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The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26
INCENDIARY FIRES CAUSE LOSS
Livery Barn and Equipments and
Residence Destroyed.

Clay Center, Kan. June 26-Fire
was discovered Sunday morning about
1870 in the dwelling owned by Mrs
Margaret Martin in Riverview addi-
ton to Clay Center, but before the fire
department could get out, the build
ing and most of the contents were
completely destroyed. About 2:3O a.
m. another alarm was turned in when
1t was found that the Rock Island
livery and feed stable was on fire.
The building was a total loss and ten
horses, as well as buggies, harness
and feed were destroyed. The loss in
cludes two thoroughbred Percheron
stations and a team belonging to a
farmer who stopped in Clay Center
over night
The building is owned by Eric H
Swenson and is covered by insurance
and the horses, contents, etc by c. o.
Funk, which is partially insured. The
origin of the fires is unknown, but
it is thought that it was the work of
an incendiary.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26
a. AT THE %
THEATRI.IEsS| |
At the Air-Do1ne.

The Air Dome continues to draw on
these warm summer nights and the
shows continue to please. The show
this week will be one of the strongest.
Miss Maudena Hubbard, who formerly
played the trap drums in the Chicago
Ladies' orchestra at the Majestic thea
ter, is in the leading role in the com
pany. 1.-THE Big Eastern Stock Co.,
and reports from all over the circuit
have been of the highest praises for
Miss Hubbard. ''Maudena." as she is
commonly known in Topeka, has had
several years professional experience.
On account of this large and excellent
company the management has made a
slight raise in prices, which for this
week will be 10 and 20 cents
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26
At the Novelty.

The Novelty will change the summer
policy to one illustrated song and three
reels of pictures. changing the program
Monday. Wednesday and Friday. The
moving pictures will be of a late re-
lease and their clearness viii be notice
able This theater is cooled by an un-
der-floor tanning system rendering the
ventilation almost perfect. There are
twelve large exits which are always
open in the evening, and with these
open there is always a breeze A price
Of five cents will be charged and chill
dren two for a nickel.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26
SOLDIERS GROW SHORTER.
Civil War Veterans Under Height at
Which They Enlisted.

Ottawa, Kan, June 26.-Did those
men who served through the Civil
war and tramped through its four
years of campaign work, lose from
one to two inches in height? Among
the veterans here that belief is preva-
lent.
s. F. Beeler, a veteran of the war,
says it is a fact that when he went
into the army at the commencement
of the war, he stood five feet, 10 and
one-half inches. At the close of the
war he says he measured and has
measured ever since, just an inch
shorter. J. S. Forgery, who also serV-
ed through the war, says that he sui
fered a similar experience. His height
at the close of the war was over an
inch shorter than when he enlisted
Peter Kaiser, another veteran, says
that he is shorter now than he was
when he enlisted.
Comrade Nichols, a Pomona veter-
an, now standing about six feet, four
inches, was in the city yesterday on
business with the pension board Mr.
Nichols says that when he enlisted in
the army he was six feet, six inches
tall. but at the close of the war and
ever since then he has never been
able to measure more than his present
height. Two inches in longitude were
lost somewhere in the campaigns of
the war.
1T is an actual fact, and an exper-
ience of perhaps every soldier who
enlisted" said S. F. Beeler in speak
ing of the matter. that the height af-
ter the war was less than before
Whether it was the long marches
which caused the body to settle down,
I don't know, I have heard it explain
ed, but don't remember now"
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26

Farmer Brings Suit Against Man Who
Breaks Agreement.

Wichita, Kan. June 26.-Every
Kansas agricuiturist knows that if
you don't plant your corn and sow
your grain and set out your garden in
due time there will be a resultant
smaIlness of the buckskin pouch later
in the year. All of which appertains
TO a suit for 1900 damages brought
in the district court yesterday by H. A.
Adamson against E. G. Williams.
According to the petition, the two
men entered into a contract January
30, 1911. by which Mr.. Adamson, with
I'm 20 days, was to deed to Williams
$50 acres of farm land in Barber
county on which there was a mort
gage of $4,000, Williams to pay Adam
son S1,50O in cash; Adamson, in ex-
change, to deed to Williams three lots
on which there was a mortgage of
$500, and Adamson's home here, on
which there was a mortgage of ST.
500
Mr.. Adamson alleges that Mr.. Will
liams failed and refused to carry out
his part of the contract; that he.
Adamson, believing that in accordance
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26

