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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-26
BOOK NOTES.
Various Items About Books That Are
Attracting Attention.


J. B. Lippincott & Co., of Philadel-
phia, have just published Cadets of
Gascony," by Burton E Stevenson.
There is adventure and love making on
every page of this new book. 1t is ro-
nance pure and simple, the sort that
keeps one wide awake and never loses
its grasp on the interest. Two more
dashing and captivating heroes than
the two cadets it would be hard to find,
and every reader who likes a story full
of pretty women and courage and wit
win enjoy this book
Mr. Stewart Edward White, the
author of The Forest" has had an in
teresting experience in connection with
something that he wrote in one of the
chapters of this book. In giving direc-
lions for preparing an outfit for wood
life he mentioned a kind of tent as being
the best he had ever seen, and said that
he knew of but one place where it could
be obtained At last accounts, some
time ago, he had received 4S7 letters,
asking for the name of the maker of
the tent. These were in addition to a
flood of other letters, asking advice on
all sorts of details in connection with
camping and canoeing.
Apropos of the war in the far east.
the Boston Transcript" says that this
is a good time to reread Tolstors War
and Peace the greatest historical novel
D1 the n1HElEEuln century lAS dU-
thorized translation of Tolstoi's great
work, in America. is published by
Thomas Y Crowell & Co.
Mr.. w l. Alden says in a London
letter to the New York Times Saturday
Review: Among the recent American
novels which are having good sale
here should be mentioned Mrs. Anna
Katherine Green's F'iligree Ball. read
It the other day, and certainly it is a
very ingenious story of its kind. Mrs.
Green is exceedingly clever in concoct-
| ing plot and in eoncealing the denoue-
ment until the end" The Filigree Ball
is published in England by T. Fisher
Irwin.
Trusts of Today is the title of a
l book by Gilbert Holland Montague that
McClure-Phillips have just published.
4 Mr.. Montague's book is history of the
rise of the trust principle. It is primar-
| lily book of facts. The author has no
theory to advance and makes no argu-
ment for or against He takes fifty of
the leading trusts, such as the whisky
trust. the sugar trust the Photographic
trust, the bicycle trust, and by, simply
teliirg their history shows how the trust
idea has developed. He divides the sub
| ject under the following headings: De
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-26

ParsifaI becomes dgure of the re-.
deemed society that is to be. He has
been brought up in perfect innocence.
It was the lamb of God whostoolx away
the. sin OF the world: it is the child that
is most readily taken into the Kingdom
of God So the whole story of 'Parsi-
far is a plain. but grand exposition of
the temptations. sorrows and sufferings
of the world-a Christian lesson in the
divine forgiveness guaranteed humanity.
and redemptfon to all by the exercise
of Faith, Charity and Love among men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-26
OLD FASHIONED NOVEL
What Max Pembsrton's Daughter
of the States Is.

A Daughter of the States, by Max Penn
bertOn. Dodd. Mead & Co, publishers
Price $50. Through Hall Stationery
company.
Now and then it is amusing to read
one of the old fashioned kind of novels
described by George AIDE as the kind
that gets away with one man saying
to another: BY Jovel Who is that
swell beauty in the box?' The man
where she is to be married to an Eng
sounds as if it ought to be printed on
the side of a sleeping car and you know
from the start that that man is going
to be all mixed up with that girl be-
fore the fifth chapter"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-26
THE WEEKLY GR1sr.
Stories the Players and Managers
Tell at Idle Times.

