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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-27

peace measures and to oppose the
United States governments building of
two battleships annually as has been
done for several years, will be sent to
the senator's The resolution was pass
ed by the congregation of the Kansas
Avenue Methodist church Sunday
morning after a peace sermon by the
pastor, Rev. ]. w. Waldron.
The preacher quoted statistics to
show that 40 per cent of our taxes went
for war equipment. that we We're pay
purpose IN paying higher prices for
goods. He also claimed that with the
money spent for military purposes an
nually 400 churches each to cost $4,000
could be bniIt each year. The speaker
also said that previous to 1902 the APP
preparation for the military and naval
department had been about $50. 000, 600,
but since then it had been increased ST.
5OO,0oO annually.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-27
Sheffield Plate

Meat Platters. SO to 1900
Entree Dishes. ST to 1900
Salad Bowls ...s5 to $500
Cream and Sugars.
$3.50. ...s5 to $500
Chocolate Pots. SIS to 1900
Celery Trays .-.$s to 800
Tea Servers. $S to $500
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-27
1T is EPIDEMIC
Much Opposition to Capital Punish
ment Prevails at Los Angeles.

Los Angeles. Nov. 27.-Six talesmen
were examined and excused i'll the first 80
minutes Of the Mcnamara murder trial
today. another toH taken by illness was
paid in the release of ]. V. Houser. VINO
was hurt in an attack last spring ana
has not entirely recovered. Judge Wal
ter assisted in the work of getting jury.
DO you wish to challenge this man.
he asked Attorney LecOmpe Davis of the
defense. in the midst of the examination
of Calvin D. Collins whom the judge held
to have disqualified himself by his an
swer.
YES" said Davis. and Collins was ex-
cused.
An epidemic of opposition to capital
punishment followed Housers departure.
Three men, one after the other. pro-
fessed such scruples and were allowed
to go.
District Attorney John D. Fredericks
admitted today that the summoning OF
United States District Attorney a. X.
Mccormick to confer with Attorney Gen
be in connection with the Mcnamara
case
Frederick said he preferred not to dis
cuss the matter When the federal gov
eminent took a hand in the proceedings
at Indianapolis recently F'redericks is
said to have been aware of the move
beforehand and it is supposed here that
his remark, ~There are some angles OF
the case in which no doubt the federal
he had furnished the government with
information in his possession McCor-
mick is now en- route to the national
capital
New York Coffee Market.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-27
TROUBLES OF VANN
Oklahoma Freedman Released From
Jail and Rearrested.

L. J. Vann, a negro from Tulsa, Okla,
who came to Topeka about eight months
ago and has spent seven of them in Jail
was Fearrested Saturday night charged
with forging checks which he cashed
on Topeka merchants He was accom-
panied by Sadie Anderson, a negress,
when arrested in a lower Kansas avenue
restaurant but she was not regarded as
an accomplice.
Vann finished a six months sentence at
the county Jail last Thursday on a com
promised case of forgery and previous to
that charge had been arrested for dis
turbing the peace.
The checks. which it is charged he drew,
now amount to S26.14. Three have been
turned and it is supposed there are more
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-27
NORTH SIDE NEWS
: Auto Carries Girl on Fender
Without Injury.
Matte Dransfield Narrowly Es-
capes Serious Injury.
NO LIGHTS ON MACHINE
HoltOn Women Returning Home
IN Dark.
Near Accident Happens North
of Topeka.
NO LIGHTS ON MACHINE

