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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-25
10 Annex Part of Florida

Montgomery, Ala. Oct. 25-Secretary
of State McDavid has taken the first
step toward annexing West Florida to
Alabama In his annual report to the
Alabama runs a mile further south on
the eastern boundary than the tract
books have heretofore shown and that
the state is possessed of a wedge of lard
which his Office records failed to show
it owned, running 100 miles along the
southern end Of the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-25
Jointkeepers Persiatant.

The police raided two joints last night
and succeeded in capturing one keg of
beer which was almost empty The
places raided We're: Geo. KIauer. at 526
Kansas avenue, and Geo. Anderson, at
S22 North Kansas avenue w r. Free
man, boy is years old, was arrested in
Anderson's s place All the men gave bond
for their appearance and were released.
Iheir trial Will come IN Oetnha1. 20
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-25
JolIies FiIipiaos.

New York. Oct. 25.-At banquet given
py the Filipinos here to Romero r b
leuo, the Spanish ex-mlnfster of justice,
says Paris dispatch 10 the Times. the
latter made a warm speech. encoura g5nr
Lne F1llpinos- He said that they had the
~ Hpathy of Spain and called the United
states -robber nation" Senior Rob ed 3
sald help would come to the FIlipinos If
they kept up the struggle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-25
" BOBS = HOPES
To Leave South Africa About No.
vember Is.

London. Oct. 25-The war office an
nounces that Lord Roberts hopes to leave
South Africa for home about November
l5. and that General Lord Wolseley has
consented to continue to perform the dut-
les Of commander in chief of the army
until the end of Novenlaer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-25
NECK AND NECK
The Lorraine and Fuerst Bismarck
Gross the Ocean

New York. Oct. 25.-Both the Hamburg
liner Fuerst Bismarck and the French
liner La Lorraine were reported passing
Lizard Head, England. at 7:30 o'clock
this morning Both vessels cleared Sandy
Hook bar at about 12:e5 p. m. October I8
They have therefore been in company,
perhaps. during the whole voyage and the
new French liner has no doubt made the
old Fuerst Bismarck hustle to maintain
her standing among the flyers The
time of passage to the Lizard is not fast
being about six days, ten hours and IS
minutes, which will average about 1911
knots per hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-25
SENT DOG BY MAIL.
Conspiracy by Postal Employees to
Defraud the Government.


Atlanta, Ga, Oct. 25.-The United
States grand jury has returned thirteen
indictments against certain former
postmasters and carriers in Polk, Har-
rison and Paulding counties. the state
charging conspiracy to defraud the gov
ernnent-
1t is claimed by the postoffice author
tiles that the thirteen defendants formed
a combination to defraud the govern
ment 1t is charged that they went 50
far as to give away stamps in order to
cancel them, and sent bulky packages
through the offices. 1t is said that a.
dog was sent in this way and that
pieces of pine bark were stamped and
mailed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-25
Abandoned at Sea

London, Oct 25.-The British steamer
RomsdaIen, from Charleston, October T.
for Bremen, passed Prawle Point today
and signalied that the Norwegian bark
Crown Prince Captain S0rensen, from
Darient September 21 for Liverpool. had
been abandoned at sea All the crew had
been saved, Of whom eight were on board
the Rnrns6aler
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-25

Washington. Oct. 25.-In the case Of
W. f. Block and seventeen other act
ing assistant surgeons u S A, the
comptroller Of the treasury has held
that contract surgeon is neither an
officer nor an enlisted man, and is not
pay under the act of May 26, 1900
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-25
DEBS IN NEW YORK.
Big Socialist Meeting Planned For
Cooper Union.

New York, Oct. 25.-The executive com
mittee of the social Democratic party have
made arrangements for what they say
will be the largest socialist demonstra-
tion ever held in America The presiden-
tial candidate of the party. Eugene v.
Debs, viii be the principal speaker at a
mass meeting in Cooper Union next Tues
day night Job Hartman, of California
the vice presidential candidate Benjamin
11anford, candidate for governor, and Max
Hayes of Cleveland. will also make
speeches at this meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-25

Singapore. Oct. 25.-The United States
golfers Alexander and Scindia laden
with coal for the United States fleet in
Chinese waters have arrived here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-25
Weather Indication.

