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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-29
JAYHAWKER Jors.

Farm hands are badly wanted in
Greenwood county.
A hog stealing case IS enriching sew
eral Eureka lawyers
julius Caesar IS an inmate OF the
Leavenworth Soldiers home.
PLANT trees" IS a prominent headline
in the Kansas papers these days.
Newton will have weekly band con-
certs If the collections are large enough
Harper weeps over the absence of n
street sprinkler. They should get up
and dust
x-Kansans in California are sending
beautiful flowers to the sick bed of Col.
NJ. NJ. Murdoch.
Peaches pulled through in Barber
county. but the last storm ruined the
apricots and cherries.
Young coekleburr plants have caused
several head Of Rocks county cattle to
become embalmed beef
The man who claims the distinction Of
being responsible for the name Of the
Republican party, dweIls at Marquette
Larned complains of too many worth
less ours and thinks the prairie dog law
should have been applied to the to vn
animals also.
Not = patriot can be found in all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-29
Majority of Alaskan Commercial
Companies United.

San Francisco, March 2S.lThe Post
says:
A combination has been formed by
companies engaged IN the Alaskan trade
for the purpose of preventing profitless
competition. A uniform scale of prices
will be adhered to, and the companies
of San Francisco, Seattle, Cape Non e
and Dawson will be on an equal foot
ing.
Five companies so far have been draw
into the union, anG it is expected that
others will follow. Those that have al
ready signified their intention to abide
by The rules of the agreement are the
Alaska Commercial company and Alas
ka Exploration company of this city;
the North American Transportation AMI
Trading company of Seattle. the Arlies
Mercantile company of Cape Nome and
the Seattle Yukon Trading company of
Seattle and Dawson They represent
the bulk OF trade with these points in
the Alaskan territory.
The formation of the union IS the re-
suit of negotiations which have been
underway for several weeks. Represen-
tatives of Seattle and other places have
visited San Francisco for the purpose of
reaching an understanding with the Of
fcials of the local companies. These
overtures have borne fruit and 1t is now
announced that the combination has
been formed and the agreement enter
ed into although the plans for the prac-
ticaI working Of the enterprise have not
been contaminated.
The North American Commercial com
panY Of this city did not enter the I'M
ion as It's business is almost entirely COG
fined to the coal trade at Dutch Harbor
The Wild Goose Mining and Trading
company in which Charles D. Lane is
prirt ipa1ly Interested, is also expected,
Is restricted to tbs Lane properties in
Cane Nome
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-29
po1NrED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News
Many a laboring mans down in the
world-digging gold.
It's a wise cook that knows enough to
leave well done alone.
He who calls all men fools is right in
at least one instance
An umbrella does a lot of good but
it has to be put up to it.
The largest room in the world is the
room for Improvement
The man who does a little and does it
we'll does a great deal.
A dude dressed out Of sight is very
apt to be out OF mind as we'll
The fly that Ioafs around a blacksmith
shop isn't afraid of a hammer.
The bore who is looking for nobody in
particular should look in the mirror
The less veracity a man has Of his own
the more he admires it in other people
The finished performance of an actor
is often a great relief to the audience
Youth has a perseverance all its own.
but the trouble is II never knows when
to STOP
Probably thieves are near-sighted and
unable to distinguish other peoples
property from their own
A woman is very apt to have misgiv-
ings about a man who is addicted TO the
free and unlimited coinage OF compli-
ments.
A rural editor in writing of a new
addition to the village church choir says:
Her voice is as soft as butter in August
and as tender as a pair Of $1.9s trousers" "
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-29
SITUATION UNCHANGED.

At p. nj the thirty-sixth ballot.
Clark offered a motion to vary the mo-
notony 1t was of trivial import, and
Governor Stanley arbitrarily laid it on
the table. Whereupon a bystander re-
marked that this was no joking mat
ter, and the councillors became solemn
again, proceeding to the forty-third bal
lot in the same nonchalant manner and
never a break.
Then to George Cole it suddenly oc-
Cured that an official state paper must
be selected, so the council went into ex-
ecutive session to choose that vehicle Of
the states business.
A FIRE SCARE.
A man shaking lime in the basement
Of the state house brought the sedate
executive council up out of their seats
this afternoon and away from the ex-
citing railroad election to investigate a
fire scare. There had been a heap Of
papers and refuse where the shaking
boxes had been placed. The sound of a
hose playing on the steaming lime com
pleted the deception.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-29

