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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-01
BOARD OF HEALTHHED
Will Not Insist ON Strict Enforcement
of Weight and Measure Law.

when quart is not a quart" was the
subject of discussion at the recent
meeting of the state board of health.
Inc makers of berry boxes and the re-
rallers OF TINS trult We're scared by the
recent act of the legislature which
adopted the standard system of weights
ana measures providing for a severe
penalty for short weights and scant
measures. Confession is good for the
soul and the box manufacturers owned
up that they had always made their
quart boxes. the exact size of seven
ielgnbhs OF quart, and intended to do
SO this year. The board agreed to the
cheat providing the boxes are labeled,
put did not undertake to show where
| lie. p0"
This deliberate steal of IL per cent
| from the consumer has been INDUCED
LOT many years and has been borne in
silence. The producer and the whole
saler had come to consider it as one of
tnelr especial privileges under the con-
stitution until the state legislature Slip
PED across the weights and measures
oIll last session. Now these box max
ers come before the board of health and
plead for mercy. They represented that
thelr spring stock had already been
maze and they would have to short
change the public again this year The
ooard gave them the right to do so,
and the new law will be violated from
the very beginning. All that is neces-
sary to this end is to, label the boxes as
pelng short of a quart. The public has
aIways known that the berry boxes did
not hold a quart, SO it is hard to I'M
derstand how the law is complied with
by placing big label on them to that
enect. This ruling of the board on the
new law right at the beginning will
nave a tendency to make a farce ont
OF an act intended as a protection for
the consumer against short weights and
measures. If berries can he sold Sbort
measure, why not potatoes, and apples
and sugar. and everything else? New
bushel baskets will have to be made as
Wen as new berry boxes. When a. CON
sumer buys box of strawberries this
spring and pays for it at the rate of
10 cents per quart, what earthly good
VIII 1t do him to be able to read on the
box, This quart contains only seven
elghths of a quart, but it is all right
with the board of health so you cannot
make any complaint for short weight. !"
All the boxes will be short measure
There will be no redress. The price will
be the same. There is no one to com
plain to but the board of health. What
is the good of the new law. anyway?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-01
SISTERS TRICK
But 1t All Came Out Right.

How a sister played a trick that
brought rosy health to a coffee fiend is
an interesting tale:
II was a coffee fiend-a trembling,
nervous, physical wreck. yet clinging to
the poison that stole away my strength.
Knocked at Postum and would have
none OF it.
"One day my sister substituted a cup
OF piping hot Postum for my morning
cup of coffee but did not tell me what
it was. l noticed the richness of it
and remarked that the coffee tasted fine
but my sister did not tell me 1 was
drinking Postum for fear I might not
take any more.
''She kept the secret and kept giving
me Postum instead of coffee until I
grew stronger, more tireless, got bet
ter color in my asallow cheeks and a
clearness to my eyes. then she told me
of the health-giving, nerve-strengthen-
ing live-Saver she had given me in place
of my morning coffee. From that time
became a disciple of Postum and no
words can do justice in telling the good
this cereal drink did me. / will not try
to tell it, for only after having used it
can one be convinced of it's merits.''
Ten days trial shows Postum's power
to rebuild what coffee has destroyed.
There's Reason"
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book, THE Road to MELVILLE
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine. true, and full of human
interest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-01
CARRY OWN DRINKING CUP.
otherwise You May Have to &C
Thirsty.

The state board of health finished
it's labors at its annual quarterly
meeting Wednesday evening and ad-
journed until next June. There were
more important matters to consider at
the recent sessions than at any meet
ing for some time. 1t was definitely
decided to abolish public drinking
cups on trains and in schools after
September 1. Individual cups from
oiled paper can be manufactured and
sold for a trif1e. These cups can be
folded up and carried without in
convenience.
Committees were appointed to look
after the fire regulation for hotels
and the tuberculosis campaign.
The board now has six pure food
and drug inspectors at its disposal and
will pay closer attention to the in
spection of barber shops than for
merly.
DIR. Crumbine was appointed as a
delegate to attend the national meet
ing of health authorities in Washing
ton next month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-01
Woris to Freeze the Soul.

hopeless" These appalling words were
spoken to George E.. Blevens, a leading
pert doctors-one a lung specialist. Then
was shown the wonderful power of DR..
Kings New Discovery. After three
weeks use," writes Mr.. Blevens, The was
as well as ever. would not take ali the
money in the world for what it did for
my boy InfaIlible for Coughs and Colds,
its the safest. SureSt cure of desperate
Lung diseases earth. SOC and $780,
Campbell Drug Co Guarantee satisfaction
Trial bottle free.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-01
Drunlsenness on the Increase.