When King Dodo'' was in Jackson
vile, Fla. Richard Golden received
dispatch from a friend in New Orleans
to have a bet on a certain horse that
was to start in the afternoon. After
the comedian had wired to poolroom
acquaintance in Hot Springs and Chi
cago to place wagers for his account
he received a second telegram from the
track, saying, Horse scratched" Gold
en- wired back, Congratulate horse.
I'm stung"
There is an anti-profanity society
league at Yale, and its special mission
is to see that the word damn is no
longer used upon the stage. The society
is right. How much better it would
sound, in playing Macbeth" to say:
Lay on. Macduff, and darned be he
who first cries hold. enough
Or. s.Out. burned spot"
Or, in sShore Acres;
I gave you the mother. but I'm
dinged if I'll give you the childr'
We call on all actors now in the city
to become noncussers.
In a speech between acts of 1.-THE
Vinegar Buyer" a few nights ago, Ezra
Kendall announced that he was writ
ing a book of information for Round
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velopment of Industrial Combinations
Saving the Combinations Evils of
Practical Monopoly. OWLS of Present
Trust LegisIa tior. THE Outlook for
Trust Organization" 1t is the most un-
biased and the most complete presenta-
ton of the subject yet put forth.
The general public does not realize the
attitude the real journalist holds towards
his work. A story in illustrate is told
by Lincoln Steffens of McClpre's Maya
zine Recently while gathering. material
for one of his articles on the misgov-
smoking compartment of train on his
way to the particular city then under con-
men began to talk of inside political mat
tiers in that city and in the course of their
conversation revealed many important
political secrets. Mr.. Stefehs overheard
he introduced himself to one of the men.
told him OF his purpose and asked him If
he had any further. information to i'm
part. The politician was completely con-
founded and rushed to tell his friend of
their exposure. Two very anxious poll
ticianS awaited the publication of Mr..
Steffens' article and no doubt heaved
great signs of relief when they discoy
cred that he had used none of the infOr
nation thus given him. Condolences are
not news.
Henry Harland, author of My Friend
Prospero'' has left America for Eng
land. Mr. Harland declares that in the
atmosphere of America he finds it diff
ficult to work, and it is understood that
he goes back to England to begin upon
a new novel.
THE Failure by Charles Blooming
dale lr is a collection of short stories
they might be called newspaper stories
that are gruesome in their reality The
Failure the longest story in the book.
is published by the J. B. Idppincott COM
pany.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-26
Red Cedar Posts.

]. Thomas Lumber Co.. 213 West
Sixth street and Kansas avenue and L.
P. railway, have just received a car
load of Red Cedar posts. Red Cedar's
durability is equal to four or five times
oak. They have supply of oak also.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-26

until he has finished the final sentence,
when the hero and heroine are married
and live happily ever after
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-26
In the Spring

In the Spring
your he alth
needs attention
The system. is
overloaded with
l m p uritie s
which must be
got rid of at
once or you're
goingto be sick.
Then the Bit
tiers is needed.
1t will cure
General Debility.
Spring Fever,
Nervousness,
Stomach His,
Insomnia and
Malaria Try II.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-26

When Wilderness Was King, by Randall
Parrish. Illustrated in color by the
kfnneys. Published by 4. c. McC1urg
q Co, Chicago. Price $50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-26

The Yoke" by Elizabeth Miller. Pub
lished by the Bobbs- Merrill Co, Indian
apolis, Ind Price $3.50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-28
BIG CIRCUSES COMING.
RingIings Will Be Here July 23-Bar-
mum in September.

