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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-13

The mystery in the case is the
question of the relations between Earl
Bullock and Annie Blankenship, the
17-year-old girl to whom Bullock s
mother says he was engaged. Miss
Blankenship admitted last night that
Bullock had proposed to her last July,
but she said she refused him. She
admitted that tshe corresponded with
him after this time, but says that she
has had nothing to- do with him for
two-months. Bullock was known by
his middle name, ROSS, here.
Ross was never more than good
ship tonight. Ellis family lived next
door to us and we grew up together.
1 never promised to marry him"
Tell Tale Letters.
The letters found in the suit case
that Bullock was packing just be-
fore he shot Pringfe tell a different
story. There are no letters intimating
that the engagement was broken off,
but there are many that seemed to
make it plain that Bullock at least
thought he was engaged to Miss
Blankenship. In the letters from his
father and mother they compliment
him for saving his money and tell him
that the yare glad that Annie is hav
ing such a good influence on him. they
say they hope he will be happy and
that he must save his money all the
time.
A letter dated July IA. 1908, but
which is believed should have been
dated 1909, says:
Dear Sweetheart: How does that
sound for the first time? Well. kid,
what has been the matter? Are you
lovesick? Don't go to work too soon.
1 don't believe you are very sick. Are
you, kid? Where are you staying;
down at the railroad track; Better not
go down there or 1 will find out, and
It will be bye-bye, Rosie, but I hope
that won't be. Well, Ross, I should
like to see that 3-room cottage. Sun
day night / was so glad 1 didn't know
much, telling the truth about it.
told Fan 1 wasn't going to be with
her always. I would like to be with
you tonight. Say, you want to come
haunted house. I keep telling the
girls I am going to get married and
they think I'm fooling I'm not, am
I? Well Ross, I have to ring off.
I'll see you Sunday. Be good boy.
Don't go to the track. Mind what I
say too. Don't bring any whisky
with you when you come.
The letter is unsigned. If the en-
gagement was broken it must have
been early in August, but the letters
that follow seem to show that the
writer still cared for Bullock. In an
envelope dated August 6 is letter
signed ANNIE" in which there is an
alIusion to some bad news from the
girl in her preceding letter to Bullock.
The letter containing this bad news
was not among those that Bullock had
packed in his suit case to carry away
with him. He was going to take only
three letters and a picture of Miss
On the back of the pic
ture was signed the name Annie"
Had Sweetheart's Picture.
In spite of the fact that he had just
robbed bank and knew that the po-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-13
THAT UNION LABEL.
Women of Illinois Federation Demand
It on Clothes.

Chicago, Oct. 13.-Articles of wo-
mems wearing apparel bearing the
union label" were in great demand
yesterday by the woTnen's contingent
to the annual convention of the IL
linois State Federation of Labor,
which will open weeks session next
Tuesday at Belleville.
Mrs. Raymond Robins, president of
the women's trade union league, is
sued a general order" to all women
delegates to provide themselves with
union label garments before leaving
Chicago for the convention" AS re-
suit several women scurried from
store to store in an effort to replen-
ish their wardrobe with the labor
branded articles and in the evening
some of them said it was the hard
est days shopping we ever have
DONE"
The source of "all the trouble" is
to be found in a resolution adopted by
the state federation convention at
Peoria a year ago providing for the
appointment of an investigating COM
mittee at all subsequent conventions
to examine whether the union label
appears on the clothing worn by the
delegates. All delegates according to
the resolution, will be excluded from
the convention unless every garment
they wear bears the label.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-13
HUSBANDS ON DISPLAY.
Prizes offered at Chicago for Humility,
Patience and Docility.

Chicago, Oct. 13.-Husbands of all
kinds and shapes and sizes and condi-
tions of servitude will be on display
Saturday evening, October %, at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. James S.
Mccullough, $3.50 Kenmore avenue. At
that time and place there is to be held
competition for husbands, at which
twelve prizes are to be awarded, the
prize winners to be acclaimed as the
best of all Chicago husbands. Three
women have been chosen as the judges
of the contest. The points on which
they will judge the married men are
these:
Quantity of hair.
Time taken to tie wifes shoes
Ability to guess price of hat.
Humility.
Good looks.
Ability to describe gown.
Gallantry.
Docility.
Patience.
The occasion will be the third we'd
ding anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Cullough.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-13
BOAT 10 RUN ON RIVERS.
May Make Even the Kaw
Navigable.

