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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNALS-SATURDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 6, 1909.
JUST LIKE A
Kaise in
YourSalary
THE SAVINGS
YOU MAKE
Cooking Figs, lb 6c
Sugar-cured Breakfast Ba
con, about 2 lbs. in a
piece, lb 12c
Good Country Butter, lb.30c
Small can Cove Oysters. , 7c
Lge. can Cove" Oysters. .13c
Good size Galv. Pail .... 1 6c
10c Toilet Paper. 6c
2-in-l Shoe Polish, can . . 8c
Gal. can Peeled Peaches. 30c
Big Dill Pickles, each. - lc
10c sack Meal 9c
- A good place to buy Gal
vanized Ware, Granite ware,
Tinware, Well Buckets, .
Boilers, Dinner Pails, Man
tels, etc., at a saving..
ow
GROCERS
Cash No Deliveries Lower Prices
206 East Fourth St.
1
WHY WAIT UNTIL SPRING
You can buy your
lumber at very
much lower prices
than it will cost you
three months from
now. You can se
cure your labor at
materially less than
later. If you want
to
SAVE MONEY BUILD
Our yard offers
anything and every
thing that a first
class lumber yard
should and at prices
competition won't
meet. We should
be more than glad
to figure your estimates.
"Take away the sword;
States can be saved without it."
Bulwer Lytton.
Such is the sentiment of Judge
Buckman of Winfleld. Having been a
practitioner of law for many years, he
Is against strong-arm methods and
mob rule, preferring argument to as
sault and battery. The judge is chair
man of the house judiciary committee,
and therefore has more or less experi
ence with the axe, but he handles the
instrument with such grace that it is
almost a pleasure to a bill to be de
capitated. Judge Buckman'3 activity
in the house is not centered upon some
pet measure of his own, but he takes
a general interest m everytning Derore
the body, and his advice is sougnt ire
quently.
by the shot as they failed to penetrate
into his toay. ,
Thi nM Kir tho ipfmidant inoT
cates that the life of a farmer who Uve
near a city and on an electric line 01 rail
road Is hardly worth living. He testified
that his dogs have been killed, his
chickens stolen and his stock filled with
shot from the guns of careless nunicra,
Following the trouble which Mr. Con
stable has had with hunters his barn was
destroyed by a stick of dynamite and he
nas never been able to secure eviueuuo
enough to convict any one of the outrage.
FOUR WOMEN CLAIM HIM
Each Had Certificate of Marriage to
the lead Mr. King.
E R1PPET0E LUMBER
513-519 Jackson St.
Phones Ind. 943; Bell 983
CO,
D
HAND
SAPOLIO
b especially valuable during the
Bummer season, when outdoor occu
pations and sports are most in order
CRASS STAINS. MUD STAINS
AND CALLOUS SPOTS
yield to it. and it is particularly
agreeable when used in the bath
titer violent exercise. .
AIL GROCERS AND DRUGGISTS
Judge Buckman.
Judge Buckman Is a quiet, peace
able man, but there is a limit to every
thing, "even his patience. That is why
this alleged cartoon is published on
Saturday, so that the judge will have
Sunday in which to cool off before he
has an opportunity of meeting the car
toonist "Hot words were shed" during the
closing scenes of the Yeager-Aikman
contest case in the senate last evening,
and the attorneys were sandbagging
each other in lively style with hints of
dark jobbery. A lot off the senators
thought it would be establishing a bad
precedent to take a hand in the case,
as no man would be safe from "an
noyance" when elected by a small
margin. As "margins" are becoming
thinner each year, there is much logic
in this guess. On the other hand, ap
pears the strange coincidence. The
person who was being "annoyed" be
longed to the majority, causing a com
plication with the conscience of some
of the thin-skinned members.
The funeral of the contest case was
well attended, both by sextons and
mourners but the sextons were in the
majority.
J. J. Keraus, of WaKeeney, Is one of
the representatives who -see the funny
side. There are plenty of talking Demo
crats in the house, and it is not necessary
for him to injure his lungs in shouting
forth the doctrine of Jefferson and Ben
Tillman. He comes from the county
which furnished that great hoax, the
Trego Gold Shale, and perhaps he can see
"shale value" in the house. Oratory does
not annoy him, as the wind blows with
both frequence and vigor in his country,
and he is used to it, but when some one
makes an unusually raw break, the shade
New York, Feb. 6. Each bearing
a marriage certificate, four women
appeared at a local undertaking es
tablishment to claim the body of W,
S. King, who was a well known figure
in the Tenderloin district. He died
Wednesday at St. Joseph's hospital
and although the four supposed wives
have since turned up it was the gen
eral belief, among his friends until
yesterday that he was a bachelor.
