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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
TRAMP FROZEN IN CAR.
JOke-It Happened on the Missouri
Pacific Railroad.

Leayenworth, Kan. Jan. S.-Bed-
ford Scales. a negro, was found by
the police. frozen, in the Missouri Pa
cific yards. He would say little, SO he
was carried to the station. His feet
were so badly frozen that he could not
walk. At the station he said he had
beaten his wav from Atchison to
Leavenworth on a Missouri Pacific
train. He boarded the train at Atchi-
SON at z O'Clock in the evening and
arrived in Leavenworth at o'clock
the next morning. after hanging for
thirteen hours to the top of freight
car. His feet were severely frozen
and panied him greatly.
Scales is from the warm cline of
Mississippi and says he regrets that he
got far away from his native land be-
fore winter set in. Scales thinks the
winters in the north too strenuous for
the warm blooded southerner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
ALFALFA MADE HIM RICH.
Prosperous Lakin Farmer Spends
Winter Visiting Friends.

Lakin, Kan, Jan. SIS. r. Wright
and wife have left for eastern Kansas
and Iowa, where they will visit for a
month or so. When Mr.. Wright was
about to move to Kearny county, he
was walking up the street at Osawat-
omie and D. E. Beatty, who moved
west in the sos and became soured
on this country, was entertaining a
crowd by telling them how Wright
would starve out in year or two.
When Mr.. Wright told him he was
coming here to raise alfalfa on the
flats, Beatty said he would eat all he
ever raised. Mr.. Wright put out a
couple of acres as an experiment and
cut it once last year, producing a half
ton to the acre and it is looking fine
today.
He made up bunch and mailed it
to Beatty and told him he need not
eat it, but to tell those men whom he
was talking to that he was mistaken
in his estimate of this country Mr.
Wright's broom corn this year brought
him 81 400. then he sold the seed for
$202-$1,602 for only one of the sew
eral crops he had on his farm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
MONKEY CAUSED CONVICTION.
Former Kansas Woman Wants Pardon
for This Reason.

Baton Rouge. La, Jan. s.-Claim-
ing that the evidence against her was
only circumstantial and that the
strange luminosity displayed against
Kilt Starr and wife by a monkey turn
ed the jury against them, friends Of
Mamie Starr Of Howard, Kansas, her
old home, have started movement to
secure her pardon from the Louisiana
state penitentiary, to which she and
her husband were sentenced for life
for the murder of Snowman named
Alderman at Devalls Landing. this
state.
The STAIRS were operating a menag-
erie and show down the Mississippi
river when the murder took place. 1t
was an apparently atrocious crime and
the STAIRS we're convicted. The strange
feature of the case, however. and one
that attracted wide attention at the
time. was the intense luminosity dis
played against the STAIRS by a trained
and intelligent monkey in the show.
The monkey saw the crime and its
mute animosi.y from that time on
displayed towards the STAIRS had more
to do with their convictions than any
other one agency. The impression on
thecourt and the jury was everlasting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08

New York. Jan. s.-Some very impor-
tant baseball legislation dealing with
the question of umpires VIII be put
through at the next session Of the. Ma
tiona1 league moguls in February Pres
ident Tom Lynch has decided that the
umpire end OF the game needs over
hauling, and he's going to do the over
hauling. Heretofore attention has CEN
tered on the doings OF the players. The
judges of play here have received little
consideration, no one deeming them and
their works important enough TO take
up the time of the magnates in session.
The umpires are to be the big folss the
coming season, for the National prest-
dent win back them , the nnair.
the game can be improved from an UNI
plre's standpoint, and then ask the
mae1aates to enact htFtbaAI laws COW
ering one or more 1uE4eslions on re-
fornls that he viii m11c' IA this man
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
MERIDEN's BRIGHT PROSPECTS.
New Year Gives Promise of Increased
Business Activity.


