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TOPEHA
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BONAPARTE NOT PLEASED.
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS.
Our Greatest
Tuesday, January 2, we inaugurated our
greatest January White Sale more goods,
more variety and lower prices than ever
before. The sale includes:
Embroideries. Lace Curtains, Laces,
Undermuslins, Waists, Linens,
White Goods, Sheets, Pillow Cases.
The opportunities offered in this January
White Sale are of such importance that no
woman who lives within 75 or 100 miles of
Kansas City can afford to pass them by.
NOTICE A four-page Sale Sheet with cuts and descrip
tions of the merchandise offered in this Sale has been pre
pared for our out-of-town patrons. Those not already on
our mailing list should send for it at once.
KANSAS CITY
17ADSWQRTH WINS.
Administration Candidate Nominated
for Speaker in New York.
Albany, N. T., Jan. 3. James W.
Wadsworth, Jr., of Livingston county,
son of Congressman James W. Wads
worth, of the Thirty-fourth congression
al district, and son-in-law of the late
John Hay, secretary of state, was nom
inated by th.i Republican caucus for
speaker of the asstmbly, and will be
l"cted to that office, wnen the assem
bly convenes. His D-emncratie opponent
will be George M. Palmer, of Schoharie,
who for many years has been minority
leader of the assembly floor.
Mr. Wadsworth had 7r out of 10-t
votes cast in the caucus. Edwin A. Mer
ritt. Jr., of St. Lawrence, receiving 14
and J. M. Wainwright. of Westchester,
Id. The entire strength of the Kepub
lican side of the new assembly, 107 in
all, was present, but none of the three
candidates voted.
The vote was taken by open roll call
and there was no attempt to secure a
secret ballot, as had oeen expected.
This result brings to a close one of the
most r markahle speakership campaigns
if recent years, characterized by ma ke.l
1 irt jorta t bit icrness, and some unusual
t'-atures. Mr. Wadsworth was not anions
trie candidates originally in the held, but
was proposed by Governor Hissins in a
formal statement, and. in addition to the
support of the governor and his friends,
was regarded as having the approval of
1 'resident Roosevelt.
Mr. Merrill had the backing of Chair
man H. H. Odell, jr.. and his friends in
the state organization, who t'oimlit with
determination for his election, or failing
that, for the defeat of Mr. Wadsworth.
Mr. Wainripht stood openly in opposi
tion to what lie charsred was improper in
fluence of the executive in a purely leg
islative matter. He hail the support of a
number of the New York city members,
t 'specially those Republicans who were
also on the municipal ownership ticket.
After- learning the result of the caucus
Gov. Hi?ins sail:
"I am neither disappointed nor surpris
ed. The voices of the people and of the
press have been heanl here, and the rep
resentatives of the people in the assembly
have, in niy opinion, followed the senti
ment. expressed.'1
"I have no comment to make on the ac
tion of tile Republican caucus,'" said for
mer Governor Odell. "except to say that
T am grateful for the twenty-nine "votes.
I nm not at ail disheartened at the re
sult." Mr. Wadsworth's nomination was made
unanimous.
Kansas Postoftioe Changes.
Washington, Jan. 3. The postmaster
peneral has removed I. I-. McKean as
postmaster at Esbon, Jewell county,
Kansas. John H. Mrt.:imnum has been,
appointed to fill the vacancy. MrCara
mon's appointment was made on rec
ommendation of Congressman Keeder.
Walter N. Lyngar was selected for the
office at Opolis, Crawford county, to
succeed I. A. Hopkins, resigned. Jesse
H. C'rites and John A. McGrath were
appointed rural mail tat tiers at t'ar
bondalc. Ordered to Philippines.
Pan Francisco, Cal., Jan. 3. The Ex
aminer today says that three regiments
ef United States infantry, two batteries
of artillery and one squadron of cavalry
are under orders to leave for the Phil
ippines during this month. The troops
to be moved, it is said, are the First,
Second and Twenty-fourth regiments of
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complies with the pure
food laws of all states.
Food prepared with it
is free from Rochelle
salts, lime, alum and
ammonia.
White Sale
infantry with some recruits and detach
ed companies in addition, one squadron
of the Fourth cavalry and the Eighth
and Thirteenth battalions of field artil
lery. I.KLAND DENIES IT.
