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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08
Chanute Consumers of Gas Pro
pose to Sue the City.
Claim There Is Too Much Dis
elimination Carried On.
OLD RATE is WANTED.
Factories Are Granted a Price
of B Cents a Thousand.
Will Tender City Same Rate
and Sue Upon Refusal of 1t.

Chanute, Kan, Jan. S.-A number
of business men who are dissatisfied
with the action of the council at Its
secret session recently when the Slid
ing scale for meter gas was voted
down will commence SUIT against the
city. There will be a meeting of the
dissatisfied ones soon, including the
bakers, laundrymen, hotel owners ana
all large individual consumers OF gas
It is reported that several December
gas bills have not been paid and
that the owners of one large business
building have not settled their fuel
bill for over two months. They dare
the council to shut off the gas.
threatening to sue if their business is
injured.
The leaders among those opposed
to the present rate, advocate making
a tender to the clerk of five cents a
thousand, the rate allowed large fac
tory consumers, and in case this is
refused by the city, and their gas shut
off, then to commence suits for dam
ages and suits to invalidate the ord1-
nance for discrimination.
The whole trouble seems to have
arisen out of the time-honored policy
OF the council to grant factories burn
ing gas by meter a low rate of from
three to five cents per thousand. Then
large individual consumers who burn
from 100000 to 100000 feet a month
discovered that they are paying 8
cents for fuel that was furnished an
other class of institutions for three
and five cents. This was branded as
discrimination and. steps taken to OBJ
tain sliding scale from the council.
At a special meeting graduated
rate was voted down.
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AUTOMOBILE NOTES.

William E. Corey. head of the Steel
trust, is one of the latest victims of
New York police ZEAL the driver of
taXicab in which he was riding being
nabbed on a charge of speeding.
Automobile schools are conducted
by branches of the Young Mems Chris
tan association in nineteen cities of
the United States, most Of them with
the cooperation Of the local automo-
bile clubs
The Automobile club of Springfield.
Mass, has started a movement for the
Improvement of the last remaining
link of poor road on the route most
Travelled between New York and Bos-
ton.
consular report from Smyrna
tells OF the increase of motor boating
in Asiatic Turkey, where American
craft seem to be the favorites despite
the almost prohibitive transportation
charges.
Through the efforts of the New
York Automobile Trade association
two more steamship lines have agreed
to allow gasoline trucks the same
freedom of their piers in that city as
horSe-drawn vehicles.
An Akron, Ohio, firm, one of the
largest rubber manufacturing con-
Germs in the United States, has decid-
ed to compete with French tiremakers
on their own ground, and has opened a
branch office in Paris.
Because of the shortage of gasoline
in India the Motor Union of that coun-
try was forced to abandon its relia bill
ty trials. which were to have been held
the past week, until the first week in
February
That autos can go wherever horses
drawn sledges can go has been proven
by the ascent of the desolate, snow
clad peak of Mont Genevre, in the
Alps. A thirty horsepower car made
the summit at a lively clip.
In an advertising contest conducted
by New York coffee importer the
first prize of $4,000 was won by the
advertising manager of an automobile
schemes and advocated the persistent
use of daily newspapers.
There is a steadily increasing de-
mand for second hand touring cars
from business men, who remove the
old bodies and replace them with
those of express wagons or other We
hicles for which they want TO use
them.
During 1907 Kansas City oiled
375,4 AIS square yards OF its boulevards
twice and 188,502 square yards once,
at cost of $10,671.44, saving $3,-
1888 over the usual cost of sprink-
ling with water. and producing better
results.
A removable top for motor boats,
built on the same principle as buggy
top, is a novelty. Made of waterproof
canvas or leather it is mounted on a
frame which can be folded, while cur
tains button on the sides.
According to a report from the
American consul at Rio Janeiro. there
merican cars. the planters having
turned to the automobile in preference
to the horse, buying French machines
in large numbers.
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Woman With Remarkable Memory
Would Aid Science.

