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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02
THINKS 1T A FAKE,
Admiral Melville Entirely Discredits
the Cook Story.

Philadelphia, Sept. 2-"After reading
the dispatches today I am more convinced
than ever that the reported discovery OF
the North Pole is a fake" was the en-
Phatic declaration of Rear Admiral George '9g &c
Melville, Z. S. N, retired, who Is quan-
fled to comment on North Pole questions
because of his intimacy with the northern
regions as well as his familiarity with the
progress of expeditions rnIther within the
last 10 years
L do not mean to say that DR.. Cook
is a fakir. 1 do not know him personally.
But from my experiences l would say
that there is nothing to confirm the orig
inal dispatches. Some of the best equip
ped expeditions have cost from $15OOoO to
$4,000. I know that DR.. Cook had no
There is nothing in the story thus far
told to indicate that Dr. Cook has found
not have been written by any one who
had reached within one hundred miles Of
invent observations of all sorts
Yet no one can positively deny the
truthfulness of DR.. Cooks story, 1 have
heard that the Royal Geographical society
is reported to have discredited it. Ii this
is so, I viii reiterate more strongly than
ever that DR. Cooks alleged discovery Of
According to. DR.. Cooks, STORY, no men,
to April q. 1905. His bearings on the for
mer date were, it is reported, S. degrees,
speaking. a distance of about 100 miles
remained before him after April II. An
average Of about IA miles per DAY Iuere-
after must have been maintained.
1T was my experience in the Jeannette
miles one day we found we had actually
gone two and one-half miles.
THE drift of the ice was in an opposite
direction We were travelling under al
most superhuman effort then. That the
ice drift was northward in DR.: Cook $
expedition is not at all impossible, but
it is very improbable
The talk of having killed musk oxen
is not new. These animals were killed
years ago. The apparent ease of DR..
Cooks travel near the pole is what in
clines me strongly to discredit the story
With a pack of good dogs and sleds in
Siberia over smooth snow the best dis
lance ever made was so miles a day. Ice
travel is much more difficult
Admiral Melville. is IS years old. He
has been on three Arctic expeditions, the
Hall relief expedition in 1873, the Jeanette
expedition in 1S7S-S1, and the Greedy relief
expedition in 1882.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02
JOBS FOR 5000.
An Army of Temporary Clerks
Will Be Needed.
In Connection With Work Of
Taking the 18th Census.
PAY WILL BE LIGHT.
To Start With $500 a Year
May Reach 5000.
Not Many Will Be Employed Be-
fore Next April.
PAY WILL BE LIGHT.

Washington. Sept. 2.-The bureau Of
the census today announced that ap
proximately three thousand temporary
clerks would be appointed in connec :
tion with the work of taking the 18th
decennia1 census. The first examina-
ton will be held throughout the United
States on October 8, next. Very few
appointments from this examination
will be made before January 1, and not
many will be made until April, 1919
The maximum force will be draw z
about August next year. These aP-
pointees will begin with salaries of 5000
per annum but promotions to at least
5000 a year will be rapid for those who
give satisfactory services.
Blank application forms and a circu-
lar of instructions may be obtained
after September 10, by addressing the
civil service commission, Washington
D. c.; the bureau of the census. Wash
ington, D. C., or the secretary of the
board of examiners at the following
named places:
Postoffice, Boston: Philadelphia. Pa;
Atlanta. Ga; Cincinnati; Chicago; s..
Paul. Mimi; Denver; San Francisco;
customs house, New York; New o.
leans; old customs house, ST. Louis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02
MONEY IS AWARDED.
State Treasury Board Names Favored
Banks to Handle State Funds.

The state treasury board has
designated 29 state banks and SO ma
tionaI banks as state repositories
All banks bidding under per cent
were cut off the list. Last year the
minimum rate was IN per cent, and
at that only 80 banks qualified as de-
positories. The number Of bidders
this year justified the board in rails
ing the minimum to 3 per cent, and
at that the state will have 81 de-
positories. Seven national banks bid
over per cent, and were allotted
specific sums. The state banks had
to confine themselves to per cent,
according to the state law.
The board was expecting more of
the national banks to bid above the
set figure.
The following national banks bid
over 3 per cent: Citizens National of
Anthony, as; Commercial National
of independence, Ito; Burlingame
National Of Burlingame, 81; FL
Dorado National. Ell Dorado. as i:
First National, Winfield, 31-1O;
Citizens National of Ness City, az
Northrup National, lola, ga. OF
the state cash, the Bank of Topeka
will handle the largest amount It
was awarded $4,000 at the state
bank limit, 3 per cent All the banks
were awarded 80 per cent of what
they bid for. other Topeka banks
participating were, German Amer
lean, $4,000: Topeka State bank.
$4,000; Capital National $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02
FIGHT TO THE LAST
But the Cubs Magnate Almost Con-
cedes Pittsburg the Pennant.

