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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-17
RUSSIA'S CENTRAL SYSTEM
The Forces That Are at Work in the
Cars Empire

The Russian central administrative
system is embodied in four councils
the councils of the empire, made up of
the ministers and a considerable body
(now ninety three) of members appoint
ed by the car, having a purely consul
tative and advisory function with ref
erence to measures proposed by the min
istry; the senate, a judicial and execu-
tive body, which comprises the high
courts of the empire, its members being
of high rank, and the six sections into
which it is divided being presided over
by jurists who are the personal repre-
sentatives of the ear; the holy synod,
made up of the metropolitans, archbish-
ops and certain bishops, and having
jurisdiction in religious affairs, and the
committee of ministers, which comprises
the actual heads of different adminis-
trative departments, thirteen in number,
together with some other functionaries.
These councils, with the organization
of which they are the head, form a large,
strong and inevitably influential official
class, within which there is room for a
decided difference of opinion upon ques-
lions of public policy. AS matter of
fact, this official class is the most pow
erful political force in Russia, and one
that reaches out into the hundred prov
inces in each of which the local gov
eminent is a political center in close
connection with st. Petersburg.
Besides this there is a considerable
body of educated. intelligent Russians
ions cannot be repressed, even by adj
ministrative process. How effective a
a force this educated public opinion may
be in guiding the course of the czar
perhaps he alone can tell, but in this
age that force is one that cannot be ne
elected There is then a certain kind of
party life possible, even in Russia; not
at all such as we know in constitution
al and parliamentary countries, but
something that is not to be neglected
as a political force in relation to the
car.
But there is another serious limitation
upon the power of the car to accom-
plish even his most beneficent and en-
lightened will. He has for an instru
ment not a progressive and enlightened
people, trained in acknowledgment.
The great mass of the Russian people,
as result of the climate and physiogra-
ply of their country and of the course
of their history. are a dull peasantry
who have not yet learned to bear them
selves as men. 1t is this inert mass that
constitutes the great internal problem
of Russia. holds the country In check
and deceives many calculations that are
based upon the brilliant diplomacy and
craftsmanship of the men who serve the
car as counselors.-The Chautauquan.
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GOLF AT CHICAGO.
Western Association Have an All
DAVIS Tournament.

Chicago. Aug. 17-Teams representing
the Oxford and Cambridge Golffng soci-
ETY. and the Western Golf associat ton
began their international golf match on
the links of the Chicago Golf club at
Wheaton today. A series of five four
ball matches was scheduled for this
morning and in the afternoon teams will
compete in single matches. The COM
plete pairings for the morning are:
T. Mansfield Hunter and Norman +.
Hunter, Oxford, vs. H. Chandler Egen
and Walter e. Eagan, Exmoor, G. A. r.
Bromston and H. w. BeVeridge, Oxford,
VS.. George A. Ormiston, Potsburg and
Stuart Stickney, st. Louis; C. D. Barne,
Oxford, and d. E. Ranston, Cambridge,
VS.. Louis James and John NJ Sellers,
Glen View; H. G, Bells, Oxford, and P.
w. Leathart, Cambridge, VS.. Roswell f.
Mundy, Riverside and Bruce and d.
Smith, Onwentzia; Captain John l..
Lowe, Cambridge and c. H. Allison, VS..
B. Frank Cummings, Exmoor and w. 7.
Osborn, Glen View.
Afternoon:
Norman F. Hunter VS.. H Chandler
Egan; H. G. Bells VS.. Walter z. Egan;
j. A. T. Bramstone VS.. George Armis-
ton; John L. Low VS.. Stepart Stickney;
G. D. Barne vs. Roswell f. Mundy; D.
]. Ransom VS.. Bruce Smith: H. w.
Beveridge VS.. John NJ. Sellers: c. H.
Allison VS.. B. Frank Cummings; c. n.
Day VS.. w. I. Osborn.
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VALUABLE BROOCH STOLEN.
Contained Diamonds Well Known to
Jewellers

New York. Aug. 17.-Mystery sur
rounds the theft of a diamond brooch
so valuable that the stones comDosing
it are well known to jewelers. and col
lectors of this country and Europe, says
the Herald Its owner is a member of
a noted and wealthy New York family,
and it was from her home in this city
that the ornament disappeared.
Details are withheld and detectives
engaged upon the case have been in
structed to oroceed with unusual
secrecy, but it is said the thieves are
known to have fled and there is little
hone of effecting their capture, while
there is a possibility of recovering the
Jewels. which may have been pur-
chased by an INSCRIPTIONS dealer in
the hope of making large profits after
the search had become lax. Authori-
ties of principal European centers also
are at work on the case.
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SEVEN ARE DEAD.
Another Death From Wounds
Inflicted by Maniac Twigg.

