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Tombstone epitaph., 1910-06-19
PROBATE COURT

In the matter of tile estate Of Vii liam ~ortmsn, deceased. June P a, iOs m set for hearing petition ot 0 Gibson for letters Of Administration.
 h the matte. oi the estate of John Walker, deceased. ) II Mcclellan, Joe Larrieu and R Hsd:en appointed ap- prsisers.
 ID the matter of the estate ot Mike Schultz, deceased, John Larkner, George Hedges spd A II Talie sp- pointed appraisers,
 In tine matter of the estate of Her man Geraiep. dscessed, June 2 at 10 c. m,, set for bearing finsl accoun. Of Kate Gerwsin, eKecu,tix, and her petition for distribution of the rasi. due Of the estate.
 Iu the matter of tie estate Of Martha Lysl, deceased. sale by H E Dugan, sdministrator, to Joseph Ryan and Lillian NJ Ryan Of lo,s in Douglas for $l650, and to James B Moulton lots in Douglas for sl0so, confirmed and approved.
 In the matter of the estate and guardianship of W,lford \ and Emma E Jones, minors, June IS a. 10 &. m set for hearing petition of Frances E Jones, their mother. for letters of guardianship.
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WARREN ON TRIAL

The csses Of the territory vs Bob Warren, ct sl, the de,sndspts being charged with horse stealing. were called Tor trial this afternoon st l 30 o'clock, and . jury enpsnelled to try the case These charges promise 10 be hotly contested and . strong de fense IS looked for. Attorneys Allen K English and Lyman Hays gre se. socisted with the counsel for the de- fence
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ChamberIain's Cough Remedv
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Doings in District
 and Probate Courts

Csse No. 6025 fi ed in the district coGrt; Chss Saygol v. T J Spsuld . ing, transcript on appeal from justice of the peace court.
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CIVIL CASES

No. 602l Filed. John H Slaughter vs Lee Rsusey, action to quiet title to forty acres in south | of southeast quarter in section 3, township a3 &. R. 32 E.
 No. 6022 Filed. John H Slaughter ss J T Howard. Action to quiet title tO southwest I ot south-west l of section Sin township g s. R. 32E.
 No. COPS Filed. FIR Door Ys A W sInd SD sppes from justice of the peace court. T. recover $50 due on contract to purchase 250 shares of the 3 dger Hall Mining Co's stock.
 Ia the district courtcase No. 6O2i nled. John II Slaughter ys Amos fsy'o-. Marion Taylor and Rate Tay or to qniet title to sr lot SC l in sec i5, twp 24 s R g. F.
Tombstone epitaph., 1910-06-19

Io the matter Of the estate Of David Mitchell, deceased, June 2S at 10 4 m set tor hearing return upon ssle oi real estate and personal property.
 In the matter of the e-tsts oi Mary kinsey, deceased, " b K,rsey, exc cutor, authorized to execute s mort gage on Bisbee property.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-21
Striking Employees of Phila-
delphia Street Car Lines
Force the Company to Give Up
Attempt to Run.
TWO CARS AREBURNED
And 297 Damaged-2,6O8 Win.
doWs Are Broken.
Traffic Throughout the City Is
Resumed This Morning.

