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st. Louis Grain.


ST. LOUIS, Dec. 4.-Cash wheat
Receipts, 66,4o0; shipments, $4,000;
No. red, s1.23@1 rs; No. 8, 81. 1910
1 %; No. A, 81 .OO@1 Is: No. 2 hard,
81 0S@1 .121a; No. 8, 81 .o5@1 .06; No.
4, 95@s1 .02.
Cash corn-Receipts. $4,000; ship
ments, $4,000; No. mixed, new, SIS
@5Skc; No. 3, new, 56@57c; No. 4,
new, 551ac; No. 2 white, new, 5S1ac;s
No. 3, new, 5s@5SHsc; No. 2 yellow,
new, 5S1sc; No. 8, new, 57@571ac.
Cash oats Receipts, 52,S0o; ship
ments. 25,so0; No. mixed, 41kc;
No. 3, 401sc; NO. A, 39@40c; No. 8,
white, 421k @43c; No. A, 40@42kc.
Grain Futures.
Wheat-Open. Dec, 81. 07A; close,
81 OH; May, open, s1.o6M; close,
81 .06% @1 OF.
Corn-Open, Dec. 57Mc; close,
$3.50; May, open, 60A @6OM; close,
6O5sc.
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO. Dec. 4.-Hogs- Re
ceipts, 1900; estimated tomorrow
$4,000; market, steady; left over,
$500; mixed, s7.sO@S.S5; heavy $500
@s.40; rough, $7.90@8.15; light, $7.70
@s.25; bulk, ss.o5@s.3O; pigs, $1,000
76o.
Cattle-Receipts, 300; market,
steady; beeves, s4.35@9.5O; cows and
heifers, s2.25@6.25; stockers and feed
ers, $3.25@5.25; calves, s6.50@9.oO;
Texans, So 00@6.25; westerners, $3.50
! @75o.
4Sheep-Receipts, 1900; market
steady; natives, s3.52[5.25; lambs
/ $4.5O@7.s5.
st. Louis Live stock.
NATIONAL STOCK YARDS, H.,
Dec. 4-Hogs Receipts, 1000; mar
ket, steady; mixed, sS.0O@S. 35;
heavy, $s.25@s.35;; rough, $1,000
$40; light, ss.0O@s Id; bulk, ST.. 95
@s.20; pigs, s6.oO@7 so.
Cattle Receipts, 1900; market,
native steady; beeves, $3.75@S. IS;
COWS and heifers, ss.0o@5.75; stock.
ers and feeders, $3.25@5 so; calves
4 SIS. 5O@S.50; Texans. So. 70@5.3
/ Sheep Receipts, 200; market
steady; natives, IS 5o@5.2 %; lambs
s6.25@7.7o.
Kansas City Live stock.
| KANSAS CITY, Dec 4.-Hogs
5000; cattle, 900.
Omaha Live Stock.
OMAHA, Dec. 4.-Hogs, $500; cat
tie. 5000.
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words cannot express my praise for
your tonic. l weighed only ninety
pounds before taking Pcruna, now one
hundred nineteen pounds.''
Catarrll of Internal Organs.
Mrs. b. III. Jackson, r. L. d. 5, New
man, Ca. writes: 81 have had catarrh
of the internal organs for more than a
year. / tried other medicines without
any benefit.
II was persuaded to give Peruna a
trial, and the first bottle proved god
send, and after taking ten bottles have
received a permanent cure"
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INSURANCE.
Only reliable companies OF large
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PHYSICIANS.

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DIR. ". B. OCHILTREE.
General Practice.
Hours: 1850 a. m. to 1890 p. M;
1870 to $50 and 500 to $50 p. M.
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Surgery. Genito- Urinary and Skin Dis
eases.
Hours: 10 to II a. M; $50 to
and 7.45 to p. m.
Offices over City Drug Store.
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THE WORLDS MARKETS
Furnished James Bennett Co., Members Chicago Beard
Of Trade and ST. Louis Merchants EXCHANGE
oFFcE-RooM 2 cATEcnx BUILDING PRIVATE WIRE
Chicago Cash Grain Market.

