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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25
LOCAL MENTION.

l. c. kirkpatrick, of Cicero, Ind, has
returned to his home after a visit with
relatives in Topeka.
The judiciary committee win meet
tuesday at ? o'clock for the purpose of
considering the dog tax ordinance.
Mayor Bergundthal. Street Commits
sioner Snyder, and Councilmen Weber,
Neil and Wolf are in Kansas City to-
day inspecting street sweepers.
The Railroad Street Sluggers defeat
ed the Madison SIuggers at baseball
saturday afternoon by score of "A to It.
Batteries-Sherman and Carnahan.
Areacle and DeArmond
The w. T. K. club. which was to have
held a picnic in the woods Tuesday has
abandoned that plan and Will hold a
house party at the home of Mrs r. S
Plummer ON North Quincy street tomor-
row afternoon.
The local free employment officers
have received from State Agent r E.
Gerow letter stating that 5000 teams
are needed for the coming wheat har-
vest. Mr.. Gerow says that the nav win
be from IS to $3.50 day, with board
for man and team.
A B. Alexander, brother of John Al
eXander of this city. has returned to his
home at Yellow Springs, Ohio. He was
called home rather unexpectedly BY in
formation that his father is to have an
operation performed upon his eye, and
wants his son present
About the most aggravating thing the
city railway ever did was Saturday
night On the last trip a double header
was run on the Oakland line to the
Santa Fe bridge where the people were
unloaded and as all of the 90 passen-
gers could not be crowded into the sin
gle car on the Oakland end of the line
those left over were compelled to
walk home.
H C. Larimer will make the address
a the Memorial Day exercises at the
Foster cemetery four miles south of
Topeka next Saturday. The programme
viii begin at 10 a. m. and will consist
Of singing and the decoration of the
graves. The preparations for the Dec
Grafton Day exercises are in charge of
a committee from the Topeka Grand
Army posts assisted by the women of
the Women's Relief Corps.
The city engineer of Mobile. Ala. has
written to City Engineer James F. Nc
Cabe stating that he saw in a recent
number of Worlds Work a picture of
Topeka taken from the dome of thu
state house. and is much impressed
with the beauty of the streets He saws
that Mobile is making extensive street
improvements. and asks for detailed in
formation as to the width of the streets
here, width of roadway, width of park
and width of sidewalks.
A careless driver for a dry goods store
succeeded in turning over a delivery
wagon on West Eighth street at noon
today He had just emerged from the
alley. at the corner of which new
brick building is in process of construc-
ton. When turning, one of the wagon
wheels cOllided with a pile of building
brick and the wagon capsized. The
horse was thrown on its side and the
driver was deposited on the pavement
unhurt- Not strap Of the harness was
broken and with the help Of spectators
the wagon was righted and started on
its way after five minutes delay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25

Mr. A. D. Shamel. of the Illinois ex-
neriment station. says in the current
COSMOPOLITAN that the marvellous pos
sibilities of corn culture have been, un-
til recently, unknown to the average
farmer. but the Improvement has begun
to attract the attention of the business
like grower. 1t has been demonstrated
that corn can be improved by selection
to a remarkable extent. One of the
Illinois farmers who became interested
IN the experiments of the Illinois agri-
cultural college in improving seed corn,
planted 800 acres with new seed and
was rewarded with a crop of 80 bushels
20 the acre larger than customary.
These 5000 additional bushels without
any increased cost of production meant
about $4,000 to the wise farmer An
other farmer secured the improved seed
and planted it on so acres. He raised
about 25 bushels more per acre than
with common seed. The next year 1000
acres were sown to the improved seed.
and the third year 1000. in addition to
30 breeding fields laid out for the pur-
pose of systematic and scientific i'm
provement of the varieties grown on the
farm. The Illinois Seed Breeders asso-
riation has been formed for the pur-
pose of furnishing well-bred seed to the
farmers and to prevent the loss from
poor seed sent out BY unscrupulous
dealers. Corn breeding is a modifica-
ton of live stock breeding. and follows
the same general rules, laws and prin-
ciples. BY selecting ears having long
4hanks the Illinois Agricultural college
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25

