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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

From the Philadelphia Record-1
It's wise hen that gets in the smart
set.
get sick.
A man seldom lets himself loose until
he gets tight.
Any work is easy enough after you
once get down to it.
The spilled milk of human kindness is
worth crying over.
There is just as much worry over money
as over the lack of it.
1t is sometimes better to stay where
you are than to jump at conclusions.
The consumption specialist fills his cof-
fers at the expense of his coughers.
The bunco man seldom attempts to
tackle the farmer who takes in summer
bOarderS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
Reeds Are Divorced.

Tuesday Judge Hazen granted Mrs.
Ida Reed decree of divorce from Will
liam Reed The plea was made on the
ground of nonsupport and was not con-
tested. Mr. Reed did not appear in
court. The suit was brought by Mrs.
Reed some time ago. She consulted
Attorney X. l. Jamison. Mrs Reed
asked that she be given a hearing and
the court heard the uncontested suit.
Mrs. Reed asked for s.. 900 alimony, and
Judge Hazen took the matter of ali
1nouy under Amusement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
ALARMING DISPATCHES
Upset Hopes for Peace Estab-
lished Early in the Day.

Berlin, Dec. 2.-DisDatches indicating
the extreme tension of the Russo-Japa-
nese situation almost monopolized the
attention of the German press and Off
Gals and today the danger of war was
regarded as greater than ever. But
this feeling was changed by the re-
ceipt of the announcement from Paris
that a basis of settlement had been
reached. This made the hnanciers
hopeful and prices on the bourse
opened strong Later a tide of alarm
ing dispatches quickly reversed the
favorable sentiment and stopped the
trading absolutely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
NEST-BUILDING FISH.
Nature Affords Safe Asylum for the
Helpless Fishes.

1t is doubtful whether protective
mimfery among animals is better exempli-
ned than in the case of the fish common
y known as the marbled angler of the
S Sari sea Pterophyrne histrio).
~ 20 Do sS R RTimmsr. St and f
therefore spends most of its life
moving moving slowly about on the. bottom.
fishes closely resemble in color and in
outline They cling, too, to the floating
pedieulated fms, and the color markings
of the fish closely resemble the weed Il
self Not only does the weed thus furnish
a home for this species, but the fish ac-
tually constructs a nest from it and
therein deposits its eggs.
One of these nests, found in connection
with the Hassler expedition in 1871, was
described as consisting of a round mass
Of sargassum. about the size of two fists
rolled up together. To all appearances it
was made of nothing but this gulf weed,
the branches and leaves of which were,
however, evidently knit together and nor
merely tangled into a roundish mass for,
though some of the leaves and branches
hung loose from the nest, it became lit
once visible that the bulk of the ball was
held together by threads trending in every
direction among the SeaWeed.
BY close observation it became apparent
that this mass of seaweed was a nest, the
central part OF winch was bound up N
the form of a bail, with several loose
branches extending in various directions,
by means of which the whole was kept
nest above described was found to be full
of eggs, which We're scattered throughout
the mass
Nature has thus afforded a safe asy-
lum for these somewhat helpless fishes
whose cutaneous filaments. which are
plentifully provided on the belly. around
the mouth and on the dorsal spine, SC
nearly resemble the weed itself that pre-
daceous fishes doubtless fail to recognize
the living animals and thus the latter
escape mination.-Scientitic Amer
can.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
PoINTED PARAeRAPHs.
IFrom the Chicago News.l
.arv first class lar owns a dog

Every first class liar owns a dog.
November is the month for stuffing tlr-
keys and ballot boxes.
A true friend is one who never reminds
you of your best traits.
All people who want to see the boss
look alike to the office boy.
Lazy men are always boasting of what
they are going to do tomorrow.
A snob's idea of q superior person is
one who has more money than himself.
A girl is never really in love with man
until she begins to worry about his neck
ties.
Wine either improves with age or turns
to vinegar-and it's much the same with
people
When a man takes up the reins of gov
eminent he always finds himself behind 4
team of kickers.
When one woman says that another is
clever she means that she is either home
" or Unamiable.
After woman gets on the shady side
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

