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The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08

Brooklyn Citizen:
Under authority Of the law passed
last year. steps are being taken to ac-
quire the necessary property and right
of way i'm five of the western states for
the construction of the irrigation works
which are planned for the redemption
of certain arid lands therein
The states in which this new work
VIII be done and the localities. are
Salt River. Arizona; Gunnison Tunnel,
Colorado Truckee. Nevada. Milk River.
Montana and Sweet Water Dam Wv
oming. nd the territory to be redeemed
covers about 600. 900 acres. while tne
cost Of the works is estimated at about
ST 00O. 900.
What may be grown on these lands
remains to be seen. but as the only
thing they lack to make them produc-
tive of something in the way of vegeta-
unlikely that when that is supplied
they Will yield crops far greater in
value in p single year than all the
money spent on them for irrigation by
the government. added to what the far
mers who work them viii eXpend for
cultivation.
This calculation is based on the re-
suits of irrigation elsewhere. For IN
stance. the cost of the irrigation works
already in oparati in eleven states.
including those above named. with Cal
Utah and Washington. was s6A 2S9 601
and the yield i'm $500 Of hay cereals.
vegetables and fruits on the lands
treated. aggregated SS4. .43S. 43S; and this
on an area of about 1850 600 acres.
But. the irrigation in this instance
was done by private enterprise aided in
some cases by the state; whereas, the
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
Policemen Their VICTIMS.

The hard luck story told by two wo-
men Saturday, who explained to a po-
liceman that they had beer chased out
OF their happy home in North Topeka
and starved afterward seems to be
fake of the first water.
Policeman Darby. who lives in Park
dale. met a woman and her daughter
who said they were weak with hunger
Darby paid their car fare to town from
Parkdale, and directed them to a place
where they would be cared for. It
seems that later the women met a Santa
Fe syitchman named MacMurtha, and
told him the same story. He says he
gave them all the money he had and
took them to the Salvation army for
safe keeping. After hearing an account
of the hard luck of these women. sew
eral Parkdale people seem to recognize
them as residents of Parkdale and not
of North Topeka. and aver that they
were working" the public, especially
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08

Boston Journal:
The politician has helped himself to re-
f1eshments from the table of common
sense Hanna has yielded as Platt has
Welded. Had these gentlemen had the
tenn er Of Conkling they might have ccm-
plicated Republican conditions in Ohio and
New York.
As matters stand the condition of The
Republican party throughout the country
is stronger today than it ras been for
many years
The ability. of Republican leaders to sub
ordinate their imperious wills to imperial
common sense has never been better Illus
trated than in Hanna's graceful retire
ment from an indefensible personal plan
Of campaign It takes more courage to do
and to dare and then to Undo and not to
dare. when one has taken a wrong tack
than II does to storm a fort Pride OF
opinion IS well. but the pride that goeth
before a fall is wisdom if 1t be cut out
prior to prostration
Parties suffer more from acute attacks
Of bumptiousness than from the chronic
operation of humility In calling off his
proposal to antagonize the Endorsement of
Roosevelt at the approaching Ohio Repuh-
hcan convention. Hanna has won a double
VictorY-onc victory over his own academic
theories. and another victory over Marcus
Alonzo Hanna
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
auAKER REFLEoTIoNs.

TFron the Philadelphia Reeord.1
The sweetness of revenge is often only
sugar-coated
Some people spend all their lives look.
ing behind them.
Some excuses are SO thin that you can
see right through them
A man must have plenty of backbone
to succ eed. also 3 lot of cheek.
Ii it were not for the trials of life
the lawyers would starVe to death.
A cigar may be named for a general
and still belong to the rank and file.
The fellow who makes the most
money isn't always the one who dies
rich
When it comes to engagements the
summer girl prefers quantity rather
than quality
A poor excuse is better than none.
bat the same rule doesn't apply to poor
relations.
scribbler-"Have you read my new
sea story?" rawler-fsYes indeed. I
threw myself right into it. In fact. be-
fore I was half way through [ actually
became skipper myself"
Why do you argue with your wife =
asked the bachelor. Don't you know
the futility of it?" "Of course" replied
the married man: but I have to allow
her a little pleasure once in a while"
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08