Pierre, S. D.. Oct. 13.-S. NJ. How
for some time working on the model
of a boat. by which he believes he
can revolutionize traffic on western
rivers. He calls his invention the
"AQuaplane." and the principle is a
device which will cause the boat to
glide upon the surface of the water
instead of cutting its way through
with a sharp prov. The boat will re-
quire but little water to float it, and
can run on shallow streams. His
estimate is that he can make thirty
miles or more an hour with the boat.
Mr. Howard will make the first test
of his new boat on the Missouri river
at Forest City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-13
PAPKE MAKES Bet.
The ThunderboIt Wagers Ketchel
Will Win.

San Francisco, Oct. 13-With the
fight for the heavyweight championship
of the world only few days away both
Of the principals have begun to taper
down in their work. While the betting
continues at odds of 10 to in favor of
the champion, considerable money is
being placed on the short end. One of
the latest of the short end betters is
Billy Papke. the Kewanee fighter. who
has faced Ketchel four times in the
ring. Papke has written to Louis Blot,
his local representative, asking him to
place a bet on the chances of his old
time opponent. The Illinois middle
weight expressed the belief that
Ketchel will outpoint the champion
The aspirant for the heavyweight
title is supremely confident that it will
be added to the two which he already
holds and he expresses the belief in
the declaration that the coming fight
will be replica of the famous Corbett-
Fitzsimmons match at Carson City
Johnson is afraid of getting stale and
for the last two days he has done moth
ing but routine gymnasium work His
manager declares that the big fighter
is in the pink of condition and he will
not allow him to do any more hard
work before the match.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-13
LOWER PULLMAN RATES
Price for Berths in Oklahoma Is to
Be $3.50.

Guthrie. Ok. Oct ia tacit agree
ment upon a new rate schedule in Ok
lahoma has been reached between the
Pullman Car company and the state
corporation commission whereby there
VIII be a considerable reduction in pres
ent rates. The agreement will be dis
cussed October Is for ratification.
The Pullman company proposes that
the seat rate shall be u cent a mile,
the minimum to be IS cents. and that
any multiplication of this rate or any
of locals shall in no in
stance be greater than what is charged
for the same distance under the present
schedule The maximum berth rate in
the state will be 81. so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-13
For Dyspepsia
You Risk Nothing by Trying
This Remedy

We want every one troubled with in
digestion and dyspepsia to come to our
store and obtain a box of Rexall Dys-
pepsia Tablets. They contain Bismuth-
Subnitrate and Pepsin prepared by 4
process which develops their greatest
power to overcome digestive disturb
ance.
Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets are very
pleasant to take. They soothe the ir-
ritab1e. weak stomach. strengthen and
invigorate the digestive organs, relieve
Nausea and indigestion. promote nutri-
ton and bring about q feeling of COM
fort.
If you give Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets
a reasonable trial we will return your
money # you are not satisfied with the
result. Three sizes. 25 cents, so cents
and S1.o0. Remember you can obtain
Rexan Remedies in Topeka only at our
store-The Rexall Store. Rosser Drug
Co.. SIS Kansas avenue, Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-13
,WEETHEART'S NOTES
Girl Denies Engagement But
Missives Tell Different Story.
Annie Blankenship Says She
Hopes He'll Be Caught.

Lawrence, Kan, Oct. 13-Earl Bull
lock. the 18-year-old boy who robbed
the State bank of Eudora and dan
gerously wounded Wilson Pringle. a
policeman who tried to arrest him, is
still at large. The posses have been
called in and the police believe that
Bullock is either in Lawrence or
Kansas City. Pinkerton detectives
are searching in Kansas City and else
where while the police are quietly 60
ing through the East Bottosm watch
ing the friends and relatives of the
boy. Pringle is still alive, but has
shown no Improvement. Physicians
say he cannot recover
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-13
VILLAGE KEPT FAITH.
Now 1t Expects Millionaire Resident
to Keep His Promises.

