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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-16
TALK WATERWORKS.
Council to Hold Special Meeting
Friday Afternoon.

A special meeting of the city council
is to be held Friday afternoon at 5
o'clock for the purpose of discussing
the price which the city is willing to
offer for the waterworks plant. This
meeting will take the form of a meet
ing of the committee of the whole, in
stead of the council as an official body.
1t is likely that the meeting will be Sc
cret.
At this meeting the council will decide
how much they are willing to pay for
the waterworks Some of the council
men think that the city could afford to
go as high as $780, 600, while others want
the city to not offer over 100000. 1t is
likely that a compromise figure will be
agreed upon at the Friday meeting.
This meeting was arranged for by
City Attorney Spencer, and was sup
posed to be strictly on the quiet. When
Mr.. Spencer was asked as to the bust
ness which would come before the
meeting, he was very much put out that
anybody knew anything about it.
4 won't tell you a thing about it."
he declared. I haven't got a thing to
say If you can find out when the
meeting viii be held, or where, or what
we propose to do, go ahead and do it.
1 won't help. It makes me pretty sore
to have the newspaper get hold of
everything we try to do. That WOuldn' [
be the way if il was my private bust
ness, 1 can tell you
However, the Waterworks case is not
MI Spencers private business. 1t is
something in which all the people of
Topeka are vitality interested. and the
in the matter. 1t is the people who will
nave to foot the bill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-16
PUPILS TURNED OUT.
School Houses in Belgium Are
Used For Barracks.

Brussels, April 1e.-In consequence of
the disorders the pupils of several com
munal schools have been dismissed and
the premises utilized as barracks for
the troops
All the factories and mines at Morlan-
welz, Valare and Mabille have been
closed.
Socialist disturbances occurred last
night at Namur. a mob stoned the Pc
lice, who charged with drawn swords.
Subsequently force of gendarmes scat
tered the rioters.
The strike is steadily extending in
both this city and its suburbs, especially
at Molenbeek, where a number of large
factories have stopped work.
The military and police have adopted
more stringent measures to. preserve or
der.
The burgomaster has refused the
socialists request 10 be allowed to follow
their own devices in burying the social
lists killed during Saturdays riots. Or
ders have been issued for the procession
to be held at six O'Clock in the morning,
without bands or funeral enblelns. 9th
erwise the interment must be carried
out at night.
The number of strikers in the chief
industrial centers are estimated as fol-
lows: At Charleroi. SO 600; in the central
district, 27,O00; at Borinage, $4,000; at
Liege, 10000, and at Verviers, 5000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-16
At THE PLAY LAST NIGHT.

IAN Enemy to the Queen" the play
presented at the Crawford last night
by the Slayton Stock company, might
have been better John Arthur who
played the dual role of Don Caesar and
Ruy Bias has or had last night a very
poor voice, and his Interpretation Of Ruy
Bias was consequently faulty In the
lighter part of Don Caesar he showed
his cleverness to good advantage. An
Enemy to the Queen" more Familiarity
known as .Ruy Bias" is a hard thing
to undertake. The vivid descriptions
and 'extravagant beauty depicted in the
story are apt to appear fiat on the stage.
Mr. Arthur has never before been seen
in Topeka and his audience was not
large. There was a misap prehension
about the nature of the production, a
report having reached Topeka that it
was simply reading from Ruy Bias by
Mr.. Arthur but he has a fair sized COM
pany and the piece is given entire. The
scenery showed the result of a tour on
The Jerkwater Circuit" but it was
quite as good as that of other more pre-
tentious productions which have visited
Topeka The action of the production
was slow but the audience was not large
enough to inspire any great degree of
enthusiasm. There have been worse
plays in Topeka at higher prices.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-16
GODDARD MAY ACCEPT.
Thinks State Officers Should Go With
Kansas City Commercial Club.

