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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
DEAD FISH AN ANNOYANCE
Lack of Water Causing Flood Fish
Ponds to Become Nuisance.

The people in the vicinity of the pond
left by the flood on the Governor Rob
inson place are having an experience
that was not anticipated
Since the ice on the pond has melted
there is but little water remaining and
that in the center of the pond while
all around the bank where water was
shallow enough to freeze to the bottom
the fish have frozen to death and are
now piled upon the bank by the hun
dreds and as the weather begins to
warm up they have begun to decay,
filling the air in that vicinity with an
odor that is almost unbearable and
when it warns UP a little more, it will
be next to impossible to live there I'M
less something is done.-Lawrence
Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
One Way Rate.

Every day from March 1 to April 80
1904, the Union Pacific will sell one
way colonist tickets at the following
rates:
$1,000 to Oregon and Salt Lake City.
$4,000 to Butte, Anaconda and Helena
$3.50 to Spokane and Wenatchee,
Wash.
$500 to Everett, Fairhaven, What
com, Vancouver and Astoria via Hunt
ington and Spokane.
$500 to Portland and Astroia; or to
Tacoma and Seattle, via Huntington
and Portland or via Huntington and
Spokane.
$500 to Ashland, Roseburg, Eugene.
Albany and Salem, via Portland.
$500 to San Francisco. Los Angeles,
San Diego and many other California
points.
For full information call on or ad-
dress ]. c. FULTON,
F. A. LEWIS, Depot Agent.
C. T. A., 525 Kansas Ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02

matched. Munroe has done more than
was expected of him. He has won from
every one he has gone against; is a. big,
strong, level-headed young fellow, and
is entitled to a chance for the cham
pionship. It is very likely that he will
improve from now on, but he going
against a tough proposition in Jeffries.
do not expect him to win from Jeffries,
for I doubt if there's man in the
world who can accomplish that feat.
But there's no telling what he may do"
When asked If there was chance of
his entering the ring again, he said: 81
don't know. I may challenge the win
ner. I feel that I'm just as good as 1
ever was, and I know that 1 have a
chance with everybody, but Jeffries is
a hard man to down. I won't go after
any game less than the championship"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
Gushers to Pay the Salaries of
Teachers and Preachers.
How Chautauqua County Is
Utilizing Their Waste Land.
WELL IN CEMETERY.
To Bore Holes on the School
Yard Play Grounds.
Also to Prospect for Oil or Gas
on Church Grounds.

Sedan, March "A new way of pay
ing the school teacher has been discov-
cred in Chautauqua county. Down at
Peru, where every lot almost has an oil
well or two on it, the spectators have
induced the school board to lease them
the back end of the school house play
ground and an oil we'll is to be put
down upon it. The "duster" or dry
hole is unknown in the city limits Of
Peru. where there are now over 14O
producing oil wells. The school board
figured that they could eventually
cease to 1evy taxes for school purposes
because the oil well will bring in
enough to pay all the expenses of the
school Almost any of the wells there
will bring in from $50 to $50 day and
the land or lot owner gets about one
eighth or one-sixth of this.
Hardly had the Peru school board
leased it's lot until the Methodists of
Peru saw a chance to pay the preacher
in the same way. They have leased
down a we'll within Is feet of the
church. They have been unable, here
tofore. to have a resident minister, but
cOntented themselves with a circuit ri
der. They now believe they can pay
one of the highest priced ministers the
bishop can send.
But there are other things that will
be leased. -Four miles east of here there
is a small cemetery within 100 feet of
one of the biggest gushers in the field.
The trustees of this cemetery have pc
titioned to be allowed an acre of the
cemetery so it can be leas-
ed for drilling purposes. The
commissioners probably will grant the
request The cemetery owners figure
that they can get an oil well on part
r. he lortrr hnr he
balance of the cemetery until it is one
of the finest in the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
SUES A GAMBLER.
Wichita Woman Says the Money Her
Husband Lost Was Hers.

