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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-08
TEMPERANCE RALLY SUNDAY.
Meetings to BE Held in the Topeka
Churches Tomorrow.

The State Temperance Union will
hold meetings in the various churches
OF Topeka tomorrow. A number of
speakers from outside the city will be
present and address the people of the
churches. Assistant Attorney General
G. w. Trickett will speak in the First
Congregational church in the morning
and in the Third Christian church at
night. DR.. Thomas Parry pastor of
the First Presbyterian church Wichita.
who has recently come to the state
from the east and man who is active
" engaged in Anti Saloon league work,
will address the congregation of the
First Presbyterian church in the morn
ing and the Potwin Presbyterian
church at night.
Chaplain j. D. McBrian of the state
penitentiary. who has seen much of the
crime side of the liquor traffic and who
has been a very careful observer will
speak at the North Topeka Christian
church in the morning and at the Oak
land Christian church at night. Mr.. E.
c. Warfe1, former assistant attorney
general Of Linn county. who is now en-
gagged in the practice of law at Wamego
and who has done some splendid work
along the line of law enforcement for
the State Temperance Union, as well as
in public meetings. will speak at the
Unitarian church in the morning and
at the North Topeka Congregational
church at night.
J. w. Gleed, member of the execu-
tive committee of the State Temperance
Union, and who is well known to the
people of Topeka, will address the peo-
pie of the First Baptist church in the
morning and the congregation at Low
man Hill church at night j. K Cod
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-08
ALL SHOT TO DEATH.
Remains of Judge Hargis Laid Beside
Those of His Three Brothers.

jackson, KY, Feb. 8.-The funeral of
Judge James Hargis, who met death
at the hands of his son, took place at
noon today in the little family burial
ground. The dead man lay in a cas-
ket Of steel and mahogany.
Nearby are the graves of Judge Har-
gis' three brothers, all of whom died
Of bullet wounds inflicted by implacable
enemies.
The funeral cortege of the murdered
leader was unique spectacle.
The body was taken across the town
bend" of the river by a bridge and
there placed upon q push car and roll
ed down the tracks of the Lexington
& Eastern railroad for half a mile.
Thence 1t was transferred to a push
car on the narrow gauge road of a
lumber company and rolled nearly a
, mile more, crossing the river again on
the Panhandle side. Thence 1t was
carried about 300 yards to the grave.
The attendants walked. forming a
procession in the track behind the car
which served as hearse. There is no
hearse in the town.
Berry Hargis, the murderer, was per-
mitted to view the body of his father,
before it was taken from the house. He
was greatly overcome and fell on his
knees and said: Lord have mercy"
He was returned to the gloomy
Breathitt county Jail about the hour
the body was being taken from the
house and did not see the procession
as it started on it's way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-08
THIEF ASSOCIATION.
Full Pledged Branch Is Organized al
Highland Park.

On Friday evening, February T. there
was organized full f1edged Anti
horsethief association just south of the
city.
There is a general and determined
disposition on the part of the people
all about in that part of the county to
see that trespass, illegal hunting and
general depredations which have been
going on shall stop.
Arrangements for full set of deputy
sheriffs has been made and a method
of telephone calls which will make
criminality south Of the city an I'M
profitable enterprise.
Towels have been shot and carried
away, animals injured, and even killed,
trespassers with boards Of dogs have
become insolent. and just recently a
barn was dynamited by persons, where
the circumstances point strongly to a
party of hunters striving to get even
with it's owner because of previous trou-
BILE.
lied for the purpose of recovering stolen
horses, but in these later years it has
drifted into a fraternity for promoting
law and order and securing home pro-
lection in detail.
The local membership conists Of:
A. B. Smith. president; J. N. Edgar.
vice president; Geo. M Stone, secre-
tary; Geo. G. Stiles, financial secre-
tary; j. A. Swan, treasurer; Geo. Sell
over, marshal; Chas. Flanders, guard;
E. Luenberger, official newspaper cor
respondent; James Stevenson, c. S..
Kelley, E. L. Overton, w. E. McCaster,
D. o. Orr, H. r. Constable. N. ]. Mel
son, o. F. Whitney, ]. Wichem, G. w.
Ward, M. r. Constable, F. Isles, VIM.
Mather, Thos. NJ. King. K. King, John
Moneypenny, r. L. Zeller, J. Chubb,
and Sheriff Wilkerson-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-08
.'sHEF" INGALLS, NAMED
Son of Late Senator VIII Take Testi-
mony in Leavenworth Case.

