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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-28
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.
Held Interesting Session This Week at
ManlSatO

Mankato, Kan, Nov. 2S-The nine
teenth annual session of the Northwest
Kansas Teachers association is being
held here. The attendance is I'M
usually large. The programme is re-
plete with entertainment and educa-
tional interest. This association is in
corporated, and for the first time
Mankato is the place of the annual
of the association. On the windows of
all the business houses there is post
ed: welcome to the Northwest Kan
sas Teachers association" Many of
the homes of Mankato have been
thrown open to the convenience of the
guests. the hotels being overcrowded.
The officers of the association, E. Z.
Colyer of Stockton, president; Miss
Mamie Huston of Gem, secretary. and
c. E. Rarick of Stockton, treasurer,
are present. 81.
The opening exercises of the asso-
citation were held in the opera house,
the Commercial club being represented
by its president. S. G. Smith. and the
is president. The music committee is
Grace Thompson and Louise Fleming
and they highly entertained the vast.
audience with their special selections
Mabel Green and Grace Murphy was
highly applauded, as was the singing
of the Arion q1artette. comprising ].
G. Remphrey, J. b. Dresslar, G. ".
Jolley and ]. r. White. The address
of welcome was made by z. D., George.
former teacher and now editor and
publisher of the Mankato Monitor. 1t
was full of choice meat. bringing forth
frequent applause. The hearty re-
Spouse came from Prof G. NJ. Rider
of Kirwin. who thanked the people of
Mankato most graciously on behalf of
the teachers association and visitors
present for the royal manner in which
they were entertaining them.
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Goulds holdings can be secured that
company will be part of the general
scheme of harmony. So far negotia-
tions with Miss Gould have not been
successful. The lady is reluctant to
part with her stocks, for reasons en-
tirely sentimental. Jay Gould had ad-
vised his children not to sell their
Missouri Pacific certificates and Helen
has remembered her fathers wishes.
The agreement, however, includes
the Rock Island system-whose latest
needs were financed by Kuhn, Loeb &
Co.-and of course the Atchison, for
which j. P. Morgan & Co. have been
the financial sponsors.
The net earnings of the Atchison
made for the strength that prevailed
in yesterdays market to the final
hour. The cost of operation has been
greatly reduced, after the manner of
the Union Pacific. But the selling
pressure became too strong and ur-
gent in the last hour.
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It is quite significant, the number of
persons who got we'll of alarming heart
trouble when they let up on coffee and
use Postum as the beverage at meals.
There is nothing surprising about it
however, because the harmful alkaIoid
in coffee-caffeine-is not present in
Postum. which is made of clean. hard
wheat.
1.-TWO years ago 1 was having so much
trouble with my heart" writes a lady in
Washington, that at times I felt quite
alarmed. My husband took me to a
specialist to have my heart examined.
1.-THE doctor said he could find no or
ganic trouble but said my heart was
irritable from some food I had been ac-
customed to eat, and asked me to try
and remember what disagreed with me.
s'I remembered that coffee always
always soured on>my stomach and caus-
ed me trouble from palpitation of the
heart So 1 stopped coffee and began
to use Postum 1 have had no further
trouble since.
so irritable from drinking coffee that
his wife wanted him to drink Postum.
This made him very angry, but his wife
secured some Postum and made it care
fully according to directions.
He drank the Postum and did not
know the difference, and is still using it
to his lasting benefit. He tells his wife
that the coffee is better than it used to
be, so she smiles with him and keeps
peace in the family by serving Postum
instead of Coffee There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich Read THE Road to Well
ville,' in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine. true, and full of human
interest.
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come between a well known Mitchell
county couple.
The wife is the plaintiff She al
leges that on last September II her
husband made fuss because she in
sisted on combing her hair before
breakfast, and remarked, i've seen a
lot of women d sight nicer than
you who didn't comb their hair before
brea kfast.''
The wife further declares that her
husband became sarcastic and be-
rated her for cleaning the kettles and
frying pans on the back porch which
has been her custom for years, the
wife maintaining that to clean them in
the kitchen jeopardizes the cleanliness
of the furniture or whatever they are
placed upon. In expressing his opin-
ion of the wife on this occasion the
petition states that he said: You are
too blamed nice to live
Petition further alleges that said
defendant refuses to provide for his
wife although he has $1,000 in the
bank further than getting loaf of
bread occasionally. He also is
charged with becoming angry with his
wife because she refused to put him in
her will for $1,000.
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and Kaw-the interview resulting in
the amalgamation of the two COM
panieS and in the adjustment of
the modern city of Manhattan. 1t is
said that one or two of the sectional
buildings brought on the Hartford
still stands in the town. 1t was the
original idea that the Hartford would
ply regularly between Kansas City and
Manhattan. 1t had advertised rates
between Kansas City and Lawrence
at IS cents per 100 for freight and 81
for passengers up and SO for passen-
gers down the river. On her return
from the first trip the steamer tied
up at st. MaryS to take on wood. A
prairie fire came roaring down the
valley and ignited the boat before she
could unite. She soon burned to the
waters edge. A part of the machinery
was recovered in 1869 and buried on
the shore. it being impossible at that
time to take it down the river
The Kansas river was navigated at
certain seasons during the decade of
1S54-1S64. During the later portion
of that period there was regular
boat at Lawrence, which took corn to
Kansas City and then went on to
Leavenworth for lumber, and general
ly succeeded in making the round trip
in four days. The last steamboat on
the river was run by Capt H. Hen
sley of Leavenworth, who for a short
time made trips between Lawrence
and Topeka. The completion of the
odI1 DIT Lid WTSHcS III 10 eHecLually
prevented any further navigation of
the upper river. even had this method
of transportation proved successful
Steamboating in Kansas was of
short duration and full of troubles
Even when sufficient water could be
found for purposes of f1otation, the
current had a vexatious way of chang
ing nearly every day. Men of pluck
and perseverance labored bravely to
make the fond hope realization, but
in vain. The Kansas rivers as COM
mercial highways have ceased to be.
and it will require many trips of the
Della and craft of larger size to give
the feats anything but a local signi-
fcance
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RAILROAD NEWS.
Trunk Line Competition Becom-
ing Thing Of the Past.
James j. Hill and e. I'll. Harri-
man Are RecOnciled.
HARMONY TO PREVAIL
Railway Wizard to Succeed De-
pew OH New York Central.
Other Items of Interest in Rail-
way Circles.
HARMONY TO PREVAIL

