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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17
DARK WORK ENDS.
No More Uncertain Guess Work in
Kansas State Senate.

What has been done in the past in
the senate room of Kansas will re-
main a matter of record or quandary
according to whether the acts were done
in darkness or daylight. But, from
now on an entirely modern electric
lighting system will illuminate the de-
Hberations of that distinguished body.
The state executive council has let
the contract to the H. B. Howard E1:ec-
trio Construction company to rewire,
remodel and fit up an entirely new
lighting system in the senate chamber.
When interviewed relative to the pro-
posed changes Mr.. Howard explained:
I'VE will out in a strictly up-to-dafe
system of lights and wiring, all lights
to be tungstens, hung in elaborate
chandeliers.
This will be the finest system in
stalled in any state capitol in the I'm
ion, and will bring out and show up the
magnificent marble room better than
ever before.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17
SHE WAS so TIRED.
Why Mabel Harrington Killed Herself
at Joplin.

Joplin, Mo-, Sept. 17.-Miss Mabel
Harrington, 25 years old. daughter of
William Harrington, retired con-
tractor of Altamont. Kan. disappeared
from the home of her sister. Mrs. Will
lam A Primm, ITO West Twenty-sec-
Wednesday morning. The simultane-
Gus disappearance of Mr. Primm's re-
voiver caused a search to be made by
her relatives. who feared she might
have killed herself.
Her body was found at o'clock Fri
day afternoon on the eighth floor of
the O'Connor hotel by a chambermaid,
who looked through the transom after
repeated knocking had failed to gain
a response.
floor. A bullet wound in the temple
indicated the cause of the death. A
note, pinned to the door, asked that
relatives be notified. The note was
dated Wednesday morning. Miss Har-
rington registered at the hotel within
home, but for some reason the hotel
management did not connect her with
the girl for whom the police were
searching.
This letter was found pinned to her
clothing:
Mama, Sweetheart: I simply can
not stand it. mama dear, 1 am just so
tired and so i'll and so weak. I can
not go to work and to come home and
be a burden on you would be worse
than this. 1 think had best go. even
though it means breaking my word to
you. 1 promised you to do my best to
live, but 1 am just too tired.
"If could be of any help to all of
you I would try to stay, but this mis-
cry in my brain gets worse and ]
haven't any strength. Please know it's
for the best, for I am sure God can't
make me any more miserable hereafter
than have always been here on earth.
1t will be so good to be quiet, and still,
and dead. 1 have always wanted to
die, have tried TO die several times,
since I was a little girl
81 want you to have the notes and
Dewey stock after expenses are paid
for me. Don't cremate my body or put
up any stone. only a little one with
Mabel on it. God bless all of you,
and don't hate me for this, for I could
not bear to come home and have you
take care of a consumptive, for it must
be that which has taken my strength
brutal and cowardly to go this way.
I've told myself so. But. OH nothing
seems to matter except that I'm so
tired 1 haze tried to live and have
lived for years when 1 didn't want to.
You were SO good to me, mother dear,
and helped me and encouraged me so
much, but I'm just too tired to face the
future, years and years of it. Good
by, mama, and all who love me.
MABEL"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17
AIR MACHINES IN WAR.
French Army Is Enthusiastic Over
Aeroplanes and Balloons.

