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The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20
sTANn 90 ZOE KANsAs.

The full meaning Of the warning OF
F. d. Coburn concerning the erroneous
and unjust sensational and harmful
stories concernina the situation in KAN
sas. which are being sent out from
here on the wires comes home with re-
newed force when one reads a story
printed in the salt Lake Tribune a few
days ago purporting to emanate from
Topeka
The ridiculous exaggeratiOns may be
appreciated by the people of Kansas,
but those who are not acquainted with
the actual conditions as they exist here,
are liable to be Influenced to believe the
circulated stories true. Here are a few
statements which will bring a laugh
from those who know:
''The suffering in Kansas from the
prolonged drought is now more intense
than ever. The skies are leaden and
the suns heat is intense. No immediate
relief Is expected.
with waterworks giving out, ice
famines threatened and farm products
of all kinds obtaining large prices. the
situation IS becoming a serious one for
Kansas
There is not a city in the state
which is tonight able to cope with a
FIRE. Buildings have reached such an
y
Will start on the slightest provOeation,
and once started in some parts of the
city enormous losses would ensue.
Much sickness is resulting from the
scarcity of good water. Boiling the wa
ter even win not remove the disease
germs with which it is infected. SO
very low is the supply
1t is probable that correspondents
whose salaries are increased by the
amount of copy furnished have hit upon
the temporary misfortune Kansas is
suffering to enlarge upon and exag-
gerate, so as to fill a great deal of
space Anything about Kansas is
greedily snapped up by newspapers.
The conditions do not warrant ones
taking so much license as is shown in
the published reports 1T may take
years to eradicate the effect Of such re-
norris
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record1
Thermometers will bear watching.
Life is bore even to a mosquito.
It is never too hot to put dressing on
salad.
A drawing card-A dentists adver-
tisement.
It's the even-tempered doctor who
never loses patience.
The man who shaves himself is al
ways getting in a scrape-
Eve may have had her faults, but she
was never overdressed.
A truthful Bucks county farmer ad-
vertises; Summer boarders taken in =
The long suffering husband may now
retaliate by wearing his wife's shirt
waist
When a man wants to change his
name he-must apply to the courts. All
a girl has to do is to get married.
Shelf I had known what a fool you
We're 4 never should have married you"
He You might have guessed it when
i proposed to YOU
I asked her if she'd smile on me.
] did not look for chaff;
But there. upon my bended knee,
She gave to me the laugh.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20

rare Mexican blooming cactus gives
receptions every evening to crowds of
curious neighbors.
Wellington people boldly proclaim
that they have joints, and that the
monthly license collected will be used
to improve the streets
a test court case has shown yelling
tons dog tax law invalid. and now
owners of pet CANNES slain threaten
to sue the city for damages.
Hutchinson citizens are signing a
petition to vote bonds for railroad,
but whittier it goeth or from whence 1t
cometh the paper falls to state.
a Leavenworth boy who was trying
a pistol to see If it worked all right will
hereafter make the swimming sign
with the second and third fingers.
The pulling of several joints by the
Topeka police would Indicate that the
dog catcher wasn't the only person
rushing the growler'' these days
A snake show claiming to have
Baby Gazelle,'' the youngest charmer
in the world. was given the marble
heart by the Lawrence mayor, and told
to pass on
Of rabies at Kincaid where the mad
stone clung closely to a dogbite wourd
from o'clock one morning until the
evening of the following day.
In the list OF articles manufactured
in Topeka. says the Kansas City Star,
drouths, Waterbury watches, air ships,
defective fues and Christian barber
shops We're unintentionally omitted
In proportion to the size of tie
towns Mcpherson is thought to have
had the El Reno fever the worst over
200 citizens have left that burg within
the last two weeks for registration.
Little Sugar Lake, in Atchison
county has not been dry before this
sands of fish struggling and dying as
the water grows lower is melan-
choly sight.
Dressed as a farmer shrewd
swindler sold hundreds of pounds of
pure wild honey" to lola household
ers and escaped before they discov-
cred that the concoction was a mixture
OF cheap syrup. glucose and rosewater.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