D. S. Allen and wife to NJ a. Houn-
som, $500, lots 109. Ill and 113 Ash
street, B Miller's addition.
Mary D. Holiday to First National
bank of Mount Pleasant, 81, lots e. %
and 30 Jackson street
]. NJ. Mclaughlin and wife to L. S.
Campdoras, 81, part reserve g.
]. Thomas. trustee. TO r. S. Paxton.
81, lots As end As Kansas avenue north,
Cranes addition
l. r. Rodgers and others to Nettie E.
Smith, $780, lots ITO and 172 Grafton
street, Heery's subdivision.
Tax deed to B. z. Cope. lots 2607 and
26os Buchanan street. Quinton Heights
ADDITION
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02

The states which received an in
creased representation in the electoral
college on account of the reapportion-
ment based on the census of 1900, and
the number of their increase, are as
follows: Arkansas, 1; California. 1;
Colorado, 1; Connecticut, 1; Florida, l.;
Illinois. 3; Louisiana. 1 Massachusetts,
/; Minnesota, 2; Mississippi 1; Mis-
souri,, l; New Jersey, 2; New York, 8;
North Carolina. 1; North Dakota, 1;
Pennsylvania, 2; Texas, 8; Washington,
/; West Virginia, 1; and Wisconsin. L
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
Williams May Die.

Monroe Williams, a young man who
was arrested last night while drunk,
is in a serious condition, and may die
at the city prison. Williams has been
suffering today with violent pains in
the stomach, resembling the effects of
poison, and the city physician has been
unable to give him any relief. He was
removed from the cell room into the
hospital this afternoon. Williams says
that he has no friends or relatives in
the city and that his mother lives Is
miles southeast of Houston, Texas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
MAY BEN EARNEST.
C. D. Walker Regards Ed Howe's Con-
gressional Boom Seriously.

G. d. Walker, of Atchison, who is
here today looking after his candidacy
for Judge Pollock's place on the SUI
preme bench, thinks there may be
something back of the congressional
boom which Bale Waggener started a
few days ago for E. w. Howe.
Il don't know anything about it posi-
lively" said Mr.. Walker today, '-but
I am inclined to think that if Mr.. Howe
believed he would make a pretty good
race he would not be averse to doing
it. He isn't a politician, though. and
probably would not like a political
fight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
CONFERENCE OF FARMERS.
Plans to Consolidate Various State
Organizations.

Chicago, Dec. "A step towardl the
consolidation of various state organiZa-
tons of farmers was taken today by
the conference of FARMERS which had
been in session here. A committee was
appointed to design the form and to
shape the policy of the prospective or
ganization.
The following persons were appointed
members of the committee: Robert Lind
c. B. jameson, Buckman, Mimi; H. N
Gaines, Topeka, KAN; w. f. Hendricks,
XNaShita. Ok.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
TWO CONFERENCES HELD
To Clinch Republican Harmony in
New York

New York. Dec. 2.-Governor Oden to-
day held two conferences with Senator
Plat and Chairman Dunn of the Repub-
Ican state committee. Subsequently the
governor made a statement in which he
said they had arrived at a conclusion that
was satisfactory to all and added
There is friction in the party. We
are, on the contrary, actuated by COM
mon desire for party success and in
creased votes, and propose unitedly to
work to that end"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02

Mr.. Bristow estimates that the total
amount received by the impeached
postal officials as their reward for their
Inisdemeanors and crimes will aggre-
gate between 100000 and 100000 If
the concerns benefited by their deals
could pay such sums for the privilege
Of robbing the government, their profits
must have been enormous. A yearly
deficit in the operation of the postal
surface is no longer occasion for sur
mise
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
Rainfall About Normal.

