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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
The People own the Streets.

Chicago Chronicle.
The decision of the state supreme
court in the Stewart avenue case is an
other triumphant vindication of public
ownership in the streets It is an old
doctrine, but it cannot be too frequently
reafiirmed by the courts where public
rights are in question.
In this case the city council coded
Stewart avenue. Sc feet wide, to a cor
poration operating steam railroad rum
ming out of Chicago In compensation
for this grant the railroad company ced-
ed to the city and improved as street
a strip of land 80 feet wide parallel to
the original avenue.
Property owners in the neighborhood
objected to the ordinance giving the av-
enue to the railroad company. They
commenced a suit which has just been
concluded by the supreme courts decis-
ion. The court says;
The streets of city and their care,
trusted by law to the municipality, but
it is in trust for the benefit of the pub
lie and the exclusive use thereof. Any
portion thereof is not to be diverted or
appropriated to the benefit of any in
dividual or corporation. While 1t is legi-
innate use of the streets to allow steam
railroads to traverse them. it is only
legitimate to the extent that such use,
being one of the modes of conveyance.
shall not be to the exclusion of any 9TH
er or all other modes of conveyance"
1t is added in the decision that "a
court would be derelict in its duty that
would allow tWo-thirds of a great ave-
nue. in the city to be absolutely turned
over to a railroad company where under
the law a different result could be OBJ
tained.
There is room all over Chicago for the
exercise of judicial power in preventing
the cOnfiscation of the streets for pri-
vate occupation and use.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
LOCAL MENTION.

Hunting for Hawkins" the comedy
seen at the Crawford last night, gets
worse with age. It was not SO bad last
season, but the cast with the exception
of one or two members. has been
changed. and for the worse. A fairly
good sized audience saw the show
A T. Pigg has sold the Magnet res
taurant to Douglas & Bender.
The firm Of Babcock & Frost dealers
in sewing machines and musical in
struments. has been closed by proceed
ings in bankruptcy
Jayhawker chapter. Native Sons and
Daughters Of Kansas, held their regular
monthly meeting last night at the rooms
of the Commercial club. The attend
ance was larger than at any previous
meeting and several new members were
received An amendment was made t.
the constitution changing the name OF
the organization from Native Sons of
Kansas to Native Sons and Daughters
of Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
Halls CENTURY.
A Prominent Politician Is Convince,

At recent club dinner given by
newspaper men at Washington, the con-
versation turned upon the subject of
testimonials and their value in newspa-
per advertising. i do not believe" said
a prominent politician who was present,
that one newspaper testimonial in 4
hundred. is genuine
The owner OF one of the largest news
papers in the country was present and
took up the subject vigorously, finally
agreeing to let his opponent select any
testimonial in his paper and wagering
10 establish its genuineness to the
politicians satisfaction.
Quite by accident the case of Mr.
Newton K Young of Pennington, N.J.was
selected. He had been completely cured
of case OF hemoTrhoids, or piles, by
the use of Pyramid Pile Cure The poll
rician was especially skeptical regarding
this case, as it was alleged that Mr.
Young was a man over eighty years of
age and had been cured of piles after
fifty years of awful suffering and when
all other remedies had failed It was
agreed that the politician should write
to Mr.. Geo. W. Scar borough. Phi G.. a
prominent resident of Pennington and
that the result of the controversy should
rest upon his reply The following was
Mr.. Scarborough answer.
Dear Sir:-Mr. Newton K Young of
this town, man nearly eighty. years of
age, and who has been a sufferer with
piles for. perhaps half a century has
Deen completely cured Dy the use OF
Pyramid Pile Cure. felt especially in
terested in the case as it was upon my
recommendation that Mr.. Young began
the use of the remedy after having used
SO many others. Your respectfully. Geo.
~. Scarborough. Phi G."
The Pyramid Drug Company of Mar
shall. Mich. have this letter in their
possession and are willing TO guarantee
with backing of one thousand dollars.
the genuineness of Mr.. Scarborough's
testimony.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

