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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02
The Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals
Will Give $500 for Less Cruel
Slaughter Methods.
ELECTRICITY BARRED.
1t Is Considered Objectionable
in Many Ways.
Competition Will End Monday,
June 1, 1908.

New York, March 2.-Henry Bergh,
nephew of the founder of the Ameri-
can Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, in a letter in con-
nection with the offer of a prize of
$500 by the society for an invention
for the humane slaughter of animals
for food. objects TO present slaughter
methods. as cruel.
'In all the relations of man to the
lower animals there is nothing" says
the letter. Involving so much suffer
ing as the raising and killing of those
used for market purposes.
ITO mitigate as far as possible the
sufferings inflicted on them committees
have been appointed by the American
Humane asso citation and the American
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals to Investigate the various
methods of slaughtering throughout
this county and Europe.
Electricity for the purpose has
been considered Objectionable, because
of the danger to human life, its ques-
tionable humanity. especially in un-
skilled hands and it's possible Injurious
effects on the flesh of the animal
Concluding, the letter says that in
the competition for the prize drawings
and models, either or both, accom-
panied by a typewriter description
must be delivered at the offices OF the
American Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals, No. SO Madi-
son street, before 6 p. m. on Monday,
June l. 1903
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02
WILL BAILEY QUIT?
Reports From Atchison Indicate
Coming Withdrawal.

The Atchison Globe indicates
strongly that w. J. Bailey is about to
withdraw from the race for the Re-
publican nomination for governor.
and this seems to be the growing
opinion among Republican politicians.
This is the way the Globe sizes up
the situation:
"a report sent out from Topeka
last night was to the effect that word
had come from Atchison that w. ].
Bailey was to get out of the race for
governor: that his candidacy was not
indorsed at the recent meeting of the
mittee, and he had requested that no
Endorsement be made. There is abso-
lutely nothing in 1t. At the first
meeting of the committee. w. j.
Bailey's candidacy was indorsed. At
the meeting held a week ago Tues
head of the state delegation, and only
Bailey Boomers were put on the
delegation. 1t was not thought
necessary to re-indorse him. An
Atchison correspondent sent a re-
port of the meeting to the Topeka
Capital but it was not printed. The
same report was sent to the Kansas
City Star. which also failed to pub
list it, which only goes to prove that
under the new primary law those two
papers can mould the political sentl-
ment of the state and that, to push
the candidacy of their favorites, they
can suppress news items favorable to
any other candidates. The interviews
which are being given out generally
emanate from the Stubbs camp. Mr..
Bailey is giving out no interviews but
is attending strictly to his banking
business, which may result, In the
present unsettled conditions of f1nan-
cial matters generally, of his with
drawa1 from the race. And this last
statement must be taken as it is given
as the idea of reporter, not the
statement of Mr.. Bailey. The bank
is more to Mr.. Bailey than to be gov
ernor of Kansas. The Globe hopes
the stories are true that he will
withdraw, for he is a good citizen,
and can be of more benefit to Atchi-
son as a private citizen than as gov
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TWO MORE FOR TAFT.
Iowa and Nebraska Considered Certain
for the Secretary.

Des Moines, Ia, March 2-Iowa and
Nebraska have been enguIfed by the
Taft wave. In spite of bitter factional
difficulties with reference to the SEN
atorship and other state Offices Iowa
Republicans are united for the secre-
tary of war. In Nebraska the move
ment for La Toilette has collapsed, and
today it Is certain that a solid deIega-
ton will go to Chicago instructed to
vote for the nomination of the Ohio
candidate.
The strength of Taft, both in Iowa
and Nebraska, lies in the general ac-
ceptation of him as the man best quail
flied to carry on the policies inaugu-
rated by President Roosevelt. Origin
ally both states were Roosevelt states
Even today they would jump at the
chance to return the president in the
White House. In Nebraska there are
voters who decline to take the presi-
caster county has instructed its dele
cation to the state convention to vote
for Roosevelt. In the primary at Bat
tie Creek, in another part of the state,
Roosevelt received "a votes as against
SO for Taft q for Hughes, IL for La
Toilette and few scattering votes for
Foraker and Fairbanks. In other Sec
tions Roosevelt's tally was not so high,
but enough ballots were cast for him
to make apparent the strong sentiment
that exists for his denomination.
The feeling for the president is just
as deep rooted in Iowa. There is not,
however. the same opportunity for vot-
ers in this state to express their will
as in Nebraska In the latter state
primaries for the presidential nomina-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02
Artist Model Is Led BlindfOlded
Into a Room
Full of the Bodies of Dead
Human Beings.
SIGHT WAS TOO MUCH,
She Went Into Mysteries and
Later Collapsed.
She Had Previously Waltzed
With a Skeleton.

