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The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-23
ON PRESIDENTS DAY.
Former Kansans Will Then Be Here
In Force.

The reports coming to the Kansas
State Soldiers and Sailors reunion
association indicate that several hun
dred former Kansans will be in To-
peka on the Presidents Day" of the
great reunion to meet their old friends
and to participate in the celebration
of the states golden anniversary.
Chicago will probably send 100 or
more former kansans to the big re-
union. Already the kanSanS living
there are talking about the visit and
express the hope that they may all
come in delegation. A special ef-
fort will be made to have Capt Geo
r. Peck come at the head of the Chi
cago delegation. I. J. Norton, Geo.
L. Douglass W. J. Black and many
other former Kansans now living
there will represent that city.
Letters from former Kansans now
living in Oklahoma indicate that sew
eraI hundred will be present in To-
peka when President Taft lays the
cornerstone of the Memorial hall and
historical building. Many OF the
| early citizens of this state, parIlcul-
arly of western Kansas, went TO Ok
| lahoma 20 years or more ago. The
| invitation to them to come to Topeka
and meet their old friends during the
reunion and semi-centennial cere-
monies, met with prompt response
and several hundred of the men ior-
merly prominent in western Kansas
politics may be expected.
California is far away, but there are
three or four hundred Kansans liv-
ing in Los Angeles and San Diego
who would like to be present here at
the dedication of the Memorial han.
Letters to Kansas friends state that
| several will make the trip and be here
during the three days of the reunion
The movement to organize state
| associations and societies at the re-
union is a popular one. 1t is PROP
ab1o that fhe former residents of q
dozen other states now living in Kan
sas will organize permanent state go
cieties at the reunion, and thereafter
annually hold banquets at Topeka
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-23

him to stay on duty near this house
until midnight at least, and later, if
necessary.
'The man who was shot by the guard
has often boasted that he would shoot
the head off of Dutton for throwing
his pal into Jail and that no officer
would prevent him from doing as he
pleased in that district. 1t is a ques-
ton as to whether Topeka is to oe left
at the mercy of a few drunken alcohol
fiends or whether the fifty Thousand
people are to be protected from this
class of people.
1.-The death toll indicates that this
has been one of the worst epidemics
which has ever visited the city, and in
the face of this condition it has been
held within the little area in which
it originated and the strict enforce
ment of the quarantine regulations is
responsible for the fact that there are
now but four homes in the district un-
der quarantine. If men of the class
to which Johnson belongs had had their
way there is no telling what the death
toll would have been at this time.
Guard Dutton was selected by me for
the reason that I have known him for
several years and considered him a
| conservative, trustworthy man, and for
the further reason that he had served
for number of years as a guard al
the state penitentiary, with credit to
himself He is an old soldier. Topeka
/ lHu5I e~Iiu Will W pIOlSCltu AIOui lliS
irresponsible, even though the most
drastic methods are resOrted to, and
until in1isputable evidence proves te
the contrary I shall believe that any
means to protect the citizenship of To
| peka is iusiifiable.
! In justice to st. Francis hospital
where johnson was taken by DIR. Hun
ter instead of the detention hospital al
the city prison, which is provided fol
! just such cases. I want to say, that
do not know that Johnson ever enter
ed a quarantined home. He had beer
watched all afternoon, either by my
self or Guard DuttOn and promised tS
/ stay outside of the block in question
and I do not believe that he was in
side of the building or exposed t
smallpox. or thas there is any DANCE
of contagion as far as the patients o
| inmates Of st. Francis hospital ar
concerned
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-23
FREEZE ON PIXIES PEAK.
Texas Couple Found Dead From Cold,
Near the Summit

