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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-04
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SANTA Re NOTES.

J. H. ICCiOff. mechanical superintendent
of the eastern grand division. has returned
from business trip to Arkansas City.
Brakeman Onweiler of Newton is spend
ing few davs' vacation visiting Topeka
Engineer r. F. Mcneil of Arkansas City
is in ToDeka visiting his parents, Eugi-
neer and Mrs John MCNEIL.
The annual meeting of the B. of l. f.
protective board is in Topeka today.
H. E. Ray. stOrekeeper. has been in Ar
kansas CITY on business.
A. l. McNair. foreman of the boiler de-
partment of the Arkansas City shops is in
Topeka visiting with his daughter, Mrs.
Jerome Downs.
Archie Baird manager of the Santa
Fes rail plant at Newton. is spending a
few DAYS in Topeka.
Engineer 7. B. Johnson who runs on the
Frisco between Kansas City and Monet,
is visiting a brother in Topeka
Fireman Proudfit of EmpOria is in To-
peka visiting his father.
William Robertson. night foreman of the
car men at Newton. has returned to his
home after spending few days in To-
peka-
Claude Blake had charge of the Sunday
school meeting the Railroad Y. NJ c. A
SUNDAY afternoon
Engineer William Beemot of Argentine
is spending a few days in Topeka renew
ing acquaintance.
Engineer Chris McGinniS is running tenn
pora=ily on runs Nos. IS and ga
L. G. KAY. who was formerly with the
bridge and building department here, and
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Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Shaffer of Sa-
lima, returned home today after being
here spending the holidays with reIa-
tives.
Miss Margaret Wilson left this morn
ing for Winslow, Ariz., where she will
spend two months for the benefit of her
health.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Smith have given
the name, Dorothy Marie, to their in
FAINT daughter.
C. A. Davis. of Menoken, is in town
on a short business trip.
Mr.. Frank Smith of Dallas, Texas,
came to Topeka Saturday to make an
extended visit, and Will probably re
main here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank White left today
for their home in Arlington. after a
three weeks visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Daniels here.
Mr.. Harry Holt is able to be out and
around again after a few weeks ILL
ness with an attack of fever.
Miss Blanche Watts. of Salina, came
here today to spend a few days with
friends while on her way to Kansas
City where she will spend the remain
der of the winter studying music.
Mr.. George Williamson of Morehead,
KY, Will arrive here in a few days. to
spend month visiting relatives.
Mr.. Fred Voiland left this morning
for Chicago where he will spend a week
on a business trip
D Markum. of Elmont. was in town
today.
o. p. kennett and brother George,
of Menoken, were North side visitors
today
John G. Horning, of Granville, who
injured his hand in a corn shelter sew
eral days ago is getting along nicely.
All the bones in his hand were broken
and the flesh badly mangled.
Mrs. G. T. Shirley and daughter of
Granville, were North Topeka visitors
today.
There Will be a meeting of the J. d
hold Iayr I'M at a
home of Miss Ethel Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ellis have re-
turned home from Great Bend after
three weeks visit with relatives there.
Mrs. c. y. Snyder is able to be out
again after three weeks illness. She
has been suffering with an attack of
rheumatism
Mr.. Joe Williams has returned to his
home in Rossville after a few days here
on business.
Mrs Burgen and children Gilbert
and Helen, have returned home from
Oklahoma City after spending the holt
days with Mrs. Burgen's mother.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-04
WORTHY OF CONFIDENCE
An Offcr Backed Up by One of the
Most Reputable Concerns in Topeka.

