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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-06
NO, NO Topeka.
Insurance Trust Says Rates
Won't Be Reduced.
Mr.. Eldridge's Report Is Ready
for Agents.
PEOPLE MUST WAIT.
There Nay Be Relief Sometime
If Companies Will.
Why Water Was So Muddy
During Test.
PEOPLE MUST WAIT.

Topeka will get no reduction in it's
insurance rates for the present. The
report of the Eldridge Fire Insurance
Inspection bureau will be sent out by
mail tonight to the insurance COM
panies, and it will declare the recent
test of the water pressure to have
demonstrated the inefficiency of the
present water supply and pumping IA
cilities of the Topeka Water company.
1t is the justification of the Trust for
the treatment Topeka is receiving.
It is understood that the report viii
make no recommendations of any
character which is equivalent to an
endorsement on the former report ad-
vising a 20 per cent increase in rates.
Charles E. Eldridge, manager and
general inspector of the rating bureau,
said this morning:
Our report is now in press, and will
be sent out by mail this evening. 1t
viii not be made public until Satur-
day. We must supply our patrons
with the information fist, and it
would not be proper for me to state
the nature of the report at this time.
When people in Topeka have read tits
report carefully, and especially the
part relating to our findings as to cor
ditions at the pumping station west Of
town, I think they will concur in what
we say"
Mr.. Eldridge indicated by his re-
marks that. he was fully convinced or
the inadequacy of the present water
service.
1t is an open secret among local in
surance men that the report will he
substantially as stated in the opening
paragraph above. Some OF the local
agents are not inclined II sav any
thing about the matter, because they
have advocated a restoration Of rates
to what they were prior to the 20 per
cent advance. Other agents declare
that the forthcoming report is justi-
fed by the results Of the water pres
sure test.
II. E. Wentworth, who has for
years been in the fire insurance bust
ness here said.
'.some of the local agents pretend
that they think the rates should be
reduced. but they do so for the pur-
pose of conciliating local sentiment.
and to get an opportunity to write
business here.
Mr.. EIdridge's report will not
reach the companies before the first
Of the coming week, and viii be on
exact conditions of the water service
as shown by the test made last Mon
day, without any recommendation
whatever
one Of the features Of the recent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-06
COFFIN OPENS ON SIDE.
Sam Parks Funeral to Take Form of
Labor Demonstration.

New York. May 6.-Plans are being
made for the attendance of thousands
of workmen at the funeral of Sam
Parks, former business agent of the
Housesmiths' and Bridgemen's union.
who died Wednesday in Sing sing
prison hospital.
The health department refused a
permit for the funeral on Sunday so
the time was changed to Saturday aft
ernoon. This will allow members of
the building trades organization to at
tend and fully 5000 of them are ex-
pected to turn out, forming practically
a labor parade All will wear the cos
tune in which they appeared on pa
rade last Labor day when they march
ed down Fifth avenue with Parks at
the head of the line.
Parks widow lives in a small fat in
East saith street where the funeral ser
vices will be held As the crowds If
unionists DESTROYS of seeing their fer
rner conrade before the interment
could not gain entrance to the small
quarters. a special casket has Keen
made opening on the side so the body
can be viewed by them in the streets
before the procession starts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-06
BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
1t Is Decided to Hang Pictures of
Prominent Women at St. Louis.

