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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-11
WILL HONOR LINCOLN.
Colored People of Topeka TO Observe
Anniversary.

The colored people of the city have pre-
pared an elaborate Lincoln Day program
and tomorrow evening at the Metropolitan
hall the Kansas Lincoln Day club will hold
their eighth annual Lincoln Day exercises.
This being the centennial anniversary the
colored people expect the largest attend
ance in the history of the club. After the
exercises a huge banquet will be held IN
the hall.
The following program has been ar
ranged:
Music-Jackson's 23rd Regiment band.
Call to order-C. Patterson, president.
Invocation-Rev. B. A. Smith.
Vocal solo,. H. Jones.
Presidents annual address-C. Patter-
son
Vocal solo-Mrs. ]. NJ. Wright.
Reading the Proclamation-Miss Bessie
ROSSon.
Abraham Lincoln-Prof. J. NJ. Marques.
Vocal solo-Ned O'Banion.
Music-Jackson's 2Srd Regiment band.
Violin solo-Miss Ogeal Wilson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-11
THROWN FROM A TRAIN.
North Topeka Man Seriously Injured
in Western Part of State.

Finley F. Wilson, formerly of Ell
mont, was found Wednesday morning
lying hurt and unconscious about one
mile east of Page, near the Union Pa
cific tracks. His face was badly cut
and several bruises were on his body.
Medical opinion was that his brain was
injured. 1t is reported that he died
last night, but this can not be veri-
fed.
1t is presumed that Mr. Wilson was
hurt by jumping off of a moving freight
train. Indications were that his wounds
were caused by his fall and as there
was no evidence of his having been run
over by the car wheels.
Mr.. Wilson left Monday night with a
car of stock for Page where he in
tended to go into the hardware bust
ness. He has a wife and little girl
Mrs. Wilson was formerly Miss May
Ward.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-11
OAKLAND GOSSIP.

Mr.. w. S. Pate of Cherokee, Kan,
is here visiting Mr.. and Mrs. c. r. Cole
for a few days. Mr.. Pate is principal
of the high school at Cherokee.
Miss Nellie Ward, of Belmont and
Forrest, is improving after few days
illness with an attack of the grip.
Miss Mabel Edwards is able to be at
work again after several days illness
with an attack of tonsilitis.
Miss Myrtle White. of 123 Kellam ave-
nue., will leave Friday for Okeeta, Kan.
where she will spend several weeks Wis
iting her sisters.
Mr. Charles Lingo is i'll at the home
of his parents. threatened with an at
tack of pneumonia.
Mrs. DR.. Taylor is suffering with a
severely mashed finger While raising
a window, it fell on her left hand and
mashed her finger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-11
SUES CITY FOR $1,000.
Robert Kneisler Says He Was Hurt by
Failing Into Excavation.

Robert Kneisler has filed a suit
against the city of Topeka in which
he asks $T.7O0 damages for an act of
negligence on the part Of the defend
ant. He claims that on the 5th day of
last October that he had business on
Monroe street between Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets and that in making
the trip to that section of the city he
fell into an excavation made by the
city water department.
He suffered three fractures of the
right leg between the ankle and knee
and was permanently injured, so he
says. He also claims that the city had
not protected the spot in any way and
that there were no lights or anything
else to indicate the dangerous condi-
ton of the street at this point.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-11
1T SAVED HIS LEG.
But the Notoriety Brought With 1t an
Action for Divorce.

Denver, Feb. 11.-George A. Kelly,
formerly a football star. recently came
into wide public notice through an
operation performed on him at the
Georgetown hospital at Washington,
D. c., whereby the kneepan from a
dead man was substituted for his own
in order to prevent loss of his leg. But
the notoriety also brought his where
abouts to his wife's notice and Mrs.
Mona J. Kelly has filed suit for di-
vorce against him in the county court.
Mrs. Kelly alleges they were mar
ried in ST. Louis January 81, 1906, and
that Kelly deserted her just four
months later. Desertion is charged.
Kelly's leg was injured while playing
football several years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-11
sPRoAT WILL IS PRoBArED.
Property Divided Among Widow and
ChiIdren-Defect in Proceedings.

z. T. Hazen acted as probate judge
pro tenn today and prohated the will
of James S. Sproat, who died seven or
eight years ago. The bulk of the
property consists of 70 shares of the
ca pital stock in the Parkhurst-Davis
Mercantile company and % shares of
the capital stock of the Ranney- Davis
Mercantile company of Arkansas City.
The action was taken this morning
to straighten out the records of the
probate judges office. the defects being
discovered by Judge Schoch, who was
disqualified to act as judge as he was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-11
BURGESS LEAVES ALL TO SISTER.
His VIII Is Filed for Probate by Exc
cutor Today.

