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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12
HAS NO PRESIDENT.
Washburn College May Open in Fall
Without One.

Washburn college will probably open
this fail without the selection of a pres
ident being made. Several names have
been suggested as being candidates for
the position but as yet no name has had
official notice taken of it by the mem
bers OF the board of trustees of the col
lege
At a recent meeting OF the beard a
COMMITTEES was chosen to Investigate
the recommendations of the various
candidates for the place and to look
further for material to fill the office.
L. H. Greenwood was made chairman
of the committee and DR.. D. M. Fisk
pastor of the First Congregational
church and Harvey .. Rice are asso-
ciated on the committee with Mr.. Green
wood.
I'VE are going into this matter very
deliberately" said Mr.. Greenwood to-
day. There have been a. number of
names suggested of whom very little is
known here of the applicants and like
wise there have been some names sug-
gested who are well and favorably
known here.
The selection may not be made until
after school opens this fall he contin-
ued. Professor J.. d. McEchron is now
acting president. He is we'll acquainted
with the needs of the school. The fac
ulty remains practically the same as
last year and the school may be carried
forward for time without the position
being filed, without detriment to the
school work"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12

an fee famine but greater than all
was the beer famine
Western Kansas seems to have
wheat and threshing machines TO burn
this season. rather than corn
For some reason there appears to
be a lull in the EmpOria suicide mania
Can 1t be due to the papers2
Since the supreme court decided the
biennial election law O. k.s even E1n-
pcria's town clock has ceased to run
A small colony from the Great
Smoky mountains Of Tennessee has 10
Gated on the village green at Kiowa-
over in LeavenWorth where there -
a congestion of street cars, the motto
Of the company appears TO be the
public be Jam med
Says a bright Topeka old soak: 1.-THE
supreme court has declared the irri-
cation law valid but alaal 1t applies 20
water only"
Topeka horses are getting so pro-
flcient with the hats they wear that
they almost tip them to the ladies as
they pass.
Girls We're compelled to work in the
wheat fields OF Barton county. This
scarcity of harvest hands must go
against the grain.
The same day that a Chicago paper
pathetically said Cant that torrid
heat be Guaranteed and kept in kan
Eas2" the thermometer pointed at the
1o2 mark in the Windy City
A farmer driving into Caldwell had
a wheel knocked from his buggy by a
runaway team. Going home in nearly
the same spot another wheel was
yanked of by a frenzied runaway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12
wATERwORKs REPORT.
Attorneys at Variance About Method
Of Procedure.

This afternoon the three attorneys
having in charge the WaterWorks case
for the city will hold their final con-
sultation for the preparation OF a re-
port to be presented to the city coun-
al at the meeting tonight The three
attorneys are City Attorney Charles =.
Spencer, q. G. Clemens and J. d. NC
Farland- -
There is considerable difference OF
opinion among the members OF the
committee as to the correct way 20
proceed against the water company,
Mr.. Clemens holds that action should
be commenced with the assumption
that tie act of 1883 is valid Mr.
Spencer thinks that the repeal of this
act in 1891 rendered it imperative
This is the chief point of difference.
At the meeting of the committee this
afternoon it is the intention of the va
rious members to get together" and
agree upon a course of action
City Attorney Spencer said today:
IT think the CON mittee viii agree upon
a report all right. Our report will be
made before the council. We are not
preparing it for anyone else, and can
not talk about it for publication"
Mr.. Clemens said: I'VE are getting
along very well with our work There
are still two stubborn jurors. but I be-
lieve we will be able to get together.
We are all trying to decide on the best
thing to do, and we will not take any
false steps if we can help it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12
aLoRF sIaHTs

LF'rom the Atchison Globe.l
The people demand a man who dares
do things, and after he done them they
help hang him.
A man thinks he has a right to be
h0mely, but will not admit such right
In a woman.
Since the recent advance in the price
OF lemons, people are not SO cordial IN
offering lemonade.
There comes my special said a
brakeman today, as he looked up and
saw his wife approaching.
When a man goes to a. strange town
to marry a rich, pretty girl, he may
expect to be severely criticised
When a caller sees a book she would
like to borrow, she hovers around it
until she is given a chance to pack 1t
Of
When a cross baby cries to 90 to its
mother. its father is perfectly willing
for once that it should have just what
it wants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12
LOCAL MENTION.