New York, Jan. s-Miss Louise
Randolph, a young woman who is
credited with possessing an unusual
memory, has decided to will her
brain to the Anthropometric society
that it may be studied by scientists
when under the operation Of the i'm
mutable law she will have no TURNER
use for it. It Is said that MISS Ran
dolph is the first woman 70 make tnls
disposal of her brain.
.Shudder at the prospect? OF course
not" Miss Randolph said. "a woman
who credits me possessing an unusual
memory first suggested that my brain
undoubtedly would reveal Things IN
teresting to scientists. She is friend
of DR.. e. A. Spitzka, professor OF gen.
eral anatomy in the Jefferson Medical
college, Philadelphia. She interested
me in the work being done oy the
Anthropometric society, OF Whlch LIT.
Spitzka. is one of the founders
THE society has obtained the brains
Of several prominent men. including
Walt Whitman. but no woman has
ever come forward with an offer or
her brain. Science falls short OF us
purpose if its researches are restricted
to the brains of mere man. There is
no telling what a woman-s brain Will
reveal. and I intend to give my sex
chance. AS I understood 1t, member
shin in the society makes it beholden
on members to bequeatn their brains
to the society If am elected my
brains go with the several results.
DR.. Spitzka has acknowledged his
appreciation of Miss Randolph's orer.
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Minor Washington Items.

Washington, Jan. 8. - Elmer
Gully is appointed regular carrier
with Walter B. Ellis substitute, and
William c. Johnson regular carrier,
with Jasper W. Fish substitute, out of
Haviland, Kan, and Samuel C. Motz
regular carrier out of Selden. Kan.
Bids were opened Monday at the
treasury department for the construc-
ton of the extension to the Wichita.
Kan, public building. The bidders
were Bartlett Klug company, Cedar
Rapids, Ia. s52,990; Frank H. Lati-
mer, Kansas City, $49,Ss2; Martin
Carroll. Kansas City, s56,9S9.
Information reached the Kansas
members of congress roday of new
complications in the Kansas political
situation. From an inside source the
delegation heard that State Senator H.
B. Miller of Usage had about decided
to enter the race for governor, and
that if he did he would have the
Fourth congressional district behind
him solidly.
George P. Hill was to day appointed
postmaster at Petrolia, Kan, vice B.
Oakman, resigned; William Thurman
at Eureka. Okla. vice E. D. Palmer,
resigned; Eva Watrous at Ford, Okla,
vice Maggie Marks, resigned; Ava A.
Jones at Poarch, Okla, vice w. B.
Hall, resigned; John W. Horton at
Roscoe, Okla. vice J. F. Henry, re-
signed, and George w. Reed at Tivoli,
Okla, vice J. H. Wynran. resigned.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08
SCOTS LATEST BILL.
Wants $21o. 900 to Enlarge the Kansas
City, Kan. Federal Building.

Washington, Jan. Encouragement
Scott has introduced a bill for a $240,-
900 addition to the public building at
Kansas City. Kan. The supervising
architect of the treasury. who super
vises the construction of all govern
ment buildings. has drawn UP plans
for the addition and says it will take
the amount asked for by Mr. Scott to
do the work. The architect has plan
ned to extend the building to cover
all the ground owned by. the govern
ment at the present site and to add
another story to the present structure.
The building when enlarged will be
used not only for the postofhce and
federal court but also for the head
quarters of the meat inspection SER
vice there When Scott pushes the
bill through the house, Senators Cur
tbs and Long will look after it in the
senate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08
EARLY BALLDATES
The Wichita Managers Have
Arranged for April Games.
10 Have Several of the Eastern
Teams in the City.
PIRATES FAVORITES.
PIRATES FAVOR
Several Former "Jobbers" Are
Among the Pittshurg Nine.
Washington and the Chicago
Americans Are Slated.