Wichita, March Mrs. j. G. Welsh,
of this city, has commenced suit in the
district court for So, 600 which she al
leges her husband lost at gambling. She
AYERS that the money was hers in her
own right and that she had made her
husband her agent with power to de-
post and invest the funds for her. She
charges the defendant in the suit, John
Jennings, with having induced her hus-
band to become d. ugged and intoxica-
ted" and then Pc suading him to gam
BILE at faro, un il he lost all of the
money!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
A Suicide at Leavenworth.

liam Boyd, % years old. son of DR.. j.
N. Boyd, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself in the head with a pistol
at the home of his parents Tuesday.
Mr.. Boyd showed evidences of mental
troubles a year ago and was placed in
the state asylum in Topeka. He came
home Monday. The doctors had said
he was cured. He found an old revolt
yer in a bureau drawer and the i'm
pulse seized him to kill himself The
young man was born here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02

Pittsburg, Kas.. March Wv. B.
Brayman, who was justice of the peace
and oldest practicing attorney in this
city in point of age and time died at
the family residence in this city of
stomach disease. He was Sc years old
and pioneer citizen. He was a grad
uate of Ann Arbor. He came to Kan
sas in the early days and located in
Paola, where he practiced law and con-
Quoted a newspaper. He came here
when Pittsburg was village. He was
a member of the Masonic order and was
a member of the C. A. R.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
Mrs. Hull to Bowl in East.

New York, March 2.-William ". Thomp-
son will soon star the east with Mrs.
Gertrude Hull, of Chicago, who claims
the woman's bowling championship of
America. Mrs. Hull visits the east simply
by invitation, and will not roll in match
game for a stake, although her friends
will back her in a private way for $1,000
against any woman bowler she may meet.
During her visit in Greater New York
Mrs Hull will probably meet Mrs. Kes-
sci, the champion of this city, and with
Mr.. Thompson will roll in a mixed match
against any New York team.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
Hanlon outpoints Decker.

Philadelphia, March Eddie Han
Ion outpointed Geo. Decker of this city
last night in a six round bout at the
National Athletic club. Hanlon had
an advantage in weight over his an
tagonist and the local man was kept
on the defensive from the beginning to
the end of the bout. The Californian
tried hard to put Decker out, but the
latter always managed to avoid the
knockout blows and was not once sent
to the floor. Hanlon did much rough
ing. In one round while the men were
in clinch they fell through the ropes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
At The Carrie Nation Home.

Kansas City, Kas. March 2.-The
Wyandotte w. c. T. U. held a meeting
in the Carrie Nation home in memory
of Frances B. Willard. for many years
the national president and leader in
the temperance movement among
women. The organization presented the
The w. c. T. U. organization pre-
Associated Charities, now in charge of
the Carrie Nation home, with large pic
lures of Miss Frances B. Willard and
Mrs Carrie Nation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
Are Charged With Arson.

6alina, Kan, March 2-Gustaf B.
Jorn and Chas. Elmberg, farmers of
Mcpherson county, were arrested by
Sheriff Swedenberg Tuesday and placed
IN jail here on the charge Of arson. The
men are charged with burning a
threshing machine last fall which be-
ionged to Ernest Molander of Assaria.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
Racing at Frisco.

San Francisco, March 2.-Prince
Blazes proved the surprise of the rae
ing at Oakland. He was quoted at 20
to for the mile event and, leading all
the way. won, ridden out. from Elmer
u, the third choice. Lady Wadswcrth.
the favorite, made poor showing.
Possart, the to 1 favorite, gained a
nose victory over Flaneur in the fifth
race. Cardinal Sarto was thought to
be the best in the 2-year-old race. but
he finished third. Light of the Day
WON with Xelna. an outsider. second.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
murder Case Continued.

Paola, March 2-The preliminary hear
ing of Howard Hale, accused of muir
dering Ora Ross in his bed, near Fon-
tana, December II, which was to have
been held in LaCygne, was waived and
Hale was returned to the Mound City
jail. Hale, who recently confessed the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
MR.. HUFF DENIES.
Declares he Did Not Make Charges
Against Mr.. Flanders.
Burlingame. Kan. Marc.

