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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12
CHANGE TEE DATE.

Recently the United States senate
passed a resolution cha nging the date
OF the presidential Inauguration cere-
monies from March to later date
Lately a national committee having the
proposition under consideration met
and reported favorably on the move
ment to have the date changed to the
last Thursday in April.
1t is a wonder that such d movement
has not been carried to a successful
issue long ago. The fact is there is no
reason for the date that has al
ways prevailed. When the govern
ment was founded the date of the con-
gressionaI session was fixed for the ear
iy part of December. In order that am
PIE time might be afforded for the con-
elusion of business before the session
ended. the time Of March was hxed
upon with the result that respect for
the past has caused it still to remain
the time of Inducing the newly elected
executive into Office.
But there is another side to it: in
those early days railroads and steam
boats We're unknown, thus making the
distance in time between the AIississip-
pi river and the seat of government
nearly as great as from here to Ma
Mia. Such being the case. it was nee
essary TO give mem ers of congress
chosen at the November elections time
to arrange for assuming their duties
and TO reach the national capital in
time for the Inauguration. This mat
ter Of distance between the parts of the
country was then much more important
than We of today can easily eompre-
bend. Even as late as Webster's time 1t
was predicted that it would be next &c
impossible for far-off Oregon ever 10
come in close enough touch with tire
central government to render the
scheme practicable.
But this condition long ago was out
grown; and now in the interests OF tbs
people of the whole country it is pro-
per that Inauguration day be changed
TO some later date when those who are
DESTROYS of attending the ceremonies
may do So Every time there is an In
anguration. it is followed by list OF
nortaiities traceable directly to this
source; that the people anxious to par
ueipate in the exercises of the das
brave the rough weather many times al
the risk of good health. Now that ths
ends of the nation have been gathered
mp within few DAYS travel oe one an.
other, there is no excuse why this whole
matter could not erearranged sa that tn
time when our president is to go int
ohlce would be one OF pleasant weather
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12
ouAKRR REFLEoTIoNs.

From the Philadelphia Record
The successful thief never takes
chances.
Every sluggard should have a rich
aunt to go to.
The painless dentist is sometimes a
bowling success.
1t is harder for some men to spend
money than to make it.
a woman never gets too old to tell
what a fiirt she used to be.
It is often difficult TO DISTINGUISH be-
tween a peacenaaker and a busybody.
A fellow doesn't have to wear glasses
in order to make a spectacle OF himself
It may pe more blessed to give than
to receive, but it is less trouble to do
Ancestors are not absolutely neees-
sary. Adam managed to struggle along
Without any.
No man is a hero in the eyes of his
valet. and no woman IS a heroine in the
syes of her cook.
When a girls hair is a trouble to her
she can bleach it. and thus make light
of her trouble.
The man who invests his money in a
flying machine nay live to learn that
riches take unto themselves wings.
Every man who tries to convert 9TH
ess to his way of thinking labors under
the delusion that he is a reformer.
Every man should profit by his own
mistakes. bur most of US would prefer
to profit by the mistakes of others.
Even q woman's club has its good
points" says the Manayunk Philoso-
pher a woman does such a lot of talk
ing there that she hasn't much left for
home use
when 7 take cocktail before break
fast remarked the Bachelor Girl 1t
n axes me feel like alike a. Like
new man. suppose interrupted the
Old Fashioned Girl.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12
VOTING MACHINES COMING.

