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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-12-24
A Watch Free-With bows suits

II to Is year sizes, we give guar
anteed Watch free with each suit
These suits are excellent quality
and the latest styles Come and
see them. w. A. Dunn, Marble
Hill; Brick Store.
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r. j. Pound in Arkansas.

THE PRESS, Marble Hill, Mo-: l will
pencil few lines to let your many read
ears know that myself and wife are we'll
as usual.
We left our home in Old Bollinger
December s and boarded the train at
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-12-24
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Perryville News.
Considering lhat the e"''"F - as"
prosecuting attorney, ""f1'ce deVlI
y;.,v of the fact that three dnys
have been riven TO LEGAL duties that
cut off the time due the publishing
ofthis issun Of this pannr. to say
noth;nr of the bio noultrv show.
our readers willcxcnse the shortage
ofre,din~ matter this week.
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Maybe we can get the railroad to
fix the miserable and dangerous
approaches to our station house
and give us better train service.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-12-24

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NOWADAYS. ,ust = mere coinridcn1.
Last Friday c. B. Short Of near
Pennington brought Il negro from
that vicinity over with him t" do
some work about the old building
known us the concrete market.
owned by Mr.. Short. "RaStus had
worked but Il few hours when some
OF our boys got the news that there
WAS 'nlSScr IN town. \ mob of
SIX or eight was soon organized and,
with Il titteen-t"oi rope, they enter
ed the building where MIR. Short
and his employe were at work, and
told the darkey that he was allowed
fifteen minutes to leave town. He
had but been notified when he be
gan to make preparations for his
departure, declaring. 1t ye won't
hang me dis time. white folks, tells
We Is nebcr comm back to dis
town"
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county. said to be worth about
$500, 900. The property WAS sold
twice. CIardy and Marshall ac-
uuired it thru 4 sale in 1882. under
an order of the st. Louis Probate
court. john {. Brown and J. ".
Chiffon BOUGHT the nronertv at =
sale in 1905 bv Attorney SamI y.
HOLIDAY. administrator of the es.
tate of l.. V. Borv. former United
STATES senator II was contrnd.d
bv Brown and Chiffon. who sucd
Ciardv and Marshall, that the fir~t
sale was not valid, for technical
reasons. judge Williams sustained
the first sale.
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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-12-24

Considering that the editor is also
prosecuting attorney, "0tfice devil
and general chorc runner, and in
view Of the fact that three days
have been given to legal duties that
cut Oft the time due the publishing
Of this issue Of this paper, to say
nothing of the big poultry show.
our readers will excuse the shortage
Of reading matter this week.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1908-12-24


The disturbance caused by the
"drunk" at Miss Woodwelps recital
Monday evening is no compliment
to civilized community. And the
fact that peace officer had to be
hunted up by the management of
the college to quiet the disturber,
which said peace officer did not stop
the disturbance, does not add any
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08
The Louisiana Canebrakes.

The canebrakes stretch along the
slight rises of ground, often extending
for miles, forming one of the most
striking and interesting features of the
country They choke out other growths
the feathery, graceful canes standing
in ranks. tall, slender, serried, each but
few inches from his brother and
springfng to a height of fifteen or TWEEN
ty feet. They look like bamboos; they
are well-nigh impenetrable to a man on
horseback; even on foot they make
difficult walking unless free use is made
of the heavy bush-knife. It is impossi-
BILE to see through them for more than
fifteen or twenty PAGES, and often for
not half that distance. Bears make
their 1airs in them, and they are the
refuge for hunted things. Outside of
them, in the swamp, bushes of many
kinds grow thick among the tall trees,
and vines and creepers climb the
trunks and hang in trailing festoons
from the branches. Here, likewise, the
bush-knife is in constant play. as the
skilled horsemen thread their way, Of
ten at gallop, in and out among the
great tree trunks, and through the
dense, tangled, thorny underground.
In the lakes and larger bayous we
saw alligators and garfish; and mon
strous swapping turtles, fearsome
bruteS of the slime, as heavy as a man.
and with huge horny beaks that with
a single snap could take off a mans
hand or foot. One of the planters with
us had lost part of his hand by the bite
of an alligator; and had seen a COM
panion seized by the foot by a huge
garfish from which he was rescued
with the utmost difficulty by his fellow
swimmers. There were black bass in
the waters, too, and they gave us many
a good meal. Thick-bodied water moe
casins, foul and dangerous, kept near
the water; and farther back in the
swamp we found and killed rattlesnakes
and experimentation In the Louis
lana Canebrakes," by Theodore Roose-
welt, in the January Scribner
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08
KING SUES FOR SALARY.
Assistant to Engineer McCabe Brings
Action Against City.

