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BUSINESS CHANGES

KANSAS CITY misunderstanding company wants party with some money as man.
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BUY your piano or player piano of Seals Piano and Organ Co.,, Alabama's oldest piano house. D17 1st avenns, l3irminS-
 ham. Bell Bldg, Montgomery. 4-6-tr
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FOR RENT-ROOMS

ME EVIT0NNAlI outside roris, clean
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NICELY furnished rooms. 1717 Fifth ave
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NATIONAL HOUSE, 109h North 22d st.. nicely furnished rooms from 25c up.
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NICELY furnished upstairs room, hot
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-05

night Turner was shot in the breast
and right arms, the load of shot from
a shotgun taking effect and causing
death in about two hours One shot
did not take effect. Both men are
negroes. They with a number of 9TH
ers had Assem- bled at the home of Agnes
Lutenburg, on Laurent and North
Western avenue, for the purpose of
enjoying the evening, when Turner
started a quarrel and attacked Cook
Cook resented this and went home
and returned later with his shotgun.
Turner renewed the trouble with Cook,
when the latter shot him.
Neither of the men are married and
both are about 80 years old. Turner
had been quarrelsone during the en-
tire evening and had cut one other fel-
To- with a knife previous to the quar-
rel with Cook. Turner was rushing
toward Cook with his knife opened in
his hand Wen the latter fired at him.
Turner had been employed as a por-
ter at one Of the hotels and was for
merly employed at the Throop.
Cook. with the aid of his friends,
made his escape Saturday night but
returned to the city Sunday and sur
rendered to Sheriff Norton. He was
accompanied by his attorney, w. l.
Jamison. The police have information
which causes them to believe that the
shooting was done in self-defense and
it is known that Cook will make this
hi defense when taken before the
court to answer to the charge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-05
Romance of MiIIionaire's Wife
and a Young Plumber.
Is Closed by the Couples Death
in Their Home.

New York. Feb. 5.-The suicide pact
which caused Mrs. Louise Lawrence
Suydam and Frederick Noble to end
their lives yesterday by gas asphyxia-
ton is believed to have been entered
into within a few days of their mar
riage a month ago. The couple were
found dead in their apartment on West
Twelfth street lying in front of a gas
range and all jets turned on. Death
closed a romance which began five
fled from her millionaire husbands s
home at Blue Point, L. l., with young
Noble Suydam obtained a divorce
and the eloping couple then married.
A close friend of Mrs. Suydam says
they were not really happy together
and that in fact they never. really low
ed each other. Noble, too, showed
that he had grown discouraged. Mrs.
Noble felt, her friends say. that she
had never really loved any one excepet
her husband Walter Lispenard Suy-
dam, and that once Noble heard her
say in the presence of callers: MY
friend, you and / and Fred may laugh
onqetimes at old things like the law
and religion, when they say thou
shalt not we may think that perhaps
that was written for old fOgies- But
my friend, there comes to all of US,
sometimes the knowledge that the law
and religion are right What they say
we shall not dove cannot do with
out suffering. I have learned that.
Also, the wages of sin is death. It's
worse than death=it's hell on earth'
The police say today that the young
couple undoubtedly made a previous
but unsuccessful attempt at suicide last
week by taking poison. A physician
told the officers that he had been called
in. found that Noble had taken some
drug and that Mrs. Noble looked pale
and i'll herself.
Mrs Noble is believed to have
sought even after her marriage with
Noble. a reconciliation with her form
er husband, Walter Suydam. and to
have told him of the fearful mistake
she made in running away with the
young plumber Mrs Noble Will be
buried in Philadelphia in the family
plot of an aunt. Noble's body will be
forwarded today to Patchogue. L. L,
for burial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-05
Cheers Roosevelt but Casts It's
Votes for the President.
DEWEY ABSENT
His Own Ward Fails to Follow
His Leadership.
Carnegie FavOrs COIOneI's "Fa-
vOrite Choice" for Presidency.

