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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-09
Common and Graded Depa, tment.

THURSDAY, DEC. 26, O'CLOCK P. NJ
Representative Han)
Prof. M E Pearson, second vice preSi-
dent, of Kansas City, chairman.
Drill VS.. IntereSt-Their Importance in
fixing instruction
Paper-Miss Fannie L Duerson. Hia-
l. Drill-Prof. William F. Rice, Rich
mond.
2. nterest-Miss Grace Owens, Cawker
City.
Open discussion-papers fifteen min
uteS.
Culture vs. Utility-Their Importance in
Paper-Miss Carrie Goddard Topeka.
J. Culture-Prof. Van Masterson, Lee
compton.
2 Utility-Prof. r. E. Long. AxteIl.
Open perS, twelve minutes.
utes.
FRIDAY. DEC. q, 2 O'CLOCK P. N.
Representative Han)
The Old and the New in Education.
-Q) Things to retain-Miss Ida strack.
Junction City
20 Things to discard-Miss Helen M.
Willard, Hutchinson.
IL The New
Fort Scott.
C) Things to reject-Prof. George T.
Codding. Louisville.
Open discussion-paper twelve minutes.
Our Boys
: a. Their homes-Belle varvel Houston,
Glasco.
: (2) Their bits-Superintendent ]. E.
Boyer. Kingman.
80 Their teachers-F c. Jacoby Lyons
90 Their work-Clarence J. Smith, Kan
sas CITY.
Open discussion-papers. twelve minutes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-09
Department of County superint

THURSDAY. DEC. g. O'CLOCK P. NJ.
(Senate Chamber.)
Frank Nelson. state superintendent pub
lie instruction, chairman
2:00-..The Importance of More Thor
ough Work in Reading and Spelling Su-
perintendent NJ R. Howard, Leayen
worth.
2:20-Discussion, led by Superintendent
r. R. Richmond. Stockton.
2:40-''The Educational Value of the SUI
perintendent's VISIT" Superintendent R.
3:O0-Discussion. led by Superintendent
w F. Murray, Kingman.
General discussion.
FRIDAY, DEC. a. ? O'CLOCK P. NJ
(Senate Chamber.l
Frank Nelson, state superintendent pub
lie instruction, chairman
2:00-"The Consolidation of Rural
Schools and the Transportation of Pu-
pills to and from School, Superintendent
w NJ Massey, wellington.
2-20-Discussion, led by Superintendent
0. NJ Chlcott, Mankato.
History in the District Schools"
S1psrintendent w D; Ross Oskaloosa-
S:00-Discussion, led by Superintendent
John Thomas. Phillipsburg.
General discussion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-09

There has to be a higher type of civic
virtue in all this country than is now
generally exhibited or the power and
leisure that applied science has given
us will prove curse and not a bless
ing.-Rev. David Utter, Unitarian, Den
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-09
TRUST IN GODS CARE.

God never sends a man on mission
without having first prepared the way.
Fillow his directions, do your part, and
he will take care of the rest.-Rev. E. D.
w. Jones, African Methodist Episcopal,
Allegheny City Pa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-09
FAITH.

All the great problems of life and
duty are ultimately solved by faith
and not by reason. The human mind is
helpless in the presence of all questions
that touch infinity, and yet infinity
hedges US round about on every side.-
Rev. Bruce Brown, Christian Church,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-09
IMMORTALITY.

Man may be cramped and narrowed
down and confined to doubt or darkness,
to poverty or infidelity but whisperings
within his soul speak of an endless life.
Rev. DR.. w. D. Williams, Little Rock,
Holbrook argus., 1901-01-26
Mill Girl Slayers Convicted.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1S.-Walter C..
McAllister, Andrew ]. Campbell and
William Death, three of the four per-
sons indicted for the murder of Jen-
ME Bosschieter, mill girl of Pater-
son, N. j., who was murdered on the
night of October Is last, were tonight
adjudged guilty of murder in the sec
ond degree.
According to the New Jersey law,
the maximum penalty for the prisoners
is thirty years. The jury took fif-
teen ballots, AID after summoning
Judge Dixon and the prosiners, filed
into the courtroom. They appeared
very nervous. When the verdict was
announced the prisoners evinced
neither citation nor relief.
Judge Dixon thanked the jury, and
said he believed the verdict just one.
He dismissed the jurors until Monday
morning. The court then rose, and
the prisoners were taken back to the
i.
Holbrook argus., 1901-01-26
KRUGER's VISIT.
Depends Upon His Official Reception II
This Country as President of the
Transvaal.

