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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-07

at st. Mary's hospital as the result of
a gunshot wound inflicted by herself, is
improving. and the doctors have little
doubt of her ultimate recovery. The
ball entered the left breast, but was
detected upward from its course by
striking rib, so that neither the heart
nor lung was punctured.
The shooting occurred Wednesday
night, following trouble, it is said, be-
tween Mrs. McCluskey and her hus-
band. The story of the quarrel is that
the McCluskeys. who have been mar
ried only a few weeks, attended
dance that night, and when the bride
danced with another man the groom
became so jealous that he left the
hall. Then Mrs. McCluskey went to
the home of a relative. so the story
goes. and phoned her spouse to come
to her. When he had done so she
aimed a revolver at herself and with
the words, "This is what l will do for
you" pulled the trigger.
Mrs. McCluskey's maiden name was
Lizzie Marks. Mr.. McCluskey is here
with his wife.
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HIS FOURTH WIFE.
Nat Goodwin WEEDS Edna Goodrich
This Afternoon.

New York. Nov. THE Herald
says:
Nat c. Goodwin will marry Edna
Goodrich this afternoon in New
Rochelle. This is the end of months
Mr.. Goodwin obtained an uncontested
divorce from his former wife, Maxine
Elliott Miss Goodrich returned from
Europe last Saturday with her
mother She has been for more than
a year leading woman In Mr.. Good
wins production of '"rne Genius" in
which he has starred about the
country, but has not appeared in New
York. Miss Goodrich purchased this
drama from it's authors and created
the leading role Harry Woodruff play
ing the part Mr.. Goodwin assumed
when he bought the play, retaining
Miss Goodrich.
married Miss Eliza Weathersby, one
of the women who made Lydia
Thompson and her blondes" a sensa-
ton in the early '70s. She died in
1887 and in 1888 Mr.. Goodwin mar
ried Mrs. Nellie Pease. whose union
with a prominent Buffalo business
man the courts had sundered. Similar
tract with Mr.. Goodwin in 1892. He
engaged Maxine Elliott, wife of
George A McDermott, a lawyer and
previously marshal to Mayor Grace as
his leading woman and divorce of the
McDermotts was followed by the mar
riage of Mrs. McDermott to Mr.. Good
win in 1898. Miss Goodrich was mar
ried to Edwin Stacey Of Cincinnati
in 1902, but they were divorced. She
is rs years old.
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NORTH TOPEKA NEWS.

Rev. T. ]. Pearson, former pastor
of the Congregational church, has ac-
cepted a call to the church at Strong
City, Kan.
Col. ]. NJ. Stewart spent Friday in
Silver Lake.
Mr. Charles Tyrrel or Granville
spent the day here today.
Mrs. Walter Norman of 72O North
Monroe, who has been i'll for several
days with slight attack of malaria
fever, is improving.
John Roof returned to his home in
White City, Kan, today after spend
ing a few days here the guest of old
friends.
Mrs. H. L. Sanders and daughter,
Mamie, and Mrs. S. Rowe and daugh-
ley Falls today to spend a few days
visiting friends.
Mrs. E. ]. Almis, who has been with
her son, AL Almis, for several months
past. will go to Chicago and the east
Sunday.
North Congregational church Sun
day school at 10 o'clock, Mrs. H. F.
Markham, superintendent. Regular
service at IL o'clock. Sermon by Rev.
Frank T. Lee, dean of the Washburn
Bible school.
Trinidad, Nov. IA small sensa-
ton in local social circles was caused
today by the receipt of a dispatch
from st. Louis announcing the mar
rage of DR.. William H. Smith, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Smith, to Miss
Ethel Miller of Chesterfield. Ont. The
groom is an inferno at the st. Louis
hospital, and the bride is nurse in
the same institution. The marriage
took place secretly Wednesday in
East St. Louis. Rev. w. E. Archibald
of the Presbyterian church perform
hoped to keep the wedding a secret
but it became public when the legality
of the marriage was questioned on the
ground that a license was not secured
and there were no witnesses.
Rev. Mr.. Archibald declared that he
was acting entirely within his rights,
but stated that if it was necessary he
would remarry the couple. The groom
has spent all his life in Trinidad and
graduated last spring from the ST.
Louis medical college. His father is
the freight agent for the Santa Fe at
this point.
Mr. Archibald is a former pastor
of North Topeka.
The B. Y p. U. will have their
regular service Sunday evening at
$50. Mrs. Bruce Kenney will address
the meeting and there VIII be special
music by the male quartette. All
seniors are requested to be present
Miss Clara Dickey left this morn
ing for her home in Albuquerque, n.
M. after spending a month here with
relatives and friends.
Mr. Don c. Kelley of Medicine
Lodge. Kan, came here Thursday
evening to remain over Sunday with
his brother, Harry Kelly.
Mrs. Clarence Wilson went to
Grover today to spend week visiting
her parents.
Miss Pearl Harris is able to be out
and around again after several weeks
illness.
Roy johnson went to Lawrence this
morning to attend the football game
Harmony Rebekah circle was most
pleasantly entertained by Mrs. F. r.
Conwell Thursday evening at her
home on Monroe street. In the first
contest the prize was awarded to Mrs.
o. NJ. Capron and in the second con-
test Miss Eleanor Holiday drew the
first prize and Miss Helen Hohnbaum
was given the consolation prize Those
present were: Mrs. Lizzie c. Salley of
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Charcoal Removes
Stomach POiSOnS
Pure Charcoal VIII Absorb One Hum
dred Times Its Volume in
Poisonous Gases.