Ottawa, Ont, April 1.-Convictions
for drunkenness have increased
throughout the Dominion by 1874 per
cent in the last ten years according to
the parliamentary blue book which has
just been issued. In 1907 the, increase
of conviction for general offenses I'M
der the criminal code was 121z per
cent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-01

turned some time ago in Oklahoma,
charging him and others with being
interested in the land frauds. Gates
promptly furnished $4,000 bonds to
insure mis- appearance in the federal
courts. He Eeh.s any wrongdoing in
Oklahoma ana s-ss>-ts he can easily
prove his innocesl4 a. the proper
time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-01
WILL COST A MILLION.
New Twelve Story Hotel OH Broadway
New York.

New York, April New York is to
have another million dollar hotel
Thomas Stanley. one of the Stanley
brothers, the Broadway restaurant
proprietors has announced that work
will soon begin on a II story structure
on Broadway between Forty-sixth and
Forty-seVenth streets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-01
Postal Telegraph Changes.

Chicago, April 1.-The following
changes in the Postal Telegraph COM
pany service has gone into eff~Et: w.
l. Capen, district superintendent OF the
superintendent with headquarters in
New York. T. w. Carroll, division
superintendent in Chicago, succeeds
Mr.. Capen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-01
charged With Land Frauds.

Los Angeles, March 1.-Carrol w.
Gates, a millionaire land and cattle
owner of this city, has been arrested
by federal officers upon indictment re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-01
Swept Over Niaera.

This terrible calamity often happens be-
cause a careless boatman ignores the
rivers warnings-growing ripples and
faster current-Natures warnings are
kind. That dull pain or ache In the back
warns YOU the Kidneys need attention II
you would escape fatal maladies-Dropsy,
Diabetes or Bright'S disease. Take Elec-
trio Bitters at once and see Backache fly
and all your best feelings return After
long suffering from weak kidneys and
lame back one $100 bottle wholly cured
me" writes ]. r. Blankenship. of Belk,
Tenn Only SOC at Campbell Drug Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-01

Investigate Arkansas Pass. Room l.,
Mulvane building.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-01
Arkansas Pass

The best investment on the market
today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-01

are going on, bonds are being issued
and expenditures are being made, is
a monumental undertaking. But they
are in excellent condition and the
auditors were greatly pleased over
their accessible
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-01

would go to work and keep working;
however, the teams quit after they
had done about $1,000 worth of>work,
what become of the balance of the
money 1 won't say, but 1 think the di-
rectorS should know"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-01

Here is a matter that should be
needed by all people concerned. Every
day a number of people come to the
city hall asking for permits to connect
their houses with the Martin & Dennis
sewer. 1t must be remembered that
the Martin & Dennis sewer is still in
the hands of the contractors and has
not been turned over to the city of To-
peka. Until it is turned over to the
city permits for it's tapping cannot be
issued.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-20

