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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22
ANOTHER CLEAN UP MOVE.
Civic Improvement Society Begins
the Campaign.

Considerable time was spent by the
Semi Centennial Civic Improvement So
ciety last night in trying to determine
why that organization does not succeed
any better It was stated at the meet
ing that the membership is not increas-
ing. and that an effort to interest 100
Kansas avenue business men in the
movement resulted in a net gain of only
five members. And this is with an ad-
mittance fee of only % cents.
However, the members are not entire
~ discouraged. They will try to main
tain the organization during the coming
season They think that the newspa per
agitation Of the purposes of the society
has been productive of much indirect
good to the town
Last night was the annual meeting of
the society, and on motion of w. A. S.
Bird all of the old officers of the society
We're declared reelected
A committee was appointed, consist
ing of Edward Wilder, Dean James
Philip De BeVerS Kaye. W A S. Bird
and P L Bonebrake to labor with Mayor
Parker and try to get him to persuade
Street Commissioner Griggs to clean
three or four inches of mud off of the
pavements. Topeka pavements have
never been in such utterly hopeless con-
dition as they are now. In the days
when J. F. Snyder was street commits
sioner it was customary to clean them
once in 2 While, but appearances would
Indicate tht this custom is obsolete. If
the city could keep the teams of the
streets, a good crop of corn might be
raised on the accumulated pavement
dirt
This state of affairs has aroused the
wrath Of the members of the Semi-Cen-
tennial Civic Improvement society, and
they propose to find out why the pave
ments are not cleaned with more dill
gance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22
OvERMYER SECURED.
He Will Prosecute Police Suit Against
Mcfarland.

David Cvermyer has been retained by
the police force to prosecute the charge
Of libal against DR. J. r Mcfarland
The suit win be brought by Chief DON
ovan. and it is expected that the papers
will be fled today or tomorrow
1t is likely that other attorneys be-
sides Mr. Overmyer viii become inter-
ested IN the case though it is expected
that he will be the head counsel for the
prosecution
Mayor Parker said today in regard
to the case: DIR. Mcfarland claims TO
be very confident that this is all bluff.
Well they viii see whether OF not it il
a bluff We are going in to try this
case end find out If we can whether
Mcfarland can prove his charges.
There is not a man on the force that
is not anxious to have the case fled.
ard have it brought to a speedy hear
iz-
Mcfarland wants the case tried be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22
AN OPEN SWITCH.
NOrthbound Frisco Passenger
Crashes Into a Freight.
Engineer Killed and the Entire
Train Destroyed by Fire.

Fort Scott. Kan, Jan Passenger
train No. 1o4 on the st. Louis & San
Francisco railroad en- route from
Springfield, TO Kansas City, ran into an
open switch at South Greenfield this
morning and crashed into a freight
train. Engineer Fred Fisher. of the
passenger was killed instantly. his FIRE
man, Ed Gilbert. was fatally hurt and
the express messenger is missing. Gil
bert is a son of B. n. Gilbert. passenger
agent of the Missouri. Kansas & Texas
road in this city. The passengers es-
capped with a shaking up.
Young Gilbert had just passed an ex-
animation as engineer and was said to
be the youngest engineer in Kansas, be-
ing q years of age. He was soon to
have been married to a young woman Of
this city.
Kansas City. Mo. Jan. ga special
from Springfield says that several pas
sengers were injured in the Frisco
wreck at South Greenfield and that
physicians have left for the scene from
the former point
At the offices of the Frisco road in
Kansas City. no details of the wreck
had been received uD to 9 o'clock. The
wrecked passenger train was the ex-
press which left Springfield at HOS last
night and which was due at South
81 miles north Of Springfield.
A wrecking train carrying physicians
has left for the scene from Springfield,
which is 81 miles south of South Green
field.
The wreck occurred just off trestle
and at a sharp curve, while the train
was running at q high rate of speed
The switch had been set deliberately
for the sidetrack and the lights had
been turned to indicate q clear track.
1t evidently was the work either of
train robbers or of persons maliciously
inclined. A freight train was standing
on the siding and before the passenger
engineer saw the open switch his train
had passed through it and crashed into
the freight. The passenger engine
rolled over and down an Is foot en-
banIzment, Engineer Fisher being
caught under it and crushed to death
The mail car turned over but the postal
clerks escaped unhurt, the remainder
of the train following.
The entire train consisting of baggage
car. mail car. smoker and common
coach, chair car and one sleeper, caugh
fire and was consumed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22
TO HAVE NEW SCHEDULE.
Result of Interchange Games Be
tween Big Leagues.

