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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-17

created more of sensation than it
deserved. The writer had no interest
IN 1t except as an amusing story,
didn't even know the name of the
mother of the child, nor at whose house
the party was given, heard the anec-
dote and thought it was funny, but
purposely avoided saying the woman
was a Christian Scientist for reasons
aforementioned. Now the Scientists
have run the story down, found out
who the woman was and are repudiat-
ing her. They say she is not u Scien-
fist, and that no true Scientist would
do such thing; although they do not,
themselves, believe in contagious dis
eases, 1t is the teaching of their faith
TO consider the prejudices of other
people in those respects and to nay
especial attention to quarantine and
other laws
that the paragraph which has brought
about this tempest in a teapot, was a
reflection on Christian Science, there
was an error in it which should be
corrected for the sake of the mother
whose blind cropping for the light
caused the excitement. The paragraph
said that the epidemic of whooping
cough in that neighborhood was start
ed at this party. The mother at whose
house the party was given saws that
this is mistake. although the rest of
the story is true as related, and that
none of the other children at the party
caught the whooping cough as re-
suit of the little girls presence. SO
II would seem that the mother who
didn't want her little girl to Hold the
Thought has been justified by the
| events 1t looks as If the Lord were
with her, even if the Christian Scien-
lists have publicly denounced her and
said she was none of theirs, and the
good Presbyterians. Methodists and
Episcopalians in the neighborhood, who
pretend to believe in and follow the
| teachings of one who said, eff We had
faith as a grain of mustard seed" and
According to your faith be it unto
you," are against her.
| \ y 4
This pretty design for a linen suit
| in princess style is appropriate for af-
| ternoon wear A wide shaped band of
| filet net in self-tone braided with SOU
tache outlines the top of the gown,
which terminates just below the arms
and is made of lavender linen. Above
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-17

''scamble'' these days. To be accurate,
they are rumorS of rumors because the
people who are in the know are tighter
than usual and the stories are only
skeleton. plots with the names and
definite descriptions left blank. One
tale is that a Topeka couple Well
known in Society, of course, are to be
divorced in order that the woman may
marry another man as soon as the
divorce becomes absolute. Very much
New Yawk. is it not? Another is that
some Topeka girl who has left town
for the summer has a. married man
Perfectly Crazy about her, and that
she will stay away until he gets
divorce when he will join her and they
will be married and return together.
These stories probably have one and
the same foundation and nobody knows
how many other variations on the
theme are in circulation. The truth
probably is that some married woman
going down Kansas avenue was over
taken by man she knew who walked
with her from Mills to Crosby Broth
ers, where she went to try to match a
sample. Or a girl, picking the sweet
peas in her own back yard, looked
across to the next yard where her
neighbor, a married man, was feeding
his dog. bowed to him and wondered if
it would rain. 1t is also said
that there are to be three surprise we'd
dings in town within six months and
that they will jar your extra hair off
when you hear about them. No use
asking whose these people are or for
any further information because af-
fiant doesn't know and doesn't know
who does know. All the gossip this
spring seems to be anonymous.
Mrs. Otto Kiene and Miss Ra Hotch-
kiss gave a luncheon for twelve at the
home of the former today for Mrs. ]. T.
Cronkhite of Watunga, Oklahoma, who
is their guest.
A paragraph in this department the
other day about a woman who explain
ed that the reason she did not keeI
her little girl, who was Ill with the
whooping cough, home from a party
in the neighborhood, was that she
didn't want the child to Hold the
Thought of disease. has aroused some
protest from local Christian Scientists
The paragraph did not say the woman
was a Christian Scientist. It referred
to her as &c, S. faddist." INTENTIONAL,
and specifically, because the writel
knows there are many branches of tn.
faith cure cult and many near cien
fists who have read a little Mary Ba
ker Eddy and talk the jargon som'
without going the limit. 1t would hav'
been more accurate to have referred
to the woman as a New Thought fad
dist, but newspaper reporter neces
sarily writes in haste and repents a
leisure. Prominent Christian Scien
lists have called upon, written an6
telephoned the writer of the paragraph
who may be prejudiced. but thinks i
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c)OCHTY

