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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-05
AT LINCOLN POST.
Installation of odcers Takes Place
Saturday Night.

At Lincoln Post hall Saturday night
occurred the installation of officers of
Lincoln post and also Of Lincoln circle,
the woman's auxiliary. Following were
the officers installed by the post: James
Pannick post commander; Sam Gararo,
senior vice commander; John Sander
son, junior vice commander; S. G. Stew
art. NJ D., surgeon: Elias Schulz, quar-
termaster; Robert Semple, officer of the
day; H K Goodrich, officer of the
guard; J. w Sidweu, chaplain; J. NJ
Miller, adjutant; J. E. Stewart sergeant
major: John F. Carter, quartermaster
sergeant.
The new Lincoln circle officers are:
Mrs. Ella Wood. president; Mrs B. F.
Mattingly, senior vice president; Mrs
Mary Armintage. junior vice president;
Mrs Anna E Brussman, secretary;
Mrs. Ida Klussman, treasurer; Mrs.
Vesta Smith, chaplain; Mrs. Matte
Long. conductors; Mrs. Mollie Hunter,
assistant conductor; Mrs. Clara Cove1,
guard; Mrs. Teeter, assistant guard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-05
PHILIPPINE COINAGE.
Making Dies in Expectation of Con-
gressional Action.

Washington, Jan. 5.-United States
mint at Philadelphia is al work on q
set Of dies for the new Philippine coin
age which congress is expected to auth
orize this session AS the legislation IS
still in suspense the mint management
was not prepared to go ahead with the
work till it had received assurances
from the Philippine commission that it
would be Undermined for any loss caus-
ed BIZ the failure of the bill. Governor
Taft has given these assurances, be-
cause it VIII take four artisans about six
months to prepare the dies; and if the
legislation should be delayed. this would
mean long postDonement of change
winch is regarded as ontaining almost
the elements Of life and death for our
oriental colonies. The coins ordered are
one peso. half peso. 20. 10, s. 1, and ~
celtaVes. respectively.
Inc pending bill will probably contain
clause deciding whether the Philip
pine coins shall be minted in the United
states or at Manila Probably at first.
at any rate. the work will be done in
Philadelphia. but later the old mint in
Manila may be reftted up. and brought
into use One of the designs is the
work of a native Filipino artist. and
represents a smoking volcano in the dis
lance, with female figure in the fore
ground, leaning on a hammer and an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-05
GROCERS ARE COMING.
State Convention VIII Be Held This
Month.

For three days, beginning January 10.
the fourth annual convention of the
Kansas Retail Grocers' association viii
be IN session in the council chamber at
the city building in Topeka. National
Secretary Fred Mason. of St. Paul. viii
be one Of the speakers. The local gro
GERS association viii make special effort
to show their visitors a good time dur
ing their stay here, and win hold q
banquet in Metropolitan hall on the
evening of January 20.
There IS a lot Of LEGISLATION of both
state and national character which the
Kansas @rocers want. and it is expected
that the convention viii prepare adj
dresses both to the Legislature and 70
congress during this convention. The
parcels post law, permitting the deliv-
cry of groceries by mail and allowing
big outside houses to compete with gro
GERS who do only a local business, works
a hardship on the small trade and IS the
object Of attack of every grOcers' con-
vention. It Is anticipated that changes
will be asked in the state laws regulat-
ing the collection of debts and garnishee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-05
BIG WHEEL BURST
While Making $500 Revolutions Per
Minute.

New York. Jan. 5.-An electric ma
chine which had Just been put in place
at the Yale and Towne works here burst
while being tested yesterday. says a
Stamford. Conn, dispatch to the Ii
bune. The DYNAMO was making 5000
revolutions a minute at the time. It had
been running at top speed for ten min
utes when the accident occurred. There
were six or eight men in the room and
huge fragments of the machine. some
of them Weighing from 200 to 300 pounds
were scattered among them, but save
for rent in the trousers of one they
were untouched.
The windows and woodwork of the
room were badly damaged. The machine
was to supply the works with power.
and until it is replaced operations VIII
be practically at a standstill. The ac-
cident means a loss of many thousands
of dollars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-05
CYCLERs GOING ABROAD.
All the Fast Men to Leave for Euro
pean Tracks Soon.

