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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-28
WICHITA MAN Is MISSING
Reward offered for Information Con-
corning George johnson.

Wichita, Kan, July 2S.-George
Johnson, we'll known in this city, has
disappeared and his relatives have
asked the police to aid in finding him.
Johnson has not been seen since
last Saturday, and it is feared that
he has wandered away in a fit of
temporary mental alteration and may
have fallen in the river. Since the
death of his wife last fall it is
thought his mind has been affected.
A reward is offered for informa-
ton leading to his discovery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-28
Sheriff Knew Where He Was.

The fact that Sheriff Duckworth
left several hours before the fugitive
was arrested, shows plainly the con-
fidence the officer and in the web
which they had thrown around the
convicted murderer upon whose head
there rested a reward of $500.
The reward will go to Ira Saint, a
patrolman of Memphis, to whom the
honor belongs of capturing Bitter,
alive and unaided without so much
as receiving a scratch despite the Oft
repeated avowals made on the part
of Bitter that he would not be taken
alive.
The following message was received
from Memphis telling of the arrest
Of the much wanted man:
Memphis, Tenn.-Sam L. Bitter,
age 20 years, and standing six feet
and seven inches in height. Wis ar
man ever taken in tow by the local
department.
Mother Urged Caution.
Bitter was found in a resort at 102
South Third street, one of the tough
est portions of the city, where he was
Keeping company with friends of
very questionable character.
Several messages and teIegrans
were found on him, dated at Hutchin-
son and Eureka, Kan, signed by his
wife and mother, cautioning him to
beware that the officers were on his
trail.
It was due to the last mentioned
articles that BitIer's arrest was
brought about, and to George DucIl-
worth, sheriff of Reno county. and
his assistants, the credit of his re-
arrest largely belongs.
1t was BitIer's love for his uyifa
that proved his direct downfall
On Monday, July 81. a letter was
written by Sam Bitter at Memphis
Tenn. 1t was sent to Little Rock,
Ark, where friends re-addressed If
and sent it to Hutchinson. The let
ter was apprehended here bv the
authorities and it was then that Bit
ler's whereabouts were first known.
1t was July 26 when the letter arrived
in Hutchinson. Mrs. Bitter later got
the message.
Sheriff Duckworth Immediately
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-28
KANSAS PIONEER PASSES AWAY.
Peter Sonnard Lived in LeavenwOrth |
County Fifty Years.

IeavenWorth, Kan, July 28.-Peter
Sonnard, 70 years old, a resident of
Leavenworth county for over fifty
years and a prominent retired farmer,
died at the home of his nephew, Fred
Burre.
Peter Sonnard came to Leavenworth
from Switzerland over fifty years ago,
and entered the army service during
the war as a teamster. After the war
he began farming an dfOlloWed that
avocation until he retired a few years
ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-28
BABY ATE PILLS AND DIED.
Newton Two Year-OId Swallowed is
Containing Strychnine.

Newton, Kan, July 2S.-The two
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John w. Cole died from the effects
of eating fifteen patented pills which
the little one had obtained while the
mother was temporarily absent from
home.
Ananlysis of the pills showed them
to contain belladonna and strychnine
They were supposed to be a quieting
medicine, to be taken at night one
pill being a dose for an adult The
little one suffered greatly before it
died.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-28
WHEAT MADE As BUSHELS.
Louis r. LingenfeIder Threshed 3.451
Bushels From II Acres.

Niles, Kan, July 2S.-Louis r. Lin
genfelder, living near this place, has
the record so far for tremendous
wheat yields. Mr.. LingenfeIder has
just completed threshing a field of
seventy-seven acres and the yield
therefrom was 8, 451 bushels of wheat.
This would be at the rate of AS
bushels of wheat per acre.
Moreover it was all of very fine
quality and brought 81 per busheI.
Mr.. Lingenfelder gets the snug little
sum of $3,451 for II acres of wheat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-28
FARE AND ONE-HAEF.
Are Granted for Merchants Meetings
This Week.

Chicago, Ill, July 28.-The princi-
pal Western railroads have announced
low excursion fares to Chicago, St
Louis. Kansas City, Omaha and ST.
Joseph from points west of the Mis-
souri, river from July 81 to August s.
The rate will be a fare and a half for
the round trip. The rates coincide
with the merchants meetings in these
cities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-28
OLD MAN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
William Brye Tried to Cut His Throat
With a Razor.

