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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-30
LOCAL MENTION.

The national organization of CONNER
ciaI travellers known as the @Gideons. =
will hold d rally in Topeka Sunday. Mr.
Chas H Palmer, president of the soci-
ETY., and Mr. E. A. p. Haynes of St.
Louis addressed large and enthusiastic
meetings in Kansas City last Sunday
At an afternoon meeting in one of the
theaters LOO men were present.
Mrs E NJ. Day of Lawrence is in To
peka visiting friends.
William Honef who lives east of
Dover, badly mashed his hand yester-
day in threshing machine which he
was fixing. He was brought to Topeka
and his hand was amputated at To
peka hospital.
Wanted-At once. a lady for com
panion and to personally care for an
elderly woman. Nice home, good wages.
References required. S1l Buchanan.
Mrs. c. E. Foote.
The meeting Of the Democratic city
central committee last night was unpro-
ductive of any sensational features. and
adjourned till next Thursday night The
Democrats are apparently waiting tor
some move on the part of the Repub-
licans before they determine what to dp
about holding a convention. If the Re
publicans show signs of splitting up and
throwing some strength to q Democratic
candidate there viii no doubt be Dem
ocrat in the field
Russell r Whitman. well known
Kansan. now with the Kansas City
Journal, was guest at the Kansas Day
club dinner.
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with argument

They meet argument with argument
and disdain sentiment.
Our position in this matter is that the
women should fight It out amongst
themselves. Heretofore the suffragists
have had most of the publicity The
limehght has been on them since the
day Eliza beth Cady Stanton started out
to emancipate her sex. They have writ
ten much and spoken a great deal. They
have accomplished not a little and viii
undoubtedly win unless the opposition
comes from women. Man, poor man.
is ready and willing to share his sorrows
with the dear. sweet things. Heretofore
he has been obliged to do all the work
and take all the responsibilities, and the
JOB is not SO pleasant that he desires to
keep it all to himself.
But if the women rise up and fight
the movement it will be a battle royal
Man is in the position of caring little
who wins. He loses nothing in any
event. We wait the reply to The Re
nonstrance" with some trepidation. It
may be necessary to refer the dispute
TO The Hague tribunal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-30
THE BENEFITS OF GOOD ROADS

Discussing the subject Of road-mak-
ing i'm the state Of New York a New
York paper says Heretofore the most
serious obstacle to the advancement in
Toadmaking has been the task of con
vincing certain portion of the Amer
lean people that modern thoroughfares.
while much more economical in the
long run than the others. would confer.
indisputah1y immense advantages
upon our citizens as a whole. and not
merely upon those able to own auto
mobiles and fast horses. Happily, this
obstacle is being rapidly overcome. and
its almost complete removal seems to
be a matter Of only a short time" Com
menting on the foregoing the Roches-
ter Union and Advertiser says: The
certain portion of the American peo-
pie referred to must. of course. be the
agriculturists for the greater part. It
SIS strange that many among the farm
ers of the state have opposed the max
ing of good roads. claiming that they
could not afford to bear their share Of
the cost of the work. AS matter Of
fact the farmers would be more bene-
flied than anybody else. Those who
drive on the country roads for pleasure
are only a handful in comparison with
thoee VINO use tHe roads IN transport
ing their crops to market and in tire
transaction Of other necessary bust
Eess. Good roads are as much a neces-
sity to the farmer as good agricultural
implements. With worn-cut or anti
quated implements he cannot do his
work rapidly or well. and with poor
roads he must drive slowly and haul
small loads, and at the same time his
wagons viii be wrenched and worn aut
by travelling over a rough track that
grows rougher with every journey over
it. The interest of the automobiles OF
the horse fsneier in good roads ought
not to be half so great as that Of tho
farmer. We think il IS true that the
agricultural class is now awakening to
the importance of improving the higa-
wavs,,
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HELD FOR MURDER.
Foreman of Non Union Linemen Is
Arrested.