Charcoal was made famous by the
old monks of Spain, who cured all
manner OF stomach, liver, blood and
bowel troubles by this simple remedy,
One little nervous Frenchman held
forth its virtues before a famous con-
vention of European physicians and
surgeons. Secheyron was his name
He was odd, quaint and very deter
mined. His brothers in medicine
laughed at his claims. Thereupon he
swallowed two grains of strychnine,
enough to kill three men, and ate
some charcoal. The doctors thought
him mad. but he did not even have to
go to bed. The charcoal killed the eff
fects Of the strychnine and Secheyron
was famous. Ever since that day ply
sicians have used it. Run impure
water through charcoal and you have
q pure. delicious drink.
Bad breath, gastritis, bowel gases,
torpid liver. impure blood etc, give
way before the action of charcoal
It is really a wonderful adjunct to
nature and is a most inexhaustible
storehouse Of health to the man or
woman who suffers from gases or i'm
purities of any kind.
Quarts Charcoal Lozenges are
made of pure willow charcoal, sweet
ened to a palatable state with honey.
Two or three of them cure an or
binary case Of bad breath. They
should be used after every meal, es-
peclally II one breath Is prone to be
impure.
These little lozenges have nothing
to do with medicine. They are Just
sweet fresh willow. burned to a nicely
for charcoal making and fragrant
honey, the product of the bee. Thus
every ingredient comes to man from
the lap of nature.
The only secret lies in the Stuart
process of COMPRISING these simple
substances into a hard tablet or loz-
enge. so that age. evaporation or de-
cay may not assail their curative quail
ities
You may take as many of them as
you wish and the more you take the
quicker will you remove the effects
OF bad breath and impurities arising
from a decayed or decaying meal
They assist digestion. purify the blood
and help the intestines and bowels
throw off sll waste matter.
Go to your druggist at once and buy
package of Stuart's Charcoal Loz-
enges. price 25 cents. You will soon
be told by your friends that your
breath is not so bad as 1t was. Send
us your name and address and we will
send you a trial package by mail free.
Address F. A. Stuart Co., 200 Stuart
Bldg, Marshall, Mich.
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W. s. Hunter, physician and sureon.
Office and res. 1119 E. 9Th. Ind. 1868.
When in need of anything in lum-
Der or building material. builders
hardware, paints, glass, etc, see J. B.
Whelan & Co., Fourth and S. F.
track. opposite r. r. Y. M. c. A. they
have new and complete stock.
Donald Gathers of 4OS Lake street is
still very sick
Mrs. DR.. Weeks, who has been quite
sick for the past few weeks, with an
attack of stomach trouble, remains
about the same.
The services at the Third Christian
church for Sunday will be as follows:
Sunday school at $50, communion and
preaching at II, Junior Endeavor at g..
Senior Endeavor at 6. and preaching at
1880. Rev. F. E. Mallory, pastor.
Mrs. Dick Cooley and Mrs. Walter
Stout visited Mrs. r. B. Gathers Satur-
day.
Mr. James Hynds of Silver Plume.
Colo, came here Friday evening and is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Luthey of 234 Chandler street.
There will be a spiritualist meeting
held Sunday evening at 1880 at 4S4
Madison street. Everybody is invited
to attend.
Mrs. Marguerite Reed of Tecumseh
and Miss Annie Hayes of Topeka visit
ed with Mrs. Will Ammo at Watson,
Wednesday.
Mr.. F. B. Hayes and Mr.. William
Porter of PIP and PA Jefferson street
served on the election board Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Miller of 623 JEFF
ferson street will entertain at o'clock
dinner today Mr.. and Mrs. Geo Holmes.
Mr. and Mrs. D. w. Dibble, Mr.. and
Mrs. Amos Beeler Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Wait, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bradford, Mr..
and Mrs J. w. Mcclure, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Jones, Grandma Miller and Miss
Dora Mofftt.
Miss Clara Smith of S34 Madison
street went to Kansas City today to re-
main over Sunday the guest of her
sister, Mrs. r. H. Barger.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Seward of Hell
mer. Ind. visited Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E.
Galloway and family of 200 Chandler
street a few days while on their way to
friends.
Miss Anna Ella Hayes of Topeka has
been spending the past week at Wal
nut Park at Tecumseh the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. R. A. Reed.
Little Robert Servise, who has been
very sick at his home on Lake street
for the past few weeks, still continues
to improve.
Rev F. E. Mallory will preach Sun
day afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Bel
view school house. There will be Sun
day school at the school house at
o'clock. Everybody is invited to at
tend.
The following ladies of the G. L A,
engineers wives, will go to Atchison
Tuesday to visit the lodge at that
place: Mrs. Mary Fuller. Mrs. Many
Marker. Mrs. Chas. Berry, Mrs. Ed
Ash, Mrs S. Richardson, Mrs. Geo.
Sherman, Mrs. VIM. Sherman. Mrs.
Geo. Metzsker. Mrs. Ed Jolley. Mrs Ed
Whitcomb, Mrs. Chas. Sharp. Mrs.
Amos Beeler, Mrs. John McNeal, Mrs.
Lizzie Smith, Mrs. E. E. Smith, Mrs.
Chas. Leaf, Mrs. VIM Gilpin. Mrs.
Andy Verlin and Mrs. Myer Hurley of
Argentine will accompany the ladies.
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The stockholders of The Topeka Cam
ming company, Incorporated, Of Topeka,
Kansas. are each and all hereby notified
that a special meeting of said stockhoid-
ers (such meeting to be adjourned from
the factory of said company. will be held
at o'clock D. n. on Tuesday, the nth
day G: November. 1908. at the General
Club room of the Topeka Commercial.
club. IN the thira floor in the building at
No. S2- on 1saEs2s avenue, ia the city Of
1otye,-a- III Shawnee county. state OF Kan
sas: for the purpose of conaicering and
acting upon the following propositions:
/. To increase the authorized capital
stock of said company from $4,000 to
$4,000.
2. To change the name of said company
to that of The Kansas Canning & Manu-
featuring Company.
g. To amend the charter and bylaws of
said company to fully carry out the fore
going objects.
A. To transact any and all other BUSH
ness that may properly come before such
meeting of the stockholders.
Dated and signed at Topeka, Kansas,
this 9th day of November. 1905, by order
of the board of directors of The Topeka
ALBERT ToMsoN. Secretary.
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This is the beginning of the bur-
glars busy season. Better rent a box
for your valuables at the Prudential
bank.
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The above does not include the as
sessment to the county central COM
mittee. one-half of which was paid for
me by a relative. I do not think this
Is so bad a showing for ''slush fund"
candidate.
am perfectly satisfied with the re-
suit and there are no sore spots on me
so far as my opponent is concerned.
I do not blame him for the canards
that have been circulated. They sim
ply Injured to his benefit and that is
politics. and in conclusion will say
that my best wishes are with him for
the completion of the cleaning UP of
the dens of iniqUity that still exist in
the city of Topeka. I am, however
convinced after the kind of fight that
has been made on me that If 1 were
elected and succeeded beyond every
ones best expectations that 1 could
never have satisfied certain elements
that were arrayed against me-
T. d. HUMPHREYS.
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HUMPHREY Is HEARD FROM.
Makes Statement of Campaign Elk
penses and Some Queer Charges.

