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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-11
Funeral of j. t. Clark.

Manhattan. Sept 1.-THE funeral of
John T Clark proprietor of the Balti-
more hotel of this city, was held
Thursday afternoon. !, His death oc-
Cured last Tuesday morning as the re-
suit of injuries received in the Spanish
American war. He served in the navy
and was with Dewey's fleet when the
Spanish boats were sunk at Manila
bay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-11
PROGRESSIVE MoUNDRIDGE.
Have Voted Bonds for Electric
Lights and WaterworIxs.

Moundridge. Kan, Sept. 1.-THE
Moundridge people have voted bonds
for new and complete electric light
and waterworks system which will be
commenced as soon as possible and
rushed to completion. Now, if only
the Missouri Pacific could be induced
to run two daily trains instead of one
so the mail service could be improved
and possibly have Sunday trains it
would seem as though things were
surely coming this way
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-11
Kansans Get License to Marry

Colorado Springs, Sept. 1.-THE coun-
ty clerk has issued marriage licenses
as follows: Boyd H. Pope of Penalosa,
Kan. and Mae Scott of this city; Harry
E. James of this city and Minnie E.
Fuller of Hutchinson, Kan, and Jacob
w. TerriIl and Minnie E. Johnson, both
of RlIrlinganne. Kan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-11
Chase TwirIs for Outlaws.

San Jose. Cal. Sept 11.-Hal Chase
pitched for the San Jose outlaws
against the Chicago Boomer girls.
Stockton and San lose are making a
hard fight for him. A decision is likely
to be reached today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-11
ASLEEP SINCE MONDAY.
A Young Salina Girl Continues in
Sound, Healthy SIumber.

Salina, Kan, Sept. 1.-THE fifteen
year-o1d daughter of M. Newell, a
farmer living west of here has been
asleep since Monday, September z, and
shows no signs of awakening. Her
nose began bleeding while at school
and shortly afterward she fell asleep.
Her pulse is normal and she has no
fever, but seems in a sound, healthy
slumber. Physicians were called but
cannot explain her condition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-11
Sold 5000 Baskets of Peaches.

Mr.. Tuttle of Vinland. who spent
last month in Ottawa experimenting
the sale of peaches from his farm,
closed that business last night. Mr..
futile sold to the citizens of Ottawa,
this season, over 5000 baskets of
peaches at an average of % cents per
basket-Ottawa Republic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-11
parocbiaI school Onens.

Manhattan, Sept. 1.-THE Sacred
Heart academy, the new parochial
school. was opened in this city Thurs
day The initial enrolment was TWEEN
ty-six pupils. The school is conducted
by the Sisters of st. Joseph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-11
A STATE RAILWAY.
One Soon to Be Operated by the
State of Texas.

The state of Texas is soon to begin
operating a railroad owned by the
state which was built to handle the
products of the Rusk penitentiary,
principally iron and pipe. The road
establishes a connection with the
Texas and New Orleans and the In
ternational and Great Northern and
will carry both freight and passengers.
The Wisconsin Central railway has
placed an order for $500 freight cars
with the Haskell & Barker Car COM
pany.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-11

Fell Under the Engine and Lives.
Wichita. Kan, Sept. Ill. Heath o.
Fredonia had a miraculous escape from
death here. Several hundred persons
at the Santa Fe passenger station saw
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-11

skin an index to the quality the blood
by
the
Ieay It down the
thoroughly
zeal advice tree THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-08

preventing the deadly hold from be-
hini which would certainly cost him
his life.
Hut the defender of his rights closed
down upon the others jaw, the two
locked their teeth together, biting to
smash the bones and muscles of their
on:y weapons of assault. Gripped thus,
teeth locked and Jaws fast, they
wlirled over the sea, straining and
threshing with their flukes to either
twist or crush the other to submits
SIGN.
But the two fighters were tried bulls
OF the sea. They were about evenly
matched and what one had over the
other In weight the other had in length
ana rapidity Of movement.
Just as the sun was setting the long,
thin fellow began to show signs Of
WEAKNESS. He was beginning to feel
the strain and his movements lacked
the vigor Of the early morning. The
defender of his rights felt the slack
ening, felt the giving under the strain,
and he redoubled his efforts. shaking,
whirling, rolling over and over, twist
ing furiously to crush down the fail
ing grip. The sea vas dyed purple
now with the blood of the ARRAY for
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-08

