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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-18
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A band concert will be given both
Sunday afternoon and evening at Gar
field park
Marshall's band will furnish the
music at Vinewood park Sunday after
noon and evening.
DR.. L. v. Sans, formerly of Rock
Creek, Kansas, has opened an Office at
106 West Eighth street.
The regular admission to Vinewood
park during the Chautauqua week will
be charged five cents.
]. w. Kipp who lives twenty-five
miles north of Lakin at Kearney is
spending a few days visiting in To-
peka.
The Jack Emerson Stock Co. which
is making decided hit at the Air
Dome this week will present tonight.
the play, Dear Old Maryland"
The mercury in the government
thermometer crept UP to the 95 de-
gree mark yesterday afternoon, max
ing it the hottest day of the season.
The out of town merchants had an
opportunity of seeing the fire depart
ment yesterday in real action-and
many too awaited themselves of that
privilege.
The Topeka team dropped a game
yesterday to Oklahoma City team on
the latter's grounds. The Cooleysox
play in Oklahoma City again today
and tomorrow.
W. NJ. Allison, clerk at the Throop
hotel, has gone to his home in Joplin,
Mo-, for the purpose of attending the
funeral of his brother who recently
died in California. E
today and will bring back an in
disposed automobile which will be
placed in the Taylor hospital for an
operation on its carburator.
The number of Guest badges to
be seen on the streets of Topeka to-
day indicates that several of the wish
tors who spent Merchants week in
the city are reluctant to return to
their homes
The postoffice employees are work
ing under difficulties these days. The
contractors are at work remodeling
the building and tearing out doors,
putting in new ones and changing
everything around.
A. B. Mossberger, city salesman for
ports that some one stole a 60 pound
cheese from his wagon and the question
naturally arises, What would any man
want with cheese Of that size?
THE temperature has stood near the
hundred mark for a week past but that
housewife. THE city seem to be alive
with book agents and peddlers and SIM
liar destroyers of afternoon maps"
The theater men of the city are very
busy today Thirty complaints of the
violation of the Sunday ordinance
have been made and the officers are
making arrests today The thirty Of
lenses are from other lines of bust
ness.
Speaking of habit remarked con-
ductor on the Vinewood line, 1.-The only
passenger 1 had out to the park on
my first trip yesterday was an out OF
town merchant who said that he was
used to opening his store at O'Clock
and could not sleep later than that
hour, and he cauldn't understand how
city merchants can pay their rent when
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-18
PLEADS FOR MERCY.
Standard Oil Company Begs 10 Be Let
Off Easy.

Washington, July 1S.-The STAN
dard Oil company, staggered by the
imposition of the fine of 20 million
dollars imposed upon it by Judge Lam
dis of Chicago, and fearing a similar
outcome to other suits still to be tried,
has been begging for mercy.
Thus far it has been turned down by
the administration, both President
Roosevelt and Secretary Taft having
agreed to let the case come to a final
decision in the United States supreme
court. John d. Archbold, vice presi-
dent of the Standard Oil company,
visited the White House, before Presi-
dent Roosevelt retired to Oyster Bay,
and made application for compro-
mise.
The Standard, in effect. proposed
that the government should consent
to a nominal fine in each one of the
cases, on the principle that this was
the first offenSe, or at least that 1t was
the first case to be publicly prosecut-
ed. The administrations reply was
tim
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-18

suffered intensely for the last sixteen
months. Mr. McClelland was appoint
ed postmaster of Chanute in 1897 and
served two terms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-18

