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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-28
BREWSTER WANTS MORE TRAINS
Asks Railroad Board to Give Them
Place ON the Map.

The citizens of the little town of
Brewster, in Thomas county, have pc
titioned the railroad board to order the
Rock Island to have another through
train stop at that place. The petition
sets forth that Brewster furnishes a
fair quota of freight and passenger
traffic for the road and yet, out of
five through trains passing through that
village each way every day, only one
train stops there, and this train has
to be tagged. The other trains split
the switch frogs wide open in their
headlong career through the munich
patty of Brewster. They want one
more train to stop there at the COM
mand of the flag.
The town of Liberty wants the
board to order the Santa Fe to restore
telegraph service at that place. Lib
erty is located in Montgomery county
and claims to furnish the Santa Fe
with a lot of business every year The
town suffers for lack of quick COM
munication with the outside world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-28
Our Aim is not Only to Make None
but to Save Money to Our Customer

We give better quality than anv store in
Topeka Mail and Telephone given prompt attention
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-28
ON JUDGE DANA'S TRAIL
Swan johnson Adjudged Insane
When He Tackles County Attorney

Swan Johnson, from Wan, Sweden,
some 25 years since, the man who has
been trying for the last two years to
have Judge A. w. Dana of the district
court, impeached, was seized this
morning at 10 o'clock when he jump
ed onto the county attorney for not
bringing his impeachment suit and
by noon had been adjudged insane
and ordered confined in the state hos
pital.
In approaching the county attorney
Johnson warned him that he was go
ing on record as not violating his oath
to the United States constitution and
tried to press him to action. A mo-
ment later the sheriff had taken the
man downstairs to the probate court
and a commission in lunacy composed
of Drs L. A. Ryder and o. P. Davis
and DIR. Taylor had been summoned
Letters or copies of them, to Gov
ernor Stubs, Attorney General Jack
son and to Judge Dana himself were
exhibited from the package of papers
Johnson was carrying.
His story in brief is this. In June,
1906, he was sent to the insane asy-
lum- Later he was paroled and
brought a damage suit through Wat
ers & Waters for $4,000, against DR..
T. c. Biddle and others for unlawful
detention in the hospital. This suit
was dismissed by Judge Dana at the
request of the attorneys, March 81,
1903.
Since that date johnson has been
trying to impeach Judge Dana on two
counts, one in that he has perjured
himself in failing to support the con-.
stitution and secondly, that he has
assisted in defrauding Johnson of his
rights. In his letter to Governor
Stubbs he states that these rulings
by which he was dism issed out of
court are made by the har association
which he designates as Z gang of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-28
TROY WOMAN HELD.
Must Give $1,000 on Charge of MUIR
dering Child.

Matte Troy, the negress, charged
with murder in the first degree for the
poisoning of David Marshall, and with
obtaining money under false pretences
from the Metropolitan Life by passing
the murdered boy as her stepson, VIII
lard Troy, and collecting $3.50 Insurance,
waived preliminary hearing in the
court of Topeka today and was bound
over to the district court with bond
fixed at $1,000 for the murder charge
and $500 on the second charge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-28
Armour's Plea Rejected.

Washington, Jan. 2S.-An application
by the Armour car lines to the inter-
state commerce commission for repara-
ton against the Southern Pacific on
shipments of ice from Los Angeles,
Cal, to Yuma, Ariz., today was reject
ed. The commission held that the
granting of the request would open
the door to the grossest form of favor
itism and rebating.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-28
CHRISTY KEEPS THE GIRL
Habeas Corpus Case Decided Against
the Mother.

GAINESVILLE, o.. Jan. 2S.-Probate Judge
Smith handed down his decision today
in the famous Christy case, awarding
Howard Chandler Christy. his daughter.
Mrs. Christy had sought, by habeas
corpus proceedings to obtain possess
SION Of the girl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-28
MOST OF TRAINS LATE.
Bad Weather Played Havoc With the
Schedules.

The cold weather during December and
the snow and ice played havoc with train
schedules in this state. The Santa Fe
reporting its train service for December to
the railroad board show 1,545 trains late
out of 2 49S. IS follows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-28

what are the proper calling cards ?''
Three or upward are considered very
GDod. "-Louisville Courier Journal
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-11-10
THE BEST STRIKE BREAKER
T'he Parcels Post Would Reduce Cost
and Make Postal Department
Self Sustaining.

