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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-27
Yale Loses a Star PitcI,er

New Haven, Conn, March 27-The Yale
faculty has given notice that Arthur Mer-
r1tt is far behind in his studies and that
captain Tad Jones gave notice that Mer-
rift would not be allowed to play till late
in the year, probably not at all. Merritt
IS the best pitcher on the Yale squad
While at Andover he was called the best
inter-scholastic pitcher in any American
academy.
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New York o. Toledo 2.

Toledo. O., March 27.-Inability to
hit Clark Griffith's twirIers when hits
meant runs, coupled with errors by
Barbeau, lost Toledo the second game
with the New York Americans at
Chattano oga, Thursday. Score:
Toledo .....O 0 O 0 0 %
New York ....3 0 o 2 2 ID
Batteries: Toledo-Quinn, Vance,
Kenworthy and Land. Fisher. New
York-Manning Griffith and Sweeney.
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los Angeles, California.

Every day at 1850 noon Pullman
tourist sleeping car leaves Topeka for
Los Angeles, Cal, without change via
the Union Pacific r. r. This car
sfavs in Salt Lake City through one
day-Iight hours of one day, giving the
tourist an opportunity to visit the
many points of interest in the city by
the great inland sea-
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ST. Paul 4. joplin 2.

Joplin, Mo, March 27.-The St.
Paul team of the American associa-
ton took the first of a series of four
games to be played with the Joplin
team of the Western association, 4
to 2. Opportune hitting by the WISH
tors and errors by Joplin were de-
cisive of the contest
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and the Manuals piled up a. score of
II to z in their favor. In the second
half Bakers first team played and
ended with the score of 38 to 81 in
their favor. This is the last game of
the season.
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Baker 80, X. G. Manual %.

Baldwin, Kan, March 27.-Baker
defeated the Kansas City Manual
basketball team here last night by
score of 3S to 81. In the first
half the Baker second team played
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Only One ssBromo Quinine''
rhat ;s LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE.
COX for the signature of E. w. GROVE
used world over to cure cold IN DAY nc.
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IUII-FV IICB.
base hit-Kahl. Two-base hits
Kahl, Farrell. Double p1ay-Furey to
Morgan to Snyder; Boles to Dunaway to
Robb. Bases on balls-Of Lonberg, 2; off
McCampbell, 8; off F'urey, 6. Stolen bases
-Boles, Snyder, Robb and BARLEY. Sac
rifice hit-Wooley. Struck out-By Lon
berg. 2; by Furey, Z; by Mershon, 1. Time
E1:45. Umpire-Hurlburt. Attendance
$50.
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No purchase is too small for us tolap-
preciate. Price, the druggist.
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ii55!aII!11
L. NJ. PENWELL
Undertaken and EmbaImac
Sii Quincy Street.
Both Phonss to2

the temple and a revolver lying near
the right hand. Nothing was found to
indicate who he was or how he had
come to shoot himself. He was ap-
parently "a years old.
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ger Kinlmel of the Enid team has
been dubbed Engineer KimmeI.
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milwaukee, Buys scbIatter.

Milwaukee Buys Schlatter
Toledo, o., March 27-Ed SchIad-
ter OF Toledo, crack first baseman Of
the 0. P. league, who played last sea-
son with New Castle, was purchased
by Milwaukee. He will join the
Brewers at once.
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WASHINGTON.

SCORE BY INNINGS.
Washburn .........0 0 0 2 L
White Sox ........3 O 0 o 8 5 0 Iii
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The Joplin team claims to have
three good outf1elders in the persons
Of Jacobson, Sheldon and Ffllman.
Jacobson is said to be a good hitter
and able to cover lots of ground.
Sheldon is said to be a good hitter
and baseman besides possessing a
good throwing arm. Ffllman's ability
is we'll known.
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Since the Enid baseball team has
been named the Railroaders, Mana
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The Milwaukee team has gone into
training at Bartlesville, Okla This
team. will play there a few days, and
then will play their way back to Mil
waukee. Topeka gets them for three
days on their way back
The sun., 1908-01-07

