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The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

with half a vote to his credit This
soluton Of the difficulty was not anticI~
pated by the Kansas people the expec-
tation being that one delegation or the
other would be seated and one entirely
discredited.
It win be recalled that in the Kansas
d Murphy claimed that the j. @ John
son people. who controlled the organi-
zatiou of the convention. were not run.
ning things fairly Murphy's lineup
was almost equal in size to the Johnson
side The Murphy people went into a
convention OF their own and chose "A
delegation 60 Indianapolis. Both Muir
phy and Johnson were candidates for
the Office of head consul, but neither
landed At the time of writing no de-
ciston had been made upon the rating
proposition
0moers elected for the ensuing year
uro e= follows.
Head consul. A. r.. Talbot, of Ne
braska head adviser H. g. Horne.
Iowa. head clerk. c. w Hawes Illinois;
head banker. p r. smith, Missouri.
Directors c. w Rei1ley. Illinois, G..
O. Saunders, Iowa. r. r. Smith, Mis-
souri' &. X. Murphy. Kansas; G. J.
Byrnes. Michigan.
AS Johnson has ina the convention rep
resented the anti" adjustment senti-
meut and advocated the taking up of
the rate proposition before the election.
Che fact that it, was put off until the
last moment indicates that the ma
1ority Of the delegates favor Juggling
hne rates of the order California is
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20
THEEMPEROR OF ETHIOPIA
That Is Menelik's Title and he Is
Descendant of Solomon.

And who is the Emperor of Ethiopia
Those who happen to know may con-
slider it an absurdly easy question 70
answer But such is the ignorance of
things most necessary to know in which
our people are sunk that only a few
are aware that Menelik II of AbyssinIa
has borne that title since 1888 He used
to be called the negus. his full title be-
ing negus negasti. meaning king Of
kings. The Abyssinian monarch used
to be a mere king Of Choa But now
he rules the united. kingdoms OF Choa.
Godjam. Djimma, Kaffa and Watamo.
with some otherq provinces Conse-
quently he is an en- peror-
Ancient blood is expected in an em-
peror and it is remarkable that he Of
Abyssinia, the most obscure Of the inn
perial band, is of the oldest stock of all.
At least that is his claim Ailu. his
father, came of the old royal family Of
Ethiopia that traced its descent to
Menelik l. son of Solomon by the Queen
great chief named Sella-S -Selassie. under
whom the kingdom of Choa attained TO
its highest pitch Of power. Now. Sella-
Selassie's own name had formerly been
Menelik but he had ben warned by a
monk to change it, otherwise he would
suffer great misfortune. He should.
however. said the monk, call the son or
and the child so christened would one
day be the conqueror of all Ethiopia
and the greatest of her rulers since the
days of Menenk 1. son of Solomon. As
soon. therefore. as the grandson was
born he was named Menelik- The real
" curious thing about this story is that
it was certainly told and retailed by an
Italian traveller some years before Meme
Iik conquered Ethiopia and consoli-
dated his realm.-LOndOn News
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hand, and a daintily decorated parasol
makes a handsome gown look still
handsOmer, it gives a finish that at
tracts and with this she opened up
pearl gray parasol with orchids artis-
tically festooned about ito be carried
with a gray costume. The white para
sol with a huge bunch of violetSf tied
with the conventional cord TO the top
of the handle and so daintily painted on
the white background that one could al
most smell the perfume, was for the
bridesmaid in a violet wedding; the yell
low one with tea roses for the brunette
type of girl, while the white with the
black swallows flying across. for one in
mourning-an gave evidence of. Miss
Smiths versatile brain to keep in touch
with just what pleased her patrons. Her
patrons are. not all women either; many a
parasol is carried from her studio during
the holiday season by a bashful lover to
be presented as a Christmas remen-
brance to the girl of his choice.
Men are just as appreciative of a
little touch of art at their social affairs
as women are" continued Miss Smith.
lone loves to carry things home
The bouquet and boutonniere with
er. The remembrance of cake and ale
diminish after a stag dinner of good
souvenier-the menu card is a nail
upon which to hang ones pleasant
memories He enjoys tucking 1t into
his inside pocket, it may contain the
picture of girl looking out roguishly
from a mass of curls, a yacht skipping
over blue waters, or hunting scene"
Originality is one of the factors to
which Miss Smith owes her success-her
clientele is among the wealthy people of
the metropolis and during the social
season she is overwhelmed with COM
missions for favors and menu cards for
dinners, breakfasts. stag dinners,
smokers, debutantes' dinners, as well as
programmes for balls, musicales and
large club functions. Every favor that
leaves her studio is a gem any one
one would be delighted to carry home
some favors costing as much as IS each
and from that the prices vary according
TO the design and material required.
Accompanying the portrait is shown
an order she had Just finished for a Ia
dies luncheon-dainty spangled empire
fans decorated with a design of pink
carna tions While the name of the guest
was lettered in gold on a small card and
tied to the fan. Programmes to be used
for an entertainment given by the Min
erva club-a literary organization IN
this city composed of ladies-attrac acte 1
my attention, and as we'll menus for a
midnight spread by a bachelor club. In
both the programme and menu the all
wise owl figured conspicuousIy in the
decorat ton. Owls in sepia hanging on
mista ken looking branches; owls with
peculiar 7 know it all expressions;
owls looking as if they ought to be in
bed and asleep instead of celebrating
and owls preterna turaHy wise.
Although the smaller work occupies
much of Miss Smiths time she has
many demands for her larger land
scapes and interiors which give broader
scope for her ability.
She has been represented at the art
exhibits of both the American artists
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.

