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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-22
PLEASE Be MORE !"
Chief Wilmarth Sounds an Interrupted
Warning.

Twill you please ask the people to be
more careful with their bonfires dur
ing this dry and windy weather." said
Chief Wilmarth to a State Journal re-
porter this morning. I'VE have been
having a number of fires lately caused
by scattering burning
Bing!! Whang!!! B-r-r-r-r!!!! and
that was the end of the conversation
for the time being. Blue shirted men
dashed here and there, the brass poles
were thick with sliding forms, and q
yell went up as the big wagons whirled
out of the headquarters fire station.
A barn at 412 East Tenth avenue had
caught fire from burning rubbish
caught and scattered by the wind. 1t
was occupied by G. J. Fleisch and dam
age to the extent of about SIS was done.
The prompt arrival of the fire COM
panies saved the barn from ruin. 1t
had obtained a good start.
ITO resume the conversation" said
Chief Wilmarth after the companies
had returned and all was quiet again.
ct would suggest that when burning
rubbish the man in charge watch 1t
closely and not let the wind scatter it
about. A bucket of water close at hand
is always a good precaution and
"Bingi Whangii B-r-r-r-riip
And the performance was repeated.
This time the wind had caught up
burning rubbish at First and Laurel
streets in Potwin and had scared the
neighborhood. No damage done.
Up to press time Chief Wilmarth had
not finished the conversation.
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ted Mr.. Jones' affidavit. but that Hen
ry White. another claimant at Wallace,
had denied there was any such under
standing. He said the aff1davits Sc
cured from the entrymen were written
by the agents of the general land Of
f1ce as rule. As drawn up, these af-
hdavits would be examined and then
sworn to by the entrymen If found sat
lsfactory. The witness said the Cum
bingham journal and ledger were
shown to him and Special Agent Horace
D. Jones by Clarence Cunningham. and
that the books were taken from the
Cunningham residence to their hotel for
examination with the acQuiescence of
Mr.. Cunningham.
He explained that he desired to make
this statement because he understood
Mr.. Cunningham had stated that he
stole the journal
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Why Thex OuarreIed.

Wall Paper-The J. x Jones co.
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Called to Testify About Cunningham
Journal.

Washington, March 22-Louis r. Gla-
Wis. former chief of the division of the
general land office. testified before
Special Commissioner ]. w. MCGEE to-
day in the inquiry conducted by the
interior department into the question
of the validity OF the Cunningham coal
claims.
Mr.. CLAWS said Orville D. Jones of
Wallace, Idaho, one of the claimants,
had told him in March 1908, when he
procured his affidavit that the claim
ants had always understood and agreed
among themselves that when they got
title to the lands that they would form
company to develop them. He stated
that F. r. Johnson T. Cushing Moore,
both of Wallace. Idaho. had corrobora-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-22

Wall Paper-The ]. K. Jones Co.
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on: "I've been calling on her a good
while, but today when 1 got hold of
her hand 1 noticed her third finger
was swollen. I found tiny ring on
it cut deep into the flesh. She told
me her grandmother, when she was
dying, gave her the ring. The girl
was then, but she's Is now, and she
never took it off. I found out the
ring hurt her, so I pulled out flat
key and a nail file. 1 got the thin,
flat key under the ring and then fill
ed across it. She said it didn't hurt
her. but as I was nearly done she
tainted. nearly tainted, too, but I
got q glass of water and spilled it
over her and she came to slowly. BY
that time 1 had the little ring Off
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-22

Roosevelt's trip through the CONT
nent of Europe is to be one grand
triumphant welcome. Never since
Alexander the Great entered Babylon
with the one exception of Julius
Caesar, has the continent been so stir
red up by the prospects of a visitor as
it is now in arranging the receptions
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FARMER IS HURT.
j. HI. Bledsoe Severely Injured in a
Runaway.

