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Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01

NAPA, Cal. Feb. Pa tragedy was
enacted at the ranch OF Capt. J. J.
Bryce. near Oakvale, ten miles north
Of here.
A foreman, named Wallace, on the
ranch hit an italian dairyman over
the head with an ak, killing him. Wal
lace then cut his own wife's throat
with case knife. She is still alive,
but will die. Wallace then set fire
to the house, and using the same
case knife, slashed his own throat
from ear to ear. The house which
was occupied by himself and the hired
help, was totally destroyed. Jealousy
is believed to have been responsible
for the series of crimes.
DENVER, Feb. 26.-The jury in the
libel suit of d. B. Gaffney against the
News-Times Publishing company this
| morning returned a verdict for III,
defendant. The jury reached its de
cision at o'clock last night ant
handed In sealed verdict today Onl!
two ballots were taken, the first stand
ing II to j for the News-Times Pub
fishing company. Gaffney claimed h.
had been libeled In an article appear
Ing in the Times about a year ago.
DENVER, Feb. 26.-Until the pri
mary law is out of the way the legis
lature can do little. 1t has been stof
ping all progress. A conference tc
day settled all things and the new bil
follows the Wisconsin law closely. ]
viii probably pass Monday.
Tomorrow the legislature goes u
to Fort Collins to look over the stat
agricultural college.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01
Doings in Society
The Past Week

The pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs
L. c. Jakway was the scene OF un
wonted gaiety last Saturday evening
What Is usually known as the recep
tion hall was converted that evenlns
into miniature theater, on the stage
of which Miss Emeline Jensen and heu
pupils held Roman school.
From what we know of tne manner
and customs of the Romans, the set.
ting Of this schola Romaua was ac.
curate. Fluted Ionic pillars twined
with green separated audience and
performers.
Two tall guards in the uniform Of
Roman soldiers stood on aither side
OF the wide doorway and kept guard
during the entire time school was in
session.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01
MOURNING BY PROXY.
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
The professional mourner who can
be hired in many European cities TO
follow in the funeral procession and
look grief-stricken is usually secured
through burial societies. These fur.
'hish men or women, and sometimes
moth, dressed in keeping with the
desire of the family of the late Ia.
mented. They also weep to order. AT
homes where self-control is deemed a
virtue there is no loud demonstrations
OF sorrow. but where the real mourn.
ers are emotional and give way to
weeping they are usually outdon~.,s--
the professionals. An unde4Xzr In
Delaware furnished mourners several
times recently. and the experiment
was SO successful. the stricken fam.
ines were so well pleased with the
manner in which the mourning parties
had been augmented that the funeral
has determined to enter the
professional mourner's business with
hopes for success.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01
COLORADO NEWS.

Fort Collins receives $4,000 to start
her public building from the hands
OF the present congress.
The blizzard in Denver Monday was
the worst the Tramway company has
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01

Church going has cured many
man Of insomnia.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-01

Monday evening Miss Emma Kraft
entertained at dinner. The din,cH
room was beautifully decorated with
flags In honor of washington's birth
day and the electroliers drnped with
bunting. The table decorations were
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-03
CHANCE FOR THE BRIDGE
The Brick Plant Structure May Be
Rebuilt.

When all the facts about the brick
plant bridge are submitted to the
county commissioners, there is a good
chance for action on their part. The
owners of a million dollars worth of
property on either side of the river at
that point, will make a personal cam
paign for the rebuilding of the bridge,
and have a number of convincing
arguments to offer. They have i'm
proved the roads leading to the bridge
site, and are planning for a boulevard.
A nice park near the city waterworks
can be utilized if the bridge is re-
established. Furthermore, the prop
erty owners who are making the cam
paign, have figured out the cost of the
bridge, which is much lower than the
rough estimate made by the commits
sioners. Three spans of the bridge
are standing and in good condition,
and a lot more of the material can be
utilized.
Patrons of the brick plant bridge
have waited over five years for the re-
construction. In fact, they have
waited until all the bridges, except the
Granville bridge, have been rebuilt,
before asking for anything. The con-
struction of the Granville bridge is
far from urgent at this time, as no ar
engagements have been completed with
Jefferson county, which should pay q
share of the expense, and as the brick
plant bridge is of far more Importance
to Topeka and Shawnee county, the
property owners who are asking for it
have hopes of favorable action on the
part of the commissioners.
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EDUCATORS COUNCIL.
Preliminary to the Meeting of the
National Association Monday.

