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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-23
CRASH OF WALLS
Copeland Hotel Side Falls With
out Warming.
People Will Be Kept Away From
Ruins.
DID BEST He COULD.
Mayor Green Defends Chief Will
marth of Fire Department.
Rope Fire Escapes Considered
Impractical and Useless.

The front wall of the Copeland hotel
fell at 500 last night. with a roaring
report which could be heard all over
the central part of the city. Part of
the wan fell in and a smaller portion
of the wall fell out on the sidewalks.
The section which fell consisted of
the north portion of the west wall
and the three upper stories We're car
ried down. A large hole in the wall
which extends to the first floor tells
the story of the fall.
The crash that marked the fall
sounded worse than thunder. over in
the Santa Fe offices where a few peo-
pie were working. it was thought that
the walls of that building were crash
ing. The clerks ran out and until the
source of the noise was discovered the
building was bereft of humanity. Over
in the theaters the sound was heard
and those who were standing in the
ticket lines rushed out into the
streets almost frantic.
The Crash of Masonry.
The crash of the falling masonry
attracted the city officials. Mayor Will
liam Green was the first to arrive
on the scene and he directed the
work of keeping the crowds back IN
til the police arrived. Then came the
fire department and ropes were
stretched across MIMI street anu the
crowd kept on Kansas avenue. Then
the police arrived and the crowds were
kept at a safe distance during the re-
mainder of the time.
The fact that the front walls fell
first was surprise to all. The fire
was lightest in this part of the build
ing. On the north however, the walls
looked out of plumb and many have
feared that these walls would fall
soon.
Steps for tearing down the re
manning standing walls of the ill fated
building have already been started by
Col. ]. c. Gordon, owner of the build
ing. Both Mayor Green and Fire
Chief Wilmarth agreed that the walls
remaining were dangerous to the
says the walls would have been torn
down sooner but that it was neces-
sarily delayed by the adjusting of the
insurance.
A couple who had been standing in
front of the building gazing upon it's
interior had a narrow escape with
their lives. They were walking along
the east side of Kansas avenue and
had just reached the north curbing
when the fall started. They ran and
had just reached the street car tracks
when the worst of the fall took place.
Most of the brick fell inside, but
there is big pile of brick, window
frames, awnings piled in high mass
on the west walks.
AS is usual in such cases a report
soon spread that some one who had
been working on the inside had been
caught but this rumor proved to be
groundless.
Rope Escapes Not Practicable.
ST am willing to go on record as say
ing that Fire Marshal Wilmarth was
perfectly justified in usurping the
right to handle the fire protection at
the Copeland hotel as he thought best.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-23
CAUGHT BY TIDE.
ve-Year-OId Boy Swept Out to Sea
and Drowned.

Portland, Ore, Jan. 23.-Phenomen
ally high tides, assuming in places
proportions of tidal waves are re-
ported from points all along the Pa
cific coast from British Columbia to
the Californian coast. At Marshfield
the high tides have swept away the
dykes in the southern portion of the
city, letting in water which flooded
scores of dwelling houses and did
damage which will reach into thou
sands of dollars.
Carlos Wittick, five years old, play
ing on the wharf at North Bend. was
swept into the sea, and drowned. A
gasoline launch with eight passengers
aboard was swamped, but reports say
that all are rescued.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-23
FOR AN AID LEGION.
Illinois to Have an Organization of
10000 Red Cross Men.

Chicago, Jan. 23.-The. Red Cross
First Aid Legion of Illinois, state or
ganization planned for some time, is a
fact The ideal at which it aims is
10000 men in Illinois trained by Off
GERS and surgeons of the United States
army and equipped by the state and
the federal government similarly to the
crib disaster is pointed to as a prac-
teal illustration of the advantage of
having a large state organization COM
posed of workingmen in every division
of labor who would be trained in first
aid medical attention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-23
ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
f. p. Weston, Veteran Walker, Plans a
100 Day Trip.

New York, Jan. 23.-Edward Pay
son Weston, veteran long distance
walker, has announced his plans for
what will be the eliminating athletic
feat of his career-a walk across the
continent to San Francisco, to be ac-
complished, according to his schedule,
in 100 days. The distance, as he esti-
mates the route, is about 1000 miles.
Weston will celebrate the SEVENTEEN
anniversary of his birth on March Is
by starting on the New York-to-San
Francisco walk that day.
members of the family.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-23
LINE OF AT HEARSES.
Funeral of the Crib Fire Victims
Takes Place.

