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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-16

First published in The Topeka State
Journal Wednesday, Nov. Is, 1901
In the District Court of Shawnee County,
Kansas.
No. 1882.
William A. Hampshire, Plaintiff.
Mabel B. Hampshire, Defendant.
The State of Kansas to Mabel B. Hamp-
shire: You will take notice that you have
been sued in the district court of Shawnee
shire plaintiff, and that said plaintiff
alleges in his petition filed in the above
entitled CAUSE tha f you have aPa an
and extreme cruelty towards the plaintiff
and praying that he, may be divorced
maiden name of Mabel B. Stultz and en-
Joined from using the name of Mabel B.
mony be settled between you and the
plaintiff, and that unless you answer the
said petition on or before the 9th day
of December, 1910, said petition will be
taken as true and judgment rendered
against you as prayed for in said petition.
Witness my hand and seal of said Court
on this 14th day of November. 1910.
Clerk of the District Court, Shawnee
J. M. DUMENTL. Attorney for Plaintiff.
First published in The Topeka State
Journal Wednesday, Nov. 2, 1901
State of Kansas, Shawnee County, SIS.
In the Probate Court of said County.
In the matter of the estate of Walter j.
Burgess, deceased
To All Creditors of and Other Persons
Interested in Said Estate:
You are hereby notified rnat at the next
regular term of the Probate Court in and
| for said county, to be begun and held at
| the Probate Judges office in Topeka, in
said county. on the 9Th day of December,
| 1910 being the first MONDAY In said month
| of December, 1910, 1 will make final set
| Element of said estate.
Having filed with said court my claim
for compensation as executor of said
estate. and for necessary attorneys fees
| and other expenses necessarily incurred
4 in the administration Of said estate,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-16

FOR sALE-Half interest in old estab-
lished. good paying real estate business
Address Local." care Journal office
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-16

MISCELLANEOUS.
THE ONLY STRICTLY HOME BAKERY.
624 West 9Th. Phone 2399 Red.
FREE CITY DUMP at 200 West eth
street,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-07-12
DEvoTEEs OF WHIST

Niagara Falls, Ont, July 11-Whist
players from all parts of the United
States and Canada have gathered here
to take part in the twentieth annual
congress of the American Whist
League, which began at the Clifton
Hotel this morning and will last
full week. The league is made up Of
over 100 clubs from New Brunswick to
California and the membership runs
into thousands.
The whist players are full of SER
ious purpose, and the program does
not contemplate much sightseeing or
other diversions. 1t calls for whist
playing morning, afternoon AMI night
Promptly at two o'clock this afternoon
several hundred players opened the
contest for the Brooklyn trophy, which
is one of the rewards for skillful play
ing mCst sought after by the members
of the congress. The other prizes for
which contests will continue through
the week include the Hamilton Club
trophy, the Minneapolis trophy, the
Manhattan trophues and the Congress
trophies.
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DETROIT WELCOME ELKs

Detroit, Mich, July l1-While oflic-
tally Elk week does not begin until to-
morrow morning, all official Elkdom
put in an appearance in town today
for the annual grand lodge session
and reunion. Many of the grand lodge
officers, delegates and other visitors
spent the day on the waters of Lake
st. Clair and the St. Clair river, re-
turning to the city this evening in
time to participate in the grand wei
come demonstration in the Lyceum
Theatre.
The program for the remainder of
the week embraces the four days ses
sion of the grand lodge, which opens
tomorrow morning, and unlimited EN-
'tertainment for the members of the
order, who will have an immense var
iety of select from al being free tC
those wearing the badge of the order
The competitive drill contests are tt
take place Wednesday and the big par
.ade the following day
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DAMAGED BY PRAYER