BurIlngame, Kan, March 2.
To the Editor Of the State Journal:
have read in the Journal that
had made a serious charge against
Conductor Flanders. In justice to
Flanders and myself I wish to state
through the Journal that never made
the statement that was published in
the Journal March 1.
The whole thing is false and does me
a great injustice as well as Conductor
Flanders. JAMES H. HUFF.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
Racing at New Orleans i.

New Orleans, March 2.-The defeat of
Floral King, a top-heavy favorite in
the third race was blow to his own
ers' aspirations If the Crescent City
Derby. Floral King, always favorite,
led for the greater part of the distance,
but failed to respond in the final drive.
Princelet, Port Royal and Trossache
were other defeated favorites. ]. Phil
lips was bought from w. Harris the
three-year contract for the services
of Jockey J. Hennessy for $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
Corbett Pieka Jefries.

ST. Louis, March 2.-Ex-Champion
James ]. Corbett. who is appearing at
the Columbia this week, looks remark
ably well, and expresses himself as feel
ing as we'll as he ever did in his life.
When asked what he thought about the
Munroe-Sharkey contest, he said he
was greatly surprised.
Indeed, was greatly surprised" he
added. Il expected Sharkey not only to
have the better of it, but to beat Mum
roe. I am glad Jeffries and Munroe are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
Once a Fort Scott Pastor.

Fort Scott, Kas., March DIR. ]. z.
Brant, formerly one of the well known
Methodist preachers Of the Kansas con-
ference, died suddenly last night of
heart disease at his home in Blooming
ton, Ind. He was presiding elder Of the
Fort Scott district for six years; was
pastor in this city, in Parsons, Burling
ton and other towns Of the state. Re
Gently he had been living a retired life
at RloorningtoT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
HART IS AFTER MUNRoE
Kentuokian Posts $1,000 as Forfeit
for Butte Miner.

Memphis, Tenn, March MARVIN Hart,
stopped here long enough to make par
tiaf arrangements to meet Jim Scanlon,
the Pittsburg light heavyweight, before a
local club during the race meeting in
April. Mccormick also stated that ne
had posted 81, 900 as a guarantee for Hart
pounds over weight and expects to re-
duce at Hot Springs where he hopes to
get on match.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
Racing at Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, Cal, March 2.-The
feature of the days racing at Ascot
was the Randolph handicap at a mile
and a sixteenth, it which Stuyve car
ried top weight, lib pounds. He was
favorite, closing at even money. Mi
trate was second choice. Stuyve led
all the way and won in the gallop
from Bragg by two lengths. Nitrate
was third. The weather was fine and
the track good.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
Railroad Party at WelIineton.

Wellington, Kas.. March 2.-R- r. Ham
mond, general manager of the Chicago &
in the city last night in their special car.
They are on their way to Miami, Tex.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02

Iy Wamego Times has changed hands,
r. NJ. Chilcott having sold the plant to
Hoy Smith. recently of the Osborne
News. The form will be changed to a.
weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
Best Line TO Florida

There is through sleeper r,,rn,r~
every day from Kansas civ ova- ts.s
Frisco System ana Southern RaiIwsv
esta blished line ene OH
Many new and attractive feature. -
Florida tours this winter. es IN
plication to efeAi On dp-
VIM. FLANNEII.Y. n
Board of Trade building
Kansas CITY Mo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
TO ADD FOUR STEEL TANKS.
Wellington Mill & Elevator Company
Improving Property.

Wellington, Kas, March 2-The Wei
lington Mill and Elevator company is
adding a 10000 bushel elevator to its mill.
and will be made from steel This is one
of the first elevators of its kind IN south
1or
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
Mcohesnez's Chicago Engagements.

Memphis, March 2.-McChesney and
Dick Bernard E. E. Smather's horses
have been entered in the Harlem Ma
tional handicap and the M. Lewis Clark
stakes, to be decided at the Harlem
meeting during the Chicago turf season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
Bills of Senator Long

Washington, March 2-Senator Long of
Kansas presented to the senate a petition
from the citizens of Holton praying for
an increase IN the salaries of free rural
delivery carriers; also, memorial from
the Wiles Hardware company, of Chero-
kee, Kas., demonstrating against the
passage Of the parcels post bill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
CALIFORNIA $500
Via Santa Fa.

