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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
ON BENCH Fl YEARS.
Judge and Mrs. Smith Give Dinner to
Bar of Rocks County.


stockton, Kan. March 15.-Judge
and Mrs. c. w. Smith gave a dinner
to the bar of Rocks county in COM
memoration of the twenty-first ami
versary of his appointment as judge of
the thirty-fourth district of Kansas.
All the attorneys of the county were
invited and were present excepting
John Pedroga of Plainville and E. G.
Spealman, who was out of town. Those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Ham,
Samuel n. Hawkes., Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. B. Hawkes.. Mr.. and Mrs. W. K
Skinner, Mr.. and Mrs. O. o. Osborn,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Gold. Mrs. Speal-
man.
A splendid dinner was served. with
two mammoth turkeys, which his
honor carved gracefully.
Judge Smith is the dean of Kansas
district judges, having sat on the
bench a longer period than any of his
colleagues. He was appointed judge
of this district on March s, 1889, when
it was cut off from the seventeenth
district, and has held the position con-
tinuously since. He was elected once
when every county in the district was
overwhelmingly Populist. and has
never had any serious opposition at the
polls. indicating the high regard which
has always been evinced by the peo-
pie for his character and integrity as
a judge. His fifth elective term ex-
pireS this year and he will be up for
reelection in November.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
WHEAT IN SOUTHWEST.
Looking Fine in Clark and Adjoining
Counties.

Englewood. Kan, March lire
ports come from some parts of Kan
sas that wheat is killed out by the
upheaval of the ground caused by
numerous hard freezes and lack of
snow to keep the wheat warm durin g
extreme cold weather, but this does not
apply to this section of Kansas or
Oklahoma. While these parts have had
considerable cold weather, the sandy
loan seems to have had a tendency to
keep a fine dust on top of the ground
which has prevented it from packing
or becoming so hard that it would
crack or heave during extreme cold
spells, and the recent warm days have
caused the wheat to grow so fast one
can almost see it grow with the naked
eye. A farmer was heard to remark
the other day, my wheat grew half
an inch today"
Jim Smith, who has out something
over 200 acres. says: TELL them my
wheat is looking fine"
Mr.. Hines says: "My wheat is as
fine as 1 ever saw
Parties who had occasion to drive
to Gate. Okla, from Englewood last
Saturday, said the wheat looked fine
and one could scarcely see the ground
in many fields.
G. G. Henson, who has been in vari
Gus parts of Kansas recently. says the
wheat is looking better in this section
than any place he has been.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
ARITHMETIC AND FOOD
school Children Must Be Fed Right.

A young girl in Ind. says no one has
better right to speak of Grape Nuts
food than she.
Il was in school, but in poor health,
until Mamma began to give me Grape
Nuts food. began to improve at once,
both mentally and physically, and I
i got 100 in arithmetic and during that
time gained or pounds in weight.
There is no one has a right to rec
ommend the food more highly than 1.
Mamma neglected to supply it for
about three weeks, and began to fail
in health again, so l commenced the
use of the food over. and now 1 dom
intend to do without Grape-Nuts on
the table,
It is well for parents to know that
Grape-Nuts food contains selected ele-
ments from the grains, prepared and
these food elements SO that they can be
quickly digested and assimilated; the
phosphate of potash obtained from the
field grains. and contained in Grape
Nuts unites with the albumen of food
to quickly rebuild the gray matter in
the nerve centres and brain.
1t is Of the greatest Importance that
growing children and students be given
food that sustains both brain and
nerves.
Read 1.-The Road to wellviIle," found
in pkgs. There's a Reason
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine. true, and full of human
interest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
TRAINING SCHOOL IN KANSAS.
Soldiers and National Guardsmen to
Hold Meetings.

Fort Riley, Kan. March 15.-Kan-
sas will be the training school for sol
diers and national guardsmen from all
over the United States this year. There
will be three schools. two at Fort
Leavenworth, and one at Fort Riley.
These two forts are the largest lin the
country. The location is central and
these two facts account for their Sc
lection for the summer schools.
The school for the engineering and
signal corps will be held at Fort Leav
enworth and will last from May 1 5 to
June Is. The school for infantry Of
ficers will be held at Fort Leavenworth
and will last from July 10 to II. This
latter school will be attended by the
Kansas National guard, but the other
school will be attended by members
of the National guard from all over
the United States.
The school for artillery and cavalry
officers will be at Fort Riley from June
1 to June 20. This will be attended by
cavalry and artillery officers from all
the states of the Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
WAS A LEGAL HANGING.
Dodge City Man Says He Witnessed
One I'm Usage City.