The pastor of Presbyterian church
of Neoga, ILL.,, has been sued for libel
by an aggrieved member of his con.
gregation, because the pastor ad-
dressed the Lord from his pulpit in
the following words: 20, Lord, make
Brother Stroll better man; cause
him to pay his debts and have him
cease backbiting." There was more
of the same sort and Brother Strohl
did not like it. When the pastor re-
fused his request that he make an
other prayer and "straighten things
up with the Lord" Stroll went to
court and sued for $4,000 damages.
The decision of the court will be of
much interest. Its nature may de-
pend on whether the pastor was real
ly addressing his remarks to the Lord
OF to his congregation. He will, of
course, insist that the former was the
case and may also hold that as the
charges were true, according to his
knowledge and belief, he could not
conscientiously put himself ''in bad
with the Power above by retracting
his remarks. Moreover, he may urge
that, in case he was mistaken as to
the charges against Stroll, the Lord
would know the truth and Stroll
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WISCONSIN DEMO-
Gratis HOPEFUL

Milwaukee, Wis, July 11z1To all ap.
pearances more hopeful success at the
polls next November than they have
felt in number of years, the Demo-
cratic leaders of Wisconsin are rally
ing her in force to attend the conven-
tion of their party tomorrow. The
adoption of "A party platform will be
the chief work of the convention.
Though the supreme court recently
held that there was nothing in the
primary law to prevent the platform
conventions from nominating candi-
dates it is unlikely that the Democrats
in their convention will.go any further
than to discuss the makeup of their
ticket. The actual choice of candi-
lates will be left to the primary cleo
tion. There will be no difficulty in fill.
ing the ticket, the leaders say, owing
to the feeling that there is possibil-
ity of this being Democratic year.
AS consequence of this feeling the
candidates for the places on the tick
cts are unusually numerous, The nam.
es of Parr w. Jones of Madison, A. j.
Schmitz of Milwaukee and Congress-
man Charles II. Weisse of the Sixth
district continue to be most promi'
nently mentioned in connection with
the gubernatorial nomination.
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Subscription Rate-s1.6o per yea
THE LESSON AT NEWARK

with the calm that follows such
a disaster as occurred at Newark Fri
day night, comes the realization Of the
disgrace that has come to that city
and it's citizens. Back of the whole
terrible affair, and as naturally lead
ing up to the action of the mob, was
the open defiance of the law, and the
failure of the public officials whose
duty it was to enforce the law, to do
anything in that direction. When
Licking county voted "dry" the law
against operating saloons In the
county became operative. The OBJ
servance Of the law in Newark became
farce. 1t was of common knowledge
that saloons were being conducted
just the same as before the option cleo
tion was held. Apparently no effort
was made by the proper officials to en-
force the law. A disregard and dis
respect for law, no matter what par
ticular law it may be. breeds lawless-
ness and a spirit of anarchy. If the
proper officials of Newark city and
Licking county had done their duty
the lawless element that defied the
law and operated saloons could cas-
lily and uickly have been put out of
business, and it would not have been
necessary for an organization of rpri-
vate citizens to attempt to enforce the
law by bringing into the county de-
tectives to make raids on the saloons
with warrants issued under the search
AMI siezure law, the shooting of sa-
loonist would not have occurred, and
a detective would not have been
pounded to death with hammer and
his dead body dragged up a telephone
pole with rope around It's neck.
1t is terrible and costly exper-
fence and shocks the whole country.
1t points it's lesson, and simple one
it is, and that is, Law Enforcement.
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G. o. p. TICKET FOR ALABAMA

Birmingham, Ala, July 1.-THE Re-
publicans of Alabama propose to NOM
mate complete ticket at their con-
venton in this city tomorrow Among
the party leaders already on the field
there appears to be a strong sentiment
in favor of making the campaign a
straight-out fight for prohibition.
Those advocating this course believe
1t would be wise move in view of
the attitude of Colonel Emmett O'Neel,
the Democratic nominee for governor,
who favors local option in preference
to constitutional prohibition. BY nom
mating a strong prohibitionist for gov
ernor the Republican leaders believe
they could rally to their standard the
prohibltionists of all parties.
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would not really suffer damage in the
Divine estimation.
OF course, if the conclusion should
be that the recital of the parishion-
er's faults went earthward instead of
heavenward ii would deVolve upon
Mr. Stroll to prove that the story
made the congregation think worse
of him than it did before. In any case
the point at issue is nice one, since
it involves the right of pastor to
make his trials and tribulations and
the sins of his congregation a subject
of prayer. And would not denial of
this be blow to religious liberty?-
Indianapolis Star.
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RUNNING A PIANO
Locomotive Engineer Gives His I'M
pressions of Great Recital

