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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-16
Duel Fought in a Church.

A dispatch from Guadalajara. Mex. says:
" hile priest was celebrating mass and
the edifice was thronged with people Sebas-
thar Chavez and Primititro Medina stood In
the center Of the church at Tamazula,
town in the southwestern part OF this
state, and engaged In duel with pistols.
Three bullets from Medinas pistol took
effect and Chavez died almost instantly.
Medina was only slightly wounded. In the
panic that followed. a small child was
crushed to death and several women and
children were injured
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Gauser Convicted of Conspiracy.

A dispatch from Greensboro. N. c., says:
In the federal court, after four days trial,
the jury returned verdict Of guilty In the
case against A. J. Davis. Indicted for maxi
ing false reports as rectifying gauger to
the collector of internal revenue. The jury
was unanimous for conviction ON the first
ballot. 1t Is stated that Davis. by coIlusion
With distillers. had assigted In defrauding
the government out Of $30.000 IN Isss than
four months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-16

$1,000 ten-room brick dwelling, with a
two-story brick stable. near 14th
and p streets: lot 19.6xI0o to
an alley; a delightful home; To-
cation convenient, central, the
surroundings good: "a rare chance
for any one needing stabie On
his Got.
dow brick. with cellar; near I'd
and Md. ave. ne. This price is
low, much below value; adjoining
houses have sold for $500
$6,500-Built by owner for his home, Al,
near D; stories. fine cellar mod
ern bath. beautiful decoeations:
hOt-water heat; lott 13xe6.
.356-Rcduced from 500: a beautiful
ly situated new house, near 9th
and E me-; 2 stories, cellar;
rooms deep; furnace heat: side
alley. side windows; owner q nom
resident: very anxious to sell.
&4,000-Very choice location, near Sth
and e. Cap. sts.; 2 stories. cellar;
very fine condition: an opportu-
nifty seldom offered to own q home
In such fine location for 50 little
money.
A,500-A northwest corner, near 9th and
Pa. ave. s.e.; s stories; 8 rooms !;
modern bath. porcelain tub.
50, 250-Positiyely the best house in the
NV. under $1,000; nearly new; 2
stories. cellar, q rooms and bath.
furnace heat; cabinet mantels;
open freplaces: large back yard !;
select neighborhood; NV.
81. 1OO-New Jersey ave. near M. Rents
for SIG month; lot 22.7 feet
front.
$3,150-A 7-room brick on New Jersey
ave. NV; lot 20xS2.
81, S50-Vermont ave. near IT." rooms
and bath bay-window brick.
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WIRELESS MESSAGES
Fessenden to Open Office in
Washington
FOR COMMERCIAL USE
WILL SHORTLY BE READY TO
HANDLE BUSINESS.
First Plant to Be Established Within
City Limits-Claims Of
the Inventor.

Prof. r. A Fessenden, the authority on
electricity, and wireless telegraph In par
ticular. is completing his station in this
Star reporter that he would have wireless
messages flying through space between
Washington and New York within the next
ten days. The plant here is located at the
offices OF the National Signaling Company.
the mast and receiving station being To-
Gated In the yard In the rear of Forsberg d
Murray's machine shop. at the corner Of
Sth and Water streets southwest IL Is the
first wireless commercial plant ever sstab-
lished in city, those at New York and
Philadelphia being located outside the city
limits. The plant was established within
the city limits here In order to test the
have upon the sound waves.
|. The mast with its harp Of wires. which
catch the sound waves. towers i35 feet I'm
the air. and from a cross-arm are sus-
pended twenty wires at intervals Of about
a foot apart. which run to the ground to q
bar supported on insulating caps on posts.
The wires terminate at the instruments In
the station. small room. and the instru-
messages, though apparently very simple
are expected to- perform successfully the
great work In contemplation.
The opening and closing of switch puts
the instruments in proper trim to send or
receive a message. An ordinary telephone
receiver, like those used by the operators
at phone exchange, is employed TO take
to send it. the Morse code being used by
Prof Fessendens system.
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sentenced for Shooting tug Engineer

A dispatch from Norfolk says; Rufus
Chesser. mate of the tug Aivah s. Ellis.
was sentenced to serve one year In the PEN
ftentiary on the charge OF shootine George
Ager, assistant engineer OF the tuR. while
Alger was at his post In the engfno roon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-16

Cheapest house this elegant boulevard; from
Of pressed brick and brownstone; built on recep
tio1-hah plan: frst-6oor kitchen; large pee
rooms; tiled bath; large closets; double pac.
,orchas This house Is decorated with much
taste. has an elegant line Of msateIs and fixtures
TT rs CHEAP.
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STONE & FAIRFAX $: ''''.s''' ! ':'
FOR sALE-HoUsEs.
FOR sALE-HoUsEs.
MAKE MONEY OUT Of REAL ESTATE

Els ohousswe fol k o
in
poho yom
Be bugMon OF
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So, 500. Attractive Column
bia Heights Corner.

