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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-07
AN 1MpoRrANr LABOR DAY.

This is Labor Day and the occasion
is being appropriately celebrated in To-
peka and there is more than one reason
why it should be. 1t is only a few years
since the great army of Iaborers were
without a head without Organization.
They were at the mercy of employers
who were not always honest with them
They had little or no protection. But
the time has come when the laboring
man is recognized as something more
than a machine, without ambition or
goal beyond his daily toll.
The free school system of America has
made the laboring man an individual
who reads and thinks. who has a place
in the universe of action and who knows
that his rights are equal with those Of
every other citizen of America
The TRADES against organized labor
will do nothing to discredit the laboring
man or the labor unions. AS long as the
unions offer to the working man the OPP
portunity of improving his condition and
help him to secure his just share of the
products of his labor. the unions will
continue to thrive.
There are no idle men in Topeka
There is more work to be done than
there are men to do it. This. therefore
ought to be the biggest labor day DEM
onstration in the history Of the city.
With work for every one at good wages
there is good reason for the working
man to rejoice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-07
Birds in Utah Penitentiary.

Murderers' row at the state peniten-
tiary has been cast into the DEPTHS of
gloom 1t is all because bird of bad
omen has taken uD an unbidden home
in that quarter, bringing with it, as the
prisoners believe. the shadow of death.
A few months ago two small black
birds were captured by life prisoner
and given to one of the men in muir
derers' row. The birds were fed by the
prisoners and became pets. They spent
all their time hopping about the cells
and chattering and eating from the
prisoners plates For months these
of pastine for five condemned men, A
few days ago the blackbirds forSook
murdererS row, ii is said, and made
friends with two burglars. who are
most any day the birds may be seen
sitting on the shoulders of the burglars
while they are doing their work about
the prison.
murderers row. but no significance was
attached to their disappearance until a
few days ago, when a mourning dove
flew into that part of the prison and
perched uDon the bars of the row.
There it sat and cooed until the prison
rang with its dirge. Since then the
bird has remained in the row, and day
and night the ears of the condemned
men have been greeted by its dismal
song. The appearance of the bird, it
is said. was looked upon by the muir
derers as a sign of evil. and one of them
is said TO have remarked that bad luck
was surely coming tc some one in the
row. AS if in fulfillment of this. the
word came that Nick Haworth had
/ been denied a new trial and must die.
Then came the unexpected news TO
Mortensent that he had been denied
another chance for his life, and that he.
| too. must face the executiOner.
The bird still cooes and each of the
other three condemned men is waiting
| in anxious fear to hear what evil is
coming to him--Salt Lake Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-07
JAYHAWKER Jors.

Mr.. Chew has purchased a tobacco
store at Sterling.
Rents are going up more rapidly than
dwellings at Hill City.
The poor farm at Independence has
proven rich enough to turn out a 30-bar-
rel. per day oil well.
An Ellis citizen who contemplates
moving to the Orient advertises to sell
all of his stock of shirts.
1t took 200 bottles of beer to pull off
the Sells & Downs circus performance
successfully at Hiawatha.
A Sheridan county ranchman solemn
iy AYERS that flash of lightning killed
all of the fish in his pond.
A Is cent church social supper at Hol-
ton included fried chicken and ice cream.
Where did the profits come in?
The war issues are dying out. A Fort
Scott firm has been awarded a big paw
ing contract by a Missouri town.
A Hoxie maiden raked the alfalfa on
her fathers ranch for several long and
weary days but no judge appeared.
1t cost $3.50 to ship a threshing ma
chine from Indiana to Stockton. Who
pays the freight, the farmer or the own
err
An Ellis county farmer on a shop
ing tour to Hays City took along AZ
dozen of cucumbers as an offset for the
grocery bill.
Ellis citizens refused to answer knocks
on the door for two days owing to the
presence of corn travelling doctor and
man with a telescope.
A Brown county woman sends this
week Christmas present to friend in
Alaska. Christmas is a long ways off
but so is the Arctic circle.
The Mr.. Upton at Hoxie, who was
known before the yacht races as a
nephew of Sir Thomas" now shame
facedly denys the relationship.
A minister at the Wamego Christian
Endeavor meeting was sporty in ap-
pearance that half the girls in town
were trying to get up Irritation.
The shale well drill on the Smoky has
struck a substance like rubber The pro-
motors have been rubbering for many
weary moons to see something struck.
Its funny but the violators of the
Horton agreement are now insisting that
no faith can be placed in the pledges of
Leland and Bailey. Men who know say
Leland never breaks a promise.
A Kirwin woman and daughter visited
seven weeks in the mountains around
Denver and Manitou at a cost of
$29.65. At the present prices of vege
tables that was cheaper than staying at
home
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-07
AT MERCY OF COAL TRUST.

