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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14
FUND IS GROWING.
Base Ball Fans Add to Free Will Pen
nant Prize.

At 2 O'Clock today the Topeka pen
nant fund had reached the sum of
s162.25. This amount does not in
clude the lists on several subscription
blanks which have been placed in diff
ferent places over the city. In the
santa Fe general offices there is one
paper being circulated in one depart
ment, which at noon today had
pledges in the neighborhood of forty
dollars that is not included And
there are many other such subscrip-
ton blanks not reported today
In the statement printed in the State
journal Thursday, a total of ninety
eight dollars was reported. Five of
this was reported in a lump from the
general passenger department of the
Santa Fe. Today the individual names
are printed and the amount not in
cluded in the previously acknowledge
ed subscriptions.
There are many places where sub
scr1ptions for this pennant fund can
be left, or the names and amount con-
tributed can be sent or phoned in to
the sporting editor of either paper
There will be absolutely no begging
or soliciting and none but voluntary
and free will offerings are desired.
The following is the status. of the
pennant fund as reported up until 2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14
LIKE AvENGING ANGEL.
Charles d. ShuEers Swoops Down on
Leavenworth.

Charles d. Shukers, assistant attor-
ney general, made another sudden de-
scent on Leavenworth this morning,
with his hands full of warrants, in
functions, quo warrantos and various
other modern weapons for the sup
preston of the demon rum.
ShukeD takes a run over to Leav-
enwort< about once week and yanks
a new assortment of booze sellers into
the griddle. The saloons keep on run
ming more or less, but it doesn't help
them much to have to keep fighting
and worrying and. lodging all the
time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14
New York Money Market.

New York, Aug. 14-MONEY-Ciose
Prime mercantile paper, 31xG4 per cent.
Sterling exchange. steady with actual
business in bankers bills at $s4.90Q4. IS
for 90 day bills and at s4s6.5O for demand;
commercial bills, $4.S414 S4z4-
Bar silver. 51Ac; Mexican dollars. 45c.
Government bonds. steady; railroad
bonds. irregular
Money on call easy NHd1H per cent:
ruling rates l. closing bid ia; last loan
IL Time loans very dull and steady; 60
days ~ to 2. and 80 days 215 to per cent;
six months 3% to 4.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14

leading candidate though the names
of w. o. Rigby and DR.. Taylor have
been mentioned in the same connec-
ton.
The old committee had something
like 81 members, the new one will
have about 45. The old organization
will report and wind up its affairs and
following this the organization which
takes its place will take over the
books and elect officers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14
EATON SAYS, NO SIR.
Isn't Candidate for Warden OF Any
thing Else.

w. S. Eaton. chief of police, stated to-
day that the report recently circulated
that he was after the office of warden OF
the state penitentiary was utterly with
out foundation. He is devoting all of his
time and attention to the duties of his
present office and seeks no other place,
appointive or elective 1t might be
stated here that Mr.. Eaton has made
fine record in cleaning out the joints and
dives and running questionable characters
out of the city. He has also systematized
the work of the police force and greatly
increased its effectiveness
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14

In the window of the West End
florist stood some quaint china bowls.
in each of which grew a tree-not a
shrub, but a full-sized tree, dating
back many years
YES" replied the florist to the writ
er's inquiry, they are real trees
oaks, naples, and beech trees.
1--WE get them from Japan, where
the secret OF how to rear them is
known to q few They are raised from
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14
TENT MEETINGS A SUCCESS.
Good Audiences and Great Interest in
Garfield Park Meetings.

The tent meetings which are being
held at Garfield park under the aus
pices of the Young Peoples Christian
Evangelical association are proving
pronounced success. At the meeting
held last evening at the Auditorium
building, $50 attended and listened to
the principal speakers, Rev. Mr.. Nc
Elroy of Kansas City. secretary of the
evangelistic movement and the Rev.
F. c.. Berger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14
BILLIARD FOR CHAIRMAN.
North Side Man viii Probably Lead
County Democrats.

For the purpose of organizing the
Democratic county central committee
will meet Tuesday morning at 10
O'Clock at the Throop hotel.
DR.. w. T. Taylor is head of the
present committee and prominently
mentioned to head the new Is j. B.
Billiard. Mr.. Billiard seems to be. the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14
THOUGHT HER A BURGLAR.
Harper Man Shoots Through a Win
dow and Kills His Wife.