j. H. Bledsoe, a farmer living two
miles from Pauline, was painfully If
not seriously injured, today in a run
away when he was thrown from the
wagon to which the maddened team of
horses was hitched. The accident oc-
Cured at the corner of Sixth and Van
Buren, streets. Bledsoe sustained bad
cut on the head, and his hands and
shoulder are cut and bruised badly. He
was unconscious when picked up by
DR.. Keith, who was called, and rushed
to the Keith office for treatment. The
accident occurred shortly before 8
O'Clock.
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After a while she held up her hand
and looked at the fearfully swollen
digit, and tears came in her eyes.
'Jim,' she said, half angry. you've
spoiled my hand. How'll 1 ever COW
err UP that awful finger? It looks
deformed, Jim, and you're to blame
I'll get you an emerald engagement
ring to cover it. How'll that dor
'She didn't say This is so sudden
But she did say: why, Jim, you're aw-
a year ago.
"And then we quarreled.
burg Gazette-TimeS.
Wall Paper-The ]. X. Jones Co.
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Card of Thanks

desire to very kindly thank the
Santa Fe Office staff and the Pruden-
tial insurance staff for their kindness
and aid during the illness and decease
of my husband.
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LOCAL MENTION.

Sloan lodge No. 225, A F. & A. NJ,
will hold a special meeting Wednes-
the First degree on several candidates.
The meeting win start at 4:30 o'clock.
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SAY 1T is LIBEL.
Undertakes Are Up in Arms
Against Rev. Mr.. Sheldon.
Claim His Article on "COst of
DYING Objectionable.
THREW AWAY 5000.
State Savings Bank Destroys
Its Circulars.
Insurance Company Threatened
With Libel Suit.

Threatening one firm with suit for
| libel and having persuaded a banking
| institution to destroy 5000 cards bear
| ing copies of the Cost of Dying" an
/ article written by DR.. Charles M. Shell
don for the New York Independent, To-
| cal undertakers are making strenuous
| efforts to stop the circulation of the
| cards. The claim of the undertakers
/ is that the statement casts reflection
upon them and insinuates that their
profits are larger than they really
are.
1t was Saturday that two undertake
| ers called on DR.. H. A. Warner of the
Kansas Home Mutual Life Insurance
company and asked him to stop cir
culating cards on which the article
the morning, according to DR.. Warner,
and one in the afternoon. He decltn-
ed to stop sending out the circular, he
says, and was threatened with libel
suit.
William Macferran, president of the
State Savings bank, destroyed 5000 of
the cards bearing the article at the
request of the undertakers, according
to his statement this afternoon.
DR.. G. NJ. Sheldon, the author of the
article which is causing the trouble,
says the case described is taken from
a local case and a number of other
no one man. UndertakerS claim the
case mentioned occurred and one of
the statements they are alleged to have
made is that it deeply injured the
feelings of the undertaken who buried
the child mentioned.
DR.. Sheldon, too, was called upon by
undertakerS who said the article did
them an injustice. He said he did not
intend the article as a reflection on the
undertakes and that he was not
speaking of any one case but that the
article was taken from number of
cases Of which he knew. He placed the
cost of dying at 1858 and said he was
told since by reliable parties that this
was too low an estimate.
The article recounts the experience
of a young couple whose child died.
The husband had a small savings bank
account and it was to advertise saw
ings accounts that the circulars were
prepared and distributed. Following
is the cost of dying as figured by DR..
Sheldon:
"a lot in the cemetery was then
purchased, at soc foot Just ground
enough for one grave, by feet,
cost $40. After the man and his
wife had recovered from the heart
shock and could count up the total
in cold figures this is what they found
it to be-that is. this is what the cost
of dying is in one American family:
Doctor, 10 visits at 50 the VISITS 1000
Casket NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1000
Services of undertaken. ................. 1000
Cemetery lot ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1000
Hearse ........................... 500
Total ... .s2e8 90
Here is the paragraph to which the
undertakes seem to take particular Of
tense;
but can the American people give
any reason why they should have to
pay $40 for a box to be buried in, when
the box could be made for about one
eighth of the price? Also it is in or
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-22

Rome, March 22.-Every prepara-
ton is being rushed to welcome Col
onel Roosevelt here on his return. The
date is set for April at which time
he will be received by the king of
Italy. According to the present plans
he will visit the pope the day follow
ing.
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women are the vain things" said
the moody railroad clerk who had
Quarreled with This girl and couldn't
help telling about it. Then he went
The Washington herald., 1910-08-22
MINERS IN RIOT.
Special Convention Ends with Free
for-all Fight.

