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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15
FAMOIJS MURDER TRIAL
COMES TO A CLOSE
v,NcHeN is ACQUITTED BY
~ue JURY AT ANTE CITY"
verdict Was Received With
'"' ,ixed Feelings in Tansipahoa
Parish.

~ T;rohnn was de- |
Amite ClI! .ot o,iltv of con-
clared by the July tb mo- RTelands, The
spiracy to muIupl NJ, MINUTES and took
jury was out u
only one Da'lo'. rocoivnd as would |
The VeFo5ct ,,,h %"T two factions exist.
6e expected, "n nondomned as an out
II ID oro hand, and praised on the
other. ,,,nn tbo foreman of the
H. l., Ma w nav ! A. TinsIey, D. A.
jury; j. W. n D%'' Eli Blades all said
Dandleson anu l1 "t hoIiovo the story
that they WouIo H. ,oDotto and the
told by "a''el - s,ol Mr. Hilburn
states case ie, ,orant man could be-
said only an ans ,5"s storv.
leve EEeEetIe h 1, nrosided told the
Judge EltlS' W ~ ,,I,rovo of the yer.
jury he ala luz "oS UoI, arrived at your
dict. i Deile, ,. soid Indigo Ellis,
verdict no"e , sroo, NV oninion."
"but 1t ollletS ~, w. rordict was given,
AS So0H 90 hoId on three charges,
Kinchen was . .Ie ~ en- zoo He IS
and his Dan ,-, li nS;ua accessory to the
charged WIZ O pno1ord and Mrs, Joe
murder OF n MIS-, p IN Zach Of these was
Everette' p "oN uo is held in $500
fixed al %V'J Doro storey a. deputy
for cu''ins O
sheFll' .,.,o, wroatbed in smiles,
pen ~. :. an honest verdict, for l
said; II - g."
am not suii<'' srood him" said Wal
"Iney nave "and all that I can say
ter hHet0' t,4;tad 70 nothing but the
IS .h"' Evorptte saws he will bother
truth E'e,. we're 4bot tho first man that
no peISo Ill.,, will he killed. Much ex
to'HelS I'M ona;1s here hut no trou
cltemeh' paS.[ ond none is looked
Die h%s 49, tna weeks the Jury hac
for fof wv ,orr witness the state
Fsteneu ~ 0rs roancod and no Jury
and defense p o,osor than this one.
ever lo'e 90 which Rem Kinchel
Inc oilea'o - wae one Of the mos
was acV"'eu ~ ,1oodtbirstv the stat
repulSi'0 o., anu u was on the nigh
mas ever no 90 1000 that J. 0. Bre
OF January sa and Mrs Joseph E,
land MS Ilt1 we're shot t
eretee' d 0'0 po~,.i51o manner on tn
Gea,n N M. noar Tickfaw 1t wa
PUBIC ioau .ho o a+o+o that this Grim
eIaiseu W ,n9 ~ Hvorv Blount an
was oV,"" Ilsnohon = brother of tn
Vaiiieiu p,onn+ bas heen tried an
o,a rorfiold has never bee
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15
Col, r, H. Lindsay Dies Suddenly

Baton Rouge.-Col. R. H. Lindsay
who commanded the Sixteenth Louis
lana Infantry, Army Of Tennessee
during the Civil war, died suddenly
at his room in a hotel here as a re-
suit of acute Indigestion aged %
wears, His home was in Shreveport
and he had come here to attend a
meeting of the state pension board
of which he was a member.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15
Means Death for kidnapers.

Baton Rouge.-Kidnaping is to De
made a capital offense in louisiana
both principals and accompllces be.
ing held culpable for the intllctlon Oh
the death penalty. A measure to thlS
effect was passed almost unanimous
" in the house, and it is stated that
no real opposition will develop
against the bill in the senate.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15
M,rv in Federal Employ.

Washington-There were zo's4'
,orsons in the federal employ In WASH
ington on July l last; the annual pay
roll for them is $31,54l,225' an aver
age of nearly $1,lO0
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15
Hereditary Power.

