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The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1911-04-07
Letter Left by Suicide
Murderer

1. Cliff l.. Roots, have ade
up my mind to die and don't
want to go alone. | owe DIR.
Smith $40 for one trip to see
my wife. | had Lille Thomp-
son pay for the auto. | may
owe Lille Thompson some for
helping me when my leg was
broke.
4 give Frank Thorn, COW
and Amos Thompson / COW for
for what they done. Amos
Thompson bought one sorrel
horse named Red Bird he
paid me $4,000 for him. Now
if he wants to sell him | will
give him $175.OO and give him
to my boy Charley Roots.
Callie took Charley away from
me so l took Jimmie away
from her to get even.
Mr.. w. Christler | hope
you show me the same respect
that l would show you. l know
I done wrong. but l am only
a human.
Il, Cliff l.. Roots, owe Char
ey Roots $1,175.OO eleven
Hundred and Seventy-Five
Dollars) borrowed money that
is to be paid to him before the
estate is divided. My will
that o. F. Goddard made is in
a little tin box at Lille Thomp-
sons. She said she could not
get it for me tonight. want
Charley to have my ring bit
and spurs. Give the spade to
Ethel. Give Charley my pet
pony, "Bildad." Good bye
Charley. Good bye, baby, be
rood to your mama and Ethel
md the babies"
Cliff l.. Roots.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1911-04-07
First Ward.

Applications for the purchase of
100 900 acres Of state land have al
ready been filed with the state land
Office, sales to be held in May.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1911-04-07
SHOOTS THRU WINDOW

After killing his wife Roots took
a Winchester repeating rifle and
with shells loaded with buck shot
he rode to the ranch of Andy RAIDER,
about four miles distant, where
without warning he shot and killed
Andy thru the window Of the cabin
in which he was. RAIDER Was playing
cards with two friends, one of whom
was Oron Beall. brother of Mrs.
J. NJ. Pyles of this place and at one
time a member Of the Roundup
police force. He shot three times,
the first one missing and the other
two taking effect in his breast and
lower part of the face. Beall had
part of one Of his ears torn off by a
stray shot. This occurred about 10
O'Clock.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1911-04-07
Card Of Thanks.

We wish to extend to all who so
kindly assisted us in our great sor-
row and bereavement
Mrs. Sadie Lischman
Robert Smith
Miss Alice Smith.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1911-04-07
KILLS JAMES BRIDGES

Twenty minutes afterwards the
murderer appeared at the home Of
his former wife, where he aroused
the family and told them his wife
was sick, imploring some one to
come with him. James Bridges,
his step-son, offered to hitch up and
drive over with his mother, and went
out to the barn, Roots following.
Just as he was throwing on the har-
ness he was shot in the back dying
almost instantly. The murdered
young man and mother were very
much attached to each other. and
the fiend very cruelty conceived that
he could deal his former wife more
misery and torture by killing the
son only instead of doing away with
both. Young Bridges had just re-
Gently come back from Madison,
Wis.,, where he had been attending
the University. He has been in the
government geological service for a
number of years, having assisted in
surveying the Bull mountain coal
field, and also working in depart
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1911-04-07
The Murderer and
Suicide
CLIFF L. ROOTS, Rancher
His Victims
EDNA ROOTS, His wife
ANDY RAIDER, Brother-in-law
JIMMY BRIDGES, step-son
MRS. w. S. THOMPSON, A
sister Of bis first wife

wife still in her teens. This was the
most brutal and sickening Of his
merciless and bloody handiwork,
and shows the extreme cruelty and
cowardice with which lie committed
his crimes. Himself on horseback,
he roped her around the hands and
dragged her about the ranch, thru
the creek several times, finally leav-
ing the body mirea in mud near one
of the COW barns. Here her body
was found yesterday, hair dishcvel-
ed, clothes literally torn from her,
and her body one mass Of bruises,
presenting pitiful sight. In the
house the table bore evidence that
a meal, whether dinner or supper it
is uncertain to say, had been finish
ed. and a quarrel had apparently
taken place as some Of the belong
ings Of the murdered woman had
been gathered together as If for
Hiubt
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1911-04-07

Arrangements are being made for
a big Fourth of July celebration at
Billings this year. Col. Roosevelt
will be asked to deliver the address.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-04
EDDY INHERITANCE TAX
New Hampshire and Massachusetts
Both Want 1t.

