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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-15
PLUCKY SHERIFF'S WIFE.
Grappies With Escaping Prisoner and
Prevents a General Jail Delivery.

Atchison, Kan, July 15.-Mrs. ]. A.
Smith, wife of the sheriff of this coun-
ty. in a hand-to- hand conflict with a
prisoner who was escaping from the
county Jail held him so long before he
finally overpowered her that he was
soon overtaken and captured.
From the corridor of the Jail
"chuckhole" about sixteen by twenty
inches in the wall leads into a hall in
the Jail from the kitchen. Through this
opening food is passed to the prison.
ers. When a young woman employed
by Mrs. Smith opened the door of the
"chuckhole'' to pass breakfast in to the
prisoners oliver Keene, held on a
charge of forgery. threw an empty can
at her. frightening her away and
started to crawl out. Mrs. Smith, who
was standing near, tried to fight him
back. She is a healthy, powerful wo-
man, weighing 200 pounds. Keene
finally succeeded in getting through the
hole on to table in the hall, but as
he stepped off the table Mrs. Smith
grabbed Keene with both hands and
threw him to the floor on his back.
Then he began to kick and scramble
kicked on the face and body. but still
held on, screaming for help. Finally
she wrenched her back and had to
loosen her hold. Deputy Sheriff His
song, who was in the Jail, had to I'M
lock and lock two doors behind him
before he could get to Mrs. Smiths re-
lief.
Charley Redding. another prisoner,
made his escape while Keene and Mrs.
Smith were mixing things Sheriff
Smith was in his office and, by tho
time he was notified. the two men had
escaped. Keene and Redding ran a
block and a half and took refuge In a
he ,oy,
who lived in the house, hearing a noise
went down to investigate, and discov-
cred the two men, who begged her to
keep quiet. She went upstairs, and
the men left the cellar. They started
for the alley and ran into Deputy
Sheriff HissonN. who forced them to
surrender. Bow men were in jail
charged with a minor offense, but an
effort now will be made to send them
to the penitentiary.
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HEARST BOOM LAUNCHED.
d. c. Delegates to National Conven.
ton Instructed for Him.

New York, July 15.-Local leaders
of the Independence Party announce
that the national convention of the
party. which has been called in Chi
cago on July 81 will complete it's
business in two. days.
The independence party leaders
state that there are four candidates in
the field for president. They are:
Howard s. Taylor. of Illinois; N. w.
Howard of Alabama; Thomas L. His
gen, of Massachusetts,, and Charles A.
Walsh of Iowa.
Washington, D. c., July 15.-The
dence league were elected at mass
meeting here last night and were in
structed to vote for the nomination of
VIM. r. Hearst for the presidency and
Colonel John Temple Graves. of
Georgia, for vice president.
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sources of the nation, and l par
ticularly regretted his inability to at
tend the meeting of the governors in
May. because that meeting was in
part the fruit of seed he had sown
years before. The name of Grover
Cleveland will always be prominently
identified with the movement to pro-
tect the forests of the United States
and 1t seemed to me eminently fitting
that one of the forests which he
created should bear his name
throughout all time. Sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
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HURLED FROM BED
Occupants of Apartment House
Thrown Into Fanic
By the Explosion of a POmb i'm
Courtyard.
WINnnWS VuTERCn
WINDOWS SHATTERED.
And Zig Hole Torn in the
Cement Floor.
There Were ~ Families in the
Building.

New York. July 15.-A dynamite
bomb exploding with terrific force
early today in the areaway of a fash
ionable apartment house in West
14oth street hurled scores of the oc-
cupants from their beds. shattered
many windows and threw the tenants
into a panic. A huge hole was torn
in the cement flooring of the court
where the bomb went off and con-
siderable other damage was done to
the building.
There were AZ families living in
the apartment house, but as far as
the police could learn, none of them
had received threatening letters and
the reason for the bomb throw
ing is much of mystery. The only
clue that the police have is one fur
nished by a bell boy of a nearby
apartment house. He said that i'm
mediately before the explosion he was
sitting on the front steps and saw
three men pass. They were carrying
a small bundle and walked in the
direction of Watts court where the
bomb later exploded.
The boy said he did not see the men
enter the building, as a passing milk
wagon shut off his view, but moment
later he heard the crash of the explos-
ion, the force of which threw him
from his chair and an instant later
three men ran swiftly down the street
and disappeared.
Although the police were notified at
once IT was half an hour before they
reached the building.
Almost directly across the street from
Watts court is the old Watts manor
house which is occupied by Miss Mary
b. Pinckney. 80 years old, one of the
heirs of the Watts estate. The block
in which the explosion occurred is &C.
cupied by number of high class
apartment houses.
Detectives working on the case say
they have no clue to the perpetrators
and that II 1t proves to be an attack by
members of the black hand it will be
the first of the kind in New York, di-
rected to the Weather class of resi-
dents.
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Kansas City Produce Market.

