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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

state of Kansas, Shawnee County, IS.
In the Matter of the Estate of Homer
8, Corbett, deceased, late of Shawnee
County, Kansas
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.
day OF May, A. D. 1911, the UNDERSIGNED
was, by the Probate Court of Shawnee
County, Kansas, duly appointed Admins
traitor OF the estate Of Homer s. Corbett
late of Shawnee County, deceased. All
parties interested in said estate will take
notice and govern themselves accordingly
]. B. CORBETT, Administrator
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FOR RENT-Nice unfurnished rooms or
first floor, suitable for light housekeep
ing at lis West 9Th st. Inquire Ind phone
1880
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FOR RENT-oFFIcE ROOMS.

FOR RENT-Two first class office rooms
on first floor, S35 Kansas ave. G. O..
Smith, sos Topeka ave. Ind. phone 1897
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Notice is hereby given that sealed bids
Will be received by the Clerk of the Board
Of Education of the City of Topeka, on or
pe1ore O'Clock p. m. May 18th, 1911, for
certain Stone and Cement work at the
New Van Buren, building.
Plans and Specifications can be had by
applying TO the Clerk of the Board
The Board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids. -
Done by order of the Board, -.
w. J. stage, Clerk
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Published in The. Topeka State Journa
May 20. l911.I
No. 17627.
John f. Hanson
o.; Thos; G. Biddle, supt,: ct al

Thos: c. Biddle, Supt., ct al.
Original Proceeding in Mandamus.
Writ Denied.
Syllabus. BY the Court surch. 7.
Section S4S1s General Statutes 1909 which
proVldeSi that every patient admitted to
a public hospital for the insane shall
have all reasonable opportunities for COM
municating with his or her friends does
not confer upon an attorney the right to
invade the hospital in a merely profess
sional capacity for the purpose of seeing
and talking with patients who have sent
him word that they are of sound mind and
desire him to secure their discharge.
All the justices concurring.
A true copy.
Attest: d. A. VALENTINE
lSeaLl Clerk Supreme Court
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TO CONTRACTORS

First Published in The Topeka state
Journal Mayj9O, 1Sl1.1
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MODERN furnished and light housekeep-
ing rooms; new management Mr.. and
Mrs Dan Dwyer, SIG Kansas ave.
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FOR RENT-First class furnished room
east exposure. 1104 Kansas ave.
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FOR Rents pleasantly located unfur-
nished rooms, near business, ~ blocks
from the Virginia. House modern; private
family; references required. Call 1914 Ind.
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PICTURE FRAMING.

FRAMING: regilding. mat making. mount.
ing done by J. D. Sullivan. 122 W. EighxA
street. Packing. shipping. etc.
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ROOM AND BOARD. S. per week. Il
Van Buren, st.
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second floor, furnished or unfurnished
with or without board. modern. Call 42s
New England Bldg. Ind. 1348.
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FOR RENT-Business room: will make
repairs to suit tenant. $50 Monroe. Ind.
s2s.
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FOX RENT-ROOMS.
FOR RENT furnished HOUSEKEEPING
rooms with piano. Mrs. F. w. Swear
ingen, 2o5 E. Sth. Inquire Swearingen
jeWelry store.
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POOL AND BILLIARD TABLES.

FOR SALE-Ne= and secondhand BIZ
liard and pool tables and bowling alley1
We lead the world IN cheap bar fix
lures; easy payments. Send for catalogue
6runsWiek-B alike -Collender Co. le2e-o
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Have your keys made and lock repaired
by F. a. Bauman. Us Kan. ave. Bell 21s2
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FOR SALE AT A DESCOWN]

course with the International Corre-
sponoence School2 have a credit which
entities me to any course this institution
has which obtained in exchange for ad-
vertising. I have a course already that
I am studying myself and therefore can
recommend the ]. c. s. sincerely for I
have been greatly helped by their training
Address Temple. care Journal
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FURNISHED sleeping rooms, light house.
keeping rooms. az e. 9Th. Call after $50
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FLORISTS

HAYES GROWS THEIR OWN ro-.
Funeral designs q speciality. IOT w. SfE
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FOR Observation-Disclosures.

