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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-29
LOSES ON TRADE, DIES
Kansas Ranch Owner Cuts Throat At
ter Worrying Over Debt.

Kansas City, June 29.-With all his
money tied up in investments and
fearing he would be sued under a
$4,000 mortgage, held by a long time
friend and banker, James YoXall, So
years old, a wealthy land owner, com
united suicide in the bathroom of his
home by slashing his throat with a
razor. His body was found by his
wife, upon her return from a visit
with her sister, Mrs. Ollie Sorber. y
Mr.. Yoxall had been worrying a
great deal for several weeks over fl
nancia1 difficulties. He had talked to
his wife about his troubles, and told
her that the way he had his money
tied up he would be unable to get hold
of any money for several months.
1T vas just worry over his bust
owned a ranch containing $500 acres
near Sharon Springs, Kan, when we
were married. 1t was valued, includ-
ing $4,000 worth of live stock and
George Woodhouse, president of the
State bank at Sharon Springs, and a
lifelong friend of Mr.. Yoxall, held a
mortgage on the property for $4,000.
Six weeks ago Mr.. Yoxall traded his
ranch for a 1900 acre farm in Gala
way county, Missouri, the people who
took the ranch in Kansas were to as
sumo the $4,000 mortgage. That is
where the trouble laid. I never knew
much of Mr.. YOxall's business, but he
told me that the records of this mort
gage were not clear, and the new own
er of the ranch knew this and refused
to assume it. Mr.. Yoxall was afraid
Mr.. Woodhouse would hold him for
the value of the mortgage and bring
suit against him.
when he traded property he never
had seen the farm in Galloway coun-
ty, but took other peoples word for
it's value. I don't think he lost much
on it, as it is said to be worth at least
$50 an acre. 1t was traded in to him
at 100000, and has a $4,000 mort
gage on it which he assumed.
Mr.. Woodhouse, who had been adj
vancing Mr.. Yoxal money until he
could realize something from his prop
erty, informed him some time ago that
he would be unable to let him have
any more. Mr.. Yoxall told me this
and seemed greatly worried over it.
He said that he had written several
checks which were turned down by
Mr.. Woodhouse, but these were later
paid. 1t was then that he. was told
that he could get no more money"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-29
SNAP SHOTS
Az HOME News.

The Commercial club will be closed
Keep cool fomorrow-eat frozen
) dainty.
~ N. Y. Quail has purchased the Rad
cliff property on MulVane street for
$500.
William Green & Sons put a new
auto truck into service today. 1t is a
Detroit Motor wagon.
Dancing tonight in the magnificent
new pavilion at Garfield. Out in the
cool open air. --' ~
The Shawnee Agency has sold a half
tract in Garfield Place and a. 4-room
house to Archie Murphy for $1,4O0!
c. w. Mitchner has purchased four
Iots--en West street near ~Twenty-first
street. -.
No measurable rainfall was report
ed in Kansas for the "a hours ending
at o'clock this morning.
A few more business men are she'd
ding their coats in the noon hour
each day at the Commercial club.
Several Topeka tennis players will
take part in the state tennis meet
which will be held at Wichita July Is.
The city will grade next week for
the laying of five blocks OF concrete
walks in the new College Lawn addi-
ton.
Work on the foundation for the
new Henry Bennett business building
at 1917 Kansas avenue was started to-
day.
The business building at 500 Kan
sas avenue belonging to Mrs. warren
NJ. Crosby has undergone improve
mentS.
The favorable weather has brought
an unusually large number of shop
pers to Topeka this week from the
outlying towns
w. c. Donaldson will erect dwell
ing on Boles avenue. He has recent
ly purchased lots from the CARING
house Realty Co.
L. F. Clearinghouse will erect in the
near future a suburban home on
two acre tract recently purchased on
the West Tenth street road.
The Clearinghouse Realty company
has purchased two dwellings in the
200 block, Leland avenue. They are
now being remodeled and later will be
sold.
Texas reaches are now on the mar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-29