Chicago restaurant and hotel strike
closes: arbitration agreement reached.
Premier De Sell announces in the
Hungarian diet that he resigns.
Former Lieut.. Gov. John A. Lee tells
grand jury he was offered SO 600 to re-
main out of 11fssouri for ten months
Prince Peter Karageorgevitc is elect
ed king of Servia by the provisional
government and is formally recognized
by Russia, Italy, and Austria.
The two Shamrocks, with the Erin
and the Cruiser, anchored in New York.
Reliance's toDmast wrecked by sudden
gust of wind.
- NJ. Kroushevan. notorious Kishenef
Jew batter and editor. who is blamed
for massac cres. stabbed by former jew
ish student.
A Ievee near Memphis gives way be-
fore the flood in the Mississippi and
big stream Dours through to the low
lands.
The hotel of Captain B. J. Even. at
Jackson, KY, is burned Even was the
chief witness against Jett and White
who were on trial charged with the as
sassination of J. B. Marcum.
John Redmondss amendment to the
Irish land bill abolishing the minimum
price at which landlords may sell is de-
feated in house of commons.
Postmaster General Payne discharged
superintendent Metcalf of the money or
der department, under charges of fraud
A NJ MdCne0s former Tree O6llNeIy
superintendent, accused of forging 1868
check.
Five hundred persons drowned and
property valued at 81 100000 destroyed
by flood which sweeps Heppner. Ore.
Chauncey Dewey, w. J. Mcbride and
Al Wilson are committed to Jail at
Goodland. Kan, without bail on charges
of murder in the first degree for the
killing of the Berry family.
Ambassador Clayton reports that
Mexico has deposited to his credit ST.
420, ,6S2, in full liquidation of the Plus
fund award.
Procession of Jewish workingmen is
attacked by police and Cossacks at
LODI, Russian Poland. and ten Jews are
killed and hundreds wounded
Hasty action indorsing joint execu-
tive boards selection of conciliato for
the three anthracite districts is prevent
ed by President Mitchell at special con-
vention at Scranton.
Retaliation threatened in British com
mons by Premier Balfour unless foreign
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quit tariff determinations