A we'll built house at q bargain; IL I0eMs. -. 81
tiled bath: concrete cellar; laundry; HCF-W AIEh
tells and Gas fixtures throughout; get permit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-16

Property i'm Bloomingdale
Houses Offering Rare
Opportunities for
Investment.
s4.6oo-"s'' St; 2 stories: cellar: rooms
deep; tiled bath: furnace heat; lot
18A95; public alley.
$1,000 very pretty new house in Ran
dolph ST.. red brick; stone porch
and steps; tiled bath; handsome
mantel.
81, 400-3-story. Groom brick, with cell
lar: furnace; tiled bath; hardwood
finish; beautiful niantels; room
for stable.
$4,900-One of those superior homes,
built by HAISLIP: 2 stories; Gel
lar; rooms deep; on a lettered st.
A SPLENDID CORNER stories; cell
lar; attic; rooms deep; hot-water
heat.
$4,000 will buy handsome 2-story bay
window brick in Randolph ST.;
stone porch and steps: tiled bath;
handsome mantels; rear porches
$4.6J0-S ST.: 2 stories: cellar; 4 rooms
on each floor; lot about 1Sxy0; al
ley.
A,66O-Reduced from $3.50; 3 stories:
cellar: reception hall: tiled bath;
handsome decorations.
$5.250-1st ST.: 2 stories; attic; rooms
deep; stairways; rear porches.
81 s00-Bet. 1st and n Can: stories:
attic; rooms deep; rear stair
way.
$3,20o-Near list and 7: . Stories cellar;
furnace.
$4,250-S st. bet. 1st and N. Cap; s
rooms; south front
S4,3O0-Bet. N. Cap. and LIST sts.:
stories: cellar; furnace; very
handsome; lot 18x1eO.
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The Limit of Value i'm
Residences on
Columbia Heights.


The most popular residing section
real value for your money than any
where else in town.
SO, 700-Between 18th and 18th: 10 rooms:
steam heat; tiled bath; 1Sxi0O
$6,5o0-Near 14th and Princeton: 3 sto-
ries. cellar; rooms deep; tiled
bath; stairwayS; steam heat;
beautiful mantelS;e entire house
finished in hardwood
S,750-Between 13tn and 14th; 3 sto-
rfes, cellar; rooms deep: two (2)
baths; rents $50; steam heat: 1Sx
100.
S6.750-Roanoke ST.; 3 stories; 4 rooms
deep; tiled bath: stairways; hot
water heat. 81.
S,500-Between 18th and 14th; 10 rooms:
tiled bath; 2 stairways; open fire.
places; ilot-water heat; 1Sx15O to
public alley. nj @
T750-13th St. II rooms: baths; 2
stairways; hot-water heat.
$6,000-3 stories: rooms Oh each floor;
tiled bath; q detached house; lot
21x100; side Windows
$8.750-Built by owner for a home; 10
rooms; hOt-water heat: 25x150.
IS, s50-Corner; bay windows; 8 rooms;
south front.
,500-Between 18th and 14th on Kene-
saw ave.: 10 rooms; tiled bath;
steam heat.
$7,000-14th; 10 rooms; 1Sx100.
$6,000-Blnney ST.; 8 rooms.
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no. 1914 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE.
built In Oolouiai styfe large front porch. open
On sides; lot 20 feet wide; rooms ON two
fIoofs. finished in hardwood throughout; ELEGANT
MANTIS AND GAS FIXTURES; beautiful bath
large pantry; concrete cellar. with laundry and
cellar OWNER GOING WEST. MUST SELL, AT
ONCE. Open Sunday.
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A very cheap home; 3stOry brick and stone
house: irst-Hoor kitchen; double back porches; II
rooms, 2 baths: cellar; laundry; Al heater; part
cash. balance at 4Ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-20
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

LFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
A clear conscience needs no filtration.
Going to pink teas isn't apt to color
a mans nose.
The more friends man has the more
money he lends.
The thief regards a policeman as a
foeman worthy of his steal.
When a woman wants to kill time she
just knocks off a few birthdays.
The fellow who is stuck on himself is
never at a loss for good company.
It's hard to make a new man of an
old one, but it's different with women.
The susceptible swain who falls dead
in love will eventually come to life
again.
Many a fellow who thinks he is bud
ding genius develops into a blooming
idiot.
Some people meet misfortune with a
smile by drowning their sorrow In the
flowing bowl
Time is money" remarked the Wise
Guy. Yes, and the man who worships
money may also serve time" murmured
the Simple Mug.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-20
wATERWoRKs SITUATION.

There is really no reason to get ex-
cited about this waterworks business.
The city has made some important dis
coveries as a result of the fire of Feb.
10, but they do not prove that the plant
of the Topeka Water company is worth
less, or that the city has been horribly
swindled.
At the very worst they merely prove
that the Water company was trying to
beat the city out of about $1,000 worth
of repairs which should have been made
on the plant months ago. This effort
if such an effort was really being made
resulted in $500. 900 fire loss, and no
body would regret it much if the water
company could be held legally liable
for this loss. But it does not justify
the howl of robbery" gold brick
and hold up" The waterworlxs deal
is a good deal like a David Harum boss
trade, and the waterworks company
was probably working its end of the
transaction on the theory of trade as
propounde6 by the immortal Dave.
Last Saturdays fire resulted in a
very painful exposure. The water com
pany explained it's failure by an unex-
pected accident to one of the boilers
which cut down the steam. But this
was not satisfactory; it did not account
for the generally insufficient pressure
since the June flood. People were not
only interested; they were excited.
They wanted to do something violent
to the water company, and the first
thing that occurred to them was to
break off the deal for the purchase of
the water plant.
It is a peculiar thing about people
that when they are interested in any
thing, the market value of every remark
made on that particular subject takes
tremendous boom. Things which
might be said a dozen times a day IN
der ordinary conditions become of vital
and momentous Importance when said
at Just the nick of time.
So it happened in Topeka. All the old
statements and opinions and things
which the newspapers had been print
ing from public officials for the past
year, and which the newspaper reading
public had been carefully failing to read
because they had something to do with
the waterworl1s, or water pressure,
were dug up by the aforesaid officials,
and eagerly gobbled up by the public
as something quite new and exciting.
Pretty soon all this revamped matter
will be run out, and then the city Off
Gals can get down to business and buy
the waterworks decently and quietly,
as it should do. This should be done
after the company has been forced to
make all the needed repairs, and per-
haps a few others on the side, just to
teach 1t not to get funny When you
catch a fellow trying to ham-string you,
it is a good time to go after him and
remind him of his sins. But the city of
Topeka is still in favor of city owner
ship of waterworlzs by a good safe ma
iorifv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-20
THINKS VOTERS SHOULD KNOW

