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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-18

ladder, thus preventing the dog from
catching the rounds of the trussed
ladder. If the chain had not tangled up
the dog, the fly ladder would only have
dropped one round"
Hardy Mitchell is the son of J. D.
Mitchell. the general manager of the
company which made the truck.
Captain Robinson has served with the
Topeka fire department for seventeen
years He is known as q brave and eff
cient fireman It is said that Chief Will
the new aerial truck, and his experience
today with that piece of apparatus Ger
taiEly entities him to the place if he
wants it
Up to the time the accident occurred
the truck had behaved splenddly. Several
firemen had beer up to the top of the lad
der and various tests of its sire myth had
been satisfactorily made. Vest eroay after
noon nine men at one time We're placed
on the ladder and it bore the strain all
right.
The aerial was raised easily to the top
of the Masonic hall, which is five stories
high. 1t was apparent from this test that
it will be possible to enter SIN tn story
windows and by means of the emergency
splice of ten feet to take person in dan
building.
BY means of the turntable upon which
the aerial is mounted it is possible to reach
three or four different windows on the
same floor without moving the truck T.
self
With its rubber tires ard ban-bearing
wheels the Z, 100 pound truck as
smoothly an automobile. Even in go
ing over the toughest car tracks there is
scarcely any perceptible jar. So easily
does the immense vehicle that one
man can pull it without any difficulty on
smooth pavement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-18
QUAKER REFLECTIoNs.
[From the Philadelphia Record.l

An heiress is never too old to marry.
Where there's will there's a way out
of it.
The marrying clergyman is always in
favor of unions.
When a family has a black sheep It
Keeps dark about it.
Love laughs at locksmiths, but he
darent laugh at wedlock-
The people who don't know the value of
money seldom have any.
When you wild oats you can't hire
others to reap the crop
Some folks remember the Sabbath day
to keep it wholly for pleasure.
In some poker games it isn't safe to
raise opener without first opening a
razor.
When a man can't meet his obligations
it seems as though he is always meeting
his creditors
Skinnum-"I want to interest you in a
mining proposition It's a good thing"
Wigwag-"Well, I'm not
When the prodigai son turns up. the
fatted calf wonders what he has done
that he should always get it in the neck
Hoax-"That fellow over there claims to
be an actor Joax-"He doesn't look like
one HoaX-'tHe doesn't act like one.
either
MY love for YOU he wrote 'is so deep,
so vast, so powerful, l can not express it,
why don't you send it by freight" she
wrote back And then it was all off.
Full many a swain in this broad land,
When to the test he's put.
In asking for a daughters hand
Has got her fathers foot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-18
GLOBE SIGHTS

IF'rom the Atchison Glcbe.l
It may usually be said of the very incest
ness
Every woman thinks that Mark AS ex-
presses the whole situation III regard 10
her efforts.
The more worthless the ran AMI tie
less mail he gets. the more anxiousiy he
waits for it.
A skirt that is long and has a little mud
on it gives a very good imitation silk-ptt-
ticoat rustic
We're proud of Atchison. No girl here is
turning the calcium light on herself by
declaring she once Tilted w. ]. Bailey.
When the time comes for a man to pay
a dc bt.A he begins to see many ways IN
which he could have gotten along without
contracting it.
Ever remark how unanimous the poliSf-
clans are in the opinion that every citizen
should take an interest in public af-
fairs and ATTEND public meetings..
We refuse to let our imagination delude
us. When VIC get letter from girl
know there is just one of them, and il is
sickly.
A young man who dances half the night
isn't worth much in business the next day,
but when an old man INDUCES in such
practices he isn't worth anything at all
Did you ever notice that when you go
to a desolate country that yon will find
no crows? The better the country. the
more crows That's why there are so
many crows around here
Because a number of people dent tiIeir
hats in a certain way, why should you ee
talked about because you prefer to dent
your hat in another way? This is said to
be free country, but it's not.
An Atchison girl called up her steady by
telephone at his place of business and de-
nanded an explanation" It took him SO
long to make it that his employer demand
ed his resignation and now his steady is
sorry that she spoke.
Farmers near Wetmore are offering three
cents a bushel for husking corn. with no
takers. What has become of the old-fash-
toned farmer who, with his boys. husked
his own corn and took a gun along with
which to shoot prairie chickens?
New baby story: A little girl was
whipped by her mother. and her grand
the grandmother said, the way your
mother whipped you" Whereupon the
deserved it, for l acted like the devil"
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FUNERAL OF MRS. KLEIN.
Formerly of Topeka, Daughter of
Chester Thomas.

