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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28
FIRE AT ORPHANS HOME.
Started from Gasoline B ut Damage
Was Small.

A small fire at the Crawft I'd flats at
the corner of Fifth and Nom zoe streets
and another at the Orphans Home al
Third and Fillmore, occurred about
O'Clock this morning. The fire Depart
znent was called for the first orhe- some
one in an upper story at the CE7twford
flats had thrown a lighted cigar gut or
the window. 1t lodged on a folded tWn-
ing and set fire to the cloth. The a. TIL
age was confined to the awning.
AT the Orphans Home the ire staA L
ed from a small gasoline explosion Tn
gasoline was being used by one OF the
employees in cleaning garment Some
o ne lighted a match in the room ana
tile gas from the evaporation lgnfted-
I he fire was extinguished with blank
ct. On account of poor telephone ser
vise the alarm of fire failed to reach the
fire, headquarters until long after the
fire had been extinguished. A fireman
went to the house to examine the room
where the fire occurred to see that it had
been thoroughly extinguished.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28
REVIEW LOOKS WELL.
Midsummer Edition of Washburn
Review Is Attractive.

A very attractive publication is the
midsummer edition of the Washburn
College Review, which is just in circu-
lation. 1t has been issued considerably
later than usual. The staff of the paper
for the coming year will be as follows.
Frank Mohler, editor; Matte Weston
haver, associate; Ray Coldren, Agnes
Fisk Harvey Phillips and John Van
De Mark in the local department; Maud
Neyhart, exchange editor; George Am
derson, athleticf; Louis b. FIitts,
alumni editor, and Otis J. Backenstoce
business mana ger.
The Review mas been put on a very
sound financial footing, and carries a
good display of local ADVERTISING The
paper contains considerable personal
news of college people, besides several
articles on football and other college
mattez<
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28
EDITORIAL COMMENT
When Is a Man " Aged"P

New York Times:
An evening newspaper describes an
alteration between an ill-natured dog
and an aged bicyclist" FOR whom
sympathy is invited by reason of the
fact that he is a very venerable man.
being nearly 60 years of age" An
age approximating go years may be
mature for one who makes a habit of
bicycle riding, and to a young and in
experienced reporter it may seem that
a person of that age would do better
to walk sedately and carry a cane to
defend himself against the vagrant
dogs on the highway; but why even a
very young reporter should have en-
ployed the term "aged man. to desig-
nate person of 81 or 5S years passes
comprehension. In addition to being
inaccurate it involves a blazing indis-
erection from the point of view of the
interests of the newspaper, since a
great many people who are near so on
either side of the line will be apt to
resent it as a gratuitous affront to a
large and influential body of citizens
who are not aged in any proper sense
of the term.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28
The 1nfiuence of GOOD women.

New York Americans:
The influence of good women is the
most powerful factor in advancing the
civilization of the human race. The
pity of it is that good women are not
sufficiently alive to their power for good
over their husbands, sons and brothers,
and from modesty and diffidence too
often refrain from doing their duty.
Women are too apt to accept the po-
sition that the Orientals assigned to
them, and for fear of mourning the
odium attached to the "shrieking sister
hood" of farce comedy politics, shrink
from exercising in their own homes that
influence for good which is their highest
and best attribute. Every reform in
manners and morals of Eden was due
to woman. The child labor law of
Great Britain was suggested and pushed
to completion by. women. Every adj
vance in civilization from the stone at
the Cave dweller's door to the most ad-
vanced of modern household luxury
came from woman's desire for comfort
and domestic peace. Let him who doubts
this, pay visit to the wonanless camps
of the miners and lumbermen of the
west.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28
The Airship.

