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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-29

Topeka, KAN Nav %
APPLES-Ganos per bbI., S375
NAVEL ORANGES-Per box S55OG6 90
FLORIDA GRAPE FRUJT-Per boy
s5.25@5.5o.
LEMONS-Per box, $7.0097. 25
PINEAPPDES-Per crate, $500
AWBERRIES-Fancy Missouri Aro
mas, per crate, s2.75. Other varieties. I,er
crate, $3.50.
PoTAToEs-New, per bu.. H.s5; old,
per bu., s5c.
CABBAGE-New, per Ib.,21kc.
Observation-Disclosures sized punches mar
bunch, $1.75Q2.25; large bunches. her
bunch, $2.50Q275; per h., &C.
ONIONS-Crystal Wax. per crate. 81 Oo0
1.65; Bermuda Onions, per crate 81 90
RHUBARB-Per h., &c; 100 lbs. or
more, PFC.
WAX BEANS-1-3 blu. box, 81 oo:. I)ia-
mond basket, $1.00; per hamper s25
ASPARAGUS-Per doz lunches Doc
TEXAS CUCUMBERS-Per doz. 81 SON
FLORIDA ToMAToEs-Per 6 basket
crate, s325d3.75.
FIELD I.ETTUCB-Per 6 basket orats.
HOME GROWN sPINAcH-Per bu.. SOC
HOME GROWN RADISHESL7o i,n6
per doz. punches, 15c; doz. bunch lots
121zc.
BEETS-Per doz. punches, SOC.
TURNIPS-Per doz punches Csc
ARKANSAS PEAS-Per box SO
GREEN ONIONS-Per doz. punches nc.
doz. bunch lots. 1sc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-29
Topeka Hay Market

FURNISHED by I. A. Beck, 2l2-214 E. sth !
Topeka, Kan, Nav %
PRAIRIE HAY-No. /. 500: No. a.
NEW ALFALFA-Choice $500; No. L
$500
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-29

Furnished by ]. B. Billiard. corner Kan
sas ave. and Curtis st.1
Topeka, Kan, May %.
wHEAT-75qSoc-
CORN-5Sc.
OATs35c.
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TOPEKA MAN, May y.
CHICAGO EGGS-1s4 G1S1zc.
NEW YORK EGGS-20c.
CREAMERY BUTTER-Chicago q; N
Y, 271Ac; Elgin, &c; Topeka wholesale, pc
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Topeka Hide NIarket.


fluctuations furnished by James q. sn,s.h
Hide Co.. 1oS East Third St.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-29
Babe Caldwell Is Dead.

Venice, Cal, May 29.-George Conn
stock, known among circus people as
Babe Caldwell, the fat man." and who
weighed 40S pounds, died suddenly
here. 1t required. Twelve men to carry
Comstock to the automobile in which
he was rushed to a. hospital when he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-29
Topeka Butter. Eggs and Poultry.
Furnished by the Topeka Packing 70 I

Topeka, Kan, May 20
EGGsFresh country, 15c. ~
POULTRY-Hens, all sizes, 12c: snrin1,
over lbs, lie; broilers. 2lbs. and under
lac; over lbs, lie; old cocks. SC; ducks.
SC, geese, 7c-
TURKEYS-Hens turkeys over slbs.. 14c.
young Toms over II lbs, lac: old Tovns'
12c.
demonstrating stock, zoe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-29
Kansas City Live Stock Sales.

IThe following sales were made this
morning at the Stock Yards. Kansas
City, and reported over long distance
telephone direct to the State Journal by
Clay, Robinson & CO., live stock COM
mission merchants. with Offices at all
naarkets.I
Kansas City, May 29-CATTLElRe-
ceipts 1900 head. Market steady.
HOGS-Receipts 5000 head. Market
steady to SC higher. Bulk of sales, $3.50
$50; top, S8.65.
sREEP-Receipts 10000 heal. Market
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-29
Topeka Fruit and Produce Market.

ISelIing prices by Sam'l E. Lux, wholesale
Fruit and Product
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-29

Butter and Eggs.
FURNISHED by The Continental Creamery
Co., Topeka. kan.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-29

Market price paid for dry lot cattle
If you will favor US with your INQUIRIES
advising number of head. quality, age
and length of time on feed, we will noai1a
you an offer or arrange for our buyers
to call on you.
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Chicago Grain Market.
Chicago, May %.
Close
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-08
FIVE NEAR DEATH
Ptemaine Poisoning Blamed for
Dangerous Illness.
Canned Food Served at Supper
Nearly Fatal.

