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Lincoln Street Property Owners
Oppose ravins'.
Kay They Will Take Controversy
to the Courts.
EXPENSE IS TOO GREAT
Residents Say That Taxes Are
Burnsome.
Itight of Executive Council to
Sign a Petition Questioned.
Before a brick pavement is laid on
Lincoln street from Kighth avenue to
Tenth avenue it will have to surmount
the obstacle of a bitterly contested law
muil.
E. K. Lytle, who has recently pur
chased Investment addition lying be
tween Eighth avenue and Tenth avenue
and Lincoln street to West street has
been promoting the paving o a num
ber of the streets which surround his
tract of ground, included in this lot is
that of Lincoln street. A number of
additional property owners residing on
Lincoln street have added their names
together with Lytle to the petition. Oth
er large owners of real esC.te on the
tame street, Mrs, Lucia O. Case, John
C. Harmon, John V. Abrahams and C.
.W.Merriam, appeared before the streets
and walks committee of the council last
evening to remonstrate against the pe
tition. Excessive taxation due to the
construction of the new Sixth ward
eewer, the formation of a park benefit
district and other improvements Is the
objection which these property owners
have to the paving of Lincoln street at
this time.
"We don't think that the pavement
is needed at this time," said Mrs. Case.
''There are but five houses fronting on
the two blocks and but two horses
owned among the residents there. I
can't see why there is any particular
need of a pavement at this time. If
there was a need I wouldn't stand in
the way of it. I think we should wait
until the houses are buiit before we
pave."
Councilman S. A. Swendson, chair
man cf the streets and walks commit
tee, told the property owners present
that the petition had sufficient number
of signatures of property owners to
make it a, valid petion and that the
committee was bound to approve the
passage of it.
When this statement was made by the
chairman of the committee John F.
Abrahams flashed out a statement to the
effect that not sufficient property was
represented in the signatures to the peti
tion, and cast a Question upon the worth
of the state executive council's signa
ture which signed up in behalf of the
(state, the governor's residence property
abutting on Lincoln street. In his opin
ion it would take a special act of "the
legislature to make good the signature
of the executive council. With this
property of the state out, the petition in
favor of paving would not contain a
sufficient amount of residential property
owners' signatures. Further, a question
is thrown on whether the state of Kan
ens is a resident of Topeka.
In paving Buchanan street the city
went under the assumption that the.
signature of the executive council of
ihe state was all right, this because of
no palpable objection to the paving.
Former City Attorney Spencer who was
present stated that the action was taken
at that time because there seemed to be
no Indication that any objection would
s-rise though he doubted whether it
would have ever stood the test of the
courts.
On a motion the matter was referred
to the city attorney and the action on
the petition wMll be deferred until the
opinion of the city attorney is delivered.
The following additional paving peti
tions were acted upon favorably: Clay
street from Tenth avenue to Thirteenth
street; Jefferson street from Sixth ave
nue to Eighth avenue; Lincoln street
from Seventh street to Eighth avenue
and West Eighth avenue from Lincoln
street to West.
3 OH X SOX GOES TO WASHINGTON.
Labor Commissioner Will Attend tlie
National Meeting-.
W. L. A. Johnson, state labor com
(mission er. left for Washington, D. C.
yesterday for the purpose of attending
the meeting of the executive board of
the National Association of Labor com-
Tnissioners, of which he is a member.
The board consists of Charles P. Xeill,
KTnited States commissioner of labor;
W. L. A.. Johnson of Kansas; M. J. Mc-
Leod of Michigan; E. V. Brake of
Colorado, and Charles F. Pigeon of
Massachusetts.
The object of the meeting is to agree
upon a uniform plan of accounting and
statistical work in all of the state de
partment?. The plan adopted will he
in harmony with the plan used by the
department at Washington, and the ob
ject is to get the state statistics into
such shape that they can be used for
purposes of comparison.
Each state department will collect
exactly the same kind of tables on the
cost of living, manufacturing statistics
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and trades unions. The meeting of
the executive board w ill draw up stand
ard forms for tables to be used by all
the departments of the United States.
The meeting will begin on December
4, and wiil continue a number of days.
