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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-30
Program for Decoration Day Exercises.

1O:3O-.Assemble before Post
hall under direction of Martial
w. J. Williams.
March to cemetery.
Ritual service at cemetery.
2:3O-In court room.
Address of welcome = Com
mander J. G. Buchanan.
Invocation = Chaplain Joshua
Croft.
Vocal solo, THE Vacant Chair"
Mrs. w. A. Root.
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Recitation, Quiet on the Po-
tomac''-Lora Parks.
Our Peace - Girls Double
Quartette-
Recitation, ''Old Glory"-Lu-
verne Henkel
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere
Quartette.
Address Supt. E. T. Fair
child
America. -
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well chosen words presented the
class with their diplomas and
every one feels that Prof. Niesley
deserves the unstinted praise of
the public for the excellent and
faithful work he is doing in the
Wa-Keeney school
Rev. Scott pronounced the ben
ediction which ended the even
ing's program and all felt with
out doubt the class of 1908 had
scored a decided victory.
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Get Verbeck & Lucas prices
on lumber, coal, stoves, paints,
varnishes and building material
They will save you money
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WEATHER REPORT.

Maximum and minimum tenn
perature according to the gov
ernment thermometer at Wa
keeney for the week ending
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SuInrnary-Two base hits. Blackman- Scott
Passed balls. Keraus /. Bice 1. Strike outs.
Since IL. Bice H. Hit by pitched ball Burn
ham. wheeler Stolen bases. Blackman 2.
Claud Bice 1. Left on bases. TregO s. Normal
6. Umpire Max Merrill. Time. lis.
NOTES.
1t was our game from the start.
Since and Keraus played like
professionals.
Joe says Henry had to take a
carriage to the ball game
The High Scool boys are the
champions of western Kansas
The umpire said that our team
was the best team that played in
Hays this season.
Some of the boys would like to
know where. Joe was the fore
part of the game.
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FOR STATE SENATOR

FOR STATE SENATOR
hereby announce myself as candidate for
Senator in the Ssirh Sen to-iai District of
Kansas, subjec. the will OF the isepIbii-
voters of the District
WM. WELLS.
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w. H. Swiggett is making a
speciality of carefully prepared
abstracts. See him.
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NOTES

See the new dishes and cut
glass at the Book Store.
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Closing Out

the best line of whips in Trego
county. H. f. OSTERKAMP-
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adneSda noon.

The rainfall of last Sunday
amounted to about one-third
inch. One year ago this morning
we had severe frost.
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For Sale.

New house, barn and one lot.
One block northwest of High
School. Mary s. Robson.
Pure made home lard at
Bakers.
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High School Commencement.

On Thursday evening, May 21,
the High School commencement
was held in the court house.
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Y. NJ. C. A. AS NIINsIRELs.
Ioung Men Give an Excellent I.er-
Torrance at Gymnasium.

