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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.[


How often the same old story is told.
In telling about it, any man can dc
a good days work.
When YOU make wishes, 1t is sign
you are not getting what you want.
The worst feeling in the world is the
inconsistencies that comes over one oc>
casionally when he is at home.
There is no hope for the man who
will borrow money to indulge himself In
a pleasure he can get along without.
AS we get older we find our admira-
ton increasing for the girl who can
play without her music and who left
it at home.
The average girl is so True that she
DESTROYS the love letters of the first
man after the second man calls on her
the second time
Some men who were never nuisance
in all their lives, sometimes become one
at a public meeting by getting up and
talking too long.
awfully proud of a sixteen-year-old
daughter who would get up in the dray
and ride beside US.
The blackberry is a small fruit that
grows on a cob; people eat the cob and
all. including seeds. The blackberry is
over-rated until it appears in jam.
A country woman violated the Atch-
ison rule today, and came to town driv-
ing a mule attached to a buggy. A
mule doesn't look right hitched to a
buggy, and Edward Box wouldn't like
A man sends a letter to this office
complaining about a certain Fourth of
July celebration. We never print such
letters. Fourth of July celebra tions are
always failures, and people know 1t,
and when they attend they have no
right to protest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25

courts, which have not been dishonest,
but which have been favorable to attor-
neys, to costs, to delays. to expenses.
Busy men are hauled before the courts
as witnesses and as jurymen and
badgered and insulted. and they have
no redress.
Judges and lawyers should think SER
iously of the Shepherd case. 1t shows
that the wind is blowing against them;
that they have certain habits and pre-
cedents that are thoroughly distasteful
to the people.
Shepherds offending came about be-
cause of a damage case against the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad. Rube Ogelsby
had a limb torn off. and sued for dam
ages. He won his case. and the SUI
preme court affirmed it. Three different
times the case came before the supreme
court, on one bubble and another, and
every time the decision was against the
railroad The railroad lawyers seemed
determined to win the Rube Ogelsby
case, so they found a fourth opening,
and went before the supreme court. This
time a retrial was ordered: an error
had been found in the proceedings, a
species of joke with which people have
long been familiar. At this last trial.
Rube Ogelsby was given judgment for
$4,000 The railroad lawyers went be-
fore the supreme court again. 1t is
claimed that a railroad attorney had
in the meantime been elected to the
supreme bench Of Missouri. through
railroad manipulation. AS a result. the
supreme court reversed the RUDE Ogels-
by case, and it was not remanded for
trial. The victory of the railroad attor-
neys was complete. Editor Shepherd
was very indignant, but no more in
dignant than were the people judging
from their action in collecting his fine
by popular subscription within a few
minutes.
The Globe believes in Justice for the
railroads, but it also believes in justice
for the people. The RUDE Ogelsby case
is of a type which has greatly aggrava-
ted and incensed Americans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25
RAILROAD PERSISTENCE
lFrom the Atchison Globe.1

IFTOm the AICnlSOn NTIODe-l
Courts were originally instituted fol-
the protection of the people. but they
have become burdensome and unneces-
sarily expensive The lawyers have be-
come a powerful class, and monopolize
most of the big positions. BY reason of
their cunning, they have become super
Tor to the plain laws for the protection
of the people. The great corporations
and trusts employ the greatest lawyers,
and do about as they please The law
yers are very c1annish, and the judges
have great respect for the members of
the bar: they give them liberties that
are very distasteful to the people. Fees
are allowed by the courts that are little
less than robbery, yet if the newspapers
protest, they are liable to be fined for
contempt.
There is no question that there is a
growing opposition among the people
to the arbitrary powers of the judges,
and to the extravaganza of the courts.
This was evidenced in a remarkable
manner yesterday. A Missouri editor
named Shepherd had harshly criticised
the supreme court of Missouri. and was
cited to appear for contempt The edi-
tor had exceeded his rights. and init
mated that the judges had been bribed
to render a certain decision in favor of
a railroad. He was fined $500, where
upon the people of his town, by popular
subscription. raised the money. and paid
the fine. The editor had no right to
make the criticism he did, for it was
certainly untrue, but the action of the
people shows very clearly that they OPP
pose certain methods of the courts. Con-
sentative as Missourians are, they are
aroused over this Shepherd case. They
care nothing for Shepherd: it is an out
burst of a slumbering fire against the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25
a FINANCIAL PROPOSITION.

