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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
tiary and Charles Stewart-who COM
posed the city finance committee.
Where the Money Went.
[oney Went.

The following table. compiled from the
grand jury's latest reports on the status
of graft shows where the $1o2, 500 was
ri fead
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26

The item family of VIM. Martin"
relates to a sum which was set apart
by councilmen for the care of the fam
lily of former Councilman Martin while
he was in the penitentiary. Martin was
convicted in another graft case and
served his term
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26

Items for the East Topeka column may
De telephoned to Ind. Phone 1751.1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
THREE ARE KILLED
 IN AN EXPLOSION

Bloomington, H.. January 1o.--Th rec persons were killed and four seriously injured in an explosion which wrecked the gas plant of the Union Gas and Electric company today. Portions of the building were carried for blocks and windows were broken over the west side of the city.
 The dead:
 Thomas Kruegcr.
 George Eddy.
 l.. Losader.
 The seriously injured: Guy veach. J. Finley, Burr Reynolds, H. Wellman. The city Is without gas tonight and will be for seevral days.
 The building caught on fire after the explosion and the firemen and police had a hard fight to reach the dead and injured.
 The loss is estimated at $5o,0o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
State University Closed.

Columbus, O., January 10.-Ohio State university was compelled to close to- day in all departments except one Be- cause of the cold weather and the lack of coal to keep the furnaces going. Two thousand staudents are thus ex- cused from their recitations. Reports from central Ohio today show that stock not sheltered are suffering from the cold. There was a heavy fog early today and this froze on the stock Tn @ weather throughout this section is tn e coldest of the season with one excep- ton, the weather bureau reporting 3 below zero today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
RAILROADS LOSE IN
 SUPREME COURT Decision Given on Distribution
 of Coal, Cars COMMISSION IS UPHELD In the Decision It Is Held That Cars Must Be Distributed In the Inter est of the Independent Coal
 Companies.

Washington, January 10.-The su-
 preme court of the United States today
 decided the case of the United States
 vs. the Illinois Central and other rail-
 road companies doing business in the
 Illinois coaling district in favor of the
 government. The case involved the
 right of the interstate commerce con-
 mission to direct the distribution of
 cars in the interest of indepdenf coal
 companies and the power of the inter
 state commerce commission was upheld
 fin sweeping decision which was de-
 livered by Justice White. In effect the
 court held that the fuel cars of other
 companies were to be counted in the
 quota of each particular mine.
 The decision is regarded by the gov ernment as most important in that it
 upholds the powers of the commission and 1t is exepcted to have an inpor- to be heard by the court.
 Tn announcing tho decision of the
 court, Justice White considered two ob :. jections to the delegation of power to the commission; the first being that no such delegation has been made by the interstate commerce law in the matter of the distribution of company fuel cars as means of prohibiting unjust preferences and undue discrimination,
 and the second, that even if such pow CT should be delegated the order en-
 joined by the court below was beyond the authority conferrd1 by the law. The first objection, he said, rested upon the erroneous assumption that commerce, in the constitutional sense, embraced only shipment in a technical sense. and did not therefore extend to carriers engaged in interstate com merce.
 Instruments of Commerce. "It may not be known" he said, that the equipment of a railroad company engaged in interstate commerce in-
 ciuded in which are its coal cars, are instruments of such commerce From this it necessarily follows that such cars embraced within the governmental power of regulation, which extends, in time of car shortage, to compelling just and equitable distribution and the pre- vention of an unjust and discrimina- tory one."
 sOf the second contention, Justice White said: "The construction which the interstate commerce act had ne- cessiated and the remedial character | of the amendment adopted in 1906 all served to establish the want of merit | in the contention. In addition, to adopt 1t would require us to hold that l congress. in snlarging the power of tho ] oouaunission ever ratAA hnl e AsAstnf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
Lawson Wants to Buy Tobacco.