The Country club house looked espe-
cially attractive last night for the first
formal reception Of the season for
members and their families. The adj
Joining daisy fields had been invaded
and there were mornamillion jar
s1inieres and bowls filed with daisies
effectively disposed in the house and
on the veranda- The entertainment
committee this year includes Mr.. John
f Norton chairman; Mrs. Norman S.
Wear and Mrs. Willis Norton and they
made the arrangements for the recep-
ton and the dance which followed. Mr..
Ray Halls orchestra played and ices
and punch were served in the outdoor
dining room. Among those in attend
ance were Mr.. and Mrs. Norton, Mr..
and Mrs. Wear, Mrs. Julia Thompson.
Mrs. Willis Norton. Mr.. and Mrs. w. S.
McC1intock, Mrs. Jens Bugge of Fort
Iseavenworth, Major and Mrs. A. NJ
Fuller, Mr.. Dorsey Cullen, u. S. A,
Mrs. A A. Hurd, Miss Kathleen More
land. Mr.. and Mrs. Marco Morrow, Mr..
and Mrs. S. c. Nichols, Mr.. and Mrs. t.
"A McNeal, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene S.
Quinton, Mrs. S. E. Barber. Miss Mar
garet Hayden, Mr. Dick Hayden, Cap
tain and Mrs. Clad Hamilton, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Hobart Mr.. and Mrs F. M
Bonebrake Miss Clyde Bonebrake, Mr.
and Mrs. E. c. Copeland, Mr.. and Mrs
Z. H. Crosby, Mr.. and Mrs. John E.
n + L
Judge and Mrs. A. w. Dana. Mr.. and
Mrs. J. NJ. Council, Mr.. and Mrs c. E.
GauIt, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Auerbach,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison S. Morgan. Mr..
and Mrs. James Moore, Miss Mary
Moore, Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. Garvey, Mr..
Willis Carney, Mr.. and Mrs. w. L
Miller, Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Eastman,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Dillon of Kansas
City. DR.. and Mrs. w. N. West, Mrs. E.
p. KeI1am, Mr.. Edward Kellam. Mrs.
James Belcher, Mr.. Arrnin Fassler. Mr..
and Mrs. Carroll B. Merriam, Mrs. J.
w. Burt, Miss Edna Herbst, Miss
Bertha Hull, Miss Marian Wear, Miss
Louise Wood, Miss Leona Curtis, Miss
Ola Cronk, Miss Kelly of Springfield.
Ohio, Miss Julia Larimer, Mr.. Horace
Hall, Mr.. ". A. Heaton, Mr.. Dan Ham
matt, Mr.. Lew Graham, Mr.. Harry
Eagle, Mr.. Edwin Curry. Mr.. Leslie
Guild, Mr.. Thomas L. King, Mr.. Bert
Reid, Mr. Darwin Bradley, Mr.. Henry
Scandrett, Mr.. Ben Scandrett, Mr.. Paul
Walker, Mr. Dana MacVicar. Mr.. Clay
Hamilton, Mr.. Bernard Crosby, Mr..
Paul Sweet. Mr.. Ned Osborn, Mr..
Malcolm Copeland, Mr.. Roland Perkins,
Mr.. Edwin Kistler and Mr.. Harry
Curtis.
y
One hears a good many rumors of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-17

A man. with money, who persists
in sitting his enthusiasm for an auto
mobile is not getting all of the pleas
ures out of life that should be his
Now candidly, why don't you get a
machine? You'll get real pleasure
and genuine enjoyment out of one.
If you buy the right kind of a car
you'll never have any trouble with it.
Take a Great Smith machine, for in
stance. The Atchison owners of
Great Smith cars say that as long as
they take reasonable care of them
they never have any trouble. Did you
ever hear of a Smith being hauled
back to town? The Great Smith car
is the best machine for the money to
be had in the country Ask the
Atchison men who own them
Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-17

this are broad suspenders of the net
and soutache Joined by a vest of tuck
ed net and straps of black velvet Be
neath is worn guinpe with yoke of
irish lace and landings of the same
on the close-fitting tucked sleeves
Pointed tabs of net and soutache held
by linen buttons trim the skirt clos
ing hat of ecru straw with crushed
sash of lavender liberty and garniture
of grapes and leaves
y
Reform legislation and its effects are
ar interesting and amusing study. A
Topeka housekeeper's curiosity was
mildly aroused the other day by the
appearance of the strawberry boxes
left by the grocer's boy. The bottoms
of the boxes had been moved down to
the normal position but the berries
stopped about two inches from the top
On the outside of the boxes was writ
ten in pencil y quart. After a mo-
ment's reflection she remembered read
ing something about the pure food law
with regard to berry boxes, but a good
many hours deep thought failed to
show her wherein she, the Ultimate
Consumer, as Mr.. Somebody of Some
where expressed it in the tariff dis
cussion, had been benefited A box of
strawberries cost her the same as in
former seasons and contained no more
and no fewer berries. 1t really didn't
concern her in the least whether the
bottom of the box moved up or down,
because the box was labeled was three
fourths of a quart. She had no reason
to. believe. and had never heard any
one advance the theory, that straw
berry growers or any of the people
concerned in their distribution, were
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-17
Cool
Colorado