Tickets on sale during March and
April This rate also applies to inter-
mediate points. Good in tourist Sleep
ers and free chair cars. Liberal stop
over privilege allowed.
For full Information and free litera-
ture, address T. L. KING.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
Monnta for hockey Phillins.

Memphis, Tenn, March 2-John May
berry, trainer of c. R. Ellison's racing
string today announced that Jockey H.
Phillips has been engaged to ride his
Tennessee Derby candidate, King Croker,
in the local race. Phillips is also engaged
to ride Captain Arnold in the Montgom-
cry handicap.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
Record Of -Four TurkeYa

Mrs. A. Dubois has established a rec
ord with four turkey hens. of which
she may we'll be proud. Last spring
she started with four hens and increas-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02

ed the flock to 80, the increase, S8, she
disposed of as follows On the 4th of
$3.50, three gobblers sold at home
brought 1925, and she sold the last, 45,
last week for S45.75. She still has the
four hens and s101.80 for profit.-Agra
Seminal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
Observed st. David's Dav.

Usage City, Kas.. March 2-The Welsh !
people of Usage City and vicinity cele- |
brated st. David's day by giving a sup |
per and concert. People were here from
ArVonia, Peterton and other Welsh set |
Elements.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02
$500 TO CALIFORNIA.
$2250 to Oregon and Washington,
$1,000 to Montana and Utah.

V|O'OO 10 11OHIe aHu . bdn-
Via Rock Island system. Tickets on
sale March 1 to April 30. Good in
tourist sleepers and reclining chair
cars. Liberal stop-over privileges. For
full information see nearest Rock Is
land agents or call on or write to
n. NJ. FULLER, c. P. & T. A.
Both phones 1884. Topeka. Kan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02

murder, will be tried at the June term
of the district court. There were threats
of lynching in LaCygne.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-02

Deacon Jonest-Don't you know IL In
s sta wrong for little boys to throw
Iommy Wicks-H'ml Last Sunday Won
was cracking up David for leffiner 4Sxsre
As donatn--Boston Transcript.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-04-09
OUR
Americans Hampered in Thought by
tie Fear of What May Be
Said of Them.

Thoreau enthusiastically says: "f
you want to know a mans faults, ask his
friends, They will not tell you, but they
know" 1t is because we believe so
thoroughly in America and Americans
that we interest ourselves in trying to
find out our faults, says Woman's Home
Companion. One such occurs to us to
which it seems worth while to call at
tention. This is our self-consciousness
"a thing which does a vast deal toward
hindering the freedom of the individual.
1t Is this continued consciousness of self
that makes us Americans so fearful of
what Jul neighbors think of us, that
hampers us in our thought, and that
makes us less able to act as our right
reasoning would dictate. The English.
man, for instance, sails along, calmly
ignoring the whole world. This attitude
Is provocative of much humor at his
expense, but does he not do better by
himself than the man who is continual
ly looking from right to left to see what
people about think of him? The latter
is so busy that he has no time TO realize
himself. Mind your own business and
endeavor to be what you were made"
says the quotable Thoreau. That is
what we need to have drummed into us
from day to day. How people take our
jokes, how they like the cut of our frocks
or our coats, what they think of our sit
ting in the second balcony instead of the
orchestra of a theater, whetherthey think
we are affected because we acknowledge
a liking for Browning-these are minor
matters indeed; but it is over Just such
triles that many of us waste precious
moments and more precious brain mat
ter. Let the mar and the woman shake
himself or herself free from the coils OF
what they say" or chow it looks" Let
them be big enough not to bother about
such little things. Let them think less
about their own persons, and more how
to enjoy, and profit by, and be good in
the big, interesting world of people and
things which is all about them.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-04-09
A VENERABLE PASTOR
CURED BY PE=RU=NA.
Pe-ru-na is a Catarrhal Tonic
Especially Adapted tOthe De-
Ching Powers of Old Age.