TEN Of the west against floods that come
on a really formidable scale only once
in twenty years2 That is a long time.
and it is hard to get such a rapid living
people as the Americans TO make pro-
vision against something that may not
happen again for twenty years and, per-
haps never. They win think it cheaper
to stand an occasional flood loss with its
Inconvenience and suffering than to
spend a vast sum of money on protec-
tive works that may never be used. But,
If Hood protection can be united with
the daily demands of irrigation, the
problem is an easier one The data are
NOT at hand to show what proportion of
the present deluge of waters in Kansas
and Nebraska has fallen in the arid and
semi-arid parts of those states If it is
large, it is possible that in time vast
irrigating reservoirs or lakes may catch
and store even such volume of water
as that now troubling the people of those
states. But if the principal part of the
flood waters come from the humid por-
tions of the suffering states, it is prob
able that they must count on such an
occasional Hood as one OF the conditions
of life. Perhaps such a city as Topeka
may find some means of local protection
that viii not be too costly. to be erected
on the chance that there may be some
use for it some day.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
BUSINESS STOPS.
Every body in East st. Louis
Trying to Save the City.
Only the Roofs Of Houses Are
Visible at Venice.

st. Louis, June SIN East St Louis
on proclamation Of the mayor business
IS suspended, the saloons are closed and
everybody is at work on the levees in d
desperate effort TO save the city which
Is from one to four feet below the level
of the water which presses up against
the embankments.
This afternoon the viaduct connecting
East St Louis with the Eads bridge was
condemned IS unsafe.
The street cars were stopped and not
allowed to across the bridge.
The water of the Cahokia creek has
been washirg against the viaduct for
several days, and it has been strained
to its utmost by sight seers who used
it as a vantage point to view the flood.
Relief boa IS were today sent 10
Venice, ILL.,, which is completely flooded
as a result of the break in the levee just
south Of Merchants bridge. Only the
roofs of the houses are visible and the
500 inhabitants are homeless.
During the day 100 persons were
rescued. Their stories of the disaster
are thrilling and pathetic. In their
hurry TO escape many persons were
obliged to race from the food only par
TALLY clad.
None of them were able to save any
household goods. Most Of them had had
nothing to eat since Sunday.
So far as known the casualties are ss
JOHN cRITTENDEN. aged 10.
drowned near the Merchants bridge in
Venice.
A WOMAN AND SEVEN CHILDREN
swept from the fence by the flood In the
sight of the Terminal railway operator
at Madison, while attempting to save
them.
A woman drowned in Madison near
the American car works.
A woman and baby seen clinging to
a telegraph pole in Madison. The pole
turned IN the water and both disap-
peared.
Manager Shirley. of the Madison car
works, reports seeing seven employees Of
the American Car and Foundry COM
pany drowned.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
The vass Infow Of Immierants.

Evening Wisconsin;
It is correct to say that the present
immigration from the old world to this
country is wonderful. In ten months
of the present fiscal year as many i'm
migrants, within $1,000, were landed in
New York as in the whole of the last
fiscal year, and the immigration has
been so large since the 1st of May that
the indications are quite certain that on
July / a greater number Will have land
ed in this country than in any year
since the foundation of the republic.
Nine hundred thousand are the figures
of this years immigration. In 1882, the
largest previous year. the number land
ed was lSS, 9J2.
from Europe? The reason is obvious.
Taxation in Europe has become so Sc
we're that hundreds of thousands can-
net earn a bare subsistence. and there
fore fly to America as the promised
land on the earth That is certainly
the main reason for the enormous inn
migration from the old world. COndi-
tiOns of life there have become unbear-
able. and the common people fee to -
country where they think they can OBJ
tain a better subsistence for themselves
and their families.
Do the labor leaders appreciate the
full import of the present immigration?
The agitatOrs incite strikes and lock-
outs. and ultimately the strikers VIII
nave nothing to do as new comers win
take their places. Therefore, in order
GRAFTON and equity should be the rule
Of labor leaders. The strikers must
yield something in order to retain
steady work. When a strike Is com.
menced the la Dor leaders generally run
away to some other portion of the coun-
try and leave the striking workers to
get along as best they can. The off,
eials are paid salaries to agitate for
strikes. and no matter what happens
they get their salaries.
Many look with alarm at the immense
flow of immigration. as it is casting un-
esirable elements into our body polite
but contractors say it is a good thing
as IT must reduce the demand for high
er wages. Most of the newcomers are
rude laborers. and therefore their COM
petition must reduce the price paid to
the daily labOrer in our country.
At the present time the so-called pros
perity in the United States excites tho
envy and admiration of the whole
world, and therefore foreigners wilt
come here to try to get share in that
prosperity Under Clevelsnds s free trade
policy from '93 to 81, there was so lit
tie demand for labor that hundreds Of
thousands Of willing hands were thrown
out OF employment We trust those
cruel years viii not again afI1ict our
cOuatr<.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08

