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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-28
WILKINSON COULDN'T DO TT.
Sheriff Fails to Secure Lind, the
Handcuff Wizard.

Sheriff Wilkerson, with three pairs
of handouts from the Jail, tried to
secure Lind, the handcuff wizard,
who performs at the Majestic theater.
Last night Lind almost Immediately
released himself from the handouts.
Sheriff Wilkerson tried every pair of
handouts which he had, but was I'M
able to find any which could offer
any material resistance to Mr. Lind's
efforts. The audience greatly enjoy
ed Sheriff Wilkerson's discontinue
Lind is not only a wizard with the
handouts, but knows how to escape
from the straight Jacket as well. This
morning he was asked by State
Journal reporter just how he man.
aged to take off the straight jacket.
Lind says that he has to dislocate his
shoulder and by extraordinary eXer-
ton, he pulls it off with his teeth.
The kind of straight jacket which he
Leavenworth where he played last
week. He invites anyone to place it
on him and if necessary they can
place more holes in the straps, and
can do anything they wish to prevent
his escape Lind further says that
he has no confederate to assist him
in unloosening the straps. He does
that by rolling around. Last night at
the Majestic he opened a pair Of
Spanish handouts in view Of the au-
dience with the exception of turning
his back. He does this to convince
the audience that he does not use a
key.
The handouts which he uses were
brought here by a deputy sheriff Of
Geary county.
Lind is planning to give public
exhibition sometime during the week
as soon as he can find something to
make 1t sensational. During his ca
reer he has broken out of over one
hundred prisons in various parts Of
the country. His straight jacket stunt
is certainly rich one.
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PROPERTY Is MOVING AGAIN.
Real Estate Men Dispose of Several
Topeka Homes.

Judging from our business during
that Topeka has entirely recovered
furry" said Elmer Barnes, of the
Barnes Realty company. I'VE have
sold Is or 20 pieces of property and
have a number of other large deals In
sight. Among the sales made by our
firm during this time is the home place
of ]. B. Marshall, 80 Quincy street.
which was purchased by A. A. Vogel,
who is employed in the mechanical de-
partment of the Santa Fe. The pro-
perty brought $3.50.
ct. H. Mitchell, a travelling man who
will move to Topeka at once purchased
the c. H. Thompson property at 1868
Tyler street, paying $4,000 for it. We
sold another piece of property to
travelling salesman who will take pos
session of it at once as home. This
was the G. w. Hamilton home at lips
Clay street, which was purchased by
c. ]. Smith, the consideration being
$500.
ct S. Wolf bought the D. c. Piatt
property at 1928 Harrison street through
our firm, paying $500 for the place
which he will occupy as a home and
there are a number of smaller trans
fers of Topeka property which 1 do not
recall at this time besides the country
transfers. Many of the buyers expect
to find Topeka property cheaper than
usual on account of the recent financial
furry but 1 cannot see but what pro
perty is bringing as good a price as 1t
did earlier in the winter"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-28
HIS CLOCK WAS SLOW.
UnreIiability of Time Piece Cost
Robert.

