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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-07
WHY KANSAS DOESN'T COM
PLAIN.

IF-rom the Chicago Inter Ocean.l
When it became evident that the
drought had greatly injured the corn
crop, many eastern communities listen
ed for a chorus of woe from Kansas.
But as the summer draws to a close no
special complaints are heard from KAN
sas. The state press has calmly dis
cussed ways and means of providing
substitutes for the missing corn. In the
current Review Of Reviews, Professor
Frank w. Blackmar, of the Kansas
State university gives some of the rea-
sons why Kansas is not complaining
over the worst drought since 1860 The
loss is certainly serious Instead OF the
134. 100000 bushels of corn of 1900, Kan
sas will have this year not over $4,000
600. Moreover, other forage crops have
suffered correspondence But Kansas
has nearly 10000, 600 bushels of old corn
in store. Then the state has achieved
so much better relations with its rail-
ways that they have voluntarily Of
fered to bear their share of the COM
mon loss. IF there is corn to be had
anywhere" Vice President Morton of
the Santa Fe publicly announces, we
VIII be glad to haul it into Kansas at
reduced rates to provide feed for live
stock" And Kansas has the means in
hand to prevent the corn shortage from
causing any great injury to her stock
industry whose products last year were
worth over $67 600. 600. In her banks are
deposits of S7O.0O0,0 600 of her peoples
savings. Nearly all the mortgages that
paid And Kansas wheat this year is
worth fully $50 600 on the farm, or
over IS 900, 600 more than in the banner
year, 1900 IN fact. Professor Blackmar
conservatiYely estimates the value of
Kansas farm products even in this
drought year at $145,000,000, or S9.000.00
more than they We're in the good year,
1897. F'urthermore-and this is a fact
not realized by older eastern states
the average of intellectual tension is
probably higher in Kansas than in any
other community of the same size in
the world. Her people are born zeal
Gus. When they make up their minds
that the nation is going to perdition
they believe it utterly. But when they
are once convinced that they al Il the
nation are prosperous they hold that
faith with equal fervor. In the pros
perity doctrine they have been confirm
ed by half a decades experience. Hence
q matter of one seasons drought,
though it sweep away two-thirds of
their corn, cannot materially disturb
their serenity. Great is Kansas, when
she rebels against facts and when she
doesn' L, but especially when she doesn't.
For then no people in the world accept
i'll fortune with greater hope, cheerful
ness. and equanimity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-07
ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT

William Mckinley has fallen before
an assassin's bullets. the third presi-
dent of the United States to meet this
cruel fate
Not only the nation. but the world, is
mourning. 1t is a calamity of tremen-
dous gravity. 1t is one of the saddest
pages ia our history. 1t darlxens the
monday spIendor in our national life-
Tt shrouds in gloom the most triumph
ant moment this country has ever seen
William Mckinley has received the
highest honor which the politics Of
earth afford. He has twice been elected
TO the presidency of the United States
in the four and a half years of his ad-
rninistration. he has shown himself to
be possessed of true qualities of states
manship. He has demonstrated that he
is a man of great ability, of great ex-
ecutive power, of sterling integrity and
of true patriotism The assassination
Of this great man is a loss to the world
and to civilization. 1t is not a party
bereavement, or a state bereavement,
or a national bereavement. It is uni
versaI amiction.
There was worldwide mourning when
the news Of Queen Victoria's death
was flashed around the world. How
much more is there to sadden the ma
tions in the death OF this chief magis-
trate who is cut down in his prime
when his life work is only begun?
There is a remarkable parallel in the
assassination of Mckinley and the as
sassination of Abraham Lincoln. Each
had fought a triumphant war. Each
had guided the ship of state through
problems of peculiar difficulty and
across untried seas Each had just en-
tered upon his second term of office In
each case the country promised greater
things than ever before in its history
And the nation win mourn for NIcKin-
ley as it mourned for Lincoln If the as
Fassin's bullet proves fatal
AT this time it is brought home to
the people Of this country that after all
the position of vice president is not a
mere fgurehead. There are over three
years to be served in the present ad-
lninistration and it is of satisfaction to
the people Of this country 10 know that
such an able man as Theodore Roose-
Welt holds the vice presidency. but it
IS hoped that President Mckinley may
Yet serve out the term for which he
was elected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-07
YELLOW FEvER IN cuBA.

