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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-12-12
Officers Roughly Handled by Wives Of
Italian Strikers.

Eleven women, wives of striking
coal miners, attacked Marshal Milt
Hightower and George Waybright,
when they were tearing down some
shanties on the Victor Fuel company's
properties in the Italian quarter of
the town of Hastings, Colo, Monday.
Marie Vanelli struck Hightower on
the head with butchers cleaver,
nearly severing one of his ears.
Other women gave Waybright Sc.
we're beating. The women were ar.
rested and taken to Trinidad for
trial.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-12-12
STARVED AMID RICHES,
Mlser Worth $4,000 Dies Rather
Than Buy Food.

Possessed of $4,000, all in money,
Eugene Crofutt, 62 years old resi-
dent Of Huntington Conn, is dead
from starvation. The old man had
been failing for several years from
not eating sufficient food, and a month
ago after fainting fit his condition
became serious. The town people
tried to send him to hospital, but
he refused all aid.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-12-12

at the Arlington hotel Washington,
December 16. A thousand invitations
will be issued and all of the women
of the cabinet will assist in receiving
the guests. The president and Mrs.
Roosevelt will attend the reception
and all of the diplomatic and higher
officials. Miss Shaw has decided lit.
erary tastes and has already written
several short poems Of considerable
merit.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-12-12
Rose Here.

small sailing vessel was driven on
the rocks near her home, and the high
seas prevented the launching of a
boat to rescue the imperiled seamen.
With a line around her waist Rose
Hese swan out to the vessel, and on
this line the sailors. six in number.
and their rescuer, we're safely con-
Veyed to land. A national subscription
is being taken up to reward the brave
woman
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-12-12
WILLIAM SPRINGER DEAD.
Distinguished Democratic Statesman
Succumbs to Pneumonia.

Former Representative William M.
Springer of Illinois, Democratic
leader conspicuous in the house of
representatives during the Forty
fourth to Fifty-third congresses, In
elusive, and once chairman of the
ways and means committee of the
house, died at his residence in Wash
ington, d. c., Friday, aged Ga years.
His death was due to pneumonia con.
tracted in Chicago Thanksgiving day.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-12-12
GERMAN PRINCESS IN SCANDAL.
Wife Of Frederick OF Schonberg.Wai
denburu Leaves Her Husband

II is reported Princess Alice, wife
of Prince Frederick of Schonberg.
Waldenburg. has eoped with her
coachman. The elopemeut, according
to the story, took place two weeks ago.
and the police have thus far been Nn-
able to trace the couple.
Princess Alice is the youngest
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-12-12
sHAW's DAUGHTER A WRITER.
Young Poetess viii Soon Be Present.
ed to Washington Society.

Miss Enid Shaw, daughter of the
secretary of the treasury, will be pre-
sented to society at large reception
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-12-12
THE FRENCH GRACE DARLING.
Woman in Humble Station Has Proved
Herself Heroine.

Rose Here, an Ushant fisherwoman.
recently stirred all France by an al
most unprecedented deed of heroism.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-10
The Divorce Record.

san Francisco Bulletin.
The latest official figures show that
there are in the United States 114.O00 di-
Vorced women, against S4 600 divorced
men. The greater number of divorced
women is accounted for on the ground
that larger proportion of divorced men
marry a second time than of divorced
women 1t is assumed that the greater
ability of the divorced husband to earn
money enables him to marry a second
time The woman ia most cases has to
await the coming of a man who is at
once agreeable and able to support
family While there are instances OF
wives who seek divorce in the hope of
improving their financial condition by
TAR the larger part Of wives will cling
to their homes, If home is not all they
had hoped for. The mothers attach
ment to her children is admittedly
stronger than the fathers and for this
reason, if for no other she only applies
for divorce when release from marriage
vows is forced upon her Ask an UNI
happy wife why she does not apply for
divorce. and her eyes win turn invol-
UNFAIRLY to her children. There are in
stances Of husbands who have given
their wives abundant cause for divorce
who still love their children. The wife
in such cases is generally sacrificed to
the mother. The divorce record also
shows that in Utah, where until recently
plural marriages were the rule. the pro-
portion of divorced women is less than
in states where the law allows the man
but one wife This fact cannot be adj
vanced as an argument in support OF
polygamy. but it may throw some light
upon one of the causes Of divorce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-10
WORDS OF COMMENDATION
From Rev. William Wilkinson, Who
Spent Several Days Here.