with the contract he would have to
vacate his premises not later than
March 1, 1911, did not sow any oats
or plant any corn or set out a garden
on his land until so late in the season
that the loss he sustained on the
growing things amounted to $1,000.
Adamson further declares that at
the time of the signing of the con-
tract his property, which it was pro-
posed to trade, was worth SIG, 900,
While Williams property, which he
was to receive in exchange, was worth
$4,000; that therefore he, Adamson,
has been subjected to a market loss of
$4,000.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26

The appointment was made by W.
]. Black, passenger traffic manager of
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa F'e in
Chicago and C. L. Seagraves, general
colonization agent. Mr.. Kennedy is
still in the passenger department in this
work but takes up his new duties un-
der a different head. The appointment
will take effect Immediately No sue
cessor to Mr.. Kennedy in Topeka has
been named.
r. J. Kennedy is a Topeka boy. He
was born in this city September 10,
1880. He graduated from the Topeka
high school in January, 1899. and en-
tered the service of the Santa Fe the
same month as clerk in the local freight
Office. Later he was made clerk at the
North Topeka station. From June, 1900,
until January, 1905, he was ticket clerk
in the main Topeka station. In 1906 he
was appointed travelling passenger
agent out of Denver. He was there six
months and returned to Topeka as
travelling passenger agent out Of Ok
lahorna.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26
REPUBLICAN CLAIMS VICTIM.
viii Jordan browns Near Clay Gen.
ter Mill Race.

Clay Center, Kan, June 26.=Win
Jordan was drowned Saturday after
noon in the Republican river at the
mouth of the mill race. He was con-
nected with the Leonard Amusement
company, which has been playing here
all week. His body was recovered
about 3 o'clock. and taken to Peter
sons undertaking rooms
Jordan was 26 years old and weigh
ed about 220 pounds. Members of
the company telegraphed to a friend
of his in Pueblo, Colo, regarding his
relatives and the authorities havNS
been notified that he has a sister in
Providence. r. T.. but so far she has
not been heard from The body is
being held awaiting Instructions from
her
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26
MAY SOLVE RUINS MYSTERY.
Stone Arches in Cyrene Like English
Stonehenge. Norton Says.

Boston, June 26.=Professor Rich
ard Norton of Harvard. according to
reports that have reached here from
Cyrenioaca, Grecian Libya, has made
discoveries that may solve the mys-
terry of Stonehenge, the ruins on Sails
bury plain, England. Professor Nor
ton it is said, will soon announce the
result of the excavation by the Ameri-
can archaeological expedition of the
Greek city Cyrene, which was founded
631 B. c.
The connection between the discov-
cries at Cyrene and Stonehenge is said
to lie in the similarity of the great
stone columns common to each. The
resemblance between the Grecian and
ancient British monoliths is said to be
striking.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26
GIRLS DANCE AS THEY WORK.
Broadway Employees Ruined by Hand
Organs, Say Merchants.

New York, June 26.-Merchants and
manufacturers in Lower Broadway
have appealed to Mayor Gaynor in an
effort to keep the hurdy-gurdy men
away from the business district They
declare that the harmonies evoked by
the itlnerant musicians cast such a
spell over their employees that a seri-
GUS loss of labor results.
One disgusted manufacturer saws he
had to ring the bell five times tc sum
mons his stenographer who was lean
ing out of a window listening to the
music When she responded to the
fifth alarm she two-stepped up to the
desk
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26
DOCK WORKERS STRIKE.
Ships of the Federation Tied Up at
European Ports.

London, June 26.-Another shipping
strike was launched today. The union
workers on the docks at Liverpool gen.
orally obeyed the order to strike
against the 46 firms in the shipping
federation. The shipping interests at
Hull, GooIe Grangemouth and Clyde
found themselves in a similar plight,
the union men refusing to handle
goods from federation ships. Negotia.-
tions between employers and employees
have ceased for the time being at leas-.
Amsterdam, June 26.-TwO thousand
dock hands struck today in sympathy
with the striking seamen- Work ceased
at all Of the ships of the eight largest
firms
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26
ROOSTER TIGHT STOPS GAME.
Players and Spectators Bet as Fowls
Seek Victory.