Grand Villiers. France, Sept. H.
General Brun, French minister of war,
and the entire army are enthusiastic
over the achievements of the aeroplanes
and dirigible balloons during the mill
tary maneuVers which ended today.
The military experts are unanimous
in the opinion that the air machines
are destined not only to play an i'm
portant role in future wars but to mod
ify greatly if not revolutionize army
strategy. Henceforth it will be almost
impossible to conceal the position and
movements of troops, and so will be
eliminated practically the surprise
flank operations which have decided so
many critical battles.
Regarding the relative merits of the
aeroplane and the dirigible openions
differ, but the consensus of opinion
appears to be that as each supplements
the other, combination of both is nee
essary. The aeroplane demonstrated
its superiority in the matter of speed
invulnerability, independence of wind
and weather while it's portability avoids
the necessity of housing but, at the
same time, the excessive speed of the
machines is a drawback, as it makes
observation from them necessarily
vague while fleeing. Twice during the
maneuvers Gen. Munier, commanding
the Third corps, was compelled to send
pilot of an aeroplane back over the
scouting field to obtain more precise
information. The dir1g1ble, although
slower and so offering a better target
for the enemy. are able to make more
accurate observations besides enjoying
the advantage of being in constant
wireless communication with headquar-
tiers.
The aeroplanists believe that their
lack of precision in scout duty can be
overcome by preliminary training in
air observation from balloons.
While offensive aerial operations
have not been attempted here General
Brun is convinced that the develop
ment of the aeroplane, especially in an
automatic contrivance to regulate the
speed and increase of carrying capacity
to accommodate a crew of. three or
four opens a great field for aggressive
aerial operations such as day and night
raids for the purpose of dropping ex-
plosives within the enemy's lines. He
believes also that the great height to
which aeroplanes are capable of at
tanning constitutes an important ad-
vantage.
The problem of fighting aerial war
engines also was tested, each general
having at his disposal guns munted on
automobile field guns, the sight OF
which could be elevated to an angle OF
20 degrees for an attack on the dirlgl-
bles and machine guns for use against
the aeroplanes. Theoretically all the
dirigible balloons were destroyed while
most of the aeroplanes escaped
Hubert Latham, the aviator, VINO
ranked as a private soldier during the
maneuvers, will be promoted to an Of
ficer of the Legion of Honor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17
WIND STILL BLOWS.
Preventing Target Practice by Admiral
Schroeder's Fleet.

U. S. s. Kansas, Southern Drill
Grounds, by wireless via Portsmouth.
Sept. IA rough sea and heavy
winds which prevailed this morning
prevented the sixteen battleships of
the Atlantic fleet under Rear Admiral
Seaton Schroeder from taking up their
work in the annual battle practice.
If the sea and wind Gains during
the day the whole fleet will take UP it's
work and continue during the night
with torpedo practice. Yesterdays
gale, which caused a day of idleness at
anchor, will delay the departure for
New York another day.
Never before in the history of the
American navy has an effort been
made to shoot at targets at a distance
of ten thousand yards which is nearly
six miles. This is the distance that
has been adopted for this years battle
practice and the percentage of hits
scored by the big guns is expected to
be much lower than heretofore. Last
year the distance was $500 yards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17
SUIT OVER $4,000, 900
Aaron Barnett's VIII to Be Contested
in the Courts.

New York, Sept. IA contest is
promised here over the $40,000,000
estate of Aaron Barnett. who made his
money as a blockade runner in the
Civil war. The widow and two chill
dren of one of his sons Samuel Bar
nett, contend that he drew up will
on July 1, 1910, which left them $780,
900. The only will thus far produced
in court left the entire estate to Gus
tav Barnett, another son. and Mrs.
Sadie Rosenthal. a daughter, now liv-
ing in San Francisco.
Barnett, ST., lived alone in his de-
clining days. Shortly before his death
his son, Gustav, removed him from his
boarding house to apartments adjoin-
ing his own in an apartment hotel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17
WANTED HIS RING.
Why William Bradshaw Shot Bertha
Schmetz at Horton.

Leavenworth, Kan, Sept. 17.-It
has been learned here that Miss Bertha
Schmetz, the young woman whom
William Bradshaw, the prison guard,
attempted to kill before committing
suicide near Horton, Kan, formerly
lived in Leavenworth.
Bradshaw became acquainted with
with Miss Schmetz when she was here
and gave her a diamond ring. Later
they quarreled and before she left here
he asked the police to help him OBJ
tain the ring.
Bradshaw made threats against the
girl if she didn't marry him or give
him back the ring.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17
BOTH MEN ARE DEAD.
Shepard Girl Is Still Unable to Give
Details of Attack.

