The Topeka State Journal from Topeka, Kansas • 5

THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAIr FRIDAY EVENING, AXTGITST 14,1908. RAILR0AD NEWS. Sate War Is Not Expected to RAISE JLFALFA. SAVE $12.50 $25.00 Suits on Sale for $12.50 SAVE $22.50 Suits on Sale for $12.50 SAVE $20.00 Suits on Sale for $12.50 SAVE $18.00 Suits on Sale for $12.50 Finney County Farmers Coining Materialize. Money From the Crop.

Differential Squabble Is Not Sell $2,500 Worth of Seed From a 60-Acre Field. Taken Seriously. TO SETTLE TKOUBLE. Started Over Wabash Tariff Chicago to Kansas City. Other Items of Interest In Kail-way Circles.

Kansas City. Aug. 14. John J. Shine, western passenger agent of the Wabash, was last night inclined to consider with little seriousness the report from Chicago, that a passenger rate war in western territory has been atarted by the Wabash.

Other Kansas City passenger men seen yesterday expressed a similar opinion. It is thought that if the Wabash Insists upon reducing Its rate from Kansas City to New Tork the other roads will meet the cut and that will be an end to the matter. 'I knew nothing of it until I saw the newspaper dispatch from Chicago" aid Mr. Shine. "But it appears to me like one of those things which are given much importance one day and are forgotten the-next.

I imagine that this 'rate war' will be quite a 'thing of the past" by the end of this week." According to a dispatch from Chicago trouble which threatens a passenger rate war In western territory has been started by the Wabash road, which has insisted upon a differential rate from Kansas City to New York. A conference of the executive passenger officials of western roads has been called for today in Chicago, says the dispatch, to consider the matter. The officials of the Wabash insist that they should be allowed to charge $26.60 from Kansas City to New York, as against .80, which is the standard fare. The differential Is one which was accorded several years ago from Kansas City on through business to the seaboard, but there Is no road which Is now using the lower rate. All of the Kansas City-New York lines were declared to be on parity as to facill -ties and time, and all were, therefore, placed in the standard class.

Several years ago the Wabash put on a through train between Kansas City and Buffalo known as No. and running from Buffalo to New York, over the Lackawanna. At that time a differential was claimed, and the other roads Insisted that they would sell as cheaply as the Wabash, no matter what rate the latter road put Into effect. D. B.

Martin waa finally chosen arbitrator in the case, and a long hearing was had. Martin, who is passenger traffic manager of the Baltimore Ohio, declared that the Wabash train No. 8 was not entitled to a lower fare than the fains of other roads. In fact, he declared to be on a parity as to faelll- perlor to other routes. ine waoasn then took off that train.

Now the company has put a new train Into service known as train No. 28. and claims a differential for It. The competing toads declare that if a lower rate Is charged by the Wabash they will meet Western roads do not admit the differential principle in their territory and Insist upon equal rates. The are allowed from western territory, apply only to through business to the eastern seaboard, the differential fare being that which ap- Chicago.

John J. Shine. western passenger agent of the Wabash, was 1 night Inclined to put little credence In the report that a rate war Is imminent. NEW BXTLDIXGS FOIt CHAXTTE. Santa Fe Contractor Will Commence Ills Work Soon.

Chanute, Aug. 14. D. B. Roby.

foreman for Harvey Stiver, is expected to arrive In Chanute Boon to resume work upon the new buildings which Mr. Stiver has the contract to put up for the Santa Fe railroad here. Mr. Roby superintended the construction of the buildings which have been completed. He is a good fellow and has lots of friends who will be glad to hear that he is coming back for a time.

Mr. Stiver has one building yet to put up to complete his contract. It will be the car repair shop, arid will be constructed west of the store house. Work on It had not been begun at the time the retrenchment order was Issued last winter and Mr. Stiver was told not to commence on It, but was left to finish the buildings he had in course of construction.

It Is likely that the grading gang of Ransom Cook will also resume the work on the yards here soon. The gang which the company has here Is now at the Ash Grove Lime and Portland Cement company's cement plant. Just north of the city, making grade for side tracks and switches there. It had been at the plant of the Chanute Cement and Clay Products company, west of the city, doing surface work there and throwing up the "embankment for a large pond. Ransom Cook's contract with the Chanute Cement company calls for the completion of its work for them before the end of the year.