The Atlanta Constitution. the gen
uiness Of whose Democracy cannot be
questioned. submits the following re-
cipe for Democratic harmony: Let the
dead issue-the issue that ali men know
10 be dead-be silently Inferred. There
need be no post-mortem discussions, no
formal burying. Just let the cadaver
pass out of sight, and let all who call
themselves Democrats get together on
living issues. That Is the obligation
which the Democracy owes to the coun-
try 1t ought to have courage and
patriotism though to rehabilitate itself
and make a fresh start. It has much
lost ground to recover before it can he
FULLY reinstated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25
BUFFALO CHOSEN.
Regarded as Certain to Get
Next Presbyterian Assembly.

Los Angeles, Cal, May 25.-Aceord-
ing to the commissioners from Buffalo
synod that city has already practically
won the fight for next years general
Presbyterian assembly and will be Sc
lected by the committee on place of
meeting of the next general assembly
in 1904. The committee will not make
its report public until the close of the
assembly. The general assembly re-
sumeG its sessions at 10 o'clock this
morning at Emmanuel church, the first
business 70 come before the commits
sioners being the report of the board
of missions for freedmen. Rev. Charles
p. Cheeseman. D. D.. of Pittsburg,
chairman of the board, presented the
report which showed an encouraging
condition The question of transferring
the work of the board to the board Of
home missions in New York. was ex-
pected to come before the assembly
during the day.
Rev. C. W. Cowan. D D.. secretary of
the freedmen's board. addressed the as
sembly upon the work of the board dur
ing the past year. and what it had &C
comolished in the south.
Report of the board of missions for
freedmen brought out a lively discus
sion on the question of how best to
accomplish the work, question that
has caused much discussion in past as
semblies. DR. Page introduced a reso-
luton that was construed as attacking
the Peoria plan" and which aroused
considerable opposition from the COM
missioners supporting the present
bOar5
The majority of commissioners, how
ever, and all of the colored commission
ers appeared to be in favor of the adop-
ton of the report as read.
Preceding the discussion Rev. S. B.
Nelson, D. d. of Rochester. N Y, in
troduced a resolution that the assembly
appoint a committee of nine to act as a
board of arbitration in dispute between
referred to the committee on bills and
Overf11res
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25
SUMNER SESSION
or THE
University of Kansas

To meet the demands of the Superlu-
tendents. Principals and Teachers OF
Kansas for Review and Advanced
COURSES the University of Kansas an
nounces for JUNE IL to JULY p its
FIRST SUMMER SESSION.
The Courses will be calculated:
FJRST-For High School Teachers.
Principals and Superintendent desiring
to review work they will have to teach
and to learn the latest Laboratory
methods.
SECOND-For the foregoing. as well
IS for Undergraduates in the Univer-
sity desiring credit toward a degree.
THIRD-F'Or students desiring 70
complete entrance requirements.
FOURTH-For Graduate Students
and all others desiring to work in spe-
cial lines.
A circular giving details sent on ap-
plication to
FRANK STRONG. Chancellor.
Lawrence, Kas-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25
KILLS PETS SHE LOVES.
One Thousand Dogs, Cats and Birds
Put to Death by a Woman.

In poem called The Ballad of Read
ing Gaol,'' poem written by a convict,
it is said that man always Stays the
thing he loves. This statement is I'M
dOubtedly untrue, but it seems to be
borne out in Frankfort, nevertheless.
for Mrs. Caroline Scott, of 1923 Sellers
street. IS admitted to be F'rankford's
greatest lover of animals, and yet Mrs.
Scott kills from 500 to LOCO animals a
year. She kills these animals though
not so much because she loves them as
because they are suffering. Dogs that
have been run over cats with incurable
diseases, birds irreparably hurt-these
and other sorts of little live things Mrs
Scott puts to death. And she has been
putting them to death for thirty-five
wears. She employs a man to bring
them to her from their homes, and an
otner man with a horse and wagon calls
thrice a week at her house to remove
for burial the corpses there.
Mrs Scott lives in a brick house with
her daughter and her sOn-in-law- Her
health is no longer good, and TO pursue
her work is more difficult for her now
than it used to be. Nevertheless she
does not propose to give it up Satur-
day the man whom she employs called
at her house and said: Have you any
thing for me to do tOday2"
Got to this number for a cat, to that
number for parrot and to such and
such place for dog" replied Mrs.
Scott
The man departed Several hours
later he returned with the cat. the par
rot and the dog in an express wagon.
The first had been burned in a fire. the
second had developed an unsightiy dis
ease at the skin: the third had had both
legs broken by a cart.
Mrs. Scott carried them all to room
behind her kitchen-an airy room, with
plenty of windows. In the middle of the
floor stood a big wooden box, alright
and very solidly constructed. A ru Der
tube passed through the side of the box
and its end was attached to a gas pipe
Into the box she thrust the parrot. IL
squawked. but as soon as the lid was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25
POINTED PARAaRAPHs.

