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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-04
OVER THREE BILLIONS
Stock of Money i'm the United States
Breaks All Records.

Washington, Dec 4-Charles H. Treat,
treasurer of the United States in his
annual report Calls, attention to the
fact that owing TO the disturbed rela-
tionS between the income and outgo of
the government there was a deficit last
year of $58, POI as against a surplus
for the preceding year of $S4, ,236, ,586 and
points out that the total revenues for
1908 exceeded any preceding fiscal year
except 1907 Treasurer Treat declares
that thus it is apparent that the trou-
BILE is not in decreasing receipts but
in increasing expenditures which situa-
tion the treasury was able to meet with
the excess of revenues which had ac-
cumulated during the previous years.
The amount of gold coin actually used
in the channels of trade is less than
one-half the general stock of gold coin
in the country owing to the increas-
ing popularity of the gold certificate
The general stock of money at the close
of the last fiscal year was $3,378,7 764, ,020,
an increase of $263, ,203. .013. as compared
with that of year ago. The money in
circulation for the past eleven years has
steadily increased; the growth per cap
ita advanced from $22.87 in 1897 to $34.72
in 1908 Population has more than dou-
bled every 80 years while the wealth of
the nation has more than doubled every
20 years. There is a legitimate demand
developing the growing industries and
expanding trade relations. but no meth
cd employed by which that demand
per CAPITA can be measured. The volume
of currency should not be based on the
individual man, but on the volume of
products produced by man, measured
by the market value thereof.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-04
AFTER Her SCALP.
w. C. It. U. Starts Fight on Chi
cago school Teacher.

Chicago. Dec. 4.-Miss Grace Reed.
principal of the John B. Drake school.
is looked upon by the school authori-
ties as one of the ablest educators in
the city, but she will lose her job if
the Chicago Woman's Christian Tenn
perance union has its way But she
will not lose it if President Schneider
of the board of education can pre-
vent it.
In a speech delivered last Sunday at
a suffrage meeting held in the Fine
Arts building Miss Reed declared that
a saIoonkeeper of good character
should receive as much consideration
as a business man. as a baker or
banker The prohibition sections of
a city, she added, are dead sections,
being crippled in one of their legiti-
mate arteries of business.
These remarks did not please the
temperance women On the contrary
they aroused their wrath to such an
extent that a special meeting was held
at the unions headquarters in the
Womens temple. resolution was
adopted and a copy was sent to Presi-
dent Schneider of the board of educa-
ton condemning Miss Reeds speech.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-04
WANT A COMMISSION.
Manufacturers Still Insist on Their
Plan of Tariff Revision.

Washington, D. c.. Dec. Al e.
Miles of Racine, Wis. chairman of the
tariff committee of the National As
sociation of Manufacturers. arrived in
this city last night to appear on Sat
urday before the ways and means
committee of the house. He will ap-
pear, however, as an individual and
not as a representative of the asso-
citation. Mr.. Miles is one of the larg-
est independent manufacturers of ag-
ricultural implements, carriages and
wagons in the country.
Mr.. Miles agrees with President Van
Cleave of the National Association of
Manufacturers that in some form the
preliminary work of changing the tar
iff schedules must be put into the
hands of a board or committee who
shall go to the bottom. of things, as he
claims the ways and means committee
can not do unless it's members forego
their other duties and in that way be-
come a special committee. Mr.. Miles
said that this means nothing else than
the tariff commission which the man
ufacturers are asking for He declares
that great progress has been made
during the past few weeks in demon
Strating the utter futilitys and made
quacy of the old method.
While the reports of consular
agents to the house committee on
ways and means, through the state
department, on the cost of production
in foreign countries of articles manu-
factured here are not as complete in
most instances as Chairman Payne de-
sired, they all tend toward the estab-
lisAment of one claim. That is, that
the present cost of living to the Euro
.pean laborer is woefully out of pro-
portion to the average wages paid
The comment about the big COM
mittee room concerning this feature
of the reports is generally to the ef-
feet that the attitude Of the European
governments is largely responsible for
this condition Representatives point
to the action of Germany and France,
in particular, in shutting out American
cattle from their markets and in
creasing not only the price of meat
but indirectly the price of all agricul-
tural products, necessary for the Ia
borer's subsistence.
Another feature of the reports is
that repeated statement that home
manufacture of goods, so much COM
planned about by the American manu-
facturer because he is unable to com
pete with this class of labor, is giving
way to factory labor. The introduction
of improved machinery, frequently of
Yankee invention and design, has led
to the building of factories and the
growth of manufacturing centers.
Still another frequent observation
made in the reports of the consuls for
the guidance of the committee is the
tendency of the European population
to drift from the country to the towns
and cities A number report that this
is not offset, as in America, by the
shifting toward the suburbs, although
there has been a rapid Improvement in
the electric railway service in Europe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-04
CLEAR AND WARMER.
Weather Brightens Following Rain
and SIeet.

