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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17
Soldiers AS Takers.

Taft's advice to army men "to
keep their mouths shut and obey or
ders,' is all right, as far as the last
part goes but the first part is differ
.nt The American soldier has al
ways talked some. The example of
Roosevelt in Cuba was a distressing
evidence of the tal1ativeness of the
American in war. He got up a round
robin on the subject Of the soldiers
rations, and gave it out for publica-
ton. He was severely rebuked by
General Miles for the infraction of
discipline. When he became presi-
dent he disjointed General Miles
back bone officially. The lesson of
great heroes of the American army
is that they fight superbly and when
they are not fighting, they talk
Wichita Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17
SHAWNEE WANTS THE $1,000.
Makes Formal Claim for Mayor Rose
Fine.

j. ]. Schenck, county attorney of
shawnee county, this morning filed in
the supreme court his application to
the court on behalf of Shawnee county
for the $1,000 which Mayor Rose of
Kansas City contributed as a fine in
the contempt proceedings against him,
and which $1,000 is now in the hands
OF Del Valentine. clerk of the supreme
court.
Wyandotte county has already made
motion that the money be turned
over to it. Shawnee now makes a
similar motion. Attorney General
Coleman held that the money should
be given to Shawnee, but the clerk of
the court didn't take his advice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17
New BuiIding Permits.

Spring building is fully on its way.
Permits have been issued to B. Carter
for the construction of a dwelling on
woodlawn avenue to cost $4,000: A
A. Schmidt Of the Kansas Packing
company at 3o0-310 East Second
street for the construction of an adj
dition to cost $4,000; H s. PreuSsner.
dwelling on lots 1882 Western ave-
nue. to cost $4,000; e. S. Sinner, an
addition to the dwelling at 1853 Clay
street to cost 800; S. H. Suess, dwell
ing on lots 433-435 Grand street, ST.
400; Brooks Iron works, Seventh and
HOLIDAY streets, office building, 5000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17
DIR. Abbott to Be Here.

Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott, editor of
the Outlook, New York, and formerly
pastor of Beecher's Plymouth church.
Brooklyn, will be the guest of the
Fortnightly club next Monday even
ing, March 20. A dinner will be Civ
en- in the Mills company new tea
room. DR.. Abbott is lecturing every
day this week at Lawrence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17
A Convenient Train.

For Topeka people who desire a fun
business day in Kansas City is the
Union Pacific No. 102 which leaves
Topeka every day at 7:05 a. m. ar
irving in Kansas City at $3.50 a. m.
You can get breakfast in the diner on
this train and dinner on No. 101 which
leaves Kansas City at p. m. reach
ing Topeka at 7:35 p. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17

from his wives, 1 can not learn, but
the other two are living"
Sharp, backed by two attorneys, is
contesting the divorce of his bride of
few short months. Mrs. Sharp Is a
grandmother, and it was over a visit
to one of her grandchildren that part
of the disturbance leading to divorce
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17
AUDITOR MAKES BIG CALL.
Asks the County TreaSurers for Over
Quarter of Million Dollars.

The state auditor today called upon
the county treasurers of the state for
$281,620.62 to pay for the estimated
April bills. This represents a pretty
good sized slice of the money still due
the state from the counties
This money does not actually come
into the state treasury but Is trans
ferred in the form of credits from the
county depository banks to the state
depository banks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17
Over subscribed Nine Times.

Baltimore, March 17.-When bids
for 100000 city stock were opened
today 1t was found that the issue was
over subscribed nine times. The prices
accepted ranged from 101.051 to LOS,
divided among six bidders. four of
them being in New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17
santa F,e Train DeraiIed.

Cleburne, Tex, March ia south
bound Santa Fe passenger train leav-
ing here late last night was derailed
two miles south at the Trinity and
Brazos Valley crossing. The passen-
gers were shaken up, but none was
seriously injured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17
New York Money Market.