We will either cure you of con-
stipation or pay for all the medicine
used during the trial You pay US
nothing if we fail. That's a mighty
broad statement, and we mean every
word of it We will back it I'd with
our own personal reputation, too.
Could anything be more fair and Sc
cure for you.
The most scientific. common sense
treatment is Rexau Orderlies Their
active principle is a very recent
scientific discovery that is odorless,
colorless and tasteless; very pro-
nounced, gentle and pleasant in its
action, and particularly agreeable in
every way. This ingredient does not
cause any diarrhoea, nausea, fiatulence
or gripping. Rexan Orderlies are as
pleasant to take as candy and are par
ticularly good for children and deli
cate persons
If YOU suffer from chronic or
habituaI onstiDatiOn, or the asso-
ciate or dependent chronic ailments,
we urge you to try Rexau Orderlies at
our risk. Remember, you can only
get them at our store. Two Sizes csc
and 10c. F. A. Snow, druggist, 523
Kansas avenue, Topeka.
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items for the East Topeka column may
be telephoned to Ind. phone 2SS1 black.l
Mr.. Joe I.uthey has returned to his
home in Carbonate after short visit
with relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph McNeal of Ar
kansas City are here visiting his pa
rents. Mr.. and Mrs. John McNeal of
623 Monroe street MI McNeal is a
member of the committee of the joint
protective board of the B. of L. F.
which is in session here now
Mr. Harry Athon of heokuk Falls
Okla. is here making an extended visit
with relatives.
Miss Grace Miller, Miss Minna
Buschacher. Miss Marie Miller and
Miss Georgia Lambert visited friends
in Tecumseh Sunday.
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WIDOW IN GREEN.
Mysterious Stranger BlaclzmaiIs Num-
Der of Wealthy Men.

abouts of a mysterious widow in
green who. it is said, blackmailed
wealthy out of town patrons of fash
ionable downtown hotels out of thou
sands of dollars in the last four months,
have been obtained by federal secret
service operatives.
The investigation is shrouded in mys-
terry. On account of the prominence of
victims whom the widow in green" and
her crowd attempted to blackmail their
names are being kept secret. Several
have announced their intention. how
ever. of going before the federal grand
jury and asking indictments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-04

who is now with the same department in
Texas. is visiting in Topeka for a few
DAYS.
Ernest McGinnis of the freight depot
has returned to work after spending the
HOLIDAYS at Liberty. Mo.
Engine No. PAL is in the local shops for
general repairs. This engine is used in
passenger service on the Southern Kan
sas.
A LARSON. formerly with the Santa Fe
in Topeka and Los Angeles, now with
the Southern Pacific at San Francisco is
in Topeka visiting for a few days.
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PLUMBING FIRM MOVES.
johnson & Beck Now Located at 900
Kansas Avenue.

The we'll known firm of johnson &
Beck. probably the largest plum ng
concern in the city. has moved to it's
new location at 9O9 Kansas avenue. The
building which they will now occupy.
has just been completed and is amply
large to accommodate this rapidly
growing concern. This company has
formerly occupied the store room at
815 Kansas avenue The firm expects
20 make their new home the most thor
oughly complete and up to date house
in the state.
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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN;
You will take notice that my petition
for permit to sell intoxicating liquors
according TO law. at my drug store at No
5O1 Kansas ave. in the Fourth ward OF
the city of Topeka, Shawnee county, Kan
Sas. is now on file in the office of the pro-
bate judge of said county. and that said
petition Will be heard before the probate
judge of said county at his office in the
court house in the city of Topeka on
Saturday. January so, 1909. at 10 O'Clock
a. ID. A. II. MARSHALL Applicant.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
You will take notice that my petition
for permit to sell Intoxicating liquors.
according to law. at my drug store at No.
6l9 North Kansas avenue. in the First
ward of the city of Topeka, Shawnee
county. Kansas, is now file in the
oftIce of the probate Judge of said county,
and that sad petition will be heard before
the probate judge of said county ut his
oIice in the court house in the city OF
Iopeka on Tuesday. January 70. 1909 at
10 clock a. m. A. H. HEROI.D.
Applicant.
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WANTS
AND MISCELLANEOUS ADS.
GssnD
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Republican nomination for the office of
CITY attorney. subject to the city primary
erection on March .. 1909
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NORTH TOPEKA NEWS

Items for the North Topeka column may
be left at A. NJ. Petro's drug store, $50
North Kansas avenue. or call the North
Side reporter at her home. Ind. phone
1881 black.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-04

Washington. Jan 4.-The supreme court
TODAY dismissed the case of Oscar Reid,
one of the negro soldiers. summarily dis
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Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma City.
We load a car for Oklahoma and vi
cinity Jan. 20 to 80. Phone 1876. Rates
are carload privileges. Merchants
Transfer and Storage
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FOR RENT-ROOMS.