Broughton, Kan, July 2S.-William
Brye, an old gentleman who lives with
his son-in-law, Walter Halves, on a
farm near here, attempted to commit
suicide by cutting his throat with a
razor.
He was prevented from accomplish
ing his purpose, although he cut a
severe cash, which came close to the
vital spot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-28
Skull Fractured by FAN From Horse.

Winfield, Kan, July 28.-Henry
Hartenbower young farmer living
near Douglass, had his skull frac-
tured. He was riding a pony in a
animal stumbled and fell, throwing
the young man on his head. In addi-
ton to the fractured skull, his nose
was also broken. Surgical aid was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-28

on the ground and the waste from this
is so much that it was better to close
up and quit buying. shipping started
Monday and the wheat is again rolling
in to the elevator.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-28

schools which would like to engage
him as coach. There is no doubt
that Haskell will be the successful
applicant for his services, unless
King Cole does not return to coach
Nebraska this fall.
In that event, Bender's alma mater
may make a strong bin for his SER
vices, as there is a strong movement
among the Cornhuskers to Introduce
the graduate system of coaching.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-28

summoned from Winfield by tele-
phone, and his injuries treated, but it
is thought his recovery is doubtful,
as the base of the brain seems to be
affected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-28

= Just suppose" ''what?" Just SUD-
pose that Patrick. Henry, instead of thun-
dering IN the crisis. should have been
content with leave to print. kansas City
Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-28

The convicted Kiowa murderer has
confessed that he is the man wanted
and has consented to return to Reno
county without the aid of requisition
papers. Sheriff Duckworth is expect
ed to leHNe today with the prisoner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-28

portation machinery which goes by
the name of the Hartman system
Wall street Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-28

Arthur Brides, One of YaIe's NTaiu-
stays in the Line Last Season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-28

Brockton, Mass, July 2S.-Arthur
Z. Brides of this city, Formerly a
member of the Yale football team, is
to go on the stage in vaudeville in a
skit entitled Training for the Yale
Harvard Game" The stunt is sup
posed to reveal many OF the training
secrets. Brides was Yale's star tao
kle last year. but at times played half
back, especially upon the upheaval
of the Eli team after reverses early
in the season. He graduated in June.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-14
SIX OVERDUE TRAINS
REACH LOS ANGELES
Nearly 500 Persons UnIoaded in City
and Many Find II Difficult to
Find Hotel Accommo.
dations

Six overdue trains unloaded their
human freight in Los Angeles yester-
DAY, turning loose nearly 500 persons
who up to a late hour last night had
not all found hotel accommodations.
The overcrowded condition of the ho-
tells is not only due to the unprecedent-
ed number of arrivals, but to the fact
that passengers out of Los Angeles
have been delaying trips until the
danger to traffic along the railroads
should have passed. Up to IL o'clock
last night people sat around the lob
bies of the downtown hotels waiting
Tor some one to vacate a room in order
that they might have a place to sleep.
The San Francisco Coaster, which
left San Francisco Wednesday and has
been dtlly-dallying along the route
ever since waiting for landslides or
Washouts to be repaired, was the first
to arrive. The coast line is now open
and trains again are moving, although
the tracks are soft and workmen along
the route are kept busy running from
place to place repairing damages re-
suItlng from the storms. No attempt
Is made to keep to schedule time, how
ever.
The valley line also is open after
having been closed by washouts. A
landslide was reported on the Salt
Lake yesterday, being the first trouble
experienced on the main, line during
the rain.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-14
BOYS GIVE SKIN TO
SAVE LIFE OF GIRL
Three Youths Permit Doctors to Take
Four Square Inches of CuticIe
from Their Backs for
Playmate

Four square inches of skin from the
backs of each of three boys probably
Will save the life of Della Helm, a L.
year-old girl, who was given up prac-
tically as dead after being scalded four
months ago at her home in Boyle
Heights.
The skin grating operation took
place at the county hospital, and the
three boys who barred their backs to
the surgeons knife that the girl might
live are George r. Deloe, 251715 Central
avenue; Henry Deloe, 25O5 Central ave
nue., and Earl Norris, 1913 East Adams
street. None of the three is a relative
Of the girl, but all had been playmates
before the sad accident
The operation was performed yester-
day by Drs. c. w. Bryson and o. O.
Witherbee. About one-half of Miss
Helms body was parboiled literally
when she fell into a tub Of boiling wa
ter, but the skill Of the surgeons seem
to have triumphed and she is now on
the road to recovery
Other graftings of skin will have to
be made, but the most serious stage OF
the case is passed.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-14
Walk to Your
Meals Like a Man
Eat What You Will and Learn to En-
JOY Food and to Digest 1t
HERE'S THE SECRET, FREE

