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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOXTENAL SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1007. 13 1 The Merriam Mortgage Co. .0 o o o 52 9 itea 22tfte Loans Cheapest Money at AH Times to Loan on farH and City Property WANTajJO WAR. Captain - Congressman Hobson at the Topeka Chautauqua. Makes Clear Hls Positlon on In creased Armament. MUST BE READY. Large, Powerful Nary Would Promote Peace. Now in No Position or Conflict With Japan. SNAP SHOTS Frederick Melton Is the name that has been given by Sheriff J. M. Wilkerson nd his wife to their newly arrived toe C. G. Titus of Kl Paso, Texas, son of rantaln Titus, election commissioner. Is spending a few days in the city with his parents. Triple Tie No. 44 will give a lawn social at tha home of Mrs. E. H. Eby, 337 Shawnee avenue. Pot win, Wednes day evening. "An embarrassment of the stomach1 Is now used by the elite on the west side to designate an old-fashioned stomachache. Emanuel Miller, an In sane Atchison man, who attempted to commit suicide has been brought to the Topeka asy lum by Sheriff Smith. Tonight will be the last appearance of the Stadium Trio at vinewuou rark. The trio will be followed by Diavolo in a high dive act. The first copies of the new city, di rucrnrv ha ve been issued to subscribe ers. It will take about a week to de liver all the orders for the book. Guy Adams has purchased the Chester Woodward automobile, having disposed of the small Franklin car purchased two years ago of Mr. Wood ward. The condition of the temperature of the past week recalls the old ques tion of "How would you like to be the Ice man?" and most any old answer will do. ' ,:" Roasting ears have made their ap pearance though a majority of the of fering in this line Is of the Immature variety with plenty of silk and cob and but little corn. Imagine, if possible, how terrific the heat would have been during the past few days if it had not been for the breezes that have been blowing, slight as they seemed. Robert De Frantz. the secretary of the local colored Y. M. C. A., will go to Kansas City Monday where he has accepted the secretaryship of a colored men s Y. M. C. A. - Nat M. Brigham. who lectured at the Topeka Chautauqua on the "Apache Warpath and the Grand Canon," said that he had never addressed a more at tentive or intelligent audience. The Kansas Strenolith company has purchased the Colonel Ragsdale proper ty at Tenth and Adams streets, and will at once commence the erection of a factory for the manufacture of their products. Dr. W. J. Stilson, a formerly of To peka man and a graduate of Wash burn college, has purchased his part ner's interest in a Garden City drug ptore and in the future will handle the business alone. The Shawnee County Alfalfa club will hold a meeting at the Commercial club rooms Saturday afternoon, July 27th, in place of at the H. W. McAfee farm as has been previously an nounced by the secretary. Col. C. C. Matthews, who had charge of the concessions at Vinewood Park for two seasons, has been elected president of the Philadelphia Amuse ment company, which, is-one of the largest manufacturers of supplies in the country. Topeka still has a few trueblood base ball fans. A trueblood fan Is one who will stand in front of the State Journal office in the hot sun and watch tha re turns as they are placed In the win dow ehowing a worse defeat for the locals every inning. W. R. Boudary has been granted a divorce by Judge Dana from his wife, Nell? N. Boudary. They were mar ried in January, 1901, at Houston, Tex., and Mrs. Boudary deserted her hus band in May, 1906. For this reason he asked for a divorce. The North Topeka car lines did a great deal of business last, night. Ev erybody who went any place last night was either going to the Chautauqua or were taking in the band concert in City park. This swelled the street car traf fic to a high watermark. Major A. M. Harvey and wife are the parents of a son, the third in the family with no girls to break the monotony. The little fellow arrived early this morning and the worried look affected by the major since the Fourth of July has disappeared. The golf match between the teams of the Kansas City and Topeka country clubs has been called off on account of several of the members of the Kansas City club team being unable to come this afternoon. However, the members of the local club will play Individual matches. . "There's