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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01
Topics That Are Timely.

Cleveland Plain Dealer:
For the past week or more railway
accidents from different causes and of
varying degrees of horror have been
recorded in the news dispatches. though
the public has become so accustomed to
the daily recital that it needs q catas~
trophe to attract general attention
On Christmas day a wreck occurred
near Trinidad, Colo. and it nov. seems
probable that twenty or more lives Were
sacrificed. At Wanstead Ont. two
trains came together on the Grand
Trunk and the number of dead was
placed last night at not less than a
score, while as many more were injured.
The number Of killed and manned by
similar accidents in the year now clos
ing viii make casualty lists of recent
battles insignificant in comparison
tt is true that improvements in car
construction have done much to reduce
the peril attending railway travel. The
danger of telesc0ping and wholesale de-
railing is greatly reduced by the steel
/ framing and increased weight of
coaches. but il there has been any ad-
vance IN systems of signaling it's re-
suits are not apparent. There must vet
be found some automatic device to
make these collision horrors less fire.
quent They are and will be unavoid-
able as things now are and in the pub
les present Indifferent state of mind
1t cannot be denied that a railway
horror that eXcites only passing interest
IN the United States would shock any
OF the more advanced countries of
Europe. Our yearly death list from this
cause is appalling when compared with
1 like statistics from Great Britain,
france or Germany, even when all al
lowanee is made for this cOuntry's
greater traffic. Human life is certain
ly less carefully guarded here than
abroad and this can be due only to the
less strict accounta bility to which rail-
way officials are held here. The convic-
/ ton and adequate punishment, for Grim
inal negligence. Of any officer or en-
plOye is all but unknown.
We certainly do not admit Europe's
superiority in material equipment and
the personnel of American railroads is
admittedly unsurpassed anywhere, yet
the annual slaughter of American trav-
elers is a standing reproach. We lack
an effective system Of signals and per
haps something more If a few whole
some examples We're to be made of the
persons proved to be responsible for
these constantly recurring horrors it
might be fruitful of results.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
How 70 Reaa tha Newspaper.
TFrom the Chicago 5Tribl1ne.1

FROM the Chicago tribune.
In talking about newspapers not long
ago a college professor is reported to
have said that twenty minutes a day
was all that one ought to give to news
paper reading t is to be feared that
such advice VIII fortify the Skipper and
the skinner in their helter-skelter
habits. Not that there IS no justification
for skipping and siSimming. There GER
tainly IS The perfect, ne plus ultra
reader is the one who can adjust his
speed to the importance of the matter
which he is Derusing. who can float
lightly over passages which do not con-
Germ him and Dlod conscfehtiously
through passages which do concern him.
who has acquired the power of rapid
survey without losing the power, when
ever 1t is necessary to exercise it, OF
accurate insight. This kind of reading
machine, capable of being adjusted to
any required velocity and to any re-
Qulred degree of thOroughness, will do
more work in a day than any other
KIND OF reading machine that can be de
It remains true. however. that most
people skip and skim unintelligently.
IRey fall into ways which are fatal TO
mental health They become too cur
sorry Such people should give their
paper more than twenty minutes a day
4hey need not read everything that the
paper contains. The headlines will en-
able them to pick out those articles
which are of particular value to them
other people viii pick out other articles
That is the plan on which the daily
paper IS constructed. It is not meant
IN all its parts for all people. What 1t
ATTEMPTS to do is to give each of its
readers the things which he is interested
in. When he has found those things he
snouid read them carefully. Unless he
does he viii find that his accuaintance
with current events is exceedingly un-
satisfactory. The farmer who blows
through the columns Of his paper with,
much more care than speed is. of all
men in the country. the best Informed
on many subjects of political moment.
The thing we need is, perhaps, not that
neWspap reading should be less alb
crinfnatins
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01
Emitting the Nickel.