Miss Matte Dransfield, the daughter
of William Dransfeld, living just north
of Topeka on the Central avenue road,
narrowly escaped serious injury II not
death when she was given an unexpect-
ed ride on the fender of "nghtless" au-
tomobile near the Lyman school house
by two unknown women from Holton
about 100 o'clock last night. She eS-
capped with a few bruises. Miss Drans-
field does not remember the names OF
the drivers of the auto but they told
her they were from Holton.
Miss Dransheld and Lester Olson, a
neighbor, were on their way to church
Neither heard the approach of the ma
chine The lights We're not lit. Almost
before she knew what was happening
the girl was knocked off her feet. car
ried several rods and jolted to the
ground
Then a couple of women approach
ed with cries of alarm and expressions
OF regret. They told her that they in
an auto We're on their way home to
Hoiton from Topeka where they had
been visiting since Saturday W nile
here they had bought new batteries for
their machine which was also new, a
Ford of the latest type Sunday after
noon. While it was light they started
home. About four miles north Of To-
peka darkness overlook them. They
tried to light up but could not make
the batteries work.
They said they were afraid to re-
turn to the city W1JhOu llSntS Tor rear
Of getting arrested for running an
auto without lights. So they decided
to come back, until they found a farm
house near the city and telephone
from there to a garage for assistance.
IN the bend of the road near the
Lyman school house their machine
struck the girl. The fender, which
nearly touches the ground. after the
pattern of the new FOrds. picked up
the girl. Her life was probably saved
by the peculiar position and construc-
ton of the fender. which is nearly
wide enough to hold a person. As soon
as the autoists learned of the near ac-
cident they stopped the machine. but
in the meantime the girl had fallen
to the road They soon found her.
Miss Dransheld says that they were
nice appearing and seemed very much
concerned about the affair, but she
can't remember their names. They
teIephoned from farm house to a
garage. From here a man came and
fixed the lamps so that the lighting
apparatus worked. Then the women
continued their trip home
A resolution requesting Senators Cur
tbs and Bristow to work for universal
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Notes and Personals.

Mrs. Roy Hay and infant son. Roy
al, of Monte Vista, Colo, will arrive
Wednesday for a visit with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Drans-
field of the Central avenue road.
Mrs. ]. S Schnatterly of Seattle,
Wash. who has been visiting her
nephew. w. E. Scotch, has left for
her home
The furnace in the North Topeka
Baptist church has been repaired and
the heating arrangements are now
satisfactory.
William Reynolds is moving from
1045 Central avenue to Ills Central
avenue.
The trustees of the North Topeka
Baptist church will meet tomorrow
night at the home of L. c. Royce, 1117
North Jackson street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-27
COUNTING THE VOTE
Il May Take Two Weeks to Finish in
New Mexico.

Santa Fe, Nov. Embarrassing of the
official returns of the state election of
November began here today. Several
offices are still in doubt. 1t may take
two weeks to complete the count. The
only changes the official canvass may
make is in one of the supreme court
judges, in one state senator, in one dis
public instruction. The pluralities in these
cases ranging from two to sixty votes. A
total of sixty thousand votes was cast
the Socialists having beaten former rec
ords by casting almost two thousand
votes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-27
Carving Sets

Stag Handle, 3-piece set,
$2.70 to- .-..--.-. $1,000
Pearl Handle. S-piece set,
$3.50 to $500
Plated Handle, 3-piece set.
$2-75 to. .......-.. $3.50
Many others. s1.25 to. $500
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-27
Casserole Ware

Complete Casserole. silver
plated holder and cover,
$3.50 10 -........- 1O-OO
Bean Pots. plated, service
cover, S4.25 to...... $50
Gratin Dishes, pottery lin
ing. 81 to-. 5000
Casserole Pie Dishes.
$2.I5 to ...........3 $50
Ramequins. sets of 6 1900
Many other dishes for every
nEe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-27
Cut Glass

Fruit Bowls. genuine
Hawkes. brand. SO to 1900
Celery Trays. Hawkes.
IS TO 900
Nappy Dishes, Hawkes.. 80
81 to ............. 300
Sherbet Cups, Hawkes.. "
dozen. IS to. 1900
Pitchers. Hawkes."
50 10 ...s.-.... l&.OU
Tum blers. Hawkes.
dozen. 81 to-. .24.O0
Vases, Hawkes., /" 50 TO $500
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-27

New York Coffee Market.
New York, Nov. 27.-COFFEE-Rio No.
7, 15c; future closed barely steady. Deem
Der 14.44; March, 1870
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noteq i n o n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-27

A resolution requesting Senators Cur
It's and Bristow to work for universal
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
Made Muskets Here.

