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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-05
WHAT THEY SAY.
Independent Leaders Discuss
the Cause of Defeat.

The Independent forces do not agree
as to what the result of the election in
Shawnee county signifies.
H. G. Barimer said today: 1T seems
to me that the vets had the most votes
in Shawnee county. 1 don't behave that
any candidates for the Independents
would have made any difference in the
result
DR.. ]. T. Mcfarland said: 1T seems to
me that the result of the election mani
testify shows the popular approval of
the open saloon policy. The pubic, with
the facts clearly before them, commend
ed Mayor Parker's wide open policy and
Nichols nulification administration.
Rev. ]. NJ. Jackson said: I attribute
the defeat of the Independent ticket to
the lack of organization. 1t is hard to de-
feat a straight ticket. Those who fa-
vored the wide open side voted to man,
while the Independents did not get out
their entire vote
W. H. Cowles, secretary of the Indepen-
dent committee, said today I'VE have
closed our office and are not even receiv-
ing returns We have lost all interest in
the result
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-05
ROCK ISLAND CHANGE.
C. L. Nichols, Formerly of Topeka,
Goes to Fairbury.

Another change will be in effect
Thursday on the western lines of the
Rock Island railroad. Circulars are to-
day announcing that c. L. Nichols. for
merly superintendent of the Illinois d.
vision of that road, has been made SUI
perintendent of the Nebraska division,
headquarters at Fairbury.
Effective the same date, and to fill the
vacancy on the Illinois division caused
by the transfer of Supt. Nichols, F. ..
Melc!ser, who for some time has been
division superintendent of the Boston &
Maine road, with headquarters at Bos-
ton Mass. has been appointed to the
superintendency Of the Illinois division.
Mr. Nichols formerly lived in Topeka,
some years ago being superintendent of
the Santa Fe eastern division at this
place He was also in the Santa Fe
service at Fort Madison, Ia, for a time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-05
THE ELECTION.

Different people win see different les
sons in the results of the election. T.
T. Kelly, the Republican candidate for
state treasurer, ran heavily behind his
ticket in this community about one
thousand-and in the state. This shows
the sentiment of Shawnee county and
Kansas toward a record of dishonesty
in office Mr.. Kelly was pulled through
by his ticket.
The overwhelming local election of
Nichols and Lucas over Stebbins and
Stahl shows that there was much in
temperance and intolerance exercised by
the radical temperance people; that the
citizens as a whole did not believe the
town would be thrown open to the GRIM
inaI element even without the legal pro-
lection of Mr.. Stebbins or the police
authority of Mr.. Stahl, although Stahl
had made a poor marshal of the city
and Nichols an unsatisfa record as
counselor for the county
The fact that Stebbins and Stahl car
ried only one ward of the six, in spite
of the tremendous efforts of the indie
pendents indicates that the people be-
lieve the city's portion of the county
can be decently conducted without
them. There are methods and methods
ana lne voters VINO opposed SteDDlnS
and Stahl have among them hundreds
and hundreds who are most anxious to
have the least of crime and of evil and
of temptation in the city; who are anx-
ious that Topeka maintain a high record
for morals and temperance and good be-
havior, and who believe that Topeka is
not as bad as she has been painted by
some of her ministers and others of good
intentions.
The radical element that supported
Stebbins and Stahl should be careful
not to jump to the other extreme and
assert, simply because things did not
go their way, that Topeka wants open
Saloons gambling houses and vice gen
orally. She does not
1t may be that the intenperance of
the temperance people turned the tide.
The voters may have determined to re-
Duke the system used by Rev. j. T.
Mcfarland and others who have
dragged their churches into politics, and
grossly slandered some of our best citi-
zens and impugned them with bad mo-
tiVeS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-05
KILLED Their PA.
Three Patracides, the Oldest of
Whom Is Ia.

Columbus. Neb., Nov. 5.-Three chill
dren, the oldest of whom IS IA years, are
under arrest near Humphreys for killing
their father, G. Borchers, farmer, and
burning his body. Borchers was killed
according to a statement alleged to have
been made to the sheriff by Herman, his
14-year-old son. who used a shotgun
which he had purchased for the pur-
pose.
Then, with the help of two brothers,
August, aged 10. and John, aged, s
years. Herman dragged the body of his
father to a strawstack and set fire to 1t.
Each of the children told practically
the same story, the only variance being
III the degree of culpa ability In the kill
ing accorded each. Herman, who is
said to have fired the gun that killed
his father, duplicates the younger
brothers equally with himself while
they put the blame on him. The only
motive for the crime given is that the
father. who is a widower. had not treat
ed them kindly. Neighbors say they
know of no mistreatment on the part
of the father.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-05
JAYHAWKER Jors.

