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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-20
Completing Great Northern Agreement.

The Great Northern committeeman
representing the train men Of the system
are leaving to-day for home, having COM
pleted the new wage schedule after
nearly weeks conference with General
Superintendent G.. T. -Slade. Conductor
Miller, chairman Of thea committee, will
remain In st. Paul several days. The
new schedule, which is now operative, Is
entirely satisfactory to the men.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-20
RAILROADS.
EARNINGS IN MINI.
Northern Transcontinental Lines
Show Some Big Figures for
Last Year.
Gross Earnings Taxes on All Roads
Will Be Far Ahead Of Those
for 1901.

Minnesota has received in gross earn
ings taxes of railroads for the year 1902
the sum of $l,922,366.66. The taxes for
1901 were $1.659,S26.8s, showing an in
crease of 1868 ,039.7S. With the back
taxes collected by the public examiner.
there was over s2000.O0O collected from
the railroads At the rate of 1902 which
will probably be exceeded by the time the
per cent gross earnings law goes into
effect, the increase in taxes secured by
that law will be over $650,O00.
The Minnesota earnings Of the different
roads and the taxes paid, mostly at a
3aper cent rate. were a 8 follows.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-20

grade. But the ridge at Laudv1lle is 900
feet. above the water level Of Dubuque
and 1t is a question whether the original
be adhered to.
It is understood that the Illinois. Cen
trail Is behind the new project. The idea
of the promoters of the new road is to
shorten the distance between ST. Louis
and Dubuque from sixty-five to seventy
miles. In order to do this 1t will be: nee
essary to follow an almost direct line. It
lis expected that work of construction will
be begun within couple Of months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-27

When I reached the Taylor place it
was SO near noon that [ baited the
horse and got a bite for myself, and
then I took Bill in hand and said
Jonas?"'
81 love her. Abe. and am going to
marry her.
won't anything turn your"
Not even earthquakes. Dad is sot
and mann is sot. but that makes no
difference to me. I'm glad you come
along. want to send word to her
that I'll be true if we have to wait a
hundred years.
How. would you like to say so-in
poetry -
''Wiu you do it for me, Abe-wilI
you do it?" he asked. as he sripped
my hand and shook it. IF you'll write write
some poetry for me and take it to her
III agree to keep you in 'taters and
turniDs for life
We went to his room. and he got me
q sheet of foolscap and pencil and paper
and I wrote:
"Oh widow Jones, love thee still.
love thee with a love
That can't, be busted here on earth.
Nor yet in realms above
They say your hair is red, my love.
But don't I better know?
Can l not see the auburn shade
To match the sunsets glow?
They say you'll lead me by the nose,
And you'll the trousers wear:
But amt willing to be led
By one SO plump and fair?
They say you stand upon log,
And man-like chop away;
But we will chop together, love,
When comes that happy day.
''Oh, Widow Jones, so passing fair.
Be e~er loving true:
And don't forget your loving Bill,
Who'll e'er be true to YOU
ABE said Bill, when I had finished
and read the verses to him, Il can't
tell you how grateful am. 1 can only
say that if our old spotted COW ever
kicks you I'll knock her burned horns
off next ninutet'
I agreed to stop and see the Widow
Jones and leave the poetry, and when
1 reached her house. and she had read
the verses and smiled and wept over
them, I asked:
well, widow, what are you going to
do about it?''
I'm going to marry Bill Taylor" she
ceterminedly replied They say he's
just making fool of me, but 1 know
meal Would he pour out his heart this
way if he didn't? You wrote the poetry.
know, but he did the pouring Bill
won't be 81 for six months yet, and his
father can keep US apart for that time,
but after that our spirits will mingle
and soar together, and don't you forget
it. He says he'll be true to me, and
want him to know thar I'll be the same
Abe. do as much for me as you have
done for him-write me some verses
know you won't take any money for il
but I'll make your wife a rag carpet or
a cTazy-quilt as q present. Write me
something that Bill can wear next to
his heart and feel that I am thinking
of him every hour in the day
had ten minutes to spare and I want
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-27
THE ONLY WAY.