Indianapolis. Aug. H.-The special con-
vention Of the United Mine Workers ad-
journed at o'clock this morning just
after riot in which two men were
knocked down and one was so badly
beaten with pop bottles that It required
a physician TO sew up the gashes in his
scalp. The victim was a delegate from
Missouri. who had stood by Lewis in the
exciting debate over the substitute for
the committee report. and his assailants
were delegates from Illinois
Speaking Of the results of the conven-
ton this evening President Lewis said
that it Endorsed all existing strikes
which are to be supported by an assess
ment OF 81 per week on every working
miner
President Lewis intimated very strong
~ that the organization would not
change its policy in respect TO the en-
ployment of organizers
I've have always had organizers and
always will have them as long as we
have 100000 nonunion miners IN this
country. The proposed doing away with
these organizers could not be carried into
effect. because 1t would have set aside
the constitution, and the convention was
not constitutional convention" he said
The Washington herald., 1910-08-22
FALLS FROM SKY.
Parachute Jumper May Die; Nine
Others Hurt.

New York, Aug. A.-Jean Reynolds, a
parachute jumper. employed by Leo
Stevens. the balloonist, received hurts in
his descent which are believed TO be
fatal. and nine persons who were watch
ing the imitation Of his balloon in Schuet-
zen Park. Iron Hill. where the five days
Plattdeutsche Volksfest opened this aft
ternoon. we're injured by the collapse
Of the bleaehers little before Reynolds
fell with his parachute.
Many holiday makers were crowded on
the bleachers when a section Of the
structure went down suddenly, and there
was a stampede over the bodies Of those
who had fallen. The nine who were
taken out of the mass Of broken tfmbers
were taken TO the North Hudson Hos
pital. at Weehawken Heights.
After the excitement had died down
Reynolds went up on the bar of the
parachute. 1t Is believed that the accl-
dent at the bleachers had unneryed him
for he cut loose from the bag at the
wrong time. He was shaken from the
parachute bar and he dropped to the
ground. His skull was fractured.
The Washington herald., 1910-08-22
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
:. S. Dept, Of Agriculture. Weather Bureau.

washington. sunday. Aug Il. l9lO-S p. Do.
High temperatures. with low pressure continue
over the Central and Western portions Of the coun-
try. except in North Dakota and Montana. where
slowly rising pressure IS accompanied by substan-
tial fan In temperature From the Missouri Valley
westward into California and in the Southwest the
maximum temperature Sunday pnged from 30 de-
greCs 20 above 100 degrees
The eastward movement OF the low pressure and
high temperature barred By the building UP
Of the Atlantic high area and moderate tempera-
ture therefore continued in the Atlantic States.
There were thunder showers from Virginia south
ward 90 Florida in the lower Ohio and extreme
lower Mississippi valleys portions Of the Middle
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys ard Colorado:
elsewhere fair weather prevailed.
With the present pressure distribution the weather
win be unsettled during the next two days east Of
the Rocky Mountains, with occasional showers e.
cept in the Southwest. preceded. however, by fair
weather Monday in New England and the Western
Lower lake region. Showers viii also continue in
the South Atlantic States and near the Middle and
East Gulf coasts. In the extreme West the weather
will be fair. except in the Central and Southern
Rocky Mountain regions, where local thunderStorns
viii continue.
Temperatures win rise somewhat in the East. In
the Northwest they will fall Monday and tho change
10 cooler conditions viii spread eastward reaching
the Central Plains States. the Missouri and Uppel
Mississippi valleys and Upper Lake region Tuesday
or Tuesday night. and the districts to the eastward
during Wednesday and Thursday.
The winds along the New England and Middle
Atlantic coasts viii be light to moderate southery
on the South Atlantic coast, light 20 moderate east
to southeast; on the East Gulf coast. light and
variable; on the West Gulf coast hight 10 moden;e
southeast 20 south; on the Lower Lakes light n
moderate southerlyi on the Upper Lakes light tc
moderate southery, shifting 20 northeasterly b
Tuesday on Superior and Michigan.
Steamers departing Monday for European port,
will have light to moderate sOuthcrly winds win
generally fair weather to the Grand Banks
The Washington herald., 1910-08-22

