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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-25
THREE KILLED.
Shooting ARRAY in Dance Hall
at Tucumcari.

Tucumcari. n. NJ, March 25-Ken-
meth Woodward and two other men
named Hoffman and Curley were killed
in a shooting affray in d dance hail
here. The row started over woman
whom two rivals claimed for a dance.
The men enga ged in the fight wers
graders from the Dawson railway. now
building west of here. John Young,
Vera Carnes and d man named keifer
have been arrested.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-25
a Foot Below 1Taximum.

Washington. March 25.-The river at
Memphis has now fallen one foot be-
low the maximum stage Of 4o1 feet. but
continues to rise below. At Vicksburg
the stage this morning was 51.4 and at
New Orleans POI. a rise of 01 at each
place since Tuesday morning. The
river viii continue to rise slowly at
both the above named places and the
crest viii probably pass Helena about
Friday or Saturday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-25
MUST PUT OUT FIRES.
Close Down of , 900 Ovens Due
to Lack Of Cars.

Thurmond. ". Va, March 25-Owins
to freight congestion it is reported today
that fires viii be put out in 1000 or
more coke ovens in the New river field.
as il IS impossible to secure cars for
transportation OF products.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-25

Christ Church, New Zealand. March
25.-Ihe steamer Morning, the Royal
Geographical society's relief ship for
the Antarctic steamer Discovery has
arrived at Lyttleton. eight miles from
here. She left the Discovery ia Ant
arctic waters with all wen on board
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-25
SPRING HAS RETURNED.
Temperature Rises Into the Upper
Regions Today.

The weather today is an Improvement
and the indications OF spring are good.
The maximum today was so but the
mercury soon started on an upward
career. The wind was blowing Il miles
from the south al , p. m. Following are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-25

Chicago March 25-7 a. m tempera-
lures. New York y. Boston. IS. Phil
adelphia a. Washington. -, Chicago
0: Minneapolis, q; Cincinnati, "a. St
Louis g.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-25
cen. Randall En- Route to nranila.

san Francisco. March 25.-GeneraI G.
W. Randall. of the United States army.
has arrived here from Vancouver Bar
racks. Wash. on his way to Manila for
general duty in the Philippines
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-25
PULLS THE STRING.
President Castro WithdraWs
His Resignation.

Caracas. Tuesday, March 24-After
reading his spec 4 message to congress
today General Castro withdrew his res
ignation of The presidency Of Nene-
zlela.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-25

Chicago. March 25.-Forecast for kan
sas. Fair and warmer tonight Thurs
day possibly showers; southwestsrlz
winds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-25

Cape May. n j., March 25-The
Marine villa hotel. valued at $50. .0O0
was entirely destroyed by FIRE today.
Insurance $50, 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-25

should hH that ought to be settled at
the beginning Of the session, but there
ought to be . maximum limit"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-07
AM INNOVATION.

Even editors can sometimes admire a candid and truthful man, and for that reason we are charmed with a most un- wonted display of veracity in an appli- cation for a Federal pension which we find going the rounds. Being asked by the Commissioner to furnish a written statement of the grounds.on which he based his application, this Marylander thus complies;
 The way got my war ingery was a ketchin of a hog. The Hog war a sow We was chasin the sow, and she crawled threw hoal in rale fence. It war a -big hoal, and thot l war about the sis Of the hog. and tried to crawl threw, but I stuk and trin' to wigle out throde the rales off and one hit me on my he'd and hooked me senseless. 1 do not think the SOW pig had nothing to do with my line of duty for I did not ketch the hog Wich she never war caut.
 Now, If this would-be pension grabber isn't thoroughly conscientious man we don't know one when we meet him. It is not on record that he ever "shouldered his crutch and shew'd how fields were won." In his application. he says noth- ing concerning "hair-breadth 'scapes in the imminent deadly breach" nor does he exhibit ghsstly wounds, mutilated limbs and other evidence of glory won on gory fields. He doesn't even claim that he was shocked by bung and demoralized." as one unfortunate ex- pressed 1t.
 None of these common claims mark this mans application. bYt he ls not lacking fame. nor di1 he fail to perform meritorious services. 'PprsRs" Is a necessary part of a soldIsrs outfit. and we suspect that this mans captain had been subsisting on poor beef and rancid bacon till he was longing and pining for bit of fresh pork with desire that nothing else could allay. And we have a suspicion, also. that this private had been
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-07
The Preachers and the Suffrage.

