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THE TOPEKA DAILY gf ATE JOTONAE SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1911.
IT ulUSTBE GOOD.
Supreme Court Lays Down Law
to Stock Exchange.
Holds Order Orer Its Head Like
Sword of Damocles.
PRACTICES ARE BAD.
Boycott of Other Dealers Must
Cease.
Belief in Spiritualism Not Evi
dence of Insanity.
Some of the practices of the Trad
ers' Live Stock Exchange, operating
the stocker and feeder market in the
Kansas City stock yards, are vicious
and illegal, according to the Kansas
supreme court. But the exchange will
not be dissolved and if it continues to
operate legally and to the best inter
est of the people who have business
with its members it will not be dis
turbed. But if the exchange should
take up again the boycotting of mem
bers who traded outside the exchange
the supreme court will take up the
case again and administer the proper
punishment.
The supreme court affirmed the de
"cision of Judge L. C. True of the dis
trict court of Wyandotte county in
the anti-trust case. But the order dis
solving the Traders' Live Stock Ex
change was stayed and the supreme
court retains control of the case, in
much the same manner that it retains
control over the business of the In
ternational Harvester company.
The supreme court, in its decision,
pays that the exchange has a good and
lawful purpose and as long as it pur
sued its. business it ought not to be
disturbed. But the court continues:
"The trouble is that these traders have
never been able to resist the tempta
tion to grasp the reins of the market
and sit in the seat of monopoly. If
the rules of the exchange were modi
fled, particularly Rule 10, aijd the
functions of the organization were con
fined strictly within their legitimate
field, there would be no occasion for
a judgment of dissolution. If, how
ever, it cannot operate without cur
tailing the full free and fair diffusion
of the benefits and opportunities of the
Kansas City market, it ought to be dis
solved." The supreme cour,t today held, in a
case appealed from Riley county, that
the fact that a person believed in
spiritualism is not of itself a sufficient
fact to warrant the supposition that
that person is insane. The court held
further that insanity in near relatives
does not necessarily tend to establish
Insanity in other relatives of such in
sane persons. The case in question
was appealed by Agnes M. Fish and
Anna M. Phalen against B. A. Fore
man and Jacob Heer, trustees for the
estate of Millie R. Sherwood, deceased.
The appellants claim, who are sisters
of the late Mrs. Sherwood, that she
deeded away her land while insane and
unable to make a valid deed. The
lower court held that the deed was
valid inasmuch as Mrs. Sherwood was
sane. The appellants in this suit in
troduced evidence as follows to show
the insanity of Mrs. Sherwood:
That in 1886 she was sandbagged;
in 1892 she was hurt in a street car
accident, and before either of these
misfortunes had occurred she had been
struck by lightning. It was also shown
that at the time she executed the deed
in question she was suffering from an
unusual severe pain in the bowels and
headache and it was also alleged that
she was a student of the doctrines of
Spiritualism. The supreme court held
that Mrs. Sherwood was sane in the
face of all of these allegations, in spite
of all of her misfortunes and notwith
standing her belief in spiritualism.
The supreme court today decided
that old, old question, that a property
owner must pay for the sidewalk con
structed in front of his property by
the city. This case was appealed from
Greenwood county by H. W. Manning.
Mr. Manning refused to build a side
walk when ordered to do so by the
city. The city had a sidewalk built in
front of the Manning property and
levied a s -:cial tax against the prop
erty to pay for It. Manning appealed
to the supreme court and the latter
holds that a city has a right to levy
a special tax to pay for such improve
ments when it is ordered made by
ordinance.
The Kansas supreme court will not
help in recovering excessive freight
rates on interstate business. The Su
perior Refining company shipped some
oil from Bartlesville, Ok., to Long
ton, Kan. The published tariff rate
to points near Longton was seven
cents per hundred pounds, but o
Ijongton from Bartlesville the pub
lished rate was 21 cents. The agent
at Bartlesville misquoted the rate to
Longton and the refining company
made a shipment and paid the seven
cent rate. After the oil got to Long
ton the railroad company demanded
the excess rate and the refining com
pany refused to pay. The railroad
brought suit to collect the excess fee,
but the lower court and the supreme
court both held that as it was an in
terstate rate, the state court had no
jurisdiction and that the railroad must
suffer the loss or collect through the
regular federal channels.
