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The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-07
TAFT OPENS PRosPERITY's WAY.
Steel and Ore Conditions and Mill Re-
sumption Show Amazing Revival.

Pittsburg. Pa, Nov. THE United
States Steel corporation partly uncov-
cred its hand in the Pittsburg district
when it showed that. with independ-
ent concerns it had for several months
been planning to make the year 1909
the biggest in the history of iron and
steel.
Startling figures were produced to
show that all records for carrying iron
ores into the Pittsburg district are be-
ing shattered and there is already piled
up in the district about ten million tons
of ore, or enough to run most of the
blast furnaces at their full capacity
for a year. In addition to this, about
three million tons of ore will yet be
brought in which will give the mills
more material than they ever used in
any year, and arrangements have been
made for using it all in 1909.
From the Bessemer & Lake Erie
railroad. the Carnegie Steel or United
States Steel corporations ore carrying
line, it Is learned that up to November
l this line had brought from the lakes
1,666.0OO tons OF ore since midsummer.
Last year it carried 5.843. 900 tons of ore.
There are yet almost two months of
the present year, and steel men de-
clare they will more than equal the
ore record of last year.
The Bessemer and Lake Erie carries
about half the ore brought into the
Pittsburg district. Other line are car
rying heavily in proportion to the ter
ritory they cover. SO ore shipments into
the Pittsburg district this year will
likely be Il, 600 900 tons, which, added
to the surplus left from the shipments
of last year, gives an immense ton
mage on which to start the new year.
So anxious is the steel corporation to
have enough ore on hand to make a
world breaking run in 1909 1t has de-
cided to run its own heavy lake ves-
sells with ores as long as they can
break through the ice and run them
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-07
/. TO KEEP ANNIS OUT.
Commandant OF Fort Hamilton Issued
Order for That Purpose.

New York, Nov. 7.-Stories of revelry
in the army post at Fort Hamilton
which have followed disclosures made
in letters alleged to have been written
by Mrs. Claudia Hams to her husband.
Captain Peter c. Hams, jr.. were de-
MED today by Lieutenant Colonel
Henry Ludlow, who has been in COM
mand at the fort. Practically every Of
ficer who was stationed at Fort Hamil-
ton during the time mentioned in Mrs.
Hains's letters has been ordered to an
other and in many instances, distant
post. 1t was when questioned with
reference to the transfers of officers
that Lieutenant Colonel Ludlow took
occasion to deny some of the state
ments made in Mrs. Hainss letters.
These letters were written while Mrs.
Hams was living in the officers quar-
ters at Fort Hamilton after her hus-
band had been ordered to the Philip
pines.
IF any investigation was ever made
by the war department of the reported
revelries here, the investigation passed
around me-" said Colonel Ludlow. No
one ever asked me question about it.
That makes me more positive in my
declarations that the revelations mads
by Mrs. Hains had nothing to do with
the transfers"
Colonel Ludlow said he had issued an
order to keep William E. Annis out of
the post after he had received a warn
ing from General Hains, father of Cap
tain Hains, that serious trouble might
come if the men met. He told me he
feared his son would shoot Annis," said
Colonel Ludlow.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-07
FOOTBALL WEATHER.
Temperatures Slightly Above Normal,
With Light Wind Prevailing.

Weatherman Jennings offering to-
day for the Washburn-K. u. football
game was all that could have been
asked by the most ardent admirer of
the sport. Just enough wind was
blowing to keep the field free from
dust and while the temperatures were
few degrees above normal for this
season of the year they were not
enough above the normal point to in
terfere with the work of the player.
On the other hand there was
enough temperature in the atmos-
phere to keep the spectators in the
bleachers comfortable throughout the
game. The forecast indicates fair
weather for tonight and Sunday with
moderate temperatures for this part
of the state. The following were the
temperatures in Topeka since 7
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-07
Old Soldier Loses.

The quo warranto suit brought by
Robert P. Ray. an old soldier of
Harper county. to get the job of coun-
ty assessors which had been given to
Charles NJ. Miller was decided by the
supreme court today against Ray.
Ray was an old soldier and claimed
that there was collusion among the
members of the board OF county COM
mlssioners to give the job to Miller
without taking into consideration his
qualifications. He claimed the Of
nee under the old soldier preference
law. The supreme court holds that
the county commissioners acted prop
erly. and that Rav's application was
rejected because the county commits
sioners did not consider him compe-
tent.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-07
TRADE IS BETTER.
Business Helped by Election Re-
suits and Weather.
Old Orders Confirmed and New
Ones Placed.
AN INCREASE OF TIME.
And Capacity i'm Many of the
Industrial Concerns.
Topeka Bank CIearings Show
Increase of 35 Per Cent.

