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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-26
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Taxes come high, but we must have
them
The loyal bill poster sticks up for his
employer.
The elevator man in calling out
floors tells stories.
One way to make a slow horse fast
is to stop his feed.
Everybody seems to want to play
first fiddle in the concert of the powers
in China.
This stuff is not half badI" said the
editor. Indeed" exclaimed the poet
delightedly. Yes; it's altogether bad"
An agnostic is generally a fellow who
thinks he knows all about everything,
and that other people know nothing
about anything.
1T must be hard to be working on
literary stuff all the time,'' remarked
the visitor. No" rejoined Scribbler
its easy. It's working off the stuff
that's hard
Would you believe me, sir. I'm in
straits began the man with the alco-
holic atmosphere. No" returned the
pedestrian; I'D be inclined to believe
the straits" were in you"
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LOCAL MENTION.

John Ewing. colored, was arrested to-
day for selling liquor at his place, 500
West Railroad street
The price of eggs fell with sickening
crash today. Yesterday the Star gro
Gerry was paying % cents per dozen, and
today they are buying them for IS. The
pleasant weather has broken the strike
declared by the hens. and they are now
working overtime.
Another case of scarlet fever was re-
ported this afternoon. Martha Fay
Davis, daughter of Geo. Davis, who
resides at 622 Western avenue, showed
unmistakable signs of the disease. and
the home was at once quarantined.
A man named John Snyder swcre out
a complaint today against Henry Smith,
white man. and Ben Jordan, colored,
who he alleges. 'dopped" him night be-
fore last, and while he was in this con-
dition, sWindled him out of about $50 in
a crooked crap game He claimed that
they drugged him by putting cigar ash
es in his beer. Both men were arrested,
and will have a hearing this afternoon.
Fifty-five cents and beer check was
the amount found on the two defend
ants when they We're arrested
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GOVERNMENT BEATEN.
German Reichstag Adopts Com
promise on Tariff Measure.

Berlin. Feb. 26.-The tariff committee
of the reichstag today adopted the
compromise amendment to the new
tariff bill regarding the corn duties in
spite Of strenuous opposition by the
government members. The vote on the
amendment was IA ayes to 10 noes.
The discussion in the committee pre-
ceding the vote on the amendn ent was
very bitter. Count Won Schwerin-
Loewitz Conservative, in supporting
the amendment declared that threats of
a dissolution of the reichstag had no
government declined to meet the Right
lists, he said, the latter would refuse to
recognize their obligation to conclude
commercial treaties. The government
was acting in antagonism to the ma
Jority of the reichstag and of the diet,
and therefore the ministers were re-
sponsible for the consequences.
The minister of commerce, Herr
Moeller, in reply appealed to the com
mittee to trust in the government at
this highly critical m oment. The gov
eminent was the best judge of what
was possible of achievement. Its atti-
tude was not based on fear of the for
eigner, but on recognition of the neces-
Sity for maintaining the national ex-
port trade. Any failure to reach an I'M
immensely.
The compromise amendment passed
by the tariff committee. raises the min
imum and maximum rates on wheat
and corn to 6 and 71R m arks per 1000
Kilograms, respectively, and on oats
and barley to 51a and marks per 1000
kilograms, respectively.
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LEAGUE MEETS NO MORE
Law and Order People Abandon
Future Sessions.

Another meeting of the Law and Or
der League was held Tuesday night at
the Office of F. p. Lindsay in the Stor-
mont building. The meeting was at
tended by about Is people, and owing to
the small attendance nothing was done.
The league decided not to hold any more
meetings before the coming primary
election. The league has not formally in
dorsed any candidates. 1t voiced its APP
prevail of the plan of house to house
canvass which has been adopted by the
woman's league, though the councilmen
to be supported are announced as Mil
Ter of the First ward, Elliott of the Sec
ond, Kirkpatrick of the Fourth and
Howe of the Fifth.
The political situation in the various
wards seems to be undergoing no change
The candidates say that it is hard to
arouse much enthusiasm, and it is gen
orally believed that there will be light
vote out, in spite of the fact that there
are several close contests. In several
wards the woman'S vote is likely to
make considerable effect on the relative
chances of the candidates
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-26

