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iiFTEO THE FACT
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Carr Taylor lnyites Grain
Uuyers to Topeka.
Wants to Know What They Haye
to Say.
KiPORTAST HEARING.
That on Dec. 12 Will lie Espec
ially Interesting.
Injustice in Grain Eates to I5e
Laid Bare.
Every graia buyer and elevator man
in the state of Kansas has received
within the past day or two from Carr
vV. Taylor, attorney for the state
board of railroad commissioners, an
invitation to come to Topeka on De
cember 12, Tuesday, and tell what he
knows about freight rates on grain.
In addition, Mr.' Taylor has been
allowed by the board to subpoena a.
Ions list of witnesses. Most of: the
witnesses are the farmers and . grain
shippers.
It is expected that as a result of the
great interest i:i the case, the at
tendance may be so large that the
hearing will be adjourned to the su
preme court room, or some other
larger room than the board room in
the basement of the state house. Mr.
Taylor says of the case:
"This will be the most important
rate hearing yet; the evidence will be
of a more startling character, and the
unfairness of existing rates will be
ihown."
It is claimed by the state that the
existing rates for shipping grain in the
state of Kansas are from 1 n 0 to 125
per cent, higher than the rates charged
fnr- like distances under like circum
stances, east of the Missouri river.
The farmers are the ones to whom
this reduction is of interest; it will be
of no special -alue to the millers and
elevators, because they make the farm
ers pay the freight under whatever
conditions exist. For this reason the
millers and elevator men are said to
be lining up in opposition to any
change in existing rates. John H.
Atwood has been granted permission
by the hoard to fiie an intervening
We Use Only The
CONDENSATION
from Our Steam Plant
For washing Woolens and
delicate fabrics, and
GARMENT
STEAM CLEANING.
Results are most satisfactory
SPECIAL
FAMILY' WASHING
" 3c lb.
All Flat Work Ironed.
For particulars see our New Lists.
Tcpska Laundry Co.
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ji to see them. They are the very latest novelty and the vogue in the East. s
Another, w leather novelty imported from Japan is a handsome leather letter case, which
can be burned oh the inside fold. These; with hundreds of other imported leather novel
ties, will be shown tomorrow for the first time in Topeka exclusively at our store. &
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petition on behalf of some of these
millers' and elevator men. The inter
vening petition has not yet been filed,,
but doubtless will be filed before next
Tuesday.
What the millers are afraid of, it is
said, is that the special rates which
they now enjoy, the "milling in transit"
privilege and other speciai privileges,
will be cut off by the railroads, m case
the state board forces a general reduc
tion in rates.
The elevator men, who have also had
special advantages, such as the "clean
ing in transit" permit, are worried lest
they," too, lose what inside rates they
have enjoyed. j "
Consequently, it seems' that the farm
ers of the state .have the battle to fight
alone. If the board grants a reduction,
it will be over the protests of the millers
and elevator men. Mr. Taylor's letter
of invitation to the millers and elevator
men, however, shows that the state is
inclined to "tote fair" with this class,
and give them a chance to oome in an.d
be represented.
The case as it stands is brought by
Carr W. Taylor, and is against the San
to Pncir Tinnri friion Pacific and
I Missouri Pacific. The claim ..is, jnaoe
that the rate per ton per mile for ship
ping grain east of the Missouri river is
about one-fourth whai. it is in Kansas,
and the following figures are cited to
show the existing discrimination;
Outside of Kansas.
Mills
Per ton
Milos. cwt. mile.
K. C. to St. I.ouis 2n3 $ i-o
K. C. to New Orleans.. 85 JT.'i S.4a
K. O. to Chicago 4rS .11 4.8
K. C. to Minneapolis ...547 .HVi 4.-
Kansas Kates.
