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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01
SPRINGS A SURPRISE
WITNESSES FOR DEFENSE TESTIFY
 FOR STATE.
Lawyers on Both Sides of the Night Riders TriaIs Have Tilt In Court Judge Calls
 Them Down.

Union City, Tenn. Dec. 31-A half dozen character witnesses. summoned on behalf of the eight night riders now on trial. were suddenly, transformed in- to witnesses for the State this evening to the great surprise and chagrin of the Aefendants' attorneys
 These witnesses included Rev. John R Williams. pastor of the Christian Church; Justice of the Peace stephen Fields and live others. Each deciareo that Garrett Johnson bore good rep utation. and that Frank Fehringcr, the confessor, was man of pao reputation. pu, each also declared that ever since ,,is,t riding began, Johnson was sus- nected of being the captain of the band and that while Fehringer was known as n bootlegser of whiskey. he had rep utation for telling the truth even when accused of crime
 The Attorney General startled-the crowd by' asking Justice Fields if he were not only an actual sympathizer or ,,;.ht ridiug. but an actual member or the band. --..,-
 The squire denied the allegation with come yfgor. This Tod to n heated argu- ment between Attorney General Cald- well and Attorney Pierce, of the de- fense. in which Pierce pointedly de- c,ared that he proposed "to hold the Attorney General responsible In court .nd out of court for indignities. dis courtesies and insults" whereupon the Ianr Attorney General opined that he .rae willing to be held responsible by Nrr pierce, either in court or out of nnprt for anything he said or did.
 The court then joined in the repartee ,o inc effect that unless the chickering's ceased, the counsel table on both sides ,vo,,ld be short several lawyers some Sav and a few distinguished members nF the bar would find themselves the enforced guests of the sheriff.
 When court adjourned for the day twenty-sevan witnesses had been exam ined,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01
Like 7raDelers in The Mist, ReDsnue Nanishes from State
 L1 Hundreds of Thousands
GLASSES DOWN.

option: in 1908 the remaining third soes with. the esrsctivensss of the gen. leral prohibition bill.
 No EStinate of stseks. k And besides, tho iiceuse money. the Statssrecefved t1orsauds in tax on the
 stock of the Hnqor men. There is no
 way to estimate the amount thus re- cetved, i1i4smuch gs no itemlzed tax rsturns eflowfng the class of stock are xept. but t am loantsd, probably to
 From 4o ,SS0 to 5'oeG
 prohibition has eost. so lar. se2s.s72sas
 taken from the treasury of the State
 But the loss falls heaviest. not to the
 State and fts treasury, but to the coun-
 ties and cities of the State. Thus. the
 city of Montgomery loses $47, 900 in
 revenuesr an amount approximately
 far greater than the decrease to the
 State treasury.
 The feverish efforts already made by
 the City Council of Montgomery to ef- feet some compensation for the loss of
 the iiquor revenues form but start
 in case the entire amount Is to be met with a reciprocal raise in other de-
 partments. For figures gleaned from the ofiices of the City Clerk and City
 Treasurer, show that revenues amount. | ing to about $47.oo0 will be lost to the city through the enforcement of the general prohibition bill.
 During the last year. licenses for t1( saloons were issued. This number au. thorizes the sale of whiskey and wine alone. In addition, sixty-ive licenses for the sale of beer were issued by the City Clerk.
 Of the 1l0 whiskey licenses. about seventy were taken by dealers within the Ire limits of the city. each paying @40o, and forty by dealers without the fire limits, at t2o0 to each. These with the sixty-fve beer licenses. at $7i each. foots up in a total of S40.S75 as
 revenue to the city from licenses
 which will be cancelled by prohibition City Loss on Stocks.
 In addition to the revenue from li- censes, the tax assessed the stock oi liquor dealers will necessarily be elim. mated. This Ia about s6,0oo more, ac, cording to an estimate of City Treas
 urer Tait. though no exact figures
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01
THE wE,rHER.

WashiBKton. Dee. SI--Fer AIaban,a Partly cloudy Friday and saturday colder Tn south portion Friday, moder. ate northeast winds becoming variable
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01
soLDIERs',LEAvE CUBA.
Formal Evacuation of the Island H..
 Begun.

Washington, Dec. 31--The evacuation of Cuba by the American troops becams reality today when the first soldiers according to the plans of the War De. partment. started for home on the aux. Hilary cruiser Prairie.
 Colonel Owen J. Sweet, with head. quarters. Companies A, B. c and E ot the 3Sth Infantry, went aboard th, transport Sumner today at Matanxas Sailing to Havana. they will be iofI1e, tomorrow by Companies F, c and Fl The Sumner will start from Havana 10, Newport News on January 2
 I. The army transports Sumner and Me Clellan will complete the work o transporting the troops to the States Most of them will be sent to Washing ton for the inauguration.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01
An Aerial war.hip.

