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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
AFRAID OF A BOMB.
Gallery of Chicago Board of Trade
Building Closed.

Chicago, Nov. 19.-Fear that the next
explosion in Chicago will take place III
the board of trade building and imperll
the lives of more than 1000 members
and employees resulted yesterday in the
galleries being closed. They will re-
main inaccessible to all visitors pend
ing the adoption of a new set of rules
by the directors of the big mart OF
trade.
A few weeks ago a letter was re-
ceived by Chief of Police Steward in
which the writer complained in strons
terms against the practice of indemnity
trading in the smoking room in the
board of trade building Inc com
munication also contained a suggestion
that a bomb might be exploded in the
building.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
R0BS THE SPIRITS.
Prof. De Lessard Gains Control of q
Trance Medium.

Oakland, Cal, Nov. 19.-Recent ex-
periments in psychology made by Prof.
stephen De Lessard of st. Mary's COL
lege. have brought to light certain
facts hitherto unauthenticated in the
realm of psychic science, facts which
may have important bearing on hyp-
motto theory of crime.
Prof. De Lessard contends that by
thought transmission he was able to
control the medium, although she was
under the influence of another.
After the medium had come out of
the trance she was asked why she had
compiled with Prof. De Lessard's re-
Quest. She said that an imperative
command, coming from an indescrib-
BILE power, had forced her to answer.
Prof. De Lessard said: This new
phenomenon tends to show that a
medium in state of clairvoyancy may
be put either in a receptive mood and
register a new impression in her brain
cells. or that she Is forced to act me-
chanically at the exact moment she
-ecovers her consciousness. This new
phase of the occult is well worth in
vestigating, and it opens a wide field
for further research"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
ALL G0BBLED UP.
Not a Minor League Ball Player of
Ability Has Been Overlooked.

New York. Nov. 19.-Because of the
unprecedented activity of the major
league ball clubs in drafting untried
players for next season, it is reported
that if these clubs retained all the
men they have purchased, there would
be serious dearth of competent tai
ent in the minor leagues.
The scouts employed by the
American and National league clubs
have obtained option on the services
Of practically every high class player
IN every minor league club, some of
the big league clubs having as many
as SIS and so men to try out in the
early practice next spring.
Never before has there been such
keen rivalry for high class base ball
talent and the effect will be shown in
The amounts spent by the big league
clubs for new men. Before this sea-
son it was believed that a magnate
who spent as much as 100000 for I'M
tried players was rash, but this year
several of the clubs have exceeded
SE0 000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS
Mayor of Waukegan Wrathy When
Bond Issue Was Defeated.

Chicago, Nov. 19.--As result of the
Waukegan (Ill.) volers defeating a $50
zoe bond issue proposition on Wednes-
day, Mayer Fred Buck yesterday or
dered the fire and police departments
down to practical nothing and de-
clared that al street. light should he
putout of commission.
From now on but one fireman will
be on duty days and one during the
nights, one policeman will be on days
and one nights. and no street work will
be authorized. The firemen will drive
the hose wagon and the citizens will
have to handle the hose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
HANGING TO A CRAG.
Body of a Suicide Is Found Suspended
by Graders.

Seattle, Nov. 1e.-Graders employed
IN construction work on the Chicago,
Milwaukee & Puget Sound railway
have found the body of man believed
10 be Harry E. Franklin of Buffalo. N.
Y. hanging to a crag overlooking
Cedar river Franklin committed sui
eide in a sensational manner
Several weeks ago he went to work
m the camp under the name of Harry
f Wallace. He said that he was a
stenographer but that he was rough
ing it for his health. He became de-
spondent and frequently talked of kill
ing himself Wednesday night his
companions saw him jump over a 800
feet embankment. His body caught
en- a craig two hundred feet below.
Attempts t. reach it from the top were
unsuccessful
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
EXCITED OVER PRIZE FIGHT.
Joe Jeanette and Sam McVey Are
Again Matched.