I. E. Lambert is in Emporfa.
W. N. Beezley of Kinsley is here to-
4. B. Quinton is fishing at Lake
View.
L F. Randolph of the Nortonville
News is here today.
Representative w. G. Millar. OF Medi-
cine Lodge. was in the city today.
At p. m. the mercury in the gov
eminent thermometer stood at 102.
George Sharitt, clerk of the q. s. cir
cult court has returned from st. Joseph.
RaymOn E. Thomas will go to Mer-
ril Springs this evening to remain a
week.
Officer Henry Aye was called to
shoot a lame horse on East Tenth ave-
nue. Thursday evening
T. B. Gerow, state free employment
agent, went to Atchison today to visit
his family. He will return next week.
Norris Ball of Carlyle has been made
an attendant at the insane asylum here
and has entered upon his duties here
this week.
E. J. Smiley, secretary of the Kansas
Grain Dealers association is looking
after business affairs in the southeast
ern part of the state.
Sam Radges has just received a new
check book of his own designing. The
upper left hand corner contains the
typical Kansas sunfioWer in colors.
L F. Foster. bookkeeper at the post
office, has occupied his new quarters in
the rear of the money order and post
age stamp department in the northwest
wing of the postoffice building.
J. H. Crosby, representative from
Cheyenne county, dropped in today for
a brief visit. Mr.. Crosby is greatly in
terested in Trego gold. He is looking
for the man that has an extracting
process that costs only 81 a ton. Cros-
by wants to take him out to Colorado
to work on ore that is known to have
SO to IS ton in it.
Mrs. Thorpe, police rnatron, has been
bothered lately by questions relating
to q request for aid alleged to have
been circulated by her. She states that
nothing of the kind has her endorse
menS and that it is a fraud II connect
ed with her name The only thing of
this kind which has been in circulation
for a long time is one issued by author
ity Of Mayor Hughes, and was re-
called several days ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12
FIRES AT SALIVA.
Elevator Burns Today-Many Ma
chimes Destroyed

Kansas City. Mo-. July IA special
from Salina. to the Star says another ele-
vator belonging to the Salina MIL and
Elevator company burned this morning
It contained 1900 bushels Of wheat. but
the wheat was not a total loss as it was
partly covered by Insurance Loss Will
aggregate about SIS GOO. The drouth 10 not
SO severe here as in eastern Kansas. but
early corn is practically ruined. Nearly
all corn is late, however, and there is still
a chance for a fair crop If rain comes be-
fore the corn tassels
The fruit is suffering, but is not de-
stroyed. Fires in the wheat fields have
become a regular occurrence. They have
been accompanied by great loss OF ma
chinery, particularly threshing machines
No less than ten have been burned in the
county along the Union Pacific in the last
four DAYS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12

General Gomez in a recent interview
expressed the opinion that the annex
alton OF Cuba to the United States was
n clear case OF manifest destiny
Probably few thinking people in Cuba
or the United States have looked for
anything else since the outbreak Of the
war with Spain 1t has not been clear
just how annexation was to be brought
about, but that it would come has
hardly been seriously doubted by those
who have watched the trend Of events
The method to be employed is uncer-
tain. 1t is plain that there must be
nothing savoring Of force, neither
must there be anything unfair or un-
derhanded. Time is needed. and both
countries are getting plenty OF it. In
the meantime manifest destiny is
nIlsr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12