vania and the United States govern
ment for the manufacture of muskets.
He built a small factory at Nazareth,
but the water power was poor and the
demand for muskets much greater
than the supply. 1t was to facilitate
this work that he built the Henry gun
factory at Bolton, about three miles
northeast of Nazareth. It is situated
in one Of the most delightful spots
along the Bushkill creek, formerly
known by the Indian name, Lehicton.=
This was In 1872, whey the govern
ment was pressing the factory with or
ders for the war then waging. "a few
years later the works passed into the
hands Of his sons, William Henry third
and John Joseph Henry. They Jointly
conducted the business till 1922, when
the latter became the sole owner.
The fame of the Henry rife had
spread along the whole frontier, and
when John Jacob Aston organized the
North American Fur company he or
dered all his supply of rifles from the
Henry factory. The rifles were to be
Of a certain style and the Henrys had
the only factory at that time that could
furnish them. Ramsey Crooks, after
wards president Of the North Amer
lean Fur company. was sent there by
Aston to order the supply and person
ally compliment the gun manufacture
ers upon the satisfaction given by
these rifles.
The manufacture Of these rifles
ceased when the fur trade died out
and the North American company went
out of existence. During these years,
many rifles and pistols were manufac-
tured by the Henrys for the militia Of
the south and west and figured very
prominently In the Civil war.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
old Gun FACTORY
One of the Many Historic Places
innPennsylvaniao
Where the Henrys Manufacturer
Small Arms for the War of 1912
and Later for the
Civil War.

Nazareth, Pa.-One OF the most his.
eorical places in eastern Pennsylvania
is the Henry gun factory about three
miles northeast Of here. 1t was here
that the Henrys manufactured rifles,
muskets and pistols for the war of
1872, for the Civil war and for the
North American Fur company, of
which John Jacob Astor was at one
time president.
Ever since the Henrys came to
America from England, they have
been identified more or less with gov
eminent service, either as soldier,
statesman or manufacturer of arms.
The first of the Henrys in this country
was Hon William Henry Of Lancaster.
There he established factory for the
making of firearms In 1852. His mus
kets and rifles were IN demand during
the Revolutionary war, and he could
hardly make them fast enough He was
in charge of small arms during the
Braddock and Forbes expeditions In
the French and Indian wars. He was
present at the attack Of Fort Du-
quesne. During the battle he saved
the life Of the Delaware Indian chief,
Killbuck. According to an Indian Gus
tom, Henry and the chief exchanged
names. It's said that to this very day
the Killbuck family retain the name of
Henry as the middle name, both male
and female. William Henry was also
active in the Revolution as deputy
quartermaster general and superintend-
ent of arms and military accoutre.
ments. When Gen. "Mad'' Anthony
Wayne was contemplating the attack
on Stony Point, he sent word to viii
liam Henry to hurry up those guns"
In 1884 and 1885 Henry was also a CON
gresham:
His son, William Henry, Jr, came to
Nazareth If 1880 and entered into
contract with the state Of Pennsyl.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-04
New Association Gaining Many
Members.
FAITHS CURATIVE POWER
NOTED HEALTH EXPERT
GIVES REASON FOR BIG
SUCCESS IN MEDICINE

Tremendous success has attended the
ooI .lsa I. or the new Munyon Hope
Sult. Professor Munyon claims that he
anticipated, and says that his Hone
Cult. Is growing In leaps and bounds. III
Is SAID that the total membership OF the
is now well over the half million mark. .
In statement for publication Prof.
Munyon said: -
i want to talk to every sick, ailing and
70 preach my new creed to them I
want to tell them about my new philoso-
phy OF health, which is the fruit OF a
Ing with sick folk.
want to- exponnd the Great Truth
mat ! have learned that there is more
IN pounds Of Dope. That sick pg people
should not take medicine except "a
medium through which the great cura-
tive. Medicines are necessary in the
present state of the worlds progress be-
cause they give patient physical sup
p Is;th aId strength and renewed vigor
one knows, from the action of the proper
medicines. that he or she is feeling bet
ter by this Inspired hope and faith.
Il think that probably million per-
sons at least In the United States have
declared themselves cured by my medi-
cines, and know that these people have
had the best remedies medical science
had to offer. i have always contended
that II there Is any virtue In medicine
my followers should have the best, but
verify believe that more than one-half
OF those who have been lifted to health
from the bondage OF chronic illness,
through taking my medicines, have been
really cured by the knowledge that they
had the utmost in medical lore at their
command, and the Hope this inspired.
u am not in any sense a practicing
physician. I employ at my laboratories
N. philadelphia Q large staff Of expert
physicians and chemists and I have
many other physicians in various cities
of the United States detailed to give free
advice 20 the sick and afflicted. My
Headquarters are at Munyon's Labora-
tories, BAD and Jefferson SITS, Phila., Pa,
and have there a staff of duly register
ed physicians and consulting experts,
and to all who desire 1t I offer the best
OF medical advice absolutely free or
charge
Write today, addressing Prof. J. Nj.
IMunyon personally and your letter will
have o special care.
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GRAn HZllRH
N.. Nl2RRzDNI1y