Coin-Hand to K. C 220 .15 13.B4
Concordia to K. C art .14 13.33
Salina to K. C '...1SH .!" IS. 13
Abilene to K. C 1H3 .14 17. IS
Scott City to K. C S) .17 8.72
Ness City to K. C 335 .17 10.15
At the time the petition was drawn up,
a rate was in effect which made it
one cent per 100 cheaper to ship grain to
Kansas City and have it rebilled to Chi
cago than to ship it direct through U
Chicago. This rate was put in, it is
claimed, to give Kansas City a prefer
ence as a grain market. The local rates
from the Kansas wheat belt to Chicago,
if billed'to Kansas City, was 2614, Cents;
the through rate to Chicago was 27'
cents. This very evident discrimina
tion in favor of Kansas City, however,
has since been changed by the railroads,
and the through rate to Chicago is rof
26'. 4 cents.
CALVE DID HOT SlfiG.
lias Disappointed Audiences Twice
- Wltliin the Week.
Chicago, Dec. 9. IJke the king of
France and his 4 0.ff00 rrten, (thicago
ans marched up to the Auditorium
this afternoon and then marched
home atrain. For Calve did not sing.
A sudden attack of rheumatism, it
was announced, made it impossible
for her to appear.
There was much . disappointment
expressed and some comment on the
ways of great singers, but that was
all. Over in the Annex, where Mme.
Calve kept to her room and bed, it
was said attendants walked on tiptoe
and spoke in stage whispers:
"Yes, madame was ill. The rheu
matism had attacked her suddenly
like a wolf in the night. That divine
voice was all right; oh. yes, but mad
ame could not move without agony. The
wretched Chicago climate had done it
And while madame was very, very
sorry to disappoint her dear friends
In Chicago, It was Impossible for her
to appear.
Todav's disappointment was the
second caused by Mme. Calve this
week. She was to have sung in Mil
waukee Thursday evening, but a sud
den cold prevented, and the singer
remained in Chicago, spending the
morning in bed and the afternoon
purchasing jewelry in State street. .
v A Shoemaker's Fortune.
Brussels, Dec. 9. A shoemaker, rarned
Cardou, residing at Saint Jossf-ten Noode,
has just started for Ba.tavia. in the Dutch
Indies, to take possession of a fortune of
$!''!, OuO left him by his brother. The lat
ter, najned Bernard Cardou, disappeared
from Belgium in 1867. his friends not
knowing whither he had gone. He found
work in a tannery at Batavia, and tinea
M . I! Hi! fl if ,U
years later married the daughter of the
proprietor, wiio died six years afterward,
leaving other children. Cardou became
Nffoiinpakhief Qyiv-Hanw, ETAOI NI1I
proprietor of the tannery, and died after
amassing a fortune.
TOPEKA HOLDS UP WELL
Tlie Building; Kecord Still Shows a
Healthy Increase.-
In the amount of new building done
for the month of November, Topeka
still stands well by comparison with the
prominent cities of the United States.
' The increase of November, 1905, in '
comparison with the corresponding
month last year is 50 per cent. Last
year that total pf the building opera
tions amounted to $44,845 for November,
this November it was $66,993. , ..;
In the list of the fifty principal cities
of thi United States the amount of in
crease credited, Topeka ranks twenty
second oyt of a tofal number of thirty
nine cities showing such increase, the
remaining thirty-nine show a decrease
of from 3 to 33 per cent.
Of the cities which are around near
the population contained by Ttipeka,
there is none which show up so favor
ably with the possible exception of Lit
tle Rock, Ark.
The following is the way these cities
compare: Topeka, Shb.swo; jyioune, ov,-
34; South 13end, 5ob,4Z; Lies lviouies.
$57,701; Terre Haute, $o0,49o: aiancnes-
ter; $48,350; Harrisburg, $3a,4u.
The following statement of building
operations in the leading cities of the
United States compiled by the Ameri
can Contractor of Chicago indicates
that the building industry is in a
flourishing condition and in somewhat
greater volume than in November,
1904. While about a dozen cities of
the tiftv show a decrease compared
with November, 1904, the balance
Btinw a decided train, running as high
as 449 per cent in Omaha. A general
average through the entire list pre
sents a very favorable aspect. Among
the cities most conspicuous for. in
creased -building construction are:.
