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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-03
JAYHAWKRR Jors.

Admiral Dewey is now convinced that
he can best converse with a foreign
power through 12-inch guns.-McPher-
son Republican
We thought this would happen:
Evangelist Williams is jealous, and is
trying to start IL fuss with Rev. Chas.
NJ. Standardization Globe.
During the last ten years every sort
of wages has been raised and most sail
aries except those paid to school teach
eFs have gone up-Fort Scott Monitor.
Chicago women are going to publish
q daily paper. All the employees except
the sporting editor viii be women. How
would you like to be the sporting edi-
tor2-Hutchinson News.
1t costs Uncle Sam s., $50, 900 a year
to run the weather bureau, notwith-
standing all the information which is
given gratis by the old inhabitants.
Too much wind.-McPherson Repubh-
can.
The first thing the Gazette is going
to do with a wireless telegraph outfit
is to send a message to Ed Howe, of
the Atchison Globe, vino says messages
can't be sent without wires.-LaWrence
Gazette.
Mr.. Dooley is to command a salary
of forty thousand dollars a year, and
DR.. Conan Doyle has signed a contract
to write short stories at the rate of one
dollar a word Evidently the get-rich-
quick concerns were working a rather
SLOW game. aLtCk d&l--1 al cOaAS sun
After some forty odd years residence
in Kansas, we are prepared to say that
we hope this is to be a great corn year
"a regular old fashioned hundred
bushel to the acre year; and it is not
necessary to say that we viii keep
right on hoping as long as hope counts
for anything says Bent Murdoch.
The Missouri editor who refused to
tell where he got a 81. 900 bill which he
had shown around among his friends,
was very properly suspended from the
office of a press association which he
held. An editor who will have money
of that denomination ought to be COM
PEELED to put other members of the
craft onto his source of supply.-Law-
renee Journal.
Behold the man as he passeth along
with a haunted look on his face and a
new 81 SO garden fork 81 hoe and
rake in his hands. He delveth in the
moist earth and sweateth great drops
of sweat. He buyeJh four dollars worth
of tools and i've dollars worth of seeds
and plants: he doeth fifteen dollars
worth Of labor, and 10, when the har-
vest time coneth. he gathereth ten
cents worth of warty lettuce,
half dozen Ieathery radishes and dieth
of the collie and the world forgetteth
him. Consider his ways, and be wise
Cvhaf-rx-va1a Clarion.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Gilbert S. Dreamer of 400 Jackson
street died this morning at 4:30 o'clock
of Dleurisy of the heart. He had been
suffering for several years with nervous
prostration. Mr.. Dreamer was 20 years
of age and had been a resident of To-
pelSa for IA years. lie leaves a wife
and five children, all of whom live in
Topeka except one daughter, Mrs. J.
N Harris of Denver, Col. Mr.. Creamer
was a Mason and a member of the A.
o. u w and also of the First NJ e
church of this city. Funeral arrange
ments viii be announced later.
The funeral of John Branner viii be
held at 2.30 O'Clock Sunday afternoon
at the Masonic temple
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Nine. Humbert's Art

