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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-05

commission form of government and
Mr.. Graham wants bill making it
possible for cities that have adopted
commission form of government, to
hold a non-partisan primary for the
nomination of members of the board
of education at the ime of holding a
primary for the nomination of may
or and members of the commission
This in the opinion of Mayor Graham
would make unnecessary the primary
scheduled for March 2.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-05

He wrote an account of his Discovery,
to his brother in the City of Mexico
telling him he had discovered @uns
neuya Mexico" new Mexico. another
Mexico. meaning that he had found
another town like the City of Mexico
and thereafter all this portion Of
northern New Spain was known as
Nueva Mexlco; that is. New Mexico,
which name it has retained. though
now much reduced in extent.-Isas
Vegas Optic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-05

uOTSeIneHC IndC human Hearts" has
is its long run of a decade
Paul Gilmore who plays here Monday
in THE Boys of Company B" was in
Wichita Wednesday night. OF his work
and his new vehicle, the Eagle says:
Paul Gilmore is a brilliant young
actor of whom Wichitans have grown
fond through familiarity with the high
uniform excellence of his portrayals.
The humor of 1.-THE Boys of Company
b. is contagious. The situations are
interestin~ and the lines bristle with
good things. The romance of Tommy
Allen (A1r. Gilmore) and ELLEN Mac
Lane (Jane Aubrey is at no time lost
in introducing other incidents. At
mosphere and local color are given in
plenty, lending their subtle influence.
One of the finest acted plays ever
presented here will pay a visit to the
Grand for three performances on Feb
ruary IL and ID. Sir Gilbert Parker's
stirring drama, 1.-The Right of Way. ;
with Guy Standing and Theodore Rob-
erts in their thrilling impersonations of
Charley Steele and Joe Portugais. under
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-05

I'm what condition was the Patriarch
Job at the end OF his life?'' asked a Sun
day school teacher of a quiet-lookinR bov
at the foot of the class. Dead calmly
replied the quiet looking boy.-IIIustrated
Bits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-05
AMUSEME NTS.
At the Grand.

Human Hearts, a melodrama now in
its tenth season, will be seen at the
Grand tomorrow night. The best en-
dorsement that Human Hearts, has
is its long run of a decade
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
OBITUARY NOTES.

MAJOR MASON CARTER retired) died
in San Diego. Cal. yesterdsy. aged sew
euty-hve lie went there eighteen months
ago from SuW anee, Tenn. Major Carter
Lad q notable career in the Civil War and
IN the Indian wars under General Miles.
THOMAS FISHER, % Montreal sixth
,-ice-president Of the International Brother
l.ood Of Painters. Paperhsngers and Deco
rators. was found dead in his room a
hotel in Cincinnati yesterday. The Coro-
nor pronounced death due 10 natural
causes.
THOMAS SHEPPARD STRONG. son Of
the late Judge Selap h. and Cornelia Udcll
strong. died At his home IN Setsuket. Long
Island. YESTERDAY He was born ia Sctau-
ket on September 10. ls3f- lie was sradu-
ated from Yale. and until few years ago
uss = member Of the law firm Of Strong &
Spear. OF New York city
WILLIAM u. TRIP aged eishty-eight
wears. a member of the frst Wisconsin
LEGISLATURE and a delegate 10 the national
pepublican convention that nominated
Abraham Lincoln for President in lssi died
II his home. in Janesyiile. Wis, sesterday-
COLONEL WILLIAM 4 JONES. who
was az ore time 4 deputy Collector of the
Port. dlsd yesterday al hichmond hin.
Log Island. lie was seventy-six years
old. The funeral will he held Tomorrow
,oorning al his home snd the burial viii he
az Malone, y y
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
PLANS NEW DANCES.
Miss st. Denis Tells of Them
at Close of Engagement Here.

