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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16
DANGER OF MOB
VIOLENCE IS PAST
Wife Of J. Q. saylor, the Murdered
Banker Is Re9asod P,Fmlselen
to Attend Funeral

BY Associated Press.
Watseka, H., July I4.-All danger Of
mob violence to DR. w. y. Miller and
Mrs J. B. sayler, under arrest Ia con.
nection with the staying Of saylor by
Miller, Sunday, is believed 70 be pass.
ed.
The funeral of saylor Was held 70.
day with his daughter, Coda, as the
chief mourner. It Is said Mrs. sayler
broke down and wept last night and
asked 10 attend the funeral but the
sherry nen;ed Der that permission
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16
JOHNSON SENTENCED TO SEVEN
YEARS ~ PENlTENTiARY.
CONVICTED MAN CONFEsSES
Reported to Have Admitted That He
is John Madison Wanted in Many
States For Risamy
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
San Francisco. Cal, July is.-chris-
tian G. Johnson. sentenced yesterday
to serve seven years In the peniten-
tiary for bigamy Is reported to have
confessed that he IS the mysterious
John MADISON wanted in many parts
OF the country for the systematic
swindllng Of @cmca under promise
Of marriage in 1906 Johnson is al.
legged to have said. u quit my business
Of buying horses and from that day to
this / have been making my living by
marrying and making love to women.
Getting their money and then desert
ing them"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16
court ROOM FILLED 70
HEAR MRS. THAN TEsAFI

- sf5zAfe s"sts@ tsf4#
1N1lte Plains n y. Juls 1.-THE
promised Feapp6aganes oI Eveign Neel
his ThaH as witness lof the state
served 20 1Ii he court room today
'one before fhe resumption of tie IN.
anify 10 Thawh mental condlllou. Mrs.
Thae Viii be called this afternoon.
The aEsfe'a representatives announe.
ed that they have found legal proof
t. show lie conversation between
Thau and hle wife in the Matteawan
asylum, II which tie viase contends
Thav threatened 70 klll her. vas not
privileged and thal therefore The Judge
should instruct Hrs. Thav 70 answer
lhg district attorneys questions.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16
QUALIFYING ROUAD Won
By MINNEAPOLIS RAH
b Associated Press.

D. MoInep. a.. July i5.--I1enry G
Leg. ef Minneapolis. Mian.. carried
Ion TIE aonors ID the shiviy'alx hole
qualifying Eouaa in the ninth annual
ehampisnehlp tournament of the
Trans Mississippi aelf Association sol
day. re lsrned ln card d EIGHTY
ane lafifn Hurley u Topeka. It'd
tor second With elehtstwo and nasl
Paul B Telhog of Hutchinson Kane..
made a good score ol nlneIypns.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16
BANKER LEWEs PACKET
CONTAINING SENSATION

Crescent cts. m 1uly ls The
contents of private packet LETT bf
tssa late banker ! 4 saylef which
vas opened today ls said % be of s
startling nature and although nothing
|uIll Sc ElTen ont e he public Il
present Il was learned from 4 friend
|of the slain man that tbs packet con.
|talnea evidence os sFsat value g he
|pfpaeeutlon ei Doctor MIl1sf and Mrs.
sayIer as e. accessory
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16
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lhEGk Train UkRhILEB
AND one MN kILlEl
Ily Associated Press.

II 7H"7EETIIT@IEU : E"="7
Fort Smith. Ark. July II One man
wra Killed. another fatally injured. ana
fifteen more or less seriously hurt.
when wreck train o. the ST. Louis
& San Francisco railroad vas deraiIed
By running into & Gov. between Kos.
owa ana Kellough Okla. early today.
The cabooae and two boarding cars
were overturned.
The dead i George Kitchen. Of
Little Rock The man fatally injured
e G. Mchfse.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16
ROOSEVELT RPRUVES
INHERITANCE TAX LAW

