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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-03-28

$5677.7O

1906 $567770
Bids for the contract are now being
advertised for by the County Court, to
be opened at 10 o'clock, April 1. 1t
is required that the work be complet-
ed by June Is, and bonds of $4,000
will be demanded of the contractor.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-03-28

are strictly all right on
lplements at Guy Broth
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-03-28
Oppose Referendum.

Another resolution was adopted in
which the club condemned the move
ment to invoke the referendum
against the appropriations made by
the last Legislature for the mainten-
ance of the University of Oregon at
Eugene, the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege at Corvallis, and the State Nor
NAL School at Monmouth.
Several matters needing the atten-
tion of the Commercial Club were
brought up, and further action will be
taken at a meeting to be held We'd
nesday night, April 8, when final or
ganizaton will be completed.
The initiation fee for membership
in the club was fixed at 81, with
monthly dues of % cents, and an eff
fort will be made to induce every man
in town to become a member and a
booster, not only for Dallas, but for
Polk County.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-25
Schenk Case Is Nearly Ready
for the Jury.
Senior Counsel for Defense Re-
sumes His Argument.
WORD FROM SENATE.
Upper House of Congress Is
Interested in Trial.
Inquiry Made Regarding Use of
the Third Degree"

Wheeling, Jan. 25.-The last day Of
the trial of Mrs. Laura. Farnsworts,
Schenk. charged with poisoning her
i,usoaho' John O. Schenk, opened with
the conVenlng of court at 9 o'oclck
. %. Boyce. senior counsel for the
oeIense' who was in the midst of his
argument when tho hour of the adj
Journment arrived last night, resumed
this morning.
II became known today that the Uni
TED States senate through it's commit
Tee TO investigate criminal law admin
1stratlon is Interested in the case of
Mrs. Schenk- 1t has been maintained
by the defense that third degree
methods have been used by the authori-
ties Tor the purpose of extorting al
ieged confessions or testimony against
the oeIendant. Attorney J. P. O'Brien,
Tor the defense, received telegram
from Louis J. Carmody of the commit
tee OF the senate, in which he asks
whether There is anything to show
tnlrd degree methods used by the pros
ecutlon to force this alleged statement
from your client Am watching this
case carefully and will appreciate any
thing you may do to help me-
Attorney O'Brien sent the following
reply:
Would not advise investigation un-
til after the verdict
Prosecutor Handlan refused to dis
cuSS the matter.
PROSECUTOR Handlan began his ad-
dress for the state at II o'clock. Mrs.
Schenk had retained a calm demeanor
during the great part of the morning,
put gradually gave way and bowling
her head sobbed bitterly. The court
house was surrounded by an immense
crowd when the prosecutor began his
address. in the hope there might still
be one vacant seat in the court room.
But all were occupied and the crowd
was driven back
The prosecutor argued that Mrs
Schenk took her husband home from
one hospital because her opportunity
of poisoning him was being taken from
her and she attempted to take him
home from another hospital for the
same reason. She was also prevented
from carrying out her plan, he said,
by her arrest
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of my last letter to him at my expense.
But later, as left my house, that same
woman left hers and looked at me fix
eddy and L do not think it was Mrs.
Frevert. Now, why did she make these
advances?
TT occurred to me later that had 7
hlrted with her. a claim of my having
acted IN an annoying way might have
been circulated, to my detriment. I
must be careful Of what plans this
blackguard may make to injure me-
The theory that he is seeking to do so,
however, rests on stronger evidence
than the mere incident just discussed
Here the writer ramblingly describes
how he was followed by strange man.
how the stranger apparently ATTEMPTED
to annoy him by rafting the spoon in
his coffee cup in 10 cent restaurant"
and how, when he finally got a good
sight of him, the face of the stranger
appeared to him "a good family likeness
Gaynor."
Sketch of Phillips.
David Graham Phillips was born in
Madison, Ind, on October 81, 1857. and
was graduated first from De Pauw uni
versity and later from Princeton with
the class of 'S7. His first literary work
was done rs reporter for the New
York Sun, which he left to become an
editorial writer for the New York
World. While still with the World he
published in 1901 his first novel, "The
Great God Success" 1t brought him
royalties and he resigned from news
paper work to devote himself to fiction
and the magazines.
Most of his novels have had a ming
ling of society and business life in the
whirls of New York city, with an oc-
casional swing back to the rural In
diana life of his youth.
Some of his writings has so strongly
attacked woman and her influence as
to bring beratings on the author from
those who thought themselves affected
When he laid the woes of America to
the women in his THE Husbands
Wife he had to stand a. brisk verbal
battering from indignant feminine crit
les. 1.-THE Mans Story also aroused a
storm of protest from American wo-
men.
How rarely in our country Mr..
Phillips wrote, do you find woman
who is an interesting companion for
man except as female and male pair or
survey the prospect OF pairing! And it
matters not what line OF activity the
man is taking politics, liter
allure, art, philanthropy even- The wo-
men are eternaIly talking about their
superiority to, the business man, but do
they get along any better with the
! artist-unless he is cu1tivating the wo-
man for the sake of an order for pic
ture?
rs there any line of serious endeavor
in which an American woman is inter
esting and helpful and companionable
to a man?
1.-The American woman is fooled by
he- vanity, 1 fear, and by her sex at
traction, and by the influence of the
money her despised father or husband
gives her.. There's a reason why Amer
lea is VIGOROUSLY the land of bachelor
husbands-and that reason is not the
one the women and foreign fortune
hunters assert. The American man
lets the case go by default against him
not because he couldn't answer. not be-
cause he is polite, but because he is in
different
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FAvORS The BEARS
News From Worlds Wheat
Fields Weakens Prices.
Bulls Backed by Reciprocity
Talk Force a Rally.
FIRMNESS IN CORN.
A Decline in Hogs Starts Pro-
visions Downward.
Cattle Are Quoted Steady and
Active at II. C.

