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The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-13
IN HIS VEST POCKET.
Postmaster Morgan Finds the Bullet
That Almost Killed Him.

New York, Nov. 13.-If the recovery
of Postmaster Edward NJ. Morgan,
who was shot last Monday by Eric H.
B. Mackay, a demented stenographer,
continues he will be at his desk the
first week in December in time to
supervise the handling of the enor-
nous Christmas mail that annually
swamps the New York postofhce. Mr..
Morgan was feeling so well today that
he brought up the subject of the
shooting and asked if the bullet which
wounded him has been found. When
told that it had not, he asked to have
his overcoat brought to him, saying
that perhaps the leaden ball had be-
come lodged in the lining after passing
through his side. The overcoat was
brought but the bullet was not in the
lining.
well, it must be somewhere. Bring
me the rest of my clothing said Mr..
Morgan. His coat and vest were
brought and after some minutes the
postmaster fished a battered piece of
lead out of a lower vest pocket. Hold
ing it up, he said to his wife:
you've heard of the blow that al
most killed father my dear? Well,
here's the ball that almost killed
father
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-13
FAIR FIELD OPEN.
Independent Oil Companies on Level
With Standard.

New York, Nov. 13.-That stoppage of
the practice of rebate giving and TAX
ing as between the railroads and oil
shippers has made the establishment
and operation of Independent refineries
in the western oil fields practicable is
the declaration of W, Geiser, a Kansas
oil producer, a witness in the hearing
of the government suit to dissolve the
Standard Oil. Mr.. Geiser's declaration
was made on cross examination after
he had denied that he was compelled
to sell his oil to the Prairie Oil and Gas
company, an Oklahoma subsidiary of
the Standard, and take whatever price
1t was willing to pay. Oil could be
sold to other companies, the witness
said, or independent ref1neries could be
established. There would be no diff
Guilty in disposing of the refined pro-
duct. declared Mr.. Geiser. There are
no rebates now, and 1 could get just as
good rates on refined oil as any one
else" he explained.
Other witnesses gave testimony in
continuation of the Standard Oil COM
pany's effort to show that the Prairie
company had anything but a pre-
judicial influence upon oil production in
the Oklahoma field. All the witnesses
agreed that the crying need of the field
was for new pipe lines, the construc-
ton of which they declared, was pre-
vented by ultra restrictive federal reg
ulatiOnS.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-13

The report of the secretary was read
which showed something of the magni-
tude of the work the church is doing in
this country. Missions in Finnish Ger
man, Norwegian, Bohemian, French,
Austrian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese
are supported by the church and as
Bishop Neeley aptly put 1T: I'VE take
the foreigner who comes to our shores,
convert him and civilize him, then send
him back to work among his own peo-
ple.'
The church was crowded to the doors
last night to hear the addresses of
welcome from DR.. Lynch. the local
pastor. and Governor E. W. Hoch. and
the responses. by the eloquent Bishops
H. W. Warren and DR.. c. NJ. Boswell.
Governor Hoch, in his welcome. said:
I wish to welcome you to the cleanesc
state capital of the cleanest state in
the Union. The church and the state
work hand in hand. The two exist un-
der separate heads, but you can never
divorce one from the other Morality
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-13
PROSPERITY DINNER.
Is to Be Held at Hotel Astor, New
York, Nov. 80.

New York, Nov. ia prosperity
dinner is to be held at the Hotel As
tor in this city on November 80, un-
der the auspices of the Economic
club A symposium of the general
outlook for business by authorities on
the various departments of finance
and industry is to be prominent
feature of the evening. E. II. Har-
riman. for instance, is down to speak
on the outlook for the railways. Cyrus
Mccormick of the International Har-
vester company Will speak on 1.-THE
Nations Agricultural interests"
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, of Col
umbia university, has chosen "Con-
ditions Necessary to Prosperity" for
his theme. while Augustus Thomas,
the playwright, will deliver an ad-
dress on High Tariff Prosperity"
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-13