Just as the scene shifters we're striking
the temple scene after the last OF the Hindu
dances at the Hudson Theatre Saturday
night Miss Ruth St Denis gave a moment
TO tell Of her plans for the future.
When come back am going 70 add 20
my programme" she said II shall repeat
the dances am doing now. and have In
precautionary II that way. will you.
have In preparation three other dances
one is founded on an old japanese dance
and In closely associated with Lafcadio
Hearn The second Is Biblical. founded on
Jephthah's sacrifice OF his daughter. as told
in Judges And the third-well. can't ex-
actiy tel you myself what the third Is go
ing to be. for I, r. still somewhat vague
and undshned. although have the general
idea IL viii be an Indian dance in an
Indian garden
And the dance you like III. BEST,
rs the Yosi-that's more TO my mind
than any OF them. 7 love it's symbolism and
its weird mysticism"
"Of course. as you have seen. the staging
Is really half OF r1y performance. My
mother and my brother helped me very
much with the staging. but take a great
aeal OF credit for II myself IL comes natu-
rally To me- n I wasn't a dancer I'D be a
stage manager. Detail is my hobby
Miss St Denis and her Hindu assistants
stsrtnd for Chicago yesterday 20 an two
weeks engagement. They will also play IN
81. Louis. Cincinnati and other cities. and
expect 20 return 20 the Hudson about the
middle OF January.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
'UH4T'S IN 4 NAWE?"
JuliCt's Idea Is Flat and Stale,
Inspectors Think.

What's in a name? That which ve
call rose by any other name would smell
as sweet" This little observation of Ju-
liet might have passed muster in the DAYS
of the Capuiets and the Montaguc. but II
doesn't go In this year 1909 \. n. al this
port with immigration officials She who
vas a Bleriot and who became a Johnson
and is still Bleriot puzzled the immi-
grafton inspectors yesterday when the
French liner La Lorraine docked
On the passenger list was the name Of
Nine Johnson Blsriot. the very proud sis
ter, IL you please. Of the very greatest
French aviator Did not NJ. Bleriot cross
the English Channel in his monoplane?
Who. then. would wear the common name
of Johnson. when the rare name Of
Bleriot was an inheritance? The aver
age inspector is from Missouri and knows
how 10 say. You've got TO show me-" and
could not understand how the sister Of
Bleriot could be married TO man named
Johnson and still have Bleriot for a last
name.
At last Nine. Johnson Bleriot who, BY
the way. lives in Missouri. cleared up the
tangle. She is proud of her brother She
went abroad 10 visit him She loved the
name OF Bleriot. She also loved a mer-
chant OF ST. Louis named johnson and
married him. She took him for better or
for worse. but the acceptance of John
son for last name was not mentioned in
the bargain Besides, there were. oh. SO
many Johnsons and so very few RIeriots
Bien. 1t IS clear. is IL not? The in
spectors thought yes and sent regards 10
Johnson
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
THEATRICAL NOTES.

Laurence Irving and Mabel Hackney. hi.
wife. viii appear In The Incubus a three
act comedy hy Eugene Brieux. AT one Of
the leading Broadway theatres in January.
and viii later go on tour % engage
ments in all the principal cities OF the
country. They will be supported BY an
American company. Mr.. ard Mrs Irving
sailed for This country last week aboard
The Philadelphia and will arrive in New
York next SATURDAY.
George Nash. who PLAYS the psrr OF
Monsieur Navin in The Harvest Moon"
was married yesterday in Providence 20
Miss Julia Hay. daughter OF the late
Colonel Edwin Il. HAY. Of Washington.
Mr.. Nash and Miss HAY We're both mem
bers OF The witching Hour company.
The owners OF the New Amsterdam
Theatre have offered the use Of this play
house To T. p. OCOnnor. NJ T.. for Tues
day afternoon. December Il. for a special
Entertainment. the proceeds Of which will
be added TO the fund being raised BY AIR
OConnor for the work of the Irish Par
lamentary party. The programme will be
one of the most notable ever put together
for miscellaneous entertainment OF this
kind. representative OF every theatrical
attraction on view in the city both dra-
matte and operatic. Mr.. O'Connor has
teeu promised the assistance Of nearly all
ayers m the city
FlorenSe Fisher has been engaged TO
play the part of Vera RevrndsI. In The
Melting rot.' at the Comedy Theatre
when chrystal Herne. nov leading woman
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13

for Walker Whiteside. begins her tour IN
Miss Philura" Miss Fisher was mem
Der Of the company OF Nine. Nszimova for
two years.
The management OF The Chocoiats
Soldier" announced Yesterday that nrstf-
nees on "Wednesday viii be resumed at ths
Lyric Theatre this week
Alma SedIey and Emmett Corrigan will
appear In Cameo Kirby the now Tsrk-
tngton-WiIs0n comedy. ia which Dustin
Farnum Is starring whom the ~nzsgerneot
begins at the Hackett Theatre. on De-
cernber 20
William Levers will DO the leading man
for Chyrstal EIerne in her new play. Miss
Philura" Mr.. Levers has had prominent
parts In companies OF Julia Marlows and
Maude Adams
otto H Kahn. treasurer and one of me
founders of The New Theatre. has pre-
sented the theatre with a portrait Of
Joseph Jefferson painted BY Euz~ns
schmidt and Mr. jefferson himself Tns
painting shows Mr. Jefferson in the char
actsr OF Rip Van Winkle entering the en-
chanted regions OF the gnomes- II was
originally presented as gift % Sir Henry
irving. and on the death OF the EnzIisa
player was Asld with his other erscta
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
THE WEATHER REPORT.

