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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-09
Attamnt to ROB Contt Honse.

Scotland S. d.. Oct. 9-Robbers entered
the court horse last night at Olivet, but
were surprised before they succeeded NJ
opening the safe One was captured and
says he is from Sioux City and that three
men were concerned in the robbery. One
of those who escaped was wounded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-09
To Prison for Life.

saltwater, Okla. Oct. 9.-Ivory
Rogers. the boy who confessed to the
murder of Mary Prokaska, 13-year-old
girl, near here last week, pleaded guilty
in court and was sentenced to prison for
life
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-02-26
Protection for All.

The American Free-Trade league
has recently held meeting in Bos-
ton and again adopted resolutions de-
manding that the duties on certain
articles, among them beef, be re-
moved. This Is the usual routine of
the Free-Trade league, which is al
ways demanding the removal Of duties
from articles which are not produced
by the people Of their own vicinity
The Free-Trade league is largely COM
posed Of New England people, and it
is a notable fact that they are always
ready to demand the removal of duties
on articles produced in some other
section of the country, and entirely
overlook the shoe pegs and wooden
nutmegs and other articles produced
by the manufacturers Of New England,
There is only one thing to the credit
Of these free-trades-they do not at
tempt to masquerade as tariff re
formers"
To be consistent, the members of
this free-trade association should de.
mand the repeal Or abolition of all
protective duties and take in the man
ufactures of New England as well as
the raw materials of the West. If the
duty Is to be abolished on the cattle
that come in competition with the
products Of the Western ranges 1t
should be abolished on the boots and
shoes manufactured In New England
from their hides. II the free-traders
and Performers" Of New England
would have free wool for their manu-
features, they should also demand that
the duty be taken from manufactured
wooden goods, and that the cheap Ger
man and English and French fabrics
be allowed to come in and compete
with their own manufacturers. =
Helena (Mont) Record.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-02-26

means for trimming the protectivs,s
tariff. He does not believe that theri
Republican party will consent to the
trimming Of Its magnificent protective
system, even II undertaken under any
such fair-sounding word as reciprocity
but he sees in the rising tide In the
Northwest something which must be
driven back and fought out by the Re-
publican party. Closely in line with
his views is the resolution recently
adopted at the annual meeting of The
American Protective Tariff League"
Senator Burton looks the situation
squarely in the face and sees 1t as 1t
Is. This time the issue Is not be.
tween parties, 1t Is inside Of the Re-
publican party. 1t is not Democrats,
but Republicans which have to be
fought A singular condition, truly.
What brought it about? Too much
prosperity, coupled with chasing after
foreign trade. Incidentally there was,
we believe, something heard about
Solemn obligations" national honor"
relief" etc., but those are things Of
the past. They were bogus, any
how, and did not last long. But the
fight inside the Republican party is
not bogus. 1t is the real thing.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-02-26
|1(JfI0|}|
|OF IHElY1
crusoe's Comment,

What Is this Mr.. Crusoe? In.
quired the newly arrived shade. well,
| declare, but am glad to see you'll"
Thank you," smiled the shade Of
Crusoe. Perhaps you could give me
some news of the world you have left.
You know once acquired the habit Of
wondering what was going on, and
never have got over it."
"Oh, there's nothing particularly
new" answered the newcomer, lex.
cept that a ship captain reports that
your old island Is overrun with lob.
sters."
"Ah!' muttered Crusoe. "And 80
they have begun running excursions
to my old familiar haunts at last
Judge.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-02-26
REPEAL OF COAL DUTIES.
How the Matter Is Regarded on the
Pacific Coast.