New York. Dec. 3I-An aerial war ship, 700 feet in length, with accommo- dations for 1900 passengers. food and fuel enough for voyage across the ocean. and full complement of guns Is to be built by Lewis Nixon, the design CT and constructor of many war ships. MT. Nixon said the giant airship would cost S1.00o.00o.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01
A bonn Bunyan RelIc.

London. Dec. 31.-One of the two warrants issued in 1874 for the arrest of John Bunyan. was offered at auc- tion this afternoon in London and evoked a bid of only $66. The other warrant, presumably duplicate of the specimen offered today. is owned by J. P. Morgan, who Is said to have paid S2,O00 for it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01

lContiausd on PaGs Raxa.A
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01
Island. Have Disappeared.

Rome, Dec, 31-The Vita says that a wireless message from the Strait of Messina reports that the Lipari Islands, group of volcanic islands In the \, Mediterranean ssea near the coast of Sicily have disap- peared. The total population of the group numbers 2S,000 and most inevitably have per ished.
 The Minister of Marine has rushed torpedos boat to ascer- tain the facts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

temperature was between 1O4 and los,
and she hadn't slept any for two or
three days.
HE looked at her and said, Now.
l am going to tell you a way to save
that baby's life. If you do just what
l say l think you can save her If
you don't, she'll probably be dead by
tomorrow
"And then he told me to put the
baby in a tub of very cold water up
to her neck and let her stay there for
five minutes and then put her in a
dry blanket, not rub her at all, but
simply lay her in it. He said that
that would take the fever down and
if it came up to do it again.
Now, if any old women come in
here they'll tell you not to do it, he
said, but if you care anything about
saving your baby you won't mind
what they say
1T was before the days of the cold
treatment for pneumonia and no one
had ever heard of such thing and
everyone said it would kill the child.
But I did it.
And the minute 1 got her dry she
fell into a perfectly natural sleep and
slept all night. In a few days she
was out of danger
If you were in ship on a very
| stormy sea you wouldn't try to take
the wheel away from the pilot who
| had been trained to navigate that sea,
would you?
Then don't
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
( DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS@
dealers Price 5emE f0nrRfnsu" NY

for the association. and are guests of
Miss Effie Graham and Miss Lola Ora
ham.
The Golden Rule club met Friday af-
ternoon with Mrs. A. w. Whitsett, 1121
Western avenue.
Miss Ethel Mccartney of the EN-
poria Normal school, is visiting in To-
peka. She will go to Valley Falls for
few days before her return home.
Miss Grace Foley is here from Kan
sas City to visit her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Foley, 1878 Lane street.
Miss Gertrude Barnes will entertain
The Cleo club at her home, 1878 Clay
street, Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Charles S. Warren, who has
been visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Warren, for the past two
months, left for Los Angeles last Mon
cay.
Judge W. H. Thompson of Garden
City is spending today in Topeka.
Miss Marguerite Kiene and Miss
Mary Cooper will spend Sunday at the
kiene farm near Valencia.
Miss Pearl Beam has returned from
Kansas City where she went to attend
the funeral of her cousin, Miss Mar
garet Reims.
The Topeka Industrial council will
give their opening dance Tuesday
evening, November 9. at the McRae
canoe hall on East Seventh street.
Mrs. P. L. Rush and her daughter,
from a two weeks stay with relatives
at Diller. Neb. Mr.. and Mrs. Goldman
accompanied them home and will be
here about ten days.
Miss Genevieve Halves and Miss
Stella Bowman of Leavenworth are the
guests of Mr.. W. Bergman and his
family in Central Park avenue
Miss Jessie WhitIock of Wichita
came Friday to visit over Sunday with
Der aunt, Mrs. E. l. Stanley.
Miss Winnie Lamb of Greensburg,
Iowa, is visiting in Topeka.
Mr.. Leonard Davis has returned to
Chicago after a visit with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J w. Davis.
Miss Alice Gentry of Abilene came
to Topeka for the Teachers convention
and is visiting her sister, Miss Cath
crime Gentry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
THE EVENING CHIT-CHAT
BY RUTH CAMERON

