The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-23
HAS FINE STOCK.
King George Takes First Prizes
in Cattle Show.
Bunyan Memorial Window Will
Be Unveiled Jan. %.
NO FISHING RIGHTS.
English People Find Old Statute
Bars Them.
Find nsanitary Conditions i'm
Lord Mayors Kitchen.
NO FISHING RIGHTS.

London, Dec. %. - Should George V
lose his snug fitting crown he could
make a good living as a stock raiser.
At the annual Smithfield Cattle show
at the Agricultural han the king was
one of the heaviest prize winners.
In the class for young Devon steers
the royal farms at Windsor took first
and third prizes and in the next class
for Devon steers above . and not ex-
ceeding 3 years of age, the king gained
first prize as well as the breed cup.
Won by Captain, a splendid animal
weighing 1882 pounds
With his Herefords the king took two
seconds for the steer classes and Il first
with a heifer of that breed. Marina
duke, handsome red steer at Wind
sOr, took first prize in the Shorthorn
class of young steers. In the class for
Highland cattle the king pleased his
Scottish subjects by capturing one first
and two seconds. His Southdown sheep
also gained a first prize for the
crowned farmer.
The royal farmer was a keen con-
tender for the ribbon offered for the
best beast in the show and his prize
winning steer Marmaduke was paraded
before the judges in the connections
but the coveted trophy went to Village
Lassie a Shorthorn belonging to w T.
Garne & Son of AldsWOrth Gloucester
Bunyan Window Completed.
The national memorial window to
JOiH buIlyau, IN LnG north 1TanSpDt II
Westminster Abbey has been completed
and it will be unveiled to the public on
January 25. The memorial to the in
spired thinker was designed by j. n
Cowper and executed at a cost of Sc
GOO. raised by subscriptions from adj
1nirers of Pilgrims Progress" The
success of the project has been mainly
due, however. to the Baptist commu-
nifty, on whose behalf the memorial
viii be handed over to the dean and
chapter.
The window. designed in two sec
tions. iliustra ties scenes from Bunvan's
immortal dream. 1t is Illuminated by
four lights in each section and a head
light above The window is the first
tribute Of any Importance in London to
the memory of Bunyan, who lies buried
in Bunhin fields
Increase in Tube Railways.
London's system of tube railways
viii be increased by diminutiVe un-
foreground railroad which will be used
exclusively for the transport of mail
matter
The tube as planned W. ne Z feet 8
inches in diameter, providing space for
TWO tracks of 2-foot gauge. Motor vans
instead Of locomotives with trailers viii
be used to admit of reversal without
the necessity of loops or shunting. 1t
is expected that the line Will relieve
the congestion G London traffic which
is increased by the large number of
mail vans now in use.
Have No Fishing Rights.
AS the result of recent decision
in the house of lords the English peo-
pie have awakened to the fact that
they have no fishing rights in the fresh
water of their country The situation
has raised a storm of protest that is
to result in remedial action
by the present government.
The decision was made as the result
IF appeals ir C ses concerning the use
Of the waters of the River Wye and
Tough Neagh-
The right which TIE wye fisher
men believed they neld was given 10
the warden in some early day, and