According to the New York Herald
the floods ia the southwest have never
been equalled or even approached since
the great flood of 1881 in the mighty
Missouri. in that year the food wave
which rolled down the broad stream in
the third week of April was almost en-
tirely snow water. the melting of
hard winters Icy accumulations far up
stream. From Sioux city. Ia. to Glas-
gov No. the valley between the bluffs.
averaging five miles in width for $40
miles. was submerged. and. as recorded
by the government engineer, Thomas
Russell, the current was too swift for
steamboats, to stem until the river got
cut of it's banks from Omaha to Kan
sas City.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
WILL ENJOIN THEM.
County Commissioners to Keep Tracks
Of Bridge.

The county commissioners are pre-
pairing. in case the city council gives
the street railway company even the
temporary right to use the Melan
bridge, to stop the work of laying
track.
The commissioners have requested
County Attorney Hungate to be pre-
pared for any move on the part of the
railway to get across the bridge and to
begin an injunction if that be necessary.
The commissioners have about reached
the conclusion that they do not control
the bridge. They do assert. however.
that they can prevent anything being
done which will injure the structure
This morning City Engineer McCabe
and County Surveyor Rogers inspected
the bridge. If they decide that the lay
ing of a track Will injure the structure
then the commissioners will have the
injunction brought to prevent the street
cars from crossing the bridge.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
MILITIA ORDERED OUT.
Company G Sent to the Scene of the
CattIemen's Fight.

Word was received at the governors
Office this morning that company C,
Second regiment. K. y. G.. from Os>
borne, Kas.. under command of Capt.
Cunningham reached Colby Kas..
about = miles from the scene of the
Dewey ranch feud. at o'clock Sunday
night.
Arrangements had been made to
transport the company from Colby to
the scene of the trouble in wagons.
There are fifty men under arms with
Captain Cunningham. and by this time
it is probable that peace reigns in the
ranchers hostile camps.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
SIFANS OF THIBET.
Worship Ancestors and Believe the
Sun Is Ball of Meat and Fat.

The worship of ancestors is curiously
carried on among all tribes. Twice a
year their bones are dug up and re-
hgiously washed, it being ludicrous in
the extreme to watch the preternatural
gravity with which the natives go about
this stupendous operation. carving
huge pots of water to the open graves
When ] first saw this operation it struck
me as being remarkably funny but to
the natives themselves 1t is an intense
" solemn and sacred ceremony. AS
the possession of a large "bonery'' gives
to the fortunate proprietor great power
in the tribe. these bones are seized
upon for debt or on the inaugura ton of
a feud, the persons or family so de-
prived OF their sacred relics being shun-
ned by the others until the bones shall
have been redeemed
One Of the most remarkabl of all the
strange myths believed in by this Curl
moon and stars. The sun is believed to
be an immense ball Of yak-meat and
fat, whereon the spirits Of departed
ancestors are supposed to feast, the
light being caused by its heated con-
dition. The stars are portions of this
immense feast. which dropping to the
earth give birth to animals for the sus-
tenance of suffering humanity The
moon they conceive to be a less ball
of similar texture, in use while the
larger one is being I7plenished for the
morrow, the nonappearance of the sun
or moon on cloudy or stormy days be
ing accounted for by the fact that the
deities are under going q period of fast
ing and religious abnegaton. The
parched ard des TT condition of sterile
regions is ascribed to the fact that
many thousand years ago this immense
ball slipped from the hands of its keep
ers. ana descending too near the earth.
scorehed those parts with which ii
came in contact before it could be re-
covered d=ColIier's Weekly
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

