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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-21
Kansas city Live Stock Sales.

1.-THE following sales were made this
morning at the Stock Yards, Kansas
City, and reported over long distance
telephone direct to the State Journal by
Clay Robinson e. Co.. live stock commits
sion merchants. with offices at ali mar
kets.l =
Kansas City, Sept. 21-CATTLE+Re-
ceipts 24,O00 head. Market steady to 10c
HOGS-Receipts 1900 head Market 15c
lower. Bulk of sales. $7.S0GS. 20; top, IS o.
SHEEP-Receipts 10000 head Market
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JOHNSON IS DEAD.

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Topeka, Kan, Sent 21

rouotatfons furnished by James c. Smith
& Co.. los East Third St.1
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Chicago Grain Market.
Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions
Grains. Provisions. Cotton and Stocks
Office 10 West Sixth st. Phone 1851
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TAFT IN DENVER.

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Kansas City Grain Market.
FURNISHED by J. E. Gall, Commissions,
Grains. Provisions. Cotton and Stocks.
Office ITO West Sixth ST. Phone 1851
Kansas City, Sept q.
Open High Low Close Yes
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. Grain Market.

FURNISHED by J. B. Billiard, corner Ka,
sss Ave. and Curtis ST.
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mo mother ever had a more loving
ard more dutiful son than John has
been to me. During the poverty and
suffering which came to us he was our
comfort and our support 1 do no.
HI CIV what we could have done withou.
his aid. He was always kind and ten
der of all of us. and in every true
sense Swas the mainstay of our little
home. lie cheerfully turned over his
money to me On every pay day, and
before he was IA years old he was MAX
ing enough so that I was no longer
| &C mpelled to take in washing. I never
have been prcuder of him than / was
the evening he came home and told me
his salary had been Increased, and that
he would no longer permit me to do this
kind of work. I think. too, that this
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-29
WILL INVESTIGATE
DR.. COOKS DATA
NATIONAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
TO DISREGARD COPENHAGEN
VERDICT.

Washington, Dec. 24.-The adverse
report on DR.. Cook by the University
of Copenhagen is enroute to the Ma
tional Geological society here. 1t Will
be considered by the societys lnves
tigating committees; but on the sub
mission of the original field note book
which Dr. Cook says he kept, Will
hinge the verdict. The meeting oil
a subcommittee will be held early in
January.
While recognizing that sentiment is
largely against DR.. Cook, as a result
of the Copenhagen verdict, the com
mittee will not be governed by that
decision. 1t will proceed with the
utmost caution and conservativeness
The society's request for the orig
inaI data was made to Wake, DR.
Cooks friend.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-29
SECURE BAIL
AND GET RELEASE
MISS ADDIE D. JACKSON AND
GUY ROE PUT UP
CASH BOND.
COURT RECEIVERS THE PAPERS
TRANSFERRED By ALLEN TO
WiFE's SISTER.
Madison, Dec. "a.

I1
Miss Addie D. Jackson Of chicago
and GUY Roe of Winona, Minnesota
who with Mrs. Philip Allen, Jr., were
arrested on Monday on the charge ol
conspiracy in connection with the ai-
legged concealment of property pelons-
ing to Allen, were released On pail
Yesterday. Roe's bond of $4,000 was
covered by a draft for the amount
Miss Jackson deposited a certlneo
check for $4,000, the amount OF her
bail being reduced from $4,000 upon
application. Their bail was secured
by ]. A. Aylward, who has been re-
tanned as attorney by Mrs Allen, Miss
Jackson and Mr.. Roe. 1t is SAID that
Mrs. Allen also will secure bail.
The bankruptcy hearing was con-
tinued yesterday with Miss Jackson
on the stand. After her testimony
had been taken the case was al
iourned until this morning. 1t Is
planned to put Allen on the stand to-
day, but he had a relapse yesterday
and it is doubtful if he will be able
to leave jail today.
Fifty letters, comprising correspond
enCe between Phil Allen, Jr, and his
! sister-in-law, Miss Jackson, and her
brother-in-law, Guy Roe, together
with securities of face value be-
tween $500, 900 and 100000, were in
troduced in evidence and Identified
by Miss Jackson when the hearing
was resumed yesterday The letters
related to the disposition of Aliens
property in the alleged effort to con-
ceal his assets.
Miss Jackson's testimony showed
that Allen turned over to her nearly
all his property. largely for the bene-
| fit of his wife. All the correspond
ence is now in the possession of the
court.
| Attorney R. w Jackman, represent
! ing the Central Wisconsin Trust COM
/ pany as receiver for Allen, returned
/ from Chicago with the mass Of cor
respondence and other papers taken
from the vaults of the Illinois Trust
and Safety Deposit company and the
! Redford Sash and Door company, for
which concern Miss Jackson is stenog-
rapher and bookkeeper The attorney
had much trouble in gaining posses
sion, but it was not respected. 1t ap-
court order emitting him to posses
sion, but twas not respected. It ap-
peared that the name of the bank was
given wrongly on the order, through a
mistake of Miss Jackson, but when
! this was known Mr.. Jackman wired
Miss Jackson in Madison requesting
her to send her personal order Miss
Jackson did this willingly, the letter
going by special delivery. Then Mr..
Jackman got the papers without fur
Their trouble.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-29
STRIKERS READY
FOR ARBITRATION
ROADS MAKE PROPOSAL TO
SWiTCHMEN TO AWAIT GIL
cAGo CONFERENCE.
MEN SAY THEY ARE READY TO
NEGOTIATE ON THE
SPOT.

