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Arizona republican., 1909-10-09
THEFT.

do you think you would excuse me if stole a kiss?"
 By no means, sir"
 May I be permitted to hope that some day"
 Never, sir! You have very much mistaken me if you have inferred that I could under any circumstances encourage theft. but, er-if you should walk up like man and in a straightforward way perform the act you speak of, think l could con- done the offense''-Boston Ciurier.
Arizona republican., 1909-10-09
INDIANS WARNED

Moore sent word yesterday to the In dian police connected wit hthe differ ent reservations to warn all Indians not to unhitch their teams in Phoenix north of the railroad tracks. It has been the habit for Indians to feed their teams in the road and then leave the city to clear up the litter. During fair week and when the circus is in town as well as every Saturday this has developed into positive nuisance. The Indians will have to remain south of the tracks in the future.
Arizona republican., 1909-10-09
REVENGE OF SUFFRAGETTES
For the Breaking Up of Meeting at
 New Castle.

New Castle on Tyne, Eng, Oct. B. This city. where David Lloyd George. chancellor of the exchequer, will de-
 tomorrow, was invaded by suffra
 gettes tonight. The chancellor was escorted from the station by a strong force of police. The suffragettes at tempted this evening to hold a meet ing in Drill Hall, but the students. with a noisy element of the city,
Arizona republican., 1909-10-09
A MEAN MAN.

Irate barber (to customer. as he seats him in the chair)-You see that guy going out of the door?
 Customer-Yes, what of it?
 Irate barber-He's the meanest man on earth.
 Customer-What has he done?
 Irate barber-Why. the scoundrel sat in my chair for half an hour and never told me he was deaf.-Every bodys Magazine.
Arizona republican., 1909-10-09
THE AERIAL FAMILY.

Dad is on the barn roof, launching a balloon. With wooden wings beneath his arms he says: I'll soar soon" Sis has turned her parasol into a parachute, And tied the cat on with a string and says it's "cunning cute" Brother with his aeroplane is on the garden wall And ma is spreading feather beds to catch them when they fall.
 Chicago News.
Arizona republican., 1909-10-09

Sold throughout the world. Depots: Iondon. 2. Charterhouse Sq.: Paris. 10. Rue de Ia Chaussee dArtin: Australia. R. Towns & Co.,, Sydney: India. B. K. Paul. Calcutts: China, Hong Kong Drug Co.,: Ltd. Cape Town. etc: U:S.A- Potter Drug & Chem Corp- Sole Props. 135 Columbus Ave. Boston.
 Sf-Post-free, 32-psge book giving description, treatment sod cure of snectens of the skin and hair.
Arizona republican., 1909-10-09

catching with their whirling turbines its water almost from the very source in the city of Worcester. Mass, line its banks and grow in size and im- portance till in Woonsocket and Paw tucket. R. l., they are amoung the largest of their kind in the country.
Arizona republican., 1909-10-09

armed with bells, whistles and trumpets, raised such a din that the speakers could not be heard. The meeting was finally broken up when
 fireworks were thrown on the stage. The suffragettes went to the Liberal club and threw stones through the windows. Four women were arrested.
Arizona republican., 1909-10-09
4po,,,;cs did ,t cold vauor toao,

Politics did it." said Waller today. T was prosperous and contented until fell into the hands of politicians, who wanted me to run for county superin- terGent. I was elected and became a good fellow. Then I became short in my accounts Waller is being held. pending word from the Oklahoma au- thorities.
Arizona republican., 1909-10-09
SOUTH DAKOTA ROBBERY.

Aberdeen. s. D., Oct. S.-A telephone message from Peever says robbers blew open a safe there today. secured s7,O00 and fled on a handcar. A posse is in pursuit
Arizona republican., 1909-10-09
RAIN IN THE SOUTHWEST

Kansas City, Oct. S.-A drouth which has extended throughout a large part of the southwest for two months was broken by a heavy rain early today and tonight.
Arizona republican., 1909-10-09
NOT KNOWN AT YUMA.

Yuma, AriZ., Oct. Sold inhabit- ants of Yuma cOnversant with school affairs for twenty years state that Waller never lived here to their knowledge.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-18
MO. PACIFIC WRECK.
In Collision Near CoTeyviIIe Twenty
Three Persons Were Injured.

