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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
PUBLICITY THE THING.
Herbert Knox Smith Points the Way
10 Better Condition.

Washington. Feb. 1O.-That great
interstate industries can be brought
under a permanent federal supervision
through a system of regular reports to
a federal agency, in d rational, effec-
tive way, which will involve no drastic
action but OF the contrary will fore
stall it, is the conclusion drawn in the
annual report of Herbert Knox Smith,
commissioner of corporations, to the
secretary of commerce and labor.
Publicity will improve the standing
of our corporate securities both at
home and abroad" Mr.. Smith declares,
land will help to give to our business
machinery that foundation of fairness
and openness and public confidence
which it must have if it is to be a per-
manent factor in our national advance
ct will briuC together the govern
ment and the corporate manager in
conference and cooperation, which
alone can serve to adjust continuously
the complex and changing relationship
between our business forces and the
public welfare
Mr. Smith, contends that already,
made possible by facts plainly stated,
great corporate abuses have been
abandoned. He asserts that a gigantic
system of railroad rate discrimination
has been wife away and numerous
forms of commercial oppression dimin-
iShed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
MRS. M'kIM AT RENO.
Alfred Vanderbilt said to Have Met
Her Recently.

Reno, New. Feb. 10.-Reports that
MRS Smith Hollis McKim and Alfred
GWynne Vanderbilt are soon to marry
were revived when it was learned that
MRS. Mck1m was preparing to leave
mere next month, about the time that
young Vanderbilt Is expected to return
from Europe. Mrs. McKim refused to
discuss her affairs. She declares her
future movements were of interest only
to herself and her immediate circle OF
friends.
A touch of color was given to the
rumors concerning Mrs. McKim and
young Vanderbilt by a story which
comes from an apparently reliable
source that Mrs. McKim and the New
Yorker met in Cheyenne during the
holidays.
Mrs. McKim left Reno at that time
and was absent for week. Simulta-
neously with her absence Vanderbilt is
said to have made flying trip to
Cheyenne, where he remained for only
few hours. His movements at the
time attracted considerable attention.
According to the same informant. the
meeting place was to have been Ogden.
but in order to keep their plans secret
they changed it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
PRINCETON DIVIDED.
Conflicting Donations Cause a Clash
Among the Trustees.

Princeton, N J., Feb. Undetermined
to bring about harmonious relations
among the several parties at odds, the
trustees of Princeton university met in
session today to take up the questions
OF site and administration of the grad
uate college which have been a matter
of controversy for some time. None of
the trustees would talk and as the
meeting of the board is private the
trend of the proceedings will not be
known until after they adjourn, when a
public announcement is expected. Talk
of designations is still in the air, but the
reports cannot be traced to any re-
eponsible source.
The first inkling of the dispute was
given in President Wilson'S report of
the board of trustees on January Is,
which. after mentioning the fact that a
100000 gift had been received last May
from William c. Cooper Proctor 'S3 IF
Cincinnati. with the proviso that an
equal amount be raised by May 1. 1910,
and that the prospect site be aban
doned and a site suitable to the donor
be chosen, presented certain difficulties
that have arisen in attempting to raise
that money and bequest of Mrs. Jose
phine Thomson Swami, which now
amounts to $33O,0O0
The differences are:
First-Mr5. Swann's will directs that
the building for which her bequest was
meant shall be erected upon the
grounds of the said university.
Second-Mr. Proctor contributed his
Rift for the purpose of providing place
Of graduate residence which shall be set
apart exclusively for graduate students,
while Mrs. Swann's will explicitly di-
reefs that the rooms in the John r.
Thompson graduate college are to be
rented at 1.-The best prices they VIII
command" to graduates. seniors and
Junior students of the university.
President Wilson doubts whether any
building set apart for the exclusive oc-
cupancy of graduate students should be
administered upon an income bearing
basis.
A special committee of five was ap-
pointed on January 13, by the board of
trustees to consult further with Mr..
Proctor and secure an adjustment of
the difference. but in the meantime he
withdrew his gift. 1t was on reading
the book prepared by Dean Andrew =.
West of the graduate school. who is OPP
posed to placing a graduate college on
the campus and believes in a segrega-
ton of graduate students. that Mr..
Proctor. his lifelong friend. volunteered
the gift.
Factions in the board of trustees and
the alumni therefore arose, supporting
President Wilson and Dean West re-
spectively
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
DR.. j. L. Carson, Former Topeka Man,
Who Died in California.

