davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-12-03

John b. Moore is now so far recov-
cred that he is being wheeled out OF
doors in an invalid's chair
Centennial Lodge is planning a rep
itltion OF its banquet OF last year. the
date to be Douglas Birthday as before
The Knights Templar entertained
Thursday night at East Turner. A
short program Of merit, drills and
dancing were entertainment enough
for all
The Chas. Sumner Sanatorium AS
sociation announces that It has been
given land on the Rock Island road
east of here.
Shorter's rally on last Sunday has
brought in more than 800 and will be
continued.
There Is great activity in demo.
cratic circles now that the candidates
of that party have been chosen The
report is that there is prospect OF
three appointments in the county by
that party. In the meanwhile the
man who is seen hustling up one
street and down the other may not
be a sidewalk inspector. He may be
only a candidate for one OF these
places.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10
AN IDEAL STORE.
Warren Nj. Crosby Building VIII Be
Completed January 1.

E Contractors expect to complete work
on the new Warren M. Crosby build
ing by January 1, at which time the
firm will install complete new system
o. modern sanitary furniture and fix
lures. When the building is completed
and equipped the firm will be housed in
one of the most modern and convenient
buildings in the west.
The erection Of the new Crosby build
ing has been revelation in Topeka
building ventures, in that the firm has
never closed its doors an hour on &C
count Of the contractors and their men
interfering with the trade. Work on
the building started last summer and
the structure has literally been the
completed the company will own new
home 70 feet wide by 225 feet deep,
above a basement the entire length
and breadth of the building. This will
afford IS, 900 square feet of floor space,
or more than double the former ca
windows have been featured as an es-
pecfally attractive part Of the building
and are easily on an equality with any
display windows in Topeka The cost
of the new building and equipment will
total close to $150,000.
Speaking of the new home of the
firm, w. w. Whitney, the manager,
said:
1.-THE building is large enough, strong
enough and modern enough to meet the
demands of the firm for several years
and we tried to anticipate the business
of the future in a conservative way
when the new building was planned.
We feel that the completion of the
building at this time is remarkable in
that we have been doing business here
six days in the week while the con-
tractors were building around us new
home.
More than anything else, believe
we have appreciated the consideration
of the public while the work was in pro-
gress. Our business continued good,
regardless of the fact that our store
has been literally torn up for several
months. When the building is COM
pleted and our new sanitary furniture
and equipment are installed, we will
present a decidedly improved appear
ance Every detail of our new store Is
decidedly modern and of the very best
The new furniture will bring out these
features with pleasing effect"
The first floor of the new building
will be occupied by the dry goods. dress
goods and piece goods lines, depart
naents with the business offices of the
firm occupying new quarters on the
rear of this floor The second floor will
be used for the department of women's
ready to wear garments. Comfortable
nent place on this floor. The dress
making departments will occupy the
third floor. For the present at least
the basement will be held IN reserve
and used only for storage room. The
building was so arranged that the
basement might be converted into sales
rooms. If desired.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10
DAY OF SHOPLIFTERS.
Forces in Topeka Stores Are on the
Lookout.

This is the season of harvest for
shoplifters and the clerks in every
large store in Topeka have instruc-
lions to keep both eyes open for the
light fingered men and women who
visit the down town shopping district
I'VE have to be very careful" said
one Topeka merchant today, because
there is no telling just who has a sud-
den notion to take something. Women
who are in every other way perfect
ly honest, will sometimes steal little
things of comparative small value when
suddenly possessed with an idea that
they can get away with them. We do
not want to have them arrested, and
yet occasionally it is necessary to turn
man or woman over to the police.
The average shopIifter, If not a pro-
fessional, will confess when severely
'sweated,' and this process is some
times used to good results"
This week the first arrest of the
holiday season was made on charge
of shoplifting. A woman stole a valu-
able handbag in a down town store and
was arrested with the stolen property
in her possession
This woman was evidently a profess
sional," said Mrs. Thorpe, the police
matron in whose charge the woman
was placed. 'She told me her home
was in Kansas City and that she had
been shopping with a friend. When a
man appeared and gave a cash bond
LOT Q6I appearance she 1G4l Tie DQliQ-
ing and did not return for trial"
The police force keep on the lookout
for suspicious characters in the stores
during the Christmas rush, but it is
the clerks In the stores who form a
sort of private detective association
and sometimes save their employers a
good many dollars.
More arrests are made during the
Christmas holidays on a charge of
shoplifting." said Chief Morris Jenkins.
of the Topeka police force, than at
any one other time of the year. Wheth-
err it is desire to provide Christmas
presents, or just to take advantage of
the big crowds in the stores and steal
condition exists in every large town and
city in the country"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10
TIE Important
Problem

