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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-13
IDA C. BARNES. NJ. D.

IDA {. BARNES. NJ D.
Onfce TIC Kansas ave Residences Thir.
teenth and Clay. Ofice hours: 9 a. m 10
IL n m. and 3 .. m. to 5 p. m. Both
phones 16 residence and Ind. 1916 office.
DIR. H. H. KEITH. surgeon and diseases
Of women. with private hospital Office
531 Kansas ave
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-13

FOR SALE.
House and II lots with good wells, 6
room house large barn. work shop, all
new buildings, good fruit. can ana see
place soon, q miles west of Lowman Hill
car line H. Decamp-
FOR SAILS room modern cottage. Ind.
Dhone PISS Blue 1872 Topeka ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-13

FOR SALE.
Is acres as a whole or in 8. 10, or l;
acre tracts; has a good room, story
house. 2 wells. cistern. large barn for
, horses and milk cows, all in good repair
Three acres in alfalfa. Do not write but
call and see it. Cause for selling, I'll
health. One mile due west from Lowman
Hfll car line
Evening star., 1909-06-15
ATTORNEY GETS $4,000 FEE
HOLMES CoNRAD'S ALLOWANCE
IN THE PARISH CASE.
Two Heirs to Receive $19,S4S Each.
Local Y. M. C. A. Bene-
ficiary Under the Will.

Holmes Conrad formerly solicitor gen
eral of the United States, has. been al
lowed by the Probate Court a fee Of
500 4J2 9S for his services In connection
with securing Il Judgment from the
United States Supreme Court allowing
the Parish claim of S1s1 .35s.75 against the
United States for ice furnished TO the
Union army during the civil war. At
torney j. r. Potbury' Of the local bar.
who also took part in the case was al
lowed fee of $4,000.
The account of Miss Emily f. Parish,
the executrix. has just been passed b!
the court. After paying attorneys fees
and other debts and charges against the
estate the two heirs of Joseph W. Parish
Miss Emily Parish and Grant Parish, re-
receive each S19,S4S.
The local Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation receives 81. .939.52 under a provi-
that should his son. Joseph H. Parish,
die without issue before distribution OF
the estate one-half of his share should
go to the local Christian association.
A portion of the award, amounting to
S41. 600. is being withheld pending the set
tlement of suit in equity filed by q
local firm of lawyers, claiming to have q
contract for that amount for services rem.
dered in securing the passage Of the orig
inal act of Congress and the award OF
the auditor. which the Treasury Depart
ment declined to accept The refusal OF
the department formed the basis of the
suit which was recently adjudicated In
the United States Supreme Court against
the government
Evening star., 1909-06-15
SAYS he HAS never NOTICED
IDR. MACLEOD MAY HAVE PAT
RoNIZED NoN-UNIoN BARRIERS.
Cannot Understand Action Taken by
the Central Labor Union
Last Night.

If Rev Dona&d c. Macleod pastor o1
the First Presbyterian Church, In Johr
Marshall place. wants to keep on gooc
terms with the labor union men of Wash
ington he may have to stop getting
shaved in the shop of non-union barber
Sam De Nedrey, secretary of the Central
Labor Union. has been appointed com
mttee Of one to call on the clergyman
in regard to the matter.
jest at the Central Labor Union meet
ing last night, when Delegate Roberts OF
the Typographical Union invited the dele
gates of the Central Union to attend the
illustrated lectures of DR.. Macleod
Delegate Roberts, who is known as the
label agitator of the Central Labor Union
had complained earlier in the evening that
the bill of a business man presented foi
payment did not bear the union label, and
when he extended the invitation the sec
retary mildly reproved him for not being
consistent, citing the fact that DR.. Mac
Leod had patroniZed non-union barber
shop. The motion to appoint the secre-
tary as committee of one to call on DR.
Macleod followed
Dr. Macleod said today when seen
by Star reporter:
Il am at a loss to completely under
stand il. / have not invited labor mer
to our church as organizations, but as
individuals. So far as my shaving In
suppose I do sometimes have never
noticed whether they were union or nom
union; l patronize them at random.
Ep to d late hour this afternoon Dr.
Macleod had not been seen by Mr.. De
Nedrey.
Evening star., 1909-06-15
MURDERED KINGS ENGLISH.
Army officer, However, Admitted to
Society of the Cincinnati.

