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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-13
Sc Pocket Mirrors. Ic

Cute little Pocket Mirrors with
white celIuloid backs SC reg l.
ularly. Bargain Friday. -. ~
Pearl Handled Pens-Feather
shaped mother-of-pearl handles
with gold plated holders and pen
points. A small lot we wish to
close 50 we've priced them for
Bargain Friday. as long as e.
they last.
Egofoam-An antiseptie, pow
dered soap for toilet. nursery.
bath and sick room. Put up in
large glass bottles with nickel
plated shaker tops. 1t was made
to sell at 25c a bottle, but we're
going to sell it Bargain e.
Friday 1Or.-.
Silver Cream-If you have ever
used it you Will know that it's
1.-THE best Silver Polish in the
world" For cleaning and polish
ing jewelry, tableware, cut glass,
bric-a-brac and a thousand and
one other things. Regular 25c
bottles, containing enough to last
for years, on sale Bargain *
Friday AOS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-13
smith County Has a Good Ra,n

Gaylord, Kan, Feb. ia good rain
here which from all indications was
general fell over this section this week.
Wheat that for the past six weeks has
been very dry now has plenty of rnois-
ture. \
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-17
STRANGE TALE OF
A BURIAL AT SEA
POLISH CHILD DIES AND PAssEN-
GERS OBJECT TO BODY.

~ NJ s-+E9. IL w.. r. d
New York, April 16.-An %extraordi.
nary tale of the burial at sea of a child
which may have been alive when
thrown overheard was told by the
officers Of the steamer Satenham from
Rotterdam. The child is said to have
been thrown by her own mother, Mrs.
Bertha Lzbyk of Poland.
She was coming to this country with
two children, the youngest Of whom is
Elsa, about a year old. On the way
over the child became i'll with convul-
sions and in about an hour was appar-
emily dead. The other passengers OBJ
jected to the presence of the body on
board and informed the mother that
unless the child was thrown overheard
a storm would overwhelm the steamer.
About midnight, the body was
thrown into the sea. Oficers Of the
steamer soon discovered what had
happened, and the ships surgeon, who
made inquiries, is said to have ex-
pressed the fear that the child was in
a comatosmic condition.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-17
OATMEAL. KING OF
AMERICA IS DEAD
FERDINAND SCHUMACHER DIES
AT EleHTYTwo.

Akron, o., April 16.-Ferdinand
Schumacher, known as the Oatmeal
king Of America. from having made
the beautiful food, died Unexpectedly
at his home here last night. aged 81.
He retired from business several years
age. after having disposed Of his large
interests. He came to America from
Hanover, Germanq, in 1850, and set.
tied on 9 farm near Cleveland, but
later embarked in the grocery bust.
ness and in 1856 he began the manu.
facture Of oatmeal in this city on a
small scale. The business grew until
several large mills were erected and
later were destroyed by fire.
Schumacher was also prominent as
being an original prohibitionist. He
gave large sums for educational and
charitable purposes.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-17
JURY DlSAGREES ON
SUNDAY CLOSING CASE
DESPITE INSTRUCTIONS 81
COURT MEN ACQUITTED.

Kansas City, April 16.-Notwith-
standing the fact that Judge Porter.
field in his instructions, had said
plainly that the Sunday law had been
violated, the jury in the first theatri.
cal case to be tried here, stood 10 to
two for acquittal.
After remaining out 10 hours they
reported inability to agree and were
discharged late last night.
This result in the first of 1000 cases
growing out of the indictments
brought following Judge Wallace's
campaign for law enforcement will
doubtless have an important bearing
on the cases yet to be tried. In Judge
Porterf1eld's court, to which a dozen
cases had been transferred by Wal
lace, eight other indicted theatrical
men will be tried Immediately. Three
had been dismissed for lack Of evi-
dence.
The case of Martin Lehman, agent
Of the Orpheum th~eater, charged with
permitting his theater to run on Sun
day, was begun when court opened
today. a jury was Immediately sc.
cured and within two hours the case
was given to it for consideration.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-17
Low TALKS ON
ANTI TRUST ACT.
EXPLAINS DESIRES OF NATIONAL
CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
AN AMENDMENT
Reads Letter From Andrew Carnegie
Urging That Authority Should BE
Placed in One Body Of Men-Wants
Commission Supreme.

