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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-15
SEEKS A BIG FEE.
Senator Owen of Oklahoma Wants
Seven Million Dollars.

Washington, Oct. 15.-Before a spe-
ctal commissioner of the United States
court of claims, Senator Robert l..
Owen of Oklahoma, began to give his
deposition in connection with a claim
for fee for the attorneys who repre-
sented the Mississippi Choctaw In
dians when they were removed from
the Mississippi lowlands to Indian
Territory in 1900. It is said that the
fee will amount to seven million dol
lars. Senator Owen and ]. F. Win
ton were the principal attorneys for
the Indians. Mr. Winton died some
time ago and Senator owen purchased
a greater part of his partners inter-
est in the claim.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-15
Former Normal and X. u. Pro
fessOr Must Pay $500.
Judge Pollock Gives Him Light
Sentence for Misuse of Nails.
MEN INDICTED
The Mail Pouch Thieves Must
Stand Trial.
Driver Doyle to Answer for
Abandoning Wagon.

Leavenworth, Kan. Oct. 15-Among
IL indictments returned by the federal
grand jury was one against Prof. D. c.
Meige of Lawrence. a nephew of the
late Bishop Meige of the Catholic dio-
cese of Leavenworth Meige was in
dicted for fraudulent use of the mails.
Meige is a Frenchman and had been
engaged to teach French in the Kan
sas State university following a years
service as teacher of languages in the
state normal school at Emporia.
His ignorance of American customs
influenced Judge ]. c. Pollock to refrain
from sending him to prison. He was
fined $500 and sent to the Wyandotte
county Jail on a plea of guilty. He was
charged with conducting fraudulent
scheme to induce teachers Of Spanish
The others indicted were:
Clyde Carrier, George Ross. and
Harry Walker of Greenleaf, Kan, for
mailing obscene matter.
Fred Teeden of Wyandotte county
Tor stealing letter
Vernon Laughlin of Hanover. Kan.
for impersonating a secret officer.
Walter Frost, of Topeka, for assault
ing a postoffice messenger.
A. r. Long of Coyler, Kan, for send
ing obscene matter through the mail
Frank Agner of Russell, Kan, for
passing counterfeit money.
MeTliu INceus VI 1OpSho, AOA creams
a mail pouch.
Otho Battles. of Topeka. for stealing
registered letter.
James Taylor of Tulsa, Ok, for hav-
ing counterfeiting moulds in his pos
session.
Elmer Doyle. for abandoning a mail
wagon.
The indictment of the Topeka boys Is
an echo of the famous mail pouch rob-
berry in Topeka last spring.
Battles an ex-employe of the post
office and a cripple, succeeded in sub
stituting unofficially as driver for FL
mer Doyle. who was the regular wagon
man on one of the city mail wagons.
Battles opened mail pouch with
government key, and stole number OF
valuable articles. Merlin Reed, another
young man of this city and a very close
friend of Battles, is supposed to have
been the instigator of the robbery
Much interest has been manifested In
this case-both by the people of the
city and the postoffice department..
Prior to the discovery of the robbery
hundreds of dollars of valuable articles
had been stolen from the United States
mails in this city. The government be-
lieves in the capture of these three
young men, that they have routed out
of existence q regular organized gang
of mail pouch thieves.
Battles lost leg In an accident
while driving a mail wagon. A FUND
was raised for him by Topeka citizens
and he was given a scholarship in
washburn but his educational career
was short.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-15
HE CABLES PEARY
Col. Roosevelt COngratulates tho
Commander on His Feat.

Niarobi. Oct. 15.-Colonel Roose-
welt today sent a cablegram to COM
mander Peary at Portland. Me, say
ing:
'I deeply appreciate your cable and
congratulate you from my heart All
Americans and indeed all civilized
mankind are your debtors. You per-
formed one of the greatest feats OF
the age. -
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The Roosevelt party arrived here this
afternoon from the north Of Is' Guaso
Nyiro. All are well. A porter accom-
panving the party was tossed by a
rhinoceros, but he is recovering
Colonel Roosevelt has killed three
more elephants, completing the group
Intended for the Smithsonian institution
at Washington. He also has killed
bull elephant for the American museum
of natural history in New York.
other game bagged includes a rhi-
noceros with excellent horns, a buffalo, a
giraffe, an eland, zebra, an ostrich
and an oryza.
Some skins have been preserved Tor
the Washington muse I'm.
Kermit Roosevelt killed two elephants
and an exceptionally large rhinoceros-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-15
BASE BALL MEGAPHONE.
Tomorrow's game at Detroit VIII De-
eide Worlds Championship.