Just one thing that makes me want to fight during weather of this sort," said a man who is not in clined to perspire freely, "and that is to -have my fool friends approach me when I am almost suffocating with the heat and tell me that I look as cool as a cucumber." "With one such crowd as enjoyed and applauded Marshall's band last night," said an observing individual, "the en tire expenses of the Chautauqua could have been paid." He was well within the truth, for there was a great out pouring of the people at the band con cert last night. But then there is no attraction in the world which will draw such a crowd of Topekans as Marshall's band, especially when the concerts are free. Bouquet for "Jim" Wick from the Garden Citv Telegram: James it. Wick, who is taking the testimony for the interstate commerce commission, is rated as the most expert stenog rapher in Kansas. He lives at Topeka, but does expert work all over the United States, and Is frequently called upon by Chicago and St. Louis attor neys. Mr. Wick confines his work to important cases like mat now unaer consideration. NO FOOD FOR 61 DAYS. George E. ITufTordi Has at Uast Broken His Ixng Past. RAILS FOR MANCHURIA. Forty Steamer Loads Will Bo Sent From New Yorfc New York, July 20v The first steamer of a big fleet specially char tered for the purpose of carrying hun dreds of thousands of tons of Amer ican rails, locomotives, cars and other railroad! equipment for the vast net work of linos being built in Man churia by the Japanese has sailed from this port. It was the Askehall, under the British flag, and will . go direct to Dalny, the principal sea board terminal of the road to be called the South Manchuria railway. This is. the first Instance of a direct sally from New York city to Dalny. Forty steamers will be used to carry American rails, etc., for the South Manchuria system. It Is estimated that before completion of the system no less than 400,000 tons of material will be shipped from this side. This huge tonnage will be moved inside of twelve months. The contracts so far placed in this country involve an expenditure of ful;y $10,000,000. BABY WEIGHS 19 OZS. Both Hands Will Go Through Moth er's Wedding King at Once, Chicago, Ju'.y 11.--"For the first time in 61 days. George E. Huirora, a law yer. Joined his family at the breakfast table today. For all of two months Mr. Hufford listened to the tinkling of the breakfast, the luncheon, ana tne ain bell with stern resistance and de termination, and contented himself with a glass of water in lieu of any thing else. tt nnrlprtook the long fast to cure himself of chronic stomach ana tnroat trouble, catarrh, biliousness and nerv ousness, and claims these ailments have been routed by his long refrain rxom eating. Mr. Hufford's weight nas ae from 1S4 nonnds to 159 pounds. He is 40 years of age and! was formerly an attorney of Austin, Texas. Japan After an Island. London, July 20. A dispatch to the Globe from Brussels brings a "report that negotiations are in progress be tween the Netherlands' and Japan looking to the purchase by the latter of an island in the Dutch East Indies for a coaling station. The island is said to be close to the Philippines. Iieaves $100,000 to Charities. Helena, Mont., July 20. The will of Peter Larson bequeathes the bulk of nis estate to his wife and daughter. To a brother, Louis Larson, of Dwight, 111-, Is given $50,000, and Hans Lar son, who lives in the old country, gets $25,000. Churches and charitable and educational institutions get $100,000. 'f,lr iii' f jf H l" ft v si. y y3 'J-ti Hi! IS THE PRICE OF LUMBER. TOO HIGH? Ten of the best years of the horse gone, but about six years of old ur re maining, and lie has increased In value 350 per cent and i Increased 10 per tnt ?n numbers. Lumber has Increased 2 per cent in value rt rtoVJ rj in Quantity of timber, and it requires 40Cyeatr8Og"he - CCnt Would you hke to go back to the hard times of 1S"J7 to buy lumber cheaner? Toucan build as economically today as .r imilfl nV ill 5,V.?IZ the advance in prices of all products and continued dereisW of trees You cart save a cent by waiting. Let us make you an estimate Hoi ' your ndi J. THOMAS LUMBER. CO. New York, July 20. The baby in cubator establishment at Dreamland, Coney Island, has received what is be lieved to bs the smallest living baby ever born." It is "a girl arid was bbrri to Mrs. George Brown of this city. The child weighed only 19 ounces and 15 