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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-29
IT'S WET Everywhere.
This Is Indicated by Mr.. Coburn's
Reports.

Crop reports from the secretaries OF
county fair associations, which the law
requires shall be made once each month
to Secretary r. D. Coburn, all tell or
the wetness which has been filling up
Kansas for the past few weeks.
Only one county reports things as
dry, and that is Gray. In many coun-
ties the wet weather has made corn
backward. The corn planting is not
done in some counties, and in others.
corn fields are weedy because they
have been too wet to cultivate.
Wheat conditions generally seem to
be unsurpassed, though one county re-
ports that the stand is thin and the
yield will not be good for some rea-
son.
The following are the reports re-
ceived up to noon today:
Republic county-Wheat headed out,
stands about 80 per cent. Oats 70 per
cent. Corn full stand, doing well. Al
falfa will make one ton per acre. -Four
rains during month. Ground in condi-
ton. No fruit to speak Of
Usage county-Wheat never in bet
ter condition. Too wet for corn. Many
fields yet implanted. Oats fine. AL
falfa ready to cut, will make large
crop. Fruit will be light. Strawber-
ries ready for market. Stock doing
well.
Norton county-Wheat somewhat i'm
proved by late rains. About 10 per
cent. Stand seems to be thin. not
favorable to large crop. Oats fair.
about 80 per cent. Corn has good
stand. Pastures looking we'll. Stock
all right. eH
Mcpherson county-Wheat in good
condition. Too wet to cultivate corn.
Oats not very good. Some fly on wheat.
damage not yet apparent.
Nemaha county-Plenty of rain, has
interfered with corn planting. Fruit
prospects injured by frosts. Wheat
and oats indicate fine yield.
Leavenworth county-Owing to rain
corn planting is about two weeks late.
Early planted corn is good stand.
Some listed corn washed out. Wheat
doing we'll; harvest will be about two
weeks earlier than usual. Year will
be one of the best in the history of the
county.
Gray county-Very dry here. Fifty
per cent of wheat dead or too far
gone to save. Stock in fine shape.
Harper county-Wheat in fine
shape, about 40 per cent. Corn con-
dition about 100. and acreage 1875.
Plenty of moisture.
Elk county-Corn late on account
of rains Not all planted. Would
place condition at 90. Wheat has de-
Perforated somewhat. Stem Is short.
and has fired badly in some fields.
Condition about 80. Oats about the
same as wheat. Pastures doing well.
Fruit injured.
Dickinson county-Wheat doing
finely Some corn fields have washed
Early planted in best condition. Oats
fine Good many hogs have died from
unknown disease.
Clay county-Soil very wet. Wheat
headed, very good. Corn rather
backward. Twenty-Five per cent re-
Butler county-Corn nearly all
planted. Wet weather has given
weeds a start. Wheat looking better
Will average more than half crop.
Barton county-Wheat looks very
well. Full crop in three fourths al
: the county. Fly in some localities but
no damage. Corn all up and shows
goo dstand. Fruit of all kinds prom
Use full crop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-29
noy1.E MAY HAVE CLEAR FIELD.
Thinks No One Will Contest State
Senatorial Nomination With Him.

John NJ. Doyle of Belleyille Republic
county. was in Topeka Thursday. MI
DOYLE is an active candidate for the Re-
publican nomination for state senator IN
the Republic-Cloud senatorial dlstric.:
and il begins to look as though ne mlgnl
get the nomination without opposition w
w Caldwell the present senator, mas not
vet announced his intentions, out the
chances are that he will not run
II have my petitions all ready to Tile,
and will probably file them next week l
don't know whether Mr.. Caldwell expects
to run or not said Mr.. Doyle. expect,
ed when entered the race that he would
be in but went and talked to him ABOUT
it. and he gave me no hint as to what ne
exnected to do. His friends don't seem TO
know what he will do
II am taking no part in the governor
fight or the congressional fight. l am
lust fighting for John NJ. Doyle for state
Senator. and / believe can get that Of
flee. / realize, of course, that there is
nothing in 1t except little honor.
.PersonaIly I think Republic county
will be for Stubbs. / am for Stubs my
self and my view may be not entirely Inn
Martial. But the west side of Republic
county. where the heavy Republican vote
is cast. is for Stubbs. Belleviile will prob
ably be for Leland. am not very strons
admirer of Stubs. but prefer him tc
Leland If Bailey or Fitzgerald or Miller
had consented to get into the race the!
would haxe-won easily over both Leland
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-29
BOOM Of CANNON.
welcomes Return of President Fal-
Heres to France.

