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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08
GAVE AWAY A MILLION.
Western Kansas Farmers Are Evident
Iy Planting Trees.

R. NJ. Wright, state forestry COM
missioner, who was in Topeka this
week attending the meeting of the
State Historical society, of which he
was elected president, says he has dis
tributed more than a million trees to
the farmers of western Kansas this
year. The distribution is free. The
state starts the trees on the state for
estry station at Dodge City, and they
are then distributed to the farmers
who ask for them.
Il presume fully 70 per cent of the
trees live and grow after being trans
planted. Honey locust, boxelder and
white ash in the order named, are the
best for the semi-arid district. Locust
and ash trees are two years old when
we send them out. Boxelder can be
shipped out at one year of age.
March and April are the transplanting
months. During that period more
than 1000 wagons come to the station
for trees and L ship out by express
perhaps 1000 orders. Tree culture is
a great thing for western Kansas. 1t
tempers the winds and the atmosphere
and should be encouraged
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08
THE PORTE YIELDS.
Austria's Energetic Demands Are
Complied With.

Constantinople, Dec. s.-The ports has
yielded to the Austrian demands regard
ing detention of Austrian mails and the
incident may be regarded as closed.
Threatened complications have therefore
been averted. The Austrian uItimatum
demanded the dismissal of the director of
customs, the secretary general of the vii
layet and the chief of police of Scutar1
within three days, falling, which, Austria
would make a naval demonstration at Sa-
France on the occasion of the occupation
of the island of Mitylene, would demand
a settlement of all other pending queS-
lions, including official recognition of the
schools under Austrian protection. The
energetic attitude of Austria in ordering
a squadron of warships to be made ready
to sail induced the desired action on the
part of the porte with the result that the
difficulty was tided over.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08
LEW SPENCER DEAD.
Old Minstrel Dies Penniless-Victim
of Alcohol.

Chicago, Dec. Slew Spencer
an oId-time minstrel, and a member of
famous organizations when black-face
comedy was at the high tide of its
popularity, fell dead in the saloon OF
William Kraemer, "a Van Buren,
street. last night. Spencer was an
end man on Haverly's, CIeveland's g.
Dockstader's and other organizations
and went to London on the first trip
of the first named company.
The death of the old-time star is at
tributed by his friends to alcoholism.
For two months he had drunk steadily
and two weeks ago, when given an en-
gagement by a friendly manager, for
got his lines and had to be carried
from the stage. Spencer" never re-
covered from the humiliation.
Spencer entered Kraemer's saloon
and for some time stood dejectedly at
thebar. Several friends invited him to
drink, but he shook his head.
III cut out the booze if it kills
me-" he said.
Spencer started to leave, but be-
fore reaching the door fell. He was
dead before a physician arrived.
Known to the stage and public as
Lew Spencer" his real name was
John Ehrhart. He belonged to a we'll
known family of Baltimore. A broth
er, who died recently, was for several
years chief of police of Baltimore. TIL e
actor was Sc years old. He died pen
niless. The body will be sent to BGlti-
more for burial, the actors fund de-
fraying the expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08
CoBURN's CHRISTMAS CARD.
This Unique Kansas Novelty Is Being
Distributed Today.

Secretary Coburn issued his annua1
christmas cards. today These are
handsome cards about six by seven and
half inches which Mr.. Coburn gets
one side are the Kansas agricultural
statistics for the current year, and on
the reverse side is some "Coburnesque'
idea. This year the idea is quotation
from John James ingalls,. 1t is in Mr..
Coburn's handwriting on a black back
ground. The quotation is as follows:
The grassy quadrangle which geo
graphers called Kansas. Her
undulating fields are the floors of
ancient seas. These limestone lodges
underlying the prairies and cropping
from the fOreheadS of the hills are the
cemeteries of the marine insect life of
the primeval world. The inexhausti-
Bile humuS is the mould of the decay
ing heritage of unnumbered centuries.
1t is only upon calcareous plains in
temperate ATTITUDES that agriculture is
supreme, and the strong structure and
the rich nourishment impaired essential
to bulk, endurance and speed in ami
mails, to grace, beauty and passion in
woman, and in man to stature, cour-
age, health and longevity.
JOHN JAMES INGALLS,"
Mr.. Coburn has a new idea for his
envelopes. On the back of each he has
printed in handwriting some striking
statement concerning Kansas agricul-
ture. For instance, here is one:
Ibid YOU NOTICE IT? Uncle
Sans report says Kansas raised in
1901 more than one-thirtieth of all the
wheat in the world
This is printed in Mr.. Coburn'S hand
writing on one of the flaps of the en-
velope, just as though it had occurred
to the writer and he had written it in
an off-hand manner as a sort of post
script.
Its like this said Mr.. Coburn
Every person is anxious to see any
thing written on the outside of an en-
velope If you write to man and have
something on the outside the first thing
he does is to see what you forgot to
put inside, and every person into whose
hands the envelope falls does the same
ffinq,'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08

