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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
OPEN AT BOTH ENDS.
Ten and Half Miles of Panama Canal
Now in Service.

Washington, Aug. 19.-Five and a
half miles of the Panama canal at the
Atlantic entrance were opened to navl-
cation for the sand and rock fleet of
the Atlantic division last week, accord
ing to the issue of the Canal Record,
which reached this city today. This
section, added to the five miles at the
Pacific entrance, which is open to YES
sells of all kinds, brings the total of tbs
canal now in actual use up to ten and
a half miles.
The division just opened is not COM
pleted but it has a channel Is feet deep
at it's shalloWest point and width OF
100 feet at it's narrowest point the
dredges are constantly working on this
part, broadening and deepening it to
the full width of 500 feet and the full
depth of As feet.
The part just opened does away with
the long detour via the old French
canal which it was necessary for the
rock and sand laden ships to make in
hauling their cargoes from Porto Bello
and Nombre De Dios to Gatun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
COMPLAIN OF SERMONS.
Spanish Government Claims Those Of
Priests Are Too Violent.

Madrid, Aug. 19.-The Spanish gov
eminent has instructed Marquis De
Gonzales, secretary of the Spanish en-
bassy to the vatican who has been in
charge of the embassy since the recall
of the Spanish ambassador, to call the
attention of the Holy See to the violent
sermons being delivered by Roman
Catholic priests in Spain. The SER
mons, according to the note of instruc-
lions to Marquis De Gonzales are In
sulting to the Spanish ministers and
'infiaming the PASSIONS of the people.
Rome Aug. 19.-Cardinal Merry Del
Val, the papsl secretary of state. did
not come to Rome today from his sum-
lner residence, again postponing the
usual diplomatic reception. The incl
dent causes comment as showing a
plan to avoid a meeting with MARQUIS
Gonzales the Spanish charge daft
fairSeS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
es sd 6 s Paxton & Paxton e sa Ga s'ss
hosts of Tafts, some near cousins and

hosts of Tafts, some near cousins and
some distant.
The preside stood for some time
beside the tablet erected at Mendon in
honor of the founders of the place, the
name of Robert Taft, the original of the
family in this country, being promin-
ent in the list. While at the tablet the
president held an impromptu recep-
ton and had the privilege of naming
the youngest member of the Taft fam
lily, two weeks old baby. the son of
Clarence Taft The young mother
had the babe in her arms as the presi-
dent bestowed on it the name of Rob-
ert, II ess
Next Mr.. Taft visited the old church
where his ancestors worshiped and the
burying ground where many stones
stand in hteir memory
Near Bridge the president stopped for
some time at the quaint old home of
Miss Sarah Taft. where George Wash
ington spent. a night in 1889 when on
his way from Boston to Hartford.
President Taft lunched with Governor
Draper and left this afternoon for
Beverly. Neither the president nor Sec
rotary norton would comment on recent
dispatches from Oyster Bay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
THOMAS is DEAD.
Wealthy Topeka Lumberman
Dies at Rye Beach.
The End Came at 1 80 This
: Afternoon.

Rye Beach, N. H., Aug. 19.-Jonathan
Thomas, a wealthy lumberman OF TO
peka. Kan, died here at 1:S0 this al
ternoon.
Mr.. Thomas left Topeka on July 20
for the benefit Of his health. He had
been sick with heart trouble for four
months but was able to travel and IL
was hoped the change would be bene-
hcial. Mrs. Thomas. his wife, and Mrs
G. B. Thomas. his daughter-in-law'
accompanied him.
He was thought to be better but sud
denly took turn for the worse ana
last Monday DR.. C. A. Mcguire was
called to his bedside from Michigan.
Mr.. Thomas was born in 1871 in
Wayne county, Ind. He served through
the war and in 1870 went into the lum-
Der business with his brother. He was
known for his benefactions, the WASH
burn gymnasium being the most nota-
BILE.
He was wealthy and owned lumber
yards at the following places in Kan
sas:
Topeka. North Topeka. Silver Lake.
Wakarusa, Berryton, Rossville. Mer1-
den, Della, Perry, Hartford, Park
Creek, Americas, Madison, Dunlap ST.
Marys, Rose Hill, Belvue, Emmett.
The body will be brought home al
once
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
CAN'T STOP IT.
Tampering With veniremen Continues
in Browne Case.