r. B. 2all, foreman of the non-union
force Of linemen employed by the Mis-
souri, and Kansas Telephone company
in this city, was arrested Thursday By
the sheriff and deputies on advices re-
ceived from Monticello, Mo. where it is
said he IS wanted for manslaughter
Hall. who is known as Jumbo" on ac-
count of his great size and strength.
made no resistance when arrested and
explained to the officers that the charge
was the result Of an accident in Monti-
cello several months ago. He said that
While shooting at hardwood post a
bullet glanced and struck a bystander in
the leg, inhicting a. painful wound. Hail
says that he took the victim to Month
cello and secured medical attendance for
him, and paid a physician to look after
the man. About this time Hall says ne
was called away, and after he was gone
the man who was shot changed doctors
and. he has heard. died later of blood
poison.
Hall seems inclined to think that the
striking union linemen of Topeka were
the cause of his arrest but all the union
men deny it. and say they knew noth-
ing of Hairs arrest until last night, ana
did not point him out to officers. as It
was reported. Hall viii be taken back
to Missouri tonight
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The Funny Coal Men.

Detroit Journal:
Enter Mr. w c. Hubert, western
manager for the coal trust:
THE railroads simply can't catch up.
Right in Detroit and Chicago there are
cars and cars of coal standing on the
sidings that the railroads simply cannot
move and the dealers cannot get.
Enter our old friend and fiashlight
comedian. Mr.. George F. Baer. president
of the Reading railway. He never
dares to be as funny as he can, but he
always amuEes:
The traffic is now moving freely and
fully to destination There is no scarci-
~ Of coal cars. We now have more
than we can use. The coal movement
has been very heavy"
Obviously the trust should have a de-
partment of publicity from which, and
only from which, should come coal news
as the trust would have it printed.
Neither the patriotic eagle nor the trust
buzzard looks we'll when its wings do
not flap in unison.
The foregoing is not the only contri-
button of Mr.. Baer to the gaieties of the
time. He remarks that six collieries
were drowned by the miners union or
dering out the pumping gangs. which
was indeed an outrage Two OF these
collieries, Mr.. Baer says. were ruined
by the water, and he solemnly adds:
What would have happened had the
strikers succeeded in drowning out all
our collieries should give the public
serious thought"
What a funny mani It occurs to US
that the men to do the serious thinking
are the mine owners. They should ask
themselves whether it were worth While
to run the risk of malicious destruction
Of their property for the sake of denial
to the miners of the privilege of arbf-
tratfon for the settlement of a wage
dispute It would be Mr. Baer who
would walk the floor If the hard coal
collieries We're all destroyed tomorrow.
The public would suffer as it IS suffer-
ing. but in time would adjust its habits
Of living to whatever fuel was provided.
while the Reading would probably go
into bankruptcy This is a calamity
no one desires, and Mr. Basr should give
serious thought to the fact that the
public cannot prevent strikes in the
hard coal district, while he and his as
sociates can.
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GLOBE SIGHTS.

FROM Inc AlCHiSOH %TAODc-J
What's the difference between half
dozen dozen and six dozen dozen? Look
OUT
Be cheerful in your AFFECTIONS. and
all the credit you get is that you are
too stony hearted to care.
When you see a. crowd of women, and
one has her arm around another, that
is a sign she is a school teacher.
Every town man has sneaking am
bition to go on a farm. Up S.-And
every farmer hopes to some day move
to town.
Find a man who receives a great
man who submits to good many in
dignities.
We viii wager that when the baby
cries at your house it's father Volun-
tarily looks up at its mother to see If
she heard it.
Atchison is getting along: they are
telling about a late dinner party at
which there were twelve implements
a each plate.
of his head, usually has a tremendous
growth of hair entirely around his
head just above the ears There IS
no manner of sense in such an ar
rangement as that.
There was great excitement in Kan
sas City lately because a negro slept
forty-eight hours Church White who
says any negro will sleep fOrty-eight
hours at a stretch, if you let him put
his head to the fire Mr.. White also
says that any old negro can foretell
snow forty-eight hours in advance, If
he sits in front of an open fire. If the
fire "spits snow" the negro will at
once grease his boots in preparation
for snowy Wea ther.
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GRAIN MEN GO HOME.
Cooperative Association Adjourns
After Completing Business.