Dodge City. Kan. March 15.-The
statement has been made in number
of the state papers lately that Kansas
has never had legal hanging. but this
is mistake, or a misStatement. Henry
Lord of Dodge City was a witness at
one in Usage county, and has a vivid
recollection of the affair This hang
ing occurred N 1866 or Whereabouts.
At Burlingame, a fellow named
Bates. a prisoner of the county, shot
and killed Abel Policy, an old man
who was serving as a deputy sheriff or
constable and had been in charge of
the prisoner. Bates escaped but later
was arrested for some crime at Olathe.
Kansas. While in jail there he con-
ided to fellow prisoner that he was
the man who had killed Policy at Bur
lingame. He told the wrong man, it
seems, for the friend in Jail gave the
thing away. AS a result Bates was
taken back to Usage county, tried and
sentenced to be hanged. Billy Cozine
was sheriff Of Usage county, and it fell
to him to carry out the sentence. A
makeshift drop was arranged in the
court house, and when the day for the
execution arrived. W. H. Lord. now of
Dodge City. and others of the soldier
boys who had come home about that
time were called in as witnesses. Bates
was dropped at the appointed time.
The hanging of Bates was legal. and
it occurred in Kansas as no doubt a
number of the old timers in Usage
county will recall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
BIG P. 0. SUPPLIES
Salina Gets Carload Stamped
Envelopes and Wrappers.
They Weigh 1000 Pounds and
Valued at $53,156.8O.
BLUE TINT POSTALS.
New Design Will Not Arrive for
Sometime Yet.
BLUE TINT POSTALS.
Shipment just Received Con-
tains 100000 Envelopes.

Salina, Kan. March 15.-The first
car load of United States government
postoff1ce supplies has arrived in Sa-
lima, be held for distribution from
the Salina postoffice as called for in
this section of the state
The stock is being unloaded and
stored in the basement of the post
office. When an office in scope of Salina
office is in need of government sup
plies, that office will notify Washington
postal authorities, and they will in turn
order the Salina postmaster to ship the
goods to the office requesting them.
The department has during the past
year created several distributing points
for the mail supplies. Money can be
in this case the department can make
very large shipments instead of having
to ship so many small amounts to the
smaller offices throughout the country
for the greater distances. leaving the
short distance shipments to be made
from the distributing points.
The shipment just received here was
a full car load Of stamped envelopes
and stamped wrappers. There were
1900 pounds in the car. The stock is
VALUED at $53 156. go The goods were
shipped from Dayton, Ohio.
There were 475, 900 one-cent stamped
envelopes. and S34. 900 two-cent stamped
envelopes in the car. There are also
100000 one-cent paper wrappers in this
consignment
The Salina office is yet to receive
car load Of postcards. but they will not
arrive for some time yet, as they will
be of the news variety-blue finland
no great amount of them have been
a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
Stomach Feels Fine
One or Two Mi-o-na Tablets Will
Drive Distress From Stomach
in Five Minutes.

Get a so cent box of Mi-o-na tablets
today and learn for yourself how easy
it is to put your out of order stomach
in perfect condition.
Mi-ona stomach tablets give instant
relief-and do more.
They build Up the stomach so quickly
that in a few days belching, sourness,
heartburn, heavIness. biliousness. head
ache and dizziness will entirely disap-
pear.
Mi-o-na stomach tablets are guaran-
teed to cure indigestion and all stom-
ach ills or money back.
II have been troubled with my stom-
ach for two years. / tried everything
heard Of saw advertisement in the
Taper for Mi-o-na stomach tablets so
/ got a box to try them. They did me
more than $500 worth of good They
are the best in the world. dennis
Stephen Coudersport. Pa. Feb. 1, 1910.
Fifty cents for large box of Mi-o-na
a. druggists everywhere.
. Booths Pills for constipation; they
are sure to please. 25c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
APPOINT NEW PREACHERS.
Southwest Kansas Conference of Meth
odists at Wichita This Week.