A great many women whom I know
who are extremely economical in
most respects have a peculiar habit of
throwing away two-dollar-and even
larger bills-on certain occasions.
yes, he told me not to eat any po-
tatoes or starchy things, but that's
that's nonsense. Why, I've always
heard that potatoes were the most
nourishing thing you could possibly
eat. OF course, 1 shan't give them
up
That's what I overheard in the car
yesterday.
If a woman paid two dollars for
waist or a piece of cloth or any ma
to go out and throw it in the dump
the next day, would she?
And yet again and again I've seen
women who paid two or three dollars
for doctors advice treat it in a way
that was equivalent to throwing it in
the dump.
The above quotation is one small
example.
I've heard and seen some thousands
of variations of that at different times
among my feminine acqua1ntances.
They seem to take a peculiar pride
and delight in these announcements;
to regard them, for some strange rea-
son, as declarations of independence
"a foolish independence, since it is
from an authority they themselves
have sought.
my doctor tells me to be outdoors
at least two or three hours every
day. says one woman, but that
shows just how much he knows
about what there is to do in house.
I guess he'd have taken two or three
hours to be outdoors yesterday If he
had six white skirts to iron for Elsie
and a waist to be finished for the
whist party, besides all the regular
work.
And her eonfidante promptly SYM
pathizes with her in her rebellion
against that arbitrary doctor, instead
of pointing out that the doctor did not
give the prescription to amuse him.
self but because he knew those two
or three hours might stand between
his patient and breakdown or death.
ooh, I always take what my doctor
saws with large grain of SALT is
favorite expression of another neigh
Dor of mine.
1.-THE large grain of SALT means, of
course, that she employs her own SUI
perior wisdom in selecting what parts
of his advice she thinks best to fol-
low.
The funny part of it all is the alb
surd way these women ignore the fact
that while they are biting off the doc
tors nose they are splitting their own
faces.
And the sad part of it is that they
do spite their faces-in other words
don't get well.
Just by way of contrast I'm going
to tell you a little story of a woman
who, under the most trying c1rcum-
stances, had the courage to follow the
doctors advice absolutely.
She was telling me about it the
other day.
when my baby was II months
old" she said, "she had pneumonia.
The fever kept getting worse and
worse and we tried all the ordinary
means and failed.
lone day when the doctor came her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
TOPEKA PROOF

charles Botham,612 Lake street. To-
peka, KAN says: L had a severe at
tack OF typhoid fever about a year and
a1sorcered. My back was racked with
pam and for some time 1 was unable
to get about The kidney secretions
We're also irregular in passage and 9TH
erWise dlsordered. When 1 read about
Doan's Kidney Pills. 1 was led to trv
them and l can say that they did me
more good than any other remedy l had
ever used 1 had taken them only a
short time before l was able TO get
about without the aid of crutches and
it was not long before 1 could walk
without them. 1 am now in much bet
ter health and / know this great i'm
provement is due to the use of Doan's
Kidney Pills. 1 advise any person SUI
fering in similar way to give this
remedy a trial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

Unhappy is the man or woman with
pad back. No rest, no sleep, no peace
at all. 1t begins in the morning, when
you get up from bed so lame. sore
and stiff that it is hard to bend over
10 put Your shoes on.
All day there is a heavy, dull, throb-
ring pain in the small of the back, just
over the kidneys. 1t hurts TO bend
over, 20 lift anything or even to get
up from chair. Any sudden, awk-
ward movement sends sharp, darling
twinge through the sore spot.
When night comes the sufferer re-
tires to fitful sleep, can't lie comforta-
bly, in any one position. or turn over
without a painful effort
Don't look at backache as merely a
muscular pain, that VIII pass away
With rest. There is a deeper trouble.
Nine times out of ten it is the kidneys
That throb and ache, and there can be
no relief unit! the kidneys are given
help.
The kidneys have big work to do.
All the blood in the body is coursing
through the kidney filters constantly, to
be freed of uric poisons. 1t is a heavy
enough task when the kidneys are we'll,
but cold, chill, fever. or some thought
less exposure, or overindulgence in Ii
quor, tea, beer coffee, is likely at
any time to Irritate infiame and con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

will get tired of short skirts and bare
feet, and the husbands will soon learn
that the purpose in life is to pay theiI
wives dry goods bills.
Are the racial characteristics such
that they will always aggregate our So
cial conditions? We are all closely re-
lated. The differences appear soon
enough to avoid a real problem present
ing itself.
Twill these people be able to appre-
ciate our institutions. and ideals?
IT don't like to talk to you people IN
Kansas, for really think that you are
the best people in the world, and you
know it. 1 believe that the American
people are the best in the world at the
present time, but they are not as good
as they ought to be.
.iOver where the poppy is reddest and
the olive is greenest in Italy. they have
been fortified by the red blood OF the
italians who fought as Val1arrly Tor
their freedom as any American ever
fought for his freedom. / venture that
these people will be as quick to respond
to American freedom as any who come
to cur soil .u,, nv
II have pleaded not for American or
Americans but for the free chance Tor
the man who comes to the United
states and whose life you may and must
tOI1ch"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
RECITAL AT R0EHR'S.
Unusual Musical Treat Offered to the
Public.

