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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-24
los Angeles. California.

Every day at 1850 noon a Pullman
tourist sleeping car leaves Topeka for
Los Angeles, Cal, without change via
the Union Pacific r. R. This car
STAYS in Salt Lake City through one
daylight hours of one day, giving the
tourist an opportunity to visit the
many points of interest in the city by
the great inland sea.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-24
The Jmcky Quarter

Is the one you pay out for box of DR..
Kings New Life Pills. They bring you
the health that's more precious than Jew
and malaria. If they disap,
point you the price will be cheerfully re-
funded At all drug stores.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-24

. At the Majestic, week beginning
Sunday matinee March 29th, the
Readick Co. will hold the boards and
will present ga Man of Mystery" This
is a perfect dramatic company. Rich
ard st. Vrain, the handsome and bril-
liant young actor will be seen as Ned
Keene the detective, and Miss Barn
ney, Miss Freeman, Miss Phelps and
Miss Sherman will be in the cast and
wear some stunning gowns
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-24
The Last Train

morning is the Union Pacific No. 1o6
at S:15 a. m, arriving in Kansas City
at 1915 a. m. The afternoon train
returning Is the earliest train into To-
peka at 6:15 .. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-24
STOMACH ILLS

WILL DISAPPEAR
Very quickly If you will only resort to
the Bftters as soon as you notice the
first symptom of distress. Thousands
of persons, similarly afflicted, can tell
you of its wonderful merit But try it
yourself and save a lot of unnecessary
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-24
"a Knight for a Day."

With a compete scenic equipment
and a splendid cast OF principals,
and an elaborate production in every
particular "a Knight for Day." the
new musical comedy that established
its reputation for being the most
amusing and entertaining piece that
has been offered in years, Is to be the
attraction at the Grand next Sunday
night Tuneful music and a pretty
chorus add to the melody and beauty
of the piece. The prices are Csc to
800. The prices of this attraction in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-24
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BlTTERS

| is unequalled in cases of Spring Fever
General Weakness, Colds. Grippe, In
digestion, Dyspepsia, Costiyeness and
Malaria. Refuse all substitutes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-24

Items for the North Topeka column may
be left at the Petro & Woodford drug
the North Side reported at her home,
I'D. phone GILL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-24
"a Man of Mystery"

Kansas City at the Willis Wood this
week are $3.50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-24
ADJUSTMENTS
Grace Hayward at the Grand.


By far the largest crowd that has
attended a theatrical performance at
the Grand this season was there last
night to see Grace Hayward and her
stock company present THE Confess
SionS of a Wife, For some time be-
fore the curtain was rung up even all
the standing room space had been
sold and late corners were actually
turned away at the Grand. Miss
Hayward and her company were in
excellent form last night and gave an
adequate performance of an interest
ing play. ''Thelma" will be their We
hicle for tonight. There will be a
bargain day matinee for the women
tomorrow afternoon when THE Con-
fessions of Wife" will be produced
again. On Wednesday night the play
will be Sherlock Holiness" on Thurs
day, "CamiIle;" and on Friday, the
last date of the engagement, 'In a
Woman's Power A diamond ring
will be given away on Friday night to
the holder of lucky number.
Al G. Fields Minstrels.
AL G. Field is a firm believer in old
time minstrelsy, with it's semf-circle
connected in the centre by the inter-
locutor and punctuated at either end
with end men. In the production
which will be seen at the Grand, Sat
urday matinee and night, Mr.. Field
has Incorporated in his minstrel first
part all of the old time "bIack face"
essentials, only more completely ac-
centuated in elaborate scenic effects
and sumptuous costum1ng something
to which the Ministries of Dan En-
metts day did not aspire. The "black
face comedians, singers and dancers,
with the show this year Include Doc
Quigley. Billy Clark Harry Van F'os-
sen, Bun Granville, Jack Sully, Pat
Hughes. Ed Foley, Stephen Wehrer,
Oliver Payne, Wesley Powell, Frank
Miller, James Quinn, William Doran,
c. J. Saette1 and William ellis.
The Washington times., 1908-11-02
CROP OF BETS IS POOR
IN NATIONS CAPITAL

