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The Dolores star., 1901-05-10

rights. This has been expressly ap-
proved by this court in the case of the
United States against the Rio Grande
Irrigation Company. The court has ex-
amined the rule of the common law,
which provides that every riparian
owner is entitled to the continuous
natural flow of the stream. and has
stated that every state has the power
within its dominion to change the rule
and to permit the appropriation of the
flowing waters for such purpose as it
deems wise.
For at least thirty-fve years these
rights have been enjoyed in Colorado,
and property of enormous value has
been acquired. Now comes an appli-
cation for the decree of the court,
which. in effect, shall declare that peo-
pie mot before this COURT must forego
the right to their usual pursuits and
usual business, and permit their prop
erty to become absolutely DESTROYED
and the lands that have been cultiyat-
ed for years to return to their desert
character"
Iheb rief goes on to say that in case
the people refuse to obey, the state
cannot coercc the settlers without q
nulli1icatiOn of its own laws. and in Il
matter where these settlers have never
been heard, or had their rights adjudi-
| Gated, the state would in the peculiar
position of being enjoined by the Unit
ed States court while its settlers are in
the position of holding title in compli-
ance with the acts of Congress to the
waters. which the state forbids them,
under decree Of the court, to use.
Both documents are the result of
much research by the attorney general
and his assistants. Caesar A. Roberts,
James ID. Mcrwin and George NJ. Post
In the work they have consulted ex-
Governor Thomas. Platt Rogers. Rob-
ert S. Morrison and many other attor-
neys.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-13
VETERANS GATHER.
Grand Army Reunion Opens at
Hutchinson with Bic Crowd.

Kansas City, NO. Aug. ia special to
the Star from Hutchinson says: The
state Grand Army reunion opened here
today Camp Dan Siclzles was peopled by
q large crowd of old soldiers, most of the
first arrivals coming from central and
western Kansas. The formal dedication
Of the camp viii take place tomorrow De-
partment Commander Norton will arrive
tomorrow morning and will assume con-
troll Of the reunion
Hutchinson is decorated from one end or
the town to the other with flags and bunt-
ing and the pictures of Col. Roosevelt
that were used in the last campaign have
been placed in the windows again. Camp
Sickles is located in the Hutchinson park.
north Of town
The address of welcome will be made
this afternoon by Mayor Martin. Judge
S. r. Peters of Newton win make the re-
Spouse. Congressman Long was one or
the early arrivals Governor Stanley is
expected this afternoon and viii speak
tomorrow
The CRATER is in evidence at the grounds
but most of the men are of the harmless
sort. Ground privileges have been sold to
6S different outfits, mostly lemonade and
lunch stands, but q. good representation
of knives, canes. rubber balls. etc. Only
one show has been granted privilege ana
it has not yet opened.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-13
TRADE WITH GERMANY

Recent discussions regarding the
commerce between the United States
and Germany make interesting some
figures just presented by the treasury
bureau of statistics. which show the
growth of commerce between the two
countries in the last 80 years. These
figures show that imports into the Uni
ted States from Germany have fncreas-
ed from ST 900 600 in 1870 to 100 millions
in 1901, and that exports from the Uni
ted States to that country have in
creased from ~ millions in 1870 to 1gl
millions in 1901-an increase Of nearly
500 per cent I'm imports from Germany
and Of nearly 400 per cent in exports to
Germany.
On the export side. the greatest
growth has been during the last five
years. in which time cur exports to
Germany have doubled. being IN 1895.
97.S97.1s7. and in 1901. s1s1, 072. 252. This
growth is distributed among a large
number of articles Comparing our ex-
ports to Germany in 1895 with those OF
1901. corn has increased from S1.67z, 539
in 1895 to S17.S05. 229 in 1901: wheat, from
1882 7S6 to S7,S71.573; lard. from SsO1s.-
Ole, to S13, 700.S75; oil cake and oil cake
meal. from 81. SIS to s.. 242. GA: -four
from $40. 264 to $2.011. 259. agricultural
implements. from $3.50. ga, to s.. ST. .31q.
and copper, from s1.604.390 in 1895 to 81
7s5,496 in 1901. Machinery Of all kinds,
including steam engines increased from
s1.595,1s5 in 1885 to ss.1o9.0s5 in 1900. the
figures for 1901 in this item being not
yet available.
On the import side. the articles which
show the greatest growth during the
last decade are coal tar colors and
dyes, chemicals. Iaces and embroider-
ies, earthen, stone and chinaware. and
sugar. Coal tar colors and dyes have
Increased from $1,272.275 in 1891 10 So
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-13
YATES In TROUBLE.
Illinois Governor Appoints Kan
sas Convict to Place.

