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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11
COMPLETING THE PANAMA
CANAL.

tFTOn the washington Post
Despite all warnings the Panama
canal enthusiasts persist in assuming
that the isthmian waterway will be
completed by the end of the month
and in regarding with angry amaze
ment any one who suggests that a few
preliminary matters must be attended
to before the actual work of excavation
is inaugurated. Only last week we
noted in some of our most affectionate-
" esteemed contemporaries tendency
to criticise Admiral Walker, the able
and energetic president of the commits
sion, even accusing him of cenceaIment
and evasion, because he tried to ex-
plain that the digging couldn't begin
All at once. It would not be quite sin
cere to pretend surprise in this connee-
ton. for we have realized from the be-
ginning the absurdity of the forecasts
proclaimed and the expectations ncour-
aged by certain editors and orators en-
gagged in advocacy of the enterprise.
We regret it none the less, however,
since it augurs a vast deal of disap-
pointment and unreasonable complaint
in the future.
AS a matter of fact, every one who
has considered the question OF the Pan
anna canal in the light of serious in
formation understands that the task
before us is one of extreme difficulty
at best, involving many problems which
cannot possibly be solved in advance
In the Cu1ebra cut alone we have a gi-
gantic labor to perform. There still
remain to be excavated and removed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11
BREAKS OUT AGAIN.
Latest Report ON Postal Affairs
Still Causing Trouble.

Washington March 1.-THE storm of
indignation which swept over the house
Wednesday about the result of the re-
port of the postoffice department in
voIving certain members of congress
and which yesterday was temporarily
stemmed by adjournment on account of
the death Of Representative Croft, broke
out afresh today. Mr.. Gillette (Mass.)
presented a privileged report, when Mr..
Hay (Va.) promptly objected to it's con-
Sideration.
The speaker in ruling on the point
said the Hay resolution was a matter
of the highest privilege and he recog-
nized Mr.. Overstreet (Ind.), who desired
unanimous consent for an order giving
members ten days leave to extend their
remarks.
Mr.. Cooper tWis.) entered an en-
phatic II object" Mr.. Overstreet then
the discussion be extended until Monday
at o'clock and second, until 4 o'clock.
to both of which Mr.. Hay objected. He
then renewed his motion for leave to
print which brought Mr.. Williams
(Miss.) quickly to his feet with the
declaration that whatever is said on
this subject should be said in the open
house and he therefore objected. He
was greeted with applause.
Mr. CoWherd (Mo.) was recognized
and defended the action of the commit
tee presenting the report There was no
occasion, he said to refer the COM
mittee matter to the committee to see
whether the charges against members
had been made. The report of General
Bristow had gone out with approval Of
the president.
Il say now he vigorously declared,
that If we must answer whether the
charge Is true that Beaver usually COM
piled with the requests of members of
congress, regardless of the merits of
the case, the answer is that the charge
is true"
Continuing, he said:
Beavers to blame, yes sir. Are the
members of the house for it? No. If
members had made unusual requests
upon the department" he said, 1.-The
propriety of their conduct was a ques
ton between themselves and their con-
stituents. It is not a violation of law,
he insisted with emphasis.
1.-THE committee" he said, could not
undertake to edit the departments re-
port, nor could they discriminate be-
tween the cases cited. If they had
done so, the committee he said
would have been dashed from the floor
of the house,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11
q. II. BeinIiausen. Grateful for Hearty
Heaifia-0ives the Crest Tonic to
Friends Who are Feeling Badly.

Read the last sentence of this letter
even if you read more than that There
is a lesson for you in the earnest efforts
OF this busy office man to help his friends
find the way to Vitality and True Health.
Thousands of men and women who had
forgotten what it was to feel the thrill of
true health-toilers or pleasure seekers.
with health broken by indoor existence
nave learned in just this way (by having
it forced upon them by an earnest fr;er51
now PaIne's Celery Compound. the mar
v N,saI Ionlc and Vitalizer, is ready to
away all weakness and depression.
NO mere stimulant can take the place of
the nerve nourishment given to the nerves
by Paine's Celery Compound
Sherwood Park, Yonkers, N. Y.
January Z, 1904
Il am recommending Paine's Celery
Compound to many of the people in our
ONCE, and am glad to say to you what
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11
TOOK A STRAW VOTE.
Interesting Experiment in q Res
tdurant.

