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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
HE WANTS HIS PATENT.
L. A. Greene Sues suliy and the Ham,
nlontis.

Washington, Aug. 1s.-Daniel J. Sully
Hays Hammond of New York and
Washington, and his son, Harris Ham,
mond, were cited today by Justice
Gould of the supreme court of the Dis
irict of Columbia, to show cause next
Friday why thev should not return to
Lemuel A. Greene of Greenville. S. c.,
certain letters patent issued to him for
improvements in cotton grading.
Greene ha0 assigned his patent to
John ]. Welch, of New York, as trus-
tee pending the formation of a cotton
grading company in consideration, he
alleges, for the payment to him of S5O-
company and block of stock worth
$4,000. He declares Sully and the Ham
monds had the trustee transfer the pat
ents to the company and issued him
the $4,000 in stock, but did not make
the cash payment.
In his suit Mr.. Greene says he call
ed his patent to SO attention of Sully,
who in turn interested the Harnrnonds
and a company was formed. He
charges that Sully refused the cash
payment TO him and then organized,
he alleges, another company to which
was assigned the patent rights in con-
sold He declares the entire stock of
the new company Was issued to the
Han1nonds and Sully for the sole pur-
pose of defrauding him.
He tenders the return of the stock
in the grader company and asks the
court to compel the financiers to re-
sign to him the patent rights.
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officer may be sent to loo:z over the
gang.
What Reuben Fair Saw.

Reuben Fair. neighbor of Benig-
nus, was called to the inquest Wednes-
day and testified that he saw a light
in Betta's room at IL o'clock while on
his way home from town. This is part
of what he gave in his testimony:
"I was returning from town about
12 o'clock that night and when L
passed the Benignus house, I noticed
a light in her room and the blinds all
pulled down. 1 saw a man behind a
tree in the front yard and soon as he
heard me he ran. 1 became frightened
so 1 put my money, my weeks wages,
in my hat and left it there until got
home"
The members of the family say they
did not retire before midnight. It is
reported that an alarm clock was
found under Betta's bed lying face
down. 1t had stopped at 1890 and
looked as if it had been kicked over in
a struggle. If it was turned over in a
struggle the murder took place at
1880 o'clock but that the murder was
committed fifteen minutes after the
family retired is improbable. Also,
the alarm clock may have run down
at that time or it may have stopped
at that hour week ago and not been
wound up.
IF the man in the shadow had any,
thing to do with this murder it was in
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HAS ANOTHER CHANCE.
ShalIenberger May Run Yet on the
Populist Ticket.

Omaha, Neb., Aug. 19.-Although
Governor Shallenberger has appar-
emily been defeated by Major Dahlman
for the Democratic nomination, he
may still go on the ticket as the Popu-
list nominee. Governor Shallenberger
was the only candidate for the guber-
material nomination in the PopuIlst
primaries. What action he will take
in the matter has not been announced.
The official count will probably have
to settle the contest in the Sixth Ne
hraska district for the congressional
non,ination on the Democratic ticket
Available returns give Judge Dean
formerly of the state supreme court
1.O06 and w. r. Taylor, 1000.
The result in the Fourth district Is
still in doubt as concerns the Demo
cratic nomination, with the chances
seemingly. in favor of Benjamin f
Good of Wahoo. :,
From returns so far received II
seems certain that the nominations fol-
the state have been made as follows:
First district-William Hayward
Republican; John A. MCGUIRE, Demo
second District-A. L. Sutton, Re,
publican; C. o. Lobeck. Democrat
Third District-John F. Boyd, Re-
publican; James P. Latta, Democrat
Fourth District-Charles H. Sloan
Republican; B. F. Good Democrat.
Fifth District-G. w. Norris, Repub.
Iican: r. D. Sutherland, Democrat
sixth District-M. P. Kinkaid, Re
publican; w. J. Taylor or ]. r. Dean
democrat.
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HOW DIVY WAS MADE.
McMurray Denies Another Story About
His Big Fee.