Washington, April 16.-Hearings on
the National Civic Federation bill to
amend the Sherman antitrust law,
were continued today before Chair.
man Littlefield's subcommittee of the
house judiciary committee.
Seth Low, president Of the fedora
ton, submitted amendments to his bill
altering its provisions that the inter
state commerce commission instead
Of the president and the commission
er of corporations, shall be the arbi-
traitor Of all matters Of reference,
designation and difficulty which would
arise under the operation of the bill.
Mr.. Low said these amendments had
been agreed upon az likely to meet
and satisfy the most serious Of the OBJ.
jections thus far urged against the
federation's measure.O
Mr.. Low laid b~efofe$the committee
a letter from AndrewsCarnegie in sup
port of the proposed changes. Mr..
|Carnegie's letter was written with the
purpose Of supporting the idea that
authority should not be divided be-
tween the interstate commerce COM
mission and other bodies and other
officials, but before taking up the
point he discussed other questions.
One Authority Urged.
He considered that it was necessary
for the government to have control
over common carriers engaged in in
terstate commerce and declared that
this power should be lodged in the in
terstate commerce commission. He
suggested that Industrial concerns en-
gagged in interstate traffic should be
similarly controlled and proceeded:
Il can not. too strongly advise
against there being more than one au-
thority to pass upon such questions,
and that should be the interstate com
merce commission. If common car
riers be placed under one commission
and industrial interstate commerce
under the bureau Of corporations or
another commission, there must arise
insidious comparisons between the
two. Such comparisons will be pub
licly made. The party denied by the
one will be disposed to feel that the
other takes more liberal views, and
vice versa, and vent his disappoint-
ment. Imagine two supreme courts.
The standing of both courts would be
lowered"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-17

Matrimonially, she seems doomed to
unhappiness. Her first husband was
the present Grand Duke Of Hesse, her
first cousin and brother of the Gar
ina. He divorced her, nominally be-
cause OF their incompatability, really
because she had fallen In love with
Grand Duke Cyril, elder son of Grand
Duke Vladimer OF Russia.
Grand Duchess Cyril Is a head
strong, domineering woman, who tries
to rule Cyril with a rod Of iron and
becomes furiously Jealous Of him on
the slightest provocation. She main
tafns great state; dresses magnificent
" and diverts herself by driving four
in-hand--she is a splendid whip. But
she quarrels often with all around her.
She thinks King Edward should have
compelled the ear to recognize her
marriage with Cyril, which he refused
to do because of her divorce and be-
cause the couple are first cousins.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-17
FLOOD CAUSED ~ BURSTING OF
HAusER DAM is REcEDlNG.
LITTLE Loss At At CRAIG
Work Of Repairing Structure viii Be
started-Great Northern Train serv-
Ice to Be Resumed Again Next Sat.
urday.
Especial to The eazette.)

N0PGGiat 10 ne 8aZet1e.) III
Helena, April l6.-The high water
in the Missouri river, north Of this
city, caused by the breaking in the
Hauser lake power dam on Tuesday.
has receded and the river is now about
at its normal stake.
Since the land on both sides of the
river from Hauser lake to Hotter, a
distance Of more than Is miles, is
practically all owned by the Helena
Power Transmission company. the
propertq loss. aside from the damage
to the structure, will be nominal.
The latest reports from Craig indi-
cate that the damage to property in
that village will not exceed 100000.
Work will be begun repairing the
partially wrecked structure, accord
ing to NJ. H. Gerry. Jr.. general man
ager Of the company. There was no
property loss, aside from the damage
suit Of the floods. The Great North
ern railroad, it is announced, will re.
sumo train service between Helena
and Great Falls by Saturday evening.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-17
N. P. TRAIN HELD
UP IN MINNEAPOLIS
ROBBERS FORCE PASSENGERS 70
plsGoRGE MONEY.

-.g5Ea 4LlafM y@n-A#
Minneapolis, April 16.-Westbound
Northern Pacific coast train which
left the union depot here tonight at 8
O'Clock was held up by two men just
outside the city limits and $41 and
two watches taken from the passen-
gers.
The men boarded the train here and
reaching the outskirts Of the city the
robbers entered the sleeping car and
at the point of a gun, compelled the
passengers to hold up their hands.
One of the men guarded as his COM
panion searched his victims. When
the train slowed down at North juno
ton several miles beyond the scene OF
the holdup, the men jumped of and
escaped.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-17
HILL ON CANALS
VERSUS RAILROADS
ONE OF ADDRESSES SCHEDULED
FOR MAY CONFERENCE.

