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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago NewsJ
An idle tongue is one that works over
time.
If you would make q woman angry
abuse her physician.
Slaughter-sale prices haven't struck the
meat markets yo-.
ImportunI- > is SIMPLY holding on till you
get what sou ant.
Candor col:p.1s some men to admit that
they are ABOVE the average.
Business is never lively with the under
taker, no master bcw busy he may be.
Fashionable charity keeps the left hand
fully posted as to the operations Of the
right.
Many a good nan has strayed into the
crooked path by following the direction
of corkscrew.
It isn't work that kills. It's the worry
caused by having to work that increases
the undertaker's bank balance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-14
Ran in Front of . Train.

Denver, Colo, July H.-Miss Lena
Rohmer, % years of age, on leav-.
ing a Burlington train from the east
at the Union depot this morning ran
in front of a Union Pacific train which
was coming in on another track with
the evident intention of committing
suicide. Both her legs were cut off ami
she will probably die. It is said that
she was in poor health. She had come
from Gretna, Neb., and was going to
Glenwood Springs, Colo, where she has
a brother.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-14

When the irrigation measure passed
by the last congress is put in operation
it will have a tendency to prevent the
recurrence of floods like those which
have prevailed over the state for the
past two weeks. Storage of water as
proposed will thus serve a double pur-
pose, prevent the overflow of streams
and furnish moisture when and where
needed. The benefits to be derived will
extend all the way to New Orleans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-14

Price. secretary, BuFi1ngame. September
2-5
Reno county-CentIal Kansas Agricu1tu-
raj, Fair and Live Stock association-Ed
NJ. Moore. secretary, Hutchinson Septem-
Der 1913
Rice County Agricultural associatfon-C.
8-12.
Riley County Agricultural society-A- B.
Lee, secretary, Riley. September rs;
Rocks County Fair aSsociation-Olmer
Adams, secretary. Stockton. September
9-12.
Saline County Agricultural. Horticultural
and Mechanical assoeiation-H. B. Wal
lace. secretary, Salina. September "a
G .Swartz. secretary. st. John. August
Wilson county-Fredonia Agricultural
association--J. T. Cooper, secretary, Fire.
donna. August 1922.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-14
Miss morrison at Lansing.

Leavenworth. Kan, July 14.-Mss Jes-
sic Morrison arrived at the state peni-
Tertiary at Lansing at IL O'Clock this
morning to begin her 25-year sentence
for the murder of Mrs DIN Castle at
FL Dorado. She had started for Lam
sing at midnight last night after being
taken to her home where she bid fare
well to her parents and brother. At the
penitentiary she was very much down
cast. She was Immediately taken to the
woman's department It Is not known
what work will be assigned her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-14

In declining to enter into a fusion
arrangement the Prohibitionists prob
ably have decided wisely. Little has
ever been gained in the way of good to
the country by an arrangement of that
kind 1t is much like playing cards for
the drinks. Those who participate in 1t
lose even when they win. Most reforms
are brought about by the independent
voters who by their strength as an I'M
known quantity force the political lead
ers to do their will.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-14
Raided His House.

Hazleton, Pa, July unknown per-
sons at / O'Clock this morning raided
the home of VIM. Hussman, nom
union man, at Upper Lehigh and after
getting Hussman and his wife out of
bed attempted to burn the house Dur
ing the melee the stove upset and all
the furniture was destroyed. Neighbors
extinguished the fire. Hussman was
led away by the marauders and is still
missing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-14
Cole to Make a Tour.

State Auditor George E. Cole will make
a tour of the state institutions this year
on his own hook. The law makes it his
duty to submit estimates to the legisla-
the maintenance of the state institutions
and also the amount needed for improve
ments and additions 1t has been usual
heretofore for the auditor to secure his
data for these recommendations from the
various boards in charge of these institu-
lions, but this year Mr.. Cole proposes to
make a personal investigation and after
that to confer with the boards in making
up his report.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-14
Cracker Bakers Strike.

Chicago. July 14-Ffve hundred bak-
ers of the Mcmahon Cracker & Biscuit
yet have been made on the company
according to President Mcmahon, and
the company is unable to explain the
situation, the officials asserting that Ar
increase in wages was granted several
weeks ago. The strikers maintain thar
they are underpaid
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-14

The Philadelphia Press tells people
who are figuring up the enormous losses
on account of the coal strike, that the
mines are always idle four months in
the year, and If this time they take it
out of the summer season instead of
some other, the loss will be little or
nothing, provided the strike does not
last longer than four months, and work
IS continued through the other eight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-14
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State Journal
ayay during the samnse, may haze
the paper mailed regularly each day
to any address at the rate of thirty
cents a month. address changed as
often as desired While ont of t0aCn
the State journal sCiH be to y0n like
a daily letter from home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-14
Masonic Notice.

