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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-18
KING ALFRED'S MEMORY.
American Authors Will Commend
rate With q BANQUET

New York, Oct. 1S-King Alfreds
memory is to be honored by the Society
of American Authors in New York. Re-
plies to a circular sent out suggesting
the commemoration of the one thou
sandth anniversary of the close of the
career of Englands great ruler have
been so enthusiastic in favor of the pro-
ject that the committee has decided
upon the following programme:
On Sunday evening, October 81, a re-
ligious service is to be held in Old St
Paul's chapel a sermon to be preached
on the life and example of the Saxon
king.
Monday, October 49, banquet will be
given at Delmonico's with fitting cere-
monials and speeches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-18
Minor Department Notes.

Washington, Oct 1s.-Rural free de-
livery carriers have been appointed as
follows: Oklahoma City, o. T., Albert
S. Miller and o. G. Wright. Kansas
M. d. Chilson. at Marion; w. c. Combs,
at Frankfort; Julien Davis. at Onaga;
A. A Nash. at Waterville: Joshua
QueenSberry, at Tonganoxie.
Rural free delivery service will be
established on December as follows:
Kansas-Esbon, Jewell county. one car
rier; length of route, twenty-four and
three-fourth miles; population served,
500; carrier. F. F. Craig. Postoffice at
Dentoma to be supplied by rural car
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-18
SHOWS SUCCESSOR.
Joseph Smith Made Head of the
Mormon Church.

Salt Lake, Utah, Oct. 1S.-At the reg
ular weekly meeting of the council of
Apostles held in the Temple, Joseph F,
Smith was chosen and set apart as pres
ident of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints, in succession to the
late Lorenzo Snow, with John r. Win
der and Anthony Lund as his first and
second councillors, respectively.
President Smith was also named as
the trustee-in-truSt for the church He
was likewise chosen as president of the
Salt Lake temple with John R Winder
as his first assistant.
Apostle Brigham Young was sustained
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-18
HE DODGED TAXES.
Wealthy Indiana Farmer Heavily
Fined For False Returns

Charlottesville, Ind, Oct 1S.-William
Cox. a wealthy farmer, has been fined
81 900 and costs in the circuit court for
lodging taxes. 1t was shown that for
seventeen years he has made false re-
turns and escaped taxation over
500 OOO AS a result of the criminal
prosecution the assessor has placed $780,
600 on the tax duplicate against him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-18
Civil Service Rural Delivery.

Indianapolis, Ind. Oct 1S.-Indiana
Republicans who have been in Wash
ington recently bring back the inforn1a-
ton that President Roosevelt will put
the rural mail delivery under civil SER
vice rules about the first of next year.
To some of the Indianans he made the
positive declaration that it must be IN
der such regulations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-18
Future of German Tariff.

New York, Oct. 18.-The Berlin cor
respondent of the Times in commenting
on the German tariff scheme, says the
government is now committed to it, yet
its future attitude must largely depend
on it's private information in regard to
the intentions of foreign governments.
The really important feature of the sit
uation remarks the correspondent, is
carefully concealed by nearly the whole
of the German press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-18
From Reconcentrado Camps.

London, Oct 1S.-Returns from the
refugee cam ps in South Africa for Sep
tember show a total white population
of 109,418. deaths among the whites p
All, of which 1854 were children. The
coIored population is shown to be 38, 549,
among whom were 301 deaths during
the month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-18
Duke of Norfolk to Marry.

London, Oct 18.-The Candid Friend
today announces that the Duke of Nor
folk is going to marry Lady Alice Fitz-
william who recently became a Catholic
Lady Alice Mary Fitzwilliam is a daugh-
ter of Earl Fitzwilliam- She was born
in 1S49 The Duke of Norfolk was born
in 1S47. He has one son living, the Earl
of Arundel and Surrey, who was born in
1879
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-18

and set apart as the president of the
quorum of twelve apostles.
1t was also decided to hold special
conference of the church which has
been called for the second Sunday in
November. which will be the 10th, for
the purpose of ratifying this action of
the church authorities as far as that is
necessary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-18
BEHEADED BY TURKS.
Fierce Macedonian Brigand Pillaging
Is Stopped.