this week at 10 cents a dozen-just
to get rid of the supply.
Secretary Cook had some panoramic
pictures taken for the premium list
last year which have been sought for
by publishers far and near. This year
the photographs will be far more i'm
portant by reason of the added beauty
of the fair grounds and the new i'm
provements. Motion pictures will be
included in the 1912 program.
The Shawnee Alfalfa club is being
reorganized this afternoon at the
Commercial club. Dairymen who feed
alfalfa and others who might happen
to be interested in the growth of the
forage plant will be entitled to mem
bership as we'll as those who grow
it. The officers will be chosen be-
fore adjournment.
The Merchants Journal thinks an
egg train should be sent out in Kan
sas. kansas is being raked fore and
aft with dairy demonstration trains,
tuberculosis trains, good roads trains,
wheat trains, alfalfa trains and dry
farming trains,'' says the paper.
tThey are doubtless doing much good,
and are helping the people learn
more about modern methods. Why
not an egg train?" .z
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-29

ket selling at 25 cents basket. In
the next week or 10 days they are ex-
pected to arrive in buShel baskets. The
crop in the south is unusually heavy.
An accident or near accident oc-
ours nearly every day at Tenth and
Morris avenues. The narrow streets
with heavy motor traffic and the street
car line at this point have caused many
narrow escapes.
Owners of groves near Topeka say
they have from one to ten requests
for the rental of their shade for
Fourth of July purposes. 1t seems
that the town is planning on adjourn
ing to the country that day.
Those wishing to take part in the
July events at the fair grounds un-
der the auspices of the playground and
Boy Scout movements, will have to
report to w. L. Driver or w. E. Wood
ardt of the Y M A. by Monday.
Tho Auburndale opponents of the
new West side sewer plan led by Judge
w. F. Rightmire have entered an in
dignation meeting protest against the
proposed $175,000 drain. From the
outlook it is not probable that the
sewer will be built this year.
Jones Brothers have sold a $50 acre
farm two miles south of Auburn from
]. w. LESSEE to w. H. Snider of Topeka.
The valuation was $6,400. A portion
of this amount was paid through the
transfer of a 7-room house at Ills
North Monroe street to Mr.. jesse.
Apricots are on the market from
California. California logan berries,
which are a cross between a red rasp-
berry and a blackberry, are being sold
locally. Local raspberries are now
becoming scarce. The height of the
blackberry season will be next week.
The Commercial club has an unlim-
tied number of reference cards for
Topeka housewives to hang on their
telephones. These cards give the
products made in Topeka Club MEM
bers should place them in their
ighborhoods. - Commercial Club
Bulletin.
Two new swine barns costing $500
each have been completed OIL the state
fair GROUNDS. They are 3Sx120 feet
in size and will each accommodate 120
hogs. There are now six swine barns
on the grounds, and according to Sec
retarY Cook they will all be filled next
fall-September 9-13.
The best grade of lemons are now
selling at rs cents a dozen, and the
chances are that the price will be
considerably higher later in the sea-
son. The keeping quality of lemons is
poor this season. Due to this fact
the fruit was being sold on the street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-29
John Weibe Falls 1913 Feet at
Santa Fe Shops.
Still Alive at. Hospital and May
Survive.
ROY STEELE SAVES LIFE
CIings to Timber When Scat
folding Breaks.
Weibe's Caught Steele's Arm,
but Couldn't Hold.

| One man may die and another is
seriously injured as a result of the
colIapsing- of an elevator scaffoIding
; at the store house in the Santa Fe
shops late Friday afternoon. The
man dangerously injured is John
Weibe of Kansas City, an employee
! of the Otis Elevator company of that
city. The other injured man is Roy
Steele, son of Robert S. Steele, a To-
peka undertaken.
Both men would have been killed
outright if Roy Steele had not the
presence of mind to leap from the
scaffold to nearby upright timber
and cling to the wood until relief was
given. Weibe leaped in Steele's wake,
chung to his arm until his finger nails
tore loose and then fell humping from
side to side 128 feet to the concrete
pit beneath.
The Otis Elevator company was
building an elevator in the store house
building at the time of the accident.
The preliminary work was nearly
completed when ]. B. White, district
superintendent of the Otis company,
came to Topeka, for inspection. He
was standing near the scaffolding at
about 4 O'Clock Friday afternoon and
noticed its construction.
THAT doesn't look safe to me- he
called to >-Weibe, his foreman.
"Oh, yes, it's all right" answered
Weibe.. 1--WE have been working on
it all day and don't think it will
fall now
Ten minutes later, there was'a crash
of heavy timbers and the entire scat
fold gave away.
Steele leaped from his position on
the scaffoId to an upright beam near
the head of the shaft. Throwing his
arms and legs around the beam he
hung with his nails dug into the wood.
Weibe followed him and succeeded in
clutching Steele's arm. He hung for
a second in this position until the
scaffold timbers crashed to the pit be-
low and then his fingers tore loose. He
struck the wall several times on his
way down the 12S foot shaft and then
landed in a heap on the concrete
floor.
He was picked up unconscious and
mangled. His arms, shoulders ana
three ribs were broken. When lifted
from the pit he was covered with
blood. No one expected him to live
at the time. Physicians at Stormont
hospital this afternoon entertain a
faint hope for his recovery.
steele was badly torn around the
arms and waist but did not fall to the
pit. He is able to sit up today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-29
DAWSON AT TECUMSEH
Attorney General Will Deliver Fourth
of July Address.

