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oDDs AND ENDs OF EAcT.

Forty-nVe only Of the crew Of the liner
Kaiser Wilhelm IT, are ordinary sailors,
the remaining SIS being mechanics, etc.
In 1900, according to the census, there
were ST7 gas plants IN the United States,
and the number was not growing. They
earned an income OF S75, 0O0, 900.
The emperor Of Japan has never been
outside Of his own country. His son,
the crown prince, though in this tyen-
ty-ffth year. has also refrafned from
travelling.
Aston Gibson, on Of Andrew Jack
sons favOrite jockeys, is living quietly
at Calera, Ala, having nearly reached
the age Of ZIG years. He Was born July
4, I7SS, In South Carolina, and there Is
documentary evidence Of HIS great age.
The old man stiH takes much interest In
racing matters.
The negro cooks Of Hartford, Conn,
decided some three months ago TO give a
grand bail, and their president, A. w.
Gibson, conceived the idea Of making
the occasion a brilliant one. He accord
lngly sent letters Of Invitation to Pope
Plus X, King Edward Of England.
President Roosevelt and other digni-
taries. In due course Of time replies
were received from these notables re-
GREETING their inability TO be present,
and wishing those present q pleasant
evening. At the dance the replies, with
the envelopes in which they came. were
on exhibition in a large glass-covered
frame. They are written on ofleiaI pa
per and bear every evidence Of being
genuine.
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Hstsd African Explorsr says He
Causes Mus Deaths AnhuaIly
IsoPardT ogsthsr.


ne hinDoDotsu lua Is doomed.
The regulations drawn up some tine
ego 70 control big game hunters n the
Soudan are TO be revised shortly, and
the -hippoa-Whose hunter and killer
vas taxed when the Soudan vas frst
opened up--the hippo." as aforesaid,
g doomed to "a sort o. extermination.
Because" said Sir Harry Johnston,
the noted African explores. IN converse
tion, SITS all very wen Cor people 70
TAX about extsrmination IN regard %
the hippo, but Il WIN prove q very dif-
ieult matter 70 get rid Of him. Thereare
vast marshes On Africa 10 which be can
and viii resort, and from which he will
only be driven Ct last By q Weh-organ-
iEed. Well-equipped and determined body
Of men.
Il am perhaps q little fanatical with
regard 70 the preservation Of lower ami
mai life" went on Sir Henry, hut l
should not carry my passion for Il so Tar
as 20 let q lion loose In England. And
the hippo IN the rivers Of Africa Il as
dangerous as the lion would be on dry
land. Let the lion alone, and he lets
you alone-esPeciaIly has he terror Of
q white mans face-but the hippo
causes more deaths annually In Africa
than the lion and the leopard together.
He constantly attacks boats from which
he has received no ofense, killing or
mauling their occupants. and he destroys
fields and gardens by the score. What
be does not eat he SITS on"
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Dealer in ladies' ana gents cloth.
IinE Private salssrOOns. s1ls state
s. Prone. DoasIas sssl
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sThat would you consider ne best
rensrsi definition Of q fairy taiezs
Fhr. one that esys And 60 they
wsrs married aad lived happily e4ar
nfieraarl5 s-chieago Post
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To Whom Il Nay concern:
The firm Of Wilson & Duncan. com
posed Of George A. Wilson and Georg.
D. Dunsan and formerly doing busi-
ness at the Imperial Bldgs Room 70.
City Of Chicago. Is hereby dissolved:
and al persons having done or con
'fempiating doing any business with the
said firm are duly notified IS above.
This March ST.. 1914
GEORGE D. DUNCAN.
s60I Wabash Ave-.
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NATIONAL NEGRO SUFFRAGE
LEAGUE CONVENTION.
Second Meeting.
Commencing June 10th, 1904, Chicago,
illlnois.
OBJECT