New York, Jan. SIN another month
practically all the fastest cycle racers.
sprinters and pace followers will start
for Europe to compete at the principal
tracks in International events. accord
ing to the News
Frank Kramer will be among the
tourists and foreigners will, for the
first time, have a chance to judge be-
tween the present American champion
and Major Taylor who is also going
abroad.
The two tracks in Paris viii be the
scene of TIE most important races. On
these viii be decided all the big match
events. A rich purse has already been
offered for d special event between
Taylor and Kramer. Among the pace
followers who viii race abroad are
Elkes, Joe Nelson, Michael and George
Leander.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-05
Philippines Revenues.

Washington, Jan. 5.-The bureau of
insular affairs of the war department
has prepared for publication a compare
tive statement showing that for the ten
months ended October 81 1902 the Gus
toms revenues of the Philippines were
ST ,475.5 against 1921. $50 in 1901 and
$685.. e94 in 1899. The figures represent
the total customs house receipts express
ed in United States currency values.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-05
81 to go pivoroe snit.

Dresden, saxony, Jan 5.-The German
consul at Geneva has received the nee
essa1y permission to serve a writ on the
Dso"n Ff1ncess Louise in connection
WIN ire suit for divorce brought
against her by the Crown Prince of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-05

Cleveland. O., Jan. 5-Colonel Nyron T.
Herrick. when asked by a representative
of the Associated Press today II he would
be a candidate for the Republican guber-
Material nomination said: If the Repub-
leans OF Ohio should request me to be
their candidate for governor this year i
shall accept their nomination, fully appre-
ciating the duties and grave responsible
ties Of that high offlce.-,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-05
GAMBLING COMBINE.
They win Spend 100000 to Beat

New York. Jan 5.-Pofice Inspector
Nicholas Brooks was held by Magistrate
Brann for exceeding his authority while
conducting the recent raids against
Richard Canf1eld's gambling house.
The decision of Magistrate Brann
elected the statement from Deputy Po-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-05
The Golden State Limited

Leaves Topeka every evening at sos
arriving Chicago 1890 a. m. New York
100 second afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-05

On and after January 2 the National
will serve dinner at 2. m. Luncheon
from IL to 2:15.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-05

The cold-wave flag
means zero weather,
icy, moisture laden
winds, and the begin
ming Of winter in earn
est. To Catarrh suffer
ers there is nothing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-05

the most abomiuable
OF all diseases. S. SIS.
keeps the blood in
such perfect order
that cold waves cause
no alarm and the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-31
rFNEMENT HOUSE LIFE.
Conditions Which the City Commits
sion Is Rapidly Remedying.

.-o,,s photographer sending views OF a
,. American city recently labelled one, which
D.-e,,ed an immense pig feeding in the main
CITY. "A Health Inspector a. Work"
sn-,z g photographer OF NETWORKS Tene-
.souse Commission. having portrayed an
IL member OF the pork family comfortably
-,-z,a5 under a stairway in q Marion-st. tene-
y. house. has labelled the view "A Satisfied
What the feelings OF the other ten
-. - the same house may have been is easy
= .-,,elne It is from such views as these that
y has- idea may be gathered OF the work Of
=, 7snerent House Commission OF this city.
,,.,.+,,, avoiding publicity, but ct the same time
-e1,x vigllant and forever busy, the com
,.,.3or has been occupied In it's work q
- m the thoroughness Of which depend the
.,r,,,-t and health-indeed the very life-of the
,-b.b,tants OF the eighty-two thousand tene-
-, houses Of greater New-Yorl.
-Dsre is no better index Of the nature OF the
ri and its Importance than the closeness OF
&c much with the thousands OF tenement house
s,.rers. A bureau that has In the weekly course
o.-s business TO handle an average Of over FIVE
4,,sred letters written for the most part by
=. ;uiterate and poor tenants OF the worst
-oke-ies Of the great city, must in the very
-.,ure Of things possess no small evidence Of
Nsv-York on q recent Monday 139 jewellers in
..,ements communicated with the Tenement
House Commission. and 104 wrote anonymously.
ro- that week there were 491 complaints re-
,s;ys5 in letters and 37S were unsigned. The
,oo- are learning slowly but surely the oppor-
,rniry they have to protest against unsanitary
snd aboninable dwellings but the terror Of that
su-acrat Of tenement life the housekeeper,"
s.nJ leads them into the devious paths OF anony-
NOUS correspondence.
No better statement; alike Of conditions and OF
these letters from tenement sufferers mis-
spelled wonderful specimens Of chirography.
There is apart from the unconscious humor Of
their contents. a deep and lasting pathos, for
they reproduce a picture OF conditions unspeak-
sble in which thousands of human beings, in
h8b,tarIs Of this great city, live, or rather en-
du-e existence.
Why has the inspector rot Gomez" walls
one -Four weeks has a dead cat been under
The sta ircase and the odur is aufulL'
Please come and look after the house OF No.
- suffoIk-st,' pleads another. because the gas
didn't burn and fell down from the stairs and
was fatally wounded. The irons from the steps
vas broken
Dear Sir: kindly call at No. Third-ave.
II regards TO rooms and sausage factory. Call
on Friday as il is sausage day"
Here is q communication that sets forth the
reason why so many hundreds of letters Of COM
plant bear no signature:
I wish C call your attention to he house in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-31