Hoax-Poor old Henpeck has to
mind the baby.
Joax-Yes, it's wonderful how that
bahv takes after It's mother.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15
RooseveIt,s Southern Trip.

New Observation-Disclosures were
passed by the Mercantile Club of New
Orleans inviting former President
Roosevelt to visit this city October
10.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15

A woman can get more by her
Weakness than a man can by MS
strength.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15
Ten Years for Burslarizing a House

Cornelius Martin, a ne
GRO who entered the residence Oh
Iudge Charles O'Neill and stole Jew
elrv and clothing, was sentenced 10
10 wears in the penitentiary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-21
National Fire Insurance Absorbs
Topeka Organization.
Oldest Corporation of It's Kind
in the State.
GIVES WESTERN INLET
Present Office Probably Will Be
Maintained Here.
Force of Officers and Field Men
May Be Kept.

A deal was completed today whereby
the National Fire Insurance company
| of Hartford, Conn.,, absorbed the Shaw
nee Fire Insurance company of To-
peka, which was capitalized for $780,
OOO
THE fattering proposition made by
the big eastern company" said J. W.
Going, vice president and manager of
| the Shawnee company, received the
unanimous approval of the officers and
| the stockholders of the company
THE National Fire Insurance COM
pany wanted a plant in the west and
! it is likely that the present Office will
| be maintained with its force of Off
GERS and field men.
THE transaction does not include the
sale of the building which will remain
the property of the stockholders
THE National Fire Insurance com
pany of Hartford is one of the largest
companies in the United States and
will give more prominence to the in
surance business in Topeka than it has
been given before.
1.-The assets of the local company have
been examined and passed upon by
Robert Stone who says in his written
report that it is the finest lot of assets
| he ever has seem"
1.-The business has been sold,'' said
John r. Mulvane, president of the
Bank Oh 1Op0kd. ne OuSIueSS Oh the
country has grown to such an extent
that a company ought to have a capi
talization of a million dollars. The
| Shawnee Fire Insurance company has
been doing an excellent business
Joab Mulvane was president of the
| Shawnee company, n. s. Morgan, sec
retary and John r. Mulvane, treas
urer.
| The Shawnee Fire Insurance COM
pany was the first corporation of it's
kind established in Kansas, having
| been founded in 1882.
The growth of the company has been
rapid, the admitted assets increasing
from $37S,S13 in 1900 to 81, ,460, ,457 in 1870
| The reinsurance reserve according to
| the Arus Insurance chart for 1910 to-
tails 1858, ,145; the gross liabilities ST.
267, ,473; the surplus as to policyholders
$685., ,9S4; the net surplus 1892, ,984; the
amount at risk, $140.15T6S9.
According to Mr.. Going the Shawnee
company has paid Is per cent divi-
dapd
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-21

hidden springs of inspiration which
gush forth in torrents of 'uplift' pa
triotism from these self appointed
moralists, and I shall heartily enjoy
using the 'searchlight' when the prop
er times comes"
The secretary asserted the efficiency
of the interior department was never
greater than today and continued:
Il have no apologies to make to the
American people for any act during
my public career or in any private ca
pacity. Standing securely upon my
conscious rectitude, defy all my crit
les and all my enemies and with the
deliberate purpose of fighting out the
battle to the end 1 propose to admin
ister the interior department within
the constitution and the law as I con-
ceive it to be under my oath of office.
Perhaps unfortunately for me but
fortunately for the American people
I have been the instrument through
which the efforts of certain overzeal-
Gus persons have been thwarted in an
attempt to convert the public domain
into a great national preserve and to
destroy the opportunities of the west
for the useful, and just development
of it's resources. While I earnestly
believe in the conservation of our
natural resources 1 believe in the ex-
ercise of sanity in regard to this as
well as every virtue that the human
race should ~Zercise, such as patriot
ism, religion, and civic virtue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-21
Speaker Cannon, Who Today Accepted
His Twentieth Nomination to Con-
QreSS.

