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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-02

THE SvN that the success of the large per-
centage Of pupils from the Catholic schools
was in spite Of the system" leaving us to
draw the inference. that the success Of the
small number of pupils from the public schools
was in consequence of the system.
OF course. any really educated man with
"unimpsachable Integrity Of mind" knows the
of proof attached. But placing tn" question
on purely business basis II Is per cent. of tho
C9thcc school cEd REV succeeded in pbs
public school children succeeded in consc-
quenCc Of the system, would i not be a profit
increase me number Of Catholic schools
Mr. Farley might do well to ponder over
the answer given by Christ TO the Phar's,Ges
who insinuated that He was performing His
is found In st, Matthew. xii: II I. said
Christ. by the power of BeelIebub cast ont
devils by whom do your children cast them
out?" WILLIAM O'BnIES PARDow, j.
NEW YoRK. July %.
To THE EDITOR OF THE srN--sir: Two gem
erations of public school education without
religion have emptied the churches The
young seem to have grown M TO think that
the state somehow felt hostility, or. at best
indifference. to religion
No one meant TO do these foolish things;
no one meant to empty the churches, all but
doubtful experiment Of enticng people to
church by the use of extra Inducements in
stead OF ny ucnTlle TCllRlOn, result from tnlS
pleasant and easy way OF avoiding the war
Of cashing sects." Yet that s what has hap
pencd.
Of all the members of the Board of Super
intendents of the City Schools. there is but one
who is admittedly agnostic. All the others are
church members: some are vestrymcn. trus-
tees directors, &c. All see the evil, would
gladly undertake to remedy il, with absolute
Justice to the rights Of all, but to do it they
need representation from authorized spokes-
men Of religious bodies,
Why should public institutions, satisfactory
in other respects TO all, carry out in this one
Eo,nt the wishes , OF S"t r pn[t arc PROBABLY
the people? think the lack Of any approach
10 Union among the Ct JEFF opponents of the
thing called "undnnominatona Is the
chief source Of tho trouble
NEW York. July 20. RoBERT P. GREEN.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-27
woMAN,s RIGHT 70 VOTE.

Senator HOar of Massachusetts, is an
old man and has served his state and
the nation faithfully and well for many
years in the highest lawmaking body in
the land. He has no political favors to
ask, hence what he says may be safely
accepted as his honest convictions
Here is what he says Of woman suf-
frage:
A person to be entitled to share in
the government of a state or country
ought to love the state, ought to desire
its welfare and ought to be able to judge
of the characteristics of the persons
presented for their suffrage and of the
wisdom or folly of the measures which
are proposed from time to time before
the people. Can you think of any other
qualification than interest in the repub-
lie. love of the republic. capacity to
choose its servants and capacity to
judge of the measures upon which its
welfare is to depend? 1t used to be said
Of man who was candidate for office
that he had stake in the country. Is
there any stake in the country like that
Of a mothers interest in her children?
DO not the mothers, the wives, the sis
ters. love the republic as we'll as their
husbands or sons or brothers? Is there
any doubt about that?
I believe that every step in human
civilization has been marked by the
nearer approach Of woman to her just
and equal place of influence in the state.
I believe that every such approach has
at some time purified the home and rem
dered womanhood sweeter and more
feminine. Everywhere she was moved
with US to our good No nation, no city
no household ever took a lofty DIace
where the influence of woman did not
inspire it with the heroic temper.
And when woman takes this new and
final step, bringing to the service of the
state her purity. her devotion, her in
sight, her faith, she will not only en-
noble the state, but will elevate also the
hnrae .
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-27

Letting the additional revenue required
in consequence Of closer contact with
western nations. Reform in this direc-
ton is urgently needed. AS obsuuetins
the growth Of commerce. any proposals
to raise more revenue by methods tend
ing to check the domestic trade, sucn
as the imposition of a consumption tax
on native goods. or 20 hinder the prog
ress Of local industries and the intro
duction Of foreign capital by a heavy
excise on machine made products. are
to be deprecated as having tendency
to lower the purchasing power of the
people by preventing the development
of resources. China can absorb no more
imports unless she has more TO give
IN exchange condition dependent
upon cheaper transit. which railways
viii gradually provide, upon the free
dom Of native goods from uncertain
and heaVs- taxation
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-27
LOCAL MENTION.

