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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
New humping RECORDS

New, York, Aug. 2.-The Clan Ma
Gael track and field games at Celtic
park, Long Island Sunday were
productive of a new worlds record in
the two hops and jump. Daniel F.
Ahern, of the Irish American club
covered so feet, 61z inches, which is
six inches more than the recognized
worlds record, made by Daniel
Shannahan, of Limerick, Ireland,
nearly 20 years ago.
Ahern in similar contest in Bos-
ton Saturday made so feet, 10
inches.
Sundays mark was carefully meas
ured by the amateur athletic union
officers and will stand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
SCENT AREA OF PROSPERITY.
GaIena Mines to Be Sunk to a Greater
Depth

Galena, Kan, Aug. 2-GaIena may
once more be up to her former state
of production as several of the mines
in this camp are being. sunk to a much
greater depth than was ever before
attempted here, some going to the
300-foot level. while others will range
from that up to the 10O-foot level.
Several mills are under course of
construction and the big mills that
have been shut down for some time
are being put in shape for starting up
in few days. Much new ground is
being opened up and miners are in de-
mand at wages from 81 to SO a day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
SECTION HAND MARKETS WHEAT
Gus Cans Quit the Railroad for Life
of a Farmer.

Bennington, Kan. Aug. 2.-The
greatest story of prosperity in this part
of the state comes from the farm of
Gus Cans near this town. He has just
finished threshing his wheat from the
shock and got $500 bushels which he
sold at 81 a bushel.
A very few years ago Mr. Cans was
a section hand on the Union Pacific
railroad here, but quit it and bought
an eighty acre farm. In another year
he purchased a quarter section for
$1,000 and paid for it in two crops
of wheat The crop this year is the
best he has ever raised.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
PHONES on COAST LINES.
Four Hundred Miles of Track Con-
troIIed by New System.

San Bernardiro, Cal. Aug 2.-The
Santa re has completed and placed in
operation the first system of dispatching
trains by telephone Oh the coast lines
and it is stated that more miles of
track are operated by its use than by
any other road in America.
The valley division, between Bakers
field and San Francisco, was selected
as the first to be equipped with the
telephone system OF dispatching trains
and 400 miles of track are now in full
operation. telegraph in the movement
of trains being entirely eliminated The
division was equipped with the new
system at a cost of between $4,000 and
$50 600. The telegraph is still main
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
GOOD CROPS IN FTNNEY COUNTY.
Surely Providence Is Smiling ON West
ern Kansas.

Garden City, Kan. Aug. 2.-Reports
from every section of the county tell
the same story of good crops of beets,
barley, corn and alfalfa, with an
abundance of forage in sight. Surely
providence is smiling on the farmers
of Finney county this year. and in
stead of being buyers as they mostly
were last year. this year they will
have something to sell
AS to the beet crop it would be
big one right now even if the beets
months yet remain to mature the
crop, and no raiser will have the
chance to complain of dwarf beets
this fall. The sugar making campaign
will undoubtedly be a record breaker,
and taken as a whole the outlook for
a prosperous season is most f1attering
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
BLOODHOUNDs TO THE SCENE.
Followed Trail From Burned Stacks
to Neighboring House.

Lyons. Kan, Aug. "A man named
Stevenson of Wichita. who is the own
er of two Cuban bIoodhounds, was
sent for to help solve the mystery of
the fire in Majors wheat, northwest
of Lyons
was committed the dogs were put to
work After considerable difficulty
they took up a trail and followed it to
within a few hundred feet of a certain
house in the neighborhood. Further
than that nothing has been done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
BIG BLACKBERRY HARVEST.
Wathena Shipped Nearly 5000 Crates
in One Day.

Wathena, Kan, Aug. 2.-The black
berry season has passed its height and
from now on the shipments will be
smaller each day. The big days ship
ment from here was nearly 5000
crates, which at So a crate, distributed
considerable money in this commu
nifty.
The blackberries promised to be a
full crop but will not yield more than
20 to so per cent of full crop. There
will be no peaches or pears this season.
The grapes are rotting badly on ac-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
MAIL CLERK FELL FROM TRAIN
Found Near Peabody in an Uncon-
scious Condition.

