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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-24
CAN'T STOP RUSSIA.
Nothing Likely to Prevent Her from
Carrying Out Cherished Plan

Washington April 24.-Binister Con-
ger from Pel1in has cabled to Secretary
Hay synopsis of the demands made
upon China by Russia respecting con-
troll of Manchuria. This account agrees
precisely with the full and accurate
press report of Russia last coup FROM
the Chinese capital. Secretary Hay VIII
take no action in the matter until ne
has communicated the facts to the
president and has learned the latter :
wishes.
The political impression here is that
the Russian action is a distinct preach
of fa.th with the United States. The
Russian government pledged Itself
three times formally and the documents
are of record. that the open door should
be maintained in Manchuria and Rus
sian troops would be withdrawn also as
soon as peace was restored. Finally the
latter promise took the shape Of treaty
stipulation. tt was provided that the
evacuation should take place within
three distinct periods. The last Russian
soldier should have quit Narchuria on
the Sth Of this month, according to that
treaty. But plausible explanation for
a temporary retention of the remaining
Russian troops was offered by RUSSIA
in the claim that the country was stih
disturbed and that sigorous military
methods were necessary in the interesC
of sanitation. Officials declare that
there is no danger Of war with Russia
over this incident The government of
of what should be done in Manchuria
and as the result of Seer etary Hays
projected conference with the president
it is nrobable that a further remon-
STRANGE will be added. But it is an
ticipated that Russia will, for the time
being at least. allay foreign opposition,
or a least that of the United States, by
carrying out its pledge as to the open
dool."
There will be no additional treaty
ports in Manchuria if Russia surrenders
in this last move. New Chwang, how
ever. is still a treaty port and until
Russia makes a further move of apply
ing her customs system to the port.
United States products may enter there
at the same uniform rate Of 5 per cent
duty as are collected in the southern
Chinese ports. An official of the gov
eminent well informed regarding Chi
nese affairs. says that the step taken by
Russia is one for which she has been
preparing for number of years. Elk
tracrdinary as it may seem. he says,
that there appears to be no way of pre-
venting the contamination of Russia
plan. Japan is in no position to dispute
the action. Even with the assistance Of
England il Is doubtful in his opinion
whether the purpose Of Russia could
be CHANGED. As to the interest
Of this government. he said it
was doubtful whether the United
States could look with favor
upon the far greater control - the Pa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-24
ROOSEVELT PREDIcAMENT.
How He Came Near Missing McKin-
ley's Inauguration

A vice president seated in solitary
grandeur in the senate chamber. while
the ceremony Of a presidential inaugu-
ration to which he has been invited as
an honored guest is going on outside
surely presents a spectacle with an ele-
ment of humor in it. Few persons know
how near Theodore Roosevelt came to
playing such part on the 4th OF
March. 1901. The senate stiekles 50 for
minor details of etiquette that even a
reformer- OF Mr. Roosevelt's sturdy type
would hardly have ventured to trans
gress its rules. and they renuire Jaat a
formal motion to adjourn shall be put
before a days session can come 10 an
end. After his inauguration as vice
president IA the senate cnan1pei' Nj
roosevelt took the feavel and when the
ro,,fine business was finished directed
the sergeant-at-arms. as usual, to pro-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-24
UNCLE SANS FINANCES.
They Are Handled With Model Elk.
actness and Integrity.