That the voting machines viii event
ually be in general use is evident from
the tests that are being made in the
east Hartford, Conn.,, tried machines
as an experiment last week and the fol-
loving editorial from the Hartford Post
indicates the degree of success of the
experiment:
The voters of the First and Ninth
wards, who were the pioneers in voting
by machines here, evidently welcomed
the experiment and took kindly to the
innovation They voted with neatness
and despatch. particularly despatch.
and stood not upon the orders OF their
voting. In the First ward over one
thousand voters turned the knob and
pressed the button and there was gem
eraI satisfaction that voting by machine
was an easy and agreeable and not at
all a puzznng or formidable process.
In the Ninth ward a still larger number
of voters We're accommodated, the total
being in excess OF 1,400 and it was not
a very pleasant day either In that
ward, too, the general verdict was All
right" and indictments were few and
far between. The popular verdict, 50
far as it can be ascertained and ex-
pressed by the voters in these two large
and representative wards, is that voting
machines are all right from the stand
point of the average voter.
Doubtless the use of the machines
especially when the voters are strange
to the machine and feel a little timid
about the possibility of getting mixed
up with the combinations and cranks,
but the machines are after all exceed
ingly simple and easily accommodate
themselves to the necessities of the
voters. We shall lose our guess if the
people In this city do not demand them
for use in future elections.
So much for the machines from the
standpoint of the man behind the bal
lot, the average. plain citizen during
the process of voting. But when we
consider the process of counting the
vote we reach a point that demands
universal appreciation. AS soon as the
clock strikes s. and the moderator de
clares the polls closed. the result can De
promulgated. There is no slow process
of sorting envelopes, arranging bal
lots, counting and recounting and
but a complete, absolutely correct, rec
known to all concerned at once. The
returns from the First and Ninth wards
We're made known last night shortly
after o'clock. while the votes in the
other wards were not all counted anC
tabulated until after midnight. THAI
one feature OF machine voting was i'm
/ pressed upon the people of Hartford
last night by the use of the two con-
/ trasting systems
Voting by machine does not imply
machine voting. That was shown II
the Ninth ward. especially. And it mas
| fairly be said that the particular ma
/ chine used here seemed to be vel
/ adapted for its purpose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHs.
lFrom the Chicago News.l


Some parents use their children to
hang old clothes on.
The example of today will rank as a
precedent tomorrow.
Some men find that Friday IS just as
unlueky as any other day
A bird in the hand is permissible-if
you have no knife and fork
Women does not count her years until
she has no teeth to count.
introducing a happy man to pessl-
mist is like shaking a red flag at a bull
Many a man who is capable of giving
good advice isn't capable of earning his
salt.
Blessed is the woman whose husband
can always find in the bureau drawer
the thing he Is looking for
Much of woman's unhappiness is due
to the fact that she is continually trying
to improve on the work Of nature.
A man may take on sufficient liquid
refreshments to drown his conscience
temporarily. but it Will be on hand ready
to resume business the next morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12

indianapolis News: It is not the
bribe-takers of our city councils and
legislatures that ought to receive the
severest punishment-though it should
certainly be most severe-but It is the
promoters. attorneys and corporations
that pay the bribes. The wealthy men
of decent antecedents and of recognized
position in society that seek 10 cor
rupt the servants Of the public to be-
tray their trusts-they are the men that
deserve the severest condemnation and
the heaviest penalty. You may be sure
that franchises would not be sold or
public duties betrayed If there were not
men supposed to be reputable and re-
garded as reputable ready TO prey upon
the public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12

been confirmed by the experience Of a rnul-
1ltude of busy pastors during the past %
years. In the appendix will be found much
Information concerning the Young Peo-
pies Society of Christian Esndeavor and its
later developments, which has not before
been brought together within the covers OF
one book This method Of Christian nur-
ture seems to be receiving the renewed and
continual blessing Of Cod Nearly four
millions Of young people are being trained
in such schools of applied Christianity and
millions more have graduated therefroln.
The society is constantly growing in num-
bers and I believe in spiritual grace in
America and ID every other land. It viii
soon he q years cid and as the society
comes OF age and enters upon its years
prayers Of every reader Of this book that
it may be in years to come 1uodestly, eff
GENTLY and more fully than IN the past.
prove training school for the Church Of
the Future.
Tsaarxhn5v. reaas the STATE Tl,11rsa.sl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12

