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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04
MUST HAVE RATES.
Parkh1lrst- Company Consider
ing Moving Their Business.

Every day shows more cOnclusively
that a. read djustrnent of freight rates in
Topeka's favor must be made at once
Some time ago the existing discrep-
ancies made Otto Kuehne remove
part of his big picking works to Kan
sas City. Since that time the Topeka
foundry has practically decided to go
to Oklahoma. And now the Park
hurst-Davis company, since its big
fire, has been considering Kansas City
as location, although W. H Davis
emphaticalIy states that if the proper
rate concessions are made the big
Wholesale house will assuredly stay
here. lone of our largest stockhold-
ers,'' said Mr.. Davis this morning,
"favors moving to Kansas City. He
came to me the morning after the fire
and said. Now is the time for US to
do that The matter lies with me. I
have personal interests here which
make me want to stay in Topeka. We
are invoicing now and just as soon as
that is completed we will have the
annual meeting of our stockholders,
and at that time something more def
mite will be determined upon. We
should have these rates by all means.
We do not ask much. At the present
time we pay II cents on class goods
coming in from the east, and get
cents off going out. At Kansas City
That is what we would like. just so
that we can bring in stock and send
it out again at the same rate that the
Kansas City merchants are able to
do"
Mr. Davis stated that he wished to
be perfectly fair in every particular
with the railroads and did not want
to ask anything that would make the
railroads hedge and hurt some other
line of business. At a meeting held
some time ago Mr. Paul Morton, vice
president of the Santa Fe road assured
Mr.. Davis that he wanted the big
wholesale house to remain here and
would do what is right to equalize the
freight rates
Mr.. Morton will come to Topeka on
May Il or at some date close to that
time. He will make an inspection Of
this division of the Santa Fe and will
give Topeka a day or two to meet the
committee from the Commercial club
which has provided itself with schs-
dule of rate reduction to be asked for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

Ben Simpson, John A Martin. H c.
Cross and other old-timers. Wilder's
Annals gives his address as New Chi
cago. In 1874 he was a candidate for
the Republican nomination for COVER
nor against Thomas A. Osborn Those
whose memories go back that far say
that he finally formed a deal by which
ne was to throw his support to Osborn
for governor while he was to be NOM
mated for lieutenant governor. He was
elected temporary chairman OF the con-
vention and Osborn was nominated for
governor all right, but the rest OF the
programme was not carried out, and
Carpenter, Ben Simpson, James D.
Snoddy and a few others withdrew
from the convention Two years later
ne was again sent to the state senate
and in 1878 was appointed internal rev
enue collector for Kansas by President
Hayes. which he held for several years
After a lapse Of more than dozen
years Carpenter was again returned to
the state senate in 1892, but was sue
ceeded In 1896 by Hugh F'arrelly, Dem
ocrat In 1900 it was again Carpenter
turn and he was elected senator Tor
the fourth time, but he is preciuded
from a denomination now by the fact
that it is Wilson county turn TO nave
the senator. For that reason Carpen-
ter's friends, especially the Burton
men, wanted him to run for the MEM
Der Of the lower house from NeoSho
county. He consented with the idea OF
running for speaker If elected Three
:
of the Kansas Worlds fair commission
by Governor Stanley, and for months
has spent much of his time IN 81
Louis This was an element in his de-
feat Tuesday. His principal opponent
in the primaries for the nomination
was A H. Turner, a Chanute edlIor,
and after a hard fight Carpenter won
He expected to be easily nominated IN
the convention. But r. n Allen, a.
boss buster leader of Neosho county,
and a few others, decreed otherwise,
and when the convention met 9. o.
Nelson of Chanute was brought out as
a dark horse. Nelson is a young man
who is taking his first turn in politics.
He was a candidate for probate Juogs
and had his own ward solidly behind
him. He could not win that oftice
however. and switched his ambitions
70 reDresentative on the eve of the
Convention. He was aided by Allen
aDd state Auditor Wells. AS a result
l-NJaIson was nominated over Carpenter
~ j vote Of 73 to 81 Nelson has been
president of the Law ana Oruer LeasuS
/ in Chanute.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