In old age the mucous membranes be-
come thickcned and partly lose their
function.
This leads to partial loss of hearing,
smell and taste, as well as digestive dis
tu%rbances.
l'eruna corrects all this by its specific
operation IN all the mucous membranes
of the body.
One bottle will convince anyone. Once
used and Pcrana becomes a lifelong
standby with old and young.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-04-09

Proper and good motherhood may
be developed in swine. and when a
sow shows the proper tendencies, ev-
cry encouragement should be- given her,
and she should be retained at her good
work of multiplying her tribe until
her ability to continue is affected by
old age. The Office Of such good moth
erhood consists of moro than simply
bringing forth large filters Of pigs.
The litters should be uniform in the
size Of the individuals, and the latter
should be thrifty, which would indi-
cate that the dam is a good mixer.
She should be gentle and not easily
excited, and be so much of the dairy
type that she would have capacity
for consuming plenty Of feed and turn
ing it into milk, and not make her
own body round and fat with 1t.
Whether she shall mother pigs that are
good, thrifty and profitable until the
end of their days at market will Of
course require some time to determine,
and if the determination shall be in
her favor it should be equal to IN in
surance of a long and carefully-tended
life. She a not be judged without
a trial, neither car she nor any of her
successors be expected to do profitable
work as mothers while in the growing
period of their own immaturity. There
fore, If by reason of Inheritance from
a good mother and a good p%aternal
grandmother the young SOW should be
a good mother, before condeming her
give her the chance of maturity.-W.
T. McSparran, in Farm and Fireside.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-04-09

The Orange Judd Farmer calls at
tention to some of the half-baked
truths that have been dished out at
the corn schools held this winter in
the north and west. Before our corn
breeders of the southwest begin teach
ing "cornology" III detail they will
gain the mastery Of the subject. Corn
IN the southwest is not orn in the
west and north-from either the grow
er's standpoint or that of the scientific
Investigator. We need something
more than a science Of shreds and
patches with which to rightly under
stand corn and corn culture in the
southwest. For this reason we favor a
general conference of the seed grow
ers, including corn, cotton, and other
seed interests at some convenient
meeting place. This subject demands
attention because in it we find much
of our future farming prosperity. Let
the southwest begin right.-Farm and
Ranch.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-04-09
HERE AND THERE.

-Well-fed sheep always produce the
most and best wool. Softness and pill
ancy of wool usually correspond in q
degree with fineness.
The south is being filled with pro-
gressiye and prosperous farmers, and
commerce and agriculture are sure to
keep pace with each other. An era OF
rapid development is at hand.
1t is not a good idea to give the
sitting hen soft feed, as it is liable to
cause bowel trouble. Corn and wheat
are the best foods, and should be given
once a day with fresh water.
However simple a matter farming
may seem to the city-bred man, he
will find when he undertakes 1t that
practical knowledge counts. What the
practical farmer knows, he knows to
a certainty.
THE craze for orchard-planting is
on the increase. Many thousands OF
trees will be planted this pring. The
nurserymen need not worry over the
future demand for more trees. They
have a powerful ally in the San Jose
scale.
There Is no dearth of opportunities
for young men and young women in
the cotton growing states. The oppor-
t~unities are there, and they should be
seized at once. Modest investments
judiciously made will parallel those in
far more remote sections of our cOun-
try.
All immoderate claims must arouse
suspicion. Experienced ~cultivators
usually hesitate to place much conf
dence in self-styled "small-fruit
princes" strawberry kings" etc, or
in seedsmen who claim to be the only
ones worth trusting.
In the month Of January, 1904,
sheep to the number of 36,S9S and val
ued at $241 .139 were exported. as
against 1858 sheep, of the value Of
$125. S61. exported during January; 1903.
In the same month 1898 sheep, of the
value of $S,195, were imported from
foreign countries.
1t is estimated that Georgia has
sixteen million peach trees in orchards.
Half a bushel to the tree would load
sixteen thousand cars. and must main
IL disposed of between July Is and
August Is. So many OF these trees ara
of the Eleberta variety, which muft be
marketed in so short a period of tina
that disaster is imminent TO the peach
growing industry,