Says Central Coal and Coke Company
ll::sn t Got Devlin Mines.
Cyrus Leland, one of the Devlin re
ceivers, denies that the Central Coal
and Coke company will get anything
else than equal chance to possess itself
of the Kansas City Coal and Coke com
pany, Devlin and W. K. Thomas pro
perty. A rumor that this would be done
was current yesterday and it went so
far as to say that the same interests
would gobble up the Marceline mines,
control the inlet into Kansas City, and
eventually freeze the Devlin interests in
Kansas to sell to them at their figure.
But Mr. Leland declares that the
Marceline mines shall be considered a
part of the Devlin estate and that the
alleged syndicate cannot get control of
them.
STILL SEEING THINGS.
Rojestvensky Springs Another of His
Visions on the Public.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 3. The remarka
ble allegation that the British fleet was
held in readiness to destroy the Russian
fleet if the battle of the Sea of Japan
had gone in the Russian's favor, is made
by Admiral Rojestvensky in a letter
published in the Novoe Vremya today
with the permission of the minister of
marine. Referring to the absolute se
crecy of Admiral Togo in regard to the
disposition of his forces, Rojestvensky
declares that "this was unknown even
to the admiral of the British fleet al
lied with the Japanese, who concentra
ted his forces at Wei-Hai-Wei in ex
pectation of receiving an order to an
nihilate the Russian fleet if this, the
final object of Great. Britain was beyond
the power of the Japanese."
TOO FAST TOIt VISITORS.
Railroad Y. M. C. A. Defeats Bur
Jinsrame at Basket Ball.
The R. R. Y. M. C. A. basket ball
team last night defeated the Bur
lingame high school by a score of 31
to 11 at the rink. The game was ex
ceedingly fast. Hope was the star of
the game. He is captain of the Wash
burn team, but is also a member of
the Y. M. C. A.
The following was the line-up:
R.R.Y.M.C.A. Position. B. H. S.
Meeks forward Miner
Isaacs forward.... Brackney
Hope center Mehl
Shaw guard Jamison
Dodge guard Calkins
Waiting for the Battleship.
Norfolk, W. Va., Jan. 3. The United
States cruisers West Virginia, Pennsyl
vania, Colorado and Maryland and the
battleship Iowa ate now in the waters
of Hampton Roads, awaiting the arrival
of the battleships Missouri and Illinois
and other vessels of the Atlantic fleet.
When the entire fleet has assembled in
Hampton Roads, it will proceed to West
Indian water for midwinter maneuvers.
Trust Baking: Powders sell for 45 or
50 cents per pound and may be iden
tified by this exorbitant price.
They are a menace to public health,
as food prepared from them con
tains largo quantities of Rochella
salts, a dangerous cathartic drag.
T00!18,000170F1DS
Yerkes Will Is an Unusually
Elaborate Document.
Uulk of Estate Is Left to His
Family.
HIS PUBLIC BEQUESTS
Include Chicago University and
an Art Gallery.
His Widow Is Made One of the
Executors.
New York, Jan. 3. In his will, read
by Clarence A. Knight, his attorney,
the late Charles T. Yerkes makes many
public bequests, including $100,000 in
trust, the income to be paid to the
University of Chicago for the main
tenance of the Yerkes observatory at
Lake Geneva, Wis. Provisions are
made for the disposal of his New York
home, after the death of his wife, to
a corporation organized for the main
tenance of his art gallery, the sum of
$750,000 to be given this project upon
Mrs. Yerkes' death. Mr. Yerkes also
provides for a hospital to be erected In
New York. His widow, son and others
are provided for. The will was read
to the members of his family and they
expressed entire satisfaction with its
provisions. An epitome follows:
To Greenwood cemetery, $15,000: to
Mary Adelaide Yerkes, his wife, $L'O0,C00
and the homestead at: the corner of
Sixty-eighth street and Fifth avenue
together with all the paintings and
works of art, statuary, bronzes, tapes
tries and bric-a-brac there and else
where. 1'pon the death of his wife the
premises, works of art, etc., to go to a
corporation to be organized under the
laws of the state of New York for the
maintenance and preservation of an art
gallery on the premises, which is given
to said corporation, hive trustees are
to be appointed to control -what shall
be known as the Yerkes galleries, one
to be the mayor of New York and the
other four to be designated by the Met
ropolitan Museum of Art. Upon the
death of his wife the trustees are to
pay over to the directors of the Yerkes
galleries out of the one-half of the es
tate set aside for his wife, the sum of
$750,000 in cash for the maintenance of
such galleries. To Charles E. Yerkes,
his son, $00,000; also provided that soti,
Charles, can by will dispose of $300,000
of the estate.