Is the place to spend your vacation
this summer.
Up in the mountains-away from
the dirt, smoke and soot--up where
you can breathe the pure balsam-laden
air-the real tonic for the tired body
the air that multiplies the red discs
in your blood and makes you feel the
real joy of living.
And the outdoor 1ife-fishing,
hunting, camping, mountains elm bling,
riding golf every pleasure in fact con- /.
ducive in making a Colorado Vaca
ton the most enjoyable you ever had.
- But it is not all in the vacation
alone-the trip to and from this land
of pleasures is one of supreme de-
light in the superb trains of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-02
TODAY's MARKET REPORTS.

Chicago. July 2.-WHEAT-Weak cables
and increasing wheat receipts in the
southwest caused a slump of "a Q3sc to CSC
at the opening of the market here today.
Selling was scattered but chiefly by COM
mission houses. Shorts were fair buyers
of July and that option displayed a stead
Ter tone early in the day than the more de-
ferred futures. The opening on July was
at S1145s to $1.147s. Later the price touched
S1.15
The selling pressure on the distant de-
Iiveries became heavier as trading prog
Tessed. causing a still further decline in
prices. For July the low point was reach
ed at $1143s. The market closed weak,
with July off 1zc, at $114s4.
CORN-COmmiSSiOn houses and pit trad
owing to the continuance of favorable
crop conditions. This caused weak tone
to prevail during early trading. July open
ed &c to sc lower, at 701zc to 70 c, sold at
701zc and then declined to 701sc.
Prices steadily declined throughout the
entire day, the market being bearishly af-
fected by severe slumps in the price of
cash earn at southwestern markets. July
declined to G9asc. The close was weak
with July down 11sc. at 691zc.
. OATS-Renewed liquidation by tired
holders caused a fresh slump in the price
of oats, July being especially weak. Prices
a the opening were 1s0Ac o &c lower. with
July at 4Sc to 4S1sc. On buying by shorts
July advanced to 1880.
PROVISIONS = Provisions were mod
bearish showing of the monthly state
ment of stocks in store but eased off in
sympathy with the weakness of grain.
Prices at the start were PIC to sc higher
than yesterdays close.
CLOSE: RYE-Cash: soc; September, soc
BARLEY-CaSh: 606D69c.
September, $3.50.
CLOVER-Nothing doing.
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ed in horror stricken voice, why, it
is Curzon Wyllie.'
Then a stately woman in evening
dress came to discover what had hap
pened- Looking at the figure and not
Immediately recognizing it, she said:
. Poor fellow
She then knelt down, and as she
looked closely at the dis6gured face
a look of horror leaped into her eyes
and she exclaimed: 1T is my husband,
why wasn't with him?'
1T was Lady Wyllie, who had left
her husband. only a few minutes be-
fore. The scene was terrible, the
lady kneeling by the side of her dead
husband, while a group of men near
by were holding the assassin, whose
other victim was grooming on the
ground a few yards away
The victims were removed to a
hospital. DR.. Lalcaca was dead when
they reached there.
Dr. Lalcaca was Parsee and from
the evidence 1T would seem that he
was shot accidentally.
The assassin, who is also a Parsee is
about % years of age. He was self
possessed after his arrest and main
tanned an obstinate silence. The iden-
LITIGATION of the man was impossible
as a great number of visiting cards
bearing different names were found
on him.
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HE SHOT TWO MEN.
A Young Parsee Assassinated Sir Will
liam WyIIie.

