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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-29
JAYHAWKER lots

Rfhing slot machines is about the only
thleving going on at Ottawa.
Between the pessimists and the rain tho
young turkeys around Burr Oak are
about all killed off.
Clay Center reports a bank wreck But
II was at the river side and only a COW
went down in the crash.
=, A despieable feature of a Downs feud
by those of the other side.
A Jewell county bee keeper is feeling
swarming six hives of bees.
Cherries are so plentiful in Mitchell
county that where they aren't ziva1
away they are sold for cents a quart
The honors for the prettiest sight in
Cawker City are divided between a flow
ering catalpa tree and a crimson rambler
In addition to a monster celebra ton
the Syracuse phone line will be opened
July the 4th. Glory enough for one day
A lecturer at Great Bend says the town
has only seven devils. All of which shows
that the gentleman hasn't been long in
Leavenworth Republicans were the first
to organize Roosevelt and Fairbanks
men, too.
Thomas county has come to raising
something besides cats and sunfiowers.
Three feet specimens of upland alfalfa
are being shown
a Concordia dentist missed $40 worth of
gold leaf from his cabinet upon returning
mer patron getting even.
Many Clay county farmers run their
cream separate h dog power It's con-
sidered good way to make the avera sc
brindle pup earn his eating.
Two Wichita boys were arrested for
firing off crackers on Sunday. There are
a few things that even the Peerless
Princess draws the line at
A Rocks county farmer drives his steam
horse gaily afield each morning attached
to pillow that turns over % feet of soil
every round. It's only on the illimitab Bile
prairies that such things are possible.
Topeka officials have prohibited the
electric railway from hauling freight
through the city in day time. The only
obstacle that prevents US from becoming
/ a Garden of Eden is the severity of the
climate.
According to the Globe an Atchison wo-
man has her washing on the line every
Monday 1T $50 As the man of that
household must be compelled to turn out
about 4:50, there is no question of his hav-
ing Just cause for divorce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-29

amounted to the enormous total of
$2,924,17S,145.93; the cost of admin
istering the law for the same period
has been $685. 7,934.71, making the
total expenditure thus far on pension
account $3,O37, 1925, 0So.64
OF course some of this money has
gone to the pensioners of other wars
than the Civil war, but so trifiing a
part in comparison that the grateful
republic has paid out fully $1,000
100000 in pensions since the last gun
of the rebellion was fired.
The national debt on January 1,
1866 had reached nearly S2,75O, O0O,-
600, or about $3.50, OOO,0 600 less than
has since been paid out on pension ac-
count Much of this debt, too, was
contracted on the paper basis, which
represented various degrees of infla-
ton, whereas the pension payments
since 1878 have been on a gold basis.
How the fnterest-bearing debt which
the government still owes-borne on
the treasury records at $91S, 100000
compares with obligations which are
to be met through the pension Office
IN coming years cannot be accurately
estimated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-29
HAD MANY CHECKS.
Two Men Caught Today and Held as
Suspected Crooks.

Two alleged confidence men, known
as the Wilson brothers. were picked up
this afternoon by Rock Island Detec-
tives Bert Cowdrv and James MarSey
The young men had seven checks, rang
ing in amounts from $500 to $1,000. and
these checks are presumed to be bogus.
One of the checks bore the same sig
nature, Snyder & Moore as the one
palmed off on William Burlingame, the
old farmer who was the victim of a
skin game yesterday. Mr.. Burlingame
saw the men after they were taken to
the county Jail this afternoon, but was
unable to identify either of them. De-
tective CoWdry has been on the trail
of the two alleged crooks since the mid
die of last week, when they left Lincoln,
Neb. They arrived in Topeka, COwdry
says, last Saturday, and have been to
Kansas City and back since that time.
COwdry, who is the detective who
captured the members of the big Fee
lix' gang here some time ago, says he
knows the Wilson's, and that he has
been following them as the result of a
piece of confidence work they did in
Nebraska several days ago. Photo
graphs of the pair were taken at the
county Jail this afternoon, and will be
sent back to Omaha for Identification
The checks found on the suspects
We're as follows: Commercial National
bank of Independence. Kan, $1,000;
City National of Lincoln, Neb., 500;
Merchants National, Omaha, $1,000;
First National, Joplin, 1897; another
Joplin bank 5000; TWO on a Springfield
bank, $500 each.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-29
1IoUNTAINEER FIDDLERs.
Sets Instrument Against Chest and
Yields Bow