they do not open their stores until s
or o'clock.
Those interested in the work of the
Topeka Southwestern road are max
ing great effort to secure the right
of-way by August 1, as the construc-
ton company demands that the route
of the road will all be secured by that
time.
The maximum temperature for Fri
day was 95 degrees according to the
government thermometer located
above the roof Of the Mulvane build
ing, which means that the tempera-
ture on Kansas avenue must have
passed the three figure mark.
The notice of the birth of a litter OF
puppies at the city jail will undoubted-
ly start an avalanche of trouble for
Patrolman Charles Carson. He has
promised at least so puppies to as many
residents of the city and there are but
six of the little fellows to be distribu-
ted.
]. c. Pickens of Topeka has re-
ceived notice that the annual reunion
of the Pickens family will be held
at the home of DR.. James N. Gill,
Weavervi1le, North Carolina, July
23rd. The address will be delivered
by Colonel S. v. Pickens of Hender-
sonville, n. c.
Rev. Julius Nordling of Buffalo. N.
Y, the new pastor of the Topeka
Swedish Lutheran church, arrived in
Topeka Friday evening and on Sun
day morning will preach his initial
sermon at the church, Fourth and Ty-
Ter streets.
The postoffice inspectors when they
dodge into the Topeka postoffice I'M
known to look after the manner in
which the employees are conducting
themselves will in the future have g
long gallery at the east end of the
building from which they can get q
good view ofsthe entire first floor
without being observed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-18
BROUGHT HER $4,000.
WOman's Kindness to a Stranger 1
-a Substantially Rewarded.

Plymouth, Mass. July 1S.-A cup of
coffee given by one woman to another
in a Boston railroad station years ago
has been rewarded by a gift of 1000.
Mrs. B. Lilley, a wealthy New York
woman. is the benefactor. The good
Samaritan was Mrs. Harvey Bartlett
of Wellingsby.
Mrs. Bartlett was in the Kneeland
street station of the Old Colonial rail-
day, when an elderly woman. a total
stranger to her. attracted her atten-
ton. The latter appeared to be ill.
Mrs. Bartlett quickly slipped out to
the lunch room and got a cup of hot
coffee. The woman she had aided did
not forget her. On the following
Christmas she sent Mrs. Bartlett box
of pretty gifts and since then has re-
membered her with many presents.
A climax was reached the other day
when she sent Mrs Bartlett 5000 in
gold paying stocks in a New York
mandatory and gave her the option
of disposing of the shares at their cash
value or keepine them fo~ thn eight
per cent dividends they will pay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-18
WENT OVER BUMPERS.
Failure of Brakes to Work Causes
Injury to Eight. @

Chicago, July 1S.-Eight persons
were severely injured and a number
Of others suffered minor injuries in an
accident on the Jackson branch of
the South side elevated railroad at
Stoney Island avenue and Sixty-third
street today. A train of three cars
crashed against the bumpers at the
terminus of the road, tearing loose the
front trucks of the motor car and al
lowing the car to slide over the bump
ers for about 10 feet.
Catherine Jasmecka. II years old,
was the most seriously hurt. Her
lower jaw was broken and her head,
face and body cut and bruised. The
accident is believed to have been
caused by the failure of the brakes to
work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-18
BETTERTHANS SPANKING

Spanking does not cure children Of
bed-wetting. There Is constitutional
cause for this trouble. Mrs. II. SUM
mers. BOX W., South Bend. Ind. win
send free to any mother her success-
full home treatment. with full instruc-
tons. Send no money. but write her
today II your children trouble you in
this way. Don't blame the child. the
chances are It can't help IL. This
treatment also cures adu1ts and aged
people trouble with urine difnculties
by day or night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-18
At the Air Dome.

The Jack Emerson Stock company,
which opens the second week of its
engagement at the Air Dome on Mon
day night, successfully maintained
during it's first weeks stay here the
reputation it has for being first
class repertoire company The plays
presented by it are out of the .ordi-
nary and are staged with a careful
ness for detail that is generally lack
ing in organizations of this sort. And
then the vaudeville features between
the acts are of an unusually high
class.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-18

Mr.. Christman declares that he un-
derstands the needs of the people in
his district as well as the affairs and
conditions of the county generally ow-
ing to the fact that he has resided all
his life in this county and has always
taken a deep interest in public affairs.
Therefore, he earnestly solicits your
support at the polls on the fourth Of
next month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-18

For the bill on Monday night the
company will present that good
comedy drama, "a Brothers Love-"
This will be repeated on Tuesday
night. 1.-The Avengers" one of the
strongest plays In the repertoire of
the company win be produced on
Wednesday and Thursday nights.
With good weather the Emerson COM
pany should play to packed houses
all of next week. Dear Old Mary
land" will be the bill for tonight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-18
Death of Allan MiIIer.