Mr.. Joint, of Norton, has moved his fix
lures to Washington.
Jack the Hugger begins operations on
the Parsons street at 7:3O.
Neodesha is putting in its idle hours
kicking for better telegraph service.
The latest addition to grease the wheels
of Norton's industry is a butter factory.
Wellsville butchers in cutting their
steaks made a mistake and cut the price.
Jessie James made a good run for
county superintendent on the fusion ticket
in Republic county.
Eleven eggs cost a Sumner county man
$11.75. He took them when the owner
wasn't looking.
A Chetopa milling company auNet.-. .
corn cobs at so cents" DO their patrons
want them for gate posts?
Cowley county has 250 school teachers.
Arkansas City and Winfield each furnish
30 to help the cause along.
Mr.. Crabs, of Ada, is showing a sample
of grass seven feet high This is indeed a
remarkable growth for crab grass.
A Gypsum school boy accounts for his
crooked nose by being a too deeply in
terested spectator at a clod fight.
Prayers were held in Topeka for the
election of certain candidates. Wouldn't it
be a good idea for Ottawa. where the
small boys carry skeleton keys, to take
up such a movement.
One of the largest centipedes ever seen
at Coffeyville was captured this week
loafing around in the vicinity of the public
schools.
An Alta Vista woman has gained con-
siderable fame for herself by killing a
large and vicious chicken hawk with a
rifle at the first attempt
Mr.. Moon. of Culver, was under a tenn
porary eclipse the past week. Three of
his valuable colts attempted unsuccess-
fully to ford the river.
Soldier home veterans at Leavenworth
threw Democratic challengers out of the
windows. Some men grow old gracefully
and others disgracefully.
Abilene is to have a crystal maze I'm
der the theory that people who live in
glass houses won't throw stones this Will
be pleasing news TO Salina.
A Wilson county school teacher thought
enough of one of his 15-ycar-old pupils to
marry her The following day, without ap-
parent cause he left town and the girl.
For almost no cause whatever a Coffey-
Vile man whipped his 14-year-old daugh-
ter until her body was mass of bloody
bruises. He will be let off with a court
hearing.
The first mud singing in the campaign
at Wellington happened election morning.
Two politicians stood on a street corner
when a runaway horse dashed a shower
of filthy water over them.
Two young runaway girls are seeing the
sights at Concordia 1t seems queer that
a girl no sooner gets old enough to begin
to wear long skirts than she has desire
to take to the stage and don short ones.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-05

Cincinnati Commercial Tribune:
The arbitrators chosen by President
Roosevelt are amply justifying the wis
dom of the selection. Declining the
courtesy of special train. to be fur
nished by the operators, they are pay
ing their own way and making an in
spection by themselves and for them
selves. Friday they spent down in the
f3af. IRE liz mp. silsh. mud or darkness.
ard they went about it in practical
mine. examined more than one miner,
and cross-examined more than one boss.
Saturday they spent among the cabins
of the miners. examining their condition,
or lack Of condition, examining the clo-
thing and inquiring into the quality and
quantity of the table fare customary
among the employees.
Evidently the arbitrator are i'm
p1 essed with the belief that theirs are
rot merely perfunctory duties and evil
IDENTIFY President Roosevelt knew that
the gentlemen he selected would be i'm
pressed lust in that way. and the re-
suits are iustifying him fully Whether
The -arbitra tors will be allowed to exam
inc the books and accounts of the Oper-
at0rs is yet to be seen. So far the re-
Guest has been denied-but if the denial
Is continued the operators can not blame
the conclusions which will be drawn by
tho. arbitrators and by the public. It
WIS wise in President Roosevelt to sug
gesC arbitration, and equally wise was
his selection of the arb'tr5forS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-05
LOCAL MENTION.