Wichita. Kan. Aug. 14.-Mistaking
his wife. who had got up to close a
window for a burglar, George Parker
of Harper. Kan, shot her dead last
night. The bullet severed the jugular
vein.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14

Inc following gave one dollar each: E.
w. Ethel, F. R. Aldrich. Budd Weight
Smith, General Managers (additionaD, G.
e. Nelson. F: B. Boyd, G. w. Cox, F. w.
Mills, ]. T. Anderson. E. D. Spokesman,
r. G. Robinson, A ]. Gahagan, FrBnk B.
Fink, ]. r. Schnelbly. J. F. Linn. T. H.
Simonds, A; H. Clarke James F. Hogg.
Roy Cornelius, P. A. Lovewell, E. B.
Stotts.
The following contributed fifty cents
each: F. 8. Savage, ]. w. Stewart, Fred
W. Osborne. F. ]. Crouch, 4. V Gordon,
w. r. Slayton, Otto Mueller, A. d.
Blythe. Charles Anderson, B. Sheridan.
Fay Mowers, A. NJ. johnson, ]. B. Avery,
A e. Newman, w. w. Bollard.
The following gave twenty-five cents
each: E. R. Franks, Carl Woodwork.
Borst, A. c. mccarthy, T. l.. Peterson.
Total S162. 25.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14
michel Is Pleased.

W. II. Mitchell, chairman of the Sixth
district congressional committee. is in
Topeka today. Mr.. Mitchelrs home is
Beloit. He expressed himself as great
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14
FANCY SMOKED SHOULDERS
6 lb. to 8 ID. average, ID. loo

y I'D. 10 Q I'D. average, 10. LUG
Good Breakfast Bacon, by
the side, Id. lac
lArmour's "Helmet" Brand
Hams, ID :. .15c
tCanned Apricots, 21a ID.
cans, each lie
lFresh Country Eggs, dz. TIC
Awhile Lily Flour, per
48-lb sack .$1.35
Best Coal Oil, per gal. .10c
Best Gasoline, per gal. 15c
Norn Starch. 6 pkgs. =. .25c
Fig Newtons, per ID. -. 10c
Bulk Cocoanut, per Id. zoe
Gunpowder Tea, per Id. .29c
Fresh Dill Pickles,per dz zoe
Japan Rice, per Id. .71ac
IGinger Snaps, per lb. be
GOOD Coffee, per Id. .15c
Lake Fish, per kit. .75c
Pure Hog Lard, per lb. lie
Chuck Steak, per Id. :. 10c
Cooked Corn Beef, per lb zoe
Best Gran. Sugar, % lbs. ST.
with a $500 Grocery Order)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14
Frost in North Dakota.

Medora, N. D., Aug. IA heavy
frost occurred here last night. Grain
is too far advanced for much damage
to result.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Roy Foster, 26 years of age, died of
heart trouble Thursday at the home of
his uncle. John Foster. who resides near
Elmont. The funeral will be held from
the Foster home Saturday morning at 10
o'clock and interment will follow in the
Hoyt cemetery.
]. T. Voigt. proprietor of the East Side
bakery. 1121 East Sixth avenue, died at
his home on Lake street today of typhoid
fever after five weeks illness, at the
age of "a years. He Is survived by a wife
and two small children. The funeral will
be held Sunday afternoon at O'Clock
from the Third Christian church.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-14
Ladies /!

We are going to
make this sale a big
one, so if you will
bring your men folks
to it we not only will
make him look nicer
for his money than
he ever did before,
but will give you a
very fine silk head
shawl free. We're
going to make this
the sale of our lives
Saturday.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-02-25
MERE. MENTION.