have a clearing up. 1t is proposed
that the books be sold at sheriff's sale
from the east steps of the court house
by Sheriff Lucas.
The city railway is rushing the work
of grading and paving the double track
on Twelfth street between jackson and
van Buren, preparatory to the paving
OF the entire street. So many men and
teams are at work in the one block
that they are crowded.
Prof. o. R. Gleason, who will show
in the Auditorium all next week, says
ne has a fractions horse left over
from his Kansas City performances.
which he will bring to Topeka. He
worked on the animal one night until
O'Clock and finally gave up.
me Clay Center Dispatch says: Mr..
ana MRS william Sharpe left this
morning on the flyer for Topeka.
week or ten days. The object of Mr..
Sharpe's visit is chiefly business relat-
ing to mining interests.
Captain ]. r. McNary, deputy county
attorney, has%issued three more war
rants for young men who are charged
with hunting on farms near Vinewood
park If you are bound to hunt, young
man, better take Horace Greeley's ad-
wise and go West-not east of town.
Coroner Hogeboom and Judge
Hazen are the only county officials
who go out of office next January.
Judge Hazen has served IL years and
Dr. HoGeboom five years. The re-
mainder of the county officers were
elected for second terms, except Su-
perintendent Wright, who has held his
ONCE two terms but does not retire I'M
til some time in the summer of 1905.
The Burlington Jeffersonian says: The
concert to be given by the young peo.
PIE OF the Congregational church and
society, December 8, promises to be one
OF The choice entertainments of the sea-
son. They have secured the assistance
OF high grade outside talent to assist
them in their efforts to please. Miss
Marian. Garretson, piano soloist, tdaugh-
ter of our former fellow townsman, NJ
p. Garretson of Topeka, will be here
and give several numbers on the pro-
gramme. Also Miss Catherine Graves
or Topeka, a vocalist of exceptional
merit, not a professional, but stud
ant highly gifted in the art, comes to
US bearing the hearty endorsement of
Prof.. Penny Of Washburn college.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08
NEGRO AT THE BANQUET.
For First Time One Is on Kansas Day
Club Programme.

The speakers at the Kansas Day
club banquet this winter will be Gov
ernr E. w. Hooch, Prof. w. T. Vernon,
president of the colored college at
Quindaro; w. r. Stubs, N. H. Loomis,
Irnri ZumwaIt of Washburn, E. P. Sam
pie of Osborne, and two others whose
names have not yet been made public.
Del Valentine, president of the club,
will make the usual presidents address
and will make the funny remarks be-
tween speeches.
The invitation to Prof. Vernon is
something of an innovation, as no col
ored man has ever appeared before the
club Vernon is about as black rep
resentative of the negro race as there
is in Kansas, so far as his skin is con-
cerned, but he ranks among the best
speakers in the state, and something
good is looked for from him. He is the
Booker T. Washington of the west.
January 20, Kansas day, this year
comes on Sunday, so it will be neces-
sary to hold the banquet on the even
ing of Monday, January 80. 1t is ex-
pected that there will be a big crowd
present-larger than ever before If a
hall can be secured to hold them all.
The legislature will be in session and
a lot of patriots will be asking jobs
from the new governor, and then the
Republican party is a great deal larger
this year than ever before in Kansas.
One of the difficult problems is where
to hold the banquet. In off years it has
been held in Representative hall, but
this year the legislature will be in ses-
sion, which will interfere with using
that under ordinary arrangements: Two
years ago Security hall was used, but
it was necessary to limit the number
of tickets sold to about three hundred,
only half the number that were sold
last year. The Midwinter fair always
has possession of the Auditorium on
Kansas day, so the banquet has never
been held there. The problem is to find
a hall large enough to accommodate all
who want to attend the banquet and
served
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08
TURNER'S SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Has Been Decided to Make This Part
of the Programme.