To Bessie L. Rondinella, daughter,
$00,000, also provided that Bessie J.
Rondinella can dispose of by will $200,
000 of the estate. To Kthel Link Yerkes,
daughter of his nephew, Clarence
Yerkes, $100,000 in trust.
To Louis S. Owsley, of Chicago, 111.,
$50,000.
To various relatives the income of
sums from $20,000 to $50,000.
To the University of Chicago S100,
000 in trust, the income to be used for
care and maintenance of the Yerkes
observatory, located at. Lake Geneva,
Wis. .
The remainder of the estate to be
invested and divided into four equal
shares, the income from two of the
shares to be paid to Mrs. Yerkes dur
ing her llifetime. His son, Charles K.
Yerkes, and his daughter, Bessie L.
Rondinella. during their lifetime, re
ceive the income of the other two
shares.
On the death of Mrs. Yerkes, the
will provides for a hospital in New
York city, to be known as thie Yerkes
hospital, the aggregate cost of the
ground and buildings not to exceed
$800,000. He directs that the hospital
shall be open for the public without
regard to creed, race or color, and any
patient received or admitted whose
financial means are not such as to enr
able the patient to pay for the neces
sary treatment shall be treated free.
Provisions are made for the mainten
ance of the Yerkes hlospital from the
remainder of the portion of the estate
going to Mrs. Yerkes and from the
part going to his son, Charles E.
Yerkes, the latter's share going to the
hospital if he dies without issue, and
at any rate, after the children have
reached the age of 21, less the $300,
000 which Charles E. Yerkes is au
thorized to devise by will.
In case his wife should notify the
trustees that she desires to relinquish
her right to use the premises at Sixty
eighth street and Fifth; avenue as a
home, then the trustees are directed to
pay to the Yerkes galleries $20,000 per
annum out of the income set aside for
wife and children under the fifteenth
paragraph of his will.
It is provided that the provisions
hereinbefore made to his wife are in
lieu of dower.
Appoints as trustees under h5s will
Central Trust company of New York,
in case that it refused to accept then
the Illinois Trust and Savings bank of
Illinois is made trustee.
Appoints his wife. Mary Adelaide
Yerkes, Louis S. Ovvsier and the Illi
nois Trust and Savings bank as execu
tors, and declares that his home is in
the state of Illinois.
The will was signed by Mr. Yerkes
January 1 2, 1905. in London and was
witnessed by. Walter Abbott, C. S.
Louch and Francis E. Vonillor of Lon
don. It was witnessed May 22, 1905,
in New York by Frank K. Waller and
Clarence A. Knight.
The will is a document of about
8,'JeO words.
REGISTRATION IS GOING ON.
People Who Are Not on the Books
Being Placed There.
Registration of the voters, which is
necessary in instances where the voter
failed to vote at the last city election
or has changed his place of residence
since last registration, is now going on
in the office of the commissioner of elec
tions at the city building. William T.
Tavlor. a physician living at 603 West
Sixth avenue, was the first person to be
registered this mornint,', with F. P.
Smith of 510 Lane street second.
J. H. Evans, a member of Lincoln
post G. A. R.. and living in the Fourth
ward, and J. M. Montgomery of Topeka
post G. A. R.. residence in the Third ward
have been appointed as deputies by C.
H. Titus, election commissioner. They
will attend to the registration until the
rush is over, this means up to April 1.
Held for Death of Her Husband.
Des Moines, la., Jan. 3. The cor
oner's jury has declared Mrs. L. B.
Carr responsible for the death of her
husband which occurred in a hotel at
Oelwein Sunday and the woman was
placed under arrest at the hospital
today. Carr was found with a bullet
hole through the head and the woman
was unconscious from two dangerous
wrtilndi
lie Doesn't Approve" of Verdict of
Young Court Martial.
