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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-17

to tackle the old man about If a.
up TO the house with a horse ana b,,s,,,.
ana Went in, but before could gel aros,7s,,
TO the subject nearest my heart he go
As deputy sheriff of this county ri
nave to arrest you. sir
What's up?' 1 asked.
- Driving faster than eight miles an
But I was in a hurry to see vo,,r
ia, ua"s n'er- want to ask her hand of
" .Wanter marry Sarah, eh?'
WaaI. that's kind of you. but must
10 my outy as an officer and make G
sniilhgs In fees Youll have to 90 alone. ;
= went along with him. said the d~,,n-
. .l, ana was fined IS and costs. and
though I'm not thin skinned man M, ~.
f e.sa We're hurt, and left Sarah to
ma a better man. She was a nice iii
put her old dad was too conscientious fnr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-17
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
EFrom the New York Press.I

IFrom the New ork PreSs.I
When a woman doesn't lace it's sign
she doesn't have to-
A woman's grace IS what the Lord
makes it; her shape what she herself
makes it.
The easiest mari. on earth for anybody
is the idiot who thinks he understands wo-
men.
Fortunately young woman who mar
ries an old husband never knows how she
cot cheated
In dealings with women the wise man
will back a pearl necklace against all the
logic OF the ges.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Mrs Elizabeth Coffey. wife of John A.
Coffey, of Rock Creek. died Wednesday at
the age of Il years. She is survived by a
husband and nine children, Mrs. john
Martin and Miss Rose Coffey, of Rock
Creek. Mrs NJ C. Pryor, of Topeka, Mrs.
Chas. Becker. Rev. Thos. F. Coffey of
VIM. H. Coffey, of Rock Creek and
Joseph c. Coffey. of Weatherford, Okla
homa The funeral will be held at mer-
den Catholic church, Saturday morning
at 1880 o'clock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-17
Significance Of HIPS Speech.

OHiCdSO
The speech which ex-senator Hill de-
livered at Brooklyn Saturday night was
merely an elaboration Of the coal plank
of the New York Democratic platform,
er is wildly suggestive of a tremendous
change that has occurred in public SEN
timent within the last six months
Mr.. Hill declared for government own
.ership and operation Of the coal mines,
and shouted defiantly: And if this BE-
socialism, let them make the most OF
it." Whether it is socialism or not, it is
something that was never contemplated
by a rational Democratic convention
The platform of 1896 which has often
been denounced as dangerously radical,
contained nothing of such radical im-
port An overwhelming majority of the
delegates who attended the convention
of 1892 most probably would have coh--
demned it as poDulistic
But even the Populists, who have
been held up to rIdicule as cranAS anG
Missionaries. never quite reached Mr..
Hills position in their national resolu-
tons. Their platform of 1892 urges gov
eminent ownership and operation OF
railroads, telegraph and telephones, and
declares that the land, including all
the natural sources Of wealth, is the
heritage of the people and should not
be monopolized for speculative pur-
poses" The sentence quoted might b.
made to apply to coal lands, but it was
dictated in the agrarian interests. as IS
! SiiOWu HY lIilo dOQlllOn- All ld11Q NOW
held by railroads and other corporations
in excess of their actual needs, and ali
lands now owned by aliens. should be
reclaimed by the government and held
by actual settlers only
The resolutions adopted by the party
in 1896 were to much the same effect
There was no hint in them that the gov
eminent should run a business like the
coal business. and yet today a DrOmi-
nent leader of one Of the older consel
vative parties which may control from
! six to eight million votes advocates tEe
scheme in full confidence that he viii
meet with popular approval.
Fer this confidence, moreover, he has
/ much apparent reason It is doubtful
| If such a. rapid and extensive CONVEX
sion eyer occurred before in the history
! of the country. Conditions have ac
complished in six months what the mere
theorizing of Populists and Socialist:
could not have brought about in a gen
Grafton
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Buy Jefferson Davis Place.