Three of the "Mra. Kings" viewed the
body, having arrived at the undertak
ing establishment within a few min
utes of each other.
A hysterical scene ensued and each
woman was positive In her assertion
that the body before them was that of
her husband. The third woman De-
came so excited when she was inform
ed that two' other Women had already
claimed the body, that the undertak
er at last requested all three to leave
the place. They had scarcely depart
ed when the fourth woman came and
another scene was enacted. The un
dertaker was In a quandary for a
while, but finally decided to recog
nize only the first Mrs. King. The
funeral of the much-claimed husband
will be held today.
IS DEAD AT 105.
Man Wlio Has Voted for Every Re
publican President.
New York, Feb. 6. There is dead
in this city at the age of 105 years a
man wno. naa voted for every Repub
lican presidential candidate since be
first voted for Lincoln In 1864. He
was Simon Harris, a peddler, and was
Dorn in Kussia, The old man's death
was hastened by the reading of the
death of a warm friend. Rabbi Adolph
M. Radin, who died on Thursday. He
arose late and after buying a newspa
per, sat down in the kitchen at his
home, then after glancing at the pa
per, fell back unconscious in . his
chair. He died soon afterwards.
In his younger days Harris walked
across the continent peddling hia
wares and last autumn he gained no
toriety by hurrying back from his
third visit to Jerusalem in order to
register in time to vote for Taft.
JUST SMILE AND SMILE.
Adilce Given to Women by a
Suffragist Leader.
Chicago. Feb. 6. The awarding of
the $100 prize for the best suffragist
"war song" to Louis J. Block, a bach
elor, is said to be riart of a general
plan among the women suffragists to
Interest the men.
Some time ago Mrs. Catharine
Waugh McCulloch advised the women
to wear their best dresses and "never
make a disturbance, but just smile
and smile."
Club women : are - taken pains -to
count up the total number of winners
in the "place" contest and they are
careful to mention that more of their
own sex are included in it than men.
Six Hundred Million
fof the people's savings are invest
ed In Building and Loan Associations-
WHY?
Because:
9 It is the safest and most profit-
5 able method offered for saving
money.
Its funds are Invested In such a
manner as to bring the largest
profits with the greatest degree of
security.
Start a saving account with the
O New .Year.
The Capitol Building & Loan Ass'n.
&34 Kansas Avenue
Carriage Repairing
Painting, Trimming, Rubber Tires
T. F. I. ANN AN
Southeast Cor. Fifth and Jackson Streets
Soldier Balks Death Plot.
It seemed to J. A. Stone, a civil war
veteran, of Kemp, Tex., that a plot ex
isted between a desperate lung trouble and
the grave to cause his death. "I contract
ed a stubborn cold," he writes, "that de
veloped a cough that stuck to me, in spite
. of all remedies, for years. My weight ran
down to 130 pounds. Then I began to use
Dr. King's New Discovery, which re
stored my health completely. I now
weigh 17S pounds." For severe Colds,
obstinate Coughs. Hemorrhages, Asthma,
and to prevent Pneumonia it's unrivaled.
50o and J1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaran
teed by Campbell Drug Co.
Sir. Keraus of Trego.
of a grin crawls around the edge of his
moustache and covers his face. He is not
an extensive talker, realizing the vast dif
ference between golden silence and
"shale" talk, but pays strict attention to
proceedings and appears to know how to
vote right up to date.
Keraus is a person of well-fed appear
ance and substantial bulk, with a nice lit
tle smooth spot on top of his head and a
genial disposition. He occupies one of the
16-bone chairs near the northeast corner
of the house.
Every few years the house gets the idea
that because it has more members, it is
of more importance than the senate. A
hunch of this sort always leads to grief,
for the house. The senate takes a day oft
to spank the over-grown brother, and then
resumes the even tenor of its way. It was
ever thus. Just as a barking dog gets
kicked In the slats, the house gets It.
The senate admits that it is the boss of
the situation, also that It is the safety
valve and governor of the legislative en
gine, which keep3 the concern from run
ning away or blowing up. Meanwhile the
house members continue to borrow money
frona the banker senators.
FARMER MUST PAY.
