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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-29
THE CONSULAR sERv1cE.

The president recently took very
wise step in establishing the rule of pro-
motion in the consular service, and twill
doubtless soon follow that appointments
to not only the more important posts,
but to all positions in the consular SER
vice shall be based upon demonstrated
fitness. instead of the desire to provide
an easy berth for a political friend of
some man of party influence, says the
Indianapolis Journal Not that the con-
sular service is bad: on the contrary, it
is surprisingly valuable. when the hap
hazard way in which it's members are
appointed is taken into consideration.
The reports on opportunities for Ameri-
can trade by the consuls and published
by the state department are intelligent,
fairly full. and often of high value.
It is contemplated that as rapidly as
the new department of commerce can be
organized to handle the matter, it shall
take over general supervision of the
consular service. handle the consular
reports and direct this branch of the
consul's work, leaving the diplomatic
end of the work. of course, to the dlrec-
ton Of the state department But as
means of quick communication multiply
abroad the consul finds less and less
necessity OF acunR on MS own JUG
ment in diplomatic matters. He can
usually reach the ambassador or minis
ter in few hours and act upon direct
instructions from him. But the COM
mercial side of the consups work is con-
stantly growing. and American export
ers are finding more and more necessity
for the services of men with a keen
commercial instinct and an energetic
way of promoting American trade in
such positions
Not a few countries are considerably
in advance of US in working out the
fullest possibilities of such a service,
notably Belgium. France and Germany.
All these seek to have trained men in
every foreign city of Importance, who
work, and work hard. at the business Of
promoting their country's trade. Even
Mexico has one feature that we might
copy to advantage. This is a supervis-
ing consul. who. instead of reaching
consuls in his territory by correspond
ence, as do our consu1s general-when
they reach them at all-spend all their
time travelling about. checking up the
work of the consuls in their jurisdiction,
instructing them and giving close per-
sonal supervision to their work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-29
DANGER NEARLY PAST.
Even Late Corn Is Now Generally
Safe from Danger.

Washington, Sept. 29.-The weather blu
reau' s weekly crop bulletin says:
THE principal corn states have expert
enced weather conditions exceptionally IA
vorable for maturing late corn, and while
frosts have been quite general over the
central and eastern portions OF the corn
belt no material damage is indicated,
probably less than % per cent of the crop
in Iowa is unmatured, and while the pro-
portion yet exposed to injury in South
Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin is
greater the immature will make good
feed; farther south only a very small part
of the crop is still soft Cutting is gen
eral in all sections and some new corn
has been marketed in southern Kansas.
while the conditions have been favor
able for threshing spring wheat in the
spring wheat region, reports of dampness
of grain in shock as a result of previous
rains continue. Harvest is now completed
on the northern Pacific coast and thrash
ing has advanced with general seasonable
belt a large part of the cotton crop has
the very general prevalence of drought
in the central and western districts have
been detrimental and rust and shedding
continue to be extensively reported On
the whole the crop has suffered deteriora-
ton, especially in the central and west
ern portions of the belt. Flowing for fall
seeding has made favorable progress in
the Atlantic coast districts and in the
states of the Upper Mississippi and Mis-
souri, valleys, but in the Ohio valley and
so1ft bern states and the western portions
Of Kansas and Nebraska the soil has been
TOO dry for this work"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-29
WHEN WE FLY.

How long will it be until the air will
be navigated with comparative safety.
The probability is that it will be within
the life of people of the present genera
ton. The achievements of Santos
Dumont are well known and Prof.
Langley shows no disposition to aban-
don his plan for aerial fight and now
comes the Count de la Vaulx who. has
crossed from France to England in his
balloon. This intrepid young noble
mans achievements with his balloon
are as follows:
In August. 1902, he made the record
balloon trip for that year. having
assembled from st. Cloud near Paris,
and landed at Opoes, Hesse, distance
of over 419 miles, which he covered in
10 hours. In 1901 and again in 1902. ac-
companied by French warships he made
endeavors to cross the Mediterranean
from near Marseilles to Algeria in bal
looms to which was attached a floating
apparatus intended to aid the balloon
lists in keeping their course, with a view
to demonstrating the possible utility of
balloons in time. of war. Both these eff
forts were unsuccessful, the balloons
being driven back to the north coast of
the Mediterranean. Last January
Count De La vauix sent a trial balloon
from Cabes, in Tuns. across the desert
of Sahara. with a view to ascertaining
the feasibility of an aerial trip across
the desert.
The flying machine of Santos Dumont
is dirigible balloon and every contrfv-
ance which has achieved any degree of
success in aerial navigation has been
of the balloon type. 1t is likely that the
avenue to success lies through the bal
loon and that Prof. Langley will yet be
compelled to give up his aeroplane and
accept the dirigible balloon as the means
for solving tie problem. But in any
event the solution can not be very far
in the future
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-29