Attorney General GODDARD feels inclia-
ed to accept the invitation extended to
the state officers to join the Commercial
club of Kansas City, Kan, in its tour
of southeastern Kansas about the mid
die of May, Notwithstanding the fact
that he is very busy.
Il would like to show Kansas City
and the rest of the state that Topeka
people are not narrow-minded as some
other localities seem to think. There
has been some criticism of the Kansas
City, Kan, comm ercial club for pre-
suming to ask the state officers to ac-
company it on its trip, but I think it is
all right and proper. Some other Kan
sas towns seem to think that Topeka
is mario minded and is always fight
ing other towns, and for that reason
there is a prejudice against Topeka in
a few cities which is unjust. Topeka is
not Jealous Of any other town and /
would like to show the rest of the state
so. I really have not time to go on the
proposed trip and do not enjoy junket-
ing trips, but I am inclined to accept
the invitation just to show Kansas City
and other towns that Topeka is we'll
disposed towards them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-16
HOW THEY MANAGE.
Doctors Wives Trained to Arrange
Things.

Sometimes the wife of a doctor can
bring her husband around when he
don't know exactly how to help himself.
The wife of a certain well known physi-
clan in Washington, D. c., concluded
that coffee was the cause of the doctors
sleepless nights She says: He would
retire and lie for hours unable to sleep
a wink I thought perhaps he was ner-
v0us from the coffee which he drank at
his meals and suggested that he try
Postum. To my surprise he objected
most decidedly. said nothing. but the
next morning made Postum Coffee in
stead Of the regular coffee and gave
that to the doctor / made it accord
ing to directions and it had a beautiful
coffee color and flavor. He drank his
cup and remarked that the coffee was
unusually good that morning and asked
FOR more
From that time served him Postum
at every meal and in the course of a
week or two he showed such remark
able signs of Improvement in health
and strength that / told him he had
been drinking Postum from the time he
had begun to get better.
You never saw such a surprised man.
Ee said, Well. if the good coffee / have
had is Postum. and leaving off regular
coffee has made such al change in my
health, / never want any other kind in
my house Since then he regularly pre-
scribes Postum TO many of his patients
and with good results" Name given by
80stum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-16
ENJOINS V. V. &E. RAILWAY
British Columbia Branch of the Great
Northern in Trouble.

Victoria, B. c., April 16.-Another in
junction has been granted to stop work
on the Victoria, Vancouver & Eastern
railway. the British Columbia branch of
the Great Northern railway in the boun-
dairy district
The injunction will come up for argu-
ment on May and in the meantime
work must stop. It is only a few days
since the company recommended work
junction which they put a stop to by
purchasing the land which they were
enjOined from passing through. The
present injunction was obtained by the
attorney general of British Columbia
and the Kettle River Railway company
which has recently opened its line be-
tween Grand Forks and Republic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-16
ABOUT COBURN's REPORTS.
Why They Are So closely in Touch
With Conditions.


Once in awhile somebody thinks he
has fault to find with Secretary Co
burns wheat reports. Occasionally
some newspaper editor rides out and
looks at a wheat field and then says
that the state department of agricul-
ture hasn't made a good guess. Then
again some one else may think that con-
ditiOns are figured down too fine. The
editor of the Almena Plaindealer be-
longs to this class. He says:
I'VE have always had considerable
confidence in the reliability of the re-
ports which Secretary COburn sends out
respecting the condition of crops at
various times each year. and no doubt
the one he issued last week on the pres
ent condition of the wheat crop is
mainly correct, but we hate to see him
risk his reputation as a prOphesier by
getting down to such small figures For
instance. he says that the condition of
that 2 per cent has been plowed up. We
do not believe there is a man in the
county who knows what per cent of the
wheat has been plOWed up, and to say
that its condition is IS per cent is guess
ing too blamed mathema tically.'
1T does not seem to be generally
known how Secretary Coburn makes
out his reports. He never guesses nor
estimates His reports are as nearly
correct as the combined judgment of
many experienced man can make then. In
every county the department of agri-
culture has a large number of CORES
pondents 30 or 30 perhaps. experienced
farmers who know all about crop con-
ditiOns in their neighboThoOds every day
in the year. Whenever a report is want
ed a series of questions is submitted
to these men to be answered according
to their best judgment The answers
are carefully complied and the consen-
sus of opinion of all the correspondents
in any one county forms the report for
that county. That is why the reports
are figured down to a fine point. The
reports are as near correct as good
judgment and mathematics can make
them. That is why the reports issued
by the Kansas department of agricul-
ture stand so high in the grain mar
kets of the world If they err at all
they are too conservative
Another feature of these reports is the
speed with which they are given to the
public For instance, in the case Of the
present wheat report, Mr.. Coburn asked
for conditions as they existed on April
I. In four days the replies from the
correspondents were all in and compiled
and the complete report was given to
the public on the morning of April 5.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-16
DAYHOFF WOULDN.T TRADE
His Chances For State superinten-
dent Satisfy Him.

