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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-27
LABOR KNOWS IT'S POWER.
Trades Organizations Thrive Through
out Great Britain.


While trades unionism has made great
progress in the United States in recent
years it is still far behind the trades
unionism of Great Britain. Indeed. no
where else in the world are the tOilers
in mines, mills and factories of every
sort as well organized as they are IN
the domain Of King Edward. There are
at this moment some 1900 unions Of
wOrkmen with membership OF 1000, 00e,
says the Chicago Chronicle. In the
ton, there is less than half that num-
Der Of uniOnists. Nor do numbers make
UP the only difference. In England the
system Of collective bargaining, espe-
cially in the coal and cotton trades. IS
carried much further and ON more
methodical lines than in America.
Whether that fact points to a greater
superiority in the mechanism Of Eng
fish over American lndustrialsm is .
much-argued question 1t points, al
amy rate. to a greater power in Eng
lish trades unions. That power IS fur
ther shown in the amount OF control
trades unions there have contrived 10
gain over the management of business.
1t is a control that stretches beyond
such questions as hours and wages, and
embraces the fundamental points OF
methods, internal discipline, the maxi
mum output the number of aopren~
tees the use of unskilled labor on work
hitherto done by skilled labor, the in
PRODUCTION of a new machine. the enl-
plcyment of men not recognized by the
union. and so on
Broadly speaking, these demands have
been resisted by American and yielded
to by English employers. Americans
have stood firm on the vital matter of
control in a way that EngIishmen are
never tired of praising. Most employers
here let the point go by default against
them through lack either of provision
or Of courage to force a decisive issue
at the outset The consequence is that
the industrial machine in ENGLAND is
geared to much lower efficiency il
England than in America: the slowest
workman sets the pace: going easy *
4 the rule of labor, and work is distrib-
uted over the largest possible number
Of MAJ.
OF course it is absurd to ascribe. as
many employers do. all the decline III
! British commerce to the tyranny OF
trade unionism.s' The employers them
selves haze much to answer for with
/ their fatal coTn.lacency and conserva
/ tism their lordly. accommodating
ways of doing business, their myopls
4 that viii never unreservedly admit thai
! British methods are not the best. anc
/ their shOrtsightedness in not risking q
dollar today to earn five next week. II
speculative pluck and energy they arc
to the American what the Italian is t
/ the E,nglishman. But granting all this, j
is still the fact that trade unionism ha'
done more to limit production curl
initiative and control output by the uni
form. deadening rule Of averages. There
1 is something in the atmosphere of Eng
! land that allows trades unions to thrive
as they thrive nowhere else.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-27
NORTH TOPEKA.

leave items for this column with the
kimban Printing Company, 9l2 North
Kansas Ayenue.l
Mrs Hazlett of Rossville was in town
Saturday shopping.
Mrs S. l. Courtney has returned
from oklahoma City.
Mr. Harry Smith spent Sunday in
Meriden visiting friends
George AIbee. postmaster at Silver
Lake. was North side visitor today.
Mr. and Mrs. e. T. Rarstow have
gone to Larred for visit Of several
weel-s.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. kelley of Kansas
City we've visiting Topeka friends yes
terday.
Miss Grace Heinzman spent Saturday
and Sunday the guest of Miss Eva Cole
of Capitol View.
Mr.. Frank Baker Of Eskridge is in
town the guest of his daughter, Mrs.
Henry Riordan.
Miss Iva Grow was in Meriden sun
day visiting her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs Groshong.
Miss Lucy Evans has returned from
a visit TO her parents, Mr.. and Mrs NJ.
s Evans of Versailles, Mo.
DR. and Mrs Magill of Silver Lake
are visiting their daughter, Mrs. c. L
Dolman. of SIS Quincy street.
Henry Fisher Of Piper. Kansas, Wis
tied his cousins. Mr.. and Mrs Ed
/ Klussman and family Saturday.
The Russians who expected to leave
4 for upper Canada Sunday afternoon
were delayed ia making some of then
( business arrangements and will not &c
until Tuesday evening
dr and Mrs H. c Givens. Mr.. ant
Mrs. A a. Eeliar. and Mr.. and Mrs
W 2. Whitehead went TO Grantvilli
Yesterday TO attend the 10th birthda.
anniversary of their father w II
Mrs. Brown, the harp soloist VINO ap
pears in the concert at the Congregations
church Tuesday evening spent las
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-27
MIKE THOMPSON GOES FREE
he Is Found Not Guilty Of Selling
LIQUOR

