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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13
Mr. Shaw on the American Dollar.

Chicago Chronicle:
Secretary Shaw is right in saying that
our decimal currency with the dollar as
the unit IS the most convenient in the
world and that American exchange
would probably become more popular
than sterling exchange the world over
including even some British deDenden-
cies, if men everywhere were equally
sure of its stability.
He is right furthermore in saying that
If congress would by express enactment
make silver coin as well as greenbacks
and Sherman notes convertible into gold
at the viii of the holder it would do
much to establish worldwide confidence
in tie stability of our standard.
The refusal of congress to establish
the gold standard in the Philippines was
admirably calculated to impair con-
fidence. The adoption Of the threatened
wide-oDen asset bank note scheme
would still more impair that confidence
1t will take a good while at best for
cur collar to share the worlds con-
hdence equally with the pound sterling
and If we wish to hasten that consum-
nation we must cease to countenance
unsouid and dangerous currency
schemes of any kind either for ourselves
or for our Asiatic subjects.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom The Chicago News.l
Patience is a virtue found chiefly in lazy
people,
Consistency is a jewel that is often
snapped for success.
Kissing may be unhealthy, but nothing
risked nothing gained.
ANY woman who admits that her shoes
are too tight is inclined to be masculine.
1t doesn't matter if a woman isn't pretty
if she doesn't know she is ugly.
What pity it is that a law preventing
the birth of fools is impracticable!
A man usually has to go after things
several times before they begin to come
his way
Money that man doesn't save by re-
naming a bachelor would probably sup
port a wife and ten children.
Nothing pleases a spinster when she has
occasion to stop at a hotel like being as
signed to suite Is.
When the receipts of a church fair are
less than the expenses there is something
wrong with the feminine attraction.
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Experiment Unsatisfactory.

The reports of the officers in charge of
various army posts upon the workings of
the law aboliShing the canteen are un-
ansWerable. Ehey prove, once and for all,
the folly of legislators yielding to the de-
mands of well-meaning enthusiasts. over
ruling the protests of practical and eA-
perienced men. and doing great harm with
the best intentions. There is no fact more
stubborn than the establishment of dives
and groggeries just outside the limit of
the government reservations the moment
that the sale of beer or light wines is
stopped in the post exchange The result
is the unprecedented record of crime, dis
order and desertion set forth in the
ports now published.
The choice of evils has been made 1t is
one so discreditable to the common sense
of the American people and so damaging
to our soldiers that 1t should be reversed
at the earliest moment congressman can
be convinced that the preservation of the
army's welfare constitutes higher duty
tha.i the retention of the ProhibifioniSf
vote in their districts.
The only answer put forth as yet to the
alarming facts and figures reported by
the army officers in q tone of temperance
that is lacking in the arguments of the
Temperance extremists, is a direct charge
of incompetency against the generals and
comm anding officers, declaration that
the new system has mad no far trial and
an insinuation that the "demoralized oEfi-
GERS have endeavored to restore the can
teen by fomenting disorder and encourage
ing drunkenness. This accusation is not
made openly, but it is the inevitable in
ference from the language used by the
president of the American Anti-Saloon
It will serve merely to disgust unbiased
observers and will be believed by only a
few fanatics. The officer who does not
strive continually to preserve discipline
among his men disgraces- his commission
West Point does not graduate that type
Nor does the sort rise from the ranks
through the slow sitting that makes an
officer of the enlisted man. The officers
who serve the United States know better
than any civilian crusaders the fatal eff
fects of drunkenness upon the efficiency
of the private soldier. Their opinions of
I = ar fl1Sad IN EnnW1p6oP and
are borne out by the results The ncople.
who abolished the canteen spoke from
the fullness eff ignorance. and are to blame
for the evil fruits of the experiment. The
country owes them no thanks. 1t owes to
the army hearing and needing of the
advice of the army leaderS.-New York
/ Mail and EXpress.
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CONFERENCE FAILS.
No Settlement of Strike Reached
by Heads of Coal Roads.