The funeral of Mrs. Lou T. Klein. wife
of E F. Klein of Hot Springs, Ark, was
held at the home of her uncle, Frank S.
Thomas Fourth and Fillmore streets, Mon
day afternoon. The services were con-
Quoted by Dean Kaye A quartette. Mrs.
George Parkhurst. Mrs Ferry. Mr.. Sha-
yer and Mr.. Shirer sang One. sweetly
Solemn Thought and Jesus Lover of
My Soul" The burial was in Topeka GEM
etery. Mrs. Klein. who formerly lived in
Topeka, was the daughter Of Chester
Thomas. jr., and was born here May 20,
1867. She has lived for a number of years
in Hot Springs, Ark. where she died No
vember IA. Mrs. Chester Thomas, her
mother, of Topeka, will now make her
home at Hot Springs, to look after the
Chester, aged u years. They will leave
on THURSDAY with Mr.. Klein.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-18
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News.
Every man knows that a crank is Some
other fellow.
rope often gets tight because that is
the way it is taut.
The man who is willing to help you is
usually unable to help himself.
1t is a curious psychological fact that a
man can be in dozen different minds.
Some men come into the world asking
'Why?" but no one is able to answer.
1t is easy to have the patience of Job
when the boils are on some other fellow.
Employees may not be meddlesome vet
they are always mfnding somebody else s
business.
The politician absorbs a lot of liquids In
order to make himself solid with the
boys
Avoid authorizations in writing-o otherwise
you will get into the habit OF breaking
your word.
Death struggles are sad but they are
nothing in comparison with the struggles
of some people to live.
lators: many servant girls let them in
on the ground floor.
Don't snub a man because he looks
green. watermelon has similar look.
but it is usually all right at heart.
When some men talk. others are apt to
regret that automatic ear-closers have not
yet been placed upon the market.
Time fieS-but you can't make the man
believe it who is compelled to wait FIVE
hours for a train at country station
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-18
EDITORIAL coMmENr.
The Elections and the TRUSTS

The Elections and the Trusts.
Minneapolis Tribune:
THE farmers vote saved the day for
the Republicans" is the word in New
ork and in many congressional dis
tricts where this party succeeded in hold
ing its own. The strength of the farm
ers vote Is also felt in Minnesota. Iowa
Ohio and several other states where the
Republicans have made an UNEXPECTEDLY
good showing.
Why have the farmers stood by Re
publican policies on the whole better
than the city voters? A partial answer
is no doubt to be found in the fact that
While the prosperity of the labOring
classes is disputed and some of them
feel that they have not shared fully in
the ma gnificent profits made by indus
try during the past few years, there is
no doubt about the prosperity of the
farmers. Whether the trust idea is good
or bad; whether combines have absorb
ed too large a share of the increment
of wealth or not, the farmers know that
they have been getting better prices for
their products and that their land has
been steadily rising in value. 1t is the
habit of the dissatisfied to lay the
blame for the causes OF their dissa It's
faction upon the party In power. For
this, reason city voters dissatisfied with
the operations of the so-ealled trusts.
the tendency to capitalization and
wild speculation generally, appear to
have voted the opposition ticket in con-
oiucAdbAe NUMBERS out the farmers,
satisfied with their condition, have re-
manned faithful to- their former political
allegiance.
{ What viii be the effect of the election
results upon the so-called trust issue d?
Undoubtedly it will strengthen the dis
position manifested by President Roose
Vets administration. given expression
through Attorney General Knox to APP
ply more strenuously the existing laws
for the regulation of these combinations,
and to seek new legisla ton, where such
is needed, enforcing greater publicity,
watering and to encourage competition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-18
JAYHAWKER JoTs.

