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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17
RUHLlN'S FORFEIT.
Puts $4,000 in Smiths Hands
to Bind Match With Sharkey.

New York, April IA Smith yester-
day received from Billy Madden the
largest forfeit of his career as a stake
holder Madden posted with him s10.-
600 in cash to bind a match for Gus
Rubin with Tom Sharkey. Smith says
this is the largest sun he has ever re-
ceived to bind a match. Madden says
the deposit is to go. as suggested by
Sharkey, as a. side bet for a % round
battle or for a fight to a finish. Mad
den. in spea king of the forfeit said
The $4,000 up with Smith can go as
a side bet. and we viii agree to fight
for this sum in private or battle for a
purse in England, America. or anywhere
suitable to Sharkey. Rubin is satisfied
to box Sharkey in England the first part
Of the fistic carnival. and viii consent
to let the winner meet Bob Fitzsim-
mons Ruhlin will face KID Mccoy if
he covers the forfeit before Sharkey
does"
When Sharkey was seen he said:
i am glad that Ruhlin's money is up
and I wish to say that I viii see Al
Smith and cover it at once. mean bus
mess, and am ready to box Rubin or
anybody else, but I do not propose to
fight for nothing"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17
THOMAS CHOSEN.
Former Topeka Man Elected
Bishop of New Diocese.
Rev. N. S. Thomas, Son of Late
Bishop Thomas, Named.
WILL LIVE AT SALINA.
Western Kansas Included in
His Jurisdiction.
Was Formerly in Charge of
Church of Good Shepherd.

Cincinnati, April 17.-Rev. Nathaniel
S. Thomas, rector of the Holy Apostles
church, Philadelphia, was this morning
elected by the house of bishops of the
Episcopal church to be missionary
bishop of the district of Salina, western
Kansas being included in his jurisdic-
ton.
This was the principal business of the
meeting. Missionary bishops were also
elected for Honolulu, Porto Rico and
Mexico. This meeting is an adjourned
session of the house of bishops recently
held in San Francisco
The meeting opened with a celebra-
ton of the holy communion at Christ
church this morning. Immediately al
forwards the bishops went into execu-
tive session Bishop Clark of Rhode
Island being too feeble to attend, Bish-
op Dudley of Louisville presided. Fifty
of the so American bishops are present,
including some from distant missionary
fields. Many prominent rectors and
laymen are also present.
Nathaniel Seymour Thomas is a son
of the late Rt. Rev. E. s. Thomas. sec
Ond bishop of Kansas and was for sew
charge of the Church of the Good
Shepherd in North Topeka, the position
now held by Canon NJ. J. Bywater.
Bishop Thomas will be in charge of the
new Kansas diocese. The state was
divided at San Francisco last year and
the position was left open. The home
of the newly elected bishop will be at
Salina. This will greatly relieve
Bishop Millspaugh, who has had too
large a territory.
Nathaniel Thomas received a portion
of his educational training at Cam
bridge college in England. His earlier
studies were carried on at Faribault,
Mimi, and at the University of Min
nesota. He was also graduate of the
Kansas Theological college.
Bishop Thomas was appointed and
worth. Kansas. About four years ago
he was sent to Wheeling, West Virginia.
and was later sent to Philadelphia. He
is SO years old.
Rev. Mr.. Thomas was married in
June, 1895. to Miss Edith Prince of
Quincy Illinois.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17
IN CONGRESS- HANDS.
POstpOnement of Worlds Fair
Still Under Discussion.

st. Louis, April 17-Secretary W. B.
Stevens of the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position company was asked today If
the worlds fair management had Off
eiaI eognizance of Senator Allison's
amendment to the sundry civil appro-
priation bill authorizing the postpone
ment of the exposition to 1904.
We have no Information" he said,
except what is contained in the un-
official reports from Washington. The
question of postponing the fair, as
President Francis has stated has not
been submitted to the board of direct
ors, and it is my belief that it win not
be at the present time
''Of course if congress takes the
initiative and votes for the postpone
ment the local management VIII neces-
sarily have to accept that decision and
act accordingly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17
COBURN IN DEMAND.
Many Requests For Speeches Which
He Declines.