New York Sun:
A large number of the sportsmen of
Paris have turned their attention from
the automobile to the airship. They
hope to solve the problem of aerial
flight as successfully as they have
mastered the problem of fight on the
roadways. Various tests public or phi
vate, of new-fangled flying machines
are taking place daily in or near Paris
and French aeronauts whose opinions
are entitled to weight believe that, be-
fore the end of the present summer,
their achievements will astonish the
whole world. These enthusiasts have
been greatly encouraged in their
Drophcsying by the recent triumph Of
NJ. Santos-Dumont. The other day he
actually visited the races at Long
champs in one of his big airshins, the
trip having been made as successfully
as if he had covered the distance in
cab or by train. Moreover, several
of the French nobility are engaged in
making and breaking aerial long-dis-
tance records.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28

Indianapolis Journal: People with
even a half-develoDed sense of humor
will not do a thing but grin over the
spectacle Of Senator Bacon and his At
lanta friends stalking UP and down the
platform of the little North Carolina
railway station. Indignantly refusing to
eat because they were asked into side
room and looking hungrily through the
windows to where Booker Washington
and his party were occupying all the
seats and placidly enjoying their meal
Sympathy because of their breakfastless
state is uncalled for. Wrath and the
proud sense of having stood up for a
great principle doubtless sustained
their strength as well as meat and drink
could have done. But the southerner on
his dignity has not the least idea how
much he adds to the gayety of nations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28
Sea Legs of the Walking Delegate.

New York Sun:
There is an area of storm on the
great lakes. If traffic on them is not
tied up tight, it will not be the fault of
the despotic skipper of the bad ship
Eastland. The Tomanticists and senti-
mentalists would say the good ship
Eastland. She is not a good ship, or
she would have a better captain. Well
the bad ship Eastland was blowing the
middle waters of Lake Michigan when,
without warning. she struck. Not on
a submerged pinnacle of rock. but
against the cook and the captain bold.
Six of her crew, as fine men as ever
broke biscuit, rose and struck. They
had been sitting at their dinner wait
ing for their mashed potatoes. Nc
mashed potatoes were spoken. No mash
ed potatoes, no work; such was the
ultimatum of these hardy sea dogs
| Without cargo of mashed potatoes in
their hold, they declined to navigate
/ any farther.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28
Palms and Feru,l.

Just received a large lot of all sizes,
palms, ferns, and other plantA for indoor
decoration. Also fish globes, aQuari-
ums, and aquarium ornaments. Gold
fish now in transit from breedin g ponds.
Please hold your orders for 1al ge two
year old roses, hardy Towering shrubs,
plants and clematis vines We wilt have
a large stock for fall planting about
Sept. Is. We have also on the way
from Holland a large stock of Tulips,
Hyacinths and other Towering bulbs
See this stock before buying of travel
ing statesmen
Topeka Seed House. 306 Kansas ave.
S. H. DOWNS, Manager.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28

Pittsburg Chronicle: There has been
a strike of street railway employees at
Richmond. Va. which has just been de-
clared off Richmond is not a large
place. Its population at the taking of
the census Of 1900 was s5,O50 The strike
lasted just 60 days and is estimated to
have cost the street car company S125.-
600; the strikers, in loss of wages. $780,
600; the state, for troops to maintain
order. $4,000. and the city for special
police, etc, $1,000. one man was killed
by soldiers. One motorman was fatally
stabbed by another. while scores of per-
sons have been more or less seriously
injured. At this rate strike-is a pretty
expensive matter for a town of the size
of Richmond. The bill of expense sug-
gests once more that strikes are IN
prohtable They don't pay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28
COLEMAN DioN,T DO 1T.
Auditor Wells Ezsonerates the At
torney General

State Auditor Wells denies that At
torney General Coleman had anything
whatever to do with FIXING the assess
ment of Clay, Riley, or any other coun-
ty in the work of the state board of
equalization, as minated by the editor
of the Manhattan Nationalist in an edi-
torial which was reproduced in the
State Journal a few days ago.
The editor of the Nat ionaHst, re-
member. asked me how we arrived at
eur decision in equalizing taxes, and /
think told him we compared counties
and talked with other state officers
about their localities, but Mr.. Coleman
had nothing whatever to do with fixing
the valuation of any county,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28

was performed by an American Nc
Kinley, whose height has been estimat-
ed at 90 ga feet, is undoubtedly the
Hottest peak on the northern half OIL
this continent. Fitzgerald and Eur
briggen have probably surpassed this
achievement by 1900 feet in the Andes
and Sir. Martin Conway has done still
better iIs the Himaiayas. 1t would
have been a pity if a foreigner had
made the first ascent of Mckinley
Nor does the fact that DIR. Cook has
been beaten show that he is less brave
or skiilful His rival enjoyed peculiar
advantages in being a temporary resi-
dent of Alaska
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28
TOWN UNDER WATER.
Only Five Houses Remain en-
Dry Ground.

