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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-11
STORM SWEEPS KANSAS
Mercury Drops to One Degree Above
Light Snow.

For the second time within week
Observer Jennings of the local wealth
er bureau ordered the cold wave flag
hoisted late Saturday evening as a
warning so that those who ran might
read. The forecast received early in
the day indicated snow or rain with
| temperatures for Sunday above the
freezing point, Late in the afternoon
Saturday word was received from the
north1and that cold wave was head
ed towards Kansas and was travelling
at a high rate of speed.
The advance temperatufes- of the
storm reached Topeka soon after dusk
| and the mercury fell rapidly until
midnight last nigEt when the minimum
the mercury stood at-on degree above
zero. At O'Clock this morning the
mercury was three degrees above zero.
The storm which broke on Topeka
Saturday night, almost without warn
ing, is the same one which was ex-
pected Tuesday or Wednesday of last
week. 1t originated in the Medicine
Hat district and moved to the south
east along the Canadian boundary and
| it was thought that Kansas would be
well out of its path. For some reason
the storm zone stopped over North
Dakota for several days and made but
A sudden change in conditions and
an area of low pressure to the south
ward caused the storm to be diverted
from its original direction and it
veered to the south and the near zero
weather of the past "a hours is the
result. The air has been we'll filled
with snow during the past IL or IS
hours and this has caused the cold to
be felt more than that of last week
| when the mercury went to eight de-
grees below zero. The prevailing wind
! is from the north or northeast and in
1 connection with the dampness in the
| air makes the weather conditions any
| thing but pleasant.
Although the air has been filed with
small particules of snow and frost
| during the past 2 hours it could hard
| ly be classed as snow. The volume in
! creased, however, until 10 o'clock this
m orning, when the second real snow
storm of the winter began in earnest.
| and lawns of the city were barely COW
| cred with a blanket of white.
Snow Falls During Day.
Topeka is in the snow belt if DEM
| onStrationS since little before noon
| are to be taken into consideration. AL
though the weather department bull
| letin issued early this morning indi-
| storm has prevailed. Snow has fallen
| almost continuously since 10 o'clock
and at 2 o'clock this afternoon the
| streets and walks were covered with a
| carpet of white.
| The mercury has fallen since {
o'clock this morning when it was 8
| degrees above the zero mark and the
wind has blown from the north steadily
| at the rate of IL miles an hour The
snow fall has amounted to 81 hun
| dreths inches, making a total precipi-
| tation of .06 of an inch. The forecast
! is fair tonight and Tuesday with a
| rising temperature though there will
not be much of a rise in the tempera-
ture tonight if any. The following are
| the temperatures since o'clock this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-11
CONTINUED on Page Three.1
RECEPTION AT STATE HOUSE.
New Officers VIII Be Welcomed by
the Public Tonight.

Not only are the halls and rotundas
of the state house banked with flowers
and hung with decorations today. but
all the state offices have been enliven-
ed with strings of red, white and blue
bunting and have been decked in hol-
ception tonight
The east hall of the state house
leading from the rotunda on the first
floor has been closed by the decora-
tions, and banked high in front are
potted plants and ferns. Guards will
ferent entrances to the, first floor in
order to guide the throngs of. guests
and thus avoid the confusion of four
years ago at the reception.
1t is expected that a large crowd
will attend the reception at the state
house tonight and every arrangement
has been made to care for the guests.
Besides the large number of out of
town people, Topeka will turn out in
force to greet the state officials on this
strictly social occasion, or rather at
home
The following comprise the reception
committee: William Green, Judge
and Mrs. A. w. Dana. Mr. and Mrs. Ar
thur Capper, Mr.. and Mrs. F. P. Mac
Lehman, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold t Chase
Mr.. and Mrs. d. w. Mulvane. Mr. and
Mrs. NJ. A. Low, Mr.. and Mrs s. G.
Zimmerman. Mr.. and Mrs H o. Gar
vey, Col. and Mrs j. D. Norton, Capt
and Mrs. A. M. Fuller. DR.. and Mrs. w
A. McCarter. Mr. and Mrs. w. S. Ber-
gundthal, DR.. and Mrs. 6. P. Ashton
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Page, Mr.. an6
Mrs. Robert Pierce. Mr.. and Mrs. w. r
Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. s. J. Hodgins, Mr.
and Mrs. ]. A. Troutman. Mr.. and Mrs
L Bonebrake, Mr.. Robert Blair, Mrs
Noble PreOtiS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-11
CHURCH COLLAPSES.
Buries Nearly Entire Congregation in
the Ruins.