FOR RENT.Stone building rear Of /,
N. n Rei,er uit Tn Dse Lor storage or barr
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FOR RENT-Desk room, front sutta M,
New England Bldg. ''0' 'o'
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FOR RENT-Store building. corner s+h
and jackson SITS. T. r. Lannan-
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FOR RENT-Modern store rom, AN,
kan. ave. INQUIRE Gordon HOS ~
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CAPITAL CITY vITRIFIED BRICK a
h,,,1 Aa ~. GO. "a e. eth St Mfgs- 81
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FOR Observation-Disclosures.

CALL WILL RANDALL for hous
screens. Ind. 3041. 10S E. 18th st.
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FOR RENT-Modern furnished room, IL
Monroe. Ind. 2942 Red.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-05-11
DIED

Following an illness Of less than a
day Walter Ertz died last Thursday
night at the hospital. The cause of
his death was ptomaine poisoning. He
was at work in the morning painting a
boat and about 10 o'clock went to the
house, saying to his mother that he
was not feeling well and went to his
room 10 lie down. a few hours later
his mother went TO his room and was
shocked to find him dolirious. A doctor
was summoned and the patient was
taken to the hospital, dying a few
hours later. 1t Is presumed that the
poisoning resulted from inhaling the
fumes Of the paint.
The deceased was 80 years old. He
was a well known and popular young
man. He is survived by his parents,
two brothers Bruno of Milwaukee and
Hans, n cadet at Annapolis, and two
sisters, Misses Hannah and Vera Of
this city.
The funeral was held last Sunday
afternoon. lnterment was in Ever
green cemetery.
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127,4S5,00
$245,35S.59

We have not been able to find any
record of the expenditure for dredging
or other river improvements during
the eleven years between 1874 and
1885. Substantial sums must necesar
lily have been spent. II is therefore
only safe to say that there has been
raised by local taxation and spent up
on creation improvement and mainten
ance of the river channel substanti-
ally more than one-quarter of a mil
lion dollars. The Nation at large
whose commerce makes more than
900 Of the use of this river has never
expended a dollar on it.
The foregoing report is respectfully
submitted with the hope that it will
supply you with the information re-
quested by your communication to the
Mayor. Should you need any further
facts or figures to assist you in making
your recommendations in connection
with Manitowoc river and harbor we
shall be glad to follow the matter up
further. The figures given in this
report we consider substantially ac-
curate; so nearly so that the percen-
tages shown in Section vi. would not
be varied more than a fraction of Il
per cent. if we made the exhaustive
search necessary to verify the amount
of freight moved.
Many notables were at the meeting
the transportation companies send
ing representatives. Some of these
present included w. l.. Mercer
eaux the Pere Marquette Railway
superintendent; w. II. Killen land
agent of the 500 line; Capt Coch :
rane of the Goodrich company Peter
Reiss of the Reiss Coal company; 5.
A. Bradley general freight agent of
the Ann Arbor Railway company; G.
M. Winters superintendent of the 500
line, and Senator Randolph of this
city representing the Lehigh Valley
transportation company.
At the close OF the meeting Engineer
Tomkins thanked the committee for
its splendid and comprehensive report
and stated that it would be submitted
to the board of engineers at Washing
ton. Whatever the outcome will be
Manitowoc has made noble effort to
have the harbor maintained by the
government.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-05-11
Marriage Licenses.

The following marriage licenses have
been issued by the county clerk during
the past week:
Otis Granger and Lillian Kurth, both
of this city; Ed. Maly and Julia Rezba,
both Of Gibson; Arthur Rietbrook of
Sheboygan county and Minnie Voss Of
Meeme; Edward Englebrecht Of Mani
towoc and Rose Ostreich Of kossuth;
Louis Dornbronskey Of Milwaukee and
Wanda Harnek of Manltowoc; Jos. Bon
In and Lizzie Matzsik, both OF Newton;
Walter Had2inski of Rapids and Mary
Kortas Of Newton; Oscar Ninmer OF
Schleswig and Laura Westphalen of
Eaton; Stephen Mleziva Of Gibson and
Bessie Ieman OF kossuth.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-05-11
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES,

