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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19
LIKE ANOTHER CARLYLE.
General Duhield Indebted to the Pres
ident for Instructive Lesson

Il went to President Roosevelt re-
GENTLY said a man of some prominence.
and submitted to him problem IN
my career which had all but discour-
AGED me A few minutes in the pres
ence Of the president. who is Dhilos-
oDher as well as man OF action. re-
kindled my determination to conquer IN
spite Of every obstacle
The president told me that whenever
he heard of any one inclined to shrink
from obstacles or to sink under catas-
troDhe he liked to call attention to
case which came to his notice when he
mission
Tt was in regard to General W. W.
Duffield, formerly chief of the coast and
eeOdetic survey For a quarter of .
century, the president informed me, that
scientist had been engaged on form
liable and immensely valuable mathe =
NAUTICAL work devoted to ten-Dlace loga-
rithns.
filled about five thousand pages of fools
cap The intricate and exhaustive
tables and equations were of such value
and the prospect Of their publication Of
such q constant hope to their author
that he carried them about with him
in an old-fashioned carDetbag.
THE scientists obvious concern on all
occasions for his caroetbag finally at
tracted the attention of professional
thieves. who suspected that it contained
a boarded fortune in bills and bonds.
Watching their opportunity one of the
criminals ged the venerable scien-
fist in conversation while confederate
decamned with the bag. To the thief
the contents were doubtless regarded as
worthless. Nothing was ever heard OF
the manuscript.
1T was a tragic blow to the scientist
and would have been a serious loss tc
mathematicians in general had General
Duffield given uD. On the contrary, ne
did not waste a day in DESPAIR but
grimly set to work at once reproducing
his ia bles.
They were finally published by the
/ government in q volume of 800 pages
In astronomy and in the daily calcula-
tons OF actuaries n the United States
treasury and other large financial insti
tutions it is regarded as Indispensable
THE history Of this book was
mighty instructive lesson to me-" added
the narrator, and I am grateful to tn
I president for calling my attention to it.
Saturday Evening Post
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been Stunned as an alien in congress.
and there is no reason why he shouldn't
be an ornament to the state as senator.
You see we have got such a decent
bunch to choose from that it is hard
job to pick out a favOrite. If one of the
three was a. scaliaWag and a crook, his
finish would have been apparent before
now: he would have no chance against
two excellent men. AS the situation now
stands, no one can say ANYTHING very
mean about any of them. and thereby
influence any votes. Their personal
friends have got to decide the contest,
which has narrowed down until almost
the flip of a counterfeit coin would de-
eide it, Call again the day after the
caucus and I viii tell you how to read
the signs and symptoms and tell who is
to be the next senator from Kansas"
There is one man at Least in the Kan
Sas senate who seems to be an artist
in the propagation and cultivation Of
bills de is Senator Mcmillan. Bills are
his speciality. He understands the value
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19
SEEN BY ANOVIGE.
II. o. Taire Gives His Views on
Senatorial Situation.
Saws That 1t Is Now Anybody S
Race.
CONTEST A CLEAN ONE.
There Is Little Chance for ANY
Mud Singing.
Wvsterious Mr.. Barnd, Of Ness,
CONTEST A CLEAN ONE.
Mysterious Mr.. Barnd, Of Ness,
Is Not Impressed.

Sunday many of the members of the
house and senate were gone to try and
net brief rest by their own firesides
rhose who were left seemed mysterious
and uncommunicative. Not one of them
could be induced to tell a funny story
on one Of his colleagues. and it began
90 look like this department was going
60 resemble 80 cents in confederate scrip
AS a last resort the novice went out
and interviewed H. 0. Taire. You
know Mr.. Taire is a great factor in poll
tics. and knows all about it. He was
asked. for starter. who was slated as
e. sure-thing winner in the senatorial
race. Mr.. Taire first looked around the
corner to see if any one was eavesdrop-
ping took a fresh chew Of Battle Az,
and unfolded himself something like
this. Away back during the war thera
was an expression which was used ire
uuentlY, whether it fit or not. like lots
or the fool phrases in existence now.
You can't sometimes always most gen.
orally tell by the looks OF toad how
Tar he is going to jump IT the express
sion did not have nearly half a century
Of moss on it.. ] would use it now. 4
have great venerati0n for old age, so
] will use a more modern but equally
idiotic remark Search me- We will all
know after awhile. lit won't be much Of
q secret a week from next Wednesday,
Until then-forget it. Don't lose any
sleep over the result-the candidates viii
do enough of that. Don't try to size up
The bunch like you would a load of fat
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VICTIM OF OWN Law.
Framed Crimes Act-First One
Convicted Under It.