Most people have an idea that Rear
Admiral Robley D. Evans acquired his
nickname of Fighting Bob from some
gallant service in the navy A naval
officer who was a cadet at Annapolis
when Evans became a cadet tells this
story OF how he came to be thus christ
ened: Along in 1859 and 1860 there was
a saloonkeeper named Robert D. Evans,
who continually got drunk. Every time
this happened, and it was several times
q week. five or six policemen had to be
called to carry the drunken chap TO
jail. and he was dubbed Fighting Bob.
So the minute a cadet appeared bearing
the name of R. D. Evans the nickname
was applied to him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12

tunity to overtake him. The man VINO
delays because the time is not favorable
is the man upon whose life viii be
written the word Failure The time
to do q thing Is now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12

THERE great many people this town Who think
e quite natural to feel i'll spring
and that there nothing do until they feel
better.
we want TO your feeling Of Illness WEAKNESS
general discomfort with everything easily enough
The blood throughout the winter thick coggd to-
tally untitled for the called upon to perform for the
first weeks of spring
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12

Cecil Rhodes came about as near TO
solving the problem of how to die poor
as it is likely to be done. Practically
te had given all he had before his death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12
Lost His Thumb in q Folding Chair

P. H. Dewey. Of Northampton. met
with a peculiar and painful accident
last evening He was sitting in d fold
ing chair when one of his thumbs was
caught in the mechanism and the flesh
was nearly al removed DR.. Thayer
was summoned and took the thumb off
at the last joint.-Springfield Repub-
hcan-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12

The new socialist mayor of Hartford
is named Sullivan. If it were not for
his name nobody would suspect him Of
being q Democrat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12

If we can't have parks let's have q
manual training school A wide awake.
growing city like Topeka should never
allow public improvements to stop
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12

A number of Democratic senators
from the south, ia turn, took an oratori-
cal shot al Mr.. Depew yesterday but
the New Yorker is tough and can stand
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12

Democrats are pursuing their Gus
tomary tactics and claiming entire
credit for the election of the mayor Of
Hartford. when it is apparent that the
labor unions did it and could have
elected a Republican just as easily if
they had chosen to do So The Demo-
cratic party never could stand pros
perity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12

The appointment of a successor to H
Clay Evans indicates that another place
has been found for that gentleman that
is congenial to his taste and inclina-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12

Uncle Sans idea OF an open door"
appears to consist in freedom of entry
for our people and goods into other
countries with tariff and exclusion laws
on our part as bars to reeiprocity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12

With all our friendship for and friend
liness toward England we can't bring
about the liberation Of Mrs. Aaybrick
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12

Kansas still continues to stand in the
fun glare of the political lime light.
The state not only secures the Office of
pension commissioner for one Of its
citizens, but for one who didn't ask for
it and didn't expect it, We may yet be-
come the Ohio of the west.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12

The Cubans are not hard to please.
They ask that the postal relations be-
tween the island ana the United States
be continued. and this in the face of
she Batnbone and Nicely record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12

Mr.. Carnegie denies thai, he is a phil
anthropist Well, he was never suspect
ed very strongly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12

a St. Louis paper calls Carter Harri
son the big dark horse for the presl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12

The customary peach crop story IS
varied by the announcement that II
Indiana the crop is safe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12

Rev Francis E Clark the founder Of
the. Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeayor. has performed another service
of worldwide Importance in gathering to-
gether IN the compass Of serviceable
manual his lectures upon the subject OF
Christian Nurture and all the data pertain
ing to the origin and spread of the Chris
tian EndeaVor movement together with
forms of constitutions. pledges etc used
in the society and its various branches
which has Just been issued from the press
Of Funk & Wagnalls. New York The plan
and scope of the volume are so admirably
condensed in the authors foreWord He
says: Much has been written on tins
subject but never to my knowledge has
there been a systematic effort to set forth
the principles Of Christian nurture as they
are related to the modern young peoples
movement However lmperfectly I have
this direction. Much new light has been
thrown upon child nature BY recent studies
principles Which IN a practical way have
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-12

H.-geGyboay -reaas tle sc Jonrnal
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-13
Claude Gates Has Right Leg ManSled
So that 1T Must BE Ann
putated.

