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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-17

treasury and that these attempts have
l,Cen successful. Personally, the editor
of the Mail believes Tom Kelly to be
guilty; but not guilty alone. Others
are implicated and just as guilty as he,
in our judgment.
Governor Bailey will continue his
investigation of the treasury until he
goes out of office, but will accomplish
little more than furnish informat ton
to the state and Governor Hoch. The
real responsibility of handling the
state treasury muddle will devolve
upon E. w. Hoch when he becomes
governor and the manner in which he
does this will make or unmake him in
There is one and only one plain
safe course for Hoch, as governor, to
pursue and that is to make the most
searching and thorough investigation
of the state treasury. When such an
investigation exposes some big politi-
cal fish-with Tom Kelly and Frank
Grimes-as it will, Mr.. Hoch's test
will come. If he is big enough
courageous enough, strong enough, to
go right ahead and prosecute every
guilty man Irrespective of his name,
his station in life, his wealth or his
political standing or alliances, Mr..
Hoch will become the idol of all Kan
sas-and the state penitentiary will
have more distinguished citizens with
in it's walls than at any time since it
was built. This is the only course for
Mr.. Hoch to pursue and the Mail be-
lieves he is big enough and broad
enough to pursue it fearless1y and i'm
partially. We hope he WILL
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wheat is particularly short, and we are
dependent for our needs on Canadian
wheat, on which there is a tariff of 25
cents a bushel. This in itself is pro-
hibitive, but is met in some degree by
provision for bonding, which enables
the miller to obtain a rebate on for
eign wheat which is used in -four for
export sale. But it does not count in
the -four destined for home consump-
ton. So here is another feature of
our Ubiquitous tariff system, which
keeps the American consumer under
the harrow of high prices while it ia
vors the foreigner. Even the by
products of the imported wheat must
be exported, and as the foreign de-
mand for these is comparatively small
it lays a direct additional burden on
the miller. 1t is in the marketing OF
by-products that one of the important
factors of profit to the manufacturer is
found. So in this class he is obliged
to forego an advantage which would
help recoup him for high priced raw
material with limitations of market.
So benefit inheres through the wheat
tax, in spite of it's churlish bonding
provision, neither to the manufacturer.
to the farmer nor to the American
consumer. Probably if any one of the
Dingley schedules were picked out for
its inclusion of all kinds of tariff evil
in excess. it would be the wheat tax.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-17
GLORE SIGHTS

lfTOm the AIcn1SOn SlODel
What has become of the old fashioned
woman who wore a nubia?
The weather today is cold and raw
as an old maids second love.
If a man can get into a bank after bank
ing hours he considers himself a promi-
nent citizen.
Along about this time of year there are
only few votes between a hero and the
other kind of a man.
Even when drunk said Democrat
today, Il never claimed that Roosevelt
would carry Missouri
Ever remark how far from town the
farms are that real estate agents say are
within "a mile of town."
About the third or fourth day after an
election We have remarked that people are
thoroughly tired of politics.
A good many of US in our disappoint-
mentS are like H. G. Davis: they come too
late for us to look ahead.
Tastes are about evenly divided. Half
the people want their pickles sour and the
other half want them sweet.
In talking to a man about manners,
don't make matters worse by having the
talk at a. time when he IS hungry.
Grocers say their business develops the
greatest number of mean people. The rest
of us would like to dispute that point.
Ask any girl who was the greatest nTu-
steal composer and she will think of the
wedding march and say: +Mendelssohn.' -
When you attend a circus, turning a
Sommersault looks easy, and when you at
tend a lecture, talking in public looks
easy.
According to the cards woman of, dark
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
(From the Chicago News.)

