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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
FOR BAMBOO GROVES.
Government to. Experiment With
Oriental Trees in Arizona.

Chicago, May 26.-Japanese bam-
boo is to be grown in America. VIM.
D. Hills, a government expert, who
has been in Japan for the past Is
months, believes that this can be ac-
complished successfully in Arizona.
He has shipped fifty tons of the
bamboo trees, which he raised in
Japan, to the government expert
mental farm near Yuma, Arizona. The
trees will be set out Immediately.
Should the growing of this new and
valuable product prove profitable, 1t
will mean a great deal to the arid re-
gions of the great southwest. Now all
the bamboo must be imported. It's
use is constantly increasing in this
country, and with the advent of its
utilization. in aeroplanes and flying
machines its value will be greatly en-
HANGED. ~sF -.-.---
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
LAMB CHOPS HIGHER.
Price of All Fresh Meats May Be
Raised by Packers.

Chicago, May 26.-Mutton or lamb
chops are likely to be set before the
diner by the waiter decidedly more
dreaded" than anything else shortly
as in five weeks the price has mounted
reaching the highest point of recent
years, with an advance yesterday or
Is cents. Pork, however, has re-
manned stationary.
The rise in mutton caused rumors
of advances in other fresh meats. 1t
was reported from Omaha that fresh
meats were to be advanced to the
trade at once and to the consumers
in a few days. Beef. it was said, was
to be affected by a rise of from 2 y
to 4 cents a pound, to remain until
the grass fed cattle began arriving in
July.
Chicago packers, however, denied
that beef was to advance beyond the
customary fluctuations. High prices
of corn and other grain, il was as
serted, had caused prices to climb re-
Gently.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
GAVE Her MONEY BACK.
Orange, n. j., Council Would Not Let
Goldman Speak.

New York, May 26.-The activity of
the police in watching Emma Goldman
recently has resulted in the city coun-
Gil of East Orange, N. J., refusing her
permission to speak there. She had
already engaged the hall to make an
address on June Shut last night the coun-
Gil returned her money and Informed
her that she could not speak in that
city.
In New York police officer is con-
stantly on guard at her apartments to
inspect her callers and If possible in
tercept messages and before she speaks
publicly at any time she is warned by
policemen and men from the district
attorneys office.
This close espionage has led many tc
believe that the authorities anticipate
some unusual activity on the part OF
the anarchists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
JUMPED FROM vIADUCT.
Love Sick Chicago Man Sought Death
on Pavement Below.

New York, May 26.-At the same mo-
ment that a young man hurled himself
from the Riverside drive viaduct over
the intersection of 129th and Manhattan
streets, before daylight today, a young
woman attempted to leap from the
Recreation pier, block away from the
viaduct, into the North river. The man
whose identity has not been establish
ed, was instantly killed by the plunge
of more than 100 feet to the street
pavement.
The young woman who was caught
before she could leap and who describ-
ed herself as Grace Anthony, % years
old, of Brooklyn, insisted that she did
not know the suicide and that his act
had no connection with hers.
In a pocket of the suicide was found
a note addressed to Dearest Lily
declaring his love for her, that he could
not live without her, and expressing
his intention of killing himself.
I'm the Great Hereafter social posi-
ton will not keep us apart" he wrote
1--WE will then all be equal
The note was signed John
Grace Anthony said she had sought
death because she was alone in the
world and without money. The fact
that she was well dressed leads the
police to believe there is some mystery
attached to her identity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
FINED FOR KILLING A HERO.
Yet 1t Was Only a Dog That Protected
Its Master

st. Louis, May 26.-Judge Jefferson
Pollard, whose parole for drunkards
gained him international fame, fined
Thomas A. Mannion $50 for killing a
fox terrier when it bit Mannion's leg
while Mannion and Jack Scott, the
dogs owner, were fighting. The court
also fined Mannion 500 for discharging
a firearm and said:
when you shot that dog you shot a
hero. That dog should have a gold
medal for what he did. The dog that
won't protect it's master is not worthy
to live. The thing that makes man
protect his wife, mother or sister makes
a dog even lay down it's life for its
master"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
POOR OLD CHICAGO.
President Taft VIII Not Lay City Hall
Cornerstone.