confronting anyone In need of laxa,
tive is not a question of a single &C
ton only, but of permanently bene.
fetal effects, which will follow proper
efforts to live in healthful way, with
the assistance of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, whenever it is re-
CURED, as 1t cleanses the system
gently yet promptly. without irritation
and will therefore always have the
preference of all who wish the best of
family laxatives.
The combination has the approval
of physicians because it is known to
be truly beneficial, and because it has
given satisfaction to the millions OF
well-informed families who have used
it for many years past
To get its beneficial effects, always
buy the genuine manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10
DR.. M'CARROLL HERE.
VIII Deliver Address at Theater Meet
ing Tomorrow.

DR.. W. Irving Carroll of Texarkana,
Tex, conference Bible teacher of
note, will be the speaker at the Sun
day afternoon theater meeting for men
under the auspices Of the Laymen's
council Of the churches and 7. M. G.
A. his subject being 1.-TWO Young
Men"
DR.. McCarroll was the Bible instruc-
tor at a number of the big religious
conferences last summer. including the
Y. M. G. A. conference at Estes Park,
Colo, the famous Winona lake confer
ence in Indiana, the Ashville, N. C.,
general conference and the Mortified,
Mass, conference. He was associated
with DR.. c.. I. Scofield the author of
1.-THE Twentieth Century Bible"
The Knights and Ladies of Security
band will give concert Sunday after
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10

This week Colonel Banks gave a de-
scription of the raid at the celebra-
ton of the ffty-sixth anniversary of
the founding of Topeka. The story is
in his words and the events described
are just as he saw them. Mr.. Banks
said:
The QuantreH Raid.
About sunset on August 20, 1863, a
body of about 400 mounted men cross
ed the state line between Missouri and
Kansas near the southeast corner of
johnson county and not far from the
village of Aubrey. They wore no uni
forms, but were finely mounted and
heavily armed. They had been or
ganized in the Sni hills in johnson
county, Mo-, and recruited from small
bands of guerillas, deserters from
both armies; farmers and men liv-
ing in the border counties, and all
were actuated by a common desire to
loot and destroy the town of Law
renee and massacre it's inhabitants.
The leader of this expedition was
William Clark Quantrell, who already
had become Infamous in Kansas by
reason of numerous cruel and bloody
forays he and his followers had made
in the eastern counties. With him,
and acting as his neutenants were
those blood-stained and ferocious
desperadoes, George Todd, Bill Ander-
son, Dick Yeager, Bill Gregg, Cole
Younger and others who had attained
q prominence in murder and blood
shed second only to that of their
chief. One or two of the men are yet
living.
Jesse James was not with them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10

organizations will meet in Topeka
The fact that the local management
was successful in landing all three OF
the meetings is simply recognition of
the Importance of Topeka.
Lester Tompkins Of Concord, Kan,
will judge the Reds. This means that
there should be the greatest display
of Reds ever seen in Kansas. AS a
number of small organizations will
meet while the show is in progress
there will undoubtedly be large
number of out-of-town people here
for the exhibition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10
TELLS OF RAID
Col. A. r. Banks Was in Law
renee When Quantrell Came.
Was Stationed in Town as Fed
eral Officer.
MADE TERMS OF PEACE
When Eldridge House Surren-
dered Banks Dictated Terms.
Saw That Women Were Protect
ed and UnmOIested.

