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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-01
HYPNOTIC REFORM.
Dishonest and Lazy Youth Made Hon.
est and Industrious.

New York, Oct. Let him go in
my car, your honor" said DR.. Siegfrid
Block in the Gates avenue court. Brook
lyn. II have him under hypnotic in
fiuence- Whatever his evil purposes, 1
have corrected Them
DR.. Block is connected with the Long
Island hospital AS he spoke to Magis-
trate Nash he had placed his hand af-
fectionately on the shoulder of Bernard
Scharf, 16 years old. The youth had
been arrested last July charged with
having robbed a baker of a little money.
II have known this boy a long time -
said DR.. Block. after the magistrate
had discharged young Scharf in the
physicians custody. 81 realized that
could cure him by hypnotic suggestion.
as I have cured others. He has been
under my hypnotic control. While he
had been thriftless ano lazy, he has be-
come Industrious and honest in the last
two months. 1 assert and shall assert
everywhere that hypnotisIn has reform
ed this boy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-01
CUTICURA MADE SKIN
CLEAR AND HEALTHY

"My baby's eczema came on when he
was three months old, like rash on his
face and then spread over his head.
Then there began to form a lot of small
pimples over his head from which a
Watery substance came out and formed
. regular mass Of crust all over his head,
face and body. I had to tie wooden cloths
on his hands to keep him from scratching
himself. He was a fearful sight to look
nc. / went to a drug store and tried
some Of their remedies for eczema but
they did not do him any good. then
called in one Of our leading physicians
and he tried several kinds of medicine
and gave me prescriptions, but they
only made him worse.
At this stage a lady friend Of mine
came in and advised me to try the Cuti-
cilra Remedies. That afternoon / sent
for cake of Cuticura Soap, a box of Cuti-
cura Ointment and one vial of Cuticura
Pills, and in less than week could see
q vast improvement in him. 1 washed
him all over every morning with the
Cuticura Soap and gave him an appli-
cation of the Cuticura Ointment after
his bath. / kept on using the Cuticura
Remedies until he was completely cured.
They left his skin clear and healthy and
I always have kept the Cuticura Rene
dies in the house ever since. / highly
recommend Cuticura to all persons suf-
fering from eczema. Mrs. Kate Broug-
ham, 200 Dewey st., Bennington, Vt,
Dec. 5, 1908 and Jan. II, 1907
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-01
SERVE DOUBLE PURPOSE
New Fire Gong Warns Police to Clear
the Streets.

Chicago, Oct 1.-Gongs on patrol
boxes in the downtown district that
will sound an alarm when engines are
rushing to a fire will in the future
warn policemen to clear the streets
This will greatly accelerate the move
ment of fire apparatus. it is claimed.
Delay that is costly to insurance
companies is frequently encountered
by firemen on account of the difficulty
in guiding engines and other appar-
atus through crowded thoroughfares-
The police signal system in use in the
downtown district is equipped with
gongs for calling patrolrnen to the
boxes in cases of emergency. These
boxes are two blocks apart, and a po-
liceman can hear the ringing of the
gong no matter where he is If On the
street.
When he hears the warning sound
he goes to the patrol box and is told
of the fire and it's location. Before the
fire apparatus reaches the corner at
which he is stationed. the policemen
have had time to clear the streets, and
the engines pass on without delay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-01
WILL LEAD HONEST LIFE
Lawrence Minister Eorsakes Calling
and Makes Novel Plea.

Lawrence, Kan. Oct. III don't be-
lieve minister of the gospel can lead
an honeLt life nowadays. is the statement
made by Rev. D. H Carrick, who has
resigned from the pastcrate of the
North Lawrence Christian church and
will become street railway conduc-
tor.
THE public never sees behind the
screen of the pastors" said Carrick,
''or it might realize the trials and
griefs which the pastor and his wife
are forced to bear. A minister's wife
cannot even make a pretense of dress
ing ordinarily well or the people will
think they are paying the pastor too
much, or that he ought to save part
of his salary and give it to missions
lie cannot put on a pair of patent leath-
er shoes without every person who has
contributed the smallest mite toward
his salary looking at them as if to say,
Il helped pay for those shoes; there's
where our money goes
mo, sir. Il don't believe a minister
can live really honest life"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-01
ToDAY's MARKET REPORTS