work. This means no small thing to the City OF
New York. The tenement and congested dwell
ing problem is one that has occupied the mu-
nicipal workers of London, Paris and Berlin
quite much those of this city, and the long
step that has been taken toward scientific hand
ling If not absolute disposition. OF the problem
is a source of worldwide interest. Moreover,
other American cities ere watching with eager
interest this greatest of all the present munic-
ipal experiments in this city. The answer to
the slun problem made here in New-York will
be equally valuable in every great city of the
nation.
1t Is interesting, in the light OF the present
work of the Tenement House Commission. to
quote in closing the comments Of Robert Hun
ter head worker of the University Settlement
for many years a resident Of Hull House. in
Chicago and acquainted with tenement house
conditions in Chicago, we'll as European cities
The opinion is from article in Municipal
Affairs"
AS bad as are the housing conditions in Chi
cago and other cities. they are in no way COM
para BILE to the conditions in New-York Opinions
OF students may vary, Mr. Lawrence WELLER l
believe claiming that New-York has the worst
housing conditions in the world. Certainly no
English city is afflicted as we are with high
buildings dark rooms ard people packed IN
vast hordes upon single acres. A fundamental
difference between the New-York problem and
that Of London is that In London the worst or
the evil lies in overcrowding in rooms, and IN
New-York in overcrowding on land space and
it's attendant circumstances. Can any one say
which is the greater evil? There is room to i've
in New-York. There are cases OF oVercroWd-
ing that will compare with the worst in London
b1It there is no house famine, and none in view
Despite the new law just passed, with the rad
ical improvements ii requires IN the construction
Of tenements, building has gone on uninterrupt-
ed In the matter of room to live, we have the
advantage over London but 1t Is questionable
whether high tenements, with dark rooms VIE
air shafts and ali the other attendant evils of
the double-decker are not more Injurious III their
effects upon the life of the people than even the
condition of the house famine in London.
The reputation of the city throughout the
world then, is in the hands Of the Tenement
House Commission. and to 1t Will belong the
credit of rescuing New-York from the first place
in the world in all the evil conditions OF conses-
ton and unsanitary living
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-31
SHORT CUTS TO KNOWLEDGE AT HARVARD.
HOW STUDENTS ARE HELPED BY THE "SEMINARS"
IND PRINTED NOTES" OF THE "4NTIFACULTY."

on the tutors was one that appeared last fan N
'Tampy." Gibson's pictures OF The WIDOW ana
Her Friends were then very popular at Harvard
the artist who made the HIT drew a picture OF
the widow Nolan Iecturing in field surrounded
every side by young men with notebooks. VINO
taking down his words eagerly. and gave IL
the same title Gibsons pictures One report has
1t that the Widow" threatened libel suit and an
other that ne secured the original drawing, and
had it framed. but at any rate the picture made 8
hit.
OF course to the college authorities this business
Of printed and seminary is regarded as a
serious hindrance to the college work. on the ground
that It simply Grams men for examinations with
out giving them lasting benefit. As examinations
about the only way that the college can test
the knowledge OF the students, this system OF
examining allows many men to get their degrees
who would otherwise fail to I'LL the college require
ments. On the other hand. IL is alleged BY the
printed notes men that many men get clear
understanding OF courses that the college lecturer
has been uninteIgible in. And. at all events the
authorities have yet made not the slightest ef-
fort to do away with the seminars and printed
not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-31