Sulphur, Okla, Aug 19.-Any at
tempt to reopen the government In
dian rolls and admit thousands of
claimants to participate in the division
of lands now held in reservation will
be resisted by the Indians at present
on the rolls, according to ]. F. Nc
Murray of McAlester, who testified to-
day before the congressional commit
tee investigating Indian affairs.
McMurray, whose contracts to sell
S30,000,000 worth of land on a 10 per
cent fee basis is the subject of investi-
cation, told the committee he believed
great many were now wrongfully on
the rolls and many were wrongfully
shut off; but any readjustment of these
faults should be done by special leg
islation and not by reopening of the
rolls. Mr.. McMurray was asked con-
corning the $75O.OO0 paid him by the
government in 1905, as his fee in what
were known as the citizenship cases.
TT has been said" explained Rep
resentative c. H. Burke, that you
drew the money from the treasury de-
partment at Washington in form of
$750,000 in thousand dollar bills and
that you carried them in a valise to a
hotel where it was divided among GER
tain persons. Is this the truth ?"
"It is not" said McMurray. "A war
rant for $750,000 was handed me. My
two partners and myself then went to
the Riggs National bank and upon sur
rendering the warrant we each re-
ceived one individual check for $780,
600. That is all there is to all those
stories as to what was done with the
money after it was paid over to u.s.
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BIG DAM is FINISHED.
1t Is $500 Feet Long and lis Feet
High.

Washington, Aug. 1e.@The earth
work on the big Belle Fourche irriga-
ton dam in South Dakota, which is
one of the largest earth embankments
in the world, practically has been COM
pIeted, according to advices received
here by the reclamation service. The
dam is $500 feet long with a maxi
mum height of lis feet and contains
452OO,OO0 cubic feet of earth. This
structure closes the outlet to a natural
basin and an inlet canal 6 1-2 miles
long and forty feet wide at the bottom
carries the waters of the Belle Fourche
river into the reservoir thus formed.
When the distribution system of the
Belle Fourche project is completed 500
miles of canals and laterals will carry
the waters over 100000 acres of land.
About 10000 acres already are receiv-
ing water.
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old soldiers money, half of which was
hers according to their agreement
At the conclusion of this confession
the entire machinery of the sheriffs s
office was put in motion to find
Stovall who had been at liberty since
Wednesday night. The aid of the po-
lice department was loaned to ran
sack the town and until midnight last
night the accustomed haunts of the
suspect were patrolled by members of
both branches of the service Detec-
tive E. G.. voiles and Deputy Sheriff
Ben Judkins drove together through
the parts of North Topeka where he
was a familiar figure until they felt
certain he was not there. Finally
Voiles suggested the notification of
the Rossville deputy. C. C. Mcpherson,
on the theory that Stovall might have
set out for the home of sister living
near that town.
Voiles' theory proved to be right for
early this morning the message came
that he had been arrested there. Sto-
vail had thought it best to absent him
self from the locality of the trouble
and Immediately after his release he
had started on foot out the West
Sixth street road and crossed the
river at one of the bridges west of
TODeka
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KRAMMES DIDN'T KNOW.
HurIey's Sudden Death Came When
He Was Thought Better.

New York. Aug. 19.-The sudden
death Tuesday night of heart disease
of James E. Hurley, general manager
of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
railway, according to a Carlsbad dis
patch to the New York Herald, came
when he believed he was on the way
to recovery. Mr.. Hurley arrived in
Carlsbad with his secretary, Charles
Krammes, two weeks ago, suffering
from nervous strain and heart affec-
ton, resulting from his strenuous work
in settling the labor troubles of his
road. He took the "cure." and said
early Tuesday that he was feeling bet
ter. He was stopping at the Hotel
Kaiserbad.
Mr.. Hurley com planned of feeling
poorly when he went to bed. He
talked with his secretary until mid
night. Then for ten minutes nothing
was said. The secretary spoke, but
there was no answer. He went to the
bedside and found Mr.. Hurley dead.
The body will be embalmed and sent
to America. Mr.. Hurley came to Carls-
bad with heart trouble.
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WELL IN TEN DAYS.
Mayor Gaynor Soon Will Be Able to
Leave Hospital.

New York, Aug. 1s.-Mayor Gaynor
awoke today from a refreshing nights
rest, seemingly much improved in
spirits and strength. His physicians
saw he had a fine nights sleep. Mr..
Gaynor will leave the hospital in Ho-
boken within ten days practically
cured, one of his attending physicians
said this morning.
The physician further stated that
there are no present indications neces-
stating an operation and that the bull
let gave the mayor no inconvenience
and would not if it remained there the
rest of his life.
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MERCURY AGAIN ABOVE NORMAL
Kaw River Has Receded to the Thir-
teen Foot Level.

