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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-21
On and Off Chat
About Fat

The society reporter picked up the fol-
lowing gem at Madam Brewsters not
twenty-four hours ago. One OF her MIL
lionaire customers struggling into new
gown asked the famous costumer how she
kept her figure in such superb shape
You habitually eat and drink heartily
and even thoughtlessly, not to say riot
ous1y at tines she complained, whereas
live like a hermit. Yet can't keep slim
and. apparently. you can't get fat
Guilty" replied the fashion czarina- I
admit L don't fatten UP nor do l thin
down. but 1t Is because have the power,
my dear Mrs. (the name almost slip
ped out), to say to my fat Thus far and
no farther 1 don't exercise nor diet nor
run any danger of wrinkles or stomach
trouble either. Here is the secret She
wrote a few words on a slip of paper
and handed ii 10 her Questioner- Get
that filled at the druggists, she con
cluded, take teaspoonful after meals
and at bedtime and you Will never get
any fatter than you want TO be You can
take off a pound a day with this receipt
If you want to-.
Being fat herself and fully alive to tbs
tremendous value of these statements &c
| fat folks everywhere, the society reporter
committed an objectionable social sin: sht
peeped over the ladys shouIder-and thi.
| is what she saw: For Excess Fat simplest
| safest. cheapest, most helpful receipts o.
| any: One-half ounce Marmola- Il ounc.
Fluid Extract Cascara Aromatic, 81.
ounces Peppermint Water
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-21
UNABLE TO COLLECT.
New York Street Car Victims to Hold
Mass Meeting.

New York April 21.-To arouse inter-
est and to bring about relief if posi-
BILE for $4,000 cripples, widows and or
phans who hold judgments aggregating
81 00O0 900 against the New York City
Railway company, it is proposed to
hold a great mass meeting in Cooper
Union. Because of the corporation s
bankruptcy the holders of judgments
are unable to collect their claims, but
lawyers believe that if a few thousand
of cripples and unfortunates are
brought together it would bring the
plight wildly before the public, Judges
of federal and state courts, the state
legislature and congress and perhaps
result in some form of relief.
1t is asserted that congress has full
Jurisdiction in the matter because the
affairs of the New York City Railway
company are lodged with the fedora
courts of this district and it is hoped
an investigation may be ordered.
The company. which controls by lease
several surace tranction lines, went into
the receivers hands in the fall of $780,
when thousands of damage suits were
pending against it for deaths and in
juries in street railway accidents since
1903. The aggregate amount sued fol
was about 80 million dollars.
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GRAFT Is CHARGED.
Ugly Stories Emanate From Hawaiian
House of Representatives.

Honolulu. April 21.-Charges of
graft have been preferred in the
house of representatives and de-
mand for an investigation has been
made. The graft is of a rather petty
kind. 1t is charged that some of the
Hawaiian members have turned
thrifty penny by translating bills from
English into Hawaiian for the house,
turning in the bills in the name or
some third party.
1t is even charged that some of
the members have introduced bills for
the sole purpose of getting the rake
off, for translating them.
The act creating the territory pro
vides that the proceedings of the
legislature shall be in English. But
ever since the organization of the ter
ritory the practice has prevailed or
translating all bills into Hawaiian
and having them printed in that
language for the benefit of the mem
bers of the legislature who do not
speak or understand English readily
The charges and the demand for
an investigation have been brought to
the surface partly as a result of a re-
volt against the alleged ''big stick
methods of the speaker, H. l.. Hol-
stein.
The chamber of commerce has for
INFLATED a protest to the legislature
against an increase of the tax rates.
P1OI. Lyons the pant pcbLlOAOeSA9e
of the Hawaiian planters experiment
station has discovered large forest
of native trees on the eastern side of
HaieakaIa which is dying because OF
chemical changes in the soil.
The Wahiawa Consolidated Pine
apple company has given mort
gage for S22S19S to Castle and Cooke
to cover advances made to it.
A fine collection of Hawaiian fishes
is being collected for exhibition in an
aquarium at the Alaska ukon eX-
position.
Col. French of the Salvation army
who arrived here a week ago has
secured funds to the amount of S2O,-
900 for q Salvation army rescue home
and orphan asylum here.
The members of the house OF
representative called in a body or
the former Queen Liliuokalani yes
terday at her home in Washington
Place. She received them very
graciously. shaking hands with eacf
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OFF The PAY ROLL.
Speech of Victor Murdoch i'm Congress
Bears Fruit.