OBJECT.
The object Of the Convention Is to
invoke the aid Of the Republican
Party In National Convention assem-
bled to the end that Southern Dis
franehisement may be broken up.
REPRESENTATION. =. -.
Each state win be entitled to a rep
resentatiOn equal to the number Of
her Congressional representation.
RATES.
Delegates attending this Convention
win be able to avail themselves Of
the rate to the National Republican
Convention, one fare for the round
HEADQUARTERS.
The National Negro Suffrage League
operates at Washington, D. C., a
Bureau OF Publicity and Promotion.
from which a campaign VIM be direct
ed against Southern Disfranchisement
President, James H. Hayes. Va.
Cor. sec,y, Jas. z. Dixon, r. L
Rec. sec'y, ". T. Ridley. Pa
Treas, Rev. J. A. Taylor. Washing.
ton, D. G..
Eastern Organizer. Rev. J. A. Church
man, M.
Western Organizer. ]. C. LeftEitch.
Oklahoma
For further information address
JAS. II. HAYES,
Attornsy-at-Law.
Washington. D. C.
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Ynn Ret Ha D..

Mamma" asked small Floramay,
''dOes a lawyer know everything?"
No. dear" replied her mother, hut
he thinks you think he does. "-Cinein-
natl Enquirer.
The Topeka state journal., 1904-07-04
DIVISION REMOVAL STORY.
Hutchinson Again Sees the Ghost OF
Its Ambitions Walk.

Hutchinson, Kas-, July 4.-The talk
about the removal of the Santa Fe
engine division points. both passenger
and freight, is again being revived. 1t
is persistent, this division removal
theory. and we'll informed people say
that the change is bound to be made,
sooner or later.
Yesterday a Santa Fe official, a rep
resentative of the passenger depart
ment. it is understood, and whose
name could not be learned, talked to
some of the business men and some
of his particular friends here regard
ing the proposed change. His friends
have told what he said but they refuse
to divulge his name.
He said that this change would be
made on account of the 100-mile
clause in the pay which the company
gives to the men in the train serv-
ice. Some of the divisions are too
long and others are too short and
It should be if the divisions were made
equal. There is a short run, 73 miles
between Newton and Emporia and a
run across there makes the trainman
pay for a hundred miles. The division
through here to Dodge City is long,
and the men draw pay by the mile
when the mileage is more than 100
for the run, SO there is no saving on
the long division, when the short run
causes a loss. The short run gives
less work than it should give and the
they make the long run from Newton
to Dodge City of 1877 1t is the saving
in expenses which the Santa F'e is try
ing to avoid in the future, and for
that reason, and for no other will
the change be made
The Topeka state journal., 1904-07-04

Russian law, though it is said they
are still offered up occasionally in Sc
cret. This same island is connected
in Mongolian folklore, with many
tales of the Mongol hero, Ghengis
Khan, whose camp is said to have
been pitched there
. The Shaman cliff, at the western
edge of the lake, is venerated by the
Buriats, and submerged granite
cliff, called Shamanka, which only
rises a few feet above water level, is
considered by their shamans and
lamas to be the dwelling place of
their invincible White God, the prin-
cipal parsonage IN their mythology.
They offer sacrifices to him on the
cliff, and pray for prosperity in time
of peace or for victory in time OF
war.
One of the cliffs of Holy cape, on
the eastern shore, is in the form of
an immense head, with huge nose
and big holes instead of eyes. The
crevice which represents the mouth
shelters f1ocks of sea cormorants. This
sinister-looking cliff is much feared by
the Buriats and Tunguses, who say
that it harbors an evil spirit. A
neighboring cape, with three cliffs.
called Khamanril, is worShiped by the
Tunguses. They say that the first
cliff is the sea god Dianda, and the
other two cliffs are inferior deitieS
subject to him. Their shamans rem
der worship to Dianda in order that
he may forbid the waves to drown
any of their tribesmen who may hap
pen to fall into the sea, and that he
may order the waves to drive shoals
of fish to the shore where they can
be easily caught. The lake is sur
rounded by so many places held in
veneration by one tribe or the other
that the name "Holy Sea" has been
given to it by the Mongols and the
Russians.
The BaikaI swarms with fish, which
are caught in great quantities to sup
ply all the surrounding districts. The
queerest of these fish is the dracun-
culus, which is almost unknown to sci
ence for the excellent reason that no
specimen of it can ever be preserved
1t inhabits the deepest places of the
lake, living under the pressure of
an immense body of water. When it
is brought to the surface, it falls
to pieces in the fresh air and melts
in the sun. This is why nobody ever
saw a living specimen. 1t is about
three feet long, the head occupying
third of its entire length. The eyes
are uncommonly large and protruding.
and fins are attached to each side of
the body from the gills to the tail.
But the dracunculus is only one of
the many queer things connected with
The Topeka state journal., 1904-07-04
One Cent n Mile