Washington, April 16-James J. Hill,
chairman of the board of directors of
the Great Northern railroad, will
make n Of the leading addresses at
the White House conference of gov
ernors in May on the conservation of
natural resources. His subject will be
''The Relation Between Rail and
Water Transportation
It is understood Mr.. Hills subject
will lead him into a discussion of the
competitive relations between the rail.
roads and canals Of the country.
President Roosevelt will open the
conference on May IL with an address,
and he is also expected to preside at
each session. The meetings will be
held in the East room of the White
House. Indications already are that
the room will be crowded. Each gov.
ernor will be attended by three dele
gates, and some 40 great national or.
CARNATIONS will be represented. Cab
AASS AAOAAOOAoS SA0 JuSLACC6 VI IuS SUI
preme court and members Of congress
and the international waterways com.
mission have been invited, and ar
rangements will also be made for the
accommodation of newspaper and
magazine writer's.
The importance Of the conference
and its notable personnel as well as
its nonpartisan character is indicated
by the fact that 1t happens that prac-
tically all Of the republican and demo-
cratic presidential probabilities are on
the invitation list. Taft and Cortel-
you will be there in their capacity as
cabinet members. Knox and LaFol-
lette are invited as senators. Fair
banks and Cannon have been invited
because Of their positions as presid-
ing officers of the two houses of con-
gress. Hughes will be on hand as the
governor of New York. Bryan is one
of the five to receive a personal in
vitation. Johnson has the same stand
ing as Hughes by virtue of being gov
ernor of Minnesota. Judge Gray will
attend as a delegate from Delaware.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-17
JOHN ARMSTRONG CHANDLER
WOULD SUE GUARDIAN.
WANTS AN ACCOUNTING
Guardian Refuses to Give Ii, and Re-
fuses to Permit Hls Ward to Return
70 New York Unless He Is Sent
Back to An Asylum.

New York, April 16.-In a second e.
fort to permit John Armstrong Chan
Ter to return to New York and prose
cute q suit against his guardian,
Thomas 7. Sherman, to recover the
profits from his million dollar estate
up to 1904 and be protected from the
state authorities. who wish to send
him back to Bloomingdale asylum,
counsel for Mr.. Chanler appeared il
the United States circuit court Of APP
peals yesterday.
Yesterday Chanler, formerly hus-
band OF Amelie Rives, the author, who
is now Princess %Troubetskoy, is living
on his 500-acre estate, the Merrymills,
at Gotham, Va.
In New York state he is legally in
sane and escaped inmate Of Blooming
dale. "A commission in Virginia has
found him ane In suing Mr.. sher-
man, q member Of the law firm Of
Evarts; Choate & Sherman, who was
appointed a commission on November
10, 1901, to look after his estate, Mr..
Chanler seeks not only to recover
$233,523, the profits Of his New York
real estate, but to establish his status
In New York as a sane person. The
application to permit Mr.. Chanler to
return to New York under the protec.
ton OF the courts was opposed yes
terday by Joseph H. Choate, Jr.. act
ing for Sherman, who contends that
Mr.. Chanler is still insane and should
be returned Immediately to Blooming
dale If he enters New York state.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-17
FINANCIAL CRISIS
RElCNS IN COLOMBIA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN
SUMMONED.

Panama, April 16.-Advices received
here today from Bogota, the capital OF
Colombia, r to the effect that Presi-
dent Reyes has left that city for the
Atlantic coast ostensibly to endeavor
to remedy the present economic crisis
in that region.
Secretary of Finance Angulo' re-
mains at the head of the government.
The national assembly has been con-
voked and will meet next June.
This information confirms the per-
sistent rumors current here that there
was great disaffection in Colombia
against what has been termed there
the 'oficia1 trusts which have ruined
private enterprises, and that a revo1u-
ton was imminent.
This President Reyes is trying to
prevent by his trip to the coast,
counting on his presence and his per-
sonal prestige to aid him.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-17
BURN AND KILL
WAS THE CREED
STARTLING REVELATIONS AT
TRIAL OF THE DREAMERs.

Medicine Hat, Man., April 16.--At
the trial of the nine members Of
"dreamers" for burning John Lehr's
home, south of here, the testimony re-
veals that members of the order had
to obey the instructions of the leader,
who ordered his followers to destroy
Lehr's home and STAY his family at
midnight because Lehr refused to join
the congregation and was a hereto.
Michael Berest's testimony was the
most sensational. He said he had been
a dreamer" but severed his connec-
ton with that organization when the
members began talking of burning
and killing. He stated that Jacob
Merkles and David Kaufman at Jauve,
s. D., were the heads of the order.
Merkles vas the ''sun" and Kaufman
was the "moon."
AT the Sunday meetings dreams
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-17
CHINA HAS SCHEME FOR ITS IN.
vEsTMENT IN .MAMcHuRiA.
WOULD FORESTALLJ APS
Chinese Would Secure Amount Of
Boxer Indemnity, Which United
States Proposes to Cancel, For Use
In Developing Manchuria.

