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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01

He was one of three survivors of the
Wyandotte convention held in 1859, the
| two living members now being Benja-
min f. Simpson of Paolas Kan, and
John t. Burris of Olathe, Kan. Mr..
Houston said recently he had not seen
these two men for more than five years.
He wanted to meet with them before
he died.
Samuel Dexter Houston was born in
Columbus. O.. in 1878, and before he
reached his majority moved to Illinois
with, his parents. where he was edu-
Gated. He came in Kansas in the early
of Manhattan now stands He helped
to lay out the town of Manhattan and
also Concordia. a fey years later.
Those were war times, when the
state boundaries were being decided
upon, and the fight became so brisk
that Mr.. Houston resigned his seat in
the legislature. He was fighter for
what he thought was best, and two
years later was reelected and served
the full term. He was then elected a
member of the first state senate from
Riley county, and was the man who
introduced a bill to locate the state
capitol at Manhattan. the bill being
vetoed Dy Governor Robinson At that
time the state was making an appro-
priatioa for the State Agricultural col
lege, and Mr.. Houston led the fight
which resulted in locating the institu
ton at Manhattan.
gals and one or two others in the fight
made for rectangular boundary for
the state of Kansas, and on the day the
matter was to be put to vote in the
senate Mr.. Houston offered an amend
ment to the bill providing that the out
lines of the then territory should be
the boundaries for the state The
amendment carried and the state was
made to extend to- the Colorado line.
When he engaged in the history making
Of Kansas he determined that Kansas
should be a prohibition state. He was
one of the strongest supporters of Gov
ernor st. John, and stumped the state
in the interest of the prohibition cause
during the St. John campaign.
President Lincoln appointed Mr..
Houston registrar of the land office at
Concordia, and it was while ne held
that Office that he did much to build
Concordia He studied law and was
one of the first practitioners in Saline
but farmed what was then one OF the
best farms in the county
During the last few years of his Ire
Mr.. Houston was a student of the BIZ
BILE. He read it several hours each day
and at the time of his death was en-
gagged in writing book on the Atone
ment.'' He was anxious to finish TINS
work before he died and his relatives
feel that his death was fastened be-
cause of the determined manner in
which he applied his mind to his work.
Unlike most men even 20 years his
1unior, he was active and every day
walked two or three miles for the ex-
ercise. He frequently went for a walk
this winter when the walks were COW
cred with ice and although he suffer-
ed fall recently. was uninjured
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01
MATTER OF Teeth.
Has Much to Do With Educational
Advancement of Children.

indianapolis, Ind. March 1.--"Chil-
Gren with bad teeth require half a
year longer to complete eight grades in
primary schools than do children with
sound teeth said Leonard P. Ayres,
of New York. secretary of the Russell
Sage foundation. in discussing children
differ in mental alertness," before the
convention of the department of sup
erintendents of the National Education
association today.
Mr.. Ayres reported some results of
investigation being made into causes
and. remedies of retardation in child
education.
Physical defects provide an import
ant cause, he said, and he urged clear
cooperation between society and school
government. for the improvement of
the physique of children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01
MEDICAL SCHOOLS DISGRACE.
SchurInan of Cornell Declares MANY
Such Institutions Are.

Chicago, March President J. O..
Schurman of Cornell university in an
address before the American Medical
association said he considered COM
mercial schools of medicine and med
ical schools "hitched on to univer-
stiles to complete their sphere of ac-
tivity, a disgrace to tn ecountry.
Il do not hesitate to assert he
declared, that many of our medical
schools and colleges have been estab-
lished for the pecuniary benefit of
their promoters, with the result that
we now have in the United States al
most as many institutions as all the
rest of the civilized world. The per-
sonal profit of individuals has been
the most powerful and prolific motive
for the multiplication of medical col
leges, as it has also been the most
pernicious.
'-At the same time there has been
a growing appreciation of the fact
that every professional school to be
vital and efficient must be a depart
ment of a university. I am indeed
firmly persuaded that no medical
school of the highest class can be
maintained apart from a university.
But 1 am equally persuaded that no
university, merely because it is a uni
versity, is justified in founding a med
ica1 college.
institutional ambition is as unhal-
lowed a motive for the multiplication
of medical colleges as the love of
personal gain. The latter motive has
filled the country with commercial
schools of medicine. These schools
are a disgrace to our country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01
JUDGE lands GOT HIM.
Sentenced OIeo SwindIer to Six Years
in Penitentiary.

