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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-11-24
Changes in The Senate.

Tuesdays elections though
sweeping in character, will effect
no material change in the politl-
cal complexion of the United
States senate. That body is al
ready SO strongly republican
that, outside the "solid south" ;"
few seats remain to be captured.
In the senate today there are ff
ty-seven republicans and thirty
three democrats. Of the thirty
vacancies occurring on March 4
next five nave already been filled
by the Legislature of Maryland,
Mississippi, Ohio. Vermont and
Virginia. In Maryland, a demo
crat; Isidor Rayner, was chosen
last winter to succeed Louis E.
McComas, republican. In Vir-
giDia and Mississippi two demo
cratic senators, Messrs. Daniel
and Money; were elected to sue
ceed themselves. Vermont has
reelected Redfield Proctor, and
Ohio has chosen Charles Dick to
replace Marcus A. Hanna.
In the twenty-five states which
are still to elect few party gains
and losses will be recorded. The
republicans have apparently
captured the legislatures in Mon
tana and Missouri, insuring the
retirement of Paris Gibson and
Francis M. Cockrell. In Nevada
the legislature, if republican,
will elect a successor to William
M. Stewart, for a time a silver
and Populist, but
since 1890 a straightout republi-
can. In the other twenty two
states nineteen republicans will
be succeeded by republicans. and
three democrats by democrats.
The senate after March 4 next
will therefore probably contain
fifty eight republicans and thirty
two democrats.
Some changes of consequence
in the personnel of the body will
however, follow Tuesdays cleo
tions. In Connecticut Joseph r.
Hawley, a veteran in national
politics, will retire. because of
physical breakdown. The fight
for the succession will be a Wig
orous one. In Massachusetts,
New York and New Jersey Sena-
tors Henry Cabot Lodge, Chaun.
cy M. Depew and John Kean
will be candidates for re- election.
Philander c. Knox, now serving
by appointment will be elected in
Pennsylvania for a full six-year
term. In Indiana, owing to sena-
tor Fairbanks's promotion to the
vice presidency, two senators
will be chosen, Mr.. Beveridge's
term expiring on March 4 next.
In Wisconsin Senator Quarles, a
'Stalwart" leader. will probably
be replaced by a La Toilette re-
publican. Nebraska will choose
representative E. w. Burkett to
succeed Senators Dietrich, Mr..
Bryan's plan for capturing the
seat having gone away Mr..
Kearns is likely to give way to
some other republican in Utah
Maine will return Mr.. Hale;
Rhode Island, Mr.. Aldrich, and
West Virginia Mr.. Scott. In
other states there will be some
thing of a struggle for the seats
which are to become vacant. Del
aware may elect J. Edward Ad-
licks. or history may repeat itself
in another obstinate deadlock ae
Dover. Francis M. Cockreli is
the only senate leader of conse-
quence to suffer defeat at the
polls. His experience and coun-
sells will be sadly missed by the
and diminished dem
ocratic minority.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-11-24
A Success.

The Young ladies of the Re-
formed Church gave a supper
and social at Albert's Hall yes
terday and last night which was
well attended and the entertain
mentin the evening was highly
appreciated by all present,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-11-24

]. e. Baker has been cconduct.
ing extensive experiments with
peat moss at Mishawaka. He
had sold immense quantities for
stable bedding, but has now dis
covered that a superior quality
of paper can be made from the
moss. and also cigar wrapper
that is better than the famous
Sumatra tobacco.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-11-24

And; speaking of the prevail
ing fashions, there'll be nc
change in the Episcopal marriage
tie.-Boston Herald.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-11-24

The prices of the new winter
hats almost make them deserve
the name millionery.-Ohio State
Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
PILGRIM JOE.
How His Innocence Was Taken Adj
vantage OF.