The rainfall for November was 100, which
was one-hundredths of an inch more than
the normal precipitation. The lowest tenn
perature of the month was u, on the 18th,
which was the lowest temperature of the
year since February 19. The mean tenn
perature for November was 40S. The
normal temperature for the month IS
H.2 The highest temperature was %, on
the 18th The prevailing direction of tire
wind was south. blowing 6.s76 miles dur
ing the month. The maximum velocity
was 81 miles an hour on the 10th, from
be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

TFrOm the New YORK Press.I
Two girls that like the same man never
yet were friends.
It takes a woman to make any kind of
figure fill up any kind of clothes.
Fever blfsters are well named when a
girl gets them from under mustache-
1t makes a woman very happy to share
the unhappiness of somebody she loves
Brave men scarcely ever faint unless
their wives ask them to discharge the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

J. T. Williams, aged So, who lived at
122S jackson street, died Tuesday of
pneumonia at Christ hospital Funeral
from DeAIoss & PenwelPs underta king
rooms at 1e 2. m tomorrow
Charles NJ Morris. aged 80. died at
the Santa Fe hospital today of typhoid
fever. The body viii be sent TO Mer-
iden this evening
Helen warren. the little daughter Of
E C. Warren, died today at sos kansas
avenue, of stomach trouble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02

There appears to be still some hnger-
ing doubts whether or not Mr.. Cleve-
land meant it. Old timers have not
forgotten his declaration that he would
not be a candidate for a second term.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02

The erection of the manual training
school building seems assured: now let
US move on to something else. How
about a union station for our Drospec-
tive new railroads toarun into?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
TRAIN BLOWN up.
Entire Crew Killed and Fifteen
Cars Destroyed.

Dover, Del, Dec. "A freight train
on the Pennsylvania railroad was
blown up by dynamite this afternoon.
All the members of the crew were kill
ed and Is cars were destroyed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02

Jesus Christ is triumphing. There was
never so much genuine Christianity as
now In the commercial world many of
the greatest business men are Christian
men. In military life the most distin-
gl1ished generals are Christian men. The
music which lives breathes the spirit of
the Divine Master The greatest literary
-Rev. Dr. Robert F. Y. Pierce, Baptist,
Scranton, Pa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02

Mabel Mckinley, who started out to
appear in vaudeville seems to have
made a failure. She is i'll down in Ken
lucky and her company has disbanded.
Perhaps she relied for success too much
upon her name.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02

of 40 she speaks of herself and her fe-
male friends .tus girls.
At the age of q a man is convinced
that all other men are fools; at 50 he be-
gins to realize that he is one of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
WRECKED THE SAFE.
Robbers Get Away With $1O,-
900 at Hayti.

Charlottesville. Mo-, Dec. 2--Robbers
wrecked the safe of the bank at Hayti.
near here, with nitroglycerine and
escaped with an amount estimated at
100000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02

Remember that the ticket and seat
sale for James Whftcomb Riley. who
will be at the Auditorium Monday
evening next, will oper tomorrow morn
ing at Stansfeld's, 532 Kansas avenue;
dollar and a half attraction for nifty
part of house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02

Remember that the ticket and seat
sale for James Whitconb Riley, who
will be at the Auditorium Monday
evening next. will open tomorrow morn
ing at Stansfield's, 632 Kansas avenue;
a dollar and a half attraction for fifty
cents including reserved seats, in any
part of house
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02

Chicago never complains about the
high price of oil. Her university al
ways receives a large share of the
swag.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02

The disappointed friends of Grover
Cleveland have turned to Judge Par
ker in their extremity. If he fail them,
there is still left Adlai E. Stevenson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02

Capt Oberlin NJ. Carter seems de-
termined to become the Dreyfus OF
the United States army.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02

Tillman says President Roosevelt has
killed the Monroe doctrine. Well, if he
has there would be no trouble in Sc
curing jury that would acquit him in
TiIlman's state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02

Grand Rapids boodlers have caused
their brethren in Missouri and in the
postal service to look like 80 cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02

The person who doesn't receive a
Christmas present this year will under
stand why. The day falls on Friday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02

Congress continues to adhere to Its
programme of doing nothing until the
regular session begins.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02

Colombia held her Joker" to the last
and now can't catch a thing with it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02
LOCAL MENTION.