Claude Gates, aged 10 years, was run
bver by a northbound motor ear at Twenty
fourth and Blonde streets at $3.50 yester-
4day morning and his right leg 30 mangled
that 1t will have to be amputated between
The knee and ankle. The toes Of his left
loot were also cut OF and he received other
injuries. He was taken to a nearby drug
store and DR.. Impey called. He was then
removed TO the Central hospital.
Claude and several companions were play
ing ball near the scene Of the accident
when a ball was knocked onto the car
tracks. Claude ran after it and fell in
Front Of the motor car, the wheels passing
over his right leg and the toes OF his left
foot. Motorman c.. L. Campbell stated
that he saw the boy standing near the curb
Nvhen the car stopped for the street and
I'd not notice him again until the car
started and the boy ran directly in front
on the tracks. He was then unable to
stop the car in time to save the boy. The
injured boy Ia a son OF w. w. Gates and
Besides at 2O1O North Twenty-third street.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-13
WAR ON SHORT MEASURES
Inspector MRhammitt Declares His In
tention TO Round Up Cheat
Ing Tradesmen.

The eagle eye Of Thomas p. Mahammitt.
city inspector Of weights and measures. is
trained on the market place and Thomas
P. has announced that he lie out for blood
and for short measures.
He announces that his speciality for the
present will be the seven-eighths measures
and that he proposes to make q collection
OF them that will be something for future
generations to ponder over. Already be has
a quarter-section of his ONCE in the city
hall filled with bushel baskets that hold
only twenty-eight quarts, half bushel bas-
kets that hold fourteen quarts and smaller
measures that hold as little as INSCRIPTIONS
dealers think the public will pay for.
1T is time for my apnual crusade to
begin in earnest" the inspector says, land
! am going after the cheaters hard before
the apple and fruit season begins, as 1t is
then that the public is most frequently VIC
timized. My method will be one of con-
1scation, for that is about the only thing
l can do so long as the market men and
p%eddlers use the measures for the one pur-
pose Of displaying their goods. Every short
measure find / will seize and keep and II
the owner wishes to take the matter into
court l will be glad to have him do so, for
then l shall have another way OF getting
at him without the cost of bringing the
suit myself.
From the discoveries I have made this
year l have drawn the conclusion that
housewives and others who buy directly
from the market men should pay ~particu-
lar attention to the tim and metal
measures, supposed to hold half pecks and
pecks. / am finding many that have been
made small and still more that have been
cut down dexterously and false bottoms in
serted. The work seem to have been done
In precisely the same manner in a great
many instances and / wouldn't be sur
prised to discover that somebody is making
a speciality OF this trick. II he Is l will
hunt him out and then / can probably get
hold of most Of the offenders in a bunch, for
l will not only prosecute him, but force
him, II possible, to give the names of all
for whom he has done such work.
Judge Gordon used to be a constant dis
enlargement to this department, for no
matter how many offenders l apprehended
the Judge would turn them loose with no
fine at all or only such small ones that
the effect of the prosecution was lost.
With Judge Berka on the bench, l think we
can get different results. A fine of $25
will have a good effect and 1 hope to have
1t imposed on some offender whose cheating
will warrant 1t at any early date"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-13
OF Interest to Campers-out.

Many Of our readers occasionally go into
camp-on a hunting or fishing trip or
prospecting or ranching. On such a trip
the question Of what to eat is most i'm
portant, for a turn Of indigestion spoils
all the pleasure and sickness away from
home defeats the purpose of the trip. With
a little attention to Quitting one thing
may be ~sure-that the food will be all right.
Bread, biscuits and 1apjacks are the prin-
cipal things-with fresh meat and fish
when they can be obtained. How to ham
die these and man other eatable things
In the best way at the camp FIRE is the SUBJ
ject Of a little book entitled Camp Cook
cry" published by the Royal Baking Pow
der Co., New York. Any Of our readers
will receive a copy of this book free OF
charge by writing to the Royal Baking Pow
der Co., New York. A postal card will do.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-13
BANE BUSINESS PROSPEROUS
Compilation of Last Statements Shows Very
Favorable Conditions,
GOOD GAIN IN LOANS AND DISCOUNTS
Deposits in All of the Banks on he
Increase, Being Three Million
Dollars more Than
Last Year.

