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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-11-04
MOVIE ,Tanka . Kaneas.

Corsicana. Texas, Oct 3O.--As an ev.
ldence OF the reduction Of the stock of
light crude petroleum at this point,
the Corsicana Refining Company has
taken down thirteen $4,000 gallon
tanks. preparatory to shipping them
to Kansas and the Indian Territory.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-11-04
colored Men h Ental Affrav.

Tyler. Texas. Oct. GOWN Sanders
shot and killed Reuben Wright. Jr..
last night. Sanders Immediately sur.
rendered to the officers Wright was
the son of we'll known preacher
Both parties are colored.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-07
INGALLS, is DOWN
President of Big Four Defeated
for Mayor Of Cincinnati.
Tom johnson Reelected atCIeve~
land With Big Majority.
JONES is A VICTOR.
Chosen Mayor of Toledo for
Fourth Time.
Gossip About the Influence on
JONES is A VICTOR.
Gossip About the Influence on
State Elections.

Cincinnati. April While the Repub-
licans made material gains in the mu-
nicipaI elections in Ohio Monday, they
did not secure many changes in the ad-
ministration of cities. The most notable
exception was at Columbus, where May
or John N. Hinkle. Democrat, is sue
eeeded by Robert H. Jeffrey. Republic
an Jeffrey's plurality is at least 1900.
The mayors of all the leading cities
except Columbus were reelected. The
Republicans retained control of Cincin-
natl and the Democrats of Cleveland.
and Samuel NJ. Jones was elected as ar
Independent candidate for the fourth
time as mayor of Toledo.
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A CHARTER mUDDLE.
Kansas City, Kas., Hardly Knew
Whether to Vote or Not.

Kansas City. Kan. April 7--Yester-
day was busy day at both Democratic
and Republican headquarters. The
lawyers and politicians on both sides
were busy looking up all the laws e.
lating to the election of mayors in cities
of the first class of more than $1,000
inhabitants The new city charter act
passed by the last session OF the Kan
sas legislature made no provision for
the election of mayor III this city
BY the terms Of the new law all for
nler laws were repealed and only pro-
vided fer the election Of city CLERK.
treasurer and attorney.
The Republican city central commit
tee issued a statement in which it said
that through clerical error the new
law made no detailed arrangement for
the election of mayor, yet by the law
certain expressed powers were given the
ma yor, which would be implication
enough to warrant his election and give
nim the right to qualify. Continuing it
said.
Even if another law existed we would
have a perfect right to elect a mayor
fer no one VIII contend for a moment
that It was the intention of the legis~
lature to create dynasty in Wyan-
dOtte county with William H. Craddock
as the car. which is the literal interpre
tation and logical conclusion of the
Democrats contention in regard to this
law
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-07
PRESIDENT PLEASED.
CongratuIates the Parents of a
Large Family.

St. Paul. MINI. April 7.-whiIe in this
city SATURDAY. President Roosevelt WAS
presented by Mayor Smith with q picture
of the family of J. P. Rhein, of Washing
ton county. the picture including Mr. and
Mrs. Rhein their nine children, IS grand
children and two great grandchildren
All reside within 50 miles of the Rhein
homestead.
Mayor Smith received the following let
ter from President Roosevelt:
Sioux Fails. S. D.. April 6.
My Dear Mr.. Smith: VIII you congratu-
late Mr.. and Mrs. Rhein for me2 ] am
proud of them. and was as pleased as
possible with the two pictures of their
children and grandchildren That is the
stuff out of which we make good Amer
lean citizens
Thanking You for your courtsey during
my recent visit in St Paul, l am
Sincerely yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT, IT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-07
SHOT PROM AMRUSH.
Body of Colorado stockman Found
Dead on the Prairie.

Akron. Colo, April THE bullet
riddled body of Joseph E. Meenan, q
wealthy stocxman, who lived alone on
his ranch northeast of this place. has
beenfound lying on the prairie within a
short distance of mis- house It is be-
lieved that he vas shot from ambush
Friday night as ne was returning home
from visiting his brother, another cat
tIeman. and that the killing was the
result of a feud. For some time trou-
bic has broken out at intervals among
the range men over the question of
the right to use the range and in De-
cember last Meenan and a rancher
named John Irwin engaged in a pistol
duel Irwin being fatally. shot Meenan
was so badly wounded that he was in
the hospital several months 1t is said
that following this encounter threats
We're made against Meenan's life.
Meenan was very popular in the neigh
borhood in which he lived and feeling
is strong against the shooting.
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ABOUT THE MAYORS.
Information Concerning Those Who
Have Been at Topeka's Helm.