If a merchant, desiring to shade
his show windows, builds an awning
that projects out over the sidewalk,
it is necessary that the merchant keep
a watchful eye on that awning and
that it never becomes weak or loos
ened. This is the" decision of the Kan
sas supreme court in the suit of M.
V. Potter against the Rorabaugh
Wiley Dry Goods company from Reno
county. Mrs. Potter was struck on
the head by an iron bar from the awn
ing in front of the store and in
jured. She brought suit for damages
and the lower court decided against
her. On an appeal to the supreme
court it was held that it devolved
on the store to see that the awning
C.
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did not injure anyone and that per
sona were protected from injury.
The supreme court today decided in
an appeal from Franklin county
against the board of education of Ot
tawa that the word adjacent when
applied to a piece of land means lying
near and not necessarily touching the
city limits of a town. The school
board had attached under the law a
piece of property lying near the city
of Ottawa and added it to the mu
nicipality for school purposes. The
land in question did not touch the city
Hmit3 proper. But the supreme court
held that it touched the outlying bor
der of the city's school district, that it
was close enough to the city for the
children t. conveniently attend school
there and that the board had a right
to attach the property to the -city for
school purposes under the powers
given it by the word adjacent as used
in the law governing this case.
The supreme court today held that a
mechanics lien holds on a piece ot pro
perty even though the deft for repairs for
said property was contracted by a
lessee instead of by the owner. This
case was appealed from Allen county
by D. C. Potter against P. J. Conley
and the lower court was reversed in
this matter. Conley is the owner of a
theater building and he leased it to
J. E. Faltys and George Gilliam for a
period of three years. The lessee had
the building repaired at a cost of $163.
The owner of the building knew that
the repairs were being made and the
lessees left the country without pay
ing for the repairs and the contractors
filed a mechanics lien on the building
for their pay and the lower court held
that the lessees were responsible for
the debt, but not the owner of the
property. But the supreme court re
versed this decision, holding that the
property is liable for debts incurred
in repairing, and therefore improving
it.
The sunreme court affirmed the judg
ment of the Shawnee court in the case
brought in the lower court by E. E.
Hawk against his guardian for $658 alleged
to be due him for services performed for
his guardian. Hawk brought the suit
against the IT. S. Fidelity and Trust com
pany, the bonding company for the guar
dian in question. The case was decided
against Hawk on the basis that his suit
was void under the statute of limitation.
The supreme court upheld the lower
court. The case is a technical one and
was decided strictly on points of law.
ED HOWE HERE.
Atchison Ex-Editor About to Publish
Xeiv Book.
Ed Howe, formerly of the Atchison
Globe, now of Smith's Quarterly, hap
py as a clam, came over to Topeka
today from Atchison with an armful
of manuscripts, which he turned over
to Crane & Co. It is the material for
a new book, to be called "Country
Town Sayings," which will include
many of the best paragraphs which
have made the Globe famous.
As Mr. Howe left home this morn
ing a member of the Globe staff hand
ed him a pocketful of subscriptions
that had come in over night to his
new magazine.
The New York World recently print
ed the following editorial about Mr.
Howe:
His full name is Edgar Watson Howe,
but he is more commonly known as Ed
Howe, and sometimes they call him Old
Ed Howe, although he is only fifty-six.
For thirty-three years he has edited the
Daily Globe out in Atchison. Kan., and
now he is rich, enough to quit work and
loaf with his soul.
According to New York standards,
Atchison is not much of a town. Broad
way would be bored to death there in
fifteen minutes; but Ed Howe put Atchi
son on the map and has kept it there year
in and year out. He is the spoiled child
of Kansas, for the people there have al
lowed him to remain sane, presumably
in the belief that this eccentricity of
genius advertised the state. To show the
extent to which this coddling has been
carried, they even permitted him to dis
cuss the Osawatomie speech rationally
and intelligently.
Out In Kansas they are mighty fond of
Ed Howe, in spite of his incorrigible men
tal maturity, and the readers of every
American newspaper with a competent
exchange editor knows about the Atchi
son Globe. The World reprints some of
the Globe paragraphs on its editorial page
almost every day. But Ed Howe has
literary claims, too, entirely apart from
the hard day-labor of newspaper making.