IFrom the Chicago News-l
Dentists are dealers in extracts.
Buried treasure is as useful as con-
cealed knowledge.
Even an awkward deed is better than
a sarcastic word.
Self-reliance lifts a man W; self
conceit drags him down.
Poverty may pinch an honest man.
but it never destroys him.
Nobility of birth does not always in
spre nobility OF character.
Wise is the man who has sense
enough to let bad enough alone.
The average man would rather foot
the collector than the bill.
Prosperity is not without its thorna.
nor adversely without its roses.
The more a man knows the easier it
is for him to keep his mouth shut.
It is often as difficult for a poor man
to ind meat for his stomach as it is for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.l

lFrom the New York Press.1
Ready made love is seldom over a good
The consuming passion of humanity is
No mans income is ever big enough to
TO spend it for him.
A woman likes to have her husband sick
abed, so he viii be glad he is married to
some one who loves him enough to make
things for him to eat that he hates.
A woman can bear every sort of
trouble that she can conceal from her
best friend.
Even toads and snails are not un-
beautiful to little children until they
cease to believe in Santa Claus
It's curious how the marriage cere-
mony can infuse commonplace sanity
INTO a couple that are stark mad
There is nothing at which a widow
Is SUCH success as getting advice
about worldly things from a beardless
boy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25

There is some discussion in progress
regarding the question of who pays the
expense Of the presidents trip. One
story is that the president pays it him
self; another is that the government
foots the bill: while the Southern Pa
cihc railroad officials say they have
been furnishing a train free of charge
AFTER an whose business is it and what
difference does it make. The salary of
the chief executive is not so large that
the people viii object to being taxed for
the expenses Of his vacation. And il
the railroads are contributing. it is no
more than they do in the case of CON
sressmen and other officials and Moth
ing is said about it. Let's knock on
something else.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25
JGrS0pGriELd
and Pills

Which thoroughlycleanset the blood,
expelling all humors and building
up the whole system. They cure
Hoods Sarsaparilla permanently cured J.
g. Hines. Franks. H.. Of eczema. from which
be had suffered for some time. and Miss
Alvina Nolter. Box zi2. Algona, Wis. of pina-
pies on her face and back and chafed skin on
her body. by which she had been greatly
troubled There arc more testimonials in
favor Of Hoods than can be published.
Hoods SarsaparIIIa promises. to
sure and keeps the promises
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25

Opponents of government ownership
Of public utilities continue to cite the
fact that the British telegraph system.
which is owned and operated by the
government. doesn't pay its way The
United States postal service never has
paid its way but nobody thinks Of
tuning it over to private management
on that account. Doubtless it could be
made to do so if the people demanded
that 1t should be done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25

Dry, moist, scaly letter, all forms
Of eczema or salt rheum, pimples
and other cutaneous eruptions pro-
coed from humors, either inherited,
or acquired through defect ve di-
gestion and assimilation.
To treat these eruptions with
drying medicines is dangerous.
The thing to do is to take
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25

The woman who received a number
of presents and considerable money
from admiring southerners because she
refused to make up Booker Washing
toms bed has been robbed of the whole
lot. But she has got more than that In
advertising. which properly utilized will
enable her to come out even on the en-
tire transaction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25
JUMPED INTO RIVER.
Unknown Woman Commits Sui
eide This Afternoon.