Col. A. R. Banks, of 7o5 Fillmore
street, was in Lawrence the day of
the QuantrelI raid and participated
in all of the events of the historic
day. It was Colonel Banks who sur
rendered Eldridge house and con-
tracted the truce with Quantrell and
left the hotel few minutes before
the building was burned. Mr.. Banks
was a federal officer with headquar-
tiers in Lawrence at the time of the
raid and himself and wife occupied
quarters in the Eldridge house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10
RHODE ISLAND RED CLUB.
WIN Meet in Topeka on january End
to 9TH.

Announcement is made by the man
agement of the Topeka Poultry show
that the annual meeting of the Ma
tionaI Rhode Island Red club viii be
held while the local show is In pro-
gress January 2-7. The local associa-
ton went after three national club
meetings-and three only-and was
successful in landing all three
IT has already been announced that
the Barred Plymouth club, and Sill
yer Wyandotte dub. both national
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10

noon at the Novelty theater, beginning
at 3 o'clock and lasting until $3.50,
when the address by DR.. McCarroll will
be given.
DIR. McCarroll will spend the week in
Topeka and will give Bible talks to
business men at the Central Y. M. c. A.
from 1890 to 1 o'clock each day, and
will speak on the Bible at 1880 O'Clock
each evening to anyone who wishes to
attend
The noon hour subjects are:
Monday, what the Bibl Isl
Tuesday, Christ and the Bible.''
Wednesday, Science, Scientists and
the Bible
Thursday, 'aThe Wonders of Bible
Prophecy"
Friday, "Bible Study"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10
ENDS WINTERS TROUBLES.

To many, winter Is q season of trouble.
The frost bitten toes and fingers, chapped
and rough skins, prove this. But such
troubles fly before Bucklens Arnica Salve
A trial convinces. Greatest healer Of
Burns. Boils. Piles, Cuts, Sores, Eczema
and sprains. Only sc at all druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10

There is not the demand for money
on real estate that there was year
ago. This is shown by a glance at
the Legal News, and indicates a good
financial condition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10

I'm the victim of system" exclai1n-
ed the gloomy man. what system?''
MY own. have DYSPEPSIA half the time
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10

garet Coggins to John Rollheuser, for
the consideration of $1,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10

ST wish 1 were deadr' tHeavensl Can't
you marry her, or did you?"-Cleveland
Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10

1000
726


Building and real estate news for
publication in this column must be
handed in by o'clock on Thursday
of each week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10

The Shawnee Agency has sold two
three acre tracts on the Taylor prop
erty, North side, to B. H. Phelps, one
for 5000 and the other, which is i'm
proved, for $1,250.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10

The Shawnee agency reports the
sale of the store building on the
northeast corner of Fifteenth and
Lane streets which has been occupied
by the College Hill Hardware company
to J. B. Sims.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10

A steel tower is being built in the
rear of the w. A. L. Thompson store
which is q part of the elaborate fire
protection system which is being
installed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10

Muirhead & Trout have sold five lots
in Miller's College Hill addition, the
property of A. Mccall to J. Hawke for
$500, and also two lots on Mulvane
street in Elmhurst for 5000 to a Santa
Fe employee who contemplates get
ting married and also building home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-10

Following are building permits is
sued this week:
James L. Cottrell, IL story
dwelling, 1899 Garfield ave-
dwelling. 1925 west street.. 1000
ing. f157 MulVane street. 49,. $500
Miscellaneous items 80. ....... 725
eooor
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-08-04
ALFONSO OF SPAIN
FACES REVOLUTION
Conflicting Forces May Cause
Boy Monarch TO Lose
His Throne.