The State Journal has made arrange
ments with Dick Cooley to call by
megaphoEs every play from an up
stairs window of this building as fast
as the game proceeds. The game will
also be bulletined, by innings, on the
window.
The Associated Press wires run d.
rectly into the State Journal building
and to the bail field at Detroit SO that
the service will be practically instan-
taneous as each olay takes place.
The game is scheduled to start
promptly at 2 p. m.
Cooley has played on both the Pitts
burg and Detroit teams and no doubt
will greatly enjoy calling this final
game for the championship of the world
which means so much to the members
of both teams. He knows intimately
the two great stars. Hans Wagner of
Pittsburg and Ty Cobb of Detroit, as
we'll as nearly every member of each
team.
Extra Edition.
AS soon as the game is finished Sat
urday evening the State Journal will
issue an extra edition printing the game
in detail, and also the scores of all foot
ball games in at that time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-15
PLOTTING TO KILL
A Chicago Newspaper Prints a
Story Today
That the Assassination Sf Taft
and Dlaz Is Planned.
THE PUBLIC MEETING
Scheduled to Take Place at the
National Boundary
Called Off at the InstigatiOn o.
Chiei Wilkie.
THE PUBLIC MEETING

Chicago. Oct. 15-The Chicago
Journal today declares that an anar-
cnist plot directed from Chicago by
men planning to assassinate President
Taft and President Diaz, at FL Paso.
Tex tomorrow, has been discovered
by secret service men here.
The Journal story proceeds:
"Chief Wilkie, of the secret service
bureau. has assigned many detectives
to Chicago to learn the identity of the
men selected to kill the two presidents.
For the past two weeks, it was
learned today meetings have been
held by the anarchist groups in every
large city of the country, but the as
sassination plans according to govern
rlent agents, were completed in this
city.
"Four of Chief Wilkes men dis
guised as laborers, atterded the social
ist meeting here last night at which
the execution of Prof. Ferrer in Spain
was condemned"
vice men have been brought here from
Denver and other cities to assist in the
investigation and that others have
been rushed to E. Paso. It is assert
eu' that the cancellation of a public
meeting of the heads of the two gov
ernments was at the advice of Chief
Wilkie.
It's All News to Denver.
Denver, Oct. 15.-No secret service
men have been sent to Chicago from
Denver, according to secret service Of
ficers in this city A member of the
Denver staff of the government Sc
cret service went to Ell Paso last We'd
nesday, however, on receipt of a tele-
gram from Chief Wilkie. No reports
of a discovery of plot to assassinate
Presidents Taft and Diaz have been
received here and acordincg to the
secret service men, no meeting of an
archists have been held in Denver.
Denied at Ell Paso.
Ell Paso, Tex, Oct 15.-Secret ser
vice men now in this city deny that a
nate either President Taft or Presi-
dent Diaz. 1t is a fact thai numerous
letters are being received at the local
offices, the Mexican con-
sulate and by other Mexican officials
declaring that bombs are ready for !
Diaz." One of these letters, it is un-
derstood was sent to the Chicago Jour
nal The authorities here, however.
apparently do not take these letters
seriously, as they have been floating
ahcGJ - Paso promiscuously ever since /
the evolutionary disturbances here a
year ago.
Local newspaper men have avoided
reference to such letters lately in ac-
Cordance with the promise made to the
local presidential committee so as not
to put ideas of assassination into peo-
PIES heads.
1t is reported that bomb was found 7
early this week in the lower part of Ell
Paso, but the report was not confirmed :
and the reported finding of a bomb in
Juarez is also discredited.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-15
READY FOR STRUGGLE.
Detroit CrippIes Out for Practice This
Afternoon.

Detroit, Oct. 15.-The two contest
ing teams in the worlds Champion
ship series spent the day in preparing
for the crucial game of tomorrow,
which will decide the baseball cham
pionship of the world. Both teams
had a hard session at practice in Ben
nett park. The hospital list of the De-
troit team was all improved today.
Tom Jones, who was the most seri-
ously injured insisted on going out to
Bennett park, although he took only
the lightest kind of practice. His physi-
clan says he does not think the De-
troit first baseman will be able to play
tomorrow as he fears reaction be-
cause of Jones' restlessness.
George Mor1arfty and Charles
Schmidt, both were able to get around
with some degree of agility and both
are confident they will be able to play
in the big game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-15
LAST DIVIDEND.
state Receives 2,4OO From First Ma
tionaI Receiver.