The grange at Tecumseh will hold
an all day picnic on July at which
John Dawson, attorney general, will
be the principal speaker.
There is to be a baseball game be-
tween the Santa Fe office team and
the Tecumseh line. The grange quar-
tette will sirg, young ladies will give
a flag drill and there is t, be a boxing
exhibition by local talent
The Topeka delegation will go at
1880 a. m. and 1880 p. m. on the Santa
Fe and will return either at $50 or
1880 p. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-29
THE CINOS Shine
In the Cincinnati Hill CLIMB
Week Ago Monday.
Three Firsts and One Second
Captured by CinO.
CFrom the Motor Age June 10 ,

(ETOIn INC -sA0e0l yD1. c,+onIav
Cincinnati, June 1.-THE Staniey
,i1lNcIinb took place last Saturday
IN Vas witnessed by more than 5,OoC
T Co out of the thirty-three entries
ttwenty-four starters came to the tape pc
There were nine events, among Will L1S.
there were two motor cycle trials. Ine
honors of the day went to the enc
cers which secured three f1rsts ana
80 second. A Cino carried four pas
sengers up the IL per cent grade fas
ter than most of the cars NEGOTIATED
the incline in stripped form. The AIS
lance of the climb was 2I3 feet snort OF
half a mile Summaries:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-29

In conversation with Chapel Footel
manager of the Foote Motor Car COM
pany of Topeka, agents for the C1no'
it was learned that the records just
made by this wonderful car are only
repetitions of it's former accomplish
me2tS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-29

when I was shipwrecked in South
America" said Captain Bowsprit, ct came
across tribe of wild women who had
no tongues" Mercy cried one of his
listeners of the fair sex. How could
they talk?'' '"fhey couldn't snapped the
old salt That's what made 'em Wild
Judge.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17
Nevada State News

John Derino. the man who was shot
at Ely a few days ago by some unknown
party, has died from the wounds received.
The police of that section have found DO
trace Of the murderer. The rifle which
was used in the shooting was found hid
hen in a box car. 1t is believed that
some Greeks did the murderous business.
The calling Of the special session Of
the Nevada Legislature has set the poll
ticians wagging on the street corners
and has had all the effect of a Spring
revival in Reno. Carson, it is reliably
reported, has taken on a new lease OF
life and the people are celebrating
the prospective coming Of the soloDs
who biennially act as the distributors o
wealth for that community.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17
NEVADA PRESS ASSOCIATION


With Membership Of IS Organization
L. Completed and Officers Elected
The Virginia Chronicle says the an
nual meeting Of the Nevada Press AS
ISOLATION held at Reno last week was q
most successful one, and q busy time
was put in, transscting business. elect
ing officers, acting on reports q &C
cepting the hospitality Of the organizs-
lions and citizens of the metropolis OF
Nevada. Between Is and 20 editors,
from all over the State were present,
and those who could not leave their
sanctums sent regrets. The reports
show that the association starts OF nm.
der most auspicious circumstances, and
with q membership Of over 80 embrac.
ing nearly every newspaper in the State.
The bylaws governing the association
we're whipped into shape, and the cleo.
ton of officers resulted as follows: w.
w. Booth, president; Phil 8. Triplett,
vice president; James T. Green, secre-
tary; E. M. Steninger. treasurer; +. F.
Runyon, P. H. Mulcahy, o. r. Morgan.
executive committee, of which the
president and SECRETARY are ex-oficio
members.
The meeting was held In the rooms
of the Commercial Club, which organ
ization extended the scribes the freedom
of the quarters. During the afternoon
session. Governor Tasker L. Oddie
dropped in and gave a brief address to
the members. He congratulated the
editors of the State upon the move to
form an association. which he n
sidered Of great Importance and in
fuence, both for the welfare Of the
State as q whole, and the newspapers
as we'll. He said that he appreciated
the good work the press was doing for
the good of the commonwealth. and
pledged his heartiest support and CO.
operation. He thought the press re-
ceived far too little thanks for their of.
forts to build mp and advertise the
State, bus in behalf of the high Office OF
Governor he wished to extend the good
will TO the association. His remarks
were cordially received, and a rising
vote of thanks given for the position
taken by the Executive.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17
EQUAL SUFFRAGE NOTES
Edited By Anne Martin For the
Nevada Equal Franchise
Society