The meeting ef the Kansas Cooperative
association continued its session today at
considerably larger than yesterday.
Judge S Fl. Allen addressed the conven-
ton last night on the subject, The Legal
Aspect of Cooperation.
Most OF the time THURSDAY was taken UP
with a discussion Of the Farmers Ship
ping association. This association is warm
ly Commended by the co-operators general
" and seems to be taking strong hold
with the farmers of the country. In ad.
dition to the 5000 subscription to the
stock Of the association. which was an
nourced in Thursdays State Journal, word
was received today from Ong, Neb., that
the farmers at that point have organized
an association and subscribed another
SIS 900 to the stock of the concern. At this
rate the $4,000 stock will soon all be sub
soribed
Thursday resolutions We're adopted in
dorsing the propcz2d law which gives to
persons or firms the right to condemn ele-
water sites on the railroad right Of way
when the railway company fails to pro-
vide q public elevator.
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HOW SNAKES FASCINATE.


The cobra Of tie Cane fascinates birds
bv coiling itself on branch, erecting its
head and swinging to and fro. Sun
downer's states that the snake viii 60 on
fascinating and keeping the bird twit-
tering ard unable to leave the tree in
which it is fer hours, and that if the
bird is driven away it comes back. This
may be a yarn But from the curious
fascination which non-terrifying objects.
such as lark glitters.9 have for some
birds. and their apparent inability to re-
s.st lowering round the lure. the far
greater mesmerizing power of the serpent
may be coniectured. Movement, more Or
less regular is always part Of the means
Of fascination employed by snakes. Their
fondness for music of any kind is not ex-
tended to the sound of the human VOICE
singing which snakes clearly do not APP
nreciate at all. They only care for in
strurnental music" which includes tire
ecncertina tom tom and Jews harp. But
from experiments made in this country 1t
vas evident that they like the bagpipss
best=Speetator.
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The Limit Should Be Raised.
Evening Wisconsin.

l1RGtilHS Wisconsin.
Under a recent verdict in New York,
the New York Central Railway COM
pany was forced to pay to the relatives
of persons killed by an accident on its
line an amount equal to twelve times the
highest sum that could have bean
awarded as damages for railway man
slaughter in states which like Wiscon-
sin have the $4,000 maximum limit law.
A bill is pending in the Illinois legisia-
ture to raise the limit to s15. 900 The
Chicago Tribune approves the spirit OF
the bill. but thinks it would be better
to do away with statutory limitation,
and leave the amount of damages in
each case to be determined by the jury
after listening to the evidence. Certain
it is that 900 is relatively less money
now that 1t was in the early '50s when
the existing limiting statutes were en-
acted in the western tsates. It is less
to the railways as well as to the fami-
lies of income Droducers Kfio fall vic
TINS to the collision or the deadly cross
ing. The railways might find il worth
while to take increased precautions for
the protection of the public if the
amount of damages for which they can
be made liable when they kill human
beings were not limited by law.
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TRIBUTE TO M'MlLLAN.
Senator Burrows Eulogy in
Memory Of Dead Colleague.

