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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-03

prepara by Confederate soldiers in 1863 No evil
dence of such destruction furnished beyond Wag
versely a year ago, Wagner claimed to have been
performing important service for the government in
statement of his to congress he swore that the
chemicals destroyed for by rebel raiders in
Gettysburg from being lost TO the government by my
having rebel spy arrested during the Gettysburg
man broke the back OF the war at Gettysburg
Then there is the eternal claim i'm Of good Queen Lii
tive annuity as rightful regning sovereign of the
thrown in 1898. She never got it,
There is also the claim, still pending. of Henry r.
Sbey tent pseeteG br rG him in ISIS sby was m
army officer from 1888 until 1861 when he resigned to
1858 he contracted with the department TO allow
the government to use as many OF the SI6ey tents as
1886 and his heirs still trying to recover his share
of the royalties due on all the Sibey eon,cal tents
used by the government. Thousands of them were
used during the civil war.
Another lively claim is that of the late w. E
Spier of Tennessee for $4,000 for damages TO hls
his own boat the Mississippi sern.whceer Paint Rock.
the M s nO oft e Sp
boat was destroyed The claim has meyer been al
He had served in the Confederate for ten months
but claimed have fired the union flag, and
service for the Confederacy declared enough TO bar
his claim,
Another unique claim that OF Joseph w. PaT-
rish for SS0000 for supplying ice TO the army IN the
civil He from Peoria, Ill, very patriotic.
and his expense furnished the equipment for
the regiment which Ingersoll led into the war Par
rish supplied the at considerable expense He had
been told by the government that he would be fully
remunerated While pressing his claim he died, 1t
afterwad paid TO his heirs
A claim not yet allowed. but pressed for years, has
been that Of Daniel w. Boutwell, of Topeka. Kan. who
wants $4,000 for carrying dispatch from General
Curtis TO General Plcasanton October -. 1861 He
claims lie saved Fort Lcavcnworth and the stnte OF
Kansas The union by this act The papers filed IN
this ease give thrilling narrative by Boutwell, OF the
adventure of his ride with this dispatch He is now
nm old man with large family at Topeka
For many years the Barbara Friechie town or
Frederick, Md. has been making hard. but futile az
tcmpts from the government S2O1Ooo levied
upon il tribute by General Juha \. Early the Con-
fedcratc raider Early invaded Frederick with 5p,00O
men in July, 1864. intending by rapid movement TO
swoop down upon and capture Washington. The town
notifst the secretary stanton. who interposed
General Lew Wallace with 5000 men. and the battle
of Monocacy delayed Early day preventing the con-
summation Of his plans Early il is claimed to pun
sh the Maryland town for tipping off the capital that
danger of capture, levied tribute of 100000
upon the 10000 inhabitants Of Frederick under pain
Of pillage ana burning The town of Chambersburg
had n similar claim pending many years The Key
delegation got behind it and pulled neat littls
round sum from Uncle Sam for the Pennsylvania
village
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-03

and woof OF it all pathos, romance adventure,
Garnered from the pioneer spirit that has taken Amer
cans for century into the and their shores
IN quest OF fortune only to amuck Of revolution,
prejudice and other obstacles that have brought them
ruin that could only be repaired through the just ad
Justment of the international equity in their claims
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-03