Philadelphia, Feb. 21.-Many acts
of violence characterized the strike of
street railway employees here today.
There was serious riot at Fifth
street and Lehigh avenue. Dynamite
was exploded under a car and it was
broken in half. There were no pas
sengers and previous to the dynamit-
ing the mob ordered the crew off the
car.
Police arrived quickly and with
drawn revolvers eowed the mob and
arrested several rioters.
Philadelphia, Pa. Feb. Elm spite
of yesterdays severe rioting, the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit company
started its early morning schedule this
morning without apparent Interrupt
tion. The first cars left the barns in
different sections of the city at 5 a. m,
2 hours after the service had been
discontinued Refreshed by their rest.
the motormen and conductors who had
slept in the barns on cots. manned the
cars protected by policemen on both
the front and rear platforms. Not a
missile was thrown. but on the early
morning trips the cars were not well
filled with passengers. Persons willing
to ride were deferred from doing SO
by fear of injury.
The strike leaders, Wearied by yes
terday's strenuous work. rested until
late this morning and no further
statements were given out at union
headquarters. Beyond the statement
that "all lines are in operation with
of the rapid transit company also de-
clined to comment on the situation.
Conspicuous on the lapels of the work
ing motormen and conductors was the
insignia of the keystone union, the
rival of the Amalgamated association,
of which the strikers are members.
One thousand men on the eligible
list for policemen and firemen were
sworn in yesterday and the city hall
this morning was the scene of great
activity among the police officials. who
We're preparing to swear in 5000 adj
ditional men at the first sign of fur
ther lawlessneSs.
Every one of the thousands of
bricks thrown yesterday said an Of
ficer of the company, "has merely
served to strengthen the determination
it possesses and to use every car it
owns, to operate it's system. There
will be no surrender"
National Organizer Pratt of the Car
mems union said:
"Our men are better organized and
better disciplined. than they were in the
last strike and they stand up like SOL
diers. If the company could not de-
feat our raw recruits last summer, it
will not break the ranks of our vet
erans.'
The company admits that about
1000 men refused to take out cars
yesterday. This statement is disputed
by the strike leaders, who declared
that more than 5000 are on strike
1t is said that 100 persons were in
jured yesterday, chiefly by stones or
other missiles. Few, however, were
seriously hurt
A statement issued by the company
says that In all 297 cars were damaged
during yesterdays disorders, two cars
were burned and one partly burned
and 2,60S car windows were broken
The company expects to keep in
operation today 1900 cars less than
the regular schedule.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-21
CLAY CLEMENT DEAD.
Well Known Actor Dies Following
Kansas City Engagement.

Kansas City. Mo-. Feb. 21-Clay
Clement, actor. dramatist and writer
of short stories. died suddenly at the
University hospital here at 1850 this
morning of uraemic poisoning.
Mr.. Clement finished a weeks engage
ment at local theater Saturday night
He had not been feeling well and de-
cided to remain here over Sunday.
During the night it was found neces-
sary to call a physician to the actors s
apartments at a hotel. He grew worse
rapidly and early today was seized with
convulsions. He then was hurried to
the hospital when the commissions con-
tinued. Soon he became unconscious
and died 20 minutes later.
Clay Clement was born in WOodford
county, ILL.,, December 81, 1863 After
graduating from the University of Chi
cago he read law in Chicago.
Clement became an actor in 1884, and
became successful playwright as we'll
as a star. His most notable produc-
tion was 1.-THE New Dominion" in
which he took the star part. Other
pieces produced by him We're "A South
ern Gentleman" and ping Pong" Mr..
Clement dramatized "In Hampton
Roads" and later, with John McGovern
and Jesse Edison he produced "Sam
Houston Clements last appearance on
the stage was Saturday as drain man"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-21
SUIT TO BE STOPPED.
Argument Has Been Reached in Etten-
son Will Case.

Liberty, Mo-, Feb. 21-The suit to
break the will of Henry Ettenson, the
millionaire merchant and landowner of
Excelsior Springs and Clay county, will
be dropped from the circuit court here
because of an agreement reached by the
attorneys for both sides. The property.
under the terms of the compromise. will
be divided equally among the heirs and
legatees. This compromise is the result
of a conference held in Chicago the lat
ter part of last week. Mr.. Ettenson's
sons want it understood that in this
agreement they still insist that any
compromise of their suit to break the
will of their father must provide that
it be declared void on account of the
state of his mind when he signed the
will They will contend that their
father was out of his right mind ever
since his separation from their mother.
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FOUR DAYS STORM
Does Great Damage Throughout the
United Kingdom.

London, Feb. 21.-Belated reports
of the storm which spent itself during
the night after having ragged intermit-
tently for four days, show damage in
many parts of the United Kingdom
In many places roofs were torn from
the houses, hundreds of trees blown
down and telegraph and telephone lines
laid low. In many districts telegraph
service was greatly delayed today. Ad-
vices from the Bay of Biscay indicate
that another cyclone is approaching
from across the Atlantic.
Several boatmen have been drowned
at various ports. The French bark
Marechal Suchet from Nagasaki, Jap
an, with exhibits for the Anglo-Japan-
csc exhibit here and which went
ashore near Margatte on Friday, is
breaking up. Her crew was saved by
the life boats
The Wilson liner Galileo was blown
ashore in the Humber during the
night. Tugs were attempting to refloat
her today. A large steamer was seen
off the Berwickshire coast last night,
helpless through disabled machinery
and drifting toward May island. Sew
eral distinct earthquake shocks oc-
cupying two minutes werS felt at Che
shire this morning.
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Kansas Railroad Commission
Upheld at Washington.
Supreme Court Holds Roads
Must Obey It's Mandates.
CASE WAS APPEALED
Missouri Pacific Refused to Fol.
low Its Order.
Question About the Operation of
Passenger Train.