Omaha, Neb., Aug 2S.-T he town of
FIT. Crook City, seven miles south or
Omaha, is under water which is i've
feet deep in many homes. Only hve
houses re main on dry ground, and the
Missouri Pacific station is pa ftly sub
merged. The sudden flood wa s caused
by a cloud.burst above there Fifty fam
lilies are tSeing taken care of in tents
on the hillSides. The Missouri Pacific
bridge over the Papio river wtAnt out
just after a heavy freight train had
passed over it, and trains on that road
are abandoned today. Fort Crock post
is located on a hill and is not affected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28
cIimbing -Iount McKinleH.

NtW EoIk Irlbune,
The news that Judge Wickershan, of
the United States district court of
Ala7ka. has made the ascent of Mount
Mckinley viii cause disappointment
among the friends and admirers of DIR.
Cook. who left Brooklyn on similar
errand two or three months ago. No
doubt the eastern explorer will reach
the summit; but it looks as if he would
not be the first man to do so. He has
apparently been anticipated. 1t is con-
soling. however. to feel that the feat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28

Cleveland will be the storm center of
Ohio politics for some time to come.
Both the Republican and Democratic
candidates for governor and United
States senator reside there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

SnIScrfte1s of The State Journal
stray during the summer may haze
tie babe, mailed regularly each day
10 any address at the rate Of thirty
Genfs n month address changed rs
O1fc,s as desired. TTzhf7e. ont of fOzezs
lie State journal acfH be to Jon like
q daily letter from home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28

If Tom Johnson can succeed in carry
ing Ohio this year. it will be likely to
place him in the lead for the presidential
nomination next year. The Democratic
party is needing a man for leader who
can win an election against Mark
Hannn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28
TO SEIZE PORTS
Unless Turkey Complies With
All Our Demands.

Washington, A pg. 2S.-If Turkey does
not promptly com ply with each and ev-
cry demand of tue washington gov
eminent Rear Adm niral Cotton WI be
instructed to seize one or more porls
and hold them until the American der
mands are granted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28

Brick sidewalks and street pavements
have been extended far into the suburbs
but there is still rotten piece of wood
en- sidewalk scarcely two blocks from
the business center of the city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28
The Prince Jumped Out.

Berlin, Aug. 2S.-The automobile of
Prince Eitel Friedrich, second son of
Emperor William, got out of the control
of the driver today near Bonnie and
started down the mountain side. The
prince leaped out and the driver STOP
ped the machine at a neighboring vii
lage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Miss Emma B. Roseburgh died of
stomach trouble this morning at four
o'clock at the home of her sister, Mrs.
A. X. Banks, T05 Fillmore street
Funeral announcement later
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28

The Free Silver Republican party of
Kansas is outnumbered by the Popu-
list party of Iowa which met in mass
convention at Des Moines yesterday.
Three persons were present, of whom
Gen. Weaver probably was one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28
vardaman Carries Primaries.

jackson. Miss, Aug. 2S.-TAere seems
to be no doubt left now of the nominal
ton of James K. VaTdaman in the
primary election of yesterday as the
Democratic candidate for governor of
the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28
BRIDGES GO OUT.
James Street Structure at II.
C. Washed Away.

Kansas City, Aug. 2s.-During the day
a portion of the reconstructed James
street bridge and the ferry handing at
Auburndale were carried away. Damage
to property interests outside of bridges
is not at all likely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28
Complimentary Visits.

