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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05
IT'S THE OLD. OLD STORY.
Boy Fooled With Revolver. Now Girls
in Hospital.

Wichita, Kan, Aug. 5.-Pacola
Rambo. 3 years old, daughter of Jack
RambO, of 1910 North Market street,
was shot and probably fatally injured
yesterday. The girl was in a room
with a small boy from a neighbortng
home and the lad picked up revolver
that lay on a dresser Pointing IL at
her he pulled the trigger. The bullet
entered the girls abdomen, infiictinS
a wound from which it is believed she
can not recover. The victim Of the
shooting knew that the gun was load
ed, but the boy did not, and she had
no chance to tell him of the danger
before the shooting occurred.
The girl was taken to the Wichita
hospital Immediately where she was
operated on by the surgeons. She was
resting quite easy at o'clock this
afternoon, and it was said that there
was little chance for her recovery.
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AUTO NOTES.

A. A. Rodgers, Of 1119 Tyler street.
is the owner of a new 40 horse power
Cadillac, which he bought this week
of the Nicholas Auto company
DR.. w. F. Bowen's new Stafford is
said to he the only car in town with
green headlights The machine has
been dubbed THE Girl with the Green
Eyes,
George Summers, of 400 Monroe street
has purchased q new Stoddard-D Dayton.
The car was sold by the J. T. Billings
company.
1t has been reported at some of the
garages that the Caprer publications
will this fall conduct a reliability run.
covering perhaps a six days jaunt. No
definite announcement has yet been
made of the plan or the probable rout-
ing.
A new Flanders 20 was sold this week
by the Topeka Motor Car company to
DR.. H A. Murray of Hoyt. Kan.
Morris F1ack, OF Wakarusa. this week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05
DRANK OUT OF HAT.
Passenger Couldn't Get His Head
Under the Faucet.

Hutchinson. Kan, Aug. 5.-A man
on Missouri Pacific train yesterday
between Hutchinson and Wichita was
ignorant of the public drinking cup
law which exists in this state.
This man became thirsty and went
to the ice water tank to get a drink
He looked around for a cup and upon
not finding one he returned to his
seat. In about ten minutes he again
went to the tank and looked for a
cup, but it was nowhere around, so
he returned to his seat as before. He
again went to the tank. but still there
was no cup. This time he was too
thirsty to wait longer, so he jerked off
his spite out on one of the Regiers
of it's crown. He filed this private
drinking cup several time until he was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05
SHOT a KANSAS CONVICT.
William Joiner of WyandOtte County
Tried to Escape at Lansing.

Leavenworth, Kan, Aug. 5.-While
trying to escape from the state prison
at Lansing, William Joiner, a negro
prisoner, 35 years old, was shot in the
face by J. N. Ralston. a tower guard.
He now IS in the prison hospital He
is expected to recover.
Joiner, who was received at the
prison May %, 1909, from Wyandotte
county to serve from five to ten years
for murder In the second degree, was
one of three hundred convicts employ
ed in the prison coal mine. While
standing in line preparatory to being
lowered into the workings, he jumped
out window of the tipple house and
ran through the brick yard toward the
river. The guard fired at long range
The bullet entered the Negroes nose.
ranging downward into his neck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05
ON A LONG HIKE.
Nine Topekans start Sunday for Colo
RADIO Springs Outing.

RADIO Springs Outing.
Nine Topeka motor cyclists will start
Sunday for Colorado Springs. where
they expect to spend about three
weeks. The pop pop artists will leave
Topeka at 4 o'clock Sunday morning
and will be joined by numerous other
motor cyclists along the route When
the destination is reached, it is proba-
BILE that the party will number about
100
It is probable that the party will be
four or five days on the trip. At sew
eral of the towns in the short grass
country, the party will participate in
motor cycle races and try to break a
few proud local records on the trip.
Monday night the party will stop at
Ellsworth. Tuesday night Rexford is
the destination.
Then in the western Kansas wheat
belt the Topeka party will be Joined by
numerous cyclists An organization
known as the Short Grass Motor Cycle
club, with nearly 100 members, has de-
clared a vacation and will go to Colo
RADIO with the Topekans-
Among those who win go from To-
peka are: NJ. E. Hardy, Art Hutton.
Lyle Anderson. Guy Elliott, P. c. Har-
rler, Harry Bates, Dick Barrett and
Ralph Cooper.
It is likely that Cooper will not start
until Tuesday. He is waiting for a new
machine and believes he will be able TO
overtake the party before they reach
the Colorado line.
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card put out by rubber company of
Youngstown, Ohio. On one side of the
card is printed in colors striking
birds-eye view of their plant together
with an illustration of their widely
known tire. On the-address side is a
cut of the local agency in the territory
to which the particular card is to be
sent. In this way they combine on one
simple card an introduction to the
goods offered, a striking display Of
their manufacturing facilities and
strong appeal to visit their local agency
in the various agency districts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05
BLEES MILITARY ACADEMY
MACON, MISSOURI

