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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-25
CoNGRATUIATE CONGRESSMAN.
Railway Mail Clerks Appreciate What
Crow Is Doing for Them.

Washington, Feb. 25.-Representa
tive Charles A. Crow of Missouri has
received many letters of congratula-
ton in his success in getting incor-
porated in the fastest postoffice APP
preparation bill reported to the house
last week two measures be brought to
the attention of the congress IN the
form of bills. One paragraph of the
appropriation bill provides for a fund
of $25O,oO0 for the necessary expenses
of railway mail clerks on duty away
from home or headquarters. The mail
clerks form the only class of govern
ment employees whose travelling ex-
penses while on duty are not paid.
Another paragraph provides $1O0,
600, from which the legal representa-
tives of every railway mail clerk killed
or dying within a year of accident
while on duty are to be paid a thou
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-25
ADVANCE IN PROVISION RATES
Packing House Products From the
West VIII Be Boosted Again.

Chicago, ILL.,. Feb. 25.-Despite the
efforts of the packers to break the
ranks of the railroads. the latter are
standing fast with respect to increases
in the rates On packing house products
and dressed meats from the west to
Chicago, st. Louis and the seaboard.
Just to show that there will be no
backward step, the railroad traffic men
today got together and made another
boost in the rates on these commodi-
ties.
The new increases will take effect
from all interior points, which are the
points west of the Missouri river. The
original increases We're effective only
from Missouri river points. At a con-
ference it was agreed to add cents
to the present local rates and cents
to the through seaboard rates
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-25
49,; IIiIIlauzalElsl
SANTA N0TESI

Joe Ramsey, ticket clerk at Lawrence,
spent Wednesday here on a business
trip.
Thomas Curry of the stationery de-
partment has returned to work after
making a short visit with his folks in
Nortonville, Kan.
Henry Burrell of the water service
was laying off yesterday on account of
illness.
E. H. Hook. agent at Leavenworth,
spent the day here Thursday on bust
ness trip.
The new official lists for 1910 are now
ready for circulation.
A E. Hartin, minister, from junction
City, spent Thursday here on a business
trip and was visitor at the r. r. Y.
NJ. c. A.
Knebel is coming.
w. G.. Freeman, postal clerk from
Junction City, spent Thursday here on
business trip.
Dan Laliff has resigned his position
in the machine shop.
c: r. Wear has resigned his position
in the machine shop and has gone 10
Cleveland, o., to remain permanently.
c. S. Steeg, conductor, of Vaughn, n.
NJ, is here spending several days on a
business trip.
Jacob S. Dahl of Junction City is
spending a few days here on business
trip.
J. s. Housekeeper of Kansas City is
here in the city spending several days
OH a business trip.
Wesley Cunningham has accepted a
position in the stationery department.
Paul Girsh of the stationery depart
ment will be able to return to work in
few days after being off two weeks
suffering with an attack of the measles
The finishings in the stationery de-
partment are being torn down and re-
moved to the new location, preparatory
to the moving of the whole department
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-25
TELL TALES TOLL DEATH.
Dangling Signals Freeze and Knock
Brakeman From Train.

Pittsburg, Pa. Feb. 25.-"Tell
tales" the little ropes that dangle over
railroad tracks at bridge approaches
and tunnel mouths to warn brakemen
of impending danger, failed in their
mission on the Monongahela division
of the Pennsylvania railroad when
frozen into stalactites of ice they
hurled Brakeman Robert Meyers from
a car roof. as result of which he is
in a hospital in q dying condition.
Meyers fell down between the cars, his
legs were badly crushed and both had
to be amputated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-25

improvement of the service or a favor
able financial showing is to be the para
charge of our postal service can easily
bring about either result. 1t is for the
public TO decide which they want, but
IN deciding, we appeal for justice and
a square deal for the railroads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-25
sand dollars.

sand dollars.
Mr.. Crow has specialized in the mail
service, having served several years as
a postmaster, and is familiar with the
business of all its branches. He
brought to congress an intimate
knowledge of the business. He be-
lieves the house will permit the two
measures to remain in the pending bill
when it is passed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-25
POOR BUSINESS IN EAST.
Philadelphia & Reading Cuts Hours of
Labor in Shops.

