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The Washington herald., 1909-01-01
Disappointed in a sGood Thing

From the Louisville Tines.
About the worst "stung'' individual in
Louisville in many day was a purchaser
at a sale Of unclaimed freight held re-
Gently. a package was put up by the
.auctioneer that looked 10 him like II con-
tained a pair Of fine field glasses. and 10
make the deception more complete. con-
trary to all usages al such sales. he had
got a "hunch" on the contents by feeling
the package. which made him doubly sure
that he was on the right lay" At these
sales everybody is suspicious Of the 9TH
ers, and when one bidder shows an in
terest in a package put UP sight IN
seem all the others viii push the bidding
This identical package brought $3.50. and
was knocked down TO the one who had
shown such eagerness 20 become the
owner He could not wait until he got
outside the SalesrOom before opening the
package, which turned out, 10 his intense
disgust and chagTin. 10 BE- only two small
bottles of a soft drink tied together.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-01
STEAMER MISSES QUAKE.
Vessel just Clears Straits when the
Shock Makes Her Culver.


Shock Makes Her Culver.
MarseilIes. Dec SL-The steamer
Euphrate. which has arrived here from
The far East, had what probably was
most fortunate escape. She ha6 hardly
cleared the Straits Of AIessina on De-
cember q and reached open water when
she experienced a very heavy shock. The
vessel qUivered violently for half a min
ute.
The passengers rushed on deck in
alarm. The captain thought the steamer
had struck some wreckage or that the
machinery was out Of gear. He ordered
the engines stopped and had the aolds
examined Finding the vessel had sUs-
tanned no damage, ne proceeded, not
knowing the cause OF the shock. He
noticed that the Messina lighthouse was
invisible, but supposed this was due TO
fog
The Washington herald., 1909-01-01
The Happy Family.
Frn Puck.

kTUD BucE-
Mrs ScraDpington - Mrs Wigglesworth
has invited me to make her a nice. long
visit
Mr. Serappington-When do you expect
TO call her bluff?
The Washington herald., 1909-01-01
QUEEN IS IN TEARS.
Boards ship Filled with Injured and
Visits Wounded.

Visits Wounded.
London, Jan. THE Naples correspond
eEt Of the Telegraph says the Russian
wa- ship Slava has arrived there with
40 injured. most OF them being very bad
cases The Slava's captain says that
Queen Helena boarded the war ship at
Messina Wednesday, dressed In the
clothes of a working woman. She vept,
and 10 him said: Not as Queen, not as
a princess Of Montenegro, but as a worn-
an, I entreat you to DO all you can 70
help these UnfOrtunates."
The captain, deeply moved. promised
20 do his utmost The correspondent adds
that the Russians. officers and crews, per
formed maTvels IN rescuing the injured
and feeding the hungry. lavishing every
attention on those who were taken aboard
their ships and trying 10 console them
BY gestures Of sympathy and kind acts.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-01
JOINS THE RESCUERS
American Ambassador Going
to MeSSina To-day.
TO AID SUFFERING AMERICANS

Bayard Cutting. jr., VIII Proceed
with Party of Consular Officers
Sina Post Temporarily il Report
OF LuPtOu's Death Is Confirmed.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-01
FROM WOMARS
POINT OF VIEW