ment- Dr. w A. Wilson, eight wears
president of Lexington College Lexfnr-
ton, Mo, fifteen years president of Raw
Tor College. Bolton, Tex, has abaolIIf a
lease. over one-half million dollars IN
vested. Finest equipment outside OF West
Point Prepares for University Teacher
specialist: Col G. L. Byroade, u. s. A.
Commandant. Eight hundred acres r,ftt
shade lawns, lakes, drives, hunting. fish
ing, riding, boating and other outdoor
sports Send for catalogue, w. A. VIII
son, A. NJ, Supts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05
LEW sMUCKER 10 NEWTON.
Well Known Newspaper Worker Takes
Charge of "Kansan."

Newton, Kan. Aug. Sd. A. Ellis
worth, who for the past two months
has been editing the Kansan-R epuh-
lican, will return to Emporia and re-
sumo his work on the faculty OF the
Normal college this fall. He expects
to spend a short vacation in Colorado
this month.
The new editor of the paper will be
Lew Smucker. one of the most exper-
fenced and widest known newspaper
men in the state. From managing
editor of the Wichita Eagle, Mr..
Smucker went to EIDorado to take
charge Of the Republican, the late
Bent Murdock's paper. He now gives
up that position to come to Newton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05
LAD LOSES BOTH HANDS.
Engineers Who Left Dynamite Where
Boy Found It Are Arrested.

Olathe. Kan, Aug. 5.-R. E. Beebe.
construction engineer, and John Rob-
erts, an employee of the Federal Tele-
graph company, were arrested al the
company's works near Ell Nora Heights
on the Strang line and taken before
Justice Hayes of Olathe, charged with
leaving dynamite exposed in a careless
and negligent manner.
Ivan Hall, a boy living near the
works, found the dynamite which ex-
ploded while he was playing with it.
Both of his hands were blown off.
The preliminary hearing OF the ae-
cused men was set for August IA. Both
were released on bail.
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wE1R SELLS BUSINESS.
A New Firm Takes Over the Kansas
Avenue Motor Shop.

The controlling interest in the Weir
Motor Car company was this week sold
to w. H. lines and Albert E. Jones and
in the future the business will be con-
Quoted under the firm name of the
Jones-Imes Motor Car company. They
will maintain their business at old Of
fees at 914 Kansas avenue.
Mr.. Weir, who is retiring from the
active business management, will re-
tain an interest in the business. Albert
E. Jones, one of the members of the
new firm, was formerly connected with
the Overland motor car interests and
is a successful salesman. w. H. lines
has been with the Weir company since
its organization and is widely known
among the local trade. The new firm
will continue to handle the Chalmers,
American, Detroit Electric, and Mar
mon cars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05
WHEAT WENT 5s9z BUSHELS.
A Horton, Kan, Farmer Claims the
Record for His Section.

Horton, Kan, Aug. 5.=Charles Bel
den, who lives three miles southwest
of here. claims the record yield of
wheat for northeastern Kansas. He
had a little more than six acres in one
piece that produced 357 bushels The
grain made f1fty-eight bushels and If
bors made the measurements. They
think Belden has made the record
yield for Atchison county. The grain
was red turkey wheat, sowed on sod
ground: George Rork, another farmer
south of Horton, had nine acres that
made forty bushels to the acre.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05
GAVE $50 TO BOOT.
But Man Who Exchanged Hats Is
Probably Sorry Now.