Chicago, Jan. 23.-F'orty- seven
hearses escorted by 200 policemen.
forming one funeral procession, today
conveyed to their graves, the I'M
identified bodies of the men who were
killed in the building of the crib in
the lake last Wednesday The funeral
passed from South Chicago where
most of the men lived to Greenwood
cemetery. Funeral services were held
in both Protestant and Catholic
churches and many of the business
places in the suburb were closed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-23
'asw who formerly smoked IOscisars nov smoke
LEWIS SINGLE BINDER
N6TRA8GHT Sc CIGAR
A Horrible Hold Up.

About ten years ago my brother was
held up in his work. health and happi-
ness by what was believed to be hope
comb. of Washington. n. c. He took ali
kinds of remedies and treatment from
several doctors. but found help till he
used DIR. Kings New Discovery and was
wholly cured by six bottles. He is a well
man today" It's quick to relieve and the
surest cure for weak or sore lungs,
HemorrhaEes. Coughs and Colds. Bron-
chitis, La Grippe. Asthma and all Bron-
chial affections. soc and 800. Trial bot
tie free Guaranteed by Campbell Drug
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-23
Morgan Buys Washington's sword.

Baltimore, Jan. 23.-J. Pierpont
Morgan has purchased from Miss
Virginia Taylor Wise, of this city, the
sword worn by General George Wash
ington when he resigned his commits
sion as commander in chief of the
American army at Annapolis in 1888.
Mr.. Morgan will present the relic to
the Mount Vernon association.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-23

Wounded officers had chased him for
several blocks. firing as they ran. The
capture was made by other officers and
Mnen arrested it was found that the
nesTo mad been wounded three times
and McCarron.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-23

for this information anyway as the
local employees have been warned as
to the consequences if they violate the
rule
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-23

pace That Kills. Majestic, sun
day p. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-23

Rope Escapes Not PracticabIe.
-I am willing to go on record as say
ing that Fire Marshal Wilmarth was
perfectly justified in usurping the
right to handle the fire protection at
the Copeland hotel as he thought best,
The rope system of fire protection in
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12
POTATO scAB.

Are you bothered with scabby po.
tatoes? Many are, year after year,
and there is no need Of it. Treat
ing the seed by soaking two hours
in a solution made by adding one
pound or pint of foTmalin to thirty
gallons of water will give the desir.
ed results. The use Of manure, while
it naturally encourages the growth
and development Of potato scab,
does not, as sometimes stated, cause.
a crop to be scabby. Rotation OF;
crops, not planting potatoes on same
ground on which scabhy potatoes
have been raised the previous year.
Will aid materially in keeping the
crop free from disease, especially Il
the seed planted is thoroughly treat.
ed by the Sormalin method. Careful
potato growers employ this treat
ment yearly.-Farmers Guide:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12

mined woman. but suddenly the RTE
rams, out on, the night air. and there
followed wild scream, while the two
fiery eyes near the ground vanished
instantly.
.You hit.,him, mother!:. !:.@cried the
excited boy 80;
Mrs. Merton standing like: statue
in the freight made no reply, but
the boy noticed thatsshe was deathly
pale, and that the rife tremtled in
her hands.
"He is over there, among the
bushes,g continued Benny. II did
not hear him run, Mother, that was
one of the best shots of your life"
Without word Mrs. Merton adj
.yanced, followed by he-. son, to the
clump of bushes, but she instinctively
drew back, and for moment PASSED
her hand across her face. Il
The game lay dead at their feet.
There, in the light of the torch,
with death In his staring eyes, lay an
indian dressed for the .iarpath and
armed with tomahawk and scalping-
knife. the former clutched in his
grim, dead hand. E
Benny Merton looked moment
amazed. and then almost dropped the
torch.
aHis, eyes glittered liko bears in
the light said he. 4But. mother, If
you had not killed him what would
have become of us?
The presence Of the armed Indian
about the little home, at that hour,
told how narrow had been the escape
of the family, and but for Mrs. Mer-
toms fortunate firs-hunt there might
have been an attack on the cabin.
The death of the prowling redskin
was a secret which had to be kept,
and long before daylight there was q
grave in secluded spot in the. forest,
and in time wild bushes grew over
the spot, which was in no other man
ner marked.
The Indian had undoubtedly killed
the pig, but in doing so had sealed his
own doom, for he could not have
heard Of the courage of Rebecca Mer-
ton nor oil her craftsmanship with
the Mayfower rife.
The secret Of the fire-hunt was
zealously kept by the Mertons; but
Benny, when he grew to manhood,
long after the Revolution, told to a
few the story of the bear which
turned QUITO be a Mohawk brave
Youths World.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12
ECONOMY Of Good Roads.

