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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-06
LAYHAWRER lots

Chicken thieves have become a pubic
pest in Jewell county.
The first baseball game of the season
was at Plainville last week
Mankato claims to have the youngest
and loudest auctioneer in Kansas.
A Mankato bee tree contained three
squirrels and a 'posSum when felled.
One Weusvine cattleman is feeding
his stock on chatf. He should be a
great 1oIlier.
AR and Mrs. Henry Crane of Jewell
county, received a visit from their old
friend. the stork, this week.
Lebanon followers of Mrs. Nation will
give The Little Brown jug" as light
opera. They hope for a fun house
Some of the Goats sinners complain
because of the pastors taking up post
office lobby room Sunday mornings
A Newton chicken fancier is doing
good deal of cackling over shipping
couple of settings of eggs to Old Mex
leo.
A Graham county COW committed sui
eide by breaking her neck, says the Re
corder. This is considered a certain
method.
The major portion of the diet of Leav-
euworth convicts for the next quarter
will be 1000 dozen of eggs and 400 bush
els OF onions.
A NIankato man has shipped a carload
OF eggs to Boston AS they go by
lfelgnl they are probably intended Tor
Christmas egg-nogs.
On Washington's birthday a MePher-
son hen started setting on IS eggs. This
week she led forth her little brood. Only
one egg proved stubborn.
An Abilene woman who seeks divorce
and alimony further alleges: HE has Of
my property one Washtub, three fiat
irons and five year old child"
A chicken ranch near La Harpe viii
harbor 1900 hens and the egg OUTPUT IS
expected to average 1900 daily. The
neighbors viii be invited for Easter.
Three Angora goats were shipped from
Lawrence TO California this week. A
dozen -hashed M" tin cans were con-
sidered sufficient food for the journey
An Ottawa woman who unthoughted-
ly wore her kitchen apron to church.
has promised if forgiven never to do 81
again. And yet she might have done
worse
Just for an advance April fool joke a
Dighton landlord placed nicely cleaned
potato sprouts on the table labeled eel
cry. The boarfiers ate eagerly and now
he fears TO josh them lest he be mob
bed.
IN tit for tat police court case an
Emporia woman was fined IS for beat
ing her husband and the husband SO
for beating the wife. The husband VIII
pay the Sl3 costs which he considers un-
lucky
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industrious. and respectable people. was not
the original idea
Did anyone ever hear Of girl having
her picture taken with a frying pan in her
hand2
Whenever theatrical people talk about
working. there is a sort of smile you
can't keep back
when L roast people it often occurs to
me what good one could give myself
Drake Watson.
Half the discomfort in the world is
caused by people negIectlng their business
TO lie about each other.
Shamrock III is going to be so slim that
If one of her sailors puts chew or to-
hacco il his mouth the boat viii turn
over.
1t makes no difference how Independent
a man is. there are times when he wants
some one to .P0or-Iittle-lamb" him.
From what we know about people, the
first few weeks the Departed spend IN
heaven are devoted to roaring to old
friends about the way their obituaries
were written.
1t IS said that in the east women are dy-
ing because of exhaustion in society a
woman lOafer who oVerWOrks herself IN
society is no great loss to the world.
The secrets girls tell. after getting sol
enn promises that they will be kept. are
such innocent little things that if printed
on bHlboaFds, no one would read them
An Atchison man today had occasion to
call up men IN Kansas City, I4eaRenW q
and St. Louis, by telephone, and all of
them had the grip. The Atehison man
also had it
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

The Topeka friends of Mrs. Sanders.
wife of N. D. Sanders, formerly assist
ant state auditor. viii be grieved to hear
of her death at Arkansas City, March 5,
from complications resulting from the
grip. She was a young woman of lively
character, always cheerful and happy,
and made friends wherever she went.
She was a fine musician. and her talent
was continual pleasure to her family,
and to all her associates. The many
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Sanders deeply
sympathize with the bereayed husband
and their little daughter Clara The
funeral viii take place on Saturday
from her fathers home in Girard. Kan.
Mrs Adelia c. Hand, wife of ]. S.
Hand, of 507 West Eighth street. and
mother of Talmadge s. Hand of New
York, Bessie Hand and Erie Hand Of
Topeka, died yesterday afternoon at
her home. The funeral viii be held at
the residence at , O'Clock Saturday ar
ternoon. Friends of the family are in
vited to attend The remains will be
taken to California Mo. for interment
Mrs Laura Hamilton. eolored. died
Wednesday night at 1 o'clock at her
home at 1910 Lincoln street. The funeral
will be held at the Church of the As
sumption at o'clock Saturday morn
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STRIKE ORDERED
By Executive Board of Bridge
and Iron Workers.