Chicago, May 26-The city of Chi
cago is too poor to pay the expense of
having President Taft lay the corner
stone of the new city hall Therefore
the council committee on public build
ings has abandoned its plan of invit-
ing the executive.
The members of the committee figured
that it would cost $4,000 to have the
celebration they had planned. The city
would have to hire bands at the union
scale, get out q fancy program, pur-
chase several yards of bunting, erect
a platform for the speakers, invest in
some souvenirs for the distinguished
guests, hire some automobiles to take
the president for a ride through the
parks and perhaps have a banquet.
There were other items which went
into the figuring.
1t was too much.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
SHE GOT A VACATION.
Sleep Walking Maid at the ST. Regis
Sent in False Calls.

New York, May 26.-For several
weeks the night clerks at the ST. Regis
hotel have been bothered by myster-
ious fire alarms and push button calls,
coming from the twelfth floor. On
investigation of these, there never
seemed to be any reason for them. De-
tectives were placed on the case and
late last night after a fire alarm and
a call for ice water had been sent in
from a vacant room on the twelfth
floor, they apprehended Maggie Nc
Intyre one of the maids, who was
walking in her sleep. It developed
that she had been victim of SOM
nambulfsm and had sent in the va
rious alarms. The maid was given q
vacation to cure herself of the habit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
ROAD FUND HELD UP.
The Appropriation Was Made at Har-
riman's Suggestion.

Salem, Ore, May 26.-Proceedings
have been begun in the state circuit
court of Marion county to enjoin the
state treasurer of Oregon from paying
out 100000 appropriated by the last
legislature to be used partly to defray
the cost of constructions a wagon road
from Medford to Carter Lake, on the
ground that it was special legislation.
The road in question was the idea of
E. H. Hartman, who proposed that if
appropriate 100000 more, he would
add $4,000 to make up the necessary
$250,000 which it was estimated the
road would cost The course of the
projected road runs from Medford to
Pelican Bay Lodge, Harriman's sum
mer home in this state, and thence
north to Carter Lake. This body of
water is one of natures wonders but
its inaccessibi1ity prohibits visiting it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
HE TALKED TO GHOSTS.
John Fecley's Wife Causes His Arrest
for Annoying Her.

New York, May 26.-Mrs. John
F'eeley has caused the arrest of her
husband who was formerly captain
of Engine Company No. 1, of the Bay
onne, n. j., fire department, on a
charge of annoying her. She said
that for many months FeeIey had
been in the habit of getting out of
bed just at midnight and talking for
several hours to ghosts. These con-
versations prevented her from Sleep
ing.
Feeley declared that he had a
number of good friends who were
ghosts and that they called on him
after midnight for social chat. His
mental condition will be investigated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
OUT OF CASH SHE STOLE
Pathetic Letter Found on Woman Ar
rested for Shoplifting.

New York, May ga young wo-
man who was arrested in Sixth
avenue dry goods store here yester-
day, charged with taking hand bag
from a jewelry counter, said she was
Helen F. Harris and that she lived at
the Occidental hotel in Philadelphia.
In her purse was found a pathetic
letter addressed to a Mr.. Turner, who
she said was clerk at the Occidental
hotel and in which she begged for
funds with which to return to Phila-
delphia, fearing that she would come
to GRIEF if she remained here. The
fact that she was we'll dressed and of
apparent refinement attracted parti-
cular attention to her by the police.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
Allie l1 =

Miss Hulda Chaplin a Washburn
college girl is the individual hit of
when Johnny Comes Marching
Home" as given at the Grand by the
Modocs and the Oratorio society.
Miss Chaplin is exceptionally pretty
in a saucy. dimpled piquant style and
she sings much better than the aver
age in musical comedy for this meek
o. the woods" She has a better
voice to begin with and has the
comic opera spirit, the gaiety, the
bouyancy. the grace and charm
which many amateurs. who have
better voices than the average pro-
fessional lack. OF course this is not
saying that Miss Chaplin is as good
as the professional singers who come
to Topeka in musical comedy. She.
lacks experience and she needs train
ing, but she has a lovely voice, she
would learn stage dancing readily
and she gets the idea-which is the
principal thing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
GIRL vAGABoND PICKED UP.
Wanderer Thirteen Years Old Had Not
Undressed for Month.