by the strike, and the operation of the
road is being carried on the same as
before
Wilson Won't Come.
J. d. Buckalew is in receipt of q.
telegram from the headquarters of the
Wilson, fourth vice president of the
union, Will not come to Topeka to
take charge of the strikers as has
been reported The union officers
have changed their minds about Will
son and have decided to put Mr..
BuckaleW in full charge of the strike
on the entire Santa Fe system.
This Information will no doubt be
received with pleasure by the officials
of the Santa Fe. They hold Wilson
to be responsible for the entire affair.
Three Union Men at Work.
1t is stated by the officers of the In
ternational Association of Machinist is
that when the Santa Fe shops were
thrown open for work Tuesday morning
only three union men went to work.
When asked regarding this matter D.
H. Hallowell, secretary of the local
lodge, said:
7, as the secretary of the lodge, have
been keeping pretty close account of
the members, and can say with Ger
tainty that only three of our men hava
returned to work. These three have
been out of town and gave as their eX-
cuse that they had heard nothing of
the strike. Two of these men worked
until noon Tuesday when they left the
shop and the other man worked until
the shops were closed last night. This
is the only case I have heard of wheIe 2
any OF our men returned to work in
the shops. OF course we have about Is
apprentices at work but they are not
involved in the strike
Mr. Halloweu stated further that the
nonunion men employed in the shop
were showing a disposition to join the
strikers.
so far said he, Il have received
about thirty applications for member
ship in our lodge from non-union men.
This looks as if they had decided to
come over to our side"
Mr.. HalIowen said that he had been
elected captain of the picket line,which
would be installed tonight, and that
the men would be instructed both
morning and evening that there IS TO
be no lawlesSness.
I'VE will not trespass on the com
panys property and will do nothing
that will warrant an injunction being
issued against us. The men will con-
duct themselves as gentlemen and we
viii do away with the hobo element
that is usually associated with an affair
of this kind. No pie (meaD tickets
will be issued to a man unless 1t is
proven beyond the shadow of doubt
that he is a member of the union in
good standing In this way we hope to
get rid of the undesirable men.
When asked for a statement regard
ing the strike conditions ]. D. Bucka-
lew said:
1.-THE present conditions indicate that
the strike will not last over six months
at the most. In fact we have the com
pany beaten now"
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His Forces All Powerful at Des
MOines Convention.
Holds Majority of Districts in
Preliminary Caucus.
is MUCH ENTHUSIASM.
Temporary Chairman Given an
Ovation by the Delegates.
Makes Speech Directed Against
Trusts and Tariffs.

Des Moines, Ia, May 4.-Wilham
Randolph Hearst scored a victory in
the Democratic caucus preliminary to
the state Democratic convention to-
day by securing seven districts as
against four for the anti-Hearst fac
ton. The antis were successful in
the First, Second, Third, and Fourth.
The Hearst men controlled the Fifth,
Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth
and Eleventh districts.
The Hearst members of the resolu-
tions committee are radical for the
New York editor, and it is not un-
likely the resolutions Will carry a de-
cided Hearst feature.
Temporary Chairman Cullison was
given an ovation when he rose to ad-
dress the convention. He spoke in
part as follows:
Every trust magnate knows that
as long as the protective wall is Sc
cure, his mastery over the masses of
the people is assured.
In the great struggle to drive the
privileged class from political power
ana regain the possession and control
of the nation, we must keep steadily
in mind the character of our Hber-
ties; the inalienable right to life, lib
erty and the pursuit Of happiness.
Ours must be a government for the
pie. All must be protected in their
persons and property. Each must
have the right to freely contract and
perform the conditions of his contract
without fear of mOlestation. That is
the soul of liberty. 1t is liberty un-
der law In this way capital may
have adequate return and labor re-
ceiVe its just reward. We need only to
apply our Democratic principles to
the administration of public affairs
and the trust evil will disappear Re
move the trust protecting tariff. en-
stop speculauons in office; put an end
to fraudulent government contracts ;
turn the rascals out and the MAS
matte political and business atmos-
phere in which we now live will be
d1SSl lpated by wholesome and life
giving current of heaIthfuI competi-
ton in trade and scrupulous honesty
in public life that will bring to US a
prosperity by which the whole people
can prosper. Why should we not give
greater freedom to our trade? If we
could unfetter our commerce so this
young giant-like nation could be freed
from the tariff barOns leash, it would
spring to its worlds work with an
energy and determination the equal of
which the world has never seen IT
Not by virtue of it's armies and ma
Vies, but by the all-cOnquering arts OF
peace Our America would quickly
become the leading mart of the
worlds great marts of trade.
THE great opportunity for our
party is at hand. We need only with
a steady and unwavering purpose en-
brace it and it is ours. We can by a
united and patriotic effort bring to
our beloved country the greatest and
and make it the brightest star in the
constellation of nations"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04
SIX FEET OF SNOW.
Railroad Traffic Is Greatly Delayed in
Colorado.