Jackson. Miss. Oct 1.-THE formal sale
and transfer of Beauvoir, the home Of
Jefferson Davis. by Mrs Davis to the
Sons of Confederate Veterans was made
at the opening session of the reunion of
the Mississippi division, Sons of Confed-
crate Veterans. The place will be used as
home for INDECENT confederate veterans.
Mrs. Davis received $4,000 for the prop
erty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-17

The experience of the public in con-
nection with the anthracite strike now
about to end should be sufficient for all
time. Some method of prevention should
be devised. and it wifi be- if the poll
tieians can be kent out of the business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-17
Lindsborg College to celebrate.

Lindsborg, Kan. Oct. 1.-THE Kansas
Lutheran conference of the Augustana
Synod is in session hare with Rev. DR.
Branded of Denver in the chair Beth
any college viii celebrate its majority
on Sunday evening with a great concert.
There are alumni and friends here from
Illinois. Missouri. Colorado. Texas and
several other states
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-17

1t appears that the duty on anthracite
got into the tariff act in the same wav
that the decentralization of silver made
it's way into the coinage act of 1873
Nobody knows how it happened.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-17

According to the last official returns
the loans in the 1900 national banks in
the United States on September is stood
at So 100000, an increase of 1921. OOO.-
600 over the high figures of 1901. Dur
ing the same period there were de-
creases of s22. 100000 in specie. IS, 200 900
in legal tenders and s., 800, 600 in nation
al hanl, miles,
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A CONSCIENTIOUS MAN.

Il am still without a. father-in-law.
said the drummer. land / guess a Long
Island farmer is more to blame for it
than anybody else I met of his
daughters while was on my summer va
cation and fell in love with her, and after
six months correspondence I went down
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-17

AS election day approaches the name
of that distinguished citizen, Hinky
Dink. begins to appear in the Chicago
Rapers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-17

Now that it has been demonstrated
that an air ship can be successfully op-
Grated, why not drop the entire business
before any more people are killed by
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-17

President Mitchell energies from the
fight with a bigs scredff mark for the
ability, dignity ana fairness with which
he has managed the strike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-17

When Mr. Morgan concluded to take
q stack of chips and sit in the strike
game all the players got quick action
on their investment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-17

Mr.. Baer has done more for the cause
of socialism than all its advocates put
together.-Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Is he the man that converted Dave
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-17

Still insisting that there was nothing
90 arbitrate. the coal barons consented
to arbitration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-17
The Coal Road conspirators.

Chicago Tribune.
Years ago railroad managers through
discrimination in freight rates huilt up
that great monopoly, the Standard Oil
company. The managers of the anthra-
cite coal roads have copied the methods
which gave that company its opportun-
ity, but have utilized them for their own
benefit instead of for that of an out
side corporation. Instead OF creating a
monopoly for others they have estab-
lished one for themselves. They nave
succeeded in forming a monopoly which
is more thoroughgcing and better pro-
teeted than that of the Standard OIL
company.
For the coal roads to become masters
of, the situation it was necessary for
them to have at their mercy the indie
pendent GENERATORS who had to depend
on their lines to get coal 10 market.
Hence they agreed on freight rates
which, according to Prof Henry =. Adj
ans of the University of Michga who
studied the situation last summer. ARE
not fixed like ordinary rates. but are
expressed in special contracts which
give to the railway from 10 to As Ter
cent of the tide water price CT coal to
cover freight and the expense of sell
ing" The arbitrary and indefersble
method of fixing rates has had the an
ticipated effect. Most of the independent
operators have been driven out of bust
ness.
The railroad companies have become,
through the mining companies whose
stock they own, the owners of most of
the coal lands. From the moment the
coal is mined to the time it is sold the
coal roads act in unlawful concert. They
fix on a co-s>mon rate for coal at the
mouth OF the mine. They fix by joint
agreement the rates which shall be
charged for its transportation to points
of consumption. Their agents meet at
stated intervals and determine the price
at which coal shall be sold in the mar
ket.
The striking difference from the point
of view of the consumer between the
petroleum MONOPOLY and the hard coal
monopoly is that the one has lowered
prices and the other has advanced them
OF the two moropolies which owe their
parentage to freight Determinations. the
one which the railroads created for their
own benefit is the more grasping- 1t
breaks more laws. 1t weighs more
heavily upon producers and consumers.
1t has all the worst features of the
worst kind of monopoly. 1t is the most
offensive illustration of what can han
pen when determinations in freight
rates are permitted. 1t emphasizes the
necessity for vesting in the interstate
commerce commission the power to put
/ a stop to discriminat tons the minute
thew become known
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Perhaps acting as a brake on specu-
lation has been the good blown by the
strike i'll wind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-17

