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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-15
KNOX SAYS WAIT.
He Is Not Yet Ready to Report on
Nicaraguan Situation.

Washington, Dec 15-Secretary Knox
today requested the senate committee on
foreign relations to postpone the suggest
ed Investigation of the Nicaraguan situa-
tfon until he is able to give the committee
clear understanding of Central Ameri-
can affairs.
The committee was called together to-
day by Chairman Cullom with the idea OF
having Secretary Knox make some state
ment. but agreed to the postponement-
Because of this request, the resolution
introduced by Senator Rayner in connec-
ton with the execution by order of Pres
ident Zelaya of the two Americans, Cam
non and Groce, was not taken up
There was some discussion of the visit
to this country of Mexico's special ambas-
sador, Senor Enrique c. Creel Published
interviews with Senior Creel have repre-
sented him coming. with a view to act
ing as a sort of mediator in any trouble
between the United States and Nicaragua
over the execution of the Americans The
opinion was expressed that SenOr Creel
should be received by this government as
the ambassador of President Diaz to pre-
sent any views Mexico may have in re-
gard to the future of Nicaragua or other
Central American states, but that he could
not be received in the capacity of med
iator between Nicaragua and the United
States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-15

The relation of drainage to good road
construction is so important that ev-
cry little detail must be provided for
to insure the stability and permanency
of the road and the skill of the most
expert engineer is often taxed, before
success is achieved and the work Sc
cured from damage or injury for want
of proper drainage. Therefore the en-
ployment of the unskilled, uneducated
and inexperienced should be discoun-
tenanced and those placed in charge
who are educated for the work
"On the road to the creaking Water Mill,
Hating, the mud burdened horses stand
still;
In torrents and gusts pours the pitiless
rain
On tie roadway. the builder neglected to
drain.
1.-The driver said: If I had a boat,
1 could cross this flood.
But a wagon won't float
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-15
KIEFER BANK FAILS.
1t Had $4,000 IN the Farmers Ma
tiOnai of Tulsa.

Tulsa, Ok. Dec. 15-As a result of
the closing of the Farmers National
bank here, the First State bank of
kiefer, small town 1S miles southwest
of here, has quit business. The Kiefer
bank had $4,000 on deposit in the
Farmers National bank and it's deposits
amounted to $4,000.
Although groups of people stood about
the defunct bank here discussing the
case and hoping for quick payment
to depositors. there was no excitement.
Bank Commissioner Young said pay
ment would be begun today under the
denoSitors' guarantee law
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-15
FEARFUL SLAUGHTER.
Roosevelt Expedition Has Killed 6,663
Animals and Birds.

Washington. Dec. 1.-THE Srnithson-
ian African expedition headed by for
ner President Roosevelt. had up to De-
oember 10 taken 6.663 skins of which
less than one-half have been received
at their institution.
The collection consists of 2t3 large
mammals, 1,500 small mammals, and
1856 birds. The collection has series
of human skulls picked up along the
line of the ancient slave trail. This
statement was made by Secretary
Walcott at the annual meeting of the
board of regents of the institution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-15
1--WE KILLED RANKIN. :"
Night Rider Turns States Evidencs
in Murder Case

Union City, Tenn, Dec. 1--we
killed Captain Rankin at Reelfoot
lake, despite his pleas for mercy"
John Ratliff, member of the night
rider band placed on trial here.
charged with numbering Captain
Quentin Rankin, turned states evil
dence and gave this testimony
Rat1iff's version of the murder was
about the same as that given by sew
eral witnesses at the former trial
Several were convicted at the previous
action, but the supreme court set
aside the verdicts. The present hear
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-15
CORN IS LIGHT.
Average Weight Per Measured Bushel
Below Last Years.

Washington Dec. 15.-The crop re-
porting board of the department of
agriculture in a bulletin issued today
estimates the average weight per meas
ured bushel of various crops to be as
follows:
Spring wheat ST. pounds; winter
wheat 5S.4 pounds; and oats 327
pounds against 57.3. 58.S and 298
pounds respectively last year. The
quality of corn is S4.2 per cent against
S69 last year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-15
WOOD TO REACH THE TOP
He VIII Succeed Bell as Chief of
General Staff.