This is the time of year that Secretary
Coburn is beset with invitations from
Chautauqua assembly committees to de-
liver addresses during the summer at their
respective assemblies. He always tells
them he isn't a public speaker and refers
them to Secretary Barnes of the State
Horticultural society.
The Chautauqua assembly at Beloit has
Mr. Coburn billed for date: a few days
ago he was requested to speak at the Win
field assembly and yesterday Rev G. S.
Nusbaum came up from Ottawa to ask
him to give an address at that assembly.
The Ottawa people want to get Mr.. Coburn
and Secretary Wilson there on the same
day and see if they can not start trouble
Of some kind
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17
LEEDY is MAYOR.
Kansas Ex-Governor Manages
Affairs of Valdez, Alaska.

Ex-Governor John w Leedy is now
mayor of Valdez, Alaska. This fact
comes out incidentally in a letter writ
ten by the ex-governor to DIR. F. H.
Pitcher. one of his personal friends at
Winfield.
Governor Leedy says the locality in
which he is located has little use for
doctors, owing to the pure air and water
and absence Of nalarial germs. The
great amount Of rain and snow which
falls is a drawback, however, and al
though the spring comes as early as it
does in many regions further south, it
takes until about June 1 for the snow to
all melt.
What we most need" writes Cover
nor Leedy ''is a homestead law which
will allow settlers to take up 100 acres Of
land, and a railroad through the noun
tains to the Interior
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17
OUR TRADE WITH CUBA.
Comparative Statement For Last Two
Years.

Washington, April IA comparative
statement, issued today by Col. Edward
of the division of insular affairs, shows
the commerce of Cuba for the calendar
years of 1901 and 1900
The total volue of merchandise i'm
ported during the year 1901 was $685. 58S, =
973, against s66, 65S, $50 for 1900, and the
exports of merchandise during the year
ended December 81, 1901, amounted to
S6s. .27s. .3sU, against $4s. .9O4. .6S4 for 1909.
These figures show very slight de-
crease in the imports and an increase of
2S Der cent in the exports.
The value of merchandise coming from
the United States for the calendar year
1901 was $28, ,O78, ,633, a decrease Of 81
G97 1863, as compared with 1900 while the
exports for 1901 amounted to $4S, ,0e6, $40.
an increase of $14,819.97O It is shown
that the export of Cuban sugar to the
United States amounted in 1901 to S30,-
s14, 1856; in 1900 to $16.763,5s2 and in 1899
to SIS, ,634, ,001.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17
THERE WAS A FROST.
Mr.. Jennings Says 1t Didn't
Hurt the Fruit.

The weather bureau scored on yester-
days forecast. There was heavy frost
last night
The government thermometer only
registered a minimum of 81 degrees. but
the thern ometer is 100 feet higher than
the low lands and ice formed on the
ground in many places. Observer Jen-
nings said this morning that the frost
would probably not injure fruit as the
effects would probably not be felt 10
feet from the ground. The forecast sent
out this morning was: Generally fair
tonight and Friday. Slightly warmer
Friday and in west portion tonight.
The wind this morning was southeast
blowing 3 miles an hour. The hourly
temperatures recorded by the govern
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17
FAIR PEOPLE WILL HELP
TO Assist Filipinos to Make Exhibit
at St. Locis.

ST. Louis, April 17.-As a result of
Governor General Taft's conference
with the executive committee of the
cooperate financially with the Philip
pine government in the matter of its
exhibit He declared to the commit
tee that its action would have a pro-
nounced moral effect on the Filipino
people, and would do more toward
pacification of the islands than repres-
sive military methods. The executive
committee unanimously agreed to as
sumo a proportion of the expense en-
tailed by the governor generals plan.
On his return to Washington he will
submit the agreement to Secretary of
War Root for approval.
The exact sum appropriated by the
exposition company toward the insular
exhibit vii not be known until after
the approval of the secretary of war.
The agreement means that the Philip
pine display is intended to be the su-
preme feature of the worlds fair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17
ALL COMES OUT.
Story of How Battle Of SpiOn
KOp Was Lost.
Official Dispatches Are at Last
Made Public.
BULLER is BLAMED.
Roberts Says He Should Have
Taken Command
When He Found That Warren
Was Incompetent.