Lexington, ky, January 1O.--Thomas W. Lawson of Boston arrived here to- day to confer with the officers of the Burley Tobacco society with view to purchasing the entire pooled crop or the organization, 1ls,o0o,00o pounds. He Is said to have offered 20 cents a pound and stands ready to bind his contract with a check for t2,o0o,000. He Is understood to represent a Boston syndicate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
TREES

to dispose of stock which they now own in competing lines, and where carrier now owns a majority of the stock of a parallel line it may be permitted to pur- chase the balance of the stock. and if carrier Is now operating competing line under a 25-year or longer lease. 1t may purchase such road at the expira- ton of the lease.
 The bill will be presented to the Sem ate tomorrow by Senator Elkins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
Crops In Louisiana,

Baton Rouge, La, January IDA rel port of the Louisiana department of ag- riculture made public today gives the yields of principal crops in the state for the year 1909 as follows: Cotton, 266,o2s bales: corn, so,746.125 bushels; sugar, 6e4,86S,050 pounds; molassss. 436,392 barrels; rice, 4e4,45s,S30 pounds: sweet potatoes, 3,371,7b0 bushels; Irish potatoes. 1,3s8,826 bushels;. peanuts, 96,150 bushels; oranges, 141,700 boxes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
British to Remain Neutral.

London, January 10.-The officers of the British warships now in Central Amarican waters. including the command CT of the cruiser scylla, have been in structed by the government to observe the striotest neutrality toward affairs in Nicaragua. Accordingly the foreign of foe places no reliance upon reports cabled here from New York to the effect that British officers have been inter- fering with the revolution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
COOPER CASE TO
 BE HEARD SOON

Nashville, Tenn. January 10.-The case of the state against Col Duncan B. Cooper and his son, Robin Cooper, con sacted in the lower court of the murder of Senator E. W. Carmaclx. will probably come up before the supreme court the latter part of next week. The men were sentenced to 20 years in the peniten- { 10
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
StIrI Fast on Reef.

Kingston. Jamaica, January 1o0The Hamburg-American steamer Pr1nz JoeSt,im was still fast today upon the reef. where she stuck on going out Of the harbor yesterday. The passengers remain on board.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
Life Lost in Fire.

Cincinnati January 10.--Whliam Ber- ger, proprietor of restaurant. was burned and a score of other tenants had narrow escapes from fire h the three-story building at the southeast corner of Eighth and walnut streets early today quick work by the police and fremen saved the tenants. Loss small.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
Three Men Blown to Pieces.

Rtcs Lake, Wis, January 1o.-Three men, who tried to thaw some dynamite in a pan near a stove, were blown to pieces. The dead are Sam Anderson, ]. Salisbury and George Cummings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE PROMO ouinine Tab lets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. H. W. GROVES signature is on each box 25c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

ssoo.0c0. To do this it has cost about sio,ooo, or less than per cent. When 1t is feaAized that about s500,000 of this was new trade, the value of the work oi the league may be appreciated.
 Cooperative, oet-Toeether Spirit.
 Probably one of the best, if least tangible. results of the work of the league is the cooperative, get-togeth- CT spirit which has been engendered among the business men of the city. With this spirit "Ths Birmingham Spir- it continued, as it must, nothing is Impossible in our future trade develop ment- We are just on the eve of return Ing prosperity. The warm glow of re- neWed business activity is spreading over the commercial field. No city in the entire country has a more pride stirring past than ours, the Magic City" of the south. No city has brighter future than ours if we choose to make 1t so. There must be no loiter- ing by the way or time wasted in com plaisant satisfaction of what has been accomplished. We cannot rest on our oars. Our growth to a city of twice the present population within the next lb or 20 years is almost as certain as destiny itself. Tn that prowth we, as merchants bankers, or as men inter ested in other lines of business must pull together and bend every energy to do our part
 AS the building of the Panama canal hears completion there will be re- arrangement of transportation routes with the important gulf ports as deep water terminal points, and the rich trade of Central and South America and fhe Orient as the object. Nature has arranged for this in advance. with down grade from the interior of this section to the gulf, favoring the natural swing of commerce of vast territory. The strategic location of Bir minSham to become the most important industrial and trade center of the en- tire south is apparent without any pro phetio vision. It behooves us, as rep resenting the trade interests of this community, and through 1t the future trade interests Of a large portion of this great country, to keep pace with the times.
 Our success as an organization in promoting trade and advertising our city has already attracted attention from other older and larger trade cen ters. and the fiat has gone forth that Birmingham Is coming into its own, and from now on must be considered as a trade center of a steadily increas- ing territory. It rests with us not only as an organization to keep the pace that has been set by your officers and directors during the past year.
 We must, however, be careful to con tinue the work of the Business Mems league along the lines originally in- tended, gro brig more trade to Bir- mingham;" in this will be our greatest work as an organization and our great est usefulness to ourselves and our community.
 The appended statement shows in detail the receipts and disbursements during the past year, with other information which it is thought properly belongs in this, our first, annual report,
 RECEIPTS.
 Regular subscriptions ....... =. s12.o5s.50 Returned from State fair .... 1,225. %
 s1s,2s1.so
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11
{, AN INVITATION.