Willard E. King, the ex-assistant city
engineer, who, with his chief, James
McCabe, figures as defendant in a suit
brought by the city on alleged crooked
ness in office, is suing the city for back
pay. In district court today he filed a
suit against the city for $191.72 salary,
and $27.36 hire of a horse and wagon.
He cites in his petition that on January
IA, 1907, w. H. Davis, then mayor of
the city, suspended him from the office
of assistant city engineer pending some
investigation. That on April l, Of the
same year, he was reinstated, and
worked % days before accepting other
employment and quitting the service of
the city. He claims that he was illegal
ly suspended by Mayor Davis, and
wants pay, at the rate of 81. 900 per year,
for the time he was out. He also wants
pay at the rate of $40 per month for
the hire of his horse and wagon, which
he furnished to the engineering depart
ment during that time. The item for
salary and the item for horse and
wagon hire make total OF $219. 08, which
he really wants, together with interest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08
JAMES BRINGS SUIT.
Topeka Man Would Test Old Soldier
Law.

Thomas M. James commenced pro-
ceedings in the supreme court Tues
day afternoon to compel the county
commissioners of Shawnee county to
give him the office of county assessor,
instead of giving it to S. H. Haynes,
former county Commissioner.
James claims the position under the
old soldier preference law. He served
during the war in the First Ohio VOL
unteer heavy artillery, and claims that
his health, experience and education
are such that he is well qualified for
the position of assessor. He says that
Mr.. Haynes is not an old soldier, and
that the county commissioners refused
to obey the old soldier preference law
in making the appointment.
The place pays $1,000 a year, and
Mr.. James wants all the back pay ad-
judged to him that may be coming by
the time judgment is rendered.
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MONUMENT TO Goth CONGRESS.
Could Leave No Greater Than I'M
proved Waterways.

Washington, D. c., January S.-Re-
spending to an inquiry as to What
will be the greatest monument which
the 60th congress can leave for it
self?" Champ Clark, Democratic
leader, declares equivocally for en-
ergetic attention to the development
of American waterways. Congress-
man Clark halls from Bowling Green,
Mo-, and is one of the most promi-
nent Democrats in the United States.
He has been elected to seven different
sessions of congress and has figured
prominently in the politics of his
party, both as permanent chairman
of the national Democratic conven-
ton at ST. Louis in 1904 and as
chairman of the committee which no.
tilted Judge Parker of his nominal
ton for president. Prior to his entry
into congress he was president of
Marshall college, West Virginia. and
for % years held the record of being
the youngest college president of the
United States.
Speaking of this monument which
he would like to see the 60th con-
gress leave for itself, Congressman
Clark says:
The greatest monument which the
60th congress can leave for itself is
the authorization and inauguration
of an adequate and comprehensive
plan for improving our waterways,
which is the crying necessity of our
times. God in his infinite wisdom
and goodness has never vouchsafed
to any other people such a magnif-
cent system of waterways, and no
people has ever so disregarded and
neglected this opportunity. Why this
is the case, like the peace of God,
passeth all understanding. We must
double our railroad mileage Or i'm
prove our rivers, not only by digging
a 14-foot tunnel from Chicago tie the
Gulf, but by improving all the tribu-
taries of the Mississippi To ade-
quately improve the rivers will not
cost one 1.-THE of what doubling the
railroad mileage will cost, and when
they are finally improved no man or
set of men can secure a monopoly on
river traffic. If these rivers had be-
longed to any other great power they
would have been improved long ago
At last our people are waking up to
the Importance of this vast and
grand undertaking. and it is to be
hoped that the 60th congress will i'm
mortalize itself by starting the work
in such a way as to command the
confidence and hearty support of the
great body of taxpayers. In the ben
ef1cent results it would double dis
count the Panama canal"
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FRIENDS ONCE MORE.
Williams and DeArmond Publicly
Bury the Ratchet.

