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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

lfTOm the chicago News.
court again. - ~
No young man can write a sensible let
ter to the girl he loves.
Women know as much about notifies &c
men know about war maps
some men are eagerly sought after be-
cause they don pay their debts.
Laugh and the world laughs with vol
unless you laugh at your own jokes.
Lots of men make money without ad-
Vertlslng. They are employed in the mint
A man who expects nothing but advice
from his relatives is seldom disappointed.
You can afford to believe that the office
seeks the man if you don't want the Of
When girl begins to criticise a yo11n 9,
mans neckties he should prepare for the
Many a man who INQUIRIES after vour
health doesn't care a rap whether it IS
good, bad or Indifferent
A woman's idea of enforced idleness IS
to have so much money that it would
keep her busy trying to spend it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08
SULTAN GIVES UP
Grants Demands of Bandit Who
kidnapped Perdicarins.

Tangier, Morocco. June s.-The sui
tan's letter in reply to the diplomatic
representations in regard to the kid
naping of Messrs. Perdicaris and Var
ley arrived here this afternoon.
II is said by a person in the sultan's
confidence that the Sultan has given
orders to grant all of the conditions
demanded by RaisuH. the bandit
leader, in order to expedite the release
of the captives-
The sultan in his letter appoints
Herd Ell Barrada to be governor of
Tangier, which step was included among
RaiSulfs demands. Barrada was a
member of the counsel of AIohamnled
FL Torres the representative of the sui
tan here and formerly was governor
of Masagan.
The authorities here assert that a
raid made yesterday by armed Anjera.
tribesmen on the home of an English
man here during which they obtained
several rifles was only a common rob
berry and had no political significance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08
QUAKER RESTRICTIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record
The point of view of some people needs
sharpening.
The bOOkbinder may be neither rare. nor
rich, but he is racy.
Few men are either as good or as bad
as they pretend TO be.
The most careful man puts his foot in it
when he puts on his shoe
If looks could kill. most of US would
have been murdered long ago
The poet finds that it is easier to write
a song than to right a wrong
Even the actress who is welded to her
art doesnt mind taking on few hus-
The bicycle built for two is a thing OF
the past, but the hammock continues to
hold its own.
'Matrimony is a good bit like new
SHOES, says the cynical bachelor. 1.-THE
longer you wear them the less they hurt -
Sillicus-'She is just the sweetest thing
in the world. Cynicus-"That's what the
hy thought when it got stuck on the mo-
lasses -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08
LAYHAWKER- lots

Concordia stray dogs are being fed
"doctored" meat rather than bullets.
Lightning killed an Erie mare in
sured for $500 and barely dazed the
colt by her side.
Mr.. Lucky is a candidate for repre-
sentative in Grant county. Now Wen
see what's in a name.
Finney county is no longer in the
dry belt but the farmers are still buy
ing grasshOpper poison
AS the Chase baseball team is COM
posed of old married men the name
colts seems a trif1e inappropriate.
An Erie pet coon committed suicide
recently. Forty-eight sugar coated
pills were the means of his demise.
Fishing from a hand car has been
one of the amusements of the week
by the section hands in Mcpherson
county.
Any town having brass band for
sale will do well to apply to Fredonia.
Next to the oil fever a desire for horn
music RACES.
Lawrence trees are trimmed so low
over the sidewalks that tall women
are almost compelled to crawl to save
their hat feathers.
Nine out of every ten Topeka drug
store liquor buyers sign up for a
cold" A wee nipple, as it were, to nip
the cold in the bud.
With the dying away of the pri-
mary election excitement the Lecomp-
IC4A DbSo nave ICtUIIlGQ 10 the mo-
notony of horseshoe pitching.
Since about thirty Lakin people
were poisoned by eating ice cream
the dudes stroll by the soda fountains
with their best girl in perfect safety
Inman is to have a band reunion
and balloon ascension June 10. AS
the daring aeronaut sails away to the
clouds six bass drums will thunder
applause.
The run of water in the irrigation
bitches at Garden City has been good
this spring. But for that matter PEG
pie along the Kaw and Cottonwood
valleys have had little to complain of.
An Ottawa man has an Indian sad
die made from the fork of a tree
The explanatory card shows how the
curio was ridden by Sitting Bull at
the Custer massacre.
a Jackson county farmer purchased
two hoes in Holton the other dav,
One of them" he explained. was
for his wife to dig the dinner vege-
tables, the other for the candida te
who came to bother
A swarm of bees have selected the
front gate posts of a Clay Center home
for temporary abode. In the mean
time the family are making their shop-
ping and visiting exits through the
back alley and the neighbors' ward.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08
WHY lie Junnncd.