New York. March 17.-MONEY-Money
on call easy, 1AQ2 per cent; ruling rate.
closing bid and offered at TX per cent.
Time loans easier. Sixty days, 3h per
cent: 90 days, 3s4 per cent; months, ~
per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper, b51Gf
per cent; sterling exchange weak. with ac-
tuaI business in bankers bills al s4-S5S09
4. 85S5 for demand and at 4S3G4. $50 for q
day bills; commercial bills, 81. 1874.
SILvER-Bar silver, 5514c; Mexican dol
lars &C.
BONDS Government bonds steady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17

Green River, Wyo., March f.-The
Italian car reached here about 1920 a.
M. and left 10 minutes later for the
west. The roads are improving and the
car made good time this morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17
The Double Track

OF the Union Pacific r R. between
Topeka and Kansas City Is a model In
its way and operated over Il are eight
trains daily that are models Of con-
venience
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17
Portland. Oregon.

Every night at 1885 Pullman tour
list sleeping car leaves Topeka via the
Union Pacific r. r. which goes
through to Portland. Oregon, without
change There is no better way to
reach all OF the great Pacific north
west.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17
Death of T. III. Butler.

Great Bend, Kan, March 17-Thomas
H Butler, an early resident of this
county died Monday at his home here.
He had been in feeble health several
years. Mr.. Butler lived in eastern
Kansas before the civil war and was
a member of the territorial legislature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17

Ogden, Ia, March 1.-THE second
French car left here at 6 o'clock this
morning, intending to run to Omaha by
night If possible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17

Denison, Ia, March 1.-THE German
car started for Omaha at s o'clock this
morning. Expects to reach Omaha at
o'clock this afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17
ON THE DESERT.
American Car Is Rounding Great Salt
Lake.

Ogden. Utah, March 1.-THE Amerf-
can car arrived at Kelton, go miles west
of here at 10 a. m. Part of the dis
lance was Travelled over the old Central
Pacific railroad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17
Attention No. so K & I. of S.

All members are requested to attend
the funeral Of Brother Clarence o
Taylor tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock at his late residence, sos Fill
more street.
8. r. FUTILE. President.
HELEN j. MOORE, Secretary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17
New York Sugar and Coffee.

New York March 17.-SUGAR-Raw SUI
gar firm. Fair refining. 1856; centrifugal,
IS test, s4O6; n1olasses sugar, 1881. Refined
sugar steady. Crushed. $50; powdered.
81. 10; granulated, 500
COFFEE-Quiet No. Rio, Csc: No.
Santos SAC
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17

The Prudential Trust company offers
for sale high class, carefully selected
and inspected Kansas municipal bonds
nontaxable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17

Grand Island, Neb., March 1.-THE
first French car reached Grand Island
during the night. The shaft which has
given so much trouble, broke again
during the night and the car will be
delayed here for probably three days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17

Make Prices drug store your drug
store. Can't miss It IL you try.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17
Loafers' Rights Upheld.

Jefferson City, Mo-, March IL
The supreme court today decided
that city ordinances prohibiting per-
sons from loun- ing or loaifng on
street corners are unconstitutional.
The case came from ST. Louis, where
Jacob Gloncor was fined for standing
on a street corner doing picket duty
during a strike IN 1907. The supreme
court ordered the defendant released.
ST don't quite get the idea in this arti-
cle," efficiently ventured the ardent ad-
mirer.
"You don't?'
'N-no."
well" demanded the popular author,
do YOU suppose a man has an idea every
time he writes 2'-Kansas CITY Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Michael Hogan, for the past 20 years
one of the well known undertakers of
the city, died at his home, 635 Locust
street, Monday afternoon at O'Clock
from gastric catarrh complicated by
an enlargement of the liver. Mr.. Hogan
has been seriously i'll since early last
fall and has been confined to his home
for a number of weeks as a result of
the ailments which caused his death
yesterday. Two months ago he went
to Hot Springs in the hope that the
treatment and change might prove of
benefit to his health but returned to
his home in Topeka two weeks ago,
having apparently received no benefit
as a result of the trip. Mr.. Hogan was
born in Tipperary county, Ireland, 56
years ago and came to America in 1877,
marrying Miss Sarah Maloney, who
survives him, in Chicago the same
year. He came to Topeka a year later
and for the past 80 years has been
prominently identified with the Catho-
lie churches Of the city. During the
first ten years of his residence in To-
peka Mr.. Hogan was employed in the
claim department of the Santa Fe rail-
road and in 1888. just 20 years ago OPP
ened an undertaking establishment of
lower Kansas avenue which he con-
Quoted at the time Of his death. The
funeral will be held from the Church
of the Assumption Wednesday morning
at 8 o'clock. Interment in the Catholic
cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
The Last Train

