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The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01
WAITER KILLS COOK.
Police Sergeant Delivers a Lecture
on How It Happened.

Chicago, March In a cell at a
police station c. c Harbaugh, a
waiter, awaits formal arraignment
for killing Chas. Kelly, a cook. by
pIunking a carving knife through his
heart Harbaugh had ordered three
eggs for q customer. the cook blum
dered and prepared only two, and the
waiter angry. slew him after a short
quarrel
The sergeant who took Harbaugh
into custody, gave metaphysical
view of the crime when he had dis
posed of his captive
Now when you write this up" he
urged, don't go and say the two
men uuarreIed over an egg Moth
ing Of the kind happened The egg
was just an incident You might as
well say that those seventy men were
killed out at the crib by parIor
match What killed them vas dyna-
baugh's crouch The egg just
started Harbaugh's Crouch going.
You needn't blame Harbaugh too
much for having that crouch either
Most men have grouches- Another
name for them is deranged nerves
They don't always bring on a murder,
but they're responsible for a big per-
centage OF the minor crimes The
average crouch IS as dangerous TO
human life as a ton Of dynamite. II
-
reIs at the breakfast table It makes
partners fight and brings on bank
ruptcy. It has started as many men
on the road 70 ruin as whisky.
This murder was committed late
in the day Harbaugh had been
working since early morning with the
crouch accommodating all the time
When that customer ordered the eggs
he was just about ready to blow up
Finally the eggs came and there were
only two OF them. The customer
kicks 10 Harbaugh. blaming him
There's the parIor match that lit the
dynamite
The cook and the waiter quar-
relied Harbaugh goes for the carving
knife. II was the easiest thing with
in reach One swing Of the knife and
it's all over. KeIly's on the floor
dead; Harbaugh standing over him
with the knife in his hand, wonder
ing how It all happened Then in
come the police and Harbaugh-s on
his way 70 the station and maybe to
the gaIlOws-
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WANT NAME CHANGED. /.
Friends of Inmates Object to Name of
Federal Insane Asylum.

Washingt March 1.-Superin-
tendent VIM. \. White of the govern
ment hospital for the insane has ap-
peaIed to congress to change the
name of the institution
There is a great deal of feeling on
the part of the patients and relatives
about having been insane or hav-
ing any person in the family insane"
explained DIR. White recently to the
house committee on appropriations.
"a great many OF our patients come
from rural districts where, when an
envelope with the heading govern
ment hospital for the insane goes
through the postoffice. they think they
might as well advertise in the daily
paper that they have relative in
sane
This is not the first time complaint
has arisen concerning the name
During the civil war the hospital was
devoted to the needs of wounded
soldiers. Teams going back and forth
between the hospital and the city
were labeled insane asylum At
least they were until the soldiers
rebeIed and the name was changed
to "St- Eliza beths'' because that was
the name of the original tract of land
dating back to colonial times on
which the institution is located The
new name did not remain long on the
official records.
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CUT HIS OWN THROAT. .
Fire Captain Followed This by Leap
ing From Window.

Pittsburg. March William Gear
hart captain of a fire company, who
yesterday murderousiy assaulted Mrs
Anna Baxter, a widow, with a razor
and then seriously cut himself COM
mitted suicide today by jumping from
the third floor of the Pittsburg hos
pital.
Mrs Baxter is in a precarious con-
dition today.
Although guarded by a policeman.
CAPTAIN Gearhart eluded the officers
and Ieaped through the window
carrying the glass and sash with him
Gearheart called at the home OF
Mrs Baxter whose husband died ten
years ago, and going to the parlor OF
the house with the woman he locked
the doors. A short time later Mrs
Baxter's three children heard their
mother screaming and broke into the
room. Gearhart had cut her throat
twice and sIashed her hands and arms
a number of times After the chill
dreu had rescued their mother from
the room. Gearhart locked himself in
and cut his own throat
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GOES TO WAINWRIGHT.
Command of the BattIeship Fleet to
Undergo a Change.