There is hidden among the mountains
Hnas a people of whose inner nature and
its musical expression almost nothing
has been said. The music of the south
ern mountaineer is not only peculiar but
like himself. peculiarly American.
Nearly all mountaineers are singers.
Their unframed voices are Of good tim
bre, the women's being sweet and high
and tremulous, and their sense of pitch
and tone and harmony remarkably true
treated and beloved among them, like the
minstrel of feudal days.
The mountain fiddler rarely cuddles his
instrument under his chin. He sets II
gainst the middle Of his chest. and,
grasping his bow near the middle. Yields
it with a juggling movement quite unlike
the long sweep of the accomplished VtO-
linist's bow arm. 1t is sometimes com
planned that their playing is too rapid
and jerky, and no other would be found
suitable.
Prominent among the elements of this
music is that leading American charac-
teristic. humOr: not the sparkling wit OF
the French, nor the broad, clumsy 1ol-
lificatiOn of the Teuton, nor sarcasm nor
irony, but the keen, wholesome, freakish
American love of a laugh; and It per-
vades directly or Indirectly almost every
line. The music, too. while usually mi
nor, is not of a plaintive tendency there
are few laments. no sobbing and waiiing.
In this it differs radically from that OF
savage peoples. Neither has il any mar
tiaI throb or clang. 1t is reflective, medi-
tative, with a vein of genial and sunny
philosophy: then tunes chuckle, not merIt-
". but in amused cOntemplation.-f1ar-
DeT'S Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-29
LOCAL MENTION.

w. w. Gavitt left yesterday on an
eastern trip. On his return he viii
spend a few days I'm st. Louis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Robson have
moved from zoos Tyler street. They
contemplate locating in Chicago.
George Knauer will go to the opening
of the Rosebud reservation in July. W.
D. Album will accompany him from
Missouri Valley. Iowa.
Grant Thornburg. division fire. ght
agent for the Rock Island. left yester-
day for a short business trip over the
lines under his supervision.
w J. Black. general passenger agent
for the Santa Fe. returned yesterday
from St. Paul where ne has been at
tending a meeting Of the Transconti-
mental Association
A L. Fisher. travelling passenger
agent for the Northwestern railway.
with headquarters in Kansas City was
in the city Tuesday in conference with
local officials Of the Rock Island.
W. o. NevilL trainmaster for the
Rock Island. is expected back today
instructing the company's employees in
the use of the new rule book
The streets and walks committee will
recommend the creation of new ben
eft district to open an alley between
Eleventh and Twelfth and Madison and
Jefferson streets There is only a quar-
ter of a block to be included in the
benefit district.
Fire Marshal Q. O. Wilmarth has con-
demned an old and unoccupied build
ing at 102 North jefferson street. This
building is a two story frame structure
and has for some time been so unsafe
that no one would live in il. It viii
be torn down.
A man named McIlvane, who helped
build pontoon boats during the flood
and has never been paid for his services
appeared at the city clerks office today
and filed a bill for one days services.
Il ruined pair Of pants with tar while
doing the work" said the man. "or else
would not have presented any bill
DR. J. B. Trfmble. field secretary Of
the Missionary society Of the Method
list church, has called meeting of pre-
siding elders Of the state. together with
the district missionary secretaries. The
meeting viii be held at the First Meth
odist church at 10 o'clock tomorrow.
June 30 The object of the meeting Is
to discuss the advisa bflity of holding
great convention Of the missionary in
terests Of the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-29

