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The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-25

daily, while each of the others will have
a daily capacity of 10000 cans.
The plants will be fitted with the
latest sanitary equipment" said Mr.
Atkinson, the general manager of the
ter than any plants west of Indiana
and we Will turn out only the highest
grade OF canned goods. There is a big
demand for high grade goods in KAN
sas, but the dealers in this state have
to send to Indiana Illinois. New york
ard other eastern states for them
freight on this class of goods is AZ
cents a hundred from st. Louis, and
TINS factor alone will give us a great
advantage in the business, as we will be
able to supply them with the best kind
OF goods at equal or lower prices Our
equipment will include machinery for
making the cans which we will use The
plant VIII be operated the entire year"
The main office of the company will
be in Topeka
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-25
ROY OLSEN BACK.
Little Runaway Is Found at a
Brick Yard.
He Was on His Way to Cali
fOrnia.
ENOUGH EDUCATION.
Says That He Wants to Earn
Money.
Relates Experiences During His
Escapade.
! He Wants to Earn
Money.

81 thought 1 had education enough !;
/ was tired of going to school and
wanted to get out and work and earn
money of my own"
The foregoing was the statement
made to a State Journal reporter this
morning by little Roy Olsen, the IL
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. L.
Olsen, in explaining his reasons for
running away from his home at 933
East Eleventh street. The lad left
home shortly after o'clock Tuesday
morning and was not located by his
parents until about o'clock last even
ing, when he was found at the home
of Mr.. Boyd, who runs a brickyard
about six miles west of Topeka. Tues
day afternoon and all day yesterday
Mr. Olsen and members of the local
police department searched the town
for the lad while his mother grieved
over his absence and imagined the
most direful happenings to her young
son,
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-25
RATE OF IL CENTS.
Probably Will Be Agreed Upon in
Missouri.

jefferson City, Mo- March 25.-
Eighteen officials representing II rail-
roads conferred here today with Gov
ernor Hadley and Attorney General
Major regarding the proposed restora-
ton of the three cent mile passen-
ger rate in Missouri.
The railroad men came in a special
train of five cars which was switched
to a siding within sight of the capitol.
Points of difference arose as soon as
the conference got under way. 1t was
predicted, however, that a compromise
resulting in rate of about 21z cents a
mile would be adopted. No agreement
was reached at the morning session.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-25
ON TWO CHARGES.
Boyle and Wife to Be Tried for Kid
naping and for BIackmaiI.

NJ Cleveland, O., March 25.-Mr
Whitla called upon Chief KohIer to-
| DAY ana offered his services for the
prosecution of the man and woman
accused of kidnapping his boy A copy
OF the indictment on the charge OF
p!ackma1l was served upon Boyle and
MS wife at the central police station
and they were formally placed under
arrest by Sheriff Hirstius.
They will be arraigned in common
pleas court. possibly lare today
The hnd1ng of an indictment against
Boyle and his wife is only a formal
on trial here, but Will be taken to
pennsylvania as originally planned
Extreme punishment for KIDNAPPING in
pennsylvania is life imprisonment. In
ONO the extreme penalty for black
mail is five years in the penitentiary
and fine of $1,000
The indictment is to be used as a
sort of a club for protection of the To-
cal officials and for the prosecution of
the kidnapers in the event of a fail
ure to obtain conviction in
Pennsylvania. This phase of the
situation has an especial bearing upon
Mrs. Boyle, who so far as known took
no physical part in the actual kidnap-
ing at Sharon.
1t is believed by some this technical
point may save her in the Pennsylvania.
courts courts. In any event she could be
The indictment quotes the last let
ter received by J. P. Whitla at Sharon,
from the abductors revealing for the
first time it's exact wording.
There were mistakes Saturday
night the letter reads, eff it had not
been for them your boy would be with
you now. This time you must do ex-
actly as we say.
Come to Cleveland on the Erie
train leaving Youngstown at 1:10
Monday. Get off at Fifty-f1fth street
and take a car. Go to the corner, of
Fifty-f1fth and st. Clair. Go to Mrs.
Hendricksons store at 1888 East
F'ifty-f1fth street and inquire for a let
ter there which will be left for Will
liam Williams.
'"This is the last letter we will write.
If you do not do as we tell you, you
will never see your boy again. Have
the money wrapped in a newspaper
and have in the bundle every letter
and scrap of paper we have sent YOU"
Mrs. BoyIe's Father Found.
Cincinnati, o., March 25.-Edward
Faulkner. an inmate of Longview in
sane asylum in this city. is believed to
be the father of Mrs. James H. Boyle,
the woman in the Whitla kidnapping
case, He is an old soldier and came
to the asylum from the Ohio Soldiers
and Sailors home at Sandusky, O.,
three years ago. He is about 20 years
old
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-25
LOCAL MENTION.