The age Of prospective brides and
Grooms must always be a matter or indi-
v.dual choice. despite the warnings cs
parents ard friends After all. 1t v:tauy
concerns but the parties contemplating,
50 advice IS generally superfiuous. Then,
again, marriages arranged under the
best dze conditions do not always turn
out well
However. the rule can be more safely
followed than the exception Il is -ea-
scDable 10 expect a ul5n and woman q
practically the same age TO regulate life
harmonioUsly. II both are young. they
are likely 10 have a similar taste for
pleasure: If both have reached middle
life. there IS a probability that they have
had their III Of pleasure and are settled
in taste \ middle-sged husband is clog
upon the high spirits Of a young wife,
and a woman who marries q man even
little younger than herself LAYS up a
store OF hesrtaches which Is likely 10
last lifetime.
The happiest couple I ever knew was
who was eighteen years old when 10
placed in her arms a newborn infant. Il
would have been hard 10 pick cut the
elder OF the two without a knowledge OF
the story. and when the wife died the
husband vas 50 stricken with grief that
death claimed him two weeks later I
knew another happy couple with the ad-
vantage on the wife's side. and another
whose married ufe would have been
cloudless had there not been unreienting
hatred from the husbands family.
Against these few are hundreds Of cases
where women have been left 20 sorrow
al a tine when they sorely needed sup
port.
Nowadays girls mature mora quickly
than men. as always. but they have
more tenacious grasp on youth. Spright-
" grandmothers are much more common
than agile grandfsthers Of the same age,
so that the old rule OF expecting On ex-
cess Of age from a husband has not its
former value imagine that happy mar
risges depend upon a great deal more
than stability of age, for tactfuI wOm-
an can make her husband forget what
ever Sle piedSeS- a man IS lOL CdLCUAUE
at straws when ne is contented and COM
fortable-
The mother Of a young wife who did
not elect to consult her parents when she
chose a husband and selected her we'd
ding day has never ceased 10 worry be-
cause the husband is several years the
senior. The girl Is happy. but that makes
no difference Her mother sees a tins
ahead when the difference VIII be more
apparent and the husband viii have
passed the age when anything is as at
tractivs as his own freside- Perhaps he
is a man Of sense and realizes that he
must make sacrifices TO keep HIS pretty
wife. and she viii never know that her
pleasure is not his. Some men are OF
that stamp and some women are ready
10 settle down 20 complete domeStieity
before the idea Of IT has occurred to the
other side Of the house With the vast
difference in numbers. Il IS hardly posi-
bic to consider age very seriously The
men are few, you know
BETTY BRADEEN.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-01
HIS SECOND QUAKE
Vice Consul LuptOn in CataS-
trOphe at Valparaiso.
MAY BE DEAD IN MEssINA

State Department Receives Cable
gram from Ambassador GrIscOm.
Further Details VIII BE sent After
His Visit to Stricken Territory,
Vice Consul VIII Accompany Him.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-01
RESPONDS
TO AID SUFFERERS
American Fleet Nay Be Sent
to Join ReScuerS.
CONGRESS NAY ADD TO FUND

Red Cross and Other Organizations
Send Money to Relief Associations
IN Stricken District-Many Ameri-
cans Near Scene, but All Attempts
10 Hear from Them Are FruitIess.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-15
PREPARE FOR FALL SHOOTING.
Gun Club Will Drain the
RAttIeSnake River.

Stafford. Kan, April 15.-Owing to
the lack of precipitation the Stafford
Gun clubs marsh, northeast of town.
has gotten very low in water. In
years past this has been a repeated
condition and it has long been study
whereby it might be eliminated.
A few weeks ago C. F. Butcher run
the levels in that vicinity to ascertain
if water might be taken from the Rat
tlesnake creek, to replenish it. BY
cutting a ditch and laying pipe line
from the creek on Caper Clothier's
farm, he found it could be done, and
Immediately the club tok action. and
the ditch is now being dug.
1t will only be at stated periods of
the year that they need to take water
from the creek and matters will be so
arranged that the supply can be cut
off at any time and thus not injure
the creek, yet at the same time it will
raise the water in the marsh when it
is most needed and keep it in good
condition at shooting season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-15

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-15
Missouri Pacific to Improve
Eastern Kansas Branches.
These Are Included in New Pro-
gram of Repairs.
LII CONTRACTS LET.
Is Part of Big Gould TranscOn'
tinental Project.
Other Items of Interest in
Railway Circles.