During the past 20 years, Topeka has
had seven different mayors. Their
names, in the order they served dating
back from the present time, are as fol-
lows. Albert Parker, c. J. Drew. Chas.
A. Fellows .. c.. Jones. r. Il. Cofran,
d. c. A1etsker and J. C. Wilson.
Tt is natural to ina gine that the cam
paign which is on is the hottest ever
waged Proximity on the calendar
tends to increase, the temperature Of
such events. But a reference to the files
of the State Journal. dating back for 20
years. shows that they used to have
some terrible times on the first Tues
day in April The opposition candidate
was liar a robber and boodler a
good many times in the past two de-
cades, according to the literature of the
times. If the statement of the opposing
factions can be believed, there has hard
~ been campaign for mayor in the
past 20 years when one side did not
charge the other with being vile DO
iticai ring or something else equally
as bad.
The campaign just closed has been
an exceptionally decent one. The Re
publican primaries came rather close to
being personal at times. but throughout
the whole struggle, the opposing candi-
dates themselves have been good
friends and on the best of terms Frank
Lewis made speeches for Bergundthai
after the latter had beaten him good
and plenty, and Heery and Bergundthal
entered into compact to refrain from
mud-slinging and personal abuse, and
kept their pledges to the letter.
Twenty years ago. the fight was be-
tween j. c. Wilson and Orrin T. Welch.
WEIGH was accused of fraud of bribery,
and of having one of those vile politi-
cal rings" backing him. Wilson was ac-
cused of almost everything vinainous-
I The in vic
Wilson by 5s5 majority
In 1885 Topeka elected its first Dem
Ocratie mayor. r. L. Cofran Won over
D. c. Metsker and NJ. A. Pond. There
were. 1912 votes castand Cofran receiv-
ed 1,67c, Metsker 1881 and Pond ST.
In 1887 NIetsker turned the tables and
defeated Cofran. The vote stood, Aders-
lSer 1855. Cofran LIS. The registration
was 5,506 and the total vote was 45S0-
There were four candidates in 1899.
and Cofran had a small plurality. but
fContinl1ad on Pare cfva
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Dublicans were at Columbus Mansfield.
GAINESVILLE, Hefiance, Delphcs. Van Vert
and Shelby the Republicans carrying
Shelby for the first time. Among ths
cities that change from Republican to
Democratic mayors We're Youngstown.
Springfield. Akron, Troy and probably
Findlay. While there were many fusion
tickets in the field. notably at Cincin-
natl. the only successful ones were at
wellington. Marietta and Norwood. Al
East Liverpool ". A. Weaver and ali
the rest of the prohibition candidates
We're elected In several Of the larger
cities the socialists made gains and in
most Of the municipalities the liquor
question was less of a factor than ever
before. Al Oxford there were two tick
cts, both nOn-partisan, and the liquoh
element was successful.
There are II cities and SIS villages
in Ohio OF the 60 largest cities heard
from officially it is noted that the Re
publicans and the Democrats each car
ried 30. In the notable exception OF
Toledo Jones. the independent mayor,
will have little authority. as the Repub-
licans control all the city government
except the office of mayor
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THE ELECTION TODAY.
Great Excitement at Chicago
and Elsewhere.