There will be an Immense amount of grading to do for the Santa Fe Railroad company enough to make It certain that a large number of men and teams will be employed here all winter. Two Kansans Elected. Philadelphia. Aug. 14.

The annual convention of the American association of opticians elected H. J. Cook, Knoxvllle. president: C. P.

Wood. California, first vice president; W. F. Huston, Kansas, secretary. Thomas Gowenlock, Kansas, was elected a director.

If Compelled or Impelled to work your brain in Hot Weather, 1 Grape-Nuts I a Beoson" I HAVE THE HAY LEFT. C. M. Niqnette 000 Load Into Garden ntj. Case Can Be Duplicated Most Anywhere in the County.

Garden City, Aug. 14. One of the crops that makes the western Kansas farmer's bank account loom large and the smilo on his face expand almost to his ears Is that of alfalfa seed. The alfalfa seed crop in Finney county this year is one of the best and It is no uncommon sight to see a farmer drive In with a load of alfalfa seed that will bring several hundred dollars. C.

M. Niquette Son. who have just finished threshing the alfalfa seed on one of their farms brought in a load of seed that in value did not miss the $2,000 mark very far. Something of the value of this crop may be gained from the yield on the fart of Niquette son. sixty acres of the farm was in alfalfa.

From this field, 126 sacks of seed, averaging two and one half bushels to the sack, was threshed, making a total of over three hundred bushels or an average oer acre of over fl. busnels. Alfalfa seed at this time is bringing between S8 and 39 a bushel -which will make the sixty acres yielu over $2,500 for seed alone. Added to this the hay crop harvested earlier in the summer and the sixty acres win oring up me aggregate between $2,700 and $2,800. Crops such as these are tne factors that give the substantial prices to land in this section of the country.

The case mentioned above Is not an isolated one but one that can be duplicated anywhere in the alfalfa sections of the country. On many farms, the yield may be larger but it Is safe statement that the one mentioned is not far from an average. As Secretary Cohurn says "alfalfa has found its affinity In Kansas" and in no place in the state is this more noticeable than in Finney county. BEES IX THE CHIMNEY. A Saline County Farmer Has to Fire Up to Drive Them Out.

Palina, Aug. 14. There is one place In Salina where the smoke did not "go up the chimney Just the same." It occurred at the home of Wesley Kouns, two miles northwest of the city. And the reason was that a swarm of bees had possession of the chimney. This is the second annual occurrence and Mr.

Kouns is becoming aggravated. Last year the honey bees made their home In this same chimney. Their discovery was made when a fire was built in the stove connected with the chimney. The result was inevitable for the bees. Last Sunday Mr.

Kouns built a fire in the furnace, the fire one for some time. It didn't draw good and the smoke was stifling. Then the cause was revealed. Out of the chimney came the swarm of bees. But with true bee tenacity or imagining the unpleasant surroundings were only temporary, they returned to their abode Tuesday morning.

Another fire was built In the furnace and the bees were driven out. They did not go far. They swarmed to a limb of a tree near the house as if to await further developments. Mr. Kouns is in a quandary about what to do with his pets.

SKIMMED OR WATERED. Was the Milk of One Leavenworth Restaurant, as Test Showed. Leavenworth. Aug. 14.

A test of samples taken from four hotels and restaurants revealed that only one sold milk deficient In butter fat. The de. flciency may be due either to dilution, or to skimming. An ordinance recently passed requires that milk sold by dairymen and eating houses must contain at least 3 per cent of butter fat. The results of the tes.ts made by Dr.

C. R. Carpenter, city physician, follow: Milk from Kansas City-Leavenworth Coffee house contained 1.2 per cent of butter fat. Milk from the National hotel contained 4.2 per cent of butter fat. Milk from the Elmo hotel contained 3.2 per cent of butter fat.

Milk from the Wilkens hotel contained 3.2 per cent of butter fat. The results show that milk sold by the Kansas City-Leavenworth restaurant is not up to the standard. Samples from the three other hotels show that milk sold by them is above the standard. FELL FROM SECOXD STORT. Little Girl at Frontenac Not Injured ny Long ran.