Nenlta' Jan 8.-Wichita's baseball
inasnates, Holland and IsbeIl have
arranged another series of ante-season
pasepaIl games for the fans of this
elly. Ihey received a letter yesterday
from the manager of the Minneapolis
american association team. in which
the latter stated that games with the
wichita club April 10, IL and lz would
be acceptable
Holland and Isben have arranged
ante-season games with three major
ieasue clubs and are writing letters
IN an eHort to secure other big league
teams for exhibition games here.
Inc washington American league
team with Clyde Milan in the outfield
wlH play here April L and 2. Wichita
ola time faVorites on the local diamond
with this team. They are Clyde Milan
and Heinie Gehring
The Pittsburg National league club
Will be seen on the local diamond April
and 6. Two former Wichita PLAYERS
will play with this club as win Warren
Gill. formerly with Oklahoma City.
Becker and Young, last year with the
Jobbers will be with Pfttsburg in this
SERIES 49,.
Minneapolis will follow Pittsburg and
then the Chicago Americans will come
put the exact dates have not been de-
c1ded upon. Frank Isbell received a let
ter this morning from Chas. Comiskey.
In this letter the Chicago magnate
states that he will be sure to give
Weaver and the other Wichita recruits
a good try-out on the trip to southern
California.
Two of the indicator men in the West
ern association last season, w. J. Guth-
RE and E. A. Ecknfan, will serve In the
Iowa State league next year. If these
men do as poor work in their new
haunts as they did in this part of
America they will last but a short time
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JUDGE HOLT TO RESIGN. :
The Kansas City, Kan, Judge Not to
Be a Candidate Again.

Kansas City, Kan, Jan 8.-The latest
announcement in local politics was
made when Judge William G. Holt, for
thirteen years judge of the common
pleas court, issued statement to the
effect that he would not be candidate
for reelection. 1t was through Judge
Hollis court that Assistant Attorney
General Trickett proceeded against the
saloon interests of the city and county.
The reason given by the judge for
not being a candidate for reelection is
the fact that the salary of the office,
which is $500 year, is too small COM
pensation for the labor required.
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A STATE BANKS RECORD.
New Institution at Independence Be-
gins With $25, 900 Cash Surplus.

independence, Jan. 8.-The new
State Bank Of Commerce opened its
doors for business in the remodeled
Baden building at 8 O'Clock in the
morning and the event marked an
epoch in the history Of this city and
made a record for the state of Kan
sas. 1t is stated that 1t is the first
bank in the history of the state to be-
gin business with surplus of $4,000
in cash on hand. Bank Commission
er Royce said that at least during his
term of office there had been no par
allel of this achievement and he did
not believe it had ever occurred be-
fore A trust company had started
in Topeka with $4,000 surplus, but
this is the first instance of a state
bank having such a record.
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SHE COULD NOT WRITE.
The Note Found in Mrs. Vancil's Bed
Evidently Not Hers

Lawrence, Kan, Jan. s.-County
Attorney Tom Harley discovered last
evening, through relatives Of Mrs e.
Vancil, that she could neither read nor
write. This completely does away
with the suicide theory. A note was
found which was supposed to have
been left by Mrs. Vancil. saying that
she killed herself, but in the light of
this new development. there Is moth
ing in the suicide supposition.
E. Vancil, who Is suspected Of caus-
ing the death of his wife by admins
tering poison, had arranged to go to
lola with the body of his wife and
this plan was not interfered with.
Edgar Sheen was appointed a deputy
sh eriff and accompanied Vancil on the
trip
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NO MERCY SHOWN THEM.
Judge Clark Refuses to Let Murderers
OFF on a rs Years Sentence.

Parsons, Kan, Jan. 8.-Charles Scott
and Charles Williams, the two men
who were charged with the murder of
Taylor and Brown on a Frisco freight
tradn near Big Hill station in this
county last July, appeared before Judge
Clark and plead guilty to murder in
the first degree and were sentenced to
the penitentiary for life This is the
first life sentence that Judge Clark
has imposed. The men were taken to
Lansing last evening.
About a week ago the two men were
brought into court where it was ex-
pected, under their confession, they
would plead guilty. But it seems that
there had been some kind of an agree
ment framed up between the county
attorney and the attorneys for the pris-
oners that the latter were to plead
guilty to murder in the second degree
and receive a sentence of 25 years.
When the judge learned of this agree
ment he refused to be party to 1t, or
to state what sentence the prisoners
might expect.
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CouIon and Murphy Matched.

