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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-06
LAHM CUP IS LOST.
Two st. Louis Balloons Have Been
Sighted in Minnesota.

st. Louis, Oct. 6.-That the Lal1m
cup for long distance balloon flights
has been won from Captain c. De-
Forest Chandler. U. S. A, was made
certain today when two of the balloons
which started from st. Louis late Mon
day were sighted above Minnesota
towns.
The ST. Louis III, S. L. Won Phul of
ST. Louis, pilot. was 60 miles ahead of
Captain Chandler's record when it
sailed over st. Cloud, Mimi, at $50
this morning.
Captain Chandler won the cup in
October, 1907, by voyaging from ST.
Louis to Walton, w. Va. 474.S miles
from the start. The Indiana, H. H.
McGill, pilot. passed over Renville,
Minn and the balloon Centennial, H
E. Honeywell, pilot, passed over Alice
Vile, Ala, today.
Balloon Cleveland Lands.
Alexandra City, Ala, Oct 6.-The
balloon Cleveland. under the direction
of Pilot J. H. Wade. Jr.. landed safely
five miles northeast of here at $3.50
o'clock this morning, after having trav-
eled 450 miles in an air line from St.
Louis. A. H. Morgan was the other
occupant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-06
WIRELESS DIRIGIBLE.
Will Take Part in the Air Races at St.
Louis.

st. Louis, Oct. 6.-Because of the
ceremonies incident to municipal day
in the st. Louis centennial celebration
the officials of the st. Louis Aero club
called off all aeroplane and dirigible
balloon flights scheduled for today.
Brilliant flights are predicted for
the remaining days of the week. how
ever, as the entrants include Glenn H.
Curtiss, who arrived today. George
Osmont who is to handle the biplane
in which Farman broke records at
Rheims; Marc Anthony who has
wireless dirigible and Thomas Bald
win, Lincoln Beachy. Roy Knaben-
shue and Cromwell Dixon. pilots OF
dirigible balloons.
Today's ceremonies were confined
to the evolutions of the police and fire
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-06
Joint Maneuvers OF Regulars
and Militia to End.
Advantages De Net Compensate
for Suffering Entailed.
BETTER WAY is FOUND
Officers Will Be Instructed in
the Schools.
Regimental, Battalion and Com
pany Drill for Privatss.

Washington, Oct. 6.-Joint ma
neuvers of the regular army and the
national guard are thing of the
past; at least there will be no
repetition of the recent Boston cam
paign, as long as the present direct
ing forces in the war department are
in control
Some valuable lessons are learned
In that period of stress and privation
but the cost in human suffering is
held by the war department officials
to have been out of all proportion to
the benefits derived.
And, besides. they are now con-
vipced that all of the real utility
taught to the militiamen could Just as
wei have been impaired through
other means and without filling the
hospital cots through the cam paign
and without causing the dreary tests
of absence on camp roll call in the
national guard armies since then
attributable to sickness.
The general officers of the regular
army and of the National guard who
Jointly planned and participated in
the Boston campaign, insist that it
was a great success. No so the
officials of the war department who
are now reckoning with the results.
1t is true that the militiamen got
taste of conditions as they may
exist in actual warfare, but for the
most part they returned to their
homes a. disheartened and dis
couraged set of men. That spirit Is
not calculated to further the plans
of the army officers who really de-
sire to add to the numerical strength
of the national guard and to bring II
up to highest possible efficiency.
Limit Is Set.
Wherefore it has been decided that
hereafter the participation of the mil
itia in an encampment with the regu-
lar soldiers every second year will be
limited to the intermingling of these
forces.
Little disposition is manifested here
to shirk responsibility for which ac-
tually occurred. But it is recalled that
after all the. participation of the ma
tional guard was voluntary.
Critics of the maneuvers now de-
clare that the brunt of the suffering
fell upon the private, who it is claim
ed did not need that sort of instruc-
ton, while the officer could have got
ten it otherwise.
They contend that company, regi-
mental and battalion drill in any OF
the usual yearly encampments of the
national guard with the addition Of
little systematic cross country march
ing from time to time will sufficiently
instruct the private; while larger and
more complex information needed by
the militia officers can be impaired
officers schools.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-06