Trial trains were run through the tunnel
all day yesterday and this practice service
for the breaking in of the mOtOrnen will
be continued to-day and tomorrow. Chief
Engineer George H. Pegram said yesterday
that every detail Of the equipment Of the
tubes had been completed and that eX-
periments made yesterday with the sig
Mailing ana safety devices demonstrated
that they vera in thorough order.
Three experimental trains were run last
night from Bowling Green TO the Borough
Hall. Brooklyn. for the benefit of the re-
oAorters and invited guests. The trips were
Made through the south tube both ways
and were under the direction OF General
Superintendent A. l.. Merritt.
August Belmont entered the Bowling
Green station shortly before l. but fingered
only to take the first train uptown. MIR.
Belmont had made the tunnel trip before.
A good natured crowd waited while Supt.
Merritt telephoned and telephoned. At
lengt a train backed up and every one
piled aboard. At 7:S3 the motorman got
the signal 70 go ahead and pulled out. The
first half of the way the train whizzed along
in great style. This portion Of the trip
was downhin: On the second portion.
which is uphill, the speed was slower. The
order for the trips calling for forty miles
an hour through the tube and twenty miles
an hour over switches was pretty closely
adhered to- The whole trip took scant
five minutes. About thlrty-hve persons
were dDOhTu lllc lIhll NlHNli NoAAoiStCN "
seven cars.
The stop at Borough Hall was very brief
and then the train started hack. The re-
turn trip made AT the same speed was with
out incident After a sop at Bowling
Green for fresh passengers the train started
on it's second trip.
Many of those who had made the frs.
trip were interested in watching an cleo
trically illuminated chart in the switch
house at the Bowling Green slation while
q train was making the second trip. Two
Concave bars Of green light on black
ground present miniature Iengthwise
section of>the tunnel, showing the grade of
the track in each tube and the blocks into
which il is divided. As the train made it's
way through the tube the block through
which it was passing and the block behind
showed red on the chart.
Preparations were begun yesterday by
the business men and residents of Brook
lyn TO celebrate the orening of the tunnel
Accor ling to the preliminary details the
passengers on the first train to arrive al
the Borough Hall station are to be met by
a band and will parade up Fulton street
under the glare OF fireworks and torches
more formal celebration ~ to take place
in the Borough Hall on Thursday afternoon
Mayor Mcclellan and other city official.
are 20 be invited 10 take part.
The sun., 1908-01-07
le83.I9OS.
Affairs.

Whitney Of Saratoga; Military Affairs.
Hamilton Of Chautauqua.
Tho Kings county Republican Assembly
men are angry over the failure Of Assembly,
man Charles +. Murphy to land the Cities
Committee, chairmanship. One OF them
said tonight:
state Chairman Woodruff will have to
do lot Of explaining to US. We understood
that when we voted against the reelection
OF Col. Baxter there was every prospect OF
Mr.. Murphy having the ChaiTTnanship. We
also were given 20 understand that Herbert
Parsons, on behalf Of the New York county
Republican organization. was with us.
Then We learned further that State Com
nitteeman Greiner Of Buffalo had also asked
for Mr.. Murphy's appointment. Ether MIR.
Woodruff couldn't or wouldn't get the
place for Mr.. Murphy. We naturally think
he could, but wouldn't exert himself in
our behalf. having other objects to ac-
compish for himself personally.
The committees are decidedly anti
Hughes in their makeup. Men who were
opposed TO the Governors measures OF last
year get the best places. and it looks as II
the lower house. which last year was in a
complainant mood to everything the Gov
ernor wanted. has been organized for the
purpose Of thwartiDg him this wear. The
appointments announced tonight by the
Speaker and the Assembly clerk, which
represent the political pap Of the session.
also are anti-Hughes
The sun., 1908-01-07
MERRY COFFEE WAR.
Importers and Brokers Described as at
swords Points.

A coffee broker who said he knew what
he was talking about declared last night
that there hasn't been a bag Of coffee sold
that has been imported into New York
since the first Of the year. There have been
daily market transactions in coffee. but the
brokers have been merely buying and selling
the coffee that is held in stock.
THE coffee importers have combined
against the brokers and there is bitter
war on, which may result in great scar
city of coffee before they patch up their
differences" said this broker. Heretofore
the brokers have sold coffee according To
the standard grades as settled by the New
York otfee Exchange The ebrokers haven't
guaranteed the quality of the coffee but
have stated in their contracts that the
coffee was. to their best knowledge and
belief what they represented IL TO be,
and that while they gave the grade stipu-
lated in good faith they did not guarantee II.
Along in December a strong movement
was started among the importers to insist
that the brokers guarantee the SIZE OF tne
bean, the color and the roasting qualities.
Finally the importers all combined and the
brokers did likewise, and they are Tow at
swords points"
The sun., 1908-01-07
The Weather.