Baltimore, 24 per cent; Buffalo, '38;
Chattanooga, ' 383 'Cincinnati. 66;
Davenport, 104; Denver, 2 2 3 ; Detroit,
34: Duluth, 61; Harrisburg, 26; In
dianapolis, 78; Jersey City, 110: Louis
ville, 82; Manchester, 152; Milwau
kee, 41; Mobile, 84; Newark, 43: New
York. 30; Philadelphia, 71; Pittsburg,
43: St. Louis, 7 6; St. Paul, 131; San
Francisco, 33; Scranton, 105; Seattle,
27; Spokane, 113; South Bend, 142;
Topeka, 50; Terre Haute, 56; Wash
ington, 152; Worcester, 174; Wilkes
barre; 281. The figures from . Denver,
Los Angeles, San Francisco. Pittsburg,
Washington and especially of. St.
Louis aliow an extraordinary building
activity, considering the population
involved. Denver scored the heaviest
building of any month in many years.
Thus far building and construction has
been satisfactory and there is no sign
of a let-up in the near future.
R1DGLEY IS PROBING.
In Compliance With the Hesolution ol
Senator Tillman.
Washington. Dec. 9. The resolu
tion calling on the comptroller of the
currency to report what contributions
were made by the national banks to
recent political campaigns, which
Senator Tillman introduced In the
senate and which was passed unani
mously by that body will be answered
soon by Mr. Ridgley. The comp
troller's reply will p-robably contain
little information on the vital question
as in the nature of things, such ex
penditures would be concealed from
the nationa.1 bank .examiners. Should
the manag-ers of a. national bank wish
to engage in illegal transactions they
could find a way to accomplish their
ends without leaving any tell .tale
marks in the books.. . Campaign con
tributions would, probably be . buried
under the head of "legal expenses',"
"Miscellaneous expense," or sme
eo.ually innocent account and an ex
aminer from . Mr. Ridgley's office
would be unable to dig tnera out.
who comes to our .store. Honday. we will give free a Japanese anti
mony Pin Tray with gold tinish. We just unpacked them yesterday.
They came direct from Japan with an importation of the handsomest
line of leather novelties made frcm ths nzny different leathers 'obtainable ia ths Qtkzt
COLliiiG THIS 17 A
Next National Kifle Tournament
to Be Held n West.
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Probable Thatjjt Will lie at
Fprt iiilej".
IT IS A Bib THING.
llange, at tbe fort - Will Be
ImproTed.
Plenty of Room -There for the
: Targets.
It is probable that the great national
rifle shooting" tournament, held an
nually at Sea Girt; N. J., will be trans
ferred to Ft. Riley, Kan., as soon as
the work on the big rifle range there
has been completed. Tihs information
comes through the last general orders
issued by Secretary of War Taft.
Acting upon this hint, Governor Hoch,
at the request of Adjutant General
Hughes, has written letters to all of
the members of the Kansas congres-
sional delegation, urging them to use
their influence to secure the appropria
tion of $10,000 to complete the Ft. Riley
range. The government has already
expended $10,000, and an equal sum will
complete the work. i
The Sea Girt range is entirely Inade
quate for the purposes of the govern
ment rifle contests. Besides, the range
faces the sea, so that the marksmen are
continually sighting against the glare
of the water. That imposes conditions
which are very unfair to those unfa
miliar with such conditions.
If the great national shoot is brought
to Fort Riley,' it means, that about 1.500
marksmen from all parts of the country
will come to Kansas each year. Every
state in the union is represented by a
team, and there are teams representing'
te regular army, the navy. West Point
and Annapolis.
It had not occurred to the officers of
the state that the Pea Girt shoot might
be moved to Ft. Riley until the last
general orders were issued by the sec
retary of war. This document, con
taining & complete report of the Sea
Girt shoot by Brigadier General Will
iam P. Hall, military secretary of the
United States, makes the following
significant recommendations? .
"In order to obtain a suitable' target
range on which to conduct the national
competitions, I recommend that the
range at Ft. Riley, Kan., 'be completed
as soon as possible. Ten thousand dol
lars have been spent on this range, and
it will require at least $10,000 more to
put it in first-class condition. The cost
of the -range was ftrsF estimated at
5!20,000, but only $10.OC0 were allowed.
