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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26
JAxHAwKER Jors.

Mule thieves are the plague of Allen
county.
Chanute's next appropriation will be for
street lights.
Broom corn is selling for $50 per ton in
Hamilton county.
Seventh Day Adventists have opened a
school at Hutchinson.
Sabetha claims to have the finest photo
graph gallery in the state.
The Blue Mound sewing circle is known
as the Cab and Giggle" club.
An Ottawa man trying to head orr a
runaway cow slipped and broke an ankle.
A merry-go-round took in $110 in nickels
during q three days stay at Sharon
Springs.
Farmers around Lyndon continue to
make hay regardless of the absence of
sunshine.
An Arkansas City man claims to have
a sweet potato the shape of a duck. It's
likely a quack affair.
Bent Murdoch desires to know how 1t
happens that out of 1000 Ell Dorado citi-
zens less than 400 attend church.
A batch of English setter pups at Ga
lena wear blue ribbons because their an
cestors came over on the Mayflower.
A Salina night prowler was SO closely
pursued that he not only dropped the
stolen chickens but fairly good hat.
The person bringing the largest ear OF
corn to the Valley Falls fair gets a watch
and for the largest apple a gold ring.
The automobile on the Hartland to Hug
oton rural mail route proved a failure
The machine wouldn't work in the heavy
sand.
District a. Greenwood county, will start
a Sabbath school so that the boys will
have some excuse for not playing ball
Sunday afternoons.
The Burlington Jeffersonian says "bad
booze Is causing trouble these days
Haven't the drinkers the price for good
or don't the joints keep it.
Sorrentino exhibited the poor taste oil
kissing boy page at the Wellington car.
| nival rather than the queen. Innes
| wouldn't have made a mistake of thai
sort.
| An accommodating thief at Ell Dorado
put the harness on the team, hitched VI
and drove away the other night without
! bothering the owner to come out AND
show him which was the of horse.
A Rush county woman brought to the
Breeze office last week a stalk of corn si1
! feet high that was planted after whea'
harvest. Two or three eight pound head.
of cabbage were thrown In for gool
measure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26
WAITED YEARS FOR HER
Hiram X. johnson Marries His First
Love, q Widow of 70.

Syracuse, N. Y. Sept. 26.-Mr. and
Mrs. Hiram K. johnson are spending
their honeymoon at Cazenovia. They
have just been married, the groom wait
ing fifty years for his bride Mr. John
son is rs years old and Mrs. johnson
is 20.
Fifty years ago johnson fell in love
with pretty Hattie Davis. Both We're
then living in Syracuse Johnson re-
solved to keep his feelings to himself
until he was in a position to support a
wife. He left for Chicago, where hi.
They recognized the young mans abil-.
ity and set him UP In business in q
small Nebraska town. 1t was not long
before he heard that the girl he 1oveo
was married to another He never
married. In the meantime the girl
raised a family, lost her husband and
settled down to pass the remainder of
her days with her children and grand
children. A short time ago johnson
called at her home. She stepped into
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26
LABOR CONDITIONS COMPARED

Labor conditions in the United States
Is the subject of chapter in the re-
Gently published report of the commits
sion from the British Iron Trade asso-
citation which visited the United States
a few months since and reported upon
industrial conditions, and especially
those relating to iron and steel. Dis
cussing this important question of the
condition of labor in the United States
viewed from the standpoint of the Eng
lish .citizen and manufacturer. the re-
port says:
THE condition of labor in the United
States is another matter that has re-
ceived a good deal of attention. as be-
ing fundamental in the progress of
American industries. If not also in the
relative progress of some of our own.
The influence of trade unionism is not
nearly so strong nor so aggressive in
the United States as in Great Britain.
The reason is largely capable of mathe-
NAUTICAL demonstration. A recent report
by the New York department of labor
shows that while in Great Britain at
recent date there were 1.905. 900 trade
unionists, there were only 100000 in
the United States and Canada for about
twice the population, while Germany is
creuiteu WIFI Sso'VVV, OF ABOUT oHe-naiI
the British figure. The trade union is
not generally recognized as a militant
force in the United States. except now
and again. Few employers are ready to
acknowledge that it has any influence
worth naming.
THE almost absolute freedom of la
Dor has been the chief instrument
whereby it has won such conquests in
the field of industrial economy during
the last quarter of a century. In all
countries industrial processes have
been greatly cheapened during that
period, but in America the cheapening
appears to have been carried farther
than anywhere else. According to fig
ures recently made public by Mr.. WILL
lam Garrett. rail roller in an up-to-
date rail mill is paid less than one cent
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LOCAL MENTION.