nations quit tariff determinations
against England.
Capt. Ammundsens magnetic north
pole expedition sailed from Christiania,
Norway; Will go to Bering strait and
seek to cross pole.
A sudden rise in the Rio Grande places
Albuquerque in danger of destructive
flood.
j. J. Frey. former general manager Of
Santa F'e, is fatally i'll at SedaIia, Mo
Six hundred freight handlers of the
St. Louis & San Francisco railway, the
Burlington and Rock Island systems
strike when demand for higher wages is
refused.
Jury disagrees in trial Of Curtis Jett
and Thomas White, charged with muir
der of J. B. Marcum at Jackson. Ky.
An Illinois Central passenger train
collides with a freight near Ra ymond,
Ia, and ten persons are killed
LOCAL SUMMARY
The Topeka Commercial club decides
to turn the relief work over to the City
Charities association
Lew Blackman. the Topeka contrac-
tor, takes French leave. He is pre-
sumed to be involved in financial diff
culties and in charge of perjury in a
bankruptcy case.
Governor Bailey goes to Kansas City
to confer about calling special legis-
lative session.
Directors of the Kansas Exposition
cyrus Leland presides at the meeting
of the Kansas Mutual Life policy hold
ers.
Liquor inquisition cases drawn by
County Attorney Nichols are weighed
and found wanting, in evidence. in the
district court.
Governor Bailey issues a call for a
special session Of the legislature
District Attorney J. S. Dean files an
applica ton for a fraud order to be Is
sued against the Standard Jewelry
company of Boston TO exclude it from
the use of the mails.
The Union Pacific railroad opens for
operation between Kansas City and To-
peka.
The tent village at the fair grounds is
christened Bailey City.
NJ A. Low is elected president of the
Kansas State Exposition association.
The Illinois Life Insurance company,
z, Chicago concern, is awarded the bus
mess of the old Kansas Mutual
Lake View club members turn out TO
clean up their fishing and hunting
grounds.
o. S Morrow assumes charge of the
distribution of relief for flood sufferers
at the City Charities association head
The city council decides that Topeka
will have to issue bonds for the pur-
pose of repairing the damages of the re-
cent foods
Of the twenty-nine inquisition liquor
cases brought by ex-County Attorney
Galen Nichols one finally results II
conviction
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

AS the urban population which must
be fed from the farms increases. the
tiI1ers of the soil become fewer in num-
ber and poorer in quality. Those who
remain to care for the crops have one
fault which the city dweller is quick
to notice The worker somehow does
not put the spirit into his tasks that
the eight-hour day man in town eN-
hibits. The city boy grows up in an
atmosphere of hustle. With his ability
to make every moment count the city
bred man may get out of a farm i'm
measurab bly, more than the average
rural resident. Agricultural schools
and a business instinct and training
are not bad substitutes for farm breed
ing: and it viii not be surprising II the
next few years witness an exodus OF
CITY bred workmen. filled with spirit
and speed. to the districts which pro-
duce the original matter for all the
breakfast foods.-BoOklover's Magazine
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

and academy of design. A part of her
education was obtained abroad where
she has Travelled extensively, spending
considerable time at the principal art
centers of Europe. Her last sketching
tour was through England, Scotland
Ireland, and among the Italian lakes
and the bay of Naples.
Like many other busy women in this
great city, Miss Smith considers New
York one of the best places in the
world in which to gain footing, pro-
viding one has ability and sticktoitive-
ness of purpose.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20
KANSAS ARTIST.
How an OskaIoosa Girl Succeed
ed in New York.
Miss Eva Smith, a Former X.
Z. Student.
DOES CLEVER THINGS.
Now Has a Studio at Carnegie
Hall.
She Owes Her Success to
Originality.
DOES CLEVER THINGS.

ew York, June 2o-one of the busiest
women artists in New York city. from
November until May is Miss Eva F.
Smith. She is an Oskaloosa, Kansas,
girl, a daughter of James E. Smith of
that place, and a former student of the
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

learning of the disastrous results of the
which will be divided among the flooded
districts of The state. A per capita
assessment of 81 among the Topeka
members has raised about $3.50, of
which part was put into the local
general relief funds
~ H. Wolf is in receipt of a check
for s125 from the general offices of the
WoOdmen of the World at Omaha He
is making an effort to have this contri-
button increased to $500.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20
LODGE NEWS.
WoOdman National Convention
Now On.
Kansas Delegations Are Treat
ed Alike.
A. r. TALBOT WINS.
Relief Work Among Lodges Is
Progressing.
All of Them Making Generous
Money Contributions.
/. r. TALBOT WINS.

Judging from press reports of the
Modem Woodman convention at In
diananolis thisweek indications are that
neither Of the two factions in the KAN
eas delegation came out with gaily fly
ing colors Each delegate was seated
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20

city Ticket once Onion PaciEa
Railroad. SIS Kansas avenue
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20
90 Day Seed Corn