Speaking Of the curious EXPLANATIONS
that are made in courts of Justice srd
the resCurcefulness Of men who are con
fronted by the rather unpleasant prosrert
OF a sentence Of a long or short duration
reminds me OF rather novel case which
came under my observation some time
ago, said man who frequents the
courts of this city, and the partictiIar
case have in mind shows how dosu(,--
ateiy ,,resourceful a man may sometimes
be- The charge against hin IS of no
particular moment. The act he had coro-
mitted was TO plunge headlonc into Ts-
you st. John, that romantic sfraar n,
which winds rather sluggish way into
the lake In the lower part OF the civ
he was pulled out and before he could
thoroughly realize what was hannerir- -
TO him he was dripping along a Dribiio.
highway with a robust policeman svvirr--
ing on TO his arm He was lodged n, fslI
and It became necessary for him to rrsI-s
some sort of explanation TO 60 on one 81
the city records, and this Is where -
funny part OF the business comes in -7Lr
recorder put the question to him biT1~fI,--
why Did you Jump into the bavou = 7.S,.
ieltoW hesltated for a second or ~
we Ell. judge, ne finally said with more
confidence Than YOU can imarfne X me-
wanted 10 md out what was al the no.
tom or the bayou The explanation Wa
clever, and even original. but the records-
was not inclined to accept II, SO he en-
Sereo W a small fine against the man 8
New Orleans Tim es-Dsnocrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08
AN ANCIENT PREDICTION.
A Russian Saint Declares Gar VIII
Go to the Front.

There is much talk in St. Petersburg
and in other Russian cities Of the pro-
liability that the car viii go to the
seat of war. A newly discovered proph-
ecy of St. Serafin, it is said. viii induce
him to take supreme command of the
Russian forces in the east.
Last July 1t will be remembered. the
remains of St. Serafn of Sarof We're
carried into a church specially built for
their reception. Father Serafin. as he
was commonly called, died about 70
years ago in the desert of SarOf and
was buried near his hermit hut Some
little time after his death a we'll not
far from his grave was discovered.
whose water had curative qualities.
The church, after due investigation.
concluded that the well was holy. and
the saint was canonized- Last year the
emperor and all the imperial family
were present at the removal of the
saints remains. The car himself and
three grand dukes carried the precious
burden to the place prepared for it; and
it was the Czarine Feodorovna-who
by the way OF late has become very
piOus-WhO designed the drapery and
the decoratio which mark the new
place where the bones Of the saint lie
Here is one of the predictions said to
have been made by st. Serafn. Dur
ing the year following the removal of
my ashes hence to a church a terri
BILE war VIII be let loose upon Russia.
and it will cause much suffering Tbs
car Will go to that war. / Will go with
him, and we Will tear to pieces the
apron of England
This prediction first came to light
last July. 1t was discussed in several
court circles and great Importance was
attached to the promise of the saint
to accompany the car to the front As
to the apron of England" which is
to be torn to tatters, that does not nee
essarily mean war with England. In
all probability the apron means jan
an, by which England is shielded in her
war against Russia.
It is also contended that St Sera6n
was in reality Alexander J. who retired
to convent after his involuntary par
ticipation in the murder of his father
Paul l. Later on he became the her
NIT of the desert Of Sarof This II IS
said, is the real reason why the car
and the imperial family were present
at the second funeral of the prophef-
From La Temps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08
OIL FIELD Is FLOODED.
Several Feet of Water Over Many
Properties Around CoffeyviIIe.