The second pair of deserters were
taken to FIT. Riley today. They are the
last of the four captured with the Ring
ling circus.
David Hartsock, Shawnee county
pioneer, is at the point OF death as the
result of a stroke of paralysis He is
at the home of w. D. Gossett.
Henry Kelly, waiter at the Copeland
hotel, was fined one dollar this morn
ing for disturbing the peace of a girl
whom he persisted in following home
from school.
James McCauley was today given a
verdict of $4,000 against the Santa Fe
railroad by jury in the district court.
He was injured in runaway near the
Santa Fe freight house.
Lieutenant Governor Northcott, of IL
linois, head consul of the NJ. w. A.,
will address the Woodmen of Topeka
Thursday night, October q The meet
ing will be held at the rooms, 704-6
Kansas avenue.
The National Republican league will
meet in Chicago on October and 8.
and the Santa Fe is to be the official
route to the meeting. Election Com
missioner T. s. Williams is planning to
attend the meeting.
Fifteen Chillocco Indian girls passed
through Topeka today on their way
home from Atchison, where they have
been attending the corn carnival They
are organized into a mandolin club and
have been playing at Atchison.
An Indian, whose name is unknown,
died at Stormont hospital Thursday
afternoon as the result of an accident
on the Union Pacific railroad Wednes-
/ day night, in which he had one foot
cut off. Death was caused by shock
and loss of blood
The Swedish Lutheran conference of
the district of Kansas is in session at
the church at Fourth and Tyler streets.
Rev. A. W. Lindquist of Kansas City
preached the opening sermon last night.
Two sermons wer preached today, by
Rev. e. Glad and Rev. c. J. Scheleen.
They will adjourn to Usage City tomor-
row, where a business meeting Will be
| held.
the Colorado Flyer, will end its season
| on September 30, and be taken off for
| the winter. The last westbound flyer
will pass through Topeka on September
| 20, and the last eastbound flyer on Sep
TENDER 80. The Colorado Flyer is one
on the Santa Fe. It was made up OF
the equipment from the California Linn
| tied trains run last season.
Ralph Hill, alias Relchambers, alias
Harner, the negro ex-convict accused OF
holding up and robbing r. H. Weaver
a hearing in city court this morning
and was bound over to stand trial for
highway robbery. Hill did not tell g
satisfactory story as to how he came
into possession of Weaver's watch
which he had on his person when ar.
Topeka a stranger and won the watch
in crap game with thirty-nin other
tramps. He was confident OF the mum
Der, because he counted them. Hill Il
bad one. and was kept in solitary
confinement most of the time whilt
serving his sentence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26
SPOILED THEIR CLOTHES.
senseless Method Used to Stop Loaf
ing at Federal Building.

The railing around the areaway on
the west side OF the postoffice building
is smeared with grease and tar. This
is the second time such measures have
been resorted to in an effort to break
up loafing on the corner. 1t seems to
be countenanced by Wilder Metcalf.
custodian of the building, but the in
dignant citizens who have had suits
ruined by leaning against the places
where the grease has been smeared feel
that the persons who are responsible
should be punished on the charge of
defacing public buildings. The grease
was spread on the stone foundations of
the building originally and the grease
stains are still apparent.
Two well dressed men stopped to talk
a moment in 1ront of the postoffice this
morning, and to keep from being jostled
by the people who passed on the walk,
stepped back to lean against the rail-
ing One man had a new suit Of very
light colored material and it was soiled
beyond redemption.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26
ARGENTINE FLARES up.
Disposition Manifested to Resent
Over Interference in Panama.