Leaving Topeka for Kansas City in the
morning is the Union Pacific No. los
at Sis a. m. arriving in Kansas City
at 1915 a.. m. The afternoon train
returning Ii the earliest train into To-
Deka at e:15 .. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17

Seattle, March IA special to the
Post-Int ellis encer from Fairbanks,
Alaska, dated March Is. says: Gasoline
has been distributed all along the trail
for the automobile racers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17

The funeral of Clarence o. Taylor
whose death occurred at his home, 304
Clay street Monday morning, will be
held from the family home "Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17

Mrs. Louise s. Kinnebrew. 80 years
of age. died at the home of her mother.
Mrs. o. F. Olmstead, 1019 East Sixth
street of lung trouble. Mrs. Kinnebrew
for a number Of years past has been
connected with the Sells shows as a
performer. The funeral will be held
from the home of Mrs. o. T. Olmstead
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17

Mrs Valeria Newberry died of
uraemic poisoning Monday at her home,
941 North Fillmore street, at the age
of q years The body will be sent to
COTS, Kansas, for interment.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-13
THE MAN IN THE RAIN.
Manner of Managing Apparel Compar-
ed With Woman Way.

"You would think, now, wouldn t
you," she said, "that lordly man would
defy the weather and not permit him
self to he disturbed by such little
thing as rain7 But my! | think men
are more particular about their fine
clothes than women are.
"Take a man who is out, for instance,
in a light gray suit, and let a shower
come up. Does the man in gray go
bIithely on ard let the rain fall upon
him as it will? Very much not, sirl
He seeks the nearest shelter and there
he waits for the rain entirely to cease
before he ventures on; more careful of
his raiment, surely, than any woman
would be of hers.
"But it is what man does with his
straw hat in the rain that interests me
most. Why, | have seen mn take of
his straw hat in a shower and carry it
under his coat, so careful is he about it,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-13
PRINCES TWO DUELs.

Two duels of an extraordinary char
acter were fought at st. Petersburg on
May 26 between an officer of the
Imperial Cavalry, Prince Napoleon
Murat, great-grandson of Napoleon s
famous marshal and of Caroline Bona
parte, and two brothers named Ivan
and Paul Plehn, noblemen of the
Pskoff government and officers of the
Russian navy. They are remotely
related by marriage to Prince Murat.
The prince, who is large landowner
in France and in Russia, was formerly
an officer in the French Army, but en-
tered the Russian service severa! years
ago and served in the Japanese war.
He is famous as swordsman. The
brothers Plehn also served in the war,
and Paul was with the Grand Duke
Cyril as his aide-de-camp on board the
Petropavlovsk when Admiral Maka-
rolf s flagship sank.
The duel is reported to have arisen
from a family dispute in connection
with business transactions which ended
in the brothers challenging Prince
Murat.
The conditions were three pistol shots
at twenty PAGES; the combat was fought
on the polo ground. An the first duet
Lieutenant Ivan Plehn was slightly
wounded in the thigh by the third shot. |
Prince Murat was unframed, and the |
two shook hands, declaring the incident |
closed.
Meanwhile Lieutenant Paul Plehn |
had been smoking cigarette with the
seconds and watching his brother IS
combat. After FIVE minutes interval
he in his turn faced Prince Murat.
The latter first bullet struck one of
his epaulettes and the next hit him in
the body He declared that it was
nothing and wished to continue the
luel, but the doctors forbade it.
Soon he felt pain and faintness, and
1ad to be laid on a stretcher and car
led to the garden pavilion. 1t was
found that the bullet had lodged in his
liver. The wounded officer was taken
to the neighboring hospital, where his
was found to be very serious.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-13

and ism t a man going along the street
hatless, with his hat eIutehed in that
way under his coat, a funny fgures
Did you ever see a woman Edo thatg
"It's common thing to see a man
caught in shower carrying his straw
hat sort of casually down at his arms
length at his side, as if. he was just
.sauntering that way, but really to pro.
tect his hat as much as he can. And
do we not even see men in the rain
holding newspapers over their hatss
Who ever saw a woman do that2
Women seem somehow to be able
to go through a shower without making
figures of themselves. They
are always serene, never troubled, and
somehow they never seem to get as wet
in the rain as men do
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-13