THE papers in the Studer claim arc repete with ro
l. nance and adventure In 1877 while Studer was
American consul at Singapore, Malay Peninsula the
Sultan of Muar southern district of that peninsula
rendered him fortyfive square miles OF land. When
tho sultan died, sutans must the British govern
1nent made the Sultan Of lahore ruler of the district
lhiS lahore sultan was quite another kind of fell
M RSu would aeay T
instead nmidated Studer in working the concession
stnder s sg0o asks ask in NJ lieu Of his the land
the extent Of allowing the claim be decided b the
judiciary Of lahore IN the presence Of British Off
r. L. Brown, another claimant, whose case goes
mth the rest IN this I Iarbration got certain valuable
IN the South African court Of last resort giving him
G right TO- license for 1900 mining claims in the Trans
Taai IN lieu of this right, damages TO be found by
JUDICIAL proceedings. The personnel of the court
who alleged have agreed in advansa to deeide
against the claimants contention were appointed The
whc would have the original ss cnse nsw
& IN view aa 81 the packng Of the court against him,
raqsyaal became British TERRITORY BTown appealed 'do to
Lord Miner for satisfaction but was shunted off to
in 1903 by the United States, The British government
nenicd haoly or the acquiring state for the torts
ssoss 81 9SssFsd territory The amount of this ca" is
Then there is the Samuel Clark claim with its In
dian dian romance dating back more than century In
1884 the British crown granted tract of land in Que,
bee to the Six Nations of Indians called the Adj
John Brant with full authority is alleged To- have sold
10000 acres for $500 to Cozens. This was oniy
Sam Clark for 100000, Brant. in 1898, released the
grant TO the crown which in 1906 sold it, including
clark $4,000 acres. to another person whose heirs
still hold it, The first appeal for diplomatic action in
TIM tins was made in 1852 eighty years after
Canadian courts.
u Anqther American claim submitted is that of the
rome MISSIONARY society AS result Of the attempt
of the British authorities of Sierra Leone to collect
ny fSrce f1,s0 9G IL hut nS oysd natives the
was winning his May. day fight at Mana-arosc in an
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-03

OVERS Of adventure aud makers Of romance have
overlooked ono of the richest mines of imag gna-
4 tion and fact that is stranger than fiction
the federal pigeon holes and dossers in which
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-03

THERE are many freak claims pressed One is thai
of Harrison Wagner Of Maryland, known as the
eternal htgant,' who wanted reimbursement ror
456Q0 for alleged destruction Of his stock of chemical
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-01
FREE TREES FOR ALL.
Topeka Firm Will Give Them to En-
terprising Young Folks.

Every school boy or girl who loves
nature; trees, grass, birds and all
beautiful out-Of-doOrS, will have a
chance to do some real good on Arbor
Day, when the Warren M. Crosby Dry
Goods company of this city will give
to each fine, year old Catalpa tree,
if he or she will promise to plant.
There will be tree for every boy
and girl in Topeka as well as those in
nearby communities, as arrangements
have been made for $1,000 of these
beautiful Catalpas. The trees were
grown in the great nurseries of Tip
pecanoe City, Miami county, Ohio, and
are now about two feet in height. Ex-
perimentS with the fast growing Ca
talpa in certain sections of Indiana,
show groves in maturity at four years
of age. The Catalpa is conceded to
be one of the very best trees grown,
both for lumber, hard wood purposes
and shade.
The Warren M. Crosby Company is
fostering commendable work in
placing for free distribution such trees.
The plan was carried out by other
large department stores in the cities
of Brooklyn, Chicago and Cincin-
natti, where it is said to have been a
great success.
The governor will issue his procla-
nation, declaring April 18th, as Arbor
Day and it is probable that the schools
will be dismissed on this day.
Announcements of definite nature,
regarding the free tree day. will be
made by the Warren NJ. Crosby Com
pany as soon as the plan has been per-
fected.
In the meantime children, teachers
and parents will find opportunity to
plan tree planting on Arbor Day. This
is a fine opportunity for all civic beau
ty enthusiasts to be of real help, by
encouraging the younger generation to
beautify our school grounds, homes
and general picturesqueness of our
surrounding.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-01

ty Treasurer James O'Callaghan has
been held.
O'Callaghan is a brother of Robert
OCallaghan, a western league ball
manager.
With Rhodes and O'Callaghan the
police are holding Bart Lynch. Mrs.
Rhodes, Clayton Bayles and an I'M
known man. Rhodes was arrested after
a running fight with three officers
shortly after midnight.
The officers en- route to the house
in which the suspected parties live, sud-
denly encountered the four men. One
of them fired at the officers, then all
ran. Rhodes was the only one placed
under arrest at that time. Later the
others were seized pending investiga-
ton. The attempt at robbery of the
vault proved a failure One more
charge of nitro glycerine would have
given the men an entrance but they
were frightened away after the first
explosion which partially wrecked the
door.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-01
]. S. MAGAW IS HERE.
Arranging for Kansas Christian Citi-
ship Convention.

