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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-12
SUES LON TOWNSEND.
DR.. Lchr Asks Sum of S12,56z for
False Arrest.

| DR.. ]. S. Lehr. of ElDorado. a horse
buyer, has filed a big damage suit
against A. G. (Lon) Townsend. Lehr
wants 12,56Z90 for false arrest and
other damages. The petition cites that
on May 1,e1909 Lehr came to attend
the horse sale at the Topeka fair
grounds. He bid in a blooded mare
named Bernice c, the property of Town
send. and secured the animal for a
small price. He says that Townsend
had a by bidder" on the grounds to
raise the price of the animal, but that
this employee slipped a cog in some
manner and allowed Lehr's bid to pass
Chas. Samson, the auctioneer declared
the horse sold to Lehr, and he immedi-
ately took possession and prepared to
ship to ElDorado. Not satisfied with
the price paid, Townsend sought to re
cover the horse, and to that end had
Lehr arrested.
Lehr persuaded Sheriff Wilkerson that
he had bought the horse. and was re-
leased. Lehr was not locked up at any
time, but the horse was taken from him
by the officers and detained while they
investigated the case. At the time, the
other man, whom Lehr claims was
Townsend's by bidder" took hand
in the case, claiming that he had bid in
the horse himself. and threatening to,
sue Townsend if the horse was not de-
llvered to him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-12
TWO BODIES FOUND.
College Student Farm Hands Believed
to Have Been Murdered.

Herington. Kan. July 1.-THE bodies
of two young men. believed to have been
eastern college students who came to
" ork in the harvest fields, were found
beside the railroad tracks near Ra-
mona, west of here. early today.
The men are believed to have been
murdered and their bodies placed on the
tracks. There was nothing by which
they could be identified.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-12
WILL Be ONE PER CENT.
Corporation Tax Rate to Be Cut in
Two in New Draft.

Washington, July 12.-The new draft of
the corporation tax amendment will pro-
vide for a tax of one per cent, instead of
two per cent on the net earnings of cor
porations. This was decided today at an
informal conference at the White House.
Attorney General Wfckersham will pre-
pare the amendment accordingly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-12

Before buying an automobile see the
Interstate, the best car for the money
on the market. Call Hal Hotchkiss, lis
Greenwood ave, for demonstration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-12
New Record for Cotton

new record for the season today The Oc-
tober contract sold for SD. 20 and Decem-
Der for S1274. rise of % points above
Saturdays closing. The rise followed heavy
buying inspired by the continued dry hot
weather Ia Texas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-12

Sault Ste Marie. Mich. July 12-The
steamer John D. Cowle was sunk today
in White Fish bay in a collision with
the steamer Isaac NJ. Scott Eleven OF
the Cowle's crew are reported drown
ed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-12
TOO LATE To CLASSIFY

~ = 49,
wan ltIJ-Power machine operators 10
make nigh grade custom shirts Chas n
Sa.owe 81 Kansas ave. COver 5 and 10 Cent
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-10-08
Peary Hero Of Naval Parade.

New York, both city and state. gave
TO Commander Robert Z. Peary such
a welcome home as few returning
heroes can ever hope to receive.
From the bridge of his Arctic ship
Roosevelt Commander Peary. with his
wife by his side, was the most promi-
nent feature Of the sixtymile Hudson
Fulton naval parade from New York
TO Newburgh All the way land and
water WED with each other in hurting
their cheers of congratulation through
the air TO the white little ship where
or the tall military looking man
smiled back his answer to their greet
ings. Meanwhile Captain Bartlett
was kept at work so necessarily with
the whistle cord answering the sa
lutes of passing craft that Chief En-
gineer Wardwell called up from the
engine room that he would not have
steam enough to move the vessel II
they didn't stop the whistle.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-10-08


An aer0p'ane flashed past the white
dome oi Grants tomb at New York.
and then. turning gracefully In mid.
air over the waters Of the Hudson,
shot like a falcon back to Governors
Island. ten miles away Wilbur Wright
Of Dayton, O.. this placed his name in
the rank with Hudson and Fulton in
one of the most spectacular feats in
the history OF aeronautics
Over the mass of warships from
whose decks the hoarse cheers Of the
sailors were borne up to him in his
elevated scat, he few for twenty
miles-ten miles up and ten miles
remaining in the air for thirty
three minutes and thirty-three seconds
and alighting at the aerodrome with
out a mishap.
During the fight business was prac-
tically at a standstill In all that part
of Manhattan from which a view OF
his remarkable performance was avail
able. Harbor craft shrieked their ap
plause. cheer after cheer swept W
from the banks of the Hudson and the
lower baylor the Dayton aviator had
made good" GROWING the aviation
program of the Hudson-Fulton cele
bration with a record.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-10-08