When Ira n. Terriil, the Oklahoma
convict who is pushing his own habeas
corpus case in the Kansas supreme
court, appeared before the court some
time ago and argued the preliminary
motions in his case. he wore only q
mustache and was clean shaven. When
he appeared Saturday he had a stubby
growth of beard on his face and his hair
was long and unkempt. He apologizcu
to the court for his appearance, explain
ing that he had been kept in solitary
confinement in the penitentiary and had
not had a bath for q month until Sat
urday morning, and had not been given
a shave at all.
It seems that TerriH alleges that as he
was convicted in Oklahoma he is not
legally a prisoner in the Kansas Denl-
Tertiary and he therefore refused to
obey the prison rules. For this reason
he was placed in solitary confinement
the same as are other prisoners when
they are unruly-
Some of the lawyers who heard Ter
riIPs argument Saturday say that he is
one of the best off-hand takers who
has appeared before the supreme court
in a long while, and considering the fact
that he has had access to no legal Ii
brary that he made a strong argument.
He fled a motion with the supreme
court to compel the penitentiary author
tiles to furnish him with such law books
as he needed and to allow him to see an
such an order at present, believing that
the discipline of the penitentiary should
be maintained.
A peculiar feature about TerrilI's case
is that he was a member of the first
Oklahoma legislature and helped to
frame the crimes act. He is said to
have been the first man convicted IN
Tar
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the SIS Republicans in Burlingame who
scratched him. and mostly if not all of
them voted for his opponent) are per
fectly satisfied with his course SO far
and are highly gratified that the mem
bers of the legislature gave him such a
substantial Endorsement in the caucus
last Monday. and which was ratified the
next day.
Mr.. Pringle carried his own precinct
in November by 233 majority, notwith-
standing the fact that eS Republicans
(so-called) scratched him. We are sat
isfied with his course so far. as are a
majority of the Republicans of his dis
trict, and of Usage county
Il. H. HIGGINS,
Chairman Committee, Thsrty-sixth
Legislative District.
20. S. MOODY,
Secretary, Carbonate. Kan.
s'Burlingame. Kan, Jan Is, 1907
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hogs. for you can't do it. You might
pick out the biggest hog in the wagon
by his Iocks-yOu can't do that with "a
United States senator. That is where
the old wartime gag comes in These
three candidates are the toads-d gura-
lively speaking Of course. Wait till they
iun.
Now. taking them according to
looks. resumed Mr. Taire. after exDec-
twatine ou a laundry sign, Mr.. Long
looks Ike the right one He is tall good
looking. and would make an excellent
advertisement for some breakfast food.
lie could fin the bill perfectly Kansas
would be aroud Of him. He would ad-
vertise the state Next chance. in nv
opinion belongs to our ex-governor He
does not look the part. but as I re-
marked before. looks cut very little con-
gealed moisture in a senatorial fight
For instance iust think of Senator
Flatt. of New York. Behold a man who
looks like the shadow of dark past
a cheese sandwich dream an ag0nized
ghost with a transforming Hamlet ag-
creation Look at him His face and
figure were SO bad that he had an acute
attack OF billwhitus. Look at Matt
Quay A fricasseed owl with mint
sauce q boiled onion with tObasco
trimmings Don't you ever have the
nerve TO tell me that looks have anv-
thing to do with a senatorial campaignr
Personally, 7 think Charles Curtis
looks like tin-horn gambler that is. in
his pictures At close range he re-
Hemples a perfect gentleman, and a
short personal acquaintance win con-
vince you that he is one. He has not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19
JOE chinaman,a aood Luok.