Chicago to Boston and return. account
national encampment G.. A. r., Aug
ust, 1904. Stop-overs granted at De-
troit, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Mon
treal and Portland. Tickets optional
between Detroit and Buffalo in either
direction by boat or rail. River trip
through the Thousand Islands and
Rapids of st. Lawrence river, King
ston to Montreal on additional pay
nent of $3.50. Liberal side trip ar
rangements. Tickets can also be pur-
chased via Grand Trunk-Lehigh VAL
ley route through New York. Full
particulars of selling dates, fares. linn
its. etc, can be obtained by writing
advertising department Grand Trunk
railway system, 1S5 Adams street.
Chicago, Geo. w. Vaux, A. G. p. &
I. A.
The Topeka state journal., 1904-07-04
BUILD DOUBLE TRACK.
Frisco Said to Be Surveying for I'M
portant Improvement.

Fort Scott, July "A rumor which lacks
confirmation is af1oat in railway circles
to the effect that the Frisco road con-
templates building a double track from
Fort Scott to Paola, a distance of over
70 miles. 1t is believed that surveyors
have been assigned to the task of laying
out the road already. large force of
men are stationed up the road piece
laying off the ground, indicating that
something in the manner of a second
track is to be laid. The surveyors have
been at their post for the past week and
speculation is rife to their mission.
The surveying party referred to is To-
Gated at PleaSanton, and the Observer
tells of their mission there in the follow
ing:
A surveying gang has been stationed
at this point for several days working
along the Frisco track both north and
south of here. Many of the knowing ones
say a double track from Kansas City to
Fort Scott, while others claim nothing
is doing except the repairing of grades.
Those in a position to give informant ton
do not talk, so we must await develop
mentS.
The Topeka state journal., 1904-07-04
SERVED ONE ROAD ONLY.
J. A Middleton Appointed Freight
Traffic Manager of Frisco.


The following appointments are an
nounced in the traffic department of
the Frisco system, taking effect July l:
Third Vice President Dodge announces
the appointment of Mr. j. A Middle
ton as freight traffic manager of the
st. Louis & San Francisco and the Chi
cago & Eastern Illinois railroad COM
panies, with headquarters at St. Louis.
He also announces that the jurisdiction
of Mr.. Bryan Snyder, passenger traffic
manager of the st. Louis & San Fran
cisco railroad, with headquarters at ST.
Louis. will be extended to include the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois.
Freight Traffic Manager Middleton
announces the appointment of Mr.. E.
K. voorhees,, at present assistant gen.
eral freight agent of the st. Louis &
San Francisco r. r. at Memphis, as gen.
eral freight agent of that company at
ST. Louis. He also announces the ap-
pointment of Mr. H. G. Wilson, now
assistant general freight agent of the
St. Louis and San Francisco railroad.
as foreign freight agent of the Frisco
and Eastern Illinois railroads, head
quarters at St. Louis.
General Freight Agent Voorhees, of
the Frisco announces, effective same
date, the following changes and promo
tions:
Mr.. w. R. Powe, at present assistant
general freight agent at Cape Girar-
deau, is transferred to Memphis, Tenn.
Mr. L. j. Franks, at present division
freight agent at Joplin. and Mr. ]. F.
Mace. chief clerk in general freight Of
flee at St. Louis, are both appointed
assistant general freight agents at st.
Louis.
Mr.. E. c. Hoag, travelling freight
agent at Joplin, becomes commercial
agent at that point, and Mr.. ]. L.
is appointed commercial agent
at Cape Girardeau.
Mr.. Middleton's entire railroad ex-
perience has been with the Frisco. He
entered its service in 1888 as rate clerk,
and was subsequently promoted to
chief clerk in the general freight de-
partment. In 1890 he was appointed
assistant general freight agent and in
1891 he was promoted to general <-<ght
agent. He is widely known and highly
in traffic circles, and his pro-
motion as chief of the freight traffic
of the greater Frisco will
give eminent satisfaction in railroad
and business circles generally. All the
announced above are well
merited. and will add much strength to
the F'risco's traffic interests. Mr.. Voor-
hees is very we'll known in the south
east and his promotion and transfer
to ST. Louis headquarters will be fruit
full in results. Mr. Mace has been chief
in the general freight office here for
many years. and his advancement is
well deserved.
The Topeka state journal., 1904-07-04
NOT AFRAID OF WILSON.
General Manager Nudge Says He
Can't Hurt the Santa Fe Now.