Governor Yates, of Illinois, has a
scandal on his hands in his appoint
ment of Charles H. Payson to be chair
man of the Illinois state board of
claims. Payson served IS months in
the Kansas state penitentiary and was
disbarred, as we'll, from practicing law
in this state. He is now an editor and
lawyer at WatseIa, Iroquois county,
III
His appointment to a place on the
board that will adjudicate claims
against his state to the amount of a
quarter million of dollars has made a
big political stir in Illinois.
The Chicago Sunday Tribune roasts
Governor Yates severely for elevating
Payson from prison to state payroll
and goes over Payson's checkered ca
reer in detail
On May 10. 1890, at Winfield, Kan,
Payson was convicted of cheating and
defrauding a woman, Lena NcNeill
Judge A. NJ. Jackson imposed SEN
tence of five years in the penitentiary.
This sentence was carried out to the
extent Of taking Payson to the pen. .
where he served Is months. Then
the request it is supposed generally. of
his brother, Judge Payson, of Pontiac,
Ill, then in congress.
The charge on which Payson was
convicted was that on January g. 1880,
Lena. Mcneil visited his Office to have
mother Payson put his own name in
the deed. He contended, on trial, that
the property had been transferred to
him in payment of legal fees. But the
women insisted this was not true. Lena
Mcneil supposed she was deciding to
her mother. The jury believed the wo-
men.
Payson was disbarred in Kansas on
December 4, 1879. The charge was that
Sarah Clark had given him 1853 to loan
for her and he never did so. Payson
declared the court was prejudiced
against him SO member of the local bar
tried the case and the finding was:
1T is adjudged by the court that the
order admitting said Charles H. Payson
to practice law in the courts Of Kan
sas is hereby revoked and the name of
said Charles H. Payson be stricken
from the rolls of attorneys of this
COURT
Payson went to Colorado after Ieav-
ing the Kansas penftentiary, then back
to Illinois. He has been involved in
libel suits and litigation of dubious
kinds since there. Dfsbarment proceed
fngs there were filed but not prosecu-
ted the Tribune says. on account of the
remIssness of Attorney General No
lOney.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-13
Els ARM sPLINTERED.
Fireman Moore Must Submit to Sur
gical Operation.

A. L. Moore, the fireman who was
hurt in the Rock Island accident west
of Topeka Friday, and v no has been
at Storm ont hospital for surgical care,
Monday went to his home in Kansas
City He viii submit to an operation
that viii necessitate the cutting open
Of his arm and the removal of some
splinters from Ihe bones In jumping
from the train the fireman was on the
side of the switch and his arm struck
a tie. and was broken both above and
below the elbow- Fireman Moore was
making his last run as a fireman, ne
having only recently been promoted
When he RECEIVERS ne will have charge
OF a freight engine.
Tt is miraculous that more people
were not injured in the accident The
Colorado Flyer was late five hours, and
the trainmen we're under orders 10
make up as much time as possible
They were a little behind their orders.
and were running at the rate OF a mile
in "a seconds This rate of speed had
been maintained all the distance from
Mcfarland. AS the train came around
a bend in the track near the sugar
mills about four miles west of Topeka
the trainmen saw the freight standing
on the main line not 200 yards away
The engineer reversed the throttle and
put on the air brakes, and both the
engineer and fireman jumped from the
engine. Engineer Pattison struck in
pile of soft sand where the section
hands had been working, and his head
was buried UP to the shoulders in the
loose earth. but he was not hurt
An amusing incident Of the accident
was the game of leap frog INDUCED in
by the fireman and a. tramp who had
been stealing a ride on the blind bag
gage" The tramp jumped at about the
same time as did the fireman, and they
rolled over each other several times, the
tramp picking himself up on the oppo-
site side OF the switch track and I'M
hurt The tramp Immediately started
A.
him, declaring he never would ride the
ttblfnd" again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-13

