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Notice for Publication.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
u. s. LAND OFFICE At MosTRosE. coio,
June 3rd, 1905
NOTICE ia hereby given that
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WHAT WOMEN ARE COMING TO.
DistressfuI Picture Drawn by Prof.
Ross of Wisconsin

Chicago, March 7.-Unless factory
and shop conditions are changed ma
terially America is threatened with the
appearance of a race of women like
those of the peasant class of Russia
according to Prof. Edward A. Ross of
the University of Wisconsin. Prof. Ross
made this assertion during an address
before a public meeting held under
the auspices of the Illinois Federation
of Womens clubs at Hull House.
After quoting from statistics to show
that one-third of the women of the
country between the ages of 5 and rs
are engaged in industrial occupations,
Prof. Ross said
with many of them 1t is only tenn
porary, but do you realize that for the
few years they are at the loom or in
the shop the conditions surrounding
them are not shaped or Influenced by
anybody who has any interest in
tn EN- zse4t.e
The truly feminine girl, the one
CT frailty and delicacy, will pass from
our working classes. There will be a
reversion to the type of masculine
women, squat, fiatchested, broad
backed, low-browed creatures, work.
ing in the fields side by side with the
men, the burdens of wifehood and
motherhood coming but as an inciden,
toa day of toll.
THE cost of the cure, the preven-
ton of such state is in the hands of
society today. The day when a man
could sell himself into slavery are in
the past of all civilized countries A
further interference in the field of the
soca1led freedom Of contract can not
be considered bold. The CIV can tell
a girl just how many hours of her time
she may SELL"
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Youngstown, O., March This
city boasts the most unique foreign
nobleman in America. Count Bo-
logne is not in America after rich
heiress, although his title in Sicily
would tempt many a girl. What is
more important, he is not here to idle
away his time and spend his annuity,
as most foreign nobleman who come
to America do.
Count Bologna is rich man in his
own name and owns vast estates IN
Sicily, but is content to hustle furni-
ture in one of the large furniture
stores here for SO a week that he
may be near his sister, rather than
return and live in ease in his native
land.
He Is faithful to his work and in
the six months he has been here has
won the confidence of his employers
and the good will of his rellow towns
men.
The count says he likes America
and likes his work and Is thoroughly
satisfied in the furniture store.
The count Is devotedly attached to
his sister. Francesca Bologne, who
resides here
Count Bologne spends his spare
time playing the piano or other more
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avenues will not be large enough for
their purposes and have had the plans
changed and the new structure Will cost
in the neighborhood of $1,000.
1.-THE indications are" remarked the
city philosopher, that the recent dis
aster in Cleveland in which several
hundred school children lost their lives,
will result in better protection for the
school children of the country as far as
fire is concerned. It will be remember
ed that Immediately following the
Iroquois theater disaster in Chicago
two years ago a wave of reform IN
theater fire protection swept over the
country resulting in safety appliances
being adopted in great numbers"
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FARMERS GET THEM.
Robbers Raid Two Towns and Escape
From the Police.

Camden, N. J., March IA battle
between farmers and three robbers In
which two of the latter were wound
ed, followed the daring robbery early
today of the postoffices at Pedrfck-
town and Bridgeport, about 80 miles
south of this city. The three men
were captured.
The robbers first appeared at Ped
ricktown shortly after midnight and
stole a team from a livery stable.
They then went to the postofice, blew
open the safe and stole $3.50 in mon
ey and stamps. The force of the ex-
plosion wrecked the building and the
place took fire. The robbers then fed
with the team. Before the flames
were extinguished the building was
damaged to the extent of about ST.
600. While some of the people were
battling with the flames others organ
lied a posse to capture the robbers.
The men, however, escaped Two
hours later they appeared at Bridge
port, eight miles from Pedricktown.
1t was nearly 8 o'clock when they
attacked the postoffice at Bridgeport.
The family of William Brown occu-
pied the upper portion of the building.
The robbers forced an entrance and
inserted a charge of nitro g1ycerine in
the safe which almost wrecked the
building. Brown rushed down stairs
with a revolver. When he reached the
postoffice he was confronted by the
three robbers, who levelled their re-
volyers at him and ordered him to re-
treat upstairs.
The robbers then packed up stamps
to the amount of $500, took $50 in
cash and left in the direction Of
Woodbury. Mrs. Brown, in the mean
time had telephoned to the Woodbury.
police and as the trio drove into that
town they were hailed by a police
man. The robbers drove the team on
a sidewalk and all three opened fire.
The policeman shielded himself be-
hind tree and returned the fire.
Duri1ing the fusillade the men re-
treated and finally got away, going to-
ward Wenonah, abandoning the team
and leaving a trail of blood. A posse
was organized and the desperadoes
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FANCY STONES TO COST MORE
Duty Collected Upon Them to Be
Multiplied by Five.