Washington, Jan. 3. Although not"
concurring in the finding of the court
which found Commander Lucien
Young guilty of "remissness in the
performance of duty" and failed to
rind him guilty of the charge of "neg
lect of duty" Secretary Bonaparte, in
his review of the case made public to
day, approves without comment thfe
recommendations of the judge ad
vocate general. The latter in an
nouncing his noncurrence in the find
ing of the court says:
"After careful and painstaking con
sideration of the evidence adduced this
office does not concur in the findings
of the court nor in a number of the
court's rulings upon the admission of
evidence. In order, however, that
Commander Young may not go wholly
unpunished, it is recommended as best
subserving the ends of justice, that th'e
proceedings, finding upon specification
five and the sentence be approved and
that the findings upon specifications
one. two, three, four and six be dis
approved." The remissness of the performance
of duty is based on the findings upon
specification five, which allege that
Commander Young failed to approve
the smooth steam log of the Benning
ton for the months of November, De
cember, 1904. and January, February,
April, May and June. 1905, prior to the
explosion on board thht ship last July.
Secretary Bonaparte is now prepar
ing the letter of reprimand to Com
mander Young.
A BLANKET OF SHOW.
Western and Southern Kansas Have
Heavy Storm.
Salina. Kan., Jan. 3. The snow which
fell, here Tuesday ' remains on the
ground and sleighs are busy. The
whole of central Kansas is covered with
a blanket of about two inches. There is
probably no suffering among the cattle
in any part of central Kansas or west
ern Kansas. This time last year many
cattlemen lost heavily owing to cold
weather, but none has reported any
losses thus far this year.
AT MANHATTAN.
About four inches of snow fell here
Tuesday. The moisture was badly
needed for winter wbeat. The snow fol
lowed a long dry season but a season
which has been very profitable to heavy
stock feeders. About all the large crop
of corn has been gathered in this vicin
ity. AT JUNCTION CITY.
Tuesday saw the heaviest snowfall
of the season here. " More than three
inches of snow covers the ground of
this county There bad been very little
rain the past few months and the snow
will be very beneficial to wheat fields.
AT COTTONWOOD FALLS.
It began to rain here Tuesday but be
fore long it turned into sleet, then into
snow. It snowed the greater part of
the forenoon, but melted nearly as fast
as it fell. This will be a great help to
the wheat, as this part of the country
was comparatively dry.
AT PARSONS.
Rain has been falling here almost con
tinuously for the past eighteen hours.
AT CONCORDIA.
Three inches of very wet snow fell
here during the past twenty-four hours,
and, as December wus-extremely dry, it
will be of great benefit..
AT STERLING.
About two inches of snow fell here,
and it has been snowing here up to last
night. The temperature is about freez
ing. AT WICHITA.
Rain that began falling last night
turned to sleet and snow at an early
hour. A heavy fall of snow continued
throughout yesterday. The sleet has
broken many fruit trees. Early reports
from the surrounding territory tells of
a fall of an inch or more of snow. Des
pite the fact that much of the snow
melted during the night, the ground to
day is covered. -
REBELS REPULSED.
Attack on Puerto Plata, San Domingo,
Was Vnsuccessful.
Cate Haytien, Hayti, Jan. 3. Advices
received here early this morning from
Puerto Plata on the northern coast of
Santo Domingo, say that the troops of
the fugitive president. Morales, under
the command of General Demetrio
Rodriguez attacked Puerta Plata at 10
o'clock yesterday morning. The fight
ing was severe and lasted until 5 o'clock
in the evening, when the besieging force
retired. A number of men were killed
or wounded on both sides in the engage
ment during which bayonets and swords
were principally used.
The forces of General Rodriguez
which are massed outside Puerto Plata,
were, when these advices were forward
ed, preparing for another attack on the
place.
A portion of the population of Puerto
Plata has declared in favor of Morales
and street fighting has occurred, the
supporters of Morales shooting from the
windows of their bouses at the troops
of General Carceres, the temporary
president of Santo Domingo. These
troops were experiencing difficulty in
defending themselves as they were un
able to locate the persons firing on
them. A messenger who arrived here
from Mont Cristi today brought the
news that General Rodriguez has an
nounced that if his attack on Puerto
Plata is successful he will proclaim him
self as a candidate for the presidency
of Santo Domingo.