fFrom the Chicago Daily Newsl
Opportunities are hard to find and easy
to lose.
Wise is the mar. who desires only what
he can obtain
An ounce Of "Tll try is better than a
ton of L can't
Wit is the wine of intellect Immature
turns it into vinegar.
Snow comes down in the winter almost
as easily as ice goes up in summer.
No considerate woman viii strike her
husband for money when he's down.
The tramp must belong to the upper
crust-at least he is always on the loaf
A fashionable woman may not reflect
much herself. but she keeps her mirror
busy
Domestic GOODNESS is frequently brought
about by wives Keeping their husbands in
hot water.
Every time one man goes up another has
to come down. That's why there is al
ways room at the top.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
Ne eirIs, 10 stiR shIrts.

FOSl-D1Spa ten.
One of the first results of the segre-
cation of male and female classes in the
University of Chicago was to lower the
standard of dress. The young men now
wear sweaters instead of starched shirts
and the young women, it is said, wear
amy old thing" instead of neat shirt
waists and attractive neckwear.
This condition of segregation applies
only to the sophomore and freshmen
classes, for the university authorities
take it for granted that the juniors and
seniors have sufficient self control to
permit them to be associated in class
work. Of the sOphOmOres and fresh
men it was said that there was too
much flirting. too much squeezing and
too much ogling, and minds which
should have been concentrated on
studies We're busy with the work of Gu
pid-" Furthermore, when the classes
we're mixed, the young men took the
back seats in order to more thoroughly
contemplate their fair companions. p
This extra study. not down in the cur
riculum, was called "rubberology" and
was exceedingly popular
The segregated condition which now OBJ
tdins seems to be satisfactory to both
sexes, and it has already added another
This is seq used both as an adjective
and a noun, as. She is in the seq
class. or She's a seq. 1t is palpa-
bly, an abbreviatiou, just as is "co-ed -
1T is hardly dattering to the young
women TO have male student declare
tha6 segregation, is "a great business,
nor is it soothing to the young mems
change is delightful" and that they
can get along nicely without the men
But all hands seems to be pleased, in
Guiding the members of the faculty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
REFLECTIONS oF A BAcHELoR

FROM the New York Press
A man is as rich as his creditors viii
trust him.
Women can go hungry very comforta
bly, in fine clothes
When a man gets too old to be bulliea
by his daughter, she Is getting too old not
to be bullied by his grandchildren
The difference. between vaudeville and
opera is that at one you think you are
having fun and at the other you know
you are not
A fat woman begins to believe it when
her husband gets out of bed on a cold
night TO find more covers and in the
morning discovers that what he thought
was his overcoat was her shirt waist.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Pope Leo's silver Jubilee.

rope L5O'S silver JuO1l66.
Evening Wisconsin.
When the good Plus TX. laid down
the burden of life, in 1878, and the Col
lege of Cardinals filled the vacancy in
the chair of st. Peter by electing Car
dinal Joachim Pecci, the spare-bodied,
bright-eyed. scholarly man theneefor-
ward to be known to the world as Pope
Leo XIII. was 6S years of age.
That is an age attained by very
small percentage of the human race. 1t
is within two years of the limit assign
ed by the Psalmist when he said, The
ten Pope Plus TX. had assumed the
tiara in his fifty-fcurth year, and had
been head OF the church for thirty
four years-a longer time than anyone
else since St Peter. Who would have
predicted that the frail-lool5ing recluse
chosen to succeed him would survive
to celebrate at the end of a quarter Of
a century his silver jubilee in the office ?
Yet that is what Pope Leo XIII, now
nearing the completion of the 93d year
of his age, is doing at the present time.
Since st. Peter, no pope. till now, eN-
cept Plus IL, has had so long ponti-
heate.
The ceremonies of the celebration are
elaborate, and are trying to his holi-
ness, who, though tenacious of life, is
not strong. Yet there Is hopefulness in
the congratulations and wishes for his
continued long life that are pouring in
from every quarter of the globe. While
mental powers are unimpaired. and ms
methodical course of living is favor
able to the further prolongation of his
useful life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24