'eDe report bavin' gone abroad" said
Brother Gardner at the last meeting
of the Lime Kiln club, 'de report
havin' gone abroad dat I have pre-
sarved one million watermillyons fur
winter use. an dat I am de only pus-
son in de world havin' a recipe fur de
same I wish to state dat dar am no
truth in de report. De man who kin
invent a way to presarve water
millyon frew de winter has yit to be
BON While on dis subject wish to
saw to yO' an l want yO' to remember
if till another SeZun, dat only under
one circumstance has a pusson a moral
or legal right to visit another man.
truck patch an take away a water
millyon If yo' had climbed up on
yo'r cabin roof an slid off an broke
six weeks wild a fever, an it seemed to
yo' dat muffin on airth would taste so
good as a big hunk of watermillyon.
den yo' would purceed as follers:
"Yo' will fust consult de almanac in
regard to de moon. Den yo' will sorter
inquar around as to truck patches
Havin' located yo'r patch yo' will seek
to diskiber if de man owns a dawg-
Den yo' will draw sort OF war map OF
dat patch. an pint out to de ole wo-
man all de holes in de fences Yo'
must caushun her dat all de biggest,
ripes an juciest millyons allus lie
moth an SOUTH must 1uTLneT III
struct her dat a ripe miIlyon allus
gives out a peculiar sound when yo'
funk on it.
I'VE will say dat de ole woman takes
dat war map in hand an sots out an
finds de patch an de n1illyon- She
crawIs back frew de fence wild on ole
buster in her arms. She totes it home
an -eckons de weight to be thirty
pounds She takes de butcher knife
an cuts it squar' in two. an puts
pounded ice on de halves. an yo' hain't
taken mo- dan fo' bites befo' yo' begin
to feel q heaD better. Before yo' ar
done eatfn'. dat broken laig is almost
as good as new. Am dat all? No, sab
AFTER a few years. when yo' has got
sunthin' ahead, yo' wanter meet de
white man who owned dat miilyon an
offer to pay fur it. If he don't take
yo'r money yo' am so much ahead. If
ne does. den yo'd better send de ole
woman arter another miIlyon TO make
eben-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-27
HONEST ABE, q. s. M.
He Tells how He Won the Gratitude
of Two Loving Hearts.

had heard gossip on the FourMile
Road to the effect that Farmer Tav-
lor's son Bill was shining up to the
Widow Jones. and that his father had
put his foot down and was trying to
break I'D the match. 1 didn't get at
the truth Of things until 1 met the
farmer on the highway the other day
and he stopped me to say:
"Abe, I've been wanting to see you
for the last week. Mebbe you've heard
about BiIl?"
Yes, something"
He's got stuck on the Wilder Jones
and is bound to marry her. I've told
him that If he did I'd never give him
as much as a peck of potatoes. Lordy,
but how some young men make fools of
themselves"
But what's wrong about his marry
ing her?' I asked.
why she'd lead him around by the
nose like a calf"
what else pr
She's red-headed and always having
lawsuits"
Yes"
"And she wobbIy in her religion. She's
Methodist one day and Baptist the
next. Shed keep Bill lodging every
which way all the time"
go on
"And-and she chops wood like a
mani" continued Bills father with a
triumphant air. Yes. sir. she spits on
and they say she can stand on log and
chop with any man in this county.
Think of the idea of Bill marrying a
woman like thatl"
Anything more?"
Eyes, there's lots more, but I can't
think of it just now. It's scandalous,
Abe-regular scandalous, and I've been
wanting to see you about it You are
big man, amt your
"One of the very biggest, Mr.. Taylor.
I carry the rural mail over route %
miles long, and everything has to give
the road to me. If L should meet the
president of the United States on the
highway he'd have to turn out for me
if I said So The American flag flies
over me as I drive. and when the
weather is not too bad the American
eagle flies before me and screams out
to let everybody know that I'm COM
ing. There may be one or two bigger
men on earth than I am. but if so
don't know where they are"
That's what I thought said the
farmer, as he started to take off his
hat to me. "and I want you to see Bill
as you drive by the barn and talk to
him Tell him this thing has get to
stop. Tell him you'll order out the
whole United States army if it don't
Talk to him straight from the shoulder,
Abe, and save this family from an
awful tragedy. I told him jest before
left home that the wilder was max
ing fool of him. and I've had some
one tell her that he made fun of her
red hair. and if you only clip in now
Bill will be saved"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-27
A BAD BREAK.