Chicago, Oct 25-Forecast for kansas.
Fair tonight and Friday; cooler tonight;
south to west winds.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20

without finding a break? Clearly it
could be nothing less than continent!
However Columbus was still fearful
that some of the men on their return
might seek maliciously to damage their
leaders reputation by denying their
statements made under oath He ac-
cordingly decreed i'm writing that the
officer making such refutation should
be heavily fined and that a ship boy
guilty of this offense should have his
tongue cut out.
Having satisfied himself of the gen
unaness Of his discovery Columbus
,urned south with the idea of leaving
his quest in strange lands. He had pro-
ceeGed no great distance when he sight
ed land. Following the shore line for
a distance he finally anchored and
landed for a supply of wood and water.
He named the place Evangelista, but
paused to make no explorations. He
FASTENED on with the hope of gaining
the open sea and of finding the course
homeward Presently. however. he
found himself in great bay or chan
mel and the crews began to despair of
nHulnS lHelI way bdck. AlleT con-
sultation it was decided to double on
the trail. as it were. This they did,
sailing back along the coast of Cuba.
and the story of the trials and super
stitious happenings which were part
of the return voyage is a matter of his
tory.
1t was later learned that the land
to which Columbus gave the name
Evangelista is the largest island tm-
mediately adjacent to Cuba. 1t became
known as the Isle of Pines. doubtless
because it has a more extensive
growth of pine timber, at lower alti-
tude than exists anywhere else in the
tropics. The bay into which Columbus
sailed is that which is now known as
the Lagoon of Siguanca. This stretch
of water penetrates deep into the is
land. To all practical purposes there
are really two islands separated by la
goons and swamps. but in measure
connected by the rocky ledges running
through the marsh.
There is more than an historical in
terest attached to the Isle of Pines. 1t
has a touch of romance having been
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
.HE Isle of Pines!

THE Isle of Pines! What a de-
iciously romantic sound the
name has! But what is it; and
where is it? These are questions it
were well for us to know, for rumor has
it that the island may become a per-
lmanent possession of the United States.
Secretary Roots visit to this historical
bit of land has revealed its value as
naval station. particularly in event of
the passage of the Nicaraguan canal
bill.
The island in question is a small af-
fair--its length variously estimated al
from 43 to 60 miles and it's greatest
breadth at from IS to SIS miles-but it
has had substantial place in the his
tory of the new world Spanish posses
sions since its discovery by Columbus
in the year 1494. The island rises in
dignity from the ocean some 33 miles
off the southwest extremity of Cuba,
a monster column of finest marble
valuable as the alabaster of Carrara.
But Columbus knew nothing of this;
he paid little attention to the noun
tains or their badness. coDfning him
self mainly to the attempt 10 eXtricate
his ships from the labyrinth of bays
and keys which surrounds the island,
and into which he had unwittingly al
lowed his ships to push their noses.
The incident recalls curious bit of
history connected with the second trip
of exploration made by Columbus. The
discoverer's fleet had been for many
days sailing along the southern coast
of Cuba, Columbus being under he i'm
preston that the latter was the coast
of Asia. But the thorough old mariner,
though he had no doubt himself that a
party might by landing return o Spain
across country, he could not rest with
the thought that a single member of
his company might question it. To
satisfy himself on this point he sent a
public notary to each ship to take the
depositions of the members of the
crews from cabin boy up. He sent with
him four witnesses. Every member of
the expedition swore he believed this
to be the continent of Asia-had they
not travelled 300 miles along the shore
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
4 PoIygIOt LanxuaEe.