The newly introduced knowledge of
the jiujitsu exercises of the japanese
brings to mind a curious distinction
between the Germanic races and those
that have accepted their standards and
Asiatic races and some European ma
lions. These japanese exercises, used
to develop the ability to defend ones
self. are based on practices which
throughout the north Of Europe are re-
garded as foul play" and are. there
fore. ruled out of sports and the manly
art of self-defense. He is a low-down
fighter who in England strikes foul
blow or takes an unfair advantage OF
an opponent. But the Japanese have
elevated the foul blow and the unfair
advantage to a science The art or
ofense and defense is to take ones OPP
ponent unexpectedly a a disadvantage.
to fracture his leg. to dislocate his arm,
or break his neck. Frenchmen have
made a science of the art of kicking,
and can practice it with an agility and
skill which would knock out the cham
pfon boxer of the world before he had
adjusted himself to the situation The
boxers chin would be broken and his
nose battered in before he knew what
had happened Just what these nation
al practices indicate in the national
character we are not wise enough TO
telI-Boston Christian Register.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-29
ODD FELLOWS OUT OFT
Judge Philips Bars Them From the
De Boissiere Case.

An order received this afternoon IN
Topeka from Judge Philips of the
United States court at Kansas City
entirely eliminates the Odd Fellows
grand lodge of Kansas from the claim
of the heirs of the DeBoissiere estate
against Troutman & Stone, so far as
the federal courts are concerned
When the heirs of Mrs. Martinelli,
the owner of the estate, set up a
claim to the property in Franklin
county over which much litigation has
been going on, they, through agree
ment, made the odd Fellows party de-
PENDANTS, so that the lodge could set
up a claim. To this Troutman &
Stone demurred before Judge Philips
in Kansas City last Monday, alleging
litigate their claim in the case. Judge
Philips upheld this contention.
Then TrOutman and Stone demurred al
so to the claim of a Frenchman named
POhl, an heir of Mrs. Mart1nellis, but
who refused to join the compliments and
ant, he asking that the land be divided.
Judge Philips also ruled against him.
These two rulings entirely dispose OF the
grand lodge feature OF the federal court
cases. But the order still has a state
case pending in Franklin county which
will be argued and decided by Judge Hell
ger on Thursday. The Odd Fellows make
their claim in that instance under the
alien land law.
The case itself has occupied much at
tention in the newspapers The. princi-
pal argument made by the grand heirs
is that Troutman and Stone did not dis
close the full value of the land when they
purchased the estate. The defendants,
tire good faith and can prove their posi-
ton in the matter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-29

Why remain in the north and stay
indoors six months in the year con-
Stunning what you raise during the
other six months
Go south where you can work out
doors every month in the year, and
where you are producing something
the year round. If you are a stock
raiser you know your stock are now
sseating their heads or and, besides,
have to be protected from the rig0rs
OF winter by expensive shelter
Economical stock feeding requires
the combination of both flesh forming
and fat formin 3 foods in certain pro-
portions. Alabama and Florida pro-
duce in abundance the velvet bean
and cassava, the first a flesh producer
and the latter a fat producer, and
they are the cheapest and best fatteu-
ing materials know n to the world.
More money can be made and with
less labor. in gers raj farming. fruit
and berry growing and truck garden
ing along our road in the south than
in any other section Of the union.
If you are Interested and desire
further information on the subject,
address G. 4 Park, o eneral Immfgra-
ton and Industrial Agent Louisville
g. Nashville r. r.. Co, Louisville, KY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-29
GLOBE SIGHTS.


An Atchison girl lately threw man so
hard that some people says it was foul
A vegetable Is pretty poor when people
appreciate it only in winter, as IS the
case with the radish-
Owing to the fact that so many people
do not get to taste spring chicken till
fall, the name should be changed.
Charles W. Fairbanks was nominated
for vice president only yesterday but his
wife has her pictures in the papers al
ready yet.
The mother of the Jacobs twins says she
can tell the difference between their bawl-
ing when they are hurt and when they
are mad
Society note for the girls: In cherry
and tree climbing time, wear open stock
ings, and be particularly careful that
they do not wrinkle.
three peach tree twigs in his pocket They
represented the length of three pairs OF
shoes he intended buying
This is certain: When an automobile
breaks down on a country road, the own
erS of horses that have been scared by
the machine feel no sympathy.
If you go around exploiting a fool belief
people will notice it and talk about 1t.
People who have fool beliefs are not ac-
corded as much charity as formerly
today, is that I've always been too poor
to 90 to a health resort And vacations
kill nearly as many men as health re-
sorts"
When girl spends the evening waiting
for Him. and he doesn't come, she Is
doubly angry because of the sacrifice she
made in refusing to eat onions at sup
per
A man may think he is having good
time without his wife, but when he gets
close enough to answer her questions, he
wishes he had taken her along.
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QUESTION OF RIGHT OF WAY.
Case Is Appealed From Saline Count,
Today.