London-Mr. Kruger is undecided
whether to visit America. He will do
so if assured that President Mckinley
will receive him officially as president
of the Transvaal. The friends of Mr..
Kruger do not desire the old man in
his present state of health to under
take any arduous and fruitless jour-
ney in cold weather. John B. Mill
holland, representing group of Amer
lean pro-Boers, visited Mr.. Kruger a
fortnight ago with w. T. Stead and in
vited him to visit America. After
ward, while i'll, Mr.. Kruger wrote, say
ing his health forbid him to do so. He
has since recovered and has declared
he is willing to make the trip if he
could be satisfied that his visit would
tangibly help the Beers. He tells his
friends that he has reason to hope
for the Cars moral support.
The operation on Mr.. Kruger's eyes
at Utrech next week, although slight
in itself, will necessitate quiet for some
time.
Holbrook argus., 1901-01-26
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS
Covering Every County and Many De-
partment Subjects
FOR INTERESTED READERS
Who Enjoy their Information in Con-
densed and Pithy Form and are too
Busy to Read Long and Useless Re-
ports of Space Writers.

President Mckinley is convalescing
from his recent severe attack of grip.
Jim Jeffries declares that his fight
with Rubin is to be his last appear
ance in the ring.
Admiral Dewey has been suffering
from the universally prevalent grippe
but is reported out OF danger.
w. A Clark has been elected senator
by the Montana legislature, and the
same honor has been thrust upon Matt
M. Quay of Pennsylvania.
Recent arrivals of lace makers at
Portland, Me-, have been refused per-
mission to land, and the steamship
company will be forced to return them
to their homes.
A wealthy New York gambler pro-
duces a sensation in the great metrop-
oils by the statement that the gam
bling interests contribute So, 6O0, 900 an
nually to politicians for the privilege
of plying their profession.
Col. w. F. Cody buffalo Bid is ar
ranging for big hunt in the Big Horn
mountains for next fall. The colonel
will endeavor at that time to have in
his party, vice president elect Roose>
welt, General Miles, Sir Thomas Lip
ton and the Prince of Wales.
Some of the prominent officials at
the national capital are uneasfly await
ing the next outburst from ex-Secre-
tary Russell A. Alger. The retired ar
my official has been enduring silence
for a long time and now proposes to
get even by making counter-charges
The strike among the coal miners
of Colorado is developing into one OF
most serious nature. The supply is
already exhausted, and at present ii
looks as if all the gold and silver
mines and smelters will be forced
to close down for want Of fuel
Coal has advanced from $3.50 to $1,000
per ton. Kansas and Iowa have been
called upon for a hundred carloads tt
keep the gas and electric companies
of Denver alive.
Holbrook argus., 1901-01-26
A MILLION CHINESE.
Proposition to Colonize in Mexico by
San Francisco Capitalists.

San Francisco, Jan. 1S.-The Call
says that back of a steamship company
recently organized in this city with
a capital stock of 12,500,000 is the plan
to colonize Mexico with oriental la
borers. The promoters of the scheme
it is asserted, have obtained from the
government of Mexico, vast conces-
sion of fishing privileges and lands adj
jacent to the fishing grounds. They
propose to bring a million Chinese to
Mexico and establish fisheries, can
neries and warehouses all along the
Mexican coast.
A circular has been issued in the
Chinese language stating that the
Pacific Charter Company proposes on
behalf of the Mexican government to
encourage Chinese as well as Euro
peans to come to Mexico, where they
will have special privileges"
The circular adds that there is
plenty of room for million Chinese
fishermen" and invites Chinese mer-
chants to subscribe to the capital stock
of the company, which it says has
made a contract with China and the
Mexican government to admit free OF
duty for fifty years all Chinese neces-
saries, such as tea, rice, etc.
Holbrook argus., 1901-01-26
Americans Receive Honors.

Paris.-The list of decorations of the
Legion of Honor bestowed on Amerl-
cans in connection with the Paris ex--
position has been published. An eX-
animation of the list shows all the
officers of the United States commits
sion to the exposition, all the direct
ors, two women members and Mr.. De
Young, president of the National COM
mission, as we'll as thirteen American
representatives of various juries and
twenty-one exhibitors made cavaliers.
Ferdinand w. Peck has already been
made a grand officer. Mr.. Peck is now
made a commander, while ten officers
named will make eleven in all,
as BENJAMIN D. Woodward received the
honor last August.
The decoration of Mrs. Daniel Man
ming and Mrs. Potter Palmer is quite
distinction, as the honor is seldom
bestowed upon women. This is the
first list of foreign decorations made
public, and as yet there is no oppor-
tunity to compare it with the lists OF
decorations bestowed upon the people
of other countries.
Holbrook argus., 1901-01-26
CALIFORNIA VS.. FLORIDA.
Reduced Railroad Fares to Both Sections
of the Country.