Jury Awards $600 Verdict Against
11. Constable for Shooting at Boys.
A jury in the district court has awarded
Bradford Fritz a verdict of J600 against
Richard Constable, a well known Shawnee
County farmer who lives near Vlnewood
park. Constable has been greatly an
noyed by hunters trespassing on his farm
and about the first of November a year
ago discovered the plaintiff with some
other boys on his propertv and fired a
shotgun into the air to frig'hten them, he
says.
It seems that some of the shot struck
the Fritz boy and a suit for S1.000 damages
was commenced against Mr. Constable
with the result above stated. According
to the story told by the boy to whom the
JtjOO verdict was awarded he was, not hurt
BOOK FIRM WANTS HIM.
Chicago School Superintendent Offer
ed Bis Increase In Salary.
Chicago, Feb. 6. It is reported that
the trip to Boston of Edwin G.
Cooley, Chicago's superintendent of
schools, was caused by an offer of a
remunerative position with a pub
lishing company. Mr. Cooley left
here last Monday, going first to New
York. There he was met by repre
sentatives of the company and after
ward sent to Boston, where the book
concern has its general offices.
The offer is said to exceed by sev
eral thousand dollars Mr. Cooley's
present salary of $10,000 a year. It is
not known that he has accented it.
NO LIMIT ON GUNS.
Alabama Law Regarding Weapons
Declared Vnconstitutional.
Montgomery, Ala.. Feb. 6. The
Alabama law which prohibit the car
rying of a pistol less than 24 inches in
length has been declared unconstitu
tional by the state supreme court, the
opinion reversing a recent opinion de
clared by the same court. The law
applied to officers of law as well as to
civilians and the decision declaring
the law null and void was rendered in
the case of Lon Taylor, a constable,
who had been found guilty of carry
ing an unlawful weapon.
WILL NOT TAKE PART.
Robert T., Will Not Appear at Any
Lincoln Meetings.
Chicago. Feb. 6. Robert T. Lin
coln, son of the martyred president,
will not participate in any of the Lin
coln meetings. He announces that
hia family will observe the anniver
sary days as in past years. He ex
presses his pleasure at the wide
spread plans that are being made to
honor his father, but does not think
that it would be meet for him to take
part in any public -celebration. He
has however, loaned" the historical
society a number of relics.
Get a box at
Stearns Etectrio
RAT and ROACH Pasta
Guaranteed to exterminate cockroaches, rats.
mice, waterbues. etc or money refunded.
I ok. box metUom. box n.oa. Sold
er sent xpra .ra). oa receipt ox prto.
STEARNS1 ELECTRIC PASTE CO.. . CHIC.AaO.ILL.
BITTER WE WAR
long Fight Between Hill and
Harriman tines
To Be Settled by Interstate
Commerce Commission.
IT HAS GIVEJf NOTICE
That It Will Take Up the Case
February 17.
Decision Will Form a Precedent
for Future Action.
I Tiie G
itomikd!
Hog
SAW HIS SHADOW TUESDAY
If you're superstitious you had better lay in a supply of
COA
Chicago, Feb. . "One of the bitter
est fights," says the Record-Herald to
day in a news artlcle,"between the Har
riman and Hill lines over passenger
business to the Pacific Northwest is
to be settled by the Interstate -commerce
commission. That body has
given notice that on February 17 it will
begin an investigation on its own mo
tion at Chicago with .a view to deter
mining the right of the Northern Pa
cific to close the Portland gateway to
through business over the Harriman
roads.
Incidentally the case will go lar
toward determining the right of the
commission to order through, routes and
compel railroads to join in through tar
iffs and therefore the right ol a travel
er to buy. a through ticket over any
two or more lines which reach his destination.
"In the present case the Northern
Pacific has always refused to Join tne
Harriman lines in a through rate to
Seattle by the wav of Portland. After
the passage of the Hepburn act me
Harriman lines filed a through tariff
under the theory that the general con
currence of the Northern Facinc in
their tariffs covered the Portland situ
ation. The commission ordered this
tariff taken out upon the ruling that
each tariff should be accompanied with
concurrence of the connecting line,
which was lacking in this case.
Then the Harriman lines Hied a tar-,
iff which made the same rates irom
Chicago to Portland as are maintain
ed by the Hill lines from Chicago to
Seattle and incorporated a provision to
tvio fffft that anv nassenger could, by
aDolying to the conductor on the Ore-1.
gon Railroad iavigaiion otuiuj"
.1 - .. i ri (1 trln from Port- '
11 J 1IT , DCCUIC " l o.ui, v.
land to Seattle.
This move was countered Dy
Burlington, which sent a representative
to the commission to ask if it .would
be allowed to file such a tariff from St.