Coffeyville. Kan, June S.-The high
water of the past few days has COM
pleteIy paralyzed the oil business in the
Coffeyville district Many properties
along the river and the creeks are sub
merged and there will be but little ac-
tivity in the Coneyville district for
some time. The ground is too soft to
move rigs and in many directions the
water prevents. Most of the companies
whose properties are under water, took
the precaution before the floods to cap
and plug their wells and no damage to
the holes is expected. Rigs were moored
down. tanks were opened and allowed
to fill with water and all loose ma
chinery moved away.
The Springfield Crude Oil company is
completely under water and its work
Of pumping stopped. This company is
on the Parent and Potter farms. The
pumping plant of the Hoosier Crude is
under water. The Coffeyville Crude Oil
company on the Cook farm is COM
pletely under water and it is said lost
a tank or two. English & Hymen on
the Swan land are four feet under the
flood A number of other companies
in the field are losers and it will be
some time before oil men in the city
can get out to the scenes of their op-
eratiOnS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08

"On the face of the returns" the
national treasury Statement for May
shows a deficiency of $52,3OO.OO0 for
eleven months of the current year. The
New York Commercial pronounces this
an optical illusion" due to 100000
600 paid the French canal company
for its rights and property on the
isthmus, $1O,O00,00O paid Panama for
the canal strip, and s4,6OO,OOO loaned
TO the st. Louis exposition. Aside
from these extras" there is a surplus
of $2,S0O,000 for the eleven months,
the revenue having been $493, 800, 900
and the ordinary expenditures $491,-
100000 The extras came out of
the surplus formerly accumulated, and
the government is ahead on its reg
ular operations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08

ready to wash and cook the green's before
she eats them
When town girl has a. visiting girl
who fails to attract the boys, she saves
the day by giving it out that her guest is
engaged to be married.
If a woman truly loves her husband
when she is asked how he is, she will say:
We'll, he does not complain, but do not
think he is very well"
This Is the season when, if any one
mentions greens, some woman present
makes record by claiming that she al
ways washes hers nine times.
You hear a great deal of the yellow
and black peril There is also the red
peril. the girls having renewed the Gus
tom of painting their cheeks.
There has been a great deal of discus
sion as to the best way to handle your
enemies. The best way, we believe, is
to let them alone as much as possible.
Above all. don't write them anonymous
letters While you are engaged in this
somewhat questionable literary work,
your enemy may be busy in more credita-
Bile ways and getting ahead of you.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08

Pittsburg Post: It was most signi-
ficant that at a congress of women
from all parts of the world assent ied
in the German capital the two most
important offices should have been
filled by American women. 1t shows
that among the women of other coun-
tries there is the same high appre-
citation of the character and energy
and advancement of our women as
foreign men generally have discerned
in the American men. The latter will
be we'll pleased with the compliment
paid to their fellow country women at
Berlin, and win be more than ever
disposed to consider them the finest
specimens of their sex in the whole
world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08

Flour and grain movements from
domestic trade into foreign commerce
for the first four months of the cur
rent calendar year continue to con-
trast sharply with those of 1903 The
withdrawal of -four and grain by way
OF the different coasts, for export, for
the month of April. amounted to
about half the quantity shipped out
of the country during April of the
preceding year. April exports of flour
were 945,94S barrels and 1,S43,546
barrels in April 1908. For four
months ending with April flour ex-
ports were 5,35s,O2O barrels, in con-
trast with 6,259,7O6 barrels in 1903.
The longer periods compare more IA
vorably, but still show decrease of
IA per cent. In the grain trade,
April Withdrawals were 4,769,54S
bushels, in contrast with 17,S0O,59
bushels in April. 1903. For the peri
Cd of four months ending with April.
1904, 33,092.s37 bushels were shipped
out Of the country. For the cores
ponding period in 1903. 77,5s4.315
bushels were reported. Flour and
grain shipments combined aggregat-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08
X. c. THEATERs UNSAFE.
Several Regarded as Fire Traps and
May Not Be Allowed to Open.

