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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-22
FINE AND JAIL FOR Lee.
Negro Druggist Gets Heavy Penalty in
Police Court.

Judge Urmy, of the police court, to-
day setenced e. 8, Lee, the negro drug
gist, at 921 Kansas avenue. to. two
months in Jail and fined him 5000 on
the charge of selling liquor to a habit
ual drunkard. H. d. Saunders, clerk
in the Lee pharmacy, was sentenced to
three months in Jail and to pay a fine
of $500 on the charge of failure to I'LL
out the druggists affidavit on LIQUOR
sales properly. Saunders had failed to
fill up the blank form of the affidavit
with the name of the disease for which
the whisky had been sold as a remedy.
Lee and Saunders were arrested last
week and tried yesterday.
ness in this city has declined rs per
cent since the effort OF the last month
to make all drug stores live up to the
letter Of the prohibition law.
Louis Porter and Sam Core. two ne
gro boys. aged 10 and Is years respec-
lively, were arrested today by the po-
lice on charge of stealing bicycles from
the neighborhood of Twelfth and Lane
streets. Many wheels have been re-
ported missing from the southwest
part Of the city recently and it is
stealing them by wholesale and taking
them to pieces and exchanging the
parts of the different wheels in put
ting them together again Core was
turned over to the juvenile court, Whlie
Porter will have to- appear before
Judge Urmy in police court.
Fred Morehouse and Dave Draper,
two Indian boys who had escaped from
Haskell, were arrested today by the
police and turned over to the school
authorities. These rake the sixth In
dian refugee to escape from Haskell
recently who have been captured by the
local police.
Lawrence WonderIy. aged 2S years.
was arrested today on charge of
plain drunk and locked up in the city
prison. The significant part of this
incident is the fact that Wonderly was
entered on the books by the desk SER;
geant as a. ..rounder" under the head
of occupation of prisoners. When, "a
young man is listed on the public rec
ords as rounder his feet have touch.
ed the ground at the bottom of the
social ladder. A fondness for whisky
and corresponding antipathy for
work. are the cause Of t. descent in
SO cases out of 100. Sergeant Ross, in.
writing the word; rounder' opposite
this young mans name unconscfous1y
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-22
BIG b BAND CONCERT.
A Topeka Organization Needs New
Instruments.

The Big B. Band Concert band, of
which A. r. jackson is the leader. will
give a concert at Skene,s park Friday
evening. The concert is to raise mon
ey to pay for band instruments. The
program for next Friday is as follows:
March. OFFICER Of the Day, by r. B.
Hall.
March, Blazeway, Abe Holzeman.
Overture. May Flower. by C.. L.
Farmhouse.
March, Old Faithful. Holzeman.
Baritone Solo, Down on the Farm,
by Ffttjerell- Played by Mr.. King.
Tntermission.
March. Our Colonel, farmhouse.
Recollections of the War Larendren
March, Salute to Stars and Stripes.
Hall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-22
FOR COOPERATIVE STORES.
Western Federation of Miners Puts
Itself on Record.

Denver, Col. July 22.-The, Western
Federation Of Miners today officially
repudiated the Industrial Workers of
the World by adopting an amendment
words mining department of the In
dustrfal Workers of the World" where
ever they appear and inserting in lieu
thereof Western Federation of Min
ers." Yesterday the organization went
on record as favoring Industrial un-
might seem to be opposed to that poll
Icy, IN reality 1t lis not so as many
members of the convention declared
that the Industrial Workers of World
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-22

placed an indeHble trade mark of the
worlds disapproval upon him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-22
PERFECT TARGET SHOOTING.
Troops at Fort Casey Make 100 Per
Cent of the Hits.