The Cleveland Leader makes the fol-
lowing suggestion in relation to re-
medy for snow covered sidewalks. Pass
an ordinance authorizing any one to
clean a sidewalk found covered with
snow or ice, in front Of a vacent lot
after a storm had ceased, and then col
Iect pay at the rate of a cent a foot
front. or some such price, from the city
treasury When that had been done the
cost of the work could be assessed
against the property, and the city need
not lose a dollar in a wear"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
Cottage Destroyed bv Fire

a cottage at Nineteenth and Iane
was totally destroyed by FIRE last night
about 10 o'clock. The house had been
occupied for a month by a family
named Smith and was owned bv a
Mrs. Macarthur, of Kansas CITY It
was moved to Nineteenth and Lane
from a mile south of Tecumseh. The
Smith family was attending the indoor
circus when the fire occurred. and did
not know of their misfortune until they
returned home. Very little was saved
from the house by neighbors. The fire
proba bly, started from a defective hue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
BILLS BY KANSANS.
Both Harris and Burton Offer Meas
ures in Senate.

Washington, Feb. 24.-The following
bills of interest to the southwest have
been introduced in the senate:
BY Senator Burton of Kansas, a bill
to provide for the better separation
and utilization Of public and private
lands within the limits of railroad land
grants in the arid and semi-arid reg
ions Of Kansas; also a bill to authorize
the construction and maintenance of
q dam across the Kansas river within
the counties of Shawnee and Wabaun-
see in Kansas.
By Senator Harris of Kansas, a bill
to authorize the secretary of the inter
ior to prescribe rules and regulations
for the procurement of clay or gumbO
in the Indian Territory from lands be-
longing to the five civilized tribes. the
same to be used for the construction
and maintenance of railroads and high
ways in that territory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
WHAT Ais Quay?
Agrees to Withdraw Riders
from Appropriation Bills.

Washington, Feb. Alt has been
agreed to withdraw the omnibus state
hood bill as an amendment TO the post
Office and agricultural appropriation
bills. The omnibus bill will be kept be-
fore the senate, but not to interfere with
appropriation bills.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24

of a collector to whom the entire com
mercial element is hostile2
But we are quite willing to refer the
matter to the senate; nor do we believe
that any member of the body viii hest
tate to vote according to his convictions
when the time comes. The senate is
not subject to Mysteries or open to the
influences Of sentimental. theatrical
nonsense The question is whether d.
Crum viii make an effective and salts
factory collector Of the port for Charles
ton. 1t is not question for doctrin-
aires or professional politicians to de-
eide
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
Kansans ia WASHINGTON.

Washington, Feb. 24-Internal Revenue
Collector Simpson of Kansas City is in
Washington q political errand. Mr..
Simpson called at the capitol today and
spent an hour in conference with the Kan
sas delegation. He declined to make pub
lie the direct object of his mission here.
G. M Foster, a prominent young attorney
the departments. Mr.. Foster called at the
ca pitol today to pay his respects 70 Rep
rasenLatiNes Quits and Miller.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
Proposals.

All proposals received for the con-
struetion of the First Baptist church
have been rejected, and new PROPOSE
tions are respectfully solicited. A GER
titled check for 5000 must accompany
the proposition. Plans and specifica-
tons are on file in the office Of H. NJ
Hadley, architect, sol Jackson street,
Topeka, Kansas.
Propositions viii be received until 10
a. N. March "A. 1903.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Mrs. Cecilia Palmlund. of BIS Tyler
street. died at noon today of pneumonia
at the age Of "A years. Funeral arrange
ments have not been announced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24

There appears TO be a N ajority in the
To-. S. senate i'm favor Of both the state
hood bill and the canal treaty but
they are unable to get action. A stu
alton like that is calculated to convert
a voter to the notion of popular and
more frequent election Of senators.
The house would hardly dare to trine
in that way with matters of so great
importance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
STOP IN TOPEKA.
President Roosevelt Says He'll
BE Here in May.