The responsibility for raising the rev
enues and for their disbursement, now
that the totals have come to aggregate
more than one thousand million dollars
would seem to be quite enough to lay
upon the shoulders Of any man. partic-
ulariy if he must take up those duties
without thorough familiarity with their
details, as does each new secretary.
But in addition 10. that duty, there is
the further responsibility for the solu-
ton of the problems of an intricate
and diverse currency system. The sec
rotary, ton. occupies Indirectly through
the comptroller Of the currency, a
supervisory relation of the whole ma
ti0nal banking organization of the
Of $500, 000.0 of gold and silver coin.
stored in the treasury vaults, against
gold and silver certificates in circula-
ton representing that coin, and, through
his subordinate. the treasurer of = the
United States. he shares the RESPONSE
bility for the care Of more than two
hundred million dollars. representing
the cash balance which the government
carries. All the mints and assay Off
GERS. are. through the director of the
mint, under his control He directs
the operations Of great factory en-
pioying 5000 operatives in the printing
Of money and government securities.
and he must there meet the same prob
lens of organized laber that other
great employers have to meet He IS
responsible for the collection of com
finding a bureau for that purpose which
has 4 record for the best sta tistical
xo-l< dore by any of the great govern
rnents He is at the head Of the great
est auditing offices IN the world where
every dollar of income and every item
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-24
LEGISLATORS. sALARIEs.
Members of British Parliament Take
Their Pay in Honor.

4ASE ray IN honor
The British house OF commons has
disposed for this session of the proposal
that its members should receive pay
for their services. Mr.. Crooks the labor
member. recently returned from Wool
wien, argued strongly that it would bs
much better for the nation to pay men
in his position rather than have them
compelled to accept financial support
from their party organizations; but he
secured no consideration.
The honor Of parliamentary service
has always been regarded as sufficient
reward to members of the lower house.
though it has often been said that the
real reason that the nO-salary system
was so strongly intrenched was that
the landed interests in England be-
lieved that men with independent means
would be more conservative as legis-
lators- The expense of the Innovation,
estimated at 100000 a year. to give
each member a 81. 800 income Is also
of some Importance in the present con-
dition of British finances.
Great Britain is not the only country
in which legislators are unpaid and
ed States TO members of its congress Is
a much larger salary than is usually
given by great powers.
In France, senators and deputies re-
ceive $500 a year. but are given free
travel on the railways in return for
small annual payment II Italy. free
transportation is the only requisite of
office. In the lower house OF the Aus
-trian reichsrath the members are allow
ed "a day for attendance and travel
ing expenses Japan pays its peers
and represen tatiVes 81 600 q year and
travelling expenses. but gives them spe-
cifc legal permission to decline these
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-24

cific ocean, which the new move would
give Russia. He had no doubt that
Russia would eventually apply the Rus
sian tariff to the new territory In which
case the United States would endeavor
to sell the Russians raw materials for
manufacture in place of the finished
products, which now go to that part of
China. He said that there had been
great development in Manchuria under
the Russian auspices during the past
few years and especially in the last
eight months.
Immense sums Of money, he said.
have been spent in building railroads.
bridges and other works to improve
transportation routes and build indus
tries. This was especially the case at
Dalny, the port about 40 miles from
Port Arthur which has not only been
greatly improved. but well fortified.
This port is in the leased territory
which was discussed in corresp ondence
between the United States and Russian
governments in 1899 When Russia
leased for % years certain Chinese ports
assurances were given Ambassador
Hitchcock that the open door would be
maintained. To make this more EN-
phaHc Secretary Hay, September g. adj
dressed letter to Ambassador Tower
calling attention to the categorical as
surances given his predecessor by Rus
STA when she leased the ports of Port
Arthur, Ta-Iien-Wan and the adjacent
territory in the Lioa Tung peninsula. On
December Is, 1899 Count Muravieff re-
piled to Mr.. Hays note, saying that the
imperial government had demonstrate. I
its firm intention to follow the policy
of the open door" In the same note
the count said as to the other territory
the fixing Of duties belongs to China
itself and 1.-The imperial government
has no intention of claiming privileges
for its own subjects to the exclusion OF
other foreigners. The count said:
The imperial government is happy
to have complied with the wishes of the
A ,oerin-Y7 xr,.-tsr.7, ~ ont
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-24
charge and the council readily grant

charge and the council readily grant
ed It.
Mr. Goodrich has managed the plant
very economically and we'll, and there
is not much question but the committee
viii have to report that the charges of
being too economical, and allowing the
plant to get into bad repair. are not well
founded.
w r. Weber. chairman of the streets
and walks committee, said today: we
are going to take some expert electri-
clan with us on this investigation, and
find out the facts as far is we can. We
viii visit the plant this afternoon, and
also this evening, so we can see it both
cold and running. It isn't right to ex-
pect the superintendent of such a plant
to retire with charges like this against
him. and L don't blame Mr. Goodrich for
holding on until the investigation is
held
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-24
RED AND BLACK
he Needs the Money.