At 2:30 O'Clock this afternoon it was
reported at the police station that an
unknown woman had Jumped from the
Rock Island bridge into the river It is
suppose that the purpose was suicide
and as the river is very high she was
carried down stream and soon sank
from sight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25

When the Pennsylvania Democrats
formulate their next platform probably
they viii not neglect to view with
alarm" Senator Quay's attempt to
muzzle the nress
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25

experimenters have increased the length
of the stalk two feet in five years. and
have made many more equally marvel
Gus CHANGES
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25

Probably the president will regard it
as one of the serious drawbacks to the
pleasure Of his trip that he was unable
to be in Montana this week when the
state was buried under ten feet of
SHOW.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25

The Rochester Union and Advertiser
suggests that Mrs. Walter Vrooman
might as well have married a duke and
got something for her money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25

Miss Alice Roosevelt adopted her
Fathers suggestions regarding the
strenuous life. and now she is laid up
for repairs. 1t is not every one who
can stand that sort of thing as we'll as
she president
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Mrs r. NJ Gust died at her home in
Dansville. New York. Sunday after a
short illness. She was the mother OF
Walter Gust Of Potwin and Mrs. John
Blower Of White City, formerly of To-
peka and had visited her son and daugh-
ter here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25

In Connecticut they have reached the
point where an agitation has been
started for vestibules on the street cars.
it has been discovered that the motor
man should be protected from the
storms
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25

functions which give it the character
of an exclusive medical trust, the people
are likely to vote it out of order
Fair play and free field in medicine,
as in theology. would seem to be the
correct idea.-Boston Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25

Having launched the Cleveland boom.
Mr.. Morgan has gone to Europe and
apparently left it without a pilot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25

DR. VIM. Maclay Lyon, physician and
ent phone 531.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25

arm-in-arm they are French; but if the
woman leads, the man trailing on be-
hind, put them down for Americans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25

city Ticket once. Onion Pacinc
Railroad. SIS Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25
max ORELL DEAD
Famous French Author Lee
turer Passes Away.
Was Particularly Well known
in America.

New York, May 25.-A private dis
patch from Paris says that Paul Blouet,
Max OtRell, died of cancerous formation
following an operation for appendicitis.
He was notified some days ago that
there was no hope but said he would
continue his fight against death as
bravely as ever. He was engaged in
writing story Of his life. as well as an
English history OF France. He died at
his home in the Rue Freyeinet at Sis
p. m. yesterday. He was conscious to
the last.
Paul Blouet (Max. O'RelD. French au-
thor and lecturer, was born in Brittany,
France, March ?. 1913 He was educated
at a military school in Paris and re-
ceived commission as sub-lieutenant
in the French army in 1859. He was
active in service during the Franco
Prussian war and was in the famous
battle at Worth He was taken prison.
er at Sedan, but was liberated after a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25

Max Orch has lectured in Topeka
twice, both times at the Grand opera
house. He stopped at the Hotel Throop.
Among the stories he told IN his lecture
was this one: When you see a man
and his wife entering an audience room.
going up the aisle the man stalking on
ahead you may depend upon it the
couple are English when the two go
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25

FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-29
TRADE REPORT,

r. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review OF
trade says: The tenor of dispatches
from every section of the country In.
dicates that there is less than the Gus.
tomary midsummer dullness in busi-
ness, and collections are more prompt.
ly met than usual. Earnings of rail.
ways reported for July exceed last
years by 1873 per cent. Farm work
still retards retail distribution OF mer.
chandise In western sections. Foreign
trade at this port for the week shows
gain Of $2,599.2O9 in value Of i'm
ports, as compared with the same
week last year, while exports de-
creased $502,022.
Good news as to the progress being
made toward settlement OF labor dis.
putes was neutralized by the decline
in securities insofar as the iron and
steel industries are concerned.
There were many indications that
the interruption from strikes would be
less frequent in the immediate future,
and there was a general disposition
to fully sustain prices.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-29
STREET RAILWAY TRAFFIC.
Sixty-three Rides Per Capita Last
Year,