Denver. May A Republican special
from Buenavista, Col, says that after an
abeyance of several hours the storm
which had practically suspended railroad
traffic in that section. resumed with added
force. Six feet of snow has fallen in the
mountains and, while the fall has been
heavy in the valleys, only six inches re-
melted
Considerable apprehension is felt for the
safety of the Twin Lakes reservoir, which
is reported to be running full of water.
The Colorado Midland railroad has aban-
doned its tracks in that vicinity and is
on the latter road are twelve hours be-
hind the schedule. The Colorado and
Southern Pacific has operated no trains
on the Gunnison branch since Monday
morning on account of deep snow, which
mel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

Mr. wallace. who was known over
the state, and particularly IN the
southwest, was taken with an attach
of appendicitis two weeks ago To-Day
His condition became so serious that
he was taken to Wichita the foIioW-
ing Saturday for an operation Inc
disease had gone so far then that gan
creme had set in, and 1t was an
nounced that the chances were very
much against the patients recovery
Later a second operation was per
formed, and Mr. Wallace rallied to
such an extent that hope for his re-
covery was revived and it was be-
HeVed he would pull through A turn
for the worse came, however, and he
died this morning
w NJ. Wallace was about As years
old. He came to Kansas from Illi-
nois in 1885 and settled at kingman,
where he has lived ever since He at
tained considerable prominence not
only in politics, but was also twice
elected grand master workman of the
A O. u. w. grand lodge of Kansas,
holding the Office during 1897 and
1898.
Mr.. Wallace was now serving his
second term as county attorney of
Kingman county, but he had been a
prominent factor in Seventh district
politics for a number of years -Four
years ago ne came out as candidate
for congress against Chester l. Long,
but could not make much headway
against Mr.. Longs organization and
popularity W men MT Long was maze
United States senator last year, there
by leaving a vacancy in the Seventh
district Mr.. Wallace was one of t. E
seventeen candidates who joined n
the race for the nomination He had
the support of Kingman county, but
fate and the Seventh district delegates
picked out Victor Murdock for the
nomination
Mrs Wallace and one child, a
daughter who was married several
months ago to an Illinois railroad
man, survive his death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04
HOTEL FIRES.
Subject of Discussion in a Meeting at
Denver

Denver, May At the meeting of
the Rocky Mountain Hotel Mems as
sOciation today Mr.. John B. Laughlin,
a member of the executive board, de-
hvered a paper on Fire Tray Hotels. :"
He said in part:
Statistics showing the Wholesale
and too frequently unnecessary, loss
of valuable lives from hotel conhagra-
ton in the past 25 years are so ap-
palling that they almost stagger hu-
man credence.
eyes to the fact that an immense pro-
portion of those horrible caIamities
are caused by gross negligence, with
an almost utter disregard of even the
ordinary methods of proper protection
to hotel guests aside from those which
the laws afford, and should compel
their owners to comply with the laws
in rendering them as safe as it is pos
sible to make them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04
MORE RaIN IN KANSAS.
Nearly Every Section of the State Is
Visited.

