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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-15

Pujo announced the committee would de-
eide later whether to insist on the testi-
mony.
Mr. RockefeIler's condition is more SER
lous than would be supposed from reading
the affidavit of DR.. Chappeu, his ply
sician,' said the witness.
Dr. Richardson said he found that the
right vocal chord Of the oil magnate was
practically gone and that the left was bad
~ affected He said he found Mr.. Rookie
feller's pulse 100 and his blood pressure
1872 A writing test, he said, showed Mr..
Rockefeller by continued effort could
write only eleven words in two and one
half minutes. He said he found a condi-
ton of what is mostly called shaking
palsy" which made examination by
writing an impoSsibility-
Il believe he could be subjected to a
short examination orally without immed-
late danger to his life says Richardson,
ably weaken his vocal chord
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FAVORS CORN CLUBS.
United States Department Urges Boys
and Girls Be Interested.

Washington, Jan. ia special ap-
peal to the authorities of the Northern
and Western states to organize the
boys and girls of their communities
into Corn clubs was made today by
the department of agriculture, which is
sued a special pamphlet outlining the
work The corn club movement has
advanced rapidly in the South, where
the girls are as ardent agriculturists
as the boys, but lesser interest has been
manifested in other sections of the
country
We need the boys for the present
efficiency of the farm" says o. H Ben
son, the departments specialist in
charge of the club work and author of
the pamphlet. "and we must have their
work. their leadership and their influ-
ence for the future if American agri-
culture and rural interests are to en-
dure and contribute as they should to
human comfort and prosperity"
The department announced that IL
stood ready not only to furnish infor-
nation and instructions in the organi-
cation of the clubs, but that it also
would furnish supplies of record blanks
The movement is being encouraged
through the public schools and agricul-
tural colleges of the several states
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-15
PLAN WELL LAID
LOunsberry Nearly Decided to
Rob Missouri Pacific.
Mail RObber Told Story to In
spectOr, Brown Said.

Kansas City, Jan. 15.-WeIis Louns-
berry, of Medford, Ore, on trial in the
federal court in Kansas City, Kan,
charged with robbing a U. P. mail car
between Kansas City and Topeka Ia st
summer had planned the coup deliber-
ately and had pondered we'll the posi-
bflities OF successful mail robberies on
four railways running west from Kan
sas City before making the attempt ac-
cording to the testimony TODAY by R
s. Brown. a postoffice inspector, of
Topeka. Brown said the full details of
the plan were given him by LoGnsberry
in a confession made in the Topeka
Jail.
According to Brown Lounsberry con-
fessed that ne had spent several days
studying the routes covered and mails
carried by the Santa Fe, the Missouri
Pacific, the Rock Island and the Q.
P. railways before coming to a de-
cision and that he had made an in
spection trip from Kansas City to
Denver on the Missouri Pacific before
giving up a plan to rob the mail car
on that line.
NJ E. Smith. conductor of the Union
Pacific train and w. Fl. Wilt. l Topeka
policeman, testified today concerning
the details of the capture of Louns-
berry in a Pullman berth following the
robbery.
C. H Stewart, a mail clerk, testified
JAdI 1OuHSDeFTy entered the car just
out of Kansas City pointed his revolver
at him and his five companions then
producing leather thongs AMI white
handkerchiefs from his pocket, com
PEELED him to bind and bIindfold the
other five He said Lounsberry then
rifled the pouches put part of their
contents in a burIap sack and left the
car at Lawrence.
Col. Lounsberry. formerly was promi-
nent in North Dakota politics. being at
one time a candidate for the Z. s
Senate from that state.
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she OPENS REST CURE
Mrs J. Borden Hartman Takes Up
Business Enterprise.

New York, Jan. 14.-Mrs- ]. Borden
Hartman intends to join the ranks
of prominent New York society womep
who have taken up business enter
prises, according to announcement to-
day. On account of the illness of her
husband, Mrs. Hartman proposes to
convert her extensive estate at Up
lands. near Mount Kensico- into a
rest cure resort for tiredout city peo-
pie
Mrs Hartman has been identified
for several years with. many important
movements for civic betterment- She
is president of the Babies WaIfare as
ISOLATION. a prominent member of the
civic federation and active in many
East side charities
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HONORS TO ORR
AtchisOn Man Head House Ju-
dietary Committee.
Herr of Barber Gets Ways and
Means.
TWO COMMITTEES NAMED
Speaker Brown Gives Advice
on Bills.
Few Democratic Lawyers in
the House.