The Courthouse Cafe, Joe c. .Savares proprietor invites the people of Birming- ham and visitors to the city to try its ex- cellent cuisine. It Is a place where ev- erything is neat and the fare is the best that the market affords and the service is good and all at reasonable prices. Ladies and children will receive the very best of attention. There are no gilded walls. nor marble front. but the Cafe gives everyone full satisfaction for their money.
 The place is POS North Twenty-first street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

Listings for the new Bell telephone directory close soon. Changes and corrections should be made now. Become 8 sub- scriber today and get your name in the new book. Call Contract Department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-11

Respectfully submitted.
 FRANK P. CHAFFEE, Secretary.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22

wrong?
If YOU democrat, do you allow the democrats to-
lead You by the matter how rocky the democratic
road?
Shall you forever and forever follow Billy Buck?
Won't you learn that Billy Buck is getting in
the way of railroad trains. falling precpices?
1ou do not need to fear Billy Buck if he has curl
ing horns and aggressive bangs. You do not fear him.
But for some which remains to be explained by
wise yet to earth, you have natural ten
dency to remain one of Billy Bucks soldiers always in
the rear rank always doing what he says.
1t takes courage to break away from Billy Buck. You
will be called all sorts Of unpleasant things people will
insuate that you are crazy, that you have sinister
path you can't stand it to be criticized and isunder
stood your place to be trottng along toward the Jump
ing off place. behind Billy Buck.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22
FOR A BETTER SPOKANE

Forced by public protest against slow action, the city
government will hasten the work of checking the
the petition asking for the special election to select
fifteen freeholders to draw up the proposed commission
form of charter The report the petition will be sub
mitted to the council at next Tuesdays meeting.
Nothing in the future is certain than that the
mission form of government will be adopted by the city
of Spokane Wherever it has been adopted it has been
success and great big success at that Tacoma which
is having it's first experience of the De Moines form of
government is delighted with it. San Diego California
has had the commission form for two years. and
would not go back to the anquated style of city govern
ment for anything.
Mayor Sede the socialist executive of Milwaukee, says
that the commission plan is captaisc Corporation at
orneys and big local interests in Spokane claim that it is
socstic The truth is that neither the one the
other It is strictly business way of running city The
municipality is conducted just big private business
is conducted.
The charter revision movement is campaign to create
better Spokane and that is the thing most needed
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22
A COSTLY FARE,

Uncle Joe" Cannon, in a recent
political argument, said
That excuse is not good enough.
1t reminds me of a Danville bar
tender.
This bartender came to work
in a Danville bar, and as soon as
he arrived the receipts began to
diminish. The boss, at the end of
the week. said seriously to the
newcomer:
Look here, do you take money
out of the till?
"'Oh, no, sir" said the barten-
der. No, indeed, SIR"
Now said the boss. you must
be taking money. l know it,
"'Well, of course, SIR, said the
bartender, 4 take out my carfare
every night
"'Oh, you do, eh?' said the boss.
And where do you live? San
rancisco?"-Minneapolis Journal.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22