Chicago, March Miss Frances
k1ngsnorth, an artists model. was
led blindfolded into a room filled
with cadavers yesterday and was
Photographed for a picture to be en-
titled Asleep With the Dead" She
tainted when the bandage was re-
moved and her eyes opened on the
grewsone grinning hulks Of human
forms that surrounded her. Her col
lapse was followed by Mysteries, in
which she screamed and struggled to
free herself from what seemed to her
a living tomb, until she fell in an un-
conscious heap on the floor Of the
anatomical laboratory.
For hours after her experience,
she was in precarious condition
following the scene created as the re-
suit of an effort to abtain a photo
graph that would eclipse all the
imaginative horrors conceived by art
Miss Kingsnorth previously had
nerved herself to waltz with an arli-
culated skeleton and to pose with the
same bony remnant of a departed
personality upon her lap, and several
pictures were taken.
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dressed was waiting outside the may
ors office in the city hall and as the
mayor advanced extended his hand
The mayor, who was pale and nervous
Shippy, declined the grasp and eyed
the man closely.
Mayor Is Threatened.
''I want job and L am not here to
ask you for anything more. But If
don't get a job there will be trouble
said the man.
The mayor Immediately ordered
the man out of the building and the
latter. after glaring angrily at the
city executive for a moment, descend
ed to the main floor and walked away.
Mayor Busse explained later that
the individual had been calling Oh
him and asking for position every
day for sometime past. Today, how
ever, was the first time that he had
threatened to create trouble.
The incident, following SO closely
upon the tragedy at Chief Shippy's
home caused some excitement in the
city hall and several heads of depart
ments issued orders to their clerks
and secretaries not to admit strang-
ers to their offices on any pretext.
A circumstance that led the police
to believe that the attack upon Chief
Shippy was the result of an anarchist
ic plot instead of personal grievances
was the fact that man answering
the description of the assailant calleo
at the Shippy residence yesterday.
The chief was not at home and after
learning this the stranger left, the in
cident causing so little comment that
it was not even mentioned to the CHIEF
by members of his family at home at
the time. The caller of yesterday was
met by Mrs. Shippy and she was III
the hall when the anarchist entered
today. She ran into another room
I,.- e<,~ ereyJa haO of
upon her son to assist his father.
Foley had stopped the chiefs horse
and buggy in front of the residence
and was preparing to take the chiet
down town to the latter's office. A
number of neighboring physicians
were summoned to the house imme-
diately after the shooting to attend
Foley and the chiefs son. Foley was
sent to a hospital and Harry Shippy
was also taken there after his faith
er's reluctance to have him moved
had been overcome. The young man,
who is 2 years old, and a student at
Culver military academy, Culver, Ind,
is the most dangerously hurt of the
three Two bullets pierced his chest
and the surgeons in attendance made
no effort to conceal the gravity of his
condition.
Squads of policemen were sent to
the chiefs home and the assistant
chief was summoned to take charge
of the Investigation which is follow
ing the shooting. Mayor Busse or
dered detectives sent to the undertake
ing rooms to which the body of tho
anarchist was sent and told the off,
GERS to arrest any one who came there
attempting to identify the corpse. Up
to noon no person had called at the
rooms to which the body of the anar-
chist was sent. A crowd of curiosity
seekers gathered about the place and
af iT1a0 81 TanY q -
that the policemen on guard were
obliged to use force in keeping the
crowd back.
Another crowd surrounded the
Shippy residence and kept the police
guard there busy. Not until several
OF the sight seekers had been threat
ened with arrest would they submit
to control.
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FISH CROWD LOSES.
Attempts to Enjoin Union Pacific Again
Fails.