HERE'S THE SECRET, FREE
Make up your mind after reading this
that you will let the next meal hold no
terrors for you.
You can enjoy it. You can digest it.
All that is needed is to give nature the
juices she lacks, to give the stomach a
chance to remove the terrible irritating
acids, alkalies and gases which turn
food and nourishment into gas and de-
composition.
When a system is run down and de-
pleted it needs building up. Ashes
won't rekindle a fire and wrong di-
sestive fluids will not take proper juices
from food no matter how good the
food is.
Is this common sense? Men spend
years and even life experimenting on
the human system. what it lacks in
disease and what it needs in perfection.
This knowledge is known to every ply
sician or should be. Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets are compressed natural vege-
table and fruit essences which when
mixed with the saliva of the mouth go
into the stomach capable of digesting
a full meal and they digest it to the
utternoost shred. Then such q meal
does a man good and it gives to him
the means to overcome stomach trou-
bles. Forty thousand physicians use
these tablets and charge you for writ
ing testimonial OF their merit which
thev call a prescription. Any druggist
in America or Canada will sell you a
hoy for soc. Think Of it. Every drug
gist carries them. Here's common
sense again. Don't this tell you there is
merit? Go to your druggist today, buy
a package and walk up to your meals
knowing that they will not cause you
pain. Send us your name and address
and we will send you a trial package
by mail free. Address F. A. Stuart Co.,
$50 Stuart Bldg, Marshall, Mich.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-14
NEGRO IS RUN DOWN:
CHAUFFEUR ARRESTED
EmpIoye of Prominent AngeTeno, in
Company with Woman Companion,
Taken to Police Headquar=
ters, but is Released

Harry Zimmerman, "a years old, en-
ployed as a chauffeur by William L.
Stewart, president of the Union Oil
Tool company, of 27O6 Wiltshire boule-
ward, was taken to the central police
station in company with a woman who
gave the name of Myrtle Mills, last
night by Detectives Chapman and
Home. In the big touring car of Stew
art, and in company with another
woman and two men, Zimmerman ran
down a negro man, Charmer Coleman
of 1910 West Twenty fifth street, at
Second and Main streets last night.
Coleman, as he was struck by the
fast flying machine, grabbed the fender
and held on, being carried a distance
Of fully 100 feet before the machine was
stopped.
The accident was witnessed by hun
dreds of people who were passing at
the time, and the reckless manner in
which, it is said, the car was operated
caused a demonstration by the crowd
which gathered, and it. is probable thai
Zimmerman would have been handled
roughly had not Detectives Chapman
and Home been near and at once ar
rested Zimmerman and his woman COM
panion. AS soon as the crowd under
stood the chauHeur was IN the custody
of the police the demonstration ceased.
In the excitement the othe roccu-
pants Of the automobile escaped. Cole
man was placed in the car and driven
to the receiving hospital, where 1t was
found he was suffering from bruises
and a severe wrenched hip and ankle.
He was able to go to his home after
being treated.
Zimmerman stated he had taken his
employer home early in the evening
and then, instead Of putting the ma
chine away as he ought to have done,
got crowd Of companions and started
out for a good time After a severe
repFimand he was allowed to go.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-14
ALLEGED THIEF HELD TO
UPPER COURT UNDER $1,000
Robber Is Said to Have Been Identi
fled Because He Wore Clothes
of Victim

R. w. Morrison, charged with enter
ing the home of A. Byron Beasley, 12S
Benton way, Thanksgiving night and
stealing several articles Of clothing.
was held to answer to the superior
court in bonds of $1,000.
When Morrison appeared in court
yesterday he carried a bundle contain
ing the clothing he was charged with
stealing. These were surrendered to
the detectives.
Morrison, who is out on bond, was
recognized a short time ago by Mrs.
Beasley, who after pointing the ac-
cused man out to the police visited the
police station and told how she de-
tected the man because he was wear
ing new suit of clothes belonging to
her husband
When arrested Morrison denied hav-
ing robbed the house and said he had
obtained the goods from a stranger by
paying the latter So for the clothing.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-14
MESSENGER SLAPPED
BY POLICE OFFICIAL
MAY PROSECUTE HIM
YOUTH THREATENS ACTION
AGAINST MURRAY
Lieutenant Admits Striking Lad, but
Asserts Latter Laughed Imper-
tinentIy When Asked a
Question