The following letter from Maj Won
Herr an officer in the revolutionE ry
army is regarded good evidence OF
the patriotism of the writer. who. IN at
tempting to exjress his thoughts. did
not hesitate TO murder the kings Eng
lish'' But it was deciphered. and he
was duly enrolled member of the So
ciety of the Cipcinnnati in the Penn
sylvania branch.
.'RAEDING. December "a. 1888.
DER Sir-I would dack it a graet
faver, you would be kint and to
ender my name and Capt. Jacob Myn-
finger of my troop in the Boock of So
ciety of Sencenates, for whech we have
laft mont's pay whet the pay master
general of the army. and hafe encloset
a certifcat from the paymaster gener-
ais, which mentinet that the money may
be trowen as sun the order is broeduset.
shall be baesed to you. you will rid
me leader and mentioned what money
must be send for endrens. if der is any
oder expenses YOU will be So kint as
to lead us know. My Self and Capt.
Myntinger will comply whet what you
shall tin proper
Sir. / remain, whit the gratest es-
tenn, your efectiont. friend and Nj. II. S.,
BARTHEW Won HERR
Major light dragons.
col. Harmer. at Mrs. Srunk's Tavern,
I'd streed, Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1909-06-15
Remember the Old Village.
From the New York Mail

rom tDe new 1brk MAI.
Some OF us who are not ricn, never ex-
pect 10 be. and really do not want to be,
amuse our fancies at times by thinking
of the people We would help. IL we only
had a multi millionaire's bank account.
Our imaginary philanthropy Is always
very personal There are some toiling,
Woodworking men and women. past mid
die age, whom We should like to place
beyond all fear OF want. There Is a girl.
a neighbor's daughter. with the gift or 4
voice, whose musical training We should
like to make possible. There are some
city people whom we should like to send
into the mountains for whole summer.
There are a few ambitious, eaGer-0yed
young folk to whom we should like TO
guarantee European trip. Then there
is the old village.
The late Henry H. Rogers remembered
the old village. Whatever face he may
have turned toward the world. the face
he turned toward his native town OF
Fairhaven was that OF a friend and q
neighbor. He knew everybody in the
little Massachusetts coast town where he
was born, spent much of his time there.
did not permit II to grow away from
and as fast as the older generation died
off, made friends with the new. That
little town became one of his absorp-
tions He built 1t grammar school, q
town hall, a Masonic hall. Cnftar-
ian church. He gave II water works. Q
sewer system, improved streets. He built
model homes. and rented them at easy
table institutions Of Fairhaven and New
Bedford. and told them to attend to
every case in need and send the bill to
him.
Evening star., 1909-06-15
MRS. CLEVELAND IN COURT.
Ready to Testify as to Forgery AL
legged Against Brandenbure.

NEW YORK. June 1o.-With Mrs
Frances Folsom Cleveland widow of
Grover Cleveland. called as wit
ness. the trial OF Broughton Branden-
burg. the magazine writer, a charge
of grand larceny began in the supreme
court today.
Mrs. Cleveland. accompanied by +. s.
Hastings, one of the executors under the
late ex-President's will. arrived at the
criminalN courts building early and was
taken to District Attorney Jerome's pri-
vate office to await a summons from the
courtroom. Mrs. Cleveland was dressed
in deep mourning.
Brandenburg was in consultation with
his counsel. Samuel Bell Thomas, while
the jury was being selected.
The work of selecting jurors progressed
fore the close of the morning session of
the court.
Assistant District Attorney Mott said
the state would show that Brandenburg
waited until Mr.. Cleveland died before he
attempted to sell the article purporting
to have been signed by Mr.. Cleveland.
The prosecutor said he would not only
show that the signature attached to the
article was not Mr.. Cleveland's, but
would adduce evidence that ii would have
been a physical impossibility for MIR.
Cleveland to sign the article at the time
the defendant contends he did.
Justice Fitzgerald excused the jury un-
| til the afternoon session. when, he said,
Mrs. Cleveland's testimony would be
taken. In the meantime counsel for the
defendant made a motion to dismiss the
| indictment on the ground that the facts
1 the crime of grand larceny. Justice Fitz-
4 gerald denied TIE motion.
Evening star., 1909-06-15
Are Fat People stupidf
From Tit-Bits.