His move to California proved to be
a particularly fortunate one and at the
time of his death Dr. Carson was
known as one of the most prominent
as we'll as wealthiest men in his Sec
ton of the state. DR.. Albert w. Car
son of Richland, and David Carson of
207 Quincy street, Topeka. as we'll as
three sisters survive him..
The following is portion of the
obituary notice published in the
Bakersfield newspaper: Fighting a
grim, determined but futile battle
against Brignt's disease which was
consuming his vitality, DR.. J. L. Car
son, one of TIE best known physicians
of Bakersfield, died at his apartments
in the Producers Bank building.
"He had suffered uncomplainingly
for nearly six years though he was
compelled to abandon his practice here
four years ago and travel for his
health. He was tireless worker and
possessed a remarkable energy re-
naming on his feet until the very last
Up to short time before death came
DR.. Carson was conscious and chatted
with those about his bedside.
His final request was that he be
buried with full Masonic honors and in
full uniform. a request which was
granted, he being a Mason of the high
est rank as well as a member of the
B. P. o. E., the latter also participant
ing in the burial of their friend and
brother"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10

was several minutes before the bravest
mustered nerve enough to speak. The
blow came unheralded and proved al
most too much for the Greek letter boys
who have already endured more than
a year of stormy existence yelled un-
der a spirit of confidence.
Finally one of the members inquired
of the superintendent what would be
4 necessary for them to do in order that
| they might be reinstated. Professor
Smith would promise nothing, however,
and simply stated that reinstatement
board Of education. The boys all left
the school building and went immedi-
ately to the office of Bishop & Mitch
ELL attorneys to get advice on what
course to pursue. 1t happens that Joe
Bishop, son of Mayor Samuel Bishop
is one of the suspended students and
that Baldwin Mitchell. son of A. c.
naturally the boys sought the fathers
OF these two boys for legal advice.
What action will be taken is not
known as yet, but the majority of the
boys who were suspended have suffi-
GENTLY regained their jocular demeanor
and self-control to declare that neither
of the two fraternities are in existence
at the present time and have not been
| in existence for a year. The majority
of them also say that they will continue
to wear their frat pins, as they have
been doing ever since they were mi
tiated into the societies. and will not
agree to discontinue the wearing of the
insignia if such be necessary before
they can be reinstated
year ago there were two girls
sororities in the school. They were
known as the Owls and the Sigma Psi's.
of the passage of the anti-high school
frat law
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
KILLED PA WITH AK.
Peter Brown Says His Stepmother
Insti2ated the Murder.

Bartlesville, Okla, Feb. 10.-"My
stepmother was my tempter to such an
extent that 1 thought 1 loved her, and
so 1 killed my father with an axe
when she ordered me to- .-....-
Z Peter Brown, on trial here charged
with numbering his father. made this
remarkable admission on the witness
stand in court. He told his story with
out emotion. Mrs. 7. H. Brown, the
supposed siren. who, the young man
says, helped him in the crime. listened
to his story with calmness and almost
indifference.
When young Brown told how they
dragged his fathers body out and
burned it, woman in the court room
shrieked and tainted. Other women
became i'll and had to be assisted in
reaching the outside.
My stepmother aroused me at mid
night said Brown, "and told me it
was time to kill father. as we had
agreed. I took an axe she handed me,
crept slowly to where he lay asleep and
struck him a fearful blow on the head.
Then 1 watched him CULVER until he
died.
after my stepmother had taken all
the things out of his pockets Che was
sleeping on couch and so was dress
ed, she ordered me to help her carry
the body out We gathered a lot of
wood and put it on the body and set
the rest of the night feeding the fire
with wood and in the morning the
body had been consumed.
1--WE cooked breakfast on another
fire built about ten feet from where
my fathers body had burned
with completely in the crime. Her
lawyers informed the court they would
prove the young man alone was re-
sponsible for the deed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
BUTTER JURY Is OBTAINED.
Creamery Company Accused of Selling
Short Weight Prints.