Chicago March Federal inquiry
into methods OF disposing of oleomar-
garine was ordered by Judge K. M
Lands of the United States district
court after he had sentenced w. A
BroadwelI, one of four dealers indict-
ed for violating the oleomargarine reg
uietions, to six years in the federal
prison at Fort Leavenworth and fined
him SIS 200. The case of the other three
indicted men. Edward Broadwelb Sam
Eel Driesbach and Daniel BortZ, were
continued until Thursday. at has been
disclosed that probably not less than
$4,000 and possibly more than $4,000
has been lost by the United States gov
ernmenI as a result OF BroadWelFS &C
tivities,' said Judge Lands in sentenc-
ing the oleomargarine dealer When
ever arrested he has given bonds and
then gone out and violated the law
again the next day. 1t has been will
full defiance of the law. His bond has
been supplied by a mar ufacturer of the
commodity which he sold illegally,
proceeding which regard as my duty
to say, is highly significant"
Thos. DEdman, a purchasing agent
for an oleomargarine concern, told OF
his connection with the case as bonds
man for the indicted man.
when you went on tie bonds of
these men did you expect to be in
Identified in case there were any loss
esp asked Judge Lands.
Yes, sir replied, Dudnam.
who was going to identify you?"
MY employer, William J. MoXley.''
Mr.. Monkey is a representative in
congress from the Sixth district of IL
liz OILS. Federal inspectors told the court
that the defendants sold daily large
quantities OF illegally manufactured
oleo to restaurants in the loop district.
The assistant district attorney pre-
scented government reports showing
Driesbach and RroadweH bought total
of 143,1s3 pounds of white oleomargar-
inc in the six months from July, 1909.
to January, 1910, and in the same period
purchased 5000 pounds of colored oleo-
margarine. The government contention
is that The defendants colored the white
oleoma-garine before disposing of it,
thus avoiding the tax of 10 cents a
pound on the colored product.
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SERIOUS BLAZE IS STARTED.
Prompt Work of Department Saves
Property.

What might have been a serious
fire was narrowly averted about 5
O'Clock this morning when fire COM
panies from down tow nstations sue
ceeded in extinguishing a fire that had
started in the rear of the Burt cafe,
lO7 West Eighth avenue.
The fire was burning hercely in the
Kitchen of the restaurant when first
discovered by policeman. Smoke
was issuing in clouds out of the win
dows in the alley just east of the State
Journal building and when the COM
panies arrived on the scene they
thought at first that the confagration
was confined to this building.
A chemical line was taken in
through the alley window and through
the front door and the fire was under
control before the companies from
outlying stations had arrived on the
scene. The alarm came in as a '22'
call and the streets were filled with
fire apparatus in a few minutes.
The fire was supposed to have start
ed by mice and matches. Matches
were lying on the kitchen table where
the fire originated. The tables and a
number of dishes were ruined. The
damage will amount to about SIS all
covered by insurance. The business
fthe cafe was not crippled by the
fire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01
POISON FOR QUININE.
Andy Dell Is Dead and Father in Seri.
Gus Condition.

Mcpherson, Kan, March AS the
result of substituting strychnine for
quinine in a mixture with whisky for
la grippe, Andy Dell is dead and his
father is seriously, though not fatally
ill.
the son offered to mix some whisky
and quinine far him. The father con-
scented but questioned the son about
the mixture, asking him if he was GER
clared he was and that, to prove it,
he would also take a dose. In a few
minutes both were taken violently ILL.,
The father staggered out of the house
and telephoned for a doctor who ar
rived in about twenty minutes. Andy
Dell told the doctor to take care of
his father, saying, ST am gone,'' and he
died in about an hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01

nous lies about Mr.. Scott. From start
to finish it is false in every direct
statement and still more false in it's
differences and innuendoes. 1t is not
the common ordinary .misrepresenta-
ton which one man might indulge to-
ward a political opponent without any
particular personal feeling, but it is
so deliberate in it's false statements
and so direct and insulting in its false
accusations that it could hardly have
been written in any other than a spirit
of bitter 2nimosity And yet Mr..
White cannot possibly have any per-
sonaI ground of offense against Mr..
Scott. His only excuse for this wan
ton and mendacious assault is that
Mr.. Scott does not think as he does
on public questions. For this and for
no other reason he throws aside the
obligations of a quarter of a century
of consistent friendship and maligns
a man who in every attribute of man
hood is comparably his superior.
Does Mr.. White imagine he can sit
on his Insurgent throne in Emporia
and dictate to the people of the Sec
ond district who they shall or shall
not send to congress ?''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01
HOGS OR NO HOGS IN CITY
That Is the Question in Coming
Maryland Election.