Delegates from Turner societies
from Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska
held a meeting at Leavenworth last
Sunday and organized the Kansas Mis-
souri-Nebraska Turn Bezirk. with
headquarters at Lawrence until the
second Sunday of 1906.
Topeka will not have funniest next
year. The local classes, and some
from over the three states mentioned,
will go to the Bundles funniest at In
dianapoliS next year. Turntag, or
one day exercise, will be held at st.
Joseph some time next year.
The Bezirk recommended to the
various societies represented that Sun
day schools be established by all of
them, to be made up from their mem
hers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08
ARMY OFFICERS HURT.
Premature Discharge of a Ten-Inch
Gun at Fort Wetheren.

Newport, r. L, Dec. S.-The pre-
mature discharge of a 10-inch gun at
Fort Wetherell, one of the defense
works of Narragansett bay, demolished
the gun carriage and platform and
hurled to the ground the entire gun
detachment, including Lieut. Col. J. H.
Willard of the engineers and Lieut.
Frank W. Rawlston of the coast ar
tillery. These officers had their eyes
and ears temporarily affected and
Lieut.. sRawlston sustained cuts on the
face, but none of the soldiers were
injured, except for a few bruises
caused by their falls.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08
Lantrx Leases Oil Lands.

Kansas City, Kan, Dec S.-Leases
for $50 acres of land near Bonner
Springs, Kan, were filed in the office
of the recorder of deeds here Wednes-
day. The leases take in the farms of
Sarah Brown and H. H. Baker, and
are given to the Consolidated Oil and
Gas company, which is represented by
J. J. Helm and c. ]. Lantry. The
company is given the right to bore for
oil and gas and in case it is secured
the owners of the land are to have a
percentage of the profits. The COM
pany agrees to begin work within six
months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08
DIDN'T SUPPORT CHILD.
For This John H. Morgan Is to Be
Taken Back to Ohio.

A crime which is new to Kansas is
made the reason for a requisition for
the return of an Ohio man from Kan
sas to Ohio. Governor Bailey has just
honored the requisition.
John H. Morgan, who is now at
Caney, Montgomery county. will be
taken back to Findlay. Ohio, to stand
trial for not supporting his child, 3
years old. 1t constitutes a crime in
Ohio if an able bodied father fails to
support his children under 1 6 years OF
age. Morgan is said to be an oil
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08
veteran odd Fellow Dead.

Leavenworth, Kan, Dec. S.-George
Schultz, a shoemaker, died in his
boarding house here while sitting near
the stove. Mr.. Schultz was a native
of Germany. He was So years old and
came here in the early '60s. He was
one of the veteran Odd Fellows of
Kansas and helped to establish the
German lodge in Leavenworth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08

robbery. 1t is alleged that she was
led into the crime by her husband, and
Judge Randolph, who sentenced her,
and all others who had anything to do
with the case, say they now believe
her sentence was too long She was
sentenced in March, 1900, and Gov
ernor Bailey commuted the sentence to
seven years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08
Horton Mavor Arrested.

Horton. Kan, Dec. S.-Mayor Let
son of this city has been arrested on
a warrant gotten out by the temper
ance element charging him with al
lowing the saloons to run. The mayor
gave bond and will fight the case,
which covers eleven counts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08
His Feet Entangled in STRAINS.

Norfolk, Neb.. Dec. S.-The dead
body of Welcome Davidson, aged SIS,
an ex-conyict of the state penitentiary,
was found in a field near Fest, Neb.,
today. The dead mans face was hor-
ribly gashed and his feet were en-
tangled in straps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08

the Mississippi river being less than
5000 barrels a day now according to
the figures given out by one of the Of
ficialS of the Standard Oil company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08
Cuts Down Her Sentence.

Governor Bailey has committed the
sentence of Maggie Showers, a negro
woman of Emporia who was sent to
the penitentiary for fifteen years for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08

Comforts the heart, strengthens the
mind. It's good, i'll or well. Makes ones
face as bright as a summer morning.
That's what HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea does. IS cents. Tea or Tablets. Cat
lin Drug Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08
RevoIntion Imminent.

