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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17

please his wife. Allen is now in Jail
and his wife has returned the three
perfectly lovely hats to the travelling
salesman.
G. E. Sheldon, as trustee of the es-
tate of the late William COOK, mas
filed suit in the district court against
Charles M. Jones and Minnie Jones n
which he asks judgment for $1,369.37
on a promissory note given to COOK
some months prior to his death
George Parker, charged with the
shooting of Harry Streeter, will be
given a preliminary hearing Ihursday
morning in the court of Topeka me
shooting of Streeter occurred Sunday
morning in the North Bottoms. Far
ker is now in the county JAN IN oeIdulI
of $1,000 bond.
Ed Mcdonald and Ollie Stewart, ne
gro and companion, who jumped
their bonds to appear for selling lquor
some time ago, were arrested IN 81.
Joseph Mo, last evening. Detective
Anderson and Bondsman H. G. Lind
say went to bring them back today
The negro and negreSs pers1stently Vlo-
lated the prohibitory law and also kept
a disorderly house in the bottoms for
months before the police succeeded IN
stopping them.
Jessie Robinson, a negress of many
-OkfC-~~~s
caught yesterday in Chicago on
bond she jumped at Lincoln, Neb-,
where she was to be tried for holdup-
Guv Thomas, a negro lawyer of To-
peka, had several hundred dollars in
vested in her bond and the Topeka po-
ice had worked on the case in an at
tempt to trace her
John Thomas, a. negro, was arrested
last night by Patrolman Wonderly on
a charge of bootlegging-
Judge Whitcomb will tomorrow be-
gin work on a two days assignment of
city cases of minor Importance. The
state cases remaining on the docket
will be carried over until a new as
signment Is made up late in November.
At the present time there is a heavy
assignment of civil actions for trial in
the second division of the district court
and jury will begin work on these
cases early next week.
The state case against c. w. Church,
charged with violation of the fish and
game laws, was dismissed Today in the
court of Topeka. Church was charged
with fishing with a trot line in 200
yards of the mouth OF Soldier creek
Thomas Nichols is on trial in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17

Visitor-Everybody' going to church
today. What's the reason2
Citizens-It's just the hope that springs
eternal IN the human breast Our base
ball team is at the bottom of the league
and Rev. GUIDE is going to preach on
THE Last Shall Be FIrst-''-Puck-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17

The funeral OF Constantine Eckerman.
1-year-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Eckerman, 553 East Sardou avenue. who
died yesterday, was held at o'clock to-
day from the home. Burial in Mount
Calvary cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17

The funeral of Merrill the infant sol
of Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Hylton. 20i1 Yves
Tenth avenue. who died Sunday. was hels
Monday afternoon from the residence
Burial in Mt. Hope cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17
MONEY FOR ALL
Senator Stephenson Paid Legislators
$4,000 Says Witness.

milwaukee, Oct 17.-Testimony that
Senator Stephenson secured his cleo
ton to the United States senate
through the expenditure of 100000 to
members of the Wisconsin legislature
was given this afternoon before the
senatorial committee by Thomas Nor
ris, lieutenant governor of Wisconsin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17

nue., died yesterday. The funeral VIII be
held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the home. Burial in Mt. Hope cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17

WANTED-Two laborers TO dig cellar on
West ST. between King and 18th,
Wednesday morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Exert Frejd, 4-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl A. Frejd, 1107 Woodward ave-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

LOST-Gold bracelet; initials r. M. r.
4OS West 9Th. Ind. 1911. Reward.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17

probate court this afternoon before
commission in lunacy- Complaint was
filed with the probate court recently
that Nichols was of unsound mind and
asking that he be committed to the
state hospital Evidence in the case
was begun at o'clock this afternoon.
Suit was filed in the district court
late Monday evening by attorneys for
Maurice Maddox a 9-year-old Topeka
boy, in which they asked $50 personal
damages against the Topeka Street
Railway company. Young Maddox was
injured last spring when a street car
struck a transfer wagon in which he
was riding. The street railway com
pany confessed judgment for the
amount claimed in the petition.
Ben Dreyer, charged with assault
and battery on the person of his for
mer wife, was discharged in the court
of Topeka Monday afternoon. It was
alleged that Dreyer threw bottle of
ink on his former wife's dress the night
of the Karniva1 parade The forme r
Mrs. Dreyer exhibited the ruined white
silk dress, but the evidence was not
clear that Dreyer threw the ink.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17