Louis to Portland with a.rree siae inp
to Seattle. The . commission inougni
not, but declined to issue a ruling, it
being stated that it had decided to
take up the question and go fully Into
and keep warm for the next six weeks of winter weather
IF YOU ARE NOT, BUY YOUR COAL ANYWAY FROM
IT 1 WRT
e jacKson-wa
Materia
807
Kansas Avenue
TRY THEM '
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iKer lo
Co.
al &
Ind. 550-PHONES Bell 555
CHAS. J, SMITH, Manager.
"The Topeka
Coaling Station"
TRY THEM
it
The law gives the commission me
right to order through routes -vvnere
good and satisfactory routes do not ex
ist."
The State Journal is the official paper
of the Kansas Federation of W omen s
Clubs.
President Mrs. Eustace Brown, Olathe.
Vice President Mrs. C: H. Trott, Junc
tion City.
Kec. secretary Mrs, . o. .nuwici,
Pittsburg. ,
Cor. Secretary Mrs. vjnanes vj. ouuira
Treasurer Mrs. C. W. Landis. tjsoorne.
Auditor Mrs m. S. Munson. .1 uoraao,
Gen. Fed. Secretary Mrs. C. C. Goddard,
Leavenworth.
PRESIDENT'S OF DISTRICT FEDERA
TIONS.
First Mrs. W. W. Wood. Horton.
Second Mrs. W. D. Wolfe. Iola.
Third Mrs. J. B. Raymond, Girard.
Fourth Mrs. David Hamilton. Eureka.
Fifth Mrs. Frances A. Jennings, Clay
Center.
Sixth Mrs Geo. P. Griffith, Hays City.
Seventh Mrs. Samuel Yaggy, Syracuse.
Eighth Mrs. I. N. Singer, Wichita.
G. F. W. C. FROM KANSAS.
Director Mrs. W. A. Johnston. Topeka.
Forestry Committee Mrs. Grace L.
Snyder, Cawker City.
Health jjenartment uivics committee:
Mrs. C. B. Hoffman, Enterprise.
An important event in local club
circles this month Is the reception
given by the members of the city
federation to Edmund Vance Cooke,
verse writer and reader, Tuesday af
ternoon' at Unity church. A short
business meeting will precede t,he re
ception at which there will be music
by Carl "Wood, violinist, and a talk by
Mr. Cooke. Mrs. Margaret Hill Mc-
Carter has been largely instrumental
in bringing Mr. Cooke to Topeka, The
reception will be tendered especially
to the wives of the state officers and
of the members of the legislature.
Women interested in the question
of having women on the school board
are requested to meet at the T. W. C.
rooms Monday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock. The members of the
Women's league, the Topeka Civic
association and the federated clubs
are especially invited.
The Minerva club met Monday af
ternoon, February 1. at the home of
Mrs. H. W. Putman, 517 Polk street.
Mrs. Putman and Mrs. H. W. Page
hostesses.
Following is the programme:
Roll Call Current events.
Paper .....Francis Parkman
Mrs. H. F. Grear.
Discussion Mrs. Mays.
Conspiracy of Pontiac Mrs. Fos
ter.
Birds and Trees of Kansas Mrs.
Wm. F. Davis.
Musical
Paper Rubenstein
Mrs. Chas. Moore.
Valse Caprice Rubenstein
Miss Kline.
Voices of the Woods Rubenstein
Mrs. Putman.
Kamenoi Ostrow
Miss Walter.
Reading from Eugene Field Mrs.
Putman.
Duet Bajadierentany ....Rubenstein
Mesdames Albaugh and Goodwin.
Since First I Met Thee. .. .Rubenstein
Meditation Chenery
Miss Legler.
The guests of the afternoon were
Mrs. F. S. Jackson. Mrs. A. W. Ben
son, Mrs. A. A. Godard, Mrs. Frank
Adams, Mrs. John Sargent, jr., Mrs. J.
N. McGiffin, Miss Smith of Los
Angeles, Miss Doering.
The regular meetine of the Froebel
club was held Friday afternoon with
Mrs. L. H. Evans, 625 Lane street. It
was a meeting of unusual interest. Dr.
J. S. W. Dean of Baldwin gave a lec
ture on the "Problem of Life," which
was full of interest. Vocal solos were
given by Miss Metta Legler and Mis
McCormack and piano solos by Miss
Velma Harlow. Besides the members
of the club there were about sixty
guests present, including the L. L.
club.