1 was maxim for the town of Ace
of Hearts one mornin' after night
spent in the confines of Paradise HoI-
Ter, and there. was much to reflect
upon as the old boss logged along and
my f1ghtin' dog growled under the
wagon.
In tho first place, I was without
guile; in the next, my celebrated Pill
grim's Pain Alleviator seemed to fill
long-felt want and was goin' off
like hot cakes; in the third, seemed
to be liftin' up humanity as 1 went,
and in the fourth had $3.50 in cash
down in my hind pocket, and could
answer any sudden call from the
heather or the fatherless. 1t was good
to feel myself lamb-Iike and innocent,
and 1t was good to know that virtue
paid full 100 cents on the dollar.
was in this balrny condition of
mind when I meets up with another
old critter of about my own aige. He
was on foot with pack on his back,
and it needed only one look at him
to know that he was in the pilgrim
bizness, and that he was as balmy and
innocent as myself. My heart went
out tow'rds him at once, and when
we had given each other greetin'
descended from the wagon to converse
with him. 1 found him full O. love
and charity for all mankind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
PROMISED IN 8 DAYS.
City Railway Company Holds Out
Hope to North Topeka.

superintendent Bert Patten of the
City Railway stated this morning that
the street car bridge across the river
will be open for traffic within the next
eight days. Before the first of Sep
be running cars across the river.
I'VE have been badly handicapped"
he continued, ''in having had to work
with poor machinery. We sent for a
big hoist to aid in driving the piles and
when the machine got here it was
found to be entirely inadequate to
meant delay in getting another. We
have had several experiences of that
kind The flood has bothered US badly.
After wrecking the bridge the first
time, it smashed it up again later, and
for a number of weeks the water was
too high to do any work and knocked
out everything which we attempted to
do.
But we will get the bridge into order
pretty quickly now. Everything is in
good working order today. Four more
bents must be repaired but they will
be fixed in no time
The bridge has been out since the
flood. In fact it was only in working
order for about two months and a half.
The northsiders have been clamoring
for the bridge all summer. The street
car company went to work at it as
soon as the water had subsidized and the
proper machinery could be installed.
After it is repaired this time, Superin-
tendent Patten states that it will take
a very strong flood to damage it again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
A Good Executive Head.


Mayor Wright of Denver is noted for
his executive talent. A Denver lawyer
said of him:
Wright is the sort of person to head
a big business. He knows how to han
die men. He can make a man work
twice as hard for him as he would for
anyone else, and yet he can keep gain
ing a higher and higher place in this
mans regard.
"Tll give you one instance of his
methods:
I'm a certain municipal department.
he overheard, one day, two clerks argu-
ing over a bookkeeping job that had to
be done.
q It's not my work. said the first
clerk
:" Wei, it's not mine. either said the
second.
And the task was put aside.
''At noon, while the two clerks were
out at lunch, the mayor turned back his
cuffs and buckled down to the neglected
bookkeeping job himself. He had II
well under way when they returned.
'They were deeply mortified to see
him They protested against his vast
ing his time on such a task
. oh, that is all right said the
mayor. It's not your work, Jones,
nor yours. either, Robinson. and since
it must be done, I thought ia start in
at it myself
Il don't need to tell Won that the
clerks, after that, finished the Job with
out any more wrangling."-Los Angeles
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago News1
A silk hat that's worn all night loses its
nap.
Sunbeams of wit quickly melt the ice
of sarcasm.
A girl who uses paint isn't necessarily
the picture of health.
Too much knowledge has been known to
strangle happiness.
When a man gets too forward he is apt
to be given a setback.
The charity of some people is confined
to heartfelt sympathy
Poverty is no disgrace; the disgrace be-
gins when you are unable to hide it.
Card playing should be confined to
either the drawing room or the ante
room.
A man never realizes how high a fence
he can jump until he is badly scared.
1t may not be easier to coax a woman
than it is to drive her, but it is safer.
A man may be master of a dozen Ian
guages and still be unable to control his
wife's tongue.
The saints may have the best of it
hereafter, but the sinners seem to have
the most fun here on earth.
A wise man never stumbles twice over
the same stone; when he passes that way
again the stone isn't there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
GLOBE SIGHTS.

