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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-07
HOTEL EMPIRE

Broadway and 63d ST., N Y City.
Telephone in Every Room
Rooms $1.00 per Day and Upwards
A fine library of The Empire has
cboice literature long been the ia
vorite hotel for
LOT the exclusive tourists visiting the
use CT our guests. metropolis.
Restaurant noted for the excellence OF
its cuisine, it's efficient service and mod
crate prices.
. Z rom GIanu len 1n A greater number
cars marlSed of street cars pass
Broadway to Fort the Hotel Empire
Lee Ferry Terry and han any other
in seven ninIites hotel in .he city.
From all Ferries, Steamboats, and Ocean
Steamers walk short block to Elevated
Railway and take 18th Ave. to 59th'' street,
from which hotel is one minute walk
10 minutes to Principal Theaters and Shops.
W.. JOHNSON QUINN. Prop.
The Washington times., 1903-07-19
jacques Lebaudy's Venture.

Under the circumstances It will be
well to delay for a time the expression
OF any definite opinion on the subject OF
jacques Lebaudy's action in establish
ing himself with a large band of armed
followers deliberately equipped with re-
peating rifles and quick-hring ordnance
on the northwest coast of Africa, where
he has taken forcible possession of n
stretch Of territory extending from Cape
Bejader on the south TO beyond Cape
JUDY on the north.
jacques Lebsudy is a French multi
millionaire who owes his colossal wealth
TO the production and refinement OF su-
gar, and who, having exhausted all the
pleasure to be found in horse racing.
eutomobiling and aerial navigation, IS
now seeking fresh excitement and relief
from that ennui which is the bane OF the
rich mans life, by emulating the feats
of the old-time buccaneers. like Sir Wal
ter Raleigh and Sir Francis Drake in
times of old. and of Narciso Lopez. of
William Walker, of Garibaldi and Dr.
Jameson in the nineteenth century.
1t remains to be seen whether his en-
terprise will be successful, or If he will
be forced to withdraw either by the Sui
tan of Morocco, whose dominions he has
invaded. or by the French government
whose laws he has violated. Should,
however. he manage to win from the
Moorish government the permission to
retain possession of the tract OF terri
tory which he has seized, and II the
French department of foreign affairs Il
able to remove the objections which
would very naturally be raised to the
establishment OF a French settlement
at that particular point OF the Dark Con-
finent, there would in many respects be
cause for congratulation, since 1t would
mean the opening UP of another section
of Africa TO western civilization. trade
and enlightenment, as well as fits eman-
cipation from the most gloomy form OF
Oriental savagery and barbarism.
The Washington times., 1903-07-19
Filibusters as Heroes.

Filibusters are described in the die
tionary as bands OF men organized in
disregard of international law for the
purpose OF invading and revolutionizing
a foreign state" Their enterprises
when they meet with failure entail loss
81 life and Of liberty. as well as denun-
citation. even by their own countrymen,
as acts of piracy, whereas when they
happen to be crowned with success, the
leaders thereof are acclaimed as nation
al heroes. and are celebrated as such
in the annals of their native land. 1t is
To the spirit of adventure so strongly
developed IN the character of the Eng
disappearing races that must be as
cribed the fact that the latter have from
time immemorial been cOnspiCuously
identified with ventures of this kind.
American flibusters have contributed in
no small measure to the freedom of the
republics of Central and Southern Amer
lea from monarchicRl RULE. as well as
the liberation or Cuba, while in the same
way English filibusters have played a
most important role In founding that
vast colonial empire. which is the prin-
cipal source Of Great Britain's grandeur
and prosperity.
The Washington times., 1903-07-19

ton assumed by England and Spain.
That Lebaudy has been guilty of a VIC
latiOn of French law in invading with
an armed expedition the dominions Of
a monarch with whom the French gov
eminent is on terms OF amity and peace,
cannot for one moment be denied.
His punishment or reward will be de
termined by his ultimate victory or de-
feat. Had DIR. jameson, Colonel Frank
Rhodes, Sir John WilIoughby, and the
other leaders of the inglorious Transvaal
raid been successful in overthrowing
the Boer government seven years ago,
they would doubtless have been hailed
as heroes. AS il was. their lamentable
failure left the English government no
alternative but to denOunce and treat
them as fllibusters. After having been
condemned to death and 10 terms OF i'm
prisonment by the Boer government,
they were eventually turned over to the
English authorities for punishment, and
brought to trial in London, were con-
victed and fined, and deprived Of their
liberty. doing time in Holloway Jail, ell
the British half-pay and furloughed Of
flcers concerned in the raid being de-
prived OF their commissions.
The Washington times., 1903-07-19
SUMMER PROFITABLE
FOR AWYER TRIBE
Hot Season Brings Them Many Damage Suits.