Colorado Springs. Colo, Aug. 2s.-
W. A Skinner and wife, of Dallas.
Tex, have been frozen to death near
the summit of Pixies Peak. Their
bodies, almost covered with snow.
were found side by side by boy
walking down the peak yesterday af-
ternoon.
Skinner and his wife started to
walk to the top of the peak early
Monday afternoon and stopped at the
office of the Pixies Peak News, about
three miles above the Half Way
house, to register At that time Mr.
Skinner, who was about So years old,
doubted their ability to reach the top
of the mountain. Mrs. Skinner, who
was about 10 years younger than her
husband is reported to have made
the remark:
"rm from Texas and they're not
going to say when 1 get back that
could not climb Pixies Peak.
The couple were last seen about 4
O'Clock by the crew of the downward
bound cog road train. At that time
Mr.. Skinner repeated his doubts to
some of the passengers, but Mrs.
| Skinner again insisted on trying to
reach the summit.
At o'clock severe snowstorm,
which covered the entire peak to a
depth of a foot on the level. accom-
| panied by a 50-mile an hour wind,
broke on the peak. From the posi-
tions of the bodies when found. it is
believed the couple sought shelter in
the lee of a huge boulder, but sho%
distance from the track.
Mr.. Skinner was found lying flat
! on his back, with his hands folded or
: his chest. His wife was in a sitting
posture, with her head claSped In hel
hands and bowed on her knees
A pathetic feature of the deaths Is
finding of a letter in SINNERS pock-
ct dated Dallas, August II, from j. II
Choice, in which these words occur
L hope you are having the time o.
your life in Colorado. I am sendine
you an overcoat as per your request
I hope YOU don't freeze to death OF
1 Pixies Peak
Mr.. Skinner was clothed in a ligh
coat, summer weight trousers, hgh
underwear and low shoes He Wor'
no vest. His wife was clothed in ;
thin shirtwaist, a small shawl, ligh
skirt and thin undertaking 1t i
understood that both the victims o
the storm are printers employed oi
a Dallas Tex, paper
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-23
MAJORS GIVES UP.
Will Not Try to Prosecute Ericsson
and Armstrong.

After a conference between Attorney
General Dawson and County Attorney
A. L. Majors of Cherokee county, the
county attorney decided that he would
drop the case against Ericsson and
Armstrong, special agents, charged
with bribery in connection with the
enforcement of the liquor laws in
Cherokee county. The county attorney
decided to take this step after 1t was
shown to him that the attorney gem
eraI, acting under instructions from
the governor, had the right to super
sede him, and could dismiss the case
anyway over the county attorneys
head.
As a result of thi sconference there
was no application today before the
probate Judge for a writ of habeas
corpus to prevent the special agents
from being taken to Cherokee county
for trial. In the meantime the affi-
davits of these agents charging Majors
with connection with bribery will
stand. But the charges Of bribery
against the agents must fall to the
ground because the attorney general
believes in the agents. and has superior
authority. The custer suit against the
county attorney will be heard by the
supreme court the last of next month
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-23


Wall St. New York. Aug. 2S.-STOCKS-
Price changes were few and unimportant
at the opening of the stock market today
Canadian Pacific rose 11z but most other
active issues including Reading, United
States Steel, Atchison, Lehigh Valley
were fractionally lower. Trading was eX-
tremely dull.
Canadian Pacific reacted soon after the
opening and the general list made further
declines which were followed by rally'
hut the movement was half-hearted with
trading at minimum Selling OF the
leaders on the slight rise induced recess
sions and the market soon was well under
Yesterdays closing prices
Trading was almost at complete
standstiII during the noon hour and was
absolutely featureless save for two
point decline in American Tobacco pre-
ferred. ...
progressed the list again rising and 1ail-
| ing within fractions but business was at
low ebb. The one feature was a Two pOlne
decline in American Beet Sugar.
| Market closed heavy. Prices fel again
| in the last hour under the weight OF bear
pressure but the movement soon sub
| sided.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-23
WITNESSES EXCUSED.
No Testimony viii Be Heard Today in
the Bcattie Case.

