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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, ,1907. 13 f The Gem laundry again In operation. By calling "98 you can get your linens done up right. Syl Dixon's Kansas Products train will leave Topeka on November 10. There will be evangelistic services at the First Baptist church next week. The new Novelty theater promises to be one of the handsomest in the west. Mrs. K. C. Bischoff will lecture on Spiritualism at Security hall Sunday evening. City Attorney Drenning appears In a new role when he acts as censor of the names on the grand Jury petitions. Over 700 hunting licenses have . been issued since the first of July by the force in the county clerk's offiee. There was a great deal of entertain ment in Topeka last night, but the vaudeville theaters were filled never theless. The Gem laundry is again ready to give you the High Grade of la.undry work for which it has been famous in Topeka. Once a customer of the Gem laundry always a customer, because they give you a grade of work that Is not ex celled in the west. One of the announcements that benefits the people of Topeka the most this season is that the Gem laundry is again in operation. Kees Prosser was given an ovation when he appeared for his song on tht programme at the Dockstader min strels last evening. K. T. Belt yesterday secured a per mit for the erection of a $4,500 house at 1461 Clay street which he will oc cupy as his home when completed. Practically all of Washburn's foot. ball squad went to Lawrence today to watch the game between the cniver- sity and the State Agricultural college team. Mr. H. R. Mitchell, chief clerk of the New Tork Zoological park, was in Topeka this week. He formerly lived in Topeka and attended business col lege. J. R. Drillinger, one of the oldest residents of the western portion of the state, was In the city yesterday, coming directly from Garden City, where he now resides. Arthur E. Stilwell has been asked to be present at the annual banquet of the Commercial club which will be held on the Eth of December, though his acceptance has not been received. John MacDonald will read a paper on newspaper .cngiisn at the meet ing of the Saturday Night club this evening. The hour of meeting has Deen cnangea rrom s o clock to 7:45 The meeting will be held in the law omce or Ferry & Doran. Representative Robert Stone had a peculiar accident this week. He-frot a new set of wheels for a buggy and on driving out to his home in Seabrook one of the wheels which was insecurely fas tened rolled off of the axle letting down the bed of the buggy with a Jolt whlcn freverely shook the statesman. The ladies of the Topeka Orphans' Home association wish to express their thanks to those who patronised the chicken pie dinner given at Lincoln Post G. A. R. hall on October 16 for the benefit of the Orphans' home. Similar WHEAT FLAKE CELERY Is prepared under the personal supervision of Dr. V. C. Price, whose name as a manufacturer of pure food products is nation al. No breakfast food can com pare with it, as it contains all the elements found in the body. " " " 43 For sale by all Grocani "Families Supplied With Oysters," Says the Oysterman. "Families Supplied With Oysterettes. Says the Grocermaiu And thtxs they join hands on the good things of life. The oyster cracker with a taste to it, always crisp and fresh, in moisture-proof packages. 5 NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY thanks are extended to those who made donations. Committee, Mrs. George Hanley and Mrs. Molly Hunter, repre senting the Woman's Relief, and Mrs. Hattie Hebb, secretary of the Orphans' Home association. The two old literary societies that used to flourish at the high school about ten years ago have been revived again. Five hundred of the students at the high school including all those above the freshman class recently met and organized the Athenian and Philomath ean literary societies. There are 250 members of each society. Ten and fif teen years ago the rivalry between the two organizations at tue time when they clashed in debating and oratorical contests put to shame anything .that is shown during a football game. HE HAS A CLOSE CALL An Innocent Man Narrowly Escapes Conviction of Murder. Chicago, Oct. 26. A casual remark of a witness In Judge Chetlaln's court saved a man from conviction of mur der on circumstantial evidence. Indeed, the state had presented such seemingly conclusive proof that Angelo Serpico had killed Salvatore Serpico that conviction and a death penalty were almost certainly expected. This strong structure of proof built up by the state collapsed like a bubble when the case was about to go to the jury. A casual question asked by Dr. War ren Hunter, coroner's physician, on cross-examination developed that Sal vatore Serpico was killed with a bul let from a 32 calibre revolver. The de fendant's revolver was 38 calibre. Prior to that Important testimony As sistant State s Attorney Fleming had presented a chain of evidence apparent ly complete. Against this array of evidence the de fendant was able to present only a fee ble defense. He took