Bloomfield. N. J., June 26.-Two com
bative roosters delayed 9. ball game on
q local field Sunday for nearly half an
hour. The roosters met accidentally
in front of the grandstand just as the
game was to begin and began hostiH-
ties at once. The players dropped bats
and balls and joined the spectators in
watching the battle There was con-
siderable betting as the fight pro-
gressed. Finally the larger of the two
roosters killed the smaller fowl and the
delayed ball game went on.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26
YALE Will BUILD STADIUM.
Wooden stands VIII Be Replaced With
Concrete Structure.

New Haven. Conn, June 26-The
announcement made by President
Hadley of Yale university in his an
nual report to the effect that the ad-
ditions to be made to the university
grounds near Yale field will be such
that permanent stands" can be built
on them, is thought to indicate that
the present wooden football stands
will be replaced by a steel and con-
crete structure which will not be n
stadium and which will not cost as
much as the proposed stadium would.
The present stands, both for foot
ball and baseball use, can be replaced
by sections as fast as money is avail
able.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26
Hotel wrecked at Estes Park.

Estes Park, Colo, June 26.-The
Stanley hotel, built at cost of $780,
600, was partly wrecked last night by
an explosion of gas. Eight persons
the guests was injured. Elizabeth vii
son of Lancaster, Pa, a hotel en-
ploy ee. was hurled from the second TO
the first floor and both ankles were
broken. The explosion wrecked the
west wing of the hotel and the small
list of injured is due to the fact that
none of the guests had retired for the
night
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26
ROCK ISLAND BEATS THREE TEN
RaiIroaders Beat Cigar Makers in Dust
Storm Game.

The Rock Island team defeated the
Three Tens at League park Sunday by
a score of 8 to 1. The defeat was the
second in fifteen games for the Three
Tens. The game was played in a cloud
of dust, but was fast throughout. The
pitching of Elliott was the feature of
the game.
Score: R H E
Rock Island .1212 20011@-S
Three Ten. .....0 0 . 0 0 0 0-1
Batteries-EIliott and Steele; Nagle
and Reed Umpires-F'ink and Busbee.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26
Emmanuel Homo Dedicated.

Clay Center, Kan, June 26.-The
Emmanuel home was dedicated here
Sunday afternoon at 2:20 o'clock
This is a home for the aged and in
firm and is supported by the Swedish
NJ. E. church. This home was lateh
completed at a cost of $4,000. It is
located in the north part of town.
W. c. Hanson D. D., presiding elder
of the NJ. E. church in this district as
well as some ministers from dis
tance took part in the dedicatory SER
vices. There was q good turn out,
considering the sweltering heat.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26
GETS SHORT STRAW; POISONED
Coroner VIII Try to Ascertain Contents
of Bottle Found by Boys.

Boston. June 26. -Eight-year-old
Matthew McDonough Of South Boston
was playing with several boys in a va
cant lot near his home yesterday,
when one of the youngsters found a
half pint bottle filled with liquid
Lets draw lots and see who'll have
to drink it," somebody suggested.
McDonough drew the shortest lot. H ;
drank the contents of the bottle and
after four hours of agony died at a
hospital.
Medical Examiner Timothy Leary
will perform an autopsy in an effort t0
learn the nature Of the liquid
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26
APPRENTICES BEAT CHANUTE.
shop Kids WaIIop Ball for Fl safe
Drives.

The "Shop Kids as the Santa Fe
apprentices are known, defeated Cha
mute in a one-sided game yesterday.
29 to 3. The Chanute team played
better ball than the score indicates.
The apprentices made 2t safe drives.
Next Saturday the apprentices will
play the Newton team. Games at Cha
nue. have been scheduled for July 2,
and 4. Batteries-Rhodes. Stewart
and Klingher; Thomas and Copeland
Umpires-Kistner and Butler.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26
It Took Three Shocks to KIN Him.

Auburn, n =, June 26.-Joseph
Naco was put to death in the electric
chair in Auburn prison today for the
murder on January 16, 1909, of Anna
Candiana. with whom he had been
living for some time Three contacts
were given before physicians pro-
nounced life extinct. NacO- Quarrelled
with Mrs. Candiana when he found
she had a husband living and beat her
to death with a stove litter.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26
BOOST FoR RALPH KENNEDY.
Topeka Man Made Colonization Agent
for Santa Fe.