Ii Billy Buck takes a no
ton to run straight ahead
and tumble over a canyons
edge and fall seven hundred
feet to sure death on the in
evitable rocks below, Billy
Bucks flock, in stupidity
and folly, also fall over the
precipice and die on the
rocks below, to have their
carcasses devoured by coy
Otes and lobo- wolves.
Are you sheep?
Do you follow the horri-
bic, depressing, unprogress-
i've, deadening, stultifying
thing called precedent?
If you are a republican,
do you follow the republic
ans no matter how well YOU
know that the republicans
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22
"oUEER POSTAL RULES"

Editor The Press: ] moved on
May /. | left word with the local
branch of the postoffice to change
the address OF my mail. A news
paper was sent to my old address.
BY queer postal rules any letters
may be forwarded, but papers, etc,
must be held up until extra post
age is paid. A card was sent me
to this effect. BY these rules I
had to put ! cent stamp into an
with the card. put q 2
can't stamp on the envelope. ad-
dress and mail II. Thus. II cost
me . cents. an envelope and much
bother TO secure a newspaper that
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22
Horoscope
1.-THE stars incline, but do not
compel"

compel"
THURSDAY, JUNE %, 1910.
Let calm reflection sway
Thy plan and mind this day.
Saturn and Jupiter rule this
day making configuration
that is held to be good for fl
nancial matters an dbusiness
ventures.
The signs that rule are IA
vorabIe for drawing forth the
best results from calm reason.
ing, reflection and study.
They will benefit today who
tolerate the opinions Of others
and seek to ascertain the ad-
vantages of proposed measures
rather than to dismiss any
thing that does not accord
with their own ideas.
The Influence is said by as
trologers not to contribute to
success unless the principles
and desires underlying the &C.
tons of the day are very sound
and correct, and based on right
motives.
While the day demands
close calculation and cool
judgment, it is not day bene-
fitting those who are selfish or
strive for their own mercenary
interests to the exclusion of
those Of others.
Over-critical and exacting
disposition often are extraor-
dinariIy fretfuI and excessive
in their demands under as
poets like today's.
In business the sign is es-
peciaIIy favorable for opening
enw establishments or remov-
ing, enIaraing and renovating.
The time should be lucky for
those who enter new positions
or undertake new duties.
Chance will prove very var
liable in speculative enter
prises begun in this rule Of
Saturn.
There is a very bright sign
on the earth and its products.
Real estate and building oper-
atons should benefit partic-
ularIy.
All whose business leads
them into anything concerned
with the country, crops, ami
mails, minerals, or metals,
should find the time auspic-
ious.
The aspects also favor all
who treat or prepare food
stuffs.
In the household the time
Shouid be good TOR baking ana
for engaging maids.
Conservative wealth is under
good signs.
Health also is under bene-
fetal auguries, but during this
day it will be we'll to be unus-
uaIly moderate in eating and
drinkink.
Persons with this brth-date
are still subjects of the cusp
of Gemini-Cancer, and are liza
bue to very complex motives
and impulses, suggesting that
the tweIve-month will require
clearness of ambition and
thought.
Children are born today un-
der stars that indicate bene-
fits to come from strangers.
The Cpokane Dress delivered Z
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22
HORSE AND CARRIAGE,

Editor The Press: A man
bought a horse and carriage pay
ing twice as much for the horse
as for the carriage. He sold them
both for 1862, receiving Is per
cent more for the horse and s
per cent more for the carriage
than they cost him. What did they
each cost, readers? A. BROWN.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22
IN THE GOOD OLD TIMES.

A Northerner sitting on the YER
anda of a SuOthern home was en-
raptured by the beauty of the
night. How wonderfully beauti-
full is the moonlight falling on the
water" he exclaimed. 1T is, in
deed" replied his dignified but
Southern hostess;
but ah. you should have seen
it before the Minneapolis
Journal.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22
POINTS

The council has decided hold another
Of eecroiers for streets in the business
going take these lights
the proposition introduced
discussing 1t to install four five
have the posts in time for the Dry Farming
fair and Apple Show
Soon will wondering comet
DO when it comes again. rs from
Candidates for parliament Hungary being
eggs Haven't they cold storage
Some people they than they
possibly
popular.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22
SINCE HE ASKED.