New York, Oct 13-An unannounced
and unexpected conference here today
of representatives of the coal carrying
railroads led to renewed rumors of an
impending settlement of the coal strike.
This conference was held in the office
of Mr.. Thomas. chairman of the Erie
board and lasted one hour. Taken in
connection with other conferences in
Washington and Philadelphia, and ir.
this city over Sunday, it was generally
believed that some definite results would
come from the meeting. At its conclu-
sion, however, while no formal state
ment was given out. it was intimated
that nothing of Importance had been
accomplished.
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HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Lightning knocked the church steep,s
down. some one said to Brother Inckcy-
Yes, Satans eyes always flash fra
when he sees a church steepie gwine
up,
other at a camp meeting.
Yes, Satan goes ter meetin' long wild
res er dem en- sometimes shouts dc
And a preacher was drowned in the
river last week >"
.'oh. yes; satan's in de water, too. He
'bleege ter go dar ter cool off.
SO you blame everything on Satan, DO
BLESS Cod was the reply. amt daa
what he's fer?"-Atianta Constitution.
Throw physic to the dogs cried the
At this a man in the back of the hau
rose and protested vigorously.
he'll lure Hon into trouble ri f S Solsd fo,oM
his advice you'll have the 5 F. c. A. after
you as sure as fate."-chicago Fost.
What is this leathery stuff?" the diner
asked. when the second course of the
This is a 6let of sole. sir replied the
TAKE it away said the diner. after
can't get me rice tender piece of the
upper, with the buttons removedr-What
to Eat.
Bah (indignantly)-We will you look at
that2 You left your candy on my table
again. and now it's gone. of course I
get spanked for it.-Brool5lyn Life.
First Colombian Revolutionist-At any
rate, so far we haven't been accused of
violating any of the rules Of civilized war
fare
Second Colombian Revoiutionist-No: we
have. stopped firing when railway trains
were passing. and haven't fought at any
time over eight hours a working day
Judge.
Barnes-Hello. Howes! Why. vou,ve
got an a-'fAl coldi
Howes-Yes: but don't saw anxthsno
In coming along l have met 10 less than
twenty of my acquaintances and every
one of them had something 10 recommend
for my cold. Do you know / wonder how
anybody can have he courage to send for
a doctor-Boston Transcrirt-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13
IMPORTANT ENGAGEMENT.
Fighting Began at La Victoria This
Morning.

Willemstad, Island of Curacao, Oct. 10
An important engagement began this
(Monday) morning near La Victoria, be
tween the forces commanded by President
Castro of Venezula, numbering 400 men.
with % guns, and the revolutionary forces
commanded by Generals Matos, Mendoza,
Peraliza and Riera. about 5000 men. with
% guns. AT Valencia. two hours march
from La Victoria, the sound of fierce can
nonad1ng can be heard.
Vice President Vicente Gomez left Cara
cas- today by a special train with 500 men
and large amount of ammunition to re-
inforce President Castro.
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SWIMMING IN LONDON.
School Board Efforts to Teach the
Young Idea.

Though as a rule London boys and girls
do not learn to swim, and so, as each re
Curing holiday season comes round, fur
nish their quota to the boatirg and bath
ing casualties this is not altogether the
+ault of TIE elementary schools. For just
ten years now the school board for Lon
don has done as much as the education
department will permit it to do-and per-
haps more-for the instruction of children
in swimming. In March, 1892. the board
in response to a circular Issued by the
educational department with regard to
physical exercises passed a resolution
which has since been modified from time
to time. Roughly it lays down that a fee,
not exceeding a penny a child a lesson.
may be paid proprietors for d number of
lessons, not exceeding twenty a year. in
the case of each child attending a swim
ming class. This payment is made subject
to proper instruction being provided; to an
entry If the subject berg made on the
time table: and, lastly. that it shall only
be nil.ie in the case of scholars of stan
dard " and upwards of not less than
eleven years Of age.
A penny a lesson. Is. &C. a year. Is not
a large sum to pay to insure that children
may have a chance Of acquiring this very
desirable accomplishment. A few years
ago the maximum number of lessons al
lowed to be given was thirty IT would
seem, therefore that the board had taken
a retrograde step. But on the other hand,
special swimming inst ars have been
appointed and the ter is no longer
left as it was in tbs ing. 10 those
teachers and older who coull
swim themselves.
The nun erou~ paf baths which
have been esta blishef the baths AMI
wash-houses act have "a the task II
the board easier than ii would otherwise
have BEEN for it was scarcely to be ez =
pected that private establishments would
Even he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13
MAJ. JOHN O'BRIEN DEAD.
Built Battery Which Fired First Shot
of Civil War.

Louisville. KY. Oct 13,-Major John
F. O'Brien. a we'll known business man
and Confederate veteran is dead, aged
g. While he was lieutenant OF engi-
neers in the Confederate army, station
ed at charleston. S c.. he resigned and
constructed the battery from which the
first shot of the great Civil war was
fired.
During the bombardment of Fort
Sumter Lieutenant O'Brien was in
command of Fort Pinckney and for his
gallantry in this action was promoted
to a eaptaincy. He also saw service in
the Virginia campaign.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13
Monsters and Mice.