While Kansas is suffering from the
Unsuitable greed of the soft coal barons
the east is having similar trouble with
the anthracite trust 1t is evident that
whatever the cause it will cost more
money to keep from freezing during
the coming winter in New York as well
as in Kansas. How much more is left
for the coal magnates to determine.
The New York World thus comments
on the situation:
1T is announced from the anthracite
region that there is too much coal on
hand; that all-summer work has caused
'stagnation in the coal trade and that
in consequence orders curtailing Dro-
duction have been issued.
This news will come as a surprise
to the people of the seaboard cities,
who must get their mining information
at second hand. The usual proof and
sign of overproduction-a falling price
has at no time this summer been OBJ
served. On the conarary, the price,
high in April, has been lacked up 10
cents a month as usual.
AT this distance there will be a gen.
eral Discrimination to believe that there
is overproductiOn- r-consumption'
is the trouble. People are putting fewer
tons in their bins than they used to
before monopoly was 'Morganized' in
1aO0.
Let the price of coal be dropped.
say. to point which will yield the rail-
roads only about as much additional
profit over the ante-strike prices as the
few cents a ton that higher wages have
cost. instead of five times as much, and
nouseholders will heap their bins, manu-
facturers will burn coal. poor people
will stop shivering in the east wind.
and the 'staSnation' will disappear
with the mounting coal heaps.
1T would be worth trying: but not
everything worth trying is tried.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-07
MIDDLE STATES REGATTA.
Races Along the Potomac River
Draw a Large Crowd.

Washington, Sept. THE middle
states regatta, under the auspices of
the Potomac River Regatta association,
was held here today and was witnessed
legal holiday, and the presence of
some of the notable oarsmen of the
country combined to arouse interest in
the event. In all there are sixteen races
scheduled, the first beginning at 10
o'clock and continuing until late in the
afternoon. The prizes consist of fifty
eight gold medals and silken banners
that go to the winning individuals and
clubs. The course was Datrolled by a
government vessel to prevent crowding
or interference with the oarsmen. Each
race was rowed over a straightaway
course, the decision of the committee
in this respect meeting universal ap-
prevail The torpedo boat Gushing was
placed at the disposal of the commit
boat
All races were one mile. except the
senior eight-oared race, which will be
one and a half miles. Results:
Junior singles. won by Fred Shepherd,
length and half Time 6:46sz.
Junior four gig, won by Arundel Boat
club, Baltimore, by two lengths. Time
6:01Z.
Senior four cared barge, won by
Dauntless Rowing club, Harlem, by two
lengths. Time $50
intermediate singles, won by r. Hell
zey Jackson. Palisade Boat club. New
York. by two lengths Time 6:41H-
Junior eight cared shell-Potomac
Boat club won. Time 5:22.
Association single-David H. Clary,
Nassau Boat club won. Time 6:37
Junior double sculls-Ravenwood Boat
club, New York won. Time 6:04.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-07
SHUT OUT COAL MEN,.
Retailers Tell Something About
the Trust.