To the Editor of the State Journal:
Now that the noise of battle is over,
it may not be out of place to say a
few words, not as to how it happened
but more in relation to the canards
and campaign lies that were circulated
about me, without the vendors taking
the pains to ascertain whether they
were true or not. 1t does not-surprise
me to hear the average ward politi-
clan or ward healer circulate slush,
however foetid or putrid it may be,
but when respectable citizens and min
listers of the gospel of Christ allow
themselves to become the medium for
the circulation of wicked falsifications,
1 can only say as the Master did,
Father, forgive them, for they know
not what they do
There are no sore spots on me over
the result of the election, but 1 can
say that 1 would rather see William
Howard Taft president of the United
States than myself county attorney of
Shawnee county. 1t is of little conse-
quence to the country who is county
attorney. but is of vital import who
is president and the policies that he
will carry out.
1 desire to again repeat what I said
before the election, that I was not the
wet" candidate. That 1 did not stand
for that issue, that I was the regular
nominee of the Republican party and
that 1 stood for good citizenship and
decency and the cleaning UP of the
dens of iniquity that still exist in the
city Of Topeka.
Since have been repeatedly
charged by a Topeka man" with be-
ing the recipient of a "slush fund" I
desire TO say that the liquor interests
and the gamblers fought me at the
election to the last ditch as vigorously
as they did at the primary 1t ought to
De sufficient to convince any one &C
quainted with the personnel of the
persons working against me at the
polls in the wet districts and also by
an analysis of the vote in those dis
tricts. The precincts that 1 carried,
with two exceptions, and those that I
ran best in are what are commonly
termed dry precincts. 1 simply had
the hide taken off me in the wet"
precincts. On election dav 1 did not
of the precincts. neither did so much
as circulate a box of cigars. 1 do not
believe in it and 1 know that 1 have
been termed tight wad" on that ac-
count In view of the fact that 1 am
supposed on account of the statement
big "wad" at my command, 1 hereby
voluntarily give a complete list of my
election expenses, commencing from
the date of the primary election, and
regret that the law does not make it
compulsory for all candidates to pub
lish their expenses under oath:
Card in Labor day programme. 500
Topeka Printing Co., printing
cards and circulars. 80. 27.65
State Journal display ad. $500. 1900
one cent stamps. .:......... 1900
Hotel expenses. Silver Lake,
Rossville, Dover and Rich
land ......... .. 1925
other miscellaneous expenses,
under .... 49,. 1000
$105.SO
The above does not include the as
sessment to the county central COM
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THE GROOM WAS JEALOUS.
Cause of the Shooting of an Usage City
Woman After the Ball.