County Attorney Nichols received a
set back in the first Of his inquisition''
liquor cases which went to trial
Mike Thompson, charged with selling
liquor Illegally, was found not guilty
saturday afternoon by the jury which
heard the evidence
Before the case went to the Jury
Judge Hazen announced that there was
no evidence to connect Thompson with
any particular sale of liquor and that
the jury could only weigh the evidence
to determine if Thompson was guilty of
maintaining nuisance The jury de-
cided that he was entirely innocent.
The testimony given by Z. L. Zandi-
ton. during Nichols "inQuisitions did
not go before the jury as he gave it
then. Tn his affidavit he said Thomp-
son mixed with another man and that
Thompson was not the one who sold
him liquor. The rest of the cases
brought by Nichols have not been set
for trial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-27
DRIVEN FROM CAMP.
Negroes Are Not Permitted in
Vicinity of Santa Fe, Ill.

Thebes, Ill. April 27.-So far as known
no lives were lost in the fight following
the lynching last night near Santa Fe. al
though several negroes were wounded.
They have fled All is quiet so far today.
At midnight there was an attempt on
the part of the negroes to return to the
city but they were driven back by the
whites, who opened fire on them. Several
whites had narrow escapes from death.
The city viii be guarded by extra police Tor
several days.
Coles camp, one-quarter of a mile north
of town where several hundred negroes
were employed in the construction work
Of the St. Louis Valley railway, was
raided by the whites here at midnight and
the negroes driven from the camp.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-27
MEET HERE IN MAY.
Annual Meeting of State Homeopa-
thic Society.

The annual meeting Of the Kansas
State Homeopathic Medical society viii
be held in Topeka on May 90 q and q.
This meeting will be one of especial in
terest to the physicians of Kansas as
some important information VIII be
given regarding medical legislation in
the western states. The medical bureau
has been well provided for. DR.. Chas.
Lowry, the president, and DR.. Clay
Coburn, Kansas City, Kas., have re-
ceived assurances of an increased at
tendance. A larger delegation than
usual of Kansas City physicians and
surgeons Will attend.
Among the Kansas City, No. doctors
expected are: DIS. William Davis Eos
ter, William A. Forster, L. C. Van
ScoyOc. George A. Dean, W. E Cramer,
William Maclay Lyon, Louis 2. Crutch-
er, B. b Andrews. J. NJ. Patterson, S.
c. Delap, Frank Fisher, z. K Thomp-
son, Frank Elliott and Mark Edgerton
A banquet viii be held on the evening
of May q.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-27
Scottish Songs.

On Tuesday evening. April Is. Gavin
Spence and Miss Flora Macdonald. the
we'll known Scottish singers, will give
one of their delightful entertainments at
the Y NJ c. A. gymnasium. III East
Eighth street. Both singers will appear
in full Highland costume. Admission,
gentlemen so cents, ladies and children
Is cents. Tickets for sale at the w. W.
Mills dry goods store, 1928 Kansas ave-
nue.: Robinson. Marshall & Co.'S store,
703 Kansas avenue. and at the w. F.
Roehr Music companys, $50 Kansas
avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-27

Referring to the route of the presi-
dents party as published in the daily
papers. the business men and residents
along the line of march are urged to
decorate their buildings with the ma
tional colors and flags as deliberately
as possible. The stores on Kansas ave-
nue. from Ninth to Fourth and on east
Fourth to the Santa Fe depot should be
fully lighted and the presidents picture
literally displayed.
T. J. ANDERSON.
Secretary Commercial Club.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-27
LET'S LEE GO.
Governor DOckery Accepts Res
ignatiOn of His Lieutenant.

Jefferson City Mo. April Ex-Governor
Dockery telephoned from St. Louis today
mat he had accepted the resignation of
Lieutenant Governor John A. Lee, which
reached the office here this morning in a
Senator II. l.. Rubey, president pro TEN Of
the senate, becomes acting lieutenant gov
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-27
Bishop Taylor Is Dead.