1t is country without language.
and yet II has perfect polyglot of
them. At Geneva, for example. when
we asked to be driven to the railway
station they took us to the Care" and
when we reached Lucerne the train
ran into the "Bahnoff," and when we
got to Bellinzona it stopped at the
''Stazione." All in Switzerland and
all good Swiss. French, German and
Italian. Alice samee, like the the
ater' in New York and the opera
house" in Kaskaskia. III. We break
tasted at the hotel in Geneva. unched
al the Gasthaus in Lucerne and dined
AT the Aibergo at the other end of the
tunnel. As ! speak all these languages
with the phrase book grammar and
strong United States accent, | drove
the walters mad wherever | roamed,
ana you might trail me by wringing
hands and cries of distraction in many
tongues. | never before realized the
terrible scenes which must have en-
sued at the Tower of Babel, when peo-
pie first adopted the Ollendorf system
of misunderstanding each other. OF
cOhrse, we find everywhere people who
speak English. just as throughout Eu-
rope water is served on the tables in
hotel, pension and cafe just about as
commonly as it is in the United States.
But as am trying to improve myself
on this tour | do not permit people to
speak English to me without getting
some of their own language in return
The trouble is that while | remember
the phrases without looking at my
book, | forget what they mean. And
it naturally confuses waiter when he
asks for my order to have me reply:
Has your friend come to town." or
say to him: Had you not better put
on your overcoat?" Wherever go the
natives, after hearing one or two
phrases in my patois. beg me to speak
English. But | have spoken English all
my life, and rather enjoy the new
game. | think that out of this seem
ing babel | will gradually develop a
language of my own, and then | can
express my opinion OF other people
without hurting their feelings or get
ting my own head broken.
There is one thing in the composite
Swiss language, or rather in Swiss no.
menclat ure, that | viii gratefully and
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20

the shore, these people drove great
piles into the muddy bottom of he
lake and built their homes on these
piles. In some places the excavating
Investigators were disappointed when
they dug up lake village, because
they said this is baby: this town
isn't more than $500 years old" For
you know that with these men moth
ing is ancient that you don't have to
compute in national debt figures. So
they kept on digging, and, by and by,
just as they expected, they came upon
or rather. down on-a second viii
lage. But they were yet little dis
appointed because they said this one
couldn't be more than a thousand
years older than the baby. So they
went down a few feet further and hit
the patriarch. And one of the wise
men said: This is 10000 years old"
But another one said: ut is nearer
2O,O00." And third said Il move to
make her a million" And they all
saide Good! Now we have some
thing we can dispute over for all eter-
nifty. This is something like "A scien-
tific discovery" So they were well
content with their find, and dug no
further.
| am not a scientist, and have no
right to enter into this quarrel. |
simply wish to place on file the be-
lief of a layman that if they had kept
on digging they would have found
lake villages all the way down. They
find in the villages already discovered
ears of wheat and barley, seeds of
raspberries and Strawberries. and
dried apples. Some of the latter,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
SOMETHING ABOUT THE
BEAUTIFUL ISLE of PINES

once the home of pirates! The bucca-
neers who flaunted the black flag in t he
Caribbean sea in the early days car
ried their ill-gotten gains into the Sc
cret bayous of the Isle of Pines. The
not orous Gibbs is said to have had a
den somewhere among the natural
strongholds of the island.
Politically, the island has for years
belonged to the province of Havana,
the judicial district of Bejucal. In 1853
Capt. Gen. O'Donnell. of Havana, con-
ceived the idea of working the marble
quarries on the island by the means
of convict labor. The place became a
convict colony. and even now the drill
marks by these men-criminals and
political offenders-are to be seen upon
the gray and weather-b beaten faces of
the mount aims of marble in the Sardas
quarries. Within distance of two
miles there are six peaks. each fully
1000 feet high. Despite the fact that
marble of the finest grain and color is
to be found in these mountains, the
quarries have been little worked since
the days of the convict colony. The
DeODle-IneTe are ABOUT @,UUD on lne
island--confne themselves chiefly to
the growing of bananas. the raising
of cattle, the cultivation of a few agri-
cultural products. the making of to-
bacco poles and the burning of char
coal.
An American who has visited the Isle
of Pines reports that the six marble
mountains are enclosed by a barbed
wire fence and owned by an old mu-
latto woman who lives in an adobe
house at the foot of one of her noun
tains. The principal towns, Nueva
Corona and Santa Fe, are squa!id and
unpretentious, though the latter is rec
ogniZed as a resort on account of its
mineral springs. There are few people
on the island outside the villages. There
are few plantations and pineapples and
other products are not cultivated eX-
tensively. though small quantities are
raised. Doubtless the reason for this is
that the only available market is the
city of Havana and the transportation
is very poor.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20