Chicago.-Radical reductions in pas
senger rates between Chicago and Cal
ifornia points will go into effect over
the Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific
and the latter's connections next
month. The fares announced are the
lowest ever made from this city to Cal
ifornia,
The one7way rate from Chicago to
California during March and April will
be $50. From st. Louis. Memphis
and New Orleans the fare will be $2750
and from all Missouri River points it
will be $25.
The lowest second-class rate from
Chicago to California now is $3.50,
the cut meaning a reduction of $22.5O,
or S45 in the round trip charge.
Tickets at the cut rate will be sold
every Tuesday during February, March
and April, the first selling date. being
February II. Tickets will be honored
for passage via the Santa Fe and AL
buquerque, the Southern Pacific via Ell
Paso and. Deming and via all lines
from Chicago connecting with the
Southern Pacific at Ogden.
!. Just now there is a lively fight on
Holbrook argus., 1901-01-26
Mexican Cabinet Changes.

Monterey, Next is stated in gov
eminent official circles that a number
of changes in the cabinet of President
Diaz will occur just prior to his de-
parture to Europe, which will be with
in the next few weeks. Ell Pals, of the
City of Mexico, publishes the follow
ing proposed cabinet changes: Ignacio
Mariscal, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
will be appointed Minister of Com
munications and Public Works, which
corresponds with that of Secretary of
the Interior in the United States.
Gen. Mena, whom he will succeed, will
be appointed Minister Plenipotentiary
and Envoy Extraordinary of Mexico at
Berlin.
1t is announced that Gen. Manuel
GonzalesC. Cosio, Minister of the In
terror, will accompany President Diaz
on his trip abroad, and Guillermo De-
landay Escandon will be appointed
Minister of the Interior. Jose Ives
Limantour will, by virtue of the law,
act as President of the republic dur
ing President Diaz's absence.
Holbrook argus., 1901-01-26
RIVAL STEEL CONCERN.
National Rolled Steel Car Company of
Pittsburgh Incorporates.

Pittsburg.-The Pressed Steel COM
pany is soon to have direct COMPETE
ton by the National Rolled Steel Car
company. The company has been in
corporated under the laws of West Vir-
ginia with paid up capital of $780,
900, which will be increased to several
million. Plans have been completed for
plant to cost between S1,5O0,000 and
100000 to be located in the imme-
diate neighborhood of Pittsburgh,
The company will manufacture rolled
steel railroad box cars, gondola and
car trucks under patents of G. A. Car
nahan. 1t will own and operate its
own coal mines, ore mines and lime
stone properties, and when completed
will employ $500 men. Temporary
shops have been located at Hazelwood,
where first orders are now being filed.
The company is being financed largely
by Pittsburgh capital.
Holbrook argus., 1901-01-26
Wearing out the Brain

A French scientist has determined
that the military and naval professions
most quickly wear out the brain. Out
of 100000 naval and military men, 1919
are confirmed lunates. Next come the
liberal professions, artists heading the
list, followed closely by lawyers, and
more distantly by doctors, clergy, liter
airy men, and civil servants. The num-
Der of those who go mad is 1T to each
100000 Domestic servants and day
Flaborers run the professional men very
close, sending 100 out of each 100, 600 to
the asylum. These are followed at a
long distance by mechanics, only &C of
whom go mad in each 100000. And the
group which is most favorable to sanity
is, contrary to general belief, that of
commercial men, which sends only ~
out of 100000 to the asylum.
Holbrook argus., 1901-01-26

They were engaged. But they quar-
relied, and were too proud to make it up.
Both were anxious to make people be-
lieve they had entirely forgotten each
other.
He called few days ago at her ia
TIERS house to see the old gentleman
on business, of course. She answered
the front door bell. Said he:
"Ah, Miss Jepkin, 1 believe Is your
father in?"
mo, sir" she replied; "pa is not in at
present. Do you wish to see him per-
sonallyY
81 do" was his response, feeling that
she was yielding; ION very particular
personal business" And he turned
proudly to go away.
81 beg your pardon" she called after
him, as he reached the lowest step, "but
who shall 1 say calledT'-London An.
SVerS
Holbrook argus., 1901-01-26
Lack of Fruit Cars.