Rains reported by the Kansas sta
tions for last night were as follows:
Concordia, .08; Dodge City, .O6; Dres-
den, La: Hays, .8S; Macksville, .16;
Mcpherson, .46; Manhattan, trace;
Csage City trace; Sedan, "a; Topeka,
trace; Toronto, trace; Wichita, .64.
Today's corn and wheat region bull
letin says: Cloudy weather prevailed
over the state this morning with rain
falling in the central and northwest
ern counties. Good rains have fallen
in the west half of the state during the
Past "A hours, and sprinkles in the
east half The temperature has fallen
somewhat in the western Counties
The maximum and minimum tenn
peratures recorded for the "A hours
ending this morning at o'clock were
as follows: Baker 1856: Concordia
1856; Dodge City. 62-52; Dresden,
6S-4S; Fort Scott. 1856; Hays, 1852;
Maeksviile, 66-54, Mcpherson, 74-4S;
Manhattan, 1856: Usage City, 72-5S;
Sedan, 1858; Topeka, 1871; Toronto,
1886; Wichita, T2-5S.
The forecast for Kansas sent out to-
day is: Probably showers tonight
followed by fair and cooler Thurs
cay. The wind at noon was south
cast, blowing three miles an hour. The
hourly temperatures recorded by the
government thermometer today were
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04
KILLED ALL.
An Omaha Man Shot His Wife
to Death.
Put Bullet Through Head of His
Sleeping Infant.

Omaha. Neb., May 4.-Frank Smith,
a stock yards employe, at South Omaha
shot and killed his wife and Is months
old son. and then fired a bullet through
his own head. Domestic trouble is as
signed as the cause. After shooting his
wife Smith went to the cradle, where
his child lay asleep and fired bullet
through its head.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

Kansas City No. May frank
d. Roberts, collector of internal reve-
nue. for Kansas City. died today at
Excelsior Springs of Brfght's disease,
aged AZ years He was one of the
most prominent Republicans in the
state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04
LONG STARTS FOR HOME.
senator VIII stop at Chicago on
Ills Way.

Washington. May 4.-Senator Long.
accompanied by his family. left for
Kansas this morning He viii not
reach the state for about ten days,
however. as he expects to stop at Chi
cagO and other points en- route to
transact some personal business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

Chicago. May Forecast for Kan
sas: Probably showers tonight. fol-
lowed by fair and cooler Thursday;
southerly winds shifting to northwest
winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

The first news of the death Of Mr
Wallace reached Topeka this morning
in a private dispatch to Bank Com
missioner AIbaugh, who was a close
frfend of Mr.. Wallace. This was fol-
lowed by the Associated Press an
DOuncement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

The reserved seat sale for the Atchi-
son lecture and concert Of next Tues
day will open at Stansfeld's tomorrow
morning at o'clock Tickets 25 cents
for any part Of the Auditorium.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

New YORK. May 4.-Lazard F7reres
ANNOUNCED today the engagement Of
S1,0OO,0G0 in gold for shipment to
Europe on Thursdays steamer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04
W. M. WALLACE IS DEAD.
A We'll Known Kingman Citizen
Passes Away.

wichita, Kas., May william a.
Wallace. Of Kingman, Kas-, died in a
hospital in this city today, after an
illness of two weeks from appendlcltls'
ne vas operated upon about ten days
ago. He was prominent in political
and lodge circles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-04

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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-01-22
THE ROMANTIC BUGLE.

Ralph d. Paine was one Of the ad-
venturous buccaneers of the Three
Friends, the famous fillbustering craft
OF the Cuban war. The grim yet hui
morous study Of his adventures is in
Outing. Says Mr. Paine:
Jack German the cavalry bugler,
had refused with scorn the new Mau.
ser rifle offered him by the leader of
the expedition. bat had brought along
an old Springfield He explained sew
eral times each day that the Cuban
Junta in New York had promised to
pay him $1,000 for each Spanish Off
Ger he should shoot. German had $50
pounds of Springfield ammunition in
his haversack, and considered himself
already possessed Of 9 fortune Of ex-
actly $4,000. 1t was as cafe as money
in the banks. One hundred and fifty
officers at $1,000 EACH ..,r44:s,
I'm the haversack was also a bat
tered bugle mouthpiece, treasured as
a souvenir of the fight with the United
States Cavalry at Wounded Knee. In
the middle of the skirmish with the
gunboat German opened fire with the
Springfield from the afterdeck. shoot
ing with the same earnestness and de-
liberation to be imagined if he had
been bowling over his $1,000 with every
cartridge He became really and un-
eXpectedly effective when he ceased
firing, pushed the bugIe mouthpiece
into the muZzle of the Springfield,
threw open the breach block and began
to blow the calls he knew from Boots
and Saddles to Assembly, The eX-
bugle was a triumph. The
sound Of it seemed to transform the
Three Friends into a war vessel 1t
was learned later from Havana that
the officers of the Spanish gunboat
We're alarmed by this indication that
the vessel they had attacked was an
armed and disciplined gunboat with q
naval equipment. The bugle calls
made the disreputable Three Friends
a formidable foe in the darkness. Hav-
ing blown his musical repertoire
through the barrel of his rifle, German
pulled out the mouthpiece, damned a
into the other end and re-
sumed his fire at the wide, wide
world"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-01-22
Chicago in Ra5y.onia.