TIE report of Major W. G. Gorgas.
chief sanitary officer of the city Of
Havana, Cuba, is interesting as reveal
ing one fact that cannot be too strongly
impressed upon the people of the United
States That fact is that the mission
of the Great Republic" did not end
when Spain lay down her arms, releas-'
ing her tyrannous grip from the Gu
bans. In fact the accomplishment of
such only opened new opportunities to
this country for doing a few next-door
favors. And one of the great material
benefits coming as a necessary sequence
to the occupation of that island by a
nation standing for the highest ideals
in government is that of sanitation.
In the statement of Major Gorgas it
is shown that the best record ever made
for July in the matter of handling yell
low fever was accomplished that month
of this year. For the four centuries
which Spain controlled Cuba and the
city of Havana this disease always has
existed and in frightful frequency dur
ing the summer months. At times NOR
tality from the epidemic was wholesale.
It seemed that the terrible scourge must
sweep all before it. and the only won
der is that it did not. Crumbling mon
archys corrupt politics and absence Of
vitality III maintaining a high stand
ard of municipal efficiency are all of
a category It is not surprising there
fore that the health situation was bad
and that as late as 1897. when good
methods of dealing with bodily Ills
should have prevailed, the death list
should have reached 1853 Two years
later for the same month, however, the
number was only two as resulting from
the fever; and this year during July
but four cases developed, one of which
proved fatal.
This all comes about as the resultant
of a strict code of sanitation inaugu-
rated at once after America gained
control and maintained up to the pres
ent. The occasion is one in which the
Yankees can felicitate as having de-
livered Cuba not only from the cruelty
Of the Dons, but as well from the hand
OF the yellow terror.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-07
WHAT OLE TIE WEST.

Are the climatic conditions becoming
reversed in Kansas? Is the short grass
territory moving eastward towards the
Missouri river and the blue grass ter
ritory creeping towards the Colorado
line. These are certainly the conditions
in the Sunfiower state this season
Fridays dispatches tell Of eight inches
of rain at Ness City. Houses were un-
dermined, cellars flooded. sidewalks
washed away and inhabitants in a few
cases compelled to flee to the upper
stories Of their homes
This is a strange story to come out
Of the west where ordinarily September
dust lies deep over fields and highways
But this is not all. Crop reports during
the months of July and August from
the territory west of Hutchinson, Sa-
lima and Concordia, popularity known
as the western edge Of the rain belt. Y
have shown more satisfactory condi-
tions than the eastern portion of the
state. In the neighborhoods of Garden
City. Dodge City and Larned. alfalfa,
prairie hay and corn viii average a
fair crop, while the wheat in early
fair crop. While the wheat in earzv
summer was a full success Orchards
and small fruits, too, have not been
barren.
Coming eastward a less hopeful view
must be taken. Pastures are dried up
and water a precious article in many
places.
As an example a six acre pond on the
Sunny slope ranch in Lyon county
close between two rivers has evapora-
ted and a recent fire at Emporia was
largely destructive through a lack of
water
The eastern portion Of the state can
no longer poke fun at the short grass
country. The western half of Kansas
sometimes known as the arid regions
has blossomed like the rose this summer
and set a pace which the enete east
found too swift to emulate
Every seven years a woman's gown
hung in the closet comes in style again
May not the climatic conditions be be-
coming subject to similar state Of at
fairs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-07
PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL

Professionalism in college athletics
will continue just as long as college
faculties permit it to continue, and no
longer.
If professional players are allowed to
participate in football games played in
Kansas this fall, the blame should be
placed where il belongs-with the col
lege professors The faculty of a col
lege can stop professionalism short If
they have the mind to do so.
When it is said that such and such q
college encourages professionalism, it
is usually meant that there are some
weaR-principled members of the col
lege faculty who are willing to simply
close their eyes and let the manag ger
of the football team run things to suit
himself That is all the encourage
ment" that professionalism needs. The
intense desire to win victories over
rival colleges viii do the rest.
The opportunity for professionalism
in football is peculiar. While there are
no strictly professional football teams
from which the colleges can draw ma
terial. there are numerous ex-colIege
players who Will sell their services to
teams that have the price owing to
the character of the game, the addition
of two or three, or even one. powerful
professional to a football team often
makes a weak team strong The bal
ance of power among the colleges Of
the state is so slight that often one
professional player more or less on one
side turns the scale to victory or de-
feat
Washburn had two or three profess
sional players in its last years team
No serious effort has been made to
deny that fact By the aid of those
two or three players Washburn landed
at the top Of the football heap in kan
sas. Previous to last year, Washburn
had not invested in imported talent
on the other hand the state univer-
sity of Kansas, which has been facile
princeps on the Kansas football field,
was demoralfzed and defeated last year
because its faculty had undergone a
sort of MISREPRESENTATION revival.
and would not permit the Importation
of hired giants.
Haskell Indian school, while it can
not call in outsiders as a white school
can, yet it violates the spirit of college
athletics by allowing its players to stay
in school and participate in games for
an almost unlimited number of years.
Ottawa university. the State Normal,
the College of Emporia, and other Kan
sas teams of the first rank. have all
been more or less guilty of padding
their teams with formidable talent
which had no right to be there.
The dispatches from. Kansas City
state that the Kansas City Medical col
lege will have no team this year. This
is due to the fact that the faculty of
the medical college have cut off the ap-
preparation which has been deliberately
made for the purpose of supporting the
team; or. In other words. hiring play
ers. The Medic" team has been a
veritable Sodom and Gomorrah of pro
fessionalism. Evidently the revival has
struck the medical faculty.
Any college can be free from profess
sionalism if the faculty strictly en-
forces anti-professional rules in their
own institution. and with equal strict
ness prohibits a game with other teams
suspected of professionalism
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-07
GLOBE SIGHTS
TFrom the Atchison Globe.l