Chesterfield Court House, Va, Aug
23.-With twelve jurors already Sc
lected, but with sixteen necessary in
order that the defense may exercise it's
right of four peremptory challenges,
the trial of Henry Clay Beattie, jr.,
charged with wife murder, was re-
sumed here today before Judge Walter
A. Watson of the Chesterfield circuit
court. The day was set aside solely
for completion of the jury, all wit
nesses having been excused until to-
morrow so that when court convened
there was nothing before it except the
examination of thirty taiesman, sum-
moned yesterday from the highways
and byways of Chesterfield county.
Beattie was brought from the Jail in
Richmond in order that he might be
present. as the law requ res, while the
jurors were being chosen. He was the
only one of the trio held in connection
with the case to be brought here. Miss
Binford. arrested as a material wit
ness, and Paul Beattie, the defendants s
cousin, similarly held, we're kept in
their cells The Binford girl, who de-
clared yesterday that she hoped never
again to see the man VIII was charged
with numbering his wife for her sake,
lOunged in her cell while Henry made
ready for the trip to Chesterfield.
Silent and morose. Pau Beattie stood
in the corridor of the Jail and watched
| his cousin depart.
AS usual, Henry Beattie spent an
unbroken night of sleep and dressed
| carefully for the trip to Chesterfield.
He looked worried and bit pale
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-23
WHEAT IS FIRM
Weakness on This Side Over
balanced by Liverpool.
Volume of Trading Is Small and
Mostly Professional.
CORN MARKET HEAVY
Owing to Additional Rains in
West and Southwest.
Large Run of Hogs Starts Sell
CORN MARKET HEAVY
Large Run of Hogs Starts Sell
ing in Provision Pit.

Chicago, Aug. 23-WHEAT-The wheat
market was a colorless affair at the open
ing today but inclined to firmness- The
weather map exhibited record of low
Manitoba and the American northwest
with frost at Bismarck and Williston.
Liverpool was higher, the weakness on
this side yesterday being offset in the
English market by a good demand and
scarcity of Russian offerings. Harvesting
is nearly half finished in the big Canad-
ian wheat belt and rust damage is said
TO have inflicted the stems of the plant
rather than the berry. the quality of
which seems to have escaped uninjured.
yesterday at 943zc to 951kQ95Ac and held
close to the top for some time The vol
ume of business was small, mostly cover
ing by shorts among the professional con-
ringent.
The market continued firm but buying
was too limited to admit of any great
advance. December closed 14c higher at
947s 095c.
CORN-AdditionaI rains in the west
and southwest lent a tone of heaviness
to the corn market and on dull trade
prices shaded off. December opened a
shade higher to a shade lower at 61Ac
and declined to 6l1sc.
Corn closed steady at 61ssc
OATS-Business in the oats pit was dull
and featureless with prices slightly easier
| December opened d shade to sc higher at
4f5sc to 445s64424c and sold to 44J2c.
PROVISIONSGen selling charac-
terized the trade in the provisions pit, a
large run of hogs being the influence.
! January pork opened TIC under yesterday
| at $3.50; January lard sc lower at $3.50
and January ribs 5@71sc down at $sS21s.
| RYE-NO. 2, SEC.
| BARLEY-65cN$1.1 $1.19-
TIMOTTIY-$12. 500l1425
| CLOVER-$12. .00G1s.50-
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-23
DENTIST CATCHES GOLD THIEF
PASSES Man Who Had Robbed Him
Then Makes Arrest.

Hutchinson. Kan, Aug. 2s.-The first
of the dental office robbers 70 be
caught was captured when DR.. W. J.
Keys surprised a man coming out OF
his dental office here
I'm looking for real estate ofIlce, >
said the man, as he tried to pass DR..
Keys.
DR.. Keys was suspicious and went
into his office and looked where he
kept his gold One glance was enough
and he Immediately followed the man
he had met in the hall. He came up
behind him as he was walking In front
of the Pearl theater and caught hlm
by both arms from behind u're
the man that robbed my office" said
DR.. Keys.
With the aid of Harry Jones. Dr.
Keys took the man to the police STA
ton. where ne was searched me goio
was found in his pocket
The man gave the name OF wafer
McLennon, of Waco, Tex, to the police.
but a letter in his pocket was signea
'.William Mcleod, Denver. Col
The robber secured $24.96 in gold plate
| through his efforts. He entered Dr'
Keys office while he was out to lunch'
and crawled over a seven foot glass
partition. His dusty feet left a plain
| traI.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-23

