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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
State Convention Opens in To-
peka Today.
Advance Guard OF Delegates
Arrived Early.
MANY FROM DISTANCE.
Prominent Workers From All
Over the Country.
DR.. Fayette L. Thompson Will
Speak Tonight.

Delegates to the first State Y. NJ. c.
A. convention in Topeka for 15 years
are pouring into the city from every
portion of the state and the speakers
are arriving from the far corners Of
the country.
The out-of-town registration has al
ready scared to within close proximity
to the 500 mark, and there is every pros
pect of there being a record breaking
attendance. 1t is probable that many
of the delegates will not feel that they
can afford to spend the entire four days
of the convention in Topeka and will
not arrive here until tomorrow morning
or afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
WITHDRAWS HIS SUIT.
DIR. Hyde Has Claim for $4,000
Damages Dismissed.


Kansas CITY, Moa Feb. 10.-Judge
Ralph S. Latshaw of the criminal
court today instructed the county mar
shall to empanel special grand jury
to convene Saturday morning to in
vestigate the death of Colonel Thomas
H. Swope. Virgil Conkling, prosecut-
ing attorney. probably will await the
action of the grand jury before order
ing an arrest in the case.
The grand jury will go into every
phase of the mystery. The inquiry
will not be confined to the death of
Colonel Swope, but will include the
death of Chrisman Swope and the
epidemic of illness in the Swope house
hold. Following the death of the two
elder Swopes nine members of Mrs.
Logan o. Swope's family were stricken
with typhoid.
DIR. B. C. Hyde, who had attended
the typhoid patients, contracted the
disease himself and had only sufficient
1y recovered to be able to attend the
recent coroner's inquest.
There was a new turn today in DR..
Hyde's suit for alleged libel. The case
in which the physician asked $780, 900
in damages from J. G. Paxton, the
Swope attorney. was dismissed by the
circuit court at Independence. This
action was prompted by the attorneys
for DR.. Hyde. who desired to thwart
an attempt of Paxton's lawyers to Sc
cure a deposition from the physician.
This afternoon Hyde and his attor-
news suddenly determined upon a trip
to Independence. They declined to
make known the purpose of their 60
ing. HYDE was accompanied by Frank
p Walsh and John NJ. Cleary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
EATS so LBS. AT A MEAL
Washes 1t Down With Two Gallons of
Beer and Still Lives.

Washington. Feb. 10.-Take one ten
pound boiled ham. the skin, fat and
all but the bone included. two gallons
of water, one keg of kale weighing 40
pounds when dry and two gallons of
beer; pour slowly into the maw of a
healthy human being in hours and 45
minutes; let the mixture settle until
assured of success and the result will
be a gastrononic freak or "gour-
macher," old-fashioned slang for gor-
mand.
That this is a guaranteed recipe was
demonstrated here last night when
Boots" Repetti, genuine man train
ed in mastication and digestion at the
Washington navy yard made of him
self a receptacle for stirring the above
mentioned ingredients, without even a
grunt.
Repetti devoured the record -breaking g
meal in the presence Of nearly a hum
dred reputable witnesses, who vouched
for the accuracy of the quantity of
food and liquids he consumed in less
than three hours. He devoured the gil
gantic repast to prove his claim to the
title of champion long distance eater
of the east He still lives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
HE WOULD NOT TELL.
Captain of Antarctic Expedition Main
tains Silence.

Buenos Ayres. Feb. 10.-The captain
of the steamer Sud which arrived at
Punta Arenas reports that she spoke
tc the Antarctic exploring steamer
Pourquoi Pas, anchored at Port Gallant
in the strait of Magellan. DR.. J. NJ.
Chariot refused any information con-
cerning the results of the French South
Polar expedition.
The French Antarctic expedition,
headed by DR.. J. NJ. Chariot sailed from
Havre August Is 1905 Punta Arenas
December II, 1908. The expedition
reached the island of Deception on De-
Cen.ber % and from that point the
last report of the ~arty was sent.
DR.. Chariot expected to be absent
about two years. The primary aim, it
was said at the time, was not to reach
tie South Pole. but rather to make sci
eEtific observations
Dr. Chariot's staff includes NJ. Bou-
grain, who was to make the astronomi-
cal observations: NJ. Rouch, a special
ist in metero1 ology and occnography;
NJ. Godfrey, who was to study the
photography of the coast and the
tides; NJ. Gourdon, geologist and DR..
Jacques Liouville. marine zoologist and
botaniSu. Six automobiles were depend
ed upon to assist the expedition to
make its way well into the interior.
The Pourquoi Pas registers 800 tons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
AFTER The QUACkS.
Attorney General Conmends State
Medical Board.