of the Hudson Bay; $2S1,5OO for the
fisheries protection service and SIS.
600 to provide for the construction OF
steamer for surveying the gulf and
river st. Lawrence.
Militia Appropriations.
The militia appropriations amoun,
to $6.S76,7OO as compared with s4.-
sl5,l5Q. The principal increases in
the militia vote come under the fol-
lowing heads: Transfer of amount
voted for ordinance arms, stores,
equipment, etc., from the capital ac-
count to the income account, 81 ,3OO.-
600; annual drill. $315,OO0: pay al
lowance, 100000; and salaries of
civil employees, $4,000.
The miscellaneous votes include
$4,000 to provide for the expenses of
the conservation commission. The
harbor votes include $4,000 for st.
Andrews rapids improvements, and
$s0O,OOO for harbor improvements at
Fort William.
Western Harbor Votes.
The other western harbor votes
are:
Manitoba
Lake winnipeg wharves, $4,000.
Red river, protection of new en-
trance channel at its mouth, $4,000.
Winnipeg Beach harbor, protection
of pier on Lake Winnipeg. Revote of
$7,4S0. lapsed. $4,000.
Saskatchewan and Alberta
Athabasca river. removal of boul-
ders and deepening of channel
through sand and gravel bars, $1O,-
600; harbors, rivers and bridges, gem
eral repairs and improvements, $780,
900.
Last Mountain lake. improvements
of navigable route. $4,000.
Lesser Slave river, urgent .provi-
sional improvements. $4,000.
North Saskatchewan river, removal
Of boulders opposite Prince Albert,
$4,000; wing dams for improvement of
navigable channel from Edmonton to
Lake Winnipeg, $25,O0O.
Surveys of rapids. etc.. on North
and South Saskatchewan rivers and
other navigable streams, $4,000.
Public Buildings in West.
The votes for public buildings in
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-20
TO EXHUME BODY
Question of Death by Prison Involved
In Insurance..

st. Louis. Mo-. Nov. ,2O.-The body
Of William j. Erder, former post
office clerk, whose life insurance was
collected by Mrs. Dora E. Doxey, now
Of Columbia, Nebraska, will be ex-
humed tomorrow morsing by Deputy
Coroner Faith. An autopsy will be
performed to find any possible traces
OF poison.
Miss Kate Erder, a sister Of the
dead man, who returned from Colum-
bus. Nebraska today, where she had
Mrs. DOGGY and her husband, DR..
Loren B. DOGGY arrested, on a satuory
rharge; gave the deputy coroner the
result Of her. Investigations.
Erder was married to a woman who
rave her name as Dora q. Dodge at
Clayton, st. Louis county, on April
26 last. He died July 10, naming his
wife,-Miss Erder says, as beneficiary
Of life insurance policy of $4,000.
In addition the wife received $500 in
surance on the wife of Erder's sister,
who had died earlier. Miss Erder as
serts her. brother first knew his wife
rs Dora La Gear" that she told the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-20
HER ASSA|[ANT
STILL At LARGE.
Zenda Girl Was Murdered
But the Police Are Still !.
Ignorant

Milwaukee, Wis. Nov. 2o.-The cor
oners jury in the Hattie linda MUIR
der case returned a verdict late yes.
terday afternoon that the girl died of
strangulation at the hands of a per-
son or persons unknown.
A tall man. wearing black over
coat and black derby hat. who did
not look like a laborer. is being
searched for by the police as a sus-
pect of the murder mystery. He was
seen standing in front of the shanty
where Hattie linda was murdered a
few minutes before the girl was at.
tackled.
1t is believed that the murderer or
murderers escaped on northbound
freight train.
The police believe that the offer of
a substantial reward will materially
assist them in locating the guilty par
ties.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-20
SURPLUS WILL.
Be Sl5,000,000
Estimates for the Coming Fis.
cal Year Placed Before the
Parliament

Ottawa, Nov. 20.-The estimates for
the coming fiscal year, as presented
to parliament this afternoon by the
Hon. w. s. Fielding, call for total
vote of 91,S91.57S on consolidated
fund account, including $3,676,5O for
naval service; and for $35,779,415 on
capital account. including $4,000, 900
for the National Transcontintental
railway.
The total expenditure asked for is
thus $127,670,993,. an increase Of $16,-
047.616 as compared to the total
amount voted last session. The esti-
mates last year, however, provided
for decrease of about $4,000, 900 as
compared with 1907-OS,. being a reduc-
ton of little over 100000 on con-
solidated fund account and $4,000, 900
on capital account. ~.
The increases this year as shown
in the estimates brought down today
are distributed, $10,752,940 to the con-
solidated fund account and $5.294,675
to the capital account.
The increase in the revenue for this
year will considerably more than bal
ance the increase In the ordinary ex-
penditure provided for in the estf-
mates for the next fiscal year, and
the total expenditure on income ac-
count will, according to present indi-
cations, fall at $15,00,000 below the
revenue Of the year. OF the total in
crease In Tho expenditure provided for
in the estimates, nearly half is due
to the construction Of the National
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-20
FIND WOMAN MURDERER
CHILDREN SCARED BY OFFICERS
UNTIL THEY DISCLOSED
HER HIDING PLACE.