J. S. Magaw, field secretary of the
National Reform association, is in To-
peka arranging for a Kansas Christian
Citizenship convention to be held here
April % and IS. A local committee
of IS men has been organized to as
Sist in the preparations.
Delegates from all over the state are
expected from the church and the
various reform associations and asso-
Citations for social betterment. Meet
inss will be held in the Auditorium.
The National Reform association
has for it's aim a better citizenship
with its foundation on the Bible. 1t
is over so years old and has its home
at Pittsburg, Pa. Now its influence
has extended throughout the world
and a worlds conference was held in
Philadelphia November 16 to 20. At
that time it was decided to hold an
other such conference on the Pacific
coast in 1913. In order to prepare for
this series of state conventions have
been planned.
The Topeka convention is one of
these. Two series, one through the
northern states, and one through the
southern states are in progress. Kan
sas gets her turn early and the promi-
nent Christian workers of Topeka are
vastly interested in the success of the
convention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-01
Tries lCuticura'. Eureka Relief at
Once. Stopped Terrible Burning
Sensation from Word Go. In Six
Weeks Skin SmOOthas This Paper.

81 have been ad1icted for twenty years
With an obstinate skin disease. called By some
NJ. DIS psoriasis, and others leprosy, com
mencing on my scalp; and in spite of all I
could do, with the help of the most skilfuI
doctors, it slowly but surely extended until a
year ago this winter IL covered my entire
person in the form Of dry scales. For the
last three years have been unable to do any
labor, and suffering intensely all the time.
Every morning. there would be nearly dust
painful Of scales taken from the sheet on my
bed, some of them half as large as the enve-
iope containing this letter. In the latter part
tried everything, almost, that could be
thought Of, without any relief. The 18th Of
june l started West. in hopes ! could reach
SO low thought should have to 90 to the
hospital, but finally got as far as Lansing,
Dr. d.. - treated me about two weeks but did
me NO good. All thought had but short
time to 1--we. earnestly prayed to dte.
across my rEos, arms, hands. limbs; feet badly
swollen; toe-nais came on; hnger-naik dead
and hard as = bone; hair dead. dry and lifeless
IS sd straw. o my Godi how did suffer.
NY sister, Mrs. E. II. Davis. had small
part Of box Of Cuticura IN the house. She
wouldn't give up; said, We win try Cuti,
arm. Eurek4i there was relief stopped the
terrible burning sensation from the word 60.
They inmedietely got Cuticura Resolyent.
one Tablespoonful OF Cuticura Resolvcnt three
times day after meals; had bath once
day, water about blood heat; used CuticurR
Soap freely; applied Cuticura Ointment
morning and evening. Result: returned to
ny home in just six weeks from the time
left, and my skin as smooth as this sheet OF
paper. Hiram +. Carpenter. Henderson, NY"
I'VE hereby certify that we are acquainted
with the aforesaid Hiram Z. Carpenter, and
know his condition to have been as stated.
We believe his statement to be true in every
particular" L. B. Simmons & Son, MeR-
chants; G. A. Thompson. Merchant; A. A.
Davis; Willard z. Joiner, Merchant; John
Carpenter; A. NJ. LefingweH, Attorney and
Counselor-at-law, all Of Henderson, n. Y
The above remarkable testimonial was
written January 10, 1880, and Is republtshed
because Of the peEmanency Of the cure
Under date of April %, 1910. Mr.. Carpenter
wrote from MS present home, 61O Walnut
St. So, Lansing, Mich: I have never sur
fered q return Of the psoriasis and although
May years have passed have not forgotten
ne fefrfbie suffering 1 endured before using
the C1ffcura Remedies.
aince this cure was made by the Cuticura
Remedies, they have made their way to every
T1nrt a the civilized world. Depots IA all
void oenters. Potter Drug & Cham Corp,
sole preps-, 13o Columbus Ave-. Boston
~ Mated free, samples OF Cutioua Soap and
6intment. wSn 32-p. book on skin treatment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-01
new FITTING ROOM.
Added to PickenS Millinery PaPlOPs-
Offers Special Advantage.