to how we are to raise one billion dol
lars year for the expenses of the va
rious functions that have been put up
on the federal treasury.
1.-The minority party in congress al
ways indulges in talk about economy,
but it votes for the largest appropria-
tions. There are now in committee of
the house bills introduced by Demo-
Gratis alone which would call for ap-
preparation to nearly $50, 100000 more
than was appropriated.
Stand for Fifty Years.
1.-The tariff contest today is just
what it has been for fifty years-a
contest between protection and free
trade. We now have in command of
the Democrats in the house a man
who has never attempted to dodge or
explain away the Democrat position.
Champ Clark announced himself a
free trader from the sole of my foot
to the crown of my head as he ex-
pressed it when he came to congress,
and he has been consistent in that
declaration throughout his public SER
vice.
with Mr.. Clark as the Democratic
leader of those who are dissatisfied
with the Payne tariff law, there ought
to be no misunderstanding as to what
the contest means. 1t is progressive
only toward free trade; it is reaction
ary as to all the progress we have
made under protection in the last
half century.
1.-The agitation for another tariff re-
vision, or another attempted revolu-
ton in our revenue policy, is just as
dangerous to the welfare of the whole
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-21
new HARRY BONE SOTRY.
RumOr That Curtis Would SheIve Dis
trict Attorney Denied.

AS regards Senator Curtis recent
visit with President Taft at Beverly
many stories are being circulated in
connection with the matter of the
Kansas federal patronage
One of these is to the effect that
Curtis went to propose to the presi-
dent to divide the federal patronage
that Harry Bones appointment as
district attorney, now before the SEN
ate for confirmation, is to be revoked
for political reasons and a progressive
to be named for the place by Bristow.
These sound like pipe dreams. The
senator has not yet returned from the
east so it is impossible to get a state
ment from him regarding the real
import of his visit to Beverly, but
to Curtis as any man politically, when
seen today declared that the senator's
visit with Taft had nothing whatever
to do with patronage, but rather had
to deal with routine department mat
ters.
II talked with Senator Curtis about
his trip the day before he left" said
Judge Slonecker today, land he told
me that there was nothing important
or out of the ordinary in connection
with it. He said that it had to do
with routine department matters.
am convinced that these stories are
without any foundations at all. The
Harry Bone story is especially ridi-
culous. His reappojltment was made
as much on his splendid record as any
other one thing. The president would
never withdraw an appointment now
before the senate for anything short
of a serious trouble in the appoinfee's
office. All these stories sound silly to
me-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-21

Republic. Ideal September weather ia
vored the old soldiers.
Forty-four states in the Union they
helped to preserve were represented in
the procession and while the parade
was not as large as those of other
years, there was no end of enthusiasm
as the aging veterans marched past.
The spectacle was a stirring one. EV-
cry building along the line of march
was literally hidden beneath the draped
national cOlors and the sidewalks were
maSsed with people whose interest did
not cease until the last of the line had
passed. Near the end of the route the
battle-scarred remnants of once
great army were reviewed by COmman-
der-in-chief Samuel r. Van SAINT.
On one side of him, on the review
ing stand, stood the vice president of
the United States and on the other was
Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles, u.
S. A, retired. They were in the posi-
tion of honor on a grandstand at Park
place near the famous board walk so
placed that they could get a splendid
view of the parade coming and going.
Vice President Sherman There
Vice President Sherman arrived as
the parade was forming. He was met
by reception committee composed of
local citizens and representatives of the
G. A. r. The Morris guards, an inde-
pendent military company of Atlantic
City, acted as his guard of honor while
he remained. At the time of the vice
presidents arrival there was a big
station and he was given a hearty
welcome. The parade formed at North
Carolina and Pacific avenues.
The route was comparatively short
one, it having been deemed unwise to
subject the old soldiers to any more
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-21
people as was that of 1894, when the
Wilson tariff was enacted
PAYNE Law Needs No Defense.