Chicago, Oct. 1-WHEAT-The wheat
market was still strong today despite the
elimination of the September delivery.
trading in which ended in whirlwind fin
ish yesterday with IA cent advance.
Shorts were fairly active bidders for the
advance of sd to I'D in the price of wheat
at Liverpool inspired the buying. Prices
at the opening were A@3sc to a@sc high
er, December being at $1.O01s to $1.O01k.
Later the price advanced to $1002z al. 0O7s.
The market lost all of its advance dur
ing the final hour owing to selling based
on a slump in corn and on a liberal esti
mate on the worlds reports for the week.
December sold off from $1.01b to 991z@99ssc.
The close was weak with December off &c
at 995s@99Ac.
in the corn market early In the day Trad
ing was light owing to absence of demand.
Favorable weather for the new crop was
the chief depressing influence. December
opened a shade lower to a shade higher
at 577sc to 5Sc, advanced to 5SAc and
Extreme weakness prevailed all day. De-
cember declined to 567sc. The close was
weak at almost the bottom with Decenl-
Der off lie at 56zk@57c.
TS-Notwithstanding larger receipts
than had been expected sentiment in the
buying by cash interests. December open
ed unchanged to a shade higher at $40
3S5sc to 3S5sc and sold up to 3SA@39c.
ROVISIONS-Provisions were strong
owing to buying of lard by local packer
Prices at the start were a shade to 15c
higher.
RYELCash: 7@73c; December, 7oc
BARLEY-Cash: 50@66c.
TIMOTHY-October, So 80; March, 1870
CLOVER-Nothing doing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-01

the poor managers have to put up
the money. Needless to say there are
hundred cases where there is an adj
vantage to this law-and probably an
advantage that will some day be able
to save a human life-but there are
many. who have grave doubts about
the danger of a little hop, skip. and
jump to the ground from the second
story of a low, frame country hotel.
This is the point in the law that Is
causing CONSERVATION among the no.
tel owners over the state and it is the
point in the law that is closing them
up. Very few poor men with the av-
erage majority of vacant rooms star
ing them in the face every day are
able to pay out cold cash for fire es-
capes. They have not been educated
up to such condition of affairs-and
they are going to throw up their
business rather than spend the mon
ey for the apparently useless articles.
The latest hotels to close because of
this fire escape section applied to two
story hotels are the Cambridge house,
in Cambridge, Cowley county; the
Central hotel in Dighton, the Palace
Central in Garden City. They all state
that they can't afford to obey the
law-and they had much rather close
up their houses
Up to date there have been 657 ho-
tells investigated in the state and only
II of them have been granted certi-
fcates. 1t is expected that a large
of the remaining houses will
have to close down. Eleven of them
counties and Kansas City and Wichita
to work on by the inspectors The no.
tel inspectors will find some wonderful
things before they finish this task.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-01
Law FALLS HAIKU
Kansas Hotels Can't Stand the
Pressure.
Hotel inspection Is Too EX-
p0nSive.
CLOSING EVERY DAY.
HOsteleries Are Forced to Quit
Business.
DO Small Village Inns Need Fire
Escapes?
CLOSING EVERY DAY.