Peabody, Kan, Aug. I'D. Oberlin,
a mail clerk on Rock Island passenger
train No IS, fell from his car two
miles south of Peabody. suffering a
broken shoulder. He was discovered
in a semi condition by w. T.
Knight, a farmer, who was attracted
to OberIin by hearing him grooming.
Oberlin was brought to Peabody by
DR.. E. H. johnson and given attention.
Oberlin resides in Kansas City. He
will be taken care of here pending in
structions from headquarters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
ALFALFA ON THE UPLANDs.
Is a Success When Drilled and Guilt
waited as Corn.

waited as Corn.
Lakin, Kan, Aug. as F. Wright,
who lives % miles northwest of Lakin,
in the northern part of Kearny coun-
ty, has been experimenting with al
falfa on his farm, which is on the up
land, and outside of the irrigation dis
trict many miles.
This spring he put two acres of land
in shape and sowed it to the money
making crop. The seed was drilled in
rows 2 inches apart, and cultivated it
as he would his corn. Eleven weeks
after sowing, he cut the first crop, and
it made about a ton and a half off the
two acres. Since cutting the alfalfa
has continued to grow, and is now
from four to six inches high. and he
will have q couple more good cuttings
before frost comes.
This demonstrates that alfalfa can
be raised successfully on the uplands,
and also that it will yield well enough
to be good, profitable crop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
BOY STOLE a LOAD OF WHEAT.
Sold 1t for Farmer and Then APP
prOpriated Proceeds.

Lyons, Kan, Aug. 2.-Bramwell
Duane, a boy about 16 years of age,
has been arrested on a charge of sell
ing a load of wheat belonging to Oscar
Aten of near Alden and appropriating
the money, then leaving for other
parts.
He said he was headed for Chilli
cothe, Ohio. where he hoped to make
his home wit han uncle and aunt, when
he was arrested at Burton, Kan.
Shortgrass Home Brought $12.5OO.
Kinsley, Kan, Aug. IN c. Tubbs
has bought the G. w. Beeler- residence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

tanned Cor use in transmitting messages
and no operators have been displaced
through the use of the telephone.
AS in the telegraph system of dis
patching trains, the dispatcher trans
mits the orders to the operator, who in
turn, after he has coUied it, repeats it
to the dispatcher.
Guild seiectors are in use and it is
possible for the dispatcher to call one
station or any number of stations,
which are desired to take the order,
and transmit the order without inter
fering with any other Office. IL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

anu d severe female
weakness. T b g
doctor saidI would
have to go to the
hospital for an
operation, but /
could not bear to
think of it. l de-
cided to try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound
and Sanative W ash
and was entirely
cT1rp0 after fbroo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
WANT THE MURDERER FOUND.
Fund Raised to Be Used in Investi-
eating lyons killing.

Lyons, Kan, Aug. 2.-Arrangements
have been completed by the people in
and about Raymond to have the Roy
Snyder murder mystery fully investi-
gated and they will go to the bottom
of the matter.
Money has been raised and an
amount sufficient to meet the ex-
penses of a searching investigation will
be subscribed. The matter has been
placed in the hands of competent and
experienced men, employed for this
purpose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
An Old Soldier Is Reappointed.

Girard kan, Aug. flames A
Smith, an old soldier, whose home has
for many years been in Girard, and
who was appointed two years ago
quartermaster of the Soldiers home at
Fort Dodge, Kansas, has just zeen re-
amounted for another term.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
Pratt county Is Prosperous.

Pratt, Kan, Aug. 2.-Taking our
population and the assessed valuation
of this county we find that we have
more than $4,000 for each man, wo-
man and child in the county. 1t is
fairly well distributed in families also
Pratt is a great county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
BRITT WAS DEFEATED.
Johnny Summers Defeated American
Lightweight on English Soil.