London, April 17.-All the official dis
patches referring to the defeat sustain
ed by the British troops under Gen. Bull
Ter at Spion Kop, Natal. January "A,
1900. were made public today. Those
hitherto unpublished merely emphasize
how hopelessly muddled were the pre-
parations for that engagement. The
controversy between Gen. Butler and
Gen. Sir Charles Warren is proved to
have been even more bitter than pre-
viously limited at, while a new extract
from one OF Lord Roberts dispatches
brings additional censure on Gen. Bull
Ter. Lord Roberts declares that Gen.
Buffers endeavOr to put the response
bility for the defeat on Gen Warren
was not justifiable. Roberts holds that
he saw things were going wrong. This
remark was caused by a dispatch from
Butler, in which be says:
I saw no attempt on the part Of
Warren to either grapple with the situ-
astion or command his force himself.
We lost our chance by Warren's slow
ness. He seems to me to be man
who can do well what he can do him
self, but who cannot command. can
never employ him again on an inoe-
pendent command. 1 ought to have
assumed command myself when I saw
things were not going well. blame
myself now for not doing So.
Butler explains that he failed to su-
persede Warren because it might have
discredited the latter with the troops,
which was an especially serious mat
ter, as if Butler had been shot Warren
would have succeeded to the supreme
command.
The question Of the responsibility for
the retreat is shrouded in a maze OF
dispatches, proving that mistakes were
made in sending messages and that
there was a general desire to shirk the
onus. Beyond this washing of dirty
linen nothing appears to have been ac-
complished by the publication of the
dispatches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17

ted for $491 600 with new machinery. En-
gineer Follett deducted S91 600 for de-
ing value, making a total appraisement
of S468 600.
Engineer Cole deducted only $1,000
for depreciation, and added s21S.000 for
co.,
City Attorney Spencer was asked to-
day whether he thought the water com
pany would accept the $3.50, 600 offer.
Il haven't the renotest idea" he said.
cept before June L. we viii begin suit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17
MITCHELL PROMOTED.
Funston's Cousin is Made a First
Lieutenant.


Washington, April 1.-THE president
has sent the following nominations to
the senate:
Army-Infantry, first lieutenant. B. ].
Mitchell, Kansas, second lieutenant,
Twenty-seeond infantry; second lieu
tenant, William J. o. Laughlin, New
York. Medical department, surgeon with
rank Of major, Capt. Chas- Wilcox, as
sistant surgeon; surgeon of volunteers
with rank of major, Capt. Joseph e.
Reifsnyder, assistant surgeon Of volun-
teers.
Justice-Chas. ]. Haubert, U. S. mar
shal eastern district of New York.
Navy-Lieutenant commander, Lieut..
E. H Tillman; lieutenant. Junior grade.
to be ieutenants, G. S Galbraith, Ros-
coe Spear.
Postmasters-Cali Elizabeth 5.
Newcomb, Coronado. Indian Territory,
John P. Yates, jr.. Comanche; Richard
H. Jenness, Okamulgee. Montana,
Clarence H. Drake, Choteau. New Mex
leo, Otto F. Menger, Clayton. Washing
ton. Forest W. France, Buckley. Wyo-
ming, Elmer 7. Betz, La Ramie
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17
il. KING AT WHITE HOUSE
introduced to President Roosevelt by
Thomas Ryan.

James L. King. state Librarian. called
on President Roosevelt at the White
House Wednesday,. He was introduced
by his brother-in-law, Thomas Ryan,
assistant secretary of the interior.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17
INVADES COLORADO.
Cane Sugar Trust Will Start a
Beet Plant.

Fort Collins, Col, April Represen-
tatives of the Havemeyer people have
closed a deal for the purchase of 12O
acres just north of town for $4,000. En-
gineers viii today go to work laying
out sidetracks and locating a beet su-
gar factory
The plant viii be the largest in north
ern Colorado and viii begin operations
with a capacity of LOCO tons and if pro-
per acreage can be secured will be en-
larged to 1000 tons the second year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17
STRIKE GROWS SERIOUS.
Telephone Workers VIII Try to Get
"Heuo" Girls Out.