Washington, April 21..In his
sneech on the house rules at the last
session of congress, Victor Murdoch
Of Kansas spoke of the e,i imposs h1t ey
extrava eance-or even of graft-be-
cause it was almost always hedged
about by house rules.
He used the illustration OF the
Michigan Central railroad which was
paid 1000 extra every year Tor car
rving the mails over the bridge at
Niagara Falls. The extra $1,000 was
run in as compensation to the presi-
dent of the road. H. B. Ledyard, VINO
was carried on the pay rolls as mail
messenger at salary of $1,000 a
wear. The money, of course, did not
go to Mr.. Ledyard personally, out 10
the railroad. 1t was out of the ques-
tion. Murdoch said, for him IS mem
her of congress to get the chance to
correct this abuse.
But the postoffice department was
NOT 40 hammered When attention was
publicly called to the matter it began
an investigation. AS result Mr.. Led
ward is no longer on the pay roll of
the government as mail messenger
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MUST PAY S. A week.
VIII Take New York Man 40 Years
to satisfy Judgment.

New York. April 21.-John j. Will
Iiams. an employe of machine COM
panv. has been ordered by the su.
preme court to pay a judgment OF
1904. at the rate of IS week. AS
Williams is sixty years old it will re-
ouire more than 40 years for MN
to paw up at the rate prescribed,
while Mrs J. c. Fisk to Whom ne
must pay the money would nave pass
ed the century mark
Mrs. F'isk's husband and W1lllams
we're partners in the brokerage bust
ness IS years ago. They had dis
pute over funds and Fisk brought suit
and obtained a judgment which was
never paid. Later his wife pushed
the case.
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SEND IT BACK.
Bristow a Tariff Insurrectionist in the
Senate.

Washington, April 21.-The insur
gents on the Republican side OF the
senate, headed by Senator's J. L.
Bristow of Kansas Bron of Nebraska,
and Cumnfns of Iowa. are framing a
plan to pass a resolution to send the
Aldrich bill back to the finance COM
mittee with instructions to rearrange-
ment and make some startling changes
They want to instruct in favor of free
lumber, free coal, free iron ore, pig
iron and great reductions in all the
steel and iron schedules; to have sugar
greatly cheapened, plate glass duties
and reduce the tobacco duties, which
are said now to be arranged with espe-
| cial reference to taking care of the
| trust.
Fifteen Republicans, with all the
| Democrats, could pass the resolution
| 1t is claimed that there are thirteen
| Republicans who are inclined at TINS
| time to support such a resolution. ana
i that several others are in the position
| of being willing to do so provided they
are assured the White House Will not
esteem it an unfriendly move
Senators Cumnins and Brown are 10
| have a long talk with President Tatt
about the matter in the effort to get
! him to keep his hands off or If possible
| to help them.
| He was a typical hobo. with whine
and limp, that approached a NUMBER
of printers on Pennsylvania avenue :
i with the usual hard-luck story ana
/ made a successful touch. Turning
! away without word of thanks for
! their generosity he was aroused INTO q
| furious passion and violent outpurSt
of the worst profanity. which was onty
checked by the threats of a ponce OIL
| ficer. by the simple inquiry of one OF
the number as to whether he had ever
been in Leavenworth, Kan
whats the story?" was demanoe1
| of one who had so aroused the passion
of the tramp ,
You will hardly believe me when l
tell YOU / never laid eyes on h1m peIore
nor had anv knowledge as to his nav
ing been in that part of the country
| But LeavenwOrth was having all xmas
| of trouble with the tramp fraternity III
the '70's, and they put into the position
of chief of police one OF those nanny
| men with a gun who had been Clean
ing UP things for several towns IN the
southwest. He started in, with the as
| sistance of the mayor, to put the
| tramps to work on the streets, anu
| when one of them made break 10 run
away the chief or one OF MS ueputies
| would shoot him in the leg, not TO IN
| lure him seriously, but so he would al
| ways limp about like that fellow does:
| Well there were a number or the oiu
! Missouri river pirates VINO got cdue NJ
in Leavenworth, and it was sore point
with them to be Intercepted about
that Kansas town. and 1 have an idea
that the fellow who just departed was
one of them.
! New ULYSSES is the name of a newly
| established postoffice in Grant county,
Kansas. Amos G. Williamson has oeei
appointed postmaster
| Kansas postmasters commissioned
Samuel A. Byarlay at May Day; feter
H Dyck at Memo
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ON ITS feet AGAIN.
A. Booth & Company Creditors Agree
on Reorganization.