James ]. Hill and E. H. Hartman
are reconciled and are now working
in harmony. The reconciliation was
effected through J. P. Morgan, who,
yielding through the general offices
of James Stillman. had come on
friendly terms with Hartman. This
general understanding means harmon
ious operations of all the trunk lines
of the country, including possibly, the
Gould properties, for the general deal
has to do with the control of the Mis-
souri, Pacific, if Helen Gould consents.
The first steps toward general con-
troll were taken by James Stillman,
president of the National City bank
of New York known as the Rockefel-
Ter institution. Stillman has been for
several years the buffer factor be-
tween the Schiff-Harriman party on
one side and the Morgan-Hill group
on the other. He has been friendly to
both lotteries, dealing with one and
the other alternately. In the contest
which has ended in the venomouS
struggle for the Northern Pacific, the
Stillman- Rockefeller cartel remained
strictly neutral What little Northern
Pacific they held at the time was kept
aloof Since the Stillman people have
bought Hill and Hartman securities
impartially, including the stocks and
bonds of the New York Central, of
which Morgan always has been the fl
nancial custodian.
HIS retirement from the pres1-
dency of the Great Northern and Nor
CAMS diminished attention to financial
affairs-both Hill and Morgan are ov-
err 7O-made is possible to create
better feeling between the younger
group-as represented by Hartman
and Schiff-and the older, especially
as the former had demonstrated its
superb ability and effectiveness.
From out the amiable sentiment
there grew the agreement brought
about bv Stillman.
The difficulty was not so much be-
tween Hill and Hartman as between
most tact and diplomacy were essen
tial to overcome a long standing an
tagonism. There were pride, prestige
and spirit of domination on the Nor
gan side, iron determination, obdur-
ateness and the sense of growing pow
er with the Hartman people.
Mutual concessions were gradually
made, so that now the many and large
corporations controlled by the in
volved powers will be managed har-
moniously. with due regard for the
general welfare. This explains the
rumors of E. H Hartman going on
the New York Central railroad board
az chairman of the directory to sue
coed Chauncey NJ. Depew. The ru-
NOR now is practically confirmed, for
the Union Pacific. it is found, owns
shares; it has also been aScertained
that Vice President Browns campaign
of education in the matter of freight
rates was prompted by Hartman.
In the meanwhile efforts are maxi
ing to bring the Missouri Pacific
railway into this association of the
country's railroad interests. If Helen
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1EAvENwoRTH BURGLARS.
They Are Leading the Police of That
City 81 Merry Chase.