FhIIadIephIa Record
Don't repeal or reduce the tariff du
ties on the products of the trusts cry
the defenders of monopoly, lest you
ruin the smaller industrial establish
ments that are competitors of the
trusts" But there is no need of protec-
tive duties on articles produced more
cheaply in this country than in others
Notwithstanding our higher wage rate.
The over capitalized trusts are at dis
advantage as compared with Compel
itors not so hampered and able to give
sharp personal attention to their BUSH
ness Neither the big concerns nor the
little ones need a government gratuity.
1t is no sensible or suitable defense of
the trusts to say: Let the monsters
rob on lest the mice should suffer in
jury" That is the substance of the
protectionist argument
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13
A Statue for lola.

New York, ct13-Nearly $4,000 francs
have been collected. says a Paris dis
patch to. the Times BY way of London
for the proposed statue of the late Emil
lola. At meeting in New York of
tie Zola Literary and Benevolent assoc
citation. addresses were made in mem
CRY of the late rovelist by many leading
Hebrews. A fund was opened toward
the erection of monument.
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an affront to their intelligence and wise
ly let the miners in their various local
unions answer it by a unanimous vote
TO continue the strike.
The strike will now continue and the
sylvania in the anthracite coal region
viii quickly prove whether the mines
can be worked by licensed miners of the
state The claims of the operators and
limitation in preventing work will BE-
tested under the bayonets of 10000 sol
diers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13
SMALLEST CHILD.
Incubator Baby Weighs Only
Twenty-three Ounces.

New York, Oct. 13.-Nhat is said by ply
sicians at the Bellevue and New York post
graduate hospitals TO be the smallest Iiv-
ing child ever born has been placed in
incubator at the latter institution. The
child. boy. weighs one pound and seven
ounces. It is IA inches in length 1t was
taken to Bellevue by John Clark, car
penter. He carried it in a paper bag filed
with cotton and stated that his wife was
too i'll TO care for the child The doctors
were greatly interested and at once car
ried the infant wonder to the post-grad-
uate hospital, where it was placed in an
fncubator
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was largely attended and the report
was unanimously approved. President
Wilson's reference to the fact that sec
ond preferreds, on which interest has
not been paid since 1883 would receive
q full dividend elected hearty applause.
He believed every step should be taken
with the view of benefiting the share
holders, and that a hand to-mouth pol
icy should be severely avoided. Presi-
dent Wilson also said that the strike in
the United States had not yet affected
the Grand Trunk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13
Committed Suicide.

New York. Oct 13-CharIes G. Dale,
cashier for two years OF the New York
day, having shot himself during the
night. Dale was about 40 years of age,
and leaves a widow and daughter An
investigation of his accounts showed
they We're correct. No cause for his
suicide is known.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13
BURTON TO SPEAK.

Senator J. r. Burton viii speak at
Lukens' opera house. North Topeka. on
Wednesday evening of this week. Jack
sons band will play. 1t win be his first
speech in the Kansas campaign.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13
Steel Foundry7In Incorporates.

Springfield, Ill, Oct. 13.-Secretary of
State Rose today licensed the incorpor-
alton in Illinois of the American Steel
Foundry company, Incorporated und r
the laws of New Jersey, with principal
office in Jersey City, and with a capital
stock CT $4,000 coo, of which $4,000, 000 is
in Illinois
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13

New York, Oct. 13.-A demonstration
has been held in Hyde Park, cables the
London correspondent of the Tribune
for the purpose of calling public atten-
ton to the alleged grievances of the re-
servists and the time to expired men
who have served in the South African
war
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convicts Case Postnoned.

Leavenworth, Oct. 1s.-The cases against
the convict mutineers who headed the out
break at the federal prison last year was
called in the Il. S. circuit court today but
postponed until tomorrow because of the
absence of some of the counsel. The pris-
oners. wearing stripes, were chained and
heavily handcuffed when brought into
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13
Mai. Wright Is Dead.

washington, D. c., Oct. 13.-Maior M.
r. G. Wright is dead. He was native
Of Ohio and was so years of age At
the time OF his death he held a position
on the board Of review in the United
States pension office. Major Wright
bore the distinction of having been the
Youngest me- tor in the volunteer service
Turing tire war Of the rebellion. and
served with distinguished gallantry with
the army Cf the west.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13

The Kansas university football team
misled Washburn with reports of dis
sension and weakness. If the team is
weak Washburn doesn't want to meet
1t when it is in form.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13

Richard Olney has emerged from his
retirement long enough to make an old
fashioned Democratic speech. He must
have concluded that Bryan is perma-
nently shelVed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13

Rev. T. w. Emerson, the Prohibition
candidate for governor, admits that he
doesn't expect to be elected. He is one
of the very few candidates who isn't
fooling himself
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13

