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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-02

In the minds of Captain Hobson and
a few others. it is likely that war
between the United States and Japan
is now certain. and for no better rea-
son than that those 1000 cherry trees
which the emperor of Japan presented
to Mrs. Taft and the city of Washing
ton for planting along the Potomac
river will have to be destroyed be-
cause they are infected with root gall
worms, fungus diseases and other in
sect nests
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-02

The Chicago Tribune has been con-
Quoting an extensive and interesting
search concerning the high cost of liv-
ing for the purpose of ascertaining
who gets the money" and it has been
brought to a rather indefinite conclu-
sion with every one interested in the
manufacture and sale of foodstuffs de-
claring that the big profits go to some
,ln
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-02

Pittsburg, Pa. is reported to be a
bit anxious. since the Paris flood. If
the people of that smoky town be-
lieve that the disaster at Paris was a
visitation of wrath because of the sins
of the Parisians it is not difficult to
figure 1t out why the Pittsburgians are
nm anxious seat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-02

A report has it that Mr.. Roosevelt
will lecture on the work Of the Roman
Catholic mission he visited in Africa
when he returns to America. That
won't be so very strenuous, but then.
probably, it is only one of the things
that Mr.. Roosevelt will do when he gets
hack home
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-02

Employees of the city water depart
ment are out as usual reading the wa
ter meters for their monthly registra-
tions. Surely the water department is
not going to have the nerve to ask the
people of the city to pay for the water
it has been furnishing them during the
past month. or for the greater portion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-02

Nothing but the truth. even if it is
unpalatable. is to be found in the state
ment made here Sunday by Mr.. Cod
ding. the warden of the states peni-
tertiary, that society is today max
ing war on the criminal and condoning
crimes that are being committed"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-02
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

If that flood had swept down upon
London instead of upon Paris it would
have been attributed. remarks the Chi
cago Record Herald, to rough work"
on the part Of Germany.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-02

Among the practical suggestions
which are being made for a reduction
q the price Of meat. none is better
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-07-07
TRIUMPH FOR AMERI CANS
German Campaign of SANDER Against
the Deutsche Vacuum Oil
Company Fails.

Berlin.-The long and venomous
campaign waged by German newspa-
pers and rival industrial interests
against one of the German branches
of the Standard Oil Company-the
Deutsche Vacuum Oil Company-has
just been brought to victorious end
for the Americans involved.
A well-known Hamburg newspaper
for months printed such series of at
tacks on the American graft meth
DDS alleged to have been practiced
by the vacuum company in the con-
duct of its German business that the
public prosecutor of Hamburg felt con-
strained to make an official investiga-
ton, especially of the work of E. L.
Quarles, American manager of the
German company's sales department,
and announces that no necessity ex-
lists for pursuing the inquiry further.
No evidence of anything warranting
prosecution was found against Mr..
Quarles. and the costs of the entire in
quiry will be borne by the state.
The result of the investigation con-
stitutes notable triumph for Ameri-
can interests in Germany.
1t is not the first time that Germans,
finding themselves unable to compete
with Amerisans on ordinary terms,
have resOrted to SANDER.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-07-07
Safeguard to Health,

One of the most needful and most
important safeguards to health is the
recent invention of the germ-proof
telephone mouthpiece. This device,
made of clear crystal glass, is in
tended to replace the filthy rubber
mouthpieces In common use, which
furnish all sorts of germs an ideal
breeding place. 1t has received the
enthusiastic Endorsement of doctors.
psychologists and boards of health
wherever introduced and is approved
by all operating telephone companies.
The glass part can be instantly re-
moved for cleaning and can be re-
placed as instantly. It can be wiped
clean without removal 1t is less liable
to breakage than the ordinary rubber
mouthpiece and admits light to all the
parts of the device, thus securing an
extra good sanitary condition.-Illus-
trated Sunday Magazine.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-07-07

The mosquito season is at hand, and
New Jersey, where the Objectionable
insect most abounds, is moving in the
matter Of destroying the pest. Bayonne
Is one of the towns in which energetic
and organized action has been taken.
Infested sections are to be oiled and
ditched. and 1t is believed that by the
methods employed millions of larvae
will be killed and thus grave conse-
Quences will be averted. 1t has been
shown that combined and systematic
effort, including the most scientific
means of fighting the evil. can be very
effective, and New Jersey, which has
been a great sufferer from the ravages
of the mosquito. may add vastly to
health and comfort by general war
aimed at discriminating the mos
quito.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-07-07
DISCLOSE SECRET FUND.
OSTERMANN KEPT SECOND Ac-
COUNT IN CHICAGO BANK.
VIM. Renshaw Got SOC, oo0-Fir Pres
ident of Memphis Car Co. Supposed
to Have Gotten More.

