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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-26
SNIP SHOTS
AT Home NEwA

! Herbert Cavaness of Chanute is spend
! ing today in Topeka.
There will be no school in Topeka OF
| Thursday and Friday.
| george Fitch will lecture tonight Oh
| Speed" at the Central Congregational
| church.
large force of city workmen is still
| busy in Melrose addition grading the
streets.
A meeting of the Parent-Teacher asso-
citation of the Lafayette school will be
held this evening.
Roasting chickens for Thanksgiving are
now selling at 20 cents a pound; spring
flyers cost Is cents.
United States Attorney Harry J. Bone
leaves today for Kansas City. where he
Will spend the reSt<Cf the week.
The will and estate of James P. Rowley
was admitted to probate court last night
Mrs. Rowley is appointed eXecutrix-
Willie N. Medley, 81 years old, and Flora
NJ. Roy, 1S both of Silver Lake, were mar
ried this morning before the judge of the
probate court.
The school children of the city have al
ready begun to count the days before the
Christmas holidays begin. The date is
December 20.
to have been given tonight at washburn
college, has been postponed until after
the first of January.
A government food chart which shows
values in various articles of diet has been
procured by S. c. Starr, superintendent
of schools, for use in the grades.
Hunting licenses are selling at the rate
of 20 or so a day, according to reports
from the county clerks office. The quail
season lasts only four days longer.
The federal court has decided to sub
poena Wells Lounsberry's witnesses at
the governments expense. D. c. Tillotsor
has been appointed by the court attor-
ney for the train robber.
Major A. NJ Harvey and c. S. Briggs
are spending today in court in Kansas
City, Kan. One of the cases they will dis
cuss is that of E. E. Barton, who will
plead guilty to copnterfeiting.
j. Harry French has taken out a build
dwelling at HOS Harrison street. A per
NIT has been issued to E. r. Ambrose to
build dwelling at 914 West Ninth street.
Several meetings of the promotion COM
mittee OF the Commercial club will be held
this week to get ready for. the campaign
for procuring of subscriptions for the fac
tory aid plan which will probably be con-
Quoted next week.
A dozen stereoscopes with views are be-
ing used in the local grade schools to as
sist in the teaching of geography. The
innovation. Movies have already been
introduced in the schools in some eastern
points.
Word has been received that James E.
Coulter, who has charge of the well re-
membered 7. MY. w. c. A. white eie-
phant' campaign, recently died suddenly
at Newark, N. j. Death resulted from
blood poisoning. Mr.. Coulter won many
friends while in Topeka pushing the cam
paign for association funas.
At the annual parish meeting Monday
night the following were elected vestry-
men of Grace cathedral for the ensuing
year: H. c. Kbbee, e. J. Shakeshaft, Z.
c. Williams, J. r. Burrow, W. a. Smith,
E. w. Thompson, D. w. Nellis, F. D. Me
meeting following the regular meeting d.
w. Nellis was elected senior warden, E.
w. Thompson Junior warden, w. A. Smith
treasurer, and E. J.. Shakeshaft clerk OF
the yeStry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-26
Funeral at daughters Home.

indianapolis, Nov. 26-The funeral of
John T. Brush. president of the New
York National League club, will be held
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Harry Newton Hampstead, in this city,
Thursday or Friday. The body is ex-
pected to arrive late today, and will be
taken at once to the daughters home.
1t was decided not to hold the funeral
until Mr.. Brush's friends from distant
parts of the country could arrive
Burial probably will be here also.
Mrs. Brush and her daughter, Ma
talie, are on the way here from Bryn
Mawr, Pa, where the daughter is at
tending school.
Mr. Brush had extensive business in
terests here, and began his baseball
career by purchasing $25 worth of stock
in an Indianapolis baseball club twenty
five wears ago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-26
BAN ON PASSES IN COLORADO.
Indictment of TWO Roads VIII Discon-
time Practice.

Denver, Colo, Nov 26.-Several Denver
railroad officials have expressed the belief
that the Indictment of two Colorado rail-
roads at, Pueblo by the federal grand jury
will pave the way for he diSconinuance of
a practice In this state which all the
transportation companies have been anx-
1ous to end.
1t was asserted that they have been
issuing more asses than they wanted to,
but that there was no way for them to
voluntarily stop the practice. These passes
were all issued for transportation to and
from points within the state and carried
the provision that they were not good for
any portion of an interstate trip.
Ahe ground upon which the indictments
were returned was that these passes it,
fluenced shippers to route interstate
traffic over the lines which gave them. In
that way a federal question because In
volved and gave jurisdiction to the fed
eral courts.
1t was next to impossible under existing
conditions, for any one line to voluntarily
stop issuing these passes because the mo
ment 1T did so the traffic would go to the
company that did issue them The result
was that the railroads were practically
put in a position of competing in the
amount OF free transportation issued
The action of the grand jury puts a stop
to the practice by all roads and Keeps
them all on the same footing. The law
makes the officials Of companies amen
aple to a fine and Imprisonment and the
fact that no indictments fere returned
against the officials indicates that the in
1erstate commerce commission has sought
to break up the practice by setting a dan
ger signal in the form of charges againi;t
the corporations which probably will be
satisfied by the payment of fines
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Kansas City Live Stock Market.