Chicago, Jan. 8.-Johnny Couion, "a
Chicago 105-pounder, has shown form
that indicates he is a champion, and
his work in the ring has been of the
sort that characterized Barry. Cou-
Ion is a pocket Hercules. and in addf-
ton to being clever he can hit like a
pile driver. He has been knocking out
his opponents with great regularity
in this part of the country, and so
formidable has he become that he at
tracted the attention of kid Muir
ply, one of the best of the little fell
lows in the east. They have been
matched and will meet in ten round
bout before the Peoria Athletic club
on January 8.
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SWIMMER SETS A NEW MARK.
Alex. Wicl1ham Covers Fifty Yards in
% 3-5SSeSonds

New York. Jan s.-Reports from
Australia bring the news Of a new
swimming record for fifty yards. The
performer was Alex. Wickham, the
crack south sea Islander, who is ex-
pected to do great things at all dis
tances up to a furIong this year.
At the Rush Cutter bay baths he
swan the half century in IA 3-5. Not
only Is this reco1'} for Australia, but
1t is a worlds ma The previous ac-
cepted record was twenty-five seconds
There is a report that Wickham will
be in England fer the Olympia games,
where he expects to have airy at the
100-yard race andsother distances
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Can't Go on without Rockefeller.

New York, Jan. 8.-The work of the
charity organization society'se commit
tee for the prevention Of tuberculosis
will be suspended owing to the failure
of John D. Rockefeller to renew his
subscription for carrying on the work.
The society received number of sub
scriptions from others beside Mr.
Rockefeller last year, but they were
all made for the reason that he head
ed the list and when he did not re-
spond to the appeal for further aid
this year. 1t was decided to give up the
work. The work of the committee was
largely among the poor on the east
side.
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SUES FOR AN ISLAND.
A Lawrence Woman Thinks a Bit OF
Sand Bar Worth q Suit.

Lawrence, Kan, Jan. Suit was
filed In the district court today by Mrs
Lizzie Read against Max Wilhelm and
"Katzenjammer Island" Mrs. Read
claims the property on the grounds
that it was formerly a part of a farm
owned by the Reatz family, and taht 1t
was separated from the main land by
the Kaw river. Mrs. Read was, be-
fore her marriage, Miss Lizzie Reatz.
''Katzenjammer Island is located
about a mile east Of the dam and has
quite a reputation as a pleasure re-
sort, When Mr.. Wilhelm obtained
possession of the land he erected two
unique log cabins and planted crops.
Launching parties would go down to
the island and have very pleasant
times. A year ago fire destroyed the
cabins, but other structures have
been erected SO that parties going
down to the island can have protection
from bad weather.
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NEVER SAW A TROLLEY CAR.
Woman Lives One Hundred Years
Without Seeing an Auto.

New York. Jan. s.-Living in a Sc
Guided locality in the uplands of Nor
ris county, New Jersey. from which
she has never in her long life jour-
neyed far enough to see trolley car,
Mrs Nancy Van Wrinkle, great grand
mother of Mrs. Edgar Romer of Min
nesota, the latter likewise a great
grandmother, will next Sunday cele-
brate her one hundredth birth day.
Mrs. Van Wrinkle has never been cut
side the Morris county hill region. has
never talked through a telephone or
heard the chug-chugging of an auto
mobile.
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Harvard Crew to Row Sailors.

Boston, Jan. S.-The manager of
the Harvard varsity crew has an
nounced that Harvard will row the
midshipmen of Annapolis on the
Severn on April %. the race taking
the place of the customary one with
Columbia on the Harvard schedule
This will be Harvards first rowing
contest with the midshipmen
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plotting home three winners, and at
the juicy price of 8 to l. E. L.
Fftzgerald's Silver Wedding was the
horse in question. Miller followed
with victories on J. loves Marian
Casey and the Stevens stables Cloyne,
both the last two being quoted at
evens.
The San Mateo handicap went to
M j. Hayes's bay Sain colt, Johnny
Lyons which proved the easiest kind
of winner with Miss Ofncious second
many lengths back.
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PUTS 800 MEN TO WORK.
The Portland Cement Plant at lola
Starts Up Work.

lola, Kan, Jan. S.-The Kansas
Portland cement plant has opened
and some 500 men returned to the
work they had left on December "a.
Besides this fires were started In the
kilns of the Union Brick works, east
of the city. and Is men returned to
their places at that plant, which they
had left two weeks before.
Mr.. Goodin, of the Kansas Portland
stated today that he believed that the
big plant would keep in operation all
the time now. The ware rooms now
have considerable space, and the
shipping orders are beginning to in
crease. One railroad man stated to-
day that his line has more orders for
today than have been received from
the cement plants in the past three
weeks
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FOR THE GALVESTON PLAN.
Kansas City, Kan. to Vote on Gocern-
ment by Commission.