Kansas City June Sat a long session
and a conference with the mayor. the
joint fire committee of the council and the
special theater committees decided to rec
theater ordinance. It was decided to IA
vOr the enforcement of the present laws
regarding the safety of audiences, with
one or two important amendments. The
amendments are that the chief of the fire
department snail be held responsible for
the safety of the buildings and that he
shall station two OF his men in the thea
tiers during performances Each week the
city electrician is to make a thorough ex-
animation of the theaters and each night,
before play commences, the house fire
men are to open and close all emergency
doors and the roof ventilatOrs, through
which smoke is to pass in the event OF
FIRE Not the least important amend
ment proposed is changing the penalty
fine to a revocation of the license for a
Single VOCATION OF any OF the laws IeIat-
ing to the safety of places OF amuse-
I'VE have no option in this matter. .
said Alderman linn First thing we
know there viii be a fire here and lives
lost. We will be held responsible for
not enforcing the law. I expect to see
that the mayor will not let them open
next season unless they exercise the
precautions demanded by common sense.
Four theaters will have to cut the stage
off from the auditorium; five will have to
tear out their seats to make the aisles
three feet wide. the seats wider than they
in a row to twelve, so that no one shall
be more than six seats away from IN
aisle. Even the Willis Wood has one end
of its sections closed by boxes Ihat VIII
have to be changed. The Orpheum has
no iron stairs: the Grand is an offender
in many ways, and the Auditorium will
have to spend lot of money and take up
a lot of time making alterations The
Willis Wood can be ready in plenty of
time, for we find that house ABOUT as safe
as a house can be made, and still have 1t
a theater
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08
SUIT FOR BIG DAMAGES.
Ask $4,000 From the Santa Fe for
Death of Peter Miller.

The suit Of Johanna Miller against
the Santa Fe Railway company for
so, 600 damages on account of the death
of her husband was begun before a
jury in the district court this morning.
On the night of December ?, 1902,
Peter Miller, a Santa Fe employee of the
shops was driving to his home near Te-
cumseh in a buggy. He was struck
by train as he was driving across the
track and was killed. The grounds for
the suit are alleged to be that the
trainmen did not sound a warning
whistle for the crossing and that Mil
ler's death was due to negligence. In
examing the jurors Captain Waters
discovered that three of the twelve had
ridden on the Santa Fe on passes and
five had worked for the company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08

The Colorado method of Kidding the
service of an objectionable officer is
not likely to extend beyond the con-
fines of the Centennial state. Ac-
cording to the dispatches, the method
consists in laying a coil of rope in
front of the sheriff or town marshal,
as the case may be, and requesting his
resignation The plan has not been
known to fail in any instance. This
is being done by the mine owners and
their sympathizers and they are
backed UP by the state executive and
the military. Russia could hardly do
worse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08
ONE MORE FOR BEAVERS
Alleged PostofIice EoodIer Served
With Another Warrant for Arrest.

New York, June s.-When George
W. Beavers. former superintendent of
the division of salaries and allowances
Of the postofice department appeared
in the United States circuit court in
Brooklyn today he was served with
new warrant for arrest on a Wash
ington indictment charging him with
entering into a deal for the purchase
OF book typewriters and with receiv-
ing money for his influence in put
ting through a contract for the ma
chimes. On this warrant Beavers was
taken before United States Commits
sioner Benedict who required an ad-
dittonal $4,000 bail on the new
charge. He was given until next
Monday to furnish the additional
bond
Counsel for Beavers were to have
been heard today on motions to quash
the indictments based on the cash
register deal and for a bill of partfcll-
lars, but the serving of the new war
rant deferred this hearing until Mon
daV.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08
Emporia Likes .gThe pike. !"

The Parker Pike which was in the
mud in Topeka last week, opened a
weeks engagement at Emporia Mon
day, and Tuesdays Emporia- Gazette in
commenting on the Pike said: There
was a good attendance last night. The
first night the men usually reconnoitre
about to get an idea of what kind of
an affair it is. The best for the COM
pany that can be said is that a lot of
the good old married men who went on
an investigating tour last night say
they will be there tonight with their
wives and children
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08
IA THE WoRLD's FAIR.