The temperature went above normal
today and reached 81 degrees at 2
o'clock The unsettled conditions have
passed and clear sky is predicted N
the forecast of generally fair weather
for tonight and Saturday, with warmer
temperatures in the southwestern por-
tion of the state.
The Kaw river. which rose rapidly
after the recent rain, has receded 10
the 13 foot level and still is falling.
The wind is blowing six miles an hour
from the southeast
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.1ong Lack,, Garrett Here.

Mr.. J. B. Garrett of Mulhall, Okla,
is visiting relatives in Topeka and vi
cinity. Mr.. Garrett was a member of
the Seventh Kansas in the Civil war,
and was known as Long jack Gar
rett,', being six feet eight inches high.
He lived in Jefferson county until a
few years ago.
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St. Louis Gets a Pitcher.

Kansas City, Aug. 19.-Ha1 Rusten-
haven, a member of the Cheyenne.
Wyo., Independent baseball team,
whose home is here. was sold today to
Jack O'Conner, manager of the st.
Louis American league team. Rusten-
haven is a left handed pitcher who in
the last two weeks has pitched two no
hit games. He formerly played with
the Abilene Central Kansas league
club.
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BIRD men FLY AT NIGHT
Aviator Mars Fails in Attempt to Take
Wife Aloft.

New York, Aug. 19.-Defying dark
ness and a southeast squall, Glenn H.
Curtiss and ]. c. Mars sped in their
aeroplanes above the Sheepshead Bay
race track last night. Mars took his
wife for a short trip by moonlight. The
flights were made as tests for the three
days aviation meet which will be held
at the track beginning tomorrow.
Mars steered his aeroplane like a
cotor car, grazing all manner of obstruc-
tions, as he tried to get high in the air.
The plane had sped the entire length
of the field at a height ranging from
three inches to five feet, when he gave
up the attempt to take his wife aloft.
J. c. Mars attempted to fly from To-
peka to Kansas City several months
ago He got as far as Lawrence. q
miles from Topeka
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Census Returns.

Washington, Aug. 19.-The popula-
ton of Sioux City, Ia, is 47.S2S, an
compared with 33,111 in 1900. The
population of Danville, ILL.,, is 27,S71,
an increase of 11,517. or 7O.4 per cent.
as compared with 16,364 in 1900.
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New Clue Offered in the Beta
Benignus Murder.
Red Handkerchief Points to
These Wanderers.
WERE IN ABILENE.
Tribe Has Since Been Hurrying
to Leave State.
Neighbor Tells of Seeing Man
Near House at Midnight.

Abilene, Aug 19.-Anonymous let
ters confessing. the murder of Bertha
Benignus on Sunday morning last, and
other letters from clairvoyants convey
ing offers to solve the mystery of her
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YES, | KILLED HIM
Nan" Ewing Admits Murder Of
Joseph Rice.
duplicates George Stovall as
Partner in Crime.
MAN is ARRESTED.
Apprehended at ROssville by .
Deputy Sheriff.
Purpose Was to Drug Old Man
to Get Money.

A confession, wrung from the woman,
Nan Ewing, held on suspicion df guilty
knowledge of the death of Joseph Rice
at her house at 127 Monroe street Mon
day last. has ended the work of the Of
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weather Indications.

Chicago, Aug. 19.-Forecast for
Kansas: Generally fair tonight and
Saturday: warmer in southwest por-
tion tonight.
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CONTINUED on Page Eisht.s
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-05-06
5s Herb Baitson was in from Toxic on
business Wednesday. q g I'll n Il.