New York, Nov 4.--"The express
&riks breaker that will break thu
mighty grip Of selfish monopoly Is the
parcels post" declared Frederick G
Beach, editor Of the Scientific Amer
ican and president Of the Postal Prog
reas league. 1T Is proper function
a the postofElce department to carry
ANAL packages and the government
can do II for one.half the rates Of the
express companies, saving shippers
and the people the great dividends OF
those corporations and at the same
time gaining sufficient revenue tc
place the postOffice department on Q
paying basis"
Mr. Beach said there was no ques.
finn about those matters and that II
viii be demonstrated before very long
that his prediction is correct The
government will be forced to install
~the parcels.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-11-10

Tor altogether too frequently, and
Dicks personal attractions, he humbly
admitted, far outweighed his own.
Must he sit idly by and see another
charge straight on to victory7 Never;
something had to be done \.
Aroused by this fancied danger OF
losing Nellie. Billy's brain worked
feverishly. All sorts of schemes for
uutwitting his bashfulness until he
could propose were tried and rejected.
until great idea burst on his brain
with the, audiences Of comet. Its
brilliancy and daring were appalling.
IN the full glow Of his neW-found en-.
thusiasm he set TO work that very
night, fearing that time would dim
lie brightness and lead, again to fan.
ure.
Miss Molrose thought II nothing out
Of the ordinary when. FEW evenings
later, Billy difidently drew . neat.
typewriter manuscript from his
pocket. He had frequently requested
her to pass Judgment on his stories.
and relied greatly upon her opinicn.
7 can't seem 70 get IN ending to
suit me for this one. Nellie" he said;
4 don't knew whether to make Il .
happy or an unhappy one. l wiSn
you'd tell me what you think about
It."
A young woman Is quick 70 feel agt
tation IN the man who loves her. no
natter what her own feelings toward
him may be. The girl knew that some
ching out Of the ordinary was astir,
and she took the manuscript with IN
terest. "AIl right. Billy she replied.
smiling. @we'll see what's the best
hing to DO for Il. But you know the
beat stories, the ones people remeia-
Der longest, often end unhappily~
Billy ala not seen particularly
pleased Il this bit q opinion. for he
nodded glumly ard fIdrstsd nersonsly
b hin chair
lllsa Mslrose sooa discovered The
reason for Billy's agilafion. Before
he had rad q doaen nns1 he gin
realised that, although he namea
we're changed, Il vas her own story
ma hls hat Bf1T had put On paper.
me tale was erittsn With TIE power
4 ne lrus artist Il began win thsir
shndhooa. uhen Billy carried be,
bootS to school Of hauled her prcudiy (
- N. aisa. 4 recalled TIE daT Whoa
Bas Howard TIE school bully. haa
rioien Biily's lunch. and boz. after
SIM had hranhed hin. Nellie had
hard hsr oNn iro apples and foui
'Iisss q tr,as ana bultsr VIA o.
rfriur.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-11-10
FASCINATION OF THE SHOE
Both Sexes In History Have Shown
Vanity In the Selection Of
Their Footwear.

Solomon, perhaps, like Restlf de Il
Bretonne, knew the fascination Of =
well-made little boot, for woman's
boot is fetch to certain amorists,
whether It be new or old, bronze.
black, tan or white. There Is 4 mania
or q disease for stealing wonisn's
shoes. and Germans, who take NE
leisurely, name Il "FrauenschusteAle
--monomanie." Women themselves
have beer capricious and memorable
In the shape and the material oneen
Mary restricted the width Of the Ne
to sig inches. The stern spaftans r.
fected red shoes. But the wife Of
simon Eyre, representing the women
Of her period, exclaimed IN the play:
Roger. thou know'ot the sire Of my
foot; as Il IL none Of the biggest 20.
I thank God. II IL handsome enough;
prithee, let me have 3 pair Of shoes
made, cork. good Roger. wooden heel.
too" But men have shown . Ike
care. An Englishman Of renown n
the time when II was fashionable 70
dine at ten .. M. gave his undivided
attention TO the extension Of tos-
points twisted like q rams horn. TIE
magistrates Of Rome we're also fugsg.
At Athens when Alelbiadea set TIE
fashions, shoes were named after
him. as Henry Clay. Robert Burns.
william Cullen Bryant and Chester
A. Arthur gave their names 70 cislfS;
as cravats have been named afiar
popular actora The American Wo1nan
may be pardoned after al for Pc
fsrring 4 boot to danzllng baroness
for ever = century ego TIE L0ndon
chroniels stated that shoes for Nonltn
we're made a. Lynn. Mnnl.. WhlcA ~.
cssfs1 n durability and beauty any
hat were mats n Londoa. II
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-11-10
HE TOLD CONV|CTS
Of FARM PROFITS
Back to Soil Movement Reache:
Penitentiary.
THE POSSIBILITIES Or AN ACRE
Prof. DickIns Of Kansas Agricultural
College Addressed Prisoners at
Lansing--First Get
Your Acre.