See second and third pages of State
J Journal this evening and every evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17

Motion for a new trial has been
filed in the case of J. w. Willis
against the Merchants Transfer q
Storage Co. The case was tried last
week in Judge Dana's division of the
district court and the jury returned
a verdict for the plaintiff.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17
ITALIANS WHIPPED.
Reported to Have Left One Hundred
Dead on Field.

London. Oct. IA dispatch to the
Chronicle from Constantinople says:
The Italians are reported to have
suffered serious reverse outside
Tripoli Accommodating they advanced
foo far from their base and came in
contact with Turks, who gave battle and
forced the Italians to retreat hurried
" leaving 100 dead on the field.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17
RTINH MpErIrNI

SIOMBOY-~ Do you er-think
your 1ather would kick me out
d Twas tO-er-aSk him for your
hand ?"
MISS WILLING NO Bot In afraid
he viii il you don't ask him
pretty soon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17

None of the jurors in the second
division of the district court reported
for service today and are enjoying a
two days vacation before beginning
work on the assignment of city cases.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17

See second and third pages OF state
journal this evening and every evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17

Because Link Allen stole three new
fall millinery creations from a travel
ing man at the Throop hotel he was
arrested today on charge of petit
larceny Link walked into a sample
room at the hotel, saw the marvellous
display of head gear and selected
three hats that he knew would just
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17

A marriage license was issued to
Anton R. Reed, 26 years old, Topeka;
and Agnes NJ. Johnson, 10 years old,
Osage City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17

Notwithstanding the fact that the
morning paper stated that George S.
Badders would hand in his resignation
as secretary of the Commercial club this
morning no such action was taken on
the part of Badders, and what is more
the members of the board of director s
were not notified that a meeting would
be held to consider the resignation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17

mittee of the First Baptist church was
held this noon at the Commercial club
for the purpose of making arrangements
for collecting funds for running the
church.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17

please his wife. Allen is now in Jail
and his wife has returned the three
perfectly lovely hats to the travelling
salesman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17

mittee Of the Commercial club held a
meeting this noon to listen to the pro
position of a man who wants to start
a. large chicken incubating concern IN
Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17

Because he refused to work his poll
tax, H. F. Holt, farmer in Silver Lake
township, was arrested Monday even
ing on a state complaint. If Holt
doesn't change his mind, it is prob
able that the state poll tax law Will
be contested and the action carried to
the supreme court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17

This afternoon at the Missouri Val
lev Unitarian conference in Unity
church a paper was read by Mrs Emma
n. Delano of Chicago on The Import
ance and Outlook of Alliance Work.
Mrs. Genevieve H. Chalkley of Law
renee read a paper ON institutional
Visiting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17

John Thomas, a negro, was arrested
! last night by Patrolnan WOnderly on
a charge of bootlegging-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17

Thomas Nichols Is on trial in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17

The state case against C. w. Church.
charged with violation of the fish and
game laws, was dismissed Today in the
court of Topeka. Church was charged
with fishing with a trot line in 200
yards of the mouth OF Soldier creek
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-05