CALAIS, May 29.-Presidept Fallieres
landed here at o'clock this afternoon
on his return from an official visit to
england. He was welcome by the
booming OF guns from the Calais fort
IesS ana the WarShips in the harbor
The president made the return trip in
one or the regular channel steamers in
stead OF the cruiser Leon Gambetta on
account of the bad weather. Calais
was decorated in honor of his arrival
crowd greeted him at the pier. Escort
ed by detachments of soldiers and sail
ors, he was driven through long lines
OF cheering people to the railway sta
tion, where he boarded a special train
for Paris.
A New Triple Alliance.
Paris. May 29-The splendid recep-
ton accorded President Fallieres in
England has created intense satisfac-
tlon In official circles in France and
1T Is regarded as the browning proof
OF the wisdom of the policy in augura-
hquidated their differences and shook
hands in 1904. Nevertheless no official
encouragement is given to the talk of
experimenting the existing entente be-
tween the two countries with formal
alliance. The foreign office takes the
position that it is useless to attempt
to discount the future
An alliance in spirit if not in letter,
already exists" an official of the for
eign office said today, land we are con-
tent for the moment to allow the
entente to develop along natural lines
unhampered by formal phrases Of con-
ditions."
At the same time the apparent possi-
bility of closer relations not only be-
tween Great Britain and France but
among France, Great Britain and Rus
STA is distinctly envisaged.
The forthcoming visits of King Ed
ward and President Fallieres to EN-
peror Nicholas in St. Petersburg, are
expected to clinch the bonds between
the three countries and perhaps lead tc
the formation of a new triple ALL
ance" for the preservation of the peace
of Europe.
A movement for such combination
is being actively promoted on bott
sides of the channel, it's partisans
claiming that it would completely
checkmate Germany and in conjunction
with the Anglo-Japanese alliance be
| made the political arbitrator of bott
hemispheres.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-29
NOTHING CAN STOP US.
Charles Nj. Schwab Says Conditions
Are Steadily Improving.

Detroit, May 29.-Speaking last
night at the annual banquet which
tional Master Boilermakers assOcia-
ton, Charles NJ Schwab, former
president of the United States Steel
corporation, predicted that in ten
years the annual production of steel
in this country would be 40,000,000
tons as against 25,000,000 In 1907. Mr.
Schwab said that while there existed
today the greatest depression ever
known in the history Of the steel
trade, conditions were steadily i'm
proving. Nothing, he said, could re-
tard the progress and prosperity of
the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-29
Wants $4,000 10. Compensate
for Her Injuries.
DIVORCE SUITS FILED
Case of Mrs. Mabel Schwartz q
Sad One.
Mrs. Arthur Hargis Says Hus.
band Abused Her.