James w. Orr of Atchison was to-
day rewarded with the appointment
as chairman of the judiciary commit
tee in recognition of the Atchison law
yer's position as floor leader for the
administration forces IN the house j
N Herr of Barber county was placed
at the head of the ways and means
committee
There were but two committees APP
pointed by Speaker Brown at the
morning session. but those two com
mitteeS are the most important to he
named in the legislature Orr had
been previously slated as chairman
of the judiciary committee, while
Heirs appointment to head the ways
and means committee was something
of a surprise. The Barber county
member was in the 1911 session and
on his return this year was rewarded
with one of the best committee APP
pointments in the house
On the judiciary committee ten
Democrats and six Republicans Were
named. Four of the ten Democrats
are Iavmen, as there are but a half
dozen Democratic lawyers in the
house. Brewster of Doniphan was
named to head the minority on the
judiciary committee
Mem bers of the committees named
today are:
Judiciary Committee-Orr of Atchi-
son. chairman: Barrett of Pratt; Lane
of Ford; Doerr of Pawnee; Lyon of
Lincoln; Miller of Ottawa; Carroll of
Leavenworth. Focht OF Greenwood:
stevens of Montgomery: Tulloss of
Franklin: Brewster of Doniphan.
Keene of Bourbon: Williams of Sedg-
wick; Wilson of Greeley; Jocelyn Of
Sedgwick; Atkinson of Wyandotte.
Ways and means committee-Herr
of Barber, chairman; Ross of Rice:
Riddle of Marion: Schlicher of Sheri-
dan: Nichols of Seward; Mahurin of
Coffey- Bentley of Anderson; OSSwei-
Ter of Sedgwick: Ashcroft of Graha 70:
Of
Morehead of Nemaha: Burtis of Cot
fey: Daily of Clark: Woodbury. of
Usage: Turner of Neosho; Sat
terthwaite of Butler.
Speaker Brown this morning called
Sneaker Pro Tenn Miles Nulroy to The
chair for the first time in the session.
There was a mixup in the work at the
reading clerks desk 1t peeved Brown
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General Bonus Inspector Ben T. Payne
was appointed last night to fill the Va
cancy of J. E. EpIer, general bonus ST.
pervisor of the entire Santa Fe system
who resigned the first of this year to
take UP similar work with the Chicago
& Eastern Illinois Mr. Payne has been
with the Santa Fe the past twenty-five
years
Mrs Peterson, wife of Conductor
Charles Peterson of Kansas City, Will re-
turn to her home this evening. after
spending a few days here on business.
LOST-Gold EIgin watch, Santa Fe
yards. Tuesday evening Call 1S Bran
ner. Reward--Adv-
Mrs Crook. wife of ]. L. Crook of the
shops. expects to leave the first of next
week for a visit to her son in Parsons
Kan and will go from there to SeatoI1,
ILL., for a visit with her daughter
Floyd Kline. travelling freight agent for
the New York Central, was in Topeka OF
business yesterday
Dr. ]. D. Freeman assistant chief sur
geon at the SAINT Fe hospital. and Mrs
Freeman are the parents of twin boys,
born yesterday.
Ira Neiswinter of the store department
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HAS SHAKING PALSY.
William Rockefeller Really Is a Sick
Man.

Washington. Jan. 15-When the money
trust committee convened today Geo. w
Perkins. formerly of J.. P. Morgan & Co.,
and H P. Dawson and Thomas W. La
mont, present members of the Morgan
firm, were on hand Their testimony was
expected to ampIify that of Mr. Morgan
himself Dr. Richardson was first called
TO the stand He testified that in his
opinion VIM Rockefeller would be able
TO testify for an hour or two He added
however. that were he Mr.. Rockefeller
physician he would endeavor to protect
him against such strain. Chairman
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KILLED SO STEERS.
Rock Island Train No. so Did, at VAL
encia.