To the Editor of the State Journal:
Before / leave your city I think it
right to say few things to your peo-
pie. If you viii please let me
The flood has brought to clear view
the many heroic qualities which at al
times are in the masses of the people.
a day spent yesterday. in the midst of
those who had lost so much was a rev
elation in two ways. One way. of your
business men who gave personal help in
unpleasant work. This had a touch Of
the Divine in it. The other way was
seen in the way women who had been
in houses, upstairs, from Saturday to
Tuesday. surrounded by a raging
stream four feet deep, We're at work
with CHEEKY viii to mend broken for
tunes. NO word of complaint, but stern
resolve to make the best Of what must
be endured.
1 saw boys who had been a night in
the rain, on the top of a house hard
at work Such scenes are an honor and
q glory to your state and our nation
have seen three great disasters and
have read the service for the burial of
the dead, over 1856 bodies in ten days, in
1894. in our great forest fires in Mime
sofa. saw ard took part IN the New
Richmond cyclone disaster in Wiscon-
sin. But ! have not seen any people
who deserve more praise than your To-
peka people do. You viii get, l am Ger
tain substantial help. when Americans
know your needs.
your COMMERCIAL club is an honor.
The Santa Fe Railroad company has
made this city its debtor by pumping
water for you.
The women. leaders in all good works.
will not be rewarded here, but if the
recording angel has not a large bank
account to their credit, q new book
keeper would be an Improvement in the
glory land. The Master Christ will not
forget the service of these ladies to his
sorrowing children.
The Rock Island railway deserves
praise for quick effective work in pre-
pairing for traffic. Your water com
pany may well go to school to your
railways.
Some losses can not be restored. Mrs.
Grafstrohm, whose husband lost his life
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fore, due to the increase in population
and the variety of forms in which
wheat products now enter in the daily
food supply Of the nation, while the de-
mand from abroad will certainly be
much greater than ever before This IS
due largely to the unfavorable crop
conditions ia other wheat raising cOun-
tries. The drouth in Australia has
aNocted the crop so disastrousiy that
Great Britain viii have to look else
where for the liberal supply Of wheat
and flour she has usually received from
that country. Russias CROP. according
to the most reliable reports obtainable.
viii fan many millions of bushels short
of the output Of last year and reduce
her exports accordingly. Argentina. for
some years a formidable rival Of the
American wheat grover in European
markets. reports a shortage that viii
compel European consumers to look
elsewhere for their supplies. Germany.
which was a big buyer Of American
wheat last year win be compelled to in
crease its purchases of that cereal on
this side of the Atlantic this year. Her
acreage and crop conditions are very
unsatisfactory, and the United states
is the only country to which she can
look to supply the deficiency. Her off,
Gals may talk of legislation shutting
American wheat from German markets.
b1t her needs viii be the best assur-
ance against such enactments. France
win not be more than able to care for
her own wants in the cereal line.
These conditions seem to fully war
rant the prediction that dollar wheat
is not an unreasonable expectation for
the American farmer. Conditions which
promise-tO give the world. with the eX-
cepdcn OF the United States. a short
wheat crop also similarly affect the beef
supply and furnish assurance that the
great necessaries of life. bread and
meat. will continue to command profit
able prices for another year at least.
The American farmer is coming into
bis oMa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-10
WORK ON THE BRIDGE.
New Approach Has Now Been Ac-
lively Commenced.