Atchison, Kan, Aug. 5.-John Har-
ris, who resides at Downs, Kan, has a
hat and $50 in his possession which
belongs to some other person. Both
the hat and the money came into Mr..
Harris's possession in an unusual man
ner. On his way to Atchison he took
a berth in a sleeper.
While in the wash room some one
exchanged hats with him. When he
returned from the wash room he no
ticed the mistake and made diligent
inquiry in an effort to ascertain who
had made the mistake. but without
avail. Later, after Harris had been in
Atchison some hours. he discovered
three twenty dollar bills folded under
the swaziland of the hat. This dis
covery assures Mr.. Harris that his hat
was picked up by mistake by some one
who left the train en- route.
While the hat he got in exchange for
his is not as good as the one taken,
Harris is perfectly satisfied with the
trade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05
MONUMENT TO PIONEER.
DIR. Josiah Gregg Was Famous as
Trader on Santa Fe Trail.

washington, Aug. 5.-Representa-
tive Fred S. Jackson of Kansas has
introduced into the house of repre-
sentatives a bill appropriating $500
for the erection of a monument at
Council Grove, Kanesas, to DR.. JOSIAH
Gregg.
traders nVer The old Santa Ea - +r9iI
and is the author of 1.-The Commerce
of the Prairies'' AS Council Grove
WAS the most noted point on the trail
between Westport and Santa Fe. il is
deemed the proper place for q monu-
ment to DR.. Gregg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05

Robbed Houses and Whitfield Auto
Tires for Revenge.

Robbed Houses and Whitfield Auto
Tires for Revenge.
Newton, Kan. Aug. 5.-There is
confined at the county jail a youth
named Vogt, 10 years old, and a ter
ror to handle. He has father and a
stepmother up near Inman. who can
do nothing with him. He also has a
guardian at Hillsboro who gives it up.
This youngster is charged with bur-
glary. having robbed several houses
near Burton last week. He then took
his spite out 0 none of the Regiers
near that place and proceeded TO cut
his auto tires into shreds.
He was turned over to the truancy
officer, but escaped and the appeal was
finally made to County Attorney Won
der Hetden, who obtained permission
and a request from his nearest rela-
tives to conf1ne the lad in Jail until he
can be sent to the industrial school.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05
Accused of STEALING

F: E. Chamberlain. of Gilman NJ
boldly accuses Bucklen's Arnica Ssl, NE.
steaIns-Nhe sting from burns or scal5so Oh
the pain from sores Of all kinds-tbe Ii
tress from Dolls or piles. ut robs e,,ts.
corns, bruises sprains and in US.
tnelr terror, he says. "as heaiinr 81 OF
edy its equal don't exist. rSnIv Ok rem
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BRIDGE COMPANY HAS "cINCH."
Puts 500 Per Cent Raise in Tolls Into
Erect without Notice.

Atchison, Kan, Aug. Smother
example of the high handed graft
methods used by the Atchison & East
ern Bridge company pulling down its
s141.00O annual dividend on an ex-
pense Of $4,000 was discovered yes
terday when it was learned that Mis-
souri, farmer was compelled to pay
SIS tolls for taking a threshing outfit
across the bridge.
-Four years ago I took exactly the
same sized outfit across the bridge,
the farmer said. land the toll charges
we're $3.50. When / started to 80
across with the outfit last week I
handed the toll collector $3.50. He
almost laughed in my face"
Not this year he told me-"
"How much? I asked him.
Fifteen dollars he replied. 1
argued with him and explained that
four years ago it was only $3.50 but
that made no difference. He said
would have to come through with the
fifteen dollars If I expected to take
my outfit across. I had to pay the SIS
but I certainly hope that something is
done to give US relief"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05
PRAYERS GOT RESULTS
But Not in the Form of Bacon or
Flour as They Desired.

they prayed so loudly during the night
for bacon, ham, flour and other eat
ables that the sounds disturbed the
peace of the neighborhood was the
charge against Jacob and James IIud-
son, brothers, in the Kansas City,
Kansas, police court
The Hudsons denied that they
prayed loudly and intimated that they
did not pray at all. Their brother,
George, and their father, they said.
did all the praying. But the Judge
fined Jacob $40 and James IS and ad-
vised that the Hudsons in general pray
more quietly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05
Child Drowned in Bucket.