grammes. The height of the baby is 11 inches, its arms are three Inches long and from temple to temple the measurement Is two inches. Both hands o the baby will go at one time ihrovg-h the mother's wedding ring. A ren nent piece hides her hands. A hi!f vroilar hides her face. A 22 ourica fcaby was born this week in f'rovidence and placed in an incu ator to . save its life. Previous to these two cases 24 ounces was consid ered as close to the limit where a newly baby's life was worth fighting for. STERNE SEES BOARD. Tells Why . Shawnee Assessment Should Be Reduced. W. E. Sterne, county commissioner of Shawnee county, called upon the state tax commission Thursday, and reminded them that the assessed valu ation of Shawnee county should be materially reduced, owing to the fact that Shawnee assesses all its property on a much higher percentage of valu ation than do other counties of, the state. ' It is expected that the tax commis sioners will complete their work of equalization sometime next week, and be. ready to make a report on the new basis for levying taxes in this county. WATER IS 0. K; Chemist Finds Garfield Park Supply It will be interesting to those who are attending the Chautauqua at Garfield park to know that the water, from" the wells at the park has been examined by the state board of health and. pro nounced to be safe for drinking pur poses. One sample of the water was sent to E. H. S. Bailey, the chemist for the board at Lawrence, and examined for organic constituents, and another sample was put to the bacteria tests by Dr. S. E. Greenfield, the state' bacterio logist, of Topeka. Both tests showed the water to be satisfactory. Samples of water from Vinewood pfirk wells which are the source or water supply for hundreds of people every day, will be taken by the state board of health, and similarly examined. , , The auditorium, at Garfield park was filled to overflowing last evening .when Captain Richmond P. Hobson began his speech in the-interest of a larger navy. The speech was directly antagonistic to the arguments advanced by eome preceding speakers on the Chautauqua programme and was a' revelation to the majority of these present. Captain Hobson spoke for an hour and a half and had his audience with him at all times. Almost at the outset he asked permission to take off his coat and thus even things up with the audience who could use fans. The crowd promptly agreed and he removed his coat amid applause. By his straightforward and manly way of presenting his subject and his extreme earnestness the speaker commanded the respect and admiration of every one present. At the beginning -Mr. Hobson made it plain that he was talking in the in terests of universal peace. Hi express ed his belief that America must always lead in the peace movements of the world as they are now doing at The Hague conference "Other nations were born In war and find war their chief care and occupation, but it" is not so with us," said he. "We are great as a nation of peace. We have solved the problem of a world organization in our internal government and must lead the world to a plan of co-operation. If we can keep the peace of the world for one generation, the militarism of the world will fall by its owniwelght. We cannot, however, hope to exert a powerful in fluence among the world powers with out a navy to command respect." The speaker took up: the question of war with Japan and declared that Japan is trying to bring on a conflict in the near future .while we are in no condition to engage in such a strug gle. "The apanese "army has an or ganization and equipmem not dream ed of by the people of this country and their navy today is far more ef ficient than our own," he said. "They are spending about four times as much per year as the United States to maintain and increase their naval force. They have massed their army in Formosa but a step from the Phil ippines on the pretext of disturbances there, they have fifty thousand able bodied men i nthe Hawaiian islands, they have many thousands of Intel ligent, trained men in this country, and all that is wanting is a pretext for war. All the nations of Europe ex pect such a war and our delegates at The . Hague conference dare not " con fer With the Korfan delegation for fear of furnishinguthe looked for ex cuse; The-president- has had to bear lnsultinjr demands !Irom the Japanese government in connection with ;the San- Francisco school affair, and i. we must continue to eat dirt because we dare not go to war.