An advertising agent, representing a
prominent New York magazine, while
on a recent western trip, was dining
one evening in a Pittsburg restaurant.
While waiting for his order he glane-
ed over his newspaper and noticed the
advertisement OF q we'll known dySpcp-
STA preparation, Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets; as he himself was a regular
user of the tablets, he began speculat-
ing as to how many of the other tray
cling men in the dining room were also
friends of the popular remedy for indi-
gestion.
He says: I counted twenty-three men
at the tables and in the hotel office l
took the trouble to interview them and
was surprised to learn that nine of the
twenty three made a practice of taking
one or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
let's after each meal
One of them told me he had suffered
50 much from stomach trouble that at
one time he had been obliged to quit
the road, but since using Stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets had been entirely free
from indigestion, but he continued
their use, especially while travelling, OH
account of irregularity in meals and
because like all travelling men he was
often obliged to eat what he could get
and not always what he wanted.
Another, who looked the picture of
health. said he never ate a meal with
out taking Stuart Tablet afterward
because he could eat what he pleased
and when he pleased without fear of a
sleepless night or any other trouble.
Still another used them because lie
was subject to gas on stomach, causing
pressure on heart and lungs, shortness
of breath and distress in chest, which
he no longer experienced since using
the tablets regularly.
Another claimed that Stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets was the only safe rene
dy he had ever found for sour stomach
and acidity. He had formerly used
| common soda to relieve the trouble
| but the tablets were much better an6
safer to use
| After smoking, drinking or other ex.
cesses which weaken the digestive or
gans, nothing restores the stomach tt
4 q healthy, wholesome condition so eff
fectually as Stuart's Tablets.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets contain
| the natural digestive. pepsin, diastase
which every weak stomach lacks, a:
well as nux, hydrastin and yellow ia
rilla. and can he safely relied on as
radical cure for every form of pool
digestion. Sold by druggists every
where
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11
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JAYHAWKER JOTs.

The first straw hat of the season has
appeared at Neodesha.
A Burlington judge holds the record
with three divorces granted in an hour
Wednesdays dust storm suggested to
Neodesha the need of a street sprink-
Ter.
There are enough socialists at Law
renee to fill a ticket for the city cleo
ton.
The most pathetic feature of the
Wichita convention was the Tight that
failed Thomas BENTON Murdoch in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11

The monthly statement of the inter-
nal commerce of the United States, is
sued by the department of commerce
and labor through its bureau of statis-
tics, has just been made public Thirty
eight car service associations report
2,125,9S1 cars handled during January,
1904, compared with 1872 61 cars in
January. 1908. At five western live
stock markets a total of 3,02s,s5o head
of stock was received in January, 1901.
compared with 2.g74,029 head last year
and 2,75S,793 head in the preceding
year. OF this total, 1,54O,711 head were
marketed at Chicago, 457 ,604 head at
Kansas City, All, PIG head at Omaha,
s74.554 head at st. Louis. and 28S, 265
head at St Joseph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11
Schooner Goes Ashore.

Los Angeles, Cal, March 1.-THE
three masted schooner Mabel Gray,
owned by Dolber e. Carson of San
Francisco, with a cargo of lumber for
Los Angeles went ashore at Redondo
early this morning. The crew of seven
men were rescued from the rigging by
a life saving crew. The vessel lies in a
favorable position, and may be saved.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11
FORTY WOUNDED.
Serious Rioting Among Stu
dents at Vienna University.

Vienna, March 11.-Serious rioting
between 700 Germans and 200 Czech
students occurred today In front of the
university.
Forty students were wounded.
The police had difficulty in restoring
order.
Reports from Prague, Bohemia. say
the police stations there are filed with
students and other rioters. The ulti-
mate proclamation of martial law at
Prague is threatened.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11

The population of China has been a
puzzle to geographers and statisticians
for many generations. An American
consul at Vladivostok, which is either
Chinese or japanese or Russian by this
time, sends to the state department a
report, from a recent Chinese publica-
ton, on the census of China. The total
number of inhabitants is reported at
AZ, All, 925 souls. The IS Chinese pro-
vinces proper had 407, 737, 3O5; Manchuria
which is in dispute whether it is Chi
nese or Russian or Japanse, is reported
at s,5o0,O00, and Thibet at $4,000 600.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11
Britenham Bound Over.