Berne. Switzerland, Jan. 11.-Dur-
ing service Sunday an ancient church
near Sion suddenly collapsed, burying
the worshipers in the ruins. Practical
" all the members of the congregation
we're killed or injured. A wild panic
followed, those who escaped rushing
through the field shouting that an
earthquake had overtaken the village.
other villagers Joined in the outcry
and were with difficulty calmed. After
an hours exertion the fire departme
of the place extricated forty corpses,
but it is believed there are still a num-
ber under the timbers. Sixty persons
were badly injured.
The collapse was caused by the time
worn pillars in the underground crypt
giving way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-11

well as to declare in the senate that he
had no warrant for the assertion.
''The sleuths whom the president put
on my trail have made their report and
a perusal of it will show to any fair
mind that so far from endeavoring to
Justify the fraud order against Dorr,
they were really put to work to investi-
gate men and endeavor if possible to
discover something to my discredit
while the president directed the investl
CATION. 1 say this because it is hardly
possible that a postoffice inspector
would set about getting Photographic
copies of the letters of a United States
senator and trying to convict him or
high source.
LET US suppose for moment that i
was guilty of a falsehood in declaring
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-11
OUTDOING BURBANK.
New England Wizard Crosses the
Orange and the Cucumber.

Boston, Jan. 11.-Outdoing Burbank.
a New England wizard, Howard S. Hill
of Gardner, Mass, has produced a
vegetable. a cross between the cucum-
Der and the orange. 1t is fine grained,
said to be of delicious taste and yellow.
Il had orange and cucumber one day
and without thought mixed together
some pulp of the two" says Hill.
1.-THE product was mostly cucumber,
but the orange gave it a most de-
IectabIe flavor. Then 1 began expert
menting."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-11

convention hall all were worthy the
time and the occasion.
The ceremonies Soccupied two hours
and there was never a dull moment in
the auditorium from the welcome
piece of the band to the last glimpse
of John MarshaIl's waving baton as
the crowd filed out of the great hall
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-11

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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-07-29

evening in compliment to Miss
Ruth Price of Mcintosh, Flor
ida, and Miss Mary Wall OF
Marion. The evening passed
most delightfully."-, many pleas
ant diversions adding to the
entertainment of the guests.
The following were invited:
Misses Mary Wall, Ruth
Price, Ola Coward, Estelle
Coward, Addye Cannon, Fanny
Cannon, Allie Mccullough, Beu-
lah Mccullough, Alma Single
tary, Ethel Welch and Louise
Wilson.
Messrs j M Meyers, Jr, John
G Singletary, Reddin Wall, 5 N
Welch, Fred Coward, W d Mat
thews, Lowell Lee, Pat Gaskins
and DR. We Whitlock.
&c.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-07-29
DANGEROUS NEGRO.
RObS Houses and frlghtens Unpfotect'
ed Women and ChlIdr' ::

A negro named Ed ! ,lden has
caused small reign of>~@fror in the
Cedar Swamp section among both
white and colored people. The negro,
who ls saiG to be little more than
boy, ,skulks about and when the men
folk are away walks into houses and
takes what he pleases.
Saturday Cooper Bros 'phoned to
the Sheriff that he had been located
there, but when the deputy arrived
on the scene the negro had got
away. Sunday afternoon he was seen
near the chaingaug camp and men
with dogs chased him into the
swamp but failed to capture him.
The negro, who thus plays the role
of desperate frightening unprotected
women and children, should be shown
no mercy. He is worse than mad
dog in a community and the good
people, both white and black, should
track him to his lair and bring him
out dead or alive.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-07-29
The News at NeSmith.
Written for ] asst Week. $ Issue