FOR RENT-ROOMS.
FOR RENT-933 Kansas ave, I unfurnish-
ed room. gas Phones 16
FOR RENT-Mcdern furnished room for
gentleman. S26 Madison. Ind. 956-2.
FOR RENT-Nice large front room. all
modern. 1872 Monroe.
FOR RENT-1116 Harrison. nice furnished
room. modern. Ind. phone 2S6S-White.
FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for light
housekeeping. 800 E Sth.
charged by the president on account of
the Brownsville riot. holding that the
amount involved was not sufficient to
justify the bringing of the case to the su-
DTeme court.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

ID; NJ: Cline and wife to c. Paxton
lot So3 and pt. 355 and 81 Kansas
=, ave. First ward ..........$ 600
h V. stone and wife to H w Stone
I0ts 46o-67 and SO Washburn ave,
d w We SIDurn race add ...-..--..--.-... so
h Il: burke to E. E. Griggs, lots So
70 20. inc. Pennsylvania ave, High
oA.U I ARK so
M A Cregut to E. Davis. e. II n. II
n E. "A 6-l3-l5. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1,600
4; T. Wilson ct al to G. L. Beverly,
lots 1879 and 81 Madison St. Fair
SLIlu , dOu -
E. w. Rankin and wife to D. B. Led
erman. lot 416 and pt. is Clay St,
kinSy'S ad
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EREE pYSpw~cARv

QUINCY STREET FREE DIsPENsARY.
81 Quincy 81 Conducted by regular
practicing physicians and surgeons. Med
icaI service free. Medicine free IN some
cases Office hours 2 to 8 D. m. Calls
answered niGht or dav. Ind phone 1857
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-04

BETTER REALTY AND LOAN CO
Make farm and city loans in any amount
from 500 uD. at lowest rates and on the
most favorable terms. Office. Room ..
Columb ian Bldg.
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MN Ell 10 loan on 1--we stUCk. pianos. per-
ers. w. Z. SeGuIne. 413 X. A Both phones.
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FTORTSTG
SANTTARTrNTc

CHRIsTS HOSPITAL COTTAGES FOR
the care and treatment OF nervous inva-
lids. alcohol and drug habits and mild
cases of mental arrangement w. q
Lindsay NJ II 729 x Toueka. Kan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-04

The Elks are planning a series OF
dances. Parties will be given for Elks
and their families every two weeks
Will be held January s. Mr.. c. L.
Mitchell has charge of the arrange
mentS.
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DR. H H. KEITH. surgeon and diseases
OF women. with private hospital OfficS
FRI KarSas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-04

Mr.. Robert Hodges of Chicago, who
spent few months in Topeka about
two years ago and made many friends
in the Youngest Set, will be married
January to Miss Elsie SeckeI of
Riverside. Mr.. Hodges is the son OF
Mr.. w E. Hodges, general purchasing
agent of the Santa Fe, and cousin or
lint I'll
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FOR RENT-RooMs.

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for Ugh
housekeeping. COL Top. ave. Call at p. m
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MONEY to loan on personal property.
payment SIPS week will pay on loan sS
in % weeks. G. II. Flintham. notary puo-
lie. 906 z. 4th st. Either phone 9TT
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Mr.. George w. Parkhurst and Mr.
w. H. Davis entertained the employees
of the Parkhurst-Dav company al
the Davis residence. Ninth and West
ern avenue, Saturday night.
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IDA c. BARNES. NJ. D.

Office 126 Kansas ave. Residence Thir
teenth and Clay. Office hours. a. m. IL
II n. m. and 2. m. to p. m. Both
phones 16 residence and Ind 1916 office
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PATETTs.
~-~-~@~@~O~-~-~~~~~~~-~~-
J. A ROSEN. patent attorney. 50 Kan
saa ave. Topeka Kan
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of ability and neat
appearance to call on all merchants in
their territory: elegant side line. conVen-
lent to carry; good commissions; prompt
remittance. Belmont Mfg. Co., Cincinnati
O
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A Topeka man went to Lawrence
for d fraternity dance recently and
there met for the first time a Topeka
girl who is student a the university.
80 you live in Topeka ," she asked
him. DO you go around much there
are you in Society? Because if you
are 1 wish you'd help me get in. I've
been trying for five years to break in
and I haven't had a peep yet"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-03