The state has received from the re-
ceiver of the old First National bank
of Topeka, check amounting 10
$246325 which is the largest INSTALL
ment of the money coming to the
state from the fund lost at the bank
failure.
The state is still $96,066 behind
as the result of the failure of thls
bank. The total amount Of state
money in the bank at the time of the
failure was S5O0,O00. The remaining
$4,000 is we'll secured by the bank s
bondsmen and the state. 1t is said' VIII
suffer no loss In the end.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-15
in THREE BIG HALLS.
Meetings of Christian Church Conven-
ton Are Held.

Pittsburg, Pa. Oct 15.-The work
of the international convention of the
Disciples of Christ christian church)
TODAY. centered about the American
temperance board, the board of minis
terial relief, church extension, the ma
tional benevolent association and the
Christian Endeavor.
Sessions were held in three of the
large halls of the Carnegie institute.
National Secretary G.. w. MuckIey
of Kansas City, made the report for
the board of church extension. The
total receipts for the last year were
$19725224
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-15
WILL USE TELEPHONE
To Promote Registration for Commits
sion Election.

The municipal legislation committee of
the Commercial club met this noon and
discussed plans in connection with the
campaign for commission form of city
government in an informal way. The only
action taken was to authorize the en-
ployment of a man to go through the
telephone books and call up everyone who
should vote on November ?, ascertaining
whether or not they are for the new
plan and if so urge them to register
County Attorney John Schenck and Sol
G. Watkins. principal of the colored
school on the North side. will be speakers
- the meeting at Izuken's opera house to-
night Fred c. 1rigg. editorial writer on
the Kansas City Star, will be the speaker
of .he evening. however. A large gather
ing is expected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-15
DIAZ ARRIVES.
Mexican President at Boundary Line
to Meet Taft.

Ell PaSo, Tex, Oct. 15.-President
Diaz of Mexico arrived at Ciudad
Juarez, across the river from FL Paso,
this morning. He will not cross the
Rio Grande into United States terri
tory until tomorrow, when he VIII
meet President Taft.
Governor Campbell of Texas, with
his staff arrived here this morning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-15
A LOST GIRL is FOUND.
Little Tot Held at a Harrison Street
Home Till Parents Located.

headquarters this morning of the
finding of a three-year-old girl who
apparently had wandered from her
home. She had a blue ribbon bow on
her hair, and is at 307 Harrison street
awaiting return to her parents as soon
as 1t can be learned who they are.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-15
LAWSHE RESIGNS.

Washington. Oct. 15.-Third Assist
ant Postmaster General Lawshe. who
has been at FIT Bayard. n. M, all
summer. for his health has rendered
his resignation, fearing a permanent
physical breakdown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-15
WEATHER is WARMER.
Mercury Mounts to Sc Degrees This
Afternoon.

Generally fair and cooler is the
prediction for tonight and Saturday.
Pleasant weather has been the order
for the past "a hours. The minimum
te temperature last night was 40. This
2fternoon the wind is blowing 8 miles
an hour from the northwest, and the
curly temperatures are recorded as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-15
Weather Indications.

Chicago, Oct. 15.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Fair tonight and Saturday; slight
ly cooler tonight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-15

Continued on Page Two.)
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-21
Acknowledge 1t.
Newport News Has TO Bow to the In
evitabIe-Scores Of Citizens
Prove II.

After reading the public statement
OF this representative citizen of New
port News given below, you mus.
come to this conclusion: A remedy
which cured years ago. which has
kept the kidneys in good health since.
can be relied upon to perform the
same work in other cases. Read
this:
Charles f. Carver. 2.9 Twentysev-
enth street, Newport News. Va. says:
In my case Dosn's Kidney Pills act
ed Just as represented and beyond
all question are a good remedy for
kidney trouble. | was annoyed for
some tine By a dull pain in the small
Of my back and while IL was not So
we're enough 10 lay me up, I was
anxious TO get I'D OF IL Seeing
Deans Kidney Pills highly recon-
mended. procured a box at Aliens
drug store and commenced their use.
They promptly relieved me and before
long effected a complete cure. can
strongly recommend Deans Kidney
Pills.
Mr.. Carver gave the above testi-
monial In August. 1907. and when In
tervieued on June 20. 1898. he added;
Ny fsIta In Deans Kidney Pills IS as
strong a. ever I have had practical
" ma return Of my Old trouble. bur
I occasionally use Doan's kidaeS
pills, finding that they Keep my hid
ueys m good condition"
FOR sale BY all dealers. Price -
cents. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo.
New York. sole agents fot TIC Unit
ed States
Remember the namo--Doan's-ano
take no other.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-21
ALMOST DEMORAlzED.
Standard Oil Decision Starts
General Stock Selling.
CLOSING TONE VERY WEAK
Market Had Been Active and Strong
Before Sensational News Came
from ST. Psul--Hesvy Net Losses
Shown foe the Day.
fsy Associated Press,