It's my experience said the man
with the shaggy overcoat, that the
man who picks a Chinaman up for a
fool gets left on it,
When I was trying to do a little
mining out west thirty years ago. I
got hold of a claim which kept me
busy swearing at luck. After awhile.
when I had become so Disguised that
I had offered my claim Tor $50. three
Cinnamon came along and wanted to
inspect. They went down the shaft
and pokeo around for an hour OF two,
and then came out to offer me $500.
You bet 7 didn't let no grass grow un-
der my feet in turnin' over the papers
and putting 'em in possession.
"On the third day, and while I was
chucklin' over my game they found a
nugget worth $4,000, and inside Of a
week they had taken out $4,000 of the
clean stuff. They took out o. that
claim about 100000. and then sold it
for SIS, 600. And I guess it's producing
vet"
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HAS THE FIGURES.
Senator Mcmillan Proves State
Should Own Printing Plant.

Senator Harry Mcmillan has gather
ed a large amount of material and
data which he Will use in support of
his bill for the state to buy its own
printing plant and then pay the state
printer stipulated salary, which he
claims would effect great saving to
the state.
His researches show that the appro-
priations for public printing and print
ing material in Kansas during the seven
years from 1895 to 1901 inclusive aggre-
gate S467, 2G0 and the deficits during the
same period amounted to 1924 600, max
ing total Of SOL 200. For 1902. when
there was no session of the legislature
the appropriation was $50, 700, and it was
all used but 42 cents For the current
year, which began July 1, 1902, and will
expire June co. 1903, the appropriation
was $54 600 for printing and $l3, 500 for
material The year is just half gone,
yet there only remains $16,302-97 for
printing and $319.1i for material. A ses-
sion of the legislature is just beginning
which VIII require a great deal of
printing. so that another deficit is al
ready in sight.
In response to his inquiries as to pub
lice printing in other states Senator Nc
MILAN has received the following data:
North Dakota-Work let by contract.
Cost. S25, coo a year.
Nebraska-Work let by contract. Cost,
about $4,000 a year.
Aaine-Work done by state printer
elected by legislature, but prices fixed
by law. Cost, 100000 to $4,000 year
WiscOnsin-Let to lowest bidder. Cost,
$50. 413.05 last year.
Missouri-Iet to lowest bidder. Cost,
about $4,000 z year.
Mississippi-Let to lowest bidder. Cost,
about S. 500 a year
Washington-Work done by contract.
Cost S32, 500 a year.
California-Owns state printing plant
and prints its own school books. Cost
for 1901 was S242 3.37. for 1902, $170,-
2144O, but these figures include printing
state school books.
Montana-Let to lowest bidder Cost,
/ $4,000 a year
GeOrgia-I1et to lowest bidder. Cost
about $4,000 a year.
1 Tennessee Each department let's it's
own contracts. No total figures avail
able.
/ Indiana-Let by contract Cost, s55.-
/ 600 q year not counting institutional
Ininois-Let TO lowest bidder. Cost,
! S25. 600 a year.
Arkarsas-By contract to lowest bid
der Cost. about $500 a year.
West Virginia-By contract to lowest
bidder Cost. $17,5O0 a year.
Oregon-Rates fixed by law. Cost,
$50. 800 year.
printing by contract. Cost, Sly, 5O3. "a
New Jersey-Let by contract. Cost
last year. s40.595.4S.
New Hampshire-Let by contract
Minnesota-Let to lowest bidder. Cost.
$50 600.
New York-Done by contract. Cost,
S724 $500 in 1902
Pennsylvania-Let to lowest bidder.
Toxas-Let by contract. Cost. $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19
THELAHN STILL AGROUND.
A Number of Distinguished Ameri-
cans Among the Passengers.

Gibraltar Jan. 1s.-An unsuccessful at
tempt was made this morning to refioat
the North German Lloyd steamer Lain
from Mediterranean ports for New York
which grounded on a sand bank off Tu-
mara. Sunday morning. Her cargo is rap
idly being discharged into lighters. Some
Of the passengers have landed and are
sight seeing, but the majority remain on
board.
Genoa. Italy. Jan. 19.-Amons the Ameri-
cans who sailed from here for New York
on the Lain are Poultney Bigelow. Rich
mond Pearson, United States Minister to
Persia; the Rev. w Lawson, Major j.
Irons and DR. Dwight circuit
Naples. Jan. 19.-The Americans who
went on board the Lain at this port in
cluded Miss Carolina Adams and party, F
G. Berry. Miss Julia Cowan, c. NJ. Ray
mond. Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Taylor and Mr..
and Mrs. W. J. Robinson
Considerable anxiety concerning the
steamer is expressed among the emigrant
classes here as there are 1872 Italians
among the steerage passengers.
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TO SAVE LIE.
Two Preachers Spoke Falsely
From Their Pulpits.