Summer is the haymaking season for
the thrifty lawyer" said an attorney
whose practice consists mainly in trying
damage suits. while courts are COR the
most part closed until autumn, activities
in other places are operating with spe-
cial energy for the production Of profta-
BILE law business. 1t is with a sense of
qualification not unmixed with greed
that the industrious lawyer looks upon
the opportunities of the summer season.
There will be work for him to do short
IL. The crapulous picnicker will fall of
a trolley car; the treacherous bathing
pool Will claim its quota Of victims; the
captive balloon will belle its name and
sail away into the empyrean with its
inexperienced aerOnauts; the crowded
grandstand VIII give way, and, in fact,
there will be a thousand and one things
20 kill or MAIN holiday seeking human
ity, on lake and river. at the seashore
and in the mountains, at the race track
and on the picnic ground. Some Of these
unfortunates. or their representatives,
will call at the thrifty lawyers office.
and plans for an autumn campaign OF
damage suits will be made during the
midsummer months; witnesses will he
looked up, their testimony taken. and
everything trimmed into legal shape.
The public has no idea how easy it
is to secure damages, providing that
contributory negligence is not proved.
II they were conversant with the law
on the subject, the courts would have
no time to transact any other kind of
business. For instance, a case was set
tied in Michigan not long ago. A clown
in one of the show rings OF a circus
negligently exploded a giant firecracker
whereby a spectator lost the sight of one
eye. Although this spectator was a
trespasser, having entered the tent sur
reptitiously, the proprietor OF the circus
was held responsible for the injury. as
It appeared that the plaintiffs presence
was discovered and he was suffered to
remain while the negligent act was
committed. The spectator recovered
81. 900.
zone who maintains a public bathing
The Washington times., 1903-07-19
Whence Objections Might Come.

knowledge OF this part OF northwest
ern Africa iB extremely limited. That IT
belongs to Morocco Is undoubted. The
Spanish protectorate of the Rio de ORC
lies Immediately to the south OF the
coast on which NJ Lebaudy 81 reported
TO have landed, and on all modern maps
of Africa, oflcial and otherwise, the
dominions of the Sultan of Morocco are
shown as extending up 20 Spanish boun-
dairy. Spain would therefore, according
20 the rules OF international comfy
which now prevail among the European
spowers regarding the division of Africa
into colonial dependencies and spheres
of influence. be entitled to raise objec-
tions, not only at Tangier. but also at
Paris, 20 the permanent establishment
of Lebaudy settlement on a part OF the
Moorish coast, which. adjoining her
boundary, may be regarded as within
her sphere.
stu more serious are the grounds
upon which England might put forward
opposition TO the Lebaudy venture For
there Is IN existence a treaty bearing
the date OF March 1s, 1895, between the
late Queen Victoria and the late Sultan
Of Morocco. according 10 the terms of
which the latter sOlemnly undertook TO
cede TO no one the lands lying along the
coast from the Spanish frontier to Cape
JUDY, without the consent OF the English
government. Some fifteen years pre-
viously a British subject. named Donald
Mackenzie. had concluded with the
Sheik OF Aghameen a treaty whereby
IN return for payment OF cash the lat
ter ceded 20 him the territory extending
southwark from Cape Judy, together
with The Hinterland, 20 an extent of five
miles from the coast, which Mackenzie
utilized for the establishment of a trad
fng station. the company which he
formed to work II being known as the
Northwest Africa Company.
II was not until some years later. when
France and Spain. having drawn the 1T
tention of the Sultan Of Morocco TO the
Mackenzie settlement. and to the oper-
ations Of the North West Africa Com
pany, demanded analogous concessions
for his own countrymen. that he
raised the contention that the Sheik
OF Aghameen was merely one OF his
subjects. and had no right whatsoever
20 make any such agreement as that
which he had negotiated with Mscken-
Eie. or TO ALLEVIATE either permanently
Or even temporarily any Moorish ter
'itory without the SuItan's consent. TIE
English authorities were forced to
recognize the justice Of this argument,
and recommending the company TO with
draw from Moorish territory in accord
ance with the Sultan's demands. devoted
their efforts to securing pecuniary com-
pensstion. IN this they succeeded, and
the Sultan. approaching the attitude OF
The Washington times., 1903-07-19
Other Adventures.