You would be surprised to know the
vast number of children among the
poorer classes in New Orleans who do
not clearly understand the value and
function of the Nickel said a store-
keeper down town, and it all results
from the popularity of the quartie sys-
TEN which has always been so much a
part of life in this city. They are the
small buyers, who run all kinds of er-
TandS for the little family to which they
belong. Purchases, amounting in indi-
Vidual cases to less than cents daily
amount in the aggregate to Thousands
Of dollars. 1t is no small part of the
retail traffic of the city The children
split a nickel up into very small pieces,
buying pennyS worth of this and
the store or the market with an armful
of little packages which will represent
the days supplies
Sometimes they will spend only a
part Of the nickel and viii get ticket,
or tickets. or may be pennies. in change.
Frequently the purchase will amount
to two cents and half. and then they
get a pastboard check for the other two
cents and a half, which is legal tender
at the place issuing it for its face value
tensively used in this city. and they
f;zve added greatly to the circulation
Of sort of crude subsidiary money. One
OF those checks is as good as gold at
the grocery or market stall where it is
issued It is predicated on, and gets its
value from a redemption fund, Just like
Unese Sans money, except that instead
of being redeemable in gold on demand
I it is exchangeable al the grocery at its
face value for any of the things in
stock, or good at the vegetable stall at
the market place for TWO cents and a
half worth of anything on hand when
it is presented. It is always good for
what it calls for on its face New Or
I leans Tinaes-D Democrat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01
The Proposed New state.

Boston Transcript
If population and progress are to be
the chief standards for the admission
of Territories to statehood there can be
no question that the claim of Oklahoma
to enter the union of states is infinitely
stronger than that of either New Mex
leo or Arizona At the last session Of
congress the omnibus statehood bill, 50
called. was passed by the house but did
not make any progress in the senate.
This bill admitted all three of the terri
tories mentioned It was coalition
measure by which the claims of Okla
homa, New. Mexico and Arizona were
pooled IT was known q the time that
the bill passed the house that it would
encounter strong opposition in the sen
ate, its opponents in the latter body IN
Guiding some of the most CONSPICUOUS
of the Republican senator's This oppo-
sition not only continues but has been
practically organized by the vote Of the
Republican majority Of the senate com
mittee on territories the other day. This
Republican majority, with the excep-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

LFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
The days viii be growing longer
shortly
It is easier to acquire success than
to keep it.
Bottlers report a corking good holiday
business.
If you want to hatter woman pre-
tend to be Jealous.
A debt of gratitude is often the hard
est kind to collect.
Money breeds almost as much trouble
as the lack of it.
If time is money lots of people spend
one in saving the other
no, Maude. dear: a mortgage on a
house won't keep il warm.
After a man has had his leg pulled
he ought to put his best foot forward.
To call a man a brick doesn't neces.
sarily mean that he is a heavyweight.
Fine feathers may not make fine birds.
but they make girl feel like one.
Some people never tell the truth be-
cause they wouldn't be believed if they
The names that look finest on visiting
cards don't always carry the moss
weight on checks.
The trouble with the people who go
off half-cocked is that they come back
again, worse luck
1t is singular fact that the best
wedding presents come from the people
who are not vet married.
Breeding doesn't always count" says
the Manayunk Philosopher. THE dog
with the best pedigree often has the
worst disposition.
Tommy-"Po9. were there any young
women in the Middle Ages ?" Tommy s
thought maybe they We're all middle
aged women"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01
wHBRE PARTIES ARE ALIKE.


In an interview which appeared re-
Gently in the Washington Post. Senator
Morgan OF Alabama is quoted as fol-
lows:
II cannot see that there is any great
difference between the leaders Of the
Democratic and Republican parties on
the question of trusts. Whichever party
is out of power cries out against the
octopus. whichever party is in power
hugs the octopus to it's breast"
In an editorial commenting upon this
utterance of a distinguished Democrat
the Post says:
Coming from the most eminent of
Democratic senators, it is probable that
the above statement viii be received by
his political brethren with tolerance
that some Of them have not extended to
the Post when 1t has told the truth
about their partys record on the trust
uustion. When the Post has condemned
that record as entirely Inconsistent with
Democracy's professions of antitrust
zeal, some CT the organs OF the party
have described the Post as "a Republic
can sheet ignoring the more emphatic
and more frequent exposures Of Hepub-
Hcan subserviency to the interests of
the monopolistic combines. It is true
that a greater weight of responsibility
for trust evils rests on the Republicans
than ON the Democrats, for the Repub-
licans are mainly responsible for the
whole mass of legislation by which the
business of the country is controlled.
Most of the combines have grown up
under Republican rule. and some of the
worst of them are sheltered by Repub-
lican legislation.
''But it is a fact that during the two
years Of Democratic ruIe-the only
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