Frontenac, Aug. 14. That an all-wise Providence seems to protect the little children from harm was exemplified in the case of the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Pucci in this city.

The little girl, but eight years of age, was asleep in a bed which stood near a window in the second story of their home, and the family thought nothing but that she was safe. Hearing her scream they rushed outside of the house and found her lying on the ground beneath the window. She was picked up and carried into the house, medical aid being summoned, and a careful examination failed to disclose any broken bones. MUST RESPECT THE COURT. John Teel Refused to Obey a Summons and Must Stand Trial.

Iola, Aug. 14. Jailer Hoover Kerr went to Moran to get John Teel. who is wanted on a bench warrant issued out of the district court to compel his attendance as a witness in the Whitlow case. Teel is in Moran and was brought to Iola.

Teel was a witness in the Whitlow case on the part of the defense. A summons was issued for him and served on him, but before the trial came ft he left the county and nt some place in Oklahoma. Teel will be brought before Judge Foust on a charge of contempt of court. Strikes a Big Gasner. Chanute, Aug.

14. D. H. Fisher has brought in anotner big gas wen on nis noiaings northeast of the city. The new well Is No.

2 on the Alward tract. It is larger than Al-, ward No. 1. which was the biggest well Our Great Season-End Sale Presents the Most Amazing Clothing Proposition Ever Laid Before the Public Now buys any $18.00 Hart Schaffner Marx Suit Now buys any $20.00 Hart Schaffner Marx Suit Now buys any $22.50 Hart Schaffner Marx Suit Now buys any $25.00 Hart Schaffner Marx Suit This includes every suit of every color, pattern, style and size that sold formerly up to $25 even our beautiful silk lined, hand-tailored creations in two and three-piece garments! CAN YOU AFFORD TO OVERLOOK THIS GREAT BIG CHANCE? Boys' Fine Clothes Were Never So Cheap as Now! ureatest values ever offered in young men 3-piece School Suits Saturday for 7.50. See what these suits are like.

There are plain blue Serges of fast color pure wool, velour cassimere and fancy worsceds in light and dark shadea, single or double breasted mcdels and there is every size, college style with pej top trousers regular $10.00 am $12.50 values Saturday Boys' Knickerbocker Suits some with extra pants to match that sold for 87.50, $6.00 and 85.00, in blue serge, fancy worsteds and cassi-meres. with or without belts sizes (CO QC 6 to 17 years. Saturday special 4OtOO Wash Suits Ready $7.50 Boys' Knee Pants, made of light and dark color cheviots and cassimeres; taped seams; sizes 4 to 15 years; the usual 39c values; 01r choice AilC Boys' Pajamas and muslin Night Robes, all 5 to CC 15 years; Boys' and Youths' Straw Hats, odds and ends of our regular 11. $1.50 and $2 lines: soiled from handling; choice Cn for ovrv. Children's Bib Ov eralls.

2 Vx to 8 years; 25c kind; 1 choice Children's Crash Headwear; in Naval Reserves and Golf Cars; 50c kind; OP slightly Children's Rompers knee length, 2 to 6 years: OC. special. Boys All "Wool Blue Serge Knee Pant Suits, 9 to 15 years, 33.00 qual- d- QC lty. special. Boys' 14.00 Knickerbocker Suits, with an extra pair of pants to match In neat dark patterns, fancy cassimeres and cheviots 7 to tf0 AK 15 years.

Children's Summer Union Suits. short sleeve, knee length, 6 to 13 years, kind; special. OOC Children's Muslin Night Robes, extra long. 4 to 14 years, 60c qual- OQ ity -Zl Youth's Odd Trousers, in fancy worsteds and cassimeres, $1.50 sg.rzes?:..a.n...$1.00 Boys' Mexican Hats, 25c kind big 1 ones; special. (J OZ for $30 or $25 Suits hand-tailored and silK lined, in the season's modest fabrics; made by Hart, Schaffner Marx and Alfred Benjamin Co.