l.eaVenWorth, Kan, NOW 0.--In
back to the soIp' movement ha
reached even behind prison walls. !.
lecture given by Prof. Albert Dicken
Of the Kansas State Agricultural co
lege proves apparently that the men 4
the Kansas state penitentiary are IL
terested deeply in the farm movement
All Of the prisoners were in the chape
and listened with closest attention q
Prof. Dickens told Of The Possible
ties Of an Acre" He was applaude'
frequently. He advised the prisoner
when freed to get an acre Of land q
soon As possible.
There 10 much Western land ricl
enough to raise crops for 100 years,
said Prof. Dickens THE land aloni
the Kaw and Missouri river bottoms
is the very best. An acre OF that lant
will maintain one steer a year ant
produce about 200 pounds Of meat an
nually.
When Released Get an Acre,
"0f course, the first thing to do Ii
to obtain an acre of land. and all o.
you on leaving this place should ain
to obtain that one acre and cultivate
IL industrIously. This will be Of two
fold benefit, for not only will 1t enable
you to obtain a farm in time, but II
will enable the prisoner also to- start
without the handicap which the city
would place upon him. After obtaining
the land and working It properly the
investor soon would have $500 witt
which to increase his investment
Prof. Dickens took up the raising
Of fruit, telling that 40 trees should
be planted to the acre and that in good
years they would yield $50 bushels
He urged the prisoners to eat apples
quoting the saying, Zone apple day
will keep the doctor away" He urged
them to eat three a day. The prisoners
laughed heartily at this, for. as a rule
they get apples seldom.
Prof. Dickens said that an acre
planted in Strawberries would yield
the greatest profit, although they re
quired the most cultivation and labor
He told Of raising four hundred crates
on an acre last season and said that he
proposed to increase this to 900 and
finally 800.
Wheat an Expensive Food. n
The speaker said that wheat next to
meat is the most expensive food to
raise and that an acre planted in corn
would produce more food than wheat.
He told Of an acre producing 500 bush. |
bis Of potatoes and one pound Of car.
rots for every six inches Of ground
He said that an acre in alfalfa would
Keep COW and that a quarter of an
lcre properly cared for would produce
enough vegetables. aside from pota-
oes, for family Of five persons.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-11-10
TWELVE MINERS IN EXPLOSION
Il Occurred IN the Lawson Mines
Southeast Of eattis-TwsIvs
supposed Dead,

Seattle, Wash. Nov. 1.-Two esplo
Hions. occurring within q few minuteI
Of each other resulted in the death Of
- men IN the Lawson mine At Blacl
Diamond. 80 miles southeast Of Seat
tie Seven men going down on Hhafi
and Eve men coming up were caught
between the hrst and sixth levels. Il
h almost certain that al psriahed
Natural gas combustion Il sssigned a
the cause. An the men EsFs foreign
en-.
The force Of the explosion threw
earth. timbers and bits Of clothing b.
llsved to Be that Of the mlnerl from
thu slope Of the nina. TimbsFs meas
uFing ie inchss thick and slight lsst
long were blown half = mus.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-11-10
SEND IMMIGRANTS
TO THE FARMERS
One Solution Of High Cost Of Living
Problem.
LABOREHS ARE NEEDED THERE
The President Would Have Ships
Bring Their Loads to South A.
lantIc and Gulf
Ports.

