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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25
Decoration Day Excursion to Fort
Riley.

A special train will leave Topeka.
Saturday, May 80, at 1927 a. m. for
Fort Riley. The very low rate Of 81 90
has been made for the. round trip.
Among the many special attractions
offered for entertainment of visitors to
the Fort this Decoration day. following
are the most important Opening of
fine new athletic park. with six great
races, including running, trotting, pac-
ing and hurdle races. Some fast out
side horses will compete for liberal
prizes offered. There VIII also be a re-
alistic bucking contest. One of the best
military bands in the west will give a
concert. Take your lunches with you
and have a basket picnic Plenty Of
good @=ater at convenient points on
grounds Coffee and sandwiches can be
obtained. Half fare for children: l. 500
troops at Fort Riley. A beautiful spot
to spend the day Special train re-
turning will reach home at good sea-
sonable hour. See Union Pacific agent.
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QUOTES BEECHER.
Dr.. Hills Again Discusses the Negro
from the Pulpit.

New York, May 25.-Referring again
to the recent tendency of the discussion
of the negro question, the Rev. DR.
Newell Dwight Hills, i'll Plymouth
church. Brooklyn, said yesterday:
Just now the whole country is sur
fering from a reaction on the negro
question And the eolored race have
known a month of such depression and
sorrow and heartache as they have not
known in forty years. And there is rea-
son for the depression. Consider the
Presbyterian preacher in New York
who last week said that the emancipa-
ton of the slaves was like the release
of criminals from the penitentiary. and
said that the future of the niger was
blacker and blacker and more hopeless.
Consider that editorial in the Richmond
paper that. commenting on the speech
of a southerner and Of the great re-
igious editor in New York. said the
two men might evidently exchange ad-
dresses. Think of the southern soldier
who insists in his article that the negro
is an animal: that, like the dog and
horse, he has by association borrowed
some of mans characteristics, but that
he is without SOUL and that he fears
ike the animals and never can have
a home
I'm 1886 Mr.. Beecher said here that
we must insist upon the suffrage for the
negro: that races, like children, are
trained by responsibility: that the poor
est government of an ignorant man who
governs himself is better than the best
government that is imposed upon him
from without. Mr.. Beecher also said
that in view of two centuries Of injus-
tice and slavery it might take a cen
Jury before we would see the outcrop-
ping of an occasional orator. an occa-
sional colOred educator. What if Mr.
Beecher could return today? He would
find that the greatest orator, from many
points of view. in the country is a black
man. And a black man today receives
from $50 to $500 a night and there is
only one other man in the country who
receives as much.
The colored people are needIesslv
alarmed. The reaction is an eddy, from
the south itself. All the enemies of lib
erty. wether they want to or not have
to help the forces of liberty.,,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25
THEY MUST PAY UP.
Auditor Wells Plans to Have Com
panies Pay Legal Taxes

Next year State Auditor Wells will
send blanks to all county clerks asking
that township and city assessors make
returns concerning the property of rail-
road, telegraph and telephone companies
that are assessed by the state board of
railroad assessors These companies
make return under oath concerning their
property, and their statements have
been taken in the past as the basis for
assessing the property, but this does
not seem to be entirely satisfactory. The
statements of valuations were sent out
a week al go from the auditors office TO
the county clerks Of the state and al
ready a dozen or more county clerks
have written in to the state auditor,
saying that the returns made by the
companies are entirely too low. These
objections are generally about the rele-
phone companies, but J. p. Kelley, coun-
ty clerk of Woodson county, says that
the Missouri Pacific has failed to report
eight and One-half miles of its lines in
that county. He sent map of the road,
a new cutoff running east of Yates Cen
ter. Eight and a half miles of railroad
would make considerable difference in
the taxes of the townships through
which it runs, and the officers want it
taxed.
A great many complaints are made
concerning the mileage returned by the
telephone companies. It is difficult to
get at the number of poles and miles OF
wire in the towns and cities but there
. is little difficulty in determining the
mileage of toll lines running through
1 the country Assistant Auditor Nation
says that he has personal knowledge of
] instances where telephone companies
/ failed to report any property at all in
I towns where they have lines.
For this reason the assessors viii next
I wear be asked to make observations as
to railroad and telephone mileage in
their respective townships and to report
them so that comparisons can be made
in the auditors Office with the returns
made by the companies themselves
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25
GERMANY,S BUILDING.
A Reproduction OF Old Castle Built by
Frederick L at Worlds Fair.