Memphis, Tenn.-The veil of mys
terry which has surrounded the opera
lions of officials OF the Memphis Car
Company, whereby they are supposed
to have received huge sums of money
from the company, representing alleg-
ed fraudulent profits, was lifted Tues
day afternoon, during the taking of the
testimony of r. H. Brebach, former
secretary-treasurer of the company,
when he casually stated that H. c. o.
termann, former president of the
company, had used a Chicago bank to
carry on part of the business of the
firm. The account in this institution,
the Royal Trust and Savings Bank is
supposed to have been the clearing
house whereby, according to admis-
sions already made by Brebach, Os-
termann drew from the firm between
$4,000 and 100000, while the Illinois
Central Railroad Company, it is un-
derstood, will try to prove that Oster-
mann in reality drew out In this way
the enormous total of $150,000, at
least, with strong PROBABILITY that it
Wdo Plo,OOV III CASCoo VI lHdt dllOuut
Brebach admitted that Ostermann
was in the habit of collecting money
from the Illinois Central railroad, on
accounts due the Memphis Car CON-
pany and depositing the money in the
Chicago bank, and that such money
never reached Memphis, but was pre-
sumably kept by Ostermann.
An attempt will be made to show
that Ostermann is still interested in
the affairs of the Memphis Car COM
pany, and depositing the money in the
by the Illinois Central, it being alleged
the railroad company was defrauded
out OF that sum through padding ma
terial and labor charges for repairs on
bad order cars. The suit is a COM
panion to other suits filed in Chicago
alleging graft with the Illinois Central
as the victim, aggregating 100000.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-07-07
MAN SLAIN
TROOPS RUSH HOUSE WHERE A
GEORGiAS KILLED THREE.
Third Victim of w. n. Bostwick Dies
About Time He Is Captured
Fatally Wounded.

1rwinville, Ga.-Fanatically defiant,
even while the shadows of death
closed around him and volley after
volley from the new Springfield rifles
of two state militia companies made
sieve of the walls of his humble
cottage, w. H. Bostwick, the white
desperate who observed his last Sab
bath by the murder of two officers
OF the law and the serious wounding
of three others, paid the penalty of
death shortly after o'clock Monday
morning. He succumbed to many
wounds received from the volleys fired
into the building early in the night
by mob of Infatuated citizens, or
from those of the militia, which be
gan an attack after o'clockk Mon
day morning.
Almost at the same moment, Sheriff
j. P. McInnis, of Irwin county, who
was wounded Sunday while making
desperate attempt to remove a
wounded felow-officer from the range
of Bostwick's deadly fire, expired
Surrounded by his six children,
whom he held prisoners almost to the
end of the siege, Bostwick, who had
declared the intention of dying rather
tran submit to arrest on the charge
Of attempting to murder his brother
in-law because of a dispute growing
out of the settlement of his wife's
estate, fought the battle to the last
ditch, and not once did word or sign
of surrender pass his lips or appear
in the expression of his determined
features.
Knowing that death was near, the
desperate man finally permitted the
fear-stricken children to leave the
house, but the children, remembering
the narrowing experiences of the
night, still held their father in such
fear that they would not reveal one
incident of the night, even after they
We're under the protection of the mil
itary officers.
The children being taken to place
of safety, Capt. DeLang demanded
Bostwick to surrender, but the only
reply was a shot from the besieged
man. Then the soldiers fired a volley
into the lower portion of the house,
intending to kill Bostwick il possible
A hail of lead was thrown into the
roof, followed by a thud which indi-
Gated that Bostwick had fallen to the
floor. Observers then called attention
to the fact that an object was seen to
move through a hole in the floor, and
a volley was fired in that direction. A
rush of the troops was then ordered,
the belief being that Bostwick had
been injured, but this was stopped by
a shot from the building which struck
Deputy James Gill, who was cared for
by physician who was in the crowd.
DeLang's men then fired into the
building several times, the volleys
tearing locks and hinges from the
door.
Several men then attempted to en-
General Hitchcock declares that he
a final shot from Bostwick. The AL
bany company then appeared on the
scene, and rush upon the building
was made from all directions. The
doors were broken open and Bostwick
was found upon the floor.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-07-07
SAYS THE FELLOW ON TOP
Wage Garner Must Cut Out Luxurles
Before He Has Right to Ask
for Sympathy.