MADRID.-Allonso of Spain is
caught between conflicting 70. ceS, each
of which seems bent on removing him
from his throne Between the three,
it is evident to students of Spanish
affairs that the boy monarch wib
probably have to fight his way out
through the most critical strife of his
eventful career.
The diplomatic battle with the Vati
can has assumed the greatest import
ance, but the threats OF the Carlists.
headed by Don Jaime, the pretender,
and the armed uprising OF the thou
sands of Spanish exiles along the
French border. aided by the general
strike being preached all over Spain,
have won thousands Of adherents who
today join forces in a contest with
Alfonso, with the throne of Spain as
the stake
Excitement in the capital and
throughout Spain is intense over the
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-08-04
FRUIT MEN PLAN EXCHANGE

SEATTLE@Fruitgrowers of Idaho.
Oregon and Washington at a meeting
here organized the Northwestern
Fruit exchange. cooperative agency.
to handle the business of the fruit.
growers Of the thee states. The head.
quarters of the exchange will be es-
tablished Immediately at Portland,
Ore, and branch agencies win be
placed in all the important market
centers Of the country.
Its purpose is the coordination OF
the fruitgrowing interests of Wash
ington. Oregon, Idaho and Montana
and the centralizing of the handling
and marketing of fruit grown in all
the best districts in these states
through one channel.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-08-04
MUCH VALUABLE LAND
WITHDRAWN IN WEST

WASHINGTON. D. C.-Nearly 300.-
100000 acres of public land. the
cream of the West, is now withdrawn
from entry. Some of ii is permanent
ly withdrawn, as, for instance. the
forest reserves, National parks, ETC..
and other portions may in time be
again placed within the reach OF the
people of the West.
There remains of the public domain
only about 7O0,0O0.OOO acres that is
unappropriated and unreserved. and a
very small percentage of this residue
is attractive or will ever be attrac-
tive to settlers. Included in this acre.
age are the bad lands of the West,
the irreclaimable deserts. barren
mountain SUBMITS and worthless
mountain country. Only a small por-
ton is arabic. and very little is OF
a character that viii permit of agri-
cultural development. The best lands
have not passed to private owner
ship are now held up by the govern
ment
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-08-04
CHARLTON MAY NOT
Be TAKEN TO ITALY

WASHINGTON-Porter Charlton,
confessed murderer OF his wife. whose
body was taken from Lake Como,
Italy. may go forth, free man. from
Jersey City Jail. The Italian govern
ment has made no formal demand for
the extradition of Charlton. and in the
opinion of authorities on information
n law. unless such demand Is
made by the authorities. the Federal
officers must order Charlton's release
1t has been generally concluded that
Italy hesitates to demand Charlton's
extradition. owing to her policy of re-
fusing to extradite criminals to the
United States. when they have taken
refuge in Italy.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-08-04
GRIMES AND MIsHAPs

The coroner's jury empaneled to
inquire into the death of Ira G. Rawn.
late president of the Monon railroad,
returned an open verdict. but found
that he died from a shot received
from his own weapon by his own
hand.
One thousand acres of tobacco.
nearly as much wheat. and more than
500 acres of corn were destroyed by
cloud burst in Lincoln. Boyle and
Diercer counties. Kentucky
Local government officials. acting
upon orders received from Washing
ton. confiscated $4,000 ice cream cones
consigned to Kansas City drug com
pany. The government alleges the
cones are impure.
Erwin Wider. the cashier of the
Russo-Chinese bank agency. was ar
rested in New York and held in $685.
900 bail. after confessing to defalca-
tons aggresatiug more than $500. 900.
Chronic Condition.
prospective Tenant-Of course the
house needs repairs. Owner-Huh!
Did you ever see house that didn't?
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-08-04

conflict with the Vatican. which came
to climax when the dicision of Pre-.
mier Canalejas to recall the Spanish
ambassador to the Vatican was an
nounced.
The clerical element, which has Of
ten before won similar battles in
Spain, shows no hesitation in entering
upon the conflict and seems to have
set Its aim, not upon minor conces-
sions and compromise acceptable to
the Holy See, but upon the downfall
Of Canalejas and his cabinet and the
cancellation of the entire programme
of reform. The withdrawal of the
imperial decree permitting non. Cath
olic organizations to display the in.
sigma of house worship. which fur
nishes the ostensible cause of diplo-
matte relations. assumes secondary
Importance
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-08-04
REALTY FRAUDS ALLEGED
Realty Frauds Alleged.