- Subscribers of the State Journal
visiting the Worlds Fair may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
10 any address in st. Louis at the rate
of 80 cents month";. The last edition
of the State journal reaches st. Louis
the following morning. The paper
can be sent care of the Kansas build
ing, if desired
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08

Mr.. and Mrs. William Kistler brought
mandamus proceedings in the district
court today for the recovery of Katie
Kistler, aged three years, who they
adopted from the Topeka Orphans
Home and who is now in the posses
sion of the motner. Justina. Settling of
814 State street. Mr.. and Mrs. Kistler
wish the child returned to them Judge
Hazen will hear the case June II.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08
JUMPED THE TRACK.
Northern Pacific Passenger Train
Tumbles Into Ditch.

Helena, Mont, June s.-West-bound
passenger No. 3 on the Northern Pa
cifc jumped the track near Park City,
Mont, about so miles east of Helena.
today while going at full speed. The
engine ran about a hundred feet on
the ties and then with the mail cars
went into the ditch, the mail car be-
ing badly wrecked The fireman and
express messenger are said TO have
been severely hurt. The passengers
escaped with a severe shaking up
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08

In the district court Tuesday afternoon
the jury awarded Cunningham Bros q
Co of St Louis a Judgment against John
p. Mcdanus & Co of Topeka for Sc, %.
McManus sued Cunningham Bros. & Co.
for commissions he claimed were due him
for goods he had handled and sold for the
company The St Louis company put up
a counter claim for money claimed to be
due them and the jury found Tor the St
T.Ollis claimants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08
MARINES LAND.
Uncle Sam's Men Are Now on
African Soil.

Washington, June s.-American
marines have landed in Africa. Ad-
miraI Chadwick this afternoon cabled
the navy department from Tangier as
follows:
'I have placed a guard at the Bel
gian legation. having been requested
to do so by our consul here"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08
MATADOR KILLED.
Murder Follows Last Sundays
Bull Fight Row.

St. Louis, No. June s.-Don Manuel Ger
vera, a Spaniard, who was introduced last
Sunday when the bull fight was attempt
ed, as the favOrite matadOr of the King
Of Spain. shot through the heart to-
day by Carleton Bass, known as The
American Matador" Bass and five 9TH
er bull fighters who witnessed the shoot
ing were arrested The shooting resulted
from a quarrel regarding the bull fight
hasco Sunday, when the authorities stop
ped the fight and the angry crowd
burned the arena structure.
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Cape May Challenge Cup Found.

New York. June s.-The Cape May
challenge cup, which King Edward
when Prince of Wales won with his cut
ter Britannia, has been found, says a
Herald dispatch from London. The
trophy which was reported missing, is
being returned to the New York Yacht
club because it cannot be defended I'M
der the existing conditions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08

London. June S.-Lewis Bond, a
missionary in the Balkans. who is in
London on his way to the United
States, says that he does not antici-
pate a rising this summer. but that
little is to be hoped from the Austro-
Russian reform scheme, which he re-
cards as practically Valueless
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HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State Journal
away during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
TO any address at the rate of thirty
cents a month. Address changed as
often as desired. While out of town
the State journal will be to you like
q daily letter from home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08
ANOTHER CASE OF SMALLPOX.
Victim This Time rs Mary Stagner of
1910 North Kansas Avenue.

Another case of smallpox has been
Guaranteed by the health department,
and it is also in North Topeka. This
makes two cases in that part of town
The new case is that of Mary Stagner,
at 1910 North Kansas avenue The case
was first carded as chickenpoX, but yes
terday the card was changed to smallpox
and a guard placed in charge of the
house
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08
GLOBE SIGHTS
TFrom the Atchison Globe. I

IT IOIu tIIe tALCnISOn tTIODe.
In Topeka they hang on longer in So
ciety than they do in Atchison.
Some men always want to get you See
that they are not the sheriff and chief of
police
When a woman pays a compliment to A
married man his wife begins to wonder
suspiciously what it means.
The COW is ahead of the man: She
doesn't have to wait until some one is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-08
Rock IsIand System.

Colorado Flyer for Kansas City
leaves Topeka every day at 7:45 a. m.
arrives Kansas City 9:35 a. M, con
Meeting with all trains north, south,
and east Leaves Kansas City $50 D..
m, arrives Topeka $40 p. m Carries
dining car in both directions, and is a.
through train without stops at inter
mediate stations.