Mrs. J. W. Haughey was the hostess
of the Portia club Thursday. The
programme follows:
Roll Call.
Current events.
Bismarck, Mrs. S. J. Crumbine.
Two minute talks by members on
The Value and Power of an Ideal.
Humor from Marietta Holley. Mrs.
J. F. Frizzell.
- The Portia club will have a guest
meeting at the home of Mrs. G. F.
Worley, 313 Greenwood avenue,
Thursday of next week in the after
noon instead of the evening as
erroneously reported. About seventy
five guests are expected.
The Bohemian Art club will meet
with Mrs. H. W. Putnam, 517 Polk
street Thursday afternoon.
The Ramblers club will meet with
Mrs. M. M. Hale, 513 Fillmore street,
Monday afternoon. A number of
whistling solos will be given by Miss
Ethel Nichols.
The Atlantean club -will meet with
Mrs. E. A. Herbst. 1001 Taylor street,
Monday instead of Tuesday afternoon.
The Clio club will meet Monday
with Mrs. B. B. Smythe, 106 East
Twelfth street. The subject for the
afternoon will be Boston and a letter
will be read from Mrs. C. A. Wilbur, a
former member of the club, now living
in Boston.
The Monday Tourist club met with
Mrs. George T. Staebler at the Kemper
Monday arternon. . Mesdames Tuttle,
Staebler and MacEntire entertained
the club with refreshments in honor
of Mrs. Dickinson, a charter member,
whose future home will be in Los
Angeles, Cal. Mrs. Briggs of Ports
mouth, Ohio., and Mrs. David August
were guests of the club. The next
meeting will be at the home of Mrs.
George Beach, 509 Taylor street, Feb
ruary 15. .
HE SAW DEATH COMING'
igSnt mow
is a splendid time to let us figure
with you on your house cleaning-.
You've Noticed Our Compressed Air
cleaning machine on the avenue clean
ing out stores and offices, no incon
venience to your business while we
work.
ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY GIVEN
CowefS Bros.
But Could Not Free Himself 'u time
to Avoid It.
Chicago, Feb. 6. Held prisoner
and helpless, Thomas Johnson gazed
in agony upon the rear light of a
freight train which was backing down
to grind him to death between the
wheels and the rail.
The train moved slowly, but horror
made the man almost powerless to
struggle in an effort to extricate his
left foot from the switch frog in
which it had caught. At last the
train was upon him. With a frantic
effort his foot was freed, but too late.
He was crushed to death before he
could crawl from the track.
Two Markses Count 'Em.
Chicago, Feb. 6. There are two Ja
cob H. Marks running for the Republi
can nomination for city clerk. The or
iginal Marks is employed In the corpor
ation counsel's office. He is unable to
understand why a rival candidate of
the same name has been put in the
field.
Office and Renovatory 711 W. 1st St.
PHONES 1679
The Best Spring Tonic and
General Restorative
at Just Half Price
Putnam's
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50c
To introduce Putnam's Laxatone Tonic will sell
for a limited time the dollar size for, A BOTTLE
The contents of each bottle Is made from the specific properties of
nine herbs and one salt. One of the herbs is the remarkable proper
ties of a plant that grows in Texas and Mexico, used by the Mexi
, can Indians for hundreds of years, with tonic and curative proper
ties that are marvelous. It has been combined with 8 other herbs
forming the most scientific laxative system purifier and strength
builder yet given to the public. Laxatone will benefit every case
and cure a higher percentage than any other medicine. The dose
is small, pleasant and absolutely harmless.
Putman's Congo Liniment 50c size, now 25c. Sold only at
arslhia
B
iros.
2 Big Stores DRUGGISTS 2 Big Stores
2nd and Kansas Ave. 5th and Kansas Ave.
Everybody Reads the State Journal
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EQUAL TO FINEST HAVANA
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This new cigar, made in Topeka, and which has only recently
been placed on the market, is one of the biggest cigar values
your nickel can buy. Only the finest quality, of clean, straight
high grade tobacco is used for filler, and they are finished with a
broad leaf, single binder wrapper.
They are made in a clean, airy, factory, by skilled workmen.
Every cigar is of uniform size and strength and possesses a de
lightful aroma, usually found only in the most expensive brands
G. & B. Cigars are put up in Air Tight Tin Cans 25 for $1.00
This keeps them perfectly fresh and moist, which add3 much to the pleasure one
gets in a good cigar. This cigar is an exceptional value when retailed at 5c each
but by purchasing a can of 25 one gets them at about 4c each and has their fresh
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