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The Monticellonian., 1902-11-27
tnNeiling Postponed.

Berlin, Nov. 25.-For the reason that the monument is not yet ready, the unveiling of the monument of Freder- ick the Great in Washington. will not take place until after April next.
The Monticellonian., 1902-11-27

New York. Nov. 25.-Money on call steady at 4l5 per cent. prime mercantile paper, 51aq6 per cent; sterling exchange firm with actual business in bankers bills at 4S74 for demand, and at 4S3ssGD 4s3a4 for 50 days; posted rates 4Q4s4la and 4ss commercial rates. 4s3a4S33s Mex ican dollars. 37S.. Government bonds steady.
The Monticellonian., 1902-11-27
New Sunday School Secretary.

The State Sunday School Board in their regular meeting at Fort Smith, elected Rev. Harvey Beauchamp to Succeed Rev. H. H. Street as Sun day School secretary. Rev Street has resigned to enter the ministry in his home state. Virginia. Rev Beau champ is a well-known evangelist. and has been connected with the state work for some time.
The Monticellonian., 1902-11-27
Cotton.
Financial.

Quotations for middling range as fol- lows: St. Louis 77sc; New York, S12c: Memphis. 77sc
The Monticellonian., 1902-11-27

' N"HICdSV- IVSIIIb QUUlsiIIVHs. " IItdI- Decmber 7424c; May. 76lsa76l4c; July. 73ase. Corn-November, 5SSsc; December. 53&se. January, 4t44c; May, 424se; July, 4ll2e Oats--November, 3li@a3lasc; De- cember Sl12d3l3sc; old 29e; May. 321sc. Pork-January $l5.67l2e May. s14.70. Lard November. $l0. .67i2; December, s9.92l2 {; January ss 42t2; May, $s7713. Short ribs January, SS.12l2; May. S.s0.
 Indianapolis-Wh Wheat-No. ? red, 7212c: No red, 6S126r70l2c Corn-No. ? white. 4612c; No. yellow. 46c Oats-No. ? mixed. 3ol2a8lc Hay-Timothys $1o. o.25Gel25O
The Monticellonian., 1902-11-27
Stage of the Rivers.
THE MARKETS.
TUESDAY, Nov. 25
Grain and FrovlsIons.

st. Louis Flour = Patents, 8 30a3 50 other grades, $2 S543.25. WheatINo. ? red, 6si2m70f2c Corn-No. ? mixed. 45laa 46c. 10,65e. Pork-New mess, sl735. Bacon thy, new, Sl0.00ul3.50; prairie, s9 00df1 0G; clover, S10.o0 c1250 Lard-Choice steam 10.65 Pork-New mess. sl7 25. Bacon = Clear ribs, ul2c. Butter-Creamery, 24d Wool-Tub- washed, 17Gi2Sc. Missouri and Illinois medium combing, 19419l4c; other grades, 1lGI1sS.C
The Monticellonian., 1902-11-27
Strength of n Locomotive.

A railroad engine may be roughly said to be equal in strength to 900 horses.
The Monticellonian., 1902-11-27

Jim Gnu dler. colored was killed by the shafttAs in Tripps gin at Arkan. gas City.
The Monticellonian., 1902-11-27
,oNhS'fQ1he Nl@S'lFlQ +A Thanksgiving Story<
 py Aonle ANNlNon DonnQN.
pY Aonle NNm1lNon DonnqN.

ND ana Johns folks, Phineas ,?
 Amelia Quimby $ breath failed at
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11
NOT A RESCUE AGENCY.

The mana cement of the treasury,
says the Omaha Bee. no matter of what
party brand, mas long been too much
dominated by the superstition that the
New York stock exchange represents
the whole country and that when it puts
forth signals of distress the secretary
of the treasury must man a lifeboat for
its relief" Under the spell of this ven
cradle superstition the secretary of the
treasury has thrown himself into the
breach to satisfy the clamor of the
stock jobbers for money to tide them
over a threatened crash.
The treasury department was not
created or designed to be a rescue
agency. The country was never more
prosperous. Commerce and industry are
active and profitable. The banks gen
orally have an abundance of money and
the credit of legitimate business is not
impaired. Throughout the great inter-
ior the local banks are supplying funds
for marketing crops, although of course
for this purpose they are calling home a
large part of their deposits in New
York. In New York itself and through
out the east trade and industry are on
a solid basis From Maine to California
no farmer, no merchant, no manufac-
turer has called out for treasury help
or dreamed of doing so.
The simple truth is that the trouble fn
New York is confined to Wall street
and indeed to that part of Wall street
which is concerned in stock jobbing and
speculation. and not in legitimate bust
ness and sound banking. The specula-
tors have been caught in their own trap
They have overstrained their credit and
absorbed too much of their own and
other peoples money in watered stocks
The New York banks have been guilty
in encouraging a spirit of reckless
speculation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11