porter on the Wichita Eagle SIT down.
I haven't seen a Kansas man In two
years. How's Victor MurdockZ Under
stand he's in congress. Is his hair as
red as ever?"
l told him the story the Seventh dis
trict congressman tells of himself: that
as he wakes every morning, he realizes
he has nothing to do that day, but
shake hands, and as he turns over for
another nap he hears fourteen silver
dollars dropping on the tin roof, where
his private secretary picks them up for
his chief.
Mackenzie was hungry for Kansas
news. He introduced me to his associ-
ates, Mitchell and O'Laughlin, who
were both from Washington. and to
other press men, native Englishmen. 1
told them about our million bushel
wheat crop, as it was then figured, our
banks bursting only with money and
not for lack of it, our immense corn
crop, our poultry which brought us
more than the wheat, the Continental
Creamery, the greatest in the world,
our oil fields bigger than Pennsyl-
vania's. 1 stuffed them full about our
zinc and lead, and salt and cattle and
alfalfa. 1 made Mackenzie hoE1esick
for the Peerless Princess and the
prairies and towns of his old state. but
he seemed to like it and felt better
when sick for Kansas, than well in
England.
Having established a line of credit,
based on the wealth of my state and
the confidence of a former Kansan, we
proceeded the next day to see London.
F. P M
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-29
on Real Estate.
@VHhwO Monthly Payments
Capitol Building and
Loan association.
$50 Kansas Avenue. Telephone sos
NO WORK is DONE.
Thirteenth Street Controversy Is at a
Standstill.

So far the city railway has taken out
no permit to excavate for tracks on
West Thirteenth. under the plan ap-
proved Monday by the members of the
council. City Engineer McCabe says
that if the company tries to go to work
without a permit he will have the off,
GERS arrested. The company has hired
a big force of teams. and expected to
go to work on the excavation thfS
morning. but the rain prevented
People living on West Thirteenth
think they have found a way to block
the construction of the proposed car
line on that thoroughfare without re-
sorting to an injunction suit
AT Thirteenth and Clay streets, just
at the end of what used to be a big
ravine through Central park, there is a
low place in the street. On each side of
Gay, Thirteenth rises quite abruptly.
1t is said that the hollow is so deep that
the city railway can't lay its tracks
through 1t. 1t will have to raise the
Trade of the street at that point But
to bring the street up to a new grade
will require the passage of an ordinance
by the city council. and it is thought
that the city council will refuse TO pass
such an ordinance.
OF course, it will be a question wheth-
er the people at Thirteenth and Fillmore
can exercise more pull on the members
Of the council than the city railway
can. but the councilmen are getting a
little mad at the railway company, ana
may refuse to be guided by what Il
wants in the future.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-29
Mr.. MYERS RETURNS.
Refuses to Discuss City Railway
Troubles.

