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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-19
WILL HAVE 3 HOLIDAYS
Majestic Stock Company Members to
Rest Up . Little While.

The members of Sport North's happy
theatrical family will take three days
vacation next week. There Will be no
show at the Majestic on Monday. Tuesday
and \. ednesday. But the boys and girls:
Including Miss Russell and Old Sport, will
return to work on Christmas day, at
which time an excellent production of
.aThe Great John Canton will be given.
John Canton is a man way up in the
financial world and the story of his life
as told in this play is one that will in
terest all no matter what their station in
life NAV be- Sport North will be seen as
John Canton. part that is right to his
liking and those who saw him In this
it as one of the best things he ever played
here. Miss Russell. Jack Marvin and Roy
HiIliard have excellent parts in this pro-
duct;on and the usual good acting will be
served to the patrons by the balance Of
the cast
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-19
at the chGrchg Saturday afternoo

g. s!,s the ssi ssfchI saturday afternoon at
Louis Grager has returned to his
home in Meriden after short business
trip to the North side.
Ray KirkWO0d Of Elmont has return
ed home after a business trip to North
Topeka.
H. ]. Shook Of wakarusa is spending
a short time ia North Topeka on bus
Mr.. and Mrss Frank Nance of Hast
ings, Neb., arg the guests Of Mrs. A. c..
Morton at her home on North Tyler
street.
H. A. MongoN of Silver Lake has re
turned to his home after a short bust
ness trip to North Topeka
George Aushefman of Silver Lake was
North side business visitor Thurs
day.
The Rev. ]. Barrett will fill the pull
pit of the North Topeka Baptist church
next Sunday evening at both the morn
ing and evening services.
DR.. and Mrs. G. H. THOMPSON will
leave in a short time for Junction City
where they will spend the holidays with
friends and relatives.
Carving sets, silver teaspoons, cook
and heating stoves at half prices.
Fouchts Hardware.-Adv.
1T is easy to stand in front Of a
teers the Shawnee Chief, but it's awful
to get out and run two blocks
At meeting Of the Kansas Fraternal
Citizens the following officers were
elected for the coming year: H. G.
Green, president; W. s. Eastman, vice
president; B. A. Retter, secretary; w.
H. Zarker, treasurer, F. r.. Harris,
y. J. Gruber. inner guard, and Mrs
Bertha Wetherholt. outer guard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-19

life and salary. The total cost Of Captain
Menuez's third matrimonial venture, ex-
cepting postage and charges Of the matri-
monial bureau, was so, expenses incurred
by the bride on her trip to and from Gal
weston.
At daylight the bride was gone. She
established headquarters in a Leavenworth
drug store from where she summoned
the captain to demand $50 expense money.
for the union depot accompanied by
Sergeant and Mrs. Edmundson. who care
for the lodge. About O'Clock in the af-
ternoon she left for Galveston.
Captain Menuez is well liked at the post.
He receives SIS per month as superintend-
ent Of the cemetery and also gets q gener-
GUS pension.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-19

months it will take to construct the
building. The quarters must be on
Kansas avenue somewhere near the
present location. Suitable quarters
are hard to find. There isn't any
doubt but that 1t would be much cas-
Ter to find quarters for single auto
fire truck than for two trucks and the
necessary horses-Ernest Tucker,
Editor Shawnee Chief.
Personal Mention.
Robert Burke Of Sedana will arrive
in North Topeka soon where he will
spend the holidays with friends and
relatives.
At least there is one honest boy In
North Topeka. A few days ago the son
Of Jake Kull who lives a short distance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-19
DIES IN IGNORANCE.
Mother Of Becker Never Knew Ho
Was in Prison.

New York, Dec. 1s.-The mother Of for
mer Police Lieutenant Becker who 10 in
the death house in Sing Sing awaiting
execution for the part he played in the
murder Of Herman Rosenthal died at her
home here today. She was very old and
had been bed-ridden for years. She died
in ignorance OF her sons plight.
For more than a year she had not been
permitted to read q newspaper. When
her son Charles ceased to visit her an
other son, John. told her Charles was
suffering from rheumatism and had been
sent to a sanitarium. This explanation
s,.fffced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-19
D,emocrsts rstked over pi.p..