The plans for the German national
pavilion at the worlds fair st. Louis,
have been completed and submitted 10
the director of works, Isaac ). Taylor.
for approval 1t has been the endeaVOr
of the German government to keep the
architecture of the building in har-
mony with the exposition buildings in
the immediate vicinity The pavilion
viii be a fairly accurate reproduction of
the central portion of the royal castle
at Charlottenburg. near Berlin Ihis
old castle occupies conspicuous place
in the history of German architecture.
lit was built about the end of the seven
teenth century for and under the dlrec-
ton of Frederick l. first king Of Prus-
STA. The castle was designed by An
dreas Schlueter. the greatest German
architect of that period
The architecture of the CharlOtten-
burg castle is imposing. The main
facade is in two stories, crowned by
an enormous stilted dome The facade
OF the first floor is in rustic stone. The
second floor is ornamented with en-
gagged Corinthian columns In the
center of the facade is a projecting bay
crowned by a beautiful classic pedi-
ment
The drum of the dome, which is also
surrounded by a Corinthian engaged
colonnade is higher than one of the
stories of the building. Tie curve or
the dome is broken by six BULBS eye
windows and is crowned by a towering
lantern surmounted by a sculptured
figure.
In the pavilion the ground floor viii
be used for reading. writing, Office and
reception purposes. The second floor
has been set aside for purposes of rep
resentation. Tt viii embrace an actual
reproduction OF the state rooms of the
castle of Charlottenburg. These rooms
Will be fitted up with precious old fur
niture. gobelins. and silver ornaments
the products Of bygone days. In a sep
arate building but connected with it
VIII be a restaurant and a "kneipstube, q
combination of smoking room drink,
ing room. restaurant and fraternaI So
ciety lodge room This subsidiary
building viii harmonic completely
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25
Let's Go To
HO B ARTS
The Cut Rate Drug Store
500 West Tenth Avenue.
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS

Six months ago we put on sale
preparation called Vim Seng
Tonic. So phenomenal have been
its sales and so wonderful its
cures, that INSCRIPTIONS dealers
have been led to initiate it in
color, package, and name. The
fact of imitation is only one more
proof of its merits. No person
will initiate a poor article. It
would not pay. We feel proud
that we have made a medicine of
so much virtue, yet we feel it
our duty to warn the public of
this imitation of Vim Seng Tonic.
Do not be deceived. The medi-
cine that cures your Stomach
Disorders ard Catarrh, and does
not fail, is Hobart's Vim Seng
Tonic. Over a thousand cures in
Shawnee county in six months is
a pretty good record for any
medicine. Hobart's Vim Seng
Tonic has done this. We have
the proofs. We have published
them from time to time, and will
continue to do so. These records
are genuine, and are the testi-
mony Of people you know. Your
own neighbors have been cured
by using this most wonderful
preparation-Vin- Seng Tonic.
1t cures Dyspepsia and Indi-
gestion in their worst form, Loss
Of Appetite, Nausea, Catarrh
CAcute or Chronic) and General
Debility.
The price of this marvellous
preparation is SO eents-no more,
no less.
Your money back, if you want it.
BOTH PHONES $50.
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Excuse ZOE STAYING.
Russians Tell Results of Evacuation
of Manehuria.