An English peer who visited
Scotland was at a dinner given
in his honor at a private residence.
A little daughter Of his host,
who was too well bred to stare,
but who eyed him convertly as the
occasion presented itself, finally
took courage to shyly remark:
And you are really and truly
an English lord?"
Yes" he answered, pleasantly,
really and truly"
Il have often thought I would
like to see an English lord" went
on the little maid, "and-and-"
And now you are satisfied at
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22

The principal exports Of vene-
zueIa are coffee, sugar, COCO, cotton,
indigo and fruits.
The Bank Of England has a cap
ital of $174.500,000, and a circulation
Of tl49, o00, 900.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22
BILLY BUCK

You know that Billy Buck goes, does the flock
60 That trait has made sheep the classic example of
stupidity Follow the LEADER is the sleeps sole claim
to fame.
If Billy Buck starts to the railroad track just in
front of express the whole heard follows. Billy Buck
is not left to suffer alone for his folly
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22
THE INSIDE" WHEELS.

Editor The Press: Which wheels
OF an automobile leave the ground
when 1t is making a short curve
at high speed? The outside or
the inside wheels. l.. G.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22

Those who work their way
through college" are praised as ex-
ceptions. Can it be that idling
through college is the rule?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22
MOST Anything
Josh Wise Says,
9TH man who invented
tn weddin' present ort also
ter hav' invented somethin'
we could trade it fer.''

There's DR.. L. o. Jones in JEFF
ierson, o. His patients ought to
feel uncomfortable every time they
see his shingle.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22

Mount Everest of the HimaIaya
range, in Tibet, is the highest noun
tain in the world. 1t is almost six
miles high.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22

To Cain belongs the notoriety Of
having killed fourth Of all the pso-
pie In the world, and with a single
blow.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22
THE DAYS GOOD STORIES

last he interrupted, laughingly.
"N-no,' replied the truthful
child, I'm not satisfied. I'm a
good deal disappointed. Scraps.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22

Railroad passenger rates vary in
England from two to six cents a
mile.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22

The air in your house cannot be
better than the outdoor ART is
usually much worse.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22
APPLY TO SUPREME COURT

Editor The Press: Where must
I apply in reference to changing
my name? l.. r.
kupaodg, -. mhmh NH NH NH
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22

was already postpaid What say
readers of such a rule as that?
M. J. HETHE.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22

Samuel Champlain, the founder of
Quebec, proposed a ship canal
across the isthmus Of Panama.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22
Fun
Facts
Fiction
Froth
Fads
Folly

The first instance of suicide re-
corded in the bible is that of Sam.
son. Saul also killed himself.
The death rate from tuberculosis
among the Chinese residents of the
United States is 65a.5 per 100000;
among Japanese 239; among the
white population 173.
Esther-Reggie said | was the
first girl he had ever kissed.
Geraldine-Yes, and doesn't he do
it delightfully."-? p.
Mary Hamilton, who was tried in
England in 1746, was charged with
marrying with her own sex to the
extent of having IA "wives."
The bible is about 10 times as
long as the average popular novel.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22

Clarence-Why don't you marry
Miss De Cute?
ChollN-Well, old chappy, I
thought some of that, but to tell the
truth, don't believe she can afford
me.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22
NED MERTON
= N e
TA0 r y
RERDE R
@ on.
BY FRED ScHHEFER.

Oh. the trials of thos who
use Polite and modern ac-
complishments. Yestereve [
practiced on the harpsi-
chord, evoking but indiffer-
ent melody. [ then discov-
cred that Nora, our help,
had put cold victuals in the
case, presuming it was an
ice box.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-22
THE PUBLIC SQUARE

Dedicated free everything except mere personal
quarreIs and family fights Otherwise what you
about 800 words and sign your