IN a discussion Of the crop outlook
from the viewpoint OF Wall street Mr..
Henry Clews says.
1T is stil too early to fix any positive
estimates Of yield, and should the
weather average fairly during the re-
matnder of the season, the pessimistic
calculations made two or three weeks
ago viii not be fully realized In the
district where the damage was greatest.
the most reliable information is that
general business Will be only mod
erately diminished by the damage to
corn. Allowing for loss in the corn crop
in the states of Kansas. Nebraska Mis-
souri, and Iowa they are all exceptional
~ we'll able to stand the loss sustained.
There has been a big wheat crop; fod-
der IS plentiful, and the farmers as a
class are prosperous and out Of debt,
owing to a series of good harvests. Bet
ter prices for corn on last years sur
plus and on what there is for this years
are other cOmpensations of some ac-
count. In portions of the country where
no drOuth appeared good harvests have
been realized. and prosperity is unques-
toned; so that to the country as a
whole it is quite certain the corn dam
age VIII have no permanent serious
consequences. and can only be consid-
cred an unfortunate drawback but to
an important extent offset by other
considerations
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-13

Senator Harris demand for fusion is
In effect a call for help.
Isn't it odd that Sedan Sunday
school picnics are held at Moonshiners'
cave.
Matrimonial smashing IL the kind Mr..
David Nation IS INDUCING in these
days.
As much of a freak as Mexican
dog is a hairless calf Of Finney
county
tiers constantly. says the bird is a great
tail bearer.
Charlie Ross has turned up at Car
den City, where he was arrested for re-
sisting an officer.
The government is building three
enormous towers at Anthony to aid in
the geodetic survey.
The next railroad romance Cy War
man Is to weave Will be OF that lost
train" at Hill City.
What will the Wild waves say and
the mermaids do when Mrs. Nation
enters the surf at Atlantic city,
Senator Burton is away from Abb
lene just now. but a rooster with horns
gives the papers something to talk
about.
Lightning is no respecter of build
ings- A Lyon county church got a ter
rifle bolt while the joints remained IN
touched.
As musicians the Downs ladies' band
hasn't set the prairies afire as yet. but
for stunning uniforms and good looks
they are in great demand
A Phillipsburg prophet has slated n
tremendous snow storm over the en-
tire state in September. He should be
lynched for not trotting It out in July
One Of the exhibits that will be
framed and hung in Topeka's council
hall viii be a photograph - the rush
in securing municipal WaterWorks serV-
ice.
Even away out here in drouthy Kan
sas, in these piping times Of yacht
races. we have come to know that
when the sails slap the ships stern it's
a sign there's a spanking breeze.
Two Diamond Springs girls who went
bathing hung their paper hats, ETC. on
the traditional hickory limb. But it
wasn't too high for some inquisitive
pigs, and the girls returned home In
the cleaning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-13
He WAS AFRAID.
Would Not Defend Son For Fear
Of Losing His Position

IT am afraid to employ a lawyer to
defend my little boy for fear my hus-
band win lose his position with the
Santa F'e,' was what Mrs. Mary Tucker
said in the city court Monday afternoon
when her 15-year-O1d boy While tucker
had his preliminary examination on the
charge OF breaking into a santa Re
tool house.
Willie Tucker was arrested on a com
plant sworn out by Peter Snyder
Santa Fe Waterman. The boys father
is a Santa. Ese enplOye and tends the
switch lights in the yards and near the
city The switch light tender is the
father Of a family of nine children He
did not appear in the court ROOM
Willie Tucker was charged with
break king into tool house. The charge
OF stealing from the building was not
made. Snyder claimed that he caught
Willie Tucker in the tool house before
he had time to take anything That was
at six o'clock in the morning when 1t
was daylight and anyone who happen
ed to be in the nefghborhood could have
seen him enter the building
Willie Tucker claims that he was sent
to the tool house and that he had a
right there He says he did not break
in to steal. Mrs. Tucker sat by her
boy in the court ROOM She seemed
very much unused to the ways of courts
but she understood that after the pre-
liminary hearing in the city court that
her boy would have to stand trial in the
district court.
Wen get even with him YETI ex-
claimed Mrs Tucker several times. She
was referring to Peter Snyder and she
claimed that the charges against her
boy were brought because of some fam
lily trouble the Tucker family had with
the Snyders.
Judge McCabe asked Mrs. Snyder if
she understood that her boy was to be
examined and that if sufficient proof
was shown that he would be bound
over to stand trial in the district court.
ttl do" said Mrs Thicker
Have you an attorney" asked the
court.
do you wish to conduct your own
case2"
yes"
ct think that should tell you that
that you should have some one to rep
resent you who is familiar with court
procedure" explained Judge McCabe-
Il have no lawyer" said Mrs Tucker.
The examination was commenced
The complaining witness, Snyder, testi-
fed that ne watched the boy go to the
tool house and force an entrance He
said that when he reached the tool
house he caught the boy before he could
steal anything The prosecution I'm
ished.
Swear the witnesses for the de-
fense.'' said the court.
Mrs Tucker said nothing.
Have you no witnesses?" asked the
court.
NO. replied the woman Inc boy
shook his head
Then Lawyer a. M. Thomas volun-
teered his services and cross question
ed the states witnesses. Willie Tucker
was bound over under $500 bond to
stand trial before the district court on
the charge Of breaking into a Santa Fe
tool house J. d. Wilson acted as his
bondsman, and he was saved from jail.
If he is convicted he will go to the pen
itentiary or reformatory for he is over
Is years old and he will be well pre-
pared for career Of crime when he
gets out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-13
CUT IN WAGES.
Reduction Decided Upon by Cot
ton Manufacturers.

