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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09
Fleae Makes Good WITNESS.

Ponca, Neb., Dec. 10.-If William
Flege Is again permitted to stretch his
six feet of tan and muscle in his farm
home his own testimony will have
been the greatest factor in winning
freedom for him. Flege is an excellent
witness.
Under direct examination the defen.
dant said that at the time the chin.
ney of his house burned he did not
say to his sister that "all the woman
is good for Is to burn a mans house
down." He said Louise came in and
told him it was burning, and he would
not believe it until he went out and
saw it for himself, and then he sent
Albert into the house to get some salt,
and he put a ladder up against the
house and went up and put it out.
Detective Davenport said while on
the stand that Flege objected to the
body of his sister being exhumed, but
the defendant said he told Davenport
he was not in favor of it, but he did
not say he could not take the body up.
F1ege told how he had purchased
said that he had only carried it at
three different times, once to Wayne,
once to Wakefield and the other time
to Emerson. On the trip to Emerson.
he said, Henry Heinrichs carried and
shot 1t three times while they were
driving in the automobile. At the
time of the murder the revolver was
kept in box on top of the safe, but
was usually kept locked in the safe.
He said he had shot at a rabbit about
three weeks before and when he came
in it was dark and his safe was locked,
so he placed the gun on top Of the safe
and forgot to put 1t back in.
When cross-examined by Mr.. Kings
bury he said he had not known of any
trouble between Henry and Louise be-
fore Henry left the old home.
you say you only carried the re-
volver on three different occasions?"
asked Kingsbury.
Yes, SIR
SIS that your revolver on the table ?"
st looks like the one l owned"
Don't you know it Is yours?"
mo, sir; do not"
The witness said that when he went
to Dixon on the day Of the murder he
did not take a timepiece with him. He
remembered the time he left the
house, however because he had look.
ed at the clock just before he left.
When asked by the states attorney
whether he had shot at robber in
his backyard three weeks prior to the
murder he said he had not; that he
had shot at a rabbit.
He was questioned at some length
as to whether he had practiced shoot
ing at targets, and he admitted that
he had. He testified that he always
shot with his left hand and that the
cartridges he used were smokeless.
did you ever shoot a revolver sew
eral times and then go to your neigh
bors and ask them If they heard the
reports of the shots?"
Here the defense objected, and the
court overruled and the defendant an
swered:
II did not, sir"
Did you ever try to learn if shoot
ing at close range would burn the
clothing?"
II did not, sir"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09
THEY HoeeLED IN '7a, TOO.
Poem in Punch Tells Of Roller Skat-
ing Tragedy.


ing Tragedy.
New York, Dec. 1O.-A reader of the
New York Times sends the following
to that paper:
"Apropos to the hobble skirt, I send
you some verses from an old scrap
book, taken from Punch in 1873
Upon the rink the lady sat,
Beside her lay her dainty hat,
All crumpled.
She looked the picture of distress,
So dusty was her pretty dress,
And rumpled.
Il can't get up in faltering tone,
She said. thought that, perhaps
alone
she would not.
picked her up. She was not hurt
Twas but the tightness of her skirt
She could mott"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09
THIRD LEAGUE" coLLAPsEs.
Chicago Baseball Circles Not Surpris-
ed or Disappointed.

CIV W S'SaPpoiUtcos
New York, Dec. 10.-News from
Chicago of the reported collapse of
ID. A. Fletchers third league" move
ment caused little surprise and seem
ingly less regret in baseball circles
here today. 1t was understood that
Fletcher had reached some kind of an
understanding with the leaders in con-
troll of organized baseball. Discussion
in this connection now chiefly centers
on the status of the star players who
signed optional contracts with the
outlaw organizations promoter. One
of these men is Russell Ford, the pre-
mier twirler of the Highlanders.
Ford is said to have had chance to
sign a $4,000 contract with Owen
Frank Farrell in 1911 but instead put
his name to the $4,000 Fletcher OPP
ton.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09
To Dine Fleet Officers.