Kansas City, Nov. 26.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 5000. including 800 southerns. Mar
41075; southern steers, s4.25Q7.1O; southern
cows and heifers, $3.50Q5.50; native cows
and heifers, $3.509S.50; stockers and feed
ers, $4.50Q7.50; bulls, $4OGG6.00; calves, $3.50
$3.50; western steers, $5.5OQS50; western
cows. $3.5OQ6.75.
HOGs-Receipts 1900 Market steady
to weak. Bulk of sales, $7.50Q7.7O; heavy,
$7.65G775 packers and butchers, $7.55@7.7 ;
light, $7.45QI70; pigs, $6.50Q7.O0
SHEEP-Receipts 1900. Market steady.
range wethers and yearlings, $4O006.O0
range ewes, $3.Oo94.50.
Kansas City Stock Yards, Nov. 25-
There was not much change in cattle
prices here last week, volume of receipts
about balancing the demand, 5000 cattle
and $500 calves being the size of the run.
Some of the markets report a disposition
to hurry short fed cattle forward, though
that feature was not prominent here, and
trade experts are saying that winter
prices will show exceptional strength, par
ticularly after the first of February. The
undertone is stronger than week ago,
and the best posted dealers fail to see
any permanent healing OF the cattle short
age in the big shipments of stock cattle
and feeders from the markets to the coun-
try in the last three months. Shipments
from here last week were 1000 cattle to
country points, same week last year %, 600.
Most Of the country demand was for light
cattle, though eastern buyers took half
fat steers of value up to sS.65 for thirty
day feed. Last year the top feeders
brought $5.75. Best stock steers last week
sold at $3.50, a year ago $515. Prime
steers were lacking after Monday last
week, though some good ones brought
$1025 Tuesday. Most of the fed steers sold
at 500 to $40. Colorado and the South
west sent in a lot of cattle last week,
and everything sold at about the seasons
top prices, beef steers up to $7.S5 in car
load lots, odd head $500, stockers and
feeders, $5.00Q6.90, cows and heiferS $3.50
to s6.75, bulls $500 to $500, veals up to
$3.50. guarantees advanced 10c to 15c last
week, steers selling at $4.25 to $7.25, COWS
and heifers $3.50 to $3.50. The run today
is 1900 head, and the market is strong to
1Oc higher, stock cattle and feeders TAX
ing the full gain.
The week promises well, though the
Thanksgiving holiday is usually an adj
verse influence. Packers secured temper
airy control of the hog market Friday and
Saturday, depressing prices 10 to 20 cents,
but sellers took command again today
and regained cents of the loss Run is
1 2OO0 today, a large Monday run, top SIZE,
bulk $3.50 to $40. Eastern states market
their hogs about this time every year,
and lack of demand from that quarter
aids packers ordinarily in getting conces-
sions at this season, but that rule is not
good this year, because of the
big demand for pork and product and
moderate runs in the west.
TO 15c higher, lambs up to $765. Prices
have a buoyant air that promised well for
the eight dollar lamb market predicted
for early winter. Best wethers bring 81. so, |
ewes 1915 to $3.50, feeding lambs around
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National League Meeting On.

New York, Nov. Observation-Disclosures
ing the death of John T. Brush, presi-
dent of the New York National League
Baseball club, magnates of the Nation
al League assem- bled here to consider
the charges against President Fogel of
the Philadelphia club announced this
morning they would go into session at
o'clock this afternoon as scheduled.
What action will be taken out of re-
spect to Mr.. Brush will then be deter
mined.
1t was expected during the morning
a number of trades would be put
through. Mr.. Fogel told today of his
confidence of the outcome of the
charges against He is accused of hav-
ing made a statement that the National
League race was fixed to the ad-
vantage of New York.
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WOMAN SHOT TO DEATH
Police Are Told She Committed Suicide
But Are in Doubt.

