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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

1908. The woman shot herself twice
in the right side after a Summing
tour with a man believed to have
been her brother whose name at that
time was said to be Henry B. Lyttle.
The woman registered as Mrs. Henry
Glover, Montgomery, Ala
The suicides identity was estab-
lished when Mrs. E. Lyttle of
Murfeesboro, Tenn. came to Chicago
and identified the body as that of her
daughter. The mother failed to
throw light on the man who had been
the girls companion.
1t was found at the time that Miss
Lyttle was related to Mrs. Carter B.
Harrison, of Murfeesboro. sisterin-
law of the late Benjamin Harrison.
She was granddaughter of General
William Lyttle.
The Summing trip resulted in the
shooting of Jacob Smith, a negro
musician, who was dangerously in
jured by the man now believed to
have been William Lyttle, brother of
the woman who committed suicide.
Lyttle escaped after the shooting and
it is believed that fear of the
notoriety which would follow the
affray caused the young woman to end
her life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
WILL GLADLY AN
SWER ANY PER-
SONAL INQUIRY
William H. Mariner Says He
VIII Gladly Tell Any One
Who Is Interested What the
United Doctors Treatment
Has Done for Him.

DR.. Walsworth. the doctor in charge
of the United Doctors twenty room
institute at $40 Kansas avenue, SAYS:
1t is pleasure to me to be able to
relieve the sick and suffering, but it is
a greater pleasure to me to see the
patient show his appreciation of such
treatment after he gets relief from his
aches and pains. Such a man is Will
liam II: Mariner. an old soldier, who =
lad suffered the tortures of gastric
ulcer, and now that he is getting well
ne is trying to show his appreciation
ny telling the truth about his recovery
&c other sufferers. He says:
81 called on the United Doctors for
treatment for case of ulcer of the
stomach, which was so painful that 1
rad to take medicine to relieve the
pain nearly every day. and often it
would pain me SO at night that I would
nave to get up and put hot sacks of
Salt over my stomach to relieve me.
EVERY thing I ate seemed to disagree
with me. The doctor told me 1t would
take about three months to cure me
and now after taking twenty days of
their treatment can say that I suffer
very little, even though I am taking
nothing for the pain. Everything 1 eat
seems to agree with me, and in fact I
an gaining in every way I would be
giad to answer any personal inquiries
ABOUT the United Doctors treatment of
my case. Signed.
WILLIAM H. MARINER,
Oakland, Kansas"
Dr. Walsworth says that two-thirds
or the business he is getting now is
Eeing sent in by patients who have
taken the treatment and are recon-
lnending 1t to their friends. ''WouId
t.ney do 1t if they were not satisfied. or
Il they had been promised ANYTHING
which they failed to get?" asks the
coctor NO, of course they would not,
hut by selecting our cases and refusino
10 treat the cases that are hopeless we
ere able to do exactly as we promise
IN every case. If you are sick and feel
| that you would like to get well come
| IN and see us: it won't cost YOU a cent
&c ma out what your trouble is, and
| II 1t is case that is durable we would
be glad to give you the treatment that
has MAGE so many sick people we'll
| during the last two months in Topeka-
| Remember the examination and con-
sultation is always free, and a cure
costs less than some others have
charged you for a failure We are
permanently located at 61o kansas
avenue, Topeka"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
VIOLATE CURFEW LAW.
First Test VIII Be Made by Arrest of
Youths Parents.

Because a gang of roughs who frequent
the vicinity of Seventeenth street and Col
lege avenue, were guilty of gross insult
to Professor Wilm, head of the department
Of psychology in Washburn college, also
sent to police headquarters shortly before
midnight last night, and Bruce Dusen-
berry aged IA, and Morris Maze, aged IS.
both students, were arrested.
The youths were arrested by Officer
Wyatt, who took them to headquarters
turned over to the juvenile court. War
rants were sworn out today for the ar
curfew ordinance, the affair having taken
place at about II O'Clock.
1t is said that this is not the first in
stance of disturbances in the neighbor-
hood. and that broken windows. and other
depredations have been the result of the
operations of the gang in that vicinity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
HE TOOK Her MONEY.
Fred Tanning Arrested on Charge of
Taking Mrs. Sandy Shorts Cash.