The members of Orient Lodge No. 81
A. F. & A. M. are earnestly requested
to meet at Masonic temple Tuesday
afternoon, July Is, at o'clock sharp, to
participate in the last honors to our late
Brother A. NJ Callahan, past grand
master. S. G. ZIMMERMAN,
EVAN DAVIS, Sec'y. Master.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-14
Topeka commandery Mo. s, Knights
Templar.

The officers and sir knights of To-
peka co1nmandery No. 5 will meet at
day, July 49, for the purpose of attend
ing the funeral of their deceased frater.
Right Eminent Sr. A. N. Callahan, past
grand commander Of the grand COM
mandery of Kansas. By order.
]. W. MCCLURE. e. C.
LUTHER NJ. NELLIS, Recorder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-14

If Tracy only had thought to kidnap
a woman missionary before he started
he might have made a good thing out of
his game of hide and seek.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-14

Washington Post: When a politician
fastens on to a business collapse in the
capacity of a receiver there is precious
little left for the stockholders.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-14

Democrats must gain 40 seats to OBJ
tain control of the next house. 1t looks
as though they are up against a dis
couraging situation unless Cleveland,
Hill and Bryan can be induced to keep
quiet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-14

Porto Rico is being pointed to with
pride as a sample of what the United
States can and will do for her new is
land territory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-14

The number of newspapers CT which
the name of the editor is known is
growing smaller year by year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-14

If Pat Grove had known how easy
it is perhaps he would have remained
and fought the officers like Tracy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-14

The problem of cleaner streets is be-
ing solved by the introduction Of auto
mobiles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-14

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Chicago Record-HeraId.
The average. girl never has any very
what few she has vanish the moment she
has made her first chocolate cake--Puck-
A little boy four years cid was very
much taken up with his Sunday school
teacher. But returning from school the
other Sunday, he went crying to his moth
and told her the teacher had been tell
what has he told you, then. my dar-
lin92s -. - .s.. .nu.,.
$50 they DO. was the mothers reply.
is against the wan?"-Tit-Bfts-
neighbor Smith says my sermons are rub
bish.
Farmer-Ah. you needn's mind i'm. sir;
'e's merely meuthpieee for other folks.
-Tit-Bits-
A woman who is spending the summer in
Pennsylvania writes of a sign displayed
in the window of small shop In the VII
lage nearest her 1t reads:
For Sale-Secoud hand furniture teeth
and observation-disclosures Post.
Dicky-Pa. were you a gooder boy'n me
when you were as little met
Pa-Yes, indeed. Dicky. I was always q
very good boy, but somehow or other had
Understandings with my parenfz-Tit-
Bits
Yes. count. in all the park there is no
place like well as under this old. old
tree" {Sfghfng senf5mental1y-) There
are tender associations, you see"
Aha I comprehend amselle- You
have yourself planted the treer-Punch-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-14

However u be it seems to me
It's only noble to be good,
Or being bad, to have good friends
Who'll say that you're misunderstood.
Chicago Record Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-14
Eczema

How 1t reddens the skin, itches, oozes,
dries and scalesI
Some people call it letter, milk crust or
salt rheum.
The suffering from it is sometimes in
tense; local applications are resorted to-
they mitigate. but cannot cure.
1t proceeds from humors inherited or &C
quired and persists until these have been
removed.
Hoods Idrsdp0riH0
positively removes them, has radically
and permanently cured the worst cases, and
is without an equal for all cutaneous
eruptions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-14

Ottawa, Kan, and Return u 60 via
Santa Fe.
account Chautauqua- Tickets ON sale
July 9Th to 18th, inclusive. Einal limit
July 21st.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-12
ORTHODOX JEWISH WR0TH.
sabbath Change ArOuses Bitter
Protest.

Attitude of Rabbits at New Orleans to
Sabbath Change ArOuses Bitter
Protest.
New York, May 1.-THE discussion
concerning the observance of the Sab
bath which arose during the annual
session of the central conference of
American rabbis in New Orleans re-
Gently has stirred up more or less ar
gument among the orthodox Hebrews
in this city. Vigorous protest has been
made against the liberal school of rab-
bis who raised the question in the con-
ference to the extent of suggesting
that the Sabbath day should be
changed. The Talmud Torah Com
mittee of the Ohab Zedok congrega-
ton, this city, met and after denounc-
ing the conduct of the rabbis in New
Orleans, sent through Louis Friedman,
chairman of the committee, a telegram
to the conference at New Orleans as
follows:
"Raphoport at Braunschweig confer
ence said, For tearing down not arch
fleets are called, but unskilled labor
ers.' Make pesiah gessah (radical
step, accept Christianity and settle it
ALL"
A circular is being distributed among
the members of synagogues calling on
the Jews TO remain steadfast to their
traditions and to aid in founding
schools to keep the faith alive.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-12
TWO VOLCANOES BELCHING.
About 500 HIVE Lost Their Lives on
st. Vincent.