st. Paul, Dec. 24.-At a conference
yesterday in the Office of Governor
Eberhart, attended by representatives
of the railway council of the Amerl-
can federation of labor, representa-
tives of all the twin city lines affect
ed by the switchmen's strike, the
governor, state railway commission
ers and the labor commissioner, prop
ositions were made by the railroads
and switchmen toward a settlement.
No agreement was reached but II
was agreed to continue the negotia-
tons today.
The railroads proposition follows:
"a conference between the repre-
sentatives of the railways in the
Chicago district, and representatives
Of their switchmen now is in progress
for the purpose of determining a
scale of wages and the establishment
OF working conditions for that dis
trict
"The rates of wages in the Chicago
district and in the Minnesota cities
for switchmen have been Identical
and working conditions similar.
The representatives of the twin
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-29
READY TO REPORT
ON JANUARY J
SENATE MEMBERS OF COMMIT
TEE ON WATERWAYS INDUS
TRlOUSLY AT WORK.
FURTHER DELAY SSARY
SAYS HUSTING-TiME
Is UP.
Madison, Dec. "a

Madison, Dec. "a.
Yes. we are going to be ready TO
make cur report on January ) or as
soon thereafter, say within a day or
two, as the work of compilation will
permit" So said Senator II. r. Bird
OF the special legislative committee
on Waterpowers and natural resources,
when asked if there was probability
of the committee being able to agree
upon a report at the meeting OF the
committee to be held on that date.
Senators Bird and Husting, two OF
the senate members of the committee,
were found busy as beavers in the
room assigned them in the new west
wing of the capitol. They had been
there all day-for several days in
fact-delying away into the mass OF
data before them. Senator Krumrey
had been with them until yesterday
morning when he was called to Mil
waukee on business. Senator Bird
said that he expected that the COM
mittee would be able to come to an
harmonious agreement. Of course, he
said, it is a large problem and one
of vital Importance. But, said he, the
committee has been at the work OF
investigation for six months. 1t has
held numerous hearings and gathered
@ vast amount of data and there is
no reason why a conclusion should
not be reached without particular dis
agreement. I'VE were appointed to
make the investigation and make re-
port of our findings to Governor Da-
wilson. This l feel should be done
without unnecessary delay. This is
what the people of Wisconsin expect
of us and as for me ! feel that this
is our duty"
Senator Husting spoke somewhat
of report that there was
likely to be division of the commit
tee and that further delay in the
matter. was necessary because OF the
desire of Neal Brown of Wausau to
file a supplementary brief. Senator
Husting said that Mr.. Brown had been
before the committee several times
and had filed as many briefs and that
further delay in order that the Wau-
sau man may be still further heard is
childish
Senators Bird and Husting conclud-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-29
ed their work here yesterday and re-
turned to their homes for the Christ
mas season.
MOORE-REID COMBINE
CONTROLS ROCK ISLAND