Chicago, Nov. 26.-Miss Julia N. Sui
Ivan, one of Chicago's few licensed
woman chauffeurs. was found shot to
death in her apartments early today.
Although the police were told that she
committed suicide. detectives were as
signed to investigate.
She was AZ years old. Miss Sullivan
is said to have held the woman's ice
skating championship of Canada and
the archery championship of the
United States. She was employed as
a chauffeur by a taxicab company until
three weeks ago when she left her
position. Her landlady, who was the
only person in the apartment when the
shooting occurred, told the police Miss
Sullivan had committed suicide.
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NORTH AND SOUTH NJ. P. LINE.
Kansas VIII Be Tapped by New Con-
nection Is Report.

SaIiua KAN Nov 26-SaIina has at last
awakened to the fact that the Missouri
south line across the central part of Kan
sas, and if the dfsquietude of the local
making strenuous efforts to get the line
that is to be built to connect Kanopolts
and Beloit changed into one that will con-
meet Salina and Concordia.
The line from Salina north would add
about 50 miles OF unnecessary track, aud
the only benefit would be to give road
to Salina that it already has. Unless the
line skipped all towns of any size or cor
sequence such a line would have to be
shaped much like a dogs hind leg in or
der to get Minneapolis on it, a town that
has ample railroad facilities. The line
from Kanopolis north is virtually an air
line and Lincoln and Barnard are two
good big towns that need more railroads.
Lincoln especially could furnish far mere
traffic than Minneapolis could with the
two railroads it already has. Salina is not
the town that lies down and gives up, ana
they have plenty of experience building
north and south roads Tt Is estimated
that there have been enough grade stalks
driven itno the farms north and south OF
Salina to furnish the survey OF a line from
Hudson's bay to the Isthmus of Tehaun-
tepec and the citizens of the town have
blowed in enough money on gratis or Urls
kind to build a four track road between
Salina and Concordia. but the town may
still have another try left In its makeup
There s doubtless room for more than one
north and south line in central Kansas
and Salina never did have the reputation
for laying down when her own oppoTtu121-
ties wer at stake.
The matter of the extension itself IS
checked up to the general officers and the
board of directors of the NJ. = system
The road will have to wait until these
gentlemen in their own good time get
ready to order wwork TO begin. Ihefe Is
one thing the public is to be assured OF,
and that is, the Missouri Pacific people
all about the best routes and the merits or
that they favor the Kanopolis-Beloit one
above all others.
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ALL PRICES DOWN
Belief That the War Scare
Would Blow Over
ExertS a Weakening Influence
on Wheat Market.
EUROPEAN VISIBLE LARGER
Also Reports of Excellent Con-
ditiOns in Argentine.
Fine Weather Pulls Corn to
Lower Level.
EUROPEAN VISIBLE LARGER

Chicago. Nov. 26.-WHEAT-Belief that
the war scare would blow over gave
wheat today a downward slant. There
were also reports of excellent conditions
Tor the Argentine harvest. The European
visible supply increased and Northwest
ern receipts promised to continue large
Opening prices were s9Ac to 1hc lower
May started at 91c to 91Hc, practically the
same change from last night as the mar
ket taken altogether and then fell to 9O2c
Prices went still lower after a small up
turn due to rumors that peace negotia-
tons had come to a halt. The close was
weak at 90Ac for May, nc under last
night.
CORN-F1ne weather pulled down corn.
May opened unchanged to a shade off at
4Sc to 4Sq4s1sc and sagged to 47%c.
Illinois reports of poor husking led to
a slight rally. The close, however, was
easy, Ac net lower at 47sz G477sc for May.
OATS-Oats suffered from lack of sup
port. May, which started &c to 1sd14c
lower to 32AQS2ssc to S2ssc, descended to
3214c.
PROVISIONS-Ther was little demand
for provisions. First transactions ranged
from 10c decline to SC advance, with May
$1S.571a for pork, 1920 for lard and $3.50
for ribs.
RYE-No. 2, Gle.
BARLEY-46965c.
TlMOTH SEED-$3O 0Gl3.90.
CLOVER SEED-$13.OGQ1S.00-
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the demands on the part of the public
for better services.
eff there ever was any water in the
stock of the Rock Island rany of the
western roads it has long since been
squeezed out. The modern railroad
cannot be built and kept up for a
fixed charge per mile. Look at the
great Union station you citizens of
Wichita are getting at a cost of over
$4,000, 600. Such things as this take
the water out of the railroad stock.
'I do not say that the only way out
Is to raise the rates of the railroad.
But do say that the present returns
are not nearly enough to furnish ser
vice according to the public demands
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Topela Fruit and Produce NTarlet.