London, Dec. l0.--Earl Beauchamp,
the first commissioner of works and
controller of the official hospitality
fund, will give a dinner on behalf of
the British government to the officers
of the American Atlantic fleet at the
house of commons restaurant this
evening.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09
CARRIED $4,000 IN JEWELS.
New York Waiter Arrested for swind-
ling a German Tradesman.

New York, Dec. 1O.-After strolling
through Broadway hotels and cafes
daily for two weeks with his pockets
filled with diamonds, rubies and
pearls, former New York waiter
was arrested today charged with hav.
ing been concerned in the theft of
jewelry valued at $4,000 from the
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09
Directors Shocked by Venus Statue

OiTcCtOTS onOCkcu ny VcHuS statue.
Dunlap, Neb., Dec. 10.-There is
trouble brewing up here in Garden
county, especially in school district
No. AZ, and all because the teacher,
Miss Miranda Paul and the three di-
rectors, B. n. Nelson, L. r. Goodman
and A. A. Rath cannot get together
on just what constitutes art.
District No. 43 is just in its swad-
ding clothes, having been carved out
of some other districts. A new school
house was erected last summer and
Miss Paul is teaching the first term.
The other day she went down to Sid
ney, and when she returned, she
brought a small statue of Venus and
some pictures, one being the Return
of Spring" and another, Psyche at
the Bath"
Men Blink at Venus.
With appropriate exercises, the
school participating, Miss Paul in.
stalled her Venus upon a pedestal and
hung her chromos on the wall. When
the children went home that night,
they OF course told their parents and
in due time the news reached the
three directors. A day or two ago
they swooped down upon the school.
house when school was in session,
viewed the statuary and the pictures
and, shaking their wise heads, went
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09
ARIzoNA's CONSTITUTION.
It is Termed the Most Radical and
SociaIistic Ever Adopted.

Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 10.-The consti.
tutional convention of Arizona ad.
journed sine die at 544 o'clock yes.
terday afternoon after being in SEES.
sion sixty.one days and finally adopt.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

However little regard women of
fashion may have for the modes fav.
ored by Queen Mary, her way of dress.
ing her children is being copied all
over England, and indeed by the moth
ers of other countries, as well. Queen
Mary believes in the plain and useful
sailor costume, and all youngsters in
the Kingdom from to IL years of age
are being dressed in this fashion. The
boom in English suits throughout Eng.
land has been astonishing.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-12-09

permission OF the government. The
new law will, It is hoped, prevent the
disappearance of such things as altar
screens, reliquaries and manuscripts
from churches. Finally, the law limit.
ing to three years the time In which
an action may be begun to recover a
lost or stolen object will be repealed
An international company for the
construction of railway from the
Caucasus to Beluchistan. traversing
Persia, is being promoted by group
of influential Russian financiers and
public men, according to advices re-
ceived from st. Petersburg. BY the
proposed route the journey from Lon.
don to Bombay might easily be ac-
complished within the week. The new
railway, starting from Baku. would
skirt the Caspian sea to the Persian
frontier and thence proceed through
Tesht, Teheran and Kirman to the
borders of Baluchistan and Nushk.
The sections within Russian and Brit
ish territory would be under the ex.
elusive control of the respective coun.
tries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-02

1t is estimated that on each calen-
dar day seven thousand employees use
the reading rooms. This varies with
the amount of business on the line.
When the reading rooms are crowded
business is dull. When business is
brisk, the sleeping rooms are filed
and many are standing around waiting
for chance for a bed.
During the season Just closed there
have been nearly five hundred enter
tainers on the line. and each reading
room on the circuit averaged a first
class concert once a week.
The following results are in evil
dence:
Sucerintendents report that callers
go first to reading-rooms for the men.
Garnishment for gambling debts Is
thing of the past.
One general superintendent reports
that the reading-rooms constitute the
best prohibitory system of temperance
in the world, beating Kansas and
Maine.
The superintendent of reading
rooms tried minstrel show. En-
ployees wrote letters saying, Don't
send any more such: give us high
grade music
You never hear Santa Fe employee
applying hell epithets to his OFFICIALS
Scandals are practically unknown
on the Santa Fe.
Santa Fe employees are anticipating
the fiddle a week before IT comes,
and talking about it week after it is
gone. This is better than talking
about their troubles.
The Santa Fe has established its
reputation for having the most cour-
teouS officials on its trains, and pas
sengers report that it is a pleasure to
travel on our cars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-02
For Bald Heads
A Treatment That Costs Moth
ing If 1t Fails

