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The Topeka state journal., 1908-07-01
THE MELON CROP SHORT.
Too Much Rain for the Vines In the
Sand Hills.

Abilene. Kan. July lit is said
that the crop Of sand hill melons this
year will probably be very slim
much Simmer than for some years
past
Not only will the crop be small but
it is expected the few melons raised
this year will be small. The reason
given for the harm to the crop is that
there has been too much water, too
much hot sun, as consequence too
many insects.
Melons are fruit composed chiefly
of water and yet there are many mel
on growers who maintain that COM
paratively dry weather is best for
them. Hot sun on wet ground bakes
the plants and the blossoms drop off.
Insects are bad at any time and the
wet weather is given as the cause for
the unusually large crop.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-07-01

has outwitted the officers, but his cap
ture is only a matter of time. Savage
is we'll known to all the old time To-
peka police officers, as he lived here
some ten years ago. His brother Frank
died here and he has an aunt, Mrs.
Andy Gregg, living on Jefferson street,
and a pal, Sandy Thomas, living here.
1t was reported that Savage came here
directly after the Kansas City haul,
but the local police do not believe this
story. Frank Summers. the city detec-
tive, knows Savage well, and says that
he is by far the smoothest crook he
has ever had any dealings with. There
was never a negro in this section of the
country that could hold a candle to
Savage said Mr.. Summers today. He
is as smooth as woven silk. He has
none of the weaknesses of the common
criminal. and will lead them a merry
chase before they get the steel on his
wrists" Savage is an old offender, and
the theft of mail pouches is his spe-
cialty. There is a reward of $4,000 offer
ed for his capture.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-07-01
WORK OF WRECKERS.
Santa Fe OEciaIs Say Winslow Bridge
Was Deliberately Burned.

Los Angeles. 1.-Anneunce-
ment is made by the officers of the
Santa Fe that the wreck of the Cali
fornia limited near Winslow Sunday
night was deliberately brought about
by the burning Of the bridge whose
absence caused three deaths and re-
suited in injury to 80 people.
1t is said the bridge was so located
that fire could not have been started
by passing trains; that train had
passed two hours before the wreck
and that in the meanwhile a track
walker had found the bridge in good
condition. Two men are said to have
been seen running away as the engine
crashed into the ditch.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-07-01
NEW STAR ON THE FLAG.
After July 4 There Will Be Forty
Six.

Washington. July 1.-After July 4. all
flags for the use of the government will
contain 46 stars in the field or union
to conform in number to the states. me
additionaI star follows the admission of
Oklahoma to the family of states. an
act of congress in the early part OF
the Nineteenth century requiring that
on the admission of new state one
star is to be added to the union of the
succeeding such admission, Oklahoma
came into the union November 16- The
as stars are to be in six rows, the first.
third. fourth and sixth rows to have
eight stars and the second and fifth
rows seven stars each. The stars rest
on a blue field. A great many Ameri-
can flags now flying from public build
ings will have to be altered to meet
the new conditions.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-07-01
GREEK HAD A SOFT SNAP.
Charged That He Got $4,000 From
Counsrymen and Kept 1t.

st. Louis. July Chris Rocoff, a
Greek, was arrested last night on an
indictment charging him with embez-
secured about $4,000 from a score of
Greek laborers who frequented his sa-
loon and gabe him practically all their
wages to keep safe for them. The
purchase of house by Rocoff precipi-
tated clamor for the deposited
money and complaints to United
States Immigration Inspector Saraflc.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-07-01
BARRICADES IN STREETS
Revolution at Tabriz, Persia, Has Sc
riOus Look