'I have no defense to make of the
Payne law. for it needs none. 1t is
the enactment of the pledges made by
the Republican national convention of
1908. 1t is in keeping with the policy
of protection which the Republican
party has maintained as the correct
revenue policy ever since the election
of Abraham Lincoln; in fact, 1T is in
harmony with the very first revenue
legislation of the first congress under
the administration of Washington
That policy is to protect the American
producer from the unequal competi-
tion of the foreign producer. in order
that we may keep our labor on
higher plane than is the labor of Eu-
rope, Asia and the islands of the sea.
1.-THE credit of a nation can be ex-
hausted as is that of an individual.
While talking about conservation.
would not it be well to see that our
credit is conserved. We must pay as
we go.
MANY talk of economy, but they are
general, not specific in their state
ments. We have got beyond the spec
ulative stage of this question. 1t is now
intensely practical, or will be after the
| first of November. if congress is
elected commissioned to go back to
the reactionary policy of 1894, with
the business conditions of today.
Is Not a jeremiah.
"I am not a jeremiah. for 1 have
faith in the good sense of the people
even when advised by those who are
peddling novelties in governmental
policies-to keep abreast of this age
of publicity.
my notion about progress is that
it should be a movement forward. not
simply a loud noise about the necessity
for the movement nor an extravagant
promise to accelerate the movement If
given control of the machine. l have
seen men who promised to get so miles
out of an engine that had been max
ing only 80 miles an hour if they
could only get hold of the lever, and 1
have seen some of them in their ig-
norance reverse the engine, sending 1T
backward.
'I may be little old fashioned in
such matters. but 1 prefer demon
stration to a declaration, and our
friends the enemy, who are demand
ing another tariff revision to bring into
effect revenue tariff in place of the
protective tariff look to me like reac-
tionaries who would reverse the engine
and go back over this phenomenal half
century of progress to the old order
before the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-21
ODD FELLOWS IN SESSION
Fifteen Thousand Gather for Annual
Meeting at Atlanta.

Atlanta, Sept. 21-For about $4,000
Odd Fellows. Patriarchs Militant. Re
bekahs and state delegations all roads
today lead to Atlanta, where interest
centers in the pageant scheduled over
the city's principal streets this after
noon. The days program ends with a
ball tonight for the visiting Odd Eel
lows. A parade will be participated in
by every Odd Fellow and Rebekah at
tending the eighty-sixth session of the
Sovereign Grand Lodge which began
here tOday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-21
HODGES IS SICK.
Democratic Candidate Compelled to
Cancel Dates.

Senator George Hodges, Democratic
candidate for governor, had to give up
his speaking tour this week on account
of throat trouble and go to Eureka
Springs for few days rest. He is
much better today and will leave that
resort Thursday night and fill his date
in Marshall Friday and at Washing
ton Saturday. Next Monday he will
open the week in Clark county.
T. F. Morrison of Erie. candidate
for attorney general, is filling Senator
Hodges dates in Doniphan, Brown and
Nemaha counties this week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-21
Uncle Joe Cannon Accepts His
Goth Nomination.
Tariff the Only Issue That He
Recognizes.
NEEDS NO DEFENSE.
Payne Law Will Stand ON It's
Own Bottom.
Only Question One OF Free Trade
and Protection.

Danville, ILL.,. Sept. 21.-Speal<er Jo-
seph G. Cannon in accepting his twen-
tieth nomination for congress today
said the present tariff needed no de-
tense and declared agitation for its re-
vision dangerous to the welfare of the
country. He said in part:
This is to be campaign for the
serious consideration of the one ma
tional policy which touches every man
in the country. That is the policy as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-21
NOW YOU LOOK OUT
Ballinger Says That He Will
Show Up Traducers.
Public Entitled tOKnOw" Hidden
Springs of Inspiration"

Denver, Sept. 21.-"When get foot
loose from public office intend to de-
vote a part of my time to giving to
the American people some idea of the
purity of the lives of my traducers,' -
said Secretary of the Interior Richard
Ballinger, this afternoon at a ban
quet given in his honor by the Denver
chamber of commerce and the real
estate exchange.
The public is entitled to know the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-21
Notre Dame Quarterback Is Out.