Social dance by Rathbone Sisters at
K of P. hall Thursday evening, De-
cernber 3 Hairs orchestra will furnish
the music.
Cure the cough and save the life
DR.. Woods Norway Pine Syrup cures
coughs and colds. down to the very
verge of consumption.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-02

FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-09

OF my hand" He had hardly finished
speaking when the girl put down the
oundle she was carrying, seized hold Of
the organ, and commenced to turn the
handle in business-like manner.
one popular tune followed another.
and as the girl was both young and
pretty, as well as evidently a milIiner
and not an organ grinder, people very
soon began to stop. As soon as a suffi
Gently large crowd had collected the
young philanthropist, with all the
breezy, dev1l-may- care insolence of the
true Par1s1enne," passed round the
nat, saying, Pour lie vieux grand PEREZ"
Most people gave something, and when
the girl became too tired to 60 on a.
young man in the crowd Immediately
offered to turn the handle for her, pay
ing, at her request, so confines for the
privilege. Then the girl began to make
another collection, and this time the
crowd suddenly galvanized into an ex-
traVagant sympathy, began giving sill
Yer pieces instead of coppers, each one
of generosity. Suddenly, however,
came the cry, "Circuelez, circuIeZ!" and
two of the dreaded "sergeants de ville,"
or "cogneS, as the ParisianS call them.
appeared on the scene. When they saw
what was happening, however, they
let affairs take their course and even
gave money themselves, and in the
end the old man was made happy by
a good round sum. Isl non e yero''-
story may be true, for Parisians of the
lower classes, with all their faults, are
notably kind toward one another, as,
indeed, to do them justice, are people
softened by adversely in most coun-
tries and most cities.-London Globe.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-09
A PARTISAN. STREET SCENE.
Pretty MiIIiner Helps a Poor Organ
Grinder.

FFSIIy MItlIHef 7eipS FOof organ
Grinder.
There is a very pretty story Of how
the poor of various degrees help one
another in one of sthe papers. 1t APP
pears that recently at the entrance
to a passage in the Boulevard Voltaire
a poor one armed man stood with his
back against a wall, a barrel organ
strapped about him, from which no
sound proceeded. Great tears ran
down his cheeks, and all his attitude
betokened intense misery. For the
only arm left to him had become, since
the arrival of the cold weather, so full
of rheumatism that at last it was i'm
possible to use it, and as he could not
turn the handle of his barrel organ his
one means of existence was gone. Peo-
pie hurried by, busy about their own
affairs, and even the little crowd of
children which had assembled to listen
to the music melted away. Presently,
however, came along a young milliner,
one of those smart, neatly attired girls
with hair we'll dressed and a most fas-
cinating expression of sauciness, whom
Parisians call ''des trottins." She dis
covered the old organ grinder, and her
first impulse was good one. fEh bien
pere la musique," said she, going up
and touching him, kindly on the shout
der, what is it?'' "Ca ne va done
pas?' "Non," said the old man, and
then he turned and looked at her and
added, Nom ma ef1ere petite, ca ne va
pas. I hired this organ this morning
and have earned nothing as yet NY
old rheumatic pains have taken hold
of me again, and I cannot make use
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-09

reimbursement of the permanent school
fund for the sum paid out for pre-
MUM on bonds purchased in 1892,
which has never been made good to the
fund. The management of educational
institutions by board of control is
recommended to the attention of the
legislature. Local jealousies and in
f1uences, the governor thinks, should
be eliminated, and he believes this
would be done by board of control.
1t is commended to the legislative at
tention.
Additional legislation is recommend
ed upon the following subjects:
More complete supervision of state
banks; more adequate control of mu-
tual insurance companies, especially
hail companies; reassessTnent of all
property subject to taxation that has
escaped; more rigid enforcement of the
pure food laws; organization of new
counties and attaching of unorganized
territory to organized for judicial and
other purposes; common control of the
two geological surveys.
A liberal appropriation is recon-
mended for the Louisiana Purchase
exposition.
The governor recommends prudence,
good judgment and the avoidance Of
much legislation.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-09
ENGLISH SAYS
he WAS JOBBED
Man Wounded in Holdup
Says He Was Victim of
a Plant.