Invitations have been received in this
city announcing the marriage of Mr.. F.
H. Bevelle. formerly of Topeka to Miss
Minnie Daughdrin at Houston, Texas,
Wednesday, June 3.
E. F. Pavey. the former city detective,
returned today after a two months Stay
in Tacoma and Seattle, Wash. He ays
the railroads are badly tied up between
here and Denver. and signs of the re-
cent devastations by storm and flood
can be seen all through western kan
sas-
John E. Worsley and Hampton Steele.
two Washburn boys in their senior year
left this afternoon with a Rock Island
surveying party Steele has been editor
this year of the Review. the coilege
paper. and Worsley has made a name
for himself in both college baseball and
football contests of former years
The ways and means committee held
a meeting this morning and voted to
recommend to the council that the dam
age suit of Drucilla Woodall against the
city be not appealed to the supre me
court. The verdict of $3.50 against .he
city will be paid. Mrs. Woodau recoy-
cred a judgment for the death of her
husband. who was killed by an electric
wire while working for the city electric
lighting plant.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-27
JAYHAwKER Jors.

The first sweet pea bouquet plucked
at Newton was on May %.
Crops from the Montgomery pooe
farm more than offset the expenses.
Mix shakes are the popular sprins
drink with the Hoisingten Mellin fool
csOwd
lie Roy driners at the depth of 20
feet cut through perfectly sound wal
nut lc~-
Frankfort would like electric lights.
but is keeping bond proposition IN
Mr.. slicker has 500 acres Of fine grow
ing grain near Hoxie. OF course thu
floods haven't injured it.
Waverly sman boys pay their crap
shooting winnings into court The
fathers pay the loosing end
The Waverly girls band is getting
along well in practice. and they are do
ing considerable blowing over it.
A 16-year-old Sumner county horse
sold this week for $75. Nine years ago
the animal brought $50 at auction.
One Fort Scott man cut another
OUT with his girl, whereuDon the "cut
out" youth "cut out" the victor with
a razor
A HunneweH man sues for divorce
because his wife prefers to kiss other
men better than himself. He should
visit the barber oftener.
After proposing to a young lady in
endearing terms a Bigelow lovesiclK
swain added: I have a mother pig
with eight little ones and 800 in the
bank.
The first auto" has reached Neo-
desha. The vehicle created more aston
isbment among the small boys than the
landing of the Mayflower among tie
red men.
Where once was heard the sound or
the dinner bell the ringing of the anvil
now exists. The pioneer hotel of Nc
Pherson has been converted into a
blacksmith shoD.
Two travelling men with a combined
weight of T30 pounds stopped at the
same Wellington hotel the other night
It's dollars to doughnuts that they oc-
cupied different beds. however.
Topeka's city physician is keeping
mum on the number of contagious dis
eases in the city on the theory. per-
haps, that the more some people try
to explain the deeper they get in hot
water.
An Osborne county girl. although
very handsome and bright. has never
ridden on train, attended circus, a
dance, or kept company with a young
man. But she has done the family
washing every Monday for eight years
past.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-27
GLOBE SIGHTS.

When d girl hates another girl. her
talk about her sounds as fierce as Ken
tuclzv.
A good many men are like Horace
Greeley in one particular: in their
handwriting.
An Atchison man is known as Link
He was named for our martyred presi-
dent. Abraham Lincoln.
The farmer whose barn isn't blown
away should build an addition to it.
big winds mean big crops
When women have heart heart
talks, they have a great deal to say
about loyalty in friendship.
An Atchison girl has so many gen
tlemen callers that envious neighbor-
accuse her of giving premium stamps.
We believe that If we were a member
Of the Do AS You Please club, we wouln
be sure to offend the others by what
pleases us
ach that his Wife's fancy work for two
months every spring consists Of wash
ing out the sand.
When father pays the bills. how a
merchants heart warns UP to a gira
who is a considerate buyer though his
head NAV not approve.
In those sections of the country where
they need rain, the newspapers make
bad situation worse by saying good
deal about Jupiter Pluvius
Why does nature so dogged1y insist
on making people uncomfortab ble2 Why
not little less rain now. and little
more through July and August7
Even the Lovely Characters. who like
to read Wonderful Things in the maga-
zines, must admit in their hearts thar
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-27
HOLCOMB A CRACK SHOT.
Lieutenant of Marine Corps Will Be
Mem mber of American Rifle Team.