Quincy. III. April 27-Bishop William
Frederick Taylor. of the Quincy do
cese of the Episcopal church is dead of
acute Brights disease.
Ordinary household accidents have no
terrors when there's bottle of DR..
Thomas Eclectric Oil in the medicine
chest. Heals burns. cuts, bruises
sprains. Instant relief
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-27
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Secretary Commercial Club,

The gentlemen of the First Congrega-
tional church of Topeka win serve a
supper ia the church parlor on Wednes-
day evening next commencing at $50
p. m. A good supper and a good time
promised TO all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-27
Pres1dent Vasouez . Refugee.

Havana. April 27.-General vasquez. for
mer president of the Republic of Saato
Domingo. landed at Guantanamo, Cuba
today from Dominican gunboat-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-27
Football Team to Visit Ireland.

New York. April 27.-For the first time
in the history of American athletics a
football team will visit Ireland and
England this summer in an attempt to
gain international hOnors at the game
under Gaelic rules 1t Will be an all
American team. chosen from the best
players in the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-27
POLICE JOTTINCS.
Closing of Saloons Hasn't
Stopped Plain DRINKS.
Judge Hamilton Dispenses Some
Big Fines.
A WILD GOOSE CHASE.
Officers Try to Raid Joints but
Fail.
ProprietOrs Had No Liquor or
Drinkables in Sight.
| WILD GOOSE CHASE.

HE closing of the
]. !. !. !. !. !.
a saloons does not
E4 ~ ~ seem to have af-
AZ ~ fected the plain
70 ZNA A. drunk market in
Y ~ ~ {kNl the least They
NV <hAN xsssJ continue to come
~ y with the same
81 regularity, and
IL worse quality of
jag. Seven plain ones were gathered
between Saturday and Monday two of
them representing the tribe of Poor
Los situated around and adjacent unto
Mayetta- There was little Jim MoosWa
and Willie Mcclure. who borrowed the
name of some deceased Irishman. Lit
tie Willie has been on tap before. and
not SO very long ago, therefore his
bland admission that he was drunk
some drunk was rewarded with fine
of % bones. Judge Hamilton has start
ed out on the theory that it IS bad
form for an Indian to get intoxicated
in this town, and is not shy about tell
ing them Sc. He is DESTROYS Of break
ing UP the Indian habit OF using Topeka
as booze depot Saturday evening he
made game of Sam BOsley, the inter
prefer to the extent of 25 which viii
hold Sam for quite q while. MoosWa
has not jumped the reservation for
I some time prior to the present disas-
trous occasion. so he was only fined ten
1t is a mystery to the police where the
drunk ones get their ammunition All
the joints are alleged to be closed. and,
to all outside appearances, they are.
The officers have made several little
raids since the order to shut up and
stay shut was issued, and a water haul
was invariably the result. Saturday
night two officers chased over to a place
east of the Santa Fe shops intent on
Selling joint alleged to be doing a
speak easy trade with Larry Shee-
han at the bat. Nothing doing, and a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-27
THINK THEY HAVE A JOINT.

thick layer of silence and darkness
hung over the deserted business ike a
shroud. It was also reported that
Frank Raynor or some other local Gel
ebrity was holding forth to thirsty and
crowded houses in North Topeka A
still hunt brought the same results
And still the DRINKS continue to como
in Can it be possible that these satu-
rated ones belong to the reiigio-scien-
tific class who aver that ones eondl-
ton physically or mentally, IS what he
believes it to be-" Question. Can
man drink hydrant water, after making
himself believe that it is white horse,
and get bowling drunk as result
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-27

A lazy liver makes "a lazy man. Bur
dock Blood Bitters is the natural, never
falling remedy for a lazy liver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-27

A new policeman in the person of ].
Granville. coIored, has been appointed
ana viii temporarily take the place Of
officer Blanke. who is off on short
leave of absence. Granville makes the
sixth coIored man on the force.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-27

Last night Sergeant owen kicked in
a door at All Kansas avenue. and went
up stairs without asking permission of
anyone. Under ordinary circumstances
this would have been considered very
rude of Sergeant Owen. but maybe the
fact that fire had broken out in the
hail and was in fair way to denollsh
the building. had something to do with
if a box of something or other was
burning cheerily in front of Attorney
Joseph Reeds office door, and had made
a neat hole in the floor by the time the
fire department arrived. Cause, IN
known
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-27