routed and that Gen. Estrada is IN fun
control Of Managua by this time Ny
failure TO receive information after so
important an engagement is an III
omen"
DR.. Barrios and Sebastian Salinas have
been In Washington as special ENJOYS Of
DR. Madriz in the hope OF having the
Department OF State intercede IN behalf
Of their leader They have maintained
friendly terms with DR. Salvatore Cas-
trillo. the Washington representative OF
Cen Estrada, the insurgent leader
DR.. Castrillo said last night that he ala
not have the slightest doubt that
Gen. Estrada had won. and that the
revolution was nearing its end. with the
insurgents as victorS He stated that the
crossing OF the river by the revoluuonists
means absolute victory.
The cablegram 10 DR.. CASTILLO was:
AL our army forced a passage at
fourteen hours fighting. leaving in our
hands one field piece. 10000 cartridges
for small arms. 200 rifles. together with
provisions and prisoners
Or. Castrillo says that the regular rs
trada army will be REINFORCED on the
west side OF the river by an army Of
1000 revolutonists, under Gen Saenz,
who has been fighting on the Pacific
Coast Of Nicaragua for three months and
has succeeded in capturing several small
towns
The Washington herald., 1910-08-22
.ESPERANIISTS BID ADIEU
DR.. Zamenhof Sees Great Future for
Language in America.
Founder Declares Universal Tongue
VIII Spread Quickly with Growth
of Nations Commerce.

Gis la revido.
Until we meet again.
This was the farewell yesterday OF the
foreign delegates to the sixth interna-
tional congress OF the Worlds Associa-
tons Of Esperantists.
I am well pleased with your country .
said Dr. Zamenhof. Of Poland. founder
OF Esperanto. I see a great future for
Esperanto here. But Americans. as they
are practical and Industrious. are a very
prudent people. They do not jump at
anything until they are certain that It
is meritorious.
This is the first time that you people
have had a real opportunity TO try out
Esperanto as an international language.
Now that you have seen that it is prac-
teal that your prudence is satisfied,
your industry viii cause Esperanto 10
progress more rapidly than in the other
countries. Your commerce will prove
the great medium for the spread OF Es-
peranto in America.
Esperanto is an auxiliary language.
and Is TO replace no national language.
II is to be the language Of diplomacy
and science and commercialism. And so
as your commerce with other nations
grows Esperanto will be more needed
here and will spread quickly"
The Washington herald., 1910-08-22
RUNAWAY GIRLS
CAPTURED HERE
Tired of Sightseeing, Will
Return to Brooklyn.

Madeline Kelly and Annie whalen,
each seventeen years old. who left
their homes in Brooklyn three weeks
ago. were arrested yesterday at 3O5 First
street southeast and are held at the
house OF detention on the charge OF
running away. They VIII be sent home
to-day In charge Of a detective.
The girls left home without a change
OF clothing. with little money and no
prospects. and boarded a train for Wash
ington. The intention was to obtain
employment and travel further. They
say they left home on dare. and intend
ed to 90 around the world.
They conlded their ambition to those
with whom they lived here. and letters
We're soon on their way to the girls
parents. Capt Boartman a few days
afterward received a request from the
Brooklyn police, and the journey around
the world was Tudely interrupted.
Madeline says she has several small
brothers and sisters at $50 Baltic street.
Brooklyn. and she wants to go back TO
them. Annie says she lives at Isl Sands
street. and while she has no sisters or
brothers. yet she is quite willing TO con-
tent herself with her father and mother.
They obtained employment Saturday as
salesgirls.
The Washington herald., 1910-08-22
EowE'S PICTURES PLEASE.
Capacity Audience Sees Lifeoramf
ut Columbia Thenter.

Capacity Audience Sees LifeOrama
at Columbia Thenter.
Views Of the maneuvers Of English.
French. and American troops formed the
feature Of the exhibition of Lyman H.
Howe's 'Lifeorama" al the Columbia
last evening The entertainment opened
with a series Of views OF an English
summer resort and shifted to scenes Of a
review Of British troops and drill Of the
Scotch Highlanders. a set OF films show
ing the different parts Of the Brooklyn
Navy Yard, with the battle ship Florida
under process of construction, elected
much applause.
other films which won the appreciation
OF the audience were those Of the Zoo
at Antwerp, a series OF travel films Of
England, France. and India; views OF
strange religious festivals III several
parts Of the world; two handsome water
scenes. and a number OF cleverly inter
polated humorous films
The pictures OF the visit OF Col ROose'
welt to Paris and his review Of the French
troops at vincennes were especially clear
and distinct, and were greeted enthusi-
astically by the audience. The views
showing the march past the ex-President
The Washington herald., 1910-08-22
POWER OF CHRIST'S LOVE
DR.. Broening Addresses Franklin
Park Lawn Meeting,
The Great Work OF the Church an
Trying to Emphasize Love-"
He Says, Is Telling.