Coffeyvile. Kan., Jan. 1S.-Misseuri
Pacific passenger train 103, due here
at 6:15 a. IN. from Kansas City. col
lided headon two miles west of this
city Sunday morning with a north
bound freight. No one was killed, but
twenty-three persons were injured,
some severely. The injured:
Mrs. p. S. Powell of Nowata, Okla;
may die several of her ribs were
broken and she is possibly injured in
ternally.
r. B. Craig, passenger engineer;
slightly scaIded-
Mrs. A. b. Guy, Deering, Kan, nose
broken and bruised.
Mrs. N E. Watson, Independence,
Kan, bruised about head and chest
George Schmidt, news agent, Kansas
City; nose broken and badly bruised.
P. T Hamilton, Hiawatha, Kansas,
nose broken.
L. L. Bogue, Greenwich. Kan, neck
severely sprained and bruised about
the back.
p. s. Powell. Nowata, Okla, broken
ribs, cuts and bruises.
William f. Kealey and wife, each
severely cut and bruised.
The other injured were more or less
bruised and cut but not seriously.
The wreck occurred just after the
passenger had rounded the bend, The
freight crew left here with the inten-
ton of making Deering before the pas
sensNr left there. The engines were
completely telescoped and several cars
of the freight were demolished. The
passenger coaches remained on the
tracks
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-18
ARE AFTER GOOD ROADS.
Montgomery County Farmers Draft a
Bill for Legislative Enactment.

independence. Kan. Jan. 1S.-A
large number of farmers of this cOun-
ty met here Saturday and approved
the draft of road bill which they
want introduced in the state legisla-
ture. 1t provides for a county bridge
and highway commissioner to be
elected by the people and to draw
salary of $5 a day, a civil engineer to
be given preference. He shall APP
point an assistant in each township
and these shall form an executive
commissioner as chairman.
The township are to be divided into
two and not more than four districts
with a foreman over each. Road work
will be permitted only in the six sum-
mer months. The executive board is
to outline all work and make an esti-
mate of the money needed for road
improvements each year, and to have
charge of the construction of all
bridges and culverts. Reinforced con-
crete only is to be used in bridges and
culyerts. Senator Overfield was pres
ent and promised his support.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-18
CORBETT ONLY JOKING.
Has No Intention of Fighting johnson
or Any Other Man.

Philadelphia, Jan. 1S.-Jim Corbett
admits that he was only Kidding"
when he said that he would fight Jack
johnson if Jeffries decided to remain
retired.
81 have been so often misquoted of
late" said Corbett, ''that 1 am al
most afraid to say anything. A week
or so ago I made a kidding remark
to the effect that if nobody else would
fight Jack Johnson, would be tempt
ed to take a chance at him, because
hated to see a colored heavyweight
champion.
"Since that time it has been passed
the length and breadth of the land
that 1 would fight Johnson unless JEFF
fries did, and many other such state
ments as the result of being taken Sc
riousIy when I was joking. I buried
my pugiIistic ambitions long ago, and
they were replaced by desire to be-
come an actor pleasing enough to the
people to win applause regardless of
the memories of my days in the ring"
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-18
SECURES A COLORADO CONTRACT
Walter Sharp of Winfield to Build a
| Dam on Cache Le Poudre.

Winfield, Kan. Jan. 1S.-Walter Sharp
has closed a deal whereby he secures the
contract for the erection of a concrete
dam across the Cache LIE Poudre river in
Colorado. The dams site is situated one
hundred miles northwest of Denver, and
the water conserved will be used by a
party of capitalists to transform the sur
rounding county, which is a desert waste,
into a Verdant agricultural region.
Mr.. Sharp will commence work on the
dam the first of March, and will COM
plete the construction by the first of the
following August. The dam. which will
be known as the Cache LIE Poudre dam,
will conserve the waters of region that
is characterized by frequent cloudburstS
and excessive rains.
The area of the reservoir is to be 5O0,-
600, coo cubic feet, while the greatest depth
is 125 feet. This huge wall of water will
be guarded by a solid concrete wall 800
feet long and upwards of 125 feet in
height.
The estimated cost of this project as
given by the supervising engineer is $780,
600, and will employ the services of 300
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-18