NEW YORK. Nov so.-The de-
cision OF the United States Circuit
Court at St Paul against the Stand
ard Oil Company Cf New Jersey. de-
clzTing that corporation illegal and
ordering It's dissolu;ions. was one Of
che greatest features of today'.s stock
market The news was evidently
most unexpected and had the eject OF
turning very active aad strcng mar
ket into one Of extreme weakness.
Announcement OF the decision came
IN The second hour o: the Jrief ses-
sion There had previously been re-
sumption e the recent activity IN va
r,cus spf cialties. including the copper
shares. one Of which Utah Copper. al
most repeated its performance ~ a
week ago. with an sdv4nce rover
t~o points. There we're sp' ctaculsr
moves in ether stocks Of the same
xForp. bu the usual speculative -
sucs we're inclined 20 irrcgnlaTity.
VIA the fret word from 81 Louis
fhe5e cnSusd q general selling move
ucni which ~ Zines bordcred On
generalization. Not only were uii the
early gains wiped out. but net Losses
duriES ne day rsnEed from one 20
three ~ more points There we're
fndicsfions Of = Taiiy In the anal trad
inE. tut this was offset by further
liquidation and the closing Was week
The bank statement ehc~cd soEnc
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-21

extraordinary differences in actual
and average conditions. In the later
loans decreased by over S2i ,60O,00o,
while in the actual condition loans
were increased by almost SfO0,Vvo.
There were corresponding Increases
and decreases in the reserves, but on
the whole the bank position for the
week may be said to have strength
cncd.
Gross returns OF some two score
leading railway lines for the first
week Ct November showed an in
crease of almost Is per cent.
Bonds were steady. Total sales.
par value. 81 .573.o00.
Total sales for the day. 53S.6oV
shares. including. Amalgamaied
Copper, i4.2O9: American smelling K
Refining. $4,000; Sugar. 900; Tobacco.
400: Atlantic Coast Line. 500: Chts-
apc-ke 4 ono. 5000: Louisville &
NASHVILLE. s.S0o: Norfolk 4 Western.
500: Reading. $1,000: Southern Rail
way. 1900: pfd. zee: SloSs Sheffield.
100. Union Pacific. $500. United
states steel. 7i.l0o. Utah Copper. TO-
zoo: Virginia Carolina Chemical. 900
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-21
That Little "if."
Company Makes
Generous Offer

The Citizens Railway. Light & Pow
er Co. is making most generous Of.
fer to the residents Of Newport News
living along its lines. It has offered TO
wire 200 houses with five lights each
The work TO be done in a thorough
practical manner and free Of all cos
to the resident or owner. This offt
is an exceedingly liberal one and Is a
most excellent opportunity for resi-
dents Of this city. OF course, where
such a generous cffer is made il could
not be held upon long and tde number
could not be unlimited. 50 the CON
psny has fixed Dec. - as the final
date on which the citizens may accept
And those who wish 10 receive these
benefits simply have to notify General
Manager W. W 5. Butler. al the Office
OF the company.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-21

fund, $2,526.932.
Current Liabilities. SlOi.o5i ,boo'
Working balance in treasury ofices,
$27 ,341. 412.
In banks to credit of treasurer OF
the United States, s36.441,l3S-
Subsidiary silver coin, sl6,'54,4la-
Minor coin, sl.462.S72.
Total balance in general fund, $780,
054,757
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-21
Chicago Grain Market.

CHICAGO. Ills, Nov. 2O--Pre-
diction of heavy weeks movement OF
wheat for the week We're partly re-
sponsible for moderate weakness In
the wheat market here today. Prices
at the close we're shade TO Is lower
than the final quotations CT the previ-
Gus session. Corn and oats also
closed easy. but provisions were firm.
Articles Open High Low Close
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-21
Treasury Department.