M1E0D ACQUITTED.
Jury Clears Him of Responsibility for
Geary Girl s Death.
Boston, Dec. 2. A verdict of not
guilty was reported in the superior
court today by the jury which last
night deliberated the case of Dr. Percy
D. McLeod, charged with being acces
sory after the fact to the illegal opera
tion which resulted in the death of
Susanna Geary, the victim of the suit
case tragedy and with concealing the
crime. the prisoner was discharged.
The case was given to the jury at 4:45
p. m. yesterday and a conclusion was
reached at 10:15. In accordance with
instructions of Judge Stevens, the ver
dict was sealed and reported when
court opened this morning.
Hunt and Louis W. Crawford, who
pleaded guilty several days ago to the
charge of being accessories after the
tact to the illegal operation, then were
brought into court. Each was sen
tenced by Judge Stevens to not less
than six years nor more than seven
years in state prison.
LIQUOR SALES OX INCREASE.
That Is AVhat Judge Ilajden's Records
Indicate.
The druggists of thp ritv vi.i
liquor permits made their regukar month
ly report to the probate judge yester
day. The reports show that the sales
for November were greater by 92 than
they were for the month of October. This
may indicate tnat the raids of the as
sistant attorney general have caused
some of the patrons of the bars of the
city to buy in quantity and in that way
be relieved from testifying against the
liquor dispensers. Or it may be that
the cold weather has somethnig to do
with the increased sales of liquor. The
sales reported for the two months were
as follows:
Nov. Oct.
M. A. Funchess 96 78
Petro & Woodford 114- 114
A. H. Marshall 87 94
F. A. Snow 88 70
E. B. Walker 50 20
A. C. Klingaman 213 129
N. J. Petro 66 68
J. P. Rowley 292 214
W. H. Wilson 1S5 142
A. W. Lacey 58 40
A. O. Rosser 24 46
M. Weightman 36 42
A. T. Waggoner 1W1 91
W. S. Miller 139 94
G. W. Flad 75 79
L. S. Woolverton 72 57
E. S. Lee 195 66
G. W. Stansfield 87 92
Frank Hobart 75 63
E. C. Arnold 154 130
W. A- Karr 222 131
A. F. Gatlin 47 17
A. H. Ott 46 40
C. F. Young 260 218
M. O'Donnell 190 130
J. M. Brunt 159 185
W. S. Osborne 47 132
P. S. Walker 153 SI
J. W. Kraemer 46 41
G. P. Pierce 250 221
H. Page 38 37
Frank Keith 138 133
C. F. McNair 189 146
T. Morris, jr 99 69
L. M. Williams 28 20
W. F. Lake "io 31
C. E. Joslin IS
W. F. Kuntz 48
Chas. Wr. Kohl HO
Totals 4,209 3,517
To Take AV. E. Thomas to Denver.
Leavenworth. Kan., Dec. 2. W. E.
Thomas is reDorted to be steadily im
proving from his carbolic acid burns
and regaining his health, so that his
family expects him to be ready to
leave this city Monday or luesaay. a
reporter was informed et the Thomas
residence last night that the plans
bad been laid to leave for Denver on
the day mentioned.
Sank an Unknot Steamer.
Dover. England. Dec. 2. The Belgian
steamer Philippeviile from Antwerp for
the Congo reports sinking a steamer,
name not given, southwest of Dungeness
farly today. The Philippeviile picked
up tseven of the crew of the sinking ves
me) suid rjroceeded for Southamctoiu
TOPSSA DAILY
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machine doesn't seem to be running
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS.
Rev. A. Wyman will preach his fare
well sermon at the Unitarian church
Sunday.
John W. Newell has gone to Iowa
to plead an important suit in which he
is interested.
The police committee of the coun
cil held a brief and unimportant ses
sion last evening.
Alice Nelsen will be at the Auditor
ium Tuesday, December 12, for the ben
efit of the organ fund.
A building permit was issued today
to S. C. Sheldon for a $1,500 dwelling
at 1021 Morris avenue.
The Ladies of the G. A. R. realized
over $209 from their bazaar which was
managed by Mrs. A. C. Covell.