night. These men rank among the
first of the eloquent and talented di-
vines of the country and to hear them
speak is a rare treat for all people of
religious or intellectual turn of
mind. I'm the good old Methodist
way" is a proverb for all that is best
and simplest and strongest in our
moral and religious work. One al
ways thinks of the leaders of Meth
odism in the same light as Cromwell's s
Roundhead soldiers, the Puritans in
the MayfOwer, the pioneers who car
ried their muskets to church. Their
religion means so much to them. As
famous Catholic prelate once said:
"Romanism has the Methodists to
fear more than any other sect in the
struggle for the supremacy of relig-
ions"
The Methodist church is one of the
oldest and strongest Of the Protestant
organizations in the country and it
continues to this day it's early aggres-
sive methods, its wisdom, strength
and faith The "amen corner" has
passed away but the spirit is still
there. A Methodist bishop fights sin
like a TempIar knight fought the Sar-
cerans centuries ago-with his whole
heart and SOUL
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WILL CARRY 1T UP.
Government Decides to Go to Supreme
Court With Oil Case.

washington. Nov. 13.-Following the
recent action of the circuit court of ap-
peals in Chicago in refusing the United
States government a rehearing of the
Standard Oil case, made famous by it's
s2e 000, 900 fine, the department of JUS
tice has decided to carry the case to
the supreme court of the United States.
The decision was reached after an all
day conference between Attorney Gem
eraI Bonaparte and government attor-
news who have been engaged in the
case. Application will be made to the
supreme court when it reconvenes Nom
day. November go for a writ Of GER
tiorari.
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GET OUT OR QUIT.
UItimatum to Members of High
School Societies at Berlxley, Cal.

Berkeley, Cal, Nov. 13.-No such
ultimatum to the high school
fraternities has ever been issued in
this state as is uttered by Superin-
tendent Frank F. Bunker of the
Berkley schools. The students were
told that unless the charter of every
fraternity and sorority in the school
is returned at once to the national
headquarters those who retained
membership would be summarily ex-
PEELED from the schools.
In a lengthy denunciation of the
societies, which have existed in spite
of special rulings of the board of
education Prof. Bunker declared that
the fraternities not only destroyed the
unity and harmony of the school, but
also aroused a false social feeling by
the promotion of cHques. In addition
he contended membership was an in
terference with studies.
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FEWER KILLED.
Marked Decrease in Railway Casual
ties Is Shown.

Washington, Nov. 13.-There were g.
764 persons killed and 6S,989 injured in
railroad accidents in the United States
during the fiscal year ended June 80
last, according to an announcement of
the interstate commerce. commission
This is a decrease of 1926 killed and
5,297 injured as compared with the
previous year.
In the three months ended June 30
there. were 591 killed and 1908 injur-
ed, a decrease of LISP from the pre-
ceding quarter. The 13 passengers
killed in train accidents during the
quarter is the smallest ever reported
in the quarterly records. The collis-
ions during the quarter numbered 82o
and the derailment 1,431.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-13

Besides these bishops almost the en-
tire office force from the home mission
headquarters at Philadelphia are here,
and one Iayman and one pastor from
each of the fifteen conference districts
of the church in the United States.
Then there are fifteen representatives
of the board of managers of home mis-
sionS and church extension. In all
there are seventy delegates present at
the meeting who are eligible to vote at
the business sessions.
During their five days sessions here
the delegates will make appropriations
for the needy fields on the frontiers of
the west and in the slums OF the cities,
to support missionaries among the for
eign speaking people of this country
and for minor items along this line.
About 100000 will be appropriated at
the meeting here and a million and
half dollars will be asked for from the
church.
There are 1000 Methodist mission
aries at work in this country and 15,-
600 churches have been built for them.
Bishop Thomas B. Neeley of New
Orleans presided at the first business
session of the meeting at the First
Methodist church yesterday afternoon.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-13
OWNS THE OUTLOOK
StiIIman Is Reported to Be in Control
of the Stock.