Can't Hurt the Santa Fe Now.
The Santa Fe railway has begun the
mobilization of freight cars in the Kansas
wheat belt, ready to move the big crop.
At the present time there are between
six and seven hundred cars standing on
sidings in the little Kansas towns, and
more are being sent. BY the middle of
this month it is expected 5000 cars will
be ready for such use. If demand should
n. U Nudge, general manager of the
Santa Fe, and j. z. Hurley, general su-
perintendent, have been on a general in
spection tour of the lines for five days.
Mr.. Nudge said:
I'VE are making all possible arrange
mentS to care for the big wheat crop,
and we will be able to do it unless the
grain is all dumped in on US at once. I
there will be lot of wheat moved at
once. II 1t is low, much OF 1t VIII be
stored. However, we have placed near
ly 200 cars in the belt, and now have
others waiting along the line. Nearly all
the railroads have purchased large num-
berS of freight cars since last year We
are all filled with cars, but we expect
to prevent the congestion we had last
year. We Will not accept grain beyond
our capacity to handle"
Mr.. Hurley. the general superintendent
said that there were fully 5000 freight
cars which were available at the present
time, and more could be had if neces-
Sary.
The Santa Fre officials say T. L. WI
son, the fourth vice president of the Ma
chinists' union, who is credited with hav-
ing caused the strike on the Santa F'e by
working up i'll feeling among the en-
ployes. can not hurt the company. He
was in Topeka" Mr. Nudge said, but he
can't do US any damage now. The men
and their places were filled by non-union
men. He can't touch them
The Topeka state journal., 1904-07-04
vENNER HELPS HARTMAN.
The Two VIII Try to Take Burlington
Away From James j. Hill.

Chicago, ILL.,, July At is
reported that C. H. Venner of
Boston. at the instance of E H. Har-
riman will shortly institute suit in the
federal courts to break the lease of
the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy
railroad of Illinois to the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy railway of Iowa.
The stock and control of the latter
company is held by J. ]. Hill and his
associates If this suit which it is
alleged Venner will file is decided in
his favor. it will mean the wrestling of
control of the Burlington system from
J. ]. Hill by E H Hartman.
Last May Venner made a formal
demand on the officers of the Chicago,
Burlington g. Quincy railroad of IIlf-
The Topeka state journal., 1904-07-04
CITY BASEBALL LEAGUE
The Season Is OfHcially Opened on
Last Saturday.
CITY LEAGUE STANDING.