after generation. loving not only their
Celts. Germans. French, Romans, one
nation after another came into the
land. but they always found it and left
it Switzerland. On but one occasion
were these people seized with a resist
less desire to buy an all-round-every-
thing Cooks excursion ticket and wan
der from home. About so years before
the Christian era the HelvetianS de-
cided TO emigrate to Gaul. They were
not invited so to do by the inhab bitants.
In fact, the Gauls. who were strongly
anti-foreign in their temperament and
politics. made every preparation for
discouraging the tide of immigration
by massing large armies on their from
tier. The Helvetians, however, after
two years of preparations, set fire to
their own towns and villages, so that
the faint-hearted emigrants, or those
who might not be able to get on the po-
lice torce when they reached the new
land. would have no inducement for re-
turning home. and they set out with
the battle cry: "Gaul for the Helve-
tians!" which has been characteristic
of certain class of immigrants ever
since. But on their way they were
halted by julius Caesar. who, in his eff
forts to convince them that there was
no place like home, killed about hum
dred thousand of them, meeting in
them the bravest fighters that Roman
discipline had yet confronted, for
these same Helvetians had already
made mincemeat of one Roman army.
But after that. what with the unfriend-
ly Gauls and Caesars home missionary
preaching, the Helvetian survivors had
poor relation" kind of time of it
among strangers, and returned home.
Here the Romans insisted on their be-
ing friendly. Either you will love US, :"
said Caesar. "or we'll have such another
mix-up as will be painful TO your heirs"
So the Helvetiens loved them, much as
a dog loves soap. But they never again
loved to wander from their own fire
side, and as there is no more beautiful
country on earth there is no reason
why they should.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
MILTON b. MARKS.


In some respects New Zealand is the
most advanced of any British colony
It's climate is absolutely perfect, it.
population hardy and devoted to the
land of their adoption and its resources
are most fruitful and already highly
developed. The workingman is su
preme there, and it is the boast OF
the islands they do not contain a mil.
lionaire. TO New Zealand belongs the
credit of having established franchise
for its women and pensions for its old
people, and it has shown genera
capacity for managing its own affairs
far in advance of any community of it,
age. The Maoris are decreasing in mum.
bers, and, although they have made an
effort to adopt civilization, it is not
suited to their temperament.-Chicagc
Chronicle
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20

lovingly adore so long as memory holds
her seat in my distracted notebook
The railways in this land of liberty
climb over the crests of a great many
mountains they don't consider high
enough to entitle them to the expense
of a tunnel. And when the painting en-
gine paused at the crest, before be-
ginning the descent on the other side,
we all closed our eyes and waited with
the patience and resignation born of
many years of endurance to hear the
guard shout Summit" For we had
learned long ago that in the bright lex
icon of railway nomenclature there is
no other name for the station at the
top of a mountain or the highest point
on slight roll in the prairie. And
when the Switzer came along and gut
turaled instead:
"Pffaffphensphroreh g e.
russichtengestock!"
we clapped our hands for JOY and
looked at each other with tears in our
eyes. 1t was a hard word to remem
ber, and, as quote it from memory. it
is proba BILE that | have dropped five or
six of the most important syllables
and there is also the dread possibility
that the entire word may simply mean
summit" after all. and very likely n
does-it is railway station on top of
grade. But. at any rate, he didn't say
summit" and for this relief much
thanks.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20