The weather was fair yesterday. except IN the
Gulf States, where there rain and a falling
barometer. which indicated a storm forming In
the Gulf
Valley. but there was absence OF disturbing
factors.
In the Atlantic States and westward from the
Rocky Mountains the pressure was high. IL was
colder along the entire Atlantic Coast and In the
Gulf states and north Pacific States. In western
New England and western New York Il was
warmer. as II was also In the Lake regions and
westward into Montana and southwestward into
Oklahoma and Colorado. There was a small rego
OF zero weather In northern and western New
England. The lowest temperature reported was
degrees below, at NOrthheld, W.
In this city the day was fair and colder wind
fresh southwest: average humidity. Ts per cent
barometer, corrected 10 read 70 sea level. At 8
A. NJ. O.y BP. M. SO.O7.
The temperature yesterday. a recorded by the
oflclAl thernometer ls shown IN the Annexed tAhle
The sun., 1908-01-07
The "RENT STRIKE" HARD HIT
JUSTICE SANDERS SIGNS 1000
DISPOSSESS WARRANTS

And Promises 10 Have LaWy erS PrOseCutP ed
when PerJured Answers Are Put In
As Result Only Three Answers
Are Filed in a .DRmmed Court Room.
Those tenants OF tenements on the Fast
Side who have been striking for reduction
OF rent have got themselves into a peck
OF trouble, and unless they settle with
their landlords to-day or come to an
amicable arrangement they will be evicted
on Wednesday that is if the marshals can
do the work that is laid out for them to do.
The strike against rent was organized
by a committee of Socialists, and this COM
mittee has been materially helped by two
or three lawyers who saw an opportunity
to make few dollars easily The land
lords who have been unable 10 collect their
rents took the matter to court, and yestor-
day when Judge Leon Sanders went to the
new Second District Court, on Madison
street near Clinton street. the court room
was 80 full that no one could move in it.
The halls in the court house. the stairs
leading to Madison street and the street
itself were crowded. Judges Sanders,
Roesoh and Young reached the court
about 0 o'clock and could not get near
the door. Police cleared a pathway for
them finally.
The rent troubles were all in Judge San
ders's court and when he could make him
self heard he told those present what he
thought Of the situation and what he in
tended TO do. He said:
Il wish to state that when no legal de-
fence is put in in the matter Of these dis
possess proceedings l will sign the papers
and issue them on Wednesday. Where
there is a legal defence and il is pleaded
will grant postponements until Tuesday.
II find that delays are being sought by
perjured statements in defence l will pro-
ceed against such perjurers and will deal
with the lawyers as the principals
As a result Of this statement only three
defendants answers were entered. Judge
Sanders then began TO sign the dispossess
orders which he will issue tomorrow. He
has granted this delay in order that the ten
ants may have opportunity to settle with
their landlords. During the day he signed
more than 1000 warrants.
Many OF the tenants were represented by a
lawyer named Jacob Pankan. He criti-
cised Judge Sanders early in the day and the
Judge told him to come back later when the
stenographer could take down what he had
to say and he would be attended TO.
There are more than eight hundred cases
on to-day's calendar in this court and an
other busy time is expected The Socialist
headquarters reports that compromises
we're effected yesterday with the owners
and lessees Of 527 and 500 East Twelfth
Montgomery street, l59 Monroe street. 81
Forsyth street 3Os East lO2d street and
house in Madison street
Several Williamsburg landlords reduced
rents 81 yesterday rather than go to the
expense OF dispossess proceedings
The sun., 1908-01-07
MAY PR0BE ?. 5. COMMIssI0N.
Minority Leader Palmer wants 60 Know
Mhether u Ia Worth what u COata.