He wrote a story once entitled "The Story
of a Country Town," and if the rewards
of literature bore any relation to merit,
a million copies of it would have been
sold.
We are glad Ed Howe is rich enough
to quit work, but we hope he makes
enough bad investments so that he will
have to turn out an editorial or a para
graph from time to time, for we shall
miss him dreadfully.
ALL CARS TIED UP.
Street Railway Traffic Halted by a
Broken W ire.
On account of a broken lead wire at
Fourth and Kansas avenue at 1:40 this
afternoon the Topeka railway lines were
tied up for twenty minutes. The break
was a serious one and made it necessary
tor every car in the city to remain still
whether on a curve, across a street cross
ing or at the end of the line.
The result was that hundreds of patrons
sat in their seats many blocks from their
offices waiting, cussing and praying that
the juice would come. Many a "boss"
was approached by a tardy stenographer
or clerk this afternoon and given an ex
cusean excuse that will be substantiated
by this article.
All along Kansas avenue business men
and out of town people sat on their suit
cases and grips waiting for the cars to
the railway stations where a number of
afternoon trains go east to Kansas City
and Chicago. The Rock Island and Union
Pacific especially have many trains at
this hour.
PEACE IS DECLARED.
Deadlock in Tennessee Legislature
Comes to an End.
Nashville. Jan. 7. Peace was declared
between the contending Tactions in the
lower house of the Tennessee legislature
this afternoon. It was agreed by both
sides that all contests be withdrawn. The
insurgent members have signed an agree
ment to report at the bar of the house
next Monday morning and be sworn in.
The poultry show closes tonieht at
10 o'clock. When you come down
town, don t return home without see
ing the west's greatest poultry show
Collars and Cuffs
with no Rough Edges, with the but
ton hole pliable and easy to button
cuffs with the proper finish, neither
too limp nor too stifT that's the kind
of Collar and Cuff work done at
THE MUTUAL
TOPEKA'S SOFT WATER
LAUNDRY CO.
H M A TTHFWC
Phones 519
Founder and Manager.
POEM, STILL PLEA
Byron's "Prisoner of Chillon"
Got 100 Convicts Freedom.
Paroles Granted by Governor
Comer of Alabama.
HAD GOOD RECORDS.
Board of Pardons iu Accord
With Executive Action.
Twenty of Number Were Under
Sentence for Life.
Montgomery, Ala.. Jan. 7. The oth
er day Governor B. B. Comer, who
likes poetry, picked up Lord Byron's
works and read "The Prisoner of Chil
lon." He was about to start on his
annual tour of the state prison and the
convict camps. The poem so deeply
impressed him that after visiting the
convicts he exercised wholesale clem
ency, paroling 100 long term prisoners,
forty of them convicted ot nomiciae
and twenty being life convicts.
These are the lines of Byron which
so worked upon the governor's hu
man sympathies that he sat down and
wrote out the documents liberating the
prisoners:
"My hair is gray, but not with years,
Nor grew it wnite
In a sinclft Ti I J l t
As men's have grown from sudden
fears.
My limbs are bowed, though not with
toil,
T,it mcta with n vile renose.
For they have been a dungeon's spoil,
ir, mine Vms heen the fate of those
m v. CT-niHlv o rt h a.nrl air
Are banned and barred forbidden
fare."
"I gave the matter careful consid
eration," said the governor, and J.
could find no good reason for keeping
these men who have served so long
and so disastrously to their own
health and happiness.
These paroles are issued only to
prisoners who have good prison rec
ords, and in practically every case
nf thp hoard of pardons were
heartily in accord with them.
IMPROVE THE SERVICE.
Mr. Ryan Says This Should Be Effort
ot Railroad Board.
Frank J. Ryan, member of the
present board of railway commission
ers, and who will on Monday next be
sworn into office for a third term,
talked to a State Journal representa
tive yesterday about railway matters
of general interest to the people of
Kansas. Mr. Ryan said: "While the
question of freight rates is an Impor
tant one, and should by no means be
lost sight of, there is another matter
of great importance to the traveling
public, and that is the problem of
getting better service on the various
railroads. Among the first things that
I shall request of my new colleagues
is an order directed to the railroads,
requiring them to adopt the Michi
gan plan of bulletining their trains.