Cincinnati, Jan I'm the baseball con-
ference here President Pulliam was direct
ed to appoint before February 1 a schedule
committee OF three to confer with like
committee from the American league and
report within three weeks after their ap-
pointment. It is believed that the Her
mann schedule win likely be adopted The
arrangement for interchange games be-
tween the National and American teams
provfdes for entirely new schedules from
those already made this year. There are
TO be no conflicting dates from April 10 to
October IS in any Of the cities having
both National and American league clubs.
First Boy-Vhen tried ter make dat
lobster fight me he climbed a tree.
Second Bow OF tree2
FIRST Boy-Why his family tree He
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22

A bill has been introduced at Spring
field. ILL., which provides for municipal
ownership of street railways. While it
is necessary to make the measure gen
eral i'm its character in order to make
it constitutional. it is well understood
to be purely a Chicago measure. When
a bill appears i'm the Kansas legislature
relating TO cities of over $4,000 inhabi-
tants, it means special legislation for
Kansas City. Kas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22
pislooated Her shoulder.

Mimi. fell and dislocated her shoulder. She
had a surgeon get It back in place as soon
as possible, but it was quite sore and
paired her very much. Her son men
Toned that he had seen Chamberlain s
Pain Balm advertised for sprains and sore
ress ard she asked him to bug her a bot
lie of it. which he did. It quickly relieved
her and enabled her to sleep. which she
had not done for several days. The son
was much pleased with the relief it ga We
his mother and he has since recommended
it to many others. For sale by all drug
gists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22

trils reject water and the oesophagus
air.
That these criticisms are deserved
may be doubted by some, but let him
who thinks the case overdrawn make
the experiment with his own children or
his neighbors and he viii soon find that
much of what the Post says is no exag-
erarqtfon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22
THROW ALL OUT.
Colorado Republicans Plan a
Clean Sweep in Legislature.

Denver, Col. Jan. 22.-An the defeat
ed Republican candidates for member
ship in the legislature are in the city.
1t is said that the Republican leaders
propose that at tomorrow's session of
the house the 25 Democratic members
shall be expelled and their seats given
to the Republican contestants. The Re
publican senate, it is further said. will
also throw out all Democratic members.
Governor Peabody, it is declared, viii
recognize both senate and house thus
made solidly Republican
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22
QuAKER REFLECTToNs.
[From the Philadelphia Press.l

IFTom the Philadelphia Press.1
An opening for small boy-a hole in the
ice.
The rock of adversely often has a little
rye on the side.
The only way to get rid of some people
Is to lend them money
Luck is a good bit like lightning It sell
dom strikes twice in the same place.
It stands to reason that bride can't be
selt-possessed when she is given away
The Manicure-''V is your favorite
author?' The Chiropodist-"B unyan.
The polar bear at the zoo says this
weather reminds him of home and mother.
You can't always distinguish between
a wise man ana Il fool, # zach keeps his
mouth shut.
at themselves, even with roses 1T gnidwin-
ter prices.
Snlicus-''W Why do women always turn
to the last chapter of a book?" Cynicus-
"A woman always jumps at conclusions. .
Mrs. Muggins-.'Did you ever attend a
woman's conVention?' Mrs. Buggins-
No. Mrs. Muggins-"dow unconven-
onal."
Don't strike a man when he is down;
1t surely will not pay
Unless you know a knockout blow
VIII put him down to stay.
The Manayunk Philosopher rises to re-
mark that a woman in decouete gown
half shell.
Down at the bottom Of a well
Lies Truth; an adage old.
Yet truth forsooth is like a bell
That's very seldom tolled-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22
rs EDITORIAL COMMENT
ID Il sirnnlv Robberv.