(Life)
81 was lettering around the streets
last night" said j. Nelson, one of the
old locomotive engineers running into
New Orleans. "As / had nothing to
do | dropped into concert and heard
sleek-looking Trenchman play pi-
ano in way that made me feel all
over in spots. AS soon as he sat down
on the stool | knew by the way he
handled himself that he understood
the machine he was running. He tap
ped the keys away up one end, just
as If they were cages and he wanted
to see If he had water enough. Then
he looked up as if he wanted to know
how much steam he was carrying,
and the next moment he pulled open
the throttle and sailed into the main
You could hear her thunder over cul-
verts and bridges and getting faster
and faster, until the fellow rocked
about in his seat like cradle. Some
how / thought it was old SO pulling
a passenger train and getting out of
the way of a special. The fellow
worked the keys on the middle divi-
sion like lightning, and then he flew
along the north end of the line until
the drivers went around like buzz
saw and ] got excited. About the
time ! was fixing to tell him to cut
her off little he kicked the dampers
under the machine wide open, pulled
the throttle way back in the tender,
and how he did run! | couldn't stand
1t any longer, and yelled to him that
he was pounding in the left side, and
If he wasn't careful he'd drop his ash
pan. But he didn't hear. No one
heard me. Everything was flying and
whizzing, Telegraph poles on the side
of the track looked like row of corn
stalks, and trees appeared to be a
mud.bank, and all the time the eX-
haust of the old machine sounded like
the hum of bumblebee. / tried to
| yen OUT, Dul my lOhbuS Wouiuh
move. He went around the curves like
a bullet, slipped an eccentric, blew out
his soft plug-went down grade 90
feet to the mile and not controlling
brake set. She went by the meeting
point at mile and half a minute,
and calling for more steam. My hair
stood up straight, because l knew the
game was up, Sure enough, dead
ahead of us was the headlight Of a
special. In daze I~heard the crash
as they struck, and saw cars shiv'
cred into atoms, people smashed and
mangled and bleeding and gasping for
water. | heard another crash as the
French professor struck the deep
keys away down on the lower end OF
the Southern division, and then
came to my senses. There he was at
dead standstill, with the door OF
the fire-box of the machine open, Wip'
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odor of Cabbage and Onions.


1t Is admittedly not pleasing when
1t spreads over the whole house.
Careful housekeepers try to prevent
this as much as possible.
Before beginning to fry onions or
boil cabbage see that the top of the
kitchen window Is open and also draw
back the grating above the stove.
Even If only few inches opening
Is made the smell from whatever is
being cooked will thus have a means
of escape.
1t is also fact that If the lid Is
kept Off the pan in which either of
these vegetables is being cooked the
odor will be much less.
1t is good plan to have some cedar
wood dust at hand. A little scattered
over the hot stove gives a pleasant
odor and prevents the smells from be-
Ing noticeable.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-07-12

For every person who dies In year
there are two people constantly i'll.
Each persons loses on an average thir-
teen days year by Illness,
All the carcasses of dead anlmals In
New York are removed to phosphate
factories on Bnrrcu island and con
verted into fertilzing material.
The banking power of the world Is
estimated at $iJ,1 100000. Of which
E17,042, 100000 Is In the United States
and $4.553, ,700,0 600 Is In the city OF New
York.
The record attendance mt football
match in the United Kingdom IL l21,.
452 at the England versus Scotland
contest of 1908 at Hampden park,
Glasgow.
The Legislature OF Prince Edward Is
land has unanimously voted not to re-
peal the law making II a penal offense
TO run any kind OF motor vehicle In
the province.
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Condemned MURDERER
ASSAILS FELLOW PRISONER

