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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-20
ROB AN EXPRESS CAR.
Thieves Take $4,000 From an L. & n.
Train.

Pensacola, Sept. 20.-Seventy thous-
and dollars was stolen from express
packages sent from Pensacola banks
on the Louisville & Nashville train to
Fromaton for the payment of en-
ployees on the Louisville & Nashville
railroad in that district, it was learned
here today.
The robbery, it is reported here,
took place last Wednesday and rail-
road detectives believe the money was
stolen somewhere between Pensacola
and F'lomaton.
Efforts were made to keep secret
the fact of the theft while officers in
vestigated-
New. Orleans, Sept 2O.-SpeciaI
agents of the Southern Express COM
pany and detectives left New Orleans
yesterday for Pensacola, it was ad-
mitted today, to investigate the rob-
berry of express shipments of money
between Pensacola and F'lomaton. Off
GERS here refuse to divulge the amount
taken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-20
LOOK BETTER NOW
Withdrawal of L. r. Electors
Clears Atmosphere.
Chairman DOlIey Views Events
With Satisfaction.

Withdrawal of the Roosevelt electors
to the Independent column, will help
to promote harmony in the Republi-
can ranks in Kansas, according to
Chairman ]. n. Dolley, who views the
situation with more satisfaction than
he has found in any event since he
was selected to lead the 1912 cam
paign. While Dolley admits that not
all of the warning factionalistS will
come into the fold, yet the change will
clear the atmosphere and boost Re
publican stock in the state several
points
1t was Dolley who broke the back
of an impending new political fight in
Kansas when he sat down on Rob
ert Postlethwaite's plan for a suit to
enjoin the placing of Taft's name on
the ticket. Dolley was with William
Allen White, Dave Leahy, w. L. Hug
gins and c. w. Trickett when they
met at the Throop hotel and subdued
the turbulent PostlethWaite. Then
came the agreement to withdraw the
Roosevelt electors, as was anticipated
last Saturday. And now, Dolley draws
a deep breath of relief.
This situation will help to clear the
atmosphere to large extent" said
Dolley, as he reviewed the evacuation
of the Roosevelt electors from the Re
publican column. Mr.. White tells me
the men Will Withdraw In a lew days.
1t will help a good deal. The fellows
who We're clamoring because they could
not vote for Taft will now have
chance and I think the present situ-
alton will help
who are the ten Taft electors to be
placed at the head of the Republican
ticket?'' Dolley was asked.
L don't know yet. That matter
must be determined by the state CEN
trail committee. It may be necessary
to call the entire committee together,
although 1 am not certain about it,. In
my opinion the naming of the electors
will depend largely on the suggestion
of Fred Z. Stanley. Republican ma
committee is not bound to follow his
suggestions, but may be governed a
good deal by his recommendations"
DolIey plans to make good his
promise to stay out of the presidential
fight in Kansas. He may attend the
Roosevelt meeting in Topeka Saturday
night, but only as private citizen
and not as state chairman.
Il don't even know who will be in
the Roosevelt party" said Dolley.
THAT matter is in the hands of Mr..
White. I am not taking any hand in
the matter although l may go to hear
Colonel Roosevelt speak
The decision to Withdraw the
Roosevelt electors from the Republi-
can column was not made in the in
terest of the state ticket In fact it
is not believed that either Stubbs or
CapPer will profit by the plan. But
the move was made because William
Allen White thought it was the night
and proper thing to do, and concerned
the Roosevelt electors first and the
rest of the ticket next.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-20
LUSCIOUS
Real Strawberries Grown i'm
Topeka in September.
John Newell Succeeds in Ex-
perimentS With Fall Kind.