Chicago, April Pip. A. Valentine
has been notified that his plan for re-
organization of A. Booth & Company,
the defunct fish concern, had been
accepted by 80 per cent of the credit
ors. This means that the company
will be reorganized after the receiver
sale of the assets on May 20. with an
entire new directorate.
April 90 was the day set by Mr..
Valentine for the acceptance of his
proposition to finance the reorganiza-
ton of the company as a 100000
corporation with s2.000.00O preferred
stock and 100000 common stock,
in addition to a bond issue of s1,500,-
000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-21
NOT A. c. HOUsTON's DAUGHTER
Mistake About the Death of Wichita
Woman.

An item appeared under Wichita
date in the Topeka State Journal OF
the 10th instant which appears 70
have been a mistake and does not IN
Justice TO A. c. Houston and his
daughter. we'll known and estimable
residents of Wichita. A woman was
found dead and the reporter who
sent out the item stated that the
woman was the daughter OF A. -.
Houston. The only daughter of Mr.
and Mrs Houston is now in Wash
ington attending school. The item in
question was taken from Wichlta
paper of the previous day which ac-
counts for the injustice which was
49, nv Houston and his daughter
nv the item which appeared In the
Topeka State Journal
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member. They were presented by

member. They were presented by
Vice Speaker Rice.
The branch of the Oahu railroad
has now been completed to Camp
Scofeld, the cavalry post at Leilehua
IS miles from Honolulu.
The syndicate which is proposing
poets to operatee the telephone system
the island has purchased a controlling
interest in the Bell Telephone COM
pany, paying par for about two
thirds of the stock. The syndicate
owns the wireless system here and ex-
poets to operate the telephone system
and the wireless in conjunction with
each other and to make this great
wireless center.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-21
CHICAGO GIRL LOST.
Parents Fear She Has Been Kidnapped
for Ransom.

Chicago, April 21.-Anna May
Sheridan. Is years old. a pupil in the
Roman Catholic Assumption school.
has disappeared and her parents fear
that she has been kidnapped. She was
injured several years ago in an acct
dent and received $4,000 damages
and her father believes that some one
who knows size has the money is
holding her in the hope of obtaining
part of ii.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-21
TWINS BORN ON OCEAN.
Big Cargo of Children Arrives on
HoIIand-American Steamer.

New York, April 21.-Of the 29O
second cabin passengers who arrived
here Tuesday on the Holland-Amer-
lean steamer Ryndam. 100 were
children between the ages of and
10 years The Ryndam in fact was
like IA floating nursery. One family
had nine children, another eight and
another six. while three brothers by
the name of Van Dyke and their wives
had fifteen children between them
To add to the nursery Mrs. Ernest
Cabonnie. wife of Philadelphia
druggist. became the mother of twins
during the voyage.
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WILL LOOK FOR OIL AND GAS.
ElDorado Will Be Asked to Vote
$4,000 in Aid Bonds

ElDorado. Kan. April 21.-At a
public meeting held in the council
room Tuesday night 1t was decided to
ask the city council to call an election
to vote $4,000 bonds for the purpose
of prospecting for oil and gas in this
city. Petitions calling for the election
will be circulated at once The peo-
pie are enthusiastic over the question.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-21
DOGS AS PROTECTORS.
The Bull Species Guard Entrance to
Basement Crap Game.