A man who was searching for the
truth met in the course of his travels
q certain woman, and he said to her:
ct hope you are as good as you are
beautiful"
'sWhat makes you think I am beau
tifuI?" said the woman.
Because replied the man who was
searching for truth. by the standard
pie with whom L have been brought
up, you would have enough points to
pass the examination with ease"
But" said the woman. who was
very inquisitive. ''all this may be true
of the people whom you know, but how
about those on the other side of the
world Their standard of beauty is
wholly different, and according to them
wouldn't pass Where. then, lies the
truth?"
What you say" remarked the man
who was searching for truth. sis of
course. true
But IS it true?" said the woman.
There mere fact that 1 have said it,
doesn't make it So
The man who was searching for
truth was struck with the ingenious
subtleness of her reply.
THAT is also true" he replied tYet
manifestly. if that is true, some of
the other things were not true. And
If they are not true, they must be
false, and if they are false, then the
truth OF even your last statement may
after all, be false. You are indeed a
wise woman. Your power of analysis
is the best [ have ever seen--in wo-
man. In fact. you are just the one I
have been looking for in my great
search. You can help me if any one
can. Ard now, let US begin at the be-
ginning"
"AlI right" said the woman: ego
ahead
Every well' said the man who was
mil foI~
what I said about your being beau
tiful You are not beautiful
Then the woman rose up.
Enough" she said. ''Good-bve. The
conversation OF such liar as you are
ceases to interest me."-Tom Mason
in life -'
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ed to oblige the widow, and so sat down
and dashed off:
ooh, William Taylor, list to me,
And believe in what I say;
When I declare that all my thoughts
Are with you night and day.
eff now and then I seize the axe.
And cause the chips to fly;
Don't doubt my love, my dearest Bill.
And lay thee down and die.
They'll tell you that my hair is red
That you'll be henpecked sore;
That shall boss and you'll obey,
And other things galore
But don't you believe 'em, dearest one,
Nor believe of Sarah i'll;
But stick to her as she will stick
To her true-hearted Bill"
How will that DOR I asked. as the
poem was finished and a red ink border
drawn around it.
The widow was affected to tears and
sobs, and when I left she said she would
send the poem to Bill that very evening
by the hands of her hired girl. Two days
later as I drove by Taylor's, Bill waved
his hat to me from the cornf1eld and
knew that he had got the poetry and was
wearing it over his FACILITATING heart
(Copyright 1903, by C. B. Lewis.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-27
School Easements

The movement to abandon the
noisome easements of public school
buildings and institute Fairgrounds
commends itself to all who have any
knowledge OF the unsanitary and even
disgusting conditions that have long
prevailed in many of these Easements.
Dark, i'll ventilated, malodorous. these
places, one and all, should be aban-
doned as piayrooms. Parents will do
their. part by dressing their children
SO that they can play out during the
brief recess and noon hour without dis
comfort in all weathers. This can be
done and the health of the children will
be benefited thereby. Easements that
are microbe hatcheries, and consump-
tives as teachers, are a part of any
public school equipment that should be
discon Oregonian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-27

The woman who tells you that il is
foolish to worry almost has a fit If she
discovers her hat isn't on straight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-27
FOE sALE-REAL ESTATE.

-~~~~~~~~~@--~-~-~~~-~>~
FOR SALE room house, fine location,
1923 Taylor St, $3.50 cash: bal. monthly.
Kansas ave. lot and bldg. North Topeka,
near depot, $500 cash: balance monthly.
House and lot Madison ST., near shops,
$50 cash, balance monthly
2 fine lots Clay ST., near 18th, 500 cash;
balance $3.50 per month.
l east front lot Clay, between Sth and
9Th. $50 cash, balance So monthly.
Suburban land w. 10th ave-, close in;
tracts and terms to suit.
We buy, sell or loan money on Topeka
property and bank stocks
F. J. BROWN, Columbian Bldg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-27

Union Pacific.
EASTBOUND.
Arrive
No 2 limited Recommendations. $50 afrs
No. 6, Kansas City local pass..-... Z: IS am
No. T. Atlantic express $50 or1s
sNo. s, K. {. and Salina express. 80 pm
WESTROUND.
sNo. Z, x c. and Salina express. II 20 am
No g. Denver and Pac. Coast Itd.12: 80 nm
No. 5, junction City local pass. $50 pm
n. limited ------------------.--.-..--s 800 Pm
sDaily except Sunday. All Others daily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-27

Tommy-"Pop, why do people have
to pay duty on things they bring from
Europe?" Tommys Pop-'Just as a
matter of custom, my son.
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FEED AND RUEL.

of all kinds. Office S19 Kansas ave-
Bell phone 2s7. Ind. 1866. Central Fuel
and Feed Co.
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JEwELER AVID oPrIcIAN-

f. W. SWEARINGEN. feweler and rraS-
uate opucian. We guarantee every pair
OF glasses to lit and every watch we re-
pair. We carry the largest line of
watches, clocks, diamonds, cut glass, etc,
IN the city Watch inspector y. p. r. R..
724 Kansas ave.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
UPHoLsTERING.