Austin P. Byrnes has written "A
Treatise on Highways" which fur
llishes food for thought. He shows
that there are; about 2,155. 900 miles
Of country highways in the United
States over which the average cost OF
hauling is twenty-five cents per ton
mile.
Compared with the roads of
France, Germany and England, this
is out Of all reasonable proportion.
The cost Of hauling a ton mile in
those countries ranges from seven
cents over xcellent national high
ways of Francejto thirteen cents over
the worst roads Of England.
A fair average, therefore, would be
twelve cents, or less than half what it
costs to haul a ton mile in this coun-
try. j
What does this mean to the farm
ers Of; the United States?
The corn crop Of this country for
1eo5-o6 weighed more than 1s,ooo'-
600 tons, and the haul was nine and
four-tenths miles. AT the average
rate of twenty-five cents over our bad
roads this would amout to s44,S45,-
O00-
At the European rate Of twelve
cents per mile at would have been
slightly more than twenty-one mill
ions and half: In ether words there
was a dead loss tt, our own corn
growers of more than s23,31s,ooo.
Farm products during the same
fruitful year amounted to nearly
S5,50a 100000 pounds. This does
not includes the products hauled to
mills and back, truck products and
fruit, nor the products Of forests and
mines. The saving on the other tom
mage however, would amount TO
s52.250, 900.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12
should Be in Every Home

The local newspaper should be
found in every home. No child, says
the Centeryille Observer, will grow
up ignorant who can be taught to ap-
preciate the home paper. 1t is the
stepping stone to intelligence in all
those matters not to be learned in
books. Let your children have the
home paper and read Of persons
whom they meet, and places with
which they are familiar, and soon an
interest is awakened which increases
with, every periodical arrival of the
local paper. Thus habit of reading ,!;
is formed, and those children will
read the papers all their lives and be-
come intelligent men and women, a
credit to their ancestors. strong IN
their knowledge OF the world as It
Is to-day.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12
ias9D. RQ ass5I
iEfSSgF1ss59as e1sssssssszss:ssssssssas1
.le8ts'
Road Of Sand and sawdust.

- A road made from sand and saw
dust is the latest style of roadmaking
designed by George w. Cooley, State
highway engineer. Last spring he
made section ofs3road with clover
and rye on a sand foundation. This
has been very successful. The road
made from sand and sawdust Is at
Cambridge, in Isanti County.
Four inches of sawdust was raked
on the sand road after being graded.
This was worked into. the sand by
passing teams, and as fast as ruts
were formed The sawdust was raked
into the rutsy to be further mixed
with sand. This Is new road MAX
ing material, and IL successful will
rnake;an exceedingly profitable means
of using the immense quantities OF
sawdust from The mills of the State.
In those counties where there Is
nothing but sand in the roads good
roads are impossible without the ad-
dition Of other material. Mr.. Cooley
is now experimenting with various
means of turning the sand into vege-
table loam which can be worked to
advantage. The idea is that the saw
dust will rot and mixing with the
sand will form loam suitable for
roads,
Such a small amount of money is
appropriated by the State for the con-
struction of roads that the expert
ments have been on limited scale
and the construction of roads pro-
ceeds slowly. This State spends only
one-tenth as much on State roads as
does New York in relation to the
value OF the property.-st. Paul Pios
ipeer Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12
Newsy Gleanfngs.