Pacific Coast.
The attack upon the coal duties Is
clamorous and concerted. The tempo
rary coal famine in various parts Of
the country has been seized upon by
the so-called tariff reformers, dis
guised free-traders, as affording an ex-
cellent opportunity to make a breach
in the wall of protection by bringing
about the removal of duty which Is
not in the interests of any one save
the coal producers and coal miners of
the state Of Washington. The coal
duty is matter Of indifference to coal
operators in the East. Their ad-
vantages are such they will always
remain unaffected by any foreign COM
petition. With US it is different. The
duty on coal is the sustaining prop
to an industry which directly affords
support to 5000 men in this state, and
industry to probably as many more.
We have here to meet a competition
such as no other protected industry of
the United States has to encounter
The vessels which come to the Pacific
coast from Great Britain or Australia
bring coal in lieu Of ballast. and the
freight charge upon such coal is mere
ly nominal. The lowering Of the duty
to 40 cents, under the Wilson German
law, resulted in nearly doubling the
amount Of British and Australian coal
which entered the markets of the Pa
cifc. Every ton of this foreign coal,
so entering, displaced ton of Wash
ington coal. and to that extent de-
prived Washington miners Of employ
ment No industry in the United \
States suffered SO severely from the
lowering of Gulies under the Demo- Z
cratic tariff bill as lid the coal mining
industry of Washington, and yet the
Democratic tariff bill still left duty
of a. cents upon imported coal.
Now it is proposed to take off every
cent Of this protection; to wipe the
profit Of foreign shipowners and at the
expense of the people Of Washington.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-02-26
No Need Of Shouting.

Shut the door," beloved the irate
merchant. Where were you brough.
up, sir-in a sawmill?"
well, I'm not sure as to that" re-
piled the young drummer in honeyed
accents, pressing both hands to his
ears, "but Of one thing can assure
you, my dear sir, and that is that | was
not brought up in a boiler factory"
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-02-26
Fine Political Economy.

In an address before the inter-
national Customs Congress Secretary
Show expressed a sound and import
ant truth when he said
There Is no greater blessing to any
people than a high-priced labor. The
commercial Importance Of a country rs
measured by the consumptive capacity
of its people, and annual income 10
the test Of consumptive Capacity, and
annual income Is determined by the
standard Of wages"
An excellent doctrine admirably
stated, For more than five years the
United States has continuously ex-
hibited the tremendous volume Of high
priced labor fully employed. It Is to
keep labor prices high and provide
the maximum Of employment that our
present economic system Is intended.
When the republic does It's own work
there will always be an abundance Of
work and at high prices. Result: Pros
perity for everybody.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-02-26
A Fiuht Inside the Party.

In the Washington correspondence
Of the New York Evening Post 1t is
stated that,
Senator Burton (Rep, Kan.) looks
for a bitter struggle within the ranks
Of the Republican party between pro.
lection and reciprocity as he states
IT. He says that the old idea Of
reciprocity was an exchange Of non
competitive products, but that the
present idea Is to use reciprocity as a
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-02-26
Fair Warninu,

The voice at the telephone was a
roar.
Hello, CENTRAL"
Hello" replied the soft voice.
"Give me Main 99,999 And, say,
central, he's the agent of this fiat I'm
living in. I'm going to ask him what's
the reason we don't get any steam
heat. Please take your ear away from
the phone while am talking to him."
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-02-26
NOW ANOTHER SCARE.
ONE ALARM 10 SUCCEEDED by
ANOTHER.
Ten Years Ago We Were Frightened
by coxey's Army Of Tramps; To-day
We Are Worrying Because the
Country 10 Too Prosperous.