LFrom the Chicago News.1
Most people seek sympathy when they
ask advice.
Never ask a favor of a man a quarter
of an hour before dinner.
There is no man so deep but that he
has at least one shallow spot.
An appropriate wedding present for a
bachelor is a copy of Paradise Lost. .
Some men resemble pyramids-broad
at the foundation, but narrow at the
top.
Young ladies and promissorx notes
should be settled when they arrive at
maturity.
A man should not be judged by an
occasional exertion, but by his every
day actions.
Unless a man has an exceptionally
good memory he should not set himself
up as a liar
Pleasure is often but a change of
pain. A man who has had the gout
feels first-rate when he gets down to
ordinary rheumatism.
Men are born with two eyes and only
one tongue in order that they should
see twice as much as they speak. OF
course, this does not apply to women
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20
GLOBE SIGHTS

from the ALculSOu NIAOBGl
So many people keep their peach un-
til it rots.
The brakemen call jug of whisky a
~crate Of snakes"
An Atchison man died recently who
was so worthless that his wife came
out in colors instead of black.
When woman hears OF. another wo-
mans age, she involuntarily does a job
of subtracting, with her own age as the
figure.
An Atchison man has such faith in
his wife's prayers that he refuses to let
her pray for rain until he has learned
to swim.
When you tell a man a funny story.
and he does not see the point, ever
notice the fool grin on his face when
he tries to be appreciative?
We don't know what is meant by
artistic temperament unless it means
that the girl having it picks out a
switch that matches her hair
Everyone pays more for a vacation
than it is worth, but he is perfectly
satisfied, though he would grumble if
he had to pay more than the regular
price for a beefsteak-
An Atchison woman complains that
her husband says to her tenderly.
Come to me for everything you want
and. when she goes to him, he argues
her out of getting it.
At an Atchison church yesterday
they sang, Come Thou Fount of
Every Blessing" Let Some Droppings
Fall on Me- with Joy Shall I Draw
Water Out of the Well of Salvation
and other wet hymns, but still no rain
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20
GEN. FUNsToN's RESIGNATION

The announcement that General
Frederick Funston viii soon resign
his commission in the army viii NOT
greatly surprise those who know the
little general, but there are a great
many who v1ill not understand why a
man should give up a sinecure which
pays S5, 800 per year, when it's retention
means a life Of little labor and com
paratfve independence, especially when
the owner of the title and position has
no resources outside his own Individual
effort.
But General Funston is not like other
men. If he had been he would not be
the hero Of the Philippine war. He
laughs at difficulties and he thirsts for
adventure. The Luzon s-xamps have
no more terror for him than the Arctic
SHOWS or the sitting air Of Death
Valley. He cares only to meet OBJ
stacles that he may surmount them.
When Frederick Funston was called
to Tampa in the early stages of the
war with Spain he was laughed at by
the men in gold lace who held Uncle
Sans commission to command COM
panies, and the colonels and generals
wasted but little time with him, though
he had been called to their councils.
Funston felt the slight and spoke Of 1t
when he returned to join his regiment,
but there is not a single one of the
officers who We're assembled at Tampa
whose name now shines as high in the
military armament as that of the little
soldier they spurned. It is the spirit
of the young Kansan that carries him
through
Now that the fighting is over and
there is little for the members of the
army to do but draw their pay and
keep the dust brushed off their uni
forms, it is not surprising that Gen
eral Funston should talk of surren-
dering his commission. He is not
dress parade soldier. He cares little
for gold lace and epaulettes. and
champagne suppers in officers quart
ers are not so pleasant to him as sol
diers' fare cooked in camp kettle
while the enemy's sharpshooters are
near.
General Funston win probably come
home. but he will not stay. He will
not be a candidate for governor or
anything else. He Will search for fields
in which his boundless activity and
courage will have room to assert them
selves, and then he may again be heard
from.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20
JAYHAwKER Jors

Even the firefies. have succunbed to
the withering drouth that prevails
around Abilene
-. - oIlsnl Garden City Wag suggests
silas SeieTai humidity be given an
No suicides have been announced
from Emporia today but a mad dog
ran amuck and 1ivened matters some
what.
srie Julzta AIonorarjar Aitra Mus
y "a q young Hindoo from Calcutta,
y ~uNtAnS du1he social dash at Wich-
An 11-year-old Fort Scott girl
handles 1e0-pound sacks Of sugar as
easily as Sandow would toss IN a
spool of thread
An Atchison- household which has a
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20