DenfocrAtice state Officers, appointees
and employees held banquet Friday
night at the Throop hotel with a view of
talking over the situation. A number OF
short speeches were made by the state
house officials among the speakers being
Governor Hodges.
The Democrats did not talk politics. In
stead they talked team work and ef-
ficiency in handling the states business
and Governor Hodges sang his praises of
the Democratic state departments. About
IS state house Democrats sat at the BAN
quet tables and most Of them made short
speeches-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-19
IT'S OPEN At LAST.
Experts Worked Seventy-TwO Hours
ON q Locked Safe.

st. Louis, Dec. 19.-Experts today sue
ceeded in opening the safe of the Union
bank Of Novinger, Mo-. which was sent
here last Sunday because the cashier OF
the hank was unable to open it.
The safe contained 100000 in cash and
securities The doors became fast when
the safe was superheated In IRE. The
eYnerts here worked on the safe y hours
BEFORE they succeeded In opening 1t. The
Circular door, eleven inches thick, was
onened by q slow twisting process
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-19
MAN. ORDER BRIDE GONE.
She Wouldn't Live in Cemetery Wild
Captain at LeAvenworth.

Leavenworth, Dec. 1s.-A courtship car
ried on at long distance through a matr1-
monfal agency came to a sharp climax
when Mrs. Chas. Menuez, formerly Mrs.
Saline, left Captain Vincent Menuez.
superintendent Of the National cemetery
at Fort Leavenworth, her husband Of
twelve hours. to return to the pots and
pans in her boarding house at Galveston;
Before leaving Mrs. Menuezs q really tine
lookin,r woman OF s. declared she would
not live in q cemetery. and. anyway. the
captain had misrepresented his station Ia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-19
Postal service swaanped.

WashingtOn, Dec. H.-The parcel p00t
systems first Christmas has brought such
facilities Of the postofiice department are
being taxed to the utmost. II the crush
should be so. acute next week that de-
-Burleson will have cards OF notification
sent to al consigners OF delayed pack
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-19
Patrick's wife Dies.

Tulsa. Okla, Dec. l9.-The wife Of Al
bert T. Patrick, New York lawyer who
was sentenced to death In New York for
Price q Texas millionaire, by poison
ing and who was pardoned year ago and
went to Tulsa to work in the oil business
of his brother-in-law. Is dead. She Inn
paired her health during the years she
worked for Patrfcks release from Sing
Sing and was an invalid when he was re-
leased. She had been Ill for severai
uoeks They had no children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-19
shoots Foreman and Takes Poison

20 wears old. employed at the st.
Louis Car works. today shot Fred
Hoffman, a foreman. and then COM
mftted suicide by drinking poison One
hundred WOrkmen in the shops fled in
terror when Geschke began urfng.
Hoffnan was wounded seriously.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-04

'caress of a key, it is possible to pro
duce very large differences of quality
as well as large differences in inten
sity.
My own experiences with PLAYER
piano have made me weIlnigh de-
Spalr of its capabilities in its present
/ form. In spite of the instructive con
troll it IS certainly possible to obtain
with 1t, its mechanical details seem
TO me to fall far short of the ideal
that musician can demand. 1T Is. Of
course, practically impossible to pro
ducc differentiation Of intensity Be-
! tween notes Of the same chord. and to
q musical ear it II this difference Of
intensity which enables differences III
quality to be detected and appreciated
| ffo1essor Bryan seems 70 have been
able to control this differentiation Hin
lualltN IN q solo passage, and if lie car
produce mechanical arrancciacpt
winch can even approximate to tlt
SensltINeness Of a pianist $ fingers. III
VIII certainly 90 far 10 mako tRa -i
ano-player more acceptable 20 mi II;
clans.
have often endcavorod to axe a
piaNer-Plano play Chopin 5 First Bal
| lade, but | have never vet succeeded
III overcoming the uucomprouisino
sell assertlNeness of the mechanism. IT
seems TO me curious fact that while
a plano-playcr can often play Rectbo-
Ven aeceptably, it fails hopelesslv with
1hopln, especially in works like the
paliades and nocturnes ! have s1c-
eeeded IN getting prescntahle ucrform
'hees OF the sonatas, and | had almost
sad OF the scherzos, but the lack of
iIeXlhIllty of the instrument seems TO
MAKE 1t impossible in music where diff
| ierences in color are so important as
IN the bailades and nocturnes.
/, Although | have no doubt it will
| De possible to devise a mechanical ar
rahgement which will improve tbe
payer IN the direction | have mention
en- yet 1t would seem impossible to
make any mechanism sufficiently sensi
| i've TO % able to produce effects such
| Is those which can be produced bv the
| myers, Just as it may be possible 70
Peoauee an aeroplane which is capable
81 marvellous evolutions, while it never
| attains the instructive facility of n
| bird = -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-04
A Dying Scottish Industry