Emporia, Kan, Nov. Mrs. An
drew McCluskey of Usage City. who is
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Meriden, Mrs. NJ. R. Conwell and Mrs.
Bessie Desbrow of Naomi Lodge, VIM.
Boast. Frank Emert. Geo. Young, C.
S. Fresbie, w. E. Day, Ruth r. Smith,
A. A. Kellar, Mary Sypes, Geo. Hare.
James Haven, Julia A. Steward, w.
B. Whitehead, Ella Reed, C. w. Arm
strong, Dora NJ Wolf, ]. K. Withers,
H. NJ. Barnes. o. M. Capron, Misses
Florence Anderson. Rose Efrner,
Eleanor Holiday, Sadie Withers. LYDIA
Haven, Francis Short, Helen Holm
baum and Harold and Thelma Day.
The place for the next meeting will be
announced later.
Photo supplies of all kinds. We do
printing and developing for amateurs
Bair Book Store, S3S North Kan, ave.
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Items for the East Topeka column NAV
be telephoned to Ind. phone 2SSl black.l
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RENTAL LIST
Several modern office rooms, for rent
Between 9Th and Sth on Kansas ave.
Flats rooms en- suite, IS and $780,
Two large store rooms. s11.50 each.
Two modern living rooms on avenue.
Modern office rooms in new Crawford
office block. heat, light, elevator and JAM
itor service free. See us for terms.
One modern 10 room house, West Side.
One modern room flat, close in, West
Side
Modern room flats. close in.
One modern room house, East side.
One store room between 4th and 9Th on
Money TO loan on Real Estate: Coilec,
Rents. Fire and Tornado and Automobile
Insurance written at lowest rates
Call or inquire Of
w. C. STEPHENSON & co.
Coz KANSAS AVENUE.
(OvER RIGBY'S)
Ind. Phone 654. Bell Phone 1850.
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LEGAL.

First published in The Topeka State
Journal November z, 1901
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NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF
THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE To-
PEKA CANNING COMPANY.
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WANTS
and MISCELLANEOUS ADS.
@aSaS& lied
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

EXPERIENCED lady stenographer ana
bookkeeper desires permanent posluon
to begin in December: references. b. b. Il.
SITUATION WANTED-By experienced
lady stenographer; first-class references.
M D. Ind. phone. So Kansas ave.
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LOST AND FOUND.