IFrom the AtchiSon Globe.1
You can't blame anybody. but yourself
for the kin you have married on.
When some men try to solicit, all they
get is cancellation of business on hand.
IT." in an offer to give something. is
river.
When a man marries the second time.
people wonder more than ever what she
looks like
No matter how good man is. If he and
his wife get along well all the credit is
given to her patience.
We guess and speculate on things we
can't see, and some of us keep on guess
sight.
the grass, and then she fuses at him for
the rest Of the season because he cut
some plants in doing it.
All the advice given brides by married
women and womens magazines, boiled
down down amounts TO- Just this, For
A man feels a grievance because his
wife wants to go everywhere he goes ex-
cept when he comes to die, and then he
feels wronged because she is to be left
behind.
The first time a woman has a touch of
indigestion she wonders why she is SO sad
and decides that it is a premonition that
something awful is about to happen to
Him.
When a woman writes a letter she COW
pitcher out in the morning to the cat out
at night, and then ends with an apology
because she doesn't write more.
When man gets at his desk and wants
to stretch, he walks to the ice water tank
and gets a drink When trying to collect
his thoughts, he takes another drink. He
keeps this ice water habit up all day and
his friends later on wonder why he was
taken away so young in life.
The girls who boast that the out-of-
town men they are marrying are million
aires, are hereby warned to halt. Girls
left on their mothers hands have ac
quired the Bradstreet habit. 1t was re-
Gently claimed that an Atchison girls
hance was worth $4,000. Bradstreet does
not rate his credit high enough to enable
him to buy yellow pup.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
LOCAL MENTION.

A woman named Jennie Edwards.
who was arrested Monday night by Of
ficer Frank Hendricks, was erroneous
ly listed among bunch of colored wo-
men.
DR.. H. H. Keith returned from Wa
Keeney Wednesday with 40 prairie
chickens which he had killed in two
days.
No arrests have been made by the
police since yesterday, so the court
found time to hear four liquor cases
this morning. One of the four, that
against Sim Watts, who has been ar
rested and discharged half dozen
times, was dropped for want of evil
dence- George Dupree "a negro, was
convicted on almost the same evidence.
and got the customary fine of 500 and
80 days in jail. Otto Anderson and
Andy Gregg were convicted of MAIN
tanning a nuisance at 222 Kansas ave-
nue.. and given the same excuse to ap-
peal. The evidence was very poor in
all the cases, and they will undoubtedly
fall by the wayside before reaching the
district court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
KRUGER's UNLUCKY DIAMOND.
Owned by the Ex-President and Had
a Strange History.

When Kruger went to Europe he
took with him a famous diamond,
which was said to have brought mis-
fortune and death to all its possessors.
1t had a curious history.
The diamond originally belonged to
Meshhesh, Basuto chief, from VIII ON
il was extorted by TChaka, the Zulu
king. T'Chaka's brother killed him
and stole the stone. The brother came
to grief and the gem passed into the
possession of a Zulu chief. who soon
afterward was assassinated. The ma
tiVeS say that no less than sixteen of
the successive posseSsorS of the dia-
mond were either killed or driven out
of the country for the sake of the gem.
The diamond was then seen by white
men who sought to possess it. A par
had the stone in their possession and
a fierce fight ensued, in which 800
lives mostly natives, were lost.
Memela, native chief, took the
gem and concealed it in a wound
which he had received in the battle.
Afterward Memela was caught by the
Beers and set to work as a slave.
him, and in gratitude Memela gave the
stone to his liberator. Some years
passed and then Kruger met misfor-
tune.
Where the fatal diamond is now is
not certain, though it is certain that
the ex-president of the Transvaal
parted with it. Some say that it is in
the Golfers of the vatican. and some
that it was sold to the emperor of
Austria and is now among the crown
Jewels of Vienna
The stone is said to be 200 carats In
weight, but is not perfect.-Baltimore
Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
From the Philadelphia RecoI

IRON the Rnld0elpnla RecOrQ-I
No, Maude, dear; a fiat building is not
necessarily on the level
It's hard to keep cool when the brag-
CART starts to blow.
The huckster is one man at least who
follows his calling.
An afterthought is generally better than
being two previous.
Even the professional diver may have
a high opinion of his services.
1t doesn't take magician to make a
mountain out of a molehill.
Age before beauty doesn't apply to
the wrinkles in a woman's face
The telephone girl may be fiirty. and yet
somehow or other she rings true.
The crook who has never served time
doesn't boast that his time will come.
A poor excuse may be better than none
but it's different with poor relations.
Unlike human beings, dice will never
do a good turn for you until they are rat
tied.
Many fellow who knows how to con-
duct himself couldn't act as conductor of
a trolley car.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.1