Kansas City. July 5.-Close-wHEAT-
Receipts 1853 cars. Unchanged to lie lower.
No. 2 hard. es1tcdsl 90; No. hard, Ssszc1
800: No. red. S9GS9lzc; No. red, SIC.
CORN-1zQ1hc lower. July. 74c; Sept.
70sxc: Dec. 551sc. Cash: No. mixed
761zc: No. mixed, 751xGT6c; No white.
s21.c; No. 3 white. s11x@S2c.
OATSUnchanged. No. white 54656c
No. mixed. 5165oc.
RYE@13G77c.
HAY-Steady. Choice timothy. s. 501
1000; choice prairie. old, 800; new. 5000
BUTTER-Steady. Creamery extra, 21c:
packing stock, 15%c.
EGGStFfrrn. Fresh extras 1sc: current
receipts. 141zc.
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New York, July 5-MONEY-Money on
call easy. 1AG1z per cent. ruling rate and
closing bid IA per cent; offered at III per
cent Time loans slightly firmer. Sixty
days. 2 per cent; 80 days, 2@2A per cent;
six months. ga per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper. 31z@i
per cent; sterling exchange easier, with
actual business mi bankers bills at A.Slo
for demand and at 81 S5% "A S5S5 for 90 day
bills: commercial bills. $4.s5A a.. S5N.
SILvER-Bar silver. $3.50: Mexican dol
lars. &c.
BONDS-Governmen bonds steady.
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Found Dead in His Chair.

La Crosse. Wis. July 15.-with a
bullet in his heart, Albert Platz, a
rich tanner, was found dead in his
chair at his office. A revolver was
on the floor beside him. This cir
cumstance gave the case the appear
ance of an accident. but there are
other incidents which led the police
to make a thorough investigation of
murder and suicide theories. Platz was
president of Mexican Plantation
company, in which the original in
vestors. including himself, sustained
heavy financial losses.
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Being Educated for a Politician.

San Francisco, July 15.-Baron
Katsuji Utsumi arrived from Japan
Yesterday. He came to America pri-
marily to visit the town of Fitchburg.
Mass, the home of his former instruc-
tor and present travelling companion.
Frederick A Shattuck professor of
English and literature. at university
at Toxic. Utsumi is being educated
for a political career.
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President Will Read a Paper.

oyster Bay. n. Y, July 15.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt will go over to New
port. r. L., on July %. in the yacht
Mayflower to be present at the closing
session of a conference now being
held at the naval war college. At the
suggestion of the president, discus
sion on the plans for a proposed new
battleship has been in progress at the
college for some time and Mr.. Roose-
Welt will read a paper on the subject
at the closing session.
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Kansas city 1--we Stock.

Kansas City, Mo-, July 15.-CATTLE-
Receipts 5000 including 1000 head south.
ems. Market steady. Native steers, $3.50
500; southern steers. 50 40d5.25; southern
cows. $2.0093 60; native cows and heifers,
bulls 81 4Od4. Is; calves, s. 5Od6O0; western
steers, A.00G6 IS: western cows. $275Q4.o0.
HOGS-Receipts today 5000 head. Mar
s seay SlvS @s To- Sn aeke OF anS
s6.50ddS.70; light. S.. 40d6.60; pigs, s500QS.75
SHEEP-Receipts today 5,0D0 head. Mar
ket strong. Muttons, "a: 0o@4 60: lambs. A5o
s.. 00Q42 %.
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Chicago July 15.-CATTLE@Receipt to-
day were about 1900 head. Market steady.
Beeves. A.35d7. 80: Texans, S. 50do75; west
erens. $4.5Od6. 30; stockers and feeders, $3.50
GAO: calves, A.5O66.75
HOGS-Receipts today about 240O0 head.
Market weak. Light. Sc. 20@6.s0 mixed,
$50; good to choice heavy. Sc. 5oGI6.9 81; pigs.
$5.1576. 10: bulk of sales. $6.60@6.SD.
SHEEP-Reselpts today were about
1900 head Market strong. Natives, $275
d475: westerns. s2.7s64b; yearlings, $40
as. IS; lambs. $45Oq7.0o; westerns. s4.5O9
200
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WELCOME TO OUR CITY.
CONTINUED from Page One
Fine Wheat in Edwards.