ST Louis April 24.-Lieut Governor
John A Lee says the question of his
resignation is in the hands Of Attorney
General Grow, and that ne VIII prob
ably do as that official recommends.
Lee says, however. that he has reasons
for wishing to retain his Office. One Of
these he says is that he is a poor man
and needs the salary attached To the
oazce-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-24

of expenditure is checked over with
minute exactness. so that a. the end of
the year il is safe for him to say that
the whole billion dollars, the total on
both sides of the ledger. has been col
lected and disbursed with absolute f.
deity and legality and without error.
April Scribner's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-24

allowances. Spanish deputies get no
salaries. Swiss representatives get 81
a day, and members of the lower house
of Sweden get $685. for four months
session and about SO a day for extra
sessions.
The pay of members of the state leg
isIatures in this country varies from 50
to IS a day in states in which 1t IS on a
per diem basis. and from $3.50 to Sl,9oo
q wear in other states.-Record-I1eI.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-24

The weather's so uncertain that
IT'S sweet at least to know
That when we reach July the 4th
1t surely will not snow.
Washington Star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-24
HJMOR OF THE DAY.

Somehow the game that is not worth
the candle never lacks for either play
ers or candles-=Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-24

Seen Ezry's new horse2'' asked one
citizen Of another.
Il have" was the reply.
We'll. what does it look like?'' asked
the questioner .impatiently
Well, he looks" said the other man.
slowly. as if Ezry had taken him for
an old debt. Boston Christian Reg
lister.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-24

Mrs. Jones seems to be heartbroken
over her husbands DEATH
Yes. even her hair has turned black
again. Brooklyn Life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-24

Some people prefer to take their pat
ent medicine in the form of Christian
Science.-Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-24

DR.. r. A. Rooster, dentist. SIS Kansas
ave. Evening hours, Z to g. Phone a.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-24

i've never believed Radkin to be a
genuine reformer, and now I'm sure he
isn't"
'.why2 what do you know about
him2"
the returns2 The people elected him
for a second term.' Chicago Record
Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-24

In life's gigantic poker game
Full many a man Of honored name,
Without a telltale look or blush.
Is betting on a bobtai flush
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-24

This groomy young man from Squedunk
Is burning his clothes in a trunk.
You can see, if you try.
That there's blood in his eye
He sat down in the woods on a.
Mephitis Americana
Columbia Jester
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-24

The seat oe wartis often the scene of
standing argument.-Philadelp
Evening Bulletin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-24

A Scotehman thus defines meta
physics: When mon wha' kens
naetbing ABBOTT any subject takes sub
ject that nae mon kens anything ABBOTT
and explains it to anither mon still
more ignorant than himself-that' s
METAPHYSICS. '.-Exchange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-24

Visitor-Are any of the household in?
Bridget-No. mum, they're all out ex-
cepting me; and 1 never receives on
Thursdays. Better luck mkt tonne
Brooklyn Life.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-24
A CHICAGO "QUICK LUNCH"
1t Took Only an Hour, But the hi
AgOan Must Have Been "JOsh-
ing" che New Workers.