Port Deposit. Md, March Lone
side shouting for hogs and the 9TH
ers equally vociferous against hogs,
the citizens of Port Deposit in the
election of mayor and commissioners.
have at last settled the vexed ques-
ton whether or not swine may be
kept by residents within the eorpor-
ate limits of the town. Mayor David
B. Armstrong, who came out in favor
of the hogs and made his campaign
ON that issue, was yesterday elected
for the fourth time.
There is a ray of hope for his OPP
ponents, however. in that the anti
hog commissioners won out by sub
stantiaI majorities.
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PINCHOT YIELDS.
CONTINUED from Page one,


Claws cause Or in Directing to my sus-
tanning Ballinger and his subordinates
withins the interior department as a
reason for your withdrawing from the
public service.
81 should consider it one of the
greatest losses that my administration
could sustain if you were to leave it
and I sincerely hope you will not think
that my action in writing the enclosed
letter to Secretary Ballinger is reason
acter.
Defends BalIinger.
when man has been unjustly
treated as Sec. BalIinger has been in
the manner pointed out in the letter, a
copy of which l send you, it is my
duty as his chief. with the knowledge
have of his official integrity and his
lack of culpability to declare it to the
public and to do him justice, however,
great Inconvenience may arise in 9TH
er respects.
Il have been greatly disturbed by
the public discussion carried on in the
press from which it is inferred that
your bureau is arrayed against the in
terror department and that material is
being furnished for both sides from
official sources. I was especially dis
tressed- by McHarg's reported inter
dates any criticism or remarks con-
corning President Roosevelt. He was
an efficient officer, but he talked too
much and wildly and his Withdraw
al relieved me.
II must bring public discussion be-
tween departments and bureaus to an
end. It is demoralizing and subver-
sive of governmental discipline and
efficiency. I want you to help me in
this. I can enforce team work if I
can keep public servants out of news
paper discussion.
Very sincerely yours,
civilian H. TAFT
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New York Money Market.

New York March 1.-MONEY-Money
on call easy, 2dS per cent; ruling rate ~
per cent, closing bid per cent, oTered
At 2 ner cent Time loans soft and fairly
active: 60 days and 80 days 315 per cent /;
six months 3A per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper AZ to
Sterling exchange steady with actual a
business in bankers bills at $4.84.95q4SS
fo,. Go dav bills and at $4S7 IS for demand; ;
commercial bills 81. S4z@484A-
SII VEsT21 PAR silver 501hc: Mexican dol
lars, A4c
BONDS Government bonds steady; rail-
road bonds irregular.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01
CATTLE
Market price paid for dry lot cattle.
BUTTER AND EGGS
| FURNISHED bV The Continental CreameF