Nesmith, July l9: - Crops
around our section are looking
fine, considering the dry wealth
er.
Miss Orrie McClary of Cedar
Swamp. who has been visiting
friends here, has returned to her
home.
Mrs j M Rodgers of Taft is
visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs 7 B Cooper.
Mr. c. J Brockinton of Harpers
has been visiting relatives at
this place.
Miss Carrie Cooper after
S spending several weeks at Taft
and other points, has returned
home.
Water-melons are very scarce
around our section and other
fruit IS a failure.
A crowd of young folks from
around here enjoyed fine pic,
mic at Harpers on the 18th in
instant.
BLUE EYES.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-07-29

Many people with chronic throat
and lung trouble have found comfort
and relief in Foley's Honey and Tar
as it cures obstinate coughs after
other treatment has failed. l. N
Ruggles, Reasnor, Iowa, writes: "The
doctors said l had consumption, and
l got no better until 1 took Foley's
Honey and Tar. 1t stopped the hem.
orrhsges and pain in my lungs and
they are now as sound as bullet
DC Scott
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-07-29
WORK OF THE CRAINGANG.
Cedar Swamp Road Being Worked for
First Tine In Many Years.

The chaingang is doing a fine
piece of work on the Cedar Swamp
road. The heavy sand beds are being
clayed and the improvement is sim
ply wonderful. The people along the
road appreciate very much the work
that is being done. They say that
this is the first time that any work
has been done on that road by the
county since beyond the mem
ory of the oldest inhabitant.
The chaingang is camped near the
Bush Nexsen place. There are now
twenty-six conyicts on the gang"
and the county has fifteen mules at
work, one of the mules having died
Saturday night from an attack of
collie. The present number of con-
victs gives a good working force and
the amount of work done in a day
under the efficient management OF
Superintendent. Frierson is surprls
ing. The roads that are being built
are constructed according to modern
methods and will stand much wear
and tear. Low places are thoroughly
drained and many miles of ditch
have been dug.
The prisoners all look contentet
and well cared for, and the stoct
are well-conditioned.
Under the road law each township
gets the equivalent IN work of its
share of taxes and Mr. Graham says
that the law will be strictly complied
with while he holds the Office. H'
hopes to work every township in the
county before the end of the year.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-07-29
SCRANTON SKETCHES.
Death of an Infant r-PiCniCS at C3xardS
and Eiqh Eils-pefSOudl.

Scranton. July 27:-Mr "
Eugene Johnson OF Lanes was
in Scranton Saturday seeing
his friends.
Mr. and Mrs I 2 Stevenson Of
Hartsvilte visited relatives in
Scranton several days last aud
this week;
Miss MARY Wall of Marion is
the guest of Mr. P S Walls fam
lily.
Mrs D ? Spell and children
of Sellers visited at Nj G c
Cusaac's asst week.
Mr. and Mrs J H Pate OF Bish-
opville are spending some time
in town with their son. pr c f
Pate.
Miss kddye Cannon has re
turned from GreenviLie, where
she visited several days.
Mrs r B Cannon is at Ashe
vile for rest and recreation
The infant of Mr. W c Taylor
died last Tuesday, the 20td in,
stant, and was Inferred IN the
Free Will Baptist cemetery the
following day beside the grave
of it's mother. who died about
three weeks ago.
Mrs NJ L Watson Of Latta is
a visitor at Mr ? S Walls
Miss Worth Kennedy has gone
to Indiartown to attend the
Brockinton Smith wedding.
There will be a basket picnic
at Cowa-ds Thursday, July 49,
The Farmers Union will also
have picnic at High Hill
Friday, the 3oth. Prohibition
and dispensary will be dis
cussed by different speakers.
Mrs Nancy Pate Of Bishop
Vile is spending some time at
the home of her grandson, DR.
q Fl Pate.
Miss Louise Wilson returned
to Kingstree Tuesday from a
visit Of several days to friends
in Scranton.
Mr. and Mrs David Lamar Lee
entertained charmingly Monday
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-07-29

Delay in taking Foley's Kidney
Remedy if you have backache, kidney
or bladder trouble, fastens the dis
ease upon you and makes cure
more difficult. Commence taking
Foley's Kidney Remedy today and
YOU will soon be well. Why risk a
serious malady? D c Scott
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-07-29

If people with symptoms of kid
ney or bladder trouble could realize
their danger they would without loss
Of time commence taking Foley's
Kidney Remedy. This great remedy
stops the pain and the Irregularities,
strengthens and builds these organs
and there is no danger of Brigbt's
disease or other serious disorder. Do
not neglect The early symptoms.
DCScott.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-07-29