]. B. vosburg, who conducts a
general store at Lewis in Edwards
county registered early. These are
pretty busy times with u.s. said Mr..
Vosburg, but 1 figured that a few
days spent in Topeka at this time
would be a paying investment. We
are just now finishing harvesting and
getting ready for threshing. and
while / am on that subject we are
going to thresh a fine crop of wheat
this fall despite the lack of moisture
early in the spring" s.s:
Mcfarland Here I'm Force.
F. E. Rengle. who conducts res
taurant at Mcfarland said: Nearly
every business man in Mcfarland is
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An Fmporia Boy Drowned.

Emporia Kan. July 15.-Harry
Ratshlage, the s-year-old son of Mr..
ani Mrs Herman Ratshlage, was
drowned in a big tank of water at the
tair grounds in which he had gone
swimming with other BOYS. The tank
was used for a high dive act at Jle
county fair.
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Kansas City Live Stock Sales.

Kansas City Live Stock Sales.
1.-THE following sales were made today at
the stock yards. Kansas City. Mo-. and
telephoned to The Topeka State Journal
by Clay, Robinson & Co.. live stock COM
mission merchants. with offices at all
rlaraets.1
Kansas City. July Is.
CATTLE-Receipts today 5000 head.
Market steady.
HOGS-Receipts today 5000 head. Mar
ket 10615c lower. Bulk of sales, Sc. 40Q6.5o );
top. $3.50.
! SHEEP-Receipts today 5000 head. Mar
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Toueka Market.

FURNISHED by the Charles Wolf Pack
ing Co, yards close at noon Saturday.
Can now handle wagon hogs same as be-
fore flood Cannot use hogs under $50
pounds. Do not market hogs unless same
are we'll finished, as we cannot use half
FAT stun We give below prices effective
All once until further notice.1
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New York Sugar and Coffee Market.

New York, July 15.-SUGAR-Raw sugar
quiet Fair refining. $3.50; centrifugal, IS
test, $4.36; molasses sugar. $3.61. Refined
sugar quiet Crushed, $40: powdered.
IS so; granulated. $40.
COFFEE-Market quiet. No. Rio.
15-16c; No. 4 Santos, SIC. 49,.
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Chicaeo Produce Marker.

Chicago. ILL.,. July 15.-CHEESE-Marke
steady. Daisies. 116111zc; Twins. 101kc;
Young Americas. 111xc
POULTRY-Alive poultry firm. Tur-
BUrTER-Market steady. Creamery. Is
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Cotton Market.

New York July 15.-COTTON-Sales to-
day none. Spot closed quiet. Middling up
lands, $11 10; mddling gulf, $11.35.
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Market Gossip.
New York Stock Nfarket.

Wall ST.. New York. July Is .-STOCKS-
Opening advances in prices of stock today
were general, but small running orders
from 1sdA point for those most actively
traded in. The volume of transactions
was large and widely distributed Cana
dian Pacific gained / point and Reading
and Central Leather large fractions.
good volume of business was trans
acted during the first half hour of trad
ing and prices moved up an additional
fraction. Around II o'clock the market
began to ease off and the western stocks
fell back to yesterdays closing.
The reaction brought out renewed de-
mand and prices recovered to the top
level. Dealings were less active than dur
ing the first hour 80
Bonds were steady.
Ranges of Prices on stocks.
FURNISHED by J. E. Gall Commissions,
Grains. Provisions. Cotton and Stocks.
Onice ITO w. Sixth st. Phone 1851
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In your letter to Taft take a strong
position. Tell him that the presid ent
had no great difficulty in making a
place for Wynne, that he promptly
took care of Cockrell and that you
notice that Murphy, a Bryan Demo-
crat. was nicely provided for after the
commission was recognized.
Il would not hesitate to call his at
tention to the fact that you had stood
by the administration whenever it
NEEDED help and that you expected to
continue to do SO and that you felt
that you had a right to ask that your
friend had rendered the service to the
presidents administration. that ] had,
be recognized in a desirable manner.
The president was irritated at your
sending him that clipping. 1t con-
firmed the prediction that you and I
both made to him last winter, and he
SmartS under If
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Topeka, July Is.
HOGS