Clad Hamilton succeeds B. H. Tracy as
assistant to Attorney General Go~ard
Secretary COburn estimates at amount
of old corn in the state sat 100000 BUSH
The Kansas Mutual Life filed an ans
Wer to the charges preferred by E. T.
Phillips in the United States court A
general denial of the charge was made
1902 on account OF discouraging crop con-
ditions-
s. A Tulien, contractor. tearing down
the building at Tenth and Jackson street
to make room for the state house heating
plant. was almost fatally injured ny
falling stone wall.
s. A Seeger. foreman of the tool house
position with the New Jersey Central.
The Threatened drouth over the state OF
Kansas has been pretty thoroughly bro
ken up by the scattered rains
Secretary Coburn Of the board of ag-
ricuIture issues an interview deploring
stories which are grossly untrue are be-
ing wired abroad about the dry weather
The city council has again decided to be-
gin suit to acquire the Wa1erWorlxs plant
through passenger service between the
Pacific coast and Chicago over their
Gov Stanley gives out an interview up
on the condition Of Kansas He gives sta
ger Of suffering from a drouth should one
occur
pavements thoroughly washed each night.
Jacob Monler has been appointed assist
ant secretary Oh the BOARD OF agriculture.
Owners Of Trego gold property are be-
ginning to lose faith in their discover
les.
The state house nshing party. composed
of Cyrus Leland George Clark Judge
Pollock, Lit Cr1IIn nd Michael Fry of
Junction City. has returned from Colo
David Woodau. negro electric line
man in the employ of the city. came to
his death by e1ectrocxtion Thursday night
while repairing an electric light in Pot
The city authorities have discovered
that the Barber Asphalt company il using
old material for the repair Of streets when
the contract calls for new material
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20
REFLECTIONS OF A BAoHELoR

IF7rom the New York Press.l
Every girl has a longing to be kissed
50 it viii take her breath away.
A mans business ambition is the
parachute that saves him when he falls
out Of love.
When a woman is in love she has
about as much regard for other people
as she has for herself when she is sea
sick.
The reason why Christian Science
succeeds SO well is probably because it
teaches women that there is really no
such thing as wrinkles.
When girl laughs at a mans joke.
she generally keeps it up till some one
says something else. so no other woman
can ask her to explain It.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20

At last there has developed a dispo-
sition TO render a measure at least. of
Justice to Admiral schley. The limit
I'm abuse and Misrepresentation Of that
gallant officer appears to have been
reached in a history Of the Spanish
american war prepared for the use OF
the cadets at the Z. s. naval academy
at Annapolis. The insult to schley was
50 glaring that Secretary Long was
constrained to order certain portions or
the history eliminated before he would
permit its being placed in the hands OF
the cadets.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20
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The State Journal 1Ufz be TO yOas like q
daily letter from home.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20
A FINE SHOWING
Make by the Knights. and Ladies Of
Security.

Make by the Knights and Ladies of
Security.
In another column is the statement
made to the Insurance commission OF
Illinois on the present financial condi-
ton of the Knights and Ladies OF
security. made by two expert exam
1ners appointed for that purpose. These
examiners cane to Topeka unheralded
and were given every facility for maxi
ing thorough examination The re-
port is more than satisfactory to the
officers Of this enterprising company.
and should be a matter Of pride 10
the company's army OF policy holders
throughout the country.
The four principal grand officers OF
the company are w. 3. kirkpatrick.
president; J. n. Wallace, secretary.
Dr. h A. Warner, medical examiner
and VIM Forbes. treasurer. These gen
uemen have done what few men have
accofnpiished--fhey have built uD an
insurance company on a solid founde-
ton with a national reputation IN the
snort space of about ten years rrha
headquarters Of the company has az
Mays peen IN Iopeka, where they have
next TO the largest list OF policy hold
ers OF any company doing business
mere. Their financial transactions he
ing handled through the Topeka banks
ll< - HeLpeu 70 make recent phen0n email
oank clearings- A large Office force H.
employed here, all supplies are pur-
chased here, the society paper Is pub
lished mere, and they own and occupy
west.
The new business done this year
promises to more than double that az
any previous one A littte over nine
thousand new bers was the hi,-,
water mark previous to 1901 Tn 20 the
nrst day OF July this year over ten
thousand new policies were written
ana ana ene outlook for the latter half Of
the year is stiu more encourseinr-
Iopeka and Kansas are proud 81 the
knights and Ladies OF Security.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20