Telegraph Lines Are Open.
New York, Jan. 3. The cable com
panies were advised today that the tele
graph lines to St. Petersburg are now
working well. There is communication
with all stations except Odessa. Saratoff
and Samara. The Caucasus and Siberia
are still cut off.
Heavy Wet Snow.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 3. A heavy
wet snow fell again today in northwest
ern Missouri, at Dodge City and scat
tering points in western Kansas and in
the northern half of Indian Territory.
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Ex-Senator J. K. Cubbison of Kan- I
sas City wa.s in Topeka yesterday.
The January term of the district court
will commence Monday, January 8.
Judge Pollock, of the federal court, is
in Kansas City, Kan., holding court.
Wm. Taylor's bicycle shop, 115 East
Seventh street. Is now open for business.
Mrs. Eliza Phillips of 518 Western av
enue, is quite sick with asthma at her
home.
Ex-Governor Bob Taylor of Tennes
see will lecture at the Auditorium to
night. I
The Kansas State Veterinary Medical
society will meet in Topeka next Wed
nesday, j
Owing to the storm Tuesday work
on the Y. M. C. A. building has been
temporarily suspended.
The Scottish Rite bodies of Masonry
will meet Friday, January 12, for their
annual election of officers.
There was a slight snowfall last ev
ening. Just enough on the sidewalk to
show that there had been a fall.
"Kinzo," the marvelous Japanese jug
gler, will be seen at the rink tonight;
also tomorrow afternoon and evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Allen of 1629
West Sixth street are the parents of
a daughter which arrived at their
home yesterday.
Electric lights have been installed
in Boswell hall at Washburn college
so that the building may be used at
nights in the future.
The members of the state board of
control will start out on their annual
New Year's calls on the state insti
tutions the first of next week.
This is one season of the year when
the average merchant does not care to
be bothered with shoppers, as every one
in the store is busy invoicing.
The snow which fell Tuesday melt
ed and filled the lakes on Kansas ave
nue so that this morning the small
boys are enjoying a fair grade of skat
ing. This is just to let you know that the
council has passed an ordinance fixing
a fine of from $10 to $50 for failure to
keep your sidewalk free from snow and
ice.
The latest automobile number issued
by the city clerk is 34 which will hang
from the rear axle of Chester Wood
ward's new four-cylinder Franklin
car.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Shawnee County Horticultural society
will be held at the horticultural rooms
in the state house January 5 at 5
o'clock.
The city detention hospital is empty of
patients again. Three smallpox patients
who have been confined at the hospital
for several weeks past were discharg
ed today.
By the marriage of Miss Judith
Hagan who has been at the general de
livery window at the postoffice for a
number of years that position will be
come vacant.
AH of the members of the state
boar dof control have returned from
their holiday visiting and will start out
this week to visit all the institutions
in their charge.
The real sports around Topeka are
still entertaining some hope and making
some plans to have Bob (Orr) Kerns and
John Johnson get together for a six
round boxing bout.
Professor E. J. Hoenshel, of Des
Moines, Iowa, and author of the state
text book bearing his name spent New
Year's with his son, E. E. Hoenshel, of
618 West Eighth avenue.
Clarence Keller, clerk in the office of
the United States marshal is back at
worJt afterha-Tant -been out for several
weeks with appendicitis. After his op
eration at Christ hospital he went to
his home at Wichita for two weeks for
recuperation.
According to the reports of the
deaths and births Topeka is losing in
population if these reports for the
month of December are to be taken
as a criterion. During the month of
December fifty deaths were reported
and only forty births.
Will Taylor, who has been so ser
iously ill at Stormont hospital for the
past week that his life was dispaired
of, is improving and the doctors feel
that he will be about within a short
time unless some unlooked-for com
plications should arise.
The prospectus for the seventeenth
annual state poultry show which will
be held in the Auditorium January 8 to
13 has been sent out. The last session
of the legislature appropriated $1,0ia for
the show and it Is expected to make this
year's show the greatest ever held in
Topeka.
The trial and motion dockets will be
called on next Monday in the district
court and a reassignment of some of
the cases on the docket will be made.
For their own convenience as well as
that of the court Judge Dana has re
quested the presehce of all interested
attorneys at court on the opening morn
ing of the term.
