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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30
VOICE FROM HARVARD.
w. A. McKeever Makes Observations
on the Old School and City.

Cambridge, Mass, July 26. 1904.
To a westerner, like your correspond
ent, born and reared on the Kansas
prairie, there is a peculiar fascination
about an old city like Cambridge, so
rich in historic interest, and the, seat
of the oldest university in the land
Old Harvard, with her beautiful cam
puS and classic halls, forms the nucleus
of the city and she has fashioned the
people into a mode of life peculiarly
their own. The quiet, repoSeful atmoS-
phere of the place, the simple, sensible
manner of dress of the inhabitants, and
their almost reverential regard for Har-
ward and her traditions are certain
to impress the average visitor
And then, the people here, by means
of marble tablets, monuments, and the
like, have preserved as sacred the i'm
portant historic events of the place
yard" one finds the old elm tree IN
der which Washington took command
Of the American army July 3, 1175, ana
close beside it old Christ church Quilt
ington worshiped December 81 of the
same year. A slab across the way
marks the spot where 1000 colonial
troops under Colonel Prescott assem-
the president of Harvard college.
marched to Bunker Hill. A slab just
outside the college yard marks the
place where DR.. o. w. Holmes was
where Lafayette was received and
greeted by the people in 1924.
Going south on Buster street, one
sees a similar memorial of The
house of Steven Daye, the first public
printer in British America. 1855
1913" The First meeting house in
Cambridge. set up in 1882" and the
House of Thomas Dudley, founder
of Cambridge, died $780," are also in
dicated. The memory of great men
of more recent times is also very
dear to the people. On Brattle street,
five minutes walk from Harvard
square, is the house of Longfellow,
where the poet lived during the last
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30
PUEAsED WITH MIR. WHITE.

The Baltimore News, an indepen-
dent newspaper, likes William Allen
Whites editorial on Folk of Missouri
as every other independent paper will.
The partisan newspapers don't like it,
but the list of partisan papers is grow
ing smaller every year.
This is what the Baltimore News
says about it:
Mr.. William Allen White of the En-
poria (Kan.) Gazette has established
a national reputation as a man who
knows how to say what he means. and
to say it in such a way that people
will listen to his message and know
Just what it signifies. Sometimes
as in the famous article What Is the
Matter with Kansas'-he does this in
the racy style of that peculiar grim,
extravagant, almost grotesque humor
which is Enthusiastically American,
and still more Enthusiastically west
ern. Sometimes he does it in plain,
serious, straightforward English. In
either case he is very apt to hit the
nail he is aiming at, right on the
head.
Mr.. Whites reputation for straight
out and effective speaking will suffer
no diminution through the editorial
which he prints in the Emporia Ga
zette on the duty of Missouri Repub-
licans toward the candidacy of Mr..
Folk. Mr.. White is a stalwart Repub-
lican and a warm friend and admirer
of President Roosevelt, and the En-
poria Gazette is a straight Republican
paper. 1t has uniformly supported the
Republican state ticket, and, as Mr..
White puts it in this editorial. it "be-
lieves in Republican principles and
o17 0F
the Republican party" But in the
campaign now going on in Missouri
it recognizes Considerations greater
than party" That the election or de-
feat of Folk means the victory of hon
esty over corruption, on the one hand,
or the triumph of corruption over hon
esty on the other, must be plain to
everyone who thinks seriously or feels
earnestly on the subject; and it is the
object of the Emporia Gazette's article
to bring this truth home to every hon
est Republican. This is a sample of
its talk:
No other mans victory, no matter
who he is, would be the rebuke of
boodling and corruption in Missouri
that Folks victory will be. And no
possible Republican could by his cleo
ton advertise to the world that Mis-
souri, has determined to stand for clean
government as Folk will advertise it
by his election. The fact that
every corruptionist, whether a private
citizen or boodling railroad. is
against Folk makes 1t plain that the
best interests of good government in
Missouri demands Folks election. 1t
is question above party, and II SIM
liar situation existed in Kansas the
Gazette would be for the Democratic
nominee with all the vigor It could
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30
JAYHAwKER JoTs.
Belleville is talking up a Y. n