Pittsburg, April 1.-THE strike of the
linemen employed by the local tele-
graph and telephone companies is as
suming a threatening attitude and
causing local business a great deal of
trouble. Only two concerns have signed
the scale. The other companies are inn
porting men, and this has stirred the
strikers to a fighting pitch, with the re-
suit that within the past two days 1S
of them have been placed under arrest
on charges of disordeFly conduct. The
Hnemen say that. unless their demands
are complied with and the new scale
signed by the telephone companies an
attempt viii be made to get the central
girls to quit work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17
Made Bogus Money in Prison.

Sioux Falls. S d. April 17.-Peter
NerWOlf. a member of a HOllander col
ony of Douglas county, who today COM
pleted term in the Sioux Falls peni-
tentiary for statutory offense. was re-
arrested by Marshal Carleton today as
he left the prison doors, on a peculiar
charge, that of making counterfeit mon
ey while an inmate of prison. He has
confessed ana several spurious dollars
and a mold and apparatus were found in
a corner Of the penitentiary barn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17
IA Pro Roer Sensation.

Victoria, B. c., April 17-News of a
pro-Roer sensation in the Australian
house was received by the steamer
Moana. Senator Higgs made a pro-
Boer speech, arguing that there was no
justification for the sending of contin-
gents to South Africa by Australia to
aid in exterminating brave people,
and he argued for general amnesty for
the Beers, his speech being drowned
in the uproar it created.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17

Amsterdam, April 1.-THE cause of
Queen Wilhelmina's illness is prema-
ture confinement. An official bulletin
published today says her majesty
passed somewhat less tranquil night
The fever, however, has not increased,
and her condition is comparatively sat
isfactory
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17

London. April 17.-Emperor William 5
yacht Meteor III, in tow of the steamer
Scotia passed Prawle Point at $40
O'Clock this morning. The Meteor, which
Sandy Hook, under sail, at o'clock
on the afternoon Of April 1. The steam
er Scotia was under orders to convoy
the yacht on its voyage across the At
In nj
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17
ROOT SAILS FOR CUBA
Secretary of War viii Take a
Look at the Situation.

New York. April 17--secretary Root
started for Cuba today on the steam
ship Esperanza. Discussing his trip he
said:
Il am going down to look over the
field and lay plans for the withdrawal
of our troops from the island on May
20. There is no great significance in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17
POLICE WILL PERMIT IT.
Young Corbett and Dave Sullivan to
Spar in Denver

Denver, Colo, April 1.-THE police
viii permit Young Corbett to appear n
a sparring contest in this city May %
''Reddy'' Gallagher viii give q smoker
at the Coliseum on that evening, ana
it is said Dave Sullivan will be Cor
belts opponent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17
Canadian Capital IN Cuba.

New York April lit is stated on
good authority. says a Montreal dis
patch to the Times, that the Bank of
Montreal contemplates opening
branch in Havana and other cities in
Cuba
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17
Dumont at White House.

Washington, April I'm. Santos Du-
mont was among the presidents call
ers yesterday.Fe came to Washington to
secure, If possible, the remission of the
customs duties on a part of his airship
which arrived in New York a few days
ago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17

New york. April 17.-Of the 900
plumbers who struck in Brooklyn on
Monday 500 have been granted their
demands Of 81 q day, according to union
officials, and have returned to work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17
Weather Indications.

Chicago April 17.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Generally fair tonight and Friday,
portion tonight; variable winds, mostly
southwest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17

Epinay, Department of the Seine,
France April 17.-Don Francisco
d Assist the former king of Sprain, died
here last night at the age of so years.
he was expelled from Spain in 1868
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17
Temperatures Of Large Cities.

Chicago, April III a. m tempera-
lures. New York A; Boston 48; Phila-
deIphia "A; Washington IS; Chicago a;
Minneapolis 80; Cincinnati a; st. Louis
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-18
A Serious Drouth Upon Us.