school Is an adequate endowment fund,
and the report says that no contribution
is too small for this purpose.
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sae7

To Kansas City and return. via the
Union Pacific, account the American
Royal Cattle and Swine Show and Kan
sas City Horse Show Tickets on sala
October Is to %, inclusive.
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The relatives OF Miss Mary Eoracek.
deceased, wish to extend their thanks to
the employees of Burkhart's and Eagles
cigar factories and friends for floral Of
ferings.
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to two causes, either of which, without
the other, would soon have brought the
strike to an end. The first of these con-
trolling forces is found in public opin
ion, which has condemned the position
of the operators ever since the confer
ence in Washington the other is found
in the fact that the operators, although
their employees have been protected by
the entire national guard of the state
of Pennsylvania. have been unable to re-
sumo the mining of coal on a large
scale. Yesterdays dispatches made ii
clear that the operators were squarely
beaten on fair trial of strength with
the striking miners.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-17

Lawrence and Return SIC via Santa Fe
Inauguration festivities Tinivarsit,, oe
% NanS Isi Tickets on sale October 1S ~.
10. Final limit October %. 49, ~ -
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Prof Koch's Views.
(By the Associated Press.)

Rerlin. oct. 25.-The sensation of to-
davis session of the International Tuber-
culosis Convention came towards the
end of the sitting in the form of a paper
nv Professor Koch, in which he main
tanned all his former positions regarding
the Notwithstanding of animal tuber-
culosis to man Taking up the alleged
nroofs that human beings may be in
fected with bovine tuberculosis through
skin LESSONS, Prof. Koch admitted that
cases of tuberculosis do occur among
butchers and other persons who handle
animals, but be asserted that the per-
centage from the sufferings of the dis
ease among others is equally as high as
among the handlers of meat.
IF" said the Professor, infection is
so frequent through milk, positive proof
of this ought to be obtainable When
poisoned meat is eaten in a community
widespread effects follow How is it
that no general infection follows
the eating of tuberculosis meat
or the drinking of milk from
tuberculosis cow. Experts assert
that large amounts of tuberculous meats
are consumed daily, and that not only
the flesh, but even tuberculous organs
are made use of for food, yet no wide
spread infection follows. In view of the
quantity Of tuberculous meat eaten and
The rarity of intestinal tuberculosis, the
question must be asked why general in
lection is not more frequent If tuber-
culous meat is apparently so harmless,
Wbv is it not the same With milk? Pco-
ple think that boiled milk is harmless,
hut boiling does not eXterminate tubercu-
lar baccilli, and sterilizing milk impairs
it's quality Why is it that the public
| is so nervous about milk. but yet will
| cat butter, in which baccilli are equally
nurtured, without hesitation The fact
is that most people have eaten tuber-
cular baccilIi Why is not the infection
Widespread"
Prof Koch declared that only two cases
of alleged general infection were known
to him. and these two were not proved
He did not affirm. he said, that the trans
mission of tuberculosis from animal to
man was impossible. but that cases oil
the kind were extremely rare, if, they did
occur.
If measures are taken to combat ami
nal tuberculosis" went on Prof. Koch.
they must be en- economic, not sanitary
grounds In order to combat the disease
we must find the root of the evil, estab-
lish better dwellings, and workshops,
avoid overcrowding and isolate persons
who are affected with tubercular baccilli.
This is the only way to meet the enemy.
Experience with other infections proves
that tuberculosis can be successfully
combated."
NJ Nocard. a we'll known French vet
Urinary authority spoke in opposition to
Prof Koch's views.
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Twenty five Ghouls Indicted.
(Bv the Agsociated Press

Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 25.-The grand
jury, this afternoon. returned a partial
report including twenty-five indictments
in the grave robbery eases which have
been under consideration for tho last
three weeks
OF the indictments returned, ten only
were made known. 1t developed later
that five indictments have been returned
against physicians who arc charged with
completely in the "body-snatching bust
ness" for failure to keep records of
bodies received. among whom is Joseph
g. Alexander, demonstration of the Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons
The indictments against the negro
ghouls in each instance simply mention
one of the many bodies the indicted men
arc charged with assisting of removing,
as a basis for a prosecution.
In each of the indictments against the
ghouls it was charged that the stolen
bodies were taken to the Central College
of Physicians and Surgeons.
The five physicians indicted will be ar
rested Monday. From evidence given by
Rufus Cantrin, the chief of the gang of
ghouls, one hundred bodies have been
stolen from cemeteries near here since
last July. There have been nineteen ar
rests and twelve graves opened have
been found empty The ghouls say two
of the physicians accompanied them on
several Of their night trips. 1t has been
shown in the disclosures that the body of
the wife of one of the ghouls was sold
by the undertaken of a college.
Ten bodies were found buried beneath
a few inches of dirt in the basement OF
one of the colleges, four bodies were
found in sacks in the streets where the
hard pressed ghouls had dropped them
one body was concealed for two days in
saloon and thirty were found in cold
storage n an ice cream factory at Louis
villa
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waiver of rights as to the property trans
ferred to the new company. But if this
were otherwise, it would be unreasonable
to treat the Act of Congress as forbidding
a purchase from the new company, in
which 1t would be necessary for the old
company or the liquidator to join as ven
dor. This would be to defeat. not to as
certain, the will of Congress. What it
wants is good title of certain specific
property, the owner being supposed to
be, and being admittedly in part. the
new company; and it is entirely iustifia-
Bile to buy from the owner, although
the principal ownership should be found
not to be in the new company"
The opinion closes as follows:
For the reasons 1 have given l am
of opinion that the United States would
receive good, valid and unencumbored
title"
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bUlLDINd GoEb or.
There Have Been Number of improvements
in the Last Few Weeks.

a number of building permits have
been issued in the last few months, the
most important being the factory of Mr.
j. b. Martin and the residence of Mr.
c. H. Gattis.
Jeff Ellington, frame house, Davie and
Green streets; Lester Cox, contractor;
price, $500.
Ferry Noble, remodelling house, North
Swain street; o. D. Spears, contractor;
price, $175.
Mrs. Sorrell, addition at 125 South VIII
mington street; Allen Roofing Co, con-
tractors price, $4,000.
Mrs. E. M. Harrison, repairing three
frame houses, East Martin street; n. b
Gulley, contractor; price, $3.50.
Mrs Annie S. Syme, repairing franc
house, East Jones street; D. d. John
son, contractor: price, Sis.
G. II. Gattis, seven room, two-story
frame house on West Hargett street
Riggsbee and Cults, contractors; price
50, $780,
jeff Ellington, two-room frame house
Davie and Watson streets; r. P. Cot
field. contractor; price, $500.
]. B. Martin, two-story brick building
on johnson street. Bonniwen and Coffey
contractors; price, $4,000.
]. H. Mullins and sister, frame house
on New Bern avenue; N. B. Gulley, con-
tractor; price, Sis.
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his speech at Trafalgar Square.

