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The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-08
RAMsEY's SIDE OF IT.
His Letter to the Employees of the
Wabash Railway.

Concerning the recent wage ultima tun
of the Wabash. President Ramsey address
ed letter to ]. 3. Barnes, superintendent
of motive power and machinery, in which
after sta ting that the Wabash is willing
to pay the scale adopted by any of IT'S
competing lines, he submits comparative
table showing the scales paid by the Zig
Four. the Lake Shore. the Michigan Cen
trail the Vandalia and the Baltimore and
Ohio Southwestern. His object is to show
that the Wabash scale is considerably
higher than either of the others. Contin-
ulne. his statement is as follows
The following comparative staterJent
showing the number of men and rates Of
pay. May I, 1901. and October l. 1902, will
clearly show what have done in ad-
varces in the past IS months Machinists
only are given, it would make too long
a statement to include all other shopne1
But the propOrtonate advances are The
same. Following is the table:
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-08

No 634 the engine which has been sup
plying steam to heat the Alvarado hotel,
in Albuquerque for nearly a month, has
been disconnected and brought into the
back shop, says the San Bernardino Sun
The heating plant at the hotel has been
thoroughly overhauled and cleaned and
is again in operation. The use of the To-
connective proved quite successful, but the
humiliation which the 'gine obliged
to undergo. pounding steam for a hostelry.
while its fellows were winging the shin
ing steel must have been excruciating.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-08
BOYS ALL QUIT.
Refused to Release Company from
Liability in Case of Injury.

Ell Paso. Tex, Dec. S.-Because of the
order recently posted in the G. II. shops
requiring apprentice boys under the age of
Is years to present a written release from
liability in case of injury to their
parents or guardians, as the case might
be, refused to sign the release in COM
pliance with the order and there was. Of
course, nothing left for the apprentices to
do but give up their positions. The new
existing in a great many of the states in
reference to the liability of railroad com
panies in the case of minors employed by
them.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-08
New Katy Line in Texas.

Granger. Tex, Dec, s.-The Granger
Georgetown, Austin & San Antonio
Railway company was organized here
today to build from Granger to San
Antonio. A A Allen of St Louis was
chosen president; c. NJ. Jones of Grain
ger, vice president, and w. VanRiper
of ST. Louis. secretary and treasurer
The new line will be operated by the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-08
THREE NEW ROADS.
St Joe and Kansas City to Have
Double Track Connections.

st. Joseph, Mo. Dec. S.-The Gazette
this morning Us:
Three railroads will enter St Joseph
in the near future over a new double
track from Kansas City. The Frisco
system, the Chicago & Alton and the
Wabash are the lines which will secure
valuable terminal facilities in this city
through the terminal companies conces-
sions
The distance between the two cities
will be reduced to AZ miles.
The commerce of the Missouri valley
according to financers viii be vastly
benefited by the remarka Bile increase of
transpor ortation facilities.
The packing and jobbing interests of
this city will receive an impetus great
er than any known in it's history
Along the route feeding farms for
livestock viii be established by the joint
companies.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-08

would be glad to getsits hands on fifty
locomotives. 1t was understood that
there was an increase of over $500, 600 in
merchandise traffic over the Erie in Oc-
tober. An increase in freight traffic so
radical is the cause OF the desire FOR
more motive power to move it, Other
trunk lines are in the same condition
as regards TIE lack of locomotives, and
the recent general freight congestion is
largely explained by it.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-08
Rock island Wants Steamship Lime

Rock Island agents are actively en-
of Galveston. it having been determined
beyond recall to build the Fort Worth
Galveston line, Negotiations are also on
with ivie4x of obtaIning steamship con
nections with stherG Mallory steamship
line
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-08
New Position on the F a.sco.

New York, Dec. &C. w. Hillard
formerly treasurer of the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois, has been appointed con-
troller of the ST. Louis & San Francisco,
with offices in New York. The position
is new ore.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-08
shipwrecked Crew on Board.

Baltimore. Md. Dec. S.-The German
stea mship Koln has arrived at this port
having on board the shipwrecked crew
of the British bark Margaret Mitchell
from Cardiff, Wales, for Maranham,
Rra zi}
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-08

grown south and cast and its people ride
miles every day to and from wcrk, while
within easy walking distance are lands
with room for thousands. Only a bridge
was needed With the piers in the river,
the town has waited. 1t seems that at
last its waiting is nearing an end
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-08
Aid for Unemployed.