Washington. March Admiral
Sperry has applied for his relief from
the command of the battIeship fleet
The request has been granted and it is
understood that Rear Admiral Rich
ard Wainwright has been designated
to assume the command Admiral
Sperry would retire in September
and it was believed his serving wouI
be of greater value in a continued ad-
visory capacity in Washington than it
would be looking after the perfume
tory duties on ships under repair and
in preparation for target practice
cruise
The designation OF Rear Admiral
Wainwright to succeed Sperry re-
moves the chance Of the command
going TO Rear Admiral Schroeder.
who is next in rank to Sperry. The
choice of Wainwright, however, was
made because of his splendid record
in the Spanish-American war. He
was the hero of the Gloucester, which
single handed went against the Span
fsh torpedo boat destroyers and dis
abIed them. Wainwright has seen
service as superintendent of the navy
academy and has. Of course, the same
experience as Sperry in the guidance
OF q great feet on the tour Of the
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01

The burden Of this song shall be that
invisible noun, silence There are 50
few of the aforementioned in the Kan
sas legislature. that any specimen there
of should be preserved in print
First vIctim--F'rom Linn county,
which persists in rubbing shoulders
with Missouri, comes Mr.. Clay. farmer
and stock raiser, to represent his dis
trict in the legislature This depart
nlent IS often hard up for material, and
finds difficulty in finding out enough
about the subject of a sketch to fill a
stick with type, but this is liable to be
the supreme effort Of the session Why?
Because Mr.. Clay. of Linn county. is
so silent that no one has been able to
get line on him. 1t Is customary for
"a legislator to make q speech some
where along the line, in which he ex-
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status Of the TtiIities BilIs.


The Morgan substitutes for the
original administration utilities bill
came up this afternoon in the house
az o'clock under special orders
It il understood that the admins
tration forces viii oppose the sub
stirute bills which DO away with a
state commission and depend on local
control entirely But il Morgan's men
remain firm in their stand of last Fri
day they will have a majority.
w Y Morgan said today that he
would do all he could TO secure the
passage of the home rule of utilities
bills, the drafting and passage of d
bill placing long distance telephone
and telegraph companies, pipe line
and express and private car COM
panies under control of the state board
OF railroad commissioners and
strengthening the law by which they
are to be governed by the board He
was opposed however, to any addition
TO the board or any appropriation in
conn ectiou with the bill.
It is said that the administration
leaders will Try TO amend the Morgan
Su bstitute this afternoon for the pur-
pose of beating the bill 1t may be that
there will be a third great battle this
session over the utilities bill
It is reported that some of the enc
mics of the administration utilities
bill are now getting cold feet and
would not oppose the passage of a
compromise that Incorporates state
control into the home rule bill now
10 have the governor and attorney
general as ex-offfciO members of the
railroad board under this new idea of
partial control OF public utilities by
the state.
The above are only well defined ru-
mors as yet and il is not known that
thew are favored either by the ad-
miuistratiOn or the insurgents
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poses his history from chee-iIdhood up
ward to the seat among soIous. Please
enter a plea Of not guilty" for Mr..
Clay. By careful pussy-footing in his
wake. the Spectator has discovered that
the story about Mr. Clay being dumb
is a caIumny. He was followed into the
corridor. and heard to say to the young
lady behind the counter: Gimme a
good nickel cigar" These. however, are
the only words ne has spoken, so far as
the Spectator knows, since the session
opened.
Mr.. Clay is q member Of several house
committees, a nd in these committees he
may have used the means by which
thought Is expressed As an agrIcuE
turist, he is eninentIy fitted for the
committee on agriculture, the commit
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For many seasons Senator StiIIings
Of Leavenworth has been coming to the
legislature. but his first speech Of rec
ord was delivered last Saturday. Peace
and quiet reigned when he began, but
IN a moment the glad tidiugS were
flashed over the building From conf
ufttee rooms, back staIrw1ys, basement
and dome came wild rush of employees
and struggling members. Speeches are
usually considered an incident but this
was an event Some one had suggested
4 plan which would remove one Of the
veterans, friends from a job And the
fireworks began The silent senator Is
a man of strong opinions. and one OF
these opinions is that his friends are
| the best people on earth He didn't
want to make a speech. but he eouldu'
help the explosion when the match was
applied. He fought vOcaIly. but it was
easy to see that he would fight with
pieces of the furniture If necessary In
| his vocal target practice he made some
remarkable scores His words came
leasiIy rapidly and to the point Ar
lgument and appeal were interminglsd.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01
Locked Up at His Own Station.