Mortgage, real estate, title
lien on crop, bill of sale, agri'
cultural lease and lien, mort
gage personal property, bill OF
sale and lien on crop combined
for sale at The RECORD Office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-15

and villages. They notify the bandits what cargoes of goods are to be shipped and, as far as possible, the wealth and standing of the shipper. They are said to keep books, including the rolls of the ban dits' names and the pay they receive, as well as the profit of each robbery and it's disposition.
 Taxing the Villagers.
 The Huang Houtzes are taxing the will lages of Manchuria. The chief of the band holding the right to certain terri tory keeps track of the wealth of It's in- habitants, and he makes almost every man pay for protection from the Huang and In these cases the brigands agree to keep off other robbers. They sometimes station guards about the towns, and in case of attack come to the aid of the police. In such places the Huang Houtze agent furnishes the flags to travellers. and this is done likewise in the larger cities.
 Take for instance, Newchang, which is the chief seaport of Manchuria. It has a Huang Houtze agent who has regular office where any one may go and buy the right to travel over the country. It Is only recently that it has been necessary for foreigners to have such protection but now all people going alone will do well to get Huang Houtze flags. Just the other day a young woman, an Eng fish girl, who was going across the coun- try in a cart, was swooped down upon by a band of 15 mounted Huang Houtzes. They robbed her of all her belongings. in cluding even her shoes and stockings, leaving her barefooted and bareheaded by the roadside. She had )nly $40
 Held to Ransom.
 In this case the young woman was a missionary and the brigands knew that she was probably poor. Had she been a rich Chinese lady sine might have been held for ransom. This has been done with Chinese merchants Not long ago a silk trader was caught within five miles of the city in which he lived and carried off to the mountains. The Huang Houtzes kept him there until the $SO,0O0 which they demanded as a ransom was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-15

paid. Not a few merchants when they have valuable cargoes to take from one place to another hire companies of these brigands to go along with them, and this is so on both sides of the great wall.
 Railroad HoId-Ups.
 In the past few months the Huang Houtzes have held up several trains on the Trans Siberian railroad and especial ly on that branch of 1t which comes down through Manchuria. I talked last night with a man who was on a train stopped near Harbin. This is one of the biggest cities of northern Manchuria- a large mil itary post, and surrounded with Russian soldiers. Nevertheless, the Huang Hout- zes had arranged to ditch the cars and rob the passengers They had twisted the rails just above an embankment about 20 feet high and were waiting on the hills nearby for the express to come. In the meantime the patrolman had discov- cred the injury done to the track. He fired three shots, and thus warned the en- gineer so that the train was stopped with in about 50 feet of where the rails were broken. Upon the cars was large guard of Cossacks, who made a demonstration This frightened the bandits and they re- mained on a neighboring hill while the train stopped. They watched the rail- road men. guarded by the Cossacks. re- lay the tracks, ana nreo a partinB Voliey at them as the train pulled away.
 The Huang Houtzes and Sepoys.
 These bandits will have to be controlled by the Chinese. Neither the Japanese nor the Russians will permit 4continua- ton of the attacks upon their trains. As it is now, there seems to be combination between the Chinese troops and Chinese officials and Huang Houtzes. It Is even said that some of the policemen of the villages are themselves Huang Houtzes, and that the officials of the larger cities are in alliance with them. Every few months some soldiers arc sent out to pull them down. They come back, bringing the heads of what they say were Huang Houtzes. but which, 1t Is generally be- liever, are the heads of coqlies. whom they have killed instead.
 These brigands arc verx daring. They
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-15