Topeka is doing pretty we'll in the cir
Gus business this year. Ringing Bros.
and the Barnum & Bailey circuses are
both coming and the Sells q Downs
and the Wallace shows and Parker'S
Pike have been here.
RingIings' circus will be in Topeka
on July %. The advance agent who
travels a month ahead of the show and
takes out the city license arrived in
Topeka today. He entered into a con-
tract with License Collector Page for
license for a Bring circus and one side
show. The circus license was $500 and
the sideshow SIS
The Ringing circus is not in the show
trust, which is composed of Buffalo
Bill, Barnum and Bailey and Sells &
Forepaw. Ringlings fights this trust.
and evidently is playing lively game
to get into the Kansas field with his
bookings ahead of Barnum & Bailey.
The next thing will be for the Barnum
&. Bailey people to flood the state with
paper advising people to Wait Tor the
Barnum & Bailey's biggest show
on earth will appear in Topeka the
last week in September
The big show claims to carry SO
cars and to have tents as long as a
city block and to put on the Dramatic,
Daring, Delhi Durbar, under the di-
rection of BOlOSsy Kiralfy, on a scale
which makes the real thing look like
an imitation. In ten days the first
billing car Will be in Topeka and the
that the great Barnum & Bailey show
is coming" The parade is an
nounced to be a magnificent thing,
but if the city wants to charge the
show any license for a street parade
the show will make no parade. The
showmen say they give free show
in giving the parade. and they Will
not pay for the privilege
It requires So cars and hundreds OF
wagons to accommodate the enormous
naraphernalia and manifold attrac-
lions of Ringing Brothers show.
Twenty-six Pullman cars are in daily
reouisition and 700 horses are en-
ployed in the service
1t is the proud boast of the Ring
ling Brothers that their show this
wear is better than ever. There is no
doubt of this. as the world has been
ransacked for original attractions.
Every act is a novelty, every perform
e1- a star The beautiful spectacle of
Jerusal lem and the Crusades utilities
1900 people, who are set in scenic
environment representing a small for
tune Instead of the proverbial pair
of clowns affected by cheap shows so
fun-makers are employed to make
merry
More than 100 cages are required to
house the rare animals captured in
various parts of the world. The
Ringing herd of 40 elephants repre-
sents the finest bunch of these inter
esting animals in existence In fact,
the herd is twice the size of any
shown in either America or Europe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-28
THEODoRE RoosEvEr.r.
Icon the Washineton Post l

lF'rom the Washington Post1
With the utmost respect for our French
friends, we call their attention to one
notable instance in which the unexpect-
ed has not happened. This time it is
the expected-indeed we might as well
say the inevitab bic.
Mr. Roosevelt is a remarkable man.
His career reads like d chapter cut of
romance. By an unbroken succession
of leaps and bounds, he has risen from
private life to the presidency-alvav
despite the opposition of the leaders
and i'm contempt Of the Judgment of
the party oracles. The future historian
will no doubt. accept the estimate of
che contemporary commentator, calling
this an accident, and that mystery.
elld the other phenomenon: but the
leaping process has been steadily main
tanned. No matter what one may saw
about "inscrutable Providence" and all
the rest of it, Theodore Roosevelt has
been president of the United States for
three years, with nearly nine months
more to serve, and now he is nominated.
practically by reclamation and ap-
parently in good faith, for the full term
beginning on the 4th of next March If
the party bosses have deplored and
endeavored to prevent this consumma-
tion, he has been too strong for them
If their loyalty be a counterfeit. as so
many assert and seem to believe. he has
made courtiers and sycophants of them
all II the state machines have been
averse to him. he has trodden them
under foot. and stands today. trf-
umphant and erect, upon their pitiable
ruins. He has taken the Republican
organiza tons throughout the country
and converted them to his uses. Against
the hostile ami reluctant local chiefs
ne has arrayed "A harmonious, enthusi-
astic rank and file. He leads the Re
publican army, and the captains and
lieutenants are his humble servitors.
The masses of the party have been
taught to see in him a force, eager, bold,
indomitable-a commander fearless.
swift. and potent And they at least.
viii rejoice in his nomination. and viii
fight for him with high courage and un-
Tagging zeal.
1t will be a campaign at once eXcit-
ing and picturesque. As Mr.. Roosevelt
mas been his own organizer in the pre-
liminary stage, so he will be his own
manager. guide, philosopher, and friend
throughout the struggle for the ballots.
His viii be the inspiration. thestrategy,
the methods. and the leadership. He
viii not only plan. but execute. He viii
not only direct the battle. he vii or
dain every detail of preparation, dis
cipline, and arrangement. From aim the
warriors on the fighting line win de-
rive their valor and devotion. From
him the deputy chieftains win take
their orders and their information All
the light and color, all the gallantry and
dash and thrill OF the campaign will be
the fruit of his controlling genius. And
unless the Democrats, still welded to
their blunders and utilities, confront
Mr.. Roosevelt with a nominee and a
platform which viii definitely clear the
stage for a mere pageant Of Republican
victory, we may look for dramas of the
utmost intensity throughout the sum
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-28
OFF FOR VINEWOOD.
Commercial Club VIII Hold the An
nuaI Picnic Tonight.