Washington. Feb Congressman ].
d. Bowersock called on the president to-
day and invited him to stop at Kansas
City and Lawrence when he goes west
in May.
President Roosevelt said he intended
stopping at Topeka and would try also
to visit Lawrence and Kansas City and
thought he could do so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
Lei the senats VOC on Gun.

Washington Post:
The esteemed New York World ap
plauds President RoOsevelt's action III
insisting upon vote in the case of the
Crum nomination That nomination has
been unfavorably reported by the senate
committee having the matter in charge,
and in accordance with time-honored
custom and observance. that should
close the incident: but the World insists
that the senate shall be compelled to put
itself on record. The Republican sem
ators' it says, should not be permitted
to escape record upon this question
and then goes on to say: If they arc
prepared to abandon the principles and
professions of their party in the past
they ought to have the courage Of their
apOstaSy II they are ready to stand
with the president in refusing to consent
that the door of hope, the door Of oppor-
tunify, is to be shut upon any man, no
matter how worthy, purely upon the
grounds Of race or color they ought to
be willing, and even anxious to let the
country know it,"
or course this is not the real issue at
all. OF course. 1T is absurd to sneak OF
Crum as representative Of 1000 600 citi-
zens and to protest against debarring
them from ofice on account of race
color, or previous condition of serV-
tude." American citizenship is not di-
Nided INTO classes The moment that
proposition is disputed the claim ~
equality is abandoned A black man H.
not entitled to office because he is u
piack man. de has the same right to
asDire to office as is possessed by the
white man-nO more, no less The real
question is whether he is fitted to dis
charge the duties satisfactorily, and THAI
is a question upon which the commu-
nifty concerned has a right to be heard
Crum has been nominated as collector
OF the port at Charleston, S. c.. and with
practical uuanimity the merchants and
business men of that city object to him
Virtually everybody with whom he will
s1rr
his appointment Does any rational
human being believe that the public
service at Charleston will be benefited
by the imposition upon the community
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24

New York Feb 24-The annual meeting
of the stockholders of the Denver and
Southwestern Railway company was held
in Jersey City today. The old directory.
except b p. Cheney. who was succeeded
by J. W Hurlbut was reelected. Presi-
dent GiIlett,s report showed a deficit of
Sl29 003 for the year ending November 30
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24

Boston claims the distinction of being
the chief port on the Atlantic coast
for the shipping of apples this season.
the total amount sent abroad having
reached 692, 376 barrels. New York IS
second with 563 1872 barrels. Montreal is
third with 476.7s2 barrels, Portland is
fourth with 2803I9 barrels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24

Two cars loaded with broom corn "a
the Rock Island took fire al Paxico this
forenoon. It was impossible TO extin-
guish the flames and they were hun onto
a side track at Maple Hill, where they
We're allowed to burn. They were en-
route from FL Reno Oklahoma.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
a statne ID Frances willard.

Springfield. H.. Feb. 24-In the senate
today bills were passed apnropriating 5000
for a life size statue of the late Frances
e Willard to be piaced in the National
Statuary hall at Washington. and fixing
,. penalty for an attempt upon the life Of
public officials.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24

would have been better Off had this condi-
ton existed during the year
A pastor conducting Kirwin revival
was called up four times after midnight
last week His opinion was desired con-
Corning allferent naodes Of hantisn1.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24

Washington Post: Did you ever know
Of a political quarrel that did not origi-
nate over the division of spoils? Poll
ticians talk of principle when they
they really mean principal"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24

Tt is doubtless a trihe annoying to the
Beef Trust TO be compelled TO change
the form OF it's organization in order to
evade the federal law and the courts,
but the business is not likely to suffer
while the chance IS being made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
NAMES THE CAR.
He Is Bowen's Choice to Select
the Arbitrators.

Washington Feb. 2a-Mr. Bowen. the
Venezuelan plenipotentiary, has proposed
to the allies that the car OF Russia be
asked to name the three arbitrators who,
as The Hague tribunal, shall decide the
question of preferential treatment. The
department.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
q. A. PARKS.

giants. Some are very small and Sam
Collins. the funny man. looks as if he
might be as funny in San Toy as JEFF
de Angels would be in Hamlet" and
that is saving q good deal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
Ellerv Anderson pead.