lFrom the Chicago Daily Newsl
Now the ice man is up against a game
of f-eeze-out-
In the race of life it isn't the fast man
who comes out ahead.
Money talks-but during the holidays il
is apt to go without saying
If the truth is mighty and will prevail
it should show more signs of becoming
prevalent
Counterfeiters are not very particular
about their work They are satisfied if it
is .eaasab BILE
Trouble. like cayenne pepper. is not very
agreeable in itself, but it gives zest 10
other thn@s-
Single blesseduess' is bouquet a bach
eloT throws at himself when he wants to
get married but cant md a girl foolish
enough to accept him.
1t depends on what you do after you are
out of bed whether early rising IS benefit
cial or not. The world would he better off
if some people never got up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01
FOUNDING 4 JEW CHURCH.
Expelled Ministers and Others Meet
at Kansas City.

Kansas City, Jan. IA preliminary
convention to organize a religious
movement that shall include persons
prosecuted for their faith and that Will
interpret Christianity along the lines
of socialism was held here Tuesday
Fifty persons who had either been
preachers or speakers attended the
meeting and the movement was well
started. After the aid of other social
lists had been enlisted a complete or
ganization will be effected.
The meeting assembled at the call of
Rev. Granville Lowther, a Methodist
minister. who was expelled from his
church in Winfield, Kan, for heresy
because he insisted on preaching social
ism from his pulpit. Rev. Ryder of
Kansas City, Kan, was one Of the
prime movers also. He said at the con-
vention today:
because I preached Christianity as
Christ taught it I was set aside with
my wife and four children from the
Methodist church last spring. Some
men would have seen nothing ahead
but starvation. But I had faith in
Christ and now I have a church in
Kansas City. am free to preach the
truths of Jesus. No ecclesiastical de-
nomination has any Shackles on me-
II. D. Wright of Delphos, Kan, said
that he had been raised an infldel; he
sought the light, but every preacher
was bound to the church and dare not
tell the truth or he would lose his
bread and butter. At last he found
that Jesus Christ was a socialist, and
then happiness came to him.
J. A Hankins of Collinsville, I. T.,
told of being expelled from the Meth
odist church. because he attempted TO
proclaim the truths of socialism in
that church. For eight years" he
said I've been alone with Christ
and the doors of the churches have
been closed to me. I was prosecuted
for my beliefs and driven from my
home town. I had to put my wife and
two little children in a wagon and
travel from place to place looking for
work and telling my glad story to all
who would listen"
Mrs. Rymer of Lincoln made an i'm
passioned speech in which she declared
that Christ had made special revela-
lions to her. Others who spoke we're
DR.. J. G. Roger, president of the IN
terstate college at Humphrey Mo;
Rev. F. NJ Cummings. pastor of the
Christian church at Anthony, Kan,
and Prof Mills of the sociahstic school
i'm Arcan tine Kan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01

Pittsburg Post: When the beet sugar
mems association meets it should take
notice of the fatal indiscretion COM
mitted by one Of the sixteen companies
an Michigan which are making that
article. A confidential circular to its
stockholders. which has not been called
spurious, is extant in which they are
assured dividends Of 50 % per cent, and
UP to SIS per cent if the conditions are
favorable And this on a Capitalization
of $500. 600. and a bond issue of $3.50, 600.
or a profit Of s265000 In fact. all these
companies have ranged in dividends
from % to 40 per cent The circular also
adds that a cut Of 20 per cent. can have
no disastrous effect on the industry.
why the association should not indorse
Cuban reciprocity is beyond comprehen-
sion, but unless it so does the Michigan
senators have proclaimed they viii
oppose the Cuban treaty. which makes
for larger trade with that island. And
yet their logic IS unassailable. They
dread an entering wedge in the protee-
tive system
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01
HOWARD WAS GAME.
Put Up Winning Fight Again st a
Gang of Robbers.