China has protested to japan In
an imperial statement issued at Seoui
upon the interference Of the Korean
Government in the Chen Tao bound
airy dispute.
Stanleigh Megargee, OF Troop l, y.
s. A, charged that graft and gamD-
ling were open and rampant on trans
ports plying between San Francisco
and Manila.
The Shah of Persia prolonged the
armistice a. Tabriz to permit the en-
trance of supplies into the city. HIS
action is ascribed to fear of Russian
Intervention
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12
Old Railroad Carriages.

Before 1880 most English railway
carriages had only four wheels ana
weighed ten tons. From 1857 TO isso
thew had six wheels and weighed fif-
teen to sixteen tons; from 1890 to
1900 they had eight wheels and
weighed twenty-four tons; and since
1900 the fashion is twelve wheels Ior
dining and sleeping cars and the
weight thirty-hve to forty-two tons.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12
Prominent People.

Ex-President Castro spoke bitterly
at paris of the American Govern
ment,s attitude toward him.
At Paris, Captain William 5: Gnig-
nara the American Military Attacne,
will be succeeded by Major I. Bent
ley Mott.
Richard Croker said he was more
interested in his entries for the DERBY
than in New York City Mayoralty
candidates. u
Heinrich Conried, former manager
Of the Metropolitan Opera House IN
New York City, died at Meran, Aus
trian 1'yrol. - -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12
New Jerseys PROGRESS.

According to a report from the
Office OF tho State Supervisor of Roads
of New Jersey, the Mosquito State
had constructed during the year
1908, 511, ,s75 feet Of macadam road,
252,1So feet of gravel road and S340
feet OF oyster shell road. The
amount spent in construction was
s711,609.O9; for road repairing.
100000, and for culverts and
bridges, s58O,oO0. There has been
appropriated and will be available
during, the year 1909 for construction
and maintenance of roads $751;
s73.75, including the fund derived
from the tax on automobiles.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12
Racing Doomed in Japan
and Horsemen Lose Heavily.

Tokio.-A tremendous effort has
been made by the race track element
in Japan to induce the Government to
retract and permit betting upon the
tracks, but Marquis Katsura, the Pre-
mier, has stood firm. and for another
year at least the race tracks OF tae
empire will be without their favorEe
pari mutuel or any other form OF PET,
ting. This means practically an ena
to horse racing in japan, and. neces-
sarily, a heavy loss to the various
race tracks, :. -. - -.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12
Start. systematic Road Building.

A petition of citizens and business
men to lay aside two-thirds of all the
money raised by taxation for the
building ofa new section of gravel
road each year was granted by the
Township Committee of New Egypt,
N. j., which began work on the road
leading from Main street toward AL
lentown. This, with the new road
running through the village toward
Lakewood, will add materially to the
comfort of travellers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12

There is at Kaiser Wilhelm's Ber-
I'm nalace an Oberhofmeisterin, lady
who has been described as court
chamberlain in petticoats, who has to
maxi, personal acquaintance with
every lady before she attends a court.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12
I.wa College Puts Girl

on Baseball Ieam.
Des Moines, Iowa.-Miss Josephine
Armstrong has just been placed on
the Still College baseball team TO pay
centre field. She is pretty, seven
teen, an expert tennis and goli pay
er and can throw tho ball iartner
than any man on the team. she VIII WIZ
play in all scheduled games againss
the crack teams. She also has a. pat
ting average Of .2S9. -
Miss Armstrong wears na..y
bloomer suit and looks not unlike any
of the other college players.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12