Denver, Colo, July 5.-The national
council of education, being the first
active gathering preliminary to the
National Educational association
which begins it's sessions Monday, held
it's first session at $3.50 o'clock this
morning. It was opened with a short
statement by Joseph Swain. president
Of Swarthmore college. Swarthmore,
Pa. president of the council.
The principal discussion was on the
report of the committee provision for
exceptional children in the public
schools. An Introductory statement
was made by James H. Van Sickle,
superintendent of schools of Balu-
more.
s'Spiritless Teaching" was the sub
ject of I. c. MCNEIL, superintendent
Of schools of Memphis. Tenn, who
spoke in the general discussion that
followed.
James M. Greenwood, superintend-
ent of schools of Kansas City, Mo.
Carroll G. Pearse, superintendent of
the Milwaukee schools, F. G. Bruner,
Chicago, Stratton D. Brooks, Boston.
and Luther Halsey Gulick of New
Mr.. Greenwood read the report of
the committee on moral training In
the public schools in which the study
by the teacher of the environment OF
fhe pupil was urged.
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sas State league, and what few he has
lost have been due to poor fielding he
hind him. He has not been batted
hard in a single game. The number
of double headers coming on makes it
necessary to increase the pitching
staff.
Manager Dick Cooley is in Abilene
today looking over some fast men, and
one in particular whom he will make
an effort to land right away if he
shows the same class under the watch
full eye of the Topeka magnate which
he has been displaying all season.
Glowing reports of this youngster
have reached Topeka and it is not I'M
likely that he will be given a chance.
Good players of any sort are hard to
land and the big leagIfes have no
PLAYERS for sale. Consequently it is
necessary to turn to the brush for
available material. Cooley realizes
that he has more than a fighting
chance for the pennant and viii spare
neither time nor money in strength
ening the team.
The present home stretch of games
will be concluded with two games to-
morrow. The morning game will be
called at 1890, while the afternoon
game will be started at 3:45. 1t was
at first intended to call the game at
500, but it has been deemed more
advisable to call it at 3:45, hence. the
change. The Topeka management
wanted to play the games as a double
header in the afternoon, but as both
games are regularly scheduled affairs
the Lincoln team insisted on having
the two gate admissions, necessitating
the morning game.
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HENRY IS COMING.
Old Topeka Catcher Returns to
the Fold.
His Release Is Secured From
Fort Wayne.
NEW PITCHER ALSO.
Harris, of Lyons in State
League, Signed.
Has Made a Good Showing in
That Company.

Jack Henry, the popular Topeka
catcher of former seasons. is on his
way to Topeka to join the CoOleysox,
having been purchased from the Fort
Wayne club of the Central league.
With the double headers coming on,
Cooley will have need for another
catcher. Henry who is a high priced
man, was secured from the Fort
Wayne club. because that club is I'M
der the necessity of cutting expenses
in order to come within the salary
limit Henry was the highest priced
catcher of that team. and his pur-
chase by Topeka commanded a liberal
expenditure of money on the part Of
the Topeka management. Jack has
been catching some good ball, and is
a catcher in every respect qualified to
make a good showing in the Western
league.
Henry was with Topeka during the
entire season of 1905 and 1905, during
which time he ranked as one of the
leading catchers Of the Western asSo-
citation, then a rafting good circuit
In 1907 owing to a disagreement with
the managers of the Topeka team and
Herman Grow, then a joint owner
of the club. he was sold to the Okla
homa City club where he put up a
star game. In the fall of 1907 he was
drafted by 'Ducky Holmes of the
Sioux City club and he caught por-
ton of last season for the Champs,
together with Johnny Shea. Towards
the middle of the season "Ducky'
picked up a good catcher in Babe
Towne and Henry was transferred for
the rest of the season to the Lincoln
club, although Holmes still owned
him. Last year he was sold for $500
to the Fort Wayne club which is a
a pretty good price for a ball player
in the winter time.
Henry may arrive in Topeka in
time to participate in the game to-
morrow afternoon, but he will at least
reach here In time to join the team
on the trip to Lincoln and the north
eastern section of the circuit.
Another good item Of news for the
local fans is the addition of another
pitcher, who will join the club tomor-
row. This new acquisition is no other
than kid" Harris. whom Cooley
signed early in the spring but who was
turned over to the Lyons club on &C
count of the great plethora Of pitching
talent which looked good and possess
ed more experience. Harris is too
high priced a man for the Lyons club.
and Lyons has to cut to make the
salary limit, so Harris has been order
ed to return to Topeka Harris has
won nearly all his games in the Kan
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PANIC IN A STORE
Somebody Yelled Fire While
Place Was damned.
Six Hundred Bargain Hunters
on One Floor.
TROUBLE is STARTED
By Two Women Scuffling For
the Same Article.
Child Eaf0ITu HINT ouH nfhov.
TROUBLE is STARTED
Child Fatally Hurt and Other
Persons Badly Injured.