The city council will this year find it,
self obliged to decide whether Topeka is
able to throw off $4,000 of bonded in
debtedness in the next three years or
whether it is more advisable to refund
the bonds which will fall due in 1905
and 1906 and pay interest upon them for
another twenty years.
AS result of the food in North To-
peka the city finds a situation of tenn
porary financial embarrassment which,
under a judicious administrative policy,
ought to disappear in a short time. The
levying of the taxes necessary to pay off
the $4,000 of city bonds due two years
hence and the $4,000 of similar bonds
due year later, will mean an increase
of perhaps one mill on the dollar for
three years. Then the matter will be
disposed Of If the city conclude to re-
fund the bonds by another twenty year
issue it can resign itself it the payment
OF the amount Of the principal in that
space of time in interest rates. At the
end of the twenty years the whole prin-
cipal will remain to be paid. Topeka is
in state of prosperity now that has
never in the past been equalled Topeka
citizens are in a very good condition fin
ancially. The next twenty years may
bring hard times with them. 1t is GER
tain that the town may never be in a
better condition to bear heavy taxation
than at present and the thought is
worth the consideration of the commit
tee of the city fathers which has to do
with making up the next years tax
levy. If the matter is neglected for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25

Kansas represents an investment of
SIS, 100000, it being the largest manufac-
turing industry in the state; and
Whereas, Determinations have been.
and are being, enforced against such in
dustry; and
Whereas, Relief must ultimately
come through the higher courts OF the
country: therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Kansas Millers'
association, in annual meeting assem-
bled at Topeka. Kansas, sincerely and
earnestly petition President Roosevelt to
appoint to the position of judge of the
United States court for the district of
Kansas, a man whose education and
employment in the past has been such
as to give confidence in his honesty and
ability to decide justly any question
that may come before him for decision.
THAT we believe that, while there
may be exceptions to the rule, the rule
is that a railroad attorney is not such
a person as win fill the requirements
necessary to give the public faith in the
business of its decision wherein railroad
corporations are parties to litigation be-
fore the United States courts"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25
KANSAS.

With dew on her tresses this life-givfng
A maiden comes up through the simmer
Ing corn.
Her warm heart is trimming with spirit
and zest.
She is full Of the grace Of the bountiful
west.
See the CLINT of her sandals so shapeiy and
AS she comes through the stretches Of
meadow and wheat.
She HES through the orchards and down
You catch of her comely apparel a CLEAN.
Born out on the border, this maiden has
known
Some Eriefs which the borderiand holds
Yet, whether in cabin or temple. or hail.
She can mate with the brightest. bright
peer OF them all.
Her temper is quick as the zephyr that
plays,
And some touchy admirers get mifred at
And leave her in anger: forever. they say,
But they surely come back, and come
gladly to stay.
At heart she is patient and tender and
And when we would count them her follies
are few.
We. trust her and love her. because we
How faithful and brave Is our maiden and
There's something about her so womanly
A something SO winsome. so pleasant. so
That whenever she chides us for going
arniss
We. feel like renewing our peace with a
kiss.
You are anxious about her when met with
a frown.
And you fancy the arch OF the sky COMING
down:
But she smiles in her waywardness, shylv
she sings,
AS her treasures of comfort and blessing
she brings. -e
Say whatever she Will, do whatever she
may, So
way. 80
One eloquent look sets your heart IN
whirl, -
There are stars in her eyes, She's a Won
Bogue, Kan. " a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25

Indianapolis Journal: What can be
accomplished by the persistence of a
court, even in the face of adverse Iocaa
sentiment and disagreeing juries. is
we'll shown by the Turner case in Ala
bama. Notwithstanding the undisput-
ed fact that Fletcher Turner had held
young negro in peonage the jury in
the federal court disagreed. But Judge
Jones. of the Alabama district, is a man
Of determination and resource. It laN
with him as to whether Turner should
be tried again and as to whether he
should be released on bail in the mean
time. He showed a disposition to try
the young man again and again, until
a unanimous verdict could be got one
way or the other. and since the pros
poets Of getting his liberty in the mean
time did not seem bright, Turner final
" pleaded guilty and was fined 81 600
His plea must have made the disagree
ing jurors feel a bit foolish But the
great point gained is that the court has
found a way of UNFOLDING the dignity
OF the law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25
Railroad Attorneys and the Bench.
Wichita Eagle:

Wichita Eagle:
Immediately subsequent to the an
nouncement that President Roosevelt
would appoint Judge Hook to succeed
Judge Caldwell on the United States
circuit bench some half dozen or more
prominent and able railway attorneys
butted in for Hooks place on the dis
trict bench, whereupon the Eagle made
haste to "impudently" declare that no
railway attorneys should be named for
any federal or supreme judgeship. Not
that railway. attorneys are not as honor
able, conscientious and able as other
lawyers, but because they are not above
the human prejudices and biases- Years
of effort, study and sympathy for the
corporation, in which the fight has ever
been against the individual. units the
railroad attorney for holding the judicial
balances.
At the annual meeting of the Kansas
Millers' association at Topeka, on the
18th of this month. the following resolu-
ton was unanimously adopted:
Whereas, The milling industry of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25
Russia's Response to Roosevelt.