It takes all the sternness there is
In human nature to enforce the
average inhuman law passed by the
usual run of state legislatures and in
the department of the state board OF
health where the enforcement OF
laws means an intrusion upon the
sociological and pathological side of
life the officials are called upon for
more than their share of the regular
contribution to the sorrow and
trouble of others
For instance. at this time, William
J. v. Deacon, assistant chief food and
drug inspector and the state official
who is in charge of the hotel in
spection invasion over the state,
probably has more to contend with
than any man in the state house. In
fact he receives at his desk IS first
class letters every day-more than IN
any desk in the state house. And
practically every one of these letters
has its tale of woe.
The new hotel inspection laws
passed by the last legislature and in
stigated through the disastrous hotel
fires in this city are being enforced
throughout Kansas at this time and
of the 100 hotels in the state each
of them has its story to tell and its
excuse to make.
come up before Mr.. Deacon which
command a good amount of the sym
pathy from the less strict side of his
make up Recently a letter came TO
him that is a good representation OF
the conditions of the small country
hotels in Kansas.
The letter came from a little lat
1he-bottom-of- the-hill' village in the
southern part of the state ana wa
writing-significant of the toll ana
the heavy thought placed behind 1t. 1t
told Of the small frame hotel they
were conducting, the bare means
gained from its business, the few
Toomers and boarders and the utter
necessity of a closing down In case
the fire escape laws were enforced py
the county officials. The letter was
written by an old woman and signed
fv her husband. Investigations
found everything to be true.
Before this new state law is en-
forced to the Letter fully one-fourtn
of the little country town hotels in
Kansas will be closed. The daily bas-
ket of letters coming in to the hotel
Inspector prove this Hotels are CLOS
ing every day because they cannot al
ford to place fire escapes In their
buildings and because there Is no re
turn for their investment. eventually
every town under 1000 population IN
Kansas will be one hotel town and
the suffering travelling public Will be
obliged to take just what they can get
The sanitary conditions of the new
inspection laws are cheerfully met by
the hotel owners. They realize the
danger of this to themselves. But 1t
takes a man with mighty magma
ton to feel that he must have rope,
a red light, a chemical extinguisher
and a fire department to get out of
the second story window of low
frame hotel. One step on the window
sill, a drop of the foot to the window
below and the man is easily able to
ease off on to the ground.
But the state says that the room
must be equipped with ropes, ETC., and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-01
POLICEMAN WAS HASTY.
Assaulted French OFFICER Attendant
at Hudson Celebration.

New York, Oct. Admiral LIE
Pord, in command of the French bat
tleships attendant upon the Hudson
Fulton celebration has made public a
statement that an ensign of the
French navy has been assaulted by a
policeman. 1t was explained that it
was not the wish of the French Off
GERS to make an international matter
out of the disturbance or to cause any
friction between the two governments
by sending an official note to the
mayor or other city or federal author
ity and that therefore it had been
deemed best to merely allow the facts
to become public.
The young naval officer is said to
have been trying to get to an elevated
railroad station when he was stopped
by a policeman on the crowded stair
way. Words followed and according
to the statement given out the police
man struck the young officer in the
face with bis fist sending him sprawl
ing down the stairs. In his descent
the ensign knocked down several wo-
men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-01
USURER AND PRINCE.
Braganza in the Grip of an Austrian
Money Lender.

Vienna, Oct. 1.-Suit was brought to-
day in the commercial justice court
against Prince Miguel Braganza, who
recently married Miss Anita Stewart,
for a debt of six thousand crowns, Dor
rowed from an usurer when the prince
was unable to pay his Paris hotel bill
to buy a ticket to England or to
Scotland, where Miss Stewart waited
for him.
During the proceedings it was shown
that Braganza, who protested against
the amount charged had since applied
to the same usurer for the loan of 200,-
900 crowns. The judge inquired strenu-
ously into the facts to learn what
amount of cash the prince received for
the bill, less the interest. The usurer,
fearing he might be arrested, withdrew
the suit.
The princes aunts, Archduchess
Marie Theresa and Duchess Parma, are
prepared to repay the debt, with rea-
sonable interest, but not the usurer's
charges.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-01
LAW Is CONSTITUTIONAL.
Attorney General Jackson Passes on
Rock Roads Lawn.

Attorney General jackson has held
that the new rock road law passed by
the last legislature is constitutional. A
delegation from Johnson county under
the leadership OF their senator, George
Hodges, visited the Office of the attor-
ney general recently to see if this law
would hold good in their county The
people of Johnson county are anxious
to build some of these new rock roads
and they want to be right on the consti-
nationality of the law before they
commence operations.
Johnson county has always been in
the lead for good roads and since the
lest legislature they have planned out
an excellent strip of it in their section
OF the state. They did not know wheth-
er to let the job by the mile or by the
job and they asked the attorney gem
eral what he thought. of it. Either
manner is correct and the people went
home happy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-01
REWARD FOR MCGOWAN.
The Man Who Distributed Relief to
the Messina Sufferers.