Great Bend, kan, Aug. 5.-Tha lit
tie child of Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Keller
of Alexander, Rush county, met with
death in a rather peculiar manner.
Mrs. Keller had crossed the street to
a neighbor's to inquiry about the
damage done to their house by light
ming the night before, leaving the
child on the porch and in sight. She
had Just crossed the street. and looked
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05

st. Marys Structure Is One of the
largest In the State.

st. Marys. Kan. Aug. 5.-The Leav-
enworth Bridge company this week is
completing across the Kaw river ct St.
Marys one of the largest steel bridges
in Kansas. The structure is 500 feet
long, in four spans. Because of the
treacherous character of the Kaw river
bottom, it was necessary to sink
the piers, which are of concrete, to u
depth of thirty-seVen feet below the
low water mark. The cost of the
bridge is about $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05
Tonganoxie Boy Is Dead.

TOnganoxie. Kan. Aug. 5.@Floyd
Dessery, a former TongaRoxie boy. is
dead in a hospital at Oska1oosa, Iowa.
as the result of being run over by
Rock Island train at Evans, Iowa. Mr..
Dessery was a conductor on the Rock
Island and lived at Knoxville, Iowa
He was married three years ago and
IS survived by a widow and little
daughter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05
Fishermen Are Excited.

Chanute, Kan, Aug. 5.=A story of
a giant channel catfish Weighing over
one hundred pounds and measuring
several feet in length, which is said
to be lurking just below the Austin
dam in the Neosho. is causing some
excitement among Chanute fishern ell.
The fish was seen yesterday taking the
mill race and several men agree that
it must weigh over one hundred
pounds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05
New Use for Postcards.

The tremendous growth of the post
card industry during the past few years
is one of The most astonishing things in
commercial history. Twenty years ago
there was practically no use made Of
fancy post cards. Now millions are
used for business and for social pur-
poses.
The latest thing in this line is post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05
DRILL AT GARDEN CITY.
Sugar Town Now Has Promising Oil
Boom.

Garden City. kan, Aug. 81. w.
Fulton, who is just home from Chi
cago, met a man on the train who says
he is coming here to drill for oil.
Now the man evidently meant bust
ness and exhibited to Mr.. Fulton all
the proper credentials.
He is the real goods" said Mr.. Full
ton.
The mans name is Fred W. Hall,
and his habitat is Bakersfield. Cal,
which is right to start with, for
Bakersfield is in the heart of the Cali
fornia oil country.
The man has been in the oil bust
ness for years, and owns great tracts
of oil lands. Parts of these he has
recently sold. He was going east for
a trip, and he told Mr. Fulton he knew
a good deal about Garden City and
wanted to know more. He said he
was going to stop off on his way back.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05

back to see the child. It was not in
and found that il had fallen into a
swill bucket, head foremost. 1t was
but a second to get it out. but the
child was unconscious, and either
strangled or choked to death, although
it lived an hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05
VCr1ErESG
GIIBSs

urday to have charge OF the Depart
ment OF Literature at the ChautauQua
to be held from August to 20 in Lin
coin Park, near Cawker City. Mrs E.
F. Murphy, a club woman of Goodland,
is on the program for one dav of the
Ichautauqua; Mrs. Matte Pitts Neal,
of Cawker City, president of the Lin
coin Park Woman's Association, will
have charge of one days club pro-
gram, and Mrs. c. B. Walker, of Nor
ton, president of the sixth District,
will have charge of the club conference
at the chautauQua
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05

Parsons, Kan, Aug. John B.
Magner SO years of age, dropped dead
here at baseball game. He was q
Katy engineer and an enthusiastic
baseball man. Parsons and Oswego
were playing off a tie game and the
enthusiasm was running high.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05

Salina. KAN, Aug. 5.-A queer freak
of lightning is reported from far west
on Ash street. A bolt of lightning
struck the asphalt pavement and
burned three holes into it. The resi-
dents of the vicinity heard a deafen-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05

Usage City, Kan, Aug. 5.-Dates for
the Usage County Old Settlers reunion
to be held here have been fixed for
August "a, 25 and IS. An excellent
program is being arranged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05

performance was being given in the
street. Gardener was carried to a
doctors Office apparently lifeless, but
he soon recovered consciousness His
skull was fractured and one wrist was
broken
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05

Abilene, Kan, Aug. 5.-Charles
Brilliant, the lieutenant in the navy
who committed suicide in New York
yesterday, was former Abilene boy.
His father was district clerk here sew
eral years and the family moved to
Pennsylvania.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05
Acrobat Has Bad Fan.