grain were the weekly average ship
ments, compared with 131. 1923 barrels of
flour and 2.235.000 bushels of grain last
year. Provisions averaged 24,676 tons
per week for 1902. and %. 766 tons in 1901.
On the great lakes the freight tom
mage continues to exceed that of last
season. During August last year, $780,.
973 tons of freight were reported as re-
ceived at domestic ports. This year for
the corresponding period, 6.9S4,76S tons
of receipts were reported for 141 differ
ent ports. The total of all classes of
freight receipts in domestic trade on the
lakes in 1901 to August 81 was 25. 6S3. 230
tons For the like period of this year
receipts were 80, 700. $50 tons. The regis
tered tonnage moved thus far this sea-
son amounted to 46.635,0S5 tons, repre-
senting 49,769 vessels clearing, and
As. O52 tons representing 1876 YES
sells arriving
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe

tF'rom the Atchison Globe.1
decent amateur should in time be-
come professional.
We have noticed that some fast trains
can't make their time
Was there ever a child that said
thank you without being reminded of
it?
A great many who claim to love the
Lord think that one day in seven is
enough for saying so.
Il am glad.' every one is saying Of
every one else, that haven't what he
has on his conscience
When man thinks he is pretty he
devotes whole lot of time to looking
at himself while combing his hair.
Il love no one but you this week. y
an Atchison lover wrote to his girl. II
don't know how it will be next week"
When lazy man goes into a saloon.
and somebody sets up two or three
drinks, he feels as industrious as any
body
Nobody likes an overture very well.
but band and orcestra leaders continue
to play them. because it is customary
What has become of the old-fashioned
person who said to a child that had
fallen: Come here, and I'll help you
up?"
So much Importance is attached to it
through life. that there is some wonder
the words. Good Provider," don't ap-
pear on tombstones. b.
What is wanted above many other
things is a good cook who can put gen
ius into the making of hash, and lift it
from the disrepute into which it has
fallen.
Somehow, after his first months bills
have come in, a newly married man
suggests the unfortunate man who buys
horse, and the next day the price of
feed goes up.
The other morning, at l O'Clock. a
party of eight adults sat down to a
supper" They had been playing cards
lis idiotic.' And he told the truth.
An Atchison man. when he has Moth
ing else to do. worries because he hasn't
six fingers on his right hand. He has
no use for the additional finger, but
worrying about it gives him something
to do. ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IF'rom the Chicago News.
Hermits are not the only torpid livers.
Men are the architects of their own mis-
fortunes.
For every wise thing in law some lawyer
has. a fool reason.
The king can do no wrong-if the other
fellow has four aces.
If dirt was worth 81 a load Chicago
would have clean streets.
Some people are of no more consequence
than thermometer on a pleasant day.
Fools never attempt to take care OF
their health until after it is gone.
The man who makes useful sacrifices is
able to dispense with, useless ones
There are not as good Ssh in the sea as
some people say they have caught
No, Cordelia, the porter on a sleeping
car isn't called a quartcrmaster, but he is
When time relegates an ugly piece of
furniture to the antique class people rave
over its beauty.
There was only one Peter the Great
which goes to show that history doesn' t
necessarily re-Pete itself.
Good qualities that descend from father
TO son seem to grow weaker, while
the bad ones always grow stronger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11
FLOOD OF BOOKS.