Ralph J. Kennedy, who has been
travelling passenger agent with the
Santa Fe in Oklahoma with headquar-
ters in Topeka, has been promoted to
colonization agent of the road on the
Gulf Colorado & Santa F'e, an auxiIi-
ary line OF the Santa F'e proper. Mr..
Kennedy will have his headquarters in
Galveston
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26
South state RaiIFoaders Swamped by
Local Santa Fe Hitters.

Arkansas City lost to the Santa Fe
apprentices by a score OF % to 0 Sat
urday. OF the 21 hits made by the
locals, most of them we're for extra
bases. Gibbs, first basaman for Ar
kansas City, led in hitting.
Score: r H E
Arkansas City 1000 5000 0 O. 0
Topeka. 37 81 4 40 0 %=22
Batteries=Agnew Fritze and Kist-
ner; Wright and Copeland. Umpire
Crook
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26
DIRIGIBLE DESTROYED.
The ParsfvaI V. Burns While Under
going Repairs.

IIannoversch, Muenden, Prussia, June
26.-The dirigible balloon Parseval V.
while undergoing repairs today. caught
fire and was destroyed. No one was
injured.
The Parseval V recently had been
making passenger trips out of Berlin
on April last the airship made q.
perflous descent at Halberstadt during
a storm. The crew were compelled to
rip the envelope and make a rough
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26


81 know of so many cases where wo-
men have been cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound that I can
say to every suffering woman if that
medicine does not help her, there is
nothing that will. Mrs. JANETzKT.
2968 Arch St, Chicago, Ill.
This is the age of substitution. and
women who want a cure should insist
upon Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Just as this woman did. and
not accept something else on which the
druggist can make little more profit.
Women who are passing through this
critical period or who are suffering
from any of those distressing ills pc
culiar 10 their sex should not lose sight
of the fact that for thirty years Lydia
=. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
which is made from roots and herbs,
has been the standard remedy for fe-
male ills. In almost every community
you win find women who have been
restored to health by Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26

and L went to the
store to get a bottle
Of Lydia E. Pink
hams We ge table
Compound, but the
clerk did not want
to let me have it
he said it was no
good and wanted me
to try something
else, but knowing
all about it l in
sisted and finally
got it, and I am so
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26
Zeppelin FIies Once More.

Friedrickshafen, Germany, June rs.
The Zeppelin dirigible balloon,
SchWaben L. made her maiden flight
today. Count Zeppelin was on board.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26
NIARsHALLls BAND TONIGHT.
The Third Concert viii Be Given at
Chesney Park.

The third of the series of summer
band concerts by Marshan's band, will
be given in Chesney park tonight, COM
mencing at o'clock. Program as fol-
lows
March-.-Natfonal Emblem ..- -Bagley
Novelette-''A Whispered Thought"
johnson
Overture. RAYMOND" - Thomas
PatrolA'sThe Baby Parade" --.--- Pryor
Dance" Horas de Melancolia" ------
" Meyrelles
election-~The Serenade" $3.50 Herbert
Waltz" Rose Mousse ...-----...- Bose
ado Ar,oiy7a.'' ' JsincISe
Celebrity .~-.-.--.--, Richards
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26
GOT
WHAT SHE
WANTED
This Woman Had to Insist
Strongly, but it Paid

Chicago, Tll.-"I suffered from a fe-
male weakness and stomach trouble.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-26

APPRENTICES BEAT ARK. CITY.

and Reed. Umpireg-Finl. and Busbe
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-03
flint and MERRILL
BUSY MEN FOR 2 Weeks
LEFT MONDAY TO ATTEND SER
les OF MEETINGS IN NORTH.
ERN PART OF STATE.
Will Deliver Addresses at kenmare,
WiIIiston, coteau, Ray, Portal and
Many Other Northern Towns.