Boston. Oct. 4.-The great legal
contest to determine whether New
Hampshire or Massachusetts is en-
titled to inheritance. tax on the estate
of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, which is
valued at more than $4,000 was
begun before Judge Morton of the
supreme judicial court. Among the
lawyers in attendance from New
Hampshire are former United States
Senator W. E Chandler, Attorney
General Eastman and General
Streeter.
The questions which will arise grow
out of an appeal taken by Attorney
General Swift of Massachusetts. from
the allowance of ancilliary proceed
ings by the probate court of Suffolk
county on the wills and two codicils
of Mrs. Eddy. The attorney general
contends that the probate court of
Suffolk county did not have jurisdic-
ton as Mrs. Eddy lived and died in
Newton which is in MiddIesex coun-
ty. Mr.. Swift claims the legal well
as the actual domicile of Mrs. Eddy
was in Massachusetts,, and that the
probate court of MiddleSex should
treat her will as an original document
and not merely as copy of a New
Hampshire document.
The Eddy will case will not be
transferred from the superior court of
this state to the supreme court with
out protest on the part of the plain
tiffs. Recently Chief Justice Wallace
of the superior court ordered such
transfer in order that the higher court
might determine the points of law
raised in the suit brought by George
Glover of Lead, S. D., against Henry
M. Baker, executor of the will of
Glover's mother, Mrs. Mary Baker
Eddy on the ground that the resid-
uary clause in favor of the First
Church of Christ, Scientist. of Boston,
is invalid because of a New Hamp-
shire statute forbidding the bequest
to a single church of an amount yield
ing an annual income of more than
$4,000. The amount involved is more
than $4,000, 900. Glover has filed a
motion in the supreme court that the
case be remanded to the superior
court on the ground of lack of 1uris-
diction. Arguments on this motion
were set for the November term of
the court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-04
LIQUOR CASES DISPOSED OF.
Defendants Permitted to Plead Guilty
to One or More Counts.

Defendants Permitted to Plead Guilty
to One or More Counts.
Several of the important liquor
cases on the docket for trial at this
term of the district court, have been
com promised by County Attorney
Simon and suspensions of sentence re-
Quested by the prosecuting attorney.
In all of the cases handled this week,
the defendants were permitted to
plead guilty to one count and the
remaining charges were dismissed.
Jube Jordan, an old offender, was
charged with twelve sales. He was
permitted to plead guilty to one count
and the remaining eleven counts dis
missed.
The case against Clarence Floyd was
dismissed in one action In another
case Floyd pleaded guilty to one sale
and three other charge were dropped.
Mary Floyd and Vida Smith were
charged jointly with six sales counts.
The state dismissed entirely as to the
Smith woman and withdrew five of
the counts against Mary Floyd, who
then pleaded to one sale and sentence
was reserved.
Sentence in the Hoffman cases was
also deferred. Dick Hoffman and his
wife we're charged Jointly with four
sales. The state dismissed as to Mrs.
Hoffman and her husband pleaded
guilty to one of the four counts, the
remaining three being quashed on mo-
ton of the county attorney
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-04
- Second Third
quarter. quarter.
nATRAssE IS FOUND GUILTY.
Train Robber Must Serve from Ten to
Twenty-One Years.

Kansas City, Oct. 4.-William La
Trasse was found guilty by a jury IN
the Wyandotte county district court
yesterday afternoon of holding up
Missouri Pacific passenger train be-
tween Kansas City and Leavenworth
last Christmas night. He will receive
an indeterminate sentence of from 10
to d years in the penitentiary.
The robbery of the train was &C
connlished single handed. Shortly af-
ter the train pulled out of 3.eaven-
worth for Kansas City a lone robber
opened the DIOR of one of the cars and,
pointing a revolver at the passengers
ordered them to Zine up.
Holding the revolver in one hand,
the robber searched the passengers with
the other. A negro porter was ordered
to collect the valuables from the pas.
sengers in hat taken from one, OF
+hen7l AS the train slowed up near
Kansas city, Kan. the robber disap-
reared in the darkness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-04
New York Society
Beautiful Women of the 5000
Who Have Luxuriant Hair.