~ACAe tS<&e4SAy @~@AA'
II wouldn't trade my chances for
those Of any other candidate for state
superintendent
This is the way T. L. Dayhoff, Of
Hutchinson, expresses his confidence in
his ultimate success in the race for the
Republican nomination for state super
intendent of public instruction.
I know it is customary for candidates
to say that they are well pleased with
the situation and that things are COM
thing continued Mr.. Dayton, but
really feel that way. 1 think have
better chance for the nomination than
any of my competitors"
At the time Orie Morse was elected
railroad commissioner the politicians
figured that this would remove Mr.. Day
hoff from the race for state superintend-
emit, because he and Morse are from the
same county but Dayhoff fastened to
correct this impression.
i am in this race to stay" he said,
and have been a party to no deal. The
impression seems to have gotten out
that l was party to some sort Of a
scheme and that I was to receive some
minor appointment but that is not cor
rect. It would not be right for me to
ask my friends to support me for one
Office and then switch to another I am
a candidate for state SUPERINTENDENT and
that only After all, the election of Mr..
Morse only places me on equal terms
with Mr. Nelson so far as our respective
counties are concerned. think the con-
test is between Nelson and myself and
his county already has just as much in
the way of patronage as mine has. OF
course. Ross and Sinclair could use that
against both of US, but Nelson and 1 are
on equal terms so far as our respective
counties are concerned. I have just re-
turned from LeavenWoFth county, and
while I presume the majority of that
delegation win be for Ross at first I
think l viii get it all if Ross is elm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-16
HIT BY STRAY BULLET.
Mrs. Henry Villas Seriously Wounded
in the Neck.

Pasadena, Cal. April 16.-Mrs Henry
Villas, Of Pittsburg, Pa, was seriously
wounded in the neck today by a stray
bullet fired by a boy who was hunting.
Mrs Villas, who is the widow of the late
Henry T. Villas, a son of former Post
master General Villas, was out driving
in a covered carriage with her mother,
Mrs E. A. Ford, also of Pittsburg, wife
of the general passenger agent of the
Fort Wayne division of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad when the sharp report of
a rife was heard from a field to the right
Of the carriage. Mrs. Villas screamed
that she was shot and as soon as the
driver could turn his horses it was
found that she was bleeding prOfusely
from the back of the neck. A rapid
drive Of nearly two miles was made
back to the hotel and Mrs. Villas, though
retaining her composure, had grown
very weak and was assisted to her apart
ments A surgeon quickly arrived and
removed a % calibre bullet, which had
entered the flesh of the neck to a depth
of one inch. passing from right to left
and just escaping the spinal column.
The patient did not lose consciousness
The police found 2 boy named Ellis who
says he shot at a gopher about the
time that the carriage was passing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-16
ASK FOR FLAGLER MONEY.
Three Nephews of the Insa-. Woman
File claims.

New York. April 16.-Applieation has
been made to Justice Scott in the su-
preme court, by three men who claim
they are nephews of Mrs. Ida F'lagler,
the former wife of Henry Flagler. for
an annual allowance of 81, 500 each out
of the estate. of Mrs FlagIer who was
adjudged incompetent on August 4,
1899, and is in a sanitarium. The aDpli-
cants are William W Taylor of Nora
Springs. Iowa; Richard W. Taylor Of
Rockford, Iowa, and George w. Taylor
Of Ellensberg, Washington. who allege
they are the only surviving children OF
Mrs. F'laglcr's dead sister. Mary Emma
Taylor
They set forth that on the death of
their mother. in 1876, they were placed
in the New York Juvenile asylum and
in the same year were sent to Iowa and
apprenticed to persons They believe
their father is dead Mrs F'lagler's es-
tate is said to be worth about $4,000, 000
The application was not opposed, but
the court was requested to make pro-
vision for the nephews as was proper. 4
referee was appointed to take testi-
InOny.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-16
s. THEM WORDS is LATIN. 8
Perhaps That is Why Inscription on
State House Dome is Misspelled.

