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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-07-23
Railroad Doing Well.

The work on the railroad is
progressing very satisfactorily
and a crew is now at work laying
the steel which arrived a few
days ago. More steel has been
ordered and will arrive in a short
time and track laying will con-
tinue as fast as the steel arrives.
Although it is not expected now
that the road will be completed
by August 1st, as first planed, it
will be but short time and will
be completed in sufficient time
to haul off the grain this season.
Nezperce Herald.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-07-23

~ illin tnat the concern
y practically insolvent. He af.
nrms that the assets of the grain
and supply company are not
worth by fully $4,000 the figure
at which they are appraised. He
says the liabilities are fully $50
600. Po''
mr.. Hughes alleges that prop
erty Of the company appraised at
200 is not worth more than
900, 600. He asserts that its AZ.
counts receivable will not bring
more than $4,000.
In his complaint Rea alleges
that the grain company is in inn
mlnent danger of insolvency
lie asserts that at a meeting of
the stockholders on May 8. 1909.
1t was decided that it would be
impossible to continue business.
and that the board of trustees
was instructed to try to sell the
property and liquidate the in
debtedness. They have tried,
the complaint alleges, but with
out success.
The complaint says the liabili-
ties are $780, 900 and that the as
sets are appraised at $89, ,O74, but
that they are not worth that
much. 1t is also alleged that
there is suit for $19, ,981, brought
by B. c. Moseby, receiver of the
Spokane & Columbia River Rail-
road & Navigation company,
against the grain and supply
company.
In estimating its assets at $780,
O74 the company makes no allow
ance for depreciation, the COM
plant alleges. The accounts re-
ceivable, estimated at $4,000,
are worth only $25OO, he alleges.
The complaint further sets UP
that the warehouses are apprais-
ed at $12, 600 more than can be
realized. That the warehouses
are valuable only during the har-
vest season is asserted, and it is
also alleged that unless they are
sold at once the loss to the cred
tors will be great.
In an answer filed by the Farm
ers' Grain and Supply company
III the material allegations of the
are denied. I
The Farmers Grain and Sup !
,ly company has about 20 ware {
houses in central and eastern
Washington. t
The stockholders are mostly I
armers, there being about 1900 S
anchers interested. For several /
months the stockholders have
oreseen that the company must 6
o out of existence and it is said q
hat some time ago the trustees c
greed to turn over the assets t
or the debts. Spokesman Re- O
lew. U
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-07-23

All members of the Farmers
Union are hereby requested to
meet at Cottonwood on the first
Saturday in August, as there is
business of Importance to trans
act. RILEY RICE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-20
THREE TRAINS A WEEK.
Run to Port Florence Where Roosevelt
VIII Spend a Day.

Kisumu, British East Africa, Doc. 20.
|-Kisumu, or Port Florence, where Col.
Roosevelt and his party are to spend at
least day, is situated on the shores of
Victoria Nyanza lake at the end of
Kavirondo gulf. 1t is the terminus of
the railway and rises $500 feet above
sea level. Kisumu possesses dry
dock, the altitude of which is the high
est in the world.
As the train rears it's destination, the
wonderful beauties of the huge inland
sea are disclosed. The water stretches
for 40 miles to the mouth of the Kavi-
rondo gulf and on all sides huge noun
tainS lOo-1 I'D.
will be there to welcome the Roosevelt
party-Europeans in smart ducks, In
dams, GoaneSz, EuraSianS, half-breed
Europeans and Indian Swahalis, Arabs,
Nandi, Lumbwa. Kavirondo' Wakamoa
and others too numerous to mention.
The arrival of the train is a tri-weekly
event of great Importance and the pas
sengers it will carry on this particular
occasion makes it doubly so.
There are two curses in Kisumu, the
sleeping sickness and intermittent out
breaks of bubonic plague Luckily,
Europeans seem to be immune as so
far there have been no reports of Eur
peans suffering from either disease at
this place.
The native market is an ever present
source of interest to the traveller and
it is a wonderful sight to see the hum
dreds of naked men and women engag-
ed in ardent barter. The food is not
always of the best. and at times the
odors are almost unbearable-
The Kisii country is only Ia by III
miles in extent and forms part of the
vast KiSumu province. This small area
was little known until punitive force
had been sent up there in January,
1908, to settle with the natives for an
attack made on the district commits
sioner when tax collecting.
The country is densely populated by
q tribe which appears to be an offShoot
of the Nasal race, interbred with the
Kavirondo tribes. They are fierce and
practically unciviIized. In 1865 the gov
eminent sent an armed patrol of $50
kings African rifles through the coun-
try under Major Jenkins. Before that
time the Kisii had hardly seen a White
man. They attacked the patrol in camp
one day and charged right up to the
Zareba with reckless daring, despite
the terrific fire of the Maxins and RI
fles. Scores of the natives fell and the
patrol was permitted to finish Its sur
vey of the country.
Numerous attacks have been made IN
this region upon British officials. only
last year one of them. accompanied by
six armed police, was speared by
warrior who was hiding behind bush.
Later it was learned that witch doc
tor had ordered the native to spear the
official as she wanted to see the last
of the white men in her district.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-20
FOUGHT WITH HATPINS.
Indications Connected With Death of
Sisters Point to Duel.