,on,.wn p. with her iatner. joseph
Davis seventy-six years old. and VINO
weighs 14O pounds. and is the fa'ner
Of twenty-five children, Of whom TWEEN
tv.four are alive.
Davis has been married four times.
rertie's mother is still living. and
weighs 1870 pounds. Gertie weighed
mounds at birth, 81 pounds when ten
months old. and 100 pounds at the age
Of three years. She has gained eighty
pounds in the last year.
She had a sister who weighed 'zO
mounds when she died at the age OF
sixteen wears. Gertie's health has al
WAYS been the best. She attends a
school in the winter and travels win
her father in the summer.
when asked if physicialN ever gave
anv reason for his daulster growing
SO fast. Mr.. Davis said: Yes; they say
il is good health" frt&
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-10-08
Handled Silver TTOwel at CeTe-
mony in Portland, Ore
SUPPORTS ALL CHURCHES
President Declares That No Cnuron
That breaches Doctrine OF True ne
Union Will Lack His Support 10
Make II More Influential.

President Taft on Sunday preacheu
anotber sermon. The scene changed
from the Mormon tabernacle at oai'
lake CITY Utah, a week ago. TO the
cornerstone laying OF the First UnlVer
saIist church in East Portland, ore.
The president handled the silver
.rowel and worked hard 10 see that
,be stone was properly adjusted. his
apparent earnestness in setting Ine
stone called out great applause from
the open air audience
The president referred TO his yaIl-
Gus church experiences. and IN CON
Guiding said;
"No church in this country however
humble il may be. that breaches the
doctrine of true religion and true NOR
alitv viii lack my earnest support TO
make IL more influential whenever op-
portunity offers"
The presidents train later left for
Sacramento. Cal
Mr.. Taft had a truly religious day.
which began when he attended the
morning services at the First Unltar
ian church i'm Portland and listened to-
a sermon by Rev. W. G. Eliot. Jr Fol
lowing this service the president was
the guest of honor at a luncheon ten
dered by Senator Bourne and which
inclndod the various state and city Of
fcials
The line of march followed by the
presidential party 10 East Portland
was crowded and there was handicap
Ming and cheering an along the way.
After the president had been intro
ducod al the cornerstone laying by
Rev James Corby pastor OF the
church. be said:
"I don't know that any one ques'
lions the propriety of my being here
and officiating on such an occasion as
this or that am explanation of any sort
is called for But ! want 10 say that
believe r. To be- the duty of the presi-
dent of these United States TO welcome
and TO- suggest every instrument boy
which the morals and religion OF The
community may be elevated and main.
tanned. Not long ago ] odiciated at
the cornerstone laying of am Orthodox
CONGREGATIONAL church in Washington
Then ] appeared in the pulpit of a
Jewish tabernacle at Pittsburg. But
few days ago helped to lay the cor
nerstone of a Catholic institution at
Helena. Mont
"And now it IS my great pleasure &c
assist here in LAYING the cornerstone
OF this Uuivorsalist church. which. like
my own. the Unitarian church. is
known as n liberal one.
"I am glad ALWAYS TO be present at
such occasions as these. for believe
the cornerstone of modern civilization
must continue TO De religion and nor
atty
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-10-08
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS.
The Latest Closing Prices For Produce
and Live Stock.

PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR firm
winter low grades, s4.15Q 4.4O; winter
clear. s450q475; city mills, fancy
s6.2566.50. -,
RYE FLOUR steady; per barrel
Salsa 4.35.
$1110 l12. -,
71M71i2c. tt. r.
45i5c.: lower grades. 44c.
POULTRY: Live steady; hens. 14H
015isc.; old ROSTERS. 12c. Dressed
steady; choice fowls, 17c.; old roost
ers. 12c. ~,
BUTTER firm; extra creamery, SAC
EGGS frrl; selected, 290 Bic; near
BY, &c; western, &c.
POTATOES steady, at 6Sq zoe. pc
bushel
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-10-08

Paul Emngor. forty years of age. 2
well known local character commit
ted suicide by throwing himself OF
the railroad tracks IN front of a NOV
inc draft of freight cars at Altoona
Pa. ID is said Emnger had been drink
ing and was Respondent While seated
near the railroad. he remarked TO .
companion that he intended to put bis
head under the wheels when the cars
were started. a moment later the cars
moved. and ne made his threat good
before he could be prevented
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-10-08
svmpathetic Mauic.