Eew York. Jnly lbs-an an article
ln the Outlook masaaine, 8edag, Theo'
dore Roosevelt refezx 20 the Inheri.
tance tar ae & aingulassg w.iae and IN
Objectionable Kind - 4 Tux IT the
fortune Of e muiti-miIlzanaipe ls she
result Of great service rendered" be
continues. well and seod. bat when
bis fortune Il passed 90 t. aeme one
else. Who has not rendered ang sery-
lee. then TIE naefon e1aaia Iapese q
heavily graded. progressive baheri
tanoe tax"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16
NEGATIVE VOTES On INCOME TAX RESOLUTION
IN HOUSE WERE ALL CAST BY REPUBLICANS
WESTON NEARING END
or HIS LONG TRAMP
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Goodyear, Cal, July Ia Edward
Payson Weston left here this morn
ing On the last lap Of bis tramp across
the continent The aged pedestrian
stepped into hole In the darkness
last night, slightly iniuring his foot
He expects to reach Oakland at nine
o'clock tonight
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16
CAPITALIST ATTACKED BY
MASKED MEN ON RdAD
BY Associated Press.

By Ass0cIated Press.
st. Louis, Mo- July TO- Thomas A,
Benaist, capitalist, reported to the
police early today, that he had been
attacked by masked men while IL his
auto. midway between Washington
University and Clayton, ST. Louis
county. One man sprang on the foot
board OF the machine and iired three
shots through Benaist's hat. No at
tempt was made to rob him.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-07-16
CORONER INVESTIGATING
DEATH Of CIGAR MAKER
~ Associated PRESS.

~ Associated PRESS
Fort Scott, Kans. Juiy Ia Frank
LInhtfoot cIgarnlakar Of PIeaaanton
aiea suddenly this nofnIuE e local
hoteI The eo1oner will hold aa IN
aaeel thla afternoon = woman vas
ullh Iiehtleed and aaya Be died of
beet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-29
STILL IMPROVING.
Business Outlook Continues to Grow
More Optimistic.

New York, May 29.-Bradstreet's
saws:
Improvement is more in evidence
this week, but irregularities in weather
and crop conditions and ebb and flow
movements in trade and industry pre-
vent definite general Characterization
of the situation as a whole. There is
further apparent gain in the optim-
ism with which the outlook for the
more distant future is viewed, con-
trasting rather sharply with some of
the reports indicating backwardness of
demand for immediate consumption.
Wheat, including flour, exports from
the United States and Canada for the
week ending May %, aggregate 3,182,-
500 bushels against 2,338,000 for last
week and 2,879,2S9 this week last
year. For the four weeks ending May
81, this year. the corrected exports are
160,893,1 1T bushels against 1S8,884,5
in the corresponding period last year.
Corn exports for the week are 49,
bushels against 1866 (corrected) last
week and 236,151 in 1908. For the
4S weeks ending May 81, correct corn
exports are 28.940,19S bushels against
Ito, 1896 bushels last year.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending May 81 were 205
against 219 last week, 263 in the like
week of 1908, 142 in 1907, 1877 in 1906,
and 154 in 1905.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-29
NEW AUDITING SYSTEM.
Will Be Installed on Rock Island Train
I'm Kansas.

Manhattan, Kan, May 29.-The
Rock Island has decided to install
system of train auditing on this di-
vision of its system. The auditors
have been used to the satisfaction of
the company, but as yet they have
not been employed on this division.
AS the plan is worked on other divis
ions of the Rock Island and on other
railways the auditors step on the train
without warning and take complete
charge of the transportation. He has
nothing to do with the running of the
train but he collects the tickets, the
few passes and the cash fares and
makes his report to his chief. At 9TH
err times the conductor takes up the
tickets but he never knows when the
auditor is going to board his train.
The auditor wears a uniform similar
to that of the conductor. One of the
auditors on this division will be John
Rosencrans, who used to live near Og-
den He will run from Kansas City
to PIainVille.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-29
CAUGHT A THIEF.
Colorado Police Arrest Homer
Myers, a Kansas Fugitive.
Stole Cattle in Western Kansas
and Butchered Them.
! HE BROKE JAIL TWICE
Confessed to Stealing Cattle
From Western Ranchmen.
Officers Believe He Belongs to
Organized Gang.