lists is the fact that the name of John
d. Rockefeller does not appear any
where as large holder of railroad
stocks Whether all his railroad in
vestments are in bonds or whether he
has none is left to conjecture. Nor
does the name of H. H Rogers appear
as large holder of voting securities.
Yet Mr.. Rogers has been wildly credi-
ted with being a great holder of rail-
road stocks. Other absentees from the
lists are James Stillman, so long head
of the National City bank, and Speyer
& Co. of New York
Insurance Companies Interested.
Several of the big New York life
insurance companies appear at inter-
vas. The Mutual Life is interested in
the greatest number of roads. ]. p.
Morgan appears only occasionally and
never for very large amount. The
American and Adams Express COM
panies are shown to have large hold
ings in some roads and there is dis
closed a great deal of control by one
road over another or over several
others. especially in the cases of the
Pennsylvania and New York Central
systems
Mary c. Thaw of Pittsburg, mother
of Harry k Thaw, figures as one of
the largest holders of common stock
of the Grand Rapids e. Indiana rail-
road. She owns 770 shares of par
value of $1,000.
There is no evidence in these lists
of any Hartman interest in any of
the Gould roads. He is not shown,
either in the Santa Fe, but Kuhn, Loeb
& Co. appear there with holdings of
almost 10 million dollars. A Dutch
syndicate with a long name is the
heaviest holder of Santa Fe. Harri-
mans holdings in New York Central
are less than $4,000 shares.
The reports disclose the apparent
prominence in various railroad Sys-
TENS of number of men not hereto
fore prominent. The names Of Sieg-
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-18
ENGLAND WANTS JOHNSON.
National Sporting Club Has Several
Matches in View.

London, Jan. 1S.-Manager Betti-
son of the National Sporting club,
said that he had been endeavoring to
arrange fights between Jack johnson,
the heavyweight champion, and other
aspirants for the championship, both
American and English. He could not,
however, mention names until the
matches had been clinched, as he
would only invite the competition of
other clubs by doing so. With the ex-
ception of Johnson's fight with Sam
Langford, of Boston, absolutely moth
ing had been arranged, not even the
date.
Fitzpatrick, the manager of John
son, has written that he would be
back in London some time in Febru-
ary, but Mr.. Bettison did not expect
him before the end of March, owing
to theatrical engagem ents. Both
Johnson and Fitzpatrick had said that
they desired to make engagements
with the National Sporting club
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-18

man, Steinman and others occur sew
eral times and usually for substan-
tial holdings. The most surprising is
the name of H. NJ. Walker, who is
shown as the largest holder of Den
yer & Rio Grande with 140, 900 shares
in his name Walkers name occurs
in several other lists also.
Among the stockholders shown are
these: Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul,
Mr.. Hughitt as president; Chicago &
Northwestern. F. w. Vanderbilt, Will
liam H. Moore, d. G. Reid, Marshall
Field. Mary Letter; Missouri, Kansas
& Texas Netherlands company, Eng
lish association of Railroad Bond and
Shareholders; Raphael & Son. Lon
don; st. Louis & San Francisco, B. P.
CLANCY, Boston, James Campbell st.
Louis; Chicago & Alton, Central Trust
of New York, G03,4 431 com
mon and $4,000 preferred) as trustees
for Toledo, st. Louis & Western, I'm
ion Pacific railroad (1O3,431 COM
mon). Chicago, Burlington and Quin-
cy: Standard Trust company of New
York, trustee (1O7,613,050 common)
Morton H. Miles of New York, Chas.
w. Harkness of New York
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-18
HIS FTANCEE is GONE.
Larned Farmer Loses Expected Bride
and S1S5 in Wichita.

Wichita, Kan. Jan. 18.-Amos
Bixby, a retired farmer who came here
about two months ago from Larned to
have his eyes treated. asked the police
to assist him in locating his fancee,
Miss Marie Axtell. whom he had
given $1S5 to buy her wedding trous-
seau preparatory to leading her to the
altar of matrimony.
Bixby says he met Miss AxteH short
ly after coming to Wichita. It seems
to have been a case of love on first
sight He claims she promised to
marry him as soon as she could get
the necessary clothes and travelling
suits. Mr.. Bixby agreed to advance
her the necessary funds for buying her
trousseau. She accepted the money a
short time ago and has been getting
ready for the wedding day.
Miss Axtell is reported to have
changed her mind a few days ago and
notified Mr.. Bixby. He called at her
rooming house, which is said to have
been on Texas avenue, but she had
left there and has not been heard
from.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-18
Mrs. Elizabeth Jackson Hears
of Her Lost Lover.
Finds st. Louis Victims Who
Lost Money, Same as She.
WOMEN WERE EASY.
The lola Widow Hunting Swind-
ler in Missouri.
Has an Offer of Marriage From
Another Unknown.