Baltimore Sun.
 Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott replies in The Rev. pr. Newell Dwight Hiilis, pastor of Plymouth Church. in Brooklyn. In 2 speech in New York Pr. Abbott expressed M its objection to government by ignorance, and emphasized the necessity of educa- tGn and thrift t, af s pFsparstGp fq5 the pr. Abbott with having Host faith In the Republic in the egGsllty of the races S;.sssi and m surrage SIvGrS1s is WronE 1FA s conoludsd, then the fifteenth amendment to the Constitu- tion must be given up; then Abraham Gettysburg and in His inaugural. and the million soldiers who gave their lives Tor liberty spilled their blood in the interest
 This Is all very fine and thrilling as a specimes of that eloauence In which poll defects of the eioquence which emanatess from divines who side-Tack theology and the Scriptures under ne anH1.ss mistaken ISs Ip Outlook points out that Mir. Lincoln was never an advocate of universal suffrage, because be never believed in It. Tn Tn ms suggesting the experiment of negro gaf;; S Eon %a ary and cod read and write. he indicated his approval of limited negro suffrage. But It is clear that even SHs tss SS sSsr sSa9s es %Suse Un seeded eie % states. AlI i' the new Con stitutions of the Southern States" as The e%sh oHo9 1eses an the oSr porary expresses the opinion. based on MT. Lincofn's official acts and utterances, that since suFaFfSS nT fSs has 0nly condition, MT. Lincoln would not wish to see universal suffrage forced on the South by Congressional action or by pub
 Our stalwart Republican contemporary. The New York Tribune. after suggesting t0 Dr. allis that If , the subject S,.cu IS to He on basis of fact and com mon sense" makes some interesting ob- in the United States. Universal suffrage. says The Tribune. formed no part of our original constitutional scheme of govern ment. "In the Constitutional Convention of 17S7 all parties were agreed in remov- ing the government from the control of the ignorant and thoughtless portion of one of the States, had universal suffrage and 1t was not until from thirty to fifty years later that the movement for unre-
 ta s Ta 6Soe S%asSEnroS n aS Vocate of universal suffrage is to substi- tute rhetorical imaginings for matter-o versal suffrage Is wrong Lincoln was wrong Is a grotesque non sequltur. The million men who went to the war did so primarily to save the Union, and not at all to give vote to anybody, white or black"
 Between The Tribune and The Outlook there doesn't seem to be much left of Dr. Hnlis's excoriation of Dr. Abbott except the thrills and the eloquence. and no consequence" Thrills are cheap and a drug on the market; eloquence based on false premises is worthless. pr. Hil- warning to theoIogians to stick to their theology and not to air their ignorance on subjects which do not concern their sacred calling.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-07
AN ABSURD CHANGE.

Another instance of the white mans unwarranted and uncalled-for change in Indian nomenclature comes from Indian Territory, where the managers of the Frisco Railroad System propose to change the name of Wetumpka, in the Creek Nation. to Darrow. There is not shadow of excuse for this change, un- less it is to gratify some railroad man named Darrow. Wetumpka Is an Indian name, Tn the Indian country. It was carried with them by the Creek Indians from Alabama, has a distinct meaning, and is both appropriate and proper. It has a much better sound than the name proposed as a substitute, and in every way 1t is the right name for the place.
 It is not merely a matter of sentiment with the Indians. though that should be respected, unless there is good reason to the contrary. but 1t is a matter of con- venience and business. If the railroad can induce the Government to acquiesce in the change and give the new name to the postoffice, 1t will not only involve trouble and confusion In mall matters, but 1t will necessitate a change in the names of the banks and other business establishments of all kinds. In short. the change, if made, will be one of those arbitrary acts for which there Is no de- fence.
 While on this subject of confusion in names, a case in Barbour County, per haps leads all others. The postofice is named Harris, the railroad station is Conner and the express office Spring Hill. A little consolidation might be beneficial at that point, much more so than chang ing a welI-known and universally accept ed name to another merely to gratify somebody's vanity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-07
HOW TO BEAT ROOSEVELT.
Nominate Such Statesman as Cleve- land or Such c Wise Jurist as
 Parker on q Sane Platform.