Genoa. Italy. Aug. 2S--Com pIimentary
visits were changed today between the
local authorities and Command err McCrea
of the United States glrnboat Machias
The Genoese warmly greeted THE Ameri-
can officers and sailors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28

If every state and territory be assign
ed a separate day at the Worlds Fair
a large portion of the time set apart for
the exposition will be taken up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28

The fact that it has become necessary
to import laborers in large numbers in
Topeka speaks louder than anything else
for the prosperity of the city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28

We can't secure reparation from Tur-
key for the murder of our consul as
quickly as Russia did under similar cir
cumstances because it will take our
warships longer to reach Turkish
wa tars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28

The Newark News suggests that old
Geronimo be sent as a missionary to
Bulgaria. What's the matter with Ken
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28

The vacation season is nearly over
and people are beginning to return to
the comforts of home and civilization.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-28

FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED ERESS.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-12
St. Petersburg Budget
Scientists of the World Eager
To Hear Words of Christ
Journal Special Service.

ST. Petersburg, Dec. 12.-The Holy
Synod is preparing papers by which
the czar, as head of the Greek church,
lays claim to the documents said to
contain actual reports of some of
Christ's sermons, alleged to have been
found by DR.. Hunt and others in the
neighborhood of Cairo. At the same
time the minister of public, worship
is addressing letters to all the scien-
lists of the world to procure, if pos
sible, by united action, early publica-
ton Of the parchnents.a The minister
argues that2the translation should not
be left to the English, inasmuch as
the papers belong to the whole civil
lied world, no matter who found
them. - -
The Russian authorities evidently
fear that the translation done by Eng
Iishmen might be "colored" in the
interest of the Protestant church.
Some Astonishing Shooting
Records in Russia
The following experiments, with
krupp armor plate are recorded by
the war office: .r -..--.
New Krupp armor plate, 25 cen
timeters, intended for turrets of two
new battleships. cg.-4tss o. s
Shots fired by a 20-centimeter can
non; caliber, 35; final velocity, 69(
meters. - >-@--+ = - r 81
Result: The points Of the missiles
stuck fast in the armor plate, but did
not cut thru. The rest of the missiles
were shattered to pieces. - "
Next, another gun, also twenty cen
timeters, but forty-ffve calibre, was
employed; final velocity Of missile, so
meters. This ti1nea,. the, missile went
clean thru the. plate, recording a final
velocity Of 40 meters a. sscefd afterz
wards.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-12
Paris Budget
Therese Humbert Disconsolate
in Her Penitentiary Cell.
Journal Special Service.

Paris, Dec. '12.-Your correspondent
was permitted to see the great Therese
.Humbert at Rennes Penitentiary. Her
hair has been cut off and she wears a
gray dress, made of sackcloth, in one
piece On her head sits a. white cap,
which she must wash and iron daily.
She has been set to work at collar MAX
ing and may earn sixty centimes daily
by working hard. Half Of that small
sum she must lay up for a rainy day,
the other half may be used to buy
extras in the shape of food.
Therese, like her husband, Frederick,
who; works at making corsets at
Thouars, receives four meals daily,
namely, vegetable soup twice and dry
bread and water twice. On Wednes-
days and Sundays a little piece of meat
is added to the soup. The distin-
guished prisoners rise at half-past five
in the morning. In summer they will
have to rise at o'clock every day.
Sarah Bernhardt Adds Three
i White Curls to Her Couture.
Sarah Bernhardt told your CORE
spondent,} she was done with pants
parts. - . She is going to be strictly
proper hereafter on the stage, but
notE because I am getting DID, she
added with smile. "And be sure to
say that the three white 5curls I wear
as Jane 'Bedellind are artificial Sarah
expects to create Sardou's witch
soon after New Year. Another role
she is preparing for is that of the
Duchess Of Angoulene, daughter OF
Louis XVI. 53f:
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-12

ers, was instigated by love for the.
race track.
''Kadar was an honest man until a
friend introduced him to the race
track said the states attorney; "at
the race track he lost his self-respect,
his love of country, his love of famf-
Iy. There he became a common thief,
who did not even hesitate to. rob the
fund set aside, for the widows and
children of his colleagues in the gov
eminent service.
Ceases like that are altogether too
frequent, and the time is ripe when
public opinion will force parliament
to abolish the race track as other
forms Of gambling are abolished. III
racing itself there is no harm; the
harm comes when money interests en-
ter into it, and it is a remarka BILE fact
that at least one-half of the funds used
on the race track are stolen
Lost Both Eyes and Life
BY Kissing His Mistress.
"a Baroness Bauer, in Szatumik, de-
Tended herself with her hat pin
against her valet when he tried to
kiss her. She struck him in both eyes
and the young man died IN terrible
agony. ~ p
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-12
South German Budget
Augsberg Liberal Workmen
~ VIII Erect Model Houses
Journal Special Service.