Notre Dame, Ind, Sept. 21.-The de-
cision of the faculty athletic board in
the case of Don Hamilton. Notre Dame
quarterback on last years football
team, who was charged with playing
professional baseball with the Louis
vile team in the summer, has been
made public. The faculty board decid-
ed that there were sufficient grounds
to the charges to disqualify Hamilton
and he will not be allowed to play.
This added loss is a severe blow to
Notre Danes hopes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-21
G. A. r. Members TOttering But
ResOlute Pass in Review.
Sad Story Of Their Diminishing
Numbers Told by Parade.
SHERMAN is PRESENT.
Vice President and General
Miles as Reviewing officers.
Nearly All the States Are Rep.
resented There.

Atlantic City, Sept. 21-Once again
the Boys in Blue passed in review of
their commander-in-chief. With steps
not so springy as they once were but
with the same old spirit, they marched
the broad avenues of this city by the
sea today and were acclaimed by great
crowds of people who came to see the
big feature of the forty-fourth annual
encampment of the Grand Army of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-21
TAFT UN RVEkS.
President Discusses Improve
mentS in the Ohio.
Will Cost So Millions to Do
Work Planned.
MAY REDUCE FREIGHT
Believes That will Be Result OF
improvements.
DeplOres the SelfiShnesS in Ask
ing for Appropriation.
Days Of the Pork Barrel Should
Be Numbered.
MAY REDUCE FREIGHT

Cincinnati, Sept. 21.-Refreshed by a
good nights sleep President Taft
early today began receiving calls from
personal friends with whom he had
been intimate during his residence here.
There was no hint of politics in any
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-21
E,ndless chain Man to Prison.

Enid, Ok, Sept. &c. l. Jackson
who was convicted here last Saturday
of using the mails to defraud, has been
sentenced to serve two years in the
federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan.
and pay fine of $1,000. jackson was
the promoter of scheme for disposing
of the Little Crater oil burner by an
endless chain plan. He is said to have
become rich at 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-21
BREAKS HIS HEAD.
Aviator Barnes Gets Fall at Folke-
stone Today.

Folkestone, Eng, Sept. ELEVATOR
Barnes, an Englishman, fell from a
height of fifty feet and fractured his
skull while participating with Moissant
and others in an aviation meeting here
today.
All of the air men were troubled by
a high wind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-21
Present Weather to Continue.

Weather generally fair though pos
sibly warmer tonight is the prediction
at the Topeka weather bureau today.
The conditions as forecasted will not
change materially tomorrow. Though
clouds may threaten no rain is expect
ed. The wind is blowing eight miles
an hour from the. east at two o'clock.
Hourly temDerafrIraS-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-21
WOLGAST IS MATCHED.
Will Meet Tommy Garry for Ten
Rounds In Wisconsin.

Chicago. Sept. 21.-Ad Wolgast.
lightweight champion, was matched
last night to meet Tommy Garry of
Chicago, in a ten round bout Septem-
ber 29, at Fond du Lac, Wis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-21
Cholera Appears at KOBE.

Washington, Sept. 21.-Cholera has
appeared at Kobe. Japan. according to
a cable report to the state department
from Percival Gassett, vice consul at
that place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-21
Weather Indications.

Chicago, Sept. 21.-Forecast for Kan
sas generally fair tonight and Thurs
day; warmer tonight in north portion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-21

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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-02-17

notoriety a few years ago that
proved amusing after it was over.
Miss Ida Tarbel. magazine writer.
stated that William Rockefeller,
father of John d. Rockefeller. was
living under an assumed name in
obscurity in Iowa, and the Chicago
papers undertook to find him. They
got clue that the old man was liv-
ing near Shenandoh, and reporters
were sent here from Chicago to hunt
him up. There was no one here of
the right age to fill the description
except Uncle John PhipDs, and for
two or three days they labored with
the problem of proving that Phipps
and Rockefeller were the same per-
on. They drove to his home before
daylight and pestered the old gentle.
man with questions by the hundred,
trying to get him to admit that he
was William Rockefeller, but the
clew was a false one. There has
never been any reason to think that
Mr.. Phipps is other than he repre-.
sents himself to be.
F'or thirty years he has lived i'm
the community, modest. Industrious
Kind TO neighbors and friends, with
some peculiarities, but withal a good
citizen.
May he and his twin brother live
two more years and round out the
century is the wish of all who know
them.