KANSAS ALFALFA.
State Board Of Agriculture Shows
That Acreage Is Increased

That Acreage Is Increased.
Since its earliest introduction into
Kansas agriculture alfalfa has been
held in high esteem by those who knew
it best. Its growers have always
claim the first rank among forage
plants for their favorite, and it now
bids fair to more than fulfill their
Alfalfa has steadily hourished
where other crops have failed even en-
tirely, and has yielded its two, three
and four crops annually when others
produced orlv a small or medium mar
vest. The story of its progress has
been recorded and heralded from year
to year by the secretary of the state
board of agriculture, who has compiled
the returns for 1901 from more than 80
counties already reported by their
township assessors and county clerks
The figures show an average increase
of more than per cent over the acre
age of one year ago, for all of the 50
counties already heard from. Among
those counties leading in alfalfa acre
age and showing greatest per cent of
gain for the year are Jewell, q, 1874
acres, gain "a per cent; Butler, 1860
acres, gain Il per cent; Norton. il. 401
acres, gain % per cent; Finney, 1885
acres, gain 9 per cent; Chase, 10, 390
acres, gain 8 per cent; Republic, 10. 1888
acres, gain 27 per cent; Mitchell, $3.50
acres, gain IA per cent; Waubaunsee,
1913 acres, gain % per cent; Osborne,
1911 acres, gain % per cent and Green
wood s.26S acres with a gain of per
cent.
The counties above named consti-
tuting those growing alfalfa most
largely, it would appear from the in
creased per cent. this year devoted to
that purpose, the people are ready and
anxious to secure more abundant
supply of this famous feed, by sowing
an increased acreage and thereby
reaping greater product.
Other portions OF the state where the
acreage is considerably smaller are
evincing remarkable interest in alfalfa
growing, as is demonstrated BY the
large increase over one year ago Some
notable examples with figures of in
creased acreage are: Hodgeman coun-
ty, 243 per cent; Harper, 30 per cent;
Neosho, "a per cent; Miami, so per
cent; Barber. 81 per cent; Clark. so
per cent; Marshall A per cent; De-
catur, AZ per cent; Meade, A per cent:
Ellsworth, 40 per cent; Smith SO per
cent; Graham, 30 per cent. Sumner,
81 per cent; and Osborne, % per cent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12
The bush OVER.
Now 1t Il q Struggle to Get
Away.

Kansas City, No, July PA special
to the Star from FL Reno. O. T.. says.
There was a surprising slump In reg
istration today At the noon hour three
booths were without applicants for
registration and the clerks were rest
ing. The crowds in the streets this
morning We're swelled evidently by per-
sons who register yesterday and are
waiting for outgoing trains. All trains
are crowded Passengers are hanging
to the platform ratings and some OF
them are riding On top Of the coaches.
Use v4ctorex Baking Powder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12
CENT A POUND.
Hay at Kansas City Nearly as
High as Wheat.

Kansas city. Mo, July IA few
loads OF hay sold this morning at $40 a
ton. cent, a pound. the highest price
ever reached in this market. Hay is
worth almost as much, pound for pound,
as wheat The receipts were very
small. Most Of the hay which came in
was sold some time ago before the
drouth became SO serious. Hay is so
high here that it can be shipped in from
Minnesota and Ohio, or from most any
place in the country where there is a
crop. The price therefore is not likely
to stay so high.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12

Identifies Ellis Glenn.

Parkersburg. w. Va, July I'm the
trial OF Ellis Glenn today. William
Richardson positively identified the
prisoner as Bert Glenn, who sold him
a. deed of trust in 1896. The prisoner
was affected by this testimony and
showed signs of worry for the first
time. Richardson Is a wealthy lumber
man of Parkersburg and was the one
who had Glenn arrested in Illinois and
brOuEht to this city over q. year ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12

Chicago street railways are giving
a fresh exhibition instructive to the
public concerning the value Of fran-
chises- In this case the trolleys are
asking for a twenty-year extension.
The Chicago City railway offers to do
paving to the value Of SO. COG, 000 as
consideration for occupying the streets
for twenty years more The South Side
traction declares it would be only too
willing to pave all of the streets it oc-
cupies, from curb to curb. with the
very best Of pavements during twenty
years If permitted to hold Its fran
chises that much longer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12
GIVING OUT.
The Struggle Discourages Many a
Citizen of Topeka.