fear. still find their way into the mar
kets for consumption in summer
boarding-houses They find handsome
weapons and knives, and beautiful
ornaments of bronze. And they find
tiny cups and mugs for the little
children, which We're doubtless in
sc-ibed; For Good Boy" For a
Good Girl i'm characters that would
give an American boy or girl the
toothache to pronounce. And around
each house was woven railing of
wicker work to keep the children
from falling overheard. as well as to
break the wash of the waves against
the house. | suppose the children
could swim before they were weaned,
but at certain seasons of the year
Swiss lake is not comfortable thing
to fall into. even for Il mermaid. The
boys made me-same thing, they
dared me-to go in swimming with
them in Lake Lucerne in October If
had refused they would have said
! didn't kIow how to swim. So |
went a notice on the door of the
bathhous@ ''verbot" any bather re-
naming in the water longer than half
an hour under penalty of sonnet hing
in six syllabies-I suppose it was
guillotining. When we stood out on
the balcony and caught the breeze
that swept down from Mount Pilatus
we said to each other that Is min
ates was long enough for any grown
man to remain in the water between
sunrise and sunset. And as we came
up from the first plunge and struck
out like three shivering maniacs for
The nearest landing ladder we chat
tered to each other that the last man
out should be made to "chaw beef"
and | remember that the first man
up the ladder made blind rush for
the nearest dressing-room and clad
himself in his sous apparel, saying
that clothes were made for the man,
and not the man for the clothes. and
if there had ever been a time in his
life when he wasn't particular whose
raiments he wrapped around his shiv-
er+ng and frost-bitten hide, it was
about then 1t was about 2,70O years
ago that the last of the lal<emen be-
gan TO grow weary of living in The
lakes, and came ashore 20 stay. About
three minutes OF 1t satisfied NE.
So the @"isS grew up, generation
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20

Besides the pines. cedar, mahogany
and other valuable woods are found in
great abundance. 1t is reported that
sulphur, rock crystal. quicksilver, iron
and silver are to be found upon he is
land. but they have never been mined.
In Il word, the island is potentially
rich. In the eyes of the United States
its great value lies in the deep inden-
lures of its coasts. Though Niviiavu
bay is the only practical harbor around
the island fourfathom channel
stretches from Nivijavua bay westward
along the north shore and between Dios
ard San Felipe keys TO deep water. On
account of the natural protection it is
claimed the spot will make an ideal
place for a naval station.
MILTON II MARKS
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-12-20
BOB BURDE7TE
Takes Il Trip Abr0ad
He Discusses the Ancient Villages of Switzerland and
the Home Life of the Swiss

copyright. 1900. by Robert j. Burdettel
TOW enduring are early impress
sions! (Original; copyright ap-
piled for.) Onceupon time / was
wandering through the museum of a
great university with great and learned
professor whom loved to follow around
because he was so learned and wise
that he could talk of deep and wonder
full things that are hidden from all
people save the scholars, so that even
the wayfaring man, such as was, might
understand him. 1t is only the man
who half knows a thing, my boy. who
bewilders you when he tries to tell you
about it. And worse even than the
half-informed man is the fellow who
doesn't know anything about il, but
doesn't know that he doesn't know. a
dozen Italians on talking match
couldn't talk faster nor say less. But
this man knew what h knew and could
afford to use the English language
gently and confine himself to mono
syllables. He pointed to a slab of some
thing-slate, | think it ras-and said:
''See there 1t was a commonplace
looking slab. hardly worth a glance,
with few slanting streaks across it..
1t interested me about as much as a
book printed in Chinese might have
done. | couldn't read line of it, but
] knew he could. So asked him.
What does it say?"
''It says" he replied, that about
75.0O0 years ago it rained all day"
And somebody had left that book
out of doors?" | asked.
Yes" he said. The maker of it
left ii out Intentionally; he wanted to