There was not a soldier on guard be-
tween those hours. and the regular
prison guards were stationed inside
the walls. Tho captain of the prison
guard for the night was an old man by
the name of Heavy. The soldier
guards were in charge of Sergt. Jesse
Moon (known as Big Jesse). of Com
pany F, Eighty-eighth Ohio. The pris-
onsrs we're confined in a block in the
prison building, which was in u sur
rounded by a wall % feet in height
Each block was seven or eight cells
long, six or seven tiers high, in regu-
lation prison style, the prison being
capable of accommodations for about
$780,.
For six weeks prior to General Nor
gan's escape l was stationed as guard
The story current at the time OF
Morgan's escape was abou as fol-
lows: The prisoners complained to
Captain Heavy that their cells were
damp. The captain replied hat they
could not be so, on account of the sew
or underneath; but from seven a. m.
until six p. N. he allowed them the
freedom of the corridors. While the
prisoners were marching up and down
the corridors a few of them would
step in their cell and be one for
awhile, and Gas it afterwards devel-
oped) we're engaged in cutting a hole
through the cem4pt floor into the sew
err. The brick and cement were
dropped into the sewer n the hole
covered with an old carpet sack, the
work probably taking several weeks
to complete.
l cannot recall the names OF all who
escaped, but among the number were
General Morgan, Captain Hines and
Captain Taylor. The night Of the es-
cape Sergt. Jesse Moon was sergeant
Of the guard, and locked the prison
ers in their cells. Dick Morgan, q
brother of General Morgan, was con-
fined in one of the ground-1oor cells,
and during the locking-up process had
managed to exchange places with his
brother, who occupied a cell on one
of the upper tiers. The soldier guards
marched to their quarters, which was
q Sibley tent, to remain till morning.
After everything had quieted down
the Johnnies let themselves through
the hole in the floor, and followed the
sewer to the wall Of the main prison
building and came up through a hole
they had provided near a large pile OF
coal close to the female prison, but
still inside the outside wall. Follow
ing the wall around to he southeast
corner, they came to the gates. There
were two of these gates, n opening
from the top Of the wall by the guard
with a rope and pulley and the other
from the inside by the ~"trusty."
The inside gate was made of AKA
blanks. The escaping prisoners
climbed this gate, and were then on
top of the 22-foot wall Tying their
blankets together, which they had tied
to the iron ratings, they made he'll
escape.
Sergt. Jesse Moon lived, the last I
knew of him, at Kelso, Cowlitz coun-
", Washington.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-05
ANXIETY WAS FOR THE KEG
Owe rcharge a Small Matter, but Gus
toner Did Hate to Sec Good
Material Hurt.

Every nail-keg in the store had Its
occupant, the checker-b board was work.
ing overtime. and mittens n muf-
lers were stuffed in bulgy pockets, as
their owners drew closer round the
big. rusty stove.
The door opened noisily, letting In a
blast Of the storm raging outside. and
in it's wake followed Rufe Blevins, a
giant wood-chopper, whose good ma
lure and ready wit made him a vel
come addition to the store circle.
The loafers moved a little closer to-
gether to make room for Rufe on a
soap-box, but he marched past the
friendly circle, pumped an empty
molasses-keg down on the counter,
and drew a stained bill from his
pocket, which he held out to the pro
prietor of the store.
An ~expectant grin went round the
circle, for Storekeeper Jones had the
reputation of never wronging himself
by overwhelming or undercharging
The merchant adjusted his glasses
and looked e~xpectantly from the bill
to the wood-chopper.
Notice you charged me for five gal
Ions O. molasses last time / had this
four-gallon key filed" drawled Rufe
II don't mind payin' for the extra gal
Ion, Mr.. Jones. but l do kinder hate
to have a good key strained to pieces
Youths Companion.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-05
Body Hidden Under Clothing.