lola, Kan, Jan. 1s.-Mrs. Elizabeth
jackson and her attorney, w. D. Cope,
have gone to st. Louis to try and To-
cate John Madison. who swiudled her
out of 81, 400 last December after prom
ising to marry her. He hailed from
a dozen places but always claimed to
be a horse buyer for the German gov
ernment with big ranch in California.
Word has reached here from St. Louis
that Mrs. Jackson has found that Mad
ison had several dupes in that city
among one of whom was Mrs. Kath
crime Baughman. proprietor of the
Newport hotel He promised to marry
Mrs. Baughman, after telling her the
same story of the California ranch, and
got $4oO from her to buy Kentucky
stallion.
known as Mrs. Minnie Allen of 1418
Madison street. he got $400 on the same
tale. and would have got her $4,000
property, she says, if he had stayed
around a few days longer. He Went
through a mock ceremony with Mrs.
ALLEN.
Miss Alice Richardson a South St.
Louis woman. parted with S4Oo to the
smooth Mr.. MADISON, whom she consid-
cred her fiance. and there were others
Madison is described as being about
so years old. about feet tail, and slen-
der, with a smooth shaven, lean face,
Win lSnt halr ana cOInpleSlOn- ne
spoke with slight foreign accent. He
always dressed well. but not ostenta
tiously, and looked the part he pro-
fessed-a we'll to do horseman.
Mrs. Jackson has an appointment, 1t
is. said, to meet William H. Stallings,
a merchant at AlhambFa, HI, who
when he read of her being stung- wrote
her and proposed marriage. He told
her in the letter that he did not want
her to lose confidence in all mankind
and assured her he did not want to
borrow money
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-18
LAMBERT'S FUNERAL.
Body of the Late EmpOria Lawyer
Inferred at EmpoFia.

Emporia. Kan. Jan. 1s.-The funeral
lost his life in the Topeka Copeland hotel
fire, were held from the home here Sun
day afternoon. Rev. w. A. Parker of the
First Christian church conducted the SER
vices and was assisted by Rev. ]. H. J.
Rice of the First Congregational church
The funeral was one of the most largely
attended ever held here. The Elks at
tended in a body, as did the A. o. L. w.
and the Lyon County Bar association
Many lawyers and prominent people were
here from all over the state. The active
pallbearerS Were W. A. White, o. w.
Way, w. L. Higgins, Hazard Dunlap,
Charles Cleaver and C. A. Stannard.
The honorary pallbearers were chosen
from the EIks. A. o. L. w. and the bar
association. Intermemnt was made at
Maplewood cemetery.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-18
CHANCE MUST GO TO WORK.
The Noted Ball Player Lost Most OF
His Money in California.

Los Angeles, Cal, Jan. 1s.-Frank
Chance, the peerless leader of the
worlds champion Cubs, is broke.
Chance had been doing fairly well
with his bookmaking at the Santa An
ita track until Charley Gates began
his winning streak. Chance had bid
for Gates money ana had been TAX
ing large wagerS from the plunger un-
til Thursday. when he met his Water
loo. Gates took out of his book some
thing like $45,000, winning every wag
er he made with Chance. Gates los
ing bets were wagered elsewhere.
Gates winning above all losses on
Thursday totaled $4,000, and Chances
book was put out of business.
Chance has retired his book, but is
still about the track. 1t is said he
will leave for the country tomorrow,
where he expects to rest up before re-
turning east and shape matters up for
his spring practice of the worlds
champion baseball team. Before GO
ing broke Chance purchased on orange
grove here and it is believed this rep
resents his total capital.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-18
WOULD LOSE JAP TRADE.
Japanese Consul Sounds Warning
AGAINST Rate Advance.

Chicago, Jan. 1S.-A warning that
the advance of railroad rates would
mean the total loss of the Japanese
trade of the United States was
sounded by K. Matsubara, imperial
Japanese consul in Chicago, at a
luncheon given by the trade extension
committee of the Chicago Advertising
association. The representative of the
mikado declared that even now pre-
parations were being made to with
draw Japanese steamers from the
trade with America.
1.-The proposed advance, if carried
out, means loss of 7.12 per cent of
your total EXPORTS said the consul.
THE amount of Oriental trade which
you will lose will be more thain your
total export trade with France and a
little less than you enjoy with
Canada"
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-18
RAILROADOW W NERS
The Holders of the Shares of
the Principal Roads.
Commerce Commissions InVes-
tigatiOn of Stockholders.
ARE MANY SURPRISES.
Hartman Seems to Be the
Largest Individual Magnate.
Other Items of Interest in Rail-
way Circles.
ARE MANY SURPRISES.