St. Petersburg, May 25-The evacua-
tior. of southern Manchuria by the Rus
sian troops led to a display of ever
increasing insolence on the part of the
dfsorderly tribes. whose numbers are
rapidly augmenting. says a Vladivos-
took dispatch to the Novoye Vremya.
The correspondent proceeds:
Many Chinese and Manchurians in
the province of Mukden and Kirin are
in terror of their lives and property
Unemployed Chinese 1aborers are con-
gregating along the eastern China rail-
way. About 60. 900 Chinese are gathered
at Harden. some 10000 are camping
along the southern and northern sec
tions of the Manchuria line. and large
numbers are moving into south Man
chursa.''
referring to the Russian timber con-
cession on the Yalu river. the dispatch
adds:
"A Russian company. with a capital
of 81. 500 900. viii be formed in Korea to
exploit the concession and several
thousand workmen have already been
engaged in Manchuria and sent to
Korea. Russian woFkTnen are also be-
ing dispatched thither in great num-
bers. The staff company is mostly
COMPOSED of officers OF the Chinese
Eastern railroad. The company viii
maintain it's own steamers p
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1t took two trips in the wagon to trans
port the assembly OF 1G to the keeis.
The victims were all colored, and equal
" divided as to sex Some Of the guests
seemed to be new. They crouched down
in the wagon while passing d gang Of
+-rubbernecks," or raised their umbrel-
las to hide their features. The whole
bunch entered a not guilty plea this
morning, and Will have a hearing later
A large number of officers went over
to the city court today with their lit
tie hammers. They went to drive tacks
in Messrs. Mundon and Mundon, aceus-
ed of Murder in the first water and
Messrs. F. Wilson and William Brown,
who spent few happy moments dur
ing the presidential visit in reaping
pocketbooks from the Podung and Sas-
Saffas Corners delega ties to the 7. NJ.
c. A. convention. Both cases were CON
tinued for a short time. The testimony
of one witness. Jerry Fitzpatrick. Of
FIT Madison. Iowa, who had come many
miles to tell how Messrs. Wilson and
Brown frisked him for fat wallet,
was taken. so that he might return
home to his spring plowing.
A little race war took place on lower
Kansas avenue Saturday evening in
which a representative of Old Erin and
a Hebrew hock-smith took sides Dick
johnson, a feeder of the hungry, mixed
chant, owing to disturbance among
the minor heirs of the families. There
is nothing which viii bring on an acute
attack of parents sooner than a happy
childhood row. and the Cohen
mill offered no exception. The case has
not reached court.
The singular silence on the part of The
! police concerning the little episode
+ which happened to Larry Sheehan and his
little gin-mill east of the shops last Wsel
i is explained by them in very plausible
manner. Detective Lucas who was ths
only ofTicer having chips in the affair. say:
that he viewed the remains Of the Shee
han place after the storm was over and
/ decided that it had not been cleaned" by
irate citizens. as it bore the marks of
victim Of rough-house-ne In fact III
/ thinks that the dilapidation of Sheehani
place was the result Of fight from with
4 in and not an external application Of irat
citizen The windows and doors Wer'
caved outward. as if by some party o.
parties who saw fit TO go out witnou
/ waiting fer natural opening. Franz
( Hendricks is very irate over the stor.
which was circulated to the effect that h.
had been assisting the jointist in huntin'
4 for the destroyers. Frank has proved a.
alibl, and says that he knew not Of tn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25
TALK OF MEETING.
Business Men May Discuss Kansas
Mutual

Some of the members of the Com
mercial club are endeavoring to work
up interest among the business men of
Topeka in favor of a meeting to pass
resolutions upon the disposition of the
Kansas Mutual Life Insurance com
pany. The business men want to keep
the business here and the general sym
pathy seems to be with the former man
agement of the company The meeting
if it is held, will probably be an infor-
NAL one and whatever action may be
taken will be merely a declaration in
favor Of one of the propositions for the
disposal of the company's business Il
is believed that the majority of the
business men here would like to see
the company organized and continued
under its present name.
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STABBED A SOLDIER.
5olored Citizen Resents Remarks
About His White Wife.

Sault Ste Marie, Mich, May 25.-Geo
Engels, a private in company A, First
United States infantry, stationed at
Fort Brady is dead from a stab wound
inflicted last night by Larry oliver, a
colored citizen of this city. oliver, who
has a white wife. was walking home
with her when several soldiers from the
fort followed them making remarks
about the couple. Oliver claims that
finally three of them jumped on him.
In the fight that followed oliver says he
say Engels put his hand in his pocket
as if to draw a revolver and he there
upon pulled a knife and stabbed the sol
der several times. The latter died
during the night.
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Angry Pastor Slapped His wife.