Hudson. O., Oct. 13.-This town will
be in a position to expect James w.
Ellsworth when he returns from Italy
in three weeks to carry out the prom
Use he made the village on condition it
would vote out the saloons and put the
telephone wires underground.
The village has gone even farther
1t has painted its homes white, with
the shutters green, put red tiles on the
roofs and planted English hedges be-
cause Ellsworth said he liked these
things. Now the villagers anticipate
that Ellsworth will make good his
pledges to give the village an electric
plant, waterworks and sewer
system-pay for it all himself and
transfer it to the village to own and
operate.
Ellsworth made his promise to Hud-
SON which he left a poor boy after he
returned a multi millionaire
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-13
TEN FIRE COMPANIES.
Kept at Bay by Fire in New York
Factory Building.

New York, Oct. 13.-Fire originating
in four story factory building, at
First avenue and 124th street, early to-
day did damage estimated at $10O OOO
The blaze rapidly spread and before it
was under control the factory had
heen destroyed and three adjoining
buildings badly damaged. Ten fire COM
panies and a fire tug in the river near
by found it impossible for a time to
cope with the flames. One of the
fremen was hurt and several had mar
row escapes. Nearby tenements were
forcibly cleared of their tenants by the
police. number of sick and aged per-
sons being removed on cots.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-13
1T REACHES MANILA.
Injunction Brought Into Play in Case
of a Strike.

Manila, Oct 13.-Following attacks
by a mob of strikers on workmen con-
tinuing in the employment of the
Oriente cigar factory, the manage
for and obtained a temporary in
junction restraining the members of
the cigar makers union from further
activity against the non-union men.
The court proceedings revealed the
fact that a blood pact exists among
the strikers. It was shown that the
members of the union were required
to take an oath not to violate the
strike agreement. The oath reads in
this manner:
at have sworn that if unfaithfuI to
the cause my brothers are at liberty
to kill me without suffering re-
sponsibility to the authorities of this
archipelago"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-13
Fred Trigg's Address Bristles
With Argument.
Commercial Club Rooms Crowd
ed to Hear Him.
THE COMMISSION PLAN
Illustrations of Its Economy
and Effectiveness.
The StOry of Brown and His
Chickens a Case in Point.

The 6 o'clock diner last night at the
Commercial club was attenceo oy
more than $50 members who gathered
to learn of the facts of the commls-
sion form of city government from
the ups of one who has given the
subject a thorough investigation, visit
ing many of the prominent cities
where the system is actually in opera
ton. Fred c. Trigg, editorial writer
of the Kansas City Star, was the
speaker in question.
Scott Hopkins, the newly electeo
Dresfdent of the organization VINO
ppresiS1ed at the meeting, took the
occasion to express his appreciation
of the honor which has been thrust
uDon him. at thank you for the
warm reception you have gwen me tt ~
organization. My predecessor mas
done much for the Commercial CLUB
and it is the desire of the preslcen 10
do what he can to promote the w ~
saw that he hoped that the spirit ana
desire of the club would be to nave
hotel in Topeka of which the CITY may
we'll be proud. +ha
-aouest of President Hopkins, was IN
reduced by Frank P. MacLennan-
am verv much pleased said Mr..
rrrier ito have the privilege TO taie
al
government. and 1 am glad TO learn
That there is so little opposition TO the
,nIan in topeka, and that it is what Is
called an Immortal cinch' that II VIII
be adopted at the coming etscl'o 11aor1A
.nThere is no state where the peopIe
think as they do in Kansas More cltieS
in Kansas have adopted the colIlI liH'-
sion plan than in any state III the ui4ioll
am pleased to say"
illustration of Defects of Old system.
The speaker then gave as an lllustrd7
+ion of the ineffectiveness or the olo
form of municipal rule, the case OF an
obscure man named Brown VINO caltle
before the council some time ago IN
Des Moines, Iowa, and stated that ms
chickens were being drowned by an
OVERLOOKING sewer, and raising cnlcKehs
was his only means or support. Inc
,,avor referred the matter to the COM
,1,ittae on streets and alleys. In two
~1-eelSs Mr. Brown arose at the council
meeting and again mentioned tina
proposition which he had Drought up
ct a previous meeting
what had been done with the COM
plant and eventually the chairman OF
the committee on streets ana alIeyS re-
Torted that no action had been taken
~, the matter but that 1t would be at
tended to. Time went on and 1t was
found that the question of repairing
the sewer had been turned over to the
ST rect commissioner. This gentleman,
when his memory was logged at u
meeting of the council, stated that he
made an investigation and found that
the Job would cost more than $500, so
that he was not authorized to go ahead
With il. Then the proposition was
nIaced in the hands of the public works
committee.
AFTER many months had gone by it
again came before the council for con-
sideration At this juncture an obscure
man in the back of the room got up
and stated that Brown was a poor man
and he made his living by raising
chickens. but they had been drowned
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-13
Showing in Buffalo.