Chicago, Feb. 5.-An effort to in
dorse Theodore Roosevelt for the Re
publican presidential nomination was
defeated, while a resolution commend
ing President Taft and his administra-
ton was adopted at the Cook county
(Chtcago) Republican convention.
A complete county ticket headed by
former County Judge Lewis Rinaker
Tor states attorney was Endorsed as
the organized Republican selection for
nomination al the April primaries.
Governor Charles S. Deneen was in
dorsed for another nomination and hia
administration was commended to the
voters of the state.
The session was marked by loud
cheering when the Endorsement OF
Colonel Roosevelt was proposed, but
on the roll call the proposition was
defeated by a vote of S64 to 1913.
The Roosevelt boom was turned into
a boomerang. Colonel John r. Thomp-
son of the Sixth ward carried with
him into the convention hall a care
fully prepared resolution indorsing the
former president for another term in
the White House. He paved the way
by presenting a motion that all reso-
lutions be given to the convention, in
stead of being referred to the pre-
viously selected committee on resolu-
tionS.
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KILLED BY A MOB.
Negro Is Shot to Death and His Body
Burned in Georgia.

Macon, Ga, Feb. 5.-Charles Powell,
a negro, who attacked and robbed a
young white woman here Saturday
night, was taken from officers and
lynched Sunday.
Previously county officers had sought
to prevent the lynching and had re-
moved Powell from the jail about
which the mob gathered. Powell gone.
the lynchers We're admitted. Then fol-
lowed a man hunt, in which all out
going trains We're watched.
Mem bers of the mob used automo-
biles and came up with the negro and
his two guards in the yards of the
Georgia, Southern & Florida railroad,
four miles from the city, where the
negro had been taken to board train
for Atlanta. He was tied to tele-
graph pole and many bullets were
fired into his body.
A crowd of several hundred men
assembled near the undertaker's,
where the negro's body had been
taken, loaded it into a wagon and then
carried it to the heart of the negro
section of the city and burned it. Coal
oil-soaked cross ties furnished the
pyre and so quickly and quietly was
the work done that the police knew
nothing of it until the torch had been
applied.
The crime of which the negro was
accused was the assault and robbery
of young white girl. She was on her
way home from work at IL o'clock at
night whon she was overpowered. Po-
ncemen heard cries and came up as
the negro, with the girls purse in his
hands, scrambled up to the sidewalk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-05
Former Topeka Man Suspected
of DOrsett Murder.
Was First Convicted of Rob-
bing Throop Mail Sack.

Kansas City, Feb. 5.-Bloody finger
prints were found on the white pillow
slip that lay beneath the head Of Mrs
Luetta Dorsett, the dwarf money lender,
when she was found dead in her home
here.
These marks indicate that the man
who killed her put his hand beneath her
pillow after she was dead, probably
feeling there for money, and that his
fingers became stained from the wounds
in her head. Her head was on two pill
lows, one above the other.
A basin and a white rag, lying upon
the kitchen table. showed where the
SLAYER had washed and wiped his hands.
The finger prints are being preserved
and may be the means of Identifying
the murderer.
Mrs. Mary J. Fischer, sister of the
slain woman, gave a written state
ment to FL. T. Zimmer chief of police,
and then shr was released. She told
that Charles w. Hedges had been at
her home each day and evening last
week. Wednesday night he took her to
home. Twice during the week, while
the body of her dead sister lay undls
covered in the cottage she visited
Hedges at his tinker shop.
Mrs. Fisher admitted that her sister
would not lend her money and that she
was a little angry with her because
She lent money to Hedges and others
and would not lend it to her.
Mrs Fisher admitted that within the
last ten days she tried to borrow $500
from her sister, with which she and
Hedges intended to open rooming
house Her sister told her she had no
money
Hedges is still in the police hold
over. He is 33 years old and has
criminal record from the time he vas
big enough to steal. The first crime
that caused his arrest was when he
worked in the Throop hotel in Topeka
Part of his work was to carry the
mail to the postoffice. One day he
cut the mail sack open and stole let
ters containing money. He was SEN
fenced to Leavenworth and served his
term
formatory at Hutchinson for the bur
glary of Hodges hardware store in
Abilene Then he stole brass from
laundry in Kansas City, Mo. and was
sentenced to the chain gang. He es-
caped and returned to Kansas City,
kan. where he robbed a clothing store
a wear ago and was sentenced to five
years in the state penitentiary. While
he was in Jail his father died and Gov
ernor Stubbs paro1ed him on his prom
ise to be honest and support his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-05
FOR CIVIL PENSIONS.
The President VIII Send in a Message
on the Subject.

