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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-07

up a competency. He believed that
they loved their service and that in
any case they would not confess to a
regret that they had studied calculus
just because it afterwards happened
that they made more regular daily
use Of dishwashing and cooking.
Mrs A. H. Horton, the president of
the federation presided There were
d number of musical numbers by pu-
pills or teachers of the Washburn
school of music. These included Ru-
benstein'S kammenoi Ostrow, for pi-
ano, by Miss Zarella Hussey; Meyer
Helmund's Magic Song, by Miss Agnes
Fisk; Brahms Love Song, by Mrs.
Florence Fox Thatcher, and Chopin's
Prelude in d fiat by Miss Allabelle
TrCutman. Miss Troutman also played
the ACCOMPANYING nts. The session was
an unusually short one, the program
being over in less than an hour and
half. The Nautilus club members
acted as hostesses at the informal tea
served in the fine arts studio after
the program.
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TILLMAN AT sTOCKYARDs.
His Audience Was Composed Largely
of Socialists.

Chicago, Oct. 7.-Senator Benjamin
r. TillInan of South Carolina, delivered
a political address in the stock yards
district. A strong element of the
Socialist party was in the audience and
from the commencement of the SEN
ator's address until it's close he was
made the target for numerous questions
and the excitement at times ran high.
At one time when the meeting mad
grown somewhat turbulent. the senator
remarked:
''You gentlemen may get wild, Tut
you will find that nobody here can be
wilder than I cam
Senator Tillman said in the course of
his remarks:
at stand here to indict the Republican
party because it is no longer the party
of Lincoln. 1t no longer stands for hui
man liberty; it no longer stands
against human slavery. 1t holds to the
same position today that the old south
ern hierarchy OF southern Shareholders
held in 1860. The leaders of that party
today are subservient to the orders of
one man, and they are controlled by the
man in the White House..
The senator declared that in his opin-
ion the race question is the great issue
in the present campaign.
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financial affairs of the Rock Island
Frisco systems became uncomfortable &c
the Moore brothers and those allied
with them. They were powerless
however, to check his policy, as Mr.
Loree had been appointed chief execu-
tive of the two systems. to represent
the interests of Speyer &c Co. of New
York, who furnished the money to en-
able the Moore party to consummate
the Frisco deal. In order to get rid
of Loree and carry on the management
of the system according to their own
ideas, and with men of their own Sc
lection, the Moores found it necessary
to secure backing other than that OF
Speyer & Co.
Robert Mather. the new president
of the Rock Island company, will not
it is assured, interfere with the actual
operation of the double system, but
will devote his time almost entirely to
the legal and finacial problems of the
two roads.
J. III. Moore, w. H. Moore, D. G.
Reid and B. F. Yoakum left during the
still in the city.
Mr.. force stea4fastly refuses to dis
cuss his retirement
A New York dispatch says:
In quarters usually well posted, no
surprise was expressed today at the
resignation of l.. F. Loree as president
of the Rock Island system
1t was pointed out that r. R. cable
resigned from the same position three
years ago when the property was &C
quired by the present owners to make
a place for w. R. Leeds, who had been
associat ted with the Moores in the steer
business. c. H. Warren, practical
railroad man, was appointed hrst VICE
president inside of another year, and
made responsible for the operation OF
the entire system. c. H. Warren re-
signed inside of a year. On January
last L. F. Loree, formerly president oil
the Baltimore & Ohio, accepted the
presidency of the Rock Island and was
given a five years contract at a salary
commonly reported to have been $a5.o0o
a year in cash, with a bonus of $500, 0OO
in Rock Island stock. In less than a
year Mr.. Loree also has resigned.
Opinion in railway circles was some
what divided today as to the reason
for the Rock Islands breach with Mr..
Loree. The president of one western
railway system said regarding the Chi
cago report that the Rock Island man
agement was dissatisfied with Mr.. Lo-
ree's eastern railway methods.
Eastern roads,, he said, are very
often required to make improvement
expenditures that are not absolutely
necessary on western lines. The mis-
take made by the Rock Island man.
agement was in placing an eastern
man at the head of the system. How
ever, what they know about it now
should have been understood nine
months ago. The action announced
today is surprisingly sudden"
On the other hand, a very decided
opinion was expressed in other rail-
way circles that the breach was more
likely to have occurred on the part
of Mr.. Loree himself. because OF the
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THREATENS TO SUE
Rock Island Passengers Object to
Treatment.