Washington, May 27.-Lieut- Thomas
Holcomb jr., of the United States ma
rine corps, has justified the confidence
of General Haywood, commandant of
the corps, in his prowess with the rifle
Lieut. HOlcOmb was called home from
Porto Rico. where he was on duty. to
take part in the competition at Sea
Girt this week for places on the Ameri-
can rife team that is to be sent to Bis
ley, England, this summer in an effort
to regain the Palma trophy
Lieut.. Holcomb won a place on the
American team. and is expected to do
good work With his comrades on the
English rife range during the coming
international meet. At the interna-
tional match held in Canada last year
Lieut. HolcOmb was the winner of the
high aggregate medal Despite his good
work. the trophy was won by the Brit
iSh team.
Hoicomb viii be one of the eight
crack American marksmen who will
sail for London in a month or two in
the hope of recapturing the prize
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-27

Lynn (NIass) Item: Those who criti-
else the newspapers for publishing news
concerning scandalous conduct little
realize how much OF evil. if not of crime,
is prevented by fear of publicity Meth
er do they fully understand how much
more might be reported if the purpose
OF the press was. as they seem to be-
lieve it is. simply to produce a sensa-
tion. When public attention is called
TO some breach of propriety, or Of
morals. or of the statute law. the Of
fender is too apt to be overlooked by
those who decry the publication OF the
facts. The press does not originate the
scandal violate the proprieties or COM
init the crime. OF course it is under
stood that it is easier to censure the
source Of publicity than to blame the
real author of the trouble. those who do
this evidently believing that attacks
upon the discoverers Of a crime viii
cover the offense of the criminal, or at
least divert attention from the true
cause of the disturbance. The press
would much prefer to record deeds Of
virtue than the commission of crime, to
praise the honorable rather than to hold
up the vicious to the condemnation Of
those who desire to do right.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-27
OUR CHINESE TRADE.

Chinese official returns show that the
imports from the United States in 1902
are six times as much as in 1895. two
and one-half times as much as in 1897,
about 35 per cent. more than in 1890.
and nearly 80 per cent. larger than in
1901. Cotton goods kerosene oil and
-four continue to form the chief imports
from the United States.
Commenting upon the general condi-
fion of trade, Statistical Secretary
Taylor says: Three noteworthy events
took place during the year: the negO-
tiation of a new British commercial
treaty. the revision of the import tar
if. and a heavy fall in exchange. OF
these the last may prove inDortant
The revised import tariff. owing to the
fall in exchange and the rise in silver
prices since the years 1897. 1898 and
1899. has left the incident of taxation
very much as before. But the collapse
3n exchange which VIII call for highe-
currency prices for new cargo. with the
uncertainty Of its future movements,
naturally disturbs the import trade;
while. by augmenting the amount
which the government has to find to
pay its gold obligations, it has led to
heavier internal taxation.
''The pessimistic views expressed in
some quarters regarding the CONNER
cial sOlvency of the country, based upon
the demand of the government to pay
the indemnity in gold. are without any
solid foundation. The foreign trade Of
China is trifing when the size and po-
tential resources Of the country are
considered. and only a very small adj
5ustment between imports and exports
IS necessary to cover the late increase
of Indebtedness. At the same time it is
disappointing to note that trade always
seems to be the first victim when heav-
ier taxation is decided upon. What the
foreign trade of China might be is
shown by a comparison with Japan
which with a population of less than
one-seventh. spends almost exactly as
much as China on foreign goods. But
before such expansion can be looked for
domestic trade must be relieved from
the taxation of goods in transit local
industries must be assisted instead Of
being hampered by excise and by taxes
on raw materials, and the enormous re-
sources Of the country must be devel-
oped. Meanwhile trade Is slowly grow
ing, and viii continue to grow in spite
OF artificial Instructions.
"The commercial solvency of the
country. however. is one thing and the
financial solvency Of the government
another. and there is no doubt that
great dinculty is experienced under the
present defective fiscal system in col
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-27
ouAKER REFLEcT1oNs.