Thirty-nine head of cattle wandered
onto the Rock Island tracks last night
near Valencia and lost their lives
when the 1890 train went crashing
into the thick of the herd.
The cattle were the property of A 7.
Fitzgerald, who estimates his loss at
S1.675.0O.
The driver of Rock Island train No.
81, which ran down the cattle, was
unable to stop his engine in time to
save the animals.
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Four Births Reported To-day

The following births have been re-
ported to the office of the city clerk:
To Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Leeper. 1912
College avenue. a boy.
To Mr. and Mrs J. ]. Nicholson,
1858 West street. a boy
To Mr. and Mrs Benjamin Barnurn,
sos West Eighth, a boy
To Mr. and Mrs PresciEiano Cutter
les. 81 East First, a boy.
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SANTA FE NOTES

Items for this column may be 'phoned
to 1915 or the State Journal ohice-1
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The Topeka Railway Co.

department viii visit friends in Osawato-
ME q few days this month
Engineer Charles Jewell. who under
went an operation at the company hos
pital Monday, Is steadily recovering.
Mrs Sharpe, wife of Engineer Charles
Sharpe of Fort Madison. Ia. has fully re-
covered from an attack Of pneumonia
Miss Katherine DevIfn of the freight
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and he went to the desk and read the
bills in a tone that brought forth ap-
plause from the members. Then
Brown gave some heart to heart ad-
vice to the members concerning the
manner of preparing and introducing
bills in the future.
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ness.
Mss Birdie George of the freight clam
department is unable to be at work on
account of Illness
Mrs c V. Slanker. returned today from
Horton, where she has been visiting her
daughter the past few days
Miss Della Hughes of the freight ciaIrn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-15

claim department. will spend the weekend
with relatives and friends in wichita
J. J. Brown travelling passenger agent
for the NORTHWESTERN railway with bead
quarters IN Kansas City was visiting
Santa Fe friends yesterday
H. l. Robinson Of the freight claim de-
partment will spend a few days this week
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Near Side Stop Hints!
Where To Stand and
How To Avoid Accidents


thorough of this system should be gained by the public The
the cities where the hearty
of
of
caution before going railway this
to avoid /
with
The intending
of
Ito
stopt an boarded n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-15
LOCKE BUYS PHILLIES.
Secretary of Pirates Now Owner Of
"FOgeFs FiollieS."
PHILADELPHIA.

Philadelphia Jan. 15.-W. H.
Locke of Pittsburg, announced this
afternoon he had purchased the Phil
adelphia National League club.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-11
RUB PAINS FROM
SORE, LAME BACK
Rub Baokache and Lumbago right
out with a small trial bottle of
cd st. Jacobs Oil.

Back hurt you? Can't streighten
mp without feeling sudden paiGs,
sharp aches and twinges? Now lis
ten! That's lumbago, sciatica or
maybe from a strain, and you'll get
blessed relief the moment You rub
your back with soothing penetrat-
ing st. Jacobs Gil, Nothing else
takes out soreness, lameness and
stiffness so quickly. You simply run
it on and out comes the pain 1t is
perfectly harmless and doesn't burn
or d!1color the skin.
Timber up! Don't suffer- Get a
small trial bottle from any drug
store, and after using it just once,
you'll forget you ever had backache,
mmbago or sciatica, because your
back will never hurt or cause any
more misery, 1t never disappoihts
and has been recommended for SO
years.---Advt.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-11
Gathering Oak Leaves.

In certain sections Of New Jersey
the gathering of oak leaves is a late
summer and autumn industry. Pass.
ing through the section where the in.
dustry is carried on one sees the sides
OF houses and barns or any other place
out OF doors where the branches can
hang to dry filed with row after row
OF punches of oak.
After drying for two weeks they are
put In bales for shipment. Last year
one man gathered over 400 punches
a day and had over twelve tons for
shipment.
The price Is about $50 a ton and
there Is a brisk demand In European
cities for the oak branches thus pre-
pared. There are 100 limbs in a bun.
die and 100 bundles in bale. The
leaves are free for the taking, mostly.
Still some owners Of woodland are
in the money making game them.
selves and charge so much per acre
for the privilege.
The gatherer does not have to sow
or cultivated seems as lie the crop
were a gift Of nature.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-11
UNKNOWN TO SCIENCE
STRANGE ANIMALS BELIEVED To
EXIST IN AFRICA.
Particulars Have Not Been Made Pub.
lie, But Professors Of Natural His.
tory Are inclined to Credit
the Report.

