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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-23
WEATHER is WARM.
Indication of Rain. But None Has
Come Here.

Despite summer day with every ap-
pearance Of clear weather the forecas-
ter can not get away from the idea
that Topeka is to have showers He
has been making forecasts of showers
for several days but the showers have
been delayed and while it has been hot
and sultry there has been no rain
The forecast for Kansas sent out to-
day is: Showers tonight and Tues
day" Today's corn and wheat region
bulletin says: Clear and warmer
weather prevails in Kansas and west
ern Missouri this morning. Showers
have occurred in the extreme south
eastern counties of Kansas, and in the
central counties of western Missouri. =
Rains reported for Saturday night
were trace at Kansas City, -62 at Sc
dan and .04 at Toronto. The rains Sun
day night were Fort Scott 81 and. Sc
dan .04.
The maximum and minimum temper
atures recorded for the "A hours end
ing this morning at o'clock were as
follows:
Baker 81. so: Concordia 81. 81; Dodge
City S4, 81; Fort Scott SS, 81; Hays S6,
81; MacksvilIe a. 56; Mcpherson 81, g.
Manhattan S6, 80; Usage City S4, 60; Sc
dan S6, Sc; Topeka So, "a; Toronto Sc,
81: Wichita 81, 66.
The wind at noon was northeast
blowing 16 miles an hour. The hourly
temperatures recorded today by the
government thermometer were as fol-
lows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-23

Nevada. Ia, May 2S-Joseph Pankuch.
an Austrian, who escaped from Sing
Sing prison some months ago, and was
being returned to prison by two New
York officials. jumped from a Chicago
& Northwestern limited train running
at full speed and was instantly killed.
The prison officials had traced Pan
kuch to Reno. Colo, where he was ar
rested. Pankuch slipped from his
berth, shackeled, and leaped from the
vestibule. His head was mashed TO a
pulp.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-23
DAY IS CHOSEN.
Work of EIecting Bishops Is Com
pleted by Methodist Conference.

Los Angeles, Cal, May 23.-Dr ].
r. Day, chancellor of Syra acuse uni
versity, was chosen bishop on the
fourteenth ballot, receiving 474 out of
the 696 ballots cast. This completes
the election of general superintend-
ents. Four missionary bishops are yet
to be chosen, and the conference has
balloted on one for Africa and two for
southern Asia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-23

tives of a local newspaper were ex-
fixed Thursday evening. May 26, as the
time for consecratfng new bishops.
The remainder of the days session
was taken up in memorial services in
during the last quadrennium.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-23
Given Another Term.

washington, May 2S.-The president
has reappointed w L. Distin, as SER
veyor general of Alaska, with head
quarters at Sitka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-23
weather Indications.

Chicago. May 23.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Showers tonight and Tuesday;
variable winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-23
chinese Hatred of Russians.

Berlin, May 23.-A correspondent
of the Frankfurter Zeitung, writing
from Harbia under date of April 5,
gives details illustrative of the condf-
tions of the Russian army and the re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-23

A boom has been started for Tom
McNeal for state printer against Geo.
A. Clark. provided the proposed state
printer constitutional amendment does
not let Mr.. Clark hold over until 1907.
Conner Davies had a similar boom some
time ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-03

sheep. They were indefatigable miners and re-
markable workers In metal They were mastery
potters and. indeed. excelled in more crafts than
need be here enumerated. The mariner owes to
them the discovery Of the use to which the mag
netc needle can be put for his benefit. the artist
is grateful to the Moors to this day for monu-
ments Of peculiar charm and bril1iance. and
science also acknowledges It's debt to the empire.
Mr.. Scott speak in positively glowing
terms of Moorish civilization as a whole. Its
grand aims" he says. were the security of the
individual the dspensation of impartial justice.
the systematic development of the noblest facul-
ties of the human intellect. the amalgamation OF
the heterogeneous constituents of a proud and
turbulent society. the progressive Improvement
and durable prosperity of vast and popuious
but constantly disintegrating empire" But the
soul of this people was diseased. and its de-
clenson. though slow. sure. The West.
thinking only of what the Moors are to-day. has
no compassion for the fall of one of the greatest
empires in history. Yet. realize. in turning
Mr.. Scott's pages. the full Significance of all
those things of which he says. every indi-
vidual of Moslem faith or Arab lineage may well
be proud cannot but regret the passing of
the Moors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-03