George Britenham. who is charged
with assaultfng Nora Petit, waived his
preliminary examination in the city
court this morning and was bound
over to the district court under 81, 600
bond to appear for trial He could not
furnish bond and went to Jail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11
Combining Indoor Work
Cannot Make Them Sick Now.
pAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND
,ps Hard-Pressed Office Men and Women Well
and Enjoying Life

and I began to take as much pleasure in
life as a man who lives entirely out Oh
doors.
II stiIl take Paine's Celery Compound
off and on for the vitality that 1t gives
me. I know d great many people who are
as badly off as / was. but the trouoie
with them is, they do not believe IN
nerves. 1 say: Well, even ff.you maven
nerves, let me give you one dose Of Paine.
celery Compound. ana see how much bet
ter you feel It is better than arguing
with them. have started several friends
In that way G. ii. BklNhAooEN-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11

A local organ commenting on the
ticket nominated at Wichita says: For
the most part it is made up of tried
and tested state officers" Probably
this is not intended to apply to Kelly
since he avoided being tried by paying
back the money
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11

Mr.. Hearst appears to have won a
victory in the first Democratic conven-
ton held to elect state delegates to st.
Louis-that of Rhode Island. Though
uninstructed. five of the eight delegates
chosen are known to favor his candi-
dacv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11

The price of gasoline has declined.
This probably is due to the fact that
Dr. Harper has been ineapacitated by
an operation for appendicitis. He IS
reported as being well on the road to
recovery which means that he will
soon be able to go after Mr.. Rockefel-
Ter for another donation to Chieago's
lnier school
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11

Receipts of wheat at eight primary
markets of Minneapolis, Milwaukee,
Duluth, Chicago, Toledo, st. Louis, De-
troit, and Kansas City, for the crop
year to the end of January, 1904,
amounted to 166, 1876, 297 bushels, as COM
pared with 1S9,8i0,720 bushels last year
and ia, ASS, 1853 bushels in the preceding
voar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11
whole Block Burned.

Lawton, Okla, March 11.-Fire today
at Alfredick, a small town five miles
west of here, destroyed an entire block
of business buildings, causing a loss
estimated al $100,o00 A fierce wind aid
ed the flames Insurance one-third.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11

In Ohio the coIored mans right to
vote is not interfered with but he IS
lynched as cheerfully as he is in Mis-
sissippi and with about the same de-
gree of impunity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11

Receipts of grain at New Orleans for
the calendar year 1903 amounted to
80, 421, 089 oshels, including flour reduc-
ed to bushels. In 1902 receipts were
25, 044, 936 bushels, indicating a gain of
about 20 per cent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11

Mark Hanna is dead but his soul
goes marching on. His brief IN the
case of General Leonard Wood, pre-
pared before his fatal illness was read
in the senate Wednesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11
Tillman Not So Well.

Washington, March 11.-Senator TILL
man was reported to be not so well this
afternoon. The expected recuperation
after the operation on his throat has
not occurred,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11
I. o. o. z.

The anniversary committees will meet
at the grand secretary's office Saturday
evening at 7:30. Hope all will be pres
ent. BY order Of chairman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11
BURTON IN ST. LOUIS.
Senator Goes There to Get Ready for
Trial.

Washington, March Ex-senator Bur-
ton accompanied by his wife left for
ST. Louis yesterday to be present FOR
his trial which is set for March %.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11
I. O. O. 2.

The anniversary committees will meei
at the grand secretary's office Saturday
evening at 1880. Hope all will be pres
emit By order of chairman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11

counted for. Even if Mr.. Albaugh had
packed the gallery with these seven
and the entire 125 which he gave out
to prominent visitors, his pack would
have amounted to only about one
twentieth of the entire number in the
hall. It looks as though the enemies of
Allen and Albaugh will have to hunt
some new explanation" for the ova-
ton given Allen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11
LOCAL MENTION.

The directors of the Topeka baseball
association will meet at the CONNER
ciaI club rooms tonight.
Ask your grocer for Simon Pure Bak-
ing Powder. It is the best. Try it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11
MANY STUDENTS COMING.
College Will Send $50
to Topeka.