London Telegraph:
New stories are appearing daily
about the wonderful Nine. Humbert
The latest refers to her artful lodges
for nutting persons off the track of the
crvDtic CraWfOrds. IN the days OF her
osfensibie salendor. she was negotiating
Partisan who had his doubts about the
existence of the two Americans Come
down to my chateau Of Wives Faux,
she wrote one day to the Partisan.
Robert Crawford is one of the house
party and you shall see him. am sure
that you Will like him, for he is not q
bad fellow. and. in any case. he is bet
ter than his brother.
The reluctant lender started for Wives
E.aux and at the rustic station Mime
Humbert's carriage was waiting Tor
him. He also saw the lady herself on
the platform of the station. She was
waving a tiny handkerchief at man
who was in a departing train, and who.
in his turn waited fareWells with a
bandanna in her direction. As the train
went out of view Mime. Humbert rushed
up to the Partisan. saying: "Oh, my
dear sir, I'm awfully sorry Would you
believe it? That's Bob Crawford who
has Just gone off in the train He is
called away on most urgent business to
Paris. He received a telegram this
morning from his secretary, and he had
to rush away. All the same YOU can
come along to the chateau The Pa
risian accOmDa nied Nine Humbert to
"a @@~~~-
reached.
Inside. the hostess handed the new
guest over to a footman. who conducted
him upstairs to a room. Mime. Hum
bert suddenly called after the man ser
want, saying: Baptiste, you need not
get the new room ready. as the gentle
man viii not stay long. and he is
pressed for time. Take him to the blue
bedroom You know. the one just left
by NJ. Robert Crawford" The guest
from Paris was accordingly ushered
into the place indicated by the mistress
of the mansion. As he was washing his
hands his eyes fell on crumpied bit OF
blue paper. He hesitated before pick
ing it up, but the recollection that he
was about to be called upon to lend a
large sum of money made him act. He
took up the paper, opened it. and found
that the contents ran.
M Robert Crawford. at Mime. Hum
berts chateau des Wives Faux. Come
at once Paris; pressing business
The Partisan was now satisfied that
Robert Crawford was no mythical be-
ing. but living person. He went down
stairs all smiles, enjoyed Nine Hum
bert's hospitality until the following
day. and lent her the money that she
wanted.
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has frightened them and he has frightened
their patrons
Mr.. Jerome has not been left to conduct
the nght alone The moment Gen. Greene
became commissioner of police he began TO
unknown to his subordinate The careless
and the negligent found that he had no use
for them The head of the detective bu-
reau when found deficient Jared as others
had Jared who had not attended to bust
ness General Green suspecting that he
was being trifled with did little special
work by which he demonstrated thar it
was not impossible to get evidence against
gamblers. That settled the Inspector
fate. and his place is held by another man
Of long experience who it is believed in
tends to obey orders. Consequently the
gamblers are left without hope
Until there is a change in admlnistra-
ton the district attorney viii find that the
police are on the side of order and It is
not likely that he viii be compelled to go
to extremes to uphold the dignity of his
office
Judging from all reports the change CT
fected in the New York police by General
Greene is simply marvellous 1t has been
brought about by his firm determination
to correct abuses, by his wisdom IN Sc
Letting assistants and by his fearlessness
in putting aside those upon whom he finds
that he can not rely Should. Mayor Low
fail to win reelection and Cen Greene
be compelled to yield office to another, he
will even so, have accomplished wonders
for the police force of New York, and 1t is.
past belief. that the department will again
60 back to its old level.
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STATE DEBTS.

Wisconsin is about to clear herself of
all state debt.
New Jersey has been debt-free since
January /. 1902.
Nebraska cleared up her bonded in
debtedness in December, 1861.
West Virginia has no bonded state
debt
In Illinois. there is a bonded state in
debtedness of $3.50 but it no longer
draws interest, although the bonds have
not yet been surrendered for payment.
Iowa's bonded debt is less than SILL
0OO
Pennsylvania net indebtedness is
about S500OOO
Oregon has a remnant of state debt
amounting to a little over 81, 000 which
the state is ready to pay; no interest
has been charged on it since 1895
Kansas could pay off her entire debt
if she would. Why doesn't she do it,
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TRADE movEnrENrs

Domestic trade movements as report
cd ia the February Summary of Internal
Commerce, issued by the treasury bu-
reau- Of statistics. show a general inn
provement over conditions at the cor
responding date last year. IL live stock.
in movements of wheat and flour. in
movements of corn. and in traffic on
the great lakes, the figures showing
present conditions indicate decided ad-
vance over those os the corresponding
date last year.
In live stock the traffic operations at
five western centers amounted during
February to 4T,151 cars. having advanced
from 1887 cars in February, 1902, and
Fl ,s93 cars in February. 1901. For the
two months ending with February this
year 99.202 cars were reported, compared
with S8.237 cars to the end Of February.
1902 and ss4e7 cars for the first two
months of 1901.
Receipts of wheat at eight markets
to the end Of February for the current
crop year are reported as amounting
70 2o1s sos. 2ss bushels. A year ago the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-03
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IRON the Atchison GIobe.I