New York, Nov. 7-Bradstreet's says:
Election results and the advent of more
seasonable weather in some sections of
the country were helpful to trade this
week. and except in parts of the south
where the holding of cotton inter-
fered. collections also have shown i'm
provement- In wholesale and manu-
featuring lines the tone of business
shows marked improvement. Orders
which were conditioned on election re-
suits have been confirmed and many
new ones placed. the net result being
an enlargement of the volume of busi-
ness at first hands over recently pre-
ceding weeks.
Many industrial concerns have an
nounced an increase of capacity and
of running time. and sales of pig iron,
structural material, cotton goods for
spring and recorders for fall and spring
wear woolens, shoes and other lines
have been enlarged. Practically all
pig iron markets were animated this
week and the volume of business placed
was heavy. Most of the tonnage was
booked prior to the election, the result
of which appeared to be we'll assured,
and some of it was probably brought
out by concessions in prices. However,
quotations are now f1rner and inquir-
les for additional tonnage for delivery
during the remainder of this year and
throughout the first and second quar-
terS OF 1909 are numerous.
Copper is higher, partly because of
speculation and partly owing to better
domestic demand.
There is more doing in the leather
and shoe trades.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending November
5. show 205 against 241 last week; 226
in the like week of 1907; 146 in 1906; 166
| in 1906 and 1S4 in 1904.
Business failures in Canada for the
week number as against 80 last week
and "a in the corresponding week of
1907.
Wheat including flour, exports from
the United States and Canada for the
week ending November 5, aggregated
4,940.120 against 5,463,T14 last week and
5,459,593 this week last year.
For the 10 weeks ending November
5, this year, the exports are 1864, ,745
against 75,727, ,407 in the corresponding
period last year.
Corn exports for the week are S12,-
5S4 bushels against 1854 last week
and 712.501 in 1907. For the 10 weeks
ending November 5, corn exports are
2,919 251 bushels against 1S,072,672 last
year.
Bank Clearings.
Bradstreet's bank clearings report for
aggregate of s., ,636, 376 900 as against $3.50
214 O00 Ia xyaalx and 616 nO0 in tho
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-07
A Fine Line on Theft Drawn.

When a man attempts to steal from
another man but only succeeds in dis
lodging the article he does not COM
nit a crime, according to the decision
of the supreme court in the appeal Of
William. Johnson from Miami county.
Johnson attempted to steal a diamond
shirt stud while the owner was asleep
in a chair car. The owner awoke
when he found someone tugging at
his shirt front. He arose and seized
Johnson and accused him of the
crime. A minute later the diamond
was found on the floor. The jury in
convicting Johnson found that he had
the diamond in his hand for an in
stant and threw 1t on the floor when
he was seized by the owner. The su-
preme court affirms this decision, but
says that If he had simply loosened
the diamond and it had dropped on
the floor without It being in his hand
that he would not have been guilty of
theft
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-07
RossviIIe Warrants Illegal.

The supreme court holds that the $l,-
200 in county warrants issued by Ross
vile, Shawnee county. to pay the Ross
VILE portion of rebuilding a bridge
across the Kansas river are Illegal, and
that the township can not be compell-
ed to pay those warrants. The war
rants are now held by the Alma Ma
tfonaI bank. and the suit was brought
by the bank to force the township 10
pay the notes. The Shawnee county
district court decided in favor of the
hank on a demurrer to the evidence,
but the supreme court reverses the de-
cision, and orders the lower court to
proceed and try the case.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-07

The "sprinkling law passed In IgU3
was today held invalid by the supreme
court in the suit brought against the
city of Abilene by the Union Pacific
railway. This law was designed to
authorize city councils in cities of the
first and second class, on petition of
a certain number of resident owners.
to order streets to be sprinkled, and
the cost of sprinkling collected as a
tax levy. The city of Abilene took
advantage of this law, and tried to
force the Union Pacific to pay its por-
tion of the tax The Union Pacific re-
fused on the ground that the law does
not give any chance for objections to
the arrangement.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-07
Yale Expects Hard Battle.

New Haven, Conn. Nov. Yale
expects to have a tough proposition
with Brown on the gridiron this af-
ternoon, but confidence is expressed
that the blue will win and in winning
will not be scored upon. 1t is thought
that Yale's strength against Brown
will gauge the strength of Harvard,
for Brown played at Cambridge a
week ago and the score stood to 2
in favor of the crimson.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-07
Murphy Must Serve Sentence

George A. Murphy was convic+a5 =.
selling LIQUOR under a city ordinance
at Wf'hita. After he was sentenced
to jail the city ordinance was renes1-
ed aud he contended that he shouId
not ses We the Jail sentence. He ap-
the senteAce set aside but the co1,r.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-07
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Weather Indications.

Chicago, Nov. Forecast for Kan
sas: Fair tonight and Sunday; mod
crate temperatures.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-07
Burial Association Ousted.