others side f1uke close to the body,
biting clear through the hard tissue,
the long canine teeth meeting and
locking fast like the teeth of a bull
dog. Then he held on.
The sea boiled and foamed. The
fukes and fins whirled the spray in
showers over the surface. A glisten.
ing spot of snowy whiteness was all
that showed the whereabouts of the
contestants. And all the time the big
leader fought for his mate, fought
steadily, holding with a mighty grip
the stranger who had dared to tres
pass upon his affairs. For half an
hour the battle continued, and never
loosening Of that deadly grip. Then
the fin cut away and the bones broke
under the strain, the member becom.
ing useless. Quick as a flash the
leader leaped away, letting go his hold
and leaving the long fighter with one
side useless, one side open to attack.
The striped bull knew his weakness,
knew his danger from the awful hurt
and he leaped furiously forward to
close before the big one could take ad-
vantage of the opportunity to get in
upon his rear. He gripped the bull
leader. Selling him by the under Jaw.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-08
WILLIAM [RxMrR5 Jrn0nG,

Mart" Littleton had been selected as
chief counsel for Harry X. Thaw. It
caused some in New York. While he
has been recognized for several years
as an able trial lawyer, he has not
been prominently identified with the
criminal branch of his profession, al
though he has been many times ad-
vised that he could become supreme
In that field il he would enter it.
Became Famed as Orator.
Back in his boyhood days in Texas
he was known as an orator and story
teller. He could recite all the old
fifth reader masterpieces with a fire
that stirred the boys" in the village
store, and, short time later, when he
was active in politics but not old
enough to vote, he could rouse the
old timers down in Weatherford to
bursts of applause with his oratorical
efforts.
1t was due to no choice of his own
that Littleton went to Weatherford.
He was born in log cabin in Roane
county, in the eastern part of Tennes-
see, IS years ago last January, and
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the teeth had penetrated to the veins
and arteries, cutting them and letting
forth the vital fluid. Suddenly the
striped one relaxed hts grip. Instantly
the big leader did likewise, but as he
did so he plunged below and circled
swiftly. Before the exhausted one
could turn the defender of his mate
had fastened his grip upon that thin
part of the tail where it joins the body,
and chewing, biting and tearing until
the tendons gave way.
The long thin fellow fought on.
but 1t was clear that his time had
come. He was very weak and coald
offer no ehectual resistance to the
tearing teeth which cut into his vital
part. In half an hour more the leader
backed of and desisted from further
fighting. The long, thin. striped fol.
low rolled slowly upon his side. and
as he old so several sharks, who had
been watching anxiously for the finish,
rushed in and began their evening
meal.
The savior Of his home came slowly
over to his mate. nozzled her for q mo-
ment, and then started swimming
slowly for the Condor reef. while she
followed obedtently in his wake. ].
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coat today"

coat today"
They looked mystified, and one sus.
gested that the answer was probablY
six bushels or it might be seven.
Urged to explain, Jim said:
well, explain to me why it is that
when cutter measures you he has an
attendant standing about three feet
from him and he shouts all his meas.
urements to him just as found myselS
reading of those dimensions? Evef
notice 1t? It's always so. He will talk
to you in the most ordinary quiet tone.
but the minute he wishes to say any
thing to the man who is taking down
the figures and notes about your pe.
culiar tastes, he shouts it at the top az
his voice. That explains my yelling %
you fellows"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-08

