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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11
5AYHAWKER JoTs.

The Athens postmistress is anxious to
resign but the government octupus re-
fuses to unwind its coils.
All over Kansas the weather man has
a cinch now. All he has to do is to say
warmer" and stick to it.
The McLouth council have passed an
ordinance closing restaurants during
Sunday church service.
Hail at Pawnee Rock knocked out
the windows of the Swedenborgian
church but the hard cider resort escaped.
A Troy merchant advertises that any
man can commit suicide cheaply and
satisfactorily with the grade of binding
Irvine he sells
The first hammock tragedy of the sea-
son halls from Jefferson county where
posing maiden fell out and broke her
arm in two places.
Explorer Baldwin will probably dis
cover the pole if he doesn't fall in love
with his mothers cherry pies and forget
to leave Labette county
Not for twenty years have the streams
of Osborne county been so full as during
the past week and the cold water people
are puzzled to account for it.
The formation of an anti-kissing club
by % married men of Mount Hope was
probably a case of sour grapes. Or did
they prefer a kissless existence.
A stalwart Liberty girl knocked over
by bolt Of lightning jumped to her feet
water over the flames the flash had
started.
A Chase county girl has made applica-
ton for a school in Luzon and the Fill
Pine youth viii probably discover that
the birch follows the Yankee school
teacher.
Such glowing tales of quick riches did
jerry Blacks harvest circulars contain,
that few scattered on the White Cloud
reservation started a dozen Indians to
work in the Sumner county wheat
fields.
A Jewell county prophet says he has
observed that there is always a bountiful
corn crop when snakes are as plentiful
as this season. Others have noticed that
a good corn jag brings plenty OF snakes
also.
The Baptist church at Leoti will lose
its pastor. says the Hutchinson News.
because another church has raised the
ante The Leon people refuse to call
the raise and will stay out and draw an
other pastor
Editor Hearst of New York. Chicago
and San Francisco il rushing three boys
around the world and they are expected
to make the trip in 45 days. The Meth
Odist women of Marion -Girdled the
Globe recently ia one night.
General Funston writes to an lola
friend that the octopus steak was the
toughest proposition he ever tackled. He
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11
LOCAL MENTION.

The grading for the pavement on East
Ninth street has commenced
A Troup has returned from Bentonviile.
Ark. where he IS building a cold storage
plant
City. Clerk squires is back at work again
after his vacation in a camp on Waka-
rusa creek.
The rural free delivery route which
starts from Rossville delivered 1900 pieces
of mail during May. Nine money orders
were sold by the carrier
The regular meeting of the Law En-
forcement league will be held "Wednesday
evening at the hall East Seventh
street The meeting is for members only.
The members of the Y. W. C. A. Will be
sisted by some local talent. at her studio.
620 Kansas avenue, Friday evening, June
14th.
The weather report oyer the lines of
the Rock Island west OF the missouri
as clear to partly cloudy ana Soutnerly
winds
A horse being driven by Miss Anna
Bowman became frightened and ran away
throwing the two little children of Fred
Seller of 1164 Grand avenue. to the pave
ment. The injuries were not serious.
Dr. r. S. MCGEE has returned from St.
ton of the American Medical association
and the Association OF Medical Colleges
Mr. MCGEE took some excellent snapshots
around Minnehaha lake and Como park
and Como lake
Fred Cawler. the 22-year-old boy who
was arrested for shooting craps IN South
Topeka Sunday. was fined $40 in police
court this morning. He claimed that he
did not play, although he admitted to
having his money in his hand and was
with the crowd. The tale of being laid up
with the rheumatism and a sick mother
at home. told by the 14-year-old c. ..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11

The medical examiners at West Point
who have rejected rs per cent of the
young men who presented themselves
this year for examination on account of
defective eyesight should not overlook
the fact that the great military hero of
the war with Spain could not tell palm
tree from a sky scraper at fifty yards.
Colonel Roosevelt went into the fight
at San Juan with no less than six pairs
Of spectacles on his valorous person and
he is now vice president Of the United
States-ChicagO Chronicle.
That's all right, but the government
doesn't educate young men for the vice
presidency at West Point. It trains them
Tor fighting
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11
WHEAT HARVEST BEGUN.
Corn Has Improved and Alfalfa Is Be-
ing Cut.