- If war-were to come tomorrow, all our Pacific pos sessions would be :at the mercy of Japan. They have made all the nec essary military, naval and diplomatic preparations not the least of which is an alliance with Great Britain. By ac ceding to the constant demands of the apanese government, we are surren dering the most sacred rights we pos sess the rights of,, local self-government. Our president does not dare to send the fleet to the Pacific as an nounced for fear he may give the needed excuse." Mr. Hobson next took up the cost of the proposed naval programme and showedh that with our resources, the cost would not be felt in any way by the people. "We clamor for money for internal improvements such as the work on rivers arid harbors, but what will such improvements amount to if we lack a police . force to protect them?" said the speaker. "The largest cities have the largest police force and this Is considered sensible. We are the largest nation and why should we not have the greatest navy for the safeguarding of our interests throughout the world. This money would really; be spent (or insurance which we dare not do without. One twentieth of the liquor bill each year would be sufficient to carry out a pro- ft fL. .j: ''SlS'f 1 1 , ;i.:p ., h Y 1 , yfiPB -mMliiiranri T'"- Captuin it. 1. Hobson, Wlio Advanced New Ideas on or Last X iirlit. Stevens Gets a Job. . New Haven. Conn., July 20. It was announced today by President Mellen of the New York, New Haven & Hart ford Railroad company that John Stevens, formerly chief engineer of the Panama, canal commission, nas been appointed a vice president of the road with offices at New Haven. Mr. Stevens will have charge of all mat ters pertaining to operation. Long live the King! ia fh nnnular cry throughout Kiimnonn finntripa while in America the erv nf t ha present day is "ivong live ur. .King's New I Discovery, King of Throat and Lung Remedies!" of which Mrs. Julia Ryder Paine. Truro, Mass.. says. "It never fails fflrA immediate relief and to aufcklv cure & cough or cold." Mrs. Fame's opin ion is shared Dy a majority or tne inhab itants of this country. New Discovery cures weak lungs and sore throats after all other remedies nave railea; ana tor coughs and colds It's the proven remedy. Guaranteed at all druggists. 50c and $1.00. $1.00. Trial bottle free. Meet me at the Chautauqua. gramme which would soon give us a navy adequate for our interests." The speaker then asked this pointed ques tion: Which would be the most ex pensive psace with the navy or war without it? "Mr. Bryan and many others think that I am young and hot-headed and for that reason am looking for war," he continued, "but I have had a taste of war and it is enough." He told how he visited the scenes of the Russo Japanese war and saw the suffering and misery and knew that the United States could have prevented such a struggle had they possessed an ade quate navy when Russia refused to leave Manchuria. The speaker closed by sayins that heaven looks to Amer ica for the ushering in of universal peace and to accomplish this work we must have three navies one for the far east, one for the Pacific coast, and one for the Atlantic and they must be big enough to give us the suprem acy at all these points. After the address. Captain Hobson read his peace and navy resolutions which were unanimously adopted- by those present. A large part of the audience went to the platform to meet Captain Hobson and sign their names to the resolution. A committee of three was appointed to act with the mayor of the city in putting the mat ter before the congressmen and sena tors of the state.:? . - t ; When asked by the Estate Journal reporter 'about he current reports of spies m this country, Mr. Uooson said that there was ho: doubt about the presence of such spies and that the re cent trips of Japanese generals to this country were not merely for social calls. He was also asked whether it would not be impossible to secure men to man the ships of his proposed navy when it was so hard to find enough for those we now have. His reply was that tf the navy were made what it should be, a young man could find a career there Which would be most at tractive and the problem of men would, solve itself. The captain feels much encouraged by the support of the president who. is strong for a greater navy. , HELD BY SMALLPOX. NEW WORDS OF CHRIST. Discovered In Egypt by Archaeologi