The railroads are finding great diff
ficulty in securing sufficient cars to
handle the orange crop. At, least geo
cars should be moving daily at the
present time but the companies find
it next to impossible to furnish more
than $50. The crop is variously estim-
ated at $4,000 of which number $4,000
yet remain to be shipped. The railroad
companies are making desperate eff
forts to raise the embargo, but are not
succeeding rapidly. One great diff
Guilty is to keep the cars properly NOV
Ing.
Holbrook argus., 1901-01-26

The American belief that every man
who has a vote shall be given an op-
portunity to cast it according to law
sometimes leads to curious incidents.
There is young man in Flushing, Long
Island, who has lost the use of his legs,
and therefore drives about in a little
wagon drawn by a goat. He is a reg
lstered voter, and at the late election
went to the polling-place- fire-engine
house-in his wagon. The entrance in
use was too narrow to admit the car
rage, so the great double doors were
thrown open and he drove in. Having
received ballot, he drove to one of the
booths, but this also was too narrow.
The election inspectors moved a can
vas booth to his side, folded it about
him and left him to mark his ballot in
secret, as the law requires When this
was done the cripple drove to the bal
lot-box, deposited his vote, and then
drove out.
Holbrook argus., 1901-01-26
Valuable Almanac Free.

= We have received a copy of the new
almanac for 1901 published by the
Royal Baking Powder Co. 1t is an
artistic and useful book and will be
of interest to housekeepers. A note
worthy feature of the almanac is pre-
diction of the weather for every day
of the year, by Prof. DeVoe, who cor
rectly prophesied the great Galveston
cyclone and other, important meteoro-
logical events, We are authorized to
say that any woman reader of this
paper can secure a copy without cost
by sending a request to the Company,
at 100 William St, New York.
Holbrook argus., 1901-01-26
THE JAMAICA TREATY.
A Strong Argument Against it by Sen
ator Perkins.

Washington, JAM Ex-senator Per-
kins has made another argument be-
fore the senate committee on foreign
relations in opposition to the jamaican
reciprocity treaty. He took the
ground that if ratified it would work
great injury to the sugar and fruit in
dustries of the South and California.
1.-The tens of millions Of dollars in
vested in orange orchards, big sugar
mills, pineries and truck gardens OF
California and the Southern states
would" he said, .have their profits
practically eXtinguished. California
would be the greatest sufferer, but not
the only one
He said that the treaty confers prac-
tically no benefits upon the United
States in return for very great reduc-
lions in the most important exports oil
Jamaica. He pointed out in this con-
nection that since the passage OF the
reciprocity law by congress, two new
tariffs had been promulgated in ia
maica, each successfully increasing the
duties on American goods imported in
to that island. In the last of these
tariffs, he said, so articles had been
takei from the free list and placed I'M
der a duty of 16 % per cent ad val
orem
Discussing the effects of the treaty,
Mr.. Perkins said:
Compared with the tariff of 1899,
there would be reductions in the duty
of fifteen staple products, while on
| four, aggregating one-half the total
of the rated articles there would be nc
change. By having a new treaty with
which to enter into reciprocity with
the United States, Jamaica secured a
decided advantage by being enabled,
| in spite of reductions, to secure a
greater revenue from American COM
merce than it did a little more than
two years ago. In fact, with the eX-
ception of the exporters of lumber
shingles and cigarettes, American
shippers are ind no case better off than
they were then In terms of money
there would be reductions of $181 ,O2e
worth of imports into Jamaica; SITS, $50
would be subject to the same duties
while $224,318 would have a higher
rating and 81 ,000, 900 would be subject
ed to a duty of 16 % per cent. in
stead of 1914 per cent. ad valorem. In
return we should give to Jamaica q
reduction of 20 per cent. of 1912 ,23t
worth of exports to the United States
1914 per cent. on $673, 693 worth and
admit free of duty $2;z77, 1874 worth OF
the products of the island, some OF
which, however, 1 am sure, will he
found already on our free list if time
were taken to compare the items with
our tariff law
Holbrook argus., 1901-01-26
The New Salt Lake Road.

At an adjourned meeting of the
shareholders of the California I'm
provement company, held in St. Louis
on the 18th inst, 100 acres of addit-
ional land at San Pedro and Termin-
al Island was turned over to the San
Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake
Railroad company. The. shareholders
authorized the subscription to the
stock of the Empire Construction COM
pany, representing the pro rata allot-
ment. The new company's board of
directors met the California Improve
ment company later and carried out
matters of detail connected with the
transfer to the San Pedro, Los Angeles
and Salt Lake RAILROAD company
Holbrook argus., 1901-01-26
COAL FAMINE.
Strike of Miners in Colorado Threatens
General Stoppage of Manufact-
uring.