sr onlcago, Jan. 25.-WHEAT-PIenty of
snow IN Russia protecting the fail sown
Up had tendency to ease off wheat
p PIE TO-DAY Conditions in other Euro
Rfo Pan countries We're also reported as
Iavorable to the bear side offers fron7
India and the Argentine continued lihepaI
ana domestic advices likewise appeared 70
De against the bulls ~ ~
Inc principal factors were moderate
temperatures, noise Skies cash demand
SOW sl and flour trade poor Tfghtness in
the March delivery at Livernooi howeyeI
led to a little show of Strength b@ra a.
the outset. The opening was unchanged
10 &c up May started at 9Sszc to 9Sa[G9S7sc
an ADVANCE of a shade to- &c but declined
to 9S1s@9S5sc. 0eo'i'ieu
Ihaws southwest improved the cron ont
i P;,l ana further weakened the market
sudden rally Canadian reciprocity talk
aid GO, The close was steady with MAY
at SSzs49Sc, net gain of nc
OORN-COrn was firmer on the mild
weather and because of yesterdays ex-
p porI business May opened a 18th to 1sc
at the higher level.
Smallness of country sales kept the mar
ket from declining The close was firm
WIN " May nc up at 50ssc, net gain of &c
OAIS-Oats though dull sympathiZed
win the strength of corn. May started a.
but receded to 345kc '''40'
OVISIONS-Provisions weakened in
consequence of decline $1O55 in hog
prices sales were 21a025sc down with
May options at $1S.3712 to $1S.45 for pork;
$sI5a for lard and $3.50 to S.S21. for ribs.
RYE-Cash: No. 2 S415c
BARLEY-CaSh: S. 25G1O u. March s10 so
@11.OO. -'i&'' ILL., ~i0'0o
$1475. "- ei''
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KANSAS DAY CLUB.
Women Will Celebrate the State Semi
Centennial Next Week.