The will of Walter ]. Burgess, who
died last week was probated by the
executor of the estate, George w
Stansfield today. The will was made
on the day before Christmas, last year
and leaves his estate to his sister, Mrs
Alice r. Butterfly of ST. Joseph Mo-
The estate consists of property in
Highland park, a one thousand dollar
life insurance policy and the personal
effects of the deceased
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-11
LINCOLN MEMORIAL.
Celebration by Illinois Legislature in
Joint Session.

Springfield, Ill, Feb. 11.-Senators
and Representatives Joined today in a
Lincoln memorial meeting in the hall
of representatives in commemoration of
the one hundredth anniversary of the
birth of Abraham Lincoln. The en-
thusiasm of the assemblage was aroused
by the strains of national airs and both
Yankee Doodle and Dixie were greeted
with applause.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-11
GRANTED new TRIAL.
Santa Fe Secures a Reversal in Safety
Appliance Case.

Chicago, Feb. 1.-THE United States
circuit court of appeals today re
versed the decision of the United States
district court in the case of the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway COM
violating the safety appliance law, and
instructed the lower court to grant a
new trial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-11

One-half of the property goes to Mrs.
Lou c. Sproat, the widow. and the re-
mainder is divided equally between
son and daughter, Philip and Dorothy,
who are not yet of age. Mrs. Sproat
is relieved of the duties of executrix
of the will but remains guardian of the
minor heirs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-11
simon's Heart softened.

Judge Simon's heart softened today
after he had fined George Miller. who
was charged with robbing North To-
peka groceryman's store, and after fin
ing him 81 and thirty days in Jail he re-
duced the jail sentence to Is days.
Miller is a peglegged young man and
but little is known of him in Topeka,
and none of that is bad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-11
UNION CARD FOR ALICE.
Mrs. LOngworth to Become Member of
Stone MasOns.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Feb. 11.-At
the meeting of brick layers and stone
masons union No. 1 this evening, Mrs.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth will be for
merly issued a union card
This honor will be conferred in pre-
paration for the part she will take to-
morrow in the exercises at the laying
of the cornerstone of the new Grand
Rapids federal building.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-11
MANN Register as Lobbyists.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Feb. 11.-Chas.
w. Stokes, chairman of the prohibition
state committee, Rev. Ray Palmer of
jefferson City and William W. Good
win registered today as lobbyists under
the new anti-lobbyistS law. This was
the first day of registration and repre-
sentatives of insurance companies and
MANY others registered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-11
Debate Is Shut OF.

Sacramento, Cal, Feb. 11.-Upon a
point of order raised in the senate
today debate upon the message of Gov.
Gillett advising that no anti-alien leg
fslation be adopted at this session Of
the legislature was shut off and the
subject will probably not be reviewed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-11
Going to laurence

The special train carrying the legis-
lators to Lawrence will leave Friday
morning promptly at $3.50 O'Clock. Those
who expect to go should be at the
Union Pacific depot early.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-11
IT'S EASY NOW.
Another Anti-Japanese Bill Slaughter
ed in California.

