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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-13
WILL MOVE TO CHICAGO.
Barker Brothers, the Abilene Carnival
Men, Decide TO Enlarge Activities.

Abilene. Kan. Dec Heterogeneous
are being perfected to open an office in
Chicago which will be the headquarters
of the Great Parker shows, of which Con
r. Kennedy is general manager. This
will give the company a central location,
and allow them to transact their business
with greater ease and dispatch
Mr.. Kennedy has just returned from
Chicago where he attended the nineteenth
annual conference of the American As
sociation of Fairs and Expositions, of
which the Kansas Central Fair associa-
ton of Hutchinson, and the Kansas EX-
position company of Topeka are members.
At the convention there was much dis
cussion relative to a higher class of at
fractions at state fairs, and Mt. Kennedy
was one of the foremost workers in that
direction.
While in Chicago Mr.. Kennedy arranged
for some high class European acts for
the next season shows which will go out
enlarged and much better than ever.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-13
beer glasses. whisky glasses. 1 pail.

4 tables.
Besides the material evidences of the
ale of liquors, license from the grand
order of the Benevolent Order of Beav-
ers was found in the possession of the
club.
Both of the prisoners furnished bond
IN the sum of $500 and were released
from custody. The arrest is considered
cI1ly a forerunner of others to follow
from further inauisition. the GATE of
which has not been designated at the
county attorneys Office.
Read the Auction House advertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-13
Percheron stallion.

tie and hogs. Percheron stallion. 5.
T. Coleman. Jr.
Read the Auction House advertisement.
In the last two months Andrew Scott,
of Indian Creek, has shipped three cars
of nogs at profit Of $500 for his
years nog raising. The three cars sold
for about So, 500. The expense OF rails
ing the animals for the year was about
81 900. -e-....s-.
friends here.
visit with friends in Burlinganle.
w. n. Whaley is visiting friends IN
Meriden.
Joe Fiederling. of Eunont' has return
ad from a visit with friends and rela-
tives III California
d. Bowers and family have moved to
the North side from St. Marys- They
formerly lived here
prank Vjceat and family have moved
from concordda and have located at
1416 jackson street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-13
Ran Short of Provisions Then
Relief Was Obtained.
ESTABLISH NEW FIRM?
RumOr That II. C. Men Will
Start Department Store.
Tom" and Jerry" Kittens,
Lost But Found.

Quarantined and temporarily destitute
were the circumstances which the Early
family. at 1011 Madison street, found
themselves Saturday night. They no
tilted q passerby and through him oh
tanned provisions form the Humane So
ciety.
The family has been unfortunate. One
of the boys died of diphtheria last week.
and another child is down with the
disease. Mr.. Early is employed by the
Kuehne Preserving works. but has been
quarantined with the family and has
been unable to work. Provisions had
been left the family the first of last
week, but it seems that they ran
short. There are six children at the
house besides the mother and father.
ruElor is that Kansas City business
men arc to establish a department store
on the North side in the near future.
One report is that they will rent an
unoccupied building while other stories
are that they will buy building, and
remodel it. Other reports are that these
men will buy lots and erect a three
story modern building in the spring.
If the last supposition is true, it is
an indication that the rumored enter
rrise is backed by considerable capt.
tai.
Lost, strayed or stolen--but found
this is the story of Tom and Jerry"
the two kittens at fire station No. 1.
The firenen missed their pets late Sat
urday evening. After long search
they were found budding in a stair
way. It was thought that some one
had either stolen them from the first
floor OF the station or that they had
wandered away. The firemen have
trained the catlets to "sit up" and sew
eral other tricks and value them high
~.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-13

Buy your friend a box of union made
cigars for Christmas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-13
Death of Hobart NJ. Cable.

Chicago. Dec. 13.-Hobart NJ Cable,
president of the Hobart NJ. Gable Piano
company, died yesterday after a pro-
longed illness. The funeral will be held
this afternoon under the direction of
the Masonic order, at his old home in
Walton. N. Y. Mr.. Cable was born in
1910, the eldest of three brothers who
came to Chicago at different times and
became prominent in the manufacture
of organs and pianos.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-13
LOOKS LIKE WAR.
Disruption Threatened National
League at TOday's Meeting.
Pittsburg and Cincinnati May
Jump to American.
TEN CLUB CIRCUIT.
.UB CIRCUIT.
II Ban Johnson Is Elected PreSi-
dent of National.
Johnson, Dreyfus and Hermann
to Fight Ward to Finish.