st. Louis, May 6.-The board of
lady managers of the Worlds fair has
decided unanimously that the pictures
of prominent women of the United
States shall be hung on the walls of
the woman's building.
This decision was reached with the
provision that the pictures collected
must be those of bona fide prominent
women and that they must pass
discriminating inspection to be made
by a specially appointed committee.
the personnel of which is not to be
revealed. About 400 pictures have
been collected all of which had re-
ceived the approval of the former
president of the board, Mrs. James L.
Blair.
The board adopted resolution to
tender a reception in honor of Miss
Alice Roosevelt during her intended
visit to St. Louis A resolution intro
duced by Miss Helen NJ. Gould was
adopted to tender a reception in the
Womens building during the latter
Part of May to the officers of the army
and navy who are affiliated with the
exposition.
The principal feature of today's pro-
gramme was the formal dedication of
the Chinese pavilion. The pavilion is
located lust below the administration
building terrace and is typical of Chi
nese architecture. Visitors pass
through a massive gateway which is
surmounted by statues carved from
wood and different celestial EN- bleTnS
in bright colors. The pavilion is sur
rounded by a high wall. Pagodas and
other small buildings contain Chinese
curiOs while the pavilion is filled with
splendid specimens of Chinese pottery,
hand carved mahogany and rosewood
furniture, and from the ceiling are
suspended scores of lamps entirely
wrought from glass The embellish-
ments throughout are unique and very
attractive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-06
WOMAN CATCHES BURGLAR.
He Had JeweIry and Notes Valued
at $4,000.

New York May GA courageous wo-
man with a revolver has brought about
the capture of a thief in the Bronx
upon whose person jewelry was found
valued at $4,000, together with stolen
promissory notes for $4,000. The heroine
was Mrs. DAILY, sister-in-law of New
York merchant. The latter and his
wife were absent when Mrs. DAILY visi-
ted one of the bedrooms where her sis
ter's child lay asleep. She was surpris-
ed to find a stranger ransacking the
family jewel caskets, and, catching up
a pistol chased him into the street. A
dozen patrolmen joined the chase and,
under Mrs. Days lead, they surround
ed the thief in a vacant lot. After con-
siderable parley he surrendered under
threats of being shot to death.
Every pocket in his clothing was fill
ed with fine jewelry, evidently the pro-
ceeds of several burglaries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-06
NEAR STARVATION.
Woman Found Unconscious From
Following Rules of New Cult.

Chicago, May 6.-NIiss z. Russo has
been found unconscious in her resi-
dence. 4103 Grand boulevard and taken
to a hospital where it was found her
weak and emaciated condition was the
result of a fast lasting for more than
twenty days. Miss Russo lives alone
in handsome house AMI is regarded
as wealthy.
The police assert that recently she
Joined a new cult and thas she ahnC st
starved to death in trying to follow its
teachings, chief of which is SAID 10 be
that only a few grains o. wheat, pure
water and fresh air are necessary q
sustain life. She may recONer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-06
Drouth Broken in New Mexico.

Las Vegas, n. NJ. May Title
drouth which has been exceedingly Sc
we're in New Mexico is broken. Sew
eral copious showers have just occur
red and the clouds are still heavy.
Cattle Inspector O'Brien has returned
from a trip through the northern part
of the country. He says the stock
situation is saved. Reports from Clay
ton tell of heavy rains there also.
Prior to these showers less than
half inch of rain or snow has fallen
during the last eleven months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-06

This testimony Of
his wonderful cure
from Aid ERIN a n
Welter adds but
one more to the
many hundreds of
letters received
daily from CRATE
full men and wo-
m e n everywhere
VIII o have been
saved from lives OF
misery and suffer-
ing and from death
itself, by Warner S
S a f e c u T e, [ h e
W Orl DIS greatest
cure for all dis
eases of the kid
neys, liver, bladder
and blood.
W a r n e rs Safe
Cure has been used
and prescribed by
doctors and in hos
pitfalls for over 80
years as the one
remedy that cures
and leaves no bad
a after. effects
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-06
Port Arthur Is Invested.

