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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-09
CABINET is PLEASED.
But Regrets That Beet Sugar
Action Was Not Unanimous.

Washington, Jan. 9-The cabinet
meeting today lasted nearly two hours.
All the members except Secretary Root,
who is in New York, were present.
Secretary Hay had little new to report
on the Venezuelan situation. No am
swers have been received to the latest
proposition of President Castro which
was transmitted promptly to the allies.
Satisfaction was expressed at the ae-
ton taken yesterday by the representa-
tives of the American Beet Sugar asso-
citation although regret is expressed that
the action was not unanimous.
The Indianola, Miss. postof1ice case
was again the subject of some discus
sion but Postmaster General Payne had
little in the way of developments to
communicate. Reference to the Indian
ola case led to some discussion Of the
subject of southern appointments, but
no action was taken as to the general
policy of the administration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-09
NOT AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
A Will Which Provided for Saying of
Masses.

St. Paul. MINI, Jan. s.-The supreme
court today held that a request for
masses and education of priests is 3
trust not authorized by law, in the case
Of William Shanahan and Bridget
Walsh against James c. Kelly and 9th
ers. appealing from the district court Of
Houston county. Father Phil ShanahaD
died over a year ago and left a will Civ.
ing $500 for masses. 81 900 to Father
Fitzgerald for the education of priests
and about $4,000 to Bishop Cotter of
WinOna, also to be used for the educa-
ton Of candidates for the priesthood.
Relatives Of the deceased priest contest
ed the viii. The probate court of Hous-
ton county sustained the will, but the
district court declared 1t invalid The
decision of the supreme court sustains
that Of the district court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-09
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Meat Should Tumble.

Buffalo News.
Secretary Wilson of the agricultural
department informs the country that
there is no further excuse for dear
meat in any Of the staple forms. He
declares that cattle which were sell
ing at $3.50 to s8-75 a hundred in Au-
gust and September are now selling at
S4.75 to $5.25." Assuming that the
secretary is correct in his statement,
and he prOfessedly quotes market re-
ports. there does not seem to be any
excuse for maintaining retail prices at
their former dizzy altitude. In fact,
many dealers have already reached a
lower level of prices, and it is likely
that the normal range viii soon pre-
vail. though the majority are believed
to be reluctant to release the fine prof
its at command with the wholesale
price low and the retail price high
Mr.. Wilson prOphesied this state of
things several months ago and ex-
planned why there were reasons for
meat to be high during the past sum
mer He seems to be proved a true
seer and is performing an excellent
service in pointing out the abundance
of the fresh meat supply in the coun-
try, so that no one need be ignorant
of the reason for steep charges where
they are still demanded. When meat
is low on the hoof it ought not to be
exalted anywhere else.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-09
DIDN'T SEE ATTORNEY.
Mrs. Nation Comes Out With q New
Grievance.

Mrs Myra McHenry, editor of the
Elk County Searchlight, a prohibition
paper, called on Mayor Parker today to
make a protest to him against an al
legged injustice to Mrs. Carrie Nation
Mrs. McHeEry asserted that Chief
Donovan had refused Mrs. Nation the
privilege Of seeing her attorney. MIR.
McHale, of Lawrence.
Mrs. Nation felt very much aggrieved
about it, and was making all kinds of
dire threats against the city. Mayor
Parker talked very soothingly to Mrs.
McHenrv, and told her that Mrs. Ma
ton might talk to her attorney if she
wants to.
Mrs. McHenry is a very good sort
of a woman" says Mayor Parker. She
can talk nationally, and I like to have
her call on me. If Mrs. Nation was
like her there would never be any
trouble. 1 think the only trouble was
in this case that Chief Donovan did
not know Mr.. McHale as being her at
torney. He probably thought that Nc
Hale was using that plea to get an in
terview with Mrs. Nation as many
other people do"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-09
MANY COLOSSAL CHANGES
Stupendous Transactions of January
l, 1908, in Mercantile World

