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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19
EXPOSITION open.
Doors of the Big Midwinter
Show Swing Back.
Many Interesting Features in
the Big Hall.
LARGEST EVER HELD.
1t Is a Demonstration of What
kansans Can Do.
viii Be Open in Afternoon and
Evenings.
LARGEST EVER HELD.

At 1:sO o'clock today the doors of the
Auditorium We're opened for the Mid
winter exposition. Commercial displays
from all over the state of Kansas make
up the exhibits which are arranged in
booths about the main floor of the
building. In the decorations green is the
prevailing color throughout, giving
beautiful effect. Under no more favor
able conditions could the exposition
hope to be opened and it is predicted
that the two weeks of its duration viii
be attended by great crowds.
All the work of~preparation for the
big show has devolved upon Manager
r. S. Brigham who by the appointment
Of an able corps of assistants, has been
able to carry out the plans of the ex-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19

tingiished men of the republic. it is
still possible to teach a valuable lesson
by observing his birthday.
It must not be forgotten that McKin-
ley died, not because of anything he
had done as man. but because he
represented the majesty of the govern
ment He was slain by an enemy OF
organized goyernment-an enemy of So
ciety The bullet of the assassin. while
it found lodgment in the body of Nc
Kinley, was aimed at the people for
whom he stood and who constitute the
government. 1t ought. therefore
through the death of Mckinley. to be
possible TO teach the youth of the land
to abhor anarchy and all the pernicious
doctrines that lead to it.
No better day could be found on
which to instill into the minds of
school children the Importance OF the
full performance of every civic duty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19
One of the Most Attractive Booths.

position association for the biggest
manufacturers show ever given in
Kansas. While the general idea of the
exposition is the same as the one which
resulted in last years show, the present
one surpasses the exposition of 1902 in
every detail. In but Few particulars are
this years displays a reproduction of
those of 4 year ago and every effort has
been made to secure variety. Numerous
of last years exhibitors have returned
but their displays have been altered and
rearranged. New entertainment fea-
lures and more expensive ones have
been secured. In the decoration the
color scheme is different and the ma
terials used have been far more expen-
sive.
When the hour for opening had arriv
ed there were a number of people wait
ing to be admitted and for few min
utes the ticket taker was busy letting
them in. Until the hour of the opening
performance at o'clock the stream Of
visitors continued although, naturally
enough the crowd was small compared
to what it viii be when the exposition
has been underway a few days.
According to the announcement of
Manager Brigham the hours of the ex-
position will be as follows. 100 to p.
m and 7:20 to Il p. m. No visitors VIII
be admitted in the morning. It is antic-
ipated that there will be heavy business
at this evenings performance.
Today's bill Of entertainment features
includes several of the best vaudeville
acts of the programme. ArOnson and
Ashton, the head to head and hand to
hand balaneers. Miss Anna Burt. the
slackwire artist the Florence troupe of
acrobats and Amondo and PlamOndon
appeared this afternoon and viii be put
on again this evening. These features
are better than anything of the sort
that has been put on in Topeka in years
and the aggregation wins out over any
of the performances of last years ex-
rOsftiO0
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19

house he found Mrs. McDermott dead
on a pallet OF rags, while nearby
faithful old cat that had been her pet,
sat moaning as it guarded its dead mis-
tress. The cat refused to move and was
taken away by force, biting and scratch
ing at its caDtors.
Twenty-Five years ago. when the Nc
Dermotts moved 10 Pelham. Mr.. Nc
Dermott purchased several houses and
lots there but this property was sold
by the sheriff to satisfy a judgment Sc
cured against Mrs. McDermott's son
Francis for debts he had contracted.
Mrs. McDernott, it is said, did not know
until recently that her home had been
sold over her head. and then she began
to pine away.
She lived in a little room with the
window panes broken and without fire,
and the neishbsrs say it is a wonder
she had not frozen to death long ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19