Among the other features of the in
terror decorations of the state house
dome are four large imitation ivory
pieces to go over the four entrances.
Each piece contains the great seal of
the state of Kansas, about 80 inches in
diameter
1t happens that the spelling on these
pieces is at fault. In the motto lad
Astra per Aspera' a mistake was made
and the second word was spelled
''Aetra" on all four of the seals. The
correction will be made, but it may be
necessary for P. P. Elder, the man who
said them words is Latin" to come
and oversee the job Of correcting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-16
POISON IN WINE.
Recent Developments in Case Of Al
bert Galbrin, of Denver.

Denver Colo, April 16.-Startling de-
velOpments have come to light regard
ing the death of Representative Albert
Galbrin, who died at his home in this
city early on the evening of January 8,
from what was then supposed to be
acute gastritis, superinduced by fer
mented wine used in making a mixed
drink which he and other members of
his family consumed at a family re-
union on New Years day
Shortly after his death DR.. Wilder
performed an autopsy, removing the
stomach and portions of other intes-
final organs. These. with samples of
the wine used in the punch, were turned
over to DIR. HilkoWitz, who made a
chemical analysis He has filed with
DR.. Kleiner, the physician who attend
ed Mr.. Galbrin when he died, his re-
port on what he found.
The chemest says he found large
amounts of arsenic in the wine and
traces of the poison in the internal or
chemical analysis showed there were
three and One-half grains of arsenic to
q tumblerful Of wine. Such an amount
could not be aseribed to any accidental
impurity in the wine, says the chem
lists report.
The death of Mr.. Gabrin is to be in
vestigated by the WOOdmen, of which
society he was a member in good
standing at the time of his death. He
carried q large life insurance policy.
The payment of the policy has been
stopped pending the result of the in
VestigatiOn.
Miss Agnes Gabrin, sister of the de-
ceased. and his father. Herman Cabrin
both of whom drank wine at the re-
union, are very sick and have been
since that time. The condition of the
young woman last night was serious.
DR.. Albers the physician attending
tate or arsenic poisoning-ov three
months after the fatal dose was drank.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-16
An TnternationaI Conference.

Berlin. April 16.-Great Britain has
accepted Germany's proposition for an
international conference to regulate the
use of wireless biography. The other
powers to which the proposition was
made. viz. the United States, France
and Russia, have not yet responded
But the officials here confidently ex-
pect a favorable reply from the United
States. Germany's suggestion embraces
merely calling a conference, but with
out definitely formulated propositions
for discussion. Germany has also asked
the powers to set forth in their an
swers if they wished Germany to for
mulate propositions to lay before the
conference or leave the matter entirely
to the conference.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-16
INTER URBAN LINES.
All Important Cities in Northern Illi-
nois to Be United.

year 1902 will see all of the important
cities of northern Illinois connected by
electric railways, representing a cost of
50 100000, says a Rock Falls, III, special
to the Chronicle.
The Rock river valley electric railway
will extend from Rock Falls to Rock
ford, so miles. passing through Sterling
and Dixon.
Another road is being planned from
Dixon to DeKalb and from DeKa1b to
Sycamore. Plans are under way to
build an electric road from Rockford to
GAINESVILLE, Wis. The entire system VIII
cover several hundred miles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-16
JEROME ORDERs INQUIRY.
Effort Being Made to Discover the
Slayers of McAuliffe.

New York April 16.-District Attor-
ney Jerome has begun a secret inquiry
into the death of James McAuliffe, who
died after having spent a night in po
lice station cell and who, it has been
asserted in some quarters, was killed
because of his having been a witness
is known as the John Doe proceedings
Half dozen witnesses were examined
and at the close the district attorney
announced that he had not obtained
any evidence that would justify the is
suance of d warrant. The inquiry will
be continued tOdaY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-16
UP PIXIES PEAK.
An Electric Line Will Be Started
This Spring.