Washington. May 6.-The state de-
partment has received cablegram
from United States Minister Griscom
at Toxic, confirming the press report
of the landing of the Japanese in the
Lao Tung peninsula, about forty miles
above Port Arthur The location as
given in the japanese dispatch, how
ever is Kin Chau. This is the narrow
est point on the peninsula and conse-
quently. the minister says, the railroad
is practically closed and the invest
ment of Port Arthur has begun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-06

Through the kindly
advice of a physi-
clan and friend I
was induced to try
Warmers S a f e
Cure. Four bottles
made a new and
well man of me,
and it was worth
more to me than a
seat in congress. I
feel so extremely
gratifed with tho
results a n d s o
thankful for my re-
storatiOn to health
and strength that /
gladly indOrse your
medicine and urge
everyone who even
suspects the slight
est trace of kidney
trouble to take 1t
at once. It is worth
its weight in GOLD. -
M. J. " elter, AL
derman oath ward,
1892 Otto ST., Chi
20 uo I'll
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-06

very conservative about his statements
regarding the test. He has not been
ordered to make any official report to
Mayor BergUndthal. It is known that
Mr.. Wilmarth was not entirely salts
fed with the service given by the wa
ter company during the test
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-06
Card of Thanks.

The children Of the late Mrs Mar
garet Graham wish to express their
heartfelt thanks to their many friends,
who so kindly assisted them during
the last sickness and death OF their
beloved mother.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-06
AVE YOU THEsE CERTAIN SIGNS OF KIDNEY


in passing
o kidneys
have
IESl YOUK UKlNE. a
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-06
Alderman Welter Restored to
Health by Warmers Safe Cure.
~dney Liver Trouble Made Life Burden" Says the Alder
man. "but Bottles Your Grand Medicine Cured Me-


nfee yeara andI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-06
From State Journal,
Monday. April Is.

Mr.. Adolph Arons,
of Adolph Arons &
Co, the famous New
York maker of high
grade union made"
clothing. was here last
week and disposed of
their entire surplus
spring stock to the
Continental Shoe and
Clothing Co. of To-
peka, consisting of
about fourteen hun
bred suits. He is on
his way to Los An
geles, Cal, to spend
the summer on ac-
count of i'll health.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-06
After 6:3O p. m.
Saturday Eve
we offer the fol-
lowing ind uCe
nentS:

Any 50 s ELZ''
R o y al Blue $3.50
shoe in the house -
all feathers, all toes,
at So. 95
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-04
ARTIFICIAL BONDS.
City College President So Regards
Fraternity Ties.

The fraternity puts college friendships and
associations under artificial bonds according 10
DR.. John Huston Finley, president of the Col
lege of the City of New-York. While student
at Knox College, Illinois. at which he grad
uated with the class of ST. AIr. Finley was
asked to join fraternities. but declined TO be-
come a member. AS he said yesterday:
1T always seemed TO me. although I have
knowledge OF the values of a fraternity from
the standpoint of a member. that the social ties
of such societies were not genuine. because they
were not spontaneous. I did not want TO call
men brothers unless really meant II. 1 did not
wish to bind myself to certain men unless
were actually congeniaI. Where few men nat
urally come together by their affinites for
one another and by the sheer force of a sort of
social gravitatiOn, a society may be formed
which would regard ideal. In such COM
munity the members. to speak. are brothers.
Il have been asked if the American university
would not be better, If it's undergraduates and
its alumni would not be more closely bound to-
gether and work more earnestly for its advance
ment. If there were no college fraternities to
split men up into cliques and factions. To this
I say no. for the reason that It would be I'M
possible to abolish them. The breaking up OF
the great group of the students Of large col
lege into smaller groups is Inevitable. The fra
ternity organization is among the responses TO
that need. So far as the influence of fraternt-
ties the life of d college is concerned. my OBJ
servation has been that 1t is often helpful, and
often it is the reverse. All depends upon the
fraternity.
LAS to the influence Of such societies upon the
life of the College of the City OF New-York l
am not yet prepared to say. My experience
here president has been too brief to put forth
any decided view. AT any rate 1 have not yet
seen any harmful effect.
1T has also been said that the fraternity does
not give the men of a college an equal chance.
that 1t helps its own members and thus handi-
caps the men outside As far as can see. the
man outside gets ahead in his studies and IN
other lines OF work just as well as the man
inside The non-rraternity man is more likely
TO develop self-dependence from not having
others to watch and coach him and self-de-
pendencs 70 one Of tho chief requisites OF sue
oAaA IndeAd. We need not worry 90 much about
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-04