Leavenworth, Kan, Jan. S.-Mrs. C..
H. Seymour, her two sons, Charles, Jr.,
and Ned, and two guests of the fam
lily, c. Chevalier and Mrs R. L. Sill
vians, were sufferers from ptomaine
poisoning at the Seymour home, and
their condition is serious. The poison
is thought to have been in canned
food which was served for the even
ing meal
Mrs. Seymour was the first victim.
Shortly after supper she was taken
with violent pains. Chevalier hurried
to the house of a nefghbor to call
physician. He no sooner had return
ed to the Seymour house when Mrs.
Silvians hurried to the neighbor and
told him that Chevalier, Mrs. Sey-
mour and the two boys of the latter
were writhing in agony, and she
thought they were dying. The neigh
Dor again summoned the physician,
after which he started to accompany
Mrs. Silvians back to the others when
she fell to the floor a victim of the
poison. All five were hurried to a
hospital
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-08
IT'S COLD in RENO
Government Thermometer Reg
listers 20 Degrees Below.
Hutchinson Coolest Place Re-
ported in Kansas.

Hutchinson, Jan. S.-Twenty de-
grees below zero was the record last
night by a government instrument
that recorded but 19 below as last
years coldest day.
No wind is blowing and it is clear
with the therm eter gradually show
ing higher temperature.
There is but little suffering among
the live stock here and the absence of
wind makes the weather not unpleas-
ant.
The ground is covered with four or
five inches of snow.
Six Below and No Gas.
Atchison, Kan, Jan. S.-A tempera-
the present winter, was registered here
this morning. A shortage of gas, en-
failing much suffering continues.
Twenty-Eight Below at SaIina.
Salina, Kan, Jan. S.-The lowest
temperature since 1905 was recorded
here last night when the mercury
stood at 2S below zero.
Keep Freights Off Track.
Hutchinson, Kan, Jan. S.-A five
inch blanket of snow covers the west
ern Kansas wheat belt, the first mois-
tllre this season, and it is worth much
to the growing crop. Drifting snow
gave the railroads much trouble, but
no blockades are reported The Rock
Island annulled all freight trains today
in order to keep passenger traffic
A Little Snow i'm Cheyenne.
ST. Francis. Kan, Jan. S.-The
pleasant winter weather that has pre-
vailed in western Kansas for the last
month came to an end when a strong
wind blowing from the northeast
brought with it snow and sleet, the
first real storm of this winter. The
thermometer stood at zero.
Blockade on Missouri Pacific.
LindSborg, Kan, Jan. S.-Following
a low emperature for several days,
snowstorm has been in progress over
Mcpherson county during the last "a
hours. This is the first snow of the
winter and is greeted with pleasure
by the wheat growers as the wheat
was needing it badly. A blockade on
the Missouri Pacific railroad west of
here was reported today No suffer-
ing has been reported among people
or live stock.
Vote Bonds in Storm.
Jewell City, Kan, Jan. S.-A storm
beginning Sunday, continuing forty
eight hours, terminating in a deep
snow, maintaining the freezing point
from the start, covers this section of
Kansas In the midst of it the bond
election Monday for waterworks was
pulled off, a full vote being polled
with 119 for the bonds. Closed cars
ran all the time until the last minute
for the voters. Both sides furnished
the cars. There was no real opposi-
ton to city waterworks, the objections
being to the proposition to dam West
creek
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-08
POISON KILLS DUCKS.
Mortality in Utah Due to SuIphuric
Acid in Lakes.

New York Jan. S.-Investigations of
the causes for the enormous mortality
among wild ducks in the neighborhood
Salt Lake City, Utah, which We're in
stigated by the American Game Pro-
tective and Propagation association,
have revealed the fact that sulphuric
acid poisoning, and not a contagious
disease as was believed was RESPONSE
Bile for the death of two million water
fowl in 1910 and nearly as many dur
ing the past season.
The association solicited the aid of
the biological survey at Washington,
and through it's offices DR.. Buckley of
the pathological division of the bu-
reau of animal industry was sent to
the scene of the supposed epidemic.
All those who have given the matter
attention now concur in DR.. Buckley's
conclusion that sulphuric acid dis
charged into the marshes by industrial
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-08
FIVE DIE IN fire
Coal Stove Believed to Have
Caused Blaze.
Farmer Had Evidently Sought
Help Before Death.