Room for Fifty Targets.
"The location of the Riley range
makes it the most available -point in
the United States for the construction,
with small expenditure of a national
range. It is near the geographical cen
ter of the country, and there wiil be no
trouble from the adjacent localities in
the shape of injunctions. It will admit
of placing 50 targets in one butt, which
will allow each team to shoot at the
same time, and of course, under the
same conditions, an absolutely essen
tial feature iti a national, or any, com
petition. This can not b done on a small
ranee. "
"Provision' should be made for the ac
commodation of an increased number of
competitors, for there is every reason
to believe that the attendance at these
competitions will be larger in the future
than it was at the recent 'ne. (!
Put In Electric Wires.
"In the construction of a target range
niuch time and annoyance can be saved
by having electrical connection between
each target and the firing point, so as
to enable the 'markers to -taYow'-when a
shot is fired by the proper person- at his
target. This would, of "conrse, be in
addition to the usual telephonic com
tiunfoation already- Installed at the
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shot is fired by the proper person it tar
get 10, the scorer at the firing point
touches a button once, which gives one L
signal in the pit at target 10, and noti
fies the marker that a shot has been
fired; he will then examine the target
and note the result. As the matter now
stands, it is generally impossible for the
marker at target 10 to know when a
shot is- fired at that target by 1he proper
person. -.
Wants the Matter Investigated.
"I earnestly recommend that a suit
able officer be directed to make a care
ful inspection of the Fort RiHv lat.ge
as soon as practicable with a view to
finding out exactly what is necessary in
the shape of grading, targets, telephones,
electrical connections,, etc., between each
firing point and tlie target at each range,
range houses, ' water connections, and
buildings for storing, repairing and past
ing targets.
"in fitting up the rarjge at Fort Riley,
tent floors should be provided for all
tentB used by competitors, -ange offi
cers, markers, and scorers, for 1he rea
son that many of them have not been
accustomed to sleeping- in tents, and
during the ?hort period occupied with
the competition it - is desirable to keep
them is as good health as possible."
In the orders of General Hall he gives
a list of officers of the state militias
who assisted in the management Of the
Sea Girt shoot. The name of Colonel
W. A. Pierce of Karrsas heads the list.
Colonel Pierce was selected as one of
the range officers.
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Gleaned from Teachings
of AH Denominations.
The most fascinating women are
those who can enrich the everyday mo
ments of life. Rev. Dr. Madison C. Pe
ters, Baptist, New York.
TRULY HAPPY.
No one is truly happy who has not
happiness as a well of water springing
up within himself into everlasting life.
Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott, Congrega
tionalism Brooklyn.
INCENTIVE TQ HONESTY.
The only basis, .the only standard
and the only incentive to absolute jus
tice and honesty, rests in the value of
God. Rev. C. F. Wishart, Presbyterian,
Allegheny, Pa.
NEED OF FAITH. .
We need faith in the reality of truth
and goodness and the presence and
power of God, and need faith in
ourselves and in our work. Rev. J. K.
Mason Universalist, Chicago.
EDUCATION.
The education of the street has more
to do with the moral development of
childhood than any training outside of
the school, of home or mother. Rev.
F. C. Bruner, Independent, Chicago.
LIFE'S INEQUALITIES.
Life's Inequalities are the most fruit
ful source of skepticism and disbelief.
Nothing else has more capacity for pro
ducing misery in the human race. These
inequalities have been found amon- ail
races and at . all times. Rev. W. R.
Breed, Episcopalian. Lancaster, Pa.
DANGERS.
There are few men who can stand
prosperity. Every kind of talent has
its danger. The danger of learning is
conceit; the danger of inherited money
is that It makes . men become useless
drones; the danger of making money
that it makes men grasping accumula
tors. Rev. F. J. Van Horn, Disciple,
Worcester, Mass.
GOD'S SACRED TEMPLE.