The Democratic city central com,
mittee will meet at the Throop hotel
at o'colck Friday night.
Eagles Rose Tint; a Topeka I.dt maze Il:;3e
ren1Itation. The size and quality seems
to please most every smoker. &c at all
dealers. Smoked with pleasure Off Is
years
Births reported to the city physician
TODAY: To Mr.. and Mrs. William
Sfouf 314 East Crane street, a boy;
to Mr.. and Mrs D; J; Benson; M NJ 129d a3d
Mrs. Jackson Ferhoon, 716 West Cor
don street, boy.
After all the cheapest thing sold in
Topeka when considering the real
value received, is the Independent tele-
phone service
If it is possible to gather together a a
quorum a meeting of the city eouncli
will be held tonight at which the plds
for the remaining 26 blocks of paving
will be opened. 1t is known that not
an out of town bidder has entered his
estimates.
DR.. c. E. Hulett. Osteopath, s1S Kan
ave Ind. Phone 31S. Lt-dy in office.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-25

Late Tuesday afternoon Mr.. Boyd
telephoned Secretary Justus of the
Provident association that a small boy
had come to his place, telling a tale
of wandering over various parts of the
country. Mr. Boyd gave Secretary
Justus a description of the lad and
when the secretary read the story of
Roy Olsen's disappearance in the
municated with Mr.. Olsen. who hired
a team and went to the brickyard and
identified the lad as his lost son.
Boy Is Disappointed.
At the Olsen home this morning the
boy told the story of his leaving home
and of his experiences during his alb
sence. He was still in a rather sullen
frame of mind and appeared to resent
being obliged to return to his home.
He had originally planned a long alb
sence and a long trip to California
and he was much disappointed that
his plan had been interrupted so sud
denly.
Up to within a few weeks ago Roy
Olsen had been a faithful attendant at
the Branner school and was considered
an apt and reliable pupil by his
teacher, Mrs. Campbell. But when
the warm weather put in appearance
q few weeks ago, Roy began to chafe
over the monotony of school life and
the desire 10 get out and work and
earn money began to possess him. AS
the days went by the wander-lust
entered, his boyish soul and the call
of the road grew loud in his ears. He
wanted to quit the dull routine of
school lessons and go forth and take
fall out of the world on his own ac-
count.
1t appears that last Thursday after
noon Roy played hockey from his
classes at the Branner school, where
he is enrolled in the fourth A grade.
friday morning he asked his mother
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-25
TOPEKA BOY is HoNoRED.
r. E. Cope Elected Captain of Ohio
Wesleyan Basketball Team.

Mr.. R. E. Cope. of Topeka. who is now
q student at Ohio Wesleyan university
at Delaware, Ohio, was hCnored Mon
day with the election as captain of the
next years basketball team of his uni
versity. The honor is one very meri-
toriously bestowed. Although this is
his first years work on the team, he
has, from a forward position. won the
record of making more baskets than
any of his teammates, and his developed
skill in other lines of the game. Both
he and his brother show promise of fu-
ture athletic records. He is a member
of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-25