Attorney General Fred s. Jackson
gave a talk to the Kansas state board
of medical registration and examina-
ton this morning at the state house.
The attorney general told the doctors
that they had been making a noble
fight against the "quacks" over the
state and suggested to them that they
keep up their fight in carrying out the
points in the state law.
with this assurance we are going
at them stronger than ever" said the
president of the board this morning.
1--WE will prosecute all the Quacks that
come under our power and we will
give the courts sufficient evidence" 1t
especially ANXIOUS to prosecute and rid
the state of magnetic healers.'
The state board has been meeting
here for several days. Out of the
eighteen young men who took the ex-
animation for registration in the state
only seven of them passed. The fol-
lowing candidates received passing
grades and will take up their practice
in Kansas at once:
N. S. jenkins, st. Louis; Paul s.
Morrison, Parkerville, Mo-; w. NJ.
Mills, Topeka: M. Mehrle, Oskaloosa; /;
E. H. Schorer, Lawrence; w. S. SUIT
ton, Kansas City, Kan; H. Marshall.
st. Louis.
The following officers and members
of the board were in attendance:
|, H. A. Dykes, M. D., president, Leb-
anon; FTP. Hatfield, NJ. D., secretary.
Olathe; r. A. Light, M. D., Chanute; ;
T. E. Rains, M. D., Concordia; John H.
Outland, M. D., Kansas City; G. F.
Johnston, M. D., Lakin; c. ]. Simmons,
M. D., Lawrence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
LII IS GOING HOME.
Former Queen on Her Way to Hawaii
From Washington.

Chicago, Feb. 10.-Former Queen
Liliuokalani of the Hawaiian islands
left Chicago for San Francisco last
night, on her way from Washington
to her home, after a futile plea to
have congress compensate her for the
crown lands which were taken from
her by the United States at the time
of the island revolution in 1893 Her
secretary is her only companion on her
journey.
'T have not given up hope yet" de-
clared the ex-uueen. 1.-THE lands which
were taken from me are mine and I
believe the United States government
will come to some settlement with me.
The lands are worth about 100000
What I have lost in money have
gained in the increased popularity
among my people. I am still queen in
their eyes,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
THEY ARE NOT CRAZY.
A Number of Men of Sound Mind in
MatteaWan Asylum.

Poughkeepsie, n. Y. Feb. 10.-The
annual report of DR.. Robert Lamb of
the Matteawan state hospital, where
Harry Thaw is confined, has just been
made public. Discussing the men who
have been admitted to that institution
during his term as superintendent DR..
Lamb says that there are a half dozen
or more notable criminals among
them whose cases are far removed
from any defined type of insanity.
What disposition shall be made of
these cases?" he asks. 'In the eye of
the law they are lunatics. The courts
have made inquiry and determined this
fact. Commitment here has followed.
The hospital physicians detect no ac-
tual lunacy.
"a skilled psychiatrist might have
examined any of them on the day of
admission and found no symptoms of
actual mental disease. He might have
made continued examinations at any
time during their residence. His re-
suits would have been equally mega
tive
The report mentions no names and
gives no indication as to whether DR..
Lamb had Thaw in mind in writing
this report
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
CATTLE ON STAMPEDE.
Knock Down and Trample Score of
People at Venice, Ill.

