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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATU JOTJIinAIr-FIliPAY EVEIIHTO, APIHL 21, ICC3.
F.IRS. STEWART OUT.
Crista Readied In Affairs of Cottage
Home.
v Mrs. M. L. Stewart, who has been
'matron of the Cottage Home at 1900
ttoutn Topeka avenue, for the children
f working: mothers ever since it was
founded about six months ago. has re
signed her place and gone to Iola to
"Visit her mother. There is consider
able friction and dissensions back of
the action of Mrs. Stewart, and it de
velops that the affairs of the associa
tion behind the home have been in a
bad way until quite recently when a
reorganization was effected.
Sirs. Stewart resigned, it is stated,
(or the reasons that she was not paid
her salary, that there were no supplies
on band in the home, and that the
rent was past due. In other words the
home was not receiving the proper
upport. Then, too, the plans of the
ladies comprising the board of control
aid not meet with the approval of Mrs.
Stewart, the matron.
An appeal was made to the W. C.
T. U. a short time ago to take charge
of this home, but the organisation was
low to respond. Finally it appointed
a. committee of one to Investigate the
home., Affairs were found in such
" shape that the temperance people con
cluded not to interfere in the matter.
Finally a reorganization was effected
a few days ago and J. A. Staples was
elected president of the board. Mrs.
C E. Osman will be the matron. The
noma will be continued and a strong
effort made to increase its effective
ness and widen its Influence. Mr. Sta
ples is well known for his philan
thropic work in this city.
This home was established last No
vember by several ladies who had been
associated with the work of the Crlt
tenton home. Among them were Mrs.
F. L. Boggs, the chief founder and
president of the board; Mrs. C. E. Os
man and Mrs. Stewart. They secured
'a cottage in the 1900 block on Topeka
'avenue and fitted it up as a home. The
object is to care for little children
I whose mothers have to go out and
work for a living. The work it does is
practical and very helpful. It fills a
i place not occupied by any others of
the benevolent Institutions of the city,
and should be helped by all charita
ble people.
Mrs. Stewart, the retiring matron,
was a most estimable Christian lady,
capable in her work and of fine char
acter, but she could not seem to get
along with those in charge. The above
are the conclusions and deductions of
disinterested parties who investigated
the home and its Internal troubles.
Many conflicting stories have been
In circulation recently about the Cot
tage Home.
DESTROYED THE TOWN.
Tornado Swept Over Walls, Mis&, Dur
ing the Night.
Memphis, Tenn., April 24. A tor
nado swept over Walls, Miss., at 2
' o'clock this morning and it is report
ed to have destroyed the town. Three
people are reported killed and several
Injured. '
Telegraph and telephone wires are
down between Memphis and Walls.
The roof of the Yazoo & Mississippi
Valley railway depot was blown off
and the building otherwise wrecked.
A relief train has left for the scene.
Walls is on the Yazoo & Mississippi
Valley railway, a few miles below
Lake View.
At the Memphis office of the Yazoo
& Mississippi Valley road it was re
ported that several persons had been
Killed at Walls. The first train from
the south on that road arrived here at
noon. The train did not stop at Walls,
but the crew reported half a dozen
stores and many residences there had
been demolished.
At Mason. Tenn., the Methodist,
Presbyterian .and Episcopal churches
and several residences were blown
down. In Memphis the wind reached
a velocity of 60 miles an hour, uproot
ing trees, blowing down telegraph and
telephone wires and forcing In plate
glass windows.
Fourteen Persons Injured.
Omaha, Neb., April 24. Reports re
ceived from the scene of Thursday
night's storm in northern Nejoraska
show that 32 buildings were destroyed
and that over a hundred head of live
stock were killed. At least fourteen
persons received injuries, some of
them serious.
IS SILVER IiAKE PRIVATE.
TJpon This Point Hangs 3. Henry's
Liability for Fishing.
The trial of J. Henry, a farmer living
near Silver Lake, for fishing with a net
in the lake, is on in district court this
afternoon. The trial began at 11 o'clock
and bids fair to require more testimony
and a larger list of witnesses than any
murder trial during the last five years.