Market gS 1ST Rs1s t sqE sry s lot cattle
Furnished Co. eS T Tepe GEonti Rani Creamery
GBICAG %, EGGsT ~ c,,,oo
N NEW 81 Sz YoR RiSln E:G rs
twh0lesalec Cop pr fsi kansas xve y Cope
EGGS-Fresh country. candled. easier.
POULTRY-Hens. heavy. 13c; broiIers.
IL to 2 lbs. lie; "a to sls lbs. 135kc;
TURKEYgHen and Young Toms. aOcs
ot GE TSsms. Fsii feathered. 90.
DUCKs-Fuli feathered. loo:
PIGEONS-Old. per doz. Coo.
Dressed poultry must be drawn TO com
BUTTER-Packing stock. per lb, 1sc.
f tEtn9ifsA by samf r. Lux. WROissais
Fruit and PRODUCED
Mo. Pippins. per box. s2.15: LAWYERS. per
SIS; Jonathsns. per box. $3.50: Vine ssps.
per box, $3.50.
BAMA 1ss1 Medium sized BUN SuncS SeGO per
b bunch. $1,000 e; large punches lunches per
B Buneh :oo ttT Per ' ib Ge Son'he' per
NAVAL ORANGES-Per box. s. 3562.75.
FLORIDA GRAPE FRUIT-Per box.
JERSEY CHARACTERISTICS Dbl.
CALIFORNIA LEMoNs-Per box. $500.
PACKAGE FIGS-5O carton. box. s1.5O.
HONEY-Per 24-racks case, A.0O.
COCOANUTS-Per sack. original. $4N;
HOLLAND CABBAGE-Per H.. Grated.
GAULIFLowER-Per crate. SAFE.
HOT HOUSE LETTUCE-Per lb., Tic
RUTABAGAS-Per ID, 11kc.
BEETSAPer bushel 75c.
PARSNIPS|Per bushel, 90c.
CARROTS-Per bushel, $1.00
TOMATOES-Per crate. $3.50; per half
RADISHES-Per doz punches, 45c.
ONION SETS-Yellow, per 32-Ib. bushel.
500; Reds, per S2>lb. bushel $225; Whites.
per 32-lb. bushel, $3.50.
SPANISH ONIONS-Per crate, s1eo
RED GLOBE ONIONS-Per pound, PIC
CALIFORNIA ONIONS PEI pound
SWEET POTAToES-Per bushel. SOC.
per bu., 75c; Minnesota Rurals, Soc Min
nesota Burbanks, Soc:
KAW VALLEY E. O.-Per bushel In car
GENUINE R. R. E. o. POTATOES
SEED SWEET POTATOES-Yellov
Jerseys. per bu., 75c; Yellow Nansemonds
per bu-. Toe; Southern Queens. per bu.s
: CELERY-Mammoth. per bunch. soc:
Jumbo. per bunch. 76c: Blue Ribbon. per
.OYsTERs-New York Counts. per can.
&c: New York Plain, per can, 40c; Ches-
BULK OYSTERs-Standards. S150:Piain-
SSe orf Go sse 81 Selects 500; New
Limburger; per H., 1sc; wis. yellow,
per lb;s, 1S7zci Wis. White, per 1b., Is5kc:
per h. G26 ibs soc ~ White Vii eI BSs1 Pasx
bs.). per h.. zoe; Domestic Style Swiss II
o 30 1bs-). per h.. zoe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01
TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago. March 1AwHEAT-wheat
prices backed away from yesterdays clos
retained a strong undertone initial fig
ures were unchanged to 7sc off but in the
been recovered and bulIish sentiment was
encouraged by continued crop damage re-
ports which added the ravages of chinch
bugs to the recent tales of frost and
thawing injury to the growing plants.
May opened unchanged to sc lower at
81. 15sz to $1.15ss, sagged a trifle, recovered
its poise on buying by bulls and steadied
near the high point. The more distant
futures followed the course of the May
delivery.
Later in the session the market weak
ened on a lesSening of demand for cash
wheat and reports discrediting crop dam
age statements. Fluctuations Were wide
srg l and to s liz M Me- oose WAS we
on the lower levels with May &@7sc off at
S1.147sQ1. ID.
on buying orders with which commission
nghSes owing to the recent accumuation
of stocks. May advanced from 66Q661sc
tivity and steadied in the first hour at
near to the high point. Opening figures
for May were 661Ac to 66@661sc. &c higher
to a shade lower than yesterdays close
Through the first half of the session
corn advanced May running up to 665sc.
the edge off the market and May sank
to 657sc, the other futures decnnlng WIN
it The close vas wa " We az on the low point
OATS-Trade in the oats pit, though
fairly active was well balanced and The the
early fluctuations were narrow FIT
traders were the principal buyers and
commission houses accommodated their
wants May opened unchanged to 1sc low
er at 471Ac to 471kc.
OVISIONS-Provfsion made another
sharp advance, high prices for live hogs
being the controlling factor, and added
from TIC to 45cs at the outset. May pork
made new top record price + Of $500 sox; 4Se
was a feature of the early trading. Open
ing prices for the May products we're:
Pork, so to $500 25c to 45c up; I'D
$1295 to $12.971a, TIC to 10c higher
RYECash: 7S@8Oc; May, SOC.
BARIEY-Cash: 63Q73c-
TIMOTHY-March, $3.50
CLOVER-March, 1880.
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THIRD AVALANCHE.
Destroys Another Mining Camp Near
Mullan, Idaho.

Spokane, Wash. March IA third
avalanche in addition to those at Mace
and Burke. Idaho, has destroyed the
camp of the Carbonate Hill Mining
company near the So bridge at Null
Ian, Idaho. The three reported dead
are:
GUS BERGLUND.
JOHN HOLM.
ERICK HOLM.
These men were miners
The body of Gus Berglund has been
recovered.
Nineteen are known to be dead in
the avalanches that nearly obliterated
Mace and Burke and the death list will
probably be increased as the rescuers
penetrate the debris.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01
Carried Across the Gulf.