The present plan of posting the ar
rival and departure of passenger trains
would be all right if the railroads
themselves would observe it, but in
many places they absolutely ignore
the order. Many times I have ar
rived at a station and inquired about
the arrival of a train, and was in
formed that the train was, " say, ten
minutes late, when in fact it would
be an hour, and some times three or
four hours, before the train would ar
rive. "The Michigan plan requires that
the railroads post in a conspicuous
place in their depots the time of ar
rival and departure of all passenger
trains and. if late, the time must shoxv
on the board how late it was at thi
station thirty or forty miles away. For
instance, a man goes to the depot to
take a train for Lawrence, and reads
on the bulletin board 'No. 13 thirty
mmutea late. row the natural ques
tion is. Where' is the train? Is it
thirty minutes late at Dodge City or
thirty minutes Jate out of Osage City
which is about thirty miles away from
Topeka? '
The Michigan plan reads, for in
stance. "No. 4 passed St. Marr's 40
minutes late, will arrive at Topeka 30
minutes late.' In that way a passen
ger knows exactly when the train will
tea tSfSsmv -A
arrive, and this will result in not only
an accommodation to the traveling
public, but to the employes of the roads
as well, who are usually bothered to
death answering . the telephone and
queries of passengers at the station.
If this plan is put into effect, and I
intend to suggest that it be inaugu
rated, it will prove of great conven
ience. "In traveling over the state I find
that the law with reference to riding
on freight trains is being ignored gen
erally. I know of one road who have
abandoned all their regular trains on
one division, and operates only extra
freight trains, and in that way evades
this law which, requires all regular
freight trains except those carrying a
majority of live stock, to carry passen
gers. This is a good law, and if en
forced will not bother the railroads,
but, on the other hand, will result in
a great convenience to the men who
are required to drive from town to
town in many sections of the state,
in order to cover their territory.
"I hope this legislature will also give
serious consideration to a law giving
the commission power to adjust claims
of every description. I have in mind
an instance of a man who now lives in
Lawrence, who had a claim against the
railroad for breaking his tool chest;
the claim amounted to about $6. The
man was poor and could not afford
to bring suit against the company: he
was put off by the claim department
for over a year, finally bringing the
matter to my attention, and I prevailed
on the company to send the man
his $6, as the claim was a just one.
Many instances of this kind are re
ceived in the mail by the board, but
usually the applicant is informed that
the board can do nothing, having no
jurisdiction in the premises. It is not
fair, because the man happens to be
poor, and the claim small, that he
should be deprived of his just dues.
A law along these lines would result
in great benefit to the citizens of Kan
sas.
"I have always been a stickler for
service and accommodations for the
traveling public, and am of the opin
ion that the laws applicable to this
subject are sufficient, and I mean to
see to it during the next two vears
that the people who patronize the rail
roads in this state get good service.
Many branch lines need the attention,
also, of the board."
Mr. Ryan has been active as a mem
ber of the commission during the past
four years, and is entitled to the credit
for several rules and orders that have
resulted in convenience to the travel
ing public; the bulletining of the trains
was through an order suggested by
Ryan ana this has resulted in much
good; recently, however the order has
been allowed to lag and any new rule
looking toward an improvement in this
direction will be welcomed by the citi
zens of Kansas who have already
shown their confidence in Ryan by giv
ing nim a great, Dig majority for a
third term at the last election. He is
an old-time telegrapher and a member
of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers,
an organization comprising about 50,-
000 members in the united States, and.
therefore, on account of his experience
in telegraphic worK, would be . quali
fied to suggest rules for the movement
of trains. ,
AND BEN PROMISED.
"Shorely" He Will Xever Sell Liquor
Again.
Ben Jordan has promised to quit
peddling liquor for at least the fiftieth
time. He's a great promiser is Ben.
He has promised to go to the soldiers'
home. He asked Judge Dana to dis
miss the charges against him and
promised never again to appear in
court charged with a crime. Judge
Dana looked solemnly at the prisoner
a minute and granted the request.
When Jordan entered the court room
this morning his head was bandaged
and he leaned heavily on his cane.
Carefully the old negro felt his way
along the corridors for old Ben Jor
dan's eyes are not as strong as they
used to be In the court room, John
Schenck, retfring county attorney, told
the court of Jordan's promise.