Pueblo, Colo. May 29.-J. C.
Waltermire, alias Ben Custer. ar
rested Sunday, May 16, by Deputy
Sheriffs Joe Reilly and Sam Fab
rizio has been identified by repre-
sentatives of the sheriff at Liberal,
Kan, as Homer F. Myers. con-
6essed cattle thief. who escaped from
the Liberal jail December 81. 1908.
Through the arrest. the Kansas
authorities believe that confederates
of Myers will be uncovered and that
a big gang of men who were steal
ing, killing and selling cattle will be
placed under arrest. Lee Larrabee
and A. o. Edmunds, special deputy
sheriffs of Liberal. are in Pueblo
and have identified Myers as the man
they want.
Belonged to Gang of Cattle Thieves.
According to the story told by
Larrabee and Enmunds. Myers was
a butcher at Liberal and was
caught killing stolen cattle. The
authorities believed that he was the
instrument of gang Of cattle
thieves who were. through him. dis
posing of cattle in way which
would be hard to trace. Myers broke
down and confessed and the officers
say was released on bond.
He skipped to Old Mexico. but
vas brought back to Liberal and
placed in Jail. Before he was SEN
fenced on his confession he broke
out of the fimsy jail and succeeded
in getting away.
The Liberal officers say that they
heard from him in a roundabout
way once afterward, and that he was
then trying to plan some horse
stealing on a large scale. They lost
track, however. and it was not until
he was arrested here that he was
heard from.
Tried to Escape From Colorado Jail.
AS soon as Myers was arrested
Deputy Sheriff Joe Reilly began
sending his picture around the
country. Owing to the fact that
Myers made an attempt to escape,
the officers felt certain that he was
wanted somewhere and held him on
a charge of carrying weapons until
he could investigate the case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-29
BRIST0W FIGHTS ON.
kansas Senator Continues Battle for
Lower Sugar Duties.

washington, May Ex-senator Aldrich
succeeded late yesterday in getting &C
+ion nv the senate on the remainder of
the sugar schedule with the understand
ing that the paragraph fixing a duty on
raw and refined sugar should be again
placed before the senate If Senator
Clay's health should SO improve as to
permit of his taking advantage of an
opportunity at a later date, to move
an amendment cutting the figures IN
two.
The tobacco schedule was also com
Melted. No changes were made In the
finance committee rates on either Sche-
.dule. Senators Gore, Bristow and Clay
criticised the provision for duty on
raw and refined sugar and Mr.. Clay
repeated his allegation Of fraudulent
transactions in the interest of the su-
Gar trust. Mr.. Bristow declared that
the trust has benefited by the defeat
of his amendment and Mr.. Gore assert
ed that by the adoption Of the finance
committee provision, which was the
same as that passed by the house, only
five cents on the hundred pounds of SUI
gar would be saved.
Senator Bristow submitted some
newspaper clippings, showing that at
fer the vote. by which his amendment
reducing the duty on refined sugar and
eliminating the dutch standard tests
had been voted down, there had been
an advance of five points in the stock
of the American Sugar Refining COM
pany. which he said, showed who had
been interested in defeating the amend
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-29
SANTA FE TO FINISH ROAD.
President Ripley Insures Completion
| of New South Line.

Albuquerque, May 29.-The Arizona
and California railroad, the great
southern cutoff Of the Santa Fe,
part of which is the great Parker
bridge, recently completed across the
Colorado, will be completed to Ben
gal, Cal, as soon as possible. This
assurance is the result of the recent
trip of President Ripley across that
district. A dispatch from Prescott
says of the trip, which was under the
management of Frank M. Murphy:
That his trip means much to Ari-
iona there can be no doubt for the
possibilities for profitable develop
ment work are here. Mr.. Murphy,
than whom no mare able exponent
of Arizona's greatness can be found,
was with him to see that not a point
was overlooked, and last and by no
means least. Mr.. Ripley is both able
and willing to back a good proposition
when he finds one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-29
IOWA FARMER INVESTS IN LAND.
S. d. Randall Paid $2S, 800 for a $50
Acre Farm Near. Lincoln.