Philadelphia, Feb. 25.-The Phila-
delphia & Reading has issued a gem
eral order reducing the hours of labor
in all locomotive and car shops on its
system to eight hours a day. effect
ing a reduction in expenses of about
Is per cent. Falling off in traffic is
given as the cause
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-25

See J. THOMAS LUMBER co. for
lumber end DEWEY PORTLAND CE-
MENT Guaranteed the best manu-
featured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-25

Lewis Single Finder. extra quality to-
ha eco. eosta rsore thar other SC cigars.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-21
BECGS' BLOOD PURIFIER
CURES Disease with Pure Blood
Diarrhoea a

- WAkEFIELp'S BLACKBERRY
/ BAL SAM has been used In millions Of
= bases Of piarrhoea, pysentary, choI'
era Morbus and Cholera infantum in
the past "a years without a single
failure TO cure wher4 she simple d.
rsctlons were folIoweA.s
Z. WAKEFiELD's uLAckP E RRy
eALsAM 10 the one Weti-known diarr.
, toes mixture that does not depend
Nupon dangerous and habit forming
druee.
4. WAKEFIELDs BLACKBERRY
eAL8AM is the one diarrhoea mix
tufe that does not conrt pate the bow
eiG. Il leaves them IN their regular
state.
4. wAkEFiELDs BLACKBERRY
BALSAM Is delicious to the taste, and
csn Be used with safety for people Of
III aoes. Children love IT,
5. WAkEFlELD'S BLACKBERRY
eALsAM is recommended by Doctors
and Nurses. Every careful mothei
keeps j supply in the house for "sud
Den calls" 35c, or 3 bottles for 81
Eyerywhere.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-21
SCOTLAND YARD IN Fiction.
Novelist Dickens Built the Fame Of Lon
don's Detectives

!, the force who remembered Thornton
the man whom Dickens changed x
D0rnton, the sergeant, famous To-
pursuing the inductiye process, aud
from smell beginnings, wording fror
. .tlew TO clew until he bags his man.
Characters Drawn From Life
4 Sergeant NTH. who told the butcl
Icr's story AZ the detectives party il
1.-The oifce OF "fIousehod Words was
sergeant Smith. Smith. in life, was
well qualified 20 play the part OF
butchers boy TO spy on receivers q
stolen goods. and one conld under
stand that even while he spoke ht
\ became the greasy, sleepy, sly goof
\ natured, unsuspicious, cls,ckle-head-
t, cd and coniding yonng butcher. III
very hair seemed to have suet IN "
as he made 1t smooth npon his head
rDd his fresh complexion to be lub
rieated with large quantities Of ani
nal food"
A tragic story is that OF the SCI
I geant whom Dickens celebrates a.
Sergeant Witchem. His real namf
was Whicher and for thirty years ~
ind good and faithful work In ScnT
land Yard At last he was assigned u
the "Rood murder case The victim
WAS young girl Whicher suspect
! cd and arrested her step-slster. When
the case went to cour. IL was found
lhe had iittlc real evidence against hcl
and public sentiment was overwheint
,jngly against his theory The outcry
was violent and damning Whlcher.
sticking to his theory, was forced %
resign from Scotland Yard and prac
ltically suffered public disgrace Sew
oral years later, when he was in ais
llress and poor and brokenhearted,
the girl confessed aud vindicated MIN
Whicher's statements of the metnoc
ord motives OF the crime were aDso
Ilutely correct, but he never was re-
instated.
NO Better Than Americans I.
However, the Scotland Yard is SAD
ia be overwhelmed as the hub OF &C.
tective skill II would not be fair 70
Intimate that the constables IN Lon
don are I'D to the American standard
OF efficiency and intelligence In pol'cs
duty, Much less is expected of then''
ss rule, and they have a much less
troublesome class Of people Win
which to deal. The London public
even in the worst quarters OF the Guy
/ as greater fear of the police thaf
las the New York public. ConstaDies
must stop disturbances, prevent thiev'
crv by watching property. see to ths
enforcement of street ordinances ana
arrest disorderly persons.
From these constables are recruit
ed the men who compose the arlstoc
racy of the detective force. These
are the men who eventually handle
tie big cases.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-21
REPLIES TO ATTACKS
Supt. Cameron Sees Evil Work
Going On Among His
Opponents