Denver, Colo.-As result OF the
complete tie-up of the coal mines OF
this state, due to the strike Of the min
ers which began several weeks ago
in the northern coal fields and grad
ually extended to all the other dis
tricts of Colorado as well as New Mex
leo, Colorado is on the verge of coal
famine. Mining has been seriously af-
fected and manufacturing industries
are threatened with a stoppage OF
business due to inability to secure fuel
with which to operate the machinery.
The situation is SO serious that an
investigation by joint committee OF
the legislature will be made.
Both miners and operators declare
that they will fight to a finish and
neither shows signs of weakening.
Holbrook argus., 1901-01-26

OF course we regard the cat-o'nine-
tails as being effieacious chiefly in the
case Of those brutal ruffians who beat
their wives and other helpless depen-
dents as regular Saturday or Sunday
night diversion and to whom a brief
period Of comfortable Imprisonment,
with warmth, medical attention and
abundant food, is merely an episode of
luxury. Every rational observer in
this direction knows that for such mon
sters there is no deterrent save plain
and simple physical suffering. The so
called humane and civilized methods
have been tried and found wanting.
The brute goes to jail, fares sumptu-
ously every day, while his wretched
family suffer cold and hunger, and il
almost every instance returns with un-
abated energy to the practice Of his
favorite cruelty.
Holbrook argus., 1901-01-26

Among the startling prophecies con-
corning human developments in the
twentieth century are one by President
Pritchett, of the Boston Institute of
Technology, and another by Sir Robert
Giffen, the eminent English statisti-
clan. According 10 the first-named
scholar the population of the United
States will be increased to nearly o.
100000 in 1910; in 1850 to over 100000
600. He does not estimate it for the
year 1000, but at the rate of growth
which his estimate for 1850 assumes
namely, $50 per cent for the fifty years
beginning with 19O0-the American
people one hundred years hence will
number 475,O00,O00. Sir Robert Giffen
says that the populations of Europe and
Of European origin-in which he in
cludes the United States and all other
countries settled by descendants of
European stock-have increased from
170,O0O,000 in 1900 to 500,000,00O in
1900. And he predicts that at the end
Of the coming century 10000 the 500,-
DOC, 900 will have become 1000, 200
or more. 1t is not conceivable that the
twentieth century will be more warlike
and destructive Of human life than the
nineteenth, which has been more
crowded with wars than any previous
century of the Christian era. There,
fore, the threefold increase of the popu.
lations of Europe and Of countries OF
European origin and sympathetic civil,
ization which has occurred in the pres.
ent century is not unreasonably antici.
pated in the next. Meantime, the vel,
low and black races are not increasing
at all. Time and tide fight on the side
of ''the noble Caucasian" But try to
think of the American people Of A. D
2OO0-475, 100000 of them! What q
Presidential campaign they will have
when that year rolls round!
Holbrook argus., 1901-01-26

Even the unoffending dressmaker' s
dummy has fallen under the ban of the
reformer, and may possibly give place
to models with normal waists. Oddly
enough, the most notable exponent of
tight lacing in this century was not a
woman, but Nicholas I. Of Russia. To
attain that military style which he
deemed essential, he laced SO tightly
that he often tainted when ungirthing
for sleep. While the American rejoices
that the bedpost corset-girl is out of
fashion, he cannot help wishing that
the present Nicholas had followed the
example Of his ancestor in pinching his
own waist, rather than in squeezing
the breath Of life out of Finland.
Holbrook argus., 1901-01-26
Gas Blow Out at Carbon CANYON.

Last wednesday the drill in the we'll
of the Carbon Canyon oil company, in
the Fullerton extension tapped a vein
of gas at a depth of 1910 feet which al
most blew the derrick down. There
was 600 feet of water in the hole and
every drop was blown out and the roar
of the escaping gas could be heard for
a great distance. The prospects for oil
are good. -
Holbrook argus., 1901-01-26
A Scientific Excursion.

Berkeley.-William H. Croker of
San Francisco has offered to defray
the expense of solar eclipse expedi-
ton to be sent by the University OF
California to Sumatra to observe the
total eclipse of the sun on May II.
An astronomer and assistant, with
apparatus from Mt. Hamilton, will sail
from San Francisco on February ~,
to be away until July. They will es-
tablish an observation camp twenty
miles west of Padding, on the west
coast of Sumatra. AS the sun will be
wholly obscured for six and half
minutes, the opportunity will be most
favorable for photographing the corona
and observing other eclipse phenom-
ena