The God of Chance. who has his
downtown Office ia wall Street, right
in the vicinity of the Money Power
the Octopii. the MonopoIies and tho
Greedy Rich, and who has some brancl
establishments near several near-morl-
buud race tracks. didn't spend IaUci
tine in the Capital this year, arraDg
ug bets over the outcome Of the cleo
ton tomorrow
The waves of refawm that hay.
waved and beaten and pulsated owe
the chickens, the ambulauces, the taxi
cabs, and other things in the Distric
have mounted and risen until they have
at last almost submerged another old
time ature of Washington life, and
have threatened the existence Of the
time-hOnored wagah, sab!
1t is doubtful if more than S25,0O0 has
been put up in the entire city. although
it is hard to tell or try to tell just
how much has. been put, since no one
but the bettors know about many pri-
vate little Wag8hs.
Shoomaker's. where they know ev-
erything from the number OF rounds
John l. sullivan lasted in his go with
COrbett to the street number Of many
Of our prominent citizens, including
The Washington times., 1908-11-02
PRESIDENT LEAVES
CITY THIS EVENING
Roosevelt and Party Will Go
on Special Train TO Vote
in Oyster Bay.

President Roosevelt viii leave wash
iugtuU shortly after midnight tonight
and go q Oyster Bay To east his vote
for Judge Taft
The President viii have two special
cars over the PENNSYLVANIA railroad as
far as Jersey City. lie viii then board
tug and be- transferred around 10
Long Island City, where another train
VIII be waiting 20 carry nim 10 his SUM
mer home, which he viii reach about
S:3G o'clock tomorrow morning.
He Will be accompanied by Secretary
Lceb, several newspaper men, and some
or the clerks and attaches at the White
House who have votes i'm New York
The President VIII be Joined AT Long
Island City ly Theodore Roosevelt ir.
who viii cease his apprenticeship al the
carpet works In Thompsonvlle, Conn,
long enough TO cast his FIRST vote
Little time VIII bee spent at Oyster Bay
and as soon as the Presidents party re-
ASSEMBLIES the start for Washington viii
be made, arriving hero at 6.22 p. m. lie
viii gC Immediately TO the White House,
where he VIII TeDeiVe the election Re-
Turns. special loops having been in
stalled in the Executive Offices 10 bring
in telegraphic reports from all parts OF
the country.
The Washington times., 1908-11-02
Candidate Will Be Given
RouSing Welcome on Re-
turn to Lincoln.
OPPONENT
AS TRUST SERVANT
Follows Line of Battle of Pre-
viOus Days Addresses in
Indiana.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Nov. stu con-
fident tha- "a landslide on Tuesday will
carry hil into the White House VIII
liam Jennings Bryan left here early to-
day for a hnal campaign tour through
northern Kansas.
The candidate is expected TO follow
the line OF battle taken boy him on sat
Urddy In Indiana where De attacked
Judge Taft as the candidate of the
Standard oil and Steel trusts and cf The
Harrimar rlIIIvdd coordination.
Bryan expresses himself as certain
that U.o support given Judge Tafts
candidacy by muIrimmiouaires. especial
ly John ID. Rockefeller, viii more tnan
anything else iuiure Talts candidacy
iu agricultural states like Kansas and
Nebraska The candidates omaha
speech. scheduled 10 be delivered today,
was called of to give him au oTpor-
uuiy 10 campaign in Kansas. Tie VIII
reach Lincoln this evening
Ervau's home folks have prepared a
rOuslng welcome for EIu- The Candl-
date VIII De met at She station by a
large crowd of Democrats. who viii
vaIade with him Or rough the streets and
burn rcd fire galore Mr. Bryan VIII be
escorted 90 the balcony of the Lincoln
Hotel, where ne viii deliver his uudl
sDegcH of the campaign. I5e viii spend
tomorrow aJ FaiIyleW, resting uU Tor
the nights excitement after he has
voted
The Washington times., 1908-11-02
By JAMES Hay, Jr.