New York. March Locked in a cell
in his own precinct station was the fate
of VIM Thompson, a New York police
man who was arrested last night cHarg-
ed with rObbIng a prisoner Of 24S- 1t Is
alleged that he took this sum from a
Greek dfshwasher whom he arrested
for disorderly conduct Thompson is a
rev man on the force and Is marrted-
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01
RAID 0LE0 FACTORY.
Chicago Police Capture Ton and a
Half of Imitation Butter.

Chicago. March L-Governraent reve-
nue. agents raided an alleged oIeomar-
gariae mandatory in a basement last
night. arrested Andrew Clauseu, one of
the alleged manufacturers. and confs-
Gated a ton and a half OF the imitation
butter Search IS being made for half a
dozen Other men
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ARE IMPORTING OATS.
First Cargo From Abroad Received
From Buenos Ayres.

Boston, March What is said to be
the first cargo of oats to arrive at any
port in the United States from abroad,
is carried on the steamship St Quentin,
which reached here yesterday from
Buenos Ayres- There are zoe. 600 bush
els of the oats which Will be delivered
this week in New York Neither the
constance or the conSignor was known
here as the grain was shipped ito or
der"
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his head instead of his jaw Several
measures in which his constituents were
interested, have been quietly pushed to
the front and some of them out through
the fence His sharp black eyes seem
to take in a wide scope, aDd very little
of the house scenery escapes him But
he seems determined to preserve his jaw
for the nastication of food.
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and it is probable that the veterans s
one speech won the day At any rate,
he made the best speech of the season
and il should have been preserved in
print but the sH0rt-terrn workers of the
senate force were too badly startled to
perform their duties
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01

This is the third time that Mr. Clark,
merchant from Winchester. Jefferson
county. has dipped into the legislative
rain-barreI without getting his feet
silence is really golden He has done
q absolutely nothing toward adding TO
rhe general disturbance Of the occasion,
but it appears that he has worked with
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01

tee On legislative apportionment et
ceLera. and had he started earlier in
the game to wear that skuII-cap- a a
John D. he might have been mentioned
for the committee on finance. As a
member of the committee which draws
legislative district lines. he is a necessi-
ty Missouri has been trying to grab
Linn county for a long time.
Three loud squeaks for Mr.. Clay, the
silent
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01

repeating any act now in effect, but
shall be cumulative as to all provisions
and remedies now in existence under
the laws Of this state
The house passed the two senate
concurrent resolutions today. one by
Glenn relating TO the appropriation bin
for agriculture and the other by
Quincy relating to the election Of
United States senator's
The house begins the last week Of the
session with tweuty-sfx bills on the cal
endar under third reading and 2S7 bills
under general orders These last named
bills are many of them important
measures and all have safely passed
the committees and await action Of the
house in committee Of the whole If
one-fifth OF these bills pass the house
before adjournment the house viii
have done we'll
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01
Sir Knfghts, Attention.

Stated conclave Of Topeka Com
nandery, No 5, Tuesday evening.
March 2 Work. order OF the Temple.
full attendance is requested
By order of
PETER COUTURE. E C
HARRY z. WHITE. Recorder.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01

world. other shifts by reason OF these
changes will be announced at an early
date by the navy department.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-01
Red Seal
Victor Records

The records de luxe Melba,
Schumann-Heink, Caruso, Scott
and others. Reproduced in Vic
tor Red Seal Records only. The
very finest records made. You
can have Grand Opera in your
own home. You will be sur
prised at the clearness of the
records. The prices range from
S1.50 to $500. We sell the Vic
tor Talking Machine, the Edison
Phonograph and the ZOnophone,
any of them on easy payments.
Write for list of the new rec
ords and prices on our machines.
Visit the department at any time
and listen to the new records.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-08
UNPOPULAR PROCLAMATIONS.
In China No One Obevs Them and They
Are Not Enforced.