CHICAGO. Dec. Wheat-No. 2,
red. s1.20@1.21; No. 8 red, s1.12@
lis; No. 2 hard winter, 81. 07@1 .O9;
No. 8 hard winter s1.02@1 .071s; No.
| northern spring, 81 0S@1 90; No. Q
northern spring, 1.o6@1 .Os; No. 8
spring, $1.03@1 .06.
Corn-No. 2, e41sc; No. 2 yellow.
657ac; No. 8, 55A@56c; No. 4 yellow.
new, 531sc; No. 4 new. 53@5sAc.
oats-No. 8 white, 4os4 @42c; No. 4
white, 40@41c
Primary Receipts and Shipments.
Last Last
Today Week Year
Rcpts. 25s,ooo 100000 $4,000
Ships. 8. $4,000 1,41s,ooo $4,000
Corn
Rcpts. $4,000 $4,000 $4,000
Ships. !. $4,000 $4,000 $4,000
Oats
Rcpts. y. $4,000 4ss,ooo $4,000
Ships :. 242,ooO $4,000 $4,000
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office. NJ C. A. building.
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TO $50 and 700 and 500 p. m.
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Your Druggist for Free Peruna Almanac for 1910
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
Next Move of the State Board
of Health.
Secretary Crumbine Says 1t Is
Menace to Life.
SPREAD OF DISEASE.
Typhoid and Tubercular Germs
Carried by Insect.
Will Sound Note of Warning
Throughout the State.

The next move on the part of the
state board of health will be to de-
clare war on that common pest, the
house fly. This was the announcement
made today by Secretary Crumbine.
According to the secretary this in
Significant little old house fly is not
only a pest and a nuisance but it is
a menace to health and life 1t has
been proved beyond a doubt by ex-
periments conducted recently by
famous scientists that the fly is re-
sponsible in a very large degree for
spreading the germs of the diseases
of typhoid fever and tuberculosis just
as the mosquito has been blamed for
the yellow fever plaques. of the south
and the fieas and rats with the
bubonic plague of Europe.
Experiments with flies caught and
confined in cages and fed upon
deadly bacilli have been found in one
of these fly specks. The typhoid fever
plaques in the army camps of the
south during the Spanish American
war, which killed more of our soldiers
than Spanish bullets We're traced di-
rectly to the common house fly
The state board has pounded on this
matter for a couple of years but this
spring and summer a most vigorous
campaign will be waged by the board
on the house fly. The board will plas-
ter the state with literature setting
forth the danger from the fly and the
means with which to guard against
the little insect.
Manure piles back of stables. which
are allowed to accumulate during the
winter are the best breeding places in
the world for flies. The cycle of
evolution from the egg into the fly
occupies about two weeks therefore
the manure piles should be removed
every two weeks. DR.. Woodward,
health officer of Washington. d. c.,
has started a campaign to make Wash
ington a "hyless city" His first step
was to require every person owning a
sta BILE to register, and such persons
will be required to clean their stable
yards and the alleys behind their
barns at least once every ten days. This
precaution will do more than any
other one thing to wipe out the flies.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
OF INTEREST TOLAWYERS
Legal Notices Now Published in State
Journal at Lower Cost.

Heretofore daily newspapers have
carried few legal notices that are re-
qured by law to be published a GER
tain number of weeks. This was be-
cause the jurists held that to make the
publication legal in daily newspaper.
such notice must appear every day
or six times week, thus making the
advertising charge six or more times
as expensive as in a weekly newspap-
er
BY the passage of senate bill No.
2S7 at the recent legislature, daily
newspapers are now able to give legal
service by publishing notices of this
kind one day a week for the required
number OF weeks
The text OF the law is: THAT all le-
gal publications and notices of what
ever kind or character that may by
law be required to be published a GER
they are hereby declared to be legally
published when they have been pub
lished once each week n daily news
paper such publications in such daily,
semi-weekly or tri-weekly papers to
be made upon Wednesday or Thursday
OF each week
The State Journal solicits this class
of busines from the attorneys of To-
peka and Kansas. The rates are
reasonable The copy should be in
the State Journal office by Tuesday
to insure publication the same week.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
MAY CALL TAFT IN.
Indications Are That Anthracite
| Miners Will Not Strike.

Scranton. Pa, March A.-That the
mine workers now in session here will
not resort to the radical step of order
ing general suspension of coal min
ing in the anthracite fields. in order to
enforce their demands upon the en-
ployers was indicated by the trend of
proceedings in the brief session of the
convention today.
If the situation warrants it an of
ficer OF the miners union will present
a resolution to the convention asking
President Taft to appoint commission
similar to the anthracite coal strike
commission to investigate the condi-
tions at present as compared with
those that existed in 1902, in order to
learn IL the demands of the men are
just. "a
While great secrecy is maintained by
the committee having charge of the
work of defining the policy to be pur-
sued by the anthracite miners in their
negotiations with the operators, the
Associated Press is able to state thai
the committee is unanimously against
the extreme measure of calling a
strike.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
Denver in the Grip of a Snow
and Sleet Storm.
Wire Communication With Sur
rounding Country Cut Off.
TRAINS ARE DELAYED.
Owing to Difficulty Experienced
i'm Transmitting Orders.
The Tracks Are Comparatively
Clear So Far.