St. Johns. Mich, Nov. 20.-Mrs.
Bertha Haker. who escaped Thurs
day night from the Clinton county
Jail, where she was awaiting trial on
the charge Of numbering her aged
husband. was captured last evening
Eea rher home which was the scene
of the crime. The woman's children
for hours yesterday defied the sheriff
and denied that their mother had re-
turned home. The oldest boy finally
broke down under the fear of the
questions and directed the sheriff to a
swamp where the woman was discov-
cred wrapped in blanket. One Of
the younger children said afterwards
that twenty-four hours would have
found their mother beyond the danger
of capture.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-20

cries made today. A large tent ton
was pitched twenty feet from the open
air morgue for the coroner and his
jury. i -
The work Of recovery was checked
for time after ten bodies had been
brought up. The delay was caused by
a fall of coal which had to be cleared
away before the rescue: work could
continue. The women whose loved
ones were not recognized among the
dead stood in groups, some sobbIng
and others repeating constantly the
names of those brought out A moth
er. seated alone on the steps of the
shed, walled. Willie, Willie, Oh, my
poor Willie" B
Ends Murder Case.
Ended forever, without judge or
jury. is a sensational manslaughter
case in the Spring Valley Cherry min
ing district as result Of the disaster
In the mine Of the ST. Paul Coal COM
pany. Former Mayor w. NJ. Panueck
of La Sale. who Was counsel fol
Stephen Tfhko. a foEtner deputy mar
shall, under indictient for killing
another mines, etod~s h rSdsM to light
the extraordinary chasing of this case
Tinko. who on the records of the
company Is registered as No. 315, and
did not escape when the fire started
Saturday, shot a Slavonian in a riot
near Spring Valley several months
ago, and was out on bail awaiting
trial. The witnesses who, saw the
shooting. several friends of Tinko and
others, his fees. also worked in the
mine, and search of the company's
records by Attorney Pannock disclos-
ed that all are dead.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-20
TO PROTECT FISH
Treaty Governing Waters Between
United States and Canada.

New York, Nov. 20.-According to
announcement made in New York last
night the agreement between the Unit
ed States and Canada for the protec-
tion Of the waters lying between the
two countries from conditions en-
dangering the fisheris, has been signed
and will probably become operative
within fortnight. The announcement
was made by DR.. David Starr Jordan,
the American member of the interna-
tional fisheries commission, which has
been engaged for more than a year
in drawing up the statutes. - Jor-
dan said that the terms wou' Sfato :. :.
adequate protection to fish life. Il
waters affected. Tho regulations, 7.
is understood. will become law upon
their PRONUNCIATION by the president
without additional legislation.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-20
INDIAN WAR
Snake Indians Are Opposed to tht
White Mans Government,

Tishomingo. Okla. Nov. 2O-Repre-
sentatives of the Snake Indian tribe
who are attending the Chickasaw leg
islature here are making a hard fight
to induce the other Indians to refuse
to recognize the United States gov
ernment and all treaties that the gov
ernment has made with the Indians.
The Snakes who have always opposed
the white mans government. desire
to resume Indian customs and govern
themselves. 1t is believed that Gov.
Johnson of the Chickasaws and the
white and mixed members of the legis-
lature will have a majority in oppos-
ing the movement.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-20