The social committee of the Young
mems Christian association gave their
minstrel show Saturday night in thu
gymnasium. A temporary stage had
been erected in the gymnasium. fitted
up with regular drop curtain and
through the kindness of the Aurora
Amusement company the stage was
htted up with regular stage scenery.
When the curtain arose at $40 the
gymnasium was packed to it's capacity.
between four and five hundred people
being present. The boys made a fine
looking troupe. "Billie' ColIinson the
lnteriocutor sat in the middle of a
bunch of black men in all the glory of
his commodore's uniform with gold
epaulettes and heavy plated medals
The individual performances of the
MINISTRIES, especially the end men, were
excellent considering that every man
an amateur and that they had no pro-
fessional training in the preparation
for the show
The first act was the minstrel show
proper calling for the regular choruses,
solos and jokes. The jokes were clean
original and nearly witty, and Com
modore Billie brought out the fine
points like a veteran. The chorus
showed plainly the results of the lead
ership of DR.. L. V. Sans, under whose
direction they were trained. The work
of the accompanist, Mr.. Albert Bates,
is worthy of special mention. Not only
did he play the ordinary minstrel music
WELL but between acts he furnished
some high class piano solos. Mr.. Petit
john brought down the house with his
Dixie Dan"
In the second act Mr.. Dye, the physi-
cal director of the association put on
the celebrated box trick of locking a
boy in the box, shooting at him, open
ing the box, showing the boy had dis
appeared, then locking the box and
finally reproducing the boy.
The stump speech by Reverend" Mr.
Grover on the subject of Apples"
brought down the house, and the min
strel stunt of Messrs. Voorhis and
Pettijohn. entitled Mandy Lane &
Lightfoot'' was as fine as anything
that has ever been seen in any minstrel
show in Topeka.
Mr. Browns solo alone was worth the
visit to the hall, and the football bur-
lesque produced by the Yiddish cousins.
Tomson and Platt, kept the audience in
a continual uproar.
Probably the browning event of the
evening was the realistic reproduction
of the council meeting of the honorable
city of Tapioca. People who had visit
ed the city hall and knew the council
men readily recognized the different in
dividuals and the curtain went down
on a genuine scrap that looked as if 1t
might attain to serious proportions.
The audience was so delighted with
the performance and so many people
were turned away that couldn't get in,
that there have been repeated requests
that it should again be given on New
Years night.
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Xmas slippers, Il off at DrechseFs
T. ]. Coughlin. who was formerly in
the hardware business in Topeka, has
purchased two flats in Kansas City for
which he paid 100000.
The thought may not have occurred
to you but nevertheless Tuesday,
December the 22nd is the shortest day
of the year by a few minutes.
Senator Charles Curtis has in
troduced a bill in congress asking that
the pension of DR.. H. c. Suess of To-
peka be increased to $50 per month.
H. F. Millikan. register of the land
office at Dodge City was in Topeka
Saturday afternoon for a few hours
and refused to make his mission
known.
Crane & Co. has opened a retail de-
partment of their publishing house on
occupied by the stereotyping depart
ment.
The police are now making arrests
for autoists for not giving their num-
bers a proper showing. J. r. Burrow
was arrested Sunday for failing to OBJ
serve the ordinance
Postmaster Rogers has just compile
ted the November payment of rural car
riers and their substitutes distributing
$125, 433.75 among 1858 carriers and about
$4,000 among their substitutes.
There are 4s liquor licenses in To-
mits issued by the probate court to
druggists doing business within the
confines of Shawnee county.
On account of the vacation there
was no vesper services at Washburn
college yesterday afternoon. When
school takes up again after the holi-
days the popular services will be con-
tinued.
The Young Peoples Missionary in
stitute of Topeka will hold its regular
annual meeting from the 31st of
December to January Bird, at the First
Baptist church.
report made by the officials of the
State Temperance union discloses the
fact that Topeka has more liquor per-
mits than any other city in the state, a
distinction, if not a particularly credi-
table one.
It's too late to shop early and the
holiday bedecked stores are packed and
crammed with belated shoppers who
are not always in the best of humor
because they do not receive prompt
attention.
About what is the population of this
city?' asked New York travelling man
of a uniformed porter at one of the To-
peka hotels. "Ah don't know jest
zackly boss. but counter whites ah
guess it's bout fifty thousan.''
The contractors have finished laying
the new pavement on Sixth avenue
and as soon as the asphaltum filler
can be forced into the cracks the
pavement will be ready for use, prob
ably the latter part of this week
The last train load of washburn
students left Sunday for their homes to
spend the Christmas vacation. Many
of the young men students are working
as clerks in the Topeka stores until
after Christmas. This gives them the
chance to make little extra coin that
he governors knows nothing about.
OF the 10 applicants who win take the
state bar association which commences
of the 18th of January but one comes
from Shawnee county. He is E. L.
O'Neill, recently elected county COM
missioner, who while serving as clerk
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METEOR OVER KANSAS.
Ball of Fire Seen at st. Joseph, Wich-
ita and Salina.

