IN SESSION.
j. H. Stannard of Ottawa Is Member
of Executive Committee.

Kansas City, Dec. 16.-The convention
of the Western Association of Nursery
men in session in the Coates House
elected these officers:
A. T. Brown. Geneva. Neb., president.
E. S. Welsh, Shenandoah, Iowa, vice
president.
E. ]. Holman, Leavenworth, Kan,
secretary.
Executive committee: F. H. Stannard.
Ottawa, Kan; w. P. Stark, Louisiana,
Mo; J. A. Loheman, Enid, Ok; j. w.
Hill, Des Moines, and w. +. Heikes,
Huntsville, Ok.
No change in the tariff will be asked,
was the decision reached after a dis
cuSsion-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-16
ASKED FOR FRAUD ORDER.
Oklahoma Commissioner Would Bar
Two Insurance Companies.

Guthrie. Okla, Dec. Estate Insur-
anee Commissioner McComb has re-
quested the postoffice department at
Washington to issue fraud orders
against the New State Fire Insurance
company of McAlester and the Western
Fire and Marine Insurance company of
McAlester both Incorporated under the
federal law. The order is asked on the
ground that the companies have never
taken out state charters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-16
Thieves at bellevue HospitaI.

New York, Dec. 16.-Bellevue hos
pitfalls mysterious thief, after being in
active for several weeks, is again at
work DIR. John Douglas. one of the
attending surgeons, had his pocket
picked of $48 while he was performing
an operation on patient His street
clothes at the time were in a locker
and it is certain that the theft was
committed by some one on the inside.
A few weeks ago surgeons reported
the theft of jewelry and cash.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-16
PAPER FROM CoRNsrALKs.
New Solution of Problem in Event of
Shortage of Wood Pulp.

Washington. Dec 16.-That print pa
per can be produced from corn stalks in
competition with wood pulp was the
purport of a qualified report that DIR.
B. T. Galloway, of the bureau of plant
inquiry of the department of agricul-
ture. made to the house committee on
agriculture today. A commercial test
will soon be made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-16
To Retain Purchasing station.

Washington, Dec. Ex-senator Curtis
received assurances today from Secre-
tary of War Luke Wright that no ac-
ton will be taken with respect to the
proposed transfer of the army purchas-
Ing depot from Kansas City to San
Francisco until the subject has been
thoroughly discussed by the depart
ment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-16
MAY STOP THE FIGHT.
Anglican Synod Opposes Burns-John-
son Bout at Sydney, Australia.

Victoria, B. c., Dec. 16.-The Angli-
can synod of Sydney, Australia. has
protested to the premier of Australia
against allowing the Burns-Johnson
fight to be fought at Sydney on De-
cember 26.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-16

Last chance to see Wireless tonight
Sis sharp, National hotel roof garden
Admission free.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-16

Tonight concludes Wireless exhibition
National hotel roof garden, Sis sharp. !
Admission free
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-16
Car to kansas CITY feth,

Merchants Transfer company loads
a car Saturday, December 10. Phone
1876 for rates and privileges to this
and other points. December 20 to
Billings. Montana.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-16

Tonight concludes Wireless exhibition
National hotel roof garden, Sis sharp.
Admission free
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-16
$500, 900 ADDITION TO BIG
CRACKER AND CANDY PLANT.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Cracker Making
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-16
Flood Costly to Georgetown.

Georgetown, sept. 11.-The dam
age to the rice crops in this county
as the result Of the floods, which are
still inundating three-fourths of the
rice lands, Is estimated to be fully
100000. Forty-five hundred acres
were under cultivation this year and
1t is calculated that thirty-five hun
dred acres are under water. The
damage to dykes and trunks will
run the cost of repairs up to huge
sum and 1t will require years for the
county to recover from the destruc-
tion thus wrought. The damage to
upland crops has also been heavy.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-16
j. G. EVANS ATTACKS JONES.
Declares His Tickets Legal; That the
Chairman's Action Hurt Him.

Spartanburg, Sept. Ex-Governor
Evans would not comment on the re-
suits to-day further than to say he
regretted the trouble in reference to
the tickets, which the young men in
his office had sent out, with his name
In large black face type. He said the
tickets were perfectly lawful, but
that the action of Chairman Jones
had hurt him and caused an unpleas-
antness he greatly regretted.
He is quoted as saying that he is
satisfied that the stand the chairman
Of the State Executive Committee
took was adoped purposely to injure
him.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-16
Gen. Jones's Reply to Evans.
(The State.)