Kansas City, April 15.-Contracts are
being let for the improvements contem-
plated by the Gould interests on the
Missouri Pacific and the Rio Grande
lines. 1t was announced several weeks
ago that thirty-three million dollars IS
to be expended in rebuilding the Gould
lines between Kansas City and Salt
Lake. The work it was said. was to
be completed coincident with the I'm
fshing OF the Western Pacific the last
link to the west of the transcontinent-
al system the GouldS are building from
the Atlantic coast to San Francisco.
The first announcement was followed
by a second, that three and one-haif
million dollars had been appropriated
to rebuild the Missouri Pacific line be-
tween Kansas City and Pueblo.
NJ L. Byers, chief engineer of main
tenance of way for the Missouri Pacific,
has awarded a contract to the L. ].
Smith Construction company of Kan
sas City, for the ballasting of the lines
between Kansas City and Pueblo. The
contract includes also the ballasting of
a number of short lines in eastern
Kansas and western Missouri and the
main line tracks between Coffeyville.
Kan, and Little Rock, Ark. and be-
tween Little Rock and Leeper, Ark.
This work is to be started at once.
Three gravel pits will furnish the
ballast, one from Fowler. Colo, one
at Fort Gibson, Okla, and another at
Webb City. Mo. From the last named
point 125 cars of ballast day will be
furnished until the work is finished.
1t will require $50 miles of ballast to
complete the main line between Kan
sas City and Pueblo and the branch
lines in Kansas.
Besides ballasting the tracks Of the
main line between Kansas City and
Pueblo. the right of way will be tiled
and drained and the track grades
I'll no lArfd orn- hnxT hnn re
built within the last few years. About
seventy miles of light rails will be re-
placed with eighty-pound steel, making
the entire mileage of eighty pound
rails.
The Gould plans contemplate a COM
plete revision of the Rio Grande lines,
the connecting link between Pueblo
and Salt Lake. The grades are to be
improved. new rails laid, and wherever
necessary. new ballast will be put in.
If Gould succeeds in his purpose he
will have the only actual transconu-
mental railroad under one management
in the United States. 1t will include
Atlantic coast to Kansas City, the Mis-
souri,, sPafificl from Kansas City to
Pueblo, the Rio Grande lines from
Pueblo tos Salt Lake, the nearly com
pleted Western Pacific from Salt Lake
to San Francisco.
Some idea of the magnitude Of the
contract awarded to the Smith com
pany is realized when it is stated that
1t will require thirty So to 110-ton loco
motives to do the work. This same
company has the contract for ballast
ing the Memphis division of the st.
Louis. Iron Mountain & Southern be-
tween Memphis and Knocbel, Ark, and
between Wynne and McGhee in Ar
kansas together with the bridge work
between the same points.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-15
1917 Pounds Gone

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-15
NORTON COUNTY WANTS MEN.
improvements in Western Kansas Call
for Many Laborers.

Norton, Kan, April 15.-Anybody
that knows how to use shovel and a
spade and wants to get down and dig
can get a job in Norton for the next
three months.
The digging contracts are now being
let and there seems to be more con-
tracts than there are men to MI them
The city engineer is looking for big
strong men who want JOBS ana the
wages are very reasonable
The authorities are anxious to rush
the digging along so that the streets
of the town will not be torn up for
anv great length of time. The festive
hobo had better get clear of this city
during the summer as the police judge
has been lined up with the city author
tiles and those who have not money
enough to pay their fines will be
given employment.
There is also a very good demand
for more men on the farms in the
country. Nearly every farmer OF any
consequence wants from one to three
men to get busy in the fields and the
wages are very good.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-15
Cures Prominent
Nurse of Terrible Fat.

Clara Elizabeth Doolittle, nurse for over
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including New York City, and homeo-
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-15
DEEP STRATA OF ROCK SALT.
The Quality Is Fine and a Demand
Has Already Been Created.