Newark, N. j.. Dec. 20.-Two aged
spinsters. Frances and Isabel Richie,
have been found dead in their home
here.
The sisters have lived alone for 20
wears in the same house. Their source
of income was mysterious Frances
was found lying on the floor while
the body of the sister dangled from
a piece of clothes line made fast above
a door A small box was found in
the dining room, on the cover of which
had been written these words:
Frances hung herself Saturday. Me
too"
This led to the belief that the two
old women had carried out suicide
pact, Frances hanging herself first
and the body being cut down by the
sister But further investigation
brought to light more gruesome de-
tails Underneath her clothing and
sticking in the breast of Frances was
a hatpin, buried in the flesh up to its
black head. The pin had been driven
close to the Heart to a depth OF about
four inches. Similar wounds. but of
not such a serious nature. were found
in the other body, which leads to the
relied and fought.
Whether Frances deliberately
hanged her sister. then killed herself
with the hatpin or whether the sis
ter found hanging stabbed the other
and then ended her own life. will per-
hapS never be known.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-20
WANT NO CHANGES NOW.
Missouri Valley Football Association
satisfied With F'oOtbal Rules.

Des Moines, Ia, Dec. 2O.-Football
men in this section of the Missouri
valley will not go far with the foot
ball rules committee. If too radical
departures are made from the present
game, the valley officials will get to-
gether and adopt their own rules for
the game, these being practically the
same as the present rules with greater
freedom for the forward pass, and
kick. The movement already has
started, and the leaders are finding lit
tie difficulty in getting the support of
the leading football authorities of the
section.
The reason fer this is not hard to
find. Practically no injuries have been
reported among the valley schools for
two years. One or two deaths have
been recorded among the minor col
leges of the section, their deaths being
attributed TO the game, but thor
ough investigation generally resulted
in the finding that the game had little
or nothing to do with it.
This was the case last fall in the
reported death of player at Morn
ingStar college of Sioux City. A week
after the excitement had wore away
a thorough investigation showed that
the man died from causes which could
not have been in any way aggravated
by his playing of the game. Three
deaths occurred in the four states,
Iowa. Missouri. Kansas and Nebraska,
during the last season.. one man being
a high school player, another a second
team player frem the Haskell Indian
institute, and the third a town team
man. The colleges do not desire to
lay the blame for these deaths on the
game as they play it, and do not be-
lieve that The college game, which has
proved to be. relatively safe, should
suffer in consequence.
No official statement of facts will be
sent to the meeting of the rules COM
mittee, for the association has no rep
resentatfon in that body. The action
of the rule makers will be awaited
and discussed before any action in ac-
ceptance or rejection is taken.
That the Missouri valley wants a
more open game is evident from the
talk of the coaches and many of the
faculty members conversant with the
game. The football men of the sec
ton are agreed that the penalty for
the forward pass is too large, that it
should be cut down, and a large num-
Der of the experts havo expressed a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-20
DRAMATIC ART CONTEST.
State Manual Training Normal Event
to Be Held December %.

Pittsburg, Kan, Dec. 20.-The most
important event of the year at the
State Manual Training Normal of this
city, outside of the graduating exer-
cises, will be The annual contest in
defamation and dramatic art for the
Lanyon and Fitch prizes. to be held
here Wednesday evening. December %.
The representatives in both the con-
tests come from different parts of the
state and in former years 1t has proven
the biggest drawing card of the year.
Already there IRE number of people
from other ( arts of the state here to
witness their sons and daughters take
part in the programs.
The prizes to be awarded consist of
s25 each. The Lanyon prize goes to
the best declaimer and the Fitch prize
to the society presenting the best
twenty minute dramatic scene.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-20
NO WEDDING BELLS FOR HIM.
Kinsley Farmers Romance Shattered
in Its Infancy.