Cicinnati, Dec. 13.-A close friend
of President Hermann said here
yesterday that if Ward were victorious
in the election in New York, Herr
mann and Dreyfuss both would leave
the National league and that they
probably would do SO within the next
few weeks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-13

Christmas trees at the feed and seed
store, 10 East Sixth st. D. o. Coe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-13
HOPE IS ABANDONED.
Six Entombed Negro Miners Cannot
Be Saved.

Henderson, KY, Dec. 13.-Hope was
abandoned today for the six negro min
ers entombed by an explosion Saturday
afternoon in the Baker mine of the
West Kentucky Coal company. The
fire was extinguished buy the water
necessary to put out the flames flooded
the mine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-13
More
Prices

Rogers 1847 Silver
Knives and Forks, only
per dozen ......S3.25
r. F. Simmons Fobs,
from So to SIS
Gentleman's Watch
Chains, special 80. So
Toilet Sets, for. Sc
10 Electric Lamps, sam
pies at 4Oc on the dollar.
Desk Sets, each. $3.50
Casserole Ware at u Price
Ladies' Rings, compris-
all kinds of stones, solid
gold, 5000 to choose
from each 81
Lockets, complete with
chain, r. F. Simmons
make, each 81
Baking Dishes, each. SIS
Waist Set, solid gold,
each 49,. $3.50
Beauty Pins, solid gold,
per set 81
So Bracelets, r. r. Sim
mons make SIS
Sheffield Silver at Halt
Price.
Filigree Bottle Holders,
each ............ S3
Magnificent 9-inch Cut
Glass Bowl, each 81
finch Mesh Pocketbooks,
chamois lined, each Sc
Solid gold Pocket Knives,
genuine ruby, diamond
and sapphire settings.
each ........>... 81
Sterling silver Match
Boxes. double the
weight of any other
make, each .... $3.50
Silver Shaving Mugs in
fancy boxes, with brush
for ...... $3.50
Combs, gold back, set
with rhinestones, the s.
kind, each So
80 Gold Clocks, Ell $1.5O
Signet Hat Pins, usually
$3.50, now 81
Solid gold Cuff Buttons,
per pair .........S3
Gentlemen's Signet Rings
Toe per pvt. average
So to SIS
And a thousand other
things at equally low
prices.
RLITZ
"Topeka's Leading
Jeweler"
Open Evenings
625 Kansas Avenue
WILL MOVE TO CHICAGO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-13
SponsIer Quits Newspaper business.

Hutchinson. Dec. 13.-A. L. Sponsler,
editor of the Hutchinson Weekly Times,
will soon retire from the newspaper
business. He will devote his entirc ar
tention to his duties as secretary of the
Central Kansas Fair association.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
IMMORAL PLAYS
WILL BE FOUGHT
Powerful Theatrical interests
Behind Movement to Free
Stage From Taint /
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

lSpecIdi OISpdtch 10 ne Nou1
NEW YORK, Feb. 11.-That power
full theatrical interests are behind the
move to free the stage from immoral
plays was made plain tonight when
Marc Klaw, one of the chiefs of the
theatrical syndicate. and Charles Burn
ham. president of the Theater Ma
ayers association handled the subject
without gloves at the reception of the
entertainment club, held in the ASor
gallery in the Waldorf-Astoria.
The managers were the guests. OF
honor. and their talks were the feature
of the entertainment which followed
the reception proper.
Klaw said: Society can do its great
est good to. the stage by turningl his
back upon indecent plays
Burnham took up the subject from
another angle and proved by box office
hgures that suggestive or sensational
nIays are Invariably money makers.
whereas the clean and wholesome
sometimes starve to death.
Let but the word be passed about
that some play announced for pro-
duction is broad or indelicate and the
whole town runs wild about it" he
said while some play of merit, bright
and entertaining, has hard struggle
for existence, and nine times out of
ten is laid on the shelf of oblivion Not
- he ungallant. 1 would say that the
women who make up our audiences are
more to blame for this state of AFFAIRS
than the men. For no play can exist
that is not patronized by the women.
when the much abused sap 40 was
being presented in this city a gentle
man came to the box Office. and en-
deayored to secure seats. Owing to
the tremendous demand he was unable
to do so and finally made the ticket
seller promise to save him two for the
coming week. For, said hes rny wife
is making my life unbearable by her
incessant desire to see this play But
when the police refused to interfere
with sapho his wife cancelled her order
for the seats
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
Spring VALLEY MAY
BELONG TOCITY
Beatty's Bill Authorizes Com
demnation of the Water
COmpany's Property
Especial Dispatch 10 Tie Call