Utopia who will accept the position OF
postmaster and residents will call at
Eureka for their mail.
A couple of tramps soliciting back
door, handouts in Atchison had the i'll
luck to strike the house of the chief of
police while that official was in.
An Anthony man offers a load of coal
for the return of a lost watch, which in
dicates that the timepiece is either boss
filled or the fuel is short ton
The rose bushes of Sheridan county
must have been surprised when they dis
covered that they had been converted
into SNOWFALL bushes by the Monday
blizzard.
The Topeka man who told Mrs. Nation
TO gc to --- when she yelled at him on
the street to throw his cigar away, says
Frank Jerrel has been made hero OF
the Unholy set.
A motherIy old cat at Chanute is rails
ing a brood Of orphan chickens. Every
evening. one by one. pussy carries them
tenderly in her mouth to a coy nest in
the barn loft, returning them to earth
in the morning.
The Jewell county man who gave an
exhibition OF platonic friendship .'or
money by raising a 81 bill to a flyer,
viii conclude. before the Jail sentence
ends. that it wasn't such a pure aft &C.
ton after all.
There are two kinds Of bonds to be vo-
suggests a wag. Santa Fe bonds and
vagabonds. How you take the last
clause depends upon whether you live in
Potvin or the Second ward.
Instead of spending her hours attend
ing wonen's clubs and learning how 10
sew" a Franklin county woman churn
ed 1000 pounds Of butter last year, which
she sold for 20 cents a pound besides
marketing $50 dozen of eggs.
The sand around Argonia is something
awful to those unused to it, The other
day a land agent unloaded 40 buyers
from Illinois in the most terrific dus1
storm of the season. The agent lined
them out and commenced a talk on the
beauties Of the country through a mega
phone. but the crowd stampeded on him
and boarded the first train out of town.
Prosperity can't be beaten away from
Kansas with a club. Mrs. James Little,
near Atchison, gave birth to twins tie
past week Eighteen months ago she
gave birth to twins also. Now there ale
four babies in the house less than 10
mon tbs old. Mrs. Titles husband was
2 twin and his father was a twin She
was a twin also
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REVEALS AWFUL CRIME.
Find of Workmen Points to WifeNur-
der Committed in 1881.

Poultney. VT, March 29.-Worlxmen in
removing a cellar wall today discovered
a hidden pit, seven feet square. in the
center of which was a stout iron post.
Fastened to The post was a heavy iron
cham, on the end of which was an old
fashioned pair of handouts. Near by
was found a heap Of human bones. The
discovery is supposed to solve the mys-
terry of a crime committed 20 years a go
Perry Borden, a day labOrer. became
very Jealous of his pretty young wies
and in November, 1881, she naysteriousiy
disappeared. Borden said she had run
away to Canada No effort was ever
made to find her Borden himself left
couple of years later and followed the
sea for so years. He returned here IL
1885, and for a couple of years was
town charge. He finally died and was
buried here. He was never known to
mention his wife's name after her disap-
pea. ance.
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BORROWS MONEY ON LEGS.
Omaha Woman Gets $25 From a
Pawnbroker on Artificial Limbs.

Omaha. Neb.. March 2e.-Miss Jessie
Robinson applied at Sam Adler's pawn
shop today for loan on her cork legs
The pawnbroker was startled by the
question: viii you loan me SIS on my
legs IN from a well dressed young woman
as she entered the shop.
The paWnbrOker asked gravely.
Madam have you your legs with you
She assured him that she was standing
them at the moment
They are cork. you know" she ex~
planned ALPHABETICALLY
At Adler'S request the woman. timfdly
and with her face suffused with bushes
lifted her skirts three or four inches, dis
playing a well-rounded cork ankle. She
explained that her artificial legs extended
above her knees. Adler insisted that h.
must see the whole of the limbs before
loaning money on them.
VERY well.'' she said in desperation
4 II take them of right here
For heavens sake. don't do thatI Co
home and I'll call for Them replied Ad-
Ter
The young woman left Half an hou4
later Adler received a telephone message
that the legs were waiting for him and
he Immediately called for them and loan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-29
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.
Mayors Office,