Because he was convinced that his
clock was five minutes slow Robert
Harrison of 1882 North Central avenue
pleaded guilty Monday in the police court
to keeping open Sunday and was fined
So. For some time past Harrison has
invited his acquaintance to his home
Saturday night for rcoial dance at SO
much per dance and following his GUS
ton. the same thing happened last Sat
urday.
1t seems that Harrison has had
habit in the past Of stopping the clock
lust before the midnight hour and al
lowing the dancers an extra hour or so
off of the first few offered Sunday. 1t
was to this practice that the nelghbors
complained and it was this which
caused his arrest When arrested,
few minutes after midnight. he protest.
ed that his watch and clock were right,
but Detective Judkins convinced him
of his error and confession OF quit
indicates that he lost confidence in his
time pieces during the night.
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago, Jan. s.-wHEAT-The wheat
market opened firm today with good buy
ing by commission houses and shorts. The
liverpool market was firm and receipts in
the northwest were below those of last
week. May wheat opened unchanged to
&c higher, at 81 00s an. CO.'S, and sold at
so Mnneapolis Duluth d and srai5sf Ks
cars last week and 154 cars one year ago.
Sentiment continued ,,, bullish - all a; day
at Kansas City, May selling up to $102
The close was strong, with May up nc, at
$1.O1h.
" in sympathy with wheat. May corn
opened unchanged to 1sc higher. at 61ls0
sic. and sold at 61ssG6115c. Local re-
ceipts were 1894 cars, with two cars of con-
Prices held firm until short time be-
fore the close, when they weakened on
realizing sales. The close was easy, with
May hc lower, at SIC.
OATsThe oats market was dull and
steady May oats opened sfc higher, at
53zc, and sold at 53ssc. Local receipts
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been cultured man, as culture would
have robbed him of his familiarity
with the simpler things which he de-
picted in his verse.
"A scotch gathering without John
Macdonald on the program would not
pc complete, so he was called upon.
he tersely described the Scotch cos
tunes and the various clans of Scot
land, among the greatest of which
was the Macdonald clan. Every
Scotchman is supposed to blow his
own horn.
The jingling melodies of Scotland
which are so familiar to all formed
the music for the evening. Peter Nc
NAB, Miss Grace Page, David Bowie,
Miss Mcintosh, Miss Terry, and a
quartet composed of Miss Mcintosh,
Miss Terry. DR.. Elmer Hill and Da-
vld Bowie, accompanies Miss Effie
Page and Miss Edith Gabriel All
the numbers of the program were
heartily applauded and encored. The
Thro' the Rye was especially fine
and called out prolonged applause
She was forced to respond with can
ME Laurie" which she rendered in a
way that could not but touch the ten
derest feelings of the older Scotch
people. Miss Brown is one of the
coming sopranos of Topeka. She is
soloist in the Second Baptist church.
Arthur Morton, occupied leading
place on the program He appeared
in the tartan kits of the royal fam
lily OF the Stuarts and appeared in i'm
presentations which were taken from
the works of Harry Lauder, a leading
Scotch comedian
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SAID A GOOD WORD FOR BURNS.
Topeka Scots Listened to His Songs
and Talked About Each Other.

Bobbie Burns, the great Scotch
poet, was remembered last night by
the Topeka Scottish society, about
two hundred members of which gath
cred in Gemmell hall at the Y. NJ. C.
A to pay their respects to the great
of his birth.
1t was distinctively a Scotch gath
ering. Everybody who was there had
some traces Of Scotch ancestry The
flag Of old Scotland in the time of the
Stuarts formed part of the decora-
lions. John Macdonald went through
the audience and distributed some
native Scotch heather.
The program which was given was
mostly musical and Scotch music
was sung as it has never before been
sung in Topeka. There were a few
short talks. chief among which was
that of T. A. McNeal, who Is a cross
between Irish and Scotch. Mr.. Nc
Neil was introduced by John S. Daw-
son, assistant attorney general, who
presided as the descendant of a Scot
fish lord of some three hundred years
ago. Mr.. McNeal admitted the truth
of this charge, but explained that the
Scotch race must either be degenerat-
ing or they were mighty hard up for
earls some three hundred years ago.
Mr.. McNeal explained that his ances-
tors stopped off in ireland a few years
before coming here. His remarks
were chiefly confined to lauding the
Scotch as people and in this the
his remarks by a tribute to Burns,
whom he described as the greatest
poet of nature. He disagreed with
Carlyle and maintained that Burns.
without an education. was a greater
poet than he would have been had he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-28
ECZEMA NOW Durable.
All Itching Skin Diseases Which Are
Not Hereditary Instantly Relieved
by Oil of Wintergreen,
Can Eczema be cured?
Some physicians say Yes"
Some saw No"