From the Atchison Globe.1
Some people impress you as having
dirty underclothes-
eaking of dull. sickening thuds, what
has. become of Mrs. Admiral Dewey?
Don't fuss about your cook being a
poor one; you probably eat too much
as it IS.
In making a WILL does man do it
to freeze out those he dishkes, or to
reward those he likes.
A school teacher doesn't think that
absence and hardness are as great sins
as she lets on to think.
Our idea of a funny sight would be
farmer eating something that was cook
ed in a chafing dish
A girl confesses to her birthdays up
to twenty, but after that she forgets'
one every three or four years
Everybody plays the lovely character
dodge httle- some overdo it so much.
that you want to avoid them
Don't guy people It's not much fun
for you. and the people whom you guys
win hate you, and lay far a chance to,
get even.
When a man loves a girl till he is al
most crazy. some how even them he
falls short of her ideal Of what a lover
should be.
When a woman says she is fond of
housework. she doesn't mean dishwash-
ing; she means making cake and fudge,
There is too much leaning on others;
half the quarreling in the world is due
to expecting too much of others. Take
care OF yourself
We have noted that in all love
stories, there is a bishop: indeed, most
marriages in love stories are performed
by bishops.
Probably the desire of parents to have
their children have d better time than
they had, is the cause of the abolish
ment of hell.
There are many unreal things in nov
els we read recently Of widower who
wouldn't marry because his daughter
didn't want him to.
The season is almost here when people
sit on their front porches. in the even
ing ostensibly to cool off, but in reality
to see what goes on around them
Call for some telephones, and the per
son who replies viii say For good
ness sake. keep STILL" addressing some
one in the room. Now. what did you
say?'
How much better old people are to
children than children are to old peo-
plel No young person can. possibly IN
derstand an elderly person. having
never gone through the experience.
It is said of an Atchison woman that
I when she goes to see the sick she stays
so long that the sufferer is either con-
Valescent. or the time for the funeral is
set. by the time the woman departs.
We have always had a. great respect
! for the Smithsonian institute at Wash
J lnSlOf out somehow II mas received q
/ jolt since reading recently that the play
/ house built for Baby Mckee in the
I White House grounds, is to be moved
there.
The detectives who searched the den
in the Blwdick home to find out who
was Edwin Burdicks slayer, were not
very smart In trying to put the crime
on a woman. they didn't look on the
under side Of the table for fresh wad
of chewing gum
It is told that d rich farmers wife
about chafnz dishes. After she had
seen their capacity. she bought five,
saying that there were five in her fam
lily, and that one chsfng dish didn't hold
] enough for two.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-03

Each ward in the city gained except
the Sixth. The Sixth ward shows de-
crease of six votes in the total regis
tration from what it was two years
ago.
The First and Second wards. which
give the heaviest wet vote. gained S02
in registration. The other four wards
of the city, which are generally dry,
gained only 135 net. This leaves the
vets about 167 votes ahead on the total
registration of the city
The six wards of the city retain the
same relative position as to the size of
registration that they held two years
ago, the Second ward leading by over
900 the registered vote of any other
ward The First ward has made a ma
terial gain on the Third ward. and is
now pushing it close for the third rank
in the race.
The net gain in the women's registra-
ton is 2S1 and in the mems registration
is 1876.
The following is a detailed statement
of the registrati ton by wards. and while
it is not official, it probably varies only
a little from what the official summary
of the registration will show:
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oUARER REFLECTIONS.

IF'rom the Philadelphia Record.l
A calling list-the telephone directory
The few men who know themselves
thoroughly keep quiet about IT.
Some men are about as suDerfuous
as a tin can tied TO a yellow dogs tail.
The speak-easy proprietor rejoices
that every dayn be Sunday. by and
by.
The quarrelsome man won't admit
that he is in the wrong until the other
fellow apologies.
When fortune knocks at the door
some people don't answer for fear It
might be a collector.
Nell-"NIiss Oldsirl says she doesn't
look her age" Belle-eShe always was
blind to her own faults
When we speak of a man who is mp
in the air. we don't refer to one. who
has invented flying machine
A woman's ways you can define;
Her meaning often she obscures.
Maude wrote that she could ne'er be
mine,
And signed it: Very truly yours
There are people who take more COM
fort from growing about their bad
luck than from enjoying their good
luck
When we are near to death. the thought
OF angels. wings may rest US,
But there are some of US who ought
To have them of asbestos
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-03
ELS officers Installed.