Miss Helen and Katherine Gray spent
Sunday with Miss Luella Carroll at
Green Bay, where she is attending the
academy.
Don't forget the District contest,
Friday evening, May T., at the New
Opera House.
The cities which will be represented
are, Milwaukee, Sheboygan, Port
Washington, and Mantowoc. Seats on
sale at G.. w. Fechter's. 1t is but once
in ten years that Manitowoc sees such
a contest and consequently large
crowd ought to be out, The winner of
this District Contest will meet the win
ners from the six or seven other dis
tricts Of the state at Madison in a final
contest.
The local Highs defeated the West
Green Bay High in the first baseball
game of the season, at the West Side
grounds, on Saturday, The game was
an exciting one all through.
Howard Wills has withdr-wa from
school for the rest of this semester
The Manitou Star for l9ll-l2 has
been selected, and is as follows:
Graeme OGeran, Manager; assis-
tants, WG. Stericker, Alfred Christian
son.
Editor, Peter Herzog; assistant, Grma
Schmitz.
Literary, Vivian Cayanaugh, Alfred
Muehlenbruch, Dorthy Voelker, lngolf
| Kiland.
Locals, Geo. Rank.
Organizations, Lydia Dueno.
Athletics, Adolph Frazier.
Current Events, Martin Morrisy.
Exchange, Flossie Wilkie.
Artists, Ottmar Schroeder, Grace
Hall, Marie Reehcygl.
4 fire drill took place Monday after
noon at 2:i0, at the High School.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-05-11
ITEMS FROM THE PILOT FILES.
FIFTY YEARS A GO.

PEACE MUST BE CONQUERED RY THE
MILITARY ARM OF THE NoRTH.-The
fact can no longer be disguised that it
will require a powerful military force
to put down the rebellion, crush cut
secessionism in the south, and preserve
the Union of the States. 1t is worse
than idle to underrate the military
power of the Confederate States, and
to cherish the idea that 100000 men
mustered from the North into the SER
vice of the government, can conquer
the forces which every mail assures us
are being brought into the field in the
Rebel States, and who are commanded
by experienced and skillfu leaders, who
entered into the present contest with
the determination to conquer or die.
These southern soldiers with
halters around their necks-will fight
desperately, and against fearful odds:
and the only way to prevent great
bloodshed and secure an early peace, is
to march against them, wherever they
may be concentrated in any numbers,
an Overwhelming force that will compel
them to surrender without firing d
shot, to swear allegiance to the gener-
al government, and to assist in hanging
their leaders.
Our state authorities cannot move
too rapidly in bringing volunteers into
the service of the state, preparatory to
being mustered into the service of the
Federal Government when required.
These volunteers should draw the same
monthly pay from the state from the
time of their enlistment until drawn
into the service of the United States,
as they will receive after that period,
and the Legislature should authorize a
loan of at least one million Of dollars
to meet contingent expenses. The
legislature should also authorize the
several cities and villages in the state
to levy and collect tax on property
the same as other taxes are levied and
collected, for the support of the fami-
lies of volunteers while in the service
of the State or United States. These
measures must meet the approval of
all patriotic citizens, as oqualizing the
assessment of war expenses; and as
they look to the most speedy termina-
tion of the war, would certainly be the
most wise and economical measures
that could be adopted.
Let the blows fall thick and hard
upon the traitors, and their doom will
soon be sealed, by the restoration of
peace to the people of the several
states united under one government
the most powerful, prosperous, and en-
lightened on the face of the earth-a
government that no traitorous hand
will again attempt to subvert,
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Dredging
$S5,851.17 |


The records of the City Clerk Of
this city show that the amount to be
raised by this city during the coming
year by tax of real and personal pro
perty is $61,7Oo.oO. This represents
about the average rate Of tax for sew
al years past. The schedule just
quoted shows that the average expen-
diture In each of eleven years nam
ed for dredging has been about $780,
90 or about twelve and one half per
cent, Of the total amount collected
from real and personal property by tax
alton Taking only the last four years
indicated In the schedule 1906, 1907
1909 and 1910, we have an expenditure
for dredging amounting to about $751;
100000 or say about $12,75000 In each
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-05-11