: Per cwt
CONS fgoo snon; ...........ss s S SSg5gs; %
HEIFERS .......- ..........-...-... s.o0QS76
ELVES S9v good. 100 to- zoo ibs.j... 4SSgs %
CALVES SGSss &N nD'; PouITRY SO00S''
wholesale prices furnished by The Tope-
ana Under. lac; old COCKS. &c: young t t1s
keys. 10c; ducks. &c; geese. &C.
SUFFERERS.
FURNISHED by The Continental Creamery
Co.. Topeka, Kan.J
GsEsMER7 Bd 5isi cage s,xc.
n EL tG BsurTER-2ac.
Packing Co, Hills w; Laurent street,
pouLr HSes aMn h re: proler.. ,,c;
ROSTERS. &c: old ROSTERS. &c; turkeys, l0c:
BUTTiTER-Packins stock. lbc.
Wholesale FRUIT AND PRODUCE.
FURNISHED by sam'l E. Lux, Wholesale
Pc PTEEsARs-caHfOrnia Bartlett. per box.
$275
ONIONS-California. per crate, $40.
CUCUMBERS-Per bu.. S2.25.
PLUMS-California. per crate. sl.256
CANTALoUPEs-Per crate, 81. soas.oo.
WATERMEL0NsEPer ID. Ne;
BLACkBEHRlES-fer crate, $3.50
PEACHEs-Eloest per crate so975c.
PINEAPPLES-Per box, 3.5o
LEMONS-California, $375d45o
ORANGEs-valencia. per box. $1,000
500. ~s, -
NAVAL oRANGEs-Per box, s2.7so
BANANAs-Medium sized punches. :, rs
@2.50; large punches. s275aa.0o: Jumbo.
s. 25G3.50.
TOMATOEs-Per 4-basket crate. sc.
LETTUCE-Per basket, 35c
RADISHESLPer doz., 2Oc
TURNIPS-Per bushei S1OO
BEETS-Per doz. 30c.
CARROTSPer doz. punches, <oc.
SPINACH-Per bu., t0c.
POTATOES-Per bu., $1.00.
WAX BEANe-Per box. &c.
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Chicago Grain Ma

Chicago Grain Market
Furnished by j. E. Gall. Commissions.
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocka
Office no w. Sixth st. Phone 4S6.
Chicago, July Is.
Open High Low Close Yes
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0NG---BRIsToW.

CONTINUED from Page one.)
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@e1c; dairy, 17daOc
! EGGS-Market steady. Firsts, 171fc.
New York Produce Market.

New York Produce Market.
New York. July 15.-BCTTER-Marfe
steady and unchanged. Receipts were H.
500
CHEESE-Firm. State full cream spec
ials, 111k6121fc; do. small colored or white
fancy. 11Ac; do. large colored or white
fancy. lie; do. good to prime, 10q101zc; do.
common. SA69%c.
EGGSsteady. Western firsts, 1s10
191xc; seconds, 17d1sc.
POULTRY-Alive. firm; spring. 1sc;
fowl. 13c; turkeys. lie. Dressed. irregular;
fowl. 121s@14c.
Market Gossip.
FURNISHED by J. E. Gall, Commissions.
Grains. Provisions. Cotton and Stocks.
Office no w. Sixth st. Phone 1851
Liverpool opening cables: Wheat mdSd
lower; corn unchanged to I'D lower.
Liverpool second cables: Wheat ssG5kd
lower; corn sd lower.
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Kansas City Grain Market.
Furnished by j. e. Gall. Commissions.
Grains, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks.
Office ITO w. Sixth ST. Phone 1851
Kansas City. July 10
Omen IIixh LOW Close Yes
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'Ex-div. . per cent.
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Bristow Asks Questions.