While Oklahoma and Illinois POSSIBLY
some other sections) are being flooded
with rain, Cherokee, Ca, has been almost
without rain for two months or more.
Wheat is nearly a crop failure. Peaches
that promised well after the late spring
freezes are dropping off daily. The crop is
almost ruined at this writing. Where cot
ton was early planted and came up quick
" had good attention with land stirred
frequently. the cotton crop is not suffer-
ing very much, but late plante. cotton.
where the lana had been water-soal1ed all
winter and during the early spring. is very
small. with a poor stand and hard to Gull
tivate.
The outlook is gloomy, because this
years crop. up to date. has ~een exceed
ingly expensive. unless the farmer had
children to work the crop. had provisions
in plenty, and had no bad luck as to fires,
loss Of stock. etc.
Hired labor has been exceedingly diff
cult TO manage, because IL was scarce
and demanding high prices. An incendiary
fire that cremated six mules and horses,
consuming barns and cribs. with several
hundred bushels OF corn. has made this
year exceptionally difficult to us, as indi-
viduals. The loss OF the wheat and peach
crops is now followed by this long drouth,
with no appearance Of a change after two
months Of Il. Pastures are almost destroy
ed: so the privations are many, and the
way very difficult.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-18
Some Thinns Soda VIII Cure.

The indiscriminate use OF soda for
bread-making and also as a relief for in
digestion is not TO be commended, but the
cook and housekeeper could hardly get
along without the bicarbonate of soda for
many useful purposes.
Crude washing soda is a great help in
domestic life.
II you burn your hand with a hot iron
the pain will be soothed in a short time
by applying moistened soda to the spot.
A scald. IL the skin is not broken, can be
cured directly by bathing the scalded place
with strong soda water.
Every housekeeper knows how greasy
tins can be quickly cleansed by hot soda
water.
Some tea drinkers say a pinch Of soda
I'm the teapot improves the flavor by
making tho tea stronger-where hard
water must be used in cooking.
A little soda helps to make a tough fowl
cook tender. and ii helps cabbage wonder
fully. by taking out the indigestible COM
ponents.
Soda is a great household institution,
and yet the indispensable soda biscuit
were considered a great novelty when my
mother was a new housekeeper.
have often heard her tell Of the first
soda biscuit she ever saw, and where she
learned TO use soda for raising bread.
Up TO that time biscuit were made up
with water and well beaten. These beaten
biscuit are the tony affairs in society now,
but they used to be the reguler biscuit Of
the farmers table. / am glad soda was
discovered for brea0-making. Just enough
in biscuit has made many a wOman's heart
rejoice when they came TO the table.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-18
BY. MRS. W. H. FELTON,.

the Russian empire If there is no suita-
Bile outlet for these awakened ambitions
the results are disastrous to themselves
and ruinous to all who fall under their
influence.
The colored race in America are clamor-
ing for recognition and are seeking to OBJ
tain the white mans privilege. Unless
the white race has gained its own con-
sent to amalgamate and miscegenate with
the black race every school Of high grade
for the black race is that much danger
center TO the white population; for the
reason that education must have an out
let for the ambitions which education ex-
cites and engenders.
The education which is given the negro
in high schools and colleges units him or
her for the labor which the white race
demands at his hands. The Haytien
graduate who was educated at fine uni
versities in Europe and returned again to
Hayu to make his home, became vic
tim of despair. With a white mans edu-
cation, he had still a black skin. What
he had been at so much pains to acquire
at heavy expense, untitled him for as
ISOLATION with his own people in
Hayti. while his black skin kept
him from the association with congenial
intellects elsewhere, and which his educa-
ton inspired. In his morbid despair he
cursed his fate, and bewailed the mistake
which had caused his unsatisfying unrest
and disappointment.
His plane of thought was raised. His
intellect was expanded, but his materials
to work upon were the same as when he
left Hayti in early youth.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-18
EDUCATION OF THE IRRESPONSIBLE.

When woman was uneducated and
wholly a dependent she was content to
occupy the place of goods and chattels,
because a man not only owned his wife
and all she earned all she inherited and
that was given to her, but her husband
was privileged to beat her, If she was
not obedient to his will and purpose.
When she became educated, and especi-
ally when she became financially indie
pendent, the law was altered to make her
legal owner Of what she inherited, and in
time TO come she will be granted liberty
to control her children, equality with the
father. 1t is her progress in education
which broadened her view. She begun to
demand some of the privileges Of her hus-
band-when her responsibilities as moth
er dawned upon her mind.
II mol outlet had been opened and she
was repressed after her mind and heart
expanded. there would have been vio-
lent revolution as well as acrid indigna-
ttion. One of the truisms of this era may
be expressed in a few words. Unless lib
erty is given to expand in peaceful direc-
tions, education will end in revolt, vio-
lence and unrest. When repression is
authorized the vessel will burst and break,
because the outlet must be found.