Chanute, Kan, Jan. S.-J. w. Litsey,
farmer, Mrs. Litsey and their three
children, one of them, an infant We're
burned to death in a fire which de-
stroyed their home near here early to-
day. The fire was believed to have
started from an overheated stove. The
house was in ruins before neighbors
could reach the scene.
The children burned were Merrill,
aged s; Leon, 6 years, and Dorothy
II months. The bodies of all except
Mr. Litsey were found in their beds.
Litsey's body was found near the
door. 1t was believed he had attempted
to go for aid when overcome. In
dications We're that a coal stove had
exploded throwing live Goals over the
rOom
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consumed. Missouri towns-farther
away from the supply than the Kansas
towns which were often very cold-re-
ceived more gas at the hands of the
Kansas Natural than did the Kansas
cities. The table shows that 14,141, ,970,-
coo cubic feet of gas went to Missouri
in the II months and that s., ,347, AIS. Sc
was paid for the same.
At Coffeyville nearly three-quarter
of a million more cubic feet of gas
was consumed in 1911-12 than was con-
sumed in Topeka in the same period.
Yet for this increased supply, the
Kansas Natural received less than one
half the price for which Topeka paid
for her often scanty fuel
What the Raise Means.
Now the gas company is in the hands
of receiver. 1t has spent a half mill
ion dollars for additional gas territory
and mains and wants leave of court
to spend three-quarter of a million
more.
But the main thing that concerns
the consumer is the fact that the gas
wants SO cents for gas in the
future. Where, after paying commis-
sions to local distributors, the company
in 1911-12 received 1882 cents a thou
sand cubic feet for gas, it now seeks
a big advance in rates.
Should the company receive permis-
sion to sell its gas at so cents the 23,-
452, ,129, 900 cubic feet which it sold in
1911-12 and for which it received but
81, ,2ss. .O39.49, would bring in a total of
$11, ,726 064.50 from which of course if
would pay the same revenue to local
agencies
And with these figures in hand, Kan
SaS and. Missouri towns, public utilities
the courts, the receivers
the lawyers and last of all the ultimate
consumers are expressing their opin-
ions of the necessity of a raise of 100
per cent in gas prices.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-08
WAGGENER DENIES
AtchisOn Senator Not a Candi-
date for U. s. Senate.
Never Authorized Statements
About His Candidacy.

Senator Bale P. Waggener of Atch-
ison, veteran of the Kansas legislature,
is not a candidate for the United States
senate. AT least not now. He never
authorized the Associated Press re-
ports that he is in the running and
in a statement today declares he is
not a candidate
The reports that Senator Waggener
is an avowed candidate for United
States senator to succeed Joseph L.
Bristow and in opposition to James
W. Orr, is claimed to have been used
to discredit Waggener and to inten-
sify the reports of political conflict
between Orr and Waggener. Such
reports were never authorized by
Waggener. The real thing which
Waggener is interested in at the pres
ent time is the fulfillment of Demo-
cratic party promises. And he will
work for the enactment of every
promise into law at the coming ses-
sion.
At the National hotel today, Sena-
tor Waggener gave out this statement
candidate for the United States SEN
ate:
at is not true that have announced
that I would be a candidate for Uni
ted States senator, to succeed BristoW;
nor is it true that I have authorized
any one to make such an announce
ment for me. The people of Kansas
are not now interested in who shall
succeed BriStow. They are interested
in knowing whether the Democratic
senators and representatives will re-
deem the pledges and promises con-
tanned in the party platform, and upon
the strength of which the administra-
ton of state affairs is to be turned
over to the Democratic party. They
are interested in knowing whether the
incoming administration will be broad
enough to relieve them from an in
tolerable burden of taxation, or wheth-
er it is to be converted into a politi-
cal machine to exploit the personal
ambition of any man for governor or
for senator two years hence, or for
anything else.
During the last ten years the Re
publican party has been cursed with
political parasites in and around each
legislature, fixing up jobs in the in
terest of self-constituted leaders, re-
gardless of the interest of the people
with the result that the taxes today
are about SIT per head for every man,
woman and child in the state.
"The time is very inopportune to
talk politics or conditions two years
hence. 1 hope the present legislature
will prove to be business one, with
an eye single to the interest of the
people"
Senator Waggener will remain in To-
peka until the close of the 1913 ses-
sion. He has engaged rooms for the
session at the National hotel.
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1T WAS 5 BELOW
Weather Records for the Win
ter Smashed.
of Wind Helped
Warmer Weather Predicted.