Salina. Kan. Feb. 10-The case of
the state against P. F. Edquist and
the Belle Springs Creamery company,
charged with selling short weight prints
of butter from their plant here, is il
progress before a jury. There are Is
counts in the complaint.
1t required all day to get a jury for
the trial of the case. all but II of
nearly 100 men who were examined
stating that they were prejudiced
against the company, some of them 60
ing so far as to say that they believed
the company had sold short weight
pounds A. A. Hud of Abilene and z.
c. Millilkin of Salina are attorneys for
the company and County Attorney
Knittle is being assisted in the prose-
cution by Charles D. Shukers of To-
peka, assistant attorney general.
A F. Ice, state food inspector, is
here as the prosecuting witness. If
the state obtains a conviction in the
justice court the case will be fought
through the higher courts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
LAWRENCE FRATs" IN TROUBLE
High school superintendent Suspends
10 Members of Boy Societies.

Lawrence. Kan. Feb. 10.-Nineteen
students of the Lawrence high school
we're suspended from the institution as
8 result of recent agitation here against
high school fraternities This agita-
ton brought forth the proof that two
such societies We're in existence in the
school here against the laws of the
state and the board of education pass
ed a resolution suspending the follow
ing members: Carl Perkins. Carl KEEL
ley. Ralph Achning. Frank Hudson.
VIII Pinkenton. Earl Rankin, Russell
Elliot, Charles Milton and William
Meyers, members of Phi Sigma Chi and
Baldwin Mitchell, Charles Greenlees.
Bayne Wilson. Roy Fitzpatrick, Joe
Bishop. Harlan Russell. Frank Russell.
William Waugh. Arthur Kirchoff and
Robert Keith. members of Delta Omi-
cron Omicron.
Following a months agitation by
newspapers of the town and students
of the high school who were not fra
ternity members. Superintendent F. P.
Smith called the boys into his private
office and formally suspended them. 1t
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10