/
| Mr.. Orvil Gibbs of Peabody, Kan.
is spending two weeks the guest OF
MS cousin, Mr.. Fred Chamer, of 1900
East Sixth avenue
Mrs. John Oliver and two sons and
Mrs Frank Powell of Wakarusa came
visiting Mrs. A. Luthey of 23O Chand-
Ter street.
w. H. Kelley of Alva, Okla, arrived
here today to make preparations for
taking his parents back to Oklahoma
with him.
Mr.. Charles BeeIer and family of
Argentine, Kan. are visiting relatives
and friends here for a few days Mr.
Beeler is attending the Scottish Rite
reunion.
Mrs. Ida Hardy of Kansas City, Mo-,
is here spending two weeks the guest
of Mrs. ]. w. Mcclure and other
friends.
Mrs VIM. johnson who has been
the guest of Mrs. Andy Verline of 416
Jefferson street for the past week, has
left for her home in Quenemo, Kan.
Mrs. Frank Mcclure has returned
to her home in Argentine after
spending a week here the guest of
relatives and friends.
Miss Mary Greer is quite sick at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Greer, who live east of the city.
Miss Mary Miller of East Hill is
suffering with an attack of APP
pendicitis. She will be taken to the
hospital to undergo an operation.
Mr. Charles Fountain left Sunday
for Chicago where he will remain
three months on business for the
Santa Fe. Mrs. Fountain and son,
Lawrence, will go later and remain
until Mr.. Fountain returns to Topeka.
Mr. VIM. Frost of GAINESVILLE, o.. is
here spending several days the guest
of his sister, Mrs. Joe Griley, of 334
Hancock street
Mrs. Geo. Christopher and children
of Klein street are spending this week
visiting relatives and friends in
Burlingame.
Miss Martha Carter who has been
spending several days here on bust
ness trip has returned to her home in
Usage county.
The funeral of Mrs. Isabelle Nc
Gaffin was held this afternoon at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. David
Amel of North Topeka. Mrs. Nc
Gaffin is the mother of Mr.. John Nc
Gaffin of the Santa Fe: She was 30
years of age and her death was due
to a complication of diseases.
Mr. Glenn Raymond. son of Rev
and Mrs. E. o. Raymond, is very sick
with an attack of typhoid fever Rev
Raymond is a former pastor or the
tended the Topeka High school and is
we'll known here.
Miss Edith Waidelich will leave in
few weeks for Chicago TO remain.
Mrs. VIM Christy of 331 Adams
street entertained the Oriental En-
broidery club at her home this after
noon.
Mrs. Mary Butler has returned to
her home in Wamego after an eX-
tended visit here the guest of her
daughter. Mrs. c. E. Newell.
Mrs. Mary Ellis left today on three |
weeks visit with friends and relatives
in Saline county.
The entertainment at the r. r: Y.
nj q A. for Friday evening will be |
given by Miss Clara Crum-
NJrs Howard Miller is improving |
after several days illness with an at
tack of the grippe.
Miss Ruth Layne, daughter OF MT;
and Mrs. Geo. Layne, of 4OS Leland
street is improving after seNeral Gays
illness with a severe cold
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-25
VOTE BUT ONCE TODAY.
Joint session of Illinois Assembly Ad
journs Till Next Tuesday.

Springfield, Ill. March 25.-Oniy
one ballot, the sixty-first joint ballot
for the election of a United States
senator from Illinois, was taken today
in the general assembly. The ballot
showed practically no change from
the last one of yesterdays prolonged
session.
At the conclusion of the sixty-first
ballot the joint session arose to re-
sumo balloting next Tuesday noon, the
senate informing the speaker that a
quorum on the joint session would be
broken TOMORROW.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-25
Arguing Gordon-Munn Case

The final arguments in the Gordon
Mum case are being heard in the dis
trict court today. The Introduction of
evidence was concluded wednesday
and the arguments as to the compe-
tencv of evidence introduced as well
as arguments on the legal questions
involved will in all probabilities oc-
cupy the time of the court today and
part of Friday.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-25
Threw himself Into the WABASH.

Logansport, Ind, March 25.-Arth-
ur l.. Boyer, a Chicago harness dealer,
rushed from the home of Agnes O'Con-
nor in this city early today and threw
himself into the Wabash river He
was pursued by the woman but could
not stop him. They had quarreIIed
Boyer was divorced from his wife IN
Chicago some time ago.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-25
Eight killed by Failing Wall.

Chicago, March 25.-Eight workmen
were killed by a. falling wall at the
s+ock wards today. Three bodies were
~aooI,ared soon after the wall, which was
left standing, after the fire which de-
tsroyed one of the Daring & CO.. ware
houses recently. collapsed. The men
we're at work demohshing WnaL RENE n n.
ed of the ruined structure, when the
accident occurred
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-25
Flelder Jones Nav Not PIar.