The arrest of Fred Tanning by the
county officers today marks the last
memory of SANDY" Short as check
cred as his career. Tanning is held in
the county Jail charged with stealing
from the estate of "Sandy's" widow
who died a week ago last Monday.
The little estate of some $50 is just
now under process of probate in
Judge Schoch'S court.
Once wealthy gambler in the early
days of Topeka, SANDY was killed
in a pistol duel with policeman
twent wears ago. AS was frequently
the case with his kind, just at the time
of his death. Sandy was almost broke.
The widow has lived in poverty. At
her death two weeks ago. letters
were found in her rooms from a sister
in Seattle.
This sister. Mrs. Fannie Mather,
was notified of the death and came to
Topeka Immediately to attend TO the
ministrator was appointed for the
meager estate. Bank deposit slips
were found among the possessions.
Among the close women friends of
Mrs. Short, the sister learned that the
widow had had a sum of money about
her person the day before her
death. That money could not be
found A watch and other articles
were also missing.
That is where Fred Tanning came
into the story. ears before ne nau
come to Mrs. Short claiming that he
was a nephew of SANDY" Mrs. Short
received him kindly with the result
that eventually the two arranged that
they. should assist each other in their
lonely life as neither had relatives.
The man is now about 35 years of
age.
Although Fanning's identity was
shrouded in mystery, no one ever cues
toned his relationship with Sandy
Short until the sister of the widow
came two weeks ago. She has informa-
ton that he is an in1poster, that he is
a half-breed Indian and OF no relation
whatever to any Short.
At missing the money. suspicion was
directed toward the man. Mrs. Mathe1
went to see the county attorney with the
result that he ordered Tanning taker
into custody by the officers this morn
ing. After a short sweating in the Jail
he drew S45 in cash from his pockets
and turned it over. The watch was alst
given up Added to that he confesse'
that he took s6 additional from the de
ceased.
The remaining possessions of Mr.
Short will be sold this evening at thu
administrator sale. The total value Il
calculated not to exceed $50. In he
Jealous concern for her sister and he
memory it is thought Mrs. Mather vii
prosecute the case against Tanning t.
| the full extent of the law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
JOLLIES THE FARMERS.
President Taft Makes a Speech at S.
@. State Fair.

Columbia. S. c., Nov. 6-The farmer
and the dignity of his calling was the
subject which President Taft discussed
in a short address to the people of
south Carolina at the state fair
Grounds today. The president reached
the fair grounds shortly after 1 o'clock
escorted by Governor Ansel, Senators
STillnnan ard Smith and a committee of
Columbia citizens. The president de-
clared the farmer must have as much
1cientific knowledge as the lawyer, the
doctor or the minister and lots of prac-
stcal common sense and power OF en-
durance.
ssPerhaps 1 should say planters in
etead of farmers" said the president
with a smile, but am rather Inclined
10 believe that those who insist on that
little difference arc really lawyers 1r
Coctors by profession, who do a little
farming on the side"
At this remark the farmrs in the
audience took off their hats and
theered. The president referred to
the fact that he had Governor Ansel
ond Senators Tillman and Smith as his
guests on his private car on the trip
from Charleston to Columbia and said
he had thoroughly enjoyed their COM
President Taft declared that with Is
cent cotton in the south and high
rrices for wheat and corn in the north
and west, the farmers are the great
class of citizens who are getting rich.
The professional men, he said, are put
r. the necessity of extending their
,,ractice among the farmers in order
tc make a living at all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Word has been received here of the
oea In OF lanes Gilvert, bridge foreman
OF the Santa Fe, who was Wen knoUn
here He was in charge of the con-
struction of the Santa Fe bridge at To-
peka, and at the time of his destb
which was due to heart failure. was en-
gagged In constructing railroad bridg.
at Ethel, Missouri. His death o.c.,,s
red Thursday. and was without wan
ing. He fell dead while directing AZ
bridge construction. Inc
Mr.. G1ivert was 33rd degree Mason
and member Of several other orlers
among them the Elks. Kniehts -.
Pythias, and Woodmen. He leaves
wife and one child. The funeral will he
Sunday. -i'
A Jameson. former resident of To-
peka. died Wednesday night at bie
home in Apple Creek, Ohio. He was 81
years of age. and had been i'll for some
time. Mr.. Jameson came to Topeka in
1893. and represented the Mutual Bene-
Mt Life insurance company until about
a year ago, when his health failed. and
he quit business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