lFrom the Philadelphia Recordl
Circus timei
Pink lemonade is on tap
The. hippopotamus rejoices in the fact
that beauty IS only skin deep.
The college graduate never ceases to
marvel at the success of the public school
boy
Ihe fellow with an ungoveTaabIe temper
is the one who is always losing it.
The average woman can forgive every
thing in man except a second marriage.
There is the greatest difference in the
world between overlooking a fault and
overhearing it.
Nell--.I saw something that looked aw-
fully cheap al the bargain counter Bell
What was it?' Nell-.'dr Henpeckke
waiting for his wife"
Wigg--~Aren't you glad you didn't live
in the DAYS Of the Spanish InquisitiOn2 ~
Wagg-"Oh. I don't know. I have TO go
to the dentist this afternoon anyhow"
Mrs. Buggins- Here's an article in the
paper that says bureaus were not invent
ed until the eighteenth century" Mr.
Buggins-''NYhere did collar buttons roll to
before then?'
Mrs. Bjones-s Mrs Gotrox says she
doesn't know where her next meal is com
ing from" Mrs. Bsmith-"Why thought
they were so wealthy Mrs. Bjones-
They are, but she can't keep a cook"
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-27
NAY HAVE TO WAIT.
No State Appropriation Available for
Lansing Schools.

1t looks as though the school district
at Lansing, Leavenworth county, viii
have to worry along without state aid
for its schools during the next two
years, owing to a mistake in an appro-
priation bill The school population OF
Lansing is made up largely from the
families of guards and other state en-
ployes of the state penitentiary. They
pay no taxes, of course, there. and it j.
therefore customary for the state TO
make an appropriation to help pay th=
expenses of maintaining the district
school
The recent legislature appropriated
$500 for this year for each of the fiscal
years ending June 80 of 1904 and 1909.
It further provided that the appropria,
tion for the first year may be paid by
the state auditor any time after Sep
tember, 1894, and for the second year
after September 1905. Now these dates
should have been a year earlier. for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 19)4, be-
gins July 1. 1908, and the appropriation
for that year should be available next
September. At the expiration of the
fiscal year it viii probably revert to the
general fund of the state treasury, ana
cannot then be drawn under the ap-
Dropri9tion.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-27

they are dead tired Of reading about
Helen Keller
card of Thanks-I wish to express
heartfelt gratitude because the summer
hat I lately purchased seems to be satis>
factory. Its predecessor didn't suit any
body Drake Watson
An elderly Atchison girl has been
confessing TO twenty eight years old so
bravely and frequently that people are
talking and it has been discovered
that she has been confessing to twenty
eight for three years.
When Bill Roper appears at the Fifth
street culvert, the disputants back
away from him; he conducts all his
calculations in al%ebra. and the re-
port has gone out that he also under
stands geometry and trigonometry
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-27
The president put me here,
It's improper to repine.
It's disloyal for me to die,
Insubordinate to resign.
NO CONCESSION.
Restaurant Keepers and Em.
ployes Stubborn Alike.

Chicago. May 27-No concessions will
be made by the 1900 cooks. walters
kitchen helpers and porters, according
TO a statement issued by their union to-
day. If the wage scale is not accepted
by Monday, it is declared a strike viii
be called. The workers are asking for
q 10-hour day and about the same
wages that are paid for u and IA hours
now in the better class of establish
mentE.
The restaurant keepers association
on the other hand. announces that "a
strike in enc restaurant viii be the sig.
nal for a general lockout Nearly every
restaurant in the downtown district is
a member of the employers associa-
tion and it is said that in event of Z
strike the doors Of all win close stimuli
taneOuslY.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-27
MAY BE LYNCHED.
Negro Assaults Farmers Wife
at Yates Center.

Yates Center. Kas, May 27.-The
negro who attacked Mrs. J. c. Lind, the
wife OF = farmer six miles from town.
was captured here today Men are con-
sregating on the street corners, and 8,
lynching is feared. The negro worlxes
on the Lind farm. Tuesday afternooh
ne drove I'D to the Lind house in u
buggy and told Mrs. Lind that a friend
was i'll in town and had sent for her
She went in the buggy with the negro
At point near town in the heavy
timber the negro assaulted her, leaving
her in the brush He then went to
town. Mrs. Lind revived and crawled
to a neighboring house.
She was well acquainted with the col
ored man and had no trouble in idenu-
flying the brute. He made no attempt
to escape.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-27
REVOLUTIONARY PLOTS.
Correspondence of Compromising
Character Discovered.