Washington Jan SIN the presence
of the entire house Representative
Williams (Miss.) and Representative
DeArmond (Mo.) whose physical en-
counter on the floor of the house just
before the Christmas adjournment at
tracted general attention today engaged
in an exchange of amenities which was
generally accepted as a public an
nouncement of their respective inten-
tions not to permit their personal diff
ferences to interfere with the courteous
discharge of their public duties. me
incident occurred in connection with
an effort by Mr.. Dalzell of the commit
tee on rules to get the house to agree to
a rule giving right of way to the Dill
authorizing the cOdif1catiOn and amend
ment Of the penal laws OF the Onlteo
States and limiting general depate LOT
four hours. Several Democrats eX-
messed the opinion that the rule was
scheme to sidetrack other leglslatioH'
Mr.. Dalzell however, refuted this
Minority Leader Williams came TO
the rescue and favored the rule, saying
that congress ought to get rio Oh Tue
report as it embodied the result OF the
labor of the commission lot Ten yea ars D
He said the matter was wholly nom
partisan in every way
To the surprise of every one MT.
Williams then yielded ten or MS ~
minutes time to Mr.. DeArmond MO-
who politely bowed his acknoWleus-
vents The two men constitute the
n,inoritv of the committee on rules
and are necessarily thrown together
in the committees work and other
members Of the house expressed sat
isfaction over their evident intention
to preserve the amenities In their Oh
fetal relations. s,,n-
norted by Sherley of Kentucky, wat,
kins (La.,) Houston (Tenn.o ana
Macon (Ark,l all members OF the
COMMITTEES of revision of the laws
The rule was passed by an over
whelming majority, despite eHorts ~
NJ naNrmond and seven adherents
70 secure the ayes and nays and the
house at once proceeded to the con-
sideration and reading of the Dill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08
CHAS. GR0TEWOHL DEAD
Topeka Man Killed by a Train Near
New Orleans

Word has been received by w. E.
Grotewohl of the accidental death Of
his brother, Charles Grotewhol,
conductor on the Texas and Pacific
railroad who was killed near New
Orleans last week. The last seen of
Mr. Grotewohl was when he started
over the top of a freight train to de-
liver a message to the engineer and it
is supposed that he fell between the
cars. He was missed at the next sta
ton and a searching party found his
mangled remains along side of the
track.
Mr.. Grotewoh1 was reared in To-
peka living for number Of years
with his parents at 1916 West street
while he attended the Topeka high
school The body of Mr.. Grote-
wohl was taken in charge by the Or
der of Railway Conductors of which
order he was a member at the time
Of his death.
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was elected to serve for the ensuing

was elected to serve for the ensuing
year:
L. Noel Glasco, Kan; S. H. Wilson,
Leavenworth; A. D. Kendall, Valley
Falls; Geo. P. Morehouse, Topeka; w.
W. Mills, Topeka; John w. Berry, To-
peka; A. L. Evers, Dillon; D. F. Shirk,
Newton; E. H. Leitzbach. Humboldt;
Marvin Grimes, Hardin, Mo-; E. Ha-
worth. Lawrence; H. B. Kelly, Topeka;
]. B. Larimer, Topeka; L. W. Mills,
Leavenworth; T. c. Biddle, Topeka, and
J. c. McClintock, Topeka.
After the adjournment of the stock
holders meeting. the new board of d.
rectors went into executive session and
elected the following officers to serve
for one year:
A. D. Kendall of Valley Falls, presi-
dent; Samuel H. Wilson of Leaven-
worth, first vice president; George P.
Morehouse of Topeka, second vice pres
ident; E. H. Leitzbach Of Humboldt
third vice president; w. w. Mills of
Topeka treasurer, and John w. Berry
of Topeka, secretary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08