made his way The structure IN question. bufft
insssoS family TOT eas aNs Of Hawthorne
often their guest Tradition has 1t that on one o,
hts visits Miss Ingers9 told hm tna b tne 20 sh
attic showed him the beams and mortises 20 prove
her statement Coming down the b sfaa asod rSe
house Of seven gables That sounds well; ana
scared a'e@ THE sne TaIes of are
also reputed to have had their origin IN the Turner
ST. house Hawthorne on one OF MS VISITS nS cnnd
think of nothing more Turning to HIM ana point
ing to old armchair that had long been In tho
about this old chair? There must De many s h
one and from this incident the charming volume
published in 1Sii is said to have come IL was.
member OF the ingersG va fanny H ST ~a 20
Longfellow. finally took form In tNansenne-
pick up the thread again. and in the two latter
places find Hawthorne amid more congenial
surroundings. a friend of the many notable
persons whose acquaintance we also make
There were never writes George William
Curtis of the Brook Farm days. "such witty
potato patches and sparkling cornfieIds- The
weeds Were scratched out Of the ground to the
music of Tennyson or Browning. and the noon
ing was an hour gay and bright as any brill
liant Midnight at Ambrose's" Besides the rare
spirits enlisted in the enterprise. there was al
ways good and motley throng Of visitors
Alcott and Lowell came frequently. and SO did
Horace Greeley and Margaret Fuller. AS with
Hawthorne. SO with others. The reader is
stantly renewing old associations and making
as he passes in this book from group
to group of the bright spirits who made New
England the centre of literary life in America IN
the nineteenth century
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-03
AMERICAN MANNERS.
Il Supposedly Chinese Fiezc of
Them.
AS \ CIIINAMAN SAW US. By Henry Pearson
Grafton Emo. pp- ia D. Appleton * co.

AS \ CIIINAMAN SAW US By Henry Pearson
Grafton Emo. pp. ssa D. Appleton s Co
The author of this volume on American man
ners and customs. which purports to have been
edited and arranged from the correspondence oc
a Chinese gentleman. has. at times a STRANGELY
Occidental way of looking at things. The book
is. of course, satire. but contains little that
is novel or that has not already been noted and
commented upon in social and political in
consistencies by our own writer's Custom rules
as strongly IN America as in China but changes
oftener. and. owing to our cosmopolitan charac-
ter. is varied. Yet customs vary greatly
in the different provinces of China and are
quite rs inconsistent and meaningless now as
any of ours. whatever reason may have existed
for them in their origin. 10 is safe TO saw that
an educated Chinaman would find almost as
much to criticise in his own country as he would
in the United states and that this book couIi
have been written by an American and probably
was. is borne out by Internal evidence For in
nifying 4 social organization, is the same "A
that for bludseOn. Chinese gentleman. writing
nome IN his own language. would hardly have.
used the following expression: "A lady who
was club woman-and by this do not mean
that she was armed with a club
1t is doubtful if native of China where liz,
Is more formal than anywhere else on this. GLOBE.
"'"' ''>''e oSei particularly struck by the
social uSaSes that prescribe definite forms or
dresS Tor certain occasions. IL would have.
seemed the most natural thing in the worIJ q,
him that men should wear swalIawtau coats
with white WastCoats and ties at functions
where women are present and at other times
dinner coats with black waistcoats and ties
He might have found subject for comment in
the styles of dress that we have adopted. but
would hardly have said. Exactly why this is
I do not understand. nor do the Americans.
The fact that it was custom and founded ON
precedent would have been accepted as sutr-
Nie"t 'eNl'oi ~ any Chinirnin- Speaking of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-03