Plenty for all-and no delay Hub
bard Seed House. $50 Kansas avenue.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-27

as we'll as Sundays. They did not d.
vorce the spiritual from the secular.
They did not have one kind of con-
science for one side of their lives and
another for another.
well, If we are to succeed as a ma
ton we must have the same spirit in
us. We must be absolutely practical,
OF course. and must face facts as they
are. The pioneer preachers of Meth
odism could not have held their own
for fortnight if they had not shown
an intense practically of spirit, If
they had not possessed the broadcast
and deepest sympathy for, and under
standing of, their fellow-men. But in
addition to the hard, practical CONF
mon sense needed by each of us in life,
we must have lift toward lofty things
or we shall be lost, individually, and
collectively as a nation. Life is not
easy, and least of all is it easy for
either the man or the nation that as
pires to do great deeds. In the CEN
fury opening the play of the infinitely
far-reaching forces and tendencies
which go to make up our social system
bids fair to be even fiercer in it's
activity than in the century which has
just closed. If during this century
the men of high and fine moral sense
show themselves weaklings; if they
possess only that clustered virtue
which shrinks shuddering from con-
tact with the raw facts of actual life;
if they dare not go down into the hur-
ly-burly where the men of might con-
tend for the mastery; if they stand
aside from the pressure and conflict
then as surely as the sun rises and
sets all of our great material progress,
all the multiplication of the physical
| agencies which tend for our comfort
and enjoyment, will go for naught and
our civilization will become a brutal
sham and mockery.
If we are to do as / believe we
shall and will do. if we are to advance
in broad humanity, in kindness, in
the spirit of brotherhood, exactly as
we advance in our conquest over the
hidden forces of nature, it must be by
developing strength in virtue and Vir-
tue in strength, by breeding and train
ing men who shall be both good and
strong, both gentle and valiant-men
who scorn wrongdoing and who at
the same time have both the courage
and the strength to strive nightly
for the right. Wesley said he did not
intend to leave all the good tunes to
the service of the devil. He accomp-
lished so much for mankind because
he also refused to leave the stronger
manlier qualities to be awaited of only
in the interest of evil. The church
he founded has throughout it's career
been a church for the poor as we'll as
for the rich and has known no distinc-
ton of persons. 1t has been a church
, whose members, if true to the teach
ings of its founder, have sought for
no greater privilege than to spend and
be spent in the interest of the higher
life, who have prided themselves, not
on Sinking rough duty, but on un-
dertaking it and carrying it to a sue
cessful conclusion.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-27
FOR NAVAL EXPENSES
Bill Carries an Item of 100000 for
Charleston.

Bill Carries an Item of 100000 for
Charleston.
Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Hale,
from the Committee on Naval Affairs,
to-day reported the naval appropria-
ton bill The entire House provision
relating to increase of the navy is
stricken out, and in it's stead provision
is made for four first-class battle
ships of the general type of the Ore
gon, and two first-class armored
cruisers of the type of the Brooklyn.
The battleships are to cost not ex-
ceeding S3,200,000 each, and the cruz
sers, $2,750,000. There is a provision
that not more than two of these YES
sells shall be built by one establish
ment. and for the building of any or
all of them in the government yards
in case of a combination to deprive the
government of the benefit of fair COM
petition.
Other items of increase are the fol-
lowing:
Work at Charleston Navy Yard,
100000; work at Norfolk Navy Yard,
$4,000; work at Pensacola, $120, 900.
The total net increase recommend
ed over the appropriation as the bill
passed the House is $1,937,S61, making
a grand total of SS1.277 ,2S1.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-27
OBITUARY.
r.. j. Calling. New York.

New York, Feb. 26-R. ]. Calling,
inventor of the Calling gun, died sud-
denly here to-day, at the home of his
son-inlaw, Hugh o. Pentecost.
At lis o'clock DIR. Calling returned
home from a typ down town on bust
ness at the offices of the Scientific
American. Being SO years old, and ac-
cUstomed to resting after any physical
effort, he told his daughter he would
lie down. Shortly afterwards he COM
nenced to breathe heavily and a ply
sician was called, and he administered
strychnine, but to no avail, and DR..
Calling died in his daughters arms q
few minutes afterwards.
DR.. Calling, besides the gun which
bears his name, invented a number of
agricultural implements and a gun
metal. Although he graduated from
Ohio Medical College, he never prac-
ticed medicine.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-27
BABY'S FUTURE
Something for Mothers
to Think About.
Lives Of Suffering and
Sorrow Averted
And Happiness and Prosperity
Assured by
CuticuraSOap, Ointment and Pills
When All Else Fails.