A tailless dog is running about some
where in the west part of town, the
said dog has also a wholesome fear of
automobiles since the loss of the tail.
He came in contact with D. H. Martin's
automobile and the amputation was
speedily performed by the drive chain.
The trouble came when the dog tried to
chew the auto up, the vehicle passed
free of the dog's body but caught the
tail.
The holiday vacation of the Kansas
Medical college ended yesterday, one
week earlier than is customary. This
change in the length of the vacation
was made on account of the American
Association of Medical Colleges increas
ing the length of the term for medical
colleges to thirty weeks. The holiday
vacation has been cut down one week
so that it will not interfere with the
plans already made for the midsummer
vacation.
The Monroe free dispensary which is
attached to the Kansas Medical college
gave 375 treatments during the month
of December. The free dispensary is
located at 204 Monroe street. Of the
over 300 treatments one hundred and
thirty-five were as the result of person
al visits made to the home of the sick,
w ho were unable to come to the dispen
sary. A number of the students togeth
er with several practicing physicians
are in charge of the dispensary.
The second term of the night school
at the colored Y. M. C. A. opened up
last evening. The principles of a com
mon education are taught at the school,
such as arithmetic, writing, grammar,
reading, spelling and geography. E.
Ridley, principal of Buchanan street
school, is in charge of these branches.
An advanced class in commerciri arith
metic and bookkeeping has been added
by John M. Wright, assistant co mty
treasurer, who is teaching these
branches.
In Stupor From Fright.
Northport, L. I.. Jan. 3. Fright
has thrown Frank Wisniski, a stable
boy. into such a drug-like stupor that
he can not testify today in the pre
liminary hearing of Dr. J. W. Simp
son, the dentist charged with having
wilfully shot and killed Rartley J.
Horner, his wealthy father-in-law.
The stable boy. whs was employed by
Mr. Horner, was in the kitchen when
his employer was shot by the dentist
and has repeated to the coroner the
last words of Horner before he died.
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blucher, button and bal styles, in all sizes also about
100 prs. S3. 50 & S4 Washburn Shoes only small r f
sizes,
all widths these also in
It is proposed to delay the closing of
the hearing if necessary until the sta
ble boy can be aroused enough to
become a witness.
MORE THAN HE EXPECTED.
Saving at State Printing Plant More
Than Expected.
State Printer T. A. McNeal's esti
mate of $5,000 as the profits of the
printing plant during the October
December quarter, which was given in
the State Journal a week ago, was ex
ceeded by $1,500, according to the re
port for the quarter which was com
pleted Tuesday.
The total cost of the work turned out
aggregated $7,743.64. The value of it
to the printer under the old fee sys
tem would have been $14,317.48, a
profit of $6,573.84.
The state printer spent $11,528.93
during the quarter, but the difference
between that sum and the actual cost
of the work is represented by stock
still on hand and work unfinished.
The expense for rent and maintenance
for the three months aggregated
$1,495.54; labor, $8,884.83; paper and
other stock, $1,148.56. Total, $11,
528.93. During the quarter the printer com
pleted unfinished work of the previous
quarter at a cost of $4,572.89. He has
about that amount of unfinished work
for the last quarter still in the shop to
do this quarter.
Some idea of the profits to a state
printer under the old system can be
gleaned by comparisons on one item.
The state labor commissioner has just
issued his biennial report. It was
printed during the quarter just closed.
It cost the state $1,787.49. Under the
old fee svstem it would have cost the
state $3,994.49.
JOHN CKOFTS IS IN TROUBLE.
Druggist Loses Permit and May Also
Be Prosecuted.
Johs Crofts, the druggist who was in
charge of the Postoffice drug store, and
lost his permit for violating the state
pharmacy laws will be tried on the 15th
of the present month on a charge of
perjury, growing out of his connection
with this store.
Among other things which ?e swore
to In securing his permit: He made
oath that he had $1,200 on deposit in
one of the Alma banks; this was ascer
tained to be false by Attorney Garver
who has been investigating the place
for illegal liquor sales, hence the war
rant for the arrest.
The case was called in the city court
Tuesday but postponed at the request
of the attorneys in the case. Mr. Crofts
has been engaged in the drug business
in Kansas City since he severed his con
nection with the Postolfioa drug store in
this city.