.ba house was vacated and new order Of
things succeeded the old, and sunlight pene-
trated rooms into which daylight and fresh air
had long been strangers.
Here is q sample investigation, revealing tene-
rneut conditions and the nature Of the inspec-
ton:
Ma ttorney-st five stories. front and rear
tenenoents two families on a floor, the apart
rnents having four rooms, with light front and
rear ten families. The rentals were; Second
floor SIS; third floor. SIT: fourth moor. $40;
fifth floor SIS: two stories $50 each, having
living rooms back. All garbage is carried down,
there is no dumb waiter Inc SINKS "el a,a al
inclosed In woodwork which was never opened
and were in a very unclean condition. Inc
house IS infested with rats and the tenants
claim that # the door TO the sink Is opened the
rats overr,In the place School sinks in yard
one for each apartment The school SINK was
fu1 and the party who attended to 1t said that
me- nnIled out the plug every dag, but had not
done il this day There is also a bakery in the
cellar which rents for $50
Some weeks ago The Tribune in its news
columns printed a digest Of the conditions as
discovered by the Tammany Committee OF rive
which investigated tenement vice on the lower
Fast Side It is interesting. in the light OF the
Tenement House Commissions data, to view the
evidence printed at that time TO show that the
evil had practically been eradicated'
81 saw The Tribune story at that time, SAID
Lawrence WELLER. Deputy Commissioner, and
7 regard il as accurate and true. The volume OF
Tho cornn1aints we receive indicates that the
avu once SO terrible has practically ceased
The naople have learned TO complain. and II
the old condition existed I am sure we
should hear from 1t. Whenever a complaint
comes 10 us I send for the owner Of the premises
and give him five days to clean out the house
rIe &c told bluntly that il Will cost him Sl,ooo Il
he fails The protests and Indignation OF me
owners are frequently amusing, but in the ehd
,hav ALWAYS weaken. When a case is reporleo
+o y. we nut a trained detective TO Work, ana
ee+ the necessary evidence without any DIM
Guilty"
Remembering that in the red light days ths
raurany committee able to locate over Io'
nousas of disorderly women in tenements on ing
r.st Side If is interesting 10 note that the mum
r. of complaints made now numbers less tflai
.+,, a rnonth-for March II was Sixteen
Th,s &c = striking comment on the Work CT 'ls2
? on, administration and thoroughly substaii-
-, The Tribune's exclusive announcements VI
the new order Of things
a LIST of number of Brooklyn Complains
=, +,e .,,rnrising fact that complaints were
r,s.arad last wear for sixty-one fowls twenty
t,r ,,,Reons four parrots, twelve cats anu iii''
- does as well as numbers Of pigs goats anu
- Hero are a few Of the causes Ioi com
-. m record In the department each iep
-.,,.,r the especial woe OF one leheii'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-31