5s8 Herb Baitson was in from Toxic on
business Wednesd ". n 81 it. 3 s IN
IA Bert Jaqua Of Tokfo, was a Devils
Lake visitor Tuesday. Wei y. .s5 : ss3
IA Sheriff Belford was at Grand Forks
on business last$week. VI. HI / "a s#a
& Rev. Meisell Of Garske was a Devils.
Lake visitor Saturday. +. ~: -. ..sE5 4 u
ga. M. Powell was a business visitor
in Grand Forks last week. Il .z=s4 e !.
Mrs. j.. N. Gill Of Penn visited with
her son in this city last week. $& y
Mr.. Treadwell the editor. OF the Rock
Lake Ripples. sundayed in Devils Lake.
DR.. and Mrs. w. E. Hooking have
taken up their residence at Chautau-
qua. 4. " .sssy5 .'e ~ 5S:.z;a u ID
IL. J. Bowen, editor Of the Hope Pho
neerr was a visitor in this city Satur-
day. ~ -. 5st5.,l j.. .;..:sssl , !; \
Editor Gilmore of the Hansboro
News was a Devils Lake visitor last
week. y. ,5&3s s. y .&y.ss' 7 (
Mrs. M. J. Cavanaugh of Crazy was
Visiting with relatives in Devils Lake
Saturday.
l%25$ -. = g: -, ~ ,st%zst 3 4,
/ & Miss. Louise vPrinderville of Grand
Forks has been a guest at the Mahe1
home in this city. T.
Axel Egeland of Bisbee, was in Dew
lis Lake Monday night, taking the
'fKnights Templar degree in Cyrene
ECommandry. ,S :. T.. j..'.t' -. ,.1R .'
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-05-06

New Gage Sailors and children's
hats on display and for sale at Win
ans M illinery store Saturday.
Don't ask your friends to 60 on your
bonds when you can get.a Surety Bond
from s. C.fJones at a nominal cost. WI.
" Mr.. and Mrs. Reuter- of Saginaw,
Mich, are in Devils Lake to spend the;
summer with Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. ,Rou-.
tier. "a & NJ al. q IL
/ Mesdames A. p. Englehorn and s. e.
Pixley and Miss Edith Hamilton Of
Churchs Ferry were Devils Lake WIS.,
itors Saturday, .,>S.# :s.;;ves5'. ~. !,
Knute Hove has been appointed as
sistant road master on the Great Falls
division of the Great Northern and
has gone to that city. VI &.s' 7. ~ -
Have one of the best paying hard
ware stores in North Dakota to ex-
change for land. Store is In good town
and doing fine business. Address box
652, Devils Lake, N. OAK, 5.;sysf, Il IN .$s
Norman Morrison, of Webster, was
in Devils Lake the fore part yof the
week, greeting. friends. Norm. is meet:
ing with, hearty support on every hand
in his candidacy for the legislature.
M. L. Sprung of this city received a
letter from ]. Goldberg, from st. Paul
the first Of the week which said that he
expected to start for New York Sun
day night enroute from there to Aus
tria where he has been called by the
serious illness of his mother. This
will be Mr.. Goldberg's first visit to his
home country, since coming to Ameri
ca at the age Of sixteen. - T..
I The marriage Of Miss Wayne Ke
ough to Charles A. Strodtbeck occur
red Saturday morning at the Catholi,
church. Rev. Father O'Farrell Off
ciating. They were attended by Mis-
Grace Mccarthy and Herbert H. Bis
sell. The bride came here last win
ter from Devils Lake, N. D., and ha
\ been teaching school at the Big Mead
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-05-06

Buy: the 'o Boys ombination suit dur 'a
ing 5theb May clothing. sale. The
New York Cash Store. p I55sss*ss5
Mrs, Grace Stanton Of Crazy was Wis
iting her: two little sons at st. Mary's
academy in this city Saturday. " ;, +
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-05-06

ow station, and it was here the TO
nance started which eliminated last
Saturday. The happy couple have the
best wishes of a score of friends. They
have gone west on wedding trip
Kalispell Bee.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-05-06
! LOCAL. NEWS
Alex, Culrl1riee 81 was down from Caaindoo

Alex Currie was down from Cando
on business Tues day. n 4 l:5: I, NJ,
Will Moves Of Cando was a Devils
Lake visitor Tuesday. II. NH: II: s5.
John Darling of Brinsmade was in
Devils Lake over Sunday. B. s. 81 I
! W. D. Gle Of Crazy was over on q
business mission, Tuesday. :Zz;;s.. 81
50 Paul Vornholt was down from Leeds;
greeting old friends Tuesday. Il
A $4,000 government ride for $$3.75;
30 Mann's Department store. w. f {;
Fred Stevens of Crazy was IN Dew
als Lake on business Tuesday. Z,
It win pay You to visit Mann's De-
apartment Store often this summer. II: +
I'D. II. Reuter- has purchased the
\ Nelson Bros. house moving equipment.
Examine the S. mems shoes on sale
! at $3.50. The New York Cash Store.
Cali on s. 9. Jones Tor steamship
tickets to or from all points IN Europe.
4 go y
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18