Every child born into the world with
an inherited or early developed ten
dency to distressing, disfiguring hu-
mours of the skin, scalp and blood, be-
comes an object Of the most tender So
licitude, not only because of its suffer-
ing, but because of the dreadful fear
that the disfiguration is to be lifelong
and mar its future happiness and pros
perity. Hence it becomes the duty Of
mothers of such afflicted children to ac-
quaint themselves with the best, the
purest and most effective treatment
available, viz, The Cuticura Treatment.
Warm baths with Cuticura Soap to
cleanse the skin and scalp Of crusts and
scales, gentle applications of Cuticura
Ointment, to allay itching, irritation
and inflammation, and soothe and heal,
ana mild doses Of Cuticura Resolveut
Pills, to cool the blood in the severer
cases, are all that can be desired for the
alienation of the suffering of skin tor
tured infants and children, and the COM
fort of worn-out parents.
Millions of women use Cuticura Soap,
assisted BY Cuticura Ointment. for pre-
serving, purifying and identifying the
skin, for cleansing the scalp Of crusts,
scales and dandruh, and the stopping
Of falling hair, for sOftening, whitening
and soothing red, rough and sore hands,
for baby Tasbes, feelings and chahngs,
IN the form Of washes for annoying
lFritatiODs and infammatlons, and for
many Raaatiye anfisepfie DuFDOeeg
which ~ ally suggest thsmsslyss
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-27

that the Senate of the United States.
or its appropriate committee. compel
the first presidency and the quorum
of the twelve apostles and the said
Reed Snoot TO produce such secret
record for the consideration Of the Sem
ate. Your protestant says that he is
advised by counsel that it is inexpedient
at this time to give further particu-
lars concerning such plural marriage
and its results, or the place in which
II was solemnized or the maiden name
of the plural wife"
Mr.. Leilich also asserts that "Presi-
dent Joseph Smith of the Mormon
Church is living in open polygamy and
has had a child born to him by his
plural wife as late as 1898"
And also that President Lorenzo
Snow lived and died in the practice of
polygamy and polygamous cohabitation,
and that his plural wife, Minnie Jen-
sen Snow, bore him a child as late as
the winter of 1861"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-27
ROOSEVELT SPOKE
TO METHODISTS
Presidents Address Was on Wesley and the Pioneers
of Methodism.
of Methodism.

narrow to those whose training and
surroundings had saved them from
similar temptations; and they have
been criticised. as all men, whether
missionaries, soldiers, explorers or
frontier settlers are criticised when
they go forth to do the rough work
that must inevitably be done by those
who act as the first harbingers, the
first heralds, of civilization in the
worlds dark places.
1T is easy for those who stay at
home in comfort, who never have to
see humanity in the raw, or to strive
against the dreadful naked forces which
appear clothed, hidden, and subdued
in civilized life-it is easy for such to
criticise the men who, in rough fash
ion, and amid grim surroundings, make
ready the way for the higher life that
is to come afterwards; but let us all
remember that the interrupted and the
effortless should be cautious in passing
too heavy judgment upon their brethren
who may show hardness, who may be
guilty of shortcomings, but who never
theless do the great deeds by which
mankind advances. These pioneers OF
Methodism, had the strong, militant
virtues which go to the accomplish
ment of such great deeds. Now and
then they betrayed the shortcomings
natural to men of their type; but their
shortcomings seem small indeed when
we place beside them the magnitude
of the work they achieved.
And now, friends, in celebrat ting the
wonderful growth of Methodism, In
rejoincing at the good it has done TO
the country and to mankind, l need
hardly ask a. body like this to remem-
Der that the greatness of the fathers
becomes to the children a shameful
thing if they use it only as an excuse
for inaction instead of as a spur to
effort for noble aims. 1 speak to you
not only as Methodists-I speak to you
as American citizens. The pioneer days
are over. We now all of us form parts
of great civilized nation, with a COM
pick industrial and social life and in
finite possibilities both for good and
for evil. The instruments with which,
and the surroundings in which, we
work, have changed immeasurabIy
from what they were in the days when
the rough backwoods preachers minist-
cred to the moral and spiritual needs
of their rough backwoods congrega-
tions. But if we are to succeed the
spirit in which we do our work must
be the same as the spirit in which
they did theirs. These men drove for
ward, and fought their way upward
to success, because their sense of duty
was in their hearts, in the very mar
row of their bones. 1t was not with
them something to be considered as a
mere adjunct to their theology, stand
| ing separate and apart from their daily
| life. They had it with them week days