President Harper CT the University
of Chicago has succeeded in securing
from the Sultan the right to explore
the ruins of ancient Babylon. The
university has now obtained permits
sion to excavate in Tel Ibrahim APP
plication was made to the Sultan for
permission to explore the ruins Of
Babylon and its neighborhood in 1900
and after long delays it was granted.
But further delays occurred and the
trade was not issued. Then it was
discovered that the Germans had re-
ceived permission to explore the same
territory. 1t is believed that the
ruins of the temple in which Nebuch-
adnezzar offered sacrifices In $50 B.
c., AMI also an extensive library OF
clay tablets, will be uncovered.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-01-22

A valuable letter from a CORES
pendent drew attention to an import.
ant and admitted cause OF the nation
al degeneration Of physique which we
have striven to emphasize in theset
columns. The roller mill has indu-
bitably diminished the distic value Of
our bread. The entire wheat grain Is
OF vaiue the husk (Which Is valu-
able intestinal stlmulant). the brown
exterior, and the white central core.
Except for certain inyalids, white
bread is an indefensible absurdity.
Better Is brown bread, consisting of
all but the husk, and best Is a whole
meal bread, assuming such to be OBJ
tainable. The deficiency Of salts IN
white bread Is unquestionabley related
to the observation-disclosures familiar To
our readers-in the national teeth. We
may illustrate this by an argument
from Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton
why has America the cleverest dem
tists?" Answer: Because she has the
best four-mill makers" The better
the mill is, the finer the -four the
poorer the bread, the worse the teeth,
and the better the dentists. Perfect.
ly simple.-London Chronicle.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-01-22
WHY RUN FROM RAIN?

do you know" said the Observant
| Citizen, according to the Philadelphia
Press, THE habit of running through
the rain is based on definite fallacy
1t is a common habit But does it tend
to minimize the amount of water fall
ing on person exposed to the rain?
l am convinced that it rather aggra-
Yates the situation. BY experience, in
passing the distance of block, run
ming one time and walking the other,
and at times when the rainfall was
about the same, l found that my
clothes picked up more water and
were consequently damper when l COW
cred the distance in run than they
We're when 1 walked it,
There seems to be a good reason
for the rather curious fact Rain falls
irregularly. Sometimes there is a space
of five or six inches between the fall
ing drops, as we have noticed on
smooth surfaces, like a stone tagging,
and again only the fraction of an inch
will separate the drops. Water occa-
sionally falls in sheets, but this is not
usual But while the fall is irregu-
Ian, considered with the respect TO the
perpendicular lines described in the
descent, looking straight ahead and
through the lines we will find before
us Il sheet of water that is weil-niSh
solid. We can understand that running
against this sheet of water will have
very much the same effect wind would
have if its direction forced the rain
in our faces We simply pick up the
water, and the fact that the spaces
between the drops perpendicularly con-
sidered are greater than the spaces in
any given direction horizontally will
explain to us the fallacy of the whole
thing.
l Will put it in another way. Sup
pose you stand perfectly still in the
rain for a space of sixty seconds. then
you run through the rain for the same
period OF time Is it not reasonable
to, assume that you will pick up more
water in your fight than you will i'll
your stationary attitude? l think SO.
l have tried it, at any rate, and have
found the fact to be that way
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-01-22
PLANTING LILIES.

No flowers are most beautiful than
lilies. and portion of the garden
should be planted to them this fall.
The sooner they are started the bet
ter. Set most Of them eight inches
deep and at least foot apart. Sur
round each specimen with sand or
powdered charcoal to prevent decay.
Have the soil deeply spaded and mel
low. If it is not quite porous, re-
move it to a certain depth, and provide
drainage. Lilies will not be satisfac-
all winter. -Woman's Home COmpan-
ion.