Judgment of custer was rendered by
the supreme court against the Nation
al Burial association of Galena, Kan,
a corporation conducting an alleged
fraudulent business in burial insur-
ance The suit was brought by the
state. through the state insurance de-
uartment The defendants in the case
did not take any evidence or file any
briefs, and the court finds that the
state has sustained it's charges, and
that the company should be ousted
from doing business in Kansas.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-07
Court Makes Many Reversals.

The list Of opinions handed down
today is remarkable for one thing and
that is the large number of reversals
of the lower courts. The Shawnee
county district court has three out of
four cases reversed.
One of the Shawnee county rever-
sails was in the suit of M. L. George
and I. II. McQuilkin against Joe Lane
and F. H. Leonard. George and Nc
Quilkin traded a stock of groceries to
Lane and Leonard in exchange for a
farm in Jefferson county, and agreed
to furnish to Lane and Leonard a
buyer for a half interest in the groc-
cry stock for $1,000. George and Nc
Quilkin failed to produce the buyer
for the grocery stock, and Lane and
Leonard sued for damages. The low
er court gave them judgment. The su-
preme court holds that an erroneous
measure of damages was adopted. and
remands the case for further proceed
ings.
On rehearing the supreme court up
holds it's reversal of the Shawnee
county district court in the case of
the Oil Well company against w. S.
Johnson
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-07

In reversing the suit of Elizabeth
Rudolph against the Atchison. Tope-
ka and Santa Fe railroad company
from BARBER county. the supreme
court holds that where an empIoye Of
a railroad company has two methods
by which his work can be accomnIisb-
ed, one safe and the other dangerous
and he adopts the dangerous method
and Is killed, his widow can NOT re-
cover damages. Charles T. Rudolnh
was brakeman for the Santa Fe and
was coupling cars to make up a train
at Sharon. All of the cars had auto-
matte couplers and he did NOT naed
TO go between the cars. But he toox
another method OF making the counI-
ing which put his life in danger He
was killed and his wife brought sniff
for damages. The lower court gave
her judgment but the supreme court
held that as there was one method
which he could have used that was
not dangerous to himself and bv
which he could have performed his
work satisfactorily that the connan~,
Is not liable for his death.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-07
New Treasurer for Ffnney County.

New Treasurer for Ffnney County.
n " Lawrence will be treasurer OF
Finney county as soon as the mandate
of the supreme court is served. A. c.
Wheeler must vacate the office after
serving almost a year. Lawrence is a
Democrat who was up for reelection
two years ago. Wheeler is the Re-
nublican and on the face of the re-
turns won in the election. Lawrence
refused to give up the office last Oc-
tober but Wheeler ousted him through
mandamus proceedings. In the mean
time the contest court was holding a
session and recounting the ballots
Lawrence won in the court and
Wheeler appealed to the supreme
court to let him retain his office. The
supreme court affirmed the decision
of the lower court and Wheeler loses
his job. Lawrence will now sue
Wheeler for back salary.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-07

says that the repeal of the ordinance
after conviction does not relieve Muir
ply from the penalty imposed by the
court.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-07
Cooksey Must Now Answer.

c. r. Cooksey. the Kansas City.
Kan, lawyer who tried to have G. w.
Trickett, assistant attorney general
for Wyandotte county disbarred from
practicing in the courts of Kansas,
must now answer to disbarment pro-
ceedings in the Kansas supreme court.
When the proceedings were first filed
in the supreme court no action was
taken because the court thought that
Trickett should appear with clean
hands before he backed any proceed
ings against Cooksey. AS soon as the
disbarment case in Kansas City was
decided in Trickett's favor he renew
ed his application to have Cooksey
removed. In an order issued today
the supreme court says:
1.-The court deems the accusation
sufficient to justify further action.
The accused Is required to appear and
answer on December 1. 1903"
The charges against Cooksey are
that he brought the disbarment pro-
ceedings in Wyandotte county against
Trickett maliciously and to satisfy a
personal grudge.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-07
Bank C1earings.

Bradstreetis bank clearings report for
the week ending November 5 shows an
aggregate of s., ,636. S76. 900 as against $3.50.
$4,000 last week and s., 81. SIS. 900 in the
corresponding week last year The fol-
lowing is a list of the cities:
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-07

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Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1908-03-27
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Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1908-03-27

Get bar pinligt for mig at i, bporle6es Serrens
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-21
Washington's Birthday Celebration at

Alexandria, Va. Steamer jamestown"
will leave Washington 10, IL a. m; -
noon. and / p. N. Leave Alexandria 4.
3, & 6 D. m. Fare. Zoe each way.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-21
Meats and Groceries
GREATLY REDUCED
TOMORROW