that he purchased for Henry the gun
with which Mrs Beattie was shot, is
a ne'er-do-well and an unreliable wit
ness. With the jury chosen, the prose-
cution will first call physicians and
the coroner to establish the death of
the victim. and it is not likely that
Beulah Binford will be called until
the latter part of the trial. She says
she will tell all she knows and that
when the facts are brought out she
will be considered not "the girl in the
case" but an outsider who has been
unjustly held in Jail
Henry Beattie absolutely refuses to
discuss his case. He poses cheerfully
for photographers, but when asked
whether he expects acquittal or con-
viction he smilingIy waves his inter
viewers aside.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-23
KANsAN FINDS NEW GRAPE.
For Fifteen Years H. HI. Geyer Has
Been Developing 1t.

Ottawa, Kan. Aug. 23.-H. H. Geyer
of ottawa has just placed on the mar
ket some of his new Geyer grapes, de-
clared by horticulturists to be cne of
the very finest grapes ever produced.
The fruit is of the white variety and
has a fine flavor, and Is a most prolific
bearer.
Mr.. Geyer has spent Is years develop
ing the grape and now has SIS vines
bearing He has 600 and 2-year-old
plants and about 1000 young plants
tedious process. It is done ry select
ing a cutting from some good standard
plant, the individual chosen being the
best obtainable, and then carefully cul-
tivating and fostering 1t 20 maturity.
The operation Is repeated many times,
until the grower is satisfied with the
result
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-23
Nau York None Niarkea-

New York, Aug. 2s.-MONEY-Money on
cali steady; highest "a per cent; lowest .
per cent: ruling rate. 2A per cent; last
loan, pa per cent; closing BID rs per cehs, e.
days: 2s<Gs per cent 90 days, per cent;
6 months, 31kG3A per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper "a 10
Sterling exchange firm with actual busi-
ness in bankers bills at $4.SS-60 for SO day
hills and at $4S6. .1OG4S6.15 for demand
SIIVER-Bar silver, 5214c; Mexican dol
lars, 45c- Ill
road bonds, easier.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-23
FINED FOR ~sEEING" GIRL.
Five Men Connected With Tarring OF
Maid Plead Guilty.

Lincoln, Kan. Aug. 23.-Another
chapter in the Beverly-Shady Bend
tar case developed when County At
torney McCanless and Sheriff Wolford
arrested five of the parties to the
tragedy. brought them before Justice
Green of Beverly. before whom they
plead guilty to being spectators of the
act when five others held up Ed Rieord
and Miss Mary Chamberlain They
took Mary out of the bugg and ap-
piled a coat of tar to her body They
were fined which fine and costs they
paid and were released. The names
of those who plead guilty are Harry
Armstrong, Ben Painter, Roscoe An
derson. Fenton Hall and Alfa Lnder-
muth. Lindermuth getting scared,
took to his heels.
Ed Ricord was in Lincoln last Satur-
day and made an offer to the officers
that if he were released he would turn
states evidence, but his offer was not
accepted.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-23

Henry Clay Beattie sr., father of the
prisoner. was again at his sons side
during the days proceedings. Grief
stricken. the father says little, but evi-
dences are that he will fight hard to
save his boy from the electric chair
Over 100 Witnesses.
More than seventy-five witnesses
have been subpoenaed by the prose-
cution and nearly thirty by the de-
tense. The commonwealth will at
tempt to show that Beattie. tired of his
wife. murdered her in order that he
might resume relations with the Bin
ford girl.
one saw the motor car tragedy; that
the prisoners version of his wife be-
ing shot by a bearded highwayman is
true and that Paul Beattie, who says
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-23

New York, Aug. 23.-BUTTER-Mark
barely steady. Creamery specials,
2Sc; extras, &c; firsts, 24Gp2515c; state
dairy, finest, 25G251sc; good to prime, $50
241hc; factory, current make, first 2015q
21c; seconds, 1915G20c- Receipts, 1878.
ESE-Market steady. State whole
milk colored and white, special, 13Q134c;
ditto small colored, average fancy, 12Ac;
state whole milk, daisies best, 14c; skins,
11zd1O1ac. Receipts, 2.56S.
EGGS-Market irregular. Receipts, %,
900. Fresh gathered extras, 22Q24c; extra
firsts, 1s1kG20c; firsts, 161kQ171zc; refr1g-
orator first, seasons storage paid EJdzlci
seconds, 1Sd19c.
POULTRY-Alive, firm; western chick
ems, 16c; fowls, he; turkeys. 12c- Dressed
firm on fancy fowls and broilers; average
fowls and chickens easy Prices un-
changed.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-23