Buenos Ayres, Sept. 26.-The Prinza
Press}. daily paper OF this city. pub
fishes today very violent article call
ing attention to the alleged tendency of
the United States towards Imperialism.
which, it says, Is illustrated by the land
ing of American marines in Colombia.
and protests energetically against it..
The paper says the United States does
not exercise any political protection over
South America, which will never accept
European or North American interven-
ton in it's affairs
The Prinza concludes with saying that
the Argentine government should make
an inquiry into the matter and find out
the real character of the aims of the
United States, so as to inaugurate a
diplomatic movement and prepare for
defense and destroy the idea of the pos
sibility of any Intervention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26

Newark News: One after another the
"beet sugar" state Republican conven-
tions have met in convention and in
dorsed the administration of the presi-
dent, most of them going so far as to
declare that he should be nominated in
1904. Why are these things thus, when,
as is we'll known, Mr.. Roosevelt is bend
Ing every effort to secure that reciproc-
ity with Cuba that we are told means
the utter destruction of our beet sugar
industry? The only vigorous protest
against the presidents policy comes
from Louisiana, where few cane sugar
growers, processing to be Republicans.
recently met in a congressional conven,
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26
PROSPERITY IN SPAIN.
TFrom the Iondon Suectator.1

From the London SPECTATOR
Spain must be increasing in wealth
The government has just asked for a
loan of thirteen and a half millions at
per cent, the minimum tender to be
SEQ. Ten times the amount has been
subscribed, and the 10 per cent deposit
in reality fills the loan. Even suppos-
ing that much of the subscription was
speculative, that speculation shows
confidence in the state. and an extent
of capital demanding investment which
was hardly suspected, and is the more
remarkable because recent inquiries
show that more than $4,000 monks and
nuns are living as unproductive work
ers, and because the condition of agrf-
culture IL SO bad that universal strike
Of agricultural laborers Is seriously
feared. In the distressed districts, par
ticularly Estremadura, Andalusia. and
the neighborhood of Cadiz, they are
making common cause with the an
archists, who preach violence as the
only remedy for their grievances, one of
which is that they receive no regular
wages, but are paid by the iob-an
enormous increase to the power of the
bailiffs, whom many observers believe
to be the real oppressOrs in Spain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26
TAKING GAS DISPOSITIONS
Company Attempting to Justify To
pelka Rate.

The taking of dispositions in the dollar
gas case has commenced. and owing to
the fact that witnesses are being ex-
amined City Attorney Spencer decided
not to go to Wichita to attend the con-
ference in regard to the city charter act
The dispositions are taken at the office
Of Rossinzton. Smith & Histed, attor-
neys for the gas company. Carroll
Miller, of Chicago, an expert engineer,
was examined in regard to the value of
the plant and the cost of reduplicatfor.
Mr. Miller testified that 1t would cost
SPOT 900 to duDlicateythee plant, without
considering the value of the industry as
q going concern snt -
Secretary johnson of the Lawrence
Gas company testified in regard to the
rates charged at Lawrence. He stated
that the maximum rate there is $1.75,
and the minimum $3.50
These are the only witnesses exam
ined thus far. They were both witnesses
for the gas company. !;
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26

the parlor. not recognising him. and
asked:
Did you wish me?"
Yes. Hattie. want you" Wns the
reply
1T was because he has been 80 faith
full all these long years that / married
him. says Mrs. johnson. IF he had
married It would have been differeut
but he waited SO long and patiently
could not refuse him. ~
The couple are as happy as younger
lovers. They are at the Johnson home
stead in Cazenovia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26
IN MIMIC WARFARE.
Troops at Fort Riley Play the Enemy
Was Around.