Chicago, March 2.-Judge Ball this
morning denied the petition of H. w.
Leman for an Injunction restraining
the voting Of 281, ,231 shares Of stock held
by the Union Pacific railway and the
Railway Securities company at the an
nuaI meeting of the Illinois Central to-
day.
The motion for a restraining writ was
made by Attorney Frank H. Culver, an
associate of Mr.. Leman. Little time
was required by the court to deny the
motion. Judge Ball having decided ad-
versely to similar suits based on prac-
ticaIly the same grounds, which was
brought recently on behalf of Stuyves-
ant Fish and other stockholders of the
railroad
The denial of the motion will operate
to place the suit on the regular trial
calendar Of the superior court of Cook
county where 1t will not be reached for
several months. Attorney Culver in
formed the court that all questions are
eliminated in this suit except the right
of a foreign corporation to own and
vote stock in an Illinois Central cor
poration- This is the point upon which
the greatest insistence was placed by
Mr.. Leman when he argued the former
suit as attorney for Mr.. Fish. Mr..
Ixeman brought the present suit as a
stockholder of the Illinois Central. ten
shares Of stock standing in his name.
The annual meeting Of the stockhold-
ers of the Illinois Central railroad ad-
iournsd after a fifteen minute session
until two O'Clock tomorrow. The In
ability Of the proxy committee to pre-
sent q complete report caused the ao-
tournment action.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02
WHIPPED HIS WIFE.
Ell Brubaker Has to Be Tied Before
Taken to Jail

Sheriff W1lkerson and Deputy
Ward were called to Seabrook Sunday
afternoon to take charge of one Eli
Brubaker, a person who has been be-
fore courts on several occasions. The
complaint was made by Brubaker.s
wife, who reported by telephone tina,
her husband was drunk, and had NOT
only assaulted her, but wrecked their
happy home. The officers found that
her report was not exaggerated in the
least. The woman was suffering from
numerous bruises about the head and
face, and the furniture belonging I'm
the house was scattered in frag-
mentary condition, all over the sur
rounding landscape. Brubaker was
found in the house. and didn't want
to be arrested. He began to fight and
curse the officers, who worried with
him half an hour, trying to paeify the
belhgerent man without injuring HIM
They could not load him into the car
riage until bright thought occurred
to the sheriff. Taking the hitch straps
from his team, he tied Mr.. Brubaker
hand and foot. leaving him absolutely
helpless This did not impair Mr.
Brubaker's ability to curse, and his
threats and vile language were so
strong that the officers drove to town
by back streets. Before they reached
the jail, Brubaker repented, and said
that he would "go like a gentleman"
If the officers would release him
Mrs. Brubaker brought her bruised
and swollen face to the county attor-
ney's office this morning and secured
a warrant for her lord and master.
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RAILROADS IN FEAR.
They VIII Have "Heart to Heart Talk
With Nebraska Commission.

Chicago, March 2.-Several of the
large western railroad system have de-
termined to try the gospel of co-opera-
ton on the railroad commission Of
the roads having lines in Nebraska ap-
pointed a committee to call upon the
state commission and to try to Undue
that body with the spirit of co-opera-
ton and the spirit Of mutual helpful
ness.
This undertaking, novel in charac-
ter, is to be in response to an order Of
the Nebraska commission for the rail-
road to show cause by March 10 why
certain radical reductions should not
be made in all freight rates and why
"a maximum distance tariff should not
be established II the commission does
the things which 1t threatens to do
unless the railroads "show cause" 1t
will endanger the net revenue of all
railroad lines in the state of Nebraska.
The railroad traffic men declare that
they will be able to show this beyond
question, but declare that in the past
railroad commissions have not been
prone to accept the showing made by
raflway-made statistics, especially If
the people are clamoring for a reduc-
ton in rates.
It is. therefore. now purposed not
only to present convincing statistics to
the commission, but to also have a
heart to heart talk with the mem
bers as man to man" It is probable
that T.. b. BOYD or the Gould lines will
be chosen to make the appeal to the
commission. Mr.. Boyd has been on
both sides of the fence in the traffic
game, and on each side he has been
assiduously spreading the doctrine of
"get together" and "co-operation.' -
Now he is to be given the task of try
ing to bring about something practicaf
in the line of cooperation.
One of the members of the commit
tee said: 1T is all right for the ship
pers and the railroads to get togeth er
at dinners and talk cooperation, but
the time has come when we want
actual cooperation. We are. there
fore, going to try to induce the Ne
braska commission to see. the interests
of both sides. If 1t is true that it will
be impossible for the commission to
do what it purposes without serious
injury to the railroad interests of the
state, we believe that the mem bers
will be able to see that such an injury
will also be a serious injury to their
state, and even to the shippers, who
may be insisting upon lower rates. We
are going to try to talk this thing over
from the standpoint of both sides and
try to arrive, like sensible men, at the
best result for all. If the commission
meets our efforts half way we feel that
we have gained an important victory
for cooperation
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OPPOSE FULTON BILL.
Commerce Commission Find Several
Objections to Measure.