Kansas City, Dec. 21.-Wichita and
Salina, Kansas, report having seen the
meteor about 6 o'clock last night. AT
Wichita the attention of persons out
doors was attracted by a sudden fash
of light. 1t was thought the meteor
feel to the northeast of that place. Per-
sons at Salina report having seen two
meteors at about the same hour.
st Joseph, Dec. 21.-The strangest
meteor ever seen in this part of the
country was witnessed falling by sew
eral hundred persons here Sunday be-
tween and O'Clock. The meteor ap-
peared to drop somewhere in Kansas,
west of here. The meteor seemed to
be ball of fire about the size of
street lamp. Its tail, or streams of
sparks. was several feet in length. 1t
was visible about thirty seconds. A
peculiar white streak and what is re-
garded as a phenomenon was the
meteor seemed to leave behind it as
path, was visible for fifteen minutes 1t
seemed to wayer, as blown by the
wind and fade from sight.
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of the city court studied law and COM
pleted the Washburn law conrse

of the city court studied law and COM
pleted the Washburn law course.
Buffalo" Jones, of Garden City, was
in Topeka for a few hours Saturday
arranging for the DISPOSITION of several
buffalo which We're killed from his herd
In Finney county. TWO carcaSses were
sold to Fraser Bros meat market.
Humane Officer K. w. King was call
ed to the Rock Island railroad yards
Sunday to inspect car of cattle which
were shipped by S. Clark of Wichita to
St. Joseph. The stock was in bad shape
and the car was unloaded and three of
the animals killed.
The women of the city will take ad-
vantage of their newly made rights and
place a school board ticket in the field
which will contain three men and three
women. The race problems over the
country are tame compared with the
woman's rights.
Although the postoff1ce department is
using five carriers extra in their
Christmas business the overloads are
demanding more men. The business at
the Topeka office is much larger than
in any office in the state. The Kansas
City, Kan. business is small compared
with the Topeka reports.
The Red Cross stamps which are sold
for the purpose of creating a fund to
fight tuberculosis in Kansas, are being
sold as fast as they can be handled in
Topeka. There are about ten firms
handling them, including the postoffice.
The show case at the postofffce was
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PARRISH JURY HUNG.
No Verdict in the Big kentucky Bank
Failure.

Hawesville, KY, Dec. 21.-After
having been out since last Friday. the
jury in the case against James H.
Parrish, an greensboro, KY, banker,
charged with receiving a deposit when
his bank, the Greensboro Savings Bank
and Trust company, was insolvent, to-
day reported that it could not agree
and was discharged. An alleged
liability of about 100000 was in
volved in the receivership of the
bank, the disaster to which last April
affected western Kentucky, southern
Indiana and Cincinnati correspondents
failure in the history of Kentucky.
The specific charge was that of H.
I. Martin, who asserted that Parrish
who with two brothers was in charge
of the OwenSboro Savings bank
affairs, had received a deposit of $50
a few days before the bank failed.
The state during the trial which
lasted over a week, offered proof that
the Parrish bank was involved for
over a million when it failed and in
troduced evidence purporting to show
that loans had been exacted of friend
ly brokers in time to pad quarterly
statements and to ward off investiga-
ton. A few days after the Owens
boro Savings bank failed. the Davis
County Bank and Trust company of
which T. S. Anderson was president,
also failed. Anderson was a close
friend of Parrish in religious and So
cial circles and he with the other
Parrish brothers, is now under in
dictment
The alleged mismanagement of the
greensboro Savings bank, developed
last April after a general investigation
by the bankers of that city. The sec
rotary Of state then had a receiver
appointed, who is now &agaged in pay
ing off depositors. Public indignation
was at such a point that special
Judge was appointed to try the case in
Hancock county away from the scene
of the alleged swindling.
Parrish is a devout churchman and
on the Sunday which interviewed dur
ing the trial here he sang in the local
choir.
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GOT HIS HORSE BACK.
Lon Berry Charges His Brother With
the Theft.

The horse stolen from Lon Berry, a
Soldier township farmer, was recover
ed Sunday. The horse had been sold
at Newell'S barn. AS a result of the
finding of the horse, Earl Frost, a
brother-in-laW of Berry. was arrested
this morning for aiding and abetting
a horse theft"
Berry says that the horse was actual
Iy stolen by his brother. Bert Berry, a
rowing character who recently arrived
at his brothers farm after a three
years absence. This brother has not
been captured. But the man who
bought the horse recognized the broth
er-in-law, Frost, as the man who ac-
companied the younger Berry, and as
sisted in making the sale.
The horse stealing brother has been
in the United States navy since he left
home, and the farmer believes that he
Is wanted for desertion. He skipped
with the proceeds of the horse sale
and may be at the Pacific coast by this
time, as he is a professional tramp
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SAW BIG METEOR.
Many Topeka People Observed Noe
turnaI Phenomenon.