Elk Africa semper aliquid novi. The
proverb OF the ancient world stil holds
good in the bustling days and amid the
untiagging activities OF the twentieth
century. The latest report from wbat
used TO be known as the DARK Cont
nent appears in contemporary the
London correspondent OF which re.
cords report Of the discovery of .'vet
another strange and unknown beast"
in East Central Africa.
Particulars are said to have reached
the Natural Histor museum al Lon.
don of the exist ce of an animal
about the size Q a bear. tawnv color.
with very shaggy long hair" This in
teresting creature is also described as
short and thick'set in the body with
high withers and short neck and
stumpy nose" and 'its existence is
youched for by more than one Off.
cial."
Inquiry at the museum by a repre-.
sentative of the Pail Mall Gazette
fails. however, to confirm these attrac-
tive details. In the eyes of the author.
tiles at South Kensington "particu.
lars" of such discoveries have to be Of
a definite and material kind In the
shape Of some portion of the animal
bones, for example, or piece Of
skin
Nothing OF that sort is at present
forthcoming. ''Rumors have, however
reached the museum" said an official
or the mammal department, "of the
existence of hitherto unknown ami
NAL, possibly such as is described, but
we have no particulars, and can
therefore, substantiate no account Of
details When the okapi was dscoy.
cred particulars were forthcoming in
the form of belts made from it's skin
and worn by the natives
You do not. then, credit the &C.
count?"
I'VE don't say such an animal does
not exist. All that can be said is that
no particulars are to hand up to now.
There was rumor some time ago OF
the discovery OF water elephant
which, apparently, was of the nature
OF very substantial tapir, but moth.
ing seems to have come of it. If we
could have a proper systematic survey
OF Central Africa it would probably re.
suit In the discovery of any number
of new creatures.
THE Kongo region whence this ri.
NOR in all probability arises. is almost
unknown from geological point of
view. There are, for instance, any
number of new monkeys there, con,
corning which we find nothing in the
books of ten years ago A few men are
engaged In natural history research on
the borders OF the Kongo region. and
the East Africa districts have been
swept by the big game expeditions of
Roosevelt and others But without
doubt there are many unknown ami
mails yet to be discovered in the Kon
go region"
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-11

well" said the literary gentle.
mans, you have published book Of
poems, you have written a novel. you
have put out collection of essays.
you have tried your hand at humorous
sketches, you have added book of
travels to your list, and you have at
tempted a story Of adventure. but
nothing has come of any OF your eff
forts. What are you going to do
next?"
Il think" he replied. scratching his
head reflectively, that I will have to
give the public my version of the
Rubaiyat"
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-11

Yes"
There's something / wish you
would explain, If you can. What is
tt that causes hard-headed business
man to pay money to a woman whose
nails need manicuring- woman
whose general appearance is slovenly
and who evidently finds it difficult to
make ends meet-why, say, should
a hard-headed business man go to
such woman for the purpose of get
ting her to tell his fortune-to give
him pointers concerning the manage
ment OF his affairs-to tell him when
to buy and when to sellTF
"Oh, thunder, you might as well ask
me to tell you why a woman who
knows perfectly well that you are ly.
ing when you tell her she is beautiful
keeps tempting you to repeat 1t and
finally gets to hating your wife"
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-11
"JIn1 the Penman.w

For exquisite handwriting few per-
sons have ever excelled that prince of
forgers, James Townsend Saward,
alias jim the PeHman," whose deeds
were the sensation of 1857. His forged
checks and bills of exchange were SO
cleyerly executed and so numerous
that they were beginning to affect the
security Of the entire mercantile com.
munity. Lawyers were favorite vic.
Tins, copy of their signatures being
obtained by one of his confederates
employing them to. recover fictitious
debts Jim the Penman was at last
captured through treachery, tried and
transported for life to Australia.-Lon-
don Cronicle.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-11
Practical Nursery Puu.

For good all-round rug In room
where children run about, an army
blanket is just the thing It clings to
the floor and dust does not go through.
1t sweeps easily and washes without
any shrinking or wrinkling.
When asbestos table mats are soiled
and unfit for table use, try laying
them for a few minutes~on a glowing
fire in the furnace, handling them
carefully, with garden fork: they
will come out with the dirt burned off
and white.
Lemon juice will clean aluminium.
If your aluminium pans and kettles be-
come blackened, Just put little of
the Juice on cloth and rub the uten-
sill we'll
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-11
Diabetes
Simple Herb Quickly Relieves
This Dread Disease.