Kansas City. Aug. 23.-WHEAT-Cash !:
hard, s1@s7c: No. g. ssgsSc; red. sec; No
3, 86G6Sc.
CORN-Market 1zc higher. No mixed,
Gle; No 3, 6014c; No. white, sic; No 3,
601hc.
OATS-Market unchanged. No. white,
4SQ4315c; No. 2 mixed, 4l11Q421zc.
RYE-S4G86c.
HAY-Market steady to weak. Choice
timothy, $3.50; choice prairie. s12.0ogl2. 90.
BUTTER-Creamery, 25c; firsts. pc;
seconds 21c; packing stock, l7c-
FGGS-Extras, 2lc; firsts, &c. seconds
1e1sc.
WHEAT-94 cars.
CLOSE: WHEAT-S September, 89Ssqeoc
December. 93c; May, 975sc-
CORN-September. 601zc; December,
59az@59kc; May, 63Ac.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-23

Kansas CIty Live stock Market

Kansas City, Aug. 23.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 10000, including 1000 southerns-
Market steady. Native steers, $5.25Q8.O0;
soutehrn steers s3.9O1550: southern cows
and heifers, $2.60G450; native COWS and
heifers, $2.50Q7.6O; stockers and feeders,
50. 5Od5. 80: bulls, $3.0O04.50; calves. $1,000
ZOO: western steers, s450Q7.50; western
cows, s2.7594.75.
HOGS-Receipts 1000 Market &c to 1Oc
lower Bulk of sales, s7.3017-50; heavy,
81 35dz so; packers and butchers, $7.3OQ7-6O; !;
lights, s7.25Q7-55-
SHEEP-Receipts 1900. Market steady.
Muttons, S3.25Q3S5; lambs, $615d6. 20;
range wethers and yearings, So. 25G4.50; (;
range ewes. 50. 1903 75
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-23

Chicago. Aug Market
steady. Creameries, 20Q25c; dairies, 100
EGGS-Market steady Receipts, 10.24s
cases.; at mark cases included, 101lOAc;
firsts, 151kc; prime firsts, TIC.
CHEESE-Market firm. Daisies, 1870
1910; Twins, 1212Q12@zc; Young Americas,
1315913Szc; Long Horns, 131kQ137zc-
OTATOES-Market easy. Jerseys, $l.a
Q1.25; Ohios, s1.05Q1.10.
POUITRY-Marke steady. Turkeys
lac; chickens. 13c; springs, 111zc.
VEAL-Market steady. so to 60 lb- WITS
S@9c; so to IS lb. WITS, 91k@101ec; S5 to III
lb. WITS, lie.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-23
RENO FARMERS LIKE sILOs.
More "Canned Corn Than Ever Be-
fore VIII Be Fed.

Hutchinson. Kan, Aug. 23.-More
canned corn is to be fed the stock in
Reno county this winter than ever be-
fore.
Reno county farmers have been
among the first in the state to take mp
the silo idea, but there are many more
being built at present Perhaps not
less than 20 new silos are now beinS
constructed around Hutchinson
These are being put in readiness for
filling with green corn this fall, and
many farmers will feed their stock
silage this winter who have never be-
fore had silos.
In one community in Haven town
five farmers. A F. Miller. S. N Miller,
n. B. Muilett, Dave Petersheim and
John c. Miller.
1,,,ev,b,,5v read- the state Journal.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-23
RAIN ROUTES WAR VETERANS.
Cow Creek Goes on Rampage, Flood
ing Camping Grounds.