In gay New York, where women get
their ideas from their sisters abroad,
the hair beautif1er and grower called
PARTISAN SAGE is in great demand
A great scientist, undoubtedly one of
the most eminent hair specialists in the
world, is the discoverer of PARTISAN
SAGE He claims most emphaticaIly
that it is the only hair preparation that
will kill the persistent dandruff germs
At any rate, the sole manufacturers of
PARTISAN SAGE in the United States
give through their agent. Geo. ".
Stansfield, this money back guarantee,
which is no doubt strong enough and
plain enough to please the most exact
ing:
I'VE guarantee PARTISAN SAGE to
end dandruff in two weeks; to stop
falling hair; to make dull lifeless and
colorless hair beautiful and 1uxhriant;
to cure all itching diseases of the scalp,
or money back.
The price is only so cents a large
bottle at StansheId's. $50 Kansas Ave,
and live druggists everywhere. or by
express, all charges prepaid, from Cir
oux Mfg. Co, Buffalo, n. Z The girl
with the Auburn hair IS on every bot
tie.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-04
HOME CURE FOR
RHEUMATISM

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Thousands have cured themselves of
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-04
Broom Corn Growers DeIiber-
ately Break Early Contracts.
Buyers Attach Crops to Prevent
Sale to Oppos ton.
MANY ARE TEMPTED
Bidders Offer as High as 5000
Per Ton for Brush.
Farmers SayContracting Agents
Lied About Conditions.

Hutchinson, kan. Oct. 4--Never
have the broom corn farmers of south
west Kansas been so soreiy tempted
as are those who have previously con-
tracted their crops at for as low as
$50 and $50 a ton, now that the price
is reaching the $500 mark.
las a result of the high bidding
being done by buyers, many OF the
growers are breaking contracts and
selling their crops for the higher fig
ure," said Frank Henson, who has
just returned from a week in the vicln-
ity of Liberal 1T is not unusual to
see farmers deliberately repudlatlng
contracts made to sell for $50 a ton
and selling the brush to other bidders
for twice that figure
The result Mr.. Henson said, will be
"a lot of litigation, and good many
cases have already been reported Where
attachments have been brought to
compel the growers to take the con-
tract price for their brush.
Prices in the Liberal district are
reaching SO much higher figure than
the farmers had expected carrier IN
the season when they made contracts
There are many broom corn buyers
working out OF Hutchinson now, max
ing this city headquarters, While they
raGiate around through the broom cor u
district, now going into Seward alu
Stevens counties; now into nortnW est
ern Reno where the finest dwarf
brush in the world is grown; now into
the Syracuse district, and now into the
Mcpherson county field.
Some of the buyers. in view OF the
advance in the price, are making set
Elements with the growers who had
contracted brush, paying from $40 TO
$40 more than the contract price
agreed on. Most of the buyers, it is
said, are disposed to be willing to com
promise.
c. d. Gassaway. who had bought
some brush from Beaver county,
Oklahoma, grower, on contract, found
him trying to sell the brush for high
err price to another buyer He at
tached the corn and stopped the deal
in short order. 1t is reported from
Liberal that til ere will be a lot of It'll
cation, some of the buyers preparing
to sue growers for violating contracts.
The growers, however, say that in
many cases the buyers misrepresented
conditions of the market in order to
get the contracts at low prices, and
that they are justified in not living
up to the letter of the contracts.
Sterling has about forty cars of
broom corn this season, most of which
has been sold at prices ranging from
S125 to $1675O. The Mcpherson coun-
ty crop has been selling for from $125
to $3.50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-04
KANSAS COAL PRODUCTION Low
Strike Makes Years Output Less Than
in Former Years.