The supreme court today appointed
Sheffield ingalls, of Atchison as COM
missioner to take the testimony in the
contempt proceedings against Capt.
J. T. Taylor Of Leavenworth. Capt.
Taylor is charged with contempt in
collecting money from jointists and
using it to pay for street lights and
street cleaning for the city. It is con-
tended that this was a ruse by which
the injunction preventing the city
from collecting money from jointists
in lieu of license fees was avoided.
The attorney general wore a large
smile today when he heard of the APP
pointment. 1t looked rather funny to
him to have an Atchison man sitting
in Judgment on a Leavenw mans
case. Maybe there will be something
interesting when the evidence is being
taken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-08
Minor Washington Notes.

Washington. D. c., Feb. g.
Congressman Anthony has secured q
favorable report from the home mill
tary committee on Senator Longs bill
to authorize the war department to
cede to the state of Kansas one acre
Of ground on the Fort Riley military
reservation on which stands the first
capitol Of Kansas. AS soon as the bill
passes. which will be in a few days,
the Wollard commission in Kansas can
begin work restoring the old capitol.
The Indian soff1ce concludes that II
already has authority to open up roads
On the Pottawatomie reservation in
Jackson county. Kan, and has had
Senator Curtis send a letter to the
county attorney. explaining the pro-
cedure. The county board must mako
application to the Indian once for tho
opening Of the roads and when Il is
received 1t will be investigated ana
adopted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-08

ding, the man who has made the State
Temperance Unions fight for law en-
forcement popular, will speak at the
Central Congregational church In the
morning and at the Third Presbyterian
church at night.
John Marshall. attorney for the State
Temperance Union, and now assistant
attorney general of Crawford county,
who has succeeded in putting the lid on
in that county, will speak at the North
Topeka Presbyterian church; and Robt.
Norris, secretary of the Union, will
speak at the First United Brethren
church in the morning and at the Swed-
ish Mission church at night. Other
churches that will not have temperance
speakers in them tomorrow, because OF
special work, have selected other dates
for State Temperance Union field day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-08
LELAND. FOR GOVERNOR.
Ellis County Republicans Organize
Leland Club.

C. w. Miller and some other Ellis coun-
ty Republicans hava organized in their
county the first Leland for Governor"
club. It was Miller who organized the
first Taft for President" club. When
Taft went west he made a speech at both
Hays and Ellis
The LELAND for Governor club at Ellis
is out with the following proclamation:
"Motto-..Blind as a bat to everything
but Right
I'VE, Republicans of Hays. Ellis county.
feeling that it is reasonable to presume
that this may be the last opportunity the
people OF Kansas, regardless of party,
may have to make an old soldier it's gov
ernor. man who fought with Grant. and
marched to the sea with Sherman. And
in the interest of safe government in Kan
sas by all the people, g government that
by the people, and divorced from dema-
gogues
I'VE hereby resolve that we favor the
nomination of Hon. Cyrus Leland. jr., the
old soldier. as the candidate Of the Re
publican party for governor of the state
of Kansas.
with our primary law. let the farmers.
the business men, the old soldiers, the
people of the whole state of Kansas; as
sert their rights and choose Cy Leila nd.
the farmers friend. as our standard
bearer, for the office of governor at our
primary election in 1906
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-08
TURNS DOWN TWO MORE
Bonds of Fidelity and Guaranty Com
pany Thrown Out. g