ian church, Phfllipsburg; Rev. ]. NJ.
Dunlavey, Kansas City, Kan; Rev.
Homer E. Wark, pastor First NJ. E.
church, Leavenworth.
During the afternoon Attorney
General Jackson delivered an address
in The Law, the Lawyer and the
People," followed by Capt. Clad Ham
ilton of Topeka, who discussed THE
Kansas Boy at Home and Abroad"
Hon. James A. Troutman of Topeka,
talked from the subject THE Rain
bow
The conference will close tonight
with the evening service at which
time Senator Charles Curtis will talk
regarding Needed Legislation"
John Marshall, first assistant attor-
ney general, will discuss the Question
of the Hour" There will also be q
song service and select reading by
Miss Clara Crumb.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-06
INTO THE TREASURY.
First Money to State From Inherit
ance Tax.

The first inheritance tax has been
received by the state treasurerSs. 1t
came in the form of a check for
$531.47, or the states share of the
estate of James L. Patten of Cowley
county, who died not long ago. The
Patten estate is valued at $1S,64S, so
the percentage of the tax in this case
is about 8 per cent. However, the per
cent of the tax is graduated by the
degree of relationship of the heirs to
the testator, being less in cases of
direct succession of children and
grading upward where kinship or
natural succession is not so close
Since the new tax law passed by the
last legislature the state has been
placed in line for a number of shares
in this estate proposition but this
check is the first real money turned
into the treasury.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-06
SIXTH INsTALLNIENT.
Conquest of the Pole.

BY Dr. Frederick Cook.
copyrighted. 1909, by the New York
Herald Company. Registered in Canada
in accordance with the copyright act
Copyright in Mexico under the laws of
the Republic of Mexico. All rights re-
served)
Koolootingwah and Inugito had been
our bedfellows for the entire north
ward run, and they had gone through
many dangerous and hard experiences
together. We therefore felt more keen
ly their departure than the going of the
first six. We were at first lonely, but
the exigencies of our problem were soon
sufficiently engaging to occupy every
call and strain every fiber.
Party Reduced to Three
Now our party was reduced to three,
and. though the isolation. was more op-
pressive, there were the usual advan-
tages for greater comfort and progress
of a small family of workers. The in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-06

creased number of big expedition al
ways enlarges the responsibility and
difficulties. In the early part of a polar
venture this disadvantage is eliminated
by the survival of the fittest, but after
the last supporting sleds return the
men are married to each other and can
no longer separate. A disabled or un-
fitted dog can be fed to his companions
but an injured or weak man cannot be
put aside. An exploring venture is only
as strong IS it's weakest member. and
increased numbers, like increased links
in a chain, reduce efficiency.
The personal idiosyncrasies and in
conveniences always shorten the days
march; but, above ALL a numerous par
ty quickly divides into cliques which
are always opposed to each other, 10
the leader and to the best interests of
the problem in hand. With but two
savage companions, to whom this ar
duous task was but a part of an ac-
customed life of frost, I hoped to over
come many of the natural personal
barriers TO the success of arctic expedi-
tionS-
Vigor of Man and Beast.
By dead reckoning our position was
latitude 50 degrees % minutes longi-
tude e5 degrees IA minutes. A study of
the ice seemed to indicate that we had
passed beyond the zone of ice crushed
BY the influence of land pressure. Be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-06
STANDS BY HIS LETTER.
But DR.. Cook Says He Would Word
1t Differently Now.

Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 6.-Dr
Frederick A. Cook passed through
this city today on his way to st. Louis
and in an interview ne saId he had
round no reason to withdraw the
charge that Peary had sold his
(Cook's) supplies, which he made in
letter to Captain Bernier of the Ca
madam government steamer Arctic,
published today.
1 stand by that letter in its essen
tials," said Dr. Cook. But if I had
1T to write in my present frame of
mind 1 would not word it as it was
worded."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-06

At first no great hardship followed
the changed routine. We filled up sur
superf1uous bodily tissue. 1t was no
longer possible to jump on the sled
for an occasional breathing SPELL as
we had done along the land. With
overloaded sleds the drivers must push
and pull at the sleds to aid the dogs,
and 1 searched the troubled ice for an
easy route. cutting here and there with
the ice ak to permit the passing OIL
the sleds.
Sixty-Three Below Zero.
We are finally stripped for the race.
Man and dog must walk along together
through storms and frost for that elu-
sive pivot. Success or failure depended
mostly upon our ability to transport
rourishnent and to keep up the mus
cular strength for a prolonged period
AS we awoke on the following morn
ing and peeped out of the eye port the
sun was edging along the northeast
throwing a warm orange glow on US
that gladdene1 our hearts. The tenn
perature was 63 degrees below zero
F.; the barometer was steady and high
There was almost no wind, and not
a cloud lined the dome of pale purple
blue.
"a Boulder of Pemmican.'
After two cups of tea. a watch sized
biscuit, a chip of frozen meat and
boulder of pemmican we crept out OF
the bags The shiverinS legs were
pushed through bearskin cylinders,
which served as trousers; the feet were
climbed into fur coats, kicked the front
out of the snow house and danced
about to start the fires of the heart.
Quickly the camp furnishings were
tossed on the sleds and securely lash
ed down. The dog traces were gath
cred into the drag lines, and with
vigorous snap of the long whip the
willing creatures bent to the shoulder
straps. The sleds groaned. and the un-
yielding SHOWS gave metallic ring,
but the train moved with a cheerful
pace.
'Unne noona terronga dosangwah"
(good land out of sight today we SAID
to one another. but the words did not
come with serious intent. In truth,
each in his own way felt keenly that
we were leaving world OF life ana
possible comfort for one of torment and
suffering. Heiberg island was already
only a dull blue haze, while Grant
Land was making fantastic figures of
its peaks and ice walls.
Desolate Coast Line.
The stamp of reality had given place
to a wave of curious mirages. Some
peaks seemed like active volcanoes;
pierced the changing skies with multi
pie spires like church steeples. Alto
gether this unexpected panorama OF
the upper surface of Grant Land under
the 11tt1oIlCS OL optical 1IluSlOnS gave
US considerable entertainment
At every breathing spell the heads
turned to the land. and every look gave
new prospect. From belching volca-
hoes to smoking cities of modern bus
tie the mirage gave suggestive bits OF
scenes, but a more desolate line of
coast could not be imagined.
Low wind swept and ice polished
mountains were separated by valleys
filed with great depths of snow and
ice. This interior accumulation NOV
ed slowly to the sea, where it formed
a low ice fall, a glacier of the mala-
Spina type, but its appearance was
more like that of heavy sea; hence
CONTINUED on Page sixl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-06
DIVIDEND OF 3 PER CENT
Has Been Declared on the Common
Stock of the Santa Fe.

New York, Oct 6.-The directors of
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe-rail-
way today declared a semi-annual
dividend of per cent on the common
stock. This is an increase of ~ per
cent over the last previous semi-an-
nuaI dividend. 1t was announced that
dividends hereafter will be declared
quarterly instead of semi-annually.
was elected a director in place of the
late H. H. Rogers. Mr. Cuyler is also
a director of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-06
OPENED BY REID.
Harvard House Is Now the Property
OF the University.

Stratfore- -on-the Avon. England oct
6.-Harvard house. the sixteenth cen
tury home of Robert Harvard, father
of John Harvard. the founder of Har-
ward university and rescued from de-
cay by the joint efforts of Edward
Corelli, is now the property of Har-
ward university.
The house was opened TODAY by
Whitelaw Reid, the American ambassa-
COR IN the presence of a large and dis
audience. Among those nres-
eEt were many Americans
The affair was followed by a lunch in
Marie Corelli's house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-06
READY FOR FIGHT.
Jeffries Says Big Event Will Come II
johnson Is Half as Anxious.