-~~~~-~--~~-~~~~~>~~~~~~---
LOST-Tuesday. night, gold watch, black
leather fob with initial &C" Return T.
B. Payne. Huntoon and Clay, for reward
LOST-Black overcoat. Pay liberal re-
ward for return to grocery store, 6th-Clay
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CLEANING AND REPAIRING WORKS
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

SHOWS SWEEPING COMPOPIrND nrs.
vents dust, makes sweeping easy ard
Giean. Manufactured by the Agric,IIt,1rai
PsSst nn ,.o Co. 9Th and Adams. Topeka.
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This is the only dry cleaning house
in this city. Ladies' and gentle
mems clothing cleaned like new,
Give US a call.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-05-04
SPEAKER MURRAy'S SPEECH
ON TORRENS LAND SYSTEM

can rcad-not 50 with the abstract
system. by the method of abstract.
ing. generally in force in the United
States. everything is uncertain and
attended with great expense. Any
farmer or business man desiring 10
purchase land first demands OF the
land owner to procure an abstract.
which usually costs SlO0 a page with
the minimum price of $500: there IS
one page for every transfer, hence In
the course of hundred years say
THESE transfers each costing 80 cents
10 Sl.00 II page, every step since tie
beginning of the sale of {! u land Is
rccitcd in an abstract. \ friend OF
mine recently told me OF one abstslc;
IN tn" state Of Kansas that cost him
81 400. There was an abstract made
out in the city OF Mexico short
while ago that weighed 500 pounds
and cost as many thousands of dol
lhl ~ ll' l'NN oA'H w Aht lhlNbhN
is to present that abstract TO lawyer
and retain him to look IL over ami
render an opinion AS 20 the title. The
lawyer does 80 and gives an opinion
that may be good and II may be abso-
lutcly worthless; the man goes upon
the lands, perhaps it is unimproyed)
he builds home upon it and after he
is fixed and feels that he is safely
anchored once in home Years roll
the real owner sues him for posses.
sion he goes into court Is defeated
In the first trial. he sells some OF his
personal property and appeals the
case and hires additional counsel; he
loses again and goes 10 the supreme
court where he loses not only the
personal property which he had to
spend for attorneys fees and court
costs, but loses his case and his home.
This is not oyerdrawn, hundreds Of
occurrences of this kind have happen
ed it is not an exception even TO the
rulc--it Is the rule. Again, under the
abstract system man desires TO bor-
row some money quickly 10 save him,
perhaps. from financial ruin; he goes
To the bank, the bank is afraid Of Il q
title. the bank has no certain means
of knowing especially at the moment
perhaps hy reason Of not being ah's
to get the loan when he had landci
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Gentlemen.

Gentlemen.
desire briefly To explain that sys-
TEN OF land registration known as
The Torrcns' Land System" sys-
TEN of registering titles as distinguish
ed from registering evidence OF title
such as deeds, which system brings
about our cumbersome. expensive and
uncertain abstract system. The Tor.
rcns' system had its origin In Austria
liza iu 1854. It first came To the Unit.
ed States and received official notice
by Governor Russell of Massac husetts
where II Is In force In its fullest yigor
Of any state In the American Union.
although It Is In force In modified
form In the states OF California. Colo
RADIO, Illinois, Minnesota, Oregon and
Washington and by the Philippine
commission and acts of congress has
been adopted In Hawaii and the Phil.
h. the Islands, a copy of which last
8 have In my possession. II was
cAtcudcd thrc 'ghout the German en-
pirc by the 20 Of 1900. II Is also
used In Denmark. Austria and Hun
gary and most OF the cantons OF
Switzerland, the county OF London.
England, and In most of the provinces
Of Canada, In fact, In my opinion tn
law as 1t is in force In the province ot
ontario is the best ON this continent.
II is In force In modified form in
all of these states Notwithstanding
the stubborn opposition with which 1t
has been met by the abstract Compa.
nics and by land attorneys. when
once understood II is irresistible. be.
cause II Is the one law, and the only
one with which am acquainted, upon
which the richest man In the state as
well as the poorest In the state unite
hurtul To the abstract system and
they hght Il. II Is hurtful to the land
lawyer and, OF course, he fights H.;
however for the first generation IL
viii assist the land lawyer and give
him au Increased amount OF litigation,
that Is, until the system is completely
installed. after which land suit in
volying title is practically unknown.
Suits. of course will occur to fore
close liens for taxes and for the loan
ot money, and also tu probate Wills
aud estates, but the title at every
stage Is known To every citizen who