this city and Miss Mary Stone Field, a
daughter of Cyrus w. Field, Jr., and a
granddaughter of Cyrus Field, who
headed the enterprise which resulted in
the first transocean cable, and who
was identified with elevated railroad
and other large enterprises in New
York.
The couple have known one another
about year, and have been engaged
several months. They met in Boston.
where DR.. Pfeiffer was visiting, and
the acquaintance there began was con
tinued in New York and Stamford.
Three months ago Miss Fields mother
was taken i'll and underwent a severe
operation in New York. On advice IF
her physician, DIR. A. G. Weed of New
York, she came here to rest at Grey
Towers. Miss Field who then was DR.
PfefmerS nancee, accompanied her.
, It is untrue that Miss Field ever was
patient in Grey Towers, the santa
rum with which DR.. Pfeiffer has been
associated for the last two years. and
which he recently purchased. Miss Field
and her mother have been frequent Wis
1tors at Grey Towers. They are there
now. with a maid.
Miss Field is a charming and accom-
Dl1Shed young woman, lust o1t of her
teens. Much Of her life has been spent
abroad, where her father was interested
IN business enterprises. She is an ar
dent believer in outdoor exercise, and Is
pfOnc1ent In WOmanly athletics being
an especially skilled equestrian She IS
the only child of wealthy parents
Miss Field was presented to New York
society two years ago at a reception in the
Waldorf-Astorla and later was introduced
IN London by her great aunt, Lady Mus
grove. wife of the former governor of
Jamaica Dr. Pfeiffer is young man.
He was graduated from a Baltimore medi-
cal college, and has done much special
work in nervous and mental diseases. At
ter the marriage. which is to take place in
the home of Miss Field. No. IS Fifth ave
nue., on February 26 DR.. Pfeiffer and his
bride viii live at Grey Towers in a cot
tage now being made ready.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19
JAYHAwKER JoTs.

Oid-fashioned spelling schools still
amuse at Tl2inview.
A Burlington man keeps guinea hens
about to scare rabbits from his orchard
Prairie dogs and Russian thistles will
be killed in Ford county by townships
this spring
A Hanover farmer secured 800 pounds
of fish through a hole in the ice on his
pond last week
A Rush Center merchant advertises
in poetic columns. Without sign,
rush to buy" etc
Cruelty and other acts unbecoming a
husband Is why Mrs Smith, of Saline
county LETT home
A Watervile man is enjoying life
fairly well with eight carbuncles on his
neck and one on his hand.
The St. John Capital tells of a pastor
who took some coal before making d
bargain with the dealer
one of the last cars of coal sol3
at Lebanon was dust, pure dust And
it took dust to get it. no credit.
At the age of eighty years Beloit's
town drayman has decided to quit and
let some one else check up his baggage.
Osborne county is to be congratu-
lated A party has been held there at
which dainty" refreshments were not
sesvad-
clares for a cold February. He Judges
/ from the way the bark curls on the
a-'ale trees.
A Sumner county man opened his in
cubator last week and let out 125 young
chicks Five more artificial hens will
hatch this week
The feeling of friendship between
WamegO ana Louisville IS not so warm
since the former appropriated the lat
ter's proposed oil wells.
A colored girl Shaping a white boy
and three white boys pushing a colored
boy from the sidewalk has caused a
riot among the juniors at AtchisOn.
One Learenworth chilli dealer said
another's soup was too hot. This fool
I ishly made the maker hot. and the way
red peppers were scattered around was
| a caution
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19
EDITORIAL coMmENr.
The Passing Of the STRENUOUS Life"

The Passing OF the strenuous Life"
Saturday Evening Post:
Strenuosity has palled. We have
heard so much of it that we skip the
phrase just as we grew wearied of the
word crank OF of the apt innOcuOus
desuetude. Within the present year
five college presidents made speeches
from the Same platform. All but one
mentioned the strenuous life. Four
cabinet officials opened the campaign.
All We're true to the strenuous. But
there was so much of it that audiences
began to smile, and when ridicule
begins strenuosity quits. Even Presi-
dent Roosevelt in one of his latest
speeches dropped strenuosity and
pleaded eloquently for the simple life
which is only another phrase for the
practical life
Change and not idleness is the only
true rest. Edison reads novels Nor
gan loves art. District Attorney
jerome is a hrst-rate carpenter. Lord
Salisbury is an expert chemist. Presi-
dent Cassatt is the best TOad-bullder
in the United States. In literature
the clearing house of ability-aston-
ishment is frequent that the best books
are not written by professional writer's.
In the recent unprecedented Eruption
of fiction there are many business
names, and they Will increase with the
years. We investigate and we find that
all great work can be traced back TO
business and its discipline The living
principle of constant work is based OH
business. With the experience and
variety it gives comes the broader un-
Outstanding of life and character.
When this gets upon the printed page
it is real, when it Is expressed in dol
lars and cents it counts nightly; when
it shows in men and women it makes
for higher and better living; when it
hibits the credit totals Of society and
civilization
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19
McKinley's Birthday.