All cold weather records for this
season were smashed today. At $3.50
O'Clock this morning the mercury stood
at 81 below zero point-within three
tenths of a degree of the record for
this date in 26 years The coolest
weather ever recorded on January 8
in Topeka was in 1S8S-hve and four
tenths degrees below zero.
1t is crisp brand of cold weather
with very little wind stirring. This is
fine" commented Sunny Flora, the
weather man. This is the kind of cold
that is bearable at 60 degrees below
zero in the northern regions. The wind
was blowing three miles an hour from
the west at half past nine this morn
ing with a strong tendency to shift
to the south. The sun came out this
morning to stay the rest of the day.
Fair weather is predicted for tonight
and Thursday with rising tempera
lures. The mercury is rising rapidly.
1.-The sky cleared at about 10 o'clock
Tuesday night. When the sky clears
it is like taking the covers off a bed
the temperature drops.
There is snow all the way from the
northern part of Texas to the north
pole. The next cold spell will find it
easier to reduce the temperature than
If there We're no snow on the ground.
The total depth of snow on the ground
this morning was 5.3 inches"
The gas pressure was adequate
early in the morning, but it was low
in some parts of the city by breakfast
time. The coal dealers continue to
do a rush business.
Is IS Degrees Warmer.
The sun has been ION the Job to-
day, to use an expression of Sunny
Flora's. The mercury rose from five
degrees below zero at o'clock to 13
above AT o'clock. The wind has
shifted to the south, and is blowing at
the rate of nine miles an hour. The
thermometer will register close to
zero Thursday morning, according to
the weatherman, but there will be an
her warming up in the course of
he day 1t will be several days at
east, however, before the snow will
nave disappeared.
The hourly readings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-08
FATHER never KNEW.
Son NIasquerades as a Girl for 1s
Years From Birth.

Victor Colo, Jan. S.-After mas
querading as a girl for Is years, the
sex of Irene Merinahan was learned
today. He was arrested in La Jdnta
by the sheriff who. because of his mas
culine appearance decided he was a
boy in girls clothing. Irene was on
his way to visit his father in Bisbee,
Ariz.
Until the holidays Irene had been a
student in the Victor high school and
all his life had been passed off as a
girl.
Mrs Merinahan when told that her
son had been arrested and that his
sex had been discovered stated that
she had always passed him off as
girl because of her disappointment in
having two sons.
Not even her husband was aware of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-08
FLEW To CHURCH
Kansas Youth Stopped Service
at RagO Church.
"DrOpped in" to Pay Mother
"Flying Visit"

Hutchinson, Kan, Jan. 8.-Just before
the opening hymn at the country chapel
near Rago, Kingman county, a mem
Der of the congregation looked out of
the window and saw an airship flying
straight for the church. Astounded
he rushed out of the chapel with the
congregation, choir and organist at his
heels.
Outside they found a quiet looking
young man descending from his seat
in Bleriot monoplane, taking off his
goggles and making ready to enter the
church. The members of the congre-
cation We're much relieved, for they
recognized c. V. Sessna, a young farm
er boy of the neighborhood
Cessna owns a 1913 Bleriot monoplane
ana tours in the summer time making
exhibition flights at fairs and carnivaIs.
His neighbors had not known previous
ly he was home. 1t was the first time
that he had come to a church service
in the craft.
Cessna'S mother recently received a
message from him saying: "Will make
flying trip home Saturday." He was
then at Enid, Okla.
1t was literally a flying trip. Cessna
shipped his machine to Rago, put it
together there and then flew to the
farm OF his parents, five miles east of
Rago. Circling around the farm
house he finally volplaned down to the
SlNo u ms iuOtner ana leaplng out OF
his machine and jerking off his cog
giles, greeted her with a hearty kiss.
Beats old Dobbin. doesn't it, moth
er?" he remarked
1t was the first time that he had
been home in two years and the first
time his mother and many of the
nelghbors had ever seen an aeroplane.
A few days ago Cessna had occasion
to go to Belmont on an errand. He
made the 20mile trip in his mono
plane transacted his business and was
home in twenty-five minutes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-08
GAS HEARING JAN. "a.
New Utilities Commission Will Pass
on the Rates.