Venice, Ill. Feb. 10.-Fireman Will
liams of Bloomington. ILL.,, was crush
ed to death; Engineer J. A. Raymond
of St. Louis, suffered broken leg, and
twenty or MOI spectators were knock
ed down and trampled by stampeding
cattle, as the result of a head-on COL
lision between two Chicago & Alton
freight trains in the railroad yards in
this city.
Williams jumped but was caught
beneath the engine which rolled down
an embankment upon him.
Six cars loaded with steers also
rolled down the bank and turning
loose more than fifty others. Crazed
with fright the animals stampeded in
every direction through a crowd of
several hundred persons, many of
them women and children, knocking
down scores in their fight.
A riot call was turned in and the
police and firemen, assisted by the
sheriff's force, fought off the cattle,
killing many # them with sledges and
cowing the others with streams of
water from fire hose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
st. Louis Police Department Has
Been Laying Off 21 Days.
While Investigating Shortage
in the Relief Fund.
THE RECORDS SHOW
There Have Been 72S Robberies
in Three Weeks.
OF This Number 149 Were Made
by Burglars.

st. Louis. Feb. 1o.-WhiIe the police
department has been busy for the past
three weeks investigating itself. be-
cause of a shortage Of between SIT. 500
and $4,000 in the relief association
funds, criminals have been having a
merry time. For the q days ending
last night, 728 robberies have been en-
tered on the police records. Included in
the list of crimes for the period, are 149
burglaries, 4S7 robberies by sneak
thieves and % highway robberies.
The examination of the books OF the
relief fund is not yet completed. Dis
covery Of several promissory notes for
large amounts and signed with the
names of men high in the department,
has placed these men on the defensive
They claim the signatures are forgeries.
John Healy, secretary of the relief
fund. is under $4,000 bonds to answer
Feb. %. any charge that may be made
against him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
BOLD BOY BURGLARS.
Youth Leads Denver Police to a Rob-
berS' Cave.

Denver, Feb. 10.-In a subterranean
den which was inaccessible even to the
police, three boys, John Miltonberger,
George Rull and Charles Elliott, each
about Is years of age, have concealed
hundreds of dollars worth of booty
the result of no less than IL burglaries
which they have executed within the
past two months, it is alleged. The
goods which were brought from the
boys den by the police include a mis-
cel!aneous assortment of revolvers, to-
bacco. liquors and trinkets.
The boys are said to have confessed
to a systematic burglarizing Of stores,
telephone boxes, cash registers and
even safes. They are thought to have
carried off about $100 in cash. The den,
where they hid the fruits of their work
is located in the rear of the Colorado
Ice and Cold Storage company's plant
at West Colfax and Shoshone streets.
The police are looking for other mem
bers of the alleged gang.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
SUES FOR HIS FEE.
Lawyer Demands SO, 500 for Advising a
Woman to Marry.

Chicago, Feb. 10.-A fee of So, 500 for
advising a client to marry a man who
lived only an hour after the ceremony
is demanded by Attorney Seth F. Crews
in a suit brought against Mrs. Saran
Smith, widow of the late John r.
Smith, a wealthy mine owner.
Smith died in September. 1908, at St.
Luke's hospital. Mrs. Smith, then Miss
Sarah Peterson, had been engaged to
the mine operator seven or eight years.
Attorney Crews declares she came to
him for advice as to whether her mar
riage would be binding if it was a
deathbed affair.
The attorney counseled her to go
ahead, and the marriage was per-
formed. BY the death of her husband
she fell heir to $4OO. .00O
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
GIBSON CALLED HOME.
Gives Up Diplomatic Service to Serve
Under Secretary Wilson.

Washington, Feb. 1O.-Hugh S. Glib
son of California, second secretary to
the United States embassy in London.
has been transferred to the state de-
partment and appointed private secre-
tary to Assistant Secretary Wilson.
This appointment is made at Mr..
Gibson's own request, and his service
in the department will be regarded by
the officials as fully equal to service
performed in the diplomaticS service,
so far as experience and right of pro-
motion are concerned
Mr.. Gibson will arrive in Washing
ton within the next week or so, and
his successor probably will be named
in the meantime.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
$3.50. Address: "Can the Modern Man
Pray?"-Dr. Frank T. Bayley, Denver.
Saturday Morning.