New York, Nov. 19.-American sport
1rg men are greatly interested in a re-
port from Paris that Joe Jeanette and
Sam NcVey have been matched to fight
30 rounds there on December II. The
battle which is the talk of Paris. is
expected to draw a great crowd. The
promoters have hung up a $500 purse
of which the winner will receive $780,
Jeanette and McVey, both colored,
met in Paris in a gruelhng mill last
winter ard N the forty ninth round
afeVey's seconds threw up the sponge
as the Californian was severely punish
ed. But prior to that Jeanette was
knocked down more than dozen times
and was on the verge of going to sleep
en- several occasions when his remark
able recurerative powers enabled him
to continue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
Welcome Recipe
FOR MANY MEN AND WO-
MEN. TOO.

This recipe can be filled at home,
SO that no one need know of an
others troubles, as the ingredients
can be obtained separately at any
we'll stocked drug store. They are
in regular use and many different
prescriptions are constantly being
filled with them.
This will prove a welcome bit of
information for all those who are
nervous and have trembling limbs,
heart palpitation, dizziness. cold
extremities, insomnia. fear without
cause; timidity in venturing, and
general inability to act naturally
and nationally as others do. be-
cause the treatment can be pre-
pared secretly at home and taken
without any ones knowledge.
Overworked office men and the
hours and dissipation will, it is
said. find the restorative they are
in need of
IF the reader decides to try it,
get three ounces OF ordinary syrup
sarsaparilla compound and one
ounce compound fluid balmwort;
mix and let stand two hours; then
cadomene compound (not cardo-
NOM, mix all together, shake well
and take a teaspoonful after each
meal and one when retiring.
A certain well-known, medical ex-
and many women are sufferers all
because of dormant circulation of
the blood and a consequential i'm
pairment of the nervous force
which begets the most, dreadful
symptoms and untold misery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
M'NALL ISN'T SATISFIED
Thinks Railroad Board Isn't Treating
People Along Central Branch Fairly.

Webb McNall. the king of the Cen
trail Branch territory. has returned
home after starting another fire under
the state board of railroad commits
sioners. Webb comes to Topeka as a
representative of the patrons of the
, Miserable Pacific" every week or so
and every time he brings with him
new fuel and additional ammunition.
This trip is rather complimentary to
the state board, however. Mr.. Nc
for what they have done and he terms
them 1.-The most accommodating
board in the Union"
In his interview today Mr.. McNall
points out that the Missouri Pacific
officials are doing a little investigation
themselves, and also that they have
placed 200 men to work on 100 miles
of track. This makes a neat battle
line 100 miles long and will make
quite an impression on the board of
commissioners when they make their
inspection trip next week and whizz
past the working forms.
In telling his version of some of the
unexplainable delays Of the railroad
McNall says:
1.-The state board of railroad COM
missioners is the most accommodating
board officially of any state in the
Union. Last week they announced in
the Topeka papers that early last
over the Central Branch road west
from Atchison and If they had done
so at that time they would nor have
found man employed along the line
of the road except the ordinary sec
tion men. But they delayed it for
some cause or other until today and
they are going up over the road leav-
ing Atchison at 1915 and going out to
Downs, 2OS miles. With them will go
a delegation of the commercial men
of Atchison.
Now in the meantime they have
changed their schedule Sunday morn
ing from Atchison west so that it
takes one hour longer to make the run
between Atchison and Downs a dis
last week. The schedule now is
heightened to make this run to II
hours and a quarter. Presumably on
account of the railroad commission
ers not being in a wreck. In the
meantime the general manager and
the superintendent have all been up
over the road and of course this helps
Vile east to Atchison they have put
to work about 200 men a distance of
about 100 miles which will average
about two a mile
Now the board of railroad COM
missioners will be able to report that
everything is active between Atchison
and Waterville like the army of the
Potomac under General Mcclellan.
AS a matter of fact somebody must
have given the board of railroad COM
missioners tip and got them to de-
lay their visit for one week in order to
have a large body of men at work So
I say it is a very accommodating
board.
"You take the road and every mile
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
HAS MANY PROPOSALS
Mrs. o. HI. p. Belmont Could Get An
other Husband! So She Says,

New York. Nov. 19.-Mrs o. H. P.
Belmont, one of the leaders of the
woman's suffrage movement. has been
the recipient of many proposals of
marriage by mail. She particularly
mentioned asChicago lawyer who de-
clares that with your money and my
brains we ought to get the ballot for
women
suffragists financial aid have come
from different people. One man has
a patent car wheel which will make
fortunes for the cause. A woman
wishes to have a million dollar hotel
put up, to be conducted on behalf of
the cause
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
peoria Settles for s27.soo.