New York, May ga 13-year-o1d
girl who said she was Florence Dodd,
sometimes known as Hope, was pick
ed up in the streets by the police late
last night and told a remarkable story
of having been a wanderer without a
home for more than a month.
She ran away from the house of her
aunt in April, she said, and ever since
then she had been living out of doors,
sleeping in doorways of tenement
houses and stores in the downtown dis
trict and searching refuse cans on the
streets for food. She had not had her
clothes off for a month. Florence was
sent to the Children's society.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
FOUGHT A PISTOL DUEL.
Wounded italian Captured as His
Friends Assisted Him Home.

New York, May 26.-Attracted by
the fact that he was apparently suffer-
ing much pain, the police early today
stopped Antoine Ruoto in the West
Shore ferry house and discovered that
he had been seriously wounded twice.
once in the back and once the thigh.
He was being taken away by friends.
At Flower hospital, where he was sent,
Ruoto declared that he had a pistol
duel carrier in the night with another
italian in a house at Haverstraw, N.
Y. He said the other man was wound
ed worse than he.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
HE GOT ice BY MAIL.
Fifteen Pound Chunk Sfrunk to Four
in Transit

Reno, New. May 26.-Uncle Sans
ability to handle almost anything as
mail matter was demonstrated when Is
pounds of ice, carefully wrapped in a
rubber covering, was delivered to DR..
A. NJ. Miller of Hawthorne, New. the
package being consigned to him by the
Reno Ice company.
1t was very sultry in Hawthorne
Sunday and DR.. Miller. who is a mill
liOnaire, longed for a cooling drink. He
telegrapned the local ice company for
warded as requested bearing many
stamps Eleven pounds were lost in
transit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
KNOCKS ON ROOSEVELT.
Humane Society Refuse to Extend 6
Vote of Thanks.

Kalamazoo, Mich, May 2S..Because
Col Theodore Roosevelt is at present
engaged in killing wild animals in
name societies in session here has re-
jected by an overwhelming majority a
resolution to thank the former presi-
dent for his aid in protecting Michigan
birds During the Roosevelt admins
tration certain islands in Lakes Huron
and Superior were set aside as PRO
Ltected'' districts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
AGED TEACHER DEAD.
Tutor of Jay Gould Children Beat Her
Carpet and Died.

New York, May 26.-Alma Wood
son, rs years old, died in her fur
nished room house last night from ex-
haustion, following the beating OF
carpets incident to the annual house
cleaning. Miss Woodsom formerly
had been a private tutor and among
her students were pupils from well
known families.
Her friends told the coroner that
she had been the tutor of the child
rem of Jay Gould. In her room was
found a faded letter in a childish
hand. signed Frank Gould" and tell
ing of a European trip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
SNAKE In A FRAT"
1t Bites a Little Girl and the Family
Dog.

Mason Valley, New, May 26.-The
seven year old child of Andrew Ing
man is critically i'll from the bite of a
small rattlesnake which had conceal
ed itself in a rat" occasionally worn
snake had entered the house and
crawled into the rat" which was ly-
ing on the floor of closet The child
picked the rat up and was struck on
the wrist by the RATHER.
The family dog attacked the snake
which had dropped to the floor, and
was fatally bitten.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
Big TIME ON BOWERY.
big TIM Sullivan to Be Given a
Farewell Party.

New York, May 26.-The Bowery
was busy all last night preparing for
the the send off to be given en- Big Tim Sui
on the steamship Mauretania. Little
Tim will be the grand marshal of a
delegation of possibly five thousand
loyal Tammany men who will march
to the pier, escorting the politician and
wishing him a pleasant voyage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
May Adopt English Method.

Boston, May 26.-The question of
adopting the methods employed by
the suffragists in England was dis
cussed by Representatives of the
movement from the six New England
states at the annual meeting of the
New England Woman's Suffrage as
ISOLATION in this city today. Miss
Alice Stone-Blackwen presided
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
Ternina to Live in America.

New York, May 26.-Mme. Ternina
for several years one of the leading
singers at the Metropolitan opera house
has announced her intention of resid-
ing in America permanently. After
next season she will become the head
of the singing department of a musical
school, which is largely supported by
the Metropolitan Opera directors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
- - - CURES
9e - -. BLOOD POISON

the blood becomes infected
of
he
roupe TOO powerful dangerous
mes IL IaGeS complete Physical
lss PROCESS can be stopped the
the circulation
of
free toauvh
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA. GA.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
Cantaloupe Sells for SIS.