Oklahoma City, Oct. 7.-Several passen-
gers the Rock Island trains delayed in
their transit by the washouts on the line
have consulted attorneys regarding dam
age suits against the company. They as
sert that the employees of the road have
not even shown them common courtesy:
that they were obliged to furnish their
own bill of fare and maintained all neces-
sary expenses incident to the great DELAY
on their journey. This they say is alwa VS.
understood to be a part of the railroads
contract. The passengers do not complain
so much about this part of the trouble,
but they say they were not accorded de-
cent treatment by the train employees
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DIR. Harper's Daughter WEEDS.

Chicago, Oct. miss Helen Davida
Harper, daughter of President VIM. r.
Harper of the University of Chicago,
has been married to Charles Scribner
Eaton at Handel hall on the univer-
sity campus. The ceremony was read
by the Rev. c. r. Henderson, chaplain
of the university. Miss Harper and
Mr.. Eaton were students together in
the university, graduating in the class
of 1900. After graduating from the
university Mr.. Eaton took the law
course at Harvard and is now prac-
ticing in Chicago.
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II SPECIAL TRAINS.
Garry Chicago People to the Worlds
Fair.

st. Louis. Mo-. oct. Garter H.
Harrison, mayor of Chicago, and wife,
who will join in celebrating Chicago
day at the Worlds fair tomorrow
reached st. Louis, as did several other
officials of Chicago. Eleven special
trains bearing several thousand Chi
cagoans representing various Chicago
clubs arrived during the day.
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Home Visitors Excursions via Santa
Fe. Oct II.

lucky Last one of the summer. Good
retuI ming 80 days from date of sale.
at rate of one fare plus $500 to points
on and west of a line drawn
through Sandusky, Columbus, Gin
cfnnati, Louisville and Greensboro.
For full information relative to rail-
road and steamship tickets, address
T. L. KING, g. P. & r. A.
ToDelxa. Kansas
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Eighteen Imprisoned in Mine.

Dessau, Germany, Oct IA sud
den thrush of water and mud in a coal
mine at Gerlebock district of Koethen
yesterday, imprisoned eighteen miners
who are believed to have persisted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-07

tract of Wild Strawberry. Cures dysen-
terry, diarrhoea, seasickness, nausea.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-07

$3.50 to st. Louis and Return.
Via Rock Island System. Tickets on
sale daily, except Friday and Saturday.
good Z days in st. Louis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-07

Ladies' $500 and 1929
Wei Kid and Box Calf Shoes
in heavy or light soles, pat
ent or stock tip, on sale to-
morrow for $1.48.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-07

$1.29 for Ladies' and
Misses $1.75 and $500 Box
Calf and Wei Kid Shoes, in
heavy or light soles. Twelve
different styles at this price.
$1.29 a pair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-07

See our Ladies' and Gen
tlemen's new Fall styles for
$500, $3.50, $500 and $500.
Made in button or lace, plain
or shiny feathers. Shoes to
please all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-07

These shoes are made in dress and
street styles, high and low heels, heavy
and light soIes, sizes 2 to 8, widths
IA to EE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-07

$3.50 and $500 Ladies'
fine Wei Kid and Velour
Calf Shoes will be on sale
here for S1.98.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18
Why We Sell TO Canada.

A Canadian trade journal. speaking
against the preferential tariff in favor
OF Great Britain. says: "In the list OF
200 enumerated dutiable articles i'm
ported into Canada in 1903 there arc
forty-one opposite the names OF which
is printed the suggestive word none"
indicating that Great Britain had
failed to supply us with one dollars
worth, while the United States sent
us. of the identical goods. to the value
Of si.s97 ,G60: and 1t will also be OBJ
served that in addition to the failure
alluded to. there are fifty-one other
items not one of which our imports
from Great Britain amounted in value
to as much as $1,000. The aggregate
value Of these fifty-one articles
amounted to only s15.763, while our
imports Of the Identical goods from
the United States amounted to s5,-
276.734. These are startling facts,
which should command attention"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18
Safe on the Plate.