Peoria, Nov. 19.-The Peoria
school trustees have decided to ac-
eept s27,500 for all claims arising
from the sensational ENFORCEMENT of
Newton C. Dougherty, superintendent
of schools five years ago of more than
to charges of embezzlement and is
now confined in the Joliet peniten-
tiary. Action was begun against the
bondsmen for the amounts in ques-
ton. BY the terms of the settlem ent
all Of these suits will be withdrawn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19

cember. The state won in the court
neioW and secured judgment for the
full amount and interest. The claim
row reaches about $4,000. The COM
pany was bondsmen for the bank to
the state treasurer.
The final settlement of the Devlin
estate hinges on the outcome of this
ease: AS soon as this litigation is end
"a the receivers for the estate can go
ahead and wind up it's affairs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
FOR MONTHLY DOG SHOW
Chicago Kennel Club to Feature One
Breed at a Time.

Chicago, Nov. 19.-The Chicago
Kennel club meeting last night de-
cided to start monthly shows at which
canine beauties of all classes will be
exhibited, with one particular breed
as the special feature of each show.
Owners of pedigreed dogs will be
urged to enter them in competition
and the judge who makes the awards
will deliver lecture on the points
that go to make up prize winner
on the bench.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
PRESSING STATES CLAIMS.
Supreme Court to Pass on Case
Against Bond Co. of National Bank.

Attorneys ]. w. Gleed. F. L. Will
iiams and John Hunt, representing the
tate, are now preparing brief in the
suit against the United States Fidelity
& Guaranty company to recover the
amount the defunct First National
i ank owes the state. The brief is in
answer to the brief fled by the COM
pany's counsel some time ago.
The case is pending in the supreme
court and will be argued orally in De-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
Goes to the western Pacific.

San Francisco, Nov. 19.-It was re-
ported here today that T. M.
Schumacher, general traffic manager
of the Ell Paso & Southwestern rail-
road. with offices in Chicago, has
been made vice president in charge of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
BIG IRRIGATION SCHEME.
Mexican Plans for Inducing European
Immigration.

Guadalajara. Mexico. Nov 19.-Fer-
nando Pimental, mayer of the City of
Mexico. has organized company
known as S. La Sauntena. with a cap
ital of ten million pesos, to take over
two million acres in the state of Tam
eufipa son and to irrigate and colonize
100000 hectares, or approximately 600,-
coo acres. the largest project ever I'M
oerta ken in this republic.
The lands extend along the Rio
Gra- : for Is miles and south to the
Cor EOS river. about 80 miles. Water
for irrigation will be secured from riv-
ers and from the storage of storm wa
ters, and for supplying the 240,0 hec-
ts res, the company will receive sub
sidy of 100000 pesos from the Mexi-
can government.
The company expects to secure the
majority of its colonlsts in Europe.
American NIatador Was Not Killed
New York, Nov. 19.-Harper B.
Lee, Harvard graduate and bull
fighter, was not killed, as reported, in
a bull fight a month ago at San Luis
Potosi Mexico. DR.. Horacio Uzeta
who has just arrived here. states that
Lee, who is the only Anglo-Saxon ever
to attain the rank of matador was
severely injured by an injured bull
while attempting to rescue a fallen
picador. Two operations followed and
when DIR. Uzeta left Mexico. Lee was
recovering in a hospital.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

"Mayn't we come to see you, since 1t
is scarcely possible for you to come
20 sec US? We were just thinking
about it."
Yes; I've brought q pfc TO help out
if you'll pour MS some tea" volunteered
the law student hopefully, while he
simultaneously rightec the turpentine
bottle aud rescued the fallen canvas
There" exclaimed to my compan-
ion. as we led tho way to my own
den. Don't you see the beautiful spirit
OF bohemianisn exemplihed?"
Wait till we've all sampled the pie"
she retorted in saucy whisper
We were presently followed by the
young soion, minus his toga, bear
ing aioft a dilapidated chair he had
lifted down from the c;lifronier, where
it had provided safe refuge for his
culinary tribute during the late un-
pleasantness. The artist had effected
q hasty toilet by further rumpling his
disheveled faxen hair and donning a
pair of ragged cuffs, which, as he
apologetically explained. matched his
other shirt" and which, being un-
attached. consumed much of his time
and attention in hopeless endeavor TO
render them less obvious. His offering
toward the impromptu entertainment
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