Colorado Springs, March 24.-Col-
orado Springs has been cut off from
wire communication with Denver and
its immediate vicinity since an early
hour this morning. Reports indicate
that the capitol city is suffering from
one of the worst snow and sleet storms
in years. All of the Western Union.
and Postal telegraph wires as well as
all telephone wires are down into that
city The difficulty seems to be with
in radius of 20 miles of Denver.
special Santa Fe train in charge
oc track Superintendent c. H Bris-
tol, with a crew of Western Union and
Postal wiremen, left this city at 9
O'Clock for Denver to assist in re-es-
tablishing communication. The run
to Denver should be made in two
hours
The regular Santa Fe train. which
usually reached Colorado Springs at
6:10 a. M, was an hour and half late
in reaching the city, owing to difficulty
in receiving orders in the vicinity Of
Denver. The train crew reported
heavy storm at Denver. but said that
the track was comparatively free from
snow
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
TORNADO: IN TEXAS.
One Killed, Four Injured. and Much
Damage to Property.

Laredo Texas, March 24-One person
killed. four others wounded and prop
erty damage estimated at $4,000 re-
suited from a tornado which swept
through this city and vicinity last
night. destroying all wire communica-
ton to the north of Laredo. The cas-
uaIties occurred when the round house
of the Mexican National railroad was
demolished.
The Orphanage of the Sisters OF
Guadeloupe. situated on Iona Vista
heights was also completely destroyed
but the occupants were rescued from
the debris unhurt.
Four Die by Fire.
Fort Worth, Tex, March 24.-Re-
ports received here today from Wise
county, thirty miles north Of here, say
that a terrific electrical storm swept
that county early today and that four
persons were burned to death in
fire which followed. The town of Slid
ell is reported practically destroyed by
the storms fury and only two houses
were left standing. Many farm
houses throughout the county were
wrecked Bridgeport and Decatur are
said to have suffered heavy loses. Two
negroes. Henry and Will Cook, were
killed by lightning near Sander.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
NO MORE PANICS.
United States Treasurer Says They
Are Gone Forever.

Pittsburg. Pa. March 24.-That there
will never again be any danger OF
currency shortage in the United States
was declared by Charles H. Treat,
treasurer of the United States. before
the Pittsburg chapter of the American
Institute of Banking.
He sees nothing ahead but the
brightest financial prospects and in
sists that there will be no financial
crisis in this country again
Among the recommendations sus-
gested by Mr.. Treat was that Of na-
tionai clearing house bank
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
DRY WAVE SWEEPS ON.
1t Is Now Making It's Way Along the
Ohio River

indianapolis. March 24-The anti
saloon wave is making it's way along
the Indiana Shore of the Ohio river,
which always has been famously
wet
An option election is being held to-
day in Ohio county, the county seat of
which is Rising Sun. one of the old
river towns, which in days gone by
possessed a brewery praised for miles
around.
Complete reports from yesterdays
Brenton counties, all of which went
dry show majorities so large as to
surprise even the most enthusiastic
enemies of the saloon. Several other
county option elections are scheduled.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
HE COMMITTED SUICIDE.
AIphonse Groniger of Atchison Is
Found Dead.

Atchison Kan, March 24-Al-
phonse Groniger. II years Of age. liv-
ing near Severance, took his shotgun
Sunday afternoon and told his widowed
mother he was going hunting. He
failed to return in the evening and
searching parties were organized.
Walter Hallowell, one of the search
ers, found the body in the timber two
miles from home. The boy had COM
mitted suicide. He tied the shotgun
to a tree, then tied a. twig to the trig-
ger of the gun with his handkerchief
barred his breast in front of the muz-
zle and pulled the trigger. Temporary
insanity was responsible for the deed.
He had been very melancholy for
several weeks.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
CHANGE IN WEATHER.
Mercury Drops and Rain Gives Way
to Snow.