Detroit. July 3.-Half a dozen
women were severely injured today
when a cry of fire" caused a panic
in Kesge's 10 cent store at woodward
avenue and State street while the
place was jammed with people. One
child is said to be fatally hurt The
store was having it's opening today
and the five story building was
literally damned with people, prin-
cipally women and children. 1t is
estimated that 500 women were busy
searching for bargains on the second
floor when the panic started.
Two women are said to have
reached simultaneously for the same
over it. This caused a little excite
ment in their immediate neighbor-
hood and attracted the attention of
those nearby. The on lockers pressed
about them. and suddenly the cry
fire" was heard It turned the hun
frightened mob. intent only on reach
ing the stairway at the rear OF the
building. They surged down the aisles
and packed themselves into such
solid mass on the stairs that the
guard rails gave way, precipitating
many of the struggling women to the
floor below. In a moment the stair
way the floor below and the second
floor above were one mass or scream
ing women and children. Clothes
were torn. hats were ripped off and
those who were unfortunate enough
to lose their footing were trampled
Upon
policemen. finally convinced the mon
that the building was not afre and
succeeded in calming them. Am
balances were summoned and the in
jured were taken to hospitals.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES.
Pittsburg Of. ChicaI

PittSburS o., chicago S-2.
Pittsburg, July s.--Pittsburg and Chi
caEo divided double header here yes
score: R.H.E
Pittsburg ...........s.s.s.... .''.O
Chicago observation-disclosures ........o 10 q
Batteries-Camnitz, Adams and Glib
son, Simon; Brown and Archer.
Second game: RI. E.
Chicago .....O O1OO1 0O-2 ;
Batteries-Maddox and Gibson: Ha-
german, Reulbach and Moran, Archer.
Philadelphia SO, Boston 4-S.
Philadelphia, July S-Philadelphia and
Boston split even in a double header
here yesterday. Doom was sent to the
club house by Umpire Rigler for dis
putting a decision.
philadelphia oo2o -5ls 2
Boston ..2 1 Q o 1 o o 0 0 CA z 6
Batteries-Moren. Richie. Coveleskie.
McQuillen and Doom; White, Tuckey
and Graham
Second game-Score: Ri. z.
Boston .....o 1 o 0 Is 10 o
Batteries-N1oore and Froelich, Doom;
Mattern ard Bowerman-
st. Louis 5, Cincinnati 4.
ST. Louis, July S.-Cincinnati lost a 10
inning game yesterday. to s. when
v 18th the bases full, Evans hit safely.
Score: R.H.E
Cincinnati ....201010 OOO4 8
St Louis. 0 0 10 is 4
BatterieS-Fromme and Mclean;
Beebe and Phelps.
New York 5, Brooklyn 3.
Brooklyn, July 3-New York won in
the ninth inning yesterday after Brook
lyn tied the score.
Score: R-H- z.
New York 90 1 0 rs 10 3
Brooklyn 800 o 0 0 0 , O-S 1
acknowledgement. Marquard and
Schlei; Pastorius and Bergen.
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TO PAY DEPOSITORS
Receiver of Fort Scott National Bank
VIII Pay Dividend.

Fort Scott. Kan. July s.-John
Watts, receiver of the closed First
National bank. has received orders
from the comptroller, Mr.. Murray,
that Is per cent dividend is to be
paid at once.
Vouchers covering this dividend
have been mailed from Washington
and the payment will begin within
the next three days. A 10 per cent
dividend amounts to $4,000 and will
make a total payment of one-half the
deposits. 1t is officially stated that
the sum for which the directors are
to be sued will reach $1sO.OOO.
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A Turkish Lawyer.