A real French fitting room is new
attraction in one of the fashionable
millinery shops The Pickens store
has just finished installing double
fitting booth, department for each of
the partners. where the most costly and
elaborate hats are kept. The frame
work of the room is polished oak and
in the sides are windows of the finest
quality of loaded glass richly stained
in a deep green pattern. A heavy
plate mirror is built in the wall of each
of the compartments, and at the front
of the partition dividing them is a full
length mirror. Deep, square boxes,
with sliding doors, are built into the
walls where the hats are kept and,
and the mirrors are built onto the
doors that open into larger boxes for
the big evening hats. The room is
provided with tall oak pedestals for
hat stands. The hats kept in this
French room are the ultra-fashion-
able, with that unmistakable metro
DOlitan style.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-01

The city election is of more import
ance than anything else in Oakland at
present. 1t will be held Monday, the
polling place to be in the Ward plumb
ing shop.
Mr.. and Mry Burke have returned
home from three weeks visit with
friends and relatives in western Kan
sas.
Miss Pearl Mech. who has been in
the city for a number of weeks, en-
gagged in the work of the Scoville Evan
geliStic company, and who has made
her home with friends in Oakland left
today for her home in Lewistown,
MINI. She will stop in Des Moines,
Iowa, and visit her aunt, Mrs. W. J.
hinges, while en- route to her home
In the fall she will enter the Minges
Evangelistic company as pianist and
soloist. During her stay here she has
made many friends who regret her de-
parture.
Mrs. B. B. Scott is improving after
being quite sick for number of weeks
with an attack of rheumatism.
Mr.. Harry Wallace has returned to
work after being off several days with
an attack of bronchitis.
DR.. G. H. Ensign's Bible class of
the Oakland NJ. E. church, went to the
home of Mr.. William knight on KEEL
lam avenue Friday evening and gave
him a pleasant surprise in celebration
of his birthday anniversary. The even
ing was spent in playing games, after
which refreshments We're served. Those
present were: Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Cottle, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Webb and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-01

daughter Lola. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w.
Mayer, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. V. Magee,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Black and daugh-
ter. Mr.. and Mrs. Webster and son,
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hanson and son. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Hanson and son, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Vehner. Mr.. and Mrs. G. L.
Hutson and Mrs. DIR. Ensign.
Miss Opal Stewart is spending a few
days in Atchison with friends.
Omer Stanley, of Lawrence, is spend
ing Sunday here the guest of Mr.. Frank
Jones.
Robert Burt, of Spokane. Wash, is
expected here about April Is to make
an extended visit with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. E. P. Burt. who live east
of the city.
The Neighborhood Embroidery club
Hoag, of 113 AFTER avenue, Friday af-
Mrs. c. E. Goodrich. Music was fur
Dainty refreshments were served and a
fine time enjoyed by: Mrs. H M. Ma
gee, Mrs. R. c. Watts. Mrs. A. E.
Curry, Mrs. E. S. Wallace, Mrs. Nettie
Harding, Mrs. L. Spillman, Mrs. Mary
Cary, Mrs. L. ]. Dumars, Mrs. L.
Cromwell, Mrs. Richardson, Mrs. Joe
Florence, Mrs. Clara Johnson, Mrs. Al
Sieber, Mrs. D. A. Starr, Mrs. James
Wilson, Mrs. A. Tolen, Mrs. F. L. Brit,
Mrs. r. Reffelt, Mrs. R. D. Wagner,
Mrs. J. ]. Gleason. Mrs. w. Gleanville
Mrs Goodrich and Mrs. Hoag.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-01

program with addresses of welcome
and responses by the two pastors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-01
HIS CABINET RESIGNS.
Spanish Premier Gives Up the Fight
Against Rome.

Madrid, April 1.-The cabinet of
Premier Canalejas resigned today.
The Canalejas cabinet was formed on
February 9, 1910, and reorganized on
January 1. last. Canalejas in forcing
religious reforms encountered the bit
ter opposition of the Catholics and his
course resulted in radical, suspension
of diplomatic relations between the
government and the vatican.
The premier, has however, been credi-
ted with the support of King Alfonso
and his bill of associations, aimed to
regulate the religious and other socie-
ties which he refused to submit first to
the holy see. was approved unanimous
" by the cabinet last Tuesday and was
to be introduced in the cortes on
April 6
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-01
[0Ak[.AND GOSSIP
| e. !
b. Ils,I5s 5EIs5I IISIlGaksRSSaj

Items Tor the Oakland column may be
teller honed to Ind. phone 1751.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-01
HIRAM CARPENTERS
WONDERF IL CURE
OF PSORIASIS

Ater 20 Years of Intense Suffering
When All Thought He Had but
Short Time to Live. Earnestly
Prayed to Die. Condition Deplor-
able Beyond Description.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-01
AFTER A BIG PRIZE.
Robbers Dynamite Safe Containing
$780, 900 But Fail to Reach Money.