thin ice and it gave way There was a
considerable crowd about who all real
lied the horror of the situation, but
young Meekker was, the only man with
presence of mind and nerve enough to
accomplish the rescue of the two boys.
Meekker crawled out on the thin ice
on his hands and knees and succeed
ed in getting hold of the hand of Will
liam Rawland and pulling him out of
the water. BY this time boards had
been pushed out and he instructed
Rawland to crawl back. Meanwhile
the strain on the thin ice had been
too great and it gave way, precipitat-
ing Meekker into the water. Without
hesitation he swan out to where the
second lad was going down for the
last time. Taking him in his arms
Meekker kept afloat with difficulty
until a rope was thrown him. He
held this in his teeth and with his
burden was lowed ashore.
Meekker did not realize in the least
what he had accomplished, for when
interviewed he said: 81 just came
down to Detroit for couple of days
good time and if this excitement con-
tfnues I shall certainly have it,
All the boys are recovering from
their exposure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08
KNOCKS ON TAFT.
New Hampshire Branch of American
Federation Is Against Him.

Concord, N. H, Jan. s-Opposition to
Secretary William H. Taft as a presi-
Dental candidate was embodied in a
statement issued today by the execu-
tive committee of the state branch of
the American Federation of Labor. The
statement says in part:
I'VE, the executive committee of the
New Hampshire branch of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, in sentiment
and sympathy with union members of
all political parties in this country,
hereby declare ourselves unalterably
opposed to the nomination of William
H. Taft, secretary of war, for the pres
idency, that we recognize in him,
through his public utterances and jul
dicial decisions and opinions the arch
enemy of organized labor; that he Is
the instrument and exponent of CAPT.
talistic power; that the writ of injunc-
ton which he upholds, never was in
tended and never should be applied to
deprive honest industry Of It's personal
rights; that we object to his methods
of campaigning as any one mans man.
however exalted and influential may be
his master, or widespread his own sup
port and endeavor; and that we are
determinedly and irrevocably opposed
to his candidacy"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08

The most convenient drug store in
town is Prices.
MI. E. D. Forney of Cottonwood
Falls is in Topeka today on business.
A car to Joplin this week. One to
San Antonio soon. St. Joe about the
goth. To Portland, Oregon March
/. In which one may secure a re-
duced freight rate, when moving away
or friends are coming to Topeka.
Mention it over phones 186 to Mer-
chants Transfer and Storage company.
We can frequently favor shipper.
Rev. John A. Bright of Campus,
Cove county Kansas, is returning
from a trip to Fairfield and Farming
ton, Ia, and is spending a few days in
the city the guest of w A. S. Bird. Mr..
Bright says he and his wife are very
well pleased with their new home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08
is IT CONSTITUTIONAL?
Prohibition Law Attacked in the
United States Supreme Court.

Washington. Jan. S.-The constitu-
tionality of the Kansas prohibition
law is attacked in liquor cases brought
before the supreme court of the
United States today. The cases re-
ferred to involve an appeal from the
judgment of the Kansas courts against
Fritz Durein, Fred Ross and Fred
Simmons, Topeka saloonkeepers, who
were convicted on the charge of SELL
ing liquor. The attorneys submitted
their arguments by briefs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08
Governor Hears Requisition Case.

Governor Hoch this afternoon heard
the c. w Hammar requfsition case.
This is the case of a requfsition from
the governor of Louisiana for c.. w.
Hammar, a prominent citizen of Par
sons. on the charge of embezzlement.
The row seems to be between two
factions of natural gas company,
and the reQuisition is an effort to get
Hammar back to Louisiana for the
purpose of forcing him to sell out the
controlling interest in the company
which supplies Shreveport with gas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08
CON HEALEY IS DEAD.
Former Member Topeka Police Force
Killed at Salt Lake City.

