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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-28

clean and decent and fit to be visited by
self respecting men and women.
1t is probably inevitable that large
amount of social decentralization shall
accompany every large fair. The Cen
tennial exhibition of 1876 flooded Phila
delphia with vice to extent from
which that city has never recovered.
Whether or not Chicago was made
worse than it had been by its Colum-
bian fair may be an open question. But
beyond doubt the notorious Midway
orgies of that enterprise, through their
performance there and then repetition
and imitation elsewhere, caused an in
calcula BILE amount of moral corruption
throughout the whole land. 1t will be
remembered that at the time public eff
forts We're made to defend and even to
commend some Of the Vilest of those
shows III the name of art for art S
sake" and high Sold morality, and all
the rest of the cant with which sheer
nastiness doth protest too much.
Some people of repute and public stand
ing actually strove to justify the Mid
way" orgies on the ground of their
profound and mystical religious signif-
cance.' We are not sure that such
drivel was not more revolving to sense
than the shows themselves were to
decency.
The fact is. Of course, that those
Midway dances were simple obsceni-
ties of the most unblushing and de-
PRAYED type. They We're conceived as
such and were conducted as SucH- we
do not say they were altogether patron
lied as such, for beyond doubt multi
tudes of innocent people were entrapped
into visiting them by the fact that they
were apparently an authorized part of
great national institution. In that fact
Law much of the evil of the case. There
are generally such exhibitions of de-
bauchery TO be found somewhere in
large city by those who are evil minded
enough to search for them. There were
such in the under world of New York
before the Columbian fair at Chicago,
and there are probably some here now.
But it is another thing, and mon
strous thing, to make such bestialities
a part of or an authorized annex to
great public exhibition under state or
national patronage The argument is.
we know, that there must be such
things to draw the crowd. Just so we
used to hear the RED Light states
men of Tammany declaring that to shut
up the dens from which they drew their
royalties on vice would kill New York
by making it less attractive to visitors
The answer is that a city would better
die decently than live as a Sodom or
Gomorrah, and fair would better fail
or never be held at all than 10 depend
for success upon performances which
offend the moral law and grossly violate
he criminal code.
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QUAKER REFLECTIoNs.
IFrom the Philadelphia Press. I

From the Philadelphia Press
It doesn't take an athlete to jump at
conclusions.
The matchmaker is not the only man
who lives tick.
The grindstone of adversely Is what
makes man sharp.
Luck is a toss-up in which the dice are
generally loaded.
The spendthrift uses his opportunities
before he gets them.
Some fellows acquire the reputation of
being spenders on borrowed money.
The wise turkey rejoiceth that the
Thanksgiving coal crop will be a failure.
The fellow who wants something to boot
in a trade may live to kick himself
When u man is always making new
friends it may be because he is always
breaking his old ones.
He-*Its funny that at a wedding the
fellow who is getting married seems so
unimportant." She-"Oh, he's a mere
ringer.
Opportunities are pretty much like
social calls says the Manayunk Philos-
opher. ''They generally come when you
are out
Nell-''They say she was educated
abroad. Believes. but it didn't do her
any good. She's going to marry an Amer
lean millionaire"
Il hear you have a step-father," said
the Philadelphia girl. Whats his name ~
(which one?" asked the Chicago girl.
I've got six
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-28
LOCAL MENTION.

The Independents are going to try street
meetings tonight. A wagon load of good
takers and singers will start in at
First and Kansas avenue, ct 1880, speak
for half an hour, and move up to Fourth
street. They will spend half an hour
there, and move u to Sixth street at
$50. When the third speaker gets
through they will again move up. and
reach the transfer station by O'Clock
This scheme has at least the merit of
allowing the audience to quit without
embarrassment when they have had
enough.
Elmer Mott. alias David Lewis, who it
Hapgood livery barn, waived examina-
ton in city court today and was bound
over to stand trial for burglary, and lbs
bond set at $500.
Last Night Merchant Policeman AL
Hopkins caught two boys. Art Ward
and James Robinson. who, by their own
confession were guilty of stealing post
age STAMPS and other small articles
from the Crosby Bros. store. where they
were employed. The boys gave up most
of the stolen goods. and the case will
probably be settled out of court
Maxine. the Topeka 4-year-old FLY,
bred and raised by William Bradbury
of Topeka took q record of POS at
Memphis Monday. She beat several old,
well tried trotters-
The Democrats will hold rally at
Valencia this evening. A number will
go out from Topeka to attend. The In
dependents will have a meeting at Will
lard.
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NO ONE RESPONSIBLE.
Engineer Rain Not to Blame fol
Mr.. McBriar's Death.