President Baer of the Reading rail-
road is still spokesman for the mine
operators but he is a trifie less gar
rulous than he was before he met Gov
Arnor Odell
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Wall Street Inflated.


chicago Tf1bunes
The most sagacious observers of the
financial situation in the east have come
TO the conclusion that values in Wall
street are enormously inflated and must
come down. Liquidation is inevitable
The only question is as to when it shall
come. 1t may be postponed for a few
weeks or months. 1t may be delayed
for year. Ultimately it will come. The
sooner it comes the better it will be for
legitimate business interests Wall
street is now sleeping upon a thin crust
which conceals restless volcanic Ares.
The secretary of the treasury may at
tempt to relieve the situation by pour
ing money into Wall street by releasing
reserves or by accepting state and
municipal bonds in lieu of government
bonds These expedients are temporary
in their qualitative effects. AS far as
permanent good is Concerned. they are
much like pouring water into the crater
of Mont Pelee or Nesuvius. The secre-
tarys remedies only tend to aggravate
the complaint. They bring on a series
of small explosions, each more injurious
than the one before it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13

Now that the anti-fusion law is to be
tested it might be we'll for a few of the
state officers to get ready to spend
vacation in the Wichita Jail for con-
tempt of court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13

somely, pleasures ere multiplied and
health ard comfort assured. Other ma
lions have sent their bright young men to
see and study here, and they have gone
back more wide minded and moe helpful
to their people. We should welcome the
Fiiipinos. There are clever fellows among
them, and under the circumstances OF
domicile, Boston cannot spoil them for fu-
fIre usefulness Eagle:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13

J. CYRUS Leland must be at Troy gath
ering his crops He's has not been ac-
oused by the Burton papers of trying
to run the Republican party for at least
a week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13

Cider Smith and the weather bu-
reau at last got together and predicted
a change fn.the weather and this time
both were right.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13

The Republican senatorial situation
has quieted down. The candidates are
now devoting their time to realizing
upon what they got in the county con-
Gyeutions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13

The threat that the soft coal miners
will soon strike doesn't sound we'll to
the man whose coal bin is too small to
hold q winters supply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13

Out of the several hundred football
games played Saturday not fatality
was reported. Football is surely becom-
ing ..gentleman's game"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13

For bloodshed the French strikers can
distance the American coal miners. I'm
less they can shoot a few policemen
they don't feel that they are doing their.
duty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13

Galen Nichols is having a stony path
In his brief political journey. He may
conclude to put a different interpreta-
ton upon his oath before he again seeks
an office
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13

Kansas has had rain to spare which
the prophets say presages a big crot
year in 1903.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13

T. T. Kelly. the embezzler, still hopes
that the people of Kansas will turr
their treasury over to his guardianship
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13

Mrs Nation is in Oklahoma. She
could not have found a place where hel
crusade would have less effect
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13

Topeka is to have a real automobile
factory and no bonus was asked either.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13

Every politician who can't think of
anything else to say takes a shot at the
coal trust.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13
GRAND Trunk Prospers.

London, Get 13.-The senli-annuai
meeting of the shareholders Of the
Grand Trunk railroad Of Canada today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13

Topeka's bank c1earings continue to
show a. large increase.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13

Anthracite coal is a curiosity in Kan
sas now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13
A Tax on Direst Need.

New York World:
The shipping trust is bringing $4,000
tons of British coal to be sold at cost
to New York poor and to keep hospitals
and asylumns from closing. The cost,
already EXCHANGED by the unusual de-
mand and by the British export tax of
shilling a ton, will be further in
creased by the tariff of 81 cents ton
levied in our own custom houses.
Since England proposed to collect du-
ties upon American corn sent to relieve
the food famine in Ireland no such in
iquitous impost has been revealed as
this tax upon British coal destined to
relieve the coal famine of our own suf-
fering poor.
If the strike continues ten million tons
of coal will be brought to this country.
Every corner of Europe and Canada
viii be ransacked for IT; the price Will
be raised over half the world 1t will
be a necessity to sustain life itself. Yet
the government will collect upon it
Sc, 700, 600 in duties, which must be COW
cred into the treasury''-there to swell
the Notwithstanding surplus.
Not even anthracite escapes paying.
Five years ago it would have done so,
but through chicanery in drawing the
Dingley bill GOALS containing less than
go per cent of fixed carbon were made
dutiable. Welsh and British Colum bian
anthracite is thus barred, as it was
meant to be.
The repeal of the duty upon coal will
be the first duty of congress when it re-
assemblies.
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Bah Gndignantly)-Well viii You look al
that2 You left your candy on my table
again. and now it's gone, of course
get spanked for it.-Brool1lyn Life