Philadelphia. March 6.-A general strike
against the American Bridge company
has been called by the executive board
of the International Association OF
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers.
This order includes all construction
work in the hands of the company
throughout the United States and Can
ada and involves the men in all sec
tons When the order was received by
House, Smith and Bridges union No. 8.
of this city, strikes were called on all
contracts where the American Bridge
company iron was used in construction
as the erecting contracts We're in the
hands of general contractors who pur-
chased the iron from the American
Bridge company
Frank Buchanan, general president Of
the International union. and another
member of the executive board came to
this city As the result of a conference
between representatives of several con-
tractors and the business agents of the
local union the men were ordered back
to work today on the operations in this
city not being erected by the American
Bridge company.
The American Bridge company is
said to have large construction con
tracts at many points. It is stated here
that in New York 1900 men are idle
while Pittsburg, Albany, Buffalo and
St. Louis are said TO be seriously af-
feeted.
The union has taken steps to prevent
if possible the sub-Ietting of construc-
ton contracts.
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Campaign for Mayor Reaches
the Record Stage.
Mr.. BergundthaI Has the Adj
vantage of Comparison.
MANY MEETINGS HELD.
In Some of Them It Is Neces-
sary to Have COuntersIgn.'
Law and Order Forces in Need
of Carriages.

During the past ten years r. A.
Lewis has paid 1892 taxes into the
county treasury. During the same time
W. s. Bergundthal has paid s1,0s9.7s.
This rather remarkable state Of af-
fairs, as disclosed by the county rec
ords, is submitted IN evidence by the
friends Of Mr. Bergundtha1 to estab-
lish Mr.. Bergundthal's claim to the
support Of the taxpayers and business
men of Topeka who want a man in the
office Of mayor whose personal as well
as whose public interests will be con-
served by a business like administra-
ton of the affairs of the city.
Mr.. Bergundthal will get a larger
vote of the business men of the city
than could be polled by any other law
and order candidate. He is known to
be one of the best business men in
town. and he has built himself up to
his present substantial business basis
from a beginning as clerk.
1t is claimed that there is nothing
in the records to show that either Mr..
Lewis or Mr.. Bergundthal carries prop
erty in the name of his wife. The only
explanation for the peculiar exemption
from tax which has charae terized Mr.
Lewis for the past ten years is either
AAAetA lit oWAAS property WHICH has AtcNSA
been recorded on the county records,
or that the records do not show how
much he does own.
In 1892. Mr.. Lewis paid 1912 personal
property tax, and $50.56 real estate tax.
The next year he did not pay any tax
at all. He is said to have sold the
house on which he paid S30.56 tax But
the question IS whatbeeananof the money.
or Of the personal property he had in
1892
Fog the years 1898. 1894. 1895. 1885,
1897 1898 and 1899. Mr.. Lewis did not
pay anything. according to the records,
into the county treasury as taxes. For
the past three years he has had small
personal property tax.
Mr. Bergundthal has a very large
personal property tax. of which nearly
all is paid on a half interest in a Ium-
Der yard at Silver Lake, which Mr.
Bergundthal owns. The personal tax
on household goods is about So.
The following is a complete statement
of the tax paid by Mr.. Lewis and Mr..
Bergundthal during the past ten years
as shown by the county records:
LEWIS.
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BERGUNDTHAL.
ssaS 80 71O.s3 6