district attorney Of Kings county, and
while serving in that capacity he had
charge Of some Of the most notable
cases in the borough across the bridge.
He prosecuted Five Hundred and
Twenty Per Cent" Miller and was
chief prosecutor In many other prom
inent cases. And during all this time
he was gradually earning a reputation
as an orator and after-dinner speaker.
He attracted particular attention be-
cause he was of different school
from his competitors. He brought
east with him a southern charm of
manner that invariably made friends
for him.
His real debut as an orator came
during the campaign of 1900, in the old
Academy of Music, in brooklyn.
known as a man who could make a
fair speech, he was put dowl: on the
programme as one of the tai!enders.
Three Democrats of national promi-
nence were scheduled for the chief ad-
dresses, and David B. Hill was her.
aided as the principal attraction. When
his turn came Mr.. Littleton-then a
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-08
,ptosvNcRAsY OF THE TAILOR. [,
Jim Explains His Reason for Yelling
Out the Dimensions.

At an uptown club the other after
noon a little bunch Of men who meet
there most every day to chat on the
way home discussed the Mauretania,
says the New York Times.
They talked her over at some
length, and one of them made an as.
sertion about one of her dimensions.
instantly there was cry of dissent
from the others, and they agreed that
he was wrong about it.
To prove his assertion, he hunted
up the file of newspaper giving all
the dimensions and began to read
them of. But instead of reading them
in a quiet, ordinary tone, all tho men
being with few feet of him, he called
them of in raucous voice, as If he
were trying to make the policeman on
the opposite crossing hear him.
E What are you doing that for, JIM"
said one Of the men. I'VE aren't deaf.
We can hear you all right"
Jim looked ashamed and said:
I've been measured for an over
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-08

has been prominently before the ss.blis
since in his legal capacity. In tbs mat,
ter of earnings he is said to rank with
the leading lawyers of the city.
Not yet 36 years of age, he may
truthfully be said to have a glowing
future, and his close friends intimate
that it will not be alone in the Geld Of
law. After he has accumulated q com
Portable fortune it is said he may seel
again to re-enter public life.
Younger by many years than any
other lawyer who has in recent years
been in full charge of case so i'm
portant as the Thaw trial, Mr.. Little
ton will be eagerly watched during his
conduct of that trial. His friends say
that his experience as a prosecuting
attorney In Texas and in Brooklyn will
greatly aid him in his fight, and they
predict that the pitting of his ability
against the cool, unerring methods OF
District Attorney Jerome will furnish
one Of the most interesting contests OF
its kind seen in New York in many
years.
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sary for the time being. He could do
fractions as we'll as any one; he could
parse everything that could be parsed;
he could write as fast and as plain as
any boy in the county, and he could
recite better than any actor who had
ever struck Weatherford or any place
in that part of Texas. He knew the
history of the United States like a
book, and he had a pretty good idea
of the history of other nations, which
in his youthful opinion didn't amount
to much anyhow.
Thus equipped, he entered the office
of the district attorney of Weather
ford county as a clerk and law stu
dent. AS expressed by a man who
knew him in those days, "he fairly ate
the law books" He swept through
them with lightning speed, and in
1891, at the age of 10, he was admitted
to the bar. He was then one of the
leading young citizens of the county
seat. AS soon as he was admitted to
practice he hung out his shinglc in
Weatherford, and forthwith he began
to win cases in the local courts. The
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-08
Famous in Switzerland.

One Of the historic bells in Switzer.
land 10 the silver bell in the minister
at Bern. It rang "for the service OF
God, the festivals of state and the ex-
ecuti0n of the evil doer." When the
forces Of the young French republic
captured Bern in 1898, the citizens
painted it a funeral black, and under
this disguise it escaped from the
rapacity Of the Gauls. Sunday Maya
zine.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-08
ONCE TRACK WALKER,
NOW GREAT LAWYER
The Career Of Martin w. Littleton
Selected Leading Counsel for Harry K. Thaw, 1t Is
Predicted That District Attorney Jerome Will Find
in Him Worthy Opponent at Coming Trial.