Cambridge Mass, May 30 (specaD.-Two thou
sand years ago ancient philosopher protested
to impatient monarch that there was no roya4
road to learning" But in two thousand years mar
yellcus changes have come over the world. science
and art have progressed to WONDERFUL extent
and with the flying machine and the autornooi4e'
condensed air and concentrated 1000 naVe Soine
condensed brains and compressed knowledge
It was at Harvard that the idea originated for
syaporating college course and preparing 1t IN
oalaable form for the mental digestion or intel
lectual dyspeptics and the credit for inventing the
plan belongs to a small band Of men Wnorn me
Harvard Graduates Magazine" has caIied the anti
faculty"
In an unpretentious three story frame building
down In Mount Auburr-st. known to the under
graduate body the Mill" the ''ant-faculty
its headquarters. Here II IS that Blakney, the
Blakrey OF the Printed Notes. whose name IS
better known to many a Harvard man than that
of the instructor whose course he is taking.
stretches forth a helping hand-at IS an hour-to
the tired wanderer from the thorny path Of knowl-
edge and guides him safely past the swamps OF
hour exams" ''mdyears' and finals" Thither
flock the athlete the anxious senior fearful for his
degree. the sport" who has been studying socol-
ogy with the theatres and thoroughfares OF Boston
for laboratory. and the dismal faced Dusteo
freshman. In two hours may replace here
what was for all purposes of his course blank
mass of protopasm with brain teeming with facts
and concentrated Information. For s. or " sport
err who has more conception Of the nature OF
philosophy than the fragments OF unntelfgioe SEN
fences that reached his waking at the rev
lectures ne has perfunctorily attended, becomes a
metaphysician, and the next days examination
he writes learnedly of Descartes or panpsychisrn
And Smith or Jones, who has taken course in Eng
ish literature under the mistaken impression that It
was a pipe" snecure, after call at the 'Nill
is ready talk with all corners transcendental-
ism or the mood" OF Byron's earlier poems. and
even. II need be. to quote a line two from
Lara or THE Prisoner Of Chlon."
But so far this is little different from regular
tutoring, which is recognized institution at all
colleges The peculiar characteristic of the new
learning is the seminars" they called.
Just before an examination in a course in which
a hundred more men are enrolled postal cards
are sent out from the ''Mill' and from a horde
of lesser tutors announcing each student in the
course that a seminar" will be given the night
before the examination at such and such hall.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-31

With the setting Of the sun tonight begins
shabuoth. the Festival OF the Weeks. the most
Joyous OF all the ancient Hebrew holidays There
is proverb centuries old, and yet as true to-day
as ever. concerning the relative pleasure OF the
Jewish holidays.
''On Passover" SO the proverb runs, "one may
eat wherever will, but not whatever one
wishes; on the Feast of the Tabernacles one may
eat whatever will, but not wherever; but on
shabuoth may eat wherever and whatever he
chooses" But the trouble is, as the Orthodox
Hebrew will add with flash Of humor Shabuoth
lasts only two days. The Feast or the Shaouoth
is in reality the celebration of two distinct events
in Jewish history. the the ripening OF the
barley crop in Palestine. the other the giving Of
the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. To-day,
as thousands Of years ago. the barley crop is
ripening on the hills OF Palestine and the farmers
are completing the gathering of their crop. but
the world over the Jew, no longer an agricul-
turist begins his celebration. and as his condi-
ton has changed. so he naturally has come to
emphasize the second occasion for the ceiebra-
ton.
For seven weeks the coming OF Shabuoth mas
been reckoned in the synagogue each night be
ginning with the second Seder night that is the
second night of Passover. Each night, Wheh the
service is over. the kantor. rabbi or an elder OF
the congregation rises, and AFTER Deheulcuon
chants:
This fs the - day to the Omar, which is -
week and - days" In ancient Palestine the
Shabuoth was marked by elaborate celebration.
When the forty-nine days TO Omar had peen toId
o1 on the fftieth each farmer would lake
measure OF barley. that is, an omar. "hlcn
gives the name. and. bearing It as an onering Oh
the first fruits Of his field to the Temple at
Jerusalem would burn II as a solemn sacrlhce 70
God and not until then could any OF the ne" crop
he eaten To-day throughout the "orIo the hist
asy of shabuoth is confirmation day Tor the Jews
children who have reached the age OF thrteeii'
which f. the OF religious majority are con
erned Il being survival OF the ola nouon Oh
Offering the first fruits. But after all II Is tle
fct that on this day the present time the ceIe-
brs tfon OF the giving OF the laws Is the pre-
dominant one in the Jewish mind the account VI
,,btc, appears in Exodus xix and Xxx
Tonight all the Orthodox Jews OF the last olue
.il sit up until daylight The time VIII De con-
suDed in reading from the books OF the feii'a
the Mishna and Gemara OF the Ialihuu nj 'i'F
psalms and even some OF the Midrashik
t2,,t in addition to this they will pause each mo
mont to murnur a WISH for with the ceremony -
connected a traditional belief that at SONS 'iiio
during the night the heavens Will be cleft dsuHueI'
and whatever one wishes at the psychoogieai mo
yoent will be granted. So thousands o. the nc
,o1t who believe this will spend the night IN feau
ing the whole range OF Jewish history since inc
giving of the laws, and also in surrepuuouf
wishing. .
rhers is a delicious biz Of folklore preserved