"a friend of mine came across a
native sitting in the veranda Of a
house from which groans proceeded
Mr. Il. Thurston stated at the Royal
Society of Arts in a lecture on the
natives o. southern India. "He learn
ed that the mans wife was sitting OH
a swing studded with sharp nails In
order io cure him by sympathetic
magic of some trining ailment"-Lon-
don Standard.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-10-08
Woman Torn to Pieces by Lions.

A Young woman committed suicide
I'm Paris France, I'm iriehtlul man
nor. Having had a quarrel with hei
lover. who is lion tanner IN theaIei
in which three lions are introduced
the woman went behind the scenes and
thrust her arm into the cage. The ami
mails were wild with rage. and with 6
few blows of their claws tore her heac
and breast t0 pieces. The woman
fearful screams and the roars of the
animals caused a panic among the
audience
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-10-08
aanL Robbers Get $4,000.

Two men entered the Citizens Ma
tional ban, at GlenwOod Springs
Colo. and after holding up the two
clerks. robbed the safe and escaped OF
horseback with $4,000. The men en-
tered as though they were customers
While one man covered the clerks the
other looted the safe and the cast
drawer.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-10-08
nul nounes Out child,s Eye.

Beatrice Reed. a sevcnyear-old CIR
Of Mahanoy City. Pa. while playing IT
a field on her fathers farm in Locust
valley. was attacked by vicious bull
and her eye gouged out by the horn
of the infuriated animal Farm hands
prevented further violence to the child
by chasing the bull off.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-10-08
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Thursday. September 80.

AS the outcome OF a quarrel Ben
Tingle was shot and killed by his
brother.in-law. Lonnie Rushing, on the
road near Wingate, y. c.
While demented from brooding over
the death of his wife. John Champion.
pearl hunter. fired his shanty boat
in the Ohio river at Paducah, KY, al
ter Staying his eldest son.
Joe YAK. thirteen years old, and his
brother Scott, aged eleven, grandsons
OF Jie Bedore, a St Clair Flats resort
keeper, near Detroit Mich. chased a
floating bundle OF clothing with their
rowboat. and towed to shore the body
OF their dead mother who died OF
heart disease before falling into the
rivqr - .
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-10-08
Falls 10 stories-Hlts Spiked Fence.

Falling from the eighteenth moor Oh
q skyscraper Office building near
Broad and Chestnut streets rniia'
delphia. Robert Bradbury met a
horrible death in sight Of hundreds OF
SPECTATORS. Mystery surrounds the
cause of his fall. When he attracted
the attention of spectators by MS
screams he was rapidly railing through
the air in the rear of the buildings on
a small thoroughiare known as watts
street When he finally landed on a
spiked fence his body was literally
cut into pieces. 1t is not known from
which of two buildings. both OF them
more than twenty stories high, he fell
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-10-08
Fnoineer Knocked senseIess In Cab

A stone picked up by the iocomo-
tive at Railway, ~ I, knocked Engl'
noer William Cooper senseless in his
cab. and the Philadelphia express he
was guiding ran at full speed for sew.
eral miles before the fireman noticed
that there was no one at the throttle
and. climbing into the other side of the
cab he found Cooper bleeding and
senseless on the floor. The engineer
was struck by the flying stone as he
leaned from the window. The fireman
ran the train to Railway, where an
other engineer was obtained to run
the train to Philadelphia
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-10-08

Mr. and Mrs. Vs. j. Bryan observed
their twentrGfth wedding anniversary
M Fairview. near Lincoln. Neb.. the
house being decorated with flags anc
flowers and filled with messages anc
presents from all parts OF the world
Their three children and two grand
children were at home and the former
aided I'm receiving the long lone ol
neielbOrs who called.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-10-08
live Stack Markets.

pITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards
CATTLE steady; choice. $6.55G7.
SHEEP lower; lambs strong; prime
wethers. $A60G475; culls and com.
mon. s150qS; lambs, s4QI25; veal
calves, S9G 925.
HOGS active and higher; prime
beavies. sS.4OGS.5e; mediums, $3.50
$40: heavy Workers. $S1Oq S.25; light
Workers. $74OGI65; pigs, $3.50 725;
roughs, S6.50q15O.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-10-08
Bow smothered Picking Coal.