ortcial Record and Forecast--WashiuEt0r
Dec ie.-Ths Western storm OF the last three
GAYS has made only little progress since satur-
dav night although n has Increased sOu1svr haf
In intensity ard northwsrd extent. This lack Of
activity is probably due in part 70 the persist
erce of the strong high area over New England
and the middle Atlantic states. bur more To the
warm anu unstable conditi1n Of the upper At
mosphers. Al Mount Weather. virginia. on sat
Lrday there was practically no change in tenn
psraturs Up 10 Sn elevation of over 10Oso feet
while over portions of the Middle West rain was
falling. with sIrfsce temperatures 10 degrees
below the freezing point The result has bccn a
continuance of the general SHOWS and rains over
the great central valleys aud the unper H. Ee ana
western lower lake regions. while farther east
ward there was no precipitation except an in
consequential drift
There will be rain over the south ana rain Or
snow over the northern districts sast Of he
Mississippi River on Mondsv. continuing Tues
dsy IN the ioVer lake region. the middle At
lantic states and New England There will sIso
be local rains ana tIoVs Monday in the North
vest sxiendas At nlspt or Tuesday into the
Elsewhere the weather will ~ generally faIr
MONDAY and Tuescay. except IN the extreme
Sourhves est. where unsettled weather ls prooabIA
~ Tuesday from disturbance thar IS APPARENT
ly appTps ching ths south Pacific coast n will
be Hariner Monday N the plains states and colder
from the Ohio VALLEY southwsrd. II will 10
colder Tuesday In the NorthWesf aud warmer in
The central ALLEYS and uDPer lake region
Steamers departing Mordav i0r E.urupaan ports
viii have Increasing northeast 70 east Winds
= m rain snow. 20 the Grand K Inks
The winds q long the New England c0szf p-fu
coast. Increasing northeast 10 cast. south Al
lantir 0olst MODERATE 20 brisk east % south:
east Gulf coast. moderate. becoming northwest.
vest Gulf coast. light to modo;ats northwest b.
coming Tariable. the lower lakes brisk 70
high east. becoming variahle bv TUESDAY Urpe-
lakes. brisk 70 h'sh md shifting. becoming north
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
OBITUARY..
FRED 7. sRIpGEMaN.

Alfred T. Bridseman. travelling auditor OF
the Lackswanna Railroad. died last night
az Memorial Hospital East Orange. -. J.
While IN the ticket Office at Dover, y. J.
or Thursday Mr.. Bridgemsn was stricken
With paralysis. He was removed 70 the
hospital where az first hts condition vas
not considered critical. Last night he grew
suddenly worse.
Mr.. Bridgemsn Was born in England six
t'--one years ago. He received his early
education there and when a young man
came 20 this country. For many years he
engaged in various business enterprises.
Twenty-eight years ago he became connect
ed with the railroad He worked his way
up until he became travelling auditor OF the
company. He leaves a wife and one son.
40 arrangements for the funeral have been
announced.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
SUFFRAGETTE IRE UP.
Henry Cle1cs Rouses Storm in
BroOklyR Meeting.