"Where can we get a quick lunch?"
asked one of the official stenographers
of the National Civic Federation who
came on from Chicago to report the
proceedings of the executive commit
tee of the industrial department. of
that organization, reports the New
York Times.
Before the reporter to whom the
question was addressed could tell of
the neighboring 'beef-and" places
which met his idea of a quick lunch,"
the Chicago stenographer asked how
far it was to -'s. mentioning a place
where a New Yorker would not go un-
less he had several dollars to spare for
luncheon and a couple of hours to de-
vote to gustatory delights.
The stenographers compromised on
one of the best downtown restaur-
ants.
ave had a good, quick lunch" said
one of the ste~nographers on their re-
turn. And it only took us an hour"
do you call that a quick lunch in
Chicago2" asked the reporter. ANY
thing over Is minutes we call a dinner
in New York"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-24
A NEW KIND OF BERRY.
One That Is New to the CreduIOu@
aid COnGding Only, and
a Fraud.

The newest thing in small fruits is
the "Arctic" berry. In parts of the
west enterprising agents have been
going about among the farmers exhib-
ting misunderstanding berries pre-
served in alcohol. They are about
three times the size of a strawberry
and with the color of an orange.
VERY delicious" says the agent,
who claims that it is a brand-new fruit
of extraordinary merit. He explains
that it was obtained by crossing the
strawberry and the wild cherry, the
huckleberry and various other berries.
In response to orders he is willing to
deliver a limited number of plants.
Naturally, says the Detroit Free
Press, orders in plenty have been
forthcoming. But it turns put on in
vestigation that the new and won
derful berry is nothing more nor less
than the white mulberry, long ia
miliar and not greatly esteemed. In
other words, the whole business is a
fraud. and the evaporation of the vic
tins is rendered more intense by the
fact that all the plants, which they
had set out so carefully, are killed by
the first frost.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-24
EATING ACCORDING TO SEX.
Man Needs More Food and Air Than
Woman Becaux He Expends
More Energy.

The layman will not be a little aston
ished at the claim made by the London
Lancet that the male human needs
more food than the female; not only
on account of his larger stature, but
also because he is the more katabolic
of the two. The man tends to expend
nergy and the woman to store it up
in the form of fat; he burns the faster;
this sexual difference shows itself in
the very blood; the man has a larger
percentage of chromocytes than the
woman, showing that he needs a pro-
portionately larger quantity of oxygen
in order to maintain this more active
combustion. Moreover, weight for
weight, his pulmonary capacity is
greater than that of the woman whose
smaller respiratory need is further
shown by the facility with which she
can without discomfort diminish her
breathing power by means of the cor
set, Attention may be drawn to the
fact that men r apt to be larger
meat eaters than women, just as they
are, possibly in consequence of this
very fact, prone to drinking al
cohol and smoking tobacco.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-24
MOUNTAIN PEAK MAY FALL.
Tourists Are I'm Great Danger from
Threatening Mountain TOP
in the Alps.

Although it has been rumored
throughout the Alpine region for
some time that the Altels-the great
mountain peak which rears itself high
above the famous Gemmi pass-wasi in
a more or less shaky condition, no one
expected to hear that there was any
danger of its falling. Now, however,
it is definitely stated hat the Altels
is on the point of splitting in two and
may come laundering down almost
any time, says a report from Neu-
chatel, Switzerland.
Damage enough will be done if the
famous peak does fall in any case, but
it is to be hoped hat the crash will
come before the next tourist season
begins, for the Gemmi, above which
the Altels towers, is used to a greater
extent than any other Alpine pass.
The inhabitant of the region can i'm
agine what will be the result if the
Altels should come crashing down,
having experienced such an occur
renee on a'smaller scale when glaciers
from this particular peak have de-
scended upon them. The last one fell
in September, 1898, and many peas
ants were killed.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-24
CHAMPION SNAKE HUNTER.
A F~renehmnn Who Was Credited
with Killing 10000 venomou@
Reptiles.