Little River, Kan, April 15.-The
Standard Salt company of Little River
has just struck what is believed to be
the deepest strata of rock salt in
this field. 1t is exceptionally pure and
the company which is under the man
agement of Captain John B. Brisben
and his superintendents, c. M Greene,
George H. Mervery, expect to commence
shipping by the first of August. The
company has already contracted for
from ten to fifteen car loads a day as
soon as they are able to commence
shipment.
Little River is steadily improving and
there is not a vacant house in the
town. Several new business buildings
are planned, among the largest of
which is the Hodgson garage and i'm
plement house which will occupy half
a city block.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-15
TROUBLE AT ABILENE.
Fair Association and Management
Fighting Over Grounds.

Abilene, Kan, April 15.-The con-
fiict between the fair association and
the ball association promises to end in
the games being played on grounds
apart from the fair grounds. There is
big grandstand in an accessible field
at the latter, but the fair association
refuses to allow the diamond to be
placed near the stand and wants $3.50
for the season. The ball association
is not able to pay this and will make a
compromise proposition.
Abilene has signed five of it's players
and has the rest in view. 1t expects
to put up the finest team in the league
and will go after the pennant. This
town has not gone in for real ball for
ten years, but is now stirred up and
means business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-15
PLENTY OF PLACES FOB. MONEY!
Clay County Has Banking Institution
for Every S91 Persons

Clay Center, Kan, April 15.-In pro-
portion to their population Clay Center
and Clay county probably have more
banks and larger bank deposits than
any other county or town in Kansas.
There are seventeen banks in Clay
county and the population is only 1916,
according to the latest census These
seventeen banks have a total of So
294, $3.50 deposits. This gives Clay
county a bank for every 891 persons in
the county and s151.47 on deposit for
every man, woman and child within
the borders of the county.
Clay Center makes even a better
showing along this line than the coun-
ty as whole. In Clay Center there
are six banks. AS Clay Center, according
to the latest census, has 1925 popula-
ton, the town has bank for every 554
Inhabitants. These six banks have a
total of $1,374,6 S5.32 on deposit. which
means that for every man, woman and
child in Clay Center $413.44 is on deposit
in the towns banks. In the last year
three new banks have been started in
the county. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-15
new MADE CRAVE
Urbana Has a Genuine Mystery
Which Battles Solution.
Young Man Disappears-Fresh
Mound In Lonely Spot.
NO CORPSE is FOUND.
Investigators Dig and Find Bed
of Charcoal.
No Good Explanation Has Been
Offered Up to Date.

Urbana, Kan, April 15.-Urbana resi-
dents have Geen undergoing the unique
experience of a real live sensation.
Nothing much ever happens at Urbana
and when Otis Haverly, a farmer liv-
ing east of town. drove up to the cor
ner grocery and announced that he had
discovered a mysterious grave in Sc
Guided spot on an abandoned farm, ex-
citement became Intense. The suppos-
ed grave was well rounded up, well
covered over with sod. and an effort
had apparently been made to conceal
the mound with leaves until the freshly
excavated SOIL could nave nad time u
settle.
H. N. Baldwin. w. P. Fulkerson and
r. A. Burkett went to the place to see
lust what the recent discovery might
disclose. They began work with post
hole digger, supposing that they could
go down and discover the secret with
out moving all the earth. but they were
unable to go deep enough in this way.
and, being determined to investigate
the mystery to the end and, If pos
sible. make the grave reveal the secret
which it appeared to be concealing, they
nrocured a shovel and soon dug it out
TO the bottom of the hole. in the bottom
Of which they found a considerable
amount of charcoal in rather large
pieces, ranging in size up TO as large
as a mans hand or larger.
The whole thing is still mystery
and no one seems to be able to account
for the sigular circumstance. The hole
was about the size and IN every way
resembled a grave and had been care
fully finished up. A young man of that
vicinity having been missing for several
DAYS added interest to the case and
many suspicious were aroused, suppos-
ing that the missing young man might
have met with foul play and the as
sailant had concealed the deed in this
way. No one Is able to offer an ex-
PLANTATION at this time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-15
BANQUET FOR MAJOR BISHOP
Topeka Men VIII Pay Honor to Retir.
ing Army Officer.