Judge r. B. Pulsifer of Concordia,
was n town this morning.
R. M. Hamer, postmaster at Emporia.
was in town Tuesday night.
If you want to see a reliable business
medium. call on DR.. Ala Thurman. 11S
West Sixth street. a. m. to 9 D. m.
j. w CoIley, the Perry banker who
was connected with a feud in that town
last summer, was in Topeka this morn
ing for a short while.
Semper Butcher, formerly editor and
proprietor of the Emporia Democrat,
was in Topeka for a short time Tues
day evening Butcher is now located at
Pawnee. Okla, where he is interested in
tire banking business
Mrs. r. r. Brown, who for two weeks
has been the guest of her brother, S. NJ.
Crow of this city, left today for her
home in Los Angeles, Cal Mrs. Brown
was delegate to the national conven-
ton of the Woman's Home Missionary
society of the NJ. E. church which re-
Gently met in Kansas City, and stopped
off in Topeka on her way back to the
coast.
George B. Penny, dean of the school
of fine arts of the State university, is
in the city this afternoon.
Charles NJ. Sawyer of Norton. a prom
inent member of the Democratic party
in this state. was here today.
Mrs. A. H Harris of Emporia, who
for three weeks has been a patient at
Stormont hospital, will return to her
home Thursday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-05
NAMES HIS HELPERS.

Manager R. S. Brigham of the Mid Win
ter Exposition company today announced
the names of the sixteen honorary vice
presidents who have been chosen from the
different parts of the state to represent the
project. They follow:
W J. Bailey. Baileyville; John Seaton,
Atchison: w. B. Stone Galena;C B. HCff-
man, Enterprise; N. O. Stevens, Law
renee; L. B. Potter. Salina; Albert Dodge.
Leavenworth; Frank Vincent, Hutchinson;
$ I. Burnham. Beloit: D. p. Thomas, TT
Scott: W. A. White, Emporia. I. S. Sto-
yer. lola; c. p. Dewey. Manhattan; W. Nv.
Caldwell, Concordia and George W. Crane.
Topeka.
Manager Brigham sent to the printers
today the first bunch of cooy for the pros
pectus of the exposition. which is to APP
pear in a few days. I'VE have received. :
said Mr. Brigham. already several appli-
cations from Topeka people for floor
space iE the Auditorium. but we think it
fair to wait a few days until the an
nouncements have been sent out over the
state before giving the Topeka exhibitors
chance There were 10 or Is cities from
over the state last winter VINO partici-
pated in the exposition and there is the
prospect of more this time. Not only that.
but it is our plan to interest the officials
of a still larger number of Kansas cities
in order that the greatest advantage may
accrue to the exhibitors and to the visit
ors as WE'LL
Plans for the project are now. under full
way. Mr.. Brigham is busy getting out the
preliminary announcements and prepar-
ing to follow them up with the elaborate
prospectus which is TO appear soon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-05
BROKE HIS LEG.
Drunken Man Starts a Fight
and Gets Worst of 1t.

Now that the show is over, the police
are congratulating themselves on the ease
with which they handled the peace and
dignity of the city. Five plain drunks
were arrested during the day. Only two
arrests were made where the victims were
filled with a desire to fight. G. A. and
Frank Solander, brothers, wanted to see
the stereopticon bulletins at the State
journal office. The crowd was dense, and
they decided there should be more room.
While they We're clearing standing room
some person landed on G. A. Solander,
dishguring his face and knocking him
down in such position that his leg was
broken below the knee. Then a policeman
called the patrol wagon. which hauled the
injured man and his brother away. Frank
Solander was fined SO, but the injured man
was taken home.
Out at Wanamaker, west of the city
Fred Boutell maltreated ]. S. Ernest, who
came to town post haste this morning and
secured a warrant in city court for Bou-
tells arrest.
In the city every joint was closed until
six o'clock, when the doors were opened
as the polls were closed.
But while the joints were closed, the
drug stores. which neither pay a license
or heed the ancient customs, sold a
poorer grade of whisky and lots of it
Knots of white Horse cavalrymen' stood
on the corners and held up the rooters
who passed. It was quiet all over the city.
No large gangs congregated around the
polling places. and the electioneering was
usually of a confidential 'between-me-
and-you' variety.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-05
WON'T GIVE up.
Coler Refuses to COncede Defeat
in New York.
Democratic Leaders Preparing
to Contest the Election.