Tonight the Commercial club holds
its picnic at Vinewood park The
clear day presaged a nice evening, and
Secretary Anderson made prepara-
lions this morning to entertain a big
crowd. He posted this notice at the
club early this morning, and it is
self-eXplanatory:
arrangements have been made for
those who do not want to take a pic
mic dinner to Ninewood this evening
with the restaurant to serve regular
dinner from O'Clock on at so cents
for each person; rs people can be ac-
commodated. Short orders Will be
served from Is cents up, and any
number can be accommodated The
business meeting Will be called to or
der at $3.50 o'clock. An orchestra has
been engaged, and members of the
club and their friends who desire can
have a little dance after the business
meeting adjourns."
Cars to Vinewood can be had at the
transfer station every half hour The
basket dinner is scheduled for about
$50 o'clock A great many members
of the club have signified their inten-
ton of taking their dinner with them
The business meeting Will be held in
the pavilion. The ladies are invited to
attend Matters pertaining to inter-
state commerce are principal among
the topics for discussion. According
to the bulletin there viii be dancing
in the pavilion at the conclusion of
the business meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-28
Mr.. STUBS IS HERE.
Says Headquarters Will Be Opened
After July 4.

w. r. Stubs, chairman of the Re
publican state central committee. is
up from Lawrence today and will
talk over the matter of opening Re
publican headquarters with some of
the candidates on the state ticket.
Some locations for the committee
headquarters will also be investigated
Mr. Stubs lunched at the Topeka
club today with D. W. Mulvane.
II think we will open headquarters
soon after the Fourth of July" said
Mr.. Stubs this afternoon. Il can't
say as to the exact date yet. 1t may
not be until after the Democratic ma
tiOnal convention, but it will be as
sOonas we can make our arrangements
and get around
Have you decided upon any loca-
ton yet?"
NO, we haven't That is matter
which we will have to investigate and
see what we can get I don't know
yet just what we will be able to do"
There are also a number of other
visiting Statesmen" in Topeka this
afternoon. Clyde Miller, secretary of
the state committee. and S. L. Heber-
ling of Overlook. chairman of the
Usage county Republican committee,
came up yesterday. Around the Cope
land were also gravitating Captain
John Seaton of Atchison, United
States Marshal w. H. Mackey, Rail-
road Commissioners A. D. Walker and
c. W. Wheatley, Frank Grimes and
others. Secretary of State BurrOw
and State Treasurer Kelly also re-
turned to Topeka today after several
days absence.
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st. Louis Alderman Makes Clean
Breast to Folk.
Says Kelly Told He Got $50, 900
for Going to Europe.
MANY NEW AVENUES.
OF Investigation Opened Up by
His Revelations.
Things Brought to Light Never
Heard of Before.

St. Louis. No. June est was an
nounced today that Charles A. Gutke,
former member of the house of dele
gates, convicted on a charge of
bribery and soon to be tried on an
other similar charge. today made a
complete confession to Circuit Attor-
ney Folk, in which he declared that
former Delegate Charles F. Kelly had
told him he had received $50. 900 for
going to Europe when his presence in
St Louis Jeopardized men of promi-
hence Kelly is also resting under one
conviction and is soon to be tried in
another case Circuit Attorney Folk
says the revelations which have been
made by Gutxe open up many new
avenues of investigation and bring
things to light which have not been
heard OF before, involving men higher
up
When he came out of the office of
Circuit Attorney Folk. Gutke said:
The best reparation that 1 can
make for the wrongs I have done is
to confess fully to everything in or
der that the public may realize what
has been going on. Yielding to the
pIeadings of my wife, have determ-
ined to do all 1 can to atone for my
sins against the public. The people
OF st. Louis even now do not realize
how they have been persistently plum
dered for years and years by the men
they elected to make laws for the
CITY.
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NATION FINDS II.
Discovers That constitutional Amend
ments Can't Be Submitted.