New York, Dec. 24-There was pos
tive gossip last night among Wal
street men that Judge w. H. Moore
and Daniel G. Reid, of the Rock ISL
and, have acquired a controlling IN
terest in the stock of the Lehigh Val
ley railroad, or at least enough to
carry a working control. It is be-
lieved the purchases of the Moore
Reid interests have been largely from
the Lehigh stock held by the Wander
bilts and Reading and Erie companies
supplemented by that bought on the
open market. The holdings of Lee
high stock by the railroads amount
cd in recent years to about % per
cent. of the common stock outstand-
ing.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-29

city lines have confirmed, by major
ity vote, the report to your excel
lency, that these roads represented,
will agree to re-employ such former
yard employees as the roads may have
places for, at rates of pay and under
working conditions in effect Novem-
Der first, and that at the termination
OF the Chicago conference the lines
here represented will meet any
conditions that may be granted by
the Chicago lines to their switchmen,
and that differential of two cents
per hour in wages OF switchmen Will
apply in the territories of Billings and
west on the Northern Pacific, anG
Havre and west on the Great North
ern."
The switchmen's counter proposition
follows:
1--WE are aware that a conference is
icing held between representative o.
the railways of the Chicago district
and representative OF their switch
men We have no information In re-
lation to the questions between the
railways and their employees in the
Chicago district being likely to be
submitted to arbitration.
Representative of the switchmen
employed on the twin city lines are
willing that the differences between
the employees and the companies be
submitted to arbitration under the
terms of the arbitration act of 1898,
with the stipulation that both sides
agree to abide by the arbitrator's
award; furthermore, that the hear
ings be held without the aid OF attor-
neys as far as possible
1--WE are not satisfied to leave our
questions to be settled by any func
ton in Chicago, by arbitration or 9th
erwise, claiming that our, questions
should be settled locally and separate
and distinct from all other questions;
that as we are ready to agree to- ar
bitrate this evening and negotiations
at Chicago have not reached that
stage, it seems to us better to agree
to arbitrate here and proceed as if
there were no negotiations going on
at Chicago. 1t may thus be possible
to end the strike within a few hours,
and industrial peace be assured dur
ing the tendency of the arbitration
proceedings"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-29
|pEARy DECLARES
WORK FINISHED

Washington, Dec. 24.-Neyer again
will he head a polar expedition, was
the announcement made last night aby
Lieutenant Peary.
MY work is accomplished" said
Peary. 81 stated some time ago in
Brussels, that | would assist any ex-
petition that set out for the south
pole, also said l would not personally
conduct such an expedition. I have
no intention of changing my mind
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-29
EIGHT WORKERS DEAD
IN Mine EXPLOSION
TEXAS MILITIAMAN
JOINS REVOLUTIONISTS

Austin, Tex, Dec. 24.-Announce-
ment that Captain Godfrey Fowler is
with the insurgent forces at Nicara-
qua caused great surprise here due
to the fact that Fowler is a member
of the Texas militia and of the gov
ernor's staff. Under the law such Of
ficers must obtain permission to join
a revolutionary movement in another
country. This was not secured ana
an investigation has been begun.
Fowler is a grandson of the late
Judge Reagan, who was postmaster
general in the Jefferson Davis cabinet.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-29
MINISTER OF WAR
QUITS TO KEEP PEACE

Athens, Dec 24-Lapathiotis, min
lister of war, resigned last evening
thus temporarily averting the over
throw of the ministry which was
threatened by the military league yes
terday. The leagues announced in
tention of replacing the ministry with
one chosen by the military element
would have meant a military dictator
shin After Colonel Zorbas, president
Of the military league, had inter-
viewed the king, the league consented
to a compromise that Lapathlotis re-
tire for the remainder of the paTila-
mentarv session, the premier taking
that portfolio.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-29
DICKINSON NAMED
ON 675th BALLOT

Butler, Dec. 24.-Former State Sen
ator G. C. Dickinson of Henry county
received the democratic nomination
for congressman to succeed De Ar
mond at 1870 this morning The
convention took 675 ballots DicKin-
son received AZ votes and ]. w. Sud
oath 80 on the last ballot.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-29
BRYAN VICTIM
Of PNEUMONIA

Jacksonville, Fla, Dec. 24.-William
]. Bryan. who has been here several
DAYS, the guest of his cousin, William
S. Jennings. was too i'll last night to
deliver a scheduled address for the
benefit of a local hospital. Mr.. Bryan
is suffering from a severe cold and
threatened with pneumonia. He can
celled future dates and will remain
here several days.
Mr.. Bryan is resting easy. His con-
dition is not serious but physicians
say it is necessary for him to remain
within doors for several days.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-29
Hundreds of Others 1mperiI|ed
by CareIeSSness of
Engineer.
Brave Efforts of ReScuers
Fail to Find All the
Dead.
Officials Unable to Account
Seeming Lack of
Caution.