Portland, Ore, March 25.-Fielder
Jones. the once great leader of the
White Sox, will probably not be seen in
uniform by the admiring Chicago fans
this year. Up to noon today he had
made no effort to see Comiskey, the
owner of the club. who is here and
Comiskey announced that he would
leave for Chicago tonight.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-25
NO HOPE FOR PEACE.
Is the PubIic's View of the Balkan
Situation.

Chicago, March 27:-The Daily
News today prints the following spe-
ciaI cable from Budapest, Hungary;
The reservists are being calIed up
OF a Few hours notice, causing a feel
in1 Of -cousternation and general sad
ness to prevail everywhere, The hope
Of neace. so far as the public is con-
cerned has been abandoned.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-25
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Joseph Cooper, aged 81 years, died
Wednesday at his home two miles
south of the city of Bright's disease
The funeral will be held from Loves
chapel, at Fourteenth and Van Buren
streets, Friday afternoon. Burial in
Topeka cemetery.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-25
Rncl,efeIIers to Hot springs.

Rockefeller and party, including Mrs.
rockefeller, Mrs. Spelman, Master
John Rockefeller, Prentice and Miss
Matilda Mccormick, left here today
for Hot Springs, Va.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-25
Weston Walks i'm Rain

Rochester, n. Y. March 25.-Edward
Payson Weston. pedestrian. left this city
early today. He will walk to Batavia
about 30 miles today in a heavy rain
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-25
Mrs Pierre I,oriIIard. a suicide

LoriIlard. a member of the prominent
family of New York, whose husband
was noted, as the owner of famous race
horses, committed suicide here by as
Iphyxiation today.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-25

Tell your carpenter to sec j. Thonas
Tumber Co. for Lumber and Portland
Cement, the Dewey, none betters
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-25
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Items for the East Topeka column may
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Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-20

found to be alive. At the Steinheil trial
in Paris the other day a young man, prob
ably self-hyptonized, rushed into the court
room and proclaimed himself the assassin.
A number OF American psychologists, in
Guiding Professors James and Munsterberg
believe that Richard G.. Ivens, a young
man who was executed for the murder Of
Mrs. Bessie M. HOLSTER In Chicago three
years ago, was actually innocent and was
hyptonized by the police into his "con-
fession."
There are said to be three ways OF graft
ing false ideas on the minds OF others
first, by quiet and apparently sincere
statements, repeated at intervals; second,
by cunning 'indlrection or the production
of an inference" which is a mental trick
third, by violent forcing. which is the
police sweating" style.
The effect Of continued hypnotism on the
subject is a weakening OF the viii and In
tellect, and in nervous cases there is a
risk of insanity A trance is followed by
nervous exhaustion and sometimes convul-
sions. A number Of dNaths have been re-
ported during the hypnotic trance or fol-
lowing II. BeFnheim reports a man Of 81
who was hypnotized TO relieve the pain of
an inflamed leg; he began to breathe with
difficulty and died in two hours, declaring
that hypnotism had killed him. The post
norton showed embolism Of the pulmon-
airy artery, and probably this was due to
the excitement OF the hypnotic process.
This case resembles the recent fatality
In New Jersey. There was a physician who
hypnotized his wife TO extract a tooth
without pain. He made a few passes; she
shrieked and dropped dead. She had, It iG
said. no trace OF heart disease. A vel
known Austrian subject, Ella Won Salmon
became much excited one night preceding
a seance, and died. The post-morten
showed nothing wrong with her excep,
anaemia.
The Hindu fakir whose heart ceases Il
beat and his lungs 10 breathe for severa
lays while he reposes in a grave Is ex
planned by the power OF suggestion.-Nev
York Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-20
TEST BRIDGES UNDER STRAIN
and Now Being
Analysed.