New York Oct. 1S.-The Balkan states
CORRESPONDENT of the Times reports a state
of chronic anarchy in Macedonia owing
to the lawlessness of the Albians, whose
attitude toward the Christian popula ton
is worse than that of the Kurds towards
the ArmenianS.
The Macedonian brigand Malin, the
leader of the aSSaSSinS of StambOuloff, at
ter some years of prosperity during
which he has been unmOlested and even
regarded as a hero, has been caught COM
handing a murderons band and been be-
headed by the Turks, who have displayed
his head in several Macedonian villages.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-18
LIPTON'S BACON TRADE.
Will Transfer Chicago Interests to a
British Concern.

New York Oct 1s.-It is stated that Sir
Thomas Lipton's real object in visiting
Chicago is to arrange for the transfer of
a portion of his bacon trade in that city
to a British company, says the London
CORRESPONDENT Sir Thomas is understood
to be in constant communication with his
London solicitors, Day & Russell, and ne
crossed that British capitalists will be
asked to subscribe to the venture early
next month. The purchase price is put
at s.. 000, Co., The report at present lacks
confirmation, as Day & Russell keep their
counsel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-18
TO MOB THE REFEREE.
Wisconsin Crowd at Prize Fight OBJ
iected to Decisions.

Kenosha, Wis, Oct. 1S.-During a
bout between Adam Ryan of Chicago
and Joe Percente of Milwaukee last
night the crowd became incensed at the
decision of the referee. With a wild
yell of rage, 500 sports m ade a rush for
the stage and threatened to mob Sig
Hart referee Six burly policemen lined
up in front of the stage and held the
crowd back until the referee could leave
the stage and the building. When the
crowd left the opera house they made
a rush for the hotel where Hart was
stopping. Two hours later the police
managed to dispense the crowd
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-18
Minstead Wins Blue Ribbon.

London, Oct. 1S.-Lord Harewood's
Minstead won the Middle Park Plate,
the blue ribbon of the 2-year-olds, at
Newmarket today. R. Forrest Tod's
Czardas was second and ]. Gubbins
Port Blair, ridden by Glenn Jenkins
came third. Crown Equerry ridden by
Jenkins, won a mile selling stakes. Dis
lance one mile and eleven yards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-18
Made Postmaster at Nome.

Washington, Oct. 1S-The president
has appointed the following postmasters:
Frank w. Swanton at Nome, Alaska;
Vetle A. Vetlesen, Wailuka, Hawaii;
Ella A Wade, Mullan, Idaho; E. A
Humphrey, Okarche, Okla; Lulu NJ.
Brewington Rosebud, Texas; Fred Lesser,
jr., Mayaguese, Porto Rico; Andrew R.
Hill, San Saba, Texas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-18

Denver, Colo, Oct. 1S.-John Wells of
Kent. Ohio, who was visiting his niece,
Mrs. Harriet Hebron, in this city, was
crowned in the Platte river. 1t is
thought that he was taking walk
along the banks of the river and acct
denta1ly fell in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-18
Ask Protection and Compensation

Kingston, Jamaica, Oct. 1S.-The gov
ernor Sir Augustus Hemming, has re-
ceived official dispatches from the Brit
ish agent at Bocas del Toro, for this
government and for the British govern
ment, asking protection for life and
property and also demanding COM
pensation for lives and properties des-
troyed by the Colombian forces.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-18
AS Bresci's Accomplice.