Winfield, Kas., Aug. 17-One more of
the men shot by Twigg, the maniac,
Thursday night has passed away He
was Elmer Farnsworth, who had been
in business here for twenty years. He
was one of the first to fall. The total
number of dead. including Twigg. the
murder, is seven. The recovery of Otis
Carter, William Moore, Clyde Reed,
Charles Thomas and Everitt Ridgeway
is doubtful. About twenty-eight others
are suffering with arm, leg, shoulder
and scalp wounds, and are recovering.
Coroner Cooper held an inquest over
the bodies of Bowman and Billiter and
over the body of Twigg. Twigg has not
yet been buried. Five funerals have al
ready been held and another one is set
for today. 1'
Business is practically at standstin.
The stores are open, but shopping inter
ests are apparently lacking.
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POPE GIVES $50, 900
For Distribution Among the People
of Rome.

Rome, Aug. 1.-THE pope has given
$4,000 for distribution among the people
of Rome.
The pontiff seems to have quite recOv-
cred his health, as he is giving more
audiences than before he suffered from
his recent fainting fit although the heat
is still suffocating. This morning among
others, the pope received Prince Chigi,
marshal of the conclave and questioned
him regarding the discharge of his du-
ties as marshal. The prince said it
would be better for him to be inside the
conclave precincts, instead of outside, as
there were many efforts to establish
communication with those inside and
they could be more effectually checked
if the marshal were inside. The pontin
afterwards received Prince Orsini. as
sistant at the papal throne. The pope
greeted him, saying he would be glad if
the prince would retain his office which
he had resigned before the death of Leo
XIII and expressed the hope that he
would not again resign It. In reply
Prince Orsini gave the pope to under
stand that his resignation had nothing
to do with the duties of his office, but
was rendered on account of his dissat-
isfaction with the conduct of certain
matters under the late pope.
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Notes and Personal Mention.

Mrs. Eugene S. Quinton leaves to-
night for Palmer Lake, Colorado, to
visit her sister. Mrs. Thomas Kelley
Mr.. Horace Hall and his son, Louis
left Sunday for st. Paul and Minnesota
lake resorts.
Mrs. Herbert Armstrong is visiting
her parents. General and Mrs. ]. N.
Roberts. in Lawrence.
Mrs. Charles Barnes and her son
Charles and Mr.. William Barnes leave
this week for a visit to relatives in
Coshocton and West Bedford, Ohio. Mr..
Charles Barnes will join them later.
Mrs. Albert M. Patten and Mrs.
Frank Scott Davis left Sunday night
for Colorado Springs and Denver for a
few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Green will go to
Excelsior Springs Tuesday for week
and from here to Wisconsin for a visit
to relatives.
Mrs. Colburn has returned from a
visit to her sister. Mrs. Robert T. Her
rick in Kansas City. Mr.. Harold Col
burn is expected home Tuesdady from
Oklahoma where he has been for several
weeks.
Miss Irma Doster will return to New
York in about two weeks to continue
her studies in violin with Leopold Lich-
tenberg and piano with Madame
Schleuter.
Mrs. George W. Clarke goes to Okla
homa City next week to join Mr.. CLARK
in a permanent residence.
a- Miss Jennie and Miss Amanda Find
lay are visiting Mrs Joseph Ralph Bur
ton in Abilene.
Mr.. ]. P. Davis has returned from a
visit to Excelsior Springs.
Miss Nina Thomas of New York viii
he the guest of Mrs. Earle c. Williams
while Mr. williams is in New YORK
where he goes the latter part OF the
week on a business trip
Miss Florence Welcome left today for
Chicago to remain permanently.
Miss Bertha and Miss Nettie Law
renee of Garden City who were guests OF
their brothers Mr.. Clyde Lawrence ana
Mr.. Walter Lawrence have returned
home.
Miss Rosa Furlet will return next
week from visit to Cottonwooo F4Ils.
Mrs. Charles Wolff and MISS dazei
Wolff are in Colorado Springs.
Mrs. J. F. Daniels goes to Bu1alo TO-
morrow for a few days.
Miss Ada Moss of st. Marys is the
guest of Mrs H. H. Mcclellan, HOS
Mrs. Lacey and Mr.. James Lacey
were in Kansas City Sunday.
Mr.. ]. w Going is in Chicago
Miss Edna Prescott has returned from
Colorado Springs, Omaha and Kansas
Miss Edith Dumont of Kansas city
will visit Miss Venice Whitney the lat
ter part of the week.
Mr.. George Stitt of Emporia was IN
town today.
derson of Kansas City are guests OF
Mrs. Thomas Durham on Taylor street.
Mrs. George w. Hart and her daugh-
ter Elizabeth have returned from a Visit
of two months in California. ~.
Mr.. Harry Van Norsstrand OF Chi
cago was in town Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. c. T. K. Prentice OF
Lawrence announce the engagement OF
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ABOUT COMPILATIONS
Food Makes Them Good or Bad.