Mrs. Eunice Fisher has filed suit in
the district clerks office against the
city of Topeka for $1,000 damages for
injuries received from falling over an
obstacle on the sidewalk on Kansas
avenue in front of the store at No. 529.
The accident occurred on the evening
of December IA, 1907. The plaintiff
alleges in her petition that as she was
walking up the street that evening at
o'clock in company with her husband
and daughter she stumbled over
pump that had been left on the side
walk in front of this store and fell
upon her hands and knees in such
fashion as to strain and wrench her
self quite severely. She alleges that
she received internal injuries at that
time and that ever since she has SUI
fered bodily pain and yet requires con-
slant medical treatment, and is unable
to perform her household duties on &C
count of said injuries. She alleges that
this accident was caused by the negl1g-
ence of the city and it's employees,
especially the policemen, who in pass
ing this place should have seen to 1t
that such obstacles were removed In
the interest Of the safety of passers by.
She asks for damages in the sum OF
$1,000 for medical treatment, physical
and mental suffering and incapacity to
perform her household duties.
Minnie Eiserman filed suit for di-
vorce in the district clerks office today
from her husband, George F. Eiserman.
She alleges neglect of duty in her petit
ton. This couple have three minor
children.
Mabel B. Schwartz today filed suit
for divorce from M. o. Schwartz, her
husband. She alleges gross neglect
and abandonment. This appears to be
in her petition that they were married
in Topeka in 1900 and have three chill
dren, aged 8, 3 and / year respectively.
That at this time she is sick and also
her youngest child and that they are
in want for medical treatment and the
mony in a reasonable sum every month
for the support of herself and chill
dren.
Anna F. Hargis has filed suit for di-
vorce from Arthur. her husband. in
which she alleges that they were mar
ried in 1908. That the defendant has
been quarrelsome. unpleasant and In
temperate in his relations with this
plaintiff. That her peace Of mind has
been destroyed and she has been in
jured in her bodily health. That the
defenQant mas SLruCk anu Sldppeu uSI.
She wants complete and absolute di-
vorce from these heavy bonds of matri-
mony.
AS a counteraction for the above
three divorce suits the following three
marriage licenses have been issued
from the office of the probate judge:
Louis H. Hill to Daisy Lee Pankey,
both of Topeka; c. P. Dunlop of Ponca
City. Okla, to Anna Wise of Mexico,
Mo-: P A. Nicholson of Leonardville
to Lottie Schwartz of the same place.
Judge A. w. Dana will go to Dover
tomorrow where he has been invited
to deliver the Memorial day address
to the G. A. r. post at that place.
The county commissioners today app
proved the bond of J. G. Sinner in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-29
IT IS PERFECT.
Report on the Topeka Fire De-
partnlent.

Topeka's fire department spells
perfect.
That's what the annual report of
the National Board of Fire Under
writer's says that the Topeka depart
ment should be graded 100 per cent,
and the only one to be so marked
within the state This based on the
statistics gathered by the board for
the past year. Topeka's fires were all
kept within the walls of the buildings
in which the fires originated and were
not permitted to spread, this is termed
perfection in fire insurance parlance
Kansas City's rating was 95, Wichita
the same and Leavenworth 80 per
cent
The total value of all the property
involved in fires on which claims for
loss were made was $1,597,010 with a
total insurance of s536,155. The total
loss was s40,94S covered by $20.939
of insurance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-29

sidered desirable alien.
Wedel had entered the country regu-
larry and was trying under another
name to retrieve his past. About a
week ago he was seen, It was said,
near his home, by former Copen-
hagen acquaintance and from the
chance meeting resulted the action of
the Ellis Island officials.
The board of special inquiry decided
that Wedel must be deported. and
there is said to be small chance that
Washington will reverse the decision.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-29
New york Money marked.

New York, May 2S.-MONEY-Money on
call easy, 1H@dN per cent; ruling rate IN
SirIv days 2A@21x per cent; 80 days, ~
Ter cent: s months. 31t6Sa4 per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper 31sq4
ppc,ual business in bankers bills at 81 8 10
"a $40 for demand and at s.. So4OG4. So1e Tor
6o day bills; commercial bills, $4.so. -,
Z SII.VER-Bar silver, SIC: Mexican DOL
'At Dia-oureru1ueut bonds firm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-29
VICTIM OF CHANCE.
Danish Immigrant Is Recognized as an
Undesirable Citizen.

New York, May 29.-Because or a
chance meeting with a man who had
not seen him for years, G. p. WedeI
attorney at law, a man of refinement
and culture. will probably be deporied
to Denmark He was detained in
Brooklyn by immigration officials and
taken to Ellis Island. 1t is said that
he has offended against the>laws of MIS-
NATIVE land. and therefore Ii not con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-29
sum of $1,000 for treasurer of the
Shunganunga drainage district

Application has been made in the
probate court to have a guardian ap-
pointed for Jonathan w. Braman Of
Auburn. 1t is alleged that Braman is
OF unsound mind and incapable OF
managing his own affairs
The case against John Owens and
the Myers brothers charged with par
ticipating in the riot last Monday night
in which Robert Kennedy, a negro,
trial in city court this morning but was
continued to June s. by consent. The
trouble grew out of quarrel at City
park the night of the bank concert be-
the affair almost reached the riot
stage UP on the avenue. Severai ne
groes were attacked and roughly ham
died. Widely conflicting stories are
told of who was to blame in this mat
ter.
A laborer, harnessmaker, farmer,
agent and engineer faced Judge Urmy
this morning on plain drunk charges.
All were repentant and sorrowful
when the judge pronounced IS
eulogy over their fevered heads
Chief Eaton has secured a copy Of
the Kansas City, Mo-, ordinance regu-
lating employment agencies and will
urge its passage at the next council
meeting in its entirety. 1t is a very
strict measure and covers the ground
in most thorough manner.
F. w. Harrison, chairman of the
board of county commissioners, is in
Dodge City this week on a visit in
company with his brother VINO has
bought a section of land in that vi
cinity.
Mitchell Wood, an old negro and
oX-SOIdfer. wants the a
and Judge of the city court to help him
collect check on a loosl bank for
$1,000 drawn in his favor and signed
by ''U. r. Easy and I. Bit" The OLD
man Is very much in earnest in the
matter and considers that he is being
badly treated by the light-hearted and
careless manner in which these off,
GERS take his claim
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-29
Cotton Market.