Topeka, Kan, March is, 1901.
peka do bereh5 nraggSatn 0i efye notice ana
make known that the regular annual city
on TGesdav %p rni3 1e6i for CRY 1 purDo
Of electing the following officers, to-wit;
t Mayor. city at1orneX; city clerk elty
one member of the board of education in
each ward, judge Of the court Of topeka;
of the court of Topeka; also submitting
to the LEGALLY qualified voters Of said city
Shall the mayor and council of the
eeity OF Iopeka borrow SO 0O9 ara Issue sis
amount for the purpose of securing and
paying for lands for additional terminal
peka & santa a Re Railway company at
the city Of Topeka, which bonds shall
issuance of the same and bear interest
at the rate of four per cent per annum'
interest payable semi-annually," as pro-
vided in the following ordinance to-wit:
'(F1rst published in the Topeka Daily
ORDINANCE NO. 2213-
An ordinance submitting to the legal
authorizing the mayor and council Of said
city to borrow seventy thousand dollars
purpose Of securing and paying for lands
for additional terminal facilities and
shops for the Atchison- Topeka q Santa
F'e Railway company at the city OF To-
peka.
cilmen of the City of Topeka:
Section 1. The mayor and council of
to borrow seventy thousand dollars and
issue the bonds Of the city for said amount
for the purpose of securing and paying
for lands for additional terminal facilities
and shops for the Atchison. Topeka <
Santa Fe Railway company at the city OF
Topeka, said company having railroad
constructed into and through SAID CITY
Said bonds shall be issued In denomina-
tons of not less than five hundred dollars
nor more than one thousand dollars, and
shall run for period of thirty years ana
per annum. payable semi-annually at the
fiscal agency of the state OF Kansas IN
the city of New York Said bonds shall
not be sold for less than their face value
and no commission or other compensation
shall be allowed for their sale, nor shall
said bonds be issued Mess authorized oy
proposition contained in this ordinance
Sec 2 At the time of the issuance OF
the proclamation of the mayor for the
general election r6oeka be on neio April
2, 1901, the mayor shall include
in said proclamation the proposition ems
braced In this ordinance which procla-
nation shall be issued at least ten days
before the day of said general election
and said proclamation shall be published
one or more times in the official city paper
of the city of Topeka, the hrst puollca,,
ton being at least ten days before SAID
Sec g. At the general city election to be
held IN the city Of Topeka on April 2 1y9l
shall determine by a majority Of the votes
cast upon such proposition Whether the
mayor and council of said city shall Dor
row seventy thousand dollars ana issue
the bonds of said city therefor as pro-
z-fded BY section ] of this ordinance, ans
for that purpose there shall be printed
the names of the candidates for the VaIl-
Gus offices to be elected at said eiectlOn
the following, t0-wlt:
Shall the mayor and council of the city
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MR. cARNEGIE,s 9IFTs.

The question has been raised con-
corning the future stability Of Mr..
Carnegie's donations, and whether they
are. in fact, cash equivalents. OF are in
securities that are liable to deteriora-
ton.
Back Of this query is another. which
asks whether Mr.. Carnegie's gifts are
not intended to strengthen the highly
watered steel corporation. and give it a
false position OF popularity in the minds
Of the people
The argument is that the cities which
receive these good things VIII be
sharers of the prosperity Of the steel
corporation, and therefore the people in
those cities will be opposed to any leg
1slation which might limit its power to
maintain the high prices of iron and
steel needed TO earn dividends on its
enormous share capital
It IS claimed for Mr.. Carnegie. that
Of the nearly $4,000. 600 which he has
given away, only about $1,000 900 has
been in the form OF securities. The
buildings for Libraries cost cash. and
Mr.. Carnegie furnishes the cash. and
they are in no way dependent on the ex-
pected profits. large or small, Of the
steel corporation
The experience Of Johns Hopkins uni
versity Of Baltimore and other institu-
tions. whose millions invested In secu-
rifles SO shrank that the shrinkage has
embarrassed their work and crippled,
for a time. their usefulness, reminds
persons to ask about the Carnegie insti-
tute and its branches at Pittsburg and
the technical school and its endowment
at Pittsburg. and this has led the Dis
patch of that city to say.
II the Carnegie institute exchanges
its million of Carnegie company bonds
for the bonds Of the bigger corporation.
It. with Mr. Carnegie. viii hold first
mortgage on the majority OF the steel
manufacturing property Of the country.
1t need not care whether the United
States Steel corporation earns the $50
OoO00o or more necessary to yield divi-
dendsi on its preferred or common stock
Al that interests it fs whether IL earns
the $15.000.0 600 necessary TO pay the inter
est on the bonds. The SIS. 100000 can be
earned without an excessive margin in
the prices Of iron and steel; the $50, Co.,
600 OF $4,000 900 cannot"
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RELICS FROM EGYPT.
Boston Society Receives Rare Speci
mems For Preservation.