Minority Leader Palmer wants 60 Know
whether n Is worth whAt n Costs.
ALBANY, Jan. O.A-In the Assembly to-
night the frat legislative criticism cf the
New York city Public Service Commission
was made in the form Of a resolution intro
duced by Minority Leader Palmer. Ma
jority Leader Merritt objected to the con-
sideration OF the resolution and under the
rules It went over until next Monday night.
The resolution follows:
Whereas. IL IL reported and u nderstOOd
that the Public Service Commission OF che
First or Metropolitan district is about "a
ask for an additional appropriation amounting
to 81 ,OOO. 900 in excess of its already heavy
cost OF maintenance: and
Whereas at the same time Il Ia widely
complained that no reforms or benefits what
sOever are. according to the general public.
at all commensurate to the cost OF this ex'
perimsnta commission; and
Whereas this Is a time when the pTivat q
citizen and business man Is in every possible
way retrenching and Curtailing his ex-
penditures and wedding out unnecessary
employees; therefore be it
ResoIUed. II the Senate concur that a
special investigating committee be APP
pointed. to consist of three Senators from
the Senate Finance Committee and four
Assemblymen from the Assembly Ways
and Means Committee. TO inquire forthwith
and thoroughly into the necessity or pro-
priety OF making any increased appropriation
for said Com mission, with particular reference
TO the question Of whether adequate value
received for the present appropriation Is
being rendered by the Commission. to the
end that the public Oneys and interest OF
he tax payers may be conserved against
proiigate expenditure and waste.
The sun., 1908-01-07
KENTUCKY'S TOBACCO WAR.
Governor WnlsOn Gets Calls for Troops
From Two Counties.

FRANKFORT. Ky, an. 6.--Adit. Gen.
P. P. Johnston to-day receiv ed a request
for troops from Mason county, where the
raiders are preventing the planters from
delivering their tobacco.
The request came from a county official
but not the Sheriff. Gen. Johnston wired
TO Sheriff Alackey and asked him II he
needed troops. and how many. Maclssy
tele9raphed:
'Eell. mol can whip all the night riders
In Kentucky single handed"
The offences have concurred on the edge
Of Mason and Bracken counties and the
men came over the line from Bracken
county.
Auditor James to-day requested C. NJ.
Barnett, fire marshal and president Of the
Society of Equity, to resign one position
or the other.
report is current that band Of negroes
is moving on Lebanon. The Mayor
sounded the alarm and stationed forty
citizens armed with rifles and shotguns
at approaches TO the town, but the antici-
pated attack was not made.
Gov. Wilson has just received tele-
phone call for troops at Lebanon.
The sun., 1908-01-07
LANDLORD POLICEMAN ABUSED.
was Merely AFTER the Rent when Set Upon
BY q Woman.


Charles Reilly. a policeman attached to
the City Hall station. also owns house at
1l5 East l2sth street. He is large even for a
policeman.
Last night he appeared in the East l20th
street station and told the lieutenant be-
hind the desk that he needed several men
TO make an arrest He had been assaulted
by a woman, he said, and prisoner he had
arrested had been taken from his hands
by n mob Of friends The lieutenant sent
six policemen around to the house OF
Mrs. Julia Mulhall, at SO Fast l2sth street.
Mrs. Mulhall, who is under the average in
size and her daughter Iibbey went around
to the station with the six policemen and
Reilly.
That's the woman" complained Reilly.
Il went TO collect the rent for my house,
which she leases, and she caught me by
the throat, kicked me and punched me-"
Mrs. Mulhall then said that when she told
her landlord that she could only pay him
by check he grew angry and began to swear
at her Her boy William, who is 10. re-
sented the language used by Reilly and
was promptly put under arrest for inter-
fering with an officer. On the way to the
station some Of Williams friends took him
away from the policeman.
As for my assaultng this specimen"
concluded Mrs. Mulhan, Il leave you to
judge for yourself whether the charge is
true"
The lieutenant believed that what the
City Hall policeman had said was all true
and he held Mrs. Mulhall on the charge of
assault. In the night court she was fined IS.
The sun., 1908-01-07
CATGHT COAL PIRATES.
Patrols SearChIIght Picked Them UD-One
Man Buried I'm Coal.

Lieut.. Mott Of the harbor squad got a
tip last night that coal thieves from the
Jersey shore we're operating on the coal
barge d lwn near Shooters Island and at
0 o'clock he turned out with the Patrol.
Near Shooters Island the searchlight
picked up three boats, all evidently IN a
hurry to get away.
The Patrol gave chase andin few min
utee it was close enough to the boats for the
policemen on board to see one man with an
axe choppinR hole in the hull of one Of the
dories in tow, which was filed with coal.
Before the police could jump aboard the
boat sank.
Three men who were straining at the
oars in the forward boat, with a loaded
boat still in tow. put up a stin fight W hen
the policemen jumped aboard. They had
no weapons and were speedily overcome.
Under the pile OF coal in the real boat the
policeman found a fourth man buried so
deeply that only his nose was showing.
The prisoners were taken to Port Rich,
m md and locked up on the charge Of grand
larceny. They gave their names as John
Brosteber, Edward Caddell, William Borne
and Hughie Brady, and said that they all
lived in Elizabeth.
The sun., 1908-01-07
BROOKLYN SUBWAY THURSDAY
TRAFFIC TO BE OPENED soon
AFTER MIDNIGHT.