New York, Oct. Pay Inspector
Samuel MCGOWAN, of the Atlantic
fleet, one of the most popular officers
in the navy, has been relieved from
sea duty and detailed to shore duty
at the Charleston Navy Yard. In as
signing Inspector MCGOWAN to his
old home in South Carolina the de-
partment desired to show its appre-
citation of his seventeen years active
service, the browning feature of which
was his work following the Italian
earthquake.
1t was Mr.. MCGOWAN. who as pay
inspector of the Atlantic fleet had
charge of the purchase and distribu-
ton of the navy supplies that kept
the people of Messina from starvation
Immediately after the earthquake had
destroyed that city. The White Star
liner Republic sank with a large guam
tity of the new supplies which were
being sent to the fleet, but MCGOWAN
had them replaced berore they were
needed. Incidentally in assent bling
and distributing the relief supplies he
saved the United States government
many thousands of dollars.
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FAvORs HIS CASE.
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confidence in the very prominent man
aging officers of this great banking in
stitution. Hundreds of this class of de-
positors will sing their praises to the
Oklahoma legislators who in their wis
dom passed this wise, fair and equit-
able law, whereby they today are
miserable and possibly some of them
using the poisonous drug and the
deadly revolver.
Kansas Banks Are Solid
"a prominent banker in this capi-
tai city said when the news was fash
ed over the wires of this failure. Be
ware of the bank guaranty law. This
failure will justify the banks of Kan
sas in fighting the bank guaranty law
that is being enforced in this state
depositors of the Columbia Bank and
Trust company of Oklahoma City are
protected by the strong arm of their
splendid guaranty law. He says he
hardly thinks that there are any banks
in this fix in Kansas at this time. I,
as bank commissioner, say positively
there is not single state bank in
Kansas at this time that there is the
slightest probability of its failure. The
state banks of Kansas were never
found in a more solid, solvent and
sound condition than they are today
and the Kansas guaranty law has been
a strong FACTOR IN placing many or
these same banks in this splendid con-
dition.
"a leading paper, that is opposed to
the guaranty principle, said a few days
ago that any old bank guaranty law
would do as long as there was no fall
ure, but this is not the kind of law
that Kansas has. 1t is a bank guar
anty law that is equal to any emer-
gency. There is no kind or class of
Insurance stronger or better than CO.
operative and mutual insurance if it is
founded upon solid business principles
and 1 claim, and no actuary or insur-
ance man has ever disputed it, that the
Kansas law is built upon this founda-
ton.
st wish to say further that a state
ment given out a few days ago as
the number of banks in the fund and
the specific amounts with the state
treasurer and bank commissioner were
not in round numbers. but specific and
exact figures and that the banker who
said that if he would wait awhile, Dol
ley would give him a certificate, is not
a good banker. This kind of man
has probably been sitting around all
of his life waiting for somebody to give
him something for nothing and L will ,
venture further that this kind of
banker is not interested in paying the
depositors 100 cents on the dollar for
every dollar paid into his bank, should
a bank failure occur"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-01
LOOKING FOR RANSOM.
He Is a Negro and He Stole Trunk
in Topeka.

Authorities at Leavenworth, Kan,
are today searching for Lewis Ran
som, colored, employed at Lacey's
rooming house there. on information
given them this morning by Police
Chief r. w. Eaton, who informed
the police department in that city
that Ransom is the person who one
week ago stole a trunk from a car
shipped to Leavenworth by Nelson
Newton, a Topeka horseman. Fol
lowing the tip from the local police
the Leavenworth authorities in
stituted a search for the negro. The
trunk was valued at $40 and when
taken in custody Ransom will be
charged with grand larceny.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-01
OPENED A BLISTER.
Football Player Must Die From Blood
Poisoning.

Bloomington, Ind, Oct. lone
chance in fifty to live" was the YER
dict given privately to President Bry-
an and Head Coach Sheldon yester-
day by an indianapolis specialist on
blood diseases, after he had examined
Big Duke Trimble, the Indian foot
ball tackle, who is at the hospital with
acute blood poisoning coming from
an infection caused by a blister on his
heel.
The poisoning was not caused by
any injury received while at practice,
but by a blister rubbed by new
shoe. He opened the blister with a
penknife and blood poisoning follow
ed. He has been off the squad since
Saturday, laid up at his rooming
house and it was not until yesterday
that his condition was learned by
Coach Sheldon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-01
BUTCHER A PLAYWRIGHT
America Recognizes a Genius Spurned
in Native Land.