The ancient ana famous whaling H.
dustry Of Scotland i rapidly dying
ont; such is the unnlistabe meaning
o. the returns just published il the
annual report Of the Fishery Board of
Scotland. 1t appeared that the total
catch Of whales in Scottish waters
during 1912 was only 40, as compared
with 503 in 1911. This represents a
decline of II per cent in n year. IF
the figures are compared with those of
three years earlier the decline is no
less than 40 per cent CuriousIv
however, an altogether exceptional
number of sperm whales were capsur-
ed-eighteen, as compared with nine
OF the previous year. The most sim
gular thing of all was that one of the
eighteen was female, being only the
second female sperm whale caught
sncc whaling was started, although
fifty-6ve males have been taken
Manchester Guardian.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-04
REBELLION IS SUPPRESSED.
Populace in Canton Celebrating End
of Uprising.

HONG KONG, August I. The
Southern Chinese rebellion is practical
" suppressed Reports from Canton
state that the populace there is eele-
bratlng the end of the uprising with
public rejoicing and the explosion Of
ire crackers. 1t is said that Gen Iun
Chi kuan, the victorious commander
OF the government troops from kwauu
u, has been appointed governor gen
eral OF the province of Kwang Tung.
and that his brother has been nominal
ed as his assistant. Artilervmen at
Canton killed their lieutenant colonel
and then marched to the governor :
offices, where they looted the treasury.
One she'll fired by the artillcrymen fell
in the project 5 office, killing about Il
dozen people. Fighting continues along
the West river, where the rebels cap
tured gunboat The chief problem
of the authorities now consists in deal
ing with the hooters.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-04
NEWFANE.

Miss Dorothy McVeigh ana George
Rydell of Brattlcboro are summer
guests at Grand View farm.
Mrs. L. b. Wright OF Putnev is Wis
iting her daughter. Mrs. A. I. Ell
warts, and her son, Bert Wright.
Frank $ Hayden of Boston, who
has been 4 guest several summers ut
Davidson Naples, came Thursday for
stay Of several weeks
Miss Mary Elizabeth Franklin, prin-
cipal of one Of the public schools OF
Boston, came Thursday to spend her
vacation At Davidson Naples
Miss Florence Whitaker left Sun
day for a week ! visit with her grand
parents and brother, Smaller, at the
BctterIey homestead on Dummerston
hill
Rev. G. r. Carter recently visited
his brother III Rumford, Me- Mrs.
Carter returned home the latter part
Of last week from a visit of two
weeks with friends in Springfield.
Rural mail route No. ,, from the
Ncwfane postofiice was opened Aug. l.
As none OF those who took the exam
nations had yet received the appoint
mcnt as carrier, Albert Phillips was
appointed by Postmaster L. II. Hig-
gins to fill the position temporarily
After n vacation of three weeks at
his home here L. G. Benedict return
Ell to New York city Saturday. Mrs
Benedict will remain a few weeks
She is spending Il few days this week
with her sister, Mrs. ". +. Wheeler
in WilliamSville.
The engine which was rendered I'M
fit for use in the railroad accident last
week at Winhall Station was taken tc
Brattleboro Friday afternoon to be re
PRED. The regular evening train was
delayed Friday night at Brattleboro
as another engine was disabled, so the
passenger train did not reach this
village until about 1.30 Saturday
morning.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-04
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

The next meeting of Protective
Grange will be held Aug. 81.
Class No. II of the Baptist Bible
school will hold a social at the home
of Mrs. Enos White, Forest street.
tomorrow evening at o'clock. The
men are invited.
There Will be no band concert this
week, the band having gone to muster.
The next concert will be given on the
common next week Wednesday NIGHT.
The band will return from camp that
day.
Edward McCraw and T. w. Hart,
who have, flushed their contract for
wrecking Tie Brattleboro House will
leave here tomorrow and return to
their home in North Adams, Mats.
They have the contract to wreck the
Babcock house at Bellows Falls.
which is to be torn down to make
room for the new armory, and viii
begin work on that Monday.
The bankruptcy petition of Mrs FL
len W. Smith of Wardsboro, whose
business is stated as farmer and lum-
Der dealer, has been filed in the office
of Clerk +. :. Platt of the United
states court IN Rutland. Her Habili-
ties are $5,G7s.73 and her assets are
placed at $4,5lG.23, with l,l62 30
claimed to be exempt. The liabilities
include about So, 500 secured by mort
cages. The majority of the other ac-
counts are held by Brattleboro people
Mrs. Malvina Caroline Day, 73, died
of diabetes yesterday at her home in
Chesterfield, y. II. Mrs. Day was born
in that town March /, 1910, a daugh-
ter of Oliver and Phoenica Farms
worth, and had lived there all her life.
She was a widow and leaves one son,
Francis O., of Chesterfield, and one
daughter, Mrs. Robinson of Westfield,
Mass. The funeral will be held at the
house at , o'clock tomorrow, Rev. Mr..
Porter officiating. The burial will
take place in Chesterfield.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-04
Discriminating Player Pianos.