Strawberries real, red luscious juicy
straw berries, are growing almost inside
the city limits of Topeka, even though
the month is September and the bearing
time for such fruit is supposed to have
passed long ago
The berries are on the property of John
W. Newell in Pinehurst, and are a new
variety with which Newell has been ex-
perimenting. Even though they have been
woefulIy neglected and have not received
the water that they have needed during
the last month, the berries are doing well,
as samples brought to the city this morn
ing prove.
The berries are of average size, and
for the most part smooth and we'll shaped.
They are as good favored as the berries
that ripen in the spring.
1.-The berries bear both in the spring and
in the fall Newell explained. ''rhe trou-
BILE this year was that 1 was too anxious
to see them bear. They ought not begin
before September l. I forced them ahead,
however starting them to blooming about
August / Then the hot weather that fol-
lowed, and my lack of attention, has dam
aged them. In spite of that there are
lots of berries.
Sstra wberries in September are decidedly
a novelty in Topeka. Lest his friends
sbould think he was telling fish" stories
Srey-eIl brought a box of the fruit to the
civ with him as an exhibit to prove his
assertions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-20
Plans Made for Overflow
Meeting at Grand.
SENATOR BRISTON WILL TALK
The Saturday Night Meeting
Promises to Be Big One.
Extra Coaches for All Trains
Into Topeka.

Theodore Roosevelt may make two
speeches in Topeka Saturday night
one at the Auditorium, the other at
the Grand opera house. Plans for an
overflow meeting at the Auditorium
are being guarded against and in event
ene Dig convention hall will not han
ole the crowd, Colonel Roosevelt will
De urged to speak twice while in To-
peka
According to the plans advanced to-
| DAY, the Grand opera house will be
engaged for the night United States
Senator ]. L. Bristow, perhaps Cover
nor Stubbs and other Progressives will
speak at the Grand while Roosevelt is
talklng to the crowd at the Auditor
luhl Following the meeting at the
auditorium, the Progressive presiden-
ual nominee will be taken to the
Grand, where he will address the
crowd that could not find seats for the
frSt meeting.
These plans have not been definitely
decided. Weather conditions, the size
of the crowd and similar circum-
stances VIII govern the actions of the
Kansas ProgressiVeS, but an effort will
be made to take care of everyone who
desires to hear Roosevelt.
This is Col. RQosevelt's first trip to Fo-
pe1a since May !. 1903, when he spoke at
the laying of the cornerstone of the Rail
road Y. NJ. 6 A and attended the rail
since that time. Roosevelt has visited the
state. Two years ago. he spoke at the
dedication of the John Brown monument
in Osawatomie. Last spring he visited
Kansas, when he invaded the state on a
special train and made campaign speeches.
in towns in the Fifth, Sixth. Seventh and
Eighth districts. covering a route from
Marysville to Hutchinson, to Wichita.
Now. after more than nine years. Roose-
Welt is to again visit Topeka. This time
IL is to deliver his first political speech in
the capital city. In 1903 Roosevelt came
to Topeka as the nations president hav-
ing succeeded the late William Mckinley
after his assassination in Buffalo n. Y,
in September, 1901. Saturday Col Roose-
welt comes to Topeka the presidential!
nominee of the new Progressive party and
Will talk politics and political issues and
IN the rough riders temperament, ne will
hit right out from the shoulder and will
probably dip into Kansas affairs to some
extent.
Arrangements for special train service
have been made with railroads entering
Topeka. Practically all of the trains en-
tering Topeka Saturday evening will carry
to return to their homes late night
trains, following the Roosevelt meetings
in the Auditorium and Grand opera house.
William Allen White. national committee
man for the Progressive party. believes
that the attendance from towns in Il
heavy.
Col. Roosevelt enters the state from
Kansas City Saturday morning, speaks a
Ottawa early in the afternoon. From OF
tawa, Roosevelt will be brought to To-
pel<a over the Santa F'e, via Lawrence. |
He will arrive in Topeka at z o'clock Sat
urday and will make his first speech at s
Sunday at Emporia with w A. White ana |
speak at Pittsburg Monday morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-20
WRECKS SIX CARS
Mob OF 5000 Strikers Battle
With the Police.
Car Crews Beaten and 80 Per-
sons Are Injured.