One dollar spent here viii puF-
chase as much as two dollars else.
where. Don't fail to attend this
sale tOmOrreW, 1t means money to
VnU
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-21
Woman's Relief Corps
Elects New Officers

The opening session OF the nineteenth
annual convention of the WOman's Re
lief Corps OF the Department Of the
Potomac was held in @. A. r. Han last
night. Following the reading Of the
address Of the department president
and the election or officers, the conVen-
tion adjourned on account OF the death
of the daughter OF the department
counselor, Josephine Oldroyd T1nen-
thaleF
THE following officers were elected;
President Emma i. Newton senior
vice president. Gertrude Morgan, junior
vice president Emma Ktbbey; treasur-
er Nora B. Atkinson. chaplain, Edlth
Ix-,-U1an chairman, Salhe g, Miller,
Emily Frisbie, Nettie BOrland, Martina
Mckinley; delegate-at-large 20 national
convention. Mary A. Dow; delegate 10
national convention, Nellie A. Rowe;
alternate-at-larEe 10 national conVen-
ton, Sue ~. Carey.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-21
YOUNG SINGERS SCORE
IN GIVING THE MIKADO''

The Sunday school Of the Church or
the Good Shepherd gave creditaole
performance Of The AIikado" last
night at the church, Sixth and / streets
northeast
Miss Ruth Baldwin and Charles Arm
bruster easily took first honors. The
singing OF Miss Aline Wood, Miss Ruth
Baldwin. and Mrs. Esther Gregory, IN
the three principal feminine roles. was
excellent, and the chorus OF twenty
girls and boys went through their num-
hers ia way that reflected great credit
ON Mrs. Alice Brewster-C Cassidy, under
whose direction the performance was
ptven- Ernest Gibbons, Warren Fergu-
SON. and J. ". Winchceu did crediJable
work.
The proceeds OF the play win be de-
voted TO the SIMMER outing fund of
the boys' choir, Because of the success
s. Mich attended the opening perform
anCe il has been decided to repeat the
play tonight and tomorrow evening
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-21
Circles Stirred
By MetcaH'S Questions
Should Court-Martial Of Commanders roll
low, Much Interest Will
Arise.

A sensation has been created In naval
circles by the letters addressed by Sec
rotary Metcalf 10 Commander William
s. Sims, naval aide to the President,
and Lieut.. Com. Frank X. Hill, on duty
with the general board, asking them
to state whether they inspired or
furnished information for recent criti-
cisms OF the navy bureau system and
construction.
II Commander Sims. or Commander
Hill, should reply that they have been
a part In the inspiration or working
out of these articles, a court-martiai
viii probably follow that viii exceed
in interest the sitting of any military
court IN Washington, with the possible
exception of the Schley court OF in
qulry.
The action taken by Secretary Net
calf was entirely unexpected. For some
time past navy criticism has been In
a state OF Information. and the public
was beginning 20 forget. and the latest
development came as a complete sur
prise
The news first leaked out at the army
and navy reception at the White House
last night, II is said, and there was a
noticeable undercurrent Of excitement.
Just how a possible eourt-martiaI OF
Commander Sims viii AFFECT the social
side of military life is yet to be dis
covered.
Commander Sims and Mrs Sims,
through his position as naVa- aide 10
the President have always been prom
lnent at al social events at the White
House, and il Will be recalled that they.
too. We're in the party that went 10
Hampton Roads on the yacht May
iNaWer with the President 10 see the
fleet of. following closely on which
Admiral BroWusOn, then apparently the
Presidents closest friend and adviser
on naval affairs, resigned from the
Bureau OF NAVIGATION
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-21
At FIRE,
BUILDING IS WRECKED

CHICAGO, Feb. a-The four-story
Edward T.. Brown building at 1912
West Quincy street, blew up last night
while a dozen hremen Of engine COM
pany No. were fighting the flames in
the hallway on the second floor
The explosion shook the building q
It's foundations and as the men CROPPED
their way &c Vnstairs and out into the
street they expected every moment 20
ne buried by falling walls or eFemafed
by the rush OF flames.
None Of the members OF the engine
company, which was under command
of Capt Frank Campbell, was injured.
although for a brief space ali were 81
the shadow Of death The cause of the
explosion was not ascertained.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-21
MANY FLEE IN TERROR
AS GASOLINE EXPLODES

NEW YORK. Feb. 2l.-More than one
hundred persons tenants OF the Will
hams apartments, 259 West Nth street
fled in terror from their bed~ early to-
DAY when the house trembled from two
terrific explosions.
So great was the shock that window
glass IN every floor was shattered,
mantel ornaments and pictures Wee
Shaken from the walls, and plaster in
several OF the rooms was torn off.
Investigation showed that the explo-
sions had been caused by Easoiene in
a conduit and 1t is supposed that sparks
from electric or telephone wires ignitcd
II. There arc several large automobile
garages in the vicinity