The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-30

at the end of two days were a marvel
He also brought the exact needs of
some hundred families, comprising over
700 persons, with articles specified,
which We're all put up In packages and
sent within the next two days. Family
aff7iction and death at this moment
calling General Sears from the field his
place was filed by Mr.. Herbert w
Lewis assisted by Mr.. R. B. Marsh"
General Sears is also credited with
being very largely instrumental in Sc
curing the final passage by congress of
the bill for the Incorporation and pro-
lection OF the American National Red
Cross.
Drawing only a blank instead of
lot of land in Oklahoma my Old-time
opponent for congress, Jerry Simpson,
continues to reside in Wichita, where
he is a live stock commissioner" said
Representative Chester I. Long, of Med
icine Lodge, yesterday at the Raleigh.
q know it was hera1ded about the
country that he intended to settle in
Oklahoma and run for congress, but
Jerry seems to have decided that 1t
would be preferable to remain IN his
old baunts rather than branch out into
q new territory where he could not get
land. His newspaper enterprise. the
Bayonet. foundered.
kansas has no politics this year,
continued Mr. Long. ''The legislature
provided for elections in counties on the
year of the general election, and so
of a few officers in the townships. The
Democrats are still dickering to get the
Populists back into their ranks It is
hardly necessary for me to say that
President Roosevelt is very popular
there. we insisted last year on noni-
mating hirn for vice president at Phila-
delphia~
..The people of Kansas express great
faith in the intelligence, integrity, pa
triotism and wisdom of President
Roosevelt
Mr.. Dean r. Low. of Topeka, general
manager of the live stock division of
the Rock Island railroad, and an en-
thusiastic breeder of fine horses, was in
the city last week He has attended
many horse shows, is an official of the
national association, and was judge
at many of last years events This
year he has been at New Orleans, Mem
phis. Jefferson City. Springfield. No,
GlenWoOd Springs, Col, and Denver,
and has just returned from Des A1oines,
where he expects next to exhibit his
string Of horses, which are probably the
finest in the country. 1.-THE horse shows
this year" said he, have proven great
successes and the attendance has been
large. These events are of great bene-
fit. They bring people together and in
struct purchasers of horsefesh and rigs
what is the correct thing to have. It
should be remembered that the best
and the proper thing rarely costs more
than something improper or inferior
Mr.. Low says the shipments of cat
tie this year are very large by jan
uary," he added, I'VE shall have our
road built down to FL Paso, Texas.
which Will cut off 19 hours from the
fastest trip that can now be made be-
tween the Atlantic coast and San Fran
cisco. There is no tangent on tha
new line, where the tracks stretch
away 113 miles, straight as an arrow,
with steel rails weighing so pounds to
the foot Another tangent is 90 miles
long without bend. and another S6
miles long. There is nothing like it else
where in the world" Mr.. Low left for
New York city to spend several days.
Among the callers at the White House
last week to pay their respects to Pres
ident Roosevelt were the following
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