Superior. Wis, Sept 20.-A mob of
5000 strikers and strike sympathizers
attacked the street cars on the main
line in Superior. wrecking six of them
and capturing the crews and guards
There was furious fighting and more
than thirty persons we're injured, none,
it is thought fatally
The police fought desperately and
finally rescued the car crews. who
were being beaten by the mob
The trouble followed a parade of
union men, arranged by the Superior
Trades and Labor assembly as a testi-
moniaI of sympathy for the striking
car men.
Several of the cars manned by non
union men, which attempted to pass
through the procession, were held up
and put out of service. The throng
threw sticks and stones through the
windows and sides, regardless of pas
sengers. Two police on each car and
a large number of officers summoned
were invariably baked by the trolley
being thrown off by the mob.
A car was attacked on a principal
street by mob of several thousand
persons and windows were smashed
Several passengers as well as both the
u1otorman and conductor were cut
and bruised by flying glass and ms
siIes. The motorman gamely stood his
ground amid a rain of glass and stone
and tried to back his car away from
the scene He was succeeding until
the trolley was pulled off
The attack was being renewed when
a SQUAD of policemen with drawn re-
volvers succeeded in -escuing the car
crew just in time to save them from
serious injury. The strikers then took
possession of the car and ran it to the
barn
Sheriff Takes a Hand.
Sheriff McKinnon was ordered to
swear in deputies to preserve order
and save human life.
The damage done to the property of the
street car company was great, as cars
were shattered by the mob Every police
man the force was called out and d
semblance of order was restored although
of men and boys paraded the
streets in wild disorder.
The fire department was ordered ready
to disperse the mob with hose and four
police automobiles loaded with officers re
peatedly charged the mob
The rioting started when the huge
parade of striking carmen and hundreds
of sympa thizers terminated at hotel al
BeIknap and Lower streets.
Just as the band stopped playing a car
came into view from the east and stopped
at Ogden and Belknap. The sound of
shattered glass was the signal for the
mob to storm the car.
Everything that could be picked up and
thrown was hurled at the conductor,
and policemen in the cars. A
hail of stones was followed by a voIIey of
clubs, cans, bottles and pieces of metal
MANY in the crowd were hit. One aged
deep cash inflicted. Finally the big police
touring car charged the crowd and drew
up alongside and 'tlidnaped'' the crew.
The men were placed in the machine,
which was driven hurriedly through the
mob
The strikers took the car to the barn
while on its sides, on top, in front and
back was a mass of humanity, having
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-20
GOV. HARMON CALLS.
He CongratuIates Wilson on His Norni-
nation.

Columbus, Sept. 2O.-Governor Har-
mon and Lieutenant Governor Nichols
called on Governor Wilson at his ho-
tel today.
Il congratulate you on your nomina-
tion," said Governor Harmon, in greet
ing the nominee. Henry w. Woodrow
of Chillicothe, o.. uncle of the pres;-
Dental nominee, called upon him in
company with his son, William \.
Woodrow. Mr.. Woodrow is DrotFe er
of Governor Wilson's mother and had
not seen his nephew for 25 years
Memorial hall was well filled when
Governor Wilson and Congressman
Cox arrived there to address the or
ganization meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-20
BOY BEARS BAD NEWS
Learns of Fathers Death in Message
He Delivers.

Yonkers. n. Y, Sept. 2O.-Ignorant
of its purport Thomas Hogan, di-
minut.ve telegraph messenger boy, pore
home to his mother last hlsnL mes mes
sage telling of the death of his own
fathel. The telegram had been re-
ceived in the regular course of bust
ness at the local Office and 1t hap
pened to fall to young Hogans S lot to
deliver it.
Mrs. Hogan collapsed when she
read that her husband had met death
IN a railroad wreck at German town,
n. Y, but the boy. who had previous
" secured his mothers signature,
trudged back to his office with his re-
ceipt book.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-20
TAFT CHANGES PLANS
viii Not Stay at Beverly as Long as
Originally Intended

Beverly, Sept. 2O.-Plans for Presi-
dent Taft's vacation were changed tc-
day and it became known that the
president probably will remain in Rev
erly only until October 20. He had
intended staying at Parrametta unit;
a few days before election. cIosine mn
his summer home and travelling 10
Cincinnati to vote.
According to the new plan the pres-
ident will leave Beverly with Mrs. Taft
for Hot Springs, Va, late in October.
He will vote N Cincinnati and return
to Hot Springs for a long stay. prob
ably remaining until few days before
congress convenes in December.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-20
UP TO The CLOUDS.
If Sky Clears There Will Be Frost
Tonight.