cques. which put their own respectivs societies
srst and the university second.
Il think this is true" he said. "at all colleges
where the fraternity system Is highly developed
and II is an evil that should be guarded against
In view of this danger, 1 think that Wesleyan
needs building TO be used as g social centre. It
should be situated centrally. and should contain
reading and amusement rooms The men would
meet IN common at this building. since 1t would be
a gathering place for the members OF the different
fraternties and for men of different social strata
Consequently It would serve to make the college
more democratic and to do away with the dangers
Of the fraternity system"
President Raymond is not a fraternity man him
self. but during his fifteen years as president of
Wesleyan has become thoroughly acquainted with
their workings.
Professor Caleb T. Winchester. Of Wesleyan. who
holds the chair of English literature, himself a
member of fraternity. said that. although it
might not be true OF other colleges, at Wesleyan at
least the fraternties afforded a natural means of
grouping congenal men into not small COM
panies, where the friendships formed were some of
the most lasting Of a mans life.
And when these little companies are enlisted in
the interests Of good order and good conduct" he
added. "as they are at Wesleyan. they promote the
industry and morality of the students Further
more. the older men in the chapter always on
the lookout to see that none OF their members get
into trouble They encourage the weaker members
and curb the raSher ones The rivalrles when not
when the fraternities comfortably housed they
furnish pleasing social centres and give the men
something of the charm of social life. They also
serve as separate organizations which be
bined. through their representatives into repre-
sentative college body"
Professor W. 0. Atwater. of the chemistry de-
partment of Wesleyan. himself a member OF two
undergraduate and two graduate fraternties. had
much to say in favor of fraternities. He considers
their influence Wesleyan of great value.
cause the men in them have attractive homes and
take great interest each IN maintaining his own
society on the best plane. The alumni members
Intimately associated with the undergraduate mem
bers OF the fraternity, and thus have a strong
leverage for elevatng the tone of the fraternity.
and hence that OF the whole undergraduate body.
At Wesleyan. where the fraternity houses are
practically owned by the alumni, this influence Is
Increased. In this way great benefit to the
college from the fraternities.
Professor II. w. Conn, OF the biology depart
ment at Wesleyan, himself a member Of fra
ternity, said that he did certain incidental
disadvantages in the fraternity system. He
thought that they tended to divide the students
into cliques which place fraternity above col
lege interests They also place an unpleasant
stigma the men not in the fraternities, he
added. "Thev furthermore foster increasing ex-
penses on the part Of the student making 1t diff
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-04
HURTS LITERARY WORK.

The principle of the college club or the fraternity
is contrary TO the best interests of college,
cording DR. Henry Clay Cameron, professor
emeritus of Greek at Princeton. Both bring about
social distinctions which artificial and unfair
Professor Cameron the only member of the
faculty to oppose the establishment of clubs at
Princeton. for he said they would eventually play
much the same part in the life of the college as
the chapters of regular college fraterntieS. Il
was a Cassandra," he added. "and not until after
ward did others see that had spoken the truth.
Wherever the college club college fraternity
life becomes prominent have noticed a decrease
in the interest of debating societies. Before the
clubs became numerous and powerful here the
two great organizations. the American Wing So
ciety and the Cliosophic took far greater proper
ton of the members of a class than at the present
time. l remember that in the class of 81 there
only one who not a member of literary
society, ana ne erratic sort of individual.
Now societies embrace only portion of the
members of class.
The life of the regular college fraternity at
Princeton extremely short. The Kappa Alpha
and the Delta Phi societies established chapters
in 1S45. but their harmful effect ON the debating
educational advantages of the latter for the social
pleasures and the leisure afforded by the former.
Consequently the members of these chapters were
called uD and told that their fraternties must go
year From that time until 1880 there were no social
organizations at Princeton which might at all be
compared with the college fraternity the Prince
ton Club Of to-day. In 1880 the Ivy Club was
meals in a stone house whose walls were covered
with ivy That the beginning. and that
time l said that II such club permitted
others would spring up and ultimately Princeton
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-04
nANGEPs OF "RUsEING.p