&1t1ZSn OF OpGkas
Around all day with an aching back.
Can't rest at night
Enough to make any one give out"
Doan's Kidney Pills will give renewed
life.
They will cure the backache;
Cure every kidney Ill.
Here Is Topeka proof that this IS so:
Mr. V. c. Hay, No. 81 Locust street,
says: in August, 1898. I was taken sick
and was unable to work all winter My
sickness left me with kidney trouble
and the pain in my back was som e
thing awful could not sit or recline
without the aching becoming unbear-
able The secretions from the kidneys
We're disco1ored and offensive. I was
in bed when I learned of Doan's Kid
ney Pills, and / sent to Rowley &
Shows drug store. corner Sixth street
and Kansas avenue and got box
The third dose gave me relief and in a
short time 1 was able to get up. The
treatment rid me OF the pain, the kid
ney secretions were corrected, and my
general health greatly improved
For sale by all dealers. Foster-Mii-
burn Co. Buffalo, N z, sole agents for
the United States.
Remember the name-Doan' sand
take no substitute
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12
REFLECTIONS OF = BACHELOR

We learn by our own experience; we
profit BIZ that of others
A man isn't a man till he begins to get
old: q Woman's years have nothing on
earth to do with it,
No man is worth ? cents II ne isn't a
little bit jealous about somebody, and
some men aren't worth one If they are
Every man that proposes to a girl has
to tell her he is IN love with her; but
every man that tells a girl he is in love
with her doesn't have to propose to her.
When a girl gets a mans FIRST love let
ter to her she steams open the fold Of
the envelope to see if he had romance
enough in him to write it on parer sold by
a fashionable statiOner; If he 4idn't she
calls it a poor love letter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12
GRANITE TO EUROPE.
First Cargo of American Pro-
duct Ever Sent Across.

Rocxland. Ne. July Ian innova-
ton in the granite industry of Maine.
the Importance of which can hardly be
estimated and which marks an era in
the granite trade all over the country.
viii be introduced here shortly A
cargo of granite will be shipped in Au-
gust from the quarries of Crotch and.
Moose islands, Stonington and Hurri-
cane islands to Liverpool This will be
the first cargo OF American granite
ever shipped to any European port.
and win be laid down in Liverpool at
81 a ton or SIPS a ton less than Scotch
granite can be supplied.
England has become alarmed over the
scarcity of building stone, the Scotland
quarries being almost denuded and
able only to supply small dimensions
quarried at a great depth English
builders have lately been Importing
stone from Sweden and Russia at con-
siderable cost. The first cargo viii con
sist Of nearly three thousand tons AMI
viii be loaded direct at tidewater.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12
HOTTEST KNOWN.
Heat Intense Today at Atchison
Kansas City and Elsewhere.

Kansas City. No. July 12.-This is the
hottest. day ever experienced in the
southwest. At o'clock 1t was 1o8 at
Kansas City and stin rising. At 2
o'clock It was 1O4.5 at Lawrence. Kan
los at Atchison, Kan. and 1Os at Joplin,
Mo.
At Springfield. Mo, where 1os, the
highest IN the history of the signal
service station there. was recorded.
There were four Drostrations on the
streets
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12
conAarration az london Docks.

London, July IA fire at the West
India docks today destroyed a number
of large sheds and their contents. The
amount or the damage done is estima-
ted at from 1O0, 900 to $50, 900 pounds. Su-
gar and timber warehouses were in
volved in the conhagration. The GUS
tom house was damaged, but the YES
sells in the docks were removed in safe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12
The MINNESOTA Is Out Out

washington. July 12-The secretary of
the navy TO-DAY ordered the famous old
Minnesota to be stricken from the naval
register hoard of condemnation has
lust appraised her at $1,000 and she will
be sold at public auction at Boston. where
she now lies The Minnesota is one of the
most noted vessels of the old navy. She
was built in Washington in 1855 and was
the farshfD OF Admiral Csoldsboro in the
Famous Ia tile between the N1errirnac and
the union sect at Hampton Roads the day
before the Monitor arrived
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12

Heirs to the estate OF a deceased
New Jersey millionaire have estab-
lished q new record by organizing a
stock company. taking out a charter,
and electing officers to carry on the
business and keep the property intact
This may prove to be a better plan
than dividing it among themselves or
with the lawyers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12

Whenever there is any talk Of re-
ducing prices of any public service like
the supplying of gas, water or ice, It
always develops that those engaged IN
the business are not making any
money. Perhaps this is the reason that
this class OF corporations so often in
crease their capital stock It is their
only way to make a show OF growing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12
Oil at Granite.