God Is looking at the life which we
live and not at the professions which
we make. The heart is the mainspring
of life. The human bedy, after all, is
the only sacred temple of God. In it
dwells the Holy Ghost. Let us be care
ful, then, lest we desecrate this his
only sacred throne here on earth. Rev.
Len G. Broughton, Baptist, Atlanta.
THE THOUGHT OF GOD.
"Religion keeps alive the thought of
God present with us; it provides the
one possible meana by which we can
maintain the unity of our lives. The
tendency to cut. up life into small
pieces, strong at all times, has never
been stronger than at the present day.
There is nothing except the thought of
God there is no object of recollection
except God and his - relation to our
liv5 which can bring- our lives to
gether, which can make ue see th true
meaning ot our exiswnce. P.av. Father
GE.O. V. HOSSFELD, Prop.
Kielty, Roman Catholic, St. Louis.
PURIFIER OF BOD1KS.
The spiritual life is a putitier of the
body. The very face begins to take on
a likeness to God where the mind and
heart are given up to holy thoughts.
There is an amazing opportunity for ath
letic trainers and teachers of physical
culture to point out to those in their
charge how wonderful is the body from
this high standpoint of its being the
bouse of God;that it should be kept clean
with frequent washings; that it should
be kept strong with constant exercise and
care. If the body is, as the Bible claims,
a temple of God, then the preparation
and the eating of food become practically
a religious act. Rev. W. A. Bartlett, D.
D., Congresationalist, Chicago.
CHRISTIAN CHARACTER.
Christian character, is -constituted of
more than' church membership the ob
servance of certain forms of ritual and 1
knowledge of the principles of polity of
any special Christian church. Nor, in
deed, is a creed the substance of it. These
things being excluded as essential to it,
the crucial question is what is It that
makes Christian character? It is simpiy i
a faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Repent
ance is only prepatory to the exercise
of faith in Christ. It is but the breakings
up of the soil to receive the seed. It takes
life to develop Christian character, and
it takes death to crown it. We look be
yond the deprivation, sacrifice and suffer-
ing of life to the unseen and eternal
things that are to be known in the crown
that awaits all who are faithful even un
to death. Rev. J. H. Lakes, Methodist,
Atlanta.
CHURCH ESSENTIALS.
There are some fundamental essentials
which every church ought to reveal, be
it country or cosmopolitan. large or small.
The fi.rst.it seems to me is.that it must be
composed not only of regenerated, but
of consecrated, men and women. A church
succeeds, as God considers success, as
that church surrenders its will to God.
Religion is essential in a man's life. The
most powerful agency in the world today
is co-operation. Germany, united by Bis
marck, is a great power. . The United
States is what it is because of that unity.
Trusts may be abused, but they have the
one cardinal principle of co-operation and
consolidation wnicn is so nne an examine
of lovalty. Lastly I think that a church
should have a loyal and aggressive serv
ice along with an unfaltering love for the
kingdom of God. Into the church must
be put some of the enthusiasm shall we
say the vim? which the business man
puts into his business, the politician into
politics and the society woman into so
ciety. Rev. Dr. Kerr Boyce Tupper, Bap
tist, New York.
BIBLE STUDY.
December 12.
TABERNACLE.
LESSON IX. EXODUS. 25-40. THE
PLAN OF GRACE; FAILURE OF LAW;
MINISTRATION OF DEATH.
Memory verse 15:1.
Read slowly, carefully, thoughtfully,
prayerfully.
Chapters 35-40 are a repetition of chap
ters 25-31, using Past tense... Best verses
are as follows: 25:8-, 26:30 ; 27:8; 29:45. 4fi;
SO: 29; 31:3; 35:29; 36:5; S7:9; 33:22; 39:49;
40'34
' ' - 1ST DIVISION.
1. Which Is the Tabernacle chapter?
2. What was it? Who were the arti-
3. Where do we read of the Holy of
Holies? The Ark?
4 The Mercy Seat? The Cherubim?
5. The Holy place? Altar of incense?
Brazen Altar?
6. Shew bread table, and vessels? Can
dlestick and vessels?