Washington, July 22.-The list COM
pany c. A. C.. at target practice at
Fort Casey. Wash, June "a, 1908, made
100 per cent of hits at a 80 foot by 60
foot target which was moving at the
rate of 7.6 miles per hour, at a mean
range of 5.492 yards. This practice
was held at ten inch rifles on disap-
pearing carriages at Battery Worth,
Fort Casey. Wash The series of six
shots was fired in a little over So min
utes. This is the second practice with
in the last six months in which the list
company. c. A c.. has made one hun
dred per cent Of hits. The excellence
Of the work of the list company, C. A.
c.. attesting a careful and thorough
performance OF duty. the chief of coast
artillery has recommended special
commentator of the OFFICERS and men.
Captain Granville SEWER, coast artil-
7lery corps, commanded the list COM
pafy in the occasion of this practice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-22

had become so disorganized and filled
with factions that it no longer repre-
sents industrial unionism.
After considerable discussion the
convention adopted resolution advis-
ing the various local unions to make a
special study. of the Rockdale CO.
operative system of stores and estab-
lish them in mining camps, wherever
posSihle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-22

better or worse is momentarily expect
ed. DR.. Frank Billings, a Chicago
specialist, has been called into con-
sultatiOn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-22
DOOMED TO DIE !.
The Rat must go, is the Verdict of
Health Officers Everywhere.

Physicians everywhere recognize
the danger of bubonic plague injection
from rats. Stearns' Electric Rat and
Roach Paste is the best and simplest
method of killing off rats and danger
Gus vermin of all kinds.
It drives the rats out of the house to
die and is guaranteed to kill them or
money refunded. Also 'exterminates
cockroaches. mice and other vermin.
Sold by druggists everywhere or sent
prepaid on receipt of price OF. box sc.
Is o. box $1.00- Stearnss Electric Paste
Company, Buffalo, N. Y. Z
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-04-09
LABOR OF THE r
How 1t Can Be Made to Make Up for
Lack of Hired Help.

Some n has figured out that it
costs on the average only one-half as
much to feed a horse as it does to feed
a man, and that the horse will do ten
times the amount of work that it is
possible for the nan to do. If this
estimate is correct, then a dollars
worth Of food given the horse will
produce 20 times as much results as
the same amount Of money will if ex-
pended in feed for a man. Therefore,
when man domesticated the horse he
immensely increased his own power of
securing results. When much farm
work is to be done there should al
ways be enough horses to do it.
Farmers try to economic on the num-
Der of horses and have to leave much
work undone. In the event of hired
help being scarce, it is sometimes
possible to offset this lack by increas-
ing the number of horses kept. In
some parts Of the west and northwest,
declares the Farmers Review, the
scarcity of help has resulted in more
horses being used. Five are hitched
to a double plow, and one driver is
thus enabled to turn two burrows at a
time and practically double the work
that one man has to do. This is the
result Of the complete utilization of
horsefesh.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-04-09
HEAvEs CAUSED BY HAY.
Veterinarian Cautions Against Too
Heavy Feeding.

A noted veterinarian of Canada
says that one full feed per day of
hay is enough for a horse; that be-
cause the work horses are busy in
crop time they only get mt full feed
Of hay every "a hours, but in the win
ter are frequently allowed to stand
and eat all day. He says that a horse
to be in perfect health should have
the stomach emptied, of the previous
meal for two or three hours before he
is given another. If such is not the
case, digestion will not take place in
a perfect manner, and disease is likely
to result. There is a remarkable SYM
pathy between the stomach and the
lungs, because of the fact that the
same nerve trunk supplies nerve force
to both organs. When the stomach
is deranged from improper feeding the
lungs are liable to become sympa-
t~hetically affected and heaves often
result. Care should also be taken that
musty hay. This dust is as light as
air, and the horse in breathing draws
it right into the lung tissue with every
breath, and this substance, being an
%irritant, is very prone to develop the
heaves. II no better hay can be OBJ
tanned, the dust should be laid by
sprinkling with water, when the horse
will not breathe it, but will be swal-
lowed with his feed and probably do
him no harm; but when at all possible
only bright, clean hay, free from dust,
should be fed to horses. Again no
horse is in fit condition for active x
ercise with a stomach distended with
hay, because the stomach situated as
1t is right behind the lung space, If
full, bulges forward into the chest to
such an extent that the lungs have no
room to properly expand, and cannot
perform their functions properly; and
anything that interferes with the func-
ton Of the lungs predisposes to heaves.
In many cases If farmers would feed
one-third less hay to idle horses in the
winter months they would come out in
the spring in better condition.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-04-09
EARLY PIGS.
The Kind of Shelter Which is Best for
Them.