London, July 1.-The situation at
Tabriz, Persia. continues to be very
serious Private dispatches received
here say that the people have erected
barricades in the streets and the fight
ing is going OH night and day. TabriZ
and the entire province of Azerbaijan
are strongholds of the revolutionists
and the arrival there yesterday of the
troops to strengthen the forces of the
shah has increased the danger of the
situation. The entry of the troops into
the city is opposed by the revolution
ary forces. All the bazaars have been
closed and there has been some loot
ing of the residences of delegates to
the assembly and business houses.
Increasing cause for alarm is found
in the fact that Tabriz is surrounded
by Rachin Khan and his horsemen.
They are supporters of the shah and
utterly without discipline. Should
these riders be turned loose or the city
the lives of even the foreigners there
would be in danger.
No details are given of the recent
street fighting, but one of the dispatS>
es concludes with these words:
"A good deal more bloodshed is ex-
pected before the trouble is settled"
The foreign community resident at
Tabriz is small and is composed most
ly of Russians. There is a British con-
sui general A. c. Wratislaw, and a
Russian consul general, the StaHS OF
the Imperial bank and the telegraph
company and a few Europeans engaged
in the carpet trade. The British and
Russian consulates are guarded by
Cossacks.
st. Petersburg. July News was re-
ceived here today showing that the sit
uation at Tabriz. Persia, is serious.
Mounted followers of Rachin Kahn
have been arriving before the city since
yesterday. They met with resistance.
This exasperated them and they at
once began committing atrocities in
which the mob Joined. The excitement
is described as intense. The anti-revo-
lutionists feeling themselves on firm
ground, have declined the proposal of
an armistice made by the Russian con-
suI General
The Topeka state journal., 1908-07-01
salinas Postomce First Class.

Saiina, Kan, July 1.-Beginning to-
day this city becomes a first class
postofsice, the receipts for the last
three months being in excess of the
amount demanded by Uncle Sam. The
salaries of all employees will be in
creased. No additional force will be
employed.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-07-01
BEWARE OF THE cOcKROAcH
Easy Way to Get Rid of These Re
DulSfye BUGS

pulsiye Bugs.
The cockroach is responsible for
many disagreeable things in the home
even giving an obnoxious odor to the
food.
A thoroughly effective and simple
means of exterminating cockroaches is
to put Stearns' Electric Rat and Roach
Paste in the sink and on the shelves
Stearns' Electric Paste will also kill
off rats. mice and other vermin Money
refunded IL IL fails to give satisfaction.
Sold by druggists or general stores ey-
erJ'where or sent prepaid on receipt Of
price. OF. box &c, 16 OF. box 800.
Stearns Electric Paste Co.. Buffalo, N. 7.
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ATCHIsON is PROGRESSIVE.
Votes 100000 I'm Bonds for a New
Modern School House.

Atchison, Kan. July 1.-At a special
election held here Tuesday Atchison
voted 100000 in bonds for the erec-
ton of a new high school building
and the. Improvement of ward school
buildings. The voting was two to one
in favor of the bonds. The Atchison
high school building was erected 3S
years ago and is three stories high and
a IRE trap. The new building will be
The Topeka state journal., 1908-07-01
603 Kansas Avenue.

governor by acclamation at the Re-
publican state convention here today.
This state has no lieutenant governor
and the legislature elects all the state
officers except governor.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-07-01

New Clerk-I notice some of these bar
rels of apples are marked x and some e.
Are they different kinds?
Dealer-No: same kind. but differently
packed. Some customers want a barrel
opened at the bottom and some at the top
The Independent
The Topeka state journal., 1908-07-01
BICYCLE
REPAIRING
OF All Kinds
U. S. Cycle Co.
$50 Kas. Ave.
Ind. 962

thoroughly modern and as nearly fire
proof as it can be built. One wing of
the new building will be used for
grades. The new building will contain
forty rooms. 1t is expected to have 1t
ready for occupancy in a year from
next fall
The Topeka state journal., 1908-07-01
NO TRACE OF SAVAGE.
Negro Mail Pouch Robber Appears to
Have Dropped Out of Sight.

Police officers all over the west are
bending every effort to locate Charles
Savage, the negro crook who success
fully pulled off the mail pouch robbery
at Kansas City recently and secured
S50, 900 in the haul. So far the negro
The Topeka state journal., 1908-07-01
MIR. HAM IN COLBY.
His Friends Say He Will Carry
Thomas County.