London, Oct. 1S.-A dispatch received
here from Rome says that Salvador
Quintivalli the anarchist, who returned
from the United States with Bresci the
assassin of King Humbert, has been
committed to prison by the court at
Porto Ferrajo, island of Elba, on the
charge of being an accomplice of Bresci-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-18
Rest and Health to mother and child

MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for over FIFTY YEARS
BY MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their
CHILDREN WHILE TEETH1NG. with
CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLAYS
all PAIN, CURES WIND collie and is
the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold
by druggists in every part of the world.
Be sure to ask for Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup and take no other kind. Twen-
ty-five cents a bottle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-18
New Kansas Postmasters.

washington, Oct 18-The following
changes of fourth-class postmasters
were made today for Kansas: Ford,
Ford county, M. P. Walker vice v. A.
ty, A V. Collinger. vice d. Lloyd, re-
signed; Riverdale, Sumner county.
Henry Shapcott, vice Fl. Straw, re-
signed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-18

Too late to cure a cold after con-
sumption has fastened it's deadly griI
on the lungs. Take DIR. Woods Nor
way Pine Syrup while yet there is time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-18
Snow in Rome.

Rome. Oct. 1s.-There was snowfall
Of an inch and a half here last night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-18

c. F. Menninger. NJ. D., office 727 Kan
sas ave. Tel. 10: residence 1851 Topeka
ave. Tel. s. ONCE hours 2 to y. 10.
The age-herald., 1901-10-27
.Secyeta1y Hay Astouuas am EmgllsAman


 Secreary Hay Is the least guarded man in the Cabinet. The ease with which an audience can be had with him frequently astonishes the natives. To visitors ac- customed to the unwieldly machinery Of European officialdom it is simply amaz- ing. An Englishman who wished to speak to the Secretary of State on some mat ter of trivial importance to the depart ment, but of great moment to the Eng lishman, inquired at his hotel in Wash ington how to approach the Presence with duo regard for ceremony and method of procedure He was somewhat aston ished to hear that no letter of introduce ton would be necessary. no appointment need be written for and no uniformed sentry cajoled or intimidated into passing in card.
 "Go right up to the department" said the f1ippant and irreverent clerk. You'll probably find the secretary there. Don't pay any attention to anybody, but walk right in."
 The Englishman repaired to the Depart ment of State. firmly convinced that some joke was being played upon him and de- termined to step warily. Arriving at the door of the State Department, he found no one more formidable on guard than a mild-mannered colored man. who. upon
The age-herald., 1901-10-27
France in Strange PredicamentBeer Tea, Coffee, and Even Milk Are Even Dearer Than Grape Juice S sS

| as worth 16s., but which is selling this year far below that figure.
 French wine men are so impressed by the necessity of convincing people abroad that wine Is not an article of luxury and good wine inexpensive that they have asked their foreign office to take up the matter and endeavor through diplomacy to obtain 8 reduction of foreign duties.
 A deputation representing 9200 wine growers and merchants called up M. Del casse to ask him to seize the occasion of the Czar's visit to obtain his Majesty's intervention in favor of lower tariff for French wines.
 A Firmly-Rooted Legend.
 Foreign markets, however, are not the only ones which have fixed opinion that wine to be good must be fairly expensive. The French bourgeois of the middle class stubbornly clings to the legend of wine at Sd. bottle, regording the 214d., 3d., 4d. i, and Sd. wine with suspicion, leaving 1t for the working classes and the judges of wine who are guided by quality rather than price. The bourgeoise referredd to imagine cheap wine is necessarily arti- ficial-"manufactured they call it--never stopping to think that in the present cir cumstances the ingredients which would be used in the fabrication Of wine would cost more than the pure article.
 In the Midi, where the crisis is most felt. the panic caused by the overpro- duction and low prices is at an acute stage. The wine growers, who are re- serve soldiers or officers, have refused to do their military service and have gone in for a regular strike, declaring they will not serve their thirtee1 or twenty-eight days until the situation is brighter. The bolder and rebellious wine growers have refused to pay the revenue tax upon their wares, while the city council at Pezanas, town in the wine center, bodily resigned. the members de- claring themselves unable to attend to municipal matters under such circum- stances.
 Moreover Dr. Paul Vigne, Deputy of Lodeve, a great wine district, resigned his seat in the chamber in despair of being able to aid his fellow citizens by helpful measures in Parliament. pr. Vigne, however, was persuaded to re- consider his decision and not to add to the woes of his electors by refusing to represent them.
 Wine at present is the cheapest drink in France; beer, tea, coffee, and even milk are luxuries in the way of beverages in comparison. The French workman now buys a glass of wine for Id. in any wine shop A glass of beer would cost him 3d., milk the same. while tea or coffee are rarely found at even that price,
The age-herald., 1901-10-27
oceanlc,s ereat Earninas.