ST. lHCehN.
ST. Thomas. D. w. l., May lad
vices received here from the island of
Dominica say that boats arriving there
report that many persons were drown
ed while crossing the Dominica from
the island of Martinique, where some
of the outparishes have been inundat-
ed. The eruption of Mont Pelee, Mar
Unique, continues. The lava is pro-
crossing northward. The whole north
ern region is now a rocky waste, de-
nuded of vegetation.
Reports from the island of st. Vim
cent say that up to the afternoon of
Friday last over 200 deaths had oc-
CURED there owing to the volcanic
outbreak in that island. Definite news,
however is lacking. Many estates
were destroyed and steam and ashes
were belched forth from in the
morning until $50 at night. The erup-
ton is now invisible al Kingston. Huge
dust clouds were blown eastward.
Great distress prevails at st. Vim
cent where there are many injured per-
sons. 1t is believed that about SOC
persons have lost their lives at St.
Vincent. The majority of the corpses
are still unburied.
The British royal mail steamer So
lent has gone from Barbados to Mar
Unique with supplies and doctors.
From the island of Trinidad the Brit
ish royal mail steamer Kennel has gone
to Fort de France.
The British second-class cruiser In
defatigable is on her way from Trim
idad to St Vincent with stores for the
relief of the sufferers there.
1t is reported here that Fort de
France, Martinique, is threatened.
Great tension prevails everywhere
throughout the West Indies.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-12
THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
British Make Many Concessions to
Beers, but the Thunderer Is Not
hopeful of the Outcome.


London. May 12.-The Times this
morning relates the course of the South
African peace negotiations as follows
On the receipt of the correspondence
intimating that Great Britain was
ready to listen to proposals from the
Beers in the field, Acting President
Schalk- Burger of the Transvaal came
to the British lines and asked permits
sion to consult with Mr.. Steyn, presi-
dent of the Orange Free State. This
led to the Boer delegates going to Pre-
toria. Their first proposal to Lord
Kitchener and Lord Miner (the British
high commissioner in South Africa
was that the republics should merely
concede all the demands made by
Great Britain regarding the franchise,
etc, before the war.
The British government in reply re-
ferred them to the Middelburg confer
ence as the maximum of possible con-
cessions and refused permission to the
Roers to consult their friends in Eu-
rope. Eventually. while refusing an
armistice, Lord Kitchener undertook
not to modest the burghers while they
We're actually holding meetings with
ers to negotiate on the basis of the sur
render of independence, but they were
told it was useless to return to Pretoria
without being armed with full powers
to negotiate.
Mr.. Schalk-B Burger assented to this,
but Mr.. Steyn's acquiescence seemed
doubtful.
Mail advices received from Pretoria,
continues the Times. declare that
Lords Kitchener and Miner promised
generous compensation for burned
farms, raised no difficulty with regard
to the pardon of banished leaders and
gave assurance that the question OF
amnesty for rebels did not present
insuperable difficulties.
The Times in an editorial on this
matter is not hopeful that peace will
be the outcome of such negotiations
and fears that the result of the cleo
ton of a member of Parliament for
Bury, Lancashire, will influence the
Beers to further resistance.
In the election for Bury, announced
from London yesterday, George Toul-
min, Liberal, secured a majority of Ala
votes. At the last election in Bury, in
1900, the Conservative majority in the
district was $40.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-12

day to indicate that there was the
slightest danger. On that day a
stream of boiling lava burst through
the top of the crater and plunged into
the valley of the river Blanche, over
whelming the Guerin sugar works, kill
ing 20 working people and the son of
the proprietor.
A commission was appointed by the
governor to investigate the outbreak
and it returned a reassuring report on
Wednesday evening. But about s
o'clock on Tuesday morning a shower
of fire rushed upon St. Pierre and
the coast from Lecarbet, which had a
population of 5000 to Leprecheur,
which had a population of 1000, burn
ing up everything in its path.
The heat in the vicinity of st. Pierre
was so intense and the steam of flow
ing lava was so unremitting that it
was impossible to approach the town
during the early part of the day. AS
evening approached the French cruiser
Suchet after a heroic battle with the
heat, suffocation and sulphur fumes,
succeeded in making a dash toward
the shore, nearing the land enough for
her to take off the survivors of the
disaster all of whom were horribly
burned and mutilated.
st. Pierre at that time was an abso-
lutte, smoking waste, concealing 80, 900
corpses, whose rapid decomposition
necessitated in some cases instantly
completing their cremation, which was
only partially accomplished by the
lava.
The inhabitants of Fort de France
We're panic stricken the morning of
the disaster when the sky suddenly
blackened until it was as dark as at
midnight. The sea shrank back thirty
yards and hot rain began to fall,
while graves, the size of walnuts,
poured down on the town. This last
ed about fifteen minutes.
The ~450 survivors who were brought
here yesterday from the vicinity of
st. Pierre by the French cable repair
ship Pouyer Guertier came from the
town of LePrecheur, where, surround
ed by flowing lava, they were nearly
roasted to death and expected momen-
tarily to be engulfed.
The work of relief is progressing here
on the most extensive scale possible,
but in anticipation of disturbances the
treasury building and the warehouses
are guarded by troops.
The latest reports received here
showed that lava continues to pour
down the slopes of the mountain, Slow
ly engulfing the whole north side of the
island, while fresh crevasses are con-
tinually opening. -
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-12
BRITISH ARE ALARMED.
Further Commissions on Islands and
Mainland Feared.