At the coroner's inquest held at
Stokers undertaking establishment at
4 o'clock last evening. the Santa Fe
railroad and its employees were exoner-
ated from blame for the death of George
H. McBriar who was killed by train
No. 6 near the starch factory at O'Clock
Sunday afternoon.
Engineer William Rain, who handled
the engine which struck and killed Nc
Briar, testified that he saw the man on
the track just ahead of the engine. He
applied the air brake and all other
means in his power to stop the train,
the victim.
He said that McBriar was walking
east in the same direction the train was
going, and did not look around, but that
instead of needing the whistle stopped
over and apparently brushed his trous-
erS leg with his hand. He was stand
ing directly over a rail at the time.
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SAY 1T IS UNFAIR.
Objections of Cuba to the Reel
prOcity Treaty Submitted.

Washington, Oct. 2S.-The fact record
ed in the news dispatches from Havana
that President Palma has returned to
Washington the draft of the reciprocity
shaken the belief of the officials here
that they will have a treaty ready to
submit to congress by the date of its
next meeting. AS soon as Mr.. Quesada
ment he will submit it to Secretary
Hay. Negotiations will then be contin-
ued on the basis of the original draft.
Generally stated the Cuban objections
are based on a belief that the United
States has demanded undue conces-
sions in the remissions of duties on Uni
ted States products entering Cuba rang
ing all the way from 10 to 60 per
cent in return for a 20 per cent cut on
Cuban sugar and tobacco coming into
United States.
The difference is strictly one of figures
and not principle. 1t is the option at
the state department that it can be set
tied amicably. If not and the Cuban
government insists upon terms that the
state department cannot gaTnt, the two
countries will simply drift along with
out any trade treaty of this kind. AS
Cuba would undoubtedly be the suffer
er. it is believed that she would be the
first to make another advance toward
treaty.
There has been an important change
in the programme respecting the whole
fabric of Cuban treaties. 1t had been
originally intended to perfect a reciproc
ity treaty before undertaking to deal
with other relations that must be defined
by treaty It is now seen that the sub
ject of reciprocity is one that will re-
quire considerable time for its DISPOSE
ton. The government here is about to
undertake negotiations looking to the
arrangement of an extraditiOn treaty
which is very much needed, inaSmuch
as Cuba threatens to become a sink
hole for American criminals.
Also the navy is pressing for the coaling
stations promised under the terms of the
Platt amendment and the near approach
of Culebran maneuvers have stimulated
this desire as it has been shown that such
stations would be of great strategic value
during the moveme nts- Therefore the
Cuban government will be at once invited
to open negotiations this point. 1t is
not expected that this can be done without
some friction because there has been
growing dissemination on the part of the
Cubans to the idea of surrendering coal
ing stations to the United States
Proper sites for cOaling stations were
lected tentatively many months ago by
Admiral Bradford chief of the equipment
bureau. who is directly in charge of naval
lected one. Havana. has been abandoned
from regard of Cuban sensibilty. 1t is
not likely that further sacrifices of that
kind will be made and the other three
points. namely: Nipe, on the north coast.
and Cienfuegos and Guantanamo on the
south coast Of the island, will be chosen
as permanent locations
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A Remarkable Agreement.

Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph
The agreement just made between the
officers of the Amalgamated Association
of Iron. Steel and Tin Plate Workers OF
benalf of the workers in the tin plate
industry on the one side and the manu-
facturers on the other is PERHAPS The
most remarkable in the annals of the
relations between capital and labor. It
is = new der1rture in industrial ror1bi-
nation that is worthy of note To en-
aule Inc manufacturer to compete for
foreign business to keep the mill going
and capital and labor employed The
workman consents to a reduction OF MS
wages on the foreign contracts. to be
DrO-rated among all the workers in the
trade. To this end the scale of wages
remains unchanged, but per c enI. nf
each workers wages is diverted to a
fund to be kept by the AmalgaTdated
association out OF which to pay the man
ufacturers a rebate on the export order
The actual rebate on the export con-
tract is 25 per cent, but diffusion
through the whole body of the workers
makes a cut to each Of Der cent. It
has taken months to bring tie men to
acceptance Of the condition. but Il was
this or the closing CT many mills. and
they choose it in preference to partial
id1cness
The manner in which the capital and
labor employed in the tin industry are
now able to adjust their business rela-
ticns IS in sharp contrast with tho con-
ditions that so long prevailed IL the
anthracite coal regions.
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DECLINING PROFITS.

Henry Clews continues to call atten-
ton to declining profits, which he re
CARDS as a circumstance calculated tc
ultimately act as a brake on business
In his most recent issue of the Wall
Street Financial Review he says on this
subject:
but striking feature of business to-
day in nearly all lines is declii:iug prof
it's AS already shown in these advices
net profits for both industria1s and rail
roads are beginning to shrink owing to
increased cost of raw materials ana
labor The same is true in many other
lines Of business whose secu tiles are
not dealt in on the stock exchange.
Should this tendency continue il means
a curtailment in the purchasing powers
of the wealthy classes. which in turn
will reduce the consumption of many
commodities. especially luXuries. Per
haps this tendency is only temporary.
and such it is hoped will be the case,
but there are only too many susGes-
lions Strengthening the impression that
a partial reaction from the high tide of
prosperity is now upon us Not the
least indication has been the unfavor-
able turn in our foreign trade during
the past year. High prices here have
greatly stimulated imports and checked
exports; the result being to greatly
diminish the favorable balance Of trade
which existed two years ago, and rem
der possible the talk of gold EFFORTS.
which tends to make Wall street hcsi
tate. not so much from the actual rs
from the moral effect Of our being con-
PEELED to ship gold when the banks are
ondeavoring to strengthen their re
sources. Exports of wheat. corn aud
cotton are all impeded at present by the
fact that American holders demand
prices that European buyers Will no;
pay. and even extraordinarily low cut
ward freishts are not sufficient to move
these products from our scaboard vita
desired freedom. Other evidences Of Il
reactionary tendency could be cited but
enough have been presented to warra mt
a conservative attitude towards the fl.
ture until some sort Of readiustmem,
has taken place which will encourage a
fresh forward movement"
Being a "fnancier" Mr. Clews may he
able to see farther ahead than othec
people. but as long as the workshops
are running and everybody is employed
it will be difficult to start a serious
scare.
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poINrED PARAaRApHs.


From the Chicago News
Most women haters are floor-walkers in
department stores
There are few faces that can afford not
to smile occasionally.
The man who pushes the grass cutter is
one kind of a lawn party
1t is astonishing how far few feminine
tears viii go with man..
Any young man who is in love likes 10
say good night the next morning
Some peoples lack of sense is more con-
spicuous than their lack of dollars.
man may gush over woman or vice
versa, but the gushing is seldom mutuaLs
1t sometimes happens that married
man dislikes to visit people who try To
make him feel at home.
Some men spend half their lives in malz-
ing a reputation and the other half In
trying to live it down.
If the average man could only sell the
advice he gives away it would keep him
busy looking after his income
When man marries a grass widow
don't present him with a lawn mower if
you would retain his friendship.
tramp can't understand why the Sab
bath is called a day of rest; he can't rest
any more on Sunday than on weekdays.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-28
GLOBE SIGHTS