the stand and de nied shooting. He admitted having drawn a revolver, but was unable to explain the exploded cartridges. On cross-examination by Mr. Fleming when asked to account for Salvatore Serpico's death, he said: "Louis did It." He could not tell who Louis was ex cept that he was an Italian who had been present In the saloon and who had since fled. Dr. Hunter was the last witness call ed. He expressed the opinion that death was due to shock and hemorrhage caused by the bullet wound. "By the way Dr. Hunter," Attorney Hanlon, for the defendant asked, "have you the bullet that you found In the body?" "Certainly." Dr. Hunter replied, and he handed the bullet to the lawyer. "Why, this is a 32 caliber bullet, Attorney Hanlon exclaimed. The bullet was then placed in the re volver owned by the 'defendant and it rattled In the empty cartridge. After only a short deliberation the Jury returned a verdict of not guilty. NEW SCHOOL LAND SUIT. Appeal From Gove Connty Concerning Ownership. Application for a writ of mandamus against the county commissioners of Gove county was filed In the supreme court yesterday by D. C- Nation and E. W. Nation. Th action is to compel th county commissioners to confirm school land appraisers appointed by the coun ty commissioners. In 1R85 the land was filed on, but the settler abandoned his claim and left the country. The land then reverted to the state under a supposed forfeiture. The state leased the land. On January 9. 1907, the lease expired. Afterwards the Nations entered on the land, made their filings, built a house, and other wise improved the land. The county superintendent appointed appraisers, but the county commissioners refused to confirm the appointment, on the ground that a patent had already been issued to another person. It developed that some time during the summer a man named O. B. Jones found the orig inal settler and got from him a ouit claim assignment. Then he brought suit in the supreme court to compel tho county treasurer of Gove county to ac cept his money for the land. The court issued a writ of mandamus and Jones got a patent. This was months after the land had been filed on by the Nations. FIRST DEATH ON ROAD. Although It Has Carried Three Billion People. London, Oct. 26. Three persons were killed and a dozen injured this morning In a rear end collision at the West Hempstead station of the Metro politan underground railroad. The rear train, it appears, ran past the sig nals in a fog and crashed into a train standing at the station. This is the first accident of the kind since the London lines were electrified when a system of electric signalling was Installed which the company claimed would absolutely preclude the possibility of such a catastrophe. It is also said to be the first accident result ing in the death of a passenger, al though three billion people have been carried since the opening of the road. IT MAX BE GOEBEL. II. II. Tucker Appears to Be Winning His Fight for Trustee. Kansas City, Kan.. Oct. 26. Present indications are that Secretary H. H. Tucker of the Uncle Sam Oil company will win his fight for Peter Goebel as trustee of the company's holdings and properties. Of fifty votes polled Friday after noon in election of trustee, only one was for J. O. C. Morse, representing the opposition, the remaining forty nine being straight for the Tucker nominee. There were no other candi dates in the field. The voting will con tinue all day today, and will probably be continued until Monday or Tues day. Secretary Tucker said that since the bankruptcy proceedings began five months ago, he had received approxi mately $46,000 in defense money from stockholders, and powers of attorney from 800 creditors of the company, giving him the right to vote for them for a trustee. The properties of the company, now in litigation, are valued at over $1,000,000. Tucker has been indicted for alleged fraudulent use of the mails, but a demurrer, filed in Leavenworth federal court two weeks ago, caused Federal Judge Pollock to put off the trial until December 4. Mr. Tucker, jr.. was ill yesterday and rode to the meeting In a carriage. He left the court room before the hearing adjourned. "We will adjourn the hearing if Mr. Tucker is sick," said Z. T. Hazen, the referee. "No," said Mr. Tucker. "I want the hearing to continue if I have to be brought here on a stretcher." Named Norton Science Hall. Emporia. Kan., Oct. 26. The board of regents of the state normal school in session here Friday named the new building Norton science hall. Henry B. Norton, to whom the hall Is dedica ted, was the first professor of natural science In the school. He has been dead 15 years. TROUBLE FROM COFFEE People Beginning to Learn About the Drug. "Coffee treated me . so badly that I want to tell people about it, and if you can use my letter, I will be glad. "I am 45 years old and have drank coffee all my life. I have felt bad for years and did not know what ailod me. Sometimes I would have to press my hand against my heart, I would be in such pain and I got so I could hardly do my work. My head would feel heavy and dizzy, and many a time I got so blind I