New York, March duties on
number Of fancy and ornamental
stones are to be increased five fold as
a result Of an order, which the GUS
toms officials are to put in force on
March is, according to directions re-
ceived from treasury department at
Washington
A number of lapidaries complained
some time ago that those stones. cut
and carved for manufacturing pur-
poses, were being admitted on pay
ment of duties at the rate Of 10 per
cent advalorem although fifty per
cent was required by the Dingley law.
Importers of fancy stones have en-
ployed counsel and will appeal to the
courts against the new order. The
stones are used in clock bearings and
cases, handles of fans, knives, UNI
brellas and parasols. pencils, buttons,
opera glasses. 1orgnettes, canoes and
many other articles, useful and orna-
mental The stones affected by the
order are agate, alabaster, chalce-
dony, chrysolite. coral, cornelian,
garnet, jasper, jet, malachite. marble,
onyz, rock crystal and spar.
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SHE SWALLOWED ACID.
A Wichita Girl Becomes Dependent
Over Love Affair

Wichita, Kan, March Marie Elliot,
who resides with her parents on Ire
mont street, became Respondent over a
love affair and attempted to commit
suicide by taking carbolic acid.
The girl poured the acid into cap
sules and swallowed a considerable
amount in that way.
When the persons who were in the
house realized what had been done a
physician was sent for and an antidote
was given her. This with the use of a
stomach pump removed the poison.
This is the second attempt made by
Miss Elliott to end her life, she hav-
1t is said
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A DEVLIN CASE ECHO.
Big Bankruptcy Hearing Comes Up at
Fort Scott

Fort Scott, Kan, March THE most
ceieorated failure Kansas courts ever
took cognizance of was the DevIin col
lapse of two years ago. An echo of
this case was that of the voluntary
bankruptcy petition filed In Referee
Coury's court Friday by Joseph F'letch-
er, OF frontenac. The acknowledged in
debtedness of the defendant were listed
in round numbers of $4,000. He saws
his assets are approximately s34, 900.
Devln was an extensive mine oper-
ator and Fletcher was one of his as
soclates. He acted as superintendent
or the Frontenac mines and held stock
in the same. He schedules $26, 900 as
his assets in notes and accounts due
him from the Devlin estate. No tenn
porary receiver was asked for in this
case.
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JAMES RANCH SOLD
Deal Made Through Anderson
and Greenough
Who Take Fourth Interest In
Famous Stock Farm.

The M. W. James ranch at Willard,
one Of the best fine stock farms in east
ern Kansas, was purchased Wednesday
afternoon by N. H Loomis, R. w. Blair,
Henry Scandrett. and the real estate
firm Of Anderson & Greenough, North
Topeka. The price paid was in the
neighborhood of $50, 1000, or a little more
than thirty-hve dollars an acre, as the
ranch includes 1,340 acres. The deal
was made through Anderson & Green
ougA, who took a fourth interest in the
farm in order to prove to the purchas-
property as an investment.
The James ranch is one of the fam
GUS places of eastern Kansas. For
years Mr.. James devoted his energies
and his farm to producing blooded
stock, and horses from the barns of
this place were entered in nearly every
racing event in the west. He built one
of the largest bank barns in Kansas
and other buildings in keeping with the
conduct of such a place.
There are 300 acres of the farm In
the Kaw bottom and other bottom land
along smaller streams. The rest of the
ranch has been kept in pastures most
ly prairie. The ranch house stands on
a bluff commanding a view of the Kan
sas river and valley both east and west
and contains IA rooms. The view from
the house is one of the finest to be
found anywhere in Kansas.
On the James farm is one of the few
fords along the Kansas river. 1t is al
this ford that the old town of Union
town, one of the first villages in east
ern Kansas and which is now entirely
obliterated, was situated The Topeka
Pressed Brick plant was located on the
James ranch at Willard and a fine
quality Of pressed brick was manufac-
fured there until the buildings were
destroyed by fire about ten years ago
Mr.. James, the owner of the ranch
died about two years ago.
The new purchasers bought the
ranch as speculation as they consid-
cred the price extremely low.
Anderson & Greenough have severa
properties similar to the James ranch
which can be had at bargain prices
Their office is located at 800 North
Kansas avenue, over the Shawnee State
bank
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LIVED WITH BROKEN BACK.
But Was Unable to Withstand Attack
Of Pneumonia.

New York, March Attacked
with pneumonia a day or two ago
and in his weakened condition unable
to resist the disease, John Seltine,
who had lived for two years with a
broken back, died yesterday in the
Lincoln hospital The mans case
had attracted considerable attention
from medical men. He was struck
across the back by a heavy box fall
ing from a pile on January IA, 1905,
his spinal column being broken at the
eleventh dorsal vertebra. A compan-
ion had his neck broken In the same
way and was instantly killed. Seltine
was taken to the hospital and for two
years lived strapped to a board. Dur
ing the last few months under careful
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WALL STREET WAITS.
And Watches the Political Campaign
and the Crops.