Washington, Nov. 4.-The perple1
ing problem confronting the American
farmer which IL offered by the grow
ing scarcity Of efficient farm labo
may be at least partly solved by Presi
dent Taft's decision to urge plan To-
q better distribution Of immigrants.
Government experts say the insult
AeIent supply Of laborers on the farmi
ID the cause Of retarded develop
ment Of agricultural resources, and II
one Of the most important factors II
the high cost Of living problem. The
statement has been made that unlesi
labor conditions on the farms are
Fighted the price OF articles both on
the rich mans table and In the work
ingmans dinner pail will increase 20
to SO cent In the next ten years.
Problem Of Food supply
Secretary wilson's best trained and
most practical agrlculturlsts point oui
that the problem Of getting enough
food to supply the rapidly increasing
population Of the United States de
Ponds for solution ON increasing the
average yield Of land per acre. Thit
means more intensive agriculture
with wise fertilization, and the In,
creased work will naturally bring
about much greater demand for good
farm help. The supply Of native farm
laborers to-day does not equal the de
Tnand, due to the influx OF the young
men to the large cities.
The character of the European i'm
migrants Is predominantly agricul
tural, but they land at one or two
ports and remain In the crowded cities
where they can find neither good food
good homes nor profitable employ
ment, when the farmer Of the country
are calling for their much needed ser.
vices. The presidents idea Is to de
feet the immigrant ships to South At. |
lantic and gulf ports, form which they
may be distributed throughout the
farming districts.
immigrants Present Plight.
Immigration experts say that the
one solution Of the immigration prob
lom depends upon the distribution Of
these immigrants. Failure to assist
tho landtllling Europeans in finding
their natural place on the farms robt
The immigrants Of the opportunity to
get home and profitable employment
md loses for this country the worlds
best trained food producers.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-11-10

tcopyrisnL NV py AS7ociateo AAteFeFy
There was no good reason. except
ing his own overpowering bashful
ness, why Billy De Voc should moi
marry Nellie Melrose. Billy loved
her deyotedly. while the girl, the belle
Of Hornville and with numerous I'D
mirerS. had unmistakably shown her
preference for the quiet Billy.
Billy's income was sufficient for
two. He was booklKeeper in the Horn
vile Department store. and besides,
had recently taken to writing short
stories which aOId well and which
caused the Alton County Courier to
refer 70 him - "cur rising young au-
thor y,
The young mans bashfulness
amounted sinost % 1 fear Of every.
thing feminine. excepting Miss Mel
rose. whom he had known and loved
Ill HE life. And this idiosyncrasy- pre-
vented his asking her to be his wife.
For q year he had been trying TO scr
out the momentous question. Each
time he started for his tri-wesEly visit
to the girls home, Billy would prom
ise himself, 1T viii surely be to-
night" Then he would. ii imagine
tion, build q conversation which led.
% . pathway, right up to the storm
ing Of the citadel. I
With commendable persistence he
followed the conversation previously
planned to the last redoubt. to the
point whore the final desperate charge
was needed. Then, when generalities
began to give way to personalities and
constituting little pauses, the bat
TALON Of Billy,s courage broke and
fed to the safe and dreary fields Of
the commonplace again--the weather
Or the next church social.
Billy. berating himself soundly. 20
be went home one night after another
failure, realized that mat
.erl could not go on as they were for.
sver. Dick Parsons, for instance. had
Begun to appear in the Melroses' par.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-11-10
LOOKED DIFFERENT Al HOME


Kansas City, Nov. S.--eMany con
gressmen who are standpattsrs in
Washington become progressiVes
when they come to their homes in
The West and see the temper OF their
constituents" Thomas p. Gore, United
States senator from Oklahoma, told
an audience OF 1000 who come to Con.
vention hall to hear his views on ma.
tional politics. In 4 speech an hour
and half long he touched nearly All
the issues that are now In the public
mind. But the meeting was not strict
y partisan affair. Senator Gore had
only praise for the real progressive
Republicans.
what We want" he said, ''Is more
patriotism and less partisanshlp
would rather zee good Republican
elected to once than bad Democrat.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-11-10

ne caplaIa q . vollknoun fosa,
ban club had . turkey presented %
Nm e . ChriElmaa gi1 b. ths men.
hors o. he taans. On Eping % ths Ne
n which he had teposllsf Ne trrkey
~ found that -t1s hlFd had noNn.a
he Ga1peclsi throo ioyinl aclualnt
auess. ans. a. adhirE nls q ihs1l. -.
ssiret Ehs reply; 7fum oaly = i.lk.-
-lnrt - brl1eFcllr cfit1 fta -.
-. p ..--... :. Io-n-. ~
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-11-10