CALL HEADQUARTERS, CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE BUILDING. sAcRA-
MENTo. Feb. 11.-Paving the way for
the appropriation. by the city of the
Spring Valley water companys plant in
San Francisco. Assemblyman H. w
Beatty. at the request of the board of
supervisors of San Francisco. today
introduced bill which would give the
city the right to appropriate the prop
erty.
Because there is a question as to
whether or not the present law is suf-
hcient to. allow the city of San Fran
cisco to take over the Spring Valley
company's plant by condemnation pro-
ceedings. the bill was prepared. The
new features of the proposed amend
ment to the law are set forth in the
following section:
The private property which may
be taken under this title Includes
property appropriated to public use;
but such property shall not be taken unless
for more necessary public use than that
to which it has been already appropriated;
provided, that property owned by any person.
firm private corporation may be taken
BY municipal other public corporation
for the purpose of supplying water to such
public corporation the inhabitants thereof,
and such use by any public corporation should
be held more necessary use than by per-
son, Arm or private corporation.
While it is expected the Spring Val
ley company will put its legislative
agents at work in an effort to defeat
Beatty's bill, 1t is believed that the
measure will be rushed through both
houses and to the governor for his
signature With the law amended in
accordance with today's bill. Beatty be-
lieves that San Francisco will have no
difficulty at all in appropriating the
plant of the Spring Valley water com
Dany
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
Man WHO SAW
LINCOLN SHOT
TELLS OF DEED
Relates for First Time in Public
Intimate Details of the
Assassination
Lent knife to Rip Clothes of
Dying President and Found
Pistol Booth Used
Dramatic Narrative for The Call
of True Facts of Nations
Great Calamity

1--WE heard a pistol shot.
In a few seconds the curtains of
President Lincoln's opera box were
thrust aside. A face pale as death
peered forth for an instant, and
then with marvellous agility a man
mounted the velvet parapet of the
box and plunged toward the stage,
II feet below A spur on his boot
caught in the gay drapery of the
box and he fell in heap on the
stage. Like a flash the man leaped
to his feet. He paused a brief in
slant in a dramatic pose. flourish
ing aloft dagger. In a voice
shrill with tense excitement he
cried:
- Sic semper tyrannisr
Before the meaning of that Vir-
ginia motto had penetrated our
stunned minds the man had reached
the other side of the stage, where
he paused again. Once more he
struck the dramatic pose. and this
time he shouted:
The south is avenged"
I'm an instant the full import of
his words struck every one in the
theater. We knew that Abraham
Lincoln had been shot William
f. Kent, eyewitness of the Lincoln
assassination.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
WIRELESS MESSAGE
FROM CARIBBEAN SEA
Ship New Hampshire Shoots
Dispatch a Long Distance

NEW YORK, Feb. IA bit Of wire
less news from the Pacific feet strayed
into town tonight through the Coney
island station Of the United wireless
company. 1t came from the battleship
New Hampshire. somewhere in south
ern waters and was probably flashed
from that ship to. American warships in
the Caribbean sea.
The dispatch referred to the Ameri-
can Pacific squadron. which left Callao.
Peru. yesterday. for Panama. The dis
patch is as follows:
Position of squadron p. m, Feb
ruary II. latitude s2.27; longitude 71:47.
All well.,.'
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
HARVARD OPPOSED TO
SEGREGATION OF RICH
President Eliot Voices Conn
plant Against Luxury

CHICAGO. Feb. Harvard uni
versity is opposed to luxury and the
segregation of the rich" declared DR..
Charles w. Eliot. retiring president of
the university. before the closing ses-
sion of the Religious Education asso-
citation today
"A few years ago. when I was a stu
dent, we had no gas; we drew water
from pump in the courtyard, and
when. the first carpet was introduced
considerable complaint was made at
this evidence of luxury
I'VE don't want exactly those condi-
tions to prevail now. but we are op-
posed to extreme luxury"
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
II. S. Bates Issues Report on
Eastern Negotiations for
Enterprise
Local Cooperation Needed to
Establish San Francisco
Panama Traffic
Secretary of War Eager to AS
sist Movement Beneficial
TO California