DIDN'T HAVE COUNTERSIGN.
There was a Lewis meeting on West
Railroad street in North Topeka last
night. 1t was for the faithful. man
who is supposed TO be for Bergundthal
went to the meeting. He was challenged
at the door.
man at the door
= Don't know anything about a coun-
tersign,.' said the candidate for adnlis-
@Then you can't get in" was the re-
The Bergundtha1 man says they seem
ed to be having a mighty jolly time at
the melting.
Another meeting of similar nature is
to be held among the Russians TINS
evening Meetings of this sort are what
are commonly known as ''keg parties.
TENNESSE ETOWN SITUATION.
The way things are going IN Tepnes-
seetown does not suit the law and or
DEF. people at ALL A prominent law and
order worker admitted today that the
great majority of the colOred people out
there have been lined up Tor Lewis.
JTusually this precinct is one of the
strongest law and order precincts IN
There will be a big struggle for the
control of the polls in this precinct.
There may be trouble. It is likely that
four or five hundred people win be pres
ent to organize the polls, as there IS
great excitement.
Tuesday evening there is to be big
law and order rally at Jordan's hall, III
Tennesseetown. The speakers viii be j.
w. Cleed, A A Raub, Geo B. Turpin,
Rev NJ T. Hook. H. I. Monroe, and
Clarence Long. Another meeting viii
probably be held out there Saturday
night The law and order people arc
making considerable effort to swing
their old supporters back into line.
NOT ENOUGH CARRIAGES.
The coup of the Lewis people in hiring
75 carriages for the election leaves the
law and order committee in bad TX
1t needs SO more carriages for election
day. and needs them badly. The COM
mittee wants private citizens to donate
their rigs for the day, and it is necess
sary that the rigs be donated if the votu
is brought out as it should be. Those
who can help the committee in its di1li~
Guilty should notify r ". Page. secre.
tary. ct TIE cid court house.
BEREUN DTHAIl MEETINGS
i The following BergundthaI meetings
+ have been announced.
4 Tonight at the new I-oWInan Hill
school house, corner Of Eleventh and
f Morris avenue. in the second precinct Of
the Sixth ward.
Tonight at the home of W. G. Tandy.
1872 Buchanan street, first precinct OF
the Fifth werd
/ Saturday afternoon at 3 p. m, meet.
ing for women at Euclid avenue NJ T..
I church
Saturday night. law and order com
4 rnittee conference. for all the ward and
precinct workers, old court house head
quarters.
Monday evening. at United Presbyter-
/ ian church. Eighth and Topeka avenue,
Fourth ward meeting. 7. T. Carver
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The Senatorial oonaoianoe-

Nebraska State Journal:
The senators at Washington explain
that While there was no law that they
could unearth that gave ex-Queen Lii
of Hawaii right to the crown lands
as her personal property or TO compen-
sation for them or the loss of her in
come from them since the republic UNI
seated her and took over the public
property, yet their consciences, some
how urged upon them that she ought
TO have something and they judged that
$500 Geo would be about right and so
they put it into the appropriation bill
The explanation is a little dubious but
perhaps the people viii let it go. as it
is certainly not a good plan to discour-
age whatever conscience a senator has
been able to preserve after the big fight
he had to get his place.
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r.. q. Dun & Co. report tO30 CONNER
cial failures during February, with liza
bllties OF Sl0,9O7454, compared with H.
lO4 i'm the corresponding month of 1902
when the amount involved was S11. 500
o2s. and 1,O24 in 1901 with liabilities OF
$ll,2sI2lL While the aggregate makes
a very favorable comparison with the
Two previous years, the classified state
ment indicates even greater improve
ment in the two chief commercial class
es- Thus, in manufacturing there we're
go failures for S3,S67 951, compared with
231 involving s4,915,ol5 last year and 212
failures for S4,30S,741 two years ago. So
as to trading failures 734 with liabilities
of S4,5S2,70 compare with 500 defaults
involving sA737.491 in 1902 and ISL fail
ures for S4.144S78 in February. 1901. III
was only i'm the third division, embrace
ing brokers. transporters other than
railways, and similar failures. that the
statement last month was less satisfac-
tory than last year Even here the
number was the same, &C, but as to la
bihties, s2,456.799 compared with oniv
81 $40. 523, although in 1901 the amount
involved was 81 443, 597 In banking ana
other strictly financial lines the record
was much more satisfactory than that
of January. failures Tor s11g2. gos
comparing with 10 involving s2.45s a5t
while in February, 1902. there were but
three failures with liabilities of orr
sl45.0oo. AS usual a few very large fall
ures provided about a third of the de-
faulted liabilities, and subtractfns these
IA the net result is exceptionally salts
factory the average amount Of indebt
edness to each remaining failure being
only sl154 which is considerably less
than in either of the two years Immedi-
ately preceding. The average in manu-
- featuring is reduced to 81. 2S7 against
Sl3601 last year, and in trading to s5171
compared with s5,514 in February, 1902.
and s5sS71 two years ago.
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E. w. BEMIS HERE.
Cincinnati Expert Will Testify in
Dollar Gas Case.