Haistead, Kan, July 1S.-Allan Mil
Ter, 80 years old, is dead here. Mr.
Miller was born in Kentucky. He
learend the blacksmith trade and the
slave holders in that state were his
patrons He came to Kansas in the
early '70s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-18
Union Pacific to Colorado

No trip can surpass in pleasure and
health a vacation spent in the Rock
les. Low rates IN effect every day
from June 1 to September 80, 1908:
$3.50 for the round trip to Denver,
Colorado Springs, Pueblo and other
Colorado points via Union Pacific
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-18
FOR COMMISSIONER.

George Christman, the popular
Mission township farmer, announces
that he is a candidate for the office
of county commissioner for the Third
district, subject to the decision Of the
Republican voters at the primary to
be held on August Of this year.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-24
Hooked d SWordfish.

Eight miles off Newport, Cal. u
foot swordflsh, with sword four feet
long, caught on an go hook by Hugh
Mcmillan and G. G. Shoemaker towed
the fishermen's launch two miles, after
having charged the boat repeatedly
and SCARED the stern in numerous
places. The monster was killed after
half an hours fight. 1t weighed sev
eral hundred pounds.
When the big fish was first caught
1t charged to the surface, endangerine
the lives of two men and of other men
in two nearby launches. The captors
of the monster were towed almost out
of sight of the men in the other boats.
Persons ashore refused to believe that
the two men caught the fish on Their
27-strand cotton line until the story
was vouched for by the men in the
other launches.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-24
CAPITOL GRAF TIERS
ARE CONVICTED.
Four Men Found Guilty of Defraud-
ing State of Pennsylvania in
Supplying Furniture.
Sentenced to Two Years lmprlson.
ment and Fine Of $500, But Have
Been Granted Bail Pending
Appeal to Superior Court.

Harrisburg, Pa.-Two years impris
cnment and fine of $500, the maxi
mum penalty, was the sentence melted
cut Friday by Judge Kunkel in the
Dauphin county court to each OF the
four men who were convicted of de-
frauding the state in connection with
the furnishing of the capitol building
IN this city Immediately after sen
tence was pronounced the defendants
we're remanded to the custody of the
Sheriff and taken to a side room pend
ing application for a supersedeas
which was made in the superior court
at Philadelphia after notice Of the
sentence here was given. AS soon as
1t was granted the defendants gave
Lail, pending appeal to the superior
court.
The four defendants are John II.
Sanderson, Philadelphia. contractor
for the furniture James NJ Shu.
maker, Johnstown, superintendent of
the board of public grounds and build
ings at the time the contract for fur
niture was LETT William p. Snyder,
Spring City, and William L. Matthews,
Media, respectively, auditor general
and state treasurer during the oper-
alton of the contract and by virtue of
their positions members of the board
Of grounds and buildings. The men
we're convicted of defrauding the
state out of $40 .30S, in contract for
wooden furniture. Other charges in
,olved large sums in the aggregate.
The men were tried last spring and
last week they We're refused new
trial.
The men convicted Friday were
tried second time and acquitted of
6 charge of defrauding the state in a
metnl fnrnltnrn contract.
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OPERATORS ARE ACCUSED
OF SYSTEMATIC ROBBERY
Charge Made That the Western Union
Telegraph Company Has Beer
Mulcted Of Thousands Of
Dollars