Washington, Feb 21.-Upholding the
constitutionality of the law creating the
railway commission of Kansas, the su-
preme court of the United States, today
affirmed the judgment of the supreme
court of Kansas in issuing an injunc-
ton to compel the Missouri Pacific COM
pany to operate a passenger train from
Madison. Kan, to the Kansas Missouri
state line. The case was appealed by
the railroad company on the ground
that the law creating the railroad board
was unconstitutional.
This decision of the United States su-
preme court establishes the standing
and legality of the state railway board
beyond the cavil of a doubt. The au-
thority of the board is so closely con-
nected with the powers Of the judicial,
legislative and executive branches of
government that it is a pretty hard
matter to specify just what authority
is really vested in the board. The rail-
road company took advantage of the
fact that the state constitution denies
any board or commission the right to
assume any legislative or judicial au-
thority and appealed from the decision
matter. alleging that the board was
created by a law that was unconstitu-
tional
The supreme court of Kansas, in pass
ing on the case, declared that the
boards powers were administrative and
neither legislative, judicial, or excel
tive That the board was granted its
peculiar powers by legislative authority
and that the board should use these
powers SO long as it followed the lines
drawn by the legislature. The action of
the United States supreme court in af-
firming the decision of the state court is
most important as regards the future
standing of the state railway board.
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REAL WINTER HERE.
Mercury Drops to Eight Degrees This
-1Orning.

The cold wave is gone-and another
one coming. Such was the statement of
the sharps in charge OF the local wealth
er shop this morning. Sundays cold
wave was of short duration but #
seems now approaches the open season
on cold waves and the men at WASH
ington, who are blamed for divers
things, are responsible for this addi-
tional cold wave, due here, according 20
early notices the latter part of the
week.
When the prediction of fair weather
and stationary temperature was made
for Sunday it was believed that a storm
dictions of the observers. But storm
center which had it's origin in Canada
400 miles east of the Medicine Hat dis
trict slipped up on the one in Utah and
the Mormon had no more chance than
Kansas City has of winning the Amer
lean league pennant.
At 9'o'clock Sunday morning the gov
ernment thermometer showed a tenn
perature of 35 degrees. Then began the
drop. At II O'Clock the mercury slipped
below the freezing point At Z O'Clock
last night it dropped to 20 degrees This
morning at o'clock the mercury stood
degrees above zero and at o'clock it
was s above. The same temperature
prevailed at 9 o'clock The wind blows
II miles an hour from the northwest.
To show that they were doing their
best for the home town the local
weather observers this morning noted
that the river was as low as it gem
orally gets, now standing at 7:3 feet
Some snow fell Sunday and there was
enough sleet to make the walks bad
for pedestrians. This continued until 8
o'clock Sunday afternoon. AS evening
approached. however, the sky cleared.
The precipitation amounted to only .05
of an inch.
Today's weather forecast calls for
SOW in Topeka tonight and Tuesday
and warmer weather in the western
portion of the state. This warm wealth
er will not extend to Topeka. Weather
here will remain cold and the weather
oracle with a solemn shake of his head
today said it looked, like a bad spell of
weather for Topeka this week.
Topeka is in the center of the high
pressure area today and as a result the
wind has been veering, one veer after
another. 1t has been recorded as blow
ing from the north. southeast. south
west and northwest. This high pres
sure area is passing and tomorrow will
probably witness a wind from the east.
This is expected to bring the promised
snow. Tonight will be much the same
as last night in temperature and to-
morrow will have temperature about
like today. Following are the hourly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-21

what Are We Going to Do About
It?'-John F. Goucher.
AT COMMERCIAL CLUB-12:3O.
Luncheon and conference for min
isters.
AT THE AUDITORIUM: P. NJ.
Prayer the Primary Method of Eff
fective Service"-W. s. Anderson.
''The Pastors Loyalty'-H. c.
Stuntz
Missionary Education"-G. 5. Eddy
"Literature''-M. d. Eubank
Business System in Missionary
Finances. Earl Taylor.
The Reflex Influence of Missions"-
c. Z. Bradt.
EVENING SESSION.
Missions a World Force'-W s.
Lewis.
Other addresses.
The program has not been COM
pleted for Thursday. but the following
will speak: j. Campbell White. Isaac
7. Headland. DR.. c. E. Tebbetts. Geo
Sherwood Eddy, DR.. Paul Wakefield
(China) and DR.. NJ. D. Madden
(Japan).
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PAXTON ON THE STAND.
The Swope Executor Testifies Before
the Grand Jury.