IT believe that the head tax should ee In
creased to $40, but would not apply that
to children accompanied by their fathers,
or to wives accompanied by their husgands
AS to the children and wives. i would say
that the present head tax should remain
II would also be right to allow II TO re-
main as TO dependent parents who come
with their admissible children, or come TO
those already here. believe that an in
crease of head tax would be fair for
several reasons. The first is, that the I'M
migration Bureau with all its connections
should be maintained absolutely out OF
money derived from immigration While
have no objection. especially. TO the head
tax being turned into the general treasury
as il now is. yet I believe that enough
revenue should be derived from that source
to pay all the expenses incurred by reason
of immigration. Not only are thousands
of dollars expended every year in keeping
mp the Bureau OF Immigration. in building
and improving places for their comfort and
but a large force has TO be
kept constantly along our borders to pre-
vent the smuggling of immigrants and
other violations Of our laws
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18
Continued from fourth page.

heri;s this sum for her lifetime II the man
dies first.
Members who are iii receive free breaG.
free doctors services and medicine. while
for those I'm need Of surgical attendance
there is a small but complete modern hos
pital with skilled surgeons and attendants.
Every one who belongs to the 'Nooruit'
Is entitled to the use OF the 27,000-vOlure
library and free attendance AT the many
educationa lecture courses given in the
society's assembly rooms in the evenings,
Add To this that men and women are mem
hers on equal terms and with entirely equal
privileges, and the main facts in the CO.
operative side of the scheme are recorded.
The social side of this big group of people.
100 coo strong. Is highly developed. They
have two headquarters. one for amusement
and one for club rendezvous. They have
harmonic and choral societies. dramatic
and literary clubs.
The expense in salaries of running the
society is not great. as the directors serve
for nothing and there is spirit among the
lower officers OF not wishing To receive more
than their necessities require. The cashier.
FOR instance, all of whose waking time Is
a,nnIoved by the society, refuses 10 take
moro than 81 30 u week salary. although he
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Group Buying a Specific

has been urged by the council several times
10 accept more
on the other hand. the Vooruit has been
responsible for the raising of the average
wage OF labor in Client from IL cents 10
II cents an hour. And this the society has
accomplished by paying the higher wage to
those employed i'll its own cooperative
stores and factories. The aim OF the ''VoOr-
uit" IS 10 produce as far as possible all ne
ceSsities of life thTouSh cooperative labor.
So that members may buy at the cheapest
rates without the additional charges OF any
sort of middleman. and also that the goods
may be sold 10 nOu-members and sent out
on export trade at standard prices This
last is 10 be done 20 increase the financial
assets of the society. For they do not
hesitate - declare openly that they believe
in setting as much financial and political
power as, by any fair means. they can OBJ
tain.
Already they have. as before stated. their
own baking plant. which turns out consid-
o~a5ly more than 1JN,eOo loaves OF bread a
day. Besides this, the society has its own
cotton factory. brewery and printing es-
tablishment. The last named issues daily
newspaper called -'Voor,.it." in addition 10
doing great deal of book and pamphlet
printing. The co-operatives have their own
cCaI and wood yards and their own phar-
macies and groceries everywhere through
out GhenL
New-York tribune., 1910-12-18

II should not object to the suggestion
Of the limitation of the number arriving
annually at any port. This would prevent
such congestion as we see at some ports
of arrival, but would really not be effective
as restrictive measure, because the steam
ship companies would soon meet ii by d.
verting them to other ports While ii
might be q proper method OF distribution,
it would not be an effective means of re-
strictiOn.
In regart! to the increase of the amount
of money required To be in the possession
Of the immigrant on his arrival, l believe
that something of the kind should be
adopted. Not SO much as Il restrictive
measure. but for the purpose OF inSurinS
the ability of the immigrant 70 keep from
becoming a public charge as soon as he
gets here. I would not think that this
should be applied TO every immigrant in
Guiding wives and small children. but be-
lieve that the requirement should be made
of all male immigrants more than eighteen
wears old. and of female immigrants who
come alone or have not some near relative
in this country upon whom they could rely
for support.