News has been received in Topeka OF
the death of Con Healey, at Salt Lake
City caused by the accidental explo-
sion of a tank of gasoline. Mr.. Healey
was a detective during the reign of
Chief of Police Frank Stahl and went
to Salt Lake City to work in the Sc
cret service department of the D. & r.
G. railroad. The remains accompanied
by his wife and brother are due to ar
rive in Junction City, the old home this
afternoon and the funeral service will
be held tomorrow morning at 1880.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08
To See Tax Commissioners.

John Caskey, county assessor of
Wyandotte county, Joseph Hoffman,
county commissioner and Frank Hol-
comb, county clerk, of Wyandotte, are
all in Topeka today consulting with
the state tax commissioners about tho
Interpretation of some doubtful phases
of the new assessment and taxation
law
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08
TAFT is ENDORSED.
Oklahoma State Committee Issue Call
for Convention.

Oklahoma City, Jan. S.-A special
from Guthrie says the Republican
state committee in session there today
endorsed Secretary Taft for president.
A call for a delegate convention to
consist of $40 delegates and to meet
at Oklahoma City, March IL, to select
delegates to the national convention
at Chicago was agreed upon. When
Secretary Taft's name was proposed
for endorsement prolonged demon
stration resulted ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08
New York Money Market.

New York, Jan. 8.-MONEY-Money on
call steady, 2Q7 per cent; ruling rate, s
per cent: offered at per cent Time
loans easy. Sixty and 80 days, per cent;
months, 6 Ter cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper per
cent; sterling exchange easy with actual
business in bankers bills at $4S51xG4- SGD
for demand and at $4S1 for go day bills;
commercial bills, "a. S03A.
SILvER-Bar silver, 571tc; Mexican dol
lars 441kc.
BOMBS bonds firm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08
TAKES A NOVEL VIEW.
Auditor Nation on the Effect OF PASS
age of Primary Bill.

James NJ. Nation, state auditor, taxes
novel view of the possible erect OF the
enactment OF a primary law III oi'o
the matter today he said;
I'm my Judgment, the passage OF a + Prie
mary alection law to take erect any tll IN, :
+ necessary for the political parties OF
tha state to make their nominations under
that primary law, regardless OF whetn sl
Conventions The acts of the conventions
would be of effect.
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is a tail fully three feet in length of
brown and old gold.
On the stage are to be found the
stylish birds of the pigeon kingdom
all of them bedecked with their fin
est garbs and with a seeming know
ledge that they are on parade. There
are the pouters who never pout and
the tumblers who always roll and
the ringnecks with their gorgeous
boas of fashionable brown, while the
fan tails bill and coo in apparent per-
feet happiness.
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HE is A HERO NOW.
Eighteen Year Old Boy Rescues Two
Skaters From Drowning.

Detroit, Mich, Jan. 8.-Faye Meek
ker, who is visiting in Detroit, brought
joy and happiness to the parents of
two small boys by his heroism. Meek
ker is only 8 years of age and came
here from Muskegon, Mich, to visit
relatives. In the afternoon he went
skating at 'Stanton's slip; west of the
waterworks. WILLIAM .Rawland and
Donald Glenny yentured too far on the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08
Two Divorce Suits Filed.

Two divorce suits were filed in district
court today. Mary Elizabeth Wagstaff,
who was married June q, 1901, to John N.
Wagstaff, desires to be relieved of his
further presence. She charges him with
non-support. s. r. Francis begs to be re-
leased from his marital relations with
VIVA Francis, whom he married in 1900,
because she abandoned him IN December,
1905, and went elsewhere to live.
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Card of Thinks

We wish to thank our many friends
and neighbors for their kindness
shown US during the sickness and
death of our little darling Pansy; also
for the beautiful floral offerings.
MR. AND MRS. H. E. JACKSON
AND FLA MILY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08
CEMENT co. CHOOSES OFFICERS.
A. ID. Kendall of Valley Falls Is
Elected President.

At the regular annual meeting of the
STOCKHOLDERS of the Humboldt Portland
Cement company which was held at the
offices Of the company in the Shawnee
building Tuesday afternoon, January
Z. 1908, the following board OF directors