Meriden, Kan, Jan. s.-The new
year has opened here with every pros
pect of increased activity in real estate
and business of all kinds. Several
farms have been sold recently at from
$50 to 1925 per acre
The two creamerieS at this place in
sure good Irice for milk the year
around and in consequence the dairy
industry has developed to almost
gigantic proportions.
A. P. Chacsy recently bought the
Peebler hardware stock and expects
to increase and enlarge his stock so as
TO be able to serve his patrons, both
old and new, in an UP to date manner.
The Moser Mercantile company have
bought the buildings they now occupy
and also the edjoining one. and will
remodel them and increase their stock
to occupy all three.
DR.. L. Atwood has sold his resi-
dence properly to L. D. Rutty and
will build modern seven room resi-
dence as soon as a suitable location
can be secured. The doctor has also
bought an automobile to use in his
practice, and to make frequent visits
to his fine country home, Cedar
crest" which he bought last spring of
A. H. Martin and which consists of
167 acres north of this place.
The new United Brethren parsonage
now in course of construction will be
a modern eight room residence and
when completed will be occupied by
the pastor. Rev. F. NJ. FISHERMAN and
family.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
SMALLPOX AT TONGANOxIE.
Disease Supposed to Have Been
Brought From Wyandotte County.

Tonganoxie, KAN, Jan. S.-A case
of smallpox at the home of Arthur
Woods here has been reported to the
county health officer. DR.. w. A.
Adams, at Easton. Arthur Woods
himself is the victim There are two
other members in his family who have
been exposed.
The Woods house has been placed
under strict quarantine and all per-
sons who have been exposed to the
contagion have been vaccinated. By
taking prompt measures DR.. Adams
has materially lessened the chances of
the malady spreading further.
Tt is thought that the smallpox was
carried from the White Church dis
trict in Wyandotte county, where
there are over ten cases.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
NEW HOTEL FOR WICHITA.
0. M. Wilhite Plans Eight-Story Fire
Droof Structure.

Wichita. KAN, Jan. so. NJ. Will
hite of Emporia. Kan, proprietor of
the Midway hotel of that place, has
secured a ninety-nine-year lease on
property 5Ox14S feet and an option to
purchase an adjacent tract of ground
50x149 feet, and within the next thirty
days will have organized a company
to build a $350.00O hotel.
Mr.. White announced that the new
hotel will be eight stories in height
and will contain at least 200 rooms. 1t
will be of steel and concrete and alb
solutely f1reproof. Mr.. White says
it will be the finest hotel structure in
Kansas. The foundation will be built
extra strong, that additional stories
may be added to the structure in fa-
ture years. The building will be at
the corner of Lawrence and William
streets and will face east and north.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08

ing there. He spoke of going to a
house thinking that white people liv-
ed there but found negroes, who fore
ed him to come inside. Very little
credence can be placed in any Of his
stories for he doesn't clearly remem-
Der anything, it seems
Meanwhile, Mrs. Dellinger is car
ing for the lad who seems contented
and happy. He has struck a good
home and that is all he seems to care
for. He goes about his play and says
nothing of his experience unless ask
ed about them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
SUSPECTED OF BoRK MURDERS
Pittsburg Officers Arrest I. Monger
. Neighbor of Victims.

NGlSnDOF Oh v1ClifnS.
Pittsburg. Kan, Jan. S.-By the ar
rest of I. Monger today authorities
believe they have detained a man i'm
plicated in the murder of : William
Bork, Mrs. Bork- and an infant child
in lonely country road five miles
north of here, November 26, 1909.
The warrant on which Monger was
arrested charges him with being i'm
plicated in the murders.
Monger has long been a neighbor
of the Borks and they quarreled. 1t
is said Monger bore a grudge against
Bork and upon this clew officers have
been working since the night of the
murders. An officer has been on the
trail of Monger constantly ever since
the first suspicion that he might have
been implicated in the murders was
aroused. Monger was arrested in
Frontenac by Deputy Sheriff Walsh
and Constable Lebec. He denied his
guilt. Monger was taken to the coun-
ty Jail in Girard and locked UP.
Officers say another arrest may be
made in the case in a few days.
The murder of the Borks were bru-
tai. They were attacked while driv-
ing homeward toward Frontenac in
buggy.
All were shot to death with a re-
volver. Mrs. Bork's body was drag
ged into a cornf1eld and secreted.
Borlx's body fell in the road. The
childs corpse dropped into the buggy
bed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
WOMEN TEACHERS SHOW GRIT.
Walk Miles Through Zero Weather to
Their Schools