THE MAMITOWOC GUARDS. This
hardy Company of Volunteers are an
xious for n fight with the enemies of
their country, but are beginning to de-
spond for fear they may not have a
chance too show their valor and skill.
Don't be too impatient, boys; you will
soon be called into active service, and
have most splendid opportunity to
exhibit your courage and prowess in
arms unless jeff. Davis should cave.
Who believes he will? He is scertainly
a splendid officer; has the courage to
fight and the courage to die-and more
than that; he believes he has only to
fight to conquer the whole Yankee nG-
tiuE, and beat u reveille on Bunker
Hill.
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FOR SALE-BY OWNER.

Biggest bargain on North side.
Beautiful 16-room and basement brick
residence with large barn Of Is stalls,
and all improvements; rental s27 per
month, practically new. Must be sold
before July. Address-420N Street.
Manitowoc, Wis. Investigate our
building at once. Easy payments. At
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-05-11
PUBLIC AUCTION.

Notice is hereby given that the real
estate and personal property Of the late
o. o. Berge OF the town OF Liberty
will be sold at public auction on We'd
nesday, May II, beginning at O'Clock
A. M. The auction will be held on the
old place one mile east and one mile
north from st. Nazianz. The real es-
tate consists of 200 acres and the per-
sonal property is that which is usually
found on large farm.
OLE BERGE,
Administrator.
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1000


We do not consider the rehandled
shipments to be especially significant
since the rehandling process is mere
ly Of incidental benefit to the city.
The great bulk of rehandled freight
consists of grain brought from the
west put in elevators and from there
pot IN vessels ard OF coal brought in
10y vessels put on dock and sent out
to the west by cars. All of this handl-
ing grain andcoal is done by machinery
so that the employment of labor and
the payment of wages Is reduced to
minimum the percentage of
interest and of importance in this
inquiry are those showing the amount
of commerce on our river which is To-
cal in character in proportion amount
which is not local and which may be
described as interstate or national.
In thi csonnection attention is called
to the fact that nearly a million tons
out of he 1231000 tons of freight en-
tering our port consists of coal all
of which is carried west and distri-
buted in the northwestern states ex-
cept about 10000 tons used locally;
further of the $4,000 tons Of freight
sent east almost 100000 tons consists
of lumber and grain drawn from north
west states and distributed through
eastern states. These items are men
toned only to emphasize the point
that the traffic making use of the
Manitowoc river originates from and
is distributed to widely separate point
throughout the country.
WI.
We have now covered the points
mentioned in your letter of inquiry.
We think it proper however, to add to
this report some facts showing the
burdens that citizens of this city have
laid upon themselves in creating and
maintaining the river channel up TO
the present time.
The following shows the amount
expended by the city in dredging the
river and turning basins during each
of eleven years beginning with 1898
and ending with 1910:
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of such years; or including the year
1908 when nothing was spent for dredg
ing the average charge against the
city would come to about 100000
per year. That means that the city
has been spending out of Its funds rails
ed from local property an amount ap-
proximating sixteen and two-thiris
per cent of all taxes SO collected. This
Is burden which the community
should not be expected to carry. In
this connection it should be noted
that large portion of the river from
tage is occupied by railway terminals
with coal docks and grain elevators
upon which the city is unable to levy
any local taxes. These taxes are col
lected by the State along with the 9th
er railway taxes. The total amount
expended from local public revenues
on the Manitowoc river cannot be ac-
curately stated. The records of the
city clerk do not show what expendi
lures were made for river improve
ments prior to 1885. other research,
however, has brought to light the fol-
lowing amounts spent since'1S67
Dredging raised by taxation:
1857 $20,OJO.N0
1868 100000
1869 100000
Contributed by Town of Kossuth
for dredging 100000
Total expenditure of city for dock
ing stub ends of streets not
less than 100000
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-05-11