Arkansas City, Kan, Sept. III.
w. Shepard. uncle of the 13-year-old
girl assaulted by an unknown man in
Newkirk yesterday, died late last night
as the result of injuries received at the
hand of the assailant. Before attack
ing the girl the unknown man beat
both J. W. Shepard and Taylor Shop
ard, father of the girl, into insensibility
with an ak. Taylor Shepard died yes
terday. Walter Cassidy, the young
man arrested in connection with the
case. still is held. The girl is yet I'M
able to give full details of the muir
ders and assault.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17
TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.
Boys Pull the Rope Hanging From a
Painters Scaffold

Pittsburg, Sept. IA rope dang
ling from painters swinging ladder
was too great a temptation for mis-
chievous boys on Taggart street, North
side and on dare, one of them pulled
it to s'see what would happen" 1t
ran loose through the pulley block
and Lafayette Bell, SO years old, the
painter, who was at work at the third
door tumbled into pile of bottles be-
meath. He was terribly bruised and
cut, but is not seriously hurt The
boys, having seen what happened, es-
capped.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17
Buying Guns From Uncle Sam.

washington, Sept. 1.-THE Haitian
government is now buying its weap-
ons of warfare from Uncle Sans man
ufacturers, instead OF patronizing
European concerns, as in former
years. American Minister Furniss, of
Port Au Prince, in a report upon this
subject, states that President Simeon,
OF Haiti. recently bought from an
American firm one thousand Spring
field rifles, and that an order for two
thousand more soon will be placed in
this country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17

1.-THE fixtures in the senate chamber,
and for that matter throughout the en-
tire capitol building are extremely
antique. the system is old-fashioned
and inadequate.
1T must be remembered the lighting
system of the capitol building was done
about so years ago and the chandeliers
were made for gas lights with ten cent
marble shades to shed the light from
the pickering flame on the legislative
salons below"
Howard expects to have the work
completed within so days. Further he
expects to furnish four times the light
obtained under the old system and to
so please the senators that the next
legislature will authorize the remodel
ing of the light system throughout the
entire building.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17

for his government. They are to be
used to police the rivers of Peru and
protect the large industries there, es-
pecially the rubber plantations. If
the commander cannot find what he
wants in America, he will try the Eng
fish shipyardS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17
Made $4,000, 900 on a Lottery.

Washington. Sept. ia profit OF
about nine million dollars accrued to
the italian government last year, be-
cause of the national lottery, run
under governmental control. The total
lottery receipts were nearly Is Il mil
lion dollars, half of which the state
paid out in expensea and winnings.
The lottery business increased more
than one-half million dollars over the
preceding year, according to report
by Consul General Smith, at Genoa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17

soldiers back to health during the
Civil war, is dead at the residence of
her niece here. Miss Miller was SO
years old When the war broke out
she went into southern territory. Most
of her days of service were spent in
the camps at Memphis and Nashville.
After the war Miss Miller taught the
children in South Carolina. She spent
several years in the southern schools
and then came to Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17
R;c COTTON Crop in Eeypt.

Washington, Sept. 17.-Egypt's cot
ton crop this year, it is estimated, will
exceed 700, 100000 pounds, and Consul
Birch, at Alexandria, reports that
probably it will be the largest crop
ever yielded by Egyptian fields. He
declares that weather conditions both
in upper and lower Egypt have been
favorable for the crop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17
Tn fine Market for Gunboats.

New York, Sept. 17.-Commander ].
NJ Olivera of the Peruvian navy is in
New York at the beginning of a tour
of inspection of American navy yards.
His visit may result in the placing of
an order in this country for gunboats
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17

Sec J. THOMAS JUMPER co. Tor
lumber and DEWEY PORTLAND CE.
MENT. Guaranteed the best manu-
Gactured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17

Aged Army Nurse Dies.
Chicago, Sept. 17.-Miss Margaret
NJ. Miller. one of the last surviving
nurses who brought wounded Union
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-17

Everybody reads the State Journal
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-27
ARE THE SUPERVISORS MIsJUDGED ?