l.. E. Myers, vice president and gen.
eral manager of the City Railway COM
pany, came to town this afternoon, and
was asked by reporter for the State
Journal what would be done about the
West Sixth street situation:
Il don't KNOW" he said. II have just
come to town, and haven't had time to
make any Investigations.
There's been a good deal of kicking
since you've been gone,'' remarked the
reporter.
Wen put in the cedar blocks If the
people want 'em," said Mr. Myers
That's all by you newspapers that
don't know thing about It, In
terrupted superintendent Collins, who
was sitting in the Office. 1.-The fact Is,
Mr.. Myers, these people out on Sixth
want you to put in brick pavement
there, and if was you. I'll be - if
I'd do it,
well, these people don't know what
a macadam pavement is. 1 guess sug-
gested Mr.. Myers.
They are putting in rocks for the
bottom course as big as they can lift
and are covering them up with dirt
suggested the reporter
''Well, they amt DONE" said Collins
They'll fix it all right
''Oh, yes. we'll fix it all right" said
Mr. Myers.
What will you do about the right of
way out Thirteenth street," asked the
reporter.
"Oh, don't know-haven't had time
to find out anything" was the reply.
II expect I'll know more about it later
on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-29
CAREY WAS sUFFOCATED.
Five Other Persons Injured in sani-
tarium Fire.

Kansas City. Mo. Sept. 29.-One per-
son was burned to death and five were
injured in a fire that destroyed the Dri-
vate sanitarium of B. B. Ralph, a two
story frame building in the southern
part of the city TODAY. The dead:
G. c. CAREY, of Wichita.
Injured: Mrs. Minnie Lease. nurse,
cut and bruised: Mrs. L. c. Godson.
housekeeOer. bruised.
Mrs. Sarah Ryan, patient, Leaven-
worth, cut and bruised.
Hannah Stole. servant, bruised and
probably hurt internally.
DR.. B. B. Ralph, cut and burned about
race and hands in trying to rescue in
mates. i@
The flames spread so quickly that
they were unable to escape by the stairs
and were forced to Jump from a second
story window.
Carey was suffocated in his room
where his charred remains were found
when the fire had been extinguished.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-29
LOCAL MENTION.

A Saline county farmer is fattening a
4.00O- pound steer for the st. Louis
worlds sair.
A great scarcity of horses is reported
in some localities in the western part
of the state.
For good bakery supplies go to the
New Home bakery. corner Sixth and
Polk: 40 large and fresh loaves for 81.
Ind. phone 77p.
Emporia Gazette: Mrs. Levi Copple
went to topeka in RESPONSE to a mes
sage that her daughter, Mrs. Roy
Thomson. was sick.
Assistant Attorney General Close has
gone to Labette county to arrange for
the condemnation OF some additional
land for the Parsons asylum.
Mrs. Sam Vess. of Osawatomie. and
Mrs. Q. c. -McCandless. of Springfield
Mo, are visiting their mother Mrs. E.
]. Wheeler of East Fairchild street.
Sealed bids for purchase of frame
house adjoining Ingleside building, Hun
toon and Tyler streets. will be received
at 213 West Sixth street until October 3,
1901. Thomas.
Lawrence Gazette: Miss Olive Brock
elsby, of Christ hospital. Topeka. spent
Sunday in town with her parents. Mr.
of town.
Labor Commissioner johnson is about
to issue new edition of the Kansas
labor laws. incorporating those passed
ny tAiC last tHIGC lcBlbldlQTeS since the
last volume was issued.
Judge ]. S. West returned last even
ing from Fort Scott, where he had been
called by the serious illness of his
mother. She was improving Sunday
night, so Judge West returned to To-
peJea-
The trial of H. w. Wolcott the
Leavenworth street car magnate. for
violation of the vestibule law. reouir-
ing vestibules on street cars, will be
heard in the district court in I-eaven-
worth on October II. Wolcott was con-
victed in lower court several months
ago, but appealed.
The entertainment and social that was
to have been given by the Maccabees
tomorrow evening has been postpcned
until October Z. An initiation is to be
held on October Z and on October Il
an entertainment at which refreshments
are to be served will be held at the hsIi
at the corner of Sixth a-d Jaoloon
streets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-29
Gen. Chase Accepts Service.

Cripple Creek, Colo, Sept 29.-Gen-
eral Chase today accepted service of
the habeas corpus issued by Judge
Seeds yesterday in the case Of c. G.
Kennison and other military prisoners.
Judge Crump one of the leading coun-
sci for the military, said that the pro-
ceedings would be regular in each case
and that efforts would be made to show
that the military had a right to the
custody of the men. It Is believed that
there will be no military display in the
court room during the trial. The men
who arrived here last night from the
Occur d'Alene district have not gone
to work anywhere as yet. They were
by several members of the
union, but with little success.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-29
JAYHAwKER JoTs.