Fail River. Mass, Aug. 7s.-The Fall
River cotton manufacturers have voted
to reduce wages co basis Of II cents for
weaving the reduction to go into effect
September 3. This is about q. IA per cent
reduction. the present price Of weaving
being 1913 cents. The vote was unani-
nous with the exception of one man. An
agreement will be drawn up for sigma
lures and will be passed by the execu-
tive committee. 1t will require represen-
tatives of one hundred thousand spindIes
to make an agreement to reduce wages
Representatives. of the various labor or
gaIlizations of Fail River met directly
after the announcement and meeting of
the textile council was called for next
Thursday night. At that meeting a plan
Of action and perhaps Of resistance will
be formulated.
In regard to the adoption Of a sliding
scale. which was suggested some time
will ACCEPT it.
Operatives on every hand talked over
the announcement and the sentiment
seemed to be in favor Of resistance.
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s221s2 in 1900: other chemicals. from
81. SOS. sss to ss,s6s.116; laces and en-
broIderies, from $s45.1se to 81. 402, 372s
earthen, stone and chinaware. from ST.
20s $50 to $12,3467 84.
An examination Of the statistics is
sued by the German government shows
that articles from the United States
formed. in 1891, 10.4 per cent of her total
imports for consumption. while in 1900
they formed 1873 per cent. OF her 'ex-
ports, those to the United States in
1891 formed 1o.7 per cent of the total
and in 1900. SO per cent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the Chicago News.l

IRON the chicago News.
The wearer knows where the shoe
pinches.
It's cold day when the nirt has no
use for a fan
Borrowed trouble bankrupts a man
paying the interest
To be happy you must forget your
self and remember others.
The odor Of a welI-cooked dinner is
the incense of domestic love.
Mean souls, like mean pictures, are
often found in fine-looking frames.
Clubs are places where men go when
they want to get rid of themselves.
Youth sucks the sugar-coating and
leaves the bitter pill for old age 10
chew.
Pianos enable girls to show their
fingerings and their finger rings at the
same time.
Spending a dollar before it is earned
is like eating today the egg that is TO
be laid tomorrow.
The laying on of hands as a curative
power is not new. Almost any old man
can remember when his mother prac-
tiCed the art.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-13
CONGRATULATEs STANLEY.
F. J. Kellogg Says he Admires Gov
ernor's Courage.