FROM Ilt-blfs
Both the wilowy people OF the world
and those of average weight associate
fatnees with stupidity, whereas often
such IL not the case. They have been
to the shows at country fairs and
have seen the obese ladies and the fat
men there displaying their superahundant
collection Of adipose tissue. and have
gone away with the idea that TAT
people. merely because they are fat. are
stupider and more deficient in intelligence
than people of average avoirdupois. and
this. in their opinion on the subject. hes
been extended outside of the shows to ap-
ply to fat people generally. At the pres
ent moment William Howard Taft Is the
second fat man sitting in the presidential
chair and the first republican OF more
than average weight TO occupy that posi-
ton. the first fat man being Stephe
Grover Cleveland. OF democratic persua-
sion These are only two men Of the
present time. though Cleveland is dead.
having fine intellect in body OF super
normal weight. Looking into history we
find that some OF the finest intellfgencfs
the world has ever known have been
incased in feshy caskets plump even 10
obesity. Napoleon Bonaparte. notwfth-
standing his active career. was decidedly
stout DR.. johnson was inclined to nab
biness. while Boswell, his biographer. was
in the same condition. Honore de Balzac.
the great French novelist. was SO large
that today he might be nicknamed
Jumbo" Balzac: Dumas pere was stout,
while Sainte Beauve had a Falstafnan
stomach In spite of his great corpu-
lency. which he tried to keep down by
drinking vinegar. Eugene Sue wrote THE
Wandering Jew" Rossini the composer.
was so fat that for six years he never
saw his knees. and Jules Janin. the
prince of critics broke down all ordinary
sofas he sat upon. his cheeks and chin
protruding beyond his beard and whis-
kers Lablache. the Italian singer. was
charged three fares when he Travelled.
Evening star., 1909-06-15
NOT DEPOSITED BY GRAY.
Bank Officials Say Other Persons
Opened Accounts.

Charles William Warden, vice president
of the United States Trust Company. and
other bank officials testified today on be-
half of Oden b. Gray. former bookkeepeI
of the Washington Loan and Trust Com
pany. on trial in Criminal Court No. l.
Justice Gould presiding. on a charge OF
forging two checks for 5000 and destroy
ing the Cancelled checks.
These witnesses denied that the deposits
made in the United States Trust Com
pany and the National Capital Bank with
the alleged forged checks were made by
Gray. They described the depositors,
and the descriptions in no particular cor
responded with the appearance of the de-
fendant.
DR.. e. NJ. Schaeffer former deputy cor
oner of the District. qualified as an ex-
pert in handwriting.
He pointed out numerous dissmilari-
ties between the admitted writing of Gray
and the handwriting appearing on the
deposit slips in the two named banks
made by J. T. Berry and F. c. Coleman.
He declared. in his opinion, that Gray did
not write the deposit slips.
Vice President Warden testified that
when the alleged forged check was de-
posted in the United States Trust Com
pany his attention was called to the
transaction. He said he approached the
depositor. introduced himself and thanked
him for the deposit. asking him in wha,
business he was engaged where he lived
and the like. He gave:t the jury detailed
description of the man who gave the
name of F. c. Coleman. which was en-
tirely dissimilar with tho appearance OF
Gray. The defendant was requested to
stand. and Mr.. Warden told the jury that
he did not recall ever having seen Gray
before.
Ernest E. Herrell and Harry c. Stew
art, employees of the National Capita
Bank. described |. 7. Berry, who opened
the deposit in that institution with the
other alleged forged check. Their de-
scription did not tally with the appear
auca bf GRAY
Evening star., 1909-06-15
BUILT HIS OWN HOUSE.
Even Felled the Trees and Sawed
the Logs-Recovered Health.

the Logs-Recovered Health.
From the Boston Globe.
When Wilbrod Monogram Of 81 Sarah
avenue. Lowell. moves into his new home
he will have the satisfying distinction
OF living in a house built by himself OF
lumber felled by himself In woods sew
eral hundred miles away. He believes
that II ever a taxpayer came honestly
by his real estate he Is the man.
Two years ago when Mr.. Monogram was
broken in health and spirits and his life
was despaired OF his doctor advised him
to live in the open as much as possible.
Accordingly with his wife he went to
Canada and in his native town. st. Pros
per. Champlatn county. Province OF QUE
bee. he began to seek relief in the bracing
air OF the Canadian countryside. He was
told by his physicians that TO continue
working in Lowell meant lingering but
sure death and that life in the woods
was his only hope.
The bracing air and the change OF en-
vironment soon had effect. On arriving
In his native place he set about building
a camp in the woods. He felled trees OF
spruce and pine until he had enough to
build him a log cabin. Later the idea
came to mind to build himself a home in
Lowell with the logs he had shaped for
his woodland camp. and when his health
returned ne TOOK doNn tne CdDln anu
hauled the logs to the St. Prosper saw
mill. where he himself sawed them into
lumber and had It shipped to Lowell
When the material was being shipped
Mr.. Monogram actually helped load II on
the cars. and when he returned to Lowell
last fall the open air habit had 50 gripped
him that he resolved to build the house
himself.
He says he feels twenty years younger
than when he left Lowell two years ago.
He Is in excellent health and IL Justly
proud of the work he has done.
Evening star., 1909-06-15
Skyscrapers and Democracy.