IFrOm the New York Press1
1t makes girl have nice rosy cheeks to
tell her so.
A girl can be terribly ugly without ever
discovering it.
just when a man learns how to live he
has to go and die.
A man can get very fond of any nice
girl that won't marry him
It's really wonderful how MANY tuclxs n
woman can get in such little thing as
her age.
1t takes a terrible lot of indigestion to
make man feel as bad as stopping
smoking 20 cure it.
For every love letter a man writes
when he is engaged he writes ten thou
sand checks when he is married
The only way you can get your wife to
side with you in an argument is to have
her mother-in-law side against you
1t makes a woman very suspicious of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
TWO WELLS BROUGHT IN.
Monarch Crude Oil Company Meets
With Success.

The Topeka people who have inter-
ests in the Monarch Crude Oil COM
pany which was organized here a few
days ago. are much pleased over the
outlook for the company's holdings.
The lease which the Monarch COM
pany holds covers two eighty acre
tracts, lying end to end, making a
tract a mile long and a quarter of a
mile wide. Already two good wells
have been drought in on the tract
This is the company of which Gov
ernor Bailey is president, e. S. Spring
err of Leavenworth is vice president,
C. f. Foote is secretary, Albert Par
ker is treasurer. and former Chief JUS
tice Doster is general counsellor.
Judge Foote says that large
amount of the treasury stock which
was placed on the market a few days
ago has already been taken up by in
vestors. This will be used to develop
the property.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18

Man Charged With Obtaining Money
Under False Pretenses to Answer.

Governor Bailey has granted a re-
QUESTION on Governor Mickey, of Ne
braska, for the return to Kansas of
j. A Graves, who is now in Jail in
Gage county ,Neb. H. A. Richardson.
sheriff of Allen county, has gone to Be
atrice for Graves.
The charge against Graves is that he
obtained money under false preten3es.
1t is alleged that he claimed to be a
book agent and that he sold J. ]. Nc
Inery, of Allen county, a set of what
he calls 1.-The Ridpath Library of Uni
versal Literature" for $40. 1t seems
that McInery paid the money but never
received the booEf.
A telegram from the sheriff of Gage
county ,Neb to Sheriff Richardson sta
ted that Graves was in Jail there for 10
days. 1t is not known for what offense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
A BLACK HERO.

Mr.. Carnegie's attention is called to
tine case of William Vance. Vance was
the negro sleeping car porter on one of
the Pullmans attached to the Denver &
Rio Grande train that was wrecked a
weeks ago near Pueblo. When the train
started to plunge into the dry run, .
changed by the mountain torrent into
a raging flood, Vance acted instantly.
He jumped to the hand brake and
forced it over with all his might.
The entire forward part of the train
went down. Vance's sleeper, when stop
ped, overhung the chasm by one-third
of its length. Behind it, and safe, was
another sleeper and the dining car.
OF the passengers in the forward part
of the train but four of the one hun
dred escaped death or injury. No one
was injured in the sleepers or diner.
One mans prompt action saved many
lives. And he was man with black
face.
Commenting on the heroic act the
Grand Rapids Press says:
Vance had no thought of heroism.
He realized that lives were at stake. He
was there to save them. He simply did
his duty and did it in a timely way.
AT the same time, if there were
at any time have cherished a prejudice
against a man because of the color of
his skin they must have been ashamed
of it. You cannot very well hold in
light esteem the man who has saved
your life. Humanity-wnite, black or
colored-is about the same everywhere.
Some-white, yellow or bIack-are
cravens. Some-black, yellow or white
are men,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
On Wednesday, of Fair Week, Dan Patch I:56A
goes against his record.