Can Eczema be cured?
Some physicians say Yes"
Some say No"
The real question is, what is meant
by Eczema?" If you mean those scaIv
eruptions. those diseases which make
their first appearance not at birth but
years afterward. and perhaps not until
middle age-then there can no longer be
any question that these forms Of Ec
zema are curabl
mixed with other vegetable ingredients.
will kill the germs that infest the skin.
Apply this prescription to the skin. and
instantly that awful itch is gone The
very moment the liquid is applied, that
agonizing, tantaliZing itch disappears.
and continued applications of this ex-
ternal remedy soon cure the disease.
We carry in stock this oil of winter
green properly compounded into D. D.
d. Prescription. While we are not sure
that it will cure all those cases of skin
trouble which are inherited, we posi-
lively know that this D. D. D. Pre-
ecription, whenever rightly used will
cure every last case of genuine Ecze-
ma or other skin trouble, which did not
exist at birth.
We know this. Anyway you yourself.
will know that D. D. D. Prescription in
stantly takes away the itch the moment
IT is applied to the skin. Geo. W. STAINS
field. druggist, 632 Kansas avenue To-
peka Stop that itch today-instantIy
Just call at our store and try this re-
freshing and soothing liquid; also ask
about D. D. D. Soap.
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opening of business today. The volume
of transactions was light and gains were
generally small. Delaware and Hudson
and United States Pipe preferred rose !
point and Reading, Northern Pacific ana
American Smelling large fractions. ss...l
Profit taking sales made small impress
sions on the market. Aside from Reading
and Northern Pacific much was held back
occasionally when the offerings became
too large. There was quite a substantial
demand for the we'll known stocks ana
particularly Brooklyn Rapid Transit ana
St. Paul. Delaware and Hudson improved
% points, Mexican Central, Amalgamated
Copper and American Sugar rs points.
Union Pacific ~ points. Northern Pacific,
Southern Pacific United States Steel pre-
ferred and American Smelling / point.
Cleveland c., c. and st. Louis, after ris-
ing points, relapsed 10 points on the re-
duction of the semi-annual dividend from
to 1 per cent. The rise in the general list
was halted, but was afterwards resumed
New York, Chicago and ST. Louis second
preferred rose points on the increase In
its annual dividend from to 8 per cent
American Smelling advanced points.
Pennsylvania and Virginia Iron IL points
and New York Central Great Northern
preferred, the Ore Certificates, Anaconda.
American Car and Distillers point. Prices
Bonds were strong.
The stock market grew more reaction
airy in the afternoon and much of the
days gains were lost. The recessiOns
averaged about a point for the principal
stocks. Canadian Pacific extended its loss
points and Mackay companies preferred
IL points
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NO LIGHT ON JosLIN DEATH.
Coroner's Jury Finds That He Died
From Unknown Causes

The coroner's jury impaneled to en-
quire into the cause of the death of J.
A. Joslin whose body was found at
his home in Oakland several days af-
ter death. returned a verdict this
morning finding that the deceased
came to his death from causes I'M
Rundell. William Bartlett, C. W.
Thompson, John w. Cook, Fred Young
and Asa Antrim.
A number OF witnesses testified but
their stories threw but little light on
a possible cause for the death of JOS
lin and it will probably never be
known whether it was case of suicide
or murder though all of the circum
stances point to the latter. Mrs. Levita
Joslin had assisted her with her house
work during the week before his
death and that he left her home Mon
day evening, in an intoxicated condi-
ton and stated that he had a notion
to jump into the river
This is the only thing that sug
gested suicide to the jury and their
verdict indicates that they did not con-
slider it of enough Importance to find
a verdict on this testimony alone.
Several of the neighbors living near
the Joslin home in Oakland testified
as to the peculiarities of the old man
and his fondness for liquor 1t Is said
that at one time Joslin was one of the
best known conductors on the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway system and had
a run out Of an Iowa town but lost
his place on account of the drink
habit His relatives, if he has any,
have not been located and the body
has been buried by the county in the
potter's field.
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FREIGHT HEARING GOES OVER.
Continued to Give Railroads Time to
Investigate.

