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The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-12

discriminate, legitimate and illegitimate
coha bitatiOn is permitted in the settle
ment. Marriages are suffered to be cele-
brated between leprous men and wo-
men, regardless of their physical condi-
ton Children are born in the settle
ment OF leprOus union and as result
Of cOncubinage, and, strange as it may
appear, the leading officials seem to re-
gard all this not only as permissible,
but protest vigorously against system
of segregation that would prevent it
Further along the committee says that
unrestricted illegidmate association is
permitted by the authorities and adds:
The only attempt seemingly to abate
or minimize this evil is by cOunseling
and earnestly urging marriage on the
part OF the leperS, even going so far in
this direction as to aid in facilitating
divorces where a leprous man or woman
has wife or husband outside of the
settlement so that the husband or wife
thus released from the marriage Obliga-
tion might again be married to a leper
or inmate of the leper settlement"
In connection with its discussion of
the labor question, the committee takes
up the effort on the part of the business
men Of the islands to secure the re-
mOVal of some of the restrictions on
Chinese immigration. This desire is
conceded to be very general, but Sena-
tors Mitchell and Foster, representing a
majority of the subcommittee, take
very positive ground in opposition. They
say that the conditions are not different
in the Islands from what they are on the
mainland, and make the usual argu-
ment against Chinese admission. They
contend also that the Chinese do much
to introduce and maintain bubonic
plague and other contagious diseases.
Senator Burton takes the opposite
view. He says that neither the natives
nor white men viii work in the sugar
fields and he calls attention to the free
dom with which Oriental labor was
brought in in the days of the monarchy.
1T is. = he says "a well known facr
that the country over there was very
prosperous when it was a kingdom and
continued very prosperous under the
provisional government and under the
republic. Its period of decline began
with the annexation and matters have
gone on under annexation from bad to
worse until today the spectre of hard
times is found everywhere throughout
the islands"
He says the Chinese are preferable to
the JaDanese ana he urges that it is
an unfair discrimination to allow the
latter to come in unrestricted and not 10
permit the former to come in at all,
He suggests that Chinese be allowed to
enter to perform agricultural labor and
for no other purpose
Much SPACE is devoted to discussion
of the administration of the public lands
Of the territory and the committee finds
that the policy pursued in Hawaii with
The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-12
NORTH TOPEKA.

II4eave items for this column With Kim
ball Printing Co.. 912 North Kansas Ave.1
A. J. Proudfit is quite i'll at his home,
1922 Monroe street.
Glen Oliver of Overlook is visiting
relatives near Hoyt and in this vicinity
Miss Lulu Kincaid, who teaches
school near Valencia, spent Sunday in
Topeka
Mr. Lon Shoemaker of Chicago is
visiting his sister, Mrs. Henry Daub
Of Central avenue
r. NJ Osborn and family have moved
in town from near HOyt. and are located
at 1906 Van Buren street.
Miss Lizzie Altman came in from her
school near Silver Lake Saturday and
visited her mother over Sunday.
Thomas Mckinley, aged 54. died yes
terday noon at his home. three miles
west of town. The funeral will be held
Tuesda-L
Floyd McRae will give a social dance
at Lukens' opera house Tuesday night.
Steinberg's orchestra Of five pieces will
furnish music
l.. p. Frasier. travelling salesman for
the Ridenour-B Baker grocery company
of Kansas City, left today on a bust
ness trip to the western part of the
state.
Miss May Karr returned Saturday
from a visit of two weeks to Lawrence
The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-12
BURTOH'S COMMITTEE
Makes Its Report on the COndi-
tiOns in Hawaii.