this Muscovite relic upon him and Of
fered to pass the pie when I should
have divided it. The dramatic critic
hung his hat up on the door again and
In an emotional tenor began tenta-
lively singing an air from "Rigo-
letto." The younger of the news
papermen eagerly brought forth one
of his rejected sketches for the cru
dite Germans critical opinion, while
the elder frankly asked the profess
sor's sprightly little wife for instruc-
tions in the making of fapjacks and
omelets for the bachelor breakfasts on
Russian hill.
reflected that had only three
cups and two jelly glasses, and that
we should have to take turn about
with the spoons and eat the pie in
picnic fashion. Fortunately, not all
the guests used sugar and I had a
remnant of fruit cake to offer as an
alternative to those who might feel
constrained to decline the law stu
dents bounty. This youth being of
an intensely practical turn of mind,
undertook to advise me privately in
brotherly sort regarding the proper
mode of brewing the tea and Incl
dentally suggested that / might with
profit devote my spare time to master
Ing stenography rather than to revis-
ing the works of foreign poets The
professors wife, overhearing our tete
a tete quite approved Of this prosaic
idea. but I evaded the introduction of
mercenary considerations by persuad
ing her to send him downstairs for her
guitars
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

more striking something like this"
And from his overcoat pocket he
whisked out a trade journal bearing
an Illustration of similar machine.
whose conspicuous advantag ges We're
set forth in halting doggerel. On an
other page was a grandiloquent de-
scription of a rival piece of appa-
ratus. closing with the esthetic assur-
ance that the, wood is finished in a
rich mahogany tint. while a handsome
colored label imparts a genuine ar
tistfc finality to the whole"
Oar hostess was looking over my
shoulder. and before | could REQ ,ver
my equanimity she said:
why. of course she can do it for
you and much more cleverly. too. You
need only show her the article and
trust to her enterprise for graphic re-
suits"
Like the meritorious label in the
advertisement the speaker ha,., a way
of imparting ftnanty that cG I'D not
be gainsaid. and the next time the
commodore called upon her it. was 20
take me to the house of a friend of
his who had recently purchased one of
the new washing machines. This tidy
little person was a milliner's appren-
tice living in 4 cramped apartment
with a semi-invalid mother, and both
were voluble in their praises of the
ldDoI Swing cOnlflNance, which was
installed on the well secured back
porch under a protecting oiIcIoth
After an enthusiastic expatiadon by
my escort upon its numerous points of
superiority l spent constrained half
hour in the tiny parlor watching this
very stylishly attred damsel decorate
the family photographs with oval bor-
ders of paper lace taken from con-
fectionery boxes and then, in defer
ence to her mothers temperance
prejudices. deftly conceal the lettering &
on large brewery calendar by means
OF two peacock feathers and a stuffed
blackbrd, whose plumage was be-
come passe for commercial purposes
but whose damaged breastworks
rested trustingly upon a flaring ro-
settle of the American colors inter-
woven with A. wisp OF gilt hat braid.
While the commodore regaled her
mother with news OF the latter's old
home town, which he had recently Wis
ited. she chartered on ingenuously
Tn real glad the commodore
brought YOU. You are the sort / like
to know. II must be awfully interest
Ing to be bohemian and write clever
things and live in an attic all by your
self. But mamma never let's me go
with actors or reporters or anybody
like that, so l don't know any such
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13
By A. B. Keith