In 1891 a centennial celebration of the victory
over CORVALLIS was held at Yorktown and the
cornerstone of the national monument was la1d
with elaborate ceremonies in the presence OF a
great concourse Of people. On the base OF the
monument the following inscription is engraved:
..At York on October 10, 1871, after siege OF
nineteen days, by $500 Americans and 1000
French troops Of the line, $500 Virginia militia
under command OF General Thomas Nelson and
So French ships Of war, Earl Corvallis COM
mander of the British force at York and Glou-
cester surrendered his army, 1881 officers ana
men, $40 seamen, 244 cannon and "a standards,
10 his excellency George Washington, COM
mander-in-chief Of the combined forces OF Amer
foam and France to his excellency, the Comte
de Rochambeau, commanding the auxl11ary
troops of his most Christian majesty in America
and to his excellency the Comte de Grasse, COM
handing in chief the naval army OF france II
Chesapeake.
Grace church, which figured prominently in
the historic events just related, is still used as
a place Of worship. The edifice is Of mari rock
construction and was built in 1900 The old bell
was gift from Queen Anne in 1725. The orig
inal communion service Is still In use. Curtously
carved designs Of a head and lion are easily
observable, but the emblems on the service are
indistinct On the quaint tombstones In the
churchyard are the names Of many Of the famous
Nelson family
The Oldest custom house In the United States
is situated at Yorktown and is one Of the most
interesting Of the historic buildings It was built
in 1881 and was the port of entry for New York,
Philadelphia and many other of our great cities
when they were in their infancy.
Yorktown was also the scene of considerable
activity at one period during the Civil war.
When General Mcclellan began the Peninsular
campaign April 4, 1862, he found Yorktown for
tilted and line drawn from the town across
the peninsula to the mouth Of the Warwick
river. Gen. J. B. Magruder, In command of the
Confederate forces, had hardly more than 1000
men In all, OF whom 5000 were at Yorktown
General Mcclellan who very much overestE
mated the Confederate forces. awaited REIN
forcements and began seige operations. At the
end of the month Mcclellan had In position 49,
900 men while Gen. Joseph e. Johnston, who had
assumed command of the Confederate forces on
April IT, had hardly more than $4,000 men on
the peninsula. Just as Mcclellan was ready to
open fire, General Johnston withdrew May g..
His rear guard was overtaken near Williams
burg on May S, and an tndecisive battle was
fought.
Yorktown Is the county seat Of York county,
Virginia, and Is situated about 70 miles south
east Of Richmond, on the York river. Although
one of the oldest and most historic towns In the
country, Yorktown has never attained the prom
inence and Importance commercially that its
founders had prophesied for It, and today 1t has
population of but few hundred.
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i NELSON HQLkN -
C0RzyISlqLZIS
HEADQ LlIRZER.S
AlIRlIyG SEGE
exzzzzE
EzzaRszazszazuH