NEW Ork PreSSs
Fruits of the American protest against
the Russian persecution of the Jews
were borne on the day that President
Roosevelt made known his purpose to
forward the Kishineff petition Valua-
BILE reforms have been effected almost
every day since then. Steps have been
taken by the Russian government not
only to prevent a recurrence of Bessa-
rabian massacres, but to effect a COM
plete reversal of the imperial policy of
indifference to or liberation of the atroc-
ious treatment of its Israelite popula-
ton. Now comes the news that the czar
has issued a ukase transferring the vice
governor of Besssarabia to a remote
post in the Caucasus, the transfer
amounting to the deportation of the
guilty official; that Gen Won Raben,
who was dismissed from the governor
ship has been unable to gain an audience
with the car, and is in disgrace, and
that the chief of the gendarmerie, who
at least failed to prevent the butchery
at Kishineff, has been retired.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Woe in Wall Street.

New York Times:
When the SHOWS were particularly
deep or the redskins unusually trouble
some the Pilgrim fathers used to en-
courage each other by exclaiming: He
who brought us over will sustain u.s.
The gentlemen in Wall street and else
where who are just now suffering from
a surfeit of "undigestible,' or at least,
"undigested," securities may well ex-
claim in their woe and their wrath, He
who got us into this hole is not doing
anything to get us out of it," The He
upon whom they might so cast the re-
proach of cold indifference to their I'M
speakable suffering is a multifarious
he, for many are the promoters and
consolidators who have in recent times
formed the combinations out Of which
have sprouted these ever abundant
streams of common and preferred stock.
The street, always fertile in theories,
explains that men who have committed
themselves to undertakings of which
the glad fruition is not yet in sight have
had to throw over large blocks of
standard stocks to protect their commit
mentS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25
Many Suicides Due to Ignorance.

New York American.
The new suicide statistics from Yale
college. and the increasing tendency to
self-destruction which marks the hot
season are reminders that a large num-
Der of suicides are really preventable,
and are only due to lack of physiological
education. If college lecturers upon hy-
giene and teachers of physiology would
take pains to widely impress one simple
lesson large and definite class of sui
cideS would cease to be, and the gen.
eral average of happiness would be dis
tinctly augmented. This lesson is that
despair is a temporary state. and in
many cases is entirely due to physical
or bodily causes. The best remedy for
the blues is a liver pill That gloomy,
hopeless outlook in events which drives
many to suicide is due not to the events
themselves, but to bodily conditions
which set up the state called despair"
in the mind. Any Respondent person
whose troubles are really trivial may
prove this by looking backward for
day OF a week to the last day on which
he was abundantly happy He will dnd
in many cases that events and condi-
tons have not altered in the least
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25
The Pope and the World.
New York Tribune:


Leo XIII was happy in his death. Or
perhaps we might say. if the phrase be
properly understood, that the Roman
Catholic church and indeed the whole
Christian world. were happy in his
death. The time was well chosen, when
peace prevailed on every hand, when no
great issues were impending, and when,
thanks largely to Leo himself, the Ro-
man church was in the highest estate
of influence and prosperity that it had
known for many years. Since the church
had to lose him. it was well to do so
at such a time. The manner of his
passing was also fitting, for, agonizing
as it was in some respects the popes
protracted illness, with its alterations
of hope and despair. was unquestion-
ably profitable to the church of which
he was the head and to the world at
large. Because of 1t sympathies were
aroused and expressed as in other cir
cumstanceS they might not have been,
and the mutual relations between that
church and the world were materially
ameliorated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25

The Chicago Tribune. which has been
keeping tab on Fourth of July deaths
and maimings for some years, reported
last week more than $50 deaths from
this cause since the holiday, in addition
to over fifty killed outright on that day.
There is a theory that the pistol blank
cartridges contain the specific germ of
tetanus; but many of the deaths re-
ported are from other fireworks; so 1t
must be that the disease is communi-
Gated by explosives in any form. The
blank cartridge is rapidly acquiring
reputation worse than that of the cigar
cite.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State Journal
a1Vay during the summer may Ha0e
the paper mailed regularly each day
to any address at the rate of thirty
cents month. address changed as
0ffen as desired While ont of fOsOn
The State journal 7OW be to .yOH like
a daily letter from home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25

A French scientist claims to have
discovered an application of the Hert-
zian rays by which it is possible to
cause a rain Of metallic fire to descend
upon warships at a distance of several
miles. thus rendering the warship a
useless crime of war. Still the build
ing up Of great navy probably will
continue in this country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25