The Woman's Kansas Day club is
planning big time for January 81
The fiftieth anniversary of the state
will be appropriately celebrated at
the First Presbyterian church. There
will be a business meeting, luncheon
and reception which will be held on
the lower floor of the church.
Kansas is the proud possessor of
what might be called a patrician class,
meaning in it's generic sense "descen-
dants or, reputed descendants of the
original citizen families.
The Woman's Kansas Day club
claims as it's own from the very ma
ture of its organization the nobility of
the state-those citizens who have
shaped its history and have placed it
in the front rank of progress.
The members of the club are hard
at work this week making elaborate
arrangements for the meeting. A gen.
uine interest is being shown on every
hand and fine prospects are in store
pointing to an enthusiastic fore-gath-
ering at the birthday party" Every
effort is being made to look after the
comfort of the guests. In case the
day is stormy the elderly ladies will
be especially cared for
Patriotic songs in which all are ex-
pected to join, will be sung during the
luncheon; short interesting after
dinner talks by representative Kansas
women will be strong feature. Beau
tiful souvenir programs fitting to
grace the occasion will be presented
to each guest at the luncheon.
Mrs. E. W. Hoch of Marion, wife
of Ex-Governor Hoch, will call the
| business meeting to order promptly
at ! 1 O'Clock. She will also preside as
| toast-mistress at the luncheon. Out
of-town guests will be particularly
welcome, and the time of meeting has
been arranged to accommodate them.
Tickets on sale at the Prudential bank
and Travelling Library in Topeka.
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Topeka Hide Market
Quotations furnished by James - Sn,tn
Hide Co.. los East Third StI
cp Topeka, Kan. Jan. Is.

topeka, Kan, Jan. q
GREEN CURED 81
Hides-Natives. short haired No o..
No 2, Sc; side brands, over 40 fiat az yc'
sG bs5Is a brands ds.s undeE 40 fiat No i,
5c bulls lis. side deb branded, flat. No. 7c:
green salt cured, deacons. each EoSsS5yzCs
slunks. EACH 25lG15c. 'Oeo0o'
Green uneured hides 11kc less than sam.
grade cured. Soliis
Green frozen hides are No. .
Green half cured. szc less than curea-
borsa Sides' No green 81 no; 2 81. 75@s Is:
hides. 75cQs15o; sheep peits. Green. Rge 9cSA
sl-00: dry. according to wool ner II, s'S *
10c. pel lbs 30
TALL0W-No /. SC: No. 2. &c.
BEESWAX-15G2oc
he DRf 1sc ai1 dry fjinty flint; butchers
heaxy: Is ,h lbs and md upl. lac: dry salt, meht
,WooI[Heayy fine. IO@izc; CoIoTgs iggo-
m ne o rssalse;; Light fine. 1s@i4s heav9
S cInfb;e medigm combing iS@Soc: medium
fiebf TX. a0g g low and braid. 11aIsc:
tlne. lOg12c; Kansas. Nebraska and 0lxTSs:
noma; Bright medium. 140I6c. darL 1aaa
iuzn, E014c: light fine 12G1Sc 4oiA heo'
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CHICAGO Five stock Market.

Chicago. Jan. 25.-CATTLE-Receip
estimated a 49, 600. Market steady Beeves.
"a. 75@7 90: Texas steers, "a. $1,000; western
steers, s450G5. Is; stockers and feeders,
So 7OQI5.7O; cows and heifers. $2.5oQ6.lo
calves, S.2509.25.
HOGS-Receipts estimated at 10000 Mar
ket 5d10c lower. Light. $7-60q7-s5; mixed,
81. 60@7 IS; heavy, s7.55@7. 50; rough, 1880
ST. 90: bulk of sales, S.f047-s0:
SHEEP-Receipts estimated at 2O,0o-
Market steady. Native, $250gG4 10; west
ern 81 7Od4 80; yearlings. $4-504560: lambs,
native. s4366 IS west ern, s4.75@6. 20.
DAILY MOVEMENT OF PRODUCE.
ments, 81 100 bushels.
CORN-Receipts. $3.50 bushels; ship
Car LOT receipts: Wheat 20 cars, with 4
of contract grade; corn 600 cars, with 2
Of contract grade; oats 200 cars.
neanoIis and Duluth today were 459 cars,
compared with 267 cars last week and 536
cars the corresponding day a year ago.
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New yorl Produce Nsarket.