A bulletin of the books issued during
one week by the larger publishing
houses, shows the number to be 70, more
than u a day for each working day in
the week
The question which will certainly
arise to the mind of one who stops to
think of this is: how can there be such
a demand for books. The list shows Is
books of fiction. 8 books of travel. Is
books for Children. school books and
SO under the heading miscellaneous.
Does the public sit up nights to read
books? If so manv books are to be
printed every week no wonder that
some bad ones find their way into type.
With 70 books a week issued it seems
that most anyone will be able to break
into the literary fold. No wonder Cyrus
Townsend Brady turns out several
books, numberless short stories, and
sermons every year. He or some one
else has to keep the printers, book
binders and press men busy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11
JAYHAwKER Jors.

Pratt is to have a CONCEALED aqua
pura plant.
A sheepman who lost 800 watch at
Gcodland paid the finder $40 bill.
A patent honey vender gave Elk
county citizens taffy and they bit.
Stacked hay is dry enough in Gray
county to burn from engine sparks.
Miss Hawks of Whitewater made d
flying visit to Ell Dorado this week.
Leavenworth has a private opium
joint and a Chinaman is not conducting
it either.
Quite naturally the last dance at
Lonesome hollow. Riley county, was
poorly attended.
The Tonganoxie Mirror lets the boys
down easy The editor will take wood
on subscription.
Serious rivals are a temperance re-
nickles and dimes.
An Olathe young woman will take
Horace Greeley's advice and Ego west
AS far as Manila.
After a years search a Holton man
has located stolen team in the persim-
mon district of Arkansas.
A double tailed rattlesnake was killed
at Cimarron this week A temperance
revival has also started.
Hutchinson's Commercial club is
wrestling with the question of what
kind of street paving and when.'
A Lynn COUNT butcher advertises
TRY one of our boils." He has evident
~ never read a certain chapter of Job
Independence councflmen weary OF
stumbling along through darkened
streets has ordered the lights turned on
The swell club of Goodland is the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11
BEDWELLis EXPLANATION.

During the early part of the week the
state board Of charities, or part thereof.
conducted what was said to be an ex-
animation into the character of the Bed
well private, or quasi private. insane
asylum
The board sat without any power to
compel the attendance of witnesses. 1t
disregarded, as was its right, the GUS
tomary rules of evidence of law courts.
It was, supposedly, endeavoring to get
at the facts. to sift the great mass of
charges against Bedwell's asylum and
determine whether or not that institu-
ton is a safe and decent place to place
the insane wards of the state. Mr.. Bed
well was not on trial for any alleged
criminal offense 1t was simply bust
ness proposition. whether or not the
board should continue to patronize Mr..
Bedwelrs institution, and aid him to
make money out of the state patronage
of his asylum.
witness was introduced who offered
to testify under oath that she had seen
patient at the asylum beaten to death.
What did the board of charaties do? 1t
ruled without hesitation that this testi-
money should not be given. because,
forsooth, the atrocious act was COM
I4lllSQ pIlOT " Oidy 10, 1Sul
Theoretically the position of the board
may have been correct. On May Is,
1901, the board of charities was sup
posed to have investigated the record OF
the Bedwen asylum up to that date,
and to have issued it a license if it was
deemed best. The board had no means
for digging up the history of the insti-
tuition. and after demanding that GER
] fof RI ri
tiles for keeping patients issued the
| license. The board made a mistake
when it issued the license.
Now, however, the case is different.
There is plenty of evidence voluntarily
offered by those who have no ulterior
motives, that patients are cruelty
abused and mistreated at Bedwell' s
asylum But the board refuses to
listen. 1t prefers to whitewash the rec
ord of the unsavory place. and continue
to dump into it's custody the unfortunate
persons for wSom room can not be
found in the state asylums.
If we assume that the board of char
tiles is honest. we must admit that it is
unwise. 1t was given an opportunity to
rid the community of a dark blot: to
give relief from the stencil of an expose
which ocurs regularly every year or
two. Instead of improving the oppor-
tunity it has shut it's eyes and refuses
to make fair and thorough examina-
ton.
Even on the testimony which the
board allowed itself to hear Bedweil
should be refused a license to receive
patients from the state. There is prac-
tically no doubt that old Jacob ;Ryner-
son was kicked and abused without
mercy at the asylum. and whether OF
not his death a few days later was due
to this. there is little question but what
his injuries fastened his end.
People of Topeka, who have known
the history of Bedwell's asylum for the
past eight or ten years, hope that the
board of charities will do it's duty and
forever suppress this plague spot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11
HINT FOR TOPEKA