Randall Paddock, a messenger boy
employed by the American District
Telegraph company, threatens to have
a warrant issued tomorrow for the ar
rest of Lieut.. William Murray, night
commander of the central police sta
ton, on a charge of battery.
Paddock alleges that on Friday night
he was sent by his manager from the
office Of the messenger company on
Third street to the police station with
$100 to be deposited as bail for the
release Of two women who had been
arrested on charges of vagrancy.
Paddock presented the money to the
desk sergeant and got a receipt and
while he was standing there Lieut..
Murray approached him and asked
where he had obtained the bail money
and who had sent it.
Paddock replied, according to his
statement, with the information that
the policeman would have to apply to
his office for information. According
to the police, the boy laughed and made
an impudent and evasive reply. Lieut..
Murray slapped the boy on the face
and ordered him from the station.
Last night Lieut.. Murray stated that
he had slapped the boy and that he
oughc not to have done so, but that
he was aggravated and was impatient
for the reason that the police had been
baffled in their effort to learn the iden-
tity Of the mysterious person who for
weeks had been sending money through
the American District Telegraph COM
pany to secure the release of women
from jail
Paddock declares Lieut.. Murray
struck him with his closed fist and that
his lips and cheek were lacerated. At
the messenger company's office Pad
dock is spoken Of as an efficient en-
ploye and not addicted to impertinence
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-14
ALLEGED R0BBER UNABLE
TO SECURE $1,000 BONDS
Man Said to Have Robbed Victim al
Manhattan Is in the City
Jail

]. G. Trahant, accused of robbing
Henry Caskey in the notorious Man
haitian hotel on Third street near Main
is in the city jail in lieu of $4,000 bail
imposed on him this morning by Po-
lice Justice Austin.
Caskey himself was held in the Jail
until Trahant's arraignment and then
released. The police rescued him from
the fire escape Of the Manhattan at an
early hour Friday morning as he was
shouting for help
He accuses Trahant of leading him
to the resort with two women and
there knocking him down and robbing
him Of $145 and a valuable stickpin
The Manhattan is conducted by jim
Dunno, who also owns the place
known as "Jim's Chowder House," on
Second just west of Main street,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-14
TWO STRUCK BY CARS,
ONE SERIOUSLY HURT
Aged Man, Carried Along by Fender,
Suffers Severe Conclusion of
the Brain and Other
Injuries

Edward E. Boyle, an aged man who
is proprietor of. a rooming house at 1882
South Main street, was struck and
knocked down by an inbound Los An
geles- -Redondo car at Sixteenth and
Main streets last night. He was car
ried by the truck fender a short dis
tance and then tossed to one side.
Boyle was picked up unconscious and
hurried to the receiving hospital.
where it was found that he was suffer-
ing from a severe concussion of the
brain and several decorations Of the
scalp.
Boyle was endeavoring to cross the
street, and became confused. Trying
to get out of the way of one car he
stepped directly in front of the Redondo
car.
John R. Foster of 627 South Grand
avenue, who came here recently to es-
tablish an office for the First Nation
al Educational society, which conducts
a teachers bureau, was knocked down
by an outbound Washington street car
at Sixth street and Grand avenue last
night and received a severe laceration
over the left eye. His injury was at
tended to at the receiving hospital.
According to the police surgeons Fos-
ter had been drinking.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-14
MEXICAN STABBED DURING
QUARREL AT THE PLAZA
Fellow Countryman InfIcts Five
Wounds and Disappears During
the Excitement

Enrique Jiminez a Mexican laborer of
Oxnard, Cal, who came here yesterday
morning got into a fight at the Plaza last
night with unknown Mexican and was
stabbed five times in the side and back
Only one wound, which penetrated to a
depth of four inches between the ninth and
tenth rib on the left side, is considered
serious.
The wounded was taken to the re-
ceiving hospital where his injuries were at
tended to. In the excitement the man who
did the cutting escaped.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-14
SLAVONIAN W0RKINGMEN TO
START COMMUNITY STORE
Action of Merchants in Refusing to
Extend Further Credit Creates
Bitter Feeling