HeHeVlIle Is talking up a Y. M. e. A
Liver and pretzels go at Wichita
since the packing house strike.
The Usage County Press is strictly
put not tremendously Republican.
Nortonville has more newly painted
! houses this season than ever before in
the towns history.
The weeds are so large and SO
tough at Anthony that a. cross-cut saw
Is utilized to lay them low.
Morganville is going to clean up
Fourteen new shaving mugs have been
ordered by the town barber.
A Mcpherson man is drifting back
wards. After sale of his horse and
buggy he purchased a bicycle instead
of an automobile.
Owing to Independence day coming
In this month Newton boys only Sc
cured so wolf scalps. They promise
better showing in August.
There was Santa F7e strike at Nor
ployes leaped from a swiftly moving
train in an awkward manner.
w. c. Ely of Usage county lost nine
head of cattle this season by disease.
What has become of the old fashioned
idea that Eli was the synonym for good
luck.
A Leavenworth man must answer
in court for splitting his cows tongue.
Under the idea that it might have
been his wife's tongue the court will
probably be lenient.
A Parsons woman became so excited
at the circus parade that she dropped
her baby and ran to the sidewalk. The
rest of the day she put in locating the
infant.
Woodston has a citizen who was
born at Esopus the same year Judge
Parker saw the light. But the Kan
sas mans parents weren't Demo-
cratic.
Chairman Stubs says he is going to
ask Governor Bailey to stump the state
and that the invitation will be accept
ed. Possibly! Possibly so, The gov
ernor is generous and forgiving to a
great degree.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30

bath that is a cleanser of the physical
as well as of the moral being.
Additions play large part in every
form of japanese worship. Before the
shrine which is to be found in every
home there is a sort of crude bath
tub made in the stone floor. The
water for these Is supplied from pipes
which send heavy stream down from
the roof. Seated before the altar In
the middle of the tub" the prevari-
eating culprit is made to suffer the
penalty of his many lies. The volume
of water comes dashing down upon his
defenseIess head with force that
would make a robust American boy
"see stars" But the japanese liar
knows that there is no other way to
appease the wrath of the injured god
of truth, so he succumbs to the in
evitable with much better grace than
that with which his western brother
takes his whipping and sits before the
shrine of his family divinity, reading
aloud for the benefit of a number Of
bystanders the long list OF lies that
has brought him to this uncomfortable
pass.-Pittsburgh Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30
Springfield (Mass.l Union:

Springfield (Mass.) Union: When a
gentleman from your own party passes
the hat for campaign contributions, he
IS simply gathering the funds neces-
sary to pay the usual expenses of a
campaign When a gentleman on the
other side passes his hat, ne is frying
the fat for a corruption fund. When
there is a quarrel on your own side
among the leaders. it indicates an in
tense interest, but so soon as the cam
paign is under full swing, all the fac
tions will be working for the common
purpose Of party success. A quarrel on
the other side means that the party is
the ticket
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30

forty-five years of his life. This house
was built in 1859 and is now occu-
pied by a daughter, Miss Alice Long
fellow. A tablet three blocks away
indicates the place. where the
spreading chestnut tree" and the
takes one to the bank of the beautiful
''winding Charles river. which the
poet loved so much. and which is
SPAWNED lower down by the old bridge
where the sweet singer
"Stood on the bridge at midnight,
AS the clock was striking the hour,
And the moon rose DER the city
Behind the dark church tower"
The lifelong home of James Russell
Lowell is in the immediate vicinity;
The house is another splendid old
colonial mansion and was built IN
1897.
Mt. Auburn, the beautiful city of the
dead is near the Lowell house, ana
the following celebrities: Louis Ag-
ASST, Edwin Booth, Philips Brooks.
VIM E. Claiming, Rufus Choate'
Charlotte Cushman, Edward Everett,
Fanny Fern, Charles Sumner, j. r.
Lowell, H. w. Longfellow. Q. w.
Holmes. A striking testimonial to the
vanity of human riches is seen mere
where, all about. great granite marble
shafts seem to vie with one another
in a fruitless effort to preserve the
memory of a score or two of million
aires whom very few except relatives
either remember or care to. In str1k-
ing contrast to these are the modest
f1eadstones that mark the graves of
the three poets named above, whom
all the people still remember and love
What a thrill of soul one experiences
as he stands here in this almost sacred
place and recalls the touching lines
of Lowell's "Changeling," or Long
fellows 1.-The Day is Done" or Holmes
1.-THE Last Leaf"
VIM. A. M'KEEVER-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30