"How do you account for the high
cost of living?"
The rubicund gentleman addressed.
glanced at a check for SS,S5, repre-
sentfng the cost of his modest meal.
handed the waiter $40, with instruc-
lions TO keep the change; pulled out
cigar that the interviewer recognized
as 50-center. and leaned back In his
chair
"All rubbish" he said. people live
beyond their means and then growl
about It. It's their own fault"
II see. You believe that everybody
should save part of his income!"
Exactly"
"Umph-umph. Sounds reasonable.
But what proportion of 1t do you
think he should salt down? Suppose.
for instance, the man earns $1.10 a
day, and has wife and five children,
and some of the babies get sick oc-
casionally, and the older ones need
clothes in which to go to school. and
the landlord wants his rent right on
the nail, and a pair of kids shoes
lasts a month, and the instalment on
the sewing machine is so cents every
two weeks, and he carries enough
insurance to bury him, and enough
medicine for his wife is half a dol
lar throw, and everything that the
members of his household eat and
drink and wear costs more than 1T
used to, and gets higher all the
time, do you think he ought to save
very large proportion of his in
Gomez"
you do not state the case fairly.
Doubtless the man has vices. l am
certain he smokes"
Il forgot that. Yes, he pays five
cents package for tobacco and a
package lasts ten days"
"Ha! Shiftless fellow. And, of
course, he has the nerve to complain.
He'll cut out Injuries before he gets
any sympathy from me-"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-07-07
Women In Farm Work,

Almost 100000 women in the
United States are either farmers or
farm laborers. Thanks to the popu-
larity of the homestead in the west
and to a belated appreciation of agri-
culture as field for woman's indus
try, this number is rapidly increasing.
The United States, however, has not
gone so far in this respect as Eng
land. There, in the dairy sections,
women have entire control of the
herds, not only the butter making, but
the milking and feeding. In France
nearly 100000 women are engaged in
farm work, while in most of the coun-
tries of continental Europe the finer
breeds of cattle are mainly the result
of woman's efforts.-New Idea Wo-
mans Magazine.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-07-07
Immigrants Sold at Dock.

1t is pointed out by the London
Chronicle that although the modern
immigrant to American ports may be
sold In way. he is never sold in
the same sense as we're those immi-
grants of the eighteenth century whose
fate one gathers from an advertise
mont in New York paper of 1774.
The advertisement runs: Servants
just arrived from Scotland, to be sold
on board the Commerce, Capt. Fergu-
son, master, lying at the ferry stairs,
ers, tailors, blacksmiths, nailers, shoe
makers, butchers, hatters and spin
sters, IA to 35 years of age. For
terms apply to Henry White or said
master on board
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-07-07

Dispatches from Seattle report an
almost unprecedented rush to the gold
fields of Alaska. This does not look
as though there were general accept.
ance of that story that Scranton al
chemist has discovered a method of
transmitting baser materials into gold
and silver. which. if actually done.
would inevitably minimize the value
of the yellow and white metals. In
short. the modern prospector or specu-
lator has no use for the philosophers
stone, SO eagerly sought by the an
clients.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-07-07

Crossing the English channel in an
afrship semes to have become almost
a habit. Louis Bleriot led the way
nearly year ago and -zas followed by
jacques de Lesseps May 81 last. Both
those aviators were Frenchmen. and
they few from France to England.
Now Charles Stewart Rolls. an Eng
lishman. has made the trip from Eng
land to France and back again without
a stop, and therefore holds the record
in this particular line of achievement.
And he did the trick in a Wright aero
plane. SO America gets at least part
of the credit
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-07-07
catacIysmic Geology.