Chicago. Jan. 19.-"You will please
pardon me for stopping in the midst of
my sermon, but 1 am suffering from
an old injury TO my hip today and find
1t impossible to continue. Kindly pass
out at the conclusion of the benedic-
ton and proceed to your homes with
out tae usual closing services
In this way Rev. Frank Gunsaulus
dismissed the congregation of the Peo-
pies church at the Studebaker theater.
His auditors, who had listened to the
nrSt part OF his sermon We're surprised
at its sudden termination. They pass
ed out of the building quietly not
knowing that the pastor had dismissed
them suddenly for the purpose of avoid
ing panic.
smoke when DR.. Gunsaulus brought
the services to a sudden close. The
trouble was found later to be with a
broken furnace, but it was said there
was no danger from fire.
Boise, Idaho, Jan. ia panic
among large congregation at the
First Methodist church was averted last
night by the presence of mind of the
pastor, Rev. I. T. Roach. DR.. Roach
had just announced his text and was
opening his sermon when burst of
smoke and flame shot up into the audi
forum from a register in the main
aisle. The church was packed and i'll
moment great excitement prevailed.
Raising his voice above the screams of
women and shouts of men, DR.. Roach
called out that the fire was from paper
that had fallen into the register and
that there was no danger. The au-
dience quoted down and quickly fled
out. In the meantime an alarm had
been turned in and the department
was on hand promptly. 1t took an
hour to get the fire under controh The
main floor of the church was wrecked
The property loss is small.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19
RABBIT HUNTING.
If You Are Fond of Gun This Is the
Month for Bunny.

In January bunny is to be found IN
bramble tangle and close-grown thickets,
to be tramped out or run with beaglss.
When he is in the mood for a run he will
furnish lively bit of entertainment.
Those who love the music of the hunt find
rare pleasure in listening to a brace Of
beagles as they unravel and bring to
naught all the twists and turns and clever
wiles of bunny. Indeed, not a few put
their dogs in with no intention of killing
the game but for the pure delight Of
watching and hearing the dogs work, says
Country Life in America.
1t sometimes seems as if the rabbit was
aware of their peaceful intentions at these
times. for he will play about in a small
circle for half an hour or more before
holding up affording many opportunities
to observe ard study che ways Of this long
legged little graycoat. Indeed, he seems
to quite enter into the spirit of the game,
and a delightful winters afternoon can be
thus s-aenf.
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STILL SHORT OF COAL.
State Institutions Continue to Elk.
perience Trouble.

The state institutions are still short of
coal, and at any time the reform school,
insane asylum. state house and gov
ernor's house may be cold.
Warden Jewett has $50 prisoners
working in the penitentiary mines at
Iseavenworth, but they are unable to
get out enough coal to fill the reserve
bins Of the institutions The convicts
are mining more coal than usual but
on account of the fuel famine the rail-
roads are confiscating coal that *
shipped, and there seems to be no
redress
One Topeka dealer who had coal from
southern Kansas conf1scated, threatened
to bring action AGAINST the roads, bur
ne found that his coal would not be
handled at all if he did, and he recalled
his threat
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Sues Nick Childs.

The suit of Abe Brubaker against
Nicholas Chiles was set for hearing III
the district court this morning. Bru-
baker claims that he secured Chiles as
bondsman Tor his brothers. who were
charged with stealing hogs, and that
to secure Chiles he deposited $500 with
him He claims that he has not gotten
the money back. although his brothers
were found guilty and sent to the peni~
Tertiary Chiles claims that he paid
back $500 and gave Brubaker a note for
the balance
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CHARGED WITH MURDER.
A Woman Accused of Killing Her 13-
Year-Old Ward.