Just had to drop down or else I would have fallen. "I felt bad all over. My feet would swell and hurt me. A friend of mine asked me to try Postum and stopdrink ing coffee. I tried the Postum, but it was some aayt nerore I got hold of the right way to make it- My heart disease and dropsy disappeared and I got en tirely well- There is much in makins it. It has to be boiled longer than ordinary cof fee, but when I got it made good, it was fine, ana now l wouldn t have cof fee in my house at all. I am sure that Postum saved my life, and I am now perfectly welL I send you the names of about twenty people that have been helped by leaving off coffee and using Postum Food Coffee." It's worth while to read "The Road to Wellville" In pkgs. i IN SIXTH DISTRICT This Locality Remembered in Selection of Delegates Named to Attend the Trans mississippi Congress. OTIS L. BENTON'S TALK Tells His Neighbors About Eu ropean Trip. Graham Connty Claims Young est Bank Cashier. Tally again for the . Sixth district: Through the courtesy of Governor Hoch the district Is again remembered in the selection of delegates to attend the Transmlssissippi commercial congress which co.ivenes in Muskogee, I. T., No vember 19. The lucky ones are: C. W. Miller of Hays City, J. H. Hill of Rus sell, State Senator Chas. Buschow of Colby, Ed Schormerhorn of Wilson and ex-Lieutenant Governor D. J. Hanna of Hill City. The governor made no mis take in selecting these gentlemen, they can all afford to pay their expenses, in cluding railroad fare. Joseph Ka'ina is one of the successful farmers and money makers of Ells worth county. He came to that county in 1878, locating in Ellsworth, and his first work was in the capacity of sec tion man on tue Union' Pacific. He now owns 350 acres of land adjoining Ells worth, of which he has 35 acres in al falfa, and will sow more. N Besides he lives on easy street,' and has a good bank account. J. A- Lowe, of Hill City, has been ta ken for M. A. Low, the Rock Island attorney, although they are both good citizens and have no resemblance in their looks. The Hill City man was re cently approached by a man who occu pied the same coach on a Rock Island train. The stranger was riding on a pass, the limit of which was near the end. He tackled Mr. Lowe, the Hill City man, believing it was the railroad attorney, for a renewal. At another time and while riding on th same road, a nicely dressed gentleman, hearing the conductor address him as Mr. Lowe, approached him and said: "You are Mr. Lowe, of the Rock Island, and I will esteem it a great favor if you will furnish me an annual-" The Hill City Lowe answered: "If I look so much like the railroad attorney I am going to claim relationship1, and ask for an annual myself." Lucas is one of the most thrifty towns on the Salina & Oakley branch of the Union Pacific. It is needing a hotel, the only one there having been closed on account of the proprietor claiming he can't afford to pay what he thinks exorbitant rent. The Sen tinel calls on the business men to take some decided action on the hotel proposition. The Hill City New ' ' Era wants a printer, one who can spell correctly, and is competent to punctuate and capitalize all manuscripts. He must have good habits and bring with him the best of references. Such a printer will have a chance to learn how to use up-to-date printing machinery, includ ing a Cranston press and a Simplex type setter. All of which the editor will pay good wages. The Wilson Echo has a Dry Hollow correspondent, and near by is a stream named Hell creek. Would this indi cate a strong combination? J. B. Schaefer, the retiring treas urer of Ellis county, made a model of ficial during the four years he served In this capacity, besides it might be a fine idea to keep such officials in of fice. When he settled his accounts with the board of county commission ers the amount he was responsible for was $25,529.78. The amount he turned in was $25,639.12, having $109.34 left over to the good of Ellis county. In the last three years instead of selling the unpaid taxes to speculators, he had the county take them up, and in so doing has earned for the county $1,048. In not registering the out standing scrip he saved the county in interest $4 50. Having the . cash on hand he paid off bonds six months be fore they were due and saved Ellis county $273 in interest. Besides, Mr. Schaefer has practically done all the work with the exception of a clerk for one month a year, and has saved the county in this item at least $200. In other word, in his four years' service he saved Ellis county not less than $2,000. Otis L. Benton of Oberlln, who has recently returned home from several months tour of Europe, has put his observations on paper, and before a large meeting of the people of his town he gave his audience a fine lec ture on the abbeys and cathedrals of Europe. The Oberlin Eye says of it: "The paper was of unusual merit, far exceeding in human interest most of the lectures given by professional lec turers, on these old world monuments to religion, learning and art. Those who heard the paper were interested, entertained and instructed