The funeral of Forrest Kutz.the prin-
cipal of Shorey school. who was drown
ed in the North Topeka flood. will be
held at Auburn cemetery. at II a. III.
Tuesday. The Nasons will take charge
Of the services.
Forrest Kutz was born in Clinton
county. Indiana. 1860: came to Kansas
1878 and taught school in Shawnee
county IS years. He carried insurance
in the A O. L w No. 90 and the X.
P A. No. So He was also Redman.
He leaves wife. the daughter of J.
W McAuley of Auburn. His home was
entirely swept away.
The funeral Of Peter NcVicar viii be
held on Tuesday. June 9. at p. m
from the residence at Washburn college.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
SLAUGHTER OF ARABS.
France Declares She Isn't After
Territory, but Blood.

Beniouf. Algier, June s.-The French
artillery opened a preliminary fire at
3 80 this morning on the rebelliOus
Ffiugig tribesmen. General COnnOr
commands the punitive expedition con
sisting of 1000 men of the foreign legion
and a strong force of artillery. armed
with guns firing Melinite shells. De
tails of the enga cement have not been
received.
The actual bombardment began at
Z: 80 o'clock and lasted until 9;2O when
the French troops occupied two stra-
tegic hills, gaining the positions by sur
DriSP
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
WILL BE COOLER.
That Is What the Weather Bureau
Thinks.

The government forecast is for more
rain and cooler weather Those who
are working in North Topeka will not
disapprove the cooler weather, but sun
is needed to drv the houses and build
inSs.
The forecast sent out today by the
government weather bureau for Kan
sas IS Possibly showers tonight or
Tuesday Cooler east portion" The
wind early this morning was south. but
it changed to west about 9 O'Clock and
was blowing a little over four miles
an hour at noon The minimum tenn
perature for the day was 81. The hour
" temperatures recorded by the gov
ernment thermometer today were as
follows
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
THE BRIDGE SANK.
Traffic With North Topeka In
terrupted Today.

People working on the pontoon bridge
were frightened this morning by the
sinking Of one Of the boats which sup
ported the structure over which the
passage from the north end of the
Melan arch bridge is effected into North
Topeka The boat filled with water
and sunk about noon. Immediately the
report was current that the bridge was
entirely washed away. People were kept
off it entirely until the sunken boat
was replaced. BY 1 80 o'clock the traffic
across was entirely resumed.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
ode Good Boats.

In the hurry to construct boats for
rescue work, the Swedish and Norwe-
gian citizens OF Topeka rendered ex-
celent service Those big boats with
the high blunt prov, not one of which
proved unsafe. We're made by them, and
made in a hurry The natives or the
northwest part cf Europe are the most
slxillful sailors and ship builders in the
world. and the boats built by the Swed-
Americans were fashioned after the
famous Norwegian "Dunga,' the most
sea-v orthy craft made.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
LOCAL MENTION.

Mrs Rose KimbaIl. of Elyria Colo.
wants to hear from her daughter. Mra
Amelia Byrd. of 116 Kious street North
Toneka-
The Republican Flambeau club turn
ed over the Arnory to the refugees
from the flood Districts The meeting
tonight will be held at the Armory. the
place to be selected after the members
assemble. All come.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08

Santa Fe now open for all classes Of
passenger traffic from Chicago and Kan
sas City to all points west in Kansas
and Oklahoma, Texas. Colorado, New
Mexico. Arizona and California Through
trains to and from Chicago viii run VIA
ST. Joseph for a week or ten days and
will then resume normal routes and
schedules
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
Gasoline Fire.

At 1920 Sunday morning there was
fire at I41S King street in q small build
irg owned BY Pufus Knott ana occu-
pied by Porter Patterson. The loss was
s75. and the blaze started from a gasO-
line stove The building IS said to be
used for a joint. but the tiremen saw no
evidence of It. This is first fire which
has occurred since the city water was
shut of
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
MINES THAT ARE DEEPEST
One Near Lake Superior Goes Down
Nearly q Mile.