Cleveland Leader.
There is no good reason why the sGg-
gestion of Governor Nash for the OBJ
servance of Thursday, January %, the
anniversary of the birth of William Nc
Kiuley in the colleges and schools of
Ohio should not be followed
Surely there could be no objection TO
thus paying tribute to the memory of
the late president. At the time of his
death, as a result of the wound inflicted
by the bullet of an assassin. there was
no division of sentiment, on pertisan or
other grounds, concerning his worth as
a man. a citizen, and public official and
if there be dissent now. for partisan
reasons. from giving him a place with
Washington. Lincoln and the other dis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19

far introduced. Its object is not only
the expansion of the present system OF
demonstration. assistance and co-opera-
ton in the building of country roads,
but the extension of federal aid on a
large scale.
The proposed bureau viii be under the
direction Of the secretary. of agriculture
1t win investigate systems of road max
ing now in vogue. make experiments for
the determination Of the values of road
material. aid in the construction of OBJ
ject lesson roads, prepare and distrib-
ute bulletins and reports on road i'm
provement. Upon approval of the di-
rector, the government wiz aid in the
actual construction of roads, paying one
half the cost It must be shown in such
cases that the road is essential to the
efficiency of the rural free delivery sys-
tenn. The sum of 5000, 900 is appropri-
ated for this purpose
There VIII be objection to this on the
score of paternaHsm and expense says
the Minneapolis Times The initial ap-
preparation is heavy one and there is
no telling how great a raid there would
be on the treasury as the years passed.
To this the answer will be that there IS
the same objection to the river and har-
Dor appropriations. the land grants that
have been made to railroads and. IN
some measure. to the public building
appropriations. The good roads advo-
cate viii contend that the highways
over which the products of the country
are first hauled to railroad. river or sea
port are just as legitimate a subject of
federal care as the rivers, .harbors and
railroads themselves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19

Concerning the appointment Of vii
liam I'll. Lewis, a colored lawyer of Boa-
ton to be an assistant district attorney,
the New York World says: while the
appointment was made by District At
tornev Moulton. at the request of Sen
at0rs Hoar and Lodge. it is properly
credited to the direction of the presi-
dent Interpreted as a direct answer to
southern critics of Mr.. ROOsevelts
choice Of DR.. Crum for the Charleston
coIectorship. it goes further and deeper
than a mere action in retort 1t empha
sizes the principle that q mans race or
color is not to be recognized as a bar
to his preferment 1t means that in
according equal rights to equal citizens
the nation must not turn back. but go
e~rrrrga s-7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BAcHELoE

LFrom the New York Press.l
A man hates what is above him;
woman what IS beneath her.
Nothing makes a woman so happy as
to be unhappy for some one she loves
Man can never hope to understand
woman when he can't even understand
her clothes.
To get them attached to you pet
dog and hatter a woman, with occa-
EIonal abuse Of each.
A woman's idea of enjoyment is to be
NOT very i'll but i'll enough to be in bed
with all her Jewels on.
A woman is happier to marry man
and have him shatter her delusions
about him than to have somebody else
shatter them for her and not have her
marry him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19