KinsIey. Kan. Dec. 20.-H. L.
Warner, a wealthy farmer of this
county. has announced that there will
be no wedding bells for him and has
incidentally marked $500 in red ink
on his ledger.
Warner met woman in Hutchinson
several months ago and soon became
on friendly terms with her. The
woman went to Tulsa and Warner also
left for Tulsa the early part of the
month. He proposed marriage, was
accepted and then commenced getting
his experience lessons
Chapter one of the engagement was
getting his fair fiancee's clothing out
of hook. The fancee had been travelling
"a pretty fast clip evidently. and she
seemed to be out of everything from
face powder to corn salve. So War
ner replenished her wardrobe
About. this time Warner found that
the rooming house in which his pros
pective bride stayed was not altogether
above suspicion. After spending a few
more dollars he concluded that he had
been playing a losing game in the
matrimon lottery.
Warner returned home an unnar-
ried man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-20
George A. Plante Made Desper-
ate Effort to Secure Cash.
Was Planning to Marry Sharon
Springs Society Girl.
OPERATED IN DENVER.
Claims Father Is Wealthy Utica.
n. v, Grain Merchant.
Worked as Teamster But Al
ways Had Plenty of Money.

Denver, Colo. Dec. 20.-That he
might has sufficient funds with which
to defray the expenses of his mar
riage to a society girl of Sharon, Kan,
George A. Plante, "a years, who
claims to be the son of a wealthy re-
tired grain merchant of Utica, N. Y,
made a desperate attempt to secure
$1,40o from the First National bank
and is now in Jail on the charge OF
forgery
The affair is pronounced by Chief
of Police Armstrong as the crudest at
city. What disposition will be made OF
the case will not be learned until
Cashier G. E. Woodhouse of the state
bank at Sharon, Kan, is heard from:
1t was his name which was forged
several times by Plante in his effort
to obtain the large sum of money.
According to the story told by
Plante. his wealthy parent was to have
sent $500 to his credit to the First
National bank of Denver. This money,
year and it was on the strength OF
the promised receipt of the check that
instigated the entire affair.
Worked as Teamster, But Had Money.
Plante had lived in Sharon. for a
year. During this time he had been
employed as teamster for coal
concern He was drawing but meager
wages and, it is said, lived beyond his
income.
Several times, it is reported. he
wrote home to his rich parent and
in return would receive checks for
various amounts. The largest received
at one time is said to be $500. All of
this money was deposited in the State
Bank of Sharon.
So confident were the officers of
that institution of the fact that Plante
was we'll fixed. financially. he was al
lowed to overdraw his account. Each
time the money was repaid.
On December 16 Plante. so he
claims. went to the cashier of his
home bank and asked to be forwarded
the sum of $1,000. AS the officer did
amount he stated that it would be
necessary that some proof be shown
to assure the bank officials that Plante
would be good for the money
Sends Fake Message to Denver Bank.
Plante returned within a few min
utes, it is alleged, and produced a let
ter, supposedly written by his father,
in which it was stated $1,000 was to
be sent to the First National bank
and placed to Plante's credit
The money. Plante claims. is part
of a large sum due him from an
estate of his grandmother. who died
recently.
According to Plante. the cashier
made out a draft on the First Ma
tional bank. He also gave Plante. so
the latter claims. $1,235 in cash, for
which amount Plante gave his per-
sona1 note. The sight draft was for
warded by the Sharon institution to
the First National bank, reaching here
yesterday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-20
none BUT WAGNER
Mighty Dutchman Again Leads
National League.
His Batting Average Is Three
Thirty-Nine.
MITCHELL is SECOND.
Cincinnati Outf1elder Beats
Three Hundred Mark.
Pittsburg Leads Team Hitting
by Good Margin.
MITCHELL is SECOND.