The Des Moines Capital, a Repub-
lican newspaper that Is edited with
marked ability and forcefulness, has
performed public service of value in
printing review and contrast of the
conditions prevailing from 1893 to
1897 Under Cleveland and tariff re-
fern, and from 1897 to 1903, under
Republican rule and tariff protection.
The picture is wildly drawn and the
contrasts effectively brought out. Aft
er reciting with much detail the hor-
rors Of the panic period, beginning
ten years ago, promptly upon the cleo
ton of a free-trade administration and
congress, and pausing long enough to
describe with much dramatic force
the terrible march of Coxey's tramps,
the story comes down to the present
period of unparalleled prosperity,
when all labor is proftably employed
at the highest wage rate ever known,
and when the accumulation Of wealth
among all classes, poor as well as rich,
Is going forward at a rate hitherto
unrecorded in the worlds history.
Right at this point comes the moral
of the tale, and striking moral 1t is.
From great depression we have
changed to great buoyancy, from great
poverty to great riches, from great
want to great abundance. All this has
happened and it Is with us to-day
That which alarmed and terrified us
from '9S to 81 alarms us no more.
But a new alarm has risen. As the
Capital well says:
"The alarm of poverty which some
people thought endangered the repub-
lie was out Of the way scarcely three |
years until the alarm of riches came
into view.
And now we are where people have
again lost their heads. There are
those who look out Of the upper win
dows and once more look upon the
tragedy which they think will end this
free republic. Sensation mongers on
the stump and in congress have
caught the popular ear and are in the
center of the stage, They are playing
to packed houses, in fact, to standing
room only. The demagogue is shak-
Ing his name"
True 1t is, singuarly, sadly, shame
fully true, that under the spell Of the
sensation mongers in congress and on
the stump, in governors chairs and
editorial sanctums, in the columns OF
newspapers professedly conducted in
the interests Of prosperity and peace,
The alarm has changed We are no
onger afraid Of poverty. That danger
has been removed, at least for a time.
We are now afraid Of being too rich!
So we are told that to guard against
his new peril we must rip up things,
ear them wide open, upset our laws
ind systems that have brought us
rom the abyss of want and suffering
Up to the very pinnacle of plenty and
That is the situation to-
lay, and In no part Of the country Is
he condition more marked than in
he state in which the Des Moines
capital is printed and circulated.
Surely 1t was time to tell this story,
line to point this moral, time to call
Jack to their senses this great Ameri.
an people who are now listening too
ntently to what the demagogues and
ensation mongers are shouting. Time
call halt, time to have some
ense!
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-02-26

whats the trouble, my boy''
querled the minister Of young mem
Der Of my flock. "You look sad"
"And feel sad" replied the young
man. u asked Miss Silverton to be
my wife and she declined the honor"
That's too bad" said the parson.
"But It's in accord with the Scriptures
which say, 'Ye asked and received not,
because ye asked amiss. y"
well, what would you advise me to
do?" Queried the youth.
Next time ask widow" replied
the good man with suspicious
twinkle in his eye.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-02-26

NEW COMPANY For CASA company
Of capitalists from Neodesha, Chanutt
and Independence has secured leases
on $4,000 acres Of land near Mulvant
and has shipped two complete drilling
outfits from Chanute to Mulvane, ant
the work Of placing them and begin
ming operations will 30 forward a
once.
WAS FROM KANSAS. Mrs. d. s
Slower, wife Of ex.Liout. Gov Slower
of Kansas, died Of paralysis at Albu
querque on the 18th. The Stovers
have lived there 20 years,
OIL NEAR WAMEao. was struck
at a depth Of $50 feet and was forced
mp through 300 feet Of water Until
the well is cased and the water pumped
out the flow cannot be ascertained,
The parties interested have leases on
thousands Of acres Nostock is offered
for sale as yet.
OVER NEW COURT House. The trou'
BILE in Neosho county over the erection
Of o new court house has reached the
legislature. Erie asks legislation but
Senator Carpenter, Of Chanute, is OPP.
posing 1t.
HAYS BRAcINa UP.--Now that Hays
City is normal town the City council
gave notice driving all Of the bad wo.
men out the town; closed all the saloons
and only one Of three drug stores has
a liquor permit, and have spoilers
watching for bootleggers and court ad-
journed one month to give the county
attorney a chance to catch any viola.
tors. The school this year has been q
complete success,
MAIL BY AuToMoBILE.--The mail Is
now being carried between Smith Cen
| ter and Gaylord,
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-02-26
He Knew Her.