Henry Clevs faced an audience OF SUI
fragettes IN the Masonic Temple. Brook
lyn, yesterday afternoon, and told vhv he
thought women should not be allowed 20
vote. The meeting was held under the
auspices OF Madison c. Peters's Peopls's
Forum. George Carey presided and Mrs
Gilbert Jones. chairman OF the executive
committee Of the Women's Anti Suffrage
League. gave the speaker Inspiration by
sitting on the platform.
When Mr.. Clews returned 20 his seat
things began TO happen Between one
half and two-thirds OF the audience arose
as one woman and demanded reasons
They talked in pairs. BY threes. BY fours.
by squads. companies and regiments; they
talked individually. in detachments and
en- masse
The chairman was beside himself He
banged for order and he called for order.
but order did not come He seemed on
the point OF ringing for the reserves from
the nearest police station. but Mr. Clevs
saved the day.
Il came here TO deliver an address" he
began. reproachfully. Il did not come 10
answer questions. have talked 10 you
for an hour and you all know my views.
T came with no expectation of entering
=
bate this question further.
The women we're not satisfied. Mr
Clews would not listen TO them. They
finally got what they wanted. Mrs Jones
was requested 10 do battle for ten rounds
each lasting one minute. with Mrs. Horace
g. Hart. She consented.
The ordinary suffrsgette" she said
does not understand what the ballot
means. In the last analysis. II is the in
strumentality whereby the Constitution
and the government are upheld The
maintenance OF the Constitution and the
government must necessarily rest with the
men. WOMEN could maintain no govern
nent bv themselves. Even n women could
vote the responsibility would still rest
with the men. Regardless OF whether
women vote or rot. men will run the gov
ernment and fight OF the assailants OF tn.
Republic
Mrs. Hart then lad the floor She had
a summary OF the arguments which the
gathering Of surragettes was prepared to
hurl at Mr. Clews and she flung them at
her adversary with due force Her audi
ence was eiated. and when she took her
seat. amid deafening applause. with her
last words. NO taxation without repre-
sentatiOn," still thrilling in the sur
charged atmosphere OF the auditorium.
every sufragette had quite regained her
cOmplacency and was willing to pass
harmlessIy out into the evening without
tearing up another chair or casting an
other epithet
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
WHAT is GOING ON TO-DAY.

r-,. admission 20 the American Museum %
Natural History.
sale Of lacrs rugs. etc. ~ fhe Handicraff
school 81 Greenwich House. No. 26-.s
Jones street all caT-
D,..ttng q the clio club. Hotel Astor- = .. m.
.oar.ss by Miss Mills a. meeting ~ Monte
Relief society. Hotel Astor. 20 .. m.
A.. Fila q. Frazer on Home Nursing q"
Mothers club. Hotel Martha Washington.
. p -
- rfvro Nansferberg. on The Choosing % 4
vo~arfon." - reception - the Women's
I-niF Fsrslty club. No II Madison sQusre. 4
a.
,saress D. President Taft - meeting q
80. African Jubilee Commission. csrne gle
Hall evening
,,,,,trs o. the Shakespeare Club. Hotel Astor.
D. VA
.-.t ,seorae p Loud - Abraham lin
-,lr,sf under the auspices % the william
Ma inief Post. a. a. r.. Public School =
Kinssbridgc. evening
meefing - the socieiy ~ Medlosl JarisRru-
.scnrc Academy of Mccicinc, No II West
g4fh street. evening
uscsine Of thc Municipal Az soe.sty. National
Arts club r.iicries. No il3 East 18Th
street. 81 y IN
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13

money would go to make the best use ot
the half ton OF testimony and correspond
ence in our possession
Dr. Hyslop admitted that he and his as
socist-s were finding difficulty in inducing
university men to. stand behind them IN
their work. Speaking of proposed Amer
ican Institute OF Scientific Research. he
said:
This will have three sections devoted TO
neutrality-suspicious.. the study Of mental dis
ease. and TO investigation into hereditary
and prenatal Influences. 7 will point out
IN passing that the problem Of maria ge
snd divorce has an intimate connection
with these latter subjects In the pro-
eramme of the institute practical thera-
peutics will be applied TO mental diseases
All agree IN saying that different kinds Of
disease must be treated i'm different ways.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
A BLUE LAW IN ENGLAND.

Nobody need pay a tradesman's bis IN
England for articles furnished IL the same.
although OF English Manufacture are
Described by a foreign name. This is BY
Nlrtue or Law enacted several hundred
years ago for the purpose os preventing
discrimination against goods of English
make. IL has never been repealed. and
stil remains IN existence. by virtue OF
It's provisions. any woman who has a dress
nace for her I'm London and finds that Il
is described In TIE bin as toilette in
stead of = gown or frock. can legally
ignore the claim against her in connection
herewith. In tho same way. a bootmaker
who is foolish enough TO describe the
shoes which he supplies 10 his customer as
Blucher" boots runs TIE risk OF losing
his money Spanish" onions and "Brus-
sells sprouts. IL grown in England ac-
cording 10 this are equally likely 70 have
the Law invoked against the biH rendered
on their account: and II is 4 very serious
question whether a hotel or restaurant
beat can be held by any bonlface for
meal II the latter happens TO be described
as table d'hote"
Theoretically this law is not obsolete
II is just as capable of enforcement to-
day as those statutes enacted in the reign
Of Charles II on the subject Of Sunday
rest. and WITCH are continually being en-
forced against Sabbath breakers There
are hundreds OF these queer old laws
which owe their preservation 20 the fact
that strictly speaking there is no regular
code OF British Jurisprudence. and that
English Law consists of hundreds nay
thousands, Of acts OF Parliament legis-
lated into existence by successive Parlia-
ments in the last six centuries which in
many cases have been entirely forgotten.
and that ale every now and then discov-
cred again BY means Of antiquarian re-
search. MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
SEEKING NEW PASTOR.