Henry was charged with fishing with a
net, and bound over from the court of
Topeka last fall. It appears from the
attitude of his attorney, O. E. Hungate,
that no denial of the net-fishing will be
entered, but that the defense will be
based upon the proviso added to ' the
fish and game laws: "Provided, that
WESTON
BREAD
Do you remember when
you were a child and came
in from play? Your moth
er had "good luck" with
her bread, and spread you
a slice generously with but
ter. How good it was.
Well, that is just how good
you will find Weston Bread
all the time.
Try & Loaf
10 Cents
Ideal Bakery
The Place That's Different
Heil & Schaefor, Props. '
121 West 6th Street
Phone 190
this act shal not apply to persons tak
ing fish from private lakes or ponds."
Hungate Intends to show that Silver
Lake is private property, and Is not
annually fed by the Kansas river. The
prosecution, conducted by Assistant
Attorney Atchison, will attempt to
show by figures submitted by survey
ors, that the rise of the river feeds
Silver Lake each year, and it is -therefore
a public body of water and sub
ject to the fish and game laws.
About 20 witnesses are on. hand from
Silver Lake and vicinity to testify in
the case. Two surveyors Introduced
their plats this morning, and T. But
tolph Jennings, local weather man, was
on the stand with his, records of all
rises in the river during the past ten
years.
D. E. Curtis, deputy game warden, is
responsible for the prosecution. While
it is being attempted by the prosecu
tion to show that the river overflows
into Silver Lake each year, it Is under
stood that' this afternoon Attorney
Hungate will introduce -in the case, the
oldest inhabitant of Silver Lake, who
will swear that the river has flowed Into
the lake only one during the past 35
years, and that was during the big flood
of 1903.
SHIVELY IS HERE.
President of Western Association Well
Pleased With Prospects.
rr. D. M. Shively, president of the
Western association, dropped into To
peka this morning for a short vis't.
before the opening of the season.
Shively has visited every town but To
peka during the past few weeks and
wanted to see the local team work out
before the opening of the season.
"Everything is looking fine and
lovely," said the big doctor this morn
ing in response to a query regarding
the league s outlook at the present
time. "In fact I believe the league
never had a better outlook at the
opening of the season than at the pres
ent time. All the teams are strong and
seem to be about evenly matched. I
would not venture an opinion as to
which team I think Is the strongest as
they are all about the same. There
won't be any runaway race this season
and the fans of the different towns will
get their money's worth all througn
the season."
Whele here President Shively gave
the State Journal his first announce
ment as to the umpires for this year.
Shively will start the season with six
indicator handlers. Shuster, who was
regarded as the best man on the staff
last season, will be back and open the
season -in Topeka. Podge Alloway and
Ed Finnle, who worked in the associa
tion a short time last season, will be
back again. Ed Pokorney, the old
Webb City player, has been advised to
take a year's rest and hence will not
play but will call decisions for Shive
ly. Joe Burke is a new one whom
Shively secured from the Southern
league, where he worked last season.
He comes strongly recommended by
Judge Kavanaugh, president of the
Southern league. The other umpire,
Charles Hoffman, comes from the
Iowa State league, and is highly reo
ommended. Manager" Cooley has not yet' deter
mined on his Infield but Is waiting
some definite Information from Te
beau regarding Olson. Cuthbert will
be placed probably with Webb City.
Funk will likely be sent to Enid and
other changes are expected In a few
days. Ragan will join the team to
morrow and will remain f6r the rest
of the season. ,
MET III THE HARBOR.
Prince Hello de Sagan Welcomes
Anna Gould at Naples.
Naples, April 24.- Mme. Anna
Gould arrived here today from New
York on board the steamer Fried
rich der Grosse and was met in the
harbor by Prince Helie Do 'Sagan,
who arrived in England a few days
ago and hurried hither to welcome
Mme. Gould-. The steamer came into
the harbor at 6 o'clock this morning
and the prince was one of the first to
go on board. He rushed to Mme.
Gould's cabin, met her at the door,
lifted his hat and kissed her hand.
The prince refused to be Interviewed
or make any statement. The tutor
of Mme. Gould's children however, in
a brief interview, said:
"Rest assured that the marriage
will take place, but nobody can say
when or where. My conviction rests
on what I have seen and heard from
Mme. Gould. I am sure it is a true
love match."