The weather offering for the past
"a hours again vindicates the weather
observer at this place for during the
night little rain fell, about the same
amount of snow and less sleet and all
the time the mercury receded. The
total precipitation during the past "a
hours including all classes and kinds
amounted to but IL of an inch.
The temperatures today have been
uniformly lower than those of Thurs
day and though the sun has shone
bright and warm, a chilling, piercing
wind has prevailed from the north
west. Weatherman Jennings has come
to the conclusion that there will be a
drop in the mercury column tonight
with fair weather prevailing, while
Saturday there will a higher table of
temperatures with corresponding fair
weather. The following are the tenn
peratures which have prevailed since
z O'Clock this morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-04
Paul Morton Says the Alum
dance of Idle Cash
LIS So Great That Prosperity Is
Menaced by 1t.
HAS BEEN HIDING OUT
For a Year or More on Account
If the Panic.
The Farmers Have More Than
Any O:her Glass.

Chicago, Dec. 4.-Money locked up in
safety deposit boxes a year ago by
panic stricken persons is now coming
out into the channels of trade, accord
ing to a statement by Paul Morton,
president of the Equitable Life Insur-
ance company, in a New York interview
by William E. Curtis, printed in the
Record Herald here today.
Money is drug in the market said
Mr. Morton Call money loans for less
than per cent. Time money may be
had for per cent for 80 days and 4
per cent for six months. Gilt-edge real
estate loans in New York are Az and
per cent. The insurance companies
are making many loans at those rates
on similar property to that they have
been getting per cent for. There is
an abundance of money looking out for
investment. This abundance is a men
ace to prosperity, however because it
is apt to stimulate speculation, encour-
age booms and promote wildcat enter
prises. But there is a very healthy at
mosphere in New York financial circles
just now. People are confident but
more speculation than I care to see,
and prices of stocks have gone up quite
rapidly, but 1 think there is a justifi-
cation for 1t in the future and that
prices will go considerably higher be-
fore they are lower.
Where does this abundance of
money come from? Much of it comes
from the west; from the banks in
which it has been deposited by farm
ers who have no use for it. The farm
ers are the richest portion of our popu-
lation today; they were buying pianos
and surreys a few years ago; now they
are buying automobiles. 1t is Gus
tomary to hold automobile eXpoSitions
out in the west and they are attended
by thousands of farmers who come to
buy new machines or trade their old
machines for the later patterns. The
crops this year are bigger than ever;
the prices are higher than ever, and
the farmers will have more money
than ever. They will deposit it in the
local banks, which will send it to New
York for investment
Much of the money that is now
seeking investment has come out of
safety deposit boxes. where 1T was
locked up a year ago by people who
were frightened bv the panic 1t is diff
ficult to over-estimate the amount of
currency and gold that was boarded
last winter and lay idle for nearly a
year, but now it is coming out and
seeking investment"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-04
Along the Coast of South Amer.
ican Republic.
FROM PORT TO PORT
They Sail at a Distance of 5000
Yards.
Performance Is to Be Repeated
at Other Points.