Buffalo, n. Y, Oct. 13.-Snow began
falling here early today and before noon
three inches had fallen. 1t has serious
ly interfered with telegraph and tele-
phone service and also to some extent
with the street car service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-13

and the sanitary department had conc
along and found dead chickens in the
alley and had had him arrested. and
because he was not able to pay a fine
Of $50 he was put in jail.
Remember the story of Brown and
his chickens" continued the sneaker.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-13
Down to II in Nebraska.

Norfolk, Neb.. Oct 13.-The mer-
curry sank to IT degrees above zero
here early today, according to the
government thermometer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-13

The Prudential State Bank, general
hanki1g business.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-14
CALLS ATTENTION TO VISIT
OF NOTED ITALIAN MEDIUM

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12.-[Edltor
Herald The noted Italian medium,
Eusapia Paladlno, has arrived in New
York, under an engagement to the
American Society for Psychic Research.
she was accompanied by her husband
and daughter, who will remain with
her until the sittings are concluded
and then return to Europe.
The program outlined by the Psychic
Research society is kept secret, but II
is known that the leading psychologists
OF America, among them Hugo Mum
sterberg, are to investigate her powers.
Hereward Darlington, a member of the
Psychic Research society, has spent
several weeks in Italy, at the home of
the medium, and believes her genuine.
He says Gin the New York Evening
PosD "I went as a disbeliever, and
came away a convert. ! have seen eV-
cry famous medium OF the world, and
exposed many of them, but Paladino Is
the only one l believe genuine There
is no doubt in my mind that she pos
sesses supernormal powers" Last year
Gilman Hall, one of the editors of Ev-
erybody's, and DR.. Herbert r. Moody,
associate professor of chemistry of the
College of New York. visited her In
Italy and became convinced OF her su-
pernatural powers. She Is also indorsed
by Sir Oliver Lodge of England and
Prof. Lombroso of italy. But she has
not escaped the imputation OF fraud.
Some years back the Psychic Research
society of Cambridge, England, openly
accused her of fraud However, the
preponderance of evidence is much in
her favor, and the general belief among
those who know her is that she will
convince the scientists Of America, even
as she has those Of Europe, that she
possesses genuine mediumistic powers.
If the leading psychologists and sci
entists of this country should indorse
her and become convinced that disem-
bodied spirits produce the phenomena,
what will the ltra-materialistic critics
of America do? If they accept the con-
elusions of the scientists all their fan
ciful theories of force and matter must
be changed. If they reject the theories
of the scientists, they will be forced to
acknowledge that all expert testimony
is not worth a cent.
y TgNCTN
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-14
SAYS SENSIBLE WOMEN ARE
NOT DEAD, ONLY SLEEPING