Leavenworth. Kan. Nov. 2S-The
burglars who have been defying the
police and looting the homes of Leav-
enworth at their pleasure for the past
month, "Wednesday night entered
three houses, but did not obtain any
thing of considerable value. Albert
Doege's house at 108 Olive street,
James Stanton's home on Sixth and
Kiowa streets and Grant Priests
house were entered by the thieves.
The police department is consider
ably piqued by the audacity and ap-
parent 1mpunity with which the bur-
glar or burglars proceed to follow
their bent without difficulty or inter
ference There are as many clues as
policemen to the identity of the bur-
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UP TO BELOIT JUDGE.
Must Pass on Delicate Questions of
Domestic Science in Divorce Case.

Beloit, Kan, Nov. 28.-Should a
woman comb her hair before break
fast?
If she does, is she too nice to
live?''
Should pots and kettles be cleaned
in the kitchen or in the back yard?
Should a husband with $1,000 in the
bank contribute more to his wife'S
support than five cents worth of bread
a day?
The foregoing are some of the in
tricate domestic questions which
Judge Picker will have to answer at
the next January term of district
court in this county. They are some
cording to divorce petition filed, have
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glars. Countless suspects are under
surveillance, meanwhile the robberies
continue
BROKE FROM JAIL.
Curranville Prisoner Sawed the Bars
Left q Note

Curranville. Nov. 2S.-James Burke.
who had been placed in Jail on the
failure to furnish a 500 bond. made
his escape from the city Jail by saving
out several of the iron bars
Burke came back to Curranville
Monday from Girard, where he had
been in the county Jail for the past
two months, on a charge of assault
The case was dismissed last week
and Burke was given his liberty He
at once came back to this place and
proceeded to get into more trouble
warrant was issued on the charge
of disturbing the peace and he was
taken before Justice Kontz. who set
the date for his hearing and placed
his bond at 800. He was unable to
give the bond and was placed in the
city Jail until the date of hearing.
Some time Monday night he was
furnished with saw and made his
escape.
A note was left behind stating that
he regretted to leave his relatives and
friends in the city, but that the kind
of jails used were not quite strong
enough to hold him.
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we'll known and popular young Re-
publican, and his candidacy will ap-
peal to those who regard fitness and
qualification for an office of para
mount importance. By training and
experience, Nate" Thompson's
friends claim that he fills these re-
quirements admirably.
Mr.. Thompson has lived in topeka
twelve years, and has had six years
experience in court work. He was
deputy clerk of the court of appeals
four years, and was in the clerks Of
flee Of the supreme court two years,
besides has had experience in the
county and city courts in Shawnee
county He was with County Clerk
Zfrnmeruan one year and resigned to
take a position with Col. j. w F.
Hughes. In all of these positions Mr.
Thompson made splendid record
for efficiency.
six years ago Mate" Thompson
did a gracious thing which the old
soldiers of Topeka appreciate. He
was candidate then for clerk of the
city court but the friends of the late
Capt. T. r. Orner asked him to with
draw in Orner's favor, which he did.
devotfng his time to Capt. Orner's
campaign Mate" Thompson is a
young man of good habits and strict
integrity If nominated and elected
he will do his duty. He is a member
of Topeka lodge No. II, A. F. & A. NJ.
He Is at present clerk at the Ma
tionaI hotel
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MOTOR CAR ON ROCK ISLAND.
This Branch of Service Extended to
Oklahoma Lines.