trations from photographs l2mo pp- Isl n
Vessels Company.
Mr.. Wilson has written an entertaining. vol
ume. which will be valued by the landmark
hunter. and will prove interesting TO the gen
eral reader. The author Undertook his journey
with a mental knapsack we'll stocked with his
torical and biographical information and has
added thereto much of pleasant personal i'm
preston OF the country of his wanderings with
not a few anecdotes and "reminiscences that
have hitherto escaped the collector of literary
ana His style is agreeable. Starting from
Portland. Me. he strays. not without well
defined itinerary. through Longfelow's coun-
try. Whittier land. the Salem of Hawthorne.
others in Concord. He visits Cambridge and its
worthless. and. after a somewhat prolonged stay
In Boston from its day of literary beginnings
until the Autocrat and his comrades gave way
to the writers of a later time. carries us to the
land Of the Pilgrims. takes winding Bay
State journey to the Berkshires and beyond
and completes his peregrinations with trips to
the homes of the more famous Connecticut wits
and worthless
AS we follow Mr.. Wilson from place To place
IL is pleasant to come upon old friends whom
we have met before. and whom chance in
clination has likewise led to change their
y,
point we early meet with Hawthorne at the
little town of Raymond. where. he says. Il
first got my cursed habit of solitude; and find
him again at Bowdon College, with hi distin-
guished mates. Longfellow. Franklin Pierce
and Horato Bridge. Later he is seen in Salem
first In his study under the caves. where also
living in solitude till the fuIness of time was
come 1 still kept the dew of my youth and the
freshness OF my heart: and then. after his OK
perience in the Custom House at Boston his
life at Brook Farm and his first sojourn in
Concord. in the Custom House on Derby Wharf
among the old sea captains. and in his upper
room at No. III Mall-st. where he wrote The
Scarlet Letter" We find. to our regret that
the old Fyncheon house where grim Miss Hep
zibah opened her shop and kept her pathetic
solitary vigil. never had existence in wood and
plaster, and is 10 be considered only as n TYNE
of the houses built in Salem in the latter half
of the seventeenth century
An old house at No 81 Trrner-st however Is
often referred to Az the House Of Seven Cables
and toward IT, after leaving, M.,ll-St. the writer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-03
CHE Neau'Vork Gribma1&
ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT-
SUNDAY. JULY 3, 1904.

The troubles of authorship in Paris are never
ended Every few weeks we have occasion to
report some new incident Of vexations charac-
ter in the annals of modern French fiction. Now
it is NJ. Michel COrday who has been "had up
before the beak" by an exasperated fellow
countryman He has written a novel called
LES Freres JOlidOn." The advertisement In
which this title was announced also stated that
the book would contain types OF character
taken from actual contemporary life" Imme-
dately a veritable NJ Jolidon. a court official
ut the Tribunal of the Seine, made himself
heard, requesting M. COrday to give his ficti-
tiouS ''freres" another name. Unfortunately
much of the book had already been put in type,
so NJ JOlidon was informed that the name
could not be changed. He therefore set the
wheels of the law in motion, but the first judge
before whom the case was brought explained
that it was outside his jurisdiction, so NJ. Joli-
den had to go into another court, where there
were precedents for dealing with the matter.
Whether or not NJ. Corday has been brought
TO book has not yet been announced. We are
sorry for him. We are sorry for M. JOlidon,
too. But, after all, what is poor author TO
do when he is in need of name for character
in a novel? Only man of genius knows how
TO invent names that are not absurd The rest
of mankind must perfOrce rely upon the di-
rect0ry and street signs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-03
TO A CYCLAMEN.

TO A CYCLAMEN.
By WALTER SAVAGE IANDoR
] come TO visit thee agen.
NV little f1oWerlesS cyclamen:
To touch the hand, almost TO press
That cheer'd thee in thy lonenhes.s
What could thy careful GUARDIAN hno
OF thee in form, of me in mind.
What is there in us rich or rare
TO make us claim moments carer
Unworthy to be so carest,
We are but whitening leaves at pest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-03
THE NOSLEM IN EUROPE.
Il Record of Great achievement and
Utter Collapse.

HISTORY OF THE MOORISH EMPIRE IN
EUROPE. By S. p Scott. In Three Volumes
Octave. pp Xiii. 76l; tx. CSC; tx. 6ss Philadel-
phia j. u. Lippincott Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-03

Lord Avebury has been revising that list of
the best hundred books which as Sir John Iub-
book, he compiled some years ago for the ed-
fcaton for was it for the amusementD Of
mankind. WhereupOn a ribald person, accord
ing to 1.-THE Athenrum," announces as a rival
Hundred Worst Judges" Very foolish indeed
must this seem to Lord Avebury but it is diff
icult to see how he could ever have expected
his list to be taken very seriously. Why, we
wonder, did he make it? In a recent letter
to '"rhc Pail Mall Gazette" he states that eh
list does not profess to be made I'D Of books
which are his own special favortcs, that his
object was simply ito bring together those
most generally recommended by qualified au-
thoritcs' But to complaints that the list was
too long or too short, he retorts that he 'took
a hundred, of course, merely as round number"
and adds that "if had had six fingers no
ty.' This shows the essential abSurGity of the
list. Mr.. James Payn thought that it afforded
admirable and varied materials for the forma-
ton Of a prig," but is it conceivable that any
one could ever have deliberately set himself to
the task Of absorbing just the books selected
for him by Lord Aveburyl Mr.. Andrew Lang
plaintivcly remarks: 81 do not Understand Lord
Avebury's principles Of selection" The prin-
ciples do not matter. The error lies IN drawing
up the List at all
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-03
Il LITERARY PILGRIM ICE.
The Homes and Haunts Of Ne7c-
England Witers.