in Former Years.
Washington, Oct 4.-The total coal
production of Kansas in 1910, as com
piled by Edward w. Parker of the
United States geological survey in CO.
operation with the state geological
survey, amounted to 4,921,451 short
tons, valued at $7,914,7O9-
Kansas lost heavily in coal produc-
tlon IN 1910 by reason of the coal
strike. In 1909, when industrial peace
relgned throughout the coal mining
states, Kansas produced 1885, ATS
short tons, and in the boom year 1907
the output amounted to 1922, 449 tons,
the maximum for the state In 1910,
when so per cent of the men were on
strike and the period of idleness ex-
ceeded that of activity. the production
Compared with 1909 this shows a loss
of 2,065,027 short tons, or 1886 per
cent. The decrease in Arkansas
amounted to 1913 per cent, in Okla
homa to 1917 per cent, and in Mis-
souri, to 20.6 per cent AS in the other
states Kansas prices were naturally
advanced by the shortage in fuel and
the decrease in value was relatively
less than the decrease in quantity. The
value of the Kansas product decreased
from $10,0 S3,384 in 1909 to 1914. 709
in 1870 loss of $2,168,765, or 21-5
per cent. The average price per ton
advanced from $1.44 to $1.61-
The number of men employed in the
coal mines of Kansas in 1910 was
1880, of whom 1O.346 were idle dur
ing the strike. The average number of
days worked was 14S and the average
number of days idle was 153. The
total working time was .906,151 days
and the total idleness was 1,578,O27
days. The average production per
man was 3S2 tons annually and 2.5S
tons for each working day In 1908,
when 1926 men were employed for
an average of 1S1 days in the produc-
ton of 6,245,50S tons, the average out
put 7er man was 449 tons for the year
and 2.48 tons for each working day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-04
City Expenses Are Much Larger
Than Last Year.
Quarter Shows Over 100000
More Than Year Ago.
PAVING IS BLAMED.
More Than SO Thousand in This
Improvement.
Street Department Also Shows
Heavy Advance.

The financial report of the city com
missioner OF finance, r. L. Bone, for the
third quarter of the year shows that
it took $276, 204.74 to run the city dur
ing that period as against $171, 977.21 in
the second quarter of 1911.
The decided increase in figures is eX-
planned largely by the fact that much
paving work has been in progress which
has necessitated extra expense. Paw
ing warrants totaled $55,O2s.66 as against
$S,s47.14 for the previous quarter.
Contracts let called for the laying
Of IS blocks of brick paving, Is blocks
of asphaltic concrete paving, and L
blocks of curbing and guttering- All
of this work is underway with the ex-
ception of three alleys An additional
contract has been let for installing 10
blocks of brick paving on the East
side. The Kaw Paving company alone
has completed Is blocks of brick paw
ing.
The increase in the cost of maintain
ing the street department was about
81, 800. Additional expenditure was re-
quired on account of the grading work
which was done. The white way is at
least the cause in part OF an advance
in the item for the maintenance OF the
city electric light department. The in
crease was about $500.
1t cost slightly more to run the city
garbage plant. The receipts were $90SS5
While the expenditures were s., 4C9.0l-
The repair work in connection with
the installation caused the running
of the asphalt department to be more
expensive.
On July 1 the city funds totaled $685.
$685. Through taxes $30,040 was re-
ceived and through other sources $l55,-
1881 was added to the resources, max
ing total of $515,104- Deducting the
amount of expenditures, $276, 204.74. lett
a balance on hand at the end of the
quarter of $238, 90003.
The following is an interesting COM
parison of the expenditures for the sec
Second Third
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-04
GIRL CAUSES FARMERS ARREST
Smith Center Man Taken from Wife
and Child.

Smith Center, Kan, Oct. AFTER
being a fugitive for two years, Charles
Mcclure of the northeast part of this
county has been arrested and taken
back to Davis county, Iowa, to stand
trial on charge preferred by the
parents of a young girl. The accused
fed shortly after the commission of
the crime, and his Whereabouts were
unknown to the officers until a short
time ago. He came directly to this
county Not long after he was mar
ried to the daughter of a wealthy
farmer in Logan township. and they
have a child only few weeks old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-04
HAS BAD MEMORY.
E. A. Ednonds Can't Tell What He
Did With Stephenson Money.