The following is the climate and crop
report OF the United States department
of the weather bureau for the Kansas
section for the week ending June 8:
GENERAL CONDITIONS.
Better conditions prevailed this week;
the weather was warmer, and fair to
good rains have fallen except in the ex-
IRENE southwestern and northwestern
counties, with heavy rains in the central.
Hail storms occurred in several counties
EASTERN DIVISION.
Wheat is beginning to ripen in the
northern counties. but the heads are
not filing we'll in Doniphan; harvest Of
the May variety has begun in Montgom
cry and will begin in Wilson this week
Corn has been kept well cleaned. and
since the rains and warmer weather
began it has begun to grow. The straw
berry crop was greatly shortened by the
dry weather Cherries are ripe in the
central and northern counties and are
abundant. Apples are in good condition
in Shawnee. but are short in Nemaha
and dropping in Leavenworth. Grass
has been hurt in the northeastern coun-
ties by the drought. The first crop OF
alfalfa is large and has been well cared
for; the second or seed crop is now
growing finely
MIDDLE DIVISION.
The condition of the wheat crop, gen.
orally, has been improved. though some
damage was done by hail in several
counties. and in the bottom fields in
Saline by wind and heavy rains. May
wheat harvest has begun in the south
Corn fields are clean and under the Inn
proved conditions corn is doing better.
The first crop of alfalfa is being cut 2
the northern counties and is generally
in stack in the other counties. Oats are
a poor crop in Dickinson, not much ini-
proved in Ottawa, short but much i'm
proved In Marion. and heading we'll IN
Rice, light crop In Sed9wick look well
IN Reno. and fine in Washington. Cher
ries are ripe or nearly ripe in most OF
the counties. Apples are dropping IN
Barton and give poor promise in Smith
WESTERN DIVISION.
The wheat crop, though shortened b1
dry weather. has improved and Is most
" headed, but has been damaged b.
hail in places. Corn has improved. The
first crop of alfalfa has nearly all been
cut and most OF 1t stacked. II Is a dnc
crop. The grass Is fine in Ford and
doing well in Rawlins. but curing on
the ground in Ness. Rye is In bloom
in Hodgeman. Cherries are ripenine ia
Norton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11

day 1t was generally understood last
week that his last or farewell sermon
was about to be preached. and it was
preached last Sunday. as stated in this
paper Monday. Treasurer Palmer, of
the vestry, issued yesterday what his
record describes as the last check for
Mr.. Sykes services, in full.
OF course the dean is displeased that
any reference should be made to any
charges against him, but these charges
have been made repeatedly and were
the cause of his leaving the church. So
far as the State Journal knows there
was nothing criminal in these charges.
They referred to his habits, and among
them was the chewing of tobacco.
The actions of the dean were so I'M
satisfactory that divisions and unpleas-
ant church contingencies grew there
from. So much so that it was deemed
desirable that he be given a mission
away from Topeka He is an eloquent
and able preacher. and his loss to To-
peka will be felt in this and other re-
spects.
Some months ago when the state
Journal printed as news the fact that
denied by a card in the Topeka Cap
ita1 At that time, however, the resig-
nation was in the hands of the vestry.
Many who heard Mr.. Sykes Sunday
took his remarks as personal references.
They told the Journal SO. Those who
heard him know also that the report
in Mondays paper was in no way a
perversion.
If Mr.. Sykes will exercise part of the
charity he breaches he will meet with
less trouble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11
ERoM DEAN SYKES.