Lincoln, Kan, May 29.-The real es-
tate firm of Marshall & Jackson report
the sale of the $50 acre farm of Ryan
Bros, about two miles east of Lincoln
for consideration of $28,800. The pur-
He will convert it into sheep and
thoroughbred cattle ranch. The farm
is fenced and crossfenced with stone
posts.
While this land only bought $50 ar
acre, it is claimed $35 or $40 per acre
would have been cheap. Beaver creek
runs through the farm. affording plenty
of water. 1t is one of the largest land
sales ever recorded in Lincoln county
and shows that there is a demand fol
lands in this county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-29

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-29
MAY NOT HAVE DROWNED.
Acquaintance of DIR. Wells Claim t,
Have Seen Him Lately.

Acquaintance of DIR. Wells Claim to
Have Seen Him Lately.
Ellsworth, Kan, May 2s.-It has
developed here that DR.. H. G. Wells,
cling man is also said to have seen
drowned near this city May IS, was
not drowned, but has been seen by
Will Moore on last Monday and Tues
day in Enid, Okla. Mr.. Moore is
here visiting his father and says that
he saw Wells and talked to him just
before he came to Ellsworth. A trav-
cling man is also said to have eeen
Wells on his way to this city several
days ago.
The general sentiment expressed
here is to the effect that Wells de-
posted his clothing on the banks of
the river near here so that it would
create the impression that he had
been drowned. He is not known to
have had any trouble with his family
recently, but it is supposed that he
took that means of getting away from
the family.
Only the one suit of clothes found
on the river bank had been missed
from Wells wardrobe, and it is sup
posed that he secretly supplied him
self with a suit, so that the people
would not discover the ruse. The doc
tor said nothing to Moore about his
family. and did not intimate what he
had done.
While Wells has been called doc
tor he is really horse doctor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-29
Hung Himself with Baling wire.

Winfield, Kan, May 29.-John A.
Dillon, aged SO, committed suicide at
Atlanta by hanging himself in barn
with ba1ing wire. Dillon had stood
up on a box while he placed the wire
suspended from a beam around his
neck and then jumped off. His
nephew found him hanging at noon,
and took the body down. He had
lived in this county with kinfolks
about a year, and had a life interest
in real estate which placed him in
good circumstances. An acute form
of melancholy is said to be respon-
sible for his death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-29
SHERIFF STOPS A WEDDING.
Oklahoma Official Captures Eloping
Couple at Salina.

Salina. Kan, May 29.-The sheriff
of Grant county, Ok, is coming to
take back Medford, Oklahoma, Rus
sell Dority, IT years old, and Nellie
Smith, 16, who e1oped from that
place Wednesday night. They ex-
pected to get married here, but the
Kansas laws prevented it and while
they were preparing to go elsewhere,
word from the girls father to arrest
the couple came. Dority is held on
charge of kidnapping the girl.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-29
FOR FALSE IMPRISONMENT.
Judge J. A. Abbott, Formerly of Kan
sas. Named as One Defendant.

Las Vegas, N. NJ, May 29.-Suits have
teen filed in the district court in AL
buquerque, this territory, by c. c.
Hendricks editor of Laura Bigger
defunct Albuquerque Sun, against the
Morning Journal for $4,000 for libel
and against District Judge A. ]. Alb
bolt and Undersheriff Fred Heyn for
SIS, 900, alleging false Imprisonment as
result of the recent action of the
court in fining him SIS for contempt and
imprisoning him in the county jail one
day.
Judge Abbott was for many years on
the Kansas bench in the Thirty-second
judicial district, succeeding the notori-
Gus Theodosius Botkin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-29
MANAGER PARK QUITS.
Shorty Lame Now Has Charge of
Arkansas City Team.

Arkansas City, Kan, May 29.-M. E.
Park of Sharon. Kan, who leased the
baseball ground here for a term of
three years and who opened the season
as manager of the Arkansas City club
has given UP the work for the reason
that the business was not a success
financially. Local fans have, however,
subscribed literally to the baseball
fund and the team will finish the
season in the Kansas State league At
present Shorty Layne, we'll known in
baseball circles throughout the state,
is in charge of the Grays.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-29
GLASS MANUFACTURERS MEET.
Output of Plants Will Probably Be
Cut Down.