A sure sign of approaching revolt and
serious trouble in your system is nervous
ness, sleeplessness, or stomach uPsets.
Electric Bitters will quickly dismember
the troublesome causes. 1t never fails to
tone the stomach, regulate the kidneys
and bowels, stimulate the liver and clari-
fly the blood. Run down systems benefit
particularly and all the usual attending
aches vanish under its searching and
thorough effectiveness. Electric Bitters is
only SOC, and that is returned II it don {
give perfect satisfaction. Guaranteed by
Arnold Drug Co., 81 N. Kansas ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-08
SNAPSHOTS AT HOME NEWS

with anchor up, in waiting,
The ships stood on the shore;
The band of bold explorers
We're faint of heart, and sore;
When out stepped grim Pizarro,
The great conQuistador!
He stepped five PAGES slowly,
Five PAGES from the band:
His good sword from Toledo
He bore within his hand,
And with it's point he traced them
line upon the sandi
ION this side lie the danger.
So spake his bearded lips,
Death, hunger, hardship, also
Wealth, fame beyond eclipseI
And on the other comfort,
And the home returning shipSl"
And certain ones passed over
The line, and with him stood
Death scorning, SCARED old fighters
OF the brave old Spanish blood
But to the rest, dfSheartened,
The ships for home seemed good.
So comes the choice to mortaIs,
The line upon the sand.
On one side hardship, danger,
And, haply, glory stand;
But few there be cross over
When ease lies close at hand
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-06-15
Salaries Of English Preachers.

A considerable stir was cause
by the proposal to increase thu
salary of Bishop Potter to $I5,ool
year at just about the time hi
married widow worth $4,000
200. Clergymen draw higher pay
in England than here. For III
stance, the archbishop of Canter-
bury, head OF the Anglican church
receives $4,000 annually. Bishop:
get from $4,000 to $4,000. Tht
emoluments of deans vary be
twee 5000 and $4,000. Rec
tors, Wears and curates fare not
so i'll as Punch would have US
believe. The fist named have
privileges, tithes and other good
things, and are assisted by tht
Wears. Last Of all core the thir
skinned curates, bringing up the
rail end of the hierarchy.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-06-15

When Uncle Joe" Cannon wa
made speaker he renewed. &C
qiiaintance with the demon Of in
digestion, which has harasse,
years of his life. To be cautious
Mr.. Cannon warned his daughter
who is the head OF his house, tina
While their own latch string wa.
ever out and he loved his friend
as of old, she must under no cir
cumstances accept invitations 70,
him to more than two dinners ];
week. So far he has been abb
to maintain his rule, but has hun
ireds Of friends in town have
found out the limit, and to max.
-Leusehes solid as his Dime
i,ost have fallen into the habit @
;.vit;Dg him weeks ahead. Wit
re invitations before him it i
retty hard for the speaker to tel
Ekich he most wishes TO accept
eut the remembrance of the pang
II Indigestion remind him of hi
sworn limit, and he patheticall.
-lrns the matter over to Mis-.
Cannon. -
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-06-15

Business men might save a vas:
amount of time. writes Victor
Smith in the New York Press, il
hey should take lesson from so
cial life and name the d,ys OF
hours when they would be "at
home" to callers. Physicians
learned long ago to do this Their
cards and window signs read
"Dr. Hosssetter. hours 9 to III
and 8 to $" FRS Jaikaitura is
safe from intrusion except be-
tween 4 and 6 on Thursdays.
when she expects to be disturbed
and actually invites visitors to
come in and be nuis71c No
business man should permit him
self to be ANNOYED at all hours by
friends or strangers He stoald
set apart period of time each day
for the entertainment of bores.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-06-15

WArERMEI.oNs, yum-yum! What
other spot III the whole Sunny
South can feast on watermelons
by the middle of May. That's what
we are doing in Brownsville
BROWNSVILLE HERALD.
Help yourself and pass the wa
termelon, please. -Houston Post.
Just come down on the first ex-
cursion to Brownsville, Bre'r Lewis,
and have all the melons you can
eat. The treat is on the HERALD.
BROWNSVILLE HERALD.
Is that invite bony fidey? We've
tied cotton yarn round our finger
SOS not to forget. Houston Post.
Of course it is bony 6dey."
The luscious melon is getting COM
mon with US by this time but we'll
gladly set 'em up" The iron
horse brings its first regular train
July L.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-06-15
JAMESB. WELLS
attorney
at Law.