London. Oct. 6.-James ]. Jeffries,
who arrived in London last night
from Paris, does not anticipate any
developments in his prospective fight
with Jack johnson for the heavy
during his stay in London He is of
the opinion that the meeting will oc-
cur in San Francisco, and he said to-
day:
IF Johnson is half as ready as L
am for the fight, it won't be long af-
ter my return to America before we
are at it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-06
MURDER AT FR0NTENAC.
Harry Daugherty, a Miner, Stabbed
and Beaten to Death.

Pittsburg, Kan, Oct. 6.-With his
skull fractured and three long knife
wounds on his face, Harry Daugher-
ty, a we'll known miner was found
dead today in front of the home of
another miner in North Frontenac
near here.
1t is believed that Daugherty was
murdered and his body carried to the
spot where it was found.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-06
ENID BANKS RESIST.
VIII Fight Payment of Assessment
for Guaranty Fund.

Enid. Okla. Oct. 6.-Interviews
with local bank officials today indi-
cate that Enid's five state banks will
resist the effort to collect an assess
ment of three-fourths of one per
cent on average deposits to replenish
the guaranty fund now being used to
re-establish the Columbia Bank and
Trust company OF Oklahoma City.
Notices of assessments were receiv-
ed here today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-06
PIRATES RESTING UP.
Will Be Ready for Worlds Cham
pionship Series Friday.

Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 6.-Having COM
pleted the regular National league
schedule the Pittsburg baseball team
returned home today from Cincinnati,
where the season closed yesterday and
from now until Friday attention Will
be devoted to the post series.
The entire Pittsburg team is in the
best possible condition. Pitcher Cam
nitz, who will work, has been suffering
from Quinsy, but is rapidly improving.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-06

hind were great hummocks and small
ice; ahead was a cheerful expanse of
larger foes. Using the accumulated
vigor of man and beast, we had ad-
vancd a degree of la-'tude in three
days. Our destination was about 460
miles beyond.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-06
No Change in Weather.

No change is expected in weather
conditions for the rest of this week.
The forecast is still generally fair. -
miles an hour from the south. The
h for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-06
BURNS PROVE FATAL.
of Stove and Kerosene
Cost Woman's Life.

Wellington, Kan, Oct. 6.-Mrs. ].
H. Sparks, wife of a prominent Con-
way Springs real estate man died here
today from burns received last night,
while starting fire in the cook stove
with kerosene.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-06

REACHED COPENHAGEN.
But our life had assumed quite an
other aspect. Previously we permitted
ourselves some luXuries. pound OF
coal oil and a good deal of musk OK
tallow were burned each day to heat
the igloo and to cook abundant food.
Extra meals were served when an oc-
casion called for it, and each man ate
and drank all he desired. If the stock
ings or the mittens were wet there was
fire enough to dry them out. But all of
this must now be changed.
Pennmican Fed to Dogs and Men.
There was a shorter daily allowance
of food and fuel-one pound of pemmi-
can per day for the dogs, about the
same for the men, with just a taste OF
other things. Fortunately, we were
well stuffed for the race with fresh
meat in the lucky run through game
bands
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-06
weather Indications.

Chicago, Oct 6.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Generally fair tonight and Thurs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-06
Brooklyn 4. New York 1.