Under the direction of City Engineer
McCabe work has been commenced up
on the new approach that is to be con-
structed at the north end of the AIelAn
bridge. Shovellers are levelling the
earth that remains as a remnant of thu
old approach. The new approach VIII
be built in direction diagonal to the
line of the street. and viii extend from
the Melan bridge to the west side of
North Kansas avenue, directly in front
of the Fensky house. There are two
purposes in building in this direction.
When the plans for replacing the old
approach with a permanent approach
are completed the temporary structure
will be as little in the way Is possible.
Also the remains of the old street car
approach, with the earth that has filed
in upon it, offer an excellent foundation
for the erection of the temporary struc-
ture. !.
A pile driver is being hauled Tito po-
sition at the end of the Aelan bridge
and as soon as it can be located piling
for the new approach viii be driven.
The main body Of the approach viii Be
a little below the level of North Kansas
avenue, but will be more nearly on an
equal height than is the present make
shift. It is not improbable that the
present pontoon will be allowed to re-
main in order to serve as a foot bridge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-10
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Bv-the-Hour Girls.

A1eriden Journal:
Boston is trying to solve the servant
girl problem and has hit upon plan
that seems to promise we'll Whether
1T would be as likely to succeed in Il
city Of the size OF Meriden we have our
doubts. But we are fast aDDrOachlns
a condition where almost any old plan
viii be given a trial The Boston eN-
pertinent puts the servant on the same
basis as any other employe. The
Woman's Educa tiOnal association Will
open house iu the Back Bay on Au~
gust ] where young girls viii be
trained ii various household dutiee.
after which they viii be hired out by
the hour to hcusehoiders. The house
VIII be conducted by a responsible COM
pany. T. mis- company viii guarantee
chat the servants are competent and re-
liable. The matter of wages viii be
easily acjusted, for it will be determ-
ined by length CT service Under this
arrangement any hCuSekeeper desirinA
help has only to. apply to the house by
telephone or otherwise and can engags
q servant for two, FIVE or ten hours ans,
Z " she desires one.
In the Boston Globes opinion. the new
plan VIII offer better arrangements of
Z hours of work and leisure, so that when
the day is done the girls can go home
ike business women It viii broaden
their social life. viii provide for promo
tiens and stimulate ambition. House,
keeping does not necessarily require
that the servant should be lodged or
boarded in TIE house more than in the
case Of painters or plum bers. Where
they have good accommodations near
by they can work by the hour and feel
more independent when the days WORK
is done and the number of hours OF
I service rai1 Cor
This system would certainly be very
convenient for those housewives who
require only occasional service For
the woman WHO does her own work
but who INDUCES now and then in 4
sick headache, an institution like the
one described above would be a god.
scnd-proVided of course. that there
happened to be girls available al the
time most needed. One drawb9 cli
would be that a new girl" would be
a very frequent occurrence. In Meri~
den at any rate the first few days of 0.
new girls residence in a household are
devoted to learning her way around the
kitchen and discovering what is expect
ed of her Perhaps the by-the-hour
girls by experience would learn to
accustom themselves quickly to new
surroundings. On the whole. trying to
speak conscrvatively and not too rash
Isl we should say that the by-the-hour
girl might prove better than no girl.
We shall watch with interest the sue
cess of the idea as developed a the
Hub.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-10
CHANCE FOR DOLLAR WHEAT

From the Washington Post-l
While there is a suspicion that the
Society Of Equity. recently organized ut
indianapolis for the purpose Of urging
farmers to hold their wheat for high
prices is simply plan 60 collect money
from farmers for membership in the or
Eanfzation. there are many indications
TINT the farmer may realize dollar a
bushel for his wheat before the end of
the present year. or very early in next.
omcials of the department Of agricul-
ture have been securing data concera-
ing the probable wheat crop of the ma
lion for the coming season. and the de-
mands that viii be made upon it at
home and from abroad While the De
partment viii not make any prediction
as to trend of prices Tor the great staple
cereal its experts admit that the as
sured demand viii bring the crop of
1903 to the market at record breaking
prices.
1T is too early to make anything like
an accurate estimate of the wheat pro-
duction for the coming harvest. but
every Indication points to a bumper
CROP ia an Of the wheat producing
states. Under ordinary conditions this
would presage lower prices for wheat
and it's products but conditions this
year are FAR from ordinary. The home
demand win be greater than ever be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-10
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
LFrom the Chicago NeWs.l