NEiW-ENGiAND IN LETTERS. Rv Rufus Rock
well Wilson. With six full page CSorei illus
trations from photographs. I2ruo. Up Isl y
Vessels Company
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-03

A curious story is told in ''The London Chron-
icle' about a dabbler in literature who has
been studying the criminal classes at first hand
and succeeded in obtaining an Introduction to
"A select circle Of clever pickpOckets," with a
regular meeting place Of their own The first
time he shared one OF the social evenings" OF
this group he carried nothing in his pockets
save the money necessary TO take him home
On the next occasion he took some gold with
him, and on leaving the house. early in the
morning. found that it was still in his posses
sion, but, on the other hand, he missed some
thing "of no value to any one but the owner"
Il bottle Of morphia and a hypoderInic syringe.
Tie FASTENED back to the house and begged
the member of the club with whom he was best
stored. But he was too late; he was shown
the fragments of the bottle and the syringe.
The liked him, and, knowing his weak
ness had deputed one of their number to pre-
vent him gratifying his morbid desire, at any
rate for that one night" This dabbler must
I've "puir feckleSs thing" but we do not doubt
that when his literature" energies into print
it will wear tremendous air of authority"
Local color is nowadays supposed, in some
quarters, to have magic all its own. There
is nobody like your teller of tales about pick
pockets and morphine fcnds for making dark
illusions TO the unimpeachable sources of his
information. He comes before the public with
u gloomy brow, and all the other marks of a
profound student of life" as the inspired
paragraphs have it. But somehow the dab
bier aforesaid only makes us smile the more
skcphcally over the profundity Of these color
lists.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-06-08
ADDS TO COMPLICATIONS.
Decision of Masters and Pilots to Jci,
Federation Of Labor.

Chicago, June 8.-Vessel men do not
seem to be alarmed over the action OF
the local harbors OF the Masters and
Pilots association In voting to go into
the American Federation OF Labor.
Members OF the union, who were in
terviewed, stated that as soon as the
masters and pilots have been received
into the federation not pound OF
freight could 3e handled for boats with
nonunion masters or mates. This was
disputed by the vessel men, who re-
ferred to the contracts with the long
shoremen, which prohibited sympa-
thetic strikes.
The general impression among the
conservatives Of both sides was that
the affiliation of the masters and pilots
with the Federation of Labor merely
added to the complications already ex-
listing, without bringing the present
trouble any nearer to solution.
Detroit, June S.-Fifteen members
of the local harbor of the Masters and
Filots' association wrote their resigna-
tions from the association In the Office
of Captain j. w. Westcott, local agent
for the steel trust feet, and sent them
10 the officers OF the harbor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-06-08
DETERMINED EFFORT TO AD-
VANCE BY LAND.
RELIEF FORCE ON THE WAY SOUTH
kUROPATkiN SENDS ARMY OF
UNKNOWN SIZE TO AID BE-
SlEGED FORTRESS.

Chefoo, June S.-An impression pre-
walls here that naval battle took
place during the night in the gulf OF
Pechili Reports come from Teng
chow OF heavy firing being heard there
from IL p. m. until 2 o'clock In the
morning. Vessels from the Miaotao
Islands confirm this report and SO dc
the residents of hills In the vicinity OF
this city, who heard the firing and
saw flashes out at sea during the
night.
The fact that the Russians were en-
deayoring. on June 4, to clear the
roadstead off Port Arthur of mines in
dicates an intention upon their part to
give battle outside the harbor upon
the irst favorable opportunity.
A Japanese correspondent returning
from Talienwan says there is a per-
sistent rumor there that the Japanese
battleship Yashima strdck mine off
that port recently and was sunk. Chi
nese arrivals from Talienwan are un-
able to confirm the story.
Preceding a sea attack on Port Ar
thur Monday night the Japanese ap-
parently made a determined effort tC
advance on that stronghold by land.
A Chinese junk, which left point
three miles south of Port Dalny early
Monlay morning, has arrived here.
She reports having heard firing north
OF Port Arthur from Z o'clock Monday
morning until 2 o'clock that afternoon,
by which time she passed out of hear
ing distance.
1t would appear that the japanese
planned land and sea attack on Port
Arthur Monday. The Russians, on see
Ing this. sent their fleet out to give
battle. The result is not known.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-06-08

American Minister at Lisbon Give
Ball to Naval OFFICERS.