A y independent line Of steamships
N between San Francisco and Pan
4 \ ANA will be established soon if
local merchants cooperate. This
fact was made public yesterday by
H S. Bates OF the shipping firm Of
Bates & Chesebrough. who gave out a
report on his eastern negotiations for
the new enterprise.
Bates viii make a complete report to
the local traffic organizations. and upon
their action viii depend the fate of the
projected service If the shippers in
these bodies viii unite and guarantee
a sufficient amount of freight under a
definite contract, Bates & Chesebrough
viii proceed to establish the line.
Bates points out that it would be
futile to inaugurate a service which
would be forced out of existence by a
special low rate placed in effect for a
temporary period by rival lines. Speak
ing Of the prerequisites for such line,
Bates said:
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
TAFT APPROVES
/. LOCK TYPE OF
PANAMA CANAL
Predicts Completion of the
Great Isthmian Waterway
Before 1915
Cabinet Activities Begin With
Arrival of President Elect
at New Orleans
Makes Rapid Run Up River on
Cruiser and Receives Fine
Welcome

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 11.-President
elect William H. Taft landed here
shortly before o'clock this afternoon
from Panama and was enthusiastically
received. He will le the city's guest
until Saturday morning. Taft made
a brief speech this afternoon, heartily
approving the lock type of canal across
the isthmus. Tomorrow he will address
the negro Y. NJ. C. A, and at night he
will be the guest of honor at an elabo-
rate banquet. Saturday he will go to
Cincinnati. Monday he will go. to
Washington, returning again to Cincin-
natl Wednesday.
Taft received by wireless telegraph
yesterday the news of the constitu-
tional question raised against the ap-
pointment of Senator Knox as secretary
of state. He was somewhat disturbed
over the situation last night, but early
today he received the news of the dis
position of congress to amend the
cabinet salary law. He was inclined to
take this as a happy solution of the
difficulty
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
MARINE
MRS. LONGWORTH TO JOIN
BRICK LAYERS UNION
Presidents Daughter Will Be
Honored by Workmen

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Feb IL
At the meeting of brick layers and
stone masons' union No. this evening
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth will ,be
formally issued a union card. This
honor will be conferred in preparation
for the part she will take tomorrow in
the exercises at the laying of the cor
nerstone of the new Grand Rapids fed
eral building
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS.
NEWS TO-DAY
TELEPHONE KEARNY Sc
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY u.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
NEWS TO-DAY

YESTERDAY Southwest wind; cloudy; maxi
mum temperature sc. minimum A.
FORECAST FOR TODAY-Light showers;
fresh southwest wind. Page I3
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12

William f. Kent, so far as known
the only surviving eyewitness OF
President Lincoln's assassination, is in
San Francisco. and today ae will recite
the. thrilling yet simple tale of the
nations greatest tragedy to the pupils
of Wilmerding school at the hundredth
anniversary celebration of the birth of
the martyred president
Kent was the first man to reach the
presidents box after the shooting, lent
his pocket knife to the surgeon to rip
loose the dying patriots clothes, helped
to comfort the stricken mans wife in
the first agony of her grief and later
found the pistol with which the actor
Booth did his dastardly deed
In calm narrative that yet throbs
with the spirit of the terrible calamity.
Kent last night told The Call what he
saw, what he did and what he felt on
that momentous night. His testimony
may alter the pages of history, for it
has never been publicly told before. 1t
is a living, breathing. vital leaf from
the past by the one man best qualified
of all who saw it to give an intimate
account of the great tragedy
Here is his story for the first time
1t has ever been written:
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
ATTACK ON
FACULTY OF
UNIVERSITY
Assemblyman COgsweII Says
College of Agriculture PROBES
sOrS Are Only Theorists
Application to Legislature for
Appropriations Opposed as
Unnecessary at Present
Teachers Told They Lack Exs
perienCe and Students Scored
as Lazy or Stupid
[SseeiaI Dispatch 70 The CalIl

special Dispatch to The CALI
~ ALL HEAL QUARTERs
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
. BUILDING, SACRAMENTO
Feb. 11.-'srhe agricultural
college connected with the Univer-
sity of California Is not accomplish
ing the purpose for which Ii was
founded, and has degenerated into
a place of rest for young men who
are either too lazy or too stupid to
qualify In the other departments
of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. by
Assemblyman P. F. COgswell. chair
man of the committee on agricul-
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
Story of Great Tragedy