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan 1e.-Mrs Leita
Eagle, wife of s. S. Eagle. a su2erin-
tendent Of the Pressed Steel Car COM
pany and prominent in social circles at
AVIATION, a suburb of this city. was
arraigned in the criminal court today
charged with the murder of her 13-year-
When the girls death was reported to
the coroner it was announced that she
had committed suicide. but on account
Of her youth an investigation was start
ed by the district attorney Mrs. Eagle
swore that she was absolutely innocent
of the crime.
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ing in interest. Twenty-four new mem
bers were received into the church Sun
day Thirty have professed faith in
Christ. Prof. Crosier will be present
and direct the singing through this
week He has under his direction and
able chorus choir. He sang in a very
beautiful and touching manner My
Mothers Prayer last evening. He sings
a solo at each service. The evening
services begin at 7:30. The pastor, A. H.
Kelso, will preach. Afternoon meetings
on and after Tuesday at 8 o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19
A Rall on Board Shin.

Santiago de Cuba, Jan 19.-Admiral
Rivet, commander of the Atlantic divi-
sion of the French feet, and the officers
of the flagship Tage entertained the
local officials and prominent residents of
the city yesterday afternoon and even
ing There was a ball on board last
night. The Tage started for Havana to-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19

Merchants will take notice that the
stock and fixtures of Troup's Enterprise
department store win be sold in lots to
dealers only beginning at 10 a. m. to-
morrow. January 20.
Beside the entire regular stock of near
LOCO lots the sale win also include
thousands of yards of velvets. silks.
chiffons, ribbons ard laces. Also hats.
orna ments, flowers, ostrich and fancy
feathers.
No dealer can afford to miss this sale.
LADY buyers especially invited. 519-521
Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19

Washington, Jan. 1e.-The resignation
of Binger Hermann, of Oregon. as com
missioner of the general land Office. to
take effect February 1. was placed il
the hands of the president today. The
nomination of ". A. Richardson, ex-
governor of Wyoming. to succeed him
probably viii be submitted to the senate
tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19

New York. Jan 19.-The North Ger
man Lloyd steamer Maine, which left
today at noon for Bremen. returned to
quarantine shortly afterwards. smoke
having been noticed issuing from the
after hold. The matches were removed.
and although no fire could be seen II
was decided to take out 100 bales of cot
ton which were loaded in part of the
sfea z1sar.
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Two large audiences at the First
Presb yterian church yesterday greeted
DR.. and Mrs. J. A. Vinton. of Ohio. in
their opening Of a series Of meetings IN
that church. DR.. Vinton is a forcAble
and logical speaker, and Mrs. VintoH
has a very sweet voice in gospel song
There viii be meetings every afternoon
and evening this week except Saturday.
The subject for this evenings discourse
viii be Rejected by His own
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Preaidentlal Appointmentg.

washington, Jan. 19.-The president
today sent the following nominations to
the senate: Navy. Commander Harry
Webster, to be captain; also several pro-
motions in the navy. Postmasters:
Kansas-Austin Brown. Cedarvale: Au-
gust Kuhlmann, Hanover.
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of advertising and is always ready to
diagram his products for the edification
of anyone who wants to know. 1t IS
expected that his anti-snake bill will
get through all right. as there is no rep
resentative of the snake eating trust
present to lobby against the measure.
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Representative ]. K. Barnd. of Ness
county made a few observations last
week While he fingered about the Cope
land lobby, clother in mystery and dis
guise. Some of his milder impressions
he reduced to writing and submitted to
the Ness County News. AS he is owner
and editor of said Ness County News, a
weekly publication rated in the Ameri
can Newspaper Directory as "JKL." the
manuscript was accepted and printed
This editorial contains a few references
to the Copeland county talk as Tommy
rot" nonsense" idle gossip super
heated atmosphere" and a few others.
1t is more than evident that the eccen-
trio representative from Ness is not
deeply impressed with the Mysterious
strange hold and Confding Soul wills
per. 1t is feared that he does not re-
aIze the dignity of his position
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Revival N West sjde-

The gospel meetings at the Cumber
land Presbyterian church, corner of
West Fifth and West streets, are grow
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A number of job hunters, who haven't
Daign, are now throwing out dark hints
about what they VIII do to Long, Curtis
OF Stanley. as the case may be They
asked for pie. and the several managers.
sizing them up for their real value, gave
them a stone
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south Fana. Ind, Jan 19.-Robbers
entered the fewelry establishment OF r.
NJ. Munich last night and carried away
goods valued at Sc. 900.