Alexander b. Butt, cashier of the
wrecked Peoples Bank of Portsmouth,
Va, last week pleaded guilty upon
three of the twenty-three indictments
against him, and after making resti-
tuition of $4,000 of the $3.50 066
shortage, was sentenced to three years
in prison. ... The Russian admiral
ty has submitted to the duma the fl
nancial outline of the naval programme,
which proposes the expenditure Of
SLOTS, ,000,000 within the period end
ing in 1917. The legislature Of
New York has before it q bill II akinS
it misdemeanOr to circulate reports
affecting the SOlvenCy of any bank Or
were two deaths from yellow fever
at Galveston, Tex, last week. The
victims were members Of the crew Of
the steamship Crispin $50. Fear of
starvation is running hundreds o.
miners out of the SuSitna district of
Alaska, where very rich gold deposits
have recently been discovered.
William Jones and his wife were con-
victed in Chicago last week on charges
of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl and
were sentenced to thirty and twenty
five years Imprisonment. New York
city'S government is soon To undergo
another Legislative investigation SINH
lar to the famous LcXow investigation
of a few years ago. by the eX-
plosion of nitrOglycerin in a mixing
house at Pinole, Cal, last Thursday
evening. four white men and Twenty-Five
Chinamen were killed and six white
men were seriously hurt. Mrs. EliZ-
abcth Barnum, the widow of Enoch
Rarnum. q soldier of the war of 1872,
died at East Orange, y. j., Friday,
aged sc years. ..... One man was
killed and seven injured in Il collision
between Il Baltimore and Ohio freight
train and q Lake Shore passenger
train at Il crossing at Elyria, o., Fri
day....... Henry =. Snow. treasurer
of the New York and New Jersey
Telephone company, for whom the
police of the country are looking, Is
short III his accounts TO the amount
of $14S,370. 0........ Crosby 5. Noyes
editor of the Washington Star, died
at Pasadena, Cal, last Friday, aged
81 wears Former Governor Beck
ham. Dem, candidate for United
States senator from Kentucky, has
announced that he will Withdraw from
the race provided the Republicans of
the state legislature will agree to the
passage of the county unit bill, and
provide for the submission of a pro-
hibitlonary constitutional amendment
to the people next fall. making the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-02-25

IT has been explained in this paper
that North Augusta is in South Caro-
lima and under the dominion of that
state. When Georgia went dry, o's-
pensary was opened in North Augusta.
How il works is told by paragraph in
The Yorkville Enquirer, which says
that "the North Augusta dispen-
sary has been closed three times be-
cause of the complete exhaustion or
stock The demand from Augusta is so
great that the diSpensary people nave
not been able to keep 1t supplied.
Several weeks ago they broke down the
bridge, and while it was being recon-
Structed, negroes and roustabouts made
money running row boats. 1t Is
shame to have prohibition
nullified in Augusta, this way, but II IS
according to law. AS long as that
North Augusta dispensary is in opera
ton, however, South Carolina Should
be estopped from complaining about
shipments of liquor into her borders
from other states.-Charlotte Chronicle
Since we have come to think of 1t,
there has never been much complaint
from this state. except where the ship
ments interferred with our own dispen-
saries. If 1t had not been for ship
ments from the outside. the South Car
olina dispensaries could have sold at
200 per cent profit liquors that had al
ready yielded 80 per cent OF graft. But
it is certainly an outrage. that North
Augusta dispenSary.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-02-25
TRAGEDY IN GASTONIA.

There was a strange and shocking
tragedy in Gastonia last night. The de-
tails are given in the following Gasto-
MIA special to the Charlotte Observer
Of this morning:
Telling his sweetheart, on whom he
was calling, that he wanted to "show
her a trick" John j. Fry, young man
Of this place, tonight pulled from his
pocket pistol and shot himself in the
head, the wound resulting in his death.
1t was an accident, there being no mo-
tive whatever or indication that it was
suicide.
About 73O this evening Mr.. Fry, day
clerk at the Falls House, went to call
on Miss Willie Jenkins, daughter of Mr..
w. H. Jenkins, at her home in the Jen-
kins block. He pulled off his overcoat
and walked into the parlor where the
young lady was, remarking to her that
he wanted to "show her q trick" Sim
ultaneously he drew from his pocket a
pistol and, under the full light of the
hanging lamp, shot himself, accidental
ly, it Is held by ALL in the head, the bull
let entering the right temple and rang
ing upwards, coming out about two
inches above the place where it enter
ed The skull was fractured in three
different ways, and after lingering
without regaining consciousness the
young man died at 10 o'clock.
No one was witness Of the shooting
except Miss Jenkins, and she at once
ran to the hotel and gave notice Of the
awful accident.
The young man was given every pos
sible attention, but never rallied.
Mr. Fry was only 20 years Of age, and
had been day clerk at the Falls House
here for some time. He had won many
friends while here and his untimely
taking off Is greatly deplored. He was
son Of Mr.. S. G. Fry, who was for
merly a conductor between Greensboro
and GOldsboro on the Southern, and al
so connected with the GuilfOrd- Benbow
hotel of Greensboro.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-02-25