Judge Hazen took under advisement
the motion in regard to testimony of
coal mine operators. Pending his decis-
ion, no opera tors will be examined
The examination of local coal dealers
was taken up this afternoon.
John Sanderson, a Topeka dealer, tes-
tilted that he could not buy coal be-
cause he is not a member of the Mid
state Wholesale and Retail Dealers
association. which has headquarters in
Kansas City. He stated that he knew
that the operators held meetings the
last of every month. and stated that
within a dav or two after those meet
ings he would get notices of Identical
advances by various dealers. He was
told of these monthly meetings by John
Bell. John Jack and James Washing
ton. Usage operators.
The next witness was A. M. Kent OF
North Topeka. Mr. Kent said he knew
of the monthly meetings, and that he
frequently received notices of advance
in prices sent out by the Southwestern
Fuel company of this city. He was also
notified of the meetings of the local coal
dealers. These meetings were called by
Vincent Kaczynski, and Kent never at
tended any of the meetings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-07
TO BE MADE WEDNESDAY.
First Payment of Paving Contractors
in Bonds.

For the first time in the history of
the city, the mayor has instructed the
city treasurer to pay off the paving
contractors with paving bonds instead
of cash. as previously told in the State
Journal 1t is move which is likely
to have considerable political signifi-
canoe. 1t will be used by Mayor Ber-
gundthars political enemies
The contracts with the contractors
gives the city the right to pay in bonds
1t has been the uninterrupted custom,
however, to sell the bonds and pay in
cash This year the city could find a
purchaser for only about $4,000 worth
of bonds. out of 100000
There is still some cash in the paving
fund, but it will be used to make up the
fractional amounts which can not be COW
cred by the bonds, which are of $500 de-
nomination.
This radical action will no doubt be
resented by the contractors. 1t is likely
that many will contend that it will hurt
the credit of the city, but there seems to
be no way out of the difficulty
The first payment of bonds instead of
cash Will be made on next Wednesday,
when the contractors present their checks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-07
THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG.

There will come a time when the
people can look at the figures which
represent the state funds in the banks
and know just how much has been
flched from them in taxes by the state
board of equalization, but it is long
way distant.
There is no doubt that Chairman
Morton AIbaugh of the Republican
state central committee knew what he
was about when he gave out his state
ment showing that taxes had been in
creased without justification. The fig
ures indicate that he is right. and the
half hearted and evasive explanation Of
Treasurer Kelly does not discredit Mr..
Albaugh's statement with those who
have taken the trouble to compare the
two.
Now Mr.. Albaugh must meet the
assaults of the partisan papers which
say that he is destroying harmony in
the party" The question will natur-
ally arise. How far should state Off
Gals be allowed to go in fleeing the
people at large before anyone may call
halt without being accused of creating
schism III the party organization?
Mr. Kelly attempted to shift the re-
sponsibility for the increased taxation
onto the legislature. and Mr.. Albaugh
should be thanked, not blamed. for
placing the odium where it belongs. If
it will destroy party harmony to let
the people into the secret of such ques-
tionab1e transactions as the enormous
increase in taxes by the state board of
equalization, then it is better that there
should be no party harmony
But when the cash shall have been
paid in and when the banks commence
accepting the state money-of course
without paying any interest for it's use
the next state nominating convention
will have been held and it will be too
late for the people to then raise the cry
of stop thief" There is a way of find
ing out the right and wrong of the
question now. Why not do so?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-07
GLOBE SIGHTS.

LFrom the Atchison GIobe.l
1t is said of an Atchison man that he
makes a fine widower
! Good advice can be put in such shape
that it becomes insult.
An Atchison man is such a confirmed
grocery faster that he has been advised
to take the Kelley for it,
| How people love occasional words of
appreciation and kindnessi Poor devils,
they hear so few of them.
When a married man takes his wife
to dance, and stays until after the
last dance, that settles it: he is hen
pecked.
! No woman ever put a letter in let
ter box that she did not raise the lid a
second time to see if the letter fell to
! the bottom. ss53 "a. ffa.....-sH
The Lancaser Literary society will
have debate next week as to whether
or not colored boy can get sun-burnt
while in swimming.
An AtchiSon man, who has been COM
planning for a week that it was too hot
to work, caught cold last night, and
isn't doing anything today.
man who can sit around and wait
without impatience, is wrong some
unimportant as what happens after you
are dead A man who waits contented-
ly. is nearly always a good loafer.
When a girl who works down town,
boasts to her associates that her father
hates to have her work, and that 1t Is
not necessary for her to support her
self, she makes herself unpopular with
them, and they do not believe her.
Young people are not fools. but for
some reason they do not understand
the Importance of good habits: good
conduct, industry, sobriety, truthful
ness. Probably the trouble is, they
have not been properly taught. Much
that is unimportant has been pounded
into their heads to the exclusion of
that which is of the greatest import
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-07
IN A YELLOW SLICKER
Young Roosevelt Mingles With
Deadwoed Miners.