Kansas. City. Mo-. Feb. 21.-Persons
vitality interested in the outcome of
the investigation of the Swope mys-
terry today began to give their testi-
mony before the grand jury.
John G. Paxton, executor for the
Swope estate and the man who has
formally charged DR.. B. c. Hyde with
the murder of Colonel Thomas H.
Swope, was before the grand jury
several hours. Mr.. Paxton has been
very reticent in discussing the Swope
Sensat ation and he was expected to give
the grand jury much information
bearing on the case that he has not
yet divulged.
Mrs. Logan o. Swope. sister-inlaw
of Col. Swope and mother of Chris
man Swope, also testified today. Both
men died in her home, where later
there was an epidemic of typhoid few
er.
Mrs. Swope's daughters. Margaret
and Lucy Lee, will supply the grand
jury with important testimony prob
ably tomorrow
Virgil Conkling county prosecutor,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-21
FOR A PENNANT $4,000
Cincinnati Business Men Make Big
Offer.

Chicago, Feb. 21.-Business men of
Cincinnati have offered $4,000 to the
members of the Cincinnati National
league club if they win the pennant
next fall.
This offer has gone to the executive
committee of the Ohio Valley exposi-
ton and will be formally made to the
team members by that body. The men
who have Jumped together this sum
are hotel proprietors, merchants OF
II classes, men who want the expo
sition to draw unusually, and mem
bers of the baseball organization. The
committee will meet in a day or two TO
consider the plan and then will make
the formal offer to the men.
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paign. There is every indication that
the banquet will be as well attended
as any of the big occasions of this
kind in the past and the interest is
greater and the hopes higher than
for many years.
The faction in the Republican ranks
between the insurgents and the regu-
lars has inspired the Kansas Demo-
Gratis with new hope and they pro-
pose to have a tight organization this
year and conduct an aggressive cam
paign. The Bourbon brethren have
some reputation themselves for inter-
nal dissensions, but this time they
seem to have agreed upon Senator
Hodges of Olathe for governor and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-21
Advance Guard of Laymen Dele
gates Arrive.
One of the Strongest Programs
on Record.
ATTENDANCE LARGE.
Estimated That 1t Will Be
Fifteen Hundred.
Nearly a Thousand at the Big
Banquet.

The speakers for the Laymen's Mis-
sionary convention are arriving from
Wichita, and the delegates from the
churches over the northeastern portion
viii begin to pour in tomorrow.
The press agent of the convention,
Arthur +. Hungerford and C. NJ Keller
o. New York. leader of the singing and
literary secretary of the laymen's mis-
sionary movement are in town making
preliminary arrangements.
In order to assure that the conven-
tions are advertised in an interesting
and effective manner the press agent
is carried along from place to place
with the speakers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-21
weights Found to Be Bad.

A merchant at Tonganoxie is in bad
favor with the state board of health
at present. A weights and measures
inspector visited his store recently and
found that of TWENTY-FIVE weights in
use in connection with his scales,
twenty-one of them were short weight
from one-fourth to two ounces each.
These weights are now in possession
of the state board of health and will
be used as evidence. They look to
have been in use for fifty years and
many of them are Clipped and SCARED
as though they had been used as mis-
siles in q siege or battle. One of the
two-ounce weights was short a quar-
ter of an ounce. Pretty big saving to
the storekeeper with such a weight in
constant use.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-21
MINNESOTA WINS.
Right to Lev. Gross Earnings Tax Is
Sustained.

Washington Feb. 21.-The state of
Minnesota today won complete vic
tory over the Great Northern company
when the supreme court affirmed the
decision of the state court, holding that
the railway was liable to a 4 per cent
gross earnings tax.
Minnesota also won a victory over
the Chicago Great Western Railway
company when the supreme court af-
fined the decision of the state court,
holding that railroad also was liable
to a 4 per celt gross earnings tax.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-21
SUNDAYS RIoTING.
Importation of Strike Breakers Gauss
Attack on Barns.