Mme. Gould was smiling and ap
parently contented. After the prince
had kissed her hand she took him
to the salon reserved for ladies,
where they conversed for half an
hour.
Mme. Gould then took the prince
to her cabin, where he met the
children. He kissed them repeatedly.
The party had a light breakfast
after which Mme. Gould and the
prince, accompanied by the proprietor
of the hotel, where rooms have been
engaged for Mme. Gould, went ashore
in a special launch and took an auto
mobile from the dock to the Ber
tolini palace hotel. The prince's
apartment there consists of four
rooms opening on the principal ter
raoe of the hotel and overlooking the
City. Mme. Gould occupies an apart
ment of 12 rooms. Her parlor is
filled with roses and here she had
lunch today with the rmce. During
the voyage over Mme. Gould kept
very much to herself. Her meals
were served in her cabin Until the ves
sel reached Gibraltar, after which
she dined in the public salon. It is
reported that Count Boni"De Castel
lane has arrived here- and is about to
challenge the prince to a duel, but
this is declared to be unfounded.
STCBBS TO USE AV AUTO.
Will Make His Dates in Scott County
by This Conveyance.
W. R. Stubbs is to adopt the automo
bile as a method of making campaign
dates in western Kansas next week. He
will fill three dates in Scott county
next Wednesday, through the assistance
of J. C. Starr, editor of the Scott City
News, who owns an automobile. In
the morning he gets off the train from
the west at the town of Modoc. There
he makes a speech, and leaves in
Starr's automobile for Grigsby, 15
miles away, where he makes a speech
in the afternoon.- After the afternoon
speech, he again takes to the automo
bile, and reaches Scott City in time
for an address in the evening.
Mr. Stubbs" other dates next week are
as follows: April 28, morning at Trib
une, evening at Leoti; "April 30, Digh
ton; May 1, Ness City; May 2, La
Crosse.
If you want good glasses properly
fitted, we can please you. Charles Ben
nett, doctor of optics, 730 Kansas are.
On Kansas Ave.-631 r
If we sold no better clothing than 'our contemporaries there would
be no advantage to you in buying here. But we come to you with gar
ments that are possessed of all the attributes of the highest class of
merchant tailoring. , , -
Designed along
tailors of fabrics which we personally select and import.
The highest ideas are realized in our magnificent
showing for Spring and early summer. We have gath
ered wisely and well. The foremost; Clothes makers in
all America have contributed their smartest productions.
Assortments are
HOW TO BTOD IiXJOKY DATS.
Queer Ways the Superstitious Have for
Determining Good and Bad Fortune.'
Who has not obsawed that there are
days worse luck,'"xnany of themt
when everything goes wrong? Again,
who can not recall days when all
things go just as they should?
Donnetta Ragno, who lives in Mul
berry Bend, knows all about lucky and
unlucky days, and employs many odd,
unreasonable methods to adjust her
life accordingly. She is also frankly
and demonstratively afraid of the evil
eye, of meeting a cross-eyed person,
and of many other things whioh to her
indicate danger which has not yet
risen above the horizon of her life.
She avoids what she believes they por
tend if she can, and if she can not she
devoutly crosses herself and Implores
protection from a higher power.
At the rar swing or tne social pen
dulum members of the Colony club
will not kiss through a veil or do other
seemingly harmless things which are
supposed to open the door to dangers
they ao not see, any more tnan wouia
Donnetta Ragno, and they, too, be
lieve in lucky and unlucky days. In
confirmation of this assertion is this
little incident:
A few friends were drinking togeth
er in one of the tearooms of the club
house when one of the number asked
the woman sitting beside her if she
had heard of the postponement of the
marriage of a certain young woman.
"It can not be possible," exclaimed
she who was addressed, "that Muriel
has broken her engagement. Why,
the wedding invitations are out. I
have seen them. I chanced to be
ordering some stationery when she
and her mother were looking at the
proofs and she showed them to me."