New York, Nov 13-Much inter-
est was occasioned here today by the
publication of report that James
Stillman, president of the National
City bank, popularly known as the
standard Oil bank" is controlling
owner of the Outlook. of which Pres
ident Roosevelt is to become a con
tributing editor" when he retires
from office Officers of the Outlook
company refuse to make public the
name of any owners of its s150,000
capital stock. The published report
credited Mr.. Stillman with owning
1000 of the total issue of 1900
shares.
''The company is not public SER
vice corporation" was the reply of
William B. Howland, treasurer and
one of the directors of the Outlook
company when he was questioned re-
garding the authenticity of the report.
ffIt is under no obligation to give the
names of its stockholders or other
particulars regarding its affairs. 1t
is a private business but the names
of its directors may be found in the
manuals. and the name of Mr.. Still
man is not one of them. We can give
no information regarding the identity
or holdings of a single stockholder."
Mr.. HowIand said there has been
no recent change in the control of the
Outlook company. Mr.. Stillman is at
present in Paris.
Later however, Mr.. Howland issued
a formal statement in which he de-
c1ared that Mr.. Stillman has owned less
than 10 per cent of the stock of the
The remainder of the stock of the
company, he said, is owned by those
engaged in the active management of
the company.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-13
THE CoLDEsT WEATHER.
The Mercury Takes a Drop and
Reaches 10 Degrees.

Snow has not fallen today though
every condition has seemed to favor
a fall of this kind and as far as the
weather man can see there is no snow
in the air. The mercury dropped to
10 last night, the minimum for the
season, and while the temperatures
have been somewhat higher today a
good warm overwrap and heavy gloves
have been needed for comfort. At no
time during the day has the tempera-
ture reading been above the freezing
point.
The forecast indicates cloudy and
threatening weather conditions for to-
night and Saturday with continued low
temperatures though nothing is said
about snow or kindred troubles. The
following are the temperature observa-
tions as secured by the weather bu-
reau man since Z O'Clock this morning
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upon. The bishops, the 1aymen and
the ministers all took part in the de-
bate and often three speakers claimed
the attention of the chair at one time
They were very much in earnest, these
Methodists, and a democratic spirit
prevailed in the deliberations. The
budget was gone into piecemeal and
discussed from every angle. Speakers
from California, New Jersey, Missouri
and Ohio were heard in the matter. Ev-
cry delegate who had an opinion was
given attention but the good of the
church as a whole was given prece-
dence when it came to final action on
the debates.
Notes.
These delegates are in close touch
with the business affairs of their great
organization and quote rows of figures
of receipts and disbursements constant
ly in their discussion of the appropria-
tion. After the grand total had been
decided upon the rest of the day was
occupied in apportioning the disburse-
ments by states.
During the debate of the ratio to be
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-13
rhaw,s Mother to Live Near Him.

Fishkill Landing, N. Y, Nov. 13.-
Mrs. W. Thaw, mother of Harry K.
Thaw, and her daughter, Alice who
was the Countess of Yarmouth have
arrived at Matteawan and they have
decided to make their home, for a while
at least, near the asylum for the GRIM
inaI insane, where Harry Thaw is con-
fined They have taken board tenn
porarily with the family of Police Jus
tice Phillips, who lives about a mile
from the asylum. Samuel K. Phillips,
a brother of the justice. has been re-
tained as Thaw's local counsel.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-13
BISHOPS ARE HERE
Eighteen of the 20 in the Meth
dist Church in Topeka.
Came to Attend Meeting OF
Home Mission Committee.
GOV. HOCH SPEAKS.
Welcomes Distinguished VISIT
ors on Behalf of State.
Dignitaries Will Occupy the LO-
cal Pulpits Sunday.
"The old time religion,
And it's good enough for me-"

Eighteen out of the twenty bishops
of the Methodist Episcopal church in
America are in Topeka this week in at
tendance at the second annual session
of the general committee of home mis-
sions and church extension. The first
consolidated session of this kind was
held last year at Portland, Oregon.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-13

Chicago, Nov. 13.-Forecast for
Kansas: Partly cloudy tonight and
Saturday; continued cool.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-13

Auction sale, furniture, carpets,
china. books pictures, brick-a-brac
begins Tuesday morning at 1875 Fill
more street.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-13

is merely carrying out the moral laws
set down in the Bible"
During the night sessions of the
meeting up to and including Monday
night, one or more of the bishops
present will made addresses each
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CONTINUED on Page Eighth
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-07-16
Ryder Celebration