A cavity in an abandoned stripping
AT Beaver Brook, near Hazleton, Pa
from which Robert and John Price and
William Wear. three boys, who were
picking coal. collapsed and smothered
Robert Price. The others were revived.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-10-08
Mexico Loses s2o.ooo.OoO Crop.

Unprecedented cold weather in the
valleys in the vicinity of Mexico City,
Mex. has destroyed the corn crop. It
is estimated that the loss will reach
22O.OOO.OOO.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-10-08
VIII Give School s1,7OO,ooO.

Charles NJ. Pratt, who is the gen
eral secretary of the Standard Oil
company and president of the Pratt
institute. of Brooklyn, announced that
he and his sister. Mrs. E. b. Dane
would soon give to the school an en-
dowment fund of s1.7O0,O0O.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-10-08
Prominent Democrat bead.

Colonel w. r. Morrison. for many
years leader in the Democratic party
and a veteran of the Mexican War,
died at his home at Waterloo, Ill.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-10-08
Thousands Face Starvation.

Suffering of victims Of the recent
goods at Monterey. Mex, is acute, and
unless something is done thousands
must starve.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-10-08
Girl L Welohs s25 Pounds.

Weighing 6s5 pounds although only
seventeen years old. Gertie May Davis
from Wayne county. w. Va, is in Tn.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-27
POLICE HELD AT
BAY FOR HOURS
Aged Michigan Man Barbados Self
in Daughters Home and RI
ceives Fatal Bullet.

BENTON HARBOR, Mich, Dec.
27-Thos. Bothan, an aged man, is
dead here with bullet in his
brain, received after he had been be-
sieged for hours by the police in his
house. following an attempt by him
to murder his wife, daughter and
granddaughter. He was shot down as
he stood barricaded in the second
story of his daughters home, firing
at a posse of police
Early last week Botham disap
peared from Benton Harbor, Going to
st. Louis. Christmas he reappear
ed at the home of his daughter. Mrs
Franz Hildebrand. and attempted to
murder his wife, daughter and grand
daughter The women telephoned the
police and fed. Policeman Fischer
ordered Botham to halt and the an
swer was a shot Fischer called fol
help and a score of officers surround
ed the house Botham psrricaded
himself and opened fire upon them
The officers replied in kind, and Iol
hours the battle continued. Bothan
finally appeared at shattered win
dow again and was uttering a short
of defiance when he fell WITH bulle
| in his brain.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-27
FOOTBALL WORSE
THAN PRIZE FIGHT
Judge Whitson Started Something
When He Made this Statement
at a Banquet.

SPOKANE Wash. Dec. 27.-Judge
Edward Whitson of the United States
district court of eastern Washington,
who presided at a banquet of repre-
sentative business men interested in
the welfare of Spokane college, start
ed something when he declared in
the course of an address that football
is more injurious than prize fighting
and more disreputable, adding:
He who attends a prize fight
stands in the shadow of the law and
is liable to arrest and punishment.
We read Of deaths and injuries on the
football field, but none in the prize
ring. / am in favor of physical de-
velopment, but not hysical excuses
that rob the homes of the land of
their youth and strength. Football
either should be reformed to remove
all dangerous elements or abolished. y
Graduates of eastern universities
and colleges in Spokane Jake excep
ton to Judge WhitsoT S remark in
terming football more disreputable
than prize fighting, declaring that
while lively game cannot be called
pink tea, college footbali Is clear
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-27
WEEKS TRIP HAS
Been ABANDONED.
Y. M. C. A. Basket Ball Team Will
Not Fill Their Seven Days
Engagement as Was
First Thought.
NEW LEAGUE SCHEDULE
List of Games and Personal of Teams
Which viii Play for Cham
picnship of Senior
Department.
NEW LEAGUE SCHEDULE

The announcement has just come
that the Y. NJ. c. A. basket ball team
will not fill its dates with the teams
from nearby cities, calling for a
weeks trip, as was planned early in
the season, unless its is in a position
to do so at some later time. Several
of the star players would be unable
to play at the time set, the second
week in January and rather than send
weak team the trip will be abandon
ed for the present. Games had been
arranged with such cities as Cedar
Rapids, Des Moines, Oskaloosa and
several others.
/ In speaking of the matter. Physical
Director Chamberlin said: Rather
than send ( weak team to repre-
sent us we will send none at all
! I have made the case known to the
managers of the teams whom we
/ were to meet and they agree that il
/ would be better not to play under the
conditions
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-27
Any Distress Caused by out-of-o rider
Kidneys or Weak Bladder
vanishes Before You
Realize it.
STOP lEING MISERABLE
Several Doses Of Pape's Diuretic VIII
Clean and Regulate Your Kid
neys Ending Backache and
Urinary Trouble.