London, Aug. Johnny Sum
mers. the English featherweight
pugilist, defeated Jimmy Britt, the
American lightweight. in the ninth
round at the Memorial grounds in
Westham Saturday. The contest was
scheduled to go 20 rounds. and was
for $500 a sire and half of the gate
receipts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

on Seventh street. The purchase price
is said to have been $12,50O. Mr..
Tubbs has stopped the work on the
house he was excavating for on the
R1cLerson site and it is assumed he
will live in the former Beeler property.
This is one of the finest houses in this
part of the state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

Wellington, Kan, Aug. 2-The first
conviction for violation of the pure
food laws in this county was obtained
here when the wife of farmer near
town was fined IS and costs on a
charge of offering unsound eggs for
sale to a local grocer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
O'Connor Released to Browns

st. LOUIS Aug. "a special from
Little Rock, Ark, says: Manager
Jack O'Connor was released by the
Little Rock club in Birmingham and
will join the st. Louis American league
team at once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
SIS. E EGRzH 7E 4Gz5 ETe

Ein +bz acne !seee salt 3eun troubles which
deeper outside
caused by hqnor acid
the oencate network of
beneath the surface the
the blood infected
scratched the
purified cleansed S.
the
soothe irritation
SSS
enables
healthy Book
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC co.. ATLANTA: "a.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
Baseball Phone.

The State Journal has a special
baseball telephone. For all baseball
information. scores, etc. call In
dependent phone No. S1A
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

New Orleans, Aug. al. o. Martina
broke the worlds record for throwing
a baseball his best throw being 1873
yards, , feet and inches. The for
mer record was held by Larry Twitch-
ell, at 135 25 yards, made in 1883.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
ANOTHER
WOMAN
CURED
ByLydia E. Pinkhan's
Vegetable Compound

Gardiner, Maine.-"I have been a
great sufferer from organic troubles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

count of too much rain and will be a
very short crop. Some plums are be-
ing shipped.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

TUBES.

o Husonan pt tn great
eva If H m ver ad r the ~ w
b b take from Natn nJrSyC the do Ter
sylvia a.Lebghy to street Erie tubes t n
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

The new cereal food, "Yello"
Toasted cornhakes), is made in the
largest mills in the world, from the
finest yellow corn; naturally they are
the best of all toasted cornf1akes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
IooooOooooooooS

CHARLESToWN, Mass, April
6.-After 33 years solitary con-
finement, Jesse Pomeroy, the "hu-
man fiend," the worlds most IA
nous prisoner, may again see the
daylight.
Pomeroy was a steel-eyed boy of
II when the world declared him
dead and locked him behind the
doors of Charlestown prison. Now
he IL man Of SO. From II to
SO he has known nothing but
darkness and solitude.
The men who bore witness
against him, the attorney who de-
tended him, the jurors who called
him guilty, the Judge who SEN
fenced him to death, the governor
who saved him from the rope-all
are dead.
Boston has grown to be Greater
Boston since they locked the doors
on Pomeroy, but he has been deaf
to the roar of its factories and the
hum of it's workshops.
The Philadelphia centennial was
In full swing when Pomeroy saw
daylight for the last time.
Occasionally stories come out
regarding Pomeroy, the fiend who
slaughtered children. He ground
a canary under his heel in pure de-
light of killing, it was said. He
tore q cat to strips of quivering
flesh, is another story. The prison
authorities de-y these stories. No
one else knows.
Once a day a jailer slips his food
through slit in the darkened cell,
and peers in to make sure that his
prisoner hasn't died during the
night.
Once a month the prisoners
mother-the only person in the
whole world who thinks him inno-
cent-talks and weeps with him
through the bars for an hour.
Once year the governor Of
Massachusetts, and the prison COM
mission walk through and stare
curiously at their famous prisoner.
Occasionally Chaplain Barnes Wis.,
its him and talks to him.
These are the only breaks in
Pomeroy's sunless years. No stor-
led or pictured tale of loneliness
can equal the horrors of Pome-
roy's lifetime in prison.
And now relief may come. A
bill will be introduced in the pres
emit session of the legislature-it
is aimed at Pomeroy-alowing all
prisoners to work in the daylight,
and with their fellow prisoners.
This boon Pomeroy has long
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

craved. Just to see the daylight,
to see people and talk with them
its all he has ever asked. He
has refused to work unless he
could work with the other pris-
oners.
Just what Pomeroy is today,
only the prison officials know
and they won't tell. You may
see all there is to be seen in
Charlestown prison." Gen. Bridges,
the warden, says, except Pome-
roy"
Has he changed?" he contin-
ued. "No one has been here long
enough to tell"
Yet Massachusetts, people have
no sympathy for Pomeroy. His
crimes have cut him completely
off from the world of men. He is
no man, but fiend, they say; an
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
BUYING UP ALL
OF CANADA'S TEA