Chicago April As the day pro-
gressed the expectations Of the party
leaders began to be realized. The labor
vote is estimated to have been in d
o'clock and was unusually heavy. In
many wards fully so per cent Of the reg
istered vote was said to have been cast
by II o'clock The ward workers We're
astir early and the 250O0O cards which
are said to have been attached to door
knobs throughout the city urging the
voters to go to the polls appear to have
had the desired effect Neither side
seems to have lost any Of the confidence
displayed yesterday and both Republic
an and Democratic leaders claim a plu-
rality OF over 10000 for their respective
candidates. No disorder has been re-
ported from any Of the polling places.
STATE ELECTION IN WISCONSIN.
Milwaukee. Wis, April Municipal
elections are being held today in a num-
Der of towns in Wisconsin, one state
court is also being voted for. Weather
clear and warm in central md southern
part, while in the northern portion it is
cloudy and cold.
LITTLE INTEREST. AT QUINCY.
Quincy. Ill, April THE early vote
was light and interest limited. Re-elee-
ton of the Democratic city ticket prac-
tically conceded.
BIG FIGHT AT SPRINGFIELD
Springfield. ILL.,. April 7-One of the
hottest mayoralty fights in the history
OF the city will be settled today. Five
candidates for mayor on the ticket and
indications point To a Democratic VIC
tory. Weather pleasant.
PLEASANT IN COLORADO.
Pueblo Col April Election day is
clear and warm. The polls opened at Z
O'Clock and voting began Immediately
Indications are that the heaviest vote in
the history of Pueblo will be cast and
that the two candidates for mayor will
run close.
NO ELECTION IN OMAHA.
Omaha. Neb.. April This city,
working under special charter does not
hold its municipal election until May
Z. and the election in South Omaha was
put over one year by special legislation
of the present legislature, the bill hav-
ing been signed by the governor yes
terday- Elections were held in few
towns Yesterday but the result was in
significant Favorable weather pre-
walls over the state.
LARGE VOTE AT LINCOLN.
Lincoln. Neb., April THE weather
+ is perfect. The largest vote will be
cast in the towns where the agitation
over no license in the liquor traffic
( is advocated. PaEsy lines viii be disre-
garded entirely in Iasny instances.
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SEE ABOUT DAM.
Boston Man to Investigate Situation
in Topeka.

The American Underwriting company
of Boston has informed Secretary An
derson of the Commercial club that a
representative will be in Topeka about
April Is to investigate the proposition Of
building the Kaw river dams for which
the Commercial club secured a fran
chise from the last legislature. Major
Anderson has been in correspondence
with promoters for several weeks past
and has interested several eastern par
ties in the dam The American Under
writing company is an organization of
professional promoters.
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loon. rhs san.s nay be said slso q the

noon. The same may be said also Of the
EFFECT or EARLY HOURS
The good showing which was made
in the Second ward in getting out its
vote early may be explained by the new
law which requires the opening of the
polls at d. m. In the Second ward aud
IN parts CT the First and Fourth thers
was a remarkably heavy vote between
6 and O'Clock. The laboring people
evidently improved the opDor tunity TO
vote early before going to work
In the ether precincts Of the city near
~ al the Judges are sore at the new
law because they had to sit around for
an hour in the early dawn with nothing
to do Some precincts voted only four
or five people between . and o'clock
HEERY'S ACTIVITY.
hasty tour of the voting places OF
the city this forenoon seemed to indl-
cate that the Democrats are confining
their attention to the Second and Fourth
wards. with slight effort i'm the First
The big fight of the Heery people is in
The Second ward, and there they are
certainly making the fur fly 1T is in
the Second that Heery wants to pile up
Loo majority. and while some think he
VIII reach that mark the probabilities
are that he will fall considerably short
In the western part Of the city in the
Fitth ward and in the north part of the
First ward. the Democrats seem to be
doing very little work. There is not
=; -. I!. q i's = q iS ''1ii
time Of the Republican primaries.
- - -J~s--s - an ILL -
bLSa-
The stack of poll books, the sextette
ot oa,iol BOXES ana .he lhree species Species
OF pano.s eeps tne clerks ana Judges
on 'ne jump 1hey q" not nave tline
10 taiA' or lodl' ana some on tnem had
hoy INA f1 cot IF IL
ner- 1t takes long time for people to
vote the three ballots and some of the
clerks are not ready penmen. and some
find il hard to read the names on the
Keen neonle waiting and there is a fne
,,,C.,,i.,.+ f = - 49,, - |,,,sst,
ie. -, 80, 80 -, -,
- ..s9 al.i9 q ~. sr,.;,.a
'1 ~" PtVeiii - ~
NeIH 'HeS nave Desh uele yeu IN go
tliis 10 tuei No'e py 'ae $40" WORK .,
some of the clerks. who are not well
enough educated to handle the Work dc-
ceptably- This is what comes Of trying
to reward political friends by placing
them on the election board regardless
of their qualifications
In the second of the Second. and in
the third of the Third there were not
eno,,oh VOTING booths ia accommodate
49, - -, tl.l,+1,s - 70
~, - - - - -
~ t.+ ~ - - - ;,-r ota,,+;,,,
II 49, 80, :. ~, - = 57.= - 80.
Is niue tle DlsSest p ploAosieioli - slila
clty ever uhoertooh IN lhS NotilS m IN
ana lne Judges ana elerks VIII eai Il
tneH Dig pay an risnt, il 1heS eon So
through the day Mlthout HopeiSssiy
tanglIng up the returns Al IS 70 pc
hoped that one side or the other mas
decisive majority, so that the danger OF
a contest viii be eliminated.
CHALLENGED FRITZ DUREIN.
Blanche Boise started out to make
sensation today She went to the sec
ond precinct of the Second ward. and
fled a written challenge against Fritz
Durein. the joint keeper. who registered
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CRUM MAY RETIRE.
He Is Considering Giving Up
His Office.