Kansas City, Kan, Jan. S.-Peti-
lions containing 1,605 signatures have
been turned in to DR.. George M. Gray,
president of the Mercantile club, ask
ing Mayor D. E. Cornell to call a spe-
cial election to adopt the commission
form of government here.
All petitions are now in and the
canvass for signers, which began two
weeks ago, is ended. The petitions
have 200 names more than required
by the Kansas law to insure special
election. The signatures of 10 per
cent of all those who voted at the last
election are required.
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GOING BACK TO EUROPE.
Reduced Prices of Tickets Caused
Thirty Families to Leave Scammon.

Scammon, JAN s.-According to
reports from Frank Delaney, who
has made it a business to purchase
tickets for all wishing to go back to
the old country, a large number Of
aliens are leaving Scammon and re-
turning to the old country. The rec
ord was broken last month, having
purchased tickets for thirty people to
return to their homes in the old coun-
try.
He attributes the reason to the fact
that in the last six weeks, tickets
have fallen s12 in price and the for
eigners are taking advantage of this
and leaving Most of them take their
families with them.
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Gardner Defeats walcott.

Boston, Jan. 8.-Joe Walcott of
Boston was easily defeated by Jimmy
Gardner of Lowell in q twelve-round
bout before the members of the New
Armory Athletic associa ton here last
night. Both men weighed 142
pounds. Gardner showed early in the
fight that he was too clever for Wal
colt, and had him beaten in the first
six rounds
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BROTHERS ARE REUNITED.
Were Separated When 8 Years Old
Meet at Wichita.

Wichita, Kan, Jan. 8.-After hav-
ing travelled 10000 miles, spent a for
tune and visited hundreds of cities.
during a fourteen-year search, broth
ers who do not remember seeing each
other met in this city Saturday night.
They are David J. Berry of Edmonton.
Canada, and George A. Berry of this
city. When they were but 8 years of
age their father, who was g. bridge
builder, was accidentally killed and
the Berrys placed in different orphan
homes, being afterward adopted.
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AN EYEsoRE TO HARTFORD.
The Old Stock Yards Removed From
the Center of the Town.

Hartford, Kan, Jan. Sat last the
stock yards has been removed from the
heart of the city. A gang of workmen
is at work tearing down the old stock
pens and building new ones on the
Katy right of way northwest of town.
The old stock yards have been an
eyesore to Hartford for many years.
The half a block of land occupied by
the old pens and coal bins will be
planted in trees and sown to grass,
and in very few years Hartford will
have one of the prettiest parks in this
part of the state.
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Brooklyn Releases Corbett.

New York, Jan. S.-Some surprise
mas been occasioned here by the re-
port that Pitcher Joe Corbett of the
Brooklyn National league team had
peen Internationally released. Cor
nelts work last season was not up to
the mark, but it was thought that he
would receive another trial to deter
mine whether his arm had come back.
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GAS ON THE TOWN SITE.
A Good Well Struck at Hepler, Craw.
ford County, at 700 Feet.

ford County, at 200 Feet.
Hepler, Kan, jan 8.--Last night
about nine o'clock, the drill at the
gas we'll being drilled In Hepler city
limits by local company prospect
ing for gas, struck a fairly good vein
of gas at 700 feet down, and on top
of the Mississippi limestone, which is
nearer the surface here than in the
developed gas region, cropping out at
the surface near Pittsburg.
Last Friday the drill went into g.
smaller vein of gas but not being
deemed of sufficient force the drill
ing was kept up until the second vein
was struck last night, when the drill
and derrick were removed. The gas
when set on fire burned to a height Of
twelve feet with a good steady blue
fame.
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FORGED SEVERAL CHECKS.
Walter Filter Is Placed in Jail on Sc
rious Charge at Galena.

Galena, Kan, Jan. S.-Walter Fitz-
err of this city was arrested at the
Frisco passenger station by Constable
James Leggett, charged with forging
the name of Scoles & Horning to five
checks drawn on a local bank ana
cashing them at various business
houses. The man was located by N.
C. Malone, who cashed a check for
him Saturday morning amounting to
$10.75.
Filter about a year ago, was ar
rested for this same offence.