London, July "A striking double
assassination OF a political character
occurred late last night towards the
conclusion of a public gathering at the
Imperial institute, An Indian student
whose name is not known, shot and
WyIlie and DR.. Calais Lalcaca, of Shang-
hal.
Those near the assassin seized and
held him until the arrival of the police.
He had two TeYolvers, a. dagger and a
knife. The gathering at the Imperial
institute, a building devoted to Indian
and other colonial functions, was an
at home to Indian students. Z. w.
T'hornburn one of the guests, thus de-
scribed the tragedy:
1T was near II o'clock and the must
cal program was just concluding when
saw a middle aged English gentle
man converSing with a young Indian
student, dressed in a dark jacket and
wearing pale blue turban.
Suddenly the native drew a revolver
and fired four shots at the head of the
Englishman.
Then came another shot as the Eng
i1shman fell, and a sixth which struck
an elderly Indian standing a few yards
away and who fell shot in the side
81 rushed at the assassin and others
Sprang forward at the same time. We
seized him, but he struggled, and wrest-
ing one hand free, placed the revolver
to his forehead and pulled the trigger.
1t clicked harmlessly as he had fired
all of his shots.
I'VE shouted for doctors and the
commottOn and the folding doors fin
ally closed to prevent the people
from looking upon the fearful sight.
cat this moment some one eXcIaim-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-02
MAY BE LING'S BODY.
Dead Chinaman Found Floating in
the Hudson River.

New York, July although COM
plete Identification was impossible,
there IS a strong probability that the
body of Chinaman found floating
IN the hudson river is that of Leon
Ling, murderer of Elsie Sigel. The
mans height, weight and general ap-
pearance TALES with that of Leon
Ling, but as the body was nearly
nude and had been in the water for
more than week a thorough exam
nation will be necessary. Coroner
Mcdonald, who was the first to in
spect the body, believes it is Leon. A
number of policemen think the same.
Until measurements and facial char
acteristics are carefully gone over,
however, the Identification will re-
main in doubt.
If it is Leon, the cause of his death
will be another mystery, although the
suicide theory would appear reason
The body was discovered by Clinton
w. Bell, a resident of Harlem, who
was out in the river in a motor boat.
Bell secured the body, then commune
Gated with the police. Officers were
Immediately dispatched to the scene
and the body was taken to morgue
in the Bronx where the examination
was begun.
In salient features there was
marked resemblance between the
dead Chinaman and the official de-
scription of the missing Leon.
The teeth were good as Icons,
the height about five feet four
inches, which was Icons height. The
weight, 125 pounds, which was about
the same as Icons The age of the
dead man appeared to be about 20 or
80 years. Icons age was given out
by the police as 80.
The right arm of the body was
greatly discolored, but whether from
violence or from the effects of the
water could not be ascertained. An
will be performed as the
coroner was unable to arrive at any
conclusion as to how the Chfnaman
met his death.
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cleared by a troop of cavalry. After the
motor had been tested, the weight
which gives the aeroplane its start was
hoisted up and everything was READY
for flight. The propellers were crank
ed and Orville turned on the motor
The machine started down the track
at a rapid rate. AS it neared the end
of the starting rail Orville turned up
the forward horizontal rTdders and the
machine rose into the air
It was beautiful start Down the
field the aeroplane sailed. curved grace
the east side of the field along the edge
to regain the familiarity with the
ground over which he was travelling. he
increased the radius of his trips about
the field. The first round was made
in : seconds. Five times the machine
slzirted the field, attaining a height
which varied from IS to 80 feet
On the sixth round Mr. Wright came
to earth within a few hundred feet or
the starting point, completing the flight
in exactly five minutes. The landing
was perfect the machine swooping
a few feet of the earth When Orville
pulled the string which stopped his mo-
tor and the aerOplane gided smoothly
over the grass on its skids.
Another flight was made. This start
was as successful as the first.
Nine rounds of the field We're made
this time in a few seconds less than 3
minutes He made another graceful
landing but flew dangerously close to-
the ground for some time before stop
ping his motor and descending.
The machine was again returned to
the starting rail at Z o'clock. In his
third fight Crville remained aloft for
a few seconds more than nine minutes
and encircled the field nine and half
times. For one complete round he flew
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-02
SITUATION is COMPLICATED.
Miners Quit Work without Sanction
of President Lewis.

Pittsburg, Kan, July 2.-There will
tfonaI board of United Mine Workers
in the calling of a strike in this dis
trict Such in substance was the
word received from National Presi-
dent Lewis This leaves the local
situation rather complicated. Several
mines in the south end are shut down,
including all those at Mineral
The fact that the miners have here
quit work without the sanction of Ma
tionaI President Lewis or District
President Howat makes the situa-
ton rather a delicate one. In all
probability the men will be returned
to work pending the settlement by
the national board. but this will not
be settled until after a meeting OF the
district board.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-02
YOUNG GIRL BRUrALLY BEATEN
Norton County Man Used Harness
Strap on Helpless Niece.