Galveston. Tex. May 2s.-COTToN-
Ma MaW Y ssgo NAV ss.-coTToN-sales to-
day loo bales Spot closed quiet: Mid
ding uplands, $11.z0; middling gulf. s1l.6o
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-29

Chairman News Wife Is Helping Him
at Chicago.

Chicago, May 29.-Perhaps the most
faithful assistant which Harry S. New,
mittee has during his present strenuous
days in Chicago. preparing for the great
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-29

Republican gathering June IT, is his
charming wife. Mrs. New delights in
politics and finds great pride in her hus-
bands present prominent position. She is
with Chairman New in Chicago and it is
said that she is one of his most valued
great concourse. Mrs. New has one great
fad and that fad is a collection of news
paper pictures and newspaper cartoons
relating to her husband.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-29

Judge A. w. Dana will go to Dover
tomorrow where he has been invited
to deliver the Memorial day address
to the G. A. r. post at that place.
The county commissioners today APP
proved the bond of ]. c. Sinner in the
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-07-18

convention to him as Mr.. Bryan's associate on
the ticket
His biographical sketch runs as follows:
John Worth Kern was born on December 90 1s49,
at the village of Alto, Howard county, Indiana His
who removed to Shelby county, Indiana in 1886 and
lived there until 1885, when he moved into the new
northern country
John Kern's mother was Nancy Iigget and she
and DR.. Kern married in Warren county, Ohio
In 1854 when John years old, the family re-
moved to Iowa From the time he went to Iowa un-
til he was Is years old he did not see a railroad
train
The family moved back to Howard county in
1864 In the early COS while still in Iowa. Mr. Kern
died Two children left John and his sister
who IS now Mrs. Isaac Engel of Daevie, Va.
John was educated in the district schools and con-
hnued his education by attending the Indiana normal
school of Kokomo Indiana, riding horseback 10 miles
each way every day Later he taught school near AL
to- He earned money to enter Michigan university
at Ann Arbor graduating from the law department
OF that university in 1869 He immediately began
practicng in Kokomo, Indiana.
He was drafted" when he was 81 years old to
make the race for the legislature in the republican
county OF Howard, but defeated He was chosen
city attorney OF kokOmo for six terms over republ-
can asp1rants. In 1884 he was elected reporter of
the supreme court Since then ANNAPOLIS has been
MS nome, where he has praCticed law He has worked
III every campaign, served the county in the egsla-
ture and was the leader of his party in the state
senate He was city attorney under the last two adj
nln1Stratons OF Mayor Thomas Taggart In 1900
ne was nominated for governor but was defeated
before the convention of four years ago Mr. Kern's
name had been prominently mentioned among the
v1ce-presidential possibilities.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-07-18
Doubtful Maryland.

Baltimore American There is large unattached
vote IN this statea vote which, under fair electoral
methods, free from manipulation and trckerv. CON
trolls the political situation. In 1900 Mckinley and
Roosevelt carried Maryland by plurality of 1891,
and the republican candidate for president was given
the entire electoral vote of the state In 1904 Roose
welt and Fairbanks carried Maryland by plurality of
7,751, but owing to the manipulative dongs which
were rendered possible in the provisions of a law
the eight electoral college votes of the state was cast
tor Roosevelt The figures of the two most recent
presidential years demonstrate, however, that the
same description which General Woodford applied to
New York fits Maryland It is not democratic: # is
not republican; it is doubtful state
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-07-18
Mr.. Kern's Biography.