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
VANCOUVER, B. c., April t.
Tea active, with a strong local
demand, is the concise but unin-
|teresting way in which that staple
commodity would be described In
the local market quotations just
now. But back of the strong 10
cal demand Is an interesting side
light on probable future U. s.
tariff changes and q chance for
some wideawake local merchants
Ito reap a handsome profit.
Rumors of probable impost
of o duty amounting to eight cents
la pound on all tea brought into
the United States have been rife
for some time. These rumors
were started by a suggestion con-
tanned In President Taft's message
to congress in which the necessity
of imposing such q tax to create
revenue was made. While it will
be sixty days before definite action
will be taken in this respect and
the proposed tariff changes come
into force, still the probability Of
such an action on the part of the
American government has made
things busy In the tea line.
With only sixty days margin It
was out OF the, question to think
of getting any decided quantity
over from tine Orient, 80 Ameri-
can dealers who wished to fore
stall the duty by heavy Imports
before the proposed change came
into eject turned their attention
ito Canadian markets. Local
Wholesale toe mereha4ta heye had
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
LIKE MAN IN
THE IRON MASK"

In horror and loneliness
and solitude the case of Jesse
} Pomeroy parallels the mys-
} terry of the Man in the Iron
Mask.
The Man in the Iron Mask
lived for 80 years in the
bastile, at Paris, dying in
} 1903, during the reign of
Louis XIV. During ali that
} time no one ever saw his
} face. Only his jailers fur
nished any connection be-
} tween him and the outer
} world. They weren't allow
} ed to speak to him.
Who he was, what were his
sufferings, what the agonies
and fortunes he went
through, history has no rec
ord, though SO books have
been written about him by
students. He was identified
by different writer's aS a twin
brother of King Louis XIV,
as a plotter for the throne,
an attempted assassin, as son
by secret marriage to half
the kings and mobiles and
} ministers of Europe. But to
this day no one knows.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
OREGON FUG|T|vE
IS CAPTURED
HERE

Wanted In Grants Pass, Ore,
where he broke Jail two years ago,
James MoCumber was captured
yesterday by Police Clerk Alvin
Terry and locked up in the city
Jail to await the arrival of Oregon
officers.
Clerk Terry. did a neat bit OF
work in effecting McCumber'
capture. He had received the
mans description only the day
before. and, in copying the details
so that each detective could have
his own description of the man,
naturally became familiar with
the mans characteristics.
Yesterday Terry saw a man un-
loading wood from a wagon, who
answered the description of Nc
Cumber. He stopped his man and
arrested him, taking him to the
city Jail. McCumber "came
through" later and admitted his
Identity.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
LOSES |NOORSEO
CHECK FOR
S9,375

NEW YORK, April s.-Mrs
Nellie Connors, 494 Ninth ST.,
Brooklyn, employed every known
means in an effort to obtain
trace of a certified and Endorsed
check for $9,357, which disap-
peared mysteriously from a small
purse which she carried in hand
bag while on a shopping tour in
Brooklyn. The loss of the check
together with about 800 in cash,
occurred within one hour after
she had obtained it in the Me-
chanics' bank, Brooklyn.
Descriptions of the check were
sent to every bank in New York
city, with instructions to hold any
person presenting it for payment.
Mrs. Connors once was in vaude-
vile.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

confession, he assaulted and
butchered little Nellie Curran, and
buried her body in the cellar OF
her fathers store.
At IT he was found guilty of
numbering and butchering a g.
year-old boy IN Boston. The law,
Outraged, called him unfit for
freedom or even human associa-
ton. His long term in prison be-
gan.
With all his perverted and de-
generate instincts, Jesse Pomeroy
is an intellectual man-even bril-
liant. He has read every one OF
the 5000 books in the prison Ii
brary, and half a thousand more
belonging to Chaplain Barnes. He
reads in the original the works of
Latin, French, German, Spanish,
Italian and Arabic authors, having
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
FORCER CAPTURED
JUST IN TIME

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO, April g.
After being detected in an effort
to pass a fictitious check for 81,
500 at the First National bank
yesterday afternoon, a young man
giving the name of tucker"
Jumped through plate glass win
dow and made q wild dash for
liberty up Market street. He was
pursued and captured by a bank
messenger after q fierce struggle.
Tucker had just received the
money for the check when the
paying teller discovered the for
gerry.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
.uNIVERSITYTO
give PLAY
here