oO8bOA 0OCASlV L1GCGAVCS LNk1IC - PCG4
mems For Preservation.
Boston. March 29.-Rev. Or. Vim. c.
Winslow, vice president Of the Egyptian
exploration fund, stated that in addi-
ton to the papyri from Oaxyrhychus
presented to several universities is a al
liable lot of 43 papyri from several sites
in the Fayum. which have been received
for distribution.
A papyrus for Yale Of the twenty
second book Of the Had Of the first CEN
fury preserves the notable combat be-
tween Achilles and Hector Harvard
gets two pieces of the Odyssey Of the
first century. The University of Penn
sylvania- has a fragment Of the Odyssey
of the first century.
Among seven papyri for Columbia is
a tax collectors return, showing items
and how the collectors made returns in
A. D. 1856 In the papyrus for Hamilton
college is the receipt for a voter named
Philoxenus-
One of the two papyri for vassar col
lege is the official notice of the birth of
a son from IschyiaS and his wife Thai
sarion, A. ID. $50
OF six papyri for Princeton one is a e
turn Of house property. A. D. 131, from
SambOuS to Dius and HerodeS, keepers
OF the registry of property.
The rise of the Nile was the great
annual event. and upon it taxes were
calculated. Hence one of the six papyri
sent TO Johns Hopkins treating of the
unwatered land titled by PtollarOus, A
D. 163, is peculiarly interesting She de-
clares that her field at Euhemeria did
not get the water Her plea, in a word,
is no crops, no taxes
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FOUND IVORY LIONS.
Important Discoveries Made by PROT
Petrie in Egypt

c. Winslow. vice president of the Egypt
exploration fund. has just received Off
cial word that Prof. Petrie has I'M
earthed at Abydos the records of kings
before Mena, the founder of the first
dynasty. nearly 1880 years before
Christ.
I'VE have found" writes Prof. Petrie.
s'the names Of Marina Ka and 2. king
named by a fish sign, perhaps also of
two kings. Deb and Sam of Mena, and
those earliest kings There are about 80
inscriptions and a heavy strip of gold
tomb Of Khazkhoumi were found stone
vases, each with a gold cap tied on with
gold wire. Also two broad bangles of
gold and a dinner service of a dozen
pans and dishes with $50 models of tools
in sheet copper. The frequent use Of
ivory then Is witnessed by the discovery
of 40 inscribed worries and stones and
two lions cut in ivory
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LEAVING PORTO RICO.
sland Is Being Depop ulated Of It's
Best Laborers

San Juan. P. r., March 29.-The
agents Of the company engaged in con-
structing the railroad from Guayaquil
to Quito. Ecuador. are in Porto Rico re-
cruiting for laborers. This, in connec-
ton with the departure yesterday of
899 emigrants for Hawaii and 400 more
for Cuba to work in the iron mines, is
draining Porto Rico Of its best laborers.
The entire press of the island is object
ing to this emigration. Planters cannot
cultivate their lands owing to the lack
Of money, and consequently there is no
work to be had here. The authorities
are taking no steps to prevent this emf
grafton.
There are 63 cases of smallpox at
Ponce A slight increase of the disease
in the rest Of the island Is reported
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PAPER FOR 219 YEARS.
James n Moore and Brother Break
Subscription Record.

Binghamton, N. Y, March 2s.-"Please
send US your paper from the present
time until Dec 81 of the year 212o, draw
on US at once for total bill and forward
receipt" Such was the purport of a let
ter recently written to the publisher of
the Greene American, local newspaper,
by James H Moore and his brother
William H. Moore, the noted trustmak-
ers. Some time ago the Moores decided
that they could do much good by intro
ducing a novel philanthropy. and the
record breaking newspaper subscription
is the result. Today they received a re-
ceipt, the price for 219 years being near
ly 81 400
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SOCIETY MEN USE FISTS.
Request For Loan Ends in a sensa-
ton in Louisville.