Transportation railway. The de.
mands of expenditure for the new
navy account for 100000, the Que
bee bridge construction for $1,000 900
and the transfer of former capital ex-
penditures on militia and on dominion
lands surveys to the consolidated
funds to be wiped off the income for
the coming year, account for an other
$2,OO0,000. Thus the normal increase
In the expenditure is only some three
or four millions, while the revenue is
now increasing at a rate of about one
! million month.
1t Is worthy of note that the gov
ernment is providing for an expendi-
ture on the new navy out of income
instead of charging it to capital ac-
count.
This afternoon the Hon. w. s.
Fielding, minister of finance, laid on
the table of the house the main esti-
mates Of expenditure for the year
which will close March 81, 1911, or in
other words the 1901 fiscal period,
They call for total expenditure, ex-
elusive of any supplementary esti-
mates which may be brought down, of
1927 ,670,993. OF this sum $91 ,S91 ,57S
will be chargeable to the consolidated
fund, or an increase of $1O,752,94O
over the current fiscal year. The re-
naming $a5,779.415 will be charged to
capital expenditure, an increase of
Sc, 5,294,675.
+ The capital expenditure will in
clude the large sum of $31, ,981 AIS for
railways and canals, of which .S27.-
100000 Is for the construction of the
National Transcontinental railway, an
increase of $7,O00,OO0 over the cur
rent year.
The total amount to be voted for
the Canadian naval service will be
$3,676,500. For the navy proper the
vote will be $3,OO0,OOO. and the ex-
penditure is to include construction
and maintenance of ships, main
tenance and: upkeep of dockyards at
Esquimalt and Halifax, and the es-
tablishment and maintenance of
training schools.
The other items included in the
naval vote are $4,000 for hydro
graphic surveys, including a survey
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-20
INDICATED Of
IN WIFE: MURDER |:
But the Charge re-, -ct,i CAUSED Break
down From Which Hus-
band Died

La Porte, Ind, Nov. -Comforted
by knowledge that the body OF his
wife, who was drowned in Hudson
lake month ago had been recovered
and that the coroner had, exonerated
him Of completely in her death,
Hunter s. Dresden, a. hotel keeper
Of New Carlisle, died today of pneu-
nonia. He had been Ill only week
ana his death is attributed by his
friends to nervous prostration induc-
I'd , ycharges accusing him of respon-
sihildty for the death of his wife,
whom, he struggled to save when
both were thrown from a boat.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-20
Fifteen Witnesses Lost With Him.

Fifteen Witnesses Lost With Him.
There were fifteen witnesses pre-
pared to testify for or against Tinko
and every one of them. is with him
down in that mine. When the case
of the People VS.. Stephen Tinko
charged with murder is called there
will be no response on his part and
there will be none to stand up and
accuse him. for all have gone before
the higher tribunal which in the end
judges us all.
Tinko shot in self-defense, but feel
ing in the case was bitter on both
sides and he was to be forced to face
a charge of manslaughtre. His de-
tense was perfect and it is thought
that his innocence would have been
established.
Forget Fueds Amid Sorrow.
Fueds among the miners which ar.
rayed one family against another,
have been buried at the foot of the
shaft leading into the mine in which
the heads of those families are en-
tombed. Women who for years nur-
ished hates and grudges, some OF
which swerei brought from Aacross the
sea, forget and forgive in the dis.
tress among the survivors. -.
Il am sorry for you and your little
ones" said one dark-eyed daughter of
Italy to a weeping widow with whom
she had not exchanged pleasant
word since both families crossed the
ocean from Sicily.
Your lot, too, is hard, for you
have your aged mother with you"
said the other, and then both walked
around the mine grounds mourning
their loved ones.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-20
EARLY STORY OF THE RESCUE WORK

Cherry. Ills, Nov. 2O.-A great hear
Of bodies was reached in the st. Paul
mine today after a night spent in des.
perate efforts to remove the obstruc-
tions.
In one great pile behind "fall in
of gravel, timber and coal, the ex.
plorers discovered thirty bodies. They
waited until daybreak to bring the
bodies to the surface. The canvass
which was used yesterday was spread
to it's full length and one of the
thirty bodies were placed upon it. A
few women were present at the time
but for the most part the village had
not been awakened. The. news
they're bringing them up. at last
however, was not long in spreading
and large crowds soon gathered. The
pathetic scenes which accompanied
the recovery of the first body yester-
day were re-enacted on larger scale
To obtain relays of volunteers to de-
scend with stretchers was no easy
task. Some declared themselves un-
able to endure the Esight Of their
former, cQmradas. and others were suu-
able to Withstand the ;malodorous all
of the mine. But there were enough
who stepped grimly forward to con-
tinue the work.
Owing to the condition of the bodies
they will be held only twenty-four
hours for indentification. If not rec
ognized within that time careful
record will be preserved and inter.
ment carried out
Laborers worked all last night by
the light. Of their lanterns digging
graves in anticipation OF the recoy-