The initial games of the Topeka
Amateur Baseball association, COM
monty known as the city league, were
played Saturday afternoon. But two
contests were pulled off. The Flam-
beau club has withdrawn from the
association and its scheduled game
with North Topeka for last Saturday
was consequently forfeited to the lat
ter organization. A team known as
THE Tenth Street Sluggers' will take
the place of the Flambeaus in the
regular schedule beginning next Sat
urday. In the game between the Y.
NJ. c. A. and the Santa Fe Reds,
which took place on Washburn field,
the former were victorious by a score
of IL to 5. On the Asylum grounds,
the Asylum team got the best of the
argument with the Santa Fe Auditors
by a score of 9 to 4. The last game
was hotly contested, while the first
was markedly ragged.
". Nj. c. A: II, Santa Fe Reds 3.
The Santa Fe Reds were hopeIessly
outclassed by the Y. NJ. c. A. team.
The railroad men were handicapped
by the absence of several of their best
men, and their line Up presented a
mixed up and irregular appearance.
Eighteen errors were charged up
against their ragged fielding, much of
which was poor throwing. Smith. in
the box for the Y. NJ. c. A. allowed
the Reds but two hits. and these were
made BY a railroad man named like
shop men. was touched up for ten safe
ones, but probably half of these
should have been cleanly helded.
he
The Topeka state journal., 1904-07-04

Kansas City and Colorado, will be
dropped. The second announcement is
that the new Chicago-St- Louis line of
the Frisco-Eastern Illinois will be op-
ened during the latter part of July,
when a first-class service will be in
augurated with new coaches and new
Pullman sleepers for night service.
The resignation of L. M. Custy as
superintendent of police for the entire
system is also announced, and the ap-
pointment of F. c. Herr to succeed
him. The new police superintendent
received his training in the police de-
partment of the Pennsylvania
The Topeka state journal., 1904-07-04

nois that they annul the lease to the
Burlington company of Iowa, but the
demand has been ignored When Har-
riman was a delegate to the Repub-
lican national convention he held fire.
Quent conferences with Venner and a
former official of the Burlington sys-
tenn Venner is known to be a stock
holder of the Burlington and is also
known to have been the ostensible
head of more litigation to enforce the
claims of minority stockholders than
any other single eastern financier.
The Topeka state journal., 1904-07-04
PAY THE INTEREST.
Mexican Central's Present Manage
ment Gets New Lease of Life.

New York, July 4.-Announcement is
made that the semi-annual interest on
the Mexican Central 6,67S, 900 con-
solidated mortgage 4 per cent >.onds has
been paid. This according to the Her
aid will prevent a reorganization of the
property by interests opposing the pres
ent management for six months at
least.
The subsidy fund originally consisted
of about $4,000. .0o0 Mexican currency.
Enough of the company's priority 5 per
cent bonds were sold it is understood,
to provide the funds that were lacking
for the interest payment
Just what steps will be taken by the
bankers who wish to. reorganize the
property and the stockholders protec-
tive committee has not been determin-
ed.
The Topeka state journal., 1904-07-04
INTO THE RIVER.
Santa FeDisposes of Dynamite Bombs
Found in Machine Shops.

Arkansas City, Kan, July Al. w.
Reed, Santa F'e yardmaster, yesterday
had the delicate task of disposing of
three dynamite bombs. Three were
left in the Santa Fe yards shortly after
the machinist strike was inaugurated
and had been hidden while still hunt
was made for the ones guilty of plac-
ing the bombs. No one having any
thing to do with the deed having been
found. the officials desired to get rid
of the bombs, Yardmaster Reed threw
them into the Arkansas river.
The Topeka state journal., 1904-07-04

Pennsylvania Makes Another Sweep
ing Reduction in Force.

Philadelphia. July 4.-The working
force of the Pennsylvania railroad op-
Grating department has been de-
crea ased IL per cent and all other de-
partmentS have undergone a per
cent. reduction. A statement to this
effect was officially made today at the
company's general Offices
1t was also announced that, begin
ming tomorrow, the reduction will be
enforced throughout the entire sys-
tenn, both east and west of Pittsburg.
This affects more than $4,000 men.
and ii is the greatest cut made in
years
The Topeka state journal., 1904-07-04
COUNTRY OPPOSED TO 1T.
City Vote Carries Orient Bond Project
in Sedgwick Ciunty.

Official returns received from all the
voting precincts of Sedgwick county
show that the $780, 900 Orient railroad
votes. Otside of Wichita city there were
but comparatively few votes cast in fa-
vor of the bonds. In only four country
precincts did they carry, as follows:
West Gypsum, Delano, Viola and Wich-
ita Wichita township really is a part
of the city The city gave a majority
for the bonds of 1,917 votes.
The Topeka state journal., 1904-07-04
NEW POLICE ADMINISTRATION.
L. NJ. Custy Succeeded by F. C. Herr
on Rocl- Island.

