The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-26

ator's representatives And in proof
Of my statement here IS the 81. GOO, when
was paid me declared he, IS he laid the
money on the desk Of the presiding ON
Ger. Not man in that body dared 70
deny the charge. In spite or the Iact
that York had charged many members
OF the legislature with taking money Tor
their votes, not a man arose TO refute
the charge. There was absolute silence
for quite a while The action was 50
unexpected that nobody was prepared
to resist it. AS soon as the lawmakers
recovered from their surprise John ].
ingalls, was nominated and elected, al
most without opposition. Senator PoEne-
roy dropped out of the public view and
died soon afterward. Mr. York was
heralded IN the papers OF the state As
the purifier of Kansas politics, but
singularly enough, he was never re-
warded for his action, and was in
short time forgotten"
Congressman Bowersock is now adv0-
eating a milk diet. He has been on
delightful trip of inspection. The moon
may not be made Of green cheese" said
Mr.. Bowersock, but il represents oleO-
margarine in the United States Mr..
Delivers COW jumped over the moon,
not only gracefully, but with such pathos
in the leap that the scene win be re-
nnembered almost as long as the nursery
rhyme. Senator Stewart treats the COW
question more practically. I Went to his
farm near this city few days ago, and
the place is Well worth a visit. I have
thought for years that 1 have pure milk
at my home in Kansas. ] pasture three
or four Jersey COWS on blue grass just
across the street from my house, and
feed my own wheat bran, machine
polished on both sides. do not think
the milk from my Jersey cows costs
me more than 81 a gallon. But I take
my hat off to the system. cleanliness,
and facilities of the senator's dairy. The
milk there IS like my bran, machine
polished, and to see what the separator
we'll strained is a revelation and some
times an emetic. A taste Of the purified
article takes one back to the days of
ones very early youth when the lacteal
fluid was ones only diet the true nectar
Of the gods. supplied from the fountains
that no artist can perfectly picture on
canvas or sculptor carve in marble, and
that only the true poet can fifty glorify.''
Among the recent atlas sheets which
the United States geological survey has
issued are eight of the topographic
maps of Kansas. These sheets, each
nam ed after some important town APP
pearing upon it are the Burden, Edo
RADIO, Cheney, and Earned sheets in the
southern part of the state, and the Man
kato, junction City. Washington, and
OskalOosa in the north and northeastern
portion Each sheet covers a rectangu-
lar section of about 27x35 miles. All the
town, county, and state boundary lines
appear, also the cities, villages, roads,
and streams. The relief or topography
is expressed by contours which also
show the elevation above sea level
These maps are now available at the
usual government rate on application 70
the director of the United States geolog-
zeal survey.
Major H. G. Cavanaugh, U. S. A, re-
tired, formerly professor of military tao
tics in the Agricultural college, at Man
haitian, is urging legislation of congress
or other action that viii permit him to
be placed once more upon the active list
of the army. He comes Of a military
family, and ne has remarkable mill
tary record. His grandfather was a
soldier of the war of 1912. His father
was an officer in the Mexican war and
was wounded. Major Cavanaugh, his
father, and his brother all served in the
civil war. The major went in as a prf-
vate and came out as captain. After
that conflict he went into the regular
army as a captain. By the time the
Spanish war began he was a N ajor, and
participated in the active hostilities,
having one son as a lieutenant and an
other who was a corporal in the Ameri-
can army during the war. At Santiago
the major was shot all to pieces. and
the army doctors decided that he would
never be able to do any more service
Accordingly, on their recommendation
he was retired. Since then. the major
has completely recovered and is trying
earnestly to get back to active duty
Senator Penrose is pushing his case.
The Kansas members Of the house
may yet regret that Kansan is to be
pension commissioner. They are not
only being besieged by those old soldiers
who think there is q possibility Of get
ting pension simply because of a
Kansan being at the head of the bu-
reau, but there comes down here an
avalanche of requests for rehearings on
claims that have been rejected by the
present comm issiOner. The pressure IS
apt to become exceedingly burdensome
The report that charges against Mr.
Ware, being in the nature of agnostI-
cism, appears to have no foundation.
No such charges Of any character
reached Washington.
Mr. Curtis has been a very much
overworked man for the last two
weeks. The Indian bill is in conference.
and he had, by virtue of his position
with the conferees on the part of the
house, often been called to act as
chairman On Tuesday the cOnfereeS
had before them 1874 amendments and
many of them were hotly contested
the newly appointed pension commits
sioner, is already beginning to arrive at
the pension Office, although no one at
the bureau can state with any degree of
certainty just WAGn lndL gentleman
viii assume the reins of Office. There
are already a great many speculatfons
as to what official changes viii be made
in the office after Mr.. Ware takes
charge, but it seems to be the con-
sensus Of opinion that there will not be
many
The president has nominated Burton
J. Mitchell of lola. as first lieutenant.
Mitchell is now a second lieutenant of
the Twenty-se infantry, and de-
tailed as aide to General Funston. He
is nephew of the general and about
the same size.
D. c. Tillotson, of Topeka, is here in
the interests of a joint resolution.
introduced in the house, by Mr.. Curtis,
authorizing the members Of the Prairie