hellie had forgotten BtIly forgotten
herself, forgotten everything but ~
fortunes Of this quaint little pair.
these living, breathing children Of the
past which seemed 30 long ago. she
smiled again over the description OF
their merry games, but her throat
nched and her eyes smarted With the
sorrow Of their first and only quarrel
90 genuinely was It portrayed.
The narrative swept on TO the out
break Of tho Spanish war. Billy'a en-
iistment, his return to Montauk Point
from Cuba, feverstrick IN and weak;
Of Nellie,s coming to the long, cot
fiIled hospital tent where he lay. The
girl and her mother had cut short
visit In New York to fnd him. She
smeiled the horrid medicine again and
heard the raving Of the delirium .
she read. Her eyes Allied when she
saw how he treasured the memory
Of her kiss that day, the only kiss
poor bashful Billy had ever claimed.
The story took up the soldiers ulti-
mate recovery and return to hin hpne
town to md that his childhood sweet 4
heart was now considered grown np-
she was 17--and was going away to
school II told Of her four.yearF 40.
aeuce. With brief waits 10 her home.
when both the boy and girl were "a 1
state ii transition. Although the old
.conrade6hip was there still. surface
changes. tie girls new surroundings
and sccuaintances. had made them Il.
most strangers.
The story went to tell how Billy.
ever hampered BY his bashfulness. set.
out to win again the kirl who haa
given him her frank young directions.
Billy poured out hls hopes ana his,
fears. He narrated how in the read
iustment after the four years Of their
practical separation she had seemed
more distant and unattainable than
ever. still. II was not ID bad until
the rival had come who seemed des.
tined to be- the victor. all because the
old lover was tonKue.tied by : morbid
uelf.consciousness.
on the next few paragraphs BiIly
had expended many anxious hours.
with mingled hope and fears he Ind
watched the girl's expressive face
~ antilles and tearsz-as she turned
page after page Of the manupcript.
md now the climax was 4 1proposal.
he sort Of proposal he had Iona,
lreamed II making but had mot Il
Jared.
BilIy was proud Of that paper pro-
,osal; 1t was idylIic and tender, eIo.
luent and impetuous. It pleaded for
Billy as he could not plead for him,
elf; it fairly breathed Of love ana
onging. And with the last sentence
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-11-10
ID NanotIata Trada Trnatv

Washington, Nov. l.-Charles N.
Pepper the medical adviser and
Henry Hoyt, counsellor Of the. stSts
department., left here for Ottawa, "a
reDresent the United States in the
-nsgosiatlons for a reciprocity trade
stseaty agreemept
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-11-10
.AbduI Humid May Com. back.

Constanttople. Nov. IA carefully
nEsanised scheme for the overthrow
q Sultan McHammed V and the &C.
session Of Abdul Hammid to the
throne has resulted In new guards be.
aag sent to salonika to guard the for.
nor ruler.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-11-10

Warrington. Nov. 7.--Pre1ideni Tan
has Issued Ms proclamation set
ting aside Thursday NoVsmber "a TO-
IhankngiFiag. He refers % re peace
ard prosperity q he United states
ls q nation ard % ne hanks ouet
~ Creator Tor he houutii1l hiee1iuTI
'4lvtf In Tar Is.f IA l~a+sa.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-11-10

Macon, No, Nov. Ain his speech
Aero e1-0ov. A. n. Docksry said ;
And word for sJosT Cannon. III any
- the Btandpsiters are to be left, " h
aaid. = hope Il win Be old Joe. He
stood By his guns while all The othsrt
So
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-11-10

Kansas ciiy, Nov. t.-The police
c.nfara q the ely has developed tie
l1cl hat there are ne names o. about
1.Soo and possibly 2.ooo persons On ne
IN ha1kl aho11 rieAi e vote IL open
n .lllsa. anllllaa.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-11-10
BILLYsS
PROPOSAL
sRy ". 4. RHILLIRs

(Copyrlght. 100 BY Associated Literary
The Washington times., 1910-07-10
BOY WILING TO COMPLY.

Tut eIeven-y -year-Old Robert st
L George Dyrenforth, eager for an
education. has read his grandfather's s
VIII and declares that he is willing to
comply with the terms that others
characterize as impossible. He ad-
mits this IS going 10 be a rather hard
task. however
There is one stipulation, neveuthe-
less. that boJhers the boy, who is now
preparing to enter school in Chicago.
Young Robert St George notes that he
is 20 learn music and dancing He Is
unable to reason how he is TO attend
dancing school and. at the same time.
abjuTe all womankind. His father