The W. C. T. U. has announced a
meeting at the first Methodist church
Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Governor Hoch .has returned from
his Thanksgiving speaking? trip to
Smith Center and Junction City.
If you were up early enough this
morning you could have seen a trace of
the second snowstorm of the season.
The regular weekly clean up of the
paved streets is being made today by
the street commissioner's department.
The Japanese juggler at the Star the
ater this week is the best performer in
his line who has ever appeared in this
city.
Malon Burget takes out a few chips
in the Burton game. He says that
Burton will have to serve his term in
jail.
Why is the city railway never ready
for cold weather. All except the elec
trically heated cars have been frigid
these winter mornings.
M. A. Low has bought a quarter
section of land south of Horton from
the Kansas Land and Loan company.
The price paid was $9,800.
The Atchison Globe says that Mayor
Orr will be in Topeka Monday and
will miss the first council meeting
which he has missed since he was
elected mayor.
F. L. Vandegrift is announced for
a lecture before the State university's
school of journalism Friday, Decem
ber 8. His subject will be "The News
paper Man and His Job."
The board of health has issued an
other bulletin saying that school chil
dren must be vaccinated. Come to think
of it school days have some trials pe
culiar to that stage of life.
The public in general is invited to
attend the memorial services to be giv
en by the Elk lodge at the Auditorium
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Ex
Governor Bailey will deliver the ad
dress. Miss Maude Rockwell, who sings at
the Elk entertainment at the Audi
torium this evening, took her first les
son at the skating rink this morning.
If she makes a noise like roller skates
tonight you will know the cause.
The trenching for the new main
which is to be laid from Sixth and
West streets to Seventh and down
Seventh street to Western avenue was
COD LIVER OIL.
It almost makes you
sick to think of it, but it
isn't nearly as bad as it
used to be. The improved
method of refining it
makes it much easier to
take, and when made into
Scott's Emulsion almost
every one can take it.
Most children like it and
all children that are not
robust are benefited by it.
When the doctor says
"Take cod liver oil," he
generally means Scott's
Emulsion; ask him if he
doesn't. They know it is
more easily digested and
better than the plain oil.
SCOTT & I0WNS, 409 Pmrl Street, New York.
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smoothly.
begun this morning by M. W. Gilmore,
the contractor. The contract was let
by the board of waterworks trustees
and when the main is laid it will result
in better water pressure.
In speaking of the verdict returned
by the jury in the Burton case, Frank
Grimes remarks that "juries are not in
fallible. " He can find plenty of To
peka people who will agree with him,
but they are thinking of the Heck case.
Miss Maude Rockwell, the sweet
voiced singer, who is on the bill at the
Elks vaudeville this week, at the Audi
torium, is Mis. O. C. Brown- when not
on the stage. Mr. Brown, her husband
is the booking agent for the Sullivan
Considine circuit and lives in Chicago.
The Topeka Ice and Cold Storage
company will add an additional floor
to their four story building at First
and Jackson streets. The building has
a frontage of 50 feet on First street.
An office building. 4s being completed
adjoining the plant and as soon as it is
ready for occupancy the present loca
tion of the office in the front portion
of the plant will be moved and the
room will be converted into a storage
room.
J. W. Farnsworth of Farnsworth &
Ashby, who has been engaged in the
crockery business in Topeka for the
past 38 years, has concluded to retire
from active business. For 38 years
he has conducted a queensware store
at 503 Kansas avenue, the present
location. Mr. Farnsworth has been
active in the business life of the city
for over 50 years past and was one of
the earliest settlers in Topeka. The
stock will be disposed of and Mr.
Harry Ashby, the remaining member
of the firm, will engage in other busi
ness. BELOW A BILLION.
Once More Public Debt Can Be Ex
pressed in Nine Fifrures.
Washington, Dec. 2. The monthly
statement of the public debt shows
that at the close of business Novem
ber 30. 1905, the debt less cash in the
treasury amounted to $999,752,831,
which is a decrease as compared with
last month of $12,893,294. This de
crease is accounted for by a corre
sponding increase in the amount of
cash on hand. The debt is recapitu
lated as follows: Interest bearing
debt $895,159,120. Debt on which
interest has ceased since maturity
$1,208,095. Debt bearing no interest
$388,695,456. Total $1,285,063,671.