Sacramento, Cal. Feb, 11.-Senator
Marc Anthony's bill submitting the
question of Asiatic immigration to a
vote of the people was defeated today
by vote of % to r.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-11

Carl Hoberg, ~ years of age. died
at the home of his parents west of
North Topeka last night of paralysis
from which he had suffered for about
a year on account of gun shot
wound received at that time. The
funeral will be held from the family
home Friday afternoon at o'clock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-11
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Mary Rhodes the S-months-oId
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs James
Rhodes, died at the home of her par
ents. 500 Hancock street Wednesday
of pneumonia. The body has been
taken to Wakeeney for interment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-11
Archibald Woods

Archibald Woods died last evening
at the home of his niece, Miss Park
Read, GA Tyler street. He was born
in Huntington county Pa, September
Is. 1892. He was a brother of Mrs.
John Blair of 222 Clay street, and an
uncle of R. W. Blair. Old age was
he cause OF death. The funeral will
be private and interment will be at
Salem, o.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-11

to three doctors; was kept in bed for five
weeks. Blood poison from a spiders bite
caused large, deep sores to cover his leg.
The doctors failed, then "Bucklen's Arnica
Salve completely cured me-, writes John
Washington. of Bosqueville, Tex. For
eczema, boils, burns and piles it's supreme.
25c at Campbell Drug Co
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-11
WHEAT AT SLIT 3-8.
May Option Reaches Highest Price of
the Season.

New York, Feb. 1.-THE highest
price of the season for May wheat was
reached in the Produce exchange to-
day when that option sold at $1.177s
per bushel.
A scarcity of cash wheat, good ex-
port demand, higher foreign markets
and the strong position of the Chicago
bull leaders furnished the basis for the
advance. New crop months while
strong were not so buoyant as the
May delivery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-11

The egg thieves have stopped their
operations about the Rock Island de-
pot as it has become the scene of too
many arrests lately and have opened
up transactions with the Missouri Pa
cific railway. taking two cases of the
precious fruit from the baggage end
of the depot
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-11-20
USEFUL TREES OF FLORIDA.
Great Variety Growing In the state
Durable Woods.

ATGdN variety 0NOWNIA w NNG 0A0kG
Durable Woods.
Florida has perhaps more useful
trees growing within her borders
than any other State in the Union
"a greater variety. But there is a
general desire to introduce more, as
the soap berry, the tallow tree and
the eucalyptus.
An addition to the discussion Of
the latter, a tree which is very val
liable because IL has the unusual
quality of growing with great rapid
ity yet furnishing hard and dur
able wood, is furnished by letter to
the editor OF the Florida Fruit and
Produce News by e. e. Thompson
OF Avon Park. Mr.. Thompson says,
in part. Eucalyptus trees were first
planted here about 1894 and were
injured by the great freeze but
sprouted and grew like the orange
trees. A few eucalyptus trees plant
ed later have made such wonderful
growth as to cause people to look
up, take notice and rubberneck to
see the lofty tops. The growth in
ten years is six feet around the body.
1.-THE seasoned wood is hard as
hickory and posts show no decay In
the ground. The limbs. twigs, leaves
and seed cases make the very best
fuel. Our people are convinced OF
tho great value of eucalyptus and
arr planting them up and down the
avenues and in the cemetery and will
soAl plant them in forest form"
In California some species OF
eucalyptus show greatest develop
ment in low places where rainwater
stands and in swamps. river bot
toms, etc, though they will endure
drought, according to bulletin OF
the University OF California. The
durability OF the wood. according to
other authorities, Is due to an oil
with which It is impregnated and
which is extracted for commercial
urposes.-Florida Times-Union.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-11-20
pon,t TeII the RutterfIIes.

We commend to the bookkeepers OF
the Illinois river valley the discharge
OF a plain duty. The early rains, we
are told, followed by the long dry
spell Of the closing summer, took the
nectar out OF the clover and flowers
from which honey is made. AS a re-
suit the unfortunate little bees now
are facing hard winter with a who'll
ly insufficient supply OF food stored
away in their hives. They should be
fed by the farmers for whom they
have so faithfully worked during the
fruitful seasons OF the past. And,
more important still, their little mis-
fortune should be tenderly concealed
from butterflies, grasshoppers and
other VIGOROUSLY lazy and improvt-
dent insects. For II 1t shall become
commonly bruited about that the bee,
symbol of labor, has not been able to
earn enough by a summer of indus
try to keep himself alive during the
winter, we fear that work among the
hexapOds will be OF forever. Central
Illinois owes it to our whole system
OF business ideals to conceal the fail
ure of the hard worker.-Chicago
Post.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-11-20