The curious fact that a mechanical
piano player can play Beethoven, but
IS unable to tackle Chopin, is the as-
sertion Of Christopher ". G. Wheat
ley, in a letter printed in Nature. Com
menting on Prof. G. II. Bryan s exp2
riments with piano-players. Mr.. Wheat
fey says that all pianists recognize the
differences in tone that may be produc-
ed by differences in touch on the key
board Of a piano. He believes that the
harmonles of note are most promi-
nent when the note is practically pro
duced by pressure alone. Pressure alone
IS, of course, unable to produce n note,
and certain fractional hit is always
necessary to give the hammer the nee
eSsary momentum. He goes on to say:
rs result it seems worthy of note
that variations in quality must be pro-
duced by differences in the time the
hammer is in contact with the strings
Since the sensitive fingers of a trained
pianist will be able to produce an in
hnlte variety of pressure and hit from
the heaviest arm staecato to the merest
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-04
Refreshing Pennsylvania.

(The New York Evening Post.)
As a state whose woods began to
disappear with Braddock and Du-
quesne, Pennsylvania may boast that
she now leads in forestry legislation.
Those who realize the complexities Of
land taxation will regard the bill push
Ell through the last legislature with
respect. Forested lands are admitted
to an auxiliary reserve, subject to q
minimum tax at valuation of 81 per
acre The hardship which this loss of
revenue places ON mountain counties is
met by second bill providing that
the school and road tax on such lands
be paid by the state. When the low
lands denied the equity of this, they
were siienced by the statement that
their cities and factories had long
used untaxed water from the taxed
hillsides. With all interests thus at
tended to, Ex-Governor Stone s wish
that the woods as a source of timber
and water, and ''the people s outing
grounds upon which they can enter as
owners, not tresp&ssers, might be pre-
served or restored, seems hall realized
One defect in the bill is apparent. The
power to place land in the auxiliary re-
serve, as rendering an essential public
service, is vested in q state commits
SION; but the law does not state that
no good agricultural land, better
adapted to other crops than timber,
shall be allowed the benefit Of inclu-
sion in these reserves
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-04
PUTNEY.
BARN CAUGHT FIRE.
Caick Action Saved Heavy Loss to
John L. Howard.

Only the timely discovery and
quick action saved the barn owned by
John l.. Howard from destruction by
fire. The barn is occupied by Il. f.
Howard, droyer, who had been gath
eriug cattle to ship to Boston
Monday, and about o'clock SUNDAY
night, Just after Mr.. Howard had left
the barn and gone to his home 4 few
houses below, Mr.. harrington, who was
sitting on his Vcrauda. heard n crack
ling sound and ran around the corner
of the house and saw the end Of the
Howard barn abazc, the flames going
to within a few feet of the top Of
the barn. Mr. Harrington gave the
alarm aud Benjamin Howard and f.
w. Dyer were very soon there and
with few pals of water soon cx-
tiuguishcd the flames.
The fire caught in a pile of old
boards which had been thrown out Of
the stable during the recent repairs
on the barn. No one knows lust how
it started, but the theory is that some
one threw down a match or cigar stub
earlier in the day, rs there were men
at that point talking with Mr.. How
ard and smoking at the time.
4 barrel full Of water was handy
and the cleats over the cracks saved
the fire from getting into the hay. Mr..
Howard had some valuable cows in
the barn aud rs the fire was at the
only exit the chances would have been
small for saving them had the fire
made much Roadway.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-04
Five Companies on Duty in
the Hop Fields at Wheat
land, California
FOUR MEN KILLED
EIGHT BADLY INJURED
In a Clash Yesterday Between the
Strikers and Sheriff's Posse-Indus
trial Workers of the World Organ
izers III Ugly Mood.