Clinton, Ia, Jan. Last night three
robbers, all wearing masks, DerDctrated
one Of the boldest hOlduDs in the his
tory of this city
The victims We're Joe Howard who
also goes by the name of Joe FrOgg, and
tlg ee companions who came here from
Chicago few months ago. They have
elegant apartments on Seventh avenue,
and it was here the robbery took place.
Howard resisted and was shot three
times by rObber with whom he en-
Gagged in what he supposed was A death
struggle Howard had 81 000 in q belt,
SEQ in his inside waistcoat pocket a
valuable diamond ring and a diamond
stud and saved these valua bles. How
ard first attempted to secure pistol Out
of ? drawer
Owning his intentions, the robbers at
tempted to XII Howard. One bullet laid
open the right side of the neck, another
glanced off the left shoulder. while a
third made . flesh wound in the right
hin.
Seeing he could not reach his pistol.
Howard, as he received his last wound,
fell to the floor and feigned death, in the
hope the robbers would take flight But
commenced to tear H0Ward's clothes
open ia order to secure the money IL
the helt.
Howard then renewed the struggle
1 He broke loose from the robber and
kicked out the window. sash and all, and
/ called loudly for help.
The robber dealt him a terrific blow
I on the head, laying open Howard
scalp, then called to his companions to
flee. All made good their escape
/ through an alley, and no trace Of them
4 has been found.
4 While Howard was engaged with the
I lone robber. one of his companions re
iieved the other three men of their val
rabies, while the third, with a loaded
4 pistol, stood guard al the top of the
stairs. The robber succeeded in pullina
/ Howard's diamond stud from his tie. bul
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01
Disfigured Skin

Wasted muscles and decaying bones.
What havoc
scrofula. let alone, is capable Of all that
and more.
1t is commonly marked by punches IN
the neck, indammatiOns in the eyes, dys-
pepsia, catarrh. and general debility.
Tt is always radically and permanently
cured by
HOOD sg0rS0p0rikEd
Which expels al humors, cures all erup-
fions, and builds up the whole system.
whether young or cid.
hoods Pills cure liver ma fEe non-iTTItating md
only osshaEtie to axe With Hsoa.s saIsasa-llle:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01

The result of Tuesdays election in
Delaware when a tie on representative
was voted off indicates that there are
stin many hard fights left in Addicks.
The legislature will assemble with the
gas man only Eve votes away from an
election to the United States senate.
When a state once permits itself to get
into the grip Of men like AddiclIs and
Quay and Clark of Montana it is hard
to shake them loose. 1t looks as though
it might be many years yet before Del
aware can begin to reckon events from
the time when Addicks was turned
down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

IFrom the New York Press
The way to hatter woman is to fat
ter her children
Making a widow Of a red-headed wo-
man is sending Goals to Newcastle.
Even those who paddle their own
canoe try to borrow somebody else's
paddle to do it with
The art of conversation is not know
ing what you ought to say, but what
one ought not to say.
A pretty girl viii pretend not to be-
leve you if you tell her she is. but she
viii call you a beast if you don't.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01
Ind Wav % I've Lonr-