Public school regulations require
that tho pupils shall be over tho
threshold Of the classroom door when
the bell rings ut Q O'Clock. or bc nc.
counted late. Yesterday morning y
little girl was within n foot or two OF
the door 10 her classroom when tho
bell rams. At the same instant sho
stumbled and fell. Realizing that II
she stopped long enough to pick her.
self up sho would be late. she threw
herself forward as n baseball player
slides for n base. and managed to pro
Ject her outstretchcd arms and head
into the classroom. In this position
she looked up ut tho teacher and said:
I'm In"
The teacher grasped the situation in
n moment. and. without n smile. ren.
dered her decision:
''Safe!"
The little girl picked herself up and
went to her accustomed seat, to be
marked early on the records OF her
class.-New York Sun.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18
This Is Miraculous.

Manhattan. kans.. March ii.-one
of tho Stran.cst cases that has ever
been heard OF In Riley Co. IL that Of
the throSyear'old daughter Of Mr.
Jonas Brubakcr OF this place.
Some time ago tho little Eirl took
whoopln. cough. which was followed
by pneumonia Whom the pneumonia
loft her. she was taken down with
malaria fever with Mt times symptoms
Of Spinal Meningitis.
The family doctor brought her safe.
ly through these troubles. but after
tho fever Brisht's Disease Sot In and
the doctors gave her up. Her father
tells the rest OF the story:
We began to give her Dodd's Kid.
noy pills and after aho had taken
about three and n half boxes. ahe was
cntirciy cured. Now she Is well NJ
any child. runnIn. and playing ns II
nothing had ever been tho matter
with her. The doctors Eald Eho was
beyond tho reach OF medicine. podd'a
Kidney Pills certainly saved our lit.
tic girls life. when she was 10 far
into tho chronic stage Of BTIgh;'s
Disease that We thought nothing could
H.yo her"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18

Every housckccpcr should know
that II they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time. because Il
never sticks to the iron. but because
each package contains lG oz.-onc full
pound-whIic ail other Cold Water
S;archcs are put up In ..pound pack.
ages. and the price is tho same. 10
cents. Then ngain because Defiance
Starch Ia free from nll injurious chem.
icals. II your grocer trias to sell you n
l2-oz. package II Is because he has
n stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose OF before he puts In Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package In large let.
tcrs and figures &c ozs." Demand
Defiance and save much time ano
money and the annoyance OF the iron
sticking. Defiance never sticks.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18
NEVADA'S NEW HOMES
IMMENSE NEW IRRIGATION svs-
TEN.
Water for -Four Thousand Five Hun.
dred Farms.-~iii Add Sixty Thou.
sand to the Popuiation.-Aetiss
Work Now in Progress.

Nevada will soon have one OF tho
largest and most comprehensive irri.
cation systems in the world where.
with To make its desert lands blossom
as the rose. Mr. l. II. Taylor. dis
triet engineer for the United States
Reclamation Service for Nevada. has
recently been in Washington and
reports the satisfactory progress Of the
T.uekeecaTsOR reclamation project.
* which he has immediate charge.
This project contsmpiate6 the utiiik-
alton OF the waters OF the Truckeo
and Carson rivers for the irrigation OF
about $4,000 acres OF sage brush des-
sSt in western Nevada These lands
will furnish homestsads OF about 80
acres each for about 1900 families. IL
Is expected that with tho addition OF
the towns and villages that will natii-
rally spring up in the district. tho
population Of the state will be In.
creased In the next few years by at
least C0.OOO people
Active construction Is now In prog
srsss on u main canal about thirty one
miles long. which is to divert the wat
ers o. Truck.c river To large storage
reservoir ON the lower Carson river.
There the waters OF the two streams
will 10 mingled and impoundod. and
thence led out upon the plains In III.
vicinity Of the Carson and Humboldt
Sink. Two contracts for the constfuc.
tion OF different divisions OF this canal
were mad" by the secretary OF III. In.
terror with T.. II. and A. l.. Stone Com.
pany. and e. 4. Warren a. Co. Cali
iornia contracting Arms. on August
:sth and September }. 1908. respect.
lively. Ground was broken on Sep
tcmbcr II. 1908. and the work Is 10 bo
finished by November OF the present
year. In the meantime. surveys for
tho requisite system OF dlB,rlbu,in.
canals are well under way. and tho
department viii be ready In tho
spring TO contract for their construc-
ton. This work will be followed by
the erection Of n dam which will form
the reservoir on tho Carson river.
Tho reservoir Will have total length
OF about eighteen miles and will Hood
over 10000 acres of land to an average
depth OF twcnty-clght feet.
The lands to be irrigated by these
works aggregate about 100000 acres.
situated In tho lower portions OF tho
Truckcc. Carson and Humboldt river
basins. In tho upper valley OF tho
Truckcc and Carson rivers some $4,000
acres OF additional land will bo sup
piled from works to be constructed
somc time In the future. As these
great areas arc gradually brought un.
der cultivation. and n greater water
supply Is required. ten additional res.
crvoirs. including Lake Tahoe. arc 10
DO added.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18
Selling le,vd Pictures.