Pekin, April 16.---A plan for the
possible enlistment Of American capt.
tai in Manchuria was disclosed in
Pekin yesterday by the premature
publication Of the rescript issued a
month ago by the throne. which.
grants Tang sbai, the governor Of
Mukden province, authority to grant a
loan Of 2o,ooo,0oo teals for the pur-
pose Of financing the administration
Of Manchuria.
This proposal Is understood here to
be an attempt to negotiate that por.
ton Of the Boxer indemnity which
the government Of the United States
has proposed to cancel; it will also
ally the power and influence OF the
United States for the conservation Of
Manchuria to China.
The plan embraces the participation
Of the powers, who are partially cred
itors Of China; such as France, Ger
many and Japan. It's obvious purpose
is to neutral1ze the aggression Of ia
pan, to enforce the terms Of the
Portsmouth treaty to provide for the
construction Of railroads and. to safe
guard Mongolia, which already is the
scene of a contest between the influ-
ence Of Russia and that Of Japan.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-17
Calling Cards at The Gazette once.

(First Publication April II. 19O8.-4F)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
Thirteenth Judicial District Of the
State of Montana, in and for the
County Of Yellowstone.
Lyle Burdick, Plaintiff, VS..
Edith Burdick, Defendant.
SUMMONS.
The State Of Montana Sends Greet
ing to the Above Named Defendant:
You r hereby summoned to an
swer the complaint III this action
which is filed in the Office Of the clerk
of this court, and to file your answer
and serve a copy thereof upon the
plaintiffs attorney within twenty days
after the service Of this summons, ex-
elusive of the day Of service; and in
case OF your failure to appear or an
swer, Judgment will be taken against
you by default, for the relief demand
ed In the complaint.
The said. action is brought to dis
solve the bonds of matrimony now ex-
listing between the plaintiff and de-
PENDANT. 1t is alleged. that the plain
tiff and defendant ~intermarried at Can
aseraga. in the state of New York, or
the LIST day of November, 1905; and
that the plaintiff for more than one
year last past has been a resident of
the state of Montana; that,o or about
the 28th day of May, 1906, the said de-
PENDANT wilfully and without cause, de-
serted and abandoned the plaintiff,
and ever since has and still continues
so to wilfully and without cause de-
sert and abandon said plaintiff, and to
live separate and apart from him,
without any suficient aus or any
reason, and against his will and with.
out his consent.
Witness my hand and the seal OF
said court this 18th day OF April, 1908.
(SeaD FRED II. FOSTER,
Clerk.
Davis & Cisel. Attorneys for Plain
tin.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-17
BIG WATER MAIN
BURST IN STREET
WATER FLOODS STREETS AND
CELLARS IN ST. LOUIS. !,

st. Louis. April 16.--The bursting
Of q 36-inch water main early today
tore a hole IL feet in the top and Is
feet in diameter in Herbert street at
the intersection Of Rausehenback ave
nue. and spouted six feet in the air.
The flood ran west on Herbert street
for two blocks, ripping up the asphalt
like paper and running the streets and
cellars in the vicinity were flooded.
Pavements we're torn up and convert.
ed into unsightly piles or bricks aid
debris.
The main broke with a roar that
alarmed the neighborhood and fright
ened residents ran from their homes
in night attire. Telephone messages
we're hurriedly sent to the fire depart
ment and after a time the water was
shut OF.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-17
Chicago Grain and Produce,

FAX -~.. 4&34.F l& ..H DIV 2u3 #t S&&{E F9Y4BNG VIZ
Chicago, April 16.-Wheat opened
firm because of small receipts in the
northwest, and strong cables and dry
weather in Kansas. The close was
strong. May opened * to v to *
higher at 91A to 92114s. and closed at
92A.
Corn vas firm early because Of con
tinued small receipts and light trade.
Opened unchanged at 67k and closed
66M.
Oats were weak on the new crop
outlook. May opened unchanged at
'53%, sold UP to 5sM and closed at
53A. $$
Provisions were quiet and prices
YER firm because OF smaller receipts
Of live hogs. May pork closed up 10
cents, lard S to ~ cents higher and
ribs 21h cents up.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-17
MCCORMACK TELLS or METHODS
USED az HYDE.
BANK RECORDS SHOWN
Witness Says He Had Agreement
With Hyde Whereby He Got 10
Cents an Acre for All School Lands
Applications Filled.