Wichita, Kan, March 15.-The an
nuaI session of the southwest Kansas
conference of the Methodist church
will be held in this city beginning
March 16 and closing March 81. 1t is
expected that the meeting will be at
tended by 200 ministers. members of
this conference, their wives and many
other ministers and laymen. A pre-
liminary missionary meeting will be
held Tuesday evening.
The conference will discuss the work
of Methodism in southwestern Kansas.
Reports of the work for the past year
will be made and the appointment of
preachers for the coming year an
nounced. The ordination of deacons
and elders will take place Sunday,
March 80.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
JUDGE PULLED CoRKs.
Ninety-five Pints Liquor Destroyed by
Law at lola


lola. Kan. March 15.-Police Judge
Wallace H. Anderson. Chief of Police
John J. Greed and Policeman Harry
Brooks KILLED" 95 pints of Glendale
whisky at police headquarters, but not
in the way whisky is usually KILLED. !"
They poured the liquor down the sewer
and then smashed the empty bottles.
The liquor was conf1scated some time
ago in the residence of A. Craig, col
ored, who lives on Scott street. Craig
is ncw serving time for violation of the
ordinance prohibiting the keeping of a
nuisance
The liquor was shipped here from
Kansas City in a big trunk. When
it was unloaded at the train a bottle
broke and patrolman scented the
experts and the raid followed. Several
experts witnessed the destruction of
the liquor. They shifted the stuff and
pronounced it of uncertain ingredi-
entS.
The destruction of the liquor was
we'll systematized. Judge Anderson
pulled the corks. Greed poured the
liquor in the sewer and Brooks broke
the bottle. Judge Anderson used
long corkscrew in lifting the corks. A
man came in who has lifted corks
more or less all his life and he showed
the Judge how the work could be ex-
pedited with a knife. The fellow in
serted the knife between the cork and
the neck of the bottle. gave it a slight
twist and the cork came out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
SKIN SUFFERERS
DOUBT Is REMOVED

Many eczema sufferers have failed
so utterly with salves and other dis
cover1es" that even the assurance of
the hest physician or druggist cannot
induce them to invest another dollar
in any remedy.
1t is to these discouraged sufferers
in particular that we now offer, at only
% cents. trial bottle of the accepted
standard eczema remedy. a simple wash
of oil of wintergreen, thynlol and
glycerine, as compounded in D. D. D.
Prescription.
Hundreds of cures have convinced
us and we know you can prove in
stantly with the first application that
it takes swav the itch at once.
Geo. w. Stansfield, druggist 632
Kansas avenue, Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15

New Healing Agent Makes Quick Work
of Them.


of Them.
The dispensers of pos1am, the new
skin discovery, ask that notice he given
that no one is urged to purchase 1t
without first obtaining the sample
package which will be sent free to any
one who writes to the Emergency
Laboratories, 80 West 25th street, New
York This alone is sufficient to clear
the complexion and to rid the face of
pimples- Every one who has tried
poslam knows that the fifty-cent box.
on sale at Rosser Drug Co, and Fred
A. Snow. as we'll as all other drug
stores. contains sufficient for the worst
cases of eczema, where the surface af
fected is not too large The itching
ceases on first application. 1t will also
cure acne. letter, blotches. scaly scalp.
hives, BARRIERS and every other form of
itch, including itching feet. Being
hesh-colored and containing no grease.
the presence of poslam on exposed sur
faces. such as the face and hands. IS
not perceptible. Water and soap can
not be used in connection with IT,
these irritate and prolong skin troubles.
sometimes even causing them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
MURDERED BY NEGRO.
'Dago Mary" Who Was Cut and
Robbed Is Dead.