and # d NOT a remarks that
Instead merely ineomIetent
as possible that the fathers
L5r under narens to people
mistake pointed
them they viii ten @ rect
while the lawmakers that
Of the
general variable little things
as building municipal law
publ burned
QUITO and
of passing ordinance has long reposed
tomb Even then the
vi plenty Of scrapping Themselves.
people abilities of
rolling periods of Supervisor Ayett
Supervisor Mcclellan and
the Of AHA
the their each month almres the
efor of would still decent
Of the in
might ofaty
supervsor of laying sidewalks
ordinance indicates that they already
some idea of reas
fathers have
o city exclusively their welfare they will
to 10 they in left before they
0
they little of the build
Even nmates the
passage
difference general result
in the Of supervisors reelected anyway
mi by hundred
Honolulu desn much her supervisors In fact the city
getting expects nothing a little
devotion politics will pleasant surprise to the public
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-27
AMUSING THE TOURIST.

of
anybody
ordinary something else do But
overlooked
climate and unsurpassed be enough n7ueement
Islands But it is for ALL
The who
the
Pail around the Island visited the
Bishop institution happens be
fleiw them
This especially
avrwh unfortunately, large onewho have become
attended brass band
unable
0 it.
all well for Hawaii Hospitality prospective visitors
a
They entertained Hawaii such
California them The
this done making the tourist provide his amusement We must
give IN nc o do
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-27
CARLTON CHASE BELIEVED IN SIGNS
AND HIS FEET WERE ALMOST FROZEN
His First Experience as Song and
Dance Artist, So Far as He
Remembers.

Carlton Chase, the leading man Of
the Casino Musical Comedy Company,
which opens at the operahouse tomor-
row night under the management of
Joseph Cohen and under the personal
direction of Frank Blair in 1.-The Tele
phone Girl tells the following story
of his stage debut:
My first experience on any stage
was on d Christmas night in New York.
had run away from home in Boston,
determined never to return. and equally
resolved TO become an actor. | chose
a cheap vaudeville house to start, The
hall was on the east side, in the ghetto
district, and patronized by the laboring
class, and accommodated about a thou
sand people. The crowds began assem-
bling early in the evening to be sure of
seats. and as it was too early for sup
per there was an army Of men with
baskets Of luncheon. which they peddlcd
among the waiting throng. The favor
tie article Of food was pigs feet. OF
course, there were bones.
MY turn came and | began my act.
| had got along to the first chorus,
when CHANGING to glance at the side of
the proscenium arch, | beheld a glazing
sion which read:
. Gentlemen Will please not throw
bones at the actors on the stage
"The significance of this request hit
me instantly. Visions of pigs feet
filing the air and headed my way pet
rified me with apprehension. Ny tongue
stuck and my feet grew numb; my
whole being was paralyzed. To this
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-27
WHAT THE PRESS AGENTS SAY
The Novelty.

orion and Leota will be heard in
some good songs tonight and there viii
be good acting in costumes that SAVIOR
of the tirst-cIass theaters ON the main
land. This team has a line of new
songs that refresh the patrons Of the
Novelty and their jokes are new to Ho-
nolulu- They have made a big hit.
Miss Leota is the envy of Honolulu
fashionables in the matter of gowns.
The motion pictures at the Novelty are
IN a class by themselves and are much
enjoyed by the audience that crowds
the place every night
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-27
At the Park.

The feature film at the Park open air
theater tonight will be biograph com
pany series called the Rocky Road =
It is intensely dramatic. The Sisters
Desmond and Mr.. Thompson viii put
on "coon act tonight that must
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-27

day | do not remember getting off the
stage, though I have been told the stage
manager dragged me off. [ remember
hearing him say You had better get
out of this as soon as you cam and
my next clear recollection is being IN
a cab and on my way back to my room.
! removed my makeup as best | could
with my handkerchief and ventured no
further appearance as song and dance
artist. Next season | returned to New
York and went on the stage IN a legltl-
mate company, though | confess | told
the manager that | had experience else
whore as a vaudeville performer. y
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-27

comfortably housed and sumptuouslv
fed and the latter were loud in their
praise of the treatment they received
on their weekend sojourn at Leilehua
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-27
Elise Schuyler