Bass fishing will soon be ripe along
the Cottonwood.
Lawrence may be a trifie slow in
some RESPECTS. but they know how to
plav football
A Clay Center man insisted that he
was getting religion when in reality it
was the diphtheria.
Ottawa ladies are organizing a gym
nasium. It's not for their health. but
a mere matter of form
If Ananias were alive today he could
easily get a job writing threshing sta
tistics from Trego county.
The new glass factory at Coffeyville
manufactures nursing bottles. For this
reason they call it an infant industry
An E,mporia small boy exclaimed to
his mother, "Oh. look at that clothes
pin" 1t was simply woman riding
astride.
Rural routes are getting so thick in
Jewell county that the country CORE
spondence reaches the newspapers by
Tuesday.
Leavenworth is to have a new paper
but the owners name is uhannounced.
One secret of success is to keep all Of
your own secrets
Between a wife and an automobile
a man generally has all he can handle.
A wise Topeka citizen let's his wife ham
die the automobile.
A Leavenworth man who is to get
$50, 900 from st. Louis uncle thinks
great deal of him. It's well to respect
old age. especially if you are an heir.
A writer to the Atchison Globe sug-
gests Editor Howe make more mention
of orange blossoms and sunshine in his
vacation notes and less of icy, snowy
mountains.
A Denver firm advertises pages of
Chanute "oil gushers'' for sale The
.oil gusher'" nine times out of ten, in
such cases, is the fellow who writes the
companys prospectus.
Now that the baseball season has
closed church will be resumed at Bush
ong Providing the boys don't start
Sunday football on the grounds next
to the church ediGce.
A watch has been found and adver-
tised for two weeks at Great Bend
without anyone coming to claim it.
Kansas people have no time to bother
with lost watches, the crops must be
cared for.
A prominent boss buster who is most
indignant at Governor Bailey for ap-
pointing an ex-confederate seems to
have forgotten that he once remarked
in public speech in Shawnee county:
This old soldier racket is about played
out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-29
NO NORTH; NO SOUTH.

The reunion of the Spanish-American
war veterans in New Haven, empha-
sizes one thing above all else-the Grad
ication of all sectional lines.
The young soldiers appeared in line
clad in the uniforms which represented
the contending forces in the great civil
war. AS sons of those who fought in
that terrible conflict they wished to
proclaim to the world that they now
represent one country and are loyal to
one flag.
Whatever the other results OF the
Spanish-American war may have been
the fact that it forever wiped out the
sectional feeling between the north and
the south is sufficient evidence that it
was not fought in vain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-29
GOOD WATER AT LAST.
Pressure in City Mains Up to
Standard.

There is now no shortage of good
water in the city mains. with plenty OF
pressure behind it. The big 50-foot well
is back in service. and the officers OF
the comDany say that the well is bet
ter than ever, because it has been dug
out two feet deeper.
At the fire station today the pressure
was 40 pounds. This is about five
pounds less than the average, but indi-
Gates that the old conditions are re-
stored. In case of fire, the pressure
can be run uD to 100 pounds
The water company is now furnish
ing water to the Santa Fe shops, be-
cause of a breakdown in the machinery
there.
This is the first time since the May
has been able to give good service
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-29
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
lFrom the New York Press.1

lF'rom the New YORK Press.
You don't find many girls refusing
man unless they are dead sure he is go
ing to ask them again.
1t ought to make men feel ashamed 10
figure out how many bonnets all the
cigars they have smoked would buy.
A woman could be happy sitting on
the prongs of a pitchfork if the man she
loves told her he loved her most there.
A woman either worries because the
hair she has won't curl, or because she
hasn't any that wouldn't curl If she had
it,
The expansion of the currency doesn't
worry the average man a millioDth part
as much as the expansion OF his sx-
penses-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-29
THE PARTY ORGAN.