Augsberg, Dec 12.-The Liberal
Workmar's union has incorporated as
a building society, limited, and ac-
quired a large tract of land within
easy distance from the factory quar-
ters. There great number of model
houses are to be erected. Each house
contains twenty-six apartments of six
five, four. three and two rooms each,
besides kitchen and cellar. The rent
for these sanitary apartments is sS7
per year for four rooms, s62 for three
rooms, and $48 for two rooms. Any
workman buying a share for $50 cash
or in monthly installments, is entitled
to an apartment Of his selection. 1t
is calculated that the houses, includ-
ing the land, will belong to the share
holders in forty-one years.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-12
LITTLE SATURDAY CHATS
WITH SOME WELL KNOWN MEN

horses. AS a matter of fact, injecting with
anti-toxin causes no unpleasant effects
whatever. Nurses and physicians are i'm
munized, that is rendered immune
against diphtheria, by such injections,
over and over again; the effect lasts only
about thirty days. An immunized person
seldom takes diphtheria; if lie does. it Is
La light attack. Some months ago we re-
moved two diphtheria patients from an
orphan asylum containing eighty children.
tUnder the old conditions twentysor thirty
of those children would have caught the
disease and five or ten would have died.
But we used anti-toxin on the eighty and
not one became sick. .Anti-toxin is SO
good a, cure as well as a protection that
only Sone child dies of tdiphtheria now in
Minneapolis to five that died herelbefore
the new remedy was known It's for that
reason chiefly that the deaths of children
under five Were one-third last year OF
Ewha they We're in 1890.
| .Ollr worst foes, of course, are the anti
doctors, who oppose all medicine. Two
such families called us recently; in each
a child was dying Of diphtheria. But the
parents saw their mistake too late
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-12
YYP-TO-THE-MINUTE
FASHIONS J.
A Daily Hint of Practical Value
to Journal Readers Of the
Fo;,, cav
Fair Sex.

The fashion pictures given daily i'm
this department are eminently practi-
cal, and the garments pictured can be
reproduced easily from the paper
patterns, which may be obtained at
trifiing cost thru The Journal. The
models are all in good style, pretty
and original in effect and not too
elaborate for the ambitious amateur
to reproduce.
Belted coats. or coats that give a
belted effect at the back, are to be
noted among the s1naftest of the sea-
son and are peculiarly well ada pied
to girlish figures. This smart model
shown includes that feature and with
it a deep shoulder cape which last,
however, is optional. AS shown it is
made Of zibeline. in dark red stitched
with corticelli silk and piped with
velvet, but all cloaking materials can
be utilized. When liked, or whesl
the weather permits, the coat can be
thrown open as shown in the small
view. forming apering revers.
! The coat is made with fronts and
back and lifted by means OF shoulder
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-12
Health Commissioner Hall Discusses the Various Form
and Eccentricities Of the Anti New, but Effecs
tive Remedies with Hard Names Are Especially Ter
rifying.

AS health commissioner of Minneapolis,
DR.. P. NJ Hall is prepared to believe that
medicine. like religion, develops all the
whims OF human mind and character. ii
there's any variety of medical ''anti" that
the commissioner has not yet encountered,
he would like to be informed. He has met
people whose only remedy is water and
people that consider the use of water,
especially when applied externally, the
source Of most diseases. mo put-ta da
wat on da bay-bay,'' cried one young
mother as the doctor attempted to make
child more visible for examination. Her
boy had never been sick, and almost never
bathed, she said, since he was born in an
Italian village. And the doctor agreed,