When announcement made of the nomination
OF John w. Kern as the vice-presdential candidate
OF the democratic party, there was considerable
movement in the direction of reference libraries Mr.
Kern is of state than a national celebrity
Indiana knows him as an active citizen in politics
and law He was once the democratic candidate for
governor of Indiana but did not win the election
1t is the belief of democrats of Judgment that
ne can carry Indiana for the democratic party this
year and it that belief that caused the Denver
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-07-18
Failure Statistics.

Dunns Review for the first half of 1908 states that
there were $500 business failures during that period
representing aggregate liabilities Of $124374 1888
During the corresponding period of the year 1907 the
number OF failures were 5,6O7, with liabilities of
$69,568,662
These statistics clearly represent the effects of
the October panic and the succeeding depression
and in their presence it would be papably untruthful
to deny the existence of hard times The following
table gives the failure figures by years. since the
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-07-18

Tom Watson, who has beennominated for the presi
dency by the populists, opened his campaign at At
lanta with the statement that Mr. Bryan had said he
would never vote for confederate veteran Mr.
Watson ought to have started out with more care
tul observance of the truth, for Mr. BRYAN voted
thre times for Speaker Crisp confederate veteran
and never made the remark attributed to him.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-03-28

Contest Notice.

Department Of the Interior, United
States Land Office. Clayton, N. NJ,
March 9, 1908.
A sufficient contest affidavit having
been filed In this office by G. w.
Brand. contestant, against homestead
entry no. l2498, made October 22,
1906, for Sw Ia sec 81, twp 8 n, range
80 e, by John Il. WilcOxson, c~ontestae,
In which it IL alleged under date of
June 5. 1907, that the said John K.
WillcOxSOn has wholly abandoned the
said tract, that he has changed his
residence therefrom for a period OF
more than six months since making
said entry and next prior to the date
hereof, that said tract Is not settled
upon and cultivated by said party az
required by law. and that the said alb
enc from the said land was not due
To his employment in the army, navy
or marine corps of the United States
as a private soldier, officer, seaman
or marine during the war with Spain
or during any other "a In which the
United States may be engaged. Said
parties are hereby notified to appear,
respond and offer evidence touching
said allegation at 10 o'clock, a. IN. on
April IA, 1908 before Eugene II. Hedge
coke, y. s. Commissioner at his office
In Endee. n. M, land that final hear
ing will be held at lO O'Clock a. m. OH
April 81. 1908, before*) the Register
and Receiver at the United States
Land Office in Clayton. N. NJ.
The said contestant having. In a
proper affidavit. filed March 2,
1908, set forth facts which show that
after due diligence, personal service
Of this notice can not be made, It Is
hereby ordered and directed that
such notice be given by due and pro-
per publications.
3-l4 EDWARD w. Fox, Register.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-03-28
CONTEST NOTICE
Department of the Interior, United States
Land Office, Clayton, N. NJ.
February II, IooS

a sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed in this office by Charlie r. Morton,
OF Lewis, New Mexico, Con-
%,estant, agains, homestead entry no..
GI4S2, made Sept. "a, 1000, for ne4 sec.
10, township b north, range 50 east, by
John o. McBee, Contestee, in which
it 10 alleged that said John o. McBee
has abandoned said tract OF land for a
period of more than six months last past
and next prior to date hereof, that he has
not established and maintained thereon
his residence as required by law that he
has not improved and cultivated said tract
of land as required by law, that said
defaults nave not been cured, and that
said alleged absence from said land was
not due to his employment, in the Army.
Navy or Marine Corps of the United
States in the time OF wal in any capacity,
and this the said contestant Is ready to
prove at such time and place as may be
named by the Register and Receiver
for a hearing in said case. Said
parties are hereby notified to appear.
respond and offer evidence touching said
allegation at 10 o'clock a. m. on Abril IS,
1905, before II. X. Putnam. u. 5. Court
Commissioners at his office in Texico, New
Mexico. and that final hearing will be
held at 10 o'clock a, IN. on April ~, 1908,
before the Register and Receiver at the
United States land Office in Clayton,
New Mexico.
The said contestant having. in proper
affidavit, filed February Ia, 1908, set forth
facts which show that after due diligence,
personal service OF this notice car not be
made. it is hereby ordered and directed
that such notice be given by due and
proper publication.
3-I4 Edward w. Fox, Register