Guthrie, Ok, Nov. 2S.-The Rock
Island Railroad company proposes to
install motor car service between
Guthrie and Chandler, forty miles, at
once and later between Guthrie and
Kingfisher, forty miles, where connec-
ton is made with the Rock Island
main line. Attorney General Henshaw
of the state corporation commission
has rendered an opinion to Superin-
tendent Tinsman of the Oklahoma and
Arkansas lines of the Rock Island that
such motor cars may be equipped I'M
der the law with Jim Crow compart-
ments similar to electric street cars.
Motor car service will also be in
stalled over the Midland Valley road
between Pawhuska and Nelogony,
where connection is made with the
"Katy''
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Fountainville. Pa. Feb. 1e, 1902

S. B. Hartman, NJ. D.
Dear Sir: 1 have been thinking of
writing to you for some time to let you
know what Peruna did for me-
l am 81 years old. I lost my health
about six or seven years ago. I first
had dyspepsia and employed different
doctors.
Last year 1 injured one of my kid
neys. / had one of the best doctors for
that. He put me to bed. not to move
for two weeks.
I slowly recovered, but was so weak
and Frustrated that L could walk but
a short distance. In fact had to keep
quiet.
1 took several remedies but obtained
no relief. I also had catarrh in some
form.
and it is with pleasure that I can say
of your Peruna. it cured me and I feel
all right I send this with many thanks
to you, as / enjoy life again.
My wife has also been taking your
Peruna for asthma and it helps to re-
lieve her We keep your Peruna in
the house constantly. Again L say 1
thank you for Peruna.
Sincerely yours
PHILIP KRAFT.
Fountainville, Pa. Nov. 8, 1903.
DR.. S. B. Hartman.
Dear Sir: L have good health now and
your valuable medicine gave me good
health. L have had no doctor for some
time, as I do not need any. When 1
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FALLS FROM TALL CHIMNEY.
Eight Year Old Boy Plunges to Death
While at Play.

Paterson, N. j., Nov. 2s.-As his
playmates looked on with pride and
amazement, Andrew Scheir, 8 years
doned brewery here and stood for a
moment triumphant at the top. Then
to the horror of the boys and girls
who watched him from the street be-
low, he plunged downward to his
death. Almost every bone in his body
was broken.
Children who witnessed the tragedy
say that the old bricks in the chimney
crumbled under the boys slight
weight, causing him to fall Andrew
was leading a party of boys who were
playing follow the leader
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IF IT DISAPPEARS, IT'S ECZEMA

How to Tell Whether a Skin AfYec-
ton is an Inherited Blood Disease
or Not.
Sometimes 1t is hard to determine
whether a skin affection is a sign of
blood disorder or simply a form of
eczema. Even physicians are often
puzzled in their diagnosis. The best
way for one AFFLICTED is to go to Fred
A. SHOWS or any good druggist who
handles pure drugs and obtain so
cents worth of poslam. Apply this,
and If the itching stops at once and
the trouble is cured in a few days it
may be set down as having been
eczema, as this is the way poslam acts
IN the worst cases of eczema, and in
curing acne, herpes, bIotches, letter,
pies, salt rheum, rash, BARRIERS and
otner forms of itch. scaly scalp, and
all surface skin affections.
Those who will write to the
emergency Laboratories, No. 80 West
Iwenty-f1fth Street New York, can
secure, by mail free of charge, a
supply sufficient to cure a small
eczema surface or clear complexion
overnight and remove pimples in
twenty-four hours.
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NO FIGHT FOR KATY.
Recent Rumors of Merger Not Credit
ed in New York.

New York Nov 2S.-Interests
which have kept in close touch for
several years with the market position
of Missouri, Kansas & Texas stocks do
not credit the rumor which is circu-
lated whenever these issues display
special strength that contest for con-
troll is in progress. They do not be-
lieve that the Burlington and st. Paul
are now bidding against each other
for control, as has been rumored in
recent days. On the contrary. they
say that to the best of their knowl-
edge actual control of the property
through the ownership of stock is not
held by any single corporation or by
any single group of interests. They
believe that a majority of the stock
is in the street and that the movement
recently was due to speculative activi-
ties and not to buying for control.
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Para1yzed From Playing Football.