Salina, Kan, April 15.-The mem
bers of the Salina Bar association are
preparing to give big banquet at the
National hotel tonight. The banquet
will be given in compliment to Major
w. H. Bishop, who was one of the
first lawyers in Salina, and who is at
present visiting in Salina.
The banquet is to be more than a
local affair, and old time friends and
members of the Kansas bar have been
invited to attend. Among them are
T. F. Carver of Topeka, Captain Clad
Hamilton Of Topeka, Judge r. A.
Burch of Topeka, Colonel Wilder S.
Metcalf and J. w. Going of Topeka.
Judge Burch, who is an old law part
near of Major Bishop. has been asked
to deliver the address of the. evening.
Other LAYERS who have been invited
are John L. King and Judge r. r.
Rees of Minneapolis.
Other than the members of the Sa-
lima bar, the Salina men who were in
Major Bishops command during the
late war with Spain, have been invited,
also few close personal friends will
be present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-15
POLICE MAKE A BIG HAUL.
Hutchinson Officers COnfiscate a Car
and One-Half of Liquor.

Hutchinson, Kan, April 15.-The
police department has confiscated one
car and a half of beer, whisky, wine
and other liquors, said to belong to
two lodges in Hutchinson.
Almost one carload of the beer was
taken at the Rock Island railroad
tracks in the local yards. A half car
load of beer, whisky and wine was
found at the storage rooms of the City
Transfer company on West First ave
nue.. Part of it has been in storage
for several weeks. Some of this
liquor belonged to Kansas City men.
Word of the shipment first was
brought to the attention of the officers
Tuesday night. Chief Hern was
notified of the fact that the transfer
company was unloading beer at the
storage rooms on First avenue. He
and his men got busy and traced the
night workers to where they were I'M
loading beer at the Rock Island tracks.
The transfer men had unloaded two
wagon loads and were starting off with
the third load when Mr.. Hern notified
them to stop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-15
Loses 62 Pounds;
Thank God For 1t
Further Proof of Wonderful Strength
Giving Effects of Kellog's Treatment.

>, Mrs. s. E; Carter of Tracy, KY, lost
God for the great blessing the treatment
brought her
I feel better than at any time in fif-
teen years. she writes. INV weight AT
this time is 14S pounds
Very soon 1 began to feel beyond all
doubt that was really losing as fast
as was best. weighed at Commence
my photo.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-15
RIVER DAM CAUSES TROUBLE.
Smoky Hill Farmers Claim Obstruc-
ton VIII Cause an Overflow.


Smoky Hill Farmers Claim Obstruc-
ton VIII Cause an Overflow.
junction City, Kan, April 15.-Papers
have been filed with the clerk Of the
court in this county by an attorney
acting for % OF the farmers who own
farm lands along the Smoky Hill river
suing the Hogan Milling company of
this city and asking that a temporary
injunction be at once granted by the
court compelling the Hogan Milling
company to at once take down a por-
ton of the Hogan dam that has lately
been constructed.
The petition is a lengthy one and
states that the farmers as plaintiffs
are property owners whose land has
been overfiowed in past years and a
great deal Of damage done. They state
in their petition that not long ago the
owners of the mill and themselves as
body employed the services of one
H. s. Bedeu, competent engineer, and
survey of the river was made and an
understanding reached as to the height
of the dam, which was agreed upon to
be not over IL feet. 1t is claimed that
Of late number of improvements have
been made at the dam, and flash
board constructed on top of the dam,
raising it Is inches higher. 1t is claimed
that the present height of the dam will
cause the water to overflow on the low
lands of the plaintiffs, and they ask the
court to grant their petition and put
the height of the dam back to IL feet.