This amount, however, does not In
clude $1,010,233,869 in certificates and
treasury notes outstanding which are
offset by an equal amount of cash on
hand held for their redemption.
The cash in the treasury is classi
fied as follows:
, Gold reserve fund. $150,000,000.
Trust funds, $1,010,233,269.
General funds, $166,489,856.
In national bank depositaries, $65,
607,937. In Philippine treasury, $4,820,623.
Total, $1,397,152,286, against which
there are demand liabilities outstand
ing amounting to $1,111,841,445,
which leaves a cash balance on hand
of $285,310,840.
NEWSPAPER FA5IILIES UNITED.
Wm. Van Benthuysen's Bride Daughter
of a Former Kansas Editor.
New York, Dec. 2. William Van Ben
thuysen, son of the late William Van
Benthuysen, ex-managing editor of the
Chicago Tribune and the New York
World, and Miss Leila Hazel Coulter,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Coulter,
took place at St. Thomas' church
Thanksgiving day. The Rev. Ernest M.
Stires, formerly rector of Grace church,
Chicago, officiated. Mr. Van Benthuy
sen is an artist on the New York World.
Mr. Coulter was for many years a well
known newpaper man in Chicago and is
now financial editor of the New York
Commercial. He did his first newspaper
work In Kansas on the Leavenworth
Times and was a friend of the late
editor of that newspaper. He also did
editorial work on a Topeka morning
daily in the early eighties
Commercial Club Banquet.
So many applications for tickets to
the Commercial club banquet on Tope
ka Dav, have been received from citi
zens not members of the club, that the
committee has decided to admit them to
the comfortable capacity of the Hotel
Throop dining room. The committee
will not consent to crowding tne room
under any circumstances. Parties -who
desire tickets should arrange with tne
secretary of the Commercial club not
later than Monday. Ladies are includ
ed in the invitation. Tickets U each.
SATURDAY NIGHT.
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The Headliner Act of the Vaudeville Stage, will head the bill, and in addition there will be jj
JOS. CALLAHAN, Impersonator; Green & Barton, Comedy Musical Act; Kelly a
& Adams, Irish Comedy ; Nef f & Miller, Eccentric Dancers ; Kherns Sc. Cole, German Comedy ; Ii
Her, Burk & McDonald, Trick House Comedy Acrobats ; LaMont's Big Trained Animal Act, and 1
MISS MAUDE ROCKWELL
THE CALIFORNIA NIGHTINGALE
The Sweet Singer from Beyond the Sierra Nevada.
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THIS IS APPLIED CTIHISTIANITV.
Members of Walnut Grove Work on
Sunday to Build Shelter for Woman.
An instance of practical philanthropy
is that of the residents of South Topeka
who are trying to erect a home for an
aged colored woman, "Aunty" Walker,
who lives a half mile west on Kansas
avenue from Twenty-third street. 1
"Aunty" Walker, who is in the eighties j
has been living on a small tract of land !
in a hovel which threatened to fall !
down upon her, so decrepit was it. j
Neighbors finally decided that it was ',
best to tear down the shanty and erect
a new dwelling.
For the past ten days members of the
Walnut Grove M. E. church have been
devoting their spare hours in laboring
upon the erection of the dwelling house.
Those who couldn't labor on week days,
took time off from the church devotion
al meetings and put it in with hammer
and saw.
Hut a difficulty now confronts the fur
ther progress. The two days' labor of
a stone mason is needed and none has
been found who would volunteer his
services. Those who are active in the
particular piece of charity want the as
sistance of a volunteer stone mason.
W. E. MacEowell at Twenty-first and
Kansas avenue, is directly in charge of
the work.
"We are afraid that the old lady won't
be able to stand living much longer in
the tent and for that reason we are
anxious that the dwelling be finished as
soon as possible," said one neighbor.
"She owns the small property and part
ly takes care of herself by raising gar
den stuff and the county also extends
help."
Leavenworth Prisoner Escapes.