Deadwood, S. D., Sept. 7.-Delegates to
the American congress began to arrive
IN large numbers on the late trains last
night and at noon today the registration
books in the office of Secretary Mahon
of the mining congress contained names
of several hundred. Interest in the pro-
ceedings of the congress were given an
impetus by the arrival of Secretary of
the Treasurer Shaw and Governor Her
ried and staff of South Dakota at noon.
Other prominent arrivals included a
number of those who will deliver ad-
dresses before the congress, nots bly,
John L. Webster of Omaha, Neb, E w.
Parker, of Washington, D. c., and DIR.
]. E. Todd, state geologist of South Da-
kota.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr, accompanied
by Captain Sethlock. superintendent of
the Black Hills forest reserve, whose
guest he has been for several weeks,
was an inter ested spectator about the
streets of eDadwood today, taking in the
splendid exhibit of Black Hills ores at
the mineral palace and meeting many
mining men here to attend the congress
1t was raining and young Roosevelt pre-
scented picturesque appearance in 4
yellow slicker and rain helmet. A re-
ception to delegates, speakers and mine Is
will be given at o'clock tonight at ill.,
tel Franklin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-07
APPORTION THE AID.
Comm ittee Is at Work on Classifica.
ton Today.

At 10 o'clock this morning, the COM
mittee having in charge the distribu-
ton of $4,000 among the flood sufferers
in North Topeka met at the office of
Thomas Page in North Topeka, and
commenced to classify the applicants for
aid. The report will probably not be
completed until late this afternoon. The
committee will no make public the
names of the beneficiaries.
The members of the committee who
were present atthe meeting this morning
were Thomas Page, M. c. Holman, ].
B. Belts, A. Fassler, G. p. Bolmar and
Freeman Elmore.
The committee will probably not al
low more than $50 to any applicants. The
applicants who are adjudged most in
need of aid will be put in Glass A, and
all in that class will receive the same
amount. There will be other classes
from B to G. Those in Glass G will
probably get only SO. Out of the 700
applicants for aid. the committee has
selected a list of $50. The other $50 are
already rejected. The rejected appli-
cations are from families in which there
are one or more members earning
money Where he family has a regular
income from this source, 1T is believed
unnecessary to give financial aid
Widows and families in which there
is sickness will receive the most favor
able consideration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-07
AT PHILADELPHIA.
National League.
AT BROOKLYN.
LOCAL MENTION.

Walter Howe. the son of Councilman
Samuel T. Howe, is sick with typhoid
fever at his home in this CITY.
A 7!s-pound bass caught by the Rev.
]. P. De b. Kaye. dean of Grace cathe-
dral, in Lake Anna, in northern Wis
consin. is on exhibition in a Kansas
avenue shop.
The ladies of the Eastern Star will
give a social at the residence of Mrs.
Willis Edison, T01 Jefferson street, We'd
nesday evening.
The Horitz Passion Play" repro
duced in a series of pictures by the
Kinodrome, is the attraction secured
for vinewood park this week. 1t is not
asserted that this reproduction of the
Passion Play" is taken from the orig
inal Oberammergau version of the
sacred spectacle, for it is we'll known
that the peasants of that Bavarian vii
lage will not permit ANYBODY to photo
graph their religious drama. But the
Horitz version was photogra phed direct
from poses of the Passion Play made
by peasants of the village of Horitz.
under the direction of Ludwig Deutsch.
The pictures give views OF the chief
events in the life of the Saviour. The
performances nightly this week will be
accompanied by instrumental music.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago Daily News.1
A great man is the nandiwork of many
small men,
No man is the worse for knowing the
worst of himself.
A woman's tongue is a strenuous thing
that no man can tame.
Some pictures are like some people
hanging is too good for them.
The time of the losing horse isn't money
to the man who bets on him.
It's an easy matter to interest some
lawyers in a case of champagne.
No woman is happy unless she can get
her name and her front hair in the pa
pers.
Some mems sayings would fill many vol
umes and their doings would't fill a
postal card.
It's almost as hard for some men to live
up to their regulations as it is for others
to live theirs down.
The man who would retain his friends
should not fail to remember that there are
a great many things he should forget.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-07
COLORADO DEMOCRATS
Meet in State Convention to
Nominate a Judge.