In the Senate Mr.. MciaurIn o. Mis-
sIsslppI took tho floor to make n per
sonal explanation regarding n nc~Hpa-
per paragraph saying that authorities
of Ind!nnola. Mississippi. are engaged
in arrcs;ing people for selling photo
graphs OF President Roosevelt and
Booker Washington.
Mr.. Mci.aurin said that the para.
graph grew out out OF n statement
made In a newspaper letter written by
A. ]. Paxson. m attorney OF Leland.
Mississippi. who told OF tho arrest Mt
that point OF three men who. he said.
were engaged In selling pictures OF the
President and Mr.. Washington seated
,<M n table together. and also picturcB
OF m obscene character. These pic
lures. hc said. appealed strongly to
race prejudice.
Similar arrests. also. Mr.. McLaurin
said. had been made ut Indianola, and
It was found upon the hearing OF the
Sases that n Cincinnati concern en-.
gagged In publishing the pictures in
question had many agents out In the
interest OF these works.
The men were tried and some OF
them sent out OF the country. and Nc.
Iaurin expressed surprise that any
community should have permitted
them to be tried. He said that the
penalty imposed by the law was en-
tirely too small. and expressed the
opinion that the death penalty would
not be too severe. He added that the
arrests were not because the men were
selling photographs of the President.
or of Mr.. Washington, but because
they were selling lewd pictures.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18
COMPLETE MAsToooN.
Body Found on the Yukon With Hair
and Skin intact.

The complete form OF a mas,odon
has been discovered at Hillside, on
Quartz creek. according to i dispatch
received by the Seattle Post'lntelii'
sencer from Dawson. Y. 7. II was
imbedded thirty eight feet In tho earth
when found. and Il neeessitated the
use OF steam thawing plant to un-
earth the immense animal.
The hair and skin OF the beast are In
a perfect state OF preservation. al
though the flesh is somewhat dseon'
posed and the big tusks. which remain
fastened To the skull. are In good con
d!tion. II is estimated that the skeie-
ton Is worth $4,000. as there ar. but
one or two OF them In existence In as
good condition as this The mas'o-
don was discovered buried in an old
channel well in the zone of almost per-
petual frost. which accounts for its
good preservation.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18
To Investigate mea. Trust.

An investigation OF the meat trus.
is desired by Representative Martin
of South Dakota. and he has succeed
ed in obtaining favorable report on
his bill calling upon the secretary OF
commerce and labor to investigate the
cause OF low prices Of beef cattle in
the United States since July 1st. and
the unusually large margin between
the price of beef cattle and the selling
DSice of fresh beef.
The purpose of this inquiry will be
to determine whether these conditions
have resulted from any contract or
combination, or trust or conspiracy In
restraint Of trade.
In fnvorably reporting this bill. the
! committee on interstate commerce
ssys that the last three years have
been years of great prosperity in the
United States. The growers and feed.
ers of live stock have shared in this
general prosperity until the first part
of 1903. Beginning ut that time, the
committee states, the market for beef
steers has gradually declined, until in
December last the prices were lower
than at any time in five years, and
that it Is difficult to account for this
condition in the beef market by natu-
raj causes alone, and these conditions
have entailed heavy losses upon cattle
men in the range country and else
where, and profits practically disap-
peared last year.
If this bill now passes the house
and also the Senate, Secretary Cortel-
you Of the Department of Commerce
and Labor will take charge of the in
vestigation under authority conferred
in the act creating his department, and
it will be the first important investiga-
ton undertaken by him.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18
Labor on Panama Canal.