Brooklyn, Oct. 6.-National; first
game. Score: R.H.E.
New York.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 2
BTOOhIyn = i
Batteries-Kiawitter and Wilson: Scan
Jon and Marshall
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Continued on Page Sikh
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17
n sneak on aThe Better Man,

win speak on "The Better Man."
The Catholic club of the episcopal
diocese of Los Angeles will celebrate
its third annual mass next Thursday at
II a. M at st. Matthias church, Rev.
A. NJ. Smith, the rector, to be celehrant.
Rev. r. Fl Gushee of Ontario, president
of the club, will preach the sermon.
Ernest Douglas will have charge OF the
music.
"Glimpses of the Capitola Confer
ence" will be the general subject at the
Y. w. C. A. vesper service Sunday aft
ernoon at o'clock at the association
building. Miss Mary Cunningham will
be the principal speaker.
Sunday evening Rev. A. B. Prichard,
pastor of Central Presbyterian church,
will give the eleventh of a series OF
lecture sermons on 1.-The Progress of
Revelation" and will take for his sub
ject 1.-THE Son of Cod
A special service of installation for
the recently elected church officials
will be conducted by Rev. w. d. Lam
dis, pastor of the Westlake Presby-
terrain church. Sunday morning,
Sunday morning a special service
will be held at the Boyle Heights
Methodist church for the junior de-
partment, which will march into the
church in a body.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17

her father left the million dollar
estate in Wales to accept position
as donkey engine tender In a Belle
Vile quarry. He and his wife died.
and Martha and her younger brother
and sister were put in convent.
From the convent the three children
We're scattered far and wide. One link
remains to be found. Where did the
younger sister scatter to? For until
she can be found not one penny of the
ten million can be disbursed
Mrs. Reilly thinks Martha left the
dishes to find her sister.
Not Contaminated
Madam, / will not consume your
time with the tale of my misfor-
tune"
mo: and you'll not consume any of
my provisions, either"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17

Ten minutes after getting the glad
news Martha wasn't satisfied with
merely being rich. She wanted to be-
long to the unemployed rich. She
threw down the dishcloth, put on her
best clothes and went away from No.
424 Lafayette avenue, Brooklyn, where
she had been a servant for Mrs. NJ. f..
Reilly.
Here is the familiar story the lawyer
told to Martha: Her great-grand-
mother Johanna died several years ago
on the family estate in Wales, leaving
a fortune of $10,000,000 to be divided
equally among the eleven heirs. That
has been increased by the interest.
The executors have been looking for
the eleven heirs. After searching
much of Europe. Asia and Africa, the
trail led to Belleville, N. J. 1t was
learned that when Martha was a baby
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17
NINE APPOINTMENTS ARE
ANNOUNCED BY BISHOP

Bishop Conaty has announced the
following appointments through his
secretary, Rev. Francis J. Conaty:
Rev. ]. ]. O'Brien of Sherman insti-
tute is appointed rector of Santa Paula
and the mission of Nordhoff.
Rev. Joseph Kaiser of Tulare is APP
pointed rector of st. Michael's church,
Los Angeles.
Rev. William Palmer is appointed
rector of Tulare with its accompany
ing mission.
Rev. Emil Gerard of st. Michaers
church is appointed rector of Hyde
Park with it's missions of Inglewood
and Hawthorne.
Rev. e. Eummelin of FL Centre is
appointed acting rector of National
City.
Rev. F. Burelbach Is appointed act
ing rector of Imperial. Ell Centre and
accompanying missions.
Rev. Thomas Blackwell, assistant at
Sacred Heart church, is appointed as
sistant at San Bernardino.
Rev. George Doyle is appointed as
sistant at Sacred Heart church, East
Los Angeles.
Rev. Edward Donnelly is appointed
acting rector in charge of Sherman
institute.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-17
DIES WAITING FOR JOB
IN NEW ADMINISTRATION
Chicago Political Worker Succunbs
to Disappointment and Expo
sure in Washington

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE first
of the dreamers of hopeless dreams,
those who throng the capital at the
beginning of each new administration
looking for place in the government,
lies at the morgue here, dead of dis
appointment and exposure. He was
Albert c. Lum of Chicago.
Mrs. Lum is destitute. and Congress
man Boutell of Chicago will have the
body returned to that city. Mayor
Busse has provided for simple burial
Mrs. Lum says in a Geographic ac-
count that her husband worked hard in
ward politics.
Had he worked as hard for his own
interests things would have been diff
ferent," she said.