New York, Jan. 25.-BUTTER-Marke
easy. Creamery third to first, 1SQ23c; fac
tory held, 17@1714c; ditto current make,
161z@171ac.
CHEESE-Mark barely steady. State
whole milk. September quality, fancy
white, 15c.
EGGS-Market weak. State Pennsyl-
vania and nearby hennery white, fancy
large, 36c; ditto gathered white, S2Q34c;
gathered, 3oGssc; fresh gathered, selected
extras 24@25c; ditto first 22Q221ac; ditto
seconds, 20@21c; refrigerator firsts, Tic;
ditto seconds. 15016c.
POULTRY-Dressed, weak; western
chickens. 14@19c; fowls, 131aQ161ac; tur-
keys, 16Q25c.
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Chicago Grain Market.
Open High Low Close Close
Kansas City Produce Marlxet

Kansas City. Jan. 25.-WHEAT-Cash.
1ac to lie lower. No. . hard, 93094c: No. &
ss71 6s, NO. red, $100q1-o2; No. 3. 9Sc@
CoRN-Aarket~ 14@azc higher. No. ?
mixed, 4Sc; No 3, 441zc; No. 2 white, 46c; ;
No. 8, 44s4945c.
OATS-Market unchanged. No. white,
S21sG3314c; No. 2 mixed, Base
RYE-No. ., 7467Sc
I1AY-Market unchanged. Choice tim
othy. $400@14.50; choice prairie, $500
BUTTER-Creamery, 24c; firsts, Bic:
seconds. 19c; packing stock 13c
EGGS--Extras. 201Ac; firsts. 1s1kc; Sec
onds, 131zc.
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CHICAGO Produce Market.


Chicago, Jan. 6-BUTTER-Marke
steady. Creameries, 17Q25c; diaries, 800
PC.
EGGS-Market steady Receipts. 6SoS
cases; at mark, cases included ltQlSc ;
firsts, zoe; prime firsts, BIC.
CHEESE-Market unsettled Daisies, 10
@15Ac; Twins, 13@131sc; Young Americas
151sM16c; Long Horns, 150151zc.
POTATOESMarket weak. Choice to
fancy, 47@50c; fair to good, 43@45c.
lie; dressed, pc; chickens, live, 13c;
dressed. lie; springs, live, 111zc; dressed,
12c.
VEAL-Marlxet steady. 50 to 60 h. WITS,
Size; so to IS Id. WITS, 101se; IS to no ID.
WITS, 1115c.
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Conservation of Bishop Thurston.

Minneapolis, Jan. 25.-Bishops of a
dozen or more Episcopal dioceses and
hundreds of visiting clergymen gath
cred in st. Paul Episcopal church to-
day to attend the consecretion of Rev.
Theodore Payne Thurston, rector Of
st. Paul church, as bishop of east
diocese of Oklahoma. The consecra-
tor was Right Rev. Daniel Sylvester
futile, bishop of Missouri and pre-
siding bishop of the church.
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Ballot Boxes in a Reservoir.

Perry, Ok. Jan. 25.-Fifteen ballot
boxes used in the general election last
November have been found in the wa
terworks reservoir here. Several
county officials were elected by small
majorities The pending investigation
of the election will be pushed.
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Market price paid for dry Tot cattle
BUTTER AND EGGS.
FURNISHED by The Continental Creamery
Co. Topeka. kan.l
n Y EGCS-2c.
CREAMERY BUTTER-Chicago. Csc;
N Y 25M2519c; Elgin, &c.
WHOLESALE prices furnished by Cops's
City Market Housed
EGGS.Eresh country. candled. 19c.
young ro o 81 o oRG 90 ss
Toms, 15c. Ducks F. F. F., 12c; Geese F.
No; ! R a. sa doz. s5c: dressed
State law does not permit sale of rab-
GUINEAS-Per doz., $780,
BUTTER-Packing stock per Ib. re.
Dairy butter in Jars and pound prints
Pigeons in dozen lots, delivery Eeby,-
airy 1st, 75c per dozen. Less than dozen
WaoLIEEsALkE FRUIT AND PRODUCE.
FURNISHED by Ssm1 2. Lux. Wholesale
BANANAs sa ahn r SEED SddncB., Ne,
bunch. s2:OoQ2.25 Is: large 5unches. her
0q BoR s aPYIEI Per lb 5yasci
per box. sl.5o; Fancy Ben Davis. per box.
Wi0es apRcy pee Ga bos I geE DGS
Pippins. per box, SIZE; Winesaps. per Dbl.
JONATHAN APPLEs-Per box som
CALIFORNIA LEMoNs-Per' f box s.'C sleo
NAVEL oRANGEs-Per. box. s2.4o
FLORIDA GRAPE FRUfT-fP Fer box.
STRAWBERRIES Fancy Mcfarland.
BOXED CRANBERRIES-Per hoy 81 ~.
Fancy Jerseys, per box, $500. Lots Of fer;
or more boxes SC per box less.
PACKAGE FIGs-Per box. II cartons.
PACKAGE DATES-Per box. ss7s
HALLOWI DATES-Per lb 7c
COCOANUTS-Fancy Routans per dox
SIC; per sack, original s625.
COLORADO HONEY-Per 24-rack Gaze
S3.S5.
FANCY INDIANA RED GIoRp
SPANISH ONIONS-Per crate 81 10
CALIFORNIA CAULIFLOwER - Per
ROOT VEGETABLES ner bu
50c; beets. per bu:, 15c: parsnips. per bIl
Sc; carrots. per bu. SIC; Rutabagas. per
POTATOES-CoIorado Rurals. ner bn
sc; Western Slope Colorado Rurals, per
SWEET PoTAToEs-Per bu., s1.25.
New New y yoT F P,ain Selects per se
ards. per gallon. s150: New York Plain
Selects. per gal. s1.s0: New York Extra
per gal, 50. 20: Baltimore Standards gai'
81 %: Shell oysters. l. 400 size. per 100 Il m
CELERY-Mammoth, per bunch az:
Jumbo. per bunch. 75c. '0Ss
HOLLAND CABBAGE Per cwt..
CHEESE-L. H. cheese, per Ib.. 1917.
..-mburger. per h.. 1910; wis. yellow 81
lbs. per lb 1870: Wis. white. so lbs, per
l61ac: Block Swiss, % to 30 lbs. each ne.
h.. tic. 20
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New york Stock .farket.