Kansas City. Kan. March 15.-The
police are still searching for the muir
derer of Mrs Albert They have a
good description of the man and sew
eral persons have seen him. They are
aiding the police in the search. He
cut one hand in his attack on Mrs.
Albert and Identification will be easy.
Almost everybody in Armourdale
knew that "Dago Mary''-Mrs. Mary
Albert-carried her money in the
pocket of her blue calico apron. Yes
terday morning a negro robber at
tackled her with a razor IN her living
rooms in the rear of her grocery store.
EOS Kansas avenue. Armourdale. cut
her throat so that she died at 1:45
O'Clock and took the money from her
apron bank. Nobody knows how much
there was. but probably several hun
dred dollars was the prize.
Mrs. Albert was alone in the store
when the negro entered. He walked
through the storeroom and found her
in her living rooms.
Nobody knew of the attack until
Mrs. Albert ran to the front door of
the store and waved her hands She
was not able to talk. Her clothing
was covered with blood Two men in
a motor car Eaw her and notified w. r.
Stogsdill. Datrolman. He and Ser
geant Newton Adams from the Ar
mourdale police station went to the
store.
"I was the first officer to reach the
store" Stogsdill said. MARY was rum
ming around the room waving her
hands and trying to talk. Her clothing
was covered with blood. She seemed
to be crazed by the pain and by the
loss of the money. The only word we
could understand was money
Mrs. Albert is a large woman and it
appears that she fought with her as
sailant. The little room was in dis
order and the floor was stained with
blood The razor. with part of the
handle broken. was found on the floor.
Off1Oara nil ny T7n
floor that probably had been dropped
by The robber.
"Dago Mary was Syrian. She had
not lived with her husband for years.
She has owned several grocery stores
in Arm ourdale and was a successful
business woman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
DISTRESSED
AFTER EATING
An Oklahoma Man Tells How He
Cured His Stomach Trouble
by the Tonic Treatment.

The symptoms of stomach trouble
vary. Some victims have a ravenous
appetite, some loatle the sight of food.
Often there is a feeling as of weight on
the chest, full feeling in the throat.
Sometimes the gas presses on the heart
and leads the sufferer to think he has
heart disease.
Some people know that the strength
which the weak stomach needs, and for
the lack of which the whole body is suf-
fering, can be found surely and quickly
in DIR. Williams Pink Pills. In hun
dreds of instances these pills have sue
ceeded where every other remedy had
failed, and in every case the cure was
radical.
Mr. W. R. Persefield, of Kingfisher,
Okla, a section foreman on the @. r.
!. & P. R. R., says:
For eight years suffered from the
fortunes of Indigestion and constipation
My stomach was sour and very sore. 1
could not eat without distress although
had a ravenous appetite and a craving
for meat. / was also troubled a great
deal by gas forming on my stomach.
1.-The doctors gave me but little relief
and upon a friends advice / tried Oh.
williams Pink Pills. I could see some
improvement after short trial and used
the pills until cured. The pills purified
my blood, gave me strength and can
now eat a meal without distress.
The tonic treatment with DR.. VIII
liams' Pink Pills by building up the
blood sothat it can nourish and strength
en- the weakened digestive system has
made hundreds of cures in the most
severe stomach disorders. This record
of cures should merit trial for the
remedy which is guaranteed free from
opiates.
A new edition of the booklet, "What
to Eat and How to Eat" is free on re-
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on receipt of price, so cents per box; six
boxes for So SO, by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
FINED $40 AND COSTS.
Inspector Klcinhans Found Merchants
Scales Would Not Balance.

Seneca. Kan. March 15.-In the
city court here Shoemaker & Ketter,
general merchants at Kelly, Kan, were
fined $40 and costs for using incorrect
scales. It was claimed by the inspec-
tor that the scales being used were out
OF balance q ounces in favor of the
dealer.
In speaking of the prosecution,
State Inspector K1einhans said: eff
dealers would inspect their scales to
know they were level and in proper
working order. and examine the
weights to know they had not in any
way been tempered with and would
keep the scale in balance it would be
like hunting hens teeth to find false
and incorrect scales"
The KLEIN bakery and Weinberg
bakery here were both fined $40 and
costs for selling bread under the stand
ard one-pound weight and not labeled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
COMMERCIAL CLUB Ar HAYS.
Citizens Meet and Organize a Club of
Fifty-tWo Members.

Hays City. Kan, March 15.-All
doubt of Hays City wanting a Com
mercial club was dispeIled when the
citizens met in the Essex club to COM
p1ete the organization of the CONNER
cial club. When the committee report
ed the constitution and bylaws and
they were adopted, So signed as char
ter members. Never was such an en-
terprise undertaken with more en-
thusiasm. The executive committee is
composed of Otto Swaller. DR.. Jor-
dan, George Philip, jr., Professor Bird,
Z. s. Beach, j. B. Basgall and G. w.
Miller. jr This committee will select
the officers for the club and report at
next regular meeting to be held Tues
day, March Is. pse.t4-sgs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
KLE1NHANs AT BLUE RAPIDS.
State Food Inspector Orders Restaur-
ant Closed for a Cleaning Up.