E. W. Benis, formerly professor at
the Kansas State Agricultural college.
and now located at Cincinnati, is in
Topeka to testify in the dollar gas
case. Mr.. Bemis has national repu-
tation as a gas and waterworks ex-
port.
1t is not likely, however, that Mr.
Bemis will testify this week as the
time is now being taken up by r. D.
Johnson, a gas expert whom the city
has had working on the case for some
time. Mr.. johnson was on the stand
all day today. and will probably not
finish his testimony until the hearing
adiOurns
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HE HAD A CLAIM.
A Crazy swede Who Tried to See the
President

Washington March GA Swede who
gave his name as Z. Berg of Providence
r.. T.. tried for an hour today to see the
president. He was urged by the White
House attaches to reduce his communi-
cation to writing. This he endeayored
10 90 but failed One of the secret ser
vice officers interviewed him and found
him possessed of Authorizations. Berg
said that several years 60 he had in
formed the United States government
that the Spaniards intended to blow up
one of its battleships and wanted the
president to see to it that he received
100000 for his reward. Berg was per-
suaded to return to Providence and
there place his claim in the hands of a
lawyer.
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NO MORE MARTIN CHAPEL.
It Will Be Renamed Euclid Avenu.
FL E. Church.

Next Sunday the Martin chapel. in
Dennis & Martins addition. viii be re-
named and rededicated. It viii in the
future be known as the Euclid Avenue
Methodist church.
Under the pastorate of the Rev. T. NJ.
Jackson there has been a large addition
to the church constructed, the interior
of the main auditorium has been re-
modelled and there has been a new fur
mace installed. All these improvements
are paid for, except a small debt on the
furnace.
The services of rededication will be
held at II a. m, and the sermon viii be
preached by Rev. NJ E. Gill, of Bur
Iingame.
The money for making the improve
ments to the church has been raised
mostly by the women who have laboreo
industriously. and have had their efforts
rewarded
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LOCAL MENTION.

The Gamma Sigma Literary society
out at Washburn. has purchased new
piano for their society room.
Saturday night the Alethean Literary
society, composed Of the young women
Of Washburn college, will hold an open
meeting at the Washburn chapel.
w S. BergundthaI is working 50 hard
in his campaign now that it is doubtful
whether he can stand the physical
strain. He was obliged to cut out some
Of his dates last night because Of shees
exhaustion.
ira n. Terrill. the convict who has
been making such a strong effort to Sc
cure his release from the state peniten
tiary. has filed a petition IN the United
states court asl-insS fer his release on
writ of habeas corpus, and d new hear
ing of the charge upon which he was
convicted and sent to the 1enttentiary
from Oklahoma. Terrin pleaded his own
case recently before the state supreme
court and asks that he be granted the
same right before the United States
eo-srs.
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Glass Situation Demoralized.

Philadelphia, March 6.-The Public
Ledger today says. Never in the his
tory of the window glass industry i&s
this country. it is said have manufac-
turers and Jobbers been confronted with
such a serious situation as at present
If the plans of a number of leading pro
ducers to close down their factories tenn
porarily are successful, it is said higher
prices are assured. while if it fails it Is
predicted here that the most ruinOus
price war which has ever been inaugu-
rated will be a certainty
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Earthonake III oermanv.

Berlin, March 6-Earthquake shocks
have been felt for two days in the dis
trict of Noi9tland, Saxony, in the
Erzgebiere mountains. Yesterdays
shocks were slight but those of today
were violent. The inhabitants Of Graz
htz, left their houses and passed into
the streets. Trenaors were felt as far as
Pieun. Bichenbach and Zewickau
Houses at Inter Sachensenburg and AT
Asch shook for several seconds. There
WAS great excitement throughout the
affected district.
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KEEP AT WORK.
Advice of Brotherhoods to the
Wabash Employees.