Junction City. Kas., Sept 26-The
troops at Camp Root today divided into
armies. The blue and the brown start
ed from the camp early this morning
for point about five miles northwest
on the reservation, where the days ma
neuver, an exercise of each regiment as
advance guard OF an imaginary division.
involving the employment of artillery.
took place. All arms of the service
this maneuver. The problem consisted
of attacks and defenses by advance
guards conducted as if they were at
tached to large bodies of troops and IN
following out set programme.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26

The opening up of the tariff question
has again brought to the front the ira
ditional solicitude for the American
workingman, but there is little danger
that it extends so far as the adoption
of methods for excluding the italian,
Hungarians and others who come here
to take the places of American coal
miners at a price which is insufficient
to provide the latter with the neces>
sarieS of life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26
KNEW HIS OWN CAPACITY


Jack Nevins told a group in the Con-
tinental Hotel lobby one evening during
his last visit to Philadelphia of fellow
passenger on a Lehigh Valley train who
was unable to find his ticket when the
conductor made the ro1uds. The I'm
ductors babe the man to go on hunting
and said he would return when he had
collected all the other tickets. When he
returned the passenger was still search
ing.
Are you sure you had it when you sat
DOWN. asked the conductor.
"Sure.-
And you have not left your seat?''
No"
well. then" said the conductor. 'you
could not possibly have lost the ticket
pected retort, II lost a brass drum once"
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STANDING ON THE BIAS.
IFrom the washington star.l

During the trial of a street railway dam
age suit in one of the circuit branches of
the supreme court of the District of Col
umbia few days ago an important eye
witness of the accident took the stand in
the per.,,n of an elderly colored man
The plaintiff had been injured while the
car was at street crossing. and one OF
the attorneys was endeavoring to elicit
from the witness just where the latter
was standin gat the moment the plaintiff
was struck by the car.
s.As 1 understand you." remarked the
attorney, after number of questions had
been asked, you were standing at the
street corner diagonally opposite the
point wnere the accident occurred :
mo, sir, 1 wasn't declared the witness
1T guess 1 was standing kinder sorter on
the bias from the spot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26
DENVER TIMES SOLD.
u. 8. Senator Patterson Pays $780,
900 for It.

Denver, Colo. Sept. 26-The announce
ment is made today that the Denver
Evening Times has been sold to United
States Senator Thomas Patterson and
re. Campbell for 100000, the change
of management to occur October l.
Senator Patterson is the principal owner
of the Rocky Mountain News and Mr..
Campbell, who is Mr.. Patterson's sons
in-law, is business manager of the News.
1t is said that the Times will be issued
from the News office, but will be an
entirely separate publication. 1t will
be changed from a Republican to a
tie
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26
ROUMANIA's QUERY HAY
How About Treatment of Negroes
Here and Filipino Prisonersp

Rome, Sept. 26.-The Tribune prints
a letter from the Roumanian Prince
Ghika on Secretary Hays note to the
powers in regard to the treatment of
Jews in that country. Prince Ghika
says:
.'Supposing that Europe accepts Nh.
Hays interference and consents to- act
in behalf of the Roumanian Jews, what
will Mr.. Hay say If Roumania requests
the powers to intervene and stop the
persecution of negroes in the United
States and demand explanations in re-
Oners?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26
A PLEA FOR COURTESY.
[Fron the Girls Realm.l

We have lost the old 1owery forms OF
politeness. and now we never waste
thank you on a fellow creature who is
not of our own immediate circle. A
tradesman does, but he knows it will be
charged in the bill. ] wonder what will
bring us back to the old sweetness of
manner? Why should not the customer
in the tea shop or the customer in the
post office say please when he gives
his ORDERS and the other spare a thank
you when he has paid his bill? 1t makes
life run SO much easily.
Up through the New England district,
the Boston Advertiser was for years re-
garded as the emblem of respectful con-
ventionahty in journalism says writer
ir an eastern exchange. 1t never printed
an item of news without first carefully
investigating, so that it was often two
or three days behind its contemporaries.
The Harvard college students had q
standing joke that the price of a porus
plaster could be saved in time of spinal
pain by applying copy of the Advertiser.
because it WAS always good for week
back The respected Nathan Hale. when
editor of the paper, impressed his slow
going. rigid personality firmly on its
pages On one occasion, when he was
arguing regarding a date, he said:
Nov. I know it was Saturday; for my
boy was born that day.
Mono, Mr.. Hale!' rejoined his oppo-
rent. Your boy was born on Wednes-
day. When you do mean is that you
didn't know 1t until turday."-Unidenti-
fed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26

Holland" the New York correspond
ent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, gives
figures showing that the meat packers
have been receiving annually from the
trunk lines between the West and the
seaboard a net profit of 100000 a
year on their cars. 1t is this immense
advantage, says the Indianapolis Jour-
nal, which has given the great packers
their MONOPOLY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26
OUR RECORDS In CUBA.
President Palma Again Protests
Against Removal of Documents.