After luncheon, the common crier
called for toast to His Majesty, the
King and Nine. Albani, stationed in one
of the galleries, sang the National An
them, in which the whole company
joined.
After other formal toasts the party
left the hall. the procession reformed
and it started or its progress across the
river.
The Guildhall caught fire shortly after
Their Maiesties left the building The
fire was in the dome of the Guildhall
some distance from the part of the build
ing where the luncheon was held. The
firemen easily subdued the flames The
fire is said to have been caused by a
fused wire.
The outbreak of the fire at the Gull
hall caused intense excitement. n large
number of engines and fire escapes dash
ed up, scattering the crowds which still
remained in the streets. Many members
of the corporation and a number of visi-
tors were still in the precincts when the
alarm was given. These hurriedly de-
parted to make way for several hundred
flremen, who dragged ladders over the
crimson cloth on which the King had SO
recently walked.
Several of the firemen expressed the
belief that the fire was smouldering
while King Edward was actually at
luncheon.
The Sun says that George Martin, a
clergyman, was remanded at the South
wark police court today, charged with
having a pound of gunpowder in his
possession with felonious intent He
was arrested near a stand on the south
side of the river.
The arrested clergyman proved to be
a religious enthusiast who objected to
the erection of a stand around St
Georges church, in the Borough, and
who purchased 4 small quantity of gun
powder, insufficient to do real damage
He will probably be placed in an asy-
lum.
Rev. DR.. Martin was arrested at the
time of the coronation of King Edward
FOR a similar Cscapade and he was also
arrested at Buckingham Palace, where
he was demanding an audience with the
King on the subject of the erection OF
the stand around st. Georges church
When taken into custody today, he made
no secret of his intention to cause dam
age with the powder
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johnson Scores Mclean
(Ry the Associated Press.)

tl'y the ASSOtldItu IlCSS'D
Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 25.-Mayor Tom
l.. Johnson, of Cleveland, who is rccog
niZed as the leader of the Democratic
campaign in Ohio, this year, although
himself not a candidate at this time for
anything, closed his stand of three days
here with another crowded tent. He held
meetings this afternoon and evening in
different parts of the city and at all the
rallies, denounced John II. Mclean, both
as a leader of the Democracy, and as
publisher of the Enquirer. The meet
ings in Johnsons tent here this week
have intensified fractional feeling beyond
anything of the kind ever known before
in Ohio campaigns. Rev. Hermert S.
Bigelow, who heads the Democratic
State ticket, for Secretary of State, and
who has appeared with Johnson at his
Cincinnati meetings, was equally severe
in repeatedly reading Mclean and the
Enquirer out of the party, and more
severe than Johnson in denOuncing Lewis
C. Bernard, chairman of the Democratic
Committee of this county. Bigelow de-
clared tonight he would not accept the
office, if he should be elected by Ber-
nard's vote.
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Commissioner Patterson Back.

Commissioner of Agriculture S. L. Pat
terson returned yesterday from his cam
paign with the Governor. ThomasVille
was his last stop before coming to Raj
cigh. He says that the Governor had
very large crowds everywhere, and that
he met with an enthusiastic reception
at all of his stopping places Several
court houses were crowded to their ut
most capacity and some of the people
could not get in at all.
he has made a magnificent cam
rairno' said Mr.. Patterson, land l think
we will make substantial gains in all
Of the western counties, with one or two
exceptions. The Governors speeches nave
wonderful effect upon the crowds lie
seems to electrify his hearers.
Mr. Patterson describes Governor Ny
cocks great speech very beautifully nc
wonder it moves the people.
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Ratification of Treaty Afar off,
(By the Associated Press.)

Washington, Oct 25.-Non- action on the
part of the Government of Colombia on
the pending Isthmian Canal treaty is
postponing the appointment of the COM
mission, which is to take charge of the
construction of the canal. 1t has de-
veloped that the ratification of the treaty
is a long way Off owing to the fact that
the Colombian Congress, before which
the convention must come. has not even
been elected up to this time. The delay
is attributed to the existence of a state
of war in Colombia. but it is now ex-
pected that the Congress will assemble
during the winter months.
The one fact relative to the commits
sion that has developed is that Rear Ad-
miral Walker, who has headed the two
preceding commission will be president
of the new commission.