In no other district in the world are
active mining opera tions carried on At
such a depth as in the Lake Superior
copper region. The No. ) shaft of the
Tamarack mine is the deepest in th-
world. having attained a vertical depth
of $40 feet, nearly a mile. Not far be-
hind it IS the Red Jacket shaft Of the
Calumet and Hecla. which is down L.
$40 feet Another deep shaft of the
Calumet and Hecla is the No. of th-
Calumet branch of the property This
IS down 800 feet on an incline of q
mile and q half. In view Of the mar
velous efficiency of the modern hosting
engine no considera tions of a rnechan-
ica1 nature need limit the prospective
depth of shafts.
The greatest obstacle to deep mining
is the 2roportionate increase in tenn
perature. In the Lake Superior copper
district State Geologist Lake has as
certained that the temperature in the
mine varies one degree for every 100
feet The temperature in the deepest
shafts at the Tamarack and Calumet
and Iecla varies between S5 and 90
degrees and in view OF these con.sf-
tions It is evident that considerable
depths can yet be attained in this Sec
tion.-ChicagO Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08

Indiana wants to furnish the platform
for the Democratic national convention
next year. Kentucky probably would
insist on a plank covering the case Of
Governor Taylor
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08

Postmaster General Payne. assisted by
Joseph T. Bristow is still engaged in
house cleaning preparatory to the cam
paign of 1908
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08

Commencing Tuesday. Topeks s a. m.
arrive Kansas City 1870 a. m. Leave
Kansas City 4:20 p. m. arrive Topeka
1915 p. N. via Emporia-
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08
Ran > Of Prcsz

Furnished by J. E. Gall. Commissions,
Grain Provisions. Cotton and Stocks
Office 10 West Sixth street. Telephone
4S6. CORRESPONDENT Christie Grain and
Stock Company, Kansas City, Mol
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08

An insurance company which would
furnish indemnity against damage by
flood might do good business
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08

VIII run to Kansas City via Lawrence,
Ottawa and Olathe about Wednesday,;
win then resume plug service to KAN
sas City and return 7:30 a. m, returning
s 40 p. m.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08

The 1000 raetry is vet 10 come.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08

Full LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-08

The following is from Harper'z
Weekly:
Eugene Field has told. in his poem.
The StoddardS." how he and the vet
eran poet who has just died-both Of
whom could remember the very birth
of American poetry-would sit for
hours
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-07

the idea was to plumb it up and down again. You got heavyweight to put on the gloves with you, and after mak- ing few fourishes to show off you swung with your right to knock his blamed head off. You wanted to do something to make a record. Unfortu- nately for you he was a man who couldn't appreciate a joke, and he blocked your blow and landed on your chin in return.
 ''Let me ask what your sensations were when you went down and jared the house from roof to cellar? It is on record that you slept for quarter of an hour. What dreams came to you, if any? It has been asserted that under such circumstances one dreams of pas toral Scenes-green meadows, sloping hills, shady dells and running brooks. Was 1t so in your case2 And about your spinal column. Is 1t still out of plumb or did that puneh"-
 ''Stop, s1rv' roared MT. Bowser at last.
 What is it now ?"
 'T'll take no more of your insults, sir. 4Ou Cdn get out OI IltS uOuSe LOO soon to please me. The idea, sir-the ideav'
 "Do you mean that this interview is ended?"
 Certainly. Get out at once while I can restrain myself"
 Perhaps you would rather I should call at the office? If SOL
 ''No, sir; no, sir. You need never Cnma naar ma aoainps
 '-No? Too bad that the world should be the loser, but we must make the best of 1t. will not pause to inquire about your present sensations, but bid you good night and depart. Good night, MT. Bowser, good night"
 MT. Bowser stood in the front hall until he got his breath back and then entered the sitting room with pretended carelessness.
 "Who was 1t and what did he ewant?' Asked Mrs. Bowser as she looked up in an innocent way.
 "Oh, nobody but a real estate man who wanted to sell me hill or some thing" replied MT. Bowser as he grit ted his teeth and sat down to his even- ing paper. M. QUAD.