New York.-It was back in 1888
when the following dialogue took place
between the foreman of a little rail-
road down in Texas and rosy
checked, smiling young trackwalker
whose good nature and ready tongue
had earned him a reputation extend
Ing clear across Texas township.
You're a pretty bright young man. -
said the foreman. Il suppose some day
you expect to be the conductor of a
freight train, don't you?"
NO, SIR" replied the trackwalker,
Il never expect to be that"
'Yor don't? You ought to aspire to
something like that. What do you
hope to be-"
Il expect to be big lawyer in New
Yok city"
After the foreman had recovered
from his laughter he said:
Pretty far cry from trackwalker to
metropolitan lawyer, isn't it?'
Yes, sir, but no farther than from
rail splitter to president"
Martin w. Littleton was the rosy
checked trackwa|ker. A few years
later when the whole country was
ringing with his speech at the St..
Louis national convention in which
he nominated Alton 3. Parker for the
presidency, Mr.. Littleton went back
to his old corner Of Texas, and met
the railroad foreman who had sketched
out for him the brilliant future of a
freight conductor.
Part of Ambition Realized.
We'll, Martini" said the foreman,
you've changed some since 1 was
your boss, amt you?"
I'm older"
"And you're big New York lawyer,
too, amt you?"
We'll, l don't know about the big
but I'm a New York lawyer, anyhow"
1t probably caused some talk down
In Texas, when it was learned that
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/ when just youngster was taken by
his father to Weatherford. After a
stay of few years there the elder
LittletOn decided to move back to
Tennessee, but the son, then under 1G
years of age, declined to accompany
him. He preferred Texas. Even at
that tender age he had begun to dream
of a life in New York city. The idea
of studying law hadn't occurred to
him, but he was determined to get
in the midst of things" and to make
his way at something.
Worked and Studied Law.
Dependent on his own efforts after
his father moved back to Tennessee
he did odd jobs about Weatherford
for a time and then, for want of
something to do, obtained a job as
trackwalker. 1t wasn't the sort of
work he preferred, but he wasn't par
ticular and he stuck to it for several
months. 1t was during this servitude
that ambition to become lawyer
seized him. His ready wit and his
ability to say things better than the
other men on the road caused some
of his associates to suggest the law
to him.
While he was using up tallow
candles in his attacks upon Blackstone
he realized that it might be helpful to
him if he had short term of school.
ing in the rudiments. He had never
been inside schoolhouse, although
he had received some instruction at
home and had picked up a good bit
OF information on general topics. To
carry out his plan he went to Spring
town, and there for eight months he
did chores and farm work and studied
with an old German who numbered
among his pupils the children of most
of the aristocrats of Parker county.
Entered Attorneys Office.
In the eight months Littleton
learned las much as he felt was neces-
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suavity OF manner that distinguished
him proved to be one Of his chief az
sets. and the quick wit which gives
him advantage over his opponents at
the present time aided him then in de-
feating his older adversaries. Two
years in Weatherford put him at the
head of the profession there. despite
the fact that he was still q beardless
youth who had cast but one vote.
Bright Career In Dallas.
Dallas was the scene of his next en-,
deavors. He was unheralded, but 1t
was only short time before he be-
came recognized as a lawyer of ability
and boundless ambition. In two years
he became assistant district attorney,
and in that capacity he made a reputa.
ton as prosecutor which extended
pretty well all over Texas. His grasp
OF criminal law was described as re-
markable and his handling of q jury
was said to be little short of mar.
velous. There was just enough of the
old southern fire in his oratory to
make juries bow before him.
During his career in Dallas he was
constantly fondling his ambition to
come to New York. He had never
been east of the Texas line since his
father had moved over from Tennes.
see, and he had never met more than
half dozen men from the metropolis.
But he had read of it and dreamed OF
it and he was determined to make a
clean jump across the continent as
soon as he could scrape together
enough money to pay the expenses OF
himself and-of Mrs. Littleton.
Winning a Wife.
1&ere wasn't any MRS. Littleton at
that time, but he was determined there
should be. 1t has been said that the
greatest oratorical effort of his life
was that put forth when he induced
his wife to marry him, give up her lux.
urious home in Texas, and come to
New York with him. He had made a
splendid success as lawyer, but had
little money; he had no friends in New
York, and not even suggestion that
he might obtain work. Mr.. and Mrs.
Littleton, nevertheless, babe goodbye
to Dallas in 1896 and short time
later arrived in the city, which the
youthful bridegroom-he was then but
"a years old-had dreamed of conquer
ing.
The young lawyer, despite his Texas
laurels, did not make the strides here
he had made in the southwest, but he
was neither surprised nor dispap
pointed. He sought work in the Of
fees of various lawyers and finally OBJ
tanned position with the firm Of
Peck & Field. Later he found a place
with Sheehan & Collins. Still later he
became attorney for the Brooklyn
Heights Railway company, and it was
while there that his star began to
rise. He attracted attention in the
trial courts and was regarded as q
conner" In criminal law.
In 1893 he was made an assistant
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DUEL TO THE DEATH
MONSTERS OF THE DEEP IN
FIERCE COMBAT.
Fight Lasted All Day with Varying
Success, and Resulted Fatally to
One of the Ocean Glad
iators.