New York, Jan. 1S.-A Washington
dispatch to the New York Times pre-
sents the names of the ten largest
holders of securities in "A of the most
widely known railroads of the United
States. The lists are compiled from
the annual reports just sent to the in
terState commerce commission. More
than 725 railroads reported.
This is the first time such a call has
been made by the commission. The
purpose is to enable the body to iden-
tify the keystone of the railroad cir
Gle.
The real power in the railroad world
is expected to be disclosed and the
is to determine positively
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-18

priving them of their rights under the
constitution of the United States. an
offense for which there is, under the
federal statutes, a maximum fine of
IS, 900 or ten years imprisonment. No
arrests have yet been made.
Major Stokes, an ex-slave and his
niece, were members of little colony
of negroes, who were homesteading
farms near Hugoton. H. J. Bone,
United States district attorney, said
that this anti-negro movement, started
in Texas and Oklahoma, was carried
into southern Kansas. This is the only
case, however, that has come to the
notice of the government.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-18
LONGBOAT CAPTURES A THIEF.
Negro Was Making Off With a Stolen
Coat When Indian Gave Chase.

New York, Jan. 1S.-"Tom'' Longboat,
the Indian runner, who recently made
Dorando Pietri look like novice in the
Marathon at Madison Square garden, has
branched out as a thief catcher, and gave
a free exhibition of sprinting on Sixth
avenue and Thirty-first street, when James
Smith, negro, sped by Longboat on Sixth
avenue with stolen overcoat on his arm,
pursued by a crowd crying, stop thief
Tom Flanagan, who was with the Indian
grasped the situation in a moment and
said: '"Tom, are you game? Get after
that fellow" The fleet-footed Indian
without word, sprang forward Foot af-
ter foot, yard after yard. he gained on the
black man, and finally on Thirty-first
street, near Broadway, he made a flying
leap and bore the fugitive to the ground.
A policeman subdued the negro, who was
locked up in the Tenderloin station.
Tom and his manager scurried away
after the capture.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-18
SIX GARAGES BURN.
Fire Destroys 34S Automobiles Valued
at $75O,OOO.

Boston, Jan. 1S.-The most extern
sive automobile storage and repair
plant in the city has burned, destroy
ing 34S automobiles valued at $780,
900. The fire spread to the old train
shed of the Park Square railroad sta
ton, foremriy used as the terminal of
the Providence division of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford railroad,
and destroyed the bicycle track and
large pavilion used for exhibition pur-
poses. The damage to the building
will bring the total loss to about
100000.
There were six garages In the
storage station.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-18
A Mistaken statement.

Alma, Kan, Jan. IS.
To the Editor of the State Journal:
In regard to the letter published in
the Alma Enterprise two weeks ago,
from George Gerlach to Miss 1ngle
Anderson. we wish to say, that al
though the letter was genuine. the
contents referring to the trouble men,
toned between our mother and the
boys are an absolute faIsehood. George
left home on his own accord after
being begged by his mother to remain
at home. Mother has always treated
us with kindness and given US as good
n home as any one could wish for.
FRED GERLACH,
GUS GERLACH.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-18
SANTA FE is FINED.
Road Violated Federal Safety Ap-
DlianCe Act

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 1S-The
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail-
way company was found guilty by a
jury in the United States court in
Kansas City, Kan, of violating the
federal law that requires safety
appliances on cars. 1t was fined 500.
The case was based on a defective
coupling on a car sent out from EN-
poria. The action was brought bv the
Interstate Commerce commission on
the evidence obtained by inspectors.
An application for new trial was
fled.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-18
worlds Tour for John T..

New York, Jan. 18.-Johnt L. Sulli-
van has started on a trip around the
world Sullivan left Boston, going
straight to Seattle. He will begin there
a tour of the Pacific slope and. that
finished, will turn his face westward.
He will visit the Hawaiian islands and
thence set forth toward New Zealand d
and Australia. Then by easy stages he
will follow the highways to the big
cities of the Far East and pass on to
Europe. Sullivan's friends in Boston
have been making his appearances
there this past week with his old an
tagonist, Jake Kilrafn, a series of re-
ceptions
The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-18
X. U. MOVES UP a STEP.
Lawrence School Admitted to Amer1-
can Universities Association.

Lawrence, Kan, Jan. 1S.-Chancel-
lor Frank Strong has received word
that the University of Kansas was adj
nitted to the Association of American
Universities at it's annual meeting at
Ithaca, N Y. The action was taken
as a means of recognizing the stand
ards of the work done in the kansas
school.
The association is an organization of
the leading universities and colleges
of the country, and is dominated large
ly by the eastern schools. The state
universities OF Kansas. Nebraska and
Missouri are now members.