Mrs. Powers-Thomas, If you were
to live your life all over again, and IL
it came to the matter of choosing a
wife, do you think you would choose
me?"
Mr.. Powers (submissively) -There's
no doubt about it, Maria, provided you
wanted me.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-02-26

The house has passed the measure changing
the system Of handling state taxes. The bill
provides that all state taxes collected shall re-
main in the county treasures to be drawn out
in monthly installments in amounts estimated
by the state treasurer sufficient to meet the
demands upon the state treasury for the
month. 1t is expected that the senate will en-
dorse this bill.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-02-26
Whv DeIav7

Gerald--I'm going to kiss you when
the clock strikes nine.
Geraldlne-Wouldn't that be fool.
ish; the clock sometimes runs down.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-02-26
snoiled. but Not by Her,

He (chuckling over a JOB OF tea
kettle mending)-Maria, believe
there was good mechanic spoiled
when went into the shipping bust
ness.
His wlfe-I don't know about that,
but you spoiled a good bachelor when
you got married. Stray Stories,
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-02-26
4ytiD DAY.

The senate Is the first to pass congressional
reapportionment bill. There Is little prospect
of Its being passed by the house. u,
The senate has passed the fish warden bill
creating state fish hatchery and providing
for stockingit. The warden is to receive $500
q year salary,
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-02-26
KANSAS COMMENT.

STANLEY CONFIRMED. Ext Governor
Stanley is confirmed for member Of the
Indian commission. Tams Bixby is
made chairman Of that commission.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-25
An Easy One to Answer.

Representatives Brownlow and Glib
son are the only Republicans in Con.
gress from Tennessee. To relieve
their loneliness they indulge in good
deal of good-natured banter. Brown
low took great care In selecting
persns In his district to stand civil
service examinations for positions,
and as luck would have 1t not a
single one failed toattain the requir-
ed grade. Gibson was not SO lucky,
and not a single man from his dis
trict passed the examinations.
How is this, Brownlow?" asked
Gibson. GAN your men have passed
the examinations, while ! can't get a
single one through in my district"
"Oh, that's easy replied Brown.
low. "If there was n single man In
your district capable of passing a civil
service examination you wouldn't be
In Congress"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-25

To sneeze or not to'sneeze? That is
the question. Then we sneeze and 1t
changes to an exclamation. Everyone
is doing It. Headache, bones ache,
coughs, colds and the pestilence of grip
is upon the face of the land. In
Brooklyn Hills the worthy burgher
sneezes an early curfew from his front
porch and the sound is mistaken for
blasting in the tunnel. And when the
shades of night draw down. he sneezes
across the field to his neighbor; Come
over this evening; we're having little
snack before going to bed. Got some
hot mustard and quinine, and some
thing in bottle" Then far into the
night the rich. .mellifluous sneeze chorus
rises from that house. This is a hard
blow to the warnings of the doctors
who assert that grip is a serious mat
ter, and not to be sneezed at.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-25
A SURE ENOUGH AMERICAN.
Repaired the Church Roof But II All
Came Back

The following story is told of an
American who visited an old Eng.
lish church and struck up a converse.
tion with the rector. The two went
up to the roof for the sake of the view
and the rector pointed out how badly
In need of repair were the leads (:
going on to talk in a hopeless way of
the poverty of the parish.
The American rubbed his chin and
then offered to put on a new roof at
his own expense. The delighted rec.
tor closed with the offer. The Ameri.
can was as good as his word, and
when on the completion of the WORK
the rector thanked him effusively, he
quietly confessed to having made q
very respectable profit out of his
charitable" work.
The rector asked for an explana.
tion and then the American informed
him that there is certain amount
Of silver in lead. which was now ex.
tracted, but in old times 1t was left
because its presence in the lead was
not suspected. The quantity of the
silver in the lead on the church roof
was sufficient to pay all expenses and
to give the American a tangible profit.
-Pearson's Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-25
Nor. Abou. wIreIe.. r.Iephony.