The favorite hymn in the Episcopal
church is 20 Promise Ne"
AS long as boys and peaches are
raised, they viii get together.
Give boy a dime. and he immedf-
ateIy begins to look around for his hat.
1t isn't necessary for a man to SOW
wild oats; they come up along the path
he travels.
20, have been spoilt,'' said wo-
been to Buffalo"
ed woman who came to town on circus
day with a turkey wing fan?
Women who wear low neck and
short sleeve dresses. should remember
that some busts and arms are too
large
After a man has been married about
six weeks. his wife begins to discover
unpleasant things to eat which are
good for him"
If the average girl Of eighteen has
her pocketbook, her feet touch only the
high places when she comes down to
spend it.
An Atchison woman who has just
returned from the east tells about a
over the music that he often faints
away. That man is putting on"
No man can afford to have his heart
f1utter longer than ten seconds over a
compliment paid him; it interrupts
business, and is like stopping to ride
in merry go-round on the way to
work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
[From the Chicago News.l

LFrom the Chicago NeWs.I
Ready-made advice very seldom fits
A wild steer is dangerous on either
lake or ranch.
The secret of ignorance is not to know
your lack of wisdom
Brevity may be either the soul of wit
or the poverty thereof.
Every plain. intellectual woman is just
the least bit envious of a handsome silly
one.
If some people were civilized they
would not be holding down such good
jobs in the dime museums.
The painless filing you get at rest
aurant is more satisfactory than the
one advertised by a. dentist
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-07

Many rules for determining the diff
ference between mushrooms and toad
stools have appeared in the newspapers
recently, but none of them appears to
be so concise and satisfactory as that
of the Quincy qll) Herald. That paper
says: IF you live it's a mushroom"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-07

At Minneapolis this week Vice Presi-
dent Roosevelt in a speech put it this
way: More and more it is evident
that the state. and if necessary. the
nation. has got to possess the right of
supervision and control as regards the
great corporations which are its crea-
lures. particularly as regards the great
business combinations which derive a
portion of their Importance from the
existence Of some naonpnalistic tend
ency.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-07

In its annual trade edition the Cal
weston News calls attention to the fact
that since the great storm which de-
stroyed a large part of the city. So. 900.
go worth OF improvements have been
made in the building line. while s., GEO.
coo 'Uorth ara contracted for.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-07

If the Columbia shall win the great
International yacht race, it must be
conceded that we have very nearly at
tanned perfection in yacht building,
from point or speed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-07

It is reported that Admiral sehley
was not popular at Newport. Perhaps
1t is just his way. He was not at all
popular in the Spanish set at San
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-07

The New York Suns reference to s'the
utterly prejudioed and unfounded war
fare upon Rear Admiral Sampson which
the partisans of Rear Admiral Sehley
have waged with extreme bitterness
and absolutely unlimited disregard of
the officially recorded facts is enough
to cause D horse to laueh
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-07

On Labor day, in Chicago. the servant
girls union is said to have marched in
the parade. This is the first event OF
the kind ever recorded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-07

Probably the New Workers win sue
coed In inducing Mrs. Nation to remain
and participate in the mayoralty cam
paign.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-07

Every time a prominent American
touches on International affairs in a
speech the British newspapers have a
chill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-07

Colonel Roosevelt and his presiden-
tial boom bump into each other at al
most every point that the vice presi-
dent visits
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-07

II the Missouri Pacific railroad Off
Gals are looking for a Iong-feIt want
TO ill. they can find it in the territory
lying 70 the northwest of Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-07

Carter Harrison's presidential boom
has progressed far enough for him to
be the object of an occasional attack
BY Republican paper outside of Chi
cazo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-07

Chicago News: Enterprising Euro
pean manufacturers Will yet be build
ing ISLANDS 10 sen to Uncle sam.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-07

The members of the Amalgamated as
ISOLATION may realize that they are
whipped. but they seem reluctant to
acknowledge it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-07