Everybody reads the State Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-27

HE closing of the
saloons does not
seem to have af-
fected the plain
drunk market III
the least. They
continue to come
with the same
regularity, and q
worse quality of
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-04

glad then that away back yonder they
had to pillow. There is no institution
on earth, theological or other, that
has given to the world as many men
eminent in church and state as the
old crooked-handled straightforward,
wrought-iron pillow. About all the
preachers we ever knew took their
first schooling right there. It really
seems that a boy has to learn how to
break a mule and pillow a new ground
before he can break men and Guilt
vate any spirit of peace and progress
in the world. We were talking the
other day to an eminent divine
known in this country and abroad,
and we enjoyed nothing in his con-
v~ersation more than his telling how,
in his boyhood days, he had plowed
a mule that could "out-kick an obsti-
nate deacon" His knowledge &C.
quired then of breaking an obstinate
mule has stood him in good stead in
breaking a great many other obsti-
nate things in this world ever since.
Christian Sun.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-04
Zen Rules of POliteness for children.

1. "To be polite is to have a kind
regard for the feelings and rights of
others" or "To say and do the kind
est things in the kindest way"
2. Be as polite to your parents,
brothers, sisters, and schoolmates as
you are to strangers.
8. Look people fairly in the eyes
when you speak to them or they
speak to you.
4. Do not bluntly contradict any
one.
5. It is not discourteous to ref Ise
to do wrong.
6. Whispering, laughing, chewing
gum, OF eating at lectures, in school,
or at places of amusement is rude
and vulgar.
z. Be doubly careful to avoid any
rudeness to strangers, such as calling
out to them, laughing, or making re
marks about them. Do not stare at
visitors.
8. In passing a pen, pencil, knife
or pointer, hand the blunt end toward
the one who receives it.
8. When a classmate is reciting do
not raise your hand until after he
has finished.
10. When you pass directly in
front of any or accidentally annoy
him, say pardon me-" and never fail
to say, "thank you" (not "thanks")
for the smallest favors.-Farm Life.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-04
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
The Indulgent Farmer.

There was a kind old farmer once,
whose name I've heard folks say,
Was Azariah Jedekiah Hezekiah Hay.
His vegetables grew so well that all
the people round
Would often come 60 take a look at
Azariah's ground.
And then they'd sigh with envy, and
say ooh, pray explain
What makes your crops so large and
fine in spite of sun or rainy
The kind old farmer chuekled, and
shook his grizzled head.
"I1I tell you what's the reason, if
you want to know" he said.
tits only that Pm kind to them, and
give them what they want.
I look out for the little needs of
everything I plant:
I see that my potatoes have glasses
for their eyes,
And all my long-necked squashes /
buy collars for, and ties;
Ny strawberries I cherfully provide
with folding-beds,
And my cabbage and lettuce must
have hats that fit their heads"
Again the farmer chuckled, as he
said, "and as you see,
[ do my very best for them, they do
their best for me-"
Carolyn Wells.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-04
"Thirty Poisonous Plants. "

Send to the Department of Agri-
culture at Washington, D. O., for
free pamphlet entitled "Thirty Poi
sonous Plants" Every one who
loves to roam in fields and forests
should know the poisonous plants.
1t is very fortunate for those who
are fond of rambling through the
fields and woods that most of the
plants in that government list are
poisonous only when eaten. Nearly
all cases of skin poisoning are from
poison-ivy or poison sumac
Tt will doubtless surprise many
who read this pamphlet of "Thirty
Poisonous Plants" to learn that the
lady's-slippers or moccasin flowers
are included in the list. A poison
Gus oil similar to that of poison
ivy is secreted in the leaf hairs,
especially at the fruiting season.
The leaves and flowers of the lily-of-
LAX FdASS are dISO pOASOuOuS WhOA
taken : internally. The taste, how
ever, is very bitter, so no one is
likely to eat them.
The beautiful mountain laurel is
so often eaten by sheep, resulting in
their death, that the farmer calls it
sheep-laurel, or poison-laurel.
There is but one kind of poison
ivy (known to botanists as Rhus
toxicodendron). This has three
leaves. Another climbing, trailing
shrub of the same general appear
ance, on walls and rail fences, is
the Virginia creeper. This is not
poisonous and has five leaves. It
will help you to remember which is
the poisonous and which the harmless
if you picture the three leaves as
the index hand pointing ego" that
is, the three leaves, representing the
three parts of the index hand
thumb, forefnger, cluasped fingers.
Regard the fve-leaved as the thumb
and four fingers of the hand opened
in welcome.-From Mature and
Science" in June st. Nicholas.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-04
PUTS AN END TO IT ALL.