Providence OR. u Telegram:
The action of coal spectators and
coal dealers is not extortion, it is simply
robbery.
The present price of coal S14 to So
per ton, is not based upon ordinary bust
ness principles of legitimate profit, but
is built entirely upon the necessities of
the people.
The grasping spirit that animated the
fermler generals of France, deprlVlng
the poor of even their food, and pre-
cipitated the French revolution is the
same spirit that animates the coal
Spectator and the coal dealer
1t is the spirit that desires to draw the
last penny out OF business, no matter
what may be the misery and suffering
of the poor
The big coal roads are selling coal at
an advance OF fifty cents over the nor
NAL price The Independent operator,
the Spectator and the coal dealer have
united as a community of rapacity to
exploit the public.
Coal is stored, kept back. exported; in
fact. everything is done with it except
to rush it to the weather. communities
in the north that can be bled to almost
any extent.
With the return of spring and with
the melting of the ice and the snow,
there viii come a flood of coal which is
now being held back and which viii be
held back for some weeks to come, that
will drive the price where it properly
belongs.
the sick, the women, the children, and
the infants that are suffering through
the greed of this merciless cOmbina-
ton?
Is it to be wondered at that socialism
grows apace in this prosperous country?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22
ALBAUGH IS WORSE.
Strain of Senatorial Campaign
Too Much for Him.

Morton Albaugh, state bank commission
ere who has been in bed since December
Il with a broken leg, was taken worse to
day. He has been keeping close tab on
the senatorial fight by telephone and by
personal interviews with politicians who
called on him. and che strain was too
much for his nervous system
His physicians say that his condition is
not alarming but as a precautionary meas
ure they gave him orders that he should
receive no more callers at present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22
HERMIT GAVE APPLES.
He Thanked Curtis Followers
for Their Fidelity.

Hugh Cameron, the Kansas hermit. this
morning brought up and delivered to the
friends of Charley curtis in the senatorial
fight a box of apples grown at Camp
Ben Harrison .ttA
General Cameron made Il presentation
speech in which he said the apples We're
given by him. representing the old soldiers
Of Kansas a token Of appreciation Of
their fidelity to Curtis. the old soldiers
best friend
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22
Topeka Lodge, No. II. AZ. and A. n

A special communication of this lodge
will be held on Sunday afternoon, Janu-
airy 25. 1903. at o'clock, to attend the
funeral of Brother John Greif Master
Masons win assemble in the blue room.
The funeral services Will be conducted
in the red room at 3 o'clock To these
services all friends of our late brother
are invited.
WILLIAM NJ. POWERS. ". NJ
CARL W. NELLIS, Secretary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22

The head of the Utah federation OF
women's clubs. who is a Gentle. a Re
publican and the only woman member
of the legislature Of that state. voted
for Mormon Reed Smoot in the sena-
tofial caucus. All other considerations
take a back seat for politics even with
some women.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22
SUICIDE OF A GROCER.
J. P. Smith Of Arkansas City
Ends His Life With a Bullet.

Arkansas City. Jan. 22.-J. P. Smith, a
Kansas, shot and killed himself at Kaw
City, Ok, this morning. He leaves a
wife and two sons. Mr. Smith had
been in business here 20 years but meet
ing with financial reverses became
Respondent and took the above action.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22

deny that q woman whose rivalry she
fears is good looking
a twenty-five dollar night gown is one
dollars worth of night gown and twenty
four dollars worth of business
A man can be happy with a tooth brush
and pipe; his unhappiness begins when
he adds q valet and an automobile
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22
TOO MILES HOUR.
Runaway Coal Train Makes
Fast Time Down Grade.
All the Cars Left the Track and
We're Ground to Pieces.

Salt Lake. Utah. Jan. 22-Twenty-
seven loaded cars of Denver & Rio
Grande coal train broke away while
the train was pulling into switch at
Red Narrows and ran wild down the
long, steep grade to Thistle Junction. q
distance of about seven miles All the
cars left the track and We're literally
ground in kindling wood, having reach
ed speed of probably 100 miles All
hour. No one was injured
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22

After ali. what did Editor Gonzales
exDect2 To can a man a liar and
scOundrel has always been regarded as
an invitation to d shooting match in
the south. The Columbia tragedy indi-
Gates that times have not changed
greatly down there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From The New York Press
To the ugliest woman on earth the look
ing glass tells pretty lies
The grateful man is the one who expects
something. not the one who has got It
A woman knows you love her when You
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22