cal Explorers. London, July 20. Two archaeolog ical discoveries in Egypt of excep tional interest have become known. They consist of some new sayings of Christ and of extremely ancient crude manufactures!, conjecturally thousands of years old. The sayings of Christ were found near an old Coptic monastery at Eofu. They were found by natives, who sold them for a few pounds to an Arab trader. They are about a dozen rolls of sixth cen tury Greek papyri. They include 25 leaves of apocryphal sayings of Christ in a Coptic translation of almost Greek origin of which previously only thirteen leaves were known, 12 of them being in the national gallery at Paris and one at Berlin. The discovery also includes parts of the gospels of St. Matthew, St. Mark and St. Luke In Greek. CHASED INTO CREEK. Prisoner Confined .or Contempt Gets an Overdose of Jail. It has been proven by the nymber of DETROIT JEWEL GAS STOVES Sold in tbe past two weeks that leading dealers are cor rect when they say that good goods are necessary to build up a permanent and profitable business. San Francisco, Cal., July 20. Argu ments by opposing counsel in the Glass case over the admissibility as evidence of "similar offenses" of the testimony of ten of the members of the board of supervisors that they ac cepted bribes from T. V. Halsey, eventuated yesterday in a decision by Judge Lawlor, the effect of which is almost entirely in favor of the prose cution. After adjournment of court until Monday Sheriff O'Neil informed Judge Lawlor that smallpox had broken out in wing two of the county Jail, where both Mayor Schmitz and Vice Presi dent Emile J. Zimmer of the Pacific States Telephone company are con fined. Judge Lawlor instructed the sheriff that no prisoner shall be al lowed to leave the Jail until assur ance is given the court by the board of health officer that there is no dan ger of infection being carried. This order may result in the indefinite con finement of Zimmer, who otherwise would be brought into court this afternoon and given another chance to testify against Glass. State Militia Has Fun With a Mob in . , Louisiana. ' L . ' Hahnville, La.; July- B0. An attempt by a mob-of 100 men to get at the Italians convicted of complicity In the Lamana murder and kidnaping ended in a ludicrous fiasco early today. When the mob; nearly all the members of which were armed, flushed the pickets they acted in a manner which indica ted they had been led to believe the troops would offer no resistance. They were speedily undeceived and a de tachment of 20 soldiers, headed by Ma jor Wheat, chased them down the rail road tracks. When about a score of the mob mem bers were on a short trestle, the spec ial train bearing additional troops from New Orleans appeared coming in the opposite direction. Several of those on the trestle were compelled to Jump Into a creek to escape the special. It Is not believed that any one was seriously in jured. The mob started back to New Orleans shortly after the special's ar rival and the danger was over. WILL REPLACE BATTERY A. Is Pe-ru-na Useful for Catarrh? Sionld a list of the ingredients of Pa rana ho submitted to any medical ex pert, of whatever school or nationality, he would be obliged to admit without reserve that each one of them was of un doubted value in chronio catarrhal dis eases, and had stood the test of many years' experience in the treatment of such diseases. THERE CAS BE K0 DISPUTE c ABOUT THIS WHAT EVER. Peruna is composed of tho most efficacious and universally used herbal remedies for catarrh. Every ingredient of Peruna has a reputation of its own in the cure of some phase of catarrh. Peruna brings to the home the COM BINED KNOWLEDGE OF SEVERAL SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE in the treat ment cf catarrhal diseases; brings to the heme the scientific skill and knowl edge of the modern pharmacist; and last but nctleastjbrtngs to the home the vast and varied experience of Dr. Hartman, in the use of catarrh remedies, and in the treatment of catarrhal diseases. The fact is, chronio catarrh is a dis ease which is very prevalent. Kany thousand people know they have chronic catarrh. They have visited doctors over and over again, and been told that their case is one of chronio catarrh. It may be of the nose, throat, lungs, stomach or some other internal organ. There is no doubt as to the na ture of the disease. The only trouble is the remedy. This doctor has tried to cure