Wall St, New York, Jan. SIS STOCKS
Gains were general at the opening of the
United States Steel sold at 1874 to 1875
against last nights closing price of rs.
Western Maryland, Southern Pacific and
Union Pacific advanced % each and most
of the other active issues improved frac-
tionally. Several large blocks of the New
York City bonds sold at 1O1 to 1011s, com
pared with yesterdays closing at 1o114;
Toledo, st. Louis and Western preferred
was the weak spot. declining points
The market was unsettled in the early
trading, alternately rising and falling on
fractional range. Opening gains were
lost but there was subsequent rally led
by United States Steel which went to 1874
American Smelling and American Canad-
dian preferred improved point At IL
again with the leading stocks ruling under
yesterday closing.
The professional element protested dis
appointment at the failure of the market
to make more favorable response to yes
terdays bond offering and sold the active
list Reading was offered by houses with
Philadelphia connections and Plttsburg
was a seller of Steel shares in the face
of yesterdays intimations of a possible
advance in the Steel products. Hartman
issues declined with the revival or the
rumorS that Southern Pacific is soon to
engage in extensive financing abroad. Sim
liar reports were without much effect on
New York Central. St. Paul was the
strongest of the Standard Railway shares
on the belief that the regular dividends
would be declared tomorrow. Lower prices
showed over night losses of l to " in
Reading. Union Pacific, Louisville and
Nashville, Lehigh Valley, Norfolk and
buck was UP points, Lackawanna 5 and
American Express 10.
Bonds were irregular.
The market was virtually unchanged in
the early afternoon and showed extreme
dullness Prices held close to the low
point of the day.
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Ixansas civ Live Stock Market.

Kansas City, Jan. 25.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 1900, including 800 southerns: Mar
ket steady. Native steers, 50 2od6.Io;
s.. OO6I4.75; native cows and heifers. s.. 290
625; stockers and feeders, 81 .59d5.90; bulls
81 Ood5.5; calves, s4.50G8.75; western
steers. S5.O0d6O0: western cows, s.. 25@50o
HOGS-Receipts 1900. Market 5d10c
lower. Bulk of sales, S65G170; heavy,
ST 6567 20: packers and butchers, $7.60Q
no: lights, $7.6067.70.
SHEEP-Receipts 5000. Market steady
and active Muttons, S4.O004.60; lambs,
s.. 5OG6. 10: fed wethers and yearlings, 81. %
1850; fed western ewes, s4.60Q4. 40.
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SOUTHWESTERN I,uml,ermen Meet.