Columbus, o., July II. - Jumping
like a madman and without the
slightest warning, Antonio Mangano,
prisoner in the penitentiary annex
awaiting electrocution, seized a met
al crucifix and hit his fellow prison.
er, Joseph Mackley, ON the head with
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-07-12

1t twice, inflicting several deep scalp
wounds. Then, still in the heat of
passion, while Mackley was lying
stunned and bleeding on the floor,
Mangano jumped and ran up the iron
bars of the cell to the ceiling like u
monkey and then fell to the floor.
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CARRIER CLAIMS CREDIT
FOR Settling DEBTS

Columbus, O., July IL. = National
Committeeman Harvey C. CARRIER an
nounced that he had paid the debts
Of the Democratic state executive
committee at the close of the cam
paign Of 1908, amounting to $2,101.41.
Neither Harmon nor Creamer paid
a single penny of the debts" said
CARRIER.
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ing the perspiration off his face and
bowling to the people before him, If
live to be one thousand years I'll
never forget the ride that Frenchman
gave me on a piano."
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CARRIER made this statement in an
swer to charges by the Republican
state press bureau that the Demo
Gratis had a big slush fund in that
campaign which State Chairman w.
J.. Finley and CARRIER had not ac-
counted for to anybody, and that
Harmon and Creamer had TO give
their notes for deficit of over $4,000.
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TENNIS TOURNEY CALLED OFF

Macon, Ga, July 1.-THE annual
lawn tennis tournament for the cham
pionship of Georgia, which was sched-
uled to open on the courts of the Log
Cabin club here today, has been called
off because of the lack of interest on
the part of the followers of the sport.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-07-12

Mrs. Hattie Lauderbaugh and son
and daughter of East Chestnut street
have returned to their home after a
several days visit with relatives in
Akron.
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KILLED IN
A BRAWL

Toledo o., July II While resist
1rg arrest Alexander Golnski, %,
was shot and killed almost instantly
by John Hnvey, policeman. The
shooting occurred in Polish settle
ment and was the outcome of a
brawl.
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VITAL WASHINGTON NEWS
TAvENNER, "WRTER THINKER" US
FACTS AS THEY REALLY EXIST.

predicts the Democratic majority in
the next house may possibly reach
seventy-five.
When the Republicans took control
of the Federal government in 1851 the
expenses Of the government were
about 100000 annually, nearly ST.
O00,000,000 less than now. AS Hon.
James G. Blaine says in his Twenty
Years in Congress: "The leaders Of
the Democratic party had guarded the
treasury with unceasing vigilance
against every attempt at extravaganza
or corruption" The result of this fru-
gality and honesty was seen in the an
nual expenditures. Economy in pub
lie expenditures has always been a
cardinal principle of the Democratic
Party. The appropriations for the
four years of Cleveland's administra-
ton were less than one half the ap-
propriations of the last four years of
Republican rule.
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(By CLYDE n. Tavenner)