ual Improvement. In banking circles
it was admitted that prices are high,
that bank loans are greatly expanded
and that large quantities of stocks are
held for sale: but, it was argued, these
are record-breaking times, former stan
dards are out of date, and the country
continues to enjoy an unexpected de-
gree OF prosperity These were the argu-
ments. advanced by those giving the
market its recent support; and, the pre-
vailing temper of public opinion being
somewhat optimistic, they carried more
weight than in ordinary times. Just
how far they will prove correct time
alone win determine. In one respect at
least the argument is true. The nation
is still prosperous. The two most famil-
lar evidences of this are the oversold
condition of the iron trade, and the con-
tinued large railroad earnings; both of
which were expected to show declin-
ing tendency this year, but both are
now promised another successful sea-
son. The corn crop loss is having no
visible effect upon the nations trade so
excellent have been the compensations in
other quarters.
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CRAZY SNAKES FINISH.
He and Nine of His Followers
Sentenced to Prison.

Muskogee. I. II, Feb 26.-Chitto Har-
go, or Crazy Snake, and nine of his fol-
lowers were today in the federal court
here sentenced to the United States
penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kan,
for two years and each was fined So, 900
on a charge of conspiring against the
government They constitute the lead
ers of what is known as the Snake gang
of Indians who have sought to resist
the allotment of lands by the Dawes
commission in the Creek nation and
prevent the settlement of affairs by the
government in the Indian Territory.
Crazy Snake over a year ago started
uprising that made it necessary to
call out troops from Fort Sill and he
and his followers were arrested last
week for again melting the Indians to
violence.
The names of the leaders besides
Crazy Snake sentenced today are: Gil
bert Johnson, Chotka James, Abraham
Mcintosh, Louis Mitchell, Louis Harjo,
Squirrel, John Timothy, George Sim
mons and Little Tiger.
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KINGS HORSE WON.
England's Ruler Sees Ambush III
Win at Kempton Park.

London, Feb 26.-F'or the first time
since his accession King Edward today
appeared on a race course. He went to
the Kempton Park steeple chases to see
his grand national candidate, Ambush
Ill run in the Stand Steeple chase. This
was Ambush HIS first race in public
since the horse won the grand national
in 1900 and the first appearance of the
king cOlOrS a course since the dea tn
of Queen Victoria Consequently the
sporting world hailed the day as notable
in turf annals.
AS anticipated Ambush III (aged) won
the race and its victory was followed
by a scene of wild enthusiasm. The
distance was two and a half miles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-26

"A member of the parliament at OF
tawa declared openly in debate that his
constituents could be ready for fighting
in "A hours, could capture Washington
and annex the United States. Where
upon the Detroit Journal remarks: The
gentleman from Nova Scotia has pointed
out a simple way for the two countries
to get together. Let him equip his army,
go down and take Washington excepting
off the grass, of course) and perform
his act of annexation. 1t will not be
necessary to burn the capitol as the
English once did. We are too prosper
Gus to fight now, and anyway the spec
1acle of one grand United States extend
ing from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and
from the Rio Grande to the North Pole
would disarm the most blood thirsty
soldier and Gen. Miles. By all means
sound the trumpet of Canadian sd-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-26
KEPT THEIR WORD.
Tt Was a Mob That Shot Woodford
Hughes to Death in Bed.

Jacksonville, H., Feb. 26.-Woodford
Hughes was shot by a mob early today
at Nortonyi1le, a small town in the
southern part of this county, six miles
from a railroad Hughes until few
months ago lived at Nortonville. Last
August James Sweeney of the same
town was shot while driving one night
along country road. His injuries We're
serious, but he finally recovered. Hughes
was finally accused of doing the shoot
ing and a mob of Sweeney's friends sur
rounded his house with the intention of
lynching him, but he had fled to another
county. Three weeks later Hughes came
to this city and gave himself up to the
authorities.
He was tried and cleared of the charge.
but was warned never to go to the Norton
neighborhood again. He opened butcher
shop here and needed the warning about
going to Nortonville until yesterday when
he went down to buy some cattle. Some
of his enemies learned of his presence in
the neighborhood and, during the night,
organized mob. surrounded the house
where he was staying and shot him in his
through the windows of his room and his
the shots We're so well directed that the
entire top of his head was blown off
Hughes came to this county from Ken
lucky four years ago. He was 81 years old
and leaves wife and one child.
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FIGHT FOR $1,000.
Contest at Wichita For Pos
session of Prisoner Dunn.