NcTOm the chicago NeWS.)
Indulgence is opulence worn thread
bare.
Society is a machine operated by
cranks.
Women are never ins1ncere when
angry.
Many a candidate for Office gets moth
ing but experience.
The moth always looks on the
bright side of the flame.
Never bet on sure thing unless you
can afford to lose.
Time softens all things-except
boarding house biscuits
Nothing destroys the memory of a
man like doing him a favor.
1t isn't necessary to acquire an
automobile in order to run into debt.
If a man is in love he doesn't think
the woman in the case talks too much.
Many man is driven to the corner
saloon because his home isn't home
like.
1t sometimes happens that a girl
hides the family Bible in order to
keep her age hid.
If Santa's ianitor were anything
like the apartment house brand his
tenants would soon be kicking for
more heat.
When the average man does a good
deed on the sly he is apt to feel put
out IL his acquaintances fail to get
next.
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PARTISAN POLITICS.
Believed Treasurer Kelly Guilty Yet
Voted for Him.

The wellington Daily Mail, by A. A.
Richards, has the following remark
able editorial about corruption in the
state treasury. The editor says he
believes T. T. Kelly guilty of robbing
the state treasury yet has voted for
Kelly twice for state treasurer"
Such statements shake confidence in
good government, are incOmprehenS1-
BILE and astounding and yet a man so
fearless as William Allen White. in
exposing corruption, and who called
Kelly a thief over and over again in
his paper, advised his readers in the
same columns to vote for that same
mani The ways of politics and par
tiSanS are certainly devious and past
finding out. Newspapers which most
warmly defended Kelly now claim he
has been indicated by the people.
The same papers and people claimed
that the election of J. r. Burton to
the United States senate vindicated
him and gave him a clean bill of char
acter. 1t did neither in neither case.
1t took a long time to get Tweed
out of office lin New York, though his
corruption was notorious and scandal
Gus, like Kelly's, but the people finally
turned him out
We hear much about voting for
yellow dog" If he be on the party
ticket, but here is a case of the dog
going mad and a citizen who prefers
to vote for a thief to take charge of
the treasury and its contents. A yell
low dog might be a, watch dog, or in
offensive, and could have a regency.
Here is the Mail editorial:
Nov that the campaign is over, the
condition of the state treasury should
receive the careful and unprejudiced at
tention that the charges made demand.
Personally, the editor of the Mail has
been friendly to Mr.. Kelly; politically
we have never favored his nomination,
nor that of his predecessor Frank
but have voted for Kelly twice
for state treasurer even though serious
charges were pending against him.
I'VE do not know that the charges
made against Kelly are true-charges
about the stealing of state funds. We
have very good reasons for believing
that some of these charges are true and
that during the Grimes administration,
when Kelly was in actual charge of
the office, the state was robbed of GER
tain large sums of money reported by
the state accountant. No explanation
has been offered, but in the whir1 of
the campaign these items seem to have
been lost in the fog.
Unfortunately, the charges against
Kelly were made during a political
great mistake. Governor
Bailey made the gigantic mistake of
to try the case against KEEL
ly in the newspapers during campaign
instead of in the courts. But such a
mistake cannot make a guilty man in
nocent or an innocent one guilty.
1.-The fact remains that gross frregu-
larities have been unearthed in both
the Grimes and Kelly administrations
Of the state treasury. Enough has been
developed to show that deliberate at
tempts have been made to rob the state 1
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IAYHAWKER lots.