The big ball of fire, meteor or what
ever it might have been, which is re-
ported to have been observed at Vari-
Gus points in Kansas, landed in the
neighborhood of the Potwin street rail-
way station according to the story told
by one woman who watched it until
the thing lit 1t is unnecessary to
state that the foreign visitor did not
register in this section OF the city
though it appeared to.
The strange visitor was seen by
number of Topeka people early in the
evening, a few minutes before o'clock,
Most of those who witnessed its hight
say the meteor seemed to be ball OF
fire which left a trail of red hot sparks
in it's wake as it raced through the air
In size it was said to resemble one of
the Kansas avenue street lights,
though the resemblance ceased at this
point as it was a number of degrees
more brilliant
Mrs. E. P. Kellam was out Of doors
at the time the strange visitor passed
over the city and witnessed its hlght
until it seemed to drop somewhere in
the vicinity of Potwin. Carl P. Nys-
from reports that he also witnessed the
strange flight of the foreigner keene
and Sydney, the and 8 year old sons
of Mr.. and Mrs Theodore saxon OF Zzz
West Eighth avenue, were playing IN
the yard when the ball of fire crossed
the sky.
They were frightened at the fiery
sight and ran into the home. FINALLY
recovering from his fright the youngest
said: "Oh mamma, we saw big star
with a string to it, fall right out In the
back yard nearly. Can't we go ana
get ito" The youngsters went out to
look for the falling star only to an
nounce that another little star with a
string tied to it had fallen and then
their curiosity gave way to fear for
they thought that all of the stars might
fall and that the world would be dark
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NATIONAL TARIFF CONFERENCE.
VIII Be Held in indianapolis Feb
ruary 9-10-11.

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec 21.-At a
meeting here of representative citizens,
February 9. 10 and IL were named as
the dates for holding the national
tariff conference in Indianapolis. A
general committee consisting of Henry
Rosenberg, chairman, Mayor Book
walter, the presidents of the board of
trade, commercial club, merchants
association, manufacturers association
and other organizations was appoint
ed to take charge of the arrangements
The invitations to the conference
will be issued officially by the city of
indianapolis.
The conference, it is said. has the
endorsement of President Roosevelt
and it is expected the leading public
men of the country will attend
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THE MAINE SAILS SOUTH
VIII Probably Go to Venezuela TO
Guard American Interests.

Norfolk, Va, Dec. 21-A special to
the Ledger Dispatch from Fortress
Monroe. Va, today says:
The United States battIeship Maine,
flagship of the third squadron of the
new Atlantic fleet. with Rear Admiral
Arnold aboard, sailed today under
sealed orders for the south. She is pre-
sumably bound for Venezuela
The armored cruiser North Carolina
sails today for Charleston bay. The
cruiser Montana is expected to sail
Wednesday to join the North Carolina.
Washington. Dec. 21.-Navy officials
decline to make any statement regard
ing the destination of the battleship
Maine beyond saying she is going on q
cruise that is all that can be said about
it now.
The department has no ships in Vene-
zuelan waters. the nearest being a gun
boat at Puerto Cortez. Honduras, and
several vessels in Hayden waters and
at Guantana mo.
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STARTLES HIS PARISH.
Rev. j.. A. Milburn Bitter Against Ger
tain SuppIications and Songs.

Chicago, Dec 21.-Rev. Joseph A.
Milburn, Congregational minis
ter has startled his parishoners
by the vigor of an attack on certain
kinds of music and prayer said to be
prevalent in churches. Some of his
expressions were:
Il have heard music in churches
that made me feel like the devil.
II have heard prayers in churches
which 1 think must have wearied God
Almighty
Some of the music I have heard
has made me feel like hitting some
body or smashing something. I refer
to hymns and songs that go droning
along and put nearly everybody to
sleep 1 have preached in the past
against evangelistic music, and 1 am
sorry now that 7 ever did,
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JOHN S. EMERY IS DEAD.
Former Topeka Merchant Passes Away
in Kansas City.