Wichita, Feb 26.-At o'clock today
possession of the person of ]. p. Dunn,
the Arkansas bank robber and the po-
lice and the deputy U. s. marshal from
GAINESVILLE are resting on their arms,
awaiting the arrival of a requisition
which Governor Stanley has issued at
Topeka permitting them to take back
to Arkansas George Durham and John
Dunn This requisition specifically
states that Dunn and Durham shall not
be moved from the state until sufficient
protection for their safety has been pro-
vided.
A telegram from Topeka states that
Governor Stanley has today received a
message from Governor Davis of Ar
kansas that the prisoners, Dunn and
Durham, charged with robbing the
GAINESVILLE bank and killing the sheriff
would be granted ample protection and
given a fair and impartial trial.
So Deputy Marshal Peden Talbert
says he will take his prisoners back at
all hazards.
But notwithstanding Sheriff Simmons
has given orders to his deputies to hold
Dunn and resist all attempts of re-
moval from the county by every means
in their power.
Sheriff Simmons stated today that he
would swear out a warrant for the po-
lice officers arrest for disturbing the
peace last night at the hospital He
further stated that he would dismiss
Deputy Sheriff Harry Sutton from the
force for alleged misconduct in the mat
ter.
Prisoner Dunn's condition is very SER
ious but this does not seem to be taken
squabbling for his body and the $1,000
reward
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LUNCH AT SHERRY'S.
Eleven Tables of Twelve Guests
Each Faced the Prince.

New York, Feb. 26.-Prince Henry left
the Hohenzollern at 1920 and escorted
by troop c, went to Sherry's. Heading
the procession was a squadron of
mounted policemen. Prince Henry rode
in an open barouche and following were
carriages containing members of the
princes suite and Rear Admiral Won
Baudissin. The party arrived at
Sherrys at 1890.
With Prince Henry were Admiral
Evans, Adm iral Tirpitz, General Cor
bin, Commander Cowles, Colonel Bling
ham and Assistant Secretary of State
Hill. The luncheon was given in the
ball room. Eleven tables had been ar
ranged, crescent shaped, each table
seating II guests, with the exception
of the princes table, which had twenty
guests. All sat on the outside of the
prince. The room was beautifully dec
GRATED. Among the guests were:
H. Nc K. Twombly, Daniel S. Lamont
Vreeland, ex-Attorney General John w.
Griggs, Abram S. Hewitt, Chauncey Nj.
Depew, Lieut. Gov Woodruff, Rear Ad-
miral Melville, Charles A. Moore, Emil
Baus, Thomas A. Edison, John Nc
Call, Nathan StrauS, E. J. BerWind,
MILAN H. Cramp, Professor Simon
Newcomb. John A Brashear. Rear Admit
ham Bell, DR.. S. Weir Mitchell D. o.
Mills, the German ambassador, DR.. Won
Heieben GeSTgs B scbw. Henry Gs,en
Armour and AdOlphuS Busch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-26
GLOBE SIGHTS.

IF'rom the Atchison G1obe.l
When you slip and fall of course
you have remarked how foolish you
feel
Any man can look with a degree OF
admiration upon the prosperity OF
man who is older than himself.
On Sunday, when a man is supposed
to rest. he is kept busy moving out or
places where his wife wants to sweep
1t is the complaint of an Atchison
woman who supports herself that her
sisters, all of whom married we'll, Dor
row all her money.
1t is the contention of every liter
ary' woman that a knowledge of such
things should not make a woman
poor cook, but doesn't it?
Speaking of the force of habit, an
Atchison woman once had ten in her
family, and although they are all gone
but three. she still cooks enough for
ten.
When a girl hangs around store 10
see a young man, her parents should
pull on the lines, and yell Whoa. Many
a disastrous marriage has begun in THIS
way.
Along about the time her twenty
fourth birthday is reached, girl gets
tired of Waiting for the Prince, and
takes a job down town at So week In
some store.
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kATHERMAN INQUEST.
Will Be Held at Lawrence Over
Body on Thursday.