Washington, Feb. 5.-A special
message by President Taft advocating
pension system for government
clerks will be sent to congress shortly.
The message of the president is in the
printers hands.
Detailed comparison will be made of
the cost of living here and abroad and
salaries of governmental employees
also will be stated. The history of
pension system in foreign countries,
notably in Australasia viii be recited.
One feature of the message will be
a statement of the accounts of a clerk
in a department who supports a fam
lily of three on a salary of $1,000. The
disbursements of this householder will
be gone into in minutest detail and
the argument is made that it is abso-
lutely impossible for any savings to be
made out of this income Hence the
necessity Of q pension.
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Continued on Page TwO.)
SNEED CASE OPENS.
The Unwritten Law Will Figure
Largely i'm the Defense.

Fort Worth, Feb. 5.-Three OF the
most wealthy and influential families
of Texas are involved in the trial
which began here today Of John B.
Sneed, accused of the murder of A. c.
Boyce. the millionaire banker That
the 'unwritten law will figure con-
spicuously In the proceedings is indi-
Gated by the statement Of the accused
man and the movements of his counsel.
The killing was the sequel to the
elopement Of Sneed's wife with Can
tain Boyce's son: and Il is forecasted
that much of the defense will be
pitched on the claim that the elder
BOyce aided in the romance.
The killing took place in the lobby
of a Fort Worth hotel several days
after Mrs. Sneed had been returned
from Winnipeg, whence she and young
Boyce eloped. After the shooting. It
is alleged, Sneed said.
1t had to be done" Then he pre-
dicted the reasons would be brought
out at his trial.
All Texas, more or less. is lined up
on one side or the other for the trial
The Sneeds, the Boyces and the Sny-
ders-the latter the family Of Mrs
Sneed-have been well known in Texas
since earlier generations began con-
tributng to the states history. A c.
Boyce, jr., remains in Canada At the
earnest solicitation of friends he has
made no attempt to return to Texas
since the elOpement and killing.
The trial jury was completed Satur-
day night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-05
WEATHER IS WARNER
Mercury Is Still Well Below Freezing
Point.

This is a cool, but pleasant winters
day. The mercury went down to the
IL degree mark this morning at
o o'clock, and Sunny Flora predicts
that the reading Tuesday morning al
the same time will be between and
| 10 degrees above zero.
One degree below zero was the
coolest temperature of the recent
northern blast, and this was recorded
at o'clock, Saturday evening At
o'clock Sunday morning the reading
was two degrees above zero. The wind
of the day before had abated and Sun
day was a bright and agreeable day
Those who depended on gas had diff
ficulty in keeping warm Saturday
evening and Sunday morning, but by
Sunday afternoon the conditions were
greatly improved.
There We're a few coal companies
delivering fuel Sunday to persons who
had neglected to lay in a supply, but
there is no shortage of coal in the
city now, and the dealers are expecting
to be able to cope with the situation
without difficulty the remainder Of the
season.
IF we can get through this week
and next without any more severe
weather. said the weather man this
morning, I'VE can feel pretty sure that
the backbone of the weather is
broken"
I'VE are pretty busy today" said
Secretary Guy T. Justis of the Topeka
Provident association. 1--WE have 20
persons at work in the wood yard, and
z. numb Der of new families have applied
for aid. We have had some gifts in
the last day or two that have been
much appreciated.
THE Warren NJ Crosby company
sent US so pairs of shoes, and we re-
ceived three boxes of clothing that
had been sent in to the state utilities
commission
The forecast: Fair tonight and
Tuesday; somewhat colder in the east
portion of the state tonight
Shippers forecast. Protect 36 hour
shipments north against a temperature
of zero; east against degrees above
zero; west, 10; south, 20"
There is not much change in tenn
perature expected in the next "a hours
The thermometer readings are averag-
ing a little below normal today The
wind is blowing u miles an hour from
the northwest. The hourly tempera-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-05
THEY CLUB TO WE'D.
Men and Women Follow Example
of Kansas Bachelors.