Washington, Dec. 15.-Major Cen
eraI Leonard Wood, now in command
of the Department of the East, will be
the next chief of staff of the army
Secretary Dickinson made this an
nouncement today. General Wood Will
succeed General j. Franklin Bell.
whose term at the head of the general
staff will expire next spring.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-15

Roswell, N. NJ, Dec. 15.-George A.
Puckett for five years editor of the
Roswell Daily Record, is dead from
tuberculosis. He was an editorial
writer on the Chicago Tribune and
Wellington. Kan, papers and owned
the first paper in the Cherokee strip
at Blackwell, Okla.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-15
IN WASHINGTON.
The President Returns From His
Trip to New Haven.

Washington. Dec I5. President
Taft, returning from a two days visit
to New York and New Haven, ar
rived il Washington today. The
president went direct to the White
House
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-15
Still Below Freezing.

sunshiny kind. but the wind from the
northwest makes it more comfortably
with an overcoat. The temperature has
risen Is degrees since Z o'clock this
morning There was no precipitation
last night or yesterday afternoon. Fol-
lowing are the hourly temperatures to-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-15

Chicago, Dec 15.-Forecast fer Kan
sas: Fair tonight and Thursday; not
much change in temperature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-15
weather Indications.

The wind is blowing Y miles an
from the northwest
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-02
Making Butter.

exceedingly hard. the Jar being shaken
so the cream will beat against the ends
in the process Of butter-making. The
accompanying sketch shows clearly
how one boy rigged UP device hsv
ing a driving wheel which is turned
with a crank. and a driven wheel at
tached to an axle having a crank on
the inner end This crank is connected
to a swinging cradle with a wire pit
man of such size as to- slightly bend or
spring at each end of the stroke. The
cradle is made with a cleat fastened
to each end, between. which is placed
the fruit jar, partially filed with
cream. The jar is wedged in between
the cIeats and the churning effected
by turning the crank
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-02
RECORD FOR THE SHoRTHoRN
Cow Owned by Missouri Agricultural
College Places New High Mark
for Her Breed.

On the 18th Of April the registered
shorthorn COW, Lula, owned by the
Missouri Agricultural college. com
pleted a years record which places
her far in the lead as the best dairy
COW of this breed, writes Prof. G. H.
Eckles in Hoard's Dairyman.
The total amount of milk produced
during the year was 1891 pounds with
an average test of All, which equals
5I4.S pounds butterfat. This Is equal to
605.6 pounds Of commercial butter. This
record as compared with other oficial
or authenticated records Of shorthorn
COW places the COW Lula almost In
class by herself
One of the marked characteristics Of
this COW shown during the year while
this record was being made was the
economy Of production. For some rea~
son. hard to understand, she does not
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-02
COMMISSION ACTS AS ARelTgR.
City Of Dayton Advised to Grant ohio
, Electric Railway CO. Authority
y to Make improvements.

Dayton, O.--City Solicitor Burnham
received a communication from the
Ohio railroad commission in which rec.
concentrations were made as to the
agreement between the city of Dayton
and the Ohio Electric. The commits
zion recommends that the municipality
authorize the electric company to re-
construct its tracks on South Main
street with ten-foot center: that the
Ohio Electric be given the privilege OF
widening tracks TO a ten-foot stand
ard all over the city where Il may be
necessary for them to operate large
cars, and that the company be au-
thorized to construct a connecting
curve TO enable It to reach its pro-
posed freight house viz City railway
line In return fer these privileges
the commission believes that the Ohio
Electric should maintain a ten-mlnute
city service, giving bond TO insure the
installation and continuance Of the
city service.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-02
FIVE PERSONS KILLED
When Fast Passenger Train Struck
Auto-Four Of the Victims Re-
lated To Each other.

st. Louis, Aug. 30-Five persons,
four Of them closely related, were kill
ed when an automobile in which
they were riding was struck by a fast
! essenger train of the Chicago. Rock
Island & Pacific railroad two and one
half miles west Gf Vigus station. on the
Creve Couer Lake road, st. Louis. All
the victi MS OF the accident were resi-
dents OF 81. Louis, The dead
are:
Theodore F. Witte, Theodore f.
Witte, ir.,, aged years; Mrs. Carl
Klinge, Mss Halcyon Campbell, Fred
erick c Witte.
The locomotive struck the autotno-
bile squarely, and Mr.. Witte and his
brother were tossed 40 feet away. The
boys body dropped from the front of
the train an eighth of mile down the
track and the woman caught in the
tonneau were crushed almost beyond
recognition In the wreckage.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-02
NOTES OF THE DAIRY.