Leavenworth, Kan., Dec. 2.
Charles B. Householder, a federal
prisoner with five months more to
serve, escaped from the sentry near
the post guard house. Householder
was working in the rock quarry when
he managed to edge out from the
gang and ran. He ran in zigzag
fashion to escape being shot. The
sentry fired at him repeatedly and
missed him. Cavalry tried to run
Householder down, but he hid in the
timber.
Death From a Gas Explosion.
Fort Scott, Kan., Dec. 2. Mrs. Elmer
Reid, the young wife of a carpenter,
met an agonizing death here. She had
gone to light the gas fire and did not get
the match until after she had surned
on the gas. When she struck the match
an explosion occurred, setting fire to her
clothing. She ran from room to room
until her clothing was burned off, when
she sank to the floor a charred body.
Charters Granted.
Senator Thad C. Carver and Repre
sentative J. S. Barnes, both of Pratt,
Kan are large stockholders in the
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Buy TicKets at the Stores or of Elks,
and avoid the rush at the Box Office.
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Pratt Mill and Elevator company,
which was granted a charter yester
day. The amount of the capital stock
is $100,000, and Carver and Barnes
each hold $10,000. The company is
organized to deal in grain and manu
facture grain products.
Another large concern granted a
charter yesterday was the Ferguson
Manufacturing company, of Belleville.
Kan. This company has a capital
stock of $50,000, and will engage in
the manufacture of gasoline motors
of all kinds. F. A. Ferguson owns
330 shares of the stock, worth $33,000.
Other concerns chartered yesterday
were: Beagle State bank. Beagle.
Kan., $10,000; Austrian-American
club, Frontenac, $940; Sterling Hos
pital association, $10,000; Sunflower
Investment company, Wichita, $10,000.
FOU CHEAPER FOOTBALL.
Bis Nine Conference Protests Against
Present Prices.
Chicago, Dec. 2. Representatives of
the "Big Nine" athletic conference.which
includes the universities of Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Northwestern, Chicago,
Michigan, Iowa, Indiana, Purdue and
Illinois, at their annual meeting here
entered a protest against the high prices
of admission charged for intercollegiate
football games, and passed a resolution
declaring that the maximum admission
to these contests should not be more
than fifty cents.
In this connection the cases of Dunlap
and Schulte of Michigan and Boone of
Chicago were mentioned to show the
necessity for a standard definition of a
college. The cases of these three men,
it was declared, was a closed incident,
and that the proposed legislation defin
ing a college is for the purpose of deal
ing with similar cases w-hich may arise
in the future.
OCESTTOX OF LAXD LIEXS.
This Is to Be Testea in Suit Before
Supreme Court.
W. D. Kuhn has fiied an appeal in the
supreme court from the decision of the
lower court in the case which he brought
against the National bank of Holton and
E. S. Bateman, sheriff of Jackson county.
It seems that Kuhn bought a farm
from James S. Walton. After he was in,
possession, it develoned that the Na
tional bank of Holton had two judg
ments against Walton, and they claimed
that these judgments constituted a lien
on the land which Walton had sold.
They put the matter into the hands of
the sheriff to sell the farm, and Kuhn
brought suit for injunction to stop the
.fAU this hapepned back in September,
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Tuesday, Dec. 12th, 8:15 P. M.
CONCERT
BY
Alice Neilsen
ASSISTED BY
Four Italian Soloists
Selections and Scenes from
Italian Grand Opera.
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Admission: Si, il 50, $2
$2 Seats first six rows in Parquet
Chart Open at Stansfield's,
Wednesday, December 6th
The Star Theatre
418 Kansas Ave.
ILe Home of Defined VasderiSle
The programme twinkles with stars
Two performances each evening
8 and 9. Matinee daily, 2:45.
All Seats 10c
y. B. Children admitted to Saturday mat
Inee, Ec. bandsome dinner set (lao pieces
f Ken away every ITiiiay afternoon.
1904. The case was postponed for one
cause and another, and did not come to
trial until last month. On November's, the
lower court heard the case, and dis
solved the injunction. Kuhn wants the
supreme court to reverse this decision.
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