Chicago. May 25.-"Yes; I slapped my
wife. She called me liar and applied
other obnoxious epithets to me. I would
have struck my own brother" With
his voice trembling with emotion and
his eyes filed with tears. Rev. Robert
NJ Nabb former pastor of the Highland
Park Baptist church. testified to trouble
he had had with his wife. who was
granted divorce in Sioux Falls last
Saturday She is a niece of Merritt
Sanford. the millionaire ink manufac-
turer. The minister was charged by the
woman with attempting to kidnap their
children. He was held in bail.
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Leather Workers STRIKE.

of the Amalgamated Leather Work
ers' union of America went on strike in
nine of she tanneries in Milwaukee to-
day. It is estimated that between 800
and 1000 men are affected. The men
demand 53 hours work per week and
the same pay which they were receiving
for so hours. A conference between
representatives of the employers and
employees will be held. Tuesday
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HICCOUGHING FLESH AWAY
Man Who Weighed 900 Speedily
Loses 40 Pounds.

Reading. Pa, May 25.-William B.
Ranenzaan, an aged resident of this
city, living with his daughter at S25
Moss street. has been for nearly three
weeks the victim of almost continuous
hiccoughs. There has been scarcely a
moments respite in all this time. The
physicians are bafled. and admit THAI
they know of nothing that Will check
the parOxisn.
The only food he has been able to
take is bread and milk and the strain
has reduced him from 220 to $50 pounds
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rnado-de-Sheehan until the next day
when he was informed by an Oakland mo-
rorneer- Whereupon Hendricks remeHrs
Dered that it was blink-blank
was smashed as it would save the POI
lice the trouble
Little Perry Mundon, relative Of The
pair in hoe signo for murder is in it
again Little Perry has such a taking way
that the police simply can't keep their
hands off him This time it is a small
burglarism, with larceny on the side.
Seven youthful negroes were plucked
Saturday night for a terrible offense.
shooting craps out q. season. They. will
have hearing TINS evening and the
chances are two cold bottles to a cigarette
that ten will be the price.
Mrs. Emma Wilton was gathered up for
keeping a disorderly house and Annie Cra-
mer and William Cramer were charged
with being found within said d. h.
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ICE PLANT BURNS.
Building Destroyed but Much of the
Machinery Was Saved.

Philadelphia, May 25.-The ice manu-
featuring plant of the American Ice
company at Eighth and Catharine
streets was destroyed by fire of IN
known origin today. The building was
valued at $4,000 and the machinery is
said to be worth $150.000 but the greater
portion of the machinery was saved
During the fire there We're numerous ex-
plosions Of ammonia tanks but no one
was injured. The children in the Thos.
3. Florence public school opposite, and
those of industry and day nursery ad-
joining the burned building were gotten
out safely
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Free Concer. ana stereopticon Lecture

The famous Tent City Band from the
Tent City, Coronado Beach. California,
Will BE- in Topeka Tuesday, May 26. This
is the best band that plays during the
season at Coronado Beach. 1t has just
completed a successful tour OF Texas,
Oklahoma and is playing few Kansas
cities on its way to California.
The band viii give a free concert in
the State House grounds Tuesday ev-
ening A stereopticon lecture on the
beauties of California in Summer VIII
be given after the concert Mr. A A
Weiss of Cincinnati. o., is the lecturer,
and those who have seen the pictures
he displays are loud in their praise. The
Santa Fe IS trying to popularize Cali
fOrnia as a summer resort and the pic
lures illustrate the way there and
places and scenes in the state. Every
body is welcome to attend. No charge
for anything. Should the night be wet,
the concert and lecture win be given in
the Auditorium. Even though you have
no present intention of going to Cali
fornia. you are invited to the entertain
ment
----
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How They Get Rural Mails.

York, Pa. May 25.-There has been
such a demand for rural mail routes in
York county, even since the postoffice
had about all of them it needed that
padding has been discovered Routes
have been asked for because others
passed some neighbours door, and petit
tions have been padded out with bogus
names
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MARRIED IN WHITE.
Petticoat Disconcerts Justice, but He
Performs Ceremony.

Frankfort. Ind, May 25.-Ars. Martha
Gordon and Henry Harris roth of this
city were married in the office of the
county clerk here and the bride-elect G e
ated a sensation by retiring TO a private
room and then appearing in her white pet
ticoat, having DOTTED her dress skirt in The
other room.
u said / would be married in white.
and I will; pI oceed with the ceremony,
she said to the biushing Justice OF the
peace. and the ceremony VAS performed.
The bride then donned her skirt and re
ceived congratulations.
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KIN AIDS NEGRO.
Sister of President Offers Money for
Education of Yale Orator.