New York, April 21--Bun dogs as
a means of protecting crap game
were used by a band of young men
in a basement on the East Side Tues
day night Three detectives VINO
raf1ed the game found themselves
struggling not only with the play
ers but with the snarling dogs and a
Lively fight ensued- Nine young men
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Reward for Raiders.

Cheyenne, Wyo., April 21.-The
National Wool Growers association
has offered a reward of 81, 900 for the
conviction of the men who raided the
Allemand and Enge sheep camp
sometime ago. killing the owners of
the sheep and herder named Laaer.
burning the camp and the bodies of
two of their victims.
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Drouth i'm Oklahoma Is Broken.

Muskosee. Ok. April PA long
drouth in this section was broken last
night The rainfall appears to have
been general throughout the state and
in this vicinity amounted to two inches,
Much benefit to crops viii result.
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were arrested and the dogs were
dubbed into submission after one of
the detectives had been severely
bitten.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-21

New Ulysses is the name of a newly
established postoffice in Grant county
Kansas. Amos G.. Williamson mas peeh
appointed postmaster.
samuel A. Byarlay at May Day; Peter
Fl Dvck at Memo.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-11-04
Tammsny Won; Draper eareIy 10.

In Tuesdays elections, William J. Gay
nor. Tammany, was elected mayor OF
New YORK by over 10000 plurality.
Barnard, Republican, was second, lead
ing Hearst, Independent, by $4,000. The
Republican-Fusion board Of estimates is
eleoted, however, which Is half a defeat
for Tammany. Draper, Republican, had
q close call in Massachusetts,, being re
elected governor by only 5000 over
vahey. Last year be won by 10000.
Rbode Island reelected her Republican
governor. The reformefs in Philadelphia
lost to the Republican machine by over
80, 900 in the district attorneyship coD-
test. The vote in Maryland on negro dis
franchisement is close. Baehr, Republic
can, beat Tom johnson for mayor Of
Cleveland.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-11-04
Death on the football Field.

Football resulted in the death OF two
players last Saturday. One was Cadet
Byrne OF West Point, whose neck was
broken while attempting to step a Har.
ward mass play. The other was Roy Spy
buck, who was hurt in a similar way at
Buck nell, Mo. On account OF Byrne's
death, West Point will play no more foot
ball this fall. A Navy player Is lowering
near death with fractured spine received
ina recent game. Football results Satur-
day were Harvard Q, Army 0; Yale 81,
Amherst o; Springfield T. s. 6, Tufts 8;
Dartmouth IL, Holy Cross o; Wesleyan
2e, Union 3; Brown ~, NJ. A. G. 8; Will
liams 8, Cornell o; Princeton 8, Navy 3;
Pennsy 20, Carlisle 8; Vermont II, New
Hampshire State 0.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-11-04

Great Britain is seething hot over th.
Lloyd George budget scheme for increas
ing revenues by striking heavily at large
fortunes and landed estates. The budget
is supported by most Of the Liberals and
the Socialists and opposed by the Union.
lists. Commons passed il, and It is now
pending in the House OF Lords, whose
members will reject it il they dare to. In
a bye-election last week, the Unionists
scored clean victory and made large
gain. The militant sufiragettes we're on
hand and one of the women threw acid
over the ballot officers in an attempt to
spoil the ballots.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-11-04
WHAT Is DOING
THE WORLD OVER
A WORD ABOUT THE LEADING
EVENTS or THE WEEK.
Pearx DIG Reach the PoIe.