/. 19OS. IN Ul6rc2uJ1lo W Of4O.
January /, 1903, witnesses in this coun-
try the largest monetary shifungS that
the world has ever seen This is caused
largely by the fact that corporation dis
bursements now take the place OF for
mer mercantile profits. The interest and
dividend disbursements of the United
States Steel corporation now annually
exceed all the previous annual prohtS
ever annually disbursed in the manu-
facture of iron and steel
The railroad interest and dividend dis
bursements in America are this Janu-
ssry the greatest in history, not by rea-
son of a higher rate Of disbursement,
but by reason of increased securities.
largely issued for Improvements ana
consultations. For instance, the Chi
cago Burlington & Quincy railroad
share holders received January / the
largest cash dividend disbursement ever
made from this property, and yet there
is q balance left over for the Northern
Securities equity in the property.
Nevertheless. the earnings of tbs
United States Steel corporation In 1902
surpass the annual railroad dividends
now declarable by all the boards OF rail-
road directors in the United States
Startling as this seems, a few figures
viii convince anyone of its truth Take
the s400000000 of Northern Securities
stock covering the equity IN Northern
! Pacific. Great Northern and the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy. and the 4
/ per cent thereon is only $16,000,000- This
4 is the largest railroad dividend GISb purse
ment in this country, but it is only
about one-ninth of the net income of the
/ United States Steel corporation
Add the preferred and common share
dividends of the Union Pacific and
Atchison systems, embracing one-eighth
of the railroad mileage OF the United
States-$450 goo. 900 of capital. paying 4
per cent, or S1S,O00.000 per annum-and
you have added just one-eighth of the
net income of the United States Steel
corporation to the one-Dinth that was
had before. You now have all the trans
continental railroad dividends. and you
have only $34 600 to contrast with the
net earnings of the steel corporation of
s144. 100000.
For a rough reckoning. call an aver
age of per cent of S40o. o00 eco as the
dividends on the shares of the st. Paul
Northwestern, Rock Island and Mis-
/ coo coo as the dividends of all the great
+ Chicago. The dividends of all the trunk
lines-the Pennsylvania, New York Cen
tral, Baltimore & Ohio. etc--are the
/ only $25. 600 600, and when these are aa-
ded to the western railroad dividends
| the slate is but sS7 COO 000
Throw in ell the dividends railroad di-
+ rectors declare on Louisville & Nash
and al the other southern and middle
state roads and the New England roads
and It is easily seen that the total rail-
road declarable dividends are still well
short Of the net earnings of the United
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-09
BEING A GOOD FELLOW"
A Whole Lot of Nonsense in That
Business Says the Toledo Bee.

Any sensible young man ought to know
that he can't be up late nights abusing
his stomach and be in full possession of
his faculties for business the next day.
And he ought to know. also. that a man
must be clear-headed ana in fun posses
sion of his faculties to hold his own in
the keen competition of life Your good
fellow is popular for the time being but
when his money is gone and he has lost
fellow business doesn't get him any
thing. It's poor fellow then. Another
are ready for another good fellow
who has the price.
boys are mereenary. They don't alto
gether pass Up a good fellow when he
goes broke, but it isn't the same. They
say he hit up the booze too hard and
couldn't stand the pace. They feel sorry
for him. but he is out of il. His good
I fellowship doesn't excuse him even in
+be ewes If his friends for having +froxayr7
away his opportunity.
The young man who gets the sleep his
/ system needs. is temperate in his habits.
/ lives within his means and shows up for
work in the morning with a clear eye and
are looking LOT, lhey want employees
/ they can trust Having worked hard and
( laid by competence they want to throw
some of the burdens of, and they won t
throw them off on the employe who IS
too much Of a good fellow
Cut it out, boys There 8 nothing IN it
! There's q whole lot of nonsense IN that
/ good fellow business You can't fool the
I public very long by living beyond your
must be a showdown some time or other,
and that means q loss of self-respect and
many bitter experiences. All men viii
think more of you if you hold yourself
/ in and don't try to live a wine existence
/ on a beer income
Many bright and promising business
man has failed because he tried TO travel
( in too swift class. Whereas had he
! lived within his means he might have
! become a highly successful merchant
The world doesn't give up its treasures
easily. It isn't in the cards for all Of us
/ to be- milIionaires and mighty few of the
good fellows get into that class. It's
better to earn your way first and go hunt
ing for good times when you have reached
the point where you can spare both the
time and the money Then. possibly,
vcu'U have more sense and have a diff
{ ferent notion about what a good time IS
Toledo Bee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-09
WATCH DEPARTMENT.
Reading Railway Employees Mu
Carry Standard Timepieces.