Burlington society complains of a
"desrth of doins'
Parsons small boys are making Christ
mas money gathering persimmons,
Weilington's curfew still rings at 9:15
each evening. It's part Of the night
watchman's duties to do so.
A Fort Scott man clumsily raised a two
dollar bill to ten. but he found no trouble
in getting the money changed
In the midst of the football season a
Wichita man springs a story of broken
nose received by a fall from bicycle.
Emporia's town quarrel can't be so seri-
Gus after all hundred new students
were added to the Normal the past week.
oxford vandals rob the cemetery graves
of potted plants How pleasant it must be
to have them afterwards in the dining
room.
ma in disgust. He says everyone is COM
PEELED to mind their own business down
there.
Brighter days are coming to Salina A
new parsonage is being erected and ping
pong is to be a feature of future church
socials.
years soldier service in the Philippines.
says: No more for me, thanks; nome
looks awful1y good"
You are given $S7 and costs, said a
Hutchinson judge to eight offenders And
as they anted up they wondered if their
quiet little keg party paid.
A grandfather's clock thrown together
in New Hampshire 13S years ago has
reached Wichita. As yet, it has taken
no Fart in the senatorial fight,
That must have been a brave Newton
man. that single-handed and alone, con-
Quoted twenty-eight Eastern Star ladies
en- Il successful Peabody excursion.
A LcavenwOrth man was Jail led for The
simple reason that he persisted in trying
to break into an undertaker's establish
ment. He wasn't quite dead drunk.
The Emporia roundhouse boys announce
that they are going to keep open house
this winter However. February's blasts
may cause them to change their mind
A
protest on thieves stealing his chickens.
but drew the line at their beating him up
ond visit
At Elk City a constable called to arrest
a school teacher for too vigorously apply
ing the rod. The professor excused SER
vice for nve minutes, ''birched lp a oou-
pie more. then went along to court.
An Osborne county parent objected to
having Doctor treat his daughter for a
rattlesnalze bite. After the eighth DAY,
when the girl began to have Commissions,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-18
Captain A. NJ. Robinson, of Fire
Department, Hurt.
New Aerial Ladder Broke While
He Was on 1t.
NEARLY KNOCKED OFF.
While He Held One Arm Is
Crushed to a Pulp.
Plucky Fireman Talks of the
Accident.

Hundreds of people saw A. NJ. Robin
son, captain of fire department head
quarters, terribly injured this morning
at II o'clock by the breaking of a chain
which was supposed to be strong
enough to hold the weight of the upper
portion of the new 75-foot aerial lad
der.
The final test of the aerial truck was
being made in front of the city hall.
Captain Robinson had been at the top
of the aerial. with line OF hose throw
ing stream of water over onto the roof
of the Auditorium from an elevation of
70 feet.
Fl want to make Just one more test,
and then I'm done.'' said Chief Will
marth to Hardy Mitchell. the represen-
tative of the company which made the
truck. We'll run up the ladder again,
and use that 10-foot emergency extern
sion once"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-18

The bureau of forestry. to which is
entrusted the preparation of plans for
the management of the national forest
reserves. several state forest reserves.
and the military timber reserves. has
recently extended its work to cover the
conservative handling of the timber on
Indian reservations. The secretary of
the interior has made a request to the
secretary of agriculture for advice as
40 the cutting of timber upon the allot-
ted lands of the Bad river and Lac
Occur D'Oreille Indian reservations Of
northern Wisconsin and the ceded lands
of the Menomonee reservation. Tie
timber IS to be cut and sold and the
proceeds are to so to the Indians The
bureau of forestry will have charge of
the cutting. and will see to it that the
timber is taken out in such way as to
do least harm to the forest and to in
sure a good reproduction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-18
PLACE FOR PAUL WALKER.
In Legal Department of the Rock
Island.