Portland, Ore.--A systematic inves.
tlgation by the Western Union Tele.
graph company carried on during the
past six months has disclosed an or.
eanized system of theft among rail
road operators on the Pacific coast. by
reason Of which the telegraph com
many has been robbed of an amount
estimated at several hundred thou
sand dollars, according to statement
made by an official of the company
who Is in charge Of the Investigation
Complaints made in several in.
stances that messages filed at certain
stations had not been sent or deliv.
cred and the falling off of receipts at
other places on railroad lines caused
the Western Union officials to insti.
tute a thorough investigation A Sc
cret service was organized and It
was found that in some instances GO
per cent of the money received for
messages filed at railroad Offices
never reached the telegraph com
pany. The kilograms, with but few
exceptions, were properly transmitted
and delivered, but all record of the
dispatches so far as reports and
bookkeeping pertaned, had been de.
Stroyed.
Following the discovery and proof
&C theft, warrants were obtained for
the arrest of several operators in the
state of Washington and it Is alleged
by officials of the company that at
least one of the arrested men has
confessed. The arrested men will be
brought to trial shortly after the first
of the year.
According to the information gath
cred by the telegraph company, sys-
tematic collision in the robberies ex-
listed among certain railroad opera
tors. In some Offices the thefts, 1t Is
asserted, aggregated several hundred
dollars month, and officers of the
company believe that during the past
year the total of the sums stolen will
exceed 100000. Only railroad oper-
ators are said to be involved in the
tobberies.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-24
LOSE JOY OF LIFE
HUSBANDS AND CHILDREN NOT
FOR MILL GIRLS.
Have Little Choice But to Become Old
Maidstone Glad Because She
Misunderstood the Meaning
of License.

There were four Carroll girls. ALI
over is. Their father, small. wbite-
haired, dignified man, was in the room,
and smiled a timid welcome The girls
were still in black for the mother who
died a year before, says Rheta Dorr in
the Broadway Magazine. ut is mucb
harder for us now that mothers gone 3"
said Sallie Carroll But she made
us promise on her deathbed that we'd
keep things just as she always had
and were certainly bound to do II
We all work in the mill We are weav.
ers, except Mamie there. the young.
est. She is a warper. We don't LET
father work any more. We mako
enough for us all and him. too. and
somebody's just got to be at home TO
look out for things or else where's
your home?"
why do poor folks have such bie
families?' demanded Mamie Carroll
Indignantly. They've got no business
TO. Why do poor folks marry at all2"
Don't you expect tor" | asked.
The faces of all the girls were sober
We can't figure out that there's anv
choice for us between breaking up our
home and being old maids" said the
oldest Carroll girl. 1T may be a dis.
grace to be an old maid People saw
it is, but at least we are comfortable
and happy. Why, what would become
of father if we married."
instantly thought of a girl | knew
in Fall River. She was weaver. too
and earned 81 a week, which made
her an object of desire TO more than
one young man in the town. But AT
20 she was still single In the course
of confidential talk | asked her WHY
she had never married and she told
me with much laughter the reason
When | was IS" she said II was
foolish enough to fall in love with the
timekeeper in the clothroom at the
iron works mills He was better look.
ing then than he is now. Well he
asked me to marry him and | said
would Then he said we ought to go
and get the license. What license?'
| asked, flaming mad You see. we
girls had a dog we were awfully fond
of and one day the poundkeeper came
around and said we'd have to take out
a license or he would kill the dog. So
we skimped and saved and went with
out carfare until we had enough to
pay for the dogs license.
We'll, somehow, the word license
seemed to me to be connected with a
dog / didn't know that people had to
have licenses. told my Young man
that If he couldn't marry me without
license, as if he were paying for dog.
| wouldn't marry him. He argued and
argued and we both got madder and
madden, and finally we broke it off
Mother was glad enough She always
hates to have one of us marry Less
money carried home, you see" She
added thoughtfully: "Of course | was
silly goose, but somehow, when | see
him with his wife, she looking ten
years older than she is, with care and
raising children whose only future is
in the mills, think marriage license
and dog license are not so very diff
ferent"
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The brake refused to work and, los.
ing control of the wheel, he was
thrown through the window of the
Savoy facing Seventeenth avenue near
the ALLEY II was the Indian room that
Thompson had chosen for his plunge.
1t was crowded. every table being tax
en-, when he made his sensational APP.
pearance. The astonished diners
heard the crash of the glass and sat
spellbound as through the shower of
fragments from ii they saw the body
of man shooting through the air. 1t
went over the table where the Kin.
caids were dining, taking the table
before Mrs. Kincaid knew what had
happened Thompson fell into her lap.
She screamed with fright. The other
women in the room echoed her cries
and pandemonium reigned. Broken
glass and blood from Thompson S
wounds went flying everywhere and
added to the excitement.
Policemen, walters. chambermaids,
bellboys, clerks and guests of the hos
telry came running into the room, at
tracted by the uproar. And in the
meantime, dazed and half unconscious,
Thompson lay in Mrs. Kincaid's lap.
Mr. Kincaid was the first to recover
his composure. He assisted Thomp-
son to his feet, and seeing that the
man was suffering called others to
help carry him to his automobile out
side. With Mrs. Kincaid he took the
injured man in the machine to the
county hospital There an eXamina
ton revealed that Thompson had sus-
tanned severe cuts about the body and
severed an artery in his right Shout
der. He is not thought to be seriously
injured.
The wheel was found outside the ho-
tel entirely demolished
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-24
Road From Boise to Butte.

