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The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-24

DEATH OF WILLIAM HUGHES.
 William Hughes, one of the best known young men in town, died yes terday morning of pneumonia at his home in Goffe street, after an illness
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WASHINGTON CAMP, P. o. S. OF A.

Washington camp, No. 4, P. o. s. of A., gives it's tenth annual masquerade sociable at Old Union armory February 22. A great number of tickets have been sold and a grand time Is expected. The court has worked faithfully to make the occasion one to be remem- bered by all who attend.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-24

News from MT. and Mrs. Winthrop L. Allen, who left New Haven last June for an indefinite absence, locates them at Los Angeles, Cal, where they have taken a furnished house for the winter Since leaving town early last summer they have been travelling lesurely through the provinces and the states.
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Most Complete Line of Paper and Twine in the State

yesterday recorded in the town clerks office power of attorney to Bruce Tenn to sell the property.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-23
CUT TIE WEEDS.

One of the methods by which public
highways and streets in the city might
be improved is by moving the weeds
which grow UP by the side of the roads.
There are many residence streets in the
city and public highways in the county
now lined on either side by weeds rang
ing from one foot to six or seven feet
in height. These weeds are permitted
to go to seed. and the result in the
succeeding year is shown by theacres of
weeds which grow up in adjoining
fields.
The only places in the city where
weeds do not grow in the street is where
the pavement extends from curb to
curb. The people of Topeka once de-
nounced Ex-Governor Leedy because he
stated in the senate in a heated speech
that weeds would grow on Kansas
avenue" Had he made the general
charge that weeds grow in residence
streets, unpaved, the ex-governor could
come to Topeka every summer and
prove what he said to be a fact
Seriously considered the weed propo-
sition is one which deserves more at
tentiOn than it receives. If the road
overseers and street commissioners
would first stop the dumping of gar
bage on side streets and would then en-
force the weed and hedge. laws the city
and county could be greatly improved
in appearance without agitation con-
corning expense and useless OUTLAWS
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DocroRs IN NEW ORLEANS.

The American Medical association has
decided to hold a meeting in New Or
leans in January. The members have
arrived at this decision because the doc
tors in the south have raised an objec-
ton to holding every session of the as
ISOLATION III the north. it having been
years since the American Medical assoc
citation met in the southern states.
It is right that the doctors should go
south and it is right that they should
go in January. If they go there during
any but the winter months they will
always regret it. An open sewer is not
inviting even in the winter months but
in the summer it might throw the doc
tors into spasms. The many advantages
of the city will be pointed out to the
visitors and they viii be treated well so
long as they are visitors. but they should
be careful and not allow themselves to
be inveigled into becoming residents for
the story then changes.
New Orleans is a splendid place to
visit in the winter if the visitor has
padlocks on his pocket and a bill of
health in his hand. He should not for
get the bill of health, especially if he
has a pimple on his face. Last winter
those ''whole-hearted" people picked up
man VINO looked SICK ana put MIN III
the pest house with a lot of smallpox
patients. He finally got out and proved
| to be a wealthy eastern man who had
never had the smallpox but did have a
| large, well developed bump of revenge
| He brought suit against the city for
/ $4,000 damages.
They do not consider it a crime tc
rob tourist in New Orleans and the
hack drivers take especial delight in
holding up the unwary. New Orleans
is nice place to visit but it will not
bear a years acquaintance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-23
YOUNG WOMEN OF ELLIS.