Topeka Fruit and Produce Market.
LSelhng price by Sam1 e. Lux, Wholesale
Fruits and PRODUCED
Topeka, Kan, Nov. 26.
APPLES-Per bbl., $3.25q4.25; per box,
CATAWBA GRAPES-Per basket, 1sc.
AI,MIRA GRAPES-Per bbl.. 5.7506. 90.
F7MPEROR GRAPES-Per crate, Sl.75.
COCOANUTS-Per doz., S5c.
FIGsPer box, soc.
DATES@Per lb., &c.
DACKAGE DATES-Per box $275
FLORIDA ORANGES-Per box, 5000
S'1 FLORIDA GRAPE FRU1T-Per box.
% T i41Ie1iSI.DA PINEAPPLEs-Per crate,
s'i I''JENONS-Per box, $6.75.
CRANBERRIES-Per lb., SIC; per Dbl.
S0 PI5SorAToEs-R. R. E. Ohio zoe; Idaho
" HSTI AID CABBAGE-Per cwt., s1.oo
RANANAS-Medium sized punches, per
bunch, 81. 00q225; large punches, per bunch
s.. 5Od2. rs; per lb., sac
FB0OT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, per bu.,
5oc, Carrots, per bu., 75c. Parsnips, per
T1 nc. Turnips, per bu., 4Oc
6,NI0NS-Red Globe, soc; Yellow, Sc.
SPANISH ONIONS-Per crate, $1.4o.
RT1TABAGAS-Per h., 1Ac.
SWEFyT POTATOES-Per bu., S5c.
SMIFORNIA CAULIFLOWER - Per
cr 4or HOUSE LETTUCE-Per basket.
'V PEI ,F,RY-Jumbo, zoe: Mommoth, 9Oc.
H0NEY-Per case $3.75.
ESE-Per h., 204201sc.
SYSTER%Per can, S5qS0c; per gall
81 6Od2.30.
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NEW LINE INTO KANSAS.
Wichita Falls and Northwestern
Through to Colorado.

10
Woodward, Ok, Nov. 26.-Trains
over the Wichita Falls and Northwest
ern railroad, recently acquired by the
katy" are now operating the entire
distance from Wichita Falls, Tex, to
Forgan, Ok, located but a few miles
from the northwest line of the state
This concludes the present program OF
construction marked out for the road,
giving Oklahoma So per cent of it's en-
tire mileage and completing another
through line across the state.
According to one of the officials,
the road Will ultimately extend north
ward from Forgan, across the south
ern border of Kansas, up through
Colorado to Denver, but for the pres
ent construction work is completed
and the contractors have all with
drawn from the field. It is also agreed
that the branch line from Altus, Ok,
to Wellington, Tex, will ultimately
extend across the Texas Panhandle to
a destination in New Mexico, and two
more branch feeders will reach out
from Oklahoma junction points to-
ward the Texas cattle country, the OBJ
ject tbeing to make the road one of
the great trunk line systems of the
southwest.
The Wichita Falls and Northwestern
was begun nearly four years ago by
some Wichita Falls promoters, whose
original financial ratings would hard
ly have justified them in undertaking
10 construct IuI1DeF spur. But the
route was so logical and the towns
along the proposed line were so liberal
in bonus allowances that financial
backing was soon forthcoming. a few
months after construction started the
katy management saw the adVan-
tages of the route and offered a good
sum for the property, which was ac-
cepted, and the line then passed to the
Hawley management. From the Okla
homa south line up past Woodward
the Oklahoma towns were so DESTROYS
of the road, it is said, that It was built
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New YORK Stock Market.

Wall ST., New York, Nov. 26-STOCKS-
Stringent monetary conditions eventually
overcame the early improvement. Prices
opened a good fraction better in SYM
pathy with the higher range of values
abroad, but these gains, and more, too,
We're lost when the money rate began to
climb. Yesterday higher figures of II per
cent was equaIled before noon. The drain
on the banks from sub-treasury opera
tons so far this week has reached nearly
Sc, 600 O0O0 approximately the amount of
the surplus reserve shown in last Satur-
days bank statement.
Bonds were heavy with considerable
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He NOOK a Hand in F,ight.