! am convinced that William Howard
TAFT will be elected next Tuesday. My
conviction is based on the following
facts
First: The enormous wealth OF this
country ls so distributed. that those
who have money vastly outnumber
those who have none Of u. Speaking in
a general way. the people who own
money or control il are for Taft TL Lose
who have 10 money are Tor Bryan.
Second The popularity OF the E0ose-
Welt Administration and the public
knowledge of the share TAFT had in
that Administration nave given him the
West.
Third. The Socialist party viii poll
the biggest vote iu its history, and this
increase and practically the fJu
strength OF the Independence League
ticket, fatheTed boy William Randolph
Hearst. viii be recruited from The RANKS
OF the Democracy.
Fourth: The Republican party is the
most powerful best equipped and most
harmonious campaigning machine in the
world. and its Efforts 10 regain It's lost
ground among the wase-earniug classes
m The last ten days have resulted IN
such gains that Taft viii poll very
nearly t-tt regular llrLADllLaL vote
among IabOriue men.
Fitch. Bryan has advocated nothing
90 make converts OF Republicans, and. If
ne succeeds in getting she fuu Demo
cratic vote Of tile country. he viii be
hopeIessly defeated
/ believe that Tafls election viii be
-n she Eaturc of a landslide IL Is admit
ted thar his pIuuiues in New Ems land
and Pennsylvania wlI bee large. but in
lae West, Lls majoUues will be trench
Gous. EacfcaIlsm has some through the
Vest with flaming sNort and iron heel
IL IS not lHe mlClug, EIttes4ue, faatds-
tic rldical-sm which Bryan mas adVO-
Gated T0I twelve year, but IL is the
sane, stern, IudoWltaoie pro5resslYeness
which g. tyuiled lI lne Roosevelt ideas.
II b. the general dissatisfaction OF the
people with those Institutions and Gus
toms against which Roosevelt has
fought And the West viii 90 10 Taft,
because it is convinced he viii make
good thu victories Roosevelt has won,
and viii achieve others OF his own
There Is great movement ia the
West. and it IS toward Taft.
In such States as Indiana and New
York, where State Que8tions initiate
against the Republican state rICkeL
Taft wiz ran TAR ai eaQ of the Repub-
Iicau State nominees. OF the tr.O OF
States called doubtful. New York. Ohio.
and Indiana. he stands chance 70 lose
only Indiana. EeW Nork and Ohio viii
be for him, and iu Indiana the outlook
! is brighter for HIM than for Bryan.
The Washington times., 1908-11-02

Whatever the envious car -ay about
the grand old CommOnW ealth just 10
tbe north of the District OF Columbia,
Et is an the p2zZaza, when it comes 70
orthography.
In fact photography lies under the
mental processes OF tho Marylanders
Ike auriferous strata lie under Nome.
Alaska, and Wall Street, New York, so
that spelling is more than second ma
ture TO the inhabitants, it's almost like
smoking or taking mint Juleps.
But from the sounding waves that
neat and buster on the East'n Sho' to
the tins OF the highest pines IN the Al
leghenies. there is not TO be found such
other photographer as Representative
Siduey-Sydney- Mudd, of LaplaJa.
Spelling is the one diversion 20 which
Mr.. Mudd chung when he became old
enough to start into the clinging busi-
ness. Through all the years ne has
spent in the political lists of Mary
land, and the nation, Mr., Mudd has
kept one eve upon politics and one
eye pom orthogra ply.
Even when ne is asleep. he is but
dreaming of some new method Of
orthographation and when ne wakes
and gazes out upon the beauties Of
the Maryland morning, ne takes a die
tionary in one hand while ne sGaves
with the other.
In short, Mr.. AIudd Is possessed by
The Washington times., 1908-11-02