Saturate the human body with strong
coffee and it will in time show in the
complexion of the coffee drinker.
This is caused by the action Of coffee
on the liver. thus throwing part of the
bile into the blood. Coffee compilations
are sallow and muddy and will stay that
way until coffee is given up entirely.
The sure way to recover rosy cheeks
and red lips is to quit coffee and drink
Postum Food Coffee which makes red
blood. Il had been for more than 20
years an inveterate coffee drinker and
it is absolutely true that I had so COM
pIetely saturated myself with this drug
that my complexion toward the last be-
came perfectly yellow and every nerve
and fibre in me was affected by the
drugs in coffee.
For days at a time had been COM
PEELED to keep to my bed on account of
nervous headache and stomach trouble
and medicines did not give me any re-
lief. I had never consulted a physician
in regard to my headaches and terrible
complexion and I only found out the
cause of them after I commenced the use
of Postum which became known to me
through Grapc-Nuts. We all liked the
food Grape-Nuts and it helped us so we
thought Postum must certainly have
merit and we concluded to try it. We
found it so delicious that we continued
the use altogether although never ex-
pected it to help my health.
After a few months my headaches
were all gone and my complexion had
cleared wonderfully. then I knew that
my troubles had been caused by coffee
and had been cured when l left off cof-
fee and drank Postum in its place"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
Postum will change the blood of any
coffee drinker and rosy cheeks and
health take the place OF a yellow skin
and disease.
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SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS.
Room for a Few More in Shawnee
County.

There is a shortage of teachers in
Shawnee county, and some of the coun-
try school boards have been unable to
secure teachers for the coming term.
In order to increase the availab BILE list
County superintendent Wright will
hold a special examination for those
who wish to secure certificates to teach
in Shawnee county at the court house,
August "a and %. 4 few years ago as
many as fifty male teachers were en-
ployed in the county. Better oppor-
tunlties have presented themselves
where the men could work twaive
months a year instead of six or seven
and receive better wages, and now only
eighteen male teachers are employed il
the country.
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BAILEY WON'T PARDON.
Says He Will Let John Collins
Stay in Prison.

Governor Bailey will grant no pardon
to John Collins while he is governor of
Kansas. In taking occasion to DENY
that he will pardon Emmett Dalton, the
notorious Coffeyville bandit, Governor
Bailey includes Collins in his list of
those who will not be pardoned
In order to set at rest all rumors
and reports, 1 want to announce that
Emmett Dalton will not be pardoned
while 1 am governor" said Governor
Bailey. Il deem it best to make this
announcement now inasmuch as it is
reported that Dalton's attorneys are
getting ready to present the pardon ap-
plication again. There are four people
in the penitentiary who will be there
when 1 retire as governor. so far as
am concerned. They are Jessie Morri-
son, Willie Sell, John Collins and En-
met Daltonn
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WARDEN STEPS OUT.
Georgia Commission Censures and
Excuses Whipping of Women.

Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 1.-THE Georgia
prison commission which has been in
vestigating the whipping of Mamie De
Crist, a white woman convict on the
state prison farm, made it's report to-
day. With the report came the an
nouncement of the resignation and its
acceptance by the committee of War
den Allagood. THE charges of i'm
proper proposals by Allagood, alleged
by the woman. and similar conduct
toward other female convicts, are
founded upon absolutely false evil
dence." the report declares. 1.-THE war
den acted entirely within his authority
in whipping Miss De Crist and he was
led to by severe aggravation.'
The commission concludes that this
particular punishmemnt was IAN error
on the part of the warden" who. rec
ognizing that his usefulness may have
been impaired by reason of the pref
udtce against him caused by the De
Crist affair."" has voluntarily handed in
his resignation"
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COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS.