Washington. Jan. 30.-The chaplain of
the senate in his prayer today referred
to the late SenatoE Mcmillan of Michi-
gan, the day having been set apart to
pay tribute to the memory Of Senator
Mcmillan.
At the conclusion of the routine bust
ness, Mr. Burrows (A1ich.) called up the
resolutions relative to his late colleague
and paid an earnest tribute to his
memory.
IN THE HOUSE
Washington, Jan. 30.-In the absence
Of Speaker Henderson, Mr.. Dalzeu (Pa.)
presided in the house today.
On motion of Mr.. Gillett (Mass.) the
report of the memorial of the National
Red Cross society sent to congress yes
terday was ordered printed as an ex-
ecutiVe document.
Under the order made yesterday the
house then proceeded to the eonsidera-
ton of private claims bills.
QUAY = AMENDMENT FAVORED.
Washington Jan. 30.-The committee
on the organization of the executive de-
chairman has ordered a favorable re-
port upon the statehood bill offered by
the senator as an amendment to appro-
DTiation hills The committee was not
formally called together, but Senator
Quay saw the members on the floor of
the senate and secured their assent to
the favorable reporting of the bill as a
rider to the supply bills. All the mem
city gave their assent except Senator
HeVeTidge, who as the leader of the op-
position to the bill. Of course objected
Senator Wetmore, who is a member OF
the committee, is opposed to the bill
but he IS absent from the city and could
not be consulted.
ALASKAN TREATY REPORTED.
Washington, Jan. 30-The senate COM
mittee on foreign relations today auth
orized favorably reports upon the Alas
kan boundary treaty and the protocol
for the extension Of time for the ratff-
cation of the Cuban reciprocity treaty.
but failed. for lack of time. to reach a
decision upon the Panama canal treaty.
There was considerable discussion Of
the Alaskan treaty but the agreement
to make favorable report was unani-
nous. The Panama treaty was opposed
by Senator Morgan, who offered a num-
Der of amendments and presented an
argument in opposition to the treaty as
1t now stands. The committee Will meet
again tomorrow to hear the conclusion
of Senator Moran's objections.
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JAYHAWKER lots.

Bison hasn't had an empty house or
criminal case on the docket fer months.
Parsons complains of a few worthless
Young. men that should be crueided or run
OF oe town.
Atchison society is divided over ths
problem OF whether "a bob tailed dog can
walk log or no
Pomona housewives claim that they
find too many hairs in the butter. Some
people are so particular.
Waverly people are going to erect more
bIlol ed,l;s 40 ts TO aVoio
Two noted men were in Winfield one day
this week. Z. S. Grant registered at one
hotel and Grover Cleveland at another.
According to a local paper a Strong City
citizen made flying trip to Topeka this
week It's a safe bet that he didn't como
on No. 8.
About the same day Chester 7. Long was
chosen senator three cars of coal reached
Medicine Lodge and broke the long fuel
famine
A Butler county farmer has apples that
he has kert in the cellar in good condi-
Missing Link"
A farmers wife near Ell Dorado is rails
ing some young chicks in smoke house
by a wood fire. They should be worth IL
each at frying time.
An Arkansas City youth has been given
6e days in jail for stealing a bride. This
should have a tendency to curb his de-
sire in that direction.
Three little Leavenworth girls found SIS
in bills on the street. They thought It was
play money and gave it away for 30
cents TO buy candy with.
Two of the champion checker players of
this state hold forth at Strong City. It IS
said their wives never nut on dinner until
they see them en- route home.
The editor of the daily Jehersonian at
Burlington assures his subscribers who
have been missing papers that it's the
breeze he stirS up that carries them away
But eleven women have registered for
the spring election in Leavenworth This
may be accounted for by their modesty in
add1 essing City Clerk Przybylowez. (cor-
rect.1
Arkansas City small boys have a habit
Of running away from home and beat
ing" their way back on freights- The
mother of one met him on his return and
took hand in the beating 50 vigorously
that he viii probably seek another form of
amusement when he RECEIVERS.
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THAT HARVESTER TRUST.
It Is Being Investigated by Legisla
tive Committee.

Yesterday afternoon the legislative
investigation committee commenced
national Harvester company of Ameri-
ca in this state The records OF the
secretary of states office were looked
up disclosing that q charter had orig
inally been issued to the Milwaukee
Harvester company.
This company sold out to the Inter-
national company, which thereby
avoided payment of heavy fees upon
it's capital. The committee, before pro-
crossing further. viii ask the legisla-
ture for additional power to investi-
gate the subsidiary companies belong
ing to the International
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Died of Appoplexy.

Victor Mailing a stonecutter and mar
bic dresser, died suddenly in his rooms in
the Topeka hotel corner of Sixth and
Jackson streets. at midnight last night
He was found dead by another boarder'
case seemed to indicate suicide. as he had
been heard. it is said. to make threats Of
self-destruction. No poison was found
around the room, and this morning care
full examination was made. and none dis
covered among his effects. Coroner Hoge-
boom and DR.. Buckmaster performed an
autopsy today and discovered that apo
pIexy was the cause of death. as the brain
Of the deceased showed severe
hemorrhage. Mailing has no relatives IN
this city and his mother in Cleveland, O.,
was notified this morning
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ANDERSON WON'T RUN.
Major Tom Not a Candidate for
Mayor.