With reference to allegations made
against him in newspaper interviews
with John Gary Evans, Gen. Willie
Jones said yesterday that he leaves
1t to the people Of South Carolina as
to whether'or not he had discharged
his duty impartially. "This matter
was brought to my attention, and
had | not made a ruling as chair
man, and had these irregular tickets
been used, the confusion which
would have followed would have
been greater unkindness to Cover
nor Evans trdn the positive action
which | took. 1t was within my au-
thority as chairman to act, and un-
der Rule 4 | would have stultified
myself had | failed to act promptly
in notifying the candidates, the coun-
ty chairmen and the Democratic vot-
ers. | would have done the same
thing had it applied to e. d. Smith. 4"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-16
GEORGIA LEGIsLATURE STUCK.
Convict Labor Lease Question Has
Two Houses DcadlOckcd.

.tlanta, Ga, Sept. 10.-The Geor-
over the question of terminating the
convict lease system in Georgia. A
resolution was introduced in the
House to-day reciting the history of
the attempt to secure convict legisla-
ton and the filibustering tactics
pursued by the Senate, and contain
ing a provision for adjournment sine
die. 1t was only through the per-
sonal influence Of Speaker Slaton that
the adjournment provision was
stricken out before the resolution
was adopted and the House adjourn
cd until tomorrow. III the Senate
a resolution by Senator Knight pro-
viding for final adjournment was
voted down. Senator Knight then
began filibuster and held the floor
for three hours on a motion to ad-
journ until tomorrow. The motion
finally prevailed. The contracts un-
der the present lease system telNni-
nate next March, when $500 felony
convicts revert to the State Unless
provision Is made for their care Gov
ernor Smith has intimated that ano-
ther extraordinary sessi.i may be
called or that session OF the Leg
islature to be elected next month
may be convened. In any event some
provision must be made to care for
these convicts within the next six
months.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-16
How to Avoid Appendicitis.

Most victims Of appendicitis are
those who are habituaiiy constipat-
ed. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup
cures chronic constipation by stimu-
lating the liver and bowels, and re-
stores the natural action Of the bow
els. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup
does not nauseate or grtpe and is
mild and pleasant to take. Refuse
substitutes. Sold by all druggists.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-16
EARLY CITIZENS OF REPUBLIC.
An Interesting Publication Being Put
Out by the Census Bureau.

The wonderful growth and devel-
opment of the United States since
the first official census was taken in
1890 Is well told in a statement re-
Gently issued by the census bureau
relative to the preparation Of statis-
tics regarding heads of families in
the different States, which informa-
ton Congress caused to be secured
last year. In addition to this, much
history of inestinlable value to the
individual States and to the country
at large is to be found in the work
soon to make it's appearance.
AS stated, Congress authorized the
director Of the census last year to
publish the names of the heads Of
families upon the schedules Of the
first census which was taken in 1890,
and the records Of some Of the States
are now complete.
These schedules form unique in
heritance for the nation, since they
represent for each Of the States con-
Il
Of families in the United States at
the time of the adoption of the con-
stitutiOn. The farmers were the
statesmen and leaders of thought,
but those whose names appear upon
the schedules Of the first census were
in general the plain citizens-the
hardy mountaineer and frontiersman
who by their conduct in war and
peace made the constitution possible,
and by their intelligence and self-re-
straint put it into successful pera-
ton.
The total pOulation of the United
States in 1890 was 3,231, ,533; to-day
it is more than 90,O00,000.
The roster for the States of Maine,
Massachusetts. New York, North Car
'Olina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island
and South Carolina have been pub
lished and diligent efforts are being
made to secure complete records from
Virginia and some Of the other States
In 1890 the Union consisted Of 2
States, Rhode Island, the last of the
original thirteen to enter the Union.
being admitted in that wear Maine
was part Of Massachusetts,; Ken
tucky was a part OF virginia. and the
present States of Alabama and Mis-
sissippi were parts of Georgia. The
present States of Ohio, Indiana. Illi-
nois, Michigan and Wisconsin, with
part of Minnesota, were known as
the Northwest Territory, and the
present State OF Tennessee. then a
part of North Carolina, was soon to
be organized as the Southwest Terri
tory.
The western boundary of the Uni
ted States was the Mississippi river
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-16

Pink Pain Tablets--Dr. Shops
stop headache, womanly pains, any
pain, any where. in 90 minutes sure.
Formula on the Csc. box. Ask your
druggist OF doctor about this formula
its fine. J. w. Bell.