State Food Inspector Orders Restaur-
ant Closed for Cleaning Up.
Blue Rapids. March ia restaur-
ant was closed here Saturday by State
Food Inspector Kleinhans, requiring
the place to be scrubbed out, all shelv-
ing, counters and tables cleaned, cob
webs taken down, cuspidors emptied
and washed and out closet cleaned and
properly lined.
If the order given by the inspector
had not been complied with, COM
plant would have been made to the
county attorney and warrants would
have been issued. The law requires
the kitchen, dining room cellar, Of
fee, ice boxes. refrigerators and all
places where foods are prepared, kept
or stored shall be kept clean, and in
q sanitary condition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
RAN AWAY WITH ENGINE.
Man Wanted to See fl He Could Over
power One as He Could Broncho.

1'ONOA OAAC lAS III OOu1O a oIOuC1lOs
Wichita, Kan. March 15.-An over
towering desire to take a fast ride
alone in locomotive caused Herbert
West, PAINTER, to steal an engine
here yesterday.
Finding an empty engine. the crew
of which had LIT it to take a meal,
in the yards of the Atchison. Topeka
& Santa Fee. he climbed into the cab.
pulled the first lever he got his hands
on and rolled away.
Percefving their engine leaving, the
crew got out a special engine and hur-
ried after the speeding locomotive.
Several miles north of here the sec
ond engine came close enough to
couple to the first. Members of the
crep then went forward into the cab
of the stolen engine and took West in
hand.
81 just wanted to see If could over
power that engine like / used to break
bronchos."N said West when he was
brought here and placed in Jail. He
says he never was in an engine cab
before.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
KANSAS HIGH SCHOOLS.
State Debating League Organized at
Lawrence Meeting.

Lawrence, Kan, March 15.-The
Kansas High School Debating league
was organized here by the represen-
tatives of the schools of the state who
are here at the annual conference of
teachers. Harry Miller, principal of
the Kansas City, Kan, high school,
was elected president; Richard R.
Price, of the extension department of
debating of the University of Kansas,
secretary and treasurer A constitu-
ton was unanimously adopted by the
terms of which the state is divided in
to eight debating districts correspond
ing to the congressional districts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
KILLED 80 HEAD CATTLE.
Train on Lincoln Branch West of Hill
City Shake Things Up.

Oakley. Kan, March 15.-While the
Lincoln branch passenger was hitting
along at a pretty good clip west of
Hill City. the train ran into herd of
cattle and plowed its way through
them for a distance of hundred
yards. When the crew of the train
stopped and counted up the number
of casualties there were SO dead or
and a number of injured ones. The
passengers on the train were well
shaken up and it was fortunate that
the train did not leave the rails.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15
SIXTY BUSHELS TO ACRE.
Chase County Farmer Thinks His 20
Acres VIII Yield That Much.

Cottonwood Falls. Kan, March IS
Another Kansas prosperity story was
brought to town by ]. G. Atkinson of
Hymer. Besides other good crops
which Mr.. Atkinson raised last year
was a 20-acre field of kaff1r corn which
had been planted on sod. The season
seemed to be just sod. The season
didn't thrash the kaffir corn. yet of all
who examined the field. none estimat-
ed it would average less than so bush
els to the acre and from that up to TO-
AS Mr.. Atkinson was busy with other
crops and little short on help. he ac-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15

cepted an offer Of $25 per acre for the
20-acre field just as 1t stood in the
shock Had he known that kaffir corn
seed was going to bring the price 1t
has and had headed and threshed the
crop he could probably more than
doubled his money after counting out
the time and expense OF thrashing and
marketing the crop. After all. $25 an
acre profit on a sod crop isn't a bad
prODOSitiOn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-15

year.
Mr. CuIley will continue as editor
until after the congressional primary.
advocating the denomination of Con-
gresham Scott
The paper will continue as straight
Republican and will advocate the NOM
ination of former Senator ]. w.
Parker of this city for one of the
justices of the supreme court.