The statements OF the national banks OF
Omaha OF their condition at the close OF
business April 80 are published, and a com
p~ilation shows that the present conditions
are favorable to the banks and that while
there is no particular boom" in any line
of business, there is a fair and active de-
mand for money for ordinary business.
Particularly iattering. according to local
bankers, is the gain shown In loans and
discounts, which have increased more than
~, 900, 900 sipce last April and more than
81, 600. 900 since the last previous statement
was published In February. With this in
crease in the loans and discounts comes a
good gain in the total resources If all
banks, which have increased more than
%, 500, 900 in the year and more than $780, 900
since last February.
The deposit account Of the Omaha banks
shows an increase all along the line, the
aggregate Increase over last year being
about $4,000, 900 and about 800, 900 over last
February's statement.
A statement Of the conditlon of the banks
FOR April. 1902, and 1901. and for last Febru-
airy is as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-13
No Dust, No Dirst, No EARRING.

When Colonel Roosevelt, h vice pres
ident, discovered that he could stand on
the rear of the fast flying Union Pacific
train, "The Overland Limited" without
~encountering a single particle OF dust, he
expressed surprise. saying that he had
never encountered a proposition OF this
kim before. True, he had seen some
eastern roadbeds saturated with oil and
rendered in i way dustless, but here was
a roadbed in its natural state giving forth
absolutely no dust"
The Union Pacific is ballasted with sher-
man gravel, concerning which so much has
been said. This is a disintegrated mica
granite. 1t YIELDS together with all the
fexibility OF asphalt and the durability OF
granite. Travellers over the Union Pacific
therefore escape the dust and dirt which
makes a trip over the lines of its less for
tunate rivals 30 annoying.
City ticket ONCE, 1924 Farnam ST.; phone
s1e. Union station. 10th and Marcy; phone
629. s 1853 ..
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-13
READY FOR TRADE EXCURSION
Commercial Men VIII start for south-
ern Nebraska Towns This
Morning,

The spring excursion of the Omaha Com
mercial club will leave the Burlington
depot this morning at 1880 o'clock for
a tour OF the towns on the line Of that
road in southern Nebraska. As at present
constituted the party will be composed Of
los members OF the club, representatives
OF the press, Burlington railroad officials
and the Twenty-seeond regiment band.
There was some talk of employing a
band made up Of regular Omaha musicians,
but the military organization was decided
upon as an advertising feature. The mem
bers Of the organization have returned from
the Philippines recently and the band
master is one Of the best In the country. SO
that in addition to the reputation of the
band the music will be much above the
average.
The train will consist OF SIX cars. three
Pullmans, one day coach, a baggage car and
the special car Of the railroad ~ofacials. The
party will be the guests OF the Nebraska
City Commercial club at luncheon Tuesday.
when a home industry banquet will be
spread. The evening from SAT to Q o'clock
will be spent at Falls City. Breakfast on
Wednesday will be taken at Table Rock.
luncheon that day at Superior. The even
ing will be spent at Oxford, where break
fast will be taken Thursday morning.
Luncheon will be served at Edgar and sup
per at Beatrice, from which place the run
to Omaha will start at 0 O'Clock Thursday
evening.
For advertising purposes 5000 circulars
and 5000 buttons have been prepared by the
club. The circulars give the itinerary. the
names OF those In the party and informa'
tion regarding Omaha as a trade center
The buttons give the date Of the excur-
sion and the greetings of the club.