Denver, Colo, Sept. THE Demo-
cratic state convention met in this city
today for the purpose of nominating "a
candidate for judge of the supreme
court. No other nominations are to
be made this year. The leading candi-
dates for the nomination are District
Judge John 1. Mullins and Adair Wilson
of Durango. former judge of the court
of appeals. Mullins is the choice of a
ajority of the delegates from the
northern part of the state, and Wilson s
support comes mainly from southern
Colorado. There are several dark
horse" possibilities. including former
Congressman John c. Bell.
The convention was called to order
shortly after 10 o'clock at the Demo-
cratic club by Milton Smith, chairman
of the state committee, who was chosen
as temporary and permanent chairman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-07
Proper Test of an Automobile.

A new transcontinental record for
automobiles has been established by
two men who drove q compare lively
small machine of American make from
San Francisco to New York They left
the former city on June 20. They ar
rived here last night, muddy, tired, but
not materially the worse for their I'M
common experience. They averaged
about so miles a day They crossed
mountains. They traversed deserts
They trundled over all kinds of roads
in all sorts and conditions of weather
And through it all their machine met
with no serious mishap. a fact which
Will help to reduce the automobile Joke
OF the funny papers to its proper level
or ineonspicuity. Once before the con-
tinent was crossed by an automobilist.
but he did not make as good time as
did the two people who landed in New
York last evening. This most recent
test of endurance is worth a great deal
more in the DEVELOPMENT of the motor
car than all the homicidal road races
mat nave ever been arranged in Europe
or elsewhere Eighty miles a day is
not a nigh average, and it could doubt
less be bettered by larger cars and by
more reckless drivers, but it is fast
enough to show what the automobile
is capable of in the way of endurance
And endurance or the capacity to
wear well. not speed, should be the first
essential in the construction of a motor
car.-BrOOklyn Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-07
WALKER IN THE RACE.
VIII Try to Be Elected to Place He
Now Holds

1t is announced that A. D. Walker of
Holton will be a candidate in the next
Republican state convention for rail-
road commissioner to succeed himself.
Holton already has another candidate
in the person of w. A Thompson. the
present county treasurer of jackson
county, who has the backing of the
Holton Republican club. and it was not
known whether Mr.. Walker would go
into the race in view of this fact, but it
is announced that he has decided to do
so.
Next year will be the first time the
railroad commissioners have ever been
elective. There will be three places to
fill on each ticket. and there will
doubtless be a big scramble for them.
1t is said that the millers and some of
the other shipping organizations in the
state are preparing to take a hand in
the fight for the nominations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-07
oUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
It's all right to have hobby, if you
keep it to yourself.
Banking institutions have no use for
the mo account" man.
1t is possible to raise check with
out the aid of a derrick.
The education of some people is more
ornamental than useful
The reed bird season opens. whereat
the humble sparrow trembles.
The fellow who has money to burn
is generally sure of meeting his match.
A man may be much sought after,
even though he be a fugitive from jus
tice.
Actions may speak louder than
words. but money often talks louder
than either
No, Maud. dear: there is no similar
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ity between a fairweather friend and a
rain beau. sr
You can never say Of an egg that
it's too fresh.
The trouble with people who have
nothing to say is that it takes them so
long to say it.
Wigg-''See that sign. Blocked
While You Waltz . Wagg-"Yes, what
does 1t mean. hats or trolley cars?"
The dyspeptic philosopher remarks
that it is better to take pains with your
diet than to take pains afterward.
The fool either maries for love or
money" says the Manayunk Ph1loso-
pher. THE wise man splits the differ