The following is from the New York
Mail and Express:
The young women who constitute the
Idlewild club, of Ellis county, Kansas,
have set an example of industry and
practical common sense from which the
calamity bowler will shrink in terror.
The lack of hands to harvest the enOr
nous wheat crop is so urgent that these
energetic women, acting as a body have
offered their services to the neighbor-
ing farmers, and scores of them, clad in
male attire, are now at work in the
grain fields. Ellis county is one Of the
richest agricultural communities of
Kansas, and we may infer from this
helpful cooperation of its daughters
that it is also one of the most progress
sive and intelligent. We submit that
the members of the Idlewild club have
given new and incontrOvertible reason
for the existence of Womens clubs.
New York papers continue to gobble
up these delightful bits of fiction about
Kansas. The young ladies of Ellis
county could do such a thing if neces-
sary but fortunately it has not been
necessary.
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cubic feet. AS an evidence of good
faith he offered to put up a cash bond
of 1000. With practically no delay the
council accepted Mr.. Faulkner's evil
dence of good faith and granted him the
franchise. The result has been the or
ganization of the Topeka Federal Heat,
Light and Power company
Mr.. Faulkner is now experimenting
the construction of a plant at a big
manufacturing establishment in South
Bend, Ind. This will be completed and
in operation by the middle of July, and
will serve as a practical demonstration
of the new method. Mr.. Faulkner states
that the financing of the Topeka plant
will then be completed and ground
broken by September I.
A later proposition made by Mr.. Faux
ner is to the effect that if 5000 contracts
can be received. gas for lighting and
cooking will be furnished for 80 cents
instead of 81. About 1900 contracts
We're secured some time ago in can
vass of the city.
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RnRroM NOR ApPREoIATEp.

j. r. Burton is a unique figure in
western politics. Brilliant without
a doubt he has nearly all the elements
that go to make up successful polite
ian There never was a human being
who could face defeat with as little dis
composure. There never was a polite
ian who availed himself Of every oppor-
tunity to keep himself before the public
with such persistent success. No one
ever had warmer friends among the So
called "hxers" than Mr.. Burton.
But Mr. Burton evidently missed fire"
at PHILADELPHIA For weeks he and his
friends labored for the honor of having
him chosen as one of the orators to
make a speech on the floor of the con-
vention nominating or seconding the
nomination of President Mckinley but
the plan failed.
The delegation went to Philadelphia
and Mr. Burton soon discovered the
trend of things and jumped into the
Roosevelt wagon with a flourish that was
heard from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Then he decided that he had sufficiently
impressed himself upon the managers
of the party and his press agent an
nounced that Mr.. Burton would make
the speech upon the floor of the conven-
ton nominating Governor Roosevelt.
Every one in Kansas was interested but
especially were those who are trying to
help him into a seat in the United States
senate. The Burton personality had i'm
pressed itself upon Mark Hanna and the
rest--it meant success for his cause in
Kansas
The time for the nomination of Gov
ernor Roosevelt arrived and Mr.. Burton
was overlooked. 1t was not his fault
that he was not even allowed to second
the nomination of the New York man.
The only reference to the man from
Kansas was a mention of the fact that
he pinned a sunfower on Governor
Roosevelt's coat and the vice presiden-
tial nominee probably did not thank him
for that.
The managers of the Republican par
ty evidently failed to appreciate Mr.
Burton. He should take a few lesson.
from Gen. Frederick ]. Funston before
he again attempts to force himself int
| public notice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-23

It isn't always the man who stands off
gang of desperadoes or captures
couple of well armed safe blowers that
is the bravest 1t does not always fol-
low that a hero is made by the crack-Of
fire arms and the smell of powder
smoke.
There is a man on the police force in
Topeka who braved death to aid a suf-
ferer when others refused their help
from fear. He did his duty and he came
nearer death than any man on the force.
The officer is Frank Hendricks.
During the worst of the smallpox ep-
idenic he was on the Smoky Row beat.
The disease ragged on the row. When the
monthly assignment of officers was
made Hendricks was assigned to the
worst beat.
Are you afraid of the row?' asked
| the chief
mo. I guess not" was the answer.
''All right
Hendricks went on the beat He had
no fear for himself but he dreaded car
| rying the germs of the disease to his
wife and child. He stuck to his post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-23
THE CITY WATER WORKS.