LF'rom the Chicago NeWs.l
To pay compliments is much easier
than to pay debts.
To have what YOU want is wealth; to
do without is power.
In order TO win success a man must
first fan in love with his work.
The world has no time for a visionary
man-untl after he gets there.
All men are anxious for fame, but
some will accept money as substi-
tute.
Education is a good thing. provided it
does not unfit a man for honest labor.
It isn't always safe to bump up
against a train of thought when it's il
motion
When a meek man marries a siren
uous woman he soon discovers that he
is outclassed.
A good many things are more or less
adulterated. but most political speeches
are pure bosh.
Think twice before extracting the
mighty dollar from your pocket to in
vest in a get-rich-quiclS proposition.
When you finally get next to the fact
that you don't know much, stop talking
and give others a chance to put you
wise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-10
LIFE ON A GAME OF CARDS.
How Muleteers Amused Themselves
During the Trips to South Africa.

They have been speaking of expert
ences during the trips made to South
Africa while the war was going on. and
the curious way in which muleteers Of
ten amused themselves.
That reminds me of the heaviest
wager I ever made said one of the
group and when 1 tell you that my
life was upon a game Of cards you VIII
understand Just how 1 felt for while
at least. We had all become little
sick of our bargain aKd had that wild,
desperate sort of feeling which will i'm
pei a man to join a suicide club or do
something equally as foolish, so when
it was suggested that we enter into
game of cards and stake our lives on
the result we thought we would try the
thing once just for luck.
I'VE agreed to play a series of games
to run through three days, and at ths
end of the third day the man furthest
behind was to be counted the loser and
dumped overheard. The terms were
agreed to without a whimper The
p1ay wing began promptly and progressed
without hitch. At the end of the
third day we began to count up. 1t was
period of great anxiety for all Of us,
for no man knew just how he stood IN
the game. You can bet l felt cold
about the spine.
FINALLY the result was announced. A
skinny, pale-faced cadaver was the un-
lucky man and [ was a close second.
The loser accepted the announcement
with COlnpOSuI6. w ( DIT OIiCC Set dOCAt
to carry out the terms of the agree
ment Without much ceremony We
simply dumped the man overheard " e
turned our faces from the scene rs
quickly as possible, for We did not care
to see our late comrade struggling in the
water and did not want to hear his
cries for help
After a slight pause the narrator went
on. I'VE went on to South Africa. We
tried to forget the little incident but to
save my soul / could not keep from
thinking of the poor fellow we had
thrown into the sea. Here is where the
strange part Of the tale comes in. When
on my way back somehow knew when
we got to the place where we had dump
ed our friend into the sea. The moon
was up. and the water was shimmering
as brightly as if it had been surfaced
with molten silver. Almost in the shad-
ow of the ship I saw on the crest of
wave the calm. contented face of my
friend, serene in its resignation, infinite
in its placidity, as it rose and fell with
the swish and swash of the tide. But
the ship kept on and we soon passed out
of sight"
The crowd yawned.
Losing the game and being dumped
into the sea was not so bad" said the
lean lanx member. but honestly I lost
my temper when you refused to pick me
up on your trip back, for I had to stay
in the water week longer before the
next ship came along.
And the veracity club adjourned with
/ out date.-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-10
M,cLINTOCK CHOSEN.
Succeeds DR.. Mcvicar as Trustee Of
Washburn.

At the annual meeting of the board Of
trustees of Washburn college held We'd
nesday DR.. j. c. McClintock was elected
trustee in place of the late DR.. Peter Nc
Vicar.
Il had been arranged to give the medical
department a representative on the board,
but as the faculty of the medical depart
ment had made no recommendation for
inentIy identified with the department. was
elected He will fill Or. McVicar's term.
which expires next June. There was 4
general discussion with President Plass Of
the financial prospects Of the school. Il
is the plan within the next year to add
$4,000 10 the endowment fund of the in
stitution. 1t is realized that a large in
crease in endowment is necessary to meet
the responsibilities which the addition of
the medical dental fine arts and law de-
partment have produced. DR.. Plass be-
neves that the necessary endowment can
be secured
The work of the executive committee in
adding the new departments. and employ
ing men to take charge of them was ap-
proved.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-10
GLOBE SIGHTS.