From this language academy, in company
with DR.. Tenney, the Chinese secretary
of our legation, l went to the Imperial
University of Picking. This is also in the
imperial city, not far from Coal Hill, in
which the emperor was temporarily buried
a few months ago. The buildings are alto
gether Chinese. They are low one-story
structures running around paved courts,
The walls have large windows of a beau
tiful lace work of wood, backed with white
paper, and the heavy tiled roofs so over
hang that each court has a promenade
round 1t, reminding one OF the quadrangles
at oxford. There are many courts and
many buildings, and the whole has a col
lege atmosphere quite equal. to Princeton,
Cornell, Harvard or Yale.
1 was especially interested in the library,
with its thousands of old Chinese vol
umes, now mixed with a sparse and scat
tered collection of books in English,
French, German and Russian. The Chinese
books are on fine tissue paper, printed i'm
characters like those one sees on the tea
boxes. The most of them are bound in
paper or cardboard, and some of the works
comprise many parts. There is IN ency-
clopedia, for instance, which closely fills
a set of shelves twelve feet in height and
thirty feet long, 1t contains over 5000 vol
umes and has perhaps 1000, OOON pages. 1t
was printed from blocks within the last
five years and each OF its characters had
to be specially cut. These characters must
run high into the millions.
This book is only one of about nine en-
cyclopedias which are now in use in
China. The most of them are equally
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-03

AS l went through the classrooms OF this
academy l saw many Of the things that
are now turning China upside down. Every
schoolroom had maps showing that the
world is round and not flat or square. On
the walls hung maps of the various con-
tincnts, and some represented China in its
proper scale in Asia. These maps are a
constant reminder of the big world away
from home. They are in strange contra
diction to the plans of the world which
the Chinese used only a few years ago.
The latter represented a vast space de-
voted to China, with a few patches around
the edges. These were the lands OF the
barbarians, and comprised all of the world
that belonged to the rest Of mankind. In
one classroom l saw a large wall map Of
the United States, with Boston,, st, Louis,
New York and Chicago printed in type
half an inch long, and in other rooms
were mineral maps and others illustrating
physical geography. l heard a lecture on
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-03
Chinese students Abroad.

Many such went to Japan at the time
the movement was started, stayed there a
year or so and have come back to take
their places in the new education. During
my stay in Toxic last year l found some
thing like 5000 Chinese students in the
colleges there. Some were in the inn
perial university. some in the teachers
training schools and others in the military
and technical schools and in the schools
for railway engineering. Not a few were
studying law and medicine, and some,
politics, economics, history and literature.
About one-fifth Of the whole were in the
teachers training schools and they were
largely made up of men who had stood
high in the classes and Who expected to
come back to China to teach.
l am told hat thousands of the '~literati''
went to Japan at the time 1t was decided
by the government to open up China to
the new education, and that especially
because the government had said that it
would give the preference to literary grad
yates who had such instruction, in the Sc
lection of its teachers for its new schools.
On this account, 10000 went there at once
and enrolled themselves. The most of them
stayed less than six months and then came
back to teach. Nearly all have received APP
polntments n are now acting as profess
sors. They are not fitted for the higher
branches of modern instruction, but they
believe in the new education, and by this
action Of the government have been made
its supporters instead Of its enemies. as
they probably would have been had they
not been given the chance to teach.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-03

could not support fun sized cars. To meet
these needs smaller consequently called
cafe cars-in which the dining compart-
ment is much reduced In size. are being
put in use. Two cooks. two walters, and a
steward form the working force and the
fixed charges Of the outfit are correspand-
inly low1
They are further reduced in the so-called
broiler coach, which Is nothing more than
a day car with a kitchen built In, the entire
service being performed by one or two
cooks, and a like number OF walters, Some
sleeping cars and parloF cars still have
kitchens where a single gifted negro may
act as both cook and waiter: these cars
are designated commonly as buffet sleepers
or buffet parlor cars.
The dining car department OF the rail-
road will probably have more 10 do than
merely TO supervise the operation Of these
various sorts OF employment Restaurant
and lunchrooms at terminals and stations
along the line may fall under the direct
supervision and IL may also conduct the
cuisine OF the private cars OF the railroad
ofhcers-generally called business cars.
In the diplomatic p~arlanes OF the modern
railroad-Outing Magazine
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-03