(Silk lined blue serges included.) (t $1 and $12.50 2l iI I Suits good ones, 1 both 2-and 3-piece styles. Values that far exceed any ever shown at the price. All sizes. Trouser Sales $10, $8, $7.50 finest Paragon and Hart, Schaffner Marx Trousers, $5, $6 and $7 Trousers, H. S.

M. hand-tailored, best fabrics $5 $4 $3.50 and $4.00 Worsted and Out- do ing Trousers, all sizes, special for PJ Reading Hairline Cassimere Trousers, $2.50 values $1.50 Fall Hats Ready Every conceivable novelty in the new fall shapes, Derby and Soft Styles in the many new colors of the John B. Stetson make at $3.50. SOLE AGENTS Stetson Special Hats $5.00 Mallory Cravenette Hats Wear-Well Hats $2.00 Crofut Knapp Hats $3.00 Knapp Felt Hats $4.00 Knapp Felt De Luxe Hats $6.00 Notice to Shirt Buyers Manhattan Shirts will not be reduced in price again until next year! Our contract forbids it! If you want the world's best shirts at the lowest prices ever quoted, you must get them quickly! Scores of men are laying in enough to last at least a year! And at these prices: $1.50 Manhattan Shirts, now $1.65 Manhattan Shirts, now $2.00 Manhattan Shirts, now $1.40 $2.50 Manhattan Shirts, now $1.75 $2.75 Manhattan Shirts, now $1.90 $3.00 Manhattan Shirts, now $2.00 $3.50 Manhattan Shirts, now $2.50 $5.00 Manhattan Shirts, now $3.50 New Fall Shoes and Oxfords Advance Showing of all the new and nifty patterns known in SHOEDOM. SKI-BO HOT-SCOTCH PUNCH HIGH BALL These new lasts in all the new leather colors Nut Brown, Bottle Green and Wine.

$4.00 to $8.00 Sale of Fancy Hose All Fancy 75c Hose now 55c All Fancy 50c Hose now 35c. All Fancy 25c Hose now 19c (c.LWiiiziiirfcccf.) MUETTEL Thousands of Fixings at Less Than Maker's Cost Lot 294 Silk Trimmed Bal- nf briggan, sold for 50c, now a7C Lot 4792 Nainsook Athletic Shirts and Drawers, sold for 50c, OOC Lot 3618-White Gauze Knee Drawers, double gusset, sold for 50c, now 0C All 50c Underwear now. 39c Lot 50 Scriven Elastic Seam rr Drawers, sold for 75c, now dC Lot 2254 Jap Silk Shirts and 7f Drawers, sold for $1, now 7C Lot 4574 Mercerized Dropstitch Underwear, sold for $1.25, now. yoc Lot 389 Bon-bon Lisle Under. di rf wear, sold for (L 50, now J) Lot 4575 Universal 9L50 White r-Lisle Shirts and Drawers, all sizes.

I Lot 2019 Men's Silk and Lisle Shirts and Drawers, pink or salmon, that sold i ng for 12, reduced to JX.OO $3.00 and 93.50 Union Suits, QQ now pX00 2.00 White Lisle Union Suits, now pX.XO A fine assortment of $1.50 1 1 Shirts pX.XO $1.00 and 75c Soft Collar Shirts, now OuC Our own brand Shirts, C2 and dl ig 1.50 kind, now pXXO Final Season-End Sale! Last Call for summer Oxfords nothing reservedall leathers, all styles. Stetson's Washburn $6.00 and $5.00 $4.00 and $3.50 Oxfords Oxfords $3.65 $2.65 in the trans-Neosho field until No. 2 came In. A test of No. 2 shows thai it will produce between 14 and 15 million cubic feet of gas every day.

IJKE FRONTIER. DAYS. Steers Roped and Tied In a Flash by Cowboys at Kingman. Kingman, Aug. 14.

Special excursion trains from Wichita, Pratt, Lyons and Lamed brought large crowds to attend the third day or tne cattlemen's picnic bein- held here this week. The principal feature of the morning programme was the first wild steer roping contests. Buck Walsh of Oklahoma was the winner, time 48 kg feM TlOUS-WHOLE01 One package, 10 cents, makes one pint of wholesome Fruit Jcl'y. All flavors from true fruits. seconds.