New York, Dec. 20.-Hans Wagner,
shortstop OF the Pittsburg baseball club,
again leads the batters of the National
League with a percentage of 1888 in the
official batting averages made public
by President John Heydler of the Ma
tfonal League today. Wagner welded
the willow effectively making 16S hits
for a total of 242 bases. Outfelder
Mitchell of Cincinnati. batted .310.
Bescher of Cincinnati led the base steal
ers, purloining "a bases.
Pittsburg led in team batting with an
average of .259. The worlds champions
also led in run getting. completing the
circuit 701 times.
The following are players who hit
above the 275 mark
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-20

patton. In my opinion constipation
is responsible for most ailments. There
are thirty-two feet of human bowels,
which is really sewer pipe. When this
pipe becomes clogged, the whole system
becomes poisoned, causing biiousness, in
digestion and impure blood, which often
produces rheumatism and kidney all
ments. No woman who suffers with con-
stipation or any liver complaint can ex-
pect to have clear complexion, or enjoy
good health.
Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills are tonic
to the stomach, liver and nerves. They
invigorate instead of weakening; they
enrich the blood instead of impoverish-
ing it; they enable the stomach to get
ali the nourishment from food that is
put into it.
These pills contain no calomei, no dope,
tbev are soothing, healing and stimu-
lating. They school the bowels to act
without physic. Price % cents.
If you are in doubt as to your diseases,
consult Munyon's doctors, 1865 Arch street,
Philadelphia. Advice absolutely free.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-20
10 PRISON FOR LIFE.
Clyde Charles, Slayer of George Nep-
tune, ConfesseS His Guilt.

Larned, Kan, Dec. 20-Confession
faltered upon the lips of Clyde H.
Charles, murderer, and then halted
completely as the man faced Judge
Lobdel of the district court. A few
hours later, the same man stood be-
fore the same Judge and without emo
ton told how he had killed George E.
Neptune, a farmer, and buried the
body on farm near here, September
IA. A sentence of prison for life was
the answer to the recital.
AS Neptune slept in the loft of his
barn the night of September IA,
Charles, whose home is in Dalhart,
Tex, crept upon him and with a blow
Of an ak changed the sleep of life to
one of death. Then he sold some of
Neptune's possessions and went to
Texas Three months later to the day,
last Tuesday. Charles, under arrest
and guarded, dug up the body of his
victim and calmly told. verbally and
in writing, story of deliberate muir
der.
1T will confess to anyone any
where" he said. ST did it. Twill take
my punishment"
But when the man was taken into
court this morning he listened to the
arraignment and answered:
mot guilty. IS
The judge was surprised and so
were the attorneys. who had been ap-
pointed to defend the man. The queS-
ton was repeated and still the an
swer was the same. Court was ad-
journed until O'Clock and stronger
guard put over the man because of
the feeling of the people in the neigh
borhood against him. Just what had
caused the sudden reversal of deci-
sion was a mystery to everyone. And
just as suddenly came another change
at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
'"Take me into court again." the
murderer requested, II am ready to
confess
Sheriff McConnaughay will leave for
Lansing with his prisoner in the
morning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-20
PUTS UP HER HOUSE.
Mrs. Belmont Goes Bail for Striking
Working Girls.

New York, Dec. 20.-Mrs. o. H. P.
Belmont demonstrated in the small
early hours Sunday that she has the
interests of her working women at
heart. Three O'Clock in the morning
found her in the night court await
ing the disposition of the cases of
four women shirt waist workers
charged with disorderly conduct in
connection with the strike.
Several lawyers had been retained
by Mrs. Belmont to defend the
strikers, but with the approach of
morning they had disappeared and
when the girls were called to the bar
no one was present to appear for
them.
Mrs. Belmont here stepped into
the gap and offered bail for the girls,
rendering her home in Madison ave-
nue. as security
els your home worth 5000 in
quired Magistrate Butts, in routine
manner and tone.
II think it is" replied Mrs Bel
mont. 1T is valued at 100000, but
I think there may be a mortgage up
on it for 100000, which I raised to
help the shirt waist strikers and the
women sufffagette movement
The security was accepted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-20
CRIED @GoING, AND WAS GONE
Oldest Auctioncer in Kansas Died as
He Closed Sale.