The action of Slavonian merchants
two days ago in determining to extend
no further credit to customers, and
especially workingmen from their own
country, has created a feeling of the
bitterest opposition among the ranks
Of the latter, and they have decided
to establish a community store. This
action was taken last night at a mon
ster meeting in Slavonian hall.
The store will be located at 416 to 420
Ord street, and workingmen will be
asked to purchase stock in the enter
prise at $40 a share. There are about
1000 SlavonianS in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-14
Held Up by Neuroes

Enrique Perez, a Mexican laborer was
held up by three negroes at Third and Ala
media streets at 1890 o'clock last night and
robbed of S35. The three men suddenly con-
fronted Perez as he was walking along the
street, and while two of them held him the
other searched his pockets and secured his
money. The men were not masked and
displayed no arms
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-14
~ z : %
Humphreys Seventy-seven
breaks up Colds and
G N

When your doctor can't tell
Grip from hard stubborn Cold
that hangs on, what chance
would you have, if it were not
for "Seventy-seven,' which is
equally good for both.
"77" is for Influenza, Catarrh,
pains and soreness in the Head
and Chest, Cough, Sore Throat,
General Prostration and Fever.
All Drug Stores, 25c, or mailed.
Humphreys Homeo Medicine Co, corner
William and Ann streets, New York.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-07-17
STATE TAX SALES.
The State of Louisiana VS.. Delinquent Tax
Payers Parish of West Felciana.

BY virtue of the authority vested in
me by the Constitution and the laws
of the State of Louisiana and especial
ly Act No. 100 of the General Assem-
bly, of 1898, | will sell at the front
door of the Court House in st. Fran
cisville, Parish of West Feliciana,
La, within legal hours for judicial
sales, beginning at II O'Clock a. m. on
Saturday, July "a, 1909,
and continuing each succeeding day
until said sales are completed, all
movable and immovable property on
which taxes are now due to the State
Of Louisiana, Parish of West Felici-
ana, to enforce collection of taxes as
sessed in the year 1908, together with
interest thereon from the 3lst day of
December 1908 at the rate of 2per cent
per month until paid, and all costs,
The names of said delinquent tax
payers: the amount of taxes due by
each on the assessment of each year
and the movable and immovable prop
erty assessed to each to be offered for
sale as follows to-wit:
w. e. Daley ct aIs--Lintot tract in
ward 8, containing POP acres, bounded
north by j. N. Evans, east by Evans
and estate of J. T. TowleS, south by
estate of G. f. Percy, west by Miss
Alice Wade. Taxes 1907-State tax
81. IS; Interest 80; Parish tax $7.75:
Interest 81. 80: costs $3.50; notice 30c:
total S26,36. Taxes l90S-State tax
$3.50; Interest 75c; Parish tax $3.50;
Interest 75c; costs $500; notice Soc;
total 1890.
w. c. Thompson-Taxes l90S-l40
acres in ward 5, bounded by Palmer,
Palmer and Thompson. 40 acres in
ward 5 from Mrs, Nina Mcqueen.
State tax 800; Interest 40c; Parish
tax $500; Interest 40c: costs $3.50;
notice 30c; total $l4.90.
On said day of sale | will sell such
portion of said property as said debt
or will point out and in case the debt
or will not point out sufficient proper
ty, | will at once and without further
delay, sell the least quantity of said
property of any debtor which any
bidder will buy for the amount of in
tereSt, taxes and costs due by said
debtor.
The said sale will be without ap-
praisement for cash in legal tender
money of the United States and the
property sold shall be redeemable at
any time within the space of one year
by paying the price given, including
costs and 20 per cent thereon.
Witness my hand officially this 18th
day OF June, 1908,
j. H, CLACK,
Sheriff and Ex-Ohicio Tax Collector,
Par. of West Feliciana, Louisiana.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-07-17

cd, and all these things cost. But
the fact remains the funds are
inadequate, and these questions
are fairly up to the people OF
West Feliciana:
Shall there be retrOgreSsiOn
as concerns education?
Shall our children lose the
golden hours of their youth from
needed study because their
fathers hesitated to add another
mill on each dollar of their taxes:
Will not such retrenchment in
expense cost too much in the
end?