T. J. Anderson is not a candidate for
mayor. He has written a letter to a
committee appointed to interview him
and induce him to enter the race. in
which he declines to stand as q candi-
date.
Il told the committee said Major
was any show of going into this fight
without being abused and villified. 1
would go in. But my skin is not any
thicker than other peoples. and I have
a family. and I can't afford to put up
with the ISLANDERS which are heaped
upon the candidates for mayor. For
that reason 1 was obliged to decline
the support which the committee ten
dared to ne,
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EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Railroads and independents.


Baltimore American:
The people can have no patience with
the efforts President George F. Baer
and others at the head of coal carrying
roads and the big mining concerns are
making to prove that they are in no
way responsible either for the shortage
or the high prices. Leaving out the
question of their responsibility for the
protracted strike which made possible
the present conditions and which they
could have easily foreseen. they cannot,
as they are now trying to do, hoodwink
the people into believing that the few
independent coal operators are response
bic for the exorbitant prices. These
operators mine less than one-tenth of
the coal. and it stands to reason that
they could not control the prices if they
tried. It is the Reading, with its allies,
that is ponsible for the high prices
as we'll As the shortage They have
made these awful conditions which now
exist-conditions which involve disor-
der, riot and even death. They have
brought the people to the danger line,
and cannot shirk their responsibility.
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WILL BE TRIED IN APRIL.
Marie Kline, Who Robbed House
holds. Bound Over.

Marie Kline the woman who is the
confessed robber of the DR.. WATSON
residence last fall. and who was re-
Gently. arrested in Kansas City, had a
preliminary hearing in city court this
morning and waived examination. She
will have to stay in the county jail
until the april term of the district
court before she can get a trial.
The officers who arrested the little
woman are sorry for her as she seems
to be the victim of circumstances and
a bad husband who forced her to steal
and support him. She is a child in
size, frail and siclxly looking.
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RIO is BURNING.
Wisconsin Village on Fire Calls
for Assistance.

Milwaukee. Jan. 30.-An Evening Wis
consin special from Portage. Wis, says:
The village of Rio. Columbus county, is
burning. Rio has a population of 500
and contains but few business houses.
Among the buildings now burning are
the bank. a furniture store and hard
ware store.
The fire department of Portage was
asked for assistance and a special train
was sent with a fire engine and hose.
Telephone connection is broken and
particulars are hard to obtain.
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Pittsburg Gazette. The obstructive
tactics employed against the statehood
bill are altogether unwarrantable. The
constitutional method for deciding the
issue is by a vote Of the senate. and to
prevent that vote by hlibustering is an
abuse of privilege to which the senate is
prone. The Cuban reciprocity treaty
and other important public business
cannot be reached because the state
hood bill is in the way. and it is even
intimated that it is being designedly
kept in the way so that Cuban recfp-
rocity and antitrust legislation can be
defeated without those accomplishing
such defeat accepting the responsibility
for it,
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whare UneIe Sac Lose sao.ooo.

H0noIuIu, Jan. 3O-lBy PACING cable
to the Associated Press treasury
department at Washington has cabled
instructions to Collector of Port Stack
able TO admit coal at this port free of
duty in compliance with the recent
congressional act removing the duty
on foreign coal at all American ports
and receiving centers. Thirty-four
cargoes Of coal are now en- route here
from Newcastle. n. S. w. and the ca
bled instructions of the treasury de-
partment will result in a saving to the
shippers of upwards of $40 600, which
under the provision in the Dingley act
would have been collected here.
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Meronru Eel 81 necraea-

Cleveland, O., Jan. 3o.-The weather
bureau thermometer here recorded a
drop of 81 degrees during the II hours
ending at o'clock this morning. At
that hour the mercury marked % above
zero With the cold wave came a
fierce 55 miles an hour northwest gale
and heavy snow squalls. The high
wind made much trouble for the teIe-
phone and telegraph companies.