their hunters passage over New
Brunswick and Newfoundland, our
own West, British Columbia, East At
RIGA and other regions, and exhibit
various specimens and scenes of the
hunt. Mr.. House has written from
the unvarnished standpoint of the
true hunter. He is careful to say
that the sportsman-like pursuit of big
game requires no apologies, since re-
spect for the law of the wild prevents
indiscriminate slaughter.
1t is not generally known that
Maurice Hewlett, whose story of
Helen of Troy, entitled 1.-The Ruinous
Face" has just been published in this
country by the Harpers, has never
been in America. 'I have never been,
and I do not know that I shall ever
co. is the way Mr.. Hewlett put 1t re-
Gently. ''It seems to me that it would
be terribly .upsetting journey, and I
hate to be upset. 1 know that I should
1oathe New York just as I loathe Lon
don, which I hate so much that 1
| always write there, because there is
nothing pleasant to distract me-.
When Mr.. Hewlett is writing, he lives
| in the exclusive Northwick Terrace
hard by st. Johns Wood, in house
| of white stucco, brass trimmed, and
bordered with flowers. He has, how
ever, a favorite country place near
| Salisbury, where, as he puts 1t tine
|
strength of mind sufficient to give it
up and tie myself to my desk. the
| dislike of travel may be at the root
| of Mr.. Hewlett's Discrimination to come
| to America, or something else may
be. "You raging Americans" he said
to a companion recently-"you rag
| ing Americans do not conceal your
| feelings well. There is no reason why
| you should
| Mrs. Humphry Ward, the English
reviewers saw has. in her Marriage
i a la Mode" thrown a new light on
the psychology of the American
woman. Daphne, who. by the way
gives the title to the book as pup
! lished in England. is hailed as tine
emancipated American woman and
the story itself implicitly and impress
siyely denounces the laxity OF the
American law of divorce" The Edin-
hurgh News declares that Mrs. Waro
hook shows convincingly that Amer
lea cannot neglect her divorce laws
) "without seriously deteriorating the
national life" This writer also pleaos
for an international divorce law: a
0uhiin CORRESPONDENT says Mrs
ward has turned her trained intellec'
, mon a state of things in American
society as it is with its present lax
itv of regard for the marriage pong.
MANY American reviewers nave ue
1ivered opinions of Marriage L
e Mode that conflict greatly witt
!. these. The publishers have conouc.
: ed a review contest on this pook, az.
;, the results. soon to be mace PUBIC
how that Mrs Wards American
l readers have thought earnestly ove,
marriage a la Mode whether tne.
a1Wavs with the justice and tn
Ioeic of her conclusions or not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
PASSES $500 MARK.
Over Thousand Dollars Added to
Y. w. C. A. Fund.

One-third of the total amount re-
quired for the Y. w. c. A. building
fund has been raised, but there re-
mains only one week more in which the
solicitation will be carried on. The
fourteen days campaign is now half
over and but $25,1s7 has been raised,
with only SLIGO since noon yesterday.
1t is the plan to begin the new weeks
work with boom, and Monday is ex-
pected to set a new record for single
days work. Tuesday night a mass
meeting will be held at a place yet to
be determined, at which time Mrs.
Parkhurst, a Topeka woman, will give
a recital. Miss Abbie McElroy of Of
tumwa, Ia, Y. w. c. A. secretary for
the western states, will come here the
first of the week and assist in the cam
paign.
The fact that the receipts during the
past two days have been slack is at
tributed in part to the fact that the
teachers have been here, and also to
the dullness which is always coinciden.
with Saturday along the line of solicit
tation work. The amounts subscribed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
Verdict for Santa Fe.

Perry, Ok, Nov. 6.-The case of
the widow of J. E. Sullivan, section
foreman, who was killed at Black
Bear, Okla, on the 10th day of No
vember, 1908, while working on track,
wherein $4,000 was was sought to be
recovered from the Santa Fee Railway
company, was tried here today, and
verdict rendered in favor of the
railway company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

The colored Y. NJ. C. A. closed a
successful four days fair last night
with a baby contest in which prizes
were awarded as follows: First, to
Baby Bradshaw; second. Baby Davis;
third, Baby Floyd; fourth, Baby Pat
ten and fifth Baby Martin. About
$500 was netted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
Suicide Was an American.