Emulated by much the same spirit OF
adventure as Jacques Lebaudy. but not
hlibusters in the strict sense OF the
word. since they did not make an armed
descent upon a foreign country with
which their own government was a t peace.
have been the late Sir James Brooke,
who, by virtue of a treaty with The
Sultan OF Borneo, became the independ-
ent Rajah Of Sarawak. his nephew and
successor being recognized as such and
accorded in England the same honors as
the semi-independent rulers of India,
George Clunie Ross, who has inherited
from his Scotch grandfather the sover-
eighty of the Cocos Keeling Islands. In
the Indian Ocean. which he now holds
subject to British suzerainty: NJ. dc
Mayrena, the Partisan clubman and
counterpart of Alphonse Daudet's Tar
tarin de Tarascon," who established
himself King of the Sedangs, and who
died as such In his palace in the Island
Of To Man. in the Indo-China seas: that
amusing Franco-American soldier of for
tune and Partisan journalist Baron
Harden Hickey. who figured for a time
as prince and ruler of the Island OF
Trinidad on the Brazilian coast, besides
many others. None of these we're in the
strictly legal sense OF the word fill
busters such as Jacques Lebaudy. Major
Spillsbury, DR.. Jameson. and Garibaldi.
EX-ATTACHE.
The Washington times., 1903-07-19
Garibaldi, the Liberator.

Perhaps TIE. most famous flibuster In
modern times was the illustrious italian
patriot Garibaldi, who Will live IN his
tory as one of the principal founders Of
Italian unity. In 1sS2 the Italian gov
eminent was compelled to arrest him at
Aspromonte, in order to prevent him
from carrying out his project of an
armed expedition against the Papal
states with which King Victor Emman
uel was then at peace, and, in 1867. hav-
ing managed to evade the watchfulness
OF the Italian authorities. he actually
invaded the Papal states. defeating the
Pope's troops at Monte Rotonda. and
was afterward himself routed at Men
tana by the French military force that
occupied Rome. For this violation Of
the Italian laws on the subject of fill
clustering. he was arrested by the Ital-
ian government after his retreat from
Montana, and imprisoned for a time in
the fortress OF Alessandrta.
The Washington times., 1903-07-19

beach must be vigilant in keeping the
premises safe for his customers, and he
cannot escape liability merely by show
Ing that he has done nothing to render
the premises unsafe. l recollect an in
teresting case that was settled last year
in Wilkesbarre. 4 rich resident invited
a number OF children to his grounds for
a picnic. On the grounds was an arti-
hcial lake. and a number Of the bows
naturally went in swimming. At the
points where they entered the water
the bottom descended gently for about
forty feet and then suddenly deepened
TO six feet. One of the boys went to
this point and was drowned. Suit was
brought against the owner of tho
grounds, and after stubbornIy fought
legal battle the parents recovered dam
ages.
"A man who had paid an admission
Zee to witness a horse race sued the
owners Of the grounds for injuries re-
ceived while attempting to escape from
a race horse which, becoming unmanage-
able In one Of the races. ran through an
opening in the fence surrounding the
track and among the spectators. II was
found as a fact that the running nvay
OF the horse was not due 10 the de-
PENDANTS negligence, but that the de-
PENDANT was negligent in not properIv
inclosing the track. The Injured party
recovered satisfying damages"
The Washington times., 1903-07-19