A bill has been introduced to make
railroad commissioners elective. Aren't
the railroads sufficiently mixed up il
state politics without that?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22

The dispatches announce the inaugu-
ration of a new governor in South Caro-
lima. but fail TO record any remarks that
he may have made to the governor Of
North Carolina.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22

fore the council. That's natural
enough. We all know how the council
goes on Questions of this kind 1 can
tell what the vote would be in advance.
It would be nine to three in favor Of
whitewashing Mcfarland. There is too
much politics in the city council to make
it a fair place to try cases OF this Kind
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22

Our Senator Burton lined up with
Quay and the Democrats Yesterday
when it came to test of strength on
che statehood bill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22

The government forecast sent out today
was: Partly cloudy and possibly unset
tied tonight and Friday" The wind to-
day was north. blowing nine miles an hour.
The hourly temperatures recorded today
were as follows
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22

Justice Mayer Of New York has made
G. contribution to the dictionary by de-
hning pants" as trousers costing less
than SO a pair
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22
Mr.. Roosevelt and the Negro.

Washington Post.
Whilst we do not agree with President
Roosevelt in his attitude on the negro
duestion-holding that neither recogni-
ton nor office should be given to cOlored
men as such, and believing that nothing
could be worse for the negro race than
to segregate it from the great mass CT
the American people-we wish 10 be IN
derstoOd as deploring the spirit which is
now manifesting itself all over the
south as a result of the presidents moro
recent acts in this connection. We re-
gard Mr.. Roosevelt as man of fine llr-
pulses. AS we see him. he is instinct
with high purpose, patriotic aspirations.
and a passionate sense of Justice. To
the sorrow of his judicious friends, how
ever, and. as we believe, to his own
eventual confusion, he has accepted TIN
hypothesis of the negro politicians and
professional Ofhceseekers at the south
moved to this. no doubt, by ignorant
and evil counsel-and now proposes &C
approve the black mans claim, as
black man and not as an American
citizen. He does not seem to realize
that herein the negro asks for more
granting the appeal. he puts the negro
in more peril than ne has known since
1876. A brave man himself, not given
to counting the cost of anything ne
thinks is righteous. he has made his
choice. and he viii stand by it, come
what may.
We admire his courage and his can
dor. We pay to his sincerity the tribute
! Of our unfeigned admiration But We
do not think he has been we'll advised.
and we make bold to sneak our mind.
/ The point Of fatal weakness in the pos
( tulate is its obvious inconsistency. If
recognition of the nezro's political i'm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-22

What is the use Of telling the rheumatic
that he feels as II his joints were being dis
located?
He knows that his sufferings are very
much like the tortures Of the rack
What he wants to knoIg is what VIII per
manently cure his disease.
That, according to thousands OF grateful
testimonials, is
Hoods JdrSdparilla
It promptly neutralizes the acid in the
blood on which the disease depends. COM
pletely eliminates It. and strengthens the
system against its return Try Hoods
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
Was Too pe.simi..ie.

Sir BENJAMIN Baker. consulting sr-
gineer to the Egyptian government,
tells an amusing story OF an interview
he had eight years ago with an old
fashioned native land owner at the
dine when the construction of large
reservoir somewhere in the Nile val
ley vas first seriously proposed This
descendant of the prophet who was
very rich and had been twice warned
by the government that probably he
would be hanged If any more bodies
of servants he had quarreled with
were found floating in the Nile. assur-
ID Sir Benjamin that there could be
nothing in the project OF Nile reser-
voir or it would have been done a.
least 400 years ago. Yet the great
Asseuan dam now shows that the
ancients did not have all the enter
prise
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
ECHOES FROM AFAR.

There are 1850 miles of peat bogs
+ Ireland.
Since April British public revenue
has increased SS6.ooo,Ooo. while ex-
:y>nditure as whole has been prac-
''cally unchanged
Brazil almost equals Europe in
size. Its two largest citie>-Rio lie
!lneiro and Bshia-have to-day
r sGout 10000 and 10000 inhabits nts
'e>pectively.
An American brewery has been ez-
tablished at Ghen;. Belgium The
entire plant of the American brew
cry. with the exception of some cop
per vessels. has been brought from
America. The nine giass-enameled
steel tanks each weighing $500
pounds empty ani holding 13s heo-
toliters GAS gallrns) when full.
were likewise sent from Amerie=..
The beer never comes in contact with
the atmosphere S-erilized air only
is admitted. under perfect regula-
ton. during fermentation The year
- output will be about 10000 ssl-
-onS
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
RepvblIean county Convention.