"Old Ben was one of the first men I
prosecuted when I came into the coun
ty'attorney's office," said Schenck, "he
has peddled booze as long as the old
est residents can remember. He has
no excuses to make. He says, how
ever, if we will let him off this time,
he will go to the soldiers' home and
never return. That looks like a good
bargain. If Ben makes good, it will
save Shawnee county a lot of money.
"Now. there's that welt on Ben's head.
It shouldn't prejudice this court in the
least. That welt is the result of a cele
bration of Ben's eightieth birthday. This
is a good time to close up an old account
and I am in favor of it."
"Jordan." said the court, "will you
promise that if we let you oft this time,
you will never, never come back?"
"Hones' yer honur," said the old negro
as he tried to look into Judge Dana's face,
"I shorely promise."
"'en this case is dismissed," said the
court.
The little crowd in the court room this
morning smiled as old Ben Jordan walked !
out 01 -ne Dunaing. tie is a relic of the
old days when liquor was easier to find.
When prohibition law began to pro
hibit and whisky was hard to buy. Jordan
was one of the men who came boldly to j
me iront ana neipea proviae a supply ot
refreshments from over the line. He is
an old soldier and a few days ago cele
brated his eightieth birthday. This even
ing Jordan promises to start for Leaven
worth, where he will stay for keeps In the
Soldiers' home.
LOCAL MEJiTIOS.
A special meeting of the Shawnee
County Bar association was held this
morning in the district court room to
make preparations for the L. H. Green
wood funeral. J. G. Waters, president
of the association, presided at the meet
ing. Judge Hazen was named as hon
orary pallbearer. A committee com
posed of J. G. Waters, Ed McKeever
ana c xiuetson, was named to pre
pare resolutions. Nearly 100 members
oi me association met at 1:40 this af
ternoon at Joslin's drug store, from
which point thev attended the fun
eral.
Judge Dana today notified the at
torneys for the defense in the Dalrym-ple-Green
breach of promise suit, to
present their affidavits at an early
date. These documents will probably
oe caiiea tor next week; and argu
ments in the motion for a new trial
will be argued next Saturday.
The motion for a rehearing of the
Weaver habeas corpus proceedings,
were today withdrawn. Mrs. Weaver
has returned to Denver.-, and for the
present at least will not make further
contention for the possession of her
chili.
Mrs. Margaret Hare escaped this
morning from the Topeka asylum. She
evaded the officials while the patients
were maroning to breakfast; and it
was several minutes before her ab
sence was noted. The Hare woman
has been in the asylum several months
and weighs 265 pounds.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Shawnee County Teachers' association
was held today in the recitation room
on the third floor of the court house.
About 100 teachers attended the meet
ing. Dr. Raymond W. Swegler of
Kansas university attended the meet
ing and made a short talk.
A marriage license was issued Fri
day afternoon by W. F. Schoch, pro
bate judge, to Carter Murphy, aged
51 years, and Henrietta Hawkins, aged
43 years, both of Topeka.
The will of the late Josiah L. Bur-
ris of 929 Kansas avenue has been
admitted to probate. Burris, in a will.
left a small personal property estate
to his widow, Martha A. Burris.
The county commissioners Friday
afternoon approved the bonds of the
new county officials, as well as the
bonds of the old officials. These bonds
are made for terms of one year.
Miss Emma Emmerson, who has
been making her home on Clay street,
was taken to the county farm today.
The woman was formerly a trained
nurse and came to Topeka from Chi
cago. She did not prosper in her
profession and was taken care, of by
the Provident association until she was
sent to the county farm. Friends then
offered to care for her, until recently
it was found advisable to return the
woman to the county home.
Miss Margaret Huey, an employee
in the office of the county engineer,
left this afternoon for St. Joseph, Mo.,
where she will spend a few days vis
iting friends.
Grass and rubbish burning at the
rear of 1625 Kansas avenue at noon to
day, called out a number of the down
town companies of the fire depart
ment. ro ua.ma.go uijue.
Beginning Sunday evening and con
tinuing for three weeks at the First
United Brethren church, Dr. D. W.
Ross, pastor of the First U. B. church
of Wichita will hold a series of re
vival services.