Colby. Kan. July Nv. B. Ham.
candidate for congressman in the Sixth
Aistrict. spent Tuesday in Colby visit
frg and found the sentiment very
strong in his favor. His friends say
he will doubtless carry Thomas county
by large majority.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-07-01

Fernald for Governor
Bangor. Me-, July Bert NJ. Fer
nald of Portland was nominated for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-02

DANCING Assembly Dances at Rides
- A ~ w ArTnory every sat. Eve.
The Davisons' Academy. 10 9Th 50. NV Class
Ewes, Tues. Thurs, at z. Receptions at Q.
Private Lessons daE OF Ereninr NTH muslc
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soul Of music in her. and a spiritual
aura that. seems angelic. She is a mile
removed FROM the usual forward and in
sinuaJing person who romps and poses
and suggests and struggles and imi-
tates and suffers before ones gaze. Her
charm and agility recall our mental
conception Of the poetry Of motion, the
genius of the dance. the joy OF living.
It is a pity we cannot have so perfect
an exponent of the art n more apprO-
pirate surroundings for the enjoyment
Of the cultured and refined
SOtheTn Happy.
Z. H soChern must be happy. He
has almost equaled the performance OF
his father IN Lord Dundreary."
OF course, il is rot safe to rely too
much on the impression Of many years
ago. when youth made me e. gerIy re-
ceptive 10 the first stage performances
Of my experience BureI believe the
cIGer Sothern's performance Of this role
is Identical with the performance Of the
present son, with the exception thai Z.
Il. Sotnern today lacks that last SON -
thing Of spontaniety-that artistic touch
Of essential originality--that stamped
the elder Sothern's performance as q
work Of genius. The elder SOtheTn WIS
not so fat as the present SOtheTn, and
that fact helped some-it made the skip
more effective; and the thinner man was
more the ideal lord, whose idiosyncra-
sizes would appeal to you. In the early
scenes / was conscious Of young Mr.
Sothern's IabOriousness in delineating
faithfully every detail Of the original
characterization which he had low
iuglv copied. But soon he began to live
tie part, and it came forth a better
work Of crt, and Il better picture. When
he began to realize that he was really
succeeding. that "DundTeaTy' wss liv-
irg again, that he had brought him to
life and into enthusiastic favor after
all these years-that young loyal son
~ his father glOwed with rue joy and
went at his work with q viii and fer
vor that carried his auditors with him.
I felt a delicate talent of comedy not
heretofore suspected in the younger
SQthern. He is not naturally a come
dian-as Nat Goodwin Is, for example.
But, in this case he reaches his effects
in q way shat falls just short of Yeri-
table genius,
To explain why we laugh at Lord
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Fundreary''-that is. to go minutely
into an analysis OF the phenomena for
the satisfaction Of those who see lltSIe
in IL. would be useless. I tank it is
largely because human nature likes 10
see some other fellow making an ass
of himself. And here is the one. frst
original, absolutely unalloyed, primitive,
basic model ASS Of modern times, eN-
ugCerated and burlesqued TO the burst
ing point-and this Ass represents the
English habit OF thinking everyone an
ass who does not think as you do.
"The Waltz Dream"
Proving the widespread influence OF
THE Merry Widow again, and the
tendency OF amusement caterers 70 fol-
low in the wake of assured success,
The Waltz Dream" a musical comedy
with special accessories, at the Broad
way Theater, this week, is conspicu-
Gus.
Henry W. Savage looked at a Hight
opera made out of a waltz IN Europe
and saw that # was good. So he
brought It over to America Now others
who note the massive pile Of advance
sale dollars at the New Amsterdam
and other places gathered by the IL
lustriOus Widow" devise some more
waltz operas. and OF this thing there
will be a plenty. We have been fond
Of WALKING for some time, and the Vi
enuese flavor Of the Merry Widow has
caught everybody where he or she lives.
Anything now IN the shape of a waltz
performance is sure TO have a seeing
and hearing This latest protuberant
happening. THE Dream Waltz" as II is
dubbed. seems to be acceptable, even
excellent. OF course. no one can like
an imitation uncOnditiOnaiV, and we
don't like the idea OF stealing some one
else's thunder. But If Oscar Straus. the
announced composer, Leopold Jackson
and Felix DOerman. who are down as
the interpreters OF the book. and Joseph
W, Herbert, who is said to have gar
nished "The Waltz Dream" for this
country, can please us why, we should
be happy-sure thing,
You can not help but compare this
Broadway Theater Offering with the
noteworthy hit OF the year at the New
Amsterdam, vet there are few point :
OF legitimate comparison. The prices
are the same. and, doubtless, in GUAM
tity YOU get about the same value M
one need complain. II Is not a question
OF which place person shall gO-you
must go 10 both places, or your life
IS a failure this year along the Great
White Way. That Is about as high a
compliment as one can pay ''The Waltz
Dream" And it is tOlerahly certain
that ''The Waltz Dream" will run a long
time. If full houses can maintain the
float you along over the clouds OF de
light indefinitely. If you had never heard
the Siren waltz in THE Merry
Widow"
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By :. H. BALLARD.