Paul E. Walker. of Holton. has been
appointed to a place in the legal de-
partment of the Rock Island. He does
not, however, succeed W. F. Evans. first
assistant general attorney of the road.
A report that Mr.. Walker would TAX g
Mr.. Evans place was spread this morn
ing, and it created considerable surprise
among the politicians. It is said that 4
member of the supreme court aspires TO
Mr. Evans place in case the latter
leaves Topeka, and any number of old
experienced attorneys would like 10
have il.
Mr.. Walker has first-class legal ed
ucation hut he has been out cf law
school only six months, and this is what
surprised the politicians. He is 4 son
of A. d. Walker. chairman of the state
board of railroad commissioners. He is
graduate of Leland Stanford univer-
sity and Harvard Law school, and Is
said to be an exceptionally bright young
attorney
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-18
Our Interest in Cuba.
Pittsburg Gazette:

<
Apart from our responsibility for Cuba s
welfare we have a vital concern in its flu
ture on our own account. A glance at the
map shows that it covers the entrance to
the Gulf of Mexico like the stopper of a
bottle The power that holds Cuba COM
mands the Gulf of Mexico. Cuba also pos
sesses great strategic Importance from its
relations to the Isthmian canal and the
Caribbean sea, which must be made an
American lake if American control of the
Isthmian canal is to be completely as
sured- Not only have we renowned direct
control over the government of Cuba. but
our treatment of the government we set
up has been such to inspire resent
ment which, if allowed to become pernian-
ent, might have very serious consequence IS.
We have been so long a nation without
neighbors that considerations of t8is sort
do not at present make much appeal to
public opinion, but in the days when Spain
held the mouth of the Mississippi there
was no lack of popular appreciation of the
Importance of commercial communication
free of foreign duress. The western coun-
try afiame with Indignation. at any
suggestion of treaty recognition of Spain s
right to control the navigation of the
lower Mississippi. The security of the
trade of the Gulf of Mexico and the pro-
spective sea route via The Isthmian canal
will be just as vital to our national well
fare.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-18
BAILEY is SATISFIED.
Willing to Have Inaugural Ser
vices in Auditorium.

In a communication to Secretary T. J..
Anderson of the Commercial club. Gov
ernor-elect w. ]. Bailey expresses him.
self being satisfied with the plan to
hold inaugural exercises in the Audi
forum on Monday, January II. 1t is
probable that President Frost will cali
a meeting of the board of directors of
the club for the purpose of furthering
the inaugural plans. 1t is further prob
able that a reception will be arranged
for at the state house in the evening
Mr.. Bailey stated that there was little
change in the condition of his father,
but that within a few days there might
be a change for the better or worse, so
that he might be able to come to Topeka
and consult personally regarding plans
for the Inauguration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-18
LOCAL MENTION.

J. E. Stevens, of Goodland was in the
city today.
r. G. Erbac.er. of st. Marys, was in
the city this morning.
E. F. Klein and son Chester, who ar
rived in Topeka Sunday night with the
the Fifth Avenue hotel for a few days.
Miss Lila T. Rix accompanied them here
from Hot Springs, Ark
Fifty children have been fitted up with
clothing and books so that they were
able to attend school by the Salvation
has TIE local corps in charge, is now
canvassing the city for the purpose of
gathering clothing, supplies and fuel for
TIE needy. He says he can use all sorts
of secondhand clothing, there being a
greater demand for that than for any
thing else.
Mrs Halle Baird wife of Harry F.
Baird and daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James G. Koontz, of 1101 Kansas ave-
nue. this city. died at Galveston. Tex.
November II. The funeral will be held
at Galveston.
AS the result of injuries received from
the lick of a horse. FlosSie Dillon, an
S-year-old girl living in Pierce's addi-
ton, lies in Christ hospital probably
fatally hurt The front of the skull is
crushed and the nasal bone is broken.
While playing in a pasture near her
fathers home, horse approached her
and turning kicked her, striking her in
the forehead with the result as given.
A part Of the nasal bone was driven
back into the BRAIN DIR. W. s. Lindsay
was called and advised immediate re-
moval to the hospital, where as soon as
possible she was operated upon. 1t was
given out tl.is morning that the little
girl was in better condition than at any
time since the accident. and there was
some little hope of her recovery.
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Mr.. LOW MAY GO.
RumOred That He Is to Be
Transferred to Chicago.

Thre is a rumor current today that NJ.
A. Low, general attorney for the Rock
Island having his office in Topeka.
would be transferred to Chicago in the
same capacity, the first of next year.
No reason is to be assigned for such
a move. as Richard P. Jackson, another
general attorney for that system al
ready is located in Chicago, ami as the
business of Mr. Lows office relates large
ly to the western and southwestern aft
fairs of the road it should be handled,
logically from this place.
The Rock Island people, however,
have prepared themselves for anything
in the way of changes. since the cleo
ton of w. B. Leeds to the presidency
of the road.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-18
EXPORT TRADE 1MPRovINo.