Washington. Jan 12.-The senate COM
mittee on Porto Rico and the Pacific is
lands met today to receive the report of
the subcommittee appointed at the
close of the last session If congress to
investigate conditions in the Hawaiian
islands. This subcommittee consisted
of Senators Mitchell (Ore0, Burton
(Kan) Foster (Wash.) Cockrell MOI
and Blackburn (ky). The last Two
named did not visit the islands. but
Senator Blackburn joined in the recon-
mendatiOns, numbering IS. The visit to
the islands was made last September
and covered 25 days, during which time
43 meetings were held and I76 witnesses
We're interrogated.
The investigation was general and
covered all questions with which the
government possibly could De concerned,
including the laws, local an federal ard
their execution, the public lands, la Dor,
the plantations, the harbOrs, taxation.
tine leprOsy settlement, Queen Liliou-
kalanis claims and other subjects. The
condition of affairs in the leper settle
ment on the island Of Molokai excited
the liveliest interest.
The committee made quite u thorough
inquiry concerning this settlement which
IS under territorial control, with the
result chat it recommends that the man
agement of the colony be transferred to
the marine hospital service with head
quarters in Washington and that a gem
eral leprOsario or retreat for all the lep
on that island.
At the t-me of the visit Of the com
mittee there We're 858 lepers in the set
tlement The opinion IS expressed that
there are many hundreds of other cases
of leprOsy in the territOrT. In the past
year on the MOlokai settlement there
We're 144 deaths and 16 births in the
colony. eight of the children bora being
illegitimate
Much diversity of opinion was shown
in the territory as to whether the con
troll of the settlement should be retained
by the territorial government, though
all the territorial officers We're found TO
be favorable to such retention. The
committee takes strong grounds in Ia
vor of change and in this connection
freely discusses the conditions with ref
erence to morality which prevail, say
ing.
Your committee has been somewhat
surprised to find that under existing
management of the leper settlement, in
The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-12

relatives. She was accompanied home
by her cousins, Ollie and Carrie Coff-
man, who will be her guests this week.
c. H. Swensen and sister Miss Doro-
thea Swensens have returned from
three weeks visit to friends in Horton
and St. Joseph In Horton they were
the guests of Mr.. w. W. Hall and Miss
Montana Hall
Now is a good time to keep the coal
shed locked as two residents on Van
Buren, street between Park and Morse
report that their coalhouses have late
" been visited and some of the prec-
ious contents taken.
Robert Staples was in today from
Meriden. He reports great scarcity
of coal in that place. A car load was
received Saturday noon by one dealer
and before night 1t was all sold. Cobs
are beinng used for fuel by many.
All members of the Argonaut club are
notified that a meeting occurs on Tues
day evening of this week at the home
of Mrs. Charles Curtis. The lesson for
the evening covers the period of the
Reformation in Germany Rev. w. 3.
Hutchinson will read paper on
Rudolf Baumbach,'' and Charles Kill
lian one on Winston Churchill"
Miss Emma Silver. at one time teacher
in the Topeka schools, but for a num-
Der of years past a missionary at
Shanghai, China, gave a very interest
ing talk last evening at the Second
Presbyterian church concerning hen
work. A number of her old pupils from
Quincy school were present, and after
the meeting took occasion to recall
themselves to their former teacher.
Mr. ]. Doyle. a former resident of
North Topeka. but later of Oakland,
died last night at the family home. Mr..
Doyle had not been well for two weeks,
but yesterday was able to take supper
with his family. He was employed by
the Santa Fe and was a member of one
of the A. 0. U. W. lodges. He leaves q
widow and three daughters. Mrs. Stella
Courtney, Misses Anna and Grace Doyle.
and one son, Elmer. The funeral ar
rangements have not yet been COM
pleted. but it viii be held either Wednes-
day or Thursday afternoon from the
North Topeka Baptist church, and the
interment will be in Rochester ceme-
ferS.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-12
IA JOINTIST. A DRUGGIST
They Are Arrested as Last OFF,
cial Act of Sheriff.