Milwaukee, Oct. 4.-Lapse of time
was given today by witnesses in the
Stephenson senatorial investigation as
the reason for not remembering about
many payments of money in the pri-
mary cam palgn of Senator Stephenson.
The United States senate committee
Which is investigating charges that
Senator Stephenson in expanding $107,-
1913, secured his election in 1909 through
bribery, recalled to the stand E A
Edmonds, one of the Stephenson cam
palgn managers EdnlOndS declared he
gave no attention to the keeping of
accounts. That he said he left to 9th
ers.
It's impossible for me to remember
the exact details of the disbursements .
he said.
DO you mean that it's impossible or
that it's dangerous?'' asked Senator
Hepburn, chairman of the committee.
It's not dangerous at ALL
Rodney Sackett of Boyle, Wis, a
clerk in the United States senate, who
assisted in Senator Stephenson's cam
palgn previously, had testified that a
card index account of the expenditures
had been destroyed. Sackett failed to
remember much about the accounts
Edmonds asserted Sackett har charge of
the accounts and he knew of no one
else who could give details
Did not it occur to you that YOU
We're jeopardizing the interests OF
Stephenson by failing to comply with
the law in regard to the filing of a
campaign expense account?' asked
Senator Hepburn.
1t never SO impressed me- Ed
monds told of making many payments
of money for purposes he had forgot
ten
But he declared, mot a cent was
ever paid out to assist unlawfully in
securing Mr. StephenSOn'S nomination.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-04
ATTACK NEW CUSTER LAW.
c. f. BramIette May Find Sheriff's
Commission Not Good.

Galena, Kan, Oct 4.-The constitu-
tionality of the new custer law, under
which c. E. Bramlette was appointed
acting sheriff of Cherokee county was
attacked in the district court here in
a damage suit against the Empire
District Electric company Judge E. E
Sapp took the points raised under adj
visement and will rule upon the ques-
ton this afternoon Lawyers declare
that, upon the points made, Judge Sapp
will hold the law invalid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-04


last night by Patrolman Duncan,
charged with stealing a bicycle from
in front of the Y. NJ c. A. building
several days ago. The negro was try
ing to sell the wheel TO a secondhand
dealer in North Topeka.
Henry Hoffman. who created a dis
turbance at the Ohio house at noon
yesterday and fIourished gun during
an alteration with Jim Ford, the pro-
pTietor, was fined $40 in police court.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank L. Sturges and
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ Meade will attend
the Priests of PaIlas ball at Kansas
City this evening.
The manufacturers committee of the
Commercial club has been invited to
attend the Friday evening meeting of
the Topeka Jobbers and Manufacturers
association which has been called for
the purpose of discussing freight rates
as pertaining to Topeka. The commit
tee which Will make a report at that
time will consist of George P. McEn-
tire, George F. Fleischman, and Harry
Whiting.
The board of directors of the Topeka
Provident association has decided to
reorganIze the association at the an
nual business meeting, November 1.
Because of their too intimate rela-
were arrested last night on a state
warrant. The complaint was sworn to
by the Woman's husband, Will Jack
son, who had been looking for his wife
for several weeks He found her at
Jenkins home and produced sufficient
evidence on which to base a state case.
''Buss'' Cross. who annoyed the
county jailers by frequent visits with
female prisoners, is himself in jail for
an attack on NJ. Bundy, the jailer.
Cross went to the jail office last night
and demanded to see some of the pris-
onerS- When his request was denied,
commission and was making life bur-
den for the jailer when Henry Bayliss
interfered. Cross spent the night in
Jail and was today arrested on a
charge of assault and battery.
Clara L. Smith has filed suit in the
district court in which she asks for a
divorce from Clarence A Smith. She
charges gross neglect and extreme
cruelty as grounds for a separation.
The woman was married TO Smith in
Topeka October 3. 1908. In addition
to a decree, Mrs. Smith asks the
custody of their ten-Elonths-old
daughter, Dorothy Smith.
Annetta NJ Riddle today lost her
suit against the city for $4,000 dam
ages for fall on slippery sidewalk
The jury in the case was out less than
an hour and half and returned a
verdict for the city The plaintiff was
walking on a sidewalk at Twelfth and
Fillmore streets in September, 1910
when she slipped and fell on the walk
fracturing her arm and sustaining
minor injuries. She alleged that the
city had permitted a pile of dirt to