In pursuance Of the action Of the
Prowen County Republican Central
COMMITTEES at meeting held at Lamar.
Colorado. September Z, A. D. 1903, We
hereby issue tho call for q Republican
County Convention to be held at the
Court Horse in Lamar, on Saturday.
September o, 1903, for the purpose of
selecting four az delegates to the Re
publican State Conventional Denver on
September ., 1903, the selection of a
Chairman and County Committee for
the ensuing year, and for the transac-
ton Of any other business that may
properly come before said convention.
The apportionment OF delegates from
the various precincts will be as follows:
Lamar. No. - Holly. No. =. 6
Granada, No. g. 10 Lamar. No L.. Z
Carlton, No. Sd North Side No. E, 2
North Side, No. 7,.3 Lamar, No. &. ..-4
Amity, No. 9......4
Precinct committeeman will call the
the primaries in their respective pre-
cints for Thnrsday. September "A, lsoS,
in the afternoon.
Gro. B. MERRII, GRASBY HIILYER,
Secretary. Chairman
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
WHIR OF TEE WHEEL.

In climbing the hill of prosperity
one has to be careful not to be
Knocked over by those who have lost
'ontrol on the down grade.-Whee;-
mems Gazette.
One of the mos, pleasing traits in
connection with TIE wheel is the
freemasonry of l.. devotees- Cy-
>lists are ever ready to extend the
helping hand to fe.low-rider in dis
,ress, and will do all in their power,
wen to dipping largely into their
sepsir outfit to serd him on his way
rejoicing.
As result of the good roads move
~-nt which has been largely stimu-
'sted by the efforts of the depart
;s@nt agriculture. the road que>-
lSon Is at present receiving a remark
.ale degree of active interest. as in
ticated. for instance. bv the moye-
nient in the state of New York fer
, ,onding that state for $50. .ooo..
700 to build country roads This IS
,lholly in line with bill before the
i-st national congress by Mr.. otey,
# Virginia. for $40 100000 for the
s-ine purposes
New Jersey. famous for its good
-oads. is naturally the state in which
bicyclists thrive and wherein they
secure all sorts of privileges From
"ocIlstown. in Salem county. comes
she news that the board of education
there has been compelled TO build an
srnex TO the schoo,house for the
storage of bicycles which pupils use
IN coming in from the country. Resi-
9.ntS who have accommodated the
l., ildren by allowing the use of thei,
-randas for storage purposes have
-eiused to do so any longer.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
c3ESSIoNAL GOSSIP.

F- Siczrness of articulation thei .
r.. mixed States senator who can
st,sse>s tuily compete with Mr.. Bur
4 L q Kansas He has a clear. high
sCunG .us voice which would I'll much
larger room than the senate chamber.
and be utters his words with . preci-
sion and accuracy almost mechanical
In times gone by the senator was a
sescher of elocution- one of his pupils
aavins been the late Gov. Tanner. of
illinois
Senator PeItus raised a laugh while
discussing the militia bill He had sub
nitted to several Interruptions with
good grace but when Foraker KEEP; OF
talking for some Is minutes the ven
erable senator from Alabams-he Is
the ol6es, man in the senAtNiapped
his desk sharply and said: See here,
Mr. President. l have been trying 10
make this speech for some time and
don't want any other senator TO make
Il for me. either" Foraker looked
astonished for a moment. but took his
49, ez1id . general laugh
The Lamar register., 1903-09-09
Coed Listener. Rare.

most charming gift woman can pcs
sess, Saws the Chicago Record Herald
The mysterious influence that Cleo
patra exerted over Anthony has made
one world wonder, for the Egyptian
vas not beautiful But 1t is plain
eaoush when one remembers how she
Inclined her little ears to hear the
stories of his victories This trai
rOehed high art with Josephine
vas only when she ceased to lis-e-
and began to talk that she lost favo
With Napoleon Given q fair fe,6
and a chance to prove herself an aP
pfeciative listener. the plainest siri
can win honors in contest with
beauty In nine cases out of ten