A grievous wall ofttimes comes as
a result of unbearable pain from
o~ver-taxed organs. Dizziness, Back
ache, Liver Complaint and Consti-
patton. TT thanks to DR.. Kings
New Life Pills they put an end to it
all. They are gentle, but thorough.
Try them. Only 25 cents. Guaran-
teed by all druggists.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-04
The PlowboY.

At an impromptu class meeting
on the subject in the Methodist
Preachers Meeting at Birmingham,
Ala, the other day, it was found that
there "a not a single minister pres
ent who had not at some time in his
life been a plowboy-Nashville
Christian Advocate.
Of course not. Boys, as a rule,
think it mighty hard, and an unfor-
tunate lot, when they are boys, that
they have to pillow; but when they
become men, useful, strong and Wig
Orous in the world, they are mighty
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-14
STEPS TO GREATNESS :; e.; =. Rev

he inherited the assurance that the seed
of the woman would bruise the head of
| meant only for man, would eventually de
stroy the authority and potency of evil
and selfish lust and hate.
Through the shifting times of the later
history many deiivererS We're needed. and
came forward. all symboliZing to the i'm
agnation of the people the great con-
querCr and Messiah who was yet tn come
and reign upon the throne of David. Ev-
cry mother in Israel might hope TO give
birth to Messiah. Expectancy was the
quality of faithfulness, even in the dark,
scepter had apparently departed from
Judah forever. Hence the declaration OF
the angel 81, Annunciation. while not
meant for the broad popular attention,
found ready credence in the woman heart
of the unaftectedly devout Tine Marys
and Elisabeths. the Simeons and the An
ma mas reoced to see the day OF the iui-
The angel of annunciation has mean
ing in all our lives. The theological dogma
In the angelic uttcrance is that Jesus the
Christ would mean for the church ana lor
the race divine humanity. capable OF
becoming gloriied that the fulness of
the Eodhead would dwell bodily i'll him,
ard that the eternal might have a com.
petent place of standing in the arena of
mankind'S common life, where the divine
glory ana unselfishness and loving kind-
ness of the Fathers infinite nature might
he absolutely known by every simple
mind and every trusting heart
1.-The spiritual import of the dogma
a practical doctrine of life is, first. that
all spiritual life is in the hands; of him
who is the Son Of God in tho sense that
his humanity is divine without the limita-
ton of u finite paternal hereaity. Because
lie lives. we may live also. Ills humanity
is Il vine full Of n divine life, and in that
vine we may be branches.
The dogma also means that all spirit
ual life within human consciousness and
character must be bagotten from above.
The hest heredity. the best environment,
all inadequate to the production of genu-
inc spiritual life. or the life that Is eX-
plotted In the angelic kingdom of heaven.
1t is only as the divine becomes iifcarnated
in mems business and bosoms that we
have Il manhood and an activity that are
spiritual life.
MAN becomes a living soul only as the |
nos,ri|s Of his will aud intellect And the |
message Of the angel of nnuunciation has |
Significance for ali time as assuring every |
selfish. world-worD. degraded aud with |
cred child of destiny that he may give |
birth to 81 loftier motive, purer thought, |
and an unse!fish conduct Of life if only he |!
will open the windows of his soul to the |
'For him who cheriShes the high ideal. |
who believes in Il divine purpose i'll the |
making Of man, who longs to leave evil 7
and error behind. and who desires to come |
into accord with the best In his fellow
mentor him tho angel of annunciation I,
makes a true prophecy: for the Truth. or |
Word. or Son of God will be horn within !
tives, thoughts and activities of his works |
and days will be holy, because filed with |
the health Of heaven coming from union |
with the Lord of life