October exports show a decided ten
dency toward recovery from the de-
preston due largely to the short corn
crop of last year and reduced foreign
demand for other breadstuffs The to-
tai exports for October were larger than
those of any preceding month in the
history sof our commerce, except Octo-
Der and December 1900, and October
1901. Exports of corn are of course less
than in October of last year, by reason
of the very great shortage in corn due
to last years drouth. the total value of
corn exported in October, 1902, being
s734,6s2. against $2.34S $40 in October of
last year; while for the ten months end
ing with October, the value of corn ex-
ports was $5,S95,O1O, against SAT, 2Ss. 459
in the corresponding months of last
year.
In wheat, which had shown a ma
terial reduction in exports in the last
few months when compared with the
extraordinarily high figure of the CORE
spending months of the preceding year.
the figures for October show a marked
Improvement. the total value Of wheat
exported in October, 1902 being s12, ass
6SS. against $1O,515.4 Ala in October of last
year; while flour exports for October of
the present year are valued at s7.2fS. 914
as against $6Oe6, SOL in October of last
year. Breadstuffs as a whole show a
total of s21 900. s02 in October 1902
against s2O.s72.s25 in October. 1901
Exports of provisions and live animals
are still below those of October of last
year, the figures for October of the pres
ent year being $15,c6o.17s against s1S.-
225.5o5; while for the ten months provi-
aions and live animals show a fall in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-18

Alexander of Macedon, and, incidental
", conqueror of the world, had heard of
the philosopher Diogenes and his eccen
trio remarks. So he went down one dav
to make a call He found the Kruff old
cynic curled up in the tub that served
him for residence.
'Hullo,'' said Alexander
Hullo yourself cried the Philosopher
4 guess you don't know me-" said
Alexander
ooh, yes. I do replied Diogenes. you
are the original Smart Aieck.''
This pleased the conqueror and he
laughed boisterously. OF course the cour-
tiers laughed, too.
Don't do that cried Diogenes. "You,ll
shake all the hoops off my hotel"
Are you quite comfortable?" inquired
the son of Philip.
Sure cried the philosopher. s.T've zot
the best room in the Cooper house. with
bath and a southern exposure and no
end of ventilation. have all my meats
to bring-and If ! want to sit out or tbs
lawn in my shirt sleeves-providinu I
have shirt-Im not worried bv a lot ~
fussy people from Boston who NAV ttint
that I am violating the Back Bay pro-
prieties- In short. I'm the star boarder
in this ranch. with the first cut Of every
thing, and don't you forget it,
Alexander smiled audibly and all his
courtiers followed suit
II sec that you are merry doy. H..
gayly remarked.
I'm good deal of a woollv DOE r
reckon, said Diogenes. as he passed his
hand across his stubbly chin II haven't
had shave for nine weeks
Alexander Strengthened his helmet and
hung the folds Of his mantle over his
arm.
rs there anything I can do for voug.,
he asked
Yes replied the philosopher lyon
can stand out of my light,s'
Having delivered himself Of this fn,no-
lite historical speech he curled IN a. b,-
tub and closed his eyes. - .''7
Alexander laughed and the coprt,ars
laughed. eieA .
1T was awfully stupid of me sa,5 ~.
world beaten, he smiIineiv lno,<e5 t,,..--
at the tub and its snoring contents go
forget to bring my camera aIonA''-CIave1
land Plain Dealer
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Commenting on the advance in
wages of railroad employees, recently
made in many quarters, the Buffalo
Express says: THE advances in wages
will greatly increase operating expen-
SEES, but so long as business continues
at the present rate of activity. the
transportation companies can we'll af-
ford to be generous. It should be re-
membered, also. that heavy reductions
III wages were made during the last
years of industrial depression" 1t
seems not unlikely that business will
keep pace with increased operating ex-
penses. Increased wages make more
spending money. Increased expendi-
ture, on the part of employees and their
families cause an increase in the trans
portation business so that fair share
of the railroad company's additional
outlay finds its way back into the
treasury.