ButtermiIk is a most wholesome ar
tfcle of diet, the Tactic acid in It is
very beneficial to the stomach.
II milk is to be separated. the soon
or 1t is done after milking the better.
Cows must be kept in good work
ing condition or the game is a losing
one.
If COWS are IN low condition all
sorts of trouble may be expected at
calving time.
II they have been obliged to wal
low through snow and mire and cold,
you can expect the calves to come
every way but the right way. and
some cows may abort.
A check in the growth OF the young
stock is a loss that cannot be re-
gained.
Save every heifer calf from first.
class butter-making cows.
Weed out and build up the dairy,
then you may expect success.
See that the young stock have no
lice on them when they are put in
pasture If any lice are found, use
sOihc bOOu hoh-pOlSOuOuS uip anu uio-
infectant
Get one of the new, covered milk
pals, then practice milking into it.
You will have to pay strict attention
to your business. or you win have
more milk on, the outside Of your pail
than you will on the inside.
When a COW Is little off, never put
her milk in with the rest.
Just because a butter jar Is made
of stone is no reason to think that II
does not need thorough washing.
Wash well, scald and air till II smells
as sweet as the morning dew
Sometimes water pipes become
stopped, 30 that the cows cannot get
a drink. Take a turn that way every
now and then TO make sure that every
thing is working all right
Three thousand pounds of milk was
converted into cheese at the same ex,
hibition. The product was dlstrib
pied among the visitors.
The advice not to permit mold to 40
cumulate in the dark. damp corners
OF the COW barn is pretty good. but
better advice Is to have no dark, damI
| corners In the COW barn.
BE sure that the dairy cows get al
much water as they need. They re-
| Quire q good deal.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-02

do we'll on ration OF mixed grains,
and after some experimenting she was
placed on grain ration consisting of
pure corn chop. The average amount
of this fed was nine pounds per day.
She was on a blue grass pasture in the
summer and had Ia addition green al
falfa, and later In the season greel
corn. In the winter season her ration
consisted of corn chop, about 20
pounds corn silage day, and all the
choice alfalfa she would consume. She
was MIXED three times day while
producing the largest amount OF milk.
The average price received for but
ter by the dairy department during the
year covered by this record was 30
cents. The value Of the product Of
this COW at this rate was STEELE for
butter produced. In addition, there
was approximately 5000 pounds skim
milk, which was sold at the rate of 20
cents per 100 pounds for hog feeding
making total income of $210 for the
year.
This remarkable record does not IN
the least indicate that the shOrthorns
should be claSsed as q dairy breed, but
II does show that when bred and de-
lyeloped for dairy purposes they are
capable of making a good showing in
this line.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-02
NAVAL TEAM WINS FIRST PRIZE
I'm snarpshooting Contest at Camp
Perry with Superb Score Of S,so1.

Camp Perry O.-The jack tar sharp
shooters shot up the landsmen serv-
ice and guardsmen alike in the nalion-
al match. steaming over the line with
the superb score of 3.S01. Two other
service teams, the infantry and cav
airy. took second and fourth prizes
$3.50 and $3.50, with 1852 and 372G re-
srectively. Massachusetts got third
money, $500 with 3,727. The navy
also wins $3.50. Ohio, which year
ago was 18th with 2,S72, jumped to
fifth place with AZ competitors, The
Buckeye score was 3,715. Wisconsin
was sixth at 1896, New York landed
eighth at 1856, and won the Hilton
trophy the first prize in Glass B, and
$3.50. The other three winners in this
class were in order, Maryland, Con-
uecticut and California, with $3.50,
1855 and $3.50. In Glass c Texas took
the celebrated Bronze Soldier of Mar
athon with 1850, a gain of 1000 points
over the rangers score here in 1908
Alabama, with 3,515, got second prize
5000; Georgia, 1896, third, Sl75, and
Tennessee, 3,494, the fourth, $3.50.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-02
TEST OF MILKING MACHINE
Opinion Of Expsrimenters at Tennes-
sec Experiment Station II is su-
perior to, Hand Method