Albany. n. Y.-Poor people In this
State, who have to buy their fooo
supplies in small quantities. were
robbed of about S20,000,00G last
year by reason of short weights and
small measure, according to an esti-
mate made by Fritz Reichmann, State
Sunerintendeut of Weights and
Measures. OF that loss about S10,-
600 900 came from the people in New
York City, In spite Of the municipal
bureau of weights and measures, OF
whose head Superintendent Reich
mann has not a very complimentary
opinion.
faulty weights and measures" he de-
clared, "are the very poor, who nave
to buy in small quantities. This state
Is so far behind its neishbors that IL
naturally becomes the dumping
Ground of short weight and short
measure goods. Russia, WhicI we
consider q barbarous country, Is. 50
much better governed than: New ork s
State In respect to its weights ana
measures, as to make Us plush.
Primarily the reason for this great
defraudfng Of customers by dealers is
NOT dishonesty, In Superintendent
Reichmann's opinion, but the imper-
feet laws which leave each munich
nality to work out Its OWL destiny,
with merely a general supervision on
the part of sadly handicapped state
.department. Thus dealers In one city
supplying retailers in some otner city
with different regulations as 70
weights and measures. or perhaps
negligent inspection or no Inspection
may automatically perpetrate a
fraud, which the retail dealers Wouio
pass along or intensity,
tsTo be sure" Mr.. Refchmann con
tlnued. "there is much dishonesty,
deliberate and Intentional, In every
large city and many small ones, ano
II is to guard against this that Fne
yearers of weights and measures nave
to watch constantly.
Berry Boxes Short Measure.
AT stopped a consignment OF COO.
600 berry boxes to New York City the
other day from one of our up-State
cities" the Superintendent ADDED
.'They were short measure. Tne con.
sfgnor said they were to be used lol
the wagon trade" =.
The staggering statistics Whlcn he
,roduced as to the total annual los:
from fraudulent weights and meas
ures were compiled by taking twent!
foodstuffs, the average proportion o.
loss found by the departments test.
and the average consumption yeari'
of the twenty articles chosen.
"They were twenty average com
modities-hour, bread, meats, eggs
butter, coffee, tea, sugar, beans ane
the like" said he. "Those t1gures
too, are conservative. II anything
the amount would be larger rathe
than smaller" -,
To take one example. He esti
mated that on dried beans the con
sumer paid for some $4,000 wortl
of beans more than he received II
the course of year. What purport
ed to be a quart of dried beans wa
purchased by one of the inspectors II
a grocery store for twelve cents. I'm
beans and the bag containing then
were weighed and found to weigl
233-32 ounces. The bag weighe'
e-32 of an ounce, leaving for tn
beans % 1916 ounces. a corTec
quart of beans is supposed to weigl
exactly thirty ounces. Thus on ina
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12

Talk is cheap quotes the American
Cultivator. Don't take much OF It
from your hired help in exchange for:
your good money. The man who can;
talk and work too is arare creature
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12
pn,nit Imagery in Nova, Scotia.

II. a sermon recently preached by
O Nova Scotia. clergyman occurred the
following irreverent buteffective met
,aphrr: "You can't fool God. He al
ways has a card UP His sleeve to play
-apajnst VOL. New York Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12
PRAISES HoosEyEIT LION SLAYER, BECAUSE BE ISRID-
DING AFRICA OF "VERM1N.'

New city-Ernest Thompson-seon the nature VIII
the Kronprinz Wilhelm ana sa - @ h shn
by wireless enthusia saly received Hoos
yes expedition said writer SHOULD be of great value ne
spenddy equipped the work. and has with MIN Two Oh tue
best naturass America hope he will Kill many ons ior
they part of Africa MT RooseVeit III speh
did shot, and should do we'll" -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12
An English ornithologist has sue
cessfu1ly bred the black swan, one OF
the rarest Of birds except in Australia.

A permanent national exposition at
Madrid, for the promotion of which
AN organization has been formed in,
Spain, will have for one of its chief.
objects the stimulation OF scientific
methods in agriculture and manufac-
turing.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12

i A new stop watch has been brought
out for use OF physicians and nurses
in counting pulse beats. The press
ure of button starts # and another
pressure stops 1t and marks the time
when a given number Of beats have
been counted.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12

Whether warts spread by contact
has been much discussed. A Glas-
gov physician mentions that a maid
with many warts on hands and arms
was employed in certain family, and
warts soon appeared on the hands OF
the three children. The youngest, a
boy of FIVE, with habit of biting the
fingers, developed two warts on the
lin and one in the mouth.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12

The water produced by the melting
of glacier ice in summer flows down
through crevasses to the bottom OF
the glacier, and, forming a channel
by erosion, emerges often as large
stream. In the Arctic regions these
phenomena take place on a very large
scale. The Danish expedition to the
portheast coast of Greenland, con.
Quoted by Mylius and Erichsen, dis
covered and explored vast caverns
thus formed by glacial streams. Sons
of these caves are sixty to seventy
feet in height and more than mile
long. In winter the streams cease
flowing, aut the caverns or tunnels
remain ready to receive the streams
! Of the next summer.