lIe AlCnSOn C1iODe
When some people try to be young. II
serves only to call attention to their ago.
1t has gotten so that those who are
early, are compelled to wait for those who
are late.
Some people. fearing they will not at
tract attention, act up. and attract I'M
favorable attention.
It seems that a mans case is hopeless
to a physician only when nothing remains
that can be cut out.
Occasionally you Will find a woman who
thinks she is youthful so long as she
wears Il great deal of light blue
As a man gets older, he reflects that in
his day he has known too much of every.
thing at some time, except cream
The woods are beginning to take on
tints that convince one that the Lord
keeps no amateur artists in his employ.
A man is a perfectly satisfactory nus
band if he can ask the preacher to say
grace without showing any embarrass-
ment.
Somehow. it is a great shock to hear a
woman complain that she has eaten too
much people expect this lack of sense in
a
The popular form of entertainment at
the breakfast table seems to be a contest
over which can relate the worst dream of
the night before.
The pretty red apples on the trees are
AtRA 1T A1t aug bliiAlS YET Out dlffe sauce
If you want to retain your admiration of
them. keep your teeth out.
The time soon comes when the. girl
whose hair looks like the elaborate par
Tor knocker. twists it into tight little
lump like the kitchen door knob.
When married man walks in front Of
a circus crowd. alone, he should have
this sign pinned to his coat; MY wife
couldn come She insisted on my going
without her"
An Atchison woman has bought chIoro-
form. and announces that she will take
too much the next time she feels that she
has caught another cold. It takes cour-
ase to go through a bad cold patiently.
and the next one she has will be her ten
thousandth.
A woman talked too much. Now she is
telling every one that she didn't say that
much, or say it that way and is getting
So tangled up that she will never be loose
We would like to tell the story for the
example there is in it, were it not for the
fear of also saying too much.
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and marched off with him. He flashed
badge on the lad and he thought he
was an officer. Rev. Sindel took him to
the office of Manager Miller. of the
Springfield Railway company, but he
refused to prosecute him. The next day
the boys father telephoned Rev. Mr..
Shindel that he would like to see him.
When the preacher called he told him
that he had committed a crime greater
than the boy had by impersonating an
officer, and threatened to have him ar
rested. Rev. Mr.. Sindel urged him not
to take that step, and the father con-
scented, on his promise to apologize to
his son. which he did.
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OUR PROSPERITY HELLO

The prosperity of the United States
is counted as a reason for the prosperity
of Great Britain. and her colonies by
the British Trade Journal, a copy Of
whicA has Just reached the treasury
bureau of statistics. SO great has been
the prosperity of the United States it
says during the past two years that
the demand among the people of tbs re-
public for many classes of agricultural
produce and oS cattle has exceeded The
supply Hence there has been a falling
off in the exports of these comnno dfties
TO Europe. and the result is witnessed
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TWO NEW BISHOPS.
Double Conservation Ceremony Takes
Place at St Paul.

ton of Bishops Starihe and Keane at st.
Paul cathedral today was celebrated in
the presence of a large assembIage. Fully
400 ecclesiastics of note from all parts Of
the country were present
Right Rev. John A. Starihe of ST PauI
was consecrated bishop of Leaf D..
and Right Rev James Keane, OF Mime
apolis, as bishop of Wyoming
Archbishop Ireland began the ceremon-
les with the celebration of mass and
Bishop O'Gorman preached the sermon.
The visiting clergy and bishops were
given dinner at the Ryan hotel this af-
ternoon.
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CORNER IN PEPPERMINT.
Ex- Congressman's Company Controls
95 Per Cent of High-Priced Crop.

kalamazoo, Mich, Oct 2s-Ex- Con-
gresham A. NJ. Todd, president of the
A. NJ. Todd Company Limited. today
said his company practically controlled
the peppermint and essential oil crop of
the world, having 95 per cent of the
total. The crop this year approximates
1901 GOO pounds. A month ago it was
worth 81. so Il pound, but now the price
is 50. The total value of the crop there
fore is $3.50. 900, showing an advance of
nearly $500. 600 since September.
The cause for the increased price as
given by Todd is a shortage of the crop,
which is only two-thirds of the usual
supply. and the greatly increased de-
mand for essential oils.
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EDITORIAL COMMENT.
The Railroad and the Citizen.