2ND DIVISION.
1 The Outer court? The Inner court
2. The Laver? The Curtains? The
Vail? . .
a Tlie PHpsfs garments? Isarne them.
4. Where do we find the service and
dedication record?
5. How large was the Tabernacle?
6. What was its purpose for Israel?
XXXII. GOLDEN CALF. 16.
1. Object of the image? Why this fall?
2. Why. did Aaron comply with the peo
ple's demands?
3. Jehovah's suggestion to Moses7
Moses' answer?
4. How did Moses Indicate the Cove
nant broken?
5. What object lesson aroused the peo
ple? 6. What atonement was made for the
people's sin?
7. What do you think of Moses?
XXXIII. PRESENCE; PROMISE. 14.
XXXIV. SECOND TABLES. 6, 7. ;
1. What was Jehovah's threat against
Israel Effect?
2. Moses' plea? Result? Moses' re
quest of God?
3. What was the revelation of Jehovah
to Moses in Midian?
4. In Egvpt? At the Red Sea? Marah?
Sinai?
5. What knowledge does h gain in
34:1-7? Effect? '
6. In what respect is this revelation be
yond all the others?
This is perhaps the ''greatest lesson in
this year's outline.
MRS. O. F. MENNINGER.
IT IS DROPPED.
Plan of Underwriting Devlin
Properties GiTen I'p.
Report of Experts Will Not Be
Called For.
BRADLEY OPTIMISTIC.
Thinks That the Estate Will
Vslj Out.
Mrs. Devlin Ileeeives $50,000
Insurance Money.
The scheme of underwriting the
Devlin estate has been given up. The
death of Mr. Devlin Is given as the
reason for not exploiting the matter
any further. The report of Haskina
& Sells upon the assets and liabilities
of the estate, upon which the success
of underwriting depended, has not
oeen presented and there seems to b
no expectation that the report will ba
asked for. The creditors' meeting,
which is set for December 19, may
result in authorizing the carrying on
of the work undertaken by Haskini
& Sells, but this is merely problem
atical. Mrs. Devlin, in an interview Satur
day evening, intimated tnat nothing
further would be. done concerning th ,.
Underwriting proposition.
Receiver James T. Bradley stated
that he could see no further advant
age could be gained from promoting
an underwriting and that the probabla
course of the creditors at me meeting,
in December would be to ask for a
discharge of the receivers and the ap
pointment -of trustees. "I really be
lieve the estate is solvent at the pres
ent time, ' and I feel assured that 11
will pay dollar for dollar' said he.
The Massachusetts Mutual Life In
surance company paid over to Mrs,
Devlin on Saturday afternoon $47,503
of life insurance. The amount of tha
original policy was for $50,000, but ol
this $6,000 had been assigned to tha
First National bank. The total money
paid over, including the accumulated
benefits, amounted to $53,544; $6,041
of this, in exact figures, came to Re
ceiver - James ,T. Bradley of the First
National.
The payments were made through
the state agent of the company in To
peka, H. x Garvey. "Mr. rievlin had
insured up to. the limit allowed by
this company,'.' said Mr. Garvey. "Wa
never issue a policy in excess of $50,
000." "No, this is not the first Insurance
money received by me," said Mrs.
Devlin to a query. "I don't care to
say how much has been paid over."
15 YEARS FOR ASSAULT.
Is the Sentence Dealt Out to Three
Men In Chicago.
Chicago, Dec, j. A Jury In Judge
Honore's court today found James
Hayes, James McGarry and Frank
Dillon guilty of assault and sentenced
them to 15 yeaps each in the peniten
tiary. The defendants were charged
with having attacked Genevive Coti
nety July 8. ' She and her husband
were mistreated at the time. The at
tack occurred opposite the Hancock
school. Mr. Connety and his wire
were on their way home when fiv9
men assaulted them. Corinety's head
was forced beneath a picket fence and,
he was made helpless by his assailants
sitting on him.
After releasing the ' husband the
men are said to have beaten and
kicked him almost into insensibility
and for several daya iis .was ia
critical condition. ;JV
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