Market g gdlsf RsIa G sGS org E 1t cattle
Furnished by The Continental Dreamer,
c,,,,c. o Co; Tepe 5s. Kan.I
CREAMERY BUTTER Chicago. 3oc:
N. Y, 291ac; Elgin. SOC.
NEW YORK EGGS-2s@2s1zc
pri Is KanHas y Cope
>, EGGS-Fresh country. candled. easier
PoyLTRY-Hens, heavy. l2c: broilers. ~
to lbs. l4c: 21a to oA lbs. lie: course
TURKEYsHens and Young Toms. nc:
GEEsESFuil feathered. SC.
DUCKS-Fuli feathered. 10c.
PIGEONS-Old. per doz. Coo.
dressed poultry must be drawn to COM
Notwithstanding stock, per h., 1sc.
WI 1oIeEsa IF EER1IT AID PRoDTGE.
n1 gARR p Up AAPPELEs-Wlne saps, per
T Esaaffies; Per bog. ~; Msnmotih BIaeR
va M sI Rar D SEED iS Banches per
bunch, & g; q. Extra Jumbo punches. per
NHXEk aKakaFsFfs bob bb sa :S5a
FLORIDA GRAPE FRUIT-Per box.
JERSEY cRANBERRIEs-Per Dbl,
CALIFORNIA LEMoNs-Per box. a.2s
CAL. TABLE PEARs-Per box. $500.
PACKAGE FIGS-50 carton, box, $165
P F1ME4TTsE ss4FaGk cr sase' S So
COCOANUTS-Per sack. original. s4.75;
D1 H1 efze1 e0i N;uTs-Per bushel. am
HOLLAND CABBAGE-Per ib.. Grated.
2s4c.
CAULIFLOwER-Per crate, se5.
HOT HOUSE LLETTUCE-Per ID. 1sc.
BEETS-Per bushel 75c
PARSNIPS-Per bushel. S5c.
CARROTS-Per bushel S1O0.
RADISHES-Per doz. punches, soc.
SPANISH ONIONS-Per crate. $3.50
RED GLOBE ONIONS-Per h., 2%c.
TABLE OTATOES-Mlnnesota Rurals.
per bushel. 75c; Minnesota Burbanks. per
bushel, 75c; Colorado Rurals. per bu. SOC.
KAW VALLEY e. O.-Per bu., CSC; per
bushel in car lots, soc.
GENUINE r. r. z. o. POTATOES-Red
River Early Ohios, per bu., Sc; car lots.
CELERY-Mammoth, per bunch, soc:
Jumbo. per bunch. 76c: Blue Ribbon. per
OYsTERS-New York Counts. per can.
Soc; New York Extra. Selects. per can,
aPeake Standards. per can. Sc.
BULK OYSTERS-Standards. s150;Plaiu
Selects, $50: Extra Selects 500: New
.CHEESE-L H. cheese. per h., 1s1kc:
per 1S i5bd per wi 3D. w Is; ws YeSw
per h. go ibs.), 2oc; White Daisy "a
lbs.), per h.. 20c; Domestic Style Swiss rs
TO 80 1bs.). per h.. 20c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
AMELIA GLOVER Is DEAD.
She Was Theatrical Star TWENTY
Years Ago.

New York, Feb. 10.-Amelia Glover,
the dancer, who was famous 20 years
ago for her beauty and grace. died yes
terday at the home of her sister, Mrs.
H. A. Ludlam. in this city
For years Miss Glover was one of
the stars of John Russell's comedians
She worked as a member of the Rus
sell aggregation with such well known
stage folk as William Collier. May Ir-
win, Dan DAILY, David Wadfield Nat
Goodwin, Kate Castleton, and others
Some of the shows that Miss Glover
appeared in were City Directory >
About Town. Natural Cas-" and
I'VE, Us and CO..
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.Brewster's Millions" will be the at
TALK OVER DRAINAGE MATTERS
Meeting Will Be Held at Chiles Hail
on East Side Tonight.

The East Side Improvement asso-
citation has circulated its petitions for
drainage district extending from
Twelfth street to Seward avenue and
from Washington street to the ceme-
terry and now is ready for business A
mass meeting of the tax payers inter-
ested is called for this evening at
O'Clock at Chi1es' hall at Twelfth and
Washington streets.
The East Siders are hoping that
some effective measures can be taken
during the next two or three months
which will effectua11y solve the flood
question in the Shunganunga valley
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Chicago Live Stock Market.

Chicago. Feb. 10.-CATTLE-Recei
estimated at 5000. Market steady. Beeves,
81. 1901. so; Texas steers, $4,000. TO- west
ern steers, S. 2OQ6 90; stockers and feeders,
50. 15Q5. so; cows and heifers, S2.25@5.S5
calves, s.. O0G9.25.
HOGS-Receipts estimated at 25 900.
Market steady. Light, IS. 35GS.70; mixed,
Ss:35@S.s5; heavy, IS: 4oQs-S 50; rough S. 40q
$50; good to choice heavy. sS55@S.S5; pigs.
SHEEP-Receipts estimated at 1900.
Market steady. Native. s45o@6:75; west
ern, 81. 5O@6. so; yearlings, 81. 25@8-50; lambs,
native, $6.75G9. 90; western, Sc. 10000
DAILY MOVEMENT OF PRODUCE.
WHEAT-Receipts, 400 bushels; Ship
ments, "a 900 bushels.
CORN-Receipts. 401 200 bushels; ship
ments, 22S, 100 bushels.
Ca riot receipts: Wheat % cars, with
of contract grade; corn 345 cars, with none
of contract grade; oats Ill cars.
Total receipts of wheat at Chicago, Min
neapolis and Duluth today were 34S cars.
compared with 81 cars last week and 10
cars the corresponding day a year ago.
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ToDAY's MARKET REPORTS