The State Journal presents to the
people of Kansas today a statement
concerning the taxation matter which
is now agitating the taxpayers of the
state. This statement is given in de-
tail. accompanied by a table showing
the action of the state board of equali-
zation with reference to each county
and every taxpayer can figure out for
himself just how his county is affected.
The facts in the case do not reflect
any great credit upon the state board
of equalization. State Treasurer Kelly
was chairman of this board, and it is
generally believed that he is chiefly
responsible for the injustice which was
done. He had had four years expert
ence in the state treasurer's office
dealing with these matters, while the
other two members of the board were
new at the business. 1t would look as
though Mr.. Kelly had simply worked
the other members. He raised the
total state tax of his own county
Miami only 20 per cent, while the av-
erase raise for the state was PAL per
cent. He made a reduction of 10 per
cent in the assessed valuation Of
Miami county, offered the same to
Auditor Wells for his county, and got
Secretary Burrow to make a so per
cent. reduction in the personal prop
erty assessment of Smith county. This
practically relieved these counties of
the increased burden of taxes. and it
tied up Mr.. Burrow and Mr. Wells to
Mr.. Kelly.
Mr. Kelly brazenly stated that he
lowered the assessment in his own
county for political purposes to aid him
in carrying the county. but the people
of Miami county do not seem to APP
prove of such methods. They do not
wish to escape paying their due pro-
portion of the states expenses, when
it does an injustice to the rest of the
state. and they are overwhelmingly
against Kelly. Notwithstanding his
manipulation of the assessments re-
turned by the county clerks
In some counties the assessed vaIu-
alton was increased more than a mil
lion dollars. and the net increase in the
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of officers of the law that the law itself
is nullified but he knows it is. He be-
lieves that until people no longer recog-
nize the use of intoxicating liquor as
a thing to be regarded with leniency
will his campaign for prohibition be
successful. But he regards the as
sistance of state and national legisla-
most expeditions assistant in his cam
paign for moral support That is why
the up to date prohibitionist is going in
for politics. While doing what he can
to discourage the appetite for liquor he
intends to put himself in a position
where he can check it's sale. He recog-
nizes that that day is a long way in
the future but he will work toward it
and pass his campaign on to the sue
ceeding generation.
The prohibitionist deserves this COM
mendation: He is working for cause
from which he can expect to gain little
emoIument or fame. The liquor Ape
tite which has lived through many cen
turtles will probably live through many
to come and the people who in this
generation inaugurated the campaign
against it Will have been forgotten by
the generation which witnesses its
final humiliation. The thing with which
the people of Kansas should concern
themselves now is the enforcement of
the laws as they exist and they will
have done their duty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-20
JAYHAWKER Jors-
mon has dogs to bark.

Solomon has dogs to bark.
The Chanute Jail is without a pris-
oner.
Two men met at Troy this week that
last saw each other at Lincoln's funeral
Leap year has developed the fact that
Severance has forty-nine old maids and
one bachelor
The physicians state the smallpox
cases at Bellvue were very light. More
likely they were variloid.
A Brown county mail carrier has been
on his beat" seven years without miss
ing day.
Promoters of a proposed southeast
Kansas tennis league are making con-
siderable racket.
Editor Greer seems to have gotten in
front of the Hackney automobile down
in Cowley county.
A Wichita girl. who is not overly
popular, has so many rings that she
considers herself a bell.
BY lively work the Wakefield farm
ers hope to get the old corn out of the
field in time for the new.
"Ten Nights in a Barroom' was SC
warm a production at Sabetha that the
asbestos curtain caught fire.
They had a wedding over at Troy
which Editor Badger styled a military
affair" The marshal was the man be.
hind the gun
Hustling in the haymow before day.
light for 30 cent eggs caused a Blaine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-20
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.]


They tell of an Atchison woman
who. instead of washing her neck.
powders it.
After we have had one mouthful of
salad, we spend the rest of the day in
trying to guess what was in it.
When a man gets a vicious valentine.
and laughs at it, he doesn't mean the
laugh. but it is credit to him.
An Atchison woman looks so meek
and subdued that many people think
she has a mean husband. Her husband
is all right, but the woman has had
three steomothers.
An order put up yesterday by the
McPike Drug company included Rus
sian grip cure and japanese salve, and
a package of Uncle Sam Condition
powders was thrown in to keep them
apart.
Mrs. Lysander John Appleton, who
is interested in all public affairs. want
show her colorS in the far east war.
After thinking it over. she decided
that she would give a Japanese party,
for the reason that rice is so much
cheaper than caviar.
An Atchison woman offered her pa
per carrier an item three times, but he
refused to bring it in. Then she sent
it in By mail. 1t was not much of a
personal item, as it told of a party at
the womans house four days before.
but we printed it to be obliging. Then
she called us up by telephone. and
made fuss" just to act coy.
Ever think of the number of words
beginning with D that are significant
to the old? Distress, defeat, depressed,
disgrace, degrade, detestable, despond-
ent, dull. death. don't, down. dark, dis
heartened, devil, disappointed, dreary,
donkey. delay. dim. Ounce, deserted.
duplicity. disturbed. disabled, decay,
damage, and dozens of others.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-20
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

lFrom the New York Press.1
It is a good deal easier to make
money than to save it.
Marrying for money is as easy as
cashing counterfeit bills at bank.
It is not courage to adnonish the
cook, it is suicid=l responsibility
It is dumfounding how interesting a
wife can be if she is somebody else's.
The prose with the poetry is that the
same hand that rocks the cradle spanks
its contents.
After a man iE politics has been
w1itewashed he looks as If he had
fallen into an ink barrel.
The oftener a husband telegraphs
home how lonesome he is the livelier
the time he is having.
It beats anything how natural it is
for a girl in the dark to make a mis-
take and sit down in a mans lap.
A woman thinks she would be per-
fectly contented if she could wear furs
on the Fourth of July and an open
work shirt waist out sleighing.
Even the inquisitors never thought
of the exquisite torture of giving a
woman a lot OF money and claiming
her in front Of a shop window so she
couldn't go in and spend it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-20
TEMPERANCE THoUaHrs.