State Bank Commissioner John o.
Royce today turned down two more
bonds given by the United States FL
deity and Guaranty company of Bal
tfmore. aggregating in amount $685.
500, on the ground that this company
is not in good standing with the in
surance department, and is in danger
or having its license to do business in
Kansas revoked.
one OF the rejected bonds was for
$21,500 and was filed by the officers
or the Shawnee Building & Loan Co
OF Topeka. The other bond was for
$1,000 and covered three officers of
the Home Building and Loan conn
pany Of Atchison.
large number Of similar bonds
have been signed by the same com
pany and filed with the bank COM
missioner None of these old bonds
will be disturbed by the commissioner
unless the insurance department does
panies as is now threatened because
or the dflatory tactics Of the United
states Fidelity and Guaranty com
pany and the Title Guaranty and
Trust company in the suits which the
state is trying to collect the balance
II lost IN the First National bank fall
ure. Mr.. Royce said today that If the
license were forfeited he would at
once return all of these bonds and
require that new ones. be given.
Ih1s Is the same action which was
taken by Governor Hoch yesterday in
refusing to approve the bond Of State
Dairy Commissioner ID. M Wilson.
who offered a bond of the United
States Fidelity & Guaranty company.
insurance Commissioner Charles
Barnes had written to both the United
States Fidelity & Guaranty COMPANY
and the Title Guaranty & Surety COM
pany of Scranton, asking them why
they are delaying the trial of the ac-
lions pending against them in the
Shawnee county district court to COL
lect $4,000 which it is claimed these
companies owe the state on account
of the failure of the First National
bank, which carried $550,000 of state
deposits. The United States Fidelitx
company was on the banks bond for
$250,O00 and the Title Guaranty s.
100000. - N
The fight seems to be between the
shift the responsibility on the other.
The United States Fidelity claims that
the bank was not liable because Kelly
put the money on deposit with the
bank contrary to law. {
Both the Title Guaranty & Surety
company and the United States Fidei-
ity are represented in Topeka by A. F.
Williams. but LOOMS, Blair & Scan
brett are special counsel for the Fl
deity and Robert Dunlap of Chicago is
special counsel for the Scranton COM
pany.
1t is understood that shortly after
the bank failure, the Fidelity company
had about decided to pay the claim of
the state, in order to avoid the filing
of the suits, but later concluded to
make a fight.
Unless the two companies make sat
isfactory reply to the letters of Insur-
ance Commissioner Barnes, it is ex-
pected that the licenses of these two
companies to do business in Kansas
will be revoked.
Attorney General Jackson said to-
day: "All we ask is that these COM
panies cease trying to delay the trial
of the cases. and come up and fight
What we want is a hearing in court"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-08
LOCAL MENTION.

A big sponge for a small price at
Prices drug store.
We carry So of Gavitt's medical
and toilet articles. Waggener's 731
Kansas ave.
Prof Nathaniel Sawyers, one of
the teachers of the public school will
be a candidate for councilman of the
Fifth ward. A caucus will be held
this evening to devise ways and means
for active work to bring about his
nomination.
q. L. Mooney. special travelling ac-
countant of the Santa Fe. arrived
home today after a 80 days trip over
the southern lines of the Santa Fe.
C. C. Baker is over from Lathrop,
Mo-, on q visit to his parents
j. e. Shaffer is spending the day
at Willard looking after real estate
business.
John Imley, driver for the Topeka
Pure Milk Co. was slightly injured
this morning at Sixth and Madison
streets in a collision with a street car.
His wagon was wrecked.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-08
Harry Gregg in Serious Trouble

Harry Gregg, a member of the
Flower crust who was arrested last
night by the police as vagrant. is
now facing a more serious charge.
Gregg got out on bond last night, but
left his personal effects with the
jailer. Among his papers were a
number of indecent photographs. One
of these pictures showed the de-
PENDANT, Gregg, In company with a
16-year-old girl named Cunningham,
whose parents live in the bottoms"
district The picture was shown to
the girls parents who at once secured
d state warrant charging Gregg with
criminal intimacy with the girl.
Without waiting for Gregg to show up
in answer to his vagrancy charge in
police court, Sheriff Wilkerson went
out and rounded up the culprit. The
photograph of Gregg and the girl
has been identified by the parents of
the girl,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-08
his tract as farm property in order to
minimize his damages.