The Philadelphia and Reading Rail
way company has started a watch de-
partment. Its head will be John Miller,
an expert on watches and clocks. and
his task will be that of maintaining 4
uniform standard of time among the
watches of the employees and the clocks
at the stations throughout the system.
The company viii insist that each en-
gineman, fireman, conductor, brakeman,
dispatcher and station master in its en-
ploy shall own a watch of a standard
grade The company will sell these
watches to such employees as do not
own them .on the easy payment plan
The watches. it is said. viii cost about
S35. The men will be allowed to pay for
them at the rate of 81 a month.-Phila-
delphia Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-09
PARKER WOULD PAY.
Favors the City Settling for Hydrant
Rental

In regard to the payment of the SIS. 005
which the city owes to the Topeka Water
company. and which the water company
is threatening to collect by a lawsuit. as
fully reported in Tuesdays State Jour-
nal, Mayer Parker said today:
Il am in favor Of paying the money.
provided the city properly protects itself
by an agreement that the payment shah
not prejudice our case in the courts. We
owe the money and I don't go much on
this technical refusal to pay it. I think
that it would be very easy to secure
some stipulation from Judge Hook
which viii save all our legal rights IN
the matter. y
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-09
States Steel corporation for 1902.

States Steel corpOratiOn Tor l902.
This is the stuDendous mercantile
change that America furnishes in 1903
1t is reflected in a smaller degree in the
net earnings of the American Sugar Re
fining company as representing, 'practi-
cally the entire sugar business of the
United States. 1t is reflected also in the
United States Leather company and in
the American Hide and Leather COM
pany as representing the tannery bust
ness of the country. 1t is somewhat
true as respects the rubber and paper
Philadelphia News Bureau.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.l
Men suffer grimly; women sweetly
Friendly rivalry is only civilized jeal-
ousy.
solomon must have sot awful tired
walking the babes at night.
Women take back their presents to ex-
change not because they want to change
them but to find out how much was paid
fer them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-09
FUSS OVER PEST HOUSE.
Voted Not Fit for Use but It. Is Used
Just the Same.s

After inspecting the new pest house
Thursday afternoon, the board Of health
voted that the building is not fit for
use The trouble was that the building
was not entirely completed, and the
lumber was thought to be green.
In spite Of this decision of the board.
the Atchison patient. w. H. Damn. was
placed in there last night after dark
1t is not known who is responsible for
Mr.. Damn being taken out there, but it
was supposedly City Physician c. e.
Judd
The hospital was inspected Thursday
afternoon by DR. Judd. DR.. Davis, DR..
Massey and Councilman H s. Nichols.
all being members of the board of
health The board officially decided
that the pest house should not be used.
and then asked Mayor Parker what he
thought about it. He refused to mix
up in the affair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-09

G. ". Canaan. who lives at 1924 College
avenue, suffered a stroke of paralysis
this morning about 10 o'clock. and is in
a serious condition. He was found out
in his barn. and had to be carried into
the house. Tt was thought at first that
he had been kicked by a horse Mr.
Canaan is the father of Miss Anna Canaan,
proprietor of the Standard Shorthand
school. He IS an old man. and for that
reason his condition is especially criti-
cal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-09