At meeting yesterday al Northminster
Church. No. l4l West i15th street, a com
mittee OF ivo was appointed 10 attend the
meeting OF the assembly board OF the Pres
byterian Church In Janulry and ask FOR a
successor 10 the Rev. William r. Shriver
who has been pastor Of the church for
many years lie received a call from the
Board OF Home Missions Of the Presbyte-
fian Church 10 become assistant superin-
tendent OF its department. OF immigration.
lie asked the congregation 10 join him In
petitiouins the Presbytery OF New York 10
release him from his psstorate.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
"A TRIAL DIVORCE A SHAM.
New England Clergyman 8 Wife Files
Suit for Freedom.
"a reiegrarh to q Trihnn..

u 10 =
Boston. Dec. 1s-"A trial divorce is a
sham When husband and wife find that
they cannot live together. they should at
once have recourse 10 the divorce courts
without experimenting in any wsy wha,s0-
ever" 81. declared Mrs Pufrer. wife OF the
Rev. Charles H. Purer, pastor of the First
Universalist church Of Salem. In support
OF her radical declaration Mrs. Purfer. who
three years ago startled Boston and salem
society by agreeing TO live apart from her
husband. has filed suit for absolute divorce.
~ am sick Of my trial divorce bargain.
I was sick OF it a year ago. am going 10
have an absolute divorce Just as soon as the
courts viii give it 10 mo. I shall appear
I'm court myself. II there is any hitch in
getting IL. I am going 20 light to the last
ditch. and I am going 70 win said Mrs.
Puffcr.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
ROWLAND J. AAMlIN.
rR- Teles-aph 20 The Trihune.l

~ leleEraph - Z NJ Irlnunf-f
ShelbyVille. III. Dec. 12--Ex Attorney
General Rowland J Hsmlin died this at-
ternooon after an illness % only one week
from Bright's disease. followed ny pneuuo-
MA Mr.. Hamlin returned only shoS
time ago from = pleasure trip 70 Florida
with Mrs Hsmlin. II was there that he
contracted the cold that resulted fatally.
Dating from a sunstroke received al 81
Louis two years ago. lie has been in poor
health. He was horn in PotsdafH, \. Y.
and was ifty-nine years old.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
The REV. JOHN MD. LEAVITT.

TBy Telegraph 20 The Tribune
Annapolis. Dec. l2.-The Rev. Or. John
Mcdowell Leayitt. eE-president of st
Johns College. % this city. and Of Lehigh
University. distinguished as minister
educator and writer. died this morning, at
the age OF eighty-five. He was formerly
minister cf the Protestant Episcopal
Church. but had of late years connected
himself with the Reformed Episcopal
Church
DR.. Leavitt Is survived by two sons, John
and Frank Leavitt. both Of New York city,
and two daughters. Mrs. James q. Cresa7
u Annapolis. and Mrs Mesreau, OF New
York Mrs. CressD is the widow Of Com
ma ande- James G. t'resap. L. s y
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
" PENELOPE'S" PLANS
Mss TEMPEST TALKS.
Hopes That Nc1c York Viii
Like Her IN Nerc Plan.

The strains OF song from Carmen"
were heard outside door in the Hotel
Knickerbocker the other afternoon. The
voice was that OF The Dresden China
Prima Donna as she vas known in her
comic opera days. A knock brought no re-
sponse. 4 second knock-nooody came A
third knock-louder than the rest. The mu-
sic stopped The door opened.
My dear man." said Miss Marie Tenn
pest Il hope you have not been waiting
long
NO: not az all" said the reporter. "I
New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
JOHN HALL.

John Hall. for many years proprietor of
the inn on storm King, died yesterday
morning from diabetes 81 the home Of his
son. DR. :. X Han. No. 3es West 57th
street Mr. Hall was born In this city
siNty-three years ago. When a young man
he entered the hotel business. About tRO
wears ago ne was taken IN and WAS forced
10 retire His wife. four sons and "a daugh-
tor survive him. The funeral Till he held
tomorrow. The burial Will be in Wood
lawn Cemetery-