Cincinnati, Sept. 2.-President Chas
Murphy, of the Chicago Cubs, who was
here attending the session of the Ma
tzonal commission during its work of
allowing the drafts from minor leagues
says the Pittsburg league should sue
coed in landing the 1909 pennant of the
National league
We haven't given up hope of win
ming the Pennant yet said Mr.. Muir
ply, but the Pittsburg team has so
good a lead and is playing such good
ball that 1 fear we are out of it. There
are many causes for this. Pitchers
have gone badly for US at critical times
Either the Outfield or the infield has
been broken up. Then too I guess
we've played some pretty ragged ball
But were going to fight to the last
If any team except the Cubs gets the
flag. why, I'll be mighty glad if it is
that Pirate crew of Barney Dreyfuss'
They're playing a wonderful game
They've got spunk and won't let down
for a minute. Only supreme ability
which I'm afraid some of the others
Of us haven't got, will keep them out
of top place"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02
HE KNEW IT ALL THE TIME.
DR.. Derrick Says Cook Went at 1t just
the Right Way.

WASHINGTON, y. j., Sept. 2.-Thomas
DERRICK. who was a surgeon with the
Peary Arctic expedition in 1s9s-1902,
and lived for q year with Eskimaux Ia
Greenland. said today that DR.. Cook
in reaching the pole by the west coast
of EIlesmereland had chosen the most
feasible route. DR.. DERRICK said:
DIR. Cooks Polar expedition is re
markable not only for its results bu
for its utilization of the most prao :
ticable plan. His grasp of what I have
advocated-that a man with Eskimaux
can live indefinitely on the west coast
of ElIesmereland and come out at any
point he chooses shows DR.. Cook :
knowledge of Arctic conditions
Il know Eskimaux who left Etah and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02
SYMPATHY FOR PEARY.
But Satisfaction, in London. That the
Pole Has Been Reached.

London. Sept 2.-Dr. Cooks per
sonal announcement that he reached
the North Pole has done much TO
dispeI the uncertainty created here
by the first dispatches but the in
formation is still too vague to con-
vince the hardest skeptics. The
personality of the American explorer
is held in such esteem in British
qualified to judge are the readiest to
explain away the seemingly obscure
points in the meager story of the ex-
ploit thus far available. The gen
eraI sentiment is summed up in the
Evening standard, which, after a
lengthy review of the pros and cons,
says:
There is nothing improbable in
the explorers statement It VIII De
a source of much satisfaction If the
North Pole has at last been reached
At the same time il is permissible 10
feel profound sympathy for Com
uander Peary, the man of many
trials and struggles. who was so httIe
satisfied with having reached point
nearer the pole than any other man
that he spoke of his achievement as
IAN empty bauble compared with the
spIended jewel have been striving
for That splendid jewel has 1allen
TO the possession of a rival
Major Leonard Darwin, president
Of the Royal Geographical society,"
said: >-.,,
s'There is no reason why the North
pole should not have been reached anu
II is a very fine feat to have accom-
nlishad. In the absence of detailed IN
formation 1 am not in position 10
express a critical opinion. but II as re-
ported DIR. Cook reached the pole on
an ice foe I must confess to surprise
THAT. however, does not make my
concentrations any the less warm.
CAPTAIN Robert F. Scott commander
If The british Antarctic expedition OF
1909. explaining the extraordinary
rapidity of Dr. Cooks dash, said:
at may be that the new area as
over which he travelled. The heavy
pressures of the Polar sea may nave
left this sea comparatively SMOOTH
enabling him to make his raplo prog
ress. ..4
''The principal geographical interest
in DR.. Cooks journey would appear 10
Known land. and the absence of ice
pressure in the Polar sea-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02
HOTEL MEN MAY WAIT.
Cases Against Them for NegIesting
Fire Regulations Postponed.