New York. Nov. 5-Although the I'M
official reports from the state apparently
showed Odelrs reelection by about TO-
600 plurality, Mr.. Coler, his Democra tic
opponent. refused today to concede de-
feat, declaring that he wished to wait
for the official count a statement by
Mr.. Coler. which indicated that he was
not satisfied with the returns as re-
ceived so far, was followed by rather
sensational announcement from Secre-
tary Mason of. the Democratic state
committee About the same time
rumor was circulated that Coler intend
ed to make d contest in the courts, and
Simultaneously the Evening Journal is
sued an extra edition declaring that
former Senator Hill. Chas. F. Murphy
and Hugh Mclaughlin claimed Coler's
election
This report. together with the state
ments made by Coler and Secretary Ma
son, caused considerable excitement in
this cit-r
Bird S. Coler's statement was made at
the Democratic headquarters in Brook
lyn today. To a number Of reporters
Mr.. Coler said:
Il think personally it would be a good
thing to watch the official count up the
state closely. Why don't they distribute
McCuliagh men UP there as well as here
in Greater New York? Suppose the
Democratic ticket had received. say in
the neighborhood Of 10000 majority in
Greater New York, there vas nothing
10 nave stopped TIE IleDuOfl-2llS from
claiming the upper section of the state
by at least 200. 600 What the Demo
cratic party needs up the state is tried
and true material. who will look CT
fully after the party's interests. I don't
mean by anything I nave said eitI er
last night or this morning that l in any
manner c0ncede the election of my op-
ponent I want to wait for the official
count. for my latest advices are that the
vote is very close. I am hopeful of re-
ceiving today news that will put a new
complexion on affairs in this state
John A. Mason. secretary of the Dem
ocratic state committee, speaking for
the committee. issued the following
statement:
1--WE concede nothing. Odell's election
is simply claim. We will not admit his
election until every defective ballot or al
legged defective ballot has been scrutinized,
and every vote that of right belongs to
our party is counted The alleged defec-
tive ballots unaccounted for the Demo-
cratic ticket by Republican inspectors are
more than enough to elect Coler. We have
evidence of wholesale debauchery and cor
ruption in Orange. Oneida. Albany and
Erie counties and in the cities along the
line of the New York Central railroad.
The defective ballots and the chicanery
practiced in the three judicial districts
here the Republican state machine bent
Davis, is alone sufficient to change the
result.
1--WE shall contest every foot of ground p"
David B. Hill and Frank Campbell will
be at the state headquarters this evening
and meeting of the state committee will
be held either this evening or tomorrow
and plan of action will be formulated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-05

Some idea of the effect of the anthra-
cite strike on the coal business Of the
country may be gained from figures
compiled by the United States bureau
of statistics. Anthracite movements to
the end of September this year are re-
ported as amounting to 1880 S69 tons,
compared with 4O224.426 tons in 1901
and 34202.7 19 tons in 1900 Out of 2s.-
115.097 tons of coal originating on the
Pennsylvania lines east of Pittsburg
and Erie to September q of this year.
1.619.406 tons were anthracite. compared
with 3,433. 1872 tons last year; 10, 1874
tons were bituminous, compared with
14594,62S tons last year; and 7,263, 497
tons were coke, compared with 6.O17.677
tons last year. For the five months end
ing with August this year, the Baltimore
& Ohio coal and coke movement
amounted to 7055, 253 tons. and for the
eight months to the end of August, a.
0S5,612 tons. The Norfolk & Western
coal and coke shipments reached 1886. 953
tons for seven months ending with July,
and 4,1Oc,O95 tons for the corresponding
period of 1901.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-05
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
The oarsman never has hard row to
hoe.
Air castles are sometimes built of gold
bricks.
good appetite is rather handicap
TO man who is penniless.
Many a man who thinks he was born
to command marries a woman who was
born to countermand.
Mrs. Muggins-''Is dyspepsia contagi-
ous? Mrs. Well, l suffer a
good bit from my husbands attacks. -
BlObbs-" Football is not nearly so
deadly as it used to be-" Slobbs-"Just
wait till they get to playing it with au-
tomobiles."
Wigg-"B jones is the most generous
fellow l know" Wagg-"That's right
I've even heard it whispered thar he
gives his wife money"
rNell-"That girl from South America.
I am told is a Daughter of the Revolu-
ton" Belle-"Graciousi She's a daugh-
ter of five or six
who can tell me the meaning of
1eisure?" asked the teacher. It's a place
where married people repent" replied
the boy at the foot of the class.
Hook-"What's the matter with your
dog? He acts rather strangely" Nye-
He bit tramp the other day and I'm
afraid he has contracted hydrophobia. -
mo, can't say am glad to see the
coal strike settled" said the profession
al jokesmith why not?" inquired his
left on my hands. sadly replied the hui
747o1-iaf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-05
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
The First Pacific Cable.
PHILADELPHIA Record:

Philadelphia Record:
The ocean cable line from Vancouver
pleted without delay and without flour
ish of trumpets. A task that has baf-
fed engineering genius and inventive
audacity for many years past has been
quietly undertaken, adequately and
reSolutely prosecuted and easily accom-
plished. The British cable laying steam
ers have swept away all fear of the sub
marine valley, nearly six miles deep,
over which a Pacific cable must pass
westward from the mid-ocean isles to
continental coasts.
Compared with the disappointments
and misadventures of Cyrus w. Field
and other pioneers in transatlantic
cable laying, the course of the Pacific
cable promoters has been smooth and
serene. There now remain to be con-
sidered only certain difficulties of con-
struction, installation and maintenance
that are peculiar to and inseDarable
tered east of the Midway islands. With
these once overcome, Pacific cable
equipment and management would
speedily fall into the worlds CONNER
told tale. As the bold BritOns have in
continently demonstrated. the way to
lay an ocean cable is to lay it,
without any regard whatever to
varying conditions of deep sea soundings
or unprecedented distance between
landing stations.
The electrical conquest of the broac
Pacific once auspiciOusly begun, and
trepidation replaced by confidence
among the worlds expert cable layers,
there should speedily follow results both
striking and significant. The future
field of American maritime commerce
is far to the westward. Eastern Asia
and its populous outlying islands are
natural markets for the staple products
of American industry. Civilization is
rapidly making inroads in that quarter
and with the advent of railroads ano
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-05
Flies in American History.

Washington Star.
According TO an Ohio college professor
all the pictures now in existence of the
scene when the Declaration of indie
pendence was signed are historically in
accurate. The most conspicuous of these
paintings is perhaps that of Trumbuli,
in the capitol rotunda in this city. Yer
it is grossly in error if the proof which
this professor claims to have found in
the correspondence of Thomas Jefferson
is to be accepted. 1t appears that Mr..
Jefferson. who had a memory for details
wrote some years after the signing CT
the instrument describing the scene. He
explained the haste with which the sig
natures were affixed by stating that
flies had invaded the assembly room in
swarms, coming from a livery stable
across the street. There were no win
dow screens in those days. The mem
bers, after the fashion of the times,
wore knickerbockers and silken hose.
Even the modern bicyclist who wears
his '<nickies'' knows how disagreed bic
persistent fly can be when a leg is
the object of it's attack. Consider, then,
the plight of the "signers' when the
flies had settled upon their thinly clad
calves by the hundreds. No wonder
they hurried to sign and then to and
respite from the stings of the pests
Just how far this condition affected
their signatures remains for the expert
graphologist to determine. Some of the
names bear today a decidedly jerky ap-
pearance. as though the writers had
been suffering. Now not one of the
painted depictions of the scene bears
the least evidence of the invasion of
flies, although it would appear that
those insects played an important part
in opening the breach with Britain. Ar
tistic taste may demand the elimination
of such unconventional details. But
what a theme for a oainteri The saw
ing of Rome by geese has often been
shown on canvas in heroic style. Why
not, then. the quickening of the pulse OF
liberty by the flies?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-05
Mr.. ALBAUGH TALKS.
Says Republican Plurality Will
Be $4,000.

Chairman AIbaugh this afternoon
gave the following statement to the
State Journal:
returns have been heard from every
part of the state, and they indicate the
election of w. J. Bailey and the entire
Republican ticket by about $4,000 plu-
rality The Republicans have elected
every member of congress and over 80
members of the legislature The major
tiles for the Republican candidates for
congress will be approximately as fol-
lows in the various districts: First dis
Fourth. 1000; Fifth, 5000; Sixth, 1900;
Seventh. 1900"
There is very little life around the fusion
headquarters this afternoon. Chairman
Farre1ly. of the Democratic committee,
has not returned to Topeka at all since he
went home to vote. He telephoned N this
morning to ask the news. but made nc