SACRAMENTO, Cal, August IL
Five companies of the California Ma
tionaI guard are today policing the hop
fields of Wheatland in Yuba county,
where four men were killed and eight
badly injured yesterday I'M a clash
between the striking hop pickers and
the sheriff $ posse. The strikers are
led by the Industrial Workers of the
World aud the organizers of that body
are still in an ugly mood but Adjt.
Gen. Forbes expressed belief that if
he could prevent meeting of the
strikers and some of the bands of
armed citizens who last night were
intent upon vengeance there would
not likely be any further demonstra-
tious.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-04
WEST BRATTLEBORO.

The Junior Auxiliary vii hold an
ice cream sale tomorrow afternoon
with Miss Charlotte Knight. If rainy,
it viii toe postponed.
Miss Hazel Landman returned Fri
day to her home in South London
derry, after q visit here with Mrs. o.
&. Convey. She was accompanied by
her sister, Mrs. NJ. j. Howard, and her
daughter. june Howard.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-04
OverruIed.

"Oh, but, Judge" protested Jinks,
when his honor imposed a ten dollar
fine for overspeeding, look at your
roads! No car ever made could have
gone over eight miles an hour through
that mire." ''Thet's jest it," said his
honor, severely " 'Twarnt nothin'
but tibet there mud of ourn as held
ye back. Harpers Weekly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-04
Best Test of Man,

The keenest test of a man comes
when he has attained; the struggle to
attain keeps him strong. but the line
OF least resistance soon shows itself
in success.-Hugh Black.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-04
DEATHS.

II Springfield, Mass, Aug. 3. Mrs.
Rose II. (Smith) Sherman, 81, wife
.ol amos sherman, formerly OF Brat
tlchoro
IN West Chesterfield, \. H., Aug. 4,
Mrs. Emma (Miner) Matthews, &c.
widow of Hiram =. Matthews
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-04

The Ladies Catholic Benevolent so
cictv, branch 773 Of Brattleboro have
paid 10 Mrs. Julia McCarthv's sons
aud daughter the full amount for
wh,h she was insured Mrs. Arthur
Hunde John Mccarthy. Adv.-13l
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-04
MARRIAGES.

II New York city, Aug. /, by Rev.
Chalmers Ilolbrook of Deerfeld Cen
ire, y. H., Percy Holbrook of New
York and Mrs. Alice Patton Dickin-
son Of Louisville, Ky.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-04
BIRTHS.

In New York, Aug. ,, a son to J.
Earl and Bertha (Stickney) Clauson.
Mrs. Clauson formerly OF Brattleboro.
In Newfane, Aug. |, a daughter, a
Doris Charlotte, to Mr.. and Mrs Del
bert Rhoades
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-04

by mixing carborundum with con
crete a Paris architect succeeded in
building stairway in a public build
lng that seems to defy wear, despite
ITS use by thousands of persons daily.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-04
NOT TO RECOGNIZE HUERTA.
President Wilson'S Mexican Policy to
Be Made Public

WASHINGTON, August T. - 1t is
stated that President Wilson will an
nounee his decision not to recognize
the Huerta administration in Mexico.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-04

In new French game a ball rolled
alng the ground ascends curved run
way which losses it back into one of a
number of nets,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-04
BROOKLINE.

The Baptist Sunday school will have
an iee-cream social in the chapel Fri
day evening.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-04

Susan Eaton, age IS, of Madison,
Me, boasts of having made more than
900 bed quilts by hand in her lifetime.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1913-10-04
NORTH EAST

Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Darling have re-
turned to their home in Hoboken, n Y,
after spending month with his mother
Mrs. Mary Darling and Mrs. Carrie Pat
chell are visitors in New York City.
MIR. and Mrs. Benjamin Nilsson have
returned to their home in Nebraska, after
spending six weeks with relatives in
North East.
There has been complaint made to the
State Board of Health about the condi-
ton of the cutters of North East.
Several of our citizens have attended
oxford Fair this week
H. H. White is laying the foundation
for his new residence on the east side.
Mr. and Mrs William Arrison have re-
turned to their home in Washington, D..
C., after spending five weeks with their
parents
Mrs. Carrie Fora was Philadelphia
visitor this week.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1913-10-04

Henry A. Johnson, business man of
L'Anse, Mich, writes: For years Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and
colds has been our family med. We
give it to our children, who like it, on
account of its pleasant taste. 1t is a safe
cure for coughs and colds. 1t contains
no opiates. ad"