Berlin. Dec. s.-The bitterly cold
weather which prevails throughout Ger
many has caused various municipalities
to vote contributions in aid of the unem-
ployed. Dresden has just voted SIS, 900 for
this purpose
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-08

May. 1901: Machinists. 17S:daily pay roll.
S3o6l0; average per man. $217 per day.
October, 1902: Machinists, 271; daily pay
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-08

Mrs. Ryan, wife of the assistant sec
retary of the interior, is seriously i'll at
her home in this city.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-08

Representative Bowersock has receiv-
ed notice from the postoffice department
to the effect that w. G. Means, of Kan
sas City. Kan, has been appointed a
postoffice inspector. Mr.. Bowersock has
been urging his appointment for some
time.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-08

Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow's eyes are causing him consid-
cradle concern. They have been giving
him trouble for some time. but lately
have grown worse He is obliged to have
the curtains in his office drawn during
the day, and it may be necessary for
him to stop work for awhile.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-08

The following decisions were handed
down by the supreme court Saturday
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-08

Nearly every member of the Kansas
delegation called upon the president to
pay his respects last week. The recent
election in Kansas was the subject most
discussed of course, and the president
expressed his qualification over the fact
that Kansas has returned to the Re
publican fold He is especially pleased
at the emphasis with which the state
came back into line.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-08

'sTo be secretary of legation at Mon
rovia, Liberia, George w Ellis, of Kansas .
This announcement was made by the
president this week, and 1t doubtless will
be received with great joy. by a Kansas
negro. who has been in iberia since last
spring waiting for it. Ellis appointment
is an example of what persistence will do.
When DIR. Grassland, of Saint Joseph, was
appointed minister to Liberia, Ellis, whc
formerly lived at Lawrence, was an ap-
pIicant for the position of secretary of
legation. Several members of the Kansas
delegation tried to secure the place for
him. but the matter was hung up in some
manner, and when DR.. Grassland was
ready to sail for Liberia, Ellis still
The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-08

D. r. Anthony, jr., and wife were the
guests of Justice Brewer and Mrs.
and Mrs. Anthony have returned to
Kansas.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-12
AMERICANS AND NAPoLEoN's BATH

tt
Dir. James X Hosmer's little book, The
History Of the Louisiana Purchase, will
be the means Of giving to thousands of
persons who have no time ITO sdelve In the
immense. thoug often Intensely interest
ing, mass Of historical and personal mat
ter about Napoleon Bonaparte, some de-
lightful glimpses Of the personal and fam
lily life of the wond erful man " hose career
profoundly affected America as well as
Europe.
AS DR.. Hosmer especially explains in.
his book NAPOLEON had a direct and
potent influence on American history. an
influence in which we dwellers west OF
the Mississippi have q keen interest. 1t
was not Jefferson, not Livingston. not
Monroe, but Napoleon that conceived the
idea Of adding, all OF Louisiana to the
United States.
ss; But our purpose here Is not to dwell on
this fact or to try toaimagine what might
have happened lie Napoleon had not chosen
to give US Louisiana; it Is merely to give
an idea OF the intimate personal and fans
lily consideration Of the sale.
AS first consul Napoleon had taken on
imperial power but not imperial manners.
He -was still approachab blesin democratic
way and was still an unassuming member
OF the Bonaparte family: His brothers and
sisters came to him as they did In child-
hood IN Corsica. without formality. Thus
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-12
TAFT AND THE FRIARs