From the New York Evening Post.
II skyscrapers could blush or stoop to
an exchange of compliments with mere
human being. or in any other form un-
bend under the stimulus of f1attery they
would undoubtedly do SO in response to
the lavish praise that wise men from
abroad have been bestowing on them. II
is no longer the prima donna Or distin-
guished noodle in search of a wife who
descants on the beauty of New York har-
Dor and our magnificent natural re-
sources. Today praise comes from peo-
Pile who count-especially the architects
and engineers. Almost without excep-
ton Europe's specialists have been de-
claring that our brick canyons are not
ugly. but beautiful; they are not mon
strosities, but artistically correct. because
they express certain idea and meet a
certain need-the idea and the need of the
people that has built them and not of
various Greeks or Italians who have been
dead for a large number of centuries.
The skyscraper and democracy go hand in
hand When absolute monarch or feudal
baron made room for his grandeur by
squeezing thousands or millions into slav-
cry his palaces sprawled over acres and
square miles. Democracy, by assuring
equal standing room to every one, makes
growth possible in only one direction
onward.
Evening star., 1909-06-15
Fires That Never Go Out.
From Tit Bits.

In Siam is a fire that not only lasts for
years. but has what have been aptly
termed 'lineal descendants" 1t is to be
found in Buddhist temple near Bang
kok. where every fourth year at certain
period the priests light a fresh fire In a
big brazier. This flame is kept alive for
four >years and is in turn extinguished
after supplying a brand to ignite its
successor. Inasmuch as this practice has
obtained for upward of two centuries. the
Buddhist fire of Bangkok is, in a sense,
the oldest in the world.
Another long-term fire is said to exist
at Sarhad, Persia. This flame is a sym
boil of religious fervor, and II Is death to
eXtinguish it, 1t has burned for seventy
years. In explanation of this curious
rite it is explained that the Persians.
rigid Mohammedans and regarding their
former ire-worshiping faith with detesta-
tion, nevertheless suffer the Sarhad flame
to continue to display their gratitude for
service rendered high official OF the
Persian government many years ago. At
that time 1t is said, pious Parsee. who
had come to trade at Sarhad, was the
happy means of the saving of the grand
vizier from assassination. So the crate
full shah of that day ordered that the
fire lighted by the Parsee should be kept
alive indefinitely.
Evening star., 1909-06-15
LoNDoN's SMOKE PROBLEM.
Attributed Chiefly to Open Fires In
the Homes.