ST. Louis, Dec. 24.-Eight men were
killed and the lives of 400 imperilled
by an explosion of gas in mine CA
of the Chicago & Carlville Coal com
pany, Herrin, ILL.,, late yesterday.
Open lamps carried by the mines
engineer and his assistants caused
the disaster, according to a telephone
message from the mine Office to the
Associated Press. There were three
men and boy in this party and all
lost their lives.
Prompt action resulted in the safe
exit of hundreds who were working
below. Within five minutes of the
first reports of the explosion, the
miners in the immediate vicinity of
the accident were started toward the
surface On the return trips of the
cages the rescuers were lowered to
entries number and 8 west, where
the catastrophe occurred.
The dead are:
w L. Pierce, mine engineer.
Eugene Barrett, assistant engineer.
Thomas Williams, assistant mana
ger.
Unidentified boy, sixteen years.
George Snyder.
Salvatore Greece.
Thomas Harder, miner.
Peitro Romeo, laborer.
James Quincy, superintendent of
the mine, and Robert Hueston, mana
ger headed the first rescuers. De-
spite the black damp flowing into the
chambers adjoining those wherein the
Pierce party was killed, these men
plunged into the workings. The pros
trate bodies of three men who were
alive blocked their path. They were
rushed to the surface. They are A.
J. Hueston, the managers brother,
Charles Klein and Albert Shelton, all
were revived and are expected to re-
cover from the effects of the cas-.
The rescuers next found the dead
bodies of Harder, Greece and Romeo
None had been burned.
The efforts of the rescuerS to pene-
trate further were fepulsed by the
increasing banks Of safter-damp. The
ventilating apparatus was unchanged
but could not cope with the gases.
The rescuers retreated, leaving the
bodies of Pierce and his companions.
The fire also began TO gain Roadway
and it is not expected the bodies will
be recovered before today. Last night
all efforts were directed to fighting
the flames. 1t is hoped that they are
confined to the two entries affected
by the explosion.
There was a rush of hysterical wo-
men and crying children to the SHAFT
house, but as the cage emptied load
after load of rescued miners, the soDs
became cries of joy. These were
hushed to murmurs of sympathy as
the dead were brought up.
State Mine Inspector Little of Car
bondale arrived and is overseeing the
fire-fghting. Pierce the dead 'engl-
neer. formerly was a student OF the
engineering school of the University
of Illinois and also served as inspect
or of the government work on the
Mississippi river. The mine officials
are unable to account for his seeming
lack of caution in using unprotected
lamps. They say, however, that gas
was not known to exist in the wesr
entries.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-29
MUST RETURN BOOZE
TO RAIL WAY COMPANY

Muskogee, Okla, Dec. 24.-The fed
eral court yesterday ordered the state
officers to return to the katy" rail-
way all the liquors seized from the
company's depot. If the liquors have
been disposed of the officers will be
i'm contempt of court. The liquors
were seized as a result of attempts to
enforce the prohibitory law.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-29
RAY LAMPHERE DYING
I'M HO0SIER PRISON

La Porte, Dec. 24-Ray Lamphere,
who burned Mrs. Guinness house. in
GENERATING the murderess and her
children, is dying of tuberculosis IN
the prison at Michigan City, accord
ing to report Of the warden of the
governor The warden recommended
that Lamphere be included in tne
Christmas pardons.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-29
Lukacs Will Form cabinIst.

Budapest, Dec. 24.-Emperor Fran
els Joseph yesterday appointed Dr.
Won Lukacs, former minister OF
finance, Hungarian premier. Lukacs
will negotiate with the various po-
litical factions with the view of form
ing a cabinet
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-29
Arrest Lottery Agents.