Colorado Springs. COL April 1e-Henry
c. Han, one of the directors of the Seven
Lalkes-Pike's Peak Railway company.
which was organized last fall to build
electric railway to the summit of Pixies
Peak, announce that work would be start
ed as soon as snow had sufficiently melted
on the south side of the peak The road,
when completed will cost approximately
$3.50, 000 and it is expected to have the road
in operation within a year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-16
Baron Comes to Learn.

New York, April 16-Baron Max Won
.Oppenheim, secretary of the German
embassy at Cairo. has arrived for a
visit of five or six months, to learn, he
said. in both diplomatic and individual
capacity, why America is so far ahead
IN everything commercial and n indus
trial" The baron is the author of sew
eraI books of travel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-16
yachts Race I6 Miles-

New York April 16-The Ogden Goe-
let international cup for yachts more
than 20 tons. over a IS mile course. has
been won. says a Cannes dispatch to
the Herald. by Kariad, the corrected
time which was two hours, A minutes,
So seconds Sybariti abandoned the race
on the first round and Caprice on the
second. There was a moderate north
east yachting wind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-16
oarsman Titus b Condition.

New York, April &c. S. Titus, the
American Oarsnan. who viii row at
Henley for the diamond SOULS, and who
is now training on the Harlem river
has rowed a trial mile against the
watch. Those who had the watch said
they We're amazed at Titus speed but
refused to give out the figures. 1t was
the first time since he began to train.
or March !, that Titus had extended
himself for any distance over half a
mile Every moven ent he made, as well
as the time was extremely satisfac-
tory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-16
Mines shnt noun-

Tarenturn, Pa. April 1e-Three hun
dred miners of the West Penn district
are on strike here, and all the mines are
shut down. The town is filed with
miners. but everything is quiet and no
trouble is feared. The McFetridge, Ise-
man and Creighton mines are all
closed, but the miners say they vii not
be closed long. The miners are conf
dent that the operators will sign the
scale this week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-16
BILLIARD MATCH MADE.
schaefer and vignaux to Play For
Worlds Championship.

New York. April 16.-Jacob Schaefer.
the worlds billiard champion, has ar
rived from Paris, where he has been
giving exhibitions at the Grand Acad
envy. Upon his arrival here Schaefer
Immediately posted a forfeit of $3.50 to
bind his match with Maurice Vignaux,
scheduled to begin here May 2 The
play will be for the worlds champion
ship, 500 points at 1S-inch balk line, one
shot in balk. and a side bet of $500 for
each man
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-16
oolored Peonle organize.

Shares of stock are being sold in a. CO.
operative company Of .colored people who
are planning to esta blish a brick plant
in Shawnee county. The company is
to be known as the Good Shepherd Co
operative association. A brick plant may
be secured for $1,000, with a cash down
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-16
SHORTER WEEK SCHEDULE
Papermakers' Uniong Ask Action by
the Manufacturers.

WATERFOWL, N Y, April 16.-P. ].
Alderman. of this city national secre-
tary of the United Brotherhood of
Papermakers, has announced that a
Joint convention of the papermakers
and the International Machine Tenders
union will be held at Niagara Falls,
commencing May g. At this convention
steps VIII be taken toward the adjust
ment of the shorter week schedule re-
Gently demanded by the union of the
paper manufacturers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-16
BRIEF TELEGRAMS..

Paris, April 1.-THE United States en-
bassy has received notice that Count Rene
de Rochambeau and Count CASTOR Shune
de La Fayette have accepted invitations
to be present at the Inauguration of the
Rochambeau monument at Washington
May p.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-16
Brooks Finds his 23rd Comet.

Geneva. n. Y, April 16.-Dr William r.
Brooks. director of Smith observatory and
professor of anatomy at Hobart college,
announces the discovery Of a new comet.
1t is in constellation Pegasus and an OBJ
servatlon made its position right ascension
2 hours minutes 10 seconds declination
north, q degrees e5~ minutes The comet
has daily motion Of about three degrees
sourheasterly and toward the sun. This is
the twenty-third comet discovered by Dr.
BROOKS.