About the last official act Of Sheriff
Cook was to arrest Fritz Durein, a
jointist Saturday evening. This was
done on a warrant issued by. Attorney
General Redden, and included the goods
found in Durein's place, which were
seized by the sheriff. After Durein had
been arrested and given the bond Of
$500, his attorney, Otis Hungate, began
replevin suit to recover the beer and
other goods taken from the joint. The
suit was filed in the name of the Val
Blatz Brewing company and the goods
were turned over to Coroner H. =. Hoge-
boom. A warrant was also issued by
Mr.. Redden for Isaac Kicker, who it IS
alleged is running a road house in the
suburbs on West Tenth avenue. Sher-
if Cook and his deputies raided the
place but reported that he could find
nothing in the way of refreshments or
proprietor. Ten counts were charged
against Durein and eleven against
Kicker.
Clarence Young. proprietor of the
drug store at the corner of Fifth street
and Kansas avenue was arrested late
Saturday evening on the charge Of
keeping and maintaining nuisance
a negro waiter. commonly known as
"Bul' Scott Scott was formerly a
jointist but was arrested about three
months ago by the federal authorities
for selling liquor without a government
license. The key to the case was drop
ped by Scott when he appeared at the po-
lice station and asked for a connplaint
He said that they wouldn't let a poor
jointist sell, but the drug stores went
right ahead and didn't pay for the priv
ilege and he was tired of it," This
break is supposed to signify the opening
of a war between the jointists who pay
up and the druggists who do not. Maybe
this is the solution to the local liquor
problem, a civil war"
Young IS out on a bond signed by
Monte Campbell, his partner. and his
case is set for a hearing January IS. His
goods were not confscated.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-12

reference to those lands is directly con-
trary to the policy pursued in the Uni
ted States. 1t is remarked that whereas
the policy on the mainland is to ire
serve the lands for homes for the people,
the policy now being enforced IN Hawaii
seems to be to utilize the public domain
solely for the purpose of revenue and
consequently but very little of the public
lands are being sold, but large tracts
placed under long leases, a policy which,
in the Judgment of your committee
should not be continued under any cir
cumstances or for any length Of time"
In addition to the recomme adation
that the leasing system be abolished, the
committee suggests that the control of
the lands Immediately be taken from
the territorial government and be vest
ed in the interior department at Wash
1ngtOn. The appointment of a surveyor
general for and the creation of two land
districts in the territory are recon-
mended and it is suggested that the sec
retary of the interior should be empow-
cred to make a thorough investigation
of conditions pertaining 10 the admins
tration of the lands.
The centralized character OF the pres
ent government is commented on at
length and very sharply criticised. It
is declared there is verv slight differ
ence in this respect from The nOnarchioal
form of government preceding annexa-
ton. The committee says that so mark
ed indeed was this centralized condition
tent and character of the charges This
situation they think is due to oversights
on the part of congress and to condi-
tions existing in the islands at the Time
of their acquisition, but they think it
should not be permitted to continue.
They express the opinion that If the
people are not granted the privilege OF
participating in the government they N
time may revolt, and on this point say:
The people of Hawaii as mass can
not be commended too highly for their
attitude toward the federal government
since annexation was consummated.
They have shown spirit of devotion
and loyal allegiance to the republic
and its flag worthy of all praise. Yet
it is not strange that those who hold
office under the late monarchy and
many of whom are now holding leading
official positions in the territorial gov
ernment, should be slow to relinquish
many of the old governmental forms
and practices under which they lived
and officiated for so many years.
Among other institutions of the gov
ernment of the islands of which the
committee disapproves is the COVER
/ nor's advisory council which they say
is without any authority of law. All
questions, even those pertaining to
slight improvements in distant islands,
are passed on by this council. The
! committee considers this an evil to be
The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-12

ent Anson Phelps Stokes, also q bank
er, whose fortune beside that of his
sire is as a 1000 candle power arc light
beside an ordinary tallew dip
Up to this point it will be seen that
worthy as had been all the men of the
Stokes family their efforts had been
confined to the accumulation of money
and the world had not been benefited
by their living except indirectly
through the medium Of their oft sought
advice in financial matters. But two Of
Arson Phelps Stokes feur sons changed
all that. The third. Anson Phelps
Stokes. Jr, while student at Yale uni
versity determined to become an Epis-
copalian minister. and the second, J.
Graham Phelps Stokes, Influenced by
the writings of well known students Of
sociological problems. decided that his
life work should be the amelioration Of
the condition Of the poor in the congest-
ed districts Of The large cities of the
United States.
These two young Stokeses are not
merely millionaire's sons with fads;
they are in dead earnest, and both have
gone far enough to convince the world
not only of their sincerity. but also of
their steadfastness Of purpose. Nor are
they dreamers. From the long line Of
financial giants from which they
sprung it is not to be wondered that
they have inherited a good deal of ex-
ecutive ability; not theoretical execu-
tive ability either. but the kind that
docs things"
It must not be assumed either that
these young Stokeses have abandoned
something of merely theoretical cense-
quence. as the world regards such
things. They have four sisters, two of
whom are married. The first Of them
to be welded received a dot of
50 oOo, 900, while the nuptial gift from
Mr and Mrs. Stokes to the second was
s. 0oo, 900. 1t is to be presumed that the
remaining daughters will fare equally
The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-12