Chicago, Aug. 19.-State's Attorney
Wayman admitted today that he had
identified two of the alleged investiga-
tors who he declares are working for
the defense in the Lee O'Neil Browne
cases. Their names are Adolph Chef
fer and Fred L. Barker. 1t is charged
that they are operatives of a private
detective agency which has 100 men
at work for Browne. Counsel for the
defense state that none of their inves-
tigators had been asked to see the
families of veniremen. States Attor-
ney Wayman did not indicate what ac-
ton, If any, he contemplates with re-
gard to Barker and Cheffer.
Judge Kersten's pessimism as to
conditions affecting the case was in
creased when the seventh panel OF
veniremen was brought into court.
Despite the widespread publicity given
to his declaration that talking of the
case to a venireman is a felony, four
members of the panel said members
OF their families had been questioned
concerning themselves, their politics,
Affiliations, etc. They were dismissed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
He WEEDS "SPEEDERS.
Evanston Justice Unites Two Denver
Persons Who Are Pursued

Chicago, Aug. 19.-Justice John S.
Boyer of Evanston today turned a
tspeeding' case into a wedding cere-
mony.
Clarence Stone, 81 years old, and
Miss Carrie Boken, 20 years old, both
of Denver, arrived in Chicago in the
morning and obtained license at the
county clerks Offices. They were hur-
rying into Evanston in an automobile
at full speed, when they were over
hauled by a policeman and summoned
to court for violation of the speed or
dinance, despite the protests of the
couple.
1--WE were trying to elude people
who are pursuing u.s. Stone told Jus
tice Boyer.
Does anybody object to your get
ting married." asked the justice.
Eyes, her parents do. But she is of
age" said the bridegroom.
well, come up to the desk here and
1 will perform the CEREMONY said
Justice Boyer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
New York Money Market.

New York, Aug. 9.-MONEY-Money on,
call easy, III per cent; ruling rate IA per.
cent; closing bid ~ per cent; offered at
~ per cent. Time loans very dull; sixty,
days 3 per cent and 90 days 3sz per cent;
six months Ha@4% per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper 81 to,
per cent.
Sterling exchange firm with actual bust
ness in bankers bills at $4.S3. S044.S4 for co.
day bills and at $4.S6.45 for demand; COM
mercial bills 81. S31sd4 S35s.
s SILVER-Bar silver, SIC: Mexican dol.
lars, 44c. -
BoNDS-Gpvernment bonds steady. rail-
road bonds irregular.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
RIFLEMEN ARE BUSY.
Preliminary Firing i'm Nationa
Matches at Camp Perry:

Camp Perry. o.. Aug. 19.-Prelimin-
airy firing in the national matches be-
gan on the rifle ranges here today.
Five service teams and thirty-three
state teams responded when the bugler
called Contestants to arms"
Practice as outlined at the team
captains meeting last night consisted
of skirmish firing, followed by slow
fire at 200 yards and concluding on
the 1000 yard targets.
The annual meeting of the national
Rifle association of America will be
held tonight. Brigadier General John
c. Bates, U. S. A, retired, the presi-
dent of the association. arrived this
afternoon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
RAIN FALLS ON TAFT.
But the President Visits Old Home of
His Ancestors.

Hopedale, Mass. Aug. 19.-Rainy
weather greeted President Taft on this,
the second day of his visit to Governor
Draper. The downpour was not al
lowed to interfere with the plans, how
ever, and the president left shortly
after 9 O'Clock for trip through the
cotton machinery factories here and a
view of the model tenements sur
rounding them.
Later President Taft motored to
Bridge and Mendoza, where his an
cestors lived, returning to Governor
Diapers home for luncheon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
work stopped by Mosquitoes.

Ell Paso, Tex Aug 29.-Hordes of
mosquitoes are interfering seriously with
the work of constructing a telegraph
line across the desert in the vicinity of
Wilcox, Ariz. The summer rains form
ed a vast shallow lake in that vicinity
wherein the mosquitoes have bred The
gangs of men are beset day and night
and the work is practically at a stand
still.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
JESSIE MORRISON FAILING.
Imprisonment Is Telling Upon Her,
Says Warden Codding.