Norton, Kan. July 2.-Jim Monta-
que, living in the northwest part of
town, gave his little eleven year old
niece severe beating. Two of
Montague's nieces, daughters of his
brother, from the old country. have
been keeping house for him. One of
the girls is eleven years old and the
other considerably younger. They
were all fixing screen when it seems
the little girls let the screen fall on
Jim's head. He fname diately flew into
a passion, and picking up a piece of
harness struck the oldest girl a vicious
blow across the head. cutting the
head and an ear and then began
beating her brutally over the back.
When the younger girl saw what
was going on, she ran. The one Jim
was beating ran to the store on the
hill, with her face bloody. Word was
immediately phoned to Marshal Reed
but when he arrived on the scene
Montague had gone to the country.
Warrants have been issued for him
from both the city and the county,
and the gentleman will be asked to
explain his brutal actions.
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New York Stock Market.

Wall St, New York, July 2-STOCKS-
The opening dealings in stocks today were
ceptions were among the minor stocks.
General Electric and American Sugar rose
l and Union Pacific. Southern Pacific,
Reading and Erie first preferred q
A resumption of yesterdays demand for
the cOalers brought about q rise of points
in Reading and Infused a generally strong
tone to the list for a while. Liquidation
later stocks of several companies
undergoing imitation caused the en-
tire list to sell off Western Maryland
broke 3.
Prices steadied but the rally was slight
Western Maryland recovered 1 and Ameri-
can Chemical rose H. Union Pacific ad-
Tanced I at noon
Bonds were irregular
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PREFERS The AIR.
Wilbur Wright Compares His
Craft to Automobile.
He Has No Trouble With Mud
or Dust He Says.
FARMERS WORRIED.
Fear AerOpIane May Alight on
Their Houses
Or Else Descend IN Their Fields
of Corn.

Washington. July 2-sI would rather
ny over that country in our aeroplane
than ride over it in your automobile"
said Wilbur Wright to a scouting
party preparing to traverse the dusty
red Virginia roads between Fort Myer
and Alexandria, along the course over
which his brother is soon to fly. You
are liable to get stuck somewhere, be
side being covered with dust" In
point of fact the automobile did pune
ture a tire and sitting heat along the
clay bottoms and through the woods
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"Ex-Div. " per cent.


Kansas City. July 2.-WHEAT-Cash /:
Market &c to sc lower. No. 2 hard, $3.50
1.32; No 8. 81 23q1-So; No. red, S1-229125;
No. 8, S1.1Sd122.
CORN-Market 1e to &c lower. No. 2
No. 3. CSC.
OATS-MarIxet unchanged. No. 2 white,
53d55c; No mixed, z9d51c.
RY@80QS3c-
HAY-Market unchanged. Choice tim
othy, $13.oc413-50; choice prairie, SlL2Sg
u5O.
BUTTER-Creamery extra, &c; firsts,
pc; seconds, 20c; packing stock. 1Sc.
EGGSExtras, H1zc; firsts. 191zc; current
receipts, lie; seconds and dirties, 15c.
WHEAT-Receipts 3 cars.
CLOSE: WHEAT-July, S106A O5zs
sellers; September. s1-OS1zqLO35s December,
81. 02a d1.0Z7s sellers.
CORN-JuIy, 627sc sellers; September, 81
d611kc sellers; December, 521sG5254c.
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BABY IN AN ArCHIsON WELL.
When Arrested John Davis Admitted
His Guilt.

Atchison, Kan, July 2.-When Mrs.
Frank Lawless drew bucket of
water from the well, she found the
body of a premature baby in it. She
reported the affair to the police, who
started an investigation which result
ed in the arrest of John Davis, a
neighbor of the Lawless family.
Davis confessed to throwing the
baby in the well. He claimed it was
born dead and he was tired and sleepy
and that the throwing of 1t in the well
was the easiest way of getting rid of
it. Davis is weak mentally. A state
charge will be preferred against him.
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New York PrOtluce Marked

New. York. July 2.-BUTTER-Marlet
unsettled and lower Creamery specials,
269261kc (officiaI price, 26c); creamery ex-
tras, 251zQ2534c; creamery. thirds to firsts
2112425c; state dairy, common to finest, 20
Q25c; process, common to special, CSC
CHEESE-Market easy. State full cream
specials, 1S1241415c; state full cream, COM
specials 2@11c.
EGGS-Market steady. Western firsts,
2l1zd221aci 1official price, 21d22c); western
seconds, 20d2lc
.POULTRYAlive, steady: western spring
chickens, Csc; fowls, 1910; turkeys, 13c.
Dressed, easy; western chickens broilers,
20d25c; fowls, 141zd15c.