"Yes. the invitations were printed,
but fortunately none had been sent, for
when Muriel discovered that the date
of the wedding was an unlucky day,
in fact especially unlucky for both
herself and Laurence, nothing could
have Induced her to be married as
they had planned. She had the invi
tations destroyed, and new cards are
being printed. The wedding is now
set for early December."
When asked how the prospective
bridegroom took this evidence of
superstition on the part of his lady
love, the young woman who was wise
in the matter assured her Questioner
that men were every "bit as credulous
as women, though not many of them
would admit It. In this Instance the
young man helped to find a date which
would insure good luck by going to an
astrologer woman who puts up an
Infallible front and coins much cash
by giving out such information in
typewritten, legal looking, documen
tary form.
Thus superstition rules in spite of
social status. The great difference is
that the educated are apt to conceal
while the ignorant frankly declare
their beliefs.
Recently at a small informal dinner,
where all this was being discussed, a
man who has delved rather deeply
into matters of this sort asserted with
the positiveness of conviction that he
had found indicators which to a cer
tain extent give such foreknowledge
as had the wise man who was evident
ly in Solomon's mind when he said he
saw danger afar off.
For one thing, this man stated he
had never known of an undertaking
begun in the old of the moon which
progressed to speedy.' easy and pro
nounced success. Furthermore. h
said, there was a way to determine
which, days are lucky and which the
reverse that had not only stood the
test of time, but had been verified re
peatedly in his own experience.
The directions he gave for finding
days which are lucky and those which
are not are as follows: First note the
day of the full moon. This may be
found in any almanac -
Count the days from the date of the
full moon until the end of the month.
Then multicly the whole number of the
the most advanced lines made by
broad and satisfying.
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t J. DTJOTf, WHO IS SCHEDULED TO PLACE BRYAN IN KOMDTATIOIT, AKD DENVER'S NEW
CONVENTION HALL.
I. J. Dunn, who has been selected by the Nebraska delegation to place William J. Bryan in nomination in the
Democratic national convention in Denver, is an Omaha lawyer who is widely known as an orator. Mr. Bryan
expressed bis approval ot the delegation selection, and Mr. Dunn accepted the honor. Mr. Dunn is a life long friend
of Mr. Bryan's. The accompanying iUustratlon shows Denver's new convention hall as It appears today practically
completed. It will seat 8.500 persons.
days in the month by the number of
days from the full moon until the end
of the month and from this result the
lucky day can be ascertained.
For example, the moon is full in De
cember of this year on the 19th. As
December has thirty-one days the num
ber of days from the full of the moon
until the end of the month is twelve.
Multiply the number of days in De
cember by twelve and the result is 372.
This indicates that December 3 and 27
are the lucky days in the month, as
when the second numbers are not con
tained in the number of days in the
month the digits are transposed, while
the first digit of the numbers is always
taken as one of the indicators.
Again, supposing the number obtain
ed by multiplying the date of the full
moon by the remainder- obtained by
subtracting that date from the whole
number of days in the month were 644,
the' lucky days would then have been
6 and 4, the 4 being counted as excep
tionally fortunate by reason of it being
repeated. If the .last number obtained
had been 790 the lucky days would- be
79
the 7th and 30th, and if it had been 703
the lucky days would still be the same
as, when It is possible, the cipher is
used; when it is not it is eliminated.
To find out which days bode evil take
the date of the full moon. Count the
days before instead of after this date
and multiply the number by the num
ber of days in the month, and from the
result the unlucky days of the month
are found.
To show how these evil days are de
termined: As has been seen, in Decem
ber of the present year the moon is full
on the 19th. The number of days pre
ceding this is 18, which multiplied by 31
Is 558. Here 5 is repeated, which makes
December 5 a particular , unfortunate
day, while the 8th is unlucky without
any special emphasis.
It sometimes occurs that a certain
date is indicated as both fortunate and
unfortunate. In such cases it is said
that the day is both good and the re
verse, but that in love and pecuniary
a IT airs the ill luck is pretty certain to
predominate, and that on such days
ventures in either one or the other -are
the most skilled
A tSs? s ftfffen 4
apt to go wrong.
To determine a lucky marriage day
by this system the number of days
from the full of the moon to the end of
the month Is deducted from the number
of days in the month. The remainder
thus obtained is multiplied by the age
of the one betrothed.