The, latest test of the milking ma
chine is reported by the Tennessee ex-
pertinent station. II Is the opinion of
the experimenters that under the con-
ditions existing at the station the
milking machine was equal II not
slightly superior to hand milking.
With proper care the COWS were
milked as clean with the machine as
they were by hand, and an expert
operator could milk the COWS cleaner
with the machine than they could be
MIXED by hand. There was no injury
whatever to the cows II the teat cups
and mouth pieces were properly ad-
justed, and the COWS submitted To- be-
ing MIXED by the machines as quietly
as If they were being milked by hand.
The machines are not dificult to
keep clean, and when properly at
tended to they will produce a high
grade of milk, but II allowed to be-
come dirty they are a very serious
source of contamination. One man
running two machines will milk
about as many cows as two mon
milking by hand. After all the sta
tion concludes that successful opera
ton depends upon the proper fitting
of operator should be above the aver
age farm hand In intelligence and
mechanical skill
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-02
FIFTEEN HUNDRED
DIED IN FLooD-5oDlES Lie
THICK ON THE RIVER
BANKS.
PROPERTY LOSS S2O,OOO,OOO
Horror at Monterey Grows With Every
Hour-Best Part Of City Threatened
BY New Channel Made BY River
Railroad Communication Cut of.

Laredo, Tex, Aug. 30.-By crippled
telegraph from the storm-racked city
of Monterey, Mex. 1t is learned Sunday
night that the Hood is receding. But
the raging Santa Catarina river has
already given up 400 bodies. 1t Is
known that other hundreds are lost,
and 1t is known that 1000 more vic
nightfall
The loss in property is between
S15,000,000 and 100000
The heart-rending scenes that mark
ed the disasters of San Francisco and
Alessina are being repeated in a less
general but just as pathetic a way in
the temporary receiving station for the
dead. The relatives OF the missing
besiege the place. and the rurdles who
are in charge are hourly Witnessing
the ddest dramas of human grief
In San Francisco and Messna the
survivors knew at least where to look
for their dead But in Monterey the
.eluge swept families asunder and
scattered ,them-some living, some
dead-at far separated places along
The new bed that the swollen river mas
cut through that portion of the city
that once was populous with homes.
Many were carried down the torrent
in their houses, which had been up
rooted from the foundations And
these wese drowned with hardly an
exception.
Saturday evening the disaster be-
came a spectacle, not the less fasci-
mating because of the terror that was
In It, The people crowded In the
drenching rain to the Zaragoza and
lidalgo plazaS. which are on high
ground. From there the Santa Cata-
rina's quadrupled breadth looked like
the seething rapids Of the Niagara
gorge, dotted here and there with
wrecked buildings and sending up
roar that echoed back again from the
gray mountain sides that wall the city.
The rapt throng stood and watched
the scene until darkness fell.
Railroad communication has been
completely cut off for more than three
days, and there is fear that provisions
may run short.
The West Indian hurricane. which Is
believed 10 have been the cause of
the torrential rains, has passed inland
near the mouth OF the Rio Granae and
is rapidly diminishing in intensity.
II is reported here that an appeal
for aid has gone out from Monterey.
One statement is 10 he effect that
Consul General Hanna has appealed TO
the authorities at Washington urging
a general call through the newspapers
for relief
Fully $1,000 people are homeless in
the food and are being cared f1r by
the city government in the best way
possible.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-02
NEW QUAKE ROCKS ITALY
San Lorenzo, Siena, Wrecked by Ter
rifle Tremor-one Life Is Lost
Panic Throughout Province.

Siena, Italy, Aug ga heavy
earthquake was felt throughout the
province of Siena. Practically all
the houses in San Lorenzo were de-
stroyed or badly damaged. Many per.
SONS were injured.
The quake was felt most severely
within a radius of 20 miles from Sic
IA. Considerable damage was done aJ
iuonoconvento Several houces col
lapsed and one person was killed. Sew.
eral persons were injured at Monte
loui. A number of houses also were
damaged there, and masonry fell into
the streets. The people fed from
their homes in terror.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-02
BRIEF STATE NEWS
Items Of Special Interest to
Our Readers
CLEANED FROM MANY SOURCES,
Mercer County Commissioners Have
Accepted Report Calling for Expen-
diture Of 100000 in Improving Wa
bash River and Beaver Creek.