The most effective ard harmless
way to cure backache and regulate
out-ot order kidneys, or end BLADDER
trouble is t., take several doses OF
pape's Diuretic
You will distinctly feel that your
kidneys and urinary organs are being
cleaned. healed and vitalized, and all
backache, headache, nervousness,
rheumatism and darling pains, inflam-
ed or swollen eyelids, irritability.
sleeplessness, or suppressed, painful
or frequently urination ESPECIALLY at
MIGHTY and other distress, leaving
sitter taking the first few doses.
The nor.eIt you suspect any kid
ney or urinary disorder or rheuma-
tism, begin taking this harmless prep
arat:n as directed with the knowl-
edge that there Is no other medicine
al any price made anywhere else in
the world. which will effect to thor
ough and prompt q cure as fifty cent
treatment of Psr.''s Diuretic, which
any druggist can supply.
Your physician, pharmacist, banker
or any mercantile agency will tell you
that Pape, Thompson & Pape, of Gin
cinnati, is a large and responsible
medicine concern, thoroughly worthy
of your confidence.
Don't be miserable or worried an
other moment with a lame back OF
clogged, inactive kidneys or bladder
misery. All this goes after you start
taking Pape's Diuretic. and in few
days you feel and know that your kid
neys, liver and urinary system are
healthy, clean and normal, and al
danger passed.
Accept only Pape's Dfuretic-fifty
cent treatment-from any drug stor'
anywhere in the world.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-27
kent
GOES TO TOLEDO
Central Association Star Will Not be
Given a Try-out With Cleveland
Club Of American
League.
DOPE ON THE MANAGERS
One Sporting Writer Of the Circuit
Thinks That the Central Asso-
citation Has Great Group
Of Them.

Maurice Kent is another Central
Association star who is not to be Civ.
en- a tryout by the big leagues, at
least not by the major league club
drafting him. Announcement comes
that the following six players are to
be turned over by Cleveland to Toledo:
catcher Grover Land, out-fielders Mil
ler and pitchers Robinson, Kent, Otis
and Baskette. Kent was drafted by
Cleveland from Waterloo after the
twirler had passed through very sue
cessful season in the Central Associa-
ton. In fact he was one of the best
fingers in the league and Keokuk fans
and fans throughout the circuit found
much pleasure in watching him work
He is a clean cut young ball player
who gained much of his skill while
still in college. 1t is likely that he
will be able to make good with Toledo
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-27
Our Debt to Labor.

Verse and prose in all ages have
honored the dignity of labor. The in
spring story of mans undaunted and
unceasing toll, as he has won his way
step by step to industrial mastery and
TO triumph over the forces of the uni
verse, Is most significantly recorded
by his foremost monuments of litera-
ture. Among these. no book is more
fertile in allusion to valor, or in In
centive 10 it, than the Bible, the book
OF all laborers, whether of head or
hand Boston Globe.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-27
CAS- ORA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s sssss The :. Zsn4z7z~
A Queer Hospital Patient.


A most unusual patient was sue.
cessfully treated at the London hospl.
tai one day recently when a pet hen.
belonging to two little East End chill.
dren, had a broken leg set. While
scratching for food in a back YARD,
Polly who was the pet of the family
caught her leg in the fence and broke
it, The patient was wrapped up in an
apron and conveyed to the hospital
The door-keeper shook his head and
explained that the hospital was not
fowl run" The children brother
and sister-were turning away when
one of the house surgeons who was
going off duty, learning the nature oil
their visit, invited them inside, and
proceeded to set the broken, limb
Polly" is rot yet able OF dig for
worms, but is doing as well as could
be expected.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-27
Thinking Pleasant Things,

Make yourselves nests of pleasant
thoughts. None Of us yet knows, for
none Of us has been taught In early
youth, what fairy palaces we may
build Of beautiful thoughts, proof
against all adversely bright fancies,
satisfied memories, noble histories,
faithful sayings, treasure houses OF
precious and restful thoughts, which
care cannot disturb. nor pain make
gloomy. nor poverty take away from
us-houses built without hands for
our souls to live in.--John Ruskin.