Each succeeding year there appears
60 be less inclination on the part Of the
American citizen to mix patriotism with
his politics. Irving ". Scott. who built
the Oregon. received but one vote for
the u. S. senatorial nomination in the
California Republican legislative caucus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-09

Us t1tle 10 that OF the Farmers and
Merchants National bank of Ios" Anpe-
les. AS a national bank, the canifaI
stock of the institution has been in
creased to $1,000. 900 fully paid with a
surplus Of $4,000 paid up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-09

Tt is hardly remarkable that Ship
builder Scott received but one vote for
u. S. senator. He is reported to have
charged and collected a big bill for en-
Pertaining the late President Mckinley
and his wife during Mrs. 11cKinley's
illness in San Francisco. A man who
would do that is a little too close in
money matters to become an alluring
proposition to the legislator with an I'M
pledged vote
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-09

Was It fair for Mr.. Sehwab to allow
Che public to believe that he was a
million year man when in fact his
salary was only $780, 600?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-09

Since the discovery that lemon juice
VII kill the typhoid fever germs IN
water the old topper who made a similar
application to his whisky for the pur-
pose of killing the snakes is congratu-
lating himself on his wisdom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-09
Michigan Delegati on viii wait.

Washington. Jan. 9.-The representa-
tives of the AGiNfchigan beet sugar inter-
ests today held a meeting and discussed
The Cuban treaty They decided to de-
fer action until the committee on for
eign relations had reported on thu
treaty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-09
CAPPER DENIES 1T.
Says He Is stin In Race for State
Printer.

This impression has gotten out in the
Copeland lobby that Arthur Capper has
given w the contest for state printer.
This Mr.. Capper emphatically Denies
i am still in the race and expect to
stay in said Mr.. Capper this afternoon.
Il have IS votes pledged, and I believe
there are IS unpledged members, so the
fight is by no means settled"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-09
Band Changes rs Name.

Los Angeles. Cal. Jan 9.-The Farm
ers and Merchants bank today changed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-09

The severest test to which the Mar
conf wireless system has yet been put
was made this week with complete
success 1T has been said in criticism
Of the Ndarconi system that while it
might work very we'll in fair weather,
severe ocean storms would tend to de-
moralize it. The weather conditions
that prevailed were the most severe
that could possibly be imagined. IN
England a heavy storm was raging
and the storm area apparently extend
ed entirely across the Atlantic, for at
Glace bay the snow came down in
binding sheets of white, accompanied
by peals of thunder ana flashes of
lightning of tropical intensity. while
the wind blew at the rate of sixty
miles an hour. Yet in the very thick
OF this electrical storm two messages
were sent to England at the normal
rate of speed without the slightest diff
hculty and received. as was indicated
By favoring signals received from the
station at Poldhu, Cornwall
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-09

Yesterday Senator AIdrich on the
floor of the senate tainted Senator
Vest into telling how the Wilson tariff
bill was passed. Mr.. Vests story places
the majority of his colleagues in line
with President Cleveland on the mat
ter and says that the u. S. senate was
held up by five of its members and
compelled to pass the measure dictated
By them. or adjourn without tariff
legislation. Senator Vest might have
given his remarks added interest by
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-09

Everybody reads the State Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-09