Among other things Abilene is noted
for being the home of niece of Gen.
Lew Wallace.
Five lola business houses were care
less enough to take in counterfeit So
gold coins one day recently.
The Great Bend elevators are COM
planning of a wheat famine. Farmers
are holding for higher prices.
Late as the season is Formosa boys
are playing hockey after bass in
stead of going to Sunday school.
Emporia is seriously talking of re-
viving the old car line system from
the Normal to the Santa Fe depot.
One of the pleasant tasks Of Deerfield
citizens is to load and ship two thou
sand tons of beets by Thanksgiving.
Business is picking up at Winfield.
Editor Green is coming back and
twelve automobiles have been ordered.
The oldest settler" of CORTLAND can
not remember a fall when the trees
have held their foliage as long as this
season.
A young calf passed through Lakin
the other day contentedly perched on
the cow catcher of the overland Santa
Fe flyer.
Ellinwood families are dining off of
21a pound potatoes. Irrigation is re-
sponsible
The Emporia marshal draws the line
on colored crap shooters. Last even
ing he had four negroes before his
honor.
An Inman man arrested on the
charge of selling liquor has been re-
leased. The evidence appears to have
evaporated.
The editor of the Beloit Call modest
ly admits that twice within the week
he has been paid a S. bill on delinquent
subscription.
A Chanute dentist has been robbed
of $50 worth of gold filings. It's two
to one shot that the thief was a former
victim getting even!
On one Barnes Romantic tree fifteen
bushels of apples grew. AS a sample
the owner had a foot long twig con-
tanning ten fine specimens.
The little town of Lovewell, Jewell
county, is bemoaning it's fate because
the sole hog buyer of the town has
moved to a buster mart.
These are sorry days for Ottawa's
chief of police. He is trying to enforce
the law preventing chickens from run
ming at large and collect the dog tax
at the same time.
Winfield citizens are in luck. The one
guessing nearest the number of seeds
i'll a certain pumpkin gets a Thanks
giving turkey. To note the application
glance at the poultry prices.
A defeated Hutchinson candidate was
SO riled over the result that he went
home and administered "a sound
humping to his wife. Here the court
took hand and the usual fine and
oOctc followed
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Earl w. Van Kirk died on Wednes-
day night at his residence, SIS West
Fifth street, of asthma, at the age of
35 years. He was a member of the
firm of Thurston & Van Kirk at sol
Jackson street. He was seriously i'll
only a few days, although he had been
suffering with asthma for quite q
number of years. The funeral arrange
ments will be announced later, pend
ing advices from his parents who live
in Oklahoma. He is survived by them,
his wife and a 7-year-old son.
The deceased was a graduate of
Washburn college and then studied
law with the firm of Troutman e
Stone. Five years ago he opened an
abstracting Office with Mrs. Sara A
since been engaged. He was at his
office on Saturday, but was taken seri-
ously sick on Sunday.
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ATTACKED THE FRIARS.
Filipino Student Is ScoIded by the
War Department.

Bloomington, ILL.,, Nov. 17.-Miguel
Nichao, a young Filipino student, who
is being educated at the State Normal
university, at Normal, by the govern
ment, has been reprimanded by w. A.
Sutherland of the war department for
attacking the friars and the method of
the Catholic church in the Philippines.
Nichao's articles first appeared in
student publication at the university
and then were widely copied by the
press of central Illinois.
Rev. J. j. Burke of the st. Patrick's
church of this city took the matter up
with the war department and immed-
lately received a letter in which it was
stated that the utterances of the Fill
Pine were not approved and that he
would be vigorously censured.
Mr.. Sutherland stated that the Fill
Pine should have devoted himself to a
discussion of other matters of wide in
terest concerning his country, instead
of attacking the church.
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Pittsburg Dispatch: The resignation
of Pension Commissioner Ware is a
blow to the theory that the unexpect-
ed always happens. Probably no Off
cial in the administration has had his
resignation predicted more frequently
and persistently. The announcement
is now accompanied by the disclaimer
that his retirement had anything to do
with any criticism of his course in
office, which seems an unnecessary
statement if there has been no criticism.
The probabilities are that Commission
er Ware has had to meet the same in
fiuences which forced the promotion of
his predecessor to the consulate at Lon
don; but If he has he has made a
Stoessel-like defense during his occu-
pancy, and goes back to practice law
and poetry in Kansas with drums beat
ing and colors flying. 1t is to be hoped
that the president will find as safe a
successor for Mr.. Ware as was found
for Mr.. Evans in the person of the
kansan, and that the motto which
"Ironquill'' had nailed to the wall of
his office, 1.-The Lord Hates a Liar"
will be permitted to remain in a con-
spicuous position. The nation loses a
picturesque pension agent and Kansas
regains a poet and a patriot.
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regarding the eight hour day question
and SO important was this matter con-
sidered by the executive council of the
federation that it was recommended
that all legislation pertaining to the
short work day be referred to special
commission composed of w. ]. Penfe.
I. NJ. Hart, H. J. Wendleken, Thomas
Mullahey, Richard Braunschweig, H.
D. Thomas, A. D. Portal, J. ]. McDade,
M. ]. Sullivan Henry Bablitz, G. E.
Schmidt, d. B. Horn, B. J. Donnelly
and ]. J. Glass.
Ten o'clock being set apart as the
special time for listening I'd fraternal
delegates from Great Britain and Can
ada, James Wignall of the former
country was introduced and was given
a great ovation by the delegates. His
speech aroused the delegates to a high
pitch of enthusiasm. He maintained
that ~to be an ambassador of labor was
a greater honor than to represent his
country on a diplomatic mission. Speak
ing of the bonds between the two coun-
tries he said:
THE clasp of hands across the sea
and the bonds of brotherhood which
must come to the Anglo-Saxon family
will come through the fraternalism of
the toiling masses of the two coun-
trieS.''
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HIT IN THE HEAD.
Gen. Stoessel's Wound Appears Not "a
Have Been Serious.