The waterworks question has again
sprung into prominence. 1t would be
well for the people who have the in
terests of the city at heart to be wide
awake. The question was discussed by
the Commercial club less than a week
ago, and every prominent opponent of
municipal ownership Of the water plant
was present. A few of the advocates
of city ownership We're present, but the
antis outnumbered them two to one.
Edward Wilder, who admitted that he
is opposed to municipal ownership, said
that he would help to institute injunc-
ton proceedings if the city council
persisted in its purpose of building a
new water plant. He went farther than
any of the rest.
The question of municipal ownership
of the water plant has been settled,
and so far as the records show all
the people Of Topeka are in favor of
the ownership of the water plant by
the CITY. There is no use to harrow
MP the old question or to thresh over
old straw. The only question now be
fore the city is how a water plant may
be best secured, by purchase of the
present plant for reasonable sum or
the building Of a new one.
The Commercial club is an excellent
organization, composed of representa-
tives of the business interests of the city
and the club can do much to help the
city council. The council is composed
of men who are trying to do their duty.
IN every move in the waterworks con-
troversy the council has reflected the
sentiments of the people of Topeka, and
the members of the Commercial club
should remember this in discussing the
question The members of the city
council are ready to take advice, but
the man who has tried hard to do his
duty may resent the use OF the goad.
No one wants to eonfscate the water
plant. The people have suffered from
its injustice for years, but they have
no disposition to be unjust even now
when the DAYS Of the institution ar,
numbered and the time when it mus
relax its hold upon the city of To
pe1a is not far away. Every overtur,
for the purchase of the plant has beer
made by the city. If the water com
pany wants to dispose of its plant t
the CITY it is about time that it b
heard from.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-23
WHY ROOSEVELT WAS NAMED.

The Republican party in convention
in Philadelphia renOminated Mr. Nc
Kinley for president and named the
brilliant New York governor, Theodore
Roosevelt. for the vice presidency.
For more than two years no other
name has been mentioned in connec-
ton with the presidency save that of
the present incumbent. But for the
second place on the ticket there were
a bakers dozen of candidates But
always in the foreground, sometimes
in a smiling mood, oftimes impatient,
doomed up the shadOwgraph of the hero
of San Juan hill, with the cunning of
Plat and Quay abetting it Delivers
oratory, Longs navy management rec
ord and the recognized ability of Bliss
to secure funds We're hurled against
the Rough Riders boom, but in vain.
AS well might the angry seas thunder
against immovable St. Helena.
All the power of the administration,
used as only the adroit NJ. A. Hanna
could use it, was thrown out to check
the drift against Roosevelt, but in
vain. The western delegates became
enthused early with the idea that he
was the man the Republicans needed to
carry New York. and no glittering
promises of patronage could lure them
away to an administration candidate.
Fresh in the memory of Senator
Matthew Stanley Quay is the vote
! against his return to the United States
senate cast by Senator Hanna. Mr..
| Quay, be it remembered, never forgets,
and so when the opportunity came to
/ get even he dug up his unseen hatchet.
For some reason, perhaps because of
! 49,
with the mass Of delegates, the Ohio
leader was against New Yorlk's. gov
ernor becoming a running mate for Mr.
Mckinley. This fact soon crept out
at the Philadelphia convention I'm
mediately Pennsylvania came out fol-
the New Yorker-the first state tt
start his boom. And hand in glove
with Quay stood Platt, always the
enemy of Hanna, with IS votes for tht
Rough Rider when needed It is con
ceded that Mr.. Roosevelt, looking
through the mist of years to come. cal
see the Republican nomination for presi
dent in 1904. That is why he tarriet
long before giving his consent to TAX
the vice presidential nomination, whicl
has been the burial ground of so man
presidential hopes.
The way to the White House SCENE
to Teddy to lead. via the governor
Office at Albany, but Plat and man
corporations were against a secon
term for Mr.. Roosevelt and threatene
his defeat if nominated, and this, pei
haps, was the greatest factor tina
caused Mr.. Roosevelt to weaken not
withstanding a previous announcemer
f that under no circumstances would
accept a nomination at Philadelphia.
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pounded on the door and thought they
must have been out late the night be-
fore to sleep so sound. He hammered
on the door Then he went around to
the back door. He shook the screen door
until it was loose. Nobody would wake.
He pounded on the windows. No one
answered. He hammered the front door
awake.
What are you doing here?p asked a
man who had come from across the
street in a rather light costume.
I'm trying to wake the folks" said
Layne as he hammered some more.
What folks?'
My folks.
We'll there's no folks live here that
I know Of"
I'm paying rent and I guess I ought
to know who lives here said Layne.
well, the folks that did live here
moved out a week ago." said the man
and Layne discovered that the house
was empty.
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putting the third in the lap of the 9TH
er young man.
The other young lady in the seat did
not wait to receive the fourth child.
She escaped over the back of the seat
and stood up on the platform the rest
of the way.
AT the transfer station the woman
wanted the young people to carry the
children over to another car but the
impromptu nurses struck
Dad Layne, foreman of the travel
ing paint gang on the Santa Fe is fur
nishing fun for the boys at the shops.
1t happened in this manner:
Layne was out on the road with his
gang of painters. The case of the
Vinewood Park railroad against the
city for damages came up and the at
torneys for the city wanted Layne. who
is an old experienced bridge man, to
testify about the bridge. He was tele-
graphed for and took the first train for
home. He had been away three or four
weeks. He arrived in Topeka at four
o'clock in the morning and went to his
home on Lafayette street between
Fourth and Fifth.
He Knocked on the door. He intended
to sleep until near court time. He
knocked again. He thought the folks
would be surprised to see him. He
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-23
WILL TOPEKA GET DOLLAR GAS