A representative of the I. o. o. F.
went before the Topeka Commercial
club Wednesday evening and gave utter
ance to a few ideas which should be
carried around in the heads of those who
want to see this city live up to every
opportunity. and should be acted upon
at once.
He said in substance that the Odd Fell
lows wanted to come to Topeka with
their state gathering of 1,5O0 delegates
from year to year. but that last year
Topeka's representatives had been
obliged to take the floor and simply
tell them that they were not wanted
here Naturally that was not soothing
to number of them, so they quickly
decided to go somewhere else.
1t may seem strange that such an
answer should have been given to the
people who were waiting and anxious to
be asked to come and be with us. up
wards Of 1000 in number, and spend
within our limits little more than $13. :
000 But the explanation was this. The
local Odd Fellows lodges were COM
PEELED every year when the meeting of
their brethren and sisters of the three
links came here to bear all the expenses.
Members who earn their living by daily
labor had to lay off and serve with re-
ception committees welcoming the dele
gates. So that the grand encampment.
the grand lodge and the Rebekah as
seTnbly came to be regarded as almost a
nuisance. But he put the proposition
to the Commercial club in way that
seems most reasonable and should
cause considerable stirring about among
those who should interest themselves in
such matters. He asked that the bust
ness men of the city be asked to unite
in insuring a certain amount for the de-
frayal of these expenses and thus make
it pleasant, and indeed possible for the
delegates to go before the meeting and
ask that the next year it come to To-
peka. With such a slight effort it seems
to be within the reach of this place to
gather in ever so many more such
events that do not come this way, that
it is really shaming.
Nowhere else is there a city which
satisfies it's visitors as does Topeka. 1t
is easily to be reached by rail. and the
attractions to citizens of the state and
even from those abroad is something
that can be depended upon as peren-
nially fresh. In return delegates of the
Odd Fellows and of many others re-
ceive a per diem allowance of three dol
lars daily, and this insures at least that
much being spent in the meeting place.
So that it foots up into a nice little
aggregate and means much to the pres
tige of the place commercially.
There is no sense in allowing a con-
vention or gathering to be turned away
from our door because the men who are
to reap a dozen times what might be
required of them to bring it here. re-
fuse to pay. They should at once look
into this matter and bring everything
of the sort within or without Kansas
to Topeka, in whom there is no fault
unless possibly a light lethargy, which
might easily be disDelled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record
1t is well to let sleeping dogs lie-also
sleeping babies.
When a woman is speeches. with rage
the very angels trcrnble.
A man doesn't need watchdog when
the wolf is at the door
The fellow who lacks confidence in him
self can't inspire it in others
1t isn't always the fellow of English
descent who has the most pronounced ac-
cents
Nell-Dressed up to kill isn't she?''
Belie-'tYes; she's going out in an automo-
bile''
The fact that women seldom mean what
they say is exempIfied by the cozy cor
ner.
The man with a cellar full of coal nat
urally thinks he is a pretty warm PROPOSE
ton.
It's perhaps good thing that there are
no mirrors In which we can see ourselves
as others see us.
Sillicus-''A pretty woman doesn't al
ways wear WE'LL Cynicus-'No; beauty
sometimes rubs off,"
With the closing of the baseball season
the bleacherites have subsidized but the
peroxide blonde is always with us
The business man who does his own
typewriting is either an economical hus
band or the victim of a jealous wife.
81 go where duty calls.' he said.
Yet he was protector.
For at the pier he was. instead,
Custom House inspector
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11

Inter Sese.'' As P. P. Elder once re-
marked. Them Words are Latin.
Duke
A Winfield young married man who
had laid aside his cast off bicycle for a
certain event viii have to trade it for a
tandem.
An Elk Falls man served his neigh
bors a scurvy trick by finding his own
lost pocket book for which he had Of
fered 500 reward.
Out in the shortgrass jungles a Pres
ton man has lived within a score of
miles of missing sister for Is years
and failed to find it out.
A Manhattan correspondent an
nounces that the many friends of Miss
Stewart will be glad to hear that she
is recovering slowly from a severe at
tack of fever.
The serious duty of. the partisan
newspaper these pleasant October days
is instructing their Slaves how to vote.
Simply place an X in the ring at the
top and let it go at that
After 20 years service with the Frisco.
Section Foreman Reed of Pleasanton.
has resigned 1t would be interesting to
know how many strokes of the pick and
how many oaths he had delivered dur
ing that period
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11
INTERNAL COMMERCE FACTS.