Two million Americans suffer the tor
turing pangs OF dyspepsia No need to.
Burdock Blood Bitters cures. At any
srHR stor8s
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-11-20

evening, ana L went down to the sea
beach, two miles distant L sat on q log
and smoked and let the sweet hum OF
the Pacific eat it's way into my ears
This content of reverie SurpaSses the
pleasure of books and is the nearest ap-
proach to the pleasure of gra titled love
which mind undistorted can discover
on this crude planet.
Suddenly | saw a figure streaming
out toward the sea. 1t was Louis.
Don't be a fool,' / said as | locked
my arm in his and led him away. He
had been rejected. Additional confirma-
ton was granted when the pair were
seen out walking for a stroll on the
morrow.
They were married. l didn't see the
wedding e. most. informal transaction),
as had all my work cut out to guard
Louis May l never again take such a
contract
Every wedding involves a question
or sentiment. One morning the Eus-
band went to cut wood. He returned
suddenly and took silent peep into
his apartments. Then he stole off on
tiptoe for his gun. That is the other
end of the sentiment. When he re-
turned the room was empty; the birds
had flown.
And because he couldn't find anybody
to shoot he pinned away and grew silly.
When | left, the abandoned one had
made his claim over to stranger.
From that day the story is a blank.
The denouement is unknown. But
wherever she is l swear the scenes in
the cupboard will be capital AS said
before, she was a good cook Some
have thought that cookery is form of
virtue. They erred. Virtue is a form
of cookery.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-11-20
Mr.. Nobody.

know funny little man.
As quiet a mouse
Who does the mischief that is dc no
In everyhody's house!
There's no one ever sees his face
And yet rye all agree
That every plate we break was cracked
By Mr.. Nobody.
It's he who always tears our books.
Who leaves the door ajar;
lie pulls the buttons from our shirts
And scatters pins affair."
That squeaking door will always squeak
For, prithee, don't you See
we leave the oiling to be done
BY Mr.. Nobody.
He puts damp wood upon the fire
That kettles cannot boil:
His are the feet that bring in mud
And all the carpets soil
Ine papers always are mislaid:
Who had them last but he?
There's no one losses them about
But Mr.. Nobody.
The finger marks upon the door
BY none # us are made:
We never leave the blinds Enclosed.
To let the curtains fade
The ink W. never spill, the boots
That lying round you see
Are not our boots; they all belong
To Mr.. Nobody.
The Long "s.r
John Bell (1745 to 1880 abolished the
ong IS" 100 years ago. Considering
The long IS" superfluous, he one day or
Tered his compositors and proofread-
ers to use the crooked 49, throughout
printers and publishers followed his
example 1t was DONE
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-11-20
An Applied Biblical story.

A little boy laid his stick of candy on
the mantel while he buttoned his shoes.
His sister, seeing it, waltzed around
the room, reaching the candy as she
passed, and hastily ate it. When her
brother had finished buttoning his
shoes and reached for it, 10. it was gone!
You have my candy, miss. Give it to
me!' he cried. Brother" she answer
ed, 'if you ever eat that candy you will
have to be the whale, and I'll have to
be JONAH"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-11-20

Lady" said Meandering Mike, s'I
haven't had square meal in two
days"
"Why. it was only last night that I
gave you piece of pie"
Dat wasn't a square meal, lady.
Dat was triangular Washington
Star.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-10

Mayor Miller has made known his decision matter
his appointment by Governor Garvn police
commission OF the city of Providence Coming him
suddenly and entirely without previous notice consultation
Is but natural he should take accept
o. ~ It, The mayors attitude toward the law
himself been unexpectedly appointed
legas u as unwarranted invasion of the right people
to manage their purely municipal affairs deuet-
''e ~ INC fundamental American principle Of home rule
FROM the time the outrage perpctraed none has been
" concerning or fearless in demanding that be
pe OUT ana the hhed rights be people Mayor
'e m appointment should he ultimately determine TO
accept "oud not alter his strength of his
'oaey M commissioner he would undoubtedly insisting
"s a. eN mat the spoiaton accomplished through
police commission law should once aud the peroeavc Of
which they have been robbed should returned to the peope
Tor pnoPe Mayor Miller has been contending and his cham
pionshp of that principle will continue active and
he accepts or rejects the profered ocmn,ssonershp
II the finally concludes accept his fellow m
applaud his action and will realize that his motive was sincere
desire the people every way possible So lone =, ,