St Louis, March 6-The officers of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and
brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen are
preparing a statement to their members
which will be given out for publication,
giving short statement of the case as
it now stands and advising them to con-
tinue loyal to the railroad company and
their ganizatious and pay no particu-
lar attention to the statements or
threats Of any person or to any rumors
which may be put in circulation.
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REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR

LFrom the New York Press.l
Most people borrow trouble; Mormona
marry ii.
The divorce court is the clearing house
of matrimonial gambling.
There is nothing SO exasperating as never
to get a chance to fee from temptation.
No matter how late a man goes home at
night he ought to have too much consid-
Grafton for his wife to argue with her
about what time it is
When a man gets the grip he can drink
a quart of whisky to cure it, but all a
woman can do IS to cry because blowing
her nose males It red.
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CABINET MEETING.
Little Business Transacted at .he
Session.

Washington. March 6.-Secretary
Hay and Attorney General Knox did
not attend the cabinet meeting today
While the session lasted one hour and
half it is understood that little bust
ness of serious Importance was under
considerable len
Both Secretary Moody and Postmaster
General Payne, who will leave early next
week for an extended trip to the West In
dies had a few departmental matters to
clear up before their departure but they
said nothing Of importance Mas deeided.
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Funaral al aan. Foatnr-

Indianapolis. Ind. March General
Robert Sanford Foster was buried at
Crown Hill today, with military honors.
The body lay in state at the capitol for
two hours, and was viewed by several
pail bearers We're General Lew Wallace
Admiral George Brown and General
George z. McGinnis. During the hours
Of the funeral All the public Offices were
closed and many business houses also
closed.
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o'Neill Appointed Inspector.

1t was announced today that Mr.
Thomas O'NeiI1 has been appointed
general boiler inspector of the Rock
Island railroad. Mr. O'Neill will have
charge sof all the stationary boiler in
spectors over the entire road and will
have his headquarters in Chicago. His
appointment was effective March 1.
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IFrom the Atchison G1obel
Some men are so slow they could never
catch the smallpox.
Some people always look the same.
whether going 70 funeral or wed
dinS-
Freedom of speech. as illustrated by a
loafer standing on the Streets lying about
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Members of the executive board of the
international Steel and Copper Plate
Printers union called on the president
yesterday to urge the appointment of
David H. Mercer. the retiring repre-
sentative from Nebraska, as director of
the census in the event of the resigna-
ton Of Director Merriman. Now watch
Editor RoseWater throw a 1T.
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To points in Montana. Idaho. Washing
ton. oregon. and British Columbia,
in effect daily from February
10 to april 80. via Chicago Great West
ern railway. For full particulars apply
to G. w Lincoln. T. P. A.. Kansas City.
Missouri.
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wae-ener &C. q 60.

The minority today attacked Bale
Waggener with a cane and presented it
to him 1t was a s35 gold-headed cane
and the minority did good job of it.
Representative Keith of Montgomery
made The presentation speeeh.
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The Hays Have Gone to Georgia.

Mrs Hay have gone to Townsville. Ga,
for few days visit and Assistant Sec
rotary Loolnis has gone to his Ohio
home for a short visit. Mr.. Adee, second
assistant secretary. is acting secretary.
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The fact that all the currency reform
bills, by which it was intended TO pro-
vide for a distribution of the public
money failed, may lead to a reduction
OF taxation by the next congress lit
may finally dawn on the lawmakers
that it would be as well to allow the
money to remain with the people as to
collect it and then have so much trouble
ia restoring it to circulation.
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Detroit News: Had the president con
suited the congressional directory, he
would have learned the folly Of calling
an extra session before 1907. when Ser
ator Morgan's term expires.
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The Mama

BLACK Diamond Express has become
with those who travel synonym for
comfort and elegance. The train RlIns
between Buffalo and New York via the
Lehigh Valley railroad.
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The welfare Of the city depends as
largely upon good schools and plenty
of them as it does upon the selection Of
the right man for mayor. therefore don't
forget the school bonds