The summary Of the internal trade
movem ents for the current year up to
the month of August has just been
completed by the treasury bureau
CT statistics Account is taken of rep
rescntative traffic operations in the in
terror. on the great lakes, at the north
Atlantic seaboard. on the ocean and
gulf states. in the territory known as
southern territory, on the Pacific coast.
movements by rivers and canals. and
special features of the coal, coke, pc
troleum and phosphate trade.
Reports from the interior give val
liable indications of the tendency of
commerce. In the live stock trade. for
instance, the receipts OF horses and
mules for the first eight months at five
leading western markets prove to be the
lightest for three years, 240.34S head
having arrived to the end of August
1902, and 3O1 766 head to the same date
in 1901. and 290.16O head for the like
period in 1900. Another suggestive
movement is that of. feeder stock from
the two reporting markets of Kansas
City and ST. Joseph.
These points show an increase of 7.2s
per cent in the volume of demand for
stocking purposes for the first eight
months of the year: 529.45S head having
been shipped and driven out, to August
81 this year. compared with 493. AT head
last wear.
For the first thirty-fve weeks of the
current year the flour and grain ship
ments from Chicago and Chicago point:
do not compare favorably with those
of the corresponding period of 1901. Thi:
year to the end of August, 100,5T3 bar
rels of flour and 1923. 900 bushels o:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11

P. H. Forbes. license collector of To-
peka. is without doubt an honest man,
but he is so guileless that any one can
Victimize him. There are still people
IN the country who buy gold bricks and
ar. Forbes has already bought several
Tor the city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11

Here are a few suggestions for head
Zines next Tuesday. Republican paper:
"All In. Craddock Falls a Victim to
Bailey's Eloquence. House Crowded
With Republicans. Popular Candidate
Wins in a Walk" The Allied Forces
organs may use the following: He
Wins. Craddock Finds Bailey Easy
Prey. Republican Nominee Evades
Question. Could Not Stand Before
Avalanche of Facts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11

If the Pennsylvania railroad com
panies are prohibited by the state con-
stitution from owning coal mines, there
Is really no cause for the state of Penn
sylvania to shed the blood of it's troops
in an endeavor to protect their illegal
holdings
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11

It might be mentioned that when
President Baer of the Reading railroad
arrives at a conference on the strike
situation it isn't long until a report is
given out that negotiations for a set
Element of the strike are useless.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11

If the trouble and red tame of the
present election law. results in making
the public so disguised that the whole
system viii be wiped out and voting
machines substituted in its place, it will
not have been in vain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11

Lady Henry Somerset doesn't like
Mrs. Nations methods. The Kansas
Joint smasher is a little too enthusiastic
In her reforms. The others talk about
them, but she believes in enforcing them
herself
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11

1t isn't always the ignorant voter who
makes a mistake in marking his ballot.
The confident citizen who thinks he
knows all about it is the one who
stands in danger this year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11

In another three weeks this awful
suspense as to whether the average
Kansas citizen has been ''disfranchised'
by the red tape of the new election law
will be settled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11

]. J. Schenck. the Democratic nominee
for county attorney. seems to hold the
key to the situation. The other two can
didates insist that he should get off the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11

Bailey and Craddock are going to set
tie the issues of the day again next
week Joint political debates always
convince those whose minds are made
I'D that theY are right
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11

Peace on earth. good will toward.
men" will undoubtedly be the text o
all Topeka pastors tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11

What a blessing the coal strike is
proving to the beef trust. With coal
$40 a ton no one thinks Of kicking on
Is cent per pound steaks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11

What is the Topeka Ministerial Union
going to do about the Bible in the
schools question, now that the supreme
court of Nebraska has decided that it's
use can not be enforced?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11

An estimated beet crop of 1000 tons
in Kearney county has caused the
building of a dump-whatever that is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-11

Speaking of stubborn things, a drove
of 1900 mules are on the Fort Scott
market