springtleld (MasAl Republican lnd.)
 MT. Roosevelt caIhot bs beaten by 2 2 Ss is 0s to bs 1t Sy sOme antipods. A HurrsS boys ssmpaign I d aSess1 aSf Gysfnrsw sor so.. $ Hi ~so s hsvs that 1t is useless to attempt to rivai him in it WI. Wsh xh a s ,Ss he s sy in way cys sH ssns Ssss of the politicians. also. He does, for the most part. about what they want him to. if bn Sa snoner ta Five S eSvoSs
 And yet this one kind of President is not one satisfactory to all the American to the majority of them. He may appeal to their imagination more than he may element of confidence in the one holding 1t is supreme. Men may be swayed by but in the end they fall back on conf dence as a necessity. It is doubtful If 1t Is desirable to have President in the opnons WherEe 9Sere are eh mions men from whom to select this officer. 1t & ought & to be practicable to @ procure s,t one ne the Msh ease of an impuisive % ms man. of % nat urally positive and self-assertive charac- ter, theer is never any certainty that he be relied s s n suspected that he is open to advice to the sires to stand well with his party y., for the the the next presidential election. That ob- tect is not likely to be before him If he Is elected President in 1sos4. He may perhaps yield to his own will.
 sen If n s s1a s c for M the iHSs:Sa n tS for them to offer . candidate for the presidency who Is his antipode in this re- spect. We think party policy points out ter te 'e Course. ''I We go D farther and say that patriotism calls to them to do so. The people ought to have the opportunity to statesmaniike endowments in education, experience and character for the next presidecy. There are thousands. yea,
 iss msn. eF The sn1 popuiar 4 @ response when M the name of Grover Cleveland was mentioned means that. Why? Because 1t recalled to their recollection tmS % Wnen VI srsnesS snere dignity and strength of character in tn presidency and there was a vision to their minds for the time being that this
 We would not be unjust to MT. Roose- welt. We recognize in him intelligence. amiability. patriotism good intentions; ter R President. Inborn wisdom, sound Judg> ment and a dignifed-not an impulsive- self-reliance founded on the two above named S..a alities are desirable qualities in that ofifclal. With. all the good points that Mir. Roosevelt has. we think his warmest admirers will concede that there are men in the nation better endowed in this respect than he. The course point ed out as judicious for the Democrats is to select one from among them as their candidate for the next Presidency. It is pursue, and 1t will be the best for the country ip the event that they are to suc- ceed in the election. t'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-07
THE VERSATILE AMERICAN.
Why He is the Best Workman in the
 World.

Harper's Magazine.
 The Englishman has none of that all~ around mental activity which distinguish es the American. He knows only one thng-that by which he earns his living; and he does not desire to know anything else; far less is he ashamed Of not know ing it. A London policeman, If you ask him about some distant street or build ing of importance. will reply civilly, but unabashed. T can't tell you, sir; that's not in my beat" An American police man would know the fact and if he did not know it. he would feel called upon to apologize for his ignorance.
 In a remote Maine village there was recently some occasion for a plumber and a very good one was forthwith impro- vised from a carpenter. Such a thing would be impossible in England. Many a New England farmer can build or re- pair his barn, paint and plaster his house. tinker his moving machine, shoe his horse, doctor his cow, break his colt. row or sail his boat. butcher" his pig. shear his sheep, skin fox. track a deer. hive bees. serve as a guide or lumberman. play the fiddle. solve a problem in arith- metlc. make a good speech in town meet ing, and do a hundred other things be- sides. There Is probably not a man in all England who can do half so many things. The American is quick witted. has far more general intelligence and in- formation, and is therefore by far bet ter workman.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-07
Labor Working for "Hard Times"