The principles at the base Of wire
less telephoning are we'll known. II
Is sufficient to recall that II the varia-
tions Of current produced by tele-
phonic transmitter are suitably trans
mitted to direct current feeding
an arc lamp the words pro-
nounced into the transmitter
are heard as II they originated
in the arc. This phenomenon is due
to changes in the volume Of the arc
consequent upon changes of tempera-
ture caused by the variations of the
density of the current. The changes
OF temperature of the arc also cause
changes in the emission of light from
1t, and these latter changes are utilized
in tho transmission of wireless tele-
phonic messages. The fluctuations in
the emission of the light are very rapid
and cannot be seen by the eye MIR.
Ruhmer has lately sent such messages
over a distance of more than four miles
by day and by night. TN the day
time the appartus must be screened
from the direct rays of the sun, nat
urally). To direct the beam Mr.. Ruh-
mer uses 12-inch parabolic mirror.
The arc lamp employed requires to
smperes of current for distance of l
to kilometres, to 10 amperes for 8
to kilometres, ~ to 16 amperes for
to kilometres. The receiver con-
sists of n parabolic mirror like the
transmitter. in whose optical axis there
is a cylindrical selenium element in
series with two telephones and bat
terry. The selenium varies in resist
ance under the action of the varying
light The luminous beam from the
transmitter determines these varia-
tions of resistance corresponding to the
microphonic currents of tho transmit
ter. Similar variations are produced
in the receiver and the spoken sounds
are thus reproduced. The process
here described was tried by Dr. Graham
Bell in Washington, who was not sue
cessful over such long distance.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-25
Not Complete.

The brother of one of the Secretar.
les of the Turkish Legation at Wash.
ington recently paid a visit for the
first time to this country, and on his
arrival al New York was met by sew,
eral of his former countrymen, the
latter pro-Americans, and very anx,
ious to exploit the greatness of the
metropolis. After directing his at.
tention, among other things, to the
great buildings in course of construc.
tion, the excavations, and the other
far reaching improvements under
way, one of them turned to the new
conner and asked:
well. what do you think of New
York;"
81 think" said the otner, 1T will
be a very nice place when It is I'm.
lshed."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-25
THE MEN AND WOMEN
Who Enjoy the Choicest Products
of the Worlds Commerce.
knowledge of what La Rest More Inn
portant Than Wealth with
out Ii.

1t must be apparent to every one that
qualities OF the highest order are neces-
sary TO enable the best OF the products OF
modern commerce to attain permanently
TO universal acceptance. However loudly
heralded. they may not hope for worldwide
prominence unless they meet with the
general approval, not Of individuals only,
but OF the many who have the happy
faculty OF selecting. enjoying and learn
ing the real worth OF the choicest prod
ucts. Their commentator. consequently,
becomes important to others. since to
meet the requirements OF the well In
formed OF all countries the method OF
manufacture must be of the most per-
feet order and the combination the most
excellent OF its kind The above is true
not OF food products only, but is espe-
cially applicable TO medicinal agents and
after nearly quarter of a century OF
growth and general use the excellent
remedy Syrup OF Figs, is everywhere
accepted, throughout the world. as the
best of family laxatives. Its quality Is
due not only TO the excellence OF the
combination OF the laxative and carmin-
ative principles of plants known to act
most beneficially on the system and pre-
scented in the form of a pleasant and re-
freshing liquid, but also TO the method
of manufacture Of the California Fig
syrup Co., winch ensures that unuormi-
ty ana purity essential in remedy in
tended for family use. Ask any physi-
clan who is well informed and he will
answer at once that It is an excellent
laxative. II at ali eminent in his pro-
fession and has made special study OF
iaxatives ard their effects upon the sys-
TEN he will tell YOU that 1t is the best
of family laxatives, because It Is sim
pie and wholesome and cleanses and
sweetens the system effectually. when
laxative Is needed. without any un-
pleasant a1ter-effocts Every well-in-
formed druggist of reputable standing
knows that Syrup OF Figs is an excel
tent laxative and is glad to sell It, at
the regular price OF fifty cents per bot
ale, because 1t gives general satisfac-
tion. but ono should remember that in
order to get the beneficial effects OF
Syrup Of Figs 1t is necessary to buy the
genuine which is sold In original pack
ages only; the name of the remedy
Syrup OF Figs and also the full name of
the Company-California Fig Syrup Co.
s-printed on the front Of every package.