IT has become the duty of the general
assembly to elect a citizen Of South
Carolina to fill out the unexpired term
of Hon. A. c. Latimer, deceased, IN
the United States senate, and that the
general assembly will prove equal to
that duty there Is no present reason to
doubt, unless it be because Of so many
candidates that a deadlock will result
That is not improbable. Looking at
the matter purely from what we con-
ceive to be the best interest Of South.
Carolina, we confess it Is difficult to
come to a conclusion as to who Is the
best man in sight. Quite a number
have already been named from differ
ent sources as available. Some Of these
strike us with favor and others do not.
Among the more prominent names
mentioned are ex-senator NJ. C.. Butler,
Ex-Judge j. H. Hudson, Judge r. G.
Watts, Samuel Dibble. w. ]. Talbert, j.
l.. Coker, John B. Cleveland. Walter
Hazard, J. Fraser Lyon, b. A. Morgan
J. P. Carey, all Of whom may very
properly be considered in the senatorial
class. There are numerous others who
are as good as any Of these, and we have
no reason to feel that we have even
named the man who will probably be
elected. But Of all the people who have
been mentioned above or elsewhere, we
feel a stronger partiality for Maj. James
Lide Coker of Darlington. He has
never figured much in public life ex-
cept from 1861 to 1865, when he was
heard of more than once In the official
military reports; but he has certainly
figured in the rehabilitation Of Darling
ton county since the civil war. He has
been one of the big men Of the state in
civil and commercial life, building up
schools, trade, manufactures and rail-
roads, and otherwise helping his fell
lowmen by words, actions and deeds.
So far as we know he has never sought
public office of any kind, and he is not
seeking it now. The state convention
Of 1886 came near nominating him for
governor instead of John Peter Rich
ardsor, and the people of Darlington
county are whooping him up with an
enthusiasm that ought to be conta-
gious. The choice of Major Coker, 1t
seems TO us, would be a we'll merited
recognition of service Of a character
that is of more value to the state than
that performed by most politicians. If
it is a lawyer that Is wanted, then they
can do no better than select Mr.. ]. P.
Carey of Pickens, or if its a judge who
has always tried to do his duty and
who fears nothing, but the probability
of doing wrong, let them centre on
Hon. r. c. Watts, one of the purest and
best on the bench.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-02-25

SENATOR Tillman expressed himSelt
the other day as being shocked at the
indecent scramble for the place made
vacant by the death of Senator Latimer
before the senator's body had been
buried. 1t WAS Il little indecent maybe.
We certainly do not approve of ii. But
after all. is that the most striking de-
velopment connected with the whole
affair? We have been impressed with
another feature. When the senator was
living. an active factor in politics. there
were those who were disposed to belit-
tie him as chump and nOn-entity.
They would ask with the most studied
innocence: by the way, who is the
other senator from South Carolina?
There we're those who sought to make
lots of fun at the senator's expense.
Now that he is gone. he was a great
and good man. Even the other Candi-
dates are able to see that and they are
trying to Quito each other in discover
ing and pointing out his many virtues.
We think that Mr.. Latimcr measured
Ip very well with the average Of pres
ent day politicians. We have never
sung his praise, because we have never
been able To sec anything about him
that seemed To call for a great deal Of
praise. Had he lived we would not
have tried to put anything in the way
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-02-25

THE people of York county now have
a road law. 1t is not perfect. It's au-
thor, even. will not make any such
claim: but il is based on sound prin-
ciples throughout and is the best thing
in the shape of road law that has yet
been passed by the South Carolina gen.
eral assembly. If the people Of York
county really want good roads this law
will now furnish the means. The great
est difficulty about previous road laws
has been that they assumed that roads
could be had without paying and dig
ging. This new law recognizes that If
they are to be any roads there must be
some digging and some paying. And if
there is objection to the law, as there
surely will be. it will hinge principally
upon the digging and paying provis-
ions. But whatever else the law is or
is not. there is no doubt Of the fact
that il is an honest and courageous ef-
fort To solve problems that the law
makers of this state have not hereto
fore been willing to meet squarely on
their merits. Well done. DR.. Saye.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-02-25