Warden Codding, who came to To-
peka on a business visit, reports that
the murder of Mrs. DIN Castle, is fail
ing in health as result of her close
confinement. 1t is expected that this
announcement will result in renewed
efforts on the part of her friends 10
secure her pardon or parole. Speaking
of Miss Morrison, Warden Codding
said:
she is frail little woman now and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
HOSTS OF TAFTs.
Many of the Name Turn Out to Meet
the President.

hours today President Taft motored
and walked through the haunts of his
ancestors. Leaving here at 9 o'clock
this morning he went to Mendon,
where the Taft family first settled to
Bridge and to several other places in
between them. At each town he met
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19

citizens to develop mineral wealth
wherever found should be fully Sc
cured by law.
az. That the idea of deriving fed
eral revenue OFF ethmh 81 Pa alb
eral revenue from the physical re-
sources of the states is repugnant."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
American Yachts Still Lead.

Marblehead, Mass, Aug. 19.-The Har-
pooh, owned by c. F. Adams, second,
won the third Spanish-American Son
der yacht race off here today. The
Beaver was ~ minutes behind and the
Gina Az minutes, all three American
boats being well ahead of the Spaniards.
The Clonta finished fourth, Mosquito
II fifth and PapOose sixth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
TWO ARE ARRESTED.
Woman and Man Held in Connection
With a Robbery.

Deputy Sheriff Otto Anderson ar
rested Miss Grace Chrisman at 900
Quincy street at noon today, and
Deputy Ben Judkins went to McPher-
son to get Frank Logan, both of whom
have been connected with the larceny
of articles from room in the Glen
wood hotel in May. The room was &C.
cupied by c. N. Springer and Daniel T.
Johnson
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
Ready to Ely Again.

Chatham. Eng, Aug. 19.-John b.
Moissant. the Chicago aviator, who on
Wednesday flew with passenger
across the channel on his flight from
Paris to London, but who was COM
PEELED to land, completed the repairs to
his monoplane today. Up to a late
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
round Dead on Street Car.

Colorado Springs, Col, Aug. 1s-G.
Wallenherg, aged CO. of the Great West
ern Irrigation company, with offices at
Chicago and Lamar, Col, died on
street car this morning He was found
dead by the conductor who first
thought he was asleep.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
LOCAL MENTION.

Suit for divorce was brought in the
district court this morning by Albert
I. Darche against Harriet A. Darche.
They were married in 1905. The hus-
band charges that the wife has aban-
doned him and refuses to live with him.
Special SOC Moray neckties, only CSC.
Tie Factory. 704 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19

New York. Aug. 1s.-CoTTON-s Spot
closed quqiqet. points higher; middiing
uplands. sl5.s5; middling gulf, $3.50. Sales,
1850 bales.
Market lower, II 15-16c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

The funeral of Mrs Lille E. Sturte-
NAnt. who died Thursday, will be held
from the home, 1880 Van Buren, street,
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock
Ralph H. Cav has returned from
Grant City, Mo-, where he was called
by the illness and death of his mother,
Mrs. A. ]. CAV. The home has been
near Grant City for 80 years. Besides
her husband Mrs. Cav leaves four
daughters and three sons. All but one
a son living in California, were present
at the funeral.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
COPE'S
Saturday Specials
(At Market House Only
T1L4a,.%o naooho1


alberta Peaches
This is cheap day for Elber--
ia stock, Csc to Csc a basket.
Watermelons
Almost given away, 10000 ca
Cantaloupes
Rocky Fords, genuine, direct from
the grower, purchas ed especially for
Saturdays trade.
Standard size, each. .10c
Standard size, 3 for. .25c
Virginia Sweet Potatoes
Equal to Jerseys in
quality and flavor.
Per 10. ........ SC
Bananas
Just unloaded yesterday a
car fancy large fat fruit, bright
yellow but firm, dozen. ..15c
BroOmS
A regular Doc value for 25c
Fruit Jars
Mason Pints, dozen. .45c
Mason Quarts, dozen. .55c
Mason Half-Gals., doz. 75c
Tin cans, per dozen. .35c
Tin Cans, 3 dozen. .$1.OO
SOAP
White Russian, no better
laundry soap made. We have
purchased direct from the fac
tory a large quantity which
enables US co sell at a less
price than your grocer pays.
Saturday only, per box $3.25
bars. .............. Csc
Lemons Grape Fruit
Plums Honey
Grapes Apples
FearS Corn
All Fruits and Vegetables on Market.
Chickens
Hens, live, per 10. lac
Hens, dressed, per ID. 18c
Springs, live, per 10. TIC
Springs, dressed, ID. .22c
Midday and Evening Dinner
in our lunch room, special Csc
COPE'S
City Market House
132-134 Kansas Avenue.
Phones 396.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19