Hiawatha, Kan, Jan. SIT has
taken grit to get out and face these
mornings with the mercury playing
around zero, but two of our women
teachers have had the courage to walk
to and from their schools all the year.
Mrs. Pfost, who teaches at Union,
two and half miles south of town,
and Miss Anna Shepherd. at La
Grange. the same distance east, have
not only walked all the school year,
except perhaps three or four days,
when they stayed in their districts,
but they have started from home in
the morning often before daylight in
order to be there with warm COM
Portable rooms when their pupils
came
It takes energy and grit along with
a good many other things to make
good teachers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
HOSPITAL TO COST $4,000.
Physicians VIII Have Help
of Associated Charities.

Wellington, Kan. JAM S.-A move
ment to erect modern hospital IN
Wellington has been taken up by the
board of associated charities OF this
city in conjunction with local physi-
clans, who have for some time been
collecting a fund for that purpose
and have had plans prepared.
The estimates call for an expenoi,
ture of about $4,000 on site ana
building. which will afford q capitai
structure equipped on modern hnes.
The outlook is good for the speedy
raising of entire amount.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
GETS CLEw OF MISSING son.
/ Ray Marshall of Atchison Has Been
4 Lost for Two Years,

Atchison, Kan, Jan. S.-Two years
appeared from his home in this city.
Since then his father, w. +. Marshall.
has carried on systematic search for
the boy. sending reward cards to all
parts of the United States.
He has just received a letter from
Roy Kilgore in Kansas City saying he
knew where the missing boy is but he
wanted a photograph to make sure.
and one was sent him. Mr.. Marshall
has always remained confident that
his son was alive, and that he would
finally find him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
woRKMAN's NOSE CIT OFF.
Was Struck on Face by Falling Barrel
of Concrete.

Gas City, Kan, Jan. S.-John Rainy
of Concrete. who is employed at the
Kansas Portland cement plant, met
with a painful accident while per-
forming his duties at the plant. He
was moving some barrels from a plat
form elevated about twenty feet from
the ground, and was standing below
when one of them fell on his nose,
cutting it off entirely.
When the barrel slipped from the
landing, he heard the noise and look
ed up just in time for it to hit him.
He is getting along nicely at his home
in this city. but the surgeons were
compelled to take off his nose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
Sticky Sweating
Palms

after taking salts or cathartie
waters-did you ever notice that
weary all gone feeling-the palms
of your hands sweat-and rotten
taste in your mouth - Cathartics
only move by sweating your bowels
DO lot of hurt-Try CASCA-
RET and see how much easier the
Job is done - how much better
you feel. Q
CAScARETS roc q box for q weeks
treatment. all druggists. Biggest seller
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
FULL DINNER PAIL ExPLODES.
AtcIiison Man Severely Injured by
Peculiar Accident.

Atchison, Kan, Jan. S.-Joe Wag-
ner, an Atchison tailor. met with a
peculiar accident. When he went to
work in the morning he took with
him a lunch bucket. In one compart-
ment of the bucket was coffee. He
placed the bucket on hot stove. AT
noon, he took the bucket and pried
the lid off. The entire contents of the
bucket few in his face and burned
him SO severely that he is laid up
The lid fitted very tight and steam ac-
cumuiated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
FARMERS FEAR ICE BLANKET.
Junction City Report Says Wheat and
Alfalfa May Be Smofhered.

Junction City, Kan, Jan. s.-Farm-
ers are beginning to worry about
their wheat and alfalfa being smoth-
cred. Last week one of the farmers
living on one of the bottom land
farms said that 1t was only under
present conditions that he had ever
lost a crop of wheat or alfalfa in the
many years that he had been farming
here.
The warm weather the latter part
of last week is what is causing the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
HALF OF UNIVERSITY SICK.
Kansas Students Blame Dairies-None
Is Seriously III.