Diabetes has heretofore been considerer
ineurable, and the only hope held out to thu
afnicted has been to prolong their years by
strict diet.
plant recently discovered In Mexico,
piabetol Herb, has been found to be sps
cihc in the treatment of diabetes, quickly
reducing the specific gravity and sugar, re
toring vigor and building up the system,
lieve the patient of his worst symptoms. In
the most aggravated cases, within week.
and TO prove II, we will mail the first Soc
package for 25c, with free booklet of special
value to the diabetic, containing latest diet
lists and exclusive table of food values. Civ
Ing percentage of starch and sugar tcarbohy
dfates) In go different foods
Tell your afflicted friends of this offer and
send DC today for . full sixed SOC pack are
AMES CHEMICAL CO., Dept 5S,E Whit
ney Point, N. Y.
You can gel. Dfabetoi &c Cairo At Paul G
chuh q Sons 81 the regular price
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-11

WANTED-Every white citizen
in Cairo and vicinity to know of the
opportunities offered in the pur-
chase of 10 or more acres of our
land.
No land schemes or nothing free
but a bonafiide business PROPOSE
ton. Cut over land selling for $4,000
and $4,000 per acre.
Terms, $500 per acre down and
$500 per acre per month.
10 per cent discount for cash, no
interest or taxes until paid for If
interested in a trip OF inspection or
any other information in regard to
rates, etc, call me up on either
phone. l will accompany you to
look at these properties personally.
w. T MCGEE, District Representative
Wauchula Dew. Co., Wauchula, Fla.
1911 If
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-11
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS

The annual meeting Of the stock.
holders Of the Alexander County
Savings Bank OF Cairo. Illinois. vii
be held at the Directors room in
The above named bank in the city
Of Cairo. Illinois, on Wednesday
January :. 1914. at 1850 o'clock
for the purpose OF eleeting a Board
of Directors, and such other bust
ness as may be brought before said
meeting
JAMES n. GALLIGAN, Cashier.
Cairo, H., December 6. 1918.
Advt. 1877 got.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-11
HELP THE KIDNEYS.
Cairo Readers Are Learning the
Way

Cairo Readers Are Learning the
Way.
It's the little kidney ills
The lame, weak or aching back
The unnoticed urinary disorders
That may lead to dropsy and
Bright's disease.
When the kidneys are weak,
Help them with Doan's Kidney
Pills.
A remedy especially for weak kid
neys.
Doan's have been used in kidney
troubles for so years.
Endorsed by 10000 people-en-
aorsed by citizens or this locality.
T. j, Lloyd, 500 Clark street, Pa
ducah, KY, says: zone Of my fam
lily was troubled with an acute at
tack of kidney trouble and severe
backache. Hearing of Doan's Kid
ney Pills, I got box. They acted
Immediately and removed the
trouble. | highly recommend them
to anyone who is suffering from
backache or other kidney disorders. F"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's s.
and take no other.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-11
Help Wanted-Mals.

WANTED-Hustling men and
women for Cairo. Mounds and
Mound City, capable of earning
$25 TO $50 weekly. to introduce
greatest sanitary article of the CEN
fury. Apply in person or by letter
to Mr.. Edwards. Halliday Hotel,
"Wednesday afternoon or evening.
Dec. 10. 1910 ct
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-11
Football Not a PIuskln,

That phrase SO much used In the
football season, chasing the pigskin,"
involves a popular error. The foot.
ball is not made of pigskin, but of the
hide OF the calf or COW, and, for the
cheaper variety, the skin of the sheep.
Footballs OF the ordinary grade are
made in this country, but some of the
finest, sold to those who are not par
ticular about price, are imported from
England, where the industry was an
old one before 1t was started in Amer
lea,
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-11
Climbing and FalIjnu.

We pirate and we preach OF the glory
OF climbing and climbing. for aye,
And we point to the horror of falling
Heavens up. hell's the other way
But in spite OF the glory OF climbing,
Who II he could choose would be less
Inclined to fail into a fortune
Than climb up the way TO success7
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-11
The Distribution.

For every man woman In born,
There's laugh for every s1gh;
For every finger there Is a thorn:
There's a truth for every lie.
hut the trouble In that many thorn
May bring one soul dfsnay.
And many a woman sits forlorn
While others turn men away
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-11
Worst That Gould Happen.

Don't worry, dear" said the mag
aHine editors wife. TITS too bad that
you we're burned out Just a week be
fore the time for going to press. but
perhaps you can get other stories and
poems 10 take the place of the ones
that we're lost"
1T isn't that" he groaned. Il can
get plenty of stories and poems, bat
the copy for our soap ads has all gone
mp in smoke"
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-11
Willing to Accommodate Her.

II want to ask you something.
Oracle" said the beautiful heiress
What is It, duckie?" the duke in
Quired.
Would you object IL ! should re-
quest the minister to omit the word
obey from the service when we are
married."
Certainly not He can Just make it
love, honor and supply"