The announcement that work on To-
peka's new gas plant would be started
by September made by W. ]. Faux
ner when in this city recently-shOuld
be, and undoubtedly is, good news to
the majority of Topeka people. Not
only are the present consumers of gas
interested in this matter, but also the
many who are ready to become con-
sumers as soon as the product can be
obtained at reasonable rates.
The present gas company has been
charging exorbitant rates for gas when
compared with the rates charged in
other places, for a number of years.
General dissatisfaction among consum-
ers and the efforts of the press finally
forced the matter before the city coun-
ell, and after much discussion and cor
| respondence a promise was exacted
! from the company for the reduction of
rates inside of u months That was
| over two years ago. The company ex-
| planned that it would be possible to give
/ Topeka people cheaper gas because OF
extensive improvements planned for
the plant here, and named 70 months
as the period necessary to complete the
betterments. However, the u months
passed by without any change in the
rates on gas, and when the council
again took up the matter severa
! months later the promise of the com
pany was still unfulflled. The i'm
provements had in the meantime beef
made.
1t was about this time that MI
Faulkner appeared on the scene. A
the representative of a new process o
gas production he told the city council
that he would organize a company, pu
up an extensive plant in this city, an
furnish gas for lighting and eookin
J purposes as low as 81 per thousan
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We are shipping gold in considerable
quantity to Germany, and the New
York bankers make a profit on such
shipments of $500 for every million sent
The New York banks have loaned to
German banks some s15,00O,O00 up to
this date this season. According to this
interest rates are higher in Berlin than
I'm the United States.
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One day it was reported that Blind
jesse" the old blind negro who sold
papers at the Rock Island depot was
sick Jesse lived in dirty hovel by
himself If he was sick he needed at
tention. Hendricks notified the neigh
bors. They all refused to help the IN
fortunate man. Then it was reported
that "Blind Jesse was not in his howell
but was out of his mind and wandering
through the neighborhood. Hendricks
started to find him. He found Jesse ly-
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Every girl likes to have it said OF
her that she leafs as daintily as g
bird" but somehow we always remem-
Der that a bird eats live worms, and il
doesn't sound so nice.
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II Roosevelt should prove as indis-
pensable to his party in 1904 as he APP
pears to be in 1900, the nomination for
president should come as easily as did
NToTrinTavss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-23

It seems odd now that nobody thought
Of Otis as a candidate for vice presi-
dent. He possesses two important
qualifications, being both war hero
and a New Yorker.