"Cataclysmic" geology no longer ex-
lists. 1t was once the accepted opin-
ion that the great changes on the
earth's surface had been mainly
brought about by sudden and violent
(cataclysmic) agencies; but Sir
Charles Lyell, as far back as 1888,
demolished the old theory of cata-
clysm at once and forever. Sir Charles
proved by facts which were indisputa-
BILE that the great geological changes
have been produced slowly by grad
ual processes of subsistence and eleva-
ton. and not by earthquakes, volcanic
action. etc. Lyell may be said to be
the father of modern geology, or. to
put 1t more correctly. of real, scien-
tific geology.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-07-07

Is Cuba to furnish the means OF
safeguarding the forests and producing
paper at moderate cost? 1t is an.
nounced from that island that expert.
ments in manufacturing paper from
sugar-cane fiber have proved entirely
successful, and that the product can
be turned out at much less cost than
from wood pulp. OF course the cane ia
what is left after the sugar has been
extracted, and thus another by-product
comes into play. 1t has also been as
serted that American cornstalks may
be converted into paper. AS there is
practically an unlimited supply of such
material. making good the assertion
should be very important step in
conservation.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-07-07
After the Cotton Belt.

st. Louis, Mo.-A deal by which
the Louisville & Nashville railroad is
to obtain control and practical owner
ship of the st. Louis Southwestern rail-
road, known as the Cotton Belt route,
which has been pending for ninety
days and is expected to be consum-
mated within the next thirty days.
The control of the Cotton Belt, it is
reported, will pass to the Louisville
& Nashville for a cash outlay of a
little more than $1,o00,000.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-07-07

The movement for the devising of
sanitary rules for all passenger trains
and railroad stations is not aimed at
the carrying operations, because it
originated among them. and was sug-
gested by DR.. w. A. Apologize. chief
surgeon of the Southern railway. The
railroads have always been leaders in
promoting the safety and comfort Of
the travelling public, and they will CO.
operate earnestly with the United
States public health and marine hos
pital service in combating germ dis
eases.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-07-07
JAMES A. PATTEN RETIRES
"The Iron Man" Of Chicago Wheat Pit
Is Tired.

Chicago need a rest; l have
ben in harness ever since was boy,
and have worked hard, very hard;
now l want to step out, make room
for some Of the younger element and
watch them. James A. Patten.
On Thursday when the clock
marked the hour of in his office III
the Western Union building, a tall,
broad shouldered man, slightly
stopped, with silvery hair and mus
tache, closed his desk, said rather
brisk goodbye to those who were in
the office and went home to Evanston.
There was no display, but in the
same manner that has marked his tri
umphs, SO was the passing from the
active business world of Jim" Patten,
liking of the wheat pit. of the corn pit,
of the oats pit, holy terror of the cot
ton market"
From the time he cornered the corn
market in 1S90-91 until the present
day he has had the reputation Of play
ing a lone hand" Never depending
upon any one else, but bearing the
brunt himself, he has fought his way
year by year.
Old men on the Board Of Trade say
he is soured; that he fels that he has
been misjudged and that many of the
ne is soured that he feels that he has
received have been undeserved. AS to
whether or not that be true, they also
declare he never asked, never received
but often gave quarter" to men who
were In hole.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-07-07

Seattle, Wash Thaddeus e. York,
arrested by detectives who had traced
him all over the country by means OF a
key to the knee joint of his cork leg,
is said by the police to be the most en-
ergetic forger of the past decade. York
was arrested as he stepped from the
gang plank of steamer from San
Francisco. He is charged with de
frauding klamath (Qre.) bank Of S.
800. Chicago bank of $4,000, Bel
bingham (Wash.) bank of $1,000, and
Seattle bank OF 1888.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-07-07
oLD-AcE PENSIONS.