chicago, Feb. lO-WHEAT-Wheat prac-
Hcaiiy recovered its net loss of yesterday
added from &c to sc to the initial u sa.n.
tt-lght offerings and scattered buying
from commission houses and shorts gave
from 81 .1Oz to s1.107s@1. II in the first hour.
steadying with the other futures at close
70 the high levels; Opening figures were
Il l0A to s1.105s.
tb The r,d market continued to advance
mFand. The gain on all the futures was
from &c to lie. May went up to s1.i1is.
point with May at si.i1Ss, nc higher than
yeSterday's final figures,
~, CeOlRtN-Covering by shorts gave an up
o ward trend to the early trading in corn.
ppptehhing figures being unchanged to Nc
higher. The strength of the wheat BIT
vance in the first hour Of from Hc 4 to so so
Frlces steadied on the upper register, Nav
MOVING mo ing up from 6oMc to 6sss@661ac. Open
TO 3sc higher than the previous close.
ne market kept to its upward trend
close was strong Nav from tnn.i1,,o 70 Ss7 Inc
with May at $50 @ss5sc, Ra1c higher a pt tnan
the Ilnal figures yesterday.
OAST-Oats also showed ffrmness in
duced by the strength of the other grades
and opened from a shade to &c higher. in
tne 1lrst hour prices held within narrow
limits. May advancing from 1880 to 1850,
steadying at the top. Opening figures for
may were 4o1sc TO 4612c.
PROVISIONS-Prov after an easy
start With most of the futures declining
from PIC to SC developed firmness on a
good demand supplemented by the grain
strength and advanced from SC to 12c,
May pork going up from % 421z to s22 SIS.
In the first hour prices steadied at the
advanced figures. Opening. prices for the
Ma NAY a products 1 were; Pork, so. Az. I'M
S11;S2 to $11S21a, PIC to &c lower.
RYE-Cash: S1@82c; May, soc.
BARLEY-Cash: 62@72c
TIMOTHY-March, 20.
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New york stock Nfarket.

Wall St. New York, Feb. 1O.-STOCKS-
Prices of stocks started upward today
out the. list. The gains extended to
substantial fraction for most of the ac-
tive speculative stocks.
Republic Steel gained 2ss, National Lead
ia, United States Rubber and Utah Cop
per IA, Wabash preferred IA, Central
Leather 1. Wells Fargo II.
A slight reaction was soon overcome
the standard railroad stocks rebounding
to their best figures at the opening, while
a number Of induStrials sold well above
that level. National Lead rose g. Allis
ican Locomotive ia. Norfolk and Western,
Consolidated Gas and Intermetropolitan
preferred IA and Reading. Union Pacific
preferred. Southern Railway preferred
gamated Copper, American Smelling
American Car, Tennessee Copper, Ameri-
can eBet Sugar, American Hide and
Leather preferred and American Wooden
l. The demand subsidized at the advance
There were sharp advances in Norfolk
and Western of ~. Rock Island rs, Unit
cd s5aeeS EHe es "a; HaeionaI d biscuit ~
Steel Car ~ and Union Pacific, Chicago
and Alton, Chicago Great Western Den
yer and Rio Grande, Pittsburg c. c. and
Agricultural. Chemical and sIoss shenield
Steel l. In other stocks there was in
creasing pressure to SELL United States
Steel, Amalgamated Copper, American
placed a fraction under last night and
other gains were largely impaired.
Bonds were firm.
When the midday losses had been re-
did not yield to the previous low levels
and a rise of points in Norfolk and
Western pulled the market UP again.
price on record 500 Line lost 1. Railway
Steel Spring advanced IL.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10
AGED ELM DIES.
Surgeons Fail to Save Historic Trum-
bull Tree in Connecticut.