intolerable at times. She has led raids
against saloons in which valuable
property has been destroyed. and there
might have been an excuse for an as
sault upon her had she been knocked
down in one of those raids. There was
no excuse in either of the Kentucky
simply delivering one of her harangues
against the saloon when the proprietor
of the place in which she was speak
ing brutality assaulted her.
At Trenton she knocked a cigarette
from the lips of a young sprig who was
probably blowing the noxious fumes of
the coffin nail" into the faces of pas
sersby. The young ruffian promptly
assaulted her and knocked her down.
The surprise in both cases is that some
manly man, to whom there is no earth
~ justification for assault upon a wo-
man, did not promptly and properly
punch the heads of this old woman's
assailants.
There is no question but Mrs. Nation
has done very much to forfeit the right
to the protection and treatment usually
accorded to members of her sex, but
men with wives and mothers will be
slow to admit that she has reached the
point where her annoying tactics should
be met by physical resentment. She is
an old woman, waging a hopeless cru
SADIE on foolish lines, and should prob
ably be restrained by law from contin-
uing her Fostering career, but her age,
her sex, and her condition should pro-
tect her from such assaults as those
made upon her in Kentucky
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

4NGW I
A woman is awful smart to be so
hot in summer and look so cool.
A man is color blind not to see that
rich girls hair is not red but blonde.
The devil was awful smart to prefer
weeds that will grow without any hoe
ing and watering.
It's hard to tell whether a woman
spends more time trying to keep a COM
plexion she has or to get one she
hasn't.
There is hardly anything more fool
ish than to talk of putting all your
dimes in a home savings bank when
your family never leaves you any to
put in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30
AT THE WORLDS FAIR

Subscribers to the State Journal
visiting the Worlds Fair may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
10 any address in st. Louis at the rate
of thirty cents n month. The last
edition of the State Journal reaches
St Louis the following morning. The
paper can be sent care of the Kansas
building, II desired
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30

A grand jury has indicted a number
OF people for the Slocum disaster Per-
haps nothing more Will come of the
investigation. It will be remembered
that there were many arrests on ac-
count of the Iroquois theater catastro-
phe, but no one was punished.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30
Night Was Her Terror.

81 would cough nearly all nighs ,ons y.
writes Mrs. Charles ApPlegate Of Aisxss'nn-
dria, Ind, and could hardly rel 49,,
sleep. had consumption so bad thar y
/ walked a block would cough frf1hff,,i-
medicines failed, three 400 bottles IS
DR.. Kings New Discovery wholly cured
me and I gained IS pounds" Ifss ahsC-
lutely guaranteed to cure coughs. solSg
Ia grippe, bronchitis and all throat and
lung troubles. Price 6Oc and 800. Trial
Kansas ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State JournaI
away during the summer may nave
the paper mailed regularly each DAY
90 any address at the rate OF thirty
cents a month. Address changed as
often as desired While out OF town
the State journal will be to you Like
q daily letter from home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30
washing Away Lies.