Havana, Sept 26.-President Palma
has again protested against the. re-
moval of the records of the military
government He has asked that they
be allowed to remain until May 20. He
says that numbers of the papers are
needed for constant reference Prepa-
mediate removal of the records of the
auditors office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26
FULL LEAsnD WIRE REPORT
OF TIE ASS oIATHD PRESS.

The State Journal is member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganization for exclusive afternoon publica-
fion In Topeka.
The news is received in the State Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose. busy through the entire day. A
Complete copy Of the night report is also
received.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26
Suffered for conscience's sake.

ant Leroy Laduric of the Nineteenth in
fantry. who, on August Is, was placed
under arrest for refusing to obey an or
der to aid. in closing unauthorized
schools has been tried by court martial
and dismissed from the service. Laduric
admitted the charge of disobedience,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26
Dead on Pile Of cordwood.

Freehold, Sept. 26-Thomas Southland
of this place today found the body of a
man on a pile of cordwood in Turkey
swamp, near Ade1phia. The man was
feet s inches tall There were no let
tiers in his pockets or any articles that
would lead to his Identification. except
two-b laded knife, pair OF spectacles
and part of a package Of tobacco.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26

There is sufficient money in the U. 8.
treasury to prevent anything approach
ing a panic, and the secretary of the
treasury appears to be determined to
use it for that purpose as far as pos
sible. To this end he has offered to dis
count all the governments obligations
which will mature between now and the
end of the fiscal year, amounting to
something like twenty million dollars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26

A New Jersey man who was supposed
to be dead put in an appearance when
he heard that he had been left 100000
by the will of relative. He found the
information to have been incorrect.
This circumstance may serve as a hint
to persons having lost relatives whom
they desire to locate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26

If the city council continues to make
as rapid progress with the waterworks
negotiations as it did Wednesday night
1t will soon bring the matter up to
the Injunction stage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

William B. Irwin. of Findlay. Ohio. died
at the home of his brother, Samuel IT.
win 1854 Fillmore street, this morning at
1: 80 o'clock The body was taken to Ohio
for interment, his daughter and brother
accompanying the remains. Mr.. Irwin
came here eight weeks ago on visit, and
was taken sick soon after his arrival.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26
SIGNED BY ROOSEVELT.
Order For Taking Census Of the
Philippines.

Washington, D. c., Sept 26.-Presiden
Roosevelt has signed the order provid-
ing for the taking of a census of the
Philippines in accordance with the terms
of the Philippines act passed at the last
session of congress and upon the GER
tificate of the Philippine commission
that the instruction had been sup
pressed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26
Movements Of German warships.

Port au Prince. Hayti, Sept. 26.-The
German second class cruiser Vineta ar
rived here yesterday. The German gum
boat Panther left Port au Prince today for
Venezuela The German third class
cruiser Fake is expected to arrive here
Sunday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26
Soldiers Fired on Peasants.

Vienna, Sept. 26.-The Nerves Weiner
journal today announces that as q result
of the revolt of the peasants in the dis
tricts of Badadeny. Hungary, the military
were called upon to suppress the disorder
and fired a volley, killing four persons and
Wounding others.
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New nepartments Added.

Peoria, ILL.,, Sept. 26.-At the state con-
yention OF the Women's Christian Tenn
perance union today, work among the col
ored people was one of the new depart
ments added to the state work. A saw
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-26

The coal barons will have no trouble
in selling the output of anthracite at a
price sufficient to pay an armed guard
for each miner employed.