Winsted. Conn, Feb. 10.-Surgeons
failed to save the life of TrumbuH elm,
two centuries old. which has been
felled in Suffield. The tree, which was
planted by Governor Trumbull. had
become decayed 50 as to be unsafe. A
large elm standing near the National
bank in Suffield, which was doctored
at the same time as the Trumbuu elm
last summer and under which General
Washington is said more than once
to have eaten his lunch, Jared better
and by the aid of several barrels of
cement was made solid enough to last
many years more.
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Kansas S-ity Live Stock Market.

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 10.-CATTLE-
Receipts 1900, including 200 southerns.
Market steady to strong. Native steers,
s50o@7.25; southern steers, s4.50@6 q;
southern COWS, So. 0G@4.75; native cows and
heifers, So. OO@6O0; stockers and feeders,
S. 75@5.75; bulls. $4.OOa5. 10; calves, $4,000
9.25; western steers, $4.75Q6.50; western
cows, $3.OO@5. 25
HOGS-Receipts 5000. Market steady to
sc lower. Bulk of sales, $S.35@S65;. heavy,
S65; light, ss2O@S55; pigs, s7.50@8Oo.
SHEEP-Receipts 1900. Market strong.
Muttons, $5.O0@5.6O; lambs. $750@S.65; fed
western wethers and yearlings, $550@6.50;
fed western ewes. s5.00Q6.10.
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Chicago Produce Afarket.

Chicago, Feb. 10-BUTTER-Market
steady. Creameries, 25@2sc; diaries, $50
EGGS-Market firm Receipts 4.737 cases
at mark. cases included, 171Z@231ac; firsts
&1ac; prime firsts, 261zc
CHEESE-Market steady Daisies 1857
@17c; Twins, 161zG16Ac; Young Americas,
161a@16Ac; Long Horns, 161k@16s4c
POTATOES-Market steady. Choice to
fancy. 40d42c; fair to good, 3603Sc.
POULTRY-Market steady. Turkeys,
lie; chickens, Ice; springs, Ice.
NEAI-Market steady so to 60 lb. WITS,
S@9c; 90 to IS lb. WITS. 9d1Oc; So to ITO Id.
WITS. 10@11c.
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DR.. ]. L. CARSON DEAD.
Wealthy California Physician Was
Former Resident of Topeka.

Particulars of the death of DIR. ]. L.
Carson, a former Topeka man, have
been received in this city through the
publication of his obituary in a Bakers
field, CAL, newspaper. DIR. Carson left
this city for California a number of
years ago and will be remembered only
by the older residents. At that time
he was fresh from college and clerked
for Rowley Brothers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-10

Liverpool cablese Opening-Wheat I'D
lower; corn Ad lower
Second cable: Wheat SD lower; corn
Esd lower.
Kansas Cit year lots today: Wheat IS,
corn 49, oats 10.
Northwest car lots today 21J, last year
Closing cable: Wheat I'D higher; corn
I'd lower.
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New YORK Produce Market.

New York. Feb. 10.-BUTTER-Market
steady Western factory, 22@235zc; west
ern imitation creamery, 24Q251xc.
CHEESE-Market firm and unchanged.
EGGS-Market steady and unchanged.
POULTRY-Alive, firm; western chick
ems. 1611Q171sc; fowls, $4,000; turkeys, 14@
2Oc. Dressed. firm; western chickens. $50
23c; fowls, 14@1S1zc; turkeys, 22@25c.