cipitation this season has been far
greater than il was last.
Prof. James z. Talmage. the best
informed man about the lake. who has
watched It. for twenty five years. said:
mo one, without witnessing It, can
form any idea Of the buoyant properties
OF this singular water. A man may feat.
stretched at full length. upon his back.
having his neck and head. both his legs
10 the knees, and both arms to the elbow
entirely out of the water.
IF a sitting position be assumed. with
the arms extended to preserve the equi-
librium, the shoulders viii remain above
the surface.
The water is, nevertheless. extremely
difficult to swim in, on account of tho
constant tendency OF The lower oxtremi-
ties to rise above it. The brine. too. IS
so strong hat the least particle Of IL
getting IN the eyes produces the most
acute pain and II accidentally swallowed
strangulation must ensue.
Il doubt whether the most expert
swimmer could Ions preserve himself
from drowning If exposed to a rouzh
sea. Alter bathing it Is necessary %
wash the skin with fresh water. 20 pre-
vent the deposit CT salt arising from
evaporation Of the brine. Yet a BATH
in this water is delightfully."- refreshing
and invigorating.
The force of the waves cn the lake
is astounding to one who has had OK
perience n troubled waters of Ordinary
density alone. Even Moderate dis
tur5ance gives to the shcre breakers
prodisious power end affords the bethcr
the exciting experience Of heavy surf
fighting.
storms On the open lake arc serious
happenings TO the small boats that navi-
gate its surface. even though the atnos-
pheric disturbances may be that CT but
an Insignificant squall at sea
LAS will be readily understood. boats
for service on the lake mrst be OF
special construction, sfIording proper
disI lacenent in the dense water A
craft that would sink 70 the water line
in sea water would ride 50 high on the
lake brine as TO be topheavy and IN
safe"
resort, which cost 81 COO, 900. is puzzled
as TO how to move the great pavilion
toward the declining waters. As mat
/ tiers now stand. one must walk a mile
/ from the pavilion TO reach the bathing
water Ten years ago the water was hvs
! feet deep under the pavilion
The Washington times., 1903-07-19
GREAT SALT LAKE OF
UTAH Is DRYING UP
Famous Resorts Costing Millions Left High and
Dry in Desert of Salty Sands.

Great Salt Lake. the American Dead
Sea. IS doomed. Slowly and mysteri
ously the body OF water which. at an
altitude Of AGO feet and 1000 miles
from the ocean. furnishes the best salt
sea bathing in the world. is drying up.
and scientists and men who have
watched the lake since 1S47. when the
pioneers arrived in Utah. agree that in
side of twenty years the lake bed will be
a great desert OF salty sand.
The receding waters have left high and
dry Saltair, the famous bathing resort
visited annually by tourists from every
part OF the world. The pavilion and the
two wings CT the bath houses. together
with the railroad. cost more than s. ,Oo0,-
coo. Saitair once stood one mile out in
the lake, and now salt sand surrounds
It. Then. too. Garfield Beach. the other
resort on the lake. which cost 5000, OOc.
is now on the sands and abandoned.
Although there have been temporary
rises and falls Of about foot each year
for thirty-hve years, the level has been
falling at the rate OF more than foot
In every three years. In twenty years.
at this ratio, practically all of the lake
bottom will be dry. There is now an
area embracing two-thirds CT the lake
that is but from three to SIX inches
doep.
For years the action OF the lake has
been carefully watched. with the vain
hope that the water would once more
regain its old level. Though there have
been seasons OF unusual precipitation
since the declines began, the lake has
continued to disappear.
After a period OF the heaviest rains
an observation has shown fall instead
of rise. Apparently the precipitation
has little effect In raising the water.
On the other hand. the waters of the
streams that have fed the great sea are
being turned awav each year in greater
quantities for irrigation purposes. IN
der the present plans for greater irri-
cation facilities more water viii doubt
less be taken from the lake The result
is shown by the fall
At the present time. when the lake
stands at the highest point OF it's years
scale, according to a comparison of the
records, IL is three feet eight inches
below zero and still falling. This year
the annual rise brought 1t up a foot. yet
IL is two feet below the mark registered
at this season last year. and the pre-
The Washington times., 1903-07-19

i was useless. The strike was over.
end operators began focking to the Of
fees to get their old posts back. But
the companies had the whiphand now.
and they bound their men under oath TO
certain restrictions. to obey certain
rules which made it difficult to strike.
The Operators Friend.
The operators had one powerful
friend That friend was Walter p. Phil
lips, at the time general manager of the
United Press. news organization which
was the foTerunner of the Associated
Press, of which concern Col. Charles
Boynton is the Washington representa-
tive, with Offices In the Star build
ing. Phillips, when the strike was ie-
elared, sent this message over the
wires to his employees:
Boys, stick to your keys; we grant
everything. BE fair and square with
the Western Union and do your duty to
the United Press. Good luck to you
Phillips was an operator himself. and
believe that lot OF other fellows
in our business felt as / did in those
days that he pretty nearly knew what
he was talking about We would have
won that strike IL Walter p. Phillips had
been general manager OF the Western
Union Telegraph Company. He is the
inventor of what is called the Phillips
code a telegraphic shorthand that has
proved itself useful 70 telegraphers and
newspaper men too. Every telegrapher
and your best newspaper men in Wash
iDgton know about w p when it
comes to cooling Ask Ed Keen. OF
Jim Austin Of the Scripps; Ed Hood OF
the Associated Press, or Ham Young
of the Western Union Ribble, of tho
Postal, could tell you something, too,
and PTosser, chief operator of the
Mackay Company's local office, knows
how many dots there are in a p p.
Y. DeGraw is a veteran telegrapher-
one Of the very best that ever opened
key to say min, and I wouldn't be
surprised II he were thinking at this
minute about the strike we lost.
Those were great days while they
lasted boy. General Grant Is deadT
'Well. at any rate. there's another
union today and a stronger one. too.
Have you read about its meeting to be
held in New York city next week? They
say Weber. OF Washington. is a strong
candidate for president. Well. he'll
make a good one, think"
The Washington times., 1903-07-19
CORPORATION CHARTERED.