On Monday and Tuesday of next week
$50 students of the Kansas State Agri-
cultural college will be in Topeka and
will devote their time to the inspection
of cattle at the Wolff packing house.
The purpose of this investigation will
be to learn what points of development
are to be striven for in fattening cattle
for market. The students who will
come will be from the classes in the ami
NAL industry department of the school.
They will begin by a careful inspection
of the cattle in the stock yards. The
examination will be minute and will be
under the direction of experts on market
cattle. The process of s1aughtering and
dressing will be watched and the dress
ed beeves will be examined as infinitely
as the live ones. In the dressed beef
department attention will be paid to the
differences of appearance produced by
different methods of feeding.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11

We desire to express our most heart
felt thanks to the friends and neigh
bors who SO kindly assisted us during
the illness and death of our beloved
husband and son, L. J. johnson.
MRS. ALMA JOHNSON.
MR.. AND MRS. NJ. JOHNSON.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11

State oratorical contest tonight.
Tickets at Stansfield's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11
IT WASN'T PACKED.
Truth About Spectators at
Wichita Convention.

The enemies of Morton Albaugh are
now charging that he packed the gal
leries with his friends and sympathizers,
and they explain the ovation given to
Henry Allen on that ground They can
account for it in no other way Ihey
cannot imagine that so many delegates
in the convention should be friendly to
Mr.. Allen.
That the charge against Mr.. Albaugh
IS absurd and baseless is proven by the
disposition made of the tickets The
Toler auditorium where the convention
is held is supposed to seat 200 people,
and 2,40O tickets were therefore printed,
with the expectation that all over 1900
would have to stand. OF this number
ISIS were issued to delegates and alter
mates.
The full number for each county We're
turned over to the person presenting
the credentials for that county to Sec
rotary Raney. The opponents of Mr..
Albaugh therefore got the large ma
Jor1ty of those tickets. Fifty tickets
We're given to Mr. Hoch and his Ma
rion county friends, five to each mem
Der of the state committee, five to each
OF the "A candidates, rs to the commit
tee on arrangements at Wichita, about
90 to the press, and 125 to prominent
Republicans, large number of whom
sat on the stage. If Mr.. Albaugh
packed the gallery" it must have been
out of these 125 tickets. The distribu-
ton of tickets figures up as follows:
delegates and a1ternates. .-.....-..1,S 1S
Mr.. Hoch and his friends. .......... so
State committee ............. 165
Candidates . ........ 100
Local committee on arrangements. Is
Press ....... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. SO
Prominent visitors ......,.... 1926
Total $500. 1898
This leaves only seven tickets unac-
counted for. Even if Mr.. Albaugh had
packed the gallery with these seven
and the entire 125 which he gave out
to prominent visitors, his pack would
have amounted to only about one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-11

xULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-10-22
Rv Rrlhlnn the Nerves

with opium a cough may be stopped
temporarily. but the inflammation of
which the cough is a symptom roes
fron, bal TO worse. Do not waste time
and money on lelusiye cough mix
tures." Rcmcnber that Aliens Lung
Balsam does not merely put the nerves
to sleep Il gets Tight down to the
root Of the trouble and 50 cures even
affections of the threat
and lungs
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-10-22
ShOngArgument
RESOURCES OF INDIAN
TERRITORY
Statistics VIII he Used in
Presenting Claims for
Statehood.