Los Angeles. May 26.-Two canta-
Ioupes, the vanguard of the 1909 crop
from the Imperial valley. shipped as
part of a consignment from Heber,
Cal, sold in the local market for SIS
each. The melons were large and well
ripened.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
young Morgan Succeeds Rogers.

New York, May 26.-J. P. Morgan,
Junior, has been elected a director
of the U. S. Steel corporation
and member of the finance commit
tee to succeed the late Henry H.
Rogers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
Catt,e Diving From Thirst.

Saltillo, Mexico. May 26.-The drouth
in this state and throughout Durango
continues and thousands of cattle are
dying from thirst and starvation. Even
If the rains should come soon it would
be too late to save the cattle, as the
grass has been burned off.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
Peasants Burn the Crops.

Madrid, May 26.-An uprising OF
the peasants similar to that which
occurred few years ago ir
Anda1usia is now threatened II
Galicia, where the country people are
reported to be burning the crops an6
the forests.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
Found Dying in Railroad Yards.

Atchison, Kan, May 26.-William
Carmichael, track laborer. was found
unconscious in the railroad yards here
Tuesday, dying an hour later. Death
was due to paralysis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
Hid in Cellar Eight Months.

Fairbault, Mimi. May 26-F'red
Vanbilder was arrested here today in
a cellar where he had been in hiding
since last September. He is wanted
in Montana and North Dakota on
charges of horse stealing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
Mississippi Returns to New Orleans

New Orleans, May 26.-The battle
ship Mississippi arrived at New Or
leans from Natchez. Miss, at z O'Clock
last night The Mississippi left
Natchez at o'clock in the morning
and covered the distance of 275 miles
in fourteen hours, a record for the trip
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
Frankfort Review Is Daily Now.

Frankfort, Kan, May 26.-The
Frankfort Review. which has been run
as a semf-weekly the past year. is be-
ing issued as a daily publication, be-
ginning May "a. A. P. Gregory is
editor and owner. He nrmerly pub
lished the Cawker City Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26
Rio Grande Highest in Its History.

Ell Paso. Tex, May 6.-The Rio
Grande is the highest in its history
and villages and farms in the valley
above and below Ell Paso are seriously
threatened. In Ell Paso county a force
OF men has been constantly at work
cutting away drift wood in order to
save the bridges.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-26

Many a girl thinks she has broken her
heart when she has only sprained her
imagination.-Iife.
Barton County democrat., 1909-12-10

The principal object of a recently
designed clock is to show at glance,
says the Journal Of the Royal Society
of Arts, the time all over the world.
In front of it a disk is mounted,
which revolves with the earth once
in "a hours having the hours l p. m.
till II midnight, and a. N. till IL
noon, painted on its outside edge, the
hours being divided into intervals of
five minutes each. In the same
plane as the disk is a fixed dial, with
circular aperture to accommodate
the disk. The dial has Greenwich
painted on the top, the names of the
other places being arranged at such
distances from Greenwich that at
any moment the corresponding time
for any part of the world is shown.
The clock is set by turning the disk,
so that the time at any place abroad
at given time in London, or other
place, can be easily read off.
Barton County democrat., 1909-12-10
Hogs Afflicted With Cholera

Thousands of hogs are dying in
Kansas of cholera. There is a cure
for the disease but the farmers can
not get it. Neither the state nor the
national governments are in position
to furnish the serum discovered in
the Department of Agriculture a few
years ago. Neither the state nor
national governments has made any
appropriation for the manufacture of
the serum. A meeting has been
called by A. D. Melvin, chief of the
bureau of animal industry at Wash
ingtou, at the Auditorium Hotel in
Chicago December 10 to discuss the
situation.
DR.. Herman Greeder, govern.
ment expert, has been assigned by
Secretary Wilson to Kansas to help
install the plant at Manhattan for the
manufacture Of serum for hog cholera.
He will join President Walters next
week and the two will work with all
possible speed to get the factory in
operation.
Barton County democrat., 1909-12-10
What : & 2. WaI va
ul For