His Salary Held Vp.
Indianapolis, Ind.. Jan. 3. State Auditor
Bieder has informed Secretary Storms
that he can not draw his salary for the
quarter just ended. According to the aud
itor Gov. Hanly had instructed him to
withhold the secretary's salary, which
would have called for $1,625. Secretary
Storms, with other state officials, made
the regularly quarterly settlement, Mr.
Storms paying into the state treasury
"Kinzo" at Skating Rink.
"Kinzo," the Japanese juggler, who
will appear at the skating rink this
afternoon and evening and also Thurs
day afternoon and evening, has just
closed a week's engagement at the
Convention hall in Kansas City. From
the press notices which he received in
that city the little Jap must be a won
der. He does all of the tricks which
are usually attempted by Japanese
jugglers as well as many new and
TIib Gaial national Dan!;!
OF TOPEKA
Born September 14, 1905
Deposits December 30, 1905 ". .$358,504.31
Cash and Sight Exchange, Dec. 30, 1905. 198,031.44
A Vigorous and Healthy Growth for 3 Months
COME AND SEE US
We want your deposits.
We want to lend you money.
We want you to make this your banking home.
EDWIN KNOWLES, President
A. fi BATES, Cashier.
Sties
Sale
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Tomorrow
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Water-proof high Shoes
dnubie solas flikft cnt
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also tsiacK lait - skin
water-oroof bellows
tongue double soles to
heel, $4 Shoes tomorrow
this sale for Q,J j
AUDITORIUM
Wednesday, January 3
8:15 P. K.
Gov. Bob Taylor
Admission, 50c
Season tickets can still be had for
S1.00, including this and EIGHT
others. Tickets at Stansfield's.
original ones, and does them all while
skating about with the characteristic
grace of the people of his race. As ha
glides about over the smooth floor ha
keeps the air filled with balls, um
brellas and dozens of mysterious look
ing little objectswhich he has brought
with him from his home in flowery
kingdom across the sea.
HELD VP THE WRONG MAN.
Ball Player Knocked One Highway
man Into River and Second lied.
Cumberland, Md Jan. 3. John Raley,
first baseman of the Cumberland ball
team, had an exciting adventure on the
bridge at West Virginia Junction while
returning from Piedmont to Blooming
tor.. He was stopped in the middle of the
bridge by. two men, one stepping up be
hind, "While the other demanded his
money. Raley instantly landed a blow
in the man's face and he toppled over
the bridge into the bed of the Potomac
river, a distance of 20 feet. He turned
to meet the other fellow, but the high
wayman fled in terror.
Raley, minus his hat and purchases,
which were dropped into the river, hur
ried home and did not look after the
man who went over into the river.
Tried to Blackmail a Cardinal.
Rome, Jan. 3. Cardinal Vincent Van
nutelli, archpriest of the Basilica, re
ceived a note which was posted in Rome
December 30, threatening the publica
tion of compromising letters said to
have been written by the cardinal if
he did- not send one thousand lire ($200)
addressed to the initials "C. E." to be
left at the postoffice until called for.
The cardinal handed the letter to the
police who this morning arrested a well
dressed man who asked for a letter with
the initials "C. E." The prisoner, whose
name is kept secret and protests his In
nocence, proved that when the black
mailing letter was posted in Rome he
was in Genoa, where he landed from
New YorK.
Anderson -County Farmers Meet,
Garnett, Kan., Jan. 3. The first
Farmers' institute held in Garnett for
many years was convened here Tuesday
and in spite of the very bad weather
the attenrance included over 100 farm
ers. Addresses were made on good
roads, alfalfa and corn growing. Per
manent organization was effected. The
meeting was in charge of the state in
stitute organizer and was held under
the auspices of the Commercial club,
which offered prizes amounting to $53
for corn, potatoes, wheat and oats.
A. O. V. V. Funeral.
The funeral of Charles F. Wood
ward, the late recorder of A. O. V.
W. lodge No. 244, will take place at
the family residence, 638 East Locust
street, Thursday, January 4, at $
o'clock p. m.
O. M. JAMISON, M. W,
C. B. WRIGHT, Acting Rec. 1
State Journal. 10c a 7eek
E. H. CROSBY, Vice Presideot
C S. BOWMAN, Asst Casbier.