Louisville, KY, March 29--With their
bare fists in straight Marquis Of Queens
berry style Dr. Leslie Myer and Lowell
Clark. both prominent young men in
Louisville society, settled a point of
honor early this morning. Myer won in
the second round with right on the
jaw The trouble started in Memphis,
Tenn, several weeks ago. Dr. Myer,
who is an ex-volunteer soldier, was then
visiting a last years debutante. His
funds ran low. and meeting Clark asked
for a loan. Clark told the young wo-
man. The physicians money came from
Louisville that day He and Clark met
yesterday and the fight was arranged.
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Passed the council March 4, 1901.
Approved March 6. 1901.
Rheumatism Cured in "a Hours.

T. J. Blackmore Of Haller & Blackmore
Pittsburg, Pa. says; "A short time since
me out of the house in "A hours i took
to my bed with rheumatism nine months
cine that did me any good I had five Of
The best physicians in the city. but i re-
cefved very little relief from them. 7 know
the Mystic Cure to be what it is repre-
sented and take pleasure in recommending
II 70 other poor sufferers" Sold by Swift
4 Holiday, 623 Kansas avenue. druggists,
Topeka
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- i. that settles 'it; her gTiaf : SIN

sees it. that settles it; her grief j. sin
The most pitiful thing in the world
is an old person dragging about, waiting
to die. And we are all coming to It.
After an only daughter marries and
moves to another town, her mother
and go and live near her
NO woman can take credit for being
polite and accommodating II she has
had popular book six months, and 1t
still has the back on
It is about time some new curative
process was discovered. every thing
now used in Atchison has become as
old fashioned as big sleeves
Probably the most desolate time in
the life of a father and mother is when
they realize that their home is becom-
ing too large for the family
As a matter of brain diet. no one
month of the kind so interesting that
ms ms it. IT. ~ - = WINS
When a school girl begins to do her
hair up on her head. it is one sign that
she is now old enough to go with the
boys without causing the neighbors to
scream
Handsome dress goods are marked on
counters to make it seem possible that
a woman can get a dress for dollar,
but no one but very inexperienced man
is fooled.
An Atchison man, who, IN the mar
rage service, promised to endow a little
woman five feet tall with all his world
W goods, has discovered that he endow-
ed her mother. father. and grandmother.
all of whom live with him
After woman has been employed two
years in a country school. it becomes
necessary to engage a. man teacher to
subdue the bad boys. He teaches a year,
and a woman two years, when his ser
vices are necessary again.
A woman who formerly lived content
edly in a little town in the west longs
to go to Boston, now that she has re-
allied on her man. If you invest in life
insurance. invest early. so that you may
get something out of il. Don't stint
yourself through life to give your wife'S
second husband a start
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PAYING Turned Down i.

The council committee on streets and
walks failed to act on the application for
paving Eighth and Ninth streets between
Quincy and Monroe Some of the people
in the blocks want wider paving than was
asked for IN the petition and it Is on
this account that the petitions were not
acted upOu.
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SATURDAY ONLY.
s.1s NEW CRAWFORD THEATER e.Is


Clyde FItch's great play Of the period OF
the American Revolution, NATHAN
HALE. by Clyde Fitch. with Howard
Kyle and an excellent company. and all
the original scenery, costumes. properties.
etc, as seen during the long and memoir
able engagement at the Knickerboclzar
theater, New York A sumptuous produc~
ton. Prices S1.OO. rs. so and Is cents.
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ed SIS for them. As he placed the limbs
BY his side in the buggy the woman
Il am expecting some money IN a week
my legs"
The woman's natural legs were cut Off
In q railroad wreck at Greenwood. Neb.
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Indianapolis News: It is about the
first time that the Republicans have
come out boldly and announced that the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of illiterates is
scheme TO beat them at the polls. The
party has always professed to be the
party Of intelligence and moral ideas.
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Defeated candidates and their friends
after next Tuesday viii still have the
consolation that they live IN the state
which claims General Funston.