There are few young women on the
stage today who have made so rapid
advancement as Rachel Acton, who
plays the leading role of Chiquita, in
Havlin & Garen's 1.-The Stain of Guilt"
Graduating from the st. Louis High
school she went Immediately to the
Wheatcroft school of dramatic art in
New York where her natural ability
won instant recognition. She has al
ready made a decided hit in the minor
Shakespearian roles and last spring. al
though not yet out of her teens, was
engaged as the leading woman in this
company of tried and trained actors,
which comes to the New Crawford Sun
day night
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TOOK THE OATH.
Rev. j. j. Harty Invested With Archi-
episcopal Pallium.

Rome, Aug. 1.-THE ceremony of the
imposition of the archiepiscopal pallium
on the Most Rev. ]. J. Harry, archbish-
op of Manila was performed today by
Cardipal Macchi. in his own private
chapel. The first chaplain celebrated the
mass, Cardinal Macchi assisting When
Archbishop Harty had been invested
with the episcopal robes and nitre the
cardinal placed the pallium on his
shoulders, and the archbishop took the
oath to observe the rules of the church.
Mgr. Edward w Fowler and Father
Zepf acted as witnesses
Archbishop Harty, during the day,
paid farewell visits to Cardinals Gotti,
Rampolla, Respighi Martinelli, Stein
huber and Wives Tuto.
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FLEECE THE RED MEN.
Twenty Million Acres and the Inter-
est of 100000 Indians Involved.

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE report of
Special Indian Agent BroSius, charging
that a widespread conspiracy exists
among government officials and other
cheat the red men out of their lands
has thoroughly aroused the Indian
office here. Commissioner Jones says
that an Investigate will be started at
once and the whole affair probed to the
bottom.
TT is impossible for any government
official connected with a land company
dealing in Indian lands to be entirely
impartial in his decisions when he is
deciding questions which may affect
his own welfare" said Mr.. Jones. Il
do not think that any of the officials
whose names appear as stockholders or
directors in the Indian Territory land
companies had any intention of acting
dishonesty, but l must say that 1 think
1t was extremely bad taste for them to
allow themselves to be connected with
companies.
I believe that the Indian office should
at once undertake a thorough investi-
cation of the conditions in the Indian
territory and prepare a report, and
then II congress considers a further in
Vesugation desirable there will be ma
teriai upon which to work. The inves-
tlEation Will be long and tedious and
Will have most extensive ramifications,
but ii should be begun Immediately by
a force of competent men and should
continue until we have reached the
very bottom. Twenty million acres Of
land are involved and millions of dol
lars in money, to say nothing OF the
interests of some 400. 600 Indians"
If the charges of Agent Brosius are
true condition of affairs exists in the
Indian service which is no better than
that which prevails in the postoffice de-
partment. Tams Bixby, chairman of
the Dawes commission, is an officer in
one of the companies alleged to be en-
gagged in fleeing the Indians. Numer-
Gus other officials are connected with
these companies.
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follows: Deaths from plague In 1897. S.
zoo: in 1888, 11S000; in 1893, 1856, 200: in 1900.
first three months of the present year the
deaths were 331, 900. II
Ii is hardly necessary to inquire what
effect the serum treatment has had on the
mortality, because IL has not been and
could not be applied in "A great majority OF
the cases. Where it has been used the re-
suits have been at least encoura ging, but,
although we have not the figures at hand,
il seems safe TO say that the percentage Of
cases In which 1t was used during these
seven years was too small to make an ape
preciable change in the great totals report
ed The vastness of the area affected the
habits of the native population and other
causes combine to make preventive treat
ment or even remedial treatment practical
ly impossible in most cases, when the dis
ease is well spread over the country. India
is nearly half large as the United States
and the peculiarities of the country and
people make ii many times more difficult
to check epidemic.-Hartford Times.
Gritty George-Dere goes a great man dat
lost his seat in de senate.
Billy Coalgate-Gee, Do dey have bull
dogs here. too?-Philadelphia Record.
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St. Francis Splendid Crops.

st. Francis. Kan. Aug. 17-Chevenne
county has long been recognized as the
banner broom corn county of the state,
but this year as well as leading in
broom corn, will raise a bumper wheat
crop that will yield near the million
oushel mark. Threshing just started
and wheat is making from 20 to So
bushels per acre. Barley estimated as
high as rs bushels per acre. The pro-
spect for corn never better
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Ea La Crazy.