Omaha Bee: In refusing to handle
grain shipments with Kansas City as
the destination point. the railroads still
have an eye to the long haul and will
be pleased to take the consignments if
only billed to markets further east.
Closing Kansas City as a port of deliv-
cry is hard on Kansas City. but the
railroads manage to find the silver lin
ing every time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25

Congressman Cannon, who is as good
as elected speaker of the next house.
has decided to withdraw his opposition
to the financial legislation desired by
the president. They all do that way.
Mr.. Roosevelt has evinced a wonderful
capacity for causing people to change
their minds. A certain notable instance
which recently took place in Ohio will
be recalled in this connection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25

Cardinal Gibbons is accused of giving
the Europeans a touch of American po-
Itical methods on his way to Rome. 1t
is said that he stopped in Paris long
enough to form an effective combination
of the Frenchmen in the matter of
choosing a new pope.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25

The time for which our offer for the
Danish Islands held good has expired
and now Denmark can keep her old
islands. In fact she must keep them for
she will not be permitted to sell them
to any European power.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25

New York has been invaded by Moth
er Jones' army and the Mormon mis-
sionaries at the same time and Mayor
Low has his hands so full that 1t may
be necessary to cali in assistance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25

Hawaiis appropriations of $S,000000
on an income of six millions may mean
that she will call on her Uncle Sam
later on to help her out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25

another year it will be too late to do
much in the. way of preparing for the
maturity of these bonds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25

physically unable to do the work. and
who would have been in just as bad
fix as they are now had they arrived in
Kansas before the demand for men had
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25

Cleveland Plain Dealer: And now
Kansas hasn't enough cars to move the
crops. There is always something the
matter with Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25

The candidate who can line up all the
feudists and the Goebel murder sus-
poets on his side will stand a good
chance of election in Kentucky.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25

Two days have gone by without any
additional settlement of the Man
churian question.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25

The cardinal who secures the advice
and aid of Mark Hanna will have made
a long stride toward the papal success
81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25

Now it is said that Carter Harrison
has his eye on 1908. and not on 1904
Perhaps that is better.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25

Unless the stork should visit the
Bryan home soon or the colonel should
execute record making. stunts on horse
back, it looks as though he might be de-
clared out of the race
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-25

In view of Russias continued prepa-
rations for war, we wish to remind her
that General Funston is moving in her
direction
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-11
ELECTED Ex.GOV. DYER,
Rhode IsIiat Veteran cltilsfs Historical
Association Met.

The Rhode Island Veteran Citizens His
torfcal association held the regular meet
ing yesterday afternoon I'm the vestry OF
the Mathewson street NJ II. church at
which a large number OF members were
present who evlnced much interest In the
discussion OF the states Civil war record.
Brief exercise. IN honor OF the late city
messenger. Edward q. Rhodes. n member
OF the association were held and the prins
cipal feature OF the meeting was the paper
read by James ~. Arnold. the veteran his
torian.
Asa NJ Eaton presided ss chairman and
Hon Henry t. Greene was elected presi-
dent TO All the vacancy caused by the re-
signstion OF Daniel A. Cooke. Mr.. Greene
thanked the members for the honor con-
ferred upon him but declined the appoint
ineht as his health would not permit him
TO fuhll the srduous duties attached TO
the office
Former Governor Elisha Dyer was elect
ed TO the office which he accepted. Presi-
dent Theodore Roosevelt and Secretary of
State John Hay were elected honorary
members and Rev Daniel Goodwin. Hon.
r. n. stockvell and Hon Charles g. Gray
we're elected 90 active membership. Sec
retary Francis Gallagher announced the
death OF Mr.. Rhodes and spoke IN appre-
citation OF his career and OF the high es-
teem in which no was held by the mem
bers OF the association and by those who
came In contact with him i'm his daily life.
both as a public servant and n man.
Charles W. jerks also spoke OF the sor-
row felt at Mr. Rhodes demise and Presi-
dent Dyer I'm n brief address said:
''some years ago was a member OF the
board OF aldermen OF this city and saw
much OF Mr. Rhodes during that time.
never saw n man moro anxious To per-
FOR mhis duties faithfully. more zealous.
more iudicious. in carrying out all his
work. than was Mr.. Rhodes. Always
urbane kind I'm manner and faithful TO
the heat Interests OF his city. he had the
efYection OF all who were privileged TO
know him Doubtless-in fact. I know
that he continued so 20 the day OF his
death, a kind Christian. gentleman. Ex-
President Cievcland's saying the one
that will always endure Public officN IL
a pubIic trust while persons not con
sniruouslv brought forth was exempli-
fsd 10 the full IN his whole life His life
and character bore testimony - the grea
truth of that Biblical text: a good name
is moro 10 10 desired than great riches :
James -. Arnold. when introduced. read
an Instructive paper. entitled upub-
iishsi History OF Rhode Island the sub
stance being that the history already
written OF Rhode Island would make a