him with a distinguished father. But
this has not proved to be the case with
ehe Adamees. John Adams was the
second president of the United States.
and his son. John Quincy Adams, the
man who was directly responsible for
the Monroe doctrine, was our sixth
have been prominent men, and the
family has never produced a male
member who was not above the aver
age in mentality.
But. worthy as the Adams family has
unquestionably been, it has a strong
rival in the Stokes family, although the
latter has until within the last decade
made its mark entirely in the world of
Anance- Descended from the famous
MontespedOus Of France, the first
American Stokes was Thomas. who be
came one of the most prominent and
most highly respected of the merchants
Of New York, at a time. too, when
probity and integrity were ranked be-
yond mere wealth. His son. James
Stokes, abandoned merchandising and
with the little fortune left him by his
father established a banking business
which made him one of the wealthy
men Of Manhattan Island His son
followed in his footsteps and from a
comparatively humble beginning devel-
oped a business which brought him a
fortune OF millions and caused him to
be known as one of the very wealthy
men Of the United States and one of its
best authorities on matters relating to.
finance. He was the father of the pres
The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-12

elder. Arson Phelps Stokes. Jr has al
ways asserted that wealth is a serious
handicap in more ways than enc In
the first place, he thinks, it is danger
ously apt to sap a young mans ambi-
tien, as there is lacking that greatest
of all incentives to effort. necessity
The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-12
sultan's Troops Sell Their Arms.

Madrid, Jan. IA dispatch from Mel
villa, Morocco, today announces that all
the Kabyle tribes of the Taxa region have
joined the pretender. The Sultans troops
it is said are absolutely undisciplined and
are selling their arms and ammunition to
the pretender, who pays high prices for
them.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-12

The Mexican drawn work sale will
last for two weeks only, commencing
Saturday, January 10, at Warren NJ.
Crosby & Cos.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-12

Williamsport Pa, Jan 12--Hilyard
PrObSt and Ira Green were crushed to
death today while digging coal. The two
men went into small private mine to dig
coal for their families when a roof caved
in. killing them.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-12

When the camera man got The
Gentleman From Indiana, Mr.. Booth
harrington, it was another case of
"didn't know it was loaded" Mr..
Harrington is now in politics, but
the picture shows him in the throes
of authorship. FOR eight years he
borbarded the magazines without
drawing blood. but when recognition
came at last it was so hearty and re-
munerstiVe that it was we'll worth
waiting for. He is q clever artist. a
talented wood carver and a success
fuI dramstIss-
The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-12

tangible. Besides Shadowbreck. the
country home of the family at Lenox.
Mass, now offered for sale, is the fin
est of its kind in America.
And it is a strange thing that both Of
these young men have bewailed the
fact that their parents are rich. The
The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-12

r a couple Of genera
tions the Adams family
has been pointed to as
the most remarka bic in
the United States. It is
generally stated in a
cynical manner that
the surest way to in
sure a mans worth
faeenase IS n nravf5a
The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-12

sir Gilbert Parker, author and
mem Der Of parliament, had laid aside
the pen for the golf club and was adj
dressing the ball when the camera
man bagsed him from behind a
bunker. Sir GiIbert's golf is strictly
orthodox, for he was educated for
the church. A globe trotter all his
life he finds it an easy matter to get
around the links. He lives in Pail
Mali, one Of London's sweIlest quar-
ters, and his nearest neiehhors are
w. w. Astor and the Duke Of Graf
ton.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-12