BIZ English, the 'Whitechapel
bloke, arrested at 80 Fourth street
south, yesterday while trying to hold
up a saloonkeeper. at that address, says
! tnat ne mas been the victim of job.
lie chargest in effect, that Brown and
Crulnny, the detectives, who figured
SO prominently in thes affair and did
SO much shooting, were the instigators
of the whole affair.
English declares that he never had
the remotest idea of holding. anybody
UP until he was approached in a Wash
lngton avenue saloon by a man who
got him to admit that he was broke
and out of a job. English insists that
ne had never seen~the man before. The
stranger became confidential and told
English that it was the easiest thing
IN the world to stick up a saloon man
and get all the money necessary for
immediate requirements. He then
proposed that they should hold up
Vasey's saloon and English fell in with
the idea.
English is a coekney of simon pure
London extraction. He says he was
hard up and the job that the stranger
proposed looked dead easy, so he
thought he would try it. He regards
1t as peculiar thai. the other man was
permitted to get away, while the de-
tectives made their sensational cap
ture and he adds that there was no
possible show of their being on to the
affair unless they had been posted in
advance .frz n
He declares that the detectives real
lied the necessity of doing something
to- attract the favorable notice of an
administration that had signified it's
intention Of cutting the detective staff
in half, and that the idea of the hoIdup
plan originated with them.
He considers it remarkable that both
of the detectives gave their attention
to him when his confederate was plain
ly seen to go intes one of the rooms in
the rear of the saloon. When ordered to
hold up his hands, English says he
complied, but when his confederate
continued in an effort to escape after
the order, he did the same, running
out of the front door. The policemen
continued to fire at him as he ran into
the street and, a bullet from the re-
yolver of Grumpy passed through the
f1eshy part of his leg, after which he
gave up the fight.
Meantime, the partner, unmolested,
had emerged from the rear room, and
handed back the money taken from
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-09
WILL NOT BUILD CAR LINE.
w. J. Held Says No Smelling Road Is
CONTEMPLATED.


II the new street car line from Min.
nenaha Falls to Fort Smelling is to be
bullt Just as soon as the snow is
OF the ground in the spring, as stated
in one of the evening papers, those who
are vitality interested in the construc>
ton of that line deny any knowledge
of such plans at present.
General Manager w. J.. HELD, of the
street railway company, when seen
last night. said: 81 know nothing
Whatever about the Twin City Rapid
Transit company intending to build
that line in the spring. There is moth
ing more known at the present time
as to what is to be done with the
building of this new line than there
was when the proposition was first
broached
so far as know there has nothing
been done by our company, and the
article which appeared in the paper
last evening must be the imagination
of some reporter. There has absolute
ly nothing been done so far by this
company
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-09
REMEmRERINe OLD HICKORY.
Democrats Celebrate the Anniversary Of
the New Orleans Victory

OMAHA, Neb., Jan. S.-Four hundred of
Nebraskas prominent Democrats gathered
around the banquet board tonight in cele-
bration of the anniversary Of the victory
of Andrew Jackson:at New Orleans. The
guests of honor included former Congress
man j. Hamilton Lewis, Congressman
elect Gilbert M. Hitchcock. w. H. Thomp-
son, candidate for governor of Nebraska
at the recent election, and others proni-
nent in Democratic politics. The follow
ing letter from former President Cleve-
land was read:
Il regret very much that l am unable
to accept your courteous invitation to at
tend the twelfth annual banquet of the
Andrew Jacksonian club. l desire, how
ever, to thank you for your kind remem-
brance and express the hope that the &C.
casion will inspire those who participate
to increased and harmonious endeavor in
the cause of genuine Democracy
kilograms of regret were received from
other prominent followers of "Old Hick-
ory," including Carter H Harrison, Of
Chicago; former Congressman Charles A.
Towne, of Minnesota; ex-senator Allen
and Tom L. Johnson, of Ohio.
DAVENPORT. Iowa. Jan S.-Jackson
day was observed tonight by the Demo-
Gratis of the Second congressional district
of Iowa. Congressman M. J. Wade
delivered an address on Democracy the
Champion of the Masses