The expected has happened. A bill
for old-age pensions has been intro
duced in the house of representatives
The introducer is William Bauchop
Wilson of Blossburg, Pa, former coal
miner, former International secretary
of the United Mine Workers of Ameri-
ca. who now makes living for his
ten children on farm, when he is not
lucky enough to be drawing repre-
sentative's salary. says Brooklyn
Eagle. The provisions of the bill give
$3.50 year to each man or woman
over the age of sixty-five who has
neither property worth $500 nor an
income Of over $240 year. Modesty
is to be expected of an entering
wedge. But Wilson's measure is too
modest by half. This is rich coun-
try. How can it expect person over
sixty-five years old to live comfortably
on $500 year? If the old-age pension
In each case were fixed at, say $4,000
year. more money would be put in
circulation and anyone would have a
motive for seeking longevity. Nobody
would be silly enough to nurse thrift
or to pursue industry any farther than
would be needed to keep life going till
the age of sixty-flve should be reached
For that matter. why not make the age
forty? This is an era of humanitarian
experimentation.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-07-07
JOHN w. DANIELS.
United States Senator from Virginia

from bling in his seat at the opening
of congress last December. Only once
since that had he appeared before an
audience and that was for an informal
talk in January.
The end was almost without strug-
gle. Indeed, the members of the
family could not notice the slight
struggle which avs noted bby DR..
Waugh.
Dissolution was very rapid, for
when the final and complete failure of
heart action began, it progressed with
great rapidity and in five minutes
the patient was dead.
John Warwick Daniel, lawyer and
statesman and one of the most strik-
ing figures in the United States SEN
ate, was born in Lynchburg, Va. Sept.
5, 1912.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-07-07
PoMera ARC Anxious.

Washington, d. C.-The ratification
by China of the $30,000,00O Hankow
railroad loan is now sought by the
state department. Instructions were
sent to American Minister Calhoun at
Picking to join with the representa-
tives of the other three govrnments
interested in urging China to bring the
matter to a speedy conclusion The de-
partment has just teen notifld that
the other three governments have ap
proved of the arrangements made in
Paris by the financial concerps in
volved
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-07-07
A startIer.

A gentleman whose hearing is de-
fective is the owner of dog that is
the terror of the neighborhood in
which he lives. The other day he
was accosted by friend, who said:
Good morning, Mr.. H. Your wife
made a very pleasant call on us last
evening"
"I'm very sorry" came the startling
reply. III see that 1t don't occur
again, for I'm going to chain her up
In future. London Telegraph
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-07-07
Shouting Methodists Defended.

Battle Crek, Mich.-Church people
have as much right to yell when they
are moved by religious enthusiasm
as baseball enthusiasts have when
the home team makes a hit was ar
ggued by Bishop A. zellew of James
town, N. Y. in an address before the
Tri-State Encampment of Free Meth
odists here.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-07-07

How will coming generations get
their physical exercise in outdoor rec
reations? The motorcycle las played
hob with the bicycle. and the power
boat has the sailing boat and the oars
men on the run. A Tiny motor now
pushes the light Indian canoe over the
shallow lakes and streams. and for
some the paddle is too strenuous or
too slow. Shall we next see the pedes-
TRAN tuck motor in his pocket and
get over the ground without the labor
Of moving his feet7
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-07-07
SENATOR DANIEL DEAD
FOR MORE THAN 80 YEARS FA.
voRRiTE SON OF VIRGINIA..

Had Been in III Health for Months.
Death Due to Paralysis Resulting
From Cerebral Hemorrhage.
Luxembourg, Va.-John w. Daniel,
senior United States Senator from
Virginia, and for more than thirty
years Virginias favorite son, died on
Wednesday at 1926 O'Clock, his
death being due to recurrence OF
paralysis. The immediate cause of his
death was cerbral hemorrhage in
the right portion of his brain, involv-
ing the right side. This was in addi-
ton to the paralysis of the left side
which was sustained last winter while
in Florida for his health
The statesman's illness began with
slight attack of apoplexy in Phila-
delphia last October, this keeping him
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-07-07
U. s. Senator McEnery Dies.

New Orleans, La.-United States
Senator Samuel Douglas McEnery died
at his home here Tuesday morning.
Senator McEnery was in his 74th
year. The attack of Indigestion weak
ened his condition, and under the
strain which attended the illness his
heart action failed.