Boston, Nov. 2S.-While playing
football on Thanksgiving day, Ser
geant Bird Dowdie of the Eighty
third company coast artillery, station
ed at Fort Revere, Hull. became para
lyZed from his neck down. He at
tempted to make a tackle and struck
his throat against the knee of an op-
posing player. 1t is feared that his
spinal column has been dislocated and
that he will not recover
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OTHERS HAVE HAD 1T
So Not Much Stock Is Taken i'm Camp
bells Bucket Shon Bill

Wichita, Nov. 2s.-The Wichita Bea-
con doesn't take Congressman Camp
BELLS anti-bucket shop bill very seri-
ously. It says: Phil P. Campbell Of
the Third district will make a hit with
an anti-bucket shop bill at this session
of congress. Last session Congressman
Scott had the anti-bucket shop bill; in
the session previous Mr.. Reeder had It
and previous to that time Mr.. Bower
sock gave it attention"
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SCARLET FEVER PREVALENT.
Lcavcnworth Children Are Not Allow
ed on street Cars

Leavenworth, Nov. 2S.-On account OF
the prevalence of scarlet fever in the
city of Leavenworth and the existence
of one case in the post. orders have
been issued prohibiting any child from
boarding the street cars to and from
the city --
Sergeants Finch and Shay have been
placed on guard duty at the electric car
station for the purpose OF, carrying out
the orders with reference to children
boarding the cars.
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PHILIP KRAFT.
Fountainville, Pa, April 16, 1906.

Founta1nviIIe, Pa, April 10, I9U6.
DR.. S. B. Hartman.
Dear Sir: We have Peruna in the
house all the time and when we think
we need it. we take it. We are about
sixty years old and have not called a
doctor to our place for some years.
We go out in all kinds of weather and
sometimes when we go on a trip we
take Peruna along. A preventive is
better than a cure. That has been our
experience.
1 had poor health some years ago and
when 1 found your medicine 1 hit the
right thing. We both thank you for
your good medicine.
Sincerely yours,
PHILIP K r ATZ
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CLAIMS TOO MUCH.
Wellington Says Her Santa Fe Pay
Roll Is Larger Than Topeka's.

Wellington, Kan, Nov. 2S.-Last
month the Santa Fe pay roll for the
Panhandle division, of which yelling
ton is the headquarters, was over
$124,000. The Santa Fe pay roll at
Wellington is the largest on the sys-
tenn, excepting at Chicago. yelling
ton in this respect exceeds Topeka
and all other division cities. This
amount of $124,0OO of course includes
everything on the Panhandle division
of seven hundred miles. OF this
amount at least one-half of it reaches
Wellington
These figures, which are vouched for
by one holding a high position with
the company, show how the Santa Fe
is helping some to make Wellington a
good town.
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Witness to SIGNATURES

1, John Donnelly, Mayor of Doyles-
town. Pa, have been acquainted with
Mr.. Philip Kratz for 25 years. 1 know
him to be an honorable and useful citi-
zen. He, in my presence, signed the
above statements concerning Peruna,
which 1 have every reason to believe
are true in all particulars.
(Signed) JOHN DONNELLY, Esq
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Nearly Half to women.

New York, Nov. 28.-Women own
Al per cent of the stock of the Penn
sylvania railway with value of more
than $14S.000, 900. Thus nearly half
of the semi-annual dividend of the
road, $9.437,S39, which is being dis
tributed today goes to women.
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Court of Topeka, Subject to Pri-
mary Election, March ?, 1909.

The Republicans of Topeka will
have an opportunity next spring to
vote for a young man who has earned
their support by loyal and faithful
party service. n. B. Thompson will
be a candidate for clerk of the court
of Topeka, subject to the Republican
primaries. Mate" Thompson is a
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HE MADE 1T PAY.
Viola Man Who Killed Ala Gophers
and Received $41 for Them.

probably the largest consignment of
gopher scalps ever brought to a Kansas
county clerks office by one man was
delivered by Samuel Hudspeth of
Viola. He turned in 414 scalps and COL
lected $41.40. He refused to make pub
lie his method of catching the little
nests
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take cold 1 take Peruna and in a short
time am all right. My wife is subject
to asthma. She takes Peruna at that
time, and she has had no need for a
doctor for some time. With many
thanks for your medicine, we remain.
Sincerely yours,
PHILIP KRAFT.
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CLEVER WIFE

Knew How to Keep Peace in Family.
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For sale by all erOoors