Richard Wilson, who has been as
sistant sergeant-at-arms of the senate
for two sessions, seeks promotion to
the first position sergeant-at-arms.
The chicken show will not close till
10 o'clock tonight. All the pens will
remain in place till after that hour.
of the street railway force, narrowly
escaped death last night when he held
the trolley wire in one hand and the
climbed to the top of his car to make
some repair on his trouey ana eitner
unknowingly or carelessly maae nis
bodv connection for the heavy voltage
o electricity.
R. F. Hodgins and Vincent Kaczynski
will leave Sunday for California to
spend the rest of the winter.
Mrs.-' Rosalie Rodenstein has been
eiven a divorce from her husband.
William E. Rodenstein. Mrs. Roden
stein was defendant in the action, but
filed a cross-petition, which was sus
tained by the court. Under the terms
of the court's decree the woman is re
stored to her name, Rosalie Roediger.
She iss also arranted title to consider
able property in controversy, which
originally belonged to ner. Among mis
property is the Roediger home at 918
Filmore street,
.T. A. Camnbell, county surveyor-
elect, has announced the appointment
of F. W. Griggs, as his assistant. A
number of new engineering instru
ments have been purchased, wnicn win
BTeatlv increase the office facilities.
Griggs was formerly with the Santa
Fe engineering department in Illinois.
Miss Janet Gardner, stenographer
in the United States district attorney's
office, left this afternoon for Kansas
City, where she wiu attena me Jan
uary session of the district court.
Harry A. Mentzer has been appoint-
A ...v.r-fiiiita Tnnil rarripr on rural
route No. 5. Mentzer lives near Wash
burn college and was a canaiaate ior
appointment in the recent civil service
examinations.
Eleven liquor cases recently filed in
the United States circuit court by Fred
. .fackson. attorney general, have been
remanded by Judge Pollock to the
state court of Leavenworth county, in
these cases Jackson claimed the defend
ants were engaged in bringing liquor
from Missouri to Kansas in violation
of the interstate commerce laws. The
defendants were residents of Leaven
worth county. In addition to convic
tlons, Jackson asked for $500 attor
ney's fees in each prosecution.
Roller saking every afternoon and
night. Get the habit.
Try a State Journal Want.
First Mortgages
On Improved Oklahoma Farms!
The following is a partial list of those we have on hand,
subject to prior sale:
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Mulvane Building, Topeka
New Edison Record "Hits"
NOW ON SALE
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Mine, All Mine Ada Jones
590 Silver Bell Indian Intermezzo Orchestra
591 Kerry Mill Barn Dance .Collins & Harlan
598 Home, Sweet Home Male Quartet
601 "Alma," Where Do YouLive? Spencer & Ormsby
617 Kiss Me, My Honey, Kiss Me Jones & Murray
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Machine and Records HulSOIl UlStriDUtOrS Topeka, Kansas
PEARY TELLS HIS STORY
Explorer Appears Before a Congres
sional Committee.
Washington, Jan. 7. Captain
Robert E. Peary, the Arctic explorer,
retold the story of his trip to the
frozen north at a hearing before a
subcommittee of the house committee
on naval affairs, the purpose being to
furnish proof of his attainment of the
North pole on April 6, 1909, in con
nection with, pending legislation for
national recognition of his achieve
ments.
He produced all of his original
memoranda. Cross examination by
Representative Macon of Arkansas,
who has announced his opposition to
recognition of the explorer, was de
ferred on account of the time taken in
reading data. The committtj ad
journed until next Tuesday.
Mr. Macon asked especial light on
"the thirty hours Pearv was at the
pole," and Mr. Peary read from his
log book detailing his four hours'
sleep, his journeying beyond and back
to the camp. Peary said he made no
entries in. hia book on his return, April
8, and not until the afternoon of
the 9th.
MATTIE TROY CAUGHT.
Negro Woman, Charged With Murder,
Arrested at Atchison.
Mattie Troy, the negro woman who
escaped from the asylum Monday
morning, was caught Friday afternoon
in Atchison, and was today returned to
Topeka, Th3 woman escaped from the
asylum while the patients were march
ing to breakfast. She was scantily
clad and it was believed that she had
either frozen from exposure, or was
given assistance in her escape.