An effort to cancel the charter of Gas
City in Allen county on the ground that
it was illegally organized failed in the
supreme court today as the court held
that a proceeding of this kind must be
started in the name of the state by
some state officer authorized to repre-
sent the interest Of the public. The
court says: who the party plaintiff is
in this case does not seem clear. The
name State of Kansas appears in the
title of the action but 1t seems to have
been used by the Cherokee-Lanyon
Spe1ter company for the purpose of set
ting aside an illegal tax which had
been levied against it's property. This
Is an action in which the state of Kan
sas has no interest and its name as
used does not conceal or change the
private character Of the relief sought" =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-08
WICHITA TURNED DOWN.
National Baseball Commission Will
Not Allow Western League to Draft.

National Baseball Commission Will
Not Allow Western League to Draft.
Cincinnati. Feb. 8.-The request of
the Wichita, Kan, club that a special
ruling be issued permitting the West
ern league to draft that club was de-
MED by the national baseball commits
sion today for lack of jurisdiction.
Such change is declared to be entirely
within the power of the National As
ISOLATION of Minor leagues. A COM
plant by President Walker of the
Oakland club, in the Pacific Coast
league, recalling several points there
tofore raised, was discussed briefly.
Like the Wichita club management he
criticized the drafting matter and Is
also referred to the national asso cia-
ton for remedy. The standing Of the
Pacifis Coast league as among the
highest minor organizations is again
emphasized, the commission concur
ring. He also asks for legislation
against eastern players joining outlaw
clubs on the coast on which point the
commission has heretofore taken
action.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-08
yictim of Opera House Fire.

Boyertown, Pa, Feb. 8.-Mrs. George
Grim, aged 3S years, died here today,
an indirect victim of the Rhoades opera
house horror. Before the fire she was
in excellent health. Her daughter, Lii
liam, aged 16 years, was burned to death
in the opera house and the next day
Mrs. Grim was Frustrated by the shock
and never recovered. Her death is the
Hist fatality. due to the accident.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-08
New Worlds Record.

Santa Barbara, Cal, Feb. ga new
worlds record at target practice by the
cruiser Maryland at Magdalena bay is
reported by Stewart Edward White, who
has Just returned from there on a col
lier. The days average of the Mary
land was eight and forty-three hun
dredths (843) hits per minute. while
steaming in battle formation at 10
knots. The shots were fired at target
IL by q feet at LOO yards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-08
A Convenient Train.

For Topeka people who desire a fail
business day in Kansas City is the
Union Pacific No. 102 which leaves
Topeka every day at 7:05 a. m, ar
irving in Kansas City at $3.50 q. m.
You can get breakfast in the diner on
this train and dinner on No. 101 which
leaves Kansas City at 6 p. M, reach
ing Topeka at 7:35 d. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-08
Cortelyou Visits New York.

New York, Feb. s.-Secretary of the
Treasury Cortelyou, who came to New
York from Washington last night, spent
some time at the custom house today.
There he held an extended conference
with Collector Fowler and other GUS
toms officials.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-08
TAFT STARTS WEST.

The Secretary Will Speak in Kansas
City on Monday.
Washington, Feb. S.-Sacretary Of
War Taft left Washington this after
noon for Kansas City, where he will
speak Monday. Before leaving he
stated that the recommendation of the
joint board of army and navy officers in
favor of the creation of principal naval
base of the United States at Manila.
instead of Subig bay, had been ap-
proved and would be carried into ef
feet att once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-08
Notice 10 Plasterers.