of his fatherin-law under the counter
and covered with clothing, which had
been pushed off the counter. Platt's
head had been crushed. The o
said Plat had been dead fully six
hours when the body was found, which
indicated hat the old man had been
surprised while eating and beaten to
death. Plat always carried consider
able money and a small wallet con
tanning numerous old coins of America
and other countries. His pockets had
been rified, the murderer obtaining
about $3.50 In cash and some clothing.
The wallets were found in the alley
back of the store. The murderer had
apparently locked the front door, leav-
ing through the real door, setting the
spring lock SO that 1t caught.
The police and detectives worked
for two weeks on the case and were
unable to discover a single clew as to
the identity of the murderer. They
had practically given up hope when
the coroner received a letter contain
ing eight of the coins taken from
Platt's pockets. They were easily
identified by numismatists to whom
Plat had shown them.
The next day the police found a suit
case taken from Platt's store. In 1t
were several pieces Of clothing, all
worn and frayed. 1t is believed that
the murderer took clothing from the
store, changed his old clothes and put
his garments in the suit case, which
he cast into a vacant lot.
A few days later an afternoon pa
per in Topeka received a package con-
tanning eight coins taken from Plat.
On the envelope was pasted the head
ing of the paper. There was no hand
writing The mail clerk remembered
getting the letter from a box at Eighth
street and Kansas avenue, b most
prominent corner in the entire city.
This did not help in clearing the mys-
terry. Next a morning paper received
a letter containing four coins That
letter had been mailed In the same
box. 1t was addressed with the head
ing from the paper and no handwrit-
ing appeared.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-05
A WIDOWS LUCK
Quit the Thing That Was Slowly In
juring Her.

A woman tells how coffee kept her
from insuring her life:
Il suffered for many years chiefly
from trouble with my heart, with
severe nervous headaches and neu-
ralgia; but although incapacitated
at times for my houseworh, l did not
realize the gravity of my condition till
l was rejected for life insurance, be-
cause, the examining physician said,
my heart was SO bad he could not pass
me.
This distressed me very much, as
I was a widow and had a child de-
pendent Upon me. 1t was to protect
her future hat l wanted to insure
my life.
fortunately for me, l happened to
read an advertisement containing a
testimonial from a man who had been
affected in the same way that | was
with heart trouble, and who was bene-
flied by leaving off coffee and using
Postum. l gTasped at the hope this
held out, and made the change at
once.
my health began to improve imme-
diately. The headaches and neuralgia
disappeared, l gained in flesh, and my
appetite came back to me. Greatest
of all, my heart was strengthened
from the beginning, n o all the
distressing symptoms passed away. No
more waking UP in the night with my
heart trying to fly out of my mouth!
Then l again made application for
life Insurance., and had no trouble in
passing the medical examination.
"It was seven q g that DO
gan to use Postum and I am using 1t
still, and shall continue to do SO. as I
and 1t a guarantee OF good health
Name given by Postum Company. Bat
tie Creek, Mich.
There's a reason"
Read the big little book, '"The Road
20 MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letterf A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, trues and fun Of human
Interest.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-05
WHITEWASH BRUSH IN SPAIN
Il Is the Great LeveIer Of Distinctions
Between the Rich and Poor
Color Denotes Glass.

Ronda, Spain.-In Spain, where the
ruins of Moorish towers are seer upon
the crests of many hills as the "ex-
press" train crawls along at the rate
of Is or 20 miles an hour, the evil
dences of surviving Moorish influence
upon the people and customs of Anda-
lusia make an interesting study. In
the city of Ronda 1t is plain that the
Ideas of home building which the
Arabs brought into the Iberian PENN
sula remain vital today.
The whitewash brush is the great
leyeler of distinctions between the rich
and the poor IN Spain. h exteriors
oil home, great manor houses upon the
haciendas, huts of mountaineers cling
ing to the sides of the almost perpen-
dicular hills, handsome homes OF rfch
merchants in the cities, and humble
tenements, are nearly all of plaster. A
few of them are ~kalsomined in blue or
brown or pink, but the majority are
pure white. Ronda is a white city with
a few patches of blue and pink, and
looks as If the whitewash brush had
lust been applied
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-05
HOW UGLY MEN WIN BEAUTIES
Canadian Lecturer Ascribes Peculiar
Choice Often Made by Girls as
"BIind Psychic Impulse"

Chicago.-Several ~Chicagoans have
found out why it is that so many beau
tiful women marry ugly men. They
had noticed this fact before, but it
awaited the explanation of DR.. H. F.
Cameron of McGill university, Can.
ada, who cleared up the mystery in a
lecture to the class in sociology at the
University of Chicago.
The real reason is what DR.. Gamer.
on describes as blind psychic i'm
pulse" But, he says, in spite of the
blindness of said impulse, it often
strikes the right trail to a fat bank
account, or a lucid, sharp sense of
humor, or and good breeding,
which compensate for the mere ply
steal ugliness of the lucky men.
Persons like J. P. Morgan and
John D. Rockefeller, as well as gen,
tlemen of blue blood" were among
those whom DR.. Cameron described
in his lecture as having overcome the
handicap of slight personal pulchri-
tude in their race for the girls of their
choice.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-05
is FATHER OF rs CHILDREN
lew Jersey Man, Aged sc, Twice Maj
ried and Vigorously Protests That
He Is Still Young.