Paris. Nov. 6.-The police today es-
tablished the identity of the man who
committed suicide in a dramatic man
ner at the Montmartre cafe last
night. He was Louis Mork. an Amer
lean, who arrived here recently anc
tried to obtain funds for American
circus exploiters
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
Fire Loss SSnO.NOO.

Newborn, N. c., Nov. 6.-F'ire earl,
today wrecked the plant of the Nor
folk & Southern railroad here. Thu
loss is estimated at 100000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
FOR GUARANTY BANKS.
DolIey says Showing Is
Favorable.

Rank Commissioner J. N. Dolley finds
hahn in cilead as he more closely inspects
the statement of state banks recently as Is
nosStr in Guaranteed banks exceeds those
Of the so s State
ansas and 355 of them are
e paans hn UNDER the state law. Mr..
6oliey has prepared and given -, out tah the
l3il f,~,rses found in the bank statement:
OF o e,eu June 50. 1903. the banks now guar
anteed under the guaranty law nad on de-
nnsst ss9 0f0 600 September %, 1909 they
R had on DEPOSIT s57, 800. 900. an increase OF
Rate Of increase aof ha per on ee de
,osit Iune al 1909. s36, 10000 September
a. 1903. these banks had on deposit $50 500
0po an increase of $3,050,0oO. Rate OF IN
This" said Mr. Dolley,. as he COM
n,eted the statement, sis the best argu-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

Topeka Industrial Council will give
tteir opening dance Tuesday, Novem-
Der 9, at McRae dance hail. East Sew
erth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
Oldest Elk Dies.

Fremont, O., Nov. 6-Dr. William
v. Ames, SO, a prominent physician,
Ieputed to be Oldest active member of
the Elks in the United States, died
here today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
A Chicago Suicide.

Chicago, Nov. 6.-The suicide of
Mary Lyttle, at the Auditorium
Annex created a sensation in Chicago
and In parts Of the south in August,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

ment have seen in favor of the sr,,ar...
law. It shows that peopie denaSsit amy
money in the banks which are Fuarantead
under the guaranty law" uoi ah'eeo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

Mather & Bone of Wichita, Kan, are
showing Florida views on corner of
9Th and Quincy. The pictures are worth
seeing. Free invitation to all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
LOCAL MENTION.

A very pleasant surprise party was
given Miss Grace Summers at her
home 428 Lincoln street, Thursday
evening, Nov. 4. The following guests
were present: Mrs. Frank Summers,
Mrs. Henry Checkfield. Mrs. Raymond
T. Summers, Misses Pearl Summers,
May Lands, Minnie Swensson, Ger
trude Swensson, Ida Mays, Grace
Summers, Jennie Swensson, Daisy
ter Holsmaster, Jack Feeley, George
Watson, Oscar Pierson, LIE Ray Jur-
rens, Wade Summers, Harry Martin,
Duke Summers.
The Campbell Garage is now ready
for business at 104-6-S Z. Tenth st. The
building has been entirely remodeled
and is one of the largest in the state.
They guarantee best treatment and
prompt service.
who was arrested about one week ago,
and charged with selling liquor, was
again taken in custody today on nine
counts, charging him with maintain
ing a nuisance. The warrant was
sworn to by Police Chief Eaton. A
hearing will be held in police court.
The city attorney of Perry, Kan,
notified the police here, this afternoon
that man who acted as though in
sane is in custody there. The official
did not known his name, but thought
that he might be one of the escapes
from the county Jail. The description
did not tally at all, neither are there
ledge given, that the man is wanted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
Yale scores After 20 Minutes.

Yale Field, Nov. 6.-Touchdown
and goal made by Yale after 20 min
utes play. Yale s; Brown O.
At Philadelphia: First half-Penn-
sylvania o; Lafayette O.
At Annapolis: First halfway o;
Washington and Jefferson 0.
Princeton, Nov. 6.-Princeton scor-
ed field goal. Princeton 3; Dart
mouth O.
Harvard Scores Again.
Cambridge. Mass, Nov. 6.-Harvard
scores again. Score: Harvard, L; Cor
nell, o.
First Half Ends.
New Haven, Nov. 6-First half: Yale
6; Brown, O.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
Harvard Scores Again.