very unique recital will be given
at the piano rooms of the w. F. Roehr
Music Co., Monday evening, Nov. Sth
at O'Clock. Mr.. A. C. Edwards. the
expert apolloist, of the Melville Clark
Piano Co., will demonstrate the new
Solo Apollo, the first instrument to
challenge detection from hand play
ing. The public is invited and will
be promised an unusual musical treat
Mr.. Edwards will give the follow
ing program:
Overture William Tell Rossini
una Grand ValSe Hoist
Sextette from Lucia, Trans. -.
LeSch etisky
Prologue from Pagliacco, Leoncavello
BY Sig. Mario Ancona.
The Rosary .....E. Neyin
By Madame Schumann-H eink
Air de Ballet. e Minor, Moszkowski
Eldorado Polka de Concert Bartlett
Personal demonstration will be Civ
en- Monday afternoon to anyone in
terested in Player Pianos
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ME Schenk, and Miss Florence KIM
ball The program will include pa
pers on John Marshall and Thomas
jefferson. Mrs. William Macferran
will contribute the instrumental mu-
sic and Mrs. Frank Thomas, accom-
panied by Miss Morrison, will sing,
The Searchers' club met this after
noon with Mrs. w. c. B. Heron, I107
Garfield avenue.
The Ceramic Art club met Friday
afternoon with Mrs. J. Howard Stuart
who was assisted by Mrs. H E. Ly-
man.
The Federation bazaar, which it to
be given the 18th and 10Th of this
month, will have fruit cake and
mince meat for sale.
The Minerva club will meet next
Monday with Mrs. H. Ward Page in
Westlawn.
Mrs. Lille Day Monroe has retired
from the editorship of the Club Mem
Der on account of i'll health. 1t is a
matter of great regret to readers of
the Club Member that her resignation
was necessary, as her work on the
paper. for the clubs, and for women
in general, has been conscientious and
faithful and fruitful of big results.
Miss Elizabeth N. Barr will succeed
her as editor. Mrs. Nina Sticher is
associate editor and Mr. H. c. Stitch
er business manager
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
IN new QUARTERS.
w. r. Smith & Son Are Well Equipped
to Handle Sealshipt Oysters.

business man admitted today
that he did not know the w. r..
Smith & Son, wholesale jobbers of
oysters. fish. fruits and vegetables at
125 Kansas avenue, handled Ser shipt
oysters.
Smith has been in the fish and
oyster business for the past eleven
years in Topeka and eight years at 1913
North Kansas avenue. Four weeks
ago the firm moved across the avenue
into the new brick building arranged
and equipped especially for the
handling of fish and oysters The
Sealshipt oysters are received from
the coast in air tight, germ and dust
proof receDtacles and this firm dis
tributes them to Topeka merchants
and throughout the state.
During the season of 1908 Smith &
Son sold 5000 gallons of Sealshipt
oysters and in 1909 the sales jumped
to HOO gallons.
The w. R. Smith & Son Commission
Co., is another Topeka concern that is
hammering away without blare of
trumpet but with splendid success
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