After the state railroad commission
had introduced all its exhibits and ia
bIes in the hearing of the freight rate
case Monday, the railroads asked for
a continuance so that they may have
COPIES of all the tables and exhibits
made for the purpose Of securing re-
buttal testimony.
The railroad commission consented
to this. and the hearing was post
poned indefinitely.
It may take the railroads a long
time to get ready to continue the
hearing. The railroads have a way
Of taking their time to such matters.
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WHEAT
Kansas City Live Stock Market.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 2s.-CATTLE-
Receipts 1900, including 400 southern rs
Market steady. Native steers, 81. 20Q5. IS;
southern steers, S. 90a5. 70; southern cows,
s.. S0@3. 60; native cows and heifers, 81 400
$50; stockers and feeders. $300d4.60; bulls.
50 9o@5.25; western cows, 50. 75@4.5O.
HOGS-Receipts today 10000 head. Mar
ket steady to sc higher. Bulk of sales
AS; pigs and light. $3.70@4.30 80.
SHEEP-Receipts today 5000 head. Mar
ket strong. Muttons, "a. 25@5 60; lambs, Sc. %
AGO: range wethers, S4.50Q600; fed ewes,
81 25G5 90
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nous passage of senate bill No. 124.
The affidavit was to the effect that
the assessor had no assistance what
ever in preparing his statement.
Senator Dolley's bill providing for
the holding of normal institutes at
county seats, instead of alternating
their sessions between the several
towns of the respective counties, did
not pass without fight, which only
terminated when the call of the SEN
ate was demanded and enough abb
sentees had been brought in by the
sergeant at arms, with changes Of
votes on the part of those present, to
give the bill a constitutional majority,
the final vote standing 22 to IL. The
opposition came largely from senator's
in whose counties there are towns
larger than the county seat. 1t was
stated in support of Dolley's PROPOSE
ton that as the old law stood there
was in some counties a fight every
time a county superintendent is elected
over the location of the annual nor
NAL institute. 1t should be said that
the call of the senate was necessitat-
ed by the absence of so many senators
at committee, caucus and conference
meetings.
The bill defining what shall con-
stitute criminal SANDER and prescrib-
ing punishment therefore, relating
more especially to the circulation of
false and defamatory reports con-
corning banks and banking institu-
tons. brought out an animated dis
cussion and some strong opposition,
and was finally referred to the COM
mittee of the whole senate
Getty wanted to strike out the en-
acting clause, objecting to the pas
sage of a bill that would simply help
to clutter up" the statute books and
could never be enforced. you can't
prove SANDER in one case out Of 3d.
000," he said. He declared himself
opposed to the bill on general prin-
ciples. He believed the banks enti-
tied to protection the same as anyone
else, but insisted that the bankers
were going too far when they asked
him to pass their banks with hat lift
ed, walking lightly and speaking with
bated breath.
Senator Quincy could see nothing
wrong in the bill when 1.-The biggest
bank between San Francisco and New
York (the Kansas City Bank Of Com
merce) was literally talked to death"
The bill will probably be amended
so as to apply to ANY person or cor
poration." instead Of merely ''any
bank or banking institution"
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ROCKEFELLER OVERWHELMED
BY Army of Unemployed That Re-
sponded to OFFER of Work.

Tarrytown, n. Y. Jan. 2s-Follow-
ing the announcement that John D.
Rockefeller had directed the superin-
tendent of his estate at Pocantico hills
to give work on the estate to the Tar
rytown men who are out of employ
ment, an army of unemployed, the
largest ever seen in this part of the
state marched down on the estate yes
terday. The superintendent declined
to furnish work for any of the appli-
cants except those who live in larry
town or in the immediate vicinity of
the estate.
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Kansas city Produce Market.

kansas CITY. Jan. &.-Close-W1EAT-
Receipts 90 cars. 1kc higher. May, 1850;
JuIy. s1Ac Cash: No. 2 hard. 9e49sHc;
No. hard, 94Q91Ac; No. red. 9sc@sl.c;
CORNNLG1Sc higher May, 55Ac; July.
547sc. Cash: No. 2 mixed, 53hc: No;
mixed. 53653Ac; No white 53lz@54c; NO.
white 531h@o3a4c. .e1a
OATS-Unchanged No. white, $40
soc: No mixed, 4sQ4S1zc.
HAY-Choice timothy weak. s11.00@12Oo;
choice prairie steady. $S.0o9S. 90.
RITTfER-FIigher. Extras, SIC; pack
EEGGSE1c higher. Extras. &c: firsts, 2Dc
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Shot Up His Boarding House,

Saginaw, Mich, Jan. 2S-William
Menzenkoch, a miner. was brought
here under arrest last night from Swan
Creek. a mining settlement IA miles
from here, charged with ATTEMPTED
murder. Menzenkoch is alleged to have
discharged a shotgun in a boarding
house assembly room, when the Mace
was crowded with boarders, four of
whom were injured by the shot Some
of the men had been drinking and
Menzenkoch became enraged at being
made the butt of their jests.
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New York Produce Market.

@;rr, Creamery. extras, BIC; western fac
tory. common to first, 179oo1ec.
firm Prices for common to special, II
~C,rHEEEsE-F,irm State full creamery,
small coIored and white. fine, 16z4c: ditto
large colored fine. 15Ac; white, 15ac; ditto
best. i1Ad12c; ditto common to fair. SAG
Ike u,,,.-,,
firsts 23s. ,.r
ern chickens. 1Oc; fowls, 12c; turkeys, I2lec.
iSdSaoc: turkeys, 12Q16c; fowls, 1oQ13c.
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Condemned Fifteen Posters.