Willemstad, Dec. 4-Three Dutch
warships, the battleship Jacob van
Heemskerk and the cruisers FriesIand
and Gelderland, have made a demon
stration against Venezuela. Together
they steamed yesterday along the coast
from Puerto Cabello to Laguaira at a
distance of 5000 yards from the shore.
The Jacob van Heemskerk returned
here this morning. The cruisers are
going to Maracaibo. where they will
make a similar demonstration.
The demonstration is regarded as
indicating that preparations for an ef-
fective blockade of the Venezuelan
coast are completed. 1t is reported
here that the Netherlands battIeship
DeRuijter left Holland yesterday for
this port
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-04
WHERE is THE TROUBLE?
Commission Investigating Gas Fields
for Cause of Shortage.

Independence, Kan. Dec. 4.-The
commission sent by Mayor Crittenden
to Investigate the shortage in the nat
ural gas supply for Kansas City has
started its work. The preliminary dis
cussion with ]. M. Landon, assistant
general manager, and w. NJ. WEIGH,
chief engineer of the Kansas Natural
Gas company, developed the admission
that the supply furnished was made
quate. An effort to place the respon-
sibiIity caused a division.
Mr.. Landon asserted that an ample
supply from the wells was being de-
livered to the compressor stations and
that the fault was with the pumping
equipment Mr.. Welch, on the con-
trary, maintained that the pumping
equipment is adequate and that it is
capable of delivering to Kansas City
all of the gas furnished. He said that
Kansas City consumed 50 million
cubic feet Wednesday, an increase of
one million feet over the largest con-
sumption last winter
Mr.. Landon has promised to furnish
the commission definite figures as to
said that the Kanass Natural Gas COM
pany has $50 wells, 400 of which are
owned by the company. At the sug-
gestion of the commission Mr.. Welch
detailed two men to prepare a sketch
map showing the number of wells be-
ing drawn upon, the size and lengths
of pipes forming the collecting system,
together with a record of pressures at
the wells and at the station inlets.
The gas supply comes from two
fields the north field, including Allen,
Wilson and Neosho counties, centering
at Petrolia, and the south field, con-
sisting of Labette and Montgomery
counties.
Mr. Landon submitted a report
made by Sela T. Brown, county gas
inspector for Montgomery county.
dated October Is, 1908. The report
shows that Mr.. Brown tested sixty-two
wells in the Independence field owned
by the Kansas Natural Gas company.
He says all are in good condition and
that their aggregate capacity is 397,-
397.92O cubic feet a day, an average
flow of more than six million cubic
feet for each well each day.
Mr.. Landon stated also that the
company was using only from IS to
25 per cent of the we'll flow, the law
of the state permitting use of SO
per cent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-04
DEFENDS THE RULES.
Speaker Cannon Discusses Work Of the
Committee.

Washington, Dec. IA piece of ma
chinery necessary to assist the majority
of the house of representatives whether
it be Republican or Democratic. In
working it's WILL" is the way in which
Speaker Cannon characterzes the
house committee on rules. The speaker
told of the necessity of such a COM
mittee and gave his reasons for believ-
ing the present methods of providing
rules of procedure of the house are
best
THE committee on rules he said. 'is
composed of five, three Republicans
and two Democrats. It has happened
as often as there are fingers and
thumbs on my two hands" continue1
the speaker, in his expressive way,
that Mr.. Dalzell or some other mem
Der of the majority of the committee
has unavoidably been absent from
meeting. In that case. with two Re
publicans and two Democrats present,
according to custom one of the Demo-
Gratis pairs with the absent member
With three members voting this gives
the Republicans a majority vote, and
this is as it should be that the majority
can work it's will
There. is. a general public belief due
to a lack of knowledge, misapprehen-
sion and demagogic editorials, ana
press reports that the committee a
rules issues an order to the house and
that it must. obey The committee a
rules does not wish to have defeated on
the floor of the house any measur0
which it may present and as 1t should
assist the majority to work its viii this
Republican members of the committee
endeavor to learn sometimes. by. cau~
Gus or conference. what the desires Of
the majorities are"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-04
HURRY UP ORDER.
Is Granted General Bonaparte in
New Haven Railroad Case.