4 proclamation issued by the viceroy
of the province that all opium dens in
Wanshien must close has gone unheed-
ed, as most things appear to do in
China when it does not suit the popu-
lace.
Wanshien is city of 10000 inhab-
itants, and is surrounded by poppy
fields. nine-tenths of the community in
dulging in the drug, while the city itself
contains innume-able shops for retail
ing it.
When the appointed time came for
closing up, all the shops "did them
selves proud" Bright new lanterns
cleaned from the portals, while clean
curtains decorated the interior, and
trade was as brisk as ever. In other
words, the opium vendors were Saving
face" a peculiar characteristic of the
Chinese, and not even a policeman, if
there is such a thing in Wanshien, en-
forced the order.
Opium smoking confines at Wanshien
in the same old way, and the crop to
be reaped this year is third bigger
than last What can viceroy do when
the people, to a man, won't listen, espe-
cially when the people know that the
proclamation may be only a matter of
form.-Shanghai Mercury.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-08
GERMANY'S RAILWAY SYSTEM.
Its Cost Low and the Business Needs Of
the Country Well Served

Although the German railways, I'M
like the French system, were not con-
ceived and built as whole, and per-
haps because of their lack of cohesion,
which has enabled them to avoid some
of the faults of q centralized system and
secured to the unimportant towns the
benefit of an efficient service, the Ger
man system is today very complete and
responds very well to the business ne
cessties of the regions served.
Thanks to cheap labor and to the fact
that the country for the most part Is
level, so that it was possible to avoid
extraordinary outlay in building. TINS
lack of unity in the construction of Ger
man railways has not had the influence
it might have had on the cost of the es--
adjustment. Between the Hook of
Holland and Berlin the railway does not
pass through single tunnel Qhere Is
in fact not q single railway tunnel i'll
the whole of north Germany, nor does
it pass through single deep cutting or
along Il single high embankment. Bridges
and viaducts across rivers are the only
engineering works of special Importance
that had to be undertaken.
In 1899 the total cost of all the Ger
man lines, now amounting to almost 90
600 kilometers, was stated at 12,4Oo,-
U3S,SIJ marks. or an average cost or
no more than 253. $40 marks Il kilometer.
-Moody's Magazine.
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the best results the salt should be very
finely ground.
Have Scales ut Home.

The weights and measures law
has gone into effect After this, if
you buy anything, expecting to get so
much you are entitled TO get 1t or the
manufacturer or producer can be fined
for the short weights If the weight
is below what the package says, the
only way it can be legally sold Is for
the dealer to tell you the weight.
This will hit all short-weight packages
and commercial weights" of every
nature.
Everyone should have scales at
home. The man who handles much
grain or stock should have five-ton
scales He is quite apt to secure bet.
ter weights from some stock buyers If
they know he has scales at home. To
know what the stock that Is being full
fed is doing is also one Of the great ad-
vantages Of having scales on the farm
Small scales in the house will also
help to enforce the law OF weights and
measures. Flour, meal, sugar, in fact,
everything, must weigh out or the
one responsible for the short weight
Is liable to a fine. See that the law
Is enforced. now we have it-Farm-
erS' Breeze.
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Cultivation of Corn.

When corn Is planted after the first
week in June the land needs more at
tention than when prepared earlier.
If plowed early the weeds will have
made an appearance, which is an adj
vantage, as they can be destroyed be-
fore the corn is planted; but the late
corn will be more easily injured by
drought than that which has made an
earlier start. The crop should be cul-
tivated after every rain, so as to pre-
vent loss of moisture. Another point
is to thin out the plants if they are
too thick. 1t would be difficult to in
duce many farmers to thin out" their
corn, as they would claim that the
land, having been MANFRED, was capa-
BILE of providing for as many stalks
in the hills as made their appear
ance; 1t is not matter of plant food
with late corn, however, but moisture
When too many stalks are close to-
gether there is a struggle for exist
ence; some become weeds to the 9th
ers, and in the end only the most Wig
orous make growth, and yield grain
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-08
Cause of Bitter MIX