Atchison, Kan. Aug. Bert Gard
ener, an acrobat with the Mcmahon
Amusement company. at the Corning
street fair this week. fell fifteen feet
from ladder yesterday, while a free
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05

ing crash of thunder with it but it
was not known where the lightning
had struck until the holes were found
in the pavement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05

I'm afraid my wife picked out the
wrong hotel TOO expensive ~ "Oh.
no; but it's going 10 be hard to make
expenses. There's a lot of other
bridge sharps there besides herself .
Washington Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-05

The city of Omaha * recognizing
the ability of it's women teachers. A
woman is assistant superintendent of
city schools; the principal of the high
school is woman, and all the graded
schools have women principals.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-27

paid by citizens
t. issue bonds to put in future MAINS
In other words the people now constituting over half the
paid $SG7000
and then begin paying mains the other fellows
where they have not
This is a delightful scheme
Judge Stiles the city legally the 1897
Johnny made
than half the the This
than half the already
is little outskirts hit
thus Now the big mains will replaced In the
fashionable sections OF the city.
And the scheme let the people who have already
assessed their burden and jump and help the
others for their mains that must be renewed.
will be whole people
X city in water mains than to let
interest
certainly who paid
has paid his bills
help the other fellows
that bond surplus which would give the public utility fellows
fine grip Tacoma for another generation.
AS Judge Stiles says the law prevents the people who nave
popularity the change of the system in laying
water mains will probably not be great in the future
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-27

Vassar college claims fame be-
cause none OF its graduates has
ever figured in a divorce.
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editorial PAGE Of Che Caconla Cimes

lean surgeons. He ought to b
handy with the scatpel.
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Potash and Phosphate

potash in the world 1t is
to into the
leases them. fixes
sheer
of governmental power.
phosphate. The pres
South Carolina
fertilizer essential to agriculture
strkingy contrast with the German
phosphate left the public lands We
until devise best
needs without
tonly sacrificing the future
policy all quarters 1t ham
BOTTLES certain localities Butt
just the
We learning thing two And it's about time
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How He Raised En-.

How He Raised En-.
Once there was a groceryman
who claimed he made fortune
raising vegetables. One day his
customers learned how he did 1t.
He bought the vegetables cheap
from a farmer and raised the price
200 per cent to the customer.
Farm laborers in Argentina get
So a day and board during the
busy season.
The little dog has lost his tail.
And does ne weep and grieve
and wall?
Not on your life-he has no tears |:
He says: 81 still can wag my
ears"
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PHIL KNOWS.

The South | street philosopher
was debonnaire and gay. He said /:
81 saw young Jones down town
dressed like popinjay. He wore
a fuzzy-wuzzy hat, he also wore
a cane. His pants were creased
to razor edge. He gave me quite
a pain. But he's engaged to wed
a girl, he will be married soon,
and after he's a married man he'll
sing a different tune. have to
laugh when l recall how swell |
used to dress before | took the
oath to buy your buds, my darl-
ing Bess. And pretty soon friend
Jonesy's pants will bear a natty
fringe; his black Fedora will dis
play a slightly yellow tinge. His
vest will be a button shy, his col
lar will be frayed; he'll have no
pocket handkerchiefs, his ties will
be homemade. And when 1 see
friend Jonesy clad ON such a
homely plan I'll know without you
telling me that he's a married
man."
1t takes q Baker to make batter.
Baker ought to get the dough
now.
A full blooded Apache has won
a prominent place among Ameri-
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TODAY IN HISTORY

Oct. 27, 1863, Gen. Grant stole
four hills between Lookout noun
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OBSERVATIONS

Van Winke'twisted it all around.
Wrinkle Rip Funny they
the old things, isn't 1t?
has uncovered Alpine ice probably
nev
% miles in 135 minutes, $40
mi an thinks he's speedy
"reminiscences of the
neupferd" substitute for
horsepower"
the biggest high
in Niagara has fall of
only Which proves-nothing
$4,000 week conduct
after ALL is it? fellow who
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OUR DAILY BIRTH.
DAY PARTY.

Miss Allen doesn't need q
to play Viola in Shake