the right names of several people.
hasn't been oyerrun by persons anx-
-Ous 10 lay down real hard money
3n the matter OF whether Mr.. VIII
lam Jennings Bryan, of Lincoln, Neb.,
T Mr.. William Howard Taft, of Gin
sinnau, Ohio. is to occupy No. 1900
'ennsyIvania avenue northwest, after
March next
There has been quite a little Taft
money lying around ShOOmaker's, but
4ere haven't been many wagerers
rushing in To take any Of it, although
a little chunk or two have been bit
ten off at different times by Bryan
adherents.
The prevailing odds, and the odds
that We're still prevailing, with $1,000
that IS yet waiting for a taker, are
to 1, and there was a ray of hope
present this morning at the same time
as the reporter. If the ray bTightens
out into real sunshine, 5000 Of the
whole sum may be UP against S2O0
OF Democratic money before night.
the biggest Individual bet so far as is
-noNu, was one MADE this morning by
BaitimOrean. or a representative of
some Baltimore man. This Democrat
pIt up $40 which said 10 $500 another
gentleman put Up that William J. Bryan
81 I'D get more votes and consequently
ARA the old sine state of Maryland
This bet at 10 TO s. was considered this
morning one Of the best so Tar recorded.
The Washington times., 1908-11-02
IT'S NOT 81" IT IS ''Y,''
SAYS SYDNEY MUDD

dementia- ia-orthographia, and when any
one from Cape Charles to Baltimore,
from Frederick to Laurel tries TO put
one over on Mr.. Mudd, orthographically
speak king, he is compelled TO arise from
his or her couch some early.
This being election week and last
week being the week preceding cleo
tion week. the good board OF election
supervisors of Howard county Md,
started in 10 get busy, and had printed
q ballot on which, as necessary that he
may get back to Congress 10 aid his
constituents, the Washington Navy
Yard in which ne is much interested,
the name of MIR. Mudd, Repub can
candidate for Congress. appeared.
Thi is the way II appeared, sidney
r. Mudd."
An of Mr. Mudd's photographic train
ing, his years Of dictionary reading, his
exhaustive researches into philOlOgy,
biology, zoology, and several other OIL
ogies which are not remembered just
now, rose up in protest and he, in turn,
Of orthography on TO the board Of cleo
ton supervisors.
HIS name. ne said, is Sydney E,
Mudd."
There had been 1OO00 ballots printed
with that II, instead Of this -'Y, " but
when you get real photographer on
YOUR trail, figures don't count
The board of election supervisors are
now having l0,0l0 more ballots printed,
and on each and every one of them will
be seen, among other things, the name
Of that triumphant photographer, sgd
ney Il MUdA
The Washington times., 1908-11-02
SMITH CONTINUES
INCONSISTENT PLEA
Representative
Says Corporations Are
Trying TO Beat Him.