Recent experiments on the Ontario
Experiment Farm show that the yeast
like micro-organism of bitter torula Is
the cause of much bitter milk and
cheese. Factories in that section have
complained Of the bitterness Of the
milk, and as consequence the expert
ment station has conducted extensive
investigations as to the cause. Gull
lures Of the torula were added to milk
and cheese that had been sterilized,
and in each case a bitter taste was
the result. 1t was not found in milk
drawn into steriliZed dishes, but was
found regularly in mixed milk, in the
solutions used for can washes, and
also on the leaves of trees under
which the cans were habitually kept
The remedies are to cool The milk
promptly and to guard it from infec
ton of nay kind All cans and other
utensils should be carefully washed
and sterilized by heat The Connect
cut experiment station discovered sew
eral years ago that a species of bac-
terra was the cause Of bitter milk and
cream. This can be rendered harm
less by sterilization.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-08
THE FARANDOLE DANCE.
Master of the Revels, Musicians and
BoisterouS Company.

The programme of the Aries fetes. in
honor of Mistral is to include the faran-
dole dance An account of this dance for
the benefit of the uninitiated was given
by Nictoricn Sardou.
In my childhood, said SaTdou, l have
often seen the farandole at Grasse. Two
tambourinists lead the revels, beating the
tambourine in their left hand and hold
ing in the right reed instrument. The
master of the rcvels is generally a young
man fun of life and spirits. The muS-
clans suddenly appear from behind the
master and the lads and lasses join. the
maidens holding the jackets of the youths
and these the skirts of the girls.
Forming a long line the dancers in n
graceful movement pass through the vii
lage, visiting each house and entering all
the rooms. and coming down the stairs in
Il boisterous manner. the excitement CON
sisting i'll descending without leaving
partners. The dance lasts for hours and
the dancers are full of merriment and
happiness.
The more complicated and difficult the
route the greater is the praise bestowed
upon the conductor. The author of The
odora' added that more than once he
had taken part i'll these junketngs.-
London Globe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-08

Buying olive oil by the gallon Is one
case of economy
To cover the pan in which fish is
cooking will make the flesh soft.
Serving but two vegetable at din.
ner is as fashionable as 1t Is economi.
cal.
Cheap cuts Of meat can be served
palatably in stews and croquettes.
After trimming, turn the wick of a
lamp below the burner or the oil will
ooze
Goals will destroy any disagreeabe
odor about the house.
To make luminous paint, mix a
small quantity of calcium sulphide
with ordinay white paint.
Paperhanger' paste Is made by ad
ding a teaspoonful of powdered alum
to every pound Of flour.
A GLACIERS knife will be found an
excellent thing with which to scrape
and clean the bottom OF pans and ket
ties.
Much time is saved If paper Innings
for cake pans are cut in quantities
and kept ready for instant use in a
dustproof box with tight lid
A little muriatic acid added to the
rinsing water after blue and white
fiber rug Is scrubbed with soap and
water will help to restore the color.
A clean cloth dipped in hot water.
then saucer of bran, will speedily
clean white paint without injury. The
soft bran acts like soap on the dirt.
The easiest way to clean cereal
cooker Is to turn it upside down In
pan OF boiling water and steam II
until the sticky mass Is soft and loos.
ened from the sides OF the pan
A good silence cloth for the dining
table can be made with n double thick.
ness OF white flannel laid with the
soft side on the inside and quilted on
the machine; edge with binding OF
white tape.
not be cleaned with a knife or any.
thing which will scratch the surface
and make sticking more probable
thereafter For this reason the crust
Of bread often advised as a cleaner is
most desirable
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-08
BHttermiIk for sheep Ticks.

1t is claimed that by pouring butter.
milk freely along the backs of sheep it
will prove remedy for ticks. If a
gill of Kerosene is added to a gallon
of 5uttermilk the remedy will be i'm
proved, as the kerosene forms an
emulsion with buttermilk and does no
harm to the animal. The remedy will
cost but little and should be given "A
trial by way OF experiment It is also
claimed that If buttermilk is given a
horse it will serve better than any
other remedy for bots. These rene.
dies were suggested by parties who
have tested them.