Ryder, N. D., July 1.-THE lively
town of Ryder will celebrate its sec
ond anniversary July IS, and an orig
inal proposition is being planned
Three thousand dollars has been rails
ed by subscription for the entertain
Iment.
The main features will be a bar
becue Indians from the reservation
will be present by the hundreds, and
will entertain the crowds with wal
dance races, games, etc.
Prominent speakers have been en-.
gagged. Liberal purses will be given
for ball games.
A free dance will be conducted in
the afternoon and evening, and moth
ing is being spared to make the cele-
bration worthy of such an enterpris-
ing town as Ryder. Ample arrange
ments are being made to take care of
all visitors, and in no way can the
time be more pleasantly spent than
by taking in the doings in this splen-
did town.
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Ten young men, members OF the
Mormon church. have been eXpound-
ing their doctrine in this city Tor
several nights and will remain most
off the week.
They give talks on the street each
afternoon and evening and seem TO
have run up against several snags.
MIR. Hurst who formerly resided
near Sawyer met the Mormons on
the street after the services Satur-
day and notified them that ne IN
tended attending their evenings
meeting and PROFOUND a few ques-
tions, He did so, and he also met
them Sunday afternoon, a very large
crowd gathering. He informed them
that his son-in-law was a Mormon
and had not only shot and nearly
killed him some time ago, butt broke
up his home and caused his wife and
ten children to turn against him. Mr..
Hurst has since been confined in the
hospital in this city, and he will ike
ly always need medical treatment
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TO MAKE SIGNAL BALLOONS.
Capt. Thomas S. Baldwin Reoeivel
Order from Army Authorities.

New York.-Capt. Thomas S. Bald.
win, who is building the new dirigible
balloon for the United States army,
has received an order to construct and
deliver within 60 days two observa-
Non balloons for the signal corps OF
the army to cost $500 and to be
built from vulcanized rubber mate
rial he recently invented. The new
material will last five times as long
as the vanished silk now in use, the
inventor says, and is much easier and
safer to handle. One of the balloons
Is to be Of 1000 cubic meters capacity,
the other Of $40 cubic meters.
"The vanished silk has not enough
elasticity" said Capt. Baldwin, "and
It is not lasting. In order to be gas
tight, bags must be revarnished from
time to time, which adds weight to the
balloon.
Army officers 1T once recognized
the value Of balloon that can go UP
In any temperature and that can be
used repeatedly without being recoat
ed. For q rapidly moving war party
tho balloons I am to construct will
be ideal. for they can be carried in
small packages, unpacked and inflated
instantly. Then, too. there is no dan.
ger of spontaneous combustion, az
with vanished silk"
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Recipe for Oratory.

nSCIRS SOu "
Representative Hobson, at the end
of a brilliant speech on naval arma'
ment, was congratulated on his ora
tory.
what is your recipe for good ora
tory?' a reporter asked.
II am afraid oratory comes natural"
was the reply. There is, though one
recipe for 1t, old Job Walmsby's. but
Il is hardly satisfactory.
"'Tha wants to be public speyker,
dos tina, lad?' Job, in his Yorkshire
dialect would say. An tina thenks
AVN the chep to put tina up q
wrinkle ABBOTT it? Tha's right, I avn.
Now, bark tina! When tina rises to
meek thy speych, hit TABLE, and
open thy mawth. II nowt comes, tax
. sup O. water, an hit TABLE again.
Then open thy mawth wider than
afoor. Then, If nowt comes, TAX
thysen of. and leave public speakin'
to such as me-"
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Morraons Struck A Snag
Ten Young Mor1nans Try Get Convsrs of Jos Smiths
Faith in This City---Man Whose Home Was Ruined
By A Mormon Son-in-law Asks Them
Pointed Questions.