grade where Chinese boys are prepared for
the foreign office and for the diplomatic
service abroad. 1t is open to any who can
pass the entrance examination and give
certificates of good character. In addition
to the modern languages, the school gives a
good academic education along foreign
lines. Every boy is required to take at
least one foreign language. He may choose
either English, French. German or Rus
sian. English is now the most popular, and
about eighty students are studying It.
French ranks next and then German, and
after them Russian and Japanese.
l visited this school yesterday. 1t Is
within the walls Of the imperial city and
not far from the Forbidden city in which the
emperor lives. l had to go a mile or so
around the wall before l reached the gate
of the compound where the college build
ings are located. They are of modern style,
and of one and two stories. The material is
gray brick with doors and balconies of
wood. The latter are painted bright blue,
making the buildings look gaudy.
The school has a campus, drill ground
and a large examination hall where the
students sit at tables under the eyes of
their instructors and write their essays and
answers to the test questions. The exam
nations usually last about three days.
Upon finishing his paper, each student
writes his name On a corner in such a
place that it can be rolled up and sealed.
The paper is then numbered and the judges
must pass upon it without knowing to
whom it belongs. Only after the decision
is made Is the name unsealed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-03

Jackson County Historical society, a re-
Spouse by Governor Carroll and addresses
by Ex-Governor Larrabee, G. A. Feeley,
Senator "A. f.. Frudeu, Senator ]. A. De
Armand and a number of others.
The monument itself is twenty-five feet
in height above a concrete base, On the
second section above the ground on the
east side Is the name Briggs" in letters
five inches high. on the third section is a
polished surface with a map OF Iowa
engraved upon 1t; on another side a bronze
medallion with a portrait Of Briggs, and
on the third side is the date inscription.
The whole monument weighs 10000 pounds.
Ansel Briggs was born in Vermont in
1906. He was educated in the common
schools there and took one term in Nor
witch academy. At the age Of "A he went
to Ohio and engaged in running a stage
line. His first political venture was to
run for county auditor as the wing candi-
date, but he was defeated. In 1886 he got
a government contract to carry mail be-
tween Davenport and Dubuque and moved
his family TO Iowa. His home was made
in the town OF Andrew, and he began i'm
mediately 70 take an active part in all the
affairs of the. community, He became in
terested in a number of different lines of
business and established a grocery store,
a saw mill and a newspaper. In 1912 he
went to the territorial legislature for Jack
son county as a democrat His next Of
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-03

the eight children of Ills second marriage
and was at that time a man grown. He
came to Omaha and settled and when his
father wanted to retire altogether from
active life he took up his home here. Gov
ernor Briggs died in his seventy-fifth year.
His death was noted with resolutions OF
sorrow by the officers Of the state OF
Iowa and flags were at half-mast all over
the state.
The speakers at the unveiling Of the
great monument laid much stress upon
those qualities Of mind and heart that
made Ansel Briggs an active, influential
and popular citizen In every community
which he Joined. They spoke of the fact
that his untiring interest in the active work
OF building up new institutions and cities
led him to forsake his earlier home and
investigate Colorado and Montana, coming
later to eastern Nebraska and ceasing his
work here from the disability Of old age.
Even in his short stay here in Omaha he
left his impress and N~ebraskans share In
the honors which are being given him.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-03
to Ansel Briggs, Iowas First Governor at His Old Home

The principal administrative problems
that he faced were in the affairs of build
ing up the state institutions for the thou
sands who were coming in and getting
the financial system under way.
In regard to banks, Governor Briggs ex-
pressed the sentiment of his party in the
famous declaration, mo banks but Iowa
soil, and they well titled" and he main
tanned that position during his service in
the executive office.
During his term of office his second wife
died and he married again in Andrew.
After the death OF his third wife In 1859
he took little interest in public affairs and
retired to private life. By nature he was
a pioneer and he grew tired of the town
that he had helped TO build and started
off for new fields. He found them in
Montana, and later in Florence and Omaha.
In Florence he was one OF the incor-
porators Of Om~aha-Florence Land COM
pany and took an active part in the work
Of building cities just as he had in Iowa.
John S. Briggs was the only survivor OF