Guthrie. Okla, July 2.-The people
of Granite are wild with excitement
over the discovery Of oil near that
town. The oil was found at a depth Of
107 feet and spouted to the surface in
great quantities. A company that
sank the well viii go deeper in the
hope Of developing a gusher.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12
FIGHT ICE TRUST.
Commissioner Rain Begins the
War at His End of Line.

County Commissioner Silas Rain today
introduced a resolution before the board
Of commissioners instructing the county
attorney o comm ~1ce legal proceedings
at once against the ice trust
The commissioners will take up the con-
sideration of the resolution at their meet
ing tomorrow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12
ROCK ISLAND OIL.

A Find rs Reported at Granite, Ok
lahoma-
Advices received here at the Rock Is
land general offices announce that oil
has been found at Granite, Ok, q station
on the Anadarko line. recently opened up
by the Rock Island railroad.
Prospectors have been at work Tor sew
eraf weeks boring for oil in this region,
and II Is believed that oil will be found
in equal quantities as is found at Beau
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12
new SOLDTERs BLANKs.
They Were Received Today TO Re-
place Detective Ones

Tt has been found that the old SOL
diers' applications blanks, for land in
the ChoctaW country, are detective
A number Of these blanks have been
given out in Topeka by s. c. Garrard.
and old soldiers have made application
upon them. Today Mr.. Gerard receiv-
ed new supply Of blanks which con-
form with the government require
ments and they can be had of J. R. Nc
Nary at 522 Kansas avenue. Those who
used the old ones that were defective
Will have to secure new ones and make
a new application.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12
Homeseekers Excursion via the Santa
Ea Ror4%a

On July 16 win sell tickets to
points in Arizona. Arkansas, Califor-
MIA, Indian Territory, Louisiana, New
Mexico, Oklahoma. Texas and to Rocky
Ford, Colo, and points east thereof in
Colorado at rate Of one fare plus two
dollars for the round trip. Final limit
OF twenty-one days. Liberal stop-overs
going See agents for particulars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12
GOVERNOR PAYS 1T.
State Executive Liquidates His Dog
Tax Today.

Gov Stanley paid his dog tax today.
His canine, q fox terrier named Ginger,
win wear number 1881. The tax was col
lected by John Jones. The governor ex~
pressed his pleasure at an opportunity to
buy tag for his dog, and said that he
fully approved of the work which the dog
spoilers are doing
Marion Sheldon, one Of the dog tax col
lectors who has been working in the
Fourth ward recently. will likely be re-
lieved from duty at tie end Of this week.
He has about finished the territory as
who will be on duty after this week are
John Jones and NJ. E. Younkfn. who are
at work cleaning UP several wards in
which some careless work has been done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12
JAYHAWKER Jors

Did the Garden City boy who called
n girl a peach" mean that she had a
heart of stone2
The railroads OF Kansas are enjoying
p car famine. but as yet they have set
MP no calamity howl
Arkansas City had . water famine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12

The AIorgans and Rockefellers can
do a world of good when they are so
disposed The Russell Sages tried to
start a panic IN Wall street the other
day. and had already succeeded in
pushing interest rates up to per cent.
when the Morgans and the Rockefel-
lers stepped into the game and put an
end to it by loaning $50. 900 at per
cent to those who were being
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
az TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State journal
azvay during the summer may haze
the PAPER mailed regularly each day
10 any address at the rate of thirty
cents q month. ADDRESS changed as
often as desired. TF7Hfze ont Of fOzCs
The State journal afz be to yOss like a
daily letter from home
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12
DIES IN FIELD.
A Harvester succumbs From Heart
Disease.

Hays City, Kan. July pa harves-
ter. J. B. Cochrane of Norton county.
Kansas, formerly of Missouri. died sud
denly in the harvest field here today
from heart disease. He leaves a wife
and eleven children in Missouri
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His Voice Gone.

Bucyrus. O.. July III. E. Phinney.
prohibition candidate for governor of
Ohio, was stricken with paralysis here
today. He is at a local hotel His voice
IS gone and his left side completely
para1yzed. His trouble is attributed to
overwork incident to the campaign
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12
CORN AND WHEAT UP.

Kansas City. Mo, uJly 1.-THE grain
markets were astir here this morning
on account of the continued drouth-
There was a tremendous pressure
Corn went up two cents a bushel and
wheat advanced four cents.