From the annual report on railway
statistics just issued by the interstate
commerce commission it is stated that
railway earnings during the first half
Of the year. 1900. indicate by far the
largest business ever transacted ex-
ceeding the same months in 1900 by 1913
Der cent, which in turn exceeded 1899
by 1S-l per cent, and those were s per
cent greater than those of 1898. which
showed an increase of 131 per cent over
1897. This phenomenal growth during
four years amounts to an increase OF
over $500, 100000. or about 80 per cent.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20

When the friends and admirers OF
David Bennett Hin succeed in enminat-
ing the friends and admirers of Will
liam Jennings Bryan from the councils
Of the Democratic party in accordance
with the beginning made in Ohio. they
are likely to find that they are the tail
left without a dog to wag.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20

When one considers the years thatare
wasted in the study of arithmetic in
the public schools, it is not surprising
that the Baltimore superintendent Of
schools was allowed at Detroit to de-
clare, unchallenged. that arithmetic is
Of no value to the majority of pupils.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20

David Bennett Hin's paper, the AL
hany Argus, takes a shot at Col. Bryan
sn the following. "On top Of the terrible
heat and drouth, Kansas City's export
lumber trade seems to be falling off
rapidly. There is no demand for kan
sas City planks from up-to-date plat
form builders
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

TIcLEG r sSPHTC SUMMARY
The national convention of the Epzvorfh
600 attending.
David 3. Hil announces himself as a
presidential candidate for 1904
The bonded debt Cuba viii carry as an
Independent republic is S122 400
Earl Russell is found guilty of Dfgamv
by the house of lords and sentenced to
three months imprisonment
Marshall, Mo: suffers from 100000 fire
Two NJ Is: & Z freight trains collide
burned
Local showers give Temporary relief in
The stationary hremen at the coal mines
in eastern Pennsylvania strike ana 5o o00
men are thrown out of work
The yacht Venitzia capsizes on the way
70 Newporf ana owner. with two daugh-
Registration of homeseelcers at Ell Reno
ana Lawton reaches $4,000 in hrst eight
Plot discovered to overthrow French re-
public and. install Prince Louis Napoleon
Duke and Duchess of Marlborough are
70 1eed 1000 persons at a political demon
Cresceus breaks worlds record on De-
trolt track, going the free-for-an in 2.05
The trial OF. Robert S. Fosburg. charged
with killing his own sister, is begun at
Gen. Daniel Butterfeld dies of paralysis
at Cold Spring. N Y
gress concludes its meeting al Cripple
Creek and adjourns to meet IN St. Paul
e-N-AA4A@AA
a capital of $32. .000 OO0
Postmaster General Smith issues order
denying pound rate privilege to novels
premium publications and returned pa
Duke Of Connaught is installed as
Grand Master of English ATasons as sue
cesSor of laing Edward
Baldwin-Ziegler arctic expedition sails
from Tromsoe. Norway
Br5'anites in Ohio bolt the regular Dem
acratlc state ticket and put mp a free sill
Yer candidate
War department records show that the
agreement on which the Comanche- -EliOEa
reservation Is to be opened on August
was obtained from the Indians by fraud.
Sudden eruption of volcano KIoet in
northern Java, kills 700 natives and a
number of Europeans.
The big steel strike ordered by the
Amalgamated association of steel. iron
men stop work.
Plant of Dold Packing company at
Wichita DESTROYED By fire Loss 81 050. 600;
insurance sS1S.oo0- Three employees hurt
Robbers at Alexandra. o. held crowd
at bay while they blew open a bank vault
Escaped after an hours fight.
LOCAL SUMMARY.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20