While Representative Samuel w.
smith is prOcIaiming 10 the voters Of
the Sixth Michigan district that cor
p0Tate interests" are trying To prevent
his reelection, the Inconsistency Of his
attitude is being exposed daily in
washington by revelations that show
Mr.. Smiths own corporate affiliations
Following proof of Representative
Smiths correspondence with the organ
Of the Washington gas monopoly, and
the PRONUNCIATION of his own slogan,
Let the good work 80 on" came an
ther startling expose in yesterday s
Times showing;
That Mr.. Smith is the holder Of gift
stock and a director in the discredited
National Lumber Company. now known
as the Southern Consolidated Milling
Company.
That the promoter Of the company is
now under Indictment for false pretens-
es. following the investment by a Cath
9lic priest Of $4,000 OF his savings in
The proposition.
Not Dummy Director.
That Mr.. Smith was real and not a
dummy director, and that he was
elected a director. and his name utilized
by the company on the same day upon
which he was given the free stock.
That Mr.. Smiths name is prominently
displayed at the head of the directors
on the prospectus of both the National
Lumber Company and the Southern
Consolidated Milling Company, the for
uer being merged into the latter in
a manner unexplained to the Catholic
priest referred to, who held three-fOUrthS
of the actual paid-in stock OF the for
In was shown that Mr.. Smith was an
active director by his participation IN
efforts to squash the suit OF the minis
ter. the Rev. Eugene A Hannah, VITO
has asked for the recovery Of his
That Mr.. Smith, two days before he
left for Michigan to begin his present
campaign was Instrumental in making
an offer Of settlement which was re-
fused bv the priest because ii was
many thousand dollars below the
amount invested by him.
Attended Meetings.
That the records of the company show
that Mr.. Smith attended several meet
ings and particularly acquiesced in the
underwriting of $4,000 worth Of stock
Photographic likenesses of the pros
pectuses # the two companies were pub
Iished by The Times yesterday show
ing Mr.. Smiths name prominently dis
PLAYED on both.
When the promoter Of the corporation
in which Mr.. Smith held gift stock.
upon the introduction by the complains
ing investor of a Directors Memoir
eCOatlausd ca second Page,a
The Washington times., 1908-11-02
PROMISES FAIR DAY
FOR THE ELECTION
That Is It May Net Rain, Ac-
cording to Weather
Man.

It's going TO be a great election day
according to the authorities at twenty
fifth and NJ streets northwest and lhey
are the best weather persons in the
country.
Fair in the North, maybe rain OF
two. fair I'm the South, more chance OF
a hit of wetuess there; fair in the west
everywhere; but out on the Facine
coast thereU be rain That's nothing
new. however. for according To weather
persons or those who have visited Ia
coma OF Seattle. it rains there every
d9,- fin winter and most nights
I'M in the Rocky mountain country
there NAV be some snow, but as even
the Nature Fakers haven't invented any
animals that have the right Of Suffrage
Il doesn't matter.
Altogether. from what the weather
man said to the reporter, and from
what the farmers publications say
about pI0wers of the fields who run
automobiles it looks as If most OF the
votes in the country would get 10 the
proper places early in the game.
The Washington times., 1908-11-02
By JOHN sNURE

William Howard Taft will be chosen
President by the voters OF the United
States next Tuesday. Unless there are
influences at work whose effects are not
apparent on the surface, Mr.. Bryan has
nothing like an even chance In this con-
test.
MIR. Taft viii get more votes than Mr.,
Bryan for a variety OF reasons. Broad
ly speaking, the voters OF this country
are either radicals or conservatives. In
This campaign, Mr. TAFT is the candidate
favored by the conservative influences.
Alr. Taft is getting the bulk Of the con-
servative support and at the same time,
chiefly through the Endorsements given
him by the President, is getting "a large
share OF the radical support which voted
Tor Roosevelt in IyJ4.
1t is idIe to say that President Roose-
welt, by his repeated pronoun2ements
from the White House, has weakened
Tau ia this campaign It is true many
thinking men have taken omeuse at the
Presidents course, out there can Doe no
doubt that thousands of progressive Re
publicaus, believers in the Roosevelt
policies, viii vote for Taft next Tuesday
because President Roosevelt has repeat
edIy vouched for him, has held him up
before the nation as man who, II
elected. would follow out the Roosevelt
policies along progressive. constructive
lines Judge Tart has aIsO been greatly
aided with the radical voters of the
country by the fact that men Ike La
FC.}etJe and Cummius have given him
their strong and unqualified iudorse-
meut
u polls and preliminary canvasses are
worth q straw Iu this campaign, Mr.
Bryan will lose New York again. Los
ing New York, where is DE 10 get cleo
t0Tal votes enough to VIM
From Ohio TO Colorado there ls a
reign OF marvellous prosperity among
cannot bee expected 10 vote for a change
OF administration.
The developments OF recent weeks
have shown Jhat he cannot get any
thing like the solid labor vote.
Gripping Mr. Bryan, furthermore, is
the striking trend toward socialism It
viii not be surprising If the Socialists
this year cast a million votes Hearst
ism, too, viii draw considerably from
Bryan. 1t may be expected that Tart
win get Z60 electoral votes from Cali
foruia, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho,
Illinois. Iowa Kansas, Maine. Massa-
IChuseIts, Michigan. Minnesota, New
Hampshire. New Jersey, New York,
North Dakota. Oregon, Pennsylvania.
Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Yer
mont West Virginia, Wisconsin, WFo-
ming. and Washington. Moreover. he
has more than an even chance of carry
ing Ohio and Indiana and an even
eli nee I'm MARYLAND and Nebraska
when he would have total OF 5li
The Washington times., 1908-11-02
LINERS ARE MISSING,
FAIL TO REACH PORT
Three Big Boats, Caught in
Gales, Not Yet Heard
From.