Columbia. S. C., April 7-An intimate
friend of President Roosevelt believes DIR.
Crum viii soon resign his office as col
lect0r of the port of Charleston. This
friend had an interview with Crum and
left him understanding that the negro is
favorably disposed to the proposition of
giving up his office
CrlIm was told that while the president
is willing TO stand by the race issue at
the same time his resignation would be
pleasant to great number of the presi-
dents friends. who have taken the ap-
pointment much to heart.
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GALLON TO RETURN.
Believed That He Will Come Back to
the Santa Fe.

It was rumored here today that Geo.
B. Gallon, formerly of Topeka, is to re-
turn to Topeka. Mr.. Gallon recently re-
signed the position of auditor of the
Gulf Beaumont and Kansas City rail-
road and it is thought that he has been
offered a position with the Santa Fe
with headquarters in this city.
An article recently appeared in a
Beaumont newspaper to the effect that
he was to come to Topeka and this is
probably the reason for the rumor be-
ing circulated here. I. S. Lauck. auditor
of disbursements, is out of the city and
it is therefore impossible to get any
official statement in regard to the mat
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ENGLAND'S GOOD SHOWING.
Increases in Imports and Exports Are
Both Large.

London. April the March state
ment of the board of trade shows in
ereases Of sso,o93.50o in imports and
s14 455.O00 in exports.
The articles principally making up
the increase in imports are grain and
-four, over S5.O00.000. cotton over s5.00o =
600 and wool nearly 5000 .o00O. The in
crease in exports include manufactures
of iron and steel about 900, 900 and
cotton s.. .060 600.
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NEGRO BISHOP COMING.
Bishop Isaac Lane, D. D. to Visit
Topeka.

Bishop Isaac Lane, D. D.. of Jackson.
Tenn bishop of the Third Episcopal
district of the A. NJ. e church. will
arrive in the city Friday and viii spend
Easter Sunday with his son, Rev. Dr.
c. W Lane. and his congregation az
Lane chapel. A NJ. E church. Four
teenth and Van Buren streets. The
bishop will assist the pastor in his
Easter rally effort to raise funds to be-
gin the building Of q new church.
Preaching by the bishop Sunday Three
services. II a. m. 3 p. m. and .. m.
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Norfalk. Va. April Capt. Thomas of
the receiving ship franklin, now under
quarantine on account of diphtheria. has
notified the police to. arrest and hold all
sailors from that vessel found in Norfolk
The police say that between 30 and 19j
sailors have deserted the ship on account
of the quarantine.
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DESERTERS SHOT.
Private Workman Killed in At
tempt to Escape.

san Antonio. Tex, April Private
Fred Workman of troop F, Twelfth
cavalry. was shot and killed and Pri-
vate Charles Smiley of Company f,
Fourth infantry was fatally wounded
in an attempt to escape at Fort Sam
Houston Both men had been tried on
a charge of desertion and both had
been convicted. They broke for liberty
while at work on dump outside the
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FhvsicaI Educators Meet.

Detroit Mich. April THE delegates
to the thirteenth annual convention of
the American Association for the Ad-
vancement OF Physician Education met
here today The addresses We're in the
nature of physiological studies of the
effects of various forms of exercise
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ELECTION BULLETINS.

The State Journal viii receive election
bulletins tonight. Arrangements have
been made to cover the city thoroughly
and the progress of the county voting
will be promptly known and bulietined
at the state Journal office.
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Temperatures Of Large Cities.