Among the many curious customs
that offer such an endless source of
interesting study to the westerner
travelling in japan perahps there lis
none that arouses his interest so much
as that which obtains throughout the
Flowery Kingdom among the rich and
poor alike, of washing away their
children's lies by a species OF shower
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30

Washington Post: Col. Bryan is in
favor of state ownership of railroads.
This would be a complete reversal of
form in Nebraska, where they are ia
miliar with railroad ownership of the
state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30

]. L. Bristow's son is playing pro-
fessional baseball under an assumed
name The old name ought TO be
good enough for him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30

A Sad Case.-First Tramp-We've been
pretty bad off at times, Ell, Stumpy7
Second Tramp-Sure we have.
First Tramp-Weil. it amt a circum-
stance ter how them swells. some of 'en,
has ter live Yestiday. 1 heard one er
them real sersiety wimmin say she an
her husban' had been livin' in thWir
trunks for two yearsl-LAfe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30

II Mr.. Taggart can manage the cam
paign for his party as successfully as
he did his own for the craftsmanship,
the Democrats will have nothing to
complain Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30

Senator Bailey regards Texas as sui
ficiently safe. to permit his doing lit
tie campaigning in the north this veal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30

w. Ross Stubs is being initiated
into politics in earnest and the
chances are that he will know more
in three months than he does now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30

The Democrats have chosen a lunch
counter proprietor for national chair
man, probably on the ground that he
has an effective way of his own for
raising funds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30

The Oklahoma PopuIists declined to
fuse with the Democrats Perhaps they
thought they could help more by sup
porting the Republican candidates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30

Mr.. Burrows bond deal certainly
requires a few more explanatory in
terviews.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30

Governor Bailey is in a position
where he is not asking for favors.
The political machine is more inter
ested in Gov. Bailey than it has ever
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30

The Davis family is prepared to catcl
West Virginia coming or going at tn
November election.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30

Consumers declare that meat prices
are higher Both packers and retail
ers say they hav1 mace no advance.
1t looks line a case of wicked
nartnerr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30

Kansas is giving very good imita-
ton of Colorado summer resort
weather.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30

Paul Morton is accused of wanting
20 put cowcatchers on the warships.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-30
The Kansas Wesleyan Business College

Iege west of the mississippi; highest
standard, national reputation. Seventeen
professional teachers. Positions guaran-
bookkeepers from our school. Graduates
sent to all parts of the world. Tuition
low Board cheap. For Journal address
Il. w. ROACH, Supt., Salina, Rams
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-02-12

box car was rescued thla mornins from
death while several freight cars were
heinE hauled or the side track. freight
Agent L. Rehardsoa. 0f the local Of
fice. heard feeble knocking IN one Of
the cars. The noise being repeated. he
suspected hobo was cohhhed therein,
and had the car unlocked as soon as
II stopped. As soon as the door was
opened the emacIated form Of a man
climbed out. The man pleaded plteously
FOR water and food These were pro-
vided. In response to Inquiries, the
man said he was q tramp and had got
In the eur last Tuesday, intending TO
20 to San Luis obispo; but, finding
the car remained stationary. had tried
to get out. but could not. as the doors
had been locked, He had n flask of
water and some bread when he entered.
and when this was gone he tried to
make outsiders hear. but failed. The
cars have been sidetraeked here for
seven days.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-02-12
Annual Dance of
Sons OF Hermann
Big Crowd Enioyably Entertain
ed at Foard and Stokes
Pavilion Last Evening.

Three hundred persons braved the
storm last night to attend the annual
mask ball OF the Sons OF Hermann.
Foard q Stokes hall was crowded with
a merry throng and there was fully as
much interest In the event as has been
in the past. The merry making contIn-
ued until long after midnight. and in
every respect the function was success
full
A committee made up OF W. Il.
Schlmpff. DR.. II. l. Henderson and Lou
Sprauer had been chosen 70 pass upon
the merits OF the costumes and award
the prizes. The committees awards
were as follows:
Best dressed. gentleman, hrst prize
Harry Jones, representing George
washington; second prize. A. Hauer,
Impersonating a Mexican.
Best dressed lady. first prize--Mrs.
Albert Boyer; second prize, Miss Olga
Wilbur.
Best sustained gentleman's charac-
ter, first prize-Frank LEVINE; second
prize, Ole Olson.
Best sustained lady's character, first
prize-Mr Ida Price. as Might; Sec
ond price. Mrs. Schwartz. as "valen-
tine"
The spectators prize fell TO the holder
OF ticket No. 225. who neglected to re-
spond when the number was called.
1.-THE prize will be awarded the holder
OF the ticket upon It's presentation.
The costumes last night were among
the most attractive ever seen at local
mask ball. The grand march was par
ticularly interesting and large crowd
OF spectators witnessed IT, The ball was
characterized by true German hospi-
tality, and the big crowd had an even
ing Of unalloyed enjoyment. C. J. Cur
tbs acted as master OF ceremonies.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-02-12
impossible to Get Appropriation
for New Public Buildings
at Astoria.
ADWCEs FROM WASHINGTON
Senator Fulton and Representa-
tive Williamson Say COn-
gress Will Not Spend
Funds for Purpose.