Leavenworth. Kan. April 3.-Leaven-
worth lodge No. SCI, B. p o. Elks, met
in their lodge rooms last night and held
a most enthusiastic session. The oc-
easion was the installation of officers
for the ensuing year and this was ac-
complished with imposing ceremonies.
The following are the officers installed
during the evening: Exalted ruler. j.
G. Petherbridge, esteemed leading
knight, D. E. Mccarthy; esteemed loyal
knight, J. r. Judge. esteemed occurring
knight. Arthur NJ. Jackson; secretary.
J. S Viewer; treasurer, E. A. Kelly;
esquire, NJ. 3. Murray. tyler, E. A Van
Duzee: chaplain. ". W. Walter; inside
guard. S c. Garrett; organist. A. +.
Phelps; trustees Ike Hart, ]. w Sex
ton. ]. Q. Thomas.
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MR.. LUTZ SUES.
Brings Action for Damages Against
Firm That Had Him Arrested.

F. NJ. Lutz. the man who was re-
leased from jail today after the dis
missal of 4 charge of grand larceny
against him appeared in the district
court this afternoon and fled suit
for $4,000 damages against j. Haglage
proprietor of the Domestic Mercantile
company Of St. Joseph, J. W. Camp
bell proprietor of branch establish
ment of thelhouse, and Arthur S. Stew
art. an agent of Campbell's. Lutz
claims his arrest is the result of a con
spiracy against him.
Instead Of attempting to leave town.
as is stated in another column, Lutz is
remaining here attending to the filing
of his suit. He will not be prosecuted
on the charge of forgery as was init
mated, although other charges may be
placed against him. sc
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New York's Police.

" 0rcester spy.
1t Il actually admitted in New York by
persons acquainted with the leading gamb-
ling house proprietors OF that city that the
crusade against gambling has proved ef-
lecuNe, that the gamblers have closed
their establishments and. despairinS Of
more favorable conditions while General
Greene is at the head of the police and
Mr. jerome is district attorney. are turn
ing their faces toward cities where tie
police do not try to enforce the laws.
It was only a little while ago that friends
Of the gamblers were sneerfng at Mr. Je-
rome because of his raid upon the esta1-
iishment Of the notorious peach-b blow vase
man. and was saying that by the methods
he pursued he was threatening the pri1a-
cy OF the home. One hears nothing Of
that now. The peach-bloW vase man went
to Europe to give greater play to mis- mr.
tistic tastes. Though for the time being
Mr.. Jerome finds it impossible to advance
the prosecution of the great gambler he
has clearly demonstrated that he can do
much toward making the city impossible
as the home OF professional gamblers He
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-03

The country is looking forward TO
year of unexampled prosperity. Manu-
facturers are enlaTg ing their plants,
transportation companies are spending
millions to enable them to handle the
ever increasing freight, merchants and
business men are extending their ac-
tivitieE. Every industry is planning to
make 1903 memora bic for achievement.
There is but one danger. and that is
contained in the threat of labor disturb
anCe which is daily increasing in vol
ume.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Dispatch should remember that
We can't keep our coin and obtain the
cake. When times are hard, labor
scarce and wages low. there are no
strikes. Every working man is busy
trying to keep the job he has even if it
be a poor one. Prosperity and labor
disturbances go hand in hand and it is
not likely that the laborer viii do any
thing to his own permanent injury
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receipts We're 1s5.s20.746 bushels. and for
an equal period in 1901 a total of 16s,-
lS5,469 bushels. There has, therefore,
been a progressive increase during these
three seasons in the volume OF grain
received at these interior centers. The
flour trade at Minneapolis during 1909
has thus far averaged much higher
than during the preceding two years.
The weekly production for the first nine
weeks of 1903 averaged 3OS,046 barrels,
compared with 2se.401 barrels in 1902.
and 249,9ss barrels for a like period in
1901. Shipments show an equally
marked enhancement.
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AT LEAVENW WORTH.
Minneapolis MiIlers " Come to Kan
sas for Practice.