st. Petersburg, Nov. 17.-General
Stoessel in his dispatches to Emperor
Nicholas reports the repulse of a Jap
anese attack October &c, on the north
front of Port Arthur. The Russian
losses were $50 killed or wounded. All
the attacks November 8, the day the
anniversary of the emperor's Access
sion to the throne was celebrated,
were repulsed.
General Stoessel was slightly
wounded in the head during one of the
latest assaults on Port Arthur.
General Kuropatkin reports that in
an ambuscade November Is, near
Sinchinpu 80 Japanese dragons were
killed or wounded.
The text of General StoessePs dis
patches of October %, is as follows:
I'VE have the honor to report to your
ma jesty that the Japanese bombarded
very vigorously October Is, our forts
and entertainments north and north
east. The following day they also at
tackled one of the forts on the north
side, but our heavy artillery and
shrapnel fire dispersed their reserves
ands the assault was .repulsed- Our
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-17
ENGINEERS ARE HERE
Discussing Grievances With Santa Fe
Management.

The regular annual meetings of the
grievance committees of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers and the
brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
of the Santa Fee railroad are being
held in Topeka this week. One dele
gate from each of the two orders from
each division of the road attends the
sessions of the annual convention.
Officers will be elected tonight or. to-
morrow.
1t is announced that there are no
matters of Importance to be discussed
or taken up with the railway officials
at this meeting. The firemen and en-
glneers meet separately and it is given
out that the only matters which will
be discussed between the members of
the grievance committees and the rail-
way officials will be in regard to a few
rules and minor matters which is an
nounced will be settled amicably.
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FREE WHEAT.

IFrom the Newark News (Rep-)1
The relation of the American wheat
crop, with its uncertain vicissitudes,
to the interests of milling and to the
price of flour, in which shape wheat
is consumed. has been more than
once pointed out in this and other
newspapers. 1t is not simply a ques-
ton of quantity, but of quality. as the
hard o. flint wheat is indispensable
to mixing with other VIII eats to secure
sterling results. This is a problem
which touches not only the amount of
-four available for export, but the in
terests of our home market, involving
cheapness and the health Of consum-
ers. To the American farmer it
makes but little difference, as the
price of wheat is determined not by a
big or short crop in this country, but
by the worlds entire output.
This season of 1904 brings this
question to the front with great en-
phasis. Our home supply OF hard
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OUR DYKE SYSTEM
How Overflow Will Be Provided
Against.
Four Different Districts In
cluded i'm the Plans.