We want you to try three large bot
ties Of Rexall "93" Hair Tonic on our
personal guarantee that the trial will
not cost you a penny if it does not
give you absolute satisfaction. That's
proof of our faith In this remedy, and
It should indisputably demonstrate
that we know what we are talking
about when we SLY that Rexall "93"
Hair Tonic will grow hair on bald
heads, except where badness has been
OF such long duration that the roots
OF the hair are entirely dead, the fol-
hcles closed and grown over, and the
scalp glazed.
Remember, we are basing our state
ments upon what has already been ac-
complished by the use of Rexall "93"
Hair Tonic, and we have the right to
assume that what it has done for thou
sands of others it will do for you.
In any event you cannot lose any
thing by giving 1t a trial on our lib
eral guarantee. Two sizes, SOC and
$1.0O. Remember, you can obtain
Rexa1 Remedies only at our store
The Rexall Store. The Arnold Drug
Co., 523 Kansas avenue, Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-02
SCROFULA
HEREDITARY BLOOD POISON

Scrofula is a disease manifested
usually by swelling and liberation
Of the glands, especially about the
neck. It is almost entirely hereditary
in its origin, being the dregs or re-
mains of some specific blood poison.
Where the blood is greatly weakened
with the scrofulous poison, the disease
attacks other portions of the system
besides the glands, and then we see its
effects in weak eyes, poorly developed
bodies, running sores and ulcers, skin
diseases, especially on the scalp, ca
tarrha1 troubles, etc. Scrofula usually
makes its appearance in childhood,
though manhood or womanhood may
be reached before the poison pro-
crosses to the stage of outward mani
festation. S. S. S. is the one real cure
for Scrofu1a. It is a blood purifier
without an equal, and it cures this
destructive blood poison by removing
every trace of the infection from the
circulation. S. SIS, in addition to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-02
RAILROAD NEWS.
Santa Fe Reading Room Statis-
tics and Results.
Superintendent Busser Finds
Much Interest in New Work.
ETGHTEEN on THENF
EIGHTEEN OF THEM.
A. T. & s. F. Has $25O,OOO In
vested for This Purpose.
Other Items of General Interest
in Traffic World.

s. q. Busser, superintendent of the
Santa Fe reading rooms, who was in
Topeka the other day, Is sending out
a booklet in which are many items of
interest that might well be brought to
the pupils attention. The Santa Fe
has eighteen reading rooms and club
houses on their system. What Super
garding the good the reading rooms
are doing is worthy of note:
On the system we have five reading
rooms and clubhouses and thirteen
reading rooms.
On the payroll of the reading room
department there are forty-six en-
ployees, whose average salary per day
is S1.50, or a monthly salary expense
of $4,000.
The cost of operating reading rooms
on the system is SIS, 900 a year. apart
from renewals and the purchase Of
books and papers.
The yearly cost Of papers is about
$4,000. A similar amount is spent
for books.
The expense of putting on entertain
ments during the season of six months
is about $4,000.
Salaries, improvements and renew
ais entail a cost of $4,000 a year.
The Santa Fe has now. counting the
first cost of buildings and furnishings,
over $4,000 invested in reading
rooms.
In the libraries of the reading rooms
there are now over 1880 volumes, 40
per cent of which are fiction. 20 per
cent history, Is per cent biography,
is per cent technical, and the rest
general On the tabulated reports of
Librarians there are over 3S6 books
used each day on the system.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-02
BOTH CHEws AND SMOKES.
So Frank Gotch Has Surely Out the
Mat Game.