Columbia special of Saturday to
Charlotte Observer: Another dispen-
sary tragedy occurred in Columbia
this morning when Wade Hampton
Sellers, known locally as "the booze
king Of Gervais street." The king Of
blind tigers etc, shot and killed
Dispensary Constable James Farmer,
a former policeman. The shooting
occurred at Sellers place, when Mr..
Farmer, accompanied by Detective
w. S. Ogg, applied for entrance, arm
ed with a search warrant. Being de-
MED entrance they forced the door.
Sellers shot once with sawed off Al
calibre Winchester rifle, which 1t has
been his custom to carry about with
him in his buggy, and jumped behind
his door. Farmer fell, the bullet nav
ing passed through his stomach, the
point of exit being at the back. He
was carried to the Columbia Hospi-
tai, where he died four hours later.
Mr.. Ogg hastily retired. Constable
Nettles. who happened along a short
time after the shooting, arrested Sell
lers and took him to the sheriff, who
had him placed in Jail. Mrs. Farmer
is in a delicate condition and 1t Is
feared the shock might result fatally
to her. There was bad blood between
the two men on account of Farmer
shooting Sellers horse while chasing
him through the streets a few days
ago for a load of blind tiger stuff
Sellers had in his vehicle. For sew
eral wears Sellers Is alleged to have
transacted a wholesale tiger business
to 100000 a year. He
boldly printed q half tone Of himself
on the stuff he bottled, printing his
on the label. \ year or so
ago IL team of his in the act of haul
ing a load Of stuff from a station near
Columbia was run into by a train, kill
ing the driver and scattering barrels
full Of booze over many acres. On
another occasion carload of corn
whisky from North Carolina, WHICH,
the cOnstables claimed. was consigned
TO him, was seized in Columbia. The
testimony of half a dozen of the oc-
cupants of the house where the shoot
ing occurred and where Sellers had a
room was that Farmer appeared at
the front door with a revolver In his
hand and demanded immediate ad-
mittance. Witnesses testified that
Sellers told him he would let him In
If he would not search the rooms oc-
cupied by women until they had time
TO dress. Farmer declined to make
any such conditions, saying that he
intended to search the entire house at
once, as he had a search warrant
Farmer then kicked the door In, this
being followed by the shot. No occu-
pant of the house saw the shooting.
Sellers has employed Col. p. H. Mel
son to defend him.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-02-25
THE SPECULATIVE MARKET.

The game Of trying to buy the south
ern cotton crop at the lowest possible
prices, continues to progress practical
ly without change. the manipulators
bearing down the price Of contracts.
and the producers holding on to the
real cotton. The situation yesterday Is
reviewed in an Associated Press dis
patch of last night as follows:
The cotton market was very quiet to-
day, sales being estimated at only 15O,-
600 bales. Prices ruled easier, closed
at a net decline of IL to 16 points.
The opening was steady, but at de-
cline of 5 20 10 points in response to
lower Liverpool cables, and less bullish
visible supply figures than expected.
The character of the business suggested
that smaller accounts had been pretty
well evened up prior to the holidays
and that nothing in the news was con-
sidered Of sufficient Importance to
cause any change in the attitude OF the
larger interests or to create fresh SEN
timent among the less important trad
ers. Fluctuations during the morning
were somewhat irregular, with prices
at one time only or points under the
ClOSllS llSultS VI tliuay, io'iho
from opening on the small receipts and
reports Of flrmness among eastern belt
holders. There was no sign Of aggres-
sive bull support, however, and in the
absence Of demand local traders sold
for a term, easing prices off during
the afternoon. The close was at the
lowest level of the season. Southern
spot markets were generally unchang-
ed. Receipts at both ports and interior
points were small but clearances also
were small and for the last week Of the
month were considered disappointing.
Receipts at the ports today 14,l9O
bales against 1887 last week and 49,
0O7 last year. For the week 10000
against 140,950 last week and 96,35O
last year. Today's receipt at New Or
leans. 2.S97 against 6,157 last year and
at Houston 2,S99 against 3,427 last year