Coffeyville, Kan, May 2s.-At a
meeting of the Kansas glass manufac-
turers here it was decided definitely
that it is impossible to keep plants in
operation at the present selling price
of glass and rate of wages. The glass
men say that Kansas plants are now
running at a loss. Another meeting
will be held in Chanute at which
time, it is predicted all the plants will
decided to cut down the output until
conditions improve
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-29
MEET AT COUNCIL GROVE.
Largest Event in That Section of the
State July 14-17.

Council Grove, Kan, May 29-The
race meet and stock show that will be
held here July A to II inclusive. will
be the largest event ever pulled off in
this city. There will be over 200
horses start from here, as this will be
Oklahoma and Kansas.
The meet will be a sort of a fair also
there being a large number of exhibits
shown. There will be no carnival, and
the gates of the park will be closed
after the races.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-29
Alpha Chi Sigma at Lawrence.

Lawrence, Kan, May ga local
chapter of the national chemical fra
ternity, Alpha Chi Sigma, will be in
stalled at the university next Satur-
day. The fraternity is professional in
it's character and has chapters at
most of the western universities, and
a few in the east. The chapter mem
bers of the organization which has
been organized in Kansas are four
teen in number.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-29

Chanute, Kan. May 29.-After hav-
ing been so near to deaths door that
her life was despaired of, the 3-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Haw-
kins, who live ten miles northwest of
Chanute, is now on a fair way to re-
covery from the effects of a bite by
rattlesnake. 1t was three hours and
half after the child was bitten be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-29
TRIES MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
E.liInwood Owns Its Electric Light and
WaterMorks Plants.

Ellinwood, Kan, May Bone town
in Barton county at least is going to
try the matter of municipal ownership.
Ellinwood has just completed the lay
ing of mains and putting up of wires
for a $4,000 electric light and water
plant. The engines and pumps are to
be started Immediately. If town
anywhere will make a success of a
municipal ownership theory Ellinwood
is the place and the outcome will be
watched with interest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-29

fore she reached a physicians office
in Chanute. By that time the thigh
of the leg where she had been bitten
was swollen terribly, and the infec-
ton had caused a swelling of her
body next to the thigh. She was pick
ing berries with her sister when the
rattlesnake struck her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-29

the amount of 100000 has been
subscribed by Wichita business men.
The company was originally char
tered six years ago, but the time was
not ripe for the project. The men in
terested are confident it will be a sue
cess. 1t is probable a line will be built
from this city to Winfield, where it
will connect with the interurban run
ming between that city and Arkansas
City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-29
An Old veteran Dropped Dead

Norton, Kan, May 29.-Hugh H,
Mitchell. CT years of age, died very
suddenly from heart disease. He has
been sick for the last three years. but
of late had been feeling some better.
he mas peen ABOUT town, and walked
down to the home of his daughter.
Mrs. Wires. At o'clock in the even
ing he sat on the side of the bed and
talked to his son, Robert and a few
moments later dropped dead.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-29
nelia Is a Boornfng Idttle civ.

Della, Kan, May ga rush of I'M
and new buildings mark the
spring mere. Doctor Frisbey, formerly
with the State Journal, IS finishing the
handsomest residence in town, and
J. E. Lawler, the hveryman, is com
pIeting q fine modern residence. G. B.
Wyant has added another room to his
place. The Catholics and Presbyter-
ians each have neat churches recently
completed Many buildings are con-
templated for the summer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-29
Ofrered a Baker PrincipaIship.

Prof. w. A. Cook, NJ. s.. graduate
of the Kansas Wesleyan university
who pursued post graduate work a
year ago in Salina, has been offered
the principalship of Baker academy at
Baldwin, Kan, Prof. Cook had gradu-
ated from the State Normal at En-
poria before completing the scientific
course in the Wesleyan in 1908. The
past year he has taught mathematics
IN the Clay County high school at Clay
Center Kan