do not seem afraid of death and they will fight when attacked. It was Just after the Boxer trouble that 400 of them came down through the great wall and advanced toward the railway. The Chi nese asked for help; and some British officers and a company of East Indian troops were sent against them. This com pany was the Fourth Punjab infantry. It found the brigands in town about ten miles from the railway, and fired upon them. They returned the fire; and at the first volley Major Browning, who was in command was killed and Lieutenant Stirling was wounded. Several of the Sepoys were also killed. The firing be- came general and a retreat was ordered The East Indians, who were on foot. were pursued by the Huang Houtzes on horseback and they had great trouble in getting back to the railroad. The next day company of TOO from the same in fantry regiment went out with 300 Japan ese soldiers and attacked the brigands. They found them In the same village, and 1t took four hours of heavy fighting to drive them out. In these two engage ments the Huang Houtzes lost more than 300 men. or about one-ffth of their whole number.
 Spies and Signal Fires.
 On my way from Mukden to shan-hai- Kwan 1 saw fires blazing on the noun tains. They were of peculiar shape, forming a ring like a horseshoe, and l was told that they might possibly be the signal fires of the Huang Houtzes. These men have the same telegraph system that once prevailed in Korea. They com- municate intelligence by fires built on the hill tops By the number and shape of such fires they tell their fellows what they are doing and within a short time are able to send word from one rart of Manchuria to the other. Many of their signal lights are made of wooden pegs. which are hollowed out at the top and filled with a composition. Half way down each peg there is a hole to which fuse is attached. When this Is lit the com position blazes up, giving very bright, round light, which lasts several seconds. One such flash means one thing, two another, and three another, the number of flashes indicating the message.
 The Huang Houtzes have their spies all over the country, and that even in the magistrates offices. Your coachman may be a brigand in disguise. You are not sure as to your fellow passengers, and the native who says he Is not afraid and boasts of his immunity from the Huang Houtzes is pretty sure to be robbed.
 The Pirates of Manchuria.
 These same men carry on piracy along the coast. They go out in Junks, pre- tending to be merchants and later put in at little known harbors to take on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-15

Copyright, 1909, by Frank G. Carpenter)
 Chin Chou, Manchuria, 1909
 \ HAVE been riding all day on the rail
 road with armed guards at both ends A of my car. We had a company of soldiers in the third-class compartment next to the engine and every station was guarded. There has been recent out break of the Huang Houtzes. They have been holding up trains In the various parts of Manchuria. and just the other day they robbed the express under the very shadow of the city of Harbin and captured $40OO0. Even here, in the south, the trains are not safe. and they all have soldiers upon them. The first thing one sees on his arrival at every depot is a squad of Chinese soldiers carrying Mau- ser rifles. They line themselves mp In front of the train and stand to attention until 1t pulls out
 The Tuarees of Manchuria.
 These guards are necessity on account of the Huang Houtzes, who form perhaps, the most remarkable organization of bri- gands now known. They might be called the Tuaregs of Manchuria, for they sur pass in number and daring the yelled, camel-mounted bandits of the Sahara. They have rapidly increased since the Boxer uprising, and especially since the Japan-Russan war. They now number over 100000, and their agents are to be found in every city and village. They have d regular toll which they collect on all travellers outside the railroads, and every Chinese passenger who goes over Manchuria on foot, in a cart, or'on horse- back, must pay tribute to them. They have fixed charges as to goods in tran sit and the carts carrying freight are marked with little printed flags with red borders, furnished by them. Upon the flags are printed Chinese characters cer- tifying that the owner has paid his toll and that the vehicle and drivers are not to be molested Otherwise the man is sure to be robbed and his men may be killed
 A few months ago on the same day 100 carts started out from Mukden. Of these all but two had paid their toll and bore Huang Houtze flags. The men and goods in the carts so Tagged completed their journey in safety; but the others, who had refused to pay the toll, were attacked by the bandits before they had gone 13 miles from the city. The goods were stolen and the drivers were killed.
 During my stay in Mukden I talked with the agent of a big mining concession, e man who represents large organiza- tion of British and Japanese capitalists. He is opening up gold region in the Ilirin province, and has to send his sup plies to the mining camps across country. He says he dare not start out a cart without such protection. and that In lm- portant cases he usually employs one of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-15
Saves Pipe; ImperlIs Life.

Montclair CN. J) Dispatch to New York
 Press.
 Love for his old clay pipe may cost Joseph Costello of this town his life. Cos tello, with several other laborers in the employ of Contractor Marley was cutting down some trees near the Hotel Montclar Wednesday. When one of the big trees was about to fall , a warming was sounded. but Costello stayed too long within the zone to pick up his pipe, which had fallen.
 One of the branches of the falling tree struck Costello, crushing his skull He Is in the Mountainside hospital in critical condition.