This is the coolest day of the sea
son. and there is a chance of frost
tonight if the sky clears The fore
cast is for generally fair weather to-
night and Saturday. There is a chilly
north wind blowing at the rate of Il
miles an hour. The temperatures are
averaging eleven degrees below normal
for this date.
Rainfall this morning amounted to
OF of an inch. Showers are reported
from Hanover, lola, Wichita, and sew
eraI other points in the Topeka dis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-20
BASEBALL PROGRAM.

Wichita at Denver, no game, rain.
Topeka at Lincoln, cloudy. .3:45.
Des Moines at Omaha, rain $3.50.
st. Joe at Sioux City, cloudy. $50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-20
By HAL COLEMAN

wrecked the ear almost beyond repair.
Less than five minutes later another car
was treated in similar manner. After
running riot until tired out the mob broke
up into small squads and finally dis
perSed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-20

Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Generally fair tonight and Saturday.
Frost in northwest portion.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-20
One Girl Cried.

Il know of one girl employee who
cried when she received notice of her
assessment, but she knows what will
happen if she fails to pay. A lot of
old colored men who work all day
cleaning spittoons and scrubbing floors
men who live in shacks and eat hard
tack must pay their assessment for
the benefit of a couple of mfllionaires,
one of them Mr.. Stubbs, a candidate
for United States senator. the other
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-03-22
LIMIT QFF|CEHOLDER
DECISION AS TO TIME OF OFFICE
is HANDED DOWN BY DAko.
IA ATTORNEY GENERAL.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capitol City, the Various
State Institutions and From
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine State.

Pierre.-Full four years and no
more is the allotted time to South
Dakota o~ficeholders under the con-
stitution, as construed by the depart
ment of the attorney general. The
question m up from Minnehaha
county, where the present holder of
the office Of register of deeds was ap-
pointed to serve a part of a term by
appointment, and then was elected,
and 1t vas asked If he was eligible to
q second elective term" 1t appears
that the officer in question served one
year and four months by appointment,
and is holding two years by election
and his rights as a possible candidate
in the next campaign are at issue. 1t
Is held that there is nothing to pre-
vent his becoming a candidate or quail
flying if elected, but that at the end
OF eight months the office will become
vacant by constitutional Limitation,
and that any official act attempted to
be performed by such individual from
and after that time will be void and
without legal standing. This is based
on the constitutional provision which
makes the limitation four years, and
does not in any way mention terms
of office.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-03-22
PHYSICIAN SAID ECZEMA
CAME FROM TEETHING

when my little girl was about eight
months old, she was taken with a very
Irritating breaking out, which came on
her face, neck and back. When she
first came down with it, 1t came in
little watery-like testers under her
eyes, and on her chin, then after a few
days 1t would dry down in scaly, white
scabs. In the daytime she was quite
worrysome and would dig and scratch
her face nearly all the time.
II consulted our physician and
found she was suffering from eczema,
which he said came from her teething.
l used the ointment he gave me and
without any relief at all. Then I
wrote for a book on C%uticura, and pur-
chased some Cuticura Soap and ONT
ment at the drug store. did as I
found directions in the Cuticura Book.
let, and when she was one year old,
she was entirely cured. Now she is
three years and four months, and she
has never been troubled with eczema
since she was cured by the Cuti-
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment.
(Signed) Mrs. Freeman Craver, 311
Lewis ST., Syracuse, N. Y, May s.
1911. Although Cuticura Soap and
Ointment are sold everywhere, a sam
pie OF each, with 32-page book, will
be mailed free on application to "Cuti-
cura," Dept. l., Boston.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-03-22
In The Banana Belt.

Brookings.-The large banana plant
at the state college is now unfolding
its first blossoms since transplanting
two years ago. The blossom is now
something over two feet across and
still growing. The flower is not par
ticularly handsome, being greenish
with long, tassel like stamens arranged
around the central core. The plant
Is the center Of attraction at Brook
ings just nov for it blossoms but once
in two years and after fruitage is cut
down to repeat the operation again
for another period Of two years. The
florist Is obliged to cut off the top of
the plant from time to time to prevent
its growing through the roof of the
greenhouse. 1t will soon be necessary
to provide a sunken garden to enable
1t to branch out satisfactorily.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-03-22
Skeleton Is Found.