Articles of the Incorporation of the
Preston Mineral Water Sanitarium Com
pany have been filed in the office OF the
Recorder of Deeds. The incorporators
are Louis p. Shoemaker. Louisa O.
Swami, and Alice Swami.
The Washington times., 1903-07-19
REWARD MONEY BUYS CLOTHING

An additional deposit of $50 for the
clothing and helmet fund OF the Fire
Department was received yesterday
by the Commissioners from Lieutenant
McCathran. OF the Fifth precinct. The
money was received by Private II. r.
Lehman for the arrest of John A. FRYE
a deserter from the United States Navy.
The Washington times., 1903-07-19
Strikers Confident.

The striking operators were support
ed by the Knights of Labor, who were
500 900 strong at that time. 4 weekly
tax OF 10 cents was levied on these men
and the funds realized were abundant to
support us. Contributions came from
various sources. and the operators were
jubilant over their ability to hold out all
winter.
Besides, a number OF the men them
selves had been saving for months and
were able to support themselves. The
Western Union managers declared that
things were running all right but
they had women and boys at their keys
instead Of real operators and people be-
gan TO read OF failures Of kilograms
and of kilograms arriving by mail in
stead Of by wire. On July 26, the Amer
lean Rapid Telegraph Company, at that
time the opposition to the Western IN
ion. surrendered TO the demands OF the
strikers. but the Baltimore and Ohio, AS
well as the Western Union, remained OBJ
durate. Wrecks on the railroads began
to appear. horrible killings OF men by
the score. and the country began 20
claInOr Tor a redress OF the Telegraph
operators wrongs.
The End Of 1t All.
1.-THE strike seemed assured of COM
plete success. but some screw slipped
and the officers Of the Brotherhood be-
gan to urge their men 10 return TO work
The following telegram l recall; 1t was
sent out by John Campbell, general mas,
ter workman of the brotherhood:
New York, Aug. IS, 1888.
The executive board OF the brotherhood Of
TelegTaphers regrets 10 say that the strike is
failure. All members who can should return 10
work Immediately JOHN CAMPBELL.
John Campbell was the leader. The
strikers lost heart.
The strike was Killed. Many opera
tors. especially those in Chicago refused
TO yield. but this was only the nervous
jerking after the backbone had been
broken. Formerly we had kept togeth-
er and presented an unbroken front, but
now the ranks were in disorder.
"Crimination and recrimination passed
between the leaders. aud followers, but
The Washington times., 1903-10-31
SANF ORD B. DOLE
TO BE SUCCEEDED
BY G. R. CARTER
Hawaiian Governor to
Become United States
District Judge.
PRESIDENTS CLASSMATE
Newly Appointed Executive
Identified With Business
Interests of Islands.
PRESIDENTS CLASSMATE

President Roosevelt today announced
the appointment of Gov. Sanford B.
Dole to be United States district judge
for Hawaii. to succeed Judge NJ. NJ. Es-
tee, who died recently. The appoint
ment of George r.. Carter TO be COVER
nor of Hawaii, to succeed Governor
Dole. was also announced.
Immediately after the announcement
of the death of Judge Estee. it became
known that Governor Dole's friends
were earnestly supporting him for the
appointment. He has been identified
with the progress OF the islands for
years. and was the head Of the provis-
ional government that existed prior
to the acquirement of Hawaii BY the
United States.
Mr.. Carter Is secretary Of the Terri
tory. He was born in Honolulu, and
was classmate OF President Roosevelt
at Harvard He has recently been In
this country for the purpose of negoti-
ating the sale OF the Hawaiian bonds.
Mr.. Carter Is identified with large bust
ness interests in the islands, and Is a
young man OF marked ability. The term
for which he is appointed. the unex-
pired one or Governor Dole, will end
May 9. 1904
It is expected that the Appointments
will be confirmed by the Senate at the
extra session.