The HouEe eomsaittes on Interstate
and foreign commerce recently began
~ series OF hearings To determine the
character Of Legislation for the govern
meat ot the canal zone on the isthmus
OF Panama.
Rear Admiral Walker said he be-
lieyed that work on the canal could be
begun In TWO or three moaths. by this
time. he said. the question OF title
would be cleared and a transfer made
to the United States, The French com
pany now had about 500 laborers at
work on the culebEa cut. and this work
would be continued.
The liquor question Was injected
tnto the discussion by the remark OF
the admiral that the principal revenue
would come from the licenses from
eating houses and saloons. He Was
asked at once II IL Was necessary To
grant liquor privileges lie replied pos
ttiyeiy that IL Was: that the laborers of
the tropics all used alcoholic beyer-
ages. and that Il would be impossible
TO obtain. or retain. labofefs for this
work II the sale OF liquor WITS pfohib-
tied. He said. however. that they were
not hard drinkers. consuming only
beer and light wines.
Speaking OF the class OF labor that
IL would be necessary TO employ In tho
construction OF a canal. Admiral Walk
- said that the blacks from Jamaica
were undoubtedly tho best fitted class
obtaInnbla In the vicinity OF the canal
rone. There were not enough OF those
laborcrs. Including tho blacks which
could be taken from tho southern
states to prosecute the work after IL
once was gotten under way. cooiie
labor from China and Japan would
.ase to be brought over for this work.
He estimated that the maximum mum.
bcr OF laborors needed would be some
$4,000. Other persons who would come
with these laborors would increase the
population OF the zone to some 1000.
Tho police force necessary TO keep or.
der on tho !B,hmus. Mr.. Walker hug-
.estcd, should be organized aS that of
an American city. On. hundred men
at first would be sufficient but this
number would have to be increased TO
perhaps 800. In ease OF riots or un-
usual disturbances he believed the
Panama government could b. relied
IN to aId the police force OF the strip.
md he also deemed Il advisable TO
hayo 200 American troops or marines
permanently stationed In the zone.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18

Both the army appropriations bill
.asd the Philippines shipping bill have
-Deen passed by the Senate.
During consideration of the army ap-
preparation bill in the Senate
Mr.. Bacon protested against the ac-
ceptance Of the statue of Frederick the
Great of Germany, rendered by EN-
peror William, on the ground that the
former German King was not in SYM
pathy with American institutions. Mr..
Stewart defended Frederick the Great
against what he characterized as Mr..
Bacon's gross misrepresentation
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18
Cheap Rates Again via Union Pacific

One-way sccond-clnss colonist tick
cts at the following low rates will be
on sale daily from March / to April
80 inclusive, via Union Pacific r. r.:
To San Francisco. Los Angeles.
San Diego. and many other Call
fornia points 25.OO
To Everett. Fairhaven. whatcom.
Vancouver and Victoria. via Hunt
ington and Spokane =. ..~........ 25.00
To Tacoma and Seattle. VIA Hunt
ington and Portland or via Hunt
ington and Spokane :. ............ $500
To Portland and to Astoria. Ash
land. Roseburg. Eugene. Albany
and Salem. including branch lines
in Oregon via Portland ......... $500
To Spokane. all intermediate main
and branch lines on o. Il. &; N. Co.
also to Wenatchee and inter>ne-
diate points ..................... 22.5O
To Butte. Anaconda. Helena. and all
intermediate main line points,. 1000
Very liberal stop-overs allowed in
Nevada. California. and at and west Of
Pocntelio. Idaho.
For full Information call on your To-
cal agent. or address.
Gen'l Agent, u. z. r. r..
941 17th ST.. Denver.
Perhaps the good die young because
they are SO lonesome.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18
Farm Signals.

Tho Farmers Telephone Company.
AZ Anderson. Indiana. has adopted n
general signal OF distress for its pat,
irons ON party lines. Following the
general alarm. the exchange operator
will give the number OF rings lndicat,
ing tho house from which the alarm
came. 80 that tho neishbors may go
direct to the place where assistance Is
needed.