Mrs. Lee Monroe gave reception at
her house, 800 Harrison Street. last
dividual members of the fedora
llon. These individual members were
organized into four clubs of ten
members each. These societies are
named after the first four letters of
the Greek alphabet and their mem
fers are: Alphas: Miss Matte Adds
Mrs. II. L. Alkire, Mrs. George Ash
ton, Mrs. H. A. Auerbach, Mrs. s. E.
Barber, Mrs. S. J. Bear. Mrs. A. Ber-
gen, Mrs. F. L. Campbell and Mrs. M.
L. Campbell. The Betas: Mrs. Frank
Cargill, Mrs w. r. Corners. Mrs. A.
Homer Hoch. Miss Margaret Hayden,
Miss Nan Heron, Miss Pansy John
ston and Miss Florence Kimball. The
Deltas: Mrs. F. d. Coburn, Mrs. Helen
I. Francis. Mrs NJ. J. Mercer, Mrs. N.
J. Nielsen. Miss Grace Osborn. Mrs.
H. J. Renwick, Miss Barbara Tauer,
and Miss Florence Van Devort. The
Gammas: Mrs. A. w. Knowles Mrs.
B. A. Landrigan, Mrs. Jessie Landrus,
Mrs. D. A. Mounday. Mrs. w. Z. Nc
Vey, Mrs J. w. Movers, Mrs. M. c..
Porter, Mrs Theodore Saxon. Miss
Jessie Upton. and Miss Grace WEIGH.
These societies will be represented in
the Federation by delegates and alter
Mates who are: Mrs. S. E. Barber and
Mrs. H. l.. Alkire of the Alpha club;
MIS-. Il &dIS III anu NILS. IlOnitl
Hoch of the Beta club; Mrs. w. E.
McVey and Mrs. M. c. Porter of the
Gamma club. and Miss Peacock and
Mrs. J. A. Renwick of the Delta club.
Miss Gertrude Barnes. 1875 Clay
street, will entertain the Cleo club
Monday afternoon.
The Sorosis club met with Mrs d.
H. Forbes last Saturday. An excellent
paper on the Kansas Indian was read
by Mrs. A A. GODDARD. The club in
structed the secretary to send let
ter to the state board of education
recommending that chalk must be
done away with in school rooms and
that special attention should be given
the matter in rooms devoted to math-
ematfcS where q great amount of
board work is usually required of stu
dents. The club also passed resolu-
tions urging Chancellor Strong and
the faculty of the Kansas university
to take vigorous action in the matter
of hazing as practiced by school fra
ternities
The Topeka chapter of the Daugh
tiers of the Revolution will held it's
regular meeting Saturday, November
49, at the home of Mrs. T. J. Hankla,
SIS Western avenue. Hostesses Mrs.
Hankla Mrs. l.. l.. Kiene, Mrs J. K.
Jones, Mrs. A. NJ. Harvey, Miss Nan
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gest the KIDNEYS. and interrupt the puri.
flying work.
Ihen the aching begins, and is usual
ly accompanied with some irr.eularitv
OF the urine-too frequent passages.
sediment in the urine. scanty. painful
passages, or blood in the urine
thousands testify to the wonderful
merit OF loans Kidney Pills, remedy
for the kidneys only. that acts or,ictly
cures the kidneys. regulate the urine
and drives backache out for good.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
MVVOMENSM
Nss!ecLURS:lJ

The Ideal club met Friday after
noon with Mrs. o. B. Martin, sos JEFF
ferson street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
Had an Impulse to Kin.

Greensburg, Pa, Nov. 6.-Seized
with an insane impulse to kill Edward
j. Perry, former mayor of this city,
today shot his three children, wound
ing one fatally, and then committed
suicide by firing bullet into his heart.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

The Topeka chapter of the Daugh
tiers of the Revolution will held it.
regular meeting Saturday, November
IS, at the home of Mrs. T. J. Hankla
SIS Western avenue. Hostesses. Mrs
Hank1a Mrs. L. l.. Kiene, Mrs. J. K
Jones, Mrs. A. NJ. Harvey, Miss Nan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

The Minerva club will meet next
Monday with Mrs. H. Ward Page in
Westlawn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

Miss Gertrude Barnes. 1875 Clay
street, will entertain the Cleo club
Monday afternoon.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-10-05
LIVING OVER a TOMB.

House In Paris Has a Private En-.
trance to the catacombs.
Paris in many of it's districts Is
built over the catacombs. These vast
subterranean chambers and galleries
produce that peculiar cavernous sound
which is heard in the Luxembourg,
Montparnasse, Vanguard, Montrouge
and Montsouris quarters when heavy
carts pass rapidly along the coarsely
metalled roads. The streets are then
like monstrous drums beating funeral
marches to the graves over that vast
common grave of ten centuries OF
Parisians with it's millions of skele-
ton dead.
The quaint little Gothic house at
the corner of the recently prolonged
Boulevard Raspail, which many an
American artist must remember from
his student days. actually has a pri-
vate staircase leading to the cata.
combs from beneath a Theoretically
closed stone slab just in front of the
doorstep. From time to time, says
Harper's Weekly. certain municipal
officials visit this grim entrance, the
existence of which is known to only
very few people.
A former occupant OF the house,
surprised by one OF these visits, the
reason OF which was mysterious to
him, was accustomed to relate that
once in the dead of night while he
watched, quaking. from the room
above. convinced that he was witness
ing the final scene in some Borgia-
like political tragedy, a party of men
the chief of whom wore half concealed
under his coat the tricolor scarf OF a
police commissary. had conveyed n
body through this entrance into the
catacombs below.