Pittsburg, Kan, Aug 23.-The vet
Grams of the civil war-soldiers and
sailors-tenting in Lincoln park this
week for the annual reunion of the
Grand Army of the Republic in south
east Kansas, were flooded out at an
early hour by a heavy storm that sent
Cow creek out of its banks. The ne1
and women were forced to seek higher
ground. Considerable wind and a vivid
electrical display accompanied the rain
Not a great deal of damage was lone
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-23
ropeIsa Hide Dfarke,
AUDEIAEI
furnished by James c. zu,sss
Hide Co., 108 East Third stJ

Topeka Kan, Aug. y
rREFk CURED HIEES-~JatfvSs ~
s. short haired, No. /, 111sc; No. 2 io1Ec.
SIDE brands, over 40 flat, No. /, 10c. Sidss
brands. under 40 flat. No. ], &C; Bulls ar.d
sta4ss, flat. No. l., s1zcs Bulls. side brand
S1at. SIC: Green salt cured deasons. ~,
FoSSs5c S,kunks. each 25115c; Green fro-as,ss
hides are No. 2. Green uncured hides IL
easz than same grade cured. Green ha1x
t.Tsred q less than cured Horse hides. ereav
No. !. ssooasS-59; G. odaSg Beg i skins. i57soc-.
t1.co; dry. according to WOOL per Ib., e.
TAILOW-594c.
REFSW WAX-I5Gz5c-
DRY HIDES = Dry flint butcherr
heavy, 17c;. dry flint. fallen heavy, ises
flint. cuIls. 10c: dry salt. heavy II ibsS
and up. 1sc; dry salt. light under IS ib@
WOOL QUOTATIONS.
Kansas, Nebraska and OIIahor,
Bright medium. 15013c; dark rnedfDrr -
Gl2c; light fine 14ql1c; heavy fine 11a1oc.
Colorado New Mexico and Texag
Light medium, 15q1Sc: light fine. 9sa5i1c.
heavy fine. 1241oc-
Deductions on bury wool from &c "a Z.
Der pound Short earthly, or defa~fs,rS
stock proportiouately lower. Angors =.
hair. 12 months. 14q12c: common, burr
and defective at half price.
Topeka Grain HFarket.
FURNISHED by ]. B. Billiard, corner r
sas ave- and Curtis SCI 80
KAFFIR -cORN-Per ewt.. 81. 2o71 .so- %
CORN-5Sc.
J wHEAT-7SQS5c.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-23

Market 1Oc lower. Light. $7.25Q7.So: mix
ed. s7.1097.S0; heavy, $6-s5Q7.70s rough. s.. .95
d7.20; good to choice heavy, $4,000. 70s
pigs, s.. 5.0OG750; bulk of sales, $7-254760-
SHEEP-Receipts estimated at 1900.
Market steady. Native, $2.3549.S0; west
ern, So. .65a8.76; yearlings, $4.00G5.25; lambs,
native, $4-O0q6.65; western, $4-75q7.o0.
DAILY. MOVEMENT OF PRODUCE.
WHEAT-Receipts, IA coo bushels; ship
ments, 208, 900 bushels.
CORN-Receipts, 399. 900 bushels; ship
ments, lac, 900 bushels
Car lot receipts. Wheat 20 cars, with
96 of contract grade; corn 4S2 cars, with II
of contract grade; oats, 308 cars
Total receipts of wheat at Chicago, Min
neapolis and Duluth today were 430 cars
COMPARED with ST. cars last week and 6es
| cars the corresponding day a year ago.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-23

St. Paul. Aug. 23.-According to re-
ports received from North Dakota and
Canadian points by the local weather
bureau. the first frost of the season
struck Monday night near Williston
and Bismarck, n. D.. and also Swift
Currents.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-23
1.1,icaun Live sfnck AEarI.et.

Chicago. Aug. 2s.-CATTLEERecei
2o. goo. Market steady. Beeves, $510dS-10;
Texas steers, S4.50d6-45; western steers.
e. 2566 e5. sstockers and feeders, So 10d5. so;
cows and heifers, s2-25G6.40s calves. 5000
s.75.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-23

Digby. n. s, Aug. 23-The yacht
Bonnie Doom. in which four students
from Yale and other Connecticut in
stitutions were cruising, ran aground
on Gull Rock Tuesday night and was
sunk. The passengers were saved.