1T was a gala night, that night of
April IA. 1865, at Ford's theater in
Washington said Kent The play
long ago and one that was very popu-
lar at that time. 1t was My Ameri-
can Cousin and Miss Laura Keene
who played the leading part was the
reigning star of tbe day. There was a
great turnout at the theater of the
city's best people. Grant had just re-
turned from Appomattox, flushed with
the victory of the final surrender of
Lee. He was the hero of the hour and
as it had been announced in the Wash
ington dailies that Grant and Presf-
dent Lincoln would be at the theater
that night, the house was thronged
with people who wanted to see them.
When the presidential party ar
rived cheering, handkerchief waving
and applause burst from the big au-
dience. In the presidential party were
President Lincoln, Mrs. Lincoln. Major
Rathbone and Miss Harris, daughter of
the then secretary of the interior. The
! orchestra struck up the stirring
strains of Hail to the Chief as the
party filed into the box, and again
there was cheering and joyous greet
ing. President Lincoln came to the
front of his box and bowed several
times to the applauding crowd. He
wore the tall silk hat forswhich he had
become widely known.
1T was during the third act of the
play when we heard pistol shot.
was not familiar with the play and
thought it was some bit of action he
hind the scenes. the meaning of which
would come out in due time. hush
fell over the crowd, however, and in a
few seconds the curtains of President
Lincoln's opera box were thrust aside
A face pale as death peered forth for
nm instant and then with marvellous
agility a man mounted the velvet para :
pct of the box and plunged toward the
stage II feet below. A spur on his boot
caught in the gay drapery of the box
and he fell in heap on the stage.
FIourishes the Dagger
Like flash the man leaped to his
feet. He paused a brief instant in a
Continued ON Page 2, Column A
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
SUBURBAN

SausaIito society men
business venture.
Berkeley wishes to cc-oE
water supply.
Negro whose garments
rested as suspect in ca
Grapes in San Rafael.
Dynamite found cache
Crockett.
Red Cross guild hospi
opened.
DR.. Lorin E. Hunt LEI
sumo municipal work.
Girl guilty of larceny
family from shame.
University of California
of student and faculty me
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
Cabinet Activities Begin

Taft said he should adhere to his
previously announced plan of remain
ing silent regarding his cabinet and
also keeping appointments open until
the last moment to provide against pos
sibIe contingencies.
The arrival here this afternoon of
Frank II Hitchcock and the presence
of j. c. Shaffer, owner of the Chicago
Evening Post, on whose judgment Taft
said he should place weight regarding
cabinet aspirants from the vicinity o:
Chicago made it apparent that cabinet
activities have begun. There was a re-
port that j. p Dickinson of Nashville
was being considered for the war port
folio.
On the trip from Panama Taft made
the first draft of his inaugural ad-
dress. This he intends to submit to
certain friends in Washington next
week.
The inability of the consulting civil
engineers to complete their report on
the Panama canal made the Washing
ton visit planned by Taft necessary.
The engineers will go at once to Wash
! ington to complete their work. 1t NAV
be stated that their report will be a
complete approval of present plans and
methods on the isthmus.
In his address here today Taft made
what he said was his summing up of
! his trip.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
Rapid Trip Up River

Tafts entry into New Orleans was
of great interest. He came up the 100
miles of Mississippi river from its
mouth on the scout cruiser Birming-
ham at the rate of nearly 30 miles an
hour, breaking all records All the
shipping on the river had on gala
dress. and as far as dozen miles
below the city the big, muddy stream
was alive with tugs and stern wheelers
having aboard crowds of shouting citi-
zens. The concert of steam whistles.
brass bands and banks lined with sa
luting enthusiasts added to the scene.
A big stern wheeler carried the local
reception committee eight miles below
the city, accompanied by dozen tugs
and other passenger steamers.
From the bridge Tart was kept busy
waving his cap and answering saluta-
tions. The parade had been waiting
an hour and Taft MAS at once placed
at its head in a carriage drawn by four
horses.
After his speech to gathering of
thousands before the city hall Taft re-
viewed the parade from the same place.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
Fact and Figures

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