Noticeable among the sentiments that
were most applauded in the speeches
before the Kansas State Temperance
unions annual convention this week in
Topeka was the advocation of the idea
OF carrying prohibition into politics as
municipal, state and national issue
Temperance work" the holding of
lectures, the taking of statistics and
the distributions of pledges and tracts
is also a part of the energies of the
temperance movement of today but no
proposition to increase the number of
lecturers or the yearly output of tracts
and pledges received the hearty en-
dorsement that was given GeneraIIohn
G. Wooley's advice to make the church
people who vote some other way climb
down and vote for prohibition or get
cut CT the party. To the assertion of
the disbeliever that prohibition is i'm
practical, the temperance union is send
ing back the reply that it proposes to
make it practical. It may take a thou-
sand years but the temperance people
can wait.
No one recognized more distinctly
than the prohibitionist that prohibition.
as It is known today, does not pron15it.
e may be because Of the connivance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-20

state was nearly s2s.o0o,OoO At the
same time the assessment on the rail-
roads was actually deere If tbs
railroads had been comp to pay
even their proportion of t crease, 1t
would have cost them mo IN $780,
600. Is it any wonder The rail-
roads would like to see A. Kelly re-
elected state treasurer? Or is 1t any
wonder that they can afford to con-
tribute literally to a fund which has in
view the denomination of the officials
who aided them in saving this $3.50. 600?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-20
rmer to push his foot around a couple

farmer to push his foot around a couple
of pitchfork tines.
The evidence in the Dewey case at
Norton Friday showed that we fight
ing men must stand together"
Hoch and Folk are to be at the Otta-
wa Chautauqua. Will that detract
from the worlds fair attendance?
Every few days people rushing
around on business die of heart disease
A faithful count of the Topeka police
men show none missing.
A kitchen is being built in connection
with the Burlingame Presbyterian
church. The oyster is expected to sizzle
there and not the sinner.
Clay Center is still holding Wash
ington socials, although the brave old
patriot has been under the sod these
hundred years and more.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.


If a woman paints she should aban-
don the tear-shedding habit.
A man with a cloven breath ought to
be in the spicy speaker class
Love may be blind, but there is al
ways a spark of feeling between lovers.
Few married women would fiirt were
it not for the indifference of husbands.
When it comes to acquiring a knowl-
edge of scboolbooks the small boy pre-
fers absent treatment
An Ohio woman holds the record.
After driving her husband to drink she
got a divorce, then married him again
to reform him.
One touch of nature may make the
whole world kin, but two touches of
your fellow man would indicate that
you are an easy mark.
Don't think because a name looks at.
tractive on visiting card that the
paying teller of bank would recognize
lit at the bottom Of a check.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-20

Everybody with a grudge against
Russia seems ready to take advantage
OF her present engagement with Japan.
The sultan, who has stood in awe of
the car, IS feeling freedom from re-
traint and is preparing to settle old
scores with Bulgaria. England sees
a good opportunity to extend her In
dian frontier. and is making war
preparations in anticipation of eventu-
alities. Even Finland would like to
put a lick against her oppressor If she
had any guns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-20

Russia may retire from Port Arthur
and Vladivostock but she will come
again. 1t might be years hence but the
Russians are used to waiting. They
have usually found ways for accom-
plishing their ends without much fight
ing. They didn't try to whip Napoleon
They allowed him to occupy Moscow
and then set fire to the city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-20
When You Have a Cold.

The first action when you have q co1d
Should snet be to relieve the lungs. This IS
Chamberlain Cough Remedy. This rem
edy liquefies the tough mucous and causes
its expulsion from the air cells of the
lungs produces free expectoration and
opens the secretions. A completes cure
soon follows. This remedy will cure a
severe cold in less time than any Other
treatment and it leaves the system IN a
natural and healthy condition. III conn
teracts any tendency toward pneurnonia.