The cases in the court of Topeka
against two hotel managers for not
keeping red lights and automatic
gongs in their hotels were continued
until October 1st. The hotels involved
are the Union Pacific hotel and the
Fifth Avenue hotel. The complaints
against w. NJ Forbes, manager of the
Fifth Avenue, and Mark Pullman,
manager of the Union Pacific, were
sworn to by acting building inspector
J. NJ. Hanlon.
It was shown that the managers
are attempting to comply with the
fire escape laws and have placed ropes
in the rooms but the ten-inch auto
matte gongs in the halls and the red
lights indicating a fire escape or exit
as required by law have been over
looked
Both men are under 800 bonds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02
BRITT FEARS KAUFMAN.
Thinks This Fighter Will Put johnson
Out of the Way.

New York, Sept. 2-WilluS Britt
manager for Stanley Ketchel. ANNOUNCES
that he has no doubt that Ketchel will
whip Jack Johnson. but he fears that
81 Kaufman will defeat johnson first
and thereby beat Ketchel to the title
Of heavyweight champion.
Kaufman is dangerous PROPOSE
ton" said Britt. "and Johnson knows
it If Kaufman whips Johnson, KetcheI
VIII have a much harder time defeat
ing kaufman than he would have with
Johnson. But Ketchel. who will be here
in few days to fight Sam Langford,
will fight everybody until he wins the
big title
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02
KILLS SHOOTING GALLERY MAN.
Gun Handled by Woman Was
Accidentally Discharged.

Lawrence, Kan, Sept 2.-Walter
Fisher who lives in this city was
killed at 8 o'clock Wednesday after
noon by the accidental discharge of a
target rife, at Browns grove.
Mr. Fisher was conducting a shoot
ing gallery at the Harvest Home
picnic. A gun had been placed on the
counter by Mrs. Ida starr of this city,
and in some way was accidentally
discharged as Fisher passed in front
of the muzzle.
Fisher was married and leaves a
wife and children. There were
large number of witnesses to the &C
cident which cast a deep gloom over
the picnic crowd.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02
COLIN WILL STAY IN EUROPE.
Great Racer May Appear Again Be-
fore His Retirement.

Lexington. Ky. Sept 2-Although it
was announced by various papers of
The country that Colin. the racing
stallion of James r. Keene, would re-
turn to Castleton stud here this month
and would retire from the turf, it was
learned from Major F. A. DalingdeId,
brother-in-la of Keene and manager
% CaStleton stud. that the great horse
will not return to America for perhaps
a year. 1t is not known why the horse
will be kept in England next season,
and 1t may be possible that the cham
pion will be entered in another race
before ne retire. from the turf.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02
HITCHCOCK GOES FREE.
Indictments Pending Against the Actor
Are Dismissed.

New York, Sept. raymond Fitch
cock. the comedian, was given a clean
bill on the criminal court records to-
day when the court Of general sessions
dismissed the remaining four indics-
ments charging misconduct.
On the fifth of these indictments the
actor was tried and acquitted by fury
June 10, 1908. When his attorney ap-
piled for the dismissal OF the remain
ing indictments today Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Garvin, who tried thu
case against Hitchcock, offered no OBJ
position and told the court that he wee
sure he would be unable to obtain suf-
ficient evidence to warrant q convfc-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02
PROSECUTING STOCK DEALERS.
Attorney General Jackson Is Busy in
Kansas City.

The state Of Kansas has commenced
its injunction proceedings against the
Kansas City live stock dealers before
Judge L. C. True, of the second dtvis-
ion of the Wyandotte district court.
One hundred and fifty firms doing bus
mess at the Kansas City stock yards
are defendants in the case. They are
charged with violating the Kansas
antitrust laws by forming an organi-
Zation known as the Traders Live
Stock Exchange in restraint of trade
The hearing, which was commenced
Wednesday, will consume several days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02
WHITE MAN SUSPECTED.
Coroner Reconvenes Jury to Further
Investigate Lukes Murder.

Pittsburg, Kan, Sept. "A white man
said to have come here from Joplin. is
suspected now by the police authorities
as knowing something of the murder of
Mrs Nellie Lukes. whose body was
found in a clump of weeds here last
Monday The large bolt with which
the murder was committed. is said by
neighbors to have lain for several
months prior to the murder near where
it was found Monday.
The coroner's jury reconvened to-
cay for further investigation of the
case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02
BertIeson Trial Postponed.