from his wound. Mr.. Hurst propound-
ed some questions that made the dis
ciples of Joseph Smith scratch their
heads and which they were unable
to answer to the satisfaction of the
crowd. This brought fourth cheer aft
err cheer for Mr.. Hurst and it is a GER
Hainty that the Mormons can gain no
grounds in Minot. They explained that
plural marriages have been done a
way with in Utah, but did not ex-
plain satisfactorily how the Mormons
regarded their wives, whom they had
married prior to this general order.
A woman who claimed to be a be-
regarded their wives, whom they had
married prior to this general order.
lever in the Latter Day Saints, al
so met the 'Mormons on the street
and propounded a few questions none
of which they could answer.
The young men are good singers
and bright looking. According to
their notion the Mormon religion Is
the only true religion.
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Thos. Marshall at the Leland
Candidate for United Stated Senator in the City Sunday
Suffering With Hay Fever but Otherwise in
A Fit Condition For A Strenuous
Campaign

Thomas Marshall, who received the
highest number of votes for the I'm
tied States Senate from North DakO
ia, was in the city Sunday and made
his headquarters at the Leland Mr..
Marshall was met there by many Of
his admirers, and there are not a
few of them, and expressed himself
as being very confident of his sue
cess in the fall election. He beat NJ.
N. Johnson about four thousand votes
in the primaries, receiving over 90
900 votes in all.
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Produce Consump.

OF the $4,000 tons produced in 1906
1906, 23,400 came from Africa, 1900
from Asia and the East Indies, and
the rest from the Americas, mostly
from Brazil
Stocks on hand at the close Of each
season named decreased steadily from
$500 tons in 1S99-1900 to 1854 tons
in 1904-1905. The temporary reduction
Of consumption in 1905-1906 ran that
seasons stock up to $3.50 tons, but it
was the previous steady stock reduc-
tons which caused the yearly ad.
vances In the price Of crude rubber.
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One Of Worlds Wonders.

Mount Etna, now attracting the ap-
prehensive gaze of the world after Is
years retirement from active bust
ness, has furnished more material for
travellers tales than any other noun
tain on earth. Astonished Englishmen
of a century ago, who fell into the
fashionable habit of climbing its high
est peak-and some did so, to the
amazement of the Sicilians, even in
the dead of winter-have left on rec
ord in the exuberant language Of their
day the emotions that thrilled Their
soul. "The man who treads Mount
Etna,' wrote one Of these, "is a man
above the world. Every river on the
island can be traced from it's mouth
to it's source"
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A Poor Anawe1.

Otto E. Schaar, president Of the
Waters club of New York, in q re.
cent argument on tipping. said to his
opponent, sharply:
"Your reply is altogether beside the
point and irrelevant. It reminds me
Of q woman's reply in German court.
The woman was accused Of poisoning
her husband. The prosecuting attor.
ney said to her:
"You have heard the evidence. The
body contained enough arsenic to kill
ten persons. What have you to say?"
"'My husband the women an
swered, was big eater"
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Why This Cheap Lemonade

Down Valley street some little
boys conduct lemonade and ret
freshment stand A well known lady
passing along the street the other
day thought that it would be a re-
lief from the heat to drink a glass
eff the lemonade She asked the
price and the little fellow in charge
said, "Well the lemonade in this jail
is five cents glass, and in the 9th
er, it is two glasses for five cents .
The lady being very thirsty drank
the two glasses for five cents and
Iuhen asked of the little manager,
"Why do you sell the lemonade that
I drank cheaper than the other
"Well, Jimmy Browns little poodle
dog drank out of that lemonade, "the
honest little man replied
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ouaht to Be a Winner.

"Say," remarked the man with the
absent hair, I've got an idea for pub
lication that would prove a bonanza
for some enterprising Journalist"
well, come on with the explana-
ton" said the other party to the dia'
logue.
TITS a daily paper without adver-
tisements," said the bald gentleman.
"Why do you think such paper
would bs . SUGGEST" Queried the
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Jews In New York.

Jews In New York.
It il said that the New York Jew.
ish community is now the largest in
history or tradition. 1t represents ten
per cent. Of the entire Jewish popu.
lation Of the world. It Is larger
than the aggregate Jewish population
of the eastern largest centers. Vienna,
Budapest, Berlin, Wilma, Amsterdam.
Lemberg and London. It 10 ten times
larger than the entire Jewish popular
ton of France; II is 30 times larger
than the entire Jewish population OF
Italy; it 10 IS times larger than the
population Of Jerusalem, and Is times
larger than the entire Jewish popula-
ton of Syria and Palestine.