The utilities commission has set the
Kansas Natural Gas company hearing
for January "a. That means, no
doubt that the new commission will
have the privilege of investigating the
action filed Tuesday afternoon by
mission.
Under the law, the term of office of
the present members of the commits
sion expires next Monday. The suit
to investigate the Kansas gas situation
and to fix rates was filed with the re-
firing board, but cannot be reached
before the expiration of their term of
office
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-08
| CAR FALLS TO GROUND
Passengers Escape Before 1t Leaves
the Track.

Chicago Jan. S-The rear coach of
a Chicago and Oak Park elevated train
became derailed and fell from the ele-
waited structure to the street at the
Fifth avenue and Van Buren avenue
curve of the union loop today. Two
men passengers who were in the car
when it left the rails and bumped over
the ties for 20 feet before plunging
from the elevated structure. escaped
injury by stepping into a forward car
The train had discharged most of its
load of several hundred passengers
and was returning to the western ter
minal of the line when the accident
occurred.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-08
MULE CRUSHES MINER,
Tom CLAUDIO Killed at Close of His
Days Work.

Pittsburg, KAN, Jan. S--Tom CLAUDIO,
employed at mine IL of the Central
Coal and Coke company near here
was killed in passageway in the
mine CLAUDIO hnd finished his days
work and was walking toward the
main shaft by the side of a mule draw
ing a string of coal cars. He became
jammed in a narrow passageway be-
tween the mule and the wall of the
tunnel He died shortly after being
rescued.
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HE DIES IN CHAIR.
Former Whiting Man Victim of Heart
Failure.

Atchison, Kan, Jan. S.-While sit
ting in his chair apparently as we'll
as ever w. L. Priest, IS, was stricken
by heart attack and died within a
few minutes. He had been a resident
of Whiting for many years, coming to
Atchison. several years ago to live with
a son, following the death of his wife
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Quits Milhkin University.

Decatur ILL.,, Jan. S.-President A r.
Taylor of James Millikin university
has resigned to take effect June 80
President Taylor previously was at the
head of the Kansas State Normal
school
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-08
.Assaria Banker Resigns.

Salina. Kan, Jan. s.-J. F. Merrill
president of the Assaria State bank
since its organization has resigned, his
resignation becoming effective at once
]. C. Short, the former cashier, becomes
the president.
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the boys sex she said. This was borne
our by the discovery of a letter in the
bows effects by the sheriff at La Junta.
The letter was addressed to his father
in Risbee and declared that the moth
err was sending a son to him as a
New Years gift"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-08
Great Bend to Fight Fires Now.

Great Bend, Kan, Jan. S.-Great
Bend which has for over % years main
tanned q volunteer fire department, is
to adopt more modern methods of fire
fighting. 90
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-08
COLD AT CONCORDIA.
Mercury Slips to IS Degrees Below
Zero Today.

Concordia, Kan, JAN S.-The ther-
mometer registered 13 degrees below
zero here this morning at O'Clock ,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-08

Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Fair tonight and Thursday. Warmer
tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-08

plants has destroyed the birds. This
discovery paves the way for legislation
which should be Immediately enacted
to prevent this great waste of valuable
animal life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-08

There are about 20 other towns in
Kansas ard Missouri which are sup
piled by the Kansas Natural, but which
iE 1911-12 used less than a million
cubic feet of gas. The amount of gas
consumed in each town and the amount
collected for the same, is shown in
separate table of the corporations re-
port.
In 1911-12 the Kansas towns supplied
by the Kansas Natural paid 81, SIS, 40. .48
for the 13. III, sos, 900 cubic feet of gas
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CContinued on Page Two.l
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-07-22
SKIlTOOK CHAMPIONS
FINALLY TAKE count
ANlNT CLUB DEFEATS TIE ANt.
TITR TILE HOLDERS IN
\ CLOSE CONTEST.

SKIATOOK. Okla. July 2l.-tSpe-
c.aLp-Ayant defeated the strong
Skiatook t.am on the local grounds
h'r" sunday 20 3.
The batteries for A'ant were
Young. Fureeman aua Smittle. and
for Skiatook. Reeves and Lewis. Only
three hits ,trc sarnored OF OF John
Young in seven innings and Fores-
man got ly without hit being reg
istDr,d against him in the remaining
tWu innings
10 WAS tho second time this year
that Sr.touh has lC.n defeated los
amy .llu Much rivalry was shown
boo Slld lss contest and 20 g. said
That Tho SNltuok fans attempted
-.ro rough house, tactic, with the
N..rt ..uh.
ridl, OF this week. the beginning
0i our Great Department Clearing
sab --llunt-i -i,iddiCk idV.