turther Commissions on Islands ana
Mainland Feared.
London, May 1.-THE latest reports
received here say that the state of af
fairs at st. Vincent creates grave
alarm, especially as dispatches from
the island of Dominica, forwarded Sum
day. reported that the Soufriere vol
cano in st. Vincent was still in ac-
tive eruption. Four small boats load
ed with refugees from Grand Riviere,
Martinique, have arrived at Dominica
in pitiable condition. They report
that six other boats left that village
at the same time. 1t is not known
what became Of them.
The very slight discrepancies in the
various accounts of the volcanic out
break in the West Indies which have
reached London leave only shadow of
hope that the later details
will greatly minimize the extent of the
catastrophe, and the fear is beginning
to seize the British that even worse
news may come.
For instance, the Standard in an ed
itorial this morning says:
1T is only clear that the area affect
ed is larger than known at first. If
Dominica and st. Lucia have not suf-
fered greatly there is reason to fear
that their turn may come nor is it
by any means certain that correspond
ing commissions have not occurred or
may not soon follow on the mainland
of Central and South America. In the
presence of such forces man is help
less, and we can only prepare to relieve
the survivors as speedily as possible.
The United States has set us an hon
Orable example, -
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-12
MOUNT PELEE STILL THREATENS.
France Organizes Relief for the
Sufferers.

france organizes HGneI lot Nuc
Sufferers.
Paris, May 1.-THE minister of
marine, NJ. deLanessen, to-day receiv-
ed a cable dispatch from the com
manded of the French cruiser Suchet,
dated Fort de France Martinique, say
ing that he conducted a search at St.
Pierre yesterday. The captain reports
that the town is now mere heap of
smoking ruins under which the victims
of the catastrophe are buried.
The Suchet was able to convey some
of the inhabitants of LePrecheur to
Fort de France, but could not reach
the northernmost part of the island on
account of the dense rain of ashes.
The captain of the Suchet further
reported that the Mont Pelee volcano
still had a threatening aspect yester-
day evening. Subterranean rumblings
were still heard, flashes of flame fire.
quently belched from the volcano and
stones We're thrown out with immense
force.
A dispatch received at the colonial
Office here from Fort de France says
there is no doubt that Gov. Mouttet
and the commander of the troops at
st. Pierre, Col. Dain. are dead.
Other dispatches confirm the reports
that the American and British consuls
and their families persisted.
NJ. Bloch, inspector of finance, and
NJ. Labarthe, the colonial ministers
secretary, who have been dispatched
by the government to Martinique. sail
ed from Brest to-day on board the
French cruiser D'Assas, which carries
money, provisions and other stores for
the relief of the Martinique sufferers.
French cable official who went to
st. Pierre reports that the company's
office has been burned to ashes and
that there is no trace of the staff
This official adds that the cremation
of the bodies of the victims has be-
gun and that the steamer Pouyer
Quertien is proceeding to repair the
northern cable.
The waves of lava are still reported
to be flowing northward. They have
even extended to LIE Carbet.
The candidates for election to the
French Chamber of Deputies who per
ished at St. Pierre were NJ. Percin and
NJ. LeClerc.
The Colonial Minister has organized
a relief distribution committee. con-
sisting of himself and NJ. DeCrais. for
mer Colonial Minister, the colonial
members of the Chamber of Deputies,
the colonial senators and a number of
commercial men. The first meeting of
the committee will occur Tuesday.
The British ambassador, Sir Ed
mund j. Monson, called at the Elysee
Palace this afternoon and communi-
Gated to President Loubet personally
the sympathy of King Edward.
President LOubet Contributes.
Paris, May 11-President Loubet has
contributed 10000 francs and the cabi-
net has donated $500 francs to the fund
being raised here for the sufferers by
the St Pierre disaster.