N. Y. Telegram to Chicago Inter Ocean.
 A London cablegram says that the last trip of the White Star steamship Oceanic. the longest ship that ever rode the seas from Liverpool to New York. broke all records at profit-making, sug- gests the interesting and complicated question of the expenses and financiering of the big ship on her sOo7-knot journey
 The cost of running the vessel accord ing to the London Daily News was $35.- 900, while from passengers alone was re- ceived $125,63O. The subtraction shows a remainder of profit of 80, ,630.
 This does not include the receipts for bringing to New York 2000 tons of wool ems, dry goods cutlery, goat skins, olive oil and grapes raisins and almonds from Spain, at the rate of s2.50 ton, or a total of $5000, or other revenues. Only 2OO0 tons of the Oceanics 60O0 tons of car go space was utilized.
 The subsidy from the French govern ment for the right to enroll the Oceanic as an auxiliary cruiser Is private. It Is divided into twelve parts, and even Agent The Oceanic brought 1200 bags of mail, but she receives from the King the same amount, bring she much or little mail
 In view of the profit on passengers alone no wonder Bruce Ismay of Ismay, Imole 6 Co.,, said on his last trip to New, York: { "J. Pierpont Morgan hasn't money enough to buy the White Star Line.'
 Yet the dividends paid by the close cor poration. considering the enormous ex- penses of all the ships, are probably less than F per cent
The age-herald., 1901-10-27

being asked if MT. Hay was in, point ed to the door with the end of pen upon which he had apparently been lunching, and said curtly, He's there; walk in"
 Still suspicious, the Englishman turned the handle of the door and almost col- lided with the substantial figure of Lord Pauneeforte, the British Ambassador, who was just coming out All the Eng lishmans reverence for high authority rose to the surface at once, and he would have retired. in order to permit a decent interval to elarse between discussion of the affairs of the great British Elm pire and his own comparatively unirn- portant business, but quiet looking man, who was seated at 0 long table, writing industriously, called to the caller to come in, and there he was, in the presence os the Secretary of State. It was iuexpli- cable and revelation The Englishman entered in a trance. carried on the con versation in a dream and came away in state of utter bewilderment He has told the story by day and by night ever since. and always winds it up with:
 And just imagine what would happen if you dropped in on Lord Salisbury with such an absence of preliminaries."
 The American who hears the story and its finale imagines that British bayonets would be presented at his breast and stalwart sentries hustle him into the out side world before even inQuiring the ua- ture of his business.
The age-herald., 1901-10-27
Amaychast He1v Most Semt
 70 Pyzsom 10y Oue Tear

IN. Y. Letter in the Chicago Tribune.
 Herr Johann Most. the anarchist, was sentenced in the Court of Special Sessions today to serve one year in the peniten- tiary for publishing in his paper, the Freiheit, just previous to the assassina- tion of President Mckinley. an article entitled Murder vs Murder" The ad- vocate of violence almost tainted when the rigor of the sentence was made plain to him. He collapsed completely on his way to the Tombs. proclaiming in e tear full voice that he meant no harm
 In his defense Most claimed the paper containing the article was printed and ready for distribution before the Presi- dent was shot Also that 1t was a quo tatdon from an article published fifty years ago and republished by him fif- teen years ago.
 In sentencing Most the justices of the Court of Special Sessions delivered de- nunciation of anarchy and its principles They expressed the hope that the laws of the nation will be so amended that men of the stamp of Most will not be al- lowed to live in the United States.
 MT. Hilquist, Most's lawyer, made a motion for a certificate of reasonable doubt. Why" said Justice Hinsdale. I've have no doubt. One of the just is in favor of finding your client $a a addition to his jail sentence. The mo il is denied"
 MT. Hilquist then moved for Q trial and an arrest of judgment. fN motions were denied and Most was t to the Tombs.
The age-herald., 1901-10-27