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.
George Guyles was brought to Mani
towoc on Tuesday. His friends have
no hope of his recovery.
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brought from the east by boat put on
dock or hauled out to westerly points
and the number of tons brought FROM
westerly points by rail, put on dock
or in elevator or ware house and load
ed into vessels and shipped east dur
ing 1910, totaled 66S,137.
vi.
In order to indicate the proportion
ate amount of traffic in ManitowOc
which isstrictly local and that which
is interstate we have compiled from
the foregoing totals the following per-
centages:-
Freight Shipped Out In 1910
Interstate business 91%%
Business originating at Mani
towoo SA%
1000
Freight shipped in in 1910.
Interstate business S92%
DuSlutoS Icl HlIuullH6 dt huhi-
towot 1Ok%
1902
Total Commerce In and out in 1910
Through business east and west
constitutes 9O.2%
Business local to Manitowoc east
ard west constitutes $50
1902
Total tonnage cleared in 1910, $4,000
Total tonnage entered 1910, 1231331
17479S5
Shipments originating
here 42617
Shipments terminating
Manitowoc 129109
171726
Net amount of through traffic
east and west 1575659
Amount of through commerce rehandl-
ed in Manitowoc 1910 668137
Through shipments not re-
handled $3.50
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$113,0O0.0O
144855

Estimated ten cents per yard
14,4S5)0
127, ,4S500
Expended from 1885 to 1897 17,00942
Expended from 1898 to 1910 S5,S5117
Int. on dredging indebtedness
to date 15,013OO
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-05-11

Peter Carrigan and wife are visiting
friends in Franklin, this county. Some
years ago Mr.. Carrigan was teacher
in this place, later land speculator
and he is now railroad man in Iowa.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-05-11

Judge Kirwan this week purchased
the residence of Z. j. Pierce. He will
move there some time in June.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-05-11

Inc 2lSJ, tdpldln Emil Daenscn ana
Mayor Rahr will be the orators on the
occasion.
=. II. Hewitt has been engaged as
principal of the First ward public
school of this city for the coming year.
He is at present teaching in kiel. Mr..
Miller whom he succeeds will not con
tinue in the profession beyond the
close of the present school year. He
will attend Il medical college.
The London papers find that the
riots in Chicago were due to Irish in
nuences. This is how Irish history is
made, based upon malicious misrepre-
sentation and accepted as gospel. There
was not an Irishman among the riot
ers. On the contrary every man who
fell on the side of law in the struggle
against the anarchists was an Irishman.
There were no misleading reports upon
which the London press might come TO
the conclusion that these were Irish
riots. For some unaccountable reason
the Intelligent reporter did not
make burly rioter speak in the mile
sian brogue. IL was pure unadulterat-
ed lying on the part of the English
press and designed to injure the pros
poets of home rule. Put it down to the
Irish; they have grown accustomed to
misrepresentation.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-05-11

Decoration DQy will he observed with
the usual ceremonies this year. The
celebration will take place on Monday
the 3lst. Captain Emil Baensch and
Mayor Rahr will be the orators on the
occasion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-05-11

Taking up next the amount Of com
merce rehandled at Manitowoc we re-
port as follows:--
The number OF tons of freight
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-14
PEACE PACT RECEIVED.

praft o. Agreement Of Faetions IN
Honduras Gent TO New Orleans.
Ne worleans, March 14-The full
draft Of the peace agreement signed
by the representatives Of the Honduran
government and the revolutiontsts ut
Puerto cortez a week ago. reached New
ORLEANS today. Francisco Beltran. the
provisional president, It is agreed
shall have the support Of all the politi-
cal factions Of the country. which are
allied with the government and the
revolution.
An important provision Is the recon-
mendation that the provisional gov
ernment take steps to settle the public
debt This probably means that an
s.American bond issue will be negotiated
The congress now in session Is bound
! 10 cal; ull s::sc.!cn for national officers
In octobsr and 1t is agreed that the
provisional government as well as that
organized as result Of the elections
i on october next. will respect the prom :
lsas OF the administration and Of the
Fevolutioniots In the present pact.