New York, March 1.-THE stock
market has been lethargic during the
week, but with firm undertone.
Selling pressure was unimportant but
the market was without speculative
initiative, on the long side. wait
ing attitude was assumed to watch
developments toward restoration of
trade and industry. Some signs of
much restoration were discernible
and were accepted as demonstrating
a check to the contraction. Conf
dence in the quick progress of the re-
vival was not strongly defined by any
movement in the securities market.
Copper and steel are better, although
continued instability in prices of iron
and copper keeps feeling unsettled.
Freight car SURPRISES have been re-
duced, but railroad earnings are poor.
Possible wage controversies are an
element of disquiet. The passing of
the political campaign and the out
come of the crops are regarded as
prime requisites to speculative re-
vfval
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were traced to Wenonah, where trace
of them was lost.
Shortly after o'clock this morn
ing two men carrying a third were
seen at Wenonah and within a short
time a score of farmers, well armed,
gave chase and soon had them penned
in the woods nearby Both sides
opened fire. One of the robbers fell
and the second threw UP his hands
and surrendered. The third man held
his ground for sometime but fled
further into the woods.
The wounded man and the one who
surrendered were taken into custody
and locked up in the Woodbury. jail.
The third man was finally captured,
two hours later.
One of the men, William Mccoy,
had his face literally riddled with
buckshot. The other injured man is
not expected to recover
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DIR. IRWIN OUT OF PRISON.
A Parole for the Convict Who Shot to
Stop a Lynching.

Leavenworth, Kan. March 7.-Dr.
J. B. Irwin of Kay county, Okla
homa who was paro1ed by Governor
Haskell, left the Lansing penitentiary
late Friday. He was serving a SEN
tenoe of ten years for sho citing a man
while attempting to prevent lynch
ing. While at Lansing DR.. Irwin had
charge of the prison outdoor sani-
tarium for tubercular convicts At
ter his release he gave out an inter-
view praising prison officials and sug-
costing changes in diet He said his
experience had been enough to repay
him for any misery he had suffered.
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Egg Shippers in Session.

Kansas iCty, Marcn THE first
meeting of the Kansas Carlot. Egg
Shippers association was held yes
terday at the Midland hotel About
$50 commission men were present
Edward L. McAdam of Chicago,
commission merchant, spoke on egg
prices. W. H. Douglas of New Haven,
Conn. talked to the meeting on the
eastern market for food products At
the session last years officers were
reelected as follows: John Stewart
Haskell Of Topeka, vice president,
and j. E. Brewer OF Abilene, Kan,
treasurer
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To Combine Rural Phones.

Salina, Kan. March THE CO.
operative congress adjourned here
after removing the words Kansas
state" and substituting National in
the title of the association. Alvun
Allen of Jetmore is president, George
B. Long of Denver is vice president
and James Butler of Topeka was re-
elected secretary. The Kansas Mu-
tual Telephone association, with a full
set of officers, was organized An eff
fort will be made to include all the
rural telephones in the state in the as
ISOLATION by next November, when
the next meeting is to be held.
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wichita Is Growing Some.

Wichita, Kan, March Wichita g
new city directory will contain 1854
more names than does the one pub
lished a year ago. This gives an in
crease of population of 1910. accord
ing to the rule used by directory com
pliers in obtaining the total population
from the names obtained.
The 1907 directory contained 1892
names, which multiplied by 2 II show
de a population of 47,OS0.
The 1908 directory will contain
20.596 names, which will show a popu-
lation of $1,000
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topeka working man was taken

A Topeka working man was taken
suddenly i'll the other day and the
surgeons said an operation was i'm
perative. The man had been earning
good wages for many years but had
not saved a cent However, his wife
came to the rescue with a sum she
had been able by rigid economy to
save from the money allowed her for
household expenses, and which she
had deposited with the Prudential
Savings bank It's pretty safe to
say that the man himself Will De a
customer of the Prudential bank
when he RECEIVERS and Is again earn
ing wages It's easy and profitable to
learn about the PrudentfaPs methods,
and the officials will be glad to tell
you about them any day or Saturday
night
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HE HAS A SHARP EAR.
Conductor Detects Break in Rail as
Train Passes Over.

New York, March 7.-Seated in the
rear car of a fast Pennsylvania rail-
read express train last u1ght as II
went over the Raritan river bridge at
New Brunswick, N. J., a conductor de.
tected a break in the regue0r click or
the rails.
He signalled for a stop and he and
others went back to the Dr1dge WITH
lanterns. So exact had been the con-
ductor's mental record that he led the
party to a rail which had broken, evil
IDENTIFY. as the train had sped over it.
Following trains were held up until
the rail was replaced.
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whitney Hires a Trainer.