Newark, N. J.. Jan 2S.-The COM
mitee of the Newark common council
charged with the task Of censoring
theatrical posters under an ordinance
recently passed, held its first meeting
Yesterday and refused to permit the
sizes A delegation of ministers was
crescent by invitation and assisted the
COMMITTEES. The theatrical men de-
clared that the committee exceeded its
authority and threatened to carry the
fight to the courts.
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were N2 cars.

were Up cars.
PROvISIONStThe provisions market
was active and prices were easy because
of a Sc decline in the price of live hogs.
May pork opened 21zc lower, at $13021a-
Lard was &c lower at s795. Ribs were PIC
to 211Q5c lower. at s6.921e1e to $6.921k@6.9o.
RYECash: SIC.
BARLEY-Cash: S0cGS1.0 90.
TIBOTHY-March, $3.50.
CLOVER-March, $1T.75.
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Cardinal Richard Is Dead.

Paris. Jan. 2S.-Francois Marie Ben
jarnin Richard. cardinal and arch
bishop of Paris, died here today of
congestion of the lungs after a short
illness. Cardinal Richard was born at
Nantes. March 1, 1919, and was made
a cardinal in 1899
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Chicago Live Stock Market.

Chicago, Jan. 2S.-CATTLE-Receip to-
day about $500. Market steady. Beeves,
So. 1906 30; cows and heifers, $l.1OQ47 10;
Texans, So 4o@41O westerns, s.. s0d4. rs;
stockers and feeders, $2.70Q4.70.
HOGS-Receipts about today 80 900 head.
Market &c lower Light 81 20@4.45; mixed.
81. 25@455; heavy, 81 25@4.5 So; pigs. $3.65@4.3O;
bulk of sales, "a. 4OG4. As.
SHEEP-Receipts today were about 10, =
900 head. Market strong. Native, % 400
$50; western, So. 4Od5. 90; yearlings. 5000
SIS; lambs, $5.00@7. Is; western, $5.00@1.30
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New York Money Market.

New York, JAN 2S.-MONEY-Money on
call easy, 1902 per cent, ruling rate Ia,
offered IL. Time loans quiet and soft.
Sixty days, per cent; 80 days and six
months, AZ per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper, 5h@6h
per cent; sterling exchange firm, with ac-
tual business in bankers bills at 81. 8710 for
demand and at s.. S3A for 60 day bills com
mercial bills, SASSY.
SILVER-Bar silver, $3.50; Mexican dol
lars, 49c
BONDS-(Soyernmenr bonds firm
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Another Railroad Law Fails

Jefferson City, Mo-. Jan. 2s-The
Missouri supreme court has decided
the law requiring that free return
transportation be given to shippers
with each carload of live stock by the
railroads of this state is unconstitu-
uonal.
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Chicago Produce Market.

Cbicaeo Ill Jan. B.CH EESE-MarKet
steady. Daisies, 1211913c; Twins. 1Ql2,so;
Young Americas, 120121zc-
POULTRY-Alive poultry STEADY. iur-
KEYS. chickens and springs, 10c.
BTTTER-Market strong. Creamery. a
@32c; dairy, 26q2Sc.
EGGsSteady. At mark, cases inciuoeo'
2O0oOhc.
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a H,eher Health Level.

IT have reached higher health level
since I began using DR.. Kings New Life
Pills writes Jacob Springer. of West
liver and bowels working just right" II
these pills disappoint you on trial. money
will be refunded. At all drug stores Sc.
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Liverpool opening cables: Wheat sd
II feiverpooi second cables: Wheat I'D
higher; corn MQAd higher.
Car lots at K c.: Wheat. 293; corn, 80;
Estimated car lots at K. c. tomorrow:
Wheat, 80; corn, "A; oats. z.
car lots at Chicago: Wheat, g; corn
ESTIMATED car lots at Chicago tomor-
row: Wheat II; corn, 1874; oats. 104-
Receipts of wheat in the northwest to-
day were 2SS cars. Last year 1873. cars.
Liverpool closing cables: Wheat I'M
changed to sd lower; corn 1s@Ad higher.
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GOSSIP FORM THE HOUSE.

w. B. Hams "inquisition" bill which
got Representative Martin into trou-
BILE with c. w. Trickett. was passed
by the house this morning by a vote
of n to II. This bill is a reenactment
OF the old law declared unconstitutional
by the supreme court 1t gives county
attorneys the right to subpoena wit
nesses in liquor Investigations.
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,NDS-Governmenr bonds firm.
New York Sugar and Coffee

quiet Fair refining, 1927; centrifugal, IS
test, $3-7; molasses sugar, 1902. Refined
sugar steady. Crushed, $50; powdered,
$500; graduated, $3.50
COFFEE-Market quiet. No Z Rio, &c;
No Santos, sac.