All union plasterers are requested to
meet at their hall, APO Kansas avenue,
on Sunday morning, February 9. at
o'clock tomorrow for the funeral Of our
beloved brother, w. 8. Dixon.
w. M. HICKMAN, President.
j. NJ O'BRIEN, Sec. 100 Topeka ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-08

Gold etched glass for wedding gifts.
Miss Jennie Bross. 1015 Harrison. Ind.1342
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-08
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Word has been received in Topeka
of the death of Hampton Squires. the
five-months-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Squires, at the home of tho
parents insGreen Mountain Falls. Colo
The body will arrive in Topeka Sum
day when the arrangements for the
funeral will be completed.
William S. Dixon, "a years of age,
died at his home, 522 Lawrence street,
of pneumonia. The funeral will be
held SUNDAY afternoon from the family
residence at 2:S0 Sunday.
The two-weeks-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. ]. wonderly died at the home
of his parents last night. The funeral
win be held Sunday afternoon from
the family home. 314 Hancock street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-08
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

Choose most becoming tint; flesh, white,
pink or brunette. Satin skin powder. &c
MRS. ANNIE M. TRAPP, stamping ana
typography goods. ia Kansas ave, up-
stairs. =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-08
MRS EDDY AND THE NEW CHRISTIAN scIENC]

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-08

state deanurrage law was @inapplicable
because it conficted with the interstate
commerce regulations. The court says:
1.-THE supreme court Of the United
States is the final arbiter as to whether
the regulations are reasonable and
whether they impose an unreasonable
burden upon interstate commerce. Each
case being considered in a generous
spirit upon it's own merits there is and
can be no general rule" The lower
court sustained a demurrer to the
plaintiffs petition but the supreme
court says that this was an error and
the case is remanded for further pro-
ceedings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-08

The law passed by the legislature a
year ago to permit cities of $4,000 in
habitants. especially referring to Kan
sas City. Kan. was declared valid and
constitutional by the supreme court
today. The Kansas City park board is
given the authority to levy tax of
one-half mill on the dollar to provide
system of public parks, parkways
and boulevards and to maintain the
same
The decision was handed down in
the case brought by II. r. Wolf and
others of Kansas City. 1t was first
tried in the district court for Wyan-
dotte county and there the law was
declared valid. On the appeal to the
supreme court Justice Benson holds
that the law is constitutional. The
opinion is lengthy one and takes up
all of the provisions of the law and
| discusses them thoroughly. The
court holds that the provision in the
law allowing the park commissioners
| to hold office for six years is invalid
because of constitutional prohibit
| ton that officers must not be APP
pointed for more than four years.
This does not invalidate the law
| however as the term of office is then
made optional with the appointing
power and the commissioners may hold
| their jobs as long as the mayor sees
| fit to appoint them.
The supreme court decided in favor of
| y. r. Roe in the case appealed from
| Neosho county by the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas railway relating to the con-
domination of certain lands. Roe owned
two blocks in the city of Erie. The
| blocks were laid out into lots but were
| vacant and were fenced. The allie VS.
| were not open through the tract nor
were the streets followed in that part
| OF the city. The railway company tried
TO condemn the land as farm property.
| The supreme court holds that since the
| tract had been laid out into >ots the
railroad could not insist that Roe treat
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-28

ing murder in the first degree, Is pending here against Alexander
 The weather man says Thursday will be generally cloudy with showers.
 An event of particular interest to the people of Pine Bluff and the la dies especially, is the opening of the Marinello Hair Dressing Parlors at their location, suite s, 12l l-2 west Second avenue. The prOprietors are graduates of the famed Marinello School at Chicago, which is under the direction of Mrs. R. J. Maurer. the prominent physician and biologist, whom it will be remembered spent a winter in Pine Bluff several years ago as the guest of Mrs. M K. Moore. The parlors are now open and the pubic is cordially invited to call. All kinds of hair dressing work and manicurlng are done. the latter being for gen. tlemen as well as ladies. Engage ments may be made by calling SS new nhone 5-2S-5t