= Within few days County Surveyor
Rodgers will complete the surveys and
estimates for the complete dyking system
contemplated for the immediate protec-
ton of Shawnee county.
So far four dykes have been proposed
and surveys and estimates for them are
being made.
Dyke District No. 1 is on the north side
of the Kansas river, south of Rossville
Dyke District No will be Mo+ rta I0 Ttb
bank of the river and the south bank OF
Dyke District No. 8 is north of town
and the dyke will be along the north
bank of Soldier creek a mile north OF
North Topeka.
the dyke will be on the south bank of
the river midway between Topeka and
The longest dyke will be along the north
bank of the Kansas river for the protec-
half a mile in length The shortest dyke
will be in district No. 3, along the north
bank of Soldier creek. and will be about
Dyke No. l, which will be 1,400 feet long.
The dyke along the south bank of Soldier
creek will be about a third of mile in
length Dyke No. will be $50 feet long.
Dyke No. is expected to protect about
500 acres from oye 1.5n Dyke * h No;
farm land and Dyke No. will provide
protection for about 1000 acres. The dykes
in District No. will protect North To-
peka.
County Surveyor Rodgers advocates pro-
tecting the banks of the Kansas river,
where the waters have cut the banks.
with logs and rip-rap. He has suggested
that cottonwood logs be used and that
cuttings from willows be laid on the
banks from the bottom to the top and
covered with sand. From these cuttings
would come sprouts which would soon
make a solid growth of willows which
would give sufficient protection to keep
the water from cutting away the banks.
In some places Mr.. Rodgers will advo-
cate the use of crushed stone and on the
levees street sweepings and growth of
something which will take root quickly
can be secured Mr.. Rodgers thinks it will
pack and become so solid that it would
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hair is pursuing a prominent Atchison
man. The cards are wrong as usual: Her
hair is light
A woman can board train without a
ticket, do little crying and go wherever
she pleases.
An Atchison preacher is much disap-
pointed in new horse. 1t doesn't scare at
automobiles, but frightens badly at Sal
walton Army parades.
1t is said of a worthless Atchison man
that the only thing he has on earth is
opinions, and the only thing he does on
earth is to air Them
The wives of Methodist preachers who
have to move only once in f1ve years, may
not be rich or powerful, but they are a
year ahead of the wife of president.
This is the season of the year when the
man who has delayed laying in his coal
wants the dealer to deliver a hurry order
because his wife is not well or the baby
is sick
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TEXAS WANTS 1T.
Trying to Secure Next Meeting of
American Federation of Labor.

San Francisco, Nov. 17.--Texas got in
first in the field as bidder for the
twenty-fifth annual convention of the
American Federation of Labor. When
the fourth days session of the present
convention was called to ouE1er q num-
Der of kilograms, congratulatOry and
otherwise, were read and among them
were two from the state of Texas ex-
tending greetings to the delegates and
urging upon them the ACCESSIBILITY of
holding their next annual session in the
Lone Star state The invitation came
from the city of Fort Worth and from
the trades and labor council of the
state, who designated no particular city
as a meeting place.
So many resolutions were presented
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

(From the New York Press.)
Express trains run without stop to
the poor house.
A woman calls herself artistic
when she gets free tickets to a picture
show.
Most people seem to think there is a
great difference between lying and not
telling the truth.
A woman has an awful queer look
in her eyes when men talk about pad
ding the election returns,
A man coming home at o'clock in
the morning can be as quiet sneaking
up stairs as he can be noisy with his
growls the next morning.
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HUSBAND DIDN'T DIVIDE.
Striker Kept Money Paid Him by the
Union so Wife Sues.

Julia May Baird filed suit in the dis
trict court today for divorce from Ben
janin Clifford Baird.
Mrs. Baird charges that her husband
was cruel to her and that while he was
working in the Santa Fe round house
at Los Angeles last April he went on a
strike and since then has not been en-
ployed and has received $3.50 a week
from the strikers association, but that
she has received only $3.50 from him
since April. She says she kept roomers
and boarders to make a living for her
self and child and recently gave that
up and came to Topeka and secured
work in q store.
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Robbed by Her Butler.

New York, Nov. 17.-Jewels valued
at $4,000 have been stolen from the
apartments of Mrs. Eleanor Lorraine
Beatty, a well known society woman
of Pittsburg and New York. Stimuli
taneously with the theft of the jewels,
the butler disappeared. His wife, who
was employed as housekeeper, was at
once arrested and is said to have con-
fessed that her husband was guilty;
that he had disposed of the plumber
and intended sailing Immediately for
Europe. Detectives have been detail
ed to watch all outgoing steamers.
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Many Cities Want It.

Portland. Ore, Nov. 17.-Today's ses-
sion of the National Grange in annual
convention in this city were devoted
to the reading of reports and to the
routine business of the grange. AL
though the convention is but two days
old delegates representing various
cities have already commenced the
campaign for securing the next annual
convention. The more strongly repre-
ington, D. c., Milwaukee, Wis, and
Hartford Conn. Many of the delegates
are strongly inclined to the selection of
some California city as the next meet
ing place.