The advertising value of equal suffrage
campaigns becomes more and more APP
parent to the workers at National suf-
frage headquarters, where the dsilv mail
is laden with packages of newspaper
clippings from every part OF the world
containing reference to the States in
which such campaigns are pending
The activity of the movement In the
various countries is becoming 30 pro-
nounced that interest is focused on the
sections where the prospects for success
appear to be most favorable.
Zons Gale. the distinguished author,
is among the active workers in the
woman suffrage campaign now in prog
ress in Wisconsin.
Mrs. Florence Kelley, known through
out the United States for her efforts in
behalf Of working ONE and children,
says that when she began her years OF
social service she felt that work directly
for the legal protection of working chill
dren and working girls and women was
more imperative and Immediately neces-
sary than suffrage work. but hat she is
now obliged to confess, after a quarter Of
a century OF strenuous effort, she would
have done better to have given that
time directly to securing the ballot for
women. Mrs. Kelley was for several
years associated with Jane Adams at
Hull House.
Mrs. Winston Churchill, wife Of the
celebrated author, is said to be n Of
the most untiring workers in the New
Hampshire campaign for votes for
women. She is delivering afternoon and
evening addresses, distributing literature
and conducting a house-to-house canvass
in various parts Of the State. Mr..
Churchill is in entire sympathy with
his wife's views on the subject.
So much has been published in regard
to women voters being unwilling to re-
veal their ages, it is quite startling to
learn that it is the men who desire to
conceal theirs. Word comes from Cali
fornis that owing TO the refusal of large
corporations to employ men over a given
age it is to their advantage not to tell
their ages at the polls.
Speaking at the annual banquet Of
the Michigan Society in Chicago few
days ago. Governor Osborn of Michigan
took occasion to declare himself a firm
believer in woman suffrage and express
the hope that in the near future the
franchise would be extended to the
women Of his State.
So many petitions in favor Of woman
suffrage have been received by the Com
mission to Revise the Electoral Laws Of
Pennsylvania. it has been decided to
hold public hearings on the question
the latter part of March.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY II. 1912
Taft DefieS PrOgreSSiVeS

President Taft brought his celebra-
ton OF Lincoln's birthday to a close In
New York Monday night with a politic
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17
China'S Child Emperor
Surrond0rS His Throne

Peking, China, February H.
China joined to-day the sister
hood of the worlds republics, in
three imperial edicts. The Man
chu dynasty has changed 40O,-
100000 from being subjects of
an absolute ruler to citizens of
the largest self-governing nation
on earth.
The first edict announced the
abdication of the dynasty after
700 years of absolute rule; the
second declared the crown ac-
copied the republic; the third
approved all the conditions
agreed on by Premier Yuan Shi
Kai and the Republicans. The
surrender is unconditional. Vice
roys and provincial governors
we're informed of the retirement
of the throne from political
power and instructed to continue
to do duty and preserve order.
1t is declared that the step
taken by the throne meets with
the wishes of the people.
The abdication of Pu vi, the
boy emperor, brings an end to
the Manchu dynasty, which has
reigned since 1914. He had been
on throne since 1908, when the
emperor, Kwang Su, his uncle,
died.
His father, Prince Chun, acted
as regent. Dissatisfied with con-
ditions the revolutionists, after
much fighting, proclaimed a re-
public at Marking last December,
Dr.. Sun Yet Sen accepting the
presidency, December 29.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17