D
The smoke problem Of London II chiefy
due to the domestic fire CRATE. and for
that reason the conference and exhibi-
ton held there In the winter OF 1908 were
productive OF little visible result. To an
Englishman the open fire crate with its
smoky frame is one OF the most essential
features OF his domestic happiness and
comfort.
Unfortunately no modified form OF open
fire CRATE which will burn bituninous
fuel without smoke has yet been devised.
although many experiments have been
made in this direction. Since the Ameri-
can method Of heating rooms by hot air
or by steam pipes is unpopular in Eng
land. and the coke or anthracite stove Is
equally unacceptable, the only hope that
London may in time possess an atmos-
phere equal In clearness to that OF New
York, Paris or Berlin lies in the use of
partially coked fuels like coalite. or In
the extended application of cheap gas
for heating purposes.
Progress Is no doubt occurring In both
these directions, and this will grow more
rapid as the supplies OF these two form.
of fuel are increased and cheapened. The
domestic smoke problem, in fact not only
in London but In other large towns and
cities OF the United Kingdom, is likely
to be solved along these lines.
Evening star., 1909-06-15
GREAT GEORGIA SWAMP.
Okefnokee May Be Maintained as a
Game Preserve.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Spreading over the southeast section OF
the state Of Georgia, extending slightly
into Florida and covering about 700
square miles Of territory, is one of the
few really wild regions left in this coun.
try. The Indians called it the "Trem-
bling Earth" the white man giving these
spellings to the aboriginal word: Ekanfi-
naka n79O). Akenfonogo 1798), Eoken-
fonooka us10D, Oquafanoka (lS1s). Oke-
fin-o-cau ds1s). Okef1noke us3D and Oke-
finokee, the popular name today. 1t Is
usually pronounced in three syllables-
Oke-fi-noKe. the letter ''e'' being silent.
The first white men, other than hunters.
to enter the big swamp were Gen. John
Lloyd and his soldiers in pursuit OF the
Indians during the first Seminole war In
1922. The troops crossed the swamp, but
were unable to drive the Seminoles from
it. 1t proved a safe haven for them then.
Just as did the Everglades OF Florida in
their second big war with Uncle Sans
soldiers.
The Okefinokee swamp also prove a
safe retreat for deserters from the Con-
federate army during the civil war, and
one OF the biggest islands In the swamp
has since been known as Soldier Camp
Island.
In 1875 an Atlanta newspaper, in CO.
operation with the state geological survey
of Georgia. organized an expedition for
a systematic exploration of the great
wilderness. The report Of this expedition
revealed the commercial possibilities of
the Okefinokee. and southern capitalists
began acquiring large tracts covered with
the finest of cypress and yellow pine tim
ber. In 1850 a syndicate styled the Su-
vance Canal Company purchased from
the state OF Georgia all its interest in the
big swamp, amounting to about $50
square miles. The price was fraction
over 26 cents an acre.
With the idea Of floating the cypress
logs from the swamp to the st. Mary's S
river. the syndicate dug canal six miles
long forty-five feet wide and six feet
deep, but 1t was found more feasible to
build a sawmill at the edge OF the swamp
and ship the sawed lumber over a rail-
road built to 1t.
The chief promoter of the lumber
scheme died in 1895. and since then the
syndicate has suspended operations. The
big ditch has grown up with vegetation.
the steamboats, and barges have been
into decay and the rails Of the lumber
road have been taken up. The syndi-
Gates title to the property has passed
into the hands of northern capitalists. but
they have done nothing to develop its
commercial resources.
movement has been started by sports
men and scientists of Georgia and other
states to retain the Okenfnokee as a
great game preserve. under either state
or national ownership. An old hunter de-
clares that in the forty years he has lived
in the great swamp he has killed about
80 bears 200 deer and hundreds of
wolves. minks and wildcats. He insists
that game is almost as plentiful today
as IL ever was. Wild fowl fairly cover the
lakes and ponds in the region during the
fall and winter. The alligator Is still
common. although thousands have been
killed for their hides. Snakes are not
Evening star., 1909-06-15
WILL BE INDEPENDENT.
President Earling Announces Policy
of the New Line to the Coast.

SEATTLE, Wash, June 1l-President
A. j. Earling of the Milwaukee system
arrived in the city last night on his spe-
cial tran-the first passenger train to be
run through from Chicago 10 the coast
over the new lines. Asked concerning the
attitude of the Milwaukee toward the
Transcontinental Association President
EarlnS said:
The Milwaukee has decided not to go
into the association We shall make our
own rates and publish our own tariff. We
shall be in a position to make rates
promptly without reference To any asso
iation or an. other line.
This does no. mean a rate war with
other lines. Ii is not the purpose of the
Milwaukee to disturb the situation, but
the occasion may arise when we shall de-
sire to change our rates, and may be
done more promptly by acting independ-
emily"
Evening star., 1909-06-15
sSHIPPED TO THIS CITY.
Wrights' Aeroplane, to Be Used at
Fort Myer, Fills Eight Boxes.

DAYTON. Ohio. June 1J.-The aero
plane that is to be used in the Fort Myer
flights was shipped today. packed in eight
boxes. Charles Taylor, the machnist
will go to Washington tonight He will
take the machine to Fort Myer and set 1t
up The Wright brothers will be in Fort
Myer Monday TO wire the machine and
adjust the tension. Taylor has been with
them through all their experiences and is
familiar with the entire mechanism. but
they have never made a fight without
giving their personal attention TO the ad-
justment of the parts. If there is no mis-
hap the stipulated flights will be made
within the limit, June -.
Evening star., 1909-06-15
demand for $4,000.
DEBATE ON DISTRICT RULE.
Public Sessions Before Chamber o
Commerce on Proposed Change.

sThe first of the public sessions of the
subcommittee of the committee on law
and legislation, Chamber of Commerce.
which is conducting inquiries into the
proposed change OF government in the
District, will be held in the rooms of the
Chamber of Commerce Thursday night.
James B. Reynolds, who wrote the
Reynolds report. is coming from New
York to present his views on general con-
ditions in the District. Henry f. Davis
will also address the committee The
members of the Chamber of Commerce
and invited guests will attend the hear
ing.
Tonight in the rooms of the chamber
the committee on advertising will meet
to discuss plans for a celebration during
the Wright airship trials here the latter
part of the current month.