Things are moving in Turkey, and
It seems as if the advocate Will no
longer be looked upon as one possess
ing no calling nor even profession
The Young Turks have accomplished
a veritable revolution. Henceforth the
advocate will be permitted to have
his note paper headed" bearing his
name. profession, address, and even
the number of his telephone. The adj
vocate, it is true, is not yet permitted
to place on the paper the hours at
which he can be consulted, nor can
he have a tariff Of honorariums.-
London Globe
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Threatened to Show a Letter to
Mrs. r. P. Briggs Husband.
MET HOT RECEPTION.
Briggses Live in Kansas City,
BIackmailer in Wellington.
Indignant Woman Puts Charac-
ter Assassin to Flight.

Kansas City, Mo-, July "a man
went to the home of r. P. Briggs, a
druggist, at 1929 Brooklyn avenue, at
o'clock and asked for Mrs. Briggs.
He said his name was Ed Price and
he said he came from Wellington,
Kansas.
"I've got a letter here he said,
that might give you some worriment
if your husband saw it,
'I don't know anything about the
letter. said Mrs. Briggs. Whats
in it?"
"III read it to YOU" said the man.
was found on the station platform at
Riverdale, Kan. 1t begins, My Dear
Darling Baby"
why, my own husband never got
that rhetorical with me-" said Mrs.
Briggs. Get out of here"
BIaclxmaiIer Demanded $25.
eff you don't give me $25 III show
this letter to your husband" said the
'sI'I1 call the police and let them at
tend to you," said Mrs. Briggs.
When Mrs. Briggs came down with
this threat Price began to move to-
about 100 pounds. Mrs. Briggs weighs
exactly 112 pounds. But she didn't
want to lose the man, so she grabbed
him.
LET me CO." shouted the black
mailer, as Mrs. Briggs clutched his
collar.
Mrs. Briggs didn't let him go. but
forgot to scream. She and the e. man an
were uptUrned, but still they strug-
gled. The mans hat fell from his
hand. Mrs. Briggs gave it a kick and
sent it flying into another room.
Said He Would HoIler But Didn't.
BY this time the man frem yelling
Ton S1opaaded in getting the front
door, but he had difficulty in open
ing it. Mrs. Briggs accepted an OPP
portunity and whacked him in the
neck. The man got on the outside.
give me my hat or I'll holler,"
said the man.
''Honer, that's what I want you to
do" said Mrs. Briggs.
The man fed, Mrs. Briggs follow
ing. Neighbors on either side of the
Briggs home saw the chase and join
ed in 1t, but the blackmailer escaped.
Mrs. Briggs's husband is the pro-
prietor of a pharmacy at Ninth street
and Woodland avenue. He says that
the same man called on him in the
morning and said that he had a letter
for Mrs. Briggs. Later the man tele-
phoned Mr.. Briggs and by ruse Sc
cured the Briggs home address.
Mrs. Briggs formerly lived in We'll
Iington, and recently returned from
a two weeks visit with relatives
there. It is probable that the would
be blackmailer halls from that vicin-
ity, for he knew the name Of Mrs.
Briggss brother, John Hill, who lives
there The hat, which was a black
SLOUGH, bore a Wichita trademark.
Mrs Briggs says the man is about
5 feet 8 inches in height, has brown
hair and blue eyes, weighs about $50
pounds and wore a brown suit of
clothes. which was badly crumpled.
He appeared to be about SO years old.
whats all this continual trouble among
+1,a balkan States?' Its this way. Some
Of 4hern Balkan kings is making garden. -
ssArsISioo- s-arfer % Yes. and others of
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whats all this continual trouble among
tina Balkan States?" Its this way. Some
of them Balkan kings is making garden. "
Making garden?" Yes; and others OF
chickens. louisville Courier-Journal.
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Stonned in Time.

CONGRESSMAN John T. Lenahan. of
the Luzerne bar, was once engaged In
a bribery case and was questioning a
prominent witness. Have you your
self ever refused a bribe?' he asked.
mo but" That's alIi'' Numbered
John. Later on Mr.. I1enahan was asked
WHY he dismissed the witness so soon
Because" he replied. I knew by the
but that he was going to tell me no
one had aver attempted to bride him"
Philadelphia Record
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GIVEN NEW TRIALS.
Cases of Convicted Night Riders Are
Reversed.