Mrs. Mary O'Hsrs, wife oil Bernard
o'Hars, a miner in 0linghouse Canyon
committed suicide in Reno Feb. Il by
taking carbolic acid. She was found in
the sgonies Of death by her daughter.
The woman is believed to have been in
sane. She is survi Jed by her husband
and ten children, and was a pioneer o.
Virginia City.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17

After the women Of Washington were
e~nfranchised. the City Council of Seattle
passed an ordinance prohibiting smok
ing at the polling places. In California
the Universities are offering free in
structions TO classes Of women who de-
sire instruction in ciyics. and women
are taking measures for educating them
selves in matters on which electors
should be informed.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17
NEW STATE OF ARIZONA
Formal Change From Territory
to Sovereign Commonwealth
Took Place Wednesday

Phenix, Arizona, February To-
will join tomorrow the
sisterhood Of States. A new STAR
the 4Sth, will be placed on the
American flag by proclamation oil
President Taft, to be issued be-
fore noon. Governor Richard T.
Sloan. the last of the Territorial
Governors. will turn over the al
fairs of government to George W..
Hunt, the first Governor elected
by The People and the recently
elected State officers will take
Office. The ceremonies will be
marked with simplicity because OF
the wishes Of Governor-elect
Hunt that it be devoid of splend-
or or military color.
A peculiar historical coinci-
dence lies in the fact that Admis-
sion Day will be the fiftieth an
niversary of Arizona's admission
into the Southern Confederacy.
February IA, 1862, Jefferson
Davis issued a proclamation to
this effect. But Arizona was
never actually taken over. Follow
ing the proclamation of the Con-
federate Executive a column OF
troops was thrown into Arizona
from California and Arizona was
saved to the Union. February "a, a
year later, President Lincoln
singed the proclamation conferr-
ing territorial government.
Facts and Figures About Arizona
Capital-Phoenix.
Area-113 ,020 square miles.
Ranks sixth in area among the
States and Territories.
Population in 1910, 204,354.
Is famous for its mineral de-
posits and the mining industry
has been a huge factor in the de-
velopment of the State.
In 1901 it was third among
States and Territories in copper
production-13O, IT'S, gil pounds
having been mined; it was fifth
with silver with a production o.
2,812,400 ounces, with a com.
mercial value of $1,687, 40; il
gold production it ranked sixth
with an output of 1877, 514 ounces
valued at $4,083, 900.
In the north are found extern
sive and rich grazing lands, while
in the south are vast and valuable
forest and reserves.
In 1908 the Territory con-
tanned 1866 miles of steam rail
roads.
The territory was acquired
from Mexico by cession in 1847
and the Gadsden purchase il
1853, when it was made a county
of New Mexico and called Dons
Ana.
Mt @. ut
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17

mission. gratuity OF reward for the per-
Torrance Of his duty, is guilty Of q mis-.
demeanor. Another section provides that
IL Is q misdemeanor TO wear, in n
public place or conveyance. q hat pin,
the point Of which shall protrude more
than one-half inch beyond the crown
or other portion Of the hat which it is
worn in. unless the point 10 protected.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17

A strike Of h~igh-srade gold ore near
Las Vegas has caused q stampede from
Southern Nevada. The gold has
been found in q property that has been
working for a number Of years. IL is
described as being picture ore and runs
into the thousands Of dollars per ton.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17

al speech to the Republican Club. in
which he breathed defiance to the Dem
ocratic party, declared it was his belief
that the Republicans would triumph
next November, and made it plain that
he had little sympathy with those of
his W political faith who call them
selves "progressives," but who are
political ~emotionalis's or n%euratics."
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17

LoST-A pair Of steel framed eye
glasses in a case was lost in Eureka this
week. The finder is requested to leave
them at the SENTINEL Office.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17

p. M. Doyle, who killed editor smith
AT Truckee last week, has been held TO
answer the charge Of murder. The COM
hitting magistrate admitted him to bail
in the snm Of $4,000. .
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17
Maps Of Eureka Mining District

The SENTINEL has received a limited
number OF new black and white prints
OF Eureka mining district. In addition
to what is known as the Pardy map. has
been added the Windfall and other
mines adjoining in the Secret Canyon
mining district. Price per map, one
dollar. By mail. 8 cents extra.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-17

The of California are having
Registration teas" in the various
churches and enrolling themselves as
voters, special women deputies being
on hand for this purpose.