Lawrence, Feb 26.-The inquest over
the body of Edward Katherman, who
was shot yesterday by j. b. Shane, will
be held tomorrow. The officers have
found two or three witnesses of the
shooting who agree to the facts as al
ready reported They are to the effect
that Katherman was passing on his
way to dinner, spoke pleasantly to Mr.
Shane, and almost Immediately the old
man drew a revolver, took deliberate
ain and fired at the boy. Shane had
threatened various boys as they went
by his place, and it is said even drew
his revolver on school boys before this.
but never before did he shoot. Two re
volvers We're found in his shop. One he
gave to the officers, but he denied own
ing the second one.
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OFFICIAL PROGRAMME.
Details of Entertainment Marked Out
For the Prince This Week.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY &c.
Luncheon with representative of COM
merce and industry at 1890 p M Sight
seeing in New York in the afternoon.
TOrchlight concert at the Arion club at
$50 p. m Banquet of the press of the
United States at p. m. Special ferry
to the Pennsylvania railroad at II mid
night and journey to Washington.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 81.
Arrival of the prince at Washington
and escort to the German embassy. Me-
mortal exercises to President Mckinley
in the house of representatives, the
prince and his suite attending Visit
in the afternoon to Mount Vernon.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY %.
Visit to Annapolis in the forenoon.
Luncheon at Annapolis at II noon.
Formal visit of the prince to the presi-
dent Dinner at the German embassy.
SATURDAY. MARCH l.
Departure of the prince and his suite
for his southern and western tour on
special train. Journey across the Allie
gheny mountains by Horse Shoe curve,
on Pennsylvania railroad. Stop of ten
minutes at Pittsburg and Columbus and
of 20 minutes at Cincinnati.
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PARKER MUST PAY THIS.
Fifty Dollars Costs in the District
Court to Be Paid.

The costs of the Parker Hughes con-
test in the district court have not been
paid.
The costs in the mandamus case in
the district court amount to about $50.
Clerk of the Court Callahan, when he
heard that Colonel Hughes had paid the
costs in the supreme court, notified him
that there are costs unpaid in the dis
trict court. Colonel Hughes said he
would not have to pay them, as he won
the mandamus case which was brought
in that court. The case was decided by
Judge Hazen in favor of Parker, but
preme court it was reversed, and it
leaves the loser, Albert Parker, TO pay
the costs. The case in which Hughes
lost and had to pay the costs was the
final quo warranto proceedings which
gave Parker the office of mayor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-26

AS things now seems to us. says the
Washington Post in discussing the
Schley- Sampson squabble, nothing is
really changed. The controversy and its
alignments remain intact. Admiral
Dewey still thinks that Schley was, from
a fighting point of view, in command of
the fleet July 3, 1898 Mr. Roosevelt is
under a contrary impression. Public
opinion will be at no loss to choose be-
tween these opposing thoughts. For the
rest, nothing. 1t is the same old tire
some squabble. We join the president
in hoping that this may be the last Of it.
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THE Law AND THE MERGER.

The decision of the U. s. supreme
court that it has no Jurisdiction in the
case of Minnesota against the Northern
Securities company leaves the prosecu-
ton for the present in the hands of the
attorney general The interests involved
in the merger doubtless will fight every
inch of the ground and if defeated in
after years Will do the same thing over
but in another way.
The effect on the stock market and
business of the country present and
prospective, is set forth by Henry
Clews in his Financial Review as fol-
lows:
The action of the administration
against the Northern Securities COM
pany was a sharp blow TO the stock
market, and Will be likely to deprive it
of much of the support given upon the
expectation that the merger would be
sustained in the courts. AS other i'm
portant mergers than the Northern Pa
cifle and Great Northern were under
way, and would undoubtedly have been
carried through in event of a favorable
decision, the various bankers plans for
combination will meet with much delay
If not final defeat, depriVing the market
of one Of its recent supports 1t is not
to be supposed. however, that these
plans will be quietly abandoned. The
case viii be stubbornly contested in the
courts; and, if this method of control
ling competition or giving community
of interest some tangible form through
security holding companies is not sue
cesSful, other means will unquestion-
ably be attempted. 1t is far better,
therefore. that the uncertainty should
be settled before the creation is VEN
tured of a vast mass of securities whose
legal status could be upset after they
had been distributed among the public
Previous to this episode the stock
market was displaying slow but grad
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.1