Professor Carlton L. Brownson. Of the City
College was erau hattie in his assertion that Tho
rushing of freshmen" for fraternities was AL
wrong" 1t was his opinion that both the fra
ternity and the Undergraduate would be oene-
fitted II the initiation Of members was postponed
to their junior year Such. he said. was tho
practice At Yale. his Alma Mater. and he thought
il a wise one
Even by waiting until a mans Junior year"
he added. 'one often is likely to rnisjudge man
I have known many Instances at college where
the strongest. most capable men did not come to
the front until toward the close OF their senior
year. Oftentines these man had been over
looked by the fraternities. and had been brushed
aside by the senior societies. who pick their
men at the close of the junior year. and accord
ingly these men have left the university. per-
chance. more or less embittered by their exciu-
sion.
1.-TWO years however. regard as the shortest
length OF time for the undergraduate TO wait
BY the end OF his sophomore year his indivtdu-
ality Is known to his fellows. and he. too. has
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-04

Iege spirit Men OF the same club did not became
clannish. They ate together. but their dormitory
life. their class work. their participation in ath-
letics prevented the formation Of cliQues.
"Al Princeton is one great fraternity he added
princeton men meeting outside never let the oues
ton of whether they belong to the same club or
different ones or none at all influence them. II is
enough that each is Princeton man.
THE Princeton clubs Of practical advantage
to the university insouuch as they furnish places
for the men to eat. A. commons has never proved
popular here. Men of congenial tastes like to be
by themselves | don't think that the gift OF money
to these clubs by graduates cuts off any money to
the university. a matter of fact, who have
given most freely to the clubs have also presented
the largest gifts to the university. Giving Is spon-
taneous and cannot be regulated.
The peril of club life here is the tendency tow
ard extravaganza on the part of certain societies
but this is not true of the majority. Even if there
were no such societies some men would be ex-
travagant. with plenty of money. It's a matter OF
personal temperament. It's human nature
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-04

Professor Alfred George Compton who was
acting president Of the College OF the City OF
New-Tork before the presidency Of Dr. Finley
and who has been associated with the institu-
ton ever since he was graduated there IN 1853,
said that II 1t were possible freshmen should
not be permitted to join fraternities. They
should wait at least a year he added. This
rushing Of the first year men gives the freshmen
not only too exalted opinion of themselves.
but also Of the fraternity. I even heard OF one
youth who had Just been made d member OF
some secret society. who. in walking across the
the fraternity houses We're. Don't ask me-
said the freshman, you must md out for your
self It's a secret
Yes 1 think OF no way by which the initia-
ton Of members may be postponed until the Sec
Ond year unless through the cooperation OF the
societies themselves. n rule is OF unless
il can be put into execution
In this institution. however. the fraternity
IS not likely To split UP the men in
college where the men can live together in
ch-p ter houses Almost all those who attend
the City College live at home and only meet
each other here for a few hours. Hence the
opportunities for cenenting the fraternal bonds.
may be done when students are able TO
have a common home, are comparatively small"
Professor Gustave LesroS. OF the department.
Of ana the mates Of the College Of the City OF
New-York. who is not fraternity man, said hs
had never seen any bad influence eXerted by
fraternity in that institution He had often seen
weak men braCed UP and the best IN them
brought out 10y being put on their UettIe oy fel-
low fraternity men lie thought rraternitles DE-
VclOped the social side or man. ana mus ilata
il easier To miuSle with men In after lie. This
phase Of fraternity life he thought most bene-
fciqI often the frateTuities caused some III
feeling in eIeCtnS their men 10 class Offices. but
he thought the friction which thus resulted cl1
NOT TrLl any