| orphan asylums, pickin' up money for
| the heather and Speakin' words OF
cheer to the disconsolate? In addition
| to these things 1 am also selling my
! Pilgrim Pain Alleviator and winnin' a
few dollars on a boss race or a dog
fight from the sinful as chance offers
What misfortune hast Overtaken thee
that thine eyes are red with weep
| imp"
alas" says I, 81 met a man with
out guile.''
That's the way with you old she'll
| backs. You are allus meetin' guile
less men and buyin's gold bricks. I
s'pose he took you in ~
| Very much so.'
'And you was ass enough to believe
in his sweet talk ?'
HE had the innocence of a sun
flower and the tongue of a purling
river"
What story did he stuff you with ?''
THAT he was Teller pilgrim and
| that his FIowery Balm would cure all
my woes"
1.-The devil!' gasped the old kyote as
he gave a sudden start. Then it was
a critter who was sellin' Flowery Balm,
was it?"
'It was" says I, "and I'm now in
within him to descend from this wagon
and take the all-tiredest wollopin
man ever got. Baseborn son of gun,
behold mel
And with that brought my venera-
BILE whiskers into view and twisted my
mouth tOther way ana he recognized
me. He knowed that Nemesis had
overtaken him and that he was in for
the thumpin of his life, but he was
no squealer. Neither did he lose any
of mis- cheek. He still claimed to be
Pilgrim Joe and as he hoped down
over the wheel he put up his dukes and
assumed the pose of a man known to
the sinful world as Bob Fitzsimmons.
Then we did battle.
My cause was just and I was the
maddest. Had it not been for this he
might have won the victory, for ne
was a man who had had the mitts oil
many time before AS it was landed
on him and hold him low, and then ]
piled on to him and thumped him I'M
til a barrel of my Alleviator and his
Flowery Balm mixed together couldn't
hev restored him to cneerfulneSs inside
of week.
1t was a case of goodness agin sin
of jestice agin the confidence game
of innocence sgin guilt, and though I
got a black eye and q skinned nose, 1
came into my own agin and the enemy |
didn't hesitate to agree with me that |
though the road of sin is lined with |
flowers, there are also pitfalls to trap |
the traveller.
He was left groanin' and sighin' as I |
driv away, and as soon as I could pick |
the weeds out of the back of my neck |
and git my breath back 1 announced |
to myself that though the good man |
may occasionally put his foot in it and |
loose the hind buttons off his coat, in |
the long run he is bound to come out |
on top and be well ahead of the game
Copyright, 1904, by T. c. McClure.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18

The railroad managers look for
heavy traffic during the fall and win
ter, says Henry Clews & Co.'s Finan-
cial Review, and as labor agitation
subsidies the business Improvement
seems likely to extend. Our political
situation presents no disturbing issues
so that apprehensions on this score
are needless. The monetary situation
also continues favorable, inasmuch as
the crop demands, which will begin
shortly, are not likely to interfere with
easy rates for money. Funds are rel
atively plentiful in all parts of the
country, and the New York banks are
carrying a reserve of about S56,O0O-
600, which is much the heaviest sur
plus of the last ten years. Gold ex-
ports have commenced and seem like
~ to continue, especially in view of
the short supply of grain bills this
year: but future cotton bills should
soon be plentiful. Moreover. the loss
OF few millions would be slightly felt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18

The postoffice department at Wash
fngton is seeking to extend the rural
postal delivery service without cor
responding increase in cost by the
simple process of adding an average
of four miles to the route of each car
rier. The established average route
from the first has been twenty miles.
While there are great differences in
the condition of roads at the different
seasons, it has been found that the
average rate Of travel on these rural
routes is about four miles an hour,
enabling the carrier to get through
his days work in five hours. The ad-
dition of four miles of travel and an
hour of service, it is claimed, could
hardly be considered a hardship, while
the extension OF the route would cover
a fifth more territory with the present
force. and without any additional
outlay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18
CAPTAIN RACKET TONIGHT
A Play With a Military Title for the
GuardSmen.

Captain Racket will be played to-
night at the Vinewood park theater
by the Lorraine Buchanan stock COM
pany, instead of Hello Bill which
has been running there this week.
This change was decided upon on
account of the fact that the soldiers
who are in camp at Vinewood have
seen Hello Bill" and a new show will
be given tonight for their advantage.
Captain Racket" was put on last
week and it was one of the popular
plays of the summer season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-18

here and would be beneficial in Lon
don, so that no concern Is necessary
On this account In fact, any i'm
provement in London would quickly be
reflected here, and If gold commands
better rates in London than here it is
for the common good to allow its de-
parture. The foreign situation has
had little effect upon the financial