It is announced that in August the
British postofice win introduce a tele-
phone system in London with rate of
SO a year to householders. by which
fun service can be secured at from to
2 cents message. Any one with a tele-
phone at home will be free to go into
e. postoffice anywhere and communi-
cate with his family.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20

Fort Scott believes the prohibition
law IS a failure and proposes to try
open saloons. Fort Scott is located
too close to Missouri to be a genuine
kansas town.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20

to do the handsome thing by Buffalo
and Incidentally fill their own Golfers,
let them make cent a mile rate from
anywhere to the Pan-American.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20

The penitentiaries Of Pennsylvania
are reported to be overcrowded. Per
haps that explains why the affairs of
the state are in so deplorable condition
and why so many people of a certain
class are permitted to be at large.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20

"A California physician has discovered
a new throat disease and the microhe
producing If. A new throat disease
would very naturally select a place with
such a climate as California, for a bus
mess site
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20

The ST. Louis star suggests to the
citizens of that city that while praying
for rain. they slip in a word for honest
elections. Isn't this mixing politics
with business2
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20

military dictator at any time may see
fit
Signed with the great sign. and
sealed with the seal of my province of
Topeka this blank day Of July, 1901.
COL MAJ GEN. J. W. F. HUGHES
tfTn Command
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20

For nearly two weeks. the mercury
has gone above 100 at the government
observing station each day.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20

Providence appears to have united
with the Home Defenders in the effort
TO make Topeka a dry town.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20

Ut was one month yesterday since
there has been rain in Topeka. sufi-
cient to lay the dust
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20

Kansas never does anything in a
small way. not even in the matter of
not dry weather.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20


Mrs Peter Shrader was burned to death
IN a gasoline explosion at her home. 915
Kansas avenue.
Samuel Orner. an old soldier. was found
dead IN bed. overcome by the heat.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-07-20
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The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-01-03
DEMAND FOR LoBSTERS.
Six Hundred Tons of Them Sent I
Europe.

Six Hundred Tons of Them Sent to
Europe.
Despite the fact that the lobster Is
growing. so scarce that the demand is
now hardly met during ten months OF
the year and cannot be supplied in
February and March, a steamer sailed
from Halifax, N. s., n of the few
great sources of the American market,
recently, carrying to Hayre % 900 cases,
weighing 600 ton and valued at over
$3.50, 600. The foreign demand for this
rustacean is increasing prodigiously.
avs the New York Evening Post. max
ng still further demands upon the
upply source. Three years ago lob
ster at 10 cents a pound was consid-
cred expensive; the cheapest price 1t
brings today is double that sum. The
reason assigned for the heavy orders
from abroad is the presence of num-
bers of Americans in Europe at this
time. 1t is impossible to ship live lob
sters to Europe, for even in the jour
ney from Portland, Me-, to this city,
from 10 to 20 per cent of those shipped
In barrels-the usual way-are dead
when they arrive In the markets. For
export, Holsters are canned. The de-
mand for Holsters in New York at
present exceeds the supply. The rea-
son for this is that the lobster is made
the basis OF one Of the most delicious
salads, and in the summer every one
wants II. The government Ia irving to
check the growing scarcity by enforc-
ing strict laws regarding the size and
weight, and by stocking southern and
western waters. Portland, Me-, pro-
iuces the best and most delicate lob
tiers, and most of those consumed in
New York, but it cannot give enough
aow for this market.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-01-03

Trouble is brewing in Frankfort,
Ind, between the school-teachers and
the board of health. There was a small
pox scarce some time ago and the
board ordered that no scholar should
be admitted unless able to present
satisfactory evidence of successful vac
cination.' This the board defined as
a scar showing where the virus took"
Teachers refuse to examine the chill
dren's arms. declaring that they could
not tell whether the scar came from
vaccination or some other cause. At
Evansville, In the same state, there is
much grumbling among taxpayers be-
cause 1t cost the county &c. 900 to
stamp out the smallpox there. Some
Of the bills are held to have been ex-
brilliant and an ordinance regulating
all such charges in future has been
adopted by the county commissioners.