Lawrence. Kan, Jan. s.-About half
of the students at the University of
Kansas are sick or have been sick
some time during this week. None is
seriously i'll, but a great many have
been confined to their beds. while
others, who are able to sit up, have
missed their classes. The ailment
seems to act very much like ptomaine
poisoning and the students blame the
diaries.
The milk is believed to have been
affected with some germ not known
At the Pi Beta Phi house, one of the
young women's Greek letter societies,
about half of the members are sick ;
the same is true at the Kappa Alpha
Theta society, and at nearly all of the
fraternities and boarding houses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08

dent of the Chicago National club, and
Clark Griffith, manager of the Cincin-
natl team has failed to develop any
thing definite in the way of trades
between the two organizations. A re-
port late in the day that Mordecai
Brown, the great Chicago pitcher had
been offered by President Murphy in
exchange for Pitcher Robert Spade and
other players was characterized by both
sides as a Joke"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08

cred with sleet and snow, was later
covered with several inches of snow,
day, covering the fields, as well as the
roads, with a couple of inches of ice.
This covering of ice on the wheat
fields is what is alarming some of the
farmers. They believe that the blanket
of ice is sufficient to smother the crop
in most places
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
BENDER REFUSES OFFER.
Will Not Coach Baseball Team Unless
He Can Teach Football. Too.

Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. S.-John ''Twis-
teri Bender football coach OF the Has
kell Indians institute. has declined, af-
ter being selected to coach the Univer-
sity of Nebraska baseball team. Bender
wanted to coach both the baseball and
football team but he was not given the
latter position. He declares the salary
of the baseball coach is too small to
induce him to leave Haskell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
FORMER KANsAN DIES IN TEXAS
Robert C. Foster Was Member of
Kansas legislature Three Terms

Denison. Tex, Jan. S.-Col. Robert
Coleman Foster, a citizen of Denfson
since 1875, and a former member of
the Texas legislature. died here aged
rs years. In 1865 Colonel Foster To-
Gated in Leavenworth, Kan. and
practiced law.
He was a member of the Kansas
legislature three times. He was a
Democrat candidate for congress in
1870 but was defeated.
Fire Destroyed Winfield Alfalfa Mill.
Winfield, Kan, Jan. ga loss of
$22, with insurance Of $1,000, was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08

chased the subscription lists of the
Courant, at Cottonwood Falls, and the
Elmdale Gas Jet, two papers Of this
county and also purchased the Cour-
ants cylinder press. The News will
hereafter be known as the News
Courant, the Office, as in the past, to
be in Strong City.
Mr.. Pattee, the retiring publisher of
the Gas Jet, will move his printing
material to another field as soon as he
finds a suitable location
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
AMATEUR KoBBERs AT WORK.
Waverly Postoffice Entered and $15.67
Carried Away.

Waverly, Kan, Jan S.-The post
office here was broken into by robbers
and about S15.67 stolen from the Of
fee. OF the money taken there were
$50 pennies which money was taken
from the stamp drawer and from the
rural carriers desks.
Entrance was gained by breaking a
glass at the rear of the building. No
effort was made to break open the
office safe in which was kept some
money and the stamps, ETC.. which in
dicates that home talent amateurs did
the job.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
Stony McGIvnn Siens Contract.

Milwaukee, Wis. Jan. Stony
McGlynn, WHIT pitched for the Mil
waukee American baseball team last
season, has signed a new contract for
the coming season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
woLGAsr AND MEMsIo DRAW.
NIiIwaukeean Had Better of the Fight
However.

Los Angeles, Jan. S.-Ad Wolgast and
George Memsic fought ten rounds to
a draw last night.
The newspaper decision was given to
Wolgast. In the early rounds Men1sic
was the aggressor and scored many
more blows than the Milwaukee man,
but in the later rounds Wolgast admin
istered severe pummeling to Memsic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
nelson Cancels Theatrical Dates.

Minneapolis, Jan. s.-Battling Nell
son has announced that he had can
celled all theatrical engagements and
will leave for the coast Monday to
begin active training for his coming
fight with Woigast on February %.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
Received Charge of Shot in Arm.