Dean F. r. Turneaure OF the College Of
Engineering. University OF Wisconsin win
report the results Of the 1900 tests made
on the effect OF the speed OF heavy trains
on the members Of steel and iron railway
bridges, at the annual meeting Of the
American Railway Engineering and, Main
tenanee Of Way association in Chicago next
March. Two years have been consumed IN
the investigations In which, Dean Tur-
neaure says, nothing has been found TO
indicate that insufficient provision has been
mad in the past for safety. but rather
that II had not been made in the same rela-
tive degree in large and small structures
and In the same members OF a structure,
to secure the maximum economy.
Heretofore little actual data has been
available regarding the comparative effects
Of high and low speeds on steel bridges,
30 hat allowance for such strain had TO
be made largely by guess work in the spec
ifications and designs. A few isolated
experiments were conducted with apparatus
purchased in Germany. including those Of
Prof. T~urneaure in 1907. Extreme difficulty
and expense prevented further investiga-
ton until two years ago when Prof. Tur-
neaure invented an electrical instrument OF
simple design which geographically rec
ords the actual amount OF bending, length
enlnE or shortening OF the bridge members
under stress. Twelve duplicates OF the in
strument were made In the university shops
for the tests, which covered every part Of
some fifty bridges on eight railway sys-
TENS. including the Santa Re. Rock Island.
Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul. Nickel
Plate. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Nor
folk and Western Pennsylvania and New
York Central. The bridges ranged from
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-20
BRANDEus STORES

fifty to 400 feet in length and required from
one to three days for a test of each.
For five weeks the first summer and
nine the next, Prof. Turnsaure, assisted
by Prof. w. S. Kline, e. e.
Parker, o. L. Kowalke and J. b.
Kommers of Wisconsin university and
Prof. c. L. Crandall, Prof. z. w. Retiger
and A. c. Irwin Of Cornell devoted them
selves to the field work and during the
past summer supplementary tests were
made on one Of the Missouri river bridges
near st. Louis. The railways furnished for
the tests the necessary heavy engines and
loaded trains, which were run back and
forth over the bridges at varying speeds,
producing by the autographic recorders is
900 diagrams, the data from which Is now
being m for the final report, which
is expected to furnish a more rational and
exact basis for bridge design, eliminating
the element Of guess work In providing for
speed strain.
Dean Turneaure is OF the opinion that
not all Of the fund OF 5000 raised by the
railroads Of the country for the tests win
be consumed. and than the remainder will
be utilized in starting another series Of
tests involving a different feature OF de-
sign. This will require a new type Of ap-
paratus to be developed during the coming
winter in the laboratories Of the college OF
engineering.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-20
BRANDEls STORES

black masks, hands that grabbed peoples
ankles and the like.
Although animal magnetism" whether
malicious or beneficent. has a new sound,
It is merely one OF the early terms. along
with mesnerism. for hypnotism. The
early experimenters thought that subjects
were acted upon by rays emanating from
crystal balls. bright lights and so forth.
Braid. who made a pioneer scientific study
Of psychic phenomena. discovered that the
subjects really acted on themselves. He
demonstrated this In a case where a Lon
don scientist was producing wonderful
catalepsies by the aid Of magnets. Braid
told the patient that he would put in her
hand something more powerful than a mag
net and thereupon threw her into a deep
trance. But the mysterious objects more
powerful than a magnet were only a purse
and key ring. on another occasion he in
formed a woman friend hat he had just
got a sample OF an American drug that
acted through glass. causing nausea. He
put a vial Of eolored water in her hand and
she Immediately became nauseated. The
cure consisted in giving her another vial
OF colored water which was guaranteed To
be the antidote.
HyDnotic suggestion.
The Emmanuel movement In his coun-
try is a revival OF the early recognized
curative power OF hypnotic suggestion.
EeEema. constipation. paralysis. ehorea,
bad habits, abuse OF drugs and liquor have
been cured by mentsl treatment. 1t would
be logical to assume that these diseases
can also be caused by suggestion, al
though II is denied that the production OF
blisters and changes OF temperature are
genuine hypnotic phenomena. The theory
Is that hypnotism reaches the lower sphers
OF Consciousness In which there IL eontrol
over bodily functions which are normally
involuntary; for example. the sweat gland,
and the Intestinal muscles. Scientists
deny that suggestion can act without tn.
knowledge Of the patient OF course, then
may be a subconsclous knowledge which
does not reach the higher levels Of tn
mind.
Homeopathy is cited by it's critics as
brilliant example OF suggestion. Accord
Ing 10 Sir J. Y, Simpson. there was on
homeopathic solution 80 ~attenuated tina
the patient would have had to take a dos
every second for $1,000 years before n
would nave consumed one grain OF tn