Los ANGELES, Nov. 12.-[Editor
/ Herald: Observable wonders if all the
sensible women are dead. Oh, no, OBJ
| serVado! mot dead, but sleeping"
Some of them are only feigning sleep
for fear of showing the real woman
within. So some of the poor creatures
walk our streets, making monstrosities
of themselves in the effort to belong
to that class of women the majority of
men admire, which calls for a fashion
ably clothed body, stylish coiffure,
| including rats, a doll-like face and an
empty head. The role is really hard
to play sometimes, but masculinity re-
quires it and femininity must needs
obey.
Observable should know if he is
clever at reading the signs of the
/ times, that the world is full of exactly
| the same kind OF women, that there
are men; wise and foolish, ultra fash
ionable idlers, working women, rich
and poor. Every Jack can find a Jill
to his taste, and from present indi-
cations most men prefer Jills with rats
and furbelows, or there would not be
so many of them worn.
ObSerVeradO would have all woman
kind made to the order of his fancy,
forgetting the diversified fancy of his
brothers. He wants no "rantng suff-
ragette," no fashionable coiffures, no
woman with an opinion regarding civic,
state and national affairs, no woman
who would try to right a wrong in
flicted on her sex, in short. ''By order
of the king" he would make OF
woman "a perfect being, nobiy
planned" but alas such a woman
would want a perfect man for mate,
and failing to find him, there would
be no home whose interests she could
safeguard, and she would have to
waste her life caring for cats and
canary birds, while many men would
be looking vainly for wives.
The writer thinks an equitable ar
rangement could be effected If the man
would select the right kind of mate.
II the tobacco chewer who makes
public nuisance of himself with his
use of the filthy weed would cast in
his lot with the gum chewing female
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-14
TARIFF TRAVESTY

FINDER the provisions of the tariff
4 travesty which has been euphem-
- istically alluded to by Republican
apologists as a genuine revision and
the best possible, excessive and pro-
hibitory duties are placed on material
required for low priced clothing worn
by the poor. On such materials the
duties run from 100 per cent TO 700
per cent. But the raw material re-
quired for the high priced wool cloth
ing worn by the rich is admitted at
duties as low as 30 per cent. This is
not tariff regulation" 1t is a dis
elimination against the man with the
short purse in favor of the man with
the long purse.
The same unjust anomaly is re-
vealed by a scrutiny of the tariff on
wool cloth. On wool cloth required for
low priced clothing-that is to say, on
the poor mans clothes-duties are i'm
posed as high as 250 per cent.
The wool which will be admitted on
a so per cent basis will not be of any
benefit or advantage to the poorer
| consumer 1t is the material used for
fabrics with which he has little or
nothing to do. The worsted goods
made from this low fairfield wool are
Of the kind that are worn by the
wealthy But the class of wool on
which prohibtory duty is imposed is
needed for the carded wooden goods
which are bought by people of moder-
ate or small means
AS A RESULT OF THIS TARIFF
NESS is HIGHLY PROSPEROUS,
INJUSTICE THE WORsTED BUSI-
WHILE THE CARDED WOOLEN
BUSINESS IS DECLINING, AND
PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO WEAR
SHODDY OR EXTREMELY LIGHT
| WEIGHT WORSTED GOODS.
Wide variations in the tariff rates
on wool are,due to the fact the specific
rate is levied on wool, grease and dirt
as we'll as on the wool. AS a result,
the growers OF the heavy shrinking
wool are protected by prohibitory rates
as high as 700 per cent. while growers
of light shrinking wool are exposed
to competition by duties as low as 80
per cent.
President Taft has said publicly: "I
am a protectionist, but I do not think
it inconsistent to say that protection
makes the possibility Of TRUSTS AND
MONOPOLIES easier than if we didn't
have it. I believe that the way to
stamp out trusts and mOnopolies is
not to stamp out protection, but to
avoid excessive rates which tempt mo-
nopolies."
In direct contradiction to the eX-
! pressed attitude of the president the
wooden trust is made possible, nay, is
encouraged by low duties on the wool
the trust buys, high duties on the wool
the trusts's carded woolen competi-
tors buy, high duties on the by-prod-
ucts the trust sells to Its competitors,
and high duties on the finished goods
the trust sells to the consumers.