With a cast made up Of six we'll
trained pupils from the University
of Washington, among whom is
Clarence Eagan, a former Tacoma
boy, 1.-THE Land of Hearts De-
sire" will be presented at the high
school auditorium tomorrow night.
The play was recently given at
the university, and made a great
hit. It was brought to Tacoma at
the request of Principal Collicott,
of the high school.
Those in the playlet are Homer
Wheelon and Theresa Preston of
Seattle; Elizabeth Mann, of Ev-
erett; Lita Burch, of Spokane;
Charley May, Of Pasadena, and
Clarence Eagon, of Tacoma. The
proceeds are for the decorating of
the High school auditorium.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
MRS. NELSON IS
EXPECTED ON
FRIDAY

Upofi the plea of G. Dow Nc
Questen, attorney for Mrs. Anna
M. Nelson, who has been strangely
missing for more than six months
and whose husband died recently,
Judge yesterday yesterday stated
that he would appoint no admins
traitor for the estate until Mrs.
Nelson appeared In person, If that
is her intention. Mr.. McQuesten
told the Judge that he believed
Mrs. Nelson would be in Tacoma
as early as Friday. The Nelson
estate is not valued at more than
$500 in its entirety.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
AMERICAS CORN KING THE REAL ONE
WILL TEACH MOUJIKS TO GROW CORN

FRANKLIN, Ind, April 6.-J.
B. Clore, Indiana's "corn king" is
to tell the secrets of his trade to
the car of Russia. He's to get
$4,000 a year and all expenses for
three years for doing 1t.
Clore isn't one of the stock ex-
change corn kings" No. He ac-
tually raises It. Plants the seed
corn, plows and harrows and
husks 'em and all that sort OF
thing II the car had wanted one
of 80 other kind of kings he
wouldn't have sent down into the
country to get one.
They call Clore the corn king
because he seems to have trick
of raising more and bigger corn
from little 100-acre farm of his
down here near Franklin, Ind,
than anyone else in the world.
He's won over $500 in prizes, in
GLIDING awards at the st. Louis,
Chicago, Buffalo and Paris world g
fairs, and more recently at the
Omaha corn show won the $1,000
prize OF the American Corn Grow
ers association.
Now the car of all tho Rus
sias or his Jas. Wilsonovsky. or
whoever is secretary OF agriculture
over there, 10 trying to stimulate
corn growing on the Russian
steppes. When he looked around
for some one to put his subjects
on to the fine points, Clore of In
diana doomed up like lighthouse
In fog. So he got the Job.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
ROUs|NG MEETING
Of HUMANE
S0C|TY

Stirred by the boys band OF Is
pieces from the south end of the
city the people turned out 100
strong to the meeting of the
Pierce County Humane society in
the council chamber last night.
Speeches in the interest of the
work were made by Herbert 8,
Griggs, Justice w. H. ingalls, of
Sumner and Humane Officer Van
Voris of Tacoma. The boys band
rendered several band selections
in the interest of the movement
for more humanity and philan-
thropy toward man and beast.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
DIDN'T PAY ALIMONY;
3 WARRANT OUT FOR ARREST

A bench warrant for the arrest
Of Ernest M. McCrea, charging
him with contempt of court in
having failed to pay his wife ali
'mony, was issued yesterday by
Judge Clifford. The pair were
divorced In September, 1908, and
McCrea was at that time ordered
to pay his divorced wife $40 per
month alimony.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
YOUNG BURGLAR
IS Sent To !.
PRISON /


Howard Dodd. the young man
who was arrested a few days ago
on the charge of burglary, and
who pleaded not guilty, reversed
his plea yesterday before Judge
Easterday and received sentence
of from one to IA years In the
state penitentiary. Dodd was in
the act Of ransacking the home of
J. ]. Anderson, 524 North L st,
when surprised by q neighbor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
UTAH MAN
FALLS HEIR TO FORTUNE

(By United Press Leased WIRE
SALT LAKE CITY, April g.
Einar August Sorenzo, teamster
36 years of age, who left this city
for California six years ago, is
now being sought by his mother
who wants to place In his hands a
snug fortune. consisting OF a part
Of a. inheritance left ~ = de-