The political contests which have
been going on in Illinois, California
and Idaho have been settled by SEN
ator Mason formally Withdrawing
from the contest in Illinois, the re-elec-
ton to the senate of George c. Per
kins in California, and the selection Of
Judge Weldon b. Hepburn of Wallace
to represent Idaho in the senate, To
succeed Henry Heitfeld by unanim-
Gus vote of the Republicans. The Del
aware situation is showing no sign Of
Improvement. and the outlook in Colo
RADIO is decidedly in the direction of a
deadlock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Pugilists lead a sluggish life.
Where one man dies of thirst a thou
sand men drink themselves to death.
An old bachelor recommends the gold
cure for feminine heart troubles.
Those who begin by trying to deceive
others end by deceiving themselves
When a man owns but one suit of
clothes he is in a position to guy the
festive moth.
No man is great enough. wise enough
or good cough to be trusted with unliin-
tied power.
Don't emphasize your converse ton
with "cuss" words. They may convince
you. but they are pretty sure not 10
convince others.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19

Minneapolis Times: Senators VINO
sought to change President Roosevelrs
convictions by threatening him with
loss of the nomination for the presi-
dency in 1904 in case he pressed to a
conclusion his demand for antitrust
legislation. do not regard the man in
the light in which he is seen by the
public. Never has there been time
when Mr.. Roosevelt considered what
was expedient before what was right,
and in this case he certainly had TIE
better of the argument when he told
the senators that if they did not pass
antitrust legislation itwould not make
very much difference to the Republican
party who was nominated in 1904 as
he would be beaten anyhow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19
DEFENSE RESTS
After Offering Testimony in Support
of Kelly's Good Name.

St Louis. No. Jan 19-The defense
rested IN the charles r Kelly perjury
eraL witnesses who testified to the charac-
ter Of the former speaker of the house
of delegates. Attorney Willis H Clark
for the defense, moved that the court ac-
quit on the ground that perjury, as
charged in the Indictment, had not been
proved.
Judge Ryan overruled the motion stat
ing that in his Instructions he would tell
the jurors if they believed that Kelly knew
about the bribery money only by rumor
to acquit, but if they believed that he
knew of it in any other way they should
convict.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19
Ebv Is Bound Over.

Frank L. Eby, charged with embezzIe-
ment. had preliminary hearing in the
court Of Topeka today and was bound
over TO stand trial for his offense with
bond OF $500. Eby, who was the To-
pexa agent Of the WESTERN Grocer COM
pany. a Kansas City firm, is charged
with having failed to account for 10
sacks of sugar belonging to the firm
and the embezzlement Of the value Of
the sugar, which is placed at S19565. He
was arrested December %
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19

Chicago RecOrQ-HeralQ.
Although next to the smallest state
in the Union Delaware continues to
furnish the strongest and most con-
vincing arguments In favor of the cleo
ton OF United States senators by pop
ular vote It has but three counties
and one representative in the lower
house of congress. One would think
that such a limited field of political ac-
tivity would give the state immunity
from the scandals that have marred
the political history of other states. On
the contrary, it seems to have present
ed exceptional opportunities for cor
Fupt and disgraceful bossism.
Public attention is called to the Della
ware agreement in favor of the popular
election of senators by the result of a
special election held last week in the
ninth legislative district, which gave
plurality of 1872 for the Addicks cand1-
date for the general assembly. In the
general election two months ago
Democratic plurality was wiped out
and the result was a tie, the Demo
cratic and the Addicks candidate each
receiving 424 votes, making the cleo
ton of last week necessary.
Changing tied vote to q plurality of
1872 for the Addicks candidate in less
than two months of course justfies the
presumption of fraud. This presump-
ton is strengthened by the analysis Of
the returns. which shows that 100 Demo-
Gratis absented themselves from the
polls
Tin spite of the gain in the Ninth dis
trict il appears that Addicks is short
four votes and cannot be elected with
ont aid from the opposition The nu-
merical strength of the legislature IS
given as follows: Addicks Republicans,
.: regular or anti-Addicks Republicans,
s: Democrats, 81 Twenty-seven votes
win be needed to elect a United States
senator when the general assembly
meets in Joint session on January 20.
Those who are familiar with the pO-
liticaI career of Addicl1s do not need to
be told that he will exhaust every re
source to obtain the four needed votes
from the opposition. and if he secures
them another national scandal is added
to the long list that is charged up to our
undemocratic system of choosing repre-
sentatives in the upper house Of con-
J
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19
Judee Lane Found DEAD.