$3.50. Address: "Can the Modern Mar
Pray?"-Dr. Frank T. Bayley, Denver
Saturday Morning.
First Baptist Church.
9:00 Song service,
Address: investments for the King
dom"-Dr. Frank T. Bayley, Denver
1000. Address: Measure Up to a
Great Opportunity''-K. A. Shumaker-
11:o0. Report of committee on state
committees report.
General business.
1890 Group conference 1uncheons,
continuing throughout the afternoon.
Saturday Evening.
First Baptist Church.
7:30. Song service-M. c. Holman
7:45. Address: .'rhe Conquering
Christ'-E. C. Carter, New York city.
$780, Address: Recent Development
in Association Work"-Cecil L. Gates
Kansas City.
Committee reports.
Sunday Morning.
900. Quiet hour: THE Divine Friend
ship'-Dr. Frank T. Bayley, Denver.
1890. Regular church services. Pull
pits occupied by visiting speakers.
Sunday Afternoon.
3:00 Mems meeting. City Auditor
ium. Address: Chains That Bind
L. A Coulter state secretary of Texas
400. Student meeting. Washburn col
lege. A. J.. Elliott, New York
2:30 Boys meeting. Gemmel1 hall
Subject: "A Boy for the Times'-A. E
Roberts, New York city.
$780, Womans meeting Y. w. c. A.
Sunday Evening.
Auditorium.
7:15. Song service-M. G. Holman
director.
TAB Address: 1.-THE Place of the As
sociation in Community Scheme OF
Service"-Dr. Frank knight Sanders
Topeka.
Sis. Closing address: This World
and tie Next"-Dr. Frank T. Bayley
Denver.
Farewell service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
NO LONGER A GOOD SHOT
Cap Hatfield Fails to Hit Revenue
Officer, Owing to Age.

Bluefields. w. Va. Feb. 1O.-"Old
Cap" Hatfield. so years old. of the
family of Hatfield Mccoy feud fame,
says his finger is not so steady on the
trigger as it might be. Gap" was
visited by United States deputy mar
shals who were searching for an illicit
still. The old feudist stood in his door,
way and pumped shot after shot in the
direction of the fleeing officers. His un-
steady hand was his excuse for not
hitting them.
1t is thought that Hatfield is hiding
in the mountains and posse has been
formed to storm the Hatfield house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
SUCCESSOR TO ELLIS.
His Selection Will Be Left to General
WicIersham

Washington, Feb. 10.-President
Taft will leave to Attorney General
Wickersham the selection of success
sor to Wade H. Ellis, special assistant
in charge of trust prosecutions. who
resigned several days ago to enter poll
tics in Ohio. It was said today Mr..
Wickersham probably would select
James A Fowler of Tennessee, now an
assistant attorney general in the de-
partment of justice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
LOOK FOR A CHARGE.
Weather Observer Says One Is on the
Way.

People who enjoy this fine weather
should get busy said S. D. Flora, OBJ
server at the local weather office, "be-
cause we are going to change the pro-
gram. Rain or snow is due in the
eastern part of the state tonight or
tomorrow and Friday afternoon will
come a drop in temperature" Today
is the warmest day this week, the tenn
perature being 46 at O'Clock The
wind is blowing twelve miles an hour
from the southwest. The river has
fallen to S.6 feet. Following are the
hourly fo,77 nor tYy,-oe fodox-.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
Powder EXPLOSION Starts Fire.

Lancaster, Pa, Feb. 10-A fire which
threatened the business center of Lam
caster today caused damage estimated
at 100000 1t started with an explo-
sion, presumably of gunpowder, in a
hardware store Several employees of
none seriously.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10

will be reached in this city on Mon
day, when C ,urtlandt Field Bishop,
president of the Aero Club of America,
will have a conference with President
Taft and try to arrange for the presi
dents attendance. Washington, St.
Louis and several other cities have put
in bids for the meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
Weather Indications.

Chicago. Feb 10.-Forecast for
Kansas: Partly cloudy. with rain or
snow in east portion tonight or Fri
day; colder Friday afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
wants Taft to BE There.

Washington, Feb. 10.-A decision
as to where the International aeronaut-
ical and balloon tournament will be
hald IN this country next fall probably
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
reform for the Congo.

Brussels. Feb. 10.-The government
has elaborated series of measures for
reforms in the administration of the
affairs of the Belgian Congo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
CLARA POTTER ILL.
Secretary National Woman's Suffrage
Association Overworked.