the confinement in the prison is telling
on her. She is librarian of the wo-
mans ward and is also doing splendid
work as a nurse"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
10 ct. Cigar for 5 cts.
Tomorrow, Saturday only
The Joan-of-Arc 10 ct. Cigar
Buy a box while you have the
chance at half price
The Smoke House
sos Kansas Avenue

hour this evening, however, the gale
which had been blowing all day pre-
vented continuance of the flight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19

Home Journal Patterns
The new styles for September are in,
also we have our first shipment of
Fall Quarterlies, which is the very
best of it's kind we ever saw. The
regular price of the Quarterly is zoe,
but it contains a coupon which en-
titles you to any pattern in stock that
you may choose, absolutely free.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19

Toe Infants Hose, SO c-Mostly
black cotton stockings, fine ribbed,
good fan weight; today Bic
19c Boys Hose 21ac-Extra
heavy rib, Topsy brand; sizes up
to 8; a close out for today 101
and tomorrow, per pair :. G2S
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
35c Boys Waists for 29c
Underwear and Hosiery

! 10c Vests 7hc-Low neck,
sleeveless, full bleached, very elias
tic; today and tomor- IL
row, each. ~
Misses Long Sleeve Vest 100
A good garment for early fall
wear; come in sizes up to 10o
years; our regular price. -. AV~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
Mems SOC Dress Shirts, 39c

Collar attached, light and dark
colors, cool, comfortable, dressy and
durable. A good summer shirt. Buy
as many as you want. Our special
price for today and tomorrow, only sec
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19

CSC IisIe Hose 19c-Women's
sizes; come in full lace and boot
patterns, fancy colors only; very
special value for today and 10
tomorrow, per pair. ~
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-03-17

lives. passing from the swinging door of one
drink shop to another till all that is left upon
the face is a besotted leer, and it seems
though the spark of divinity which is In every
one had surely been extinguished; of the
worst criminal type low, brutalized, terrible.
And we say to ourselves, turn these pages.
When shall we realize that to deal scientifically
with such abject misery this must not
alone deny to these the freedom of the drink
shop, but we should for the good of humanity
count them as irresponsible lunatics and keep
them safely segregated for the rest Of their lives
But there is another side of East London even
more hesrtrending, for as we walk those bleak
streets in the cold March wind we meet again
and again the honest man seeking work and find
ing none. Never, probably labor shorter
than at present On all hands families on the
verge of starvation and driven to despera-
ton. men who walk all day and return wearied
and wan with the same terrible sentence their
lips, mo job for me-" crying for bread.
not because they would not work or could not,
but just because the bread winner can find no
employment
And yet there are CLEANS of brightness in this
life in East London which help us and cheer us
and make realize that possibly by and by we
shall solve the great problem of sorrow by under
standing how it is the crncbe of God in which
he can produce that which is likest to himself In
human souls. We walk onward through those
dark and dirty streets and by and by we come to
iouglns mouse Tor women. No lower or more
degraded place can be found. Yet as we enter
there Is a woman sitting near the fire drinking a
cup OF tea, surrounded by group whose history
Is written only too plainly upon their faces, and
as we enter we are recognized and they tell us
how this poor soul has been nigh to the verge OF
death She is expecting to go down into the
great Gethsemane Of suffering which shall bring
her perhaps another load OF sorrow, which, were
II not for the circumstances. ought to be wo-
mans greatest Joy. They found her on the
bridge leaning over the parapet putting out
feeble hands to clasp the cold hand Of death;
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-03-17