SULLIVAN, Ind, Aug. 26.-ff Big
Jim" is no more. He has gone to the
"'happy hunting ground" of snakedom.
For twenty-six years he furnished ma
terial for all manner of snake stories,
and the veracious teller of 'Fdog day"
yarns will now have TO get new ma
teriaI.
eFBig Jim was a giant rattlesnake,
four times the length of the ordinary
rattlesnake, and twice as long as the
diamond back of the South. He is sup
posed to have come from Illinois, posi-
bly, driven out when towns went
"dryo under local option.
"Big JIM became hungry, and his
hunger led to his death. He wished to
feast on pig, and huge boar thwarted
his desire Last Monday John Bas-
comb, an employee on the farm of W. IL.
Thompson, in the southwestern part of
Sullivan county, heard commotlon
near the pigpen, and when he reached
the place he saw boar fighting an
enormous snake.
The boar had its mouth so fastened
on the snakes head that its fangs
could not be used. The giant reptile
was thrashing its body backward and
forward, attempting to get out of the
clutches of its antagonist, but the boar
held on, feet braced apart, while Bas'
comb ran to the farmhouse and got a
thirty-two eahber rifle.
By the time Baseomb got back to the
pen the other hogs there seemed to
have discovered that something was
wrong and were trying to help the big
boar in his fight. They jumped on
the body of the snake and it wriggled
about and tried to stamp out its life.
entered the pen and got
good shot at the snake, breaking its
neck. The shot caused the boar to
irop the snakes head, but the snake
lied almost instantly. The boar had
not been struck by the snake and is
n good shape after its fight.
The snake was skinned and the skin
From tip to tip it is twelve |
'eet five inches, and at its widest is
,ourteen and three-fourths inches /
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-13

cd That's Natures method Electricity
oulIdS up supplies strength nourish-
ment to the body. Drugs destroy, tear
down, because they contain poison in
stead of nourishment OF course. thew
can force an organ to act, but that or.
gan IS weaker after the effect OF the
drug has passed off. Drugs stop pain
temporarily. by Supplying the nerves,
put the pain comes back and you have
to take the drug again. Every dose
weakens the nerves.
Electro Vigor is an electric body bat.
terry, applied while you sleep. It pumps
stream of electric life into every nerve
and tissue of the body, building up vital.
ify and strength and removing the causes
of disease
Electro Vigor does not shock or blister.
The only sensation is a soothing glow.
Eleetro-Vigor is not an electric belt.
1t never needs charging for it makes its
own power continuously
Electro-Vigor has proven great sue
cess. II has cured people all over the
West whom drugs had failed TO benefit
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-13
HUMAN SACRIFICE IN HAYT1.

There is some evidence to show that
human beings have been offered as
sacrifices to the god of the serpent in
the United States. 1t is probable that
such instances have occurred. There Is
ample proof of like horrors in Hayti.
A French archbishop of the island de
scribes a visit made by one of the
priests to voodoo assembly. The man
had disguised himself as negro, and
he was thus able to mingle undetected
with the crowd in the obseurity outside
the sacred circle. After the white cock
and white goat had been slain and Of
fered up, and their blood had been
sprinkled on the company, burly
Young negro came forward and pros
trated himself before the priestess.
Then. still kneeling, he made his prayer:
so maman, have a favor to ask OF
thee. -
.'What is it, my sonF" said the
negress. encouragingly.
.'Wilt thou not give US, to complete
the sacrifice, the goat without hornss1
The priestess gave sign of assent.
The crowd round about separated. and
there was revealed child, sitting with
it's feet bound. The French priest rush
ed away in search of assistance in pre-
venting the unholy rite, but the au-
thorities on whom he called were
strangely slothful When, finally, on
the day following, they arrived at the
place of assembly, they found the grew
some remains of a sacrifice and feast,
among them the boiled skull Of the
ahild
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-13