than IN any city twice its size on the
mainland According 10 Van Nor
den's Magazine, there are scores OF
mili.onaires made and in the making
IN Hawaii.
Men OF moderate means last spring
hecsmo by fall men OF great wealth
after the sugar crop had been mar
ketgd Small planters OF pineapples
Of few seasons ago are men Of
high finance today, expanding hun
dreds OF thousands OF dollars annual
~ advertising their output that was
not worth a tenth Of that sum all
told ten years ago.
The men OF Hawaii who have Gre
ated opportunities for themselves Gre
ate opportunities for others. Alexan-
der Young, the many time million
ARE OF Honolulu, came 10 Hawaii
poor man, worked hard, helped or
ganize and conduct the Honolulu Iron
Works, which now makes sugar ma.
chinery 70 be shipped to every quar-.
ter OF the globe, retired from hard
labor and built as his monument
hotel that is equal TO any in appoint
ment found in London or New York
and with roof garden more spacious
tan any on the Continent. He is con-
tent that he has lost a million main.
tanning this public palace, for II is
credit to Alexander Young and to
II, nolulu. It's building set a new
pate and the business city OF wood
was practically rebuilt IN stone and
marble.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-11-20

they Join until camp breaks up IN
the spring there is hard. unrelent
ing work
The strictest discipline IL maintain
ed, says Parsons Magazine; the
men are up at o'clock in the morn
ing and work until dark with the
exception OF the noon time stop for
dinner. Lights are out every night
at 0 o'clock.
The cook. a very important person
In the camp, with his assistants, Is
First up in the morning, and one OF
the most noticeable things about
modern logging camps is the great
change in the bill OF fare. The noon
day meal is usually prepared and car
/ ried out to where the men are work
ing, to save time. The cook brings
the dinner piping hot and the men
eat II. sitting on freshly felled logs,
often with the thermometer regis
tering 30 below zero.
But Il is at the evening meal when
the days work is finished that the
men are at their best; there they
talk and laugh and enjoy themselves.
After the meal is over they go to
the bunk house and light their pipes,
sing songs and tell stories.
In every camp is a general supply
store where the men may procure
the necessaries OF life. No liquor is
sold, as the rule against drinking Is
rigidly enforced. Often men, craving
the stlmulant to which they are ac-
customed, drink patent medicines in
place of the forbidden whiskey.
In the average camp nearly every
nationality is represented. The
foreman will tell you that he likes
the Irish for bosses, the Germans.
Swedes and Firms for hard work,
while ne finds the men of the South.
ern nations, the French and Italians,
too light and erratic for the heavy
work, besides being too quarrelsome,
interfering with the discipline of
camp life.
Four-fifths OF Tle men employed
in lumber camDS are Incorporate, 1t
is saIa. The long enforced abstin-
ence IN the winter but aggravates
their craving for liquor, and in the
spring when they are released from
the discipline of camp life they hur-
~ to the nearest town with their
earnings. What happens then is Of
ten a very short story, sometimes a
bitterly tragic one.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-11-20
The Hen Sat Tight.

Last Tuesday morning a Howard
County farmer hitehed to the single
buggy he had not used for some time
and hurriedly drove to Cresco for
groceries. When the grocer appeared
on the street with arms heaping full
Of packages and raised the cover to
store the goods under the buggy seat
from the rear he espied biddy COM
placenty holding down a claim she
had pre-empted on the buggy box res
crvatlon. What are you going to do
with this hen?" queried the grocer.
"Whewl" calculated the farmer, II
don't know anything about a hen"
well, here's a hen, just the same"
replied the grocer, and waited for the
farmer to come and adjust matters.
Sure enough, there sat Mrs. Plymouth
II. Hen, incubating a nest OF eggs.
She preserved calm and undisturbed
repose that was unbrokeh by discov-
cry and the noisy merrment OF OBJ
servers and returned home as she
canfe.-Cresco (La.) Times.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-11-20
popED A CUSTOM HOUSE.
How Opium smuggling From Mexico
Into Texas Was Discovered.