New Haven, Nov. 6.-First half: Yal
6; Brown, 0.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

Doubleday, Page & Co., have pur-
chased from the Outing Publishing
company two books by Stewart Ed.
ward White, 1.-THE Pass and "CamI
and Trail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

A new Kansas edition of William
Allen Whites "a Certain Rich Man"
been published. 1t bears the seal of
the state stamped in gold on the
cover. It is printed on thin paper
and is handsomely bound.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

The popularity of 1.-THE Girl of the
Limberlost" by Gene Stratton-Porter.
the author of "Freckles,' lends inter-
est to the purchase by Doubleday,
Page & Co., also from the Outing Pub
fishing company, of the plates and
stock of another of Mrs. Porter's
books, "At the Foot of the Rain
bow"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

Petitions for electric lights over the
city are coming to the councilmen
thick and fast. A large number of
lights were referred to the electric
light commission last night. With the
new municipal electric light plant and
the modern equipment installed, the
city is able to light up many dark
corners which have been dangerous to
the public for many years.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-14

orders reached me from Newspa
per Row that l was to cross coun
try to the coast, picking up point
ers by the way about the alleged
slave trade in the Free State and
Portuguese West Africa. l came
out at Mossamedes, where l found
a cable waiting to hurry me home
Here l am"
Thus simply did he epitomize a
twelvemonth of the severest travail
a man might well undertake, and
Quaintance, reading between the
lines, understood all he had left
untold.
For the two had been more than
friends. They had endured togeth
er in darkest Africa, and there was
also a debt between them. The
scar on O'Ferrals right hand had
been left there by spear aimed
at Quaintance's heart and which
had come very near to achieving
its object.
But Quaintance's recollections OF
the correspondent had been of a
big, stalwart man, moustached and
bearded, fair haired, tanned face
half hidden beneath a broad mush.
room helmet, smoked glasses hid.
ing it's kindly, humorous eyes, a
veil of mosquito netting enshroud
ing all. Small wonder, then, that
the sight of the slender, elderly
elegant in evening dress had not
recalled to his memory the un.
kempt. traveller, booted and belted
rifle on shoulder, revolver and
machete on hip, confronting, fear.
less, the manifold risks of cruel
death in the desert.
He eyed his fellow adventurer,
escaped from that death at such
cost and but by a hairbreadth. with
grave approval. They were both of
the same scarce type which bases
all it's beliefs upon scant speech
and lavish performance.
| OFerral refilled both glasses,
and glanced inQuiring at him.
Don't tell me anything you'd
rather not" he begged. "I'll take
you on trust-if you'll just let me
know what name I'm to call you
by"
I'D rather you heard the whole
story Quaintance assured him,
but it's such a long one l don't
quite know where to cut in. II.
have to start way back to make it
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-14
THEATER
sPokANE

Fred Nice gets all the chance
he wants in the title part of THE
Gingerbread Man," which opened
last night for the rest of the week.
Everybody, in fact, appears to
hang back modestly to let Fred cut
loose. There are several other
good character parts and a pro-
gram OF song and fun that bal
ances pretty well. The quartet car
ried of the bulk of honors in the
song numbers. Some handsome
stage setting Is thrown in where
needed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-14

more clear to you. Try one OF
these cigars--they're good-and
I'll go ahead"
They both lit up, Quaintance pro
longing the action a little, and then
he began without further preface.
my story's somewhat tangled
one. 1t starts with a blood-fued.
You know what that means-in the
south, O'Ferral."
He paused. His friend nodded as
sent without speaking. He went
on in lower undertone, his eyes
kindling.
There's one in my family. In
1t, mark you, and not with any out
slider. My fathers only brother,
Miles Quaintance, began it-and
kept it uphill he died last Christ
mas in San Francisco. He murder
ed my father. Not with knife or
shotgun, but legally and by inches.
1t would have been easier to put up
with the other way.
I'm the last of the Quaintances
living. and-I must carry on the
quarrel. My accounts with the
dead man, Miles,
O'Ferral stared at him, brows
bent, listening closely.
ITO be continued)