The National Geographical society OF
Washington, to which Commander Peary
submitted his Polar date, has examined
them and pronounced them genuine,
proving Peary's attainment Of the Pole.
At the invitation Of this sVciety, Peary
will soon lecture before 1t, and then i is
expected be will begin a series OF public
lectures. DIR. Cook has been speaking in
the Far West. One night last week he
spoke at Hamilton, Mont, where lives
Bsrrill, the guide, who recently repudiat-
ed the alleged ascent OF Mount Mckinley
by DIR. Cook and himself. There was an
interesting colloquy on the platform be-
tween the two, in which each claimed the
other lied. DR.. Cook made affidavit right
there, when challenged by Barriil to do
so, that they reached the top OF McKin-
ley. A party of five will try to reach the
top OF the mountain, starting this month,
in the search for the alleged Cook records.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-11-04
Acc Won vanderbIIt Cur.

Henry Grant Of Boston In an Alec car
won the Vanderbilt cup race on Long
Island last Saturday. The course was
27s.0S miles, which Grant covered at an
average speed Of 62.sl miles per hour.
There we're fifteen starters, but only two
finished. A Marmon and a Cbalmers-De-
troit won the shorter Wheatlet Hills and
Massepequa sweepstakes. There we're no
accidents.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-11-04
Labor onIcIala lose Aqain.

The district court OF appeals at Wash
ington has affirmed the sentence Of the
supreme court of the District Of Columbis
in the case against President Gompers,
Secretary Morrison and John Mitchell of
the American Federation Of Labor in the
contempt case growing out OF disobedi-
ence Of the order OF the court In the case
Of The Bucks company, and they will
have to 60 to Jail. One Of the judges dis
aonfod
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-11-04

Jack johnson and Jim Jeffries met at
New York Friday and with no hitch
signed articles for q fight to determine
the worlds heavyweight championship.
They will meet before the club Offering
the largest purse, for IS rounds or more,
not later than July 5 next. There IL q
side bet of $4,000 and the purse will be
divided 75 and IS per cent. II Is proba-
Bile the fight will take place in California
next March.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-11-04
Mrs. c. Il. spooner on Art.

| The Randolph Woman's Literary clul
was entertained Saturday afternoon, Octo
Der 80, by Mrs. Fraser Metzger at Beth
any Parish house. Twenty-eight mem
bers and many guests were present.
First on the program was pisno duet
Overture from Maritans, (Wm. Vincent
Wallace) by Misses Edith Marcott and
Desier Moulton. Mrs. f. @. Ham then
introduced the speaker OF the afternoon,
Mrs. Charles H. Spooner OF Mortified,
who gave q most interesting and instruc-
tive lecture on "The Evolution of Art"
which was profusely illustrated by pic
lures passed through the audience, as
well as by many large reproductions OF
well known paintings hung on wires
stretched for that purpose. Mrs. Spooner
traced the development Of art, in Its va
rious phases of architecture, sculpture
and painting from the times OF the an
cient Egyptians to the present day, clos
ing with a brief account of art in Yer
mont.
A vote Of thanks was offered to Mrs.
cpooner BY the club. The meeting
losed with two numbers OF music, a
ong, "Firelight Faces, Gerald Lane)
by Miss Lucille Grant aud piano trio,
"Lustspiel Overture" tKeler-Bela) by
Misses Mary Lamson, Edith Marcott and
Desier Moulton.
The lower rooms Of the Parish house
were prettily decorated with rugs, palms,
pictures and chrysanthemums and here
the company spent an informal social Pc
riod, while refreshments were served by
Misses Marjorie Chedel, Hazel Durkee,
Lucille Grant, Mildred Goodwin, Marion
Aurelia Danyou, Mary oney
and Cora 0sgood.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-11-04

Lieut.. Tibaldos, subordinate officer in
the Greek navy, incensed by the reten-
tion Of aged officers in high places IN the
service, led q number OF the Greek tor
pedo boats in a mutiny last week. They
were fired on by warships and land bat
teries and finally corralled.