A Rome cable states that the vatican
has yielded in the matter of the friars of
the Dominican. Augustinian, Recollectos
and Franciscan orders to the extent of
consenting to the withdrawal Of these
persons, obnoxious to the Fflipinos, if the
process is made gradual. The vatican
objects to shipping the friars to other
localities en- bloc.
The gradual departure might be the
better way, but it is very certain that
the peace of the islands would be dis
turbed If the friars are permitted to re-.
main. They themselves would not be
very comfort able If reinstated in their
pueblos or parishes: When the Filipinos
revolted against Spain in 1896 and 1898
their detesta tion Of the tyranny and ex-
actions Of the religious orders who leased
their land to them, was intense Fifty
of them were killed by the people and
300 were imprisoned and the friars were
driven out of all the pueblos in the archi-
pelago, and took refuge in Manila, where
most of them still remain, afraid to trust
themselves to their own practitioners.
The note presented to the vatican by
Governor Taft proposes that all the friars
of the four religious orders shall be with
drawn within two years from the date Of
the first payment made for the purchase
!. of the lands of the orders, and that no
Spanish friars may be substituted for the
friars who withdraw, on the ground that
1t is necessary to convince the Filipinos
Np ho RI
: is ended. - r.s-@a. , s-@1 ~
Il 1t is noticeable that these orders have
been publishing an anti iAmerican and
pro-Spanish newspaper In Manila, which
also antagonizes the Filipinos and is OBJ
noxious to them. Governor Taft says
< that, If the friars return to their
parishes, there will certainly be lawless
uprisings against them, which are not
conducive to peace and business. There
Is no question that the good, Of the yarchi=
pelago will be consulted iby the removal
OF the friar relics of Spanish domina-
tion.- It will be comparatively easy to
supply the Philippine archipelago with
priests from this country who will be in
touch with the American system Of sepa-
Yatin~ church and state.Su The public
school system in the Philippines has been
organized on a secular basis, the ques-
tion of religious instruction In the
schools having been indefinitely post.
poned.
The vatican committee having the note
| of our government in charge and consid-
Grafton, is considerably Influenced by the
bitter opposition to the withdrawal of the
sriars by the Jesuit member. Cardinal
SteinhlTber. $500 21.sssss74g 81. s5
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-12
ANOTHER BODY Blow

The battered and bruised body Of the
wretched Ames administration has an
other very large and very sore black and
blue blotch to-day. By way Of variety
Coffee John" broker in police appoint
ments, usually quoted at $780, was CON,
victed by a good jury yesterday. The
evidence was convincing, ,sthe defense was
weak. The attempt OF Mayor Annes to
shield his too faithful and TOO thrifty
captain was pitiful. 1t was useless, too. :
Minneapolis juries have now admins
tered severe punishment to three differ
tent forms of municipal industry under the
resourceful Ames administration. The
levying of tribute from crooks, the con-
spring with criminals to defeat justice
and the barter in places on the police
force have all been condemned in a force
full way. . & za[ s~ DEL.
The extent to which the way of the
transgressor is hard has been graphically
demonstrated in Minneapolis within a
comparatively short time. 1t was only a
few months ago that these blackmailers,
LEVERS on vice, compounders with felons,
bribe- takers, vendors Of appointments,
were proud. and arrogant, boastful and
vain in their supposed security, SNUG in
their ILL gotten gains. Their critics were
openly rebuked or contemptuously ignored
To-day they have been humiliated, chas-
tised, rolled in the dust, held UP to public
contempt and scorn and no man is SO
mean as to do them reverence. ~
The contrast is one that will bessre-
called by many a police officer in the fu-
ture when he Is tempted to do wrong
The British won the South Afrficar
market for the American manufacturer
Yes, trade follows the flag, but sometimes
it's the other fellows trade.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-12

canal. 2.075 were British. It is not pleas
ant British reading, however, to And that.
German shipping passing through the canal
increased last year 1863 per cent. The fact
is, that between the Imperative demands
for the British transport service during,
the South African war and German enter
prise in shipbuilding Britain's shipping
has declined SO as to place the first sea
power In the world, SO far as merchant
marine Is concerned, in the second place,
Germany now being frst. The Morgan
movement, a movement of American
steamship men, at whose head is the as
tute promoter of big financial and indus
trial enterprises. successfully cut out a
large segment Of British shipping, inclua-
ing the best and swiftest steamers, ex-
cept the Cunard line. .s
b The British shipping interests are
awakening to the urgent necessity OF do
ing something to restore the lost prestige.
and, recognizing the fact that they can
only do that by constructing a steamship
merger of equal financial strength and
managed by as astute promoters as Nor
6dA ddlu his S$COlltdSueS, are hOW IuSIAAAA6
to effect it with the Cunard line as the
basis Of a merger. And let it be noticed
that the British shipbuilders are buying
American. machinery used in ship con-
struction to get ahead Of us and regain
what they have lost. But the largest
freight steamships in the world are now
building in American shipyards for the
Asiatic trade. and the Morgan mergers
agreement with the White Star line per-
mits the building of some Of the addition
al steamers needed in American yards.
The Latter plants are not surpassed in
the world in equipment, entirely modern,
and now that a heroic step has been taken
to place a large segmentsof the ocean CAR
rying trade under American control, 1t
will not be long before commercial neces
sity will bring American-built ships in
demand with no aid from the government
save in those necessary particulars OF
mail carrying contracts and naval re-
serve subventions.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-12
"a Coon PLATFORM