Elise Schuyler. the artist of the
Gayety Company and as favorablv
known with Anna Held and Weber and
Fields, who is a member of Joseph
Cohen $ Casino players is a descendant
OF one of the Oldest and noblest houses
of France, that of Orleans. Her great
great grandfather was Pierre Chon-
teau, who helped to found the city of
81. Louis and named it after Louis
ANI Miss Schuyler began her career
as show girl and she likes to talk
about it.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-27

surely win the appreciation of the large
audiences that attend the performances
" Aunt Dinah'' should 90 as well here
as it did in the States because there is
plenty of good dancing and singing
throughout the sketch. J. Y. Gibson
is new headiiner from Australia. He
is said to have a good voice and his
feet have been highly educated. Some
people in the colonies consider him a
rival of the great Tommy Armstrong
who delighted the Park audiences some
months ago.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-03
Culinary Courtshjp.

Janet had nodded the domestic af fairs of the family with whom she lived for so many years that the news of her intended marriage had much the effect of an earthquake Have you and David been engaged long? ventured the mistress of the house hold.
 "One week when next Sahbatt comes." stated Janet briefly.
 "And-and had you any thought o1 marrying before that?" asked her mia tress.
 ''Times I had and times had not . said the impcrturbahlc Janet. .'as any person will But month ago when gave David a wee bit of the cake I'C been making and he said to me. '.Taaet have you the recipe firm in your m!uI lass, so you could make t if Mrs Mann's book would be far from ven' reach?' knew well the time was dra w Ing short
 And when." said Janet, closing hc eyes at the recollection. II said 10 him David. lad, the recipe is copied in little book of my own. and I saw th, glint in his eye I reekoned 'twould h' within the month he'd ask me"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-03
Human Heart a.a Power enaineI'

great physician once remarked that. despite fits compIrXity, there was no organ of the body readier to adapt itself to circumstances or more capa. ole of repaYiug ordinary care than the heart. This iS very true. and m ap- Jreciation of that fact should cause us all the more carefully to follow the wise mans advice and to keep our Scart with all diligence. When ws haNe rc,rar6 to the tremendous work 'ht heart aecomP5i hes We uisht We. Aith Wesley say. strange that a harn of a thousand strings should tccp iu uac SC long. Estimated iu seiultIhc faShion. q mana heart in twenty f9u' hours performs an amount of M which if represented hy tie energy t.e mauGad fNr hfg lift would raise l.
 tons If weight one foot high. Su lf '. calculation can be accurately Gtt,. mined ny measuring the force eXpeHG ed In one beat or cycle of movc;se
 of the heart and multiplying the she. work Into that of the day. Thus iu l. small degree does the hearts labor contribute to swell the big total of tn energy the human engine expcnd: each day it lives.-New York World
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-03
For Prosecuting Attorney.

To the Voters ot the Eleventh Judi
 cal District:
 I hereby announce myself as q can lidate for Prosecuting Attorney of the Eleventh Judicial District subject to the action of the Democratic vot- CTS of the District, to be held on March 90, 1910. If elected to this responsible position I pledge the peo- pie of the District an honest. efficient and faithful discharge of the duties of the office. I earnestly solicit the votes and the influence of every De- mocrat Owing to the short time in tervening until election day, if should fail to meet the voters of the district personally I trust it will not be helG against me, as it is my earn est desire to meet all and solicit the vote of each voter My thanks in ad- vance to all in the district who will aid and to them I give the assurance that they will never regret giving me their support for this important of flee. SIDNEY. J. HUNT.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-03
FOR COUNTY JUDGE.

Judge James Gould having resign ed the nomination for the office of county and pr, hate judge of Jeffer- son county. and special election or dered to fill the vacancy, on March 30, I hereby announce myself as a candidate for that office. Of course, my candidac.z is subject to the action of the Democratic party. If nonore3 with this important office, 1 will give you the best 1 have feel that my past experience with county offices have fitted me for the place, and know that I can perform the duties with satisfaction to the people of the entire county. I stand for Good Roads, and will make special effort to sustain the well-earned reputation of my pre- decessor in that direction Your vote will be appreciated.
 Respectfully,
 c. M. PHILIOT