Kansas City. Jan. 25-The annual con-
vent!on of the Southwestern -I1umbe-men
association met here today with delegates
present from Arkansas. Missouri. Nebras-
ka. Kansas Oklahoma, Iowa, Colorado
and Texas.
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WHEAT-Receipts, 50 cars.
CLOSE: WHEAT-May, So34Q95ssc ask
ed; July, 91ssG9115c.
CORN-May, Acc sellers; July, 493sdooc-
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r-,nsas CITY Live stock saIes.

rThe following sales were made this
morning at the Stock Yards, Kansas
City. and reported over long distance
Clay, Robinson & Co.. live stock commits
sion merchants. with offices at all mar
kets.1
Kansas City, Jan. 25.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 1000 head. Market steady and &C
HOGS Receipts 1900 head. Market
open steady; now &c to 10c lower. Bulk
of sales. S7.65d7-75; top, S.771z-
SHEEP-Receipts 5000 head. Market
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Topeka Markets.
FURNISHED by the Chas Woln Packing
Co. yards close at noon Saturday. we
cannot use pigs, thin sows or NOES
weighing less than 40 lbs. Do not mar
ket hogs unless same are well finished.
as we cannot use half fat stuff. We give
Their notice.1
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New york Money Market.

call steady, 2A021a per cent; ruling rate
21s per cent; closing bid "a per cent; offer
light demand: 60 DAY bills offered at 8
per cent and 80 day bills sA per cent; six
months 3A Der cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper 4 to
Sterling exchange steady with actual
business in bankers bilsl at 81. S2.5}cJ4S2.1O
for Oday bills and at $4S6.05- for demand.
Commercial bills $4.S1A@4.S214-
SILVER-Bar silver, 53Ac; Mexican dol
lars, 45c.
road bonds irregular.
New York Sugar and Coffee Market.
New York, Jan. 25.-SUGAR-Ravv,
quiet: Muscovado, 80 test, $3.50; centri-
fugal, 96 test, s3.45; molasses, 50 test, $210
CoFFEE~Spot. steady. No. I Rio, 1850
1870; No. Santos. 1880.
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and Central

Topeka Grain Marl~at
FURNISHED by j. b. Billiard, Corner 90
sdS ave-, and Curtis ST
Topeka. Kan, Jan. 2.
C0RN-4pc
oATS-3nc.
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Topeka, Kan, Jan. Is.
Market closed ali day Monday, Decen-
ber 18th, and Monday: January :. 1sn
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Cotton Market.

Cotton Market.
Galveston, Tex, Jan. 25.-COTTON-
Market steady, 15c.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-07-03

Nealy an inch of rain fell Saturday
afternoon and night, the guage at the
Normal registering SO inches. TIE
rain began with a terrific downpour
that flushed the sutters to overflow
ing. This continued only a few min
stes but it filled the rain gauge up
to the .73 inches notch. The rain dur
ing the evening amounted to .12 inch.
es. New Mexico certainly has II
on" Colorado and Kansas this yer,
those states are crying for rain. Dun
ing the past seven days an inch ami
one-half of rain has fallen in Las
Vegas and three baseball games have
been postponed on account of wet
grounds. One Kansas town has call.
ed off its Fourth of July celebration
for fear the grass in the city park
would catch fire. Las Vegas is pray
ing it will not rain on the Fourth.
The dry farmers are happy and that
makes everybody else feel good.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-07-03
Minute
EXPRESS WRECKED
TWO KILLED AND II INJURED
WHEN PASSENGER TRAINS
COLLIDE

Philadelphia, July 3.-Two persons
were killed and seventeen others in
ured when a Pennsylvania express
train. bound for Atlantic City, side
swiped a local passenger train at
Lucaston, little station two miles
north of Camden, N. j., today.
Railroad officials say the accident
was due to a brakeman's throwing a
cross-over switch instead of a siding
switch.
Two coaches of the local train were
derailed and partly wrecked and the
killed and injured were in these cars.
Little or no damage was inflicted on
the express train, but it had a narrow
escape from an awful accident. It's
schedule calls for speed of a mile
a minute, and it was unusually long,
being made up of Pullmans and steel
coaches. Had the impact occurred a
fraction of second later both trains
must inevitably have been wrecked
with terrible loss of life.