The State Journal has received the
following copy of a letter to Governor
Stanley:
Governor StanIey-I was well
pleased with an article in the State
Journal a few days ago, wherein it was
explained that you used the power in
vested in you by the laws OF Kansas
giving you oversight over all inferior
officers and the power to call a halt
if they were going astray, by calling a
halt at LeavenWOrth and preventing a
prize fight and saved the state from
disgrace Seeing the bravery you man
ifested in wiring the officers of Leav-
enWorth not to allow that disgraceful
thing to occur at their peril, 1 could not
help but compare your bravery with
that of Governor Morrill, who took a
solemn oath to enforce the laws of
Kansas at q time when we had pro-
lEibitory law in Kansas. In LeaVen-
worth men decided they would sell
liquor regardless of the law. The peO-
pie called on Governor Morrill, to en-
force the law He was simply regard
less of his oath to an and his Obiga-
ton to God as d Sabbath school super
intendept and said I can't Don't you
think, governor, if ne had the nerve
you possess he could have said fThis
law must be observed'2 But he wanted
to carry water on both shoulders. 1
felt much interest in Mr.. Ieedy when
he was elected, and wrote him a pri-
vate letter telling him of the enViab-e
position he occupied and how the
whole world was looking at Kansas to
see what he would do with the prohib-
itory law.
Did you ever stop to tliinl3 of the
miserable end of the two former gov
errors mentioned2 They went from
office besmirched from head to foot
Allow me to congratulate you on your
bravery in stopping that fight You
don't suppose, governor, that the peo-
pie of Kansas did not know that the
former governors were trying to pull
the wool over their eyes2 If you con-
tinue to exhibit your courage there Will
be no trouble for you to be United
States senator soon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-13
GLOBE SIGHTS

Men like loafing pretty well natur-
ally, and should not be encouraged.
Don't hate the man who dfslikes the
society Of won en-; maybe At is his way
Of being economical
There never was a girl so honest
that she was not willing to deceive d
little as to the size of her bust.
All kinds Of vegetables are 50 scarce
this year except onions that It is per-
Missile to eat them without apology
If a woman is loved for the way she
makes pie, or the cake she bakes. that
is the kind OF love that lasts as long
as any.
The story OF the engineer who tried
to make another station should be re-
lated to a certain Atchison man at
once
Somehow when poverty overtakes
people they never remember that now
they have a chance to become real
Bohemians.
An Atchison woman is such a gossip
that she started a story about another
woman because she sat down near the
grave OF a man she used to know.
Whenever we see a labering man sit
under a tree at noon and open his
dinner pail. somehow we always envy
him the eagerness with which he looks
into 1T.
Turnips, cabbage ana onions win be
more plentiful than other Vegetab les
this fall. and every one scents up a
house SO that the people have to move
out
If a man is single. ne can sometimes
speak to a girl without being intro
duced, but if he is married he
mustn't save her life without a pre-
vious introduction.
You can nearly always catch a man
by telling him he really ought to be in
a larger field. Nearly every poor bust
ness that was ever sold, was sold to
man from smaller town by the use Of
this story.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-13
THE PROHIBITORY LAW.
Ruling That Recent Enactment
Repeats the Nuisance Clause.

Kansas City. No, Aug. 1s.-Judge Fisher
of the district court of Kansas City, Kan.
rendered an important decision today
holding that the I4urrelI saloon law of
1901 repeats that clause of the prohibition
law which gives the right Of Injunction
against a saloon on the ground that it is
a nuisance
The case decided was that of the state
ex rel McHale. against Charles WyriclS,
and was one of the forty which the tens
perance people of Kansas City, Kan, have
brought against as many saloon keepers
to enjOin them from conducting their sa
looms Judge Fisher. sustained Wyricks
demurrer to the petition on the ground
given. The temperance people interested
will appeal the case to the supreme court.
This is the first judicial construction ever
given to <fle new Hurren law and the
appeal will be watched with interest. SIM
liar cases to enjoin saloonkeepers are
pending in LeaVenWorth, Fort Scott ano
other towns in Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-13
ALL ARE CHEAPER.
Statistics Show Topeka is Pay
ing More For Gas.

The first I'VE answers toM Mayor
Hughes letters concerning gas rates
give the following prices for the towns
mentioned.
Quincy. III. Population. 4o.ooO. Light.
$50; fuel, 81 rs.
Leavenworth, Kas Population, g.
$50. Light S125; fuel ST.
st. Joseph, Mo. Population, 1902 600
Light, $1.25; fuel, SIPS.
Dubuque, Iowa. Population, &c. 600.
Light, $1.25; fuel, 81.
Peoria, ILL., Population. e1.eoo. Light.
81; fuel, 81.
The mayor Of Peoria sends some very
valuable information to Mr.. Hughes
about the situation in that city. Peoria
has just passed an ordinance compel
ing the company to give a 70 cent rate
The company has stopped by injunction
the enforcement of the rate, and the
Peoria Journal, on behalf Of the people
Of the city, is testing the validity Of
the ordinance