"Oh, I'm thankful for lois Of
things" said a "bud" yesterday,
answering a question her girl friend
asked her. "l'm mighty thankful
that my new military cape is home
for the game this afternoon and that
it isn't raining. and that the curl
won't come out of my plumes. l just
paid Seventy-fve cents per to have
them curled, and I'm tickled to death
because my new gown fits to frazzle
and that I've got a bid to dance
to.ight, and that my sorority had
such a dandy good breakfast this
morning, and that I've got a new case
coming on fine, and he has a motor
Car, and that my bills won't make
father swear, and that l got loads OF
Aowers this morning, and that mother
is going to let me have a dance
Christmas, and that my new pumps
don't hurt me, and that the dress
maker didn't disappoint me for to-
night. and that l have Perfectly
Lovely man to go to the game with,
and that my old maid aunt isn't CON-
ing down from Lawrence for the
week end; she's perfectly fierce, and
she thinks I'm terror and she
scolds me and criticises me every
Barton County democrat., 1909-12-10
A New Hospital

Great Bend has been blessed
with a new hospital, the first Of
its kind in Barton county. DR..
Doyle, D. D. G., is in charge.
He cures all kinds of ailments
the wearing apparel is subject to.
He agrees to return goods in goot
condition or no charge. The name
of the sick clothes hospital is the
Great Bend Dry Cleaning Co
Phone 456, corner 18th and Main.
Barton County democrat., 1909-12-10
The Rev. Iri r. Hicks Almanac
for 1910.

Ready November, 18th, 1909 a
splendid yearbook on astronomy
and meteOrOlogy, the only one
containing the original Hicks
Weather Forecasts" " By mail,
postpaid, 35c, on newStands, 9Oc.
One copy free with a years sub
ScriptiOn to Word and Works,
the Rev. Iri B. Hicks Monthly
Magazine, the best 81 monthly
in America. Discounts on Alma
macs in quantities. Agents want
ed. Remember, the genuine
''Hicks Forecasts" are not pub
liShed anywhere else-yOu get
them only in his own publications
Word and Works Publishing Co.,
22O1 Locust st., st. Louis, Mo.
Barton County democrat., 1909-12-10

the bureau Of animal industry at Kan
sas City, says that Bulletin No. 102,
which may be obtained by.writing the
Department Of Agriculture, or addres.
sing any congressman, gives instruc-
ton how to make the serum, and that
it may be manufactured by the farm.
eTS at home.
Barton County democrat., 1909-12-10

The total excavation now made in
he Panama Canal to the end of Sep.
ember last is S7,172,O5S cubic yds.,
which is on only about three hundred
yards short of halfthe total excavation
required. As the average daily ex
cavation IS over 100000 cubic yards,
it may safely be said that half the
work was done by the end Of the first
week in October.
Barton County democrat., 1909-12-10


new graft that is being worked on
farmers wives. The CRATER drives
up to farm with a preparation that
he claims will remove all kinds of
grease, including axle grease. To
prove this he wipes one Of the wheels
with cloth and Immediately cleans
with water into which the preparation
has been dropped. As the wheel of
his buggy has been covered with tar
soap instead Of axle greasa, of course
it washes out very easily.
Barton County democrat., 1909-12-10

Western Kansas never had such a
big sugar beet crop as it has this
year. The farmers out there are
fairly deluged with beetS. The Gar
den City sugar mill IS running night
and day and will have to keep goiGg
that way until long in, February to
handle the beets.
We have a letter from Charlie
Brooker, renewing his Democras sub.
scriptlou, aud informing US that he
and family we're all we'll in their
western home, Fruita, Colo, with
plenty Of big red apples to eat. He
informed US that he had sent his
granddaughter, marx that word
granddaughter, because Charlie is in
our mind as quite a young man yet,
Miss Weathers, a few fine apples.
Looks like the young lady, who is
staying at he home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ora Weathels on the south side,
would divide up with a hungry
printer.
Barton County democrat., 1909-12-10
Three year old draft stallion re-
gistered as good as can be found.
Call at the Fankhauser barn.

MI. and Mrs. L. c. Breeden left
Friday night of last week for Excel
sior Springs, No., for weeks visit.
Jack Hainline has completed the
erection Of a large barn, S2x46 feet
for Tom MCGinty, over near
Seward.