Bv reason of the above report in
Monday evenings State Journal Dean
Sykes publishes in the morning Capital
the following Incorporate. unwarranted
and uhcharitable attack upon this pa
per:
TO the Editor of the Capital:
The Journal last evening printed part
of the sermon preached by Dean Sykes
Sunday morning, and IN SO doing was
guilty of absolute falsehood
The dean did not preach fareWell
sermon, nor did he say anything that
might not have been said to any con-
His sermon did not have anything of
personal character in IT, 50 far Iro 9n1
such beins the case. he took Speclai
pains to say that he had preached the
same sermon five years before
To the persons who heard the sermon
no stronger or more convincing PROOF
of the danger of half truth or perverted
truth could be given The journal IN
publishing its distorted statements has
been guilty Of the very SINS the oean
The dean told the reporter VINO came
to him that it was not 1areWei ser
mon and that he wanted II pubilsnec, II
a. all inst az he had written It, he de-
l1olnces the Journal as scandal
mouger and deliberate perverter OF the
truth and that without any excuse, save
the desire to create sense sat ton r,-e
Dean of Cathedral
Were the above statement not made by
a man who has held a high office in
church circles in this city it is question
able whether any extended notice should
be taken Of the matter
The state Journal emGhatically resents
the charges and misstatements in Dean
Sykes card This DaDer has always
been charitable toward Dean Sykes and
it does not now purpose changing its
position. What it says herewith is sim
ply in defense.
The Journal republishes its report Of
Yesterday and also prints in full the ser
mon as taken from Dean Sykes own
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11
Arrested With Stolen Letters

Chicago, June 11.-With several sto-
len letters in his pocket, Samuel L.
Goodman, a clerk in the Chicago post
office was arrested today for robbing
the mails The prisoner has a wife and
two children and said he had been I'M
able to support them on his salary of
$500 a year He waived examination
and was held to the federal grand jury.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11
ANOTHER BARN BIRNED.
WIN. e. Hamilton, of 51s Madison, Is
the Latest Victim.

The fire department was called at 1898
today TO SIS Madison street, where the
story and a half frame barn owned and
occupied by Engineer William H Hamil-
ton of the Santa Fe was destroyed by fire.
The fire was probably started by chill
horse and carriage were saved The barn
was insured. While making the run to
the fire the hose wagon from station No
struck a defective pavement on Sixth
avenue and Madison streets which threw
two Of the firemen off the wagon, splin-
tered the rear wheel and cracked the axle.
The accident was caused by striking
cedar block which was several inches
higher than the rest of the pavement.
Early this morning the department re-
ceived a false alarm from box u, Fourth
and Kansas avenue The wires were
crossed and caused the alarm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11
lDLENESS FOR 1000.
Is Threatened at the Newport
News Ship Yards.

Newport News. Va. June 1.-THE
strike situation here has taken a most
serious turn A. L Hopkins. assistant
superintendent of the Newport News
Ship Building and Dry Dock company,
is authority for the statement that if
the machinists do not return to work
at once the immense plant of the COM
pany will be closed and all operations
will be suspended
The pipe fitting and electrical de-
partments were suspended at noon.
Nearly 900 men who are now en-
pIoyed at the ship yard viii be thrown
out of employment Indefinitely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11
:wELCH CONFESsE Els.
Makes Damaging Statements Against
Army Officers at ETanila.a

Manila. June lin the trials today Of
officers Of the F'orty-third regiment on
charges Of bribery and permitting trade
with the closed ports on the southern part
of the island Of Leyte. Surgeon Dudley
Welch confessed and made damaeine
statements against Capt Michael SHELF
man and Lieut. Delbert r. Jones WEIGH
refunded a thousand pesos. his share OF
the spOils. The president Of Maasln
tLeytel has been arrested. charged with
being implicated In the TRANSACTIONS
Agents Of Manila firms also appear to
have been connected with the acts on
which the charges against the prisoners
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11
CAR SET ON FIRE.
Violent Storm of Thunder and
Lightning at Cleveland.

Cleveland, June ia violent storm
of thunder. lightning and heavy rain
broke over Cleveland and vicinity at
noon today causing considerable inter-
ruption to telegraph and telephone
wires and other minor property damage.
There was little or no wind. The tele-
graph lines west were all cut off be-
tween Cleveland and Toledo. Lightning
struck a street car on Bank street. cut
a hole in the roof and set the car on
fire. The passengers were frantic and
one of them. Gen. Isaac r. Sherwood
of Toledo, was stunned by the shock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11
Me-. McKinlev still Tmnrovine.