St. Marys, O.-Mercer county COM
missioners have accepted the engi-
neer's report, which calls for an ex-
penditure of 100000 for Strengthening
deepening and widening the Wabash
river and Beaver creek, in their course
through the county. The work is the
biggest piece of engineering under
taken in the county since the construc-
tion of the west bank of st. Marys
reservoir. Farmers residing along
these streams have several times re-
covered many thousands OF dollars in
damages from the stale when their
lands were overnowed. The present
project is expected TO entirely over
come present conditions.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-02
HEIRS TO 100000
Are Two Ohio Women as Result Of
viii Made over 100 Years Ago.

Bridgeport, O-As the result Of a
will made by Jonathan Steelman, who
has been dead nearly 100 years, Mrs.
Charles Colley and Mrs. Ka.e Dough-
erty are heirs to a fortune estimated
at S100 100000. Prior to his death the
late Jonathan Steelman willed his es-
tate, consisting of $4,000 acres of land
where Atlantic City now stands. to the
fourth generation and the local wom-
en- are great-grandchildren Of the &c
centric pioneer. The land originally
was purchased at l2 cents an acre.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-02
HARTMAN ILL At ARDEN;
REPORT STIRS NEW YORK
Personal Physician Visits Railroad
King at Country Home-News Of
His Condition Is Refused.

New York, Aug. 27-Considerable
significance is attached to the visit
of DR.. Norman f. Ditman, an eminent
specialist in the diseases OF the kid
neys, to r. H. Hartman at his new
country home at Arden, n Y Or
Lyle, Mr. Harrimans personal phy
sician. and his associates and mem
bers of his family have persist
emily refused to make an authorita
tive announcement of the supposed
malady from which the railroad mag
nate is apparently suffering
Dr. Dtman, whose practice is said
to be confined exclusively to the treat
ment of kidney complaints, was called
to the Hartman estate, and after
long interview with Mr.. Hartman, he
declined to make any statement for
the public
He referred all questioners to Judge
Robert S. Lovett, the vice president
and general counsel of the Union Pa.
cifc. At Arden, all questioners as to
Mr. Harriman's condition are referred
TO the Union Pacific offices in this
city.
When Judge Lovett was seen, he
manifested a disinclination to discuss
Mr. Harriman's complaint or his con.
dition. He would say nothing more
than that Mr. Hartman was no better
and no worse.
Mr.. Hartman is reported to be In
the same buoyant hopeful condition of
mind which he displayed on his re-
turn from Europe Tuesday. He in.
sists that his condition is not serious
aud that now he is home a period of
rest will enable him to soon resume
his great business activities.
It was reported today that prepara-
tons were being made for surgical
operation on the rail magnate, but
This was denied by his son-in-law.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-02
ANGER CURES A DUMB MAN
Regsins Voice When Preacher At.
tacks Masonic Lodge-Denounce
and Whips the Pastor.

La Crosse, Wis. Aug, 26.-Speech-
less for 40 years, George Purdy, an
old soldier living at Dakota, a village
near here, became so enraged by at.
tacks upon the Masonic body, of
which he is member, by John Beach,
head of a unique religious organiza.
ton known as the Born Agains, that
he recovered his speech and de.
nounced Beach in vigorous language.
Purdy accompanied this remarkable
recovery with physical assaults on
Rev. Mr.. Beach and severely chastsed
him.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-02
Indian Girl Back to savasery.

San Francisco, Aug, 27,-Bertha
Rocha, a full-blooded Indian girl, 16
years OF age, who has been servant
in the home of Mexican woman for
several years, left the house two days
ago to camp among the trees in Col
den Gate park, living on birds shared
at the lakes rim, sleeping under the
stars at night and lodging strolling
visitors by day Through an inter
prefer she said at the police station
that she was tired of civilization and
planned to build herself a home
among the trees of Sutro forest just
south of the park.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-09-02
Clamp Holds Mold Tight.

and the butter can be taken out with
ease without spelling the form or
print. The mold consists Of base
portion with handle attached and
raised portion to form the bottom Of
the mold box. The sides are made In
two parts, arranged to interiock, aud
held in position when they are inter-
locked by clamping member that
swings over and holds them firmly to.
gether. In the old style butter mold
1t was necessary to push the print out,
the sides being solid. In this form Hi
that is required is to open the clamp
ing device, take the sides off and the
butter appears in perfect condition.