Boston, Dec. 4.-The certificate of
Attorney General Bonaparte request
ing that the governments case to
compel the New Haven Railroad COM
pany to relinquish its holdings of
stock of the Boston & Maine railroad
be expedited. was granted today by
three judges of the United States dis
trict circuit court and the contention
of the attorneys of the railroad that
the expediting act is unconstitutional
was OVerruled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-04
SUIT IS STOPPED.
Prosecution of Standard Oil in Ohio
Ends Suddenly.

Findlay, O., Dec. 4.-Standard Oil
company prosecutions in this county
came to a sudden termination today.
when at the request of Prosecuting
Attorney David, all the indictments
against the company were nolle
pressed ,
Prosecutor David's action resulted
from the fact that alleged illegal prac-
tices that he sought to correct have,
it is declared, all been eliminated, and
further that suits against the Stand
ard Oil company are now being prose-
cuted by the attorney general of the
United States. the attorney general or
ohio and the federal courts of Mis-
souri,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-04
BOOKS AT $4,000 EACH
sale of Lord Amherst's Library At
tracts Many Buyers.

London, Dec. 4.-The dispersal sale
of the famous library of Lord Amherst
of Hackney, one of the greatest book
sales of modern times, attracted biblio-
graphers and collectors from all parts
of the world. This magnificent colIec-
ton was brought together during the
past half century at a great cost in
money and labor. and it is being sold in
consequence of financial losses sus-
tanned by Lord Amherst.
At private sale Is fine Caxtons were
disposed of. supposedly to j. Pierpont
Morgan. but numerous treasures still
are left and the bidding is spirited
The celebrated Mezarina Bible was sold
to London dealer for $10,250, while the
Apocalypsis Joannis, an original block
book of the Low countries, brought
$40, ,000 This same volume was auc-
toned at the Crawford sale in 1887 and
brought $500. The sale will continue
for three days now and will be re-
sumed for four days in March.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-04
MESSAGE ON TUESDAY.
1t Will Not Be Read on First Day of
the Session.

Washington, Dec. 4.-The presidents
annual message to congress will be
read to the second session of the Six
tieth congress next Tuesday instead Of
Monday, the opening day of congress,
according to the plan announced. The
senate will adjourn Monday out of re-
spect to the memory of Senator AL
Iison. Immediately after appointing a
committee to wait on the president
and after the new members are
sworn in.
Speaker Cannon said that the house
also would adjourn in the same man
ner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-04
Fled in Their Night Clothes.

Springfield, Mo, Dec. 1.-TWO hum
dred students of the Springfield Busi-
ness college fed in their night clothes
from the dormitory of the college
building early today when the build
ing caught fire from spontaneous COM
bustion in the coal bin. Edward Boyd
fston. a one legged student, dragged
his trunk from the building and then
went back after his crutches. No one
was hurt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-04
THREE BLOCKS BURN.
Moving Picture show Starts Another
DisastrOus Fire.

Centralia. Pa, Dec. 4-Sixty- five
families are homeless in this city as the
result of a fire which during last night
wiped out three squares of property in
the heart of town. It started in mov-
ing picture show and spread rapidly
among the frame houses. Fire com
panies from Ashland and Mount Car
mel responded, but a lack of water left
the town at the mercy of the flames fcc
a time. The loss is about 100000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-04

At the Episcopal Bazaar, Auditorium,
Full-Worth booth, many are leaving
names for Gavitt's new perfume. Bring
your name and ask to see the per-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-04
Weather Indications.

Chicago, Dec. Forecast for Kan
sas: Fair tonight and Saturday. Cold
er tonight and warmer Saturday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-04

CConsinued on Page EightO
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-19
Velvet Suits.

Tailored costumes of the fancy
chiffon velvets are being worn, an6
these show checks, many of the same
color, but some have two contrasting
colors. These are made with skirts
that escape the ground, short jackets
slashed and generally orna7,~Ital
The chiffon and mirror velyets viii.
also be used this spring. Silk braid
or balloon, very narrow, of course, Is
deemed the strictly proper trimming
for smart afternoon gowns in thest
plain velvets, and in Paris knife-bladG
plating in taffeta Of the same shade
as the velvet are considered smarter
for the lower edge of the skirt thar
braid or other ornamentation
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-19
DRAMA IN LONELY INN.
WouId.6e Murderer Made to Eat He
Own Poison.