The resolutions adopted by the Ma
tional Education Association convention
ought tpsbe read by boards of education,
school superintendents. teachers and par
ents in all parts Of the country. In un-
pretentious language they give much good
advice. &
One resolution reiterates the fact that
the common schools of this country are
for the education of all the children and
that they are the one great barrier
against the setting UP Of class distinc-
tions, which have no place on American
SOIL" That idea is sound and sane and
thoroughly American. In the early years
of the public schools they were looked
upon as charity schools and it was con-
sidered beneath the dignity of well l-;to-d do
people to send their children to them.
There is similar feeling in England to-,
day, and somewhat modified feeling Of
the same nature in Canada.
When permanent class distinctions tare
set up in this country and there exists a
desire to perpetuate them it will be an
evil day for the republic. The false aris-
tocracy to which America is opposed, can
not stand. the strong light Of the public
schools. The coddled boy of a snohblsh
family gets his conceit taken out of him
pretty rapidly in the public schools, when
he finds that his family name wins no
athletic contests, no high standing, no
respect from his fellows and no immunity
from funks. The men and women who
have passed through the equalizing train
ing of the public schools will never make
material on which to found gpermapen
class distinctions. Glasses we shall al
ways have so long as men vary in tastes
and ability but the class system Of Eu-
rope, which is in effect a caste system,
we have not, and II the public school
1ourishes in the future as In the past,
we can not have. s.e.sg s4 .:.-Ss.@
We. can, take the space here to mention
only one other plank Of this admirable
educational platform, that which recon
mends that greater care be taken In ad-
iusting the course of study to the pupils
rather than that the pupils should be
adapted to the courses. The schools were
made for the children. not the children
for the schools. No better educa tfonal
advice was ever given than that the In
diyiduality Of the pupil should be con
sidered "to the end that. he may be in
structed in the light OF his Limitations
and capacity" ~ ss59 ~. = !.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-12

80 -s.. = t
The ouSrn al: is on sale at the news
stands of the following hotels:
Pittsburg, Pa.-Du Quesne.
Salt Lake City Utah-The sKnutsford.
Omaha, Neb.-Paxton Hotel.
Los Angeles. Gal.-Hotel Van ,Nuys.
Denver. Col.-Browns PALACE Hotel.
St, Louis, Mo.-Planters' Hotel. Southern
Hotel. 'st =. .1-9:5,. s =.
Kansas City, Mo.-Coates House.
Boston,, Mass.-Youlg's Hotel, United
States, Touraine
Cleveland, ohio-Hollenden House, Weddell
House. .%.s n :. = -.
Detroit. Mieh.-Russeil House, Cadillac
Washington, D. darlington Hotel. Ra-
leigh. 81 +l..-~s-.a - : -.
Chicago. Ill.--Auditorium Annex, Great
Northern. * <S.~ =
New YORK Cty-Inpsrial, Holland. Murray
Hill, Waldorf. - . e.. $50.
Spokane. Wash.-Spokane Hotel. .,%< :,
Tacoma, Wash.-Taeoma Hotel.
Seattle, Wash.--Butlef Hotel. Il =. =
Portland. oregon-Portland Hotel. Perkins
HoSel. 5-is .= 8. >: :l5 u 81 2 ts5
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-12

A notable fact in the government crop.
report date is the increase in the acre
age Of corn in Minnesota. Various states
report increases ranging from 1 per cent
in Michigan to II per cent In South Da-
kota and Oklahoma. South Dakota and
Oklahoma are are both newer districts than
Minnesota. and the increase is due large
" in both cases to the cultivation Of new
soil. In Minnesota ! the increase is 9
per cent, due more to the substitution OF
corn TOR other crops, probably, .than is
the case in any other state. Corn is fast
becoming one OF our most important
crops.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-12
Do Nor LIKE IT.