Holton. Kan, JAN 6.-HerDert
Matthews of Denison accidentally shot
himself in the arm today while hunt
ing. The wound is painful. but the
arm will be saved.
This is the second hunting accident
in this county in six days the otner
was the killing of Kenneth Wentz.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08
KILLED BY HIS PLAYMATE.
Were Hunting When Shot Gun Was
Accidentally Discharged.

Herington, Kan, Jan S--John
Ock. who was hunting at the farm of
H. Staley, northwest of here, was kill
ed by Fred Staley. his playmate, who
attempted to lower the hammer of a
loaded gun.
The charge struck Ock in the
breast and death resulted in an hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08

See J THOMAS LUMBER CO. for
lumber and DEWEY PORTLAND CE-
MENT. Guaranteed the best manu-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08

sustained by the Alfalfa Milling
company when their plant at this
place was entirely destroyed by fire.
The origin is unknown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08

Murphy and Griffith Fan to Agree.
Cincinnati Jan. S.-A series of con-
ferences between c. w. Murphy, presi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-08

Not the least trace of colored blood
can be detected IN the boy. There is
no doubt of his parents being white.
But he is too young to tell any story
straight, He answers all questions
but his answers conflict greatly. He
spoke of living at Topeka and of go
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-05
TAFT TO BARE INSURGENT
SECRETS in PASSAEC TALK.

CINCINNATI, May president
Taft passed through here this after
noon on his way pack to Washington.
lie is due in the capital early tomor-
row morning and already has indicated
his purpose of devoting Friday and
Saturday to important conferences re-
garding the railroad bill.
That Mr.. Taft has been in touch with
the situation to the limited extent of
telegraphic and long-distance telephone
communication, n that he is heartily
i'll sympathy with the aggressive atti-
tude of the Regular Republicans in the
Senate in casting aside all further at
tenpts to win back to the party mea-
sure the support of the more radical
Insurgents there can be no doubt that
the President himself may adopt the
policy announced at the Senate con-
ference presided over by Senator AID
rich yesterday.
Mr., Taft is contemplating making a
speech at Passaic, N. J.. next Monday
evening, If he finds the situation in
Washington what he thinks 1t to be,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-05
G. c. MINZESHEIMER
DIES OF

DEAL, May 5.-Clarence Charles
MinZesheimer, head of the Stock Ex-
change firm Of Charles Minzesheimer &
Co, of "a Broad street, died last night
at the st. Regis Hotel, New York, of
gall stones on April % and it was dis
covered that he vas suffering from ap-
pendicitis. He stood the operations
well and was thought to be on the
road to recovery until pneumonia set in.
Mr.. Minzesheimer was born in New
York As years ago and entered his
fathers firm, of which he became the
head at the elder Mr.. Minzesheimer's
retirement ten years ago He had been
a member of the Stock Exchange since
1891. AT his summer home at Elberon
he had a large stock farm and had
successfully exhibited his horses in
Jersey fairs, especially the Monmouth
Beach fair.
He leaves a widow, who vas Miss
Blanche ~Sternberger, of New York. and
to whom he was married in 1895, and
one son, Charles. His father and
mother, who are living at Is East
Sixty-fourth street, New York, cele-
brated their golden wedding at their
country home here on September 10,
1908. He has a brother in Los Angeles
and three sisters in New York.
Mr.. Minzesheimer was n of the
original guarantors of the United He
brew Charities of New York and was
associated with the Montefiore Home
and other charities.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-05

that will disclose to the country a
number of facts and incidents that the
chief executive has heretofore kept to
himself. The President has repeatedly
expressed himself as being willing to
stand criticism for apparent inaction
and lack of vigorous methods in deal
ing with Congress SO long as he felt
this policy would accomplish some
good in the end
So If he finds as a result of his m
ferences in Washington that there Is
still a fair prospect of securing SOME
progressive legislation in the railroad
bill he may not adopt the weapon Of
publicity so effectively used by Mr..
Roosevelt. On the other hand, If the
President ind that the attitude of the
insurgents Is such that the whole rail-
road bill is likely to fail or to be put
up to him in such shape that a veto
will be the only action he can take upon
it. he undoubtedly will take advantage
of the opportunity at Passaic to let
the country know just where matters
stand.