Harrisonvflle. Mo. Jan. 19.-Judge E
T. Lane was found dead near the rail-
road tracks here today. The cause of
death is not known. Judge Lane served
two terms as county judge and was
elected to the legislature while in Jail
at Kansas City, where he was sent for
refusing to make a levy to pay for GER
tain railroad bonds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19
MINE WORKERS MEET.
Fourteenth Annual Convention
Assemblies in Indianapolis.

Indianapolis. Ind. Jan. 19.-The
United Mine Workers fourteenth an
nual convention opened in Tomlinson
hall today. When President Mitchell
arrived there We're over 500 delegates
present. He received a great ovation.
After the addresses of welcome, to
which Mr. Mitchell responded briefly,
the preliminary work of convention or
ganization was taken up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19

The general advance in wages Incl
dent to prosperity has not yet reached
congressman and members Of the Kan
sas legislature. This may be due to be-
lief on the part of the people that pre-
sent prosperous conditions are not due
TO legislation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19
Aged ceunle Found Dead.

Oakland, Ia, Jan. 19-William Panay
and wife. an aged couple were found
dead in bed today with their jugular
veins cut at the home of their son, three
miles east of here. 1t is believed to be
a case of double suicide but no cause
for the deed is known.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19

Detroit Journal: When the people Of
Arcola seized the carload Of coal, they
sang Praise God from whom all bless
ings flow" realizing that President Baer
would unouestionably have the acumen
to take the tribute to himself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19

There is criticism in some quarters OF
those who complain of the advance in
prices. This is not always just. 1t Is
not the increased prices that are COM
planned of so much as the fact that the
upward movement has not been uni
form. Corn has not kept pace with the
price of pork. and miners wages are
out of proportion to the charges Tor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19
Young,s Trial Postponed.

New York, Jan 19.-The trial of Will
lam Hopper Young for the murder of
Mrs. Pulitzer which was to have been
called to day was adjourned for two
weeks on account of the inability to get
a justice of the supreme court to sit.
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The Coal Situation.


Milwaukee Journal:
II the scarcity of hard coal. or all
Goals, is the trouble, it IS hard to see
how a city coal yard will relieve the
situation. Something must be done to
get the coal here. 1t it cannot be had
by any one, the city cannot get it. II
the trouble IS in the greed of the deal
ers, here or elsewhere, by setting out
rageOus prices, or by adulterating
grades, there is q chance for some deal
ers to make reputation and large
profits with decency and honor by deal
ing fairly. Is it possible that all coal
dealers are as greedy and INSCRIPTIONS
as this Supposition WarTants2 Hardly
If coal is to be had at all, money will
take their time to get even Those who
use the stringency to bleed their Gus
toners win suffer for it, when it is once
known.
The situation is bad enough without
fictitious and demOgogic interference.
Since first civilization began, dema-
gogues have used public distress to work
on the sympathies of the people and
plead reasons Of humanity, charity and
religion to further their ambitions.
Governments have SO been overturned
and as the fox said to the hedge hog
in the fable, that the new swarm OF
flies were hungrier than those which
had already fed on him. these cham
pions of human rights were worse than
the tyrants they displaced. So the peo-
pie must ever have an eye on those who
propose revolutionary measures under
the plea of emotional humanity, charity
or religion Plain, practical, business
methods viii always reach evils If prop
erly directed.
Trace the coal back; if not out of the
ground, one way must be adopted; If
on the road, another way: if stacked in
our yards, a third kind of remedy must
be applied. Wholesale and misinformed
condemnation will not help. If any
needy can be relieved. let US set about
it. The poor have no more rights in the
matter than the rich: but they have
more need and less ability to help them
selves And he who takes advantage of
that need is justly looked upon as an
oppressor. When such are found, let
them be denounced Those who have
the ability or opportunity to make the
lines of life easier for any have the
chance in the coal famine. Let them tell
how and then willing hands viii be
found
What is the condition of your neigh
Dor, reader2 This is time when indi-
viduals may do a great deal.