Des Moines. April 1.-Seven arrests
were made today in an effort to appre-
bend the four men who shortly before
midnight bound and gagged Deputy
County Treasurer G. w Keller and
tried to dynamite the vault in the coun-
ty treasurer's office which contained
100000
On what is said by the police to be
a confession from A. L. Rhodes, the
first of the men arrested, Deputy Coun-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-01

The Junior Atlantean club will meet
Tuesday with Miss Santa Waters, 700
Buchanan street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-01

was bridesmaid. Mr. Maurice Galitzky.
brother of the bridegroom, was best
man.
The Courtney Millinery people an
nOunce that they have something
worth while to offer during fashion
week Flowers, ribbons and orna
ments will be sold during the morning
hours only at one-half the regular
price.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-01

The Topeka chapter of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution will
meet Saturday, Apnl s. with Mrs.
Morton Albaugh, 1881 Harrison street.
The hostesses will be: Mrs. Albaugh,
Mrs Terrence Ewart, Mrs. A. NJ. Har-
vey. Mrs. Esther Young, Miss Lucille
McAfee and Miss Ruth Smith. The
object of study for the afternoon will
be Dutch New York
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-02-11

ocrat of Saturday morning. and also
offering our Society's assistance in
prosecution If necessary, to which
have your night message of yesterday
reading as follows:-
Your telegram received. Many
thanks for your kind notice OF our so
called barbarty. Nothing Of the kind
ever took place and It could not take
place in this city. Since the organiza
lion OF the Society here great good has
been accomplished and no one would
attempt gorilla and bulldog fight or
any other brutal sport. The article in
the Times Democrat is outrageous
without fact, and have not been able
to trace the party who wrote the arti-
cle"
was very much pleased to receive
your answer and learn that the whole
story was hoax. | regret, however.
to inform you that the story has been
wired even to New York, as | lave a
telegram from Mr.. Alfred Wagstan,
President of the American Society for
the Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals,
that city. asking the influence of our
society to stop further contests.
think it highly desirable that every
effort be made to find out who started
the tale, as it is an injury in a general
way to the cause of preventing cruelt,
and particularly to the State of Louis
lana to have such stories receive such
wide circulation. Ii we can do any
thing at this end to co operate, we
shall be glad to do so.
Yours very truly,
S. w. WEIS, President.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-02-11
A COMMUNITY SLANDERED.

The good people of New iberia
have our sympathy in their indig-
nation over a story recently sent
out from there and printed in
many Of the newspapers vividly
describing a fight to the death
which was alleged to have taken
place between a gorilla and bull
dog.
The narrative was written with
great circumstantiality OF detail.
It represented that the contest had
been extensively advertised and
that everybody that was anybody
in New iberia, except the ministers
and the church deacons, gathered
to witness the mill. The fight was
described as brief but thrilling and
sufficietly brutal and cory to sa-
tiate the most debased tastes.
The bull dog was said to have
been the agressor, springing
fiercely at his opponent when the
gong sounded. But he was no
match for the gorilla. The latter
met the attack doggedly, quickly
broke the back Of the dog and then
killed it, amid the enthusiasm Of
the excited onlookers.
It seemed incredible that the
authorities and the decent public
sentiment of so splendid COM
munity should tolerate an exhibi-
ton Of such unspeakable cruelty ;
but the story was told with such an
appearance of accuracy, that the
average newspaper reader, while
lamenting the occurrence, never
for a moment suspected its truth
fulness.
It is pleasing, therefore, to learn
that the whole yarn, worthy OF the
late Joe Mulhatton, was a pure and
unadulterated axe. It had no ex-
istence except in the perverted
imagination OF the man who wrote
it, Il we are to credit the denials
which have now been sent out
from the slandered city. On Tues
day we printed an emphatic repu-
distion Of the occurrence from the