GROUP of old diners in Butte.
N Mont, had been discussing Incl
dents of pioneer days. All of them.
with the exception of John Gillie, gem
eral superintendent of the Amaiga
mated copper company, had contrib
uted to the unwritten history of the
state when he was reminded of the
fact
It's your turn now. John said a
friend
Well. replied Mr.. Gillie. Il am re-
minded by that last story of an incl
dent that came to my notice many
years ago. / was while 1 was located
at Philipsburg. / had occasion to drive
out to the various camps of the neigh
borhood and once in a while would
go to Willow creek. branch of Rock
creek. some Is miles from town.
Here two old placer miners had es-
tablished themselves. They lived to-
gether and bad been partners for
years. Sam Spencer was the name Of
one, | don't recall the name of the
other. Both We're very old men, and. as
said. had been together for years L
had noted the fact that they were like
brothers-even more chummy, perhaps
They had worked side by side In the
mines and shared the hardships and
the joys that attend a rather uncertain
vocation until there had come to ex-
ist between them that perfect under
standing that goes with true comrade-
ship.
And yet. just to illustrate the tickle
ness of friendship. no matter how
close it may seem. there appeared to
come change over these two men. L
noted it one day after driving out
to their place. Something had hap
pened. What it was did not appear. but
that there had been something TO dis
turb the friendship of these two old
pals was certain. 1t was intangible, but
there was a chilliness in the atmos-
phere of their cabin. The two old men
were very polite to each other; too
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13
Capturing the Gold Dust Thief

polite for comfort, and while ! could
not define nor locate the trouble L knew
that their relations had somehow been
strained.
We had supper as usual and that
evening sat around the cabin fireplace.
1 had conceived a fondness for the
two old men, who were out of the or
dinary in many ways. They had seen
much OF life. and their stories of the
days that were unknown to men of
my generation had always Interested
me. But somehow that evening the
conversation seemed to drag; there was
a cloud on the social horizon. although
no other evidences OF a storm brewing.
Finally we went to bed and I could
not but wonder what mad come over
my old friends. Next morning as I
got up a big mountain rat scurried
across the cabin door. paused at the
door and then disappeared The cabin
had been ovcrrun with these pests.
All of you know what that means They
made more racket and created more
trouble than a bunch or monkeys in a
cocoanut tree. but we took their pres
ence as a matter OF course. Curious as
to the destination OF the bushy tailed
marauder that had hiked across the
floor, l jumped out OF bed as he ran
out of the door and followed him.
arrived a the door just in time to see
Mr. Mountain Rat disappear In a hole
in the bank of the cabin. I had To-
Gated his residence. The old men were
interested in the discovery
Wen just dig him out after break
fast said Spencer. Then there will
be, one less of the pesky things, any
way
And SO after breakfast the two old
miners went down to the diggings a
few yards from their cabin. got a
shovel and pick. and. while l looked
on, they proceeded to dig out the rat.
They had dug in only a few feet when
they came to the rats living quarters
and TO the rat himself They made
short work OF bushy tail and then they
examined his home. In neat little piles
we're slowed away things that this RAT
had stolen from tile cabin There was
spoon, l believe, and number OF
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13

other things from the domestic de-
partment Of the miners. for the noun
tain rat is attracted by all bright OBJ
jects and at once appropriates such or
them as he can carry on Spencer con-
tinUed to poke about while taking an
inventory OF the stolen property. when \
suddenly, heard low exclamation
STOPPING. the old man picked up an ora
bucksxin sack, somewhat the worse
for wear. but still intact. Without a
word he handed it to me.
AT once saw that II was a treas
ure sack. for it contained a quantity
OF gold dust, which had come from the
placer mine near by. The old partners
looked at me and then gazed at each
other rather sheepishly. As If moved
by common impulse each extended his
hand at the same moment They shook
hands. and then. although they hadn't
said word. understood
IT was as plain as day
The partners had hidden their gold
dust in the cabin. The plaza was
known only to themselves. One day
sack OF gold was missing. Each re-
luctantly had come to the conclusion
that the other had taken It Now. al
though the matter was not discussed
before me. have no doubt that either
could have appropriated the dust 70
his own use. had he needed it by
merely mentioning the fact to the 9TH
er: but to take the sack without saying
a word about II ranked Hence tha
GOODNESS between the old friends. each
of whom supposed that the other had
taken the gold.
And then by curious chance the
real thief had been discovered and
the gold found 1t was like the sun
coming out after a storm The clouds
at once cleared away from around that
rude mountain home. and these two
old men. each of whom was ashamed
that he had suspected his partner-lt
was that which had hurt them. But
confidence had been restored, and as
long as | knew the old men they I Irs
even better friends. IL that were pos-
sible. than in the days before that
four legged mountain thief had made
off with their gold"