Probably the only reason that Turkey
has not been divided among the powers
long ago is that Russia wants it all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-07

It would go hard with Sir Thomas
Upton to be beaten by the same old
boat
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-05-31

Jurisprudence solicited on all mat
Yes OF local interest, or of interest to
Tue people Of Southwest Texas. Each
eoamunieation must be accompanied
Dy me name of its author, not for pub
Neation unless so directed), but as a
guarantee Of good faith, and when by
request anonymous signatures appear
tosGch communications the right is re-
served to disclose the name of the
writer should necessity arise for
such disclosure.
Subscribers who do not receive their
paper regularly are requested to notify
this office and the matter will receive
prompt attention and insure better SER
vice thereafter.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-05-31
GRULLA wHIM-WHAMS.
Abundant Rain 'iladdenS ALL
Sheep rowned-B Burglar Shot
ia Rio tirande-Hint To
Camer,n, Officers.
Editor HERALD.

Editor HERALD.
GrulIa, Tex, May Hurra !
1t rained, 1T rains, it will rain! |
could conjugate this verb in all its
moods and lenses, in English.
Spanish, French and ltalian, and
then sigh for more languages in
which to give went tn the JOY |
feel, in seeing the kindly clouds
dropping their gentle dew upon
the parched fields, that need the
refreshing showers to bring forth
the seeds sewn therein. Yes, kind
sir, It's true, tho conveyed in
hyperbolical language. that yeSter-
day we were gladdened with rain.
EARLY yesterday morning, to the
rolling din of thunder, it came |!
Not in torrents, to run off mo the
river and esteros, but in gentle
showers that soak into the ground,
and keep it moist long TIME.
Nearly all day long did we have
these rains, and much did We re-
joice.
have one fault to find, and that
is-tarautula~ Frequently before
aud after rain, these big gronLd
spiders take walk abroad If
there is anything | detest, il is a
spider, Often at night (far these
insects are mostly nocturnal in
their hablts) have / clIanced to
glance toward the door, and see an
enormous spider slowly advancing.
| jump for my stick, kept specially
for such intruderS, and make one
or two wild passes at the beast. H.
variably do | miss, and just as
invariably does the ''trant'' come
galloping toward me-for he can
run fast aud jump high, too. With
a wild cry, | retreat, raining blows
upon the spots where the Grant
hnal, despairing blow
- his destruction.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-05-31

water, rushing from the surround
ing lomas, ovelfowed the fiat
where the stricken SHEEP @rre ~
ing and drowned them all
a lot of cotteu was planted here
y friend of mine put Ia II or 10
acres, Don Teofilo Garcia some 8
or 10 acres. aud varIons Others PIT
IN patches of one or two acres 1t
is all >prouting nicely now, and
there is chance that sonr bales
may be picked in The fall
a visitor just from Las rrr~qni.
las III Cameron county r,lurlS
things in bad shape in hat section.
The cattle are poor aid thin. many
horSeshre dying, and grass giving
out. La addition, lis SAID good
deal of robbery is being dOne-nOt
only of animals, but from people.
A Mexican peddler Is reported to
have been robbed and murdered,
aud the suicide of that shepherd
boy would seem to be a murder,
too. 1t is said that he refused to
let some men take sheep he was
guarding and they hung him. !
tell the tale, but do not vouch for
it. Still, Don Caledonia ought to
have an eye for that section.
All the ranch is talking of an
occurrence at Rio Grande City of
last Thursday night. 1t seems that
Mr.. Calixto Vale, one of our best
aIl.round Young merchants, receiv
ed HI anonymous letter warning
him Of an attempt to burglarize his
store. Getting the aid of our ever.
popular sheriff, the two ensconced
themselves inside the store, arm
ed, and waited. Quite early IN the
night, about 9 or 10 o'clock, three
men entered the lot at the back of
the store. While two of the men
kept watch, one attacked the rear
door WITH an axe After three or
four blows, the door came open,
and then the battle opened. The
burglar dreE bis pistol, refused to
surrender, and fed, firing and be
ing fired upon as he ran. CalixtO
had Il shot gun. and managed to
get his man on the. fly, and brought
him to the ground. He turned out
- De zone Juan Garcia y CARA,
49, "EI Pajaro." He is
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-05-31

MINISTER CONGER failed TO Sc
cure the nomination for governor
of Iowa, hpt 1t is presumed he may
still retajf his berth in the diplo-
mats service.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-05-31
FRIDAY, MAY 81, 1901

DON'T wear a cap unless it fits
You.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-05-31

WHEN people begin prospecting
ell in any vicinity, it generally
yes the prospects of the place
hoped THAT prospects
improved in Browns
nd, as this is
hes. Texahs
IN the subject.
to lie in the
rmelon. instead
q political dis