There IL TO ne Celebration when the First
Regular Train Arrives AZ Borough
Han StaalOn-Practlce Trains Now Be-
inS Run--The schedule Announced.
Official announcement was made last
evening at the Offices o. the Interborough
Rapid Transit Company that the subway
to Brooklyn would be opened for traffic
on Thursday. The first train for Brooklyn
will leave the Bowling Green station at
l2.43 A. M. and returning will leave the
Borough Hall station at 1881 A. NJ. General
Manager Hedley OF the InterbOrough COM
pany in making this announcement added:
All Lenox avenue express trains will run
through the East River tunnel to Borough
Hall station between 844 A. NJ. from Borough
Hall to and including the 1852 A. M. train
from Borough Hall. During the interval
between 1882 A. NJ. and 6A4 A. NJ. all LenOx
avenue local trains will run through to BOr-
Ough Hall. Brooklyn. and during this same
interval all Broadway local trains will be run
around the South Ferry loop.
This will necessitate the abandoning of
the City Hall loop and the closing OF the City
Hall station for passenger business daily.
excepting Sundays and holidays, between
1880 A. NJ. and 6.4s A. NJ, and on Sundays and
holidays from 1880 A. NJ. until $50 A. NJ.
Passengers on southbOund local trains
who desire to go to Brooklyn during the day.
when all local trains terminate at City Hall
loop. will change from the local trains at
Brooklyn Bridge tO-a Lenox avenue express
train, which will carry red and green markers.
Passengers on southbound Broadway eX-
press trains who desire to 20 to Brooklyn
will change to Lenox avenue express trains
at Bowling Green station.
This is the schedule on which trains will
be run from the Borough Hall station daily
excepting on SUNDAYS and holidays
The sun., 1908-01-07
FORAKER FIGHTING PRIMARIES.
Senator'S Friends Say He Has Asked Them
to Bring Injunction suits.

CINCINNATI. Jan. 8.-In the Times
Star. owned by Charles P. Taft, brother OF
Secretary Taft. the following special de-
spatches are printed to-day:
toledo, Ohio, Jan. 8.-Republcan party
leaders, all friends Of Senator J. B. Foraker.
held a secret meeting at Napoleon to-day.
at which a petition was prepared to enjoin
the county board Of elections from con-
Quoting the primaries planned for that
county. Foraker men there say the Senator
personally requested them to file the suit
as soon as the election board decided upon
a time for the primary. The position
therefore will not be filed until the election
board acts.
NAPOLEON, Ohio, Jan. 8.-The taxpayers
petition to enjOin the election board from
calling the Republican primaries is now in
the hands of the attorneys, to be filed as
soon as the board moves to order the
primaries The suit will be brought on
the ground that it is unlawful TO use public
money TO defray the expense OF choosing a
party candidate for President"
The sun., 1908-01-07
STATE BOARD or PROBATTON.
senator WempIe Introduces n BiII for Its
Establishment.

ALBANY. Jan. 6.-Senator Wemple intro
duced bill tonight providing for the
establishment of a State board of probation
to have charge and direction of all matters
pertaining to the probation Of children
under 10 years OF age and control Of proba-
ton officers appointed throughout the
State. The sum of $4,000 is provided for
salaries Of the secretary. the superintend-
ent Of probation and employees.
The Appellate Division Of the First De-
partment shall name three Magistrates
rs probation commissioners and the Appel
late Division OF each of the other judicial
departments shall appoint two proba ton
commissioners, and these commissioners
the Attorney General OF the State shall
I've president ex Officio. The board shall
hold semi-annual meetings and shall have
access to all records of children societies
and courts.
The sun., 1908-01-07
FIGHT RAILROAD FOR A STREET.
Highway Commissioners at New Hyde Park
Tear Down q Fence.

NEW HYDE PARK. l.. l.. Jan. 8.-The Long
Island Railroad on Saturday built a post
and wire fence across Third street. which
crosses the tracks at right angles and has
This afternoon, while big crowd watched
and cheered, the Highway Commissioners
tore the fence down. The railroad main
tains that it holds deed to the property.
The commissioners say that II this is so the
long and undisputed nse Of it as public
highway constitutes an easement.
The company will soon raise its rOadbed
to abolish grade crossings, and il II can
use the disputed strip it can use loose filling.
otherwise it will have to build retaining
wall