The Troy woman was arrested sev
eral monthes ago on a charge of pois
oning an adopted son in order that
she might secure the payment of an
insurance policy, under which, she was
beneficiary. Before the trial. Mrs
Troy apparently lost her mind and was
sent to the osylum. It is probable that
she will be tried for the killing some
time in the coming session of the dis
trict court.
HOLSTLAW RESIGNS.
Self Confessed Keceiver of Bribe in
Ijorimer Klection.
Springfield, III., Jan. 7. Governor
Deneen this morning received a formal
letter of resignation from Senator D.- W.
HolBtlaw of luka, who confessed to re
ceiving a bribe in the Lorimer matter.
Governor Deneen said he would present
Senator Holstlaw'3 letter to the senate
ntxt Tuesday
Trains Collide in a fog.
Abbott. Tex., Jan. !. Two north
bound M. 'K. & T. passenger trains
Value
J3000.00
4S0O.W
1700.00
1900.W
2000.00
leno.oo
3000.00
3200.00
2S00.'K
2900.00
3500.00
3200.00
3000.00
3000.00
4O00.0
6000.00
5000.00
B0O0.0O
4400.00
5300.00
5100.00
5500.00
6400.W
6100.00
6600.CO
K1OO.O0
6S0O.OO
TSOO.nn
6800.00
L. M. Pcnwell
Cadertakcr and Embalac?
511 Quincy St.
Qoth Phones 192
Old Soldier Tortured.
"For years I suffered unspeakable tor
ture from indigestion, constipation and
liver trouble," write A. K. Smith, a war
veteran at Erie, Pa., "but Dr. King's New
Life Pills fixed me all right. They're
simply great." Try them for any stom
ach, liver or kidney trouble. Only 25c at
Campbell Drug Co.
collided during a fog here at 5 o'clock
this morning, causing the death of
two persons. Dr. K. Aking, dentist, of -Dallas,
and H. D. Reynolds, Pull
man conductor, of Austin.
Several persons on both trains were
slightly injured.
Weekly Bank. Statement.
New Tork, Jan. 7. The statement ot
clearing house banks for the week (five
days) shows that the banks hold J9,502.00i
more than the requirements of the 25 per
cent reserve rule. This is an increase of
$1,659,800 in the proportionate cash reserve
as compared with last week.
The statement follows:
DAILY AVERAGE.
Loans $1,22S,335,500 $5,858,900
Specie 239,203,400 873,100
Legal tender 71,171,500 1,262,6(10
Deposits 1,203,490,000 1,903,
Circulation 47,518,900 209,900
Reserve 310,374,900 2,139,900
Reserve required .... 300,872,500 476.500
Surplus 9.592.400 1.659.8"0
U. S. deposits 1.6S2.100 8,700
ACTUAL. CONDITION.
Loans .. ..- $1,215,542,700 J22,631,9(0
Specie . . . . 246,241.800 9,530,30
Legal tender 51.794,100 718,SoO
Deposits 1,197.148.700 9,2r17,3i
j reserve .. . 318,035,900 10,806,90
Reserve required ... 290,287,175 1,952,175
Surplus ..- 18,748,725 12,562,7i".
U. S. deposits 1,644.500 12,3i!
Summary of state banks and trust com
panies In Greater New York not report
ing to the New York clearing bouse:
Loans $1,099,744,700 $7,87S,SO0
Specie 118,300,900 713,700
Legal tender .- 20.914,900 21 4,700
Total deposits 1,160,835,600 7,657,400
Decrease.
The members of the family of Mrs.
Margaret J. Clark, deceased, wish t J
extend thanks to the many friends
who have offered their sympathy an.l
services during her long illness, and
also for the many beautiful floral of
ferings. R. A. CLARK.
"George, if there is war with Mexico
and vou go. will you take me?" "Good
gracious, what for?" "Why. I'm just
crazy about Mexican drawn work, and. of
course, you'll capture lots of it and then
I can take my pick before it's all sorted
over:" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Old chap, what doe Vachlnnatlon"
mean?" "Loud and mirthless laughter,
dear boy. Why?" "Nothing; only I un
derstand now what the papers meant
when they said that my, stories at the
club banquet last night caused much,
cachinnatlon." Chicago Tribune.
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