I: "A Londonl cable notes that the British
admiralty are considering Mr.. Morgan'ss
proposition to yield certain vessels Of the
combination effected by him for a term
Of fifty years for cruiser service in emer-s
gencies. The admiralty feels rather
grumpy oyer:-the possibility, of being
obliged to depend upon an American con
trolled steamship combine to help them
out on shipping, but they are likely to ac-s
cept, unless there is a5too fierce opposi-.
tion from superlatively loyal Britons, who
ought to be accustomed @nowsto receiving
useful ideas and material help from this,
booming country.
The British admiralty have contracts
with the White Star line, now absorbed
by the Morgan c6mbine, which run for
about three years vet; and they have been.
very anxious lest the contracts would fail.
Morgan, however, is liberal enough to ex-
tend accommodations to the admiralty
for fifty years. The British bottoms in
control OF the steamship combine cannot
possibly be transferred to the American
flag and registry until congress modifies
our navigation laws, wi CHI prohibit such
privilege on;the ground that the said nav
igation { laws protect and encourage
American shipbui1ding. f s
The agony Of the British press over the
Morgan tnroads upon British shipping
was pitiful to witness, but a more com I
posed feeling exists. as the press has
discovered from the report Of the Suez
Canal company that, last year, the traffic
passing through tho canal IS still largely
British, as out OF &. .ee9 vessels using the
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-12

Naturally General Anderson does not
like to believe that he commanded in an
opera boLffe war. or that 212 Americans
We're killed and wounded merely to satis-
fy Spanish honor. Admiral Dewey is a
good sailor and a hard fighter, but like
many other sailors he shows to better adj
vantage on board ship or in discussing
nautical matters than when he takes up
what occurred on land. j.a
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-12

Sooner or later the Pioneer Press always
gets around to support what It formerly.
opposed. The getting around lis. gem
orally as the election draws. near, and the
opposition generally when. the election is:
remote. In the course Of its Minnesota
platform exegesis the Pioneer, has now
got to the point where it is convinced that
the Cuban reciprocity plank Of the state
platform is perfectly satisfactory to
friends Of reciprocity with Cuba: It's
course In the Porto Rican tariff matter
was like !, unto this. .%: -
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-12

"A belated witness kindly comes to the
front with a story that he. overheard a
conversation between Crosman and other
confidence men about putting up q Job
on Chief-of Police Ames because he stood
in the way OF their operations. The .tes--
timony of this witness would be much
more valuable If it could be shown that
Chief Ames did stand In the way OF any
confidence mems operations. The i'm
preston prevails quite generally that he
did not.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-12

doubt substantially correct. and the most'
permanent advance made in the condi-
stions OF labor are not those which are
obtained through legislation but through
the development OF natural conditions and
in the shaping OF these conditions. un-
questionably. the Organization OF labor
has had a great deal to do.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-12

IN some structures kon Mr. Hill In. his
paper, Mrs Bryan says tNr. HILL 81 con-
duct showed show far apart he and the
party were in 1896, and his speeches show
that he has not changed; therefore, he
and the party must be as far apart now
unless the party has undergone a
change. 49, Perhaps the party has un-
dergone change. fit has not it may
anticipate the same product of its cam :
paign efforts that it has reaped during the
past six years under Mr.. Bryan's leader
ship. s:$3G =" : = slsss,5
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-12

Another slander on the american adj
ministration in the Philippines has been
completely overthrown. The answer OF
Secretary Root to the complaint that
Catholics were Disseminated against in
the school system and that school offi-
cials used their positions to promote
Professionalism. is completely satisfactory.
The Philippines. being 5000 miles away,
make fertile territory for all who enjoy
starting slanderous stories
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-12

The Indian who expected that the Ma
tional Educational Association convention
would settle the problem of his future
education was disappointed. The edu-
Gators had as many different views as
there were delegates present. But while
we talk, the Indian problem is settling
itself, or must, as most of the problems
we worry so much about settle them
selves. - - ..s..-- s..-- " izas. - X,
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-12

Our friend Coffee john who has the
redeeming quality Of being funny. at all
times, says that his trial was perfectly
satisfactory to him. It is to us, too.
How pleasant 1t Is to agree and dwell
together IN peace!