Salt Lake, Utah, Feb. 5.-Organi-
zation of marriage clubs have become
a popular means adopted by marri-
ageabIe young men and women in the
towns of southern Utah to find help
mates Following the example of a
group Of single men in a Kansas town.
eighteen bachelors Of Mercur, Utah.
made an appeal through the press for
helpmates. A young woman's club ut
Mount Pleasant responded that its
members were willing to love, honor
and, if necessary, obey the AIercJr
bachelors. At this juncture the young
ladies of AIercur, at a social gather
ing. adopted resolutions advising the
Mount Pleasant club to find husbands
at home. Word came today from
Mammoth. in Juab county, that a
bachelors organization there would
endoW the Mount Pleasant maidens
with ali its worldly goods
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-05
Do NOT AFFECT IT.
Currents in Ocean Not Responsible for
Cold Wave.

San Diego, Cal, Feb. 5.-Fred A.
ment weather bureau gave out a writ
ten statement today in which he
brands as a myth the generally ac-
cepted idea that the currents in the
ocean have an effect upon weather
conditions in their vicinity. This es-
pecially true he says, of the socalled
Japanese current.
1.-The recent high temperatures
which have prevailed along the Alask
an coast have been caused by the air
and are in no wise due to any change
in the currents" says the statement.
1.-The custom of putting arrows on
maps showing current directions Is
done more to make the maps look at
tractive than for any good they can
accomplish"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-05
SHOPS ARE CLOSED.
Mark of Respect 10 w. l.. Buck Whose
Funeral Is Held Today.

More than ten thousand shopmen
of the Santa re are idle this aftey-
noon. The shops all along the lines
have been closed in respect to the late
w. F. Buck, who was buried at $3.50
O'Clock in San BernardIno, Calf.
All Santa F'e flags are at half mast
and the entrances Of all shop offices
have been draped.
In Topeka more than 5000 men are
affected. Many Topeka officials are
in California attending the funeral.
Among them are II. w. Jacobs. assist
ant superintendent of motive power;
NJ H Haig. mechanical engineers
Frank W. Thomas supervisor OF ap-
prentices; N NJ Rice, general store
keeper. and George Austin. general
boiler inspector.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-05
ROBERTSON IN RACE.
Rawlins Senator VIII Try to BE At
tOrney General.

State Senator Fred Robertson OF At
wood, Rawlins county. win make the race
for the Democratic nomination for atfor-
ney general Senator Robertson will
come TO the Democratic feast at Topeka
Washington's birthday to announce his
candidacy. but he said today that there
was not the slightest doubt but that he
would get in the race. y. II. Morrison Of
Chanute. who made the race two years
ago. will likely oppose Senator Robertson
in the primary.
Fred Robertson is one OF the best
known lawyers .of the northwest section
Of the state. Besides his large law prac-
tice he has business interests scattered
over that part OF the state. He Is we'll
known as politician and played an ac-
tive part in the deliberations OF the SEN
ate the last two sessions. He was elected
from a RepublIcan district.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-05
OROzCO Settles 1T.
Mutiny of Juarez Garrison Is Brought
to an End.