New York, March HAIRY Payne
Whitney has announced that he has
engaged A ]. Joyner as trainer for
his racing stable in place of the late
John ]. Rogers. Jack" Joyner ranks
as one Of the best trainers in the
country He handled a big stable for
sydney Paget up to last season. when
the latter sold most Of his horses. He
brought out and developed such good
horses in recent years as Water Boy,
water Cooler, Hamburg Belle, Cairn-
germ, Water Pearl and Chas. Ed
ward.
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Jack London's Engineer injured.

INDEPENDENTS, Kan, March T.
Martin Johnson Of this city who is
the engineer in charge of the Shark.
the boat in which Jack London, the
novelist, has started on a trip around
the world, is in a hospital in Papeete.
Tahiti islands. The cylinder head of
an engine fell on Johnson and he was
unconscious two days
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-07
Honoesee,xers, Fares

Are now in effect to many points n
Colorado. Utah, Wyoming, Idaho. Mon
tana, oregon and Washington. Both
irrigated and unirrigated land may be
bought cheap in all these states. No
other part of the world has greater or
more valuable opportunities to offer to
Intelligent and Industrious seekers for
homes and competence than have the
a hove states. Every first and third
Tuesday of each month during 1908
these low round trip tickets Will be on
sale via the Union Pacific.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-07

at have found out that there is no use
to die Of lung trouble as long as you can
get DR.. Kings New Discovery, says MIS-;
not be alive today only for that wonder
fI1l medicine. It loosens up cough quick
er than ANYTHING else and cures lung dis
ease even after the case is pronounced
hopeless" This most reliable remedy for
coughs and colds, la grippe, asthma, bron-
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Fire Loss of s1e5. GOO.

Peoria. ILL.,, March Fire which
started in the Hart Grain Weigher
company paint sshop today did $685.
600 damage to- buildings and stock.
weigher company, $4,000; Hart
Grain Weigher stock, $4,000; the In
ternational Harvester company. $45,-
900.
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Iowa SO. Nebraska 2e.

Iowa City, Ia, March Iowa won
a score OF 38 to 26. Walsh of Neh.
raska was the star of the game. MAX
ing twenty-five of Nebraska's points
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treatment he had shown some I'm
provement, but was so weakened by
his enforced lack of exercises that he
was unable to withstand a serious
malady when it attacked him.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-07
DEATH
ON TRANSPORT
BUFORD'S BOOM SNAPS AND
WORKMEN REACH SAFETY JUST
IN TINE.

SAN FRANCISCO, January 24-FOr
a few briei seconds shortly after noon
yesterday lmost certain death threat
ened half Il dozen men on the Army
transport Ruford and the steamer
Union, belonging to the Union Iron
Works. According to the accounts OF
those on board the transport at the
time Of the oc& laurence, the Buford,
after being fumigNted, was having GER
tain repairs executed prior to her de-
parture next month";, for Manila. Yes
terday gang of dozen men was en-
gagged in hosting the huge main winch
drum from the transport and lowering
it on to the deck of the union for
transportation to the works. AZ, the
huge mass Of metal, weighing aboiit
two tons was lifted skyward, it paused
a moment as it was swung round bv
the. transports boom toward the port
side of the vessel. AS its huge bulk
hung above the rail some of the tackle
was suddenly slackened, the boom of
the transport gave a groan, and the
men working underneath were lust able
TO rush to place of safety as the
boom, strained by the weight of the
drum, snapped asunder, and, along.
with the drum, crashed downward
where the men were working. The
drum struck the derrick mast on the
Union, splintering it, descended in a
slanting direction on the deckhouse OF
the little steamer, and bounced, still
held by the tackle, over the side of the
Union into the water. The boom, in
descending, missed striking Captain
Woolf of the Union, Frank Callstrom
foreman mechanic; Obey Johnston, a
rigger; J.. c. Atkins, machinist; Mike
Sweeney, a deckhand, and several OF
the men by just a few inches as they
rushed from the place of danger. The
noise of the falling tackle was heard
by large numbers of people. who
crowded to the scene and the mar
velous escape of the men was the
topic of conversation along the water
front during the rest of the day.
George Carnegie, outside superin-
tendent for the Union Iron Works.
who was present gave orders for the
clearing away of the broken boom, and
it was removed during the afternoon.
None of the crew of the transport was
at work when the accident happened
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-07

have demonstrated its practicability.
The transmission of spoken message by
Poulsen between Berlin and Copen-
hagen should not be a subject of won
dermentl
The next surprise will be the utili-
cation of electrical energy for the pro-
pulsion of airships, which will carry
no batteries or other generators, and
whose passage through the air will be
controlled by electric waves generated
on the earth planet"