The revelations which have come
with the suit of Senator Stone of Mis-
souri, against the members of the old
Kansas City Times company bear their
lesson on the surface. It is the same
old story of the newspaper conducted
as a party organ and it's attendant
failure. The Times was pre-eminently
the Democratic organ of Kansas City,
and Mr.. Stone being a prominent Dem
ocratic politician was appealed to and
gave $4,000 for stock in the newspaper.
He no doubt felt that it was his duty
to do so. and perhaps he would have
pocketed his losses and said nothing if
he had not discovered that the news
paper was not owned by Democrats at
all but by the street railway. the tele-
phone. the stock yards and the Bur-
lington railroad. Senator Stone thought
he was helping a Democratic enter
prise. and instead he found that he
was lending his aid to the strongest
corporations in Kansas City.
The promoters of the Times no doubt
were honest in their intentions. They
thought there was a crying need for
party organ, and expected to reap their
reward in subscriptions and partisan
advertising. When these failed they
turned to the big corporations, over
whom they were in a position to hold
club.
The party organ can not succeed. be-
cause the people want the plain facts
and not partisan opinions in a news
paper The sellout to the corporations
of Kansas City followed the failure of
the Times as a newspaper, but even
that old not save it from the inevitable
fate of a newspaper organized to tell
but one side of the story.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-29
The Nashville Goes South.

Washington, Sept. 29.-The navy de-
partment is advised of the departure
last evening from Pensacola of the gum
boat Nashville for st. Andrews island,
off the coast of Nicaragua, where
American citizens have suffered ILL
treatment at the hands of their native
employers. Commander Hubbard, COM
handing the Nashville. has instructions
to institute a thorough investigation
and take proper steps for the protection
of the sufferers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-29
THE PLAY LAST NIGHT.

The Morey Stock company opened at
the Grand last night to a large audience
which indicates that the company has
lost none of its popularity. Marc Rob-
bins of Topeka, who is leading man.
naturally gets the lions share of the
attention here. The company is one of
the best stock organizations on the road
and will be at the Grand for the rest Of
the week
ssThe Land o. Cotton was at the
Crawford last night. There are no re-
deeming features in the play nor the
ccr17r1arv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-29
HANNA Is BUMPED.
Car in Which Senator Was Rid
ing Jumps the Track.

Berlin Heights, O., Sept 2e.-The
private electric car carrying Senator
Hanna and others from Cleveland to
the Republican meeting here struck a
derailing switch three miles east of
Berlin Heights today and jumped the
track while running at a rapid rate of
speed. All the occupants of the car
were thrown into a heap at one end of
the coach, but aside from being badly
shaken up all escaped serious injury.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-29
Haynes Is Chairman.

The board of county commissioners was
this afternoon when w. F.
Sterne was sworn in. S. H. Haynes was
elected chairman. Silas Rain was chair
man at the time of his death. Before Mr..
RAINS term Mr.. Haynes was chairman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-29

Topeka being temporarily without
mayor. is not so fortunate as the town
of Linares. Mexico. where the mayors
daughter serves in place of her father
while the latter is sick.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-29

How does it happen that with 100. O0O-
600 bushels Of wheat and flour mills
running without interruption. the. people
of Kansas have to be continually paying
more for fiour2 Flour has apparently
entered into combination with coal for
the purpose OF Squeezing" the con-
gunner
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-29

While the city railway is fighting out
It's various Injunction suits. it might set
its men at work rebuilding the street
car line in North Topeka or the bridge
across the Kansas river.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-29

What is to become of the women
folks? Only a few weeks ago Fashion
sent forth a decree that hips must be
done away with. and now it decides that
shoulders are out of style.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-29

There ought to be some liberal offers
for a joint debate between George Clark
and Conner Davies. They would give
an interesting exhibition. If chained the
proper distance apart.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-29
whitney's Horse Ran Second.

London. Sept. 29.-Prince Royal won
the foal stake. of so sovereigns each for
starters. with 1000 sovereigns added; for
S-year-olds, one mile and two furlongs,
at the Newmarket. first October meet
ing today. w. G. Whitney's Pan Mich
ael. was second and Arion ran third.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-29

1t is a wonder that the New York
plutocrats who own the Excelsior Coke
& Gas works will allow that plant to
continue In operation. According to the
company's report it earned only $1,000
in the six months ending July 1, which
is mighty poor income on such a huge
investment as the company claims to
have here