So Frank Gotch Has Surely Out the
Mat Game.
Fort Dodge, Ia, Dec. 2.-Has Frank
Gotch really quit the wrestling game?
Well, the strongest evidence that he
has quit is given by Gotch himself
for the worlds heavyweight wrestling
champion has fallen victim to the
tobacco habit He both smokes and
chews, things he never INDUCED in
when he was wrestling. Since Gotch
announced his retirement he has been
busy at two things: the improvement
of 1,040 acres of as fertile land as there
is in Iowa. and the enjoyment of his
to have made more money than any
other wrestler in the history Of the
game and much of his mat earnings
has gone for real estate near Hum
boldt, a small town 20 miles north Of
this city. This land he has been i'm
proving steadily.
When Gotch is not busy with his
farm management, he is riding over
the country in his $4,000 motor car he
bought last summer. He is never alone
on his rides, but generally has every
seat in the big machine occupied by
his friends. Gotch holds the speed rec
ord for the 20 miles between his home
town and Fort Dodge, having made the
distance in something under % min
uteS.
why did I quit the wrestling game? ?"
asked Gotch in reply to the same query.
why, 1t gets SO monotonous, this train
ing for matches. The machine-like reg
things pals, and I have long wanted
to get away from it. I have money
enough, 1,040 acres of good Iowa land,
plenty of friends-so why should I
work?"
Whatever Gotch does he does well
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-02
MORE CUTS IN PASSES.
No Free or Reduced Rates to Special
Car EsnulOvoes

Nf-r Employees.
Chicago, Dec. "A proposition that
free or reduced rate transportation to
employees or servants of private or
special cars which are not the property
of common carriers and where such
employees are not on the pay roll of
the common carrier has fallen through.
Action was taken at a mass meeting
of southwestern, western, Canadian
and northern lines a few days ago, at
which time the following recommended
ton was adopted, subject to the with
held expressions Of three lines and
those of absentees: That It be the
sense of this meeting that free or re-
duced rate transportation be not is
sued to employees or servants of pri-
vate or special cars of any kind which
are not the property of common car
riers, and where such employees are
not on the pay roll of such common
carrier.
Subsequent to the meeting. negative
expressions were received. In record
inc its negative expression, an inter
ested line does so in the following
statement: ''Our legal department ad-
vises us that this practice is entirely
legal SO long as it is covered in our
tariffs. We expect to change the
phraseology or our tariffs so that there
can be no question:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-02

bined law and medical college team.
Most of the varsity men will be in the
game and it ought to be worth watch
ing.
The lineup of the varsity men is an
nounced as follows:
Law and medic: Captain McCarroll
quarter; Whitcomb, fullback; John
stone, center; Mcintyre, end; DeFrantz.
guard, and Titus, tackle. The college
eleven will have eight of the varsity
squad: Burkhadt and Hardy, halves;
Lee, Cowgirl and Harrington, ends;
Rogers and Mcintosh, tackles, and. Rea-
Yin, guard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-02

ficials. There are entirely too many
on the field and they retard the game
continually. This feature has hurt the
game, and the public is bound to lose
interest. This must be corrected for
next year and it is the duty of the rules
committee to work out a set of rules in
which the officials play minor part.
In reading an account of any game
it can be seen that the teams are re-
peatedly penalized for holding. Never
before has there beer SO much holding
going on as there has been this year.
Just what is the reason for this it is
difficult to determine, but it must be
due to some defect in this years code.
Any player will admit that there IS
nothing so provocative of temper and
bad blood as to be held and kept out
of a play, and, unless this evil can be
corrected, it will be unfortunate for the
game.
One of the rules that caused a great
deal of discussion, before the opening CT
the season was the one prohibiting the
coaches were harsh in their criticism of
this restriction and said that it re-
moved one Of the best features of the
game.
The season has shown, as was pre-
dicted, that the players utterly disre-
garded the rule and played as before.
and I do not recall an instance where
the rule has been enforced. The rules
undoubtedly made the players more
cautious and it undoubtedly has affect
ed the tackling to some degree, but it
must be admitted that the season has
shown that it is absolutely useless and
unnecessary.
There are other rules that are I'M
necessary. There is a rule that a man
receiving a forward pass shall not be
tackled until he has taken at least one
step. This rule has not been enforced,
because the officials realized that it
was unnecessary and impractical to en-
force it.
I firmly believe that two-thirds of
the forward passes that have been ex-
ecuted would have been penalized had
the rule been enforced. Officials have
arrived at the same conclusion as 20
this rule, which is sufficient reason to
remove it from the guide next year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-02
OPEN UP CENTRAL OREGON.
Railroads VIII Open Up This Territory
Soon.