I4eavenworth, Kan, April S.-The Min
neapolis (Minn.) Millers of the American
baseball association have arrived in the
comfortably located at the National hotel
They are the finest looking bunch Of play
ers seen here for some time The iigh1-
weight of the bunch kicks the beam at
100 while the heavyweight goes the 200
pound limit. There are twenty in the team
viii begin after enough has been seen of
their work This applies particularly to
the pitchers OF these there are eight, Of
which only five are to be retained
The Soldiers home diamond is given the
team free of charge for practice Capt
Wilmot says it is a bit the finest he has
ever set foot on With this all the men
agree. The team has been working hours
morning and afternoon.
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HOLLY BROOK BREAKS.
Causes an Advance in the Price
of Cotton.

Lake Providence, La. April S.-The
Holly Brook levee broke about six miles
below this town this morning at S
O'Clock
New Orleans, La. April 3.-From
Vieksburg a firm of cotton men of this
city have just received the following
telegram:
Market advancing on reports serious
break in levee near Lake Providence -
Similar reports of d break in that
vicinity come from Natchez and Mon
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IN CHEAP STYLE
Persian Minister of Railroads Tests
Fourth Glass Services.

Berlin. April General Buddo. the
Prussian minister of public work, which
includes the railroads. rode for six
hours from Berlin to Elbing recently in
a fourth class car. talking to the pas
sengers and seeing for himself how they
were treated In consequence the min
lister has made several changes so that
in future fourth class passengers win
travel more comfortably.
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WE'RE TOO LOW.
Commissioners Refuse to Sell old
Court House.

Three bids for the destruction of the
old court house at the corner of Fourth
and Kansas avenue were received and
opened by the county commissioners
today, but all We're rejected, being too
low The appraisement of the building
was $40 and of the real estate s., 600.
The bids were as followsr St Joseph
House Wrecking company, $500 for tear
ing down building; p. l. Wise, $525 for
tearing down building: Frank J. Brown.
$6525 for building and lots
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-03

Washington, d c., April 3.-Rural
tree delivery service will be established
,EIly as follows: Kansa@Salfna. Sa-
line county; one carrier. length of route
241A miles. Sterling, Rice county. one
CARRIER; length of route q miles Va
lenciA, Shawnee county: one CAREER:
length Of route PAS miles Walnut.
Crawford county, two carriers; length
of routes, so miles. WetmOre, Nemaha.
county: one carrier; length of route
231z miles
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Ne Albion Is in Danger.

San Francisco. April 3.-The little steam
er Albion River. which left here yestec-
day for the ports of Albion and Point Ara
ma on the Mendocino county coast. is
ashore at Bodego Point IN Sonoma county.
The Albion carries a passengers and a
merchandise cargo. There is q heavy swell
on and unless help arrives before the tide
comes in the Inflated vessel will undoubt-
edly 60 to pieces
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CCFcordia. Kan, April Mrs. Samuel
Mclean. residing in Meredith township
notified County Clerk Alexander that II
head Of cattle on her place were suffering
with what a veterinarian had pronounced
the foot and mouth disease. Sheriff Moore
wasAat once notified and went out to Mrs.
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Manila, April "A force of troops
and constabulary. commanded by Cap
tain Perry overlook and routed on the
shore of Lake Maynit, March 81. the
band of convicts and Ladrones who re-
Gently attacked and held for time
possession of Surigaos island of Min
danao.
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1. B. JONES APPOINTED.
He Is Made Travelling Accountant o
Santa Fe

It was officially announced here today
that l.. B. Jones. travelling auditor for
the Santa Fe, has been appointed trav-
cling accountant in the place of J. L.
Baxter, who was recently appointed au-
ditor of the Gulf, Beaumont & Kansas
City railroad, vice George b. Gallon, re-
Signed.
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Loss.


Detroit. Mich April "A severe wind
and snow storm is general ali over the pc
ninsula Of Michigan today. The steamer
500 City arrived at Benton HarbOr from
Chicago three hours late. after 4 battle
WIKI the S torn on Lake MICHIGAN.
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LOCAL MENTION.

J. r Wilcox of salina is in Topeka.
H B. Tyler of. Winchester is in To-
peka today.
J. L. Hinchman is here on a short trip
from Holton
Mr. and Mrs James A. Wick are the
parents of a son. born Thursday.
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The anthracite strike investigation
commission was not SO expensive as
many expected it to be. 1t cost but
$3S 600 and nobody has been heard to
say that it was not worth all it cost.