Trenton, N. Just because l am
the father of 25 children, I do not
see why / should consider myself old;
1 am still a young man"
This declaration was made the other
day by Samuel Dansbury, sc years old.
when he announced that his twenty
fifth child had been born. He says
babies never prove a burden, no mat
ter how numerous they are, and con-
tends that he would be delighted II his
home was full Of them. Dansbury,
who is one Of the oldest expressmen
in this city, has been twice married.
Eleven of his rs children are living.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-05
Storage Box Where Boy Rode.

ty-nine hours, the time the Golden
State Limited takes to travel the 93S
miles from Ell Paso to Kansas City.
He had a bottle of water, but no food.
The box in which he rode was about
six feet square and eighteen inches
deep.
my name is Carl Ruhno," said the
boy. after a meal or Union avenue.
81 worked in Ell Paso in the iron
works. When l got paid off deter
mined to get work on a ranch. |
thought l could bum my way, so |
crawled in that box. was compelled
to lie in the same position all the
time, but l slept part of the time.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-05
Churches and tuberculosis.

Statistics showing how serious q
problem tuberculosis is to the ordi-
nary church congregation have been
issued by the National Association for
the Study and Prevention Of Tuber-
culosis. From reports received from
over 725 churches, with a membership
Of over $4,000 communicates OF
twenty denominations, and from 2OS
cities and towns in IL states in vart-
Gus parts of the country, out of nearly
1000 deaths in 1910, over 700 or 10
per cent, were caused by tuberculosis.
This means 2.24 deaths for every thou
sand members or communicates.
While the percentage Of deaths from
tuberculosis compared with other dis
eases is not higher in the churches.
according to these figures, than In the
country It large, the tuberculosis
death rate, as shown by the church
returns, is higher per thousand com
municants than that for the general
population in the registration area OF
the United States. which the census
bureau gave as 1877 in 1909.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-05
IS WONDROUS PLACE
Famous Mammoth Cave Reveals
Some New Wonders.
violet City" discovered In Recent
Explorations, Is So Called From
Violet Tint of Walls Reflected
by Lights of Guides.

Louisville, Ky.-Recent exploration
has revealed new wonders in the ia
nous Mammoth cave of Kentucky,
among which is a beautiful Violet
City" and 1t is confidently expected
that further exploration now in prog
ress will result in many discoveries
of new wonders in this underground
world Of mystery. The violet City
is so called from the beautiful violet
tint of the walls rejecting the glim-
mering light carried by the guides.
The bridal altar Is another feature
which attracts much attention and be-
fore it a number Of marriages have
taken place.
Mammoth cave, which Is situated IN
Edmonson county, Central Kentucky,
near Green river, has been one of the
worlds marvels ever since its discov-
cry in 1909 by a hunter who, accord
ing to tradition, pursued a wounded
zeal into the yawning mouth or the
cavern. Since that time 1t has been
the mecca for tourists from all parts
of the world.
The early history of the cave Is
largely concerned with the history OF
the manufacture of g~unpowder. This
great industry was inaugurated In
Kentucky, early in the nineteenth
century, and the War OF 1872, with its
embargo on foreign commerce, great
ly increased the Importance Of Nam
moth cave, as a center hence this
allimportant product might be pro-
duced. Vast quantities of soil,
charged with lime nitrate, were found
and mined; and Philadelphia n
Lexington capitalists controlled the
cavern, and its exploration went on
with a view to securing, for practical