Washington, June 11.-Dr. Rixey call
ed at the White House this afternoon
and reported that Mrs. Mckinley con-
tinues to improve. He was accompa-
MED by Drs- Gray and Reed, micro
scopists who examined Mrs. McKinley's
blood last week They are continuing
f.lair. sa,r.a nina ffrnre
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11
A BABY KILLED.
Other Persons Injured by a Cy-
clone i'm Iowa.

hardwood, Ia. June IA cyclone
did considerable damage early this
morning six miles southwest. Edward
Ug1and's house was wrecked and he and
his child were carried some distance
and landed in a wheat field, bruised but
otherwise uninjured. The other men,
bers of his family were unhurt. Near
Lester, some distance east, a baby was
killed and several people were badly
injured. Much farm property was de-
StrOyed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record-1
It doesn't take a surgeon to amputate
coupons.
To starve in a garnet is not neces-
sarily a mark of genius.
A man may be his own worst enemy,
but is seldom his severest critic
Life with man who has no bad hab-
its must be exceedingly monotonous-
Some men never tell a story or take
a drink unless at some other fellows
expense.
The geologist seldom gets rich. in
spite of the fact that he is always out
for the rocks
The machinists have demonstrated
that others beside ball players can go
out on strikes
Hoax-'sThat girl from Delaware is
a peach" Joax-"Ahl Then the crop
isn't failure, after all"
SilIfcus-"Gotrox has a great talent
for making money" Cynicus-"That
isn't a talent; it's a habit"
Nell-''What mirthless laugh
Maude has" Bell-"That isn't a laugh;
that's a dental display"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11
NO MORE TO ENTER.
Danger at Burning Coal Mine
Has Grown Too Great.

West Newton, Pa, June 11.-Late this
afternoon the officials of the Pittsburg
Coal company issued an order refusing
TO allow any more men to enter the
shaft, as the danger was too great.
They are now considering the advisa-
biIity of flooding the mine for the pur-
pose of extinguishing the fire. There is
now no hope Of rescuing the entombed
men
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11

Our little daughter had an almost ia
tai attack of whooping cough and bron-
chftis." writes Mrs W K. Haviland Of
ArmonE. N Y, but when all other
remedies failed we saved her life with
DR.. Kings New Discovery Our niece,
who had consumption in an advanced
stase. also used this wonderful medicine
and today she is perfectly we'll Des-
perate throat and lung diseases yield to
DR.. Kings New Discovery as to no other
medicine on earth. Infallfbie for coughs
and colds soc and S1-00 bottles guaranteed
by Arnold & Sons drug store. SCI North
Kansas avenue Trial bottles free
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11

Boston Journal: The number of
Americans who are purchasing, or have
purchased. English estates suggests a
community OF interest in abbeys and
castles which is likely to alarm the in
tensely loyal Briton far more than
Americas growing supremacy in man
ufactures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11

PIummer, alias Johnson, who yesterday
was sentenced to five years in prison.
for highway robbery. escaped from Jail
last night. He fired two shots at the
jailer but without effect
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11

The Springfield Republican thinks
that the acceptance Of the supreme court
decision in the Porto Rican cases with
out a murmur by the people, paves the
way for a third term movement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11
Miss Burt Indicted.

Northampton. Mass, June 1.-THE
grand jury this afternoon returned an
indictment on eleven counts against
Miss Mabel Burt for larceny from
Smith college.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11

1t seems strange that nobody ever
thought OF applying to The Hague ar
bitration commission to intervene in the
war between the Salvationists and the
Volunteers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11
TO BE TRIED JUNE
VIM. Bristol, St Joe Travelling Man,
Still in Jail

William, Bristol and the woman known
as Blanche Bristol, who were arrested
Monday by the Topeka police and later
turned over to the state for prosecution,
are still in the county jail.
The case will be tried in the district
court Judge Hazen has set the date of
the trial for Monday. June Il.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11