State Superintendent e. D. Gamer
on today gave out an open letter In
which he charges that the anonymous
attacks which have been made on
him recently are instlgated by GER
tain normal school teachers VINO fall
ed of reelection, but places the re-
sponsibility for them on the shonld-
ers Of his opponent for the Demo-
cratic nomination. X. IL. Wilson, OF
Chickasha.
These attacks, says Rev. Mr.
Cameron, unsigned and yelled are
the methods of the assassin and the
anarchist Since these circulars are
unsigned, X. II. Wilson must assume
the responsibility for them. They
are IN his interest and II he is an
honest man and worthy OF the trust
Of the people It Is his duty to de
nounce Them
Cameron declares that the teachers
who failed of reelection, who, DE says.
are running the campaign against him
have no complaint coming, as they
wee merely hired by the year and
the board declined 10 make new
contract with them for the coming
year. lie lays stress on the fact that
they were not put out of their places
hut continued TO draw pay until the
close OF the school year IN June.
They had no claim ON the state,
he says. mo more than a clerk IN a
store or farm hand has on his en-
ployer wnen his contract expires and
his time Is out. The fact that they
are making the fight on me that they
are. the dark lantern fight OF the whls-
perer and assassin. shows their emil
nent unfitness for the positions they
held, and abundantly proves the wis
dom of the board in not electing them
for another year"
Mr. Cameron also defends hi adj
ministration against the charges Of
extravaganza made against H.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-21
sI1ua0Iv LAST lI I0R[s|sT[R

y III you would vote August 2 you
must register Saturday July 30 Ia
the last day. Registration places are
as follows:
First Wald--Precinct one, r. c.
Dodd, COG East Cleveland; Precinct
two, r. r. Conner, 621 East Springer.
Second ward-Precinct one, VIM
Barrlnger, SIS East Noble; precinct
two. John Scribblns, at 122 IL W.
Oklahoma avenue.
Third ward-P Precinct one, ]. J. Nc
Nuity, McNulty's store on East Harri'
son; Precinct two, Nj. Collar. at Col
lars furniture store on West Harri
son avenue.
Fourth ward-Precinct one, P. r,
Finch, 614 West Logan; precinct two
Mike White, West Side lumber yard
~ Oklahoma avenue.
Fifth ward-APreclnct one. 7. F. Ro
mine, 1893 West Mansur; precinct two
n A. Myers, 1901 West Clevland.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-21
, 900 oooo 10000 600 Q
, BACHELOR PHILOSOPHY G
o oo.oooo 10000 oooo
New York Press.l

A soft head isn't any use. even for
pin cushion.
Experience teaches a man TO fall
again In a different way.
People ase not ANXIOUS TO prove
what heaven is by visit TO 1t.
"A woman who marries for money
may get none at ALL but a woman
who marries for love can get II In
her children
The average man doesn't improve
his time when he tinkers with his
watch.
Even consistent temperance advo-
cate may kick on the amount of has
water tax.
There's too much about age In In
IA ance policies for women TO want
any of them.
/. The su5limest impuience In the
world Is mans feeling of superiority
over women.
A suffragette says the average wO-
mans faith In her husband In fully
two-thirds pretense.
When you hear an undertaken
growing about the Increased cost oil
living he is probably trying to boost
his business.
y married man complains that ey
ery time he meets one Of his wife'f
relation he Is asked to explain some
thing.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-21

Goodbye sore feet. aching feet
swollen feet swraty feet, smelling
feet, tired leet ssse
iool.hyo cuins. callouses and bum
lens and raw spots,
You've never tried anythink like
'fII before for yonr feets NJ ~ dit
gorent from anything ever before sold
II acts at once and makes the feet
feel remarkably fresh and sore.pr0of,
TIz Is not q powder Powders and
other foot remedies clog up the pores.
TlZ draws out an poisonous exudn-
ticns which bring on soreness Of the
feel, and Is the only remedy that does.
III cleans ont every pore AMI glorii
iies the feet-your feet
You'll never limp again or draw up
your face In pain, and yon'li forget
about your corns. buni0ns and cal
louses. You'll feel like new person
II You don't find all this true after
trying box OF Tlh. you can g9t
your money right back.
1IH Is for sale at all druggists at
25 cents per box. or It will be sent
yor direct IL you wish from Walter
Luther Dodge 4 Co, Chicago, ILL.,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-21
ENTIRE
VILLAGES
CONSUMED.
-~------.
DISPATCHES TELL OF
GREAT HAVOC WROUGHT
BY FOREST FIREs
FIFTY KNOWN DEAD AND
HUNDREDS ARE HOMELESS
" fIt
Urged On BY High Winds The
Flames are Sweeping Through
Doomed District
(By Associated press1