At our farm, writes an Ohio farmer
in the Epitomist, we have entirely
discarded the permanent hog-pen and
yards, adjacent, chiefly due TO the
fact that cholera is quite prevalent
and disinfectants are not SO easily
used in caring for the hogs that are
kept in such quarters.
Our plan has been to use portable
hog nests therefore that may be trans
ported from one location to another,
thus placing the hogs upon new terri
tory at will. These forms of nests we
find the very best arrangement in
which to nest the sows that will have
early spring pigs.
BY drawing these nests into a shell
tered location near the side of the
barn or other stock buildings and bed
ding them down with fresh straw and
separating the sows, placing each one
into her own nest a few weeks previ'
Gus to the advent Of the litter, she
will almost without fail have good
success with her pigs.
II the winds blow roughly we at
tach a blanket of heavy gunny-sack-
ing to the top of the opening or door
in the nest and at the bottom tack on
a 1x2 lath which holds. the curtain in
place.
The SOW will soon learn to lift this
curtain by means of her nose in going
out and in for her feed, thus the
youngsters are protected from the
drafts of wind which are often very
disagreeable during the absence of the
mother. Upon sunshiny days the cur.
tain can be thrown back over the top
of the nest and only replaced at night
for protection. We think quite well
Of this plan as we are aware that lit
tie pigs are often chilled and suffer
greatly when the mother leaves the
nest to go after feed and especially il
she be obliged to stay away from
them for some time when rough
winds are going.
A nest that is built upon the ground
is far superior In warmth than the one
built upon plank floors, in the even
Of early coming pigs, and it will pay
the hog raiser who would have success
with early pigs to consider this along
with other comforts afforded thest
early coming youngsters.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-04-09

as they should when attention was
called to them.
Mr.. Watchorn makes an equally
emphatic denial that the charge Of
Gen. Bingham had any substantial
basis, so far as the administration of
affairs at Ellis Island is concerned.
1t is a fact, aside from the contro-
versy that the depredations of desper-
ate criminals from abroad, the major
ity of whom are Italians, has become
a nj to the state. Even admitting
that the present immigration laws
were enforced at every port with the
utmost efficiency the whole system of
dealing with the foreign criminal
seems weak and ineffective.
1t is a habit of first-class passengers
to inveigh against the offensive
idiocy" of the questions ~propounded TO
them by the immigration inspectors,
such as Have you ever been In
prison?" Have you ever been an in
mate of an a~lmshouse?' and the like.
The objection on their part is based
on personal grounds because they
consider the questions unnecessary,
Such questions %propounded to the
steerage passenger bent on evading
she law border on the futile. The only
punishment that can be melted out to
the person who perjures himself is ex
clusion from the country. He rarely
returns to his own land to make an
other attempt to gain the coveted do
main. He knows that the inspector is
charged with finding out the very
thing which he wishes to conceal and
exerts all the ingenuity within his
power to checkmate the attempt t.
delve into the past.
On Their Own Testimony.
Yet the main dependence of the au
thoritins is the hope that the inspec
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-04-09
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a very important purpose. Were 1t
not for this light gate we would find it
necessary to keep the door closed be-
tween the horse stable and buggy
room, thus shutting off ventilation.
The gate is hinged onto the rolling
door with light strap hinges, explains
a writer in Prairie Farmer, Sc that
when the gate is not in use it swings
around and fastens to the large door
out of the way.
For material in making the gate we
use inch strips of good pine for the
horizontal pieces. The upright pieces
are light strips gotten out for fence
pickets.
l find a light gate of this character
a good thing to keep poultry out of
the barn during the summer months.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-04-09