Congress will make no provision for
new customs house and postofiice
building for Astoria at It's present ses-
sion. The committee In charge OF ap-
preparations for such purposes Is op-
posed TO any large expenditure this
year, and. lille the Oregon delegation
will watch its chance to ask for the
necessary amount, there is no possibil .
ity Of getting through the requisite bill
at this session.
The memorial recently adopted by the
council has been forwarded to members
OF the Oregon delegation by Auditor
Anderson. who yesterday received re-
plies from Senator Fulton and Repre-
sentative Williamson. Senator Fulton's
letter is as follows;
Washington, Feb, 5,--olof Anderson,
Auditor and Police Judge. Astoria
Dear Sir: l have just received your
letter Of January IS, inclosing me reso-
Iutions adopted by the common coun-
Gil OF Astoria, nlemoralizIng congress
TO build new cuatoms house and post7
office at Astoria,
.'In answer I have 10 say that Il will
be perfectly useless TO make any at
tempt to secufa such Appropriation for
such purpose at the present session. as
no public building bill whatever has
been reported by the committee on pub
lie buildings, and congress does not in
tend to pass any such bills at this ses-
sion. Every project OF that character
has been turned down. and will be
turned down, and not one dollar will
be appropriated for public buildings
during the present session.
&C, w. FULTON"
Representative Williamson says In
his letter to Auditor Anderson:
II will do everything in my power
to carry out the recommendations con-
tanned In your letter inclosing the coun'
ellis memorial. II does not look good
however, at present for such approprIa
tions. The committee on public grounds
and buildings, as well as rivers ant
harbors, has given out the information
that it's budget at this session is golnl
to be very small"
The letters OF Oregon's representa-
tiyes at washington are not at all dis
couraging, and confidence is expressed
locally that the appropriation will b
secured Just as soon as possible.
Jewelry
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-02-12
SNOW SHEDS COMPLETED.
Great Northern Attempts Means to Pro
Tect its Tracks.

Seattle, Feb. 1.-THE Great Northern
has completed a line Of snow sheds
west Of Wellington that will protect
the tracks of that company, which have
been subject in the past to damage by
slides in February and March The
sheds have been completed before any
of the usual winter slides have occurred
and railroad officials believe the line
is now protected against these dangers
Greater confidence is felt In keeping the
line open. P.
The most important OF the new sheds
has been built near Alvin, four miles
west OF Wellington. Heretofore the
Great Northern has crossed deep
gulch at this point over a trestle. The
tracks have been between sixty and
seventy feet above the bottom OF the
gulch.
This gulch was caused by successive
snow anu TUCK ollueb th"b hN'~
down the mountain annually, carrying
out the railroad tracks and making the
situation more precarious each year.
During the past summer the Grea'
Northern built a solid rock roadoeo
across the canyon. The tracks were
moved back closer to the mountain side
and since the stone work has been con
pleted, the gulch between the tracks
and the stone wall has been filled IN!
The new snow shed is protected pS
crib work and the covering has beer
carried back to the mountain side Al
a result of the new work 1t is expected
the slides will be carried by the snec
over the track, and the snow and rocf
will fall into the gulch without injurint
the tracks.
A mile and half west of Wellington
two new sheds have been completed
Heretofore the greatest trouble TN
Great Northern has experienced haI
been with slides just west of yelling
ton.