WASHINGTON. n. C.. Nov. 20
The condition q the treasury at the
teginniEs Of business today was as
follows:
Trust funds.
Gold coin. sSS0. e92. $50.
Silver dollars. sfS7.s22. opo.
Silver dollars Of 1890. si.o9a.noo.
silver certificates outstanding.
$fS7 $4,000
General fund.
Standard silver dollars in general
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-21

NEW YORK. Nov. 2o.-Money on
call. nominal Time leans. easier;
sixty days. ; per cent: ninety days.
90: six months. 4ha& Ter cent
Close: Prime mercantile paper. ,
TO 81 per cent. sterling exchange
frm. With actual business ia bank
ers' bills at fSs.sesfSs.se fos sixty
dsy bills. and At fS7.t5ass7-so for
demand Commercial bills. s.S2Ha-
iS3I. Bsr silver. s0@t. Mexican
dollars. 90
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-21
SORE THROAT

often leads to something worse.
cowan'S Preparation gives quick
relief for sorc throat. hoarscncss.
croup. colds and pneumonia by
destroying inflammation aEdcon-
gcstion. Keep il IN the homc for
cncrgcncscs. External and pcne-
trating S1-o0, SOS, 25c- An
druggists.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-21
New York Cotton.

NEW YORK. Nov. 2O.-Cottcn:
Spot closed quiet; middling uplands,
1887; middling gulf, 1915; sales,
none
Futures opened steady and closed
steady
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-07
A Penalty Of Genius,

1t seems to be the frequent penalty
Of genius that It is denied the privilege
Of perpetuating its name and kind be.
yond few generations at most. Thus
It IL said that there is not now living a
single descendant in the male line OF
Chaucer. Shakespeare. Spenser, Milton,
Cowley, Butler. Dryden, Pope. Cowper,
Goldsmith, Byron or Moore; not one OF
Sir Philip Sidney or OF Sir Walter Ra-
leigh; not one of Drake, Cromwell
Hampden. Monk, Marlborough. Peters.
borough or Nelson; not one of Boiling
broke. Walpoie, Chatham. Pitt. Fox,
Burke, Graham or Claiming; not one
Of Bacon. Locke, Newton or Davy; not
one of Hume. Gibbon or Macaulay;
not one Of Hogarth, Sir Joshua Reyn-
olds or Sir Thomas Lawrence; not one
Of David Garrick. John Kemble or Ed
mund Kean.-London Standard.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-07
IESSSS>SSSSSA
. ThedterS -
Il "A.
SSk:SSS\SSSS@

Along with the clang of the real
for sure enough school bell, which
yesterday caused the small boy to To-
cate his heart somewhere in the
region of his boot soles, came the
merry tinkle of the mimic school bell
at the Grand The bell in question
was the signal for the run stuff in
"A Smack in School," the Morris
feature act at the Grand. There is
splendid good comedy in "A Smack,
lots of II. Also there is music, lots
OF it and moreover it is high grade
music. Especially is this true of the
male quartette. the big light In an act
replete with high lights. The comedy
of "Izzy" and skinny" reaches
across the lights for goodly por-
tion of the laughs, spontanety be-
ing one of its main appeals. Far be
II from anyone to pass Oy the clever
dancing without at least an honor
able mention and perhaps a plus.
Separately, the various phases into
which the Smack" is divided were
keen, and collectively, they left moth
ing to be desired And with apologies
to all those who have gone before
II is the best thing in the vaudeville
line Marion ever harbored.
Willard Francis, high speed come
dian, once the loud laugh of the
Randy Kid company offers catchy
number I'm In Love with All the
Girls" following it up with comedy
lines and another bit OFF the top
O. song, I'D Like TO Spend A Rainy
Day With You" Mr.. Francis is
pleasing personally. and has the gift
of appearing to take his audience
into his confidence. Add to this a
quality voice and you have an enter
tainment decidedly worth while.
To manager BALI falls a song
well suited 10 his voice and temper.
ment, which he handles to the limit
OF its possibilities. The aeroplane
flights of Wilbur Wright are given
in detail and are by no means the
least attraction of a typical Morris
blil--and that is saying the limit for
good. xmzmns
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-07
The Order Of the ser.phim.

The Order of the seraphim is the
Oldest and most famous Of the decora-
tions in the gift Of the king of Sweden.
Originally II was instituted by Magnus
~, some 600 years ago. to commemo-
rate the siege of Upsala, the ancient
capital Of the Swedish kings. and its
statutes bound the recipients of the
order to fight to the death for the main
tenance of their religion and to consti-
tute themselves the special protectors
of the widow and the fatherless.
When 1t was revived about the middle
of the eighteenth century by King
Frederick the obligations laid upon the
members were somewhat less onerous.
The decoration consists OF an eight
pointed star In white enamel with cher
ubs' heads Of gold and is worn ON a
broad band Of pale blue ribbon.--B -Bos.
ton Transcript.