The startling announcement OF a discov-
cry that will surely lengthen life is made
by Editor O. H. Downey of Churubusco,
Ind 7 wish to state, he writes. that
Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton is the most infallIbIe remedy that I
have ever known for coughs, colds and
grip. It's invaluable to people with weak
lungs Having this wonderful medicine
no one need dread pneumonia or consurnz-
ten It's relief is instant and cure GER
tain" A. J. Arnold Drug Co. 81 N. Kan
sas ave-, guarantees every SOC and 81 .0C
bottle, and give trial bottles free.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01

to his lap and with his arm around her
waist
Up to June last Miss Opp was the wife
of Robert Lorraine, as much Of a matinee
feature in London as Mr. FaverSham is in
New York. Mrs. Faversham. who still
Keeps her husbands name. IS living in Sc
clusion with the son Of & former husband.
She is wealthy in her own right and gets
s. 200 alimony besides from her ex-husband.
Miss Opp is something over 80.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01

After all. what's the use Of making
fuss because men like Rockefeller and
Carnegie have so much money? They
can't take it cut of the world with them,
and it doesn't increase their capacity for
eating, drinking or sleeping.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01

The Baltimore e Ohio railroad has
found it necessary to refuse to haul
grain cars east of Pittsburg, in order to
devote it's energies to relieving the coal
canine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01

Among the other items which have
helped to swell the total Of the govern
ment's income during the past year is
an increase of Sis 100000 in the customs
receipts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01

If the attack on Venezuela were made
by the allies for the purpose of ascer-
tanning whether or not this government
were still standing behind the Monroe
doctrine, it has been a success.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01

New York appears to be about to fall
onto line with other great cities Of the
world. She has started an agitation
FOR municipal ownership and operation
for street cars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01

Joe Chamberlain very wisely waited
until the war was over before going te
South Africa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01

ards finger the latter secured the dia-
nond and threw it into a cuspidor,
where he secured it later.
The robbers secured 5000 from the
three men in the room with Howard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01

1t is announced from Chicago that the
brice Of meat has been reduced from
4 TO 6 cents. but the Pittsburg Dispatch
asks to be shown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01

Work is so plentiful that even John
%. Rockefeller probably could get job
q he tried.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01

Rveryh0dy reada be SAC 5ournah
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01

III LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF TEE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01
TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL.
BY FRANK p. MAC LEHMAN.

EoLuALE NNX.............-........yo.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-12-11
Reads Like a Miracle.

Friarspoint, Miss, Nov. 30.-The
Butler case still continues to be the
talk of the town. Mr. G. L. Butler, the
father of the little boy, says:
1.-THE doctor said my boy had disease
of the spinal cord, and treated him for
two months, during which he got
worse all the time. Finally the doctor
told me he did not know what was the
trouble. The boy would wake up dur
ing the night and say that he was
dying. He would be nervous and trem-
bling, and would want to run from the
house, saying he saw ugly things
which frightened him. After we had
tried everything else, read an adver-
tisement Of Dodd's Kidney Pills as a
cure for Nervous Troubles. I pur-
chased some and used them until he
had taken altogether eight boxes when
he was sound and well with not sim
gle symptom Of the old trouble. This
was some months ago. and feel sure
that he is permanently cured. We owe
to Dodd's Kidney Pills all the credit
for his restoration to good health"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-12-11
WHERE STORIES START
The Origin Of Many False Reports Of
Foreign News.

The Origin Of Many False Reports Of
Foreign News.
Mr.. Dennis says that perhaps the
chief sources from which misinforma.
ton is drawn are the worlds bourses.
Stories concocted for the deliberate
purpose Of raising or lowering the
price Of stocks are rather common.
Some of them find credence for sew
eral days before their cleverly woven
meshes of falsehood are torn asunder.
A rumor that this or that monarch has
been killed, or that war is threatened
between. two great nations, usually
serves to shock the sensitive money
centers sufficiently to give stock gam.
blers chance to make profit. There
have been venal correspondents who,
for a price, have sent false reports.
Their number in this country, let lis
hope, is small. Discovery of their Of.
tense would mean their dismissal in
ANY case. STILL not a few partisan
newspapers in political campaigns mis-
represent the situation in the hope Of
benefting their cause. though when
such misrepresentation occurs blind.
ness to the facts rather than intention
nj falsehood usually is to blame
World To-day.