stand in the way of anything that is
hurtful. | am under the impression
that you might hit me. This being
the case, / think if most advisable to
stay in the distance. If you mean to
try your pistol, take some object--a
tree or barn door-about my dimen-
sions. If you hit that, send me word,
and / will acknowledge that if I had
been in the same place you might
also have hit me-
A group of aeronauts were telling
balloon stories in the smoking room
of a Chicago hotel. Captain HI. E.
Honeywell, who with the Fielding
all long distance speed records, laugh
ed and said:
The great Elyot made balloon as
cent from Charleston one hot summer
afternoon. A thunderstorm came up.
Elyot, amid buckets of rain, the roar of
thunder and the flash of lightning, was
blown about like thistledown. On to-
ward midnight he found himself over
a plantation and threw out his anchor
Ia grapnel at the end of long rope.
cit happened that a colored man
had died in one of the huts of this
entation. The funeral was to take
place in the morning. A dozen friends
of the dead man sat in the soft sum-
mer night before the hut, telling ghost
stories.
Suddenly, in the darkness above
hem, they heard strange noises-a
tapping as of great wings, menacing
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-13

eries. And they saw dimly formless
black shape.
.'AH but one man ran. This one
man, as he covered on his stool, had
the i'll luck to be seized by the grapnel.
1.-The grapnel, going at great pace,
whirled him up four or five feet in the
air and jerked him along at the rate
of fifteen miles or so an hour.
oh, massa, massa, he yelled,
squirming and kicking in that strange
flight. Use not de eawpse! Dick IS
in de house dah In de house dahl -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-13

The son
any organ breaks
down or fails 10
work properly is
because it lacks
motive power
electricity. That
is proven. Now
TO cure pain or
disease you must
find the cause
and remove ii. If
it is caused by a
lack of electric
energy re S tore
that force where
il is needed and
pain and sickness
will disappear.
That's my meth.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-13

6 BOOK which tells all about my treatment.
f,,iis 9ooS IS Illustrated with pictures of
now Electro-Vigor is applied. and ex.
piainS many things you want 20 know.
1 i send the book, closely sealed and prc.
paid, free, If you will mail me This
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-13
Cures Without Drugs
IA Wonderful Invention Restores
Health By Natures Method

There's no need OF running vour
Stomaeh by doping it with drugs. try.
ing 10 overcome pain or some chronic
a!iment No need of doctor and drag
PMS. Tor here is a remedy that cures
Nature S way.
Most of the ailments OF mankind
gre are oue 10 the failure or breaking
down OF the stomach kidneys. liver
heart or digestive organs. When one az
these organs fails 10 work property
something happens; pain. disease or
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-13

i no longer have
that drowsy feel
ing. / shall al
ways be glad so
recommend your
method Of treat
ment.
II W. DOANE.
Honolulu. 4. II.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-13
The August Snake Season
Was as Brilliant as Usual

across. "Big Jim" had twenty nine
rattles and button on his tail and
the string of rattles has been left on
the skin, which will be mounted by
Mr.. Bascomb.
In Shower or Snakes.
LEWISTOWN, Pa, Aug. 21.-Eggs
falling in their path and black snake
coming from each of them was sight
that nearly gave nervous prostration to
Mrs. Joseph Settles and Mrs. John Full.
mer today. The women were walking
beside a hedge fence when without
warning the eggs began to drop and
not until eighteen little reptiles had
squirmed from the broken shells and
seampered off to the brush did the wo-
men s fears subside.
In response to the screams of the wo-
men the head of a farmer appeared
above the hedge. He had plowed up
nest of eggs and thrown them over the
hedge.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-13

Electro vigor has done more for me
than all the drugs l have ever taken.
IL cured me OF stubborn case Of con.
StipstiOn, headaches and rheumatism and