Vancouver. B. G., July 2l.-f'lfty,
Gad perhaps more left dead and,
hundreds Of persons rendered home
less and damage running into the MIL.
lions Is the toll Of the forest fifE
raging over $50 miles of territory III
the western Kootenal district. Entire
villages have been swept away before
the terrific blaze and thousands Of
acres Of valuable timber have gone
up IN smoke. Ahf
The toll Of death Is known TO be
great though numbers cannot be OH
talned. Several mining towns have
been wiped ouHby the flames and the
Iaajorty OF the dead are believed to
have been miners who were caught
In the workings like rats In q trap.
Speclai trains are being rushed to the
scene OF the disaster, bearing nurses
ard phylcianS for the injured ami
shelter and provisions for lae home
less.
A dispatch from Winnipeg announce
es that Jelfries, Three Forks and
Haynes Lake. mining aud humber
towns IN the Sloan district have been
destroyed by the forest fires. Mea-
ser stories OF the disaster say that
hundreds have been rendered home.
less and that suffering IS intense.
Urged en- by high winds, the IA cst
fires are sweeping over the doomed
district like Wild. Nothing can cope
with them. The inhabitants. fleeing
fcr their lives can hardly keep In adj
vance OF the raging sea OF flame.
Owing to the breadth OF the advancing
fire wall escape for many IN the III.
fated district seems almost impos.
sible.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-21
OFFERED
HERSELF As
SACRIFICE
-------~
WOMAN SAYS SHE KILLED
GAME WARDEN TO
SAVE HUSBAND
CONFESSED SLAYER IN
BADLY TANGLED WEB

Springfield. H., July 2l.--Why 'dAi
You confess to killing Game Warden
John O'CGnnOr2p
"Becau they had my husband un.
der arrest charged with killing him.
why did you XIII John O'Connor?''
MY husband would have done 1t II
hadn't He had killed man once
before, and knew. how It would 80
with him.
This conversation at the county Jail
between woman correspondent and
Mrs. Frank NJ. Stout, confessed slayer
of John O'Connor, outlines what pre-
sumably will be the defense she will
offer at her trial, although attorneys
have not, as yet, been retained and
nothing definite has been decided up
ON.
1t Is a sadly tangled web OF accusa-
ti,ns from which Mrs Stout must ex-
tricate herself
Shrinks From Publicity.
She is keen alert little person, al
friil and slight as any perfectly
healthy woman Of 40, iShe Is fragile,
delicate, possessed of certain refine
mient, has notions OF propriety and
shrinks from publicity.
Mrs stout mother Of six chiliren,
assasslnated O'Connor. who was coun-
ty Republican, committeeman, as he
sat at dinner Friday night holding his
baby. His wife then was In the hos
pital. Yet Mrs. Stout does not give
way to tears or other signs Of weak
ness In Jail. Last Friday night she
walked tedious three-quarters of a
mile, climbing fences and scrambling
through underbrush with a revolver
tn shoot the deputy warden in the
back. She had tried three other times
recently to get him." she says, but
had not been successful.
Previously, 1t Is said, she had asked
him BY telephone II his clandestne
visits TO her cottage during her hus
| bands nightly absence at his round
house duty had ceased.
Men Should be Jealous?
O'Connor had assured her they had
since her husband had threatened to
kill him II they did not Now Mrs.
Stout exclaimed with infinite scorn
and evidence OF self-rlghteousness
He won't ruin any more homes.
That alleged telephone message Is
regarded by some as the most merlin.
mating circumstance against Mrs.
Stout
1t Is after you know her husband
that her conduct is the more -lpex-
pllcable, unless YOU take into account
a certain characteristic OF perversity
sometimes observed with due shame
to the sex. Then the four years du-
plicity che acknowledges is explained
simply by the circumstance that her
husband was too unfaillngly good to
her.
Mrs. Stout says II men were slight
" jealous of theis wives they would
be afraid to yield when temptation
comes. Stout asserts he loves his
wife as ever and win fight to get her
freed.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-21