This snapshot of Mark Twain
shows him in his favorite act of try
ing to be as funny as he can without
cracking a smile. He is slowly, wea-
rily, lszily telling an anecdote in his
inimitable nasal drawi, and though
his audience is conVulsed with laugh
ter the humorist himself is as solemn
and melancholy as half asleep owl.
Mark is getting old-he is sixty-seven
now-but he can still be funny for
two hours at stretch and remain as
nirthless as a veteran undertaken on
duty.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-01-12

This snapshot of the author of
''The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Eel
low" is an excellent likeness Of Je-
rome K. Jerone when he is hard at
work. A rolling stone-rziIrcad
clerk, newspaper reporter, school
teacher, advertising solicitor, law
student, actor, humorist, novelist
and piaywrigl1t-he has gathered
coin Of the realm in large quantities,
particularly as playwright and hu-
rnorist- His best known plays are
The Master Of Woedbarrow" and
~Miss Fiehbs.1
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1903-02-08
NueVa expedition
al Polo NOrte
Sc qulere estudiar la bio
log1a del bacalao
Lonares. 90 de Eeero.

Lonares, 90 de Efero.
Telegrafikn de Paris que al Doctor
Jean Chsrconson, c6lebre especialis.
tn en- epfe1medades nervioaas, est&
actualments organizando una expe.
dicion para las regiones polares,
con proyect0 de at1avesar la 1slan.
dia, Spitzbergen y Nueva Zsmbls.
Uno de los principales objetos de
ls ex xpedici6n, ser& estudiar las cos
tumbres y L. biologia del bacalao.
Los ex plorsdores tAmbien "Inya.
dir&n" Ell campo de las corrientes
oceanicas pues ej arcen in fiuencia SO.
bre Ell china de. Norte europeo..
TAmbien sc ocupar& eata exqedi'
cioa de obtener determination pre-.
elsa de lao posiciones de ls islag de
las regiones articas.
Este proyecto Sc inicia bsio los
auspicios sc 10 Accidents frances
de Ciencias, 10 eual aporsark los fon.
dos necesarios para llevarlo 6 cabo.
Ri doctor ChArconson serx pre- b able.
mente acompA11ado de M. Garlachs
que dirigi6 10 c6lebre expedition n
be'ga & las regionss antkrticas.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1903-02-08
FUEGOS DE-
SANTELMO

El f4ntastico meteoro gonocido
por el nombre de fa6go de Santelmo
que comunmente ocurre en- los mag
tiles de los buQues durante n1ches
tampes tuoas, atribu1do por los ma ],
rinOs csusas sobrer at ralaE, es f..
n6mauo cuya apsrici6n causa indie
fastiblemente sorpresa , soranro en-
lis mortRles que tienen ukor sunidati
de Observable.
Ea medic de uuS tempestucsa ne
vada Ell de Dicienbre pos la osta
de Igglatsrr&, RtrAc6 ceres de Mar
e gAte nm bote del servicio de saliva
mento do n6uf CO. gos inglesea, y 6
POGO aparesi6 una bols de faego en-
ell extreme superior de cada mastil.
Gtanda fac ID admiration de los
pccos individues que pudisron OBJ
servar la apariei61. Esta dur6 por
espacio de tres cuartos de hora dan:
do luz S todo al bots. Las boles sran
del tRms no del buqae, y rairi6naose
al snceso, dice uno de los tripulan.
tas que entonces <silvaba el viento
con fuerzs y el mar bramabs, mien-
traa tanto, los copos de nieve &c su-
cedian CON til abun6ancia rapidez,
que era impossible distinguir obisto
slguno s diez pasos de distancia.> ,
En- cuanto empsz6 aplacar In ne
vsds, Sc apsgaron G xpentaneamente
lss laces, como por encanto, sin de-
jar mas huella que nm recuardo i'm
psracedero en- In Imagination de los
es espectadores.
Este fsno nano tambi6n ocurre en-
TERRA, sobre todo en- las cimAs de
las mouts q ls ele yaadss. En- Ban Ne
Wis (Escocis) por ejemplo, ha podi-
do obsafv arse con mucha ftecuencia
duranta las faartes aevAdas que caen
en- squellos distritos todos los in.
viernos.
Atelene