Reports from the census bureau
show that the traffic of street and elec.
trio railways Of this country for last
year averaged 63 rides per capita of
population. This is 81 rides more than
the average for 1890. Altogether the
9S7 companies, owning 22,576 miles Of
track, carried 4,S09, 554, ,43S fare paying
passengers. Adding the transfer pas
sengers, the roads carried a total Of
ssh ,957,S30 people. Two hundred and
sixty-five passengers were killed and
26,69O injured. and Of the employees
1922 were killeu and 3699 hurt. The
par value Of the capital stock and
funded debt outstanding, as reported,
amounted to $2.30S, ,2S2 ,O99. The aver
age net capital liabilities per mile of
single track owned for the companies
representing both factors were $780,
2S7. The total income and expenses
of the operating companies amounted
to $3.50, ,504,627 and s214,907,650. The
companies gave employment on the
average during the year to 1854
wage earners and paid $S0,770,449 in
wages. There were 712S salaried Off.
cials and clerk employed. to whom ST.
439,716 was paid in salaries. The sim
gle track mileage increased from S123
miles in 1890 to 22,576 miles in 1902.
or 1894 per cent, and the number OF
fare passengers increased 1874 per
cent.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-29
OREGON NOTES.

The total shipment OF wheat for
last week from the port Of Portland
was 22O,6O0 bushels.
The war between cattlemen and
sheepmen in Harvey and Grant coun-
ties grows more critical.
The Dalles-Celilo portage railroad
will be built and in operation to han
die the 1904 crop from the Inland EN-
pire to Portland.
NJ. II. Gillette has bought the large
ranch of w. II. Babb, located on the
Meadows near Echo, for q considera-
ton Of .$30,s96.
1t is reported that the La Grande
sugar beet factory will be able to run
only half time this fall, owing to a
failure in the beet crop.
Guy Becker, who was caught be-
meath an overturned derrick on vii.
liam Mascall's hay ranch near Dan.
vile. died later. His skull was horri;
bly, crushed.
Recently the residents Of Langlois.
Curry county, were shocked by the
suicide of Henry Keller, after he had
murdered his wife, nee Appleby, aged
"a years. The cause Of the shooting
is supposed to have been jealousy.
A. B. Cooley, the wheat king" OF
La Grande. bought Of the Oregon Land
company 1000 acres Of land formerly
owned by Mr.. Conley. The price paid
was $50 per acre. Conley now owns
about 5000 acres Of Union county land,
nearly all Of which is under cultiva-
tion.
At a recent meeting Of the board Of
directors of the Lewis and Clark ex-
position H. w. Scott, editor Of the
Oregonian, was elected president to
succeed the late ex-senator II. w. Cor
bett. II. w. Goode, general manager
Of the Portland General Electric COM
pany, was chosen director general.
Wong Wong, the Chinese murderer,
was caught recently at Monument by
Sheriff Shut. Wong Wonk confesses
to the murder at Heppner Junction.
and says Gong Lane, a restaurant Chi
naman of Heppner, planned the
scheme, and now has all the money,
which was about 5000.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-29
CLAIMS TO CREATE LIFE.
Mixed Water, Salt, Alcohol and Am
monia.

Mixed Water, Salt, Alcohol and Am.
monia.
With one ounce of common salt, six
ounces of pure water, six ounces OF
80 per cent alcohol, all mixed in an or
binary glass dish, and two ounces of
aqua ammonia distributed in five
small plates and all covered by an
alright glass tube, DR.. Charles w.
Littlefield of Alexandria, Ind, declares
that he has created life in the form
Of thousands of atoms of animated
substances to well developed germs
of life and trilobites. According to
DR.. Littlefield, only 80 minutes were
consumed while salt crystals were i'm
pregnated with the hydrogen and vola-
tile magnetism of the chemical solu-
ton and transformed into living forces
that Immediately sought nourishment
through mediums that DR.. Littlefeld
termed feeders, lacking any technical
names. 1t has not been determined
whether the germs or atoms would
propagate. DR.. Littlefield says he per-
formed his experiments several times,
all with success.