Two important announcements were
made yesterday by the management of
the Rock Island. One is to the effect
that on July 1 the st. Louis, Kansas
pleted between St. Louis and Kansas
City, will be absorbed by the Rock Is
land, becoming the St. Louis division
of that system. The name, St. Louis
The Topeka state journal., 1904-07-04
RED AND BLACK

Lake Baikal which make it one OF
the strangest bodies of water in the
world. Although it is situated over
1900 feet above the sea level, its
bottom in the deepest places is much
lower than the bed of the ocean. It
feet but there are tremendous cav
tiles which have never yet been meas
ured by the plummet, and probably
never will be.-New York Post.
The Topeka state journal., 1904-07-04
WABASH TO ST. LOUIS.
Worlds Fair Route-"FoIIow the
Flag"

Only line to Worlds fair main en-
trance. Five daily trains from Kansas
City. Shortest line. Ask your agent
for tickets over the Wabash.
L S. MCCLELLAN
Western Passenger Agent,
Kansas City, Mo.
H. c. SHIELDS.
Travelling Passenger Agent,
Kansas City. Mo.
The Topeka state journal., 1904-07-04
AsyIum Q. Santa Fe AUDITORS 4.

A close contest. full of fast infieId
work, sharp hitting and fast playing,
resulted from the mixup between the
Asylum and the Santa Fe Auditors
teams at the asylum grounds. The
errors of the way bill men lost the
game. Though but four were charged
up against them, they all cost some
thing The pitchers broke even on
honorS.
The score:
The Topeka state journal., 1904-07-04

Summary: Earned runs-Y. NJ c: A,
5: Reds, 1. Struck out-By- Miller, II: by
Henry T. Hit by pitched ball-Henry.
Lahman. Two-base hits-Lahman, 2: Dor
cass. Three-base hit-Smith Stolen
bases-Henry, Stillhorn, 2: Steves, Miller,
2: Smith, Fuller, 2; Gill. Umpire-Mc-
Kernan Time of game hours.
The Topeka state journal., 1904-07-04

berg. Bases on balls-Off Rice, l. off
Clipper, 2. Time of game-1 hour 30 min
utes. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The Topeka state journal., 1904-07-04

Totals

Summary: Earned runs-State Hos
pital, 5: Auditors, 3 Two-base hits
Smith, Sanders, Clipper, Bear. Struck
out-Bys Race, s: by Clipper, 9. Hit by
pitched ball-Roberts, Sanders, Fogel-
The Topeka state journal., 1904-07-04
Low Rates to Cincinnati via Maple
Leaf Route.

The Chicago Great Western railway
will on July Is to II, inclusive, sell
round trip tickets at one fare plus
1925 to Cincinnati. o., account Of the
annual meeting grand lodge Benevo-
lent and Protective Order of Elks,
July 1928. Tickets good for return
until July 20. For further informa-
ton apply to any Great Western
agent or j. P. Elmer, G. p. A. Ch>z
cago, Ill.
The Topeka state journal., 1904-07-04
New Steel in western Kansas.

New steel is being laid at a rapid rate
between Dodge City and La Junta. 9. b.
Butner's gang has yet 40 miles to lay
to complete an so mile contract
The Topeka state journal., 1904-07-04

Through Sleeper to ST. Louis, Santa Fe.
Leaving Topeka 4:30 D. m. and 500
p. m, arriving st. Louis 7:15 a. m.
Call or address, Z. L. King, c. p. s.
T. A, Topeka, or phone 6S2.
The Topeka state journal., 1904-07-04
For Sale at a BARGAIN

A good room house, / lot, nicely To-
Gated, on Van Buren ST., good well water
and cistern, lots of fruit, nice shade and
lawn, house in good condition. on paved
st. and sewer connection. gas in house,
Of DR.. Adam Rupin, at LOG E. 9Th St, Of
fee.