Attack on Barns.
Phila lelrhia- Feb. M.-Rioting in ev-
cry section of this city followed the at
tempt of the Philadelphia Rapid Tran
sit company to operate it's lines here
Sunday. Passengers and crews were
driven from the cars by infuriated mobs
of strike sympathizers and in nearly
score of instances the abandoned cars
were burned or otherwise destroyed. At
nightfall every car was withdrawn from
service.
Stern measures were adopted bv tha
police to queil the disorders and riots.
Five parsons were arrested charged
with inciting to riot. Two women were
shot by stray bullets and many injur-
ed persons were taken to hospitals.
Mayor Reyburn has ordered Director
of Police Clav to swear in 5000 addi-
tional police and issued a proclamation
enforcing the riot act. The executive
committee of the Central Labor union
pledged both moral and financial sup
port to the strikers. They also decid-
ed to call sympathetic strike of every
union man in the city in case the auth
critics put III effect their threat to OPP
crate the cars with policemen and fire.
men.
During the morning hours cars were
run on every line with little difficulty
except in the mill district Of Kensing-
ton where cars were stoned by mobs.
At IL o'clock the transit company Off
on their regular Sunday schedule.
Shortly afterwsrd riots were reported
from scores of widely separated iocali-
ties.
Police Shoot a Girl.
In the southern section of the city, a
mob of boys drove the conductor and
motorman from their posts and after
the four women passengers had left the
car set 1t on fire with waste taken
from nearby freight car. The car fol-
lowing was also stopped and was being
set on gre when detachment of police
and a chemical engine reached the
scene. In this same section Mary Dew
lin, aged Is years. was shot in the leg
when the police fired their reyolvers in
the effort to check the mob.
In the usually quiet residence section
cf West Philadelphia mobs for a time
baff1ed the police. Iron bars and stones
were piled on the tracks and several
cars were wrecked. Mounted police wera
powerless to disperse the mobs here and
fire hose was finally brought into
play.
Contradictory claims are made by the
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TRIED AND TRUE.
Democrats Gather in Topeka for
Banquet Tomorrow.
Two Candidates for Place as
National Committeeman.
BE 500 AT BANQUET.
Advance Sale of Tickets Indicate
BE 500 AT BANQUET.
DR.. James Serves Notice He Is
in GubernatOrial Race.

The advance guard of the hosts of
the Democracy is beginning to gather
in Topeka for the big banquet tomor-
row night and the. business meeting
to be held some time during the day.
The Democrats chose the anniversary
of Washington's birth as a fitting day
upon which to rally the clans and ar
range the details for the state cam
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TILLMAN may LIVE.
Doctors Are Much Encouraged Over
the Senator's Condition.

Washington, Feb. 21.-After another
consultation this morning Drs. Babcock
and Pickford issued the following
bulletin in reference to Senator Till
mans condition:
Senator Tillman continues to i'm
prove. The paralysis is much less than
yesterday. His mind is very clear an
memory excellent. Outlook more en-
couraging than at any time since pres
ent illness began"
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Japan Wants Reciprocity.

Toxic, Feb. 21.-A bill was intro
duced in the diet today providing that
no foreigner may own land in Japan
unles he is native of a country
which permits Japan to own land
within its boundary.
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in THE Servant in the House" at the
Willis Wood.
Despite the fact that he had not been
in the best physical condition during
the engagement here his performance
was stamped by local critics as remark
able.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-21

said today that many witnesses are
yet to be heard and that the grand
jury would be in session all of this
week.
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Mr.. Clement last appeared here in
The New Dominion ten years ago Pre-
vious to that time he was seen here
FREQUENTLY.
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Weather Indications.
Chicago, Feb. 21.-Forecast for
Kansas: Snow tonight or Tuesday;
warmer in west portion tonight.
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STATE COURT REVERSED
Improper to Discriminate Against
Foreign Corporations.

Washington, Feb. 21.-By reversing
the decision of the supreme court of
Alabama. the supreme court of the
United States today declared uncon-
stitutional as applied to the railway
company the Alabama statute levy
ing an annual franchise tax on for
eign corporations doing a business in
the state. The court held it was an
improper discrimination between for
eign and domestic corporations.