Deadwood.-While playing in the
gypsum cliffs east of the McGregor
ranch, near Spearfish. some boys un-
covered an old skeleton of a human be-
ing and nearby some human teeth that
were in a fair state of preservation.
Investigation of the finding, which was
at the mouth of an old cave, leads to
the belief that the skeleton belonged
to a man who died here before the
white man was supposed to have en-
tered the Hills. According to old rec
ords, a party of men passed through
here in 1862, marking a stone which
they sank in the earth near Lookout
mountain. This stone was found many
years ago by Louis Thoen. a Spearish
resident, and was photographed, but
it's markings are now practically ohlit-
Grated by age. The condition of the
skeleton indicates that it belonged to
a body that had laid in this spot many
years and old time residents believe
that it was one of the first party of
white men who ever anne into the
Hills.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-03-22
IS AFTER SP|NDLER'
A DENVER DETECTIVE AGENCY
WANTS TO MEET WITT FOR.
MER LEAD RESIDENT.
HAPPENINGS OVER STATE
What Is Going On Here and There
That is Of Interest to the Read.
ers Throughout South Da-
kota and Vicinity.

Lead.-Sheriff Noonan Saturday re-
ceived a telegram from E. E.. Pretty
man, chief of the Pinkerton Detective
agency at Denver, which adds to the
mystery surrounding the disappear
ance of w. J. Spindler, the Deadwood
rancher, who left here the latter part
of February to visit his wife's brother
at Hoehne, Colo. On March 4, a draft
for $11 900 on the First National ban
of Deadwood, payable to Sprinkler was
presented for payment at a Denver
bank by a suspicious character, named
Demerest and an associate, both OF
whom were taken into custody and are
still being held. In the meantime
Spindler had disappeared and as no
trace of him could be found either by
the Denver officials or the local sher-
ifs forces, his wife left for Denver
last Saturday.
The telegram received from Pref
lyman by Sheriff Noonan, says that
Mrs. Spindler arrived in Denver Sum
day, was met by a Pinkerton man and
conducted to a hotel. The following
day she was introduced to the officials
of the bank where her husbands GER
tiicate of deposit had been presented
and arrangements made for attempt
ing to locate Spindler. 1t was then dis
covered that Spindler was at Trini-
dad. Colo, and his wife was instructed
to induce him to come on to Denver
to assist in the prosecution OF Demer-
est and his companion, If they had
came fraudulently into possession OF
the certificate of deposit. When the
Pinkertons next looked for Mrs. Spin
der, they found she had left the hotel
and her whereabouts could not be as
ce%rtained. She had left no address,
and thus far they have been unable to
find her. In his telegram Prettyman
expresses considerable anxiety about
the case. as he describes Demerest
and his pal as "a pair of cracker
jacks" but fears he will not be able
to hold them much longer unless Spin
der shows up.
The peculiar action of the Spindlers
is causing much speculation, especially
since Mrs. Spindler is evidently try
ing to keep herself hidden from the
authorities who are anxious to prose-
cute the men whom they believe to
have swindled her husband. 1t IS
feared that Spindler entered into some
kind of a deal with the crooks, hat
they have induced him to believe that
he is as deep in the mire as they are
and have threatened to drag him to the
pen if he peaches" on them.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-03-22

Petitions soon will be circulated
asking the board of education of Bone
steel to call a special election and SUBJ
NIT to the voters the proposition of
issuing bonds in the sum of $4,000 or
$20 .0oO for the construction of a new
school building, which is badly needed.
At a special election to be held at
Lake Preston Wednesday,, March 27,
the proposition of issuing bonds in the
sum Of $4,000 for the extension and
improvement Of the municipal water
works system will be submitted to tho
voters.
Ranchers who live in the valleys in
the Black Hills, near Custer Peak, an
ticipate a very prosperous season, so
far as crops are concerned. The
ground was thoroughly soaked last
fall and at the present time about six
feet OF snow covers the ground. When
this melts it will add greatly to the
supply Of water already In the ground.
The voters Of Morristown at a spe-
cial election will be asked to authorize
the issuance of bonds for the construc.
ton Of a mnicipal system Of water
works.