Lisbon, June 8.-The ball given by
United States Minister Bryan at the
American legation to Rear Admiral
Barker and the officers OF his squad.
ron was q very successful affair. In
addition to King Carlos and Queen
Marie Amelie the queen mother, Maria
Pia. was present. as were the crown
prince, Louis Philippe, the cabinet
ministers, the diplomatic corps and
the leading representatives Of Iisbon's
official and social circles. In all there
were about q thousand guests.
The presence OF the king, queen
and the queen mother at the function
was a very unusual honor. The ROYAL
party arrived at the legation at TO- 80
p. IN. and remained two hours.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-06-08
OF A DIFFERENT TYPE.
Further Reports Regarding Loss oi
Russian Gunboat.

Toxic, June 8.-Supplementary re
ports from the blockading forces indi
cate that the Russian gunboat which
was sunk by torpedo off Port Arthur
Saturday was of the Gremiashchi type
instead of the Giliak class.
Admiral Kataoka. commander Of the
Third squadron, reconnoitered Sas
shantao and Takukao. The Chinese
say that when the Russians abandoned
Takukao they poisoned the water
sources Admiral Kataoka is investi-
eating the charge.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-06-08
TO ASSIST PORT ARTHUR
RUSSIAN FORCE OF UNKNOWN
SIZE SENT SOUTH BY
kUROPATkiN.

ST. Petersburg, June S.-While II is
undoubtedly true that very active
Russian force is operating on the Lao
tung peninsula In the hope Of imped-
Ing and possibly crippling the Japan
ese army commanded by General Oku
the number and character of this force
are shrouded In mystery. Figures are
freely banded about. but 1t Is impos-
sible TO ascertain the exact facts. 1t
Is doubtful even II the general staff Is
fully advised Of General Kuropatkin' S
intentions. According to accepted
stories here Viceroy Alexieff insisted
that Kuropatkin should not leave Port
Arthur to its fate and the advance OF
troops, the strength OF which is not
known here, may be due to his pres
sure. But two things are certain-the
strength of the main army at Liaoyang
has not been appreciably weakened by
the force sent south and the move
ment was not ordered by Emperor
Nicholas. The Associated Press is as
sured by a member of the emperor s
suite that the stories that the differ
ences between Viceroy Alexieff and
General Kuropatkin on this subject
Were Referred to the Emperor,
who In turn submitted them to the
council OF war, which agreed on the
advisability of ordering an advance,
arc absolutely false. The Associated
Press informant reiterated the state
ment 1abled June 3, that the emperor
Is not attempting to impose his views
upon kuropatkin, saying further that
the emperor considered that the mill
tary situation has distinctly improved
from the standpoint of the future.
The emperor has received tele-
gram from General Kuropatkin report
ing the skirmishes near Siuyen and
Saimatsza. Although neither move
ment has yet developed particular sig
nificance they might eventually indi-
cate an attempt of the enemy to push
through the line at the head OF the
Liaotung peninsula while feinting at
the Russian left flank at Liaoyang.
kuropatkin's telegram Is dated Lao
yang. Therefore ii Is possible he has
returned from his trip to Kaichou.
The general staff has received ad-
vices to the effect that the Chinese re-
port that the Japapese are prepared
to renew heavy fighting on the Kwan-
tung peninsula Thursday.
The foreign Office says 1t has not
yeceived q report from the Russian
consul at Chefoo in regard to the ru.
GnOred sinking of large Japanese
Warship OF Talienwan.
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armed win r..4es aaa regolvel $, ~ 49,.
scouting the hills Of the Cripple Cheek
district with the object OF rounding np
every union man and sery idler ii
the camp. They will be escorted 10
the county lines ana warned never
again to return TO Teller county. The
union men also are we'll armed and
say they will resist an attempt at
deportation. Many of them are ties.
perate and serious trouble may oc ur.
PLOT TO DISRUPT UNION.