New Haven Conn. May 25-Wnliam
Pickens, the Yale negro student who won
the Ten Eyck prize for oratory, has re-
ceiyed an offer of financial assistance from
Mrs. Douglas Robinson of New York city,
sister Of President Roosevelt Piclzens went
to Newport TO speak last week and after
his Grafton Miss Lucy Giles. a millionaire
daughter was so deeply aff@cted that sac
stuck a diamond pin to his coat
Pickens has been invited to so to Boston
next week to speak at Harvard university
on stBayti." He has declined the offer 10
accept the presidency Of Hayu after con-
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Wilmington. Del. May 25.-Major
Fisher. colored, was arrested by mis-
take los days ago on a charge Of steal
ing brass. When it was learned today
Chief Justice Lore declared him en-
titled to witness fees amounting to S105.
Fisher received the money and was set
Srea.
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Subject to the Pope's Approval.

Rome, May 25.-The CONGREGATION Of
the propa sandai today finally decided to
recommend the division Of the archdio-
cese of Oregon and the appointment of
the Rev. Charles J. O'Reilly pastor of
the church Of the Immaculate Heart of
Mary, Portland. Ore. to be bishop Of
tho new diocese. The whole matter is
subject to the approval of the pope.
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Water Is Racadinr.

Oklahoma City. Ok. May 25.-The wa
tiers that covered the southern end of
Oklahoma City and a portion of Enid
from the cloud burst near here Satur-
day midnight are receding today and
no further damage is expected. The
homeless are being cared for and it Is
believed that no serious suffering will
result
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Forty DAYS Fast for Health.

Intyre, a resident of Moosic, is under
going 40 days fast to restore his health
Today marked the 22d fast day. and so
far he has felt no i'll effects, but on the
contrary is much improved in health.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-25

The other big raid occurred last night.
It was of a different nature, and result
ed in the downfall for the 'steenth time
of Joe Johnson's divelet on the banks
of the turblent Kaw. The graduation
was failure from the liqulc stand
point Not a drop of anything but river
water and melted ice creaml That
mighty horde of officers had raided an
ice cream social, But, under the cir
cumstances. they did the best they
could. that is. Dinched the entire visit
ing list for disorderly conduct, the
charge which covers a multitude of sins.
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mrs. Palmer Saws It's Absurd.

Paris. May 25.-AIrs. Potter Palmer
pronounces the story of her engage
ment to the Prince of Monaco as alb
surd.
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The officers of the United States district
court have left for Salina. Those who have
gone from here are United States District
Attorney J. S Dean. Deputy United States
Marshal B. F. F1enniken, Frank Brown
and Dan Hamer.
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HE HAD THE LIQUOR.

of the pinch Twenty-Five cases of brew,
over a hundred quarts of rich, rare,
ruddy, rust-proof whisky, bearing the
appreciation stamp of Uncle Sam, wines.
of the vintage of quite awhile ago. ct
cetera, ct cetera. Mr.. Kohl was also
among the things seized. The police
seem to think that a hundred bottles of
beer are entirely too many for a drug
shop to keep on ice at one time.
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POLICE JOTTINCS.
First Drug Store to Fall Under
the Ban.
KOhl's Pharmacy Is Raided
With Fruitful Results.
OFFICERS ON THE MOVE
They Make a Raid on Ice Cream
Social.
OFFICERS ON THE MOVE
PickpOcket Hearing Postponed
in City Court.

Two of the biggest raids since the OPP
ening of the season have been pulled
off since last week. Saturday night the
pharmacy of Chas. W. Kohl at 226 KAN
sas avenue was raided as a nuisance,
and Stahl, in all his glory never made a
haul its equal Three heaping wagon
loads of beer and booze was the result
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AZ Order of Arrest.

Yokohama May 25.-A dispatch from
Seoul says the government of Korea has
ordered the officials at Wiju to arrest the
Koreans who were concerned in the safe
of land and buildings to Russians or Chi