Soon.
A prediction that the vast, undeveloped
territory of central Oregon soon is to
be opened by railroads and made easily
accessible to commerce is contained in
dispatches today from the Pacific
coast. In opening the convention of the
Oregon Development league, Theodore
B. Wilcox. president of the body,
quoted conversations with James ].
HILL promising early action.
Last June" said Mr.. Wilcox, mfr.
Hill, the empire builder of the north
west, gave me his word that he would
not only invade the territory of the
Hartman system in the state of Ore
gon, but gave me permission to quote
him. The exact words used by Mr..
Hill were: More miles of railroad will
be built in Oregon during the next five
years than in any other state in the
Union, except Montana. I would have
done it before if I could have got the
money together
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-02

1ation. S. S. S. increases the resistive
powers of the system and by strength
ening and building up the vitality,
allows nature to make perfect and
lasting cure. Book describing the
disease and any medical advice sent
free to all who write.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. Atlanta. Ga.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-02

whether it is wrestling or farming.
His management of his big farm has
earned him the title of the champion
farmer of Humboldt county. His corn
will yield close to 20 bushels to the
acre when husking is completed. His
oats yield was unsurpassed in the coun-
ty.
Even though Gotch has retired from
the game, easy money still flows in.
A motion picture company recently Of
fered the champion $500 If he would
pose for the camera. Gotch pitched
hay, ran a grain binder and did other
farm jobs for a day or so. followed by
the camera man, and then pocketed the
money. The writer went to the Gotch
farm and snapped him. which shows the
champion is good fellow, for he didn't
ask how much the scribe would give
him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-02

Cleansing q u u
purify in g the
blood, assists the
stomach and di-
gestive members
in the creation of
new blood cor
pusc1es and other
nourishing mat
FER for the circ11-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-02
INTERCoLLEGE GAME SATURDAY
Laws and MefTics Combine Against
Liberal Arts.

The Washburn football players have
arranged for a post season game on
the Washburn field Saturday between
the college of liberal arts and a COM
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-02

Only One ssBromo Quinine''
That is Laxative Bromo Quinine. Look for
the signature of e. w. Grove. Used the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-19
Dsrshly Representative

<ulIc language Of the Scrip i,
IAN Is always synlbolical
4 Hence the mountain OF
~ means the Kingdom OF
a royal house or family
4 FIN. For instance. We
IA sat upon the throne OF
d The Lord and that GOD
rnan, with him, even the
ID David"-yiz.. that none
,bis posterlty, would ever
as the Divinity appointed
4 of God IN kingly authority
A other words. Messiah was
bring OF David, the great I
1kd tBeloyed), who must
ea 10 sea and from the
1ds Of ths earth.
|+Klng on the spirit plane.
Ia land like God invisible
|is also the angels), is the
.sld and tie antitypical Sol
8. the great. the rich In
hs flesh our Lord was the
d according 10 the flesh,
in Of q divine life not taint-
|np imperfection. J{e was.
n harmless. undefjled and
4 sinners. His faithfulusss
he Father made him sub
ne experiences OF suffering
Impressed in his own words.
El NY Father hath poured
u refuse TO drink itp His
b death. even the death OF
enstrated his loyalty 10 the
ID be received the high re-
1te3. Him hath God also
md given a name that is
ame. that al the name Of
nte should bow, both OF
IN and things III earth"
the right hand OF Divine
! pnly for the Fathers time
'1sef his great power and
|npn ri. ~. Meantime. in
the Divine will, purposed
4hdallon Of the world. he
ate for such AS have the
~ the ohedient heart and
~ TO the special invitation
Age. That call is TO leave
|sins. It's pleasures and its
walk BY faith in the ex-
snd precious promises Of
p which eye hath not seen
I neither hath entered into
Hsn. These are the heav-
5onlsed them as tine Bride
Elh their Redeemer in his
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-19

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