New York, Feb. I.
A define GENEE is a new ele-
~ ment in New York theatrics.
"A She is one of the genH from
sylphland-a little. blonde fairy.
who dances and smiles herself into your
heart within an instant or two after the
vision Of her Ioveliness has flashed upon
your eyes. "The Soul Kiss" in which
she appears at the New York Theatar
Is merely an extravagant and spectaCu-
lar batch Of Ziegfeld speciaIties strung
on the supposition that a sculptor Is
seeking an affinity. and Mephistophcles,
in modern garb. IS aiding him. Topical
songs, limitations of Well-knOwn stage
people, New York by night from the
top, OF the Singer building, with the
devil standing on the summit, the Lusl-
tania at her dock. an actress dressing
room, a masked bali, a studio, Monte
carlo, a MeadOwbrooke hunt-this scenic
phantasmagoria coils over itself in
tawdry glare, and the book and lines
and gags and near-jokes are as close to
the unfit-to-print sort as the police may
allow.
The Spirit of Dance and Music.
But, amid all this seethinc effort over
IA Se1N WIN 4ttAestLtA- lllL5s LtAh4G5s ana
glttering limbs, amid all this gaudy
and audacious bid for popularity among
The people Of the street, comes the face
and bounding form Of this matchless
dancer. Genee, who says nothing. who
does everything she does in pantomime,
but who proves herself in a few ticks
of the clock that she Is one Of the. great
dancers of the world. Toe dancing with
her IS as easy as the running of a slender
child at play She moves to the rhythm
of the music, flying here and there
while her feet scarce touch the ground,
with the agility Of a fawn, with per
feet grace Her smile is not the stage
smile. 1t bears out her promise that
she is never so happy as when dancing
AL the tales of elves and sprites and
fairies and gnoIncs you have heard in
your childhood come back, and you be-
heve again III their reality. You forget
the years Of practice and work Genee
has had 20 undergo in order to harden
the muscles so that she may control her
movements with such marvellous pre-
cision. And, in addition, she has the
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"CaIifornia Girls" at Lyceum.

Tho california Girls company begins
its engagement, with daily matinees, at
the New Lyccum Theater tomorrow.
This attraction is said to De the pick
OF eXtravaganzas, The comedy element
is said TO he genuinely funny, and the
burlettas take advantage Of every on
pOrtunity TO create a laugh. and are
written 20 suit the people The produce
ton is deliberately costumed and the
girls Of the chorus are comeIy and have
good singing voices
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MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA
TO OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY

Tomorrow 1.-The Top Of the World, %
the merry musical extravaganza, which
has been -delighting thousands up on
Columbus Circle in New York for the
past five months, goes down to the Ca
sino where on the day OF its first per
Torrance in the Casino it viii celebrat e
it's 2D0th performance. The occasion will
be marked by the management, who
have arranged to present 10 each lady
attending the first performance 2 satin
opera bag trimmed with cut steel beads.
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London Bellies" at Gayety.

The attraction at the Gayety for the
week beginning tomorrow will be Rose
Sydell and her burlesque organization.
''The London Bellies" This company OF
nearly two score OF clever entertainers
exponents of every form of amuse-
ment known to Notwithstanding q
chorus Of tweaty-four pretty girls.
The style OF the performance is quite
distinctive. the entertainment consists
of a musical farce entitled prince OF
Petticoats," which is divided into two
parts. rich IN topical humor, and intro
ducing a number OF characters new to
bUTlesque.
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Sunday Amusements