Galveston. Tex, March i1.-Alone on an
empty barge Peter Nelson was carried
across the Gulf of Mexico and landed on
the coast of Tamaulipas 1t took eight
days for the trip, a storm driving the
barge rapidly. Nelson had two days ra-
tions when he started. He arrived here
last night by rail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01
S. D. HOUSTON DEAD.
Was in First Kansas Legislature and
Wyandotte Convention.

Salina, Kan, March 1.-Samuel Dex-
ter Houston, a member of the first
Kansas legislature and a delegate to
the Wyandotte convention. died at $50
o'clock yesterday afternoon at the home
of his daughter. Mrs. L. F. Parsons, in
this city. Had he lived until June II
this year. he would have been 90 years
old
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01
New York sugar and Cofee.

Now york March 1-SUGAR-Raw,
firm AFuscoyado. 80 test. So S.; centrifugal,
Sc test. 81. Sc; molasses sugar, 80 test, $3
Pefined steady. crushed, $5.S5; granulat-
eS Go 81 ri ESP quiet. No. Rio. sac;
No 4 Santos, 91s691zc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01

ssWoman's realm the home. Deco
rate it with the best wall paper that
can be found. We have it. G. NJ Hill
& Co.. SEQ Kansas avenue.
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1.-THE following sales were made this
morning at the Stock Yards. kansas
City and reported over long distance
telephone direct to the State Journal by
Clay. Robinson & Co., live stock comfnis-
kets.l
Kansas Cifv March 1-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 5000 head. Market strong.
HOGS-Receipts 1900 head. Market &C
to 10c higher. Bulk of sales, $S.SOQS-oo'
SHEEP-Receipts 5000 head Market
weak Lambs Zoe to 15c lower
HORSES AND MULES-ReceiPts zoO
head. Prices steady. Good demand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01

New York, March 1.-COTTON-Spo
closed 10 points lower; middling upIands
$14S5; middling gulf, $151O. Sales, deliv
cred on contract, 50, 100 bales.
Galveston, Tex, March 1.-COTTON-
Market higher. 145sc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01

There are new and attractive patterns
being made at all times. You will never
appreciate them unless you come and
see. Q. NJ. Hill & Co, S26 Kan. ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01
New york StocE Market.

Wal St. New York, March 1-STOCKS-
The opening demand for stocks today
was languid and only sufficient to cause
small fractional advances. There were a
sew small declines. After the execution
Of the accumulated orders, the ticker
came almost to a standstill.
Room traders succeeded in forcing
Union Pacific and St. Paul point under
Yesterdays close and Reading as much
below its high price. The low prices at
tracted new buyers again and there was
a brisk rally all around to about the
opening level. .s
Prices advanced on light transactions
until International Harvester had gained
21k, Pittsburg, C. C and ST. Louis prefer
red IA and New York Central, 500 Line,
American Car and General Electric 1.
Southern Railway preferred declined /.
Bonds were irregular.
Intense dullness succeeded the earlier
demonstration of strength but the market
held well and a few specialties showed
further strength. Following the announce
ment of the foreclosure sale Third Ave
nue. dropped ~ to III, the low record fig
ure.
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Now yorl- Produce Market.

New York, March 1.-BUTTER-Marlket
firm. Western imitation creamery, GAG
26c.
CHEESE-Market firm and unchanged
EGGS-Market unsettled western
firsts, 2214Q23c; seconds, 2113@22c.
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Range OK Prices ON Stocks.

IhdIAEsO o. 4 NlN1S-5 OH 5NON]EAos
FURNISHED by ]. E. GALL Commissions
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks
Office no West Sixth st. Phone 1851
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Chicago PRODUCE Market.

Chicago, March 1.-BUTTER-Market
strong. Creameries, 26@S1c; diaries, 21Q
Csc.
EGGS-Market easy Receipts 1857 cases
at mark, cases included 19021c; firsts.
CHEE EST steady. Daisies, 1914
Ole: Young Americas, 161zG20Ac; Long
Horns, 161k@167zc.
POTATOES-Market easy. Choice to
fancy, 36@3Sc; for to good, 33@S5c.
POUULTRY-Market. easy. Turkeys,
lie; springs, tic.
VEAI-Market steady. so to 50 1b. WITS,
SG19c; 60 to IS Ib. WITS, 9@10c; IS to ITO ID.
WITS, 10@11c.
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Kansas City Live stock sales.

compared with holiday cars last week and
III cars the corresponding day year ago.