It is not well known that certain
parts of France are infested with
poisonous serpents, against which
warfare is waged by state-paid ser
pent hunters. They are killed in
thousands, and the price per head
is 2hd. There was some time ago
a famous serpent killer in the forests
of Southampton, John Milly, who in
AZ years of hunting killed more than
$4,000 vipers, says the London Tat
tier. A Frenehman named Courtol,
who hunted in the Loire district, can
be compared to Milly, as he was
credited with having killed 10000 ven
omous reptiles. His only weapons
were one or two massive sticks. AS
soon as he saw the serpent he adj
vanced and hit it violently, either
killing or stunning it; with the sec
ond stick he pinned it to earth and
cut off the head with a huge pair
of scissors. But along with these
simple weapons Courtol possessed a
thorough knowledge of the habit of
serpents. He knew when and where
to find them. In two days near Puy-
a-Clermont he killed 23O of them. and
not only did he kill the poisonous
creatures, but he would capture them
living when desired.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-24
ALL GIVE HIM THE ROAD.
One Driver for whom Every
Pm the City's Streets
Quickly Makes Way.

Perennial in its power Of attraction
is the fire engine dashing along the
city's streets on the way t o a fire, and
it fascinates all. And every driver and
every ~motorman, every man handling
anything on wheels gives the fireman
the right of way and he does so spon-
t~aneously and gladly, says the New
York Sun.
And often many drivers hold up all
at once to give the driver of the fire
engine his choice of ways, as they
would where two streets cross, and
they do this before they see the en-
CINE at all. But they know it's coming
and they hear its whistle.
Here was an engine coming along a
cross street to Broadway, whistle a
calling. At the first note of it every
motorman or driver who CHANGED at
the moment to be near the junction of
Broadway and this street, stopped
short, leaving the central space unoc-
cupied, and leaving clear channels
away from it in every direction.
None of these drivers could know
which way the fire driver would want
to turn when he got to the corner, so
they all stopped, to give him a free
road in whichever way he wanted to
go and when he had come and gone
dashing round the corner they all
started M again on their several ways.
But SO far as they could they had given
the whole earth to him.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-24
MUSIC OF THE CUBANS.
AZ LIS Even Worse Than che Horrible
Noises Made by the Al
gerLans.

Cubans show a semi-savage prefer
ence for such music as is made by
a band composed of a stamp-mill
sort of a crank piano, a pair of sugar
kettle tom-toms and a man with a
horse-radish crater called a giro"
and a fat file with which to scrape it
the combined outfit producing a dis
cordant potpourri that might easily
dislocate the teeth of any self-respect-
ing handsaw, says the Detroit Free
Press. This example of music as the
Cubans fancy it is even worse than
the fnger-drumming and wire-snap-
ping musical murders committed in
Tunisian bazars and Algerian cafes
chantantes. The lauded but lugubri-
Gus Cuban national hymn is best es-
teemed when performed by one of
these bands of inharmonic banditti,
and the national dance. hat monoton-
ous combination of motions that sug-
gests that the dancer is trying to shoe
a flea off the small of his back and
also go easy on a stone-bruised heel,
can only be adequately performed to
the music of these African agitators of
cat-gut, raw-hide and perforated tin.
The truth is the Cubans will have to-
learn music all over again.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-24
AUTOMOBILE SEA SCOUTS.
A Suggestion which Might BE Adopt
ed by Naval Powers to Their
Advantage.

AS military motor-bicycles have al
ready proved themselves to be of
value in scouting, it is probable that
in nearly every civilized country they
will be largely used in future land
warfare. Why, if the fast land scout
prove so useful, should not the navy
adopt the same methods? A boat, go
feet long, with two 25-horse power
engines, built very light, to carry. say,
four persons and to be capable Of con-
siderable speed, would be a most use
full addition to a battleship of a fleet,
says the London Star. The ordinary
torpedo boat is too long and draws too
much water for scouting near shore or
in shallow water, but a launch might
be made to draw less than three feet
of water, and yet have a speed of up
wards of 80 knots. There would be no
tunnels or smoke to attract the notice
Of the enemy, and with underwater
exhaust the boat might be made al
most silent. If built low in the water,
or with the power of semi-submersion,
1t would be difficult to hit. Probably
such a craft would be more useful
than anything yet invented in the way
OF a scout for sea purposes.