have been made TO revive the Boise
Butte railroad project that only a
few months ago fell through. A re-
cent attempt to carry out the rail
road scheme seems more substantial
Some of the most prominent railroad
men in the country are interested, one
of them being Il. II. Hartman. Meet
ipgs of these were held in Chicago
before the recent election, and it was
then determined that If Taft was
chosen president the deal would go
through. Since the election the plan
has been more fully outlined and the
project now seems to rest at point
where, If Boise gives the support
asked, the road will be built.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-24
Saw sweetheart at Cost Of Lie.

Springfield, Ill.-Frank Bryant, 26
years old, was hanged in the county
jail here Friday for the murder. on
August 26 last. Of Thomas Brady,
man 20 years old, out of whose trunk,
after the murder, Bryant stole a mali
quantity of money in order to go to
Chicago to visit his sweetheart. In
statement upon the scaffold, Bryant
thanked Sheriff Werner for the kind
nesses extended during his imprison.
ment, He then said to the 200 wit
nesses assembled: Farewell to all,
gentlemen" and the trap was sprung.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-24
SHIPPERS PROTEST.
Californans object to Increase In
Transcontinental Tariffs.

Cslifornians object to Increase In
TranscontinentaI Tariffs.
San Francisco.-Sh Shippers and i'm
rorters of California are arranging to
unite In statewide protest against
the increase in transcontinental tar
IFS announced by the Southern Pa
oific and Santa Fe railroads as effec-
tive on the first day of the coming
year. Opposition on the part of the
interests most affected will take the
form Of a score of mass meetings,
held In the leading cities on Decem-
Der 30. when representatives of lead
ing industries will take the initiative
end set forth the grievances of the
business men against the carriers. An
executive committee. appointed some
weeks ago to deal with the question,
has announced this method of proceed
IRE as more desirable than an appeal
TO the courts, which was regarded as
productive of delay, or to the inter
state commerce commission, which
was powerless to take action until
such rate changes have taken effect.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-24
Anomaly of the Sidewalk.

He stood before the Bowery Savings
bank. His trousers ran to shreds be
low and the folds at the top end, wher6
a string held them, proved that they
had been made for an ampler girth
The dog had slept on his hat and per
haps brushed it in the gutter. He
had worked his elbows shiny, his arm
pits ragged and gravy spots of diverse
shades and sizes showed that who
ever had eaten In that coat in Other
days had been too ravenous to mind
stopping over The barber and he
were strangers and he looked through
bleared eyes into vacancy as the busy
sidewalk traffic trooped past him and
thrifty depositors hurried in and out of
the bank. In front of him he held a
tray of gimcracks from which hung a
placard: Good Luck Rings. New
York Times.