consuls or the other side or the for
eign consuls at this port send infor-
nation which is of the greatest value.
An alleged embezzler, Schouawe, was
apprehended on the complaint of the
Russian consul general, whose de-
scription and that which the man gave
of himself tailed so exactly that he
admitted his identity to the immigra-
ton authorities. Owing to the repre-
sensations Of Commissioner Watchorn
a year ago not only immigrants who
have been convicted of a crime and
have served terms in prison may be
deported, but those who admit having
committed a felony or other crime or
m~isdemeanor involving moral turpi-
tude.
This is especially effective where
immigrants are fugitives from justice.
Without friendly suggestions the in
spector must depend upon his knowl-
edge of human nature, his study Of
physiognomy and other qualities of a
Sherlock Holmes, and even then he
may go sadly astray.
By dint of prolonged cross-examina.
ton, if the intuition be keen, he may
be able to establish a criminal record
for the suspected alien out of his own
admissions; but frequently the candi-
date has been so we'll coached that he
is able to battle the inspector at every
turn. If he is tripped up he can re-
turn to the land whence he came and
try again for admission through some
port which is less closely guarded.
Dread Foes Here.
The thing which the habitual Grim
inal from outre mer breads most,
especially if he be a Sicilian or of a
race which long nourishes feuds, is
that some favorite enemy has warned
the authorities about him in order to
even up old scores. 1t is nothing un-
usual for the enemy to take his re-
venge in this way.
Can it possibly be-" an inspector
will ask suavely, that you have an
enemy in this country who would say
that you have been in prison six
times?"
ut is a great lie" the response may
be. II swear, crossing my heart, that
it has been but twice"
That is enough to bar the candidate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-04-09
CANE AT INoPPoRTUNE TIME.
Community Just Then Looked with
Disfavor on Wart Cursrs.

81 have come into this wild country
to tell my famous wart cure" an
nounced the wandering fake-.
wall, stranger" drawled Amber
Pete, "it would be advisable to leave
by the next stage. The last man that
introduced a wart cure in this section
is dead"
Indeed! And what kind Of a cure
was it,"
wall, he had some cotton in a
satchel and he told the boys If they
wanted to get rid of their warts all
they had to do was to rub the warts
with the cotton. 1t turned out to be
gun cotton"
"And did they get rid Of the warts?"
"They did, and they got rid of the
wart doctor, also. That's his tomb
stone by the borax mountain. Don't
step on it when you leave town,
stranger, and see that you leave town
early."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-04-09

Francisco six months ago, and In the
course Of his trial a prison record in
Italy had been discovered. He landed
originally at this port. Many c man
who by hook or by crook has entered
the country and has taken Up his
abode in the Italian quarter, there to
prey on the respectable members of
his own race by threats of violence, is
returned by Ellis island to his native
land. The finding of so many Grim
inals of this class indicates there are
many who get through the meshes Of
the immigration service net.
Always Source of Danger.
"Criniaais such as these are like
the foxes with the brands tied to their
tails which caused the burhing of the
corn No matter where they are at
large they are the cause of damage
and trouble, and 1 never found any
foundation for the stories that other
governments turned them loose upon
the United States.
1T is unfair that the $4,000, 900 of
immigrants who have come to this
country should suffer on account of
the ill-doing of a few hundred thou
sands. The crimes which have recent
ly been laid at the doors of the
Italians are committed by only a hand
full Of that race, perhaps not more
than 500 in all"
Mr.. WatchoTn declared in favor of
the utmost vigilance in watching for
alien felons, no matter whether they
were supposed to be in the steerage
or the first cabins of the liners. He
declared gifted swindlers and embez-
zlers and persons of immoral char
acter were as likely to be found in the
saloon as in the steerage,
During the administration Of Com
missioner Watchorn the number of
foreign felons returned in a year has
increased from "a a year to nearly ten
times that number and extraordinary
vigilance has been exercised, yet
there are many who are able to run
the blockade with success for all that.
Suggests Change in Law.
The commissioner of immigration
has suggested that the law be 80 modi-
fed as to make it possible to deport
aliens who commit crimes within
three years after their landing in this
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-04-09