One of the Union Pacific right of
way cases from Saline county has
been appealed to the supreme court
by the railroad company. The COM
pany won in some instances, but was
beaten in this one.
Gotthardt SchippeI, a wealthy farm
er, owns some land adjoining Salina
through which the Union Pacific runs.
The railroad company claims d right
Of way of 200 feet on each side of its
track under its original grant from
congress. but Schippel claims that this
land had been homesteaded before the
grant was made and therefore did not
belong to the United States to give
away. He claimed the railroads right
of way extended only so feet on each
side of the track.
The railroad company wanted to
use the entire width of 400 feet for
yards. 1t gets that width through all
lands which were not taken up prior
to the grant to It by congress. 1t
took possession of that much right of
way on Schippels land, and he
brought suit for damages. The dis
trict court of Saline county gave him
nominal damages, but that was suffi-
cient to establish his claim about the
width of the right of way It all
hinged on whether the land had been
taken up prior to the congressional
act. Now the railroad company ap-
DealS.
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Turk: also about the unpronounceable
Russian.
Some n, men are born heirs: Others ae-
upon them.
In committing suicide some people blow
out the gas and others blow out their
brains.
Most fellows can raise the wind when
it comes to blowing the froth from the
top of beer glass
In spite of the fact that so many people
want to borrow trouble, there is always
enough to go around.
I never thought I should become a
vegetarian remarked the Cannibal King
as he smac ked his lips over a fricassee OF
grass widow.
Blobbs-'' Guzzler is rather deaf ism t
he?" Slobbs-.That depends upon wheth-
er you ask him for loan or invite him
to take a drink.
"Oh, what is so rare as a day in June2''
Sang the poet but what he saw
Made him shiver to think he had sung
too soon
It was not only rare; it was raw
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-29

Confidence is gradually strengthen
ing owing to encouraging crop re-
ports, an abundance of money and the
absence of disturbing issues in the
presidential campaign, says Henry
Clews in his Financial Review Con
tinuing he takes the following roseate
view of the future: Crop prospects
just now are as good as could be rea-
sonably expected. The promise at
present is for a wheat crop of about
5S0,000,00O bushels, a corn crop of
nearly 2,3O0.OOO,OOO bushels and a
cotton crop of 100000 bales. Corn
is the only backward crop: but nearly
all the other crops have had a good
start, are in good condition and have
reached degree of maturity that will
enable them to withstand ordinary
adverse conditions of weather. which.
Of course, must be counted upon in all
calculations. Abundant harvests will
furnish much relief to the country at
large, not only by insuring another
season of prosperity to farmers. but
also by keeping down the prices of
food products, which have had much
to do with the recent high cost of
living
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-29

It seems probable now that neither
faction OF the Democrat party will be
able to control the convention at St.
Louis to the extent of running the band
wagon over the opposition. Either one
faction viii write the platform and the
other name the candidate d
compromise viii be reached by nom
mating man not identified with eth
er wing on a platform in which both
make concessions. Col. Bryan in his
recent speeches has already paved the
way for a graceful surrender on the
money question, but on a strong anti
trust plank he viii insist There is
where the fight is likely to be the
fiercest. Knowing how little Demo-
cratic platform promises amount TO
probably the friendly monied interests
will not be alienated even if the Ne
braskan be given his way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-29
20 FIREMEN OVERCOME
While Fighting Flames in a Ceuuloid
Establishment