Chicago, Oct. Paul Berak.
Hungarian playwright, will see the
dramatization of his play, 1.-THE
Judges Daughter presented to-
morrow evening by the Hungarian
Literary and Singing club of Chicago.
While in his native town in Hun
gary he had been turning out
dramas, poems and folk songs, but
owing to social prejudice no
recognition of his talent was given
him. Coming to the United States
about five years ago. he engaged in
the butchers trade. and, although
employed during the day, he found
time to devote many hours to his
literary work. The play is written in
the Magyar tongue. in three acts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-01
BENT MURDOCH BETTER.
Fish Warden Talks About Fish in His
DeIirium.

According to M. F. Amrine of the gov
errors office force. Bent Murdoch who
has been seriously i'll for the last three
weeks is gaining strength slowly. Mr..
Amrine said that he was still unable
to have the control OF his lower limbs
or his hands.
1t seems that Uncle Bent has worried
considerably over the condition of the
state fish hatchery. When delirious
curing the early stages of his sickness
he mumbled about the fish and their
care continually and at times thought
he was shaving off green corn for the
fish. He has suffered from nervous
prostratiOn,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-01
Reeves. M1O0S n. Tavo. 8

higher. Beeves. $4.1O@S5O; Texas steers,
stockers and feeders, $s.i5g525; cows iVYs and
HOG5Receipts estimated at iOOoo
Market steady and strong. Light, H55d
SIS; mixed, N.6OQS. 40; heavy, $7.50GS. 40;
s7.75q8. 40; pigs. $6.4Oq75O; bulk of sales
" s5GS25.
Market steady. Native, $2.6O@5. 90; west
ern, $2.75q5O0: yearlings, $4.50d5.50; lambs,
native, 81. 25Q7 25f western, $4.50Gf&.
WHEAT-Receipts. $500 bushels; ship
ments, So, 300 bushels.
CORN Receipts As, 800 bushels; ship
ments, pa 500 bushels.
Car lot receipts: Wheat 50 cars, with 10
of contract grade; corn 1853 cars with 293
of contract grade; oats 131 cars.
Total receipts of wheat at Chicago. Min
neapolis and Duluth today were 1,OOS cars,
compared with 1,017 cars last week and
1153 cars the corresponding day a year
ago.
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New YORK Stock market.

Wall St., New York, Oct. 1.-STOCKS-
The opening stock market today was ir-
regular within narrow compass although
the dealings were active. Atchison was a
feature with rise of a point, and Pacific
Mail advanced 1% and Canadian Pacific
3 Chesapeake and Ohio declined T.
Active stocks moved within a narrow
circle. but showed a tendency to heavi-
ness, most of the leaders ruling fractional
ly below yesterdays closing during the
first hour. There was a good inquiry for
many of the minor specialties. Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph, which was dealt
in for the first time on the board. jumped
points, Pacific Mail 3, American Car pre-
Metropolitan preferred 1ss and Peoples
national Harvester and Mercantile Marine
preferred 1. Chicago. st: Paul. Mime
apolis and Omaha declined points, Chi
cago and Alton ~ and Pennsylvania and
Consolidated Gas 1. There was brisk
rally before the end of the hour.
The coalers became notably strong,
Reading rising 2, Delaware and Hudson
~ and Lackawanna 10. Atchisons gain
was stretched to rs. Amalgamated Cop
per advanced 17s and Sloss Sheffield Steel
IL. United States Steel touched S9k. 1lli-
nois Central declined 1.
Bonds were irregular.
There was nothing of interest to late
trading which was very dull until a fur
Their advance in United States Steel stir
red some activity. Westinghouse Electric
lost point.
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Kansas City Live Stock Market.

Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 1-CATTLE-
Receipts 1000. including 700 southerns.
Market strong. Native steers $4.50dS. 20;
81. 50G3 rs; native cows and heifers, So 250
$50; stockers and feeders, SO 2565. so; bulls,
s.. 50@375; calves, $3.50d7.75; western
steers. $3.65G675; western cows, 81 75d4.OO.
HOGS-Receipts 5000. Market strong to
&c higher. Bulk of sales, $7.750S. 10; heavy,
S.. O0@S 20; packers and butchers. S7.90dS 20;
light, N:50QS. 10; pigs, $5.25Q7.25.
SHEEP-Receipts 5000. Market steady.
Muttons, Sf5G5.OO; lambs, s.. 5Od6 q
range wethers and yearlings $4OOd5 %:
range ewes. $S25q5.00.