Flirting in public gives ehls a bad rep
utatinu
Don't opcn set IF account b1cISs whey
you do EinJness for anybody
Ever sec a eddine notice in d news
paper that satisfied the bride or hel
mothcr2
A man can learn anything excepting o
laugh at what the other fellows lavgl.
at.
A self-windins srapaonh,rc might have
an Atchison woman besteds put there ism L
any such thing.
Every man Who cats tt7 nuea frequent
ly runs across this maxim. short RAJ
tOas. long life"
Etiquette ought to prevent shoe dealer
from looking down at peoples feet, bat it
doesn't seem ta.
Church people say a good deal about
goodness counting for more than good
looks but it is worth mentioning that
they select the prettiest girls TO wait on
the table at church social
An Atchison woman hasn't taken a bath
for week: she is afraid that at the no
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-10

in trying to save others. will ever have
sad but not unpleasant, memories in
that her husband as chief mechanical
engineer of the Santa Fe road had a
boat made to save his fellow men from
death and in using it to rescue others
lost his life. Such men are the glory
Of their times and an example to heroic
souls in all times of danger. May their
tribe increase
Kansas is a great state. Topeka is
q city with a future and the flood will
be an Inspiration for years to come be-
cause of the deeds done in it. Words
pass as wind, but where great deeds
were done a power abides transfused
from sire to son. The flood has shown
how much religious people have in COM
mon and how much the religion of love
and help is understood and practiced
by the common people of all names.
WILLIAM WILKINSON,
Minneapolis, Mimi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-10
M'KEEYER RETURNS.
Represented Government in Signing
Hutchinson Deeds.

Ed McKeever. assistant United States
district attorney for Kansas returned to
Topeka today from Hutchinson, Kan,
where he went to represent the govern
rnent in signing the deeds and comDlet-
ing a deal whereby the government ac-
ouires five town lots on which new
postoffice and court house building is
to be erected
Hutchinson people are greatly elated
at the prospect of a new postoffice
building. The plans for the building are
being prepared in the architects depart
nent at Washington. The purchase
price of the i've lots for the site of the
new building was $1,000.
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ment she is ready for the tub. cyclone
will swooo down and carry the walls Of
her house away
There is only one person in the world
who will dare tell an Atchison woman
that a book she is writing is pure rot. and
he lives hundreds of miles away. He IS a
publisher by trade
Il intend to get an alarm clock to 90
to bed by Last night / called on neigh
Dor. and as he didn't protest, / talked TOO
long AS a result, [ went to bed hfteen
minutes after my usual hour, and tossed
all night. Church White
An Atchison man will marry so soon al
ter his first wife's death the second VIE
viii have to put on mourning She VIII
be member of the family within the
period Of mourning and can't get out OF
il vii hOnf innronrictY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-10
Shovel Rrigade Renorta.

A party composed of A. E. Jones. B.
F. Grant. G. W w Yates, J. F. Nc
Manus. ". L Miller. o. A. Keene and
Arthur Capper went to the home of
Mrs. Miller an old lady 81 years old,
at 923 Van Buren, street, North Topeka,
and cleaned out a foot of mud on tie
lower floors. 1t was near this place that
Mr.. Capper got stalled in the mud and
had to retreat He had on good dress
shoes, which he said were all right
whenever he was on the inside. The
mud was as bad in the house as out
These men all worked with a will and
by p. m. had the carpets on the lower
floors out in the sun.
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MUST HE TESTIFY.
That Is the Question Concerning r. I.
Lee.

A habeas corpus proceeding was
brought in the district court at noon
to get r. l. Lee out of the clutches Of
Sheriff Lucas.
Mr. Lee was notified to appear before
Justice of the Peace NcClintock and
give his deSosition in a case. Mr. Lee
refused to obey the order of the justice
of the peace and an attachment was is
sued for him. While the attachment
was in force Frank Foster secured his
body by means of the habeas corpus
The habeas corpus case will be heard in
the district court Saturday, when the
question of whether Mr.. Lee can be
compelled to give his deposition will
be decided. The case is one brought
by a man named J. W. Belts, in Texas.
against Mr.. Lee