From this time forward purchase of
English estates by Americans viii be
made largely with funds acquired from
the British through the channels of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11

The Filipino who set himself UP as
the successor of AguinaldO now wants
to surrender. How else could he follow
IN the footsteps Of his distinguished pre-
darassor9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11

was born too late to dine from mules that
had outlived their freight wagon use
fitness as the soldier boys of the civil
war were sometimes compelled to do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11

In the future the British may reckon
events from the landing of J. Pierpont
Morgan Instead Of from that OF William
the Conqueror.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11

Senator Depew's third term sugges-
ton is being received as a joke in some
quarters. When was the senator ever
known to spring a joke as fresh as that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11

Senator Mark Hanna has passed the
president in the matter of military
honors- He is a colonel while Mckinley
remains a major.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11

It remained for General Grosvenor to
discover that Washington refused
nomination for third term because he
feared he couldn't be elected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11

Renshaw, who was arrested on the same
charge, must have touched a tender spot
in the heart of the police Judge The boy
claimed that he was not shooting craps
and the judge let him 60.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11

Vice President Roosevelt Is not saying
anything about a third term Probably
he is more interested in a first term
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11

Chicago's cause for alarm at a prospec-
tive Indian invasion is apparent when
one considers the excellent hiding places
which her jungles would afford the red
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11
DEATHs AND FUNERALS.

Mrs Bowman died this morning at her
home at 1172 Woodward avenue. Funeral
announcements will be made later
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11

Mayor Harrison can't understand why
Chicago citizens do not clamor for three
cent beer as well as three cent street
ra.. farae
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11

What becomes Of all the second wives
in heaven is as great a mystery as how
thin people can have fat children
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11
The Lake Shore
MISSOURI PACIFIC
LINES
FROM KANSAS CITY.
Buffalo. N. Y. nay ! to Nov. !.

No leaving City $3.50 a
St. Louis consisting Of Smoking Day coaches Reclining
Chair (Seats Free), and Pullman Parlor
Connections St. Louis
York Atlantic Coastp
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11

Scald head is an eczema of the scalp
very severe sometimes, but it can be
cured. DOan's Ointment, quick and per-
manent in its results. At any drug
store, so cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11

the cooking for his wife and family
but for his wife's father, who resides
with them.
Some people are like the horses at
the IRE department: they don't do any
thing important often, but when they
do. they make such a noise, the town
turns out.
An Atchison girl has painted a pic
ture that is so hideous that the story
her family tell, that it was paintea by
one of the old masters is receiving
some credence-
Though the choice Of a husband and
wife should be slow and deliberate, half
the people look as If they had made
choice in the rivalry and confusion of
fire sale
Look out for the man who can't hold
a job; who is always running from one
place to another, and who says he Is
really the greatest man in the business,
but Is not appreciated.
The description Of a wedding notice
in the society department sounds like
dukes and kings until in the last ten
lines, when it is said that the groom is
"a popular clerk in the dry goods house
OF So & So.
Here is the best example OF nerve we
ever heard OF. man owed TINS once
SO. but, instead of paying it, he wrote
that he was hard up. and requested
that we not only cancel the debt, but
give him ten dollars
An Atchison girl sat on the front
porch every evening for a month, and
darned the stockings in full view of the
public, but the Fairy Prince rode By
and picked up a girl two blocks further
on who can't boil an egg.
The first six weeks after a girl Is
graduated. she studies to appear seri-
GUS, as if her burden of knowledge
weighed heavy on her mind, but in
few weeks she begins to curl her hair
and go down to smile at the good look
ing clerk at the soda fountain, just like
the other girls.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11

A woman will believe in faith cure
till her little child is dead, but a man
can only believe it till he gets the lum-
bagO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11

There never was a woman who didn't
argue that a mole was a beauty spot If
she had any.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11

Apparently. Senator Depew IS willing
to turn his presidential chances over 20
Mckinley.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-11

Probably Eve turned up her nose at
Adam till The Lord told her she could
have him.