In making this reckoning the count
ing is done in this way: Suppose the
young woman is twenty-three. If seven
months have passed since her birthday
she should be counted as twenty-four,
but if it is less than six months since
ner last - birthday at the time of ' the
reckoning the count is that she is twenty-three.
To illustrate:' Suppose that a young
woman of twenty wishes to determine
which day in December of this year
would be lucky for her marriage, and
that two months have passed since her
last birthday.- Deducting the number of
days from the full of the moon, Decem
ber 19. to the end of the month from
the number of days In the month, and
multiplying the remainder thus obtain
ed by twenty the result is 380. This in
dicates .that either the 3d or the 8th of
the month, will be fortunate for her
marriage.
To prove this as one would a mathe
matical problem multiply the number
of days preceding the full 'moon, which
is 18 by 20, .the girl's age. This gives
360, indicating that the third and sixth
are evil days for the event. As the 3d
is in both lucky and unlucky, the 8th
is the fortunate day for the marriage.
In addition to this way of determin
ing the . lucky, and unlucky days, the
man who made a study of the subject
calls attention to the deductions in an
old manuscript by an Arabian sage as
to certain days which are counted lucky
or the reverse without reference to the
year. The unfortunate days, according
to this authority, are the first Monday
in April, the first Monday in August
and the last Monday in December.
These three days, together with Inno
cents Day, are declared the most un
fortunate days of all the year.
The same Arabian philosopher de
clares that according to ancient author
ity the Angel Gabriel made known to
Joseph that there are 28 days in each
year which are very fortunate, that
seeds sown, trees planted, structures
begun, journeys started on any one of
these days are certain to prosper.
He also stated that children born on
any of these days can never be poor,
and that those put to school on any
one of them should become great
scholars. He also adds that a boy put
to a craft or trade on any of these days
will become a perfect artificer and rich;
in fact a boy entering any occupation
on any of these days will be excep
tionally successful.
Here is a list of the days: The 3d and
13th of January, 6th and 28th of Feb
ruary, 3d, 22d and 30th of March, 18th
and 19th of April, 4th and 28th of May,
3d and 8th of June, 12th, 15th and 18th
of July. 12th of August, 1st, 7th, 24th
and 28th of September, 4th a"nd 14th
of October, 11th and 19th of November,
23d and 26th of December.
In a manuscript of the fifteenth cen
tury are set down 32 evil days which
are said to be dangerous for starting
on a journey or beginning any new un
dertaking. These days are as follows:
The 1st, 2d, 4th, 5th, 7th, 10th and 15tJ
of January the 6th, 7th, and 18th of
February, the 1st, 6th and 8th of March,
the 6th and 11th of April; the 6th, 6th
and 7th of May, the 7th and 15th of
June, the 5th and 19th ot July, the
15th and 19th of August, the 6th and
7th of September, the 6th of October,
the 15th and 16th of November, the 15th,
16th an8 17th of December. Detroit
Free Press.
GVS ALBERTS IS HERE.
Brings Bartlosville Baseball Team to
Topeka. -
Gus Alberts and his bunch of Bar
tlesvllle Boosters arrived in Topeka
last night and will play with the local
team tomorrow afternoon and Sunday
the rain permitting,- Alberts is the
man who organized the first team for
Topeka in the Missouri Valley league.
For the past three years he has been
managing Bartlesville. Cheney, the
big pitcher who was stolen from To--peka
by the Bartlesville management,
will pitch -one of the games against
the locals. The game this afternoon
was postponed on account of rain.
Got Away With $3,000, .
Bandana, Ky., April 24. Four mask
ed robbers, after taking possession of
the Cumberland telephone exchange
and beating the operator into insen
sibility, .compelled Assistant, Cashier
B. H. Hans, of the Ballard County
bank of Bandana to unlock the bank
and open the safe for them last night.
The robbers got away with $3,000.
Death of 3. B. Carnes.
Trenton. Mo Anrll 94 Tom a, d
Island railroad, widely known in. po-
ULiuMti u iru u riuiway circles, aied
here today, aged 62 years.