New York, Aug. 17.-C. Endicott AL
len, the young real estatem an and Har-
len, the young real estate man and Har-
at Long Branch AZ days. was brought to
Bellevue hospital in this city for exami-
nation has been pronounced insane and
will be placed in a sanitarium- The doc
tors say his long sleep was the early
sign of dementia although 1T puzzled the
doctors, because. during his waking
hours. Aliens mind was perfectly clear
and his physical condition good.
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Five Girls Drown.

Richmond, Va. Aug. 17.-Five young
girls were drowned while boating at Luz
rich station, their boat capsizing. The
dead include two daughters of John
Robinson. a daughter of John Holloway
and two daughters of Mrs. 1. o. Lee. A
boy and another girl escaped
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Anderson, with the tacit understanding
that the money would be forthcoming
packed his valise and started for
Seattle Friday night.
There is nothing on the records of the
proceedings of the county commissions
ers to show that Major Anderson was
elected a delegate, and the records still
show Bolmar to be the officially ap-
pointed delegate, although the COM
missioners could not find means of
paying his expenses.
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Americans Fire on Chinese Rioters.

Hong Kong, Aug. 1.-THE rioting
which recently occurred at Fat Han.
six miles from Canton, has spread to
towns along the railroad The Ameri-
can engineers al work on the road have
fired at the rioters. Several casualties
ara repOrted.
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Killed in a Runaway.

Denver Aug. 17.-As a result of a run
away accident, Mrs. Edwin H. Roberts,
a we'll known young society woman died
this morning in st. Joseph's hospital
from a fractured skull. She was for
merly Miss Blanche Phillips of Kala-
mazoo, Mich. Mr.. Roberts, who is the
son of the late Caesar A. Roberts, had a
shoulder dislocated in the accident
which resulted in the death of his wife.
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Strikers Return to work

Philadelphia. Aug. 17.-It is estimated
that between 5000 and 1000 textile
strikers. principally operatives in the
Rug branch resumed work today. The
manufacturers made no concessions
The strike was inaugurated IL weeks
ago and of the original $1,000 strikers
but 10 900 remain out
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Pleased with Their Reception.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 1.-THE Inter-
national monetary exchange commission
left here today for Stockholm. The COM
missioners expressed themselves as
pleased with the reception the proposals
met with here.
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their daughter Mabel to Mr.. Thomas NJ.
Corwfn of Topeka. The wedding will
take place September IL at the Prentice
residence 726 Mississippi street.
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The Plague in India.

According to the Medical News the
deaths from plague in India are increas-
ing enormously. The figures quoted are as
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Farmer (dismally)-"Yes, Miss, the
hay crop is totally ruined. We won't
GirI-"Oh. I'm so sorry. 1 do so love
to roll in the new mown hayr'-Puck.
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A party which will spend Tuesday at
Vinewood will include Mrs Thomas
E. Pounds and her daughter Mildred,
Mrs. Frank S. Crane and her daughter
Dorothy, Mrs. Schuyler c. Nichols and
her daughters Dorothy and Ariel, Mrs.
Edward A. Tirrell and her sons, Lucien
and Ned, Mrs. Alfred ]. Cole and her
sons, Alfred and Wilbur. Mrs. Frank
Patterson, Mrs Frederick Freeman and
Mrs. Pearl Cray. The picnic will be in
honor of Mrs. Pounds whose approach
ing departure for a permanent resi-
dence in Joplin, Missouri, will be the
first break in this little circle of init
mates who have been friends for a
number of years. and will be one of
several entertainments enjoyed by the
same company during the past week.
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Mrs. Rachel Weaver's guests at din
ner at the Blower House today. were
Mrs. Thomas E. Pounds. Mrs. James
Frederick Scott, Mrs. Frank Patter-
son, Mrs Fred J. Cole, Mrs. Schuyler c.
Nichols. Mrs. Frank S. Crane and Miss
Josephine Shellabarger.