them. That doctor has tried to prescribe for them. BUT THEY ALL PALLED TO BEING ANY BELIEF. Dr. Hartman's idea is that a catarrh remedy can be made on a large scale, as he is making it; that it can be mada honestly, of the purest drugs and of the strictest uniformity. His idea is that this remedy can be supplied direct ly to the people, and no more be charged for it than is necessary for the handling of it. No other household remedy so uni versally advertised carries upon the label the principal active constituents, showing that Peruna invites the full inspection cf the critics. Wichita to Have a K. N. G. Company of 100 Men. HE DIED A HERO. Loader of Priza Winning Mexican Band Was Drowned. Call and examine them at the Home Heating & Plumbing Co. Telephone 1620113 L Fifth St Atlantic City, N. J.. July 20. It develops, according to persons who witnessed the incident, that Colonel Augusto Azzalli, leader of the Banda Gendarme of Guadalajara, . Mexico, who was drowned in the surf last evening, died a hero. Three of Az zalli's comrades, it appears, waded into deep water and began to strug gle for their lives. Azzalli went to their- assistance without considering or realizing the danger. He managed to push the drowning men toward shore, until they found a firm footing, but his struggles exhausted him and he sank. - Azzalli and. his band went to Phila delphia with the El-Paso Elks. His band took first prize for their show ing in the Elks parade,': bat Aszain did not know it. About the time he lost his life the list of prize winners was being read off in the Philadel phia convention hall, A Fund for Old Women. r New Tork, July 20. It was learned today that Mrs. Russell Sage had re- Ifor the relief of respectable, aged, in digent females, In the city of New Tor. - - .'.,:.-...: . . Wichita, Kan., July 20. The num ber of Kansas national guardsmen is to be increased about 100 by a new company which is being organized in this city. Colonel Hoisington of New ton issued orders last night to Lieu tenant Frank Bonny of this city to or ganize a new company, and the work of organization has begun. The new infantry company will take the place here of Battery A of this city, which was mustered out and the equipment taken to Topeka a month ago. Equip ment used by Company I, which was recently mustered out at Emporia, will be brought to Wichita. The new company will be known as Company I. Colonel Hoisington. K. N. G-. de sires that the new company be organ ized in time to take part in the fall maneuvers at Fort Riley. Hilt, PER CENT DISCOUNT ON CKS AT W. A. L. THOMPSON HDW. CO. 511 Kansas Ave. CRCTSEKS TO COME HOME. Four at Cavlte tinder Orders to Cross tho Pacific. "Washington. July 20. The armor ed cruisers West Virginia, Golorado, Pennsylvania and Maryland, of Ad miral Dayton's Pacific fleet are ex pected to start from Cavite for the United States in ten days or two weeks. They may stop en route at Japanese ports. This, it was stated at the navy department today. Is op tional with the officer in command. It is extremely unlikely, however, in view of the fact that the vessels are to come home by way of Honolulu. Mertes Quits Minneapolis. Minneapolis, Minn., July 20. San dow Mertes, Cantillon's star left field er, has jumped his contract with the Minneapolis team and will henceforth be out of the game. No authentic reason is given for Mertes" action. He was one of Cantillon's high-priced men. One reason alleged is that he' wanted more money. ' Another is that he wanted to see his brother; who is sick in Washington. Texas Fever Killing Cattle. Caney, Kan., July 20. Texas fever is killing the cattle in the territory south of here. On the Monticello ranch, owned by H. L. Owen of Mus kogee, 100 cattle have died and other farmers are reported to have lost stock by the fever. -in -the last few days. ARE YOU GOIAG AWAY? We will pack jrour goods for shipment, and take all the work off your hands. Our packers ara up-to-date. We will store your goods and ship tliem to you when you order. Call on either Phon No. 320, and we will send a man to see you about it, TOPEKA TBAXSFEli & STORAGE CO. 406 E. Sixth Street I FANCY CAKES i We make a specialty of fancy cakes of all kinds and for all occasions. The pastry depart- ment of our bakery Is given as T T much attention as the bread de- J X partment. We solicit party or- ders and can fill your wants complete. -. . T I The Ideal Bakery I BATES BLOCK t State Journal, 10c a Week.