New York Commercial
 With their business never before so ac- tive. with net earnings increasing and with prospects bright several railroad companies are just now abandoning pro- their properties, Following recent an- nouncements to this effect by some of the more prominent trunk lines in the East, comes the authoritative declaration that the Erie, the Lackawanna and the New York Central are all curtailing their con- struction and improvement operations closely within present necessities.
 Among several other abandoned projects by the Erie, is the construction of new brancn for passenger service around the Bergen Hilf which the road now pierces by means of tunnel
 The Central and the Lackawanna will ments, confininz theiS expenditures to such improvements as are now well un- der way and could not be stopped with
 And there are well defined rumors that the Gould. Hartman and Rockefeller in- terests in the Southwest have agreed to of thir systems which 1t was intended to push through this summer.
 There is only one explanation for this sudden halt in railroad operations that contemplated the expenditure of many millions of dollars and the employment of many thousands of men. It is found in the one dark spot on the business hori- zon, the single, solitary. menace to con- tinued industrial activities. With its proverbial timidity captal wll not ven- lure into any fields where there Is pros pect of its being harassed.
 advantage too far. It has oerleaped It. self. and 1t will be the first and the worst sufferer, as usual. if it continues It's pres ent policies, It is actually working to create dull times when wages are bound to go slumping down by the law of sup ply and demand and with a force and & rapldity that no vote of all the amalga- mated associtions on top of the green earth can check.
 How proud of himself the walking dele gate must be these daysi
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-07

Washington, June 6. (special.)-It ic singular that with the various stories that have been published purporting to convey the idea that Gen. Joseph Wheel CT was sighted at the New Orleans Con- federate reunion, should not be corrob- orated by the Veterans who have re,rn, ep to see ana What h0 appenod e Washington furnished fair deleg ation, and when they came back and read sto- as shs story went wanted to go in the procession wearing a blue uniform they were much sur
 A Confederate Veteran who did not go remarked: T can't believe anything of tho kind ocurred. In the first place. why ,; ssSuld our psep,o take . themsslyss sloof ot our fathers who led In the making of 1t. We have as much right to the glory of the old flag and the honor of the uni the one or wore the other.'
 That was the expression of Capt. John M Hickey; ,d Tennsssssan nIss.,sa h,s living in to the Confederacy for four years and bears as witnesses to his courage and fidelity the scars of eleven wounds on his
 Gen. Joseph L. Brent of Baltimore, an- other gallant veteran, who did go to the reunion, passed through Washington to- nexing old friendships of the stirring times of two score years ago. His state- ment of the occasion as 1t relates to the alleged unpleasantness on General Wheel er'e account is clear and convincing
 Said General Brent:
 "I was a delegate to the reunion by the appointment of the Franklin Buchan- an Camp of Baltimore. I first saw Gen. eral Wheeler just after his arrival in the Se Charles Hotel. He was so surrounded by enthusiastic Confederates that found 1t impossible to talk to him. While I was in the grand auditorium, my att tention was arrested by a great outburst of cheering among the delegates. 1 turn; ed to the main aisle and saw General Wheeler advancing. The delegates arose and cheered wildly, and many rushed to ward the General to grasp his hand So the enthusiasm continued until busi- ness was suspended to allow the Veterans to show their delight and approval of his presence. A chair was provided for him near General Gordon on the rostrum ] never saw a more spontaneous and hearty welcome to any Confederate, ex- cept, perhaps, to General Gordon, the Commander-in-Chief of the Veterans,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-07
a THE RINGING ROLL OF "A
 DIXIE"

 The old brigades march slower now-the boys who wore the gray But there's life an battle-spirt in host O them today. They hear their comrades callln' from the white tents far away, An answer with the ringtn' roll of "Dixie!' They feel the old-time thrill of it-the battle plains they see Again they charge with Jackson, an face tho fight with Lee;
 thunders of the When they rally to the ring1n' roll of "DixleH'
 TIL The battle fields are Voiceless-once wet with crimson rain;
 fields of grain; But phantom forms-they leap to life, and cheer the ranks again. Far-answering to the ringin' roll of "Dixie"'
 w. Beat drumst the old-time chorus; an bugies blow your best; And wave O flags they loved well. above each war r-scarred breaStl Till they vanish down the valley to their last, eternal rest, stiu answering to the ringln' roll of 'Dlxier'
 FRANK n. STANTON,
 1A~Tho -aAtlanta ConMtttutiana
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-07
AS WE EXPECTED.