Successor to Powers & Maxan
Powers & Wells, Wells s. Rentfro,
Wells, Rentfro & Hicks, Wells &
Hicks Wells, Stayton & Kleberg.
l buy and sell Real Estate and
investigate land titles. Acomplete
abstract of all titles of record in
Cameron County, Texas.
Practice IN all state and federal
courts, when especially employed.
Land Litigation and corporation
practice.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-06-15
Lived on Milk and SUGAR.

Enlile' Brzzeau, WIG recer,..
died at Montreal, while chill
vas medically placed upon a mi
md sugar diet, and this he cor
inned unchanged to lis deaf
presumably from choice. Hi
:aIlv rations were three oints o
mix and one pound of sugar. Al
hcugh solid food was thus /;
hing unknown to him he is sait
% have been physically robus
and suffered from no illness un
ii the attack of Group which ul
timately proved fatal.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-06-15

A RETURNING prOspectOr from a
prospective town on the Lott road
relates few of the conditions upon
which large estate is to be opened
for settlement. First. in the pros
pective town an anti-liquor clause
is written in the deeds: no man
buying a lot can sell alcoholic
stimulants on it or the lot reverts
to the vendor. He can bore a well
for surface water but not for ar
tesian; neither can he do any ir-
rigating, these rights being reserv-
ed by the vendor. If he buys land
surrounding the prospective town
he cannot bore an artesian well
except by contract with a driller
recommended by the vendor. Even
then he has a right to only so much
of the water he uses. the surplus
belonging to the verdor of the land.
who retains the right to cross the
land sold at any time he may
choose with irrigating canals and
laterals without the payment of
damages. In short the immigrant
to that locality will have the right
to live there, to all the water he
can drink and all the air he can
All the balance belongs
to the original owner of the land.
1t is unnecessary to state, by way
of comment. if this policy prevails
for any length of time down in that
section just being opened up by a
railway. this part of the state will
largely profit by it. American
citizens are not accustomed to so
many strings to titles to land they
pay their money for. A good
many attracted that way by boom
will get a large case of
disgust and drop back here where
they can buy good land cheap and
do as they please with if after they
have bought it, so long as they do
not interfere with their neighbors
III the pursuit of their vocations.-
Beeville Bee.
The returning prospector' of
whom you speak evidently had a
misconception of things as they
exist. lis true, it is said. the
anti-liquor clause is inserted but as
to the balance of his charges there
must be some mistake Be careful
Bro. McCurdy as to the reports you
print about this country. Facts
and not fiction IS what we want,
as we are not afraid of the truth.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-06-15
senstor Qvay's Halt . Cigar.

Senator Quay is an inve.eras
moker, having cigar in ri
outh most of the time when CT
ide of the senate chamber. Abe.
I week ago his physician orderet
lin to stop smoking, but the sen
.tor protested, and the doctor al
owed him to smoke half of one ci
rar day. Then Mr.. Quay hat
some I5-inch cigars made and h
smokes half of one each day, &C
cording to orders.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-06-15

THE HERALD acknowledges re
ceipt of an invitation to attend the
annual celebration OF the Victoria
Fire department, at Victoria, July
Eth. and 9Th.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-06-15

Or" Mitchell, attendant at ST
Joseph's hospital. has lived in St
Paul thirty years. and has never
seen its twin city," Minneapolis.
He is a man of all work at the hos
pital and has won his title by the
general interest ne displays in ev.
cry aspect of the hospital business
Mitchell is 20 years old
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-06-15
Poor Mrs. Woodbv.

so you're little Willie Wool.
,y? said the new minister af,el
sunday school Il called to SEE
your mother yesterday, but, un.
fortunately. she was not a,
home"
"Oh. yes, she was" replied the
boy, but | CESS she took you fol
the installment man. You look
sometfin' like him.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-06-15
Oxford Partly Drops Gresk.

A significant step in the aban
Comment of the classics as an es-
sential part in liberal education.
has just been taken at Oxford I'M
iversity, England where it has
.een decided not to require GreeI
- . par: OF the science course.