Dodge City, Kan, Nov. 26.-When
Robert Searcy took hand in his sons
fight with Fred Tiedtke, a Western
Union messenger, he instigated an as
sauIt charge against himself. Tiedtke
swore to a complaint alleging young
Searcy annoyed him by calling him vile
names when passing the office. After
many repetitions fight ensued in
which Searcy was getting the worst of
it, when his father came to his rescue,
kicking and striking the complainant.
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selling of some convertible issues.
There was no temperance of the weak
ness which depressed stocks yesterday
when trading began today. The under
vances were in the majority. Canadian
Pacific was particularly strong adVanc-
ing 12t on the first sales.
Some hesitation followed the opening
jump in prices and the market sold off a
trifle when the traders began to take
profits. Subsequently the list hardened
again but trading came almost to a stand
still on the advance
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Chicago live Stock Market

Chicago, Nov. 26.-CATTLE+Receip
$500. Market strong. Beeves, $5.35Q11. 90;
Texas steers, 81. 40Q5.75; western steers,
$540q9.10; stockers and feeders, 81. 2507. 60;
cows and heifers, $2.75tq7.5O; calves, $500
HOGS-Receipts 5000. Market slow.
Light $35G7.S5; mixed, $7.4017. IS; heavy,
s7.35Q7.671z; rough, $7.350z55; pigs, $3.50
7.65; bulk of sales, $7.65q7.S0.
SHEEP-Receipts 10000. Market steady.
Native, $3.3GGl4.35; western, $3.50a4. 80;
yearlings, $4.6G95.9O; lambs, native, 5000
TBS; western, S.. 5Qd7 25
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Increase in Earnings Well Dis
tributed Is Report.
Gain of 6.5 Per Cent in First
Two Weeks.
GOOD SHOWING IN THE WEST
Missouri Pacific Among Pros
porous Roads.
Other Items of Interest in the
Traffic World.

A further increase in railroad actfv-
ity is indicated by the returns of all
United States roads reporting gross
earnings for the first two weeks OF
November, the total, according to fig
ures compiled by Dun's Review,
amounting to SIS, S22,490, an increase
as compared with the earnings of the
same roads for the corresponding Pc
Rod a year ago Of So per cent. These
roads reported a gain of "A per cent
for the first week of the month and
Al and 40 per cent, respectively, for
the first two weeks of October and
September.
The Improvement is now quite uni
formly distributed, any loss reported
being very exceptional and extremely
small. In the west and southwest
practically every road shows a steady
expansion in earnings, with especially
notable gains by such important sys-
TENS as Missouri Pacific, Denver &
Rio Grande, Minneapolis & st. Louis,
Missouri, Kansas & Texas and Texas
Pacific In the south there is appar-
emily renewed activity, which is re-
Elected in substantially increased earn
dngs by Central of Georgia, Chesa-
leading roads. In the following table
peake & Ohio, Southern and other
are given the gross earnings of all
date for the first two weeks of Mo-
vember, and the gain as compared
with the earnings of the same roads
for the corresponding period year
ago: also for practically the same
roads in the two preceding months,
together with the percentages of gains
over last year:
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DIR. j. woods AIcLane Dead.

New York. Nov. 26.-Dr. James Woods
9IcLane, one of the most prominent OBJ
Stetricians in the country and presiden1
of Roosevelt hospital, is dead He was 70
years old DR.. McLane graduated from
Yale in 1851. During a large part OF his
active professional life, DR.. McLane was
Physicians and for wears was lecturer and
professor of obstetrics
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reeds strychnine to the Baby

Kanas City, Nov. 26.-When Mrs Ell
ward Il. Phelen finished hanging up the
washing and returned o the house she
found her son, Clarence, years old, feed
ing the 6-nonthS-old baby, May Louise,
from a box of strychnine tablets that had
been left on a table. A doctor was called
and gave emergency treatment but the
child died shortly afterward. The little
fellow had given his sister four of five tab
lets before the mother entered.
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CHICAGO Produce Market.

Chicago, Nov. 26-BUTTER-Market
steady. Creameries, 29@S415c; diaries, 26Q
SIC.
EGG%Market steady. Receipts, 2,244
cases; at mark, cases included, 22G25c; or
binary firsts, 24c; firstS, &c.
CHEESE-Market steady. Daisies, 161zQ
161ac; Twins, 15s4 @16c; Young Americas,
1914 @1615c; Long Horns, 1614@1612c.
POTATOES-Market steady. Receipts
so ears.
POULTRY-Alive, steady; turkeys alive,
15c; dressed, &c; chickens, alive, 10c;
springs, alive, 12c.
NEAI-Market steady.
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WATER LONG AGO SQUEEZED OUT
President Nudge of Rock Island Tells
of New Policy

Wichita. Kan, Nov. 26.-Higher
costs of living are pressing just as
much on railroads now as they are on
the individuals in the United States -
said II. L. Nudge, president of the
Rock Island road, at a luncheon in
Wichita recently.
The investing public does not
quickly put money in railroads IN
less they are sure of a return. And
so we are unable to keep pace with
the increase in the cost of labor and in