1t is not unusual for the noted Grim
inals to cross the ocean ferry two or
three times before their identity is
noted. The law provides that any alien
felon may be returned to the place
whence he came if complaint is made
within three years of his landing in
the United States. After three years
he is beyond the power of the law,
and no matter if his record outruns
Herod he cannot be disturbed.
Italians predominant among the
criminal occupants of the detention
pen, and most of these are from the
south of Italy or from Sicily. Swarthy,
dark browed, with faces furrowed by
the records of evil lives, they are
closely watched on the island, al
though no special prison is provided
for them. They r carefully searched
for knives and stilettos. The turning
over of many Of them to the immigra.
ton authorities comes through their
arrest by the police for some deed of
violence.
Hard to Make Case.
In order to make a case against
them 1t is necessary to have accurate
information as TO when they came to
this country and on what ship. Ere
quently for lack of definite informa-
tion and evidence of previous guilt 1t
is impossible to deport criminals
against whom the police believe there
is a strong case. The differences be
tween the local and the federal views
of the matter led recently to the criti
cisms made by Col. Bingham against
the immigration authorities.
Among the occupants of the deten
ton pen recently were several immi
grants with long records of crime
There was Benedetto Tordini, for in
stance, who had stabbed a nan in Sar
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-04-09
General Demand

Of the Well-Informed Of the World has
always been for a simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy Of known
value; a laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its COM
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its eI-
cellent combination of Syrup Of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one Of many reasons why
Syrup Of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well Informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine-manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co, only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-04-09

country irrespective of any prison SEN
tence they may have served in their
native land. This would rid the United
States of many who are unfit for citi-
zenship. He thinks also that the CO.
operation of the foreign governments
might be obtained.
There are some nations which is-
sue what are called penal passports"
said he. Italy has two kinds of pass
ports-one which states that the per-
son bearing it is a subject of the king
and yet another which states If the
bearer has ever been in prison, and if
so the ~oifenses of which he was con-
victed and the terms are specified.
"Since certain nations, among which
are Italy, Russia, Germany and
France, issue such passports it would
be feasible to pass a law requiring
that immigrants from those countries
bring penal passports with them.
These would have to be well authenti-
Gated and they would serve as COM
plCJS CSOluo, HhJ PStooA VIM A6u
a prison record would thus be barred
from coming to the United States and
none with such a passport would come
here.
1T would be just as well to make
the law far reaching and to permit no
one to land here who had ever been
in prison. There r a few cases, / adj
NIT, where a man by years of correct
living may have completely reformed,
but it would be just as well for him
to remain in his W country. l be-
lieve that the various governments
would willingly cooperate in this, for
criminals are the foes of all humanity.
The foreign nations are not anxious
that criminals should flee froR. SasttGr
in order to come here to ply thgtl
calling.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-04-09

tors will be able to establish by the
testimony of men suspected of being
felons the facts which would result
in their own exclusion.
Practically no effort was made ten
years ago to find out whether a man
had a criminal record, and it has only
been within the last two or three years
that the authorities have seriously ad-
dressed themselves to the task of ex
Guiding the criminal classes that
come to this country.
Observations made at Ellis island
show that the immigration laws, such
as they are, with regard to criminals
from other lands seems to be enforced
with painstaking fidelity. The inspec-
tors are laboriously conscientious, as
a whole, in their duties and seem to
do all they al within the narrow
limitation of the statute to detect
criminals. For practical purposes,
however, the whole attitude of the
present law is against them, to say
nothing of the specific provisions