head almost as increasingly as when the sun
shines or the fog wraps round. Men and
men YEARLY walking, sometimes because they
have nowhere to CO. sometimes because their
work keeps them late at night and sends them
forth early in the morning, sometimes because
they are returning from that long quest in search
OF labor, the story Of which is written in their
detected countenances and their Respondent bent
shoulders; but the stream drives and the
trans roll by till one o'clock in the morning and
while some in East London sleep, as many wake
But we are bound for some of the lodging
houses in one of the very worst streets in that
densely populated quarter streets that have the
unsavory reputation of being the scene of some
of Jack the Rippers murders; streets that have
been the plague spot of the police the puzzle Of
philanthropists the death of the city missionaries
We turn away from the main thoroughfare, down
some of the dark side alleys. and then by the
open doors and the lights can see that we
have come to the land of the doss houses as they
called. where cheap bed be had for a
few pence Night seems hardly to have begun,
though 1t is late The downstair rooms are still
full of men and women whose occupation seems
to be constant passing in and out of the dirty
kitchen to shuttle across the street through the
open doors of the saloon, and here you find the
secret of Londons degradation. There are among
that wretched crowd, herded in these lodging
houses men and women who have known days
far different from their present surroundings
Some of these men have been in the army some
these women have known good homes and re-
fined surroundings, but the gaping doors of the
drink shop could tell the story Of their ruin. And
as you breathe the loaded atmosphere of those
horrible dens you ask yourself why 1t is impos
sble to these people to of their
wretched environment. why cannot they be up
lifted and reclaimed? The dull eyes, the heavy
faces the Indifference, the stupor, is your answer
-narcotized by drink. 1t is strange that such
quarter of our city should be infinitely more
pulsive than the so-called Chinese street, where
1t is true you see men smoking opium. pale,
ciated: but that vice seems nothing in the
clean though bare surroundings of the oriental
in comparison with the horrible squalor Of the
English doss house.
We stand for moment at the corner of the
street The clock Is striking halfpast twelve
and we watch the closing hour Of the saloon.
law has been enacted In England which makes
drunk 4nnese now crime and men and women
pSn ~ arrested for this without its being neces-
u13} ~ formerly that they should be disorderly
~ but when the customers OF the drink
&hQpt ~ turned upon the streets at closing
Tine < does not eeem AZ though the arm of the
nv h4d reached The OFFENDERS for girls and wo-
&1< y64ns 8nd I'D men, staeger blndly out into
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-03-17
LONDON WATERS "HAT."

Few men who have come to New York from the
other side to live and to make money have come
into their in quite the same fashion as the
matre d'hotel of one of the big uptown hotels.
Four years ago he was waiter in the restaurant
of London hotel earning at most $40 week, tips
included. Now he is in charge of the whole res
taurant service at of the busiest New York
hotels and his income this year including gratui-
ties, should be at least $4,000 and that he has
been in New York only few months.
There is nobody who is better qualified to make
comparisons between restaurant conditions in Lon
don and here than this maitre dhotel and the
wealthy but little Travelled citizen of this country
who does not know Europe may well be surprised
to be told that the lavish tips he bestows upon his
waiter in the expensive restaurant in London ben
eft that person little than would moderate
gratuity. What the waiter gets in the average big
restaurant In London when he is told to keen the
change does not go into his own pocket Instead
it is put in the chat"
The reason for the hat Is that 1t is believed to
insure uniformity of good service 1t is the rule
of the big London restaurant that every tin in the
dining room shall go to the hat and at the end
of the week the contents are divided
Walters in London are paid in wages only
SLIPS week., said the maitre d'hotel "Wheu
first enters the service Of restaurant he gets
only one-half of one part of the drawings from the
hat, that he will receive altogether during
busy season from 50 to $1s week After six
months he will be entitled to full part OF draw
ing and will get on the average about SIS week
Head walters in London which CORRESPOND to
captains here, get IS week wages and about SIS
week cut of the hat. Here a captain will pet
from SIS to 500 month in wages while his tina
WIZ bring that amount up to $3.50 to $780,
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-03-17
A New Version.

Apropos of George Washington and
the cherry tree story, Senator Bever-
idge said at dinner in Indianapolis
Il asked little boy what this story
was the other day, and he actually
didn't know. He said he knew, though,
the story about the judgment of Solo,
mon, and he proceeded to tell it to me.
Solomon" he said, was very wise
man. One day two women went to
him, quarreling about baby. The first
woman said, 1t is my child The sec
ond said, No, it is mine
But Solomon spoke up and de-
clared:
" No, no, ladies'; do not quarrel.
Give me my sword and l will make
twins of him, so that each of you will
be supplied.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-03-17
Technically Discussed.

$50 there is to be a divorce" said
the woman who discusses everybody.
1T seems but a little while since he
asked her for her hand"
Yes" replied the rude man. HE
got the hand all right. But it turned
out to be misdeal"