crowning sins of the Congress which
recently passed into history was its
failure to pass income or inheritance
tax legislation. All of the first class
nations of the world have either an
income tax or an inheritance tax, and
many have both.
We now raise practically all nation
al revenues by placing a tariff tax on
things eaten, worn or used by the peo-
pie. This system is unjust because 1t
requires the workingman to pay not
less than one thousand per cent more
taxes in proportion to his income than
a Millionaire.
One protective system of course re-
quires the millionaire to pay tax on
that which he eats, wears or uses, but
1t does not tax him to the extent Of
one penny on his wealth.
Thus it might, and no doubt fire.
quently does, happen, that section
hand on the railroad with family of
six or seven children pays more to-
ward running the national government
toward building battelships and main
tanning them, toward keeping our
standard army, than the millionaire
bachelor who is too proud to marry
and raise children.
President Taft, and President Taft
alone, must bear the brunt of RESPONSE
bility for the failure of Congress to
tack an income tax provision on the
Payne -Aldrich bill A majority of both
houses were in favor of an income
tax. Aldrich saw that an income tax
amendment would be passed, and, as
usual, appealed to President Taft for
aid.
The President knuckled absolutely
to the will of Boss Aldrich, urging
Congress to pass corporation tax
instead of an income tax. To fool and
console the people the treacherous
Aldrich then smilingly consented to
ratification of constitutional
amendment legalizing an income tax,
well knowing that ways could be
worked out to thwart such ratifica-
tion, at least within the life of the
present generation.
But there remains still another chap
ter of this legislative swindle that
the American people ought to know
about. AS an excuse for having killed
an income tax, President Taft stated
that the corporation tax should con-
tain a publicity clause which would
enable the government and the peo-
pie to secure information about the
working methods of the corporations.
| He held out the hope this publicity
clause would make 1t possible for the
government to hold the lawbreaking
! trusts responsible in court for their
acts.
So Congress passed the corporation
tax, but jolered the people by pur-
posely failing to provide funds for the
handling of data which would come In
under the publicity clause. Even this
was not enough. Congress, in the ses
sion just closed, completed the swim
die on the public by striking out the
publicity feature all together! And
Mr.. Taft himself had declared the pub
licity clause was the most valuable
feature in the bill! How long are the
people going to stand for such treach
cry as this?
q
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Figures showing the number of new
officers created for Republican politi-
clans by the last session of Congress
have not yet been prepared. The pre-.
ceding Congress, however, created 26,-
944 new positions. For new offices
created and salaries increased, the
Sixtieth Congress added to the taxes
paid by the people the stupendous sum
of $39,563, ,577.SS.
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"In my opinion the next House will
be Democratic by majority of be-
tween forty and fifty" said Chairman
James T. Lloyd, of the National Demo.
cratic Congressional committee, Mr..
Lloyd is in close touch with political
conditions in practically every con-
gressional district in the country, and
is generally reputed among his col
leagues as more likely to be over-cau-
tious than over-confident, If anything,
when making political prognostica-
tions. Minority Leader Champ Clark
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Two big state conventions were held
recently. Pennsylvania Republicans
declared as follows on the tariff;
"We believe that the tariff bill re-
Gently enacted is in accord with the
Republican policy expressed in its last
national platform, We agree with
President Taft that 1t is the best tar
iff the Republican party ever passed.
Said the Ohio Democrats;
I'VE demand revision of the pres
ent unjust and oppressive tariff, re-
ducing the rates so as to lower the
prices imposed on the consumers"
Consumers, it is up to you. Think
the matter over!
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Senator Clapp Of Minnesota, Repub-
lican insurgent, was recently giving
me an interview on the justness of
tax on incomes. Finally he stopped
abruptly and pointed out of his win
dow. "Tavenner," he said, NOTICE that
marble wall yonder. Which stone
bears the greatest weight The stone
at the bottom or the one at the top?
Before you answer | will add that is
just the way it is without an income
tax. Until the present tariff sched-
ules are revised along nnes of justice,
and until we have an income tax to
take some of the burden of taxation
from the man at the bottom, that
stone wall will stand as a deadly par
allel to existing conditions"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-09-09
AMOUNT IS GROWING
Shortage Of Deceased Chicago
Lawyer Over 100000!

Chicago, Sept. 4.-With the claims
against the Edward c. Ritsher estate
still piling up until they now have
passed the estimated total of 100000
Attorney John F. Rosen, as the rep
resentative of number of the widows
whose tiny fortunes were swept away
by the dead lawyers insolvency,
threatened criminal proceedings as a
possible method of bringing to light
assets which might be used to pay
these claims.
Attorney Rosen is also authority for
the statement that the trust funds
which were put into the hands Of At.
torney Ritsher by Mrs. Clementina
Wirth, Mrs. Emma F. Weizenberg,
Mrs. Agnes P. Schiller, Mrs. Amelia
Baehner and three of their friends to-
tai almost 100000.
Although none of the money said to
have been lost by Ritsher on the race
track has been traced it is declared
that If it can be found through whom
this money was lost the estate, could
recover three times the amount lost
Should this prove possible Attorney
Rosen declared he would see to it
that the executor took the necessary
steps for the recovery of the money