1740. was the home OF
Thomas Nelson, a sfgner
Of the Declaration Of In
dependence, a governor
of Virginia, and finally a
major-general In the
American army.
This sturdy relic OF
many wars was the Off
cial headquarters Of Lord
CORVALLIS as head OF
the British army during
the siege of 1881. After
the close Of the war 1t
marked the renewal not
only of a friendship be-
tween soldiers, but the
friendship OF natlOns.
The French and the
United States were close
" cemented together
through the visit of Gem
eral Lafayette to his old
time war friend, Major
General Nelson.
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washington brought to close by having the
draft Of the agreement copied, sending it on
the morning of the 10TH and demanding that it
should be signed by eleven, and the garrison
march out at two O'Clock.
Rochambeau describes the surrender: 'sThe
Americans and French took possession of the
two batteries at noon. The garrison marched
out at two o'clock between the two armies,
drums beating, carrying their arms which were
stacked, with about twenty flags Lord Corn
wallis being i'll, General O'Hara marched out
at the head of the garrison. When he ap-
preached me (Rochambeau) he presented his
sword. pointed to General Washington op-
posite to me as the head of the American
army, and said to him that as the French army
was an auxiliary on this continent, that it was
now from the American general that he must
take orders"
The manner of the capitulation was modelled
on the harsh terms CORVALLIS had imposed on
General Lincoln at the siege OF Charleston, the
previous year. The colors were cased The
defeated army was not permitted to play an
American or French tune, and 1t was to Lin
coin himself that the formal surrender was
made
In his general orders of the goth Washington
congratulated the army on the glorious events
OF the day previous, and expressed his warm
gratitude to the French king and his officers,
and commentator, and requested the Count de
Rochambeau ito present In his name to the
regiments of Agenois and Deux-Ponts the two
pieces OF brass ordnance captured by them (as
a testimony Of their gallantry) in storming the
enemy's redoubt on the night of the 14th inst,
when officers and men so universally We'd with
each other In the exercise Of every soldierly
virtue"
The victofs found the little town Of York,
which at that time contained about sixty houses
IN state Of absolute dilapidation They were
literally honeycombed by balls The British
officers complimented the French on the pre-
cision OF their fire, and confessed that they
were the first artllerists In Europe, while the
French were equally amazed at the wonderful
proficiency the Americans had acquired with
their limited experience The house Of Secre-
tary Nelson of Virginia. which had served as
CORVALLIS headquarters, and the most stately
building In the town, remained for years a sig
niflcant witness of the accuracy OF the fire Of
the allies.
This rare specimen of architecture. built IN
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under Governor Nelson at Williamsburg The
French fleet, September g. defeated the British
under Admiral Graves, and then held the, Ches-
apeake to prevent British achievements.
Washington took position before Yorktown
September %, and the night of the 29th Corn
wallis abandoned his outer works before the
town. The first of October finds our engineers
accommodating the position and works of the
enemy. The I'd witnessed the gallantry of the
Duke de Lauzun and his legion in driving back
Tarleton, whose raids so long had been the
terror Of Virginia and the Carolinas On the
9Th, the allied armies broke ground for their
final parallel and proceeded to mount their
batteries on the 7th and 8th On the 9Th, two
batteries were opened-Washington himself
applying the terch to the first gun; and on the
10th three or four more were in play, silencng
the enemy's works. On the 18th, the indie
fatigable Steuben was breaking the ground for
our second parallel, within less than 400 yards
of the enemy, which was finished the next
morning, and more batteries were mounted on
the 18th and 18th But the great achievement
Of the siege still awaits its accomplishment
Two advanced British redoubts are blocking
the way to any further approach and they must
be stormed The allied troops divide the dan
ger and the glory between them, and emulate
each other In the assault. One of the redoubts
is assigned to the French grenadiers and chas-
SeuTS under de VlOIneSH1l. 1uG OLueT Is DIS
signed to the American light infantry under
Lafayette Both redoubts were soon captured
and the fate of CORVALLIS was sealed. "A
small and preeipitate sortie," as Washington
calls it, was made by the British on the fol
lowing evening resulting in nothing. The next
day a vain attempt to evacuate their works
and to escape by crossing over to Gloucester
was defeated by a violent storm.
At ten o'clock on the morning of the 18th Of
October, 1881, the British beat parley, and
Lord CORVALLIS proposed a cessation Of hos
tilities for twenty-four hours that commission
ers might meet at the house of a ME- Moore in
the rear of the first American parallel. Wash
ington replied with grant Of two hours cessa-
ton, that terms might be proposed in writing.
Finding their general tenor admissible, hos
tilities were suspended for the night, and
Washington proposed his own terms Commits
sIoners were appointed, Colonel Laurens, the
Vfcomte de Noailles and M. de Grandehain on
the part of washington; Lieutenant Colonel
Dundas and Major Ross on thatepf CORVALLIS
The 18th was consumed In negotiations, which
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A Metaphor Resented.

did I understand you to say, sir"
said Colonel StillWell, that you re
garded that orators remarks as moon
sinner"
That's what ! said. replied the
critical person. ~
Well, sir. / do not wish to seem
captious, but when 1t comes to COM
pairing that line Of talk with noun
tain product for whose vigorous quail
tiles I have a large degree Of respect,
I must say your efforts to be conplf-
mentary, sir, go entirely too far,