Rrdmore, :. T., Oct 21-A compari.
son of moian territory with other
states from a standpoint Of production
and from a standpoint OF population at
the time other states wore admitted
Is one Of tho sjronscs, arsumcgts for
statehood which win be b7onght to
bear on congress this winter when
Indian territory asks .or statehood.
An abstract Of The twelfth census
shaws that ~ 1899 Indian territory
producef s,6i6.S4O bushels Of corn
more than Mary land; 19.279.S2o moro
than South Carolina; 25.39S,37e more
uhan Florida: 25,9278lO more thar
Delaware. 2s.00O coo more tha deiher
vermont or Connecticut 100000
more than North Dakota. Colorado.
California. Massachusetts oc New
Hampshire. 2OoOo,0OO more than eitr
er washint ton. Utah. Montana. Or
ron. Nevada. idaho. Maine Or Rhoir
Island.
The same yee Indian territory pro
inced 304.0a7 h,3re bushels Of wheat
ihan Montana. 323.2io more than Del
aware 1.1Sg,47I moro than South Car
oiina 1852 Gcs more than Nevada
1900 600 moro shan either Washing
ton. Vermont. Maine, M6ssachusetts,
Rhode Island. New Hampshire or
Connecticut
The samo year there was produced
IN Indian territory 1.6s76s4 bushels
or oats mere than in Vermont 2.S2s.-
200 more than in Maine; 3,320,25o
more than Maryland; 3,a32.7oo mors
than New hampshire and i.000,00o
Iushei more than were produced eth
cr in louisiana Nevada Massachit
sets, Rhode Island. Connecticut OF
Delaware
That season indian territory pro
,Iuced some potatoes. The record
shows that there we're 44,57+ mora
bushels than Alabama raised; 1889
more than OkIahorna; 1884 moro
than Georgia Ss.l65 more than Louis.
lama 2lz775 more than Delaware;
Sa4.s73 more than Mississippi. 265.277
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-10-22

than New Hampshire; s1700si7i
more than Utah s2i,7oi,2os more
man wyomine s24.9lO,4l5 more than
Idaho: S3s.252.55i more thar Florida;
So. .4as.S61 more than Delaware; sea-
bO7.7se mere than Nevada. and S65.
1926 more than that Of Rhode Is.
lane
rhs population cf indian territory In
1900 was .o6o. It is now over s1c.-
O0o. only one state had a greater
population when Il was admitted and
that was Virginia With 7476in Only
iolr states have been admitted that
had population greater than Indian
territory haa IN 1900. They are vir
ginia. with 10000 Pennsylvania with
i34.373 and North Carolina with $685.
ISL.
These statistics win re used in ar
rume1t for the immediate admission
Of Indian territory 90 statehood as
soon as tribal government ceases
which will be March 4 1906. and will
be as scon as a state government can
be formed and made operative.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-10-22

more than Nevada. 400, ,25s more than
Florida, and s7o,l27 more than wyom-
Ing.
For the year mentioned the forest
products Of indian territory exceeded
those OF Delaware. Florida Idaho,
Montana Nevada Now Hampshire,
Ithodc leland or wyoming. The value
Of animal products exceeded the states
m North llakea, New Hampshire.
South Carolina. Wyoming, Idaho.
Utah Floriaa. Delaware, Nevada or
Rhode island. Ard the same season
Indian territory nad more farms than
either of The following; Colorado.
Connecticut Delaware. Florida, Idaho,
Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada.
New Hampshire, New Jersey, North
Dakota. Oregon. Rhode Island Utah.
Vermont or Wyoming In value COM
parison. the farm lands or Indian ter
ritory in 1900 were s6,3S9515 more
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-10-22
PHI Pleasure.

II you never took DeWitt's Little
Early Risers for biliousness or con.
stipation you know what pill pleasure
is. These famous little pills cleanse
the liver and rid the system Of all bile
without producing unpleasant effects
They do not gripe, slcken or weaken
but pleasantly give tone and strengt
to the tissues and organs or the stom
aoh, liver and bowels. Sold by J.
Wallace.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-10-22
GREER COUNTY TRUE.
win Stand By Mathews to tho End

viii Stand by Mathews to the End.
e. Reno, Okla. oct 22.-Hon X. G.
Cox. the father Of Granite Greer conn
ty was in the city for a short time
yesterday. Mr.. Cox Is a Democrat Of
the bid school and is a warm per
sonal friend of Frank Mathews. Speak
ms Of Franks majority in Greer conn
~ he said;
"You can quote me as saying that
there is not a Democrat in Greer
county who win not vote for Frank
and you can further state that am
in position TO know that the Popu-
lists and Socialists. with very few ex-
ceptions. will &C to the polls and vote
for Frank
"We who know Frank are greatly
amused al the frantic efforts being
put forth by the Republican papers
who are trying to make the people
believe that he Is an atheist. aristocrat
and several other things. ] haN e
known Frank Mathews for years and
to make a long story short ! want to
say that every vord Published by the
Republican papers deloeatory to his
character is nothing bat a parcel of
lies.
Along With giving Frank Mathews
a icaiority If 5000 we propose to send
w. p. Francis to he council aud Tom
M. Robinson to- the lower house"