The trial of Herbert BertlesoR in the
court of Topeka was again continued
Until September %. Bertleson is under
a $500 bond charged with stealing $3.50
from Guy Kimbal at the Central Young
Mems Christian Association building.
He was employed at the Hall Litho
graphing plant at the time but is now
working in an art store. His trial was
postponed owing to the illness of his
father IN Oklahoma City and his inabil-
ity to be present
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02

lived nine years on the west coast At
different points each year. Eskimaux
furnished me with maps of the west
coast of Ellesmereland before Captail
Sverdrup ever put a foot on the shores
Their maps are identical with Sver1-
rup's later maps.
When Peary feared a westward
drift on approaching land and spoke y
the possibility of coming out on the
west coast of EllesmereIand, 1 advo-
Gated his using that channel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02
"BLACK HAND" IS BUSY.
Life OF Crawford County Attorney II
Threatened.

Pittsburg. Kan. Sept. 2-Lstters
signed "Black Hand" were recefved
today by County Attorney wooley OF
Girard, and by Postmaster Stafford,
of Radley, towns near here.
WooIey is charged with discrimina-
ton in closing Joints and Is threat
ened with death. The letter received
by Stafford orders him to vacate the
building occupied by him as a post
office and general store.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02
ONLY 2s MILES AN HOUR.
Besides Secretary Dickinson Was on
OficfaI Business.

Nashville. Tenn. Sept. 2-Secretary
Of War Jacob NJ. Dickinson appeared In
the city court here today In behalf Of
his chauffeur who was charged with
exceeding the speed limit. 1t was
shown the automobile was making only
% miles an hour and the secretary was
on his way to the customs house on o.
6cfaI business. The case was dismissed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02

Prattsville. Ohio, Sept 2.-This little,
old town, Struggled away in the hills for
more than one hundred years will dedf-
cate its first church Sunday. There
have been churches all around Pratts-
vile but until the Rev. VIM. L. Hooper
built the present church there never
was one inside the town.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02
Killing Frost in Michigan.

Muskegon. Mich. Sept. At is es-
timated that the loss accompanying a
heavy frost last night in Muskegon and
Oceana counties will reach at least
$780, 900. Corn and potatoes are dam
aged the most, the former crop being
almost q total loss. The frost is the
heaviest that has fallen in this locality
sipcA 126Q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02
Cotton Crop is Poor.

Washington, Sept 2-The crop re-
porting board of the department of
agriculture in bulletin today esti-
mates that the average condition of tn =
cotton crop on August Is, was 63.7 per
cent of a normal as compared with 76.1
per cent on August 25. 1908; 72.7 on Au-
gust %. 1907. and 1876. the average of
the past 10 years on August 25-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02
LANDLORD SHOT FIRST.
Boisterous Roomer Made . Gun Play
and L. Fatally Wounded.

Wichita, Kan, Sept. 2.-when or
dered to leave a room in q hotel here
today for boisterous conduct, w. A.
Blackman, of Oklahoma City, Okla,
drew gun and was probably fatally
shot through the chest by Lewis Mar
tin, owner of the hotel.
Blackman is at the city hospital
Martin is held at the city jail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02

has many distractions, but none so des-
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greatest health builder the world has
ever known. 1t compels perfect action
of stomach, liver. Kidneys bowels, purf-
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and invigorates the whole system Wig
orous body and keen brain follow their
use You can't afford to slight Electric
Bttters If weak. rundown or sickly. Only
SOC. Guaranteed by Campbell Drug co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02
NO GAMES AT SIOUX CITY
Rain Interferes With Appearance of
Topeka Team There Today.

Sioux City, Ia, Sept. 2.-western:
Sioux City-Topeka, postponed; wet
grounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02
CADY RESIGNS.
| Superintendent of the Hutchinson Re-
| fOrmatory Quits.

Hutchinson, Kan, Sept. 2.-Super-
intendent Cady of the state reforma-
tory today sent his resignation to
Governor Stubs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02

Are You shipping to Kansas City.
We load a car for Kansas City Sat
urday. For special privileges call 1S6
Merchants Transfer & Storage Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02
RACES AT SALIVA WE'RE GOOD.
Inclement Weather Was Responsible
for Small Attendance.