The sudden change from Good Old
Summertime to Something Else, which
has taken place today. may be readily
observed by those who are on the out
side, without the trouble of referring to
the table of hourly temperatures below.
And there is more to come, says the
weather man. The guess is two below
freezing by tomorrow morning. and a
prospect that the snow which took the
place of rain at O'Clock this afternoon,
will be doing business at the same
stand all night.
The fitful showers of today have ag-
gregated a rainfall of So hundredths of
an inch. The storm in this locality is
the result of a disturbance in south CEN
tral Kansas, which is moving northeast
probably to meet another one and join
forces
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
HIT HIS COLLEAGUE.
Nebraska Legislator Used Short and
Ugly Word at Same Time

Lincoln Neb., March 4.-W. J. Tay-
lor, of Custer count author of the wo-
man suffrage bill during a discussion
of that measure in the house today.
struck Representative Shoemaker, of
Douglas county. and at the same time
called his colleague a "deceitful liar
Representative Taylor was arguing for
his bill and took exception to a state
ment made by Representative Shoe
maker. The incident threw the house
into confusion. Later Representative
Taylor apologized and his explanation
was accepted.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24

Willie Whitla, the kidnapped boy.
of the lad all Of the time he was absent
from home.
The woman has confessed that she
was in charge of the boy" said the
chief she says she was in Cleveland
with Willie for four days. They room
ed in the east part of the city
Il believe that she first met the boy
and the man outside of Cleveland.
probably in Ashtabula. and then came
here with them They were in CIeve-
land with the boy from midnight
Thursday until Monday night
She admits that she disguised her
self as a nurse while the boy was in
her hands. A short time before the
people were picked up by the police we
secured her disguise and two of her
grips. The moment she entered my Of
fee I threw the nurses apron over her
shoulders and placed the cap on her
head. She objected at first. but finally
smiled and admitted that the goods be-
longed to her"
Attempts to make either the man or
the woman reveal his or her name We're
useless. The woman said when her
identity became known it would show
she was of good family. The man
said his name was John Doe: the wo-
man claimed that they were man and
wife.
Chief of Police Grain of Sharon was
communicated with by Chief Kohler to-
day. He prepared to start for this city
at once and take charge of the sus-
poets. They have signified their will
hngness to return to Tenns nsylvania
without requisition papers. The sus-
poets were landed in the station late at
night after the man had made a
desperate effort to escape from the po-
lice. He ierked away from Captain
Shattuck on the street near the police
station and ran. Captain Shattuck
fired two shots at the fleeing man and
the suspect, thoroughly frightened.
stopped and surrendered.
Woman Says She Arranged 1t.
The woman. who was somewhat
confused, admitted that she had been
responsible for the kidnapping When
placed in custody at the central po-
lice station she said to Captain Shat
tuck:
Il am the one who planned the
whole thing. There will be trouble
6or me and hell in Sharon"
Beneath the woman's skirt was
found $9,79O all of it but $40 was
bound in packages with the original
slips placed on them when Whitla
took it from the bank still around
them.
Captain Norman Shattuck and
Detective Frank Wood made the ar
rests in the east end of the city. When
near the police station, the man broke
away from Detective Wood and ran
toward an alley. The policeman fired
two shots from his revolver into the
air and the man stopped. The woman
made no attempt to escape. The
woman appears to be well educated
and is refined in manner. She says
she spent fifteen years of her life in
a convent in PENNSYLVANIA and denies
she has ever been in trouble before
Roth the man and the woman deny
that they know the name of each
other. They admit they are not man
and wife According to the police
they we're intoxicated when placed in
cISfodv. Due to their condition they
we're not questioned closely by the
nolice and were locked in separate
cells.
Face Is Scared.
willie Whitla told Captain Shattucx
on Monday that the woman who kept
~, a nrisoner had smallpox scars on
ccontinued on Page Egght.)
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
ROOSEVELT ON DECK.
He Takes Two Hours Promenade AZ
ter Breakfast

On Board Steamship Hamburg at
Sea. March 24-10 a. m. by Wireless to
Siasconset Mass-The weather con-
tinues fairly pleasant. The sea is
quite smooth. but there is a cold head
wind blowing. Only a few of the pas
sengers show signs of seasickness. All
the members of the Roosevelt party
are well
Mr.. Roosevelt spent two hours in
his stateroom after dinner last night
discussing plans for the expedition in
Africa. This morning after break
fast Mr.. Roosevelt and his son Ker-
NIT nromenaded the decks.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24