BOSTON, Nov. -Four transatlantic
liners are due in Boston today, and
only one has been heard from. The
fierce gales that have been sweeping
the Atlantic for the past five days are
responsible and the local agents Of the
steamship lines say they feel no UNI
easiuess.
Wireless messages were received TO-
day from the Cymrie, of the White
Star uI.a. The vessel should have been
heard from of Cape Sable Saturday
but no word came then and all day
yesterday It was thought her wireless
apparatus had been damaged by the
storm. She should dock late this after
noon.
The Allan liner LauTentian is due from
Glasgow today with sixty cabin ana
sixty steerage passe!. gers aboard, She
has no wireless, so could not fash ad-
vance news OF her coming.
The other liners due today are the
Red Star Marquette, from Antwerp,
with four cabin passengers, ana the
IeyIand liner Winifredian, from Liver
pool with a dozen passengers. All the
steamers carry heavy freights.
The Washington times., 1908-11-02
CHICAGO BROKERS
PLAN OPEN HOUSE
VIII Keep Offices Open Election
Night in Hope of
Business.

CHICAGO. Nov 2-Offces of the
Chicago stock brokers viii blaze with
light tomorrow night. and cablegrams
and teleETams VIII be dispatched and
received In uuWOuJtd numbers. Some
OF the brokerage houses will keep
spen all night and maintain coHmuui-
cation by wire and cable with New
York and London Others viii close
as soon as fl is known definitely thar
Tart is elected.
one reason for keeping open election
night lies ia the fact that the London
exchange win open six hours before
the Chicago exchange in the morning.
this being due TO the difference IN
time.
III Taft IS elected. as there seems
every reason TO believe he viii bee,
numerous buying orders probably viii
be received during the night OF course.
selling orders are to bee expected in
the unlikely event of BTyau's eIeC-
uon." said a member OF Finley Bar
rell & Co.
The Washington times., 1908-11-02
NEGROES FOR TAFT,
SAYS WASHINGTON
In Letter TO Vorys Colored Edu-
Gator Calls Candidate
Leyel-Headed.
LeVeI-Headed.

COLUMBUS. Ohio, Nov An let
ter received yesterday by Arthur ].
Vorys. chief Of stan 70 Mr.. Taft Dr.
Booker T. washington says.
II would state that Mr. Taft Is con-
sldered level-headed and safe on asa
matters that relate 10 the elevation
and progress OF the negro race. He has
had wide experience in dealing with
dark-skinned races outside of America
His interest iu the race. is not new
OF spasmodic. but has extended over q
-umber of years. and has had TO do
with number of varied interests.
II am convinced that the bulk OF col
ora1 yOre~s have decided to cast their
b4II0t for him for President"