Justice Hinsdale brought out a new point of law when he quoted 8 section of the penal code under which the prisoner was found guilty. Here 1t Is:
 A person who willfully or wrongfully commits any act which seriously in- Juresr the person or property of another. or which seriously dsturbs or endangers tfds public peace or health, or which out r vses public decency, for which no other punishment is expressly prescribed by this code, Is guilty of misdemeanor.
 Commenting 0n this section, Justice Hinsdale said:
 The plan and obvious intent of this was to leave in the code q little of the fiexibility of the common law to meet cases which they had failed to specify in the preceding sections"
 Continuing, the decision says:
 Tt is impossible to read the whole ar- ticle without deducing from it the dec Urine that all rulers are enemies of man kind and ought to be hunted and destroy ed through blood and iron. poison and dynamite
 Tt is no answer to the evil and crimf- nal nature of this article to claim that 1t was written for the purpose of de- stroying crowned heads. It inculcates and epforces the idea that murder is the proper remedy to be applied against rulers.
 This we hold to be criminal act It s not necessary to trace any connection n this article with the assassination of he late President. The offense here in he eye of the law is practically the same IS if that event had never occurred"
 Most said in prison that his sentence vas an outrage on justice.
The age-herald., 1901-10-27

Rouen, where the mixing was performed, the importation entailng considerable expense
 Today the wine to give conscience to the light French wines Is the product of Algeria and Tunis, which furnish the mother country with all the wine needed to bolster up the home article.
 When the vineyards were first planted in these colonies the wine produced by them was declared unfit to drink, and the growers were prosecuted for selling spur lous liquors, but scientific analysis, care- full cultivation of the vines, and the use of proper chemicals have completely changed the quality of the wine in. ques- ton, and Algerian and Tunisian products are now considered perfectly wholesome Another cause for the fall in the price | of wine is the suppression of the octroi, or city tax, on wine entering the city of Paris. This tax was based on the quan- tity, not the quality, of wine, for bar rel of the latter, worth several hundreds of pounds, paid exactly the same as one worth G10 or less. When the price of wine commenced going down, a man buying a bottle of wine in the capital paid as much to the city octroi official in tax as for the wine itself.
 Good Wine Not Luxury.
 Good wine has always been and is
 
 years such is not the case in France. It Is a fact that in Paris today one can buy quart of fair, ordinary wine for 21ad. The bottle costs 2d., and Is therefore rel atively far more expensive than the wine 1t contains. Such bottle of wine will not be found by Englishmen in the first class hotels or cafes they usually fre- quent, but If they take the trouble to go to the large grocery stores wher thou sands of French people. even of the bet ter class, buy their wines, they will find fair, absolutely pure article at 21fd. per quart, that a few years ago would have been sold for Cd. or more.
 For 4d., 5d. or Cd. a really excellent quality of both red and white wine will be found. The common impression that to obtain a good, pure wine one must pay from Is. to5s. for it in France Is most erroneous. Wins de luxe' (wines of lux ury) of course are high-priced, but they are not particularly affected by the pres- ent crisis.
 If the impression abroad that ordinary French wine Is an article de luxe" could be destroyed. and the fact made known that good wine is not necessarily expen- sive, the wine men of France claim that the present situation would be greatly ameliorated, particularly as the duty on French wine entering tho various ports abroad is based upon an elevated price of French wine. For instance in Eng land the duty on wine is a1 Is. Sd. the twenty-two gallons, and as 16s. Is the maximum price of such wine, the duty Is 1l0 per cent
 With wine at Is. 3d., 5s.. and 7s the twenty-two gallons. one can readily real ize the desire of French growers to have such duties reduced in order to flood the foreign markets with their cheap prod ucts. The duty In England. however, Is modest in comparison with that imposed by Russia. the great friend and ally which Is e2 17s. 3d. the twenty-two gall Ions. or .390 per cent. on wine calculated