Dairy Commissioner r. F. Flint left
on the north 500 Monday morning for
the northern part of the state where
he will attend series of dairy meet
ings and farmers institutes which
viii lextend over period of two
weeks. Monday afternoon Fred w.
Merrill, the federal dairy investigator
who has been assigned to this state
left on No. for Valley City where
he will transfer to the 500 Line to
attend the same meetings that Mr..
Flint does
There will be me etings of interest
to the farmers held at Kenmare, Por-
tai Coulee, Springbrook, Coteau, Ray,
Williston and several other points in
the northwe: tern part of the state.
There is being more interest than ever
shown in dairy work and diversified
farming by the farmers OF the state
and it is anticipated that the crops
this year will show splendid results of
the knowledge diffused at these meet
ings. 1t is also expected that there
will be a considerable change in the
methods employed and that more
farmers than ever will become stock
raisers and will reap the golden har-
vest which accrues.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-03
CARELESS STUDENT
STARTS SENSATION

New York, April 3-Some careless
medical student caused score of de-
tectives to work all night in an at.
tempt to solve what was believed to
be a murder similar to the famous
Guldensuppe cases and brought to
light the discovery of a human hand
and a foot in a cigar box lying in
Harlem street late yesterday. The
hand was severed at the wrist and
the third finger bore a gold signate
ring with the initials "A. F." Close
examination showed that dismember-
ment had been done by a person ac-
customed to the use of surgical instru'
ments. while both hand and foot seem
ed partly dissected and apparently
did not belong to the same body.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-03

room. Cowan appeared in the room
about 2:3O o'clock. Previous to COM
ing into the room Godward says he
entered the chambers and talked brief
ly with Cowan, returning to the court
. room and taking a seat short dis
lance from the judges stand, with the
impression that the permit case was
coming up Immediately. A prisoner
was brought in named Jack knight,
that he pleaded guilty to blind pigging
and was sentenced There were a
few words between Cowan and the
prisoner, and that Dr. Cuthbert was
called to the stand and examined him
as to a foul disease suffered by the
prisoner, going into details of the dis
ease, and that same examination was
repeated with reference to another
man supposedly suffering with the
disease. No action was taken with
reference to drug permits. The wo-
men, he said, were present. Cowan
was at that time intoxicated, God
ward said.
On cross examination GodWard said
that he had noticed an odor of liquor
in the room and declared that the
Of Cowan indicated inOxi-
cation and that he supposed the drug
cases would some up that day.
He was questioned as to whether or
not the states attorney had notified
him or the ladies that there would be
no action in the drug permits cases,
on that particular day.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-03

Learning of the reported plan of the
Mexican insurrectos, which is to seize
Lower California, Dick Ferris, manag-
err of the Panama-Pacific road race,
who says he is at the head of 100 rep
resentative American citizens, wrote
to President Diaz of Mexico asking
him if he would receive representa-
tive of the 100 and arrange to have
the piece Of land which the rebels are
seeking turned over to them. The
purpose of this movement, quoting the
dispatch to Diaz. is to establish a
friendly and modern republic under
progressive officials, to be known as
the republic of Diaz, which changes
the map of the world and perpetuates
your worthy name, and in view of the
completion of the Panama canal can
not help but result in tremendous
commercial value to your esteemed re-
public. The men back Of this move
ment are unfavorable to the revolu-
tionists and are farseering progressive
American spirits who wish to be iden
titled with advancement and who are
willing to honor and respect your
name" Diaz's reply was that he re-
fused the proposition. Now Ferris
has written to General Orosco, one of
the leaders of the insurrectos, telling
him that it is the intention of Ameri-
can citizens to occupy Lower Califor-
nit peaceably if possible, forcibly if
otherwise. The object for this scheme
as stated by Ferris himself is primar-
lily to give the world a new republic
and later turn it over to the United
States.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-03

ARBITRATION
IMPOSSIBLE?
(By Associated Press.l

London, April Sir Oliver Lodge,
writer and principal Of the Univer-
sity Of Birmingham, in lengthy re,
view of the possibilities for universal
arbitration, published today, holds
that while everything arbitral should
should be arbitrated there are certain
things which no nation would consent
to submit to arbitration. For in
stance he believes the United States
would not agree to arbitrate the mat
ter should a European power be un-
wise enough to interfere in event of
difficulty arising between the Ameri-
can government and Mexico. SINH
larly England would not accept arbi-
tration should foreign powers insist
On home rule for Ireland or if France
should desire to arbitrate an issue in
Egypt.