Chicago. April 7.-7 a. m. tempera-
lures. New York 50: Boston. A: Phil
adelphia, 81; Washington. 40: Chicago.
"a: Minneapolis, 30; Cincinnati. Sc; St
Louis, ST.
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Waathar Tndications

Chicago. april Forecast for kan
sas Generally fair tonight and
Wednesday,; variable winds.
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have Il and the Republicans nine mem
JONES WIN EASILY.

Toledo, April Mayor Samuel NJ.
Jones, Independent. was reelected for
the fourth term by q plurality of about
$500 over John W. Dowd. Republican.
and Chas. Edison. Democrat. Police
Judge Wachenheimer, Democrat, was
reelected by a majority of 200 The re-
mainder of the Republican ticket was
elected
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-07

Cincinnati AoriI 7.-While the aggrc-
gate of pluralities in Ohio cities yester-
day showed Republican gains. the par
ties break almost even on the changes
of local administration The most noted
changes from the Democrats to the Re
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-04-08
FORT STREET
WAITS OF WIT.

Jim-"Money makes the man." Jam
-"Granted; but man makes the
money.'-Baltimore Herald.
Old Inha bitant-"I can remember
when hogs ran loose on Broadway"
Young nhabitant-"They ride on the
cars now.'-Puck
Blibson-"I understand that South
American general has resolved to sell
his life dearly" Glibson-"Yes; he
wants ten dollars for the library edi-
tion."-Judge.
II suppose" he said, ut would be
useless for me to ask you to be my
wife" 1T would" she replied, "if
that's your style of going about it,
Chicago Record Herald.
From the appearance of some of the
streets" remarked the Observer of
Events and Things New York City
has more skyscrapers than earth
scrapers. "-Yonkers Statesman.
Mr.. BacOn--"I see they will not put
a picture of any artist in the Louvre
in Paris until he has been dead ten
years" Mrs. Bacon-"What's to pre-
vent an artist from lying about it and
saying he's been dead ten years when
it's only five?'-Yonkers Statesman.
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GLEANINGs OF INTEREST.

A Los Angeles paper is authority for
the statement that New York woman
is suing for divorce because her hus-
band wants her to move to Pittsburg
to live.
How do you like this young pianist?
Il think she is a good Christian" Yes,
her right hand does not know what her
left hand does!"-Le Figaro.
A German mathematician who had
nothing better to do, figured out that
the average man who lived to be 70
years of age, ate $4,000 worth of food
In his life. 49,
First actress-I was certainly beside
myself with rage. Second actress-You
certainly were. Why, you quivered
even in the places you were upholtered
Life.
In a Montana hotel there is a notice
which reads: 'Boarders taken by the
day week or month. Those who do
not pay promptly will be taken by the
neck. "-Tit-Bit
As to getting rich quick,
There are warnings in plenty
And for one of them see
Proverbs xviii: 20.
Chicago Tribune.
A mark of distinction-Th new but
ler-Yes, l card about the family be-
fore l came to New York. The maid
l should think you had. Why, the sun
day papers roast the family regularly.
Brooklyn Life.
The Helena (Mont) camp of Spanish
American war veterans has bought a
lot in the Helena cemetery, and three
of the members of the LIST Montana vol
unteers who were killed in the Philip
pines will be buried in it.
Germany seems to be keeping the
lead in the medical profession. numeri-
cally at least. Ten years ago only 800
diplomas were given to young physi-
clans, and last year 1850 got their sheep
shins and hung out shingles.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-04-08
NOT ''TONNON'

When a man opens his mouth to say
something he doesn't always say it, He
may say just the opposite to that
which he intended and thus spoils the
exceedingly rare gems he was about to
Offer In, other words he opens his
mouth and proceeds 70 stick his foot
in it. No matter how hard he has
thought he finds it harder to say what
he thinks. Again, some people don't
think,-They don't have to-, 1t hurts.
To think is not to know. Oh, No! but
to know thing is the result of care
full thought. Therefore, if one uses
his thinking machine carefully, he will
soon know that the Douglas Patent
Closet is the best closet to install that's
all.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-04-08

The Republican majority is all right That Democratic flood
which has been talked OF is only little tricke Look the
pointer from Michigan