Or. G. H. Broening, pastor Of Ashley
Presbyterian Church al Wnkesbarre, Pa,
was the speaker at the open-sir service
conducted by the Y N. c. A al Franklin
Park yesterday afternoon. He took as
his subject Gods love and. after
reading the third chapter Of John. he
dwelt upon the great work Of the church
to-day in trying to emphasize the Love
of Christ"
He said that the true love picture Of
God was that OF the father standing at
the gate waiting for his prodigal son to
return, and so God is waiting to-day for
the return OF the prodigals to his house
In conclusion. he said that the greatest
exhibition Of Christ's love was shown in
His dying for US. and that ali should try
to write on the cross the inscription, For
me. for me. for He died for me-
DR.. Broening is supplying the pulpit at
the First Presbyterian Church OF this
city
The Washington herald., 1910-08-22

William Logan, former Pullman por-
ter, may solve dozen mysterious Pull
man car robberies OF the South and Mid
die West Tuesday when he is taken from
the District jail for arraignment in Police
Court. He was arrested in Baltimore
last week as yagrant. and identified by
papers found on his person as the man
who on July II robbed Charles r. Bur
nett. cashier Of the First National Bank
OF Richmond, at the Union Station here
Mr.. Burnett retired TO his berth in the
Pullman about II O'clock Awakened a
short time afterward by the movement
Of the train he reached under the pillow
to learn the hour, and discovered that
his watch, valued at $50. gold eye
glasses. gold-mounted fountain pen. and
wallet containing a considerable amount
of money had been stolen.
Detective Kleindinst was detailed on
the case. The conductor in charge Of
the Pullman cars attached 10 that train
and all Of the negro Dorters were taken
before the police officials and closely
questioned. No clew was found. In the
same week reports OF robberies OF like
nature were reported from Atlanta. Ca,
Nashville, Tenn. and Cleveland, Ohio.
Pawn Tickets n CIew.
When Logan was arrested in Baltimore,
pawn tickets were found in his clothes.
One was for Mr. Burnett's watch, de-
posted in pawn shop in Baltimore.
Logan was brought TO this city by De-
tective Kleindinst and given a prellml-
nary examination Friday in Police Court.
The case was continued until Tuesday
to await Mr.. Burnett and the admission
OF several other articles recovered by the
police as evidence.
Although closely watched by the on.
cials at the jail and subjected 10 rigid
questioning by the detectives. little car
be learned from the negro He admit.
ted that he had been employed as a Pull
man porter on the Louisville and Nash
Vile Railway. but refused 70 tell on what
division Of the road he had made his
runs or to give the name Of his superin-
tendent.
Examined by Railroad Men.
Mnen taken INTO UNION SldIon ITlQd1
Logan was given a close examination by
several railroad officials. who at that
time partially identified him as a negro
sought by the police OF the Southers
Railway and the police OF Raleigh. y
/ c., for the murder near that city three
years ago OF a passenger on the South
/ ern Railway. The negro porter OF thai
/ train became involved in an argument
with a passenger. and watching his
/ chance pushed him from the train
Moving at a high rate Of speed the trair
threw the man fifty yards down a steer
I bank, almost instantly killing him. He
was taken 10 a hospital in Raleigh. and
before his death he told the police what
/ had occurred.
Police officials will be in this city
Tuesday TO attempt a further identified.
ton Of Logan as this porter. The police
/ OF Cleveland are demanding Logan foi
/ Pullman car thefts which he denies.
The Washington herald., 1910-08-22
HELD IN BIG PLOT.
jeremiah F. Mccarthy Accused by
Crucible Steel Company.

Atlantic City. Aug. a.-Detective Nal
seed. Of the central Office. to-day arrested
jeremiah F. Mccarthy, Of the firm Of
Watson & Co, OF Pittsburg, which IS
under fre by the Crucible steel Company
OF America on the charge Of a gigantic
plot to defraud the concern Of carloads
OF iron and steA scrap valued at thou
sands Of dollars.
He is being held in the city jail pend
ing word from the Pittsburg authorities.
Suit has been brought by the CruCible
Steel Company CO America against Nc
Carthy's firm. of which r. H Watson is
also a member; r. F. Boswell, OF the
Ohio Valley Metal and Iron Company.
United States Metal and Manufacturing
Company, and Max Solomon. alleging
that large quantities Of metal scrap sent
to its yards have been reshipped and
disposed Of for the beneht of the defend
ants.