Ell Paso, Tex, Feb. 5-Juarez again
is under control of the Madero govern
ment and the garrison that mutinied
is on its way to Chihuahua il a spec
ial train, on what mission has not beeu
disclosed.
The tangled affairs of the Mexican
city just across the border Were
Strengthened out by General Pascual
Orozco after a half days negotiations.
While some of the revolving garrison
were willing to return with General
Orozco to Chihuahua. others at first
held out strongly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-05
DICKINSON is HELD.
In Connection With Woman's Death
From Bomb Explosion.

New York. Feb 5.-Charles NJ.
Dickinson, who is in custody pending
inquiry into the killing of Helen Tay-
lor Cor Walker) by the explosion Of
bomb in her apartments in West
Seyenty-s street Saturday even
ing, was today visited in his cell by
his father, Thomas NJ. Dickinson, post
master at Champlain, n. Y.
The son declared that he was in no
way responsible for Mrs. Taylor's
death At the elder Dfckinson's re-
quest the coroner's examination of the
younger man was postponed until
Wednesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-05

Helena, Feb. 5.-An inventory tax
en- today among the guests of the Ho-
tel Helena, destroyed by fire, has
brought the total loss from the confa-
grafton to $4,000. No lives were
lost The destruction of the Hotel
Helena marked the progress of one of
the land marks of Montana political
history The hotel was built immedi-
ately after statehood was granted to
Montana and became the headquarters
of every political faction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-05
Ordered to Leave Car for Using
Foul Language.
INJURED MAN is VERY Low
Bullet Penetrated His Abdomen
Causing Fatal Wound.
Chas. Turner, a Negro, Killed
by A. Cook, Also COlOred.

Joseph Drake. a conductor on the
Quinton Heights street car line, was
shot and mortally wounded by James
Dumford. a white man and police
character, on Twentieth and Clay
streets about $50 o'clock Sunday
night. He was shot as Dumford and
his brother, William, were about to
get of the car. after having had
quarrel with Drake.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-05
STUCK IN A DRIFT.
Thirty Passengers Compelled to Spend
a Night on a Train.

Ithaca, Feb. Stuck in snow bank
eight or ten feet deep caused by the bliz-
zard of yesterday, thirty persons spent
last night on a train Of the New York
Auburn & Lansing road between this city
and Auburn. A relief train was sent out
and Jared the same fate Farmers served
coffee and lunches to the passengers and
many went to the houses of farmers for
the night Another relief train dug them
out this morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-05
FREEZES TO DEATH,
woman Loses Her Way in Snow
StorIn-Found Dead.

Grand Forks, N D.. Feb. 5.-Lost
in a snow storm when she started to
walk six miles from Trenton. n. d.
to the home OF her mother, Miss
Agnes Gragan was frozen to death
yesterday. Her body was found three
miles from her home. She had missed
the road
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-05
IT Will Be HOOK.
President Taft Has Decided ON
Harlan's Successor.

Washington. Feb. 5.-President Taft
is expected to send to the senate on
wednesday the nomination Of Judge
William c. Hook of Kansas for the
place on the supreme court bench
made vacant by the death Of Justice
Harlan. There has been opposition tc
Judge Hook
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-05

that he did anything unusual at the
dinner He has consented to follow the
advice of his physician and friends
and leave the city for rest He prob
ably will take a sea trip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-05
WEATHER RECORD.

The following are observations of the
United States weather bureau for the "A
hours ending at o'clock this morning,
giving the high mark yesterday and the
lowest point recorded last night:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-05
NEGRo KILLs ANoTHER.

Arthur Cook Stays Charles Turner
With Shotgun.
charles Turner of 63S Bruce street
vas shot and killed by Arthur Cook of
s2s North Buchanan street Saturday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-05
Weather IndIcatlona.

Chicago, Feb. 5.=Forecast for
Kansas: Generally fair tonight and
Tuesday. Colder in east portion to-
night