New york. Feb. 24.-EHery Anderson,
lawyer and political leader, died sudden
Iy of heart disease at his home in this
city today He was 60 years of age.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
Opportunities
In the South.

No portion of the United
States has made greater
progress in the last year
or two than the South.
Northern and foreign cap
ital is rapidly invading
that section, finding prof
liable investment in the
various industries and
factories that are being
rapidly developed and
built. The great influx Of
settlers is creating an in
creased demand for lands
of all kinds and prices
are gradually advancing,
as they viii for years to
come. Work is plentiful
and poverty practically
unknown. Alabama is
supplying coal and iron
to all the world. More
money can be made and
with less labor in the
raising of small fruits
and berries and in truck
patching on the Gulf
Coast than in any other
state in the Union. Straw
berries from Alabama
reach northern markets
before those from the
states in the southeast.
Cattle can be raised with
great profit, there being
millions of acres of cheap
range lands. If you are
interested in the south
and its resources and de-
sire information on any
subject, address
q. A. PARKS,
General Industrial
and immigration Agent,
Louisville & Nashville r. R,
LOUISVILLE, KY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
e. seeretarz CorteIyou.

Washington Post:
Every one who has come in contact
with Hon. George x. COrtelyOu VIII
join us in congratulating him upon his
well-earned promotion. In putting Mr
Cortelyou at the head of the new de
partment-of commerce and labor
President Roosevelt not only adds
greatly to the strength and prestige Of
his ca binet, he crowns with appropriate
reward long career Of faithful and
bllQiant public service Beginning at
the bottom of the official ladder. Mr..
Cortelyou. before reaching the age OF
forty, has now assembled to the very
top. saving only those eminences which
are attained through the suffrages OF
the people, and of every stage of his
rise it may be truly said that he
achieved it through no adventitious aid
but by the virtue of his own personal
merits and qualifications He found no
place too small TO deserve less than his
best and most loyal service. He has
found none too large for his intellectual
equipment. To whatever duty he has
been called, ne has brought brains, tact
high executive ability, and infinite pa
thence and address. The story of his life
during the past twenty years contains
a lesson which the American youth
should take to heart for it teaches
them the value of industry and applica-
ton; 1t shows that brains, courage and
trained capacity Will succeed without
influence or favor; that everything is
possible to the man who is master o.
opDortunity has put into his hand He
owes nothing to accident, the impor
tunities Of friends and patrons, the pass
ing caprice of the multitude, or the CON
descension Of the great He has risen
because he deserved to rise; because at
every new altitude he attained he gave
abundant evidence Of fitness for some
thing higher; because he has met with
ease every fresh demand upon his in
exhaustible ability. He illustra tes the
truth We have so often proclaimed. that
in public as well as in private life the
call for superiority is constant and its
recognition unerring. Mr.. Cortelyou has
risen high. From the position of stenog-
raDher to a subordinate official of the
postoffice department to a cabinet port
folio is long leap. But it is a leap
within the power Of any American eiti-
zen who Possesses the ability requisite
to its achievement. Mr. Cortelyou has
proved it. We predict for this gentle
man an ever broadening field of useful
ness. He viii fill the cabinet place to
which he has just been elevated as com
pletely as he did the smallest place he
ever occupied. And we congratulate
the country as cordially as we do him
upon the new arrangement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-24
FORTESCUE is BACK.
An Old Topeka Favorlte in San Toy
Company.

George K. Fortescue is in Topeka.
So is his understudy, Gerdes- Some
people who don't know will think that
fact isn't much. 1t is, though, when
you know that their combined weight
amounts to over a quarter of a ton,
aVOirdupois.
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Wichita and Return $A62, Santa Fe,

Annual meeting grand lodge A. o. L.
W. Tickets on sale February p to p.
limited for return March ,.