New York, June 2s.-Three alarms
We're turned in for a fire in the five
story building at 4s3 and ass Broadway
One hundred and fifty girls employed
In the building rushed out the Broad
way side. The buildings are occupied
by several large firms
The fire started in the subcellar Of
No 4S5. occupied by Rice & Hochster
dealers in celluloid. All the employees
IN the building escaped, but more than
20 nremen were overcome by dense
smoke created by the burning celluIoid
One Of these, Captain Edward Levy,
was found in the cellar after he had
Deen missing more than an hour and
his condition is regarded as critical
Ihe loss is placed at $3.50 600
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-29
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

William f. Monaghan died of
typhoid fever at Stormont hospital
Tuesday night at o'clock. after an
illness of six weeks. He was Al years
of age, and is survived by his wife
and no children. his mother. Mrs.
Mary Z. Monaghan, and five brothers
and two sisters-P. J. Monaghan and
Mary Monaghan, of Topeka; J. S.
Monaghan, of Omaha; George E.
Monaghan. of Atchison; John S. Mon
Afghan. of Belleville, and Mrs. T. J.
Kinney. of St. Louis.
The deceased was superintendent of
the sand department of the South
western Fuel company, of which his
brother. P. J. Monaghan, has charge
The funeral will be held Thursday
morning at 8 o'clock from the Church
of the Assumption. Rev. Father Hay
den will officiate. Interment will take
place in the Catholic cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-29

Roosevelt is all emphasis Parker IS
an silence Roosevelt Is the sound OF IN
numera BILE trip-hammers- ParSet Is quiet
occasional and refreshing, like the gen
tie rain or a cool drink in july From
the Democratic point Of view RooseFeiE
is rash. unadvfsed. and sudden fuu OF
1lsl1ruation, violent, arbitrary an eN-
empiar Of personal government judge
Parker is the exact opposite OF this ac-
tral mythical figure He has been nursel
ON precedents and authorities He feeds
on vear-books and reports and digests- As
franoliii deIfberation and an open nina
TnconsecutIve thought IS not 70 be eN-
pected OF him. is Il not fa-r TO assume
that he is unlikely to he drawn into I'M
ptlisive action2 II IL he true that there
has been a divergence from the oia PAIRS
Of government according to the cpnsti-
tuition who is filter than a judge 20 set
that crooked straight NJ ,h5lnssDufs
in E-varvl odV-s Magazlne lor July.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-29

For several seasons the bureau of
forestry has been making a careful
study of the timber resources of Ne
braska- The survey III the western
portion of the state has been compile
ted. and reports on it are now being
prepared. A direct result of the work
in western Nebraska has been the es-
tablishment of the Dismal river and
Niobrara forest reserves, comprising
some 212.O0O acres in the sand hills.
These two reserves have been survey
ed, and planting operations are under
way on the former. Nebraska is credi-
ted with having more than 200. 900 acres
in forest plantations. by far the larger
portion OF which lies within the region
TO be covered by the study Note will
be made of the character of planting
done in the past by the bureau of for
estry, with a view to determining the
most profitable species for future
planting in the same localities. A great
number of measurements in CONNER
cial plantations viii be made to get an
estimate of the yield in cordwood.
posts. ties. poles, etc, that may be ex-
pected from a planted grove Of q given
species in a specified time. The infor-
nation thus obtained viii be of great
value to farmers on the plains, since
It viii give them basis for judging
accurately how much planting they
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-29
ROLL 100000.
Civil War Has Cost the Country $3,-
100000, 900 in Pensions.

Washington. June 29.-Tne army of
pensioners of the United States is now
almost equal in number to the emf
ployes of all the railroads in the coun-
try, having reached the 100000 mark.
The annual pay roll of the railroads
is 1876 o00. 900 a year; the pension pay
ments are S137, 900, 0O0 fully one-flfth
as much. The pensioners of all our
other wars combined. including the
Spanish and Philippine. could occupy
a city of 80. 900. The civil war pension
ers today would make a city of 964 .OOO
Our pension system is a monument to
the tremendousness of the struggle over
secession.
The pension payments from July 1.
1865, to June so of last year have