Chicago, Dec 24-Samuel Freud
enberg, charged with being an agent
OF the Royal Saxony lottery and Ham
burg City lottery, and Herman Kom-
pei, agent of the former, were arrest
ed yesterday ON complaint of postor-
fee inspectors.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-29
DEADLOCK CONTINUES.
Ballot Number 484 Fails to Bring
Results.

Butler, Mo, Dec. 24-Determined
efforts to break the deadlock in the
democratic congressional convention
failed yesterday. After the 4S4th bal
lot the situation was substantially the
same Suddarth, Hargus and New
man agreed to release their delegates
from their pledges if the other candi-
dates do the same. Dickinson re-
fused.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-29
10000 ASK PARDON
OF WILLIS SLAYER

signed by 10,0o9 people asking the
pardon of w. Y. Ellis, the slayer OF
N. p. Willis at indianapolis, were pre-
sented to Governor Donaghey last
night
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-29
HEARST'S MACHINE
ORGANIZED AGAIN

New York, Dec. 24.-The independ-
ence league, swallowed last fall by
Tammany, was rejuyenated last night
at the call of the state chairman,
Hearst. None of the Tammany men
elected last fall at the independence
primaries appeared.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-29
To Issue Call for English Election.

London, Dec. 24.-It is officially an
nounced that writs for the general
election will be issued January 10.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-03
CAROLINA TOWN SHAKEN
PREsTO-CARBON TANK EXPLODEs,
 STARTING FIRE.
Onlee Building Wrecked, Business Dis trfet swept By Flames and Several Are Seriously Hurt
 In Accident.

Camden, s. C., Dec 2.-Wtih shock ,,hich made the whole town tremble, "a nresto-carbon tank in the Southern Ex- nresg office here exploded about 7:3O o'clock tonight. wrecking the office building and causing a Ire which swept half a block of camden's finest business section with a loss of over $I00, 900.
 one negro man is reported to have been killed. two prominent citizens in- tured, and i've others more or less hurt.
 The seriously injured are:
 Andrew Whitaker and Arthur Wat kins.
 slightly injured:
 Willie salmond, Willie Watkins and Charlie Watkins. w. R. DeLoach and Tom Goodale.
 The explosion threw down the wall of the express office and precipitated 1t upon the adjoining building. the store. of Watkins Brothers. This build- ing caved under the pressure and the walls fell on the five occupants. Whit aker and Arthur Watkins were buried under the debris and sustained serious In f1iries The other occupants of the building, though slightly injured, res- cued Watkins and Whitaker barely In time as the fire instantly began to sweep along Main street and was checked only after every Building in Its path had been swept away
 The burned buildings are: Bruce and Lang's store; J. N. Trapp's grocery store; Baruch Kettles, general furnish ing store; Southern Express office. and Watkins Brothers store. besides bic cycle shop and a barber shop on the same block. The contents of several offices over the store rooms of Bruce and Lang were alsa destroyed.
 The cause of the explosion is un- known. The expreNs office employees stated that the tank was some dis tance from the stove. and that there was little fire in the stove.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-03
OUTWITS SUGAR SHARES
GOVERNMENT MEETS CHECK IN ITS INVESTIGATION.
Documentary Evidence and Importnnt Witnesses Have Dissppeared-- Government Weigiser De-
 eiares He Found
 Scales. False.

New York. Dec. 2-The Government encountered check today in It's prose- cutfon of the American Sugar Refin- ing Company. when 1t developed that documentary evidence and many wit nesses important to the Governments case have disappeared. The missing documents were records kept by the city weighers. and neither the docu- ments nor the men who kept them could be found today by the Govern ment.
 But although tally sheets were miss ing, the Government was able to in- tfoduce testimony showing that every scale on the Williamsburg docks of the company had been tampered with. Conrad Holler, carpenter. testified to cutting out a portion of the wooden stanchion of No. 1 scales. Through the hole thus cut. the Government con- tends, was operated the steel spring which manipulated the weights record ed on the beam.
 Thomas D. Hyatt. a Government weigher, was ask if he had inspected all sixteen seales on the dockis in con- pany with Treasury Agent Parr.
 s1as.,' hU answered. land found ait the scales fixed the same way"
 "with springs in them?" asked the judge. -
 No, your honor; but the holes were there just the same"