[From the Chicago News.1
A boys headache is always worse just
about school time.
Some men have brains and some seem
to have wheels.
The better the physician the less re-
spect an undertaken has for him.
A man is always on time when he has
an appointment with a pretty girl.
There is something wrong with a pie
if a small boy refuses a second piece.
Spring lamb is one thing in the die
tionary and quite another on the bill
of fare
We hate a cold winter in winter al
most as much as a hot summer in sum-
mer.
The man who is willing to lend you
money tomorrow always wants to Dor
row today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-26
DON WILLIS RESIGNS.
Marshal Sterne's Chief Office
Deputy Gives Up.

Don Willets. chief Office deputy of U.
S Marshal w. E. Sterne. rendered his
resignation today effective at once. He
was today appointed by Judge w c.
Hook as receiver of the stock of the
Furman Shoe company, that was VoIun-
tarily declared bankrupt last week.
Frank Flenniken of Kansas City, Mo,
will be appointed to -Willets' position
when Lit Crum is sworn in as q. 5.
marshal. At 2:30 this afternoon Mr..
Crum had failed to get his bondsmen
to appear before Judge Hook, in order
for them to qualify as his bondsmen.
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SOLD TO ROCK ISLAND.
Burlington Track From Platts-
burg to X. G. Transferred.

Kansas City, Feb. 26-That part of
the northern connecting railway sys-
tenn from Plattsburg, Mo-, south to
Kansas City, a distance of forty-one
miles has been sold by the Burlington
road to the C. r. /. & P. road. The lat
ter road will take possession of the new
line on April 1 and will abandon the use
of the Burlington tracks between Kan
sas City and Cameron, Mo, as soon as
possible and will run it's trains in and
out of Kansas City from and to the
east by the way of Plattsburg.
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HE CLAIMS THE HORSE.
Reform School Inmate Says He Did
Not Steal It.

Frank Shaw, the boy who escaped
from the Reform school and was found
at Lawrence with a horse belonging to
c. E. Dreaming, a farmer near Silver
Lake, will make a defense if he is tried
for stealing the horse that he was en-
titled to it.
Shaw claims that he was employed by
Dreaming last summer and that he
worked hard for several onths on the
farm and was paid nothing for it. He
claims that there was more than
enough due him in wages to cover the
value of the horse.
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ABATEMENT IMPOSSIBLE.
So Says Judge Wofford in a Test Kan
sas City Smoke Case.

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 26-In the
case in which the Hotel Baltimore was
fined $50 for maintaining a smoke NUS
ance Judge Wofford of the criminal
court, where the case was being heard
on appeal. said:
Il am satisfied that there is not any
known method to prevent smoke. There
is no doubt in my mind that when coal
is burned it is bound to make smoke.
Some say it's possible to prevent it, but
I've decided a long time ago that there
was no way to prevent it"
The case was taken under advise
ment.
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ASSESSORS ARE READY.
Will Begin Work in the Country on
March g.

The tax assessors will begin work in
the country and the city on March 3.
1t will take the assessors in the cOun-
try two months to complete their work
and the city assessors will be busy for
three months. Besides making the as
SeSSmentS for taxes the assessors will
make up the agricultural and indus
trial statistics of the county and rec
ord of the population.
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To Improve Sugar Market.

New Orleans, La, Feb. 26.-The New
Orleans Sugar Exchange has decided
after very warm and exciting meet
ing. to establish future branch of the
exchange. The progressive element of
the exchange has been endeayoring to
N AXE this change for several years. be
lieving that it would tend to make New
Orleans a more important sugar maj
ket and to fix and regulate the price
of sugar, but the opposition prevented
its being done.
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Law AGAINST Mosquitoes.

New York. Feb. 26-The New Jersey
assembly. after a long and humorous
debate, has passed the mosquito exrer-
minating bill by vote of As to .. The
bill appropriates $4,000 to the state ex-
pertinent station for the purpose os
making a scientific investigation of the
habits, origin and breeding places of the
mosquito and their relation to malarial
and other diseases. The money is to- be
expended by the state entomologist