one Of the best programs Of the sea
son has been arranged for the concert
at the BelascO Theater tonight. and a
thoroughly enjoyable and varied enter
tainment is assured. A special selection
Of illustrated ballads viii be rendered
by Billy Thornton. and an extra musical
feature Is the engagement Of Miss Ester
Wallace, late prima donna with Rice's
The Show Girl VINO viii sing several
operate and popular vocal numbers.
The splendid series Of motion pictures
and interesting travel views viii con
tinue TO be a regular feature at these
entertainments.
In tonights program for Jhe popular
vaudeville concert at the Majestic. man
agCr Weston has been fortunate in
obtaining as the headliner. Phil Ben
ret. the Italian street singer and musi-
clan. who has been a hit al the vaude-
Vile houses I'm all the large cities
Illustrated songs and other acts are
also on the bill, In addition 90 an en-
tirely new set OF life motion pictures
showing comic and dramatic scenes in
this country and abroad.
An excellent program has been ar
ranged for the Sunday concert at the
Academy tonight. consisting of Shep-
ards Moving Pictures, presenting in
life motion. stories of love, romance,
travel, comedy, and adven-ur The
Symphony Quartet win reappear IN all
new songs. and Harra a. Chick, the
tenor sOloist, viii sing the illustrated
songs. The music will be introduced
hy the Academy orchestra
The usual Sunday concert at the
Gayety tonight promises To- be excep-
tiOnaUy interesting, as special efforts
have been made to secure the best sub
jects for the animated pictures. Be
sides the pictures a. series of illustrated
songs will be given by J. FLYNN Some
Of the subjects for the moving pictures
are: Through Darkness 10 Light"
Life OF an American Policeman"
How Jones Lost His Roll" Views of
African Life I'm the Congo" "Coney
Island at Night" ''Wife Vented"
Stage Struck "A Winter Straw Ride"
and Impossible Suicide"
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y THEATRICAL NEWS AND GOSSIP u
Coming Attractions
CONTINUED from Second Page.)

fCOQLlQueQ lrOs2l OECDnQ 1nSSsy
with the demand. Like .-Trilby'' it
deals with artist life. save that its
earlier scenes are laid in Bohemian
London.
Chase's next week will offer the New
York roof garden hit. The Phantastic
Phantoms, staged by Ned Wayburn
and headed by Hilarion and Resale
Ceballos, with incidental music by Byrd
Dougherty; Ellie Fay, the coy come
dienne; Homer B. Mason and company
in "a Hero?"; T. Wilbur Hill and
Willette Whitaker. the artistic musical
entertainers; Kartelli. the spectacular
aerialist; Leon Royce. the instrumental
mimic; Melville and Higgins; and the
motion pictures, when Satan Drives"
a MillonaiTe's Revenge sensa-
tional melOdrama, will be the offering
at the Majestic for the week OF Feb
TUary 10. il has a thrilling story of
absorbing interest and shows the snares
set for young chorus girls and pretty
models by rich. idle clubmen. The play
is founded on the New York Madison
Ing OF Stanford White by K.
Thaw.
IN The Big Stick the new comedy,
with music in which the Four Mortpns
are appearing this season, and VIII ca
comes TO the New Academy beginn ng
Monday, February 10, these clever fun
makers arc said TO have much the best
vehicle of their career. Tho company
supporting the -Four MOrtons is said TO
be a large ana exceptionally clever one
Senator Robert l.. Tay'or's lecture on
Castles in the Air at the Columbia
Theater on the afternoon OF February
16 will doubtless attract a large audi
ence. as Senator Taylor is one Of tns
most gifted of Southern lecturers. The
entertainment is being given for the
Confederate monument fund, the pro
ceeds to be devoted to the work Of
erecting a Confederate monument in the
National Cemetery at Arlinst ton.
The patronesses of the lecture are
Mrs. Dewey. Mrs. Stanley iathews,
Mrs. John ". Foster. Mrs. CT fer. Mrs
Clover, Mrs. Aorehead. Mrs. .udenried,
Mrs. W. S. COwles. Mrs. Elkins. Mrs
Bankhead, Mrs CulbersOn. Mrs. Town
send, Mrs Joseph Z. Johnston.
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Weeks Offering
At the TheaterS
(Continu I'd from Second Page)

from the South undertakes to sweer
up all the coin in the great financial cen
ter, but. TO use his own expression
"bTeaks his broom in the attempt" and
the actual running of the Great Futur-
ity race by thoroughbred race horses
furnish the backbone OF a most effective
story thaC David Higgins and DR.. Bald
win c. Cooke have woven into a play
Much laughter is evolved by one IIauf-
man. who creates many amusing Incl
dents. His .Laste Dollar" is a racing
play with a frenzied finance touch.
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SKATING RINK, CONVENTI0NHA HALL

Nights. Sessions. Nor. I5c. Aft and
Night. 25c.
A Prize Tonight for Some Couple.