The two warriors of the sea came
together head on and stopped nose to
nose. There was a moments pause,
as though the leader wished to review
the case thoroughly before action.
Then he launched himself, like bolt
of lightning, upon the long, thin,
striped fighter from the south, says a
writer in Success.
Quick, SO quick the eye could hard.
~ follow the movement, the long,
thin despoiler swerved to one side
and gripped his foe with his teeth, cut
ting a frightful cash and letting go
to back away. The big leader closed
again and fastened his jaws upon the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-08

man OF but % yeare-created sense
ton from the start. It is no exag.
geration to. say that he really elec-
trified the audience. His speech was
short, clear and to the point, and his
eloquence stirred the crowd to storms
of applause. Instead Of leaving the
hall everyone stayed and still others
jammed their way In.
Littleton became known outside Of
Brooklyn after that. It was that effort,
In fact, which led to his selection 40
the man to nominate Alton B. Parker
for the presidency at the st. Louis
convention Of 1904. William F. Shee.
han heard his Academy Of Music
speech. and in looking for some one
to make the supreme effort at the st.
Louis convention he suggested Little.
ton.
Studied Address Carefully.
1t is not necessary to recall the sen.
sation caused by Mr.. Littleton's speech
in St. Louis, but it is interesting to
recall the preparation made for the
address. Unlike most orators, Mr..
Littleton does not profess to be an
impromptu speaker. He can make an
impromptu speech, but he never does
SO If he can help it. He prepares his
sentences with great care and then
commits them to memory. In fact, he
does not have to put forth any effort
to memorize them. When he has writ.
ten q speech he has learned it. He
can repeat it with practically no varia.
tiOn.
He prepared his st. Louis speech
weeks ahead of time. He rehearsed it
at home, and when he needed larger
place in which to train his voice he
went out to the cathedral in Garden
City and practised for hours. After he
reached st. Louis he went to the con.
vention hall one Sunday afternoon,
and in the presence of two or three OF
his friends went through the speech
two or three times to get the proper
pitch for his voice. His Grafton
created sensation and put him in
stantly in the front rank of American
orators.
Never Seeker for Office.
Although possessing the attributes OF
a successful politician and having po
litica1 ambitions, Mr.. Littleton has not
been seeker for Office He was perman
ent chairman of the Democratic state
convention in 1902 and was borough
president of Brooklyn in 1904 and
1905. He was urged to accept renom
ination for borough president, but he
declined. He had two reasons for do
ing so. One was that he wanted tc
leave the Office before he had been
criticised; the other was that he was,
as he publicly expressed it at the time,
unable to make both ends meet"
He retired from public life to build
up law practice, ara he has been
busily engaged in doing so ever since.
He left Brooklyn a couple Of years
ago and set up in Manhattan. and h