J. E. Warren of Arkansas City and Sam Phillips of Kingman tied for second, time 54 seconds. Jonn Ferguson of Oklahoma City and Will Bunnell of Arkansas City tied for thira place, time 1:06. John Arrington of this city roped and tied a steer in 35 seconds, but failed to tie it tight enough-.

The second roping contest and the broncho riding contest will take place this afternoon. In the racing Agnilon was winner of the 2:35 trot; best time. 2:21. The 2:11 pace was won by Maude best time, 2:14. Gunston took the mile dash in 1:45.

It took six heats to decide the 2:19 pace, Lucy winning. Two Rhoaes. one; Nancy Audlin, one; Prince Jo, two; best time by Rhodes. 2:19. The race was given to Prince Jo on account of best position in most heats.

WHITLOW HELD FOR TRIAL. Must Answer the Charge of Perjury at September Court Gives Bond. Iola. Aug. 14.

Samuel F. Whitlow was held for trial in the district court on the charge of perjury in connection with testimony he gave at the two coroner's inquests inquiring into the death of May Sapp last September. At the first inquest held the' day af ter the tragedy which resulted in the death of the girl Whitlow declared he knew nothing of the cause of her death and that he was at home at the time. Afterwards he admitted that he had been present when the girl killed her self with a razor. The first Jury was discharged and another inquest held.

Whitlow was arrested charged with the murder of the girl and testifying in his own behalf told of the circum stances surrounding in her death. He was acquitted. Then the father of the dead girl caused his arrest on the charge of perjury. His case will be called at the September term of court. He gave bond in the sum of 3500 for his appearance at that time.

MANEUVERS AT FORT RILEY. General Kerr a Witness to the Attack Upon an Imaginary Army. Junction City, Aug. 14. The first big maneuvers year at Fort Riley opened when the entire regular army force of 5.000 soldiers were Never Fails to Restore Gray Hair to its Natural Color and Beauty.

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SPIRITUALISTS AT DEIjPHOS. Their Camp Meeting. Which Continues Ten Days, Highly Interesting. Delphos, Aug. 14.

The thirtieth annual camp meeting of the first Society of Kansas State Spiritualists and Liberals convened here on the seventh and will continue until the 23rd. There are a large number of spiritualists already present, and others are arriving almost daily. There are representatives present from Mankato, Beloit, Salina, Lincoln, Plainvllle, Minneapolis. Hill City and a number of other points. The grove has a fine auditorium, and most of the tents are occupied.

Never before in the history of the camp have the prospects been better for a successful meeting, besides the talent secured is good. The speakers are Mr. and Mrs. W. J.

Erwood, of Battle Creek, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Noyes, of Los Angeles, Mrs.

E. Hill, of Chicago; C. H. Moody, of Mankato, Mrs. Bessie Bellman, of Win-field, the state president of the Spiritualist association and other noted talent from other places.

The mediums present are Mrs. Inez Wagner of Kansas City, well known in Topeka. and a noted trumpet medium as well. Mrs. Nora E.

H.U1 of Chicago, and Mrs. C. W. Brown, of Plainsvllle, Kan. The camp is being highly enter tertained by the quartette of young ladles from the Hill City high school.

Their home town is certainly proud of the ladies of the quartette, as follows: Barbara Harwl, Cells Pipes, Lottie Dezell and Maude McManimie. They are receiving fine compliments in their pleasing singing and pleasaqt outing here in the camp. Mrs. D. H.

Hampton, of St. Louis, is a Delphos visitor during the spiritualist camp meeting. Special trains on the Union Pacific will be run to Delphos from both east and west. FOR THE LEGISLATURE. Democrats of Hamilton County Select "Wild Horse" Johnson.

Syracuse, Aug. 14. J. E. Johnson, better known as "Wild Horse Johnson," has been nominated as Democratic nominee for representative of Hamilton county.

If Mr. Johnson Is as successful in catching votes this fall, as he was in catching wild horses in the early days of this country, he will capture enough votes for his election. Beanths BignatBis Sean tlis Signattue of Beanths Bignatue of Tht Kind Yon Haw Hiways Bought Itn Kind Yoi Haw Always BotgK Tht Kind Yog Haw Always Bougnl.