Berlin, May 27-The Loka1 Anzeiger
today prints dispatch from St Peters
burg announcing that the arrest of two
officers of the artillery guards Lieuten-
ants Griegoreh and Molostovov had
caused a painful sensation in military
circles The arrests were the result of
the seizure of correspondence of the
most compromising revolutionary char
acter.
Lieutenant L Griegoren told the ex-
aiming judge that he had decided to
shoot the procurator of the holy synod.
Podjedonoszef, the day of the burial of
NJ. Sipiaguine, the minister of the in
terror, who was shot and killed in April,
1902 but when he saw the feeble old man
he changed his mind.
Lieutenant Molostvov also admitted
that he had intended to kill a high per-
sonage. The examination of prisoners
has been conducted with rigor in order
to uncover SUSPECTED plots.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-27
THEIR SPRING REUNION.
Scottish Rite Bodies Are in Session
Here.

The Scottish Rite bodies of Topeka
are having the annual spring reunion.
A class of u members is taking the
degrees. The session will end Thurs
day night. The following are those who
are taking the degrees:
Chas. S. Adams, Long Island: John
NJ. Cleveland, Topeka; H w Demuth,
Topeka. John w. Davis, Greenburg;
Ralph D. w. Elmore. Olsburg: F. L.
Evarts. Topeka; J. S. Fleming, Milton
vale; G. P. Grimsley, Topeka. w. d.
Homes, Manhattan; D. B. Harrison
Downs: Harry Hobson. Topeka: I y.
Johnson. Topeka: ]. W. Murray Hoyt;
Chas. A. Nevare. Topeka; w. A Aaris
Hoyt: B. L. Seybold, McLouth; Laurel
Summers. Wheaton: H. Q. Smith. To-
peka, G. o. Smith, Topeka; j. A. Stein
myer, St. Marys; T. S Terry. Downs.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-27
FOREIGN MISSIONS
Occupied the Time of the Presbyter
ian General Assembly.

Los Angeles. Cal, May 27-Discus-
sion Of the report of the board of for
eign missions occupied nearly the full
time of the morning session of the Pres
byterian general assembly, the main
address on the subject of foreign evan
selization being made by Rev. Dr. A
W. Haley, secretary of the foreign
mission board The programme for this
afternoon provides for the hearing of
reports from number of special com
mittees which have not yet had oppor-
tunity to come before the assembly on
account of the press of other business
Tonight two meetings will be held in
the interest of foreign missions at
which DE-. Jessup Of Syria, Rev DR. c.
". Natter and other missionaries will
speak.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-27

Preparations are being made for a re-
newal of the statehood fight when con-
gress. reassembles. Division will be on
the same old partisan lines. Beyeridge
backed by the administration will stand
for the admission Of Oklahoma alone,
as the only sure means of preventing
the Democrats from increasing their
representatives i'm the United States
senate To admit the Indian Territory
with Oklahoma would place the new
state in the doubtful column. New Mex
tco and Arizona are considered already
there.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-27

NJ C Campbell chairman of the state
live stock sanitary commission. was
here today to see Governor Bailey about
the complaints coming rom his home
county, Clark. over the order compelling
all western cattle to be dipped for the
mango The Clark county cattle men
have been holding indignation meetings
at Ashland over the order. They allege
that Campbell. who has a ranch in that
county where he has just put in a new
dipping plant, drove all of his own cat
tie over the line east just before the
quarantine went into effect. They say,
too, that the mango exists in the coun-
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-27
They Need the Goney.

Washburn college Will play a game
of baseball at the Athletic park Satur-
day The game will be with one Of
the Santa Fe teams. the Office or the
shop. The Washburn Athletic associa-
ton IS in dire straits, financially. Not
a game this season has more than paid
its own expenses and most of them
have been losing ventures. More money
has been made on games with the To-
peka Business college, most of which
have been interesting. than upon any
of the games with big outside mines.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-27

st. Louis. Mo. May 27.-The members
of the local body of the Amaigamated
Association of Street Railway En-
ployes of America have notified Super
intendent john Grant of the Transit
company that June ! IS the day for the
settlement Of their differences. The lat
ter says that unless the employees whose
reinstatement has been demanded are
on work on that date the members Of
the association viii take such action as
il deems proper to protect said mem
bers and the rights of al the street rail-
way employees concerned.