A story that reads like a chapter
from a sensational novel comes from
the Fangeas, in Lozere, southern
France.
In this out-of-the-way spot dwells an
innkeeper named Avignon, with his
sister and little nephew, a boy of
eight
One evening an old man, who
seemed to be unwell, made his appear
ance at the inn and asked for accom-
mediation. Avignon invited him in,
and left the stranger alone with his
little nephew while he went on with
his work.
When he reentered the room, the
boy childlike, observed that there
would be no need to salt the potatoes,
as the old man had put salt into the
saucepan in which they were boiling
during Avignon's absence.
If Avignon had any suspicious he
concealed them, but when they sat
down to supper, and the old man re-
fused to take any of the potatoes, the
innkeeper acted in way that must
have astonished the guest. Avignon
took down his gun, and, covering the
stranger with it, commanded him to
partake of the vegetables; and de-
spite the protests and excuses Of the
old man he was obliged to eat No
| sooner had he done so than he fell
to the ground in great agony, and soon
after expired.
Avignon searched him. and found
in his pockets, besides revolver and a
knife, whistle. The latter suggest
ed an idea to the innkeeper With the
gun still ready for emergencies, he
blew the whistle, and on two men run
ming towards the inn, he fired. Neither
appeared to be hit but the unexpected
nature of their reception caused them
to turn tail, needless of the fate of
their accomplice.
The plot thus frustrated by the oh.
serYation Of the little boy, seems to
have been aimed at the savings which
Avignon is generally credited with
having. Having poisoned Avignon, his
sister and his nephews, they could
have possessed themselves of what
ever there was worth taking in the
inn and have got quietly away.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-19
EYEsIGHT WAS IN DANGER
From Terrible Eczema-Baby's Head
a Mass of itching Rash ard Sores
disease Cured by Cuticura.

"Our little girl was Two months old
when she got rash on her face and
within five days her face and head
were all one sore. We used different
remedies but it got worse instead of
better and we thought she would turn
blind and that her ears would fall off.
She suffered terribly, and would
scratch until the blood came. This
went on until she was five months old,
then l had her under our family doc
tors care, but she continued to grow
worse. He said it was eczema. When
she was seven months old l started
to use the Cuticura Remedies and in
two months our baby was different
girl. You could not see sign of a
sore and she was as fair as a new
born baby. She has not had a sign Of
the eczema since Mrs. H. F. Budks,
LeSueur, Mimi, Apr. Is and May 2, 'O7."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-19
SLIPPERS FOR THE EVENING.
Decree Is That They Must Match
Color of the Gown.

With all evening gowns colored slip.
pers and stockings are an inherent
part OF the costume, and not even a
shade difference in color is permissible
between the silk or satin gown and
the satin or kid slippers. If the gown
is of a popular shade of pink, blue.
yellow or lavender, it is generally pos.
sible to procure slippers of a CORE.
spending color among the stock sizes,
but If the slippers must be made to
order they will add quite a consider
able item to the cost Of costume. but
if the color is not one that is far out
OF the ordinary it is generally possible
to give the right shade to a satin slip.
per that is perhaps just off the color.
Pastel pencils or colored chalks will
give deeper color to any pale shade
and can frequently be made to answer
instead of the liquid dye which is not
so easy matter to work with. For
pink slippers that have become gray
to faded so as not to tone in we'll with
the gown, ordinary rouge powder will
do much to restore the original color
Unless one is especially successful
in dyeing silks, it is scarcely worth
while to invest in a new pair of slip
pers and attempt to dye them to the
required color, but to restore the color
to old slippers or to give them a deep.
er color more in keeping with the
shade of the gown, rouge or pastel
pencil will almost always prove eff.
fective. Suede pumps and slippers
are decidedly popular just now, but
would be more popular if only they
did not become brown in such a dis.
tressingly short time, nor is any kind
of shoe backing especially effective
Such has often been resorted to in
sheer desperation, but charcoal will
be found excellent for the purpose, as
besides giving a good black color ii
will keep the soft finish of the leather
in proper condition.
In cleaning all kid and satin shoes
and slippers shoe trees should always
be used.