Chicago. Feb. 10-Dr. Frances
Clara Potter. secretary of the National
Woman's Suffrage association, is i'll at
her hotel here. Months of overwork
are said to be the cause of her Illness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
Boiler Explosion KiIIs Six.

| Bay City, Mich, Feb. 10.-Six men
were killed today by the explosion OF
a boiler in q sawmill at Crump.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10

7:30. Song service-M. c. Holman
director
7:45. Address: THE Call of the Coun-
try'-A. E. Roberts, New York.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-02-02
Picture of Girl
in Court M artiaI
DR.. Cowles Assaulted at Dance-Re.
fused to Return Photograph
When Asked To.

BOSTON. Feb lat the court-martial
Of Paymaster George P. Auld, on a charge
OF assault on DR.. Edward S. Cowles al
a hop" last December, Assistant Sur
geon Ansey d. Robnet today testified that
it was common talk that DIR. Cowles had
boasted of having made an impression
on Miss Dorothy Hesler, of Evanston, ILL.,,
to whom he (RobneD was engaged.
The reputation Of DR.. Cowles was next
attacked by the defense.
Miss Dorothy testified that she had
known DR.. Cowles for few months and
had had some conversation with him over
the telephone regarding her picture, which
he had not returned promptly. She de-
clared she had not found DR.. Cowles OBJ
jectionable.
DR.. Cowles was called again to state
again his side of the picture incident. He
said he did not return it because Robnet
had threatened him If he did not do so
and he wanted to see If Robnet would
carry out his threat.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-02-02
Rev. J. T. Baird,
Pioneer Pastor,
Passes Away
Officer in Presbyterian Synod of Ne
braska and Trustee of Bellevue
College Dead.

PLATTSMOUTH. Neb., Feb. 1.-(Special
Telegram )-~Rev. John T. Baird, d. d.,
passed away very unexpectedly in his
home in this city this evening after few
days illness aged 75 years. He was born
in Cincinnati, o., December 8, 1884, and
graduated from Yale college in 1858, and
from Princeton Theological seminary In
1861, and was licensed by the presbytery
of Cincinnati the same year. During the
eivil war he served churches in that vicin-
ity.
DIR. Baird came to Nebraska in 1864 and
was pastor of the Presbyterian church
in Brownville for ten years and later was
pastor of the First Presbyterian church
in this city for thirty years, during which
time he was stated clerk of the Nebraska
City presbytery and also of the state
synod of Nebraska and trustee of Belle
vue college.
DR.. Baird was highly esteemed by all
who knew him and is survived by a wife,
four daughters and a son, William, now
of Denver. The funeral services will be
Friday afternoon.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-02-02
Warriner Tries
to Hide Convict
Garb in Court
Defense in the Ford Case Forces
Him to Take Off
0vercoat.

CTNCINATTI, Feb. l-Charles L. War
riner, confessed embezzler OF funds Of the
Big -Four railway, OF which he was the
local treasurer, today faced the cross ex-
animation Of attorneys for Mrs. Jeanette
Stewart Ford who is on trial here charged
with having blackmailed him. The direct
examination of Warriner ended as court
adjourned for the noon recess
As on yesterday Warmer answered the
questions In a cool, Unconditional manner.
He entered the court room with an over
coat concealing his convict uniform and
Mrs Ford's counsel insisted that he re-
move It.
There was greater crowd of spectators
than yesterday, but the proceedings in the
early part OF the day failed to develop any
incidents OF a sensational nature.
Subpoenas were issued from the prose-
cutting attorneys office today for appear
ance at the Ford trial Of Frank Comstock,
former local treasurer of the Big Four.
and Miss Ida Brockway, erstwhlle stenog-
rapher in the customs house here and an
enstranged friend of Mrs. Ford.
Warriner testified today that Mrs. Ford
had called on him at his suburban home
one night last spring.
WAS this the only time she ever came
there?"
mo, she came several times after the
exposure last autumn"
But before that only once9"
Yes"
Warmer said that on the occasion in
! question she told him she had just come
from Chicago, where she had had a row
with Edgar S. Cooke; that she was out
OF funds and that she asked for money
with which to pay her hotel bill He said
he gave her $40 or $50, all that he had in
his pockets.
Letters written show Mrs Fords
Jealousy of Cooke and wife. In them she
referred to Mrs Cooke in uncomplimentary
terms and accused her of interfering with
the writer's affairs.