Washington, April 16.-several wit.
nesses who have testified in the Hyde.
Dymond- Benson Schneider alleged
land fraud trial were recalled today to
identity numerous letters signed by
Hyde which were offered in evidence
by the attorney for the government.
E. P. Mccormack, who looked after
Hyde's dealings in Oregon school land
testified to the methods by which the
Oregon lands were secured. The wit
ness dealt with Schneider at the time
he was in Oregon for Hyde during the
summer of 1898. He had an agree.
ment with Hyde, said the witness,
whereby he was to receive 10 cents
per acre for all school land applica-
tions that he filed in the state land
Office.
He testified that he filed the ,applica-
tions and made the first payments of
one-third Of the purchase price for
which he would draw on Hyde.
United States District Attorney
Baer produced records Of the First
National bank showing that Schneider
carried an account in that bank dur
ing August and September Of 1898.
Mccormack said the deposits amount
ed to $22,50o and that Schneider
drew practically all the checks in
favor OF Mccormack.
The money, he said, was subse-
quently all used to make the first
payments on the school lands. Nc
Cormack said the name Of the as
signee in the assignment Of the deeds
received from Davis was usually
blank and that he forwarded these
assignments to Hyde.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-17
New York Money Market.

New York Money Market.
New York, April 16.-Money on cali
easy, ~ to 2 per cent; ruling rate,
TX per cent; closing bid, TX per
cent; offered at 2 per cent.
Time loans, dull and easy; 60 days,
~ to 21h per cent; 80 days, 2N to s
per cent; six months, 3M to sN per
cent.
Prime mercantile paper, AZ to s
per cent.
Sterling exchange Arm, with actual
business in bankers. bills at $4.8720
@4.s7.25 for demand and at $4.84.75@
4.S4.So for go days bills.
Commercial bills, $4.s4.
Bar silver, 64M.
Mexican dollars, AZ.
Government bonds steady. railroad
bonds firm.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-17
PROUD DUCHESS
fRETS NOBLE CYRIL
KING EDWARDS NIECE AND
czAR's COUSIN MAY WED.

London, April 16.-That Grand Duke
Cyril Of Russia and his wife are to be
divorced u being whispered again by
fashionables in the kings set.
Grand Duchess Cyril is King Ed
ward's niece; she was Princess Vic
toria Melita, eldest daughter OF the
Duke OF Edinburgh, who became Duke
~ Saxe-Coburg. So the renewed re.
port that she will be divorced deeply
interests the English court.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-17
Omaha Livestock.

Omaha, April 16.-Cattle: Receipts,
1000. Market, strong. Native steers,
$5@6; western steers. $3.75@5.50
Gamers, $2@3.25; stockers and feed.
ers, $3@5.s0; calves. $3@5.50.
Hogs: Receipts, $500. Market, s
cents lower. Heavy, s5.3o@5.35
mixed, $5.so@5.40; light and pigs,
$5.35@'.40; bulk, $5.35@5.40.
Sheep: Receipts, 1900. Market,
steady. Yearlings, $6@6.75; wethers
s5.75@".25; ewes. s5.25@5.s5; lambs,
'$7.25@7.75.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-17
BOAT CAPSIZES
SEVENTEEN DROWN
PASSENGERS ON STEAMER ARE
THROWN ovERsoARD.

Gothenburg, Sweden April 16.-Sev-
enteen persons perished by the cap
sizing Of the steamer Goetalef yester.
day. They, for the most part, were
passengers. The captain and crew of
the steamer managed to swim ashore.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-17
sroLyPI ts FINED.

Brother Of the Premier Found Guilty
Of Libel.
st. Petersburg, April 16.-Alexander
Stolypin, the we'll known publicist and
brother Of the Russian premier, has
been sentenced to n weeks impris-
onment and to pay a $50 fine for libel
ing Paul B%ulatzel, the noted reaction
ary leader. The libel was contained in
an article published In the Novoe
Vremya replying to attacks made
upon the premier in the reactionary
organ. Znamya.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-17

were told by members and interpreted
by Young Merkles. The dreamer had
to carry out the purpose Of his dream
as instructed. Lehr's name had come
up at meetings and it was agreed to
burn him out. The members be-
lieved In killing every one, who did
not believe with them. The next wit
ness testified he had received letters
in which the writer's threatened to kill
him because he had renowned the
faith. The witness knew the prison
ers had burned George Meyers barn.