SALEM.--Attorney- C General A. NJ.
Crawford has directed letter to Dis
trict Attorney Cameron, OF Multno-
nah county. calling his attention to
the townsite OF Hillman in Crook
county and suggesting that the sub
ject might be worthy an official in.
vestigation.
He said that the town is plated on
rockpile In desert near where one
OF the proposed lines OF railroad is
surveyed. He says there are no houses
there. or any other buildings. although
the advertising matter shows banks,
hotels and buildings on the town plat.
For . while. he says. there was one
tent on the land.
He was requested by the county OF.
ficials to call Cameron's attention to
the conditions and II possible bring
the parties causing the alleged fraud
into the courts. The land Is practi.
cally valueless, he asserts, for any
purpose whatever and Is so situated
that no one will ever become an In.
habitant there. He incloses a photo
grarS OF the place showing the soli-
tary tent and also some advertising
matter.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-08-04
CORNER IN WHEAT
ESCAPES A SQUEEZE

CHICAGO.-The great wheat battle
Of July. 1910, closed with Thomas II.
Waterman, the new king of the pit,
In the saddle. The corner" closed
without any squeezing of the shorts,
which is a most unprecedented way
for well-regulated corner TO act, es-
pecially when a new monarch is as
suming control.
The main reason for the failing of
the corner and the escape OF many
shorts from the promised squeezing
is that the Chicago board OF trade
permitted Waterman and his asso.
ciates to learn that no squeezing OF
the shorts would be tolerated and that
the creation of an artifcially high
price on the closing day OF the option
would result in some one being sus-
pended from membership.
The closing prices of the July op-
ton were S105 and siO51s. Septem-
Der wheat closed at $l03H and
s1.03as.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-08-04
Assessment Matter Of Law.

sALEM,-In defense OF the request
made by the tax commission for
closer assessment by county assessors
Of mortgage notes, Commissioner
Charles Galloway dictated long In.
tsrview for the newspapers. in which
he reaffirms the former request and
makes It clear that the commission
expects assessors to use their utmost
efforts to reach debts on account.
note, contract or mortgage. The in.
terview is given with the object OF
correcting some misunderstanding
that he fears may have arisen as re-
suit of the recent discussion of the
feasibility OF taxing mortgage notes
In the public press.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-08-04
BRIEF NEWS OF the WEEK

The American consul at Managua,
has advised the ,tate department that
the revolutionary movement is gain
ing strength in western Nicaragua.
New York City faces sugar fam
Inc as result of the strike at the
Williamsburg plant of the American
Sugar Refining company. For nearly
a week the company has been unable
to make its usual deliveries to re
tailers.
Final steps in the transaction by
which large number of gas. electric
and water power plants in Oregon,
Washington and Idaho are merged un.
der the name of the Pacific Power a
Light company, s7,5OO.O00 operat.
ing corporation, have been taken.
Mayor Gaynor has announced his
determination TO put stop to the
distribution of free beer to policemen
and firemen by several big New York
breweries.
The bill modifying the declaration
of religion required by the English
King upon accession passed the house
of commons on third reading by a
vote of 254 to AZ.
While satisfied that neither a pro-
tectorate over nor the annexation OF
Liberia is contemplated in the pro.
posed plan of the United States to
raise loan OF $1,50O,O00 to consoli
date Liberals debt on a sound busi-
ness basis. some disquietude is mani
tested in French government circles
over exactly what Secretary Knox
contemplates In the premises.
There are to be some unique fea-
lures in a monster suffrage parade
which is to take place In New York
City in October as the opening gun OF
the suffragists fall campaign. Ac
cording to the announcements just Is.
sued. one float is to be filled with
suffrage babies" to show that suffra
gists do not neglect rearing families
Old age pensions in foreign coun
tries have been the subject OF investi
cation by Congressman Frederick
Lundin, Republican. Illinois. He finds
that they have proved successful and
he is hopeful that some such provis
ion for the care of the aged my be
made in the United States.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-08-04
Many Negroes Killed.

PALESTINE. Texas.-Twenty-three
negroes and four white men were
killed in race riot between Elkhart
and Slocum, Is miles south of here,
according to advices received from
the scene of the battle
The riot began when James Afford.
q white man, had an alteration with
a negro regarding a protested note
This led to a general fight between
the whites and negroes in which
knives and pistols were used