Jackson, Tenn. July 3.-The case
of the eight night riders. six of whom
were under death sentence. charged
with the murder of Captain Quentin
Rankin, at Walnut Log, on Reelfoot
lake, October 10. last, were reversed
by the supreme court today and were
remanded for new trials.
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PHILADELPHIA SO, Boston 4-3.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and Gibson;
german, Reulbach and Moran, Ar
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New York 5. Brooklyn 3.

Brooklyn, July 3.-New York won in
the ninth inning yesterday after Brook
lyn tied the score.
Milford chronicle., 1909-02-05
Facts and Fancies Of Milford Neck
From Early Times to the
Present.

Matthew Manlove q nd was the last
of the Manlore family in Mispillion Neck.
Jonathan Mahlove, brother Of Matthew,
was sheriff Of Kent County in 1904.
Shortly after the incoming of the nine
teenth century the name died out in this
section, although the blood was trans
mitted and still exists in other names.
Matthew Manlove was the maternal
grandfather of the Hon. Charles Polk,
twice Governor Of Delaware, five times
mem5e Of the legislature president Of
the convention that formed the Conshtu-
tivn of 1881, Of which John NJ Clayton
was a member and the leading spirit,
Register Of Wills from lS4S to 1S47, Col
lector OF Customs at the Port Of Whining
ton from 1850 to 1858. He inherited the
Homestead Of his grand father Matthew
Manlove in the early part Of the nine
teenth century, and moved from Bridge
TO it in 1916, in the 18th year OF his age.
The Manlove family was closely con
nected with the Mo'lestons, the Brinckles,
the Curtises, the Halls and the Purnells
of Mispillion Hundred, all Of whom were
very prominent in political, financial and
social circles.
The "Polk farm" for the last hundred
years has failed to be paying investment.
During that period it has been the theatre
for the most lavish expenditure of money,
of any farm in this section. When it
came into the possession Of Mr.. Polk
QS16) he straightway began the erection
of an elegant and costly mansion which,
when completed about 1920, was one OF
the most handsome and best equipped
residences of its time in this part OF Kent
County. His next venture at improve
ment was the drainage of his low, land
and marshes For this purpose he
had erected sluice, or hume-way, through
the beach into the bay. This consisted
of a framework, planked with his heavy
Milford chronicle., 1909-02-05

sheathing similar to the race way Of a
mill. 1t was about eight feet wide, the
side walls averaging ;abOut five feet in
depth TO the bottom, with an automatic
gate to repel the incoming tide. This
eontrivance worked we'll for short time
only. The excursions OF the sea and the
shifting of the sand soon filed it up bod
ily, and the experiment was failure. In
ten years hardly vestige Of this struc-
ture remained to be seen. In 1851 he
made another attempt at drainage; this
time bv means Of culyert or trunk
thronh the beach. 1t was a substantial
frame work planked IN on all sides, with
heavy pine planking fastened with cop
per likes. 1t seemed almost invulner-
able but it's usefulness lasted but one
winter, when it too was filed with sand
from end to end by the action OF the
waves. This was the last experiment OF
the kind made by Mr.. Polk.
In the early fities, after lapse OF one
hundred and fifty years, Governor Polk
had this tract of more than fifty years,
Governor Polk had this track of more than
eleven hundred acres re-surveyed, and 1t
was found that by the encroachment Of
the sea it had lost one hundred and forty
acres on the shore line the lenth OF this
line being $50 perches, or just one mile,
the average yearly wearing away was
equal to 40 feet. This beach formerly
known as SANDY Inlet" as far back as
the early forties had the reputation of be-
ing the greatest Front Fishery along
the shore. About lS43 the catching of
these fish began to develope into a gene
raj business and men went into it as an
occupation. Until well along in the tit-
ties it was not a rare occurance for one
seine to land as many as one thousand
bushels at a haul, but the climax has
been reached, and of late years the quail
ity has so decreased that the scarcity has
made them almost luxury.
This farm after remaining in the Polk
family until nearly the close Of the last
century, was bought by William l. Simp-