Salina, Kan. Sept. 2-The attendance at
the county fair was not large because of
inclement weather. The speed program
was carried out under some difficulty. The
summary:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02
LOVETT IS CHOSEN.
Hartman Gets Into Directorate of the
SusQuehanna Road.

New York, Sept. 2.-R. S. Lovett. vice
president of the Union Pacific railway,
was today elected a director of the New
York Susquehanna & Western road
to succeed J. N. Hill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02

Stop at the New National hotel.
popular price cafe. under new man
agement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02
New york Money Market.

New York, Sept z-MONEY-Monsy on
call firm. 2l121k per cent; ruling rate and
offered at ~ per cent; closing bid * per
cent Time loans, steady: 80 days 27<R3
per cent; 80 days 3kd3H per cent; six
months 37Sd4 per cent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02

Go to Burghart's and buy your
smoking supplies and get q rebate
check.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02

The statements of attorneys in the case
will not be completed today, and may
take all day Friday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-02

Take your MONDAY Business Mems
Luncheon at the National hotels
popular price cafe. Luncheon s5c.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-01-21
Tnn LEaEND on aoI.ppERo.

(By Stanley Waterlpo)
Still and CHASTITY in the moonlight
Lay the German village brown,
But appeared no human figure,
For the Plague was in the town.
There had corpses lain unburied,
And whom death had CHANGED to
spare
Were all hidden in the houses
From the Presidential air
So, in sorrow, had they hidden,
Dreading night, afraid of day
Praying, waiting, scarcely hoping
For the Dread to pass away.
Came the snow, then the morning
sunshine,
Came the Christmas as of old.
But no form moved in the village;
1t lay silent, white and cold.
Rose that morn the singer Caspar
From the bed where he had lain.
(He alone of all the stricken
From his bed might rise again.
Il alone. he thought lam livingl
| alonei"-his eyes grew dim
II alone, of all the village,
May repeat the Christmas hymn! "
What though death may be await
ingi--
/ What is eath!--the day is bright
| will sing the Christ Child's story
Sing Il looking on the light"
Open then he threw the shutter
And upon the silent street,
From his lips rang out the anthem
Strong and hopeful, clear and
sweet.
Through the frosty air of morning
The old Christmas anthem rang
What was that? Another shutter
Opened wide as Caspar sang
And another, and another
There was limit to the slain
God be thanked A score of voices
Joined with caspar in the strainl
And they knew no more We're dying
That the hand with power to stay
Had been reached out to deliver
This they knew on Christmas
Day e.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-01-21
The Gothic Dynasty

the feeble hand of Rome, till
only Italy was left to the sway
of him who bore the name of
Emperor.
On the East the Huns, led by
Attilla, "The Scourge of God"
he has been called, ravaged and
laid waste, again capturing
Rome, and securing as bride the
sister of the emperor But his
death occurred on the night of
his nuptials.
Next Genseric entered the IL
Der with large fleet, and for
fourteen days the pillage of
Rome went on, and the Daugh-
ters were borne in triumph to
the African harems of the Van
Z dals, while the men went as
hewers of wood and drawers of
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-01-21


generals of the time. He kept
the empire intact for sixteen
years when he finally assumed
power for a brief period before
his death.
The Barbatians under Alaric
swept over much CT the Western
Empire, and a few months lat
err, another horde, under Ragda-
sius appeared before the walls
of the Imperial city, that had
stood for six hundred. years
with no foreign foe before her
gates. The people we've weak
ened by degeneracy, and only
the walls stood in their native
strength, but Alaric, with one
hundred thousand Mortimer,
forty thousand Roman slaves,
white men and women, saw
their opportunity to join with
the barbarians, and at midnight
the Seven-hilled city received to
herself the divine retributlon,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-01-21

The end of the fourth century
saw the Northern tribes beseig-
ing the Roman forces with a
fury that nothing could with
stand, and at the same time
countless hordes of Tartars
were swarming over the East
ern border, and driving even
the Goths before them. These
up Iqs !oel pIqs uuu uu oel9
Goths secured permission from
the Roman Emperor Valens to
settle in the vacant lands of
Thrace, but soon they had
grown so strong they attacked
the Roman forcees and killed
Valens himself. The young
son of Valens, being too indo-
lent to rule, turned the real
power over to Theodosius, one
of the most renowned Christian