Some days ago. in reply to corre- spondent, The Richmond Times-Dispatch said that MT. Cleveland, if nominated would have no right to expect the sup port of the free-sllver men. or words to that effect. We thought at the time that the language was a little ambiguous. or that 1t would at least be seized on as a charge that the men who voted for Mir. lBryan would not vote for MT. Cleveland lE1 he is nominated. Nor were we mis- Etaken, for more than ono contemporary has used the remark just as we expected Ehem to do, and assert that The Times Dispatch is not expecting any of the Bryan Democrats to vote for Cleveland. gTo that charge, the paper replies:
 { Nor have we said that Cleveland, if nominated, would have no right to expect tkhe support of the 6.000 00O Democrats
 lSl sryaa @o sad tSat
 tf nominated on a gold standard plat hform, would not have the right to ex. free silver. But 1t is absurd to say that khe 6,O00.000 Democrats who supported Bryan in 1896 are now advocates of the {aree coinage of silver at 16 to l. The lEirginian-Pilot is not such an advocate lkoday. and our contemporary knows full Hwell that the number of such advocates ss trining.
 This partially removes the dif1culty. but not entirely. The meaning of The Erimes-Ddspatch is that those who still lsciing to the free-silver theory will not blNcte for MT. Cleveland. or, presumably, khny other man on a gold standard plat Ikorxn. We do not think this Is just to Ekhcee Democrats, as a whole. We do Etnot believe that MT. Bryan himself would Ewote. for such a ticket, and he would brobably carry of with him consider Inble number of Democrats who will not kive up their silver delusion for any Reconsideration. but we believe that a ma hority of them would vote a Cleveland Seound money ticket. just as some mil aions of gold standard Democrats voted for Bryan and free silver at the last cleo faion. In fact. we don't see how any Bryan man can possibly bolt after the abuse they have heaped on those who
 bolted in 1896. If they have any regard
 for consistency, to say nothing of any
 other reason, they will take their medi-
 cine, just as others took theirs in 1900
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-07

hanna River Polka" which was composed by a union trombone player in Pittsburg
 Then the walking delegate-what time he would have! When one of these labor officer at the navy yard he was promptly kicked out, but this same labor officer. still smarting unier the severe and un- feeling treatment could with all pro- priety, compel the u11ianized band to play Chopin's funeral march in three-quarter time or to strike, drums and all, rather than play at the funeral of a man who in life had opposed the union. With all these possibilities before us we hope that the musicians in the employ of Uncle Sam will be content to serve one Union and that the organized opposition to them will be as great a failure as was the war on the National Guard.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-07
Union Music.

New York Tribune.
 The stand which the labor organiza- tons have taken against the National Guard has not as yet caused the disband- ment of any organizations nor has 1t af- A few men have withdrawn from the ser vice and a few have declared publicly that they would never, never. never, join the Guard so iong as 1t is "toci In the hands of grinding monopolists' who use 1t to ouch disturbances and to protect property. It Is generally con the National Guard because they believed that their obligations as union men would prevent them from doing their duty as friends who Yill never enlist will not be urged to change their minds on the sub feet. On the whole, the fight of orga- nized labor sgainyt the cttide9 did h SoidhleFy t discredit labor and to place thousands of honest union men who do not share the radical views as to the National Guard
 Despite their defeat however. the labor leaders have again opened war on the military, but tnis % ume , tneir % emort Is 1bo Sa, American Federation of Musicians has instructed its members to refuse to play at any place where United States army or United States navy bands take part. The army and navy musicians do not be- long to Q union; they are so foolish as to take orders only from their superiors in the service and not from walking dele gates, and the pay which they receive for making music Is not in harmony with the labor union musician scale. Hence they are unit to associate with the members of the American Federation of Musicians If because of the opposition of the union men the United States musicians were driven into union. result which need not be looked for, fine state of affairs might be evolved. The unionized musi- clan might be prevailed upon to make no deep scrutiny as to the labor standing of cofiposers. He might wink at the fact that Verdi. Rossint Gounod. Wagner. Strauss and all the rest were not union Snail union or non-union music De play ed? the decision would have to be in fa- Vor of the union-made article. A march by Meyerbeer, who never took out a ufsion card, would have no chance against 'srhe Tubular Bridge Over the Susuue-