Washington, March 2-Responding
to a letter of inquiry to the interstate
commerce committee of the senate the
interstate commerce commission has
written letter taking a position in
opposition to Senator FuIton's bill
prohibiting railroad companies from
advancing rates in the face of a pro-
test made by a shipper until the COM
mission shall have passed upon the
reasonableness of the increase ITO
give to the protest of single shipper
the effect of preventing the advance
of any rate until the reasonableness OF
that advance was affirmatively deter
mined by the commission says the
letter, would establish a hard and
fast rule of doubtful fairness to the
railroads and questionable advantage
to the public. Under existing condi-
tions we are of the opinion that 1t
would be unwise to adopt the arbi-
trary limitations which this bill pro-
able or necessary in this regard in the
future
The commission also finds an OBJ
lection to the bill in a possibility Of
increased burden upon the commits
sion. On this point they say:
"If every proposed advance had to
be Investigated by the commission and
officially sanctioned before it could
take effect, the number of cases to be
considered would presumably be so
great as to render their prompt dis
position almost impossible. In in
stances of justifiable increase the ne
cessity of delay resulting from the
probable volume of cases would work
injustice to the carriers Until con-
ditions become more stable and the
substantive provisions of the act are
more completely observed in railroad
tariffs and policies, we entertain the
belief that wider latitude of discretion
on the part of carriers than this meas
ure allows should be permitted"
The committee suggests as pos
sible effect Of the bill, the preventing
of voluntary reduction Of rates "If, -
they say, "the rate could be increased
without the approval of the commits
sion after affirmative showing by the
carrier it might happen that many re-
ductions now voluntarily accorded
would not be made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02
MARCH COMES IN LIKE LAMB.
Weather Prophets Say 1t VIII Go Ous
Like q LION.

March came in like lamb Sum-
day and the weather conditions today
are much the same as those of yes
terday and according to the predic-
tions of the goose bone prognostfca-
tors the month will go out like a roar
ing lion But Kansas Is not gov
erned by the rule or guess of such and
the guess is that the winter Will go
on record as one of continual
spring of bright sunshiney days.
4 square of white surmounted by
a pennant of blue, waves in a gentle
breeze from the top of the flag pole
on the building occupied by the gov
ernment weather station. The wind
today if the gentle movement of the
atmosphere may be so characterized.
is from the east and is moving at the
rate of miles an hour. The follow
ing temperatures tell the story moro
aptly than words could possible do:
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WILL BE NO SLATE.
Ohio Republican State Convention to
Be in the Open.