by it." Graham county puts in a claim of havmg the youngest bank cashier in the Sixth District. His name is T. K. Irwin, cashier of the Citizens State bank of Morland. He was born in Graham county in 1887. He graduated from the Salina business college. He has been cashier of this bank since January, 1907. He is. therefore, a lit tle over 19 years of age. The bank officials are proud of Mr. Irwin, who is thoroughly competent and a busi ness man of fine qualifications. There are more than one who came to western Kansas in an early day, drove oxen, and are now rich. C. G. Cochran, of Plalnville, president of the Gulf, Plalnville & Northern rail road, started In business breaking prairie on Paradise Flats with a yoke of oxen. Otis L. Atherton of Russell, came to Russell county in 1877, tak ing up a homestead. He, too, com menced turning under the buffalo grass with an ox team. These men are now bankers in their respective towns, and can count their earnings In the thousands of dollars. In the offices of C. W. Miller and Phii w Tteeder. who live in Hays City, the steel engravings of Wm. H. Taft adorn the walls, the gift of the Taft manager to the president and secretary of the nrsi J.an ciuu president In the state. It was organ ized in April last. J J Rodebaugh has .started the News I., MpTinniild. Rawlins county. The ed itor has been in bad luck, the News making the third paper he has started In that many years. McDonald has been coming to the front in good shape in the last two or three years, and no doubt her people will give the paper a liberal patronage. -. The Oakley Graphic roasted an Indi vidual of the town, and the following day he met the editor and thanked him instead of thumping mm, wmcn waa better than mutilating the editor's face or bringing a suit for libeL - Perhaps the fellow who got roasted took pity on the editor, for the Graphic a few days t tT Cfntainei the marriage notice of Young, the editor, to the charm ing Miss Justine W. Meyer. There is pece now ln the Graphic family. The Union Pacific will open the depot at Penokee, Graham county, and put in an agent. It has been closed for several years. In the vicinity of Peno kee the farmers raise stock, alfalfa, wheat and corn, and they believe they are entitled to depot services. . J. J. Drummond, of Wa-Keeney, is serving his first term as sheriff of Trego county. In the nine months he has been in office there hasn't been a pris oner in the countv tail. Tf th Ara la art- other county in the Sixth district or the state that can say as much Sheriff Drummond wants them to speak out. ALL THEIR OWN FAULT. Commerce Commission Clark Fixes Blame for Financiers' Panic. Chicago. Oct 26. "Speculative fin ancing," as a controlling factor in rail roading, was denounced as fatal to the prosperity of railroads and the coun try by E. E. Clark, member of the in terstate commerce commission, in an address delivered last night before the Traffic club. Going into the causes of the present stock and money troubles, as the affect the railroads, Mr. Clark declared that it was not President Roosevelt's policy but the policy of the law breakers who have been ex posed that was to blame for the "flurry." The president's policy, he said, was that of the "square deal," and those who wished to profit by it should also be willing to give one. "The railroads have signally failed to keep up facilities for moving freight with the increasing business of the country," said Mr. Clark. "This is partly due -to the unprecedented in crease In the volume of business to be handled. The more important reason, however, is the speculative financing which almost without exception con trols the country's railroads. "Roads probably never will keep pace with business developments un til they cease to be operated as specu lations. It Is imperative that they furnish proper facilities for getting on a solid business basis. "Many persons have declared It is the president's policy which Is respon sible for present difficulties in the fin ancial world. "They hold the president responsible for the shrinkage in values saying his policy has frightened investors. I do not subscribe to this belief. If it were true, however, it should not move the president one lota from his purpose of prosecuting violators of the law. "Railroad regulation by state and national government, each In its prop er sphere, is essential. Such regulation must be firm, sane, reasonable and Just. The railroads must make uni form rules, not necessarily the same at all seasons of the year, as business changes with the months, but uni form to all shippers. "If the railroads are not strong enough to make and enforce such rules, the federal government must step in and assume a measure of con trol in their affairs." Oklahoma 29. Epworth 0. Oklahoma City, Ok., Oct. 26. Okla homa university defeated the Epworth university eleven here Friday afternoon by the .ecore - of 29 to 0. In? the first half the Methodists showed unexpected strength and carried the ball twice to within 15 yards of the goal, where Mc Hambers failed on an attempted place kick. 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