John S. Emery. a prominent merchant
OF Kansas City, died at his home in that
city Saturday at the age of II years. Mr..
Emery was one of the organizers of the
firm of Bullene. Moore & Emery, which
was one of the largest retail institutions in
Kansas CITY for more than quarter of
century. The firm name changed as one
after another of the original members
dropped from it until at this time Mr.
Emery's name is the only one of the orig
inaI firm connected with the stores name,
Emery. Bird & ThaYer.
At one time Mr.. Emery was in the dry
goods business in Topeka with G. F. Ken
dali and later was a member of the firm
of Stevenson. Emery & Taft, which occu-
pied the building at 419 and 421 Kansas
avenue. At that time this was the largest
store in the city and was located in the
business center of the city. Mr.. Emery
and family lived Van Buren, street,
south of Seventh street and opposite the
old skating rink.
In the eighties Mr.. Emery retired from
the firm which became Stephenson &
Peckham and went to st. Joseph, Missouri,
where he re-entered the dry goods bust
ness again. though his family remained
residents of Topeka for a number of years.
Later Mr.. Emery engaged in the dry goods
business in Des Moines. Iowa, afterwards
removing to Kansas City where the part
nership was formed with Mr.. Bullene and
Mr.. Moore. c. w. Emery of Philadelphia.
a son of ]. s. Emery, is a brother-in-law
of w. w. Mills of Topeka.
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busy place Saturday evening and this
morning.
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BUTTER 81 PER POUND.
Price 1t VIII Soar 10 in Chicago If
Milk Has TO Be PaSteuriZed.

Chicago. Dec. 21.-That TIE price of but
ter here will soar to 81 a pound if a new
ordinance providing that all butter must
be pasteurized is enforced is predicted by
Samuel Shilling. dairy authority.
There are only two concerns IN chi
cago'' he says. that are equipped TO
pasteurize milk. The others simply Will
not be able to comply with the ordinance
by the first of the year, and the result VIII
be that If it is enforced there Will be no
butter to sell.
THE outfit for pasteurizing costs about
$500. After the plant is installed the cost
is little nothing. The point is that
the firms are making no move to put in
the machinery.
Butter men generally are of the opinion
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A PROFIT SHARING PLANT.
Edward Morris Will Endow Institution
for Employees.

Kansas City. Dec. 21.-On January
1 Edward Morris, president of the
firm of Morris & Co., packers, will
give S25,OO0 as the first installment to-
ward fund of half a million dollars
with which will be put in operation a
plan of profit sharing and old age pen
sions among ten thousand employees of
the company. The plan worked out by
Mr. Morris will call for an initial dis
bursement the frs year of not less
than 100000, it is expected, and this
will be rapidly increased. Mr.. Morris
contribution of $4,000 will be made
yearly and the fund is to he maintain
ed by additional contributions by the
employees participating in the plan of
per cent of their salaries.
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that pasteurization will not in any way
make butter better or purer and are I'M
willing to spend the money for machinery
to comply with Il law that seems to them
only the expression of a passing fad.
1t is likely that the dairymen will adopt
an attitude of passive resistance until
a test ca Sc can he made
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CAN'T GO TO PITTSBURG
Federal Court Says Thaw Can't Leave
Asylum.

Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 21.-Harry K.
Thaw, the slayer of Stanford White,
who is now confined in the state hos
wan, can not be taken to Pittsburg to
testify in the bankruptcy proceedings
according to a decision handed down
today by the United States circuit
court of appeals in this city. Whether
the case will be taken to the United
States supreme court is not known
here.
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TAFT TAKES COTTAGE.
President elect Is without Visitors
Today

I
Today.
Augusta, Ga, Dec. 21.-The Taft fam
lily took possession of the Territt cot
tage at noon today moving from the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas, where
they have been guests since their ar
rival here. Miss Helen Taft will be
here to complete the family circle in a
few days. Judge Taft, as is to be his
custom while here, spent the morning
on the golf links. He is to have no
visitors from outside the city today.