Salina, Kan. Dec. 2O.-CoI. Cicero
Post Barring, who had the distinction
of being the oldest auctioneer in Kan
sas. having cried sales for forty wears.
and sold the Shipton townsite Octo,
Der 90. died at public sale On the
farm of A. M. Steward. one mile east
of Salina, from heart disease.
AS he raised his hand to knock
down the sale of COW he said, sWaft
minute boys" and began to sink to
the ground He died almost instantly.
His wife, who has been an invalid sew
era1 years. is In critical condition
from the shock. He was SIS years old
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-20
OLD TIME KANSAN DEAD.
"Uncle'' Joshua Turner Was Member
of Legislature in Early Sixties.

Leavenworth, Kan, Dec. 20.-"Uncle''
Joshua Turner, for over half century
a resident of Easton, died at a local
hospital after a long illness. He was
"a years of age and was known to all
the old settlers. In the early days he
was quite a prominent figure in local
politics and served two terms in the
state legislature from the north district
in the early sixties. The deceased is
survived by q widow and several grown
up children. PelI Turner, a well known
school teacher, is one of his sons.
Among the other children are Alonzo
Turner. a prominent attorney in the
south, Joe Turner of Kansas City and
Bert Turner. I'll
Turner came to Kansas in 1856 and
settled at EastOn. He leaves five daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Colona Gwartney, 624 Paw
nee street: Mrs Edward Crofton, Kan
sas City Kan; Mrs. Fanny McFoun-
tain, Kansas City, Mo-; Mrs. Nevada
Burnham of Platte county, Mo-. and
Mrs. Sonora Edmandson of Butler
county, Mo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-20
KILLS II TUBERCULOSIS cows.
Further Slaughter Expected Follow
ing Inspectors Visit.

Lawrence, Kan Dec. 20.-Dr Nc
C1elland- deputy pure food inspector.
has made report to the board OF
health on the condition of the dairy
herds of Lawrence. DR.. McClelland
was called here by the people of the
town, who suspected that some of
the dairy cows had tuberculosis
Their anxiety on that score was
aroused by the fact that when a
dairyman drove a few cows from his
herd through the streets one of the
cows fell from exhaustion and could
not be moved. The COW had been
sold to Kansas City packing house,
and was on the way to the freight
yards.
The Inspector came to Lawrence
and has made a report on two herds.
In the two herds he found II cases OF
tuberculosis and he ordered the vic
tins of the disease killed at once. He
intfmates that next week there NAV
be wholesale slaughter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-20
STUDENTS GIVE FOR COLLEGE.
Ottawa University Planning to Erect a
$4,000 Gymnasium.

Ottawa, Kan, 20.-A campaign
among Ottawa university students has
been started tS build a new $4,000
gymnasium The freshman class
pledged $2,O27, and in a convention
of the student body $4,000 more was
Many 800, $50 and SIS subscrip-
tions were received. 1t is planned TO
have the money raised and the build
ing erected inside of five years. Presi-
dent Price and Secretary Huckle Will
inaugurate a campaign Immediately to
raise $1,000 for a new science hail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-20
BATH FOR wICHITA's TREES.
determination Campaign Against Sar
Jose Scale to BEGIN

matte campaign against the San Jose
scale is to be waged in Sedgwfck
county. Prof. j. S. Hunter state en-
tomologist, has placed Prof. p. A
Glenn. assistant professor of entom-
ology at the state university. in
charge of the work. The scale is so
widespread in the city that the com
mission has hesitated in ordering an
the trees sprayed. as the task will be
a gigantic one, and the funds of the
commission are limited.
Because of the prevalence of the
scale in the city and county the co..
operation of the property owners has
been asked. Badly infested trees
have been ordered DESTROYED and an
others must be sprayed. The cam
paign will begin as soon as weather
conditions permit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-20
CAN'T KEEP THEM APART.
College People OF Garden City Form an
Association.

Garden City, Kan, Dec. 20.-One of
the new and popular organizations in
this city is the College association. 1t
is composed of graduates and students
of various colleges and universities
They hold meeting frequently for both
pleasure and profit.
Plans are being made for several
special meetings during the winter.
Age is no barrier as e. ]. Pyle, mem
Der of the class of $50. at Baker uni
versity, the oldest institution in Kan
sas, is a member
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-20
col STIPATION
MUNYON'S
PAw-PAw PILLS

Munyon's Paw
Paw Pills are un-
like all other laxa-
tives or cathartics.
They coax the liver
into activity by
gentle methods.
They do not scour;
they do not grippe;
they do not weak
en-; but thev do
start all the score
tions of the liver
and stomach in a
way that soon puts
these organs in a
healthy condition
and corrects consti-