J. NJ. Nation. assistant state auditor,
who was also a member of the last
legislature, says he does not believe
any of the three constitutional amend
ments which the last legislature voted
to submit to the people, can be legal
" submitted Not one of them was
printed in the journals of both houses
together with the yea and nay vote,
as the constitution itself provides they
shall be, and only one was published
in the statute book, as the resolutions
themselves provide.
The constitution says: ''Proposi-
tions for the amendment of this con-
StitutiOn may be made by either
branch of the legislature; and if two
thirds of all the members elected to
each house shall concur therein. such
proposed amendments, together with
the yeas and nays, shall be entered on
the journal
Mr.. Nation has discovered that the
yeas and nays were duly recorded in
the journals, but the resolutions con-
tanning the amendments themselves
were not recorded. The Kennedy
amendment relative to electing the
state printer is shown to have passed
the senate, but the resolution is omit
ted. 1t is given in the house journal,
however.
The Smith amendment to the bill of
rights was published in the senate jour
a substitute was afterwards reported
in it's place and this substitute was
amended, but neither the substitute nor
it's amendment appears in the senate
journal. It appears in the house jour
nal as reported from the senate
The Francis amendment relating to
the governor vetOing items in the mis-
ceIlaneous appropriation bill appears
in the house journal on first and second
reading, but not on final passage. It
does not appear in the senate journal
at all
Each of these resolutions provided
that they should go into effect upon
publication in the state book, but only
the Francis resolution was so publish
ed. This was a house measure and was
duly engrossed, but the two senate pro-
position We're not engrossed and eonse-
quently were not presented to the gov
ernor for his signature. and the only
things that went into the statute book
were those signed by the governor. The
propositions did not have to be approx
ed by the governor, but the fact that
they were not caused those that were
not so signed to be left out of the
state book, which seems to invaltdate
them
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mer-perhap s, even, a promise of SEN
sation at the end. There is nothing in
the Chicago platform to move Impulses
of the blood 1t means anything. prom
ises everything, commits Mr.. Roosevelt
to nothing. Its claims are valid or pre-
posterous, according to the temper and
the Intellectual equipment Of the analyst
In any event, however, it belongs to the
wranglers and the pedants. The fight
ing millions will take no more note of it
than of the nebulae hypothesis or the
pons asinorum when Mr.. Roosevelt goes
riding down to battle with the glitter
ing Iegions in his brilliant wake.
This is Mr.. Roosevelt's hght-nothing
more-nething Iess-and no. one can truly
say that he does not present d noble
and impressive figure at its front.
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He is FOR FOLK.
Tom johnson Says Democrats Must
Compromise on Candidate.

CIeveIand,O., June 2s-In the first au-
thorfzed interview on national politics
given out this year, Mayor Tom J..
johnson. of Cleveland says that in his
opinion the Democratic factions must
get together on "A compromise candidate
if they hope to win the coming fight
He believes neither Parker nor Hearst
can secure a nomination; that Bryan
will not bolt the convention: that the
proposed union Of the Bryan, Hearst
and Harrison forces Will be a strong
force in the convention. and that Judge
Gray. of Delaware. or Joseph Folk. ~
Missouri, are the best compromise can
didates. He is strongly of the opinion
that a dark horse may land the nomi-
nation at St. Louis
THE two factions can only get to-
gether by agreeing on a man who is
neither a radical nor a conservative -
said Mr.. Johnson A man strongly
allied with either faction cannot hope
to draw the party's full vote Judge
Parker is not a good candidate for
several reasons. and Mr. Hearst has
not sufficient following to land the
prize. I know that Bryan viii not
bolt the convention There was moth
ing in his Cooper Union speech to in
dictate it. II he com bines with Hearst
and Harrison. that faction Will exert
much power in the convention.
"Of the compromise candidates sug-