Columbus, O., March with the ar
rival of the morning trains the army OF
politicians who are to take part in the
state convention Tuesday was heavily
increased. BY night, it is said. that the
city will be filed to overfowing.
The announcement that there will be
no Slate" no prearrangement Of any
kind. and that the nominations for the
various offices are to be the result Of a
free-for-all fight and the prize of any
body who can get them. has greatly
stimulated the interest in the conven-
tion.
The only offices for which there will
not be struggle are governor, where
Governor Harris has no opposition;
incumbent, Carmi A. Thompson, will
be nominated by reclamation and dairy
and food commissioner for which Rem
nick W. Dunlap will have walk
away. 1t is also highly probable that
Judges John A. Schauck and James L.
Price, present members Of the supreme
court will be nominated, although
Judge Wildman of Norwalk, is also a
candidate.
The four delegates at large to the
Republican national convention have
been selected and there will be no op-
position to any of them. They will be
Governor Harris, Myron T. Herrick of
Cleveland, Arthur l. Vorys of Lancas-
ter, the political manager or the Tart
campaign, and Charles P. Taft of Gin
cinnati, the brother of the secretary OF
war.
The platform will be short. The draft
of it has been approved by Secretary
Taft and Attorney General Wade Ellis
is now polishing up the literary side of
it. The present subject of acute dis
cussion in relation to the platform is
whether mention shall be made of Sen
ators Foraker and Dick and the charac-
ter Of such mention.
No uncomplimentary allusion to
them will be made, the question be-
ing whether or not any allusion shall
be made to them. The feeling among
the Taft leaders is that they should
not be ignored but just what to say
and just how to say it, is the prob
lem.
Governor Harris gave out the fol-
lowing signed statement:
"I am not a candidate for United
States senator and have no expecta-
tions about it. l hope to be noml-
mated and elected governor and serve
out my full term to the best of my
ability. 1 have no ambition beyond
that -
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tion are prescribed by law. In Iowa
and caucus and convention system is
In force. Nevertheless, the Iowa Re
they were for Roosevelt and it was
not until the president in December
issued his emphatic anti-third term
declaration that they reluctantly gave
consideration to the qualifications of
the other candidates
The Endorsement of Taft by the pres.
ident has been effective both in Iowa
and Nebraska. In the latter state he
Is regarded as the man next to the
president who will have the best chance
of taking the electoral vote away from
Bryan
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TAO CARS BURNED.
Fire Destroys Barns of the New York
City Railway Company.

New York, March 1.-Two fires that
brought all the fire apparatus in the
upper section Of the city and ragged in
lively fashion from midnight until
dawn Sunday, burned down the car
barns of the New York City Railway
company on Second avenue in Harlem
and the paint factory of G. w. Grote
& Co only a few blocks distant.
There were 740 surface cars burned in
the destruction of the barns and the
loss to the company is estimated at
S2,500,000. The loss on the paint fac
tory is given as $125,000.
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SHOT HER nine TIMES.
John Curry Killed His Wife and Her
Sister in Oklahoma.

Bristow, Okla March I'm fam
fly quarrel late yesterday John Curry.
living south of Bristow, shot and killed
his wife and the wife of his brother,
then fed. Officers and a posse of citi-
zens are in pursuit Curry fired nine
loads of buckshot into his wifes body
Curry's brother and the Iatter's wife
witnessed the murder. Curry turned
his gun upon his brothers wife, shoot
ing and killing her also. Finally he
attempted to shoot the brother but the
latter escaped.
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Bishop Duncan Is Dead.

spartanburg, S. c.. March 2.-Bfsh-
op W. w. Duncan of the Methodist
Episcopal church died here today.
Bishop Duncan had been In i'll health
for some months. He was born at
Randolph Macon college, in Virginia,
on December 27. 1899. Mr.. Duncan
succeeded his brother as president Of
Randolph Macon college and 1t was
from that position he became bishop
of the church.
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BRYAN IS "ALL IN"
He Makes a Bee Line for His Home In
lincoln.

Memphis. Tenn, March 2.@Suffering
with q severe cold and q bursting head
ache. William J. Bryan announced here
last night that he would make bee
line for his home In Lincoln, cancelling
dates In st. Louis on Monday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-02
Reckenrldge HAN Burns.

Danville, KY, March 2.-Becken-
ridge hall, one of the largest dorni-
tories Of Central university, was de-
stroyed by fire today. Loss $4,000.
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The Weather Indications.

Chicago, March 2-Forecast for
Kansas: Partly cloudy tonight and
Tuesday; warmer in north portion to-
night.
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Don't forget the leap year and
moonlight skating party Wednesday
night.
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