Pennsylvania town. and his uncle, the
ate John Boyle was. he says, proprie-
tor of the Shenango House.
Boyle declines to throw any addition
al light on the kidnapping but is firm in
his claim that the woman who was ar
rested with him is his wife In the
meantime the police are awaiting the
arrival of the Whitla family in the hope
OF clearing up the mystery surrounding
the identity of the woman
Mr.. and Mrs. James p wbitIa and
their son and daughter. together with
Harry Forker. a brother of Mrs
hitla. all of Sharon. arrived here at
o CLOCK TINS afternoon and went direct
VITO the Hollenden hotel They notified
Chief Kohler that thev would visit him
Idlef ana make an effort to identify the
man and woman held by the police
Is known in Sharon.
Sharon. Pa, March 24-James Boyle
formerly lived here. He was in this city
tNo weeks ago for the purpose of at
IehdlnS the funeral of his uncle. John
boyie, owner of the Shenango House
Little is known of Boyle here. he is
Salo 10 nave been in the United States
marine service. He maintains a plumb
ing Shop in the basement of his uncle's
notel' put IL is claimed very seldom Wis
work. ~
Several days ago BoyIe's name was
mentioned in connection with the case.
Al thc time 1t was rumored both he
allu ms We whom he is said to have
married recently were missing from
tnelr nome near here. but the detectives
investigated the report without success.
a iedSt the officers asserted there was
nothing in the report at the time.
w hen Boyle appeared here for his
uncle's funeral. two weeks ago he was
accompanied by a woman who is de-
Scf1bed as being clever looking" The
description of the woman under ar
rest at Cleveland is said to tally with
lhe woman who was with Boyle here.
Secretive and mySteriously, prac-
tlcally the entire Whitla family went
to Cleveland for the purpose. it is said.
publicly, to view and attempt to
Identify the man and woman suspects
under arrest in that city in connection
with the abduction
Sensational RumOrs.
Unofficially however, sensational ru-
CCoutinued on Ps1a FYxhtl
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
TELLS WHO He IS.
Man Held for Kidnapping the
Whitla Child
Says He Is James Boyle, a
Plumber of Sharon.
WOMAN is HIS WIFE.
The Unearthing of Big Scan
dal Is Threatened.
Every Effort Made to Suppress
Name OF Suspected Woman.

Cleveland, March 24.-The man held
in connection with the kidnapping of the
Whitla boy admitted his identity today
to Chief OF Police Kohler. He is James
Boyle of Sharon. Pa, and is a plumber
by trade. He has a widowed mother
and four brothers and sister in the
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
Cleveland Police Arrest a Man
and a Woman.
She COnfesses to Stealing the
Whitla Child.
MONEY is RECOVERED.
Nearly the Entire $4,000 Was
in Her Possession.
Says She Was Responsible for
the Abduction.

Cleveland, March 24.-After cross
questioning a man and the woman
taken into custody as suspects in con-
nection with the kidnapping Of Willie
Whitla for over four hours, Chief of
Police Kohler said today that he was
confident the people we're in possession
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
1T SAVES MONEY.
Des Moines Completes First Year of
Commission Governments

Des Moines. Ia. March 24-The
first year of the Des Moines commits
sion plan of municipal government
was completed today and the treas
ury shows a surplus of $4,000 on
hand over and above expenditures.
The year previous under the old sys-
tenn showed a deficit of S180,000.
Advocates of the plan assert there
fore that the new system has saved
the city over 100000 during the past
twelve months.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24

the remains of two men who died in the
powder mill explosion at Wallace.
Idaho. last week, has been settled by
placing portions of the remains In two
caskets Each widow takes one
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
Weather Indications.

Chicago. March 24.-Forecast for
Kansas: Rain or snow and much cold
er tonight: Thursday partly cloudy,
high to northwest winds.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24

No kidna ping case of recent years
has attracted so much attention from
all ever the entire country as has the
mysterious disappearance of little Will
lie Whitla. His father is a wen-to-do
lawyer and his uncle a wealthy bust
ness man. The kidnapers communi-
Gated with the parents and demanded
that $4,000 be left for them at a
designated point. This was done and
the boy was returned to his parents
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24

ICoatinEed on Page Eighty
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24

Continued on Page Eaxhtl
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A WEALTHY JOKER
Hello N MOROCCO
BY THIS COUNTRY

gan to be openly insulted and finally
threatened The attention OF the Am
erican representative in Ronda was
called to the matter. and things as
sumed a very serious aspect for Mr..
Perrin. Cablesrans were sent to Wash.
ington by King Alfonso's Minister Of
State and the young mans relatives In
Baltimore were consulted. - best
way out of the difficulty. they conclud-
ed. was to have young Perrin put In
the custody of the American consul ut
Ronda-and the announcement was
made that he g not quite right In his
head"
Other escapades Of young Perin's
in recent years include attempts to
have q talk with Colonel Roosevelt.
then president. on political affairs in
Maryland. with a view to preventing
that states going to the dogs" rs he
put it at the white house. and an ef.
fort to play one Of his practical
jokes" on Frederick Gerhard and his
bride now Mrs. Henry Clews. IT.. by
confronting the couple on their honey
moon trip. in Baltimore with Mrs. Lily
Langtry. to whom Gerhard had at one
time been most attentive.