A~N~A~@ S~AO ~@S1@@S@Ae
Philadelphia Inquirer.
If ten years ago John J. Hill or any
other man had stated openly that COM
petition was the death of trade he
would have been hooted out of the court
of public opinion. Beginning with 1850,
when railroads first began to extend
into trunk lines there grew up an Opin-
ion, based on experience, that managers
of the roads were a set of cormorants
and must be restricted by Iegisla ton.
The climax came after 1873, with the
result that there is scarcely a state in
the union where there are not many
general and special laws dealing with
all sorts of common carriers. COMPETE
ton is the life of trade" is a saying that
is very old and used to have all accep-
tation, but it is rather under cloud
at the present, and this is due to the
fact that the corporation managers
have themselves taken a new view of
the situation.
Competition has killed much trade
and has injured more. The railroads
have in the past done, along with the
good they have accomplished, an i'm
mense amount Of harm, and this they
are beginning to recognize on their own
account seeing that they must live off
the public at the last. The idea of COM
binations among systems whereby there
could be arranged tariff that would
be profitable to both consumer and
shipper is not new one in theory. 1t
was pointed out long go by economists,
but the public had SO little confidence
( in the railway managers that when
this theory began to be put into practice
a few years ago-nOt exceeding five a
the utmost-there was a tremendous
howl. The movement progressed and
may be said to have reached it's climax
in May of last year, when the Northern
Pacific deal came to a head with dis
astrOus results, to many persons. The
Northern Securities company followed.
Mr. Hill, in defending this new idea
in the financial operation of railways,
says that it was a mere matter of saw
ing the people of the northwest. While
not denying that the new company was
advantageous to all concerned, he bold
ly says that his action saved the Union
Pacific from running the whole north
west and that he has constantly re-
duced rates in order that shippers and
farmers may live. This from a railway
magnate sounds like demag ogy. but is
it so? We are obliged to admit that
there is a situation which has never be-
fore existed, which has never before Oc-
cupied the minds of the railway men or
legislators. and that it deserves the
closest consideration Mr. Hill gives
figures to show that on his roads. which
stretch over thnly settled prairies. the
rates are far lower than in the thickly
settled parts of the country, that the
competition which was threa tened last
year would have killed the farming
interest in a great granary of the ma
ton. What he says is entitled to re-
spect, and we rather think that he has
announced a situation which has not
heretofore been properly digested.
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REQUISITIONS HONORED.
One for a Man Who Appropriated
S499,OOO

Columbus, O.. Oct. Ex-Governor Nasf.
today honored a reauisition from the
governor Of Pennsylvania for J. N
Evans Of Youngstown. president of the
Keystone Mining company, who is
wanted in Pittsburg for obtaining
money under false Dretenses. 1t is al
legged by the directors that in the pur-
chase of some mining property for the
company Evans appropriated to his own
use sz54 600 of stock and $4,000 in cash
The governor also fonored requisi-
ton from Governor Gage of California
for John Doe elise. under arrest in To-
ledo. and wanted in California on the
charge of stealing $1100 from Mary
Simpson
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Decency at Fairs.

4NGW 1OEh
An earnest effort is being made by
some Of the best friends of that enter
prise to have the coming Worlds fair
at St. Louis kept free from some of the
indecent and immoral features which
have marTed other exhibitions 1t is
announced that the board of women
managers has unanimously adopted
strong resolutions against the admission
of Midway dancing shows and similar
debauchelies Whether or not the pro-
test will be needed by the supreme au-
thorities of the fair is yet TO be seen.
But it may be said plainly that it ought
to be needed and ought to prevail. and
that nothing could more commend the
fair to popular favor and support than
an assurance that it is to be IN all parts
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IMPERsONATED OFFICER.
a Pastor at Springfield Gets Into
Trouble.

Springfield. O., Oct 2S-Rev.. ]. c.
Shindel, pastor of a Lutheran church at
Newark, who was in the city the past
week attending the convention of the
Miami Lutheran Synod, had an expert
ence which he will not soon forget.
He was returning to the home of DR.,
Ort on a street car when a boy spuirtel
water on him out of hollow rubber
ball The reverend gentleman stopped
the car, and returning to where the boy
was standing, caught him by the arm