ofncers. clerks and laborers en-
ployed by the Brownsville custom
house have for the last few days
been suffering from strange attack
resembling the dreaded sleeping sick.
ness, and the symptoms were becom-
ing so accenuated that the matter
was getting to be serious, until the
other morning sack OF cocoanuts
addressed TO a Chinaman at San An
tonic. Tex, was hauled out into the
corral OF the custom house for more
convenient keeping.
The sack OF cocanuts arrived by
express from Tampico by way OF
Monterey several days ago and had
not been called for.
The express messenger, baggage
master and postal clerk, all OF whom
occupy the same car, were fast asleep
when the train pulled into the station.
The express messenger was lying
with his head upon the sack and was
the most dlficult OF the three to
awaken.
When It was found that they were
not drunk examination OF the con.
tents of the sack was made and It
was found that one OF the. cocoanuts
was merely the shell, the space with
in containing opium. The sack was
seized by the authorities on the Tex
as side OF the river and was thrown
carelessly into a corner OF the office
room. 1t will from now on, however.
be stored in the yard until 1t is dis
posed Of through the usual methods.
Mexican Herald.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-11-20
Bio Head.

"At Yale university there Is skull
OF a prehistoric animal which meas
ures nine feet long and six feet
broad" said the man with the blue
hat band.
"oh, WELL" replied the other, wear
ing a crimson hat band, that's not
the only thing In Yale with big
head"
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-11-20
LIFE OF A LUMsERJAcK.
Months Of Hard Labor Followed ny
One Grand Drunk.

In the great Northwest history has
been largely made by a man almost
unknown as yet to song and story,
the man with the axe" known In
every day parlance as the lumber
jack
In the fall just before winter sets
in the lumbermen In the business
centres send out their tote teams,
so. called because they are used to
transfer the necessaries OF life to
the scene OF the winters work.
Thousands Of men from the docks.
the harvest nelds-from everywhere
follow these teams to the woods
for the season From the moment
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-11-20

Much wisdom is expressed by sil.
ence, admits the New York Tele-
gram, but sometimes silence may be
in as bad taste as the high pitched
voice OF a newly rich circus barker
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-11-20

Laments the New York World:
Suicide pacts OF young lovers and
murders prompted by disappointment
IN love throw a further air OF mys-
terry about the question why NO
more marriages."
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-11-20
The AvordupoIs Complication.

A Michigan judge has ruled that a
man may spank his wife when it is
necessary. Did his honor take into
consideration 115-pound men who
have 215-pound wives Los Angeles
Times.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-11-20

A citizen OF Hubbard, Peter
Loer, has demonstrated the fact that
the finest quality OF japan tea can
be successfully grown in Hubbard
and in all parts OF oregon.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-11-20
a MILLIONAIRE FAcToRY.

Hawaii Turning Out Men Of MlI'ISas
bY the score.
There are probably more self-mad"
millionalres residing In Honolulu
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-11-20

Charles Francis Barker OF Boston,
has held the title Of American cham.
pion at checkers for about thirty
years.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-11-20
Found.

Mrs. Knicker-What are the six
best sellers?
Mrs. Bocker-The letters your hus-
band writes you while you are away
I'm the summer.-iNew York Times.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-11-20

Time is not money. argues the Bos'
ton Post. when you waste a shill-
ing's worth 10 save a penny
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-11-20

In the matter OF kindness TO ami
mails II is said that the Turk can
not be surpassed.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-13

highways anu river crossings In the
Minnesota Valley caused By the over
flow of the river and its tributary
streams as the result of the construc-
ton of numerous drainage bitches.
| The team of Andrew Groebner of
Cottonwood while being driven home
from town by their owner early Sat
urday evening broke into runaway
along Minnesota street and dumped
their driver into heap of snow near
the roadside. Then the horses con-
tinued on their way home and on ar
! irving there without a driver natura L
ily gave rise to alarm. Parties in
New Ulm were reached by telephone
and q search for Mr.. Groebner was
| instituted which lasted until way in
the night. Finally the exciteme ut
was allayed By Mr.. Groebner him-
self. Between two and three O'Clock
he walked into town and explained
that after being dumped on the road
side he picked himself up IN dazed
! condition and started, as he supposed,
to walk home. Instead of that be
went in the opposite direction and did
not discover his mistake until he had
! almost reached Klossner.