TOPEKA UPHOLSTERING CO., W. J.
Voss, Prop--Upholstering and refinish-
ing a speciality. Furniture packed and
shipped. 609 Jackson st. Ind. Tel. 162
Best of references
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STORAGE

No-~-~--~-~~-~----~--~---~
MERCHANTS, TRANSFER & STORAG
Co. packs, ships and stores househol
goods. Tel 1856 Clarence Skinner, d
Quincy st.
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SPORTING GOODS

). :. ELLf0TT, Is Kansas ave. GENERA
Sporting goods, gune, ammunition, base
Dali supplies, nshing tackle. refrigsrato
baskets. Sprats dog fuod and medicines
phone SIS.
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COAL DEALERS.
BICYCLES AND REPAIRING.

TOPEKA AUTOMOBILE AND CYCLE
Co. Tel. 706- Bicycles and Sundries, bE.
cycles and tandems for rent; repairing OF
all kinds.
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RUG FACTORY.

1>-->~->-S1----(>~-~-~>~-~
WANTED-Fou to let US make your oil
carpets into rugs. Call phones 421 .
address Mccormick & Peake. 527 jackson
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ed to oblfge the widow. and so sat dow
and dashed off:
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JEWELLERS.

~~~~---~~-~---~~~---~~-~-~
JAMES 3. HAYDEN, JeweIer and Opt.
clan. Complete stock OF watches, dfa.
Knords, silver~are, etc. Eyes examined
and spectacles properly fitted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-27

CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS.
NJ " Mil
SHOP 1121s West Eighth st. Phone 16S
JOB WORK promptly done. Topeka, Kan.
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FREE p1sPENsARY.


WORRAL, us Polk, piano lessons. pupil
home soc. Church and lodge playing fres
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U. S. CYCLE CO.. lis E. Sth st. National
& Iver-Johnson bicycles Supplies. repairs
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-05-11
SESSION OLE CoNGREss.

Associated Press, Morning Service.
DENVER, Colorado, May 9.-Con-
gresham Ramsdell, who is in this city
on business, says that there will be an
extra session of Congress called in
November to consider legislation with
reference to the new Cuban reciprocity
treaty, the Senate having passed the
matter up to the House by making
legislation necessary to establish the
effectiveness Of that convention, and
likewise to consider the proposed re-
duction in the Philippine tariff so as to
give American the best of in trade
relations with the Asiatic possessions.
HAVANA, cuba, May 9.-There is
the gravest dissatisfaction here be-
cause action on the Cuban reciprocity
treaty has been retarded.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-05-11

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
First Circuit Territory of Hawaii.
At Chamberlain Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of Christian
Frederic Wolfe, late of Honolulu, Ca
hu, deceased.
Order for Notice of Hearing Petition
for probate of win.
A document purporting to be the Last
Will and Testament of Christian FIRE.
deric Wolfe. late of Honolulu, Oahu,
deceased, having on the 18th day OF
April A. d. 1903 been presented to said
Probate Court, and petition for the
Probate thereof and for the Issuance
of Letters Testamentary to Nina G..
Wolfe, of said Honolulu having been
filed by said Nina G.. Wolfe.
1t is hereby ordered. that Monday the
25th day of May A. D. 1903 at 10 o'clock
a. m, of said day, at the Court Room
of said Court, at Honolulu, Oahu, be
and the same hereby is appointed the
time and place for proving said VIII
and hearing said application.
1t is further ordered, that notice
thereof be given by publication, once o
week for three successive weeks, in the
Hawaiian Star newspaper published
in Honolulu, the last publication to be
not less than ten days previous to the
time therein appointed for hearing.
Dated at Honolulu, oahu, April 20
1903
GEO. D. GEAR,
Second Judge First Circuit Court.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-05-11
DIED.

his residence in Kali
muki, May 9, 1903, DR.. George =. An
drews, aged So years and l month. He
was born at Kailua on the island of
Hawaii, April 9, 1885, His father,
Seth l.. Andrews, was one of the
seventh reinforcement of the Ameri-
can mission, which arrived in Homo
lulu in April 1887. He was at once
stationed at Kailua, where, ANA at
l ahainaluna, he remained with his
family till 1S4g when failing health
compelled his withdrawal from the
Mission, and they returned to the
United States, where the family was
educated. DR.. George Z. Andrews re-
ceived most of his college training at