Scotland Yard. the most famous dv
iectiye center in the world owes III
fame TO fiction.
Plots far more involved than tht
mysterious Doctor Crippen case thai
is now engaging the attention OF ths
4 ondon police have been worked on
and the solutions credited to this IN
siitution by host OF story writer's let
A In Charles Dickens Writers OF 70
\ ipunce. rood and bad, have had hahs
In creating Impressions Of secret pasF
o9es, elaborate disgnlses and superlla
iaan powers Of deductions.
Stealthy sleuths glide forth into tn'
highways and bywaysito receiver neca
laces of incredible value. to 'fnd q,
Quoted maidens and solve the darn
and bloody puzzles Of Impossible mus
der mysteries.
The building 10 for business
This is the Scotland Yard Of hction
ME Scotland Yard Of fact Is hand
some red brick building, elaborateN
I trimmed, and very much like an Ame'
Wan city hall In appearance no
lAnere within It's doors Is there NM
H sen sationalIsm. The building wa
ecsigned 10 afford headquarters iol
ihe vast police business Of london
snd II Is business from Its foundation
stones TO It's weathQf vanes, Techh'c
elly. the present Stotland Yard O.
\ Lspresent police fameNis New Scotland
NSsrd Old Scotland Yard opens OF
Ivhite Hall, midway ay1between the pres
tnt police headquarters and Trafalgar
square. In long byRone, days me as
tectives had three little rooms IN tns
Old yard, Uttered beyond belief wiz
Iaper--dirty and unbusiness ike.
II was these threerooms that Dick
ems Faew. Detectives and police were
under separate administration then
end II was only when the police made
failure OF case that the detectives
we're called. Anyone who was wiling
to pay the cost anywhere In the Unit
Ell Kingdom had right to call de-
tectiye from Scotland Yard. AT pres
ent. Scotland Yard detective Is not
allowed TO leave London except Oh
rare occasions.
1t was from the old force that Diek
ems drew material for the detective
sketches that all Dickens readers
know. Inspector Weld, "a man Of
rortly presence. with large. moist,
knowing eye. husky voice and a
RABBIT Of emphasizing his conversation
by the aid of corpulent forehnger,
which was In constant juxtapositlon
with his eyes and nose" was, IN
reality, Inspector Field, whose mem
ovy still is green. Field also was
the original OF Inspector Bucket IN
BLEAK House. Inspector Stalker,
one Of Dickens characters, was in'
Nspector Walker In real life. A few
Aears ago there were many men on
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-21
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10 STATE BRiEFe. O
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Blackwell women's clubs are de.
Cussing suffrage for the sex.
John Hoelzer, Lawton. died from a
carbunce which formed at the bass
of his brain.
Lightning struck telephone cable
at Lawton. placing 200 telephones Oh,
OF commission.
Harry Beers, young man whose
entire life was spent at FL Reno, is
dead.
Prof william Morrison OF West vir-
ginia has been elected president o.
the Presbyterian college at Durant.
Monday night the first car load o.
hogs was unloaded for the Wells pack
Ing plant at Sapulpa.
Peter Prombos and Peter Cotrom.
anes are new Oklahoma citizens :
we're naiuralized at Bartlesyile. They
are Macedonians but do not look like
the head OF Alexander as stamped on
medallions.
Mrs. e. Barham, Bartlesyille. Is
s.aarged with operating bootlegging
bar Tor drinking hams.
The recent rains @in Southwestern
Oklahoma have made the corn crop
+sule and cotton bids fair to excel any
other year in history.
Harmon county the last In the state,
Under Federal census has a population
In excess OF 1000
ponca City Courier: Fame Broyle
vas In from his Longwood farm today
and informed this paper that his
reighbor, Taylor Poteet, is desirous Of
Cutting the frog business which he
went into some time afio with pros
pects of large returns He says that
the frog ponds on Taylor's place haze
practically dried up and he is now un
derthe necessity OF watering the frogs
with tin cup, which takes up TOO
much OF his time. Under the law nov
in force in Oklahoma. he Is required
to keep separate cup for each frog.
and altogether the business is not
proving profitable, hence his desire 10
sell out.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-21
Three other Towns Burned.
lBy Associated Pfeas.)

Albany, Oregon, July 21-Threo
men were burned 10 death IN for
est fire along the North SanIiam rlg-
er, four miles east OF Detroit while
srying TO save their tools. me bodies
were not recovered until today.
The fire had started in the timber
from a donkey engine n the logging
camp while the men were at work in
the forest After fighting the fire fcf
an hour. the three men started up a
steep hill 70 where they had lett their
tools. They never returned.
Another big fire Is burning In the
Cascade mountains northwest OF
Mount Jefferson.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-21
LAwron STREET RAILWAY DEAL

Special TO Daily Leader.
Ilagton. Okla, July 2I.--With all
parties agreeing to the terms OF the
contract and the contract already
iraen nothing but the signatures ol
the parties TO the agreement are nee
essary to make the tranfscr IN the
Lawton street railway deal complete
By the terms OF the contract Simon
Smith, president, OK Oklahoma City
retires from the company and Geo &c
d Key OF this city takes over his IN
tpresta.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-21
AssRNATHy HORSES BACK
sepcial to Daily Leader.

Sepcial to Daily Leader.
Frederick. okla. July PIP o,
Valentine OF New York City arrived
here with The horses which Temple
and Louis Abernathy, SONS OF United
States Marshai John H. Abernathy,
recently ode from Oklahoma TO New
York to see Col Roosevelt return
home. II is expected that Abernathy
,wiil arrive here at least week
ahead Of bis a0ns. who are returning
in an automobile.