Mr.. Bristow replied to Senator
Longs criticisms, and to the letter by
stating that he did not propose to en-.
ter into a personal controversy; that
he was a candidate for United States
senator solely on the political issues
involved.
He then put the following questions
to Senator Long, and demanded that
he answer them:
No Are you in favor of a law
limiting the amount of capitalization
of public service corporations to the
actual cost of the enterprise?
If you are why did you not vote for
such measures when they were before
the senate, and why have you not en-
deavored to have such a law enacted?
No. Are you in favor of giving
| the Interstate Commerce commission
| authority and providing 1t with means
| to ascertain the value of railroads? If
you are why did you not vote for such
measures when they were before the
senate and why have you not endeav-
ored to have such law passed?
No. 3-Do you still maintain the
| position taken in your Emporia speech
] that so long as you are In congress
you propose to vote against any cor
rection of the long and short haul
evils by which Kansas is so grossly
| Disseminated against?
No. Are you in favor of author
! izing the Interstate Commerce COM
mission to correct inequalities and in
justice in railway rates upon its own
| Initiative? If so, why did you not vote
for such provisions when they were
| before the senate and why have you
not endeavored to have law enacted
giving such authority to the commits
sion?
No. 5-Are you in favor of an
amendment to the constitution max
ing United States senators elected by
| the people? If SO, why have you not
voted for such provisions when they
have been before the senate and why
have you not endeavored to have such
an amendment submitted.
| The closing speeches did not devel-
Cd any new argument of great impor-
lance.
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Live Stock Commission Merchants. Stock Yards. IA

M asU Es SS STs S g 81 s9 60 81
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How to Work Roosevelt.

1.-THE only way to get anything frol
Roosevelt>is to keep at it doggedly an
persistently. Foraker gets things b.
cause he never lets him rest until
gets it. He complains, cajoles an
f1atters. In writing Taft you can te
him that you will guarantee the longe
and better he knows me the better h
will like me and 1 will see that you
prediction is verified, that II he wi
make this appointment and after
have covered six months IL he is ne
satisfied that you will see that / re
sign with the slightest embarrassment
to him.
Am sorry to trouble you, but TIL
appointment think would serve
good purpose, coming as it would Ju:
after / have filed my report. 70
might state to him that you are s
much interested that you will come
Washington il necessary. though
would be a great inconvenience no
since you are preparing to go with hill
to the Philippines to be gone thre
months.
II will write Will White as you suf
gest. Sorry that I should have trol
bled you as 1 have had to about tn
matter. When I get into the senate
will help you with some of your trol
bles, and when it is necessary to rails
the ID and few other things at tt
White House, you can always put thu
job on me. 1 would like to go there OF
casionally with a big stick and have
out. Hope you are well. So you hay
been to Salina. Sorry was not Their
Yours, ]. L. BRISTOW."
Bisbee daily review., 1908-01-28
CAMPBELL TO DECIDE
 LEGALITY OF POKER
Expected To Pass On Friendly
 Games" Soon.

PHOENIX, Jan. 25.-Whether oI not the so-called private" sand friendly" games of poker which are 1 found running throughout the Terri tory are under tae ban of the anti islature is matter to be decided by Judge Campbel1-af Tucson. prob ably at no distant date.
 Some time ago District Attorney Robertson of Yuma county appeared in the district court at Tucson and asked for an injunction to prevent the operation of poker game in the Stag saloon in the town of Yuma.
 The suit was brought against W. H. Lyon and L. o. Stahi, proprietors of the Stag saloon in Yuma, and o. F. Townsend, owner Of the building ano is attracting considerable attention in all parts of the Territory, as upon the decision of Judge Campbell depends the rights of the many games now op- erating throughout Arizona.
 Several games Of tae kind mention ed in the suit filsd by the Yuma coun- ty district attorney were operated in Tucson not many months ago, but fl was decided that they came under thu ban of the city ordinance prohibitin gambling and were all closed down However, in Prescott. Flagstaff, Bis bee. Tucson and several other places in the Territory games of this kind are said to be operated. although not in exactly what could be called a pub He manner. However. the games are known of in some Of the towns and anyone dssirious of sitting in little
Bisbee daily review., 1908-01-28

friendly game of poker would have no trouble in being accommodated.
 Considerable has been said and much has been printed in the papers regarding these games, and at last the matter has been brought into court and the decision of Judge Campbell when given, will settle the matter for for all time.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-01-28

Go to the Copper Queen Hotel fol your dinners. 5:30 to p. m. Price $1.00. Good cooking and splendid va
 riety. Services also a Ia carte.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-01-28

Review War, Ads. Bring Results.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-01-28

Review Want Ads Bring Results-