the Michigan State University, at Ann
Arbor. Thence he went to New York
City, and entering the College of Ply
sicians and Surgeons, graduated with
honors. Establishing himself in De-
troit, he soon built up a large and
important practice, and easily be-
came the leading physician of the
city. He also established a wide
reputation for learning in other lines.
Ill health brought him out to the ISL
ands about fifteen years ago and
finding the climate beneficial, he re-
lullltu anu NOuuu ul HIS
affairs in Detroit, and came back TO
Hawaii with his family and settled
here. Continued i'll health prevented
his taking the professional position
here to which his ability entitled MIN.
Many will testify to his good work as
a doctor, and all who knew him unite
in pleasant remembrance of his social
and intellectual qualities. DR.. An
drews leaves a widow and daughter
Winifred. DR.. Myers was his brother
in-law.
TRANSFORMERS Helen, at Paauilo
Aged 81 years, beloved mother of Mrs
Stevens of Ilaniwai, Waikiki, and
Mrs. A. r. Askew of Paauilo.
Honolulu, Hawaii
May 9, 1908, Joaquin A. Rodrigues, a
native of these islands, aged "a years
an employee of the Won Hamm-
Young Company. The funeral was
held Sunday. The interment was in
the Catholic Cemetery, King street.
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LEGAL NOTICES.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THH
First Circuit Territory of Hawaii.
At Chambers-In Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate Of Joseph
Ballard Anterior late of Honolulu,
Oahu.
Order for Notice of Hearing Petition
for Probate of VIII.
A document purporting to be the Last
Will and Testament of Joseph Ballard
Anterior deceased, having on the 27th
day of April A. d. 1903 been presented
to said Probate Court, and a Petition
for the Probate thereof, and for the Is
suance of Letters Testamentary to
Juliette Montague Anterior having
been fled 10y Juliette Montague Ather-
ton.
1t is hereby ordered, that Monday,
the Sth day of June A. ID. 1903 at 10
o'clock, a. m, of said day, at the court
room of said court, at Honolulu, Oahu
be and the same hereby is appointed
the time and place for proving said
will and hearing said application.
1t is further ordered that notice there
of be given, by publication, once a week
for four successive weeks, in the Ha-
waiian Star a newspaper published In
Honolulu, the last publication to be
not less than ten days previous to the
time therein appointed for hearing.
Dated at Honolulu. April q, 1903.
w. J. ROBINSON,
Third Judge First Circuit Court.
ID. II. Case, attorney for Petitioner.
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CHOLERA INCREASING.

Associated Press, Morning Service.
MANILA, May 1C.-Cholera is on the
increase throughout the Island of Lu-
zOn.
Army transports bound for San Fran
cisco have been placed in quarantine
here.
Although the cholera situation is bad,
the constabulary have been very sue
cessful in coping with the ladrone
bands during the past few days and
the military situation is regarded as
greatly improved.
1t is estimated that 10000 natives
died of cholera IN the various islands
of the Philippines during the epidemic
that ragged there last year.
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VACATION HOI1SE.

The Y w. c. A. Wahiawa fund has
now grown to more than $3.50, and there
still remains $3.50 to be donated to the
whole fund of $1,000. Work on the
building of the summer home at Wa
hiawa will begin shortly, and all those
who are assisting in the raising of the
fund are asked 10 report results as
soon as possible to the secretary. Fur
niture of various kinds, dining room
appurtenances and kitchen utensils are
needed, and this viii be a good time to
clean out attics, an incentive to be lib
eral under the circumstances. The
secretary will send a wagon on Thurs
day to places where furniture can be
obtained, if notice is left at the Y. w.
c. A. rooms.
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ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP STEAMER


Associated Press, Morning Service.
NEW YORK, May 9.-An Internal
machine containing one hundred
pounds of dynamite enough to have
blown the vessel to atoms, has been
found among the freight booked for
shipment on the cunard liner Umbria.
The mnchine was set so that it would
have exploded thirty-six hours after
the steamer left port so that the death
of every soul on board would have been
assured
a letter received by the police con-
tanning the information that the Malta
had declared war on all British ship
ping led to the discovery of the internal
machine.